Complete Diaries of Linley Sambourne Years 1871, 1882 - 1910 1871 Jan 1871 Sunday 1 January - (blank) Monday 2 January - (blank) Tuesday 3 January - (blank) Wednesday 4 January - Blondin lame. Thursday 5 January - Gave reading at Town Hall. Farina in to supper. Tried Blondin on common. Friday 6 January - Rode over to see how Mrs Carr was. Dr Carr liked Blondin. Saturday 7 January - Went to Meet at Grunby Green with O.B.H. Blank day. Home early. Sunday 8 January - (blank) Monday 9 January - (blank) Tuesday 10 January - (blank) Wednesday January 11 - Dreadful snow. Out for Ride. Led Blondin home from Langley. Saw Miss Bacon. Thursday 12 January - (blank) Friday 13 January - (blank) Saturday 14 January - (blank) Sunday 15 January - At Reed’s. Lowe & Knowls brothers there. Monday 16 January - (blank) Tuesday January 17 - Out Hunting. Saw Woodward the elder from Hurlington. Wednesday 18 January - Worked. Thursday 19 January - Out Hunting. Blank day. Met Mercer etc. Alice at Aunt’s in evening. * * Friday 20 January - Mamma went to the North. Capt Bennett came to see me. Saturday 21 January - Out hunting. Met Capt Bennett. Saw Woodward for first time. Sunday 22 January - Stopped at Home. At uncle’s. Monday 23 January - (blank) Tuesday 24 January - (blank) Wednesday 25 January - (blank) Thursday 26 January - (blank) Friday 27 January - (blank) Saturday 28 January - Went to town. To see Blake. Old Masters & Drury Lane. Sunday January 29 - At Lewylby. Ledger & Turner there. Monday 30 January - No hunting. Worked. Paid Bailey. Tuesday 31 January - Had Alice photographed for Gypsey bonnet. Feb 1871 Wednesday 1 February - At Hutton & Woodward’s in evening. Thursday 2 February - Worked all day. Woodward Hutton & Dunn in in the evening. Friday 3 February - Got wet at Harefield. Called at Tollington(?). Worked in evening. Aunt not well. Saturday 4 February - Out hunting. Blank day. Went to Woodward’s in evening. Met his brother. Lost 15/- at whist.
Sunday 5 February - Went for walk in the morning. At uncle’s in evening. Home early. Monday 6 February - Out Hunting. Splendid day. Stag ran from Langley to Latimer. Rode home with Tolley. At Hutton’s & Woodward’s in evening. Tuesday 7 February - Worked. Sent screw & Fox off. Wednesday 8 February - Blondin due. Went for ride to Langley. Worked. Thursday 9 February- Worked late on initial. Went for ride in morning. Friday 10 February - Went to town. Saw Blake. Fanny’s party. Met West. (Red ink: 1st met my wife.) Saturday 11 February - Seedy after party. Walked over Archway. Fanny & Conny Thanes here. Sunday 12 February - Miss Thanes here. Wet day. Went to Old Church. Monday 13 February - Hutton & Woodward in in the evening & W. Heron. Out for ride. Tuesday 14 February - Out Coursing, bad day. Finished block. Wednesday 15 February - Worked. Paid Pulbrook. At Hutton’s & Woodward. Won £1.13.0. Thursday 16 February - Cheque sent. Saved Morten. At Hutton’s. James Dunn & Woodward. Lost £2.10.0. Aunt knocked her head. Friday 17 February - Went out for Ride. Up to town after. Dined at Blakes. Slept there. Christie there. Played whist. Saturday 18 February - Went to Colney Hatch. Saw Mrs Willis & Pullinger. Received cheque from Henry Barr £156.9.8d. Dined at Blakes. Home again. Sunday 19 February - Barker & Fanny at Aunt’s. Went for ride to Freeman’s. To Old Church in evening. Monday 20 February - Paid bills for Aunt. Went to Hanwell for Barker. At Uncle’s in the evening. Tuesday 21 February - Trained down to Taplow. Hunted with Queen’s. Came home & slept. Went to Robert’s, won £1.1.6 Wednesday 22 February - Went to town to meet Smith. Dined at Crosby Hall. Saw Lulu. Came home & slept. Thursday 23 February - Worked. Wrote letters. Blondin lame. Went to Woodwards. Lost £4.0.0 to Hutton. Friday 24 February - Worked. Sent two blocks off. At my Uncle’s. Saturday 25 February - Went to Harriers Drag at Squire Way. Supper with Hutton. Mackerel. Sunday 26 February - Went up to town. Called at Madame’s, Blakes, & dined at Reeds. Mr & Mrs Gilbert there. Met Hutton & Woodward in train. Monday 27 February - Worked. Sent initial off. At Hutton’s. Lost £1.15.0. Tuesday 28 February - Out hunting with Queen’s. Met at Iver Heath. Wrendels. Good run to Penn common. Hutton in in the evening. Mar 1871 Wednesday 1 March - Worked on Fashions. Out for Ride. Had a fall. Went to Grunsdale’s in evening. Thursday 2 March - Finished Block & sent it off. Went to Woodwards. Won 12/-. Friday 3 March - Went out coursing. Blank day. Walked home with Gardner. Went in to supper at Mr Heron’s. Saturday 4 March - Went to see Uncle. Out with Harriers in afternoon. Had severe fall. At Uncle’s & Woodward’s in evening.
Sunday 5 March - Went for walk. Dined at Home. Rode to Langley. Gyp went. Home early & to bed. Monday 6 March - Worked. Sent policeman & T pot Head off. At Woodward’s. Nose bad. Won 8/- Loo. Tuesday 7 March - Nose still bad. Went to James. Up late. Lost 7/6 at loo. Nose still very bad. Wednesday 8 March - Worked hard. Aunt & cousins at Aunt’s. Sent Master McGrath & Essence off. Thursday 9 March - Went hunting to Garth’s monument. Most frightfully wet. Got soaked. Went to Huttons played double dummy, won 4/6. Told me about overdraw. Friday 10 March - Went with Alice to be photographed. Worked in evening. Most frightfully in the blues. Rode round by Harefield, Called on James. Went to Uncle’s. Won £2.3.0 at Loo. Saturday 11 March - Rode over to see the Windsor steeplechases. Met King. Dined with him. Home by 10.0pm. Sunday 12 March - Went up to town. Called on Thornton. Check suit. Walked in the Kensington Gardens. Home early. Monday 13 March - Went for ride in morning. Paid in cheque. Bought photographs. Worked in the evening. Tuesday 14 March - Went for ride. Got very wet. Worked. At Huttons. Lost £3.5.0 to Woodward. Wednesday 15 March - Blondin due. Took Aunt up to town, awful Snow. At Barker’s in evening. Lost £1.12.0. Thursday 16 March - Came home early. Hunted with O & B. H. Bad day. Snow. James, Hutton to supper. Lost £2.10. Friday 17 March - Worked hard all day at Costume Dress. At Hutton’s in evening. Loo. Won £2.0.0. Saturday 18 March - Hunted with Sir Robert H Harriers. Splendid day. Saw Miss Bacon. Lost stud. Dined at Rickmansworth. Lost 8d to Uncle. Woodward left. Sunday 19 March - Went to dine at Uncle’s. After to German Reed’s late. Stopped in town. Mrs R. Jenkins. Monday 20 March - Came home at 11. Revolution in Paris. Sent clothes to Blackford. Worked & sent Block off. Tuesday 21 March - Princess Louise married. Went to Windsor & saw the Princess. Met James & Hutton & Farina & Judson. Wednesday 22 March - Went for ride to Greenford. Mamma came home. Thursday 23 March - Farina came. Out hunting. Met young Wise. Hutton & Far in in the evening. Friday 24 March - At Farina’s sale. Bought Verandah & Hall seats. Good sale. Saturday 25 March - At Farina’s. (illeg). Got up rope(?) & put up the Verandah. Sunday 26 March - Fine day. Went out for walk. Rode to town. Called at Houghton, Barker & Carters. Home at 12.30. Met Scotch girl. Monday 27 March - Worked hard all day. Sent two Blocks off. Tuesday 28 March - Out with the Queens at Beaconsfield. Capital day. Alice at Aunt’s. Row with Wilks at the Chequers. Wednesday 29 March - Very seedy in the morning. Sprained wrist. Worked in evening. Did not go out at all. Thursday 30 March - Wrist bad still. Worked hard all day. Farina went to Southampton.
Friday 31 March - Went to Steeplechases. Glorious day. Farina tight. Home with King. (Red ink: Kingsbury). Apr 1871 Saturday 1 April - Up very early. Went with Robert to Brentford. Saw Race. Oxford lost. Saw Blake. Dined with Lune, met King & went to theatre with Mrs K & him. Home by last train. Sunday 2 April - Went for walk Langley in afternoon. Uncle’s in evening. Monday 3 April - Worked hard all day. Pipe at Chequers after. Tuesday 4 April - Went to meet at Rocking’m. Beautiful day. Saw Miss Bacon. Mamma went. Took stag at Colham Green. Made a Druid. Wednesday 5 April - Worked hard all day. Thursday 6 April - Worked hard all day. Sent 3 blocks off. Friday 7 April - Dined at home with Farina. Rode over to Gerrards X. At Uncle’s after. Barker & Newton there. Lost 6/-.. Saturday 8 April - Worked. Went over to see Barker at Ealing. Henlow there & Mamma. Like house very much. Sunday 9 April - Went up to town. Called at Paytons & Thornton. Went to Reed’s. Marion engaged. Fit of the Blues. Monday 10 April - Hunted with Queens. Trained over to Taplow. Went to Wycombe. Rode home with Brooks. Very tired. Tuesday 11 April - Went with Farina & Murray to Ashford to see Day. Dinner with Woolls & James after. Farina left. Wednesday 12 April - Worked all day. Sent off block Hare & Fox. Went to Uncle’s in the evening. Thursday 13 April - Worked all day. Went for ride in evening. Made out acct & to Chequers after. Friday 14 April - Worked in morning at Gurcher(?). Went for ride. Genl & Mrs Dennys called. Hutton in in the evening. Saturday 15 April - Worked in the morning. Very windy day. Worked all the evening. Sunday 16 April - Went for walk. To Uncle’s in afternoon. Barker there. Ride in evening. Monday 17 April - Went up in town to be made a Mason. Was initiated. British Lodge. Home again. Garner in train. Tuesday 18 April - Got up at 5.30. Rode to Maidenhead. Breakfast there. Meet at Redstone Farm. Wet soaking day. 23 miles home. Called at Wise’s. Went to Druids. Blondin due. Wednesday 19 April - Very tired. Idle day. Went to Garner’s in evening. Thursday 20 April - (red ink) Death of Frewelynn Goodall. Worked in House. Carpet etc. Went to Chequers in the evening. Friday 21 April - Went out in morning. Went for ride in afternoon. Saw Mrs Bacon & Miss B. Home & to my Uncle’s. Saturday 22 April - Went up to town with Woodbridge. To Blake’s. Called on Mr Brooks & Bradbury. Went to Reed’s entertainment. Turkish Bath. Joan D’arc. Home. Sunday 23 April - Nip found. Rode over to Ealing to see Barker. Went to Church & home again. Jones wrote from Windsor. Monday 24 April - Rode to see old Jones. Found him at 17 Park St Windsor. Very dark night. Mrs Burkiss & Miss B. came over in pony carriage.
Tuesday 25 April - Dined with Robert & Farina. Worked in morning. Went to Druid’s dinner. Home early. Wednesday 26 April - Went over to Day’s for sketch of Pitt. Round home by Staines & Datchet. Saw Miss Bacon. Home & Worked. Thursday 27 April - Worked all day. Heavy showers. Farina in in the morning. Sent Block off. Friday 28 April - Worked all day. Went to Uncle’s in evening. Row about Gardener. After to Chequers. Saturday 29 April - Worked all day. Farina called. Went to Chequers in evening. Sunday 30 April - Awfully wet day. At Rockingham House. Home in evening. May 1871 Monday 1 May - Worked in morning. Rode to Barkers. Stopped at Ealing. Miss Barker there. Tuesday 2 May - Rode up to town. Went to see Swain & Academy. Dined at Scotch Stores & rode in the Row. Back to Ealing & slept at Barkers. Wednesday 3 May - Rode home in morning. Blues very bad. Worked on Essence. Thursday 4 May - Worked all day. Sent initial off. Went to Th(illeg). Ear bad. Friday 5 May - Worked all day. At Uncle’s in the evening. Ear bad. Saturday 6 May - Went for ride in morning. At Uncle’s. Roebuck there. Went to Slough. (illeg). At dinner at Uncle’s. Won. Ear bad. Sunday 7 May -Up late. Went to Uncle’s after dining. Barker & Miss B there. To church in evening & Chequers after. Ear very bad. Monday 8 May - Worked all day. Did girl & Hair. Thunder shower. Alice & Miss Cottrells in. Ear bad. Tuesday 9 May - Worked. Did two Blocks. Went to Chequers in evening. Ear bad. Wednesday 10 May - Ear burst. Went up to town to meet Aunt. Came home early. Saw Swain. Went to Langley & saw the Bacons. Thursday 11 May - Paid £40 to Bank. Worked. Went for ride in evening. Hutton in to supper. Toozeys in too. Friday 12 May - Worked all day. Saturday 13 May - Worked. Rode over to General Dennys. Worked in evening. Sunday 14 May - Dull day. Worked all day. At Uncle’s in evening. Monday 15 May - Went up to town. Called on Swain & dined at Freemasons Hall. Tuesday 16 May - Worked. Mrs Bacon & Miss Bacon, Arthur & Alice in to tea. Wednesday 17 May - Worked all day. Thursday 18 May - (blank) Friday 19 May - Worked on Butterfly. Rode to Gerrard’s X in evening. Home early. Saturday 20 May - Worked on Butterfly dress. Rode to Langley. Supper at King’s. Sunday 21 May - Called at Uncle’s in afternoon. Bruneson(?) there. Rode to Gerrards X & back. Barston(?) there. Monday 22 May - Worked all day. Went in evening to Uncle’s to dinner. The Garners there. Tuesday 23 May - Worked Hard. Sent two blocks off. Blondin lame. Went to Billiard Room for first time. (Morells). Alice went to her uncle’s. Wednesday 24 May - Blondin due. Derby Day. Went up with Garvin & Woolls etc. Nice day. Favomus won. Turkish Bath & home. Blondin went to Green. Thursday 25 May - Worked. Did Essence initial. Went to Billiard Room. Lost on Derby. Lost 11/6 to Uncle.
Friday 26 May - Worked. Went to Ealing. Saw Barker & Miss Bunson. Home by 9.30. Played a game at Billiards. Saturday 27 May - Worked. Sent two blocks off. Had some pools in evening, quoits. Sunday 28 May - Went to town. Saw Payton, Thornton, Reeds & Leupold. Saw Miss Rosa in train. Monday 29 May - Drew note of hand £60. Went to meet Blake & Mrs B. Dined at home, at Uncle’s in evening. Drayton after. Tuesday 30 May - Worked. Quoits in evening with James. Played with Ringham(?) at Billiards. Wednesday 31 May - Worked. Sent block off. Quoits with James & Billiards after. Lost 3/-. Jun 1871 Thursday 1 June - Worked all day. Friday 2 June - Dr Carr called & brought drawings. Lent(?) inferno(?). Worked on Punch, played Pool etc. Saturday 3 June - Went up to town. Met Greenwich. Took drawings with me. Saw Mr Brooks etc. Went in Exhibition Olympia, theatre & home. Missed the train & walked from Drayton. Sunday 4 June - Mrs Lulbyduck(?). Went to Uncle’s & walked to Drayton after. Saw Blondin. Arthur went too. Monday 5 June - Worked. Sent two blocks off. Played pool at Rosins(?). Tuesday 6 June - Worked, sent Essence initial off. Played Pool & lost at cigars. Wednesday 7 June - Worked. Sent block with Punch in row off. Met James at Chequers after. Thursday 8 June - Went to Ascot with King & wife M(illeg) & Miss Millington. Cold day. Mortimer won Cup. Home to supper at King’s & home after. Friday 9 June - Rather seedy. Got up late. Worked. Played Quoits. In Chequers after. Saturday 10 June - Worked a little. Walked with Farina to Drayton. Saw Blondin. Home & played Quoits afterwards. Sunday 11 June - Went to see Brown at Latimore House Maidenhead. Taken up to town in train. Monday 12 June - Worked on Ascot block. Played match at Quoits after. Lost. Tuesday 13 June - Worked. Went up to town for first Punch Dinner. Home after. Met Garner. Walked from Drayton. (Red ink: 1st Punch Dinner.) Wednesday 14 June - Did Essence Block. Thursday 15 June - Worked on Pocket Book. Went to Uncle’s. Played double dummy. Pool & home. Friday 16 June - Worked. Sent Pocket Book block off. Played quoits with William Heron. Home. Hutton & Farina there. Saturday 17 June - Worked hard. Did three blocks. Sunday 18 June - Worked hard. Did Thimble & Needles. At Uncle’s in evening afterwards. Monday 19 June - Worked all day. Did Croquet girl. Tuesday 20 June - Did Bee Wright. Went to Ealing in afternoon, there all night. Wednesday 21 - Went to Greenwich. Saw Gosling etc. Dined at Sydney’s. Took sketch, home by 9.30. Thursday 22 June - Did Essence block.
Friday 23 June - Worked hard. Capn & Mrs Dennys in to dinner. Mamma queer. Quoits. Saturday 24 June - Worked Hard all day. Farina in to supper. Played billiards. Won. Sunday 25 June - Rode with Robert Deane to Langley. Fell on lawn. Ledger there. Monday 26 June - Worked on Theatres (Pk book). Went round to see them at Rockingham house. Lost at Pool. Tuesday 27 June - Finished Pk. B. Block. Played Quoits in evening with candles. Wednesday 28 June - Blondin due. Worked. Sent Essence & P.B.B. off. Played Quoits. Thursday 29 June - Worked. Went & sketched Coomes at Barracks. Played Quoits with James. Cards after at Chequers. Home late. Friday 30 June - Went with the Kings to Review at Bushey. Splendid day. Home at eleven. Jul 1871 Saturday 1 July - Worked on Grenadier. Went to Fanny Barker’s to fetch Aunt. Met Hunt, Mrs Robuck, Ransford etc. Sunday 2 July - At home & at Uncle’s. Went for walk in evening. Monday 3 July - Miss Johnson came to Uncle’s. Worked. Finished Grenadier & Ascot. Quoits in evening. Lost at Billiards. Tuesday 4 July - Worked did Essence. Quoits in evening. Wednesday 5 July - Worked did 2 Initials. Quoits in evening with Gunday etc. Whist. Thursday 6 July - Worked. Farina in. Quoits in afternoon. Gunday etc. Game of Whist at Uncle’s. Friday 7 July - Worked. Miss Walters came. Alice & Miss Johnson in to tea. Quoits. James in to supper after. Saturday 8 July - Went up to town. Called on Blake & Mac. Went to Tower & Monument. Saw Mr Brooks. Home early. Quoits. Slept. Sunday 9 July - Very wet. Went to Uncle’s in afternoon. To church with Miss Walters. Monday 10 July - Worked. Sent Pocket Book Block off. Tuesday 11 July - Worked. Made sketch of Sailor from Miss W. Worked in evening. Wednesday 12 July - Worked on Sailor Girl. Went to Barkers to dinner. Hutton in at home. Wet. Home late. Thursday 13 July - Worked sent two Blocks off. Wet day. Nearly bowled out at Uncle’s in evening. Friday 14 July - Wrote lots of letters. Farina in. Mrs Houghton came. Quoits. Tring betrothed. Saturday 15 July - Very hot. Worked on Pocket Book. Went to Uncle’s. Arthur in Row. Played Bowls. Won 4/-. Sunday 16 July - Went on Cob to see Burnand. Very hot. A’ Beckett there. Rode home. Lost my way. Got home at 1.0 pm. (Red ink:) 1st met a’Beckett. Monday 17 July - Mr Walter in Wax about Windsor. Took Miss W. to Windsor in afternoon. Met my cousins there. Miss W went home. At Uncle’s in evening. Tuesday 18 July - Worked at Pocket Book. At Uncle’s in evening. Mrs Taplin came. Wednesday 19 July - Worked on Essence. Uncle Henry sent P.O.O.for 7.6.9. Played Quoits. Thursday 20 July - Worked. Went up to town. Saw Reed act. Home.
Friday 21 July - Worked on Punch & Daughter. Went with Robert Deane to the Bacons. Pleasant evening. Walked home. Saturday 22 July - Worked on Punch & Daughter. Played Quoits. Won. Sunday 23 July - Went up to town early. Called on Madame Douet at Reed’s. Stayed at Hotel. Monday 24 July - Worked. Sent block off. 7 games of Quoits with James. Played Billiards. Home. Brought little bull terrier home. Tuesday 25 July - Wet morning. Worked. (illeg) in. James & Miss F(illeg) to supper. Wednesday 26 July - Worked. Sent Essence off. Played Quoits Murray. Went to W. Heron to supper. Thursday 27 July - Worked on Parl. Farina in. Went to Uncle’s. Lost 4/6. Quoits with H Murray. Billiards after. Friday 28 July - Worked at Parl Block. Played Quoits. Fire escape. Home after. Hutton there to supper. Saturday 29 July - Went up to Town with sketch of Parl. Saw Blake, Macpherson, Courtenay & Brooks. At Reeds after & English Gentleman. Sunday 30 July - Went for walk. At Uncle’s. Spaniard & Barker there. Monday 31 July - Worked on Big block. Worked at Play billiards after. Yeomanry out. Aug 1871 Tuesday 1 August - Worked on Big Block. Yeomanry out. New Billiard Room after. Wednesday 2 August - Blondin due. Received cheque. Paid in. Thursday 3 August - Played Quoits with members of Yeomanry. Lost at Pool. Friday 4 August - Worked on big block. Pool after. Met Beverly Fox etc. Dunne’s I.O.U. last day £7.5. Saturday 5 August - Worked hard & late on Big block. Sunday 6 August - Macpherson came down. Walked to Gerrards X. Monday 7 August - Yeomanry inspections. Made sketches. Hot day. Blake came down with cheque. Tuesday 8 August - Worked hard on Block. Nearly finished. Wednesday 9 August - Sent Big Block off. Went to Drayton Races (yeomanry). Webb’s horse killed. Mr Shaw came. Thursday 10 August - Made up accounts. Quoits. Bath & Billiards. Found will. Friday 11 August - Went out. Had Hair Cut. Went with Marshall to fetch Blondin. Won 2/- Pools. Saturday 12 August - Went up to town. Saw Blake. Called on Olive & Mrs Parker. Dined at Blakes. Saw Shirley B. Blondin came home. Sunday 13 August - Dined at home. Out at Uncle’s in afternoon. Very hot. Monday 14 August - Worked. Did initial. Mrs Bastin ill. Went for ride. Norman’s ricks burnt. Fete at Colne House. Saw King. Tuesday 15 August - Worked & wrote letters. Went for ride. Met Uncle. Had croquet home. Played Pool. Wednesday 16 August - Out for ride after work, Went down to Cowley Lock. Home. Thursday 17 August - Worked. Sent Essence off. Blondin physiced. Played Quoits with H. Murray. Lost. Home, read. Won at Pool. Friday 18 August - Worked hard. Did Punch shooting. Won 2 Pools at Morell’s. Home.
Saturday 19 August - Went up to Town with Mr Shaw & Aunt. Called at Bouverie St. Went to exhibition & Richard III. Bought crop. Montromency. Sunday 20 August - Went to Church with Mr Shaw. Met Gunnan. Went to Grimsdales after dinner. Rode to see Mrs Bacon. Mrs Bastin buried. Monday 21 August - Nice day. Very hot. Rode to Farnham Royal. Saw Picture at Burnham. Dined with Blackburn. Home. Tuesday 22 August - Worked on Pocket Book. Saw King in evening. Played Pool. Wednesday 23 August - Went for ride to Gerrards X. Saw Bullin. Worked in morning on Law. Thursday 24 August - Worked hard. Parrot went to Boltins. Went for ride in evening to Hillingdon. Friday 25 August - Miss Orton came down. Fanny & Alice called. Went for ride to Gerrards X. Home. Saturday 26 August - Worked in morning. Went for ride in evening. Uncle Arthur in to supper. Met Old Morton on Common. Sunday 27 August - Fine day. Rode over with Robert. Dinner to the Bacons. Home in evening. Monday 28 August - Worked all day. Sent Grenadier & King Charles off. Tuesday 29 August - Worked. Barrett came in evening too late. Edridge came too late. Wednesday 30 August - Worked. Sent Collars & soldier off. Thursday 31 August - Turner drew up paper for Aunt. Drew Bactin in garden. Won Pools. Sep 1871 Friday 1 September - Drew Barnett. Mr & Mrs Heron in to supper. Saturday 2 September - Farina called. Sketched him on Block. Finished Gentle Craft. Took whole Pool & home. Sunday 3 September - Went up to Reed to dine. Saw Marion. Very funny. Slept at Grosvenor Hotel. Monday 4 September - Got up at half past seven. Much in Blues. Kept at West Drayton. Went in town & for ride. Dressed & went to Reed’s performance. Saw Marion. Terribly bitten with Mosquitos. Tuesday 5 September - (blank) Wednesday 6 September - (blank) Thursday 7 September - Worked. Very late at Pool at the Chequers. King drunk. Ride round common in evening. Friday 8 September - Rode over to Farnboro’ by way of Staines etc to see troops. No bed. Long walk to Aldershot. To bed early. Bad attendance. Saturday 9 September - Got Blondin. Rode to Camp. Saw a’Beckett. After seeing troops went to Odium. Slept there. Good accommodation. Played Billiards. To bed. Sunday 10 September - Rode into Camp. Saw a’Beckett. Made York Town. Dined there. X old maid. Slept there. Monday 11 September - Up in morning & saw Field day. Splendid sight. Met Trooper at Hartley Row. Supped at Blackwater. Met Old Gentleman. Bed early. Tuesday 12 September - Up & started for home. Taken prisoner. Met young lady & went to wood. Virginia Water. Met Aunt at Windsor. Mr Shaw had an accident. Wednesday 13 September - Up. Farina in. Burnand was to have come. Worked. Went to Chequers & home again.
Thursday 14 September - Blondin kicked in stable, wattle fly. Went to Aunt’s. Fanny there. Friday 15 September - Wrote letters etc. Farina left for the North. Saturday 16 September - Polished up things & off again to the troops, put up at Wheatsheaf. Very dull. Called on Mrs Bacon Jun. Sunday 17 September - Got up early. Met Scotchman. Walked round Virginia Water. Dinner. Saw Volunteer Engineers. Rode to Bagshot. Told by girl. Monday 18 September - Got up early & off to troops. Good day. Back to hotel. No one there. Sketched & to bed. Nightmare. Saw Tom Penn. Tuesday September 19 - Got up & off to troops. Best day of all. After dinner home again. Mr Layton dined at Aunt’s. Uncle there. Wednesday 20 September - Worked. Thursday 21 September - Went in afternoon to Sale at Hillingdon House. Friday 22 September - Mr Shaw went home. Worked after. Bought Wash basin etc. Bath. Saturday 23 September - Worked on Autumn Manoeuvres block. Sunday 24 September - At home. Rode over to see Blackburn. Met Captain Fenton, Sterne & Miss Vallance. (Red ink:) 1st met Sterne. Monday 25 September - Worked all day on Autumn Manoeuvres. Chequers after. Tuesday 26 September - Finished full page of Autumn Manoeuvres. Went up to town. Saw Swain. Got umbrella. Saw Mrs Reed & David Garrick. Home. Took two pools at Chequers. Wednesday 27 September - Set things straight. Went for ride to Langley. Mrs Barton ill. Miss B in town. Home & Chequers after. Thursday 28 September - Designed Crest & Monogram. Went up to town. After to Langley. Saw Mrs & Miss B, Turner etc. Home & Chequers after. Friday 29 September - Worked. Wet day. Uxbridge Fair. Went to Chequers played Pool etc. Old Walker there. Saturday 30 September - Went over to lunch with Sterne & Blackburn. Fine day. Met Vallance etc. Dinner at Blackburn’s. Slept at Sterne’s. Oct 1871 Sunday 1 October - At Sterne’s in the morning, went for walk in Bushes. Home, got very wet. Changed things, went to dinner at Reed’s. Slept at Grosvenor Hotel. Monday 2 October - In town. Called on Blake & Mac, a’Beckett etc. Saw Reed & home early. Tuesday 3 October - Worked on Blackburn’s Block. Quiet day. Chequers in evening etc. Wednesday 4 October - Sent block off to London early. Went with Aunt in afternoon to Langley. Saw Mrs Bacon. Home by train 2 hours. Caught slight cold. Thursday 5 October - Got up early. Hunted for first time with O.B.H. Row between Way & Blunt. Home. Nap & worked after. Friday 6 October - Worked. Sent Boy to Burnand. Farina . Wrote. Went to Uncle’s, won 7/6. Saw Mercer & James. Lost a game of Billiards. Saturday 7 October - Worked all day on Pocket Book. Went to Chequers after. Lost at Pool. Met Dr O’Connor. Bad cold. Sunday 8 October - Went over to Burnands. Met Twiss, Sullivan & Blount. Pleasant day. Cold very bad.
Monday 9 October - At Burnands. Rode home in the afternoon. Cold bad. Aunt X. Doctor O’Connor in to supper. Bed early. (Buscar came). (illeg illeg) Tuesday 10 October - Worked. Mrs Garman in to dinner. Aunt queer. Uncle, Garman & James in to supper. Uncle tight. Lost £1.10.0. Sent Block off. Wednesday 11 October - Worked. Went for ride after to Langley. Saw Miss Bacon. Home. Dark night. Met Richardson. Played at Chequers. Won 5/-. Thursday 12 October - Aunt’s Birthday. Worked. Went for ride round Canal. Sent Pocket Book Block off. Played at Chequers. Lost 5/-. Friday 13 October - Worked all day. Sent Block off. Went to Chequers after. Saturday 14 October - Out in morning. Ordered things. Went for ride with Mac & George Woolls. Rather screwed. Sunday 15 October - At home. Wrote letters & worked. Went for walk & to bed early. Monday 16 October - Up early & went to Beaconsfield. (Hargrieves). Cub hunting with Old Berkeley. George Woolls went. Home at 1.30. Slept. Work after. Tuesday 17 October - Worked on Pocket Book. Chequers in evening. Wednesday 18 October - Lambert shot. Uncle called. Worked. Finished P.B.Block. Out in evening. Played Pool at both rooms. Lost. Thursday 19 October - Worked all day. Went out in evening. Played shellout & home late. Friday 20 October - Got up. Hunted with Harriers. Good run. Home again. Worked. Finished P.B.Block. Saturday 21October - Went to town. Saw Reed. Met Burnand at Garrick. Went to Brighton. Blackburn came. Pleasant day but not night. Ritter Currels(?) there. Sunday 22 October - Got up & swam. Molloy came in. After Lord Suffolk. (Red ink: Lord Southwold I think. June 5th 94.) C.Hall etc. Blackburn not well. Went for drive & home after. Monday 23 October - Got up & swam. Went for walk on Pier with Molloy & Burnand. Lunched with Lady Clara Sheppard. Musical evening after dinner & to bed. Tuesday 24 October - Got up & swam. Breakfast later. Burnand worked. Went on Pier. Worked, drew heads. Dinner & music after. Wednesday 25 October - Got up & swam. Left by 1.10. Bill £14.0.0. Called on Swain. Dined at London. Called on Madame Leupold & home. Thursday 26 October - Worked. Mrs Bacon & Miss Bacon came to dinner. Mr Heron & Mrs H in to supper. Friday 27 October - Worked. Sent Toby to Blackburn. Chequers & played pool after. Poor James lost his appointment. Saturday 28 October - Worked. Sent two initials off. Went to Chequers after. Sunday 29 October - At home. Went for ride to Gerrards X. Wrote letters & Chequers after. Monday 30 October - Worked. Blondin singed. Wet day. Went up to town to Madame’s ball. Saw them all. Slept at Prince of Wales. Tuesday 31 October - Got up & trained down to Slough. Breakfast with Robert. Hunted with Queens for first time. Bad day. Home. Miss Ivory in to dinner. At Hutton’s in evening. Nov 1871 Wednesday 1 November - Put room in order. Worked. Miss Payne married. Worked, sent two Blocks off.
Thursday 2 November - Miss Walter came. Friday 3 November - Mamma came to Ealing. Worked. Hutton in to supper with the Herons. Called at Uncle’s. Mamma came home. Saturday 4 November - Worked. Grieve came down. Out for ride to try & find Harriers. Wet. Went to Chequers. Lost at Pool. * at night. Sunday 5 November - Went with Green for walk. Miss W met us. Sucking pig from Marshall for dinner. * at night. Church. Monday 6 November - Worked hard on Blackburn’s blocks, sent 4 off. * in day time. Went out for a little & home again. Tuesday 7 November - Got up went to Meet at Hillingdon. Hunted with Queens Hounds. Fairish run. Went to sleep. Hutton in. Wednesday 8 November - Went up to town. Went to Greenwich & to Mr Brook’s. Dined at London & to Reed’s after. Thursday 9 November - Went with Aunt & Miss Walter to Gerrards X. Old Berkley meet. Home. Met Buxton at train. Went to Lord Mayor’s Banquet. Met Sawyer, Turner etc. Home by last train. * at night. Friday 10 November - Up late. Worked. Did Lord Mayor’s block. (Red ink: Wore Green Ulster.) Saturday 11 November - Went up to town. Saw Blake, Renwick, Blackburn & Brooks, Bradbury & B(illeg). Home early, Reed’s. Wrote letters. Chequers after. Sunday 12 November - At Barkers. Mamma there. Quiet day. Rode home very cold. Monday 13 November - Worked. Designed Calendar. Went to Chequers after. Tuesday 14 November - Got up. Hard frost. Hunted with Queens hounds. Good day. Stag taken at Langley. James in to supper. Cards. Wednesday 15 November - Worked all day on Block for Calendar. At William Heron’s in evening. Dutch girl there. Linoleum put down. Thursday 16 November - Wrote letters. Worked hard on big block for Almanack. Hutton in to supper. (Red ink: Mary W in room by (illeg)) Friday 17 November - Worked all day. Finished Big Block for Almanack. Out for a stroll & home. Saturday 18 November - Went for ride to Hodson’s Harriers from there to Drag. Rode with both. Home. Mamma in to dinner & tea. Sunday 19 November - Went for a walk to meet Mamma. Miss Walton. Up to town & Burnands after. Met Wilson & Mr & Mrs English there. Spiritual séance etc. Monday 20 November - Got home in middle of the day from Edgware. Worked in afternoon & evening. Hutton in to supper. Tuesday 21 November - Went for ride to Mann’s. No hunting on acc’t of frost. Home. Swore Affadavit at Bird’s with Aunt. Miss Walters & T went up to town. Late for dinner at Blackburn’s. Met Miss Armstrong etc. (Red ink: Mary Walters went back.) Wednesday 22 November - Came from Blackburn’s. Sent Besscar home. Met Alice & Chick at train (Red ink: Chick Roebuck.) Worked. Sent Pocket Book block & another off. Bad cold came on. Thursday 23 November - Worked. Sent two Almanack Blocks off. Chequers after. Cold very bad. Friday 24 November - Out hunting with Harriers. Blondin refused. Home. Cold worse. Worked in evening. Sent off Block for Almanack. Saturday 25 November - Cold better. Went to see Day. Rode home from Ricks. Did five blocks for W(illeg) & (illeg). O’Connor in to supper.
Sunday 26 November - Cold rather. Went for walk. At Reed’s after. Called on Madame. Home early. Monday 27 November - Worked hard all day on Costume for Strand. Aunt Sarah in. Chequers. To bed early. Tuesday 28 November - Out with the Queens. Good day. Met at Gurneys. Took stag at Appleton. Went to town after to Burnands. Met Mrs Walpole at Station. Wednesday 29 November - At Burnands. Up late. Worked all day at costumes. Went to town. Saw Swain. Strand Theatre & home again. Thursday 30 November - Row with Aunt about money. Jane had warning to go. Worked. Sent Cancer off. Wrote letters. Did costumes & to bed early. Dec 1871 Friday 1 December - Out with Harriers. Met at Langley. Home. Got wet. Weight st 12.7. Worked. Sent Virgo off. Saturday 2 December - Went up to town. Met Burnand at Strand Theatre. Saw Mr Brooks. Went to Reed’s. Dined with Taf. Home by 8.20. Mamma came home. Sunday 3 December - Worked hard all day. Did (illeg) costumes & wrote letters. At Uncle’s in evening. Monday 4 December - Worked hard all day. Sent two blocks off. At Chequers in evening. Hard Frost. Tuesday 5 December - Hard Frost. Worked hard all day. Finished Almanack. Wednesday 6 December - Went for ride with Woolls. Aldworth etc. G.W. thrown. Worked in evening. Thursday 7 December - Rode Woolls’ new horse with Wortham to Gerrards X. Snow & hard Frost. Worked after. Friday 8 December - Went to skate at Miss Eadis’ pond. Saw James. Work after. Saturday 9 December - Went to Town. Called on Tavenborough(?) & Mr Brooks. Sunday 10 December - Macpherson came. Went to Skate at Langley. Saw the Bacons. Home to dinner. Monday 11 December - Worked. Lent Capn Dennys skates. Frost broke suddenly. Did costumes for Mrs Reed. Tuesday 12 December - Did costumes for Mrs Reed. Wenr to dine at Blackburns. Met Capn Fenton. Wednesday 13 December - (Red ink: X X 1st Regular Punch Dinner.) Went to Punch Dinner for 1st time, regular. Called at Blakes etc. Thursday 14 December - Out hunting with O.B.H at Bin Ways. Blank day. Row with fellow at fence. Friday 15 December - Worked hard all day did two initials. Saturday 16 December - Went to Town. Saw Burlesque rehearsed. Went after to see Pygmalion. Good. Sunday 17 December - At home. Wrote letters. Went round to Uncle’s & home after. Monday 18 December - Worked hard all day. Did Beefeater. Chequers in evening. Tuesday 19 December - Out hunting. Saw Bunton thrown. To town after, Punch dinner. Burnands’ after. Wednesday 20 December - Blondin due (Paid). Went to Town. Lunched with Captain Fenton. Met Blake at Olive Barrs’. First night of Burlesque. Burnands after. Thursday 21 December - Rushed home. Got Austrian Uniform. Back to Town. At Madame’s Fancy Ball.
Friday 22 December - Came home. Very tired. Worked. Put Uniform on & went to Chequers after. Saturday 23 December - Put uniform on & was photographed. Blake came to see Aunt. Sunday 24 December - Got up. Went to Reed’s after. Saw Marion. * X o. Home early. Monday 25 December - Went to St Andrews Church. Ride with Barker on Wooll’s horse. Dinner at Rock’m House. Tuesday 26 December - Worked all day, did two blocks. Chequers in evening. Wednesday 27 December - Went up to Town. Met Mr White in train. Saw English. Called on Bradbury etc. Saw The Bells & home. Thursday 28 December - Worked on Punch. Did Cupid & hearts. Sent it off. Friday 29 December - Went to Meet. Rode Wooll’s black charger. Great run. Stag taken at Barnet. Home by town. Saturday 30 December - Worked all day. Very stiff from ride. Did two blocks for Blackburn. Sunday 31 December - Went up with Captain Dennys to town. Went to Reeds after to dinner. Parker there. Mr & Mrs Knox & Jago. Pleasant evening. Saw Old year out & New year in. Kissed Kate. Long talk withTaf after. To bed. £7.17 for Blondin from (illeg).
1882 Jan 1882 Sunday January 1 - Pleasant evening very. Monday January 2 - Very bad cold came on. Rode in morning all round Holloway etc. Saw Sheehy. Back in afternoon. Dined Burnands in evening. Suspicious about Punch. Saw Holliday. Bad cold. Worked Sir J.Gilbert. Tuesday January 3 - Worse cold. Stopped in all day. Plaster on chest. Worked on Sir J.Gilbert. Wednesday January 4 - Birthday. Cab all way to Punch Dinner. No work. Thursday January 5 - Bradbury's juvenile party. Rode to Needle. Pleasant evening. Conjuror etc etc. Bland. Friday January 6 - Worked from Tassell. John Bull & France. Saturday January 7 - Took Marion to lunch at Rules. Went to Drury Lane pantomime. Home early. Stayed in. Sunday January 8 - Rode with Conny to Wimbledon. Punch slipped down on Common. Monday January 9 - Fine day. Jane fibs. Notice to leave. Ride in morning. Commenced Water Babies in earnest. Tuesday January 10 - Finished cut Water Babies. Wednesday January 11 - Punch dinner. Home early to Gardens to fetch M. Saw her & went back for game of Billiards with Edgar. Thursday January 12 - Worked on Water Babies. Friday January 13 - Finished Water cut. Dined with Black & Payn at Reform Club. Saturday January 14 - 4 weeks Punch due. Rode to Ludgate Hill to see Clock. Put Punch up & lunch at Club. Saw Macmillan & sons. Home afternoon. Hair cut. Miss Wells & Bee Barrs. Game of Billiards with Edgar after. Sunday January 15 - Rode to Arts Club. Glass Beer. Took M for walk. Dined at Gardens. Walked to Garrick wrote letters etc. Home early. Monday January 16 - Worked on Water Babies. Tuesday January 17 - Worked on Water Babies. Dined at Our Club. Slow dinner. Richardson. At Arts after. Home early. Wednesday January 18 - Water Babies. Punch Dinner. Home early. Burnand's children ill fever. Thursday January 19 - Weary day waiting instructions. Billiards with Edgar in evening. Woods elected. Friday January 20 - Worked hard. John Bull & France as 2 Memnons. Not out in evening. Saturday January 21 - Rode to Club. Took M to lunch at Rules. After to pantomime. Mother went to Mrs Linley's. Quiet evening. Sunday January 22 - Rode in morning. Pollie not well. Lunched at Gardens. Edgar to dinner. Monday January 23 - Slight frost. Rode in morning. Alice here. Irving's theatre in evening. Saw 'Two Roses'. Capital. Paid £3.0.0 washing. Paid Holliday. Tuesday January 24 - Slight frost. Rode in morning. Bright day after. Dinner at Gardens. To meet à Becketts after. Wednesday January 25 - Worked Water Babies. Punch Dinner. Dense fog. Walked there. Weld Blundell called. Tabs & Mrs Murdoch in. Punch rest. Thursday January 26 - Worked all day. Bismarck & Punch. Conny & Mervyn dinner. Col Kent, Davis, Wing etc there. Billiards. Bilious. Home at 12.0pm. Beer came in.
Friday January 27 - Dark morning. To send Punch to Reeds at Staines. Biller took Punch. Worked hard & late on Gambetta off his horse. Not great. Saturday January 28 - Month's acct due. Up early & to Virginia Water. Hunted with (illeg) hounds. Fine day. Lunch at Reeds, Dunthorne Cottage. Home after by Kensington. Sunday January 29 - Put pictures up. All at Gardens for lunch. Wet afternoon. Went Club. Wyndham's dinner. Walked home. Mud in eye. Monday January 30 -East wind. Worked on Water Babies. Punch had rest. Went in evening. to Court Theatre. Saw 'Engaged'. Con & Fletcher there. Edgar had pipe. Tuesday January 31 - Hiram sent to be sold. Rode in morning. Did Monkey on Stick. Home in evening. Not out. Syringe. M. French. Dividends paid from Gt Western Brazil £6.17.1, 6 Great Winchester Street. Feb 1882 Wednesday February 1 - Fine sunny morning. Frost. Worked Water Babies. Walked to Punch Dinner. Stopped late. Long discussion with D.M, Tenniel & Milliken on Punch. H.Barr sent statement of acct. £191.4.3. Thursday February 2 - Hard frost. Did not ride. Muddled away day skeming Essence of Parliament opening. Finished Grimes & soot sack. Bad dinner. Smoked Old Rope first time. M out, called at various houses, Messels, Joshuas etc etc. Bad fog & frost. Friday February 3 - Rode in morning. Worked all day on subject Hot Potato Ireland. Did not go out in evening. No one to dinner. Saturday February 4 - Out to ride at 10.30. Called at Arts Club, à Becketts to look at their plate & on to Garrick. Saw Critchett & Macmillan. Home. Dined at home. Holland & Mrs Ware called. Game Billiards with Edgar. S 288 to 300 E. Home at 12.0. Sunday February 5 - Wrote for acct £110. Foggy morning. Rode to Arts Club. Beer & cigar. Home by embankment. Took M for walk to Gardens. Stopped in. A'Becketts, Bosanquets & Conny in to dinner. Monday February 6 - Cheque paid in £191 odd. Put £200 on deposit. Did not ride. Wrote many letters. Worked on Sir William Gull. Went to Criterion Theatre with Con & Fletcher. Home early. Tuesday February 7 - Boehm elected RA. Rode in morning. Worked on Sir William Gull. Went to play Billiards in evening at Gardens. Parliament opened. Fletcher called. Wednesday February 8 - Worked. Did Montague Williams. Walked to Punch Dinner. Agnew there. Home by 12.0. Boehm sent photos. Thursday February 9 -Cold morning. Marion in bed. Work on Boehm. Sent Burgess cheque. Friday February 10 - Rode in morning. Worked hard all day. Did Gladstone and Moon. Not out in evening. Very tired. Saturday February 11 - 4 weeks Punch due. Rode in morning to Punch Office & Burgess. Home to lunch. Took M & Ba to Assault of Arms at Albert Hall. Dined at home. Billiards with Edgar. Beaten by 136. Biller went to Drury Lane. Sunday February 12 - Beautiful morning. Baynes not in. Rode with Don as far as Ealing. Chiswick, Bedford Park etc. Lunch at home. Took M & Maud to top of Row. Saw Penn. Wrote letters at Club. Pauper in buss. Bed early.
Monday February 13 - Strong sou'wester. Rode in morning. Went to Hartrees. Good journey. Began Tunnel. Lady tumbled over boy. Mrs Anderson at dinner. Bed early. Tuesday February 14 - At Hartree's. Up & worked on Channel Tunnel all day. Walked up hill in evening. Quiet dinner. Wednesday February 15 - At Hartree's. Worked at Channel Tunnel all day. Went up to town for Punch Dinner, back to Lewisham. Thursday February 16 - At Hartree's. Worked on Channel Tunnel all day. Quiet dinner. Punch sent down by Holliday. Friday February 17 - At Hartree's. Finished Channel Tunnel by lunch time. Rode round Eltham, Chislehurst & Bromley. Met Pook, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Roper etc at dinner. Much annoyed by letter from J.C.Humphreys received & claiming £90. Saturday February 18 - At Hartree's. Went into factory in morning. Saw Gosling etc etc. Rode in afternoon to Crystal Palace. Saw Stern & the Panorama etc etc. Home in evening. Quiet dinner. Sunday February 19 - At Hartree's. Beautiful day. Rode in morning to Shooters Hill and over through Eltham etc. Back by 1pm. Quiet afternoon. Wrote letters etc. Game of billiards. Burnand dined at Marlborough House. Monday February 20 - At Hartree's. Very cold raw morning. Rode. Did not enjoy it. Just round Heath & through Lewisham etc. Tenniel came down to lunch. Went over factory. Miss Sherrington to dinner etc etc. Tuesday February 21 - At Hartree's. Got up in morning. Went to Dover to inspect Tunnel. Saw Fenton, Col Beaumont, Lucy etc. Cad at dinner. Mappin MP. Home to Lewisham half hour late for dinner. (Met Milton Prior & also Somers Vine. Feby 25 1895.) Wednesday February 22 - At Hartree's. Worked & did Tennyson. Rode in afternoon for one and a half hours. Called at Perkins & had Punch photod. Over Heath and through Greenwich. Came home to Charing X. Conny met M. Went on to Punch Dinner. Full Dinner. Home to Stafford Terrace. All well. Thursday February 23 - At home. Wrote letters. M not well. Worked on Elephant etc. Punch brought back from Lewisham. Marcus Stone's dinner. Very good. Met Manistys & Williamsons. Friday February 24 - Punch a rest. Worked hard all day. Finished Jumbo & Children. Did not go out. Haswell's parties begin. Saturday February 25 - Month's acct due. Rode in morning at 11.30 to Punch Office. Burnand not well. Left letter. Put Punch up, called at Garrick. Lunch at Temple. Old shop cleared away. Home in afternoon. Hair cut. Annoying letter from B. At Gardens. Ring etc there. Summons from Humphreys. Sunday February 26 - At 10.30 rode to Russell Sq. Home at noon. Walk with M. Lunched at Gardens. Walked to Club. Called on Edgar. Saw Cooper & C(illeg). Home with pauper. Dined at home by selves. Bed early. Monday February 27 -Wrote. Rode in morning to Lane's. Beautiful morning. Wrote letters. Letter from B explaining. Sent Lane particulars. Man did not turn up for service of summons. Boehm's dinner. Met Inveraritys, Gordons of Dorking. Indifferent dinner. Tuesday February 28 - Rode in morning. Waste time over letters etc. German Reeds in evening. Taf very seedy. Good piece, 'Head of the Poll'. Saw Reeds, Hardman etc. Tabs & Bee went. Mar 1882
Wednesday March 1 - Worked on Water Babies. Did one. Walked to Punch Dinner. Talk of Humphreys writ etc etc. Fine day. Thursday March 2 - Very fine morning. Rode before breakfast. Worked all day on Prince & Band. Cap'n. Montgomery etc in to dinner. Went in evening to see 'Aladdin'. Very poor piece. Much bored. Home in evening in carriage. Friday March 3 - Did not ride. Worked hard all day on Prince's block. Did not go out. Good block. Mrs Heron called. Saturday March 4 - Beautiful morning. Rode to Arts Club etc etc. Saw Yates in Row. Punch very fresh. Took M to Old Masters & Dudley seascapes etc. Bought Ba gun and Maud shuttlecock. Home in evening. Not out. Photos sent from Burnham & abroad etc etc. Sunday March 5 - Beautiful morning. Rode as far as Garrick. Home. Took M for walk up Campden Hill. Looked over Airlie Gardens. Dined at Gardens. Miss Murdoch there. Walked to Club. Wrote letters. Home & bed early. Saw Sir G Woolsey in Row, Chaytors etc. Monday March 6 - 4 weeks Punch due (1 of 6). Beautiful morning. Rode. Saw Hartree, Trower etc. Worked, finished Elephant buying. Dined at Gardens in evening to meet Barkers etc. Con & Mervyn's last night. Dancing. Late, no Billiards. Tuesday March 7 - Bad headache. Rode to Euston. Saw boys off. Yates there. Back. Called on Wellman. Home. Lunch. Went to Natural History Museum. Saw Yates again. Dined & to bed early. Wednesday March 8 - Up. Rode. Dull morning. Worked Water Babies. 1 st night 'Romeo & Juliet'. Went to Punch Dinner. Grand 1st night of R & J. Saw Hardmans etc. After champagne with Irving. Cigar at Garrick & home. Thursday March 9 - Orton's dinner to meet Nixey 7.30. Rode in morning. Worked on Irving as 'Wherefore art thou Romeo'. Dined after at Orton's. Met C. Mackenzie, old Napier, Chown & Nixey. Good dinner. Friday March 10 - In all day & did not go out. Mother read. Did Jumbo in Chancery. Burnand still ill. In evening went to Keely Halswells. Pleasant evening. Saturday March 11 - Mother went home to Mosborough Hall, Ecklington nr Chesterfield. Dull foggy morning. Rode. Met Finlay & Wyndham. Called on Arthur à Beckett. In evening dined at Gardens. Read & home early. Sala wrote for Lady Rosebery. Sunday March 12 - Dull foggy morning. Rode to Arts Club & Garrick & along Embankment. Home. Saw Sir Trevor Lawrence etc. Met Spencer. Chicks, M & self dined at Gardens. Went to see Jumbo at Zoo. Lees came in. Supper & home early. Monday March 13 - Punch can stay with (illeg). Rode in morning. Fine morning. Cave came. Worked all day on Water Babies. Did not go out. Henry Barron called to borrow money. Tuesday March 14 - Dense fog. Worked on W.B. Letter from Burnand. Rode in morning. Fine after. Letter from Ansdell refusing portraits. Holker & Guest etc. In evening went to Court Theatre. Wretched house. Saw the Palmers there. Home with Ada. Wednesday March 15 - Worked hard all day, W.Babies. Finished page. Walked to P.D. Warm fog. Burnand still away. Hartree's entertainment. Corney Grain. Home early. Bryant wrote. Thursday March 16 - Rode in morning. Beautiful weather. Wrote no end letters. Work on Fancy Portraits. Nellie Keith in to dinner. Sp called.
Friday March 17 - Beautiful morning. Rode early. Colin Hunter's evening. Worked all day after waiting. Did Northbrook & Revell. Cave good model. Went to Hunter's. Saw Fildes, Moncrieff etc, also Norman Lockyer. Dined Phillimore Gds. Hock. Saturday March 18 -Most beautiful morning. Worked on Water Babies in morning. After lunch at home rode with Tenniel in afternoon. Dined Phillimore Gardens. After took Polly home. Went to Lady Rosebery's big reception. Saw Mocatta etc. After to Club. Saw Wedgwood, Fildes, Stone etc. Home at 2.0pm. Sunday March 19 -Most lovely weather. Rode in morning. Saw Spencer. After lunch at Gdns. Went to Club. Wrote letters. S.J.H & wife dined. Monday March 20 - Most lovely weather. Little Tub went to Italy. Tweet comes. Worked. Finished W.B block. Tweet came in afternoon. Spencer took Ada to Italy. Came in in evening. Rumpus with Mrs O. Bother with Gladstone. Tuesday March 21 - Miss Cotton married. Sp took Marion. Too tired to go. Went to bed early. Tweet still here. Cold weather. Paid Parkes. Wednesday March 22 - Worked hard all day on Almack's. Dined at Gardens. After worked from 9.0 till 4.0am. Cold weather. Thursday March 23 - Smith called. Up very late. Jumbo removed from Zoo. Cold weather. To go to 'Squire'. Measured at Kniv's for clothes. Saw Faed etc etc. In evening to see 'Squire'. Good play. Friday March 24 - Worked on Burnaby crossed Channel in Balloon. Dined early & in evening went to see the play 'Patience'. Prince of Wales opposite. Home after going to see Keely Hallswells. Saw Edis etc etc. Pleasant evening. Saturday March 25 - Month's acct due £110. Fine morning. Rode. Wore new boots. In afternoon went to see pantomime at Drury Lane. Dined at Gardens etc. Port wine. Mrs Murdoch there.. Sunday March 26 - Beautiful morning. Rode to Chiswick to see E.Blair Leighton's picture. Good. Saw Keith at Club etc. Dined at Gardens. After walked to Club. Wrote letters. Home to dine. Bed early. Monday March 27 - Fine morning. Smith called. Measured for clothes. Tweet leaves. Paid interest on mortgage. Worked late on the block for Bryant. Prince of Wales. Tuesday March 28 - Finished drawing for Bryant. Did Fancy Portrait of Currie. In evening dined at Messels. Capital dinner. Met Ionides etc, Montalbas etc etc. Wednesday March 29 - Worked on Water Baby block. Walked to Punch Dinner. Burnand there. Bradbury's daughter ill. Home in omnibus. Thursday March 30 - Worked all day on Water Baby block. Bothered with it very much. Dined at Joshua's. Met Sir C.Young etc etc. Moncktons etc etc. Home latish. Friday March 31 - Worked all day. Unfortunately altered block. Did Gladstone as Owl. Dined at Fildes. Met Woods & Mr Gaskell. Home late. Apr 1882 Saturday April 1 - Boat race. Went with Fildes to Penn's steamer. Met W.H.Smith, Worms etc. Cambridge badly beaten. After went to National Gallery. Introduced to Sir Richard Wallace. Home with Fildes. Much upset by Burnand's letter. Dined. After to Edis's. Slow evening. Home with Marcus Stone. Sunday April 2 - Picture Sunday. Went to Stone's and Fildes in morning. In afternoon to Millais, Boughton, Wells, Revere, Long, Marks, Morris & Storey, President & Val Prinsep. Dined quietly at home after. Very tired & bed.
Monday April 3 - East wind. Finished small block on Water Babies. Rode in afternoon. After dinner to Gaiety Theatre. Forty Thieves. Home in cab. Sent Cave to Swains. Tweet called. Tuesday April 4 - 8.0am Lawson hanged. Lawson reprieved for time. Took Punch & trained down to Twyford. Missed train. Utterly wasted day. Very hot. Saw not one single hound. Home with Salter. Dined at home. Wednesday April 5 - Worked all day. Did Benedict. Spencer dined with us. Did not ride or go out. Thursday April 6 - Did Sarah Bernhardt & Burton. Sophy left, went to Cowards. (Went where? Why, to Cowards. 2 Apl 1903.) M & baby saw her off. Quiet evening. Met Coward in morning. ( I remember he spoke about the Owl drawing as being devilish good. 2 April 1903) Friday April 7 - Rode in morning. Quiet day. Worked hard all day. Did Costa & Wagner. Bed at 12.0 Saturday April 8 - Most beautiful weather. Worked all morning. Wrote letters. Sent Fancy Portraits off. Rode in evening. Called at (illeg). Dined at Gardens. Sunday April 9 - Fine morning. Rode as far as Club. Walked with Maud, M & bath chair round Serpentine. Lunched at Gardens. Walked to Club. Met Millais. Wrote letters. Home. Dined at home. Bed early. Monday April 10 - Dull heavy morning. Stopped in all day. Worked Water Babies. Rode in morning before breakfast, saw Holland. Dined at Gardens. M & Baby drove to Richmond. Tuesday April 11 - Worked hard all day on Water Babies. Rode before dinner. Saw young Ansdell. Worked after dinner till 11.30. Wednesday April 12 - Finished page for W.B. Rode to Punch Dinner. Sent Cave on. Burnand there. Not well. Long talk. Home by 12.0. Thursday April 13 - In morning had to wait for wire. Came at 1.0pm. Rosebery & Fishes. Dined at Gardens. Went to wrong house. Upset beautiful pot & India Rubber. Gale of wind. After went to Wren's dance. Polly not so well. Slow evening. Home in cab. Wet. Friday April 14 - Hard at work all day on Fishes. Dined at home. Edgar came in. After to last evening at K.Halswells. Very tired. Saturday April 15 - Very tired. Took Polly to Natural History Museum & S.Kensington. Home after. Dined at home & bed early. Rode before dinner. Called at Club. Saw Ansdell. Sunday April 16 - Fine morning. Rode round S.K. Called at Alfred Reed's. Lunch at Gardens. Walk to Club. Wrote letters. Paxtons to dinner. Monday April 17 - Phos came from Belgium. Worked on W.B. Dined at Gardens. Home & bed early. Spencer X. (Cutting glued in: In memoriam George Jennings, April 17 1882. 1902.) Tuesday April 18 - Finished cut on Water Babies. Commenced the Academy cut. Rode in the evening. Ma's birthday. Dined at Gardens. M & Spencer went to the Opera. Home & found M asleep. Wednesday April 19 - Worked in morning on Academy cut. In afternoon rode to Club. Had Cave with things etc. Dressed there and went to Fishmongers dinner. Good dinner. Met Winslow, Renton, Justin McCarthy etc etc. Home late. Thursday April 20 - Rode in morning. Worked on P. Did Salisbury. Commenced Pig & Smith. Spencer & C.Stokes dined with us. Up work late.
Friday April 21 - Rode early. Lovely morning. Worked hard all day on Pig & Smith. Dined with C.Stokes in evening. Good Italian dinner. Garrick. Roberts & (illeg). Arts. Home. Nelly dined with M. Cave waited. Saturday April 22 - Very wet morning. Worked on Academy block. Dined at Gardens. Did not work at night. Sunday April 23 - Lunched at Gardens. Stokes came in. Went home, worked all afternoon on Academy block. Stones & Weld Blundell dined. Good dinner. Monday April 24 - Worked hard all day on Academy block. Boughton in at dinner. Worked late on block. Tuesday April 25 - Worked hard all day on Academy block. Rode in morning. Worked after dinner till late. Boughton came in afternoon. Stayed. Mrs Stone lent hat. Wednesday April 26 -Worked hard all day on Academy block. Hurried visit to Academy. Punch Dinner & home. Worked all night nearly on block. Thursday April 27 -Very tired in morning. Finished RA block. Up at 6.30. After read. Rode in afternoon after going to Boughton's private theatricals. Saw Wilde etc etc. After M went to Opera. Up in carriage as far as Club. Alhambra & home with Spencer & M. Friday April 28 - Up & went to Press Day at Grosvenor. Took M after to Private View of R.Academy. Saw M home. Mrs Langtry. Dined with McDonald. Hook, Calderon, Millais, Marks, Pettie, Orchardson, Tadema, Du Maurier, Keene, self, MacDonald, Robertson. Home all right. D.M pure Dandie Dinmont. Saturday April 29 - Very wet day. Rode before lunch. Got wet. M could not go to Private View at Grosvenor. Went. Saw a lot of people. Went home half way by buss. Girl like Mrs Inverarity. Dined at home quite quietly. Bed early. Sunday April 30 -Showery. M not well. Rode in morning to get to Knowles. The Hollies, Clapham Commom. Turned back. Went on. Home in afternoon. Read etc etc. Dined at home. Bed early. May 1882 Monday May 1 - Fine morning. M seedy. Preparing for dinner. Wrote about Ring. Engaged to dine with R at Greenwich. Langleys arrive from S America. Langleys arrived at 2.30. Rode to Arts Club. Met Ernest George architect & Boughton. Made remark about playing with work. Went to Greenwich dinner. Dined. Bad dinner. Met Huxley, Andrew Clarke etc etc. Home with Boughton to Club etc etc. Got M her heart shaped ring. M not well. Tuesday May 2 - McDonald dined with us. Rode in afternoon. Worked on Water Baby block. Drew Maud in bed. Midge came in. After McDonald, Fildes, Burnands, dined. Govr & Hamilton came in evening. McDonald made remark about humanity of our Saviour. Burnand disapproved. Wednesday May 3 - Worked in morning on Water Baby drawing. Rode in afternoon to P.D. Agnew & Brookes there. Home by cab. Cabby discontented with 2/6. Thursday May 4 - Worked on Water Baby block. After on Punch block, Queen Elizabeth & Queen Victoria. Rode before dinner. Saw young Agnew. After to dinner at Mrs Arthur Lewis. Desanges, Leslies, Messels, Heseltines, self, Boehms, 2 other couples. Friday May 5 - To go to Petties. Rode in morning. Missed Messel. Worked hard all day on Queen & Elizabeth. Did not go out. Too done up.
Saturday May 6 - Got up in morning. Rode early for short time. After took train & went down to Mr Hook's, Farnham, Surrey. Met McDonalds, Davis RA, Miss Burton etc. Trout fishing. Fire on heath. Beautiful country. Water hen. Photod etc. Assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish & Mr Burke at Dublin 7.30. Sunday May 7 - At Hook's. Lovely morning. Warm. Cuttle. Garden. Toads. Photographing. In afternoon went to Frensham Pond. Boat, canoe etc. Dinner after. Pleasant day. Dogs. Toby, 3 collies & deerhound sold. Monday May 8 - Down to breakfast at Hook's. Sold Academy drawing. Davis RA left. McDonalds left after. Went with Mr Hook round beautiful valley. Got moss & ferns etc. Walked on hill. Lunch. Home by long drive to Hazelmere. Crowded train. Read about Irish murder. Slow cab from Waterloo. Rode to Westminster & back. Dinner at home. Bed early. All well. Tuesday May 9 - Worked on Fancy Portrait, Barff. Dined in evening at Gardens. Hamilton Fletcher, Orton & Hamilton. Played billiards etc etc. Fine weather. Wednesday May 10 - Finished Barff. Rode in afternoon to see & say goodbye to McDonald. Saw the Queen. After to Punch Dinner. Home. Walked with Milliken to Charing X. Thursday May 11 - Worked on Water Babies. Did baby. Skemed Patti. Rode in evening. Friday May 12 - Worked Patti all day. Rode in morning. Did not go out in evening. Saturday May 13 - My cousin Henry Bingham died this morning at 3.30. Took Marion to see 4 in hand Coaching Club. Lunched at St James's. After to Grosvenor & Munkasky. Dined at the Dickens's after. Met Joachims, Dickens's, Peruginis etc. Rode to Clapham Common. Took drawing to Knowles. Sunday May 14 - East wind. Rode in morning to Arts. After walk dined at Gardens. Called on Lewis's. Hamilton & Midge dined with us. Monday May 15 - East wind. Very cold. Worked on Water Babies. Dragonfly. Rode in evening. Man galloping. Told Police. In evening dined at Gardens. Met Spencer & Mr & Mrs Bernal. Spanish. Tuesday May 16 - Worked on Rymill for Punch. Rode in evening. After to dinner at Miss Elmore's. Met Watneys, Poland, Colnaghi, Moscheles. Good dinner. M tired. (First met Mrs Watney, oh!) Wednesday May 17 - Finished Rymill in morning. Began Fortuna. Note from Editor. Worry. Called to look after Mrs Hirsch, accident in Stafford Terrace. Dined at home. M very tired. Thursday May 18 - Worked on Fortuna. Punch drawing finished. Rode in evening. Bryan Hook came to dinner. Friday May 19 - Worked on dragonfly, Water Babies. Rode in evening. Dined at Gardens. Played Billiards with Langley. Poor Mrs Hirsch died this evening at one thirty. Saturday May 20 - Worked in morning. Finished dragonfly etc. Rode to Victoria. Went down to Westwood. Lovely weather. Donkey etc etc. Acct due. Sunday May 21 - At Westwood. Lovely weather. Rode with Langleys to Foss's Gap past Dunford. Home to dinner. Let dear old mare loose. After tea walked to the sea & round home thro' Margate. Bed early. Monday May 22 - At Westwood. Hot morning. Gov well. Tricycle. Tennis. Home by train. Cave took Punch out. Disappointed of ride. Chicks well. Dined at Harold Peto's. Met Sir ? Martin, Lawrence, Lord Onslow, self, 2 Petos. Good dinner. (May wine, oh! May 12 '94.)
Tuesday May 23 - Wrote letters. Mistake about Bruxelles. Wasted day for work. Sent Cave on to Turkish Bath. Done out of ride. Had Turkish Bath. Saw Becker. Dined at Garrick, 4/6. After to Criterion & home. Saw '14 Days'. Wednesday May 24 -The Derby Day. Shotover won. Cold heavy showers. Met Hamilton at Victoria. Went to Derby. Lunched with Picher, Chown, Nixey, etc etc. Lost £1.0.0. Rode to Punch Dinner. Sent Cave on. Thought had cold. Good full Dinner. Thursday May 25 -Worked on Napoleon & Hannibal. Rode before dinner. Threatening rain. Dined at home by self. Saw C.Hall. Friday May 26 - Worked hard all day on Napoleon & Hannibal. Dined at home did not go out. Rode in morning before breakfast. Saturday May 27 - Came down to Westwood in train with Blackburn, Mitford etc. Caught the 10.10. Rode there sent Cave on. Dear Maud not well. Edgar met me with mare at station. Edgar obliged to return to Lincoln. Lawn Tennis marked out. Good games etc. Sunday May 28 - At Westwood. Beautiful hot weather. Sat about grounds. Walked after dinner with Anna Boxer, Pierrot, little Gyp to sea. Foss's Gap. Bathed. Just got to Broadstairs to save tide. Pierrot lay down done up. Yokel at Upton. Home. Supper. Bed. Monday May 29 - Very hot day. Worked from Wheelbarrow etc on Lawes. Lawn Tennis. Did not go out of grounds. Tuesday May 30 - Worked. Finished the portrait of Lawes. Lawn Tennis etc. Wednesday May 31 - Did 2 Priests. Marks's picture. Parody. Ma & Pa went to town. Donkey loose with sheep. June 1882 Thursday June 1 - Began Sir A.Bass. Drove over to Ramsgate. After dinner to see about fishing. Got brooch at Hills etc. Home. Friday June 2 -Worked. Finished Sir A.Bass. Sent it off. Tennis. Dinner. Bed. Saturday June 3 - Fine hot day. Drove over to Ramsgate to see about fishing. Back. Lawn Tennis. Drove to Margate to have hair cut. Met Gov & Ma. Saw Hammonds & Burnands. Home to dinner. Thunderstorm. Hook wrote. Dividend on £400 paid £11.17.0. Bees swarmed. Sunday June 4 - At Westwood. Cold for June. M & self went to look for lodgings at Broadstairs in John's fly. Foss's Gap. Home. Wrote letters. After went for long walk. 10/12 miles with Anna Boxer & Don & Gyp round coast. Bathed etc etc. Hamilton met me at Ramsgate & drove after. Supper. Bed. Monday June 5 - Very windy day. Drove in Margate in morning. Saw Roberson. Back to Westwood. After came up to town by 4.0 train with Ma Pa & Hamilton & Jess. Good journey. Home in time for dinner. All well. Tuesday June 6 - Worked on Water Babies. Marion & self dined at Mansion House to meet Royal Academicians. Pleasant evening. Sat next to Onslow Ford. Wednesday June 7 - Marion went to Grossmiths. Worked on Day & P.C. Rode to Punch Dinner. Was ½ hour late. Home with strawberries. Thursday June 8 - Began The Bells. Friday June 9 - In evening went to Gardens to dine. Hamilton returned from Liverpool. Home after. Saturday June 10 - Spent day in pottering about in morning. Did Spofforth. Rode in evening. Row full. Dined quietly at home. Bed early. Read Fielding's Tom Jones.
Sunday June 11 - Fine day after. Got wet in morning. Went & lunched at Gardens. After Hamilton & self went to Tattersalls. Walked on to Club & home after in cab. Dined at home quietly. Monday June 12 - Finished Spofforth. Worked Water Babies. Rode in evening. Met Hamilton, Boughton, Taylor Whitehead. Dined at home. Tuesday June 13 - Worked Water Babies. Dined at Gardens. Met Edwin Herapath & Tilda etc. Game of Billiards. Home. Wednesday June 14 - Worked Water Babies. Rode in afternoon. In evening went to dine at Geigers. Met Batchelors & Watneys. Bad slow dinner. Thursday June 15 - Rode before breakfast. Troops out. Worked on Water Babies. Finished page. Dined quietly at home. Bed early. Mrs Ledyard's at home. Marion did not go. Friday June 16 - Worked hard all day & hard pushed too on Duke of Bedford as Costermonger. After to Duke of Sutherland's at Stafford House. Good evening. Saw Sala etc etc. Walked home. Rode before breakfast to Covent Garden. Met Coward on new horse. Met Boughton & Langley. Mrs Banks Tomlin's at home. Saturday June 17 -Fine day. Rode to meet of Coaching Club. Home. After by train to Harrow Weald & to Gordons' garden party. Met Canon Harford, J.T.Bedford etc etc. Armstead, Collingwood etc. Good day. Home in Collinson's carriage to station. Supper at home. All well. Bed 11.30. Sunday June 18 -Very wet morning. Rode. Got soaked. Home. Lunch.at Gardens. After drove to Ealing. Saw Zinnermans & Miss Reed. Home. Dined quietly at home. Bed early. Ada came home. Monday June 19 - Dull morning. M leaves for C. Stokes at 10.15pm. Rode in evening after finishing Girl in Water for Water Babies. Wet. Dined at Hensman's at Gloucester Road. Met Sir Archibald & Lady Lamb, Cap'n & Mrs Armstrong. Home at 11.0. Slow dinner. Tuesday June 20 - Fine day. Worked on Water Babies. Rode in evening. Saw Holland. Dined quietly at home. Bed early. Wednesday June 21 - Worked Water Babies. Rode by mistake to Bradbury's at Wandsworth. Hurried back to Bouverie Street. Sent Cave on. John Henry there. After to Garrick to dress. On to Messel's dance. Good night. Adrian Stokes. Began to rain. Home 1.45am. Thursday June 22 -Meet 4 in Hand Club, 50 Queen's Parade 6.0pm. Very wet all day. Dine at Theophilus Bernand's. Met Sir A. Bass. Bought drawing. Home by cab. Hamilton bought chestnut mare at Tattersalls. Rode to meet of coaches (illeg) by putting boots on. Had to ride round home thro' Chelsea. Friday June 23 - Rode in morning early. Saw Yates. Saw Hamilton's new horse. Worked hard all day on Old Ladies. Did not go out in evening. Read Edgar Poe's works. Saturday June 24 - Dull day. Grenollian(?) up. Pottered about in morning. Worked Water Babies. Turnbull sent paper. Sunday June 25 - Worked in morning. Went to Ansdell's Tennis. Rode with Langley early. Very wet. Dined at home. Tabby with us. Fine evening. Bed early. Monday June 26 - Worked Water Babies. Dined at home quietly. Rode in evening. Tuesday June 27 - Worked Water Babies. Dined at home quietly. Rode in evening. Initial to 3rd Chapter. Wednesday June 28 - Up early & rode to William Agnew's, 35 Hill Street. To Maidenhead & Henley with Punch Staff. Dined Red Lion. Good dinner. Home by 10.50 train. Good day. (Last saw John Henry Agnew.)
Thursday June 29 - Worked on Cetawayo. Marion went to Macmillans at home with Maud. Rode. Dined at home. After to Cornwalls' & Calderons' dance. Schloesser gave cigar. Home 2am. Friday June 30 -Worked all day (did not go out) on Cetawayo. Ansdell sent cheque £65.0.0. Mrs Herapath, Conny & Maud dined. Mr H in after. Jul 1882 Saturday July 1 - Left early in morning for Boulogne. Fenton reserved carriage. Arrived after good passage at Boulogne at 12.30. Went into town & after lunched on pier & bathed after. Table d'hote. Good dinner. Read Field. Bed early. Polly put on black dress. On pier saw fisherwomen looking out for boats. Sunday July 2 - Beautiful morning. Went thro' town to church. Notre Dame. Saw carriages. After down to bathe. Good bathe. Lunch at restaurant. Bad. Crayfish. After went for walk up as far as monument. Home in time for table d'hote. Walk on sands after. Tide low. Monday July 3 - Fine day. Went out. Had bathe in morning with Polly. Back. Lunch on pier. Beefsteak. French lady there. Worked on Freake in afternoon. Very sleepy. Table d'hote. After went on sands. Left Polly. People looking for crabs etc. Back to hotel. Concert at Etablisement. Tuesday July 4 - Got up late. Went to have bathe. Good bathe. Saw Gilbert, Lady Catherine Cook (Coke, July 28 '94) Miss Cook, Mrs G & Miss (illeg). Lunched on board Chloris. After to hotel to finish Freake. Polly very tired. Went after dinner to walk on pier. Crowded on pier. Walked home. Wednesday July 5 - Up early in morning. Packed. Out & bought things. Very rough sea. Blowing fresh. Good bathe. Polly in rough water. Back to hotel. Lunched. Bought cherries. Drive round town. After on board steamer. Rough passage. French husband etc. Reserved carriage. Sent M home in 4 wheeler. Punch Dinner. After to Club. No stud. Came back. Academy Soirée. Home with Angell. Thursday July 6 - Wet morning. Headache. Fine after. Worked on Browning all day. Waited for Burnand's letter. Dined at Gardens. Beat Hamilton at Billiards. Home after. M better. Friday July 7 - Got Burnand's instructions for cut. Channel Tunnel & Watkin. Worked hard all day. Late for dinner at Gardens. Mrs E Herapath, Spencer & Marion there. M went home with Spencer in carriage. Beat H at Billiards. Stayed late. Rode in morning early. Rode in Row. Very heavy going. No one there. Back to Gardens. Pa's birthday, 62. Saturday July 8 - Worked Water Babies. Leotard. Rode in afternoon to Wimbledon. Rode through Camp. Wet. Bother to get Punch in water. Saw Donaldson, Thorneycroft's partner. Home. Dined at home quietly. Bed early. Sunday July 9 - Rode with Hamilton to Camp at 7.45, back to breakfast. Wet. Good ride. Finished Leotard. Went with M & Maud to Ansdell's. Donkey ride. Tennis etc. Home. Dinner at Arthur Burnand's. Met Mrs Joachim, Italian girl. Pretty, etc etc. Walked home. Mrs J & M came together. Monday July 10 - 10am at Westminster for Torpedo boat. Thorneycroft. Rode there. Two Blairs, Ansdell. Met on board Dr Marshall, daughters, Barnabys (2) Sassoon, Mrs Ayrton etc etc. Good day. Rough & heavy wet. Caught screw on sand. Adrift. Got back by 7.55. Home to dinner. M better. Hollands at home. Very tired. Nurse went home. Tuesday July 11 - Very wet morning. Paid £5.11 for washing. Wait for work. In evening went to Winslows. Garden party at night. Disappointed about carriage.
Wednesday July 12 - Worked on Water Babies. Rode in evening dress to Reform Club. Dined with Black. Met Sir E. Wood, Millais, Pettie etc. Thursday July 13 Worked on Harcourt & Shadwell. Rode to Camp at Wimbledon. Home by 7.30. Dined. Bed early. Friday July 14 -Worked all day on Harcourt & Shadwell. Rode before breakfast. Played Billiards with Edgar & Hamilton till late. Won 4/6. Saturday July 15 - Worked Water Babies. In afternoon to Camp at Wimbledon. Rode sharp home. Dined at home quietly. Bed early. Should have gone to Mrs Jopling's. Too tired. Sunday July 16 - Fine lovely day. Took M for walk in morning. Solentium(?) M not well. After dined at Gardens. After walked with Hamilton & Ansdell & Val Princep. After dined at home. Ada with us. Took Ada home. Monday July 17 - Fine morning. Worked on Water Babies. In afternoon went to Canon Harford's. Sketched dragon. Pouring rain. Lane's acct sent in. Too bad. Nurse returned. To bed quietly. Tuesday July 18 - Fine morning. Worked on Water Babies. Scotchman & bogies. Rode in evening. Called on Barnes. Row full. Home & dined quietly. Called at Gardens after. Beat Hamilton at Billiards. Rained in evening. Wednesday July 19 - Fine morning. Bazaar at Nortons. Worked on Beauchamp Seymour. Rode in afternoon to Bradbury's by Wimbledon. Good dinner. Home late. Burnand not well. Thursday July 20 - Finished Griffins. Began Bright & Gladstone. Dined quietly at home. Rode in Row. Called on Humphreys. Not in. Friday July 21 - Linley Bingham died. Worked all day on Gladstone & Bright. Music Hall songs. Dined at home. Ought to have dined at Chingford with Bedford City Dinner. 300 Up at Billiards with Hamilton L after. Saturday July 22 - Wrote long letters in morning. Dull. Tilda came. After rode thro' Camp at Wimbledon to Carshalton to Fletchers' dance. Stopped for food. Only barely caught train home. M not well. Sunday July 23 - Fine morning. Took M for long walk in Bath chair. Dined at Gardens. After at home. Dr Harcourt dined with us. Good dinner. Sent Cave to get Punch at Carshalton. All well. Monday July 24 - Stormy morning. Marion went out in Bath chair. Heavy rain. Mended china etc etc. Worked W.B. Had eel & began W.B. block. Tuesday July 25 - Worked on W.B. Had salmon. Awfully dark. Could not see. Had another eel. Rode before dinner. Wednesday July 26 - Worked. Did Lord C Beresford. Rode to Garrick to met Lane. Saw him. Bancroft etc dining. Called at Attenboro's. Walked to Piccadilly. Home by cab. Thursday July 27 - Worked Water Babies. Eels. Rode in evening to Temple. Cave never turned up. Home. Dined. Called at Gardens. Friday July 28 -Woke with stiff neck. Waited all day for Frank's letter. Began Warpath at 1.0pm. Finished at 8.30. Did not go out. Saturday July 29 - Midge's baby born at 9.0pm. Rode to look at instruments & phos. After went with M to F.Gordon's garden party. Harford, à Becketts, Bedfords, Archer etc etc. Home late & tired. Midge's baby came, 'Dora'. Sunday July 30 - Hot day. Went to see Punch clipped. His tail. Lunched at home. Knocked baby down with cushions etc etc. Lawn Tennis. The S.J's dined with us. Good dinner.
Monday July 31 - Worked on salmon. At 4.30 went to meet Tenniel & Burnand. Rode thro' Holloway etc to Tottenham. Seven Sisters Road etc etc to Forest Hotel Chingford. Dined. Billiards. Bed. Aug 1882 Tuesday August 1 - At Forest Hotel. Up to breakfast. Came late. Waiter & tea. Flies. Heat. Started at 10am. Got to Wake Hotel for lunch. Rural. Start 2.30. Long ride thro' Enfield, Southgate etc. 33½ miles in a day. Punch good. Tenniel done up. Very tired. Bill. Champagne. Bed. Chicks went to Broadstairs. M unwell. Dividends Gt Western & Brazil sent. Wednesday August 2 - Hot morning. Polly muddling about china. Wrote letters. Walked to Punch Dinner. Bought mackintosh. Called Humphreys. Not in. Solomon in his glory. Rowland Ward. Home by cab. Thursday August 3 - Worked. Did Sir Garnet Wolseley on wood. Friday August 4 - Worked on soldiers & war correspondent. Put things away. Sent Cave & Punch to Westwood. Saturday August 5 - Marion, Tilda, Pa & self all went down to Westwood with Reed. Fine day. Went 2nd class, got out at Broadstairs. Called on Chicks. Very happy. Dear Maud's birthday. On to Westwood. Took Don. Saw Abernethys. Sunday August 6 - Beautiful lovely day. Polly lay in grounds in morning. To church after. Talked to Pa in morning. Rode in afternoon to call on Orchardson. Saw Mrs Pettie & Moxon. Home thro' Margate. Punch very fresh. Monday August 7 - Went to Broadstairs to try to get shell. Across country to Ramsgate. Called on Hills. Saw girl. Waterworks. Heaps of people about. Tuesday August 8 - Worked hard & late on Shell & Mermaids. Rode to Hills. Looked at things. Got book. 'Josephine'. Across country home. Saw man & horse, Ramsgate Road. Wednesday August 9 - Came up from Westwood to Punch Dinner. Wire from Frank to alter Mermaids. Dined at Bouverie St. Train punctual. Good looking man in train. Home to Stafford Terrace on buss. Thursday August 10 - At London. Came down with Ma by 3.30 train. Did potato in morning. Met Pa outside Westwood. (Prof Palmer, Captain Gill & Lt Charrington murdered in the desert by Beduin Arabs.) Friday August 11 - Worked on Mermaids. Re traced it. Rode in afternoon to sea & all round coast. Met Davis. Called on Chicks at Broadstairs. Saturday August 12 - At Westwood. Pa & Ma returned to town. Dear Baby ill with fever. Drove Punch over in harness to see him. Worked on Mermaids. Sunday August 13 - At Westwood. Tilda & Polly called to see Chicks. Rode to Sportsman to see Whitehead House for Arthur. Howling day. Across to Chicks & home. Wet. Worked all day on Mermaids. Monday August 14 - Worked on Mermaids all day. Tuesday August 15 - Worked on Mermaids. Tilda left for abroad. Wednesday August 16 - At Westwood. Came up to town to dine with Sir Chas Dilke. Met Byng, Estcott etc. After to Club. Saw Marcus Stone & Fildes etc. Home to Stafford Terr. Finished Mermaids. Punch dinner at Hampton, Sadler's (illeg). Did not go. Mother's birthday. Thursday August 17 - Went down 12.0 train to Westwood. Hass in train. Moonshine. Pretty girl at Westgate etc. Worked late on H.R.H & Welsh girl. Took otter down to work at. Met Davis riding.
Friday August 18 - At Westwood. Worked on Prince of Wales & Eisteddfod. Had easel up in Pa's room. After took block to station. Called at Margate. Rode along sands to Broadstairs. Called on Chicks. Jumped hurdle. Home to dinner. Saturday August 19 - At Westwood. Dear Baby's birthday. Chicks spent long day. Baby & Maud on donkey. Chicks dined at Westwood & after went back. Got myself up & rode to Orchardson's to take fan back. Upset in the sea at Westgate. Home across country. Sunday August 20 - At Westwood. Fine day. Rode over in afternoon to call on Tattersall & Orchardson. Saw Chicks playing. Home to supper. Saw Miss Martlock at the Orchardsons. Monday August 21 - At Westwood. Worked in Pa's room in morning, up to 5.30. Rode to Margate. Called on Pickering. Home for dinner. Cave's feet. Great gale. Tuesday August 22 - At Westwood. Worked on otter's head. Mrs Orchardson & Miss Martlock called. Chicks over. Much wind. Rode to Sportsman. Took Val & son. Never again. Late for dinner. Worked after dinner. Not pleased with otter. Bed at 11.45 after 'Conflict Religion & Science'. Wednesday August 23 - Got up in morning. Worked on Lowther. Finished him. Touched up the otter. Packed up traps & up to town by S.E Railway. Got carriage reserved. Saw beautiful lady - June Conynham? - lovely. Called Club & through to Purfleet to dine. Good dinner. Home with Tenniel. Carried on to Addison Road. Home by Cetawayo's house to Stafford Terr. Purfleet dinner. Thursday August 24 - Dull morning. Wrote letters. Sent for grouse. Dine at Gardens. Wind. M had bad night. Friday August 25 - Dined at Gardens. M had bad night. Saturday August 26 - Left Stafford Terrace early. Tassell took us. Went to board Ben Righe. Left London at 10.30. Good passage all day. M not well in evening. Not good feeding on board. Larky girls. Singing on board etc etc. Kept up late. Sunday August 27 - On board steamer all day. Allbery, letter sorter GPO died at 3.0pm. Clergyman appealed. Larky girls on board. Arrived after good passage at Aberdeen at 10.0pm. Kepplestone at 10.50. Warm welcome. All well. Monday August 28 - Walked into Aberdeen to be measured for clothes. Took John Leech etc down to Burnie. Fine day. Quiet dinner. Tuesday August 29 -At Kepplestone. Worked at Anonymous Letter Writer. Dinner in evening. Miss Bent etc etc. Wednesday August 30 - At Kepplestone. Finished Anonymous Letter Writer. Dinner at Macdonalds in evening. S.J & wife there, Mrs & Miss Nicol etc etc. Good dinner. Spencer drove all way home, 16 miles. Thursday August 31 - Worked. Sent drawing off. In afternoon left for Linton to visit Spencer. Saw Rutherford at Kinton. Met Field. At dinner Colonel Blair & Mrs Blair, Major Conolly, Mr & Mrs Bott. Good dinner. Sep 1882 Friday September 1 - At Spencer's, Linton, to shoot. Pouring wet day. Field shot & left early. Shot blackbird. Reed, farmer, kicked up row. McClaren keeper. In afternoon fished. Caught two. Raw whiskey. Back to dinner. Good dinner. Saturday September 2 - Went out shooting with Spencer & Fred. Good morning. In afternoon returned to Kepplestone. Only barely caught train. Percy Oakes back again. Arrived Kepplestone. Forbes Robertson, Rev Macdonald etc to dinner. Great argument. Good dinner. Hot toddy. Bad cold.
Sunday September 3 - Dull morning. M went to church. Went down to Burnie. Colonel Allardyce called. Bad cold. Monday September 4 -Worked morning on F portrait. In afternoon went to play tennis at Mrs Nichol's. Good afternoon & capital dinner. Met Edmund etc etc. Good music. Drew caricature of Dean of Faculty. Bad cold. Tuesday September 5 - Worked in morning. In afternoon went to play Tennis at White's with Macdonald. After returned. Ball at Aberdeen in evening. Very good. Danced with Miss Nicol. Gingham dress of Miss Edwards. Home at 2.0am. Capital ball. Saw Dr Farquharson. Wednesday September 6 - Macdonald, Dean of Faculty & three boys left Kepplestone. Saw Spencer & Adah in morning, went to races. Saw Robertson. Back in afternoon to Kepplestone. Thursday September 7 - Worked hard all day. Did two fancy portraits, Drumming Wolfe & Duff. Friday September 8 - Went early to Murtle to fish. Received by Mrs Nicol & Miss Nicol. Fished with Mary N. Lunch good. Walked them back. Quiet dinner in evening. Saturday September 9 - Sat at 11.0am for portrait to George Reid. Statue of Praxitiles. Afternoon walked around Aberdeen. Rather dull. Home to dinner. Sunday September 10 - Dull wet day. In afternoon drove with Macdonald to visit Nicols at Murtle. Miss Sherbrook in to lunch & Miss Fullerton. Walked round garden. Meal at 8.30am. Reid in. Talked of his brother's marriage. Monday September 11 - Went at 11.0am after seeing to the fitter to sit for 2 nd time to George Reid. Portrait finished. After began Swell & Cigarettes on wood. Lethbridge came. Called on G. Reid for book. Tuesday September 12 - Lethbridge etc to dinner. Edmund etc, Donaldson. Felt dull as had worked hard all day on Swell & Cigarettes. Good dinner. Wednesday September 13 - Up & finished Swell & Cigarettes on wood. Went with Lethbridge to station. Posted & wired. Back to Kepplestone. After with Polly to Linton to visit Spencer. Polly very well & talked in train. Fine afternoon. Spencer met us. Thornymusk dined. Good dinner. Thursday September 14 - At Linton. Wet day. Photod. Bott & Stern came to lunch. After walked in pouring rain to Corrinday. Fished after. Caught big trout in burn ¾ pound. Home. Dinner with McLaren. Tired. Friday September 15 - Linton. Up. Photod trout. Rabbit shooting with Bott, Cap'n Stern, Oakes, Pincher & self. 48 rabbits. Good day. Home. After dined with Bott. Good dinner. Home 11.0am. Saturday September 16 - Got up early. Missed buss to Mr Hamilton's, Skene House. Drove after. Pike fishing on Loch Skene. Caught 2. Went to Dunecht. Saw library and chapel & observatory. Young Fell tutors Dr Copeland, Herr Louser. Ladies came to tea. Walked nearly home with Fred Oakes. Dinner after. Sunday September 17 - Fine morning. Went into gardens. Talk of Savory. Photod. After lunch went to wood to sketch. At 10 drove to Dunecht. All round grounds. Mrs Oakes wanted to get out etc. Saw Saturn, Jupiter, stars etc. Louser. Home at 3.30. Whiskey. Too much. Monday September 18 - Fine lovely morning. Started early with lunch & drew Burnie for W.B. Ladies came in afternoon. Music & cards in evening. X with M about nap. Nothing.
Tuesday September 19 - At Linton. Dull wet morning. Did silhouettes of all. After lunch fished. Caught nothing. Home to dinner. Adah & Pincher X. Slept after dinner. Wednesday September 20 - Started 9.30 from Linton. Arrived Aberdeen. Called on Macdonald. Round to Ship Office got money back. Bank £10.0.0. Lunched at Kepplestone. Met Tuke. Good lunch. Started for south from Aberdeen, 4.40. Lady Airlie in carriage. Spencer saw us off. Long talk of Adah etc etc. Good journey. Comfortable. Thursday September 21 - Arrived Stafford Terrace 9.0am. Had hair cut. Put things in order. Wrote letters. Worked on Punch block. After dined at Gardens with Gov'r alone. Friday September 22 - Worked hard. Finished Sultan & Dufferin. Went down by 3.0 train to Westwood. Saw Barnes at station & Tabs. Called on dear Chicks etc etc. Dined at Westwood. Saturday September 23 - Up in morning. Sent donkey over to Chicks. Rode Punch to Broadstairs. Morning with Chicks. After rode with Ma into Margate. Called on Pickering. Walked on pier & walked home. Sunday September 24 - Lovely morning. Chicks came over. Dinner at Westwood. Barnes wife & sister came in afternoon. After rode to Ramsgate by sands etc. Walked on pier. Bought Alkaram & home. Monday September 25 - Went to Mrs Fox. Worked. Did Osborne Morgan. Ride in evening. Almost dark. Tabby's horse came from Canterbury. Tuesday September 26 - Westwood. Did Canon Liddon. Ride in afternoon by moonlight to Ramsgate. Wednesday September 27 - Came up from Westwood by S.E Railway to Punch Dinner. Full Dinner. Duke of Beaufort's Haunch of Venison. After walked with Milliken home to Stafford Terrace. All well. Thursday September 28 - At Stafford Terrace. Packed up traps etc etc. Waiting for Burnand. BIG GAP IN DIARY ENTRIES HERE. Oct 1882 Saturday October 14 - 1st night of representation of Rip van Winkle at Comedy Theatre. BIG GAP IN DIARY ENTRIES HERE Nov 1882 Monday November 27 - Rode with Tabby. Began last Almanack block. Punch lame. Sent him to smith. Tuesday November 28 - Finished last Almanack block. GAP IN DIARY ENTRIES HERE Dec 1882 Saturday December 2 - First day's rest. Pottered in morning. Walked to St James's Restaurant. Row with Grant. Lunch. Grosvenor Gallery. Reeds. Miss Elmore dined. Conny & Miss Cole. Sunday December 3 - Cold raw morning. Dine at Gardens. Monday December 4 - Law Courts open. GAP IN DIARY ENTRIES HERE Saturday December 9 - Rode Punch. Hill came. Took him round to Court's. GAP IN DIARY ENTRIES HERE
Thursday December 14 - Arthur Burnand's dinner. Dine with Taf, Arts Club. GAP IN DIARY ENTRIES HERE Saturday December 16 - Rode Punch 1st time for a week. Came home lame. Court took his shoe off. Sunday December 17 - Drove with Pa to Club. Dined at home. Quiet evening. Monday December 18 - 4 weeks. Tuesday December 19 - Bradbury's dinner, Junior Athenaeum. Rode Punch in morning, 1st time round. Wednesday December 20 - Dinner at Alan Cotton's. Dined with Bradbury at Junior Athenaeum. Good dinner. Met Nokes & Col (blank) Frank & Arthur. Thursday December 21 - Dine at Charles Russell's, 86 Harley Street. After worked. Dined at Russell's. Arts Club & home. Met Romer etc etc. Russell Walkers, Cecil Clay etc etc. Friday December 22 - Worked on Farquharson as Highland Chieftain. Finished him. Hamilton & Jess came. Called at Gardens. Game of Billiards & home. Saturday December 23 - Rode to Uxbridge. Wish I had not. Changed horses at Ealing. Saw Aunt's grave. Heron. Old Willis. Lunch Pen Close. Whiskey at Grimsdale's. Slipped off horse. Home & dined at home. Had too much. Sunday December 24 - Very seedy in morning. Very stiff from fall. Walked with dear Chicks in Kensington Gardens. Met Woodroufe. Home & dined at home. Monday December 25 - Xmas Day. Quiet day. Put house in order & long day with dear Chicks. Maud at Gardens. Boy & crackers. After dined at Gardens. Gov'r not well. Billiards & home. Heavy wet set in & lasted the year out. Tuesday December 26 - Boxing Day. Worked all day on Twelfth Night. Very wet. Rode round Park in morning. Saw Hamilton & Conny. Home & worked hard. Wednesday December 27 - Nana returned. Worked on Twelfth Night. Got it outlined. Quiet evening. Weld Blundell was to have dined. Did not. Bad dinner. All things high. Thursday December 28 - Worked on Twelfth Night. Rode in morning12.30 to 1.30 with Tabby. After worked late up to 1.30am on Twelfth Night. Friday December 29 - Worked very hard all day early & late. Finished page of 12 th Night. Did Archbishop of Canterbury. Read Contes Drolatiques. Did not go out. Saturday December 30 - Very wet. Worked after putting house in order. To Club. Bought Cornucopia. Xmas box to Porter. Becker called. Home to 6.0pm dinner. M. Fletcher & Midge in. After to 1st night of 'The Yellow Dwarf'. Home 11.0pm. (red ink: Yellow Dwarf great failure. Alfred Thompson had to do with it. Elephants etc. Music Hall artists. Took Marion Fletcher.) Sunday December 31 - Very wet all morning. Rode to Dr Sheehy's. Glass sherry. Arts. Home. Dined 2pm at Gardens. M cried about Nana. Nana worse. Chicks well. After home. Ring called at Gardens. Went to Messels. Supper & dance. Old Year out, New Year in, in wet. December 31 continued in 1883 diary: At Messels. Saw the New Year in at supper with Mrs Gilbert. Marcus there, made speech. Marion not well, did not go. Very wet. On Sunday rode to Lloyd Sq etc. Addresses at back of Diary Cave, 7 Layton Place, Church Road, Brixton. Ansdell, 30 Duke St, Piccadilly W. Bryant, Marine Hotel, Ventnor.
Savile Clarke, Cleveland Lodge, Westbourne Park. Kennedy, Hughes & Kennedy, 1 Clements Inn. Lane, 8 New Court, Carey Street, Lincolns Inn. Blunt, Clarence Chambers, 12 Haymarket.
1883 Notes and addresses in front of Diary: Ticket No. 62447 Gunby. 11 Canning Place, Gloucester Road, SW. Rhodes, C. 111 Oxford St, W. Hall, Rich'd. 39 Pulford St, Pimlico. Jones, organ, Isle of Man. Chas Keene Esq, 139 King's Road, Chelsea. Gilbert à Beckett. 17 Fulham Road. Model - Yeames RA. Miss Ada Puzzey, 128 Cambridge Road, Kilburn N.W. Alice Smith. 137 Camden St. Miss Gibbons. 9 Hornton Court, Kensington W. Miss Felden. 2 Little George St, Hampstead Rd. Plain face, good figure. Jan 1883 Monday January 1 - Still very wet. Thermometer with window open 64º. Becker came all morning talking. Lunch. After rode. Called at Miller's about lamp. Called at Arts. Saw Blunt, Hare, Millais. Home. Man followed Punch. Dined quietly. Bed early. Read Busch's Bismarck. Cheque for £100.16.0 sent. Tuesday January 2 Fine warm day. Thermometer 65º with window open. Pottered. Rode in morning. Punch went stiff. Had him shod. Woodruffe & Spiers called. Nelly Keith in to dinner. Dine at home quietly. Hamilton L returned from Salop. Conny proposed for M Fletcher. Refused. Wednesday January 3 - Rode in morning early. Punch very stiff. Saw Coward. Called on Miller's Lamp, 179 Piccadilly. Punch Dinner. Keene, Tenniel, Professors, 2 à Becketts, Milliken & Bradbury, Burnand, self. Looked in at Her Majesty's. Dora Keighley. Music hall. Saw Margaret Taylor. Home by 12.0. Bank book sent. Dividend £11.8.9. in Stock. Thursday January 4 - Birthday. Dull morning. Rode. Punch all right. Wrote letters all morning. Zoo, Circus etc etc. Cetawayo to work on. Worked on Cetawayo. Dined at home. Worked after dinner. Bed early. Friday January 5 - Worked all day on Cetawayo. Rode in morning. Saw young Wirgman. Good horse. Did not go out. Bed at 11.30. Saturday January 6 - New saddle came home. In morning rode to Downey's. Picked photos. Saw Farini & missing link. Lions at aquarium. Burnand. Club luncheon etc. After went to Sawyers with Chicks. Pantomime. Home cab. At Gardens after. Pa, Ma, Fletcher, Geraldine, Edgar etc at dinner. Played shell out. Home 1.0. Sunday January 7 - Very wet, east wind. Rode to Harrington Gardens. After for walk with Marion. Dined at Gdns. Went to Edgar's Club & Arts after. Tenniel a cold. Supper. Hamilton, Conny & self & Pellegrini. Jolly evening. My mother had a bad fall. Monday January 8 - Fine bright cold morning. My mother had fall. Wrote letters. Did not ride in morning. To dine at Conny's Club in evening. Instead dined at Gardens. Critchley there. Hamilton Fletcher did not turn up. After went to Criterion Theatre with Hamilton L & Conny & Critchley. Home at 11.0pm. Conny & M.Fletcher. Tuesday January 9 - Very cold east wind. Met party over the way. Fine bright after. To dine at Elmore's. Pottered waiting for à Beckett 's letter. Never came. Played
Tennis with Hamilton L. After home. Mrs Carter & daughter came to lunch. Went to Elmore's for dinner. Mr & Mrs Tattersall, Mr & Mrs Gillett (Miss Leach). Home early. Annoyed by Chappell & (illeg) calling. Wednesday January 10 - Worked on Fancy Portrait of Dr Andrew Clarke. Went to Punch Dinner. Took omnibus. Walked from Garrick. Full Dinner. Should have got home early. Home by 11.15. Thursday January 11 - Up early to do portrait of Dr Andrew Clarke. Finished 4.0pm. After began New Law Courts. Worked very late on them. Mrs Parish's ball at Town hall, Kensington. Did not go. Did not ride all day. Friday January 12 - Rode in morning early. Punch went to Dr Orton for 1 st time. Worked hard all day on Law Courts opening. Burnand went to Nice. Saturday January 13 - Took M to St James's Hall, Royal Academy Old masters & Grosvenor. Walked down Piccadilly. Saw Phil Cosens. Saw Mrs Cotten. Quiet dinner at home. Read '15 Decisive Battles'. My uncle Mr Arthur Linley died at Bourne Hall, Bournemouth early in the morning aetat 68. Born 1815. Sunday January 14 - Foggy morning. Called on Spencer to see little Jack, very ill. After took M for walk. Saw Mr Wills & Mrs Lewis. Lunch at Gardens. Leech called. Went to Club. Wrote Bradbury etc etc. Monday January 15 - M not well. To send her to Dr Barnes. Refused Tattersall's dinner. Marion & Mother lunched at the à Becketts. Foggy day. Worked on Farquharson as Masher. Very wet night. Did not go to Toole's theatre. Tuesday January 16 - Dull morning. Rode before breakfast. Worked Farquharson & Nasmyth. Dined at home. Did not go out. New servant written for. Wednesday January 17 - Wet day. Rode in morning. Worked on Nasmyth. Went to Punch Dinner. Editor away. Bradbury pleasant. Home by buss. Girl in buss. Thursday January 18 - Temperature 60º in morning with window open. Not very well in morning. Wrote Bradbury. To do Monte Carlo. Went round stables to hear boy cry. After worked on Monte Carlo. Dined with Taf at Arts. Very bad dinner. Not ordered etc. Pool & home early. McClean & McClure etc etc. Home in cab. Friday January 19 - Rode in morning. Dense fog. Worked hard & fast all day on Gladstone & North at Monte Carlo. Reed & à Beckett called. Did not go out. Put things away etc. Saturday January 20 - Rode in afternoon. Saw Tenniel. Saw Boughton. Left letter at Nelly Keith's. In morning took Maud & M to South Kensington museum. Dined at home. Cave's things stolen. Sunday January 21 - Rode in morning in Park. Spencer came in. Called on Fildes. After lunched at Gardens. Came home. Wrote letters. After went with Conny to see Cave's room. Spent the evening at the Fildes. Home at 12.0. Monday January 22 - Worked in morning on Water Baby block. Rode in afternoon. Punch well. Saw Tenniel. After wrote letters. Sent £50 to Uxbridge for Chicks. After went in to Cowards. Saw the Lawrences. Home. M awake bad night with baby's cough. Worked with the gas all morning. Thick fog. Tuesday January 23 - Fine clear frosty morning & sunshine, 1 st time for weeks. Up rather late. Rode in morning. Mrs Lucas wrote. Worked all day on Mitford. Did not go out. Read 'Vestiges of Creation'. Wednesday January 24 - Fine cold frost. Did not ride. Finished Mitford. Buss to Piccadilly Circus. Wrote to Critchett, P.D Nottage. Very cold. Home 12.0am. Thursday January 25 - Ma very ill. Fine morning. Rode with Tabby after breakfast. Punch fresh. Saw new bay. Sent cheque for £212.10. to offices S.Herapath & Co.
Marion goes to Critchett. Critchett no charge. Worked all day & late on Venus & Alexandra. Friday January 26 - Up & before breakfast rode with Tabby. Home round Cromwell Road. Worked all day on Venus & Alexandra. Dined at Colin Hunter's. Met Lewis, Hall, Pellew, Orchardson & Dr --. Home latish. Saturday January 27 - Cheque due. Very heavy gales & wet. Worked on Lobster Pot. Lobster came. Died. Rode in afternoon to Club. Work after. Dined with Spencer at Junior United. Met Col Lumsden, Major Smith, old Howard, Plaskett, Burkingring, Arbuthnot, Harner, Graham, sub. Home very late. Sunday January 28 - Ma very ill. Rode in morning. Walk with Polly. Home in afternoon & new lobster. Worked very late. Monday January 29 - Worked all day on Lobster & Baby. Re-drew it. Rode in morning. Heavy wet & rain. Invite from Liverpool came. Ma very ill. Andrew Clarke called in. Tuesday January 30 - Fine day. Bright. Slight frost. Rode in morning. Met solicitor. To work on Lobster etc etc. Drew cheque. Finished long day's work on Lobster etc etc. Worked after dinner. Did not go out. Wednesday January 31 - Burnand returns. Worked on Staat Forbes. Took buss to Punch Dinner. Burnand there. Good dinner. Home by buss. Ma very ill. Tulk called in. Sergeant screwed. Feb 1883 Thursday February 1 - Maud a bad cold. Rode in morning. Finished by noon Forbes. Cold east wind. After worked on cut for Punch, the Life Boat. Worked all day & late. Did not go out. Wrote to Burnand. Friday February 2 - Worked all day up to 8.0pm on Life Boat subject. Rode in morning early. Very wet. Conny came back fom Liverpool. Saturday February 3 - Went in morning to pay for watch etc. Called VanderWeyden, Bodega etc. Dinenlain, Blake, Goupil, Welby etc etc. Rode to Clay Pidgeon match at the Ranelagh Club at Fulham. Home. Called in Hammersmith Road. After hair cut Gardens & after dinner to Lewis for Billiards. Slow evening very. Sunday February 4 - Fine morning. Rode early. Drew turbot. Bryan Hook called. After drove M round Park. Quiet afternoon evening bed early. Monday February 5 - Up & rode at 8.30am. Saw Guards. Wrote letters etcetc. New maid comes. Fine morning. M's dividends £3.0.0. Worked late up till 12.30. Baby bad with croup. Tuesday February 6 - Stone's dinner. Barr sent cheque for £190 odd. Worked all day on Water Baby. Finished turbot. Sent Cave with it. After good dinner at Stones. Fildes, Messels. Baby bad with croup. Fine day. Window done. Wednesday February 7 - Wet day very. Did not ride. Worked all day on Austin. To Punch Dinner. Called about stick, cigar case etc etc. Good P.D. Keene, D.M. Capital dinner. Home by buss. Man & cigarette. Baby croup. Bought silver case. Thursday February 8 - Very wet morning. Baby croup. Orton called. Finished W.B & otter drawing up to 1.0pm. Duke of Westminster. Dined at Boehms. Met Mills, Gordons, Lewis's etc etc. Baby croup. Friday February 9 - Rode in morning. Worked hard all day on Duke of Westminster. Did not go out. Baby croup.
Saturday February 10 - Went out in morning after riding early. Called at VanderWeyden's about photos. Went to Sportsman's Exhibition at Agricultural Hall. Very wet indeed. Looms sausage. After lunch at Garrick. Gilly Farquhar & Cap'n VanderWeyden, German Reeds. M. Maud & Mother there. Gagging. Home. H Weld Blundell called. Arts Club. Supper at Farquhar's. Duke of Beaufort, F.Miles. Home 4.0am very late. Baby croup. Sunday February 11 - Fine morning for a wonder. Ma still ill. Rode to VanderWeyden. After lunch at Gardens. Pa deaf. Messel's brougham horse fell dead. Milliken did not turn up. Canon Harford dined. Baby croup. Monday February 12 - Up early & rode after breakfast to see VanderWeyden. Selected photos. Lunched at Garrick. Saw Arthur à B. Got Emma's money. Bought book. Home. Tea. Quiet evening. Not well. Bilious. Ansdell wrote. Baby croup. Tuesday February 13 - Punch Dinner. Sunshine for a wonder. Fine morning. 1 st day of new cook. Man at window. Water Babies. Frog. Baby still in room. After to Punch Dinner. Walked. Saw ivory stick. Noisy dinner rather. Cave brought coat. Home in omnibus. Silver's dinner, could not go. Baby croup. Wednesday February 14 - To dine with Park 6.0pm. Worked all day on Dr Richardson. After dined with Salter's Comp'y. Music Vacher girls. Garrick Club. Weldon. Home 1.30. Baby croup. Thursday February 15 - Worked & finished likeness of Richardson. After worked on Floods. Worked late after dinner & all work thrown away. Dined at home. 1 st dinner of new cook. Baby still in room. Friday February 16 - Worked hard all day on Floods picture. After cab to Garrick. Dined with F.C.B. Long talk. Cap'n Ford & home. Spencer's boy ill. S v.cut up. Rode in morning. Baby still in room. Saturday February 17 - Fine morning. Put away photos etc etc. Walked to top of Row with Spencer. Lunch with Bradbury. Changed book at shop in Haymarket. Glass wine. Rode home. Committee meetings. Home 5.15. Dined at home. After took M to Lewis's. Back. Returned. Game Billiards. Saw Grant, Jopling, Power etc etc. Mrs Lewis ill. Reed gave notice. Baby still in room. Sunday February 18 - Morell Mackenzie's dinner 8pm. Very wet morning. Harford sent. Lunched at Gardens. Rode to Richmond & through Park, very wet. After walked with Spencer to see little Jack. After at Stafford Terrace. After walked to dinner at Reform. Met Alfred Cooper (Duke of Hamilton) etc etc. Dayrell, Yates, Voules etc etc. Good dinner. Home. Monday February 19 - Worked on frog, Water Babies. Not fast. Dined at home quietly. Baby still a cold. Tuesday February 20 - Rode early. Worked on Water Babies. In evening went to see 'Impulse' at Court Theatre with Pollie. Tabby engaged to H.Fletcher. Wednesday February 21 - Worked on Lennox as Slender. Took M, Mother & Maud to Drury Lane pantomime. To Punch Dinner. Full Dinner. Forgot Milliken's instructions. Lost & found glasses. Home by omnibus. Thursday February 22 - Worked & finished Lennox as Slender. Rode before dinner. Saw Tenniel. In evening dined at home. Conny & Spencer in in the evening. Marion to go to Bournemouth. Friday February 23 - Worked at Bright as Sailor. In evening Polly a cold. Did not go to play. Bed early. Saturday February 24 - Up & took Polly to station for Bournemouth. Ma, Pa & Polly. Called at St James's St for stick & watch. After dined with Conny. Bad
dinner. After to Savoy Theatre, 'Iolanthe'. Spencer supped with me. Rode with Tenniel in afternoon. Sunday February 25 - Dull cold morning. Polly away. Rode to Hampstead. D.M, Green, foreigner. Back to lunch with Chicks. Peto called. Dined at Club. Sir Jocelyn Coghill, Ford Onslow. (Red ink across page: Polly at Bournemouth.) Monday February 26 - Nasty dull wretched foggy morning. To dine with Coward. Wrote letters & diary. Worked on Water Babies. Dined at Coward's. Only Lawrence there. Champagne & Whiskey. Sold drawing Hawkins. Tuesday February 27 - Wrote Ansdell etc. Reed's cheque. Rode in morning. Worked Water Babies. Walked to Holborn Restaurant. Dined. F.C.B, Harford etc. Late at Garrick Club & home 3.0pm. Wednesday February 28 - Worked in morning after ride on portrait of Judge Field. Seedy & bilious. Buss to Piccadilly Circus. Pretty girl, bad figure. Walked with Milliken. Buss from Knightsbridge. Mar 1883 Thursday March 1 - Worked all day. In morning Water Babies, after Orleans Princes. Wrote Frank, Bradbury etc. Nelly Keith called. Baby would not eat his meat. Girl thrown off her horse in morning. Friday March 2 - Cold east wind. Rode. Saw Harrison, Peto. Lane & Polly wrote. Fry's photos. Worked all day on Orleans Princes. Dined at 8.30 with Conny. Went to Alcazars & Club after. Saw Dayrell. Home by carriage. Saturday March 3 - Fine morning. Took cab to Lane's. Talk about Barr Estate. Walk thro' Covent Garden. Garrick Club. Lunch. Milliken. Home to Kensington in cab with Milliken. Rode to Canon Harford's. Mrs Millais & girl, Tenniel & Milliken. Rode to Waterloo. Ticket to Bournemouth. First view of Woking. Arrived Highcliffe Hotel. Shammens chemist. Pa ill. Marion. Supper & bed. (Red ink: M at Bournemouth.) Sunday March 4 - At Bournemouth. Up in morning. Lovely weather. Donkey chain. Walk on sands. Lunch in table d'hote room. Drive in afternoon. Bourne Hall, Philpotts. Dinner. Chateau Yquem. Bed early after cigar. Cad in smoking room. Monday March 5 - Up & beautiful morning. Took M through town. Bric-a-brac. Lunch. Back to town by 1.20. Woking. Fog in London. Dinner at Conny's. Ada. Theatre, Court, 'Comrades'. Very bad. Club in fog. Home by cab. East wind set in. Tuesday March 6 - Cold dull east wind. Wrote letters. Sent Cave to Lane's. Orton called. Heavy snow in afternoon. Cold cold. Complained to Police about Stearn. Dined at home. Lobster & steak. Very good. Finished Water Baby drawing. Wednesday March 7 - Worked on Chitty. Finished by 1.30. Went on Punch to meet Lord Onslow. Ma went to German Reeds. Very cold. After rode. Met Morris. To Garrick. Saw Pa. Punch Dinner after. Short Dinner. (Red ink: Polly at Bournemouth.) Thursday March 8 - Cold cold east wind. Letter from Rigge. Sent to Lane's. Wrote letters in morning. Worked on Princesses & Tournament. Went in evening to meet Lane at supper. Talk over Barr Estate. Did not ride. Spencer's boy, little Jack, died. (Cutting glued in: On 7 March at Derwent Lodge Addison Road W, Spencer Harriott Sambourne Oakes, infant son of Spencer John & Ada Mary Herapath, aged 18 months.) (Red ink: Cold cold East Wind.) Friday March 9 - Intense cold. Worked hard all day on Princess of Wales & Pigeons. Only just finished in time. Sent Lane cheque. Dinner at Arthur Burnand's. Met Piatti & Joachim. Beautiful music. No smoke.
Saturday March 10 - Cold intense. Put room in order & photos. Wrote letters etc etc. After rode to Richmond Park. Snow etc etc. Row with Taverner. (Red ink: Polly at Bournemouth.) Sunday March 11 - Fearfully cold. Skating etc etc. Went by 10.15 to Bournemouth. Lord R.Grosvenor in the carriage. Loud acting troup. Foot warmers. At Bournemouth 3.10. Saw Polly. Pa not well. Orton. Walked to cemetery. Wind shifted. (Red ink: M & self went to Bournemouth to the same Highcliffe Hotel, Saty 27 Feby 1909, 26 years after. Same weather.) Monday March 12 - Wind shifted. Not so cold. Went for walk in town. Bought toys & cigars. Met Despney. After lunch with M stroll & home by 3.40 train. Good journey. Dined at Garrick. Boll. Burgundy. Bilious. Val Prinsep. Home by 11.30. Large fire. Burnt hand. All well. Tuesday March 13 - Little Jack buried. Flowers etc. Attended funeral. Late lunch. Bilious. Rode after. Saw Her Majesty. Tenniel. After dressed. Went to Lord Onslow's at 7 Richmond Terrace. Beerbohm Tree. Sir John Broderick etc, Lord this, Lord that, Lady the other. Club again & home 1.30. (Blue pencil: This day in 1884 poor Gov'r died.) Wednesday March 14 - Fine day & warm for a wonder. Lane wrote £ 23.0.0. Worked. Did Airy, Astronomer Royal. Rode to P.D for 1 st time. Good dinner. All cheerful. (Red ink: Polly at Bournemouth.) Thursday March 15 - Not quite so cold. Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race at 5.0pm. Did not go. Oxford won easily. Worked on Lord Ranelagh. Dined at home. Worked after dinner. Very cold. Friday March 16 - Polly returned in evening. Worked on Satyrs etc etc. Dreadfully worried by Frank's letter. Ill & upset. At 9.0 this evening explosion in Foreign Office. (Red ink: Polly at Bournemouth.) Saturday March 17 - Wind shifted. Rode in morning to look at explosion. Called on Lane & lunched at Club. Missed Frank. Rode after to Richmond. Called at Star & Garter. Wet thro' after. At home. Quiet evening. Cold in head felt at Club 1 st time. Eye came on. Sunday March 18 - Cold bad. Rode in morning to Tite St, Chelsea. After lunched at Gardens. Fletcher & Adah Constance there. Port. Dined at home. Cold very bad. (Red ink: Eye bad.) Monday March 19 - Worried by Burnand's letter awfully. Cold hard & fast on chest. Lord Onslow's letter. M better. Worked on Fancy Portrait of Watkin Wynne. (Red ink: Eye.) Tuesday March 20 - Very cold east wind. Worked. Did Morley MP, Fancy P. Cold bad. Rode to Punch Dinner. Good dinner. D.M sold picture. Lane wrote about Pullinger's shares etc. Cave met me at Garrick. Home late. Horse down. (Red ink: Eye.) Wednesday March 21 - Eye bad. Cold dull morning. Wrote letters. To draw cheque for £300. Rigge wrote about director's refusal. Worked on Mayor's Nest. (Red ink: Eye.) Thursday March 22 - Eye bad. Worked all day. Finished Lord Mayor's Nest. (Red ink: Eye.) Friday March 23 - Eye bad. Worked. Rode in morning. Lunched with Sir E.Sullivan. Dined at Gardens. Poor dinner & Adah & Conny objectionable. Home early. Eye.
Saturday March 24 - Eye bad. Worked. Did Sir E.Sullivan's design. Rode in afternoon. Called at theatre. After took M in 4 wheeler to theatre, 'Iolanthe'. Home all right. Cab tight. (Red ink: Eye.) Sunday March 25 - Easter Sunday. Worked in morning. Eye bad. Sent Punch on to Slough. In afternoon took Polly to Battersea Park. Frank Miles, Mrs Dickens etc. Walked home. (Red ink: Eye.) Monday March 26 - Eye bad. Worried by Rigge's letter. Up early. Went to Slough. Hunted with Royal Buck hounds at Maidenhead Thicket. Saw Lawrence. Browns both dead. Wools. Wm Murray, Tattersall etc etc. 18 miles from Slough. Mrs Bankes Tomlin. Blinding snowstorm. Saw Lethbridge etc in train. Tweet called. Home. Dined at home. Bad dinner. (Red ink: Eye.) Tuesday March 27 - Eye very bad. Wrote letters in morning. After went to City. Lawrence Bradbury. Saw Vine & Waterlow. Lunched with Walter Lethbridge, Austin & Mayhew clerks. Saw Arthur. Called at Club & home. (Red ink: Eye.) Wednesday March 28 - Eye bad. Worked. Finished fancy Portrait of Sir Watkin Wynne. After on Sir Ed Sullivan's drawing. Rode to Punch Dinner. Polly a ride in hansom. Good dinner, all well. After to Colin Hunter's. Hall etc. Asked Norman Lockyer & Abbey to dinner. Milliken went. Caldecott wrote about Blackburne. Rigge wrote. Thursday March 29 - Still cold. John Brown died yesterday. Fine morning. Eye still bad. Worked on block for Sir E.Sullivan. Waited for Burnand's instructions. Caldecott wrote. Rode in morning. Met Kendal & Burnand. After went with Colin Hunter to dine at Walter Lethbridge's. 15. Met no one worth mentioning. (Red ink: Eye.) Friday March 30 - Worked hard all day on Struwelpeter & late after dinner on Holl. Saturday March 31 - Beautiful morning. Pottered etc. Rode to Punch Office. Lunch at Club. After home in afternoon. Went to see Rip van Winckle. M nervous in cab. Apr 1883 Sunday April 1 - Rode in morning. Saw Keegan Paul. Went to Blair Leighton's. After to Abbey's. Saw Linton, Small etc No 1. After to Gardens. Paul, Salomons & Hall called. After to Gardens. Abbey, Salomons, Norman Lockyer dined with us. Monday April 2 - Fine morning. Rigge wrote. Rode before breakfast. Arabian Nights. To finish Sullivan's drawing. Worked on Sullivan's drawing. After dinner slept. Played Billiards with Edgar after. Tuesday April 3 - Worked on Sullivan's drawing. Went to South Kensington to lunch with Lockyer. After went with Abbey. Saw Comyn Carr. Home & to work. Very hot. Dined at Gardens. Chapple there. Very hot rooms. Played 500 at Billiards. Home 1.0pm. Wednesday April 4 - Fine day. Breakfast with Lockyer. Seedy. Adrian Stokes & Wirgman there. Photography. Home at 12.0. Finished Sullivan's drawing. Mrs A Herapath in. After rode to P.D at 6.0. Late sitting. Bradbury about Holl's drawing. Got address. Thursday April 5 - Ordered oil colours etc. Waited for F.C.B's instructions etc. Rode before breakfast. Lovely weather. After worked on Harcourt & Children. Did not work after dinner. Wrote. Friday April 6 - Rode in morning early. Punch letter. Rode over Waterloo Bridge & by Doulton's. Home. Ed'r altered block, called here on horseback. Worked hard & late. Did not go out. Finished very late.
Saturday April 7 - Cold east wind. Saw M & Maud off for Astbury. Back home. Called on Gov'r, Lincoln Bennett, Arcade & on to Club. Saw Macmillan. Rode after by Westminster, Doulton's & home. Dined at Gardens. Court Theatre, Garrick after. Supper with Toole. Home late. Cold. No letter. Sunday April 8 - Picture Sunday. East wind. In morning rode to Park Lane. Saw Wood & Wolseley. After lunch with Fletcher girls all round Studios. Monday April 9 - East wind. Cold. Fog. Wrote letters etc. Finished deeds. After commenced Fisheries. Dined at Gardens. After went to Her Majesty's Theatre. Saw the 'Voyage dans la Lune'. Club after. Wrote letters. Tuesday April 10 - Worked on Fisheries. Dined at Gardens. After went to Haymarket Theatre. Saw 'Caste'. Walked to Club. Walked home to Knightsbridge. Wednesday April 11 - Worked on design for the Fisheries. Rode to Punch Dinner. Pleasant dinner. After went to Club & walked home to Knightsbridge. Thursday April 12 - Worked on Inspector Williamson. After rode to Club. Saw Sir E.Sullivan & Huish. Dined with F.C.B & Mrs B. After to Toole's, Thealess(?) Merivale etc, & walked on to Club. Col Jones's cab. Walk home. Friday April 13 - Worked on George Lewis & Dummy. After dined at Gardens. Spencer & self went to 'All for her'. After supper with Vine & S.J. Met Reeve. Very late & too much Champagne etc. Saturday April 14 - Seedy in morning. Sent Cave to Sir P.C.Owen. After went there. Settled Fisheries. Went round the Exhibition. Cutler & Reed. Turkish Bath. Dobbie, Goupil, Reed. Arts Club. Rode home. Dinner Gardens. After to Her Majesty's. Went to 'Rip van Winckle'. Saw Leslie Ward. Pretty girl. R. Dora Keithley. Home after supper. Jones, Hollingshead etc etc. Sunday April 15 - In morning rode. Lunch at Gardens. Tennis. After to Sir E.Sullivan. Met Dolby. Home by 11.30pm Monday April 16 - Lovely morning. Rode early. Wrote letters. After took Bar to Albert Hall, Assault of Arms. After saw Miss Sullivan. After dined at Gardens. After to Gaiety Theatre. Tenniel, Milliken there. After to Luffans(?) Met Americans etc etc. Home late. Tuesday April 17 - Commenced Academy page. Worked up to seven. Put Sir F.Leighton in. After rode up to Club. Dressed there. Dined with Percy Reeve. Avenue Theatre Rooms. Smoking Room. After home in cab. Wednesday April 18 - Eykyn called. Pollie returned. Better. Worked on Academy block. Rode to P.D. William Agnew said Tom Agnew not well. Home early to Gardens & took Polly home. Thursday April 19 - Worked on Academy block. Did not do extra cut. Friday April 20 - Worked on Academy block. Saturday April 21 - Smith called. Hamilton & Midge came up. Tom Agnew died 6.30 this morning. Worked on Academy block. Dined at home. Lunch with Bradbury at & settled £100 per month. Home. Rode. Worked. Billiards after, Gdns. Won 3/-. Sunday April 22 - Worked hard on Academy block in morning. After took Maud to Gardens. Back after & worked on Academy block. Rode in afternoon to Richmond. Saw Prince & Princess Teck. Monday April 23 - Worked hard on Academy block all day. Dined at home. Tuesday April 24 - Worked hard on Academy block & up to 1.30pm. Snow fell. Heavy hail & snow. Dined at home. Wednesday April 25 - Up at 6.0am sharp. Work on Academy drawing. Very tired. Rode to St James's Sq. After to Club. Chose present for Tabs - dressing case.
Called Hawes. Settled £14. Dinner at Bedford. Milliken, Beckett, F.C.B, Tenniel, self. 5 bottles Champagne. Home 11.30. Thursday April 26 - East wind. Went in morning for ride to Bow St. Rode. Went to dynamite trial. Sir J.Ingham. Saw Miss Elmore, Gilly Farquhar & Grossmith. Lunch with F.C.B. Called at Adams's. Home. Worked on subject for Sir J.Ingham. Miss Nicol called. Dined at Gardens. D'd bad dinner. Fisher etc there. Con objectionable. Spencer came in after. Friday April 27 - Wet heavy day. Wrote letters etc etc. Burnand wrote. Up & finished Ingham. No big cut. Rode in afternoon. Called Knightsbridge, saw Sterne. Went to Morris's dinner. Sir Bruce Seton, Admiral Marshall, Gambiers etc etc. Wet. Saturday April 28 - Wet wet day. This day was Tabby married, Kensington 11.45. Breakfast after. Ismay, Jacksons etc etc. After to Grosvenor & watercolours. Tenniel, Blackburnes etc etc, private views. Introduced M to Lady Onslowe. After rode. After dinner Ball at Gardens. Danced. Pleasant evening. Tweet, Burnands etc etc. Sunday April 29 - Lovely day. Rode in morning to King's Road. Lunch at Gardens. Roy naughty. Late lunch. Smoke. Home to Stafford Terrace. Wrote letters. Bed early. Monday April 30 - Wrote letters in morning. After rode. Saw F.C.B, Kendal. Bilious. Late lunch. Commenced Fisheries drawing in earnest. Miss Nicol came to dinner. Irving's Theatre. No box. Home with Miss Nicol. Supper. K.Beverley's address. May 1883 Tuesday May 1 - Fine morning. Wrote letters. Sir P.Cunliffe Owen sent about crown. Punch Dinner. Did Spencer Wells. Rode to dinner. Sat long time. Bradbury left. Home by cab. Wednesday May 2 Press Day at Academy. Wrote letters. Rode to Club. After missed Burnand at lunch. Saw President etc etc. Boehm. Walked home. Bad dinner. Not enough. Thursday May 3 - Miss A.Smith called. Disappointed. (Red ink: ‘I came to sit'. Sept 11, 1894. Came from Nicols.) Worked on Fisheries drawing. Prince of Wales. Miss Nicol called. Dined at Gardens. Edgar won at Billiards, 500 Up. Friday May 4 - Private View Academy. Took Maud in afternoon. (Red ink: 'Your Papa's very clever' said by Sala. Written 3 May 1898. Worry with F.C.B about time.) After dined with Macdonald. Asher, Pettie, Orchardson, Millais, Barlow, Edis, self, Dash, D.M, Keene, McWhirter, Hook, Calderon, Hodgson. Home late. Saturday May 5 - Went to meet Miss S. Had her photod. After to British Museum. Saw Reed. After to Roberson. Club. Home. Rode in evening. Dinner. Miss Nicol. After to 'Iolanthe'. Home. Supper. Sunday May 6 - Cold east wind. Went with M to call on Macdonald. Tattersalls after. Lunch. Rode to Richmond. Frere dined. Dull evening. Monday May 7 - Academy Club dinner. RA 4pm. Worked on Fisheries page. Very dark wet. Went to Greenwich. Met a lot. Had to speak, Birch's guest. Birch, Lewis & Haynes Williams supped with me. (Red ink: On this occasion Haynes Williams said Furniss's grievance I on staff, he not.) Tuesday May 8 - Rabelais Dinner, 7.30 Grosvenor Restaurant. Awfully dark. Fog. Wrote letters. Went to Lane's. Sold. Wasted day. Wrote after. Worked on Fisheries. Prince of Wales as Arion. After went to Rabelais Dinner. Too early. Arts Club. Met Agnew, Lucas, Sir F.Pollock etc etc. Home straight by cab. Very wet.
Wednesday May 9 - Worked on Fisheries. Rode to Punch Dinner. Bad dinner. After wine with Milliken & Tenniel. To Garrick. Home late, 1.30. Thursday May 10 -Worked on Fisheries late & after dinner. Quiet day. Dinner at home. Friday May 11 - Worked on Fisheries. Finished. Pushed for work. Wired Ma about carriage. Dinner in evening. Macdonald, Mr & Mrs Boehm, Canon Harford, Phil Morris ARA & Arthur Burnand. Success.
Saturday May 12 - In morning not well. Went with M to Fisheries Exhibition. Tattersalls, Colin Hunter etc. Bad place. After drove to Lane's. Drew cheque for £1900, 95 & 25 for completion of purchase Barr Estate. (Red ink: I have lived to see this run out alas! All over March 26, 1902.) Lunch at St James' Hall. After home. Rode to Richmond. Saw Donaldson. Through Richmond & home by Kew Bridge. Saw Val Princep. After dinner went to Fisheries, back home. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Bed early. Wet day very. Sunday May 13 - Beautiful day. At ten rode with Taf to Richmond Park. Home 2.30. Pottered. Mr & Mrs Fildes, Canon Harford, Mr Charles Russell QC, John Macdonald & Mrs Tomlin dined with us. Not late. Monday May 14 - Dull morning. Cave a holiday. Macdonald wrote. Commenced Fisheries. M to go to Nicols to tea. Worked all day on Fisheries. Did not ride. Tuesday May 15 - Worked. Did F.P of chemist, Abel. After rode to P.D. Called on Macdonald. Dr Farquhar bought Academy drawing. Punch Dinner. Drew Galliard. Home by buss. Wednesday May 16 - Rode in morning. Saw Burnand. Home. After took Maud & M to Fisheries, 2/6 day. After to Ortner & Houle to say goodbye to Macdonald. Called at Cutler & Reed's. Saw F.C.B. Thursday May 17 - Worked on small block for Derby. After took M to Mocattas. Frank's dinner. De Rothschild, Col Ewarts (2) Col J.Wyndham, M.Williams, self etc (10). Farquhar, Fildes. Very late. Toole after. Home with Fildes. Friday May 18 - Worked on Fisheries. Rode in morning. Called on Orlner & Houle & Dobbie. After went down with M to Farnboro', only just caught train. Dined at Mess. Very cold. Dull dinner. Bosanquets. Young sub drunk. Saturday May 19 - At Farnborough. Fine morning, walked long way over common. Bad lunch. Lawn Tennis. Home. After dinner to 'Rip van Winckle'. Quiet evening, supper & bed. Sunday May 20 - At 10am rode with Reed to Hampton Court Palace & home at 6.15. Lawrence. Good lunch. R tired. Monday May 21 - Fine morning. Maud went to Academy. M stopped. Work on Fisheries. Punch trimmed. Rode in evening. Dined at home quietly. Tuesday May 22 - Worked all day on Diploma. Rode at 12.45 for Cave to go out. Saw Yates & Miss Boehms. Went to Norman Lockyer's. Slow. After to Fox Whites' dance. Miss Davis. Whiskey. Home 1.30am. Wednesday May 23 - The Derby Day. Very fine. Headache all day. Thought had won with Galliard. St Blaise won. Worked all day. Lovely day. Rode to P.D in evening. Home early. Dined at 7.30 for 1st time. D.M won the sweep. Thursday May 24 - Lovely summer morning. Letter from model etc etc. Work on Lord Wolseley & Roberts. Poor cut. Rode in Park after. Saw Morris in distance. Dined at home. Dinner very late. Quiet evening.
Friday May 25 - Spencer's dinner at Barracks 7.45. Finished Lord Wolseley & Roberts. After rode to Finsbury. Rowdy dinner, poor wine. Home very late. Seedy. Saturday May 26 - Very ill. Went to Tower. Turtle at Painters. After home. Rode round Richmond Park. Ginger beer & Gin. A'Becketts in to dinner. Sunday May 27 - Still seedy. Up late. Morris called. Rode round Richmond. After took M in Bath chair. Dined at Gardens. After Lawn Tennis at Fairs. After Tenniel dined. After Boughton reception. Oscar Wilde etc. Tenniel looked at Diploma. Monday May 28 - Bad cold came on. Did not ride today. Wrote letters. Maud Herapath came. After worked on Diploma all day. Altered design. M & Maud went to 'Stage Door'. Burnand & Finlay called. Worked late. Tuesday May 29 - Cold very bad. Rode early. Trooping Colour. Had Miss Gibson photod. Home by lunch. Worked on Fisheries Diploma. After to dinner at Fletchers. Interesting. Home after going to Lockyer's. Wednesday May 30 - Cold very bad. Chown's dinner, Thatched House Club 7.45. Fine day. Drew Smith, Judge. Very seedy with cold. Rode round Richmond Park. Fast trotting horse. Orton called for me, went to dinner at Thatched House Club. Good dinner, very. Sat next to Henley, proprietor of Engineers. Thursday May 31 - Smith called about clothes etc etc. Called at Arts Club. Wrote. Jun 1883 Friday June 1 - Worked hard all day on Spring & Children. Marion Fletcher, cousin, & H Weld Blundell called & came to dinner. Water Babies & bed 11.30. Saturday June 2 - Worked all day on Fisheries Diploma. After rode in Park. Rode fast. After went to dinner 141 Warwick St, Peruginis. Saw Waggs. Macleans & self. Sunday June 3 - 10am Alfred Reed. Rode with Reed. R nearly thrown. Round Wimbledon. Home. Lunch at Gardens. After to Fairs. Charles Burnand at dinner. Monday June 4 - Worked all day on Fisheries Diploma. After rode. Saw Morris. Watch. Col Bennett & wife called. Quiet dinner & bed early. Tuesday June 5 - Ascot. Beautiful day. Wrote letters. Worked all day on Diploma. Dickens's dinner, 8.0pm. Rode in evening. Saw M Fletcher. After went to Dickens's. Met Percy Fitzgerald, Piggott, & brother of Sir Frederick Pollock. Good dinner. Wednesday June 6 - Fine lovely day. Worked all day on Sir Cunliffe Owen. After rode to Punch Dinner. After with Tenniel to Hartree's. Lost 10/-. Home. Thursday June 7 - Rode at 6.30. Saw Reed & M Fletcher. Gil à Beckett 's dinner. Cup Day at Ascot. Dull nasty day. Mrs Bergheim called. Good dinner. Met Twiss's & Entworts. Nottages after. Saw Mrs Palmer. Friday June 8 - Dull morning. Worked on Fisheries. Frank called. After did Rosebery. Dined at Gardens. Billiards with Hamilton L. After home. Saturday June 9 - Hamilton left. Walked to St James' Hall. Rode in afternoon. Pellegrini called. After went to dinner with E.T.Reed. Met Jaffray & Nast. Good dinner. Sunday June 10 - Rode in morning. Called on Pellegrini. Good figure Smith Audley. After Tennis at Fairs. Burnand dinner A1. Home at 4am. Monday June 11 - Lyons Mail. Very seedy in morning. Worked all day on Fisheries. Rode round Richmond Park. Nast at dinner. Midge also. Theatre. Good. Home. Tuesday June 12 - Ellis dinner, Arts Club 7.45. Lovely morning. Bird died. Worked on Pellegrini drawing damn it. In evening drove to Arts Club. Saw Scott Russell. Met Blount, Sir A.Clarke, Comyns Carr & Tirrell.
Wednesday June 13 - Worked on Pellegrini drawing. Rode to Punch Dinner. Home by buss. Good subject. Thursday June 14. - Silver King. Sent Pellegrini's drawing. Came back himself. Wasted afternoon. After went to Silver King & Mrs Morell Mackenzie's. Nilson & Wald. Home 2.0am. Friday June 15 - Worked hard all day on Gladstone & Punch. After dinner did Fancy Portrait. After at 1.30 went to Sternes. Miss Hardman & students. Saturday June 16 - River Xcursion. Yacht race. Up at 7.0. Missed boat. Down by train. Saw Eykyns, Morris etc etc. Girl on board. Good day. Home 7.30. Dined with Morris at Arts Club. After Savage Club. Much done up. Home 11.15. Sunday June 17 - Very tired. Up at 10.50. After rode to Wimbledon. Saw Coward. Lunch at Gardens. Polly seedy. Lawn Tennis, Lewis's, dined after, 14 dinner. Home after Billiards. Monday June 18 - Theophilus Burnand's dinner 8pm sharp, 8 Seville Street. Worked on Pellegrini block & Fisheries. After rode. Saw Caldecott. After to dine at Burnand's (Theophilus). After to Lady Monckton's. Miss Speed. Tuesday June 19 - Mrs Perugini's at home. Herapaths go to Westwood. Worked on Fisheries all day. Rode in afternoon to Peruginis. Saw Woodville after. Nearly kicked. Quiet evening. Wednesday June 20 - Joshuas at home. Worked on Fisheries. Rode to Punch Dinner. Saw little Lewis. Abbey. After to dress at Club. To Joshuas at home. G.Lewis etc etc. Thursday June 21 - Sir P.Cunliffe Owen wrote. Wet dull day. Worked. Did Fitz Maurice. After rode thro' Richmond Park. After Mr Bergheim came to dinner. Quiet evening. Friday June 22 -Fine morning. Wrote. Worked all day on Fisheries. Rode in Park. Quiet evening. Bed early. Saturday June 23 Fine morning. Worked in morning, Fisheries. After to Hurlingham with Roy & M. After rode back. Lost stick Park (illeg). Mrs Woodville & husband dined. Pretty woman. Sunday June 24 - Went to Fisheries in morning. After to Fairs. Good game & A1 dinner. Home 12.30. Monday June 25 - Mrs Boughton's dinner. Worked on Fisheries in morning. Got on. Boughton called. After rode. Went to Boughtons. Mrs B & Florrie. Home early. Harold Peto etc etc. Tuesday June 26 - Fine day. Worked on Diploma. After went by self to Mrs Boehm's at home. Miss Ward, Miss Monckton etc etc. Cab home. Wednesday June 27 - Mrs Banks Tomlin, Mr Arthur Burnand, Mrs Wright. Worked on Errington. After rode to Punch Dinner. After dressed at Club & called for Pollie. Went to Banks Tomlins. Slow, very. Thursday June 28 - Mrs Palmer's dinner. Worked. Finished Errington. After went in cab sketched station. Hot day. After dined at Edwin Herapath's. Hats. After the Kinsman Club. (illeg) Palmer, Ansdell. Home 1.30. Hot day. Osgood. Comyn Carr & hat etc etc. Caldecott. Abbey tight. Friday June 29 - Mrs Wright. Lady Lawrence. Mrs Lewis Garden Party, 4 to 7pm. Worked, finished statue. To Mrs Lewis's Garden Party. Fine. Cold. After to Mrs Wright's at home. Little Hunt. Thunder & wet. Saturday June 30 - Pollie went to Bournemouth. 'Our Club' dinner. Star & Garter 6.30pm. Cold very bad. Very seedy. Awfully hot. Worked, put in Sea Weed etc etc.
After rode to Richmond. Boughton & Spencer dined with me. 2 magnums Ivory. Good dinner. Home 11.15. Jul 1883 Sunday July 1 - Cold bad. Very hot. Up early. Went to Fisheries. Worked. Sketched Eagle. Spencer & Ada went after late lunch to Fairs Lawn Tennis. All his rings on. Sleeps in em! Wonderful. Curious ring lost & found. (Lost cat's eye ring & found it again in road.) Monday July 2 - Overdraw due. Cold bad. Frightfully hot. Up early. Called for photo to Ellis. Fisheries. Cutler & Reed. Home to lunch. Bad saddle, cut Punch. Very hot. After worked on Sea Weed of Fisheries. Went to Bradbury's. Burnand, Tenniel, Milliken etc etc there. Home early. Tuesday July 3 - RA Club dinner 6.30, 'Greyhound' Hampton Court. Mrs Mocatta's dance. Worked on Diploma. Did Eagle. After rode to Hampton Court. Morris overtook me. Bad dinner. Rode home. Dressed. After went to Mocattas' dance. Rude cad. Home with Boughton. Wednesday July 4 - Banquet to Mr Irving, St James's Hall 6.30pm. Macmillan at home. Pellegrini & Mr Jones a hass! Up at 11.30am. Went to Cutler & Reed. After to Mrs Skirrow's lunch. Good. After rode round Richmond & home by Tow Path. After dressed & to Irving's Banquet. After Billiards at Arts. Tenniel, Lucas, (illeg). Home 1.0. Thursday July 5 - Dull morning. Up early. Ought to have gone to Henley. Sent Cave. Missed Spencer. Wire Pollie. Worked on portrait, Santly, hard all day & failure. Polly came back to dinner. Friday July 6 - Worked Chamberlain. Hard put to get it done. Left by 9.15 Euston to Holyhead. Drunkard & lunatic in station. Slept. Saturday July 7 - Doric. Arrived Holyhead 6.30. Bath. Letters etc. On board Doric 9.30. Sutherland, Bishop, Newcastle, Sir H.Lock, etc etc. Gray, Webb, Fletchers, Cunard directors. Ward, Sykes, Jardine etc etc. Fine day & good passage. Sunday July 8 - Doric. At sea on board Doric. Prayers. Rained all Sunday. Turned in at 11.0pm. Monday July 9 - Doric. At sea on board Doric. Made Gravesend by 10.0am. Left at 3.50. Landed at Westminster. Home. Rode to Wimbledon. Very tired after dinner. Did not go out. Tuesday July 10 - Worked hard all day on Fisheries. Put Her Majesty in. Polly came home. Quiet evening. Called at Gardens & home. Photos came from Fisheries. Wednesday July 11 - Worked all day on Fisheries. Rode hurridly to P.D. Academy Soirée. Lost umbrella. Savage Club Ball at Albert Hall. Very slow. Saw Furniss in costume. Home 1.30. Thursday July 12 - Dull morning. Turner came to put cupboard up. Worked all day on Fisheries drawing. Did not ride. Cave went for holyday. Dined at the Speeds. Met Cartwrights, Kahns etc etc, Mrs Tomlin. Good dinner. Macmillan wrote. Friday July 13 - Worked on Fisheries in morning. After worked. Did Chaplin. Dined at home. Did not ride. Saturday July 14 - Worked on Fisheries in morning & till 4.30. Heavy dark thunder. Rode to Camp & thro' Richmond Park & Teddington & home. Dined 8.0pm. Quiet evening. Sunday July 15 - Wet & heavy showers. At 9.30 went to Fisheries, met Gunby. Photod all morning. Saw Sir P.C.Owen. After late lunch Spencer in. Worked on Diploma all afternoon.
Monday July 16 - Worked all day on Diploma. After rode in Row. Dined at home quietly. After worked till 12.0am on Diploma. Tuesday July 17 - Dull morning. Baby new clothes. Worked Diploma. Did Fancy Portrait, Siemens. Took M & children to Richmond & Wimbledon Camp. Very wet. Home. Dined at home. Wednesday July 18 - Marion went to the Dietz's. Rode to Gt Western. Went early to the river. Good day. Run down in launch to Henley. Dined at Skindles. Home 11.0pm. Thursday July 19 - Mrs Collinson at home. Dance & Lawn Tennis. Worked on Dip in morning. After on Waddington & France. Rode in evening Park. Dined at home. After Fisheries. After Pavilion, Club & home. Friday July 20 - Worked all day. Burnand altered cut to Lakes. Spencer called. Dined with him. Late home. No ride. Saturday July 21 - Worked on Diploma all day. After rode to Wimbledon Camp, last day. After dined at home. Fisheries (illeg) Club & home. Sunday July 22 - Went to Fisheries in morning. Wet. Rode in afternoon to Dietz's, Cobham. Dull day. No dinner. Bed late. Monday July 23 - At Dietz's. Rode in morning. After lunch Derrick at work. Plants. Rode home. Punch stale. Dined at home. Bed early. Pa called in. Tuesday July 24 - Worked all day on Diploma. Did not go out. Dined at 8. Pa called. Wednesday July 25 - Worked on Diploma all morning. Did Portrait. After cleared up. Rode to P.D. Roy & carbolic acid. Thursday July 26 - Polly & chicks went to Westwood. Left at home. Dined at home. Worked on Diploma. Friday July 27 - Worked on Agricultural Holdings. In evening dined with Gt Southern directors at Crystal Palace. Row with ticket porter. Club. Walter Lacy & home. Saturday July 28 - Went after working on Diploma to Crabbett Park. Renshaw, Lawford, Molony, Pollens, Bourke, Wallace (2) Mackenzie etc etc. Tristram Ellis there. Pleasant evening but not well. Sunday July 29 - At Crabbett Park. Fine day. Tennis. Lord Wentworth & Lady came. Water Lilies etc etc. Horses etc. Heavy wet at night. Monday July 30 - Missed bag at station. After caught 11.0. Wrote long letter to M. Worked, did Lilies. Tristram Ellis called after. Dined with Spencer at Richmond Club. Tuesday July 31 - Worked all day on Diploma. Did hair. After to be taken out. Aug 1883 Wednesday August 1 - Punch Dinner. Worked on Diploma in morning. After did de Lesseps. Rode to Dinner. Cave let Punch slip down. Thursday August 2 - Worked all day on Diploma. Did & altered Hair etc etc. In evening looked in at Fisheries. Saw Gunby. Friday August 3 - Worked on Diploma. Finished Hair. After quick block for Punch. Parcel post. After dined at Garrick. Saw Dr Russell, Millais etc. Game Billiards. Saturday August 4 - Head on rather. Worked Diploma. Did Lilies & Hair. After went by 3.30 to Westwood. Liverish. Train late. Sunday August 5 - At Westwood. Maud's birthday. Walk before dinner. Home in afternoon to Kensington.
Monday August 6 - Work early & all day on Diploma. Did Wreath etc etc. Dined at Arts Club. Beaten by old Creaky Boots. Tuesday August 7 - Worked all day on Diploma. Went to dinner at à Becketts. Met G.Childs & wife. Home after Arts. Met Luke. Saw Stone in Piccadilly. Wednesday August 8 - Worked all day on Diploma. Did Drapery & Flag. After went to Gardens. Storm. P.D. Walked home. Thursday August 9 - Fine sunshiny morning. Work on Punch, Ashmead Bartlett MP. Friday August 10 - (Blank). Saturday August 11 - Went down to Westwood after working on Fisheries. Sunday August 12 - At Westwood. Walk to coast & round Abernethys. Home in evening. Cads in train. Monday August 13 - Worked hard on Fisheries. Tuesday August 14 - Worked hard on Fisheries. Wednesday August 15 - Worked hard on Fisheries. Gap left here until: Sunday August 19 - At Westwood. Took my first photos. Lovely day. Home at night. Pa in London. Monday August 20 - Mr Burnand called with photos. Worked hard all day on Fisheries. (Red ink: Received photos of Cooke's pictures. Never returned them oh! June 12, 1894.) Tuesday August 21 - Worked hard all day on Fisheries. Wednesday August 22 - Worked hard all day on Fisheries. Rode to Punch Dinner. Walked home with Milliken. Thursday August 23 - Did Lord Coleridge. Worked on Fisheries. After rode. Saw Morris, swell girl etc. Dined at Savile Club. Aquarium after with Morris & Hallé. Friday August 24 - Ought to have met Milliken. Rode in morning. Worked. Did Gladstone & Granville. After dined with Morris & Hallé at Fisheries. After Promenade Concert. Home after Garrick. Saturday August 25 - Went down to Westwood after working on Diploma. Met Jew in train. Big cigar. Tabby & Hamilton came over. Dinner party, Hirsch, vicar & wife etc etc. Rode in morning. Sunday August 26 - At Westwood. Drove over to Granville. Tabby & Hamilton. Photod all day. Called on Burnand. Polly stung with wasp. Stayed at Westwood. Monday August 27 - Work commenced at Stafford Terrace. Polly came home to dinner from Westwood. Rode to meet her at Victoria. Worked hard on Diploma. Spencer in. Came up from Westwood in morning. Tuesday August 28 - Worked hard on Diploma. Spencer & Polly dined at the Fisheries. Row about dinner. Home. Spencer stayed up late. Wednesday August 29 - Worked hard on Fisheries. After rode. Called on Purdy & bought sponge. Punch Dinner at Bedford. Home late. Thursday August 30 - Worked late after dinner. Did block for Harvest. Did also Sharp-eye-ra. Rode to call on Jennings. Horse killed. Friday August 31 - Up early & went to catch launch on river. Met Wendell, Sewell Gardner, D'Arcy etc etc. Good day. Dined at Skindles etc etc. Cliveden House. D'Arcy etc etc. Jardine. Sep 1883
Saturday September 1 - Worked. Did Cardinal Howard. Put up traps. After left by mail train for the north. Mistake about check. Lent Nurse cheque for £11. All night in train. Sunday September 2 - In train all day. Met Lockyer at breakfast at Perth. Lunch before Inverness. Arrived Tressady Lodge, Rogart N.B at 5.30pm. Dr Martin, Mr Wentworth Walker, Miss Wilson, Mr Marshall, Mr Duncan of party. Good dinner. Monday September 3 - Went out shooting, bad shot. Home late. No bread & grouse. Tuesday September 4 - Went salmon fishing, Mr Walker & Mr Duncan. Caught 2 salmon, 18 & 14 lbs weight. Dr. Martin left. Wednesday September 5 - Up early & photod salmon. Went shooting. Shot better. Very tiring day. Lunch by stream. Keckwich lame. Thursday September 6 - Went picnic in wood with Miss Weston & party. Saw deer shot. Statue to Duke of Sutherland. Very windy. Tea at Goldspie. Dunrobin Castle. Home to late dinner. Ma wrote about chicks. (Red ink: Dog fight. The moufflon. Oct 13 '97, 14 yrs after.) Friday September 7 - Up & photod. Wet morning. Wired the Gov'r & Ma. Photod Keckwich & fishing etc etc. Miss Westons at dinner. Good dinner. Longs. Saturday September 8 - Went shooting, Keckwich, self & Walker. 19½ brace grouse, 3 brace black game, 2 brace snipe, 3 hares, 3 rabbits. Good day. Sunday September 9 - Fine day. Wrote. Walked up hill. Dined at 8.0. Read after. Smoked late. Monday September 10 - Very wet. Up late. Wrote & worked all morning. Mack wrote. After lunch & work sent block off. Played Lawn Tennis with Keckwich. Tuesday September 11 - Fine day. Some went fishing. Photod Lawn Tennis party. Good afternoon. Photod Ma's letter. After dinner Macdonald the minister called. Wednesday September 12 - Went shooting. Watney, Walker & self. Bright morning. Dull after. Cold lunch. Boot hurt. Home evening. Keckwich left. Thursday September 13 - Lovely morning. Miss Wilson went shooting. 5 guns. Hawk. Good lunch. Home, lovely evening. Whist. Bed late. Friday September 14 - Fine morning. To go to Lairg. Lovely drive to Lairg. Lunch. Miss W got in bog. Salmon 19 lbs caught by Mr Marshall. Home in evening. Scotts to dinner. Saturday September 15 - Dull morning. Picnic at the Mound. Met Gray, Major & Mrs ? & the Westons. Mr Brooke. Lawn Tennis. Rifle shooting etc etc. Home to dinner 7.30. Sunday September 16 - Dull morning. Up very late. Wandered on hill. (illeg). Read Kingsley's Heroes. Late lunch. Walk. Dinner 7.30. Mr Duncan's last night. Music. Monday September 17 - Up 9.0am. Fine. Paper. Worked on Paris. After went with Marshall to play Tennis at the Westons. Lunched there. Pigeons & bats. Tennis after photographing. Lady Kemble & Miss Gibbs called. Pretty girl. After drove home with Marshall. Saw falcon, etc etc. Tuesday September 18 - Claude W etc went fishing. Worked till 3.0pm on drawing of Compte de Paris. After walked to top of hill with Bendy. Major Weston, Benison & etc came to dinner. Good dinner. Cards after. Returned book. Wednesday September 19 - Marshall & Miss Wilson & Claude Watney left. Photod all morning. Shot rabbits in afternoon before dinner. Last dinner. Bed earlier. Goodbye to Walker & Vernon. Bendy set on & nearly killed.
Thursday September 20 - Long tiring journey. Handsome man from Dunrobin. Inverness. Long long day. Arrived at Murtle. Sleepy. Cold Billiard room. Cold Bedroom. Not over comfortable. Friday September 21 - At Murtle. Walk in morning. After to Aberdeen. Called Lumsden, Thomson & Mac. Good lunch at Club. After to Murtle. Lawn Tennis. The Perrys, Col Tisdale & daughter. Dinner. Dance in evening. M did not sleep well. Saturday September 22 - Went in morning from Mrs Nichol's to Aberdeen. Very wet. Joined Mr Thomson. Went on board the S.S.Gypsy. Trawler. Rough & good sea. After landed 5.0pm. Walked to Kepplestone. Dr & Mrs Bain, Mr & Mrs Robertson, Mr Webster etc etc at dinner. After bed. M did not sleep well. 1 st night at Kepplestone. Sunday September 23 - At Kepplestone. Burnie. Rest. Lunch . 2 Generals. After drove to Murtle. Countess Ross, Hollands etc etc. Home. Tea. Dinner. Prof Minto. Talk. Bed. M slept better. Monday September 24 - Wet day. Worked & read in morning. Heavy wet. Worked on Old China. In afternoon posted lots of letters. Walked into & about Aberdeen. Home to dinner. Major Pole there. Oil stone day. Tuesday September 25 - Worked all day on Old China. Walked into Aberdeen & posted it. Bought spats etc etc. Home to Kepplestone. No one to dinner. Polly slept better. Wednesday September 26 - Up to breakfast. At noon left Aberdeen for London. Travelled all day. Capital dinner & attention at Edinboro'. Wet all day. Heavy wet. Slept in train. Civil guards etc etc. Thursday September 27 - Arrived home at 9.0am. Breakfast. Letters. Found subject waiting. Worked. Put house in order etc etc. Dined at home. Bed early. Friday September 28 - Worked hard all day. Up early. Went after dinner to 2 nd night of the 'Millionaire'. Good play. Frakes there. Coren etc etc. Worked on Burnam Beeches. Polly's birthday. Saturday September 29 - Up early. Wrote letters. Got to Diploma again. Worked all day. Dined at Fisheries. Very wet at night. Home & to bed very early. Sunday September 30 - Up late. Went to Fisheries in morning. Pollie well. Very wet. Rode over Wimbledon. Got wet. Mrs Watney & son called. Oct 1883 Monday October 1 - Worked on Fisheries. Tuesday October 2 - Worked on Fisheries. Wednesday October 3 - Worked on Fisheries. Gap left here until: Thursday October 11 - Worked on Fisheries in morning. Friday October 12 - Worked. Did Pot and Kettle. Saturday October 13 - Worked on Diploma. Dined at Fisheries in evening. Band after. Sunday October 14 - Went to Fisheries in morning. Worked in afternoon. Got wet at Wimbledon. Monday October 15 - Worked all day on Diploma. Tuesday October 16 - Worked all day on Diploma. Wednesday October 17 - Midge came in. Did Booth. Walked to Punch Dinner. Agnew, B(illeg). Got very wet. 'Bitter cry of Outcast London'. Thursday October 18 - Worked on Punch. Welman called. Worked. Did Cetawayo. Rode in morning.
Friday October 19 - Worked Cetawayo. After to Almanack Dinner. Drove. Late. Good cab. Home late. Saturday October 20 - Worked on Fisheries. Went after to Boehms. Cold. Dinner. Billiards. Hawkins. Sunday October 21 - At Boehms. Lovely day. Walk. Long talk. Walk in evening etc etc. Bed late. Monday October 22 - Up to town. Great confusion. Worked after on Fisheries. Took Rainbow out & in again. German Reeds. After to Holborn Restaurant. Oswald etc. Home late. Saw Weldon. Tuesday October 23 - Worked all day on Fisheries. Rode in morning. Pretty girl. Photo Fisheries. Photod drawing. Fred Oakes dined. Tenniel called. Wednesday October 24 - General muddle. Polly X. Wrote. Cleared up. Fine morning. Rode. Worked on Fisheries. Went to Punch Dinner in buss all way. Good Dinner. Thursday October 25 - Did Sir Moses Montefiore. Worked Fisheries after. Worked after dinner. Birds etc. Friday October 26 - Completed the outline of Fisheries Diploma. Worked hard all day. Saturday October 27 - Commenced to shade Diploma. Gunby called & photod it. Worked all day after. Did the Queen & (illeg). Dined at the Holborn Restaurant. Bad dinner. Went to Glass of Fashion. Home late. Sunday October 28 - Fine day. Went with Tenniel to Fisheries. Lunched at Gardens. Rode over Wimbledon. Home. Dined quietly at home. Very sleepy. Monday October 29 - Rode in morning. Saw Holland. Worked on Fisheries. Did Aqua Marina head. Long trying day. Ham & Midge dined. Tuesday October 30 - Worked on Diploma. Did Orb etc. Very dark. Rode in morning. M seedy. Wednesday October 31 - Worked all day on Diploma. Dined in evening with Press (?) at Fisheries. Miss Wilson, Baroness Burdett Coutts etc. Nov 1883 Thursday November 1 - This evening Humphreys came with box etc etc. Called on Coward with Hamilton. Dull day. Rode in morning. Worked all day on Diploma. After went to Fisheries in afternoon & home again. Worked. Saw Orton at Phillimore Gardens. Home 12.0pm. Friday November 2 - Rode in morning. O.Mills. Saturday November 3 - Commenced Almanack. Did Punch as Standard Bearer. Polly went down to Westwood to fetch chicks. Dined at home & after saw 'Silver Guilt' at Strand. Not well. Home after Club. Sunday November 4 - Worked all day on Almanack page. Rode in morning round Richmond. Saw Bolding. Got wet. Dined at Club. Good dinner. Monday November 5 - Worked late & all day on title for Almanack. Finished it at 2.30pm. Tuesday November 6 - Up & went down to Slough. Awfully wet. Hunted with Queens. Tolley(?) Hensman, Worth(?) Johns etc etc. Good day. Heavy. Punch went well. Came home. Dined at 'Our Club'. Bad dinner. Girls at Slough. Wednesday November 7 - Did portrait of Lord Mayor on Coach. Punch a rest. Went to Punch Dinner. Home late. Thursday November 8 - Chicks came home with Ma. All well. Went to Aquarium in afternoon. Did Coleridge as barman.
Friday November 9 - Beautiful Morning. Went with M & chicks to Lord Mayor's show. After walked down Strand. Cab home. Pa came in. Cold came on. Saturday November 10 - Bright morning. Worked on Queen's head all day. Rode in Park in afternoon. Saw Tenniel. Dined at home after. Sunday November 11 - Worked on Queen's head. Much tired & worried. Boehm called, delighted with Dip. After to supper with Arthur à B. Very cold & miserable. Cold bad. Monday November 12 - Bright morning. Worked on Queen's head all day. Got it better. Wrote to Boehm. Tuesday November 13 - Worked on Queen's head up to 4.0pm. Spoilt it. Wendall, Abbey, Mrs Fildes & Furniss dined. Weary & tired. Up late. Wednesday November 14 - Very bad in morning. Headache all day. Rode. Hard frost. Worked on Almanack. Did 1st block. Walked to Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Thursday November 15 - Photod the Queen's head. Worked. Did portrait of Bazalgette. After worked on Almanack. Rode in morning. Seedy with cold. Friday November 16 - Worked. Did Conger Eel. After dined early & went to see Ariel. After to supper at Abbey's. Black there. Home 2.30pm. Rode in morning, hard frost. Saturday November 17 - Worked in morning on Almanack. Bothered rather. Maud bad cold. Worked after dinner. Drew nude. Cold bad. Sunday November 18 - Fine day. Rode in morning to Richmond. Punch stumbled very much. Maud better. Tweet called. Worked on Almanack. Bed at 11.30. Hot Whiskey. Monday November 19 - Wet morning. Rode. Saw Ward. At work on Almanack. Did 2 Almanack blocks. After went to supper at Abbey's & Parsons. Late. X. Tuesday November 20 - Oh my head. Bad all day till late. Slept late in morning. In evening went to see 'Falka' at Comedy Theatre. Saw young Watney. Home in cab with us. Wednesday November 21 - My mother arrived. Childrens party. Walked to Club. After P.D. Very cheery evening. Home 12.0am. Thursday November 22 - News of defeat in the Soudan. Finished Almanack blocks. After went to the opening of the 1 st Avenue Hotel. Saw Mr Turner & etc. Oswald etc etc. Called on Bonvoisin. Supper with Reeve & Millykin. Home at 3.0. Friday November 23 - Fine morning. Up later. Rode round Park. Punch stumbled. Wrote Bonvoisin & Millykin to come to dinner. Disappointed not hearing from Editor. Worked all afternoon on Fisheries. Saturday November 24 - Photod in morning Queen's bust. Sent Cave to Meagher & Blanchard. After worked all afternoon. Did not go out at all. Wet night. All came home at Gardens. Sunday November 25 - To ride Messel's horse. Rode Messel's horse round Richmond. After worked on Diploma. Put in sky. Monday November 26 - Worked all day on Diploma. Sky etc etc. After went with Spencer to 'Lady of Lyons'. Dined at 7.30. After supper at Garrick. Home. Mademoiselle Salsapette(?) came for 1st time. Tuesday November 27 - Hunted with Queen's, Nybridge Common. Beautiful fine day. Called at Ealing. Rode home. Afternoon at Mr Wright's. Warm. Home. Chicks dinner. Bed at 10.30. Wednesday November 28 - Worked hard on Diploma in morning. After did the Earl of Rosslyn. After walked to Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Home by cab.
Thursday November 29 - Worked all day on Diploma. Went round to Gardens & played Billiards with Edgar. Did the River figure. Friday November 30 - Worked & did Lord Rossmore & Police. Tired. Bed early. Dec 1883 Saturday December 1 - Worked all day on Diploma. Did the larger figures. Dined at Gardens in evening. Sunday December 2 - Worked all morning on Diploma. Rode in afternoon. Worked on Diploma in evening. Monday December 3 - Worked on Diploma. Put in the Queen's head. All right. Bed early after. Colin Hunter called. Summoned on jury. Got out of it. Tuesday December 4 - Rode early with Colin Hunter's new mare. Fine morning. Got on with Diploma famously. Queen's head finished. Dined at Gardens. John Herapath there with his wife. Billiards with Edgar. Puppy going home. Wednesday December 5 - Fine cold morning. Wrote about bust. Saw Colin Hunter. Rode round Park. Punch Dinner. Thursday December 6 - Put in Bear of Diploma. After got on cob of Colin Hunter's. Bitterly cold. Frozen. Back home. 'Claudian' produced. Friday December 7 - Worked. Did Judges cut. In evening went to see 2 nd night of 'Claudian'. Sugg. Arts. Home. Saturday December 8 - Room cleaned. Walked to Natural History Museum. Lunch after with Trindell. Talk. Met Cole. After home. Worked on Dip. Did Birds. Dined Gardens. Billiards after. Sunday December 9 - Rode thro' Richmond. Bitterly cold. Lunch at home. Worked on Diploma. Monday December 10 - Worked Birds etc Dip. Tuesday December 11 - Worked all day on Diploma. Nice warm weather. Wednesday December 12 - Finished Norman Lockyer. In cab to P.D. Worked on Diploma in morning. Thursday December 13 - In morning worked on Diploma. Spotted the Jaguar. After did cut of Tennyson etc. After Dietzs & Sophy F dined with us. Ed & Conny in after. Friday December 14 - Worked hard all day on Tennyson. Sent Cave for Canon's cloak. Very exhausted & tired. Bed early. Saturday December 15 - Worked on Diploma. After went to lunch with Spencer & Sayer. After to tea at Albemarle Club. After home. In evening à Becketts smoking concert, British artists. Corney Grain's supper. Roulette. Home 2.45. Sunday December 16 - Fine morning. Rode with Colin Hunter & Macbeth. Lunched at Gardens. Quiet afternoon. After dined at McKenzies. Brandon Thomas etc etc there. Monday December 17 - Worked on Diploma. Very cold. Went & walked to Bond St. Called on Goupil. Punch Dinner. 2 cuts. Home. Tuesday December 18 - Sent Diploma in. Did not turn up in morning. Fine. Great flurry. Rode to Goupil's. After called on Cunliffe Owen. Success. Queen to alter. Wednesday December 19 - Diploma at Council. Thursday December 20 - Went to lunch with Trindell. After went to India Museum. Saw Cunliffe Owen. Diploma returned. Worked, did Owen. Friday December 21 - Finished Owen. Began Diploma again. Did Royal Arms. Saturday December 22 - Began to shade Trawler. Worked all day.
Sunday December 23 - Went for ride with Hunter & Macbeth thro' Park (Wimbledon). Home church. Worked on Diploma. Put in River scene. Uncle John called, also the Petos. Monday December 24 - Worked on Diploma all day. Rode in morning. Put in River scene. Billiards in evening. Fog. Tuesday December 25 - Children went to Gardens. Went to dine at Gardens. Billiards after. Beaten by 4 in 100 Up by Edgar. Home late. Very cold. Fog. Wednesday December 26 - Worked all day on Diploma. Gave Cave a holy day & did not go out. Fog. Thursday December 27 - Worked on Diploma in morning. After began (illeg) as Masher. Fog. Friday December 28 - Did (illeg) as Masher. Dined at home. After to Gardens. Price there. Row. Edgar & Conny. Fog. Saturday December 29 - Worked all day on Diploma. Did Dragonflies etc etc. Rode in morning. Dined at Lewis's with Marion. Private View of Grosvenor. Did not go. Fog. Sunday December 30 - Did not ride in morning. Walk with Marion in Park. In evening after dinner put in the rays of the sun. Tweet called. Spencer called. New Year's dinner. Bed by 11.0pm. Fog. Monday December 31 - Rode early in morning. Worked hard on Diploma all day. After went to Messels to see old year out & new in. Danced etc etc. Home with Luke. Fog. Notes and addresses at back of Diary: Reffell, 21 Clarence Road, Kentish Town. Barraud, 263 Oxford St, W. Models: Kate Beverley, 3 St Joseph's Villas, Sulgrave Rd, Shepherd's Bush, W. Haywood Hardy A. L.Puzey, 184 Cambridge Rd, Kilburn.
1884 Notes and addresses in front pages: Number of ticket 79719 Models: Miss Puzey, 128 Cambridge Road, Kilburn NW. Alice Smith, 137 Camden St. Gibbons, 9 Hornton Street, Kensington. Felden, 2 Little George Street, Hampstead Rd. Kate Beverly, 3 St Joseph's Villas, Sulgrave Rd, Shepherd's Bush. Hetty Stanley, 23 Grove Place, Brompton Rd. Hall, 23 Thames Street, Kingston. N.Clifton, Hats. E. Sturning, Printer. 6 Elm Court Gardens. McGregor, Police. 20 Argyll Road. John Sheridan, Aquarium Keeper, Fisheries. I. Cave, 36 Church Road, Water Lane, Brixton. Waters gave address, 33 Ricketts Road, Chiswick. Reference Melluish, 2 Waterloo, High Road, Kilburn. 4 Kilburn Lane, Kensal Green. The Manor House, Lower Slaughter, Boughton on Water, Gloucestershire. F.C.Burnand Esq, 33 Brompton Crest. E.I. Milliken. 83 Longborough Park, Brixton, SW. F.W.Thornton, 101 Palace Road, Lambeth Jan 1884 Tuesday January 1 - At Messels. Took Mrs Boughton down to supper. Mad Mrs Waller. Danced. Stayed late. Stopped. Smoked. No head on. Did not ride. Worked on Diploma all day. (Two sketches of children, one titled: My son Sir.) Wednesday January 2 -Worked on Diploma all day. Thought I had finished. Millais called in afternoon, delighted. Pointed out faults. Did (sketch large eye) Bowman. Took cab to Punch Dinner. Long talk about Frank. Sat till 11.30pm. Walked with Milliken. (Don was lost. Found at home on Monday the 7 th) Thursday January 3 - Diploma in frame. Worked in morning on Diploma. Altered shoulder & also put profile in. After lunch went to Cutler & Reeds & Grosvenor. Saw Hallé. Went about 'Sir Joshua'. Mrs Watney, Miss Wilson, Mrs Boehm. Tattersalls called. Dined at home. Friday January 4 - Birthday. 40th year. Worked hard all day. Did the two Presidents. Long letter from F.C.B. Rode in morning. Did not go out all day or after dinner. Saturday January 5 - Worked in morning on Diploma. Put in Millais' alterations. Profile etc etc. Worked after dinner. 1st night of Gilbert & Sullivans Princess Ida. Drew hand all the morning from Polly. Put small penguin in to hide. After went to Old Masters at Academy. Home in 4 wheeler. Very wet. Sunday January 6 -Worked in morning (all morning) on Diploma. Altered Fluvius' face. Watts RA, Tenniel, Abbey, Parsons, Davis RA, Boehm RA. Farquharson, Wirgman, Morris, Fildes, Caldecott, Gordon Thompson, Messel, etc etc, called to see Diploma. Great success. Dined at Fildes. M not well. Gordon Thompson in after.
Monday January 7 - This day 'The Diploma' went to Waterloo at 3.30pm. Wrote to Stone. Did not turn up. Don found at dog's home. Marion & Aunt Linda called. Marion Herapath in temper. Dined at home. Slept on sofa. Window open. Tuesday January 8 - Up & went hunting with Queens. Meet at Gerrards X. Late for hounds. Too bad. Wet all day. Home in afternoon. Rest. Went to Ionides dance for Chicks. Home 11.30. Miss Casellas. Wednesday January 9 - Fine morning. M goes to Hamilton Langleys. Maud a bad tongue. Abbey's Pantomime. M went to Wolverhampton. Chicks at Pantomime. Miss Parsons called. Last Emma. Great fun with Roy. Missed trap. Home with Mrs Fildes' nurse. Glass with Abbey. P.Dinner. Long late talk with D.M & Milliken. Thursday January 10 - Worked all day. Dined at Garrick. Saw Val Princep. After saw 'Princess Ida'. Home at 12.0pm. Stayed late at Club. Augustus Harris story. Friday January 11 - Worked all day. Did Gladstone & Jam. After went to meet Burnand. Dined at Garrick. Very seedy. Good talk. Tooles theatre. 'Maas' - met him. Walked home. Saturday January 12. - Punch been 1 year at Dr Orton's today. Went after settling about Drawing Room down to Wolverhampton to visit Langleys. Took Punch. Missed Cave. Met by Hamilton's servant. Rode to 'Manor House' Trysull. M well & nice old house. Bed early. Mother went to Ealing. Sunday January 13 - Quiet peaceful day. Dull weather. Looked over books etc. Rode in afternoon for 1 hour. Dinner etc and bed. Wrote long letter to Sir P.C.Owen £250 + 30 = £280. Monday January 14 - Drove in morning to meet at Appley. Splendid day. Bad frost to begin with. At 2.0pm found another run. 1hr 25 minutes. Nearly home. Adderly broke his leg. Didn't know it. Tired after. Regular good day. Wore new brown suit for 1st time. Tuesday January 15 - Lawn Tennis with Hamilton. Pottered about. Tried to catch fish. Read all afternoon with reading lamp etc etc. Dinner. Bed. Wednesday January 16 - At Wolverhampton, Trysull. Photod Punch etc. After went to lunch at the Underhills met Ready. Studio at top of house. Drove 'Punch'. Home in afternoon. Thursday January 17 - Came up from Wolverhampton by 1.40. Rode Punch. Only just in time. Lady Boughey. Good journey. Called at Burgess's & also at Valentine Blanchard's. Home to Stafford Terrace. Chicks well. After dined at Gardens. Fletchers there. Went down to Bradburys' Ball. Young Lawrence is of age. Danced till 3.0am. Home in buss with Will Agnew. Home 4.30. Friday January 18 - At Stafford Terrace. Dear Roy came & woke me. Very seedy. Directions for paint & room. Walked to Punch office. Called at Suggs. Cave made mistake about clothes etc etc at Club. Wrote letters at Garrick. Wrote Cunliffe Owen. After went to Kensington to change coat. Dined at Devonshire Club with Waterlow. Met Davidson, Blackburn etc. Also 'whats his name'. Cards. Lost 10/-. Home 1.30. Row with Nurse about paint. Saturday January 19 - Gave directions about room. Row with Nurse. Upset about Chicks. Went down to Wolverhampton. Hamilton met me. Polly well. Bed early. Cavendish (old gent) in a rage at changing. Sunday January 20 - Seedy more or less. At Hamiltons. Mooned in morning. Col Dickens came in. Walked there to T. Dinner after. No boots turned up. Illustrated News etc etc.
Monday January 21 - Hacked to meet at Wrotterly. M & Midge drove. Poor run. Came home from Chillington Park 14 miles. Thru' Albrighton & Summerhouse & Pattingham. Lovely fine day. Like summer. Dined. News Illustrated. Tuesday January 21 - In morning Hamilton went to meet. Gale of wind. Took some photos. Waddy & Baby. After went to Wolverhampton & home. 2 gents in carriage. Cyprus etc etc. Dined at Gardens. Miss Clark & Judy there. Chicks better. After went to Trocadero and Club. Home 12.0am. Wednesday January 23 - Long pottering day, finishing Drawing Room. Walked to Punch Dinner. Burnand's hand very bad. No Bradbury. After walked home as far as Knightsbridge. Heavy gale of wind. Thursday January 24. - Mr 'Squire' called at breakfast. Balmann. Bore. Room finishing. Marion to come home. Polly came home. 'Punch' came home. Lost 2 shoes. Ass of a Cave rode him home without. Dined at home. Friday January 25 - Worked awfully hard all day on January June. Did not go out. Finished at 8.45. Bottle of Champagne. Seedy. Sent Cave to Alfred's & Euston. Punch shod & kept waiting. 'Punch' lame. Saturday January 26 - 1st Holiday. Went to Ludgate Hill. Saw Routledge. Called office. Bought knives. Fearful gale. Umbrella turned inside out. Called Briggs. Dined at Gardens. 300 Up with Edgar. Home with Polly. 'Punch' lame. Sunday January 27 - Fine day. High wind. Lunched at Watneys. After called Gilbert. Saw Peto. Stokes dined. Bed 12 0am. 'Punch' lame. Monday January 28 - Went in morning to Watneys to photo. Disappointed about Policeman. Photo'd till 3.0pm. Lunched there. Came home to T. Lovely day. After dined at Abbey's. Glorious dinner. Wild turkey & Canvas Back ducks. Stone, Fildes, Boughton. Stayed till 1.30. 'Punch' lame. Tuesday January 29 - General tidy up of room. Nelly Keith came. Punch still lame. Dined 6.45pm. Spencer's birthday, 37. Went to the Savoy Theatre. Princess Ida. Sent M home. Cigar etc. Wrote letters at Club. Walked to Knightsbridge. Home. Sent Fancy Portraits away. 'Punch' lame. Wednesday January 30 - Wrote letters till 12.30. Burnand wrote by Rosie. Warm wet morning. Sent check for £150. 'Punch' lame. Thursday January 31 - Wrote & worked in morning. After took Roy to Drury Lane. Little Fildes & Maud Paxton. Good Pantomime. After called at Mays. Dressed. To Holborn Restaurant. Met Gibson etc. Stokes' dinner. after to Falka. Supper at Club & home. ‘Punch lame’ Feb 1884 Friday February 1 - Worked all day at Barnums. After dined quietly at Gardens. Only Guv & Mater there. Home early & bed early. Rhodes called. 'Punch' lame. Saturday February 2 - Rode Punch for 1st time since lameness. Rode round called at Mendelsohns. Also Elm Park. After thro' Park to Elliot & Frys. After to Club. Called at Welbys. Walked towards home. After dining at home went with M to Haymarket theatre. Home at 11.30. Saw the Dickens's. Gilberts in box opposite with McLeans. Sunday February 3 - Beautiful morning. Cold east wind. Went for ride to Richmond Park. Home by Barnes. Caught up 'Krick' & Coward. Home. Saw Bendall. Lunch. Tom Taylor called. After walked up to Boughtons. Ionides. Home. Canon Harford dined. Taf came in after. Read the Divers. Stayed till 1.0pm. Good evening. Taf & Canon left together.
Monday February 4 - Cold East wind. Wrote letters all morning. After rode to Arts Club & into Oxford Street & Portland Rd. Bought photos. Called on Reed. Rode to Garrick. Too early. Bought watch at Hawes's. After walked home. Dressed & to dinner at Boughtons. Took in Miss Lankester. Slow evening. Home at 11.30pm. Tuesday February 5 - Not so cold. Rode before breakfast up to Club on chance of Gossett's letter. No letter. Home in drizzle. Punch all right. Met Ionides. After looked over letters etc. Sent Fox cuttings. Worked in afternoon. Did Sir F.Leighton drawing sword. To dine at Hunters. Parliament opened. Inspector of Police called. Dined at Colin Hunter's. Met the Carrs etc. M not well. Home at 11.0am. Wednesday February 6 - Rode in morning. Worked on President Leighton. Finished. Walked up as far as Hawes. Changed watch etc & got M the diamond combs. At Punch dinner W Agnew then D.M. Dressed. Stayed till 11.0. Walked to Charing X. Took cab home. Thursday February 7 - Rode early. Worked hard to get Punch & Valentine done. In afternoon ran down to Brighton to Nottages. Met at station. Dined. Squabbles. Mr & Mrs Palmer. Miss Allen. 10 Brunswick Terrace. Bed 11am after smoke. Young 'Pidgeon'. Friday February 8 - Up early & strolled to Aquarium. After saw monkeys & snakes. Diving birds. Walked back. Changed things. Walk with Pidgeon after museum etc etc. Small human head. After caught in wet. Tea. Dressed. Drove to Blakes. Good dinner. Tete à tete. Home. M lost glove. Very heavy wet. Saturday February 9 - Strolled with young Palmer in to Pavilion. Looked thro' all rooms. After fell in with Nottage & M. Lunched at Sweetings. Oysters. After cab home. Went to Pantomime. Home. After took things in cab to Old Ship. Changed rooms. 42, 45. Back to dinner. Young Nottage came home. After played Poker. After (illeg) servants & home to hotel. Very comfortable fire. Damp sheets etc. Sunday February 10 - Up & went & had Brill Bath. Wind & wet. Met Waterhouse. After A1 breakfast. Nice walk after to Kemp Town. Back to Hotel. Oyster lunch. After walked to Nottages. Saw Truecott. Merry Mark Lemon died. Mrs Jopling was Miss Goode. After back to Hotel. Dinner at 6.30pm. After bill £3.1.8. Home by train comfortably. Back at Stafford Terrace, all well. Monday February 11 - Fine morning. Rode. Got shelter at Ambassadors Gate. Marlboro House. St James's. Stayed long but got very wet. Called at Dean's Yard. Cantered home. Changed. Took cab. Lunch with Canon & Reed. After Westminster Abbey. Triforium etc. After went to Club in Taf's cab. Called Hawes. Changed Watch. Plates etc. Cab home & dressed. Drove to Mr Tom Taylors. Uncomfortable cab. Row. Met the Allinghams. Lovely night. Home. M tired. Mother came home. Cave gave notice. Tuesday February 12 - Lovely morning. Rode early. Saw Watney. Horse bleeding. After putting drawers in order & writing etc went for walk to call on Sir P.C. Owen. Cheque for extra work sent. Arranged about Diploma. Health. Walked up to town & back. After lunched at Gardens. After went to the play with M & Mother. Last few nights of Court Theatre, The Millionaire. Home by cab. Mother nearly fell. Slow evening. Wednesday February 13 - In morning rode early. After tried to work on F.P. Could not, on acct of Editor. M went to call. After walked to Punch Dinner. Called at Lewis's & Garrick. Walked with Milliken & cab home. Suggested cartoon of Simeon in desert.
Thursday February 14 - Worked after ride on F.P of Brand. Wired for from Frank & also Wm Graham, 112 Regent St W. Rode up to Garrick saw Kendal & also Finlay. Lunched at Garrick. Gilly Farquhar, F.C.B & Anthony Jones. After talk with F.C.B walked to St Stephen's Club. Sketched etc. After dressed & went to Holborn Restaurant to meet Stokes & Gibson, also (blank) After to Camaralzaman. Supper at home. Dull evening. Wet night. Friday February 15 - Rode early. Worked hard all day on block. Gladstone & Dizzy statues. Dined at Gardens. Dinner to be kept waiting. Sleepy afterwards. Home to bed 11.30. Saturday February 16 - Pottered in morning. After walked to Club called Parkes also London Stereoscopic also Wellby & club. Lunched. Gilly F, Arthur à B etc. Called at Stereoscopic, selected photos & walked home. Paid 4s for photos. Fool. Did not go out. M seedy very. Sunday February 17 - M seedy. Rode in morning to Richmond. Cold east wind. Thro' Park. Lunch at Richmond Club with Spencer, Percy Oakes & old Capron. (Written Feby 24 1893, 9 years after). Good lunch, magnum & 2 bottles. Looked over the Club. New house. Rode home. Punch started lame. No sight of Spencer. Home. Nelly Keith there. Stokes came to dinner. Stayed till 12.0pm. Good evening. Monday February 18 - Bright cold east wind. Rode early. Green wrote. Met Baker & Webster. Mrs Goodall's party. After had long day writing etc. Lunched at home did not go out. Put photos in order. Dined at home. After went to see Miss Mary Anderson in Galatea & Clarice. Spencer & Adah went too. 1 st night of German Reed's new piece. Nash's bill came in £125 odd. Tuesday February 19 - Wrote letters. Saw Waters. After rode Punch to St Stephen's Club. After lunch with Benjy Baker & Mr Fowler. Called & saw model. Walked to Turkish Bath. Had Bath. Saw Watney. Walked home. After dined quietly at home & bed early. Montalba, Mrs Gilbert & Mrs Larnach called. Wednesday February 20 - Most lovely morning. Bright & warm. Rode at 8.30. Saw Watney, Coward, Mocatta etc etc. After home & wrote till 11.30. Did new Speaker, Peel. M not well. Went out. Walked to Garrick. Took cab to Dinner. Full Dinner. D.M etc etc. Stayed till 11.30 Home in cab. Talk with Milliken. Fine night. Thursday February 21 - Rode in morning. Very wet. Worked hard all day on month Feby. Did not go out. Dined at home. Worked till 12.0pm. Pa & Ma went to Clifton for Alfred Herapath. (This day 3 weeks (illeg) Father died himself.) Friday February 22 - Beautiful morning. Rode at 8.30. Saw Boehm. Also Watney. Home. Chicks out. Wrote letters. Waters etc etc. Worked hard all day on Feby. Finished at 8.0pm. Dinner & bed early. Saturday February 23 - Up & went to C Stokes. Expecting Bobby. Had teeth stopped all round. Lunch at Constitutional Club. Walk to Garrick. Got new chain, old relinked. Very cold. Read Rochester. Punch sent back. After went to Savage Club. Conrad Cooke & Creswick. Good evening. Supper at Garrick. Tool etc. Home by 1.30. Cartwright etc etc. Sunday February 24 - Fine lovely morning. Rode to Richmond. Home. Lunch at Gardens. After called with Spencer on Boughton, Abbey, Fildes, Hunter etc etc. Dinner at home. Taylor, Watney, Conny, à Beckett etc. Late. Monday February 25 - Cave leaves. Fine. Rode. First day of Waters. Cave did leave & Waters came. Rode in morning. Tidied up etc etc. Wrote letters. Cold east wind. Felt a chill. Did not go to 'Scrap & Papers'. Home & bed early.
Tuesday February 26 - Rode early. Wrote letters. Afterwards did initial of Water Babies. Walked to Criterion. East wind. Dined at dinner given by the Hogarth Club to Colin Hunter. Sat next to Linton. Speech. Whiskey at Hogarth club. Talk with Parton & Parsons. Home with Fildes, Parsons, Abbey & Parsons in cab. 2.30pm. Wednesday February 27 - Got to work to write letters after riding. East wind. Waters & Benns row. Saw Benns. After letter from Milliken about meeting him at Club. Did meet him. Walked there. Called on Van derWeyd & S.A.Walker. Walked home. Met the Keckwichs. Dined quietly at home. Hot whiskey & bed. Cold worse. Thursday February 28 - East wind. Rode early. Worked on Merv subject. After walked towards town. Took cab to Drury Lane. Had box AA. Took Miss Allen, 3 Cowards, Mother Alice & Roy & M to Drury Lane Pantomime. After saw them in cabs. To Club. Dressed. Met Stokes, Mason, Weldon. Dined Cafe Royal. 2 mags Heidsieck. After went to Avenue Theatre. Stage Box No 2. Saw Lady stalls. Pretty girls. After walked with Stokes to Brook St. Called at Dr Masons. Home in cab with Weldon. Slept in room. Bed 2.0pm. East wind worse. Really ill with cold. Friday February 29 - Rode to Victoria. Beastly east wind. To work on Merv. Altered & re-altered again. Worked on Bear & Merv. Good cut. Did not go out. Cold bad. Bed early & grog. Mar 1884 Saturday March 1 - Up & walked as far as Downey & club. Pawnbroker etc etc. After took buss home. Rode after in Park for hours. Dined early & went to see Claudian. Good box. Miss Wilson. Home early. Tiles put down. Sunday March 2 - In morning rode. After went for walk with M. Called on Abbey & Parsons. After lunched at Gardens.Walked with Spencer to Club (7.0). Saw Mark Anthony Jones (Colonel). Walked back. Cab at Knightsbridge. After Birch, Brown & Spencer to dinner. Good dinner. Late. East wind bad. Monday March 3 - In morning wrote heaps of letters after riding. Saw Watney etc. Worked on Water Babies. Watney & Miss Baker dined. Went to see part Claudian. Cold very bad. East wind bad. Tuesday March 4 - Very wet, did not ride. Punch a rest. East wind went away thank goodness. Worked on Water Babies. Initial Chap 6. Quiet dinner at home. Bed early. Wednesday March 5 - Lovely morning. Bright warm sun. Rode early. Sent cheques & wrote letters. Water Baby drawings. Finished initial Chap 6. M called on Lady Freake Mrs Geiger, Cottons, Gilberts, etc etc. Walked to P.D. Blustering Bradbury. Frank not there. Stayed late. Walked with Milliken. Home in cab 12.15. Ivory sent wine, 2 doz. Thursday March 6 - Fine morning. Rode. Saw Watney etc etc. Home & wrote letters. Did F.P of Salvini as Shakespeare. Finished late. In evening went to Santleys at home. Miss Mary Anderson, Miss Gladstone etc. Tenniel. Mrs Gaskill etc etc. Supper. Mrs Santley's sister. Chile. First met Miss Innes. After dropped Tenniel & home 2.30. Read Edwin Drood. Mervyn returned home today. Friday March 7 - Worked all day hard on the Soldier Boys. Did not go out. Rode in morning. Bed early. Saturday March 8 - Fine morning. Pottered in morning. After took train to Bouverie St. Saw Law. 2nd class. Called Arthurs. Ordered buttons. Firmin & Sons. Called Club. Lunch. Milliken. Smoke. Coffee etc etc. After walked home. Uncle John & Aunt Knetta here. Bed 11.0am. Took photos of Chicks from roof.
Sunday March 9 - Most lovely morning. Rode Colin Hunter's mare to Richmond etc. Colin rode Punch. Called at C's uncle. Glass Champagne. Home, changed. M seedy. Lunched at Gardens. Walk with Spencer to call on Woodville. Also called in 'Nordinfeldt'. Stool at Hollibones. Walked home to Gardens. Called at house. Home to sort of supper. Bed 11.0am. M seedy very. Monday March 10 - Very wet morning. Rode Hunter's mare. Colin Punch. Alone in Row. After home. Breakfast. Very busy writing letters to lunch time. Sugg called. Gas. Ventnor Marine Hotel. Gov'r not well. Marion went round to see & be with her mother. Father in law had stroke of paralysis & apoplexy this morning. Went to Gardens to fetch Polly. Dined at home after. Uncle Edwin & Aunt there. Tuesday March 11 - Rode Punch. Called at Gardens. Saw Conny. Gov'r no better. Orton called. Sir Andrew Clarke called in. Marion very seedy. Worked all day on W.Babies. Did initial drawing. Bed early. Wednesday March 12 - Rode Colin's mare in morning. Worked. Did last initial for book. In afternoon did portrait of Graham. Spencer called. Took cab to Punch Dinner. After Punch Dinner called at Club & took Milliken to Savile Club. Abbey's dinner. Saw Black. Asked for Scotland. Home. Marion in room all day. Thursday March 13 - In morning rode Colin's mare. Orton called. Worse news. After took Marion to Gardens. Father taken worse at 6.0am. Gradually sinking. All family there. Long weary day. At 3.20am died. Very sad. Spencer went away. Chapple there. Uncles Edwin & John. Lovely beautiful day. Home to dinner 7.15. Arthur à Beckett called. Wrote. Friday March 14 - Most beautiful day. Stayed with Marion in morning. Sent hat. M very ill. Stayed in with her in morning. After rode to Cutler & Reeds. Measured Drawing Room. After came home. Worked. Did small cut, Black Watch. Late dinner 8.15. Looked round at Gardens. Bed 11.15. M slept better. Saturday March 15 - Most lovely day. Beautiful. Rode Colin's mare. Tidied room. After rode to Cutler & Reed. Very hot. After to Wimbledon & Richmond. Met M & Chicks. Long ride home. Dined at home. Did not go to Gardens. Quiet evening. Sunday March 16 - Most beautiful hot day. Did not ride. Took M for walk round Serpentine. Very hot & crowded. Lunched at home. Spencer called. Went round to Gardens. Walked with Spencer to Club. After came home. Took Marion home in cab. Dined at home quietly. Bed early. Aunt Barr been gone 10 years this day. Monday March 17 - Magnificent hot day. Too hot. Rode Punch in morning. Wrote letters. M to go out in Bath chair. Went to Cutler & Reed for spats. Nelly called. Lunched. After at 2.30pm M went in Bath chair. After Gardens. Stayed at Gardens. After Spencer came & dined. Went to fetch Marion. Tassell brought her back in Bath chair. Lovely day. Very hot. Tuesday March 18 - Up at 5.15. Dressed. Walked round to Gardens. Carried the Father to hearse. 'Hunt' undertaker, Eaton Rise. Breakfast. Followed to church in hansom. After Victoria from hearse to trolly into the break van. After to Margate. Long journey. Most lovely day. Too fine. Walked behind to Westwood. John drove. Jarman & tenants after to Dining Room, Westwood. Lunch. Guests from town. 2 Eykyns, Heaton, Livesey, Uncle Edwin. Drs Walter & Thornton, T.Fair, Hyde Clarke, Booker, McKenzie, Newman, Chapple etc. After from Dining Room to hearse. Wreathes in numbers. Walked to St Peters. At 2.15pm laid in vault. Mr Whitehead etc. Cocksedge, Poynter, Jarman & Tassell assisted. Threw sprig of bay tree in. After drove to Westwood. Lunched. Caught 4.25pm. Home in cab with Spencer. Dined at Gardens. Home & bed at 10.20. Long day. Lovely fine day.
Wednesday March 19 - Rode in morning. Worked on W. Babies. Began March. Ram & lambs. After walked to Punch Dinner. Called Cutler & Reed & also on Spencer. After back by cab to Gardens. Fetched Marion. Quiet Punch Dinner. Burnand back. Thursday March 20 -Treasure left. Wrote letters. Burnand wired & countermanded. Did block of Huddlestone. Dined at home. Lawrence came. Friday March 21 - Rode in morning. Wrote. Bothered with work. Burnand wrote. Did small block only. Dined at 7.30. (Illustrated London News 6.4.1865). Saturday March 22 - Colder. Had room cleaned. After walked to Club. Lunched. Evans. Mark A.Jones. Walked home. Met Marshall. Rode for an hour. Dined at Gardens. Billiards after. Orton. Looked in at Ortons. Lost key. Sunday March 23. - Fine in morning. Rode to Wimbledon & Richmond Park & sharp home. After came home dressed & went to Gardens for Marion. Came home & lunched at home. After Wycliffe called & Uncle & Aunt John. Went round to Gardens after. Canon Harford dined & Mr Allen with fiddle called. Lent coat. Monday March 24 - Colder. East wind. Startled by shutter riding in morning. After coming home wrote letters etc. After worked on Housekeeper for Water Babies. After dined quietly at home. Played Lawn Tennis at Church Walk with the Miss Hunts. Felt giddiness for first time before coming off. Liver attack. Tuesday March 25 - Rode in morning. East wind. After began Doll in afternoon. Went to dine at Gardens. Ma not well. Game of Billiards with Edgar & home. Very angry about Doll being moved. Bed 11.15. Liver bad. Wednesday March 26 - Rode in morning. East wind very cold. Saw Smith of Smith & Elder. Little Humphreys left. Worked on Doll. Finished. Mr Marcus called. Colin Hunter called. Walked with Colin to Kensington Gardens. After through to Punch Dinner. Felt head very dizzy. Dined at P.D. Saw D.M. Pleasant Dinner. Home by cab. Burnand to go to Brompton Cresc. Liver bad. Most anxious about my head. Giddiness. Thursday March 27 -Rode with Colin Hunter. 1 st day with new mare. After looked over Illustrated London News. Very cold east wind. Stove & Grates. After worked all day on March for Punch. Conny & Terrero to dine. Felt head better. Liver bad. Friday March 28 -Did not ride. Worked hard all day on March block. Dined at 8.45. Bed soon after. Did not go out. Liver bad. Duke of Albany died at Nice at 11.0am this morning. Saturday March 29 -Worked in morning on Water Babies. Did the Salmon and the Trout. After lunch rode to Portland Road for stocking aquarium. Called at Kings. Filled aquarium with sand & had to take it out again. Back home & dined at home. Man called about aquarium. Bad waiting at dinner. Worry. Liver bad. Sunday March 30 -Up & at 10.0am in saddle. Rode thro' Richmond Park, back fast. Lunched at home. Took M for walk in Park. Home. Tea & did some work on W.B. Dined at home quietly by ourselves. Liver bad. Monday March 31 -Rode in morning. Worked on W Babies after writing letters etc. Did the Sun Fish from News. Dined quietly at home, bed early. Man came about 100 candle burner. Liver bad. Apr 1884 Tuesday April 1 - Rode in morning. Worked after on Water Babies. Did Old Bury & Seal. Dined quietly at home. Bed at 11.30. Liver bad. Wednesday April 2 -In morning rode. Saw Colonel Burnaby ride at the head of his Regiment, the Blues. Met Lockwood, Mathews etc. After home. Took photos of
Policeman etc. After found I was all wrong. Spoilt 18 plates. Worked on W.B. Walked slowly to Punch Dinner. Good quiet dinner. Mirage. Bradbury not there. Stayed till 12.0am. Home with Milliken in cab as far as Waterloo. Letters at home. Liver bad. Yates sentenced to 4 months hard labour. Thursday April 3 - Lovely morning. Rode at 8.30. Blues. Rode by self. Took photos of Waters in morning, found out mistake of shutter. Very vexed. (Only found this negative Feby 1896, 12 years after. Printed from it.) Wrote letters, Benn etc. After worked on W.B. Luncheon spoilt. Began in afternoon Harcourt Punch & Dramatists. Liver bad. In evening dined with Abbey & Parsons at Continental. Tadema, Dobson, D.M, A.Forbes, Boughton, Princep, Synge, Gosse, Caldecott, Stone, Gilbert, Barrett, Abbey, Orchardson, Sergeant, Fildes, Andrew Lucy, L.S., Anderson, Martin Dr, Hunter, Robinson, Trower, Macbeth, Comyns Carr. Friday April 4 -Rode in morning. Fine. Saw Tom Eykyn, brother of Burnaby etc. After coming home felt dreadfully giddy & queer. Very bad. Hard day. Finished 8.15. Told M about head. Took 2 pills. Padophylym. Liver climax very bad. Saturday April 5 -Pills laid hold of me at 5.0am. Up. Long morning with Illustrated News. After in afternoon jogged with Spencer to Wimbledon 3 hrs & home. In evening went & dined with Miss Innes. Santleys, H.Jones, Littletons etc etc. Good Dinner. Miss Santley's imitations. Walked home. East wind commenced. Liver bad. Sunday April 6 -In morning still seedy. Milliken came. Called on Fildes, Hunter, Princep, Millais. After lunch to Boughton, Wells, Frith, Rivière, Long, Pettie, Hall, Morris, Davis, Storey, Marks. Dined at home after. Sleepy & seedy. Liver bad, very. East wind. Monday April 7 -Very wet morning. Rode at 10.30 to Chiswick. Saw race. Cambridge won easily. Saw Crampton, Baker etc. After lunched at Donaldsons. Mrs Harper etc etc etc. Wyllie. Rode home. Worked. Colin Hunter called. Dined at Hunter's. Mr Henderson there. Home 12.0 midnight. Liver very bad. East wind. Tuesday April 8. -Fine morning. Photod Maud & Policeman McGregor. After worked W.B. Professor Ptthmllnsprts. Lunch at home. Row between Benn & Waters. Worked. Started for walk thro' Gardens to P.D. Claret. Quiet peaceful dinner. Liver bad. East wind. Wednesday April 9 - Fine morning. Wrote letters. Decided not to go to Oxford. Chicks to go out. Roy to be photod. Took Roy at 1.0 & had him photod. Rode. Saw Woodville. After dined at Gardens. Worked on Gladstone as Ostrich. Played Pyramids etc with Hamilton Langley & Edgar. Home by 11.30pm. Conny & friend came in. Liver bad. East wind. Thursday April 10 -Worked all day on Gladstone as Ostrich. Finished at 7.0pm. After dined at Gardens. Played Pyramids after. Won 2/6. Home at 1.30. Liver bad. East wind. Friday April 11 - Vernon Watney started for America. In morning put things straight etc etc. After packed & took train for Bourton on the Water, via Chipping Norton. Met Vicat Cole on train. After passed Oxford etc. Met Ashton, friend of Welman's. Hamilton Fletcher met me with dog cart. Home to Polly etc. Nice house, Manor House Whitmore. Dinner. Whiskey & bed. Liver bad. East wind. Maud taken ill measles. Saturday April 12 - Dull wet. Up & breakfast. Stroll thro' churchyard. Bryan tombs. New Whitmore. After knock up at Rackets. After lunch went to fish. No trout. Called at Whitfields. Whiskey & milk. Mervyn & Conny. Perch fished. Caught
two. Put them in pond. One died. Dinner etc. Bed early. Hot whiskey. Liver bad. East wind. Maud measles. Sunday April 13 - Dull wet. Up & rode Asprey to Bourton. Very dull weather. Home to breakfast. Read Rip van Winkle. M Tabby & Mervyn went to church. After read. Knock up at Tennis. Game of Billiards. Tea. Dinner etc etc. Whiskey at night. Hot. Bed at 11.0pm. Liver bad. East wind. Maud measles. Monday April 14 -Dull & very wet. Up & strolled. Breakfast. Went fishing. Caught Millers Thumbs & Sticklebacks etc. Put them in tin & sunk it. Lunch. Game of Tennis. Read etc etc. Dinner, Sleepy after. Went to bed 10.30. Liver bad. East wind. Maud measles. Tuesday April 15 -Dull wet. Breakfast. After went & photod. Pump, trug, Pig etc. Hamilton went to Cheltenham sold grey horse. Tab & Marion drove in brougham. Fished for trout. Young Matthews caught large one under bridge. Cyril Wright broke top of rod. etc etc. Real good game of Tennis. 3 sets. Knock up. Read Hurd. Dinner & bed 11.15. 1st time rather better. East wind. Liver bad. Wednesday April 16 - Very dull weather. Up & breakfast. Hamilton left early. Went for fish. All but one gone. Caught others. Packed up. Up to town with Mervyn & Tabs. Met Geraldine. Home 2.0pm. Dear Maud sick with measles. After wrote letters. Walked to Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Bradbury away. Burnand better. Home by cab. East wind. Liver better 1st time. Maud measles. Thursday April 17 - Rode in morning. Worked after on Fancy Portrait Hedgehog. Felt better. Dined at home quietly. Bed early. East wind. Maud measles. Friday April 18 - Rode in morning. Worked on Punch block the 3 Boys. Churchill, Wolff & Gorst. Dined quietly at home. No dress. Bed early. East wind. Maud measles bad. (Sketch of horseman etc.) Saturday April 19 - Worked in morning after riding early. Met Hensman's friend, a doctor. (1st meeting of Mr Bartlett, a retired dentist, died 1891.) Did little girl on rock from Maud. Woodville called. Dined quietly at home by ourselves. No dress. Bed early. East wind. Maud measles bad. (Sketch of soldier with raised sword.) Sunday April 20 - Rode in morning. thr'o Richmond Park. After lunched at home. Worked afternoon on W.B. block. Little girl on rock. Dined by ourselves at home. Bed early. East wind. Maud measles bad. Monday April 21 - In afternoon did Stanford drawing. In morning rode to Severin's & took him drawing of girl from Water Babies. Dined quietly in evening at home. Bed early. Ma returned from Westwood. East wind. Maud measles, Roy beginning. Tuesday April 22 - Rode in morning, met young Trusdell. Called on Burnand. Finished Stanford drawing. East wind. Began April. To dine at 'Our Club'. Walked up as far as Hyde Pk Corner. Took cab to Stanford's, left drawing. After Our Club dinner. Richardson's Shakespeare Speech. Sir Julius Benedict, Haywood, Maclean etc etc. Met Chairman Shaw. Good dinner. Called in at Club. Saw Anderson. Did not know Lucy. Earthquake 9.20am. East wind. Maud measles. Roy beginning. Wednesday April 23 - Rode in morning. Worked on April drawing. Bad headache. After walked to Punch Dinner. Mrs Stone called. Good Dinner. Bradbury back. Milliken ill. After walked to Club. Saw Reeve & home 12.0am. Maud measles. Roy sickening. Roy worse with measles. East wind. Thursday April 24 - Rode in morning & round by Westminster. After worked all day on April block. Miss Innes called in afternoon. (Dec 11, 1893. X. Going to dine tomorrow.) Dined at home quietly. East wind. Dear Roy's measles culminated. Friday April 25 - Rode early. Met Dr (blank). After home. Worked on April. Very dark all day & extremely cold. Worked till 8.30 on April. After dined. Had to do
block on coins. Worked till 2.30am. Bed. Roy better. Very tired. Sent card. Cheque sent for Stanford drawing. East wind. Saturday April 26 - East wind ceased for a time but still very cold. Stayed in bed till 10 very tired. All 6s & 7s at breakfast. Rode to Club at 12.30. Lunch Grossmith. Whiteley's burnt. Went to see it. Thro' Porchester Terrace. Met Mrs Goodall. After took M to Agnews. Called at Watercolour Gallery Private View. Saw Mrs Macdonald. T at Agnews. Home. Wet. Bad cab. Roy better. Burnand wrote. Cards sent for Academy Private View. Felt seedy. Sunday April 27 - To ride with Colin Hunter at 10.15am. Rode early. Wet very. Thought of Crown etc. Home to lunch. Worked on Academy drawing. Roughed it out. Dined quietly at home. Monday April 28 - Commenced Academy drawing. Worked all day. Felt better. (The will dated Feby 4 1882 of Mr Hugh Chaytor. Copied from Illustrated London News Aug 8 1884.) (Later comment on the will by L.S, written Feb 3 1890.) Tuesday April 29 - Worked all day on Academy drawing. Rode in morning. Wednesday April 30 - Mrs Boughton's dance. Worked on Academy drawing. In morning went early to Press Day Academy. Rode up. Met Waring. Saw Academy. Met Furniss etc. Furniss went back to lunch at Garrick. After looked at Grosvenor. Saw Miss Innes etc. Back to Academy. To Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Felt very ill & bilious. After ill at Club. Home. Went to Mrs Boughton's dance. Miss Hardman, Miss Boehm etc etc. May 1884 Thursday May 1 - Rode in morning. Worked all day on Academy block. Dined at home quietly. Worked after dinner. Friday May 2 - Worked in morning at Ld Robert Peel & Leighton. In afternoon went with M to Academy Private View. Crush. Did not see Miss Innes. After sent M home who dined with Mrs M.Stone. Dined with Macdonald. Ld W. Wiseman, Lord Wilkins, Mac, Millais, D.M Self, Pettie, Orchardson, Colin Hunter, John Macdonald, G.Reid, Calderon, Hook, Marks, Barlow, Dr Farquharson. Good dinner. Good stories. Home with Colin Hunter. Talk about Paris. Saturday May 3 - All right in morning. Rode after breakfast. Worked on Academy block. Sunday May 4 - Lawrence Barrett's dinner 7.0pm. Worked on Academy block all day. Rode early & called on Macdonald. Called on Burnand with sketch. Got very wet. Head queer. After went to dine at Lawrence Barratts. Good dinner. Sat next Stone & Forbes. Wilson Barrett, Fildes, Andrew Lang, Colin Hunter, Caldecott, Tadema, L.Barrett, Parsons, Orchardson, Gilbert, Smulley, Trower, Toole, Comyns Carr, Forbes, Sambourne, Stone, James, D.M , Abbey, Gore, Boughton, Martin, Stranger. Home at 12.0pm. Story of violets, Gilbert. Monday May 5 -Worked on Academy block. Rode after breakfast. Called on Stokes. Worked all day. Quiet dinner at home & worked after dinner. Tuesday May 6 -Worked all day at Academy block. Hard & fast. Rode in morning. Macdonald called. Did not see him. Dined quietly at home & worked after dinner. Bed at 11.45. Wednesday May 7 - Worked on Academy block all day. Burnand called. Block put off for a week. After went to dine at School of Cookery dinner. Miss A.Cooper presided. Duke of Buckingham etc. After round Ex'n. Old London etc. Trindall. Sir P.C.Owen etc etc. Home at 12pm.
Thursday May 8 - Opening of Health Ex'n. Walked there in morning. Head queer. Passed in. Stood next old gent. Harcourt. Gladstone. Duke of Buckingham. Gladstone etc etc. After rode to Macdonald. Back home to lunch. Mother went to St Neots. Worked on Academy block. After dressed. Took cab Grand Hotel. Waited 20 minutes. After to Claudian. Arts Club. Angel. Home again. 11.30. No whiskey. Friday May 9 - Rode early. Met Dr (blank). Colin Hunter etc. Worked hard all day on Churchill & Salisbury. Finished late. To dine at Spencer's Club. Went. Macdonald ill. Home with Spencer. Early to bed. Called at Macdonalds. Saturday May 10 - Worked all day to finish Academy block. Dined at home quietly. Sunday May 11 - Up & rode. Past Carmelite. After on Burnand, & Health Ex'n. After at home. M went to Gardens. Ought to have lunched at Hampton Court. Stokes & 2 Nicol girls dined & Edgar. Good evening. Bed at 11.30. Edgar stayed. Ada Spencer, Spencer & Edgar called together. Finished Academy block. Monday May 12 - Up early. Packed tack. Buss here at 10.0am. Fildes, Hunter, self. Picked up Boughton. All started for Paris. Picked up Abbey, Parsons & Lomas at Charing X. Went by Folkestone lovely passage. Paris at 8.0. Dinner. Hotel Bendu. Walk after. Bed 1.0pm. Tuesday May 13 - Up early. Breakfast. Salon. After lunch at Salon met Bonvoisin. Very tiring day. After back. Changed things. Went to dine at Palais Royal. After to Train de Pluer. Dull. After with Abbey to Theatre d'Eden. After little supper Café Americain. After home early 12.30. Wednesday May 14 - Ernest Hart at home 9.30. Up. Breakfast. Hunter, Fildes & Boughton refused to go to St Germain. Went by self. Met Bonvoisin by boat. Rain. Queer English people most beautiful girl. Kept seeing her. Cleared up. Landed St Germain. Walk to terrace. Chateau Foret. Back to Paris. Walked to Hotel. After dined with Bonvoisin, Miss Schwartz & Dutch girl. Hot. Good evening. Home. Bed at 12.0pm. Abbey's great night. Bisbling & Reinhart made Dummy. Thursday May 15 - Up. Abbey & adventures. Took long walk to Invalides, Notre Dame & Morgue, 4 in. Flowers. Met all at Café Foyer. Tremendous lunch. After to Luxembourg. After by cocher. Fildes Hunter & self called on Sargent & Dannat. Called on Mr Ward, with him an hour. After went back to hotel by train. Dined at the Café des Ambassadeurs. Sargent, Lomas, Hunter, Bonvoisin, Fildes, Boughton, Abbey, Sambourne. Sat back to back to H.R.H & Miss Chamberlain. After went to Bullier. Handkerchief. After to cafe. Back. After Home. Rows outside. Home at 3.0pm all together. Friday May 16 - Up. Felt well. Spencer came in suddenly. Breakfast together. After went to Asniers to see proof. Dreadfully disappointed. Boussod Valadon et Cie, Asniers, Seine. Ancienne maison Goupil. Back to Paris. Lunch Lion d'Or. After to hotel. Stayed in all afternoon. Saw better proofs. After all went to dine at Le Doyen. Bad dinner. Reinhart, Bisbing, Boughton, Abbey, Herapath, Fildes, Sambourne, Hunter, Lomas. After glass of (illeg) at Café de l'Opera. Home 12.0. Called on Mrs Marcus Stone at Meurice. After saw them & Turners & Burgess's. Saturday May 17 -Up & breakfast. Called at Goupil's, after on Spencer at Continental. After to Salon. Went round. Saw Furniss & Burnand. After lunched together at Salon. After Hunter & self went for toys to the Louvre. After packed & changed things & then called for photos. Took a walk along Boulevard des Capucines. After dined. Row about bill. Back to Station. All started for London. Abbey, Boughton, self, Spencer, Hunter (ill) Fildes. At boat 1.50pm. Good journey. Good passage. Abbey 12/6, Boughton 5/6, Hunter 8/4. £1.6.4.
Sunday May 18 - Arrived home at 7.0am from Paris with Spencer in omnibus. After put things straight. Breakfast. Gave toys to chicks. Got on Punch & rode to Hampton Court. Most lovely day. Lunched there. After rode back. Boats, girls, etc etc. After felt very tired & done up. Spencer came in & took me off for dinner. Dull evening. After walked home & bed at 10.45. Saw sun rise at Dover. Monday May 19 - Up late. Very tired. Dull morning. Piano tuned. Wrote letters etc etc. Colder. Wrote a lot of letters. Letter from Sir P.C.Owen against the 'Health'. After lunch rode to meet train at Victoria. Waited. After to see Cunliffe Owen. After quiet dinner at home. Good night. Tuesday May 20 - Rode before breakfast. After wrote letters. Touched up Diploma. Lovely day. Punch Dinner. Walked thro' Park took cab from top of Piccadilly. P.D. Chaff about Diploma. Bradbury & Academy cut. Burnand not well. Left with Tenniel. Wednesday May 21 - Wrote in morning. After rode to Meet of Coaches. M & Chicks went. Saw Burnand, Lawrence Barrett etc on coach. After rode with F.C.B to his house. Home by Emperors Gate. Worked. Took cab to F.C.B's. Back home thro' Exhibition. Met Engineer. Dined quietly at home. Thursday May 22 - Rode for ½ an hour. Worked all day on France & Gladstone. Uphill work. Very late. Dined at home. Did not go to Miss Hunt's. Friday May 23 - Worked on Naval & Military Magazine cover. Rode at 12.30. Saw Burnand & Kendal. After dined at home quietly. Saturday May 24 - At 10.30 rode with F.C.B & Tenniel to Richmond & to Mitre Hampton Court. Very hot. Tenniel seedy. Met Sir E.J.Reed & son. After Arts Club. Home. Norman Lockyer. Home with Hunter & Lockyer. Sunday May 25 - Dull cold east wind & wet. Took M to Gardens. Back for lunch to chicks. At 2.0 rode Hampton Park, Bushey, Kingston etc. Hampton Court Gardens water. Home in 1¼ hrs. Dressed. Went to Gardens. Dined at Colin Hunter's. Mr & Mrs Orchardson, Mr & Mrs Lawrence Barrett, Mr & Mrs Fildes, Abbey, Norman Lockyer, Sambourne, Mr & Mrs Hunter, W.Black. Monday May 26 -Brighter morning. Did not ride. Mac's letters. Worked on drawing for Army & Navy Mag. In evening dined at the Health Ex'n. M & Mrs Frank, Spencer & self. Music. Spencer came in after. Late bed. Good dinner. East wind set in. Tuesday May 27 - Did not ride. Worked on Army & Navy drawing. In evening Langley, wife, Paxton & Tilda dined. Music. Bed later 12.0. Bored by Paxton. East wind set in. Wednesday May 28 - Worked Army & Navy drawing. After went to Hampton Court on Punch. Got just in time. Sent 'Punch' back. Back by train. Garrick & home. Good dinner. Sadlers. Mrs & Miss Payton up. Called. Bored for ½ hour. East wind. Thursday May 29 - Worked on Army & Navy drawing. After on May. Dined quietly at home. East wind. Friday May 30 - Tooles’ at home 10.30pm. Worked hard all day on May. Rode for ½ an hour in morning. Very tired & done up. After to Tooles at 12.15. Flossy B. Hardmans etc. Stones stayed late. Capn Smart & wife. Home. Explosion at 9.18 to 20pm. St James's Square & Scotland Yard. East wind. Saturday May 31 - Head in morning. Took Maud, Roy & M & Nurse to Natural Hist Museum S.K. Sent back Chicks in cab after lunch at S.K. Trendell & Hatton. After Health Ex'n. Music. Sketchleys. After home. Worked on tracing. Bed 10.30. Rode to look at Explosion. Saw Green etc Long Elms. Cold east wind.
Jun 1884 Sunday June 1 - Worked all morning. Army & Navy Drawing. After to Lewis's. Tennis. Miss Lewis & also Miss Lehmann. After dressed. Black's dinner. Lockyer, Rae, Abbey, Parsons, Toole, L.Barrett, W.Barrett, Hunter, Black, S, Carnegie, Boughton, 4 others, Bret Harte, General Dash etc. Wind changed. Monday June 2. -M seedy. Rode early. Felt well. Wrote letters. Worked Army & Navy cover. Worked all day. Welman & Hamilton Langley in to dinner. Good evening. Talked about Cobweb. Slept till 12.0pm. Bed. Tuesday June 3 - Worked all day on Naval & Military page. Finished. Rode before breakfast. In evening played Billiards with Hamilton. Wrote about Cobweb. Quiet dinner at home. Wednesday June 4 -This day bought Cobweb. £35. Finished cover for Naval & Military mag. Ma & sister called. Wrote letters etc etc. After went to meet Cobweb. Rained heavily. Arts Club. Wrote Schutz Wilson. After by cab to Punch Dinner. Bradbury worse. D.M there. Nonsense talked. Home by 12.30. Tenniel invited to Gladstone. Thursday June 5 - Up. Walters brought round Cobweb. Tried him. Nearly off. After pottered. Rode. Got wet. Burnand wrote. Friday June 6 - Dinner, Odd Vols. June 6 at 7pm. Freemasons Tavern Gt Queen St. In morning rode Cobweb early. Very wet. Wet thro'. After worked. Did Womens Suffrage. Settled about Cobweb. Saturday June 7 - In afternoon Tenniel rode Cobweb to Wimbledon. Liked him. Saw Domine. ‘Tweet’ came. Good dinner & music after. Bed early. In morning went to the Health Ex'n. & lunched there by myself. Sunday June 8 - Fine day. Showery in morning. Rode Cobweb. Shied at parasol in Park. After home. Lunched at Boughtons. Lucys, Beerbohm Trees etc etc there. Cigar. After home. Stayed at home. W.Taylor, W.Blundell & Leighton called. After E.Heron Allen, Brandon Thomas, Abbey, E.T.Reed, Miss Innes, Tweet & 2 selves to dinner. Good dinner & very pleasant evening. Chiromancy etc etc. Broke up 1.0pm. Monday June 9 - In morning slight headache. Took Olive Tucker on Cobweb thro' Richmond. Good ride. Dull weather. After lunch Tweet left. Took M to get habit. Very wet. Called at Liberty's. Home. A.Barbara here. Slow evening. Very tired. Tuesday June 10 - Punch Dinner. Punch Dinner this day. Rode Cobweb in morning. Sat with D.M. & Tenniel. After cab home. Wednesday June 11 -Mrs Morel Mackenzie's & Farquharson's at home. Worked & did reproduction of Tennyson for Craik. After rode Cobweb. Dined at Morel Mackenzies. Met Mrs Fildes. Called at Arts. After to Farquharsons at home. Slow. Home at 1.0pm. Tenniel dined with Gladstone. Met Gregorys M.P. & Yates's. Thursday June 12 -Mrs Sharrow's lunch. Dinner Skinner, 5 to 6. Worked & wrote. After took M to Mrs Sharrow's lunch. Bad & slow. Took M to have habit tried on. After to Lawn Tennis at Hunts. (Red ink: 1 st time at Tuer's Tennis Court.) Slow. After to dine Weld Blundell, Orleans Club. Slow. Go Divorce Case at Criterion. Supper at Orleans. Wyndham & his brother. Weld B. Very tired. Threw up the Skinners City Dinner. Friday June 13 - Worked in morning. Did Burnand's 2 blocks. Rode Punch before breakfast. Rode Cobweb in evening. Saw Charlton. Dined at home. Worked before dinner after coming in. Did not go out. Bed 11.0pm. Saturday June 14 - Room cleaned. In morning took Chicks to Health Ex'n. After home to lunch. After went to play Lawn Tennis at Tuers. There till 6.30pm. After
went to dine at Health Ex'n. Bad dinner & dear. Conny went with us. Miss Leyland. (Leaving over Val Princep. She then quietly married him. £300,000.) Home at 10.30. Saw Mrs Boehm. Tweet called & went with us to Tuers. At the Tennis Court. Sunday June 15 - Fine lovely healthy weather. M's habit did not come home. Rode Cobweb in morning to Club. Started at Piebald. Home. Spencer & Adah. Gardens. Lunched at home. Took M to Gardens. After rode to Richmond Park. Home. Saw Boughton & went for M. Cry. Dined at home. Sleepy. After to Lyric Club, 11 York Place. Slow very. Woodville, Charlton & Wilson. 4 wheeler to Woodville's. Home 1.30pm. Read. Paris. Bed. Monday June 16 - At home. Dull morning. Wrote letters etc etc. Finished drawing for Mrs Craik. After rode Cobweb in Park. Very skittish. Home. Saw Miss Sullivan. Dined at home. Blues. After took M to Court Theatre. 1 cut in Punch. Home. Rocking cab. Tuesday June 17 -Health Ex'n. Prince of Wales 4.0pm. Arthur à Beckett dinner 7.45pm. Took M for 1st ride, Wimbledon. After lunch wrote & read. Miss Innes & Tilda called. After bad dinner à Beckett's. Evans, Tenniel, Mrs Harrison & daughter, Silver. Home. Bad cab. Wednesday June 18 - Dull heavy day. Wrote in morning. Rode Punch in afternoon to Punch Dinner. Bradley's son passed. Brought strawberries home for Chicks. Thursday June 19 - Miss Elmore 7.45pm. Dined at Miss Elmore's. Met Poland, Joachim etc etc. Miss Larnack. Very pleasant dinner. Walked home. Friday June 20 - Worked. Did Lord Rosebery as Fat Boy. (Red ink: Again did Lord Rosebery as Fat Boy, Friday October 23 1896. What happened between these dates? Wrote this Jany 13 1908. Again what has happened? Druce in his tomb all the time & dug up again.) Saturday June 21 - Dinner at 6.0pm, Savage Club. Holborn Restaurant, Venetian Saloon. Rode in morning in Park. Cobweb went quieter. After took M down to Gardens. Good day. Met Voules, Tenniel etc. Irving. Lunch. After came home & went to Savage Club dinner. Slow. Furniss. Supper at Savage. Mocatta. Home 1.30. Met Prof Flower. Sunday June 22 - Mrs Boughton's at home 10.30pm. Rode in morning. Past Reed's & twice round Battersea Park. After in to Mother's at lunch. M could not go to Lewis's. After went & played Tennis. Saw Miss Huxley. Good game. Asked to dinner. After dinner at home & snooze. Went to the Boughtons. Capital evening. Roedeker, Toole, Tosti etc etc. Home with Fildes. Fildes came in & had pipe. Bed at 3.0am. Monday June 23 - Miss Innes dines with us for play. Miss Innes dined. Went to Haymarket Theatre. Conny came in. Conny bought new horse. Good evening. Tuesday June 24 - M rode Punch in morning thro' Richmond Park. Made his back sore. Saw the Military Hussars in Park. Very hot. In evening dined with Ayala at Devonshire Club. Good dinner. Late a little. Home 12.30am. Wednesday June 25 - Worked on page for June. Commenced it. Rode Cobweb in morning. Walked up in morning to top of Park. Cab to Punch Dinner. Agnew there. Academy Soirée after. Good evening. Called at Hartrees coming home. Home at 2.0am. Jaffery. Thursday June 26 - Worked on page for June after riding in morning. In evening dined with Walter Austin. Met Burnands, Lauries, Cowens etc etc. Maas's. Home 12.0pm. M did not go.
Friday June 27 - Mrs Silver's dinner. Friday 7.45pm. Rode Cobweb in morning in Park. After went to work hard all day. Finished page. Dined at Silvers & bad dinner too. After home & worked till 3.30am & finished block. Saturday June 28 - Tuer's Lawn Tennis. 3.30pm. 'Our Club' dinner, Trafalgar Greenwich 6.30pm. In morning rode in Park. Cobweb very free & self awfully hot. After took M to Health. Capital lunch. After took cab to Tuers. Tennis. Slow. After dressed & went to the Play. Very good. 'Much ado about nothing'. Home later. Saw F.Terry (Morris). Sunday June 29 - In morning rode Cobweb to Reed's. Called & home again. After to lunch at Gardens. After to Mrs Lewis's. M & Mervyn came in. 'Mad dog' in lane. Fright. Good afternoon. Back to dinner at home. Mervyn dined. Ma & Midge came in after. Bed at 11.0am. Gardens sold to Nash £4,000. Monday June 30 - Dinner at Hampton Court. Plumbers. Shaw. 5.0pm. In morning rode Cobweb in Park. Slewed round. After took him to Battersea twice round. After home. Cab with M to German Reed's. After to photo Reed as John Bull. Saw H.R.H. & Princess. Photod Reed twice. After lunch at Arts. Barker. After home. Rode in Park on Punch. Burnand. Rode to Garrick. Dressed. Burnand's dinner at Holborn Rest. C.Hall, Storey, Cols Ewart & Biddulph, Walter Austin etc etc. Home after Garrick. Saw Toole. Jul 1884 Tuesday July 1 - M rode Cobweb for first time. Went across Wimbledon Common & on thro' (blank) Park. Home. Dressed & went to lunch at Kinsman Club Piccadilly. Back by cab & called at Ellis's. Met Fildes & wife went in there. After dined quietly at home & went to Health Exhibition. Home 10.30. Wednesday July 2 - Arthur Burnand's dinner. 8.0pm - 7.45. Rode with Polly in morning. After changed & rode Punch. Went down with Fildes, Aird etc etc. To Sevenoaks. Boughton & Tenniel & friend, Millet etc etc. After stroll went to see Knole House. Lovely furniture etc etc. Loden Smith, Fildes, Stone, Tadema, Story, Dicksee, Morris etc etc dined at Sevenoaks. Pawley Hotel. After back by train & straight home in cab. M seedy. Thursday July 3 - Very hot. Got up 7.0am. Burnand's letter. After sent Waters to Tenniel. Took cab & went over self. Saw him. Rheumatism. Back. Polly ill. Wrote diary & letters. Worked, skemed Clown. After rode Cobweb round Battersea Park. After home. Dined. Bed early. Tired. Friday July 4 - Got up early. Did not ride. Worked hard all day on cartoon, Harcourt & Baby. Very hard pushed. Frightfully hot. Worried. Photos came. Midge & Hamilton & Conny came in evening. Bed 11.30. Very tired. Cobweb tumbled down. Saturday July 5 - Very tired in morning & seedy. Wrote many letters. In afternoon barely caught train & went down to Crabbett. Cap'n King. Broadwood, 12th Lancers there. Mr & Mrs Pollen. Tennis on lawn. Blunt met us with Arabs. Good dinner. Smoke. Bed 11.15pm. Sunday July 6 -At Wilfred Blunt's. Up 9.15. Breakfast. Photos. Mrs Pollen. Lady Anne. Very hot. Went round horses. Lake, rowed on. Saw houses. Played Tennis etc. Dinner & home after. King 3rd Hussars & others came. Monday July 7 -Rode in morning, Punch. Polly went to Cobham. Worked on Water Babies in morning. After saw her off. Dressed at Club. Dined there. Went after to Comedy Theatre. Saw Brooks & Pongo. Home after Club at 1.30.
Tuesday July 8 - Worked all day on Water Baby drawing. Girl & Professor. Rode in morning. Hamilton L. rode Cobweb Liked him. Dined at home quietly. Called Elm. After to Trocadero. Good songs. Garrick & home 1.0pm. Wednesday July 9 -Worked on Water Babies drawing. Finished late. Took cab to Bouverie St. No Bradbury. Congratulated on cartoon. After dinner went with F.C.B to Healtheries. Met Mrs Burnand, Miss Hollingshead & Gerty. Also Cunliffe Owen, Hutchinson & Price. Also Donaldsons & Pollen etc etc. Home 1.0am. Rode in morning Punch. Met Lockwood & Webster etc. Thursday July 10 -Got up late. Wet. Wrote letters & waited for Frank. Worked on Healtheries block. To dinner at Joshuas. Rode Cobweb round Battersea. Heavy rain. After to Humphreys. Home 12.45. Saw Spencer. Friday July 11 - Rode in morning. Worked hard all day on Healtheries block. Very hard day. Did not go out. Letter from Somers Vine about frame. Saturday July 12 - Wrote letters all morning. Felt very seedy & tired. Wet in afternoon rode round Wimbledon. Home. Polly back. Better. Dined Gardens. Billiards after. Home 11.0pm. Sunday July 13 - Very hot. At 10.0am rode with Hamilton & M to Wimbledon. Home. Lunch at Websters. Lawn Tennis at Lewis's. Last Sunday Gardens. Dined Lewis's. Fahey, Harpers, Boughton, Fildes etc Pillew. Billiards & home. (Some Tennis scores, other figures and a doodle drawing.) Monday July 14 - In morning rode with Polly to Battersea. After changed. Cab to Reeds. Photod Darnally. Arts Club lunch. Very tired. Home by cab. N.Santley's daughter married. Miss Innes, Miss Toole etc. Home. Wrote (illeg) Boys. To Boehms. Good dinner. Billiards. Home. Bed 11.30. Annoyed by Burnand's letter in morning. Tuesday July 15 - Fine. Wet morning. Did not ride. Wrote letters etc etc. M's cheque sent. (Sketch of curved sword.) Wednesday July 16 - Worked on page for Healtheries. After rode Cobweb to Clapham to see Bradbury. Furniss & Lucy dined for 1 st time. Good Dinner. Home by Victoria & cab. Lovely weather. (Red ink: Harry Furniss & Henry W.Lucy dined at the Punch Dinner for the first time. Furniss dined for the last time on Wednesday Feby 21, 1894, see March 2 1894.) Thursday July 17 - Worked all day on Healtheries page. Long ride in evening. M rode Cobweb. Went Putney & all thro' Richmond Park. Cobweb shied very much. M lost nerve. Home to dinner 8.30pm. Ma left for Westwood. Miss Innes called. (Red ink: 'The little gates at Barnes'.) Friday July 18 - Hard long day at Healtheries page. Could not go to Orton's dinner. Went in there after. Bed 1.0am. Saturday July 19 - Head in morning. Seedy very. Rode Cobweb thro' Wimbledon. Home. Changed. Walked to Boehm. Lunched with him. Saw Trendell. Saw Mr & Mrs Agnew. After went with Orton to the Tuers. Tennis. Dressed & went to Theophilus Burnand's dinner. Good. After with F.C.B to Lord Dunraven's & Kate Munro's ball. Saw Leslie Ward, Brough, Grossmith, Ledger etc etc. Percy Reeve's supper. Home 2.30pm. Sunday July 20 - Lovely day. Up & rode Punch thro' camp & Richmond. Cobweb cut fetlock. M.T.T. Roehampton. Very hot. Pall over London. After lunch dozed. Tristram Ellis called. Lewis's Tennis. Miss Huxleys, Agnew etc etc. After home. Dressed & to Sterne's dinner. Miss McRush, Mc Tear, Mr & Mrs Levy. A Baron (blank) Sterne, Cowen self & M. Home 12.30pm.
Monday July 21 - Fine morning. M went off to Ramsgate. Wrote many letters. After lunch tired very. Rode to see Demonstration in Park. Met Conny, Johns & daughters. To Arts Club. Dust cart. Garrick. Got very wet. Home round Park. Saw Lehmann. Dined at home. Tilda & Conny. Hot. Wrote this. (scribble drawing). Tuesday July 22 - Marion at Thanet. Arranged about house. Ought to have gone to Tattersalls. Tired. Worked on month drawing. Furniture left Phillimore Gardens. London 56 miles square p.25, 606, 725. (Small sketch map.) Wednesday July 23 - Worked on month block. Rode Punch to Punch Dinner. Very wet. Called Bond Street & Venice glass. Furniss & Lucy's first dinner. Fête at Health Ex'n. Saw Mrs Tomlin, Stevenson, McRush etc etc. Spencer met me. H.R.H. Fine. Flowers sold. Home 1.30. Conny rode Cobweb Wimbledon. Thursday July 24 -Worked on month block. In evening dined with Clowes at Garrick Club. Poor dinner. Met Weigall, Alexander, Knight, Burnand. Home 12.30. Conny rode Cobweb in Park. Polly returned from Thanet 2.45. Friday July 25 - Worked in morning hard. Finished block 5.0pm. Just caught train & down with Polly to Crabbett. Met at Station. Mr & Mrs Pollen, Sir Francis Dale & daughter etc etc in house. Sheick(?) & Broadwood. Poor dinner. Cap'n & Mrs Abney. Bed 11.30. Saturday July 26 - At Wilfred Blunt's. Sale of Arabs. Played Tennis with Pollen & Blunt. Lunch. Dinner. Rain. Just caught train. That's all. Capn & Mrs Abney. Home to Stafford Terr. 12.0am. Waters not up. Miss D.M married to Millar. Sunday July 27 - Dull. Heavy weather. Up & arranged for dinner. In afternoon played Tennis for last time at Lewis's. Miss Huxleys, Stokes, Miss Hunt & then Adrian Stokes. After dinner at home. Sir E.I.Reed, Wilfred Blunt, Boehm, Black, Burnand, Boughton, Bonvoisin, Self, Reed, Harford, Tuer, Abbey, Millet, Friend. W.Austin in after. Spencer. Good dinner & supper night. Great row. Photos. Monday July 28 - Up in morning. Felt well after party. Wrote letters. In afternoon rode Cobweb to Wimbledon. Called at Gardens. Got stick & T.Square. Dined at home quietly. Bed. Val Princep & Miss Leyland married. Tuesday July 29 -Day of sale at Phillimore Gardens. In morning wrote. Rode Punch up to War Office. Saw à Beckett. After home. Lunch. Turtle. Foi Gras. Haircut. Called at Phillimore. Sale over. Home. Worked on Water Babies. Rode Cobweb to Wimbledon. Home. Good dinner. Wrote letters. Bed. Edgar promoted, made Capt'n. Wednesday July 30 -Worked in morning on Water Babies. Rode Punch to P.D. in cheque suit outside Park. A little late. Good dinner. Agnew there. Home with Millykin. Cab after. Thursday July 31 -Mother called. Saw Chicks. Began Mariage de Convenance. Finished Doll of Water Babies. Could not find Mariage de Convenance. Aug 1884 Friday August 1 -Worked all day on Mariage de Convenance. Could not find photo. Tilda left for Westwood. Much pushed for work. Dined 8.30pm. Saturday August 2 - Rode Punch after dinner to Office. After to Burnand, Tenniel & Morris. Tenniel seedy. After went to Furniss at Romania Restaurant. Dined. 1 st night Burnand Black Eyed Susan. Saw Payne, Brook, etc. Sunday August 3 -Very warm. Spencer called. After lunch Spencer & I rode to Wimbledon & Richmond. Pleasant ride. 2 bottles of Champagne after. Called at Club. Saw Propriator Mr Capron, Cap'n Dash etc. Met the Crampton boys at Star & Garter.
Monday August 4 - Photod dear Roy. After worked etc etc. Bank Holiday. Did not stir out. Bag or Baggage. Tuesday August 5 - Got ready to go. Wrote letters. Rode Cobweb round Battersea Pk. After went to dinner with W.H.Smith at Health Ex'n. Saw Furniss, Bright, Aitcheson, Livesey, Van Tromp & wife. Smith, wife & 2 sons & self dined. Bad dinner. Home by cab. Geraldine dined with M. Sent Waters on Punch to Rouches etc. Wednesday August 6 - Marion & Chicks left for Park House, Dumpton. Lots of luggage. Saw them off. Work. After walked up to Tanz etc & bought portmanteaus. At Punch dinner. Burnand well. Bradbury not there. Walked with Milliken as far as Waterloo. After with Furniss to Dover St. Cab home at bottom Piccadilly. Fur tippet in it. Read 'The Mysteries'. Thursday August 7 - Saw Waters off with the horses etc. He made mistake & went by wrong station. After packing began Punch & Northcote. Lunch at home. At 6.0pm dressed called on Cap'n Ford & Miss I. Walked to Club. Dined at Club. After to Globe Theatre. Private Secy. Went to Garrick. Liqueur & home by cab. 1 st call on Miss Rose Innes at Porchester Terrace. (illeg illeg) Murdoch, Blunt, Smith. Friday August 8 - Worked. Finished drawing of Lord Northcote & Punch. Packed up & got down barely by 5.50 train. Mr Forbes sent ticket. Came down by Chatham & Dover. Missed Box. Row. Pleased with house. Supper & bed. Park House West Dumpton. Saturday August 9 - Up & put room in order & shifted furniture etc. Sent Waters on Cobweb to Margate. Strolled with M along sands as far as Ramsgate. M tired. Marketed. After fly home. Small horse. Very hot. Sunday August 10 -Very hot. Wrote letters all morning. In afternoon went with Punch to Westwood. After me Waters & on to Westgate. Waters lost letters. Home by Westwood. Cobweb went well. Bed 10.30. Monday August 11 - Fearfully hot. Pottered. Walked Punch into Ramsgate. Saw young Cooper. Went in boat to fish. Caught 15. Day on water. Discontented boy. After called at station. Row with clerk. Paid Vinten & Son. Home 8.30. Dined. Bottle champagne. Ivory. Bed. Very hot. Flies etc. Tuesday August 12 - Fearfully hot day. Thunder threatened. Did not. Wrote lots of letters in morning. Conny called after lunch. Roy not well. Mother nursed him. Rode in afternoon to Westwood. Saw Waddy. Brought back castor oil etc. Marion rode Punch 1st ride. Wednesday August 13 - Rode with Waters to Ramsgate before breakfast. Roy worse. Sent for Raven. Frightened us about scarlet fever. Went up to town. Rode Cobweb to station. After got to town called on lamp people, Smith, Thresher & Glenny. Punch Dinner. Garrick after. Percy Reeve & Promenade concerts 'don't realize'. Home to Stafford Terrace. Thursday August 14 - In town caught the 10.10 train. Down with lawyers of the Sir Erasmus Wilson estate. Also surveyor. Rode Punch from New Inn to Dumpton across country. Girls at Kingsgate 'Threw Boots'. After worked. Judy there. Worked by light. Dinner. Bed. Friday August 15 - Rode to Broadstairs before breakfast. Cobweb jumped over Bean Ledge. After worked. Just caught train. Rode in afternoon to Margate to meet Edgar at station. Cobweb slipped along home great pace. Very hot. Ma called in afternoon. Roy more feverish anxious about him. Saturday August 16 -Awfully hot. My mother's birthday, forgot to write. Rode Punch before breakfast thro' Ramsgate. Bought Roy soldiers. Called at Hills. After
worked all day on drawing for Milliken's joke. Depressed. Liver. After went with Edgar who called in carriage to Ramsgate to meet Milliken. Giddy. Bought groceries etc. Home. Dinner. Bed. Drowsy. Milliken came down. Took pill, padophylym. Sunday August 17 - Up & rode by self to Broadstairs. Put Punch in water. Met the Raven. After home. Worked & finished joke. After lunch walked down to the sands. Bathers etc etc. Sat 1½ hr. Conrad called. Quiet evening. Liver. Woke up in night by bats, 2 in room, 1 in bath. Read. Lay figure. Milliken & Pett in morning. Monday August 18 - Milliken here. Awfully hot. Walked to Ramsgate. Rode before breakfast to Ramsgate. Saw Holliday. Sands full. Punch & wave. Head. Went fishing. Only caught 5 fish. Home over sands. Rode after tea. Called Westwood. Saw Dora. Cake. Home. Sleepy after dinner very. Liver. Bed 10.30pm. Tuesday August 19 - Dear Roy's birthday. Roy better. Out 1 st time. Rode with M before breakfast. Awfully hot. Flies. Rode to Sportsman, Pegwell Bay. Cobweb threw me coming home. Milliken. Presents to Roy. Put Illustrations to Water Babies. Long morning. Good lunch. Wrote. To drive to dine at Orchardsons. Liver. Went in evening to Orchardsons with Milliken. Langleys back at Westwood. Horse slow & fast. Met (blank). Sleepy after dinner. Home 12.30. Wednesday August 20 - Worked all day Water Babies. In afternoon walked over to Westwood. Good game with Hamilton. Walked back with Milliken. Dinner. Bagatelle 1st time. Thursday August 21 -Rode in morning. Waters & Cobweb. Desparate!! After walked to Ramsgate with Hamilton & Milliken. Ramsgate Regatta. Dull. Slow. Very hot. Back. Finished 2 Water Baby drawings. Began Punch block. After dined at Westwood. Poor dinner. John's fly. Home. Friday August 22 -Sent horses to sea. Worked hard all day, France & China. After went over to Westwood. Beat Edgar at Lawn Tennis. Back on Punch. Jumped him over hurdles. Dined at home. Edgar & Conny at dinner. Nearly poisoned with cider cup. Bed 11.30. Saturday August 23 -Up 6.45. Bathed. Rode round sea shore. Home. Wrote letters. After rode with Waters to Margate & also on to Westgate. Awfully hot & flies. Played Tennis at Orchardsons after lunching there. Col Jones, Lockyer etc etc there. Carr drove back. Called at Westwood. Maud not back. Row with Waddy. Rode Punch home. Maud rode the donkey all right. Tassell with Maud. Called at Greens & the Bank at Margate. Sunday August 24 - Very hot. Should have gone to Lehmanns in afternoon. Worked on Man in Moon. After did not go out. Rode to Broadstairs in morning & jumped Cobweb. Monday August 25 -Orchardsons dine here today with Langleys. Orchardson late for dinner. Pleasant evening. Tuesday August 26 - Worked on Water Babies tail piece. Wet day. Wednesday August 27 - Rode into Ramsgate. Posted letters etc. Did not go to Punch Dinner. Worked on Water Babies tail piece. After dined at Westwood. Missed Edgar. M depressed etc. Home by brougham. Thursday August 28 - Worked hard all day on August. Also after dinner. Quiet dinner. Friday August 29 - Worked all day on August month from early in morning. After did small block on Milliken's trumpet. After rode Cobweb to Westwood. Dined there. Got there late. Home by brougham in evening.
Saturday August 30 - Hamilton rode over in morning on new mare. After to Westwood on Cobweb. Cobweb tried in harness 1 st time by Hamilton L. Great success. After played Tennis. Beaten by Edgar. After home in afternoon. Lehmanns should have come. Early dinner. Walked to Broadstairs to go to Margate. Missed train & home. Bed very late. Judy stayed. Sunday August 31 -Dull day. In morning wrote. Worked on Mother Carey. After long pottering ride along sands thro' Margate. Home. Saw young Abernethy. Conny brought Judy back with cake. Dinner. Jumped Punch over hurdles. Slipped off before breakfast. Sep 1884 Monday September 1 - Very wet all day. Went into Ramsgate about letters & dog cart. Saw young Bligh. After very wet. Judy left for town. Obstinate about train. Met Conny. Bought daggers. Stuck at Pawnbrokers. Worked all day on Mother Carey. Tuesday September 2 -Wet Morning. Worked all day on Mother Carey. Awkward block. Abernethys called. Conny came over & drove Cobweb to Kingsgate House & back. Waters an ass about Cobweb. Dined at home. Cart sent. Wednesday September 3 - No Punch Dinner. Fine sunny day. Rode Punch before breakfast to Burnands. Worked long day on Mother Carey. After Cobweb put in harness. Waters drove. Livery awkward at first. After drove to Kingsgate House. Looked over it. Disappointing at first. After to Westwood. Tennis. Edgar & Hamilton. After dinner home by brougham. Very wet. Thursday September 4 - Very wet morning. Arthur wired, Mother to come. Mother arrived. Very wet. Worked on Bismarck. In morning did old man. Dinner. Went for long ride in wet. Sands etc etc. Very rough. Friday September 5 - Worked on Bismarck. Sent him off. Went for ride after in wet. Saturday September 6 - Edgar left for Ireland. Worked on Old Scotchman. Sunday September 7 - Lovely day. Worked on W.Bs. Touched up block, Mother Carey & Scotchman. Monday September 8 - Worked on W.B. Langley & Stokes called. Went for gallop across country. Jumped hurdles etc etc. Lunched at Westwood. After home. Stokes & Conny went to Margate. After worked & on to Burnands to dinner. Wet. Good dinner. Very wet coming home. Chicks went to Margate. Tuesday September 9 - Worked W. Babies. Did Eft & Chimaera. Dinner. Bed early. Wednesday September 10 - Rode in morning. Had swim. After worked. Did fable Mastiff & Poodle. After caught 3.35 & up to Punch Dinner. Left Gardners lamp. Called Club. Rouch etc etc. P.D. Burnand better. After walked with Furniss. Wrote letters at Club. Home to Stafford Terr. All well. Thursday September 11 - At Stafford Terrace. Up. Tidied etc etc. After went by train to lunch with Barkers. Did so. Saw Livesey. After to Chapples. After to Barker. On to Club. Dressed. Met Stokes. Dined Romanos. Went to 'Called Back'. After supper home to Stafford Terr 1.0pm. Cab x. Supper at The Globe. Many people. After home. Drove 1.30pm 6 Elm Park Gardens. Friday September 12 - At Stafford Terr. Seedy in morning. Woke 7.0. 2 hrs blues. Worked on Punch & Dufferin. Caught 6.25. Came down in time for supper. Fly. Seedy. Blues. Took pill. Saturday September 13 - Lovely weather. Put carpets out in sun. Sent Waters to Weigalls. Roy, Maud & Mother go to Margate. Went to Margate. After M & self had
fly & went to play Tennis at Hammonds. Lunched at Hammonds. General dash. Fighting Keys. After home & to dinner at Mr Weigalls. Lord Melville, Sir T Hammond, Misses, etc etc. Slow evening very. Home by fly. Sunday September 14 - Burnand called in morning. Had lovely ride round sands. Saw Phyllis Boughton. Home by Westwood. Lunch at home. Stokes, Austin, à Beckett in afternoon. After walked to Broadstairs with à Beckett & Austin. Home by fly. Stokes dined with us. Very sleepy after dinner. Very hot. Monday September 15 - Up & went to Granville & bathe. Met Stokes. Rough. Could not get Punch up. After home. Worked W.B hard. No coat. Tuesday September 16 - Up rode to Broadstairs. High tide. Worked W.B all day. In afternoon M rode Punch to Ramsgate. Lawn Tennis Tournament. Beaten by Jack. Strolled home by Granville. Dine at (illeg) quietly. Wednesday September 17 - Wrote letters & finished W.B drawing in morning, Mother Carey. After caught 3.40 & up to town late train. P.D. Good. No W.H.B. Home late to Stafford Terrace after Club. Wrote letters. No Hamilton came up. Thursday September 18 - Up early. Awfully hot. Called at H.Dixons in cab. To St Pancras. Down to Bechers for sale. Tattersall. Sir W.Winman, Lady Lennard etc etc. Bid 165 for 'Umpire'. Home to Fenchurch St. Mr Beddel bought £150 Prince W(illeg). Dinner at Club. Walter Lucy. Sleep after. Very tired. Wrote letters home. Friday September 19 - Up at 7.0am. Work hard all day on Camel etc & Soldiers. Hamilton in afternoon. Drove Bayswater x x. Photos. Called Porchester Terrace chance. Boy did not return. Cab to Bouverie St. After hurried meal at Garrick. After Hamilton & self went to Music Hall. Pring Prang Pring. Home 1.0am. Saturday September 20 - Up at 7.0am. Hamilton & self went to Kingsbury sale of hunters. Missed cab. After caught another. Called at Wards. Sale. Fancied 'Moorcock', fetched 230g. After saw G.Nurse. Good day. Hot. Drove straight to Victoria caught train. Down to Westgate. Met Waters. Drove to Westwood. Very tired after. Home. Saturday Sunday 21 - Fine hot morning. F.C.B & Langley called in morning. Rode Kingsgate etc etc. Jumped Punch after. Sprained leg. Lunch. Wrote letters etc. Drove to Burnands to dinner. Rosy B's 21st birthday. Good dinner. Mr & Mrs Hare, Mr & Mrs à Beckett, Mr & Mrs Hammond, Mr & Mrs Sambourne, Walter Austin, Miss Hollingshead. Mr & Mrs Burnand, Frank, Rosy. Race Game after. Home driving Cobweb 12.30am. Monday September 22 - Dull wet morning. Wrote diary. Roy & spiders. Worked Water Babies. No answer about horse. Sent note to Walter Austin. Went over. X purposes. Jack lame. Saw Hammonds & Misses H after. Played Tennis with Austin & little red girl, Miss Galbraith. Home by cart. Walters went 3 times. Dinner. Bed. Tuesday September 23 - Finer weather. Worked Water Babies. Finished Hendrick Hudson. After in afternoon drove over to play Tennis with Austin & Miss Galbraith. B Conny. Did not play up. Home walking. Bought photo of Balloon. Rosy B & Walter A dined with us. Good dinner venison. Bed early. Wednesday September 24 -Wire in answer to my answer to advertisement. Murley. Sent Waters over to Westwood. Proved same man that sold Conny horse. After letter from Yearsley. Up to town. Called 100 George St. Bad cab. Went to riding school. Saw Cob jump. Bought him for fortnight. After went to Garrick & Punch Dinner. Good dinner. Home. Bed 2.30am. Went to Garrick & wrote many letters.
Thursday September 25 - Up at 6.15am. Caught 7.40 at Victoria. Down to Broadstairs just missed Waters. Very hot. Walked to Dumpton. M all right. Very tired. Worked all day on month Sep'r. Bed early. Hamilton called. Friday September 26 - Worked all day on Sep'r block. Very tired. In afternoon Pippin & Tenniel's cob came down. Waters met train. Went myself. Walked. Rode Cobweb. M & Roy walked to Rail. Mrs Beerbohm Tree & Mother called. Bed early after dinner. Saturday September 27 - Worked in morning on W.B, 2 Children. Afternoon went to meet Tenniel. Met him. After went for ride with Langley & Tenniel. Called Ramsgate met Reeve P. Mrs Beerbohm Tree. Cob Pippin stepped on Reeve's toe. Rode Pippin by Sportsman. Also before breakfast. Jumped fence & hurdles. Home by Sportsman. Dinner. Bagatelle, bed. Sunday September 28 - Up in morning. After Burnand called. Tenniel rode Pippin, self Punch. Round coast. Margate etc. Burnand off. Home. Lunch. Drove to Westgate. Orchardson, Major (blank) asked for Tuesday. Home. Good lunch. Called Westwood. Saw Mother. Langley back to dinner. Broke cart. Sleepy after dinner very. Bed 11.0pm. Monday September 29 - M's birthday. No present. Up 6.0am. Cart broken. Lovely morning. To ride to Dent de Lion. Rode with Tenniel to Westwood. Missed Langley. Met Chapple Hill. On to Westgate. Very hot. Met at Jackson's livery. Saw F.C.B jump cob. Hamilton jumped Pippin. After rode to Margate. Glass champagne. After lunch at Faggs walk on pier. Grey mullet & lad on pier. Rain came on. Rode home. Walked with Chicks to Ballroom, on to Burnands. Drummonds. Tennis with Austin. Walked home. Dinner. Sleepy. Bed. Tuesday September 30 - Lovely morning. Rode at 11.30 to Ramsgate along sands. Saw Chicks. After home to lunch. After drew & photod. Tenniel rode Punch. After drove to Westgate to Orchardsons. Met Moxton, Miss Lockyer. Dinner. Billiards. Beaten. Drive home. Bed 12.0pm. Oct 1884 Wednesday October 1 - Fine morning. Packed up things. Photos. Tenniel to go, Nelly K to come. Worked on Birt's drawing, nearly finished it. After Nelly Keith came. Tenniel went. Dinner. Sands. Dull windy day. Did not go up to Dinner. Thursday October 2 - Finished drawing of Birt's ostrich. Finished W.B drawing little girl & boy. After walked to Westwood. Dined there. Home by Carr at 11.30. Delayed with letter, Punch subject. Friday October 3 - Up early & worked hard all day on Balloon cut. Finished early. After rode round on sands with Hamilton to Margate. Champagne & bitter. Home. Pippin went beautifully. Wrote letters. Saturday October 4 - Fine morning. Worked W.B. Did tail piece. In afternoon spoilt it by going to Ramsgate to play Tennis. Only Gerty, Miss Gibbs etc. Hamilton came over. Missed ride. Home after going into Hill's shop. Dinner. Sleepy after. Sunday October 5 - Dull morning. Worked a little. Row & worry. Went quietly over to Broadstairs to meet F.C.B. A little rain. Home 2.0pm. Lunch. After smoke. Worked W.B. Finished tail piece Chapter 7. After wrote letters sent Waters to Ramsgate. Dinner. Walk down to sea by moonlight. Bed 11.30. Good day. Hamilton came over. Monday October 6 - Lovely fine morning. Bright sun. Up & rode Punch, Waters the Pippin. Broadstairs, Ramsgate, Priors Hill. Home. Worked W.B. Worked all day W.B. In evening rode with Marion round coast & with Hamilton. Too long ride.
After getting up gap & coming home Pippin went lame. Beginning of trouble. Very wet. M tired. Tuesday October 7 - 1st day with Harriers. Up & rode Pippin as hack. All right for 100 yards. Went lame. Sent him back. After rode to meet. Scrimageour new Master. Small run. Frightful rain. Home to lunch. Worked. Did not go to Westwood. Wednesday October 8 - Stiff. Doubts about Pippin. Sent him to forge. Up & sent wires & Waters to town with him. Went to Punch Dinner, missed Yearsley. Left dinner & delivered Pippin. Sent him to Holliday's. Suggested cut. Bradbury screwed. 'Singularly dull individual'. Home late very. Thursday October 9 - Up & Waters had news of Yearsley. After saw him at Hollidays. New horse. Lame again. Left matter in Holliday's hands. Back to Ramsgate after lunch at Garrick. Saw Frank in town at Margate. Home. Worked. Walked to Westwood, very tired. Home by Tassell. Very wet. Friday October 10 - Up early. Worked all day on Dog subject. Great gale. After wrote Yearsley. Burnands & Orchardsons to dinner. Left early. Pouring rain. Saturday October 11 -The Almanack Dinner. Great wind. Yearsley's & Holliday's letters. Wrote diary. Put room in order. After writing Yearsley went up to town by 11.15. Felt cold come on at lunch. Cold increased very much towards night. Went to Hollidays. Took portmanteau home. Met Yearsley at Club. Arthur Blunt there & F.C.B. After Almanack Dinner (Good). After to Club wrote letters. Home 2.0am. Cold bad. Sunday October 12 - Cold very bad in morning. After went early to see Pippin. Saw Holliday & fixed to keep horse. Caught 10.0 train. At Broadstairs got out rode Punch home. Very cold & wet. Met Alfred Watson in train. F.C.B at Faversham. Good talk. Home. Did not go out nursed cold. Had bath & hot toddy bed early. M very seedy bad throat. Cold very bad, broke thro'. Monday October 13 - Cold very bad. Clear cold day. Up & hacked Punch to meet at Saare. Overtaken by Hamilton & Billee. After hunted all day. Left off & came home alone past Cleve Court. Saw girl on roan horse. Hamilton dined with us. I did not dress, not sleepy. Good evening. Bagatelle. Wrote wire for Miss Marsh. Bed. Cold better. Toddy. Billee rode bathing machine horse. Cold very bad. Tuesday October 14 - Up & worked on Water Babies all day. Punch none the worse. Letter from Yearsley. None from William. Wire from Marsh, Chisenham. Fine night. Sent Waters over. Midge & Hamilton called in donkey carriage. In evening went over to dinner at Orchardsons. Picked Midge up having broken down donkey cart. Drove Westgate met Beasleys, Nelly K, Norman Lockyer. Home after bad dinner. All well. Home at 11.30pm. Wednesday October 15 -Did not go up to town. Nelly Keith went up. Went in morning on to sands. Fine morning. Photod Mother & Chicks etc etc. After à Becketts said they would not come. Stopped mother going. Waters waited at dinner. Thursday October 16 - Finished drawing for Water Babies, little girl. After worked all day & late at night on Bismarck & France. Lady Anne. Worked till 1.30am. Good block. (A very good block. Oct 17 1894. L.S.) Friday October 17 - Up at 7.0am. Finished Bismarck & France. After rode Punch to meet at Hengrove. Waters thrown from Cobweb. Found 2 or 3 hares. Lovely day, mild. Edgar etc out on grey pony. Home in afternoon. Dinner. Burnand caught hounds 1.15pm at Westgate. Saturday October 18 - Fine day. Did not do much work. Went out 1.0pm to fetch Violet Hunt. Drove Cobweb. (Violet Hunt came down 6 May 1900). Pippin came
down. All well. Paid the stables & Carr. Went in evening to dine at Westwood. Walked. Good evening. Cock fights. Home 11.0pm in brougham. Gentleman called to look over house. Photod Punch, M helped. Stokes & Hamilton called riding. Sunday October 19 - Most lovely morning. Walked down to see sands. Sat with Marion & Violet H on sands. Vulgar woman in black. After met Stokes. Uncomfortable ride on Pippin. Thrown at Kingsgate. Met Burnand. B went on. Trotted fast to Westwood. Put up. Lunched there. After dog cart called & took Langley & self to Westgate. Good game of Tennis. After picked up Lockyer. Drove to Westwood. After home. Evening, hats & cards, ventriloquisms. Dinner. Champagne. After sent Waters with Lockyer. After Stokes with pistol, lost himself, his head & his slipper. M & Violet H. Rude to her. Spitz drowned (Sketch of cat). Monday October 20 - Wedding Day. Decade. Dull morning. Stokes called. Walked down to bathe. Bathed. Disappointed of fishing. Pippin clipped. Edgar called on horseback. Burnand ditto. Worked all day on Mother Shipton. Finished. Marion & Violet H went to Westwood. Worked. Edgar came to dinner. Long wrangle & discussion about hunting. Bed after. O silly silly Stokes, simple Stokes. Tuesday October 21 -Most lovely morning. Got up for hunting. Changed to buckskin. Hacked Pippin to meet. Overtook Waters. Meet. Hounds late. Marion & V drove with cart to meet. Accident, Cobweb up bank after M jumped out. Home after good day. Met Hamilton. Pippin pulled a little. Midge ill. Dinner at home. Good dinner. Helped M up to bed. Wednesday October 22 - Most lovely morning. Put room in order. Packed up to go to town. To go with V. Hunt 1.15. Granville invitation. Dull journey very. Cold worse. Home to Stafford Terrace with china etc. Took man on box from station. Beautiful sunlight day. After went to Punch Dinner. Called at Garrick. Saw Sir P.C.Owen. After to Bouverie St. Gil à Beckett 1 st night after son's death. After to Garrick & to Lord Granville's. Met Farquharson, Blunt, Kendal etc etc. After called at Club & on to Abbey's supper. Walked home with Luke Fildes. Pettie tight. Thursday October 23 - Cold bad in morning. Up & caught 10.10 train down home. Waters met me with Cobweb ½ clipped. Row with him. Home & worked hard on block for Punch. Dodson's Apotheosis. Bed 1.0pm. Cold bad. Friday October 24 -Cold bad. Up early. Worked on Apotheosis. Rode Pippin thro' Sarre. Saw Morgan going & coming back. Meet at Chislet. Fine day. Pippin went well. Punch lame in haunch. Home to tea. Boys there. Quiet dinner in evening. Sir Moses Montefiore 100 years old today. Saturday October 25 -Fine morning. Was to have gone to Lockyers. M's ankle. After working on Water Babies went for ride with Waters round coast. Capital. Gun fired. Called Westwood. M & mother there. Home, Pippin trotting. Took photos of Hamilton L on horse. Sunday October 26 -Worked & wrote many letters. After in afternoon rode with Waters. Rough day & sun. Rode to Ramsgate, met the Squashtails (Evans). After dined quietly at home. Bed early & Grog. Monday October 27 -Cold bad. Up & at 9.30 went to meet at St Nicholas. Thro' Margate. Long ride. Pippin better. Bother in hurdles. Home at 1.30. Took photos. After walked in to Ramsgate. Called Hills. After Squashtails (Evans) dined. Bed 11.0pm. Grog. Tuesday October 28 - Windy morning very. Wrote. Began October. To go up to town. Bobbery in Ramsgate, Sir Moses' centenary. Very wet & windy. Went up to town. Drove to Stafford Terrace etc. Took porter. Dressed quietly & went to Holl's
dinner. Boughtons, 2 Americans, 1 lady. Willis. Self. Holls. Du Mauriers. Called at Club. Wrote letters. Home. Wednesday October 29 - At Stafford Terrace. Up in morning early. Put up pictures etc. After met my mother at Victoria. Saw her off. After lunched at Victoria. Sausages etc. Pretty girl etc. Changed my mind & walked to Garrick. Called on Lane. Club. College of Surgeons. After to Punch Dinner. Talk with Furniss etc. Club. Home. Thursday October 30 - In morning caught the 8.15. Took portmanteau out & went down to Ramsgate. Got to work. M at Westwood. Worked on October. Hard & fast & late. Bed 12.0pm. Friday October 31 - Up early & worked all day on October. Went for short ride on Pippin at West Dumpton. Nov 1884 Saturday November 1 - Worked in morning on Water Babies. Did Blunderbuss. Sent it back in afternoon. Dined at home quietly. Sunday November 2 - Worked in morning on Blunderbuss. Finished. Wrote letters. Driven to Westwood. Dined there. Driven to Ramsgate. After wrote many letters. Dined at home quietly. Geraldine. Settled to hunt. Monday November 3 - Up early. Sent Pippin to station. Went to Faversham & on to meet. Hunted with Tickham hounds. Hard day. Pippin fretful. Back to station. Scrimageour tight. Mr & Mrs Parsons, Frisby, Collard, Hamilton, Self & (sketch of huntsman). Home to Ramsgate. Dined at Hammonds. Good dinner & evening. Home by cab. Tuesday November 4 - Up in morning. Hunted Punch for last time with Thanet Harriers. Meet Minster Rough. Good day. Hare killed. Home early. Rode Pippin to Ramsgate & home. Called Bligh, station, Syrett etc etc. Last night at Park House. Bed early. Wednesday November 5 - Up early. Great packing. Sent horses back to town with Waters. Went to stables. Waters late. After walked to P.D. Burnand at Club. Good Dinner. Home by cab after Club. Thursday November 6 - Up. Worked on F.P of Nottage. Chicks & M all home. In afternoon rode Pippin in Park. Great fog. Gas all day. Went to see Hamlet, Lyceum. Bad. Geraldine dined. Friday November 7 - Rode Pippin before breakfast in Park. After worked all day on 3 Men in a Tub. After Edgar called. Dined. Bed at 11.0pm. Bother about Stove. Geraldine dined. Saturday November 8 - Lovely morning. Put room in order. Wrote letters. Coach builders etc. After dined at home quietly. Tenniel rode round. Did not like Cobweb. Ride over Putney Bridge. Fine evening. Dull ride very. Home. After in evening went to Arts Club. Saw Marks, D.M, Angell etc etc. Missed Mars. Home. Wedgwood. Pool. Sunday November 9 - Dull morning. Rode to Hampton Court. Lunched Greyhound. Called Sadlers. Stroll in Gardens. After rode home. Mars called. Quiet dinner. Bed 11.30. Monday November 10 - Fine day. Up & went to Lord Mayor's Show. Good day. Took Roy & Maud. Crowd. Nottage Lord Mayor. After saw M by embankment to Met Rly. Club. Letters. Dressed. To Guildhall Banquet. After Club. 'Leafs' met. Home. I.T.Bedford & Mrs Bedford.
Tuesday November 11 - Ride in morning, Pippin. After looked at carriages. Began Calendar. Liked Offord's carriages best. In evening Polly & self went to Rip Van Winkle. (Saw Fred Leslie. Died 1892.) Home. Good cab. Wednesday November 12 - Worked all day on Calendar. Rode in morning. Saw young Watney. In evening dined at Watneys. Good dinner. Mrs & Mr Watney, Mr & Mrs Sambourne, Mr Marshall, Mr Watney jnr, Innes, Mrs Bagalley, Mr Arthur Burnand, Miss Sandeman, Miss Dash. Home 12.0. Bad horse. Thursday November 13 - Rode in morning. Worked all day on Calendar. Dined at home quietly. Sleepy after. Friday November 14 - Rode in morning. Pippin. Cold. Worked after on Punch Queen Coal. Mrs Hutchinson's letter sent on to Victoria. (Sent wrong letter.) Dined at home 8.0pm. Bed 11.30pm. Saturday November 15 - Cold east wind. Rode Pippin. Dickey. Annoyed with man calling from H.Dixons. Sweep called. Worked W.B in morning. Rode Punch to Punch Office. Saw Arthur. Wanted to alter drawing. No No! After lunch at Old Cock saw Bedford jnr. After to Club saw Hare, Blunt, Wingfield, etc etc. After in cab to Reeds. German ill, very. Away, cab home. Play with Chicks. Marion lost her keys. Dinner at home. Very cold. Sunday November 16 - Cold & raw fog. Worked Calendar. After rode to Ealing. Waters after. Talk of Yearsley. Lunch (bad). Home. In afternoon M at her uncle's. Dined. Worked Calendar till 11.30pm. Bed after Greece book. Monday November 17 - Dull morning. Rode Punch. Saw Smith. £300 horse. After wrote letters. Tidied up. Worked on Calendar. Frère called. Tuesday November 18 - Worked on Calendar. Arthur à Beckett & wife dined here. Went to Mary Anderson Lyceum Theatre. Fly from Longs. Nelly to tea. Burglar. Wednesday November 19 - Worked on Calendar. Took cab to Punch Dinner. Bradbury chaffed at Coaling Station etc. D.M there. Home by cab. Conrad & W.Jackson (Fritz? June 12 '94.) to dinner. Tabby called. Finishing Calendar. Thursday November 20 - Finished Calendar in morning. Began hunting cut after. Rode in middle of day. Used carriage for 1 st time. Dined at Boehms. Boughtons, Mrs & Miss B, 'your Violet', Fatty, Self & Wife. Gent. Home by 11.0pm. Friday November 21 - Rode in morning. M went to stores etc. Did Bismarck & John Bull. Dined late. Bed early. Saturday November 22 - M & Maud went to Mrs Goodalls. Worked on hunting block. Rode early. Saw young Watney. Sunday November 23 - Rode early to Richmond. Met Bolding coming out. Worked on hunting block. Nearly finished it. Worked all afternoon. Cold hard frost. Monday November 24 - Worked hard on Almanack blocks. Finished hunting block. Rode in middle of day 12.45. Very cold hard frost. After began 2 nd hunting block. Should have gone to old Knockles. Too cold. Tuesday November 25. - Worked on Almanack hard all day. Barker came to dinner & stayed all night. Went to the play Diplomacy. Drove Punch. Home supper & pipe. Won't act. Wednesday November 26 - Worked on Almanack. Finished the 2 nd hunting picture at 11.0am. After rode. Began the Joke picture. Walked to Punch Dinner. Good dinner. Bradbury & swords etc etc. With Furniss home. Home at 11.30. Long talk with F.C.B about horse's head. Thursday November 27 - Worked on last Almanack block 'The Joke'. Finished 1.30pm. Rode in middle of day. Saw Woodville.
Friday November 28 - Did not ride. Hard long day. Ma came up. Lunched with us. Drew November. Spencer came in to dinner. Good dinner. Long smoke & bed 12.30. Very tired. Saturday November 29 - 1st day clear. Spencer with us, rode Cobweb & self Pippin. Round Park, down to Mounting Guard. After round Park called Mackenzie. Dressed. Spencer paid for Cobweb £40. Walked to Club. Cold. Lunch. Saw Cap'n Ford & Evans. After met M at Painters Hall. Lost carriage. Home by carriage. Altered drawers. After dinner went to smoke pipe Abbey's. Home 1.15. Fildes, Hunter, Boughton, Sargent, Andrew Lang, Austin Dobson, Nathrop, Abbey, Parsons, Macbeth & self etc etc Millet. Sunday November 30 - Cold Raw morning. Rode Pippin to Roehampton, Richmond Park & home. Went unaccountably lame, D- him. Home to early dinner. Wickclyffe Taylor called, also Heron Allen. Redistribution. Dinner. Quiet evening. Bed. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.) Dec 1884 Monday December 1 - Very wet & cold. Did not ride. Redistribution of photos. After drove with M to Wendovers. Oyster lunch at Rules. After to Thorn's, Thrupp & Maberlys. No carriage to suit. After to Offords. After Abbey. Not at home. Redistribution. Quiet dinner & bed. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.) Tuesday December 2 - Wet morning. Up to breakfast 8.45. After sorted photos. Redistribution. Rode Pippin lame as a cat to Offords to see new brougham. Saw it. Liked it. Back to lunch. Miss Bergheim called. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.) Wednesday December 3 -Wet morning. All morning finished redistribution of photos & sent letters. Waters prognosticates evil of Pippin. Roy & books. Conny & Miss Boehm to dine. Walk to Punch dinner. Long discussion on Almanack. Chaffed about horse's neck. (Sketch of horse's neck). (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.) Thursday December 4 -Pippin lame. Conny came. Worked on Metropolitan Members. Worked till 12.30am. Bothered with Gladstone's head. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.) Friday December 5 -Rode Punch before breakfast. Called on Williams about Pippin. Pippin sent to Williams's. Conny & M drove to see him. Worked hard all day on drawing of Metropolitan Members. Bradbury etc. Dined 8.30pm. Sat up & smoked & talked. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.) Saturday December 6 - Finished photos in morning. Wrote etc. Very wet. In afternoon played Tennis at Tuers. Nearly dark. Yellow balls etc. Home. Conny with us. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.) Sunday December 7 - Fine morning. Rode Punch. Colin Hunter's new horse etc. Home after glass of Champagne at Hunter's. In afternoon called on Stones. Saw Scott Russell, Schloss, Angell, etc etc. Called Hunter, Fildes after. Dined at home quietly & bed early. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.) Monday December 8 - Began Water Babies again. Cannot ride. Pippin still lame. Mrs Boehm's dance. Went to Pavilion Music Hall. Called at Club & home by cab. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.) Tuesday December 9 - Very wet. Rode Colin Hunter's horse in morning. After worked on Water Babies. Ellen Payton in to lunch. Bored. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.)
Wednesday December 10 - No horse to ride. Worked all day on Water Babies. After M drove me as far as Bath Hotel. Walked on to Punch Dinner. Looked at B(illeg). Home by cab. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.) Thursday December 11 -Worked all day on Water Baby block. Did not go out. After drove to Marcus Stone's dinner. Met Hare & wife, Abbey, self & wife, Stone & wife & Joe Pulley. Good dinner. Looked in to Colin Hunter's after. Scott Moncrieff & Wm Black there. Home at 1.0am. (Red ink across page: Pippin lame.) Friday December 12 - Rode before breakfast 1 st time. Pippin fresh. Hard long day. Drew African Venus. Dinner 9.0pm. Tired, bed after. Saw Watney. Saturday December 13 - Very tired in morning. Brighter weather. Rode Pippin to Punch Office, saw Arthur, Bradbury, Milliken. After walked to Garrick. Bought crops. Saw Smart, Cap'n Ford, Evans & Macmillan, Craik. Bad cab to Tuers. Tennis. Tired. Home. Mrs Stone to dine. Mrs Stone did dine. Quiet evening. Sunday December 14 - Rode in morning to Richmond Park. Lockwood caught me up. After Colin H. Went & had glass of champagne at Colin H's. After lunch went with M to Lewis's & Tuers & Boughtons. After dined quietly at home. Monday December 15 - Rode at noon. Worked after on block for W.B page. Tuesday December 16 - Rode at 12.0. Met Woodville. Pippin went hoppy again. Home & worked on page for W.B. After walked to Punch Dinner. Egg flip etc. Played Tennis at 10.0am with Tuer & 4. Frost. Arts Club dinner. Looked in with Tenniel etc. Wednesday December 17 - Worked all day on W.B. block. The page of 'Do as you likes'. Spencer came from the north. Bottle of Champagne at dinner. Did not ride in morning. Pippin dickey again. Egg flip. Wycliff Taylor came in. Photod him in uniform. Bright morning. Thursday December 18 -Drabbles dance. Worked hard & fast all day on 3 Poets. Did not go to Drabbles or Tattersalls dance. Conny called. Bottle Champagne. Diploma sent home by Somers Vine. Friday December 19 - Wrote letters. In afternoon worked Water Babies. Rode with S.J in morning thro' Battersea Park. Pippin better. Conny in after dinner to see Marion. Called in morning. Saturday December 20 - Pouring & hopelessly wet morning. Worked W.B. Did girl & sunset. After Tennis at Tuers 4 games. After home. Drove Punch up to Bristol Hotel. Called at Bath Hotel. Met Mrs Cohen & son. After to Comedy Theatre. Poor piece. Gt Mogul. After to supper with S.J. Home by cab. 1.0 pm. Letter from Somers Vine. 15/- to £1.0.0 for frame of Diploma. Sunday December 21 - Fine morning. Colin Hunter & Macbeth came round. Missed them. S.J. & self went for good ride over Wimbledon. Called Alice Edwards. Pretty slavy. After thro' Richmond Park. Lunched with Capron. Pomery '65. After home. Passed Tweedie. Sleep. Quiet dinner. Water. Bed early after smoke. M seedy. Monday December 22 - Fine clear morning. Rode Pippin. Sound. Spencer seedy. Came back. Worked on drawing for W.B. After met Miss Huxleys at Tuers rink. Good game with Fahey. After tea at Stafford Terr commenced the block for December. S.J. late for dinner. Worked after dinner. Bed 12.0 pm Tuesday December 23 -Did not ride. Worked hard & fast all day on Dec block. Spencer left for the north. After dined quietly with M. Bed 10.45. Wednesday December 24 - In morning M & Roy drove to the Shoolbred Stores. After went to Garrick Club (walked) to meet Somers Vine. Late for lunch. Long
talk about Diploma etc etc. Burnand & Palmer. After called Hawes. Got Crockeralite stick. Home. Dear Chicks etc etc. Dined quietly at home & bed early. Thursday December 25 - Little Tom Worth came. After rode over Wimbledon, Richmond etc. Home at 1.0 pm. Lunch & Chicks dinner. Crackers etc. Read in afternoon etc. After drove to Boehms dinner. Crackers. Conny proposed. No mention. Cards till 11.30. Home. Bed 12.0am. Friday December 26 - Very cold in morning. Up 9.30. To play Tennis at Tuers. Played 4 sets with Tuers by ourselves. After worked Water Babies. Quiet day. Saturday December 27 -Dreadfully wet dull morning. Worked in room on Water Babies. Girl on rocks. After in afternoon went to play Tennis with Tuers. Cleared up. Poor Macdonald died aged 47. (Only 47. First knew him at 43) Sunday December 28 - Up. In morning rode over Wimbledon & thro' Richmond Park. Home to lunch. Very cold. Monday December 29 - Worked hard on Water Babies all day. Spencer wired about poor Macdonald. Tuesday December 30 - Worked on Water Babies. Did not finish horse. After walked to Punch Dinner. Rode before breakfast. Played Tennis at 10 to12pm at Tuers. Good dinner. Home by cab. Wednesday December 31 - Worked on Water Babies. In afternoon took Chicks to Circus. Drove. Ordered Roy's togs. After dined at Colin Hunters. Fildes's, Mr (blank), H.Woods & selves there. Home with oranges at 1.0pm.
1885 Notes in front of diary: 63862 Ticket for 1885 Stores. Norman McColl, 4 Notting Hill Sq. W. Athenaeum 20 Wellington St, Strand W.C. I.C.MacDonald, Times Office, Queen Victoria Street, E.C. Buckle Voules Geoffrey Turner M.P.Hall, 9 Union St, B. Tom Smith & Co, 67 Winton St, Finsbury. Crackers. Max Comyer Ltd, W.B. Haly Esq, 66 Sumner St, London S.E. R. Pain Esq, Apollonaris Co, 19 Regent St, London S.W. Alexandra Carriage Works, 12 Long Acre, London W.C. Late Davis Little Brown Brougham 105 Blanchard, 14 Findon Road, Shepherds Bush, W. Stokes, 72 St James’s St S.W. R. Freeman, 25 Earls Terrace Simpson Tailor, South Molton St, W. Mons. A. Charles, 25 York St, Hackney Road, London E. Mortimer Harris, LCD Rly, Victoria, S.W. Milliken, 37 Falkland Rd, Kentish Town Jan 1885 Thursday January 1 - In morning worked on Water Babies. Horse in yard. Rode Pippin in Row from 12.30 to 1.45. After commenced Princess Beatrice & Battenburg. Dined at Boehms. Conny came in after dinner. Home. Kept Waters ½ an hour. Angry with W. Bed 12.0pm. Friday January 2 -Up & worked hard all day. Finished Beatrice & Battenburg. After did Granville & countries. After dined 8.45. Bottle Pomery. Slept after dinner. Bed 1.0pm. Saturday January 3 - Did not work. Rode to Bouverie St. After called Office & at Swains. After lunch at Club called Royal Academy. To Tuers for Tennis. Lost Roy's togs. Back to Scotland Yard after tea at Stafford Terrace. Called May's. Club & walked home. Dinner. Hamilton & Midge dined. Bad cold. Alkaram. Sunday January 4 - Birthday. Chicks came with presents in morning. After breakfast rode to Richmond. Caught up Colin Hunter, explored new ride over Wimbledon. After could not keep up. Pippin went lame. (Red ink: How well remembered. Nov 4 1895.) Home. Lunch. Lewis's & Blackburn called. Good dinner. Sketched Chicks' costumes in afternoon. Cold. Alkaram. Monday January 5 - Did not ride. Wrote Macmillan & many other letters, Langleys here. Went in carriage as far as Knightsbridge. Saw horses sold. Conny's mare 84. Hamilton's grey 100. Bertha 65. Grey pony 18 five. After walked home. Worked. Finished horse in stable yard W.B. After Conny & Effie & Hamilton & Midge to dinner. S.J did not turn up. Bed 11.30pm. Tuesday January 6 - Frosty weather. Wrote letters. Disappointed about tennis at Tuers. Back. Called at stables. Put pictures up. Langleys left at 3.0pm. After walked up to May's, got Maud's dress. Called Club. Home by cab. Horse down.
Changed. By carriage to Mansion House after dining at 6.0pm. Children's Ball. Roy & Maud's dress a great success. Sent them home by 9.15. After to Club. Sleep. Read letters from Hill. After to Baddeley. Twelfth Night at Drury Lane. Dance supper. Home. Very cold. Horse out of cab. Changed. Home 4.0am. Wednesday January 7 - Up ten am. Did not ride. Looked to Diploma. Walked to Club & lunched. After Chicks to Pantomime. Mistake about box. Seats near the stage. Tom & little Cowards there. After saw M into carriage & home Club, wrote letters. Telephoned to Bradbury. Walked to P.D. Bellowing Bradbury. Talk about Drury Lane. Home by 11.10. Embrocation. Sleep. Cold on chest. Thursday January 8 - Up. Fine morning. Played Tennis with Tuers & friends. M not well. Fine lovely morning. Mrs Ionides' dance. Did drawing of Chamberlain & Squire. After dining quietly went to Ionides dance. Good evening. Pipe at Colin Hunters. Home after with Abbey. Parsons ill with drains. Friday January 9 - Hard work all day on Chamberlain & Squire. Bottle Champagne & bed 11.0pm. Saturday January 10 - Up & rode over Wimbledon & Richmond Park. Pippin went lame again. After home to lunch. Lawn Tennis with Tuers in afternoon. Home to dinner. After dinner to Smoking Concert of artists (British). Branden Thomas etc. Home 1.30. Conny sent for to the Boehms "Come at once in this cab." Sunday January 11 - Bitterly cold but bright. Rode round Kentish town etc. Pippin still lame. After lunch at home began Montague Guest's drawing. Bed early. Monday January 12 -In morning wrote letters. Worked all day & late on Montague Guest's drawing. Nearly finished it. Very cold, did not ride. Tuesday January 13 - Very cold. Snow. In morning played Tennis 3 hrs with Col X, Tuer's friend. After worked on Montague Guest's drawing. Finished it. After dined at Arts Club with Colin Hunter. Hunter, Abbey, Parsons, Black, Reinhardt, Sambourne. Went to Glee Singers. Chas Keene. After Romanos. After Black's room. After home with Hunter in cab. "I tell you Linley there's no cook in London." Wednesday January 14 - Very cold. Snow. M seedy. Pictures from Fox. Wrote letters. Began Punch block. Finished block for Fossil. Written by friend of Andrew Lang. Girl 14 yrs old. After walked to Briggs & Ansdell. Left drawing for Guest. Called Briggs. Cab to P.D. New Sergeant. Bradbury furious about M.P. Thursday January 15 - Did not go out. Cold east wind. Wrote letters etc etc. Worked Water Babies. Dined quietly at home. Bed early. Friday January 16 - Did not go out. Worked hard & fast all day on Beresford Leap Frog. Quiet evening & bed. Bott Champagne. Yates committed to Holloway jail. Saturday January 17 - Up & went for walk. Called about Charlier(?) shoes. After to Ansdell. Saw Marsden, met Capron. After lunch to Club. Law, Evans etc etc. Read French book etc etc. After M called in carriage. Home. Called on Lowell. After afternoon with Chicks went after dinner 7.0 to play Billiards with Lewis. Harold Powers, Youth, Laird(?) Tenniel, Petos etc, there. Home 1.0pm. Sunday January 18 - In morning dull. Cold east wind. After rode Wimbledon on Pippin. Struck right path at last. After thro' Richmond Pk. Called Club. Lunch Capron, Col Sykes & Percy O. Ride home. Boat Race. Cold dinner. Long evening. M knocked with slipper. Read in bed on the universe etc. Bed 11.30. Wirgman called. Said about next door. Monday January 19 - Worked in morning. Fog. Up nine am. No ride. Wrote letters etc etc. Worked on W.B. Cobweb ill.
Tuesday January 20 -No ride. In all day. Worked on W.B. In evening drove to Keiths, dined there. Not bad dinner. Jules Bonjour(?). Cold. Mr & Mrs Bertie Keith. Home 11.0. Previously walked to Dannelain(?) & Blakes. Ordered Phiz(?). Called Frodsham. Home, late for Keiths. Santleys called. Cobweb ill. Wednesday January 21 - In morning wrote letters etc. Rode round Park. Hard frost. After worked & walked on to Punch Dinner. Called Whistlers & Son. Colts pistol. Discussion about Leech's drawing at P.D. Cut made up early. Burnand not there. Home 12.30pm. Thursday January 22 - Pottered & waited for Editor all day. Wrote letters etc. In evening went to Tuers for dinner. Good dinner. Popes, Alexanders, Hunts, Miss Gilbert etc etc. Chas Keene. Home 11.0pm. Hard frost. News of Col Burnaby's death & battle with Arabs. Friday January 23 - No news of cut until 12.30. Hard worked, finished at 9.0pm. Bottle Champagne. Bed at 11.30pm. Saturday January 24 - Carriage at 10.0pm. Drove to Benjamins, ordered Inverness Cape. After to Grosvenor & also Salon Parisien. Lunch St James's. Good game with Tuer. After to dinner at home. In evening saw Cox & Box & Young Mrs Winthrop. Home by 11.0. Read Nana. Explosion at 2.15, House of Commons, Westminster Hall & Tower. Sunday January 25 - Hard nasty damp frost. Started to ride at 10.0am. Got off. Did Pippin get in a mess. Sent cab back for Waters. Took him home. After put up pictures etc. Lunch at home. Stayed in, did a lot of odd jobs about house etc etc. Dine at home. Mrs Beerbohm Tree called. Spencer called. Roy & snakes. Alfred Herapath died at Bristol. Monday January 26 - Wind changed. Read Times. Wrote letters. Rode Pippin to Battersea Park. Closed. Speedy cut. Knocked leg. After home. Went into Miss Blyths house. Old Davis there. Lunch. M went out. Mrs Drabble called. Nice warm weather. Tuesday January 2 7 - In morning Tuer called. Went & had 4 games of Billiards until 1.0pm. Afterwards worked on Water Babies. Sent Pippin to have shoes altered. Had Speedy cut shoes on & answered admirably. Rode at 12.0pm in Park. Met Finlay & old Wyndham. Trower stopped me with news of Battle. General wounded. Narrow thing. Wednesday January 28 - Worked in morning. Finished W.B drawing. After in afternoon walked to P.D. Called Benjamin about cape. Tried on. After to Bouverie St. Gt discussion on Leech tracing. After cartoon about Kartoum. Took too much iced Whiskey. Home by cab. Midge & Mother arrived. Thursday January 29 - In morning did Joe Carr's drawing for the Kinsman dinner. After Punch & Richard III. After dinner went to Toole's Theatre. Watney there. Behind scenes with L.Brough. Home by cab. Felt bilious in morning. Midge & Hamilton left for Thanet. Friday January 30 - Rode before breakfast. Worked hard all day on Yankee & John Bull. Dined at 9.0pm. Bilious in morning. Saturday January 31 - Dora arrived with Waddy. In morning took Roy to Henglers. M drove up & fetched him. Arts Club. Kinsman dinner at Blue Posts. Good dinner. Pouring rain. Rode from 11.30 to 1.0pm. Felt very bilious in morning. Concert Arts Club. Lot there. Home at 2.30 with Luke Fildes in cab. Dolly Storey tight. (Small sketch of cape, titled Came Home.)
Feb 1885 Sunday February 1 - Pouring rain. At 10.0 walked round to stable. Rode Wimbledon Richmond & home. Lunch. Spencer called. Walked with M to top of Row. Sent her home in 4 wheeler. Club. Tea. Walk home. Very tired. Dinner 7.0. Bed 10.15. Monday February 2 - Fine morning. Early Turner here. Rode at 11.0 to call on Montague Guest M.P. 3 Savile Row. Home thro' Park. Met Finlay, Wyndham, Kendal & also Heathorn. Lunch alone. Wrote letters. M went with Mother to Twickenham, out till 4.0pm. Adelphi Theatre 'In the Ranks'. Tuesday February 3 - Weather changed. Ride in morning. After played 7 sets of Tennis at Tuers. After lunch read Brabourne's book. After dined at New Universities Club with Watney. No friend turned up. Went to St James's Theatre. Smoke at Isthmium Club. Home. Much colder. Wednesday February 4 - Much colder. Rode in morning. Saw Holland & Ward, also X. Mother, Conny Spencer, Waddy, Baby here. Confusion. Did drawing of Ichnyomurus(sic). Heavy rain. Cab to 'Punch' Dinner. W.Agnew there. Prophet à Beckett. Garden. Home in cab 11.20. New cook came. Thursday February 5 - Up. Rode. Lovely morning. After dressed. Walked to Salon Parisien. Met F.C.B. News of fall of Khartoum. Depression. Lunch Club. Col Jones. Walk. Called at Regent Street. Gibsons Company. After to Salon Parisien. Sketched. Shocking. Called Boehms. Mother left. Home. Dinner. Drove to Prince's Theatre. No performance. Home. Wrote letters. Bed 11.00. Friday February 6 -Rode in morning to Tenniel. After changed cut. Worked all day Punch drawing of Clown & Man, Chamberlain. Hard work to get done. Dinner 9.0pm. Bed tired after Champagne. Saturday February 7 - In morning letter from Miss Huxley saying could not come to play. After rode in Park. Overtaken by dentist. (Red ink: Bartlett. June 14 '95.) Woodville also. Pippin all right. After home to lunch. Played Tennis with Tuer. Promised to go to Lyceum Club.Wrote letters. Read Nana. Went for billiards to Lewis's. Saw Tenniel, Pilleau, Powers etc. Home 12.0pm. Stocks home. Sunday February 8 In morning up & rode to Devonshire Road, a long round. Lloyd, Pym etc. Pippin sluggish. Stalled. Home 1.15. Long afternoon. Wycliffe called. Dined here. Promised to photo. News of Gordon. (Red ink: Pippin had kidneys wrong.) Monday February 9 - Lovely fine morning. Put tools up etc etc. Connie & Effie called. Wrote letters. Read & worked on Witches in afternoon. Dined at home. Felt livery. Bed late, slept in chair. Gave Pippin a rest. Illness coming on. (Red ink: Pippin wrong with kidneys.) Tuesday February 10 - Could not ride. Pippin ill, can't turn round. Worked on Witches. Lovely morning. After walked to 'Punch' Dinner. Late sitting. Bradbury tight. In morning played Tennis at Tuers. Young Macmillan etc etc. Pin stud home. (A cats eye, purchased Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Compy.) Read Nana. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Pippin brought round sluggish. Wednesday February 11 - Up & photod Wycliffe & young Watney. ( Photod at Tuers Tennis Ct. Great difficulty finding this. May 23 '94.) Took 42 photos. Learnt to develop. Home to lunch. Midge up. Roy lost his first tooth. After worked up block for Punch, Unified & the Lion. Midge up, slept here. (Red ink: Had vet for Pippin. Kidneys) Thursday February 12 - In morning finished letters etc etc. After worked on Punch block, Canada etc. After dinner went to Pavilion Music Hall. Called Club after, saw
Tenniel, Burnand & D.M. Home in cab. Hamilton left for Liverpool. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Friday February 13 -Worked hard all day on Britannia & Canada. Dined 9.0pm. Bed after. Midge here. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Saturday February 14 -Dull morning but nevertheless went to Drury Lane. Photod Clown. Lunched with Clown, H.Payne. (At Rules, oysters & Champagne.) Home. Lawn Tennis at Tuers. Mother came up. Miss Huxleys. Dined at home. Slept after dinner. No Lewis's. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Sunday February 15 - In morning could not ride. Heavy wet day & dark all day. Put pictures up etc etc. Read 'What am I? ' Did not go out. Spencer & Ada called. Quiet day. (Red ink: Pippin ill. No ride.) Monday February 16 -Dull & heavy continuous & hard rain. In all day. Worked & finished Witches. Arranged about photography. Midge & Hamilton dined. Spelt words etc etc. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Tuesday February 17 -Dull & heavy & continuous hard rain. Wrote letters & arranged photography. Finished 2nd Cat man. Went for walk out of sheer necessity. After drive & dined at the Mocattas. Home at 11.30. Mother came to Ealing. Chicks went to Goodalls. Midge & Hamilton left London for good. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Wednesday February 18 - At last the sun. Worked. Put lavatory right. Had Pippin round. Perky. After walked to Punch Dinner. Stopped & wrote letters at Club. Posted drawings to Longmans. Bradbury tight. Good dinner. Cold. Home 12.0pm. My mother called. Thursday February 19 - Worked in morning. Had Pippin round. Couldn't crawl. Had vet to him. Low fever. Worked John Bull & Herat. Worked after dinner. Did not go out. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Friday February 20 - Rode Punch in morning. Worked hard & fast all day on John Bull & Herat. Bott Champagne. Sleep after dinner. M knocked. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Saturday February 21 - Up & went by Metropolitan to Army Stores at Pimlico. Saw Mr Mosshead. After went & lunched at Club. Macmillan distant. Lunch with Grossmith. After Tennis (4 game) Tuers. Dinner at home. Slept after dinner. Hard frost. Did not go to Lewis's. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Sunday February 22 -Heavy wet. Rode Punch. Missed Coward. Richmond, Wimbledon. Spencer came in. Read Piping Hot etc. Did not go out after dinner. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Monday February 23 - Huish called. Sent pictures to Hampstead show. Altered drawing for Montague Guest. Midge & Hamilton up from Westwood. Left for Southampton. M & Maud missed train. To dine at Furniss's. Met Arthur à Beckett, Miss Furniss, Mr Woodall M.P etc etc etc. Home 12.0pm. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Tuesday February 24 - Wrote letters etc. After worked on 'Cat Man'. After in evening walked to Spencer's club & dined there. Met General Kent, Gordon, Mackenzie, Will Oakes, etc. Major ? Walked home. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Wednesday February 25 - Worked on Punch drawing. Took it to Punch Office. Walked hard to Dinner. No Bradbury. Good quiet Dinner. Home. Called with Furniss at Club. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Thursday February 26 - In morning much hurried. Photod self as Irish man. (No screen up. Nov 5 '95.) After worked on Prince of Wales as Irishman. Worked after dinner on dogs etc. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Friday February 27 - Rode Punch in morning. After worked hard & fast all day on Prince of Wales as Irishman. Dined at home. (Red ink: Pippin ill.)
Saturday February 28 - In morning Spencer drove me with Cobweb to Army Clothing depot etc. Took thirty two photos, soldiers etc. After walked to Club. Saw Macmillan, Grossmith, Arthur Blunt etc etc. Cab to Tuers. Played. M & Maud called with wire from F.C.B. After heavy rain. Dressed. Sugar came. Went to Tristram Ellis's dinner. Met Burgess, Tuer etc. Sir Andrew Clarke (Mily) After to Arthur Lewis's. Pellews etc. Pownall Williams called. Colin Hunter. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Mar 1885 Sunday March 1 - Wind shifted east. Rode Punch in morning thro' Wimbledon & Richmond etc. Met Spencer & Percy O. After lunched at home quietly. Read Piping Hot in afternoon. Quiet evening did not go out. Tristram Ellis dined with us. Slept. Talk of photos. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Monday March 2 - Wrote many letters & pottered. Worked on Fern Fairy. In evening Mr & Mrs Marcus Huish dined here. Did not go out. Quiet evening. Bott Champagne. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Tuesday March 3 - Worked on Fern Fairy. In evening went with M to see Household Gods at Princess's. Dreadfully wet night. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Wednesday March 4 -In morning worked hard, finished Fern Fairy. Walked to Punch Dinner. Congratulated on Prince of Wales cut. After called Daily Telegraph office. Idiotic porter. Home 1.30. Marion & burglar. Only Highlander & woman. Don barked. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Thursday March 5 -In morning photod self as Bismarck & Punch. After worked all day. No ride. In evening pleasant dinner at Miss Elmore's. Met Palmer etc etc. Young Gow. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Friday March 6 -Worked hard all day on Bismarck & Punch. Rode Punch 10.0am met Heathorn. Posted letter. M left for Westwood. Did not go out. East wind. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Saturday March 7 - Up & rode to Suggs. Cold better. East wind. After lunch with Chicks played capital 4 game Tennis Tuers. After down to Thanet by 6.25 train. Cold journey. Tassell met me at station. After Sophy there. Supper. Bed. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Sunday March 8 - At Westwood. Up at 9.0. 10.30 long 3½ hrs walk round coast. Old rock on sands. Girl & colley. Greyhound pups. Called Park House. No Carr. Back to Westwood for dinner. Wrote letters. Home by 7.0pm train. Read Piping Hot. Called & supped at Club. Saw Joe Knight. Supper after Arundel. Home 1.30pm. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Monday March 9 - Raw east wind. Wrote letters & sent drawing to Agnews. No ride. Worked for Longman's book. Did drawing Cat & Mouse. In evening drove up to meet Stokes at Club. Dined Holborn. Went to Drury Lane Theatre after to Globe. Row. Supper at Garrick & home at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Tuesday March 10 - Rode Punch in morning. Worked on Longman's drawing. Did Cat & Mouse. Dined at home on lobster & steak. Went after to Whistlers, 10 o'clock. Saw Mrs Woodville, Morris etc. Club. Home. Introduced to Bowles. Saw Buck. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Wednesday March 11 -In morning rode Punch. After worked on Longman's drawings. Did Owl & Cat. Walked to Punch Dinner. (Red ink: Pippin ill.) Thursday March 12 - Finished Owl & Cat by lunch time. Rode Punch in morning. After worked on Pepys & Punch. In evening went out H.Silver. Evans there. Dull slow evening. No cigars etc. (Red ink: Pippin ill.)
Friday March 13 - In morning rode Punch. Had Pippin out with Waters for 1 st time in Row. Tucked up. Worked all day hard on block, Pepys & Northbrook. Milliken came to dinner. Sat up talking till late. Did not go out. Bottle Ivory. (Red ink: Pippin out, in Row for 1st time.) Saturday March 14 - In morning went to Club. Lunched there. Saw Evans. Young Speed. Carriage to Victoria. After went to Westwood via Ramsgate. Bought sticks. To Westwood by carriage. Walk. Dinner etc etc. Sunday March 15 - At Westwood. Most lovely morning. After breakfast walked round by Kingsgate. Home by Margate, Lunch at 1.45. Went to look at Perkin's mare. M in bath chair. Changed mind after driving to Westgate with old mare. Back to Westwood. Called Margate Club. Monday March 16 - At Westwood. Rode Mr Jackson's chestnut with fox hounds. Meet beyond Sandwich. Rode with Perkins. Lovely day. Mrs Parsons. Home by 4.30. Lunched at Sandwich. Back to town with Polly at 7.45. Home. Bad lobster. Supper. All well. Tuesday March 17 - In morning wrote letters etc etc. In afternoon rode Pippin for 1st time since Sunday Feby 8th. Went to Wimbledon & home down hill. Dined at home. (Red ink: Rode Pippin 1st time since illness.) Wednesday March 18 - In morning took Roy to see Drawing Room. Rode Pippin before breakfast. Went all right. After did Hare drawing for Mrs Longman. Walked to P.D. Ought to have gone to Moncktons. Desperate row between Bradbury & D.M. (Red ink: B.F.Frog.) Thursday March 19 - Rode after breakfast as Waters was out late. Saw Finlay & old Wyndham. After worked. Began Eagle & Dove. (Prince of Wales & Emperor of Germany) Wrote letters etc etc. Dined at home quietly. Very cold. (Red ink: Did Prince of Wales & Duke of York as doves. Friday Dec 28 1895). Friday March 20 - Rode Pippin in morning. Worked hard all day on Eagle & Dove. Wrote Bradbury. Dined 8.30. Bottle Pommery. Bed 12.0am. Saturday March 21 - Raw cold morning. Rode Pippin early. After took M & Maud to zoo. After lunch at home. Played Tennis at Tuers. Wrong day. After home. Cup of tea. Put aquarium straight. M out at Colin Hunters. Dined at home. Did not go out. Bed early. Sunday March 22 - Deep snow on getting up. Wrote letters & put room in order. Spencer called. Blues. Walked to Club & back. News of battle outside Suakin. Dined quietly at home. M's cold bad. Went to bed early. Roy in bed with cold. Monday March 23 -Cold east wind & frost. Rode Pippin. Wrote letters. Marble shelves came. Wine packed. M in bed with cold. Boughtons party. M decided not to go to Boughtons. Went to dinner a little late. Met Mr & Mrs Boughton, Mrs Black, Abbey & Parsons, Miss Wertheimer, self, Colin Hunter. Late. Cards. Whiskey at Abbey's. Tuesday March 24 - Worked on block for Longman, initial etc. Did not go to Our Club, was to have provided (sketch, possibly an eel) Dined at home quietly. Bed early. Rode before breakfast. Mrs Boehm called in morning. Effie dined with us. Wednesday March 25 - Rode Pippin before breakfast. After worked on Longman drawing. Did Punch drawing Man in bed. Mother came up & Mrs H. Conny's engagement out. Met Conny & Effie. Punch dinner. Walked there. Good dinner. Bradbury pitched into Cat. Home. (Red ink: The Prince of Wales as Dove. Dec 28 '95.)
Thursday March 26 - Worked on Punch drawing, Gladstone & Khedive. Photod Waters & self. Engsmore(?) called. Rode in morning. Dined at home & worked late after dinner. Did not go to theatre. Friday March 27 -Rode Pippin before breakfast. Had him put in harness. Worked hard & fast all day on Punch drawing Gladstone, Khedive etc. After went to Skerrow dinner. After to Chester Hotel. Seedy. 'Crum' sent at 9.30. Saturday March 28 - Colder morning. Rode Pippin in morning. Lame again. Afterwards had interview with Huish & Browne. Afterwards rode Punch to Boat Race. Oxford won easily. Lovely day. Roy had 'Crum' for first time. After lunched with Chicks. M lunched with her mother. After played Tennis with Tuers. After home. Talked with dear Roy. Mrs Stone dined with us. Bottle of Geisler. Sunday March 29 - Cold morning. Rode Punch to Hampsted etc etc. Back to lunch with Chicks. Mother called. Conny & Effie in. Sorted papers. Monday March 30 - In morning Waters drove Pippin & self to Fine Art Socy & also to Agnews. Saw drawing to go into Academy. After home. Dr & Miss Harcourt lunch with us. (Offended Dr Harcourt. Nov 5 '95.) Spencer & self went to see Mrs Langley. After supper at Club. Home. Champagne. Mistake about sovereign. Tuesday March 31 - In morning photod dear Roy as boy. After Waters as waiter & Nurse & self. Lawn Tennis Tuers 3.30. After walked to 'Punch' Dinner. Called Club. Good dinner. Home 12.0pm. Called Police Station. Apr 1885 Wednesday April 1 - Rode in morning Pippin for last time. Went as lame as a cat. Blues about him. Hardly got him home. Gave him up. After worked hard all day on Gladstone & France. Dined 8.30. Bed after. (Red ink: Pippin lame again.) Thursday April 2 -Conny here. Put room in order etc. Worked on Punch & figure of Ringmaster. Mrs Stone called. Did not go out in evening. Policeman called. Inspector etc etc. Dined at Mrs Wrights. Met Cunninghams & Mary Nicol. Good game of Billiards. (Red ink: Pippin lame again.) Friday April 3 - Good Friday. Worked in morning on Hawk & Pigeon Rigmarole. Ellis called in afternoon. Showed me how to develop plates. Conny here & Effie. Dined with us. Photod Don, Crum, etc etc. Mother called & took me for drive. (Red ink: Pippin lame.) Saturday April 4 - Cold east wind. Policemen called. (Stace I believe.) Photod him. After drove to town. Felt cold east wind take hold of me. Called at Macmillans. After lunched at Club. Saw Evans. After walked to Savoy Theatre. Home. Dined early after developing 4 plates. Went to Savoy Theatre. Home early. Cigar at Club. Saw Christie & Dr Percy etc. (Red ink: Pippin lame.) Sunday April 5 - Cold east wind. In morning developed 8 plates. Partial success only. In afternoon went to see pictures etc Mrs Morley sent. Met Mrs M. Mary Nicol & Mrs Wilson called. Tristram Ellis called & dined. Showed how to tone plates etc etc. Cold coming on. Embrocation & bed early. (Red ink: Pippin lame again.) Monday April 6 - Rain in morning. Wind shifted to south west. After back to east again. Developed & printed photos etc. Worked on Rigmarole in afternoon. Did not go out all day. Cold bad very. Bed early. Gruel etc etc. (Red ink: Pippin lame.) Tuesday April 7 - Cold east wind all day. Worked all day on Rigmarole. Did not go out at all. Finished experiments with photos. Edgar called. Dined at home & bed early. (Red ink: Pippin lame.)
Wednesday April 8 - Dull. East wind. Wrote letters. Crum up in drawing room. Vet to Pippin again. Punch Dinner at Bradbury's Club. Drove up in brougham. M dined at Mrs Stone's. Good dinner. Lawrence Bradbury's first dinner. Ruinart Père et Fils. Home 2.30. M awake. (Red ink: Pippin lame.) Thursday April 9 - Seedy in morning. Finished drawing for Rigmarole. After walked as far as Club. Met à Beckett & F.C.B. Russian news of advance into Afganistan. Excitement. Seedy. Lunched at Club. Water, & water at dinner. Called Meagher & also ordered the Press at Hammonds. Walked home thro' Park. Friday April 10 - Worked all day on Punch drawing. Goschen as Scotchman. Dinner very late, 9.0pm. Bed after. Saturday April 11. -Death of the Lord Mayor. In morning took M & Maud to British Museum. Lunch at Holborn Restaurant. Afterwards called Club. Home. Very dark dull weather. Played Tennis with Tuer, Millington etc etc. Dined at home quietly. Sunday April 12 -In morning east wind cold. Photod & developed. Toned John Bulls. Ellis & Wycliff Taylor called. Dined with us. Quiet peaceful day. Read Countess Sarah. Bed 10.30. Monday April 13 -Dull cold east wind. Miserable in extreme. Wrote letters. Worked on Sullivan's Lion. Tuesday April 14 -Worked all day on Sullivan's Lion. Wednesday April 15 -Sent Sullivan's Lion off. Worked Punch block. Punch Dinner. No Bradbury. No Burnand. Quiet Dinner. Cut settled at 9.15. After went with Furniss played Billiards at Garrick. Made 24. Saw old Stirling. Home after supper alone, 11.30. Thursday April 16 -Worked on Gladstone & Britannia. Wire from Arthur to alter cut. Photod self. Friday April 17 -Worked hard & fast all day. Gladstone & Britannia. Lucys dined at 8.45. Stayed late. Gt favourite with M. Saturday April 18 -Bright sun in morning. Photod 40 plates, uniform, from Policeman. After walked to Club. Lunch plovers eggs. Bad headache all day. Back home. Called Bath. Edgar there. Sunday April 19 - In morning developed 40 plates. Shut up all morning. Afternoon walked up Row. Met Stokes. Stokes back to dinner. Tricks at cards. Bed 11.30. Monday April 20 - Printed a lot of photos, nearly all, in morning. Bright hot sun. Lovely morning. After went to Tattersalls. Pippin sold for 33 guineas. After went down to Herkomers. Met Gosse. Met Mrs Müller. Dull afternoon. Reception after at Herkomers. Old Noakes. Back to Club. Met Weldon at club. Wheel off hansom. Tuesday April 21 - Began drawing for Pall Mall. Wednesday April 22 -Worked Pall Mall drawing. Walked to Club. After dressed & went to City dinner. Saw Boehm, Gilbert, Fildes, Stone, Barnley etc. Box sweets. Cab to Punch Dinner. Club. Home. Thursday April 23 - Finishing. Photod self & portmanteau. Burnand called. Heavy rain. Caught Pall Mall Gazette. Worked after dinner. Did the Childers cut. Gosse to dine at Herkomers. Friday April 24 - Worked hard & fast all day on Tennyson & Guy Fawkes. Also Childers. Bottle Champagne 9.0pm. Bed 11.30. Photod Guy Fawkes. Saturday April 25 - In morning pottered. Bothered toning photos etc. After called on Boehms. Got cheque from Tattersall. Lunch Club. Steak etc. At 3.0pm walked home. Worked on Pall Mall drawing after dinner. Sunday April 26 - In morning worked Pall Mall drawing. After in afternoon cab to Bath. Got Polly & walked to Tattersalls. Looked at horse. Cab home, Worked Pall
Mall drawing. After Sterne came in. Mrs Boehm. Much worried. Dined at Sternes. Met McTears. After to Boughton's reception. Home 1.30. Monday April 27 - Finished Pall Mall drawing. After went up with Polly to Tattersalls. Saw Lot 82, Folkestone. Ran up to 80 guineas. Offered 85 with Vet. Carriage met M after delay. Walked home. Began Academy drawing. Worked after dinner. Tuesday April 28 - Worked hard all day on Academy drawing. Sent Waters for Mavor to examine horse. Note about his shoes to be taken off. Unusual. Went up to dine with Conrad. Last bachelor evening. Spencer, Orton, Turner, stranger, Mervyn, Conrad. Home by cab. Wednesday April 29 - Up at 6.0pm to finish Academy drawing. Got up with influenza cold, horrid. Worked on drawing. Finished it. Folkestone passed sound. Went toTattersalls. Drew cheque for horse. (Pencil note: This week yesterday April 8 1897 Cobby sold for 14 guineas. I am also this day Thursday Oct 17 1889 having Folkestone prepared to send to Tattersalls tomorrow for sale.) Conrad married. Just caught wedding. Saw Mother. After to Press Day at Academy. Blackburne etc . After changed at Club. Irving Banquet at Criterion. A'Beckett, Tenniel, F.C.B, Routledge. After Billiards with Arthur Stirling. Home 1.30. (Pencil note: Dispute on Wedy Oct 16 1889 about why the only breakfast Punch ever held was given. Referred to diary this day October 17 1889 & find it was because of the Irving Banquet the day before. Nobody remembered anything whatever about it. L.S.) Thursday April 30 - Cold very bad in morning. Walked thro' Park. Waters shewed Folkestone off. Went to Breakfast. (The only B Punch ever had.) (Red ink: No! 2nd Breakfast on Wednesday May 13 this year 1885. May 14 1895.) Very seedy. Left early. Put Welman off. Turkish Bath. After carriage took me home. Dinner. Bed early & plasters etc etc. May 1885 Friday May 1 - Cold very bad. Rode new cob for 1st time. Went to Battersea Pk & after to Park. Saw Woodville & Smiley. Drove at 3.0pm to Private View of Academy. Long time getting there. Had extra ticket. Took Judy. Punch tired & slipped coming home. (Behind hind leg.) Dined quietly at home & did Admiralty Gov'r after. Saturday May 2 - Cold very bad. In morning gave Punch a rest. Academy dinner. Walked up to Club. After took cab & lunched with Mr Chapple. His daughter came in at Verreys. Bottle Lanson. Arts Club. Rode cob in Park. Met Caldecott & Millais. After dined & home. After 1st night of Irving's Hamlet. Great night. Hume Williams screwed. Home 3.0pm. Cold bad. Sunday May 3 - Very bad with cold. Rode new cob thro' Richmond etc etc. Very hot. Felt really ill coming home. Horse heavy & dull. After went to bed after lunch. In afternoon McCarthys, S.J.H & wife & Hensmans called. Dined very quietly & to bed 10.15. Porvus plaster. Monday May 4 - Dull wretched morning. Up & took children to Exhibition. Saw the Healtheries opened. Prince & Princess of Wales. After saw John Macdonald. Met Harold Powers. Also Grossmith, Tooles, etc. Critchetts sat next us. Roy grabbed sweets. Saw Chicks back in carriage after wretched lunch. Du Vals. M & self walked round exhibition. M tired. Called stable & home. John Macdonald, Hensman, Woodville, Welman to dine. Good dinner. (Woodville screwed.)
Tuesday May 5 - Worked in morning. In afternoon walked to Inventions. After rode from there. Very wet in evening. Dull east wind. Wednesday May 6 - Worked in morning. After Punch Dinner. Walked there. Called on Mavor. Talk about horse. Walked along Oxford Street. To 'Punch' Dinner. After went home in pouring wet. After went to Woodalls. Smoking Sandwich Concert. G.O.M. (illeg) Bertram, Ellington, Roberson etc etc etc. Sold drawing to Knowles. Thursday May 7 - In morning wanted to photo Policeman. Did Waters & self & Roy. Rode in evening. Dined at home quietly. Friday May 8 - Rode before breakfast Folkestone. Afterwards worked hard all day on Harcourt & Little Boys. Dined 8.30. Did not go to the Strand Theatre. Bottle Champagne & bed. Saturday May 9 - Rode in mornng Folkestone. Blundered with me. M & self after went down by Granville Xpress to Thanet. Carriage met us. Saw Lockyer, Corbett etc etc. Dined at 7.0pm. Lovely weather but cold. Basin of gruel. Sunday May 10 - At Westwood. Up at 9.30. Walked long 3 hrs walk round coast. After thro' St Peters Church. Lunch. Walked to Ramsgate. After dined with Burnands. Carriage fetched me home. Monday May 11 - At Westwood. Stayed in grounds & photod. Set clock going etc etc. Went up to town. Saw Lockyer in train. Very cold. Shivered in carriage. Home. Fire. Read about Sun etc etc. Bed 12.0pm. Tuesday May 12 - In morning put things in order. Played Tennis with Tuer. After rode in Row on Folkestone. Saw Heathorne etc, offered 100 guineas for him. Wrote letters. At 5.0pm walked to Finsbury Barracks. Had long dinner. Seedy after. Saw Mrs Lewis in Row. Wrote letters etc. Disappointed about developing. Wednesday May 13 - In morning felt very seedy indeed. Rode old Punch to Bouverie St. Met Waters. 'Punch' Breakfast. Good fun. Great dissipation. After walked Club. Uncomfortable ride. Changed. Went to Artists Benevolent Dinner. Walked home as far as A Hall. Bilious. Not well. Thursday May 14 -Dull morning. Composed Princess Beatrice. Photod Waters. Cheque from Pall Mall sent. Bilious. Rode Folkestone. After lunch saw boys beating boundary. Worked on Beatrice. Friday May 15 - Did not ride. Worked all day hard on Princess Beatrice & Gladstone. Photod Roy in morning. After dressed & dined at Wells'. Saw Davies, Sant, Blanks, Ass, Street. After to Colin Hunters. After to Club (Garrick). Home by cab. Saturday May 16 - Still cold. Rode Folkestone in morning. Saw Sybil Cook, Miss Nailsworth etc. Agnew etc etc. After lunch at home. Photos. Drove over to Davis's to play Tennis. Saw Street etc win. Home. Called on Miss Innes. Dined at home. After to Inventories. Saw Sterne & Mrs MacTear. Home to Stafford Terrace. Sunday May 17 - Up in morning. Drove Folkestone to Victoria. Waters not a penny. Very cold & wet. Met Conny & Effie. down to Westwood. Sugden & Watson in train. After walked as far as copse by Friends. Home to Westwood across fields etc etc. Did not get wet. Stokes there. After dinner walked to Birchington etc etc. Girl on cliffs. Westgate. Nayland Rock. Home to Westwood. Supper. Bed. Monday May 18 - At Westwood. Up at 9.0am. Breakfast 9.15. M's finger not well. Back to town with Stokes. Drove to Club. After lunch 19th Centy. Saw Evans. Home by cab. Dressed. Hair cut. Wrote etc etc. Sent cheques. After drove to Offords, also Stokes. Dined Cavour. Saw Murray & James. Savoy. Could not get in.
Metropolitan Music Hall. Saw Brookes etc etc. Supper at Cavours. Walk as far as St James'. Cab home, 12.30am. Tuesday May 19 - Awfully wet in morning. Got up at 9.0am. Wrote letters. Printed phos. Worked on Brabourne's book. After Jess's table came. (Red ink: This table sent for by Midge when we were at Ramsgate Easter 1895. At Stafford Terrace close on 10 years, May 14 1895. Sprained thumb.) Piano tuned. Punch Dinner this night. Fancy Ball Artists. Very wet. Played Billiards with Furniss. Home 1.30pm. Wednesday May 20 -Worked all day on the Witches for Brabourne. After Millikin came. Went to Inventories. Supper & Club after. Girl etc etc. Thursday May 21 -Worked in morning. 10.30 to see Spencer. Not there. Rode. Saw Adams. Very wet. Rode round by Fulham Road & home. Finished drawing for Brabourne. Mother came early. In evening after dinner went to Inventories. Home early 10.15. Bed early. Friday May 22 - Did not ride. Got to work early. After work all day on Sower. Drove to Club. Saw Irving & also game of B with old Arthur Stirling. After home. At 1.30 supper. Talk of Matthew Jennings. Home 2.0pm. Saturday May 23 - In morning rode at 10.0pm. Very wet & disagreable. Also met Gilbert & Nemo(?) After home. Went down to Westwood. Met Stokes in train. Carriage met me. Bought cigarettes. After Westwood. Polly better. Effie & Con there. Read Dynamiter. Bed 10.30. Sunday May 24 - At Westwood. Dull weather. In morning walked past Friends & called Miss Tomlin. To sands. Into Margate, no money. Met Stokes. Stokes at Nayland R & chambermaid. Walk to Westwood. Met cads at drapers from Thanet College. After dinner photod. Walked into Ramsgate. Girl at doctors. Inn for Ginger B. Back to Westwood. Bed 11.0pm. Monday May 25 - At Westwood. Rained all day. Walk with M in afternoon. Dinner. Bed 10.30pm. Dull wet day all day. Wrote letters, did work etc etc. Tuesday May 26 - At Westwood. In morning photod Effie & Con. Afterwards lunch. Walk to Sanger's past Salomons. Animals fed. Called Nayland Rock. Posted letters. Wired. Left them. Back thro' cemetery. Dinner. Read Brigands. Bed 11.0pm. Wednesday May 27 - Up 8.0am. Returned to London. Carriage reserved. Folkestone & brougham new. Chicks well. Roy better. (Red ink: No 'Punch' Dinner.) Warm day. Developed photos. After skemed Rosebery, Bismarck. 1 st night Olivia, M & self to go. (Red ink: Went to Olivia. Drove there with 'Punch'. Sent him home. Good night. Did not go behind.) Thursday May 28 -Skemed drawing Lord Rosebery & Bismarck etc etc. After dined at home quietly. Worked all day on Rosebery & Bismarck. Bottle Champagne. Photod Bobby in morning. Friday May 29 - All morning doing photos etc. Printed them. Took Policeman dressed up at 11.30 & got ready for going on with Longmans book. After drove with M to theatre. Met Miss Nicol. Saw the Widowhunt. Called at Grand. After home by Punch. Saturday May 30 - Worked in morning on Longman's book. Did Elf. Photod dear Roy. Dined at home. Went after into the Invention Exhibition. Cab home. Felt very tired. Sunday May 31 - Hot weather set in. In morning worked. In afternoon played Tennis at the Lewis's. Good game. Col Leonard etc etc etc. After Tabs Ham &
Parsons dined with us. Good evening. After went on to slow at home at Cowens. M very tired. Jun 1885 Monday June 1 -M tired very. Sent drawings off. Rode to Meet of Coaches with F.C.B etc etc. Worked in afternoon & after dinner. Did drawing for Longman's. Tuesday June 2 -Worked in morning. Rode Folkestone before breakfast. Saw Watney & Coward. After pushed with work. Went Santley's at home. Glass wine etc. Went to Inventions. Met Orchardson. Had dinner. Came across Agnew. Invite to Derby. Wednesday June 3 - At 10am went to Ennismore Gardens. Dray of Will Agnew. After good day at Derby. Drunken people. Girls etc. Met Spencer & Hensman. Back from course at 3.0pm. Pea shooters. Shine with Shine. Home 9.15. Verreys dinner. Good very. Home 12.30. Thursday June 4 - Awfully hot. Crum washed. Mother not well. To ride at 12.0 noon.) Did ride. Nearly boiled. Met Miss Agnew & Mrs Wilson. After lunch worked. Did 4 blocks (small) Punch. In evening dined at the Joshuas. Good dinner. Miss Elliot etc sang. Took Mrs Linklater in. Home 12.30. Burne Jones elected at the Academy. (Pencil note: A baronet, 1894) Friday June 5 - Rode before breakfast in white coat. Met Hickmans, Boehms, Schloss etc etc etc. No cartoon. Pottered. Wrote. Did block for Brabourne. After called on Wright. Saw Nicols. Storm coming on. Dinner. Mother came & upset M. After went to Inventions. Good night. Strauss. The McTears. Saturday June 6 - Worked in morning all day on block for Lord Brabourne. Girl at Style. Very wet. After rode 'Punch'. Met Coward. Good ride. Sunday June 7 -Still showery. Rode in morning at 11.15am Wimbledon & down hill. Home. After played 3 hrs Tennis at the Hickmans. Met Charley Hartley. Stud. Grinning man etc etc. After tap in bathroom spoilt hat. After walk home. After drove Burnands. Dined. hungry. Very tired. Home 12.30. Monday June 8 - Poured continuously all day. Could not get E's present. After worked. Did lovers for Brabourne's book. Did not go out. Was to have gone to yacht race. No. Fall of the Gladstone Ministry of 1880. Tuesday June 9 - This day was Edgar married to Sophia, 4th & last daughter of Mrs Hamilton Fletcher. Very wet. After went down by carriage to Victoria. After church. Hyde Clarke. Also Ackland etc etc. Kent. Dull day. Bad breakfast. Moselle. Dance. Billiards. Town. Dined with Spencer & Adah at Café Royale. Home. Conny & Effie there. Wednesday June 10 - Wrote letters in morning. Photod self etc. To ride to Richmond. 'Punch' Dinner at Hampton Court. Rode to Richmond with F.C.B. Met in Park. Burnand upset about his bag. Good dinner. After home by train late. Garrick Club & home. Bradbury screwed. Thursday June 11 - Worked on Row of Puppies etc. Dined in evening at Ayalas. The Bristol. Good dinner. Home 11.30. Met Logan, Thompson etc etc. Friday June 12 - Worked hard all day on Row of Puppies etc. Portrait of Strauss. After drove to Hampstead & dined at Du Mauriers. M seedy. Sir Richard Temple etc. Miss D.M. Millais, Buckle etc etc. Home 11.30. George Thompson & wife called. Awfully pushed for time. Saturday June 13 - Val's birthday. Chicks at Fildes's. Rode in morning. Worked. Did initial for Longmans. Effie tearing to river. After went with Con & Effie to
Inventories. Met Copley Ray. (Pencil notes: Looked at a carriage. This written Sunday May 17, 1903, 18 years after. Also July 17 1905, after (illeg)). Sunday June 14 - Most lovely day. Conny & Effie here. Rode in morning with Conrad & Boehm. Wimbledon, Richmond. Home. Lunch. Tennis at Lewis's. After sleep went to Lady Monckton's at home. Home 1.30. Monday June 15 - In morning row with Waters. Blew him up. After lunch went down to opening of Holloway's Sanitorium. H.R.H, Fildes, Spencer, etc etc. Knocked my shin coming home. No lunch. Scramble. Dance. Home 1.0pm. Club. Weldon. Met Morgan in train. (Pencil note: Also first saw Broadley.) Tuesday June 16 - Ascot. In morning very seedy. Worked. After to Lucy's to lunch. Met Ashley Storey in Park. After drove Folkestone to Victoria Street. Lunch. Mrs McLaren, Lady Waterlow, Capn (blank). After stores. Down to Chapple. Billiards. Beat Chapple. (Pencil note: Last time I saw Chapple.) Quiet dinner. Home. Waters met us. Rain. Wednesday June 17 - Worked on drawing for Longman's. Finished Girl & Cheeseman. After in afternoon rode to Punch Dinner. Met & rode with French. Full dinner, W.Agnew & all. Home 12.0pm. Wrote D'Oyley Carte for robes etc etc. Also Canon Harford. Thursday June 18 - Prepared for block of Gladstone. Gave up Ascot. Bowen May. Worked all day. In afternoon drove Folkestone to Davis's. Game of Tennis. Cotton etc etc. After home. Worked after dinner etc etc. (table of figures.) Friday June 19 - Did not ride. Worked hard all day on Gladstone on the river & Tennyson. Dined 9.0pm. Hard day. Toothache all day. Worry. Saturday June 20 -In morning develped photos. Waters took me etc etc. Very busy. Did not ride. After in afternoon played 5 sets with H.W.B.Davis. Beaten. Very wet. Home. Bad dinner. After to Joshuas'. Home with Fildes in cab. Bad luck. Laddie came. Miss Webster's childrens party put off while there. Sunday June 21 - Lovely morning. Up late. Photod etc etc. At Joshuas' in early morning. M not well. Did not ride. In afternoon went to Lewis's. Played Tennis. Good game. (illeg) Miss L not well. Asked for Tuesday. In evening went up to Boughton's evening. Good night. Spencer & Adah. Walked home. Monday June 22 - Worked. F.C.B called. After dressed. Went to Oratorio at the Crystal Palace with F.C.B. Lunch. Girls. Palace. F.C.B asleep in train. After home. Dined Boehms. Dance. Good night. Cold. Toothache. Tuesday June 23 -Toothache. Worked in morning. Did drawing for Longman's. After in evening dined at Wrens. Good dinner but slow, oh so slow company. Toothache. Met Graves. Home. Wednesday June 24 - Worked. After lunch went to Agricultural Hall Tournament. Toothache very bad. (Drove Tabs & Hamilton there in dog cart with Folkestone.) Very good. Roy Maud & Fletchers sent home. Walked. Girl & Greens. Called & had sausage. Man & lobster claws. After dressed Club. Tooth very bad. Punch Dinner. After Academy Soirée. Wet. Rain. (Pencil note: Went to Agricultural Hall Saturday 16 May 1903, 18 years after above. Very wet. The King there. Walked same walk past Day's the Greengrocer. Stopped & spoke to man who said he remembered my father & mother at 15 Lloyd Square. Curiously enough Evelyn Fletcher at Stafford Terrace now grown up not born at this period. Sunday 17 May 1903. Very wet.) Thursday June 25 -In morning began block. Bull & Frog. Afterwards dined at Hartrees, the St Steven's Club. Leslie Ward, Bow, etc etc. Pool. Home at 1.30pm.
(Red ink: Also lunched with Hartree on Wednesday May 13 1903 at 11 Wilton Place & also met Leslie W & Stein & Bow.) Friday June 26 - Hard at work all day. Altered block. Photod etc. Millais made a Baronet. Watts. Sir R.Collier R.A. a peer. After late dinner. To Morris's dance. Very tired. Mr & Mrs Stone, Mr & Mrs Fildes, etc etc. Home 1.45. Saturday June 27 - In morning fine. Pottered about & photod all day. Edgar & Sophy called. Mrs Conny called. After rode in Park. Agnew etc etc. Warm. Bed early after dinner. Sunday June 28 -In morning fine. East wind. Rode Folkestone. Called S.J, Oakes etc etc. Boehm, Conny. Rode to Richmond. Lunch. Paid Capron. Afterwards home. Rest. Hickman's Tennis all afternoon. Dinner there. Trench etc etc etc. On to Grossmiths. Home 12.45. Monday June 29 -Cold grey morning. Wrote letters etc etc. After worked on Hart's drawing. Sketched it out. M out at Mrs Silver's at home. Caught chill. Very seedy at night. Walked round for Orton. Came. Saw her. Stayed till 11.0pm. Tuesday June 30 - Very hot. No dinner. Rode in afternoon. Worked. Dined at Mrs Packington Wright's. Met Mrs (blank) M.P. 'Punch' & Purdie. (Wilkinson June 28 1889. No, Williamson July 8 1894) Also Miss Purves. Home 11pm. Good dinner. M much better. Jul 1885 Wednesday July 1 - M very seedy. Worked. Waters photod self in uniform etc. Rode to Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Watney's at home after. Stayed till 2.0am. Saw Mrs Fildes, Mrs Stone, etc. Thursday July 2 - M very seedy. Went early to Henley. (Pencil note: Twice since to Henley, 1886 & July 5 1894 with Mite.) Headache all day. Lovely & good day. Hot. Saw M.Pollock & husband. Grossmith, Barrington, Poynters, Tooles, Mocattas, Tom Smith, Miss Beattie Kingston. On McLaren's barge. Home 7.0. Dressed. Holl's dinner. Agnews, Bacons, Norman Shaws. Called at Club. Got letters. Home. Friday July 3 - Rode early in morning. Worked very hard all day on Brer Animals etc. Dined 9.0pm. Went to Socy Arts conversatzione. M very seedy. Up at dinner. Saturday July 4 - Very hot. Ought to have gone to Crabbett. M very seedy again. Developed photos & printed ditto. In afternoon rode. Sent Tabs home in carriage. Burnand's mare kicked etc etc. Dined at home. Did not go out. Bed early. M very seedy. Summons from Ogden. Printed photos all the morning. Sunday July 5 - Very hot. Waters a holiday. Developed & printed photos all morning. Marion very seedy in bed. Came down. After in afternoon Tabs came. Went to Tennis at Lewis'. Good sets. Won all. Should have been at Crabbetts. Home. Uncomfortable dinner. M very seedy. Sent for Orton. Went to chemist etc etc. Bed 12.0pm. Monday July 6 - Very hot. Marion still ill in bed. Orton called 11.30. Tabs & Geraldine. Letter about Mrs Linley & Harry. Wrote letters. Sent photos etc etc. No work till afternoon. Dr Barnes came. Worked on Ernest Hart's drawing. Tuesday July 7 - Mother went to Broadstairs. Went to Foundling & also to wedding of Miss Nicol. Dined at the Inventories with Nicols. Good night. Miss (blank) Mrs Wright etc etc. Home 11.0pm. Wednesday July 8 - Worked on drawing for Ernest Hart. Rode to Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Home by cab.
Thursday July 9 - Worked on Churchill as Puck. Photod Roy. Geraldine borrowed clothes. After went to dine with Mrs Bankes Tomlin. Met Leyland. After to Knowles' party. Good. Home 2.30. Rode with Miss Elmore at 5.30. Folkestone heavy. Friday July 10 - Mother left for Westwood. Worked hard & fast all day on Churchill as Puck. Saturday July 11 -Worked in morning & all day on Ernest Hart's drawing, Gladstone on Ship. After in afternoon took dear Roy to Eton & Harrow. Delighted him. Went to Inventories. After to Club. Saw Gerty Burnand, Cartwright. Billiards with Arthur Stirling. Supper & home. Sunday July 12 - In morning intended to work. F.C.B sent round. Met him. Rode over Wimbledon & on thro' Richmond. Back to Capron's. Good lunch. After F.C.B put his name down. Cameroons. Home at 7.0 riding. Fletchers dined with us. M still in bed. Monday July 13 - Hot day. Worked on drawing for Hart. Put in outline etc etc. In afternoon went to play Tennis at Davis's. His brothers etc. Dined there. On to Toole's first night, Theodora. Thunder showers. Walked to Club. Home by cab. Seedy. Liver. Tuesday July 14 - Worked hard all day on Gladstone on Ship. Finished it for Ernest Hart. After dinner went to Oakes' at home. Music etc etc. Home 2.0am. Wednesday July 15 - Up & drove to Paddington with Folkestone. Met for day on river. Photod etc etc. Good lunch & day. W.Agnew, Bradbury, Tenniel, F.C.B, D.M, self, Arthur à Beckett, Millikin, Furniss, Lucy, Lawrence Bradbury (Additional note: Screwed, Nov 5, 95. Yes, 1 Apl 1903.) Paddington 10pm. After with F.C.B to Club. He went to Byng's party. Home 1.0pm. Mervyn & Ma came up to lodgings in town. Thursday July 16 - In morning developed photos of party in launch. F.C.B called in cab. In evening dined with W.Agnew. Good dinner. Mrs Blinnerhardset, John Bright etc etc. (Additional note: This was the evening Bright said 'You're talking nonsense' to Agnew. Nov 5 '95.) Home to Club. Called F.C.B. Woodville at Cavours'. Home by Punch. In afternoon drove to F.C.B. Miss Purves etc etc. Friday July 17 - Worked hard all day on Pauper & Doctor. Photod pauper. Dinner. Did not go out. Saturday July 18 - In morning at 7.0am went to Zoo with Percy Oakes. Photod. Home to lunch. After rode to Camp. Dinner, Theophilus Bernand. Pleased with photos. Home by brougham with F.C.B. Sunday July 19 - In morning met F.C.B. Rode down to Camp thro' Park. Along thro' Hammersmith Kingsway & home. Wet in afternoon. No Tennis. Afterwards developed photos. Milliken came 4.0pm. Dinner. Sleepy. Bed 10.30. Monday July 20 -Marion had relapse in evening. Caught chill. Not so well. In afternoon went over to Davis at 6.0pm played Tennis. Bad horse. Waters fetched me. Went up to Club after & to theatre. Saw the Candidate. Home 1.30. Tuesday July 21 - Worked on Welman drawing. M not so well. Mervyn better. Dined quietly at home. Did not go out. Wednesday July 22 - Rode before breakfast. Called Miss Purves. Worked on Butterfly. Did Fancy Portrait of S.Clarke M.P. After drove to Club. Dined with W.Clowes, Ld May, Clowes, Murray, Macdonald 'Times' etc etc. Home 12.30. Thursday July 23 - Rode before breakfast. After photod self as Jockey in afternoon. Dined at home quietly. M better.
Friday July 24 - Rode in morning. Bartlett. After worked hard all day on Prince of Wales cut. Rosebery. Dined at home. Tidied. Bed. Saturday July 25 - Early went with P.Oakes to the Zoo. Photod lions. There until 1.0pm. Home. Developed plates. After went to Mocattas. There 8.0pm. Miss Twiss, Miss Hargreaves, Mrs Mocatta, Mrs Price, Mr Mocatta, Mr Price, S, Mr Metcalfe. Fladguters came in after dinner. Atkinsons dined. Bad billiards. Bed. Awfully hot in roof. Up 6.0am. Sunday July 26 - At Mocattas. Up 8.0am. Girls punting. Bathe. Breakfast bad. After awfully hot. Row to Ankerwitch. Boat. 2 canoes. Picnic. Bad. Beer!! Stayed under trees. Herrick. After row home. Dickensons. Shrimp & wife. Good dinner. John. Home 10.0. Luggage. Waters met me. Monday July 27 - Up 9.0am. Wrote letters. Finished Arrowsmith drawing. Sent it off. Very hot weather. Tuesday July 28 - In evening dined at the Healtheries by self. Met Miss Twiss. To Club by carriage & home early. Wednesday July 29 - In morning went with Roy to National Hist Museum. Photod apes & birds. Eagle. Home to lunch. Roy delighted. Photod poodle for Miss Purves. After rode thro' Park to P.D. Good Dinner. Billiards with Furniss after. Home 2.40am. No supper. Thursday July 30 - F.C.B called on horse in morning. 'Dun' from Oxford St, W. Long talk. Scotch Breakfast. Photod Scotch Breakfast. Worked on it & after dinner too. Did not go out. (table of figures, Heads, Tails.) Friday July 31 - M still ill. Worked hard all day on drawing of Crocodile & Rothschild. Dined at home. Judy. No Champagne. Bed. Read 'Germinal' & after tidied up. Rode before breakfast for ½ an hour. Aug 1885 Saturday August 1 - Up at 6.0am. Went to Zoo with Percy & Roy. Dull day. Called Club & Dalmeyers. Developed plates. Percy dined. Went to Inventories & Club after. Sir J.P.Linton. Home 2.0am. Sunday August 2 - Dull morning. Bank holiday. Rode with F.C.B thro' park, Richmond etc to Richmond Club. Arthur à B, Spencer, Oakes, F.C.B, self. Lunched. Back thro' Park with Percy. Folkestone slipped down. Cobweb jumped over hurdles etc etc. M cried. Not so well. Bed early. Solitary dinner. Monday August 3 - Bank Holiday. Did not stir out. Dull day. Developed & toned & printed photos all day. Tuesday August 4 - Worked all day on D'd photos. Went to Zoo in morning. Spoilt plates. Took Lynx etc etc. Home by train. Annoyed. Ma altered mind about Westwood. Wednesday August 5 - Photod. Printed. Very dark. Wrote letters etc. Ma here. After rode to P.D. Waters & boys. Home by brougham. Good quiet Dinner. Thursday August 6 - Very dark in morning. Up 8.30. Tabs here. M better. Wrote letters etc. Bright after. Mervyn leaves lodgings. Dined at home quietly. Worked. Friday August 7 -Worked all day on Dogs pulling. Rode in morning. Dined at home 9.0pm. Read Zola. Bed after tidying up late. Did slides with glass paper. Saturday August 8 - In early morning went to Zoo with Roy & Percy. Did Bears, Hyenas, etc. Lions. After went home. Lunch. Down to Westwood with Polly by 3.15. Saw Yates etc etc. At Westwood.
Sunday August 9 - Fine day. Had carriage after lunch. Called Southwood Villa. Bad. After Mrs Fletcher, Pugins, Burnands. Post. Train to Westgate. Orchardsons, Peto, Julian Marshall etc etc. Walk to Margate. Pier extension. Williams Walker. Monday August 10 - Fine morning. Went in carriage at 11.45 to call at Vintens. Saw Rev Banks' house, Townley Castle. Liked it. After Ashlar House. Lunch at Granville. Carriage. Yates. Sands. Margate. Williams Walker. Walk home thro' St Peter's. Cap'n Digby. Ginger Beer. E Cockaldyce. Home to dinner. Fowl bad. Bed 11.30pm. Tuesday August 11 - In morning went with Ma & M to Townley Castle. Saw Banks, Mrs B & Mrs B senior. After signed agreement with Vinten. After lunched at New Albion. Walk across to Kingsgate. Sands. Waited about. Rained. Thro' Drapers Arms, home. Saw Green. P.O.O. Wednesday August 12 - Came up from Westwood by 10.15 Margate. Carriage met me. After developed photos. Very wet. Drove to Bedford. Bad dinner. Bad Wine. Billiards. Furniss, Milliken. Home by cab. Thursday August 13 - In morning began Titania & Bottom. F.C.B called on horse. After went to Natural Hist Museum. Photod skull of sheep. After wire to alter cut. Dined at home. Went to Inventories. After to Music Hall. After to Cavour. Home am. Friday August 14 - Worked hard all day on drawing of Churchill. Polly came from Westwood. Bed late after wine. Saturday August 15 - Up early. Packed etc etc. Very hot. Got M off. Judy left Waterloo by 2.15pm. Long journey Ch Ch at 5.45. Hungry in train. No sausages. Hamilton met us, break. Lovely house. Chicks delighted. Walk by sea. Tea. Dinner. Billiards. Bat in Billiard Room. Moth. Bed. Sunday August 16 - Up in morning early. Conny & Effie. Round about grounds. Hamilton wrote in Summer House. Lunch. After walk along shore with Con, Effie, Ham, Tabs & 3 dogs. Dogs in boat. Ju hurt his leg. Shot with spring air gun. Dinner. Quiet evening. Hot sun. Monday August 17 - Up before breakfast. Nearly carried away by tide with Ju. Swan being carried back. Hamilton went to town. Back at night. Went fishing with Con. Caught only a few. Home in evening. Lawn Tennis, Effie lost gloves. Billiards. Worked in morning. Morris in Stocks. Tuesday August 18 - Adah's birthday. No present. Fine day. Worked on Morris in Stocks, finished it. Photod Conny in water. Paddled about & got wet. Chicks delighted. Dinner. 1st Roulette. Dance & foolery. Wednesday August 19 - Worked hard all day on Titania & Bottom. Others went trawling. Home to dinner late. No fish. Roulette & Billiards. Wired to Punch Dinner. (Con's last comfortable dinner.) Thursday August 20 - Con & Effie left in blues. Worked. Did drawing of Chinese Physician. Ch Ch Regatta. Rowed about. Took Roy in boat. Saw swimming etc etc. Lovely evening. Threatened rain. Dinner. Roulette. Billiards. Friday August 21 - Worked in morning & photod. In afternoon went fishing with Mervyn & Ham. Dull. Rough & rainy. Miss Drummond Hay came. Home rather late. Roulette. Billiards. Saturday August 22 - In morning rowed in Ch Ch with Tabs & Miss Hay & Marion & Ju. Got parcels, camera etc. All wrong. Bothered. Lawn Tennis. Dinner. Billiards. Hamilton all day painting boat.
Sunday August 23 - Lovely hot morning. M sat by sea shore. Photod Mervyn & pine trees. Back to house. In afternoon sat about. Wrote letters. Hamilton,self, Ju & Colonel went for walk along sea shore. Boat washed ashore made into house. After dinner worked over Hamilton's photos. Pipe. Bed. Monday August 24 - In morning wrote letters etc. Went with Hamilton to Christ Church. Got (illeg) & flag for boat. Fine weather. Took photos of Maud & hen. After dinner Roulette, Billiards. Launch of the 'Je ne sais quois'. Tuesday August 25 - Worked on W.B. Cupid & World. Fine day. Lawn Tennis with Miss Hay. Dinner. Roulette, Billiards. Trottles Garden Party. Wednesday August 26 - Finished Cupid & World. Photod rough sea. Wrote & wired F.C.B. Dinner. Roulette, Billiards. Thursday August 27 - Worked hard all day on Punch block. Finished it. Sent it off. Dinner. Roulette, Billiards. Ju lost. Up till 1.30. Moonlight walk round ground. Friday August 28 - Worked in morning on small blocks. Drove with Ham into Ch Ch. Very dull. Walked home. Adah went to Lawn Tennis party with Mervyn, Hays & Hamilton. After took dogs Ju, Hero & Colonel for walk along sea shore. Got sore. Beautiful pools of sea water as far as 1 st wall. Home dusk. Rough sea. Hamilton did blue photos. Painted. No Roulette. Billiards. Bed. Saturday August 29 - Did not work in morning. Went up river with Tabs & Miss Hay. Very rough. Photod lilies. Blew a gale & sea coming in. Photod lilies in dish. Hot sun. Cap'n Parrish came. Tennis. No good. Dinner. Bear story. Roulette. Billiards. Little bat killed. M not so well. Sunday August 30 - Most lovely morning. Up. Sat on shore & read Temple Bar, Napoleon etc. Cap'n Parrish & Miss Hay. Summer House. Lunch. Photod groups, dogs etc. Changed plates in dark room. Wrote letters. Hamilton & self walked along shore as far as boat with dogs. Dinner. Pipe. Bed. Monday August 31 - Wet day. Sailed in boat in morning to Christchurch. Had post etc etc. Sent wire for Cap'n Parrish etc. Very wet coming back. Last night of Roulette. 3 Billiards. Put things together. No drive. Sep 1885 Tuesday September 1 - In morning goodbye to Sandhills. Came up with Nurse & Chicks. Met boat at landing. Nurse limp & ill. Back by rattling buss to Stafford Terrace. Put things in order & after to Club. Dined. Went to 'Mikado'. Sleepy. Barrington etc. Club. Wrote letters & home. Wednesday September 2 - In morning put things in order. After took cab to Huish. Saw him about Pictorial World. Very wet. After walked to sponge shop. Called at Thrupp & Maberlys. After P.D at Holborn Viaduct. Prof a cold. Burnand yachting. Bradbury away. Home by Knightsbridge. Onions. Dull evening. Thursday September 3 -Pottered in morning. Waited for Arthur's letter. Rode to Warwick St on Folkestone. After went & dined at Inventories & home after smoke there. Saw no one I knew. Friday September 4 - M came back in afternoon from Christchurch. Hard at work all day on Sheffield Cutlery. Did not go out. Dined at home quietly. Saturday September 5 - In morning walked up to Piccadilly ordered shirts etc. Called at Cordings, Sands & Hunter & at office of Pictorial World. Over to Meaghers ordered camera. After to Pictorial World. Saw Huish & Clay & Cutts. Left frame. After lunch at Club. Evans & cigar talk. Home Stafford Terr by cab. Mother there. Lawn Tennis at Tuers. Met Shepherd. Home. Dinner etc. Sent horns down at 8.0am.
Sunday September 6 - Last day at Stafford Terrace. Got things all ready. Packed all photos etc etc. Did not go out. Quiet day. M bed early. Monday September 7 - M, Chicks & servants all went down to Townley Castle. Heavy thunder showers. After putting things straight went to Club & caught 3.15 for Ramsgate. Tired. Perkins in train. Saw Evans & C.Beverly. Waters met me. M & Chicks at Westwood. Nurse & Lawrence depressing. Dressed. 1 st dinner. M better. Tuesday September 8 -1st morning at Townley Castle. Walked with Roy in town. Bought pears etc. Put papers etc right. Tassell brought easel & Lawn Tennis. After rode Folkestone along sands. Row with cad in evening. Dinner all right at night. Bed. Wednesday September 9 - Put things in order etc. Wrote letters all morning. In afternoon up to town by 3.15. Nearly lost train. Bligh sent trap in morning. Went in Mrs Tomlin's brougham. Good Punch Dinner. Called Meagher. Game Billiards with Tenniel after. Furniss & cue. Quite enough wine. Bed 1.0pm at Holborn Viaduct Hotel. Thursday September 10 - At 1st Avenue Hotel. Up 7.30 breakfast. Down to Ramsgate. Waters met me, M & Maud also. Mother in town. Bought string etc. Began work. After wet. Lawn Tennis marked out by Frank Burnand. Rosie & Zeta here tea. After rode along sands & thro' Broadstairs. Folkestone fresh. Dinner. Sleepy. Bed. Friday September 11 - Up early. Worked all day. Sausage & Onion. Wired Bradbury. Waters & self rode thro' Broadstairs. Gale of wind. Home. Dinner. Sleepy. 1st night in Drawing Room. Saturday September 12 - Wet all morning. Finished Lawn Tennis. Mary & Frank Burnand called. Mary stayed to lunch. Rode over to Margate. Hair cut. Green. Back & called Westwood. Mother & Edith. Home. Dinner. Sleepy. Walked into Ramsgate. Book & Jews Harp. Sunday September 13 - Fine day at last. Lovely morning. Ordered lamp for Church. Waters late. Put photos away. Went to meet 12.15. No Millikin. Back. M went to Ramsgate church. Brown dog came. Excursionists etc. In afternoon drove over to Westgate with M. Quiet dinner after. Played Tennis with Orchardson. Saw Lockyer. Met Sir William Wiseman & Watson. Monday September 14 - Letter from Milliken. Banks called & picture fell. Rode Folkestone. Tuesday September 15 - In evening Orchardson Mr & Mrs Banks dined with us. Good evening. Banks stayed late. Tennis in afternoon. Four B, Conny, Rosy. To set up hurdle tomorrow. Little Burnands all here. Wednesday September 16 - Went up to town by 3.35 train. After to Stafford Terr, saw Mother. Got baggage in hurry. Very wet. Up to 1 st Avenue. Letters at Club from Lord Wolesley, Innes etc. Late for dinner at 1 st Avenue. Burnand away. Billiards. Beat Furniss. Annoyed could not write letters. After to Club in wet saw Gillie Farquharson, Knight etc. Back to 1st Avenue. Thursday September 17 - At 1st Avenue. Came down from town by 1.30. Wire from Porchester Terr. Very wet. Worked on Wolff & Turkey. Called on Meagher, also Spooner. Walked into Regent Street etc. Bought Roulette board, counters, in Burlington Arcade. Friday September 18 -Wet dull weather. Rode old Punch after work. Hard at work all day on Turkey & Wolff. Quiet dinner.
Saturday September 19 - Milliken came down in evening. Met 3 trains. Worked W.B drawing last The Crows. Rode round thro' Broadstairs saw Hiburnia House now Fruman Lodge. Could not dine at Banks'. Roulette came. Sunday September 20 - Most lovely day. Drove to meet à Becketts. Missed. Called Royal Court, after to Granville. Met à Becketts. Sent luggage up. Long walk with Milliken, Pegwell Bay. Just caught Burnand at Royal Cres't. Home. Good dinner. Arthur slept all afternoon. Monday September 21 Went up to town by 10.0am train. Beautiful day. Called Stafford Terr, Porchester. Lunch at Club. Caught 5.15 train. Home to dinner at 8.15. Roulette with eyelette holes. Bed. Tuesday September 22 - Early tried Folkestone over hurdle. Good jumper. After went fishing. Milliken & à Beckett. Rough. Arthur great funk. 3 score fish. Home. Found Burnands & Hammonds at Tennis. Dinner. Burnands, à Becketts, Milliken. Piles. Bothered with string etc etc. Good dinner. Roulette. Wednesday September 23 - At 11.0am à Becketts left. Worked on W.B drawing. At 3.0pm Milliken left. Did not go to town. Delicious ride on Folkestone. Jumped hurdle. Rode home. Met Canon Harford. Quiet dinner. Waters waited. Thursday September 24 - Miss Boehm came 5.15. Worked in morning all day on W.B. After went for Lawn Tennis to Banks'. Poor sport. After went to sketch at P.O.O. Saw Mrs D.M. Walked with them up to castle & station. After Mr & Mrs Whitehead, Miss Boehm, Canon Harford, W.Q.Orchardson dined. Waters did not wait. Much put out. Slow evening. Canon read Dante. Friday September 25 -Worked hard all day from 9.0am. Miss Boehm & Canon H here. Did drawing of P.O.O & Lord Manners. After rode Folkestone along sands to Westwood. Called saw S.J & Mother. Poor dinner. Sleepy. Roulette with Canon & bed 11.30. Saturday September 26 - Fair morning. Put nets round Lawn Tennis, marked court etc. Canon Harford left at 2.0pm. At 4.0pm Burnands, Banks's, Miss Beeching, D.Ms, Millars's all came. (Additional note: 'Let em all come' Jany 2, 1898.) Spencer called. Worked. Spencer in at dinner. Mother's affairs. Roulette. Bed 11.30. Sunday September 27 - Fine cold morning. M seedy. Good breakfast. In afternoon went for long ride round Margate & sands. Folkestone very tired. Blue suit. Spencer & Stokes came in in afternoon. After dinner went to Burnands. Fine evening. Very cold. (Additonal note across page: Worked all morning on last Water Baby drawing, Hoodie Crows.) (Cutting glued in: In loving memory Carlo Giuliano. Cut out Sep 1898.) Monday September 28 - Worked. Very cold. Finished Water Babies. Last drawing. Crows. Sent it off. G.Boehm left at 1.25. Nelly Keith came in evening. Went to meet her. (Additional note across page: Coldest day on this date since 1824. See 'Times'.) Tuesday September 29 - Worked morning on Punch. In afternoon Hammond & Gerty in to tennis. Banks did not turn up. After D.Ms, Hammonds & Miss Hollingshed, Nelly Keith in to dinner. Grapes from Westwood. Roulette. Bed. Wednesday September 30 - Went up by 10.0am train. Called Meaghers, Sands & Hunters, Spooners. After lunch at Garrick. Called at Pictorial World Office. Saw Clay etc. After to Chapple. Walked with Spencer to Garrick. Bought M little brooch at Attenboroughs. Called coach place. After to Club. Arthur Blunt. Whiskey &
Potash. After to Punch Dinner. 1st day in new rooms. Very close & hot. After to supper with Spencer & Oakes. 2.0am Holborn Viaduct Hotel. Oct 1885 Thursday October 1 - Annoyed never called. Breakfast 9.0am. Caught 9.55 train. Liver out of order. To Ramsgate. Light wrong. Upset. Photod Walters. Worked on Gladstone's Old Umbrella. M & Nelly went to Westwood. Friday October 2 - Worked early & late on Old Umbrella. Sent it off. 2 nd block by post. Dined at Weigalls. Orchardsons, girl, Curate, American. Dull dinner. Liver. Home. Bed 10.30. Saturday October 3 -Stokes turned up with Mother. Went for ride. Folkeston refused at Upton. Back lunch. Ch(illeg) & steak. Lawn Tennis with Stokes. After walk. Hills. Pipe. Saw Cooper. Bought things at Hills. Roulette. Sunday October 4 - Fishing with simple Stokes. 8 score. Ventroloquism. M went to church, Westwood after. Back. Walk round town. Roulette. Stokes a hass. Bed 11.0pm. Monday October 5 - Stokes fooling about. Tricks. Began Andersens in earnest. Initial Thumbelina. Stokes away in wet. Did not go out. Poured all day. Tuesday October 6 - Lovely day. 1st day with hounds. Hacked Punch. Hunted Folkestone. Home 2.0pm. Worked Thumbelina. Very much put out with face. Worked late. Bed 11.30. Wednesday October 7 - Lovely day all day. Worked all day hard Thumbelina. Uphill work. Dinner. Did not go to P.D. Thursday October 8 - Very wet. Nelly Keith leaves. Finished Thumbelina. Sent off 11.30pm. Nelly left 1.30. Subject came. Photod Roy as Bulgar Boy. Worked till 12.0 at it. Got on very well. Friday October 9 - Worked at Turk & Bulgar Boy before breakfast. After went to Chislet. Rode Folkestone. Called Sarre. Met hounds. Very difficult country. Left 2.30pm. Lunch Sarre. 48 mile ride. Walked home. Good evening. Nurse taken ill. Dr Hicks called. Yarns about Caesar etc. Saturday October 10 - Went up to town by the 10.0 train. Called at Meaghers. Put up at 1st Avenue. Went to Kensington. Saw Kearley's manager & home & stables. Drove to Club. Lunched there. Called at Office of P.World. After to Reeds. Saw Grain & actor. Reed's little ones. Sell about letter. After walked to Club. Called Solomons for walnuts. Bought Napoleon medal. Almanack dinner. Good. Bilious. Drove to Club & to 1st Avenue. Had fire. Sunday October 11 - Furniss & self came down by the 8.45am train from Ludgate Hill & Victoria. Very sleepy. Tired & bilious. Cold day. Saw Edgar at Faversham. Changed carriages. Alfred Watson in carriage. Rough sea & gale. Furniss & self walked in afternnoon through Ramsgate, Broadstairs, Margate & home along the road. Heavy wind & gale. Back tired to dinner. Edgar dined. Stokes did not turn up. Roulette. Edgar lost 1/6. Slept in little room. Monday October 12 - Started for Harriers. Heavy wet set in. Furniss in funk. Met F.C.B. Home lunch. Photod toad in afternoon. Failure. Walk on Pier. Raining. Dinner. Roulette in study. Bed 11.0pm. Tuesday October 13 - Furniss here. In morning worked & later. Heavy wet all day. Play 6 sets Tennis in soaking rain. Beat 5 to 1 Furniss. Weigall called. Champagne dinner. In evening lost 54 dozen at Roulette. Bed 11.30. Wednesday October 14 - Went up by 10.0 in rain. Heavy wet all day. Furniss left 1.15, L C & Dr R. Called Meaghers. Annoyed by unfinished Camera. Club. Stafford
Terr. Huish, Macmillans. P.W. Saw Gillie & Ford at Club. Huish tea call & talk at Garrick. Saw Furniss & Weldon. Punch Dinner. Cab with Furniss to dinner. Cab with F.C.B in wet to Stafford Terrace for photos Venus etc. Back Club. Wrote letters. 1st Avenue 2.0am. Thursday October 15 - Came down by 8.10 from 1 st Avenue. Lovely morning. All well. Sun. Photod toad. Also self as Horsley. Developed mine. Worked till 2.0pm. Edgar at dinner. Very tired & sleepy. Worked on Horsley as British Matron. Friday October 16 - Up 7.30am. Work on Horsley & Venus. Sent off 1.30. M went to lunch at Westwood. After caught harriers at 3.0pm. Good run. Home thro' Margate. Hair cut, Browns. Put Folkestone up at New Inn Yd. Called Westwood. Saw Mother, Edgar, Roy there. Home. Mouse came. Wrote letters. To dine at Hammonds. Dined Hammonds. Met Banks, Miss Griffin etc, Dr Curling. Saturday October 17 - Stokes turned up. Photod poor dead mice. Tennis in afternoon. Hammond, Gerty, Rosy & Jack. Photod them. In evening developed animals etc etc until 11.0pm. Stokes left for Margate. Promised to go fishing. Sunny morning. Sunday October 18 - Cold dull day. M did not go to Westwood. Edgar & Sophy there. Drove over after lunch. Stokes there. Called Quex, across country with trap. Stokes came to Ramsgate & nearly lost his train. Quiet dinner by selves. Walked over to see F.C.B. Not visible. Saw girls etc etc. P.P.Pugin. Monday October 19 - Worked in morning & wrote letters. Began Thumbelina & Toad. Gerty here to dinner & after took her home. At Hammonds in evening. Home 11.15pm. Tuesday October 20 - Up in morning. Fine bright day. Went hunting. Meet at Sarre. Passed Martin Thompson. Back with old O'Grady Evans. Worked on Thumbelina, flowers etc. My mother came 3rd class. Not well. Annoyed. Bed 11.0pm. Wednesday October 21 - Up, worked in morning on Thumbelina. Could not finish it. Caught 12.10 train in a hurry. Dirty boy etc. Cold coming on. Seedy. Met Courtenay in train. H.V. Upset with Meagher being unfinished. On to Club in pouring rain. At P.W Office no one there, left card etc. Back Club. Tea. Read. Walked to Office. Good dinner. Left 12.0pm. Holborn Viaduct Hotel. Fire. Cold came on badly. Thursday October 22 Cold awfully bad at night. Came down from town by 8.10. After photod self kicking up for Dufferin, & toad. Worked. Dined at Whiteheads. Went in carriage. Cold dreadfully bad. Home & embrocation. Friday October 23 - Pouring wet day. Worked till 4.30 on Toad & Dufferin. After did not go out. Read & wrote letters etc etc. Cold better. Dined at the Hicks'. Poor evening. Good dinner. Martin Thompsons, old duffer & also old maid Miss Levy etc etc. Home 11.0. Saturday October 24 - Pouring wet day. Did not go out. Courtenays wired. Worked all morning on Toad & Thumbelina. Rode 3.30pm. Arthur Linley came down. Worked before dinner. Roulette after. Bed 11.0pm. Sunday October 25 - Lovely fine morning. M & mother went to St Peters in cart. After walked with Arthur & Crum to St Peters & round coast. Met them at St Peters. Crum lost, followed trap. Called Westwood. Home lunch. Letters. Worked. Finished Thumbelina. Called Burnands. Locked out by Waters & Lawrence. Bed 11.50.
Monday October 26 - Pouring wet morning. Arthur left. Wrote letters all morning to Editor of paper. M seedy. Worked all day. Miss Levy called. Quiet dinner. Bed early. Worked Bird & Thumbelina. Tuesday October 27 - Gale of wind. Worked Thumbelina & Bird. Went up by 7.25 to town & drove to 1st Avenue. After went to Garrick & supper with Stokes at Cavour. Champagne & whiskey. Bed 1.0pm. Puzzled with new camera at 2am. Wednesday October 28 - Up 7.0am. Went with Furniss to Tower. Very seedy. Photod armour till 2.30. Lunch Garrick. Called at P.W. Saw Clay. After back Club, Sands & Hunter, 1st Avenue. Punch Dinner. Back Club & 1st Avenue. Thursday October 29 - Came down by 8.10. Saw Chicks on sands. Beautiful day, cloudy after. Called at Butchers. Took photos. Made mistake. Back to Butchers. After photod Butcher. M at Westwood. Worked on block. Went to Mayor's banquet at Granville. Sat near Hammond. Cold. Good dinner. Speeches etc etc. Friday 30 October - Worked all day till 4.30am. Drawing of Butcher Farmer. After sending off developed 1st lot of armour photos. Dinner. Bed. Saturday October 31 - Went for ride round coast & across thro' Ramsgate in afternoon. Met Morgan. Home. Stokes came & dined. Good evening. Tricks. Felt sleepy. Began Almanack. Printed photos armour. Developed photos in afternoon. Nov 1885 Sunday November 1 - Stokes here. Called 11.30 at Albion. Stokes gone. Printed photos of armour in morning. Beautiful walk to Westwood. Stokes there. Walked home. Worked Almanack page. Polly & Stokes came in cart. Saw Rosie Burnand home. Stokes away. Back to dinner. Bed. Monday November 2 - In morning began Almanack. Good ride in afternoon round sands & thro' Margate. Dined with Polly at F.C.B's, eve of Harry Burnand's wedding. J.K, Douglas, Wagg etc at dinner. Roulette after & fly home. Bed 12am. Tuesday November 3 - In morning went hunting. Meet at Sportsman. Very small field. Rained after. Hare went to Westcliff Terrace & across Weigall's. Harry Burnand married. Dined in evening at F.C.B's. Roulette. Hammond & self won £3. Good wine Lanson '74. Home 11.30. Wednesday November 4 - Went up by 8.25 from Ramsgate. In train Sebag, Douglas, Frank Gilbert Burnand, Wagg & self. Mackintosh left. Hills met me. After rained all day in town. Went to 1st Avenue & after to Stafford Terr. Garrick Club. Lunch. Furniss. Called on Macdonald 'Times'. Also P.W. After Club. Wrote letters. Called 1st Avenue. Punch Dinner. Sat till 12.0am. Garrick & home to 1 st Avenue. Tired. Fire. Thursday November 5 - Came down by 8.10 Holborn V. Fine morning but heavy rain after. Mother & Roy got wet. After worked. Began Lord Mayor. Subject for Inventions came down. Worked after dinner until 11.30. Bed 12.0pm. Friday November 6 - Worked all day till 4.30 on Inventions etc etc. Farewell to Inventions. After Fireworks at 5.30pm. Little Hicks, little Burnands, Mr & Mrs Banks, young Thornton. Good display. Dinner. Bed after. Children romped. Mother left in carriage. Saturday November 7 - Beautiful fine day but cold. Wrote letters & sent cheques, £110. Gunnings etc etc. In afternoon rode Folkestone round sands etc. Not so good again. Thro' Margate & Westwood, home. Wiseman & (?) goods etc. Conny comes by 6.15 train. Worked on Almanack. After Rosie Burnand dined. Jack fetched her. Carriage for Con. Bed 11.0pm.
Sunday November 8 - Wind due east all day. M did not drive in cart, went over to Westwood in carriage. Roy went with his grandmother to Church. Long day at Almanack title page. Did not go out. Monday November 9 - Worked hard all day on Almanack Calendar. Lord Mayor's day. Did not take Roy up. Out with Harriers. Marion went with Mrs Tomson. Meet Minster. F.C.B not well, captious. Hard at work on Almanack drawing. Tuesday November 10 - Worked all day on Almanack Calendar. Orchardson called. Dined with the Banks'. Met 'Daniel's come to judgement.' Good dinner. Home 11.30pm. Wednesday November 11 - Did not go to town. Worked hard all day on Almanack page. Crum bit Roy in morning. Cauterized & washed. Rode in afternoon thro' St Peters & round by Westwood. M at Westwood. Tassell drove her home by Punch. Thursday November 12 - F.C.B's instuctions for Harcourt came. Worked hard on Almanack. After on Harcourt & Salisbury. Cleaned drawing, could not finish it. Bed after working after dinner. Friday November 13 - Worked (illeg) & finished easily, Harcourt & Salisbury with Sherry. Walk on Pier after. Tidied up things. Bed early. Saturday November 14 - Worked all day on Almanack Calendar. In afternoon rode round to Margate called on Stokes. Home by coast & Ramsgate. Stokes at Castle. Dinner 7.30. Bed. Bottle Lanson. Sunday November 15 - Fine morning, sunny. Worked hard all day on Almanack Calendar. Finished it. Walked to Hammonds. Foolishly took whiskey. F.C.B not well with tongue. Monday November 16 - Lovely morning, cold. Went to meet at St Nicholas. Missed Mrs Hammond. Home 2.0pm. Folkestone pretty well. After began the smaller Almanack blocks. Worked to dinner, not after dinner. Bed 11.0. Rather bilious. Tuesday November 17 - Worked hard all day on second Almanack block. Very cold. Mother & Chicks to sands. Photod Folkestone. Nearly down in front of house. Roy lost. Worked after dinner. Bed 12.0pm. Fire in bedroom. Wednesday November 18 - Printed photos. Fine morning, not quite so cold. Roy & English history. Worked hard on Almanack block. Did not go to town. Thursday November 19 - Worked hard on Punch block in afternoon & late after dinner. Finished 1st Almanack block & sent it off. Friday November 20 - Worked hard all day on Punch drawing of Bismarck etc, Waiting for Verdict. Afterwards did second block. After dinner at the Hammonds. Was late, sent Polly on. Met Weigalls, Parsons, Frisby, Roses, Mrs Tomson. Home 11.0pm by Tassell. Saturday November 21 - Photod Punch in morning & Roy on Punch. Fine sunny morning. After worked on second block, Taurus & Gemini & Cancer. Worked after dinnner. Rode to Margate & had hair cut. Sunday November 22 - Stokes here. Worked hard all day on Almanack. Took photo of Stokes on Punch. Dull morning very. Stokes & Mother walked home. Worked late after dinner on Almanack drawing 2 nd block, second series. Monday November 23 - Worked hard all day on Almanack. Missed hounds. Sent 2nd block off. M seedy very. Rode in afternoon round by Lighthouse. Men in road shouted at Stonehouses. Missed Mother. Worked late after dinner. Skemed 3 rd block & made mistake with Libra. Tuesday November 24 - Worked hard all day on Almanack. Sent off 3 rd block of seasons. Found I had made mistake with Libra. Worked till 11.0am. Bed. Bad
weather. Drove in afternoon to Cap'n Fearons. For sale. Roy fell out of cart. Home. Marion very seedy. Wednesday November 25 - Did not go to town. Had to work hard all day on Almanack. Took photo Walters on Folkestone. Very wet. Mrs Herapath here. Worked late after dinner. Got on well. Thursday November 26 - Finished Almanack at 6.55pm. Sent it off. Up & worked hard all day on Almanack. Dined in evening at Mrs Tomson's. Mr & Mrs Buckmaster 2, Hammonds 2, Tomsons 2, Parsons 2, self, Frisby, Miss Roberts. 11. Home by 11.30pm. Very wet. Elections. Mrs Herapath here. Friday November 27 -Fine morning for a wonder. Annoyed with Waters being late. Rode Folkestone to Bush House Hotel meet. Across Quex. Mounted Punch. Saw Mrs Tomson & sister. After pottered about. Left hounds at 2.30. Saw Mother & Marion in Westwood. Called at Fearon's sale. After home. Banks's to dine. Banks's dined & Mrs H. Good dinner. Saturday November 28 - Dull morning. Put things in order. Drove in afternoon to Weigalls. Saw church. Went down to town. Back again. Stokes to dinner again. Good dinner. Mother here. Stokes at Albion. Sunday November 29 - Dull morning. Photod 2 Grandmamas & group. Developed them afterwards. Designed church picture frame. Stokes in to lunch. Walk round & round harbour with Stokes. Spanish ship. Mother (Mrs H) here & dined. Bed early. Stokes went home. Lost stick. Girls about. F.C.B's birthday. Walked to Burnands. Children's theatricals. In at Hammonds & home. Monday November 30 - In morning did photos etc. Put things in order. Decided not to do children cut. Lucky I did. Very wet. Went for ride in afternoon. Got wet. Election Day at Ramsgate. After dinner walked in town & back. Bed early. Sat before fire. Dec 1885 Tuesday December 1 - In morning printed photos etc. Put things in order. Caught 1.15 with Mother & back to town. Got into Election riot. Just caught train. Buss to Stafford Terr. Mother went on to Ealing. Dressed. After cab to Garrick Club. Called for Stokes. Dined Club. Went to Drury Lane. Large box for Human Nature. Club. Supper at Cavours. Back Club & on to 1st Avenue. Fire. Wednesday December 2 - At 1st Avenue. Fine morning but very cold. Walked to Meaghers. Called Corbens. After walked thro' to 50 Brook St & Harts Carriage Works. Took cab to Offord. Went to Kensington, Stafford Terr. Put house in order. After cab to Club with boxes etc. Called Pictorial World, meeting Hatton & Maurice Grant. Jaw. Tea at Spiers & Ponds. Bilious. Went to Garrick. Letters. Walked 1st Avenue & on to Punch Dinner. Almanack produced. Called Corbens again. Back to Garrick. Home to 1st Avenue. Luggage. Thursday December 3 - Caught 3.10 train. Down to Thanet. Out by Westgate. Got Orchardson's picture. Photod it & developed. Worked on it. Rode to Westwood & back thro' Dumpton & past Mascalls. Dined. Worked. Very tired after dinner. Bed 11.30. Friday December 4 - Worked hard all day on parody of Orchardson's picture 'Hard Hit'. Finished in hurry. Tidied up. Dressed & carriage came for us to go to Orchardsons. Run into by brewers dray Thompson & Son & nearly smashed. Man hurt. Police. Crowd. Cold by horse & home. Went to Westgate. Bad roads. Afterwards dined. Late for dinner. Col & Mrs Jones, Mr & Mrs Trowers, selves, Orchardsons. No coffee. Back to Westwood to sleep.
Saturday December 5 - At Westwood. Fine morning. Drove over to Ramsgate at 10.30 after inspecting carriage. Called Thompsons & also Police Station. Back to Westwood. Photod field with stubble. Lunched at Westwood. Pork. Back to Ramsgate. Rode for ¾ hour & home thro' town. Saw hare on embankment. Back to Townley. After dined. Stokes & Mother to dinner. Stokes & Mother drove home in wet. Hot grog. Sunday December 6 - Dull morning. Printed photos. Stokes called. Photod him. After walked round past Granville & on to Westwood. Good lunch. Found screw. Back to Townley. Developed photos. Dinner. Put photos in order. Read History. Bed 11pm. Monday December 7 - Grey cold morning. Wrote letters. After rode Folkestone to meet at Acol. Very cold. Came up with hounds. Scrimageours, Brown. Goodbye to Harriers. Home. Very cold. Saw Roy at school. After walked with M down to harbour & on to Pier. Tea. Photos. Weigall called. Tuesday December 8 - Frost set in. In afternoon rode Folkestone last time in Thanet. Round by Dumpton etc & thro' town. Maud stiff neck. Dined quietly at home. Wednesday December 9 - In morning up from Thanet. Only just caught train. Frightfully cold. Reffell met me at station. Went to Club. Lunched. Saw F.C.B. After to 1st Avenue & on to Stafford Terr. Unpacked & put things away. Walked to Club & P.D. Horses left Thanet. Thursday December 10 - Frightfully cold. Frost. At 1 st Avenue. Walked, called Corben & Club. Cab to Stafford Terr. Put things in order. After to meeting of Pictorial World. After dressed & dined with F.C.B at Junior Athenaeum with Walter Austin. Saw Dresden. After Toole's Theatre & after to Pavilion. Saw Raphael with Canon Harford, Borthwick etc. Club. Back to 1 st Avenue. Friday December 11 - Up from 1st Avenue. Walked to opposite Watneys. Cab at gate Kensington Gardens. Worked hard all day at Children & Punch. After too tired to go out. Slept Stafford Terrace. Bottle Ayala. Frightfully cold. Frost. Waters back at 3.0pm. Saturday December 12 - Dull morning very. At Stafford Terr. Tidied things up. Met Waters at Corbens. Settled carriage. Lunched 1 st Avenue. Frost gave in. After down by Granville Express to Ramsgate. Fly. Lost stick & papers. 2/6 for them. Saw Polly at door. Waters things sent away. Saw Banks' boys school rehearsal. Cold came on very bad. Hot grog etc. Sunday December 13 - Last Sunday at Townley Castle. In morning dull, almost wet weather. Stokes again. Walk to Westwood. Cold bad. Back by brougham to Townley. Stokes away. Bottle Champagne dinner. Last night at Townley C. Wrote heaps letters. Monday December 14 - Cold bad in morning very. Left Townley Castle. Confusion. Damp weather. Home Stafford Terr. All well. Mother came with us. Saw furniture at Hills etc etc. Tuesday December 15 - At 10.0am away & hunted with Queens hounds from Paddington. Foggy morning. Meet Uxbridge Common. Good run. Woods, Willis, Old Willis, Way, Lord Burford, Daloway etc etc. Home 3.40 with Rosevi(?) & (blank). After bath. Dined at Albion, Shaw's dinner. Met Davies, Sir J.B.Monckton etc. Home 11.30. Cold better. Wednesday December 16 - Sun. Lovely morning. Put things in order. Tore up letters etc etc etc. Carriage brought home. Wrote up etc etc. Cold all right. Punch Dinner. Took Water Babies. Stayed, showed W.B to Tenniel & others. Home.
Thursday December 17 - Photod Maud & Roy for Children's Home Rule. Worked. Mrs Herapath at Stafford Terr. Friday December 18 - Worked all day at Children's Home rule. After dinner, bottle Champagne. Saturday December 19 - Disappointed about carriage coming up. After drove to Corben. Paid for it. After to meeting of Pictorial World. After to lunch with them. Walked home & had carriage to Lyceum. Cough bad. 1 st night of 'Faust'. At Club till 2.45am. Sunday December 20 - In morning rode round Wimbledon on Folkestone. Met Lockwood & Coward etc. Home after. Quiet afternoon & dinner. Monday December 21 - Began Gladstone as Conjuror. F.C.B called on me on horseback. Photod Waters. Worked all day. Mrs Herapath left. Tuesday December 22 - Mother came. Wire from Tabs about going to Pershore. Undecided. Worked late on old Gladstone as Conjuror. Bothered with head. Wednesday December 23 - Worked on Gladstone as Conjuror. After on Irving's head. After quiet evening to bed. Cough troublesome. Decided to go to Tabs. M went out with the Rooks. Thursday December 24 - Rode in morning in Park, very cold. Saw Gilbert & Beerbohm Tree. After went down to Elmley, train to Evesham. Carriage all to ourselves. Long drive. Tabs & Hamilton. Quiet dinner. Fires. Bed 10.30. Hot grog. Friday December 25 - At Elmley Castle. Quiet morning. Read Warburton Davies 'Faust'. Hamilton at church. After lunch walked round Castle Hill etc. Shot 1 rabbit. Wrote letters. Saturday December 26 - Hunting morning. Got on 'Slap Bang' & off again. Changed. Walk round with gun & Stumps. Enjoyed lunch very much. After wrote letters. Hamilton back. Read Napoleon book, O'Meara. Dinner. Bed 11.0pm. Sunday December 27 - At Elmley. Fine morning. Girls church. Rained after. Ham & self went for walk all round park with dogs. Ju & rabbit. Home tea. Dinner. Bed early. Monday December 28 - At Elmley. 1st day's shoot. Very cold. Top of hill. Blank wood. 26 rabbits, 3 hares. Home at dinner. Drenched with rain. Good read before dinner. Bed 11.0pm. Tuesday December 29 - At Elmley. 2nd day's shoot. Went along hedge etc & thro woods. Got about 24 rabbits, no hares. Home. Heartburn. Dinner. Bed 11.0pm. Sleepy. Wednesday December 30 - At Elmley. Went shooting with kite. 2 brace of birds. Shot rabbit in head. After came up to town. Bitterly cold. Heavy rain & sleet. Carriage met me. All well. Saw Chicks. Called Briggs & Beasley in St James's St. On to Club. Punch Dinner. Home by Club. Wet. Chaff Arthur. Thursday December 31 - At Stafford Terrace. Wrote up journal. Cold wet dull day, wretched. Folkestone not well. Worked all day & did not go out. Mother not well. Worked the New Year in. Primrose League. Dined at Home.
1886 Notes and addresses on front pages of Diary: Store ticket for the year: 88355. Collins, 56 Cochrane St, St John's Wood, NW. Cohen, Sponge dealer, 55 Endell St, Long Acre. Crane, 22 Queensberry Mews, South Kensington, SW Bird & Starr, Brewers men, Castle Buildings, Castle Lane, Westminster, SW Davis, Theatrical Bootmakers, Bow Street. Donovan, Horse Dealers, Cork. A.Godfrey, 4 Sutherland Place Grain, R Corney, 180 New Bond St, W. Hamblin, Friday St, Henley on Thames. Model, Miss Grace Elliott, 67 Charlotte St, Fitzroy Sq, W. Saml Northcote, 86 Finborough Rd, South Kensington, SW. Punch Puppets, Webster & Girling, 45 Loudoun Rd, St John's Wood, NW. Tom Smith & Co, Crackers. 69 Wilson St, Finsbury Sq, London, EC. Sullivan, James F, 12 Comcragh Road, West Kensington, W Jan 1886 Friday January 1 - Worked the New Year in late at night. Mild weather, quite hot. Worked hard all day up to 2.30. Conny in to lunch. Just caught the 4.45 train for Elmley Heath. Carriage late. By self in carriage. Long drive. Lights went out at terminus Elmley. Barry there. Servants Ball. Saturday January 2 - Lovely hot morning. Bright sun. Shot cock pheasant in house grounds. After hare & rabbits. Flew kite for partridges. Home. Good dinner. Singing. Sunday January 3 - Fine morning. Smoked & read. Walked on to top of hill with Shakespear Berry Hamilton. Back Good dinner & evening. Monday January 4 - Out shooting round thro' wood. Cold on hill. Got rabbits. Shakespear good shot. Lunch in wood. Home. Conny & Effie came late. Village concert. Took Tabs down. Birthday. Very quiet, no notice. Tuesday January 5 - Lovely day but cold. Out shooting. Conny came Castle Hill. Poor sport. Home. Dinner. Quiet evening. Con late in room. Wednesday January 6 - Woke up. Snowed up. Great snow. Could not get to town. Out 'tobogging'. Good fun. Lovely day. Photod house & Ju. Dinner. Tabs tired. Roulette. Stories. Bed. Thursday January 7 - At Elmley. Snow. Pottering morning. Photod keeper. Toboggin'. Tabs & Olive up. Lunch. Back to town. Very cold. Hard frost. Dined Stafford Terr. Quiet evening. Bed. Friday January 8 - Up 8.0am. Work. China. Wrote letters etc etc. Worked & had photo of self on ladder. Did cut of Soldier & Chinaman. Bed late after work. Read 'La Curée'. Fire in room. Saturday January 9 - Put room in order & left 11.0pm for Club. Saw Turner about bookcase. Cold drive in cab & awful travelling. Bought skates. Thaw at once set in. Lunch at Club. Saw Macmillan, Craik & Evans. Cab to G.W.R. Mistake about train, 2.15 instead of 2.45. Carried on to Worcester. Dinner. Bad hotel. Slow. Back to Evesham. Dog cart. Long drive in snow. Arrived Elmley at 11.0pm. All well.
Sunday January 10 - At Elmley Castle. Down late. Wrote letters. Walk in snow with Hamilton. Round Castle Hill. Ju caught his first rabbit. Home. Shepherd & (illeg) dog. Monday January 11 - At Elmley Castle. Went rat shooting. Very cold & slow. Effie & Tabs came. Lunch in barn. Young Willoughby R(illeg). Gun went off half cock. Left early. Wrote letters etc. Tuesday January 12 - At Elmley Castle. Photod in morning. Went shooting. Ferreted rabbits. Bitterly cold & slow. Home in heavy rain. Bagnalls dined. Roulette. Bed 11.0. Wednesday January 13 - Photod books in morning. Hamilton & Conny went to Pershore for ride. At 1.30 started for Evesham. Gale of wind & squalls of hail. Home to London. Very heavy driving. Waters drove me to Park Lane. Full 'Punch' Dinner, all there. Home at 12.0am. Thursday January 14 - In morning rode to meet. Burnand rushed out of Park. Called B at lunch. Got cut. Back home. Worked & skemed cut. After dinner went in fancy dress to Tattersalls Ball. Met Johns. Home 2.0am. Friday January 15 - Worked hard all day on Lord Carnarvon & Ireland. Did not go out. Photod self on steps in morning. ½ bottle champagne. Bed 11.45. Saturday January 16 - In morning bright sun & frost. Rode to Keysers Hotel. Saw Gilbert. Called on Routledge, Clay, Bradbury, Harris. Boots. After went to Club. Saw Col Jones, Burnand, Grossmith etc. Cab to Kensington. Played Tennis at Tuers. Home. Dinner. M fresh. Put up medals. Young Millais called. Bed 10.45. Sunday January 17 - Up 9.30. At 10.0am rode Folkestone. Very hard frost. Difficulty up Wimbledon Hill. Saw Lehmann. Home thro' Richmond. Met Pincher, Colin Mackenzie & Percy Oakes. Lunch. M in Drawing Room. Cold. Pottered with photos. Harry Burnand called & wife. Wrote heaps of letters. Spencer & wife dined with us. Good evening. Monday January 18 - Rode in morning in Row. Met Finlay & Windham etc. Began reproduction Tennyson etc for Ainger. Tuesday January 19 - Tennis at Tuers. Worked reproduction of Tennyson etc for Ainger. Wednesday January 20 - Finished Tennyson & sent it off. Walked to Punch Dinner. Bought bronze Venus de Medici. Good Dinner. No subject. Walked with Milliken. Forgot afterwards. Thursday January 21 - Mother went to Ealing. Worked on Tunnel Sisters of Mersey. Queen opened Parliament. Cold raw snowy day. Saw Queen start from Buckingham Palace. Lunch Club. Mince pie. Pea soup. Called P.W.Office. Saw Cutts. Walked home. Worked Tunnel & after dinner. Friday January 22 - Worked hard all day on Mersey Tunnel. Did not go out. Bottle Champagne. Bed. Saturday January 23 - Snowy slush. Put books in bookcase & pictures right in Morning Room. After played Tennis with Tuers, Millington etc. Home. Bath. Book. Carriage to Tenniel's dinner at Arts. After saw Billiard match, Roberts & Cook. Arts & home late with Abbey & Parsons & Sargent. Sunday January 24 - Tried to ride, could not. Snow. Up & down Cromwell Road. Saw Dietz. After home. Put books right etc. Photod armour. Walk with Spencer to Club & back. Frost hard. Sergent, Abbey & à Beckett & Edgar to dinner. Good evening.
Monday January 25 - In morning did photos etc. etc. Long day not out. In evening went to Lady Monckton's at home. Dull. Miss Corwin's recitation. Ought to have met Milliken. Forgot. Tuesday January 26 - Played Tennis at Tuers at 10.15 to 12.45. After carriage to St James's restaurant. Old Masters. Horsley, Hartree, Parsons. Called Beers Gallery. To see Edgar, 13 Maddox St. Home. Miss Webster called. Began Andersens again. Read Germinal. Finished. M not well. Wednesday January 27 - M seedy. Worked in morning on Andersen. Toad. Afterwards took Roy in cab to Covent Garden. Saw Circus. Sent M & Mother home in carriage by Punch. Chicks in cab. Called on Clay. Company all up. Optician. 'Punch' Dinner. Good. Good subject. Home 12.15. Foggy. Thursday January 28 - Foggy morning. Mother went to Sheehys. Photod Stace as policeman. After worked. M drove to her aunts. Worked on Greece as dogs. Thought I had cold. Friday January 29 - Worked hard all day on Policeman & Dog (Greece). Saturday January 30 - Early in morning went down to Crystal Palace with M Roy & Maud. Lunch at Evans. Good day. Home. Dined at home. Dressed & went with Spencer to Savage Club. Bradbury etc etc. Hume Williams. After at Garrick. Saw Wiseman, Weldon etc. Abbey tight. S.J & self supper. Home 3.0am. Sunday January 31 - Was to have ridden with Spencer. Missed him. Very wet. Rode in rain. Got wet through with hail. Home. Lunch. Did not dress. Lady Monckton at home. Did not go. Feb 1886 Monday February 1 - Called 1st thing on Abbey & Parsons. Played Tennis. Cold & freezing. Violet H. After lunch worked on Andersen. In evening went with M & Mother to Wilson Barretts, Hardman blind. Home. Tuesday February 2 - Worked on Anderson. In afternoon went to Club in carriage. Went with Weldon down to Sheerness & over water to Fountain Inn. Dined with Sir W.Wiseman & also with Hitchinson & Weldon. Bed 11.0. Cold. Mother left for St Neots. Rode 9.0 to 10.0am. Saw Gilbert. Waters & boots. Much put out. Wednesday February 3 - At Sheerness. Frightfully wet all day. Photod ship. After lunch came to Garrick. Waters met me. Change P.D. Cold feet. After home at 1.0pm. Called Club. Thursday February 4 - Tuer wanted Tennis. Could not go. Photod policeman as wrestler. Prepared block. Did not ride. Tabs should have come. Edgar & Sophy to lunch. M went for Tabby. Should have gone to Brighton. Worked after dinner. Friday February 5 - Rode before breakfast. Very cold. Saw Watney. Worked hard all day on Morley & Wrestler. Bed 12.0pm. M & Champagne. Saturday February 6 - Very cold & raw. In Photo House. Very cold. Put things in order. Should have ridden with Tenniel. Missed him. Dined at home. After went to Court Theatre. Saw Pettie. Good play. Magistrate. Home 11.15pm. Read Arabian Nights. Sunday February 7 - Frightfully cold & raw. Hard frost. Rode at 10.30 over Wimbledon Common Richmond Park & home by 1.10. Galloping ass in Park. Nutmeg slipped. Quiet afternoon. Maclarens called. Dined at home quietly. Monday February 8 - Riot in West End after meeting. Worked & wrote letters. Did not go out all day. Tenniel called. Bought paper in evening. Tuesday February 9 - Dense fog. Very cold. Worked in morning, Andersen, & wrote letters. Did not Tennis. After in afternoon rode round Park with Tenniel.
Watney dined. After went to see Mikado. Supper at Club. Home. Dense fog coming home. Ma came from Westwood. Wednesday February 10 - Very cold. Took Roy & M to Pantomime. Walked to look at ice. Saw skating on Round Pond. Warned off Serpentine. Home. Called on Bank Manager. Took cab to Club. Furniss at club. Lunch, cold fowl. Walked with Furniss to Punch Dinner. After to Maclarens. Slow very. Home by Doctor's carriage. Thursday February 11 - Worked in morning. Skemed Punch & Puppets. After sent Waters for the puppets to Stores. Dined at Maclarens. Met Forth etc etc. Slow dinner. Friday February 12 - Rode before breakfast. Worked all day, Punch hanging Puppets. Finished 9.30 (across page: This cut created great animosity on acct of its being too strong.) Late dinner. Bed 12.30. Saturday February 13 - Warm weather again. Photod puppets & developed. At 3.15 rode over Wimbledon. Stopped by red flag. Home along road. Dined at home. Club after. In evening went to Pavilion. After to Garrick. Supper. Weldon, Col & Cap'n Jones. Stayed till 2.30. Home 3.0am. Bed. Sunday February 14 - Up 9.30. Wet morning. Rode with Cartwright round Wimbledon & Richmond & home. Spencer in after lunch. Dumps about Mrs O. Tidied up. Bookcases etc etc. Wrote. To go to Boehms. Went to Boehms. Dull evening. Flower, F.C.B, Northcote, Whistler, Irving, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Lord Russell there. Home 12.0pm. Cigarette. Monday February 15 - Dull cold east wind. Photod Punch Puppet before sending it back by boy. Wrote letter etc. After went & dined with Tenniel at Garrick. Drury Lane after. Supper with Spencer. Joe Knight talked after. Home 2.0am. Tuesday February 16 - Dull cold east wind. Played Tennis with Tuer & Allen & Millington. Left 12.0am. Could not photo. Worked after. Put things in order. Wednesday February 17 - Dull cold east wind. Worked on drawing for Andersens. Cut of Socialists came out. Little thought such a bother would be made about it. Mother & Polly went to Circus. Dined Punch Dinner. Home after. Thursday February 18 - Cold dull east wind. In morning went to Grosvenor Gallery. Met Tenniel. Called at Wilkinson & Kidds. Rode in Park. Met Finlay. After went to lunch with Godfrey Turner & Dickens. Good lunch, very. Circus after. On to Stafford Terr. Worked on Navy of Future. Bed 11.0pm. Dined quietly at home. Friday February 19 - Cold dull east wind. Mother went to Conny's. Worked hard all day on cut for the Navy of future. Did not go out. Dined at home. Bed 11.0pm. Saturday February 20 - Dull cold east wind. At 10.0am breakfasted with Weldon, saw Platinotype Process. After cab to Sands & Hunter. Club. Covent Garden. On to Platinotype Process Company's offices. Meaghers. Back to Club. After Covent Garden, photod clowns. Back to Club. Lunch. Saw Weldon, Christie told me about action against Punch. On to Punch Offices. Saw F.C.B, Milliken, Bradbury etc. Walked back to Club. Cab & home. Dressed & went to Furniss's to dinner. Tenniel & Burton Barkers there, Miss Furniss. Talk about 'Punch' cut. Home. Cold. Sunday February 21 - Cold dull east wind. In morning rode with Cartwright over Wimbledon & Richmond. Galloping horse. Home. Great Socialist meeting in Hyde Pk. Nervous about house. Baker & Cartwright dined with us. Good evening. Monday February 22 - Dull cold east wind. Wrote letters. Changed slides etc etc. Mother came from Conny's. Tuesday February 23 - Rode before breakfast. Met Hake. Came home on acct of snow. Bitterly cold. Worked Andersen. In evening went to Toole's Theatre. Saw Faust. Very good. Home 11.30. Very slippery.
Wednesday February 24 - In morning & afternoon worked on Andersen. Walked to P.D after. Ordered collar studs. Late full Dinner. All there bar Lucy. Discussion on cut of Puppet Show. Home 11.30pm. Thursday February 25 - Began work early on Police cut. Photod policemen & tramp. After worked, & worked till 12.30am. (Cut not used after.) Friday February 26 - Worked hard all day on Police cut. (Not used after.) (Pencil note: Used 3 years after, 13 May '90) Photod labourer in morning. Dined at 6.30 & after went to the Lyceum with M to see Faust. Home at 11.30pm. (Pencil note: Saw this twice in '94 April.) Saturday February 27 - In morning put Photo House in complete order & pottered about. In afternoon same. Afterwards dined early & went to the Court Theatre. Bitterly cold. Supper at Garrick. Home 2.45am. Waited ¾ hour for supper. Savile Clarke, Justin McCarthy. Sunday February 28 - Up at 10.30. Rode. Bitterly cold. Wretched ride round by Putney & home. Missed Waters. Lunch at home. Spoilt prints. Wrote lots of letters. Very cold. Snow. Mr & Mrs Fildes dined with us. Mar 1886 Monday March 1 - Up till 1.0am, Fildes's here. Bed. In morning very cold & heavy fall of snow. Sent Waters to stores. Wretched weather. North east winds. Tuesday March 2 - Very bitterly cold. Worked on the drawing for Andersen. In evening took Mother to the Princes Theatre. Met Hollands & Frank Miles. Home. Very cold. 4 wheeler. Wednesday March 3 - Worked & finished Andersens. Judy in. In afternoon walked to Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. All well. No block in Punch. Called Club & wrote letters. Thursday March 4 - In morning foggy, wretched & cold. Got ready for Volunteer subject. Disappointed about Wycliff. Spencer sold me over hat. Worked hard & late in afternoon. Mother dined last time. Friday March 5 -Worked hard all day on Volunteer subject. Dined 7.15. After went to see 'Engaged'. Home 11.30pm. Saturday March 6 - In morning fearfully wretched dull heavy day. Photod self in uniform. After developed & pottered. Rode to Wimbledon in afternoon. Dined with Sir Richard Webster in evening. Good dinner. Quietly to bed. Sunday March 7 - Wretched hard frost. Spencer came in. Put things in order & printed 1st Platinotypes. Did not go out. Sterne & Reeve called. Spencer & Adah dined & stayed till 11.30pm. Monday March 8 - Cold fearfully dull day. Put photos in order etc etc. Worked afternoon. Did not go out. Dined at home quietly. Tuesday March 9 - Bright morning. Spencer came in & asked us to dinner, hang it. Photod in cold by Waters in costume for the Artists' Benevolent. Bitterly cold but bright. Marion could not go to Spencer's so went by self. Good dinner. Billiards. Home by Waters. Met Brassey's friend Merton Skinner. Wednesday March 10 - In morning printed & developed the Platinotype process, photos of self with invitation. Very cold. After lunch walked to the Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Pancakes. Took photos. Success. Thursday March 11 - Worked after photoing Waters & Roy on Greek subject. In evening went to Boehms & heard Whistler's lecture & met Princess Louise. Home at 11.0pm. F.C.B bored. M could not go. Something upset me at dinner.
Friday March 12 - Worked hard all day on block for Greek subject. Did not go out. Quiet dinner & bed after. Collywobbles all day. Saturday March 13 - Put things straight in morning & all ready at 2.30. Went down to Westwood with Polly. Saw Squire on platform & Ingram at Westgate. Very cold. Walked to Westwood. Dinner & quiet evening. Sunday March 14 - In morning wrote postcards etc. Walked at 11.30 round coast to St Peters & thro' Churchyard. Cold. After lunch wrote till 7.30. Walked to Ramsgate & on pier. Home by 9.50. Not quite so cold. Crum ran away. Monday March 15 - Very cold at Westwood. In morning at 10.30 walked to Hills, past Granville. Glass beer. Along Montefioris. Past sands to Broadstairs & round coast to Margate. Snow sleets. Very cold. Lunch at White Hart. Very pretty woman lunching with Cap'n Sparkes. Back to Westwood. Mrs Eykyn (Newman) there. Dinner & letters. Carriage to Margate with Polly. Very cold. Girl like Rosie Burnand. Sparkes' girl on platform. Belt sentenced to 12 months hard labour. To Garrick, Irving & Toole at supper. Left 1.0pm. Home 1.30. Cab. Tuesday March 16 - In morning not quite so cold. Up & put things straight etc etc. Lunch with Chicks. In afternoon drove dear Roy to skate at the Ranelagh Club. Skated from 4.0 to 6.0. The seventeenth day of March 8 inches of ice. Slight thaw set in. Dressed & drove to Arthur à Beckett's dinner at 24 Gloster St. General Dumeny & wife. Learnt about Mrs Geiger etc. Renshaw. Home by carriage. Wednesday March 17 - Dense black fog in morning. Cleared away & bright after. Frost. Printed photos. Walked to Punch Dinner. Left watch at Hawleys. Club. P.D. Good Dinner. No subject. Home after Club. Thursday March 18 - Worked. Disappointed about cut. F.C.B called. In afternoon went up to Garrick Club met Milliken & Furniss & Tenniel & went to the Savoy Theatre, Mikado. Enjoyed it immensely. Club after. Home. Friday March 19 - In morning at 12.30 got subject John Bull & Stores. Worked hard all day. Dressed after dinner & went to Club by carriage. Did John Bull & Stores. Had lock picked. Weather broke at last. Saturday March 20 - In morning printed photos & developed prints. Put them to dry. Carriage to 1 Raymond Buildings. Lunch Club. F.C.B, Lt Col Jones, Gillie F etc etc. After to Kensington. Down to Westwood. Tom Thorn in train. Cards. 4/6 cards. Dinner Westwood. Bed 12.0pm. Sunday March 21 - At Westwood. Silly Stokes there. Walked with blistered toe to Margate. Talk of Mervyn. Home after bitter at Faggs. Wrote heaps of letters. M carriage to Ramsgate, called Hammonds. Dinner. Walk round Granville S.W. Called at Hammonds. Rosie & Pugin there. Smoke own weed. Whiskey. Walk to Westwood. Sea fog. Monday March 22 - Dull, foggy. sea fog. Wrote letters. Oyster lunch. At 1.0 walked to Ramsgate. Called Hill. Not in. Roy's coin. Walked up to Granville. Glass of Beer. Along cliff to Broadstairs with Crum. Home at 5.15.. Up to town. At Club. Irving, Toole & (illeg). Gillie F's stories of gambling. Tuesday March 23 - At Stafford Terrace. Photod & put things in order. Drove up to Club. Rode at 11.45. Dined with Renshaw. Met Wyndham etc. After to play with Cartwright. Avenue. Very hot & close. Supper at Garrick nothing to eat. Home 1.30pm. Wednesday March 24 - Rode in morning. Worked on Clowes subject. Busy with photos etc etc. Walked to P.D. Bradbury absent. Club. Irving & Toole by themselves. Home after liqueur 1.30.
Thursday March 25 - Worked in morning. Clowes called & Turner with Toole. Photod labourer from Nash's. After work dined with Stokes at Privatillis. Bad wine & dinner. Pavilion. Cavour. Left Stokes at Cavour & on to Club. Met Allen Godfrey. After Club quietly home 1.30. Friday March 26 - Dull morning. Up 6.45 walked to Museum & Public House. Sketched etc, door of Museum. Photod Waters in robes & wig. Worked hard all day. Polly came home 7.30pm. Bott Ayala '78. Put things in order. Bed 11.30. Saturday March 27 - Worked on idea of Clowes drawing. Got rough sketch & called on Clowes in carriage. Round by Club, home. In evening dined with Polly at Hickmans, Palace Gardens. Met Flower etc etc. After played game of Billiards at Lewis's. Thought of Bear subject. 1st night of the 'School Mistress'. Sunday March 28 - Rode round Wimbledon. Ended up coming home. In evening Sterne & Colin Hunter dined with us. Sterne free also Spencer. Mother here. Monday March 29 - Worked on Clowes drawing for Exhibition. Altered composition of it. Tuesday March 30 - My mother came & spent the day. Rode before breakfast. Worked on Clowes drawing. Got it sketched out. Wednesday March 31 - Answer from Frank about Bear subject. Photod engraving etc & girl. Letter from Frank to be read before the Punch Dinner. Arthur presided. Saving the Ships subject. Apr 1886 Thursday April 1 - Worked all day on the Bear subject. Finished it 7.30. Very tired at night. Gladstone as Polar Bear. (illeg) Lord Rosebery's at home. Met Waggs, Lucy etc. Club after. Friday April 2 - Worked all day on the Exhibition drawing. In evening dined with Clowes. Beat Winchester Clowes, Cunliffe Owen & took 2 Pools. Home in wet. Very wet. Saturday April 3 - Worked in morning on drawing for Exhibition (Clowes). After the Boat Race at Donaldsons. Lockyers, the Bakers, Cap'n Shaw, Lord G.Hamilton. Home. Rode round Wimbledon after. Lovely day. Sunday April 4 - Picture Sunday. In morning worked all morning on Exhibition drawing. After with Maud & M went to pictures. Stone, Fildes, Hunter, Leighton, Princep, Millais (not showing) Boughton. M went on to Goodalls. Met Spencer & Roller etc. Conny & Oakes. Worked after on Exhibition drawing. Monday April 5 - Up early went down to Winchester Clowes at Hitchen. Breakfast. Good cob. Meet. Cob reared with me. (Later note: Afterwards called Sambourne, Oct 22 '94) Got away. Ride thro' Hitchen. Lawn Tennis. Talk. Good dinner. Home by 11.30. Girls at Kings X. Tuesday April 6 - Worked hard all day on drawing for Exhibition. Wednesday April 7 - Worked on drawing for Exhibition. Finished at 3.0pm. Drove in cab to Clowes in rain. After to execute deed at Yarde & Loudon's. Received cheque for £71 odd. Von Joel. Very wet. Got rid of old W & after to Punch Dinner. F.C.B there. Good dinner. Home after Club. Thursday April 8 - Finished the outline of Exhibition drawing. Not well. Liver out of order. Faustin called & took it away. After prepared for Liszt drawing. Photod Waters as Gladstone & self at piano. In evening drove to Grosvenor, Liszt reception. Supper Club & home. Friday April 9 - Worked all day on drawing of Gladstone & Liszt, piano. Dined quietly at home after. Finished 8.0pm.
Saturday April 10 - Dull morning. Put things in order & printed photos etc etc. Took Roy & Maud to Exhibition, Indian & Colonial. Home by 1.0pm. In afternoon rode round Constitution Hill & Pimlico. Saw 9.0 M. After Mrs Stone dined with us. Billiards at Lewis's after. Fildes etc etc there. Sunday April 11 - Fearfully dull & wet. Did not meet F.C.B. Rode to see Mother. In afternoon coloured the Exhibition drawing. Dined quietly at home. Spencer arranged to go a'huntin. Monday April 12 - Up in morning 9.0am. Trained down to Slough. Hunted with Buck Hounds. Met Hickmans etc etc. Spencer went too. Fine day. Deer ran thro' Fulmer & on to Denham. Home after lunch at Pallis's. Bottle Boll. Dined with Spencer at the Cafe Royal. Twiss 25 yrs married. Home 1.0pm. Photod Spencer & self in Drawing Room. Tuesday April 13 - Up & worked all day on drawing for Exhibition. Clowes & Faustin called. At 7.45 dined & went to Boehms. Boxall & Forbes there. Home 12.0pm. Read Macaulay. Wednesday April 14 - Dull. East wind. Spencer called with Baby in morning. Wrote up diary & letters. After walked. Called on Lane. Not in. Club, wrote letters. Again on Lane, found he had given up business. Back to Club. After to Punch Dinner. Bradbury not there. Milliken ill. Home by cab. Thursday April 15 - Worked in morning on the Birds & Bill etc. In afternoon Tenniel & Furniss called & we rode over Wimbledon Common. Furniss in funk. Home by 9.30pm. Alice Nicol came. Dined at home. After went to Albert Hall. Shakespears there. Walked home. Bed 11.30. Friday April 16 - Worked all day on Birds & Bill. Picking holes. After in evening went to hear 'The Lord Harry' at Princess's. Sentimental play. Home 11.30. Supper. Bed 12.30. Saturday April 17 - In morning wrote letters etc etc. Tidied up. Rode in Row in evening. Folkestone went well. Met Charles Burnand. Home. Dinner. Quiet evening. Sunday April 18 - Dreadfully dull morning. Rode over Wimbledon Common. Back by 1.0pm. Spencer & Mother there. Lunch 12.15pm. Ellis called. Charles Burnand dined with us. Met Miss Nicol. Monday April 19 - Row with Waters about hitting Punch. Miss Nicol here. Tuesday April 20 - Punch Dinner this evening. Suggested cartoon Gladstone & (illeg). Had Greek one to do. Stokes dined at 18 Stafford Terr. Wednesday April 21 - Dear Roy left for Westwood. Worked hard & late on Greek defying the Lightning. Could not finish till 9.15. Thursday April 22 - Worry letter from F.C.B about block. Began Academy drawing. Friday April 23 - In morning worked on Academy drawing. After in the afternoon rode with Tenniel to call on Bradbury. Did so. Did not see him. Back home thro' Battersea Park. Carriage out at Wimbledon. Shewed Tenniel stable. Skemed Academy drawing in afternoon. Saturday April 24 - In morning should have hunted with Queen's. Did not. Waters photod self in costume for Academy block. Developed 22 plates. Vernon Watney dined with us quite quietly. Settled to go to Paris next Saty. Sunday April 25 - Did not ride, cold east wind. Printed all my photos ready for work. Worked & began Academy drawing in afternoon. After dined with M at Fildes. Gordon Thompson & Woods there. Spencer & Percy called in afternoon. Monday April 26 - Worked all day on Academy drawing. Did not go out. Tuesday April 27 - (Blank)
Wednesday April 28 - Up very early & worked hard all day at Academy drawing. Could not finish. After drove to Press Day Academy. There 2 hours. Met Furniss & drove to Punch Dinner. Keene there. Good Dinner. Left at 8.45 in carriage. Cold came on. Influenza. Worked till 1.0pm. Mother read to me. Thursday April 29 - Up at 7.0am. Finished Academy drawing. In all day. Printed photos & tired. Woods called with cold. Put off dinner. Stopped in all day, did not go out. Cold east wind. Friday April 30 - In morning printed photos etc etc. After took cab to Grosvenor Gallery for Press View. Influenza came on badly. Saw Woodruffe. Met M & drove to Rules. Lunch. Cold very bad. Academy. Conrad Cook etc etc. Home 6.0pm. Changed. Food & on to Victoria en route for Paris. Very seedy. May 1886 Saturday May 1 - Arrived after roughish passage Calais at 1.0am. Saw Osborne Q.M. On to Paris in coupé. Very cold. Arrived 5.41am. Clean. Continental. Bath. Delay about room. After changed things. Breakfast in Grand Café, on to Salon. Felt really ill & feverish. Went home to bed for 3 or 4 hours. No appetite for dinner. Called chemist, got tonic. Eden Theatre. Row between cocottes. Fight. Back. Met Tyndall. Bed. Spencer went to Ball. Sunday May 2 - Got up much better. Dressed. Walked to Binda. Breakfast with Tyndall. After walked on to Course of Longchamps. Spencer lost 5 franc piece. Lots of girls etc. 2 women. Americaine. Lunch. Walked a long way back. Spencer's foot bad. Back to hotel after large cocktail at Binda's. Dressed as going out. Met Watney & Foot. Dined at Le Doyen. Cold. After to Nouveau Cirque, Watney & Foot. Very tired. Home. Bed 1.0pm. Monday May 3 - Up in morning. After went to see Mr Ward. Enormously fine house near Opera. Saw Mr Ward. Busy. Parc Monceau. Lunch at Cabinet de Lion d'Or. After back to hotel. On to Salon. Very hot & crowded. Better. Turned out. Met Bonvoisin. 'No revolution in that weather'. After cocktail at Bodega. Bad & upset me. Bought jacket after. Dined at Continental with Watney etc, Foot. After to Hippodrome. Saw Americaine & home. Went with Spencer to see if we could get to Valentinos. Closed. Tuesday May 4 - Up in morning. Dressed. Missed Watney & Foot. Walked to Louvre & Morgue. Collywobbles. Bought Greek coin. Back to lunch. After Spencer had wire. Packed. Bought doll & chocolate. Dinner. Saw Knowles. Left Hotel at 7.10. Caught train, coupé. Asparagrass at 1.0pm in train, from Amiens. Calais 2.0pm. Wednesday May 5 - Arrived at Stafford Terrace 6.45. Travelled all night. Beautiful passage. Found M not well. Mother & Mrs H there. Dull morning, bright after. Wrote letters for Artists Gen'l B'ent. After rode in Park in brown suit. Saw Wyndham & Finlay. Bright & hot. Cold began again in throat. Home. Lunch. More letters. Clock put up. Mistake about Folkestone. Rode to P.D. Saw Sir Ed Sullivan & daughter. Late for Dinner. Very livery. Sleepy & congested after. Home 12.0am. Thursday May 6 - Lovely morning. Up 10.0am. Cold on chest & liver out of order. Wrote all day. Rode in evening. Met McLaren & children. After F.C.B. Over to see Tenniel. Got instructions. Back. Mrs Stone to dinner. Quiet evening. Friday May 7 - In morning went to Academy. Stopped by detectives drawing Burne Jones picture. Left sketch. Home in cab. Saw cad Humphreys. After photod Waters & worked all day. Caught carriage & S.J & self dined with Tindall at
Wellington Club. Good dinner. Went on to Abbey & Parsons afterwards. Great night. Supper dance. Home by 5.30am. Saturday May 8 - Head very bad in morning. Wrote letters. Slept till 12.0 noon. Mother & Mervyn left for country. In afternoon wrote etc etc. Played tennis at Davis's. Home cab. In evening went to Foreign Office reception. Met Sir E Reed etc. Home 12.30am. Sunday May 9 - Quiet day. At 11.0 rode to Colin Hunters. Ride with Macbeth, Hunter & Mr Fletcher & self. Champagne at Colin's. Home. Lunch. Wrote all afternoon. Dined at Stone's in evening. Met Lockwoods, Kendals, Holls, selves. Oppressively hot in morning, like Sirocco. Monday May 10 - Weather set in cold & dull. Wrote all morning. After went to play Tennis with Yeames, Col Osborne & Davis all afternoon. Dined there. Tadema in to dinner. Long talk. Classic. Home. 12.0am. Tuesday May 11 - Frightfully wet cold damp dull day. Marion had cold set in. Wrote out letters for A.G.B.T. After went in wet & carriage to Meagher, Sands & Hunter & also to Stewards meeting A.G.B.T. Saw Millais. Back home with Chester. Were to have Lucy's to dinner. Did not come. Bed 11.0pm. M's cold bad. Wednesday May 12 - Cold wet dull day. M in bed with cold. Finished writing up for A.G.B.T. Waters told me he was married. P.D. Woodalls Great Smoking Party. Drove from Club there. Wet, very. 2.0pm. No supper. Home in pouring rain. Thursday May 13 - Photod policeman as John Bull at 2.30pm. Worked. Awfully dark & dull. After sleep after dinner went to Augustus Harris's great reception at Drury Lane. Saw Mrs Abney. Slow. Supper. Drunken Jap. Miss Beattie Kingston. Supper at Garrick. Ham etc. Drunken Fitzgerald. Friday May 14 - Worked all day on John Bull & Gun. Finished 7.15pm. After went to Exhibition & to Pavilion & Cavour. Club after. M went to Westwood at 3.0pm. Plain governess. Saturday May 15 - Countess Granville at home. In morning wrote up my list. At 4.30pm drove to Club. Spencer. After to Freemasons Tavern. Artists Benevolent Dinner. Great success. £500 subscription. Arts Club. Cohen. After to supper with Spencer, Colin Hunter, Gordon & Farquharson. Late. 2 magnums of '74. Sunday May 16 - In morning pouring wet day. Rode with Colin Hunter. After lunch at Natorps'. After walk to Club. Rest. Got all right. Dined next Ashby Sterry. About 9.0pm only. Boughtons’ at home. Pretty women. Home after smoke at Parsons. Left party for hour & back with wine. Monday May 17 - In morning wrote list up. After lunched with Chicks & took them to the Exhibition. Dear Roy a coin. After walked up Row. Met Sir E Sullivan. Carriage to P.D. after. Good Dinner. Derby sweep. Took F.C.B on to Harding Cox's. Good evening, very. Home 3.0am. Good dancing. Tuesday May 18 - Man from Partridges, British Workman picture. Fine morning at last. Went for most lovely ride in Row, enjoyed it enormously. Rode with Wyndham. Afterwards home. Dressed. Lunched at Mrs Skirrows. Good lunch. Slow. Madame Toussauds. Club. Home to Stafford Terr. Wrote letters. After Maud dined late. After went to Exhibition. Sutherland. Club. Saw Chapmell & home 1.30. Called Allen Godfrey about frames. Wednesday May 19 - Up 8.30am. Very well. Drove. Called on F.C.B. After went to Folkestone. A'Beckett & Black(illeg). After Exhibition. Lunch. Sat by sea. Walk up Lees. Train back. Home to Stafford Terr. Dined at 8.45pm by self. After to Lord Granville's at home. Met Sir C.Russell, F.C.B, Lady Wentworth, Agnews etc. Called Club & home.
Thursday May 20 - Up 9.0am Waited for letter from F.C.B. Came at 12.0. Did little King of Spain. Hard at work all day & did not go out all day. Finished at 9.0pm. Friday May 21 - In morning wrote letters. After went out to call in carriage & called on Mrs Geiger, Mrs Lucy & also on Harding Cox. After went to Club & wrote letters. Came across Spencer in Park. After dined at Inventions. Very pretty woman dining. After Club & on to wonderful night at the Grosvenor Gallery to meet the Colonial Commissioners etc. Reel. Home in violent thunderstorm. Great night at the Grosvenor Gallery. Saturday May 22 - Up early. 'The devils'. Dear Maud sitting side of bed. Caught train to go to Folkestone. Sir Edward Reed etc. Very chippy all day & bilious. Scramble on to bus etc. Fly to Exhibition. Long ceremony. Uniform etc. Lunch. Morris, Miss Corwen & also Miss (blank). After across country to Ramsgate. Colder after dinner. Very bilious. Bed. Spencer went down with me. Wore brown check suit. Sunday May 23 - At Westwood. Most lovely hot day. Went long walk to Margate etc. Home. Lunch. Sat out & read. Sleep. After wrote letters & walk to Ramsgate & back. Supper. Monday May 24 - Wet day in London all day. Wet in morning at Westwood. After lovely. Walked to Broadstairs. Biscuit & cheese. On to Ramsgate. Called Hills. After dog cart met me. Home to Westwood & back to town in violent rain. After dinner by 7.40. Waters met me. Tuesday May 25 - Developed photos & put house in order etc etc. After dinner took Marion to the Exhibition. Home by carriage. Rode in evening. Printed & squared up all photos. Wednesday May 26 - Photod Spencer's baby. (2 photos of Baby) After walked to Punch Dinner. Out of my place. Bradbury back. Professor Strong. Walked home with Milliken & D.M. Tabby came to tea in afternoon. Thursday May 27 -Skemed Orleans Princes. Saw a great many Grooms for new coachman, 6 or more. M out making many calls. M called at the Du Mauriers, D.M depressed. They give dance tomorrow. Rode at 5.30 to 7.15pm. Quiet evening & dinner. Friday May 28 - Hard at work all day on Orleans Princes. Photod Pincher. After dined at Mrs Geiger's. Home 11.30. Met Oppenheimers, Cap'n Edgecombe, Maclean etc etc. Tabs in to lunch, went off after by self. Saturday May 29 - Lady Rosebery, Foreign Office at home. Put things in order. After M drove me to Victoria. A'Beckett only just caught train. After went to Beckenham. Over Flowery hall. Photos. Lunch with Major Foster. Renshaw ill. After home. Dinner at Stafford Terr. Sleep. Drove to Foreign Office. Prince of Wales, Prince Edward. After to Garrick. Home at 3.0pm. Saw Salomon, Carr etc. Sunday May 30 - Hot still morning. Rode through Flags etc to Putney & round Wimbledon. Down Roehampton Lane. Passed by Bolding. Home 1.15. Went to Lewis's. Lawn Tennis. After home. Macdonald & Fletchers dined with us. Bed 11.30. Monday May 31 - Up at 9.30 & went to Goring. Met Tenniel at Reading. After met Vicat Cole. Lunch at Lockleys. After photod boat etc. Steamed down the Henley course. Caught 8.5 from Henley. After had supper with Tenniel, Arts Club. Saw Sydney Vacher. Home 12.30am. Jun 1886
Tuesday June 1 - Dull morning. Thundery. Developed plates. M went to Morell Mackenzies. Crane called. Spoke to Waters. Rode in evening. Saw Mocatta. Also D.Ms, Lewis's etc. Home. Folkestone fresh. Bed early. Wednesday June 2 - Quilters at home. 9.30, music. 74 South Audley St, W. Dull day, very. Finished Arthur's photos etc printed a lot. M went for drive with Dr Harcourt. After drove to P.D. Bradbury queer. Went with Tenniel to Institute. Saw Miss Purves. After to Quilter's pictures. Nigger girl singing etc etc. Stayed till 2.30am. Smoke & talk. Home 3.0am. Thursday June 3 - Dull wretched day all day. Wrote letters. Began British Workman. Mrs Macdonald called. Hair cut. To dine at Cohens. Drove to Cohens. Dull stupid dinner. Club after & home. Friday June 4 - Waited about Burnands letter. In re Bright. Photod self in hurry & finished at 9.30pm. Champagne & bed. Good block all the same. Saturday June 5 - Brewers came with Watneys beer & stood for photos. Worked hard all day. Waters drove for last time. After dined at Tuers. Sat next Mrs Whitehorn. Good dinner. Sunday June 6 - Rode Folkestone. Weary ride & he nearly tumbled down. Over Wimbledon & home. In afternoon Lawn Tennis at Lewis's. After Tom Angell dined with us. Harold Powers at Lewis's. Sleepy after dinner. Monday June 7 - 7.45 Abbey dinner. Waterloo Place. Continental. Worked on British Workman drawing. Waters left my service at 3.50 today. Walked up to dine at Continental. 50 dinner. Met Whistler & Gosse, Rider Haggard. Night of the Great Division at House of Commons. Government defeated by 30. Tuesday June 8 - In morning wrote letters. After took M down to Ascot. Lunch at Bowen Mays. Fine day. Stood on course & home by train. Crane drove for 1 st time. Stokes dined at 7.30. Wednesday June 9 - Poor Mason buried. Had man & telegraph boy. Worked & developed plates. In afternon walked to Addison Rd. Took train to Hampton Court. Good dinner at Sadlers, very. All there but D.M. Home in evening. Met John Penn at Club. Home at 11.45. M dined at the Leech's. Mervyn up. Edgar called, his wedding day. Thursday June 10 - This morning was as dark as a November day & heavy rain. Spoilt Ascot. Worked by gaslight on British Workman drawing. In evening dined at H Dickens. Slow dinner. After to Burnands' at home. Mrs Jopling, Adah S.J. Home 2.15am. Friday June 11 - Fine hot morning. Up at 10.15. Waited about for letter from Burnand. Much put out by my letters not having been posted the night before. Consequently had to wait until 2.0pm for instructions. Photod after, 1 st from Crane. Did Salisbury & Chamberlain. Worked till 9.30. Late dinner. Bottle champagne. Bed. M trumpet at dinner. Saturday June 12 - In morning printed up photos etc etc till late. All day put things in order. Began to draw the British Workman drawing. Rode Folkestone in evening. Wet & showery. Dined at home. Bed early. Sunday June 13 - In morning at 9.0am rode. Went to Fildes at 10.0am. Photod girl. Awfully hot. Lunch at Fildes'. Val's birthday. After to tennis at Lewis's. Miss Payton & dog & Spencer & wife in to lunch with M. Dog dirty. Mr & Mrs Perugini, Mr & Mrs Fildes, Mr Walter Austin, Mr Pelleau dined with us.
Monday June 14 - Dull afternoon. In morning developed Britannia plate & photos. In afternoon worked on British Workman drawing. Dined at home quietly. Bed early. Wrote letters. Tuesday June 15 - Grand dinner at the Grand Café. Met Dyce. Home by hansom. Wednesday June 16 - 'Punch' dinner. Good Dinner. Walked to Garrick. Cab after, home at 12.30am. Thursday June 17 - Photod self in Fishing get up. Worked at it. Friday June 18 - Worked hard all day on Fishing cut. Dined at home. Did not go out. Bed 11.0pm. Saturday June 19 - Drove at 11.0am with Polly to Waterloo. Put down at bridge. Collision with carriage. After went down to Holloway College. Met Arthur, Broadley & Thinn, Davy etc. Lunched earlier & home. Got home to Stafford Terr. Found all out. Dined & on to Colinderies. Supper at Club after. Home. Sunday June 20 - Went at 10.0am to Fildes. Took 48 photos. Bright day. After at 3.30 home. Developed some plates. After drove in carriage to Santley's & on to Club. Dined quietly. Met (illeg) Fawkes & Bangs. Talk in Smoking Room & home. Monday June 21 - Developed some plates. Worked. Rode before dinner. After went to see 'Clito' at Princess's. Club after & home. Tuesday June 22 - Worked on British Workman drawing. After rode up to Club. Wet after. Slippery. Dined there & went to see Adonis. Imitation of Irving. Home by cab to Vicat Coles. Slow. Good fiddling. Walked home. Wednesday June 23 - Worked on British Workman drawing. Developed a few plates. After rode to Punch Dinner. Good dinner, Bradbury better. Agreed to go to hear Wilson Barrett. Home 1.30pm. Thursday June 24 - Worked on End of Season. Rode at 6.0pm. After dinner at home went to Academy Soirée. Club after. Home 2.0am. Friday June 25 - Rode before breakfast. Worked hard all day on Punch drawing End of Season. Dined at home at 9.30. After went to Mansion House Ball. Called Club. Home 2.0am. Saturday June 26 - Beatty Kingston at home 4 to 7. In morning put things in order. Took cab, called on Buchanan & Dobbie etc etc. Home in afternoon walked in house with F.C.B. To Barn Elms to see jumping etc. Met Mrs Senwright etc. Home. Dined at Colinderies. Met Evans Thomas, after Boucicault. Walked home. Bed at 12.0am. Sunday June 27 - In morning up in time to ride to Maud Grove. Caught up F.C.B & Col Mapleson. After rode over Wimbledon & through Richmond Park. Lunch at Club. Barnes, Heilbuth, Mapleson, F.C.B & self. Ride back, missed our way on tow path. Home by 7.0. After dressed & dined at F.C.B's. Sat next Miss Manuele. Tricks with cards etc. After on to Grosvenor Gallery to meet the Prince. Supper. Boughtons, Swinburne, Godwin etc etc. Good evening. Home by 5.0am. Monday June 28 - Very seedy all day. Lay about. Could not work. Dined in evening at Café Royal. Tenniel, Barnes, Furniss, Friend, Milliken, self. (Pencil note: Hunter told Milliken yarns. Written Sunday Feby 18 '94.) Went to 'Clito' after. On to Boehms dance after. Tuesday June 29 - Up at 10.30. Better. Worked on British Workman drawing. Rode in evening. Did not go out. Quiet evening. Bed 11.30pm. Wednesday June 30 - M returned with Mother & Miss Liddell. Rode before breakfast. Rode to Punch Dinner. Good dinner. Home by Garrick. Jul 1886
Thursday July 1 - Dinner at Skinners Hall, 7.0pm. Worked on Lord Randolph as Pug Dog. After went to dinner at Skinners Hall. Arrived late. After called Club & fetched M from Savoy & on to Critchetts. Home 1.30. Friday July 2 - Review day. Went down by 11.30 train to Aldershot. Very hot. Lunch at 3rd Middlesex. Blunt, Coombes, Buckford. (Jumped Folkestone over hurdle.) Rode after troops.Young Officer. Woodville. Heathorne. Percy. Sulky. Dinner. Fly, 10/- Home crowded train. Supper at Garrick. Bouccicault. Home 1.30. Saturday July 3 - Head in morning. Developed 18 plates Britannia. After lunched at home. M & Miss Liddell went to Albert Hall. Tennis at Tuers. Good game. Dinner at home. Miss Rose Innes, Mr Sinclair, Hensman, Ben Baker, Miss Liddell, Spencer M & self. Sunday July 4 - Awfully hot day. 102º Sun, 86º in my room. Printed a heap of Britannia photos. Lunch at home. Rider Haggards called. Miss Liddell & M & self went to Lewis's after. Hot. Game Fowler, Lewis, Miss Lehman & self. Dinner at home. Bed 11.30. Monday July 5 -Not quite so hot. General Election. Voted at 7.30pm. Saw carriage in afternoon. M & Miss Liddell drove out. Dined quietly at home. Worked in afternoon. Went round to see carriage. Tuesday July 6 - Mr Ward died. Worked on Horse in Row subject. Letter from Spencer. After dined at Addison Road. Big dinner. Home 11.30 by carriage. Wednesday July 7 - Henley. Worked all day on Horse in Row subject. Took cab up to Row & sketched. After dined with Vernon Watney at Colinderies. '74 Marmer(?) Too much. At house after. Home. M cried. Not well. Bad night. Thursday July 8 - Henley. Very seedy in morning. M not well. Hard work to get drawing done. Finished 5.0pm. Dined quietly at home. Did not go to Henley. M better night. Friday July 9 - Henley. Went down to Henley 10.0 train. Walked. Caught Arthur all right. Party on board. 'Bangs' Beetle x x Weldon, Col & Grain. Good lunch. After row about. Vicat Cole, Abbey, Sergeant etc etc. Dinner. Fireworks etc etc. Bed in town. Sleepy. Liver. (Red ink: Next time went to Henley Thursday July 4th 1894 with Mite to Mr Wallace's.) Saturday July 10 - At Henley. Up 8.30am. Went to Inn. Saw Cole at breakfast. Caught the 10.10. 1 hour shunted. Met Weld Blundell. After home. Seedy. Liver. Took dear Roy to Eton & Harrow match. Home. Ride to Wimbledon & back. Dinner quietly. After pill & bed. Sunday July 11 - Dull morning. Did not ride. Pill. Wrote letters etc. Thought to go to Richmond. Did not. Wrote letters. In afternoon went to Lewis's. George Roller called. Quiet dinner at home after. Met the Sketchleys. Ought to have gone to Lady Monckton's at home. Did not. Bed 11.0pm. Monday July 12 - Dull morning. M went to lunch at Mrs Gabrielli's. Old gent & sherry. Pouring rain all day. Worked on British Workman. Too wet to ride. Letters from F.C.B etc. Quiet dinner at home & bed 11.0pm. Tuesday July 13 - Up 9.30. Drove to Westminster Bridge, caught the Torpedo Boat. Donaldsons. Run round Nore & back. Lord Wharncliffe, Sir F Milner etc etc. Mrs Simmonds etc etc on board. Hat overboard. Good run. Home 5.50 pier. After called Nicholls. Wire. Home. Spencer there. Ward's legacy. Dinner. Went to Court Theatre. Headache. Bed. (Red ink: See Monday July 10, 1882. Tuesday May 10 1887. Tuesday Aug 21 1894.)
Wednesday July 14 - Fine morning. Breakfast in bed. Work on Fish out of Water. M went to concert Albert Hall. Went to Hickman's to Tennis. Drove to Punch Dinner. Burnand leaves for abroad. Fish out of Water subject. Walked with Du Maurier. Thursday July 15 - Rode before breakfast.Worked on Fish out of Water. Photod all morning. Began drawing. Mrs Stone in to dinner. (Note across page: Halls sent fish kindly. Had the crayfish for dinner.) Friday July 16 - Society of Arts Soirée at Colinderies. Photod catfish. Finished Fish out of Water. After dinner went to slow evening at Colinderies & to still slower at Mrs Gabrielli's. Saw Miss Beatty Kingston. Home 1.0pm. Miss Liddell left for Westwood. Saturday July 17 - Worked in morning on drawing for British Workman. Rode to Wimbledon at 6.0pm. Home to dinner. Quiet evening. Sunday July 18 - In morning wrote letters. After went to Richmond being driven by Spencer's man by Cobweb. After lunched at Richmond Club & drove home through Camp. Very hot. Crowded. Drove up to Lewis's. Tennis on. Good game. Home to dinner 8.10pm. Monday July 19 -Worked on British Workman drawing. Rode to Wimbledon in evening. Photod self for picture British Workman by Lawrence. x x. Letter sent about Pullingers interest in Barr Estate. Tuesday July 20 - Worked on British Workman Drawing. Finished outline. Conny in to lunch. Wednesday July 21 - Worked on B.W drawing. At 6.0pm drove in carriage (with Roy) & called on Mr F.Barr, 8 Hans Road SW. Drove on to Punch Dinner. Saw Sergeant, Harry Eames, Chelsea Hospital. Good dinner. Extra pint. Home by cab. Thursday July 22 - Rode before breakfast. Worked hard all day & up till 3.30am on 'Une affaire d'Honneur'. Photod self & Crane in morning. Friday July 23 - Up at 7.50. Caught 9.30am at Waterloo to Portsmouth. Old officer in train with photo things & dark Englishman. Very wet. Met Donaldson & 2 friends. Went aboard his boat & stayed there. Wet all day. Saw attack on the Colossus. Torpedos. Rough sea going home & very wet. Decided to stay down at Pier Hotel. Wired. Good dinner. Fire in room. Grog & bed 12.0pm. Saturday July 24 - At Pier Hotel, Portsmouth. Fire kept in all night. Dried things etc. Up 8.0am. Walk on beach. Met 2 friends. Breakfast. Caught 10am train. Sir Charles Dilke done for. After bought Occuna (Froudi). Up to town. Donaldson drove me to end of Phillimore Gardens. M better. Maud at the Goodalls. Rode in evening to Wimbledon. Saw M.L at Redcliffe Gardens coming home. Sunday July 25 - Went to Tattersalls to look at horse. Saw Cornish horse. Showery morning. M & self drove to Chiswick Lunched with Donaldsons. Stewart & (Pencil note: Mummy Peas. Written Sunday 18 July 94) After home. Drove up to Lewis's. Too wet to play.. Picked up the Miss Huxleys. Saw Clara Bergheim. She & Miss Bergheim dined with us. Hair. Conny's baby born. Monday July 26 - Chicks last day at home before Arundel. In evening M & self went to see Jim the Pinman. Went in afternoon to Vaughn to look for gun. Posted letter pillar box. Saw M from hansom. Tuesday July 27 - Chicks & M went to Arundel. In evening lost my silver cigar case. Dined for 1st time at Beefsteak. Saw Charles Allen. After went to Pavilion. Bessie Bellwood. Club after & home. Wednesday July 28 - Finished British Workman drawing. 'Punch' dinner. No subject. No Bradbury. Burnand away. Marion down with Chicks at Arundel.
Thursday July 29 - Marion returned from Chicks. Letter from Arthur about Chinaman etc. Did not work till late. In evening rode to Wimbledon & back. Friday July 30 - Worked all day on John Bull & Chinaman. finished late. Photod Stace & self. Self as Chinese. Stace in helmet. (Pencil note: Used this photo on Tuesday July 30 1901. A very bad cut. L.S. 15 Oct 1894.) Saturday July 31 - In morning put photos straight etc. Went to Whistlers to look for gun. Selected one. Blisset. After to Club. Beerbohm Tree & Grossmith whispered. Saw Furniss, Evans, Macmillan, Jones etc. After to Westwood. Flurry at train. Went to Ramsgate. Tassell met us. Quiet evening. Aug 1886 Sunday August 1 - Fine morning. Lovely. Walk with Stokes to Margate past Friends. After called Faggs. Footsore. Hid from Stokes. Read in afternoon. Dossier No 113. After drove with Stokes. Called on Burnands. Wet. Home. Phillip & tricks. Quiet evening. Bed 11.30. Monday August 2 - Bank Holiday. At Westwood. Wet morning. Walked with Stokes into Margate. Home. Lunch & wrote letters. After drove with Stokes to Ramsgate. Home. Quiet dinner. Tuesday August 3 - At Westwood. Quiet day. Walked in afternoon to Foss Gap & round by Broadstairs. After drove to Ramsgate with Polly. Home by 7.10. Locked door. Supper at Garrick. Saw Dungaroon & Dixey etc. Home 1.30. Wednesday August 4 - Rode to Punch Dinner. Bradbury not well & violent. Punched Furniss & Milliken. Called Beefsteak after. Saw Blunt & also Conway & Ward. Made sketch for Conway. Home 1.30. Fire in Whitefriars Street. Looked at it with Tenniel & Furniss & à Beckett & Milliken. Thursday August 5 - Mr Victor Barthe called. Photod Stace as Policeman & John Bull's helmet. Went for ride in evening. Dined at home. Friday August 6 - Worked all day on Policeman & Opera. Finished 9.15pm. Conny went to Hobbs for me. Saturday August 7 - In morning rode over to see Hobbs horse. Rude stupid fellow. Home 10.0pm. Went to Boehm's studio. Photod Conny in Duke's clothes. Developed them after with Con. In evening Graham & Chaters letter came saying Pullinger had called. Dined at Café Royal with Spencer & Adah. After to Adelphi to see Harbour Lights. Supper at Garrick after. Saw Bouccicault & Leslie Ward. Sunday August 8 - In morning M & self went to Tattersalls. Met Conny. No horse. Walk as far as Albert Hall. Home after. Spent whole afternoon with photos etc etc. Quiet dinner & bed. Monday August 9 - Worked. Begun Cosens book. Rode before breakfast. Mother came. Conny at dinner. Liqueur. Tuesday August 10 - Pouring rain all day. Rode in evening before dinner. Wednesday August 11 - In morning worked on Cosens drawing. After in afternoon walked thro' Park. Called on Graham & Hunter in re Pullinger. Paid for gun. Punch Dinner. No Bradbury. Burnand back, not so well. After to Beefsteak. Ponsonby, Whistler etc. Home.2.30am. Photod Stace in Old English costume. Thursday August 12 - In morning photod Crane in Court Dress. After long tiring day rode Folkestone to Wimbledon. Home 8.0pm. Conny dined. Champagne & bed. Wilson & Barrett supper. Did not go. (May the all wise father have you in his keeping.) Friday August 13 - Rode in morning. Worked hard all day on Leighton & Horsley. Dinner 9.15pm. Champagne. Bed. Wrote Chater & Graham.
Saturday August 14 - In morning tidied up. Lunch. Worked on Cosens book.. After Edgar called. Drove in carriage to Waterloo. Called for Conny. Down to Warehams, Sutton Park, Guildford. Captain Mottram. Looked at cob. No good. Walk there 3½ miles. Met Gardener. Hard drive back. Club. No dinner. Dined Cavour. After to Pavilion with Conny. Home 12.0pm. Sunday August 15 - Fine morning. Edgar here. Drive up to Tattersalls. Looked at horse. Walked home. Met Reeve & wife. Good lunch. Reeve called with wife. Monday August 16 - In morning went up to Tattersalls. Rode Punch to Tattersalls, Crane walked. Had horse out. Called at Ogdens. After bought horse, 65 gns. (Wish to goodness I had not.) Lunch at Cafe Royal. Home. Put out about Crane. Conny & self went for ride. Tuesday August 17 - Worked. Finished drawing for Cosens. Sent it off. In morning rode to Preeces'. Horse refused to jump after. Wednesday August 18 - Returned horse. In morning photod Stace in 65 positions. After did some work. After walked to Punch Dinner. Called Club. No Bradbury. F.C.B better. Late sitting. Called Beefsteak. Talk with Conway etc. Thursday August 19 - Worked on Times & Churchill. Dull dark day all day. Friday August 20 - Worked hard all day on 'Arry & Daniel. Photod in morning. Horse returned from Tattersalls. Late dinner. Saturday August 21 - In morning developed 25 photos. Very hot. After caught 3.50pm train down to Littlehampton. Saw Ward. Hideous boy & gentleman ditto in train. Dearest Chicks. Walk with Maud. Theatre & cricket. Butterflies etc etc. Sunday August 22 - At Littlehampton. Lovely hot day. Dear Chicks. Roy & self to station after dinner Littlehampton. Hot, very. Home & back by train. Blues. Ward. Folkestone met me. Took Ward home. Monday August 23 - At home. Rode Slug in morning. Developed 20 plates up to 1.0pm. After worked on drawing Cosens. After Lucy, wife, Leslie Ward, Spencer & Milliken dined. After Roulette till 2.0pm. Tuesday August 24 - In morning rather seedy. Developed plates. Worked at noon on Cosens drawing. After Edgar came. Horse tried. Rode to Wimbledon. Home dark. Dinner. Wednesday August 25 - Fine morning. Rode Folkestone before breakfast. Bed & man. Boots. Cheques. Went with Conny to look at mare (Dolly) at Dr Fitzgerald's. Afterwards bought her. On to Punch Dinner. (Pencil note: Going strong, thankful to say. Tuesday 29 May 1900. Still alive 16 Jany 1904) Thursday August 26 - Photod Conny in chair. Very hot. In evening went to hear the Mikado with Tilda & M & M. Stokes & Conny came in. Upset with Stokes. Row in box. Nuisance. Friday August 27 - Hard days work. Awfully hot. Got Gladstone & Churchill done at 5.0pm. Packed up. Dinner 6.30. Caught 8.50 Euston. Adah S.J, row about fares. 3rd class. Dog. Charles Hutton, Col Jones, Pearcy, S.J & self. Family carriage. Smoke & turn in. Saturday August 28 - Woke at 6.30am. Snore. Col Jones. Stone thro' window in night. Breakfast in Perth. Lord Cranbrooke. On to Aberdeen. Imperial Hotel. Cuckoo. Lunch at Imperial. Chivas. Bought pipe. Hone etc. Buss waiting. Drove to Linton. Stopped for whiskey & milk. Left cards on Mrs Macdonald. Arrived Linton. Tried gun. Rabbit 85 yards. Good dinner. Cards. Won £1.15.0. Sunday August 29 - At Linton. Up early. Story. Fee foo, you know. Photod a lot of figures. Running tap etc etc. Lunch. Pipe in afternoon. Pearcy helped me to photo rocks. Home dinner. Cards. Lost 10/-. Lovely day.
Monday August 30 - Linton. Drive up to moor. Cottage. Forbes. No sport, brace & half. Oat cakes etc etc. Home by Corrindal. Kidnapped lost. Good dinner. Cards. Hutton played. Won 10/-. Tuesday August 31 - Linton. Worked all day. Did Punch block. Foxes' tails. Walk in evening. Dinner. Won 18/-. Sep 1886 Wednesday September 1 - Linton. Drove to hill again. Forbes cottage. Driven grouse. Got one. Poor sport. Home. Bull calf followed Col Jones. Cards last time. Lost £2.0.0 Thursday September 2- Linton. Drove to Corrindal & on to Hill of Fair. Keepers. Good lunch. Hot. Wet. Poor sport, 2 hares, snipe etc. Home. After dinner went to ball at Monymusk. Sir F Grant, Mrs Macpherson Grant, Miss Bolderson, Miss Hamilton etc etc. Hard frost. Paircy. Good butler. Home. Friday September 3 - Lovely day. Hot. Photod all morning. Ferreted rabbits. In afternoon packed. Dr Henry called & dined after. Bed 10.30. No cards. Saturday September 4 - Up 5.30am. Started 6.35. Monymusk 7.15. Breakfast in Aberdeen, Imperial Hotel. Bought glass paper. George Thompson. Left Aberdeen 10.15 for Tressady. Long journey. Coupé snob. Met Mr Johnson who knew the Hollands & Lewis's at Elgin. Lunch at Inverness. Tabs girl. On to Tressady. Claude W met me. 1st night of Ellwood. Revoked whist. Thring, Dryhurst, Ryle, Foot, Watney, self, Rev'd Carter. Sunday September 5 - Tressady. Up 8.30. No bath. No swim. Wrote letters all morning. In afternoon called on the Westons. Quoits. Home. Quiet evening. Monday September 6 - Tressady. 1st day's shoot. Ellwood, Foot, self. Long tramp. Good sport. Shot badly. Lunch. Heavy rain. Home. Champagne. Go bang. Bed. Tuesday September 7 - Tressady. Foot left. Went with Mr Carter to Lairg to fish. Poor day. Cold. Wired to Dr Fitzgerald about mare. Answer. 5¼ lb grilse caught at the last by Macpherson. Home. Vernon very late, 30 brace. Bed early. Wednesday September 8 - Tressady. Wrote letters. Started to shoot to meet Major Weston, Col Woods & party, Bifron. Wet. Turned back. Walk to Burnie. After lunch went to photo. Sent cheque for £105 to Dr Fitzgerald about mare. Broke camera in pool. Photod. Helped by Ryle. Home. Tennis. Watney & self versus Ryle & Dryhurst (Lord Washburne). Mended camera. Dinner. Whist etc etc. Thursday September 9 - Tressady. Up early. Shoot in line. Dryhurst walked. Claude, Vernon, Ellwood, Thring & self. Adders. My hare day. Long shots etc. Walk home by road along valley. Rained. Very tired & sleepy. Friday September 10 - Tressady. Did not fish or shoot. Stayed in. Photod in afternoon. Read & wrote letters. Tennis. Claude Watney (duffer) & self against Lord Washburne & Thring. Vernon & Ellwood got 12½ brace. Fine. Held extraordinary hand at whist, 4 honours & 8 trumps inclusive. Bed. Saturday September 11 - Tressady. Up early. Drive to meet Weston for shoot. Mr Brooke (Bifron) & Captain Wright (Castle of Dunrobin) met us. Long walk over hill. Gun gave in in left bar'l. Fearful hill climb & grouse. Done up. Adders. Milk at John Murrays. Nectar. Drive home. Tired after dinner. Sunday September 12 -Tressady. Lovely morning. Bathed for 1 st & last time in Burnie. After breakfast engrosed in 'Mill on the Floss'. Ryle. Rural stool etc. After vain attempts to photo pig did groups. Lunch. Quoits. Letters. Walk. Dined next Claude.
Monday September 13 - Tressady. Went for drive to shoot. Chose Mr Watney's gun. Ellwood, Vernon & self. 14½ brace, 1 snipe, 1 hare before lunch. Rained heavily after. Walk home. Scott & Col Jupp dined at Tressady. Good dinner. Scott revoked at whist. Cards in hat. Bed. Tuesday September 14 - Tressady. Wrote letters. Fine morning. Drove to Lairg with Vernon & Carter. Wet. Fine sky. Carter waders & torn coat, 'I'll never go to Lairg again'. Read Mystery of Orcival. Vernon caught 8 lb grilse. Home. Tea at Lairg Hotel. Read book about Horse etc, American Trotter. Whist after dinner. Held 9 trumps. Bed. Lord Washburne left. No salute. Wednesday September 15 - Lovely morning. Walked to shoot, 2½ brace, 5 hares before lunch. Lovely picturesque lunch. Rev'd Douglas came. Hot. Long long tramp after. Carter done up. Walk home 5 miles. Scott the collie lost & found. Home. Letters. Claret. Sleep after dinner. Bed. Thursday September 16 - Tressady. Tired in morning. Ellwood, Douglas & self drove beyond Murrays to shoot. Poor sport. First ham lunch. Long walk till 6.0pm. Home. Claret. No cards. Ellwood's last night. Friday September 17 -Stayed at home & wrote letters. Ellwood left. Photod pig. Highland lassie. Tramp abusive. Lunch. Highland lassie at fire. Quoits with Carter. Tennis (poor). Changed plates. Dinner. Dear Chicks' letter. Whist. Bed. Bad night. Saturday September 18 -Tressady. Grey morning. All chippy. Fine after. Drove for walk. Shoot Craggy Fair. Heel bad with walking sideways. Shot very badly. Home over steep hills. Coming back Vernon shot Rocketter. Welcome milk. Home to Tressady. Whist. Bed. Sunday September 19 - Dull morning. Photod Vernon before lunch. Quoits with Ryle & Vernon. Dinner. Claret. Read. Went up in evening to hill with Ryle & Douglas & tried to photo. Failed. Packed things. (Red ink: Eileen Fletcher born this day. Written 21 September 1904 when she was just 18.) Monday September 20 - Last day at Tressady. Went to shoot with Vernon & Douglas over dogs. Poor bag. Lunch on rock. Home by Angus' cottage. Saw swarm of grouse. Met Claude driving drag. Last night. Good night. Good bye. Tuesday September 21 -Started 6.15am from Tressady. Claude drove me. Douglas came to fish, in train with me. Long weary journey. To Inverness in time. Thankful for grouse lunch. Men in kilt & dog. Changed carriage twice. Blues at Aberdeen. Caught Deeside train. Woman & Minister. Nicol girls & Madame S at Murtle. On to Banchory. Lost portmanteau, wired all over place. Dinner at Inn. Young Farquhar. Got portmanteau. (across page: Drove to Ball after dressing ball at Blackhall Castle. Sat outside fly. Frenchman. Mr Hays Dyce in kilt. Sinclair etc etc. Mrs Macpherson Grant, Alice Farquharson etc. Bad floor. Reels etc. Home to hotel at 2.30pm. Whiskey. Bed. Farquhar slept on sofa.) Wednesday September 22 - At Inn, Banchory. Up 9.0am. Breakfast. Uncomfortable. Caught train up the line. Hot walk, greatcoat. Went to the Farquhars place. Good lunch. Back to Murtle. Alice Nicol engaged. Sharp walk to station. Lawn Tennis. Dinner good. George Thompson & wife there. Thursday September 23 - At Murtle. Up & walk round Murtle. Late for breakfast. Read. In afternoon photod & went to Drum Castle. Mrs Irvine, Miss Sherbrook. Home to Murtle. Slow dinner. Cards. X. Bed. Friday September 24 - At Murtle House. In morning photod etc etc. Dull weather. Caught train. Lost coat. On to Aberdeen. Saw G.Thompson. Called Mrs Macdonald. Reporter there. Back to G.Thompson. Lunch with Nicol. Pretty little
girl. Caught train. Old codgers angry. Man in train knew me from portrait at Kepplestone. Travelled all night. Saturday September 25 - Arrived at 7.45am in London. No Crane. Went to Stafford Terr. Letters, breakfast. Did photos etc. Went on to Club. Lunched. Col Jones & Evans. Comyns Carr & Story. Down to Westwood. Polly met me at Ramsgate. Confounded Stokes. Drove with S in fly to Westwood. Dinner, bed early. Window open at night. Saw Mrs Bergheim at Westgate. Sunday September 26 - At Westwood. Rode Blunderbore in morning. Stokes to lunch. Idled about. Seedy. Stokes & self walked to Ramsgate. Called Burnand. Tricks etc. Walked on pier. Stokes's boring stories. Home by dog cart. Monday September 27 - At Westwood. Stokes & self idled about. Took photos in gale of wind. Lunch. Drove with Stokes to Ramsgate. Home. Tried to shoot rabbit etc. Dinner. Bed. Tuesday September 28 - At Westwood. Rode over to Margate. Called Green. Wine. Hair cut etc. Back Westwood. Shot starlings. Mrs Tomson etc, Clara Bergheim & Mrs Peto called. Also young Thornton. Bottle wine for Polly's birthday. Wednesday September 29 - Came up from Westwood by 10.15, Granville express. Arrived 12.15 Stafford Terr. Developed photos etc etc. Walked to Punch Dinner. 1st dinner after being away. Brad'y bellowing. Home after Beefsteak. Saw Grain, Blunt etc etc. Thursday September 30 - At Stafford Terrace. Horses came up from Thanet. Worked all day on blocks for Punch, Punch defending Lass o' Richmond Hill. Seedy in morning. Rode Katrina for 1st time round Row. Soldiers etc. Home. Dined with Stokes at Privatelli. Good dinner. Home at 12.30pm. Cardinal & Yeoman. Oct 1886 Friday October 1 - Rode Katrina. Worked all day on Lass o' Richmond Hill. Finished 8.0pm. In all day. Worked after dinner on Lord Mayor Hanson. Very tired. Up till 2.0am Saturday October 2 - Tidied up things & put lots away. Took cab direct to Victoria. Mare went down to Thanet. Tassell met me at Margate. Met M & Mother at gate. Quiet dinner. Bed early. Headache all day. Annoyed with F.C.B's letter. Sunday October 3 - Lovely morning. Hot. Rode Katrina at 11.30. Met Squire & his brother-in-law & dogs. Rode round through Ramsgate & over hurdle. Home. Levys called. Did photos. Wrote lots of letters. Walked to Margate. Boots creaked etc. Bed 11.0pm. Monday October 4 - At Westwood. Very hot. Printed photos all day. Rode in evening round Margate etc etc. Glass at Captain Digby. Mare went A1. Quiet dinner. Sleepless at night. Tuesday October 5 - At Westwood. Piping hot day, 107º in sun. Did photo reprints all day. Rode round to Ramsgate in evening. Piles etc sore. Home. Quiet dinner. Read 'Voyage of the Pelican' after. Wednesday October 6 - Dull weather. Up at 7.15am.& rode round Cleve Court past Dent de Lyon etc etc. Mare refused hurdle. After did photos etc etc. M seedy. Caught the 1.15pm train up to town. Called Stafford Terrace. Walked towards Punch Dinner. Cab on to Bouverie St. Good Dinner. Met Spencer at Garrick after. Lacy & Stirling. Home 1.20am. Thursday October 7 - Heavy rain in morning. Rode Folkestone. Wrote letters. Crane gave notice. Worked all day on France & Duc d'Aumale. Cab on to
Constitutional Club. Met Ricketts & Stokes. Good dinner. Saw Joachim. Were to have gone to Criterion, Exhibition instead. Good. Saw Schlessingers. Called Cavour. On to Rules for supper. Girl !!! Stokes. On to Garrick. Had Whiskey & Potash. On home. Good bye to Stokes. Friday October 8 - Worked hard all day on France & Orleans Duc d'Aumale. Finished 6.45pm. Drove to Garrick. Dined with Tenniel. Too much to eat. Went to see 'Run of Luck'. Back to Club. Called Rules. Garrick & home. Saturday October 9 - Tidied up room. Went to Club & called at Tattersalls. Saw horses etc. On to Club. Went down to Westwood with Col Jones & Frank & Jack Burnand. Dog cart met me. Jones & woman etc. Quiet evening. Bed early. Sunday October 10 -At Westwood. Rode in morning all round by Margate, Kingsgate, Ramsgate etc etc. Saw carriage at Ramsgate. Round by fields home. Saw farmer. Pilleau to dinner. Burnand came after. Conny, Gerty & Jack. Heavy rain. Carriage to Ramsgate for girls. Squared up a lot of photos. Cleared up. Pilleau walked home. Bed 12.0pm. Monday October 11 - At Westwood. Caught the 10.0pm from Ramsgate. Porter hass & baggage, missed him. After went up in carriage with Mr & Miss Campbell Clark. Saw Mrs Clark Victoria. On to Kensington. Changed. Lunched. Went to Tattersalls barely in time. Yeoman fetched 50 guineas. Saw Ward. Folkestone unsold. Walked on to Club. Dull time. Blues. Wrote. Met Dobbie. Walked back to Stafford Terrace. Dined. Bottle wine. On to see La Bernhuise(?) Rot. Supped at Rules. Beefsteak. Home. Tuesday October 12 - At Stafford Terrace. Rather seedy. Caught the 10.10am train for Margate. Wet. Tassell met me with carriage. Back to Westwood. Gerty there. Mrs Ramsbottom. 1st meet of Harriers. Went out to Sarre to try to meet them. Home to tea. Squared up photos. Bed 11.0am. Wednesday October 13 - At Westwood. Rode Katrina. Went tremendous gallop. Caught the 1.30pm from Margate. Left Westwood. Got home. Carriage met us. After went to Punch Dinner. Complained about cut. Bradbury bad, very. Good Dinner. Called at Beefsteak. Had grilled ham, good. Saw Grossmith, Blunt, Grain etc. Thursday October 14 - Mare came up from Westwood. Worked on Churchill as Puck. Photod dear Roy. Worked after dinner. Sleepy. Friday October 15 - In morning rode Katrina. Went fast etc. After worked all day on Churchill as Puck. After dined. Worked till 2.0am on 2 nd block, jellyfish. Saturday October 16 - Dull morning. Put things in order etc etc. At 3.30pm rode Katrina to Wimbledon. Got soaked with rain. Home. Changed. Walked to Punch Dinner (Almanack). Good evening. Bradbury ill. Walked to Beefsteak. Garrick. Saw Weldon, Fortescue, Thorne etc. Sunday October 17 - Dull morning.At 10.30 rode & met Furniss on his really nice little horse. Rode round Highgate also to Hendon & home through Edgware Road. Lunch. Put house in order. Weldon called & stayed 2 hrs. Charles Keene dined. Very sleepy after dinner. Photos. Bed. Monday October 18 - Rode Katrina with Cahill M.D. Marion called Keith. Lucy K engaged to K. Hall. Worked on Mr Coren's drawing. Developed photos.etc. Dined. Tuesday October 19 - Rode Folkestone in the morning. Saw Coward & Cahill. Worked on Coren's drawing. In the evening went to see 'Faust'. Good night. Home. Bed. Wednesday October 20 - In morning rode in Row. Katrina galloped like blazes. Saw Jolley for 1st time. Worked on cut for Coren. Developed some photos. My
mother was to have come. Wired. At 5.30pm took cab & called on Denlin at Northumberland Avenue. Drewett. On to Punch Dinner. No Bradbury. Good Dinner. After called at Beefsteak. Wyndham there. Supper & home. Thursday October 21 - In morning rode early to Battersea Park 3 times round. Bilious. Saw men for coachman's place. Finished Coren's drawing & began Beresford as Sea serpent. Bed 11.0pm. Dreadfully sleepy after dinner. My mother came in afternoon. Friday October 22 - Up in morning early. Did not ride. Katrina a failure in harness. Crane nearly smashed carriage with M going to tea at Pilleaus'.Worked all day on Sea Serpent. Left notes in coat at office & had to send. Bottle of Champagne & quiet evening. Saturday October 23 - Dull morning. Up. Developed some plates. Put room in order. Dressed. Lunch. Rode Katrina thro' Wimbledon & Richmond. Shied at stags etc. Home. Uncomfortable. Changed. Drove Folkestone to corner of Charing X. Dined with Birch at Savage Club. Singing etc. Whistling. Townley's songs. Furness in. On to Garrick. 2 games of Billiards with A.Stirling. Supper bad. Weldon. Home at 1.45am. Sunday October 24 - Fine day. At 10.30 Furniss came on his pretty little horse. Rode round Wimbledon & Richmond. F delighted. Home. Spencer & wife there. Sherry. Lunch. Play with Chicks. Drove in Spencer's new Paris Victoria to Club & back. Coffee etc. Touched up drawings. Angell called. Dinner. Wrote letters etc. Bed. Letter from F.C.B. Monday October 25 - Dull rainy morning. Hesitated about riding. Did ride in Park. Coward walking. Saw Cahill, Bartlett etc. Really good ride. Home. Mr Fawcett called. Delayed. Round to stables. Settled with Crane. Jolley on his own horse. Worked on Almanack. Began Calendar. At 7.15 dressed, went to Spencer's club. Dined. Jones, Angell & another. So so dinner. Talk. Pool after. Divided 2 Pools. Stranger took £2.0.0. Billiards with Angell. Supper. Home 3.0am. Tuesday October 26 - Very seedy in morning. Rode round Battersea Park 3 times. Guards there. Met Williams. Home. Met Polly & Mother. Turner at work. Wrote up diary. Venice Hunt married today. Met M & my Mother in High St. Pilleau dined. No appetite. Went after to Avenue Theatre. Wednesday October 27 - Punch Dinner. Cut for Prince & Colinderies. Bradbury seedy. Alice Linley to lunch. Walked along with Milliken. Looked in at Club. Marion dined at Mrs Stone's. News of Mrs Humphreys death. Mrs Hare. Called at Rackstraws in Exhibition & ordered fur coat. Walked on to Dobbies. Thursday October 28 - Tabby lunched with us. Tabby walked all the way. M helped me to photo for Prince & Colinderies. Worked on it, put head in. Worked after dinner. Rode before breakfast. Park. Friday October 29 - Photod self in cloak in morning. Worked all day on Prince & Colinderies. Finished late, 9.15. Champagne & bed. Rode before breakfast. Tired. Saturday October 30 - Worked on Calendar. Rode in morning, Wimbledon. Marion & Roy drove to Wimbledon & called on Pidgeon & took back book. Dull heavy & wet. Worked on Calendar afternoon & evening. Mother read all evening. Sunday October 31 - Rode over to Furniss. Hot damp morning. Saw Burton Barber. Gallop along ride. Hampstead. Home 1.30. Got on with Calendar. Nov 1886
Monday November 1 - Worked on Calendar. In evening went with Mother & Marion to German Reeds 1st night Corney Grain's new song. Home 11.0pm. Saw the Reeds, De Balkes(?) etc. Tuesday November 2 - Finished Calendar. After in the evening dined at Anderson Critchetts. Good evening. Beatty Kingston, Garton etc etc. Home with Boughton. Rode round Richmond Park in afternoon. Wednesday November 3 - Worked on Queen, Almanack 1887-47. After walked to Punch Dinner. Rode in Park before breakfast. Met Macmillan. Good Dinner. Home. Called Garrick. Saw Irving & Gillie Farquhar. Letter from Rules. Thursday November 4 - Dined at Prof Flowers. Late for dinner. Seedy after. Worked all day. Photod in morning. (Pencil note: Lawrence & self, Saty Apl 29, '99.) Britannia & Colinderies. Home & worked till 1.30am. Friday November 5 - Worked hard all day on subject Colinderies & Britannia. Finished 9.0pm. On 2nd block after. Smith called for clothes. Saturday November 6 - Crane leaves my service. Could not ride, very wet. Disappointed. Worked on Almanack. Sunday November 7 - Fine morning very. Rode with Furniss over Wimbledon etc etc. Macbeth caught us up. Galloping. Ride through Park & home. Worked on Almanack after. Young Flower called. Monday November 8 - Cold raw day. Worked on Almanack. Rode to meet Tenniel & Furniss. Rode along the Finchley Road fast. Mare frightened at train. Home. Worked late Almanack. Tuesday November 9 - Lord Mayors Day. Row at Trafalgar Square. Socialists. Worked all day on Almanack. Sophy & Edgar dined. Did not go out. Wednesday November 10 - Very wet. Gloomy. Worked hard all day, did not ride. 1st Decade of Almanack.1837-47. Cab to 'Punch' Dinner. After good Dinner home. Katrina went well in harness. M dined with her mother. Stupid Arthur. Good Dinner. William Agnew there. Thursday November 11 - Worked all day on Almanack. Did not ride on account of the wet. Skemed 2nd Almanack cut. Quiet dinner & worked after. Friday November 12 - Worked on Almanack in morning. Rode Folkestone before breakfast. Did Punch block in afternoon. Dinner 8.30. Short bottle Champagne. After bed quietly. Marion went by Mortlake to Harrow with Mrs Ionides. Saturday November 13 - Lovely morning. Bartlett called. Nervous. Mare fresh. Rode past Lillie Bridge. Girl in fit at Walham Green. Up hill. Wimbledon Park. Twice round Richmond Park & home. Printed photos. Got on with Almanack in afternoon. Dined quietly at home & bed 11.0am. (Pencil note: Girl taken ill at Pomona House, Walham. Written Sunday Feby 18 '94. Bartlett died 1891 about.) Sunday November 14 - Lovely morning. Furniss, Macbeth & Oakes & self rode to Wimbledon. Nervous. Rode with Percy. Through Park by self. Met others at Sheen gate. Glass bitter. Home past Coward's. Photos. Shelley. Mother called. Worked afternoon & after dinner on 2nd Decade Almanack. Monday November 15 - Marion lunched with Mother. Rode after lunch to Richmond Park. (Red ink: Faust produced again by Irving. Not made (illeg) ‘The Sphere’. Monday May 5 1902.) Tuesday November 16 - Mother not well. Worked on 2 nd Decade all day. Did not go out. Wednesday November 17 - Worked all day on 2nd Decade. Cab to Punch Dinner. Quiet good Dinner. Too much Champagne. Called Club. Home 1.15pm.
Thursday November 18 - Finished at 1.30, 2nd Decade Almanack block. Rode after through Richmond etc. Mare sluggish. Home & worked on 3 rd Decade. Stokes, Mother (not well) Bonvoisin & Spencer dined with us. Bed 11.30. Friday November 19 - No Punch block. Did not ride. The mare a mash. Worked all day & late on 3rd Decade Almanack. Laurence photod self as Volunteer saluting. Burnand wired. Saturday November 20 - At 10.0am rode with Bartlett. Very nervous. Mare fidgetty. Over Putney Bridge, Wimbledon Park etc. Mare fresh. Spoilt ride in Park. Mare short(?) spring jumps. Home. Lunch. Work after. Dined at Dr Barnes'. Met Samson etc etc. In at Fancourt Barnes after. On to Spencer's & home. Saw Luckham & Hobblin. Sunday November 21 - Drizzly morning. Rode Folkestone. Gave Spencer a mount on the mare. Furniss turned up. Socialist meeting in Trafalgar Sqr. Rode round Richmond etc. Spencer went to Club. Home 1.30. Lunch. Wycliff T. called. Work after dinner & late on Almanack block, 3rd Decade. Baker called. Monday November 22 - Dense fog. Worked all day from 9.0am till 1.30pm on 3 rd Almanack Decade. Finished it. Mare went for exercise etc. Tuesday November 23 - Dense fog. Lost key of door. Annoyed. Piano tuned. Began 4th Decade. In afternoon rode with Jolly over Wimbledon. Hoar frost. Back home in fog. Worked late after dinner. Wednesday November 24 - Worked all day on 4th Drawing. Mrs Stone & Alice Lee were to have dined. Awful fog. Turned back by fog from 'Punch' Dinner. Worked after dinner. Dined at home quietly. Bed 12.30. Thursday November 25 - Worked from 9.0am till 3.0am next morning continuously on last 2 decades of Almanack. Got through all right. M not well with cough. Burnand wired. Miss Penn burnt her hand. Heard of Mr Booker's death. Friday November 26 - Dull foggy morning. M to go to Westwood. No cut turned up. Drove with M to Victoria. Saw her off. Rosie Burnand in train. Mrs Thomson etc, all Thanet going down. Ingram played his chess tournament at Margate. After called at Punch Office. Saw Bradbury. On in carriage, called Milliken & Lawley. Bought concertina & dominoes & knives. Home. Dressed. Dined at the Beefsteak Club. Saw Lord Onslow, Gardner, F.C.B etc. Did not go to play. Home at 1.0pm. Saturday November 27 - In morning rode with Bartlett & his son. Rode Folkestone. Good ride. Home to lunch. Finished block for British Workman. Man called. Put room in order etc. Dressed. After drove in carriage to Wyndham Club. Dined with John Penn. Good dinner & wine, very. On to New Club. After supped at the Garrick. Magnum of Lanson. Home 3.0am. Sunday November 28 - Very seedy in morning. Up in hurry. Caught by driving mare the 8.45am from Victoria. Went to Westwood. M met me at Broadstairs. Westwood. Walked towards Greenes. Met Mother. Lunch. No smoke, seedy. Stokes there with a bad head. Quiet afternoon. Bed early. Wrote a lot of letters. Monday November 29 - At Westwood. Got up better. Went in morning after rain for long walk. Ramsgate, called Hills. Cheque. Cornelian & gold bought. Lunched at the Albion. Good beef. Tide up, walked along past Granville & on to Dumpton. Broadstairs, called & paid Raven. Down stone stairs along shore. Kingsgate, glass Gin & Ginger at Captain Digby. Down Gap. Had to turn back & go down Botany Bay Gap. Along to Margate. Collared by Woottons man. Cheque for £8.1.6. Home to Westwood at 6.0pm. M nervous. Dinner. Read. Bed.
Tuesday November 30 - Came up by 10.0am train from Westwood. Very cold. Tassell drove dogcart. Gave cheque for corn. On to Stafford Terrace. No carriage. Worked on drawing for Dickens. In evening dined at home & went to Sir R. Webster's. Dull. Carriage drove me on to Beefsteak. All strangers. Saw Macmillan. Door of carriage scraped by commissionaire. Called Garrick. Home by carriage. Dec 1886 Wednesday December 1 - (Blank) Thursday December 2 - In morning photod self as Neptune. No page block. Wired Swain. Had cab up to Grosvenor Gallery Restaurant. 1st Seasons dinner. Weldon, Jones, Elliott, self, Warre, etc. Home at 12.30am. Friday December 3 - Very cold. Hard frost all day. Worked. Did John Bull & Neptune & worked till 3.0am on second block after. Long tiring day. Bitterly cold & frost. Saturday December 4 - In morning very wet. Put room in order & went to call on Dickens. Called Cutler & Read. 'Punch' Libel case on. Afterwards carriage called at Club for me. Home. Very tired. Sat & read in Morning Room. After dressed & drove with mare to Holls. Dined. Mr & Mrs Carbutt, Petties, Orchardsons etc etc. Hard frost. Drove to Garrick. Saw Jones etc, Irving. Home 1.30. Sunday December 5 - Up at 7.0am. Caught train & went to Westwood. Hard frost. M met me at Broadstairs. After drove to Ramsgate. Walk on Pier. Met Mr Humphreys & Lena Humphreys. After sent M on in carriage. Walked to Broadstairs along sands & on to Westwood. Stokes there. Dinner. Awfully cold. Read in afternoon, Fortunes of the Rongons. Tea. Supper. Bed. Monday December 6 - At Westwood. Up with M & caught Granville Express. Home by 12.30pm. Carriage met us. Fine. Warmer morning. Chicks well. Did some photos. After finished Fortunes of Rongons. M & mother went to look for rooms. Almanack published. In the evening drove with mare up to Conservative Club & dined with Fancourt Barnes. Dined with Brown, Jones & Robinson. Billiards & home. Cold. Fur coat. Tuesday December 7 - Began Covent Garden Circus Drawing. Weldon, Rider Haggards, Baker & Tyndall dined with us. Rode at 2.0pm mare. Saw Mrs Boehm after & Mrs McTear. Wednesday December 8 - Worked on Covent Garden Circus drawing. Wet. Heavy hailstorms. In evening walked to 'Punch' Dinner. Agnew congratulated me on Almanack work. Talk about 'Punch' Libel. Thursday December 9 - Only heard from F.C.B in middle of day about Lord Mayor's cut. In evening took Marion to see the Grand Duchess. Roman Emperor man. Hideous chorus women. Home by carriage. Friday December 10 - Worked hard all day on Lord Mayor & Guildhall School of Music. Finished very late 9.30pm. Quiet dinner & bed. Saturday December 11 - In morning rode with Bartlett round Hammersmith & over Wimbledon Common. Slight wet. Developed some plates after. In the evening went with M & mother to the St James's Theatre. Saw the Hobby Horse. Kendal & Scotch friend. Very heavy wet. Called in at Society of British Artists Smoking Concert. Saw Fildes, Keene, Carr, Morris etc etc. Looked in at Club. Left early. Supper a haddock. Bad fowl for dinner. Sunday December 12 - In the morning rode with Furniss & met F.C.B at Edith Grove. Very cold. Rode to Wimbledon. Galloped up drive & all separated. Rode
home alone up thro' Richmond Park. Home. Lunch. Mother in to lunch etc. Weldon & Pelleau called. Stayed a long time. Mother would not stay to dinner. Quiet evening & bed. Monday December 13 - Worked all day on Dickens drawing for Covent Garden Circus Company. Wired to Frank about Percy's horse. Sold. Ella fetched £15.0.0. Tuesday December 14 - Worked all day & after dinner on Dickens drawing for Covent Garden Circus Company. Students' Soirée. Did not go. Mrs Corbutt called. Mrs Percy Reeve called. Wednesday December 15 - Could not ride. Folkestone got cough. Queens hounds met at Greenford Green. Worked & finished (nearly) the Dickens drawing for Covent Garden Circus Company. Walked to Punch Dinner. Full dinner, all there but Bradbury. Good Dinner. 2 cuts. After looked in at Beefsteak. Home 1.30am. Thursday December 16 - Seedy in morning. Finished the Dickens drawing. In morning worked & rode Folkestone afterwards. Saw Wyndham, Kendal & also Finlay. After home. Worked on King Bon-bon picture. In evening dined with Frederick Macmillan at the Devonshire Club. Good dinner. Morel Mackenzie, Burnand, Smalley, Austin Dobson, Burne Jones, Yates, Mowbray Morris, Tadema, Whistler, Dixey, self, Hugh Thompson, Comyns Carr, 2 Macmillans etc. Home by cab. Very cold. George Lewis. Cold on the way, developed tomorrow. Friday December 17 - Got up with influenza awfully bad all day. Dense dark dismal damned black fog all day. Miserable & could hardly get work done at all. Finished 9.0am & bed 10.30. Had Tallow & Grog. Saturday December 18 - Frightfully hard frost. Could not ride. Cold very bad. Walked to Club. Called Dickens. Saw Evans. Lunched at Club. Montague Williams, Beerbohm Tree etc. After walked home. Had toys out with Chicks. Tea. After dined with Charles Critchett. Good dinner. Cold bad. Miss Gully. Found books. Home. Hard frost. Bed. Tallow & grog. Sunday December 19 - Frightfully hard frost. Could not ride. Cold better. Up at 10.0am. Put things in order. After lunch went for walk with M & Roy. On to Tattersalls & after to Westminster Abbey. Roy in Metopolitan. Home. Cold. Dinner. Bed early. Major Pelleau & his brother Pelleau called. Monday December 20 - Up at 9.0am. Hard frost. Put things straight. Drawings away etc. M & Mother went in carriage to get things for dinner. Pipe burst & water in house. Gas man came. Mr Morris called about soap. After Burnands, Mrs Geiger, Mr Lockyer, Guthrie & Baker to dine here tonight. Good evening & dinner. Whiskey flask knocked over. Tuesday December 21 - Beastly morning. Hard frost. Rather seedy. Could not photo, much to my disgust. Spencer called & took M out in Victoria. Dull wretched weather. Walked up to Club. Lunched & walked back. Had 2 sausages for lunch. Saw Roy & Maud buying Xmas tree. Dined in evening at the Joachims. Met Arthur Burnand & also Dickens & man like Sir Wm Wiseman. Collared by Dickens's recitation. Hard frost. Wednesday December 22 - Worked all day & late into the evening on Mr Punch's Political Party. Finished it at 1.30. Swain sent early in the morning for it. Snatched some dinner. Thursday December 23 - Rode Folkestone in morning round Wimbledon & Richmond. Saw them skating in the Park. Glass of Beer & biscuit. Home. Lunch. Commenced Tuer's drawing. Conny called. Friday December 24 - In morning rode to Wimbledon on Folkestone. Got wet & blistered. After took cab to Garrick. Lunch. Saw F.C.B & Jones, Meredith &
Merivale, Hatton, etc etc. Heavy rain. Went to Milliken & Lawley & Saddler etc etc. Cab home. Left umbrella. Lost at last. Dressed & went down to Olympia. Dined there & saw performance after. Marion came with Spencer. Saw Finlay & Kendal etc etc. Girl hurt. Saturday December 25 - Frosty morning. Could not ride. Chicks went out. M seedy. Boiled mutton for lunch. Laddie brought by Angell. Photod children in morning. At 2.0pm the carriage drove us to Saint Paul's. Roy & Maud. Spencer & greyhound called. After at Bath Hotel saw Mother. Left Maud. Called Thomas's Hotel. Saw Sophy. Walked home with Roy. Freezing. Prepared Magic Lantern. After Mother came. Dinner. Chicks down. Edgar & Sophy. Magic lantern. Mother could not get home. Very tired. Bed. Sunday December 26 - Fly for Mother. Heavy rain all day. Dull wretchedly cold, wet & ice under it. In morning altered trees for boots etc. M seedy, lunched in bed. After Frank Burnand called. Smoking dolls. Spencer called. We walked to Club. Cup of tea & muffin. Great rain & snow after. Went to Stafford Terrace. Dressed. Put field boots on & walked to F.C.Burnand's. A'Becketts & daughter there. Awful snow. No cabs. Walked home by 12.30. Good evening. Monday December 27 - Up rather late. Heavy snow on the ground. Fine morning. Chicks & snow. Maud made snow orange. Boxing day. Put boots on trees. Spencer called. Went for walk to Club. After lunched with him. Saw Fred Little. Tommy Angell left. Walked up to Henglers. Slippery. Saw performance. Back home. Walked, slippery, very. Toothache came on. Dined. Went to Drury Lane Pantomime, boxing night. Broadley sent ticket. Went by train. Walked part of way back. Saw Joe Knight at the Club. Cab from Piccadilly home. Tuesday December 28 - Up 9.30. Brighter morning. Wrote letters & cleared things up. Thaw. Reuss Lauteren & Co sent pot of Paté de Fois Gras. Carriage to go to Bath Hotel. Carriage out with Maud & Mother. Worked on Tuer's drawing in afternoon of 'Two Grand Old Men'. Did not go out at all all day. Quiet. Wednesday December 29 - Worked on Tuer's drawing of Two Grand Old Men. Finished it. After walked as far as Piccadilly towards P.D. Took cab at Picadilly Circus. Good Dinner. Cecil Brooks discussed. No Agnew. Home 12.30. Effie called. Thursday December 30 - In morning put things right. After feeling seedy walked to Club. Saw Evans & also Jim Matthews. Hard frost. Back. Letter from F.C.B. Skemed drawing for Gog & Magog. Worked after dinner. Drew Griffin. Called on Mother. Friday December 31 - Hard frost. Cold. Stace came round. Photod him. Gave him Xmas box. Gog. Gogmagog. Hard. Worried day, very. Mother reading 'She'. Got done 9.30pm. Dinner. Bottle of Lanson. Bed after.
1887 Post office telegram glued in: Handed in at the Charles St Haymarket Office 5.17pm.. Received Kensington Young St 5.28pm. JY 2 86. Linley Sambourne Esq. 18 Stafford Terr Kensington. Letter received application was made in 1882. Refused in my opinion applicant wrong. Lane for Graham. Notes and addresses on front pages: No of Store Ticket for 1887 : 36758. Martin & Co, Saddlers. 103 Gloster Rd. W Johnson Esq, Lincoln & Bennetts. Reuss Lanceran & Co, 39 Crutched Friars E.C. Pol Roger etc. Thos.I.Barratt Esq, Pears Soap, 38 Great Russell St. W.C. V.Harcourt, 33 Gertrude St. S.K. near Limerston St S.W. Models: Miss Wilkinson, 71 St John's Wood Terrace W. Recommended by Ellis: Miss Furrell, 77 Caledonian Road, Kings X. N.W. Ellis, Tadema, 14 Jany: Miss A Nichols, 1 Blandford Place, Regents Park N.W. Tall. Fair. Good looking. Solomon J Solomon gave Ellis: Miss Kate Double, 57 Tavistock Road, Westbourne Park, W. Both have sisters so be particular about Xtian names. Canon Harford's Spanish cloak (sketch with dimensions.) Armstrong draperies (sketch with dimensions.) Derby Dry Plate Co, 32 Queen St, Hammersmith, W. Swain's photographer on wood: Roberts, 57 St John's Villas, Upper Holloway, N. Jan 1887 Saturday January 1 Very cold in morning. Hard frost. Called in to see horses. M & self walked up to top of Row. Cab to St James's Restaurant. Chop & sausages. After to Royal Academy Old Masters. Saw Lady Wentworth, Taylors, Maxwells, Arthur Burnand, Stranger etc. Took M to her mother's. After to Club. Saw Jones, Merivale etc. Wrote letters. Walk home, sent M & Judy by cab. Row about horse etc etc. Dined at home. Read 'She'. Bed. Sunday January 2 Bitterly cold. Hoar frost. At 12.0 started for Barn Elms to skate. Did skate. 2 girls & 2 men on. Robin fed out of hand in Summer House. Walked home. Mother there. Read Rider Haggard's 'She'. Bed after. Did not work. Monday January 3 This day I worked on drawing for Augustus Harris. Invitation for the Baddeley night. Sent it off at 7.0pm. Quiet dinner & bed early.
Tuesday January 4 Birthday 43rd year. In morning tidied up. Walked to Club. Frost again. Lunched on minced beef. Saw Merivale & Col Jones. Walked after & called on Mother at Bath. Very slippery. Worked on Mr Coren's book after. Bed early. Bottle of Ayala New Wine Impl pint. Wednesday January 5 Bright morning & thaw. Carriage out went to Mother's at Bath with Polly. Worked all day on Coren's drawing, did not quite finish it. Walked as far as Ogden & Cookes. Blew him up. Afterwards cab to Punch Dinner. Anstey Guthries first dinner. Good company. Left. Home with Guthrie in cab. Tattersall's dinner, did not go. Thursday January 6 Hard frost again. Roy not quite the thing. Maud to go to Messels. Roy at home. Finished Coren's drawing. Began Goschen as Hound. F.C.B wrote to ask me to dine at Steak. Walked up to Steak. Looked at shop, Knightsbridge. M's cab passed me. Charles Allen & F.C.B at Club only. Dined quietly. After to see The Churchwarden at Olympia with F.C.B. Good. Back to Garrick. Wire from Arthur. Wrote letters. Read Huguenots. Went to the Baddeley Cake cutting. Broadly offensive. Saw Chaplin, Sir J.Gorst etc etc. Somers Vine, Whiteley, Currie, etc. Friday January 7 Very cold & raw. Worked on Goschen as Hound all day. Finished nine pm. Bed 11.30. Saturday January 8 Cold. Wrote letters. Went for walk at 12.0 noon. Saw Furniss & Finlay. After called Ogden & Cooke & also at Bath Hotel. Waited ¾ hour for Marion & Roy. After cab came up with M & Roy. Went to St James's Restaurant. Roy & sausages. Girls next table. On to Covent Garden Circus. Home in 4 wheeler. Quiet dinner. Read Arabian Nights. Bed 11.30pm. Sunday January 9 Up 10.0am. At 10.30 rode mare to meet Furniss. Wretched cold raw snowy morning. Rode along wood. Met Furniss. Rode past railways. Mare fresh. Turned back on Finchley Road. Home to lunch. Altered trees all afternoon. After read. Wycliffe Taylor called & stayed to dinner. Bed 11.15pm. Monday January 10 Very cold morning. Wrote letters. Printed a lot of back photos. M & Mother went shopping. After worked on Mr Coren's block. After dined at 6.15. Tenniel came & went to Hippodrome. Rather giddy in head. Mare slipped. Frost. Roads bad. Home. Hot grog. Supper. Bed 12.0am. Tuesday January 11 Very wet morning. Man did gas. Wretched morning. Walked to Club to Lunch. Back. Miss Wright called. Quiet dinner at home. Called Cutler & Reed about coat. Wednesday January 12
Cold again. Worked on Mr Coren's drawing. Photod Jolley & self in dull weather. After walked late all the way to Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Home by cab. Called at Garrick. Had Welsh Rabbit. Home 2.0am. Thursday January 13 Seedy in morning. In morning waited for letter from F.C.B. Came. Copied it out. Prince of Wales & John Bull. Walked on to Club. Saw F.C.B, also Hollingshead. Wrote letters. Walked home. Got to work. Drew picture & worked in cold till 1.0am. Drew John Bull. Alice Liddell at 18 Staff Terr. Friday January 14 In morning up early. Photod self in dull grey day for Prince of Wales & John Bull. Worked hard all day & got done in time to go to dine at Mrs Geigers. Met her mother & stepfather. Also her sister. Bachelors Hickson, Casella etc. Cold. Jolley drove queerly. Home 11.15pm. Read Napoleon. Saturday January 15 Up at 10.0am. After walked M as far as Marion Pollock's. Snow. On to Cutler & Reeds. After to Farmer & Rogers Indian Warehouse. On to White's in Bow Street. After Club lunch. Chicken & ham. After walked home. Chicks. Went to Rider Haggards. Mare fresh. Met Pollocks. Pretty girl. Anstey Guthrie. Home.11.0. Schnaps. Mare very fresh home. Bed. Sunday January 16 Very cold in morning. Snow. Walked out wth Roy & M. Skating on Round Pond & Long Water. Looked in at stables. Foot called. After skemed helmet. After Banks came to dinner & also Tristram Ellis. Good dinner. Nelly was to have dined but could not on acct of cold. Monday January 17 Severe frost. Turner put new sash in window. Mother went to Mrs Carter's after. Casts came of Minerva & Bull. Fine sunny morning. Gas man here. In evening dined at Walter Austin's. Walked. Missed carriage. Met Shakespeare, Mr & Mrs Warre, Burnands etc etc. (Pencil note: Shakespeare & Lord Randolph Churchill anecdote. Who's the Young Politician.) Home 11.15. Snow & thaw set in at 10.0am. Tuesday January 18 Thaw. Walked to British Museum in afternoon. Walked right into dense black fog. Could not see what I wanted. After on to Whites & on to Club & walked home. Worked on Coren's drawing. Children at Donaldsons. Just missed them. Quiet dinner at home. Wednesday January 19 In morning worked on Coren's drawing. Finished it. After walked to Punch Dinner. Put scales on armour. Good dinner. Home with Anstey in cab. No fare to pay. Called for letter. Could not get it. Thursday January 20
Harold Peto's dinner. Fine bright day. In morning worked on photos of self as Schoolmaster & dear Roy as Boy. Things sent from Gurney Wren & Lincoln Bennett. Little à Becketts came in cab & were sent away. Mistake. Photod them. Began drawing. After walked to H. Peto's dinner. Met Abbey, Fildes, Gilbert, etc, 2 Hasses. Lovely home. Very tired. Friday January 21 Nordenfelt dance. Did not go. Worked hard all day on Churchill & School. Tired in evening. M not so well. Saturday January 22 In morning rode for 1st time since (blank). Jolley rode mare. Not much on a horse. Afterwards lunch. Went up to see Roy. Put scales on armour. Dined at 6.15 & went to 1st night of the Gilbert & Sullivan new opera Ruddigore. Brilliant house. Sat next Jew Gouche. Ld Mayor. Supper Garrick. Arthur à Beckett. Home 2.0am. Very tired. Sunday January 23 Very dull morning. Felt tired. Wired Furniss. At 10.50 rode with Furniss & Spencer round Wimbledon & Richmond. Home to lunch. Roy's foot bad. After developed Arthur's photographs. Read Gibbon's Rise & Fall Roman Empire. Weldon called. Put scales on armour. Dinner. Bed 11.0pm. Marion not well. Roy's foot bad. Monday January 24 Dull cold morning very. Rode in Row, Folkestone. Saw Finlay. After worked on Coren's drawing. Roy's foot bad. Dined quietly at home. Oakes wrote for hunters. Tuesday January 25 In morning played Tennis with Tuer etc. Home. Photod self in Spanish cloak. Maud did it. After worked Coren drawing. Spencer came in to dinner. Roy & M went for drive toWimbledon. Quiet evening. Roy's foot bad with boil. Wednesday January 26 Most lovely morning. Printed photos of self in Canon Harford's Spanish cloak. Worked & wrote letters. After rode Folkestone in the Row. Beautiful order & capital ride. Saw Finlay, Alexander & Mrs De la Rue. Home. Groom's horse reared. Worked on Mr Coren's tailpiece. Greek piece. At 5.30 walked to Punch Dinner. Called Cutler & Reeds & on Whites. Good dinner. No Lucy. Poor little Lucy. Home with Guthrie. Steady cab. Fog. Thursday January 27 Very heavy fog in morning. Could not ride. Very dark & dull. Gas. Finished the Greek tail piece. Quiet evening & bed. M still seedy. Dr Langston called. Friday January 28 Waited until 12.30 for subject. Percy Oakes called at breakfast time on his new tit-upping hoss. After worked on John Bull & Smith all day. Finished 9.45. Champagne. Bed after 11.30pm. Saturday January 29
In morning up & tidied things etc. At 12.15 rode Folkestone. Went through Row & on to Victoria afterwards. Rode with Heathorne & Finlay. Home, changed, went with M to Westwood. Carriage full. Stopped at Margate. Bought leather & beeswax. Walked to Westwood. Quiet dinner & bed. Sunday January 30 At Westwood. Went for walk along the sea shore & on to Margate. Had sherry & bitters at White Hart. After cart picked me up with Betsy Thornton. Westwood dinner 2.15pm. Minnie ill. Worked on Aegis after. Bed 11.30pm. Monday January 31 At Westwood. Dull & strong wind. Drove with Mervyn at 10.30 to meet at Sarre, Miss Chard's. Came across hounds. Mervyn & smoke. Drove home. Cold. Did Aegis. Leather lining. Minnie Tilley ill, very. Quiet dinner & evening. News from Compton about Mervyn. Feb 1887 Tuesday February 1 At Westwood. Came up with Mervyn by Granville. Very heavy wet in London. After cab to Stafford Terrace. Found dear Maud very ill with her throat. Saw her. Worked on Coren's drawing after. Mervyn called about theatricals etc. Walked to Punch Dinner. Called on Cutler & Reed. Whites shut up again. Punch Dinner. Late. No oysters. Came home with Anstey Guthrie. Found Maud awake. Got grapes. Wednesday February 2 Bright morning. Colder. Dear Maud still very ill. Went up to her room. Worked on Tournament. Orton came about Maudie. After went to see Maud. Called at Herbert & Jones for jelly. On to the Garrick. Paid subscription. Dined with Milliken & after went on to the Avenue Theatre. Home with Guthrie. Thursday February 3 Maud still ill. Orton called. Wired for M to come home. Wire from M saying coming. Worked on Coren's drawing. M home at 3.0pm. Roy went in carriage to meet her. Began drawing for Automatons. Quiet dinner. Very tired. Sleepy. Bed. Orton fetched at 12.0pm. Maud very ill & in pain. Friday February 4 Rode before breakfast. Maud still very ill. Mother at lunch etc. Hard pressed for work & terribly worrying day. Altered subject & after did single figure. Dinner 10.0pm. Orton in. Smoked pipe. Saturday February 5 Maud still ill. Decided to call Dr G.West in. Rode at 10.15 with Bartlett & his son, 1st time since December 11th. Lovely warm morning. Home 1.05pm. Dr West came at 2.30pm consultations about Maudie. Better news. Geraldine sat with her. After quiet dinner bed 12.0. Worked after dinner on Coren's drawing. Orton smoked pipe from 11.0 till 12.30. Sunday February 6
Much colder. Rode the mare for first time since December 12, 1886. (This does not count short ride Jany 9th.) 8 weeks. Uncomfortable ride. Breeches hurt me etc. Mare awkward with trains very. Home 2.0pm. Solitary lunch. Slept. Maud about same though better night. Roy not well. Sat with Maud. Monday February 7 Cold east wind set in. Dear Roy better. Maud still seriously ill. Worked on Tournament drawing, Coren. Tuesday February 8 Cold, very, & frost. Maud still very ill. Finished tournament drawing for Coren, nearly. After drove with M to Harold Powers. Dined. Pleasant evening. Photo machine etc etc. Home 11.45pm. Wednesday February 9 Cold cold east wind. Worked on Mr Coren's book. Finished Tournament drawing. Began Wellington. Walked up to Punch Dinner. Called Ogden & Cooke. Professor late at dinner. Home with Guthrie in cab. Thursday February 10 In morning skemed picture. Afterwards photod self in greatcoat as Prince o' Wales. Also Jolley as Bishop. Consultation at 3.30 about dear Maud. Dr West came. £3.3.0. Maud seriously ill. Did not go out. Quiet evening. Sleepy after dinner. Friday February 11 Worked hard all day on Prince, Bishop etc. Crystal Pallis. Did not go out. Maud very slowly better. M slight sore throat. Saturday February 12 In morning at 10.15 rode Folkestone. Bartlett picked me up. Enjoyed ride. Stopped Butcher's pony. Home. Put photo house in order etc. Photod self in evening dress. In evening went to Sir Coutts Lindsay at home. Dull evening. After at Osgoods. Lost £2.15.0 cards. Home with Parsons very late. Punch not good at Gallery. Vandykes splendid. Sunday February 13 Very seedy in morning. Maud slowly better. At 1.0pm walked to Garrick. Met Mrs McTear. After quiet lunch wrote letters & walked home. Quiet dinner. Read Oceana. Bed 11.20pm. Mother drove to Ealing. Nellie Keith called. Roy oh! so good. Went with Mrs Mackenzie to Olympia. Monday February 14 Still bitterly cold. Awful east wind. Spencer called. Maud slowly better. Rode in Park at 12.0. Saw Mrs De la Rue. Talk about Dr Ringer. Went up to look at house on Campden Hill, South Villa. Also looked over stables. Home to lunch. Tuesday February 15 Rode in Park 12.15. Mother left for St Neots at 3.15pm with Emma. Worked on Coren's drawings. In the evening drove to & dined at Lucy's. Met Baroness de
Worms, Dicey, Andrew Lang etc etc, Mrs Smalley. After walked to Club & Rules. Oysters. In at Beefsteak. Pelligrini. Home 2.0am. Wednesday February 16 Very cold. Worked on small block & Punch. Dear Maud not so well. Went after to Punch Dinner. Met Millais. He turned back & walked to Albert Gate. Cab at Piccadilly. Drove to Bow St. Saw Helmet. On to Bouverie St. Good Dinner. Home by carriage. Hard frost. Thursday February 17 Very dull day. Could not photo well. Did self as John Bull etc. Pipes. Stace away. Disappointed about French Horn. Dear Maud still very bad. Orton in. Worked after dinner. Friday February 18 Worked all day on Crocodile cut. Photod French horn. Wet. After in evening went to Abbey & Parsons. Good dinner. Canvas back ducks. Abbey, Parsons, Burnand, Lang, Comyns Carr, Black, Bret Harte, Osgood, Trower, Sambourne. Poker. Home 4.0am. Saturday February 19 Norman Lockyer's dinner. Reform Club 7.45pm. In morning rode with Bartlett round Wimbledon & Richmond. Cold & dull. Home. Tired. Put Photo House in order & also rested in Morning Room. Drove in carriage to Norman Lockyer's dinner. Met Sir Trevor Lawrence, Prof Huxley, Tadema, Christie (Astronomer Royal) Leonard Courtney, etc etc. Stayed till 1.0pm. Drove straight home. Sunday February 20 Up at 10.15 rode with Furniss. Met Spencer on Cobweb. Furniss full of Agricultural Hall. Spencer thrown from Cobweb. Long gallop. After rode through Wimbledon & Richmond. Tired very. Home. Rested. Boehm, Angell, Walter Austin & à Becketts called. Sleep after dinner. On to Club. Wrote letters. After to Mrs Ledger's at home. Saw Mrs Turner etc etc. Home 3.0am. Monday February 21 Lovely bright morning. Tickets for Pantomime came. Worked in morning. Went in afternoon to Pantomime. Walked thro' Park to Drury Lane & met carriage. Met Du Maurier & May. Saw Gilbert. Walked home. Quiet dinner & bed early. Tuesday February 22 Dull day. Rode at 12.15 in Park. Met Mrs De la Rue, Finlay, Alexander, Miss Trower. Home. After finished Wellington & girl. Afterwards drove to Du Mauriers. Dined. Met Mr & Mrs D.M, Silvia D.M, Mr & Mrs Comyns Carr, Boughtons, Sambournes, Abbey, Collin, Mrs Skerrow. (12) Home 11.30 Wednesday February 23 In morning worked at Coren's last drawing. Maud still ill. Very anxious about her. Nurse & mare. Words at lunch. After walked to British Museum, ¼ hr there. Met Pelligrini. Called 4 Tottenham Court Road & Whites. After on Whistler, & to
Archbutts, Strand etc. Rest at Club. Walked to Punch Dinner. Picture sent from Marsh. Home with Guthrie in cab 12.30am. Thursday February 24 Abbey called in morning. Fine. After rode in Park. At 12.30pm went & photod model for Abbey. (Pencil note: Miss Wilkinson, Feby 12, 1895.) Back. Work on Punch. Directors on Ship. Dinner. Very sleepy afterwards. Bed. (Red ink: Took 1st Photographs from nude model ever done. Miss Wilkinson in Abbey's studio.) Friday February 25 Worked hard all day on Directors for Lightships. Worry letter from F.C.B. Finished in haste & drove to dinner at Mrs McTears. Long slow heavy dinner. Bells. Met Miss Heilbuth etc. Home by mare at 11.30. Did little work & bed 12.30pm. Saturday February 26 Up at 6.0am & work on small block. In morning put things in order etc etc. After rode thro' Park etc. In to theatre. Home. Wired for box at play. Went up to Abbey's studio & arranged platform. Home after. Quiet sit with Maud. Dinner. Bed early. Miss Ethel Coxan sent pasteboard things. (Red ink: Also the mantle, never returned. L.S.) Sunday February 27 Cold frosty morning. Rode by self on to Wimbledon. Called on Barker. Home fast. Lots of people about. Changed. Lunch at Boughtons. Maude Allens, Lancaster, Schlessingers, Robb, etc etc came in. After on to Dickens's. Home. Met Farquhars. Read. Changed plates 5.30pm. Quiet dinner, Abbey in by self. Bed 11.30pm. Monday February 28 Photographed Miss Wilkinson 2nd time. Dear Maud not so well. Frost & mist. Saw Orton. At 12.0 went up to Abbey's studio to photo model. Mistake about things. Back to stable after. Tadema, Parsons, Padgett etc came in. After home to lunch at 2.0pm. M went to Mrs Skerrow's. Went back. Fog came on. Home. Developed plates. After worked on Coren's drawing. Dinner. Bed. Mar 1887 Tuesday March 1 Dull cold morning very. Harry Furniss announcement in the 'Times'. Went at 1.0 to Prince of Wales Theatre. Saw Alice in Wonderland. Took Roy & Judy. After walked on to Club. Wrote letters etc. On to Punch Dinner. Few there. Left very late. Tenniel came in at 11.30. Fog dense. Cab at Charing X. Home 1.50am. Wednesday March 2 Dear Maud not so well. Talked of calling in West again. Better at night. Pottered all day. Rode in Park. Saw new girl 1st time on steps. Drove up to Abbey's & got camera. Worked on Cinderella after. Quiet evening. Thursday March 3 Dense fog. 9.0. M caught in it. Did not ride. Finished small cut Cinderella. Worked after on Lord Mayor defending Gog & Magog. 1 st photo on new platform. Quiet evening. Worked after dinner.
Friday March 4 Did not ride. Dense fog. Worked all day on Fowler defending Gog & Magog. After carriage took me to St Stephens Club. Dined with Hutton, son, Jones & Spencer. Billiards. Called Beefsteak. Spencer's Club & home by Spencer's trap. Saturday March 5 Dull wretched morning & fog. Rode later. Worked & did Herkomer & G.O.M small. After rode to Hampton Court & lunched. Very seedy & ill after dinner. Home by 5.30. Wired from Kingston. Quiet evening. Sketched Aegis. Sunday March 6 Dull miserable morning. Did not ride. Cleared after. Walked with M thro' Gardens. After took cab to Furniss's lunch (heavy). A'Becketts, Silver, Milliken, sister & mother of H.F. Sub Ed 'Times' in after. Looked at pictures. Carriage fetched us. Home. Very cold. Rested. Too much lunch. After dined at Corbutts. Met Miss Thomson for 1st time. Home at 11.15. Pettie there. Monday March 7 In morning put things in order. Rode in Park. Worked on Coren's drawing. After dinner went with M & Judy to Olympia. Annoyed about having to pay for seat. Home by hansom. Tuesday March 8 In morning rode in Park. Mrs De la Rue came up. Had to ride fast. Home. Worked on Coren's drawing. Miss Thomson called. Mr Barlow called at 3.0pm & told us about the proposed Academy resolution for Black & White Associates. Wednesday March 9 Worked on Coren's drawing. Too late to walk in evening. M went to her Mother's at Bath Hotel. Cab up to Weller's rooms & dined as Birch's guest at Royal Academy Club dinner. Cap'n Jones, Seymour Lucas etc etc, Colin Hunter. On to Punch Dinner. Drunken cabman & 6d. Home with Guthrie. Thursday March 10 Seedy in morning. Fog & cold. Did not ride. Subject altered twice by F.C.B. Finally worked on Spider. After walked up to Spencer's dinner. Lord James Douglas, old Hutton, Self, C.O.B, S.J.H, 2 De la Rues & Col (blank) Home with Mr De la Rue in cab. Drove in brougham after lunch to sale rooms & walk to look at photo apparatus. L.Fildes elected as Royal Academician. Friday March 11 Up & worked. Continued Spider. Photod Jolley in cell. Worked till 3.0am. Tired & bed 3.30am. Saturday March 12 Very tired & up late in morning. After walked on to Club. Met Bartlett on horseback. Went to Steven's Sale Rooms. Paid for studio camera stand. On to Whites. Fire had been there. Back to Club for lunch. Grossmith, Kemble, Comyns
Carr, Beerbohm Tree. After fetched stand by cab. Home. Mended stand. Quiet dinner & evening. Got on with Aegis. Read 'Devil on 2 sticks'. Sunday March 13 Lovely sunny morning but cold & hard frost. Furniss & Spencer did not turn up. On to Barker's on Folkestone over Wimbledon Common. Saw his Irish horse, Oh! Home through Richmond. After lunch at home drew in bottles for menu of Kinsman dinner. After went to call on Fildes & after took drawing to Parsons. Kept at door ringing bell. Home. Bottle of Lanson for dinner. Sleep after & rest. Arms felt numb for 1st time. Bed 11.20. Read Fouquiers Tales. Monday March 14 Fine sunshiney morning but bitterly cold. Maud not so well. Cooke called with trees. Wrote Millais. After went & called on Mr Viles. Walked. Jolley came on Folkestone after. Rode in Park with Gilbert. Spoilt ride. After Judy went out with carriage & came back because the mare was lame. Maud not so well again. Worked on Mr Coren's drawing. Intensely cold. Quiet dinner at home. Went to Tuer's & played game of Billiards in hot stuffy room. Beat Tuer. Tuesday March 15 (Red ink: This day from 9.0am till 3.0pm it was as dark as midnight with dense black cloud overhead.) Snow fell all afternoon & intensely cold. Worked all day & got on with Mr Coren's last drawing. Annie Roberts came etc & Ugly left. Worked after dinner. Read after & bed 11.30. Wednesday March 16 Finished Mr Coren's drawing. Squared up. In afternoon sketched shoulder piece of Aegis. Did drawing of Goose Girl. Afterwards walked to Punch Dinner as far as Garrick Club. Took 4 wheel cab to Bouverie St. Bradbury cut. Father Wilhelm cut. Cold very bad. Spoilt dinner but in good spirits all the same. Home with Guthrie by cab. Lost last train. Thursday March 17 Kinsman dinner, Hatchetts Hotel Piccadilly, 7.0pm. Bitterly cold snow off & on. Photod Jolley as Witch. Used studio stand for 1 st time. Friday March 18 Worked hard all day on Salisbury etc as Witches. Quiet dinner. Girl refused to wait. Finished at 9.0pm. Saturday March 19 In morning early took dear Roy to the British Museum. Saw Cecil Smith. Lunch at Holborn Restaurant. Roy & pigeon & ice. Snow. Cold & ice. Home. Put studio stand right. After quiet dinner worked on Aegis. Sunday March 20 Bitterly cold miserable day. In 2 minds whether to ride or not. Did ride. Felt cold. Met Barker & Davidson. (Red ink: Met Dr Forbes Winslow on bridge at Putney. Written Oct 24 '92, recollected.) Home. Could not get warm anyway. A'Becketts dined here. Girl refused to wait & went out. (Red ink: This girl offered me pounds to be allowed to go).
Monday March 21 Cold raw morning. At 9.45 drove to Stokes's (bootmaker) after to British Museum. Saw Smith. Back to Club. Wrote letters & on to Kensington. Returned by cab to British Museum. Photod in Mr Smith's rooms. Left at 4.0 by cab. Home. Developed plates. Quiet dinner. Read Scribners Magazine. Bed 11.30. Tuesday March 22 Weather changed. Finer with gale of wind. At 9.45 drove with Polly to British Museum. Worked there from 10.0 to 4.0pm. Photod lot of bronzes etc. Carriage fetched me. Drove to Club & home. Mrs Spofforth & Miss Hardman there. Rained heavily. On & paid Gillham. Looked at mare out. Home. Dinner. Judy at Bazaar. Maud better decidedly for 1st time. Wednesday March 23 This morning the girl Annie Roberts left in most astonishing way wanting to pay a month's wages. Developed a lot of plates. Found out the reason of fogging, light at back. Tilda called. Worked on Andrew Lang's fairy stories. Walked at 5.30 to Punch Dinner. Accident in Piccadilly. Full Dinner. Home with Guthrie in cab. Thursday March 24 Lovely morning. Very wet after lunch. Waited for subject. Came in afternoon. Friday March 25 Maud better. Did Chamberlain & Collings as Elephants. Saturday March 26 Boat Race. Cambridge won. In morning worked. Lunch. After drove down with Roy & M. Slow. Roy & Egg man. Music & home. M went to Miss Mackenzie's to tea. Sunday March 27 Rode in morning round Wimbledon & Putney. Men jumping etc. Home. Mare a splint. Monday March 28 Boehms' supper. Such a supper. Went in evening to see 'Dorothy'. To Boehms after. Tuesday March 29 Worked on Andersen. Printed photos. Dined in evening at Miss Elmore's. Met Eaton etc. Wednesday March 30 Worked on photos in morning. Afterwards did Andrew Lang's Puss in Boots. After walked to Punch Dinner. Rode in Park in morning. Good Dinner. Home earlier with Guthrie. Thursday March 31
Worked on Punch block. Wycliffe called. Photod him as sailor. Afterwards worked. Rode in Park an hour after. Drove to Holl's for dinner. Met Foogles. Knew Mrs Bacon. Livery very. Home 11.30 by mare. Apr 1887 Friday April 1 Up. Livery. Worked. Did John Bull. Cutlass & Sailor. Stace called. Quiet dinner. Bed 11.30. Saturday April 2 Cold east wind. Worked from 8.0am till 12.0. Did small Punch block. After rode Folkestone up to Garrick. Met Lockwood etc. Jolley kept me waiting. D. him. Walked home. Spencer & Adah & Pilleau dined with us. Slow evening & up very late. Sunday April 3 Picture Sunday. Did not ride. Put Photo House in order & developed plates etc. After lunch walked to Colin Hunter's & after to Fildes etc etc. Met M & drove to Millais, St John's Wood etc etc. Accident with Millais' pictures. Home. Wycliffe Taylor dined with us. Monday April 4 Rode in Park on Folkestone. Saw Mr Kendal in brougham. Back. Printed photos etc etc. Tuesday April 5 In evening went to see Dandy Dick. Guthrie there. Worked on Andersen's Fairy Stories. Wednesday April 6 Worked on Andersen's. Finished Mouse & Girl. Late. Took cab to Punch Dinner. Left drawing at Macmillans. Good dinner & full one. Keene & D.M. there. Cab home with Guthrie. Sent Jolley for stick & to call on Simpson & Loudon for coat. Thursday April 7 Early in morning photod Jolley in Simpson & Loudons' coat. Developed & got to work. Hard rush. Packed bag, dined & on to Victoria. Spencer & party nearly missed train. All met in carriage. Delmar & wife, Percy Oakes, Spencer & self. Down to Dover. Blowing gale of wind. Did not go. Went to Lord Warden. Turned out. Met Romer & friend. On to Dover Castle Hotel. Ham & Champagne. Smoke after in wretched room. Bed. Slept in fur coat. Gale of wind blowing. Friday April 8 In morning at Castle Hotel Dover. Clear sky. Gale of wind. Out for walk. Back for breakfast. Bad. Went on board. Met Joshua & Romer etc, Mocattas. Rough passage. Not ill. Good lunch at buffet at Calais. Carriage all to ourselves to Paris. Mrs Delmar frivolous. Arrived Paris. No trouble. On to Continental. Trouble about rooms. Managed somehow. Dressed & out to dine at Voisins. Saw Percy Reeves. Dropped new glove. On to Eden. No performance. After to Folies Bergères. Saw
mouse in full house. After drove on to Chat Noir. Heard mandoline played. Back. On to Café. Washed hands. Supper at Sylvains. Good. Saturday April 9 Called on Campbell Clarke at 10.30am. Up at 8am. Out & on to lunch at Grand Hotel. Flower. Met Delmars & Captain Maxsey. After walk thro' Paris. Oakes rude. On to Bindas. Mrs Delmar's drinking propensities came out. Went to Louvre. Bought soldiers & gloves. Dropped Delmars. Walk thro' Paris. Saw Sir Edward Reed. Curious incident about Boulanger & likeness. Reed standing behind. Felt very livery. After Spencer bought dressing gown. Called Grand Hotel on Stokes. After bought tie. Went for drive in Bois de Boulogne. Saw Mrs Percy Reeve. After to Hotel. Dined Lion d'Or. Mansey etc. On to Nouveau Cirque. Mrs D screwed. Scent etc. On after to Sylvains. Sat in corner. Hot & not very comfortable. Met Lowe for 1st time. Went to Chat Noir. Home 2.30am. Sunday April 10 At Continental Hotel. Most lovely day. Up in morning. Stokes came in in morning. Strolled to Voisins & on to Madeleine. Warm & hot. Mrs Delmar rude & frightfully put out. Good lunch. Got there in good humour. Spencer & self went to Auteuil races. Met Clarke, W Humphreys etc etc. Spencer won £5.00. After strolled down towards Paris. Took voiture. Called & saw Panorama of Battle of Resonville. Good. Strolled back to Paris. Dressed & went to dine at Campbell Clarke's. Met Joachim, Spencer & Box with Egg. On to Eden Theatre. Met Mons de B(illeg) & Oakes & Lowe. After stroll & various capers went into Café Americaine. Saw Delmar. Came out again. Called Café opposite. Drunken girls. Supper at Sylvains. Frogs etc. Row & hit student with hat on back of his head. Disgusted. Walked home by myself at 3.0am. Monday April 11 Up 8.0am. Went out & on to restaurant. Spencer sent note to Delmar. Good lunch. Delmar came & Oakes. Walked for flowers. Mrs D burst out crying. Back to hotel. Mrs D seedy. Spencer went for medicine. Cocktail at Bodega. After walked to Course Hippique. Saw Williams, Lord Onslow etc. Walked thro' horses etc etc. Stroll along boulevards up to Bindas. Cocktail. Back along to hotel. Saw last of Delmars. After dined at Bignons. Lots of Englishmen. Went to Belle Hélène. Saw Judie. Tired. Well dressed young Frenchman. Stroll on to Café de la Paix. Smoke & at 1.0am walked back to hotel. Bed earlier. Tuesday April 12 At Hotel Continental. Up in morning. Out at 10.45. Lowe ran after us. Lunch, good, at Le Doyens. Diplomatic party. Humphreys & Briscow Ray. Spencer offered dog. Carriage from Kellners. After down to races, St Croix Berny. Passed Williams on road. Rain heavily. Grand stand. On to course. After saw accident to poor Mr Torrance. Killed. Chaplin & Lord Hartington. Back to stand. Rain. Pretty woman. Last hunt race. Back to Paris. On to Binda. Cocktails. Very wet. Gt coat wet. Dressed & strolled out. Called Voisins, Grand Café, Café de Paix, Sylvains, & after dined at Café de Paris. Good dinner. Oakes ill. Went to Ball. Chatteris & Lady Beresford etc. Saw Stokes & Campbell Clarke. Supper after at Café Americaine. Home 4.45am.
Wednesday April 13 In morning up at 8.0am. Dressed. Humphreys came in & paid £5.0.0 to Spencer. Went down & out. Bought Maud parasol. After back to Hotel. Omnibus to station. Fuss about tickets etc etc. Got things out of carriage & travelled to Amiens. Rush. 2 Swedes or Russians on train. Uncomfortable lunch. All got out at Boulogne. After crossed in the Victoria. Very pretty girl with 2 Frenchmen. Lord Hartington, Lord Rowton. Harries Williams & family. Very cold. Back to London. No dinner at Club. Parted, on to Beefsteak. Comyns Carr etc. 1 st view of Drummond. After to Punch Dinner. Home 12.30 with Guthrie. Thursday April 14 Cold east wind. Woke up at home. Snow & cold wind. Orton in. Put things in order. Friday April 15 Worked on Chamberlain as Lark. Rode at 12.30 in Park. Finished block after. Dinner 9.0pm. Quiet evening. M & Roy go to Westwood tomorrow. Saturday April 16 In morning worked & did small block for Lang's fairy tales. Afterwards tidied up. Went after lunch with M & Roy & saw them off to Westwood. Afterwards drove on to Club. Saw Jones. Spencer called. Osgood blackballed. Spencer & self dined together. Afterwards went to Edwardes Theatre Gaiety. Stood. On to Pavilion. Heard Bessie Bellwood. Tart. On to Rules. Supper. Garrick after. Buffalo Bill. More wine. Home 2.0pm. Slept in cab. Sunday April 17 Head in morning. Rode with Spencer to Barkers. Spencer frightfully nervous. Saw Barker's new house etc. Lots of money knocking about. Home after lunching at Barker's. Quiet afternoon & cold dinner at home. Bed early. Dear Maud down in afternoon. Monday April 18 At 10.30 went to Westwood. Roy met me Margate. Walked. Bought oxalic acid & saddle paste. After on to Westwood. M & Mother met me. Quiet afternoon. Roy & microscope. After went walk with Roy. Made him run along by himself. Bed early. Did Aegis. Maud went out for drive for 1st time. Tuesday April 19 At Westwood. Drove with dear Roy & M to Ramsgate. Called Hills. Went on pier. Saw Weigall. Missed Polly. Home. Lunch. After did Aegis. Long walk with dear Roy round ground. Bed 11.0pm. Wednesday April 20 In morning came up from Westwood by 8.15 train. On to Stafford Terrace at 10.45. Put things in order etc. Rode in Park. Dinner, Punch, 7.30. Called in at Furniss' show. Walked on with Tenniel etc towards Club. Called White's about helmet. Madders said he saw me. Sergeant said man waiting about for me. Took cab with Milliken to Club. Tasted Claret with Weldon. Home 1.30pm.
Thursday April 21 Rode before breakfast 1st time. Round by Abbey's. Left note. Saw Cobley's place. Into Park. Met Lord Charles Beresford. After photod self as Harcourt Gamp. Worked. Went to dinner Colin Hunter's. Met Orchardson, Pettie, McWhirter, Fletcher etc. Home at 11.30. Friday April 22 Hard day's work. Rode before breakfast. Met Mocatta. Worked on Harcourt as Gamp. Subject altered twice. Photod self as Goschen, painter. After drew till 12.30pm. Dinner. ½ bottle Ayala. Sleep & bed 12.30pm. Saturday April 23 In morning up 10.0am. Printed photos. Rode in Park till 1.30. Lunched at home. After carriage drove me to Albert Palace. Photod dragon. Back. Tennis at Tuers. Pollock etc. Won. After went to Balls & Jingle. After to Club. Buffalo Bill. Stayed till 4.0am. Lord Ronald Gower & Herkomer etc. Sunday April 24 Up at 9.30. Down by 11.0pm train to Westwood. Same carriage with Burnands. Saw Warner & daughter at Margate. Carriage & M met me at Broadstairs. On to Westwood. Roy a cold. Stokey. Lunch. Tired. Sketched Aegis etc. Bag could not be found. Mother not well. Supper. Bed 11.0pm. Monday April 25 Came up at 8.15 from Westwood with Stokey. Cad friend in train. Ought to have had tooth out. Heavy wet in town. Home, developed dragons. Lunch on duck. Drove to Varnishing Day at Academy. There till 7.0pm. Back to Constitutional Club. Met Stokey. Dined Café Royal. Saw Henderson. After went to boxing match. After to Pavilion, Bessie Bellwood. Walked to Club & home 1.0pm. Tuesday April 26 Fine again. Rode at 8.30am. Park very wet. Worked hard all day on Academy drawing. Photod in morning & enlarged the photos for girls etc. M & Roy back in afternoon. Began Academy drawing. Ought to have worked. Sleepy after dinner. Wednesday April 27 Worked hard all day on Academy drawing. Rode before breakfast. Gave up Press Day & Punch Dinner & kept on all day & up to 1.30 at work on Academy cut. Thursday April 28 Up & worked hard on Academy drawing. Finished it at 5.0pm. After went to Savoy Theatre. Mrs Mackenzie joined us. Saw Ruddigore. Home. Very wet, very. Sandwiches, bed. Ought to have gone by Lord Ronald Gower's invite to American Ex'n. Could not. Friday April 29 Private view of Academy. In morning worked on Gladstone as Indian etc. After lunch went up to Academy. No trouble. Met heaps of friends. Afterwards home. Finished block. Dined 9.30 & bed after.
Saturday April 30 In morning tired. Read paper. Rode in Park. East wind. Met Joshua etc. Home. Lunch at home. After drove to Private View of the Grosvenor Gallery. Saw Miss (blank). Put M in carriage. After look round at Furniss Gallery. Walked on to Club. After dressed & went to Academy Banquet. Ld Mayor etc etc. After went with Colin Hunter to Club. Too much wine etc. Home 1.30pm. May 1887 Sunday May 1 In morning woke early. Very seedy, thought had lost ring. After rode with Boehm & Birch to Wimbledon etc etc. Home 1.15. Better after lunch. Sleep. Played 6 sets Tennis at Hickmans. Mr Looth, Underhills there etc etc, Noots. Home. John Macdonald & Conny & wife dined with us. Very tired. Sleepy. Bed 11.0pm. Monday May 2 Lady Rosebery's reception, missed it. A wretched bitterly cold east wind. Dull rainy & miserable day. M & her mother drove to dressmakers. Wrote letters all morning. Cleared them off. Lunch at home. Continued to write. At 3.30 dressed to walk to Charing X to meet Birch. Walked as far as Apsley House. Took cab. Just missed train. Met Peter Graham, Colin Hunter, Dicksee, Abbey etc. Walked to Trafalgar. Dined Royal Academy Club. Dinner. Made speech. Back. Walked. Missed train. Furniss & self tried all the streets in Strand. Supper William Black's. Home with Woods & Fildes 12.30pm. Tuesday May 3 Xplosion at Hounslow 4.0am. Awful dull wretched miserable weather. Rode at noon, 12.30pm. After heavy rain in afternoon. Effie lunched. Suet pudding & leg of mutton. Worked in afternoon on Lion at Home. After in evening dined at Hunts. Met Boughtons & Armitages, Walker etc. Home 11.0pm. Wednesday May 4 Rode before breakfast. Wrote letters after. Dark, dull, rainy. Walked up to Punch Dinner as far as Whites. Cab on from there. Home by self with T pot & helmet. Badgered about cuts. Thursday May 5 Photod Jolley as colonist etc. Spoilt photos in afternoon. In evening dined at the Purves's. Louis Fagan also. Very good dinner. Met pretty Miss Cartwright. & Captain Hawkins etc. After drove on to Anderson Critchetts smoking party. Good. Home by cab with Fildes at 2.30pm. Toole there etc etc, Col Hughes Hallett. Friday May 6 Worked all day on John Bull, Colonist & French Soldier. Marion & mother went to Westwood by Granville. Dined 10.0pm. Long weary day. Saturday May 7 In morning rode the mare at 11.0am the first time since Feby 6 1887 (13 weeks & before twice in 21 weeks.) Over to Barkers. After home to lunch. Sent chicks in carriage to Barkers. Did photos etc in afternoon. After dressed & went at 5.45 to the Savage Club as Furniss' guest. Bradbury, Lord R Gower, Herbert Gardner etc
etc there. Good evening. Phil Robinson there. After took Lucy to supper at Rules. After to Garrick. Milliken, Salomon, Lord R.Gower screwed. ('That's a nice ring' Oh! Oct 11 '90.) Home 2.0am. Sunday May 8 In morning drove to Victoria Station, caught 11.0 train. Went to Broadstairs. Dog cart met me. After biscuit & cheese walked round coast to North Down & branched off to Westwood. Very hot. Stokes there. Met Polly. Enjoyed dinner. Sleep in garden. M in Bath chair. Walked round with mother. Colder. Wrote D.M. Supper. Sleepy. Bed 11.0pm. Monday May 9 Up 7.0am. Caught 8.15 train. Back town. Dear Roy met me in carriage. After home. Photod Stace in dressing gown. Milliken to lunch. Went to opening of American Exhibition. Roy delighted. Met Salomons. All London there. Dressed. After went with Milliken to Garrick (Madders incoherant pitiful letter says we passed him.) Dined. After to Gaiety Theatre, saw Monte Christo. Met Lennox Browne. After called Garrick & home. Wrote letters to M & mother. Tuesday May 10 Chicks went to Arundel. In morning up 8.0am. Breakfast 8.30am. Drove at 9.10 to Westminster Bridge Pier. Too early. Met Donaldson & Stewart. After 'Times' Capper. Down river in Spanish Torpedo Boat. Met Service. Mile run in 3m 10sec & 2m 25½ sec. Lunch. Too much fizz & long speeches. Back to Westminster 5.25. Called Garrick & wrote letters. Back. Left note at Avenue. Saw Madame Fuvart. Very sleepy. Home. Bad cab. Called Garrick. Very tired. Walked to middle of Piccadilly. Cab home, bed 12.0pm. Wednesday May 11 Dull morning. Rode the mare in Row for 1st time since November. Went well. Home. Developed plates etc. Wrote letters. Wire from the Langleys. Thursday May 12 Works on Punch drawing of Cocks etc. In evening dined with Spencer at his club & went after to see the Red Lamp at the Comedy Theatre. Met Abbey. He gave up stalls to us. Friday May 13 Worked very hard all day on Cocks etc. Did not go out. Dined at home. Saturday May 14 Doubt about Langleys coming. Sent for Stace. Wire from Westwood, Marion coming up. Rode to meet of coaches in Park. Met clergyman & after Jolley etc etc. Home. Quick lunch. Went to meet Polly at Victoria. Got on Folkestone again & rode to see Queen pass on her way to open the People's Palace. Missed her. After Langleys arrived in a bunch. Went to Keely Halswells dinner at Arts. Furniss & Schutz Wilson etc, Linton. After to Garrick. Met Taf Reed. Whiskey. Home. Sunday May 15
Rode with Langley to Wimbledon & Richmond. Pleased with mare. Met Coward in stables. After lunch Spencer came in. Photod him & Langley. Washed up house etc etc. Dinner. Very sleepy & tired after. Heavy sleep. Monday May 16 Did photos in morning. Afterwards went with Hamilton to Horse Show. After 1 st ride in new shut down cab. Drove to Hickmans & played 4 sets Lawn Tennis. Dined there after. Mrs Underhill. Dogs killed cat. Home at 11.0pm. Tuesday May 17 Worked on Hans Andersen drawing. Mouse & Mole. Letter from F.C.B came about Boulogne. Very cold weather. After drove with mare to Lucy's. Met Lord Rosebery, Trevelyan & Mr Chamberlain. Tenniel, Burnand, Du Maurier, Lucy & self. Mrs L (mistake) W.Agnew also. Plenty of wine. Walked with F.C.B to his house & home by cab. Wednesday May 18 Rode Folkestone before breakfast. Worked on France & Boulanger. Photod Jolley as Boulanger. Developed etc. Afterwards took cab & went to see Buffalo Bill. Walked back. Sent carriage up for Marion who went to Horse Show with Hamilton. Dined at home & worked after dinner. Tired. Thursday May 19 Rode with Hamilton L in Park before breakfast. After worked hard all day on Boulanger & France. Dined 10.0pm. Bottle Champagne. Sleep & bed. Hamilton dined at Kensington Palace Gardens & went to Horse show. Friday May 20 In morning tired after work. Wretchedly cold after. Went with Hamilton Langley to Horse Show. Heavy hail showers. Home. Early dinner. Went to see Irving's Faust with Hamilton & Midge. After to Club. Went to Mrs Pickering's at home. Mrs Wilson etc etc. Saturday May 21 Cold wretched weather. Thermometer 34º in morning. Did some photos. After rode to Wimbledon. Got drenched with rain. Rode Katrina. Home. Lunch. Worked after. Did Mouse in Andersen's Stories. After dinner went with Hamilton Langley to Pavilion Music Hall. Saw McDermott, Winklemeir, Bessie Bellwood etc. After had supper, Oysters & Ruinart at Rules. After walked to Garrick. Saw Gillie etc etc Colnaghi, Beetle, Lord Dungarvon etc. Home by cab 2.0am. Colnaghi eat 4 large sausages. (Pencil note: Poor C died in 1897 I think.) Sunday May 22 Still so cold gave up ride. Went to stables. After walked with Hamilton to Tattersalls. Home. Caught up by Spencer. Spencer & Hamilton in to lunch. Looked at photos after. Twiss called. Futile attempt to play Tennis at Hickmans. All out. Back home. Young Flower called. Monday May 23
In morning did photos of Policeman. After rode in Row. Langleys left. After saw Horse Guards. Called at Tattersalls. Coward's horse £40. Home. Alice Liddell there. Drove to Bulls' & photod flowers. Carriage called for me & after went to American Exhibition. Put out about Percy dining. Percy & Spencer dined with us. No Champagne. Tuesday May 24 In morning rode Folkestone before breakfast. Met Mocatta. Folkestone slobbered. Rode in cap. Went to see Trooping of Colour. Back at 10.30 to breakfast. Worked on block Mouse & Mole. Finished it. In evening after dinner walked to Kensington Palace Mansions & played 2 games at Billiards. One with Ewans & one with Hamilton. Won both. Saw Conny. Home. Wednesday May 25 Derby Day. In morning Spencer called for me in Victoria. Went to Club. Had prawns. Saw Conny's boy at Kensington Palace Mansions. Down to Derby. On to Course. Met Seiker. Good lunch. Saw race. Saw Percy O. More wine. Actors drag & Lord Londesboro'. Girl & Phillips, Lethbridge etc. Towards home. Shot at Glass balls & Pigeon. Stopped by Bobbies from Pump. Saw Mrs Percy Reeve, Harry Paxton, Thornhill etc. Met Stokes' brother in train. Walked to Punch Dinner. Club etc. Met Lucy. Called at Whistlers. Good full dinner. All there but à Beckett. Home with Guthrie in cab. Thursday May 26 Rode Folkestone in morning. Met Bartlett & son. Went well. Cantered home with Cahill. Photod self as Organ man & developed it. Long tiring day. Boy & self for Punch. Worked after dinner. Bed 11.30. Alice Liddell still with us. Friday May 27 Up early. Could not ride as it was raining hard. Rained small fine rain all day. Worked on Lawson & Organ. Bothered with head. Finished at 10.30pm. Bottle Champagne & bed. Cold came on during day caught from M. On chest. Saturday May 28 New maid came. Alice Liddell left. Wretchedly dull dark weather. Marion left at 9.30am for Arundel. Put room in order after & mended things. Went for ride. Met Heathorne. Row wretchedly wet. Home. Photod Punch. After played Tennis at Tuers. Pollock late. After split trowsers. Played with Woodhouse. Beaten 2 sets. Home. Bath. Dined. Drove by self to Globe Theatre. Saw Box had 14 years ago. Garrick after. Wrote Twiss. Read news etc. Dull, very. Beetle sententious. Home by cab. Sunday May 29 Wretched dull miserable weather. Rode at 10.35 with Conny & Hamilton. Round Wimbledon & into Richmond Park. Tittupping black pony & well shaped hunter in Park. After lunched at Barkers. Mrs B Henderson & Wear, contractor, there. Cold bad. Cold east wind & fearfully dull weather. Ride home. Toothache & tired with cold. Dull. Tired at home. Cup of tea. Dressed & after walked to Kensington Palace Mansions. Bankier joke on Langley. After went with Conny to Boehms &
played 2 games Billiards & 1 game Pyramids with Hamilton. Good whiskey. Walked home. Monday May 30 Wretched dull miserable day. Wired to stop model. Sent Jolley to Victoria. Made up mind to go to Littlehampton. Left Stafford Terrace at 12.20pm. Lunched at Club. Caught train & went to Arundel. Dear Maud met me. M & Roy. Walk to house past Mrs T's. After tea walked with Roy to Boehm's house. Roy & Wood. Home. Dinner. Aegis. Bed. Tuesday May 31 Up in morning. Ill with cold, very. Fine bright hot day. Wind cold. Set Roy up with fishing for Efts. Up to town at 11.50. Carriage met me. Went to play Tennis, Twiss son & Hamilton. Old balls. Bought new ones. Good games. Twiss's good. Dined at Twiss's. Met Spalding, Gen'l Higgins & Froyle solicitor. Home by carriage. Seedy with cold, very. Jun 1887 Wednesday June 1 Stuffy dark miserable day. Almost fog. Impossible to photo model. Wired. Did plates. Put things in order all day. Very seedy. Did Miss Young's drawing. Rode to Punch Dinner on Folkestone. Hot. Muggy. Good dinner. Furniss seedy. Settled Jubilee Number. Home by cab. Thursday June 2 Dull wretched miserably east windy dark morning. Windows cleaned. Did not ride before breakfast. Letter from F.C.B, 3 cuts. Worked on Boulanger (small cut.) Mrs Furniss went to Arundel. Rained incessantly all day. Sent Jolley for waterproof overalls etc from Cordings. Did small cut also of Dhuleep Singh. Friday June 3 Photod Jolley in rain as Gladstone Harpoonist. Worked on Gladstone as Harpoonist. Finished at 9.15. Dined & went on to Globe Theatre met Langleys, Mother & Stokes (blow him). Went after to Beefsteak Club. Wrote letters. Met Leslie Ward. Home 1.30. Rained incessantly all day. Saturday June 4 Photographed Miss Wilkinson. In morning wired to Miss Wilkinson. Met me at 12.0 at Abbey's & Parsons. Worked from 12.0 to 4.0. Home in interval to lunch. Marion & Roy returned home from Arundel in afternoon. Quiet evening. Bed. Fetched things in cab from 54 Bedford Gardens. Sunday June 5 Rode to Lady Freaks in morning. Lunched there. Very hot. Met Miss Gilbert & Miss Young. Home by 6.30. Dinner. Quiet. Bed. Developed plates between 6 & 8pm. Late for dinner 8.30pm. Monday June 6 In morning printed photos etc. Began Jubilee drawing in late afternoon. Rode mare in morning & Folkestone in evening. Quiet dinner. Bed.
Tuesday June 7 Rode mare in Park in morning & Folkestone in the evening. Saw Hamilton in cab. Worked on Jubilee drawing. Put figures in. Ascot Cup day. Wednesday June 8 Worked on Jubilee drawing. Put in architecture etc. Rode mare to Punch Dinner. Fresh in Park. Hot. Good dinner. Called with Guthrie 1 st time at Beefsteak Club. Thursday June 9 Up early. Rode to Swains on mare thro' Park. Met Hensman. Worked on Jubilee drawing. After photod Jolley with boots etc. Girl gave notice. Ascot races. Worked after dinner. Friday June 10 In doubt about getting likeness of Lord Chamberlain. Began Lord Chamberlain & Boots. Worked hard all day. Likeness came in at 8.30. Finished 9.30. No Champagne. Bed. Saturday June 11 In morning photod Jolley for Jubilee drawing. Very hot. Worked in afternoon. Dined with Bradbury at Newspaper Press Fund dinner. Met Rider Haggard, Cahill etc. Hyde Clarke. Walked to Garrick. Supper. Home. Carried on to Broadway Hammersmith. Roy went to American Exhibition with Lawrence. Sunday June 12 Worked all day hard, 15 hours, on Jubilee block. Hamilton & Midge lunched with us. Went tired to bed. Monday June 13 Worked all day till 7.0pm on Jubilee block. After rode in Park. Awfully hot day. Rode in Park from 7.0 to 8.0. Tuesday June 14 In morning up 8.30. Roy his bath. Paper. Went with Hamilton L & Roy to Olympia to try horses. Mare jumped well. Very hot. After printed photos all afternoon, cleared a lot off. Rode in Park 7.0 to 8.0pm. Dear Maud came home. Very hot day. Quiet dinner. Roy with bow & arrow at back. Wednesday June 15 In evening went & played billiards with Evans. Beat him. Played well. Thursday June 16 Had fences again put up for mare with Hamilton. Marion & self went. Mare jumped well. Alfred Reed there. Home lunch. Worked & did drawings for Mr Leigh. In evening dined at the Fancourt Barnes's. Took Mrs Heilbruth (Heilbut) in to dinner. Home 11.30. Got stick. Friday June 17 Worked & finished 2 drawings for Mr Leigh. Photod them in afternoon. Failure. In evening went with M to the St James's Theatre. Saw Clancarty. After by cab to
F.Macmillan's at home. Home by carriage. Met Mrs Bram Stoker, Mrs Loftie, Thomson etc. Saturday June 18 In morning did photos etc of drawing & Beetle. Bought opera hat at Gibus. In afternoon went via Garrick to Lord Mayor's Dinner to Literature. Sat next to Ouless & Wills. Walked to Garrick after with Furniss & Gregory. Vicat Cole there with Hulswelle, Joe Knight etc. Home 1.30pm. In afternoon rode mare to Wimbledon. Lovely evening. Passed Artists’ Corps. Sunday June 19 Awfully hot. Seedy in morning. Rode mare to Richmond. Missed Barnes & Mrs Heilbut. Lunch at Richmond Club. Little Morgan, Mrs H, Barnes, H & self. Rode home over New Hammersmith Bridge. Spencer called & on to dine with Low at Café Royal. Good dinner. Spencer's club after. Met Major (blank). Home with Spencer. Monday June 20 In morning developed all British Museum & last (Feby 24) photos all right. In afternoon intended to go in carriage. Started. Met M & Mrs Mackenzie. Walked to Club. Round by 90 Piccadilly. Met Agnew & Will & George A. On to Garrick. Cup of tea. Cab to Fenchurch St. Met Weldon, Walters & Martineau. Went to Tilbury Hotel. Dinner. Delay over wine. Just caught train back with Col Jones & Seton. Home by Metropolitan. Eve of the Jubilee. Bangs, Elliot, Ford, 2 Jones's, Martineau, Sambourne, Seton, Sterry, Walters, Warre, Weldon & Wingfield dined. Tuesday June 21 Her Majesty's Jubilee Day. Left at 8.0am. Arrived 90 Piccadilly 8.30am. Drove with Mare. Jolley drove it too close. Row'd him. 2 other people there. No crowd particularly or crush. Waited till procession passed, 11.45am. Silly red man. Mrs Watney. Spencer on duty just opposite & Percy. Brought them in to lunch. Return procession at 2.30pm. After all broke up cheerily. Walked with dear Roy down Piccadilly. Saw Volunteers & 10th Hussars in Rotten Row. Home. Tired. Sleep after tea. Rode Folkestone round entire route. Home. Servants all out. Kept cab. Dressed & after went to Boehm's dinner. Mr Skinner, Ham etc. General illuminations. Slow. Took Effie round. Let in. Walked from Charing Cross to Sloane St. Took cab. Whiskey. Walk home. Put star out. Bed. Wednesday June 22 Colder but still very fine. Children's Jubilee in Hyde Park. Printed up British Museum plates etc. Cleared of nudes. After Marion went on fruitless errand. Called at Boehms, could not get to Stokes. Rode mare to Hampton Court at 5.0pm. Got there 7.0 very hot. After good dinner rode home. Got home at 12.30am. Wired from Putney. Thursday June 23 In morning got ready for Police cut. Photod Jolley in cocked hat. In evening dined at Burnands with Polly. Bilious. Hammonds & Miss Hollingshead there. Home 12.0 midnight.
Friday June 24 Worked hard all day on Warren & Punch. In evening dressed & went to William Agnew's at home. Home by 12.30. Saturday June 25 In morning did all photos etc etc. Took Beetle & enlargements of drawings. Went for quiet ride round Wimbledon afterwards. Hamilton Langley & Mrs Stone & Midge dined with us. Sleepy after dinner. Sunday June 26 At 11.0am rode mare by Putney & across Common. Called on Reeds. Home to lunch. Dull gray day. Wrote letters. Did not play Tennis. At 7.0 Guthrie called & we went on together to Irving's Banquet of 48 people. Went to Black's rooms after. Called at Club & home. Monday June 27 Worked. Did up photos etc etc. Rode in Park in the evening. Tuesday June 28 Worked. Squared up photos etc. Drove in evening to Globe Theatre, disappointed about Burnand's piece. Called Gaiety & also Avenue. Saw Indiana. Home by cab. Wednesday June 29 Worked on 4 Noble Burglars. M had carriage. Walked to Punch Dinner at 6.0pm. Called for photos. Cab from Garrick. After dinner dressed at Garrick. Waited for M from Opera. On to Mrs Ogilvy's dance. Home by carriage at 1.45pm. Arthur's joke about Millais. Academy entertainment to Royalty. No Associates. Thursday June 30 Henley. Did not go. Worked. Photod Jolley as Cricketer. Got plates ready. After rode mare to Wimbledon. Very sluggish. Home by 8.15. Academy Soirée. Went with Miss Purves & M, after supper at the Messels. Joke with Colin Hunter. Home at 2.15am. by carriage. Jul 1887 Friday July 1 Very hot. Worked all day on Bills at Cricket. After wired Hartree & got to his dinner ½ an hr late. Met his brother in law & Roper. Home by Mrs Wright's at home. Called for Marion. Home 1.30pm. Saturday July 2 In afternoon took dear Roy to Volunteer March Past. Splendid seats. Saw everything. Angel after. Home by carriage. Passed F.C.B. After dinner went to the Joshuas. Splendid at home. Little Worms. Long talk with Casella & Wycliff Taylor. Awfully hot. Home 2.30am. Sunday July 3 In morning blazing hot. Did photos & squared up etc. After sent Jolley with things to Lewis's. Played Tennis. Home to dinner. Midge dined with us. Midge home in 4 wheeler.
Monday July 4 At 10.0am had carriage & drove with mare to Birch's Studio. Photod from model. Bad ugly girl. After home to lunch. Saw Lawes & Jones. In afternoon went in heat to 1 Church Walk & photod Tuer's ground. Developed plates after. Dined with Mr Woodall at House of Commons. Blazing hot. Met Women's Rights people. Pretty woman like Fanny Coldham. Coffee on terrace. On to Garrick Club. Called Cavour. Home. Tuesday July 5 Worked in morning. In afternoon again photod 1 Church Walk. Better success. After in evening went to Boehms' at home. Good evening. Princess there. Hungarian band. Home 2.30am. Adah S.J. Diamonds & temper. Wednesday July 6 No water supply. Put out all day. Printed a lot of photos. Could not develop the others. Put out. Drove in afternoon with M down to German Reeds' Garden Party. Saw old friends etc. Mrs Davis much altered. Caught train & back with Alfred Reed & Blunt to Waterloo. On to Punch Dinner. Furniss's new book out. Home by Garrick. Thursday July 7 Worked in morning plates & Triangular Duel. After took cab to à Becketts. Maske of Flowers very good indeed. On to pleasant Garden Party at Mrs Lewis's. Met pretty girl with German husband & Miss Cox. Home. Dined at McLarens. John Bright. Very close & hot. After to Alfred Reed & Corney Grain's at home. A1. Left 2.30am. Met Mrs D, Effie etc etc. Dance. Friday July 8 Pieced the church together. After waited for F.C.B's letter. Did Police & Cleaning Regent Street. Hamilton Langley called in afternoon. Mrs Ionides at home. Dined at 10.0pm. Settled with Jolley about Aldershot & bed at 11.30pm. Saturday July 9 Up at 7.15am. Breakfasted with Hamilton Langley & Dickenson & friend. Afterwards only just caught train for Aldershot. Met Irishman & Notts man in train. Lost Jolley at 1st, after got on horses & rode to Review. Met F.Sherborn, Tyndall & Mrs Parsons & Frisby. Could not find Lewis's. Guardsman rude. Rode off ground at 2.45 through Farnborough, Frimley (met King) Bagshot. Put up at Bagshot. Civil coachman. Kidney dropper. Mare's eye bad. On to Virginia Water & Egham. Caught train. Jolley took horses back. Home. Quiet dinner. Bed. Roy went to Eton & Harrow with Lawrence. Eton won. Sunday July 10 Up at 9.0am. Undecided. After went down to Surbiton. Just caught train. Called to see mare. Met Mrs Kemp. On to Baker's lodgings. Mr Knowles, Australian, Knowles' brother, Randolph Churchill, Mrs Kemp, Baker, Mona Kemp, M & self went up river as far as Walton from Surbiton. One in canoe. Lunch opposite Ingram's place. Gypsies & children. Back by sail. Got wet in showers. Tea at
Surbiton. Back at Stafford Terrace 10.0pm. Left Mrs Kemp. Supper. Roy awake. Bed quietly. (Pencil note: Spoilt coat with red off Mrs Kemp's sunshade.) Monday July 11 Mrs Herapath & Maud lunched here. Night of Col Edis at home. Went. Hardly any supper. On to Beefsteak & had some. Tuesday July 12 Worked. Dined in evening at Charles Hartree's at St Stephen's Club. Met Hartree, Tenniel, Lawrence etc. Good game of pool after. Home 1.30am. Mother up from Westwood. Slept here with Roy. Wednesday July 13 Punch Dinner. Walked there & called at Chappell & Mantel's & left things to be mended. Thursday July 14 Knowles' Ball. Very pleasant evening. Dined at McLarens. After to Ernest Hart's & Polly left me at Knowles's. Saw Miss Thomson. Home 3.0am. Friday July 15 Worked on Madame France. Finished very late. Hardly any dinner, things bad. Mrs McTear at home. Could not go. Saturday July 16 Went for ride to Camp in afternoon in boots (white). Folkestone slipped down sideways with me in Hammersmith. Very hot. On to Camp. Saw Harry Payne. Home. Sunday July 17 Was to have dined with Barnes. Could not. In morning rode through Camp at Wimbledon. In afternoon played Lawn Tennis at Hickmans. Dined at home. Monday July 18 Worked in morning. (Pencil note: Must have photod Jolley for Duke of Marlboro. Dec 30.95). After went to lunch at Skerrows. Met Mrs Gordon etc etc, Hermann Vezin. Drove on to Tattersalls. Saw Mrs Tattersall & French girl. Dined after at Kensington Palace Mansions. Captain Ewens there. Went to dance at People's Palace Battersea Park with Ewens. Tuesday July 19 Bradbury's Call Supper. Rode after working on Duke of Marlboro' to Wimbledon & on to Clapham. Saw man taken up. Cantered all way to Clapham Common. Met Agnew, Tenniel, Furniss etc. Young fellows. Supper. Arthur's cab. Just caught train. Home by cab from Victoria. Wednesday July 20 M & Roy went to 'The Hook'. Punch dinner at Virginia Water. Worked hard all day. Caught 5.30 train. Drove to station. Met D.M. On to Virginia Water. Long walk to Wheatsheaf. Professor done up. Good dinner. Fish etc. Bradbury, Milliken & F.C.B
fished. All there. Lawrence Bradbury dined 1 st time. Back in break to station. Got sweets. Drove home from Vauxhall. Thursday July 21 Worked all day. Finished Lord Churchill as Duke of Marlboro'. In evening after dinner went to Hamilton Langley's. Saw Edgar & Sophy. Played Billiards. Beat Wish. 99 all Hamilton. Home 12.30pm. In morning got up early & photod mare. Made mess of it. Friday July 22 In morning got up early & did Drummond Wolff block. After packed photos etc & drove to Waterloo. Crammed. Saw Pa Reed, Johns, Mrs Palmer (B.M) etc. On to Fareham. Ham, Roy, Tabs, Marion, Con & Effie all met. Drove to 'The Hook'. Lovely place. Went for walk with dogs. Dear Roy & Cricket. Disappointed. Dinner. Bed. Good books. Saturday July 23 On Saturday morning up at 7.0. Saw girls off, Marion, Tabs & Effie. After drove with Ham to Review (Naval) to Gosport at 9.30. Got on board the Impyruse. Took boat across stream. Saw the McLarens on board on steamer. Man in pinnace like Lucas. After lunched on board. Queen late. Left ship at 7.0. Ugly girl in boat & woman like Mrs Keith. Called at Inn. Got pony out & drove to Stakes Bay. Went on pier. Met carriage. Girls lost. Drove home. Supper at 10.30pm. Bed. Tired. Sunday July 24 At The Hook. In morning had a hard pull in rough sea up to yacht in Coastguard's boat. After sailed up & down Southampton Water. Home. Molesworth turned up. Dressed for dinner. No vegetables for dinner. Bed at 11.0pm. Very tired. Monday July 25 Went on board yacht at 10.30. Lovely sail. Dull in morning. Molesworth went. Took photos. Went ashore & dropped Molesworth at Ryde. After sailed home, roughish. Bought hats etc at Ryde. Tabs & Effie met us. Effie in rage about hat. Dinner. Sleepy after. Tuesday July 26 At The Hook. Maud cried bitterly in night. Rain in the morning. Fished. Had Roy with us. After lunch Marion, Effie, Roy & self went on yacht. Sailed up to Southampton. Lovely. Came on to blow hard & rained in perfect sheets. Got girls ashore with difficulty. Roy a brick. Dinner 8.30. Tired after. Wednesday July 27 In morning blowing a gale. Went into garden with dear chicks. Gooseberries etc. Yacht Club discussion. Drove to station. Back to town by self. Carriage met me. On to Club. Called Chapple & Mantels. Walked from Club. Punch Dinner. No Bradbury. Stayed till 12.0. On to Beefsteak. Saw Arthur Blunt, Gardner, Montague Williams etc. Home by carriage. Mrs Watney's letter. Thursday July 28
In morning up 9.30. Wrote letters. Developed plates. Photod Billeries. Worked all day & did drawing on paper of Billeries. Left it in carriage at 1 Belgrave Place. Drove on to Beefsteak Club. Dined. Met Taf Reed, Sir Charles Drummond etc. Drove Taf home. 'Who'd have thought of you driving your own brougham!' Friday July 29 Waited about in morning & up to 2.0pm for cut. Finally did John Bull & Science. Drove at 11.0pm to Beefsteak Club. Home again by 1.15am. Saturday July 30 In morning photod Stace for Earl of Leicester. Got away with bag & drove to Waterloo. Caught train. Went down to Fareham. Pony carriage met me. Posted Effie's letter. Drove to The Hook. Roy down on sands with Gwenny. Yacht in very late & Tabs in temper. Oh what a temper! Dull dinner. Bed 11.30pm. Sunday July 31 At Hook. Very hot. Photod portico etc, Conny etc. Slouched about. Walk in evening, back for dinner. Tabs still sulky. Dull dinner. Bed 11.30. Aug 1887 Monday August 1 Lovely day. Sailed with Con, Effie, Tabs, Ham & self over to Cowes. 1 st look at Cowes. Photod yacht etc etc. Landed. Bought lunch. Effie ill all day. Roughish home. Threw sea water over Effie. Back at 7.50. Rowed by two wretched boys. Better dinner. Discussion about Kings etc. Bed 11.0pm. Tuesday August 2 In morning went with dear Roy & Hamilton to Cowes. Landed after being towed. Bought loaf etc etc. Took boat & went on board Britannia. Back in sea. Pinkum lay out a good way. Lunch. Such a lot. Roy good. Home 3.30. Got in mud. On to play Lawn Tennis with Bradshaws. Con Effie & the baby left. Good game. Quiet dinner. Ju lost. Great call for Ju. Bed 11.30. Wednesday August 3 Last day at The Hook. Photod Roy & Globe. Went in boat with Tabs, Hamilton & Roy. On board the 'Sheila' owned by late Mr Percival. Sad death at 28. Lobster crates. Back. Packed. Caught 2.25 train. Called Garrick. After rattling good dinner at Grand Hotel. Called on Adams about bag. Thunderstorm at Grand Hotel. Subscription got up for Danvers. Home with Guthrie. Thursday August 4 Fine morning. Worked on photo of self as Boulanger. Roy naughty. Spoilt plate. Midge called. To dine with Tenniel. Dined with Tenniel. Met Arthur à Beckett & Pilleau. Drove straight home. Friday August 5 Worked all day on John Bull & Boulanger. Saturday August 6
Awfully hot. Prepared to go to Westwood. Drove Folkestone up to town. Called about bag etc. Lunched at Club with Anthony Jones. Talked of Scotland. Settled to go by boat. Took Roy after to American Exhibition. Tobogganing & switchback. After dinner drove in cab to Globe Theatre to see The Doctor. Good cab. Would not turn round to see fire. Whiteley's fire. Same cab home. Missed fire. Supper. Bed. Sunday August 7 Did not ride. Put things together. In afternoon played Tennis with Noots, Hamilton & self to Lord Randolph Churchill. Good game. Afterwards Guthrie came in to dinner. Slapped a peg. Felt drowsy. Bed. Monday August 8 Packed up traps. Marion Roy & servants left at 1.30pm for Westwood. I left by Granville going round by Garrick Club. Bother at Margate about horses. All right at last. Had Black John's fly on to Westwood. Roy & bow & best arrows. Dinner late. Bed. Tuesday August 9 Put things straight in morning. Tassell drove mare & Roy & self into Ramsgate. Called about carriage. Bought Roy arrows etc etc. Back to lunch. Quiet dinner & bed. Wednesday August 10 In morning worked. Came up from Ramsgate by 3.40 train. Dined at Punch Dinner in Bouverie Street. Home with Guthrie. Thursday August 11 Photod Stace in morning as Duke of Cambridge. Worked all day. Dined with Ewens. Beat him at Billiards. Home. Maud & Nurse came up from The Hook. Friday August 12 Dear Maud at lunch & breakfast. Bother with mare. Got them off by Granville. Worked on Duke of Cambridge etc. Dined at home. Saturday August 13 Went down from Stafford Terrace to Margate. Lunch at Club. Called about bag at Adams. Dog cart met me at Margate. All well. Dear chicks playing. Catching moths etc. Sunday August 14 In morning put things in order. In afternoon went for walk to Ramsgate. Called on mother & Hammonds. Arthur & people there. Saw girls, sisters. Back to dinner. Quiet evening. (Pencil note: Death of Richard Jeffries, author of 'Wild Life in a Southern Country'. Born Novr 6.1848.) Monday August 15 Did photos. Worked on Queen Elizabeth. Went for ride on mare. Met old Swain. Oh! what a surprise. Lovely ride.
Tuesday August 16 Worked on Queen Elizabeth. Went for ride on mare. Saw Yates. Home to dinner. Row with Nurse about Mary Burnand sleeping with Maud. Nurse took herself off out of the house. Wednesday August 17 Nurse turned up at lunchtime. Thunderstorm in Thanet. Worked. Did photos Queen Elizabeth. Went up to town. Called on Corben. Left bag at 1 st Avenue. Changed into Dover Xpress. Saw Hollingshead at Grand Hotel. Gil à Beckett, Bradbury there. Awful thunderstorm, 3 men killed & church struck in Endel St. Good Dinner. Took Guthrie on to Garrick Club, no Beefsteak open. Home by cab. Thursday August 18 At 1st Avenue. Ugly maid. Caught early train & down to Ramsgate. Fine morning. Called Bligh. On home. Connie Burnand there. Worked all afternoon on drawing. Chicks at Ramsgate to keep Roy's birthday & Maud's. Roy home excited with boat. Friday August 19 Up 6.0am. Worked on Queen Elizabeth. Finished most hurriedly. Rode Folkestone in wet to Margate. After put him up had hair cut at Browns. Saw Curty Hutchinson. After kept by the rain for ½ hour. Home to Westwood. Connie at dinner. Saturday August 20 Lovely morning. Worked on drawing for Tuer. Swain called. Lockyer to lunch. Lawn Tennis after. Beaten by Connie. Sent Lockyer back in cart. Young Burnands did not come. Quiet evening. Music. Sunday August 21 At 10am went long ride across country to Sarre. Mare fresh. Home by Westgate. Saw Lockyer. Home lunch. Quiet afternoon. Wrote letters. Dinner. Bed. Did not walk to Ramsgate. Met postman at Westgate & Margate. Monday August 22 In morning did photos etc. Worked on Tuer's drawing. In afternoon rode to Sandwich & back. Saw nurse girl at Sandwich. Long ride. Mare tired. Good dinner. Tuesday August 23 Worked on Tuer's drawing. In afternoon drove with mare & Roy to Ramsgate. Called on Mother. Home to dinner. Shot starling. Arranged to meet Alice. Bed. Wednesday August 24 In morning printed photos etc. Roy's X bow came. Broke. Caught 3.40 train from Margate. Sent traps on by mare. M & self & Conny drove to Margate. M in carriage went on to Westgate where they missed Alice & her friend. Up to town. Swain's boy met me & took things home. On to Club. Called at Chappell & Mantell's. Punch Dinner. Keene there. Home Stafford Terrace. Thursday August 25
At Stafford Terrace. Did Venice drawing. Gondoliers etc. In evening Tenniel, Milliken & self dined at Garrick & went to hear Ruddigore afterwards. Smoke at Garrick & home. No great coat & afraid of Watch. Nash's foreman went over house. Friday August 26 Long day's work on Venice drawing. Finished 5.0pm. Put things together. Dined. Bottle Champagne. Started for Euston. Left 8.50. Rich civil. Carriage to self. Mr Rich, Station Master. G.Findlay Esq. Saturday August 27 Arrived Perth 7.0 for breakfast. Shaved moustache off. Met Calvert & wife. Whiskey & milk. On to Aberdeen. Spencer met me. On to George Thomson. Lumodins for clothes. Graves at Club. Drive with 2 horses to Parkhill. Lovely grounds. Lunch. Mrs Macdonald, Lowe, Streatfield, Colin Mackenzie & wife, Colonel Hossack, Alice Edwards, Graves, self & Adah & Mrs O. After lunch on loch in canoe etc. Dinner. Long smoke after, Colin Mackenzie & Gray. Played Tennis with Lowe. Banter. Sunday August 28 Lovely morning. Colin M late. Went for longish walk. Photod. On loch etc etc. After lunch walk with Lowe & Spencer, not to Banchory. Bull. Bishops Lock. Home. Indecent fungi. Dinner. Colin Mackenzie & whiskey. (small sketch) Monday August 29 Colin M & wife left early before I was up. After drove for 1 st shoot. Macdonald & keeper. 1st drive. Saw huge bird. Not much sport. Good lunch tho'. Horrack came. Walk home by cottage. Saw monkey. Dinner. Bed. Tuesday August 30 No shoot. Cloudy in morning, cleared after. Decided to have picnic. All went down to river. Made fire. Broiled chops & potato stew etc. Omelette eggs. Good fun. Mrs O came, Adah etc. Photod groups. Donkey etc. After Captain Ramsey came. Tin. Walk with Adah down river. Small salmon. Lawn Tennis. Ramsay & self won. Good dinner, '68 Champagne. Danced reel after. Blown. Bed. Wednesday August 31 At Parkhill. Walk down to river in early morn with Times. Scene of picnic. After drove to shoot. Met welsh looking Boyle & brother like Boehm, also Heriot. Had a grouse drive. Lunch in ditch. Not nice. Took Truth. Home. Heriot walked. Shot at snipe & wild ducks. Effect of cutting cartridge. No Champagne at dinner tonight. Sleepy. Slipped away & down to smoke. Adah X. Whiskey. Bed. Sep 1887 Thursday September 1 At Parkhill. Day of games at Balmoral. 1st day partridges. Down. Missed party. Had to walk in hot sun down to bridges. Brace of birds 1 st shot. Very hot. Lost bird by railway. Threatened thunderstorm. Ferry across river. Funny old man. Lunch. Cattle jumping over rails. Young Heriot in boat. Dewar the keeper & monkey
tobacco. Home. Lowe's system of Monte Carlo, 2,2,1. Ramsey & Spencer dead tired. Up late talking, Graves etc. Friday September 2 At Parkhill. Up at 8.0. Packed bags. Great scuttle to get off. Had to wait at station. Came in with Cap'n Ramsey, Pincher & Lowe to Aberdeen. Sporting station master. Salmon rods. Ugly man in train. At Aberdeen called G.Thomson. Lunched at depot with Ramsey. After caught 3.0 train to Banchory. No trap. Thunder shower. Kept at Banchory station till 5.0pm. George Nicol. Up to the Nicols. Raked up trap. At 7.10 started for Finzean. Rain. Dull dark drive. Arrived. Dinner. Silent girl. Bed after. Paid trap. Saturday September 3 At Finzean. Up in morning at 7.30. Breakfast. Man in spectacles etc. Long walk up hill to grouse drive. Party met us. Pirrie. Dodd (little old man) Another Pirrie (shot by Dodd). Andrew Best, Spectacles, young Farquhar, Rickman, 2 Farquharsons & self. 10 guns. 46½ brace grouse, 4 hares. Long day. Home by 6.30. Whiskey & milk. Dinner. Bed. Sunday September 4 At Finzean. Dull wet morning. Went into studio, Farquharson sketched me. Read Harpers magazine & wrote heaps of letters. Went for dull walk with J.Farquharson. Saw black game. Home by 6.0pm. Whiskey & milk. Parson dined. Cattle & horse talk. Smoke. Bed. Monday September 5 At Finzean. Dull showery morning. Went out with Farquharson & shot partridges over dogs. Capital day. Short lunch. 16½ brace, 1 hare. 9½ to my gun. Home 6.30pm. Dinner. Talk of Tabs etc. Bed. Tuesday September 6 At Finzean. Up at 8.0am. Packed bag. Dreadfully wet, wretched. At 11.30 got away in dog cart with Florence (old pointer). Saw Joe Farquharson's picture of lady etc. On by Banchory to Aberdeen. Missed Thomson. Called at Lumodins. After to lunch at Thomsons. Lord Caithness there. Went on board yacht. Met Pincher. On to Club. Sat with tittup Spencer & on to station. Good dinner put up. Trod on dog. Snapped at, fortunately no wound. People got out at Perth. Solitary Hollingshead man as far as Preston. Sleep home. Dreamt aquarium burst. Wednesday September 7 Arrived Euston at 7.30. Home at Stafford Terrace by 8.0pm. Letters from Vernon Watney etc. After developed plates. Wet showery morning. Maples man called. After dressed & walked from Baker St to Bazaar to look at trap. Also called on Maples, Edwards & Roberts, & Jacksons, & about brown harness. Punch Dinner. Thursday September 8 At Stafford Terrace. Mother called in morning. Worked on John Bull & Yankee girl. Called on Mother. Saw Faith Clarke 1st time. Dined at Garrick with Tenniel & Milliken. (Sir John Gilbert & Tenniel.) After went to see Pleasure at Drury Lane. Langley joined us in box. Supper after at Garrick. Arthur à Beckett came in. Home with Langley. Mervyn engaged to Faith C.
Friday September 9 At Stafford Terrace. Worked all day hard on John Bull & Yankee girl. Bed after wine. Saturday September 10 Did small block Girl & Bird in morning. Down by Granville after lunch at Club. Conrad met me in cart from Bligh's. (1st day of cart). Got to Westwood. Mr Wood there. Jellyfish. Walk with M round village. Saw Montague Williams. Bottle of Champagne. Bed. Sunday September 11 At Westwood. Rode mare round coast to Ramsgate. Major & young Pilleau came to lunch. Lovely hot day. Took photo after on lawn. Dinner. Young Lockyer called. Pilleaus got over gate. Monday September 12 At Westwood. Worked on Tuer's drawing of court. Con, Marion & self drove into Margate with Folkestone & cart & brown harness. Cart went to meet Mervyn who came down. Passed me on road, came back for me. Called Green. Drove again into Margate. Got lobster & haddock. Little Sydney Drew came over & played Cricket with Roy. Bowled him out. Tuesday September 13 Worked on Tuer's drawing. Rode mare. Developed plates of Sunday etc. Photod cart with Con, Effie & Maud. Quiet dinner. Mrs Princep & Miss Levy called. Wednesday September 14 At Westwood. Worked Tuer's drawing. Printed last of photos etc. Con drove me to station (Ramsgate) past Burnands. (Con & Rosie). Called Blighs about cart. Saw Mrs Princep. Up to town. Punch dinner. Went to Stafford Terrace. Called Aquarium. Met model. Buchan Wright's suicide, news came. Thursday September 15 At Stafford Terrace. Did Russian Bear. Began Count de Paris. Dined with Milliken by selves at Garrick. (Wire from Tenniel not coming). Talk about Furniss. Bottle of his wine explained by Joe Knight. On to see Mary Anderson in Winter's Tale. Fildes in box. Back to Garrick to supper in big room. Home with Fildes. Friday September 16 Photod self for John Bull for Paris. Mervyn came in & helped me very much. Mother & Mervyn went to Jessie's. Worked very late on Count de Paris & France. (This block was a great success.) Could not go to Toole's theatre to see Dandy Dick with Fildes. Dined self at home. Bed late. Saturday September 17 Drove all over London & pouring rain to call at Jacksons etc about carton & mantelpiece. Lunch at Club. Down by Granville. Miss Bushman at Westwood. Quiet evening. Bed early. Sunday September 18
In morning rode to Sarre. Lovely hot morning. Met little girl & boy on tricycles, also spooney couple driving gray pony. Toothache came on. Met Miss Levys & Montague Williams (He goes up tomorrow) Toothache bad. Worked on Tuer's drawing in afternoon by lamplight. Monday September 19 Mervyn's birthday, 23. Tried Folkestone with side saddle. Worked on Tuer's drawing. Rode Folkestone across Dumpton to Ramsgate & home along Ramsgate Road. Went well. Quiet dinner. Tuesday September 20 Worked on Tuer's drawing. Miss Elmore & Miss Coe called. Went for ride in afternoon on mare. Quiet dinner. Wednesday September 21 Miss Vicat Cole came to Westwood. Went up to town by 3.30pm. Goodbye to Miss Bushman. Called club. Met Furniss there. Told me about Walter Lucy & my drawing of French Girl. Walked to Punch Dinner. Back to Club. Weighed over 13.3. Home to Stafford Terr. Thursday September 22 At 10.30 went to Parson's studio & photod model as Britannia. Back 2.0pm. After developed 4 plates & photod self with Emma's help as Cook. Worked. At 6.30 went & had Turkish Bath at Jermyn St. Very hot. Too much. Felt faint. On to Beefsteak. Dined. Saw Watson, Lord Cigarette. Wrote letters. Sketched grate in kitchen. Saw Arthur. Dr Bird like Gill. Wrote letters. Home 1.30pm. Friday September 23 Worked all day on King of the Belgians. Conrad left Westwood. In evening went in after dinner to Beefsteak. Saw Arthur (Sir George). Answered Inland Revenue officer's letter about armorial bearings. Home 1.30. Agreed to do small block. Saturday September 24 Did small block in morning. Sultan & Punch. Liver out of order. Caught 11.25 train down to Margate. Late lunch. Miss Vicat Cole at Westwood. Walked with Chicks to Green's cottage for papers after lunch. Went on mare to Ramsgate. Turned her round. Called Hills. Got snuff box. Mare came along very sharp home along Ramsgate Road. Warmed me up. M seedy. Dinner. Bottle Champagne. Saw fair girl & lover at Victoria & after on sands. Sunday September 25 Lovely morning. Rode mare round coast. Glass Bass at Broadstairs. Saw Miss Cole. Home 1.30. Lunch. Wrote letters. Great farm fire in evening at St Vincent. Monday September 26 Worked on Tuer's drawing. Put sky in & steeple. In afternoon rode Folkestone to scene of fire at St Vincent. Round Pegwell Bay (shifted bar.) Called on Burnands. Bought pot of shrimps. Past Granville, there 6.0pm, just dusk, & home across Dumpton. Quiet dinner. Bed.
Tuesday September 27 Worked on Tuer's drawing in morning. In afternoon at 4.0pm rode mare round same way as yesterday. Round Ramsgate & through Pegwell. Home across Dumpton. Called Burnand & saw Arthur à Beckett. Wrote him in the morning about cutting name out of block. Quiet dinner & bed. Wednesday September 28 Worked on Tuer's drawing of Tennis Court in morning. Went up by 3.30pm train to London. Changed into Xpress. Called Chapple & Mantells for razor. Wrote letters at Club. Walked on to Punch Dinner. Row with Arthur about cutting name out of block & putting E.L.S. Home by cab with Guthrie. Thursday September 29 Came down to Westwood by 10.0am train. Pouring rain & dull. Commenced Britannia & Indian Prince. 1st fire. Miss Vicat Cole at Westwood. Marion's birthday. Worked after dinner on Crocodile & Salisbury. Friday September 30 At Westwood. Worked hard from early morning. Sent Crocodile & Salisbury off by Jolley & Arthur à Beckett took it up from Ramsgate. Finished 2 nd block 6.0pm. Sent Jolley off to Margate with it in rain. Developed 6 plates after dinner. Saturday October 1 At Westwood. In morning worked all day until 3.30pm on Tuer's drawing of Tennis Court. Put in shadows & trees. After drove Folkestone into Margate. Called on Stokes. Guthrie came down by Granville. Tried for rabbit with Roy. Dinner. Sleepy after. Singing woke M up. Sunday October 2 In morning Guthrie & self went for long walk in lovely weather. Past Friends house round coast. Gin & ginger at Captain Digby. Past Davis' cottage. Met Abernethy. Through churchyard & home by road. Girls giggled at knickerbockers. Stokes at Westwood. Good lunch. Drove into Ramsgate with Folkestone. Called F.C.B, Hammonds, Levys, Campbell Clarkes, all out. Called Banks. Found him in. Back to Westwood. Sent Stokes to Margate in cart. Charlie Burnand & Rosie over. Arranged to shoot tomorrow. Walked along road. Dinner. Long chat. Oct 1887 Monday October 3 Drove at 11.0am to Red Lion at Richborough. Put up. Young sportsmen. Met Burnand (Charlie) in Coopers boat. Shot over marshes. Stopped by yokel gamekeeper. 4 starlings. Roy cold. Lunch at Red Lion. Roy & Guthrie sent on to Sandwich. Roy got Cricket bat. Shot after lunch. Long walk back over flats. Found them sand after all. Met Levy's carriage. After went to Banks' to dinner. Walked with Guthrie there. Carriage came back. Waggon down hill again. Dr & Mrs Hicks, Miss Banks, young Sangfroid, M & self, Guthrie, Miss Vicat Cole. Stayed late. Walked up to Hill back. Bed 1.0am. Tuesday October 4
In morning worked all day on Tuer's drawing of Tennis Court. Carriage went into Ramsgate. Guthrie played Cricket with Chicks. In afternoon drove mare into Ramsgate for 1st time. Changed bad tongue & lobster. Bought nuts & cigars & cigarettes. Walked past Granville & along by Montefiores. Cart met us. Jolley drove home. Dinner at Westwood. Mr & Mrs Whitehead, Mr & Mrs Orchardson, Julian Marshall, Miss Vicat Cole, Anstey Guthrie & Charley Burnand, M & self. Good dinner. Orchardson & Bourbon whiskey. Talk & bed. American whiskey after. Wednesday October 5 In morning finished Tuer's drawing. At 11.10 walked towards Ramsgate with Guthrie. Discussion about horsemanship. Miss Vicat Cole left 11.25. Passed us on road. Cart picked us up at St Lawrence. Drove on to Burnands. Met Frank on walk in front of Sea for 1st time since his illness. Better. Walk Sir Moses Montefiore's. Port wine. Saw Hammond & wife. Drove to Station for book. Back Royal Crescent & home. Jolley jumped at Greens cottage & sprained his leg. After lunch worked at Tuer's drawing. Drove mare to Margate & up with Guthrie to Punch Dinner. Got out St Paul's. Bradbury bad again. Professor & north west passage. Home by cab with Guthrie to Stafford Terrace. Painting finished. Thursday October 6 In morning up at 7.0am. Saw Maples foreman. Tuer called. So so about drawing. Caught 10.0am train to Westwood. Down & began Tuer's drawing. Worked all afternoon on it & late after dinner. Very tired. Nellie Keith came down by Granville. Dinner. Quiet. Worked on Tuer & Octopus on paper. Friday October 7 Up at 6.0am. Worked & sent drawing off by 10.15 Margate (Tuer & Octopus). After bother about shoeing horses etc. Tassell rode mare to 1 st meet of Harriers. Got on Folkestone after. Very bad on his legs. Caught hounds at 1.0pm at Sea Mark. Left with Tassell at 2.15. Very hot in sun. Saw M & Chicks etc. Conny Burnand & Mr (blank) called. Got gun & tried to get starlings etc at Nash. No rabbit etc. Dinner & bed. Saturday October 8 In morning put things in order etc etc. Almanack dinner. Drove mare in brougham round bad roads. Met Parrish. Went up from Ramsgate by 3.50pm. Got out St Paul's. Dinner. Bradbury bad again. Home to Stafford Terrace with Guthrie. Sunday October 9 At Stafford Terrace. Caught 10.30 train & came down to Broadstairs. Carriage met me. Caught up M & Chicks & Nelly K. On to Westwood. Walked. After Pilleau came to lunch. Took photograph. Rode mare round by St Vincent & along Ramsgate Rd. Turned off by Minster Mill. Galloped hard. Called Burnand. All out. Rung hard. Hammonds. Home by Dumpton. Dinner. Bed. Monday October 10 Lovely day. Rode mare in the morning. Strong gale in afternoon. Drove into Margate with mare. Roy went with M. Flock of sheep & Miss Parrish. Hair cut. Wet going home. Developed photos in evening. No more to do.
Tuesday October 11 In morning Nelly Keith, Maud, Roy & M & self went to meet at Perkins's, Haine. Very cold. Found hare. Splendid run. Round to St Peters etc. All field came to Westwood to lunch & Champagne. Out again. Another hare. Good run. Home. Took gun & tried for rabbits. Rode Folkestone. Drove to Westgate. Very cold. Orchardsons to dinner. Mr & Mrs Cotton, Cap'n & Mrs Halfield, Nellie, M & self, Julian Marshall & O's. Too much Champagne & whiskey. Home by 11.0pm. Nearly run into by drunken furious dog cart going to Westgate. Wednesday October 12 Caught 10.10am train from Margate. Up to town. Took glass & cupboard with me. On to Stafford Terrace. Drove to Club. Lunched there. Lobster & ½ bottle Graves. After called on Maples & Edwards & Roberts. On to the Grosvenor Gallery. Russian pictures. After Garrick Club. Furniss & self walked to P.D. Bradbury in old form. Joke on Guthrie. Sharp frost. Horse slipped. Home to Stafford Terrace. Very cold. Thursday October 13 In morning photod self for French cut. Mervyn came & helped me. Lunch at home. Dull cold dark miserable day. Had fur coat out. Did not know it had been ruined with moth. In evening dined with Seasons Club. Weldon, Seton, Walters, Martineau, Warre, Bangs, Sterry, Furniss, Elliott, Sambourne, Jones, Wingfield present. Long useless discussion. Cold. Fur coat. Came up in coat. Home down Piccadilly with Furniss. Roared with laughter F & self. Fire in room. Friday October 14 In morning got up at 7.0am. Worked all day until late on France & General Cafforel. Wires from Arthur about 2nd block. Dined at 10.45 by self. Champagne. Fire. Fearfully cold. Doultons took instructions for stove. Maples painted mantelpiece. Bed at 11.30pm very tired. Saturday October 15 Up at 7.0am. Got to work on finishing ½ block Unemployed. Block done Feby 1876. (1876 crossed out, 1886 substituted. Nov 11 '95) Arthur à Beckett called. Block finished at 11.30. Put room in order etc etc. At 1.30 drove to Club. Saw Jones, Corney Grain, Bancroft, Grossmith etc etc. Lunch. Haddock, sausages. Fur coat with moth in it. Caught Granville. Same carriage as C.Burnand & Frank B. Cold came on. Bought Alkaram at Ray's. Drove to Westwood. After in pouring rain to Ramsgate. Saw F.C.B. Got Alan Quartermaine. Back. Dinner. Bed. Sunday October 16 Lovely morning. Roy a boil. Put fur coat in sun. Wrote letters all morning. Lunch. After at 2.45 rode round coast on mare. Struck sea at Lifeboat station. Telegraph wire borne down with C weed. Met lots of roughs. Ramsgate. Letters. Home by Dumpton. Music. Saw extraordinary flight of rooks etc from France on coast. This was noticed in the papers afterwards as for Saty. Monday October 17 Good bright morning. Rode mare at 10.0 to hounds 1 st time. Went well. Meet Sarre. Doubtful to go. Went. Hurdle. Parson. (small sketch) Talk with Loibel. Pottered about. At 11.0pm found hare. Fast run. Mare in lather. Jumped. Left 1.45.
Sarre. Off horse. Beer & biscuit. Jogged along through Ramsgate. Called Burnands & also Hammonds. Saw Lady Rose. Home. Chicks soap bubbles. Read Times. Tuesday October 18 Westwood. Wrote letters etc. At 11.30am Marion & self rode for 1 st time since 1884. M pleased with Folkestone. Round Margate etc. Met Parish's etc. Home lunch. In afternoon drove into Margate. Called at Mrs Boys. Rug at saddlers. Walk with Roy on pier at Margate. Boy & crab thro' hole in pier. Back home round by Tivoli. Saw Boys at football. Quiet dinner. Bed. Read Alan Quartermain. Wednesday October 19 Westwood. Up to town by 10.13 Margate. Cold. Went in train with Henry Russell, composer of 'Cheer boys cheer' etc. Talk of flight of birds etc. Saw the Whiteheads on platform Victoria station, Abernethy also. Home to Stafford Terr. Letters. Sent wire. Looked things up. Called Cutler & Reed. Walked up to Club & on to Punch Dinner with Furniss. Talk of World's criticism on F. Punch Dinner. Frank Burnand's 1st dinner after illness. No Bradbury. Home with Guthrie. Hard frost. Thursday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Got up at 7.30am to the subject of Don Quixote & Sancho Panza early. At 2.30 drove British H. Cousin. After walked as far as Apsley House. 1/s to tramp family. Home. Worked. At 7.30 went to dine with Mother 5 Gloucester Walk. Mervyn, Faith Clark & Pilleau there. Good dinner & wine. 'I'm the Gnome King' sermon by Pilleau. After Pilleau came to Stafford Terrace. Went in. Left 1.0am. Bed. Saw Mr Cooze of Maples at 1.0pm. Friday October 21 Hounds at Herne St. Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & worked & finished Sancho Panza & Don Quixote. At 1.0 lunched. 2.0pm at British H. Photos. Home. Put things straight. Wrote letters. Walked to Garrick. Dinner. Perrier Jouet 74.7. Smoke after. Christie, Jessel, Speed etc. On to Alhambra. Slow. Saw Holland. Beefsteak. Saw Gardner, Grain, Weedon Grossmith. Home. 1.30. Tired very. Read Alan Quatermain. Saturday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Dense fog & dreadfully cold. Put things together & caught 10.0am train. Took down furs. Polly met me at station. Lunch. Conny & Cuthbert & Ethel Burnand at Westwood. Photod. Drove to Abernethy's. Saw him. Egyptian photos. Promised to lend. Back to Westwood. Drove Conny & Chicks back to Ramsgate. Called fishmongers & Hills. Got tan brown. Home past Dumpton. Drove mare. Very tired after dinner. Sleep. Sunday October 23 Westwood. Very cold in morning. At 10.30 rode mare round coast. Maud in bed. Lovely sunshine. At Ramsgate past Granville & home by 1.0pm. Lunch. Wrote letters. At 4.15 drove Folkestone to Ramsgate with Roy. Called Levy's, Hammonds & F.C.B. Talk of gorilla. Little Tassells singing. Roy went with me.
Monday October 24 Westwood. Hounds at Mount Pleasant. Up at 8.30am. Bitterly cold, north west gale. At 10.20 started on Folkestone to meet at Mount Pleasant. Dreadfully cold. Collard not hunting, Capt'n Cotton instead. Nearly left haystack after hounds found hare. Good run, killed in the open near Quex. Left hounds at 12.20pm. Rode home through Garlinge & Dent de Lion. Heard of Mrs Swain's death, Margate. Bought News & Telegraph. Gale blowing. Home to Westwood. Lunch. Chicks gone to Burnands. M home to lunch. Began Calendar. Printed phos. Very cold. Tuesday October 25 Westwood. Most lovely morning. Wrote letters. After worked on Calendar. Pass book sent. At 11.45 rode with M round coast. Met Banks & pupil with lost stirrups. Through Granville. Flight of birds. Mare started. Lunch. Pork. Worked on Calendar. Mrs & Miss Boys called, Mrs Banks. Wrote letters. Wednesday October 26 In morning drove to Margate with Polly & Roy. Roy's ears cold. Very cold. Caught the 10.0am train. Seedy. Warner in carriage & Captain Hatfield. Up to town. Drove to Kensington. Cold. Found things still unfinished. On point of wiring Maples when Mr Cooze called. Settled stove. At 3.30pm called on Mother at 6 Gloster Walk. After on Sir Edward Sullivan. After walked up to British Hotel. At 6.0 at Maples settled stove etc. Walked through Chancery Lane to Punch Dinner. Called at Attenborough & looked at watch. Chaff about my forgetting Milliken last week. Called at Beefsteak. Wrote Blunt. Guthrie & self drove home from Beefsteak. Enough Whiskey. Thursday October 27 Seedy in morning. Worked on Bartlett & Gorilla Baby. Sent Emma for Stace. Very wet. Wired for Polly to come up. Stace turned up at 11.15 & went away & brought at 2.0pm labourer. 3/6 & shake of hands. Developed plates. At 7.30 went to dine at Mother's, 6 Gloster Walk. Miss Walford & Billie there. No wire from M. Waited. Good dinner. Hard cork for Champagne. After drove down to Olympia. Met Furniss, Arthur & Milliken. Walked home. Whiskey & sleep at 1.0pm. Friday October 28 At Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Worked & finished Bartlett & Gorilla. At 11.0am began Police cut. House in disorder. Name plate finished on door. Polly came at 12.45. On to her mother's. Worked hard all day & finished 10.0pm. Polly in at dinner time. Fireplace tiled in bedroom. Character plasterer. M came in at dinner time 10.30. Bed after. Fire in room. Saturday October 29 Stafford Terrace & Westwood. Up 8.0am. Caught 10.0am Victoria. Stupid porter. Hass of a guard. Down in smoking carriage, M in ordinary 1 st class carriage. Roy met us with cart & mare. Purchases at Margate. Sent luggage on. On to Westwood. Lunch. Letters. After drove into Margate again to fetch Arthur Blunt by Granville. Stopped for shopping etc. Met Blunt. Saw F.C.B in train. Complained of late block. On home, Arthur nervous. Banks & wife dined with us. Sleepy after dinner. Story of Beetle's sister's funeral.
Sunday October 30 Westwood. Lovely morning. Arthur Blunt, Roy & self went for walk past Friends round by Captain Digby to Broadstairs. Met Mervyn & Marion. Roy's 1 st walk with me. Tired. Walked towards Westwood. Carriage met us at Whitehead's. Mare stumbled. Lunch. Letters. In afternoon had dog cart & drove by St Lawrence (Arthur very nervous) to Florence Cottage & called on Miss Levy. Hot room. After went on to Burnands. Sent cart back. Talk with F.C.B & after walked home by high road to Westwood. Arthur looked into chapel & home. Dinner. Mervyn, Arthur & selves. Sleepy after very while Arthur played. Whiskey, pipes & bed at 12.0 midnight. Monday October 31 Westwood. Hounds at Hengrove. In morning fly came & took Blunt & Mervyn, children & M, to meet at Hengrove. Lovely day. Pretty girl out with Mayhew. Girl off horse in field. Difficulty with Folkestone jumping. Met Green. Home by 1.0pm. Arthur & Mervyn came in directly after. Worked on calendar. Shooting after at tennis balls & birds. Walked with Arthur Blunt to Ramsgate as far as St Lawrence. Dined at Hammonds, Burnands there. Good dinner. Liver wrong. Sleepy. Walked on road home again as far as Mill (Maskalls). Met singing girl. Lovely moon. Blunt had 4 goes of whiskey after. Nov 1887 Tuesday November 1 Westwood. Arthur Blunt & Mervyn went up by 12.10 train. Worked all day hard on Calendar. Quiet dinner. Bed 10.30. Wednesday November 2 Westwood. In morning up & M drove Roy & self to catch train. Poured with rain. Got wet. Went up with Abernethy & Quartermain East. Home to Stafford Terrace. Nothing done. Room in disorder. Upset. Cooze came after. Worked on Calendar. At 4.0 took cab & called British Hotel. After walked on to Club. Wrote letters. Cab on to Punch Dinner. No Bradbury. Good dinner. Keene there. Home with Guthrie to Stafford Terrace. Thursday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Headache & feeling seedy. Woman sent to wash out room etc etc. Worked all day on Almanack. In evening at 8.15 went to dine with Mother. Judy there. Mervyn & self went on to Albert Hall. Heard Bell Cole. Yankee woman in box. Poured with rain. Looked in at Ewen's. Played 2 games of Billiards. Home at 12.15am. Emma helped me to photo self in afternoon for Lord Lytton. Not a success. Friday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Worked again on Calendar. Mervyn came in at 11.30. Photod him for Lord Lytton & self for Aquarius. Worked in afternoon. Did Lord Lytton as Ambassador. Finished 9.15pm. Afterwards tidied up room & bed at 12.30am. Saturday November 5
Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am, very tired. Bother about blocks. Did Shrimp & Patient. After put room in order & left at 1pm for Garrick. Spoke to Wolmann about her husband. At Club lunched with Jones, Grain, Chitty, Grossmith & the Beetle. After talk with Jones caught Granville. Went down with F.C.B & Charley B. Tommy à Beckett & Roy in dog cart with mare. Drove home to Westwood. Fireworks. Let some off. Quiet evening. Bed. Sunday November 6 Westwood. Most lovely morning. At 7.0am woke up & got to work on Calendar. Put in Aquarius, Libra etc etc. At 12.0 noon knocked off. Just going for ride Evans came up. Delayed. Whiskey & Apolinaris etc. Walk round. Lunch. Photo. At 3.25 rode round through St Peter's to Joss Gap. (Pretty girl very). Along through Broadstairs, past Granville & on by Burnands. Posted letters. Home. Tea. To work again. Pottered after dinner (M & self). Worked till 11.0pm. Tired. Bed. Monday November 7 Westwood. Hounds met at St Nicholas. Dull morning. Up at 7.30 & at work on finishing Calendar. Worked all day & got it off by 4.15, Margate train. M, Tommy à Beckett & Roy went. Got fireworks ready & wrote letters. After had display of fireworks. Children from village. Tassell. Fire balloon etc. Great success. Dinner. Quiet restful evening. Tuesday November 8 Westwood. In morning lovely morning. Rode mare. Very fresh. Excited at train. Went thro' Margate & along sands to Broadstairs. After home through Upton. Fire at Vale View. Crum went. Back to Westwood. Worked till lunch, 'Times' after. After began 4 drawings, 3 for Almanack. After that dinner & quiet evening. Tommy went back with M in brougham. Annoying letter forwarded from London from F.C.B. Bothered. Wrote Ramsgate. Wednesday November 9 Westwood. Up at 7.15am. Put things together. Jolley made 2 journeys to Margate with Folkestone. Very wet. M drove me in to Margate. Tassell went up. Minnie met me at Victoria. Sent things on. Afterwards took cab to 85 Fleet Street. Stopped by police at Westminster. Walked. Legs ached. Posses of police. Heavy rain. Soaked through. At 85 young Walter Agnew & wife, Phil A, Lawrence B & friend. Lucy, sister & wife, Arthur, Guthrie & self, old Noakes & Maxwell. Heavy rain all day. Lord Mayor's Show all in macintoshes. Afterwards Guthrie & self went to Lawrence Bradbury's rooms in Temple. Cup of tea. Wet coats. Afterwards walked with Guthrie to Brucciani's. Selected Hermes etc etc. Punch Dinner. F.C.B all right. Home with Guthrie. Thursday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Dull foggy wretched morning. Jack Burnand called with letter from Frank. Subject Chamberlain. Sent for things to Cording. Photod self & Billie for Chamberlain. Afterwards worked. Went up to Mother's to dine at 6 Gloster Walk. Miss Walford & Stokes there. Quiet dinner. Liver wrong. Home at 11.0pm. (Pencil note: Oh! F.Walford here, Tuesday Apl 25 1899.) Friday November 11
Stafford Terrace. Worked all day from early morn till 8.15pm on Chamberlain as Fisherman. Also interrupted by man putting fender down from Maples. After took cab & went on to Constitutional Club & met Stokes. He had dined so went to Beefsteak. Sat next Ward (Leslie). Room full. Claret corked. Dined. Tired after very. Went home by cab. Very cold. Spencer was at Garrick with Col Anthony Jones. Saturday November 12 Stafford Terrace. In morning tidied up etc. Men at work from Maples on polishing etc etc. After photod sleeping figure. Went to Club. Lunched. Called at Hawes & exchanged watch. Went to Charing X. Met Polly & Chicks. 2 omnibuses. Home. Worked on Almanack. Quiet dinner. Bed. Sunday November 13 1st Sunday at Stafford Terrace. At 10.0am went to meet Furniss on his new tit-up. Furniss 10 minutes late. Met all sorts & conditions of men on the road. Jumped mare. Showed Furniss watch. After rode by Hendon etc. Home past the mothers. Saw Spencer & Mervyn. Home with game. Spencer in to lunch. Very tired. Arranged to walk up to Club. Called & asked at Bristol Hotel. Mob row with police in Trafalgar Square. Dined with Spencer next General. Saw Pelligrini. 2 Hollands & Soda & home. Sleepy in cab. Monday November 14 Up in morning & rode Folkestone in Row. Saw Coward etc etc. Home. Did photos of self for Almanack etc. Lovely sunny morning. Worked all day on the 1 st Qr of Almanack. Quiet dinner at home. Spencer dined. Sleepy after dinner. Bottle of Geisler '74. Sherry etc, Hollands. Tuesday November 15 Stafford Terrace. In morning rode the mare round Park. Boots tight. Mare fresh. Home. Letters. Work at 12.0. Got on with 1st Quarter of Almanack. Dined quietly at home. Very tired. Bed early. In afternoon sent Lady Wiseman's book back by carriage. Wednesday November 16 Up 8.0am & worked all day on 1st Quarter of Almanack. Dense fog. Took train to Punch Dinner. Arrived 7.30. Small Dinner. F.C.B, Milliken, at bottom of table. Tenniel, Sambourne, Furniss & Guthrie. Home by train with Guthrie. Thursday November 17 Beastly fog all day. Not well in morning. Worked hard all day on 1 st Qr of Almanack. Finished it at 5.0pm. Began the 2 nd at 6.0pm. Quiet dinner. Worked after dinner etc. Bed at 11.30. Special Constables called out for riots, 3500 sworn in. (Cutting glued in: Death of Richard Lane.) Friday November 18 Stafford Terrace. About as beastly a day as they make em. Wet & fog. Worked by gas light on 2nd Qr of Almanack. Man from Pearsons called. Also boots sent home. Could not go out for rain. Worked after dinner. Bothered with hand of Red Riding
Hood. (Cutting inserted: In memoriam Valentine Baker. Thursday November 18. 1897.) Saturday November 19 Worked on 2nd Qr of Almanack. In afternoon walked up to Club. Lunched there at 2.30. Minced veal etc. Walked part of way home. Rain came on. Cab home. Worked afterwards before & after dinner. Marion dined at Mrs Stone's. Met Mrs Perugini. Dined by self. Sunday November 20 In morning at 10.0am went for ride on mare. Past Fulham & American Ex'n. Up Wimbledon, over Common etc. Good enjoyable canter through Lady's Mile. Trotting pony at Sheen. Fast along home road. Over Hammersmith Bridge. Home. Lunch. Baker called with Mona. Worked on 2 nd Qr Almanack. Guthrie & Spencer dined, 2 bottles of Champagne. Finished 2 nd Qr of Almanack. Monday November 21 Wrote letters in the morning. Worked hard on Almanack. Quiet dinner. Began 3 rd Qr. Tuesday November 22 Worked on 3rd Qr. At 2.0pm rode over Hammersmith Bridge & through Richmond Park. Short way. Home 4.0pm. Worked on 3rd Qr. Quiet dinner & at work late. Van derWeyde sent photos of Bride. Wednesday November 23 Worked on Almanack 3rd Qr all day. Finished it 4.30pm. Walked part of the way to Punch Dinner. Cab from Apsley House. Home with Guthrie by cab. Prof went to sleep. Bradbury there. Thursday November 24 Began 4th Qr Almanack. Worked all day & very late after dinner. Did not go out. Friday November 25 This day at 4.30pm finished the Almanack for 1888 after hard grind. Up early. Did not go out, worked on Almanack. Last Qr finished. After worked on Harcourt as Falstaff. Finished at 10.30pm. Bottle of Ayala & whiskey after. Too much. Photod Stace in the morning in costume. Saturday November 26 Very tired. Could not do 2nd block for Punch either last night or this morning. Bad bilious headache. At 10.30 drove in carriage to City. Called Pearce's, also Gammage about water. Drove into Cornhill. Back. Called Bouverie St. Club. After lunch - Grossmith, Beerbohm Tree, Comyns Carr - cab to Olympia. Called here. Bought bit, also case of instruments. Called Denudain. Chicks & servants at Olympia. Home. Dinner. Mrs Marcus Stone came in. Drove to Haymarket. 'Red Lamp'. Saw Mrs Stone home. Bed. Sunday November 27
Wet morning. Went for delightful ride. Called Barkers at Wimbledon. Glass of beer. Saw Fanny. Good canter across Common etc. Through Richmond & home. 1st view of Jolley's kitten. Lunch. Toys & children. Undid all Cremer's toys. Percy & Spencer called. Percy's new hansom. Met Orton in morning. Quiet dinner & bed early. Monday November 28 Pouring wet morning. Afterwards photod Cremers toys etc etc. Crackers etc. Tuesday November 29 This day Reffell left. Photod children for Bird cut. In evening walked as far as Junior United Service Club. Dined with Spencer & met Hornek & Mackintosh. Got piece of glass in my mouth. After met Jones & went on to Garrick. Tousled cheese. Put Spencer's name down for it & drove home in Hansom. Wednesday November 30 Seedy in morning, headache. Worked on Children & Crackers cut. Walked to Punch Dinner. Took very little wine. Guthrie & self left earlier & home by 11.30. Sat up & read till 12.0. M went to Scotch Festival at Hall. Dec 1887 Thursday December 1 Worked all day on Children's Cracker cut. Finished on paper at 8.0pm. Dined quietly at home. 1st success in getting Swain to photograph on wood on Thursday. Friday December 2 In morning did small cut Darwinian Ancestor. Afterwards rode mare over Wimbledon Common (Shooting). Mare awfully fresh. Home. Did 2 nd cut of Pig & Shakespeare. Afterwards went to see 'Bells of Haslemere'. Barkers & Miss Jocelyn in dress circle. Fanny came into box. Drove home quietly. Fire in room. Saturday December 3 In morning put things straight. Photod man from Nash's. Afterwards walked as far as Club. Lunched there. Sausages & Arthur à Beckett. Went to Hinglers, met M & the Chicks there. Drove home. Developed 4 plates. Dined. Drove to Strand Theatre to see 'Sultan of Mocha'. Lovely tall dark woman next me in stalls. Saw Leighton. Home by good cab. Good cab going. Bed 12.0am. Sunday December 4 At 11.0am got on mare & rode through Richmond Park & over Wimbledon Common (stone in foot) to Barkers. Oak House, Wimbledon Park. Mr Coghlan, Miss Jocelyn. After usual lunch Spencer drove down in Badminton turn-out. Red wheels. Rode home. Missed Spencer after. Young Flower at Stafford Terr. Went to sleep for 2 hours. Tired. Quiet simple dinner & bed. Monday December 5 In morning early rode Folkestone. Fresh. Went along Picadilly & up as far as the Badminton Club. Home through Kensington. In morning photod another man from Nash's & got things ready for Pearce's drawing. Quiet dinner & evening.
Tuesday December 6 In morning rode after breakfast. Met Bartlett & French. Home 110am. Put room in order & pictures up in afternoon etc. After dined at Mrs Watney's. Claude & Vernon. After went to Logia 25, Albert Hall. Heard Patti, Southey etc. Saw Mrs Livesay. Mr Coghlan & Mrs Barker & Miss Jocelyn just under our nose. Bother to get carriage & home. Hamilton & Ada F arrived at 5.30pm. Wednesday December 7 Dull morning. Hamilton Fletcher went off at 10.0am on his law business. After put room in order & worked on drawing for Pearce's. After at 4.30pm dressed. Called at Pearsons Notting Hill about stove. Walked along Oxford St & down Chancery Lane to Punch Dinner. Arrived 7.20. Late. Agnew there. Almanack's health. No Almanack produced at dinner. Guthrie & self left at 9.40. Went to Lyceum in time to see the 'Perdita' scene. Mervyn, Tabs, M & self & Guthrie. Saw Abbey after. M & Ada drove home in 4 wheeler. Guthrie came in. Smoke & talk till 1.0pm. Roy in our room. Paper & bed. Thursday December 8 Tabby at Stafford Terrace. Pouring wet day. Began Children & Xmas Tree. Tabs went off about her dress. M out in carriage. Letter from F.C.B countermanding Xmas Tree. Afterwards worked & did Lord Clanricarde as Shylock. Afterwards walked up to Club & dined with Spencer at Junior United. Late for dinner. Met Eykyn, Plaskett, Percy, Delmar, Humphrey, self, Jessell, Stone, Spencer. Good dinner. Pool & Billiards. Home with Marcus Stone in cab at 1.30am. M & Tabs went to see 'Arabian Nights'. Friday December 9 In morning photod Jolley for the French President Sadi Carnot. Worked hard all day & finished nine fifteen. Bottle Champagne & bed. Tabs came in after play. She had drunken cabman. Asleep in drawing room. Tab & Mrs Snepp went to 'Dorothy'. Sir E Sullivan wired for Pearce's drawing. Saturday December 10 In morning tidied up etc. Tabby left. Walked to Club & lunched on chicken & ham. M fetched me in carriage. Rather livery. Worked on Pearce's drawing. Bed early quietly. Sunday December 11 Got up to ride. Could not on acct of frost. Met Lawrence. Turned back. Home. Tidied up room etc etc. In afternon Spencer came in. Long talk about going north etc etc. In evening went to supper at Bakers. Met Beales, Simmonds's etc. Worked on Pearce's drawing. Monday December 12 In morning could not ride. Fog & cold. Roy not so well. M & chicks went for drive in Park. Worked on Pearce's drawing. Quiet evening & bed. Mother came from Worksop. Row with Nurse. Roy sent to bed. Tuesday December 13
Worked on Pearce's drawing. At 2.0pm went for ride through Richmond etc. Mare fresh coming home. Worked afterwards on Pearce's drawing. Quiet evening. Bed. Wednesday December 14 Worked hard all day. Finished drawing for Pearces' at 4.30. Sent it off. Walked to Punch Dinner hard. Wet day very. Full Dinner. 13 at Dinner. All there but Agnew. Home with Guthrie in cab. Very wet. Thursday December 15 Mild weather. Very warm. Colley wobbles all day. Something upset me at Punch Dinner. Up 8.0am. Photod Jolley & Lawrence in morning. In afternoon did 1 st cartoon on paper. Finished at 9.0am. Dinner. Brandy & Apollonaris. Mother had a bad cold. Chicks went to Cremers. Worked hard all day. No ride. Jolley's cold bad. Not well inside. Friday December 16 Not well inside. Very mild weather, 64º without a fire. Tidied up room. Put photos away etc. Wrote letters etc etc. Doubtful about Asprey. Waited for wire. Sent mare off to Evesham. In afternoon at 4.45 left Paddington for Evesham. Surly Yankee man in train. Talk with fellow passengers. Fly met me at Evesham, 1hr drive. Got to Russell House, Broadway. Met by Millett & Abbey & Harold Roller. Dined at 9.15. Good dinner. Gas electric. Studio after. Woke up seedy in night & bad. Saturday December 17 At Broadway. Up at 8.30. Very weak & seedy. Breakfast. Had Yankee cholera mixture. Mare brought round. Mounted. Millett, Roller & self went to meet at Hinchfield. Rushout master North Cotswold. Found fox at once. Stone walls. Kept away. Fell in with 2 others & thrown out from hounds. Home by tower & 'Fish' public house. Back to Russell House 2.15 lunch. Studio after. Model, Miss Brown. Read. Dinner. Roller dined. Better in evening. Sunday December 18 At Broadway. Up & walked up village before breakfast. Dull wet day. Up in morning. Still seedy inside. Read 'Story of the Secret Chamber'. Baseball game. Lunch. Walked up to see mare. Studio. Naval officer came in. After went drive (I was late) to Rev G.D.Bourne at Weston sub Edge. Harold Roller, Abbey, Millett & self. Tall Cassowary, Miss Penn, daughter & good Winter girl. Corked port. More after. Good dinner. Sleepy. Friend of Jas Aikers. Home at 11.15pm. Monday December 19 At Broadway. (illeg) (illeg) wired to come up in morning. Felt better for 1 st time. Hard frost. Rode mare with Harold Roller to Lord Elcho's place through Stanton. Snow. Mare fresh. Roller jumped his horse. Home. Cherry brandy. Lunch with Abbey. Caught 2.45 train from Evesham. G.W.R. Carriage met me at Paddington. Home. Dear Roy ill. Wrote letters downstairs. Quiet evening & bed. Tuesday December 20 In morning up & worked rather uphill on Punch, Toby & 4 Seasons. Worked after dinner. Dear Roy ill in bed.
Wednesday December 21 Worked all day on Toby, Punch & 4 Seasons. After put fur coat on & walked to Knightsbridge. Cab on to Punch Dinner. Tenniel complimented me on drawing of Welsh Girl & Gladstone. No cartoon to make up. Good Dinner. Very cold. Cab home by 12.30. Cold came on. Dear Roy taken ill with croup. Called Orton in. Left him with him. Thursday December 22 Roy better. In morning at 10.30am rode mare round Wimbledon. Jumped her over fence. Met French. Home through Richmond Park. Hard gallop. Wrote letters all the afternoon. Dined. In evening went to 1 st night of Wilson Barrett's 'Golden Ladder'. Saw Watson etc etc. Long dreary piece. Called Beefsteak. Sebright. Met Spalding. Home by cab. Cold came on. Friday December 23 In morning up at 9.15. Put room in order & got drawer ready for photos etc. Conny called. Roy still seedy in bed. At 2.0pm rode mare (sluggish) over Wimbledon Common. Saw house to let. Called Barkers. Home by house again. Glass of Old & Bitter. Along Hammersmith Road home. Wrote letters, looked over Pearks account. Talked to Roy in bed. Quiet dinner. Rest after. Bed early. Had hot grog for cold. Saturday December 24 In morning at 10.45 rode Folkestone through Park & Marble Arch intending to go north. Turned back because of cold. Home. Changed things. Tapped sherry cask. Walked on to Club, caught up dear Maud. Xmas Tree. Lunched. Boiled beef & mince pie. Merrivale & Eastbourne. Wrote lots of letters. At 4.45 M fetched me in brougham. After called at Langleys. Brandy, soda. Rain. M had cab for box. Bought grapes & oranges at Butts. Home. Roy better. Dinner. Bottle of Lanson. Read 'Times'.etc. Bed 10.45. Tapped sherry. Cosens octave. Sunday December 25 Very cold in morning. Got on mare at 9.30am. Nearly turned back. Met young Chesterton. Rode on to Wimbledon. Girl & two galloping cads. Round Richmond & home. Met Dr & Mrs Parr etc. Lunch, goose etc. Roy still upstairs. Found mistake about Pearks acct. Langleys, Guthrie & Hensman called. Chicks & toys etc. Roy's cake cut. Very cold. To dinner at the Boehms. Drove on after in carriage & dined at Boehms. Con, Eff, selves (& Langley after dinner only.) Game of Billiards. Shell out. Talk of watch & home. Good evening. Felt well. Monday December 26 Put India Rubber on printing frame etc etc. Also labels for drawers. Photod Xmas tree. Did not ride. In afternoon walked up to Club & dined by self. Went to Pantomome of 'Puss in Boots' after. Looked in at Garrick. Weldon & Gillie & home. Tuesday December 27
Did not ride. Stace put room in order etc. Mona Kemp & Mother called. Maud ill. Emma went for holiday & caught cold. Walked up to Club & back. Had tea & wrote letters. Wednesday December 28 Did not ride. Edgar Boehm called with Marion. Punch Dinner. Bradbury back in old form again. Very bad. Had Queen & Pope to do. Drove home by self. No Guthrie. Thursday December 29 Fine morning. Photod my mother for Queen & Pope. Also Jolley for Pope. Chicks better. Mrs Stone came in to dinner & stayed late keeping M up. Friday December 30 Worked hard all day on Queen & Pope. Finished at 9.0pm. Quiet dinner. Emma ill. Roy still upstairs. Saturday December 31 Very cold. Put things in order. Walked up to & lunched at Garrick. M called in carriage & after called at Covent Garden Theatre for box. On to Old Masters & Grosvenor & home. After quiet dinner drove to Covent Garden Theatre & saw Pantomime, 'Jack & the Beanstalk'. Good business. French change actor. Home by cab. In morning room. Watched watch change.
1888 Notes and addresses on preliminary pages: Edward Moss, Frame maker (Rec Tristram Ellis) 3 Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill SE Hydrochloric Acid, 2 Winchester Quarts 8/6d Chas Richards Secy, A & N Auxy Stores, Francis St, Victoria Street SW. Emery Walker's address for 16 Cliffords Inn, WC. Manning, 34 Garvin Road, Lillie Road, Fulham. Betts, Nellie, Dark, 16. 3 Anselm Road, North End Rd, Fulham. C.Wilson, 2 Thurlow Villas. Old (illeg) for model, Frank Gregory, 35 Havelock Rd, West Kensington. A.D.Elsbury, 18 Herbert St, Queens Crest, NW. Harcourt, 33 Gertrude St, Limerston St. Godfrey, 1 Oakfield St, Redcliffe Gdns. Charles Scotter Esq, General Managers Office, London & South Western Railway, Waterloo Bridge Station SE. Jan 1888 Sunday January 1 (Saty night: Watched watch change at 12.16am. Went to Covent Garden.) Bitterly cold, hard frost, could not ride. Walked up to Club after lunch. Wrote letters. Cup of tea & muffin. Walked back by 7.15. Met Pilleau. Harold Powers & wife, Hamilton Langley & wife, Hensman, Guthrie, in to dinner. (Emma ill.) Photos etc. Lots of laughing. Gave Guthrie drawing. Sent M to bed. Frost gave about 8.30pm. Monday January 2 Pottered about & put room in order. Still cold. In afternoon rode Folkestone to Hammersmith. Called Derby Dry Plate Co. On through Fulham & home by Cromwell Road. Emma still ill. Quiet dinner & evening. Tuesday January 3 Mare H. In morning still put room in order. Rode mare through to Roehampton & Richmond. Mare very fresh. Home. In afternoon put room in order etc. Walked on to Hatchetts Hotel, 'Kinsmen' Dinner. Sat next Padgett & Yankee. Comyns Carr speech. After went to Osgoods rooms. Stayed till 1.30am. Home with Fildes by cab. Wednesday January 4 Birthday. Emma very ill. At 10.0am got on mare & rode up to Pentonville, Barnsbury & Holloway. Home by Regents Park. Home to lunch at 1.30. After walked to Punch Dinner. Fur coat. Met Tenniel. Called Club. Good Dinner. Home with Guthrie in cab at 12.15am. (Pencil note: This was Charles Keene's last Punch Dinner. Bradbury & letter. Charles upset. See Wedy May 8 1889.) Thursday January 5 In morning photod Jolley in brown paper for Times & self for Punch. Worked all day on block & did small block of Maharajah. Quiet dinner. Worked after dinner. Friday January 6
Worked all day on 'Times' & Punch. Finished at 9.15pm. At 11.30 started for Drury Lane. Baddeley Cake Night. Met lots of people, Woodville etc etc. Danced. Left at 3.15am. Emma still ill. Saturday January 7 Up at 9.0am. Bad head ache. Did not lose it all day. At 11.0am rode towards Wimbledon. Past Alfred Reed's. Spoke to Taf. Learnt of poor Uncle George's death 3 weeks ago. Very tired. Rode over Putney Bridge across to Barnes & home along Hammersmith Road. Emma left for Infirmary. Quiet dinner. Bed. Read Piazzi Smith Pyramids. Sunday January 8 Dull morning very. At 10.30 rode mare through Wimbledon & Richmond. Galloping snob in Park. Edgar & Sophy at Stafford Terrace to lunch. Put drawers in order. Pilleau called & brought photos & Maud a fan. Guthrie sent 'The Blue Poodle'. Emma not at all comfortable at Infirmary. In evening went to supper at Bakers'. Met Thorneycroft without wife. Also MacKinleys (A.M.Stirling) Barker's friend. Home with Thorneycroft. Stupid girl. Monday January 9 In morning put labels on cards for photos & printed photos etc. Worked all day. Edgar & Sophy left for South of France. Emma got out of Infirmary & returned. M went for drive. Dull weather. Tuesday January 10. Dull foggy day. Put & finished labels. Emma left for home. At 2.0pm went for good sharp ride through Richmond by Mortlake & home down Putney Hill. Worked after. Began Swallow of Hans Andersen. Read Pyramids after dinner. Wednesday January 11 In morning began drawing of Huxley & Mermaid. Dense fog all day. Could not finish. At 6.0pm walked through the fog to Punch Dinner. Agnew a cold. D.M night. Learnt that he had made £4700 ? in copper by successful spec. Home by Metro with Guthrie. Fog. Walked from Gloucester Road. Thursday January 12 Up late. M overslept herself. Dark dense fog all day. Worked. Finished Huxley & Mermaid. Little Cowards came to see Maud. Things from Stores came. M not well. Faint. Wrote letters after dinner. Friday January 13 Worked on Fog subject all day. Bad one to do. Just finished it in time to go to dine at Tuers. Late for dinner. Took Mrs Benson in. Dull slow heavy dinner. Met the Morton Lathoms. Home at 11.30pm by carriage. Mr Legge called at 11.30am about cover for 'Piccadilly'. (Red ink: This gentleman had an atrocious cold. Fby 9 '94. Piccadilly proved an entire failure. See overleaf.) Saturday January 14 In morning walked up to Club. Met Finlay & old Wyndham riding. Lunched. Saw Jones. Chaff about Spencer & badge. M called for me at 3.0pm & on to German
Reeds. Took Roy. After to see Taf. Very cold. Home to tea & quiet dinner. Did labels etc etc. Bed 11.30. Read Zola in Morning Room. Sunday January 15 Dull foggy weather. At 11.0am rode mare round by Barnes & Mortlake to Richmond Park. Mare rushed on last bit. Over Wimbledon & sharp home. Very cold but good ride. Home. Lunch. Wrote labels for photos. Mr Ellis, J.W.Gilbert Smith etc called. Norman Lockyer. Quiet dinner. Bed. (Red ink: See Times Feby 9 1894. J.W.Gilbert Smith. Mr Gilbert Smith failed over the 'Piccadilly' for £16,912 & no available assets.) Monday January 16 In morning wrote letters etc. Very cold. Began Piccadilly wrap. In morning walked up to go to Garrick. Called Bassevi's, VanderWeyde's etc. Called Badminton. Found Spencer just gone. Called J.U.S Club. Lunched with Spencer, on to Christies. Saw Col Horrock, also Capron, Will & Morland Agnew etc. Man (Mr Grego) who knew me in Lloyd Sq. Capron asked me to dine. Walked home. Wired & took cab up to Beaufort Club. Dined with Capron & nonentities. Bad dinner. Photo of Lady Crossley. On to Lyceum. Met M & à Becketts. Lost stick. Went to Club for it. Saw Mary Anderson & on to Rules to supper after. Home 1.30pm. Tuesday January 17 In morning put things in order. Felt very seedy after last night. At 12.15 rode Folkestone in the Park. Met Finlay & Kendal on new horse. Back & at 4.0pm took cab & on to Christies to see Capron sale. Tapestry fetched 480 gns. Home. Worked on cover for Piccadilly. Dinner. Too tired to dress & go to Holl's ball. Academy election. Richmond, Onslow Ford & Bloomfield. Had 2 scratches for self. Bitterly cold. Wednesday January 18 Bitterly cold. Wrote letters. At 12.15 rode Folkestone in Park. Met Chicks with Kendal & Finlay. Home. Worked on compo of Piccadilly cover. Young F.Luker called & made drawing of self in Studio. At 4.30 walked up to VanderWeyde's studio. Saw photo I wanted also V & son making ship. After walked on to Punch Dinner. No Bradbury. Chaff about D.M making £9000. Uncertain. Home with Guthrie by cab. Very cold. Thursday January 19 Still very cold. In morning wrote letters. At 11.30 rode Folkestone in the Park. Met Finlay & Kendall. Chaff about Finlay's breeches & gaiters. Home. Skemed cut of Medicine Bottles etc & Homeopathy. After walked up to top of Piccadilly. Met Parsons. On by cab to Constitutional. Dined with Stokes, Weldon & Terrano. Saw old Joachim & Blundell Maple. Slow dinner. Weldon intoxicated. Went after to the Empire. Saw Philip Cosens & (illeg) After to Garrick Club with Terrano & Stokes. Home at 1.45am. Friday January 20 In morning got up at 9.30. Brighter this morning for 1 st time. Went on to work at Medicine Bottles, Pestle & mortar etc. Photod Lady Crossley. Did not go out. Finished at 8.15. Dined. Tired. Went on to Colin Hunter's little dance. Saw Fildes,
Stones, David Murray, Gow, Boughtons, Lewis's etc, also Sylvester. Heard of Academy scratches. Left 10.30. East wind went. Drizzle of rain. Walked home with Mr & Mrs Boughton at 11.30pm. Read. Bed. Saturday January 21 Abbey left for Venice. Dull morning with heavy rain. Felt tired & seedy. Up 9.0. Countermanded carriage. Read Times. Spencer called. Roy's ear bad. Musical cracker. Drove up in Spencer's cab to Junior United Club. After called Christies. Walked on to Lewis & Allenby's. Saw McCluskie after. On past Bodega & 7 Dials to Club. Lunched with Corney Grain, Gillie etc. After carriage called & went with M to Watney's rooms. Called Christies. Old Capron's sale realised 4300 guineas for the week. After to Mrs Lynn Linton's up the lift at Queen Anne's Mansions. Met Poynter's sister, mal a propos remark about Poynter. Called on Knowles. Home. Did labels before dinner. After stalls for French play came. Mother glum. Drove in good cab to Royalty Theatre. Sat next Pincher & the Delmars. Saw Carbutts. Girl & Old Spoons, Raphael etc etc, Daddy Levy. Home by same cab. Sunday January 22 In morning dull steady rain, all but turned back. Rode thro' Richmond Park & on to Barker's. Man galloped behind. Out at Coombe Gate. Lunch at Barker's. Mr Coghlan. After home slowly. Sinclair there. Read. Put labels right & quiet dinner. Tidied up. Bed. Monday January 23 Lovely day for 1st time this year. Photod M at 10.0am for Piccadilly in Lewis & Allenby's dress. After took carriage on to Piccadilly. Saw Foot & Vernon Watney in his rooms. After on to Holborn Restaurant. Dropped sticks for camera. Curious trio at H.R. Lunch. Called Platinotype & Club. Saw Gillie F. Called Badminton & home. Developed plates. Quiet dinner. Read Zola's stories after. Bed 11.30. ‘Mavor’ wrote. (Red ink: Also came on again Dec 10 1890. Swelling in nostril came on 1st time. Also another on Tuesday Dec 11 1893.) Tuesday January 24 Fine morning. Printed phos. Mother went to Ealing. M out at 12.30. Chicks to south Kensington. Wrote letters. After began cover for Piccadilly & worked all day & after dinner. Ethel Herapath came to stay. Did not go to Gaiety Theatre as intended. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Nostril increased & painful.) Wednesday January 25 In morning worked on Piccadilly cover could not finish it. After walked up to Club for Punch Dinner. Cab from Garrick. No Bradbury. After talk home with Guthrie in cab. Guthrie's week. (Red ink: Nostril very painful & swelled up. Had to powder it.) Thursday January 26 In morning photod self for cut of Khedive & Marriott. After drew it. In evening walked as far as top of St James St. Took cab to dine with Spencer at Victoria Hotel Northumberland Avenue. Made mistake & went to the Metropole. After got all right. Dinner. Tabs, Mr & Mrs Delmar snr, Mr & Mrs Delmar junr, Marion & self
& Spencer. Good dinner & Hungarian band. Home at 12.0pm. (Red ink: Nostril very bad & painful.) Friday January 27 Worked hard all day on drawing for Japanese subject. Vernon Watney called & kindly brought photos. Dined quietly with M at 10.0pm. Bottle of Ayala. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Nostril still very bad & painful.) Saturday January 28 Frost set in. M & self started at 11.0 for Wimbledon. Could not drive on acct of Folkestone being lame. Barker met us at station. At 12.30 rode mare with Barker to Epsom. Lunched at the King's Head. Hot beef etc etc. Surrey stag hounds. Loud squash rider came in from Wandsworth. Home in hard frost. Out trotted Barker's horse. Dinner. Eclipse of the moon 9.30pm. Good sight. Hard frost. Billiards. Bed 11.50pm. (Red ink: Nostril better but still bad.) Sunday January 29 At Wimbledon. Hard frost. Could not ride. Read 'Silas Marner'. At 12.0 walked with Barker over Wimbledon Common. Home 1.45pm. Lunch. Mr Coghlan, Alice, Fanny & self. Davidson called. Walked to Station with Davidson & Barker. Dinner. Wrote letters. Good dinner. Brought out spot this day. Whiskey. (Red ink: Nostril finally core out. Got better.) Monday January 30 Hard frost. Breakfast. Started for home. Met Wood in train. After writing this got to work on Piccadilly drawing. Worked until 7.0pm. After went to dine at Boehms. Met Billiard cuss, Floss etc etc, young Holland. Won a 3 pool. Hard frost. Home by mare. (Red ink: Nostril almost well.) Tuesday January 31 Worked hard all day on Piccadilly drawing. Quiet dinner at home. Sleepy after dinner. M moved easel. Feb 1888 Wednesday February 1 Worked on Piccadilly drawing. Sent it off at 3.0pm. After did Smith as Owl. Walked at 7.10pm up to Reform Club. Dined with Lockyer. Met Sir George Grove, also Weymss Reed, Anderson, W.Black, Lockyer, Donelly & self. On to Punch Dinner after. Missed Bernand. Thursday February 2 In morning bother with F.C.B. Began Beresford & Hamilton. At 7.30 dined with Colin Hunter. Met Tadema, W. Black, 2 Scotchmen, Parsons, Millet, Hunters, self & David Murray. Won 12/- tossing & drawing cards. Snow. Home 1.0am. Was to have supped with Winchester Clowes. Friday February 3 Worked & finished at 1.30pm Beresford & Hamilton. After did Double Jig. Bother about it. Dinner at 9.30pm. Bottle Pol Roger. Bed 11.30pm.
Saturday February 4 At 10.30 rode over to Wimbledon. Caught Barker in. A Mr Wilson called. Barker off with Schwann. Rode a good hunting pace through Richmond Park at 3.30. Old gents carriage. Home at 5.0pm. Judy there. Dressed & after went to Anderson Critchetts dinner. Mr & Mrs Twiss, Mr & Mrs Critchett, Mrs Jopling, giantess & husband, Mrs Black, Sir Fk Haines, Mr & Mrs Boughton, Miss Hollingshead, one other, Mr & Mrs Timber sympathetic, self. After called Garrick. Very tired. Home. Sunday February 5 In morning rode mare at 10.30. Birch caught me up. Good gallop in Pk. After glass of beer at Robin Hood. Home. Put things in order. Angell called. Quiet dinner. Sleep & bed. Monday February 6 Fine day. Put things in order. Photos etc etc, labels. Alice Linley called. In afternoon resumed work on Andersen. Quiet dinner. Read Madeleine Ferat after. Bed at 11.15pm. Tuesday February 7 Gilbert Smith wrote letter. All morning writing letters. M seedy. Went for drive with mare. Lunch. Roy's spatts came.Walked up to Garrick in evening & dined by self. Dull dinner. Saw Bangs. Wrote letters & home. Wednesday February 8 Walked up to Club after working on Andersen. Gillie complimented me on dress. Met M, Roy & Mother at Drury Lane. Mistake about box. Pantomime. Sent them home. Mother lost her muff. On to dine after dressing at Club. (Wills's filthy clothes.) With Birch at Royal Academy Club Dinner. 'Tabac tabac' song. Wills's rooms. Model fire escape. Good dinner. On to Punch Dinner after. Tenniel a cold. Home with Guthrie. Thursday February 9 Jolley photod me as Hercules. Worked on Cardinal & G of the Times. Dined with Miss Elmore. Met Admiral & Mrs Poland (Lawrence). Also Miss O'Brian. Folkestone still lame, very. Home 11.30. Schmaltz, H.Dickens recited (illeg) at the Swan. Friday February 10 Worked & was unusually late on Punch as Hercules washing stable. Roy had a bad cold. Saturday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Put room in order. Jolley late. Only just caught train for Codsall, stupid porter not knowing station. Through Birmingham. Slow fly at Codsall, long drive. Arrived all right. M lost umbrella. Con & Ham had good run. Good dinner. Bottle Pol Roger. Last hunting for weeks. Sunday February 12 Brewood Hall. In morning after breakfast got on roan pony after looking at horses. Pony fidgety about head & slobbered all over me. Rode 10 miles to Col Tillotson's. Uncomfortable about trousers & seat. M, self, Midge, Hamilton &
Conny at Tillotson's. 1 pig, 1 chick, 1 mushroom etc etc. China. Napoleon's travelling case. Good tea etc. Drove home with Midge. Hamilton rode pony, Conny behind. Dinner. Bed. Last day without snow. Monday February 13 Brewood Hall. Woke up. Heavy snow set in. Took horse photos instantaneously in morning & backgrounds on ice. Polly. Picture etc. After lunch Conny & self walked to Boscobel in snow. Met drunken rustic. Got back from King Charles's oak. Back to tea. Called shop (Burglers). Read. Quiet evening. Tuesday February 14 Brewood Hall. Looked over church with Con & Rev Wrottesley. Photod in morning. Bought envelopes. Street etc. Camera blew over & broke. Saw pretty rustic snowballing. Con & self walked to Somerford Hall. Looked over it & books. Treherne came in afternoon. Quiet dinner. Music. Wednesday February 15 Brewood Hall. Put things in order. Hamilton drove me to Codsall in snow. Conny left in morning at 8.0am. Treherne reading & singing. Up to town. Wired at Oxford for carriage. Great snow at Oxford. Carriage met me. On home. Saw Chicks & Mother. Took cab. Whipped horse, swore at him. Punch Dinner. Quiet. Home with Guthrie, my cab. Thursday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Did cut of Gladstone & Bath. Finished 3.0pm. At 5.15 walked & had Turkish Bath. Carriage met me at Bath & took me to Lenson's dinner at Cheshire Cheese. Ashby Sterry president. Dr Johnson's chair. Punch after. Good dinner. Very cold. On to Colin Hunter's at home. Square puzzle. Spencer, Mrs Geiger. Snow & home 1.30pm. Friday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Worked all day on Salisbury & Hicks Beach Jam cut. Did not go out. Dined late at home 9.15. Bed. Saturday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Developed plates in morning. Horse good. After caught 1.5 train for Codsall. (Old maids & surrepticious (illeg) sandwich eater.) Changed into smoking. Girl boy in train. Langley met me. Drove Brewood. Quiet dinner. Traherne gone. Sunday February 19 Brewood House. Read & looked at news. Kettle came over. Walked to Cottons. Dull in extreme. After for walk with Langley to Somerford Hall. Heavy snow. Kettle left. Dinner. Quiet evening. Monday February 20 Brewood Hall. Snow & hard frost. Photod horses etc in snow. Langley & Bishop. After walked with Langley to Wards Place. Back. Dinner. Bottle (illeg) Champagne. Horses in motion. Roulette after. Bed 11.30pm.
Tuesday February 21 Brewood Hall. Cold & frost in morning. Walked with Langley to see ratting. Empty farm house. Monckton, Cotton & dogs (broken haired.) 6 rats killed. Home. Lunch. Went for envelopes & cards & paper. Saw tombstones of Furniss & Beckett. Back. Wrote letters. Wrottesley came. Monckton in to dinner. Red coats. Whist. Late. 1/- lost. Wrottesley came. Wednesday February 22 Brewood Hall. Snow & frost. Wrottesley down late. British brandy. Packed traps. Attempted to photo Dora. Smashed camera. Lunch. Wrottesley drove me to Codsall. Slow pony nearly missed train & Wrottesley did not know his way. Back to town. Carriage met me. Home & by carriage to town. Called Cutler & Reeds and Rouch. Punch Dinner. Bradbury screwed. 8 square puzzle. Good dinner. Home with Guthrie. Thursday February 23 Stafford Terrace. In morning dark bitterly cold nevertheless photod Jolley as Diogenes. Developed 2 horse plates. Failure. Worked on Diogenes after. Walked to Arts Club, dined Vicat Cole. Saw Arthur Blunt & Angell. On to Old Guard. Stalls instead of box. Awfully cold. Back to club. Talk. Lost half a sovereign in Dining Room. Home with Vicat Cole. Incoherant thro' sleep. Friday February 24 Stafford Terr. Things came from Cordings. Photod Jolley as Chamberlain. Also worked hard. Finished Churchill as Diogenes. Worked after dinner until 1.0pm. Bed 2.0pm. Saturday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at Stafford Terrace. Put things in order. Snowing hard. Wired M. Disappointed about camera. Decided to go to Tewkesbury by L & NW Rly. Ordered carriage. Put store shirt on. Afraid it was damp. Uncomfortable for hours. Drove by Club. Sent Carriage to Rouch. Lunched. Saw Evans. On to Euston. Caught 2.0pm train. Bitterly cold. Changed Birmingham & Ashchurch. Little funny man at Birmingham to 3 stations up. Talk of Chamberlain. Got to Pull Court at 7.15pm. M there. Fine house. Dinner. Awfully cold at night. Wonder I did not catch cold. Sunday February 26 Pull Court. For wonder did not catch a cold from last week. Very cold in morning. Woke up cold. No counterpane. M & bath. Caught on kerhopp, late for breakfast. Good. Photod library, self & girls. Lunch. Peacocks & bread. Walk with Hamilton from 3.0 to 5.30. Wrote letters. Dinner. Quiet evening. Read Cromwell & King Charles. Driver House lead. Monday February 27 Pull Court. Up in morning. Felt well. Got away 10.15 & found keepers. Awfully cold. Walked 8 hours. Shot 3 rabbits for 5 cartridges. Saw Dowdeswell on bridge. Only 12 rabbits got altogether. Home 5.30. Tea. Dinner. Quiet evening. Tuesday February 28
Pull Court. Up in morning. Cold. Bright sun. Took 12 photos. Pottered about. Lunch. Walked in afternoon to keepers (Watkin). Bolted 3 rabbits. Shot one. Awfully cold walk to house. Tea. Read Theodore Hook. Dinner. M burnt her hand. Bed 11.30. Read about Piccadilly & Pall Mall. Smith Elder & Co. Wednesday February 29 Pull Court. Up at 9.0. Bitterly cold & hard frost again. Packed up things. Photod library. Got off at 12.20pm. Very cold. Met Dowdeswell & chair. Caught train. Went by Ashchurch and Evesham. Lunch at Evesham. Snow. Met Wentworth Walker in train. Smoke. Arrived Paddington. Carriage. Cad after it. Chicks well. Drove on to Garrick. Met Furniss. Walked to Punch Dinner. Prof & mushrooms. Bradbury middling. Home with Guthrie in snow by cab along Cromwell Road. Mar 1888 Thursday March 1 Stafford Terrace. M in bed. Fire in room. Cold hard frost & snow. Wrote letters. To do silver wedding Prince & Princess of Wales. Worked on it. At 6.35 walked to go & dine with Lewis Wingfield. Walked up Notting Hill. Went to wrong house, 2 Montague Place. Met Orchardson on the steps. Cab after wiring Jolley to 14 Montague Place. Japanese house. Met Orchardson, Pettie, Dycey, Montague Williams, Australian traveller etc etc. Carriage met me. After drove to Savoy Theatre. Saw Tabs & Hamilton. Fire at back. Called Metropole & Beefsteak. Saw Brookfield, Leslie Ward & Watson. Home. John Clayton (Calthorp) buried. Phineas Barratt sent cheque £26.5. Friday March 2 Very cold. Snow. Did not photo. Worked very hard all day on Prince & Princess of Wales. Did not finish until 10.15pm. Bottle of Ayala & bed. Saturday March 3 Very cold in morning. Could not ride. Put things straight. In morning walked up Piccadilly (called Badminton) to Garrick. Saw Crick. Lunched with Bradbury. Oysters & chop, Chablis etc. Afterwards walked along Strand, called Whistlers. Saw gun. Had Turkish Bath. Very full. Home by carriage. Folkestone still lame. Dinner quietly at home. Bed. Sunday March 4 Very cold. Hard Frost. Could not ride. Took Chicks to Westminster Abbey. Annoyed with verger. Walked home. Met Hickman. Spencer at Stafford Terrace. Lunch. Edgar & Sophy at lunch. Went round to see the horses. Watney called. Wrote letters. Quiet dinner & sleep after. Bed early. Monday March 5 Still cold in morning. Put things in order. At 1.15pm took cab & drove to Mrs Skerrow’s. Lunch. Slow. American singers. M called for me in carriage, drove to Collins's. Saw camera. After called Peals's New Oxford Street. Called Club & home. After putting things straight walked to William Black's dinner at Reform Club. Met Parsons, Du Maurier, Abbey, Black, Joe Carr & self. Founded the Nucleus Club. On to Beefsteak Club. Home 1.30pm. Cold came on suddenly.
Tuesday March 6 Woke up with awful cold on chest. Very sore. Worked all day on drawing for Andersen's. In afternoon walked up to Watney's rooms. Met Banks Tomlin. Dined with Watney. Wentworth Walker, M & self. On after to Criterion Theatre. Saw David Garrick. Home by carriage. Folkestone still lame. Capital dinner. Cold still bad. Wednesday March 7 Cold still bad in the morning. Worked on Andersen's drawing in morning. After at 3.0pm went for long walk round by Chelsea etc. Called on Abbey, saw pretty model. (Pencil note: May Dartrey sat to me Feby 1889) Walked on called Chelsea Waterworks about horse. Sold. On though Pimlico etc. No trace. Arrived Garrick Club 6.0pm. Had cup of tea. Left by cab to Punch Dinner. Jolley had bought fur coat. Good Dinner. Cold very bad. Home with Guthrie. Thursday March 8 Mother left for Worksop at 3.30pm. In morning photod Jolley & self for cut for the Sweating etc, also till 3.30pm. At 4.0pm got on mare for 1 st time since Sunday Feb 5th. Rode round Battersea Park. Mare fresh. Rode round twice. Home. Dined in evening with Colin Hunter. Slow dinner. Met Fletchers. Home 11.30. Friday March 9 Up 9.0am. Sent Jolley off to Mr Burnand's & Tenniel's. Worked hard all day on Sweating System. Finished very late. Dinner 10.30pm. Letter about gun. No Champagne. Saturday March 10 Tired in morning. Put things in order. Rode mare in morning round Battersea Park & on through Row. Met Cap'n Ross. Lunched at Club. Saw Jones, Evans etc. On to Drury Lane. Saw Pantomime with Roy & M. After called at Green's. Saw Jack swallow minnow. On home in carriage. Dinner. Quiet evening. Bed 10.30pm. Sunday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 10.0am. Twice... Wet morning. Nevertheless got mare & rode over Wimbledon Common. Called Barkers. Stiff whiskey. Home. Lunch. Squared up photos. Spencer called. Roy & Maud with atlas. Monday March 12 Worked at Gladstone & Munchausen. At 4.0pm rode mare round Park 3 or 4 times. Very cold. After went to Comedy Theatre & saw Arabian Nights. Pilleau came into box. Tuesday March 13 Worked on Gladstone & Munchausen. Printed photos etc etc. Dined quietly at home. Wednesday March 14 Very wet. Printed photos. Took M & Maud & Roy down to Crystal Palace at 11.30am. Lunched at Evans. Photographic exhibition. Back by 5.0pm. Walked to
Garrick & on to Punch Dinner after cup of tea. Good Dinner. Bradbury quiet. Home with Guthrie. Thursday March 15 In morning photod self for Labouchere & Jolley as Peer. Lovely day, warm. Rode at 5.0pm round Wimbledon & home. Mare fresh up Roehampton. Quiet dinner. Bed. Friday March 16 Worked hard all day on drawing of Labouchere as Mephistopheles. Did not go out. Dinner at 9.15pm. Bottle of Pol Roger. Saturday March 17 In morning did little cut of Boulanger. After put photos etc in order. At 3.14pm drove in carriage to Kings X. Down to Enfield. Volunteers. Put penny twice into chocolate machine. Slow. Bad tea. Walk round. Dinner. Heiners, née Rose. Oh! so slow. Billiards. Pipe. Strong whiskey. Sunday March 18 At Enfield. Up 10.30am. breakfast. Slow. Long walk through Theobalds Park. Temple Bar. Tennis ct. Glass of beer at Cheshunt. Footsore. Home. Lunch by self. Very cold. Read Pyramids. Children botched hat in. Angry. Wrote letters wh were never posted. Dinner. Mrs Bosanquet a cold. Looked at Assyrian books. Smoke. Talk of Turner etc. Bed. Mr Stewart & Tindall. Young Wild of Bunk. Monday March 19 At Claysmore. Up 9.30. Dull. Awfully cold. Got away by 10.15. Borrowed book. After no carriage at King's X. Spanish people in train. Home. Did Pull Court photos. Cleared up. Maud a cold. Quiet evening & bed. Tuesday March 20 In morning 6 inches of snow on the ground. Wrote letters etc. Wednesday March 21 Letters from F.C.B. Settled about Joseph's Sweetheart. Photod Lawrence & Jolley as Peer of the Realm. On to Punch Dinner after dressed. In evening went with Angell & M to Gallery Club. Good evening. Home 1.30pm. Saw the Wagges. Thursday March 22 Worked hard all day on Joseph's Sweetheart & late after dinner. Did not ride. Friday March 23 Up & finished drawing of Joseph's Sweetheart. Rode in afternoon round Wimbledon. Good ride. Quiet evening. Saturday March 24 In morning up at 9.0am. Anthony came home. (Pencil note: Poor Tony killed Sep 1892.) Took dear Roy to Boat race. Drove. At balcony at Thorneycrofts. Home. After walked to Aird's lunch. Met Barrington & all sorts of people. Cab on to Club & saw about Spencer's election. Withdrawn. On to Turkish Bath. Good Bath.
Walked home. Dined at the Ionides'. Constantine Ionides. Good dinner. Home. Heavy wet. Sunday March 25 Wet morning. Nevertheless rode. Good ride through Richmond & on to Barkers'. Lunched there. Tribe of Fords called. Home slowly. After Birch & old Angell dined with us. Good evening. Mary Nicol came. Monday March 26 Worked on Gladstone as Munchausen. Did not ride. Thomas German Reed buried quietly. Tuesday March 27 In morning printed photos etc etc. Did not ride. Worked all day on Gladstone as Baron Munchausen. Late dinner, 9.30pm. Wednesday March 28 In morning printed photos etc. Heavy rain. Wrote letters. Went with M in carriage & put down at The Studios, Brompton Road. Walked to Turkish Bath. Had Bath. Walked to Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Hid bottle. Tenniel a cold. Went with Guthrie to Beefsteak. Wrote under Reinhart. Home in cab. Thursday March 29 In morning printed photos & wrote letters etc etc. In afternoon rode mare over to Richmond & home by Wimbledon. Galloped at Wimbledon. Called St Croix. Saw Kate Reed & Mrs Davis. Extraordinary high tide. Home. Quiet dinner. Went to Sir Coutts Lindsay's at home. Home with Colin Hunter at 2.0pm. Friday March 30 Dull morning. Mary N down to breakfast. Printed phos. Did Bradbury's photo & telegram. Chicks went to church with Mary N. In afternoon rode mare in rain. Saw girls at Redcliffe St. Poured with rain. Home. Guthrie & Ellis dined. Sleepy after dinner. Good evening. Saturday March 31 Jolley did windows. Walked to Club. Had lunch etc. Sat till 5.30pm. At 6.30 walked home. Wet. Quiet dinner, Mary Nicol, M & self. Went upstairs after dinner & squared up photos until 12.30am. Apr 1888 Sunday April 1 Quiet morning. Did photos. In afternoon Roy, M & self went to Niagara. Saw Gillie & John Hollingshead. Walked home with Roy. Called Abbey & Boughton. Heard about stove. Home. After dined with Harold Powers, M, Mary Nicol & self. Walked nearly there. Met Peter Reed, Mr & Mrs Turquand. Magic lantern. Cold outside carriage. Got down & walked home. Monday April 2 At 9.30 Mary Nicol left. Printed photos in morning. Began Burglar Bill. After walked in fur coat & cold to Abbey's dinner with Reinhart at the Bristol. After
went to Toole's Theatre & on to Garrick after. Home 2.30pm. Gave supper at Garrick. Tuesday April 3 Printed photos etc in morning. After got on with Burglar Bill. In afternoon rode Folkestone for 1st time since splint. No one in Park. Went beautifully. Wednesday April 4 Very cold. Did photos etc. At 3.30 drove with Maud & M in carriage to L & County Bank. Deposited box & papers. Saw Strong Rooms etc. After walked on & had Turkish Bath. On to Punch Dinner. Good dinner. Great argument with Furniss about Millais etc. Home with Guthrie at 12.30am. My cab. Thursday April 5 Printed photos in morning. Began Italy & Negus. Dined at Burnands in evening. Met Herkomer & sister-in-law, Miss Hollingshead, Montague Williams, Mr & Mrs Lucy, self & wife, Arthur Blunt, Rosie, Frank & wife. Young Frank strained wrist. Home 1.30am. Friday April 6 In morning waited for Burnand's letter. He called & missed me. Finished Italy & Negus. After did Bismarck & Cupid. Dressed & on to dinner at Holls. Drove mare quickly. Met Australian girl. Humphrey Ward, Times. Tadema & wife. Pettie wife & daughter. Gow. Self & wife, Orchardson & wife. Holl, wife & daughter. Good dinner. Cold drive home. Saturday April 7 Dull grey morning. Roy a bad cough. Photod self for Burglar, little Winnie for Child etc etc. After rode Folkestone to Club. Got letters. Met F.C.B. Ride in Row, good. Met also Ford (Wimbledon). After home. Quiet evening. Developed plates. Read explanation of Edwin Drood. Bed early. Livery. Mary, Ethel, & Winnie Burnand at lunch. Sunday April 8 Picture Sunday. Cold, snow & sleet, hail & all that’s bad. Developed 2 plates in morning. After lunch went to Marcus Stone's, Thorneycrofts, Gow, Princep, Leighton, Orchardson, Goodall, Pettie, Holl, Davis, Marks & Vicat Cole. Home 7.30 to dinner. Quiet evening, sleepy. Bed 11.45. Read Little Mermaid. Changed plates. Wrote letters. Roy in bed with cough. Monday April 9 In morning M up very early. Roy in bed with cough. Breakfast. M off to Stores in carriage. No boy from Swain. Put photo things up etc etc. Up to Abbey's in cab. After to play tennis with Fahey. Met Col (blank) Sir (blank) Simpson (cad like Rothschild). Mortgagee. Back home. Lunch. In afternoon rode mare to Richmond up Putney Hill. Home. Du Mauriers, Twiss's, O'Callaghans, dined with us. Good evening. Tuesday April 10
Dull cold wretched day. East wind. Stayed in all day, worked on Burglar cut. Printed photos etc. Quiet evening. Read explanation of Edwin Drood. Bed 11.0pm. Roy in Drawing Room with puppy. Wednesday April 11 Slight change for the better, wind N.W. Worked on Burglar. At 2.30 went up to Abbey's for photoing model. Cup of tea. Afterwards walked past Alexandra Hotel. Called on Tabby. Saw Hamilton & Tabby. On to Punch Dinner by cab. Good Dinner. Talk of Paris adventures. Home with Guthrie. (Red ink: Photod Katie Manning.) Thursday April 12 Dull grey morning. Puppy round. To ride in Park noon. In afternoon photod self for Bookworm. Worked on it. Quiet evening at home. Maud & M went to Alexandra Hotel. Friday April 13 Finished Bookworm. Worked all day on Bismarck & Empress. Got through somehow. Rode in Park from 12.30 to 1.30. No Syl. Rode with Mrs Heilbutt. M went to Hotel. Saw Miss Rose Innes. Quiet dinner at home. 10.30. Bed. Tabby called. Saturday April 14 (Red ink: Photod Katie Manning.) In morning cleaned photos etc. M had wire to go to Westwood. Went by Granville. After went up to Abbey's studio & photod model. Back home at 5.0pm. Dressed. Dined at home & went to Pavilion & Empire Theatre. Saw Briscoe Ray. Saw lovely tall dark girl with hook-nosed man. After Garrick. Late night. Reed in fits of laughter. Rode in Park from 12.30 to 1.30. Saw Dentist & son, Bartlett. Sunday April 15 Most lovely morning. M at Westwood. Could not take Roy. Went on mare to Wimbledon. Hard gallop on Common. Met 2 so so's. Through Richmond Park. My eye. Home to lunch with Chicks. Went through Law papers. Ah! Oh!. Fahey called. On in evening to Ledgers. Met Chester He! Mrs Turner. Home 3.30am. Monday April 16 M at Westwood. Sent Roy to Orton about his cough. Went up to Parson's studio to photo model at 11.0am. Lovely light. (Red ink: Photod model at Abbey's. Miss Katie Manning. 22 March 1894) After met Mrs Boughton. Home at 1.30. Lunch. Roy not to go to Westwood. Developed 6 photos. After wrote letters. Dined quietly at home by self & went in carriage to Gaiety Theatre. Called Alexandra Hotel. Much amused. Saw Keith & wife. After Beefsteak home. Tuesday April 17 In morning dull & showery. Worked on Burglar Bill. After printed sepia prints. After rode in Row & got wet through. No one in Row. Met horse painter with Findlay after. Home at 4.15. Played good four game with Millington at Campden Hill Waterworks. Abbey to come to dinner. He's here as I write this word. (Pencil note: Abbey left his umbrella at Stafford Terr, was not returned until Tuesday Feby 5th 1889.) Good dinner. On in carriage to F.C.B's play. Thought I had changed letters.
Called Empire after. Supper at Beefsteak & home 12.0am. (Pencil note: Mrs Blight of Plymouth committed adultery with Cap'n Trevelyan. See Times of Thursday December 5, 1889) Wednesday April 18 Went to Punch Dinner. Chaff about Tenniel & wire. Bradbury also about Burglar Bill. Home with Guthrie in cab. Settled to do Boulanger double cut & Ritchie as Richard III. Thursday April 19 Man came to pick lock for Hogarth. M returned from Westwood. Worked all day. Did photos in morning. In afternoon began Ritchie as Richard III. In evening dined at Du Mauriers. Dreadfully slow dinner. Ernest Harts, Mrs Skerrow etc etc. Took Mrs Ionides in. Home 11.0am. Cussins at home. Friday April 20. Finished drawing for Punch before lunch, Ritchie as Richard III. Went for ride round Richmond & Wimbledon. Men shooting. Home & quiet dinner. No 9 Redcliff St. Saturday April 21 In morning went up & photod Miss Manning at 11.30. Took 30. (Red ink: Photod Katie Manning.) Home am. Worked on photos in afternoon. Quiet evening & dinner. Read Bismarck & Franco War till 11.30, Morning Room. Sunday April 22 Did not ride. Tuer called. Developed photos all morning. Too dark wet & cold to go to Tuers. In evening went to Heilbut's dinner. Met Andersons, Dayrells, De la Rues etc etc, F.C.B, Cosens's etc. Stayed till1.0pm. Bertram conjuring etc. Monday April 23 Stayed in all day. Did photos & worked on Burglar Bill. Quiet dinner & bed. Tuesday April 24 Dull wretched yellow day. Worked all day on Burglar Bill. Saw Tweet, called. Rode in evening Folkestone round Park. Quiet dinner & bed. Ought to have gone to Herkomer's Sorceress. Wednesday April 25 Worked on Burglar Bill. Finished it & sent it in to Guthrie to see. Delighted. Went on to Punch Dinner. Bradbury so so. F.C.B not there. Home with Guthrie. Miss Innes called, went away. (Pencil note: Saw her going down Stafford Terrace June 17 '94. She is dead now. Sunday Dec 29 '95.) Thursday April 26 Fireplace begun in Morning Room. Finished Saty. Worked on Academy drawing. Drew in figure & skemed positions. Very cold east wind. Rode in Park on Folkestone 12.30. Fletcher & Wycliff Taylor dined. Pleasant dinner. Uniform. Wycliff left 12.0am. Jolley photod me as Tadema in classic dress for Academy block. Not good.
Friday April 27 Hard at work, did little Herkomer block. Rode in Park for one hour. After did Lubbock. Finished 9.15. Dinner late. No Champagne & bed. (Pencil note: Must have photod Jolley for Lubbock. Jany 2 1896.) Mother wired about Traddles’ bogus engagement. Saturday April 28 In morning photod Jolley for Academy drawing, also self. Man finished stove in Morning Room. In evening rode mare in Park. Home. Quiet dinner. Drew Tadema in afternoon. Put in Orchardson after dinner. Dull grey day. Could not photo Miss Manning. Sunday April 29 In morning rode mare at 11.0am through Richmond. Mare galloped. Long gallop over Wimbledon. After home to lunch. Worked in afternoon until 7.0pm. Dined after at Andros De la Rue's. Gorgeous dinner. Took Mrs Dayrell in. Sat next Andersons. (Pencil note: Ruby ring Dec 29 '95.) Long talk with De la Rue's brother. Home 11.30pm. Monday April 30 Worked on Academy block. Did not ride. Lunched at Mrs Skerrow’s. Met Ignatious Donally & Mrs Jarrett. After to Varnishing Day of Academy. Walked home. Hooks. Bought flowers. In evening F.C.B, wife, Abbey, Rider Haggards, Norman Lockyer dined. At 11.30 went to Boughtons at home. Saw Mr Jarratt. Home 1.0am. (Pencil note: Burnand said Mrs Rider Haggard wrote all the stories. June 27 '94.) May 1888 Tuesday May 1 Worked hard all day on Academy drawing. Rode in Park on Folkestone in evening. Worked after dinner. Put in heads. Wednesday May 2 In morning worked hard all day on Academy drawing. After took carriage to Punch Dinner. Poured with rain all day. No Bradbury. Left at 11.0pm. Home, did not work after dinner. Thursday May 3 Up early. Worked hard all day on Academy block. Finished at 7.0pm. Harold Powers, Marcus Stones, Walter Austin & Stokes dined. Good evening. Up late. Good stories. Friday May 4 In morning very tired. At 11.45 drove with Folkestone to Academy Private View. Saw lots of people. Lunched at St James's. David Murray & Henry Moore. After went in for ½ an hour. M went home in carriage. Stayed again saw lots of people. After walked down & called on Mrs Jarratt. (T'd with Mrs Jarratt.) Home by cab. After dined with Arthur Burnand. Met Piatti, F.C.B, wife, Horsleys, cousins & aunts, Charley Burnand etc. Home by carriage 11.30.
Saturday May 5 Fine morning. Printed photos & printed 150 of Miss Manning phos. At 12.0 M rode for 1st time in London after 4 years. Rode up Row. Met Kendall. Twice round & called on Tabby at South Audley St. After saw Mrs Wheeler (illeg) etc. (Pencil note: Seems only yesterday. June 27 '94.) Academy Banquet. Tenniel went. In afternoon again finished photos. Roy's cough troublesome. Tabby to dine. Sunday May 6 Went for good ride round Richmond & Wimbledon. Lunched at Vicat Cole's. Cole copperry. After at 4.0 home. Wrote letters etc. Quiet evening & bed. Monday May 7 In morning at noon M & self rode in the Park. After caught up Lindo & Miss Manueles. Home. In afternoon went to Greenwich for Academy Club Dinner with Birch. Afterwards to Black's rooms & home with Colin Hunter. Tuesday May 8 In morning drove up to Private View of the New Gallery. After called Swears & Wells & on & lunched at the Garrick Club with Charley Burnand. On to Somerset House. Back to Club. Talk with Jessel. After called & saw Meissonier's 1807. After back to New Gallery. Saw M. Drove home M. Dined with Neucleus Club at Blue Posts. Abbey, Black, Carr, Hunter, Osgood, Parsons, Sambourne & Du Maurier. Cards at Osgoods. Won £3.0.0 & found 10/- in pocket. Wednesday May 9 Marion went to her aunts at Woking. Saw her off at 3.0. Called on J.C Matthews, Chester Studios, Gerald Road, Chester Sq, S.W. Too early. Home. Saw Mrs Ward. Called De Vere, Midge. Tea. Tabby called. Double +. Back at 5.0pm to Matthews. Got helmet. Walked to Punch Dinner. Called Whistler. Row with Furniss. D'd cheek. Home by cab. Thursday May 10 In morning hesitated. After did go to Tuer's Tennis. Saw Millington, also Fahey & Simpson. Home. Photod in afternoon for Little Lord Fauntleroy. Lunched at Italian Exhibition. Saw Chester & Arthur. Home. Burnand & Rosie as Col Who? Asked to dinner at 192 Brompton Road. Went. Poor Reginald Shirley Brooks died. Delay with dinner. Took Mrs Warre in. Mrs Jarratt. Home by cab. (Red ink: Dined Burnands. Death of Reginald Shirley Brooks.) Friday May 11 Hard at work. Finished Lord Fauntleroy at 2.0pm. Burnand called in his cab & ordered 2nd block. Worked hard all day. Dined 10.30. Awful grind. Saturday May 12 In morning very tired. Went up at 12.0 to Parson's studio & photod Miss Manning. Home at 2.45 to lunch. Hot stuffy day. Took Chicks to Italian Exhibition. Saw Hollingshead. Home by carriage. 5.0pm. Dined at Lindos. Met McTears, Corens etc etc. On to Club & home12.30pm. (Red ink: Photod Katie Manning.) Sunday May 13
Most lovely morning ever recollect. Rode 10.30 to meet F.C.B. Furniss caught me up in Earl's Court Road. Missed F.C.B. Caught up on Wimbledon Common. After through Park. Saw Birch. Sell about not meeting him. Home along road. Missed F.C.B. Lunch with Mrs Warre. After walked home. Sleep. Dined F.C.B. Met the Ewarts. On to Gallery Club. Boughton at home. Very tired. Home. Monday May 14 At 12.30 rode mare in Park. Went beautifully. Saw Burnand. Rode with Wyndham. After home. Printed photos etc. In evening drove to Reform Club & dined with Lockyer. Good dinner. Met Sir Reginald Wellby, Macdonald, Wemyss Reid etc etc. Home with Colin Hunter & Lockyer. Tuesday May 15 Fine day. Printed phos etc. At 12.15 rode mare in Row. Went beautifully. Met Miss Boehm etc. Heard of Sir J Braddock Monckton's bust. After at 3.30 sent carriage for M. Printed phos. M returned at 5.0. Had good game of Tennis with Millington's friends. At 8.0 dined Beales. Awfully slow. Met Armstrong. Home 11.0pm. Wednesday May 16 Printed phos etc etc. At 12.0 Wycliff Taylor called. M & self got on horses. Got wet in 5 minutes. Back. Roy very seedy. At 5.45 walked to Punch Dinner. Met Spencer. Glass of sherry & bitters. Met Furniss. On to Punch Dinner. Saw the frames of prints etc. After had argument with Furniss. Roy seedy. Home in pouring rain. Thursday May 17 Pouring wet morning. Printed & squared up photos & waited for F.C.B's instructions. Roy ill. Orton came in. Photod self for Beresford. After went by carriage to Furniss' dinner at the Garrick. 24. Sat next Abbey & Jones. (Pencil note: Charles Keene's remarks 'open spaces'. This written 1 Oct 1892.) After left at 1.0 with Tenniel. Friday May 18 All right in morning. Up & finished drawing of Beresford. After at 5.0 rode over Wimbledon Common. Man uncomfortable on horse. Home 8.0. Wrote letters. Quiet evening. Bed early. Saturday May 19 Up at 9.0. Put double camera up. Rode in Row. Very hot. Met Bartlett & Finlay, Miss Manuele after. Home. Picked up Tony. After photod Macgregor. Very hot. Roy's cough very bad. Developed 30 photos. Spoilt some. Quiet dinner. Sleep after. After walked to Kensington Palace Mansions. Beat Langley at Billiards. Home 12.0pm. Sunday May 20 Lovely day, sent for Macgregor. Arrived 11.30. Photod 20 photos. Lunch at home. In the afternoon rode the mare over Wimbledon Common & home. In the evening Roller & Hamilton & Midge dined. Felt livery & seedy. Monday May 21
In morning Bank holiday. Jolley photod self in Cuirrassier uniform. After photod Maud. She felt faint. Took her up to nursery. Went after to Dora. Developed photos & dined quietly at home. Spencer's horse sold for 58 gns. In evening went to Langleys & played 3 games of Billiards. Won one. Lovely day. Wet evening. Tuesday May 22 Osgood dinner. In morning did some photos etc etc. Rode in afternoon at 3.30 round Wimbledon & Richmond. Mare rushed with polo player in brown boots. After dined with Osgood. (Pencil note: At Reform Club. May 17 '94.) Black, Parsons, Hunter, Osgood, self, Abbey, Du Maurier. Won 3.10 cards. Home with Parsons. Fanny Worth wrote. Wednesday May 23 (Red ink: 1st Liko Joko appeared in Punch.) In morning got to Punch work. Photod Lawrence for Australian arms. Also self. Worked in afternoon. At 5.15 rode mare to Richmond & to Mitre Hotel Hampton Court. After good Dinner. No Tenniel. Home by train. Called Club. Furniss drew 'Orbit'. Thursday May 24 In morning early & all day at work on Australian & Chinese. After should have dined with Stokes. Could not. Worked till 10.20. Dined on miserable dinner. Bad steak & large lobster. Bed after sleep at 1.30pm. Friday May 25 In morning tidied up. Did photos etc. Rode in Park 12.0 noon. After home. Printed lots of photos. Lunch. Quiet afternoon & dinner. Bed after sleep 2.0pm. Saturday May 26 In morning developed remaining plates etc. Mother arrived at 11.50. After rode in Park at noon. Meet of coaches. Saw Furniss & Finlay, F.C.B. Rode with Wyndham. Mare fresh. Home. Fanny Worth & Alice L in to lunch. Developed 14 Miss Manning photos. Tea. Wrote up diary etc. To dine at Hickmans. Slow dinner. Met Bougheys. Sunday May 27 In morning rode with Furniss to Richmond & Wimbledon. Met Birch. Called Barker's. Home. Very hot. Midge & Dora to lunch. Photod Dora. Worked. Mother seedy. Hamilton Fletcher Tabs & Midge dined with us. Good evening. Langley came in after. Read Burglar Bill. Monday May 28 Parr came in & saw my mother. After work at 12.15 rode in Park. Saw Finlay & Wyndham, also Prince of Wales. Home. Worked in afternoon. Quiet evening. Read Guthrie's story & bed early. Tuesday May 29 Spencer's dinner. Rode for 1st time before breakfast. Enjoyed it. Called on Tailor & Stokes. Bootmaker. Met Henderson. Home. Worked on Mermaid. Plenty of people called. At 7.35 went by cab to dine with Spencer at Junior. Met Horrock, Oakes, Delmar, etc etc. On to Beefsteak & Garrick after. Paid subscription. Too many Whiskeys & Potash. Home 1.30pm.
Wednesday May 30 Derby Day. Seedy in morning. Sent to Oakes to say would go to Derby. Oakes called in cab. On to Station. Called Badminton. Disappointed sodas knocking about. Went down by train. Met Seeker on his coach. Single Jamaica lady & lunch. Missed others. Home by road. (Red ink: Met Tinker. The other sends to B-y.) Back 5.30. Tired. Called Tailor & Stokes. Met Tenniel. Punch Dinner. No Bradbury. Home early. Called Club. M & Judy went to Sweet Lavender. Thursday May 31 Finish morning. Skemed Volunteer & Pictures. Spencer called. M went to Holmes’. Disappointed about Wycliff. Wycliff called & explained delay. Sent hat & wrote letters. Photod Jolley with Picture. Began drawing. Rode in Park in evening. Jun 1888 Friday 1 June JAM DEI NON PUER. Rode in morning before breakfast. Wycliff called at 11.0 photod Volunteer. Got to work at 1.30. Failed with photos. Long work in afternoon. Finished 9.15pm. Quiet evening & bed. (Pencil note: Must have photod Wycliff for Russian uniform & with Jolley & for uniform & fancy dress.) Saturday June 2 Abbey dinner at Hampton Court. In morning went for ride to Trooping of Colour. After home. Put things in order & sent letter to F.C.B. Took cab & met Dray etc at Arts Club 3.45. Back again. Picked up Hunter. Lovely drive. Osgood, Black, Hunter, Abbey, self, Parsons. After good good stroll through Hampton Ct delightful dinner. Home by Dray's. Dropped Hunter. Parsons came in at 11.0. Bed 1.0pm. Sunday June 3 Up at 7.0am. Went down to Worthing to see Chicks. Sea fog at Brighton. Lunch at Royal Hotel. Quiet afternoon. After home to town. Supper at home, bad. Bed 11.0pm. ((Later note: Loss of emigrant ship off Cape, all hands. News in Tuesday 26 inst papers.) Monday June 4 Fine hot day. In morning worked at Andersens. Finished initial. After could not call Mansions. Rode mare 6.15. Met Tenniel. Rode to Westbourne Park. After met Conny in Park. Miss Hogg in grey. After home 8.15. Dinner. Quiet. Conny in after. Bed 11.0pm. Tuesday June 5 Dull heavy day. Rode before breakfast. Mare went well. Met no one. After home. Botched photos. Wrote letters etc. M went out. Settled Mother to go Worthing. In evening drove in brougham to Mocattas. Pleasant dinner. Met Mrs Campbell Praed. Home. No paper. Wednesday June 6 Guthrie back at Punch Dinner. Meet of the 4 in hand Club. Should have ridden with M. Did not. Drove in brougham to meet. Saw Mrs Jarratt. Lunched at Tabby's.
Olive's stupid brother there. Back by cab. Played tennis. Consolation games lost. Back. Dressed & on to Punch Dinner past Mansions. Late for dinner 7.30pm. Thursday June 7 Waiting for subject. Photod mackerel in afternoon. After drove with M in Victoria 1st time to Danish Ex. Shut for Masons. After to Irish Ex. Drove round Park. Home to dinner. After went to conversazione at Prince's Hall. Met no one at first. After Moscheles & pretty Miss Couts, F.C.B. Went to Beefsteak. After saw Taf. Home by cab with him. Heard about Annie R & coachman. (Red ink: 'She must have nymphomania'.) Friday June 8 Worked hard all day on drawing Venus & Disgraces. Burnand called in cab. Door blew to. Sent M for dress. Photod her & Lawrence. Dull wet day. Hardest pushed for time ever had. Dinner 11.10pm. Saturday June 9 In morning put things straight. Printed a heap of photos etc. My mother went down in afternoon to Worthing. In afternoon rode to Wimbledon & Barkers. Delightful ride. Home by 8.15. Quiet dinner & bed. Saw Cavalry Yeomanry out. Should have gone to Edis's. Forgot it. Hare's supper to the Daly Company. Sunday June 10 Lunch to Furniss, F.C.B & Birch at Mitre Hampton Court 1.30pm. In morning at 10.30 Furniss called. Left cover coat. Ride to Hampton Court. Story about Ellsborough sale. Picked Birch up. On to H.C. Lovely ride. Saw F.C.B & Hammond. After good lunch 2 magnums Perrier Jouet etc etc. Great ride through Bushey Pk. Saw Blundell Maple. Home by 6.15pm. Tired. Hamilton Fletcher & Midge dined. Quiet dinner, no wine. Roared at Birch. Monday June 11 Mrs Lin Linton's. In morning put plates up etc etc. M went to Mrs Casella's to lunch. At 2.0pm photod Miss Bruce. Poor model. (Red ink: Long time undeveloped.) At 5.0 home again. Mrs Boehm there & Flossy. Rode in Park once up & down. Saw Mocatta. After by 4 wheeled cab to Mrs Lin Linton's dinner, 8.30. Met Crawfords, Harris's, Boughtons, etc. Good dinner. Home by 11.30pm. Tuesday June 12 In morning squared up a lot of photos etc. Developed in afternoon 6 of Miss Bruce plates. Afterwards rode round Wimbledon Common at 6.0pm. Ass capering about on polo pony. Gipsy little girl. Spurred mare. Home. Quiet dinner & bed 11.30pm. Mrs Campbell Praed called. Wednesday June 13 Rode at 8.30 in Park. Fine morning. Met Hensman. Agreed to go to Ascot. After in morning worked on drawing for Andersen. M went out with the Rook in Victoria. Started for Punch Dinner. Came back for letter. 'O what a surprise'. Cab on to Punch Dinner. (Red ink: FOTOGRAF. Silly girl. See April 11, June 6.) Called Marsden. Saw Nightmare. After met Guthrie in Bouverie St. Charles Keene cut Bradbury. Home with Guthrie in cab.
Thursday June 14 (Red ink: Spencer's failure on Stock Xchange.) Dull morning, wet. Could not ride. At 9.45 Spencer came in & told me of Delmar's crash & himself. Much upset. M in bed. Worked in morning on Mermaid. In afternoon on 'Jobberies' Exhibition. At 6.0 rode to Wimbledon over Common. Saw Barker. Home 8.15. Quiet dinner. Bed 11.30pm. Ascot Cup day. Should have gone with Hensman. Emperor Frederick died. Friday June 15 News of Emperor Frederick's death. In morning up at 7.0am. In Park at 7.45am. Met Mocatta etc etc. Rained after. Spencer's coachman called about taking Cobby. Worked hard all day & until late on Blackmailer. Dined at 11.0pm. Bottle Champagne & bed. Did not have to do the 'Princes'. Saturday June 16 In morning drove in Victoria to Tabs. Passed Mrs Oakes in Park. Called on Tabs. Sent Jolley back. Mare kicked herself. On to Parsons & Abbey's show. After to Club. Saw Arthur à Beckett, Evans, Corny G, Grossmith & Japanese friend. Talk about Spencer. Met M at Victoria. Only just in time. Down to Westwood by Granville. Imbecile old gent in carriage. On to Westwood by Tassell. Walk to St Peter's & back to dinner. M's face very bad. Broken disturbed night. Sunday June 17 At Westwood. At 11.0 after talk with Tassell walked across country to Life Boat Gap & on to Broadstairs. Glass of beer & cheese etc at Tartar Frigate. On home by 2.15. Lunch. Wrote letters. Read La Terre in afternoon. At 6.30 drove into Ramsgate. Walk on pier. Dull weather set in. Home to delicious supper. Bed quietly. M's face very bad. Swelled up. Monday June 18 At Westwood. In morning caught the Granville. Dull cold weather. Left M with bad swollen face & asked for Treves to see it. Up home, all right. Finished Mermaid. In evening 6.30 was looking at mare when Spencer came in with all his troubles. Dined by self at 8.15. Called on F.C.B & on in cab after to Hamilton Fletchers. Saw him for 5 minutes at supper. On to Pavilion Hall & after to Club. Saw Beatle, Comyn Carr & Gillie. Home 1.0pm. Tuesday June 19 (Red ink: Boil on arm came on.) Wretched dull weather. First felt boil come on. In morning finished Mermaid. Wretched dull miserable weather, cold etc. After rode round Wimbledon, through Richmond Park. Looked over Volunteer Ground etc etc. Home. Saw Edgar coming along Stafford Terrace. Stayed to dinner. Afterwards in carriage to Moscheles. Saw Miss ? & Miss Cowe etc. On to Mrs Pickerings, Green Street, Park Lane. Home by carriage. Met Miss Sweretta Lawrence. Jolley fetched Oakes' cart. Wednesday June 20 (Red ink: Boil increasing.) Began another drawing for Andersen. Boil increased. Tied it up. Drove up in afternoon in wet to Edgar's Club. Had a talk with him & on
to call & look at gun. Went to Punch Dinner in time. After talk with F.C.B about Spencer. Home with Guthrie by carriage. Thursday June 21 (Red ink: Boil painful.) In morning wretchedly dull day. Lunched by self. Worked on Gladstone & Watkin on paper. At 6.0 rode round by Battersea Park on mare. Awfully damp & close. Met Birch & nephew. Afterwards home. Dined by self & quiet evening & bed after. Arm bad with boil. Friday June 22 (Red ink: Boil painful very.) Up at 8.0am & got on & finished drawing on paper of Gladstone & Spider Watkin. Finished 2.30. Worked by gas light in morning. Cleared for Lewis's Garden Party. In afternoon went to Mrs Watney's & Lewis's. Intended to go out. Sleepy after dinner. Dined at home by self. Bed 11.30pm. Saturday June 23 In morning up & rode in Park before breakfast. After put things straight & on to Royal Academy. Met Miss Swaretta Lawrence & Mrs Wilson. After Club. Comyns Carr & self drove to Agricultural Hall & back. Saw the Tournament. Major Tulley. Good. Back & on to Stones' dinner. Slow. Jacob Brights, Sargent etc. Dixie, Anonyma etc etc. Home 12.30pm. Bed. No whiskey. (Red ink: Boil very bad on arm.) Sunday June 24 At 10.0 drove Percy Oakes' dog cart to Victoria. Caught 10.30. Down to Broadstairs. Met by Polly. After dinner long walk along the sea shore. Sat on seat at Ramsgate. Cart met me & home to supper. (Red ink: Had poultices on arm.) Monday June 25 At Westwood. Boil discharged on arm. Did not go up in morning. No wire from Midge so stayed down. In afternoon went in dog cart with M to Ramsgate. Very close. Thunderstorms. Sat on sands. Niggers & donkey rides. Crux & Page. Home by cart. Simple dinner, lobster etc etc. Wrote letters. Read the Matrimonial Ambassador etc etc. Poultices all day. Bed 10.50. (Red ink: Boil still discharging.) Tuesday June 26 Westwood. Back to town by Granville. Heavy rain. Fed tortoise. Conny in to lunch. Bartlett called. Worked on Andersen. In afternoon drove up in carriage to Hotel Metropole & dined with Directors. Sat next to old Bedford & also Haines. Talk of Spencer. Good dinner. After to see Sweet Lavender. Pouring heavy rain. Walked to Beefsteak. Talk & home. Wednesday June 27 (Red ink: Boil still discharging.) Pouring rain, could not ride. In afternoon walked to Punch Dinner in rain as far as Piccadilly. Obliged to take cab. On to P.D. Burnand not so well. Decent dinner. Back with Guthrie by carriage. Cleared a little. Home 12.10am. Thursday June 28 (Red ink: Boil ceased to discharge.) Up at 9.0. Drove at 9.50 to GWR in cart. Saw Boughton. Down by special to Henley. D.M, Aitcheson, Dixey & lots of R.A's etc.
Cole's guest. Saw Lawrence at Henley. Got on launch. Wet. After went to Medmenham. Messel, Birch & Ivory. Took lunch on board yacht. Swan & cygnets. After talk with great Edis, Barker. Down to Marlow. Saw sculptor & leap frog. Val Princep. Boat with Barker & Seymour Lucas. Back. Split trowsers badly. Back to Henley. Went to tailor's shop. Mended. Late to dinner. Lost knife. Good dinner. Back town. Carriage met me. Tossed for shillings with Black & Boughton. Home 12.0am. Friday June 29 (Red ink: Boil slowly healing.) Up at 8.0am. Photod Jolley. Kept waiting ¾ hour. Arm bad. Did Jockey. Worked all day on Jockey & Trainer. M returned at 6.0pm. Bottle Ayala. Bed 1.0pm. Woke M up. Saturday June 30 (Red ink: Boil slowly healing.) Close dull day. Put things in order. After it cleared photod head with wreath. M went out in cart to Midge's. After in afternoon did drawing on Miss D.M's fan. Developed plates & caught the 6.20 train for Henley. Met Grain & Kemble. Moon in train. Down to Wargrave. After played Tennis with Vernon, Young, Moon & self. Lost. Dressed. Dinner. Sleepy after. Bed 11.50. Read Bancroft book. Chicks returned with my mother from Worthing at 7.0pm. Jul 1888 Sunday July 1 At Wargrave Hall. (Red ink: Boil very painful.) Up 8.30. Down 9.30. Breakfast. Talk with Young about Stewart Wortley etc. After paddled in canoe up backwater. Dead fish. Home. Claude & Nesbitt arrived. Lawn Tennis. Read Bancroft book. Started off with lunch & rowed through course of Henley. Saw houseboat Viola. Grain, Kemble (illeg) Horsley etc Lucas. Lunch. Read Bancroft book. Called Royal Hotel. Saw landlord W.Hardwicke. Back to house. Tea. Lawn Tennis. Dinner. Washburne's American book. Whist & tomfoolery after. Bed 12.0. Read American book on commerce. Monday July 2 At Wargrave House. Wargrave Hall, Wargrave, Berks. Twyford Station. (Red ink: Boil slowly healing. Left lint off.) Pouring wet morning. Met Nesbitt on stairs. Breakfast. Claude Watney & Nesbitt. Moon after. Wet drive in train. Home by 12.0 noon. Saw Chicks. Wrote letters. Worked in afternoon. Afterwards drove in carriage to play, Lyceum Theatre. Saw Robert Macaire & Amber Heart. Home by bolter cab. Saw the Faudel Phillips's in box & Campbell Clarke. Tuesday July 3 Dull heavy wretchedly cold day. Heavy rain. M went to Faudel Phillips's in afternoon. Worked on Mermaid's father for Andersen. In afternoon played game of Tennis with Bartlett. Had to stop on account of rain. Drove up in carriage. Cab home. Went on with drawing. Dined quietly at home. Wednesday July 4 Dull cold wretched day & wet very. No Henley. Worked & finished Neptune picture of Mermaid for Andersen. Took it in cab to Macmillan's. Walked with Chicks through Park. They met Guthrie. Bought brown Russian shoes at Dulton & Sons.
Cab to Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Dressed after & went to Niagara in London. Sell. No wine. Wet. On to Beefsteak & had some grilled bacon. Only Blunt there. Home. Thursday July 5 Dull cold wretchedly heavily wet day. No Henley. Managed to photo Jolley & self for Bowl picture. Got it ready. Very dark, only just got it printed. Worked after dinner. Bed. Friday July 6 Dull cold wet day. No Henley. Worked all day on Beresford & Bowl picture. Finished 9.45. Bed. Champagne. Saturday July 7 In morning drove to Anglo Danish Exhibition with M & Maud. Switch Back Rly. Lunch South Kensington. After to Italian Exhibition. Saw Widow & MacGarstin. Puppets. Roman Games. Cold east wind. Home. Did photos. After quiet dinner at home went with M in bad cab to Gaiety Theatre & saw Taming of the Shrew. Back in better cab. Home 11.15. Sandwich & bed. Sunday July 8 Up late. At 11.0 rode Folkestone to Wimbledon. Awfully groggy on legs. After home. Played 7 sets at Lawn Tennis, Hickmans. Home 8.0pm. Dinner. Bed 11.0pm. Fine for 1st time for a week. Angell called. Monday July 9 In morning letter from Percy about cart. Did photos all morning. Hard at it. In afternoon did drawings & touched up photo for Guthrie & Bradley. After caught 5.10 train with Guthrie in rain & went to Parson's dinner, Red Lion, Henley. Saw Wallace on tricycle & at station. Also Holland. Went with Tadema. Black, Boughton, Guthrie, Osgood, self, Parsons, Sargent, Comyns Carr at dinner. So so dinner. Singing. No pretty bird. On in flys. Osgood's hat. Throwing handkerchief. Rowdy. Cards £2/10/0. Bed 2.15am. Tuesday July 10 At Shiplake. Curious dream shot rabbit etc. Woken by Parsons. Out & had plunge in river. Boughton & dogs. After breakfast (weak tea) on by fly to Henley station. 20 minutes to wait. On to town. No cart. Fine weather. Home by cab with Guthrie. Quiet day. Worked on Andersen. In afternoon played Tennis with ass Kennedy Bartlett & won. Black girl playing wonderfully. Home. Quiet dinner. Bed. Mother went to Worthing with Alice & Mrs Linley. (Pencil note: Brown shoes first worn.) Wednesday July 11 In morning at 10.30 Guthrie called & went in hansom with photo apparatus to Hatchetts Hotel. (Went to wire M about Soirée.) On to coach & drove to Burford Bridge Hotel. Lunched there. Wet & dull. Fun going down. Sang to Lucy. Photod. Back. Bolding drove. Past Camp & home after cup of tea at Kings Head. Cab at Addison Rd. Home. Dressed & Guthrie called in cab again & drove to Athenaeum Club (Junior) & dined with Bradbury. Lawrence B, William Agnew, George Agnew,
F.C.B, Charles Burnand etc. Good dinner. Speeches. After to Academy Soirée. Carriage met me in Sackville St. Drove past Palmers, shut up. Home. Thursday July 12 Up & waited for Burnand's instructions. Began Andersen drawing. Came at 2.0pm. Beastly block to do, Boar Hunt. Walked as far as Heath's hatters & then took cab to Charles Hartree's dinner at St Stephen's Club. Met engraver, Japanese attaché, Rennie, Hartree, self & one other & Loftie. Pool. Lost 14/-. Home by carriage. Put attaché down in Thurloe Square. Friday July 13 In morning news of Boulanger challenge & in evening of Duello. Worked hard all day on beastly block of Boar Hunt. Finished 11.0pm. Dead tired & bed. Sent Bradbury & Agnew photos of themselves. Saturday July 14 In morning tidied up etc. After drove Roy at 2.30 to Wimbledon & on to see match between Renshaw & Lewis at Lawn Tennis. Left 6.30pm. Saw Orton & Pilleau. After drove home. Threatening weather. Called for Polly at Mansions. Strawberries. Home. Quiet dinner & bed. Sunday July 15 Awful wet dull heavy morning impossible to ride. Did labels for drawers etc etc. After at 4.0 determined to ride & did ride the mare to Wimbledon Camp & got drenched with rain. Saw no one & rode home. Dined quietly at home. Effie there. Bed. Monday July 16 Dull morning. At 9.30am drove to Westminster Bridge with Polly. Caught Topedo Boat at 10.0am. Lord Charles Beresford, Arnold Foster etc on board, Yankee doctor, Thorneycroft & Donaldson. Pleasant run to mile & back. Home 3.15, back Stafford Terr 3.45. Rode at 4.45 to Wimbledon Common. Dull heavy weather. Saw Harry Payne. Sherry & orange bitters. Home by 8.0pm. Quiet dinner & bed. Tuesday July 17 In morning dull & heavy. Went round at 10.0am about horse. Not turned up. Judy called. Finished labels. In afternoon did Tuer's drawing. Put figures in. After dined at 6.45pm & drove in pouring rain to see 'La Tosca'. Funny girl in dress circle with shawl respirator. Amorous couple. Curious cab home. Drunken driver. Quiet supper. Bed 12.30pm. In afternoon drove the Chicks to the Italian Exhibition. Got cards for them. Bumped cab. Dull heavy weather. Nurse feeble & missed her way. (Red ink across page: Mrs Marcus Stone took offence from this date & has not called for a year. July 5 1889. Nor for ten years. Sunday June 6 1897.) Wednesday July 18 Up at 8.0am. Breakfast 9.30am. Dear chicks. Mother called. Finished Tuer's drawing. Violent thunderstorm & heavy rain at luncheon. Mrs Barker's Garden Party. Unable to go. M & dear Maud went to the Barkers & did not return until 11.45pm. Walked to Garrick in rain. After to Punch Dinner. Took cab. Called & had
jacket measured. Punch Dinner. Suggested cut, 'Twas I that have the bush'. Home with Guthrie. Thursday July 19 Dangled about in morning. Waited for F.C.B's letter. Came at 2.0pm about Bombastes Furioso. Wrote letters etc. Worked on Andersen. At 7.0pm stopped. Went in carriage to Miss Elmore's. Dined. Met Romer, Portugese lady etc. Slow dinner. O'Brian cricketer. Home 11.30pm. Friday July 20 Hard at work from morn to 11.0pm on drawing of Met Board Wks & Time. Burnand wrote about Bombastes Furioso. Did not go out or photo. (Pencil note: Furniss did this block. Burnand wrote 'One who has a soul above details to do it.' June 26 '94.) Saturday July 21 In morning put room tidy & did some photos etc. Had cart in afternoon & took Roy & M to see final Ladies Championship at Wimbledon. Miss Dod won. Passed by Lewis afterwards. Renshaws & Zirco & Marco. After drove home past Barker's. Went thro' Wimbledon Camp going, past Princess of Wales & Maxim guns etc. Rain. Fast dog cart at Crome. On getting home found that Mrs Kemp had called to ask us to dine. Dressed & went in cab. Met 2 slow Americans & a Canadian lad & Miss Grierson. Had Toy Symphony & Electric trick. Strolled home. Sunday July 22 Up at 7.30. Rode mare thro' Wimbledon. Bird caught me up. Fast trot. Leg hurt me. Home tired. Lunch. Hot. Sleep. M Roy & self strolled up to the Lewis's. Played 3 sets tennis. Ray Lankester there & Pilleau, Lehmanns etc. Home at 7.0pm. Dinner. Quiet evening. Bed 11.0pm. Heavy rain. Monday July 23 In morning started at 10.0am to call on Alan Whitehead. Carried on to Tower. Back through City past King William St. After called 23 Bucklersbury. Interview Mr & Mrs Whitehead & son. After walked to Finsbury Circus. Missed Barker. Saw Drabble, Parish & old Coghlan. Cab on to lunch at Garrick. Saw Furniss, Evans, Millikin, Jones, Scoones etc after. Back to Kens by cab & on to Campden Hill. Played 3 sets with Bartlett, lost 2. Home. Cup of tea. Did Tuer's head. Conny called. Ill, very. After drove to dinner at Oswald Crawford. Good dinner. Sat next Mrs Chapman, also American, Mrs Moulton. Mrs Alexander & authoress there. Powdered hair etc etc. Ellis. Home by carriage. Tuesday July 24 Fine morning. Seedy. Wrote letters all morning. Conny left town ill. Did in afternoon shield for Tennis coat. M has not begun it for weeks! months? years?? (Red ink: Yes, 7 years & more. Dec 29 '95.) In evening went for good ride in Park. Enjoyed it immensely. Quiet dinner. Bed early. Wednesday July 25 Wet again. Awfully wet. Worked in morning on Mermaid. In afternoon walked to Punch Dinner as far as Garrick. Cab on. Good dinner. Bradbury slightly old form.
Talk of Leech sisters. Got subject, St Swithin. Home. Guthrie cab. Spencer dined with Marion. Thursday July 26 Worked St Swithin. Sent to Barkers for ulster. Photod Jolley. Alternate heavy showers & sun. After worked on. Spencer in to dinner & on & on till 2.0am on St Swithin. Friday July 27 Up 7.0am. Worked & finished St Swithin at 2.15pm. Did 2 nd block after of Grocers' Company. Afterwards dined by self. No Champagne. Very tired. M left by Granville for Westwood. House hunting. Saturday July 28 In morning at 10.0am dog cart & drove to see Alderman Whitehead. There to the minute. Put spoke in Offord's wheel. Talk. Onslow Ford. To City Liberal Club. Drove by Embankment to Brainsby's etc. Sent cart to look at horse. Wrote many letters. Lunch. Talk with Jones after. Back to Kensington. Wired at Leicester Square. Dispute about address to Westwood. Home. Rode mare through Richmond Park & over Wimbledon. Rain came on. Dined at 7.30 & on to see 'Union Jack'. Saw Miss Ward & Mrs Albert Levy etc. Beefsteak. On to Garrick. Talk with Gillie etc. Home 2.0am. Sunday July 29 At 10.0am drove in cart to Victoria. Down with Burnand & Frank B in 1 st class carriage to Broadstairs. M met me. No good in 'maisonette'. On to Westwood. Lunch. Mother seedy after. Walked on to Ramsgate. Got very wet. On to F.C.B's & Squires. Talk of the Grange. Mrs Fearon. Awful rain. Tassell came for me in brougham. Supper at Westwood. Bed. Rest. Seedy in afternoon. Headache. Monday July 30 Westwood. Up. Breakfast late. Went in dog cart to Margate 10.15 train up to town. Cart met me. Drove to Stores & on to Coles. Bought mackintosh. On to Brainsby's Club. Kept Jolley. Lunch. On to House. Met Furniss. Committee Rooms. Saw all the ministers etc etc. After heavy thunder shower. Jolley with mare. Drove to Club. Changed things. Drove to Baker St. Met Bowen May, Lehmann, modish youth. On to Pastoral Play at Rickmansworth. Awful rain. Food. Saw the play. Very pretty. Called Matthews, Williams. Just missed train. Angry. Waited 1 hour & more at station. Silly youth. Back town. Cab Beefsteak. Arthur Blunt. Asked him to dine. Borthwicke. Home 3.0am cab. Tuesday July 31 Death of Frank Holl. Born July 1845. In morning worked & finished Mermaid & statue. At 1.0pm M came back from Westwood. Roy a new bat. In afternoon worked on. Rode at 6.20 to 7.25pm. Mare fresh. Met Stokes & Marshall. Back home after calling at Club for cigars. Glass of Sherry & Angustura. Very hot. Fire in Morning Room. Mr & Mrs Oswald Crawford, Mr & Mrs Arthur à Beckett, Guthrie & Arthur Blunt dined. Good dinner. Wet (heavy) after. Arthur sang many songs. Bed midnight. Aug 1888
Wednesday August 1 News of Frank Holl's death. Wet morning. M & chicks start for Christchurch. New carriage rug. Letter from Charles Scotter Esq, Waterloo Station SE. M & Chicks got off all right. Very wet. Drove Folkestone up to Punch Dinner in cart with mackintosh. Awful rain after. Home with Guthrie in cab. Dropped shilling. Had Britannia to do. Thursday August 2 At Stafford Terrace. Photod Jolley for Cardinal. After in afternoon drove mare to Kingston. Dined. Poor dinner & home. Stupid party. Fog in Kingston Vale. Friday August 3 Worked hard all day & much exhausted & done up by work on Britannia & Priest, African Slavery. Bottle of Champagne & bed. Saturday August 4 Put things in order. At 1.0pm drove to Club. Lunched. Chaff. On to Waterloo. Dreary journey. Arrived 1 hr 20 minutes late. Dinner. Bed. Sunday August 5 Elmhurst, Ch.Ch. Lovely morning. Up. Did stand for camera. Walk in afternoon. Quiet dinner. (Bad, very.) Bad Hock. Whiskey. Bed. Very sleepy. Livery. Monday August 6 Up. Mooned about. Looked over Payne's house. Canoes. Seekin's lodgings etc after. Dug for sand eels. Roy. Bought salmon. Better dinner. Liver bad. Sleepy, very. Tuesday August 7 At 9.30 started & spent the day at Weymouth. Cheap hotel. Ugly people. Ugly clergyman. Old Breton man. Devenish. Sea fog. Nursemaid. Tea at Ringwood. Liver very bad in morning. Home at 8.0. Pony kicked. Better dinner & felt better. Wednesday August 8 Up at 8.30. Hamilton went to town. Lost photographic stand. Hunt everywhere. Decided to come up to town. Changed at Brockenhurst. Girl & lips. German in train. Straight run from Southampton. On to Club & Punch Dinner. Called Rouch. Awfully hot & close. Arthur's feeble chaff about Britannia. Home with Guthrie by carriage. D.M screwed. Called Club. Thursday August 9 Awfully hot. Up at 8am. Worked on Bathing Machine & Lord Herschell etc. Spencer came in & interrupted. Lunched at home. Photod self nearly nude for swimming. In afternoon carriage took me on to Club. Got hat. Then to Beefsteak. Dined. Lord Onslow, Watson & Weedon Grossmith. Talk. Very hot. Went to see Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde. Poor stuff. Mansfield. Back to Club. Long talk with Dr Bird. Herbert Gardner looked in. Drove home in cab 2.0am. Bed. Friday August 10
Up early. Finished bathing cut at 4.0. Caught 4.50pm Waterloo & down to Ch Ch. Got sticks for photoing again. Wrote Lawrence about ring at Ch Ch. On to Elmhurst, met Hamilton. Dinner, no dress. Bed 11.30. Met yachting man in train. Saturday August 11 At Elmhurst. In morning went with Hamilton in duck punt to Ch Ch. Met Ryle & friend. (Knowles Aug 4, 1893.) After papers. Back. Lunch. In afternoon Ham self & Roy drove to Bournemouth. Saw grave Arthur Linley. On to town. Delay. Roy's hair cut. Tea. On to pier. Boys fishing. Bad rowers. Drove home past Jumper's house again & saw Ryle. Home. Lovely day. Bought sea weed. Dinner. Bed 11.30. Sleepy after dinner. Sunday August 12 At Elmhurst. Heavy wind & rain. Dull all day. Finished photo stand in morning. Lunch. Long walk in afternoon with dogs along coast. Bathe. Home at 7.45pm. Hamilton met me. Bottle Champagne. Sleepy after dinner, very. Hamilton stayed up. Bed 11.30. Monday August 13 At Elmhurst. Lovely fine day. Late for breakfast owing to photoing. Photod Chicks etc in morning. After went with Hamilton in duck punt across bay. Blowing hard. Changed plates. Photod waves after. Joined Hamilton, went for sail in Life Boat. Would not beat up. Home. Played Tennis with Hamilton after. Beaten. Roy to bed. Very low tide after, went to beach & bed after dinner. Not sleepy. Tuesday August 14 At Elmhurst. Hamilton went up early to look for house. Drove to station with him. Just caught train. After called at Hart's Natural History Museum. On to Elmhurst. Commotion about going out in Life Boat. Went down & ordered it at Christchurch at 3.0. Photod children in sun. After lunch Roy & self walked to Christchurch. M, Jess & Dora in trap. Called Museum & photod cygnets. Took Roy. After met M, Midge & Dora & went to Christchurch. Then in Life Boat home. Rowed. Tea. Tennis with Roy. Dinner 8.0pm. Bed 11.30. Wednesday August 15 At Elmhurst. Up. Breakfast. Dull & heavy wind. Photod Roy & flag, sea etc. At 1.50pm started back for town in fly & pony trap. Good journey. Jolley did not meet us. Walked on to Garrick. Saw picture of Sandhills. Wrote letters at Club. On to Punch Dinner. Home by self. No Guthrie. Good peaceful Dinner. Suggested cut of Neptune. Thursday August 16 In morning Spencer called. Began Punch drawing of Express Train. No photo. Developed Elmhurst photos. Slept after lunch. After worked. Dined early & went in Victoria with M to Adelphi Theatre & saw 'Union Jack'. Home by cab. Bad horse, all sideways. Bed 11.30pm. ((Pencil note: Must have photod Jolley & self for Xpress Train today or Friday. L.S. Dec 30 '95.) Friday August 17
Worked hard all day on Punch drawing of Express Train. Did not go out. Maud Roy & M went to Danish Exhibition & saw Tableaux & Balloon group. Dined at 10.30pm & bottle Pol Roger. Bed after. Saturday August 18 In morning tidied up. Took Roy to Tower & up the Monument. Man fell down. After to Birch & on to Holborn Restaurant. Had lunch. Wired Furini. Took Roy & met M & Maud at Savoy Theatre & saw 'Mikado'. ((Pencil note: Revived Oct 1895.) After walked to Club. Changed. Tea & rode thro' Clerkenwell etc, Holloway to Muswell Hill & saw Baldwin drop in Parachute. No charge. Rode thro' Finchley Gate & home down Highgate Road Hill. Lost in Kentish town. Home at 8.45. Dinner. Bed.. Sunday August 19 Dear Roy's birthday. Chicks came in in morning. After at 10.30 rode up Putney Hill & over Common & home by Roehampton. Met same man I saw yesterday with mail phaeton & pr of horses. Home to lunch. Heard Roy had been sick. Dressed. Quiet dinner. After Tennis at Lewis's. Met Pilleau etc. Monday August 20 Worked on Sir Ed Watkins reproduction of Spider & Fly. In afternoon took Roy, Maud & M to Irish Exhibition. Saw Balloon group. Home to dinner. Vernon Watney wrote to ask me to go to Torrish. Good. Tuesday August 21 Worked on Sir Ed Watkins & finished Spider & Fly. M went down to Westwood to look for house. At 6.0 rode mare to P.D. Good Dinner. Burnand said good bye for Scotland. Home by self in cab. Wednesday August 22 In morning photod self for swimming. Midge & Marion came in afternoon, one from Westwood, other from Christchurch. Rode round Battersea Park & Park in evening. Good ride & lovely evening. Dinner at home. Bed 11.30pm. Sent Sir Ed Watkins drawing to Charing X Hotel. Thursday August 23 Worked on Boulanger & Bathing. At 4.0pm rode up to Muswell Hill & saw from field Baldwin drop. Splendid view. Home by Baker St outside Park. Dinner 8.15. Bed 11.30. Friday August 24 Up early & finished Boulanger Bathing. After commenced Lord Mayor's drawing. In evening went in Victoria to Globe Theatre with Midge & M. Delighted with Bootle's Baby. Frightfully hot in theatre. Went round to see Gillie. (Pencil note: 6 June '99, Whit Sunday.) Home by 4 wheel'd cab. Bed 1.30pm. (Red ink: Saw 'Bootle's Baby'.) Saturday August 25 In morning printed lots of photos. After at 3.15 got on mare & rode to Tenniel's. Met him & rode on to Highgate & Muswell Hill. Too late for Balloon descent. Home
again. Fast trot. Man taken up & drunken sweep. Dined at home after quietly. Bed 11.0pm. Sunday August 26 Dull morning. Sun at intervals. Printed photos & on to Lord Mayor's card after. Wet afternoon. Roy & self walked up to Lewis's at 5.30. Played 3 good sets. Home. Met Maud, Midge & M in Phill Gardens. Dined. Lawrence & wine. Midge & 'She'. Read Froude's Oceana. Bed 11.30. Monday August 27 In morning worked all day on Whitehead's drawing. M got tracing cloth for me. M put out about Miller's bill. Balloon went off at Olympia. Chicks went to see it. (Simmons killed after this ascent.) Dined at home quietly. Midge went to Westwood. Tuesday August 28 Very wet day. Worked all day at drawing for Whitehead & finished rough sketch. In evening Mr Schimmelmann dined with us. Quiet evening. Liked him. Settled for Roy's going. Wednesday August 29 Mr Collingridge called & took drawing for Whitehead. After walked to Punch Dinner as far as Garrick. Met Dr Barney Yeo? Arthur presided. Could not get cut. Photod Stace for cut of Pharoah. Home by cab. (Red ink: Saw Bootles Baby) Thursday August 30 Marion, Nurse, Lawrence & Chicks left by omnibus for Ramsgate at 1.15. Worked on at drawing of Pharoah & Jew sweater. Finished at 6.15pm. Rush to get ready for going to Scotland. Hard push. Packed bag etc. Hurried meal & off by Victoria to Euston. Missed Rich. Very cold. Comfortable carriage. Awfully cold at night. Went to sleep at 9.30pm. Friday August 31 Woke up on getting in to Stirling. Saw Wallace monument at 5.30am. Perth about 7.30. Breakfast. Coffee etc. After on to Inverness in same carriage. Wired M & Lewis's. Lunch at Inverness. Got into same carriage with Murgatroyd architect of Manchester. Beer & bun at Bonar Bridge. Long dreary journey to Helmsdale. Murgatroyd got out at 'The Mound' station. Daughter married to M.P. On past Dunrobin to Helmsdale. Trap met me, 5 miles drive. Met Watney. On to see Thring fish. Saw deer. Scot caught grouse. Home Torrish. Dinner. Read Carthage. Bed 11.15pm. Sep 1888 Saturday September 1 At Torrish. 1st morning at Torrish. Up early. Walk. Breakfast. Trout good. Shooting suit. Up hill walk. Shot indifferently. Gun caught coat. Welcome lunch. Smoked pipe right out. Home 6.0pm. Dinner. Champagne. Sleepy after. Bed 11.0pm. Jolley left wih carriage & horses for Ramsgate. Sunday September 2
At Torrish. Up before breakfast. Walked as far as bridge. Back. Read Southey's 'Battle of Blenheim'. Robert Southey, Poet Laureate. Wrote letters. Strolled about. Lunch. Long walk up to castle. Thring, Vernon, Scott (colley dog) & self. Rolled stones downhill into burn. Home along river. Read & wrote. Dinner. Claret. Quiet evening. Bed 11.0pm. Monday September 3 At Torrish. 2nd day's grouse shooting. Shot well. Lunch at bottom of hill. Long day. Killed 4 birds out of one covey. Left off at 2 nd bridge. Home at 6.30pm. Bath. Dinner. Champagne. Bed 11.30 Sleepy. Tuesday September 4 At Torrish. Woke up with pain in st. Indigestion. Up before breakfast. Vernon went for 1st day's stalking. Went with 2 youths & ferrets. Rabbiting. Killed 18. Thring caught grilse. Rabbited after lunch. Walked along stream. Spared the black bunnies. Home 5.0pm. Wrote to Whitehead etc. Ordered board etc of Reeves. Vernon returned at 7.50pm. Dinner. Champagne & last evening of Thring. Sleepy. Bed 11.30. Sleepy. Read Adam Bede. Wednesday September 5 At Torrish. Up before breakfast. Pain in st. Wind & indigestion. Thring left at 9.20am. After went for 1st day's stalk with Vernon. Done up in walking. Cold wind. On to steep hill. Lunch on top by cairn. Left card for Harding Cox's pastoral play in cairn at top of mountain. Down. On after deer. Long walk. Heavy rain. Home past castle & burn. Met sour youth. Letters. Bath. Dinner. Champagne. Read Medical Dictionary. Bed 11.30pm. Thursday September 6 At Torrish. Up before breakfast. Undecided what to do. Wrote letters. Went for 2 nd day's stalk over same mountain etc. Lunch near the same spot. Right over to end of mountain. Sighted deer. Stayed with Gillie. Moved & bullet went close to ear. Deer hit. Long tramp & stalk on ones stomach to get near deer who were on V.W's march. 2 other shots at 6.45. One stag dropped dead. Home by dark, 7.45. Bath. Dinner. Champagne. High grouse. Vernon's arm. Bed 11.30. Friday September 7 At Torrish. Up in morning & put photo apparatus up. Took 2 photos before leaving for 3rd day's grouse shooting. Poor day. Lunch by stream. Bad shooting. Birds wild. Left off at 4.30pm. Went with photo apparatus to top of hill. Photod view. Very cold. Home again. Last evening. Dinner. Changed plates after dinner. Champagne. Bed 11.30pm. Saturday September 8 At Torrish. Up 7.0am. Wrote Mother. Took photo of Willie Armstrong & Keeper etc.. Packed up & off after breakfast at 9.30am. Caught train. Curious Scotch Inspector lad in carriage like W.C.Heron. H.Chaplin got in at Dunrobin. Sir R.Webster & boy at Dingwall. On to Inverness. Changed carriage to self all way back. Station master at Inverness tore my engaged slip down. Perth 7.30pm. Crowd & rush. Dined off cold grouse & whiskey. Went to sleep at 10.30pm aft Sterling. Read Conquest of Plasrans.
Sunday September 9 Woke up near London. Arrived Euston 8.15pm. 4 wheeled cab to Kensington. Breakfast. Caught 10.30 Victoria. Saw F.C.B. Down with him. Jolley met me at station. On in cart to 71 Crescent Road. Saw M & dear Maud & Roy. Miss Bushman there. In afternoon drove over with Roy & Jolley with mare to Margate. Difficulty in finding Albion House. Roy's 1st visit to school. Saw Schimmelmann. Gave Roy a plum. On to Orchardsons. Saw Trowers playing Tennis etc. Tea. Home by Hatfield's. Stopped at Nash Farm. Back by dusk. Dined. Quiet evening. Sleepy very & bed 10.30. Monday September 10 Ramsgate. Lovely morning. Roy M & self walked into Market Place & got pears etc. Breakfast. Stroll on to sands with dear Roy. Saw F.C.B. In afternoon drove to Margate & called Greens & also at Browns. Met Hamilton & Midge & Dora amongst flock of sheep. Got football & kicked it about at Westwood. Called & paid subscription to Club. On home. Saw Conny etc after Tennis. Dined & went into F.C.B's afterwards. Singing etc. Match arranged between F.C.B & Barrie Hollingshead for tomorrow 11.30. Home. Bed 11.15pm. Tuesday September 11 Ramsgate. Up before breakfast & went with Roy & Maud to market. Rasped rush etc. On to Club to write letters after. Roy met me 11.30 outside after. On to Hammonds. Saw Tennis. Barrie Hollingshead beat F.C.B. After F.C.B & Zeta beat Roy & self. Roy's 1st set game. Back to lunch. In afternoon went to Tennis again. Had good set at 6.0, Rosie & self beat Hammond & Connie B. Back to dinner 6.30. Drove mare to Margate. Saw fireworks etc. Called Hall by Sea & Assembly Rooms. Saw (illeg) there. Home by 11.30pm. Seedy. Wednesday September 12 Ramsgate. Up in morning got fruit etc. Back. Cart came & caught 10.15 train. Up with F.C.B & Mrs Burnand. On to Club & after to call on Barker. Lunched with him. Got deeds. Called Collingridge. Back to Kensington Met Rly. Called Bank & saw Head Clerk & left deeds. Home to Stafford Terrace. Developed Scotch photos. Dressed & walked to Punch Dinner as far as Garrick. Cab. Dined. Good Dinner. Talk of Haggard by Milliken. Home. Called Club for bags. Dear Roy taken to school by his mother. Cried. Thursday September 13 Stafford Terr. Up early. Prepared block. Photod Stace at 11.45pm. Got on with drawing. Wired Furniss & Barker. At 7.15 took cab to Garrick. Dined with Furniss. Bottle champagne. Went to Haymarket to see Cap'n Swift. Girl next us like Miss Walpole. Saw Gilbert & friend. Pretty girl behind bar. Saw Abbey & Joe Carr. Called Empire & on to Club. Supper. Gillie, Wingfield, etc there. Home 1.0am. Baldwin's benefit. Dropped 6000 feet in parachute from Alexandra Palace 6.0pm. Friday September 14 Up at 7.45. Worked hard & fast on drawing African Venus. Much pushed. Finished 11.0pm. Dined. Exhausted & bed 12.0pm.
Saturday September 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Put things straight etc. Collingridge called. Disappointed about Elsbury. Left Stafford Terr at 1.0pm. Called Bedford Gardens & after at Peals for boots. On to Garrick. Lunch with Sterry. Caught Granville. M met me at Margate. Drove & saw dear Roy with a sorrowful face. Met Parrish. Saw Schimmelmann. Called Westwood. Saw Hamilton & Jess. Mother at Stokes's in London. Home to Ramsgate. Dined & stroll after dinner. Bed 10.30pm. Sunday September 16 Ramsgate. Up 9.0am. At 10.15 rode mare. Called Westwood. Saw Hamilton. Lovely morning. On to Margate. Hovered round Roy's school. Home to 71 Crescent Road along sands. Mare's neck dirty. Lunch. Wrote up diary. After went to Club to write letters. Ten. Saw Dr Hicks after. Stroll with M & Maud. Hamilton dined with us. After went into Hammonds. Glass dry Curacao. Bed 11.30. Monday September 17 Ramsgate. Up early. Walk with Maud. Fire in the night at Fort. After began drawing for Alderman W. Rode at 2.30 along sands & Broadstairs to Margate. Called Green, Tannenbaum etc etc. Home across country. Dined. Stroll after dinner with M. Tuesday September 18 Ramsgate. Up early. Walk with Maud. Breakfast. Worked all morning on Whitehead's drawing. Sent note to F.C.B asking him to ride. In afternoon went at 4.30 to Tennis at Hammonds. Blazer coat & hat. Game with F.C.B after. Home in hurry. Drove Folkestone to Westgate. There at 6.59. Dined at Orchardsons. Met Jones the Acrostic. Mr & Mrs Trower & girl friend, Mr & Mrs Blank, 2 selves, Orchardsons. 10. Back by moonlight. Jolley asleep behind. Home by 11.50pm. Wednesday September 19 Ramsgate. Up early. Wrote letters at Club. Worked in morning on drawing for Whitehead. After drove at 2.25 (cart late) to Margate with M & Maud. Mare caught train. Town. On to Club. Called Lanser's print shop. On to Punch Dinner. Arthur to Boulogne. Good Dinner. Back to Club. Wrote Stace etc. Home to Stafford Terr. Posted letters. Thursday September 20 Stafford Terr. Up early. Stace called at 11.0 for Tommy Atkins. Photod him & developed etc. (Pencil note: Also self as cook.) Disappointed about Elsbury. Worked on Lord Wolseley & Tommy Atkins. Dressed comfortably before & at 8.0 went to Beefsteak in good cab. Met Abbey, Montague Williams etc etc. Good dinner. Home by 1.30am. Friday September 21 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Got on with Wolseley & Tommy Atkins. At noon Tuke the model came. Put on suit. Knocked off drawing. Photod him. After finished by 3.30pm. F.C.B wrote to do 2nd block, 3 or 4 times. Began it & at 8.0pm went to Beefsteak Club. Dined. Abbey, F.C.B etc there. Home 12.15am. Story of old Levy & the Ranch man & miracle. Also Carrotty Co.Cow. Craigie there with a cold. Florence St John.
Saturday September 22 Up 7.0am. Finished Gladstone & Nizam, ¼ page block. After put things straight & Elsbury came at 12.0. Put court suit on & waited about for Lord Mayor's robes. Came at 1.30. Took photos. Finished by 2.10. Hasty lunch. After lunch & smoke off. Slow cab. Caught Granville. Down to Ramsgate. Left Elsbury at Stafford Terrace. Arrived. Saw Frank Burnand. Drove him to 18 Royal Cresc. Nurse left. 1 st time at 5 Prospect Terrace. Blanche Cole there. Dear Maud overwraught. Called Club & Hills, Pilcher Page. Back to dinner. Cigar & stroll after. Beaten at Billiards. Very tired. Sleep on sofa. Hot. Bed 11.15. Sunday September 23 Ramsgate. Up 8.30. Most heavenly morning. Not a cloud in sky. Walked to town. Wrote letters in Club. Breakfast at 10.40. Rode mare to Sarre. Saw Pay & wife & son in law & daughter. Back home. Hot. Lunch. Saumur. Wrote many letters at Club. Spoke to Sebag Montefiore. Arranged to call on him tomorrow. In the evening M, Miss Cole & self went into the Burnands. Charley there. Stroll across lawn home. Monday September 24 Ramsgate. Up early & worked on Whitehead's drawing. After rode mare at 2.30 up to East Cliff Lodge. Saw F.C.B & passed Friend with his wife & son in carriage. Stroll round grounds. Mare admired very much. Home & got to work on Whitehead's drawing. Dined. M at Burnands in evening. Cuthbert Pugin there, Miss Hollingshead etc. Tuesday September 25 Ramsgate. Hamilton Langley & Midge dined with us. Went into Club & played Billiards after. Dr Carling played well. I beat Hamilton. Wednesday September 26 Ramsgate. M drove me in cart, caught 3.15 train. Went up to town & on to Club. On to Punch Dinner. Arranged to go to see 'Armada' with Tenniel & Milliken. Arthur B at Boulogne. Home by self in cab. Thursday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up in morning early. Photod self etc by help of boy. Wat Tyler etc etc. Also developed photographs of Elsbury. No Punch subject. Dined at Garrick with Milliken & Furniss. Went to see 'Armada' with Milliken alone, Tenniel did not come. Supper after at Garrick. Gillie Farquharson sell. Friends did not turn up. Percy Reeve. Friday September 28 Stafford Terrace. At 10.30 Monument subject turned up. Worked all day till 10.30 on it. Bottle of Champagne & bed midnight. Saturday September 29 Stafford Terrace. M's birthday. Caught 10.0am train to Ramsgate. Brought photo things down. Put photographic things together. Mother to arrive Ramsgate at 4.30pm. Rode to Margate 2.30pm by Broadstairs & up Gap. Saw dear Roy over
the wall at school. Kissed him. Back by Margate. Mare skittish. Caught a sniffly cold by sleeping on sofa. Came on at 10.30pm. Horrid. Maroon fired at 11.10 for fire, woke me. Sunday September 30 Ramsgate. Worked in morning on figures of Lord Mayor's drawing. M sat with me. Saw F.C.B & Milliken pass in carriage fly. Cold very troublesome & annoying. Rode mare in afternoon round by West Cliff etc. Saw Curling. Home to tea. Worked after. F.C.B & Hammond hooked my leg with stick. Oct 1888 Monday October 1 Ramsgate. Worked on Lord Mayor's drawing in morning. In afternoon 2.30 rode mare to Margate. Annoyed with Jolley being late. Saw Waddy & her son. Brown boots for 1st time. At Margate saw Roy playing football. Called Green. Saw Mrs Montefiore. Row with brick foreman. Letter came about Roy's head in morning. Went into Hammonds with F.C.B & Milliken. Talk about Lucy. Old Paget & his wife at Hammonds. Tuesday October 2 Ramsgate. Sebag Montefiore & friend called in the morning asking us to dinner next Monday. Jessie Harding called & Miss Chambers. Rode before dinner. Wednesday October 3 Ramsgate. Worked before breakfast. Walked down to meet Burnand. Missed train as I thought it was 10.15am. Back. Worked on Lord Mayor's drawing. Rode in afternoon to look at posters. Went round by Dumpton (missed way at farm by Haunted House.) Down Dumpton Gap. Cold very bad & troublesome. Dined by ourselves. Sleep after dinner. Pouring wet day in morning. Last rain until Oct 29 th. Thursday October 4 Ramsgate. At 9.30am Milliken called & said it was settled to do Poster cut. At 12.30 photod Jolley & developed plates. Bothered with chain armour and felt very seedy. Roughed drawing of Mephistopheles Bill Sticker cut & after went for a good hard canter on mare as far as Life Boat House on sands & across country by Broadstairs. Home. Called Norris about cigars, wrong box. Mrs Burnand & Milliken dined with us. Hot grog. Friday October 5 Ramsgate. Up early & worked all day on Mephistopheles Bill Poster for Punch. Got finished early by 3.45pm. Sent drawing off by 4.0pm. Got on mare 4.30. Saw Vivian Smith 1st time. Rode delightful ride along the cliff & on towards Sandwich. Invalid in Bath chair. Home. Called Club. Quiet dinner. Bottle Saumur. Saturday October 6 Ramsgate. Up early & worked L.M drawing. Dear Roy brought in by surprise by Maud. He was being brought by Miss Allan. After he went away without lunching. Worked on L.M drawing & at 2.30 walked with M & Blanche into the town. Saw boys slew into Café Royal. Walk on pier. Vivian Smith. Saw dear Roy in Café. By cart to station. Up to town. Awfully cold. Ludgate Hill station. Carried bags to
Bouverie St. Tired. Almanack Dinner. Guthrie back. Professor very feeble. Home with Guthrie. Paid cab. Sunday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Selected photos etc etc. Caught 10.30am train & came down with F.C.B & Milliken to Ramsgate. Saw Abernethy at Victoria. Trap met me. Fur coat bad again. Lunch. Walk after with F.C.B & Milliken, Frank & Cuthbert. Spade at Broadstairs. Home. Worked up drawing for Lord Mayor. F.C.B, Milliken, Frank & Cuthbert in to dinner. Quiet evening. Bothered with chain armour. Monday October 8 Ramsgate. Up early and worked on Lord Mayor's drawing. Burnand called & looked at drawing. After he hired a horse at Hodgman & we went for a ride towards Minster & back. Dandy Dinmont. Talk of Spencer. Back. Worked on L.M.D till 7.15pm on State Barge etc. After drove in brougham to dine at Sebag Montefiore's. Heavy rain. Met Captain Vaile, Mr & Mrs Samuels, old Paget & wife, son-in law Spielman & wife. Game of Billiards. Beat Spielman. Samuels going well. Home. Surprise. Dear Roy had been taken up to London & brought home at 8.30pm by Miss Allen. Lawrence put him upstairs. Tuesday October 9 Ramsgate. Up early & did 1½ hours work L.M.D. After at 10.15am started for meet. Missed F.C.B. Phillip. Cart followed with Blanche, Maud & Milliken. After late for meet. Saw hare all to self. Scrimageour & Cobb. Fine horse. Jumped hurdle. Rode after cart to Margate. Called Green. Missed Treves. On to Westwood. Breeches hurt me. Saw old Gouger buying herrings at Margate. On to Ramsgate. Lunch. Milliken there. Coffee, cigar & work L.M.D after. Buttonholed by Bligh & dunned for money for last year's cart. Wednesday October 10 Ramsgate. Up early & worked. Walked with Roy to meet F.C.B & Milliken at station. Baron Ringworm. Decided not to go up. Bought photo of Ramsgate harbour. Worked hard all day without riding. Put fire of London in & fair etc. Dined at 8.30pm. Read Edinburgh Review on Walter Scott's Marmion. Bed 11.15pm. Thursday October 11 Ramsgate. Up at 7.30am. Worked for an hour on L.M.D. Breakfast. Walk with dear Roy to Club. Back. Worked all day on L.M.D. Mother, Tilda & Conny Burnand called. Saw lovely Vivien Smith. Dull day. At 5.30pm walked with dear Roy to meet F.C.B & Milliken. Shot at Sergeant Major Moore's shooting gallery. Hit bogey twice. Back to Prospect Terr. Conny still there. Worked & put in lambkins, helmet etc. Sent cheque to Hicks, Bligh etc. Dinner. Sleepy after. Blanche sitting like a mermaid before the fire. Friday October 12 Ramsgate. Up at 6.30am. Felt seedy. Something disagreed with me. Caught 8.0am train for London. Lost a sovereign & found it at tailors. Got to Stafford Terr at 10.35. Met Westgate gent in train. Hard day's work on girl milking. Finished 11.15pm. Bottle of Claret. Very exhausted & weary. Slept till 1.15 in chair. Bed.
Saturday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Put all photos away. Paid Emma's wages. Selected photos for final drawing of L.M.D. Caught the 10.10am from Victoria for Ramsgate. Dear Roy went to London with Miss Allen & back in the evening. Rode in afternoon. Connie Burnand in to dinner. Walked as far as end of Cres't with her. Met Frank. Burnand wrote about Almanack. Sunday October 14 Ramsgate. Lovely day. Rode before breakfast. Pegwell. Roy at home. Worked hard on Lord Mayor's drawing. Edgar called in afternoon. Rosie B here. After dinner Blanche M & self went into Burnands. Dr Roose there. 'What I mentioned before'. Davies etc. Miss Hood. Monday October 15 Ramsgate. Blanche Cole left for London. At 10.0am rode mare fast to Sarre. Meet of hounds. Talk to Martin Thomson & landlord of Westgate. Met North Buckmaster & Troupe. Maud not very well. Back by lunch & worked on Lord Mayor's drawing. Roy went back to school in afternoon with M. Tuesday October 16 Ramsgate. Hard at work on Lord Mayor's drawing. Wednesday October 17 Met Milliken & F.C.B at gate & after walked down to station. Did not go to town. Stayed. Got on with Lord Mayor's card. Books heavy. Thursday October 18 Ramsgate. Rode early before breakfast. Hass hollered at me at Cliff End. Back & worked hard on Lord Mayor's drawing. Got on with shading. Dined 8.0pm. Walked on pier after. Oyster supper at Club. Feet hurt me in brown shoes. Friday October 19 Ramsgate. Up at 7.0am. Went by 8.0am train to town. Worked all day on London & Coal. Very late & tired. Bottle Champagne. Bed 1.0am. Saturday October 20 Stafford Terr. Up early. Did small block of Bear before break't. Packed things & caught 10.0am train down to Thanet. Mrs Pugin there. Got to work on Lord Mayor's drawing. Put Tower in. Saw Lady Rose Weigall in dogcart. Dined at Lady Rose Weigall. Good dinner. Miss Ross & Mrs Bartram. Home 10.30pm. Brought ½ bottle Champagne down. Sunday October 21 Ramsgate. Up early. Did not ride. Long & hard day's work at Lord Mayor's card. Took head out. Despair & trouble. Got it right by 4.0pm & went on shading figure. Bottle Saumur for dinner. Went round to Burnands after. Smoked 2 cigars. Monday October 22 Ramsgate. Up early & worked hard all day on Lord Mayor's drawing.
Tuesday October 23 Ramsgate. Up early. Hard at work last day on Lord Mayor's card. Finished at 7.0pm. Sent it off by Jolley. Dined at Burnands 7.45 by ourselves. Davis in. Walked round with us home. Wednesday October 24 Ramsgate. At 10.15am rode round coast to Margate on mare. Mistake about tide. Nearly caught at Kingsgate. Glass of beer at Greens. Home across country. Put things in order & went up to town by 4.0pm train. Handsome youth got in with cigar at Chatham. Punch Dinner. Good. Home with Guthrie in cab. Talk with D.M about money. Fire in room. Lovely weather. Saw Pellegrini at Ramsgate Station. Thursday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am. Put things in order. Selected photos & caught the 10.0am train. Lots in carriage. Caddy youth & mentor. Girl at Herne Bay station. Back to Ramsgate. Photod Jolley for football. Worked at drawing. Dinner. Walk on pier ½ way. Home. Friday October 26 Ramsgate. Up early. Worked all day to 7.0pm on John Bull & Young England Football. ½ bottle of Saumur. Walk after dinner. Spoken to. Pipe. Bed 11.30pm. Saturday October 27 Ramsgate. In morning did photos & began Calendar. Lovely weather. 1 st tried the cold platinotype process. At 1.45 rode mare to Margate. Felt seedy. Good ride very hot. Saw dear Roy at football. Home fast across country. Saw Mrs Parish & Lola P at Captain Digby. Home by T time. Rosie there. Rosie dined wth us. Developed phos in evening after dinner. Bed after pipe 11.50. (illeg illeg). Tony out of his basket. Sunday October 28 Ramsgate. Most lovely morning. Rode as far as Sandwich Flats at 8.15. Back. Breakfast 9.45am. Maud's new dress. M seedy. Photod passers by. In afternoon did letters of Almanack. Dined. Windy. Stroll along Parade. Home. Bed. Monday October 29 Ramsgate. Hammond came in morning & asked us to dinner. Pouring wet day all day. Worked Almanack. Did not ride. Sent Jolley to Minster. Ordered photo things. At 7.0pm dined at Hammonds with F.C.B & Mrs B. Capital dinner. Tiff about stage. Home 11.0pm. Fell asleep till 1.15am. Tuesday October 30 Ramsgate. Pouring wet day. Scythe & Band could do neither. Wednesday October 31 Ramsgate. Worked on Calendar in morning. At 11.30 photod people on Parade. Girl's school etc etc. Conny & Gerty in at Prospect Terr. Caught the 1.15 train & up to town. On to Garrick. Wrote letters & saw Squeak Bacon. Went down to Swains & touched up proof of Lord Mayor's card. Measured for coat at Hobbs & on to Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Lucy there. Back with Guthrie.
Nov 1888 Thursday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Worked on Gladstone & Chamberlain as Cocks all day. Dined at home. Went at 9.30 to Pavilion. Saw the Cocoon & Conjuror. After to Cavour & Beefsteak. Grain, Leslie Ward & Arthur B writing letters. Friday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Finished Cocks by 2.0pm. Caught the Granville & down to Ramsgate. Raining hard. Missed Angell in train. Miss Coward at Prospect Terrace. Photographic umbrella home. Pleasant dinner. Game of Billiards with Angell after. Beat him. Bed 11.15pm. Saturday November 3 Ramsgate. Hard at work on Calendar. Angell posted letters. Rode in afternoon past Margate. Called Captain Digby. (illeg) landlord. Home. Worked in evening. Dinner. Angell & self walked to Messels, could not make them hear. On to Club. Billiards after the Pool. Sunday November 4 Ramsgate. Worked early. Strolled with Angell in to Messels after breakfast with Tony. Altered my mind & rode being lovely day. Round home by Montefiores. Saw swagger girl on hill. Home. Accosted by Lempold. Got him to lunch. Pleasant talk. Lempold & Angell walked away together & I went on to work at the Calendar. Dinner. In evening gale of wind came on. Walked with M & Angell round the back way with difficulty. In to Hammonds. Charley Burnand there. Home in the wet & wind. Monday November 5 Ramsgate. Worked on Calendar. In the morning photod Jolley & self as Bandsmen. Developed them all right with umbrella. In evening F.C.B & wife dined with us. Pleasant evening. Sleepy. Tuesday November 6 Ramsgate. In morning bitter cold wind. Rode to meet at Mount Pleasant. Angell drove in dog cart. Avoided F.C.B. Saw Hammond & Cuthbert Pugin on tricycles. Mare pulled after hounds. Little bit of a run. Very cold. Gave Angell whiskey. He went home by Westwood for umbrella. Home by cliff. Lunch & on with Calendar. Finished it by 7.15pm train. In evening Angell & self went into F.C.B's. Billiards after. Beat Angell. Bed 12.30pm. Wednesday November 7 Ramsgate. Began the 4 pages for Punch Almanack (& finished this day fortnight). At 4.0pm Angell & Miss Coward left. Angell wrote after about boys not meeting him. Quiet dinner by selves. Walk after. Thursday November 8 Ramsgate. Worked hard on 1st & 2nd quarters of Almanack. Put in the 2 figures & outlined Cupid. At 2.0pm rode round near where meet was on Tuesday. Saw charity boys. Mare gleeful & rushed home. Saw Cuthbert Pugin. F.C.B wrote not to
go up to town. Bosh. Quiet dinner & walk after. Annoyed about coals. Walked & paid Hodgman & bought tobacco. Men shouting. Cold, very. Fur coat. Friday November 9 Ramsgate. Up early & caught 8.0am train. On to Stafford Terr. Annoyed by boy having left. Worry letter from F.C.B. Worked furiously & just finished block of John Bull, America & Irishman by 6.0pm. Dressed & took cab on to Lord Mayor's Banquet 7.0pm near enough for time. Got there 6.35. Saw Charley Morley, old Bedford, Lucy, Lady Waterman etc. Cold dinner. Balfour Champagne etc. Went into Ballroom after. On to Beefsteak Club. Supper. Had just enough. Saw Alfred Thompson, Beetle etc. Home 1.30pm. Saturday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Caught the 10.0am train & down to Ramsgate. Headache. At 2.15 rode round to Margate. Stopped at Captain Digby. High wind. Called at Convent & for 1st time rode by Broadstairs station. Saw old Hannan. Home. Worked on 1st & 2nd Almanack drawings, Cupid's head. At 7.45 went to dinner at the Montefiores. Good dinner. Miss Hicks. Pool. Lost 3/6 to Hammond. Dunquier sings with tongue etc. Mrs ? sings. Home. Fine evening. Montefiore's son rather hass. Sunday November 11 Ramsgate. Worked hard 1st & 2nd Almanack drawings. Altered Cupid's head. Took it right out. Stokes & wife to lunch. Talk after & hindered. Stokes pottered about lamp. Mrs Stokes stayed on & dined with us. Atrocious dinner. After trick with handkerchief. Walked as far as Granville with Stokes's. Had been wet very dull day. Met not a soul. Whiskey with Stokes who tipped waiter. Home 1.30pm. Monday November 12 Ramsgate. Worked hard on 1st & 2nd Qtr of Almanack. At 2.30 rode for an hour round coast to Broadstairs & round to Granville & called to see Stokes at Granville who had been fishing all day at Margate & only caught 2 small fish. Hum. Walked mare by M's side to town. Rode home & after tea got on with 1 st & 2nd Almanack drawings. Quiet dinner. Walk after. Tuesday November 13 Ramsgate. At 10.0am rode across country to Birchington. Hounds just outside. Good run for 10 minutes left off towards Reculver. Rode home sharp past trees (breeches unbuttoned.) Met Rosie & Miss Scrimshire. Man told me about breeches. On to work on 1st & 2nd quarters Almanack. Began to shade Chronos etc. Dinner. Bed. Wednesday November 14 Ramsgate. Worked hard all day on shading 1st & 2nd quarters Almanack. Did not get to town. Wire from F.C.B to give me until next Wednesday. Quiet dinner. Walk after. Gave mare a rest. Thursday November 15
Ramsgate. Worked hard on 1st & 2nd Almanack drawings. Sent off at 7.0pm the 1 st quarter. Quiet dinner. After wrote 12 letters at Club & walk thro' town & home. Bed 11.30. Friday November 16 Ramsgate. No cartoon to do. Worked hard all day on 2 nd quarter 'Flora' finished at 4.0pm & sent it off. Began to think of the last 2. Quiet dinner. Bed. Saturday November 17 Ramsgate. Began the last 2 quarters of Almanack. Worked. Most successful with Venus's head. Put riding things on. Miss Walford at lunch. Rode round by Margate. Mare rushed. Called Digby. No key. Found way through by houses. Red beef faced woman at Digby. Home. Miss Walford still there. Got in. Put Ulysses (self) in. As forward as last week. Quiet dinner. Bed. Sunday November 18 Ramsgate. Lovely weather after 10.0am. Saw F.C.B come down. Worked on last 2 quarters Almanack hard all day. M photod me for Polyphemus & Hylas. Dinner. Developed photos. M & self walked to F.C.B's. Saw Frank. Hammonds & Bessie Hollingshead there. Home. Lovely evening. Monday November 19 Ramsgate. Worked hard all day on 2 last Almanack quarters. Hounds at Acol, did not go. Nearly finished for shading. Quiet dinner. Walk along Parade after. Got Weldon's letter. Seasons dinner at Café Royal. Mother read Dickens Tale of 2 Cities. Tuesday November 20 Ramsgate. Worked hard all day on 2 last quarters of Almanack. At 4.30pm began to shade. Rode at 3.0pm round by Dumpton etc. Saw men opposite Park House let for 21 years. Round by Granville & through town home. After dinner went with M to F.C.B. Frank Marshall & wife there. Home by moonlight 11.0pm. Mother read Tale of 2 Cities. Wednesday November 21 Ramsgate. Worked hard all day on 2 last quarters Almanack. At 4.0pm sent third quarter off & pitched into the 4th which went by 1 st train on Thursday morning. Dinner. Bottle of Dumeny. Walked to end of pier after. Mother read Tale of 2 Cities. Thursday November 22 Ramsgate. Up 8.0am put all photos up & caught the 11.0 train. Up by self & on to Stafford Terrace. Waited all day to hear from F.C.B. No letter till 4.0pm. Put all photos away etc etc. At 6.30 dressed & on to Messel to dinner. Good dinner. Fildes there. Long talk about Wycliff with Miss Schlessinger. Sideboard opens into the other room. Home by cab. Changed mind about going to Chesters'. Home 12.0. Read Arabian Nights. Fire. Hollands. Bed 1.15am. Friday November 23
Stafford Terr. Up 9.30am. Breakfast. Wrote letters & diary. Waited in vain all morning for letter from F.C.B. Haywood called about stove. At 1.30 commenced drawing of Smith & Ivy Wheel & Van tax. Finished at 11.0am. Had slight dinner at 7.15. Bad steak. Cab to Garrick. Saw F.C.B & Arthur. Collingridge's letter to say he could not come. Supper all to self. The Garrick steak. Saw Joe Carr. Milk & soda. Home by cab at 1.15am. Saturday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Rather seedy in morning. Up & expected model. Too dark. Put things away & at 12.30 went to Yates Haywood & Co, 95 Upper Thames St about stove. After to Nichol in Piccadilly. After to Hobbs & tried on coat. After to Club. Saw Arthur. Heard of boy being at Stafford Terr. Sent commissionaire to Swains. Lunched with Weldon, old Wyndham & Arthur Stirling. After went down to Swains. Walked back. Began to dress. Found out had no waistcoat. Awful bother. Sent commissionaire. Walked to the Reform Club & back. At 8.40 went to the dinner. Better late than never. After dinner on to Osgood's rooms. Lost £1 at poker. Home with Colin Hunter. Sunday November 25 Stafford Terr. Up 9.0am. Emma made mistake about cab. Caught 11.0 train Victoria. Seedy. Saw F.C.B. Awful state about figure which should have been Goschen. Got in to Frank's carriage at Faversham with Clement Scott. On to Ramsgate. Road up. Drove home. At 2.30 rode mare (Salvation Army Band) through past Montefiore's & on past Abernethy's. Saw Abernethy. To Margate (saw Northey). On to Westwood past waterworks. Home up past Banks's Townley Castle. Lots of girls about. Tea. Called Club. Wrote letters (unposted). Dinner. In at Hammonds after. Bessie H there. Lovely moon through tower. Home 10.45. Monday November 26 Ramsgate. At 10.15 went for mare & joined F.C.B at 10.30am. Good ride to Margate & round by East Margate & along past Abernethy's. Home. Good gallop. Back to Ramsgate 12.20. Saw Mrs Montefiore. M drove in afternoon and lamed Folkestone. Arranged to drive tomorrow. Took Instanter photos. Miss Walford at Prospect Terrace. Developed 16 7½ x 5s in afternoon when dark. Quiet dinner. Tuesday November 27 Ramsgate. Heavy rain in morning. Thought would not hunt. Developed till 10.45. Made my way to St Nicholas. Caught up hounds. Heavy wet. Fairish day down on marshes by Minster. Heavy hail storm came on. Called Page's & rode sharp home. Mare very wet. Tea. Miss Ward there. After dinner walked to F.C.B. All at Convent. Children's Fancy Dress. Pipe & home. Wednesday November 28 Ramsgate. Lovely morning. Photod Maud's feet. Folkestone lame. Jolley carried bags to station. Up to town by 1.5pm train. Carriage all to myself. Rain in town. On to Club. Cup of tea. Made out account for Collingridge. Called Hobbs. On to Swain's to see proofs. Punch Dinner. Birthday Book handed round. Guthrie left by himself. On after, wrote letter to Swain from Garrick. Saw Dr Chapmell. Home at 12pm. No fire. Lord Mayor's card.
Thursday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Wasted morning waiting. At 1.15 Emma photod self as nigger. Lunch. Developed them after. Too dark to print. Wore jacket dress coat for 1st time. At 7.30 to the Fildes for dinner. Mrs Harry Dickens there alone. Saw portraits of Miss Renton & Mrs Thwaites. Talk of Mrs Stone & home 12.15am. (Pencil note: 1st dress jacket coat.) Friday November 30 Stafford Terr. Worked at School Band Minstrels. Awful dull heavy day. Took 5 hours to print photos. Worked all day. At 7.10 Burnand wired to dine Garrick. Dined 7.15 at home & on with drawing. Finished 10.0pm. Went by cab at 10.30. Looked in to Empire Theatre. Saw Dyce. Supper after. On to Beefsteak. Archie S Wortley there. Beetle etc. Home by cab at 2.0am. Frog came from Birch at 4.0pm. Dec 1888 Saturday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30am. Breakfast at 7.0am. Caught 7.50 train & 8.30 at Waterloo for Thanet. Got Westgate 11.0. Ground very heavy. Rode over to Minster & on to kennels. Met hounds. Good day's hunting. Cold set in. Home. Cigarette. Went round to Club. Found letter. Wrote letters. Dined. Cart came home. Sunday December 2 Ramsgate. Fine morning. Printed a heap of photos most of which were overprinted. Lovely morning. After lunch Maud & self walked to end of the East Pier & along the sands under Pugin's & found india rubber rings. F.C.B called in the afternoon. Developed a lot of photos of Maud & instanters. Dined at 7.15. At 8.15 went round to F.C.B's. Children’s songs etc etc, entertainment. Roose & son there. Hammonds, Bessie Hollingshead etc etc. Home 11.15. Philip beyond himself. Photod instantaneously & went round to stable at 1.15. Folkestone better. Monday December 3 Ramsgate. Lovely morning. Up & out with Thanet Harriers. ¼ hour late, missed F.C.B. On over immense 100 acre ploughed field, caught hounds near Westgate. Run up Chapel Bottom, beat Cotton's horse. Killed hare near Cap't Hatfield's. Found another near Birchington. Good run. Row between Cobb & Cotton, unpleasant. 2nd hare killed. Walked home. Fine afternoon. Saw Conny & Miss Hood & young Roose. Wrote letters. Paid Hills. Walk in town. Dinner. Burnand never came in. Bed 11.30pm. Tuesday December 4 Ramsgate. Dull wretched day. Developed lots of prints in morning. M & Maud went to Westwood. Rain. Mother in bed. Tried new breeches on. Wrote letters. Wired Millet. Almanack came. Dined quietly at home after all. WILD TURKEY DAY. Wednesday December 5 Ramsgate. Dined Punch Dinner. Almanack produced. Had to do Academician cut. Home by cab with Guthrie.
Thursday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Parsons called in morning. Hard at work all day & after dinner on cut of Royal Academicians. Did not go out. (Pencil note: Must have photod self as workman, tinker etc. Dec 30 '95.) Friday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up early & finished drawing of Royal Academicians in time to catch train for Broadway in afternoon. Surly man in train. Got out at Honeybourne. Roller's trap met me. On to Broadway. Mrs Millet, Miss Meade there. Good dinner. Chowder. Fred Barnard & wife came in after dinner. Saturday December 8 Broadway. Up early. Pouring wet day. Went to meet of hounds at Canon Bourne's. Poured. Rushout, Storey, Farmer etc. Went on to hill & went back to Broadway at one. Lunch. Wet through. After talk with Fred Barnard. Long drive to dine with Bruces. Claret. Abbey danced. Home in omnibus. Sunday December 9 Broadway. Lovely morning. Sat about. Little Millet. Hound. Quoits. Photography. Lunch. Walk after to look at Metcalf's horse. Tea. Went back to Metcalf. Dressed. Drove to Canon Bourne's. Dined. Too much Port Wine. Home all together. Monday December 10 Broadway. Metcalf brought his horse round to me at 9.0am. Very cold. Frost in night. Drove with Millet to Evesham. Sorting papers in Waiting Room. Up to town. Awful fog in afternoon. Thurloe Square. Back by Met railway. Dressed & dined. Nucleus dinner with Colin Hunter. Lost £2 at cards. Off my feed. Home with Guthrie. Tuesday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Got up early & caught the 8.20 train for Ramsgate. Meet at Newington Mill. Got out at Margate. Cold. Caught hounds up & had a run all about Nash Court. Good run. Saw Mervyn & Miss Walford. Home in afternoon. In evening Hammonds & Burnands dined with us. Good evening. Wednesday December 12 Ramsgate. Walked down to station to meet F.C.B. Did so. Arranged to go up to dinner. Went up by the 4.0 train. Candle lamp. Read. Cab to Bouverie St. Punch dinner. Home with Guthrie. Thursday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Worked all day on Newgate & Old Bailey. Agreed to dine at Garrick with F.C.B. Went to Beefsteak & after with F.C.B to Princess's. Saw Hands across the C. Back to Garrick. Smoke & talk with Charley Burnand. F.C.B kicked me about talking of play. Very cold. Home. Friday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Worked & finished drawing of Newgate etc. Caught the Granville train & went down to Ramsgate. Connie & Miss Hood at 5 Prospect Terrace. Went up & worked. Called at Club for letters. Quiet dinner. Bed early.
Saturday December 15 Ramsgate. Rode in fog to meet at Minster Rough. Caught hounds up & had good run in the fog. Left them at Brook End. Kept hearing hounds for a long time. Home. Worked. Mother read Rider Haggard's book. Dined at Montefiores after. Sat next Mrs (blank). Home by brougham. Jolley drove fast through crowd. Sunday December 16 Ramsgate. Did not ride. Stayed in all day & worked on Puss in Boots. Charley & Rosie Burnand dined with us. Pleasant evening. Bed 11.0pm. Monday December 17 Ramsgate. Up in morning. Rode in fog to meet of Harriers. Met Martin Thomson. Caught hounds up & had capital run. Hare ran in hole by Cleve Court. Home. Worked hard till dinner time & for 4 hours after dinner on Puss in Boots. Went to bed 2.0am. Tuesday December 18 Ramsgate. Tidied up & packed things. Left for London by the 12.0 train. Changed carriages at Sittingbourne. Home to Stafford Terrace at 2.30pm. Great fog. Thurloe Square. Walked on to dine with Byng. Sat next Warre cousin. Clergyman like Willard. Went on to Garrick after. Saw David Murray & Comyns Carr. Man with fair moustache. Home by cab. Clearer of fog & bitterly cold. Found letter from Collingridge. Wednesday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Woke very seedy in morning. Put things in order & sorted photos. Packed things & caught the 5.50 train for Hintford. Trap met me at station. General & daughter, Murphys, Mr & Mrs Warner etc. Miss Brinck, Finch Hattons. Dressed. Good dinner. Dance after. Seedy all day. Bed 12.0 after talk with Finch Hatton. Thursday December 20 Balls Park. Up 7.0am. Wrote letters to Lord Mayor, Soulsby & M. Breakfast at 8.0pm. Walk round house. Missed gun. After went for pheasant & rabbit shoot, 460 head killed. Shot low. Lunch. Costume of Mrs Warner. Back. No shoot after lunch. Back to house. Billiards. Did sketch for Miss Phillips. After took Miss Murphy in to dinner. Dance after. Recitations. Bed. Played Billiards till 2.15am with Finch Hatton. Friday December 21 At Balls Park. Woke by butler 7.45. Lovely morning. Confusion about trains. Wrote envelope for Jolley. Phillips went up earlier. Miss Brinck. Came up with Grimble. Jolley at Liverpool St. Crowded city. Called Mansion House. Drove home. Dear Roy had prize. Pheasants & rabbits. Lunch. Rode mare over Wimbledon & Richmond & over Putney Bridge home. Good ride. M not well. M upset. Cleared up. Went to Abbey's dinner at the Arts Club. Schell, Tadema, Boughton etc. Saw Horsley, also Gilbert etc. Cards after. Lost £2.0.0. Supper after. Home with Albert Moore. Saturday December 22
Up in morning. Seedy. Spencer came in. Stories of men, Dutch. After went out & rode in Park in black boots. Saw Finlay, Miss De la Rue etc etc. Also Sir Edward Sullivan & daughter. In afternoon drove self & Roy to Cremers & on to Club. Jolley upset & fell on his back in road. Home. Quiet afternoon & dinner. Bed early. Sunday December 23 Fine morning. Cold. Rode over Richmond Park & on to Wimbledon. Glass beer at Robin Hood. Called & lunched with Barker & Mr Coghlan. Looked at horse. Spot. Home. Carriage never passed me. Con & Effie at Stafford Terrace. Dined. Supper dinner at Mr Baker's. Met Madame Stirling etc also Pope. Home 11.0pm. Mrs Simmonds etc. Monday December 24 Lovely morning. Warm. Rode in Park at 12.0. Met General ? & daughter. Fast ride. Back to Stafford Terrace. Took cab on to Club & met Collingridge at 2.30. Gave him a lunch. M called in carriage with Roy after. Very heavy wet. Went to Covent Garden. Saw Matthews & Bass. After called & paid Brigg's bill. Called Barretts & drove home in pouring rain. Quiet evening. Sleepy before dinner. Tuesday December 25 In morning lovely day. Letter from Tabby about Diptheria. Baby ill. Spencer came to lunch. Rode before lunch up Wimbledon across by King's Head & through Richmond Park. Home. Quiet afternoon. Dined at Boehms & Roulette after. Con lost. Flossie. Whiskey. Walked home 1.30pm. Wednesday December 26 Jolley had holiday. Worked all day on John Bull & Punch. Photod self as Punch & got print. Thermometer 62º in room without a fire or stove. Got print by evening. Went at night to 1st night of Pantomime. Very tired. Supper at Garrick. Saw Toole, Spalding, Jones etc. Had to walk down Piccadilly. Home by 2.0am. Mare had mash & a rest. Thursday December 27 Very tired in morning. Worked all day on John Bull & Punch. Rode from 3pm to 4.15pm in Park. Mare very fresh & pulled. Worked up to dinner. Very tired after dinner. Went to bed early. Friday December 28 In morning up at 8.0am & finished drawing of John Bull & Punch by 2.15pm. Lunch on leg of mutton. After wrote letters etc. Rode in afternoon round Park. Very wet. Pouring wet day. M went up to see Tabby about Baby. Quiet dinner & bed early. Read Kensington. Saturday December 29 Hamilton Fletcher's baby died at 1.30pm. In morning tidied up. After M & self drove (slight rain) to call on Tabby. Saw Hamilton. On to Stuart Exhibition. Saw Wycliff. Lunch at St James's. On to Club. Met Chicks & Minnie at Adelphi. Saw Silver Full. Conny, Effie & Guthrie came in. Home by 5.30 & found Hamilton & Tabby at Stafford Terrace. News of Baby's death. Dressed. Dined 6.15 & went in
carriage to 1st night of Macbeth. Next to skew-mouthed woman. Supper after. Home by 12.45. Saw Abbey. Asked him to dinner. Sunday December 30 Colder but fine. At 10.30 took dear Roy to All Saints Church Margaret Street. Walked home. Called on Tabby. Saw Marion Pollock. Looked at Boehm's statue. Walk down Row, called on Parsons & Abbey. Andrew Lang there. Home. Boiled beef lunch. Rode at 2.30, delightful ride over Wimbledon & through Park. Tabby at Stafford Terrace. Quiet dinner. Cold set in. Tabby left at 9.15pm. Roy played chess. Monday December 31 Colder with intense dark fog. Spencer in in morning. Usual thing. Too dark for Alice in Wonderland. Letter came about attending Baby's funeral. After lunch M Roy Maud & self went up by Met Railway to Temple & went to Alice in Wonderland. Quite clear in Strand. After performance put M & Maud in train at Charing X & walked with Roy home. At end of Piccadilly got into worst fog I was ever in which gave me a cold after. Dear Roy a brick. Felt our way home helped by Tuer. All right after. Dinner & bed quietly. No New Year in. (Red ink across page: Awful Fog.) Notes on back pages: Chicks at Ch Ch. Waves Children in sun Cygnets etc at Harts Roy & flag Group photo Scotland Old man & Gillie People walking Girls in school
Monday Aug 13. ditto Tuesday Aug 14 ditto Wedy Aug 15 Friday 7 Sepy Saty 8 Sept Sunday Oct 28 Monday 26 Nov
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1889 Notes on preliminary pages: (Red ink: Store ticket for 1889 61061) Candles for reading lamp, Vegetable wax S.S.6's 3/9 per packet. No good, sperm wanted. Miss Gill, 2 King's Road, Brownswood Park, N. George Finlay Esq, General Manager's Office, L & NW Rly, Euston. G.M.Rich Esq, Station Master, Euston. Fred Dougall Esq, The Highland Railway, General Manager's Office, Inverness. Models: Miss Etty Pettigrew, 7 Musgrave Crescent, Walham Green Miss Lily Pettigrew. Grove, 174 Brompton Road, S.W. Mrs Stephenson, 34 Jervis Road, Lillie Road, West Kensington S.W. Meg Dartrey, 109 Eaton Terrace S.W. Miss L Price, 2 Goodson Road, Lillie road, West Brompton S.W. Nellie Hall, 3 Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill, S.W. Tall & slight, good figure. Adah Fletcher, 18 Goldsmith Residences, Goldsmith Road, Peckham S.E. (Crossed out in red ink.) No good (added in red ink.) (Red ink: Abbey's housekeeper, Martha Keevil.) Hamilton Bruce, 4 Eccleston St, Chester Sq. Archibald McGregor, 126 Campden Houses, Pell St, Kensington. P.C. 305. F. Weldon, 108 Victoria Street S.W. Charles A Howell, 91 Southampton Row, Russell Sq, next Bedford Hotel W.C. E.Coleman Esq, Veterinary Surgeon, Tooting. Iodine charges. Caron D'Ache, 59 Rue de la Tour, Passy. Address for boots in Paris: Coquillot, 10 Rue de la Bourse, Paris. Book on South Seas from Curacoa Wiseman: A ride through the disturbed districts of New Zealand, together with some account of the South Sea Islands, being reflections from the journals & letters of Lieut the Hon Herbert Meade R.N. Edited by his brother. London, John Murray, Albemarle St 1870. Jan 1889 Tuesday January 1 (Red ink: Dreadful black fog.) Up & breakfast early & went by Metropolitan Railway to Waterloo in fur coat to attend funeral of Hamilton Fletcher's little baby at Winchester. Met Pollock, Mervyn & Hamilton. Dense fog at railway. Down to Winchester. Lovely day there but cold. Cold in head came on during day. Funeral. Name of Kensington & Bugle after. Snapp officiated. No lunch. Took Mervyn & gave him some at Black Swan after looking in at George. Back to town. Sleep.
Fog better. Home by 4 wheeler & hansom. Dressed & followed M to Arthur à Beckett's. Slow evening. Shilling in pudding. Next Mrs Boys. Home by mare in carriage. Cold came on badly at night. (Red ink across page: Hard frost.) Wednesday January 2 Cold very bad in morning. Chest sore. Tidied up things. Wrote letters. In afternoon walked to Punch dinner. Met Spencer. Called Briggs about stick etc. Agnew at dinner. Magnums of Ayala. Home with Guthrie in carriage. Very cold. (Red ink across page: Hard frost.) Thursday January 3 Dull cold morning. Cold better, but bad. Photod Jolley pm, Gladstone & Mandoline. Sent for mandoline & costume to May's & Chappell's. After dinner slept 1 hour & went to fetch Maud from Messels. Very cold. Cold bad. Took Dummy down to supper, Parsons & small German. Home at 12.15am. Maud all right. (Red ink across page: Very cold.) Friday January 4 Up & worked on Gladstone & Mandoline. At noon F.C.B wrote to want 2 nd cut. Did it after 5.0pm, Captn Shaw & London. Dinner 10.45 & bed after sleep. (Red ink across page: Very cold.) Saturday January 5 In morning went with M to Private view of Old Masters at Burlington House. Saw Humphrey Ward, Horsley, Aird etc etc. Lunch at St James's. Saw Biddle. After went to see 'Sweet Lavender' at Terry's theatre. Guthrie & Maud & Roy joined us. Minnie Ha Ha. Missed carriage on Embankment. Took 4 wheeler. Found carriage. Sent Maud & M home. Roy & self walked home. Called on Stokes at Metropole. Saw Telegraph working. Boat race on Tyne. Bought cream & sausages at Crafts. Home. Quiet evening. Small room after. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink across page: Very cold.) Sunday January 6 Hard hard frost. Up & went with Maud & Roy to Round Pond with Tony. Saw skating. Lots on ice. At 12.30pm drove mare to Barker's & lunched at Wimbledon. Arthur Linley, Aunt Alice, Davidsons & Mr Coghlan there. Home in afternoon. Hamilton & Ada came in at 4.0pm & dined after with Conrad & Effie & Spencer. Chicks dined at small table. Pleasant evening. Up late. Whiskey. Talk of estate with Spencer. (Red ink across page: Hard frost. Skating.) Monday January 7 Early in the morning dear Roy fell in the hall at garden door & broke his nose on the oak box. Bled very much & shook him. Brave boy. At 12.30 walked up to Club. Spoke to policeman in Row & walked all way up. Got hot. Lunched at Club with Grain & Evans. Fog came on. On to Covent Garden theatre. Met M & Chicks in Box 98. Had it changed. Saw Bear & Dog. Carriage in King St. Sent Chicks & M home. Cup of tea at Club. Saw Hare. Walked to Knightsbridge. Got eggs at Crafts. Met carriage at French Embassy & home. Dinner. Quiet evening. Wired to Harris about Baddelley. No celebrations. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink across page: Very cold.)
Tuesday January 8 In morning frost broke. Pass sent for 1889 from Forbes. Roy better. M went out. Wrote letters. (Red ink across page: Frost gave in.) Wednesday January 9 Lovely morning. Got on mare & rode to Kingston. Met Richmond A.R.A. Dull. Bad lunch. Garrulous horse keeper. Mare fresh. Cold. Home through Park. Back in afternoon. Rested. After drove & dined at Tom Eykyns. Met Barkers, Madleys, whiteheaded bore etc etc. Home at 11.0. No smoke. Thursday January 10 In morning wrote letters & waited for letter from F.C.B. Telegram from Swain. No subject, after 2 letters from F.C.B. Boy called & photod him in rain for Rosebery. Worked all afternoon. Wire to have dined with Stokes. Dined quietly at home. Did not work after dinner. Friday January 11 Long hard day's work. In morning finished Rosebery as Crossing Sweeper. After photod Stace as Bismarck. Also Jolley & self tug of war. Finished tug of war at 9.15. Bottle Saumur. Bed 1.0pm. Slept after. Saturday January 12 Worked all morning. Finished at 1.0 drawing for Punch, Bismarck & Snakes. Abel Watmore bought Barker's horse. Annoyed. Went round to stable. Snow wet. After lunch 4 wheel cab with Chicks to Savoy theatre. Guthrie came in. Saw Banks & Twiss. Delighted with Yeoman of the Guard. Walked to Club. Cab 8115. Bad horse. Tea. Listen to Harris. Home. Omnibus at Knightsbridge. Quiet dinner. Read Nights. Bed 11.0pm. Sunday January 13 Up at 9.30. At 10.30 rode mare to Richmond. Met Barker's groom at Robin Hood Gate. Hard ride through Park. Parted at Barnes Common. Home. Tony spoiled Newmarket boots. (Red ink: By lifting his leg, Jan 11 '96.) Lunch. Put clothes in order. Wrote letters. Wrong headed candle. Chicks down to dinner. Maud blotted desk. After dinner went in carriage to Alexanders. Met Mrs Charles Ingram, Mrs Earl etc etc. Home 1.20am. Pleasant evening. Monday January 14 Very cold raw day. Stove smoked. Guthie sent children slides. Wrote letters. Abbey's invite. Rode in Park in morning. Looked in at Empire. Saw Ray Lancaster. Cheque sent by Collingridge, £84 only. Went in afternoon to call on Mrs Fk Barr, 8 Hans Road. On by cab to Stores. Saw manager about studs. On to Lady Freake's at home. Good fiddling. Arthur Blunt, Burgess RA. Home by carriage. In evening went on to Chesters at home. Met Lintons, Mrs Harley & daughter, Brandon Thomas's etc etc. Claude. Very late. Home at 5.15 from Temple Kensington at 4.0am. Tuesday January 15 Rode in Park in morning. Good fresh canter after late last night. Took Maud & Roy by cab to National Gallery (very dark) & on to Exhibition of Stuarts. After called
Charbonel & Walker & on to Fine Art Society. Saw Japanese things. On home by tea time. Wednesday January 16 In morning rode. Tallard called in morning, delayed me riding. Wired about cheque to Collingridge. At 2.0 went with Chicks to Court Theatre & saw Goody Two Shoes. Carriage put me down at Sloane St. Walked on to Punch dinner. Tea at Club. Met Bancroft. Furniss elected to Beefsteak. Sent him a wire. Chaff about wire & Stock Exchange. Saw Tallard again in shop. Bradbury bad. Went home in carriage at 12.0am from Bouverie St. Thursday January 17 Letter from Collingridge in morning. No cheque & more worry. Wrote letters & rode in Park after. Galloped home. Humbugging about work. Burnand wrote for Speculative subject. Wrote letters all afternoon. In evening dined with Osgood & Abbey. Farewell dinner to Millet. Good dinner at Arts Club. Called on Lawson & selected nails etc. Cards after at Osgood's. Lost £2.0.0. On home at 2.30am with Colin Hunter. Friday January 18 Up early & waited for F.C.B about work. Much worried. Had to wait until 12.30 to begin Punch Notes. Worked all day & finished 10.15pm. Dinner. No wine. Bed 1.0pm. Sent Jolley twice to F.C.B with mare. Saturday January 19 (Newspaper cutting pasted in, death of Katherine Monro.) Fine. In morning at 10.0 drove in dog cart to see Lord Mayor. Took Roy. Folkestone slipped on asphalt. Jolley drove him after. Saw Lord Mayor & also Soulsby. Unsatisfactory interview. On with Roy to church, Holborn. After to British Museum. Sent him home & walked to Club. Lunched. Saw Beetle & Jones. After went on to Avenue Theatre & saw Arthur Roberts in Nadgy. Took cab on to George Lewis's. Saw him about Collingridge case. Back to theatre & on in carriage to Grosvenor Gallery. Called at Charbonel & Walker & had chocolate. Saw Georgy Boehm. Sent M home. Roy & self walked home. Sunday January 20 Dull wretched morning. Dear Roy disappointed about going to church. Rain came on. Spencer came in, stopped lunch & dinner. Rode mare in afternoon to Wimbledon. Saw Abel Watmore & home. Mare very sluggish. Tea. Put things straight. Bottle of Saumur for dinner. Sleepy. Spencer stayed till 12.30pm. Bed 1.0pm. Monday January 21 Dull foggy wet day. Rode in Park in morning. After at 2.15pm took cab & drove up to call on Sir George Pringle at Athenaeum Club. After went down & saw Alfred Porter Esq at 10 Whitehall Place. Called at Suggs in the rain. On to Club. Saw Bancroft & Hare. Furniss joke. Met M. Called Welbys & Burnetts etc etc. Home. Rain. Wrote letters and tidied drawers. Quiet dinner. Bed 11.0pm. Maud broke looking glass in afternoon.
Tuesday January 22 Fine morning. Up 9.0am. At 9.50 Furness came titupping up. Round to stable. Rode mare to Barkers. Had horse out. Rode through Common & over fences. Through Park. Home. Lunch. Wrote letters. Sent negatives away. In afternoon commenced to scheme Spirit of Speculation. After drove to Delarue's. Good dinner. Small children. C.Burnand, Mrs Alexander, Mrs Lance Speed, a couple & Mr Fairfield there. Saw Lance Speed's book. Hum! Smoke & home by carriage at 11.15pm. Wednesday January 23 Mare had a mash. Worked in morning on Game of Speculation. Did not ride. At 2.0 went with M & Roy to Drury Lane Pantomime in carriage. Roy sat between us. Put M & Roy in carriage for home at 5.15. On to Club & had cup of tea. At 6.0 called on Sugg at Charing X. Talked for an hour. On to Punch dinner. Good dinner. D.M there. Home at 12.0 by self. Thursday January 24 Worked hard all day on Spirit of Speculation. Did not ride. At 6.30 took Met Rly to Mansion House to Lord Mayor's wonderful dinner. Great gathering. Sat next Roland Whitehead. Deputy Hulse. Saw Boehm. On in cab to Beefsteak. Did not go to Osgoods. Home in cab at 1.30pm. Talk of Furniss. Friday January 25 In morning got up quite early worked & finished Game of Speculation. At 3.10pm sent it off. Got on mare & rode in brown boots to Battersea Park. Met sub art editor of 'Times'. Twice round. Home. Dressed & dined at Boehms in evening. Took Lady Fanny FitzWigram in. Lady Lawrence, Lady Harrison etc etc. Fairish dinner. Gilbert (sn) there. Talk with Boehm after. Settled to ride. Home at 11.30pm. Very slow dinner. Chicks naughty with red hot poker. Lawrence had to interfere. Saturday January 26 (Red ink: Stone's engagement, 21.1.96.) Maud cried about last night in morning. Most lovely spring morning. Put photo house in order. At 12.15 rode in the Row. Saw Lockwood & wife. Also Wyndham & Finlay. Mr Stone & Miss Hogg engaged. Home. Promised to take Chicks to zoo. Maud disappointed me. Gave it up. Miss Walford lunched with us. Walked up to Club. Called on Mr Graves at Reform Club. On to Garrick. Left card on Farrow & Jackson. Cup of tea & muffin. Wrote letters, one to Thresher & Glenny. Walk to Reform Club. Saw Mr Graves. Talk. Cab home. Dressed. Carriage on to Stokes' dinner at Hotel Metropole. Met Mrs Moon & son. Also Major (blank) Mr Weldon etc. Dull dinner. Home 11.0. Knocking on door over way. Sunday January 27 In morning cold again, frost. Chicks with Minnie left at 9.45 for church at Holborn. At 10.15 went to stables. Called on Guthrie. Boehm met me. Delightful ride. Fog. Home by Lillie Bridge. Chicks not back till 2.15 from church. Very cold. Wrote letters. Put boots right. Played Roy a game of chess. Angell called. Dressed after & dined with Heilbutts. Good dinner. Corney Grain, Grossmiths, Beerbohm Trees,
Mrs Monckton, Dr Stoker & wife, Shakespears & little old lady I took in. Left at 1.0. Grossmith a breakdown. Joe Hunter's dinner to Col North at Garrick. Monday January 28 Wind shifted. Warmer. Rode in Park at 11.45. Fine morning. News from stranger of O'Shaunessy who had accident. Saw Matthews & Bartlett. Home. Dressed. New boots. Took dear Roy to station in hansom. Saw M & him off to Thanet. Met Mrs Boys, Tommy went down. On to Club in carriage. Walked to Gaiety & also called Mrs May. Back. Cup of tea. Very tired. Read about Gravalotte & Rasonville. Dressed. Dined. Saw Weldon etc. On to Gaiety. Saw Faust up to date. On to Empire. Saw Phil Cosens, another Stirling & Frank Burnand. Back to Garrick. Oysters. Beetle, Toole & Irving there. Home at 1.0 sharp. Tuesday January 29 Up nine am. Warmer & rain. Gave up hunting. Began drawing for Furnivall's Inn. Dined quietly at home with Maud & Mother & went to bed early. Nightmare in chair after dinner. Wednesday January 30 Dear Roy went back to school from Westwood. Rode in Park in the morning. Worked & did small drawing of Furnivalls Inn. Finished it. Walked to Punch dinner as far as Percy Edwards Watchmaker in Piccadilly. Took cab. No Bradbury. Quiet dinner. Carriage met me at 11.45. Called Beefsteak. Wrote subscription to Club & letters to Lincoln & Bennett, Carding & Stace. Home 11.45pm. Saw Conway & Brookfield. Miss Walford in to lunch & took Maud out. Mistake about stalls for Princess’s matinee. Thursday January 31 In morning prepared for Germany & Samoa. Stace called early. Put him off. Sent to Vicat Cole's etc etc. Photod Stace at 1.30 & Jolley also. Developed & got prints in time. Worked & sketched out drawing at 7.45. Left & dined at Rider Haggards. Took the Baroness in to dinner. Slow nobodies. Dull. Home at 11.0. Annoyed by letter from Jacksons about their durned mantelpiece. Answered it etc. Went out twice. Read paper & bed. News of death of Prince Rudolph of Austria. Friday February 1 Up at 7.0am & worked all day till 5.0pm on drawing of Germany & Samoa. After tidied up my things & dined at home with Maud & Mother. Drove in carriage at 9.15pm to the Pavilion. Saw Frank & Harry Burnand, also Allen Godfrey. Called in at Empire. On to Garrick. Saw Gillie Farquhar. Talk of his landlord. Good laugh. (illeg) song of Col North. Home at 1.30pm after talking with Beerbohm Tree. Thermometer 72° in my room with small fire & window open. News of suicide of Austrian Prince Rudolph. Feb 1889 Saturday February 2 Fine morning. Bright sun. Rode at 10.30 in Park. Forgot chest preserver. Very cold wind. Home at 1.20. Stace came. Photod him as Irishman. At 3.0 cart at door. At 3.30 after putting up photo things drove to Groves' in Brompton Road. Left photo things. After on to Club. Saw Irving. Cup of tea & wrote letters. Drove home by
Fulham Rd, called Redcliffe. After cab to Beefsteak. Saw Alfred Reed, Senally etc. Dined. Bottle Burgundy. On with Reed to Garrick Club. Supper. Sat next Irving & Joe Carr. Great (illeg) of (illeg). Slipped out & home 2.0am. Sunday February 3 Woke up with snow on the ground. Cold. Hesitated whether to ride. Decided not. Breakfast 9.0am. Jolley in. Walked to Brompton Road. Met Coward & went into his stable. Saw chestnut horse. Met Dartry & photod till 1.0. Home to lunch. At 2.30 rode to Roehampton & over Common & through Richmond Park. Home. Dressed. Cup of tea. Read & sleep. At 7.30 left for Hotel Continental, Kinsmen dinner. Sat next Parsons. Good dinner. Macmillan & Frederic, Irving etc. Talk with Colin. On to Osgood's rooms. Lucky at cards. Cleared whole week's X. £9.0.0. Home at 2.0am with Colin. Talk of gold mines. Monday February 4 In morning at nine thirty read papers. Heavy snow showers. Disappointed about photographing. Maud & Mother went out. After lunch went to met Polly. Jolley late with carriage. Met Polly at Victoria. Train 2 minutes before its time. Home. Went for ride at 4.10pm. Sharp frost. Row freezing. Boy on pony. Home. Worked till dinner. Quiet evening. Bed early. Tuesday February 5 Up. Dull wretched morning could not photo Jolley. Carriage out in morning. Photod Jolley at 2.30pm.for G.O.M. 'You are old, F.W.' At 4.30 rode for 1 hour in Park. Home. Bought lobster. Dined quietly in evening. Bed 11pm. Lots of callers, Nellie Keith etc. Wednesday February 6 Did not ride. Wet. Ought to have met Colin Hunter. M & Maud went out in carriage & saw Furniss riding. Began 'You are old father William'. After lunch walked as far as Marble Arch to go & call on George Lewis. Saw Sultan's knife. Cup of tea. Read. Battle of Langersalza & sports. Charley Burnand, Furniss. Walked on to Punch dinner. Small dinner. F.C.B going to Monte Carlo. Left 11.45pm. Very wet. Home by self in good silent hansom. Thursday February 7 In morning at 9.15 Jolley said Stace was coming at 10.15. Photod Stace as Hercules. Developed plates & copied photo. After got to work on drawing of Hercules & Lychas (Bismarck). Worked up to 7.30pm. Dined quietly at home. In evening at 10.0pm drove to Airds at home. Very cold & slippery. Kept carriage. Saw Marshall Tweddle, old Abernethy etc etc. Riviere. Home by 11.45pm. Evelyn Coward in with Maud. Friday February 8 Dull morning. Up at 8.15. At 8.45 began to work on Bismark & Geffcken as Hercules & Lycia. Worked all morning. Governess called. M delighted with her. Rain & dull heavy day. M & Maud went out in carriage. Finished work 5.10pm. Tidied up. At 7.30 walked to D.M's dinner. Snow. 19 Porchester Terrace. Good dinner. Tadema, Osgood, Parsons, Joe Carr, self, Abbey, Black, Colin Hunter,
Sargent, Boughton & D.M. Left 11.15. On with Black to 54 Bedford Gardens. Game of poker. Lost £3.12.6. Home 2.0am. Saturday February 9 Bitterly cold in morning. Seedy. Photod Jolley as Chamberlain etc, Gladstone. At 11.30 rode mare round Battersea Park & after in Row. Saw old Wyndham. Very cold. West wind. Home. Wired to Sadger at Prince of Wales Theatre. No box. On to Court Theatre. Saw 'Manon'. Met Mrs Parkinson Wright. Put down at Duke's statue. Walked up to Club. Saw Bancroft. Cup of tea & muffin. Arthur Blunt. Walked home. Tall girl. Bought Pall Mall. No dress. Dinner. Sleep after dinner. Bed 11.0pm. Notice in St James's Gazette. Minnie left at 8.0pm. (Later note: Wyndham must have slipped up at Albert Gate & broke his leg.) Sunday February 10 In morning up after long night's rest. Very cold & hard frost. Colin Hunter came round on his stuffed stay horse. At 11.30 walked with Maud & Tony up the Park. Saw pauper couple. Heavy snow came on. Wrote letters. Snowed all the afternoon & evening. Quiet dinner at home. Monday February 11 Stafford Terrace. In morning grand 6 inches of snow on ground. Worked on Swan Sonnenschein's drawings. At 3.30 walked through the snow to 10 Ely Place to call on George Lewis. Saw him about cheque for Lord Mayor's drawing. Settled for £25. Walked to Garrick & home by Knightsbridge. Could not get sausages. Quiet dinner & bed. Tuesday February 12 Worked on Swan Sonnenschein's drawings all day. Quiet evening. Dined at home. Did not go out all day. Mrs Joachim called & spun a long anti matrimonial yarn. 'Marriage a failure'. Fine sunny morning. Printed a lot of back photos for cold platinotype process in Bath Room. Wednesday February 13 Worked on Swan Sonnenschein's drawings. Miss Gill called to have tea. Very heavy wet. Walked in mackintosh to Punch dinner. Felt feet wet & shoes leaked. Called at Miller's & also at Brigg's & Sugg's. On to dinner. Good dinner. Guthrie there. Home by carriage. Thursday February 14 Waited for subject. In the meantime finished the outline of Swan Sonnenschein's two drawings. Letter from Arthur about Smith & Workman. After quiet dinner went in carriage to Gilbert's at home. Met Mrs Medley, Miss Neilson etc. Good evening. Heard of Wyndham's accident. Mrs Charles Ingram. (Red ink: Lady Dorothy Nevill's rude reply about never seeing Punch. Boughten admired cut of Geffcken.) Cab home at 2.0am. Friday February 15 At 10.0 Stace came round. Photod him & self for Smith & Punch, & Jolley as Workman. Worked very hard all day & finished at 10.30pm. Dined. Bottle of Ayala
& bed at 1.30pm after sleep in chair. Miss Gill arrived with her box at 4.0pm. Piano moved up to nursery. Saturday February 16 Stafford Terr. In morning tidied up things etc. Decided to drive to Club & call at Benjamin's. Cart round at 11.45. Got dreadfully wet. Hat spoilt. Called nowhere. Straight to Club & sent cart back. Sat by fire & read Bismarck article in Contemporary Review. Dried shoes. Lunch. Talk with Gillie Farquhar, Grossmith, Montague Williams & Evans. Also with Alex Macmillan snr. Bad cigars. Cab to Victoria. Met Polly. Down to Ramsgate with Charley Burnand, Conny & Hammond's niece. On to Westwood. Quiet dinner. No postman came. Wrote Schimmelmann. Sunday February 17 Westwood. Up at 9.15. Lovely morning. Sent gardener with note to Schimmelmann to ask for Roy. Roy had influenza. In morning walked round Warren with Mervyn. Glass of beer at 1.30. Note from Schimmelmann came. Walk to Margate. Hot fine sunny morning. Saw dear Roy. Cold bad. Knocked over saucer & glass. Sch & his pictures. Back thro Margate to Westwood. Lunch. Letters. In afternoon walked round by Joss's Gap to Ramsgate with Mervyn. Hot. Called Burnands. Walked on to meet cart. Tassel met us top of hill. Back Westwood. Supper. Read Mr Porter of Texas. Bed 11.0pm. Monday February 18 Westwood. Up early. Worked all day on Swan Sonnenschein's drawings. Walk in afternoon in grounds. Had lamp lit & worked on after dinner. Read Mr Potter of Texas. Bed 11.30pm. Lovely bright day. Tuesday February 19 Westwood. Up early. Worked all day on Swan Sonnenschein's drawings & after dinner. Finished them. Edgar came in afternoon. Stayed dinner & off at 8.0pm. Contract note from Henderson for £300 came. Talk of S.J.H's reversion. Dull day. Should have dined at the Seasons dinner at Blanchards Beak St. Forgot all about it. Wednesday February 20 Westwood. Up at 8.30. Put things up & caught 10.14 from Margate. Cold. Drove in cart. Up with one other. On to Stafford Terrace. Cart met me. Drove self. Pass book. Dear Maud. Worked all afternoon on Feby. Sent drawings off at 1.30pm to Swan Sonnenschein & Co, Paternoster Sq. Walked to Punch dinner. Small dinner. Arthur, Tenniel, Millikin & self. Professor after. Sleepy. Talk of the 'Times' & Parnell. Carriage fetched me. On to Beefsteak Club & home. Letter from Frank & Bradbury. Have won 1000 louis at Monte Carlo. Thursday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Got on with cut for Feby. Worked all day & put figure in. At 4.0 rode the mare. Sluggish at first & very skittish after. Home. 1 hour more work. Dressed & went in carriage to dine with John Penn at Windham Club. Met Aird, Willen, Penn, Russell etc. Good dinner. Mutton chop. On to Garrick. Sat with Irving, Hatton & Joe Carr. Saw Arthur Blunt. Home by cab.
Friday February 22 Stafford Terr. Up at 8.45am. Rather seedy. Got to work early & worked all day on France & Sidi-Carnot cabinet making. Finished at 8.30pm. Milliken in to dinner. Good dinner. Buss called at 10.20pm for Wandsworth. Picked up à Beckett & poor little Lucy. On to Bradbury's. Slow dance. Took Mrs Du Maurier in to supper. Mrs Agnew & Palms. Smoke & talk. Home at 3.30pm. Hand got jammed in door. Jemmy Osgood's birthday. Dinner at Parsons. Colin H won £40 from Brisbane. Day of the smash up of 'Times' witness 'Pigott'. Conrad called in looking very seedy. Saturday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Much colder. Down to breakfast by self. Maud seedy in bed. After breakfast finished corner of block sent back by Swain. At 12.0 tidied up & packed things. Wrote letters. No telegraph forms. Maud seedy at lunch. Drove self to Club. Posted letters main office. Very cold changed coat for fur coat. Lunched with Weldon. Caught Granville for Westwood. Talk with Carr about Colin Hunter's £40. Met Conny Burnand & Jackson. Down with train. M met me at Margate. Got developer etc. Called & saw dear Roy. Westwood. Printed photos. Sunday February 24 Westwood. Up 9.45am. Breakfast. Very cold & snow. At 10.45 started for walk. Past Friends & through farm on to sands by lifeboat. Cold & sleet drifts. Inspected Gap at Stone House. On to Broadstairs. Beer & biscuit & cheese. Landlord been at Buenos Aires & Rosario. Back to Westwood through St Peter's & churchyard. Across country round the Warren. Changed things. Lunch. Walk with M after in grounds. After tea wrote letters for 3 hours & cleared nearly all off. Monday February 25 Westwood. Up early & caught 10.14am from Margate. Carriage full. Veal put us into engaged one. Disagreable maid & little child. Home comfortably 4 wheeler. In afternoon rode to Richmond Park & over Wimbledon. (Man like a tree reading in Park). Home by Putney. Worked before dinner & sketched out figure for months. Wrote letters to Linton etc after dinner. Tuesday February 26 Very cold. Worked in morning on months cut for Feby. At 5.30pm went round to see Colin Hunter about model in the morning. Jolley away a long time with getting things. Wire from Linton. Very cold. Thought would go to Fancy Dress Ball but too cold. Boots would not fit. Quiet evening. Did not work after dinner. Boy brought lutes from carrier. Wednesday February 27 Up early. In morning went at 10.0am to Colin Hunter's to photograph Miss Dartrey. Came late. Colin came in from riding at 11.0am. Finished 11.30. Helped Colin. Home. Developed the photos & got to work. Put in Bismarck etc. Walked to Punch dinner at 6.10pm. Got there 7.20. Bradbury & Furniss, D.M. Home by cab. Excited at night about the Burmah Ruby Mine. Thursday February 28
Up early. Worked hard all day on page for month. At 7.50 drove to Pollock dinner. Cold room but a good dinner. Judge Pollock, General Beadle etc. Miss Drummond Hay. Home at 10.30pm. Worked for 3 hours on drawing & bed at 2.0am. Mar 1889 Friday March 1 Up early & began work at 7.45am on drawing of Month. Worked all day till 4.15pm when finished in a way. Tidied all things up. Dined after quietly & bed early. No champagne. Very cold. Saturday March 2 In morning wrote a letter or two. Spencer came in. Walked up to Club with him. Called Barrans, H.Sotheram & Co etc. On to Club & lunched on boiled mutton. Not very good. Grossmith & model locomotive. Prince Leiningen. Smoke after with Evans. Home in carriage. Rode mare 5 times round Park. Very cold. Home. Morris sent cigarettes. Smoked one. Dressed & walked up to Abbey & Parsons’. Roller dinner. Smoky room. Johnny Hare. Great card night matching William Black. Sovereign against wall. Bitterly hard frost. Spent the early part of this day at Abbey & Parsons. Great gamble night. Brisbane owed Colin Hunter £180. Won £16.10.0 tossing at sovereigns. Colin Hunter owes me a fiver. Sunday March 3 Up at 10.0. Dense dark fog in morning. Impossible to ride. At 12.0 walked to Club & called on Parsons. Saw him. Abbey still in bed. Walked thro' Bayswater & Kensington Gardens to Club. No fringes. Lunched on 2 doz native oysters & stout. Weldon, Beetle, Blunt, Sterry & self. Talk of jade stone on Sterry's stick. Walked home. Caught up Roscoe & 2 little girls. Miss Montalba there. Stayed till dinner. Quiet dinner & bed at 11.0pm. Tired. Monday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Bitterly hard frost. Very cold. Up to breakfast. Maud bad pain in side. Took cab to Garrick & dined with Tenniel at Garrick. D.M, Millikin, Furness & self. After went to Savoy Theatre. Good Evening. Back to club. D.M whiskey. Matched Charley Burnand. Won 2/6. Home by cab, put Charley down. Tuesday March 5 Roller & Miss Huxley married. Cowards at tea with Maud. M & self drove at 2.0pm to see Huxley marriage & Roller. Called D.M's after. Had tea. Home. Quiet dinner. Wednesday March 6 Worked Andersen. Suggested cartoon of Salisbury nailing colours. Bradbury unbearable at Punch dinner and pitched into Guthrie. Home early with Guthrie in cab. Paid cab. M went to Grosvenor with her mother. Thursday March 7 Worked on drawing of Eagle & Osprey. In evening dined at the Montefiores. Sat next Mrs Spielman. Met Mr Levy, man with moustache etc. Took Bushy Park lady down to dinner. No smoke after dinner. Bah! Home after, smoke. Friday March 8
Hard pouring wet day all day. Worked hard on drawing of Eagle & Osprey. Finished it at 4.30pm. In evening took cab & dined with Fancourt Barnes at the Conservative Club. Met Morris. Game of pool after. Empire, Garrick, & home 1.30. Barnes & Col Jones, oh! Saturday March 9 Most lovely spring morning. Warm & beautiful. Mother back from Ealing. In morning rode to Richmond & Wimbledon. After lunch took Maud to see 'Paul Jones'. Seat in box with stranger. Lovely Miss Ayres Huntingdon. After could not find carriage. Home by Park St. Called on Tabs. Bought ham, eggs etc & flowers, envelopes. Quiet dinner. Sunday March 10 Rode in morning to Richmond & Wimbledon. Home to lunch. Wrote letters after. Many letters. In evening Hamilton Fletcher, Tabs, Mervyn & Guthrie & Bee Barrs dined. Cold at night. Good dinner & cheerful evening. Bed 11.30pm. Monday March 11 Up early. In morning put on dress of Cromwell. Jolley photod it. Rode in park after with Mrs Gilbert very fast. Developed plates after. Printed some. Quiet dinner at home. Tuesday March 12 In afternoon at 3.0 drove in brougham to House of Commons. Heard Lawson, Beresford etc speak. Herbert Gardner. After dined with Aird at Junior Carlton. Saw Hume Webster. Noisy man at dinner. After to lecture on House & meeting by Bartlett Burdett Couts about roads. After to see Pickwick. Headache. Garrick. Home. Wednesday 13 March Up early. Rode before breakfast. After worked on Andersen drawing, 5 mermaids. At 6.30pm drove in cab to dinner of Royal Institute. Sat between Sir Vincent Barrington & Harry Quilter. Good dinner & singing & Comyns Carr made excellent speech. On to Beefsteak with Abbey & Sterry. Wrote letters & home. Tony bitten by stray dog at 12.30pm. Thursday March 14 Up 8.0am. Rode in Park before breakfast. Saw Coward. Afterwards waited about for F.C.B's instructions. Came at 12.0. Subject France & Duc d'Aumale. Went round to Jolley. Photod him & self after 2.30 pm & got copies all right. At 7.45 drove to dinner at Mrs Medley's. Took Mrs Binns Smith in. Met the Firths. After on to Moccatta's dinner and home by 12.0am. Very good dinner. Friday March 15 Up early. Did not ride. Worked all day on drawing of papers of France & Duc d'Aumale. Finished 6.30pm. Tidied up. Dined & sleepy after dinner. Burnand wrote for 2nd block. Did not work after dinner. Bed 11.0am. Saturday March 16
Up early and at 8.30 got to work on small block of Prince of Wales & Colonial & Imperial Institute. Finished 12.45am. Sent it off. Tidied up. Henry Sotheram & Co, 35 Piccadilly, sent Detailles book. Got photo things ready. Rode at 5.0pm. Saw Coward. Bought lobster. Quiet dinner. Got photo things ready. Bed 11.30pm. Sunday March 17 Up early & worked all the morning photographing Detailles book. Finished at 3.0. Very dull day. Rode in afternoon at 5.0 to Wimbledon Common. Mare sluggish very. Home. Wrote letter and went to so called supper at Bakers. Met Stirlings (no Mackinnons) Mr & Mrs Hargroves, Murray & wife & handsome couple. Hamo Thorneycroft. Good meal. Home at 11.30. Read Watertons Wanderings. Slept. Bed 12.50am. Monday March 18 Up early. At 9.30am began & worked till 3.30 and finished photographing Detailles book. M went out in carriage & wasted afternoon calling on the Friths. Maud's cold bad. Lunch. Spencer came in. Rode at 5.30 to 6.30pm. Posted letters. Sent Mr Whitehead cheque for Mr Woods. Quiet dinner at home. Tuesday March 19 Rode before breakfast. Met Rook with Coward. Worked on Andersen in morning. In evening drove in cab to 'Faust up to Date'. Mistake about carriage. Good box. M left me at the Grosvenor. Met Abbey. Awful bad supper. Made ill by it. Home 2.0am. Grossmith, Grain, Hare, Charles Allen etc did things. Met Macmillan. Wednesday March 20 Up early in morning. Felt very ill. Sardines upset me. Rode with Rook who told me about à Becketts. Met Coward and rode in Row until 9.30am. After worked on drawing for April. At 5.30 walked to Punch dinner. Bradbury um! Asked me to lunch at Devonshire Club Saty. Home very early with Guthrie. M & her cousin went to 1st night of German Reeds. Up when I returned. Thursday March 21 In morning did not ride. Too wet. Looked over family papers & wrote letters. Mother very tired. In afternoon began drawing of Elephant & Eel. After took cab & dined at Century Club. Met Mr Nourse & Mr Arthur Warren, 19 Brompton Sq. On to Corinthian Club after. Supper. Home 2am. Friday March 22 Up early. Did not ride. Worked on Harcourt & Balfour as Elephant & Eel. Finished 6.30pm. Quiet dinner. Did not work after. Bed 11.30pm. Mother & Miss Gill went to Barnbury to the Carters & returned at 8.30pm. Saturday March 23 In morning a most lovely day. Bright. Had to sit & do drawing of Tomb of Met Bd Wks. After rushed up & photod Miss M. Cart met me 54 Bedford Gds. On to lunch with Bradbury, 10 minutes late. Good dinner. Beat Bradbury at billiards. Met Spencer in Piccadilly. On to Prince of Wales Theatre. Fetched Maud & M. Home in cab. Rode 1 hour. Mare awfully fresh. Met Coward. Home. Dined. Dressed after dinner. Carriage on to Sir William Hardman. Phonograph. Col Gourrand. M tired.
Bunch, Frith, Madame Desanges. Home 12.0. (Red ink across page: Photod many photos Kate Manning.) Sunday March 24 In morning up at 9.30am. Rode with Coward at 10.30 to 1.30pm. Good ride. Jumped the mare. Home. Rain. Lunch. Developed 18 Manning plates. Spencer worried me & cigar given. After wrote lots of letters. Mr & Mrs Tweedie called. Quiet dinner. Bottle of Saumur. Sleep after dinner. Bed 11.45. No whiskey. Monday March 25 Got up at 7.45 to ride. Pouring wet. Sent Jolley up to Abbey's. Wired Miss Manning. Posted letters. Worked on month page. Dined early & went with M to see Richard III. Mistake about carriage. Front row of stalls. Talkative woman. Called Club. Saw Col Jones & Welman. Home by carriage. Tuesday March 26 Rode before breakfast. Worked on month page. At 2.15 took dear Maud to Niagara. Met Thorndyke Nourse & Misses & Mrs Huntingdon. Tea. Sweets. Home. Called at Heilbronners. Home. Colder. Quiet dinner. Emma cross about milk. Saw Mrs H Levy on coming home. Drove cart. After drove cab to Critchetts. 1 st there. Dinner. Did not know a soul. Talked to one lady all the time. Nice eyes. Home 11.0 by carriage. Wednesday March 27 Gave mare a rest. Mother went to St Neots. Worked on month's page. Photod Miss Manning at 11.30 to 1.30. Lunched with Abbey. Walked to Club. On to Punch dinner. Congratulated on drawing of Elephant & Eel. Bradbury bad. Home with Guthrie by cab. (Red ink across page: Photod Kate Manning.) Thursday March 28 Rode in morning early. Worked all day on month's page. At 7.15 went to Orchardson's dinner. Met Col Jones, Pettie etc etc. Good dinner. On to Garrick. Home by 1.30. Talk with Tom Thorn. Welsh rabbit. Very sleepy. Friday March 29 Up early. Did not ride. Worked hard all day on month's drawing. Got done at 7.15. Awful grind. Quiet dinner at home. Bed early. Bad lobster oh! oh! Saturday March 30 Up early. Worked & did Punch as Beefeater. Ride at 12.15 on mare to Putney & on to Barnes. Saw Boat Race. Cambridge won easily, 2½ lengths. Home by Hammersmith. Lunched late 2.30. Developed plates. Worry wire from F.C.B whilst at lunch. Declined to go to Bouverie St. Wired Swain. Found it was drapery. Quiet dinner. Bed early. M & Maud went to Mrs Goodalls. Sunday March 31 Dullish morning. Nevertheless rode by self to Wimbledon & Richmond. Caught up by Guthrie's friend. Home 1.15 to lunch. Developed 30 7½ x 5 after. Wrote letters in afternoon. Keith called. Ought to have dined at Carbutts. Bottle of Ivory. Changed champagne. Sleep after dinner & bed early.
Apr 1889 Monday April 1 Mervyn's 1st night at Islington. Dullish day. In morning rode at 8.15 to 9.30pm. Met Boehm & Mills. Asked Boehm to dinner. Home, tidied room & got ready for the dinner all day. Table put up at 5.0pm. Printed menus. At 8.15 Tenniel, D.M, Guthrie, Boehm, Fildes, Watney, Barnes, Abbey, Colin Hunter & Comyns Carr dined with me. Excellent dinner. 13 bottles of wine drunk. Woods & Charley Burnand in after. Roulette. Lost £3. Watney owes £3, Abbey £4. Bed 3.0am. Tuesday April 2 Up at 9.15am. Breakfast at oval table. Caught 10.10 train & down & hunted with Queens. Down by self. Meet at Chalfont St Peters. Deer turned out. Mare excited. Good run nearly to Harrow. Put off at drop fence. Saw Charles Heron. Introduced by Way to Lord Coventry. Talk of Hamilton Fletcher. After 2 nd deer turned out left. Called Bull Farm, Gerrards X. Accident with ladies' ponies & whip (Bartlett). Mrs Lomax. Run to Fulmer & on to Slough. Tea. Caught 4.20pm home. Mrs Cole here. Mervyn & F.W. Spencer dined. Asparagras & crab. Very sleepy. Wednesday April 3 In morning did Richard III (Mansfield as Knave.) Began the Robinson Crusoe. After at 5.50 walked to Punch dinner. Cab at Piccadilly. Row with Furniss about Academy & British Art. Home with Guthrie at 11.30. Bad horse. Thursday April 4 Up & rode in Park. Met Vernon Watney. Worked after at Birds, Beasts & Fishes all day. Quiet dinner. Bed early. Friday April 5 Up early worked all day on drawing of Birds Beasts & Bat. After quiet dinner. Bed early. Saturday April 6 Up early. Did Boulanger as Fish. After walked to Club. After lunched. Grain, Robertson, Grossmith, Beetle etc. On to Criterion Theatre. Met M & Maud. Saw 'Still Waters run Deep'. Home by carriage. Rode in Park. After quiet dinner. Bed early. Sunday April 7 Slight east wind but lovely morning. Rode round Wimbledon & Richmond. Fire on Wimbledon Common. Jumped ditch. Home. Lunch. At 2.00 walked with Maud to Fildes, Stones, Hunters, Leighton, Princeps. Carriage to Millais, not showing. Red roses out of Folkeston's ears. After to Wells, Dicksee, Boughton. After to Pettie, Goodall, Riviere, McWhirter, Marks, Davis & Morris. Home. Quiet evening. Sleep. Monday April 8 Dull morning. Rode 8.30am. Saw Ld Chas Beresford. Home. Mervyn back. Read right though Robinson Crusoe. Determined to go hunting tomorrow. Quiet day. M discovered Queen's Hounds would not run on account of death of Duke of Cambridge. Quiet dinner by selves at home. Wrote letters.
Tuesday April 9 Intended to go hunting. Stopped on acct of Duchess of Cambridge's death. Wet wretchedly cold & miserable day. Worked on Robinson Crusoe. Did one (1 st) initial. At 1.0pm sent wire to Mervyn & went to Farmers & bought cardboard. Dined early & went to see 'The Weaker Sex' at Court. Saw Mrs Faudel Phillips & Miss P. Left cigarette case. Poor play but well acted. After Jolley not up with carriage. Very angry & got feet wet. Called 13 Stanhope Gardens. Mrs Inverarity's at home. Dull & stupid. Saw Gantz & Miss Webster. Mrs Black, O Lor! Home 12.30. Whiskey & pipe. Lost cigarette case. Wednesday April 10 Up 8.30. Breakfast. Mervyn in bed. Dense cold dark fog. Black as night at midday. Books heavy. Very wet day. Worked on Robinson Crusoe. Did 2nd drawing. At 6.10 started to walk to Punch dinner. Got as far as end of Park. Cab to Club for coat & to Bouverie St. Punch dinner. Bradbury bad. Home with Guthrie. Good cab. Thursday April 11 This day at 10.30 to 11.0 as dark as the darkest night. Mervyn made up as General. Prepared for Lord Advocate & Haggis. Cleared up & photod self as Scotchman. In afternoon did Jolley with saucepan & Mervyn as General. Mervyn left us. Roy came home from school at 1.0pm with Tassel. Wired to Wilson Barrett. Seedy all day. After drove in cab (bad white horse) to Princesses' Theatre & saw 'The Good Old Times'. Home at 11.30pm. Another bad horse. Little broken down one. Bed 12.0am. Friday April 12 Up early did not ride. Photod Jolley at 10.30 in robes of Lord Advocate. Awful hurry to get done after. Finished 8.35pm. Dined. Bottle of Lanson & bad lobster. Bed 11.0pm. Saturday April 13 Dark morning. Put room in order. At 10.45 rode to Kew to see the Funeral of the Duchess of Cambridge. Rainy & gale. Back by 11.45. Changed & took cab to Club. Lunched. Saw Sir C Drummond, Blunt & Weldon. After met M & chicks at Gaiety Theatre. Saw Faust up to date for 3rd time. Walked with Roy home. Called Covent Garden, ordered fish. Bought fruit & flowers. Got chamois horse crop. Brandy cocktail at Criterion. Met carriage in Park. Home. Worry letters from Burnand & Swain. Dined at home quietly. Sunday April 14 In morning rained hard. Roy could not go to Church. Rode round Richmond & Wimbledon. Caught up Coward & Vandam on Putney Hill. Home. Did photos. Dined at Colin Hunter's. Met Fletcher, Bannerman etc etc Rider Haggard. Won £2.0.0 Home 1.45pm. Monday April 15 In morning photod Jolley as King of Servia & self as Cook. After worked hard all day on it. Roy woke with a barking croupy cough. Tuesday April 16
Worked hard all day on King of Servia & Cook. Finished at 5.45. Got on with small block. Did not work after dinner. Roy's cold settled into a cough. Coughed incessantly all night. M up with him. Wednesday April 17 Up early & worked. Did block of Beer & Champagne. Cleared up & in afternoon rode round Wimbledon & home at 7.0pm. Told Jolley to get cane. Quiet dinner. Bed early. Dear Roy quieter night. Thursday April 18 Made cage for Soda. At 12.0 rode in Park. Saw M & Maud, General & daughter, Finlay & Heaton. Home. Tidied up. Quiet dinner. Roy down. Toothache came on. Bad night all night with his toothache. M up with him all night. Great agony. Friday April 19 Up early. Walked at 9.30 round to Orton's. Saw him about Roy. On to dentist with Maud after breakfast. Bright sunny morning. Printed photos. At 1.0 dentist (Herbert) came & took out dear Roy's tooth. Awful fangs. Spencer in with little girl. Stayed to lunch & Mervyn also. Bottle Chateau d'Eveque. At 5.0 rode round Battersea Park. Met American journalist on tricycle. Quiet dinner at home. D bad. Saturday April 20 In morning printed photos. At 11.45 drove M in cart to top of Row. Saw Finlay & Maud's little girls. Walked down & up & on to Club. Lunched. Saw Jones & Pinero. Talk with Evans after. Called before lunch at Lyric Theatre & also Edwards & Roberts. After lunch wrote letters & at 5.30pm rode mare home. Found she had cracked heel. Dined. After went up to see premiere of 'Doris'. Poor play. Chaytor, Savile Clark etc. Called Club. Talk (unknown) with Campbell Praed. Home by cab. Sunday April 21 Lovely morning. Could not ride on account of mare's heel. Printed photos in morning. After walked with M & Maud up Row. Home in cab from Knightsbridge. Found S.J. there. Round to stable. Walked on to Club. Lunch. Gillie & salad. Wrote letters. Walked home. Tea. Developed prints. Quiet dinner. Bottle of Dumeny. Bed. Roy better. Monday April 22 Lovely morning. Roy naughty in morning with his mother. Jolley married this day. Printed heap of photos in morning. Lunched at home. After at 3.0 went & played tennis with Bartlett, son, & friend. Home. Lovely afternoon. Spencer in. After Spencer dined with us. Schnaps. Tuesday April 23 Most lovely morning. Roy not so well in the night. Printed in morning reprints of Detailles French Army. After got to work on Mermaid drawing. Worked all day on it. Wednesday April 24 Worked all day on Mermaids. Finished it at 5.30 & sent it off by post. After walked to top of Row. Got Pall Mall. Woman gave me credit for 1d. On by cab to dinner.
Guthrie’s last ride to Kensington. After good dinner F.C.B read Charles Keene's letter. Wrote letters. Bradbury as usual. Home with Guthrie at 11.45pm. Thursday April 25 In morning all right. Photod Jolley at 11.0 as Chamberlain & Churchill boxing. M & Maud out in carriage. After worked on in afternoon & after dinner until 11.30pm. Bed 12.30. Friday April 26 Up & on with drawing of Churchill & Chamberlain. Photod Jolley again. Waste time. Also self for Millais. Spencer in & about all day, went with M to Stores & Covent Garden. Quiet dinner. Worked after dinner for 1hr. Bed 11.30pm. Saturday April 27 Up & worked on Millais & Starving picture. Finished 11.30am. Went up to 54 Bedford Gardens. Photod Dartrey. On to Club in bad cab. Lunch. Pilsner bier & boiled beef. Saw Hare, Grain, Gillie, Beetle, Millais etc etc. (Asked to dine by Wingfield.) On to Adelphi Theatre. Saw 'Harbour Lights' with Roy, M & Maud, Miss G. After walked as far as Park end. Carriage. Headache. Changed plates. Quiet dinner. Bed 11.30pm. Sleep after dinner. (Red ink across page: Photod Miss Dartrey.) Sunday April 28 Up in morning. Dull wretched wet day. Developed 2 doz French Army plates & ½ doz Dartry. Spencer & Daggles in to lunch. After walked up to 54 B.G & round to stable to see mare. After walked with Chicks to top of Row. Met Millais (Same place as M & self met him in 1879, 10 years ago.) Messels, Col Ward Bennett & Heathorn, Maud's little girl & home. Got wet. Cakes. In evening played Roy ½ a game of reverse. On in cab to dinner of Tweedies. Met Trees, Bloomfield, Morris etc. Phonograph. Nice young man. Home by carriage 11.0. Good cigar. Monday April 29 In morning printed French Army. At 3.15 drove M to zoo with Roy. Passed D.M's. Saw Silvia & May. Drove to Varnishing Day at R.A. Saw Sylvester etc, Chester. Both bores. Stayed till 6.45. On to Club. Dressed. Dined with Lewis Wingfield & Sterrey. On to see Claudian. Poor. Joe Knight. After looked in at Empire. Back to Garrick. Irving, Toole etc there. Home 1.0pm. Col Jones. (Newspaper cutting pasted in: In memoriam George Maule Allen. Apl 29 '97.) Tuesday April 30 Up. Worked all day on drawing for month. Put in figure. Spencer in to lunch. Developed 1doz French Army. Quiet dinner at home. Did not go out. Worked after dinner for 2 hours. Bed 12.10am. Wednesday May 1 Dull morning, very. Up & worked on page for month. At 12.15 went up to 54 Bedford Gardens to photo models. Back at 2.20 to lunch. Annoyed with Jolley's coat. Met Mrs Crawford on steps. Dressed. Talk with Mrs Crawford. On to Criterion Theatre, met Spencer, Miss Gill, Maud & Roy. Saw 'Two Roses'. Good. On to New Gallery. Lots of friends. Saw Chicks into carriage. On with Spencer to Criterion,
met Hosack. On to Club, met Furniss. Wrote 2 letters. On with Furniss in cab to P.D. Good dinner. Bradbury all right. Talk of Paris. Sat till 12.0. Guthrie's umbrella. Furniss in rage. Walked to Beefsteak, saw Macmillan. Welsh rabbit. Home 1.30. Letter from Aird. Bed 2.0am. (Red ink: Photod Miss Manning & Miss Price.) May 1889 Thursday May 2 Worked hard all day on page for April. Gave up Anderson Critchett's at home & worked till 12.0am after dinner. Quiet dinner at home. Bed 1.0pm. (Newspaper cutting: In Memoriam William Thomas Restell, George Maule Allen. 1907.) Friday May 3 Got up early & worked hard on page for April. Finished at 3.30pm. Took Maud to Private View of R.A at 4.15. Block in Piccadilly. Got there 5.10. Saw Hook etc etc. At 6.30pm went to carriage in Park. Saw Edgar & Sophy. Lovely evening. Queen's Drawing Room. Home. Quiet dinner. Bottle Dumeny. Bed. Saturday May 4 Lovely hot, warm day. Tidied up & at noon rode in Park. Met Sir Edward Sullivan, Joshua & Mansfield. Afterwards home. Up with Chicks & M in 4 wheeler & Hansom to Princess's Theatre to see Claudian. Earthquake. Drabble. Oldcurry. Carriage close to. Walk with Roy to Marble Arch. On through Park. Home. Quiet dinner. Changed plates. Spencer came in after. Schnaps. Sunday May 5 Lovely morning. Up. Roy pretended to be asleep at 10.15. Drove Roy & M to Victoria. Met the Faudel Phillips on platform. Back home in cart. Up to 54 Bedford Gardens Studios till 3.0pm. Photod Kate Manning & Louise Price. Back home. Mrs Macdonald there. Thunder. Walk with Maud as far as bottom of Row. Met Critchett. Home. Wet. Rested & tidied up. After went by Metropolitan Railway to Hon Lewis Wingfield, 14 Montague Place. After dined. Hare, Bancroft, Toole, Wingfield, Orchardson, Beetle, Gillie Farquarson, Hawley Smart, F.C.B, (Montague Williams absent) self. Good dinner. Indian photos after. Torture. Limpet carving. On with Toole & Gillie to Garrick. Home at 2.0am. (Red ink: Lewis Wingfield took flash photograph.) (Red ink across page: Photod Kate Manning & Louise Price.) Monday May 6 Most lovely day. Bright hot warm sun. Up in morning. Rather seedy. Down at 9.0 for breakfast. After sent check to Wimpey for taxes. Developed 14 plates taken yesterday. At noon rode in Row. Caught up Sir Ed Sullivan. Rode with Bartlett. Saw Maud, Kiki & May. Up the Row sharp with Mrs Delarue. Saw Miss Brenck. After home to lunch. Man at blinds. A 3.45 drove in cart to Charing X Pier. Met Jones & Birch. Awfully crowded boats. Greenwich. R.A Club dinner, Birch's guest. Met Vicat Cole. Handsome White. Anonymous letter. Old Montefiore's speech. Back to town. Cope, Swan etc. On to Black's rooms with Birch till 3.0am. Lost £1.0.0 at cards. Tuesday May 7 Up pretty early. Felt rather seedy. At 12.0 rode in Row. Saw Wirgman on good horse. Band. Mansfield upset, 'Kingdom for a horse'. Very hot. Home. Lunch.
Drove Maud in afternoon round Park, saw Princess of Wales. Home. Kept cart & drove to Lucy's dinner, 11 Queens Mansions. Met Mr Gladstone, Lord Charles Beresford, David Plunkett, Lord Granville, Tenniel, D.M, self, F.C.B, Furniss, Mr & Mrs Lucy. Most interesting dinner. Great charm of G.O.M's talk. Homer, Jews. Lord Charles Beresford in the navy. Left 1.30 & home with F.C.B in cab. Dropped him at Brompton Road. (Red ink: Gladstone dinner written about by Lucy, 25 November 1908.) Wednesday May 8 In morning did 1 doz French photos & girls. Worked & did 2 drawings for Robinson Crusoe. At 2.30 went up to Abbey's & photod girl in stays etc, Louise Price. Lovely afternoon. At 4.30 went to Campden Hill Lawn Tennis Club. Played 3 sets with Bartlett, son & girl. Dog cart came up for me at 5.45. Home. Changed. Duller afternoon & colder. Drove Maud through Park & St James's St. Saw Princess of Wales. On by river to Bouverie St. Miss Gill late. Punch dinner. Bradbury bad. Heard of Charles Keene's illness. After left with Furniss & on to Lady Rosebery's. Home after walking to the Garrick with Furniss. Welsh rabbit. Thursday May 9 Waited for Frank's letter. Rode in Park. Met Wirgman in morning. Photod Jolley for Balfour & Golf. Worked on it. After in afternoon gave up having cart. Drove in carriage at 7.30 to Alfred Rothschild's dinner. Wonderful evening. Sat next Sir Rivers Wilson & F.C.B. Introduced by Millais to Lord Randolph Churchill. Smoking concert afterwards. Spanish singer & F.C.B. Arthur Roberts & Coborn's comic songs etc etc. Left with Guthrie at 2.0am. Home by cab together. (Red ink: Arthur Roberts talking at counter to Sir William Fraser. Fits of laughter. Told by Guthrie Jany 1896.) Friday May 10 Up early in morning & finished Jolley as Balfour. Did not ride. After at 4.30 began Britannia & Vulcan. Langleys arrived at 3.0pm. Worked. Dined at 8.0pm. Hamilton there. Bottle of Dumeny. Worked after dinner until 11.30pm on block (Red ink: Death of Mr Thornton senior.) M came back from Westwood at 12.35. Lawrence went to meet her. Poor Roy. Death of Mr Fd Thornton in paper. Saturday May 11 In morning got up early & went on to work at Britannia & Vulcan. Finished 10.30am. After put things straight & at 1.0pm took cab to Aird's. Packed bag & sent it by carriage. At 3.0pm Jolley smashed the ferncase. Lunch at Airds. Sat next to Mr Mitchell & Marcus Stone, Burgess etc, Woods etc etc. After rain came on heavily. Took cab to Savoy Theatre. M, Midge & Maud there. Saw Yeoman of the Guard for 3rd time. Heavy rain. M went home in carriage. Walked to Club. Called at Whistlers. Dressed. On to Metropole, Artists Benevolent dinner. Sat next Clayton & Dalziel. After to Century & Arts Club. Talk with Haynes Williams about Furniss. (Red ink: Died Novr 1908.) Billiards with Colin Hunter, Woods & Lethbridge, David Murray. Sunday May 12 Dark wretchedly wet morning. At Arts Club till 2.15pm. Home with Colin Hunter. Last cab. At 10.15am rode with Wirgman to Richmond Park & Wimbledon.
Jumped mare. Found out about window being broken in ferncase. After took Midge, Maud & M to Tattersalls. Saw Lord Coventry. Hamilton's horses. Walked back. Sleep before & after dinner. Liver bad. Bed at 11.0pm. Long rest. Bottle of Saumur. Saw Sophy & Edgar at Tattersalls. Also Boehm girls & man. Monday May 13 Wet day & dull. Early breakfast. Langley went at 9.15 to Tattersalls. Letter from dear Roy saying he was miserable at school. Wrote Roy. At 10.45 drove Midge in cart to Tattersalls. Saw Hamilton & Secker etc. Horses out. Walked up to Garrick C. Wrote letters to Mother etc. Lunched on chop & asparagus. Claret etc. Back to Tattersalls. Miss Scrimageour. Met M, Midge & Sophy. Fairly good sale of Langley's horses. Tattersall sold himself. Horse I fancied fetched 95 guineas. Left at 3.30. Home by cab & up to play lawn tennis with Millington & daughters. Dull heavy weather. Back at 7.15. Dressed. Cab to dine at Doetsch's, 7 New Burlington St. Met Sir Robt Jardine, Millikin, Lucy, Schneider, Howells etc. Promised a dog. Lovely pictures. Wine '74 galore, claret, port, whiskey, Oh! Talk of Fuseli's drawings. Portugal. Home at 1.30am. (Red ink across page: Doetsch's dinner.) Tuesday May 14 Dull heavy morning. Fog & dark. M & self overslept ourselves. Down 9.15. Developed many photos. At 12.0 rode in Park. Met Wirgman, also Mrs Delarue. Down Constitution Hill to look at people going to Drawing Room. Heavy mud. Saw Faudel Phillips's daughter. Home. Lunch. M & Midge out. After lunch developed many photos. Wrote up dairy. Many callers. Wednesday May 15 Very hot. Lovely weather. Maud & M & Midge went to last matinee of 2 Roses. Walked in afternoon to top of Park with drawing for Bradbury. Met Lord Rosebery. Took cab at Hyde Park Corner for Punch dinner. Argument. Bad subject Irish to draw. Tilda came to supper. Went up in afternoon & played game of tennis with Bartlett, son & girl. Thursday May 16 Rode at 9.30. Met Wirgman, asked him to go to Richard III. Maud Midge & M & Miss Gill went. Photod Jolley as Irishman & self as Priest. (Later note in red ink: Also Jolley for athlete, Lawson, weights.) Very hot fine weather. Worked on cartoon. Worked on drawing of Lawson as Parliamentary Athlete & weights. Finished it in afternoon. (Later note in red ink: Sold this to Mrs Lawson in 1892 (this should read 1891) for £10.10.0.) Friday May 17 Up early & worked on cartoon of Irishman & Priest. Landlord & tenant. Found I should be unable to finish cartoon. Scrambled to get work done. Wrote to Swain put it off. Drove in carriage and dined at Sir Bruce Seton's. Good dinner & evening. (Red ink: Took Mrs Coleman in.) M sat next Collier. Back home again. Not up to work after dinner. Bed 1.0pm. After Sir Bruce Seton went to Quilter's at home. Met lots of people, Miss Wilkinson etc. (Red ink across page: Dined at Sir Bruce Seton's.) Saturday May 18
Up early & finished cartoon of Archbishop & Irishman. Got it off. Rode in Park. Met little Miss Faudel Phillips. Rode with her. Back. In afternoon drove M & Maud in Park. Left M at Grosvenor. Back through the Park. Tremendously crowded, heaps of carriages. Back to quiet dinner at home. Midge left for Cheshire. Sunday May 19 In morning up at 9.15pm. Rode by self at 11.0 over Hammersmith Bridge. Met Phillip reporter. Back through Putney. Rain came on after. All afternoon squared up French Army etc & books. M at her mother's at Grosvenor Hotel. Did not return to dinner. Maud & self dined together. Finished after dinner. Quiet evening. M back at 10.0pm. Bed. Monday May 20 In morning printed French Army. Rode in the Park with Miss Faudel Phillips and Mrs Delarue. Back. Lunch. In afternoon went up with M & Maud. Left M at Mrs Boughton's play. Mrs Labouchere, Lady Monckton & one other. Petticoat Government. On with Maud to tennis court. Played 3 sets. Home at 7.30pm. Quiet dinner. Tuesday May 21 In morning rode from 9.30 to 10.30am. Printed French Army photos. Piano tuned. After wrote to Augustus Harris about opera. Drove up with Maud at 5.0pm to call on Miss Wilkinson, Lord Rosebery & Alfred de Rothschild. Called & ordered new coat at Benjamins. Home. Dressed. Dinner. Up in good cab to opera (Carmen). Good seats. Saw Joe Carr & Watson Poland. Home by bad cab. Supper at 1.0. Mrs Rainbow & Mrs Warre called. Wednesday May 22 In morning rode in Park.9.30 to 10.30. Awfully hot weather. Met Solomon in all his glory. Arranged to ride next Sunday. After home. Printed photos & finished French Army. In afternoon worked & did drawing for Robinson Crusoe. After went to Punch dinner by train. Walked from Blackfriars. 1 st talk of Paris double number. Long dinner. Obstinate Guthrie. Home at 1.30am. (Let water out of aquarium & lost all the minnows etc, Golden Rudd, at 3.45pm) Thursday May 23 Awfully hot. In morning photod self for Scotchman (Piper). After at 12.30 got on mare for ride. Awfully hot. No one in Park. Met Jones & Stone (William Stone MA, fiancé of Miss Hogg). Walked mare up & down. Home & got on with work. Worked after dinner until 11.30 on Scotchman. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: It appears I hardly knew Stone at this time. L.S, June 27 '96. Just heard from Stone at Cairo, Shepheards, 22 Nov 1908.) Friday May 24 Up early. Worked all day on drawing of Scotchman piping round the house. Finished 8.10. Dined 8.30. Worked & schemed out Fancy portrait of Drummond Wolff at the door. Bed at 12.30pm after reading Col Quarich. Saturday May 25
(Red ink: Trooping of Colours. 1st meet of 4 in hand Club.) In morning up early. Worked & finished Drummond Wolff at the Door. At 11.55 mare brought round. Missed seeing trooping of the colours. Rode right down to it. After along the line of carriages to meet of 4 in hand Club. Saw Tattersall, Aird, Miss Levy etc. Met Hickman, rode with him. After came across Sayce at crossing. Anecdote of his brother being bitten by an asp. After met Findley & also Lockwood QC, MP. Saying of Punch staff only man and (illeg) not keeping horses. Mare browsed & I did not feed her. After home. Met Spofforth. At 3.0 up to Gardens & photod stupid Adah Fletcher. Back. Tea. Cart with M & Maud round Park. Left bag at Hickmans for tennis. Got out at Abbey's. Walk home. Quiet dinner. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Photod Adah Fletcher.) Sunday May 26 (Red ink: Boehm made a Baronet.) Up at 9.45. Breakfast. Dull morning. Solomon in all his glory came round at 10.15 sharp. By 10.30 got away & rode round through Barnes & Mortlake round Richmond Park over Wimbledon & home. Jumped the mare over ditch. Home. Very wet. No tennis. Death of the Earl of Caithness. Put French Army in order at 7.0. Dressed to go to Mrs Campbell Praed's. Cab. Very heavy rain. Met American Harrison Merivale, Memphis etc etc. Long talk. Left at 12.15am. M long talk with Mrs Merivale about authors & with American doctor about germs. Back by 4 wheeled cab in heavy rain. Monday May 27 Very heavy rain all night & nearly all day. In morning tidied up. Wet. At 12.45 ordered cart & drove self to Benjamins. Had things tried on. On to Club. No Tenniel. Lunch with Milliken. Talk about H.F. After went to look at Muybridge's studios, Craven St, Charing X. Walked home. Called Cutler & Reeds. Dressed after cup of tea & had carriage, driving mare on to Mrs Harry Levy's. Slow dinner. Jew cad took M into dinner. Sat next Mrs Levy. Talk of Roy & schools. Jopling Rowes there. Smoke. Home at 11.0 dissatisfied. Developed girl with harp in the morning for May month. Tuesday May 28 Fair in the morning. Printed girl with harp & French army etc. After at 12.30 rode in Park. Mare stumbled. Rode with Mrs Delarue. Met old Wyndham for 1 st time after his accident. (see Saty Feby 9th) Home. Put out prints etc. Ena Mackenzie came in room. Worked on May month. After drove in carriage to 1 st Avenue Hotel. There 7.15 to the minute. Waited about. At 7.32 Weldon arrived. Seasons dinner. Good dinner. Left at 11.15, on to Sir Chas Russell's. Saw Parnell, Blunt etc etc. Home at 1.30am. Lost pearl stud. Wednesday May 29 M in bed. Up 8.0am. Wet morning. No letters. Sent Jolley to look at horse. Walked through Park at 5.45pm. Noticed all frock coats fluffy. Called Cutler & Reed. Walked on to Punch dinner. Felt stuffy. Very quiet dinner. Bradbury all right. Talk with Tenniel after. No Furniss or Guthrie. Tenniel's cab put me down in Piccadilly. Lord Hartington's at home. Great crush outside Devonshire House. Thursday May 30
In morning rode after breakfast from 10 to 11.0am. Met Miss Phillips & Fuller. Home. Worked hard all day on drawing of May month. Did not go out after. Dined quietly at home at 8.0pm. Sleep after dinner. Friday May 31 Up at 7.30am. Worked hard all day on drawing for May month. Finished 8.0pm. Quiet dinner. Bottle Saumur. Bed 11.30pm. M seedy. (Red ink: Gertrude Burnand died, 18 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate.) Jun 1889 Saturday June 1 Lovely morning. Up 8.0pm. Printed lots of photos. At 12.0 rode to meet of 4 in hand Club. Met tit up Lewis etc, Bolding. Spencer in, M & Spencer went. Maud & Miss Gill. Spencer in to lunch. M & Miss Gill went to Spanish Exhibition 1 st day. Lovely day. Letters from mother etc. Spencer M & self drove to Park. Took cart on to call on Benjamins & also Cutler & Reed. Short called on Grego. Gt confusion R.I. Arranged for drawings. After went back to Park by Piccadilly. Sat with M & Spencer. Saw Marquis of Waterford in chair. Home. Quiet dinner. Bed 11.30. Sunday June 2 Up 9.0am. Most lovely hot day. Did not ride. Printed up back photos & large number until 3.0pm. Very hot & brilliant sun. At 4.15 M Maud & self went to Hickmans. Played tennis with Noots etc. M & Maud dull. Weary walk back in hot sun. Dined at 8.15pm. Quiet dinner. Dressed. Carriage came round at 11.0pm. Went to Mrs Campbell Praed's. Drove mare. Met Mrs Finch Hatton etc etc. Little play. Young Heron Allen etc. Monday June 3 Up early. Finished printing photos. After began Eiffel Tower for Paris number. Rode at 5.30pm. Had to ride hard to call on Peals, Benjamins & Cutler & Reed. Back through Park. Saw Stella Phillips. Home. Very hot. Miss Bournes there. Dined. 2 bottles Dumeny. Cab & carriage on to Lyric Theatre. Saw 'Doris'. Poor play. Saw the Bournes off. Home with M in cab by 12.0pm. Tuesday June 4 Bright lovely morning. Early breakfast. Rode from 9.15 to 11.0am. Met Stella Phillips, Mrs Joachim etc etc. Miss Phillips' mare lame. Home. Worked on Eiffel Tower. Put in grouse. Lunched at home. Mrs Cocherell & child called. At 4.25 drove Folkestone to Davis's to play tennis. Maud went. Called at Hickmans for bag. Met Coleridges etc etc. Good game. Home by 8.0pm. Howell had called & left dog, Ella. Dined. M gave up going to Tademas. Dressed at 11.0 & went to Finch Hattons musical evening. Met Miss Brinck, Weigall, Dicksee etc etc. Slow evening. Stammering man. Home 1.30am. Wednesday June 5 Derby Day. Most beautiful morning. Letters from F.C.B (Gerty's death.) New dog came round. Maud to go to Westwood. M & self drove in great heat at 12.30 to station (Euston) to go to Herkomer play. Saw Forbes-Robertson, Tenniel, Wyllie etc etc. Slow afternoon. Left M with Davis & Orchardson. After went up with
Tenniel & Halswell by 5.30pm train. Walked from Euston to Punch dinner. No F.C.B. Guthrie there. Good dinner. Volunteer subject. Home 12.30 by cab. Thursday June 6 River trip. Awfully hot day. Hot enough for a sunstroke. In morning photod Jolley for Volunteer. Also doggies. After worked on cut. At 7.30 drove in carriage to dinner in Park Crescent. Costers. Met Dresden, Raphael, silly Miss Lee, lovely Mrs Macfarlane. Great thunderstorm. Vivid lightning etc etc. Carriage late. Mare curved at lightning etc etc. Home by 12.0pm. Good dinner & wine. Miss Gill went for her Holyday early. (Red ink: Sold drawing to Sir James Whitehead, June 1894.) Friday June 7 Up early & got on with drawing. A'Beckett called in morning. Thunderstorms all day. Worked all day, did not ride. Finished 9.0pm. Quiet dinner. Bottle Saumur. Saturday June 8 Up early. Did small cut of Hogarthian Puck. Change in the weather. Finished by 11.45. Packed things etc & went down at 4.30 train to Shorncliffe. Drove in dogcart to Charing X. 2 others in carriage. Arrived all right,. Saw Mrs Warne at station. Drove to Edgars. Nice little house. Sophy. Dressed. Dinner. After dinner walked up hill to Mess. Awfully hot & done up. Long talk with Colonel Carlton. Back home at 12..15. Sat up late. Recognised place where we were assaulted in Sandgate in 1864. Carpenall, Buchan, Thomson, Parker, Oswald, Earnshaw, self. Sunday June 9 Up early & went for walk. Dull morning. Talk with boatman about tempest. Back. Breakfast at 11.0. Rode Edgar's black horse to Hythe. Called Jury. Beer. Nice house. Well known. Back across country to Folkestone. Started at sheep. Saw Mrs Warre. Lunch. Changed things. Walked into Folkestone to see boat in. Met Sir Thomas & Lady Lucas & Poland. Boat in. Tea with Poland. Back along lower road. Lift. Penn's old house. Home to Sandgate. Wrote letters. Dinner. Edgar's wedding day. Champagne. Pipe & talk. Looked over Cornhill & Good Words. Bed 11.30pm. Monday June 10 Up early. Walk. Gale & rain set in. Rained all day heavily. Started for walk in afternoon. Utterly spoilt new ulster. Frightful rain. Wrote many letters, store orders etc etc. In afternoon could not ride. Dressed & went up at 7.45 to dine at Mess. Coat too wet to put on. Col Carleton, Major Blake etc. Beaten at billiards, Edgar also. Newbery good at the Banjo. Young Marsh like Sir W Wiseman. Cleared up. Left 12.20 for home. Straight to bed. I'd rather not say, Sir she said. Tuesday June 11 Up early. Wire to Jolley. Decided not to go up till 2.5. Breakfast. After at 10.30 rode Sophy's mare Stella. Very good hack. Lovely morning. Rode to Folkestone upper road along by public park & back to town & along sea road back to Sandgate. Through town. Met M & Sophy. After back & packed. Lunch. Little girl. Caught the 2.5 train. Sleep up to town. Jolley met me. Called Cutler & Reed, Scotts & also Ulster House. Changed ulster & they kindly offered to make a new one. Blue. Home to Stafford Terrace. Spencer called. Worked. Dined at home. At
9.30 to Pavilion & Empire. Fire at Empire. Beefsteak after. Furniss there, Brookfield telling yarns. Home 1.40am. Wednesday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Worked all day on Eiffel Tower & birds. In afternoon walked to Punch dinner through Park. Met 'Dash'. Also Mrs Macdougall. Took cab at top & on to Punch dinner. Row with F.C.B & Bradbury. 'Its a strike’ about doing so much for Double Number. Home. Called Beefsteak. Saw Ward. Gave him address. Home by cab. Wrote letters. Thursday June 13 In morning worked all day on Birds & Eiffel Tower. Near finished the outline & began shading. Spencer called. Dined at 8.30 quietly at home. Called Charton St, Delamont. Carriage at Victoria. Very hot weather. Drove on to Drabbles at home. Saw Barkers, Hunters, Sterne etc etc, Lowe, Bartletts, Liveseys etc etc. Home by 1.30pm. Good dance. Friday June 14 In morning still went on working at Birds & Eiffel Tower. At 3.30 commenced hurried drawing of Balloon & Alexandra Park. Finished 11.10. Quiet dinner. Bottle of Ivory & bed. Did not go out. Saturday June 15 Up & went on with drawing of Eiffel Tower & Birds. Finished at 3.0pm. Burnand wired. At 3.30 to 7.30 did Fancy Portrait Eiffel himself. Drove in carriage to Morton Lathom's dinner. As dark as November & very heavy rain. Sat next Mrs Hallé & Lady Bearne. (Red ink: Bergne.) Good dinner. Tumbling Bear & Parrot after. Home in heavy wet by cab. Bed at 11.45pm. (Red ink: Dined at Morton Lathom's. Met Lady Bergne.) Sunday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up quite early. Packed portmanteau. Drove in cart to station. There 10.43. Met by F.C.B & Bradbury. Caught 11.0 train. No Tenniel. Lawrence Bradbury went instead. Delightful run down to Dover. No Guy D.M. On to boat. Lucy & wife. Flannels & sprig of corn. Lovely passage Calais Douvres 62 minutes. Calais. Hot saloon. Guthrie & old woman in lavatory. Tap. Twiss water & splendid lunch. Smoke after. Amiens & on to Paris. Sleep. 1 st view of Eiffel Tower. Awfully close & hot. Hot buss. Changed on with Bradbury to Durands Cafe. Met Stokes & wife back from Grand Prix. Stokes feverish. After strolled to Grand Hotel. Late for Stokes. Met Maclure, 'Agnews opponent', Livesey etc. On for 5 minutes to Eden Theatre. Milliken paid. Back to Grand Hotel & home to bed. Room with Furniss. Awfully hot. Slipped between bed & wall. No 72 room. Monday June 17 Paris. Up 8.0am. Cafe & pistolet. Met Ledger. After Furniss & self went to Exhibition. Cab. Railway. Wonderful Eiffel Tower. On to Spiers & Pond restaurant. Cocktail. Sculpture. Met Davis, Thorneycroft, Armitage & Deschamps. Met the whole tribe bar Guthrie & D.M. After hesitation lunched on top of 1 st etage of Tower. Good lunch. After Lawrence & self went to 2 nd etage. Arthur Milliken & Furniss walked. Arthur ill. Could not go up higher on account of crowd. Down & on
through Eastern part. Egypt, Algiers etc. Dancing. Hot. Met Milliken, Dearacher. On by self & back by rail. Walked past obelisk. Back to hotel. Wrote letters. After Bath. Called on Tabs, away, Hotel de France at Bath. After took cab to Cafe des Ambassadeurs. Cabby ignorant of it. Same table as '84. Lovely girl & 3 men. D.M delighted. Lost stud. Back to hotel. Changed studs. Walked to Grand H, orange drink. Supper at Americaine. Lawrence, Milliken, Furniss & self. Furniss cross. H.R.H. Whiskey. Bed 3.0am. Tuesday June 18 Paris. Up in morning 8am feeling awfully seedy & head lasted all day and spoilt my day completely. At 10.0am started with Lawrence Bradbury & Exhibition. Gave up idea of going to top of Eiffel Tower. Went to 1 st étage. Back & paid one up. American ladies who we met after at Victoria in cage going down & silly man. On after to pictures. Lost Lawrence. Very ill & seedy. Saw Thorneycroft & Armitage etc. After sat about & got the breeze. Joined luncheon party late. Could not eat. Heilburt. After met Bonvoisin & Caran d'Ache. Rush through the galleries after F.C.B etc. After trouble & heat went on to the Algerian part with Bonvoisin. Tunisian dance. Indecent. Agnew, Milliken indignant etc. F.C.B dropped out. On met Caran d'Ache, D.M Guthrie, Heilburt etc. Java girl, Turkish Constantinople girl etc. Hot. After returned & Furniss & self to fiacre to Louvre. Bought gloves. Undecided Furniss etc. etc. Back. Dressed. On in fiacre to Le Doyen. Dined. Good dinner. On in cab at 10.30 to the Cirque Molier. Great fun. Awfully hot. Up in Garrite(?) Kindly treated. Met Bonvoisin. Girl & cupid. Fencing etc etc. La Busta. Good. After great scramble & feeling very ill got Furniss. Never bothered about own fiacre. Took 1st one. Very cold & caught cold from it. Put Bonvoisin down at Malherbes. On to hotel at 2.0pm exactly. Divided whiskey & thankful to get to bed 3.0pm after packing. Wednesday June 19 Paris. Up 6.15. No bells. Rang away. Coffee in restaurant. After met Bradbury & Lawrence. Waited for Milliken. Awfully hot in buss. On to station. Felt so so. Back to London. Lunch aboard train from Amiens to Calais. Good passage. East wind. Dover. Guy D.M on to London. Delay about baggage. Met Major Pellew. On home by cab with portmanteau. Changed. Bath. M & dear Maud back. Drove to Punch dinner. Cold came on. Long talk. Back by cab comfortably. Bed 12.0am exactly. Thursday June 20 18 Stafford Terrace. Up & put things straight. Wrote diary etc. Drew picture for Bradbury & began Paris drawing, Up in Clouds. Cold very bad came on. Ascot cup day. Liveseys at home. Hollands at home. Gave both & all up. Worked quietly at home & bed 11.0am tired out. Friday June 21 Up early & on with Paris cut. Finished it by 9.10pm. M went to Tuers at home at 10.15. Very hot. Fell asleep in bath of perspiration. M back at 12.30. Bed 1.0pm. Saturday June 22 Up early & began Queen at Agricultural show. Finished it 1.0pm. After Burnand wired & had to alter block from Toby to self. Tidied up. Put all photos away. Rode at 6.0pm. Met Stone. Midge in. Wired to Globe. At 8.30 went to Globe Theatre.
Saw 'Faust up to date' 4th time. Met Langleys, Madame Desarges(?). After on to Joshuas. Jane Haden. Supper. Oscar Wilde, Finlays etc etc. Home 2.15pm. Bed 2.45pm. Sunday June 23 Dull morning. Burnand wrote whilst in bed. Jack came in after with letter. After rode to Putney & along river. Had to jump post & rails. Risky. Home. Changed. Langleys in to lunch. Hot. After on to Lewis's. Played tennis. Colliers etc etc. Pellew, Dr Stoker. Home after. Dined 7.45. Quiet evening. Liver bad. Sleep. Bed 12.30pm. M broke coffee pot. (Red ink: Rode this ride again Sunday June 1894 on Cob.) Monday June 24 Dull morning. Undecided what to do. No letter from F.C.B. Finally rode at 10.30 in Park. Met Bartlett. Called on Fletcher at Alexandra. Saw H. Back home. Wrote letters. Frog etc etc. Developed 26 plates. Midge & Tabs came in. Lovely evening. Sent Pearks cheque. Drove M in Park. Maud had Dolly Roberts in to tea. Quiet dinner at home. Tuesday June 25 Up in morning. Letters from F.C.B. Rode in Park 9.45. Met F.C.B in cab. Round Park. Home at 11.15. Developed photos etc. Ham & Tabs in in afternoon. Undid bad portraits. Mrs Nichol called. Drove in Park, Maud M & self. After drove self dressed to Miss Thomson's 57 Onslow Square. Good dinner. Mrs Plowden, lovely woman. Poynter. After went to Major Carpenter & Sir Thos Lucas's at homes. Walked home. Bad smell. Wednesday June 26 In morning rode at 7.45. Very hot in Park. After called on Miss Thomson & left letter for Academy Soirée. Home. Put up things. At 12.45 drove cart to Agricultural Hall. Saw John Penn. Called for Hamilton Fletcher. Saw Jones(?) Very hot. 3 good seats. Cab with M home. Put down in Oxford St. Very hungry. Tea & eggs. Ladies in Club. Paid for Derby sweep. Wrote letters. Dressed. After walked to Punch dinner. Bought flower. Never used it. Punch dinner. Good dinner. Arthur à B angry with Furniss. Very hot. On after with Furniss to Academy Soirée. Good. Aird etc. After to Mrs Williamson’s. No champagne. Walked home. (Red ink: Drove cart to Agricultural Hall with Folkestone.) Thursday June 27 Up 8.15. Rode at 9.30. Met F.C B & Miss Thomson. F.C.B's horse bad cold. Home. Photod Jolley as Boxer. After developed plates etc etc. Very hot. Got to work at 4.0pm. Worked till 7.30. Dined quietly at home. Did not go to Liveseys or Hollands at home. Friday June 28 Up & worked all day. Burnand called on horse. Sent Jolley to Burnand. Finished at 7.30 drawing of Fight between Bill & Peer. Mrs Lewis wrote to ask us to dinner. Dined there at 8.15pm. Met Hendersons, Mrs Schiff, Sutherland MP etc. Good dinner. Home 11.30. Rivière's dinner. Did not go. Engagement of Princess Louise of Wales with Earl of Fife.
Saturday June 29 Up & worked on small block of Prince & Earl of Fife. Finished 1.10pm. After changed plates. Spencer called in uniform. Went at 2.30 to photo Miss Price. Boy followed me on & had to put kilt on Cupid. After finished photos saw Parsons. On home. Dined. After went to Duchess of Abercorn's reception. Saw heaps of people. Smoke with Baumann. Dolly in carriage. Called Garrick. Saw Taff Reed. Said looked like 'old gentleman'. Home 1.50 exactly. (Red ink: Photod Louie Price.) Sunday June 30 Lovely fine morning. Up at 9.0pm. At 10.45 rode over Wimbledon Common through Camp & down hill. Home 1.45pm. After walked with M up to Lewis's. Did not play. Mistook girl Lenard for Col Lenard. Lovely afternoon. Walked M down to corner. After went on to Hickmans. Played 5 sets of tennis. Hickman familiar. Back home by cab. Called for photo things at 54 Bedford Gdns. Home 7.45. Dressed. F.C.B's there. Langleys & Fletchers. Quiet dinner. Great laugh over M's story Lutwig. Ticklebury Brown. Jul 1889 Monday July 1 SHAH ARRIVES. Fine morning. Developed girl taken on Saturday & others. After at 4.30 rode to see the Shah enter London. Rode to Thames Embankment & on to Bouverie St. Missed the water part. On to Buckingham Palace & to Row. Met Mrs Delarue & Stella Phillips. Home after. M had cold & throat. After dinner went to Hares Theatre. The Garrick. Saw 'The Profligate'. Poor play. Royal Princes there. Immaculate servant. Home by cab 12.0 Good cut in Punch. Tuesday July 2 Fine morning. Rode after breakfast. Saw Mrs Delarue & Mrs Plowden. After worked June month. Spencer in all day, lunch & up to dinner. Took M to Parsons & Ionides. At 7.30 drove to Linton Horrock's dinner. Great fuss about Shah at Opera. Great sight. Sat next Col Allen, Parsons, Furniss, Ledger etc. 50 dined. Left 11.45. Bother to get to Club. Saw Arthur Blunt. On to Sir E.J Reed. Missed M. Stayed ½ hr & home. Wednesday July 3 HENLEY. In morning got on with drawing of June. Spencer called. Gave him card to go to Bouverie Street. SHAH in the City. Worked & did drawing of Girl & self. Rode to Punch dinner at 6.0pm. Sent Jolley on. Furniss drawing of Punch people. Very clever. Laughed. Arthur cuts Furniss. Good quiet dinner. Home by cab. Looked at 3/-. Thursday July 4 HENLEY. Up latish. Rode from 9.45 to 11.0. Saw Mrs Delarue. Back. M's cold bad. Worked all day on June notes. Worked after dinner. Shah! at Empire Theatre. (Later note: Might & ought to have gone to Empire Theatre. Either Gus Harris or George Edwardes could have given card. Missed a good thing. 2.0am, Friday Nov 22, Ramsgate, after finishing Almanack.)
Friday July 5 HENLEY. Up. Mare a rest. Worked hard all day & finished page of June. At 7.30 went & dined at the Ionides. Met Kemp Welch's & Lionel Robinson. After called at Albert Hall. Saw Mervyn, Russian Col & Spencer. After drove in carriage to Grosvenor Gallery. Ralli at home. Slow & awfully hot. Home at once. M tired. Shah! at Albert Hall. Saturday July 6 Fine morning. Lovely. Tidied up. At 12.30 drove in dog cart & mare to lunch at Barkers. Very hot. Went through Camp. Good lunch. Mr Coghlan, Mrs Hillyard. Met Miss L Rice, Renshaw & Barlow. Across to Alderman Sir Whittaker Ellis. Electric boat a failure. Threatened storm. Home. Quiet dinner. Bed. Malcolm Khan's party to Shah! Sunday July 7 Up & did not ride. Developed some prints & tidied up. At 3.30 went to Lewis's played tennis. Maud & M went also. After home. Quiet dinner. Bed early. Bottle Saumur. Monday July 8 In morning rode after breakfast at 9.45. Dull & rainy. After developed 12 plates. Wrote letters. Sent Income Tax paper in. At 4.0 carriage drove me to Queen's Club. Played 5 sets with Reed & friends. Walked home in rain. Dined. At 8.0 drove to see Captain Swift. M delighted. Reed there. Home in wet. Letter from Gammages. Tuesday July 9 Lovely morning. Rode 9.30. Met Mrs Delarue & Mrs other Delarue, Janet Lewis etc. Home. Did 12 plates. Wrote letters. Mary Burnand to come. Mary came & stayed late. Worked on Robinson Crusoe. Did 2 drawings. Pouring rain. After dinner dressed & at 10.45 went in pouring rain to Lady Boehm's at home. Capital evening. Mrs Carpenter, Mrs Whistler etc, D.M. Good looking man etc etc. Wednesday July 10 In morning at Lady Boehm's. Home 2am. Dance. Up 10am. Went on to work at Robinson Crusoe. Sent Bradbury cheque & 3 drawings. Walked to Punch dinner as far as top of Park. Met Plunkett & dog. Cab to Bouverie St. Left 10.30. On to Club. Dressed & on to Sir Richard Webster. Slow at home. Glee singers. Home 1.0am. Walked. Jolley missed with carriage. Thursday July 11 Up & began drawing for Lion & Poodle. At 1.30 started & walked to lunch at Lady Burn's. Met Lady Tenterden, Mrs Jeune, Irving, Colonel Melit(?) etc etc. Left 5.0pm. Home & went on with work. Dined. No appetite. Worked after dinner. After on to Anderson Critchetts at home. Capital evening. Great heat. Mrs Stevens, Lucys at supper. Faudel Phillips's. Mrs Tweedie & Shilling & Kay. Home 1.0 by carriage. Fine. Friday July 12
Up early. Very dull day. Worked all day on Poodle & Lion. Mrs Lewis's garden party. Thunderstorm came on. Did not go. M went at 5.45. Home 6.30 by carriage. Finished drawing at 8.30pm. Dined quietly at home. Wired to Strand Theatre. House full. Quiet dinner. Bed early. Read City of Brass. Heavy rain 4.0am. Saturday July 13 In morning rode at 10.0 in Park. Awfully slushy. Met Stella & Faudel Phillips's, Mrs Delarue (2), Romer Williams. After home. Tidied up. Developed the last of batch of plates. After at 2.30 drove Folkestone through Camp to Barkers. Capital tennis. M & Mr Coghlan went to Renshaws & Lewis & Hillyard. Won every set. Dr Page, Mr & Mrs Holland & young Patten etc. Good games. Rain at 8.0pm. Dinner. Pool. Left at 11.30. Home 12.35 by dog cart. Sunday July 14 Up 10.0am. Read Observer. Wrote letters & tidied up. Dull wet morning. After at 1.25 walked to Guthrie's new rooms, Duke St Mansions, Grosvenor Sq. Met Milliken on the steps. Good lunch. Champagne A.H etc etc. After cab to Hinkmans. Terrell there, very poor game. Very tired. Piles. Walked home. Hot very. Dressed. King Salter & also old Angel dined. Good dinner. Very tired. Stayed up till 12.45 talking. Palmistry. Monday July 15 Up at 9.30. Breakfast. M off to Connie's at Pulborough. Rode in Park at 10.10am. Met Solomon, Miss Thornton, & rode home with her. Got off horse. Married lady. Brandy & soda. Home. Changed. Tired very. Spencer came in to lunch. Wrote letters. After Spencer sat about & read. Left at 4.30pm. Did Bulldog drawing for Robinson Crusoe. At 6.15 cart came up. Drove to Club. Called Hobbs & paid bill. On to Victoria & met M. Home by cart. Quiet dinner & bed 11.0pm. No whiskey. Tuesday July 16 In morning went on with Robinson Crusoe. Printed whole plate photos of girls etc. After Miss Walford came for lunch. Spencer in again. Bothered M. At 3.15 drove Fanny Barker to Mr Coghlan's, 12 Bolton Gardens. On to play tennis with Reed party. Tall pretty Miss Ridley. Roscoes. Dull rather. Cart back at 6.10pm. Passed Donaldson. Home. Dined. Went to Strand Theatre. Saw Aesops Fables. Met Johnson, Mrs Tomlin, Copley Ray, Herman Pugin etc. Sent M & Miss Walford home in cab. Walked on to Beefsteak. Saw Leslie Ward writing letters about teams(?). Grain, Brookfield etc etc. Wednesday July 17 In morning worked. Printed ½ plates. After did 2 drawings for Robinson Crusoe. Late for Punch dinner. Spencer in again. King Salter called in afternoon. Took cab all way to Punch dinner. Furniss imitations of Agnew & Irving. Lucy wrote for Boulogne. Stayed till 12.30. D.M. Home by cab 1.30. Heavy thunder storm all day. Thursday July 18 In morning worked. Wrote letters. Disarranged room & shifted piano to take photograph on top of steps of Mrs Gladstone. Hot, dark, close & stuffy. Developed
prints & printed them afterwards. Worked & did small block of Huntsman & Falconer. Worked after dinner. Bed at 1.0pm. Friday July 19 Finished small block of Huntsman etc etc. Up early. Worked all day at drawing of Gladstone & wife. Only finished in greatest hurry. Dressed & went to dinner at Arthur à Beckett Tyrrel's. Slow evening. Stayed 11.30. Home. Coins, fans, etc etc. Florence Walford left. Saturday July 20 In morning wired to model. Too dark to photograph. Wrote many letters & put bath room in order etc. Lunched at home. Rode at 2.45 to Wimbledon to see prizes given away. Sat on horse. Saw Lucy & wife. Called Col Tulley. After rode home down hill through Richmond Park. Met Pugin on tricycle. Passed Mrs Jeune at Hammersmith. Home by 7.30. Called Farmers. Quiet dinner at home and bed early. Sunday July 21 Up early & drove at 9.0am to Charing X past Club & Covent Garden. Met Lucy, wife, Mrs Bram Stoker, Dr & Mrs Roose, Arthur à Beckett, Furniss. Down to Folkestone. Too rough to cross to Boulogne. Snack at hotel. Drive past Sandgate to Lucy's house at Hythe. Back. Hot. Lunched in Winter Garden. After saw steamer in. Caught train. Back to town. Cab home. M there. Heron Allen called. Quiet dinner. Bed early. 2 twins like each other. Routledge & daughter & also Tenniel there. Talk of Pitlochrie. Monday July 22 In morning at 9.30 rode mare in Park. Met Bartlett. Home by 11.0am. Called up at 54 Bedford Gardens. Wrote many letters. Worked after at Robinson Crusoe. Did Crocodile. After dinner slept & went on to at home at Lady Blomfield's. Enjoyable evening. Met Mrs Neville & Mrs Beerbohm. Angel took me on to Arts Club, one other only there. Home 2.30am. Tuesday July 23 In morning down at 9.0am.Wrote 14 letters. Did first drawing of Robinson Crusoe. Spencer in to lunch & dinner.. At 3.15 rode to Robt A Horlick. Mare sluggish. Through Richmond Park & up Kingston Hill. Hoppingwood Farm, New Malden, close to Coombe House. Got there 4.55. Spencer met me. Disappointed about house. Cup of tea. Rode up by Hebden, home. Thunderstorm came on. After got home dry by 7.30pm. Dressed & dined 8.0pm. Mrs Bergheim, Mr & Mrs Farquhar & Spencer dined. Bed after sleep at 1.0pm. Wednesday July 24 Finer morning. Down nine am. To photo at 54 Bedford Gdns. Sent Jolley to Barkers. M to lunch at Mrs Skerrow's. Went up at 11.30 to photo Miss Dartry. Met Boughton. Kept waiting 1 hour. Poor model. Awkward dresses. Bitten in arm. Dark day. Lunch sent up. Back 2.30 by carriage. M still away at Skerrows lunch. Back in afternoon. Sleepy & tired. Walked up the Park towards Punch dinner. Called Garrick. After had coat & tennis suit tried on by Hobbs. Furniss there. Imp(?). On by cab to dinner. Bradbury expressed wish to go on board 'Teutonic'. Stayed late.
F.C.B left for Gordon. Cut settled, parody of Orchardson picture. Called Beefsteak. Talk with Blunt about Clowes. (Red ink: This is the last time Dartry sat to me. Committed suicide in Sepr 1892. Threw herself off Dover cliff.) Thursday July 25 In morning rode in Park. Saw Miss Thomson. Did cut of Duke of Cambridge & one small one. Wired Ismay about Bradbury. After in afternoon very wet. Val Princep's garden party. Young Elmer Speed engaged to Miss Leyland. Drove M to dinner at Zoological Gardens. Slow & livery. Oh! so slow. Furniss president. After called with Jones on Furniss. Carvings & drawings. Home by cab at 12am. Fair night. Friday July 26 In morning up & worked all day on drawing of Parody of 'Fool & his Party' etc. Finished at 9.50pm. Bottle of Ivory & bed. Saturday July 27. TEUTONIC. Up at 5.0am. Breakfast. Drove cart to Euston in early morn. Caught early 7.15 train easily for Holyhead. Thomson (Cornelius) & Parker, Engineer to Lloyd in carriage. Good company. Sleep. Draught in eye. Arrived Holyhead 1.35. On board by 2.30. Famished. Good lunch by 3.10pm. Sir Edward Read, Lord Stafford etc etc. Changed cabin. Old 'Fox'. After lunch changed things & walked about. Admiral Gough inspected ship. Dinner. Dressed. Smoke. Young Ismay. Down in engine room. Turned in at 12.30pm. Boys danced & sang etc. Gave one 1/-. Sunday July 28 TEUTONIC. Up at 7.0am. Cup of tea. Bath in ladies room. Sea fog dense. Breakfast 8.30am. Bad service. Lots of ham after. Walked about. Saw ship. Service in cabin. Boys' band etc. Wrote many letters. Elsie Venner. Lunch. Good. Introduced to Cook. Sat next both days Mr Tipping Director L.N.W Railway. Ramble about ship. Read etc. Dinner. Speeches. Mr Ismay, Sir Ed Harland, Forwood MP & Royden MP. After smoke & talk. Say admiralty. Whiskey in Thomson's cabin. Robinson, editor of 'Fair Play'. Turn in at 1.15am. Monday July 29 TEUTONIC. Woke 7.0am. Bath. Unwell. Slight head. Dressed. Breakfast 8.30. Good. Ham etc. Lovely sun etc. Nearing Liverpool. Arrived 10.30. On to tender with Weekes, or Wicks, in cab. Straw hat. L & N.W Rly Hotel. Got ticket. Walked in town. Got Bally Durandu. Parrot. Tour hall. Lunch. Sir C Russell. Caught train. Sleep. Saw Maud, Dora & H at Crewe. Took Maud in. Home cart. Awkward. Dressed. Dined at Crawfords. Met Jerningham, Mrs Gosse etc etc. Forgot to pay cab. Home by carriage 11.30pm. Tuesday July 30 Stafford Terrace. Dear Maud home. Got to work on month's page. Pushed on with it. All together at home. Wednesday July 31 Stafford Terrace. Working on month's page. Sent carriage to meet Roy at noon. Dear boy came home looking well. Worked on page. At 5.0 drove in dog cart to
Scotts & Cutler & Reed, also Benjamins. Called Whistler about gun. After drove to Punch dinner. Sent trap back. Burnand's last dinner before going to Ilfracombe. Stayed to 12.0 & home in cab. Aug 1889 Thursday August 1 Confusion in morning. Spencer in. Got dear M & Chicks & Jane off at 1.20pm for Ch Ch. After buckled to work & got on with month's page. Dined at home & went after to Pavilion & also Empire. Saw 2 girls dressed alike with Tax Card Red. On to Club. Wrote letter. Met H.F, went up to play pool. Won 11/- but lost all & more turning to Charley Burnand. Lost 24/-. Back home at 2.30am in cab to Stafford Terrace. Jolley took mare to Mr Horlick's. Friday August 2 Up early. Worked hard all day at month's page. Lunch by self. Spencer was to have dined. Finished by 9.0pm. Dined & bottle of wine. After had brougham & called Club. Drove back. Rain came on which turned in awful gale & squalls of rain & spoilt review tomorrow. Bed 12.0am. Saturday August 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am, Drove to Waterloo in carriage. Pouring rain. Awful gale & day. Down in House of Lords train & on to Enchantress. Met Mr & Mrs Jeune, Col North, Leighton etc etc. Good lunch. Review given up on account of gale & rain. Lord George Hamilton, Lady George, Captain Vine, Ashmead Bartlett etc etc. At 2.0pm went round the fleet & up & down. Landed at 4.30pm. Lost train up to station by buss. Boy had basket of herrings knocked off buss by man in thick spectacles next me. Met Spencer & Ada & McCloughlan at station. Caught 6.43 on to Ch Ch. Had to wait 1¼ hr at Brockenhurst. Got Muddiford at 11.0. Dinner. Molesworth. Pipe. Bed. Sunday August 4 Muddiford. Up 9.30. Lovely day. Mooned on shore & read about Paraguay. Lunch. Gwenny. Looked at Elmhurst. After had telescope out. Then at 4.0 long walk with Roy, Maud, Tabs, Molesworth & Hamilton. Shied stones. Had to climb cliff & pull dogs up. Left M reading. Dog fish. Back. Cup of tea. Dinner. Bottle wine, Ayala. Sleep on verandah after. Bed early, 10.45pm. Monday August 5 Muddiford. Up 6.0am Breakfast. Caught the 7.30am train from Ch Ch & on to Portsmouth. Youth in train. Heard of Bedford Hotel. Called. Left bag & got room. Washed, dressed etc. Down in buss to dockyard. Went on board 'Enchantress'. Had glass of beer & biscuit in Captain Vine's cabin. People came on board. Pritchett, Admiral Wodehouse etc. Girls etc. Steamed away about 1.30pm & went to Cowes. Lords of Admiralty went on board the Victoria & Albert. Funny sight. Admiral Bartlett. Naval inspection. Fine sight saluting etc etc. Admirals & Captains on board Royal Yacht. Back to Cowes. Yankee man o' war saluted. Emperor went ashore. (Mr Gibb of Sandhills died) After back to Portsmouth. Cold. Whiskey & soda etc. Talk to Pritchett. Back to hotel. Chop & ale. Walk to the music hall & tuned in to bed 11.0pm.
Tuesday August 6 Portsmouth, Bedford Hotel. Up at 7.0am. Breakfast, poor. Had opera glass mended. Called station found out about trains. Walked to yacht. Funny jewelled stick £15.15.0. On board. Started at noon. Out to sea. Magnificent sight. Fleets saluted. Man lost overboard. Landed in hurry. Lady Tryon. Young cub, Ellis Ashmead Bartlett. Over at 4.0pm, back to Portsmouth. Said goodbye. Caught 6.43 train & on to Ringwood. Delay at Fareham. Met Scrimageour at Bishopstoke. Colonel in carriage. Long drive to Ch Ch by pony. Very tired. Sleepy. Supper. Whiskey & soda. Polly. Bed 12.15am. Wednesday August 7 Muddiford. Up 9.15am. Breakfast. Molesworth's head. Went on shore. Roy bathed. Rain. Heard of Gibbs' death. Back. Changed. Hurried lunch. Drove to Ch Ch. Awful rain. Hard. Got very wet. Caught 1.37. Up to town. Carriage met me. Jolley brought hat. On to Club. Wrote letters etc. Walked with Tenniel to Punch dinner. Bradbury bad. Good dinner. Lucy there. Stayed till 11.45. Walked to Beefsteak. Talk to Joe Knight & Blunt. Home & bed 2.30am. Fine night. Thursday August 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Breakfast. Verdict against Mrs Maybrick. Spencer came in. Worried round. Photod self as Prince of Wales and Jolley as Emperor of Germany in uniform. Lunched by self. Worked after. Went after quiet dinner in carriage to Gaiety Theatre. Saw Faust up to date by country company. After to Garrick. Played 4 pools. Home at 1.30am. Friday August 9 Stafford Terrace. Up & worked. Got on with Emperor & Prince. After Spencer came in and divided lunch with me. Got on with work. Threatening letter came signed G.E.Simons from Sun Office. Could not make it out. Wrote to George Lewis & sent cheque for Accident Insurance. After great hurry to get done. Just caught the 4.55 at Waterloo for Ch Ch. Old man in train. Thought of Servin & Duke of Cambridge cut. Pony trap met me. Train punctual. Stinking fish. Stopped at station & wrote cards. After to Capisthorne. Dinner. Champagne. Looked at moon & Jupiter with 4 moons after. Bed at 11.30pm. Hamilton's man Francis not well. Gave him whiskey shot. Saturday August 10 Muddiford. Up Breakfast 9.0am. Out with Roy on sands. Went to bathe. Good seas. Dogs. Saw 2 girls washed about by waves. Sea rough. Letter from George Lewis came in morning confirmed about Simons. After went into Christchurch in boat. Roy, Molesworth, Ham & self. Molesworth duffer rowing. Very wet. Tea at shop. Girl. Roy. Walked home. Sand eels before dinner. Caught a lot. Quiet dinner. Sleep. Bed early. See index for book, South Sea Islands. Sunday August 11 Muddiford. Up early. Breakfast. Moon about. Lunch. After went at 4.0 for walk along sea shore with dogs as far as brook. M & getting down cliff. Dammed up brook. Molesworth Roy & self bathed. Home. Tea. Read books. Dinner. Champagne. Sleep after. Bed early.
Monday August 12 Muddiford. Up early. Breakfast. Went along shore. Bathed with Roy. Pretty dark girl & children. Back. Bowled with cricket ball. Hamilton's man Francis knocked up & doctor sent for. Great scare, measles. In afternoon went to Mr Knowles, lawn tennis party. Girl driving & in black. Played 1 set. Fell down. Walked home. Very pretty girls. Dinner. Sleepy after. Slept on chair. Bed 11.15pm. Tuesday August 13 Muddiford. Settled not to go to Ryde Regatta. Bathed with Roy in morning. Ju left clothes. After back & walked with Hamilton round Elmhurst. Lunch. Read book after. At 5.0pm went sand eeling & to catch eels. Back by boat. Forgot time, back 7.45. Dressed in hurry. Dinner. Mr & Mrs & Miss Knowles to dinner. Pretty girl. Boy & Jane united (Yes, that's how we do it!) Look at moon. Stayed till 12.0. Cocks fighting, Simons & self. Bed 12.30. Wednesday August 14 Muddiford. Up 8.0am. Packed. Got off in dull weather by 11.15 train from Ch Ch. Hamilton drove me. Carriage to self. Poured with rain. Jolley met me. Drove to Club. Saw Evans & Arthur à Beckett. Lunched. On to George Lewis's. Drove in rain to Mansion House. Took out summons against Simons. Back to Ely Place & on to Club. Sent Jolley home. Wrote letters. Cup of tea. On by cab to Punch dinner. Only Arthur, Tenniel & Milliken there. Good quiet dinner. Left at 12.0am & cab home. Still wet but finer. Thursday August 15 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Wrote letters. Boy came with Chaplin portrait. No photo. Sketched drawing out. At 1.0pm drove in carriage to meet M & Chicks up from Christchurch. Luggage left behind. Jane came up by later train. Drove to Victoria. Bad lunch. Had to go home. Left M. Back & worked. Had dinner by self. Drove up after in carriage & called at Prince of Wales' Theatre & saw Paul Jones. After to Club. Friday August 16 Stafford Terrace. In morning got to work on Chaplin & Agriculture. Lunched at home. Finished at 9.15pm. Dressed. Dined. Bottle Pol Roger. Drove in carriage to Club. Tired. Played pool with Gosse & Power (Irish MP.) Kept carriage waiting. Left 2.0am. Lost 18/- black pool. Home. Spencer came in in morning. Saturday August 17 Stafford Terrace. Spencer called in morning. In morning cleared up room. Put all photos away etc & at 1.0pm drove in cart to Club. Called & got fishing tackle. Lunched at Club. Saw Spencer & Col Jones. Coffee & cigar in Strangers Room. After could not take Spencer in cart, no back seat. Drove to Victoria caught train to Pulborough. No Conny. Bargained with boy for 2/6. Drove to Fittleworth. Roy with German nurse. Home. Saw Polly & Chicks. Walk by river. Frogs. Dinner. Whiskey. Bed. Sunday August 18 Fittleworth. Breakfast. Walk with Roy to look for frogs & snakes by river. Stroll on to hill. Back to lunch by 1.15pm. Eddy Boehm there. After sat on lawn. Fine
afternoon. Fished. Went for long walk with Conny & dogs etc. Back, dinner. Sleepy after. Eddy Boehm left in trap. Went to Inn to see him off. In morning went into Swan Inn & into farmyard & saw old 'Punch'. Quiet evening. Cold in corridor. Bed 11.15pm. Monday August 19 Fittleworth. In morning wrote many letters and posted them in afternoon. Roy & cricket. Got worms in afternoon & went to fish in Dead Man's Hole. Very deep. Clergyman's daughters. No bite. Home. Quiet dinner & bed. Put fishing tackle up. Tuesday August 20 Fittleworth. Wrote letters in morning. Lunch. In afternoon went for long way along river to fish. Saw man catching eels. Young Turner. Live bait. Back home. Walked with Roy up to cricket. Fielding. Dull & cold. Quiet dinner & bed early. Wednesday August 21 Fittleworth. Up at 7.0am. Caught 8.35 from Pulborough. Conny drove me. Cold morning. Carriage to self. Up at Victoria 10.30am. Jolley met me. Wet. On to Club. Changed. Got flowers. At 12.0 on to Mansion House. Met George Lewis. Saw Simons smoking pipe. Case tried before Sir Anderson Lusk. Good fun. Examined. Arthur & Col Jones in court. All over by 12.30 to 12.55pm. Drove cart to Club. Wet. Lunched. Evans. After heavy rain. Home. Dull & sleep. At 4.30pm tea. Walked in wet to Punch dinner. Arthur, Tenniel, Lucy & self. Quiet dinner. At 10.15 went to Aquarium to see Samson. Too late. Introduced to Wyllie, Scotch manager. Broken penny etc etc. Called Club & home. Wrote letters Cutler & Reed, Simons etc. Beefsteak shut up. Thursday August 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Photod Jolley as Lord George Hamilton & self as Admiral. After began Fancy Portrait, Grace as Bat. After at 7.0pm or 6.55 drove in carriage to Devonshire Club. Ayala's dinner. Met Nephew & old Froyle. Stayed till 11.0pm. Good dinner. On to Garrick. Played pool with Weldon, Charley Burnand & Gosse (filthy hands) till 1.45pm. Home by cab 2.0am. Friday August 23 Stafford Terrace. In morning got on with cut of two Admirals & Lord George Hamilton after finishing Fancy Portrait of Grace. Wire from F.C.B at 10.30. After breakfast printed in brown the proofs of Jolley as Lord George Hamilton & J & self as Admirals. Got to work on cartoon on paper of Admirals & finished at 10.0pm. Lunched & dined at home. Bottle of Ivory '74. Drove in carriage to Club. Stayed ½ an hour. Martineau & O'Dowd playing billiards. Very sleepy. Drove home. Folkestone slipped on asphalte. Saturday August 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Worked & did small block of Smith & Tithe Pig. Finished 1.0pm. Put things in order & photo apparatus up. Lunched at home. Finished bottle of Ivory. After caught train 3.55 for Pulborough. Past Cutler & Reeds. Closed. Storm. Victoria. Full carriage. 2 men at cards one with arm in sling like a young Arnold. Arrived Pulborough. Walked. Trap & Miss G caught me up.
Went with M & Conny to Jephsons. Squirrel & pretty Miss Rose. After home. Chicks. Dress. Dinner. Turners came in. Roulette. Bed 11.30pm. Sunday August 25 Fittleworth. Up at 9.0am. Fine hot sunny morning. Photod bull dog & Chicks. After lunch sat in garden. Long walk with Conrad after at 4.30 to 7.30pm. Changed things. Long talk after. Quiet evening. Bed 11.40pm. Monday August 26 Fittleworth. Fine morning. Photod bull dog again. Young Turner Con self & Roy at cricket. Wrote letters. Went up to fetch M from ladies' cricket. Lunch. Sat & read. Conny making rabbit run with Maud. Quiet dinner. Up at cricket field in afternoon. Roy playing etc. Tuesday August 27 Fittleworth. In morning caught the train at Pulborough for picnic. Effie & self, Con & Roy. Got out at Arundel. Hot. Met Sir E Boehm. Up river. Boats. Clergyman & wife. Lunch with John Constables. Roy too much cup. Cricket. Home by boat. Train to Pulborough. Left M & Roy. Up to town. Jolley met me with cart. On to Club. Dined with Charley Burnand. Billiards etc. Home. Wednesday August 28 Stafford Terrace. Up & worked hard all day on drawing of seasons, month's page. Drove in cart at 5.30pm. Called Cutler & Reeds, Burnet etc etc. On to Punch dinner. Charles Keene dined 1st time since Jany '88. Tenniel, Keene, Arthur & self only. Home by Tenniel's cab to Piccadilly. Cab on home. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink: Must be Keene's last dinner. L.S. January 27, 96.) Thursday August 29 Stafford Terrace. 1st night of Middleman. Up & continued to work on month's page. Lunch at home. Collins (photo man) called. Gave him Hamilton's negative. At 7.10pm drove in cart & dined with Charles Hartree at 22 Ryder St. Tete a tete dinner. Ceylon photographs. Cab to Club after. Played 3 games with Charley Burnand billiards. Lots at Club. Comyn Carr, Beerbohm Tree etc etc. Home by 1.30am cab. Friday August 30 Stafford Terrace. Up & worked hard all day on drawing for month. Lunched & dined at home at 10.45pm. Drove to Club. Kept carriage. Saw Arthur. Row with F.C.B about cut. Arthur denied himself supper till 12.0. Home by cab 1.30pm. No billiards. Bangs. Saw Ian Jacks at Club with friend Tyndall. Saturday August 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 10.30am went up to 34 Bedford Gardens & photod Miss L Pettigrew. Back by 1.30pm. Lunch. Put things in order & packed bags etc. Very hot. Finished by 6.45pm. Sent Jolley off in cart & took cab to Club. Dined. Impl pint Pomery. Saw Say, Col Atkinson, Christie, Bangs etc etc. Drove in cab to Euston. Provisional station master Mr Jupp civil. Met Lomas. Bought magazines. Coupe to self. Cold in night. Whiskey. Sleep. Ought to have rugs always.
Sep 1889 Sunday September 1 On board train. Woke up Stirling. Breakfast Perth. Good carriage to self on. Brown shoes got dirty. Wash. Lunch just before Forres. Good. Stranger in carriage going to drive a long way from Lairg. Knew Tressady. Out at Lairg. Bottle Appolinaris spilt in bag. Arrived. Delay at Post Office. Wrote cards. On to Tressady. Introduced to Nesbit as 'Simms'. Ryle, Foot, Vernon, Claude, Thring, self, Bowls. Walk to dogs. Dressed. Bath. Good dinner, Ayala. Whist. Lost 5/-. Monday September 2 Tressady. Up 8.30am. 1st day's shoot over dogs. Claude Watney & self. 18½ brace, 12 before lunch. Few hares. Back dinner. 'Nisbet Simms' gone. (Thring, Vernon & Foot had good shoot along home beat.) Round table. Whist. Lost 5/-. Lovely hot day. Bed 11.30pm. Tuesday September 3 Tressady. Up 8.30am. 2nd day's shoot with Vernon alone over dogs. Good day. Quiet lunch. Belt chaff. Piping hot. Very hard climb over Broom Hill. Back through bracken. Shot rabbit & last grouse. Very done after. Lunch. Home. Dinner. Letters. Won 4/6 whist. Bed 11.30. Catlin's North American Indians. Wednesday September 4 Tressady. Up 8.30am. Breakfast. Stayed with Vernon. At 11.0 began drawing of Balfour & Detectives. Lunch. Finished at 6.30pm. Sealed it up. Drew in spare bedroom. Mexican photo pictures. Foot, Claude & Thring went shooting home beat. Home early. Lawn tennis. Bad attack of P. Swelling in nostril came on. Dinner. Lost at cards. Thursday September 5 Tressady. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast. P still bad. 3rd day's shoot over dogs. Foot, Vernon & self. Good lunch. 'He tried to keep his spirits up by pouring spirits down'. Good walk. Finished at Angus's cottage 5.15pm. Spring welcome. Home & good 4 game lawn tennis. Vernon & self against Foot & Claude. Lost 3 sets. Dinner. Lost 5/- at cards. Foot's dissertation on planet Venus being weighed & pigeonholed. Friday September 6 Tressady. Up 8.30pm. 4th day's shoot over dogs. Claude W, Thring & self. Over home moor. Long 6 mile walk before shooting. Frightfully hot. Worked home. Lagged behind & got W & W on pony. Lunch on open hill by spring. One bottle short. Home late. No tennis. Worst day. Very tired. Over warren & down by stables. Dinner. Foot on ventriloquism & Edison. Cards. Won 1/-. Bed 11.45pm. Saturday September 7 Tressady. Up 8.30. 5th day's shoot. Long drive to Murray's cottage. Foot, Thring, Claude, Vernon & self guns. Ryle walked. Line shooting. Got right & left. Foolishly put on shoes. Great agony from blister. Spoilt day. Lunch by Byone. Foot put in the burn. Long long walk after. Footstool. Finished down by Murray's cottage. Welcome milk & whiskey. Tired & sleepy in drag. Home. Tea. Mr Robinson ('The
Hobb') Douglas & Richards arrived. Larger dinner (9). Extraordinary hands at cards. Won 16/6. 6 Go bang. Bed 12.0. Sunday September 8 Tressady. Up 9.30. Breakfast. Nostril better. Breakfast 10.0am. Most lovely day. Read 19th Century. Gentle bowls. Lost. Wrote up diary in drawing room. Letters etc. Old 'Hobb'. After quiet lunch (such roast beef) went up with Thring to play quoits. Beat him easily. After read 'Cawnpore' and dozed. Vernon woke me up. Major Weston called. The Moufflon, old Scott & friend. Whiskey. After cricket (with my stick - spoilt it) bowls & in for dinner. Claret (the only day). Whist after. Lost 2/6. Bed 11.45. Monday September 9 Tressady. Up 9.30. Breakfast. 6th day's shoot. Drove to Murray's cottage. Mr Robinson, Thring, Douglas, Foot, Vernon, Richards & self. Line shooting. Long pull up hill to start. Ass Donald, 'We're waiting for Mr Sambarn'. Lunch by Burnie. Long walk. Hobb behind. Home. Letters. Dinner. Whist. Won 6d. Tuesday September 10 Tressady. Up 8.30. Breakfast. Dull & rainy. In morning wagonette up. Drove self & Thring & Donald. Brake. Along road to Loch Craggie. Met Ross, fisherman keeper. Got frightfully hot walking to loch. Boat gravelly shore. Beautiful loch. Thring caught 1 fish, 1½ lbs to lunch time, 3 after. Read Cawnpore. Left 3.45 & walked by self with fish to Donald in trap by road. Drove home by self. Grouse in trap. Home up hill. Lawn tennis. Ryle & self against Vernon & Claude. Won easily, 2 sets. Ryle's birthday. Dinner. Felt livery & low. Proposed Ryle's health. Whist. Lost 2/6. Wednesday September 11 Tressady. Up 8.30. Breakfast. No shoot. Off day. Went up to room & lit fire & worked & did Gladstone on top of Tower (Eiffel). Lunch. Finished 3.45pm. Vernon came up & took me off for lawn tennis. Home tournament. V.Watney/Richards beat Foot/Douglas, easily. Thring/Sambourne beat Ryle/Claude, 2 sets to love. 6.3, 6.1. V.Watney/Richards beat Thring/Sambourne, 2 sets to 1. 6.3, 6.4, 2.6. Brandy & soda. Dinner. Whist. Won 2/6. Foot went to bed early. Dull cloudy day. Thursday September 12 Tressady. Up 8.30am. Breakfast. 7th day's shoot. Dull day. Claude W, Foot & self drove to shoot Langwell drive. Over dogs. Long Angus. Stalked grouse over wall. Poor sport. Foot to go after lunch. He stopped on. Stopped at road 5.30. Long Angus offered to carry all the game Foot shot going home. Letters. Dinner. Whist. Won 6d. Bed 11.30. Foot & Mr Robinson last night. Friday September 13 Tressady. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast. Wet day. Old R in bathroom. Mr Robinson & Foot left in omnibus at 10.30. Saw them off. Foot's hat. Old R swell, flower & white hat. Turned & walked up hill in rain. 6th day's shoot. Long walk in rain. Photo group. Shot badly. Water in boots. Claude W, Vernon W, Richards, Thring, Douglas & self guns. Line shooting. Wet lunch. Mackintosh. Home early by barn. Tea. Wrote letters & diary by fire. Dinner. Whist. Won 9/6. Bed 11.45.
Saturday September 14 Tressady. Up 8.30am. Breakfast. Thring left. 9th day's shoot. Started early & drove to Craiggie Wood Xroads. Vernon W, Claude W, Douglas, Richards & self guns. Shot woods for black game, 2½ brace, 22 brace grouse, many hare. 1 snipe shot by self. 1st was shot. Lunch near place lunched 6 years ago when talk of Miss Wilson. Shot better after but missed many birds. Finished by Murray's cottage. Lots of birds on hill. Whiskey & milk. Home. Last look at Rock. Letters. Tea. Dinner. Whist. Won 8/6. Slept. Too cold at night. Bed 11.45. Apple pie bed. Dryhurst. The department arrived. Sunday September 15 Tressady. Up 9.0am. Breakfast 10.15am. Most lovely morning. Gentle bowls. Read magazine articles & Lawrence Oliphant. Wrote letters. Lunch. Beef again. After sat & photod. Groups by Vernon on lawn. Trap round at 3.30. Dryhurst & self drove & called on Westons. Pet farm, owl & parrot, Major X, Miss W. Back. Met Claude & Douglas. Walk up drive. Got Schimmelman's account for Roy, £44.16.9. Sent cheque. Wrote last letter to M. Fire. V & Claude came in about luggage. Dinner. Champagne. Cards. Won 1/-. Packed in afternoon. Monday September 16 Tressady. Up 8.15am. Breakfast. Finished packing. All up to say goodbye. Vernon, Richards, Douglas off to shoot. Dryhurst walked. Talk with Foot. Flowers. Tips. Off with Claude in buss. Extraordinary man with yellow boots at Rogart. Little Hodgson in train. Pert small boy. Good lunch. Offered tongue, beer etc. Gave me trout fly for cap. On to Inverness. Carriage to selves till Forres. Others in. By dusk got to Perth. Basin of soup. Scotch maid. Carriage reserved. Goodbye to Claud. Dinner. Bottle champagne. Good pipe. Sleep after. Read Times. Used champagne over from lunch Sept 1st, still good. Tuesday September 17 On board train. Woke up 6.0am. Lovely morning, colder. Arrived Euston at 7.15. Got cab without delay. Drove home. Arrived at 7.50am. Letter from M saying not to go to Pulborough. Put things in order. Wrote up diary etc. Lunched at home. Cold grouse etc etc. Did some photo plates. In afternoon walked to Garrick intending to dine. No dining room. Dined Beefsteak. Carr, Watson, Blunt, Bancroft etc. Redcliffe Gardens. Garrick supper. Talk Joe Knight, Jones etc etc. Cold. Home in cab 2.0pm. Wednesday September 18 Stafford Terrace. In morning up early. Went at 11.0am to Bedford Gardens. Photod Miss Etty Pettigrew. Lovely morning & bright sun all day. Finished 2.30pm. Lunch grouse at 2.50. Dressed. Walked to Turkish baths at 5.25pm. Had bath. Met Eykyn & Frisby. Carriage called baths 6.45. On to Punch dinner. F.C.B, Tenniel, Furniss, D.M, Arthur & Milliken there. Good dinner. Easy cut. Called Beefsteak. Saw Brookfield, Beetle etc. Home 1.15pm. (Red ink: Photod Etty Pettigrew.) Thursday September 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Dull wretched rainy grey day. At 11.30 photod Jolley for Chamberlain shooting cut. After sent Jolley to meet M & Chicks. Back in omnibus
from Fittleworth at 2.45pm. Lunch. Fowl etc etc. Fire. Cold. Went on with drawing. M drove in rain to Stores with Roy. Went on with work. Dinner 8.30pm. Bed 11.0pm after. Cold. Friday September 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Worked on Chamberlain shooting in Brown. (Grouse.) Roy went with M in rain to Hyams. Intended to go to Haymarket Theatre. Photod Jolley in sunshine at 1.30pm. Sun ¾ square. Edgar called at 6.30 to 7.0pm. Finished drawing very carefully 8.30pm. Dined. Did not go to play. Vernon's last grouse. Saturday September 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Packed etc. Caught 11.25am train to Ramsgate with M & Roy. Carriage reserved. Lunch in train at Whitstable. Roy & plate. Roy's luggage out at Margate. On to Ramsgate. Dull & wretched. Gloomy. Met Tassell. On to Vinten's. Looked over houses. Montague Williams etc. Wretched stabling. Drove after to Westwood. Walk round, grapes etc. Back to Margate. Left Roy at Schimmelmann's. No one there. Still Miss Allen, Schimmelmans. Back to station & home by train 6.40pm. Cold. Dinner. Bad lobster. Steak. Did not go to Augustus Harris's. New Drury Lane. Maud & Miss G to 'Paul Jones'. (Red ink across page: 1st night of Ruy Blas & the Blasé Roué at Gaiety Theatre.) Sunday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.45. Breakfast. Bright morning but very cold. M & Miss Gill went to church. Jolley & brown shoes. Lunch at home. After M Maud & self went for walk in Park. Sat down. Bakers strike in Park. Home & quiet dinner with Maud. Bed early. Monday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Very cold. Developed some plates in morning of Miss Pettigrew. Printed them after for month's drawing. After early dinner went with M to Haymarket Theatre in cab. Saw 'A Man's Shadow'. Fat woman tumbled down in stall near me. Mr & Mrs Turquand & Peter Reed. Home by cab. Cold. Had to go down into cellar & get whiskey. Lawrence did not leave it out. Tuesday September 24 Stafford Terrace. Dreadful wet day all day. Began drawing for September month. Man called from Stores about training ivy & Virginia creeper. In evening M & self went to Gaiety Theatre in carriage after dinner. Good box. Met Woodruffe. Good opera glass. Saw Ruy Blas. Met Claude Watney & young Tattersall. Leslie's imitation of Irving. Home by good cab. 'I thank you sir'. (Red ink across page: Leslie Ward died Dec 6. 1892. Irving wrote & complained of Leslie imitating him in skirts. Wednesday September 25 Stafford Terrace. In morning worked on month's page. Put in figure easily. Men began creeper trimming. Jolley went to fetch mare from Horlick's & was away all day. Left at 4.30pm for Turkish bath. Walked with cape through Park. Met lots of police at Kensington Palace. After in middle of Row saw Prince Albert Victor & Prince George of Wales. Had Turkish bath. On to P.D. F.C.B, Lucy, Tenniel, Furniss,
Arthur, Milliken & self. Matched Furniss after dinner at Savoy. Home by cab from Strand. Thursday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Worked all day on drawing for September month. Jolley brought mare round to look at men doing creeper. Fine day. In the evening M & self dove in carriage to Adelphi Theatre. Saw Alexander in piece 'London day by day'. Home by cab. Delay in getting it at theatre. Friday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Creeper being done by men. Up at 8.30 & worked all day on drawing for month of September. After at 9.30pm dined. Bottle of Ayala. News from Paris of Bronze Medal. Bed 1.15pm after sleep. Pictures came back from Humourists Exhibition. Tony round. Saturday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. After breakfast put photos away etc etc. After in bath room. Packed bag for Turkish Bath. Whiskey & Apollo. Maud & Jane went to Richmond to see Nana. At 12.30 walked thro' Park to Club. Called & saw Vernon Watney. Called Briggs. After found that Wellby's was shut up, could not buy M a present. Lunch at Club with Arthur à Beckett. Comyn Carr after in smoking room. Walked down to Savoy Theatre. Arthur Blunt looking at Dickens. Saw Yeoman of the Guard. New girl. After walked with M & Miss Gill to Charing X. On to Jermyn St. Bath. Dined at Club. Beetle, Arthur Blunt, Sterry. First night of 'The Dead Heart'. Sat next Mrs Gilbert, Mrs Millet & Abbey. Supper at back. Mrs Delarue. On with Abbey & friend to Garrick. Furniss. Home at 2.0am. Sunday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Home about 3.0am from Garrick. Tony in basket. Lovely morning. M's birthday. Tony in bed. In morning hung pictures etc etc. Tidied up. After slept after lunch. At 4.30 walked with Maud up the Row & back. Dull coldish afternoon. At 7.30 went in carriage to 54 Bedford Gds. Supper at Abbey's. Mr & Mrs Carr, Mr & Mrs Harold Roller, Mrs Frank Millet, Abbey, self, Onslow Ford, Sylvia Roller, yankee & wife, White. Walked home. Monday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Began & hung pictures etc on stairs all day. Finished by dusk. M had pain in side come on. Quiet dinner at home. Read magazine after. Worked on finishing Samoa drawing. Tuesday October 1 Stafford Terrace. In morning worked & went on finishing Samoa drawing. Dull wet day. Could not find MS of Robinson Crusoe. M had pain in side. Did not go out in carriage. Bed at 12.0am after reading magazine. Ashby Sterry was to have come to see me. Put him off. Oct 1889 Wednesday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Stupidly put watch on a day by mistake. Breakfast. After finished Samoa drawing. Began after lunch Little Mermaid. At 4.30 walked to
Turkish bath in blue suit & brown shoes. Met Cahill. Had bath. Walked on to Punch dinner. Bradbury lost his voice. Paid for 12 tickets for bath. Used one. F.C.B, Arthur, J.T, H.W.L, E.I.M, H.F, & self there. Good dinner & talk. Home by cab. Tony between doors. Thursday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Let watch rest. Breakfast. Emma complained of Tony. Jane impertinent to M. Went on with Andersen drawing. Finished Andersen drawing in afternoon & then M drove me in brougham up to Savoy Hotel. (Red ink: Dinner at Savoy Restaurant at Hy F's expence.) Met Furniss, à Beckett & F.C.B. Dined trial dinner at Furniss's expence at Savoy Restaurant. Chef M Francois. Sir A Sullivan, Doyley Carte etc etc. Good dinner but cold. Expensive liqueur brandy & cigars. Left 10.0pm. Saw John Hollingshead. On to Empire with party (same). Saw New Ballet & Blondin donkey. After gave up going to the Corinthian Club. On to Garrick with F.C.B & Furniss. Bancroft & Bolton there. Joe Knight. Back at 1.0pm in cab with F.C.B. Friday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up. Very hard day's work on stupid subject of Gladstone shadow & Europe. Jack Burnand called twice in morning. Hard at it & unsatisfactory. Finished 11.0pm. Had bottle of Ayala & bed exhausted. Caught up the lost day in watch at 9.10am. Saturday October 5 ALMANACK DINNER. (Red ink: The last Almanack dinner 15 Nov '99.) Stafford Terrace. In morning got up early. Sent Jolley with coat to Mitre. Took train down to Witchford. Ely station. Met Mr Beldon at Ely. Lunch. Sole & fowl etc etc. Went on to Witchford in brougham. Saw horses & one likely to suit. Back to station. Saw Banker, Tenniel's friend. Back to town. Very cold. Got out at Temple. Walked to Punch dinner for Almanack. Saw F.C.B etc. Shortest Almanack dinner on record. Novel & not judicious suggestions from H.F & F.C.B. Furniss imitated Parsons, Spurgeon etc. Home by cab from Strand at 12.15pm. Got Artists wine & sport book. Sunday October 6 Stafford Terrace. M at Worthing. In morning down 9.15. After breakfast went up to Parson's studio & took a lot of photos from Miss E Pettigrew for the remaining months. Fine bright morning. Lucky. Home at 2.0 to lunch. After at 3.0 rode mare for 1st time since July to Barker's. Dull & wet. Got wet & to Barker's about 4.30pm. Abbott & wife, manager Gt Southern Buenos Aires there, 2 children. Mr Coughlan & Alice Linley. Stayed to dinner. Good dinner & champagne. Rode home in the wet. Home by 11.0pm. Mr Coughlan gave me the Stylographic pen I write this with. Monday October 7 Stafford Terrace. 1st night of Bungalow. Up early & went in carriage & caught 10.0am train for Brighton. Down in Pullman car. Foreigners. Met M at 11.30, took cab by the hour. Called Jenner & Bell. Saw Wingfield's house. Too small. Many others. Lunch at Muttons. Oysters & beef steak. Saw Mrs Pickering in flat. Back to Winkworths. Goodbye to M. Caught 5.0pm train. Youth with legs all over cushions
& window. Walked to Beefsteak. Had dinner. Carr there. Watson, Drummond. Sir George Arthur droll about Music Halls & Women. Wrote letters. Offered Beldon £85 for horse. Also 40 guineas for Brighton house. Saw Arthur à Beckett. Also that Ransford had been proposed for Steak. Home 1.30pm. Tuesday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. In morning photod self by Jolley for Music Hall picture. Developed it & all the plates taken on Sunday for months. Dined quietly at home & in evening went after very much debating with self whether I should to Pavilion. Saw good ventriloquist. Walked to Garrick. Wrote many letters. Supper. Charley Burnand & young Russell there. Also Scotch. Home at 1.15am by cab. Wednesday October 9 Stafford Terrace. In morning rode after breakfast. Met Spencer & walked up Row with him. 1st time met him since August. Home. Worked on Music Hall drawing. Walked at 4.45 to Turkish Bath. Got there 5.35. Had bath. No refreshment. Cab on to dinner. Tenniel & finished cigars. Home by cab from Strand. Cold came on in morning. Told F.C.B about Ransford. Thursday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Woke up with nasty sniffly cold. Developed in head after. Up early. Worked & finished drawing of Music Hall & dancing. After began drawing of Johannesburg & Gold Fairy. Pouring wet day.Wired to Beldon about horse. Polly returned from Worthing in afternoon. Maud went to fetch her. Heard from Brighton (Winkworth) against taking house. Wrote letters in evening with cheques to Kennedy, H & K Knightley & City of Glasgow Life Assurance. Friday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Cold bad in head. Worked all day on Johannesburg & Gold Fairy drawing. Wrote Beldon about horse. Cold wet day. Finished at 10.30pm. Sent drawing off. Sent Jolley on mare to Tenniel. Bottle of Ayala & bed. Chest rubbed. Saturday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up. 8.30am. Cold bad in head. Rode mare in Park. Called on Peal & Co. Saw Mr Stone. Back. Met Bartlett & son, J.A Jones. Mare fresh. Home. Changed. Walked up to Garrick. Saw Sir Chas Drummond. Good lunch. Evans. Carriage called with M & Maud. On to Turkish bath. Out at 7.0. Long bath. Walked home. Dinner at 8.0 quietly. Bird. Bed 11.0pm after hot whiskey. (Pencil note: Stopped Ransford.) Sunday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning but foggy. Up at 9.30am. Cold better. Breakfast over by 10.30. Spencer in with Douglas. At 11.30 rode mare to Wimbledon to call on Barkers. Found Fanny & C.O.B alone. Lunched. Good cigar. Talk. Home by Wimbledon Common & Richmond Park. Lots of people. Home. Tea. La Grousse with Maud. Wrote letters. Dined quietly at home with M & Maud. Read Innocents Abroad after. Hot grog & bed at 11.30. Dream about tiger & tree. Woke up & touched watch for 3.20am. A.Reed etc etc.
Monday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 am. Letter from Beldon saying horse would arrive 10.30am St Pancras. Rattled Jolley. Got on mare at 9.35am & rode to St Pancras. Fog & thick. Met horse porter. Unknown man at Gower St took off hat. Home by roundabout slippery streets by 12.15pm. Put photos away. Jolley round at 1.20 on horse. Rode him myself. Wired Beldon. Lunch. Wrote letters. In afternoon began Almanack & squared up copy for Robinson Crusoe, putting ants in. Dined quietly at home. Hot whiskey. Pleased with Punch. Bed 11.30. Bad nightmare at 1.5pm. Dream of enchanted castle. Maud & 'Middleman'. Tuesday October 15 Stafford Terrace. In morning up at 8.0am. Went at 9.15 with Jolley to Wilkins to have horse vetted. Found he had a bad cold. W would not pass him. Back & into Park. Met Soloman & also man on horse with running harness for rein. (Sketch of horse in running harness.) Back home. Read paper. Wrote letters. Miss Walford in. Sketched out Calendar. Wrote Barker. In evening at 7.30pm drove in carriage to see the 'Middleman'. Good play by Henry Arthur Jones. Saw 2 Americans, Vanderbilt, Sir Thos Lucas. Home by cab. 2 men on box of 4 wheeler. Dear Maud's first play at night. Wednesday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Worked on drawing for Almanack (Calendar). At 3.15 M went to Westwood driving Folkestone last time. Maud went with her & came back. Heavy rain. Put mackintosh on & walked through Park in the heavy rain. Wired to Jolley to bring collar etc etc up to Turkish baths. Called baths. Very full. Major Carpenter there & also Heseltine. Had cab on to Punch dinner. Still very wet. Tenniel, F.C.B, Lucy, Furniss, Milliken & self. Had poor cut to do, 3 Judges. Home with F.C.B in cab. Put down at Albert Gate. Thursday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Rather seedy in morning. Worked on 3 Judges after lunch. Wrote letters. Printed photos for months. Rode in Park in morning. Saw Mrs Delarue & Wyndham. After quiet dinner at home took cab to Empire. Saw Sir G Arthur, Humphreys, Ward & Lowe. On to Club. Had grilled ham. Sir James Maitland, Gosse & Joe Knight there. Talk of Gillie Farquhar. Home by cab at 1.15am. F.C.B & Tenniel & Lucy dined at Doetsch's. (Red ink: Must have had box at Empire. Met Montague 1st time Nov 15, '99. May 28, 1907.) (Loose sheet of paper, Directory of Artists. Confirmation of correct address.) Friday October 18 Stafford Terrace. In morning got on with 3 Judges. Lunched at home. Dressed at 7.10 & walked up to Beefsteak Club. Dined. Smoked circles from glasses. Leslie Ward. Vanity Fair sold for £27,000. Home by cab in wet. F.C.B Charley & Frank dined at Garrick. Folkestone sent in to Tattersalls at 3.0pm. Looking groggy. Saturday October 19 Stafford Terrace. In morning put things in order etc etc. Packed bags & took cab to Garrick at 1.15pm. M & Miss Gill to go to see 'Doris' at Lyric by carriage.
Raining. Carriage called for me at Club 2.45. On to catch Granville. One betting man in carriage got out at Broadstairs. M met me with Tassell at Ramsgate. Came across Schimmelmann's boys. Dear Roy ran to meet us. Saw him off. Vinten shut. On to Westwood. Saw Mother & also Mervyn. Wrote cards & letters etc. Read after dinner. Bed. Sunday October 20 Westwood. Up 9.30am. Dreadful wet day all day. All morning read & wrote letters. Dear Roy came at breakfast time in carriage. Wrote to his Grandmama. Mervyn & self walked at 3.45pm to Ramsgate. Left letter at Vintens. On to look for stabling. Called Burnands. Saw F.C.B, Mrs B, Arthur à Beckett & wife, Conny Philip & chicks. Glass of ginger & gin at Inn & walk home in dark. Supper at 8.0. Roy went back at 9.0 with M in carriage. Read Malthus on Population. M back at 11.0pm.. Monday October 21 Westwood. Up 9.0am. Dull morning but finer. Wrote letters etc. Folkestone sold at Tattersalls for 16 guineas. Read Malthus. Battledore. At 2.0 went with M in dog cart to Ramsgate to catch the 4.0 train to London. Called Vintens. Looked over 5 Prospect Terrace. Also on to Miss Ashleys. Met Mrs Hammond & brother. Back into town, decided to go back to Westwood. Called Post office, Bligh & Hills, after Vinten again, & M to Florence Cottage. Back to Westwood. Passed Banks's carriage. Wrote letters. Wire from Jolley about Folkestone. Dined. Champagne. Good steak. Read Malthus. Bed 11.0pm. Tuesday October 22 Westwood. Up 8.30am. Breakfast. Mother not well. Game of battledore & shuttlecock. Drove to Margate in dog cart with Tassell. Up by 2 nd class. Old lady & biscuits. Delay for porter. Carriage met me. Home. Dense fog. Tony exuberant. After lunch got on with calendar for Almanack. Wrote letters. Still undecided about Thanet. Jolley brought horse round. Quiet dinner at home. Bed 11.0pm. Polly came down in dressing gown. Wrote letters. Letter from Mother about whiskey. Wednesday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning but brighter. Wrote to Vinten to take house, 5 Prospect Terrace. Got on with calendar in morning. After lunch also. M went in carriage to call on Boehms. Left coat at baths. At 4.30pm walked up to Turkish baths. Good bath. Young fellow & Captain (naval) there. Noisy. Sent Jolley in morning to Arthur Cox, Miss Levy's solicitor, about stables Margate. Came back without answer. Still undecided about Thanet. After bath raining. Took cab to Bouverie St along Embankment. P.D. F.C.B, J.T, A à B, Guthrie, Milliken H.F & self there. Talk of Doetsch. Good dinner. Home by cab from Bouverie Street. Wet night. Letter from Cox. Fell asleep in chair for one hour. Woke 2.0am.'Wont wash clothes'. Bed. Thursday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast 8.30. Wrote many letters. M & Maud went out for shopping. Jolley brought horse round at 12.30. Cold still bad. Got on with calendar. After began Rouge Dragon. Wired to Irving to know about going tonight.
No seats vacant. Quiet dinner at home & bed early. Death of poor Prof Percival Leigh, born 1813. Friday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Got on finished Rouge Dragon & after did Wellington subject G.O.M. Photod Jolley & self for Calendar, Jolley also for Wellington. Worked hard all day. Finished earlier 10.30. Quiet dinner. Bottle of champagne, Ayala. Bed 1.0pm after sleep. Saturday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Horse's cold still bad. Tidied up & worked. Rode for 1 hour 12.30 to 1.30pm in Park. M & Maud went to Lyric Theatre to see Doris. Worked on Calendar. Put Aquarius in etc. In evening dined at home & took carriage one way to Lyceum & saw 'Dead Heart', M & self. Got away easily & home by 11.30. Dull & foggy. Sent horse to Williams. Still would not examine him. Sunday October 27 Stafford Terr. Pouring wet day all day. Could not ride. Intended to go to Barker's. Stopped in all day & worked on Calendar. Quiet dinner in evening. Bed early. Spencer came in in afternoon. Very depressed. Same old game. Monday October 28 Stafford Terr. Dull & wet. Worked on Calendar. Muggy. Prof Leigh buried. Missed funeral. In afternoon Jolley & self rode towards Wimbledon. Jolley turned off with new horse round by Roehampton home. Rode home thro' Wimbledon & Richmond. Mare tore thro' Park. New road at Sheen Gate. Home. Dinner. Quiet. Bed early. Tuesday October 29 Stafford Terr. Great fuss in morning. M, Maud, Miss Gill, Lawrence & Jane, Tony & Birds also with 1 omnibus full & 1 cab (4 wheeler) all got off at 11.30am for S.E Rly for Ramsgate. Disturbed etc. Worked after. Bothered with Gemini after in afternoon. Worked till 8.0. At 8.45 went in carriage to Beefsteak Club. Dined. Paintings & miniatures. Salisburys Sec’y. (Red ink: Schomberg Mc Donnell). Savoy. After to Empire. Slow. On by cab to Lord Mayor's Ball. Saw Lady Nottage, Lucys, Humphreys, Moncktons. Parker, engineer. Supper. On to Beefsteak Club. Arthur Blunt, Julian Storey & James. Home by 2.45am. Too much. Wednesday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Sun out & most lovely morning. Worked on Calendar. Put Gemini in. After at 12.15 Jolley & self rode in Park. New horse great success. Still a cold. Back home. Lunch. Just going to get boots off when Blathwayt called. Interviewed. Walked on to Turkish bath at 4.35pm. Left coat with Jolley. Saw VanderWeyde & Carpenter in bath & small boy. On to P.D. in cab by Embankment. Good full dinner. Agnews, Brad'y, Tenniel, F.C.B, Lucy, Furniss, Milliken, à Beckett, Guthrie & self. 1st after poor Professor's death. Left at 12.0 home. Pouring wet night. Furniss stories of Irving, Joe Knight. Last Turkish bath up to end of year. Thursday October 31
Stafford Terr. Lovely morning. Bright sun. Thermometer in room 65° without fire. Bothered with flies, so hot. Sent Jolley to tax gatherer. Wrote & sent cheques to Brainsby & Corben. To do month's pictures. Began month's picture & worked all day until 7.0pm. Put in figure of French horn. Not successful with head. At 7.30 walked to Tom Eykyns. Dined there. Mrs Eykyn. Talk of Broadley etc. Photos. Left 10.45. Home. Bed early & sleep. Woke in night. Sent carriage to Corbens. Friday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Worked hard all day on October month. Fine day. Had horse put in harness. Drove him round Terrace. Finished cut 10.15. Dinner by self. Slept in chair till 1.0pm. Bed. Sent Jolley to Stores. Got hunting flask. Nov 1889 Saturday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. In morning Jolley came in. Gave him cheque to take horses down etc. Worked, put in globe of Calendar. At 11.30 dressed & walked at 12.0 to Wright's Lane. Saw Mr Foyer. Back. Wired. Cheerful London. Home. Finished bonnet of Gemini. After packed up. Lunched at home. Got off by 2.35. Caught Granville. Altered to 3.25pm. Stout woman & husband in train. Man with dog. Window open. Down to Ramsgate. Tassell met me. To Prospect Terr. Dear Roy there. Walked round to stables. Jolley discontented with rooms. Back. Dinner. Wine not good. Smoke & rest after. Bed. Sunday November 3 Prospect Terrace, Ramsgate. Wet morning. Up 8.15. Roy a cold in bed. Coughed. Down 9.0am, walked round to stables. Back. Called Club. Breakfast. Back to stables. Very heavy rain. Puppy round. Puzzles. Wrote diary. Found out to great disappointment had left the Calendar drawing in town. Worked. Did letters for Almanack. After wrote many letters & posted them. Dined quietly at home. Bottle of Parinet. Changed things & walked to Burnands in wet. Chaff about knickerbockers. Miss Hollingshead there. Back home. Fell asleep in chair till 1.0am. Bed. Monday November 4 Prospect Terrace, Ramsgate. Still dull morning. Roy woke up with stiff neck. Would not get up. Trouble with him. Breakfast at 8.0. Dear Roy left with Miss G for Ramsgate at 8.30am. Still dull. At 10.15am went to stables & mounted mare. Jolley rode Marquis. Caught up F.C.B & Lilley (with dog) on hired horse. Rode over towards Westwood. Mare fresh. Caught hounds at Quex. Lilley left. Hunted. Horse admired. Home at 12.45 with Mrs Hammond. Home at 2.0pm. Lunch. Hungry. In afternoon read paper. After Miss Gill met train & got parcel by 5.30. Worked on Calendar at 7.30. Rush with M for Burnands to dine. Blueknicks. Hammond in after. Home after cigar by 11.0pm. Bed 12.0. Tired very. Tuesday November 5 Prospect Terrace, Ramsgate. Lovely bright morning. Up early. Went into town after breakfast & sent wire to Cheerful. Bought Telegraph. Called station about wine. Home & worked 2 hours on Calendar. At 12.30 rode Marquis as far as Broadstairs & back. Fine action. Met Miss Hollingshead & Conny B. Home to lunch. Tried wine. Wire from Cheerful. Worked all afternoon until 3.0pm on Calendar. Dined 8.15. Chianti liqueur. Walked in with M to Burnands. Lilley & Dr
Robson Roose there. Miss Hollingshead. Chaff about ear. Home. Cold. Bed 11.30pm. (Hammonds dinner party. Weigalls, Warres, Whiteheads, Gays etc etc.) Wednesday November 6 Prospect Terrace. Woke up at 6.30 with pain in tum tum. Bad. Thought it was wine. After better. Breakfast. Maud & sardines. Jolley packed wine & sent it off. At 11.40 finished Calendar for 1890. Sent it off by Jolley. Began 2 pages for Almanack. Fixed them up with brown paper & sketched scroll. At 3.50 went to station. Sent Jolley with things to station. Caught 4.0pm train. Reading lamp. Gosse (Pimples) got in at Margate. Talked loud etc. Train 20 minuted late. Up to St Pauls. Cab to Bouverie St. Good dinner. D.M there. Sat latish. Home to Stafford Terrace by cab at 1.30. Thursday November 7 Stafford Terrace. In morning up & decided to photo bath chair. Went round to stable. Shockingly untidy. Poor wretched bath chair man. Got man & took photos. Man hurried away. Gave him 2/6. Back home. Developed them & printed. Worked in afternoon on drawing Lord Rosebery as Chairman. Man came up & wanted more money. Bothered Emma. Would not give it him. At 7.15 dressed & took cab to Paganis. Man with bottle nose. (sketch of face.) Met Furniss. Fairly good dinner 13/-. After to Empire Theatre. Saw tumbling etc. On with Furniss to Garrick. Gosse came in. Pimples. Home by cab at 1.30pm. Friday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up & worked hard all day on Rosebery & bath chair. (Later note: This cut came too black.) Barely finished in time to take cab to go to Barnum's banquet. Sat between Furniss & Oscar Wylde. Fancourt Barnes, F.C.B, Sherrif Harris etc. Sala's speech. Walked with Furniss after to Beefsteak. Sala there. Backed out at 1.30. Home by cab. (Sketch of face) Article appeared in Pall Mall Gazette about 'How I do my Punch pictures'. (Pencil note: See 2nd Barnums dinner, Dec 30th.) Saturday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Lord Mayor's Day. Dull morning. Up & put things away. Instructed Emma about meeting me at Victoria. At 11.30 took cab to go to Bouverie St. Passed bath chair man. Had it out with him. Stopped at Westminster Bridge. Hard walk to Bouverie St. Hot. Met Arthur & Lewis Coward. On to Fleet St. Issuing office. Arthur dyed beard. F.C.B chaff. Mr & Mrs Percy Reeve. Noakes, Phil Agnew & F(illeg). Lunch. Walked up parallel St to Chancery Lane. Got cab. 'Dam' row with stranger. On to Victoria. Saw Emma. Carriage to self. Barely caught train. Down to Ramsgate. Jolley met me. Went in town. Bought brush, pears etc. Quiet dinner. Very tired. Sunday November 10 Ramsgate. In morning went lovely ride on mare by Westwood & home past Granville. Could not find stabling (Levy's). After at 12.45 dressed & went to meet Arthur Blunt. Came down with F.C.B. All in F.C.B's fly with Tony. Lovely morning. Lunch. Music. Walk to Convent with Maud & Arthur & round Pegwell. Robson Roose. Peppermint drops. Back. Worked. Arthur wrote letters. Dressed. Dined by
selves. M, Arthur & self went to F.C.B's after. Felt dreadfully drowsy. Home. Pipe & grog. Bed 12.30am. Arthur reading Coquelin's Molière. Monday November 11 Ramsgate. Arthur Blunt at breakfast. Threatened wet. Band round to stables. Arthur decided to go up by 12.0 train. Sent Jolley with his things. Began the 2 Almanack blocks & worked all day. Put Marquis in cart & got Polly in for 1 st time. Drove up & down. Tuesday November 12 Ramsgate. In morning got ready & went to St Nicholas on mare. Lovely morning. Passed Mrs Dixon in pony trap. Hunted. Jumped mare. Pretty girl with Jackson. Miss Chapman. Back by 2.15pm & got on with page, Africa. Altered face. Dined quietly at home. Sleepy after dinner. Bottle champagne. Paragraph about self in Pall Mall apropos of Duke of Wellington's uniform at Waterloo. Wednesday November 13 Ramsgate. Went to Club after breakfast. Wrote long letter to Pall Mall Gazette. Saw F.C.B pass in fly. Wrote to him & sent Jolley with letter. Back & got on with Africa. Put Zebra in. Quiet dinner. Sleepy after. Thursday November 14 Ramsgate. Letter from F.C.B to stay at Ramsgate. Club in morning. Worked hard all day on Africa. Put in Ostrich etc etc. Quiet dinner at home. Friday November 15 Ramsgate. Walk after breakfast to Club. Looked at papers etc. Wire from F.C.B in morning. Worked all morning on 'Africa'. Put men in, niggers. Letter appeared in Pall Mall. 8.15 dinner. Bottle of champagne. Bed after going into Club. Sleepy. Jolley & self rode out. Marquis coughed so bad sent him back. Rode round to Dumpton & across potatoes & past Granville. Mare tore along. Saturday November 16 Ramsgate. Fine morning. Worked all morning on 'Africa'. Lunch at 2.15. Rode mare round by Westwood & across Dumpton. Fresh & horsey. Home at dusk. Mrs O'Connor & friend there. Got on with Africa before dinner 8.15. Looked into Club after. Read Lockyer's article. Back 11.15. Ought to have dined with Osgood. Did not go up to town. Sunday November 17 Ramsgate. Dull morning. Did not ride. Sent Jolley out with horse. Mare a rest. Worked all day hard, 'Africa'. F.C.B called in afternoon. Anonyma out. Side shook hands. Went on working till 8.15. After went into F.C.B's with M. Miss Seton, Hammonds, young Fearon. Talk of Buenos Ayres. Lilley etc there. Home at 11.15. Butterfly puzzle. Monday November 18 Ramsgate. Up 6.0am. Decided not to hunt. Began shading of Africa. Worked hard all day. At 7.15 dressed & went to dine at Sebag Montefiore's. Slow & dull. Mrs Jones, Miss Ross's mother. Rosses. Hicks. Flute etc. Hardcastle. Clergyman. Back by fly at 11.0pm. Smoke. Sleep & bed.
Tuesday November 19 Ramsgate. Lucy's dinner, F.C.B going up. Duller & colder. Wrote to F.C.B. In morning after breakfast went as far as Club. Back & did not ride or go out. Worked all day & up to 11.0pm on finishing Africa. Put photos away & tidied up etc. Pipe & grog in own room. Grey day all day. Marquis getting slowly better. Walk with M after dinner as far as Pugins. Back & finished drawing & packed up. Borrowed palm from Pugins. Bed 1.0am. Wednesday November 20 Ramsgate. In room putting photos away. Guiness announcement, gift of £250,000 to poor. Dull grey morning. Cold. Breakfast. Club. Wrote Swain, Peal, Wratton & W & Osgood. Began 2nd drawing in earnest. Decided to tint drawing. Sent Polly for brushes. Put tint all over. Worked hard. Rode to Broadstairs at 2.15. Very cold. Mare galloped along sands. Met 2 Miss Thompsons at gate of Prospect Terr. Jolley came out with sponge & leather. X. In & on to work up to 2.30. Put Polar Bear and Aurora Borealis in. Bottle of champagne & bed after sleep in drawing room. Wonder how I can finish block. Thursday November 21 Ramsgate. Up 8.0am. Breakfast & on to Club. Annoyed with Wratten & Wainwrights letter. Wrote 4. Posted them. At 10.0am got to drawing. Finished Statue of Pole by 1.0pm. Lunch. Put birds etc etc in. No ride. Worked on all afternoon. Letters from F.C.B at 7.0 for 5 figure cut. Dinner. Quiet. After worked from 9.45 to 12.40. Finished drawing. Tidied up. Whiskey. Smoke. Did block up. (Sketch of Polar Bear.) Friday November 22 Ramsgate. At 12.40 am finished last Almanack page for 1890. Polly sitting up. Fire in room. Cold. Gas bad. Up at 8.0. Packed books. Caught 10.0 train. Went up with Lilley. Dull morning. On by cab to 18 Stafford Terr. Stove alight. All well. Looked over letters. At 2.0pm began block of Guinness & 3 workmen, Ritchie, Rowton & Plunkett. Finished after hard push (had to take quart pot out) at 11.10pm. Dined. Sleep in chair in dining room. Bed at 1.30pm. Tired & not well. Saturday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Warmer, much. Tidied up & put things right. At 12.45 took cab to Scott Adies. Got rug, ordered suit. On to Club. Called at Wellbys got 2 little brooches. Into Club, lunched. Had chop. Eat it all. Coffee. Fog in Garrick St. Cab to Victoria. Met Frank Burnand & also next door neighbour of Peto's (Westgate). Talk in train, down to Ramsgate. Tassell met us instead of Jolley. Took young Frank's things in to Royal Cres't. Walk in town. Called Hills. After dressed. Dinner. Gave M & Maud brooches. Barrie Hollingshead & Connie Burnand dined. Mervyn down by Granville. After dinner Doetsch called (F.B.) On to Mrs Burnand's. Didn't feel well (headache). Lots there. Home. Bed 11.30pm. Sunday November 24 Ramsgate. Up 9.0am. Dressed. No fire. After breakfast rode Marquis to Westwood. Saw Tassell. Got wet. Met Hammond, F.B, young Seton. Walk with Maud in souwester round harbour. Home. Lunch. Wrote letters. Boots. After on
with Maud to Hammonds. Slow. Mr Hall & fiddle. Back. Wrote many letters. Dinner. Rosie Burnand in. Quiet dinner. After began to blow. Walked round to F.C.B's. Concert going on. Lots there. Stayed till 11.20pm. Mary uncontrolled. Home. Terribly windy & gusty. Round by back way. Tony barked. Sleepy. Whiskey. Bed. Monday November 25 Ramsgate. 'Nucleous' dinner, Arts Club 7.30. Up early. Blowing gale. Jolley round. Told him not to go to Sandwich. (sorry after.) Breakfast. Went to Club at 11.0. Left to find harriers at Birchington. Late for meet. Rode round Quex & on to Sea mark. Annoyed. After bore towards Hop Poles (Sandwich Hop Poles). Saw hounds. Mr & Mrs Martin Thomson etc etc. Bit of a run. Cold wind. Mare very fresh going & tricky. Left off at 1.30. Collard fixing for Wedy. Home with the Thomsons. Back by 2.45pm. M away in carriage with Mervyn. Called on Roy. Tea, toast. Spoilt brown boots. Undecided whether to go up to town or not. Decided not. Wired by Jolley. Wrote many letters. Tony bitten at 3.40pm. Maud cried. Quiet dinner & decided to go to bed early. M went at 10.0. Self & Mervyn after sleep 11.15 & glad to do it. (Note across page: Did not go up to the Nucleous dinner.) Tuesday November 26 Ramsgate. Up early. Lovely morning. F.C.B went up to town. At 11.30 rode young Marquis round by Montefiore's. Met M & Mervyn. Marquis wanted to turn at station. On to Broadstairs & home by Upton. Lunch. After looking out of window put Maud on Marquis for 1st time. Jolley walked her up & down. Rain. Tassell came. Lilley came in for shelter. (illeg). Worked all afternoon on month (November). After dressed quickly & walked in the cold on to Lilley's dinner. Mr & Mrs Lilley, selves, Mervyn & Conny Burnand. Slow. Row. Cigarettes. Russian. Short dinner. Home 10.30. Called Club. Great laugh after whiskey. Bed 12.0am. Wednesday November 27 Ramsgate. Bright morning. Cold. Up 8.0am. Dressed to hunt at kennels with harriers. Mervyn left. Delay about his luggage. Old man took it. On to stable with stick. After to Club. Great snow set in at 10.10am. Countermanded horses. Back. Maroon fired for fire at 1.10pm. People running. Worked all morning on Novr. M read 'Diamond cut Diamond' for illustration. Lunch. Currie chutnee. After vacillated about going up to town. Read Telegraph, Lord Euston case. Decided not to go. Went for walk with M at 4.0 to 5.0 along pier with Tony. Bought oxalic acid. Home. Tea. Work. Acid a success with boots. Wrote letters, Boehm, Watney etc. Sent patterns back to Scott Adie. Worked on with month's drawing. Very cold. Dined quietly at home. Thursday November 28 Ramsgate. Up 8.30. Breakfast. Fine morning. Worked on month's page for November. Put in quart pot & nutcrackers etc. Lunch. After at 2.0 rode mare up past Banks' School. Past Westwood & Miss Friend's farm to past Abernethys & home thro' Upton. Mare fresh at train & in A1 form. Bitterly cold. Home & on with drawing. M finished ms of 'Diamond cut Diamond'. Read Frith. Dinner by selves. M spoke to Miss Gill about giving up chairs. Read 'Queer Stories'. Fell asleep till 12.0. Bed. 1st night of 'La Tosca', Garrick Theatre.
Friday November 29 Ramsgate. Burnand's birthday. Up 8.0am. Put things up for town. Breakfast. Went round to Club. Back. Annoyed because cart was not there. Walked down to station. Up to town by self in train. Victoria. On home in hansom. All well. Stove. Letters. Got to work 12.30. Put in fog figure & hair. Boy. Lunch. Changed things. Worked on. Finished by 9.0pm. Dressed. Dinner. Fur coat. Cab to Empire. Dull. Saw Harry Burnand & Frank. Saw ballet, Garrick. 4/- returned from W & W. Supper. Sir A Borthwick, Cartwright, Gosse, Gillie & Macdonald. Long talk with Solomons. Agnew 60,000 year. Left at 2.15am. Home by hansom. Read Max Schlesinger's London. Fire. Turned round for sleep at 3.0am. Saturday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Dense fog in London. Up a 7.30am. Swelling in nose. Headache. Dark. Fire still alight in room. Down. Put photos up. Breakfast. Sent Emma for cab at 9.45am. One other in carriage all way to Ramsgate. Law papers crackled. Brilliant hot sun in Ramsgate. Jolley took bags. M & Maud & Tony met me. Walked up to house. Met Miss Ross & young Montefiore. Changed things. Pork lunch. Rode at 2.15pm to Margate past Abernethys. Saw boy clout girl at Brown Jug. Rode after him. Old swell & dog cart. On to Margate. Round School. Saw dear Roy. Looked cold. Football. Bad tongue. Roads up. On past Infirmary & across country thro' St Laurence home. Tea. New piano. Read papers. Called Club. Saw Weigall & Vaile. Little Miss Weigall with Maud. Mervyn down by Granville. Walk in town. Burnand's new cob came down. Doetsch, Frank B, also Connie Burnand in to dinner. Talk of Lilly & dances after great row. Dec 1889 Sunday December 1 Ramsgate. Swelling in nose painful. Most lovely morning. Bright sun. Cold. Breakfast. Club. At 10.35 rode mare to Sportsman. Inspected Port's brickfield. Blocked. Glass of beer. Jumped mare over ditches. Very fresh on turning round. Home. Wrote letters. Lunch after. At 2.15 drove with Maud in cart to Westwood. Carriage turned at St Lawrence. Westwood. Dull. Hill. Tassell. Back past Haine's home. Weigall at door. Walked to end of pier. Tea. Upstairs & wrote order for the Stores. Dinner. Maud dined. At 8.15 round to Burnands. Children's play. Clever little Winnie & baby & Ethel. Phillip in uniform as footman. Larks about. Very cold. Home. Whiskey. Bed. Young horse very hot at Westwood. Monday December 2 Ramsgate. Very cold in morning. Breakfast. Round to Club. Changed things & got on mare 10.25. Met Mrs Hammond. Caught Burnand & Lilly up. Burnand's new cob. Grey, good looking. Cold. As far as Mount Pleasant. Round past Whitehead's home. Very cold. Jolley at house. News of Mervyn taken ill. Mervyn in my room. Lunch. Mary Burnand there. Frightfully cold. Read 'Queer Stories'. After went round to Club & wrote letters. Back at 5.0 to tea. Miss Hollinghead & Connie & young Roose there. Up in room. Read Frith. Dressed. Mrs Pigott & Lillys came to dinner. 2 bottles champagne. Long talk. Tony. Bed. Frightfully cold. Nose very painful. Blues. Tuesday December 3
Ramsgate. Up 8.30. M in bed. Dressed for hunting. Brown boots. Hard frost. Took em off again. Went to Club. Wrote letters. Nose very painful, 4 th day. Did not ride in morning. Began Mermaid for Andersen. New process. Lunch very bad. Brutal currie. Rice atrocious. Out & on mare. Rode past Truscalls & Westwood on past Friends & to sea shore by life boat. Along shore home by 4.0pm. Frank Green there with Mervyn. Connie Burnand came in after. Nose painful. Worked. Rigged up lamp. Letters from Buchanan & Aird. Began drawing on compressed paper with lines. At 7.30 went by self to dine at Hammonds. Good dinner. Lillys, Bessie Hollingshead, self, F.C.B, wife, Connie & Rosie. Sketched Connie. Stayed till 11.45 talking. Home. Cold very. Wednesday December 4 Ramsgate. Very cold. Nose painful. Worked in morning. Saw F.C.B go up with Bessie H. & Mrs B. On to Club. Home. Worked. At 12.30 rode with Jolley round Dumpton & along by Haine & home. Marquis pulled. After lunch put up things & worked on Mermaid drawing. Caught 4.0 train up to town. Read Frith's Reminiscences. Punch dinner. Bradbury's voice better. Guthrie, Lucy, Gill etc. Talk after dinner about interviewing. Furniss 3, Milliken 2, Tenniel 1, & self 4. Home by cab from door. Aird's daughter sent Princess Mary's book. Got it signed. Furniss appeared in 'Pall Mall'. Thursday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Man from Coopers called 9.15am. After at 11.0 Ayala. Long talk. Worked. Began Portuguese monkey & map of Africa. Wrote D'oyley Carte. In afternoon at 7.0 dressed & cab on to Baker's dinner. Cold. Good dinner. Prof Grevin & wife, Mint & wife. Col Lloyd & wife. Captain Dark. Actress. Left 11.30 & home. Walked into Captain Dark. Bed 12.0am. Read 'King Solomon's Mines'. Friday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Got on with Portuguese monkey & map of Africa. Thought I might catch train for Thanet. Gave it up & finished work at 6.0pm after boy waiting. Took cab to Garrick Theatre. Asked for seat. On to Steak & dined. Good dinner. Talk of Ivory, Goldberg. Bought up Gamboge. Joe Carr & F.C.B. F.C.B in court all day about Society Herald libel case.Went to see 'La Tosca'. Forbes Robertson good. Mrs B.B bad. Saw Parker & Christmas Levy wives. After to Garrick. Joe Carr, Beetle & friend, Gillie. Gillie & Beetle. Beetle tight. Abbey, Furniss there. Gosse. Stayed till 2.35. Too much whiskey. Furniss hid wrap. Home by cab. Saturday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Heavy snow falling. Decided to remain in town. Down 9.15. Looked up Blaque's letter. Wrote to America. Tidied up etc etc & stayed in all day. Lunched at home on a chop & spotted dick. At 7.0 dressed & took cab to Garrick Club & Charing Cross. Good noiseless hansom. Got order cashed at Charing X. After lunched at Steak. Algy Bastard & Loftus Thornhill there. Weedon Grossmith. On after to Savoy. Leslie Ward there. 1 st night of Gilbert & Sullivan's 'Gondoliers'. Dress circle. Heaps of friends. Mrs Archie Wortley etc etc. Walked to Garrick. Supper opposite Campbell Praed. Introduced
Australian D'Arcy. Talk with Sir James Mackintosh. Cab home. Cold. Bed 2.0am. Osgood won 2/s matching. Sunday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Emma woke me 7.0am. Up 9.0am. Packed & after breakfast bad cab to Victoria. Cold & raw. Met Mr & Mrs F.C.B on platform outside. Down to Ramsgate. Stylographic pen. Children met F.C.B. Walked to 5 Prospect Terr. After rode past Westwood & round by Montefiore's in sea fog. Mare fresh, very. Wrote letters etc etc. Monday December 9 Ramsgate. Dull heavy rain. Up & Club after breakfast. Saw F.C.B's pony. Did not ride in morning. Worked on Mermaid process. At 2.30 rode mare round Westwood & home by Dumpton. Heavy wet. Saw clergyman at Montefiore's. Went on with work in afternoon. Blanche Cole came. Quiet dinner. Sleep. Bed 11.30. Picked up sparrow. Mrs Wise called at Prospect Terrace when I arrived. Tuesday December 10 Ramsgate. In morning after Club rode mare to meet at Garlinge. Overtook F.C.B on pony. Ground heavy, very. Found hare. Home with Mrs Hammond. Rest in drawing room. Tea & on with work. Put circle in. Bottle of champagne. Cork tight. Knocked bottle neck off. Wet. On to Burnands after with Blanche Cole & M. Back 11.15. Slept till 1.0am. Death of Mr Cosens at Lewes. Wednesday December 11 Ramsgate. Lovely morning & warm. Club. Wrote letters. Ordered Port Wine from Westalls. Saw F.C.B, Mrs B & Rosie group. Worked on Mermaid process. Rode Marquis round by Hare & Hounds. Back home. Lunch. Marrow. Dressed. Drew cheque. Caught 4.0 train from Ramsgate. Man in train got out Margate. On to St Pauls & to Punch dinner. Bradbury old form. Violent. No Guthrie or Lucy. Made up 3 cuts. Did not get my own. Home by cab with F.C.B. Gave me 1/-. Warmer weather. Found all right at home. Bed 12.30. Thursday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up in morning. Put things in order. Finished chalk drawing & went to Macmillans. Burnand's boy called & dropped letter about Boulanger into the letter box. Did not get it. Began in afternoon Boulanger cut, did not go on. At 4.30 began to dress & at 5.30 walked as far as Scott Adie's in evening dress & fur coat. Had things tried on. On to Garrick. Saw Bangs. Gave me letter. After walked on to Bristol, Ayala's dinner. Private room. Old Foozle, Comyn Carr etc etc. Tristram Gilby, young Gilby, young Ayala. Good dinner. Exceptionally good. Cab to Empire. No electric light. Saw young Montefiore coming out. (Red ink: See Oct 17. Perhaps this evening. 15 Nov 99.) On to Garrick. Supper. Ham etc. Saw Borthwick & also Campbell Praed & Darcy. Weighed 13s 5.0. (Red ink: Praed waggled me.) (Red ink across page: Ayala's dinner at the Bristol.) Friday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Letter from F.C.B about Excelsior. Very poor subject. Did what I could. Finished 7.15pm. Cab to Sir Morel Mackenzie's. Dinner. Frederick Harrison, Farjeon, Fildes, Sutherland, Edwards, 2 Foozles, young
Mackenzie & self. Good dinner but slow as a snail. Talk to girls after. 2 nd one very pretty & draws, eldest American letter. Lady Mackenzie. Cab home with Fildes. Dense fog. Cab on to curb in Bayswater Rd. At last home. Asked Fildes to Ramsgate. Fire in room. Pall Mall. Bed 12.15pm. (Red ink: This is the last cartoon I drew on the wood. L.S. July 24, 1894.) Saturday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Decided not to go down to Ramgate by 9.45. Looked out drawings & put things away. Send 7 Punch drawings & 6 Water Baby to Bangs for Scribners. Lunched at home & caught the 3.25pm train. Mervyn & Frank Burnand got in train. Carriage full. Sleep down. Florence Walford met Mervyn at Ramsgate. On to Prospect Terrace. Tea there. Frank B came in. Quiet dinner. Blanche Cole there. Sunday December 15 Ramsgate. Fine morning. Muddy very. Rode Marquis to Westwood. Fine action. Man hollered at Montefiore's field. Hass. Saw Mother. Home. Lunched. Road bad. Saw clergyman. In afternoon worked hard on page for Dec'r for Punch. Quiet dinner. Sleep after. Did not go round to F.C.B's. Monday December 16 Ramsgate. In morning after breakfast Club. Got on Marquis & caught F.C.B up. Rode round by Westwood. Parted at Sangsters. Too fast for me. Home by 12.15pm. After got on with drawing for Dec'r. Quiet dinner at home. Blanche Cole. Sleep after. Bed 11.30pm. Hounds at Sarre. Influenza cold came suddenly on in afternoon. After bottle of champagne at dinner. Had carbolic at night & turps put on chest. Tuesday December 17 Ramsgate. Cold better. In morning round to Club & wrote letters to Bangs, Bradbury & Macmillan. After home & worked all day on Dec'r month's drawing. Finished it 6.45. Sent it off by 7.15 train. Dined after. On to Burnands after dinner. Very hot close day & evening. Stuffy. Felt seedy. Played dominoes & also cards. Saw Rider Haggard's new book. Home 11.15pm. Blanche & M still up. M came down after. Depressed finance. Wednesday December 18 Ramsgate. Depressed finance. Up & went to Club. Read paper. Saw F.C.B go up to town. Wrote Smith, J.G.Davis, A.Davis etc etc. Hammond came in & told me of meet at Ebbsfleet or Sarre. Got on mare & caught up North Buckmaster. Mare fresh very. Found hare & ran round meadow & out & about & across line several times. After had sherry etc at Tom Mayhew's. His wife out with Colley. Found another hare & left them running. Hacked home. Conny B having her portrait taken by Blanche Cole. Criticisms. Up, changed. Planet puzzle. After went with Mervyn & had hair cut at Frenchmans. Club & wrote letters. Sherry & bitters. Back to dinner. Conny dined. Bottle champagne. Read Pall Mall. Slept after to 12.0. Bed. Thursday December 19
Ramsgate. Lovely bright warm day. Breakfast at 10.15. Cart came round. Sent it with B.C's luggage to station. After went Club. Drove to Margate past Abernethy's. Bad roads. Called for dear Roy at 11.0 exactly. Schimmelmann. Heard Roy had taken 1st prize in chess. Through Margate. Met Tassell at Stokes's farm on horse. On to Westwood. Green. Saw Mother. Gave Roy cheque etc etc. Back to Ramsgate. Horse went beautifully. Home. Round to stable. Saw the Hoods. Harry Hood. Lunch. New clothes came home from Scott Adie's. Roy at lunch. Worked on Blaque's book till dinner time. After read at dinner. Quiet evening by selves after dinner. Dear Roy & Maud dined. Friday December 20 Ramsgate. Breakfast. Went to Club. Wrote letter. Posted it & walked to buy 2 cigars at Norris's. Back to stable & got on Marquis with help & started to get to Sarre to hunt. Wind & rain. Turned round on account of the cold at X roads & back by lower road past Col Whitehead's house. Got home 11.50. Round to Club. Cold. Read Times. Home. Lunch. Put new things on. Walked with M & Maud to Hammonds. Shirley Whitehead there. Settled for dinner. Met Jolley. Back & worked all afternoon on Blaque Book. Dinner. Selves. After took Mary & Ethel back to Royal Cres't. Back. Looked into Club. Read. Back 11.0pm. (M landed poor Tony one for nothing after dinner.) Saturday December 21 Ramsgate. Up 8.30. Breakfast. Round to Club. Roy, Mary & Ethel B out for walk. Worked in morning on Blaques book. Lunch. Rode at 2.15 on mare in new suit. Up past Montefiore & to Broadstairs & home along sands. Again got on with work. Finished at 7.35. Dressed. F.C.B & Mrs F.C.B, Mr & Mrs Hammond, dined with us. Wet night. Called in afternoon at Wastalls & ordered wine. Good dinner. Bad brown soup. Burnand’s joke apropos of puppy. Mange. Dog in the manger. Quiet evening, all left early, 10.45. Mrs F.C.B glad of wine. Smoke & whiskey after. Bed 11.50pm. Sunday December 22 Ramsgate. Up 8.15. Breakfast 9.0. Round to Club. After at 10.25 home. Looked out for Squire. Missed him. Caught at Club. Squire, C.Burnand, Borradaile, Roy, self & Master Tony went for walk to Broadstairs over cliff etc etc. Very warm 53° out in air. Wet & very muddy. Fine after. Dr Walters of Broadstairs died at 10.0am. Called at Borradailes. Dogs. Engravings. Cat. Canaries. Walk back. Fly drove fast to Hebden round corner. Back Ramsgate. Wrote letters at Club all afternoon. Read Socy in London. Mervyn dined with us. After dinner M, Mervyn & self went to Burnands. Cigars. Game of dominoes. Bessie Hollingshead lost 3/1d. Dance. Back by fly. Read Punch & Socy in London. Bed 12.15am. (Note across page: Found out name of man at Dumpton Gap. Bathes every day winter & summer. Price. Formerly proprietor of Albion Hotel.) French-Brewster divorce case decided in favour of Mrs F-B. Monday December 23 Ramsgate. Up 8.0am. Roy slept in dressing room. Roy up for bath, Tony in bed. Up. Breakfast. Club. Times. At 10.30 rode with F.C.B round by Broadstairs & past Kingsgate House to Westwood & home along the Ramsgate road. Could not find subject for next week. After home. M gone to Westwood. Cart ordered. Whiskey &
Appolinaris. Roy & chess. Read paper. Lunch. After lunch worked on Blacque's pages. Chicks dressing for Ball. Went round for Jolley. Trains late. Miss Gill making mess with turps. Sailor suit just in time. Lawrence in town for collar. Chicks off 5.55. Dinner. No dress. Celery salad. Quiet. Read magazine after. Chicks back at 11.12pm. Roy dreadfully tired. Put to bed. Did not go out. Tuesday December 24 Ramsgate. Up 8.30am. Chicks in bed. Down to breakfast. Frightfully wet & windy day. Read Times at Club. Wrote Mother etc etc. Letters from F.C.B. Doubtful about subject. Posted letters & ordered carbowitz at Wastalls. After home. Finished 1 st page of Blacques. Lunch. Miss Norden in. Round to Club. Read Morning Post. Letter to F.C.B. Wrote & sent letter up to town by 4.0 post. Got on mare & took parcel. Rode along sands to Broadstairs after train. Back along cliff past Montefiore's. New moon. Man lashed pony up hill. Home. Jolley turned up 7.30 for letters. M & self dined. Chicks to bed. M made up stockings. Diaries came. Round to Burnands after dinner. Played dominoes & tiddlywinks. Home at 11.15. Fine night. Wednesday December 25 Ramsgate. Saw sun rise over clouds. Lovely morning. At 9.0 breakfast. Children's presents on breakfast table. Walk to Club. Letter to F.C.B. Hammond, C.Burnand, Frank B, young nephew, self, Tony & Roy went for long walk to Broadstairs (met Price.) Called Borradaile. Whiskey & soda. Past St Peter's, Cocksedges & Westwood. Haine & home by Ramsgate Road. Tony quarrelsome with Bobby. Not a cloud in sky. Late poor lunch. Roy's cake. Tiddlywinks. Walk with M & Maud to call on Pugins, Hammonds (met F.C.B.) Old Waynes(?) at Hammonds. Called Hood. Home. Tea. Worked after. Wrote letters. Worked on page for New Year, skemed it. Conny & Mr Ready came round & asked us to go into Burnands after dinner. Dined at 7.0pm. Miss Gill, Maud, M, Roy & self. Champagne. Round to Burnands after. Great evening. F.C.B distributing presents. Danced. 'Faust up to date' dance. Delightful evening. Home at 11.30pm. Most lovely weather. Bright hot sun, fresh breeze, cloudless sky all day. Thursday December 26 Ramsgate. Boxing Day. Dense sea fog in morning. Breakfast. Club. Papers late. At 10.45 got on mare & called F.C.B. Getting on cob. F.C.B upset with weather. Went off alone along Sandwich Road. Left him at Warre's. Got to meet at Star Inn. Westwood. Ass at gates. Caught hounds. Over or under bridge. Run past Friends & to Convent. Saw Borradaile & Hammond. Martin Thomson. Pottering run at North Down. Saw Abernethy. On to St Peter's. Left hounds at Nash. Home & worked on page for New Year. Dined 6.0. Mervyn there. Upset about bird being lost. X at dinner. Round to amateur theatricals at Burnands. Children. Miss Hollingshead & Mervyn. Frank B etc. Dance after. Whiskey. Children tired, left with M & Miss Gill 11.15. Back with Mervyn at 12.0am. Whiskey & talk. Bed 12.30. Slept with Roy. Friday December 27 Ramsgate. Roy in bed. Up early. Breakfast. Club. Wrote letter to F.C.B & sent by Jolley. F.C.B left Ramsgate for good for town. Back & worked all day on page for New Year, John Bull smoking. Got done 3.30pm. Sent it off by Jolley at 4.15.
Walked with M & chicks to Mrs Pugin's. Cold east wind. Varnished boots & put things straight. At 6.0 again walked round to Mrs Pugins. Missed M. Dance of children & Blind Man's Buff. Squire hilarious. Mistletoe. Rosie Burnand knocked her face against piano. Break up. Walked back with Maud, Roy & Miss Gill. Called for football. Went to Club. Sherry & bitters & got cigars. Dinner 7.30pm. Children with us. Roy forgot himself & ill in night also. Smoke after dinner. Sleep & bed 11.30pm. Much colder. Frost in night. Bird found in curtain. Cold east wind. Saturday December 28 Ramsgate. Up at 8.20. Breakfast. Club. Old Hanks there. Cold. Read Times. At 10.35 got on mare at Club. Rode to meet at kennels. Past Mrs Hammond. North Buckmaster & son rode with me lower road. Whiskey & water at Collards. Met Rosalie Thornton in cart. Found hare. Pottering day. The Squire walked & turned up again at St Nicholas with Rev'd Forbes. Home in cold. Caught Martin Thomson up. Mare a stone in heel. Home with Mrs Hammond. Cup of tea 4.0pm. Roy ill last night. Burnands all went to town. Dined quietly at home. Read after dinner. Sleep. M came in & out four or five times. Bed 12.30. Very cold. Frost at night. Sunday December 29 Ramsgate. Woke 8.0am. Lovely sun. No clouds. Cold. Down 9.30. Breakfast. Club. Wrote many letters. Squire came in ready for church. Home. Roy by himself. Worked. Put in bird etc. Heine to his mistress. Walk round pier & harbour with Roy & Tony. Lunch. Good leg of mutton. Read book of poems. Squire, Miss Florrie Hood, nephew, & Miss & young Roose called. Walk with Roy, Tony & them to Broadstairs & back. Cold. Lovely evening. Roy won 1/s running to Telegraph House. Home. Read poems. Tea. Hard frost. Finished drawing for Blaque. Put in snow etc & drew Cupid flying. Quiet dinner. Bottle of Perinet. M & self walked round to Hammonds. Nephew asleep on sofa. Talk of Burnands. Home after. Cold. Read Lady Brassey's book. Monday December 30 Ramsgate. Up at 8.0am. Intended to have hunted with the East Kent. Frost prevented. Snow on the ground but thawed after. Went to Club & wrote letters & posted them. Met Hood & young Rooses. Home. Finished Cupid. Cleaned up drawings & sent them off by registered letter to America. Packed up. Lunch. ½ bottle champagne. Put up all things after & walked down to station & caught 4.0pm train. Jolley went twice with cart. Talk to Veal at station. Got to town. Boy met me & took things home in cab. Cab to Beefsteak. Changed coat. Civil commissionare. Looked in. Saw Grain. On to Victoria Hotel. Met Col North going in. Sat next Monckton & Heron Maxwell. Stories after dinner. Yates, Watkin, Cunliffe Owen, Sherrif Harris. Barnum's grandson Harris after. Col Edis & Oscar Wilde. Left with Lord Kilmony, on to Beefsteak. Beetle, Arthur Blunt etc etc. Home by 2.30am. Heard Broadley had bolted. Tuesday December 31 Stafford Terrace. Woke up at 9.45. Very seedy in morning after Barnum's dinner. Down 10.15am. Breakfast. Put all photos away etc & wrote letters. Lunched quietly at home. After walked up to Tudor Exhibition. Ran against Spencer corner of Bond St. Took him in. Saw Mrs Taylor (older) Wycliffe & Lister, Lady Monckton, Conrad & Eddy, Dolly Storey etc etc. From there to Club. Left Spencer Piccadilly
Circus. Called on Wellby's paid account & got 2 bracelets for M & Maud. After gave Cole Xmas box & walked on to Punch dinner after writing to Mr Forbes & M. Called at shop for old arms & on to dinner. Full dinner all there but Gil à Beckett, Agnew & C.K. Talk of Broadley. Felt rather seedy. Influenza about. Tenniel X & pitched into Frank. At 11.20 went in cab to 54 Bedford Gardens. Very slippery. Saw New Year in in a cab, just as passing Kensington Church the clock struck. On to Parsons. Mr & Mrs Harrison there. Pretty woman. Parsons' brother, Harold Roller, the Boughtons, Colliers, etc. Very cold in dining room. Left after pulling crackers etc. Mrs Harrison & convolvulus hat. Smoked. (Sketch of figure in hat, smoking.) Left at 2.0am. Walked home. Back 2.20. Seedy & afraid of influenza. (4 small cuttings from The Times: In loving memory of William Henry Cremer who died December 31,1889. Marked with dates in L.S's hand 1894, 1895, 1897, 1898.) Notes on Memoranda page: Wine merchant: Holdsworth & Blackburn (Burgundy people) 49 Pall Mall. Burne & Turner, Leadenhall Street. Col Jones recommends.
1890 Notes and addresses on front pages of diary: Three pages of miscellaneous figures, some of Bonds and Debenture Stock. Two loose pages with tables of game birds shot from 1883 to 1896. Price of Brown's Lucelium Boot Varnish, 2/4 for 2 bottles. Mr J.H Kenyon, Funeral Furnisher, 45 Edgeware Rd. Store Ticket for 1890: 88377. The Coal Owners Association, 87 Euston Road, N.W. Charles Montague, 37 Park Village East N.W. 19 St John Street Bedford Row W.C. Archibald Macgregor, 126 Campden Houses, Peel St. Mrs F Wilford, 98 Gloucester Rd, Regents Park N.W. 6 Bishops Terrace, Fulham. Kate Manning, 8 Mund St, West Kensington (this crossed out). 528 King's Road, Chelsea. Lillie Graham, 2 Jermyn St, W. Fk Barr Esq, 8 Hans Road, Brompton, S.W. Louie Price, 2 Goodson Road, Lillie Road, Fulham B.Permarch, Hotel Pavillon Imperial, Boulogne. Dr Orwin A.W, 15 Weymouth St, Portland Pl, W. Dr Relson Millard, Sneyd Park, Bristol. M.H.Spielman. Mag of Art. La Belle Sauvage, Ludgate Hill, London E.C. C.R. Hansen, Copenhagen & Elsinore,Wilson & Sons agent. Etty Pettigrew, 7 Musgrave Cres’t, Walham Green. Hamilton Fletcher, Pyt House Tisbury, Wilts. Mars, 72 Boulevard Malherbes, Paris. Le Nu au Salon. (worth getting). Armand Silvestre, Librairie Informinarie. 53 Ter. Quai des Grands Augustines, 71 Rue la Condamine 71. Salon Illustré, 1890, Troisieme Annee, No 1, 2 francs. Ludovic Barchet, 123 Rue de Culbage 12, Paris George Finlay Esq. Dated 28 Aug '90. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, N.W. Fred Dougal Esq. General Manager & Keys Office. The Highlands Railway Co, Inverness. Dated Aug '90 Arthur Linley Esq, 19 Hamilton Rd, Ealing. Note about a party held on Tuesday 31 January 1889: At Parson's 12.5am. Mrs Harrison, Mrs Boughton, Mrs Collier. Roller, Dixey, self, Collier, Harrison, P's brother, young Harrison. Jan 1890 Wednesday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Misty. Hoped to have photod for Boxing subject. Mist increased to blackest fog on record. Boy turned up 11.0am. Lit gas & candles & looked out subject for Prize Fight. Tidied up. Thought to walk to Club & lunch. Stayed at Stafford Terrace. At 2.35 sent boy for 4 wheeler & went to Victoria. Caught Granville. Cold & rain. One man in carriage smoking Cut Cavendish. Down all right. Gave M & Maud bracelets. Roy & toys. Squeakers &
crackers. Went round to Club. Got letters. Answered them & saw Weigall. Back to dinner at 8.0pm. Oysters. Roy & Maud up. Pall Mall. Sleep after cigar. Strange dream in Drawing Room of Yates dancing & operation on leg by quack. Dung beetles. Woke 11.55am. Bed. Very cold. Thursday January 2 Ramsgate. Up 8.30. Maud had bad night. Headache & feverish. Breakfast. Roy & football. Read child's book, Adventures in Egyptian Catacombs. Round to Club. No letters. Old Hunks, clergyman. Billiard Room W.C. Back to work. East wind but fine & bright. Sent check Vintern £14.0.0. Worked on Prize Fight drawing. At 2.30 rode mare round by Haine & on to Margate. Back by coast & got to Ramsgate at 4.30. Up stairs & got on with work. Maud in M's room. After dinner worked on drawing from 10.0pm to 12.15am. Read Century acct of assassination Lincoln. Bed 1.10am. M & Maud awake. Fine. Friday January 3 Ramsgate. Roy left ½ a sausage. Up early & down to breakfast. M & Maud in bed. Round to Club. Back & drew from Jolley for Prize Fight. Very dark for sea side. Worked to lunch. Decided to send for young Hicks to Maud. No good. Worked all afternoon & wired to Swain. Finished drawing 6.50pm. Great hurry to get it off. Barrel of oysters came. Had 3 doz for dinner with M. Roy down. After dinner read paper & dozed. Nightmare in chair. Bed 12.0am. M & Maud sleeping together. Lacon Pen at Club. Miss Florrie Hood called & said her mother & sister laid up with influenza. Squire laid up with bilious chill. Saturday January 4 Ramsgate. Birthday. No one remembered it. Wrote Hamilton Fletcher etc etc. Up 8.40. Breakfast 9.15am. Round Club, old Hunks (Webb) there. Looked through Telescope. Back. Old Bobby on doorstep with muzzle on. Mrs Hammond called. Young Dr Hicks called. Not much good. Roy & Miss Gill walk. Inventory being taken. Sun bright at noon. In afternoon rode mare round by St Lawrence to Margate across Nash. Along sands & home. Jolley met me on Marquis. Home & began after tea the drawing for Good Words. Skemed it. Dinner. Quiet & sleep in chair after. Bed 11.30. Slept in Maud's bed. 1 st night of Tra la la Tosca. No, postponed to Thursday. (Red ink across page: No one remembered my birthday thank goodness.) Sunday January 5 Ramsgate. Gale of wind & very wet. Went round to Club. Rounded on Webb. Roy waited for me. Telescope no good. Walked in gale to end of pier. Sea washing over. Back. Did not ride. Lunch. Walk with M at dusk. Arranged room & at 5.0 made candle light study from Jolley. Down & round to Club to write letters. Back. Dinner. Bottle of Champagne. Round to see Squire after. Pulled down. Rosie & Connie Burnand there. Back & read Sunbeam's Voyage. Bed 1.0am. Slept in Maud's room. Monday January 6 Ramsgate. Sea fog & wet. Went on mare from house to meet at Birchington. Caught up North Buckmaster & son. Talk of Cotton and Tomlin. Mare (illeg) in open at Birchington. Hounds up after. Found hare at once. Pottering run about
Birchington. Did not kill. On after to Hop Poles by Monkton. Lunch. Dropped cigar. Angry with mare could not mount again easily. After lost hounds. Home by bad luck by lower road. Past Collard's. Began to trot & mare came down heavily in road with me. Collard's trap. Cut herself badly. Very angry & annoyed. Not hurt self. Walked home. Jolley & stableman covered with mud. Home. Packing. Roy & Tony. Maud's cold bad. Packed things. Walked down to Fitchews. Complained about 1/-. Back. Saw mare. Dinner. Watch slow. Only just caught train. Borradaile in train. Bought Pall Mall & saw that it was the Baddeley night at Drury Lane. Drove to Stafford Terrace. Dressed & went to Drury Lane. Met Maclean at Club. Slow. Miss Olga Brandon Toole. Supper at Beefsteak & home at 3.0am. Drunken butler. Tuesday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Full moon. Beautiful morning. Bright & hot. Up 8.30am. Put all things away. Annoyed Mervyn not coming.. Spencer & Will Oakes called. Read letters etc etc. Got Jolley round at 1.15 & photod him in bed etc. Heavy morning. Got clear at 3.30pm. M & chicks all came home in omnibus. Such a load. Roy & self walked into town. Got carbolic. Saw horses. Met Tom Eykyn. Bought nails. Home. Quiet little dinner. Bottle of Ayala. Sleep in chair after. Bed. Miss Gill not well. Developed photos of Jolley. Wednesday January 8 Stafford Terrace. Dull rainy morning. Cleared up. Printed photos. Got to work. At 12.30 cart came up with Marquis in it. Drove Roy & self to corner of Carlton House Terrace. Marquis wanted to turn at mews. Lunch at Rules. Chop & oysters. Met Haworth at Haworth's. Knew me 25 years ago at Trafalgar. On to Pantomime. Crush to get in seats. Saw Gus Harris. Jack & the Beanstalk. Good cow & hen. Out. Rain. Walked with Roy to cart. Got hot. Back club. Wrote letters. Arthur Blunt. On to Punch Dinner. Agnew presided. Bradbury very bad at home. Good & cheery dinner. Left in cab to home with F.C.B. Home at 1.30am. Wet. Cabby 4 wheeler 3/-. Thursday January 9 Stafford Terrace. Duller morning. Breakfast. Got on with drawing for G.W. At 1.15 lunch & at 1.45 cart round. Drove to Addison Road Station & across bridge with 2 Chicks to Barnum's show. Met B's grandson. Saw show in box. Out at 4.45pm. Heavy rain. Cab. Back Terrace. Tea. Emma's cake. After got on with drawing G.W. At 6.45 walked to Eykyns to dinner. Met Traill, son of magistrate at Greenwich. Talk of Hartrees etc etc. Stayed till 10.30. Walked home. Good wine & cigar. Tom Eykyn & stories. Insects. Heavy rain. Eykyn went to dance at Airlie Gdns. Barker ill with gout at Coghlans. Friday January 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. M in bed. After bath. Most lovely morning. Bright hot sun. Fence with Roy at 10.30am in garden. Sent Jolley on Marquis to F.C.B. After got on with work on Chaplin & Dogs. Worked all day. Roy & boxing gloves with Maud. Sent Jolley to Stores for things. Finished work at 10.15pm. Dined. Sent drawing off. Maud not too well at night. Feverish influenza. Diaphoretic. M slept with Maud. F.C.B attacked with influenza. (Later note: Charles Edward
Schimmelmann died this day, aged 60.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Schimmelmann.) Saturday January 11 Stafford Terrace. Slept with Roy. Maud not well. Could not go to Pyt House as settled. In morning put things in order & worked on drawing for G.W. In afternoon at 3.30 drove Marquis to Knightsbridge. Bought sausages etc & called on Barker at Mr Coghlan's. Took Roy. Barker knocked his foot. Back. Worked. Decided not to dine out. Merry short dinner with Roy. Whiskey & bed at 11.30. Slept with Roy. M with Maud. Diaphoretic. Sunday January 12 Stafford Terrace. Maud better. Less feverish. Did not ride. Lovely morning. 2 Chicks together in room with Tony. Drove M at 12.10 to Maddox St with Marquis. Saw Mother & Mervyn. Back. Passed Dr Playfair & wife etc. Lunch. Maud in bed. Roy hot & listless. Went for walk at 3.30 with Roy & Tony to top of Row. Roy tired & not well. Home. Put him to bed. Same as Maud. M & self dined quietly. Bottle of Champagne. Bed 11.30pm. Slept with Roy. Monday January 13 Stafford Terrace. Greatly shocked at seeing Mr Schimmelmann's death in ‘Times’. Decided to go to Pyt House. Orton called & saw Roy. Worked on G.W. Finished at 2.0pm. Packed up & caught the 3.50 for Tisbury. Drove Marquis in cart. Went down One old gent in carriage. No cart at Tisbury station. Stupid porter. Hired. Got there at 8.10pm. Bee Barrs. Fine house. Dinner. Tabs. Looked over scrap books. Whiskey. Bed. Read ‘7 Curses of London’. Sleep 1.30pm. Fire in room. Man fell over my cartridges. Tuesday January 14 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.20. Bath. Breakfast. Hamilton went to shoot. Wet. Looked over albums etc etc. Pottered all morning. Wrote letters. Lunch. Chicks. Finished letters. Walked with dogs to railway bridge. Cart with girls. Back. Changed. Bad oil on hair. Down. Mrs Stuart Wortley & Mrs Irvin called. After Stuart W & self played Billiards. Captain W came in. Sherry. Dinner. Sleepy after. Read Trelawney's ‘Byron’. Whiskey. Bed. Wednesday January 15 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.20. Bath. Breakfast. Shoot morning. Started at 10.10am. Shot rabbits, cock pheasants, one snipe, 1 partridge. Irvine pulled tail out of my pheasant. Lunch (stew). Cock bird got up out of pie after. Back to house in cart. Rapid change. Tabby cart with Bee B & Gwenny to Tisbury. Caught train easily. Waterloo. Feeble youth got in at station. Jolley met me. Strolled to Punch Dinner. F.C.B ill with influenza. Tenniel, Arthur, Guthrie, Lucy, Milliken & self dined only. Had knickerbockers on. Broke up 12.0. Cab home 3/6. Bad horse. All well. Roy sleeping. M had bad night.
Thursday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Slept with dear Roy. Up 8.30. M not well, Chicks better. Decided for them to go to Pyt House. Spencer & Will Oakes called. They packed. Put photo
things up. Buss at house 1.30pm. Off 1.45. Worked. Photod Jolley as Lanky Boy. Developed. Dressed. Mervyn called. Drove Marquis to Turkish Bath. Slewed round corner. Bath. Saw sheep etc etc. Hair cut. Walk to Garrick. Bangs. Dined turtle etc. Coffee. Chapnell. Talk with Scotchman. Felt seedy. Empire. Box. Montague. Back Club. Wrote letters. Supper. Lord Euston. Pool player. Johnny Toole. Long talk with Wicks. Took him home. Cab home, good horse. Bed 3.15am. Charles Edward Schimmelmann cremated at Woking. Very hot & stuffy at night at Club. Friday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. Up 9.15am, self. Read & breakfasted. Spencer called. Talk of Mother. Worked all day drawing of Spring. Lunched & dined at home. At 10.0 drove Regent's Park. Cab to Garrick. Looked at 2/- supper at Club. Toole & his stories. Joe Knight etc etc. Stayed very late, 3.15am. Home by cab. Saturday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Woke with bad head & wheezy throat. Tidied up all the morning. Put photo things together etc etc. Lunched at home. Cart round at 2.0 a little late. Caught the 2.50 train. Down to Tisbury. Guests for Morrisons. Tall man in light driving coat. Bother with luggage. Arrived Tisbury. Comfortable. Found dear Roy with ear ache. Maud & M all right. ½ bottle of Champagne for dinner. M slept with Roy. Came into my room. Quiet evening. Sunday January 19 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.30am. Breakfast. In morning high wind. Put camera up & photod house with Hamilton. Back & developed 2 plates. Good. Lunch. Walk with Roy round Park with spaniel. Roy left me & took his own way home. Looked over books. Dinner. Quiet evening. Monday January 20 Pyt House. Up 9.0am. breakfast. H & self went shooting with ferrets. Out all day. Cold. Lunch & talk. Fired both barrels after. Home 4.30. Stuart Wortleys & Irvines dined at Pyt House. Mrs S.W.& hair. After dinner Shell Out. Lost 7d. Game of Billiards with Hamilton. Made 20 break & ran out. Won 2/6. Laugh & bed. Played 2 games with H. Tuesday January 21 Pyt House. Up 9.0am. Breakfast etc. At 9.50 started in cart with lame pony ‘Ticklebury Brown’ & drove across Wiltshire downs to Warminster. Saw burnt pig. Steep hill,15 miles. Hamilton's sporting Uncle Bailey meet. Back to Warminster. Put trap up. Lunch, biscuit & cheese & ale. Back over downs. Very cold wind. Bitter. Got out & ran at hill. Past Percy Wyndham's. Lord Stourbridge etc etc (Stalbridge, 11 Jany 1906.). Got to Pyt House 2.18pm. Lunch. Tossed Gwenny. After sat smoking with whiskey. H back 3.30. Played Billiards. H won 2 games. Dinner. Billiards after, H 2/6 to good. Wednesday January 22 Pyt House. Up 8.30. Breakfast. At 10.30 started to shoot with Roy, Capn Irvine & Hamilton. Good day. Rabbits, pheasants etc. Stream. Pheasant swam across pond. Lunch at Lindley Farm. Sent Roy back after. H shot at swan. No good after lunch. Stew at lunch. Indigestion. Shot last rabbit that got up. Back. Played Irvine
game of Billiards. Beaten. Ought to have gone up to town. Ham & Tabs went to Lord Arundell's to dinner in red coat. M, Bee Barrs & self dined. Dispute about Dukes, proved it from (illeg). Sat up till 11.15. Bed. Thursday January 23 Pyt House. Up 8.30. Breakfast 9.0. Pottered about. Read etc. Started in pony cart for 11.51 from Tisbury. Found it only went Mondays & Tuesdays. Annoyed. Back with Court into the village. Wired. Saw shaky legged clock winder. Left by 1.3 train. Got lunch basket at Salisbury. Comfortable lunch. London 4.30. Cart met me. Called F.C.B, Connie B, tea. On to Stafford Terrace. Dressed & went to dine with Lemuel Bangs at 7.30 by selves. Queer dark woman & man. Old Vernon Heath. After left & called Pavilion. Saw Pellegrini's executor. Called Garrick. Sir A Borthwick, Irving, Toole etc. Left 12.15am. Bed 1.0am. (Pencil note: Must have called Park Village. Nov 14 '99.) Friday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am, down 8.30. Breakfast. Got to work 9.30. Worked on Bull & frog, County Council. Hard at it. Spencer called. Finished work by 3.40pm & a good cut too. Bull & Frog. Dog cart at door 4.10pm. Caught 5.0pm train from Waterloo. 3 in carriage. Old boy reading. Youth with Modern Society. Bar maid at Salisbury. Tall. 2 commercial men gave me back pipe. Got out at Semley. Pony met me. On to Pyt House. Chicks in hall. Took coat off. Dinner. Hock. Bah! M not well. Ham tired with hunting, narrow escape jumping. Bed 11.50. No Billiards. Saturday January 25 Pyt House. Down 9.0am. Breakfast. Roaring gale & heavy rain all day. H could not shoot at Sir Thos (Walter?) Groves. Looked over books etc. Found Kitchener. Out with gun & Roy after lunch in afternoon for wood pigeons. Saw Stuart Wortleys billing & cooing. Played billiards with S.W after. Won 1/-, gave it to Roy. Dinner. Bottle Champagne. Billiards after, 3 games, 1 to H, 1 to self & 1 to H. Bed 12.20pm. H 2 games ahead. Sunday January 26 Pyt House. Down 9.30am. Still blowing a heavy gale & wet. Breakfast. Took photos of Billiard Room, Dining Room etc. After lunch developed them. Walked with Tabs, Bee, Roy, Ham & Ju & Colonel to Fonthill. Deep water & lovely grounds. Rhododendrons in flower. Back to tea. Developed photos taken last Sunday. Dinner. Carlowitz. Sleepy after. Bed 11.0pm. M very nervous at night. Monday January 27 Pyt House. Up 8.20. Breakfast 9.0. Hamilton started early to shoot at Groves. Tabs went to Winchester. Photod all morning & afternoon. Very mild weather. Roy came out at lunch very exuberant. Jammed my finger in trap door of Dining Room in oak door. Went for walk round with gun in afternoon. Shot at rabbits etc. Developed photos in afternoon. H got back after big shoot, 400 rabbits on downs. Dinner. Game of Billiards after, one each. Ju outside house. Bed 11.50. Tuesday January 28 Pyt House. Up 8.15. Breakfast. Hamilton went to town by early train 10.0am. Wet morning with bursts of sunshine. Tried photo of Statue. Billiard Room from
outside no good. Lunch. Developed all remaining ones. Stuart Wortley came in in afternoon. Played 3 games of Billiards. Beaten in all. Shaved. H back from town. Bought horse-shoe pin. Played billiards after dinner. Beat Hamilton 2 games. Even now. Wednesday January 29 Pyt House. Up early. Down 9.0am. Breakfast. Lovely day. Delay in getting off. Photod pillars & H & Evelyn. Roy & self went up to the chapel for shoot. Walk about with guns. Pheasants. H shot woodcock. Had his wing feathers. After walked down to Linley Farm. Lunch. Roy stayed all day. Saw fox. Roy killed rabbit. Back by house. Roy in laurels. Home. Dressed & changed things. Played 1 game of Billiards with H. Lost before dinner. Dinner. ½ bottle Champagne. 2 games after, 1 to H, 1 to self. Lost 1 game. Tossed 2/-. Thursday January 30 Pyt House. Last day. Up. Breakfast. Hamilton late. Man burnt H's breeches. Boots tight. Started at 10.30 for meet at Sedge Hill Green. Passed Stuart Wortleys. Meet. Boy on pony. Lord Stourbridge's girls in pony cart. Turned it round for them. Saw hounds go into cover. After back to house. Mrs Stuart Wortley & puppy. Lunch. Woodcock & wine. Caught 1.0 train up to town. Cart met me with Jolley & mare. Home. No worry. Letter from America. Dressed. Went by Met Rly to Temple. Met ugly man & country cousin going to Drury Lane. Out. Called Gaiety. Dined Steak. Saw Colnaghi. Story of Panmure Gordon (Not worth dividing.) On with Colnaghi to Gaiety. No go. Covent Garden Circus. Lion good. Back to St Terrace. Whiskey etc. Home 1.0pm. Friday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. Up 8.30am. Breakfast. Wire from Swain. No subject. Wrote up diary etc. Letter from Arthur. At 12.30 got to work on Boulanger & Paris. Worked all day without going out at all to 10.15pm when dined. Bottle of Champagne & bed after. M & Roy returned home in carriage at 7.0pm. Roy had tea. Sent Lawrence to meet them & Jolley in carriage. Dull day & warm. (Pencil note: One of the best drawings I ever did. Feby 11 '96.) Feb 1890 Saturday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Breakfast etc. At 11.15 went with M & Roy to call on Sir W.F.Dolby at 18 Savile Row. Waited. Roy examined. To have operation performed. On to Rules. Found opera glasses had been stolen out of carriage. Lunch. Covent Garden Circus. Difficulty about seats. Good performance. Woman & children ‘Oh what a hugly pig he's lost is 'ed’. Carriage on to hotel. Roy & self to Sportsman Exhibition. Civil manager. Back to hotel. Saw Jess & Mother. Walked home. Bought sausages & magazines. Dinner. Quiet evening. Bed early. Letters came from Glossop & A.Linley about W.Bingham. Marquis had stone in his foot. Sunday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. Roy well but slow. Sausages etc. At 12.20 started in cart for Barkers. Drove Marquis up Roehampton etc etc. Arrived 1.20. Saw Barker outside church. After lunched there. Cold beef, ham & fois gras. Champagne etc. Cigar. Buxton called. Started back at 4.5pm. Home 5.0. Tea.
Read magazines & wrote letters etc etc. Quiet dinner & quiet evening after. Bed 11.30. Felt indigestion & hot mouth after fois gras. Read letter in morning from Arthur Linley. Mr Coghlan promised M a water stone. Monday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Colder in morning. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. Fine. Roy & Chess. Letters from Mother, Baldwin etc etc. At 12.0 rode Marquis for 1 st time. Fine lovely day. Saw Wyndham, Finlay etc etc. Home. Lunch. After did initial for Robinson Crusoe. 1st after July. sent Jolley to Olympia. Could not get in. Wired to Carte for Gondoliers. All full. So dined quietly at home. Roy at Billiards on floor. M & self looked over house, 2 Argyll Road. Saw boxes & furniture, china etc. Tuesday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Got on with work for Robinson Crusoe. Dense fog all day. Wretched weather. Letter from Sir Wm Dolby to say he would come to operate on Roy at 4.0pm. Did not ride. Roy happy playing about. Billiards on floor. At 4.0pm Sir Wm Dolby & Dr Brown came & operated on Roy in Spare Room. About 7 minutes. £15.15.0 & £2.2.0 fees. Rather stiff. M slept with Roy. At 7.15 dressed & went to dine at Mrs Geiger's. Met Bachelor & Persian (English consul) Tabreeze. Talkative lady etc etc. Home 11.40. Bed 12.30. (Red ink: Did not dine again till Tuesday Jany 21, '96.) Wednesday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Roy in bed all day after operation. M in all day too. Dull rainy day. Did not ride. At 4.30pm walked to Turkish Bath, 5.35, in blue suit. Out 6.45. On to Punch Dinner. Full. Agnew there. Good dinner. Furniss imitated Agnew. Home with Guthrie as far as Bond St. Home 1.0am. Thursday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Finer day but cold. Roy down in Drawing Room after operation. Wrote in morning & did Spanish Girl for R.Crusoe. After at 12 rode for hour. Saw Johnny Matthews. Asked about helmet. Home lunch. M took helmet back in afternoon. Roy down. Worked in afternoon on drawing for British Museum. Skemed it. Dined quietly & after dinner worked for 2 hours. Read & bed at 1.0pm. Friday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Roy down in room after operation. In morning news of German Emperor’s appeal for Conference. Sent Jolley on mare to Arthur. Wired Swain. Altered cut. Worked hard until 10.20 on drawing of Emperor William & Workmen. Dinner & bed 1.30am. Saturday February 8 Stafford Terrace. After breakfast put all photos etc away. M had letter from Sir Wm Dolbey to take Roy up. Took him up at 12.15. Rode at 11.30. Called Patersons & waited for Tenniel. Lovely day. Cold. Ride in Row. Saw Stone, Wyndham, Finlay etc etc. Home. Caught carriage up. In Morning Room. Roy toothache. Cried. Lunch after. Sorted Illustrated News etc. Wired to Hare, Garrick Theatre. Tea. Reply. Reverse with Roy. M called on Vicat Coles. After early dinner went to see La Tosca at Garrick Theatre. Saw Lockett Agnew & Thorndyke Nourse.
Sunday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Dull foggy morning. Stayed in all day & sorted desks. Looked up all bills etc etc. Put things in order. M & Roy went for walk before lunch. Roy not very good. Cried after lunch. At 4.0 Nellie Keith came. Talk of Mrs Tweedie after dinner. Quiet dinner. Bottle of Pernet. Norman Sinclair called. Smoke. Bed after reading ‘Century’ 12.30am. Monday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Lovely day. East wind cold. Down 8.45. Nellie Keith here. Roy better. Tidied up etc. At 11.45 dressed & rode 12.45 in Row for hour. Saw Connie & Ethel Burnand. Missed M, Nellie, Roy. Little boy screaming in the Row. Talk with Seymour Trower, Finlay & Mrs De la Rue. Home. Lunch. Hungry. At 2.30pm Morris called. Long talk about Penn's & Horniman's catalogue. Talked from 2.00 to 4.opm. Roy out with Lawrence. After went up & took boots off. Worked. Did drawing of Captain & Robinson Crusoe. Spencer called. Talked. Stayed to dinner. Music etc etc. Tuesday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Worked in morning. Spencer called. Decided not to have cart on acct of frost. M & Roy went for walk up to top of Park. Took cab up to bottom of Row. Missed M & Roy. On to Army & Navy Club. Met Spencer, Col Wortham late. Lunch at 2.0pm. Plain but good. Talk of Programme. After smoke walked to Scotts & Scot Adies with Spencer. Back. Bought paper Jermyn St. Turkish Bath. Out 6.55. Cab to Punch Dinner. F.C.B there, Agnew etc etc. Talk of reform of Punch. Left 12.0. Cab home. Rather seedy. Wednesday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Roy had toothache. Fine cold sunshiny morning. Up 8.0am. Breakfast 8.30. Rode at 10.0am in Park. Called on Tenniel. Past 148 Westbourne Terrace. Tenniel liked Marquis. After home. Photod Roy as Duc d'Orleans, Jolley & self for hands & Boulanger. After developed them after seeing Mr Morris for 2 nd time. Brought rubbishy prints. Left plates in hypo. At 5.30 dressed & walked at 6.45 to Whitehall Rooms Hotel Metropole. Banquet to Toole. Sir E Clarke in chair. Irving recited well. Sat between à Beckett & Furniss. Slow bad dinner. Harold Power. Got raw by walking without vaseline. Went after with Colin Hunter, Parsons, Black & Osgood to Black's rooms. Cards. Won £4.0.0 poker. Left with Hunter at 3.35. Home 4.45am. Man & 2 women out next door. Cold morning. ‘I've lost money Linley’. Thursday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Breakfast nine. No head but tired very. Finished plates & put them to dry. At 12.0 rode in Park. Saw Stone, F.C.B, Wyndham etc. Very cold & hard. Marquis sluggish. Home 1.30. Lunch. Mutton. After printed a lot of photos for work. Roy went to have tooth out with gas. Worked after tea. Dinner. Very tired after. Slept after. Bed 10.30pm. M read ‘Bacteria’. Friday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Dull foggy morning. Up 8.30am. Worked all day on drawing, Duc d'Orleans. Thought to go to Drury Lane. Wired. Altered mind. Mrs Farquhar called
in afternoon. Spencer in in morning. Roy better. Dined at 10.0pm. Cork stuck in bottle. Cut my finger with glass. Slept in chair till 12.20am. No fire. Bed. Saturday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Snowy morning. Dull & wretched. Wet after. Down 9.0am. Roy & self to go to Pyt House with Guthrie. Letters from Mother etc. Wrote many cheques. Packed up things & caught the 2.40 from Waterloo. Went in 4 wheel cab. Fog & rain. Met Guthrie. Down in train. Gentleman in carriage with window open tearing letters etc etc. Salisbury. Coffee. After to Tisbury. Turned out to be Lord Arundell. Pyt House. Tea etc. Stuart Wortleys there. Dogs. Dressed for dinner. Quiet dinner. Library after. Beat Hamilton 2 games of Billiards, 30 & 20 respectively. Bed 12.0am. Sunday February 16 Pyt House. Roy & bath. Up & down 9.15. Hamilton very late. Delightful walk after with Roy, Maud & Guthrie. Inclined for rain. Cat in conservatory etc etc. Back 1 hour earlier. Wrote letters. Sent cheque to Hawes & Langstone. After lunch read etc. Walk at 3.30 to Fonthill. Roy Maud & Guthrie, H & self. Lost in wood. Home. Tea. Quiet dinner. Music & bed 12.30pm. Monday February 17 Pyt House. Fine morning. Roy & self & H went shooting. Duck, rabbits etc. Tabs, Guthrie & Miss Holland to meet. Fine morning. Rain after. Lunch in wood. Shot squirrels. Sent Roy home by himself at 2.40. Went on shooting till 5.45. Home. Tea. Gas short in the house. Played Billiards. Gradually went out. Roy & matches. High tea. Guthrie & Tabs, Maud Bee Barrs & Miss Holland all went to play at School Room at Semley. Back to supper. Hamilton & self dined quietly. Sleepy after. Looked at News etc. Tuesday February 18 Pyt House. Down 9.0am. Fine day. Billiards between Guthrie & Roy. H, Roy & self went ferreting. Lunch out at ponds. Good fine day. Roy home at 2.10pm. On shooting until 5.30. Home. Tea. Wrote letters. Finished game of Billiards & lost another to Hamilton making even. Stuart Wortleys, Miss Macdonald & Mrs Shaw Stewart to dinner. Talk to Miss Macdonald. Seen a ghost. Good dinner. Hamilton sang after. Whiskey etc. Bed 11.45. Wednesday February 19 Pyt House. Up 9.0am. Breakfast. After Billiards with Roy. After developed 2 plates with H in photo house. Walk after. H photod. Packed. Echo. Mrs Stuart Wortley & Miss Macdonald called. Lunch. Roy & mutton. Got off 3.0pm. Photod group. Court passed man with wire. On to station. Bad news for Court. Man in brown ulster with chestnut horse. Up to town. Sleep in carriage. Met M. On with Guthrie to Punch Dinner. Stopped at book shop. Agnew's story about Romney's picture. Left 11.30, home 12.50am. Cold. Death of Mr Biggar. Thursday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. Breakfast. Letters. Dull wretched morning. East wind. After wrote letters. Sent parcel to Hamilton Fletcher. Sent Jolley on Marquis to F.C.B. No answer. Found out. After made up mind to go to Old Masters. Walked
up. M & Maud met me at door of Royal Academy. Saw Miss Schultz. After saw Romney's picture which Davis gave £8500 gns for. After walked on to Tudor Exhibition. Carriage met me in Sackville St. Sent M & Maud home. Had Turkish Bath. Walked to Knightsbridge. Cab home. Quiet dinner. Bed after, early. Friday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Got on horse & rode to F.C.B's. Put on knickerbockers. Slipped up above boots. Rode back, changed & in Park met F.C.B, Stone etc etc. Got subject. Allsopps. Home & worked up to 10.45. Dined. Champagne & bed. Slept in chair till 1.30. Saturday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up in morning. Wrote letters. Dressed. Rode Marquis in Park. Met Watney & Nisbit. Felt awfully stiff after. Home. Lunch. Cab with Maud to Drury Lane. Left bag at Turkish Baths, on to theatre. Saw Pantomime. Evelyn Coward. Watney came into box. Carriage at King St. Capital Pantomime, Jack in the Beanstalk. Called Club. Saw Wingfield & Reeve. On to Turkish Bath. Saw Secretary sweating. Dressed in Bath, on to Parson's dinner, Osgood's birthday. Dinner. Dr Lyn Playfair, Rollers, Colin Hunter, Hallé, Osgood, Parsons, self & William Black. Cards after, won £3.10.0. Went to Mrs Jeune's at home. Saw Mrs Watney & Lewis's, Tenniel etc. Back to Club & home at 2.0am with Colin Hunter & Parsons. Sunday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Cold. Rode with Colin Hunter to Richmond Park. Good ride. Met Coward & Lawrence. ‘This beast won't stop when I tell him Linley’. Round Wimbledon. Jumped mare. Home. Colin's horse lame. Lunch. Leg hurt me. Very stiff. Did brown boots. Down. Read. Dozed. Fritz Jackson called. Miss Gill chimed in. Spencer in. Same old story. Very stiff. Quiet dinner & evening after. Wrote letters etc etc. Monday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. At 11.30 rode Marquis in Row. Met Mrs De la Rue. Hard canter. Sudden headache came on. Great nuisance. Home. Worked R.C. Rested after. Printed photos etc. Dined. Ought to have gone to Lady Blomfield's. Slept after dinner, did not go. Bed early, 11.0. Tuesday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode in morning. Met Mrs Heilbuth, Lady Boehm. Great ride up & down. Saw M & Maud. Very cold. Home. Headache. Worked on Robinson Crusoe. Dined in evening at Lady Boehm's. Sat next Mrs Mills. O' lor. Sir R.P Harding etc. (Red ink: Died 1893.) Cigar. Home at 11.15. Saw F.C.B. Will Oakes called in in morning. Wednesday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Decided not to ride. Worked in morning on R.C. Printed photos. Spencer in in morning. M went to Molesworth after. At 4.15pm walked to Turkish Bath. Had one. Saw Jemmy Brand. (Red ink: Died 1893). Walked to Punch Dinner. Small gathering. Good dinner & delightful evening. Left 12.0pm with Guthrie in cab. Home at 1.0. Good cab. Long talk & laugh at Punch
Table about reminiscences. Coach to Hampton Court suggested. Letter from Arthur from Mr Glossop. F.C.B's pony lame. Thursday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Fine bright cold morning. Maud cried at breakfast. To ride with Tenniel at 9.30. Mr Welch called & talked over Spencer reversion. Stayed 1 hour. (Red ink: Only talk ever had with Mr Welch. Bankrupt in Jany 1896 for £80,000.) After got on Marquis & rode round Bayswater side to Park. No Tenniel. After into Row. Cold. Saw Mrs Heilbuth. Headache came on again. Back home. Wrote letters. Lunch. Miss Walford in to lunch. At work after sleep for 1 hour. Headache came on again. Got to work on Engineering & Forth Bridge. Worked afternoon. Headache bad. Decided to print some plates for cut. After dressed at 7.0 & went in cab to dine with Reed at Isthmian Club. There 8.5pm. F.C.B, Sir E Reed, Furniss, Richmond (Red ink: 'Said I blacked boots in drawing'.) Wirgman & self & Reed. Chaff about head. Furniss toothache. Home with Richmond in fly. Friday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Acute headache all day. Got to work & did Engineering & Forth Bridge. Worked all day. Very cold. M drove Marquis. Finished 10.25pm. Dined quietly ½ bottle Champagne. Bed after sleep in chair. Mar 1890 Saturday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Down 9.0am. Answered letters. Mended microscope. Headache still on. Great snow storm. Instead of going to Club to lunch obliged to wait at home. Took cab at 2.30 & drove (calling at Club) to Avenue Hotel. Saw Dr Bill Alexander. Spencer & Daggles came into box. Tea with Alexander & Miss Ward. Carriage up. Spencer went home with M & Maud. After strolled up to Turkish Bath. Saw Leighton & Ledger. Out 7.10, on to Reform Club. Osgood's dinner. Laffan, Parsons, Black, Hunter, self & O. Head bad all dinner time. After to Black's rooms. Lost £5. Left magazines. Home with Colin. Hard frost & very cold. Sunday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Bright sun. Very hard frost. Up. Pain in head & seedy. Slept on sofa all morning covered up with newspapers. Spencer & Hilda called. M could not do with them for lunch. Pork. After at 2.30 strolled up over the ice to Club. Wrote letters. On to Black's rooms & got magazines. Boys sliding. Passed Lord Granby, Sterry, Weldon. Club. Wrote letters for cheques. After cup of tea walked home again. Head very bad & pain in chest. Called Robson Roose. Passed Borthwick. Home & rested. Bitter cold. After Oakes & Molesworth dined with us. Oakes stayed late. Whiskey. Fire in room. Bed at 12.0 exactly. Haldane McFall called. (Red ink: Who was he? Who is he? July 11 '96. He was an artist who drew portraits.15 Oct 1901.) Monday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Bitter frost. Jolley & door. Sent cheque off. Looked at McFalls drawings. Read Jefferson's autobiography. Bitterly cold. Began Oakes' drawing for cigar box. Decided not to go to Gaiety Theatre. Wired. Dined quietly at home. Quiet evening after & bed early. Headache still bad.
Tuesday March 4 Stafford Terr. Bitterly cold hard frost. M sent to Stores for things for dinner. Did not go out. Got mustard leaves. Worked on Oakes' drawing for cigar box. After Mr & Mrs Du Maurier, Mr & Mrs Rider Haggard, Vernon Watney, E.T.Reed dined with us. Good dinner but rather slow. Molesworth came in afterwards.. After Watney & Molesworth stayed on & left for home in a cab. Snowing hard. Frost began to give tonight. Put mustard leaf on neck. Burnt. Felt better for it. Bed 12.15am. Wednesday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Thaw set in. Dirty roads etc. Worked Oakes' drawing. M went to Westwood by Granville. Got off about 4.0pm & walked in ulster to Turkish Bath. Queen's Drawing Room. Had Bath. Walked on to Punch Dinner. Pleasant dinner. No proprietors. Arranged to dine with Milliken tomorrow & Tenniel on Saturday. Home with Guthrie in cab by 1.0am. Sir Benjamin Webster knighted. Thursday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Waited for Stace. Better weather. Dull. Photod him in J.B's coat for Bismarck. 8 phos. Finished 12.15. Rode after round by Queen's Gate to Park. Marquis. Very hot. Got frightfully warm. Met Mr Heilbuth. Up & down. Back lunch. Changed. Developed many plates. Printed 2 of Stace & began drawing. Got outline in. After at 8.15 dined at home, Maud with me. After at 9.30 drove to Pavilion with mare. Saw Alfred Parsons in box with the Seymour Trowers. On to Empire.. Nobody there. Club. Whiskey. Stranger & Beetle. Home 1.15am. Wired Milliken could not dine. Friday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8am. Rode for 1 hour after breakfast. Saw Bartlett & son. Bartlett on chestnut horse. Banker following. Back 10.45. Went on with drawing of Bismarck. Finished 9.15pm. Dined 9.40. Carriage 10.30. Drove Empire. Kept it. Saw Dyce. On to Garrick & Beefsteak. Met Horne, Smith & Beetle, Grain etc etc. Asked to go to H.S's rooms. Letter from Barnum. Drove home by 12.15pm. Finer night. Saturday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Pouring wet morning. Could not ride with Tenniel as appointed. Put board on to easel. After finished Oakes' drawing by 3.0pm. Oakes called did not see him. Dressed ½ & ½. On by cab to Turkish Bath. Saw Hall & Matthews. After carriage met me. Very wet. Drove to Thorney House, Mrs Watney's. Got spashed by stopping horses on collar. Mrs Bagally, Mrs Watney, Vernon & self went to St James's Theatre. Saw 'As you like it'. Mrs Langtry. Charmed. Good box. Out 11.0. Heilbuths there. Got carriage in St James' Sq. Called Beefsteak. After to 74 James St, Buckingham Gate, Horace West's. Grain, Beetle, Rudy Lehmann, one other. Baccarat. Heavy play. Left 2.0am. Cab home. Eye painful. Wire about Roy having chicken pox. (Red ink across page: After Baccarat at Horace West's.) Sunday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Lovely fine bright sun. Up 9.0am. Boots not ready. Caught 11.0 train for Broadstairs. Wired Hamilton Fletcher about Roy. Mare driven to Victoria by Jolley. Girl getting into omnibus. Carriage full. Down by Faversham. Dr in train,
Hillyer, gave card. Going to operate on colleague. Husband of very tall woman. Met M at Broadstairs. On Westwood. Changed. Lunched. Smoke. At 4.0pm walked (after snow) to Dumpton across fields to Montefiore's & on to Hammonds. Met Borradaile & Mrs Burnand. Called Squire. Mary & Ethel there. Old Bobby. In to Mrs Burnand's. Stayed 1 hour. Conny & Rosie. Zeta. Whiskey. Met Tenniel coming up 8.15. Back Westwood. Supper. Whiskey. Bed early. Monday March 10 Westwood. Up 8.0am. Very wet morning. Wrote letters. Sent by postman. Wire from Pyt House. Got off by 10.15 train Margate. Carter ill. Got in Mrs Burnand's carriage. M saw Mrs Furrell at Westgate. Very wet. Back to town. Saw James & old Abernethy at Victoria. Jolley met us with carriage. Home. Tony washed. Maud well. Printed photos. Lunch. Put Italian photos in drawer. Photo House being done. Plates spoilt. Put out. (Red ink: By plumber. Etty P). Worked in afternoon on finishing 2 drawings for Academy. At 7.30 started in carriage for dinner at Cohens. Slow. Took Mrs Schloss in. Parquet floor. Went on in 4 wheeler to attend Lady Blomfield's at home. Saw Mrs Finch Hatton etc. Left 12.0pm. No supper at home. Hungry to bed. Carriage met us at Lady Blomfield's 11.45. Tuesday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Up. Worked in morning at Academy drawings. Rode Marquis in Park before lunch. Worked in afternoon. In evening went to dine at the Medleys. Good dinner, met the Vivians. Took Mrs Parker in. Good evening. Left at 11.0pm. Drove on to Harold Peto's at home. Picture over mantelpiece. Saw Wagges etc etc. Home by carriage 11.30pm. Saw the Warres. Talk of Charley Cosens. Wednesday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Lots to do in morning. Will Oakes & Spencer called in morning. Will Oakes said goodbye. Rode 12.30pm. in Park. Home to lunch. Finished Academy drawings. Took cab at 4.30 to Turkish Baths. Had one. No papers. Sleep there. Left 6.50. Cab to Punch Dinner. Went dressed. Joke with Guthrie about Winter Exhibitions pass. Left at 10.45. M met me in carriage. F.C.B & D.M went on in cab. Great assembly at Mrs De la Rue's. Good evening. F.C.B took Mrs Routledge in. M left & went home by herself. Followed in cab 2/6. Home 1.15pm. Thursday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Up. Sent to F.C.B. Finished Academy drawings. Very dark in afternoon. Rode in Park in forenoon. Met Mrs Harrison. Saw M. Home. In evening dined at the Rider Haggards. Met Dutch countess, Froudes. Pleasant dinner. Talk of Launce Speed's drawings. Home 11.0pm. (Red ink: Dined at Rider Haggards. Met Professor Froude.) (Cutting glued in: Death of William Oswald.) This day died poor Bill Oswald, W.R.O, born Oct 1843. Friday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Photod M in clasic dress on sofa. Developed plates & got to work before 2.0pm. Hard put to get it done. Worked hard till 10.15. Sent it off. Dined at home. Tired. Oysters. Bottle of Champagne. (Pencil note:Did cut of Madame Diogenes. A very bad drawing. Destroyed it 1895.)
Saturday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Finish morning. Put things straight. At 11.45 rode in Park. Met Tenniel 1st time. Rode about. Saw Mrs Harrison & rode with her. Home lunch. Quiet afternoon. Did photos etc etc. Dined early. M, Maud & self went in 4 wheeler to see Mrs Langtry play Rosalind. Saw the Arthur Andersons & Levys etc. Carriage up at 11.0 took M & Maud home. Went on to at home at Sports & Arts. Great evening. Saw Fanner. Gas etc etc. Oysters with Vicat Cole. Home 2.15am. Bed 3.0am. Felt rather seedy. H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh etc etc, Teck there. Sunday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Rather seedy. At 11.0am went for delightful ride on mare to Putney & Richmond. Home. Jumped ditch. Girl & umbrella hiding her face. Fast thro' Park. Good lunch at home. Rest. Mr & Mrs Kemmiss called. Dined at the Heilbuths. Good dinner. Met Humphreys, Stone, Miss Monckton, Yardley, Maclean etc etc. Stayed till 1.15am. Delightful evening. Bad 4 wheel cab going, good hansom back. Controversy about Jessie Brown & Seige of Lucknow hearing the pipes. Monday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up late in morning. Cough. Put things in order. Rode in Park at 12 (noon) mare for 1st time since tumble. Went well. Saw Blues go to Levée. Rode fast. Home. Photod Maud & M in sunlight. Developed & printed them. Dined 7.30. Quiet evening. Bed early & sleep after dinner. Bed 10.30pm. Colder rather. Cold on chest came on. (Red ink across page: Cough came on.) Tuesday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Bright morning. Arranged photos in morning. At 11.0 drove to Queen's Club. Played slow set with Reed, Miss R & Japanese Prince. Went in cart. Back with Jolley. Photod Jolley after. Lunch. Maud cried about velvet. Polly rambled on in afternoon about Spencer Brunton. Worked at drawing for G.W. in afternoon. At 7.30 went in carriage with Marquis to dine at Mrs Levy's Hyde Park Terrace. Slow dinner. Took a Mrs Moses in. Cold room. Slow after. Talk to Mr Samwell about Leopoldina. After Dundas Gardener sang. Home by mare. Raining. M caught cold. Cough came on & cold on chest. (Red ink across page: Cough & cold on chest in evening.) Wednesday March 19 Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: Prince Bismarck resigned.) Dull morning. Raining. Worked on G.W. story. After lunch photod M again & McGregor came. Developed the plates. Wet. Drove with M in carriage calling in news shop to Turkish Bath. Still a cough. Edward T Reed joined Punch Table for 1 st time. A full Dinner & Agnew there. Stayed till 12.30pm. Home by cab with Guthrie. Still a cough. Home 1.30pm. Very wet. Pouring. Road up in Kensington through home for 1 st time. (Red ink across page: Cough bad. Reed joined the Punch Table.) Cut of Bismarck leaving ship suggested by Gil à Beckett. (Penci l note: Great success. I suggested the companion ladder treatment.) Thursday March 20
Stafford Terrace. Wet morning & rained heavily all day. Nevertheless at 12.15 photod Nash's foreman labourer for Pitman. Developed & printed it. Worked on it afternoon & at 7.45 drove in carriage to dine with Mr Barclay. Slowish dinner. Good wine but not much of it. Furniss & Finlay there. Talk to Mrs Courtenay who knew H.F's father. Felt sleepy after dinner. Woke up after. Asked for whiskey & home by hansom. Cough still very troublesome. Had lozenges. M had altered bed at night. Could not find the pillow. Home 12.25. Slept on sofa till 1.45pm. (Red ink across page: Cough still troublesome.) Friday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up & got to work on Pitman & surroundings. End of strike in papers. Sent to F.C.B. (in Ramsgate). Wired him. Answer came 2.0pm. Arthur à Beckett called 2.30. Settled cut. M not well. M & Maud went to Gymnasium. Worked hard & fast until 10.15pm. Sent drawing off. Dined. Bottle wine. After smoke fell asleep. Bed 1.0pm. Cough very troublesome. Could not go to sleep. M complained of her throat. (Red ink across page: Cough very bad & could not sleep at night.) Saturday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up latish. Put room in order & tidied things up. At 12.30 rode in Row. Saw Miss Thomson & Finlay etc. Row very slushy. Back at 1.30. Gave M ticket for Red Hussar. Printed photos & developed many prints. After worked in room without a fire on G.W. drawing. Dined 7.30, Maud with us. M's throat very bad. Went to bed early & had poultice & peppermint. Slept after. Smoke in Morning Rm & bed at 11.45pm. Lamp smoked. Cough still bad. (Red ink across page: Cough a little better.) Sunday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Morning bright at 1st but dull after. Rode at 11.15 round Putney & through Common, Robin Hood & Richmond Park. Got soaked. Passed man on horse with fair moustache in Park that I passed in the ride over Common where Spencer was thrown from Cobweb. Jumped ditch. Home. Changed things & had warm bath. Lunch. Sleep in chair after. M gone to see her mother. Wrote diary & worked on G.W. story. M back at 6.30. Ought not to have gone. Cold bad. Quiet dinner at 8.0pm by selves & quiet evening. Read Century. Bed 11.30. (Red ink across page: Cough still on.) Monday March 24 Stafford Terrace. At work on G.W. story all day. Did not ride. Cold bad at night. M very seedy with cough. Worked up to 9.30pm. Swain never sent. Nearly finished. Bottle Pol Roger for dinner. M went to bed after at once. Wired Swain. Roy came back from Capisthorne in carriage at 4.0pm looking very well. Very wet day. Tuesday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Cough troublesome. Finished G.W. drawing at noon. M's cold very bad. Stayed in bed. Sent Jolley to the City for medicine. Back without getting it. At lunch time wired for Dr Langston. At 3.15 rode mare by Hammersmith & through Richmond Park. No one in Park. Over Wimbledon Common. Lost on Common. Down Putney Hill & home. Langston there. Dressed at 7.30 & drove with Marquis to dine with Arthur Levys. Ledger there. Miss
Damien, Corven etc. Put autographs in book. Amusing dinner. Home by Marquis. at 11.45. Finer night. Read Punch & P.M.G. Bed 12.45am. M's cough troublesome. Wednesday March 26 Stafford Terrace. M still in bed with bad cold. Up 9.0am. Fine warm morning. Finished drawings by squaring up for Academy at 11.30. Tiresome job getting glue off. After at 12.15 rode Marquis in Park. Met Miss Elsie Thomson. Roy at lunch. Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. At 3.15 drove by cart with Roy & Maud round Notting Hill to Donaldsons. Saw boat race. Sat next ‘Capper’ of the Times. Saw Smale also. Oxford won after magnificent race. Called at Donaldsons & had tea. Saw Miss Wirgman. Kept dog cart (mare) & drove to top of Park. Took cab on to P.D. Full Dinner. Congratulated on Miners cut. Home with Guthrie in cab. Sleep after at home. Bed 2.0am. M's cough troublesome. Thursday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up early. M still in bed with cough. Sent Jolley to Macgregor & to Stonebridge. Went round to Stonebridge & photod shopman & had man to photo for Socialist. Also Macgregor for Emperor of Germany. Lunch. Worked after. Dressed & dined at Mr Costers, Regents Park. Took Mrs Trower in to dinner. Met Dixey & Arthur Andersons. Slow dinner but no thunderstorm. After drove to Lord Rosebery's. Saw Mrs Humphrey Ward & Mr Leake M.P. Lady R asked me about drawings. Carriage waited & home by 1.15am. Slept till 2.0. M's cough very troublesome at night. Anxious about her. Lord Rosebery told me about Tenniel's drawing. Friday March 28 Stafford Terrace. Worked all day on Socialist & Emperor of Germany. Did not go out. Fine day. Warm. Saturday March 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Tidied up & put things away in morning. At 12.30 rode Marquis in Park. Ought to have met Tenniel. Too late. Saw Wyndham & Finlay. Home to lunch. M got out for ½ an hour. Fine warm lovely day. Back home & cleaned up drawings for Lady Rosebery. At 4.30pm carriage took Roy & self & called at Egyptian Hall to see Billiards. Match over. Called & left drawings for Lady Rosebery. On to Garrick Club. Saw Col Jones. Got cheque. Called Covent Garden & on after to Crufts & Animals Institute. Home. M better. Dined quietly. Read The Pariah after & slept heavily in chair in Morning Room till 12.0am. Bed after. Sunday March 30 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. At 10.45 rode Marquis to Putney, Wimbledon & Richmond. Got goose. Home. Glass of mild & bitter at Mortlake. Changed things & went to lunch at Arthur Levy's. Hayden Coffin & Heilbuth there. Billiards. Young Mackenzie lunched at Stafford Terrace. Went to Club after & wrote many letters. Home by cab at 6.30pm. Dined quietly at home & quiet evening after. Monday March 31 Stafford Terrace. East wind set in. M decided to go to Westwood. Went with her in carriage in afternoon. Saw her off. Some trouble with carriage. All full. M wanted
window down. Drove to Turkish Bath. Cold. Ordered coat to be brought by Jolley. Out 6.30pm. On to Beef Steak. Wired. Dined by self. Ward after. Drove to Regents Park. Back Beef Steak. Dr Bird & Sir Chas Drummond there. Whiskey & Seltzer. Home 1.30am. Very cold. M at Westwood. Apr 1890 Tuesday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Waited for boy fom F.C.B's. Never came till 1.30pm. Printed lots of photos. Did not ride. Walked in afternoon through Park to Punch Dinner. Met Rowe, Mrs Jopling's husband. On to Garrick. Cab on to Punch Dinner. Quiet Dinner. Furniss came in after. Home by carriage. Put Guthrie down. Home 12.30pm. Wednesday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Breakfast. Wrote many letters. After worked all day on Lord Randolph Churchill at sea on an egg. Occured to me to photo Roy. Did so & gave him a shilling. Got to work & worked all day on drawing, dining at 10.30pm. Swain sent proof of G.W. drawing. Sent it back. Cold wind. Did not ride. Finished late & dined quietly at home. M away at Westwood. Thursday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Fine bright cold east wind. Up later. Printed some back photos in morning. At 12.15 dressed to ride. Wore Gosse(?) Saw Roy in Row. Finlay & old Wyndham. Mrs Harrison walking. Rode mare. Home. Lunch. At 3.45 drove to Victoria. Also to Wellington Waterloo Exhibition. Took Roy. Drove on to Meistersingers Club. Missed Spencer. On to Stanley & African Exhibition. After Spencer caught me up there. Drove to Charbonnel & Walkers. Chocolate & cakes. Walked down Piccadilly. Met Frisby. Back home in carriage. Spencer called. Teased Tony. Dined quietly at home with Maud & Roy. After drove in cab to Alhambra. Saw Hollingshead & manager, Moreton. Good entertainment. Called Empire. Saw K.M there. On to Garrick. 1st night Beerbohm Tree's piece. Sat late. Mr Smith, saddler, called at 11.30am to get cheque. Also measured mare for saddle. Friday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dressed & got ready to go to Westwood. Cart took me to Victoria. Drove self & Roy. Saw Parsons & Mrs Harrison. Fine morning but cold. Got into wrong train. Down to Broadstairs one hour late. On to Westwood. Dinner. Mr & Mrs Walford there. Tired. Stroll after dinner. After walked to Ramsgate. Saw Fred Cosens & wife. On to Burnands. No one about. Talk to Bessie Hollingshead & Mrs Burnand. Walked back to Westwood. Lovely moon. Tired after supper. Cold east wind. Bed early. Saturday April 5 Westwood. Up 8.0am. Caught Granville, Margate. Carriage to self. Home. Cart. Lunch. Took chicks in cab to see ‘David Garrick’. Good. Called Meistersingers. After called Herkomers. After put down Roy at Thorneycrofts. Sent him home. No good at Thorneycrofts. Dinner. Roy, Maud & self. After undecided. Finally drove to Garrick Theatre. Very cold. Felt seedy. Got stall. Saw ‘Pair of Spectacles’. Very good. Saw Gilbey. On to Club after. Joe Carr. Home early. 1.0am. Bed.
Sunday April 6 Picture Sunday. Up early. After at 10.45 rode mare. Wimbledon & Richmond. Felt tired. Mare very sluggish. Dull uninteresting day. No one about. Home. Changed. Walked with Maud to Colin Hunters, Fildes, Thorneycrofts, Leighton. Got wet. Stone & Davis not showing. Drove after to Millais, Dicksee. Saw Finch Hatton & Miss Brinck. Marks, Morris & MacWhirter. Sent Maud home in carriage & walked to Arts Club & dined with Parsons & Q. Pleasant dinner. Game of Pyramids afterwards. Left 12.30am. Home at 1.0am. Bed. Still cold. (Red ink across page: Dull cold day, rainy.) Monday April 7 (Easter Bank Holiday) Stafford Terrace. Dull rainy morning. M at Westwood. Printed phos & wrote letters all day, did not stir out. Chicks went out twice. Roy in high spirits at dinner. Read Harpers mag after dinner. Bed 12.30am. 1883. Hunted at Slough 1884. Fished at Boughton on the Water. 1885. Bad cold. Did not go out all day. 1 st photography 1886. At work on Academy drawing. Did not go out. 1887. In Paris at Auteuil Races. 1888. Very cold. Dined with Abbey & Reinhart at Bristol. 1889. Played tennis with Bartlett. Fine day. Death of Col Goodlake in ‘Times’. 57 only by obituary. 67, 31 at battle of Alma, 48 when I met him 17 years after Alma, now 19 years after that. (Red ink across page: Dull cold rainy day.) Tuesday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Brighter day & warmer. In doubt about model. Decided not. Went on to work all day. In afternoon drove with Roy & called Tantz & Hyam & Macdougall & after had Turkish Bath. Called at Chappell & Co & got fiddle & mandolin. Sent Roy home. Carriage met me top of Park. Walked there after bath & home. Dined by self & chicks. Did not go out after dinner. Quiet evening in chair. Wednesday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Letter from M to say she would not come home until tomorrow. Went up to 54 Bedford Gardens. Mistake about Miss Manning's address. Jolley running about. Found it was Mund St. Came up at 2.30pm. Photod her as Muse etc. Home 4.0pm. Walked on to Punch Dinner as far as Club. Felt very tired. Cab from Club. Met Reed. Gave me Japanese stick. Very good. Furniss in late. Good dinner. Stayed till 11.30. Carriage met me. Home with Guthrie. Thursday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. Dressed for photo. Sent Jolley for Ma to Granville. Arrived 12.30. Pretty well. Roy went. After could not photo or do anything. Dull dark wretched weather & heavy rain. Got to work & did book background of drawing of Matthews Home Secy & Punch. Quiet dinner after, M. Roy, Maud & self. Tough fowl. Quiet evening. Slept after. M nervous about noise outside. Slept badly. (Red ink across page: East wind bad. Rain.) Friday April 11
Stafford Terrace. Better weather. Early in the morning photod Jolley for sitting down & self as Punch. Home Secy Matthews. After worked hard all day & dined at 9.30. Quiet evening after. Bed 11.30. Slept in chair after ½ bottle champagne. Decided not to go to Boulogne tomorrow. Tragedy in Leicester Square. Young Belgian shot girl of 16. (Red ink across page: East wind bad.) Saturday April 12 Stafford Terrace. Miss Hardman married at Chapel Royal, Savoy. In morning tidied up or rather did not. After breakfast developed 7 page plates I did from Miss Manning. Put them out to dry. Very cold. Walked at 12.45 up Park to Club. Took cab at bottom of Piccadilly. Man (illeg) against barrow in Leicester Sq. Garrick. McDougall's parcel there. Lunch with Beetle & Percy Reeve. On to Miss Hardman's wedding at Savoy. Sat next Cramptons. Pretty girl. After called Beefsteak & on to Criterion. Saw ‘David Garrick’ with M, Maud & Roy. After bought sausages & had Turkish Bath. Carriage met me top of Park. Home. Quiet dinner with chicks. Bed early. (Red ink across page: East wind bad.) Sunday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Finer morning. Down 9.30am. Put on Tantz breeches. Breakfast. Roy & sausages. Had another after at 11.15. Rode mare up Putney Hill. Saw Harold Peto. Decided to go to Barkers. Little Miss Carter there. Good lunch. Mr Coughlan not so well. Fine horse of Barker's. Left at 3.15. Rode home through Richmond Park. Got a light from youth on Wimbledon Common. Burnt his hand. Home 5.0pm. Printed photos by 6.15pm & developed them. Wrote many letters. Quiet bad dinner. Fowl & savory bad. Jane's effort. Read Review of Reviews. Sleep for ¾ hour. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink across page: East wind bad.) Monday April 14 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Rushing east wind. Wrote Store orders in morning & letters. At 12.30 rode in Park on Marquis. Met H.A.Jones, Mrs Heilbuth, Gilbert etc. Home to lunch. Roy & questions. M & Maud out in carriage. Sent match box & round silver box to Walls. Fine day but east wind. In afternoon began drawing for Meistersingers. Sketched figure out. Dined quietly at home & quiet evening after. (Red ink across page: East wind bad.) Tuesday April 15 Stafford Terrace. Dull wretchedly cold east wind. Worked in afternoon on Meistersingers drawing & on up to dinner time. Walked up with Roy after lunch to Boughtons & called Parsons. Left stick. Borrowed a book of Abbey. Home & worked. Quiet evening & dinner. Bed early. Did not ride. Ear bad. (Red ink across page: East wind bad.) Wednesday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Dull wretchedly cold east wind. Ear bad. In morning worked on Meistersinger drawings. Put heads in. After lunch drew Bullfinch drawing. After at 5.35 walked up to Punch Dinner the whole way. Called at Nicholls & returned gaiters. Called Club. Met Gill à Beckett in room. Arthur & Guthrie away. Lucy there. Arranged for double cut & poor one for self. Left 11.30. Gave Reed a lift to Metropole Hotel. Home by cart at 12.40pm. Cold but pleasant. D.M at Punch Dinner in evening dress. Talk of dress. (Red ink across page: East wind bad.)
Thursday April 17 Stafford Terrace. Dull cold grey wretched weather. Sent Jolley to Dr Orton's for frock coat. At 11.0 photod him for Balfour & Parnell. Developed them & rode Marquis in Park at 12.35. Saw Mrs De la Rue & rode with her. Told her about VanderWeyde. Light. Home. Printed photos. Took 3 hours. Grey & dark. Got to work at 5.0 on drawing & put bookcase etc in. Dined quietly at home & rest. After dinner did ½ an hours work. Smoke & bed. Ear painful very. Box etc came from Stores. (Red ink across page: East wind bad.) Friday April 18 Stafford Terrace. Dull wretched east windy day. Worked hard all day on drawing of Balfour & Bill. Finished 9.30. Ear burst after 4 days pain. Quiet dinner. Lobster & bottle of Pol Roger (half). Sent Jolley to Stores for Bag. He had to go twice. Changed vests. Gave up notion of going to Boulogne on Saty. Wrote Miles Fenton. Sent Swain cheque for £10.0.0. (Red ink across page: East wind bad.) Saturday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Dull grey cold weather. Wretched. Up 9.0am. In morning got duplicate photos out of chest & sorted them thoroughly. Afterwards at 12.25 walked up to the Garrick Club calling at Tantz's & also Nicholls. Sat with Evans & Beetle, Gillie & Lewis Wingfield. At 2.15 went to Lyceum Theatre. Had box by kindness of Irving. Saw ‘The Dead Heart’ with M, Maud, Roy & Miss Gill. Chicks delighted. Carriage home. Called Club. Wrote Mrs Heilbuth & F.C.B. Ordered room at Club for Wedy May 7th. Walked on to Turkish Bath. Had Bath. Out 7.20. Walked down Piccadilly, carriage met me. Home. Dinner. ½ bottle of champagne. Snuffly cold came on suddenly at 9.45. Can't make it out, no cause. Bed 12.10am. Took some ammoniated quinine. (Red ink across page: East wind very bad. Cold.) Sunday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Cold bad. More ammoniated quinine. Up 8.55am. Wire came from Mrs Heilbuth. Met her at 10.30 exactly in Palace Gardens. Delightful ride. Home 1.20 exactly. Saw Mrs H to end of Palace Gardens. Changed things. Lunch. Roy cried about school. Wrote letters after lunch. Maud & self colds. Saw the sun for 10 minutes, 1st time since a week. Met Brett & his wife on Wimbledon Common. Home to lunch hot & tired. Wrote letters afterwards. Cold still bad. Snuffly cold. Had hot grog in evening. (Red ink across page: Wind shifted north west but colder than ever.) Monday April 21 Stafford Terrace. Cold bad. Rode in Park at 11.30. Saw Mrs Heilbuth. Dull cold wretched weather. After worked on Meistersingers drawing. Got on with it. Dined quietly at home. Bed early. Tuesday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Worked on Meistersingers drawing. Wrote Irving & Bram Stoker. Spencer called. Miss Thomson & her sister called. Roy went down to see them. Putting in pine apple. In evening dined with the Lillys. Met MacColl, editor Athenaeum. Editor St James' Gazette & wife. Good dinner. Talk of Rudyard Kipling. Poor smoke & home after. Very cold.
Wednesday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Cold bad. Worked on drawing for Meistersingers. Tabs called after lunch & stayed some time. In afternoon cab up to Turkish Bath after calling on Tweedledee & Tweedledum dentists who did not take my tooth out. Saw man who I mistook for Spencer Brunton. On to Punch Dinner. Full Dinner. No cut. After on coming home forced one fang of tooth out in Drawing Room. (The other in Paris on Monday next 28th April.) Rudolph Lehmann dined at Punch Dinner for 1 st time. Thursday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lawrence gave notice. Doubts about going to Boulogne due to Lawrence, gave notice to M before leaving. Dark windy cold morning. M persuaded me to go. Omnibus at 9.0 & off on foggy misty morning. After got off at Charing X 12.0am. Open compartment for W.C. On to boat after lunch & Champagne. Sea fog. Bell & gong going all time. Roy most valient to ½ way. Suddenly ill. Sea swell. Boulogne at 2.10pm. Met by Commisionaire. Left hat in cabin. Back for it. Roy sick in carriage all along streets & quay. Arrived hotel. Good rooms but dear. Civil son of Maitre d'Hotel. Roy & self went out in rain to Cathedral. Fire in room. Champagne upset in bag. Dined. Lady & 5 boys. 1 gent. Mr Bennet. Bed early 9.30. M & Maud together. Read ‘Soldiers Three’. Friday April 25 Hotel Pavillon Imperial, Boulogne sur Mer. Up 8.0am. Pouring rain. W.C.wet. Went out on sands. Back again. Into town with M & Maud & Roy. Saw pot de chambre in chocolate. Back to lunch. Finer. After went on pier & saw men fishing & boat go out. Back Roy & self. Walked in gale to Column Napoleon. Went up it. Dirty roads. Roy & frog. Old soldier. Back. Down hill by the Calvary. Dropped glove. Changed shoes. Dinner. Lady & boys & Mr Bennett. Shewed him watch. Went out for Billiard Room. Back. Roy & chess & draughts. Bed 9.30. Talked with Bennett. Smoked French cigar. Saturday April 26 Hotel Pavillon Imperial. Boulogne sur Mer. Up & down to breakfast 9.0. Roy & self walked to end of pier. Roy & French boys. After breakfast packed. Roy & boys throwing stones. Went in town. Bought chocolates etc. Back & found had forgotten to order lunch. Ordered fowl. Went out & sat on seat in front of sea. Lunch. Paid bill. Rather heavy. After fly to station. Gave Commisionaire 7 francs. Too much. Saw steamer in. Seats in carriage. Old man & silent daughter. On to Paris. Curious heavy blue dark storm. No view of Tour Eiffel. Left stick. Hit knee & hurt it. On to Meurice. Changed room to looking over Tuilleries Gardens. Took Roy to Magasin de Louvre whilst dinner ready. Looked papers after & bed 9.30pm. Roy comfortable. Sunday April 27 Hotel Meurice, Paris. Up 8.0am. Breakfast at 9.30 in Salle à Manger. After in brilliant sunshine walked to Madelaine. Went in. After walked to Ledoyen. Hot. Saw Turner come in. Good lunch. Draught at first, changed seats. After took voiture to Jardin d'Acclimatation. Poor little monkey. Drive in Bois. Spots of rain. Saw Sir Thos Lucas, also Bonvoisin & children. After to hotel. Good cocher. Dined at table d'hote 1st time. Late. Dressed. Old gent & old lady. Books & draughts
after. Smoke. Bed. Forced tooth out afer great deal of difficulty. Very painful. Bed 11.0am. Roy sleeping peacefully. Monday April 28 Hotel Meurice, Paris. Up 7.0am. Bath. Breakfast in room 1st time. After walked through Magasin de Louvre to Louvre. Found it closed. Sell. After took Victoria to Invalides. Too early. Officious guides. Nothing to do with them. Saw Chapel & Tomb of Napoleon. After voiture to Voisin. Slow lunch. M & Maud called Hotel de France et de Bath. After Roy & self went to Cycle Panorama & up to Battle of (blank). Roy & puppets & Turnabout. Back & had cocktail & syrup. Bought whiskey flask. After walked to find out 13 Rue de Montmorency. Slum & no shop. Back. Got rose. Dressed & on to dine at Lion d'Or with Crayon Club. Adrian Marie etc etc Pella. Great row. Switch back. Caran d'Ache. Back at Grand Cafe & home 12.30. Tuesday April 29 Hotel Meurice, Paris. Up earlier, 7.30. Breakfast in room. Down at 10.0am. Took Voiture & drove to Tour Eiffel. Lovely morning. Great sight. M & Roy, Maud & self went up it. Good fun. Pimply youth. American in light suit. Down & walked on to Ledoyen. Lunch. Deerhound & child. Dutch married couple. Good lunch. Langouste. After walked over with Roy M & Maud to Turnabout & after to Salon with Mars’ card, could not get in. Very annoyed. Pour demain. Walked on to Louvre Magasin. Touched Roy on shoulder. Bought his soldiers & after went to Picture Galleries of Louvre & Venus de Milo. Roy saw boys drilling. After to hotel. Very tired. Dressed. Bed after early. Gave Roy a syrup drink at Bodega. Wednesday April 30 Hotel Meurice, Paris. Up at 7.30. Breakfast in room. Down rather later than usual, 10.30. Walked on with M, Maud & Roy to Louvre. Saw Venus de Milo. Diamond, mummy etc etc. On by cab to Luxembourg. Good pictures, statues. Out 12.30. Hot. Roy saw St Sulpice. Went in. Funeral. Organ. Out. Voiture to Ledoyen. Great crowd of artists etc. Woman (illeg). After went to Salon. Great crowd. Hot, dusty. Met Bob Humphreys. Back. Cigarette. Roy had ride & saw peep show. Back to Hotel. Saw Roy & M. Dinner at table d'hote for last time. After strolled down Rue St Honoré & into St Roch. Beautiful service. On to Palais Royale. Diamonds & home. M & Maud tired. Packed. Bed at 11.30. Whiskey & St Galmier. May 1890 Thursday May 1 Hotel Meurice, Paris. Up 6.30am. Maud bilious. Soldiers marching early for the May Day demonstration. Down 8.45. Buss at station by 9.15. Got carriage. M got tickets. Lady & two daughters, one like Judy. Met Sir Thos Lucas at Amiens. On to Boulogne. Crowd on board. Cabin & lunch. Good passage. Roy jubilant sight of England. Edgar & Sophy. Wired for omnibus. Run to Charing Cross. No buss. Sent M & Chicks home. Waited. Boxes open. On home in 4 wheeler. House looked nice. Quiet dinner with Chicks. Champagne & bed early. Lots of letters. Friday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode in Park Marquis for 1st time before breakfast. Met Mr & Mrs Lockwood. Galloping polo cads. Fine & hot. East wind. Back.
Breakfast. Waited about for letter from F.C.B. At 11.0 dressed. Went in carriage 12.30 to Private View R.A. Very easy to see pictures. Mrs Agnew etc etc. Lunched at St James's Hall. Dirty. Waiters at dinner. Out. M & Maud missed carriage at R.A. Saw De Vos. Very annoyed. Caught Jolley at Grosvenor. Met M fortunately. Home by cab. Got to work after tea. Finished 10.30pm. Awful scramble. Bottle Ayala. Bed 1.30. Slept in own bed 1st time. Saturday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up. Very tired. Put things away. At 11.45 rode in Park. Met Hickman. Trotting pony 20 years old. Fast home. Lunch. Took Roy & M to see ‘Our Flat’ & after to New Gallery. Mrs Comyns Carr portrait, Oh! Met Critchett. On to Volunteers in front of Academy. Saw Frith, Lucas & Birch. Turkish Bath. Met Matthews. Cab to Park. Carriage met me top of Park. Bought Scribners. Home. Dinner 8.15. Quiet evening after & bed 11.0pm. Sunday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Dull wretched misty morning. Mistake of 1 hour exactly on watch. Up late. 10 minutes late for meeting Mrs Heilbut & Dr Orton. Rode on to Hampton Court & lunch at Greyhound. High charges. Bad Kimmel. Dear for horses. Walked back. Trotted on at Hammersmith. Last at Greyhound 1884. Changed. Mr & Mrs Tweedie called. On in cab to Hickmans. Roy out & kept away all afternoon. Anxious. Roy turned up after at Hickmans. Been to demonstration. Dressed after 5 sets. Beaten 4 to 1. Left stud at home. Annoyed. Back in cab. On to dine at Heilbuts. Good dinner. Ponsonbys, S(?) Weedon Grossmith, Mrs Grossmith & Mrs Boughton, Yardley & Colnaghi, Ainsworth etc. Home at 12.0. Bed. Monday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Dull wretched awful morning. Got into cab & drove to Law Courts for summons. Saw Binns Smith. Got off. Called Smith saddler, on to Garrick. Wrote letters. Arranged for lunch. Cigars. Cart up. Drove home. Called Bank. Called Cole & Son & for watch. Home. Better weather. Roy out by self. Turned up after. Wrote diary & after lunch dear Roy went to school. Very sad. Rather in blues all day. M & Roy went off in carriage at 2.30. Roy lost his gloves. Sad about dear Roy. Worked on Meistersingers. Dined quietly at home with Maud. Drove in carriage to Club at 9.15pm. Took cab to Regents Park. Great night at the Albert Hall to receive Stanley. Knew nothing about it. Called Garrick & Beefsteak. No one at Garrick. Grilled ham & home 1.0am. (Red ink across page: Dear Roy went back to school.) Tuesday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Worked on Meistersingers. Tassell called with note from M. Sent one off. Rode in Park in morning. Drove in carriage after quiet dinner with Maud to Gaiety Theatre, could not get in. To Adelphi, saw Green Bushes. Very slow. Went to sleep. After called Garrick. Saw Furniss & others. Charley Burnand. Home at 1.15. Bed 2.0am. Read Furniss' book. Wednesday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Worked all morning on drawing for Meistersingers. Did not photo Miss Manning. M still at Westwood. Saw Maud & Miss Gill to
opening of Military Exhibition. Back to lunch. Worked all afternoon. At 6.30 rode Marquis to Bouverie St 1st time. Full Dinner. Agnew, Lucy, Lehmann etc etc. Good dinner. Home 11.30 by carriage. Took Reed on. Called Garrick. Saw Sir Wm Wiseman. Home 1.0am. Sleep. Bed. Mother wired 4 times. Thursday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. breakfast. Letter from M. M returned by Granville. Shaded Meistersingers. After at 11.30 sent carriage for M. Back by 12.45. Pretty well only. Photo of Schimmelmann. In afternoon photod Jolley & self for cut of Stanley & Socy Pygmies. Developed 15 plates. Got them printed. Hamilton Fletcher & Tabs came to dinner. Hot night. Maud dined. After H & self in cab, Tabs & M in carriage to Avenue Theatre. Saw Dr Bill 2 nd time. Went round to his room with H. Home in carriage. Bed 12.0am. Friday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & worked all day on Stanley & Society Pygmies. Finished 10.30pm. Small boy & parcel of bird books. M went to dressmaker. Dined at 10.30pm, M & self, bottle Perinet. Bed 12.30am. Saturday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.30. Breakfast. Tidied up & photod birds. Rough notes on birds lent by Sotheram. E.T Booth in British Islands. Lunched at home. Stuffy air. At 6.0 rode Marquis in Park. Met Miss Thomson & Tabs & Hamilton. Great demonstration & Queen in Park & Balloon. Home. Dined quietly at home. Read Albrecht Durer. Bed early, 11.0pm. M not very well. Tired herself by going to her mother's. Stuffy Kensington. Sunday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Breakfast for 9.0am 1st time. Down 9.30. Read. After put on riding things to go to Hampstead to see Seymour Lucas. Heavy rain. Took photo prints. Wrote Swain & Sherriff Harris. After cleared up. Rode mare to West Hampstead, past Priory Road. Waited. Rode in field. Saw Mr & Mrs Edwin Herapath. Waited 35 minutes. Went home. Rain. Called Hickmans. Saw Miss H. Home. Mother in to lunch. Very hungry. More rain. Wrote many letters. Developed 3 or 4 photos. Diary. Did not go out in afternoon. At 7.15 dressed & went in carriage with M to dine at Fletcher Moultons QC. Met American, Justin McCarthy etc etc, Miss Thomson & sister. Stayed till 11.30pm. Home by mare. Monday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Dull wretched morning. Finished photoing birds & sent books back. Boy came. Sent Jolley to Lucas's. Back quickly. M went to lunch with Tabs & out till 5.30pm. Irving sent dresses in cab at 1.30 & paid for cab. Worked on Meistersingers & nearly finished it. Walked up before dinner to Bedford Gardens. Saw where fire had been. Back. Dinner quietly. Blanche Cole called & brought new bird before dinner. Lawrence settled to go for good. Dined quietly at home after & quiet evening. Bed 11.0pm. Went out after dinner in grey suit & posted letters at Genl Post Office. Faint with smoking large pipe. Stuffy night, very. Tuesday May 13
Stafford Terrace. In morning worked & finished Meistersingers drawing at 1.0am. M took it in carriage to Col Wootham. At 2.30pm went up & photod Kate Manning in stays etc etc. Lovely day. Hot sun etc. Back 4.30pm. Tea. M & visitors. Explained dress to Miss Gill. After dressed & walked up Park after calling & ordering flowers. Met Col Grant & Dash. Called Coles (carriage). Took cab at Hyde Park Corner on to Garrick. Saw Steward. On to Guildhall. Jeering crowd. Saw Stanley Reception. Just going when met Arthur à Beckett. Round Halls. Stopped by Policeman. Arthur in. Sent card in to Harris. Got in. Soup, wine & ham. Miss Huntingdon, old Bedford, Faudel Phillips etc. Stayed till 12.0pm. After cab to Garrick & Empire Theatre. Saw Plymouth Girl etc. On to Club, had haddock & home by cab at 12.15am. Fine night. (Red ink across page: Stanley Reception at Guild Hall.) Wednesday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Mrs De la Rue's Ball. Lunch at Garrick. Wrote my mother about £5.0.0. Lovely morning. Up & in morning put on Seymour Lucas's dress. Difficulty about collar. Photod it with Jolley. After collar came. Conny came in. Dressed at noon & at 1.15pm went out with M & Conny. Took cab at Barkers. On to Garrick. Called Coles about cart, new wheel. Waited at Garrick. Lunch. Tabs, Miss Thomson, Miss Brink, M, Reed & self. Good lunch. Round Club. After Reed & self went in carriage to Guthrie's rooms. Had tea. Hamilton Fletcher there. After on home with M. Dressed and at 8.0 went in carriage to Mocattas to dine. No appetite. Sat next Mrs Val Princep. Man in armour, Leslie Ward etc. On after at 11.0 to De la Rues' Dance. Good. Fancy Ball. Lots of people. Mrs Harrison, Effie, etc etc. M left 1.15am. Stayed till 3.15. Home. Daylight. Good cab. Undressed in room. Like May 1878. Bed 4.0am about. (Red ink across page: De la Rue Fancy Dress Ball.) Thursday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Woke up at 8.30. Sleep. Down 9.30. Breakfast by self. Read. Photod self with Jolley in Seymour Lucas's Dutch dress & sent it back. Waited about whole of morning for subject. Lunch. M & Maud went to Mr Bartlett's. Slept on sofa 2.30 to 4.30pm. Letter from Milliken etc etc. Did not work in afternoon. Developed 4 of K.M's photos taken Tuesday. After Midge came at 7.30pm. Spencer in to dinner. Tired after. Slept 1 hr in chair. At 10.30 carriage took me to Faudel Phillips' at home. Wrens, Bancrofts, Mocattas, etc. 2 plovers eggs & 1 glass of wine. Home by 11.45. Bed 12.0. Livery. (Red ink across page: Bradbury wrote about sending in drawings on paper from beginning of year.) Friday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Up 8.40. Breakfast. Midge bad night. Waited for Milliken. At 10.0 decided to do cut of Derby & Sweating. Photod self & Jolley lying down. Bright hot morning. Developed plates & got to work. Finished at 10.15pm. Langley came in in afternoon. Went away again. Dined at the Fletchers. Saturday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Better letter from my mother. In morning read papers etc. Up in M's room. Dressed & after at 11.30 rode in the Park on Marquis. Had a cold. Marquis coughed badly. Saw Miss Thomson. Rode home. Lunched. Hungry. After at 3.0pm went in brougham with M & Maud to Tattersalls. Saw Kemmis's(?)
Raikes, H, Tattersall, Spencer etc. Walked with Maud to top of Row. Left her with M & on to Turkish Bath at 5.0. Out 7.5. Walked to carriage. Home. Quiet dinner. H & Midge dined with Kemmis's & went to 'Marjorie'. Slept in chair. Bed 11.0am. Sunday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Up. Did not ride. At 11.55 walked & met Maud at Kensington Palace. Washed Tony. Walked up to top of Row & home. Lots of people. Took cab, on to lunch at Boughtons. Chapmans, Cheesborough, Dixie (Dicksee) Weedon Grossmith, fat Pope etc. Rain. After cab home & dressed. On to Hickmans. Looked at horse. Young daughter. Roots & Christie. 4 sets of Tennis, one single. Dressed there. Carriage called at 7.45. On to Joshuas' dinner to meet Labby & wife. Took young daughter in. Sat next Mrs Finlay. Stayed after till 12.15am. Home by carriage by 12.50. Finished cigar & bed. Monday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up late. Breakfast by self. Lawrence decided to stay on. Wrote Colin Hunter. Hamilton's horse sale. After lunch walked up to Tattersalls. Hot. Met M & Miss Thomson, Jess, Spencer, Mrs Heron, Gussy Underhill etc. Sale of horses, £756 lot. After walked up to Garrick past Piccadilly. Called Nicholls about spats. Tea at Club. Wrote letters. Called Tantz. On after to Peals. Cab home. Disappointed about dinner. Dined 7.20 after drove to St James's. Saw Esther Sandrag(?) Mrs Langtry. Went round to stage. Saw Mrs L through door. Home. M & Midge had adventure with cab. Raced by omnibus. Home 12.30. Bed. (Red ink across page: Marquis bad cold.) Tuesday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Began to look up Robinson Crusoe. Pottered & worked. Lunch. At 6.30 walked up Park as far as St James's St. Took cab to Savoy & dined at Seasons Club. Stupid dinner, 15/6. Left at 10.15. M called in carriage. On to the Duchess of Sutherland's. Slow evening. No one there. Betty Britannia, Goodalls etc etc, Boehms. Left 11.15. Home by 11.45. Took fly on to Barkers at Wimbledon. Got there 12.50. Eykyns, Hendersons etc. Danced. Stayed till 3.15am. Home by fly. Bed 4.0am. (Red ink across page: Marquis bad cold.) Wednesday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Queen's Birthday. Foreign Office Reception. Up latish. Very tired. Down 10.0am. Decided to ride. Put boots & hat on. Went into Park. No one there. Saw stupid cart with flowers. Saw old Wyndham. Back. Hot. Marquis's cold bad. After slept for 2 hours in afternoon after lunch. Dressed 5.30 & rode Marquis to Bouverie St. Walked him the whole way. Cough bad. ½ hour late. Good Dinner. Polyglot London County Council. Dressed at 9.50. M called for me 10.35. On to Foreign Office Reception. Lovely evening. Spoke to Balfour. Got carriage. Home by 1.0am. Bed. Fine weather. (Red ink: Queen's Birthday, Trooping Colour.) Thursday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Decided to stay. Up 8.30. Breakfast. Dressed for riding. Rode Marquis in Row. Saw H.R.H. Back. Skemed Emperor of Russia. After lunch disappointed of Langley coming back. Saw Nash. Stopped Jolley. Photod with cuirass & bear-skin rug. Developed & got ready. Drew from 5.0 to 7.0. Dined quietly with Langleys. Wrote up diary after dinner because H.L had my chair,
could not sit in it. Decided not to go to Ewens. Quiet evening. Smoke & bed after a 12.30am. Friday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Photod Hamilton in cuirass & helmet as Russian. Developed & got to work. Worked hard all day & dined at 11.0pm. Hamilton, Midge & M went to see ‘New Lamps for Old’ at Terry's Theatre. Home 11.45. Snack. Pipe & bed. Saturday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Put things away. Rode in Park on Marquis in morning. After home. In afternoon packed portmanteau & drove to catch 4.45 GWR. Great crowd at station. Only just caught train. 2 men in carriage. M hungry at Oxford. Banbury cakes. Canon Bourne met us at Honeybourne. Drove in half brake to Weston-sub-edge. Miss Bournes. Dressed for dinner. Miss Sewell there. Nigger blood. Nice girl. Dinner. Talk after. Old silver. Pipe. Talk of bed. Glass of Beer put down on platform at Oxford. Country looking lovely going down. Sun & flowers. Sunday May 25 Weston-sub-Edge, Broadway. Up 8.0am. Good tea. W.C all right. Down 9.10am. Breakfast. Most lovely morning. Read books, changed things & went to church at Weston. Slow curate. Good service. M stayed. Good lunch. Read in afternoon & slept from 3.30 to 5.0 with M in Bed Room. Tea & walk with the Canon after up to top of hill. Saw 14 counties. Lord Harrowby's Phare. Talk of Mitford. Spent all his money. Back at 6.30 through fields. Good dinner. Talk after. Snuff after dinner. Pipe at 11.0 & bed 12.0. Monday May 26 Weston-sub-Edge, Broadway. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. 1st walk round stables. ‘Bounce’, fox terrier. Chestnut horse. At 11.30 rode Ladybird with Canon. Caught up Dr Morris. On to Broadway Tower. Saw sham fight. Met Flowery brothers. Left at 1.0pm. Past ‘Fish’ to lunch at Mrs Millets. Too much lunch. After rode for 2½ hours through Bretforton, on home. Carriage not home. Tea. Very sleepy & heavy after tea & before dinner. Quiet dinner & evening. Wrote in book after. Pipe & bed at 12.0pm. Tuesday May 27 Weston-sub-Edge, Broadway. Fine morning, colder. Up & sat in porch after breakfast. Wrote many letters. Lunch. Rode with Canon Bourne at 2.30 in knickerbockers & stockings. Went to Campden House & Campden. Met the Fishers in pony trap. After saw Euration(?) in Camden. Home. Played 2 sets of Lawn Tennis with Miss Sewell. Good. Hot. After at 8.45 Mrs Millet, Cholmondeley, Parsons, Mr & Mrs Fisher dined. Good dinner. Put up weight. Long talk with Canon Bourne after. Bed at 1.0am. Wednesday May 28 Weston-sub-Edge, Broadway. Up 8.0. Lawn Tennis with Miss Sewell before breakfast. Breakfast. Goodbye to Canon Bourne. Lunch put up. Drive to Honeybourne, caught train. Met Mrs Bruce & spotty little girl. Carriage. Lunch. Turkish Ambassador at station. Out of carriage again. People in at Oxford, 2
professors. London. Carriage met me. On to Turkish Bath. Saw Chinnery. Out 6.30. Called Constitutional Club. On by Embankment to P.D. Bradbury at Dinner at 7.30pm. Long talk. Carriage met me & home at 1.0pm. Felt livery very after Turkish Bath. Thursday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Breakfast nine. Rode in Park on Marquis (better). Letter from Spencer. Rode with him. Back at 11.0am. Hot. Skemed subject. At 12.45 Jolley came in. Photod self as Stanley. Jolley & leopard skin. Lawrence & station at 2.0pm. Developed & printed plates. Wrote Mrs Davies. Dined at home after skeming drawing. At 9.0 went by carriage to Military Exhibition. Good. Back to Empire. Saw ballet. Hollingshead. Club & home at 11.45pm. Livery at night in Exhibition. Drew ‘Touchstone’ in Derby sweep. 1 st time ever had a horse. Friday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.40. Breakfast. Wet in morning. Letter from M. Wrote Aberdeen. Worked hard all day on Stanley, Salisbury & East Africa. Did not finish until 11.0pm. Dined by self. Midge dined at Tabbie's & came home 10.45. Smoke & read after. Bed 12.30pm. Wrote to Aberdeen in morning. Saturday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Midge looking very seedy. At 10.15 Spencer came round for meet of coaches. Wrote letters. Started 11.15am. Saw Gaddens & Macmillan, Tenniel, Hunter etc etc. Home 1.30. Lunch. Maud & Miss Gill went to see ‘David Garrick’. Up to 54 Bedford Gdns to photo K.M. Back tea at 4.45pm. Carriage at 6.0. Called to return drawings to Mrs Reed. At 7.20 met M at Paddington. Royal carriage. Home. Dined 8.15. Quiet evening & glad of it. Cigar. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Photod Kate Manning. Mrs Watney's invite for yacht came.) (Red ink across page: Meet of the Coaching Club.) (Later note: Last talk with Mrs D.) Jun 1890 Sunday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.30. Fine morning. At 11.0 rode mare. Met stranger & after Alan Cole & little girls. Round & over Putney bridge. Turned off & home. Passed William Waring & wife. Lunch. Wrote letters. Maud at her grandmother's. At 4.45 at Hickmans for Tennis. Only Noots there. Very slow game. Stupid. Felt heavy & livery. Could not play. Champagne cup & home. Dinner. Livery after. Slept. Maud mimicking at dinner. Bed 11.30pm. Glad of sleep. Dream of blowing up of Atlantic liner. Monday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. At 9.45 rode mare in Park. Saw H.R.H. Met no one I knew. Good gallop. Home. Wire from Mrs Millet. Wrote up diary. Wrote many letters. Dog taken away by policeman from next door. Mare taken with colic & very ill. Mocatta's dance. Did not go. In evening went with M & Maud to Shaftesbury Theatre & saw ‘Judah’. Disappointed. Finlay & Brigham Young's son. Rollers & Mrs Millet, Pollock etc, Lancaster etc etc. Home by 4 wheel cab with M & Maud. Saw Lennox Browne. Bed 12.0.
Tuesday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up. Breakfast. At 10.0am rode with Spencer in the Park. Saw H.R.H. & F.C.B, Lady de Grey. After rode with F.C.B on along past Swiss Cottage & settled about yachting. All right. Back in hurry & wired to Milliken & Bradbury. Dressed. Hurried snack at home & took cab on to Bouverie St. Got there 2.5pm. On to Rainbow. Saw Bradbury & nephews (Chas Agnew's sons.) old Nokes & (blank). Lunch. Talk with Bradbury after. Waited for Milliken. Left at 4.45. Walked on to Turkish Bath. Had Bath & home after walk to Knightsbridge. Dined quietly at home & bed early. Mare ill all night with colic. Wednesday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Derby Day. Pouring wet all day. Great sell. Sanfoin won, Lenore 2nd, Orwell third. Did not go. Worked & skemed Preface. At 6.0 walked in rain with M to Albert Hall Mansions. Very wet. Met Sir Benjamin Baker. Shabby. Walked on through Park & got awfully hot with macintosh. Most uncomfortable. Took cab at top of Piccadilly. On to P.D in knickerbockers. Chaff. Never was so uncomfortable & caught cold through it. Good Dinner & chaff about going away. Lucy there. Home with Reed in cab. Paid 2/6. Left him at Knightsbridge. Wrote to Stace. (Red ink across page: Derby Day. Wet day.) Thursday June 5 Stafford Terrace. At 11.0 Stace came. Photod him for Smith through stile & also self for Punch. Developed them & got to work in afternoon. Dull morning. Used stand camera on steps. Midge in in afternoon to tea. Lady Lucas called. Dined quietly at home & bed early. Was to have dined with Spencer & American at St Pancras. Did not go. Friday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Found stylographic pen, lost since March 23rd. Up early & got to work on Smith & Bull going through gate. Abbey wrote he was back with wife. Spencer called about horse & Furniss. Never recommend again. Worked all day & finished at 7.35. Dressed & on in carriage to Mrs Watney's. Dined & met Dr Barker. Settled about yachting trip. Talk of Lucas's, Cox's etc. Mrs Reed, Cox's daughter & Mrs Morris. Good cigar. Cold room. At 11.5 left & in carriage went to Quilters' at home. Lots there. Pictures. Met D'Arcy. Poor supper. Home at 12.15. Bed 1.0am. Cold coming on. Saturday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Cold came on. Fine morning. Had carriage at 10.0am. Went with M to Park. Saw H.R.H. On to Bartlett's, then to Peal's. Talk of St Petersburgh. After to Rowney's, Needs & Co, & then Beale & Inman, Briggs. Cab on to talk to Morris. Missed him. On to Garrick Club. Saw Montague Williams, Joe Carr etc. Paid bill for May 15 lunch. After walked on to Turkish Baths. Noisy men. After home. Great demonstration in Hyde Park. The teetotallers against Compensation Clauses of Gov't Bill. Home. Dined 7.0. Mervyn there. Went in cab to Garrick Theatre. Saw ‘Pair of Spectacles’. Very good. Saw Agnew (George). Tenniel in box. Looked in to Garrick. 1st night of Dining Room for Saty suppers. Home with M by carriage. (Red ink across page: Great demonstration in Hyde Park.) Sunday June 8
Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Up 8.0am. Cold on chest bad. At 10.10 got on horse. Met Tenniel & Furniss at 10.15am. 1st meet of 2 Pins Club. Met F.C.B & Matthews exact to time. Walked down to Richmond Pk. Jumped mare. Spots of rain came on on getting to Star & Garter. Sir C Russell non praise of mare. Lunch. Russell, Lockwood, F.C.B, Furniss, Sambourne, Matthews, Tenniel. Rain in afternoon. Rode home. Back by 3.45. Lockwood & self & man in road. Police Constable, Do you charge him? Home. Solomons & Molesworth called. Changed things, dressed for Mrs Watney. Intended to call on Mrs Watney. Poured with rain. Quiet dinner. Maud's imitations. Sleep after. Curious presentiment about Mother. Watch 9.27 or 9.23. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink across page: 1st meet of the Two Pins Club.) Monday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0pm. Cold on chest. Letters. News of Mother being ill. Much worried. Wired off. Consulted maps. M & Maud went to Wittons & Stores. Wrote up diary. Letter from Mrs Watney to put off going till Saty 21 st for yachting. Went by cab at 1.30 to lunch with H.M.Spielmann. Got to Constitutional Club 2.5. Lunch. Talk. Billiards after. By Victoria, ugly child, to Garrick. Found B.Morris there. After being kept just missed Macmillan. Back to Club. Cup of tea & walked to Aldreds in Oxford St & on through Park home. There in time to dress & on to Mrs Campbell Praed's to dinner. Took in Mrs Merton, Gilbert's friend. Great chatter. Cigar after. Left 12.15. Home by carriage. M had new black dress. (Red ink across page: Letter about my mother being ill.) Tuesday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Letter from Fanny Worth. My mother wired. Decided to go by 3.0 train. M & Maud out in carriage. Maud felt faint & had (illeg). Left at 2.00. Carriage full at G.W.R. Selfish man with luncheon basket & Welshman went whole way. Met Fanny Worth at station. Scramble into carriage & on to Downlenge Point in hansom cab. After a time saw my mother. Altered & in bed. Very sad. Aunt Worth wonderful. Jack's St Bernard dog. Wrote letter home & after went for walk to see Clifton Suspension Bridge & house called 'Sambourne'. Back 9.5 for supper. Walk & pipe on Common after. Good night to my mother. Supper. Prayers. Photographs & bed 11.30. (Red ink across page: Went down to Downlenge Point, Sneyd Park, Bristol, by 3.0pm train. Arrived 6.15. Forgot about Punch Dinner.) Wednesday June 11 Downlenge Point, Sneyd Park, Bristol. Up 7.45. Breakfast 8.30. Bacon & eggs etc. Missed Bath Room. After went to see Dr Nelson Millard. Talk with him. Dry stick. Pipe on downs. Talk with Mother after. Left at 11.20 for Bristol in fly. Quite forgot about Punch Dinner. Easy run up. Bad fowl in luncheon basket. Carriage to self. M met me at Paddington. Disappointed about Punch Dinner. Got to work on Preface & dined quietly at home afterwards. Thursday June 12 Stafford Terrace. In morning up. Wet dull day. Got on with Preface. Photod self & skin with Jolley's help. Grossmith evening party. Took cab on at 11.0pm. Good cab. Horse nearly down. Took Mrs (blank) Miss Beatty Kingston in to supper.
Stayed till 2.0pm. Home by cab. Horse stopped & could not go home. Bed 2.45am. Friday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Waited for subject till noon. Wrote letters. After subject, Monro & Matthews, came. Photod Jolley & self. Developed & got to work. Worked all day till 10.30. Dinner. Bottle Champagne & bed at 1.30am. Saturday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Carriage at 10.30. Drove with M & Maud to Mother's. I walked on. Caught it up. Moving in, A.H Mansions. Saw Mother & Maud on balcony. On to Harvey & Nicholls & to Cordings. After to Isbisters'. Rules. M had bad chop. After to Hobbs & on to Military Exhibition at Chelsea. Saw balloon go up. Shot at ducks. Ices, etc etc. Home by cab. Worked. Maud in at 8.0pm. Quiet dinner. Read Rudyard Kipling. Bed 11.30 early. Sunday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Misty morning. Down 9.15am. At 9.45 Furniss came round on Barclay's horse. Got off & came in for ½ an hour at breakfast. After rode to Greyhound at Hampton Court. Frightfully hot. 2 Pins meet. Russell, Lockwood, Lehmann, F.C.B, Furniss, Matthews & self. Good lunch. Raphael there after. Smoke & ride home along river. Parted with Sir C.Russell at Albany Club. Never saw him after. Home. Left F.C.B. Changed things & took Maud to Mrs Watney's. Saw Dr Barker. After by cab to Mrs Lewis's. Pellew etc. Home. Tilda there. Dined. Sleep. After went to Mrs Matthews at home at Queen Anne's Mansions. Great crush. Left 12.30. Mrs Jarratt etc. Bad cab. Monday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Down 8.30am. Carriage at 10.0. M off to Stores. Wrote many letters. Mother better. Letters from Hamilton & Roy. Wire from Carter. Lunch. Worked on Preface. In evening went to see Gondoliers by cab. 2 stalls. Back by cab. Funny provincial audience. Tuesday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Worked on Preface. In evening drove with M to opera & saw Faust. Archie Stuart Wortley & wife sat just in front of us. Saw Mrs Arcol. Left early & walked to carriage & home by 11.30pm. Ascot races. Wednesday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Finished Preface & began & finished Tail piece. Camoens Vasco da Gama & Stanley. Too late for Turkish Bath. Walked up Row & took cab for Punch Dinner from Lamb's shop in Regent Street. Late there, 7.30. Great chaff. Quiet dinner. Dressed after at Punch Office & M called for me & we went to Lord Salisbury's Reception. Saw Lord Salisbury's private secy & Weigall. Supper & home by carriage early. Thursday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Began & finished Punch as Speaker on balcony for Index & began Mermaid Tailpiece for Index. Did not ride. In evening drove up in carriage to Gaiety Theatre. Saw Ruy Blas. Mervyn in our box. Slow piece. Home by cab.
Men talking to one another (2 hansoms). Home 11.45pm. No lights in Drawing Room & bad sandwiches. Saw Macilwraith at theatre. Ascot Cup Day. Spencer in grumbling. Friday June 20 Stafford Terrace. In morning finished Mermaid. Cheque sent from Col Wortham. After in afternoon at 4.0 began drawing of Yachting for Vol 99, Punch Yachting. Finished 10.30pm. No boy. Sent Jolley off with drawing. Bottle Pol Roger & dined 10.30, M & self. Bed after. Wrote letters in morning. Wrote (illeg). Sent Jolley to Stores for cartridges & to F.C.B's about horse. Box from Victoria. Saturday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Put room in order & gave Jolley instruction about going to Sutton. Got cheque for £25.0.0 cashed etc. At 11.15 went up to Bedford Gdns. Waited for ¾ hr. Photod & home by 1.10. M out. Lunch. Dressed & put bag up with evening dress. Left Stafford Terr. 2.35. Only just caught train from Victoria. Bad hansom. Caught train. Lockwood, Sir C. Russell, Matthews, Lehmann in train to Sutton. Jolley met me. Ride through Common. Horses startled by train. Picked up young Russell on stumbling horse. Round detour. After with Russell & Matthews to Epsom Downs. Mare too fat to gallop. Back to Russell's. George Lewis there. Looking at farm stable. Heavy rain. Cup of tea. Felt faint. Dressed. Dinner 8.10pm. Lord Rosebery. Bottle trick. Furniss broke bottle. Lewis lost £21. Sat up talking with George Lewis. Bed 1.35am. Sunday June 22 Tedworth, Sir Charles Lewis. Up with head on & bilious. Cup of tea. Cleaned boots. Furniss & Sutton Hook. Breakfast. 9.40am. Good ham. F.C.B late. Gave Furniss goff stick. Started after saying goodbye at 10.23. Rode Sutton 11.15, Wimbledon Bridge 12.15. Home 1.45. Lunch. Hamilton Langley, Midge, Dora etc there. After packed all photo things & drawing things. Tilda in & Spencer & Daggles. At 6.20 went in carriage to call on Spielmann & to fetch bag from Sir Charles Russell. Home through Park. Photo home. Dined 8.10. Bottle Ayala '74. Maud. Sleep after, very tired. Bed 11.0pm. Too tired to pack things at all. Put it off. Monday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.15am. Out & packed things in bags. Jolley came at 6.30. Helped. Put evening things up etc etc. Buss at door at 8.0. All packed. Wrote cheques etc etc. Great hurry. Got off 8.35. Arrived Waterloo 9.0am. Caught train. Goldie came in at Clapham Junction. Sleepy etc. Goldie's mother. Arrived Portsmouth 12.0am. Met by Mrs Watney etc. On board without trouble. Unpacked. Lunch 1.30. Left Portsmouth at 3.23. Smooth sea. Lovely run along coast. Looked at chequed forts & Southsea. Right along Brighton etc etc. Dressed & dined. After lovely phosphorescent waves & new moon. Turned in 11.0pm. Mrs Watney tired. M whiskey. First night of 'Palatine'. (Red ink across page: Started from London to go on board Palatine.) Tuesday June 24 Palatine. Off Thames. Up 7.0. 1st morning. On deck. Tub with bucket. 1 st breakfast. Put things in order. Lovely morning. Arrived Harwich about 10.30.
Wrote many letters. H.M.S Hotspur. Ocean tug. Ugly town. Pottered about all morning till lunch. East wind came on. At 2.30 went ashore in gig. Barker, M, Miss Clarke, Goldie & self. Dirty town. Saw hotel stayed in in 1869. To railway station for M's ulster. Turned up at last. Back in town. Bought sponges. Man all over chalk from getting it. M & baskets. Gigantic lobster. Plain people off boat & man in consumption. Back to Palatine. Read & looked about. Good dinner. Very sleepy. Liver affected. Stayed in harbour all night on acct of mist & east wind. Bed 11.15 after whiskey. Walked decks with M. Small starling flew on board & stayed in boat. Wednesday 25 June Palatine. Off Harwich. Up 7.0. Decided not to swim. Had tub. Made sketch of Harwich in lovely morning. Brilliant sun. Lovely. Got photo things out. Put them up. Under way 11.0. Photod heavy anchor. Steamed out & away in lovely morning from Harwich. Mrs Watney not well. Sketched deck. Failure. Lunch at 2.0. Something wrong with propeller shaft. Consultation. Despair. Not so bad after all. 34 puzzle on deck. Read Duke of Sutherland's cruise in ‘Sans Peur’. Sea smooth. Rain & heavy clouds came on at 6.30. Doze in chair. Dinner. Pea jacket. After walk on deck. Could not make out Dudgeon Light. Double flash. Saw it at last. Talk. Turned in 11.30pm. Light out & sleep directly. Mare went to Horlick's. This day Punch Staff went to Knole House. (Red ink across page: Mare went to Horlick's.) Thursday June 26 Off Flamborough Head. On board Palatine. Up 6.30am. Scotch mist & rain. Went on deck. Tub on deck. 1st tub with hose. Down to M's cabin. Wrote many letters before breakfast. After breakfast cleared up wonderfully. Began to read Howell's ‘Shadow of a Dream’. Much taken with it. After began to draw at 11.0 boat & deck carefully. Photod M & Dr Barker on bridge. Lunch. Told story of Agnew & picture . Went on with drawing till 6.15pm. Small bird like woodcock flew on deck. Stayed there some time. Passed lighthouse where Grace Darling saved the Forfarshire. Sketched it. After went smoothly along. Dinner. Cigar after. Went in cabin & played Guess game. Much lighter at night. Sleepy after. Ladies turned in 11.30. Self 12.0am. Night rather hazy. Dropped anchor at Leith 4.4am. Friday June 27 Palatine. Off Leith. Up 7.30. Tub on deck. Hung about. Breakfast on deck. Photod Edinboro' & yacht Semiramis. After at 10.30 M & self in gig. Walked to tram. On to Edinboro'. Gawk of woman (with child at breast) trod on my brown shoe (left). Out near Castle. Walked up. M amusing. Last sleep of Carlyle. (illeg) Back by fly. Saw Cameron Highlanders. On to Royal Hotel. Ordered lunch. Bought shoe paste & books for drawing. Went with M to call on Lord Kingsbury, 15 Abercrombie Place. Back Royal Hotel. Lunch. On after by tram. Forbidding girl's face. After rain came on. Took shelter twice. Bought files etc. Big horse in shed. M fell down landing steps. Back to yacht. Under weigh. Went under Forth Bridge. Saw Dalmeney, Lord Rosebery's place. Thunderstorm came on. Sent letters off. Dinner. Barker not well. Very sleepy after. Walked up & down. Turned in 11.30pm. Saturday 28 June
Palatine. Off Leith. Up 7.15am. Wet. Deck tub. Breakfast. Read ‘Glances at great & little men’ by Paladin. Cleared up. Started 10.0am. Left Edinboro'. At 12.10 began to finish sketch. Worked till lunch. M well. After cigar & on to sketch again. Walk with Barker. Goldie read ‘The Blastergerm’ at tea. Found out mackintosh too short. Wrote. Heavy squall of rain. Put photo things in order. Off Dundee 3.0pm. Off Aberdeen 7.30pm. Bit of swell on. Roughish. Dressed. Dinner. Miss Clarke left table, not well. Cigar in Goldie's cabin. Walk up & down. Off Peterhead. Light. Turned in 11.0pm. Slept hard all night. (illeg) Seda Pt. Duke of Medina Sidonia wrecked here in Armada. Fair Island. ‘Spanish Armada’ Kingsley. (Red ink across page: Going from Leith for Shetlands.) Sunday June 29 Palatine. Off Orkneys. Up 8.0am. Had bath in M's cabin. Gentle heave of sea. Most lovely morning. Breakfast. Read book on Mosaics. Wrote letters. Fair Island in sight 12.30pm. Wrote F.C.B, Mother, Roy etc. M & (illeg). Lunch 1.30. Lovely. Passed Fair Island after lunch. Sketched & photod it. Wrote many letters & sent cheque for coals & Vinten. Nearly Shetland. Wind freshened 4.30pm. Coasted along Shetlands, 1st view 5.30. Photod. Lovely evening. Mended tripod leg. Rock like Assyrian bull. Flag dipped at lighthouse. Picturesque little town, Lerwick. Dropped anchor 8.0pm. Dressed. Pretty girl in boat. Dined 8.30. After cold in evening. Drew twilight over hills. Whiskey. At 11.30 developed 3 plates fairly successfully. Quite light 12.15am. Turned in 12.30am. (Red ink across page: At sea, going for Shetlands.) Monday June 30 Palatine. Lerwick, Shetland Isles. Up 6.30. Were to have started for Norway. Strong east wind set in, could not. Went in to M's cabin. Breakfast on shore given up. Breakfast 9.30am. Printed photos & toned them. Got to work on putting figures in drawing. Worked all morning until lunch time 2.0pm. Finished. Worked in M's cabin. Lunch. Drawing shewn round. After packed up & missed boat going on shore & missed the dingy after. Talk with Mrs W. Upset about the weather. Went ashore 4.0pm for an hour. Wired to Glosser & Gill. Walk. Missed M & Miss Clarke. Back to yacht by dingy. Steered. Talk with men of Goldie. Mrs W still unwell & upset about weather. Read of great gale in papers. M put lining to photo focussing cloth. Goldie back from fishing, 4 small fish. Admiral back with wire from Mother. Dressed. Colder. Dinner. After sleepy. Put fur coat on & saw gulls & yachts flitting about like moths. Silhouette of men & boat against sky. Beautiful picture. Admiral & Goldie went ashore. Turned in at 11.30pm. (Red ink across page: Lerwick, Isle of Skye.) Jul 1890 Tuesday July 1 Palatine. Lerwick, Shetland Isles. Up later, 8.0am. Had bath in M's cabin. Wrote up diary after. Strong wind blowing. Point to north. Still bad & grey. Breakfast. Walk up & down. At 11.30 all went ashore. M, Miss Clarke, Goldie, Admiral & self. Went to Post Office, Chemist. Had match for pipes. In to Laurenson's shop. Bought Roy cap & stockings for self. Beautiful spidery woolwork 1/8 of an ounce. After consultation M went into shop for wool work. Admiral said lunch ashore. Went to Grand Hotel. Walked up & ordered trap for 10/-, 4.30pm. Did cut of beef, salad etc etc. Miss Clarke & coffee. Had trap with pony 20 years old called
Darkie. Drove over to Scalloway. Saw old woman carrying peat. Strange bird like a curlew. (small drawing of bird) Hilly uninteresting country. Old castle at Scalloway. Fish! Oh!! Haddock. Millions of herrings. Fine women. Sketched pier. Back by trap. Walked. Rain came on for 10 minutes. Got flax for M. Thought of subject. Back to yacht. Saw Mrs W. Drew for silhouette. Dinner. All grey. Goldie caught a fish from ship. Pipe in Goldie's cabin. Turned in 11.15pm. (Red ink across page: Lerwick, Isle of Skye.) Wednesday July 2 Palatine. Orders for steam at 11.0am. Went ashore 9.30 with Admiral & Goldie. Got up for rain. Raining. Went to Post Office and wired for Admiral. Left out word Bee. Had bromide. Weighed. Bought ‘Times’. Went with Goldie to Laurenson's. Bought Scotsman & papers. Drove back with letters of Miss C. Back to yacht. Still wind. Steam up. Away at 11.15 out of harbour. Flag dipped. Diving birds. Swell on sea. Roughish. Steamed away. Hoisted sail. Miss C ill first. Lunch. Table cleared of glasses etc. M touched it. M lay down & turned in after at 3.0pm. 4.0 took two photos. Broke leg of stand again. Mended it. Lovely sea. Yacht splendid. Tea in cabin. M seedy. Admiral & Goldie so-so. Self A1. Imaginary iceberg. No birds, no fish. One sail only crossed bows. Dined in deck-house. Lamb & peas. M a biscuit & Champagne 8.30. Walk on deck after. Sails gibed. Slight rain came on. Mrs Watney turned in at 11.0pm. Whiskey. Turned in self 11.30. M seedy. Yacht behaved splendidly. Talk with Captain of trips & yachts, sharks etc etc. (Red ink across page: At sea all day on way to Norway.) Thursday July 3 Palatine. Up 8.0am. Dream of zoological Gardens. Waiter in would not tip him. Ladies poudré. M still seedy. Sighted Norway 6.0am. Coast quite clear 8.0am. Bath on deck. Margery Daw. Dressed. Wrote up diary. Lovely morning. Nearer & nearer Norway. Small boat came out with 3 men. Pilot came on board. Asked for bread. M still seedy. Breakfast. Photod pilot. Entered fiord for Bergen. Splendid run up. Disappointed boat crew ‘Kolena’ & red headed man. (small drawing of bearded man) Noah's Ark & Viking boats. Got to Bergen 1.30pm. ‘Victoria’ with Empress Eugenie there. Ship the ‘Rayton Dixon’ loading. Changed things & went ashore. Touts in boats aboard. Found Post Office. Words very like English. Post Kontor, Black fish, Sticks etc etc. Back to boat. Read & tore up letters. Boy & stamps. English ’Arrys. Lots of them. Empress's boat waiting. Back to yacht. M stayed on board. Photos Empress. Shortbread. Dinner. After drew sunset at Bergen. Felt very cold after drawing. Coffee & brandy. After smoke at 11.30. Developed 5 plates. Put things in order & bed 1.30am. Friday July 4 Palatine at Bergen. Up 7.30. Bath in cabin. ‘Victoria’ close to us. 1 st view of old Pilot. Got under weigh about 9.0am & steamed out. Printed photos of man lying down & Pilot developed last night. Dull morning. Decided to begin drawing of ‘British Squaw’. Did so. Worked in own cabin until lunch. Lunch. Good salmon. Up the Sogna Fiord the whole day. Grand scenery. Dull clouds. Went on drawing all afternoon till T time. On deck for hour, drew after. Dinner. Heavy rain came on. Scenery grander. 1st view of Glacier. Got at 11.30 to lovely little fiord with Inn, Sivetsens Hotel. Felt very drowsy. Liver evidently. Hardly keep awake. Better after. Broke cigar. Smoke in Goldie's cabin. Old Pilot & supper. Lost stud. Very
tired. Turned in at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Steamed up the Sogna Fiord. & after up the Naero Fiord to Gudvangen. Anchored at place called Balhomen, head of Esse Fiord.) Saturday July 5 Palatine. (Was to have gone to Wilfred Blunt's at Crabbett) Lovely morning. At (blank) Fiord, Esse. Goldie & self went to Inn Sivertsens before breakfast in dingy. Took photo camera. On shore. Men speaking English. Photod yacht & mountains. Back to yacht. Children in boats. Bought milk from boy in boat. Photod. Breakfast. M's port open. Up fiord. Watercourse. Rain 10.30am. Disputes about width of fiords. Great deception in sizes. Decided to work. Went on before lunch. Still up the Sogna Fiord. Working up to Gudvangen. ‘Victoria’ there. ’Arrys descending hill. Photod water courses etc etc. Lunch. Most lovely morning. Grand scenery. After lunch walk & smoke. Went on with work & worked all afternoon. Got back to Balholmen. Finished ‘British Squaw’. Dressed. Dinner. Came to anchor in lovely little fiord. People fishing, reflection in water. Went ashore. Back. Got photo camera & photographed yacht at 10.50pm. Found out Post Office. Back to yacht. Packed drawing & ashore with Pilot. Back to yacht. Smoke. Whiskey. Changed plates. Bed 12.30am. Sunday July 6 Palatine. At small ending of nook of fiord, Telegraph Station Lervik. Up 7.15am. Anchor weighed at 7.0am. Under steam out of Sogna Fiord. Wrote diary. Breakfast. Talk of Byron. M up. People going to church in small boats (illeg). M tore her dress. Lovely morning. Fresh breeze. Photod waves. Mrs W not well. Norwegian light normal. Thought of Punch & midnight sun. (small drawing) Through fiords. Lightest light in Euope. Weather threatened change. Lunch. Smoke in deckhouse. Still bright, sun lovely. Got book, Mosaics. Joe Payton's cousin. Tea in deckhouse. Parrot story fell very flat. Talk to Mrs Watney. M went aft. Got out to sea. Weather suddenly changed. Captain did not like it. Heavy swell on. Changed to heavy sea. M nervous. Ship after us thought ‘Victoria’ (coaster). Ran along coast from 6 to 8pm. Uncomfortable. Ship rolled. 28 - 29º Gradually got round in fiord Stor. At 8.15 anchored. Round island with stores. Rain. Dinner. Champagne. Pine. Fowl. Little bird in egg chirping. On deck again. Drowsy. Turned in at 11.15. Very tired. Miss Clarke played. Piano beautiful. (Red ink across page: Small nook, Telegraphic Station, Lervik.) Monday July 7 Palatine. Storfiord. Up 7.30. Heavy wet. Bath on deck. Wrote Tabs. Miss Clarke in deckhouse. M at breakfast. Took man in boat. Goldie late & slipped down. Up fiord. Heavy wet in morning. Photod man at wheel & old Pilot. Mended telescope for Miss Clarke. Talk with Mrs W. Cleared & wet again. Lunch. At 3.0pm got to Molde. Heavy pouring rain. Wooden church. Stayed about. Steamer in & ‘Victoria’ came in about 5.0pm. Mrs Watney etc went ashore in gig. M stayed on yacht. Goldie & self at 7.0 went in dingy to fish off rocks & set nets. Caught two cods with spoon-bait. Duck & chicks. Back to yacht at 8.30. Dressed. Dinner. Very drowsy after. Walked up & down deck. Cigar. Made sketch. Saw Empress Eugenie through telescope. Wet heavy stormy day all day. (Red ink across page: Stor fiord.)
Tuesday July 8 Palatine. At 12am made sketch of Molde. After turned in felt cold. Whiskey. Woke at 2.20 with anchor being weighed. Took rapid photo of Molde in early morning. Turned in again & got up at 8.30. Had bath in M's cabin. Fine clear day. Smooth sea & all going well for Trondtjeim. Squared up & wrote letters. Steamed up fiord. Same scenery. Took clouds etc. At 8.0pm made Trondtjeim. Into harbour. Anchored. Sunset glow. Dinner. Only me dressed. After sunset got more & more lovely. Rich yellow golden light. Purple distance. Put letters ready. At 9.45 went ashore. Sunset more lovely & rainbow at 10.0pm. (small drawing of rainbow) Went ashore. Admiral, Goldie, self, Miss Clarke. Walked up to Cathedral gate & back. Still lovely sunset. Queer names. Bog & Papirhandel. Back to yacht. Made sketch. Goldie sitting with whiskey at 12.0am quite light. Turned in 12.0am. (Red ink across page: At Molde. Left, long run to Trondtjeim.) Wednesday July 9 Palatine. Up latish. Bath in M's cabin. Ship coaling, great preparation. Everything covered up & upset. Put things in order & got letters. At 10.15 went ashore. All except Mrs W. Walk up to shops. M's 1st visit ashore Norway. Bought note book & photos. Went to P.O. After missed Miss C. Wandered with M. Decided for Britannia Hotel. Left mackintosh. Strolled on to Cathedral. Most interesting. Saw Miss Clarke again. Before that went to Müllers shop & bought M Norwegian belt £5.11.0. Most curious Cathedral. Being restored. Spittoons, curious faces etc etc. Tombs etc etc. Back to Hotel. Miss C unwell. Man in W.C after dinner. English ’Arrys. ‘I am Mr Mitchell’. Good dinner. Duck with prunes. Music. Liqueur. After Goldie, self, M & Miss C went into town. M & Miss C back to hotel, G & self strolled on. Went into menagerie. Lion, Tiger, Monkey, Jacob, Alligator, etc etc. After to Waxworks. Distorted glass. Anatomical studies. Drunken man etc etc. Rain came on. Back to town. Old Alms Houses. Flowers in houses. Toy boats. Church 1739. Bank. Statues to Admiral (blank). After to landing stage. Met Mrs W & ladies in pair horse carriage. On to Hotel. Went back to Müllers. Tea at hotel. Good. After to photo shop. Bought photos, carriole etc etc. On to Müllers. Rain came on heavily. Back to landing stage. Boy brought belt on board. Heavy rain & rough to ship. Dined 8.45. No dress. Champagne. Up on deck after. Very wet. Smoked cigar. Developed plates after, 11.30 to 1.30. Spoilt & disappointed with them. Bed 1.30. (Red ink across page: At Trondheim.) Thursday July 10 Palatine. Trondtjeim. Up later. Bath in M's room. Up. Heavy wet. Wrote diary & letters, sent them off 11.45. Got under weigh at 1.0pm. Lunch 1.30. Good cake etc. Heavy wet. Read & finished sketches in afternoon. En route for Christiansand. Took all day printing photo. Fish, fine whiting, 40 for 1 krone, meat 40 ore pound. Salmon. Letter from Maud & Miss Gill. Goldie ashore for brown holland. Photod boat. Got under weigh 12.30. Left Trondheim. Past fort. Rained hard all day. Disagreable. Wished I had boots. Up & down. Heavy mist & squalls of rain. Got to Kristiansund about 12.15am. Pased ‘Victoria’ 11.15. No flag up. Captain rushed to salute, too late. Saw fast to Bury. Changed plates & turned in 1.15am. Friday July 11
Palatine. Kristiansund. Fine morning. Bird died 6.0am. Up 8.0am. Bath in M's cabin after at 10.30. After photoing went ashore. Curious place. No English. Norwegian loafers on quay. Idiot. Stroll. Very muddy. On to church. Admiral sneezing, children laughing. On to church. Used for concerts. Old pictures. Very plain. Man accepted cigars. Back to yacht. Curious soaps sausages(?) & (illeg). Big hips. (small drawing of figure) Handsome Norwegians. One no body. Under weigh 1.0. Pilot ashore for cigars & drink. Run along, sea smooth. Immense flocks of Eider Ducks. Up Ronsdale Fiord. Past Molde again & up to (blank). Anchor at 8.30. Lovely spot. Hotel ashore after dinner. Laughing boy & English. Pertinacious driver, ‘Must take a leetle drive’ (10.30). Picked flowers. Back to yacht. Whiskey. Developed 6 or 7 plates. Failures. Bought great quantity of fish for 2 kroners. Saturday 12 July Palatine. Up 8.0am. Bath in M's cabin. Breakfast, fresh fish. Photod M in Norwegian boat. To start for excursion at 12.15 went in boat ashore. Got into carriole & Goldie also. Mrs W, M, Miss C & Doctor in 4 wheel carriage. Kept by Ole Ohle!! Drive up Ronsdale valley. Beautiful morning. Passed 11.0 Wills’ place. Wills himself seated on bank with son. Pipe of peace & birds eye view. On through valley & lofty mountains to 1st station. Passed picturesque begger. 3 Englishmen at Inn, 2 Marigolds & one Bonham Carter. Lunch basket out. Good lunch. No party complete without a photographer hass. Good lunch. Rain came on. Curious skins, cat, squirrels etc. Started for 2nd station in rain. Heavy wet. Waterfall. Picturesque scenery. Man with guns. ‘I think he shoot a fox’. On to 2 nd station. Photod carriole with self in it. Coffee. Empress Eugenie signature in book. Changed horses from 4 wheel trap to carriole. Home. Pouring rain. Stopped with boy to photo road. On again. Passed Marigolds & Bonham Carter. Caught Goldie up. On to 1 st station. Doctor's glasses left behind. Sent boy back in carriole. On again. Stopped & photod mountain by Bromley(?) (illeg). On again. Fast downhill. Slow along level. Drink for horses when hot. Passed guide who had been up Romsdalhorn mountain. Back to quay. Camera soaked & all wet. Into boat 9.0pm. Dressed. Dinner 9.15. Cigar & no whiskey after. 2 bottles Champagne at dinner. Developed carriole. Water & 2 others good. Bed 12.15pm. 1 st station Horgheim, 2nd station Flatmark. Mountains photod: Vegetinder 5055ft. Ramsdalhorn 4965. Wills residence Aark. For photos: Ellerbeck, Liverpool. Sunday July 13 Palatine. Romsdale Fiord. Started 7.0am & on through fiords. Fine morning. Put things in order & printed photos. Took to pieces & eased photo legs. At 12.0 got to work on drawing ‘Going to church’. Worked up to lunch time. Lovely afternoon. Bright sun & hot. Worked also after lunch & up to T time. Passed out of fiord where water was so rough last Sunday. Evening beautiful. Photod sun on water. Watery clouds. Came to anchor 8.0pm. Heavy rain came on about 11.0pm & continued. Monday July 14 Palatine. Molde. Heavy rain & strong wind all night. Up 8.30am. Bath in M's cabin. Breakfast. Eggs & tongue. Heavy & continuous rain & wind. Got to work 11.30 on drawing & worked to lunch. Rain. After at 3.0 worked to T time & on to dinner. Still heavy rain. Goldie went ashore in rain & up waterfall. Found small lake. At 7.30 the (blank) yacht came to anchor alongside of us. Still rain & heavy squalls.
Gale. Dressed. Took no photos all day. Worked. Otherwise as she's no. M a headache. Sole caught 5.30pm off ship. Rain kept on all day. Worked up to 7.45. Dark. Put in shades of boat. Dinner. 2 bottles champagne. Talk after. Sleepy. Goldie read about Copenhagen. Bed. G & self sitting smoking & sleeping. Tuesday July 15 Palatine. At Molde. Up 8.0am & bath in M's cabin. Still heavy wet & blowing gale. Got under weigh. Heavy wet. Forced our way slowly on. At 11.0 got to work on drawing Boats going to Church. Passed Askvoll 2.0pm. Compared photo. Worked on. Still rain. Finished drawing. Walk up & down deck with M. Took one photo 7.0pm only. Looking up fiord. At 8.0pm anchored in small bare neglected fiord. Not a soul or house near. Rings in rocks & marks like targets. Dinner. Champagne. After went ashore with Goldie in dingy. Walked along road. Saw gigantic screaming gulls. Goldie walked to Rocking Stone. Back to boat. Small rills. Bed early 11.0pm. Whiskey. Wednesday July 16 Palatine. Up 8.0am. Bath in M's cabin. Finer morning though still wet. On deck after. Took photos after breakfast & packed up drawing. Man came alongside with black fish, 25 for ½ kroner. Wrote letters. Heavy rain after. Nearing Bergen. Arrived Bergen 2.0pm. Lunch. Photod Bergen. Sentry on foot with rifle on shoulder. (small drawing of sentry) Wrote letters & received news from P.O.O. Worry letter from F.C.B. No news from Mother. At 3.30 went ashore in rain. Mrs W nervous in gig. All in one two horse fly. On to P.O. Bought cards & sent letters off. Doubtful about my letter from Bo. Walk with M in town. Bought knife, blotter, sabots & flower pot. Poor photos. Back to yacht. M wanted coffee & could not have it. Tea. After went ashore in crowded dingy, 12 in it. The Pilot's farewell. The Pilot's box. Goodbye to Pilot, Christian Lausen. Walk with Goldie in town. Round quay. Called Post Office. Walk along quay. Bought knife & stick. On to old tower like Tower of London. Norwegian talk. No army ‘Yes would fight but not with English’. Back. Old Norman church. Polite boy. Called Curiosity Shop. Old bed. Norwegian mangle. Through market. Halibut. Huge fish. Coal fish, like salmon. Back to yacht. Beautiful view. Decided to go back. Dropped slide in dingy & into sea, nevertheless went on. Climb up hill with sailor. Photod Bergen. Side light. Back in dingy. 2nd engineer yacht Orelia. Had to lay up for 48 hours. Back to yacht. Dinner. Champagne. On deck after. Fine evening. German man of war. Torpedo catcher ‘Saga’. Girls in boat saying goodbye. German officers shouting. Curious uniform. Coffee. Pipe. Turned in 11.30pm. Looked at plates. Found wet had come in. Disappointed. Bed 12.10am. Thursday July 17 Palatine. Up 8.0am. B.M.C. Fine morning at last. German man o' war moved away. Also yacht 120 tons 'Orealia'. Started 9.0am for Hardanger Fiord. Scots observer. Photod ships. Up Hardanger Fiord. Large, wild & beautiful. Passed 'Orealia' beating up across Fiord. Saw small whale turning over & over. Printed photos. Kept up fiord. Most lovely scenery. Lunch. After took photos. Still along fiord. Bright hot sun. Saw Cascade Mauranger. Mountains. Beautiful church. Diamond shaped roof. Wooden tower. Plaster walls. Dingy went ashore for fish. Could not get any. Went up fiord for 3 hours from 2.0 to 5.30. Turned at 5.30. Back. Met no yachts or anything. Passed Orealia tacking up. Lovely effect of sun. Scorpen
island. On, anchored in place called Lervik. Good anchorage. Busy. Lovely village on hill with pine trees on top. Dinner. Rich sunset. Yacht surrounded with boats. Small boy & cigar. Man brought curious blue & black fish, orange underneath. (small drawing of fish) After photod it. Goldie & self went ashore in dingy. Landed slaty rocks. Right on to Post Ofice. People about. Friendly dog with large tail. Horse up hill. Back to dingy. Rowed round bay. Beautiful effect of lights in small boats. Plain large church. Boat full of girls at 11.0pm serenading yacht. (small drawing of rowing boat) Back to yacht. 11.15. Whiskey & turned in. M not very well. Friday July 18 Palatine. Lervik. Up at 7.0am. Called Goldie. Bath on deck. G & self went in dingy & photod Lervik & church. Back to yacht. Got under weigh at 9.0am. G went back for caterer. Passed out of Hardanger Fiord. Lovely bright morning. Occurred to me to photo M & Goldie for subject Punch. M not well. Did photo them. After put away things & changed all plates. Sat down in chair with ‘World’ & dozed. Read story. After lunch time. Worked at 2.0pm on Punch & Carriole. Worked all afternoon & up to dinner time. Lovely run. Gentle breeze aft. Dinner. Passed lights. Dispute about star, Jupiter. G read Rudyard Kipling & also Russia. Passed Lyster Light at 12.0 Turned in at 12.5am. (Red ink across page: Norway.) Saturday July 19 Palatine. At sea. On way to Copenhagen. Woke at 3.0am by engine going wrong. Bath in M's cabin. Wrote diary. Breakfast. Past Lyter Light 9.0am. On at sea. Wind freshened & biggish sea got up. At 12.0 I went down to work. M disappeared in her cabin at 11.0. Mrs Watney not out till dinner time. No lunch. Very rough. Got down to work at Punch & Carriole. Worked steadily on all day as far as motion of yacht would allow. M on back in cabin. Up on deck. Did not like the look of it. On & on. 80 miles to Scor. At 9.0pm got abreast of the Scor Lighthouse. Captain exactly where he thought he was. Photod two snap shots on bridge. Waited & waited for dinner. Mrs Watney in at 9.35. Very hungry. Took M in. Chicken. Cigar after. 1st night of candles. Dark. Real dark. Whiskey & bed at 11.0. 2 engineers, sailors & stokers ill, 1st steward. Low Danish coast. Change. Sea moderated after. (Red ink across page: At sea.) Sunday July 20 Palatine. Up 7.30. Bath on deck. Put camera up. Dressed in blue. Running down Kattegut & nearing Helsingfors. Down in cabin finishing drawing. Ran up on deck to see Elsinor. Smooth sea & boats passing. Much disappointeed with view of Elsinor. More like a Thames pumping station than castle. Photod 4 views of it. After down & on with work. Up again to see island where Tycho Brae's observatory was. Lovely hot sun came out. On with drawing. At 2.0 anchored in Copenhagen. Fort. Shipping. 2 girls & man in boat nearly under our yacht. Shouted at them. After at 4.0pm went ashore in gig. People walking in Park. 1 st Danish policemen. Customs officer asked about bag. Took 2 flys. Called P.O.O. On to Hotel d'Angleterre. Miss C went off to church. Drove in fly through streets to Zoological Gardens. Tramways. Lots of people. Soldiers in kepis. On to zoo. Saw birds, elephants, deer, bears etc etc. Walked back to fly & on to Hotel d'Angleterre to dinner. Curious wash basin in hall. Good dinner. Ducks & gooseberries, ice puddings. 2 American girls & mother. Doubtful as to nationality.
After coffee in courtyard. Piano, Chickering or Pleyel, playing. Attentive waiters. Mrs W. Smoked. On in carriage to Tivoli. Curious games. Turnabout switchback railway. M laughed. Ships, balloons. Goldie, Barker, self, Miss Clarke went up in one. Funk. Rocking. Down again. Went to order dinner. Had Bock. Cigarette. Back to pair horse carriage & on to quay for boat. Started for ‘Palatine’. Mrs W nervous. Long time getting there. M took her gloves off. Terra firma, as M called it, again. Letters. News from Swain & Punch. Mrs W stayed up. Pipe. Grog & turned in at 11.30pm. Talk of Lady Brooke & Lord C Beresford. Saw 1 st pretty girl at Post Office. D.F.F.L. The committee of Dansk Forething for Lystsejlads (yacht club) present their com. to owner of ‘Palatine’ & request that he and his friends on board will make use of the Club House during their stay in C. By order of com. Vigobrantzang Secretary, Club House Langelinie. Entrance at the Quarantine House pier. (Red ink across page: Kattegut, Copenhagen.) Monday July 21 Palatine. At anchor in Copenhagen harbour. Up early. Had bath on deck. Got to drawing of Carriole before breakfast. Worked. Miss C, G & Admiral went on shore early. Breakfast by self. Took M's in. After finished drawing & sealed it up. Dressed. Sent drawing ashore. At 11.30 went on shore in boat with G, M & A. Passed awful smell of dredger. M's story of fire irons for fender. Found fly waiting. Driver in plush breeches & queer top boots. Drove on to Konenburg Palace. Got in at 12.0. Met by guide. Went over Palace. Most curious & interesting collections (see note book). Arms, costumes, uniforms etc etc from Xtian the 4 th to present reign. Out to carriage. Hot day. On to Hotel d'Angleterre for lunch. Ordered it. 6 kroner for 2 portions of fowl. Dear. Ad & Mrs Watney caught us up. Green chartreuse. On to Thorwaldsen's Museum. Disappointed. Egyptian building with atrocious frescoes. Tomb & many statues. Pictures etc. Tiring & very hot. After drove to the P.O.O. Posted drawing & wrote cards. Got letter from F.C.B, much upset. Drove after along past quays & 3 ornamental oblong pieces of water. Drove to country. Steam railways the whole way. Felt fearfully drowsy & sleepy. Windmills. Fortifications. Saw yacht in bay. Gigantic bottle for brewery advertisement. Used as chimney. Part house of Crown Prince. To hotel. Stopped, ordered coffee. Small mountain. Strawberries. Lots of beautiful roses. Black heartsease. Tame sparrows on the tables pecking spread & plastered butter. Fliegende Blatter. Youth on balcony with parents. Horses put to after ¼ of hour. Down through deer park. Open stalking to tether horses. People all enjoying themselves. Part Crown Prince's house. Grenadiers & sentry. Curious bearskins. After passed 2 Crown Prince's children in open carriage driving. M blushed & bowed. Drove through town to Port Kontor again & after to dine at Tivoli. Shyer girl. Waiter like Shakespear & Boehm & wheezy. 2 bottles champagne & music. Pleasant dinner. Rose at 10.0. Saw Pantomime, dull & silly. Back to carriage. Drove to Customs House for boat. Left Goldie & Admiral disputing with & settling cocher. Passed through for boat. After back & startled Admiral. Back to ship. Quiet & hot. Ominous bank of cloud on horizon. Papers. Letters etc. Invitation from Copenhagen Yacht Club. Whiskey. Pipe. Talk of Broadly & bed 12.30am. Good day. (Red ink across page: Copenhagen.) Tuesday July 22 Palatine. At sea in Baltic for Stockholm. Up 9.0am. Ship rolling. Anxious about camera. Went up on deck. Saw Admiral. Down again. No bath in M's cabin. Sea
increased very much. Most uncomfortable all morning. 1 st day in Baltic. Very rough indeed. Wrote diary etc. At 1.0pm M got up. Big waves. Lunch all there. M much better. Heavy rain & wind. On deck after. Read ‘Times’ summary & History of Denmark. Sea still big. Got used to it. After went for walk on deck with M, took 2 snap shots of waves. Yacht under sail all day. Past very few ships. M playing piano 6.0pm. Dinner time going much easier & smoothly. Sailed all day for 1 st time. Good dinner. Cleared & lovely night. Sat on bridge after. Go Bang on. Moon over water. (small drawing of moon) Sleepy. Turned in 11.0. Mrs W tried to persuade Goldie to stay. (Red ink across page: Baltic Sea.) Wednesday July 23 Palatine. At sea in Baltic for Stockholm. Up latish, 9.15. Bath in M's cabin. Deck. Breakfast. Heavenly morning. Steam put on at 8.40, going 8 knots. Changed plates. Wrote letters etc etc. Beautiful day all day. Sitting on deck in afternoon. Puffing wind came on suddenly. Curious. Goldie reading. Photod sky effects. Talk with Captain. Read ‘Cruise of Yacht Ptarmigan’. Wrote letters. Photod G, A & self before dinner for midnight sun. Dressed & then took another. Dinner. Champagne. Good cigar after. Mrs W went to bed early. Talk in Deck House. Admiral sat up late. Goldie & self smoked & talked till 12.30am. Bed after. Sleepy. Tired. Lovely sunset. Drew it in chalks. Last drawing attempted. (Red ink across page: Baltic Sea.) Thursday July 24 Palatine. Called on by Captain at 6.30am. On deck & had bath. Fresh water. Swell pilot on board. Fair. Yachting cap & brass buttons. Quite change of scenery. Low banks covered with pine & birch trees. Goldie up soon after. Pilot saved camera. Photod fort & ship. Approached Stockholm & got there about 10.0am. Rush to write letters etc. Fuss about anchorage. Put next old hulks. Photod Stockholm in sun. Hurry. Mrs Watney on deck. To go ashore. Miss Clarke delayed boat. Rowed to quay. Curious old sailor. Walk along past Museum opposite Palace. Heard tattoo. Soldiers marching. Soldiers like Prussians. Stood about & dawdled. Mrs W, M & Miss C. Took cab for Palace. G, D & self walked. Got to shabby palace. Majordomos with batons & cocked hats. Dispute with cabby. Curious eyes. Sleepy vivacity. Into Palace. Nothing much worth seeing. Out & on to church alone, tomb of Gustavus Adolphus etc & arms on walls. Flags, Russian & German & heaps of kettledrums & drums. Arms of Prince Albert & Duke of Albany. Rained before going in. Wandered or meandered to Restaurant in Place Gustavus Adolphus. Ordered lunch. 1st view of snacks. Saw Americans we saw at Trondheim. Tall creatures. Cosmopoliton. Red nosed man & snacks. Sketched him. Mirrors in ceiling. Lunch dear & bad. After could not find place to P.S. Wandered over house. Stupid manager. A. refused to pay for coats etc etc. Wandered through city. (Pretty girl in shop.) Finally took circular tram. Swell driver. Like Langley. Uniform. Round to Palace & sat on bench. Saw man like Leaky with umbrella. Took another tram to Tivoli. Officer in blue uniform, shako. (small drawing of uniform) Got to band playing. Had coffee. Girl talking away like Mrs Alexander. Good coffee & sweets. Arrived not well. Head bad & done up. Goldie left to try to get gig. Waited about. Walked. Saw Punch, Tivoli etc. Came back & in ½ an hour G returned with boat. Back to yacht, changed & dinner 7.30. G's last dinner. Sorry to part. Went ashore with A & G to see G off. No flys. Strangers directed us in streets. Walked to station. No train. G went off by Copenhagen, 2 nd class. Communications
between carriages at railway. Back in boat. Stared at. Union Jack on boat. Talk to Mrs W. All turned in early. Had pipe on deck. Whiskey & sat up with Pilot until 1.0pm & read after. Schutz (illeg). (Red ink across page: Stockholm.) Friday July 25 Palatine. Up 7.30. Bath in M's cabin. Rainy morning, could not go to sketch.Went in dingy to sketch & came back. Back again with dingy & took photos of gardens. Civil manager. Good sailor. Rained. Back to yacht & at 12.0 went on shore with A, Mrs W, M, Miss C & self. Flag would not go under bridge. Into National Museum. Free day. Splendid collection of stone bronze & iron age & modern things. Curious St George & the Dragon. Admiral met us after. Back to yacht to lunch. At 4.0 went in rain to carriages & drove through Stockholm to 2 palaces. 2 nd one fine room 37 yards x 32, divisions between. Statue over fireplace. Civil guide. Modern suite of rooms below with photos of friends & princes. Called Restaurant. Curious woman. Miss C changed sovereign. Lots of shells in grounds. Back to Stockholm & on yacht at 8.0pm. Dressed & dinner. 1 st night without Goldie. M & self went in dingy after to (blank) gardens. No one there. Band, coffee & liquers & home in dingy. Morose Walters sailor. Admiral up. Read New York Herald & bed 12.0am. Morose driver of carriage. Self so sleepy on box nearly fell off twice. (Red ink across page: Stockholm.) Saturday July 26 Palatine. Stockholm. Up at 7.0. Breakfast early at 8.30 & went ashore for walk at 9.0. Landed close to bollard by interpreter. Fine hot lovely morning. Walked to P.O.O. Norwegian post card no good. On to photo shops. Swindled at one. Bought photos at three different shops. Hot. Took tram round town. Struck with Police uniforms. Elevator & C etc. Back to landing stage. Had to wait for boat. On board. Photod men. Went in boat to quay at National Museum. Looked at potteries (good) statues & pictures. Pictures poor. Mrs W tired. X. Steered under bridge. After back to yacht for lunch. Lunch. Fish grumbled at. Changed things & plates. Hot sun. Boat round at 3.45, on to same quay. Carriage waiting. Drove us to steamboat. Got on board. Very gritty. Officer in uniform & pretty girl. Shoes. 2 tall Norwegian girls in black. Great length of limbs & especially thighs. (small drawing of girl) 1 old English clergyman & wife. On in 40 minutes to Drottningholm Palace. Very black roof & white walls, 2 cupolas. Room with portraits of all sovereigns of Europe about 1854/5. Charles XII when young. Hurried over Palace. Back to boat. Started at 6.0. Punctually back. Carriage met us. Man all over tags. Drove to Elevator. Went up. Left Mrs W. Looked about. Mrs W came above after. All went down & back to yacht. Dressed. Dinner. Mrs W upset with cooking. Afterwards ashore & to Harresbacken Gardens. Great crowd. All lighted up. Coffee. On to Tivoli. Polite youth. Saw balloons. Girl in costume jumped into balloon. Band, procession of Bacchus. Child crowned carried by 4 sailors. Hobby Horses. Men in 1720 costume etc etc. Great fun. Back to Gardens. Fireworks. Officers. Police all with swords. Sang on balcony. Home by dingy. Barker got me change for £10 cheque. (small drawings of procession, child on barrel & balloon.) Girls & men in pairs. Men with spears. Torches & electric light. Festival to Karl Michael Bellman d.1795. (Red ink across page: Stockholm.) Sunday July 27
Palatine. Stockholm. Beautiful bright morning. Hot & peaceful. Took photos men & self. Went ashore at 11.45 for walk. In to Park. Saw bust of Bellman in wood decked with flowers etc. Sketched it. Nice small boy, gave him 25 ore. Walked up to Belvedere. Back. Men playing skittles in road. Every 100 yards organ. Old Lehmann grinding. Girls. People carrying baskets for lunch. Men lying on their backs in shirt sleeves. Girls round them. Came on Regiment of Guards marching. Fine officer. Yellow sash, blue collar. Sergeants carry large knives. Saw soldiers pile arms. Called Post Off. Got card from Mother written 14 July. Back to yacht. Lunch late. Mrs W in & very seedy & upset. Cook worry. At 3.0 steam tug alonside with flags of all nations. Mrs W would have us to go. Clouded over. Started. Past villas etc etc across fiord & up narrow stream. Happy people. Girls all waving handkerchiefs. Boy in boat in wash of steamer kicking legs over water. There & back. Cleared up. Back to yacht. Dressed for dinner. Read Spectator before. Mrs W at dinner. Better. Dined. Champagne. After went ashore & into Alhambra. Saw 2 (illeg) & donkey. No Samoans. Into Hasselbacker. Liquer & cigar. People. Back by dingy. Whiskey. Turned in early. Fine night. Passed royal yacht. Went to Guartensburg. Castel Holm, naval station. (Red ink across page: Stockholm.) Monday July 28 Palatine. Stockholm. Up latish. Bath in M's cabin. After breakfast went & photod Castle from shore in dingy. Back & caught gig going ashore. Miss C, M & self went. Took tram to Northern Museum. American Madame Ceinture. Models, Lapps etc. Unicorn. Good shoes. Girl waited on us. Pretty. On to Observatory. Civil beggar, X old woman. Frightfully hot. Gigantic Emmets. On to Observatory. No one there. Girl & child. Went over it. Saw Telescope. Fine view of Stockholm. Back in omnibus. Pretty girl in pink like Flossie. Restaurant. Good lunch. 2 old men exactly alike. Had snack. On to Palace. Very hot & close. Thunderstorm. Rained. Saw appartments in Royal Palace. Curious wee English girl like Louisa Hartree. Out & M to buy gloves. Long time in shop. Girl like Miss Hardman. Mrs W passed in carriage. Spoke. Back to shop. Miss Clarke left us. Took trams to Hocklebacken. Coffee. Sparows quite tame. Music. Punch & Judy. Cherries. Ferry & home to yacht 5.45. ‘Things very dear’. Dinner. Mrs W upset. Stayed on yacht. Talk with Admiral after. Cold. Felt seedy after smoking. Developed 3 plates. Upset about quilt being taken off. (Red ink across page: Stockholm.) Tuesday July 29 Palatine. Up 8.0. Bath in M's cabin. After breakfast went ashore with Admiral in dingy. Landed. Very hot. Roamed about to Post Office. Called chemists. Could not get glycerine. On to shops for photo. Nice girl served me. Went in Museum. Saw Thor again. Noticed details of sentry. Sailor caught me up. Rowed over to harbour. Landed again. Police walked in search of bier ½ a mile. Admiral turned up at last with Miss C. Stupid flyman. Asked for alms 1 st time. Back to yacht. Chaff captain. Mrs W. Oh! Under weigh at once. Lovely hot sun. Under canvas. Rush to photo Stockholm, to change plates etc. Photod. Lunch. Most unpleasant about food etc etc. Out after & caught little house with boat. Smoked & read. Mrs W seedy. Out about 6.0pm. Sands. Very narrow entrance to Swedish river, just room for yacht to pass. Photod. Dropped Pilot in small boat. Away for Russia. Roll & chop on sea. Put things straight. Dinner. M seedy, would not go in. Wretched dinner. Took things in to M. Up on deck after & cigar. Rain came on. Talk with Admiral. Whisky. Bed. Lovell & Gale. Mrs W. Rows all round. Had very sweet small
fish for breakfast betwen a trout & a herring. Fair wind. (Red ink across page: Stockholm & Baltic.) Wednesday July 30 Palatine. At sea in Baltic. Up 8.0pm. Bath in M's cabin. M seedy in bed. Admiral & Miss C in consultation. At 8.45 in sight of Hango, Gulf of Finland. Frightfully heavy rain. Poured with rain all day nearly. Put things in order & got at 11.30 to work on page for Midnight Sun. Worked in morning & after lunch. Mrs Watney ill & not down to lunch. Cleared after. Took 2 photos of sea & waves & one of Russian ship & in Gulf. Steamed along Gulf of Finland. Stopped engines & sailed most of afternoon & evening. Mrs Watney very upset & still in cabin. Dinner. Champagne again. Talk with Admiral after. Going easy. Sat on Deck House & smoked cigar Lovely evening. After lit lamp & put photo plates up & filled slides. Turned in 11.45. Printed photos in morning & toned them. (Red ink across page: Baltic & Gulf of Finland.) Thursday 31 July In Gulf of Finland. Up 8.0am. In morning worked on midnight sun. Put Punch in. Nearing Cronstadt. By noon passed 2 English steamers. Took Pilot on board. Funny little man. Kept taking his hat off. Nearing forts. Unnecessarily anxious about photoing. Cronstadt very strong place. Target for gun firing etc. Shots just after us. Past forts right & left. Magnificent Impr yacht. First view of golden dome of St Isaac's. ‘Still over all the golden dome rising out of the water & glittering & twinkling like an orb in the heavens’. Heavy clouds behind. Into a canal after between embankments. Powerful dredger. Corn wharves & lifts. Curious large boats. Into the Nerv. Great manufacturing place. Yachts etc etc. At last anchored near School of Mines. Next Dutch man of war, yacht ‘Iris’ also Impl Grand Duke's yacht, Lady Torfrida, Sir Wm Pierce sold to him. Official on board & interpreter (Danish). One spoke French. Kept their hats on. Explained map. Long wait about & much time lost. Mrs W forbade Admiral to go ashore. At last at 6.30 or 7.0 did so (arrived 3.30). 1st impression of Russia. Droskys. Dirty. Pushed M off pavement. Called Sanderson's office. No one in. Horses, stallions. Walked to P.O.O. No one understood. P.O.O closed. Police all wear swords in leather scabbards reversed. Walked on. 1st view of magnificent Cathedral of St Isaac's. Wonderful. M pointed out old man & saint in cellar. Called at Apothecary's. Difficulty about exchange & old woman examined English sovereign. Back to yacht & dinner. Talk after with Admiral. Mrs W still bad. Cigar, changed plates & bed. Wooden pavement. Cobbles in centre. Hexagonal (small drawing) Peasants crossing themselves before churches. (Red ink across page: Gulf of Finland. St Petersburgh.) Aug 1890 Friday August 1 Palatine. Anchored in Neva, St Petersburg. Up early. Bath. Breakfast. Went with Admiral & Captain (blue suit) to call at Sanderson's office. Not in. Saw English clerk. Went in 2 droskys to Hotel d'Angleterre. B & self, Captain & Water. Got to hotel. Talk with concierge & after manager. Posted letters. Changed £1.0.0. Americans leaving. Found guide would be black man. Admiral sent for him. Such a black man. Decided to have carriage. Waited. Went by self into St Isaac's. Splendid porphory & lapis lazuli & malachite columns. Out by 20 minutes. Same American party & lady & belt. Back. Sat in hotel. Waited for carriage. Came at
12.20. Sent away again. 2 droskys. On to British Consul. Not in. Mr Mitchell. (Went 1st of all from Sanderson's to British Consul & from there to Hotel d'Angleterre.) From Hotel d'Angleterre with Black to Vice Consul on quay. Very civilly received. Got letters. Met Mr Whishaw. Talk. Asked Admiral to go to lunch. Would not. Went with him myself to lunch at Hotel de France. Introduced to Baddeley. Good lunch. Splendid caviar. Podski. Cigarettes. Large party of Cook tourists. After 3 in drosky to Consulate. Back to boat with Baddeley. Admiral glad to see him. M seedy. Nevertheless all ashore. Met Black. Miss C & M & nigger & self in 2 droskys to St Isaac's. No chairs. No stained glass. Silver tombs. Beggars. After down the Nevski Prospekt to the Kasan Church. ½ colonnade like St Peter's. Silver tombs. Ladies shut out of altar. Cross with wood from Jerusalem. After to church where Emperor's sword & uniform are kept. Sword & uniform stained with blood. Outside gates with 3 Turkish cannons. After to spot where Emperor was assassinated. Chapel being built. After back to quay & on to yacht. Paid Black & told him to be there 9.0am. Time for dinner. Good, & pipe after. Talk with Admiral. Turned in. Did plates. Left port hole open & started sneezing in morning. Flags & keys of cities taken from Swedes (small drawing). (Red ink across page: St Petersburgh.) Saturday August 2 St Petersburgh. Up 8.0am. Bath in M's cabin. At 10.30am went ashore in dingy with Admiral. Got black man to direct drosky to Museum of Military Equipment inside fortress of Peter & Paul. Drove there. Saw 2 soldiers staggering with guard & drawn sword. Past many royal carriages. Coachmen with cocked hats worn on one side. Others with peacock feathers round. Got to fortress. Difficulty of finding Museum. Paid drosky. Many Swedish & Turkish cannon from 1600 to 1750. Found Museum. Double doors. Canon let in at entrance. Civil conductor. Evil face. Round museum. Small iron 4 headed hooks for cavalry (small drawing). Many breech loading & rifled guns of 16th & 17th century. Breech loader of Peter Gt, 9 shoots. Drummers bombadiers & fusiliers of Peter Gt. Fusilier with red coat & cocked hat like English troops. More pink in coat. Circular mortar battery Empress Elizb 1741. 48 mortars. Canon of Empress Paul. Shot dented it. Great copper cased guns of Emperor Nicholas with top like a coffee mill. Also breech loading cannon. Arms of Nicholas period. Helmets & cuirasses. Helmet exactly like one at home. Above weapons taken from the Turks & Swedes. Conical caps. Fk Gt. Weapons presented or taken from French. Chinese gun on wooden carriage. Curious gun from Khiva wrapped round with skin. Chinese mannikin soldier, mounted attendant on Empress Elizabeth. Bow & arrow. Lance (two small drawings) Arrows. Splendid saddle & bridle of Khan Khiva. Portrait & uniform of Emperors Alex Nich & late emperor. English flags & gun George 2 nd. Border rifles in section showing working. Paid 60 Ks. Out. Stopped by many sentries. Very hot. Carriage at church. Despair as last out at back. Over bridge. Stopped by police. Over long bridge Irvizka. Hot. Across by Winter Palace. Saw royal carriage & general driving furiously. Back to yacht at 1.0. Emperor had passed twice in yacht. Went ashore with Miss C in dingy. Called consulate. On to School of Art. Poor sculptures. No pictures new. Out. Hot. Back to yacht. Drunken man on quay, abusive. Prominent nostrils. (small drawing). Lunch. English clergyman, Mr Forbes called. Talk. Put ashore in his boat. Could not find nigger. About to go back. Nigger turned up. Ice. Took 2 droskys. Drove P.O.O. & to store for drugs. On to monastery. Long drive. Saw church. Tomb of saint. Erected by Peter Gt. Priest
& young priest chanting for Emperor. Sonorous & solemn. Miss C out. Weary wait to get into library & to see bed of Peter Gt. At last 2.30kr into church. Shadow of saint. Back. Stopped Hotel France. Paid droskys 3.60. Dismissed nigger. Coffee. Walked to St Isaac's. Lovely singing. Miss C outside. Sailors. Back to yacht. Dinner. No Champagne at dinner. After dinner sat on deck in chairs. Rain coming up. Soft lovely air. Ladies turned in 10.0. Whiskey. Bed 11.0. Very tired. At monastery saw 2 priests salute one another. One touched ground with finger. Then turned back of hand & after kissed him on both cheeks. Also the golden gates open at Cathedral. (Red ink across page: St Petersburgh.) Sunday August 3 St Petersburgh. Up 8.30, woke 6.30. Miss C going ashore in pouring rain. Bath in M's cabin. Breakfast, Admiral & self. Pouring rain. Czarina's birthday. Town en fête. Miss C back at 10.15 after fruitless efforts to find church. Wrote up diary. Salute fired at 12.0 for Empress's birthday. Cleared up. Lunched on board. At 2.30 put on shore by dingy. Walked to Academy of Arts & in. Left hat. Russian pictures. Poor. One of Dwarf in Ice House. Man offering fan. Statues. Figure head archer. French school. 187, Dane, de la Roche, Nice 1849, Cromwell & Charles. 208, Gerome's Duel in Snow, Jean Leon Gerome 1857. 157 Vidal, Girl kissing. 265 Meissonier, Smoking. 266. Meissonier, Man with sword, 1857. Ary Scheffer, Dante sculpture. 1105. Fawn by Bacco. Out. Walked on to Natural History Museum. 2 beacons with prows of ships sticking out. Wolf's head. Mermaid with wings at prow. Neva widens out, twice size at Fortress. Strolled on to hotel & down (blank) back to hotel. Wrote letters. Had coffee. Posted letters & walked back to yacht. Took boat on board. Quiet dinner & lovely evening after. Smoke on deck. Revolution Buenos Aires. Fish Soudac. Heaps of pigeons at St Petersburgh. Sacred bird. Sparrows. (Red ink across page: St Petersburgh.) Monday August 4 St Petersburgh. Up 8.0am. Bath. Dispute about B's plans. Finally put ashore by gig. Went up. Difficulty in getting past steamer. Steered to opposite Consulate. Called with M & Miss Clarke. Saw 2nd man. Letters for stewards. Put into 2 droskys for Hermitage. Got in by showing passports. Flunkeys in gaiters. (small drawing) Through Egyptian room, Roman, Greek. 176 Head of Minerva by Phideas. Statue of Marius. 229 Idiot. 232 Intellect. 239 Sensuality, Silenus. Wonderful Greek curios found at Knossus. Gold cap in shape of calves head 5 centuries before Christ. Wheat ear in gold. Sphinxs, rams, cockatrix, boars & goats. Through countless rooms of armour like Arabian Knights. All periods of armour & Circassian. 2 Turkish saddle cloths sewn with diamonds, one mauve, 1 blue. Horse trappings in diamonds. Holster cases etc etc. Armour, X bows. Room after room with Fusils. Percussion etc etc. Curious pigeon in centre of castle. Greek vases. Bawdy (blank) up above. Poor statues Canova. Magnificent malachite vase. Tables of lapis lazuli. Wonderful pictures. Madonna Conestabile Raphaello, & St George & dragon. Luini Vanity. Titian Danae. Tenniers, Wonnermanns. Potter. English school. Reynolds, Hercules & snake & Cupid & Venus. 1 Kneller. Rembrandts, Danae, Descent of Cross. 5 Saracens. Van der Werff. Finished Peter the Great. Staff. Slight moustache. (small drawing of face) Peacock cloak. Gilt. Tired completely out. Met Madame Ceinture all over the place with Black. Walked in hot sun to Hotel de France. Saw Admiral & Baddeley. Ordered lunch. Russian wine from Caucasus & soudac & steak. Coffee, liquer, 1/3. On to Post after. Lots
of letters. Back. Miss C went to National Hist Museum. All back at 4.30 (Went to shop for photos.) Drove to Peter Gt House. Americans. Small house. Chapel crowded with candles. People kneeling etc. Boat fresh painted. Drove on to Ch of Peter & Paul. (Continued on piece of paper glued in:) In church tombs of Emperors. Plain marble sarcophigi. Some with flowers & ivy over them. Jewelled icons. Soldiers. Priest chanting. Church crammed with flags. Search for boat. Drove back to hotel. Droskys wanted rouble instead of 80. Went by self after coffee for walk round bazaar. Bought Maud bangle. Hot. Back to hotel. Stuffy dinner. Shifted to open window. Back to Reading Room. Walked by self to yacht. Ladies followed in drosky. Caught up at 9.0pm. Gig waiting. Back to yacht. Ship coaled today. Admiral. Talk. Whiskey. Read at night. Turned in 11.30. (Piece of paper glued in) Hermitage Palace. Granite figures supporting portal. Effect marred by rights & lefts & no variety. One of them cracked across feet. Nuisance for passports & kopecking attendants. Egyptian Greek & Roman mostly poor. Roman Jupiter with gilt eagle. Head of Minerva epoch of Phideas(176). Room XV. Statue of Marius very fine. 229 Idiot. 232 Intellect. 239 Several heads. Fine Silenus. Room XIII. The Rertel collection most interesting. Cup as calve's head, 5 cents before Christ. Ears of corn in gold. Sphinx's, rams, cockatrix, boars & goats heads. Collection of armour like Arabian Nights. All periods. Persian suits, Circassian & myriads of weapons. Saddle cloths presented by the Turkish Sultan. 1 mauve & diamonds & 1 blue ditto. Horse trappings & holster cases. Armour, X bows, guns, German & Spanish & Circassian. Percussion etc etc. Wondrous swords, jewelled & in every conceivable form & period. Pigeon in centre of castle. Ceramic arts. Greek vases. Panes erector. Above in vestibule magnificent malachite tables vases etc. Statue by Canova poor. Nymph with sandals. Splendid statue of old man seated in chair. Houdon fecit 1781. Bust of Empress Catherine 1765. Imperious. After pictures. Splendid pair Canalettos. Doge blessing Adriatic. 616 Vandyke, Lord Wharton. Signed Philip Lord Wharton 1632 about ye age of 19. Magnificent in colour. Golden silk cloak. Curious staff with tip like duck's foot. (continued on back of paper) 609. Vandyke, Charles 1st 1633. Half armour & boots. 610. Henrietta Maria Queen of England about 1638. ps Ant Vandyke. Rubens 586. Rubens like Carlyle. 631. Vandyke like Oscar Wilde. 331. Ribera St Sebastian. 422. Velasquez. Head of man & Philip of S. Rafaelle. Madonna Conestabile. St George & Dragon on screen. (Guide would not give 5 roubles, £20,000 given for it.) Horse who is it, 17th centy. Luini Vanity. Titian Danae. Dutch pictures, Paul Potter. Curious picture man before animals. Schoolboys (illeg) Tenniers. Wouvermans. English school. Reynolds. Hercules & snake. Cupid & Venus. Kneller. Rembrandt. 5 screens. Descent from X. Danae on bed. Listening plain woman. Magnificent fleet etc. Van der Werff. Long gallery. Swords of Paul. Height Peter Gt 6.9. Case casts of head & effigy. Peacock cloak gift. Models of towers etc etc. Home tired. Both days out by guide & kopecked him. Tuesday August 5 St Petersburgh. Up 8.0am. Bath. Breakfast by self. Ad not up. Miss C on deck. Took M's breakfast in. After pipe etc. Photod two boats. After went on board Dutch man o' war with M & Miss C. Civil officers. Middy like Japaman took us over. 6 Krupp guns. Cool ship. Soup, Captain's cabin. Rifles bright barrels & Charrepot like action. (small drawing) Back to yacht. Got stick on shore with Miss C. Called in on Consul. Not in. Took drosky to Hermitage, could not get in. To Hotel de
France. Found out & walked to Museum of Imperial Carriages. Hot. Came across Yankee consul, wife & such bounders. ‘Real cute’. Harness of coronation, Emperor's stuffed horse (Nicholas) Saddle, saddle cloths, etc etc. Magnificent carriages. Diamonds in panels etc. Carriage with explosion behind when Emperor was assassinated. Cane seat. Small carriage belonging to Duke of Edinboro's children. Catherine & Elizabeth carriages. Paintings by Boucher & Watteau. Carriages of suite in solid silver gilt. More diamonds & barbaric splendour. Hot walk back. Lunch. Introduced to Dobson of ‘Times’. Pleasant talk. Had sturgeon for lunch & chicken & Russian beer. After Dobson & Baddeley walked round the bazaar & bought caps for me. Stroll at back. Got muzzle. Dobson left us. Back to Hotel. Took drosky to Zoo. Poor animals. Fine lions. Adjacent building Monkey House. 2nd rate gardens. Little English boys. Come from Halifax with Captain X. Walked leisurely back past squads of troops. Hair cut. Muffin caps. Grey greatcoats. Walked to Hotel. Got parcel & on to quay. Took boat on board. Mrs W up. Dressed. Dinner on deck. Cold. Greatcoat. Cigar after. Baddeley dined. Went ashore at 10.30. Stayed up. Talk to Admiral. Mrs W would not say goodnight. Whiskey. Bed 11.30. Fine night. Fresh wind. ‘Semiramis’ screw sch. Steel 703 tons. John Lysaght Esq. 100 A1. +Lloyds M.C. 7.89. Wednesday August 6 St Petersburgh. Up 8.0am. Wrote up diary. Dark, wrote fast. High hens for break. Shoes. Talk with Captain. Lovely morning. Notes sent in to Mrs Watney. Something must be decided. Went ashore with Barker to Consulate. Wrote letters & sent £10 to Miss Gill. Came back & lunched on board. At 2.30 carriage at quay for Mrs Watney who went ashore for 1st time. German interpreter. No room for me. Went to St Isaac's. Saw carriage. Went into church. Mrs W hysterical. Looked round & back to carriage. Let them drive on & stayed. Saw Mr Forbes who put me in the way of mounting to top of St Isaac's. Went up. Met American gentleman & 2 girls at top & brother. Pretty one would run up ladder to see dome. Steps up to Cathedral 209 + 55 + 256 = 520 steps. Glorious view all round. Gilt dome. Statues. Boiler plating like Engine Room round dome. Guide with lantern. Fee 1 rouble. Down again. Said goodbye to Yankees. ‘Very pleased to have met you’. Walked on to Hotel. Again met carriage. Went in & had tea in cups. Very expensive. Cakes. Grumbled to head waiter. Shewed Mrs Watney Punch etc. After they went away for drive in carriage. Walked down & got a blue hat for 2 roubles & after to photographic shop & got some peasants, uniforms etc. Walked back or by tram to quay & on to yacht. Put hat on. Dined on deck. Barker upset & declared he would go home. Barges being towed etc etc. Lovely evening. Whiskey. Bed. Man rang bell by hand in Cathedral. Thursday August 7 St Petersburgh. Beautiful morning. Went ashore early to photo drosky. Called Consulate. Whishaw not there. His cousin & Brown had drosky into yard to photo it. Bright hot sun. Took 4 views. Kept Barker waiting. After sent camera back & missed Barker. Back to Consulate. Had whisky & soda. Met Mr Alfred H Brown, Naval Architect, 10 Pall Mall S.W. Went on board the ‘Semiramis’. Splendid yacht. Ladies cabins. Large Bedroom berth. Baths. Photo of Algerian woman. Electric Lights. Rifles. Photo room. Cheery Captain, civil Engineer. Men's berths aft. Whisky & soda. Back to ‘Palatine’. Got ready to go ashore with Mrs Watney, M, Miss C, Admiral & self. Had carriage & drove to Hermitage. Saw ketch coal.
Armour etc & antiques. No pictures. Little Yankee girls there. Turned out & went to Hotel at 2.45. Lunch. Baddeley with us. Poor lunch. Sundae. After went in carriage to Ch of Peter & Paul. Emperors' tombs again & after to Peter the Great's house. After drove round bazaar. Mrs W got out. Stayed about. Mrs W bought fruit etc etc. Back to yacht at 6.30. Drosky driver discontented. Mr B screwy over kopecks. Dressed & at 7.15 landed at Consulate to dine with Whishaw at (blank) Islands. Drove through lovely park-like grounds to restaurant ‘NA KAMENNY OSTROFF’. Restorant Bell Vu. Cold in mackintosh. Proprietor owed Whishaw 250 roubles. Dinner. Sweet champagne. Had menu. 1 st as hors d’ourvres cheeses, gigantic radishes, black bread, sardines, caviare (fresh) lax, sliced ham, crawfish mayonnaise, scotch herrings. Doppel Kummel, Rabbiba or bitters of ash berries, & Kiablina, plain orange bitters. Vodki. Soup, bisque d'ecrevisse & cakes of cabbage, sonchay of trout & potatoes from Gatchina Palace. Cutlets. Young blackcock. Dessert, Melon, liqueur, cigar. Waited on by Tartar waiters (small drawing) one a prince. Russian crew rowed past, 4 oar, being coached. Shown a ‘Katarinka’ or rainbow 100 rouble note. After drove to Arcadia. Carmen being played. Band & play, Russian village farce. Polish women walking about, one tremendous Winter Gal. Smoked. Tea. Saw Lord Rosebery's cousin Primrose. Afterwards introduced to Prince Bellakloski. Very handsome. Lame. Uniform of guards. Red etc etc. Offered horse for review. Whishaw wanted gypsies. Returned & drove at 11.30 back to stage & got on boat at 12.0am. Whiskey & turned in. Tired. Also went with Mrs W to Guards church. Candle at dinner. (small drawing) Friday August 8 St Petersburgh. Up 8.0am. Dull morning. To have launch. After breakfast put plates ready & got on board launch at 11.0. M, Miss C & self. Went up river & took 11 photos of buildings etc etc. Back & changed plates & put things in order & dressed. At 2.0 Mr & Mrs Hubbard, Mr Forbes, Whishaw & Mr Baddeley came on board to lunch. Lovely day. Good lunch. Rum, champagne etc. Very good cold beef. Smoke after. Parson etc. All went & came in launch. After at 4.30 went on board boat to go to Peterhof. Saw Imperial yacht building. Ran across. Old couple snoring. Woman with head tied up. Baddeley came with us. Went in carriage with frightfully broken down pair of horses & dirty to Palace of Peterhof. Square pond. Peaceful. Men knocking down firework poles. Gorgeous palace, great gilt angels on top looking four ways. Wooden palings round. Wall reddened lead over coping. Room full of portraits of Russian peasants. Acres of parquet. Chinese room. Telescope made by S Nairne, London. Bedroom portrait of Eliz as child nude & Empress. Room railed off. Room after room brocaded. Porcelain mantelpiece. Yellow room. Peter the Gt saving 2 peasants & stilling the storm. Poor picture of visit of Emperor William 1883 in yacht by C Saltmann. Height of Emperor Paul on door. 1 picture new yacht by A. Beygrow '89. Fountains playing from window. Huge white room & white clock. Huge Ballroom. Naval battles of 18th century. Concierge at door like Lord Kingsburgh. Double (illeg) gold braid cap & scarlet coat like a beadle (small drawing). Wonderful fountains (small drawing). Fireworks & 2 bands. Back to boat. On board. Dined. Good caviare. Salmon & steak. Wine of Caucasus. Mrs W enjoyed it. Lovely sunset, orange & yellow, deep blue. Silhouetted ships. Back to stage. Hailed boat & on yacht 9.30. Quiet evening. Whiskey & bed. Saturday August 9
St Petersburgh. Mr Whishaw came on board at 8.45 whilst I was dressing with note from Prince (blank) for review. Too late. Could not go. Disappointed. Went afterwards as soon as possible on shore to see him. Passed Prince Bellaklovski on horseback. Looked astonished not at Review. Went ashore to Consulate. Gentleman kindly offered to ask about Natural History Museum. Walked with him to it. Told me to give curator 3 rouble note. Went in. Old animals being stuffed. Youth took us round. Saw skeleton of mammoth & hair like tobacco leaves, not wool. Stuffed specimens & new anatomical museum. Specimens of abortions in bottles. Huge elephantian ones etc. Out. Gave him one rouble in silver. Back to consulate. Found Mr B had gone. Back to yacht. Lunch. Mrs W seedy at lunch & insisted on our going ashore without her. At 1.30 went. No carriage. Sent gig back. Took tram on to Hotel. Found carriage had not been ordered. Saw concierge. Ordered it to go for Mrs W & walked on to the Winter Palace with M & Miss Clarke. Got in. Went round. Most of Palace covered up in cloths. Gold plates. Battle pictures, Balaclava, Russian war of '77 & pictures by Dawe RA. Long weary tramp round palace. Huge rooms. Civil man spoke German. China. Very hot. Out at 3.20. Found Mrs W & Admiral waiting. Fat in the fire. Drove after round Islands, Mrs W delighted. Went to the Coffee Pot. Had coffee. Admiral seedy & smoked & upset. Tartar waiters. Paid for coffee & got proprietor to direct carriage to St Isaac's after tour thro' Islands. Drove there. Went into church for service. Heard singing with M & Mrs W. Out. Drove to washing shop in Nevski Prospect. Got parcel. Back to yacht. Got boat up. Barker upset. Dined quietly on board. Winter Palace chapel, hand John the Baptist. Sapphires & diamonds all round. Uncut rubies & sapphires. Shape of (small drawing) round painting unintelligible. Silver candelabra. Pictures. Advance on Paris Emperor Alex I & French prisoners at Leipzig 1812, also 1 galloping. Peter Gt at Poltava. Many pictures Alex I from 1757, 8, 60, 61 to 83. Turks. Good portrait Savaroff 1869. 12 curious pictures review 1834 with columns. Palma. No cathedral. H.Verret. Napoleon at Fontainebleau. Soldier (retreat Moscow) with green velvet cloak & ermine 1812. Combat cossacks & Polish dancers 1826. Persians 1829. Circassians. Quantities of plate. Balaclava in dark. Gun present from Emperor Willhelm I. Model of (illeg) 1842. White room 124 steps. Osman giving sword to Alexander leaning on 2 men. (Piece of paper glued in) Many pictures in long gallery of Turkish war 1877. Actions by Sen & Comp. Turk being bayonnetted. Hand to hand combats. Attack up mountains etc & finally Osman Pasha supported by Turk & Russian by arms over shoulders. Osman about 41 or 2. Good likeness of Emperor Alexander returning his sword. Poor collection pottery upstairs. Awfully close & hot. Gallery of paintings time of Alex I. Good equestrian portrait Alex I by F.Krugar, 1837. George Dawe RA, 1829. Portrait of Wellington. Tired & wearied after Palace. At service St Isaac's saw little bandy legged child & also man & child in arms kissing icons. Little children nibble their candles. Sunday August 10 St Petersburgh. Up late 8.30. M's cabin. Bath. Out. Put dressing jacket on for breakfast. After changed & at 11.0 went ashore in gig with Mr Barker & M. On to consulate. Left coat sent gig back for it. Carriage on to quay. At 11.15 started for Mr Whishaw's country place, MOURINO. Fine hot morning. Dust. Over bridges etc. People. Woman examining another's hair like a monkey. Ladies well dressed without bonnets. Steam train. Roads very bad at sides. Paved in middle. Green fields. Wooden houses. Dirty people. At 1.30 got to village. Mr Whishaw in
flannels & children. Had one horse came in front the other behind. Nice house. Wood floors. Curious old French paper, Francis 1 st. Dogs. Water. Good dodge of chaining a dog with block & rope. Lunch. Curious compound of milk & cream left to get sour & iced. After photod soldiers, gardeners. Spoilt one. Went into village. Peasant woke out of drunken sleep. Children. Girl & pails. Dust & dirt. On & did inn, church & 2 children. Lovely afternoon. Into little neglected churchyard. Tomb to soldier who tried to save his officer. Photod cart & country with children & dog in it. TROIKA. 3 horses. After was driven with M. Caught clothes line. Back. Tea. Stroll after to Count's house. Boys playing game with bits of wood. Girl dressed up going to village (three small drawings Villagers, MOURINO.) House in ruins. Mr W's uncle was there as a boy. Hill. No rabbits will live. Hawks & foxes. Ice house. Pole cats steal meat etc. 2 large ice houses. Dinner. Deutz & Goldermann. Stories of bears etc. Wolves. Fish. Great trout to be caught. Grouse, a sort of ptarmigan shot. Lots of hares. In afternoon came across Keeper lying down. Whishaw turned him over. Took his money. 'Oh John, son of William, forgive me by God.' Shewed his notes. Flowers. Pens. Back in drosky. Long drive home. Lights etc. On to landing stage. Hailed Palatine. Took shore boat. Back 10.40. Whiskey. M's cabin xx. Bed 12.45am. Monday August 11 St Petersburgh. Up latish. Very tired in morning. M's cabin. M stayed in bed for breakfast. After at 10.0 got ready for shore. Mr Whishaw came on board for cartridges. Took some ashore. At 11.10 got off in boat for Hermitage. Bad news. Not going to start tomorrow. Mrs W not well. Went by tram to Nevski Prospect. Hotel. Read Times. Changed note. On to Hermitage for 2 nd time. Peter the Great. Met American party. Small boy from Providence, same age exactly as Roy. Same round. Splendid Van Dykes. M & Miss C tired at 1.30. Went out. Sent ladies by drosky, came self by tram. On board. Lunch. Mrs Watney on deck. Wrote diary. At 4.0 after waiting about went ashore with Mr B to British Consulate with 30 cartridges in pocket. B left his coat. Back. Landed. Eddies by wharf. At Consulate posted 2 letters & after went to play lawn tennis at Mr Whishaw's. Fast horse in drosky. Rain came on. On to Mr W's. Nice house built of pinewood. Funny little dog. 2 little girls. Played 2 sets of tennis. Whisky & S. Rain. Talk of golf. Duty on whiskey 2 roubles a bottle, Champagne 8 roubles a bottle. Left at 7.15. Back to St Petersburgh with basket of flowers. Left yachting cap at W's. Mr W wired for it at Consulate. Walked to landing stage. 20 kopecks to yacht. Had bath. ‘Miss C cruel & inconsiderate.’ Miss C decided to leave for London. Dinner. Champagne. Talk on deck after. Ships loading with grain like guns. Whiskey. Bed 11.0. Tuesday August 12 St Petersburgh. Up 8.30. Bath. Dull morning. Not quite well. Breakfast. R before better news. Gun going in distance. M & Miss C went ashore for museum, Barker also. Sat down & wrote up diary. Took 1½ hours. Also wrote Ayala & Barker & Miss G. After at 12.45 went down to change things & stayed in cabin. Heard Margery Daw say the wall was broken down. Went on deck 1.30. Saw great commotion. The ‘Lady Torfrida’, Grand Duke Alexis Ad'l in chief of the Russian Navy. Captain had driven her ashore, nose on. Great smash to bows. Left ½ Lady Torfrida & tambourine in brass gilt on shore. Gig came with Ad'l. Rowed round smash. After to shore for M & Miss C. Looked at damage to wall, great pieces of stone thrown about like skittles. Ad'l stole Miss C's photos. Back to yacht for lunch. Good lunch.
Cold beef & pudding. Felt better. After lunch finished letters. Whishaw came on board to say goodbye to Mrs W. Rain came on. Cigarettes aft. Mrs W smoked one. Commiserated by W. Filled pocket with cartridges & went ashore with W, Barker & self. Round Torfrida again. Landed near bridge. Took cartridges ashore. Little Swede in office. Whiskey & soda. Saw mutilated Punch & letter from F.C.B. After W took me to have hair cut. Rain came on. Had shirt put on. Careful hairdresser. Horse clippers & moustache curled. Powder puff & brilliantine. Ears cleaned. Goodbye W. Walked in rain to Gazlinitza Francie. Looked at Peter Gt's statue en route. Big ball, snake twisted & rough stones all round. After went to photographer's shop. Bought Peter Gt & droskeys etc etc. Looked nudes. No good. Tram home. (Small piece of paper glued in: St Isaac's & rainbow, lovely sight.) Glorious rainbow with St Isaac's lighted up between it. Double rainbow & very vivid colours. Nearly fell off tram. Foxy looking Russian woman. Again inspected wall & back in boat to yacht. Lost 20 copecks. Changed coat. Dinner. Good. Still felt seedy with diarrhoea. Sleepy & seedy after. Decided not to go on shore. Cigar from Adml. Turned in 11.0. After put away & changed plates till 12.0 & read. Sleep 1.0am. Began Daisy Miller. Felt seedy, great clear out. Wednesday August 13 St Petersburgh. Very sleepy in morning. Up 8.15. Bath in M's cabin. Great clear out. Late breakfast. At 10.30 2 Whishaws & Mr Brown came on board & took rest of cartridges. W paid me £3.10.0 for case & cartridges. 200 went ashore. Goodbye to Wishaws. Had doubts about wind. Fresh S.W.wind bad for us. Read ‘A story half told’. Got under weigh at 11.0 sharp Russian time. Turned dingy left astern. Turned round easily. Steamed away through canal. Hooded crows. Dull morning. Mrs W on deck at noon. On to Cronstadt. Wrote diary & changed plates. Passed over fisherman's nets at head of canal. Russian swearing. Long straight canal to C. Tall chimney. Man o' war that went out of harbour opposite to us. Photod forts etc, 5 or 6. Saluted by Russian ironclad. Took Pilot on board at C as far as Lundon Light. Large ironclad lying outside of Cronstadt. Photod it. Foolishly missed photoing Russian torpedo boat wh rushed past within range. On to Sena. Dropped Pilot at London Light after lunch. Sat on deck. Cloud came on & heaviest rain ever saw. Clouds of insects before it. A dragon fly, bee & butterfly carcass found afterwards. Took camera down to captain's cabin. After cleared up & lovely afternoon. At 4.0 went down to M's cabin & got to work again after a fortnight's delay. Put in sailors & Lapps of luxury. Break off for tea on deck. Worked till dinner time. Last of St Petersburgh. Did not see dome over water. Dinner quiet & good. Still had diarrhoea all day. Better at night. Cigar & walk after. Mrs W dined on deck. Quiet evening. Ladies turned in at 10.0. Clock altered 20 minutes slower. Sat in chair on deck. Beautiful mild evening. Bed 11.0am. Read a little. Very tired. St Petersburgh same latitude as south of Shetland. Thursday August 14 At sea. Gulf of Finland. Up 8.0am. M's cabin. M up. Bath. Breakfast 9.0am. Walk on deck. Miss C sore throat. Finished story by Jessop ‘A story half told’. Got to work again 11.0am till 1.30. Lunch. Good. Smoke after. Mrs W not so well. Hornet on canvas. Cleaning itself. How got there? Lovely day. Hot sun. Sea like oil. Worked all afternoon till 7.15. Lovely smooth sea. Out after. Again saw hornet & curious moth. Put it in chart case. Captain knocked hornet off into Engine Room after which he disappeared (small drawing). Dinner. Black things did not dress.
Mrs Watney dined for 1st time. Quiet evening. Smoke after & walk to look at stars. Ship almost motionless. Whiskey. Went into M's cabin x. Bed at 11.30pm. Friday August 15 At sea in Baltic. Up 8.0am. Bath in M's cabin. M & self. Ship moving & fresh wind right ahead. Mrs Watney not so well. Poor breakfast. On deck after. No smoke. Sat about. Photod 2 M & 3 of waves. Felt seedy after. Ship pitching. Seedy for 1 st time on trip. Lasted all morning. Got M brandy & water & biscuits. All right by lunch time. Good lunch. Leg of mutton. Mrs W at lunch. After at 3.0 got to work & worked all afternoon with yacht pitching. M lying down. After cleared a little as we got off Gottland about 4.0pm. Sent M on deck for air. M sat on bridge wrapped up & talked to Mrs W. Tea. Work. At 7.15 found they had decided to anchor. Ran in before dinner to place called Ljugarn. Small boat with 2 Swedes in uniform put off. One with brass buttons & gold lace. Came on board. Did not dine till 8.40pm. Clock put back. Good dinner. At rest. Very sleepy after. Went to bed tired at 11.0pm. Saturday August 16 Ljugarn, Gottland. Woke up lovely sun. Out at 8.0 in M's cabin. Bath. Took photo. Good breakfast. Fresh egg, milk & tongue. Wind still fresh. Under weigh 10.0am. Swedes again on board. Got to work. Started away. Worked on drawing. Put in sailors etc & sun. Wind got round a little & made more progress. Set sail. After dinner lightning came up & very dark. Sat on deck. In for a bad night, glass falling. Captain did not like look of it. Turned in 11.15. Rocking about. Goodnight to M. Running from Gottland to Island 70 miles. Sunday August 17 At sea in Baltic. Turned out at 5.0am or earlier. Rocking about. Strong wind ahead. Saw sun over horizon. Blue sea & great sea horses. Went down to cabin & got to sleep again until 8.0am. Kept M in her cabin & took her breakfast to her. Found that Captain had altered course & run to mainland owing to strong wind & being unable to make any way. Decided to run for Karlscroner. Lovely morning. Great wind. Long time beating in to Karlscrona. Did so at last about noon. Got in to smooth water. Told M to get up. Past fort & on slowly to K. Anchored round point at 1.30. Lunch. Lovely day. Yachts boats about & steamer with band. One man in boat got upset. Men swimming. Pipe after & in trying to jump on sail well with cushion knocked my head on boom. Knocked clean down. Nasty pain. Nearly stunned. Rolled over. M & Pomade de Vine. Lay on deck covered up. After ½ an hour got to work & did drawing. At 5.30 boat ordered for shore. Rowed in over roughish sea. Miss C, M & self, Admiral, Miss Evans & boy. Landed in beautiful clean little town. Grass plats, wide streets cobblestoned & broad granite edges. Marine sentries or sailors. Saw young naval officer. Kindly accompanied us through town. Admiral in chemist shop. On to church. Saw funeral. Hearse with flowers. Many men (illeg) in hats. Girl in grey. All took off their hats to her & then swept into church 5.50pm. Too late for post. Went to hotel. Got stamps & posted letters home. Back thro' town. Girl with black eyes. Sentry with curious sentry box (small drawing). Old gentleman in naval uniform & white whiskers. Back to boat. Lookers on. Rowed back to yacht. Had dinner. Changed shirt, felt damp & re-changed it after. Cigar after & self & Admiral read Lady Baby. Turned in at 11.15. Put in sky in drawing before lunch. Steady at anchor.
Monday August 18 Karlscrona, Sweden. Up early & worked on drawing. Dull morning. On deck. Decided to start. Wind gone down. At 9.0am got under weigh. Fleet of 4 small brigs sailed out with Lieut (blank) on one of them. Took photos of them. Also of Fort. Got outside. Misty & sea quite smooth. Went on with drawing in morning & put things in. Shewed it to Mrs W. Good mutton for lunch. Still dull & very close. Birds on board. One flew into smoke & suffocated. The other stopped long time & finally flew away off to coast. Sealed up drawing & put drawing materials away. No wind at all. All flapping. Mrs W on deck house & Admiral reading Lady Baby. Cigarettes. Walk with M before dinner. Good dinner, leg of Swedish mutton. After cigar came on so dark & hazy Captain sounded whistle. Gradually slowed up & anchored in small bay out of course of vessels for the night. Captain much puzzled could not see lights. Sat up on upper deck. Whiskey after & bed 11.30. Read for long time, ‘A Reversal of Six’. Sleep 12.45am. At rest. Put on last white shirt from London for dinner. Tuesday August 19 Smyge Point. Roy's birthday. Up on deck 7.50. Still at anchor. Ought to have got under weigh at 5.0am for Copenhagen. Started 8.30am. Dull heavy wet morning. Good breakfast. Broiled ham. Pipe in deck house. Ran into heavy thunderstorm. Flashing lightning. Birds flew on board & hawk. Hawk left in an hour. Torrents of rain. Wrote letters. Cleared up. At 12.0 passed steamer sunk by collision. Masts sticking up. Gradually steamed into Copenhagen. Fine Austrian squadron anchored. Smell in harbour. At 4.30 went ashore with M & Miss C, Admiral. Drove fly to Post Office taking bag. Heaps of letters. Very wet. Saw Danish soldiers marching. Back to yacht. Victoria tourists. Crowd on pier to see us off. Back to yacht. Read letters. Nothing in them. After told Mrs W should leave yacht. Did not like it. Took photo of harbour at 7.30pm. Dressed. Dinner. Dull evening. Mrs W had boxes locked up. Changed plates after dinner & got things ready to pack up. Wednesday August 20 Copenhagen. Up early. Packed up things & cleared up cabin. Breakfast 8.15. Admiral went ashore with Miss C. Arranged for cheque. Took photo of him in gig. Went on packing. Got things cleared away. Mrs W up. Exceedingly disagreable to M & self about packing. Thought I had lost £1.0.0 . Unpacked & found it. Got all things packed. Words with Mrs W about Russian caps. Went ashore at 12.0. Mrs W went. Called Hansen's office. Found £1.0.0 to pay for plates. Great bother about taking them on board. Mrs W a nuisance. Hung about. Called Forbes(?) about provender & on to Hotel d'Angleterre. Men wanted 4 kroners, gave them 3. Goodbye to Mrs Watney. Hurray! M & self at Hotel. Had lunch & stroll after. Bought photos. Tea etc etc. Back. Saw rat with paper at WC. Absinthe. Party outside Hotel. Dined table d'hote & sat out after. Had fly & got away 7.0pm. Took tickets to London. Dispute about ticket for London. Got in train all right. Exceedingly pretty girl in next carriage with youth having ears sticking out. Got seats out & M went to sleep. Woke up at 11.30 at Konsor. Rush for boat. On board down into cabin & sat down in corner. After resting had supper. Pretty girl eating shrimps & ham. M dozed. Cigar on deck. Cold. Talk with American. Down. Got to sleep about 12.30am. Dozed uncomfortably & woke up cold. Ought to have had ulster.
Thursday August 21 On board Danish boat, from Konson to Kiel. Woke 4.0am. Had coffee. Carried bags up on deck & got ashore at Kiel 5.0am. Bags examined. Caught train 6.0am. Good W.C. Bled very much. Travelled on to Hassburgh. Man in train told us we ought to change. Arrived Hassburgh 1.30am. Could not make out about train. Swedish baron put us right. Young American cad. Bad coffee & biscuits. Changed money. Waited about & walked about. Got off at 2.5. Not so good a carriage. All together. Another Swede got in. Man & tuft on his bonnet & pretty wife. Travelled all day. Baron aghast at price of my bag. Gave cigarettes. Weary journey. Not very interesting country. Rush for dinner. Goodbye to Baron. Resumed journey. On, on, past Dutch frontier. Funny little dog. On to boat at 10.0pm. Great crush. Awkward for berth. Got No 32 at last. Down below. Very uncomfortable. Dark & wretched. Poor dinner. Large nosed stewards. Lady by herself complained of taking chicken away. Made a meal. Back to cabin. Drank rest of champagne. Cigar on deck. Into Smoking Room. Whiskey & soda. Great dispute between young & old American. Young one like Warner. American & English lick the world. ‘Yes sir!! I've been around a little’. Got tired. Turned in to bed (what a bed) at 12.30am. & slept uncomfortably & dreamt & heard people sick all round. Friday August 22 On board Dutch boat, crossing from Flushing to Queensboro'. Woke at 3.0. German sick in next cabin. Out at 4.30. Wash & clean up as well as could. On deck. Stormy morning. Man asleep in Smoking Room. Coffee. Woke M up. Dressed & got bags on deck. Got sailor to carry bags. Woman with bag & parcel. Arrived Queensboro' 6.0am. Hand bags examined. No trouble. Wired off. Into train with one other couple. Staring woman. Arrived Victoria 7.15am. No trouble with luggage. Cab. Man with silk hat. Home at 8.30am. Dear Chicks well. Letter from F.C.B. Worry. Put things in order by lunch time. After developed 3 photos of Russian Drosky driver. Got to work & did Gladstone & Rabbit. Letter from F.C.B to say he'd come to dinner. Great rush to get done. Finished 8.15. F.C.B came at 8.30. Good dinner. 2 bottles '74 wine, one still. M tired, bed 11.0. F.C.B went 11.30. Fell asleep in chair till 3.0am. M came down & fetched me up. Saturday August 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Breakfast. Put things in order in morning. Ordered cart. Wet came on, changed to carriage. At 12.30 Roy & self got off. Called Lambs’, Savoy Theatre, Rules & Hobbs. Left coat at Hobbs. Called Club. All shut up. Called Welbys, on to Covent Garden & lunched at Rules. Steak too small. Had lobster, good. Ordered yellow Chartreuse. Danish waiter. On to Savoy. Saw ‘Gondoliers’. Girl danced splendidly. Carriage met us after. Miss G, Roy & Maud home. Called Walls. Had Turkish Bath. Cab home. Dinner. Fanny Barker dined. Good dinner. Sleepy after. Bad horse in cab for Fanny Barker. Bed 11.0. Sunday August 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Ordered Marquis. Breakfast. Sausages. At 10.15 rode Marquis to Richmond & Wimbledon. Could not get him through pond. Called King's Head. Glass Beer. Got very wet. Home. Lunch. Developed photos.
Unfortunately let box drop & broke 10 beauties. Tea. Wrote diary & letters. Developed plates etc. Mervyn called. Dined quietly at home & bed early after. Monday August 25 Stafford Terrace. In morning cleared up & developed a lot of plates. Lunched at home. After in afternoon Roy & self went to Stores. Got many things. Roy's cricket shirts etc etc under vests & also cartridge case & 300 cartridges. Ices & chocolate. Cab (bad one, 1/-) to Lambs'. Had Roy measured & self also. Took cab home. Called Crafts & back to Kensington. Dined quietly at home & quiet evening after with M. Bed early. Tuesday August 26 Stafford Terrace. In morning developed many plates & cleared up. In afternoon Maud & Roy by carriage to Military Exhibition. Heavy rain came on. Saw stupid Cricket match between clowns & niggers. Shot at Indian Gallery. Bad ices & worse chocolate. Performing clock, pictures etc. Back by cab in rain. In evening went in cab to 2nd night of Captain Theresa(?) Poor girl in principal part after Agnes Huntingdon. Florence Walford went with M. Mervyn came after. Left before end of 3rd act. Cab home. Cabman gave me change for 5/-. Snack & bed. Wednesday August 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dressed in black. Took cab at 9.55 & down to Victoria. Got there 10.15. Met Sir Edgar Boehm, Mr Holmes, Conrad, Eddy Boehm, Kingscote, Gilbert, Guscott & self for Lady Boehm's funeral. Only one without black gloves. Down to Dorking. Fine morning. Talk to Guscott about Eton for Roy. Long drive to church past Blackbrook with Mr Holmes. Saw Effie, Georgie & Floss at church. Service. Back to station. No lunch. Ran over to hotel & got biscuits & sherry. Hot sun. Talk to Boehm & Gilbert about food & egg. Back to Victoria. Ham & bread & butter. Uncomfortable lunch. Walked with Con to Turkish Bath. Had bath. Saw Heilbuth. Called Lambs' & had suit tried on. Took cab after, round by Regents Pk. Drove to Punch Dinner, 1 st dinner since June 18 (10 weeks). Missed 9 weeks. Tenniel, F.C.B, Reed, Bradbury, Arthur & Milliken. Talk of Russia. Drove home in carriage with Reed. (Red ink across page: This is the last time I saw Sir Edgar Boehm. Little thought it at the time.) Thursday August 28 Stafford Terrace. In morning got to work. Did Phyloxera. Letter from F.C.B saying no subject. Sent Roy & Miss Gill to Lambs'. Roy in afternoon went with Jolley to Kennington Oval to Cricket match. Back at 6.45. Sent Marquis out. Finish drawing at 8.30. Sent it off. Dined. Chicks down. Bed 11.30pm. Friday August 29 Stafford Terrace. At work in morning & all day on Grouse drawing. Swain sent after to say Editor had cartoon down as well as the 2 cuts. Bothered. Finished at 5.0pm. Tea. Drove up at 5.45 in carriage to 54 Bedford Gds. Saw Abbey & his wife for 1st time since their marriage. Long talk. Back home. M there from her mother's. Dined. Roy & Maud as well. Cigar after. Strange dream in chair after, very vivid. Forget what it was, about a lion. Woke up & went to bed 12.0am. Saturday August 30
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Put things straight. All photos away etc & printed Russian & Stockholm ones. Packed up others. Wrote letters. Sent Miss Gill & Maud to Stores. Lunch. After at 3.0 had dog cart & drove with Roy to Olympia. Good skating rink. Roy tumbled down & got very black. Stayed 1½ hrs. Annoyed at Jolley waiting. Mistake with Roy. Sent him to tailors. After home in cart. Tea. Changed. Bath. Packed things. Miss Gill took Roy to Dr Orton's. New things home from Lambs’. Got dressed & packed. Dinner. Mervyn there. Bottle Pol Roger. Dined well & drove in cart with Jolley to Euston. Caught 6.50. Jupp civil. Bought Scribner. In train. Slept at 10.0pm. Took collar off. Felt very cold in the night. Woke up once or twice. Sunday August 31 On train to Scotland. Woke at 7.30. Washed etc. Past Stirling & Wallace Monument. At 9.30 Perth. Saw Foot. Great hurry. No time for breakfast, train 1hr late. Foot got into my coupé. Pleasant chat. On by train to Inverness. No lunch at Forres. Everything shut. Shared lunch with Foot. Quite enough. Whiskey & soda at Inverness. Into Highland Railway. Dozed along. Read Review of Reviews. Got to Rogart all right, 1¾ hrs late. Up to Tressady 6.15. Found all on lawn. No gun arrived. Wrote off & sent key. Wrote M. Dressed & dinner at 8.0pm. Good claret. Whist after, lost 6d. Ryle, Vernon, Claude, Richards (Wenkum), Harry Newton, Cobbold, self, Foot. Sep 1890 Monday September 1 Rogart. Up 8.0am. Found candles burning. Won't do. Bath. Breakfast. Found that nails stuck through boot. Annoyed. Had to change them. Down. 3 groups photod. Goodbye to Claude. Walked up home beat, Vernon, Foot & self. Harry Newton lent me gun. Very good. Got grouse. Gun would not open. Began to rain. Very wet. Put mackintosh on. Off again. Round by Ryle's hut. 2 pictures. Lunch after. Birds shy & wild. 8 brace, 2 brace snipe 4 hares. Home 5.30. Saw Newton marking out Golf course. Foot done up. Had tea. Bath. Wrote letters & diary. Slight diahorrea. Down to dinner. Arrival of Hobhouse. Good dinner. Champagne. News after that Richards (Wenkum) had shot a dog. Gloom. Cobbold left dinner with diahorrea. Cards after. Lost 1/-. Bed 11.30. Read Withered Arm. Woke 2.15. Bad dream, could not fly away from Vanity Fair. Tuesday September 2 Tressady. Up 7.45. Got Hobhouse's bath. Down to breakfast. Cobbold & Richards diahorrea. Read Hardy's Stories of Wessex. Got to work 10.15am. Skemed picture & drew all day. Lunch by self. Plenty of everything. Finished drawing & had it sent off specially at 8.0pm. Swedish girls & Punch. Dr Martin arrived in time for dinner. Handsome old man. Rather seedy at dinner & low. Whist after. Lost 5/-. Wednesday September 3 Tressady. Up 8.0. Bath. Breakfast. Vernon & Dr Martin went to shoot. Worked in morning on dining at Hacklebacker & after lunch on Swedish Policeman. Several at lunch. Finished drawings & sent them off 7.30pm. Dressed. Dinner. Very good. Sat next Ryle. Whist after. Good night, won 3/6 from Vernon & 4/-. Read Wessex Tales of Hardy. Very good.
Thursday September 4 Tressady. Up 8.0am. Bath. Srambled through breakfast & got a drawing done. Self at ‘Pick me up’. Sent it off. At 10.0 started to shoot with Foot & Cobbold. Rode grey pony, Foot on chestnut. Long ride to commence shoot. Fine day & good sport, 22½ brace. Good lunch. McKenzie killed adder. Black underneath. Left off about 6.0 & rode home by 7.15. Dryhurst met us at top of hill. Vernon. Found letters from M & wire about Burnand not being at Bouverie St. Wrote letters. At 8.15 dressed. Particularly good dinner. Turtle soup, Champagne. Dr Martin upstairs. Carried down to Smoking Room. Whist after. Lost 3/-. Friday September 5 Tressady. Up 8.10am. Bath. Lucky. Woke with flem on chest & sore. Breakfast. Foot, Dryhurst, Cobbold, Richards, Hobhouse, Black Angus went off fishing at 9.25 in break. Took Kreutzer Sonata & went off down to burn to read. Stood about for 2 hours after reading (bosh). Came back & wrote letters till lunch. Architect round with Vernon. Changed things after lunch & played 2 & 3 double sets of Lawn Tennis. Won 2 & lost 3. Good games. Sun in eyes. Letter from M. Dr Martin looked on. Whiskey & milk. Bath. Dressed. Spoke to old woman at cottage about her daughter. Dinner. Took Champagne & whiskey after for last time. Go Bang tournament. Beaten by Richards. Lost 3/6 whist. Saturday September 6 Tressady. Woke up feeling really ill with cold on chest. Congestion very bad. Bath. Doubts as to going shooting. Finally all went to walk the Craig na Fair. Breaks & omnibus. Felt ill. Wrapped up & went with Newton, Vernon, Richards & Dept. Lost 2/6 at whist in trap. Saw ‘Watney Rock’. On to shoot. Guns Vernon, self, Newton, Cobbold, Foot, Hobhouse. Richard, Dept & Ryle walked. Started & walked for 25 minutes before a bird got up. Felt seedy & did not shoot well. Walked to lunch 1.15. Shot behind. Wrapped up. Very seedy. Walked long tramp after. Dept rode pony. Very much done up & exhausted. Got to Murray's cottage at 6.15pm. Milk. Milk & water & whiskey & milk. Home by omnibus. No letter from M. Had bath. Down to dinner. Careful what I took. Whist after. Lost 6/-. Bed & put mustard leaf on. Lemon squash. Sunday September 7 Tressady. Woke quite early & read ‘Swallow's Wing’. Bath. Out in sun & stroll up to Kitchen garden. Eat gooseberries. Down at 10.0am to breakfast. Dept had been to the burn. Felt very weak & seedy after. Awfully hot, changed coat. Read ‘Life & Death’ after. Got into hammock & read Heroditus etc. Vernon came & talked & Foot in tree. Lunch. Table groaned. After back to hammock & smoke cigar of Cobbold's. Read ‘50 years on trail of Heroditus’. Tea outside. Photod. Tortoise race. Bowls. Went up to see Golf played. Heavenly evening. Ryle went back for letters. Letter from M & from Brightmore to say F.C.B ill in bed. Went back & wrote letters. Dressed. Dinner. Claret. Told about Stanley after. Final of Go Bang. Dept played. No whist. Bed 11.30. Read Rudyard Kipling till 1.0pm. Slept comfortably. Monday September 8 Tressady. Up at 8.5. Bath. Shave. Down to breakfast 8.15. Felt still very seedy with cold. Out after. Heavy dew. Cigarette. Read Rudyard Kipling's 'Black &
White'. At 10.40 Cobbold left in omnibus with Ryle for paint & Dr Martin. Up in room & wrote diary. Sent boots off. Went down & lay in hammock till lunch time, reading The Field & Margio's ‘Crucifix’. Lunch, Dr Martin, Foot, Dryhurst, self & Newton.. After felt weak & seedy. Went & lay on hammock & on sofa in Drawing Room until 3.30. Foot & self played Dryhurst & Newton at Golf. Won 4 holes to 1. Hit ball well. Back for letters & tea. Headache came on very bad at dinner & after. Very careful what I took at dinner. No Champagne, no whiskey. Smoked cigarette. No cards. Dr Martin gave me a pill to take. Bed 11.30. Read ‘A terrible responsibility’. (Red ink across page: This night at 11.0 Sir William Gordon Cummings cheated at cards at Tranby Croft, Arthur Wilson's place at Hull. Afterwards known as the Baccarat case. Saw the jury give verdict against him on Tuesday June 9 1891.) Tuesday September 9 Tressady. Woke by repeater 3.17. Still splitting headache & tossed about, sleep after. Up 8.0am. Frightful tongue & 2 spots on chin. Very seedy. Bath. Breakfast. Stroll after. Tortoises lethargic. Hobhouse haemorrhage in lungs. Dryhurst's jersey. Martin, Richards, Foot & Dryhurst went to Lairg. Vernon & Newton went to loch. Talk with Ryle after about yacht. Hobhouse & Ryle to paint. Pipe. Began to work. Worked in morning & sketched out drawing of drosky driver. Down to lunch. After took book to read in Smoking Room. Dozing until 5.0pm. Letters from à B & F.C.B. None Marion. Wrote after & went up & played a round with Vernon at Golf. Lost & won. The ‘TEE’, play the ‘Odd’, play the ‘Like’. Back. Wrote letters. Party late from fishing. Not back till 8.0pm. Dressed. Moderate dinner. Smoke. Whist after. Lost 2 rubbers, 3/6. Drew for sweep, ‘Surefoot’. (Red ink across page: 2nd night of Sir William Gordon Cummings cheating. Exposed before the Prince of Wales at Tranby Croft.) Wednesday September 10 Tressady. Up 8.10. Bath. Still bad tongue & not well. Decided not to shoot. Richards took my place & Vernon, Richards & Newton went off. Worked at sketch of Ryle for ¾ hour. Felt very weak & broke out. Did sketch. Came in & went on to work for Punch. Did 2 drawings. Soldiers & Bellman's Bust. At 6.30 went for walk down drive to meet Foot who had been fishing. Saw Dryhurst, Ryle & Hobhouse, & rabbits. Letter from M, Miss M etc etc. Dinner. Claret only & plain soda after. Won at Whist. Boil on chin very painful all day. Won 7/- Whist. Thursday September 11 Tressady. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Grey suit. At 10.30 Played Dryhurst at Golf. Beat him easily 58 all round holes. Back & changed things putting on pantomime stockings. After saw match between Fort & Vernon. Lunch after. Match between Richards & Newton. Richards round in 45 & giving me 18, I won the match. A hollow one, no money. Won 2/- from Dryhurst & Vernon. At 3.30 Barrel arrived. Lawn tennis after. Foot & self won 2 sets against Ryle & Dryhurst. Single with Vernon & me set Vernon & self against Barrel (Thring) & Dryhurst. Lost it. Brandy & soda. Dinner. Whist. Lost 6/-, 2 rubbers. Boil burst at noon & painful. Cough bad.
Put mustard leaf on. (Red ink across page: This day Rosa Hornsby born, 1907 model.) Friday September 12 Tressady. Up 8.0. Bath. Cheek painful. Got ready for shooting. Wrote wire off for M. Left 9.30 for Brook, Vernon, Barrel & self. V & B walked up hill. Cloudy in morning but lovely day & enjoyed it. Cold took a turn. Sleep in the sun after lunch. Home at 7.0. Bath. No wine. Fire & dried things. Good dinner. Took Champagne. Whist after. Wire from M. In doubt what to do. Played 3 rubbers, Vernon & self against Dryhurst & Hobhouse. Won 1 st, treble treble, second treble double, 3rd hard fight. Won it but Vernon omitted to count honour & passed. Lost. Should have been 1 point more. Lost by 5 points. Very sharp practice & very much annoyed. Won 4/6 whist. Saturday September 13 Tressady. Up 8.0. 2nd bath. Dressed for shoot. Felt really better for 1 st time. Boil on cheek going down. Breakfast. Porridge, eggs & bacon, chop & boiled egg. Put boots on. No W.C. All started at 9.45. Dryhurst (in straw hat) & Hobhouse went off to Goldspie together. Sent 2 wires with them. Dr Martin on pony. Walked up past Golf ground & began on hill to shoot. Martin, self, Richards, Newton, Barrel & Vernon guns. Plenty of hares & birds. Blazing hot. Awful sweat. Martin on horse again. Got into bog & came off. Angus pulled him away. Ass of 2 boys, no good. 2 birds down & got away. Marched on in blazing sun to lunch. All together by wretched (illeg). Stagnant water. Good lunch & rest after. Left Martin sleeping. On again in sun. Faced breeze. Turned round. Awfully hot. Drank 3 times in burn. On, on. Rest for soda etc at 4.30. Welcome spring. Set fire to heather. Ryle & grasshopper. On again at 5.0. Long tramp other side of burn on by wire fence & came out by burn at bathing place. Good day & shoot. 28 brace, 47 hares etc etc. Vernon shot hawk on the lawn. No letters. Welcome tea. Breakfast cup twice. Bath. R(?) rather. Changed things. Fire. Rest. Letters. Dinner. Good. Champagne. Enjoyed it. Whist after. Lost 4/- Won 3/- Lost 2/6. Settled for Golf tomorrow. Bed twelve. Read ‘Times’. Lost 3/6. Sunday September 14 Tressady. Up 9.0am. Bath. Out & found gooseberries & raspberries. Had been heavy wet. Back. Breakfast 10.0am. At 11.15 played round golf with Dept. Beat him but 6 holes more than on Thursday to get round. Self 48. Lunch. Wrote letters. Golf all day. Last match between Ryle & Martin after tea. Letters came. 3 from Pollie, 1 from Capisthorne, 2 from Glossop. Wrote many letters. Sent sketch. Put things away. Dinner. Lovely hot day. Dressed. Clean W.W. Good dinner. Whist after. Lost 3/-, 2/6, 1/6, 7/- lost. Talk pipe. Bed 12.30am. Made mistake at Whist table. Oh. £1.1.0 lost at cards. Monday September 15 Tressady. Up 7.30. Dept knocked at door. Lovely morning. Gave up bathing & packed bags & portmanteau. Down breakfast. Put on grey suit. Good morning etc. Goodbye. 3 cigars. Grouse. Lunch. Books. Got away 10.30am. Ryle, Hobhouse & Dr Martin going. Walked half an hour on platform. Talk of Tabs etc. Off. Curious people. Girl & man smoking & other in velvet coat got out & into another carriage. Hobhouse & self & 2 boys went on to Inverness. Hot lovely
morning. Lunch. Claret, grouse. Long journey to Perth. Goodbye to Hobhouse. Plate of soup & walk about. After got carriage to self. 2 other people got in at Stirling & went as far as Crewe. Annoyed. Rest of journey by self. Finished dinner & smoke & got uneasily to sleep. Tuesday September 16 On board train. Woke up 7.30. Nearing Euston. Wash & read Glossop letters. Euston 8.15. Home by cab. Not many letters. Bath. Breakfast & brush up. At 12.0 had cart & drove & took plates to Groves & called Lewis & Allenby. Saw McCleskey. On to Club. Lunch. Saw Jones Evans & Hawley Smart. Drove cart self. On to Waterloo. Caught 2.25. Down to Ch Ch. Talk with one of directors of Union Line about Southampton strike. Changed Brockenhurst. After got to Ch Ch. Court met me. Called Harts about birds. On to Capisthorne. Saw Maud & Tabs, M & Roy out in boat. Walk thro' grounds. Dressed. Hamilton came in. Architect Mr Warren came down & Mr Harding dined. Good dinner. Talk. Bed early as possible. Electric Light & heavy guns in Isle of Wight. Wednesday September 17 Capisthorne. Bathed before breakfast with Roy. Breakfast 8.30. Decided not to go to Punch Dinner. Wired & wrote. Read ‘George IV’ by Fitzgerald. Lawn Tennis. Read an hour after lunch. Blackberry pudding. H came. Played 4 tennis. Slow. Rain. Tea. Book. Dressed & wrote letters. Cap'n & Mrs Wetherall to dinner. Slow dinner. Left at 11.0. Pipe & talk. Made mistake, told H he ought to pay. Bed 11.30. Good sleep. Thursday September 18 Capisthorne. Up early. Packed. Bath in Bathroom. Breakfast. Roy down. Off with Warren by 9.35. Parted, W in 2nd class. Saw Punch. Sanderson director & naval men got in. Out at Vauxhall. Cart met me. Drove home. Near shave in front of omnibus. (Jolley turned white. 22 Oct 1897.) No letters or instructions from F.C.B. Waited about. At 4.0 Milliken's letter came. After walked towards Turkish Bath. Heavy wet. Took cab. Wired R.P. On to bath. Sent for papers. On to Beefsteak. Sir Henry de Bath there, Leslie Ward & Lucas, painter. Cab to R.P & back. Called Empire. Saw Frank Burnand & K.M. After called Garrick. Saw Chapmell. Wrote F.C.B. On to Beefsteak. Squiff Arthur there. Home by cab 12.30. Friday September 19 Stafford Terrace. Work on Jonathan & Bull etc with Pig in Bag. Photod Jolley. Hard at it all day. 2 letters from F.C.B. A 3rd after disgraceful letter. Worked hard. No beef tea. Sherry. Finished 10.30. Champagne & bed. Saturday September 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am very tired. Got to work at 10.0 on small block of General in Mufti. Finished at 12.0. Up to Bedford Gds to photo Louie Price in ball dresses. No Abbey. Finished at 2.15. Back Stafford Terr. Had steak & went in carriage after fetching bags to Waterloo. Great crush & bother about trains. At last got M, Roy & Maud. Sent Roy home in 4 wheeler, M, Maud & self in carriage. Got out at nearest to Jermyn St, went & had Bath at 5.45. Out 7.15 & walked to Knightsbridge. Wired Ayala. Home by omnibus. Bought sausages. Girl asleep etc. Dinner. Chicks summer drinks. Quiet evening & bed after sleep in chair.
Sunday September 21 Stafford Terr. Lovely morning. Up 9.0am. Sent Jolley up with plates to Bedford Gds. M & Roy & Maud went to Grannie's. Strolled up to Bedford Gds & photod Miss Pettigrew in white ball dress. Abbey hardly spoke, in fact rude. Got away 12.30. Home. Lunch. M back. Summer(?) drinks. After at 4.0pm Roy & self went for walk in Park. Up to top. Saw French girl. Bought Observer. Back by Kensington Gds. Bathed Tony. Met Bartlett. Turned back & saw model yacht club. Home. Dinner. Mervyn came. Chicks up. No Port. Bed early after cigar. Monday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Down early. Letter from Mother to say not so well. Wired model. Walked up to Bedford Gds & put things away. Annoyed could not photo. Back. Roy went out & not back. At 12.0 went to lunch with M.H.Spielmann. Called Groves. Went by 2nd class Met Rly. On by cab to Bouverie St. Saw Linten & Spielmann. On to Constitutional Club. Lunch. Talk on Black & White & writing article. Left 3.0. Took cab to Victoria. M & Maud there in carriage. Roy not turned up. M distressed. Left his portmanteau & drove home. Roy just came in. Poor boy very upset & white & done up. Very tired. Cock & bull story about 3 men. Poor boy. Very cross but sorry for him. Ordered carriage for 4.45. Jolley 7 minutes late. Only just caught 5.15 train. Roy's portmanteau unlabelled. Gave guard 1/3 & said goodbye. Home by carriage. Dressed & answered latter to Bradfords. Drove to French Exhibition. Found Brehart's(?) restaurant & dined with Ayala & his wife & Mr & Mrs George Thomson & 2 nephews. Surprised at Exhibition many pictures there were at Salon. Renouards, etc etc. Walk round & out at 11.0. Home by cab. Upstairs. Fell asleep & woke at 1.0am & did not in the least know where I was. At last made it out & up to bed. M all right. Good night. Disappointed Grove not better result with Mawson plates. (Red ink: Lawrence left by 8.50 from Victoria.) Wire from Tassell. Letter from Mother. (Red ink across page: Lawrence left & Roy stayed away, missed train.) Tuesday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Fine bright morning. Up 8.0am. Felt pretty well. Began to put things straight. Looked out plates of Russia & developed 3 of Louie Price & ½ doz of yachting. Not so bad. Spencer called in in straw hat. Mervyn called. Wrote up diary. Began Russian Drosky drawing. M & Maud out in carriage. Great thunderstorm all afternoon. Vivid lightning. Cleared up. Quiet dinner at home. Bed early & rest. (Red ink: Minnie Tillie came yesterday, 1st day.) Wednesday September 24 Stafford Terrace. In morning developed some plates. After worked on Russian Drosky. Wanted to have had Turkish Bath. M & Maud out in carriage. Gave up Bath & walked to Punch Dinner. Hot. Called Club. Bought flower. 1 st Punch Dinner. F.C.B looking seedy. Lehmann welcome, Arthur vice-chair. Long discussion. Cuts changed. Got troopers to do. Home by cab. Home 1.0am. Sleep in chair & woke up at 3.0am. Thursday September 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Very seedy. Looked over papers & sent Tenniel Engine. Looked over things for horses & skemed cut. Went on working & all afternoon. M & Maud out. Decided to go to Military Exhibition. Had carriage.
Went. Saw Gilbert's design for Jubilee offering. Sketched saddle cloths. Home 1.10pm. M came down. Bed 11.30pm. News that Mr Coghlan had left Fanny Barker £7000 or more. (Red ink across page: Fanny Barker £7000) Friday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Down early. Dull morning. Went at 9.30 & photod Marquis for cut at stables. Jolley came round & sat for Trooper. Developed plates & got to work at 11.45. Put John Bull & Punch in. After lunch printed & worked hard all afternoon & evening up to 11.0. Hard push to get done. Very done up & exhausted. Tired. Bottle of Ayala. Drank ½ only. Saturday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Very tired in morning. Very close & hot morning. Put all things away & at 12.0 rode Marquis in Park. Saw Finlay & Mr & Mrs Joshua. Long talk. Very hot. Back to lunch. Dressed after & took M & Maud to French Exhibition by cab. Saw Applin. M met Drabble. Saw Wild East & Theatre. Very hot & awfully close. Bad coffee. Dreary ballet. Saw Reed. Bought chocolates. Home. Dressed. Dinner. Maud wanted to go to play. Cab to Garrick Theatre. Met George Thomson & wife. Slow couple. Good box. Met Sonny(?) after. Home by cab. M nervous. Hungry. Good sandwich. M eat too many & had pain in morning. Bed. 12.30pm. Sunday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. M woke up with pain & very bad all morning. On sofa. Gradually went off after lunch. Wrote letters the whole morning. Lunch. After drew cheque for Horlick & Pearks' accts & wrote orders for Stores. Mrs Tom Taylor & daughter called. Wycliffe idle. At 5.30 posted letters & walked across Park to Porchester Terrace. Most lovely evening & sunset possible. Long talk with Spielmann. Borrowed books & came home in cab. Saw Mempes sketch of Whistler. Bottle champagne. Good dinner by Minnie. Maud imitations. Read about Leech etc. Bed 11.0 exactly. (Red ink: M woke up with severe pain in morning.) Monday September 29 Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: Polly's birthday. Pain in morning.) Bright first & very dull after. Breakfast. Wrote letters. Arranged photos. Mervyn came in. Rode in Park. Dull day. Saw Finlay. Lent me book of Greeks' social life. In afternoon Mervyn put on Mephistopheles dress. Photod him. Quite dull. Developed 2. Sent Jolley for book. M not very well. Symptoms of cold. Quiet dinner & read book after. Tuesday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Letter from Fanny Worth to say Mr Glossop would bring my mother up at 2.45pm. Worked in morning on drawing of Tournament. Went at 2.30 to meet train at Paddington. Mother much altered. Mr Glossop & self came on in cab. Left satchel in train. After talk back in carriage at 4.35. Mr Glossop off 3rd class. Back home & got on with work. Mother up in her room. Jolley photod me in morning for Knight in tennis coat. Mrs Lynn Linton called. Quiet dinner by selves. M had cold come on. (Red ink across page: Lovely day. Mother & Mr Glossop came home from Clifton at 3.30pm. ) Oct 1890
Wednesday October 1 Stafford Terrace. In morning worked on Tournament. At 1.30 M & self went in carriage to Charles Hartree's, 11 Wilton Place. Lunch. Pictures. Croome's sister. Late for Charley Burnand's wedding. Drove home. Left M at her mother's. Cold very bad. Home. Changed things. Put Scotch suit on. Cab up to Turkish Baths. Called Hartree's & got gloves. Wet. Had Turkish Bath. Out & cab to Punch Dinner. Arthur at bottom of table. F.C.B not well. Had my subject. Said it would be done tomorrow. Sat till 12.0. Furniss on subject of church going & religion. Left with Milliken. Cab home to Kensington. M's cold & chest very bad. (Red ink across page: Dull wet day. Charles Hubert Burnand married Brompton Oratory.) Thursday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Worked on Tournament. Put in horse & knight etc. M in bed all day with bad cold, did not get up. Jolley fetched mare home. Saw her at 1.0pm. J came round & photod him for knight etc & got prints after 3.30pm. Bright hot sun. Maud & self dined alone. Cigar after. Did not work after dinner. Ought to have done so. (Red ink across page: Mare came home from grass, 14 weeks.) Friday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Down early & got to work at 9.15 on drawing of Tournament. Expected to finish it at 11.30. Went on all day until 9.30 when sent it off. Pushed as usual. After dined with M. Turtle soup sent by Mother & bottle Perinet. Bed at 12.30 after sleep. Fine day. Saturday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Down & put all things away carefully. Put Bathroom straight. At 10.30 Crouch's agent called with photos of horse. Bought some. 30 at 1/- each. Dressed & lunched at home. Very hot. Walked up to Fore's & looked over prints. Disappointing. On to Arts & Crafts exhibition. Saw Burgess, Spielmann, Storey, etc etc. On to Turkish Baths. Bought papers & flower. Saw Fletcher £1500000. On by legs to Punch Xmas Number Dinner. Bradbury well. Very hot. Arthur's remarks about cavalry soldiers. Long weary discussion D.M. Drunken people outside Bouverie St No 10. Walked on to Beefsteak. Saw Drummond etc. Home by cab 1.45. Bed. Hot. Strange dream in morning of marriage of Mrs Geiger. (Last Almanack Dinner till 30 Apl '99.) ( Red ink across page: Almanack Dinner. Long weary discussion. Lovely day. Hot.) Sunday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Dullish. Up at 9.0. Bath. Put riding things on. At 10.30 started for ride to Richmond. Furniss overtook me on Miss Barclay's horse. Good ride through Richmond, Wimbledon etc. Beer at Robin Hood. Home by 1.0. Met Mrs Mackenzie & Ena. Lunch. Mother down. Made experiments with bromide paper & pizzaghesli(?) Maud cried at work because Roy had said jealous. Wrote many letters. Talk with Mother. Quiet dinner home. Sleepy after. M upright. Had salmon. Furniss told me of getting £225 for week's work. Monday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Down & looked at bromide prints. Failure. Fine hot sun & close. Stuffy in room. Mr Harper called. Took up time & 2 Punch drawings & 2 Water
Baby drawings. M out to see her mother. Back to lunch. Began Almanack work & skemed Time & Punch. Doubt whether Maud should not photo me. Dull, gave it up. Maud went to Blanche Cole's. After worked on till dinner time on Almanack. Put in telescope. Quiet dinner. Last of turtle. Maud & nuts. Read ‘English Caricaturists’ after. Abuse of G. à Beckett, Punch. Bed at 11.0 sharp. Tuesday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Down 8.30. Thoroughly wet morning. Wrote many letters. Mervyn in for M. M went in carriage to Stores to get towels with a cheque for £5.0.0. Very wet. Wrote Arthur Linley. Got on with drawing for Almanack. Jolley came in in afternoon. Sent him for Priest's dress & took 2 photos in dull weather. Very good. Small stop & 8 seconds ex. Developed & after made experiments with bromide before dinner. Failure. Knocked over bottle with scythe. Ought to have gone to Ernest Hart's. Did not on acct of rain. Wednesday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. In morning worked on Almanack drawing. Photod Jolley as Monk & self in evening dress 1 st thing after breakfast. Finished at 11.0 the worst photo I ever took. Fogg & bad in every way. At five thirty walked in brown suit to Punch Dinner. Flower. Sent coat on by boy. F.C.B there. 1 st of Lucy. Bradbury better. Good dinner. Sat late talking to Lucy & Milliken about Furniss. Cab after & home 1.15pm. Bed. Lucy gave me ivory fan to draw on. Thursday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Well. Wrote many many letters. At 11.45 got to work to skeme subject Britannia & Child Widow. Worked away till dinner & after dinner for 2 hours. Mervyn came in after dinner. Gave him 2 letters to post & 1 to Lewis Wingfield. Bed 12.30. M thought I had come up at 5.0am. (Death of poor Edward Bartlett as given me by his cousin L. Bartlett of 38 Connaught Square, W. Feby 22 1895. Also only gave above drawing away same date to Mrs Earle.) Friday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Down 8.0am. At 9.15 photod bust & Maud. Developed. Got to work at 11.0. & worked all day till 11.0pm on page drawing, Britannia & Child Widow. Very late dinner. M at her mother's. Back 8.30. Bottle Ayala ½ & bed at 1.0 after. Tired very. Saturday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Breakfast. Put room in order. At 10.10 Mr Crouch of Photo Hippique called. Gave him cheque for £2.0.0 & selected 20 more photos at 2/- each. Kept him ½ an hour. Finished room. Lovely morning. At 12.30 in brown flannels walked to top of Park. M & Mrs Spofforth stopped talking. Cab on to Garrick. Lunch. Montague Williams, Jones & F Evans, Joe Carr. Coffee. On to Savoy. M, Maud & Mervyn there. Good play. Enjoyed it very much. Out. Saw Arthur Blunt. Carriage. On to Turkish Bath. Saw Herbert Gardner. Man & Graphic. Long time. Out 7.30. Walk to Knightsbridge. Took buss home. Girl in corner. Dinner, ½ bottle champagne. Read ‘Review of Reviews’. Bed at 11.0. Sherry. Sunday October 12
Stafford Terrace. Slightly foggy. Up 9.oam. At 10.20 got on Marquis & rode over Campden Hill due north-east through Bayswater, Mortimer St, etc. Foggy & seedy people. Past Lloyd Sq. Barnsbury. Park St. Tramways etc. Up to Devonshire Rd. Sky signs. Poverty stricken people. Across Camden Hill. Tram conductor's remarks about horses. Saw Pk Village East. Round Regents Park. Saw Mrs Furniss. Called Furniss. Whisky & soda. Home. Saw Sir Thos Lucas. Back 1.35. Lunch. Fowl. Miss Gill home. Fine lovely day. Not ridden north since 1885 except to Balloon. Changed things & after developed 18 plates, 2 spoilt & others frilled. Mrs Watney & Norman Lockyer called. Mrs Watney stayed 1 hr. Glass broke in the hall. Quiet dinner at home. Sleepy after dinner. Bed early. Monday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Put things in order. Developed plates of Miss Pettigrew etc. At 1.0 photod foot & developed them. At 4.30 got to work on 1 st page Almanack. Put in Toby. Quiet dinner at home. Read after the Tenniers(?) Indian book. Bed 11.0pm. Copy of ‘Prinpia’ sent, £3.0.0 Tuesday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Foggy morning. Fog all day. Worked on opening page Almanack. Began to shade. Worked all day. Sent note up to Abbey in morning. Worked up to dinner time. Bothered about Punch. Mr & Mrs (Gertrude) Abbey, Norman Lockyer F.R.S & Miss Clarke dined with us. Bottle '74 wine. Lockyer enjoyed dinner. Ought to have gone to Ernest Hart's. Carriage out. Did not. Sent Lockyer home by carriage. Fell asleep & slept till 2.0am. Bed. Gun case sent from L & M Rly. Wednesday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Got to work early on 1st page of Almanack & worked all morning, finally finishing at 4.0pm. Sent drawing off. Dressed & walked to Punch Dinner all way. Called Club. Saw Walter Lacy. Bought flower. Punch's Dinner, F.C.B back. Saw Guthrie. Guthrie's book. Good Dinner. Left 11.45. Home by good cab at 12.30. Thursday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Wrote diary & orders for Stores. Many letters. Went for ride on Marquis. Met Mrs Heilbuth & Finlay etc. Agreed to meet Finlay at Reform Club on Tuesday. Home. Lunch. Found letter from F.C.B altering cut. Fine afternoon. Wrote & sent to Stace & got on with cut of Spanish Onion etc. Mervyn in to dinner. Wired to 2 theatres. Finally went to Alexander's Theatre & saw the play of ‘Struggle for Life’. Dull play. Mrs Boughton in box. Lady Monckton. Saw Alexander & Mrs A. Poor 4 wheel cab home. M nervous about carriage. Felt very tired & ennui at theatre. Saw Montague Guest in Park & theatre. Friday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Photod Stace at 10.0am & Jolley for cut of Spanish Onion. After worked hard all day up to 10.15 when finished. M at her mother's. Dined after. So-so lobsters, ½ botl of Ayala '84. Saturday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Tired in morning. Up & put all things straight. At 12.30 walked to top of Park. No one riding. Cab to Club & lunch. Jones & (blank) at lunch. Walked to Lyceum Theatre & saw ‘La Cigale’. Ullmer good. M & Maud there. Out 5.15.
Walk to carriage in Jermyn St. Sent M & Maud home. Bought sausage (German & pork) at Walls. Down home thro' Park. Stopped at Butt's & bought pineapple. Home. M had missed Tabs who had come up to see Governess. Tabs went to Stores. Wrote letters & dined at 7.30 quietly. Rest after. Quiet evening. Ullman's song Oh! Oh! Oh! Sunday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Bath. Wrote letters till 1.30. At 12.0 rode Marquis to Wimbledon. Dull morning. Lunched at Barker's. Arthur there. Champagne. Good cigars. Dr Leeson called. 1030 guineas. Talk of Mr Coghlan & Mrs Fitzgerald. Left at 3.45. Home 5.0. Vernon Watney there. Miss Clarke & sister called. Young Mackenzie. Wrote letters & dined 7.30. Quiet evening. Bed 11.15. Monday October 20 Stafford Terrace. M seedy. Wedding day, 16 years ago. Down 9.0. Dull morning. Wrote up diary. Worked on Almanack. Went for ride. Maud went to see Jarl. (small drawing) Rode Marquis. Went well. Saw Wyndham & Finlay. Home, man doing creeper. Went on with Almanack. Had bottle of champagne for Wedding Day. M not well. Bed early. Sent wine up to Mother. Tuesday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Worked on 2nd Almanack drawing. At 4.0pm M drove me to Reform Club. Looked over Gilray's & H.B's caricatures. After walked to Garrick. Bought flower. Dressed & on to dine at Metropole with Müllers. Sylvinia Rose Innes, young Mike Santly, Mr & Mrs Maggs, Boothes etc etc. Robertsons, Fritz Jackson. Bad dinner. Captain Theresa after. Saw Col North. Whiskey. After theatre went into Empire & on to Garrick. Welch rabbit. Whiskey. Home by cab 1.30pm. Wednesday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Worked on 2nd Almanack drawing. Went for ride in morning. Talk with Stone of little(?) Harrison. Back lunch. Finished drawing after lunch. At 3.45 M took me up in carriage to Turkish Bath. Last of tickets. Weighed 12st ¼ before bath. After 11.13 lbs. Walked to Punch Dinner after. Bradbury, D.M, F.C.B, Arthur, Guthrie, Reed, Milliken. Furniss there. 'What's that you say'. Bought sausages & collared 2 pears. Home by cab. Arranged for dinner at French Ex. F.C.B down on D.M I think. Thursday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Printed photos etc. Wrote letters. After went for ride on Marquis in Park. Talk with Finlay & Wyndham. Marquis went beautifully. Home. In afternoon did drawing of G.O.M as Eagle & Path of Nightingale. (Altered this drawing Thursday 2 Feby 1893. Thought for H.R.H, P.W.) Finished 7.45 & dine with Maud & M. Quiet evening after. Read . Bottle Creasey. Bed 11.30. Men finished creeper. Fanny Barker lunched with us. Sent her in carriage. Mrs Crawford called. Miss Lutyens called. Lunch late. Friday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Kept Jolley & photod self for London Smells & Jolley as monk. Developed & got to work on London 11.30. Worked all day & finished at 10.0. London Smells. Had an atrociously stinking lobster for dinner.
Sent it away. Grilled chicken after. M back at 9.30 from her mother's. Dined 10.30. Cigar & bed after. (Red ink across page: Murder of Phoebe Hogg & her daughter aged 18 months at 2 Priory Street, Camden Town between the hours of 3 & 6 pm. Body found at Crossfield Road, Eton Avenue, 2½ miles away.) Saturday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Put things in order. Heavy wet came on. Could not ride. Put pictures up & tidied all the tools with Maud. Lunch. Went on. Very dark. Barker's Manager called & apologised for not leaving whiskey. At 5.30 Milliken called for tea. Tony. Mother. Had cab on to French Exhibition. Renouard's drawings. Pictures, furs etc. Went on to Welcome Club & saw dinner. F.C.B, self, Arthur à B, Furniss, Lehmann, Milliken, Guthrie & Reed dined. Furniss imitations. F.C.B on Brough putting fire out at Lyric Theatre. ‘He'd damp anything!’. Good dinner. Lehmann left. Nearly choked with coffee. Patted on back. F.C.B sloped off. Dan Godfrey & Who? Left all together, walked with Guthrie in the wet home. Murder at Hampstead. Read paper. Fell asleep & woke at 2.0am. Went to bed. M went to Savoy with her mother in the cart. Sunday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. M on top xxx. Bright sun. Furniss to come 10.15. Went for ride. No Furniss. Down Hammersmith Rd. Came on heavy wet. Turned & home. Put cabinet of pencils in order with Maud. Printed 30 photos in sun. After lunch at 2.35 went for good ride on Marquis up Putney Hill. Edward pased trotting. Round by Barnes Common & Barnes. Marquis went beautifully. Home. Developed the photos & wrote letters after. M read Ingoldsby. Would not go out. Wrote letters & quiet dinner at home. Very cold. Monday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bath. Cold clear morning. Breakfast. At 9.30 rode Marquis to Row. Hard frost. Met Joshua & daughter. Rode 3 times. Marquis fresh. Home. Bright sun. Home. Printed many photos. Birds, self in costume, dogs etc. Lunch. Developed. Tidied. M & Maud went to French Exhibition to see furs. No good. At 4.30 began Full Moon. Skemed cut. Very cold. M back, called on Mrs Watney. Mrs W & mother seedy. Worked till dinner. Quiet dinner. Smoke after & wrote letters. Bright sun without a cloud the whole day. Sent Taff the trout after years. Tuesday October 28 Stafford Terrace. In morning lovely day. Sunshine. Did not ride. Worked on Full Moon. Maud had toy of circus rider at dinner. Quiet evening at home. Whiskey & potash. Wrote for book on Moon etc etc. Intensely cold at night. Wednesday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. (Red ink: Did Lucy's fan in morning up to lunch.) Worked in morning on drawing of Full Moon At lunch pork. At 3.30 M went out for Maud in carriage. Walked at 4.15 to Turkish Bath. (Red ink: Paid new dozen, £1.16.0. Had Bath. Walked to Punch Dinner. Good Dinner. Bad news of Charles Keene. Milliken not there. Left 12.0. Home by cab with 2 pears. Letter about coals.)
Thursday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. Letters from Abbey, Alfred Reed. Wrote letters. After waited for subject from Milliken (Milliken ill). 2 letters from F.C.B at 11.30. Dressed & at 11.55 rode Marquis to Swiss Cottage to go & see spot of murder, Phoebe Hogg, Eton Avenue. Rode afterwards to Camden Town. 2 Priory Street, Camden Town. Back at 2.15. Tony stole lunch. Pork. Finished small cut of Letting off a Cracker. Skemed G.O.M. At 7.0 dressed & drove with mare to dinner at Oswald Crawfords. Sat next to Mrs Lyn Linton & Mrs Chapman. Good dinner. Johnstone the traveller there. Did not know him. Left at 11.45. Home. Talk of murder with Mr Moulton QC. Friday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dark & wet. Wet all morning. Could not photo Jolley for G.O.M until 12.30. Skemed cut. Fashion Plates, G.O.M & Fashion. Mother not so well. M round at her mother's. Finished work at 10.15 & dined. Short bottle Champagne. M's cough troublesome. Slept in chair & bed 12.55. Nov 1890 Saturday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Beautiful bright warm morning. Blues rather. Puppy round. Maud's boots. Sent Jolley for puppy. Put room in order & wrote letters. At 12.0 walked up Park to Club. Lovely morning. Hot & warm. Lunched on cold beef & shrimps. After looked into box at Criterion, ‘Still Waters Run Deep’. Saw Maud & Miss G there. Walked on to Turkish Bath. Had Bath & walked home to dinner 6.45. After took carriage up to Avenue Theatre, 1 st night of ‘Sunlight & Shadow’. M & self near Mr & Mrs Crawford, Mr & Mrs Jeune etc etc. Dr Owen & Mrs Heilbut. After M went home & I went by self to supper with Mrs Heilbut & Dr Owen at Lyric Club. Good. Bad dirty service. Common matches. Drunken old carriage door opener. Out at 1.15. Home by 2.0am. Sunday November 2 S.Terrace. Up. Dull morning. Rain. Got camera ready, worked etc etc. Read Observer & rested. After lunch rode Marquis at 2.45 to Wimbledon Common & round Roehampton Lane same as last Sunday. Escaped rain. Back. Miss Clarke at S.T. Mr & Mrs Müller had called & Sir B.Baker. Wrote many letters. Posted them. Quiet dinner & evening. Bed early. Monday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. M to go to Ramsgate. Jolley bought time table in. Train 11.15. Carriage at 10.45 & M got off. Came on dull weather. After at 11.10 had cab & drove to Brompton. Photod E Pettigrew for Moon drawing. Forgot plates. Sent cab. Talk with Grove. Back at 1.30 by carriage. Lunch. Got on with drawing. At 5.0 dressed to go to dinner at Romano's. Wet. Walked up. Got hot & uncomfortable. Called Garrick. Wash. 25 minutes late. Good dinner. Lehmann, Reed, Furniss & self went to Savoy. Gondoliers. Left 10.5. Empire Theatre. Saw Sulphs Parallologue(?) & Faustine. Garrick. Supper. Stone, Jones, Clowes etc etc. Stayed talking to Kerr until 2.15pm. Home by cab. M very tired. (Red ink across page: Rabelais Exhibition stopped by police.) Tuesday November 4
Stafford Terrace. M woke very tired after Ramsgate. Breakfast in bed. Talked & read to her. Out at 11.30 on Marquis. Saw Furniss, Mrs De la Rue etc etc. Good ride. Back. Developed 18 plates before & after riding. Worked after on Moon. M out in carriage. Mrs Carter & daughter called. Delayed me. Ince sent fur coat & sables at noon. Men doing aquarium, left small one for fish. Worked on Moon. Quiet dinner. Wrote 4 letters after. Snooze & bed at 11.0 sharp & glad to get there. Wednesday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Fine morning. M better. Worked on Full Moon. Dished 25 plates. Man came round to do Photo House. M went for day to her mother's. Mother sent Dr Kelson Millard his money by cheque from me, £14.14.0. At 12.45 rode mare for 1st time since June 22nd. Went beautifully. Saw Peto & Stone etc. Maud's new boots. Home 1.45. Dressed for P.D at 2.0. Worked & at 6.10 started to walk to Punch Dinner. Got on to buss & out at St James's St. Flowers, violets. On to Punch Dinner. Full Dinner. Chaff about Guy. Rounded on Furniss. F sat opposite. Bradbury broke out with F. Went up to talk with F.C.B on title page. 2 pears. Home by cab. Thursday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. Got to work on London & Electric & Steam. Sketched & skemed. At 2.30 rode mare to Wimbledon & Richmond. Skittish. Home by 4.55. Dressed. Worked for an hour. After dinner at home. Mr & Mrs Oswald Crawford, Mrs Watney, Sir Benj Baker, Miss Sylvinia Rose Innes & Mr Stone dined. Great storm & very wet. Dinner a success, bar Mrs W. All left early. Something affected me. Bed 12.0. Great gale blowing in the night. Nana here with baby. Friday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Great gale in night. Up at 8.0. Down. Maud a head. Wrote letters & got to work at 10.0am. Wrote to Morris about Dulwich. At work on cut of London & Electric Railway. Finished at 10.30. Dined. Finished bottle of Champagne left on Thursday. Lobster & bed after 1.0pm. (Red ink across page: Was not satisfied with drawing of ‘London’.) (Red ink: Lord Canteloup drowned near Belfast in Yacht 'Urania'.) Saturday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Worked till 1.30 on Moon. Lunch at 1.45. Cart came & drove Marquis to Dulwich. Picked up B.Morris, 28 Ludgate Hill, at Victoria. Drove on. Good drive. Lovely morning. Got to Dulwich 3.15. Hills. Put up horse & saw Museum. Butterflies & arms etc etc, 2 assistants. Did not see Mr Horniman. Left at 4.35. Got dark. Drove back past trams etc over Westminster Bridge. On to Turkish Baths, calling Walls for sausages. Saw Dr Playfair in Bath. Out at 6.30. Walked to Park. Jolley late with cart. Lights blew out. Bought pine. Home. Dinner. Quiet evening after. Bed 11.30. Xmas number, Burnand sent letter 2.30. Found me out. Sunday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Went for ride at 10.15 to meet Wicks. On to Putney Bridge, no Wicks. Went up hill. 2 girls. Rode over Common & through Park. Home
by 1.15. Lunch. Pineapple. After wrote letters & worked all afternoon on Moon picture. No one called. Dined quietly at home & quiet evening after. Bed 11.0pm. Wrote lines to Wicks. Glass tube broke after washing. Monday November 10 Stafford Terrace. LORD MAYORS SHOW. Up 8.0am. At 12.0 fog came on. Was to have taken M & Maud to show. Decided not to. Drove in carriage to bottom of Whitehall St. Passed police by paper sent by Sir Edward Bradford. Dull foggy morning. On to Punch Office. Bradbury, Lawrence B, 2 girls & Mrs B, Lehmann & Lady Campbell Nokes, Lucy, wife & sister, Arthur, Mrs A & Pat there. Brutal crowd. Hat tossing & women squeezing. Show at 2.30, over 2.45. Lunch. Oysters & Champagne. Left at 3.15. Walked to Knightsbridge, calling at Garrick. Cab home & continued work on Moon. Dinner 7.45. Quiet evening & bed. Sent boy to Suggs for tubes & glass cups. Tuesday November 11 Stafford Terrace. Wire from Hamilton about shoot. Worked on Moon drawing. Got on with it. Put in shading of figures. Nearly finished. Dined in evening at Mrs De la Rue's. Took in Mrs Tate. Good dinner. Finlays, etc etc. Stayed in evening till 11.30. Home. Wednesday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Ena Mackenzie at lunch. Good hair. Worked on Moon drawing. Finished it in afternoon & sent it of. Left at 5.30 for Punch Dinner. Walked whole way. Called Garrick. Saw ring in Attenborough's window. Punch Dinner. No Milliken till late. Left. No subject settled. Talk of Gambia incident. Thursday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Ought to have gone to shoot at Hamilton Fletchers. Waited to hear from Frank. No confirmation of Gambia. Letter about Romer QC. At 12.0 rode mare in Park. Saw Mrs De la Rue & Elsie Thomson. Stayed till 1.30 in Row. Mare very fresh & galloped home opposite Barracks. (Photod Stace for Gambia. Only developed Jany 29 '91.) (Red ink: Frank Romer made a judge.) Worked on drawing of Romer. No good, altered it tomorrow. In evening dined at Metropole, Miss Rose Innes dinner, & on to Gaiety Theatre after. Canon Duckworth, Miss Jackson etc etc, Mike Santley. Went in fly with Sylvinia. Good play. Chapman in box. Mrs Meiggs(?) took M & self home in carriage. Dense fog. Friday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. No letter from F.C.B. Decided to alter cut of Romer. Swain's boy came at 11.30. Had sent Jolley to Brompton Road. 5 wires from F.C.B today about Xmas No. Photod self at 12.45 for Romer cut & reduced Lord Mayor. Went on with cut & finished it with difficulty. Just in time to be late to dine at Tuers. Took Mrs Freshfields in. Slow dinner. Sir Henry Peek. Big chest. Left 11.15. Lady & banjo played ‘Duc de Plaza Toro’. Saturday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Tired. Put room in order & stuck drawing on cardboard to alter. Lunch. At 1.45 walked down to see Charles Keene. Stayed an hour with him. Bonelle Basse. Left. Buss. Girl in buss stared. At 3.45 drove cart to
Turkish Bath. Sausages etc etc. Cart met me, home. Quiet evening. Bed early. Maud went with Miss Gill to Avenue Theatre ‘Sunlight & Shadow’. Bought melon. Failure. Sunday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Went at 10.15 for ride. Met Wicks at 11.0 Putney. Good gallop over Common & ride after, Richmond & home. Talk. Wicks & hat, Oh! Gloves etc etc. Home. Lunch. Worked after all afternoon on Almanack. Did ’Arry cut. Quiet evening. Bed. Monday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Fine mild weather. Worked on Almanack. Finished ’Arry & Diana, 1st cut. Began 2nd. Worked till dinner time. Tuesday November 18 Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: 1st night Mrs Langtry's Cleopatra.) Worked in morning on 3rd ‘Arry & Cleopatra. Finished 2 & sent off by boy at 6.30. Dressed & went to Princesses' to see ‘Cleopatra’. Long play, 8 to 12.20. Got into Sir Geo Chetwynd's chair. Lady Brooke, Lady Randolph Churchill, Sir Charles Russell etc. Left at 12.20. Went to Garrick. Haddock for supper. Chitty & Judge Balon. Home 2.10pm. Bed 3.0. Joe Knight & Rabelais pictures. Wednesday November 19 Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: Death of Lady Rosebery 6.0am.) Up 8.30. Breakfast. Worked on putting new heading to 1st page Almanack. Dull day. (Red ink: Fur coat came home, sable collar.) Worked all day. Felt tired. Very warm. Flies about. Alice called. Finished at 5.30pm. Dressed & found was late. Took buss 2d to Chancery Lane. Boy asleep in bus. Punch Dinner. Weak chaff about Romer. Furniss & pepper. Warner imitations. Stayed till 11.55. Drove in cart home. Called Garrick. Wrote Salamon & Col commanding Guards, Wellington Barracks. Very mild. Maud & Miss G & Coward went Patti. (Red ink: Finished Almanack at 5.45pm.) Thursday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Dull wet morning. Wrote letters. Worked. Wire could not have rifle. Began to skeme drawing Bellona & Stanhope. Wrote to Col Gascoigne & to Lincoln & Bennett. Worked all day & dined quietly. Worked after dinner & up to 12.30 on figure Bellona. Put in sword & shield. Friday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Warm damp day. Boy at 10.30 brought lace coat worth £180 & cocked hat from Lincoln & Bennetts. Photod Jolley with shot gun for Stanhope & got on with work. Worked all day hard & did not finish till 11.0pm. Dined late. Very tired & done up. Bothered with Bellona's face. ( Above photos only developed Thursday Jany 29 '91.) Saturday November 22 Stafford Terr. Up 9.0am. Put room in order & put stars on drawing of Moon. Dressed & rode Marquis in Park. Boots hurt me. Marquis kicked Finlay's horse. Miss Lewis. Rode round Park & home. Lunch. After put room in order & went up by buss to Turkish Bath. Met Noots. Long talk. Dressed & went to dine at Garrick
Club. Sat with Stone. After went to Lyceum Theatre. Met carriage at bottom of street by Strand. M, Maud, Guthrie & self saw ‘Ravenswood’ at the Lyceum. Stokes sent us tea. M & ices. After kept M waiting when looked for carriage. Home by 4 wheeler. Supper & bed. Sunday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Rested. At 11.45 rode mare in threatening weather. Black boots. To Barker's. Mare very fresh over Common. Miss Carter there. Barker's horses influenza. Good lunch, ½ bottle champagne, cigar, & at 3.30 rode mare home through Richmond Park. Great gallop. Girls at Sheen. Delay. Missed Sylvinia Rose Innes. Rested & dressed. Went out to dine at Mrs Heilbuts. Took Mrs Trower in. Dull slow dinner. Ainsworth, Stone, etc etc there. Mr & Mrs Alexander, Corney Grain, Mrs Sington. Slow! Slow! & room awfully hot. Cab home in rain. Went there in brougham. Great S.W gale on Common. Monday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Very tired. Wrote letters & cheques & got away to Ramsgate (sic, he means Ropley) at 1.30 dog cart with Marquis. Drove to Waterloo, calling at Stores for cartridges. Down in train to Ropley with pass from Scotland. Heavy rain & cold set in. Change in weather. Pony cart at door of station. Drove to Brookwood Hall. H & Tabs, dogs & Chicks. Plain house. Cold at night. Felt seedy after dinner. Wine so so. Turn out. Read ‘Catherine of Russia’. Sleep. Fire in room. (Red ink across page: Went down to Brookwood Hall. Great change in weather.) Tuesday November 25 Brookwood Hall Park. Up 8.40. Bath. Turn out. Breakfast. After at 10.10 drove in cart to shoot. Keeper & 5 beaters & mongrel dogs. Got rabbits, few pheasants & woodcock. One rabbit to self after lunch. Good sandwiches. 2 mile walk home. Changed things. Tea. Looked at books. Dinner. Talk & bed. Tabs went off. Curious heap of stones made by Col Greenwood & the true Roger Tichbourne over in old house. Claimant in 1872 could not recollect anything about them. (Red ink across page: Frost set in.) Wednesday November 26 (Red ink: Wedy. M, Chicks, Birds, Mother, Tony & Gillyflower all went to Ramsgate by the 12.15 Charing X.) Brookwood Hall Park. Up at 8.30. Bath etc. At 10.30 went to ferret rabbits. Bitterly cold. Borrowed H's coat. Shot 4. After left at 12.45. Saw Mrs Dutton's horses. Lunch. Curried rabbit. Off at 2.0. Left gun & coat etc. Bitterly cold drive to Aylesford. Freezing hard. Felt cold in carriage. To town. On to Club. Wrote M & Nieve. Saw Sir C.Hall putting down richest man in world, Astor, for Club. Walked on to P.D. In time. Good Dinner. Lucy. Furniss hot about Home Rule. Bradbury's language. Jokes about Ark & Jonah. Felt seedy. Walk with Reed to near Garrick. Clear out at Club & home by cab. Bitterly cold. Fire in Spare Room. Letters. Sleep at 1.30pm. (Red ink: Letter from Hammond about stables.) Thursday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Spare Room. Bitterly cold. Hard frost. Wrote Hammond & M to Ramsgate. Stove alight 1st time. Wrote many letters & looked over photos for Rattlesnake cut. Wrote for Pettigrew. Doubt about drawing. Hard
frost. At 5.0 walked up to Turkish Bath. Saw Heseltine. Talk of Lord Canteloup's death. Jolley brought bag. Dressed & on in cab to William Stone's dinner at Members Mansions. Good dinner & wine. White & Moon (brother of Moon at Watneys) there. Left at 11.30. Cab with Moon. Home. Fire in room. Read paper etc. Bed. (Red ink: Stone's dinner. Partie carrée.) Friday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. 8.30. News of Vernon Watney's engagement. Wrote M & Tabs. Got to work. Coud not have Pettigrew. Very dark & intensely cold. Great snow. Lit gas. Worked all day. Sent Jolley to Stores for sponge & Eno etc etc. Finished cut at 10.45. Dinner by self. Lobster. Frederick Sandys called with Mr Burnand's introduction. Bed at 12.0. Sleep in chair till 2.30. Sleep. (Red ink: News of Vernon Watney's engagement.) Saturday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Overslept till 11.15. Down Breakfast 11.45. Jolley round. Still cold & frost & snow. Letters from Hammond & M etc etc. Put room in order. Could not catch 3.25pm train. Packed things. Rush. Cart at door with mare roughed at 4.0pm. Left 4.30 with 7 bags etc. Called Walls for sausages. On to Victoria. Down to Ramsgate. One other on train. Fly to Prospect Terrace. Dinner. All well. Walked to station for valise. Bed 11.30. Not so cold at night. (Red ink: Down to 5 Prospect Terrace for 1st time.) Sunday November 30 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0am. Bright sun. Cold. Wrote wires to Workman & Edwards. Posted them. After breakfast walked to Margate past Dumpton. Counted 380 church bells. On past Callis Court & on to Albion House where saw Miss Allen. Got dear Roy. Down to station at Margate. Ticket for Tony & Roy. Paper left in carriage. Beer & Cherry brandy at station. Roy home. M surprized. Plain lunch. Cigar. Sleep. Wrote letters. Frank & Conny Burnand came in. Talk till 6.0pm. Wrote letters & diary after. Dressed & went with M & Maud to Burnands' birthday children's party. Not very well. 2 plays. Children good. Saw Hammonds. Distant. Introduced to Johnstone about stables. Mistake. Good night over & over again to Roy. Saw girl home & caught M & chicks up. Dec 1890 Monday December 1 Prospect Terrace. (1st days trial of Eleanor Mary Wheeler.) Roy & self in bed. Down. Breakfast 8.15am. Bright lovely morning. Breakfast. Roy Maud & self left to catch 10.0am train. Saw Roy off. Bought ‘Times’. Young beanstalk Buckmaster. Home. Commenced drawing for Nunn of Lion & Elephant etc. After lunch M & self walked to stables. Found Johnstone had given instructions that he would not let them. Annoyed. Back. M went into town. Got back & worked all afternoon. In evening went into at 7.30 to dine at Burnands. Quiet good dinner. Talk after. M in checked dress. Maud went & was fetched at 9.0. Stayed till 10.30. Talk of stables etc. Home. Bed. Bought hone & brushes in morning. Tuesday December 2 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Dull heavy day. Worked in morning at Lion etc for Nunn. Found by paper that Mary Eleanor Wheeler had been tried 1 st day
yesterday. Made up mind to go up tomorrow. At 12.30 went out to call on Hammond. Found he was in Club. Saw F.C.B. Looked at papers etc. Walked on & talked with Hammond about Johnstone's stables. Agreed to write. Back to P.T. Wrote letter before lunch & to Solomans as well. Posted them after. Walked up to Vintens about gas. Saw clerk. Bought slippers. Back & worked up to dinner time. Dined 8.0. Tired & sleepy after. Did not work. Wednesday December 3 Prospect Terrace. (Red ink: Lord Canteloup's body found. Drowned Novr 7.) Up 7.0am. Dressed hurriedly & snatched breakfast & caught 8.0am train. Boy (Cullen) carrying bags. Up in train by self. Jolley met me with Marquis in cart. Drove to Old Bailey, Newgate, & got in to hear trial of Eleanor Mary Wheeler (Piercey). Jammed up against barrister Rooth. Densely crowded. Women with opera glasses. Phyllis Broughton, Shine etc. Justice Denman. Most impressive never to be forgotten scene. Prisoner impassive. Sentenced to death. Out at 2.40 on in 4 wheeler to Garrick. Saw Beetle & Beerbohm Tree. After smoke, & saw Balfour. On to Turkish Bath. Wired Jolley. Jolley came with vest & collar. Had Bath. Good shampooer No 11. 2 lemon squash. Walked to P.D. Good full Dinner. No Xmas numbers. Furniss on D.M. Silent Lucy. Described trial. Home at 12.10 by cart. No cut. (Red ink: Heard 3rd & last day's trial of Eleanor Mary Wheeler (Piercey) for murder of Phoebe Hogg & child.) Thursday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Jolley round. Waited all morning. No letter form F.C.B. Finished drawing for Nunn & at 2.30 sent Jolley with it to City. He came back at 5.0 with cheque for 20 guineas for drawing. Altered mind about cart. Raining. Jolley drove me up to Garrick. Wired could not call. Nearly run into by hansom cab. Dined at Garrick. Impl pint wine. On after to see ‘London Assurance’ at Criterion. Saw Trowers. Bancroft there. Full house. Out at 11.15. Looked in at Empire. Introduced by Hutchings to Col (blank) chairman. Saw German girls. Out & walked to Beefsteak Club. Sir George Chetwynd, Arthur Blunt etc. Home by cab at 1.10pm. Colder. Friday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Jolley round. Sent him with note to Charing X Hotel to see Johnstone. Came back with message ‘he would write’. Waited about entire morning. No news from F.C.B. Began Vernon Watney's drawing. Sent Jolley to F.C.B at 2.30. Came back. Buckled to & did Dressed Crab & after that another cartoon on Match Girls etc. Finished 11.0pm & dined quietly by self. So so lobster, sent it away. Swain called, could not get Piercey photo. Went to bed 2.0am after looking at 1889 Vol Punch. Tired, very. Letter from Johnstone accepting tenancy of stables. Answered it & wrote to F.C.B. Saturday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Breakfast. Put room in order. Looked out things for Spielmann's cut. Packed. Wrote Spielmann. Ordered cart 2.15. Left 2.30. Paid Emma. Called on Mother at rooms. Saw Mervyn. Drove Marquis. Went beautifully. Called for flowers & fruit etc, sausages, & caught train Charing X. Down to Ramsgate. Met Marsden Cobb in train. Fly to P.T. M well. Mite at F.C.B's. Dressed comfortably & drove in fly to Montefiores. Good dinner very. Took Mrs Levy in.
Friend there. Heard of Farmer's death. Met the Wills's. Home. Talk of murder. Bed 11.30. Mite asleep. Sunday December 7 Prospect Terrace. Fine clear morning. East wind strong. Down 9.30. Took walk along esplanade with Tony. Back. Breakfast. Sent Juggins for envelopes. Went to Club for 1st time. Paid subscription. Telescope. Read Field. Back 11.0, met Robson Roose & wife. Wrote diary. Put up board screws etc etc. Fine lovely morning. Stroll along esplanade. Lunch. In afternoon wrote letters & did water colour drawing of Vernon Watney & Cupid. Maud with me up in room. Worked till dinner time. Brought it down intending to take it into F.C.B's. Forgot it. After dinner walked round by self to F.C.B's. Hammonds & Robson Rooses there. Dull evening. Talk of the Sandwich Golf Club. Heavy sub. Singing, oh! Back home at 11.45. Many goodbyes. Russian cap & coat. Dropped seal skin glove on my way home Monday December 8 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Club. (Red ink: Wrote letter taking my name off the Golf Club at Sandwich.) After back & wrote lettter to Vernon Watney etc. Gave Miss Gill to post. After began drawing for Black & White. Worked till lunch. After at 2.30 went to see horses unloaded after putting M into small cart & Norwegian horse with Mr Wills. Horses down. Lots of luggage. Death of Ella. Met Mrs Wills. M back 4.0pm. Went back & worked on at drawing. Put 2 girls in. Dinner. After M & self walked round to stables. Saw horses. Piquet & Jolley. Cold. Home. Pipe & bed 11.30. Called in at Club at 2.45 or 3.0. Saw F.C.B. Talk of hunting & work. Declined to hunt Fridays. Tuesday December 9 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0. Round Club. After walked round to stables & got on Marquis. Went for lovely ride with F.C.B. Round by Workhouse. Cleve Court & home by Perkins Terrace. Back through town. Left F.C.B. St Lawrence. Wedding there. Home. Lunch. Got on with drawing after tea time. At 2.30 cart came round. Drove M to St Peters. Met Mrs Friend. Called Westwood. Very cold. Westwood oh! so dreary. Tassell cut blackberry creeper. Called S.E Rly for time table. Back thro' town & tea. Got on with work. M read Bartallot. Dinner. Bad attack piles. Rested on sofa. Read & bed after 11.30. Wednesday December 10 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Brilliant bright morning. Breakfast. Ordered horse at 9.45. Did not come. Went to Club. Waited till 10.0 & walked to stables. Got on horse (mare) & rode. Saw Buckmaster riding. Hard frost. Ground hard. Mare fresh. Hardly hold her. Round by Westwood & over by Montefiores. Home by 12.30. Mother out in bath chair. M & Maud drove in cart on Sandwich road. Back 1.35. Dressed. Arranged drawing for B & W & caught (only just) 3.55 train. Jolley took bags up to town. Bitterly cold. Dense fog in London. Punch Dinner. Got out at St Paul's. Carried bags up Fleet Street. P.D. D.M, Lehmann etc etc, Bradbury. Carefully printed Almanack etc. Home by cab 12.15. Hard frost. Lehmann put on my fur coat. Made up 3 cartoons. Swelling in nostril in morning. Thursday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Down. Very cold. Wrote letters. At 10.30 Reed sent book of Mulready's picture Wolf & Lamb. Got to work. Worked on all day. Did not
go out. At 5.0 dressed & walked as far as Hyde Park Corner end of Piccadilly. Took cab to Pagani's. Met Furniss & dined together. Bottle of Burgundy. Waiters looking at Xmas Number. Cab to Pavilion. Saw Hitchings & Swanborough. Passed in. Sandow. Campbell's song ‘Pity to waste it’. After to Empire. Dark girl. Garrick. Talk with Gill about the Marks case. Gosse in after. Rhymes. Left 1.30. Home by cab. Very cold. Fire would not burn up. Minnie Tillie left & Alice Spain came in her place. (Red ink: Swelling in nostril very painful at night.) Friday December 12 (Red ink: Death of Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm at studio Fulham Road between 4 & 5.0 pm by stooping to pick up bust. Princess Louise was with him at the time.) Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Very dark. Down early & on with work on Wolf & Lamb. Worked till 6.30 when finished & sent it off. Dressed in hurry & took cab to Metropole Hotel. Dined with Sylvinia Rose Innes. Bret Harte, Mrs McKinley, Fritz Jackson, Miss Lehmann, Mr Müller, Miss Dash, Mike Santly, Mrs Müller & self. Went to Sunlight & Shadow after, dull. Saw Henry James outside & at fire. Knee dropped asleep standing. Bitterly cold. On to Empire. Saw K.H. Club, Sir A Borthwick washing. Talk with Macdonald after clergyman & Lord Dungarven. Home by cab 1.0pm. Hot fire. Slept till 3.0 in chair. Bitterly cold. (Red ink: Swelling in nostril painful at night. Doubts of going to dinner.) Saturday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Lit fire 2.0am. Bed 3.0am. Slept till 9.0. (Red ink: Terribly shocked with news of Sir Edgar Boehm's sudden death. Read it in Dining Room.) Up & down. Dark gloomy fog. Put photos away & all morning looked out photos for drawing to take to Ramsgate. Lunch & just caught (only just) 3.25 down to Ramsgate. ‘Let me introduce myself Lord Scarborough’ to Westgate. Home. Jolley met me with Marquis. Up & began Hunting Index. Dinner. Quiet evening. Cigar & bed 11.0pm. No glove found. Mare out for exercise, sea shore. (Red ink: Swelling in nostril still bad. Painful at night.) Sunday December 14 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0. Lovely morning. Brilliant sun. Dressed & round to Club. Went on with work on Index all morning. Walk with Maud on Esplanade. Met Weigall. Tony lead. Missed F.C.B. Lunch. Beef. Worked after dinner. F.C.B came up & spoke about work. Went on. Dined. Good pheasant from Rider Haggards. Good pear. After again read Kingsley's Heroes. Bed at 11.0. Sent Jolley for Alkaran & quinine, suspicion of bad cold coming on. 3/6. (Red ink: Swelling in nostril still painful. Discharged 2.0am. Still red.) Monday December 15 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30am. Round to Club. Back & got to work. Finished Index at 6.30 & sent it off by 7.10 train by Jolley. Wrote Swain. Intensely cold. Hard frost. Dined quietly & did not work after dinner. Bed 11.0pm. Wrote letters for Xmas card to ‘Marius Ward’ Hildersheimer & Faulkner. De la Rue, Hildersheimer etc. Raphael Tuck etc etc etc. (Red ink: Swelling in nostril still slightly painful.) Tuesday December 16 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30am. Round to Club. Wrote Swain & Wolman. Letter from F.C.B urging Preface to be done. Begun 11.30 & worked hard all day & up to
3.0am of Wednesy. Finished 2.45am. Walked round to Club for pipe & on to stables after lunch. Worry letter from Bradbury refusing to not include Almanack. Answered it. M sat up till 1.30 & slept on bed. Called round at Club & saw F.C.B about L'Emperior. (Red ink: Swelling in nostril still painful, going away.) Wednesday December 17 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Down nine. Dull heavy cold day. Round to Club. Wrote Cuthbert Reed etc. Back. Did Koch & Bacillus. Sent it off at 2.0pm. Lunch. Letter from Gilbert. Wire from Conny, funeral on Saty of Sir Edgar Boehm, St Paul's Cathedral. Did Punch Hunting & sent it off by the 3.55 train. Tea. Conny B & Mary & Ethel in. Miss G shifted to lower room, annoyed. Another letter from Bradbury. Unlike him. Up & commenced Calendar for 1891. Jolley took both horses exercise. Quiet dinner. Sleep after. M came down 11.30 upset. Bed 11.45. Long time getting to sleep. (Red ink: Swelling in nostril still there.) Thursday December 18 Prospect Terrace. (Red ink: Verdict published in Mark's libel case.) Up 8.0am. Cold raw dull morning. Cart came round at 9.30. Sent it with coat for Roy. Round to Club. Saw F.C.B, Mrs F.C.B & Conny at station. Bought Daily Graphic & home. Got on with Calendar. Roy arrived from school at 11.15 with puppy. Lunch. At 2.20 walked to stables & got on Marquis in knickerbockers & shoes. Rode past Perkins, Nash & Margate. Fire at Grand Hotel. Wall being pulled down. Idiot driving cart furiously at North Down & St Peters. Home 4.30. Moon. Marquis went well. Wrote letter thanks for cards. Got on with Calendar. Dinner. Quiet evening. Bed 11.30. Roy upstairs. (Red ink: Swelling in nostril still there. Fire at Margate Grand Hotel 1.30am.) Friday December 19 Prospect Terrace. (Red ink: Snow blizzard in morning.) Up 8.0. Roy's 1 st morning. Mess in room. Intensely cold. Snow blizzard. Card for Sir E Boehm's funeral. Colour for brougham. Round club. Posted letters etc. Back. Work on Calendar. Wrote Conrad. Back home & worked on Calendar. After lunch walk with Roy as far as shelter with football. Boys sliding. Very cold & snow. Met Mrs Hammond & Mr Buckmaster. After back to get on with Calendar up to dinner time. Quiet dinner. Long talk after about affairs. M & self sat up till 11.30. Bed 12.0. Finally gave up idea of going to Sir Edgar Boem's funeral on account of difficulty as to time etc etc. Saturday December 20 Prospect Terrace. (Red ink: Funeral of Sir Edgar Boehm at St Pauls Cathedral.) Up. Snowy cold morning. Round Club. Old Hunks there. After posted letters to D'Oyley Carte, Tom Sennett etc. Home & got on with Calendar. Thaw set in at 11.0 & heavy rain. Jolley bought hamper from Westwood in cart & cases of wine from Stores. Lunch. Poor. Jane burnt Maud's frilling. Roy & football & new suit. Jolley brought up things from Stores. Work on Calendar. Sleepy after lunch very. Sunday December 21 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Breakfast 9.45. Round Club after. No Sunday papers. Back to P.T & worked all morning on Calendar. Put in outline. Stripes on jersey etc. Drew arms from Jolley. At 10.30pm M, Maud & Roy at church. After lunch
rode round sands 2.15 on mare. Mare tricky. Got as far as sight of Margate. Turned up gap by Abernethys. Mare tore home. New house blocked old ride. Late back. Tea 4.30. Worked on on Calendar. Began shading. Sent note to F.C.B. Dinner. Bott Pol Roger 1884, ½ only drunk. After worked up to 2.0am & finished Calendar. Did it up. Roy woke up & thought it was morning. Went to sleep after. Monday December 22 Prospect Terrace. (Red ink: Frost in morning. Roy's first ride on Chippy.) Up 8.0. M dressing. Mother upset no one going to see her. Cart at door 9.20. Drove in to S.E.Rly. Caught 9.40 train, M went up. Boys at school going home. Back thro' town. Bought Roy's shoes & gaiters. Called Hodgmans & ordered pony. Called Club. Read Times, acct of Sir Edgar Boehm's funeral. Back home. Went on with Black & White drawing till lunch. At 2.5 Roy's pony. Got on & did very well. Round hard, turned back. Met Jack Burnand. On to sands. Roy in canter & trot. Met Banks. Through Broadstairs. Hass & fast horse again. Home. Work. Tea. Work. Dinner ½ bottle Champagne. Chicks. Slept after. Intensely cold. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Dense fog in London M did not get up till 3.45 instead of 12.10.) Tuesday December 23 Prospect Terrace. (Red ink: Eleanor Mary Wheeler (Piercey) to be hanged at 8.0am today.) ( No reprieve, so to be hanged.) Up 8.0am. Looked at watch, exact time Mrs Piercey hanged. Roy in bed. Up 8.20. Breakfast. Club. Hunks. No papers. Back P.T. Darkened boots. Success. Stephen's Walnut Stain. Got on with drawing ‘Black & White’. Jolley did windows. Went to Westwood on horse for holly. Worked in afternoon. At 6.0 Roy & self went to meet M at Ramsgate station, S.E.R. Read about Mrs Piercey being hanged. Train 1 hour late. M back all right, 7.5 pm. Roy & Maud went to Hicks' dance. M & self dined alone. Went up to work after dinner & till they came back again. Put Polar Bear in. Chicks back with Jane 11.30. Bed 12.30. Wednesday December 24 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Club. Breakfast. Worked Black & White drawing all morning. Put Black Bear in. Lunch. At 2.15 Roy's pony came round for 2 nd time. Went along sands to Kingsgate. Hacked Down Point. Back. Roy a good gallop. Met F.C.B outside Prospect Terr. Home. Worked on Black & White drawing. Quiet dinner. Xmas Eve. Rested after dinner & bed early. Thursday December 25 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Went to Club. No one there. Back & worked all morning on Black & White drawing. Lunch. Walk with Roy after. Met F.C.B, little Winnie, Milliken (seedy) Frank & Mr Ready. Left them at a shop in the town. Tony barked. Walked with Roy past Sicklemore's pond. Saw people skating. Investigated brickyard. No good for riding through. Back past coastguard. Bought shrimps. Miss Ross. Back. Worked to dinner. Nose painful again. Dinner. My mother & Miss G down. Crackers. etc. At 9.0 went to F.C.B's. Great dinner there. Hammonds, Charley Burnand & wife etc etc. Stayed till 11.30. Had prizes etc etc. Frank danced etc etc. Would not dance. Friday December 26
Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0. Bath. Breakfast. Club. Round & worked all day on page for Black & White. Nose very painful again. Came to height at night. After dinner M & self & Roy & Maud went to Burnands for theatricals & dance. Very pleasant evening. Mr O'Connell, lots of girls. Nose painful. Danced. Conny, Ethel, Zeta, Maud etc etc. Left at 12.0. Cold going home. Chicks in bed by 1.0pm. Arranged with Borradaile to go to Sandwich. Saturday December 27 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0. Maud seedy. Roy up. Club. Letter from F.C.B. Worked hard all day on drawing for Black & White. Dined & worked after dinner till 12.30am. Nearly finished outline. Sunday December 28 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0. Breakfast. Club. Worked all morning at page for Black & White. Drew from Jolley, hat & black jack. Began to shade. Lunch. Walked with Roy round both Piers. Very cold & not freezing. Work from 4.0 to 8.0. Met M & Mrs Middleton. Dinner. Too tired to work after dinner. Did not do so. Maud a bad cold. Monday December 29 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. No Club. Worked hard all day on Black & White drawing. Lunch. No rest. Milliken in in afternoon to tea. Talk. Finished at 6.45. Packed up & sent it by Jolley. Letter came to ask us to dine F.C.B's. Dressed & got there 7.45. Had sat down. Mr & Mrs Hammond, Milliken & selves. Good mutton. Bitter birds. Lots of Champagne. Game at Race Game after. F.C.B about Spencer, ‘There was an American’. Home with coat & cap at 11.0pm. Bitterly cold M & self. Slept in chair & woke up at 12.30am very cold. Bed. Maud not well. Bad cold. (Red ink across page: Hard frost.) Tuesday December 30 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Bad sick headache. Round Club. Read papers ‘Times’ of yesterday at Club. Webb awful. Old nuisance. At 11.0 back & walked with Roy to Sicklemore's and skated 1st time. Roy better than I thought. Saw pretty Miss O'Connell. Jolley stayed. Walked back with Miss O'Connell. Blizzard. Roy's ears. Woman asked for my coat. Maud in bed all day with cold. Lunch. Hard boiled beef. At 2.45 cart with mare round. Drove to pond again. Squire & nephew there. Connie B, Ethel. Skated. Weigall & Lady Rose. Refused Weigall. Walked to Ramsgate. Colder than ever. Soda & milk. Tea. Put photos up. M read. Dinner. Marrow bones. Bed at 11.0. Tired. Bilious all day. (Red ink across page: Intensely cold wind. Blizzard.) Wednesday December 31 Prospect Terrace. Up 7.45. Bitterly cold. Breakfast. Roy & bath. Cart round at 9.20. Drove to S.E. Up to town, 3 hrs. Very cold. M & self. Dropped M at Albert Hall Mansions. On to Stafford Terrace. Aquarium fixed. Lunch. Put phos away. Wrote letters. Lunch, chop & soft roes. Very cold. After walked up through Park. Saw skaters & torchlight. Bad with P. Called Club. Wrote letters. Canon Bourne, Mrs Watney etc, Bancroft. Xmas box to Cole. Walked on to P.D. Frost giving. Dinner. F.C.B, Guthrie (late) Lucy (late & gout) Lehmann, Reed, Milliken, Bradbury (very bad & in old form) Furniss, à Beckett, Sambourne, Tenniel. Furniss called Bradbury a liar. Unwise. Delay with cartoon. Subject Launce & his Dog for self.
Good night. Stayed on talking with Tenniel Milliken & Furniss. Furniss pessimist pitching in to everything. Heard clock strike. New Year in. Frost giving. Not so cold. Hansom home to Stafford Terrace by self. Home 12.40. Read Shakespeare ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ for Launce & coming race. Bed 2.0am. Sleep. (Red ink: Frost gave in afternoon 1st time for many days.) (Red ink across page: Hard frost in morning.) List of photographs taken on 'Palatine' cruise. Wedy July 2. Thursday July 3 Saty July 5
2. at sea, of sails set. 2. of Pilot. Developed (1 sailor for work) 2. Scenery etc. 2 of Bergen & Empress. 1. Yacht at anchor Esse Fiord, morning. 2. Small boys in boat with flowers (crossed out) 3. View behind anchorage, Esse. 4. Small waterfall going up Sogne Fiord 5. Gudrangen with Victoria at anchor. 6. Gorge looking up Naro Fiord. 7. Church on fiord ‘Bakka’ Naro Fiord 8. Waterfall down mountain Naro Fiord. 9. Boy asleep. Over exposed. 10. Church on hill Vangsnas with clouds, Sogne Fiord 11. Mountain gorge, small. 12. View of small arm of fiord, Boffiord, Lervik. 13. Yacht in shelter at 12.30 at night.
Sunday July 6.
20. (crossed out) Grame Sd, Vilnas Fiord. 19. Norwegian lighthouse. 6½ x 4¼ Stabben Lt. Melle. Skorpen 25. Study of waves. Staarro. 6½ x 4¼ 25. Waves & coast, Faro, Bru Fiord. 26. Wave study before storm. 6½ x 4¼ 30. Ship at sea. Viking boat.
Monday July 7
29. Man in boat in wet. 29. Man at wheel, wet weather. 30. (2) Old Pilot. Goldie, Admiral & man at wheel Yacht's boat going away.
Tuesday July 8
21. 4.0am. View of Molde from sea. 25. Home of Reindeer with ship. 26. Home of Reindeer. 25. Sun & clouds behind mountain ship. 23. Scene on deck. Spoilt. 24. Scene on deck with figures, good sun. 26. Small boat sailing. (illeg)
Wednesday July 9. None. Thursday July 10 30. Boat in harbour Trondjeim
21. Fort 1.30. 22. Ditto with ship. 27. Trondhjem distance.
Friday 11
26. Back of Christiansund. 25. Ship & Christiansund thro it. 20. Boat good. dev. 19. Boat going away. dev.
Saty 12
M & Goldie in boat (developed). Carriole with self in it Scene on road with stone. Scene on road with mountain.
Sunday 13
(Derby). Pointed peak instantaneous. M etc. Sun on water silver clouds moving.
Monday 14
No photos taken at all.
Tuesday 15
7½ x 5. M etc looking up Fiord.
Wedy 16th July
Boats sailing going along Fiord. 2 Views of Bergen coming in. 2 views of German vessel ‘Zagd’. 2 views of Bergen 7½ x 5. Spoilt.
Thursday July 17th 1 view steamer passing. 2. Yachts sailing. 29 Upright. Men taking in sail. 30. View up Hardanger Fiord 21. Hardanger Fiord. Going up (ship) 22. Hardanger. Shade on mountains. Melderskin. 28. Derby. Shade & sun. Hardanger Falls. 19. Goldie. Profile, looking over side. 23. Waterfall cascade. Mauvanger Fiord, Fureberg. 24. Upright with mountain (illeg) churches. View of Lervik, sunset. Fish. Friday July 18.
Saty 19th Sunday 20th
Before breakfast. View of Lervik. Before breakfast. View of Lervik church. View of ditto with small lens. Scene on deck for cut. Background ditto. 2 snapshots for life at sea on deck. 4 Elsinore. Tycho Brae Island.
Fort coming in. Monday none Tuesday July 22
2 snaps at sea. Evening.
Wedy 23
4 or 5 clouds 2 small ships. Midnight sun. 2 figures ditto.
Thursday 24
Castle Vaxholm Ship with timber. Steamer. View of Stockholm. one other.
Friday 25
On shore 2 of gardens. 1 small Derby of gardens. 1 ship & view of Stockholm.
Saty 26
1 Derby of sailors.
Sunday 27
2nd sailors. 1 of self on deck.
Monday 28
1 large (illeg) naval cutter. 1 ditto on boat. 2 small ditto.
Tuesday 29
2 (illeg) leaving Stockholm. 1 Derby of ship (illeg) fogged. 2 upright ships. 1 Large Vaxholm. small house with boat. View of entrance Sweden large, 1 distance.
Wedy 30
2 waves & 1 ship
Thursday 31
4 of Cronstadt. 1 spoilt. 1 Grain. 1 St Petersburg. 1 Dutch ship.
Friday 1st August. None. Saty 2
1 Dutch ship & School(?) Mine 1 Large Dutch ship.
Many at St Petersburg. Sunday 10th
11 photos at Meserino. Mixed.
Soldiers, Gardeners, Cottagers, Church, Inn. Children. Tovilla etc. Wedy 13th
2 or 3 of St Petersburg going away. Man o' war & Cronstadt Fort & (illeg) Up with man (illeg)
Friday 15
2 whole plates of waves.
Saty 16
1 of Ljugard.
1891 Two loose sheets of notepaper with dates for starting and finishing work on the Almanack drawings each year, in Sambourne's handwriting. These run from 1882 to 1891 and have clearly been collated from diary evidence. Addresses in front pages of diary: Miles Bernard, 5 Chartwell Street, Fitzroy Square, W. Barr, Fk. 8 Hans Road, Brompton, S.W. Aylesford, 2 Redclyffe Road, S.W. Bonvoisin, Maurice, 72 Boulevard Malherbes. Coal Owners Association, 87 Euston Road, N.W. G. de Ayala, 41 Seething Lane. Dodd, Albert, 13 Jameson Street, Notting Hill Gate S.W. Graham Lillie, 2 Jermyn Street, S.W. Findlay, George Esq, Genl Manager & Secys Office, The Highland Railway Compy, Inverness. Ada Fletcher, 24 Hardcastle street, Peckham, S.E. Maud Easton, 18 Auriol Road, West Kensington. (Leslie Ward's model) Montague, 17 John Street, Bedford Row W.C. Macgregor, Archibald, 126 Campden House, Peel St. Manning, Katie. 34 Jervis Road, Lillie Rd, W.Brompton. Mrs Millett, c/o Mrs Stephenson. Linley, Arthur, 19 Hamilton Road, Ealing. Barnard Morris, Genl Advertising Offices, 203 Strand, W.C. Miller, 10 Upper Hamilton Terrace, N.W. Jones, Capn Adrian, 147 Church Street, Chelsea. Price, Louie, 2 Goodson Road, Lillie Rd, Fulham, S.W. Permarck, B, Hotel Pavillon Imperial, Boulogne. Orwin, Dr G.W, 15 Weymouth Street, Portland Place, W. Pettigrew, Etty, 7 Musgrave Crescent, Walham Green. J. Bernard Partridge Esq, 11 Marlborough Road, St John's Wood, N.W. General railway station, Station Superintendants Office, Perth. Robert MacLagan. Dr Karl Schneider, 14 Cavendish Road, Regents Pk, N.W. James F.Sullivan Esq, Durlaston Road, Wimbledon S.W. Sutherland, Skibo Castle, Sutherland. Miss F.Walford, 98 Gloucester Road, Regents Park, N.W. Store Ticket 1891: 109636. Article on George Cruikshank Aug 1863. John Leech, Apl 1865 by John Paget, Bar at Law, Blackwood's Mag. Railway addresses: James Thompson, I.D.Lacy Esq. Caledonian Railway Company, Genl Managers Office, 302 Buchanan Street, Glasgow. The Highland Railway Company, Genl Managers & Secy's Office, Inverness. Fred Dougall Esq, Genl Manager.
Jan 1891 Thursday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.oam. Darkish. Not so cold. Slight thaw. Expecting M from her mother's at 11.30. Put on thick drawers & got Emma to photo for Launce & his Dog. Developed with great difficulty. At 12.30 M came round. Barrel of oysters sent from Rules. M & self had 2 doz for lunch. M round to her mother's after. Wrote letters. S.R.I. to Paris. Got to work. Launce & his Dog. At dusk chimney of lamp broke & put me out. Emma could not find another. Wrote letters to Swain & for another. After dressed & took cab to 58 Albert Hall Mansions. Dined with Mother, oysters from self. Conrad there. Talk of Boehms etc etc. Cab on to Drury Lane. Called at Club. Liqueur of whiskey. Dull pantomime very. Next Jew boy that rides. Beauty & the Beast. Lady Dunlo, stick. No Payne or Laurie. Back to Empire Theatre. Saw M.B. On to Club. Only Marshall & another. Welsh rabbit & home to Stafford Terr 2.30am. (Newspaper cutting glued in, to the memory of Professor John Marshall. 1 January 1891.) Friday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Got to work on Launce & his Dog. Dense fog all day. Gas alight all day. Boy brought 3 tubes from Sugg. Swain wrote he had no extension of time from Black & White. Worked all day & up to 10.45pm. Finished. Dinner. Oysters. Bed. Read Water Devil in Scribner's magazine. M did not come round. Saturday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dark & foggy breakfast. After put things away & looked out materials for Dancing Girls. Finished 12.0. Put dress things up & took cab after lunch on two hot soft roes & ½ Perrier champagne to call on M & Mother. Cab on to Turkish baths. Left portmanteau. On to Bassano's. Selected photograph. After to Van der Weyde. Business woman like Mrs Parr. Mistake. Van der Weyde came in. Down in cellar. Looked over sack photos. Very hot & stuffy. Curious man like a Super. Selected in 1¼ hour a lot. Van der Weyde cut out most. Up to his room & bored by trashy drawing of Fame. Out. Heavy rain. Cab to Royal Academy. Old Masters. Fur coat. Chaff by Mrs Stone. Many friends. Parker etc etc. Brett Smith of Bristol Museum. After heard of poor Charles Keene sinking. On to Turkish baths. Saw Alfred Watson. Man fainted. After to Reform Club. Osgood & Black's dinner. Osgood, Abbey, Black, Parsons, Carr, Guthrie, Colin Hunter & self. Good dinner. Lost at first at poker £4.0.0. Got it all back + £3.0.0 to good. Left 2.15. Cab home by 3.0am. Letters. Chuckles. Bed. All right. Sunday January 4 Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: Death of Charles Keene.) Birthday. No one remembered it. Emma woke me 8.45. Up in great hurry. Slight head only. Dressed & put things up. Breakfast. Sent for cab at 9.15. Delay & much annoyed no cab. Never came until 9.50am. Too late for S.E Rly. Very much put out. Emma whimpered. On to P.O.O. Refused wine. Called at Mansions. M waiting. Waited for ½ an hour. On to Victoria. American girls going south. Cabby grumbled at 3/-. F.C.B tired. Passed M down. Thaw & sloppy. Talk of Eton. Ramsgate 1.20. Roy & cart there. F.C.B took M home. Lunch. At 2.30 rode to Minster & round by pond.
Home. Began to freeze again at night. Wrote many letters. Dinner, crackers. Mother down. Maud's menu & sketch. Sleepy after dinner. Bed 11.0pm. (Newspaper cutting glued in: In Memoriam, Charles Keene, died 4th January.) Times Jan 4 '95. Monday January 5 Prospect Terrace. Hard frost again. Down 8.30. Breakfast, sausages. Roy went with Jolley to Sicklemore's pond. Club. Adjusted skates. Walked on towards pond intending to skate. Met Roy & Jolley. Up to room. Printed many photos. Glorious sun. Bright & warm in room. Lunch. After Roy & self went & played 2 games of billiards. Whiskey. Should not have taken it. M called, F.C.B had sent message. Home. Wrote letters & orders. Tea. Began drawing for Black & White. Dancing Girls. Dinner. Awful smell of green water. Roy very noisy. Up. After felt seedy. Smoke. Snow came on. Walked round to F.C.B's at 9.45. All there. Rosie playing violin. Talk of C.K. Left 10.30. Home. Cold wind. Read Montague Williams' book. Bed 11.20. (Newspaper cutting glued in. In loving memory Charles Keene.) 1898. Tuesday January 6 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. M not slept well. Roy excited about skating. Club. Saw people looking, life boats coming in. Round home. Roy & self went on pier. 2 colliers had been in collision. Broadstairs lifeboat came in saving crew. Tony. Back club. Beautiful leading article on Charles Keene in 'Times'. Home. Up in room. Wrote diary. Proof from Swain for drawing of Black & White. Altered proof & packed it up. After walked with M & lunch to pond. Roy there. Eat lunch on pond. Good. Sausages & mince pies. Shared with Miss O'Connell. Gingerbread. Stayed & skated till afternoon. Walk back with Roy. Worked. Wrote in snow with Roy. Skemed Dancing Girls. Quiet dinner & evening after. Bed early. (Red ink: Capital afternoon skate on Sicklemore's pond. No Maud.) Wednesday January 7 Prospect Terrace. In morning after breakfast went to Club. Saw F.C.B's fly. Walk down to train. Conny, Zeta & F.C.B there. Lowering snow clouds. Said I should not come up to dinner. Back. Worked in morning on Punch. Did small cut of drawing a badger. Packed it up. Sent lunch by Jolley to pond. Roy there. Miss Gill & Maud had left. Found my lunch had been stolen or eaten by a dog. Stupid Miss Gill. Maud's first skate on the ice. Altered my mind as to going to town. Walked back & had tough steak at home. Changed & caught 3.55 train. Went up comfortably to St Paul's. Subsequently found must have lost flask out of travelling bag in train. Out & walked to Punch dinner. Bradbury better. Lucy ill. Good dinner. No Furniss. Milliken, Tenniel & self talked him over. Left 11.0 & home by cab to Stafford Terrace from Punch door. (Red ink: Bad skate. Lunch stolen on Sicklemore's pond.) Thursday January 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Breakfast. Work by 10.0 after letters on drawing of Burns & Burns Ghost. Lunch. Decided not to dine out. Had quiet dinner by self & ½ bottle wine. After took cab to Empire Theatre. Bothered by Claude Watney. Saw K.M. Talk. Went to Club after & on to Hare's dance. Hare performing The Pair of Spectacles at Sandringham for H.R.H. Good party. Man with peculiar tie & head of
Whistler hair. Took Miss Hogarth down to supper. Talk to Mrs Perugini. Good hard dance after with Zeta. Chaff of Joe Carr & Parsons about fur coat. Left with Fildes 2.45. Slow crawling 4 wheeler. Home 3.30. Bed tired. Sent boy for skates to Haymarket. Friday January 9 Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: Funeral of Charles Keene.) Up 9.0am. Breakfast. Work by 10.0. Found I could not finish drawing. Wire from Polly. At 12.0 dressed. At 12.40 started for Charles Keene's funeral. Got in omnibus. Met Fildes. Bought black gloves at Hammersmith. On to funeral, Fulham cemetary. Near Forbes Winslowe's old asylum. Completely cleared off the face of the earth, raquet court & all. All flat at funeral. Saw Swain, Thomas, Armstrong, D.M, Guthrie, Furniss, à Beckett, Tenniel, Schutz Wilson etc etc. Fildes, Marks, Heseltine. Brother (a handsome man.) No Bradbury, Burnand or Agnews. Stallion at hearse. Intensely cold. Hats off. Left 1.40. Home 1.55. Canon Ainger officiated. Lunch & went on to finish drawing. Worked hard all afternoon. Finished 6.0pm. Walked Oakfield St. Typhoid fever, 7 weeks. After back & on to Parsons to dine. Terrapin dinner. Joe Carr, Frank Millet, Colin Hunter, Padgett, American partner of Osgood, & self & Parsons. Cards. Poker. Box of good cigars from Harrison. Lost £2.0.0 poker. Parsons won £10. Intense cold. Left 2.30 with Hunter. Back 3.0am. Furniss's funny little dress Capt. (Red ink: Bitterly cold in afternoon.) Saturday January 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. Breakfast 9.40. Caught the 11.15 to Ramsgate. Intensely cold. Came down in carriage with Mr W.G.Rawlinson. Pleasant talk. Mr R renting Chatham Convict Prison after a friend who used to shoot with him. On to Thanet by self. Lunch & pipe Ramsgate. Jolley met me. Carried bag. M & self walked to Sicklemore's. Got there 3.0pm. Mite & Roy skating. Skated. Left 4.0pm Maud & self, walked home. Roy & Cuthbert followed. Met Mayhew on horse. Dinner. Wrote many letters before dinner. Quiet evening after. Tired. Bed 11.0pm. Maud's new skates tried by M & Roy. (Red ink: Skated on Sicklemore's pond.) Sunday January 11 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Heavenly morning. Breakfast. Club. Rounded on by Hunks. After back. Printed many photos & developed 100. Brilliant sun. Roy off with Cuthbert B to skate at the Dykes past Sportsman. Lunch. Roy & Cuthbert late. Maud self & 2 Middletons walked in afternoon past brickfield & cliff. Through brickfield & on to cliff's end. Met Harry & Frank Burnand. On to Dykes. Tony on drift ice. Intensely cold coming back, moustache froze. Tea. Harry Burnand & wife in. Up. Smoke & worked on Dancing Girls. Put in musical figures. Dinner. Bottle champagne. M needlessly alarmed. Cuthbert to dinner. Bed 11.0. Miss Gill forgot gas. Monday January 12 Prospect Terrace. (Red ink: Change in the weather. Warmer. Thaw.) Up 8.30. Club all to self. Sent Jolley with Maud's boots & skates. Maud & Roy went to ice. Worked on Dancing Girl drawing. Quiet evening & dinner. Bed early. Change in the weather. Much warmer & rain. Ice began to thaw. Told Jolley to get mare roughed. Just too late. At 1.0 drove mare down to ice with lunch. Roy & Cuthbert gone off to lunch. Maud would keep on. Ice sloppy. Got worse. Mare back at 2.0.
Drove home. Saw Mr Buckmaster & Mr Borradaile. Home. Roy & Cuthbert off spending money. Had flys etc etc. Ethel & Zeta smoking cigarettes. Cuthbert's last day. (Red ink: My last day's skate on Sicklemore's pond.) Tuesday January 13 Prospect Terrace. (Red ink: Thaw continued.) Up 8.30. Club. M had chaffed about our being all right. Thaw & much warmer. Worked on Dancing Girls. Saw Cuthbert go off to school. Walked to stable with Roy after lunch. Rode Marquis. Roy on Chippy. Jolley, Roy & self went for ride on Sandwich road. Saw young Middleton. Back again because roads were so bad. Only 1 hour. Wednesday January 14 Prospect Terrace. Round to Club. Caught F.C.B at door. Said I would go up. News in St James's, Keene left £30,000. Did cut of Hound & Scent. Caught the 3.55 train up to town. Walked to Bouverie Street. No Bradbury. Arthur in his place. Lucy at dinner. Got cut of St Bernard & Chaplin. Tenniel astonished at Charles Keene's leaving £30,000. Burnand wanted me to do small cuts of self & lunch. Refused. Good dinner. Cab home from Punch office. Back 12.30. Furniss brought trashy letter on Charles Keene & took Tenniel & Milliken's advice about publishing it. Hooted down. Thursday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Got to work early on cut of Chaplin & St Bernard dog. Worked all morning. Was to have dined with Fildes. At 2.30 Fildes came round & put off dinner. Stayed an hour & I went on with drawing. Worked on till 8.30 when I finished the outline complete. Dined quietly at home & took cab after to Empire Theatre. Saw K.M. No one else. Girl with glasses. Walked on to Garrick Club. No one there. Glass of whiskey & potash & home early by cab. Bed 1.0am. 1 st night of the Dancing Girl at Haymarket. Ought to have gone. Friday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up early & got on with drawing. Invite from Sir Frederick Leighton to dine next Thursday. Worked all day & wired to say would catch 5.15. Did so. Down to Ramsgate. Man in fur coat with cold. Got out at Margate. On home. Quiet dinner. Bed after reading Hist Napoleon III. Finished drawing at 4.0, St Bernard dog & Chaplin. Could not make railway lamp work in carriage. Wired Reeves at Victoria. Found they had sent Bristol Board after all. Saturday January 17 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0. Club. Bitterly cold, one of the coldest days in year. Worked in morning & all day on Dancing Girls. Snowed hard all afternoon. Middleton in to tea. Quiet dinner & evening. Bed early. Read Napoleon III. Began dancing girls on fresh cardboard fom Reeves. Transposed it. Put brown paper round etc & began fair & square. In afternoon put in Modern Girl in ink. Sunday January 18 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Breakfast. Club. Worked & did photos in morning. After lunch Maud self & Roy & young Middleton, Gilbert I think, went as far as Sportsman. Cold very. Wind & snow. Saw 2 sledges. Home past Sicklemore. Snow on pond. Boys shied at Tony. Worked in afternoon. Quiet dinner. After walked round to F.C.B's. Mr & Mrs F.C.B at loggerheads. Talk of 'The Dancing Girl' also of
Kerr. Home in snow. F.C.B all right. Bed 11.0. In afternoon drew in Spanish Girl on Dancing Girls. Monday January 19 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club. Maud weepy about ice at breakfast. Fixed her skates all right at 10.0am. Roy would not go back to ice. So small on pond. After lunch played billiards with Roy. Mrs Burnand asked us to dinner. Bitterly cold. Dined quietly at home. Quiet evening & bed early. Began Egyptian Girl on Dancing Girls. Tuesday January 20 Prospect Terrace. Great thaw set in. Up at 8.0. Wind S.W. for 1 st time for 2 months. Saw fishing boats go out. Flocks of them. Disgusted with cut of Dog. Tore it out & wrote Swain at the Club. Worked all morning at Dancing Girls. After lunch Roy self & Jolley went for good ride to Butts at Margate & back. Roy rode famously. Jolley let the mare go lame at starting. Roy & Maud & tea at Middletons. Worked on Dancing Girls. Dinner 8.0. Quiet evening. Read Napoleon III. Bed 11.30. Finished Egyptian Girl & indicated Assyrian in Dancing Girls. Wednesday January 21 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0 Packed things & caught after breakfast the 10.0 train. Club. F.C.B & Harry in train. Up to town. Bright sunny morning. Quite a change in weather. Victoria. Home to Stafford Terrace. Lunched there. Packed bag & sent boy on to Turkish bath with bag. Walked up by self past Serpentine. Good ice. Met Marcus Stone. Pretty girl in Piccadilly. Bath. Dressed & after to dinner with Dr Martin at 24 Suffolk Street. Vernon Watney, Thring, Ryle, Newton, Foot, Wallop, Claude, Richards, Department, Dr Martin & Cobbold & self. Good dinner. Too much wine. On to Punch dinner. Saluted by forged letter in Morning Post of today. Off with Furniss to see Mr Moore at Morning Post Office. Saw forged letter. Back to Bouverie St. Wrote letter to Morning Post. Got instructions for cut. Called Garrick Club. Saw Beetle & Tom Thorne. Got bag & home at 1.30. Not well. (Red ink: Article forged letter in 'Morning Post'.) (Red ink across page: Dined with Dr Martin. Very good dinner. Never saw him again, died of influenza in May 1891) Thursday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Down. Headache & felt very seedy. Poor breakfast. Got skates out. Put brass screws in heels. Took cab to corner of Serpentine & skated in enclosure with Ryle from 10.45 to 1.0. Serpentine ice very good. Chairs all round. Roughs indignant. Saw Sydney Holland & wife. Long talk. Pretty girls. Fat French boy. Frenchman & old lady. Talk of Sandow, arranged to photo him next Thursday. Left 1.0. Called Barkers, 3 bottles brandy. Home. Lunch. Headache came on. Men doing glass in Drawing Room from Ewarts. Dirty feet. Worked. Began work again & did outline of Knife Grinder, Gladstone & Parnell. At 5.30 went to Oakfield St. Back 6.0. Got violets & hat ironed. Home. Dressed leisurely & walked to dine with Sir Frederick Leighton. So so dinner. Something upset me. Sir F. Leighton, Herkomer, Pearson, Bloomfield, Parsons, D.M, Harker, Stokes, East, Stanhope Forbes, L.S, Abbey. David Murray, Val Princep. Japanese prints etc. Stayed till 12.15am. Home with Parsons. D.M took cab. Freezing hard. (Red ink across page: Dined with Sir Frederick Leighton.)
Friday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Woke 7.0 feeling very seedy. Up. Sick. Something disagreed with me at Leighton's dinner. Down. Poor breakfast. Very seedy all morning. Better by noon. Worked on Knife Grinder, Gladstone & Parnell. Ordered fish & pudding for lunch. Lunch. Got drawing done by 4.30. Packed & caught 5.15 train. 1st real mild day. Lots in carriage. Down to Ramsgate. Jolley met me. No cart. Blew him up. Met Squire. Home. Quiet dinner. Read Roy Tom Hood's Double Entendres. Poor appetite. Quiet evening & bed 10.30pm. Swain sent Hood's Poems. Saturday January 24 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Diary sent. Club. Sent Jolley back for mare. Wrote Bradbury. To thank Letts for this diary. Also Nunn & M.B. Mare. Got on back. Went for 1st time to meet hounds. Wet. Saw Buckmaster at Mount Pleasant. Rode back. Wet. Met M & Tony at corner of Crescent. Home. Ethel B there. Got Roy & went round to tailors with him. Back. Photos. Began diary after tea at 5.0. Went on with drawing, Dancing Girls, till 7.0. Dinner. Roy & Tom Hood's poems. Quiet evening. Read Ancient Egypt. Paid Jolley's book with £1.10 in gold. Bed 11.45pm. Slightly colder at night. Drew Assyrian Girl in Dancing Girls. (Red ink: Leading article in Saty Review on letter in Morning Post. Sunday January 25 Prospect Terrace. Most lovely sunshiny morning, not a cloud in sky. Up. 9.0am. Breakfast 9.15. Roy & Tom Hood's poems. After to Club. Article in Saturday Review about letters in the Morning Post. Back with Roy. Printed & developed 75 photos. Lovely morning. After dressed & went for walk with M & Roy to the East Cliff. Saw Mr & Mrs Wills & two nieces. Over Wills' house, very good. Marble floors. Burnt mill. Back to lunch. After walked with Roy to stables. Mounted Marquis, Roy bringing Mick home. Ride to Marks's house. Surly Yokel on footpath St Peters. Good ride. Home. Mrs Burnand there. Got to work from 5.15 to 7.15. Dressed. Hurry. Burnands to dinner. Champagne. After H.B, M & self walked round to F.C.B's. Robson Roose there. Talk of Norway & also article in Saty Review. F.C.B tired. Back 10.45. Read Napoleon III. Bed 11.30. M cold. Monday January 26 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bathed Tony. At 9.30 Club. Gave Mayhew cheque £3.3.0. 10.0 got on horse. No pony for Roy. Down to Hodgemans. Got pony. Across to Birchington. Meet hounds. Out for 1 st time since Dec 8th 1890. My first day season 91. Left Roy. Went back for him. After he followed hounds on Chippy. Marquis kicked Chippy & narrowly missed Roy. Roy rode beautifully. Small field. Lots of hares. Left off 1.40 at mile below Mount Pleasant. Home with Mayhew & Buckmaster & Roy. Lunch. Changed. At 2.45 played 100 up with Roy. Old colonel. Maud drawing M in drawing room. Wrote diary. Worked till dinner time. Quiet dinner. Roy & Maud played duet. Roy's hands swagger. Bed 11.30. (Red ink: Roy's 1st ride after hounds.) Tuesday January 27 Prospect Terrace. Lovely morning. Breakfast. Club. Wrote letters. Jeune made a judge. Jolley round. Annoyed about application for gas for 1888. Got to work. Hindered with printing photographs. Did 40. Spoilt ten by heat. Lunch. Played 2
100 games. Roy beat both. Back & worked till tea & after to dinner time. Did not ride. Ordered cart for Hammonds. Dressed & drove in rain to Hammonds. M wanted brougham. Wet. Dined. Slow dinner. Chaff of F.C.B & M. Mr & Mrs Hammond, Mr & Mrs F.C.B, Mr & Mrs S, Mrs Harry Burnand & Mr Hammond's brother dined. Silver cigar case after. Mrs Burnand mistook Professor for Charles Keene. Left 10.45. Jolley brought mackintoshes. Home. Saw Mrs Harry across road. Too much whiskey. Fell asleep till 12.30. Bed. Wednesday January 28 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0. Roy's last morning. Round Club. Played 1 100 up with Roy. Masher in room. Back at 1.15am to work. Roy practicing. Back home worked & developed some photos. Roy Maud & Miss G for walk. Lunch. Dressed after & had dog cart round at 2.50. Drove with dear Roy to school. Wet came on. Saw Miss Allen. Roy talked of Club. On to Margate station. New station master. Carter died in May. Up to town. Read by candle. Napoleon sort of groom got in at Chatham. Walked to Punch dinner. Anonymous letter about the forged letter. No Bradley or Furniss. F.C.B, Guthrie, Lucy, Reed, Milliken, Arthur à B, D.M, Lehmann, self & Tenniel. Good dinner. Talk of Priapia. Left 11.30. Home to Stafford Terrace by cab. All right at home. Knife sent by Morris. Bed 1.0am. (Later note: I met Morris in a bus. Wed Apl 19 1899.) Thursday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Woke at 6.50. Ten up. Tidied things up. Breakfast. Went into photo hut. Developed 10 plates taken Nov 13 & (blank) of Stace in schoolmaster's cap & gown & Jolley in minister's coat. After wrote letters & pressed photographs. No news of photos from Swain. Lunch. Put out. At 2.30 last moment boy came. No news of photo of Mr Justice Jeune. Sent boy with wire & cab. Rushed off & caught 3.25 train Victoria. Saw F.C.B & wife. Bought mags. Read 2nd part of Water Devil. Good. Down by self in train. Very wet. Jolley met me with cart. Put out. Home. All well. Commenced drawing of India & Lansdowne. Worked up to dinner 8.0pm. Straight up & worked till 12.0. Read California in Scribner. Bed 12.30am. Friday January 30 Prospect Terrace. Up early & got to work. Worked all morning & found I should be pressed for time. Great rush. At 2.0 & 6.0 portraits of Jeune came in. Very hard up for time & finished Lord Lansdowne & Russian bear & India 6.50. Jolley took drawing & caught train. Won't do it again. M read to me. Dinner & bottle of champagne. Quiet evening afterwards. Read Century. Bed early. Saturday January 31 Prospect Terrace. (Red ink: 1st night of English opera ‘Ivanhoe'.) Dull wet morning. Club. Wrote Pollock Buck. M in room with me. Printed Mephistopheles photos & put in 2 figures in drawing Dancing Girls. Worked till lunch. Annoyed cart did not come up. Came 2.50. M & Maud went for drive. Dressed. Hurry. Cart back 3.50. Drove to station. Saw Squire. Hurry & blew Jolley up. Carriage to self to Westgate. Proprietor of hotels at Westgate got in. Bought Bench House & St Mildred's. Amalgamated. Old spinster left Westgate. Victoria. Cab to Garrick. Bought gloves & flower. Dined & changed coat. Arthur Blunt. Goose & Harcourt & Eel. Cab to English Opera. Long Que. Late. Saw F.C.B & Mrs B, Mr & Mrs Moore. Lord Sheffield
would not give up seat. 1st night of Ivanhoe. Fat Ben Davies, Col Routledge, Rudolph Lehmann. Late out. No tune in music. Saw Mister Gab & Matilda. Very wet. Walked to Club. Uneasy about foot pads. Club. Joe Knight. Jew talk about India. Bancroft. Long talk to Gill. Anecdotes about Higginson & Mrs Whyte Melville. Mrs White Melville married man who had £6500 damages against him out of £10,000 for promise of marriage. Lost stud. Gill stopped it. Talk to Salamons about Fletcher disappointed not having house. Left Club at 2.25am. Cab home, 3/6. Cab man helped me in with portmanteau. Read Nineveh. No fire. Bed at 3.30. Feb 1891 Sunday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.45. Up 8.15. Slight head. Bath. Took photos out of press. Breakfast. Put photos away & selected others for Ben Davis etc. Sent Emma for cab. Knocked corner of cabinet. Cab up 10.20. Drove to Victoria. Dull morning. Got violets of old woman. Saw F.C.B & Mrs B. Down to Ramsgate. Saw Hawtrey. Also recognised Churchward at Faversham had not seen him since 1866. Wallie Edonia(?) in train. Talk of last night's opera etc. Jolley met me at Ramsgate. Walk home. Changed. Lunch. Birds out. Rode Marquis to Margate past Westwood & Stokes' farm. Met dear Roy. Sheepish. Saw Mr Edwards for 1 st time. Rode on across country past Digby to Ramsgate. Met Cooper at Mr Willis's house. Home. Conny Burnand at gate. Blew Jolley up about not having flask. Tea. Colder. Wrote diary. Dined quietly. Oysters. After dinner M & self went round to F.C.B's. Good evening. Mrs B asked us to dine tomorrow night. Back. Bed 11.30. Monday February 2 Prospect Terrace. Up early. Club. Wrote letters & cheque to Daveson. Wrote Vinten would stay for Feby. Going back met Mr Johnstone. Pleasant fellow. Jolley round with mare. Annoyed about flask not being mended. Dirty sandwich box. Got on mare at 10.25. Jack B round with note. Called F.C.B. Met Mrs Hammond (could not ride man ill.) Hacked across country thro' Manston to Hengrove. Joined by Chard's coachman. Picked up F.C.B, Margate Rd past Nash. Hare got up. Found another & splendid run 1 hr 5 minutes. Mrs Gay. Hare killed. Horses done. Found again & off another ¾ hour. 2nd hare killed. Another got up near hounds. Mayhew gave me cherry brandy. Eat lunch & home. Left mare. M & Maud had been for drive. Maud drove 1st time. Pudding. Changed. Did photos. Drew figures in Dancing girls. Note from F.C.B. Mother not well. M & self went round & dined at F.C.B's. Good dinner & A1 pheasant. Talk of Montague Williams. Home 11.0. Read Pall Mall. Bed 11.45. Tuesday February 3 Prospect Terrace. (Red ink: Vernon Watney married.) Up latish. Jane very late. Fire half lit. Bath. Bundle of photos down from Barraud. Maud delighted. Club. After wired Vernon Watney. Wrote Swain. Rounded on Hanks. Back. Saw Roy's suit. Good. Worked on drawing Dancing Girls. Photos printed. Read part of Old Beans in Scribner. Began drawings for illustrations to Ivanhoe. After Maud back in cart with Mary B from taking Roy's box. Roy a saint. Bad mutton for lunch. Bates over from Westwood about Mother. Worked in afternoon on Ivanhoe. M read & finished Old Beans. Tea. Could not set clock going. F.C.B went up to dine wih H.R.H at Garrick. Billy Russell's dinner. Wrote diary & worked till dinner. Jack Burnand &
Connie Burnand in to dinner. Good. Quiet evening. Very sleepy afterwards. Effect of ride. Bed at 11.30. Tired. Wednesday February 4 Prospect Terrace. Up early. M woke 5.0am. Bath. Worked before breakfast on cut for 'Ivanhoe'. Breakfast. Decided not to go up to Punch dinner. Pens from Ormiston & Glass. Finished drawing & sent it off by 10.0am train. Jolley doubtful about getting trap ready. Round Club. Read 'Times'. Funeral of Meissonier. Back. Finer morning. M & Maud went for drive. Letter from Vernon Watney. Married yesterday. Worked & did 2 drawings for Ivanhoe. Sent 2 nd off by 3.55. At 3.40 rode mare thro' St Laurence to Margate past Nash. Saw swan hung up at poulterers. Much colder. Saw dear Roy. Looked awfully cold at football. Back by North Down. Cherry brandy at Captain Digby's. Back to tea. Ethel & Maud at P.O. Willis called. Worked on drawing of Sir H Jeune. Miss G squalling awfully. Champagne at dinner. Wrote Parsons & Mrs Fildes. Sleepy after dinner. Bed 11.0. Maud did not dine on acct of Ethel Burnand. Thursday February 5 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0. Breakfast. Club. Acct of 'Black & White' in Times. Back & got on with drawing of Jeune supported by Neptune Cupid & Probate. Worked till lunch. M & Maud drove to Westwood. Met Mrs Hammond, astonished at Maud's driving. Lunch. At 3.40 rode mare past Westwood & Shallows & Callis Court. Broadstairs. Home. Man hollered near Broadstairs station. No notice. Gillyflower changed up to room upstairs. M & Maud tea at Goulds. Sent Jolley with note to F.C.B. No cartoon. Quiet dinner ½ bottle champagne. After dinner lay on sofa ½ an hour & after worked from 9.30 to 11.30am. Finished Jeune & packed it up with miniature. Bed 2.0am. Wrote this. Friday February 6 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull morning. Dressed for hunting, down 9.10. Birds. No letters. Club. Wrote Stores & Spielmann. Back. Got on mare 10.30. Rode thro' Ramsgate to Westwood. Meet at Star Inn. No Tassell. 25 mounts. Found hare at Nash. Saw F.C.B. Great run. Birchington & back 45 minutes. Hard going, killed hare in garden of little cottage near the Margate cemetery where I often ride. Horses done. Mare went splendidly. Old Ashurst capped for Phillips 5/-. Very pretty woman out, Mrs Brown from Westgate. Long talk with Mayhew. Saw F.C.B. Talked of 'Black & White' being like 'Punch'. F.C.B out of the hunt. Back. Came on rainy & misty. Left hounds at 1.35. Home at stable 2.10. Back to lunch. Small portion of rice pudding. Worked. Did 2 drawings Ulrica & Friar Tuck for Punch. Saw them off by 7.15. M at Warres to tea in afternoon. Dined quietly at home. Dressed crab. Did not go to Burnands. Slept. Read White Chief. Bed 12.15am. Saturday February 7 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. breakfast. Letters from Stafford Terrace one from Parsons cannot come. Club. 'Times'. Home & got to work on Dancing Girls. Worked all morning & up to lunch time. At 2.30 Jolley bought Marquis in saddle instead of cart. Developed photos. Sent Marquis away. Very sorry after, ought to have ridden. Dense sea fog all day. M & Maud went to Nordens & Burnands. F.C.B sent Lockwood's letter. Lunch. Marquis round in saddle at 2.30 instead of cart. Mist all day. Sent Jolley for exercise instead of riding. Very sorry I did after.
Developed a lot of photos after lunch. After put in Turkish dancer in Dancing Girls. Dressed. M not up. Dinner. M & self went round to F.C.Bs after dinner. Black & White came. Disappointed with Furniss’ drawings. Young Roose played banjo. Mrs Charley Burnand playing Hop game. Mrs Burnand asked us to dinner tomorrow. Home 11.15. Bed 12.0. Dense fog in London. Sunday February 8 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. In morning before bath put out 60 photos to dry on bed. Breakfast. Club. Read case in Times, Malladew(?) versus Lawford Hotel. Home. At 10.30 mare round. Rode with F.C.B & Charley B round past Montefiore's, saw Wills & wife, Broadstairs, Northdown, Westwood & home. Back 12.30. Saw Mrs Burnand & chicks. Met M. Jolley running. Walk with M & Maud. Lunch. After worked on Dancing Girls. Put in India. M read Black & White. At 7.0 dressed. Dined with Burnands. Wrote to ask Millets. Good dinner. Mrs B, Dr Robson Roose, Conny, F.C.B, M, young Roose & self. Corked wine. Ethel waited. Songs after. Tambourine. Walked back. Mrs F.C.B down on F.C.B. Read South Sea Islands. Bed 12.0. Monday February 9 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30am. Dull foggy morning. Round Club. Drew cheque for Vinten £18.18.0. Put wrong date. Sent back paper to the Stores etc. Decided not to ride with F.C.B. Back in room & worked all morning. Put in Indian Dancing Girl etc. Printed sepia Manning nudes. Maud drove mare to Westwood with Ethel B. Lunch. After at 3.0 rode Marquis round by Park House, Latham Tomlin, Shallows, North Down, highest point monument, Abernethys. Cherry brandy at Captain Digby & home by Montefiores. Saw girl's school. Tea. M had periwinkles. Worked till dinner time. Wrote Linton. Barraud etc. Maud & Miss G at Convent for play, Gondoliers. Dinner. Awful smell of onions. Irritable, unaccountable. Gillyflower's harsh laugh. Read South Seas. Snooze till 11.30. Bed 12.0. Case of Sir Wm Gordon-Cumming cheating at cards in evening paper. Tuesday February 10 Prospect Terrace. Up early. M in bed. Jolley came in at 9.0 for sandwiches. Round Club. At 9.45 started, walked in brown boots to stable. Gardener helped me on Marquis. Hacked without a break from Sicklemore's to past Mount Pleasant. Passed by Chard girls. Caught up Phillips. On to Sarre. Fresh landlord, name Poinden. Borradaile & Miss Hollingshead in phaeton. Changed horses. Pretty Miss Brown of Westgate. Rum. Jumped mare into hop sticks out of road. Followed Collard jumped 5 hurdles. Poor day in & about St Nicholas. Too many hares. Left off at 1.30. Talk to Brown of Norway & to Butterfield of Russia. Home past Cleve with Butterfields. Caught up Mrs Hammond by mill. Mare queer. Home. Found after was a sore back. Rosy Burnand at Prospect Terrace. Mother anxious of hunting. Maud at Convent. Worked after on Dancing Girls. Put in Irish girl & Scotch. M read Spiritual Wires & Punch in bed. Dinner. Changed books. Bottle champagne. Bed 12.0 sharp. Wednesday February 11 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0. Went round Club. Wrote letters. Back. Heard F.C.B go up. Printed sepia photos. Put in girl ballet dancer in Dancing Girls. After dressed & then began 'The last shoe' or Late for the Meat. Left in cart after Maud's drive
with Zeta. Caught 3.55. Saw Conny & Zeta seeing Mrs Burnand off. Up to town. Train punctual. Went to Holborn. Cab to Garrick. Saw Millais. Walked to Punch dinner. No Bradbury. Beautiful notice paper from Perth. Furniss all there as usual. Ford Evans broken his leg. Good dinner. Long time knocking out cut. Irish cars. Stayed till 12.0. Cab on to Garrick. Sent him off. Went into smoking room. Irving, Tree, Kerr & many actors there. Hannan. Talk to Irving's musical director. Sat talking to Kerr. After welsh rabbit. Very full. Left 2.15. Home 3.15. Bed. Read Pitcairn Island. Tired. Looked through letters torn up & burnt. No news. Thursday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slight head. Bath. Down. Developed sepia bath photos. Failure of some. Bad paper. Put photos away. Sorted things. Finished Lockwood's sporting 'Cast Shoe'. Lunch. Dressed & caught Granville to Ramsgate. Saw Wills at station. Down by self. Jolley met me with cart. Mare has sore back. Broke saddle on Tuesday. Brought down whole plates etc etc. Tea & worked 2 hours till 8.0. Skemed Yankee serenading Canada. Dinner. Tired. Slept after heavily. Bed 12.0 exactly. Friday February 13 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0. Club. Back home. Worked all morning & afternoon on drawing of Yankee seranading Canada. In all day. Got drawing off by 7.15pm train. ½ bottle champagne for dinner. Saturday February 14 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club & back home. Marquis round. Mounted & rode to meet at Manston. Marquis so-so. Saw Montague Williams. Turned back & in to Mrs Hammond's & rode with her to meet. Many there. Mrs Cobb & daughters. Rode to find hare. Marquis restful & pulled. Little run to Quex. Left hounds & came in to them again. People coursing worried hounds. Left after glass of beer with Mrs Hammond & home. Lunch. In afternoon worked on D.G. Quiet dinner & bed 11.30 after being drowsy. Burnand up in town. Sunday February 15 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Down 9.0. Club. Back breakfast. Neither rode nor drove today. Worked all morning on Dancing Girls & printed photos. At 12.15 dressed & went out on Parade. Met Maud & Miss G. Walked up & down. Home. Back. Saw M coming from church. Walk. Saw young Hare & young Bancroft at gate. Lunch. Worked all afternoon on Dancing Girls. Quiet dinner by selves. Bed early. Monday February 16 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0. 1st lovely bright morning. Warm west wind & bright sun. Club. Times. At 10.0 Jolley round with Marquis in cart. M, self & Maud drove to meet at Mount Pleasant. Marquis not too fresh. Saw Collard, Cobb, etc etc, Martin Thompson. Stayed ½ an hour. Walked & back home 12.10. Printed photos & worked D.G. In afternoon drew principal dancing girl in & from M's foot. Quiet dinner. M (with great reluctance) & self went round to Mrs Burnand's after dinner. Burnand not down. Played game with Conny & Zeta. Back 11.0. Felt languid. Splendid 2nd no Black & White. (Red ink: Lovely bright sun, SW wind.)
Tuesday February 17 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0. Very foggy in morning. Put photos in frame. Round Club. Letter from Scotter. Wired F.C.B about mistake in Lockwood's cut, The Cast Shoe, & wrote him also. Back, worked on Dancing Girls all morning. Delayed by printing photos. Put finishing detail in. M & Maud went to Westwood with mare. Sore back. M got laurels. Worked after lunch D.G. Put flowers & musical instuments in. At 3.40 rode Marquis past Granville. Met young Hare & Jack B & Hare's friend. Walked through Broadstairs & across by Tower House. Home along King Street by 5.10. Tea & worked till dinner D.G. Maud languid at dinner, had played tennis at North Buckmasters. Read American book after breakfast. M sleepy. Bed 11.55. Wednesday February 18 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.15. Foggy morning. Club. Home & wrote letters deciding not to go up to town. Went on with drawing of Dancing Girls for B&W. Worked up to lunch & after on figure of girl with double pipes. Shaded. Mess at work lunch time. Better after. Worked up to 6.0 & then began for 'Punch' Queen & Water Babies. Dinner. Ethel & Mary Burnand here. Noisy. Read Scribner story of buried girl. Quiet evening. M drowsy. Bed 11.30. Mr & Mrs Hammond in at Burnands. (Red ink: Very foggy in morning.) Thursday February 19 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club. Drew cheques for H.R.Johnstone & Vinten & wrote letters.. Back home & worked all day on drawing for 'Punch', Queen & Water Babies. Heard that Arthur Blunt had come down with F.C.B. Miss Warre called. Dense fog all day. Printed K.M & L.P photos slowly. Quiet dinner at home. Maud down. Decided not to work after dinner. Changed things shaved & walked round to F.C.B. Arthur Blunt there. Talk & music. Rosie & Zeta playing hop game. Talk of cut of Queen & Water Babies. Took key & home 11.45. Fell asleep & woke 1.30. Bed. Sent Jolley with cheques to Johnstone & Vinten. Mrs Burnand asked us in to dinner tomorrow. (Red ink: Very foggy in morning.) Friday February 20 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Foggy morning. Round Club. Back to work at 10.0. Worked all morning on 'P' drawing, Queen & Water Babies. Also printed double photos of K.M & L.P. Sun came out. M & Maud drove to see Roy at school. East wind. Back. 2.0pm. Roy looked cold & pinched. Worked all afternoon & finished drawing Queen & W.B for 3.55 train. After did Tyre & Sidon girl for Punch. M & self dined at Burnands. Arthur Blunt there dressed. Good dinner. Larded pheasant. Stayed till 10.40. Home. Bed 11.30. Drew cheque for Vinten & & Compy. Meet at Westgate station. Could not go owing to work. Wrote above at 11.30pm after coming home from Burnands. (Red ink: Very foggy in morning.) Saturday February 21 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club. Gave Jolley instructions to go for dear Roy. Back. Worked. Printed photos. Worked, put in shading of girl with bagpipes. Worked all morning up to 2.0pm. Lunch. At 2.20 Roy turned up. Lunch. Went down to Page’s to order wine. Selected £1.10.0 worth. Back. Roy & self to Club. Met F.C.B & Arthur B. Roy & self played 2 games of billiards. Roy beat both Hicks & men in Club. Kept Jolley waiting ¾ hr on Marquis. Decided not to ride. Felt
seedy. Upstairs & work. Worked. Put in Scotch girl's face & wreath of lute girl & face. At 7.30 down. Mr & Mrs Burnand & Arthur Blunt dined with us. Good dinner. Leg of mutton A1. F.C.B & wife left 11.0. Arthur stayed till 12.0. Talk. Sandwiches. Slept with Roy. M & Maud slept together. Bed 12.30. (Red ink: Roy home. Very foggy in morning.) Sunday February 22 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.30. Roy sleeping in bed. Bad cold. Up in room. Round Club. Rounded Hanks. Illustrated papers. Back. Bath. Still in room. Worked Dancing Girls. Put in shading of Ballroom girl. After at 11.30 mare round. Rode her 1st time since sore back. Went so-so. Went for ride past Mascalls & Northwood Villa & across Dumpton & by Granville. Home 12.50. Changed & walked on Parade with Roy, M & Maud. Saw 3 Graces. Back. Met Arthur Blunt. Lunch. After worked 1 hr. Arthur called & he & Roy & self went for long walk with Tony. East wind. Girl with wonderful red hair. Walked along sands to Dumpton Gap. Telegraph House. Roy & chalk. Left Arthur at Granville. Walked home. Tea. Worked till dinner. Dressed. Dined at home, Roy, Maud, M & self. Oysters. etc. After M & self went round to F.C.B's. Montague Williams & Mrs Lawson there. Talk of Gordon-Cumming, Arthur Blunt. Roy home music. Home 11.40. Saw Mrs Lawson home. Smoke. Bed 1.0am after sleep in chair. (Red ink: Very foggy in morning.)
Monday February 23 Prospect Terrace. Woke early. Roy in bed. Up. Roy's cold little better. Breakfast. Jolley round early to know about taking Marquis to Eastry. Sent him off. Very foggy & intensely cold. Caught the 9.40 S.E. Saw Butterfield going. Came across Cobb at Minster. 3rd class, would not go. Out at Sandwich. Saw Jolley at stables. Curious hoar frost on trees like flaked salt. Very foggy. Went on to Eastry. Butterfield caught me up. Meet. Saw drunken Scrimageour. Bad brown hat. Smell of water. Sickly inhabitants. Peto came up & introduced me to Julian Sturgess. Marquis excited. Talk to Perkins & Mr Mayhew. Little girl thrown off pony. 'He often does it'. Left at 12.40. Rode into Sandwich 1.10. Went round town. Van nearly drove into me. Out & over bridge. Invited to ½ way house. Had biscuits & cheese. Home at 2.20. Bit of lunch & up to work on Dancing Girls. Went on with shading Greeks. Dined quietly & worked after dinner. M read to me Strand Magazine. Bed 11.30. (Red ink: Hunted with East Kent. Dense sea fog.) Tuesday February 24 Prospect Terrace. Up early. Club. Back & went on to work on Dancing Girls. Shaded the principal figure & drew in legs & shoes shaded from M. Did not like them after all. Worked hard all day. Quiet dinner. Headache rather. Decided to walk round to F.C.B's. Did so. Arthur Blunt there. Little or no music. Halma going on. Felt tired. Very cold & foggy. Dense fog in London. Back home at 11.0pm straight. Intended to go to Ebbs Fleet & M to drive to meet but prevented by fog in morning. Jolley came up with trap & Marquis late. Walked ½ way to stables at 9.45 & turned back. M drove mare at 2.30pm. Jolley went to meet on Marquis. (Red ink: Dense sea fog.) Wednesday February 25
Prospect Terrace. Up early & got to work on Dancing Girls. Finished Irish girl & redrew from M the legs & shoes. Got it right. Lovely bright hot sun. M & Maud drove Marquis. Saw Arthur Blunt out of the window. Doubtful about going up to town but decided to do so. Drawing up & packed photos & room straight. Dressed & Arthur called for me at 3.40 in fly. Cold but bright & clear. Caught the 3.55. Funeral party. Changed carriage to Victoria, end carriage to selves. Talk going up. Reading lamp. At Victoria took cab to Garrick & left bags. On to Bouverie Street PD. No Bradbury. Tenniel seedy & not there. Cut of whale & spout. Made sketch. Stayed till 11.45. Left with Guthrie & Furniss. Called Garrick & stayed there till 2.30. Joe Knight, Routledge, Wyndham, Bouchier etc etc. Left by cab with bags. Home 3.0. Not very foggy. Letters. Bed 3.15. Tired. Thursday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Slight head. Put things in order & sorted photographs. Got to work on Dancing Girls & worked away. Wired Blunt should catch Granville. Wire fom Blunt saying later train. Found after could not finish drawing & collect detail for boxing guns so wired M could not go. At 3.45 finished Dancing Girls & sent it off by boy. At 3.0 tracings sent by Sir Edward Reed of 35 & 110 ton guns. Skemed it after going out & wiring. Dined 8.0. Cab to Redclyffe Gdns & home. On to Empire Theatre. Many there. Pink Hats. Club. Saw Sterry & Leslie Ward, Brookfield etc. Wrote letter. Had bacon & eggs & home by cab 1.15 Stafford Terrace. Intensely cold & nippy east wind. Foggy. (Red ink across page: Finished the Dancing Girls. Was not published until week ending June 11, 1891.) Friday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up early. & got on sharp with drawings of two guns fighting. Worked rapidly. Wired to Blunt twice. Caught Granville. Slept all way down. Jolley met me with mare. Went to Club & wrote letters. At 7.0 dressed & had fly on to the Granville. M & self dined with Arthur Blunt. Quiet good dinner. Oyster patties good. Could not smoke till 10.0. Uninteresting couple, builder & wife. Strolled home 10.35. Blunt came in. Bed at 11.30. Tired. Not much appetite for dinner. 2 bottles of Pommery. (Red ink: Fog left. Weather broke in evening.) Saturday February 28 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Jack Burnand came in at breakfast time. Club. In morning put things straight & printed many photos of 2 girls. Lunch. After at 2.0 photod Rosie Burnand for Roman & Ethel Burnand hair. Bothered with photos. Jolley went to Westwood & got laurel & bay leaves. Back 11.0. M & Maud & Ethel & Arthur Blunt on sands. Ethel lost boat. Lunch late 1.45. After at 3.45 rode Marquis to Margate past Drapers Arms & past Westwood & Stokes. Saw H Toke boys. Back by Abernethys' & also across Broadstairs where man hollered on Thursday Feb 5. Home. Wrote Emma. Tea. Dressed & at 7.45 Arthur Blunt & Mr R(illeg) E.G.Banks dined. Good dinner, 2 bottles Ayala 1874. Banks talked of leaving Ramsgate. A.B sang all evening. Good. Miss G obtrusive. Maud sent to bed. Too bad. B left 11.15. Slept & woke up 1.40am. (Red ink: Lovely clear bright day.) Mar 1891 Sunday March 1
Prospect Terrace. Most lovely warm spring morning. Up 8.45. Breakfast 9.10. Club. Letter with estimate from Nash. Back. Developed black prints of photos. Many printed too dark. At 11.45 rode Marquis round Vale & along past farm & Hannans & by Montefiore cliff. Back. Rode up to end of Parade. Met Montague Williams & Sorby & M.W's dog F(illeg). After walk with M & Maud. Saw Miss Chards. Met Blunt. Lunch & after did over photos again. Blunt called & went on to Granville. Back & had tea. Out with Maud & Arthur B. Walk to Pegwell. Dreary. Dreadful Westcliff Terrace. Sweets & flowers at Baingers. Tony barked. Pleasant walk. Back 6.30. Wrote diary. Room very hot & stuffy. Wrote letters etc. Dinner. After M Maud & self went round to F.C.B's. Pleasant evening. Arthur Blunt sang many songs. Bessie Hollingshead there. Tea in arbour etc etc. Home 11.0. (Red ink: Wind SW. Hot & spring like.) Monday March 2 Prospect Terrace. Round Club. Sent Jolley with note to F.C.B saying could not ride. Round home. Printed photos all morning in sepia 2 girls draped. M & Conny B drove to Mrs Abernethy's. After photod dear Maud as Spring with flowers round head. Took 10. After went for ride on mare to Margate. Through Margate & across diagonal path to Perkins's, after past Nash & on to Margate. Mare very fresh & galloped. Saw Marsden Cobb. His little son ill. On pony. Back home & wrote letters & began Spring & squared up. Photos (a cut). Conny Burnand in to dinner. After felt sleepy. Got up & put brown things on & walked round with her to 18 Royal Crescent. Met Jack at gate. Very warm. Talk to F.C.B & Arthur Blunt. Left at 11.15. Blunt on to Granville. Arranged to go to meet tomorrow. Mr & Mrs Hammond in at 18 Royal Crescent. (Red ink: Thermometer 59° today. Difference of 21° tomorrow.) Tuesday March 3 Prospect Terrace. Fine morning but great gale of wind. Jolley in in morning for orders. Walked after Club & round to stables to get dog cart. Drove home. Took up M & Maud & drove to Sandwich & meet at Mill. Awful dust & wind. Rain blowing. Mrs Gay passed us in dog cart. Got to meet. Saw Squire & Arthur Blunt. Blunt met Marsden Cobb 1st time after 35 years. Cold. Bad hunting day very. Evil looking youth in tam o’shanter. Pottered about. Jumped 1 fence. Young Petley on fast young horse. Joined by youths & mounted several. Left at 2.0. Had lunch. Passed thro Sandwich. Saw at 2.35 Squire H in my cart & Arthur Blunt walking home. Rode up behind them. Shortly after M & Maud in dog cart went by. Very cold & awful wind. Walked on with Squire & Blunt. Had biscuit & cheese ½ way house. Scrimgeour drunk drove past flicking horse. Walked as far as Ebbs Fleet. Jogged home. M at Burnands. M felt sick & went to bed. Had dinner by self with Maud after reading 'Times' in Club. Did not go out after dinner. Bed early. Met Weigall at Club. (Red ink across page: Great gale & cold wind. Dreadfully dusty. Drove to Sandwich to hunt. Saw Scrimgeour for last time. Sold up shortly after & disappeared.) Wednesday March 4 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0. Club. Missed F.C.B. Dullish morning. Back. Sent Jolley on Marquis to Blunt & with letter to Rosie Burnand. Got room ready & at 12.0 Rosie round to sit for hands with laurel. Put room in order & dressed. Jolley came & carried bags. Arthur Blunt in train to Margate to call on old ladies. Up in time to
H.V. Called Club & on to P.D. William Agnew there looking well. No Lucy. Heard it was Mrs Jeune's at home. Went to Kensington & dressed & late at Mrs Jeune's. Saw Sir Rd Temple, Mrs Alexander etc. On to Covent Garden. Got in. Met Montague Guest, Claude Watney etc. De Lacca asked me up to Gus Harris's box. Met Sir Spencer Wells. Introduced to Lady Cardigan. Charming. Pretty blue girl in forget me not dress got 1st prize. Sir Somers Vine & partner, Dr & pretty wife. Edmund Routledge, Willie Wyld etc etc. Up & down. Weedon Grossmith & yankee friend. Harry Payne in domino. After had supper next Miss Billington. On 'Daily Graphic'. Silly story of Black & White. Very nice. Glad to get rid of her. Danced with doctor's wife. Left at 4.30. Cab home 4/-. Got out at barracks. Home & bed 5.0am. Just getting daylight. Latest night since marriage. (Red ink across page: Bal Masqué at Covent Garden Theatre.) Thursday March 5 Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: Lovely day in town.) Up 10.0am. Head on after Ball. Dozed. Wrote M. Very little breakfast. Skemed drawing for Gendarme and Book maker. Saw Nash's foreman & foreman plasterer. Very little lunch. After at 2.30 Emma helped me with photos of self for Gendarme & Betting man, also Pirate being stabbed. Developed them, 6 photos. At 4.30 took cab to Turkish bath. Bought papers & flower. In bath read Indian story & Quarterly. Margullah of Spins(?). Out & cab on to Costers. Met Boughtons, Stones & Dewey. Good dinner. Talk with Marcus S after. Boughton amusing about D.Murray. Left 10.50. Home by cab. Redcliffe Road. Bed. Lovely fine day. Bright sun & light on new screen in matchboarding. Sat next Miss Macnamara at dinner. Maud dined at the Goulds. Her 1st dinner out. (Red ink across page: 1st photograph from new screen in yard.) Friday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & got to work. Did 2 drawings, Gendarme & Book maker & melodramatic literary pirate. Finished one 7.15, other 10.0pm. Fine day. Thermometer 65°. Small fire. Dined at 10.15. Slept in chair after from 11.0 to 1.0. Bed sharp. Whisley & Apollinaris. No champagne. Did not go out all day. Saturday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Breakfast 8.30. After took me 2 hours to put photos away till 11.45am. Sent round to Nash. Boy came with costume. Bag key twisted & had to send it to Nash by Emma. Developed 1 box of photos taken of Maud & Rosie Burnand. Out & finished putting photos away. At 4.35 started for Turkish bath. Got in buss. Rainy. Called for paper & got flower. In bath at 5.30 exactly. Met Delarue & Mocatta. Talk & out. Dressed & on to Aird's dinner. Very wet. Left bag. Sat next Fildes. Very good dinner. Perrier Jouet 1878, 34 Port. Great cigars. Talk with Marks & Spielmann & Woodall. Left with Fildes at 1.0. Burnand still there. Home 1.15. Very wet. Cab went up Argyle Road & down Phillimore Gds. (Red ink: Rain began 3.0pm & went on all night.) (Red ink across page: John Aird's banquet for R.A's & Punch.) Sunday March 8 Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: Rain all day.) Up at 8.15. Very wet morning. Slight head on. Bath & down to Breakfast. Put bags up & started intending to walk to Met Rly. Met cab at corner of Argyll Rd & on to Victoria. Looked at advertisement. Met young Aird. Introduced to his wife. Going to Cannes. Saw Spencer Brunton &
Mr & Mrs Algy Bastard. Also man that hunts with Queens. Or Bird? Which? (Red ink: Graham) I think Bird. (Red ink: Johnny Graham & also like (illeg) of (illeg)). Also Mrs Langtry & smart tiger. Down to Ramsgate. Very wet. Jolley met me. Home. All well. Gun boat off the harbour. Sent boat ashore. Printed photos. Lunch. Wrote up diary. At 4.45 rode mare round by Perkins & past Hengrove through Margate. Along sands to Life Boat station. Captain Digby. Past Marks's house, Montefiores & home. Beautiful grass all ploughed up at Dumpton Gap. Mare exceedingly sluggish. Home 6.20. Tea. Got wet. Maud & Miss G at Halma. Wrote letters. After quiet dinner at home & bed. (Red ink: Burnand dined at Alfred Rothschild’s.) Monday March 9 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast & Club. Back & printed photos & developed those printed yesterday. About noon great gale came on from the east north east with heavy snow. Kept on all day & got worse. Proved to be the greatest gale since Jany 18, 1881. Worked & began drawing for Good Words. Put in figure & sheep lambs etc etc. Birds next. Skemed it. People outside could hardly make headway against the gale. Quiet dinner & bed early. Did not ride or drive. Sent Jolley over by train to see Roy & take chocolate cakes & 2/6. Roy well. (Red ink across page: Great gale from the east N.E all day with snow from noon. Greatest since Jany 18, 1881.) Tuesday March 10 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Round Club. Snow a foot on the ground. No papers. Wrote letters. Hunks there. Back & got on with drawing for Spring, 'Good Words'. Cold morning. Bright but more snow about. Ordered cart. Put things together & left in cart by mare & caught 3.55 train. Great snowdrift along the line. Began to snow heavily again at 4.10 & went on all way up to town. Guard told me had been all night in train snowed up near Teynham. Up to Victoria. Snowing hard. Cab to Club & changed things in dressing room & took cab on (calling at Jermyn St flower shop) to Royal Institute. Dinner. Sat next Charter. Strange name on wine. Very slow. Linton, Willie Wyld, Justice North, Agnew & Quilter spoke. Saw Gilbert. No R.A's. Left at 11.30. Went to Garrick in the snow. Saw Jones, Gill, Knight, etc. Whiskey & welsh rabbit. Home by cab 1.30 with portmanteau. Snowing heavily. Cabby put portmanteau in. Gave him 4/s. Fire & bed 2.0am. (Red ink across page: Great snow storm all over country. Royal Institute Banquet.) Wednesday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slight head on. Men painting lavatories. Lots of snow about. Blew man up about not covering up marble etc. Sent him for dusting cloth. Worked in morning & afternoon on the drawing of Spring for 'Good Words'. Put in flowers, pigeons & birds etc etc. Clouds. Lunched quietly at home. Good chop. At 5.0 walked to dinner through Park & past Club. Saw bronzes at Macfarlanes. Put field boots on on acct of snow. Need not have done it. Saw Butte at Club. On to Punch dinner. No Lucy. Agnew there. 'Our friend Furniss'. Acct of Furniss's address at Nottingham. Talk to Milliken about Black & White. No Mackintosh at Club or Bouverie St. Freezing hard. Horse got along with great difficulty. Home. Bother to light fire. Very cold. Bed at 1.0am. Read Scribner for 10 minutes. In afternoon went up in loft & was amazed to see strange gun case
belonging to F.S.Worthington. (Red ink: Gun by E.M Reilly & Co, Oxford St. 24963, 24964.) Thursday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Woke up 7.45. Down breakfast & got to work & finished drawing of Spring for 'Good Words'. Nash's foreman called. Instructed him about paint & back yard. Got things together & after lunch caught the Granville down to Ramsgate. Young man in train left book 'A day will come'. Cut my finger with clasp knife. Shocked to see death of Mr Middleton in St James's Gazette. Cart met me at station. Home. Conny B & Bessie Hollingshead at Prospect Terrace. Tea. Work after till 8.15. Good lobster for dinner which Mrs H sent. Quiet evening & bed at 11.0pm. Tired. Friday March 13 Prospect Terrace. Up early, 7.0. Work at 7.30 before breakfast. Club. Wrote Macfarlane. After back & worked all day up to 7.0 on King Stork & King Log. Finished it 7.5pm. Sent it off. Miss Gill went up by 10.0am train. M & Maud went to Westwood in cart with Nash. Left Maud. Cart fetched her with Marquis in afternoon. Cold east wind. Quiet dinner. Bed 12.0 after looking at 'Gentlewoman'. Slight bilious attack came on in afternoon. Could not see for an hour. Wrote letters in afternoon. Saturday March 14 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Brighter. No Miss Gill. Breakfast. Old Sheffield plate stand on table. Round Club. Sent cheque for 57.15.0 to Bank. Wrote letters & posted them self. Back & printed many sepia photos. M went with Jolley at 11.15 to Westwood. Sent him on for Roy. Roy did not come back. Letter from Miss Allen. Lunch. After at 3.30 rode Marquis to past stables by Weigalls (back) on through Manstone & across Hengrove to Margate, Cliftonville by Albion House School, North Down St Peters & home by 6.0. Muffin & tea. Maud at Burnands. Lots of snow about. Marquis shied at it. East wind. Cold. Wrote letter to F.S.Worthington, The Beeches, Lowestoft. After dined quietly at home. Sleepy after. Went up & to bed at 11.30pm. Sunday March 15 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Breakfast 9.10. Round Club. Rounded Hunks. Philip Burnand came with a letter from F.C.B. Hunks did not know my name. Oh lor where is fame? Back home. Addressed envelopes. After sharp walk to stables got on Marquis 10.32. Met F.C.B & ride same as yesterday nearly exactly except branched off through past Dumpton Park & Banks's School. Walk with Maud on Parade. Very high wind. Met Captain & Mrs Vaile, Weigall & Wilkie. Home. Lunch. Wind. Maud to go to tea at Mr Gould's. Cart round at 3.0. M drove me to Westwood. Saw Mother. Picked primroses. Place looks overgrown. 2 golden plover's eggs. Tea. At 5.15 cart up. Rain came on. Drove to Royal Crescent by St Lawrence. Mare got tail over reins. Called & saw Mr Gould. Got Maud & walked home by 6.0pm. Wrote letters. Quiet dinner. Last bottle of champagne. Too windy & rain to go round to F.C.B. Quiet evening & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Place on head came on.) (Red ink across page: Last Sunday at Ramsgate.) Monday March 16
Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Round Club. News of massacre of Italians at New Orleans. Home & walked to stables. Got on Marquis & went round bottom of road by Convent to meet F.C.B. Shot on. Marquis went beautifully. Called stables. Lunch. Jolley came round & carried camera to end of pier. Photod door etc & house. Back & put lawn tennis shoes on & walked to North Buckmasters & played 4 good sets. Won 2, lost 2. Saw Jolley pass with mare. Back. Met M & Philip B. Went over No 16 Royal Crescent. Poor house & shockingly furnished. Back. Tea at home. Gillyflower back. Saw Montague Williams out of window. Felt very tired. Went to Hills. Heard from man like Somers Vine of the selling up of Scrimgeour. Poor drunken Scrimgeour. Bought a few things & paid Hills £5. Back. Letters from London. Wrote letters. Dined quietly at home & bed after. (Red ink: Head sore.) Tuesday March 17 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Club. Wrote 6 letters, posted by Jolley. Did not ride. Saw F.C.B's pony go by 10.25. Home. Wrote letters. Packed up & printed last phos & developed them. Put photo things up at 12.30. M out. Rainy east windy morning. Lunch. Jolley round. Squared up. Ordered Marquis at 3.15. Man round (old clerk) from Vinten taking inventory. Gave him cheque for £12.12.0. Rode Marquis from 3.15 to 6.15 past Hereson, Dumpton, by Danescourt, Margate, through Westgate & across country home. Rain threatened. Dreary to let Westgate Rogers everywhere. Home. Tea. Wrote letters. Drew 2 fish for Miss McWhirter. Changed & walked round with M & Maud (rainy) to F.C.B's. Dined. Bessie Hollingshead, Connie. Talk of Brown of Westgate & poor Scrimgeour. Maud won 6 games of Halma. Read Montague Williams' book. Left 10.40. Home. Read papers. Whiskey. Bed 11.50. Maud up. Boil on head hurt me very much. Wednesday March 18 Prospect Terrace. (Last day) Up early. Packed things. Confusion. Breakfast. Drew cheque for £20. Jolley late. Mare went 2 journeys with luggage. Saw F.C.B, Mrs F.C.B, Mrs Hammond & Connie Burnand in train. Up to town. Dr (blank) at Westgate in train. Saw Mrs Orchardson on platform. Home with 12 packages. Cold. Unpacked & after lunch & tea took cab & called Victoria. Sent things back 4 portmanteaus passed down to Ramsgate. Called Turkish baths & Hampton. Selected a hat. 1st Turkish bath at Northumberland Avenue. Good. 25 minutes late Punch dinner. Full dinner. Furniss aggressive. Milliken & self had talk. Walked on to Covent Garden. Harris's Bal Masque. Went into box. Mrs Gus Harris. Danced with Mrs Randal. Pretty Pat Stevens. Willie Wild etc etc. Edward Lawson in box. Gus Harris asleep. Very careful what I took & (illeg) the champagne. Miss Billington. Little Barnes. Left after supper. Home by quiet cab. Boil on head hurt me very much. Thursday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. Man cleaning windows. Man in yard. Cold raw morning. After Gregory's man put curtains up. Began work on Birdsnest & went on to work in afternoon. M & Maud & all back to London in buss by 5.15. Jolley came in before at 2.30 having got up all right. Went on with work & finished block, or rather drawing of cuckoo in nest. Sent it off 7.30. Dinner. Snooze after. Fire in M's room. Went by cab & had supper with Dr Orwin. Met Miss Brandram. After read Barrington & Jessie Bond play. Saw 'Ghosts' by (blank). Smoke after in smoke room & drove home. Very cold. Bed 2.0am. Bottle Perinet at dinner. (Red ink:
Head hurt very much.) (Red ink across page: M & all the establishment came home from Ramsgate.) Friday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Breakfast. Got to work on Gladstone as Swan & Goschen in canoe. Rode in Park on Marquis from 12 to 1.15. Saw Mrs Delarue, old Wyndham etc etc, Hare (young). Marquis went beautifully. Talk with Alexander. Home & drew from the life from Jolley for canoe. Finished drawing 9.30. Dinner. Emma surpassed herself. Bad lobster & bad fowl. Double event. Quiet after & bed at 12.0. Very cold but bright. (Red ink: Head came to a head. Hurt.) Saturday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Down. Breakfast. Cold morning. Bright at first. Snow after. M gave up idea of Boat Race. Maud not to go. Sun out after & Maud went in cart with me. Drove down Hammersmith Road & to Donaldsons. Went for walk to get warm. After saw race at 11.30. Splendid race. Cambridge ahead off Chiswick, Oxford won by ¼ boat's length. Saw Wylies etc etc. Miss Taylor with lovely hair. Dr Haig Brown etc. Lunched at Tower House. Good lunch. Drove home. Put things away & at 4.0 drove & had Turkish bath, Jermyn St. Charged cheque 1 st bath. Met Sir Charles Hall in bath. On to Beefsteak. Dined. Good currie & soup. Bad herring. Saw Sala. Walked on to Lyceum. Very cold. Wylies in box. M, Maud & Spencer late. Saw Lyons Mail. Very thirsty. Back in 4 wheel cab, Spencer, M & self & Maud. Whiskey & bed. Bed 1.0. Late for Maud very. (Red ink: Head still bad. Slight sore throat & cold came on.) (Red ink across page: Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Snow & cold.) Sunday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.15. Breakfast. Sausages. Made very good breakfast. Put things right & read Observer. Slight sore throat & cold came on. At 12.0 rode Marquis to Wimbledon. Bright sun but very cold. Saw Barker at just off common. Lunch. Good. Beef & champagne. Miss Carter. Large cigar. Arranged Miss Carter should come with Fanny & Charley B to Pantomime on Wednesday & Barker & Fanny to theatre tomorrow, St James's. At 3.15 rode home. Cold. 2 Redcliffe Rd. All shut up & gone. Home. Never felt the cold so much. Very bad. Snoozed with boots on. Spencer came in. Dined. Whiskey & soda. Went to bed at 10.45. M put some mustard leaf on. Slight cold on chest. Good night's rest. (Red ink: Woke up with cold on chest.) (Red ink across page: Most bitterly cold north east wind worse than all the winter.) Monday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Very cold. Snow. Raw disagreable day. Put desk in order. Wrote letters. M's Ulster greased. Put things in order all morning. Bitterly cold & nippy. After lunch got papers for Robinson C & wrote letters. At 6.30 after dressing walked to P.O. Posted 'Dropping the Pilot' to Jones & letters Fox etc. Walked to Kensington. Thought I had lost Tony. Back. Found him at home. Barkers arrived. Dined & went to play after. Ayala 1878. B & self drove to theatre in brougham. Saw 'The Idler'. Good play. Good box. Spencer came in. Friend of Barker's in box. Saw Moultons, Miss Lewis, Monckton, Baumann etc etc. Alexander came in to box. Bitterly cold. Fur coat. Drove home in Barker's landau. Dropped at home. Whiskey. Small cigar & bed. Watch fell off table de nuit. Crash.
Hope it has not affected it. Sleep 1.15. (Red ink: Cold in head & on chest troublesome. Barker not dined since Tuesday Novr 25 1884, when we went to see 'Diplomacy'.) (Red ink across page: Barker dined & went to see 'The Idler'.) Tuesday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Wind shifted. Down. M & Maud & self. Jolley round. Meistersingers programme sent round. Wire from F.C.B to say might expect boy at 1.0. At 11.45 rode Marquis in the Park. Cold. Went beautifully. Rode with old Wyndham. Saw 2 Mrs Delarues etc etc. Home. Boy waiting. Changed & bath. Lunch. Answered Frank's letter. Kept boy. After did drawing for 'Robinson Crusoe'. Packed it up & off to meet M at Hampden & Son for 6.0. Chose 2 carpets, 1 to be sent. After chairs & lamp. Left 7.10. Carriage drove me up to bottom of Bouverie Street with mare. Punch dinner. Furniss there. Silly chaff about Swan drawing. Row with F.C.B about boy being kept waiting. Lost my temper. Milliken 'Just like him'. Got cut of Snake fascinating birds & rabbits or gamblers to do. Left 12.0. Cab from Bouverie Street home, 3/6. Cold. Home & to bed by 1.10pm. Wednesday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wrote letters to F.C.B etc. Wrote Bradbury. Breakfast. Wrote to L & N.W Rly about guns. Sketched out drawing for Snake fascinating animals. At 12.10 had lunch. Cart came up at 1.0. Maud & Alice took cab & M & self drove through Piccadilly etc to Drury Lane. Met Fanny Barker & Mary Carter. Large box D. Saw 'Beauty & Beast'. Changed into Royal Box. Man snake. 'Tol lol lolity ti'. Out 5.0 & walked to carriage. Maud & Alice cab home. Mary C lost her umbrella. Drove straight home in carriage. Horse in Kensington Gore running away driverless, one of Harrod's vans. Home. Fox's frames for Royal Academy there. Letter from L & N.M Rly Co. Worked on Snake till 8.0pm. Dinner. Quiet dinner. Sleepy after. Bed early. Thursday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up early & got to work on drawing of Snake fascinating animals as gamblers etc. Worked hard all day. Spencer in in morning. Boy came at 1.0. Sent him back with letter to B. Morris. Returned at 3.0 & finished drawing 4.45. Changed things. Tea & had very slow hansom to Strand to call on B.M to meet Mr Horniman. Never came. Talk with B.M & walked to Garrick. Saw the 2 busts in Wych St. Wrote Barker & Spielmann etc. Saw Arthur Blunt. 'The Volcano' a failure. Walked to Piccadilly & got in omnibus. Very cold. Buss belongs to private company & charged the people too much. Old aunt got out at Albert Gate. Home in time for dinner. Quiet dinner & rest afterwards. Bed early. Guns sent for by L & N.W Rly Co. Invite to Royal Academy banquet came. Friday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Cold raw morning north wind. Slight snow. Gave up idea of Mite's going to Barker's. Dog cart round with Marquis at 10.0. Started 10.12. Drove via Redclyffe Gardens to Wimbledon. Very cold. Saw my Aunt Linley & Mary Carter. Round to stables. At 11.45 got on mare in stables & rode with Barker (on hired horse) & Arthur Linley (on Fanny's bay) to Star & Garter. Round Wimbledon Common. Jumped mare. Round Richmond Park & put horses up. Very bad lunch. Atrocious burgundy. Girl with man at next table. Eyes. Cold rotunda. Smoking room. Arthur left my crop. On horses & rode to Surbiton over Ham
Common. Called on Davidson. Mrs Davidson seedy. Cigar & tea. Cold. Rode home past Hebden. Parted with Arthur & Barker at edge of common & cantered over. Got home at 7.0. Bath & dressed. Bottle of Ivory '78. After dinner felt the cold wind very much. Went to bed at 11.20. Cold. (Red ink across page: Rode with C.O.B & Arthur Linley to Richmond & Surbiton.) Saturday March 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Letter from Arthur Linley containing deed for compromise late Robert Linley's will. Put photos etc away. Mother upset in signing it. Jolley witnessed it. Changed carpet & decided to keep the larger Turkey one. Up in bathroom & packed things. Rather hurried. Lunch. Carriage up. Sent for 4 wheeler. Gave Jane & Jolley instructions about sending in the two drawings to Royal Academy. Left for G.W.R at 1.40. Got there 1.55. Took tickets for Honeybourne 2nd class. Young man in carriage like Henry Bingham. Carriage met us. Drove to Weston sub Edge. Canon Bourne & Miss Bourne there. Tea. Up after & dressed. Dinner. Champagne, '58 port. Maud at Halma. Talk with the Canon after. Smoke & bed 11.30. Lots of sluggish flies about. (Red ink across page: M & self & Maud went down to stay with Canon Bourne at Weston sub Edge.) Sunday March 29 Weston sub Edge, Broadway. Woke 7.15. Breakfast tea & bread & butter. Up 8.15. Down 9.10. Breakfast. After had Mexican cigar & strolled through village. Saw man with gun & 2 dogs. Back. Shave & at 11.21 walked up hill. Smoked cabana. Strong N.W wind. No rain at top of hill. Round & down by other hill into Weston sub Edge. Lunch. Beer etc. Went into bedroom & smoked pipe & read 'Life in Rome under the Caesars'. Mite drawing. M went to church in afternoon & morning. Down to tea. After smoked cigar & walked as far as column with sundial towards Broadway. Back. Maud irritating. Dressed. Dinner. Good dinner. Smoke with Canon B after. Talk of H. Langley. To go to meet on Tuesday. Bed 11.25. M still up. Monday March 30 Weston sub Edge, Broadway. Up 8.15. Bath. Breakfast. Wrote letters before breakfast. After looked at sundial. Maud in store closet. M & self walked to top of hill. Very cold, keen N.W wind. Two plain girls with sticks. Into churchyard. Picked ivy. Back. Wrote letters. Changed clothes. Lunch 1.30. Clergyman vicar of Childs Wickham lunched. After at 2.30 drove in landau, 2 Miss Bournes, M, Maud & self to Northwick House, Lady N's, to see pictures. Fine gallery. Large picture of Maclise's painted 1839. Robin Hood & King Richard from Ivanhoe. Good Van Dycks & Holbein. Romney Lady Hamilton. Tea there. Snow showers. Very dark clouds. Back through Camden. Got out of carriage & walked over hill & down hill to Weston again. Got book on Leech & Cruikshank & read before dinner. Good dinner. Looked over catalogue in 1859 of sale of Lord Northwick's pictures. Talk with Canon & bed 11.40. Tuesday March 31 Weston sub Edge, Broadway. Up earlier. Breakfast 8.45. After got on chestnut mare at 9.40. Mite & M went to see mount & rode to meet of North Cotswolds at Hinton Green past Childs Wickham. On ahead of hounds. Saw clergyman. Got to
meet. Surprised to see Millet & his wife. Introduced to Capn Campbell. Spoke to Rushwick. Moved off 11.30. Found fox. Good run for 35 minutes. Jumped mare. Ground very up & down. Check at Aston. Had glass of beer at Captain C's. Lost fox. Found mare lame. Rode with Mrs Millet. Left hounds. Misdirected by man in black. Mare knew better. Walked to Broadway. Put up Lygon Arms. Wrote letters & sent wire to F.C.B. Curious postmistress. Walked to Millets. Victoria stopped & gentleman left card. Back & rode to Weston sub Edge. Mare still lame. Been lame before. Tea with M & Mite & Miss Bourne. Pipe in M's room & read Lady Stafford's book. Wrote diary. Read by fire until 7.15pm, M in room. Dinner 8.0. Millets did not come. Maud's first dinner party. Next clergyman with son at Eton. Silly schoolmaster. Sleepy after dinner. Long local talk. Smoke & talk with Canon. Bed 12.30. (Red ink across page: Good day's hunting on Canon Bourne's mare with North Cotswold hounds.) Apr 1891 Wednesday April 1 Weston sub Edge, Broadway. Up 8.15. Both overslept ourselves. Breakfast. News of death of Earl Granville. Looked over timetable decided to go up by 12.5 train from Honeybourne. Packed bag. Wrote diary. Goodbye to Canon. Biscuit & glass of orange brandy. Drove to Honeybourne with Mite & Miss Bourne. Saw Kinahans Whiskey & wife. Up to town. Put in non smoking carriage. Man got in at Oxford. X between Vanderweyde & Montague Williams. London. Drove home. Saw Mrs Sheehy & daughter on steps. Got bag & drove to Turkish bath in Jermyn St. On to Punch dinner after. Walked. Hair cut in bath. Got sausages & walked Macfarlanes. Did not think much of bronzes. Punch dinner. Chaff about Academy banquet being put off. Furniss most aggresive & objectionable all through dinner. Lucy there. Left at 12.0. Went to Garrick. Wrote letters. After read End of the World & supper. Lord Dungarven. Fortescue & Eliot with £10,000 a year. Smacked leg. Beerbohm Tree, Wyndham & Pigott. Left after talk with Warre. Home 2.30am. Bed at once. Thursday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5. Bath. Down. Sausages. Got cheque for £50 from Mr Darling. Wrote many letters. Very cold N.W wind. Got to work & skemed drawing of General & Volunteer. Painter at work outside. Worked. Swain sent helmet & sword late. After a quiet dinner by self had carriage & drove in fur coat to theatre at Chelsea Barracks & heard the Guards burlesque of 'Robinson Crusoe'. Sat next Lord Abinger. Mrs Crutchley & Miss Savile Clarke danced. Good performance. Saw tall doctor's wife. Out & home by cab 2/-. Very tired. Bed. Very cold N.E wind. ¼ bottle Dumeny. Friday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up early & worked all day on drawing of General Red Tape & Volunteer. After photod Jolley in uniform at 11.30, 1 st time with new screen. Developed & printed. Sent back hat helmet & sword to Swain & Lincoln & Bennet. Worked on & finally did not finish until 10.15. Dined by self. Had lobster. Did not go out at all. Vernon Watney sent salmon. Worried over head of Volunteer. Bed 1.15am after sleep. Finished bottle Dumeny. Found by Bank Book had £902 odd to credit.
Saturday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Put all things away in room. Developed plates of Ramsgate lighthouse. Looked at fishing rods & sent them back. A little pushed for time finally but drove in cart at 1.40 to G.W.R & took ticket to Honeybourne. Was to have photod Etty Pettigrew but very dark & wet weather. In train for Honeybourne young ass of curate smoking. Also 'Arry youth got out Reading leaving Pelican. Very heavy rain at Oxford & on to H. Carriage met me. Rain on to Weston. Took salmon. M said 'Shot on the 1st ‘. Dressed & dined. Canon B tired. Bed 11.20. No one to dinner. Sunday April 5 Weston sub Edge, Broadway. Change in the weather, quite warm & lovely. Breakfast. Salmon good. Went to church with M & Maud & Canon & Miss B. After Maud & self walked up hill to Dovers Hill. Very hot. Back, 10 minutes late for lunch. Read after & wrote letters. Intended to walk. Rain came on heavily at 5.0pm, could not walk. Tea. Read Timbo & smoked in M's room. Dressed & dined. Mrs Millet could not come. Mr Sharp, curate, dined. Took in Maud. Lovely bottle of madeira for dinner. Talk with Canon after & bed 11.30. Goodbye to Canon B who leaves tomorrow for Gloucester. Monday April 6 Weston sub Edge, Broadway. Down 9.0. Read & wrote letters. One to Milliken about Furniss. At 11.45 started in carriage in heavy rain to go to lunch at Sudeley Castle. Arrived about 1.0. Civil Butler. Mrs Dent. Lovely old castle restored by old uncle Dent about 1850. Fine Hogarth. Fine Morland. Lunch & look over the castle. Mr (blank) artist refused to paint out Muller. 2 fine Watteaus. Long look over castle & chapel. Full of fine things. Pigeons. Colley dog. Left at about 5.28. Drove in open carriage back. Passed Roller & Barnard. Called at Mrs Millets. Wrote letters. Saw modelling. Left 7.10 & got back 7.40. Dinner 8.0pm. M seedy. Self after dinner fine madeira. No appetite & very sleepy. Snooze & finally fell asleep in chair & up to bed 12.17. M angry & awake. Tuesday April 7 Weston sub Edge, Broadway. Up 8.15. Down. M had to stay in bed. Breakfast. Wrote many cheques & letters. Decided to go by 3.55 & wired Jolley. Made notes for article about Gilray & Cruikshank & Doyle. Lunch. Wrote cheque for £52.10 for M to pay shares of G.S. Rly. After caught the 3.55 train from Honeybourne to London. Cold & raw. Canon's white horse disappearing. Changed at Oxford. Wretched station. Paddington 7.30. Carriage met us. Home. Mother not well. Dinner. Bottle of Perinet. Read Timbo & bed 11.30. Death of Arthur Burnand, opposition uncle. Wednesday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. No letter about Roy. Wired. Wrote letters. Man finishing back yard. Putting platform down etc etc. Fine sunshine but cold north wind. At 11.50 rode mare in Park. Went well. Saw Mrs Kemp & Mona & old Wyndham & 2nd Mrs Delarue. Home. Lunch. Had met Roy in a cab. Dear Roy home with prize & top of his class. Lunch. After at 2.45 cart up. Drove & called at Peal's & paid bill £14.0.0. Drove on to Jermyn St. Took Roy & had hat done. After to Waterloo. Interview with Scotter. Kept Roy waiting 40 minutes. Back to Turkish
bath in Northumberland Avenue. Good bath. No 7 shampooer. Walked Punch dinner. Guthrie late. Reed late. Furniss sleepy. F had bought cob, bay 4 yrs old. No subject for me. Talk of the Jubilee number of Punch, to meet April 21 st. Left at 12.0am. Home by 1.0 by cab from Fleet Street. Snooze till 2.0am. Bed. (Red ink across page: Roy came home from school with prize, top of his class.) Thursday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. No breakfast ready. Roy on piano. Maud's store cupboard. Pouring wet morning. Wrote Sir Myles Fenton. Wrote many letters etc all morning. Letter from F.C.B about work at 11.30. Sent boy back at 1.0. News in Times of death Arthur Burnand. M shocked. Skemed picture. Carriage round at 5.0. Heavy rain. Drove to Olympia & saw skating with Roy & Maud. Back into Kensington & ordered hare & also carnations for tomorrow. Home & worked. Skemed Harcourt & hares. Quiet dinner & bed after early. Friday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Up & worked. Expected hare. Did not turn up until 12.0. Photod it & got to work all day. Finished at 10.15. Dinner with M. Champagne. Bed at 1.0 after sleep. Worked all day on Harcourt & Hare. Saturday April 11 Stafford Terrace. Up tired. Expected to have photod Etty Pettigrew. Wired. Too dark. Dressed. Roy & self walked up Park. Very dull. Saw old Wyndham. Called Scotts & got hat. Cab to Rules & had chop & steak. After to Lyceum & saw ‘Much Ado about Nothing’. A1. M, Maud Roy & self met Toole after in Covent Garden. Roy & self had some tea at Garrick & walked down to top of Park. Home by carriage & got pine at Butts. Paid for flowers. Home & dinner. Quiet dinner by selves & bed early. Garden things from Stores came. (Red ink across page: Saw 'Much Ado about Nothing'.) Sunday April 12 Stafford Terrace. Dull rainy morning. Had to meet Baker & Mona. They did not turn up. Got off mare & on again. Rode through Richmond Park & over Wimbledon Common. Mare blundered down & buckled over very much, why cannot make out. Home. Changed things. Lunch. Pineapple. Ordered carriage at 3.0. Sent Roy round for Jolley. Started at 3.30. Drove to Furniss. Tea & magic lantern. Wonderful amount of works. Heavy rain. Curious little boy like a wombat & Buzz Book of Tinsel. Went with Roy to zoo. Saw snakes etc etc. Back by cab. Wrote letters. Quiet dinner & bed 11.30pm. Monday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Dull extremely dark morning. Had to breakfast by candlelight. Sent shirts off & books to Weston sub Edge. Field-Dodgson called at 10.15am. Jolley wanted (illeg). M, Maud & Roy went to Whiteleys with Tony. Wrote letters etc. At 3.30 went in carriage to the Queen's Club with Roy. Posted letter to E.P. Had 4 sets of lawn tennis. Beaten 3 to 1. Had tea & saw raquets etc. Carriage fetched us. Home. Developed some photos of Ramsgate etc etc. Quiet dinner. Chicks. Snooze after & bed early. Tuesday April 14
Stafford Terrace. Breakfast. Roy off to rink with Mr Reed at 10.0. Made up mind to ride. Rode at 11.45. Marquis very fresh. Saw Mrs Heilbut, old Wyndham etc. Sun bright. Good ride. Wet through. Met Mrs Boughton & M & Maud at Stafford Terrace. Had wired for 'L'enfant prodigue'. Lunch. Roy & self went off in cab. Carriage after. Saw Lord Kingsburgh. 'L'enfant prodigue' A1. M wept. Out & walked to carriage in Sackville Street. Put M & Chicks in & went to Turkish bath at 5.35. Americans there. 'Good for his soul'. Saw Delarue & Heseltine. Out at 7.20. Got sausages. Buss home by private buss. Bought lobster. Chicks enjoyed it immensely. Snooze. Bed 11.15. (Red ink across page: Saw 'L'enfant Prodigue'.) Wednesday April 15 Stafford Terrace. Up. Sausages. Roy off to rink again. Letters. Rode Marquis in Park. Met the Finlays. Home. Fine. Lunch. Ena Mackenzie there. Took cab with Maud to Haymarket. Had Box A for 'Dancing Girl'. M, Maud, Roy, Ena & self. Saw Toole, Brough, Routledge & young Brough. Good play. Miss Neilson superb but poor actress. Out at 5.10. Put M, chicks & Ena in carriage. Walked to Club. Wrote Ainger. Looked over mags. Tea & on to Punch dinner. No Burnand there. Arthur, Lucy, Reed, Milliken, Furniss, Lehmann, self & Tenniel. Good dinner. Furniss tired & warped as usual. Put down by Tenniel & Lehmann. Cut of Britannia & two soldiers to do. Left 12.0 & home 1.0. Snooze till 2.0. Bed. (Red ink across page: Saw 'The Dancing Girl') Thursday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Breakfast. Roy off to rink. Many letters wrote & diary. Wires from Furniss & Arthur. M & Maud out. Wind changed S.W. Warm for 1 st time. Skemed drawing for Grant & Admiral. Got on with it. At dinner time F.C.B wrote & stopped cut. So did not go on after dinner. Quiet evening & bed early. Rode mare in Park in morning. Galloped home past barracks. Friday April 17 Stafford Terrace. Worked on cut of old Admiral & lieutenant Grant after 11.0. Stopped by Frank's letter. Hard pushed for time. Fine bright sunny morning. Photod Jolley with flag. Spencer came. Hurry about. Got finished at 7.20. Dressed hurridly & went in carriage to Members Mansion to Lucy's dinner. Met Lord Randolph Churchill. Mrs Lucy, Lord (blank) Edward Lawson, Lucy, Henderson, Yates, Furniss, Cyril Flower, self, Deutsch & F.C.B. Good dinner & wine. Stayed till 1.0. Talk with Henderson. Left with Furniss to Garrick. After to Beefsteak. Saw Ward etc etc. Home by cab at 1.30am. (Red ink: Lucy's dinner 11 Queen's Mansions S.W. 7.30pm to meet Lord Randolph Churchill.) (Red ink across page: Lucy's dinner to Lord Randolph Churchill.) Saturday April 18 Stafford Terrace. Up. Very buzzy. Head bad. Breakfast. Played 2 sets with Roy against wall. Put photos away & rode in Park. Saw Arthur Jones. Back & developed a lot of photos of Rosie Burnand. Roy went to rink in morning. Packed things in afternoon & dined after at 7.55. Buss came & went with Jolley to Victoria all together. Started for Newhaven. No trouble. Roy so fast asleep in train, difficult to wake him. Out & on to boat. Cold. Stowed Roy, M & Maud away in cabin. Electric light. Self went into smoking cabin. Tried to sleep. Very cold. Back & took a man's place in main cabin. (Red ink across page: Left for Dieppe.)
Sunday April 19 On board S.S. to Dieppe. Up early. Uncomfortable cold sleep on board. Wandered about. Arrived 1.30 am. Difficulty in getting into port. Saw sun rise. Met at station by hotel manager. Buss to hotel. Beds all ready. Fires & hot water bottles. Undressed & went to bed at 4.0 am. Slept till 10.0. After had coffee & pistolet in bedroom. At 11.0 out in bright sun & went to cathedral & walked thro' town. Very nice. Looked in at other church & walk in front of sea & lunch 1.30. Capital filet & potatoes. Burgundy not good. Roy & self played billiards. After at 2.30 walked to Arques. M & Maud came as far as railway. Saw Innocents mother & 2 sons. Arques nice place. Lovely church. Roy tired & thirsty. Very small kid (small drawing of animal) Mawkish. Eau de seltz. Caught train & back to Dieppe at 5.15. Hotel. Rest & dinner. Very good. Bisque soup. Very cold wind. Felt cold. Gathered round fire & bed early, 9.30. Played billiards. (Red ink across page: At Dieppe.) Monday April 20 Hotel Royal, Dieppe. Up 8.0am. Breakfast below. Walked to station. Only just caught train to Rouen. Long stopping journey. Past Longueville. Carriage to selves. 2nd class. Counted birds etc. Rouen 12.30. Tram to Hotel d'Angleterre. Ordered poulet. No record of 1873 left. Walked in town saw the Cathedral. Tomb of Richard 1st heart etc. Out. Lovely bright sun. Maud saw hat. Roy chocolate. Spent 5 francs. Back to lunch. Very good. Bottle of Sauterne. Roy nearly cried over chocolate. Out to see St Ouen. Went to top. Very civil official. View of town etc. Out at 3.20. Walk. Wired to Dieppe. Hurry. Maud bought hat. Roy more chocolate & self coffee machine. Voiture after hurried coffee to Gare, 20 minutes to wait. Back to Dieppe. Read Strand Magazine. 2 men stared at Maud. Buss home. Dinner 8.0. Billiards & bed. (Red ink across page: Spent day at Rouen.) Tuesday April 21 Hotel Royal, Dieppe. Breakfast in coffee room. Fine morning. Roy & self out for stroll. Buzzed stones. On to pier & walk thro' town. Had Roy's hair cut. Back. Lunch. Steak. After Roy & self walked in afternoon to Purville. Nice little place. Men digging for sand worms. Room with paintings. Roy & self had chocolate & looked at books. Back. Roy counted birds & won 1 franc at 1 centime a bird. Home & rest & dinner. Billiards after. Bed early. Lawrence came at 10.0am & saw M & Maud in room. Mixed up French & English. Stayed to lunch & left in afternoon. Fine clear day. Wednesday April 22 Hotel Royal, Dieppe. Fine morning. After breakfast (Maud in room) Roy & self went out & buzzed stones. Saw regiment drilling. Walk thro' fish market & on board steamer. Bought candlesticks of M.Baron. Lunch. Fish & cutlets. After M Maud Roy & self went & buzzed stones. Boys put them up for us. After left M & walked to Puits. Over bridge & up hill. Saw goats. Smells. Into little church. Goats. Chalêt Cecil. At Puits buzzed stones. Back. Roy tired. Hotel. M & Maud sitting out. Boys let down over balcony. Packed portmanteau etc. Dinner so so. Old lady sat a long time over her water. 'The Bill'. Talk with manager, 10 fr cut off. Roy & self played last billiards up in room. Started off at 11.0. Very civil. On board Rouen. Bed. (Red ink across page: Last day at Royal Hotel Dieppe.)
Thursday April 23 On board S.S.'Rouen'. Woke 3.0am. People retching. Began to blow a bit at 3.30. All up at 6.0am off Newhaven. Saw M.Larcenneaux on deck. Asked me to drink with him. Hung about outside for 1 hour because of bar. Low tide. Passed customs & up comfortably. Got home at 9.45, 1½ hours late. Breakfast. Looked over letters. Summons from tailors. At 12.0 rode in Park on Marquis. Saw Finlay & old Wyndham & old lawyer. Coming home through Kensington ass of a labourer let gravel down behind Marquis. Row with him. Spoke to sergeant. Home & after lunch got to work on India & John Bull. Worked up to dinner & rested after. Very tired. Bed 10.30pm. Friday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up early & to work on drawing of India & John Bull. Worked hard all day & got finished by 7.30pm. Dressed hurridly & went in carriage to Deutsch's dinner, 7 New Burlington Street. Met Doetsch, Edward Lawson, self, F.C.B (late) Italian banker, Lucy, Schneider & Edmund Yates. Wonderful Spanish ham & '74 champagne. Looked at pictures & cellars. Cigars. Enorme. Story of Spanish castanets. Home by cab 1.15am. (Red ink across page: Deutsch's dinner. Wine & cigars, oh!) Saturday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up. Head bad. Buzzy. Decided not to ride. Walked up thro' Park after putting things in order. Called India Museum & S.Kensington. Cab to Garrick. Lunched off lobster. Saw Hare & Col Jones, Bertie Hare, Joe Carr & Beerbohm Tree. On to Garrick Theatre. Met M, Maud & Roy at door in carriage. Good box. Saw Pair of Spectacles for 4th time & Quiet Rubber. Out. Doubt about Charles Keene's sketches. Had Turkish bath in Northumberland Avenue. Good bath etc. Walked to special dinner for Jubilee number of Punch. Full staff there. Long talk with D.M, Tenniel, Milliken & Furniss about F.C.B's editing. Felt very tired & weary. Home by cab from Strand at 12.30am. (Red ink across page: Saw Pair of Spectacles.) Sunday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Dull dark gloomy cold wretched morning. East wind. To meet F.C.B at Maud Grove. Felt tired & unfit. At 10.30 rode Marquis to M.G through Redcliffe Gds. No F.C.B. Saw cob like his. Rode on to Wimbledon. Marquis a blunderer. Cads on marriage at Richmond Park. Home. Spencer there. Lunch. Cigar & liqueurs. Roy & self walked to Natural History Museum. Closed. Called F.C.B. Met Pat Marshall & other Marshall. Called Tattersalls. Saw Williams, Lockwoods, Tyndall etc etc. Introduced Lockwood to Tyndall. Roy & self walked to top of Row & back. Small lamb just born. Home. Sleep before dinner. Good Spanish asparagrass. Sleep after rest. Bed 11.20pm. Monday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Roy overslept himself. Breakfast. Looked over letters. Found out it was Varnishing Day at Academy. Wrote letters etc. Tidied up. Rode mare in Park. Came across contingent of Hickmans. Up & down. Back to lunch. Dressed & took cab up to R.A. Saw pictures. Many R.As. Fildes picture A1. Waterhouse's sirens etc etc. Saw Ryle, George Roller etc etc. Jones's group, 4 horses. Left 6.15. Walked to Brooks's fruit shop. Got asparagrass. Non company's
buss to Kensington. Got lobster. Home. Dinner. Chicks A1. Very tired. One of Doetsch's cigars. Heavy sleep after. Bed at 11.30pm. M called on Mrs Watney. (Red ink across page: Varnishing day at Royal Academy.) Tuesday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Wind changed. Lovely spring morning. Printed 24 Rosy Burnand's photos. Rode Marquis in Park. Saw Heathorne. Band playing. Old Wyndham shouted. Reviewed troops. Very warm. Back to lunch at 1.30. Changed. At 3.15 carriage to Alexandra Hotel. Saw Tabs. Pretty. Took Roy to Critchetts. Waited ¼ hr. Critchett saw him. Eyes all right. On to Garrick. Tea with Roy. Called Criterion. Left note for 'Our Club' McMillan. After through Jermyn St. Bought paper & flower. Saw man for trees. After drove home by 6.15. Tabs there. Dressed. Dinner 6.45. Roy & Annals of Our Time. Doubt about Hamilton coming to dinner. H wired. 2 cabs, M, Maud & Tabs in one. Dropped Tabs Alexandra Hotel. Roy & self on to Adelphi. Saw 'English Rose'. Roy delighted. Left at 11.15. Thanks to Jacks. 4 wheeler home. Good horse. Sandwiches & bed. (Red ink across page: Saw English Rose Adelphi Theatre.) Wednesday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Dull heavy cold morning again. Miserable. Mother had news from Sheffield. Influenza very bad. Uncomfortable. Roy's cart morning. Dressed at 11.0 & went for walk to Garrick before Press Day at the Academy. Tony flew out at old Davis. Called stable & saw Marquis. Won't feed well. Walked up to Club. Saw Finlay. Had chop. Sat with Weldon. Talk of Furniss. Cab to Academy. Press Day. Saw Lucy. Many others. F.C.B. Left & on to New Gallery. Met M & Mite. Many people. Stayed 2 hours. Ryle etc. Left. Put M in carriage at Sackville St. Back to Academy. Lady Colin Campbell about. Round with Schneider. Stayed till 6.30. Cab to Bouverie St. Arthur presided at Bradbury's end. Good dinner. Long talk, Milliken, self & D.M. F.C.B went off to Mr Forbes. Left 12.0 & home 1.15am. Bed. Letter from Verity. (Red ink across page: Roy went back to school. Press Day Royal Academy, Private View Grosvenor New Gallery.) Thursday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. 1st morning without Roy. Tony down. Wrote letters etc. Sent Jolley on Marquis to Ryle's. Got to work on 'May'. Dear Maud sat to me for arms & flowers. After worked away. Photod self for Pipes. Jolley helped me. After dinner at 7.0 M & self went in cab to Princes Hall. Heard Furniss lecture on 'Humours of Parliament'. Hall not full. Slightly dull performance. Agnew just behind. M next Woodall. Saw the Whites etc Leslie Ward etc etc. Left at 11.0. Bother to get cab. Home. Sir E Reed at door. Back & supper. Great exertion for Furniss. (Red ink across page: 1st night of Furniss's show.) May 1891 Friday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up early & pushed on with drawing of May etc. M & Maud left after lunch for Academy Private View. Decided to go at 5.0. Mrs Jolley came round to say that Jolley had had an accident. Proved a very severe fall out of window. Very annoying. Up in slow cab at 5.0. Into Academy. Saw Conrad Cooke. Mrs Davis (Marion Reed) awfully gone off. Many others. Fildes' picture, 'The Doctor'. After saw M & Maud who had been into Calderons to tea. Saw Marks &
Dolly Storey. Cab home & got to work. M went round to see Jolley. Worked up to 11.0pm. Hard work to get done. ½ bottle of wine & bed 1.30am. (Red ink across page: Private View Royal Academy. Jolley fell out of window on to the stones.) Saturday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Dull cloudy morning. Breakfast. M, Maud & self left at 11.0 for opening of Naval Exhibition. Torrents of rain. Dull ceremony. Met the Divrys(?) & French officer. Waited about & after passed thro' the exhibition. Interesting. Cab home to lunch in rain. Finished champagne. Pottered all afternoon & developed some yachting photos. Most stupidly did not dress in time for the R.A banquet. Ought to have been there at 6.0pm. Only dressed at 6.15 arrived 6.55. All sat down. Vacant place next Carbutt 'Times'. Shifted about. Sat next Lucas & after Carbutt. Interesting speeches, very. Joachim, Irving & Sullivan. Beautiful music. Met Rudyard Kipling, Balfour etc. Band of the Royal Engineers or Horse Artillary. Left for Garrick with Dolly Storey. Furniss there & Wicks. Talk with Sullivan. Home 1.30am. Dolly Storey screwed. (Red ink across page: Royal Academy Banquet. Went late.) Sunday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.30. Breakfast. Fine soft lovely morning. 1 st meet of 2 Pins Club. Waited ¼ hour for Tenniel. Never came. Pushed across to Fulham Road & up to Wimbledon. Trotted mare up hill through Richmond Park & arrived Star & Garter at 12.5. Left Kensington at 10.45. Found Lawson & Matthews there. Photo machine. Put man up. Excellent dejeuner. Sir Charles Russell, F.C.Burnand, Lockwood, Matthews, R.C.Lehmann, Edward Lawson. John Hare & Harry Furniss late. Left 2.30. Sir Charles rode to his place at Epsom. Home at 5.15. Tea. Changed. Sent note up to Bedford Gardens. Dinner. Mrs Macdonald, Norman Lockyer, H.W.B.Davis RA & Edward J.Reed dined with us. Good dinner. 3 bottles of wine. Lockyer & Davis arguing after about Nature & Art. Left 12.30. M tired. Bed 1.0pm. (Red ink across page: 1st meet of the 2 Pins Club.) Monday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Up & got things together. Went to Bedford Gardens to photo E.Pettigrew for Summer. Disappointed. Left to wire. Back & model there. Abbey's studio dismantled. Photod to 1.30. Home to lunch. Finished Sauterne. After developed 4 plates & 2 of France. Felt very tired. Rode at 5.30 Marquis round Battersea Park & thro Park home. Marquis very fresh. Back to dinner. Quiet dinner. Lamp lighted. Good ‘Punch’. Bed at 11.0pm.
Tuesday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Cold east wind again. Wrote letters. Packed breeches etc etc. At 11.30 rode mare in Park & saw Hensman & Mrs Heilbut. On & called at Peals for boots. Could not see Scone. Back & to lunch. Developed photos taken yesterday. Worked in afternoon & at 5.30 rode Marquis through Park after going round by Cromwell Rd. Saw the Queen. Passed by Albert Hall. Rode to Peals again. Marquis skittish. Back home to stables. Saw Jolley sitting on sofa. After home 7.15. Dressed. Dinner. Quiet evening. Read Terrible Tales. Bed 11.30pm. Wednesday May 6
Stafford Terrace. Dullish morning. Up at 7.45 & rode Marquis 8.30 to 9.30 in Row. Cold east wind. Saw Mocatta. News of his brother's death. Saw Coward, Lockett Agnew & wife. Home. Developed a few yachting plates & after worked on Summer drawing G.W. M in bed. In afternoon Mrs Caton Woodville called on M. Husband had left her. Went by cab to have Turkish bath. After saw Mocatta. Bought violets & on by cab to P.D. Agnew there. Made salad. Furniss & Arthur à B. Furniss a conceited inflated O. Left after putting coat on with F.C.B. Went to Russell's. Saw G.O.M. & Mrs Gladstone, Miss Thomson etc. On in cab with Rosy Burnand to Delarue's. Everybody there. Nordica sang. Took Mrs Routledge in to supper with Gene Haynes. Ponsonby & Giddens. Imitating. Home by cab at 3.0am. Bed. (Red ink across page: Delarues at home. Sir Chas Russell at home.) Thursday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.30. M breakfast in bed. Lovely morning. Headache & buzzy. Article on Captain Verney R.N. Wrote Johnstone etc etc. Performing bears in Stafford Terr. At 11.30 rode mare in Park. Met Soloman & Forbes Robertson. Beautiful morning. out. Called & left note for Charlie Hartree. Saw Harding. Back home to lunch. Cleaned aquarium. Worked in afternoon on drawing for G.W. After rode Marquis round Battersea Park. Wired Milliken & called Barquers for wine etc. Marquis sluggish. Dull evening very. Back & changed things put wine out. Wire from Milliken to say could not come. In evening Mr & Mrs Louis Fagan (Lewis) Mrs Millet, Dr Schneider & F Hensman dined with us. Maud at dinner. Schneider stayed till 12.0 Tough fowl. Good & successful company at dinner. Friday May 8 Stafford Terrace. In morning up & waited about for F.C.B. At 11.15 subject came. Sent old man for wine merchant's basket & photod him as Goschen. Worked hard all day. Got done 10.30pm. Dined a rechauffé dinner. Salmon etc etc. Bed 12.0. Saturday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up early & in morning being very dull decided not to photo E.P. Wired to her etc etc. After dressed & answered letters. Walked up the Park to Club as far as Scotts. Got hat & took cab on to Garrick. Had wee! lobster & beef. On to the Lyceum Theatre. Saw Irving as Charles 1 st. Maud & M cried. Big girls with mother next to us. Out. Saw Mr Hurst. After to Garrick. Cup of tea & wrote Baldwin & Sugg. Wrote in book. Kerr & Simon blackballed. Strolled down to Kensington. Bought Scribner. Quiet dinner & bed early after smoke. Read 'The Toledo Blade'. Very silly story. Sunday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Breakfast 9.15. Very dull morning. In doubt as to whether should ride or not. Decided to. At 10.30 got on Marquis & went down Hammersmith Rd. Overtaken by Furniss at Olympia. Rode together to Hampton Court (Greyhound). Arrived about 12.35. Russell & Matthews there. F.C.B & Lehmann to follow. Fair lunch. Paid for nine. Left at 3.0. Lehmann forward. Tried to get my crop. Failed. Furniss & self branched off along the river & across Ham Common & thro' Park & down Roehampton Lane home. Arrived 5.15. Miss Garnett at 18 Stafford Terrace. Sat in chair in boots. Felt tired. Dressed at 6.40 & M & self dined at Moultons. Macmillans etc etc there. Next tall girl argument about Tintern etc etc. Left 11.30. Driven by Jolley's friend home. Slept in chair
until 1.30. Bed. (Red ink across page: 2 Pins meet at Hampton Court & dinner at Moultons.) Monday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Blues. Fine bright day. Lovely sun. Put room in order. Wrote letters etc etc. At 11.30 rode Marquis in Park. Hot sun. Back. Saw Henderson. Had been dreadfully ill with influenza. Back. Jolley in chair. Wrote diary. Mick round. Felt seedy all day. Worked on Summer drawing. Wrote Kate Manning to come tomorrow. (Red ink across page: Blues. No doubt influenza coming.) Tuesday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Worked in morning on Summer drawing. Blazing hot day & very close. Sun all day. After lunch at 2.0pm went up & photod Kate Manning. Looked very ill. Back at 4.0 & had tea. Put brown coat on, moth eaten, & rode Marquis round Battersea Park. Thigh hurt me at blister. Home & quiet dinner. Came along Earls Court Road. Quiet dinner at home. Influenza bad all round. (Red ink across page: Blazing hot day almost tropical heat. Weather changed after.) Wednesday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up & rode in Park at 8.0 to 9.30. Saw Lockett Agnews & Coward. Rode Marquis. Back & after breakfast developed 12 photos of Kate Manning taken yesterday. In afternoon worked & finished drawing of Summer for G.Words. At 4.30pm inflamation of eye came on suddenly. M persuaded me not to go to Punch dinner. Sent old stableman with note to F.C.B & with drawing to Swain. Dined quietly at home. ½ bottle of Ivory '74. Bed early. (Red ink across page: At 4.0pm eyes attacked with influenza suddenly.) Thursday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up. Eyes bad. Letter from F.C.B about coat of arms for County Council. Put shade on. Arthur à Beckett called at 10.15. Gt hurry. Got to work. Eyes bad all day. Got lotion of elderflower water. M out & sent for Dr Orton who came in at 7.0pm. Did not like the look of them. Had quiet dinner. Bottle of Daumeny. Had ½ pint. Bed quietly at 10.30. Up hill work to get done. (Red ink across page: Eyes bad. Orton came in in evening.) Friday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Eyes very bad. Struggled on & finished drawing for Punch at 7.0pm. Coat of Arms for County Council. Orton came in at 7.30. Eyes worse. Dined quietly & finished bottle of Geisler. Bed at 11.0. Bathed & lotion. Disturbed night. (Red ink across page: Worked. Eyes bad. Uphill work to get done. Should have gone to Heilbuts.) Saturday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Eyes worse. Orton in in morning. Decided to go to Critchett. Conny in to lunch. Took dear Maud to Gondoliers. Ordered carriage at 2.30. Got in & drove to Critchett's with M. Eyes influenza form. Wrote prescription. Back through Kensington. M told Jolley to get rid of old man. Got lotion & bathed eyes. Very bad at night. No wine. No smoke. Bed 11.0. News of death from influenza of Edwin Long R.A, aged 52. (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Sampson. May 16,
1891) (Red ink across page: Eyes worse. Influenza. 1st visit to Critchett at 3.30pm.) Sunday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up. Eyes very bad. Down & had a long day of pain & doing nothing. Spencer called with little girl & also Mrs Mackenzie. Lotions all day. Quiet dinner & bed 10.30. Climax of eyes. (Red ink across page: Eyes very bad all day. Culminated. Sat doing nothing.) Monday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Eyes better. Smarted after lotion on. Pouring wet wet day. Awful for peoples' Holyday. Orton in at 11.0. Tidied desk & wrote diary. Pouring with rain at noon. Eyes bad all day. Smarted very much. Did not go out all day. Stayed in. Up & down room. (Red ink across page: Eyes better. Acute inflammation ceased. Cold wretched wet day all day.) Tuesday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Better for 1st time. Down breakfast. Spencer & Conny in. Did labels for photo drawers. Cleared a lot off. In afternoon drove in carriage up to Critchett's with Spencer. Critchett saw me. Better. Waited ¾ hour in drawing room. Drove & got spectacles to Wardour Street. Back. Everything looked lavender. Home. Wrote letters Eton etc. Went on with photos. Dinner & bed quietly. (Red ink across page: Eyes better for 1st time. 2nd visit to Critchett.) Wednesday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up. Breakfast. Eyes better. Went on with photo labels & wrote labels etc. Drove at 1.30 with M up the Park & walked back down Row. Saw Mrs Lewis. M went to Charley Hartree's to lunch. Met Grain etc. Back late. Carriage after lunch took me to Naval Museum. Very cold. Felt ill & imprudent to be there. Stayed in picture gallery. M met me at 5.0 & drove home. Hensman there. Talk & on with labels & wrote letters. Quiet dinner & bed early. (Red ink across page: Getting better of Influenza. Miserably cold wretched day.) Thursday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up. Breakfast. Still better. Orton not in for 1 st time. Went on with labels & cleared the lot off & tidied drawers etc. Wrote letters. Did not go out. Cold wretched wet day. Quiet evening & bed. Very much annoyed at dinner. Writ from Cutler & Reed. Mean & shabby. Wrote letters after dinner & went to bed after pipe. Did not sleep very well at 1st. (Red ink across page: Better from influenza. Cold miserable day.) Friday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up. Breakfast. Printed photos of Miss Manning. Waited till 12.30 for wire from Milliken. No instructions. Orton in for last time I hope. Drew out cut of London & Medical Student. Orton & stethoscope. At 3.30 drove in carriage to Cutler & Reeds. Saw oriental cheeky clerk. Cooly impertinant. Back in heavy wet. M went on to call on Effie H. Wrote long letter to Alfred Reed. Miss Rose Innes called looking well. Had been to Spain. Wired H.Fletcher. Wire back to say go tomorrow. Worked till 10.30. Quiet simple dinner. Bed 1.0pm. (Red ink across page: Much better of Influenza. Worked in afternoon.)
Saturday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Breakfast. Break in the weather. Finer. Pass from Scotter came. Sent Jolley to Bedford Gardens in cart. Wrote many letters. To go to Hamilton Fletchers. Tidied things up. Packed bag by 1.30. Lunch. Carriage up by 1.45. Four wheeler. Drove to Waterloo & down to Alresford. Lively baby on platform. Curious girl got in carriage. Snub nose & dark eyes. Got out at Woking. Carriage met us Alresford. Cold drive. Tabby met us & dogs, Hamilton etc. Tea & after stroll dressed for dinner. Cold room. Read after & bed 11.30. (Red ink across page: Much better of Influenza. Left town for Brookwood with Marion.) Sunday May 24 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Down. Breakfast. Dull wretched morning. Wet all morning. Sat in library & looked at books before & after lunch. Walk just before lunch with Ju & Colonel, Tabs & M. Ju lost his muzzle. Hamilton writing business letters all afternoon. Window open. Read Tales of Alhambra etc. After tea went for walk with H. Wet. Back late 8.0pm. Changed. No dress. Dinner. Cigar after & bed 11.0. (Red ink across page: Went to Brookwood Park.) Monday May 25 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up. Caught Hamilton before going to Poole. Breakfast. Read etc. Took rifle & shot 6 bullets at rooks etc. Saw rabbit & Boggart. Back. Lunch. Read & wrote. At 3.45 went in carriage to visit Seymour Haden. Delightful old house. Etchings etc. Head of Monmouth well painted. Seymour Haden delightful. Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hornby bore. Tea (stong). Back. Man there after walk in wood for Ju's ear. Lanced. Read. Very cold. Did not dress for dinner. Quiet dinner. Hamilton returned at 10.0pm. Felt tired & livery. Dozed in chair. Pipe & whiskey. Bed 11.30. Tuesday May 26 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up. Breakfast. Pipe. Looked at books etc. Hamilton & self went for walk. Little pheasants. Boggart. Got golf clubs. Nearly broke window. Gardener or Bailiff has cut sweetbriar. Back. Packed. Lunch. After cigar drove in carriage to Ropley. 'Oui, oui can't Yolanda' up to town. Plain girl in black got in at Aldershot. Waterloo. Drove home. Dear Maud well. Letters from Cutler & about legacy. Planted sweetbriar. Dressed & drove in cold to Mrs Medley's dinner. Slow, very. Took Mrs Tuer in. M taken in by a bore. Mrs Routledge queer. Talk to Tuer about Ainger. Home. Cold. Marquis fresh. Bed 12.0pm. (Red ink across page: Returned fromBrookwood. Dined at Mrs Medley's. Slow dinner very.) Wednesday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up. Derby Day. Boots home from Peals. Cold wretched day. Miserable. Read papers & wrote letters etc. Wrote cheque for £56.5.6. for Greenwood & Co. Lunch. In afternoon walked up towards Punch dinner. Met Henderson. Cab on to dinner. Agnew there. Guthrie etc etc. Heard I had won sweep £4.10.0. Quiet dinner. Left early & home by carriage at 11.30 (arrived). Furniss said that after Tenniel spoke about D.M & the Punch business. Thursday May 28
Stafford Terrace. Up & skemed cut of Rhodes & Portugese & Africa. Wet morning. Jolley round at 2.0 & photod self as African explorer & K(illeg) Wet & disagreable weather. Got through all right. Developed & printed phos ready for tomorrow. After at 6.0 dressed & drove to Metropole Hotel & arrived ½ an hour too soon. Miss Rose Innes' dinner. Canon Duckworth etc etc, Mr & Mrs Bowen (American) Dutch girl of Bret Harte's etc etc. So so dinner. After went in box to hear L'Enfant Prodigue. Most of them not interested. Home by carriage at 11.30. Supper. Bed. Rode mare in Park in morning. Back sore again. Bad. Friday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up early & worked on cut of Rhodes Portuguese & Africa. Decided to take another photo of self. Took it. Maud exposed plate. Worked away & finished about 9.30pm to 10.0. Dined. Cigar & bed. Bond for £500 Grand Trunk Railway came. M took it to bank. Quiet dinner at home & bed 1.0pm. Saturday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up & breakfast. Awful wet morning & dull. Wired Ada Fletcher not to come. After in morning put away things & developed 6 or 8 plates. At 1.0 took cab to Club. Called in Piccadilly Swaine & Adeney's about whip. On to Goffs. Bought one. After lunch at Garrick. Saw Mercer. Paid sub to sweep. Arthur Blunt at lunch. M met me in carriage. Talk to Powers M.P about D'Arcy & £5,000,000. On with M to Covent Garden & bought plants. Home. Read quietly & dressed. Dinner. M dressed after. Went at 10.25 to Lord Salisbury's at Foreign Office. Royalty passed on stairs. Saw Leighton, Jeune etc etc. Left at 1.0. Home 1.30. Saw the Keiths also. (Red ink across page: Foreign Office reception. Went with M. Saw Duke of Clarence on stairs.) Sunday May 31 Stafford Terrace. In morning fine & hot. Up at 9.0am. Undecided whether to ride or not. Decided not. Developed rest of photos of Miss Etty Pettigrew. Printed them in afternoon. At 4.30 went in cab to play tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's. Good 7 sets. Equal. Cab home. Child daughters playing. After dined. Tilda & Conny had been at home. Rested after dinner. At 11.0 went up to Boughtons at home. Saw Mrs Jarrett's new husband etc etc. Took Miss Levy up to supper. Left at 1.0. Home. Read about London in Harper. Bed at 2.0am. Smell in bedroom, M had upset spirit. Edward Lawson's dinner at Garrick. Jun 1891 Monday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up. Fine morning at last. Rode Marquis at 9.30am. Park. Very fresh. Saw Soloman. After home. Very hot. Changed & put things straight. After Mr Glossop came at 1.5pm. Talk. After at lunch Arthur Linley turned up 1.45pm. Talk after. Settlement of Robert Linley's estate £1710 divided into eights. Arthur took 4 & Glossop & self 4. Cheque for £427.10.0 handed over. Talk after. Arthur left with £855.0.0. Glossop & Arthur left at 4.0pm. Put things straight. Wrote letters. Jolley round. Sent for wine to Hewitts. At 8.0 Conny & Georgy Boehm dined. Quiet dinner. Conny fooling Georgy. Left at 11.0pm. Read & fell asleep till 12.30. Bed. Tired & hot. (Red ink across page: Mr Glossop came & paid cheque on behalf of my mother for £427.10.0.) Tuesday June 2
Stafford Terrace. Woke up at 7.30. Hammering next door. Out & dressed. Sent wire to A.F. Called stable after breakfast. Baccarat case on. At 9.30 rode Marquis through Kensington to Park. Up & down. Saw Furniss & little girl. Met Maud. Not so hot. Back. Found Mr Smith there, measured. Mr Glossop called again. Afterwards went up to 54 B.G. Abbey's housekeeper ill. Photos Miss A.F nude & in robe. Left 2.0pm. Lunch at home, Bee Barrs there. Hot & stuffy. Pipe. Wrote letters etc etc. Felt very tired & done up. Read Baccarat case. After skemed Punch banquet picture. Ordered carriage 7.30. Dine at 39 Norfolk Square. Went to dine Campbell Praeds'. Bore to talk to before dinner. Was 1 st there. Sat next a big woman & Willie Matthews. Talk with Chapman about the Levys etc etc etc. After drove in brougham to Mrs Pickering's & to Faudel Phillips. Jean May performing. Introduced to Gilbys & saw Beattie Kingston. Home 1.30. (Red ink across page: Photod Adah Fletcher classic dress.) Wednesday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Fairly well. At 11.30 got on Marquis for meet of 4 in hand club. Coaching Club I think though. Saw Miss Levy etc. Tattersalls, Hickmans etc etc. Dull grey weather. After rode home. Lunch. M there. Saw nothing. In afternoon walked as far as Garrick Club & on by cab to Punch dinner. Bradley there for 1st time looking seedy. No F.C.B. Cut made up of Tzar of Russia & suggested one of the S.A affairs for self. Wrote Barker & Stace. Dull day. Home by cab earlier 11.30. Thursday June 4 Stafford Terrace. In morning pouring wet day for Eton. Skemed picture for South America. Coud not photo Stace. After in evening finished small drawing of Education Bill. The Muellers & Miss Rose Innes came ¾ of an hour early for dinner. Conny & Angel after & Conny Burnand. Good dinner. Angel & self walked up after to the Lewis's. Big reception. Took Mrs Harold Powers in. Good supper. Furniss there. Home at 1.15. Had rained all day. Fred Terry & Miss Neilson engaged. Very happy. Smoked cigar home. (Red ink across page: Dinner Mullers, Miss Rose Innes, Angell, Conny Burnand & Conrad dined.) Friday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Letter from Morton & Cutler. Took no notice of it. Got to work & photod Stace at 10.30. Hat from Lincoln & Bennetts. At 11.30 Conny Burnand & Bessie Hollinghead called wanting me to alter drawing. Wrote F.C.B. Wire after & boy. Did not alter it. Arthur à Beckett called in afternoon. Hindered me. Worked late till 10.15. Finished. Dined & bed at 1.0pm after sleep. Very tired. Saturday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Dull dark misty morning. At 10.0 laid out table for photoing Punch dinner. Took photos in yard. After at 12 to 1.0 took cab & called at Cutler & Reed's just missed him on to Club & called at Hobbs after lunch. Met M & Maud at the Lyceum & saw The Corsican Brothers. Out & in to Covent Garden. Bought carnation etc. Sent M on & had tea at Club. Wrote Lady Jeune. After walked through Park & missed carriage. Saw Morgan & met Fildes. Walked home. Jolley waited 2½ hours in the Park. Silly fellow. Home to dinner. Quiet evening & bed. Sunday June 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Dog cart round & drove to G.W. Rly. Caught 10.10 train Furniss there. No Lehmann. Down to Taplow station. Furniss story about Lehmann (B). Lawson & Sir Chas Russell met us in break. Drove to Hall Barn 7 miles. Coldish morning. Lovely country. Stroll about grounds stables etc. So so horses. Beautiful pavilion etc etc. Lockwood, Hare & Dicey there. Lunch good. After pottered. After Russell, Furniss & self drove & Lockwood & Lawson rode through Du Pres Park to Dropmore & back. Small girl would not let Lawson into Park. Funny. After lots of youths called. Grenfell & Gilbey etc. Tea. After Furniss, Hare & self walked as far as Holtspur Gate & back. Furniss' yarn. Had lovely Turkish bath. Good shampooer. Russell & self in bath. Good but dull dinner. '74 wine Pol Roger. Sleepy. Talk nothing but about horses. Old schnaps. Looked at Lawson's book of children's jubilee & bed. (Red ink across page: Spent day at Edward Lawson's Hall Barn.) Monday June 8 Hall Barn. Called 7.15am. Bath. Rush to dress. Snatch breakfast. Buss at door at 8.15am. Hare late & left in porch. After buss stopped & Hare & 3 men ran with his boxes etc etc. Drove to Taplow 25 minutes to wait. Over in lavatory Lockwood called out 'London train'. Rushed out. At Paddington met Jolley in cart. Told me he had slipped down with Marquis. Very much annoyed. Changed things & drove self in cart to Law Courts. No busses. Omnibus strike. Got in by asking for Mr Smith. Baccarat case on. Heard the end of Russell's speech & ½ Sir Edward Clark's wonderful speech. H.R.H there. Ladies sketching etc etc. Left at lunch time & went on by cab to Garrick. Lunched with Tree etc etc. Read books after & walked home. Called & bought No of Strand Magazine. Wrong month. Quiet dinner at home. Mother went to Ealing at 3.0. M back 6.30. Bee Barrs came. Impudent note from Cutler. (Red ink across page: Baccarat case in Court.) Tuesday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Decided to go to Baccarat case again. Dressed & cab to Court. Met Gilbert Hare. Passed him in. Got Lewis Coward's seat. Heard the summing up & lunched in Court or rather at bar outside. Ass with bottle in court in corner. Ladies sketching. Verdict at 3.25 after 8 minutes for Wilson family. Walked to Club. Read & wrote wire out after cup of tea. Left it at Lyric after calling at English Opera. Walked home. After dinner Bee Barrs, M & self went to the Lyric & heard La Cigale. Cab home & bed after. (Red ink across page: Baccarat case. Verdict in Court.) Wednesday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Lovely day. Skemed cut for Index & took photos of self with scythe. Did the tail piece in afternoon & walked up through Park for Punch Dinner. Called at Nicholls & Co & shewed them breeches on. After to Club & cab on to Bouverie St. Quiet Punch dinner. Milliken to send me subject. Bradbury there & Agnew. Cart fetched me home. Nice drive. Called at Beefsteak Club. Talk of the Baccarat case. Saw Arthur Blunt & Ward etc. Left 1.0am & home. Thursday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Lovely day. Took more photos of scythe & drew Index, Punch mowing. In all day did not go out. Quiet dinner. Milliken wrote about cut of
Omnibus Strike. Maud's drawing published in Gentlewoman got prize of 10/-. M sent it up by Alice as a joke. M & Bee Barrs paid no end of calls in afternoon. Friday June 12 Stafford Terrace. F.C.B called in morning & gave cut for Washerwoman. Photod Emma & self & worked all day. Got done & drove to Hamilton Terrace to dine with the Mullers. Miss Rose Innes, Bret Harte, M(illeg), Santley (screwed) etc etc. Good dinner. Beautiful flowers. Talk of the Baccarat case. Left 11.20 7 home by cab at 12.0am. Robinsons vegetarians. (Red ink across page: Dined at the Mullers. Saturday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Lovely fine morning. Got ready to photograph for the Punch drawing. Milliken came at 1.30 & lunched with us after. At 3.30 Reed came & Tenniel after at 5.0 or 4.30. Developed them & had quiet dinner after & bed early. F.C.B called at 10.0 on horse & bounced off again. Sent 'Priapia' to Lehmann. Sunday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Wire from Furniss in morning to say he would come 11.30. Came & had photo taken. At 12.30 rode with Hy. F to Barkers at Wimbledon. Very hot. Young Drabble & Miss Jodings there. Dr Page came in after. Good dinner & cigars. Left at 4.0 & rode through Richmond home. Carriage took us to dine at Matilda Levy's. Took in Mrs Twiss. Joe Parkinson & wife, General du Plat etc etc, Wyndham. Beautiful opera singer, Mdlle Zelie. Good dinner & music after (illeg). Home by carriage. (Red ink across page: Dined at Miss Levy's.) Monday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Hot day. Got on with drawing for Punch Table. In afternoon Kiki D.M came & I photod him, very good, 4.30pm. M & Bee Barrs paid no end of calls. Quiet dinner & evening after. Developed D.M. Tuesday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Hot lovely day. Great day for photoing for Punch Table. At 11.0 Arthur à Beckett came, at 12.30 Lehmann, at 3.0 Gilbert à Beckett, & at 4.0 Guthrie came. Lucy also at 5.0. Drew small cut for Preface. At 7.0 dressed & drove on to House of Commons with Marquis. Dined with Woodall. Miss Clark Gere, Sir Andrew Clark. Little woman married to Major in the 12 th Foot, Lord Cavan. Good dinner. Terrace after. Saw Furniss. Stayed late. Picture Peek. Drove on to Grossmiths. Took Hy.F. Stayed ¾ hour. Great crush. Drove home after. M tired. (Red ink across page: Dined at House of Commons with Woodall M.P. Grossmith party after.) Wednesday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Beautiful morning. Note from F.C.B. Got on with drawing for Preface tail piece. In afternoon at 4.0 F.C.B came & photod him. Stayed & had brandy & Apollinaris. At 5.0 drove in carriage with M to Naval Exhibition. Made sketch went over Victory etc . Met Mercer of Uxbridge. After drove to end of Bouverie St. Good Punch dinner. Agnew & Bradbury there. All but Lehmann & Reed. Cart met me & drove home at 11.30pm. Home 12.45am. Bee Barrs left at lunch time.
Thursday June 18 Stafford Terrace. In morning developed F.C.B etc etc. Got on with Preface drawing & finished it at 7.0pm. F.C.B called on cob & wanted Faraday. Gave him letter for Conny Burnand. Boy came back with answer in evening. Finished Preface & at 7.15 dressed & we drove up to 11 Wilton Place & dined with Charles Hartree. Met Willie Hartree & wife. Good dinner. Good looking young married couple. Left at 1.30 & home. Beautiful weather. Very hot. (Red ink across page: Dined at Charley Hartree's.) Friday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Hot weather. Printed a heap early for picture. After began picture of Mrs Grimwood. Photo turned up at 2.30, altered it & finished by 7.0pm. Sent it off. Dressed & went up in cab to Opera Comique. Saw 'Joan of Arc'. Miss Pollock there. Vulgar piece. Left 11.10 & drove in cab to carriage in King St. On to the Quilters at home. Saw Boughtons & Carbutts etc etc, Calderon, Darcys & Goodalls. Back home by carriage at 1.0. (Red ink across page: Went to see Joan of Arc. Quilters at home.) Saturday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Lovely day. Put all things away & developed prints & got to work 12.15 at Punch Table drawing. Began fresh. Put in Punch, Leech & Thackeray & architecture. Worked till 7.15. At 7.40 drove in carriage to dine at the Palmers. Too early. Drove in Park. Lovely clear beautiful evening. Lots of Volunteers. Saw Lucas on charger. Poor dinner. Took Mrs Grossmith in. General du Plat talked to M about servants. Billiards after. Game with Captain Nottage. Beaten. Lady N. Beautiful house. Left 12.15. Home by carriage. (Red ink across page: Most lovely evening. Dined at the Palmers.) Sunday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Lovely beautiful day. Down 10.0. Got on with Punch Table drawing. Put in Star Chamber & Architecture. At 1.35 Miss Bourne came to lunch. Good lunch. Aqua d'oro liqueur. Wrote up diary since the 6 th. Maud turned water off in aquarium & it was left. Poor little gudgeon wh we had had 2 years died. Carp recovered. Up stairs & on with drawing for Punch Table. Mrs Muller & Sylvinia Rose Innes called. At 5 Miss Bourne left & Maud & self went up to play lawn tennis at Lewis's in carriage. Played 4 sets. Lost 3, won 1. Col Louard, Duchess of Sutherland there. Back at 7.25. Dressed. Wrote Rider Haggard. Had left. Quiet dinner. Read Du Mauriers story in Harper after. Bed 11.10. Good sleep. Monday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Got to work all day on the Punch Dinner drawing. Put in Tenniel, self, Arthur à B, Lehmann, Furniss & D.M. At 7.0 dressed & drove in carriage to Garrick. Heavy wet. Jolley in mackintosh & hat. Dined with Winchester Clowes. Sat next Col Eardley Wilmot, Col Bromhead etc etc, Murray & F.C.B. Joe Knight etc. Stayed very late. Smoked etc. Johnny Toole came in after. Ordered my lunch for Wednesday. Cab home & went into drawing room found blind down & easel wheeled in front of window. Bed at 2.30am. Tuesday June 23
Stafford Terrace. Dull morning & close & hot all day. Got up feeling very seedy & ill. Stayed in bed till 10.0. Down & after M went in carriage to dressmakers. Lay on sofa & did not get to work until 12.30. Put in backs of chairs etc etc. In afternoon drew in F.C.B, Bradbury & placed others round P.D table. At 7.30 dined quietly at home. Not sleepy after dinner. Tidied up & wrote to William Agnew. Bed at 11.0pm & glad to get there. Wednesday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am & breakfast after Jolley photod self for altered position in drawing of Punch table. Developed it. Worked from 10.45 to 12.45. Man doing fresh cord to blinds from Maples at 12.55. M & self drove in carriage to Garrick Club. Had luncheon party. Lady Jeune, Mrs Watney, Miss Rose Innes, M, self, Canon Bourne, Guthrie, George Alexander. Lunch a success. Lady J went off at 3.0 to Masque of Flowers. Looked round Club. Left at 3.40. Home 4.15. Printed photos of self & got to work on P.D drawing. Put in Guthrie, Lucy & Reed. Dinner. Quiet. Wrote letters after & filled in Income Tax, £750 deducting £24.16.8. Very hot. In evening after dinner had carriage. Decided not to go to Academy Soirée. Drove to 2nd reception at Foreign Office. Saw Sir J.Fowler, Carr Glynn etc etc. Home at 1.15pm. (Red ink across page: Luncheon at the Garrick. Lady Jeune & others.) (later note: Lady Jeune went off with her two daughters. Her youngest would be between 13 & 14 years old. Married 21 July 1896 (Tuesday) to Henry Eden Allhusen. Dorothy Stanley. I have never seen anything of Lady Jeune since. A wasted lunch. July 23, 1896) Thursday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Worked all morning on drawing for Punch Dinner. In afternoon did drawing for Vol 101. Liked very much after. The two Miss Bournes came to dinner quite quietly after. Shewed them photo groups etc etc. Left at 11.15pm. Worked & bed after. M seedy. (Red ink across page: Nina Bourne & sister dined with us. Quiet evening.) Friday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Worked all day on Punch Dinner drawing. Got on as no cartoon wanted. M & Miss Bourne went to Lady Hickman's at home. Worked all day & quiet dinner in evening & after dinner got on with drawing. Saturday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Wire from William Agnew to say he was coming. Came at 10.30. Photod him & got on with work on Punch Dinner drawing. Agnew pleased with drawing & house. He left & went down to stay with Lucy. Worked & in evening rode Marquis in the Park. Met Finlay & rode with him. Back to dinner at 8.15. Quiet evening & worked after dinner. Bed 1.0am. Sunday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Did not ride. Got on with Punch Dinner drawing all day. Spielmann called in morning & gave suggestions. Worked till 4.30 & at 5.0 drove in carriage, M, Maud & self to Lewis's for lawn tennis. Slow afternoon. Whole tribe of Agnews there. Pellew gave Maud her necklace. Back home to quiet dinner after & bed.
Monday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Worked hard all day on Punch Table drawing. Quiet evening & dinner at home. Worked after dinner. Tuesday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up & worked all day hard on drawing of Punch table. Boughton came in in morning & asked me to Academy Club dinner next Thursday. Saw him & he came up & looked at drawing. Worked & in evening had carriage & drove to Grand Hotel. Dined with Canon Bourne & 2 Miss Bournes. M, Maud & self went. Very good dinner. Noisy youths next table. Man eating dessert. Left at 9.30 & went to 1st night of The Nautch Girl. So so. Bit moustache. Saw Macmillan & also Schutz Wilson. Called Beefsteak after & had talk with Stuart Wortley. Home by cab after. Late. Wednesday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up & worked hard all day feeling seedy on Punch Table drawing. Finally finished it at 5.45pm & sent it off. Carriage up & drove with M to Punch dinner. Put down in Bouverie St. P.D. Complimented on drawing. Full dinner. Good talk. Agnew there. Guthrie etc. Left 12.10pm & home by poorish cab. Mother came back with Alice in the morning from Ealing. Edward Heron Allen & Miss Liza Lehmann married. Could not go. M did not go. Wet afternoon. Jul 1891 Thursday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up & had dog cart. M drove with me & went to Victoria. Met Boughton & down to (blank) station with R.A Club. Large party. Talk with Bancroft & Ouless about Broadley. Out & drove to Hever Castle where Burnand stayed. Fine old place where Henry 8th met Anne Boleyn. Across by break to Chiddingstone. Lunch at inn. Fine old village. Streatfields live there. Old Mark's & Boughton's story of wife & policeman, 'I'm sitting in a lot of it'. Hot fine day. Drove after lunch to Penshurst, Lord de Lisle & Dudley. Saw over house. Dendy Sadler. Gregory joined party there. Lovely old Hall. Fire in centre. Dinner at inn. Walk to station with Linden(?) & Boughton. Talk of Gray's Elegy. After talk to Morris of Marion Davis. Up to town. Long stories. Home by cab with Boughton. No expense whatever all day. A thoroughly good day. (Red ink across page: Went down for day in country with Royal Academy Club. Good fine day.) Friday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Had news that Inspector would send fireman round. Came at 11.0. Most helpful. Photod him for portrait of Capn Shaw. Got to work & worked hard all day on portrait of Captain Shaw. Finished at 9.45pm & dined quietly. Bed after. Had carriage at 10.30 & drove to William Agnew's at home. Saw Wren etc Marion Terry, Binns Smith, Mr Williamson, Mrs Christian etc etc. Champagne & home. Furniss & Lucy. Home 1.0am. Saturday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up early & had fireman round at 10.10am for photo for Emperor & also photod M in helmet after lunch. Worked hard all afternoon & got on. At 7.40 had carriage & drove to dinner at Harold Powers, 5 Hyde Park Mansions. Met Mr & Mrs Frisby etc & vulgar woman. Powers amusing. Shewed me new French camera. Left for home by carriage at 11.40. Arrival of the German Emperor &
journey to Windsor. Heavy rain in the morning. (Red ink across page: Arrival of the German Emperor in England.) Sunday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Got on with drawing for Black & White of Emperor & Britannia. Found could not finish it so packed it up. Left in carriage at 4.0 & had 4 wheeler to King's X. Went down M, Maud & self, to Hitchin to stay with the Winchester Clowes' out at Hitchin. Found Percy Macquoid there. On to Hitchin tea at Clowes'. Miss Hoare there, £50,000. Dull showery weather. Mooned about till time to dress. After had cold supper. Very hungry. Plenty of wine & whiskey. Good cigar & bed. (Red ink across page: Went to Winchester Clowes at Hitchin.) Monday July 6 At Hitchin. Up for 9.30 breakfast. Had to stay in all day & work. Finished drawing for Black & White, Emperor & Britannia. Got it off by 6.15. Had pony trap & only just caught train. Stupid booking clerk. Back & had game of lawn tennis. Beat Clowes easily. Dinner. Mr & Mrs Hughes & Capn & Mrs Fellowes R.N. Percy Macquoid, Maud did not dine. Good dinner & wine. Pol Roger '80. Talk after & bed at 12.30. M, Maud, Miss Hoare, Percy Macquoid & Winchester Clowes went to Cambridge at 12.30, back at 5.30pm. (Red ink: Thunderstorm in afternoon.) Tuesday July 7 At Hitchin. Up for 9.0am breakfast. Down. Shaved. Jackdaw outside. Read Dr Cummings book on Revelation. After Percy Macquoid left. Heavy rain came on. Walked & looked at animals, goat etc etc. Stroll into Hitchin with Clowes. Market day. Called Club & wired Jolley. Back. Lunch. After heavy rain. Sliding board put up. Doubt about staying or leaving in afternoon. Decided to go up. Went into town & called Phillips' furniture place. Back home. Met naval captain. Tea & left in brougham. Caught 5.12 train. Back to town. Had 4 wheel cab. Men ran after it. Home. All well. Midge & Dora came to dinner. News of Hamilton's horses being drowned. Sad. Heavy & sleepy after dinner. Bed 11.30pm. Waddy well. Tasted Potheau in afternoon & old curacao & wine. Wednesday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. Breakfast. Dullish morning. Letter from William Agnew about his account. Picture frame. Sent cheque to Agnew. Worked on drawing for Good Words, Autumn. Photod vine to put in it. After at 5.30 walked over Campden Hill & on to Peal's to try boots on. All right. German Emperor came to Buckingham Palace from Windsor. Cab to Garrick Club. Dressed & on to Punch dinner. Bought flower at Covent Garden. Punch dinner. Drawing of Punch table produced & proof. Furniss as usual nasty about it. F.C.B & Arthur after in hansom & I followed in hansom went to Press Box at Opera. Saw the German Emperor & suite etc etc. Awfully hot. Walked back to P.D. After went to Garrick & on with Hy. F to Jan Van Beer's supper. Sat next Bernard Partridge & Wirgman. Saw James & Sullivan, Aird etc etc. Back with Wirgman at 3.0am. Slept in chair till 5.0am. Bed. M dined at Tweedie's & went to Sir R.Webster's at home with Sir P.C.Owen. (Red ink across page: Opera Gala night of German Emperor. Van Beer's supper.) Thursday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up & breakfast 8.30am. German Emperor rode in the Park at 7.0am. Did not see him. Worked on Autumn drawing for Good Words. Dined early.
After went with M & Maud to Albert Hall. Poor evening. Box full of people. Genl’s wife & daughter. Very hot crush. Walked to carriage in Hyde Park Gate & home. (Red ink across page: German Emperor at Albert Hall.) Friday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up & breakfast 8.30. Went on with Autumn drawing for Good Words. After F.C.B called at 11.20, settled cut for Alice & Queen, Harcourt & Chamberlain. Got to work & finished 9.45pm. Too tired after dinner to go to Miss Thomson. 2 drawings in Black & White. Both good in their way. German Emperor received at Guildhall at banquet & procession. (Red ink across page: German Emperor in the City. Great day.) Saturday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up & breakfast at 9.0. After wrote cheques & put things away. Hot lovely morning. At 10.20 drove mare in cart to Wimbledon. Jolley walked Marquis. Got there 11.30 exactly. Wrote letters. Barker in at 12.15. Lunch 12.30. Arthur Linley & handful of silver. Alice Linley & little Carter there. At 2.0 they drove in carriage to stand & carriages at Review. Got on Marquis 2.20 & rode to Review. Saw Wyclyffe Taylor, Sherriff Harris & Wicks etc etc. Very hot. Gave Taylor whiskey & soda & lady with Harris. At 4.0 Great Review 25,000 men before German Emperor. Emperor wore Garde de Corps dress. Black cuirass & whites. Began 4.15, over 5.55. Got nearly kicked by girl's horse. Wrangle with old gent. Apologised. Rode round common. Back to C.O.B at 7.0. Bath, could not manage it. Dressed. Dinner. Arthur & Alice left at 10.15. After smoke beat C.O.B 100 game, he 78 & self 34. Bed 12.15. (Red ink across page: Great day. Review at Wimbledon.) Sunday July 12 Oak Lawn, Wimbledon. Up & had bath with organ keys. Breakfast 9.30pm. Good bacon etc. Mary Carter & Maud in garden with roses afterwards. Lounged about. Pipe. At 11 changed & at 11.30 went for ride on Marquis, Barker on his horse 'George'. Round by common & over Wimbledon to Albany Club thro Richmond Park. Told C.O.B story about 'I'm sitting on most of it'. Good lunch. Ginger beer. Cigar. Very hot. Met son of Sir David (illeg) driving pr of horses. Back over common to tea 4.30. Saw Miss Buxton & brother, Australian & Neall & wife. At 5.0 played 3 sets of lawn tennis unicorn. Very hot. Won 1, lost 2. Bath & dinner. Had Perrier Jouet & Pommery '80. Very sleepy after. Bed 11.15pm. Tired. C.O.B's & Fanny's wedding day. Married 21 yrs. Monday July 13 Oak Lawn, Wimbledon. Barker rode at 7.15am. Slept on to 8.30. Bath & breakfast at nine. Got roses etc. M left at 10.30 with Maud. Got on horse 10.35 & rode over common & through Richmond Park home. (Barker came in at Stafford Terr whilst writing this on Tuesday 14th at 6.30pm.) Very warm, got home at 12.45. Found M all right & busy. Got on with drawing for Autumn G.W. M went in carriage to Stores & got tobacco & wine etc. At 8.0 pm Vernon & Lady Margaret Watney, Luke Fildes & wife & Mr & Mrs Oswald Crawford dined with us. Good dinner. M liked Lady Margaret. Fildes stayed till 12.30am. Talk of tricycles etc. (Red ink across page: Home dinner. Lady Margaret Watney dined for the first time.)
Tuesday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Breakfast. Rode Marquis in Park from 9.30 to 10.45am. Met Dr Stoker & Harris. Fine morning. Back. Mervyn with us. Changed & got to work. Finished drawing of Autumn. Lunch. Explained to Mother about money. Wrote 8 or 9 letters & at 3.15 drove in cart to corner of Berkeley Square & walked on to be photographed. Had many done. Saw Buck. Went in & looked at a Constable. After drove home & as Waddy said an 'ome’ in the Terrace. Mrs Geiger & Miss Rose Innes at Stafford Terrace. Cake & talk of Tilda & Dora also. Wrote diary & Mrs Heilbut. To dine at Louis Fagin's. Barker came in at 6.30. Dressed. Talk with C.O.B. Left at 7.25 for Fagin's. Got there eight exactly. Good Italian dinner. Joe Parkinson & wife, Whistler & wife, selves, Fagans, Mr Mansfield & Mr Weyms Reid there. (illeg) Left 11.50 & drove in cab to Moulton's at home. All gone nearly. Met the Goodalls, Woodall, D'Arcy etc. Tenniel, Guthrie & Bram Stoker. Val Princep, Dicksee etc etc. German band good. Left at 2.0am & home by cab. Cabman said he'd like to write. Also met Mr Wright, Midge & Hamilton's friend. (Red ink across page: Dinner at Louis Fagins & Thomson’s & Moulton's at home afterwards.) Wednesday July 15 Stafford Terrace. M in bed tired. Lovely morning. Up at 8.30. Breakfast by self. After wrote many letters & diary. Drew cheque for Mother, £8.13.8. M left with Maud at 11.30 for dentist in carriage. Worked on drawing of Winter for G.W. At 5.0 walked through Park & on Oxford St side to Harley St. Met Humphrey Ward etc etc, Forbes Robertson, Gillie Farquhar, Arthur Blunt, Val Princep etc. Called Kendals at home. Saw them. Left 6.45. Saw Dr Owen in cab. Walked through Mortimer St. Met Arthur Blunt & on to High Holborn. Saw old Park of Robersons. Took cab to Punch dinner. Punch's Jubilee number this week. Good dinner. No 2 nd subject. Stayed latish. Left & took cab home from Fleet St. Cabs raced in Kensington & made curious noise from opposition cab. Bed at 1.0am. (Red ink across page: Punch Jubilee Number out. Great success of the Mahogany Tree.) Thursday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. After F.C.B came round on cob & settled about cut of Punch returning thanks. Left & had to send boy on about Maze & London County Council. Jolley photod me on 10 old Derby plates 1884 in evening dress. After drew 'Punch' returning thanks. Finished 7.15pm, sent it off. Intended to ride. M out till 6.30. Dressed & went in carriage at 7.50 to dine at Fildes. Mr & Mrs Arthur Lewis, Dr & Mrs Buzzard, Mr & Mrs Romer Williams, Mr & Mrs Tate, selves & Fildes. Good dinner. Cigar & talk to Romer Williams. Left 11.20 & bed after. (Red ink across page: Dinner at the Fildes.) Friday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & rode in Park on Marquis until 9.15. Met Romer Williams & also Lockett Agnew. Wrote many letters in morning & sent fan to Tadema in afternoon. Worked hard all day on County Council & Maze of London. Finished at 10.15pm & dined quietly at home after. Had ½ bottle of Perinet & some Sauterne. Cataogue of French guns came. Bed after at 12.0. Tired. Saturday July 18
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dullish morning. Rode in Park from 10.0 to 11.15. Back & put all things away in room. After packed bag for tomorrow & changed things. Lunch at home. Missed out liver & bacon. After at 1.30 went with M & Maud in brougham to Lyceum Theatre & saw 'The Bells' & ‘Nance Oldfield’. Mervyn came in box & Midge & Dora. Saw M & Maud to carriage & called Club & got £5. Walked to Charing X & just missed the 5.40 train. Rainy. At 6.0 met Milliken at Charing X & went down to Greenwich. Could not walk on acct of rain. Strolled to 'The Ship'. Bradbury there. Agnew & rest after. 'Punch' Jubilee dinner at 7.15. Table loaded with flowers. Turtle & full fish dinner. Arthur à B had of everything. All at table except Gil à Beckett. Philip Agnew & Lawrence Bradbury dined. Speeches from Burnand, Agnew, Bradbury & Tenniel, Arthur à Beckett. Broke up at 11.0. Walked with Furniss to station. Train to Charing X. Arthur à B got out Cannon St. Walked with Guthrie as far as Bond St. Cab from mid Piccadilly. Home 12.15. Slept till 2.15am. Bed. (Red ink across page: Punch Jubilee dinner at Greenwich.) Sunday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull morning. Slight head. Dressed & after breakfast got away in dog cart with luggage to G.W.R. Lots going on river. Met Lindo's. Down to Maidenhead station. Heilbut met us. Drove in brougham on to Holy Port. Recognised common I used to know. Mrs H met us. Found Harold Peto on lawn. Mr (blank). Round to tennis court. Men there. Fred Cosens etc etc. Mrs Catley. After Wright marker at Hampton Court came & played McCann (marker) & Heilbut. Changed things. Lunch. More tennis. (illeg) on net & rain etc. Played at 5.15, 2 sets lawn tennis with Dr Orwin. Walk with Orwin, Mr & Mrs H, past Langworthy's place. Back. Swim. Tricks with cards. Dressed. Good dinner. Livery rather & sleepy. Talk to Harold Peto about Russia. Smoke & whiskey. Tricks with matches. Cork in soda bottle, cards etc. Bed at 12.0. Mrs Philip Cosens fine woman. Good day all round. M & self in wee room. Chapmans pere et fille down for the day only. (Red ink across page: Went down to Heilbuts at Holy Port Maidenhead.) Monday July 20 Holy Port, Maidenhead. At Heilbuts. Up 8.35. Put on shoes etc & went over the lawn to the bath. Had plunge A1. Philip Cosens round there. Back & found Mr Heilbut at breakfast. So so. M down. Went & read in garden etc. Waited about. Mrs Heilbut & Mrs Cosens left finally at 10.30. M & self walked round garden etc. Saw toads etc etc. After at 12.30pm carriage round at door. M's veil blew off in gutter. Drove past Sir Beaumont Dixie's place to Hensmans. Man called Macgregor there with sons at Eton. Lunch. Mrs Hensman on rugger. Boy brought down. Walked across to Eton. Got hot. Saw Mr Ainger. Hum! M came in. Saw round boys' rooms etc etc. Back in fly to Eton. Looked in at shops etc etc. After to station. Caught the 3.40 train. Rumpus about platform. Bother. Back to town. Man dropped flower on West Drayton station. 4 wheel cab home. All well. Dora there. Blind broken. Tea. Wrote diary etc. After wrote diary & letters. Dressed & carriage up at 6.30pm. Drove to the Bristol restaurant & dined with Sylvinia Rose Innes. Fair dinner. Mr & Mrs Robinson (singer & vegetarians) Mr & Mrs Möller, Bret Harte, Mike Santley, Sylvinia, M & self. After walked with Möller past Garrick to Savoy Theatre. Saw for 2nd time 'The Nautch Girl'. So so. Say boys & wife. Waited for cab. Home 12.0am. Supper & bed. M seedy. (Red ink across page: Interview
with Mr Ainger at Eton about dear Roy. Dinner with Miss Rose Innes at the Bristol.). Tuesday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Worked all day on G.W Winter drawing. In evening at 6.0pm rode Marquis in the Park till 7.15pm. Back & dressed. Walked to Kensington Palace Mansions to dine with Mr Wright. Hamilton & Midge there. Fair dinner. Up & down lifts. Played billiards after. Beat Wright 100. Beat unicorn game. Hamilton beat me in 100 & won one unicorn game. Self 49. Came off losing 2/-. Walked home in evening. Read paper. Stayed till 1.40am. Went to bed 2.30am very late. Wednesday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Up 8.30. Felt very tired. Breakfast. After got on & worked under difficulties on drawing of Winter for Good Words. Man doing blinds. M up above clearing roof out with Emma & Alice. Late lunch. Bother about roof. Down & finished Winter. Panting boy up & down stairs. M went to fetch Maud at 3.30 from the Campbell Praeds. Left at 5pm & took cab to Turkish bath. No change. Called newspaper shop. Rain & close weather. Had bath. Not many there. Walked on after to Punch dinner. No Agnew. Furniss again objectionable about his portrait. Good dinner. Left at 11.0pm & cab home. Bed 12.10. M slept well. (Red ink: Augustus Harris made a knight.) Thursday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Wet heavy morning. Overslept. Window open. Breakfast. Wrote letters. Smith called. After got to work on Punch as Machiavelli. F.C.B called on his pony. 3 cuts to do. Maud bothered about photos. 1 st thought of dismissing Jolley. Lunch. Photod Maud 4 plates for the Gentlewoman. Got to work on Punch as Machiavelli & Prince of Naples. Worked & finished it. At 7.30 dressed & took cab to Hartrees, 11 Wilton Place. Got there in time 8.15. Men there. Hartree in white jacket & red sash. Leslie Ward. Rest uninteresting. Feeble little Doctor & ass of a Naval man. So so dinner. Stayed till 12.0 & home on the top of a buss by 12.45am. Friday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up early & to work. Wrote letters & printed Mite's photographs. After got to work on Sir Augustus Harris as a knight. After finishing that at 2.30 pm began Balfour as a pig. Instructions from F.C.B. Poor cut. Finished 9.30pm & dinner. Bottle champagne. M seedy. F.C.Burnand not well. Fine hot weather. Saturday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Up & put room in order all photos away after photoing drawing of the Punch Table. Developed plates etc & dressed at 12.0 for going to Lady Salisbury's garden party at Hatfield to meet the Prince of Naples. Went down by carriage from home 2.30. Caught the 3.10 train down in carriage with tall old lady etc & on to buss. Sir J Millais & Mary M. Lovely old house, time of Queen Elizabeth. Band. Schloessers etc etc. Saw Capn Shaw, Sir Edward Sullivan etc etc. Bosanquet, Leighton, Tadema, Burne Jones junior etc etc. Left at 6.30 & back in carriage with intensely disagreable old dowager who was rude. Laughing girls etc etc. Crowded platform. Princess Louise. Large hips. Went across road in dust & hot dirt to Met. Rly. Took tickets home. Got out at Notting
Hill gate & cab home by 7.45. Quiet dinner. Slept & heavy nightmare. After woke & bed 12.30. Mick barked. (Later note: The old dowager mentioned below was the Hon Mrs Lowther. Saty July 19 1902.) (Red ink across page: Lady Salisbury's Garden Party at Hatfield. Met the Prince of Naples. Lovely day.) Sunday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Up at 8.0 & breakfast 8.40. Dressed for the river & went by cart at 9.40 to Vauxhall. Passed by Mrs Kemp & Mona. Met Mr Paul. Went down to Surbiton. Met by Sir Benj Baker & Mr Knowles. Also a Mr Stephenson. Walk to lodgings. Party joined by Mr & Mrs Denison. Went to river & all in boat except Mona Kemp & Mr Stevenson. Went on to Walton past Hampton Court & Hampton. Rowed from Hampton to Sunbury. Got out for lunch near Walton. Good lunch by fallen tree. Old Gypsy came up & chaffed M. Back at 4.0pm & down home by sail. Rowed from Hampton Bridge to Surbiton. Mr Paul left suddenly at Hampton Lock. Back by 6.30. Tea at Surbiton at Mr Knowles lodgings. Left at 8.0. Rush for train. Good cab home from Vauxhall. Supper 9.30. Mite up. Read Rush for Spoil after. Did not sleep. Bed 11.0 sharp. (Red ink across page: Down the river from Surbiton to Walton with Sir Benjamin Baker's party. Lovely day. Very hot.) Monday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Pouring wet morning. So dark had to light candles to see to read by at breakfast. Wrote many letters. Drew cheque for £12.0.0 books. Worked in morning. In afternoon still pouring with rain. Sat down at 4.0pm to write article for Spielmann & Magazine of Art. Got on with it. Gave up going to tennis at the Rawlinsons but went up in the carriage to dinner or supper. Took Mrs Andrew Lang in. Guthrie there. Pretty girl engaged to a duffer. Very cold sitting out after supper. M & self strolled home at 11.15 & bed quietly. Thought had lost sov'n. (Red ink across page: Pouring wet day as dark as winter in the morning.) Tuesday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Breakfast 8.0am. Got things ready in morning & at 1.30 Bret Harte was to have lunched with us. A wire came to say he could not. Alice Linley with my mother. At 2.30 up comes Bret Harte. Photod him & he went away 4.0pm. Talk of Sandhills & Mudeford. Dressed in frock coat & took cab to Garrick. Called on George & Co about bag. Explained. On to Stereoscopic Company & also Ross. Wired for box Drury Lane. Saw cameras. Wrote Fletcher. Back & dressed & after dinner M & self went to see Warner as Coupeau at Drury Lane in 'Drink'. Not bad. Left & home by cab. Looked in at Jan van Beer's Gallery. Met Hartree in the Park by barracks. Wednesday July 29 Stafford Terrace. In morning developed photos. Grove called with Russian negatives & after Collins with receipt & for orders for photo things. In afternoon after lunch walked up to Punch dinner calling Garrick. Bradbury there etc etc. Furniss most objectionable & still harping about Punch drawing. Left at 12.0. Got good subject. Home by cab 1.15pm. Thursday July 30
Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Heavy wet after. Miss Gill went to fetch Roy from Victoria. Roy turned up at lunch. M packing up & very busy & Maud too. After lunch photod M as French Republic with Maud on box. Developed them. At 3.0 Roy & self went to German Exhibition, M & Maud & Dora following. Very wet. Saw show. Back at 5.0. Met Fildes & boys & went in switchback railway. Got on with work. In evening Miss Gill left. (Red ink across page: Gillyflower left. Roy came home from school.) Friday July 31 Stafford Terrace. In morning up & got on with work. Emperor of Russia & 2 Republics France & America. Worked all day. Much behind. M, Maud & Roy left in small buss at 1.15 for Christ Church. Worked on & did not finish until 11.15. Dined by self & sent boy off. Exhausted & disappointed with work. Worried with French head. Aug 1891 Saturday August 1 Stafford Terrace. Up & at 10.0 went in dog cart to 54 Bedford Gardens. Photod Maud Easton 1st time. Back 12.0. Dressed & lunch. Hurried off in cart to Waterloo. Rush. Met Sir B.Baker outside station. Took him up. Down to Christ Church. Funny little foxy girl in carriage & young ass like Ketton. At Ch Ch saw Court, 'Not for me'. Took fly & got to Seekins. Met dear M, Maud & Roy. All well. Dressed & dined at Tabs. Hamilton, young English & Conny very late back for dinner. Finished long before. Made Effie rude. Back to sleep by self at Seekins at 11.0. Quiet evening. M did not sleep well. Saw Arthur Blunt at Brockenhurst & John Aird & son at Hinton Admiral. (Red ink across page: Went down to Christ Church.) Sunday August 2 At Seekins, Mudeford, Ch Ch. Up 7.45. Went & had bathe with Roy. Called after buzzing stones Capesthorne. Saw Conny. Back. Breakfast. Good bacon & eggs. After wrote letters. Con Effie & Tabs called. Walked with M to John Aird's at Highcliffe Castle along cliff. M fidgetted & hurried me. Long walk up past lodge. Came on lunch. Dr Godson, Dr White, Arthur Blunt & Danford Thomas there. Miss Aird & zither. Good lunch. Talk with Thomas about Mrs Piercey. Back along cliff in a body. Rain came on. All looked at Hamilton's house. Effie & Ham in summer house. After walked with Blunt & got rid of them. Tea at Tabs. After dined by self at Capesthorne. Music in evening. Effie & Roy walked to Christ Church. Left 11.0. Back in house at Seekins. Hamilton examined French camera & we compared the 2. Monday August 3 At Seekins, Mudeford, Ch Ch. Up early & 2nd swim with Roy. Back to Capesthorne. Yacht came round to Mudeford off Sandhills. Blowing hard & glass down. Decided not to go. Got paper & wrote article on Political Cartoons in summer house at Elmshurst. Col Sermon came. (Red ink: Spencer came in here & interrupted writing.) Saw boat put off to yacht Columbine & come back. Got caught in waves. Roy in it & young English. Went to lunch Seekins. Good potatoes. After went back with camera. Col Sermon came & yarned with me. Took 6 or 8 photos. At 4 Hamilton turned up & we went & played tennis. Good games. Miss Holland & Shakespeare against Ham & self. Beat us 2 sets to 1. Also Miss English & Miss
Holland beat us. Good games. After lunch wrote many letters & posted them myself. Dined at Seekins, M, Maud, Roy & self. After persuaded young English to walk round to Tabs. Changed plates & had smoke & home. Tuesday August 4 At Seekins, Mudeford, Ch Ch. Fine morning. Up rather later. Met Hamilton Fletcher when Roy & self went for bathe. Decided to go for sail in Columbine. Back & had breakfast. Rush to get off. Roy & self went up to Capesthorne & started in pony trap with Conrad at 9.40. Drove through (blank) to Keyhaven. Started in dingy & got on board Columbine at 11.10. Strong breeze. Sailed along Isle of Wight. Heavy squalls came up. Rain came on going round Southampton Water. After off the Hook the wind dropped suddenly. Did not get to Southampton until 5.0pm or 4.45. Caught the 5.15 train to town. Roy & Conny left me at station. Up to town. Managed to make pass do & got to Vauxhall 7.45. Drove home & dressed & got to Spielmann's dinner at Constitutional Club at 9.0. Got plenty to eat. Dull dinner. Speeches by Spielmann, Furniss, Linton & queer correspondent. Williams also Williamson etc etc. Talk after about Jews. Left 1.15am & home by cab. Fell asleep & woke up 3.30. (Red ink across page: Spielmann's dinner at Constitutional Club. Got in at 9.0pm.) Wednesday August 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wrote letters. After wrote diary. Spencer came in at 11.30am detained ½ an hour. Long busy morning changing plates etc etc. Rush for lunch. At 2.15 went up in cart to 54 Bedford Gardens & photod Miss Etty Pettigrew. Back by 4.45 to tea. After drove in cart to Jermyn St. Called Roy's tailors & also after had Turkish bath. Out at 6.55. Walked as far as Garrick Theatre & after took cab to Bouverie St. Good dinner. F.C.B, Guthrie, Reed, Millken, Arthur, D.M, Furniss, self & Tenniel. Long talk. Furniss signed F.C.B's proof of drawing Punch Table. Left 11.05 & home by cab 3/-. Slept till 1.30 & bed. All well. Cheque sent from Black & White. (Red ink across page: Fine day for a wonder.) Thursday August 6 Stafford Terrace. Dull cold morning. Up 8.30. Wrote letters. Jolley put pictures right. In yard to photo Jolley. After photod Jolley as Parnell shooting. Found gun was rusted. Developed also photos etc. Worked on drawing of Parnell. At 7.0 drove in brougham to Metropolitan Hotel & dined with Stokes & his wife. Met amateur photographer & Miss Young. Long talk after. Went to Empire Theatre. Slow. Saw Hitchings. After to Garrick. Met Clowes & Tom Thorne. Home by cab. Friday August 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Worked all day on drawing of Parnell & dogs shooting. After in afternoon did small cut of Indians & Walkin & Forbes. Finished & dined. Drove up to the Empire Theatre. Met Jennings. On to Garrick. Saw F.C.B, Montague Williams, Sterry & Toole. Wrote letters to Scotter etc. Could not wait for F.C.B, was so tired. Drove home 12.15 & bed. Saturday August 8 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Cleared up & had cart round 10.0am. Drove to 54 Bedford Gardens & photod Miss M Easton. Corrected others. Sell. Back & found camera from Platinotype. Caught the 2.25 Waterloo. Saw Mr Cope in carriage.
Down to Ch Ch. Dispute with ticket collector. Pony cart met me. Drove to Mudeford. Dined at Capesthorne. Back to bed 11.30. (Red ink: Photod Maud Easton 2nd time.) Sunday August 9 At Seekins, Mudeford, Ch Ch. Up 8.0 & bathe with Roy in sea. Stormy wet day. Wrote many letters in morning & lunch after. In afternoon started for High Cliffe & met Aird party. Turned back & called on Polly, Mrs Levans, Sermon. Aird's son-inlaw Ellis. Old Cope & Seager Hunt. Walked back with them & had tea with Roy (ginger beer) at High Cliffe. Mr Aird gave Roy stick. After at 5.40 delicious walk to bathe in stormy sea. Breakers. Sighted Con, Effie, Tabs & Hamilton on cliff. Walked home with them. After dined at Capesthorne. Back to bed 11.30. Mr Aird gave Roy long stick. (Red ink across page: Heavy wet all morning.) Monday August 10 At Seekins, Ch Ch. Up 8.0. Roy & self bathed before breakfast. Langleys came down & Con & Effie changed to Seekins. In afternoon went to summer house to write Political Cartoons. Very tired. Fell asleep. In afternoon played tennis. After M & self went in Seekin cart & dined at Aird's High Cliffe Castle. Mr Cope, Mr Seager Hunt etc there. Good dinner & home by pony trap. All well. Con & Effie 1 st night with Seekins. Looked at photo book of Marchioness of Waterford. Tuesday August 11 At Seekins, Mudeford, Ch Ch. Up 8.0. Bathed with Roy. Low tide & out to sand bank. At 9.0 drove with Hamilton Langley & Fletcher to Bournemouth West. Lovely morning. Took train to Poole. Tried Platinotype camera. Through town. Bought cocked hat & sword. On to Columbine. Sailed past Bentinck's place & on to Christ Church. On shore in boat. Good lunch. Con, Effie & self dined at Fletchers, M at Seekins. Good evening. Con breakfasted 1 st time at Seekins. Wednesday August 12 At Seekins, Mudeford, Ch Ch. Up 8.0am. Bathe with Roy & buzzed stones. After wrote paper on Political Cartoons. Got on with it in morning & afternoon. Took photos of children on pier, Roy, Dora & Gwenny catching crabs. Great glee. After played tennis with Roy. Beat me one set. Dined at Capesthorne. Effie, Con, Marion & self, Sermons & Daubenys. Changed plates & dropped Hamilton's silver lamp, very sorry. Back to Seekins. Bed 11.30. Thursday August 13 At Seekins, Mudeford, Ch Ch. Up 8.0. Bathe with Roy. Breakfast. Decided to go to town. Ethel English came to stay with Con & Effie. Went in morning to summer house. Photod Midge, M, & Con & children. Dull morning. Lunch. After dressed & Tabs sent cart. Went up to town, Con driving me with Midge. Got to Vauxhall. Jolley met me. Marquis fresh. Drove to Beefsteak. Shirt. On to Garrick. Saw Furniss. Dined & wrote letters etc after. Home by cab at 11.30pm. Did not go out anywhere. Col Sermon cornered me on sands. Friday August 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wrote letters & got to work after on double cut of Emperor of Russia & Emperor of China. Hard work all day. Photod Jolley & self at
12.30pm. Sent Jolley to F.C.B & boy to Tenniel. Finished work at 11.0am & dined. Lobster, fowl & champagne. Bed 1.30 after cigar. Got bank book £725 in credit including August £100 & Sepr. Saturday August 15 Stafford Terrace. Up tired. Put away things etc. Developed 12 little plates of Platinotype camera. Success. Decided as cloudy not to go by 12.30 train. Ordered trap by 1.30. Lunch. Forgot my mother's birthday, 80 years old today. Left in cart at 1.45. Waterloo. Down to Ch Ch. Pass answered. Met Molesworth at Ch Ch station. Halved fly to Seekins. Roy away at cricket match. Missed Polly at Capesthorne. Elphinstones playing tennis. Back & dined at Seekins on Vernon's grouse etc. Effie, Miss English & Con returned. E had been frightfully sick on yacht but made good dinner all the same. Good evening & bed at 11.0. Last drive with Jolley & Marquis. My mother's birthday. 80 years old today. (Red ink across page: My mother's birthday, 80 years old today.) Sunday August 16 At Seekins, Mudeford, Ch Ch. Up 8.0. Bathe in sea. Fine morning. In morning wrote many letters. Weather cleared. Miss English & Effie went to Hinton church. Lunch at Seekins. After finished letters & dressed in brown suit. Whole tribe of Airds came in at 4.0pm. Walked with them & Roy back to High Cliffe. Old German, South American & Mr Trotter of Capels. Little Miss Daubeny came in to see Maud. Tea at Airds. Con, Effie & Miss English there. Walk home. Dora & Gwenny in grounds, Capesthorne. Mademoiselle walked back to Seekins with me. Dressed. To dinner at Capesthorne. Good dinner. Con, Effie & Miss E dined. Tabs a headache. Home. Great mist or fog at Elmshurst. Con & self. Bed at 11.15. Tabs & Miss Holland bathed. Kept me long time in water in morning. Monday August 17 At Seekins Mudeford Ch Ch. Up 8.0. Stormy morning. Bath. Conny, Effie & Miss English to leave. Breakfast. Round to Morant's house. Heavy rain. Roy & trycycle. Saw Con's party off. Wrote all morning paper on Political Caricatures for Mag of Art. Tabs & Jessie in. After lunch M seedy. In afternoon went to summer house at Elmshurst & wrote till 5.0pm. Round to Capesthorne. Tea. Roy & Molesworth mopped up all the milk & cream. Single set with Roy. Rain came on. Back to dinner at Seekins. Grouse. Wrote diary after & read Macaulay's England. Bed 12.15. 1st bath in bathing hut. Good. Maud went to tea at Mrs Knowles's. Taken in Seekins' trap & brought back in Mrs Gibbs' carriage. 2 Hamiltons, Miss Holland & Tabs at garden party.
Tuesday August 18 At Seekins, Mudeford, Ch Ch. Up at 8.0. Bathe in sea in Tabby's house. Tabby's birthday. Fine morning, sea hot. Back. Note from H.F to go to Poole on yacht. Breakfast. Caught trap at 10.5. Drove with Hamilton Langley, Roy & Miss Holland to Ch Ch. Took ticket to Poole. Goodbye to Miss Holland. Bought sausages & bread at Poole. On yacht at 12.0. Beautiful sail to Ch Ch. Good lunch. Roy ill & could neither eat nor drink. Landed 3.15. Talk with Evelyn in boat house or summer house at Elmshurst. Back home. Saw Warren, architect. Polly in drawing room. Finished latter part of paper on Caricatures. Sent it off & wrote Jolley &
F.C.B. Letter from Jolley saying Marquis had slipped down. Round to Capesthorne. Played 3 sets of Lawn tennis. Roy & self against Hamilton Langley & Molesworth. Won 2 to 1. Back & dressed. Dined at Capesthorne. 2 nd Miss Holland there, Warren etc. Back at 11.30. Changed plates & wrote diary. Bed 12.15am. Wednesday August 19 Seekins, Mudeford, Ch Ch. Up 8.0am. Fine but strong wind. Dear Roy's fourteenth birthday. Roy & self went down & bathed. Prize fighting young Davis's. Heavy waves. Could not get key of bathing house. Called Capesthorne. All 6's & 7's. Decided not to go on board yacht for French fleet. Sent Roy round to Capesthorne. M in bed. Roy delighted with his book. After put camera up & went to Elmshurst. Met Midge & Dora. Found I had left extender. 2 or 3 hot journeys backwards & forwards. Photod children & after Dora etc etc on sands. Back hurried lunch. M & self drove into Ch Ch in Seekins trap & caught the 1.37 train to London. Fresh wind blowing. Had to give pass up. Drove to Club, left things. Wired & after had Turkish bath. Cab to Bouverie St. Dinner F.C.B, Reed, Milliken, à Beckett, Furniss, self & Tenniel. After dinner great row between à Beckett & Furniss on account of drawing done for Black & White of Punch Table. Furniss abusive & gross bad taste. Left 12.0am & drove by cab after walk with Milliken. Called Club. Home 1.0am. Bed 2.30 after sleep. (Red ink across page: Arrival of the French fleet. Roy's birthday 13 years old. Arrival of the French fleet at Portsmouth.) Thursday August 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Fine beautiful hot sun. Developed 10 of ¼ plate photos & children on sands. Tried to take photo of own self by ¼ plate camera. Failure. After took it by the Rouch camera. Developed & skemed drawing for Electric Light & Householder. Lunch. Rush to change plates. At 2.30 went up to Bedford Gardens. In doubt as to whether to go to the Review tomorrow. Sent boy to Waterloo. Photod Maud Easton. Silly girl. Heavy rain came on. Borrowed mackintosh. Brought bag home at tea time. After set to work & skemed drawing. Dinner at 8.15. Good. ½ bottle of Ayala. Read after. Slept & bed at 12.0 exactly. So dark at 5.0 o'clock could not print photo anyhow. Got faint impression of thin negative by 7.0pm. (Red ink: Photod Maud Easton 2nd time.) Friday August 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am. Pouring wet morning & dark as pitch. Glad had settled not to go to Review. Wrote letters etc etc. After got to work on Electric Light & Pater Familias. Worked all day & finished 7.15. Dressed & took cab to the Garrick Club. Met Milliken at dinner. Talk over Furniss. After went to the Pavilion & the Empire theatres. Saw fat man singing. 'Oh what a difference in the morning'. After went to Garrick & further talk. Home by cab 1.15am. (Red ink across page: Inspection by the ocean of the French fleet. Very wet, did not go.) Saturday August 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Changed plates & afterwards at 10.30 went up & photod the 2 Miss Pettigrews. Cat in the way. Finished at 12.15. Home. Put things up & lunch, ½ bottle of champagne. Jolley still unable to be round. After drove to Waterloo. Carriage to self as far as Winchester. Gentlemanly man with square dressing case got in. Got out at Hinton Admiral. Drove to Hamilton Fletcher's. No
one there but Miss Holland. Mite in Iscanda. Polly upstairs unpacking. Tired. Stroll. Dinner. Molesworth & Roy had been to Bournemouth. Changed things into bathroom & dressed. Quiet dinner & bed. (Red ink across page: 1st night at Capesthorne.) Sunday August 23 At Capesthorne Ch Ch. Up early. Bathe in sea with Roy. Fine morning. No key of bathing house. After breakfast Gwenny pulled the coffeee & tea over & spoilt also Tab's pretty new dress. After read Excursion to Paris in 1855. Got papers & went to Elmhurst & looked over Wright's book & re-wrote part of the article on Caricatures. Left at 1.30 & in to lunch on cold mutton & salad. Afterwards wrote many letters & also wrote out article fair. Walked to Seekins & gave Court letter to post. After went with dear Mite for walk to High Cliffe. Saw Mr Aird & Ellis & young Thomas. Glass of sherry. Goodbye to Mrs Aird & home. Dinner. The Langleys dined with us. Good evening. Discussion about paradox. Thackeray wrote ‘The French are a more moral people than the English which at first sight may seem paradoxical'. (Red ink across page: Finished article for Magazine of Art.) Monday August 24 At Capesthorne Ch Ch. Up early 8.0 & at 8.15 bathed with dear Roy. Back & hurried breakfast for catching train to go on the Columbine to see the French fleet. Just as starting Aird drove up in wagonette. Decided to go with him. M had very bad night neither she nor Tabs would go on steamer. After confusion in changing suit etc went off with Maud & Roy to see the French fleet. Drove in Aird's wagonette to High Cliffe. Down to shore. Mrs Aird would not go. Difficulty in getting off in boats. Nearly swamped. Took photo. At last on tug. Roy & little black kitten all day. Champagne. Good lunch. The Miss Caines on board. Mr Adam & Mr Thomas, Ellis & impish child. Miss Aird ill. Went in & out of the lines of ships. Photod the French men o' war. After saw Hamilton Fletcher sail round in his yacht. Looked well. Came on to blow after. Landed at Lymington. Ferry. Stroll in town. Back via Brockenhurst to Hinton Admiral. Walked to High Cliffe. Tea. Stroll in kitchen garden & walked back with Maud & Roy. Met Mr Caine at Brockenhurst. Dinner. No Molesworth. (Red ink across page: Went with Airds party on steamer to see the French fleet.) Tuesday August 25 At Capesthorne Ch Ch. Up early 8.0am. Bathed with Roy. Sea roughish. Waded half way to sand spit. After came on to rain & blow all day. Frightful gale. Hung about doing nothing. Read etc etc. After breakfast Roy & self played one set lawn tennis 4 games all. Roy won. After lunch went to Elmhurst & saw heavy sea. Mrs Daubeny & Miss Daubeny passed us. Hamilton offered to sell shooting cape. At 5.0 played set lawn tennis, H & self against Miss Holland & Roy. Roy won. Trottie Maberly came in & played Roy in the rain. Finished at 7.0. Had short ride on tricycle. Back. Dinner. Snooze after. Pipe & bed after whiskey. Tired. Quiet evening. M slept better, left window open half to gale of wind all night. Woke cold. (Red ink across page: Great gale from S.W all day.) Wednesday August 26
At Capesthorne Ch Ch. Up 8.0 & out 8.20 last bathe with Roy. Waded to sand spit & got the sea weed after. Threw stones with Roy. After breakfast packed bags etc after walked into Ch Ch & looked at Galtons' shop. Good things. Saw picture supposed to be by Albert Durer. Back. Passed the Newlyn Hotel. Court took me back in cart. Photod Capesthorne. Scuttle for lunch. Roy went into Ch Ch with me. Saw station master. Up to town all right. Slept from Brockenhurst to Wimbledon. Jolley met me at Vauxhall. Cab on to Lincoln & Bennett's after Turkish bath & hair cut. Cab to P.D. Rain. Arthur à Beckett, Reed, Milliken, Tenniel & self there. Long talk about Furniss after. Left at 12.30. Home by cab. Rain. (Red ink across page: Last day at Capesthorne.) Thursday August 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Heavy wet morning. Breakfast. Times. Jolley round. Looked at shooting boots etc. Wrote letters & diary. Skemed drawing for 4 winds & Agriculture. Sent Millken book etc. In afternoon sent Jolley to meet M at Vauxhall. M got back all right in cab & dined comfortably together at 8.30pm. Quiet evening & bed after. In morning developed some ¼ plates. Found Seekins niece had opened a small box of plates & spoilt a lot. French ships came out well. (Red ink across page: Pouring wet morning, stuffy & damp.) Friday August 28 Stafford Terrace. Up & got on with work changing subject to London & Bumble with Ritchie. No boy turned up. Wire from Milliken. Wired twice for boy. Photod Jolley for Ritchie in afternoon (last time) on chair. Worked all afternoon. At 7.45 Arthur à Beckett turned up. Bother about cut. Settled it all right. M back from her mother's & went to bed 9.30pm. Worked on to 11.15 when dined ½ bottle of Ayala & after cigar. Went to bed late. Last dinner served by Jane late. Saturday August 29 Stafford Terrace. Up early & all morning put things in order & packed bags etc etc getting ready to go to Scotland with M. Jolley round helpimg. Looked over American magazines. Sent Jolley to Briggs & paid acct selecting new umbrella for M. Lunch, ½ bottle champagne. In afternoon finished packing. Dined at 7.0 & buss round 7.45. Boxes got on. Jolley went on box & left my service at Euston 9.0pm. Good 1 horse buss. Roads up etc. Saw Jupp at station. Got into carriage at 9.0pm. Two beds. Started for the north. Got to sleep at 10.30. Felt cold in the night. M said don't undo rugs so well done up. Both had fairly good night. News in papers of President Balmenda's (of Chile) fall a great defeat owing to Maulicher rifles. (Red ink across page: Started in evening for Tressady by 9.0pm train from Euston.) Sunday August 30 On board train for Tressady. Woke 6.30 & up 7.0 nearing Stirling. Got to Perth 1 hr late nearly. 9.0am out & breakfasted. Scurry rather. On in same carriage to Inverness. Photod silly high-cheeked man at Forres. Lunched. Good wine. Got to Inverness. Got into same carriage as W.H Grenfell, Taplow Court. Very pretty wife, Italian looking. Boorish Grenfell. They got out at Lairg with children. On to Tressady. Loafers at all stations. Arrived 6.0pm. Got to house, Lady Margaret & Mrs Macbeth. Vernon on hill at golf. Played 1 round with Thring. After back & dressed for dinner. Nisbett & wife, Thring, Ryle, Vernon & Lady Margaret & two
selves at dinner. Claret. Games after. Guessing who people were. Pipe & bed 11.30. M slept well. (Red ink across page: Arrived Tressady in afternoon.) Monday August 31 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Good bath. No trouble. Put on things for 1 st day's shoot. Started at 9.30 in cart & drove down road. Wore Hamilton's cape for 1 st time. Started up hill, Vernon Watney, Thring & self. Shot over dogs. Long tug up hill. Punished rather. Did not shoot badly got 2 ½ brace before lunch. Lunch. Knife & cape. Walk after dogs. Finished up behind Scotts Hill & home along the incline for quarry. Back at 6.30. Tea. Bath & dressed. Dinner. Welcome. Games after. Richards arrived. Played whist in evening lost 4/6. Bed 11.30. Mr & Mrs Nesbitt left in the morning by 11.17 train. Saw Highland children, good photo subject. Sep 1891 Tuesday September 1 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Had decided to stay in & work. Did so. Began drawing for 4 winds. Gave Vernon proofs of paper on Political Cartoons. Worked all day & finished at 7.0pm sending it off. Worked up in dressing room. Vernon in at lunch & corrected paper. Foot arrived. Good dinner. Rubber of whist after. Won 1/6. Wednesday September 2 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Wet morning. No shooting. Richards, Foot, Thring went to fish in burn & caught sea trout & burn trout. In morning re-wrote & corrected proofs of paper. Took me all morning & also in afternoon. Wrote letters till dinner time. Harry Newton arrived midday. Lunch. Many in to lunch. Fishers arrived after. Dressed. Good dinner & quiet evening. Whist. Lost 2/s. Bed 11.30. To shoot tomorrow. Thursday September 3 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. All went away in break to shoot. Fine morning. Had to walk up hill past Parson's house & Watney rock. Thring & self stopped short & shot over dogs. Long day. Had put-up lunch. Salt tongue. Had it. Uncomfortable hot seat at lunch. Flies troublesome. On after lunch. Very tired about 4.30. Went on till 6.0pm. Milk & whiskey at Sutherland's cottage. Drive home with Thring in wagonette or dog cart. Home exactly at 7.0. Cold & tired. Tea. Vernon, Richards & Newton went further on & returned 8.0pm. Dinner 8.20. Friday September 4 Tressady, Rogart. Had decided not to shoot. Fine morning. Foot & Richards went off fishing, Foot catching grilse. Vernon, Thring & Newton off shooting. After pipe got camera & walked round by Mrs Murray's cottage. After took dogs in kennels. Hot sun. Back & read books etc. Lunch with Lady Margaret & M. After wrote & went into smoking room & looked at French book of Boussod Valadon & Co. After fell asleep from 3 to 5.30. Had tea & M & self walked up the golf course & round top of hill. Vernon back at 6.30. Letters. Dressed for dinner. Had games after. Whist in the evening. Lost 2/s. Bed 11.30pm. To shoot tomorrow. Saturday September 5
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Wet dull morning. Rain. Decided to shoot. Went with Richards & Newton walking past kennels. Vernon & Thring went away in the break. Shot over Scotts moor. Bird very scarce & wild. Only got one bird up to lunch. Good walk. Lunched looking over Rogart station on hill after heavy rain. Walked & on. Shot 1 brace of grouse. Poor grouse. The setter tired. Finished 5.30. Rain again. Came across old shepherd on the hills. Home by dog cart & walked up the back drive. Whiskey & milk. Tea. Bath. Rested for 1½ hr. Dressed. Dinner. After whist, won 2 rubbers, 4/s. Bed 12.0. Chicks were to have gone to Fittleworth. Put off till Monday. Maud went with her uncle & Maurice (blank) on yacht to Southampton. (Red ink across page: Worst day's shooting on record.) Sunday September 6 Tressady, Rogart. Up 9.10am. Bath. Breakfast ten. Fine morning. No Ryle. After at 11.0 played round of golf for the medal with Vernon Watney. Beaten. Handicapped. Had 3. Finished 1.30pm. Changed plates in wine cellar. Lunch 2.0pm. After lunch at 3.0 all went up on to golf course, Thring versus Foot, Richards versus Newton. Richards got round in 52, mine & Newton 104. Took photos. Slight rain. In for tea at 5.15. After played another round Richards & self against Thring & Foot. Beaten. Back at 6.30 & wrote letters. Late for dressing. Felt tired. Pleasant dinner. Claret. Foot described a boy at his school who he hated. Sleepy after. No cards. Thring made out about tennis. Nightmare at night. M woke me. Monday September 7 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Felt tired. Dressed. Bath. Gale of wind & stormy. Vernon decided to walk in line & give up fishing party. At 9.50 started in break. 5 guns, Vernon & Thring, Richards, Newton & self, 2 Angus's, Mackenzie, Donald. Started on Scott's shooting along towards Lairg. Long walk on side of hill. After better. Poor sport. Worst day ever had. Lunch. Very cold. Talk of Archie Stuart Wortley & Kate Monroe. After walked drearily till 5.35. Left off behind Scott's wood & walked home down railway incline for quarry. Whiskey & milk. Tea, bath. Wrote letters. Letter from Mr Lucas about Stonehaven & Seekins. M in room. Dinner. Talk of Napoleon & 100 days. After sweep for St Leger. Cut out for whist. Slept on sofa. Played one rubber after. Lost 1/6. Bed 12.0 exactly. Chicks went to Fittleworth. Got wire at 9.15pm. Tuesday September 8 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.10am. No shoot for self. Grey suit. Vernon & Foot went to Lairg to fish, coming home at 6.50 with 1 salmon 9lb & 1 grilse. Richards, Newton & Thring went to shoot returning 5.30pm. Not much of a day 13 brace. Got 1 st vol of Arts & Letters and read recollections of commune etc. Looked out Times & wrote letters etc. Began portrait of self. Not very successful. Lunch with M & Lady Margaret. Walk down to kennels after with M. Saw old Tom & Mick. Back & on with work until 5.30 when tea. Curious band of 4 boys came & played at 11.30am. Sent away. At 6.0 went up & played one round of 4 holes in 50 with Thring. Each lost a ball. Back & wrote letters by 7.30. Dressed. Wire from Spielmann about portrait. Dinner. Felt very sleepy after dinner. Drawing room. C.D.Waller in evidence. Whist. Lost rubber 2/6. Story of Stony Stratford. Wednesday September 9
Tressady, Rogart. Ms' birthday. (sell, not till 29th) Up 8.0am. Bath. Down. All to shoot. Foot cried off. Hung about. After rain came on at 10.0am heavily. Vernon sent up at 10.30 & started. Drizzle. Walked the home beat, 5 guns. Newton, Thring, Richards self & Vernon. Rain came on heavily at 11.30 & kept on to lunch. Good walk & better sport. Took camera & photod sitting at lunch. Scott etc. After started again & had good walk. Shot well. Right & left, 7 grouse & 12 hares. Back by burn. Saw figures on hill. Had tea. Whiskey & milk etc etc. Wrote letters after bath from 6.0pm to 7.30. Dressed. Dinner. Long talk to Thring. Felt well. After changed plates & down to smoking room. Played 2 rubbers at whist. Lost 5/6 to Richards. Bed 11.50. (Red ink across page: Made mistake about M's birthday.) Thursday September 10 Tressady, Rogart. Up 9.0am. Breakfast 9.40. Dull morning. Went up & corrected proofs of article on Political Cartoons. Down at 12.15pm. At 12.0 1 st round of lawn tennis tournament played between Vernon Watney & Richards against Newton & Foot. Newton & Foot won 2 sets to love. After lunch 2 nd round between Newton & Foot & Thring & self. Beaten by 2 sets to love. Ryle came over at 12.40. Chaffy lunch. After round of golf played. Self against Newton, beaten by 5 holes to 1, 4 up. Tea, papers. Felt depressed. Went up with camera to try & take photo of golf. Could not. No sun. Exit Ryle. Foot knocking balls about etc. Finally corrected & sent article off. Wrote Thomson & also Wallis tailor. (Red ink across page: Ryle's birhday. Beaten at tennis & golf also.) Friday September 11 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. M seedy. Down & got breakfast on tray. After put boots on etc in M's room. At 9.40 started in break for shooting in line The Brora & Craggie. Thring, Newton, Richards & self & Vernon W. Hottest day had been out. Very hard walking, leg hurt me but got better. Kept on. Welcome lunch on hill side. Drank at stream etc etc. Shot 10 grouse altogether. Back to Sutherland's cottage at 6.40. Break home again. Whiskey & milk. Wet looking moon. Heard pipes in distance. Back 7.45. Wrote letters. Bath & dressed. Dinner at 9.0pm. Good dinner. Carried into room & put on sofa. After smoke & one rubber of whist. Won 2/6. Bed 11.50. Saturday September 12 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Got M's breakfast. Lovely still sunny morning. Bright sun. At 9.35 went in break with Vernon & Thring taking camera. Drove past Watney Rock & on to moor by fence. Started. Hot sun. Very warm walking. After Angus carried gun & bag. Got photos of dogs etc etc. Lunch. Talk of a Pair of Ears. After talk with Long Angus about guns & Randolph Churchill & Balfour etc. After lovely sun. Got dogs. Vernon fell down. Stop for T. After walked long way over moor after pony. Got pointer for last plate. On to break. Cold drive home. Felt cold. Back to tea. Wrote to Conrad & tailors & Mrs Reffell sending cheques. Bath & dress. Dinner. Dreadfully tired after. Snooze on sofa. 2 rubbers of whist. Won 7/3. Foot & Richards at chess. Changed plates. Bed 11.55. Sunday September 13 Tressady, Rogart. Up 9.30am. Hurried bath. Down. No breakfast laid. Sent M's up at 10.5. After pipe at 11.30. Golf match commenced. Richards versus Foot. Ought to have photod them. 2nd round Newton versus self. Richards won, 4 holes up,
Newton won, one hole up, after working off tee for 2 holes. Lunch. Changed plates after in cellar. Thring & Vernon, Thring won. Ryle came over & left by train. Last round, Richards & Thring. Richards & Thring tied. Gentleman, Mr Comfret M.P. & brother in law came over. Interested in camera. Sea fog came on & mist. M came & sat in chair, went in after tea. After tea match decided by Richards winning one hole. Played set home, Newton & self beating Vernon & Foot. Rest before dinner. Dinner. Sleepy after very. Talk of dogs etc. Foot's last night. Gave him Poe's Gold Bug to read. Changed 7 plates. Bed at 11.55. Monday September 14 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Dull dark morning. Heavy rain. M slept on. Down by gong. Sent breakfast up. Foot down. Too wet to shoot. Smoking room. Read Art & Letters. After looked at Bradshaw. At 10.30 Foot left, gave him letters & sent wire. Others hung about. Cricket in hall. M better. Newton lost to Thring at piquet. At 12.0 they all went off in break shooting. Packed bags & wrote letters. Lunch. Down in smoking room all by self. Waller dog came with me. Read Art & Letters. Tea. After went up in fine evening & played round of golf, Newton & self against Thring & Vernon. V & self made good drives last hole. Beaten by one hole. Dinner. Took Lady M in. Last evening. Sad. After dinner whist. Won rubber 3/-. Bed 11.30. Tuesday September 15 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Bath. M up 7.45. Dressed & came down for breakfast. Last morning at Tressady. Richards & Thring went fishing. Vernon & Newton stayed for rabbits. Off after packing by buss at 10.30. M's goodbye to Lady Margaret. Flowers etc. On to station. Mr & Mrs Macdonald & niece 'bore'. Into carriage with old gent asleep & young ass in checked suit. Waved Tressady. On to Inverness. Rained after at Inverness. Saw stout pretty woman with cast in eye, sister to Mrs Percy Reeve. On in same carriage to Perth. Saw Major Weston at Kingussie. Pity did not speak to him. Read Tales by author of Mademoiselle Ixe. Got to Perth. Dark. Good porter. Great struggle with luggage. Into station hotel. Found room reserved. Atrociously bad dinner & bad burgundy. Miserable cigar in empty billiard room after dreary drawing room. Crept up to bed after going walk on platform at 10.0pm. Sleep 10.15. Noises of shrieking engines etc. Wednesday September 16 Station Hotel, Perth. Called 6.30am. Stayed on in bed until 7.0. M up. Went in bath room & had bath, good. Another tornado. Down to breakfast. Poor. Out & look for Mr Maclagan station master. Saw man of gentlemanly appearance about 55 asleep on hard seat & girl up all night. Back to M & paid bill £1.12.6. Good porter. Saw M off by 9.5 & caught the 9.15 for Stonehaven. Dull rainy morning. No trap at Stonehaven. Civil stationmaster. Walked up to house about 1½ miles. Saw Mrs Luce, red haired lady & old Jew gent. Sherry & biscuit. Up in room & wrote letters. Down to lunch 2.0pm, after hung about. Miss Glen in chair. Major Wood wrote names etc endeavoured to work. Red haired lady (Mrs Erskin) & cigarettes. Read Khedives & Pashas. Cigarette & Mrs Erskin. Turns out the Hon Mrs Erskine, 2nd son of Earl of Buchan. Went for 3 mile walk in Park & along road. Passed by dog cart with Underdown Q.C in it. Shooting party home. Col Stracey, Col Weymss, Mr Sutherland, tall young Newman, Mr Ritchie. Tea. Up & dressed.
Dinner. No champagne. Music after. Underdown sang well. Billiards. Lost 4/s exactly at pool. Bed 12.30. Asleep 1.0am. Had headache all day from yesterday. Thursday September 17 Urie, Stonehaven. Called 9.10am. Out tea. Bath. Breakfast at 10.10am after talk with Sutherland. Long walk in Park. Owls, pheasants, fox, dogs etc. Mound in Park burying place of the Barclays. Place belongs to to Alex Baird. Big Park. Talk of Earl of Caithness & Buchan. Joked etc. Long walk in rain. Lunch. Next Hon Mrs Erskin. Up after, smoke & wrote diary. Mr Sutherland came in caught me reading Khedives. Changed coat & went after for walk with Newman, Lucas & Sutherland to Stonehaven. Wet & dull. Stinks. Came across Mrs Erskin & Col Stracey. Saw Duff & Lord Hamilton. After walked through tan yard. Dirty shore & harbour. Stinks after seeing classic Scotch fisher girl with auburn hair & eyes like Mrs Rose Innes. Up hill & walked past & saw old Castle, home of the Keiths, Castle Dunottar. 4 miles home sharp walk. Dressed & dined. Good dinner. Black. Sat next Underdown. Talk of Zola. After long talk of F.C.B with Col Stracey. Changed. Pool. Neither won nor lost. Up in room 12.25. Bed & read Arabi(?). Friday September 18 Urie, Stonehaven. Not called till late. Up 7.45am. Bath. Down 8.30. Breakfast. Up & last in break. Drove for shoot, grouse drive. Guns Col Stracey, Col Weymss, Mr Newman, Mr Sutherland, Underdown Q.C, self & Lucas. Bad luck at drives. Lunch in cottage in armchair. Plain. 4 drives before lunch, 4 after. Thought should go back with empty bag but got brace right & left in last drive at the 11 th th hour. Home in break. Boy beaters. One soft repellent looking keeper. Lovely sunset. Back to house. Stupid women. Letters from Pollie & cheque from Holland. Won sweep by guess of 22 brace, 14/-. Collared by Col Weymss & shown bad drawing in book. Wrote diary. 15½ brace shot. Bath & dressed leisurely. White waistcoat black tie etc etc. Dinner. Miss Ward to take in to dinner. Same idiot. Burgundy dinner. Long talk with Col Stracey about Napoleon. After made them laugh in drawing room. Knocked Miss Glenn's hand. Game of billiards with Underdown, 50 up. Beaten. Bed at 11.55. Read Arabi(?). Slept well. (Red ink across page: 1st day's shoot at Urie.) Saturday September 19 Urie, Stonehaven. Eye bad from wind. Up later. New funny little man. No tea. Dressed. Down. Letter from F.C.B c/o Lt Col Stracey & Underdown Q.C. Breakfast. Poor. After changed coat. Break. Underdown talked of City companies, Barings, Meiggs etc etc. On to moor No1. No birds. Next Col Weymss. Bore. Walked. Shoe began to hurt. 4 beats before lunch. Hurried lunch. Talk to Underdown after. On to butts. Nothing. Long walk to 2nd butt. Got brace of birds. Across to 3rd. No chance. Finish with rabbits. 36½ brace of grouse, 7½ average apiece, 7 guns, same as yesterday. Collared bottle of soda & drove home. Croquet on the lawn. Curious telegram, Swain's one also. Tea & up & changed. Fine evening. Wrote diary & got Mademoiselle Ixe. Dressed & read Madll Ixe for 1 hour before dinner. Bothered with P & eye came on rather bad. Down for dinner 8.0pm punctually. Took Miss Keyser in. Enjoyed dinner & champagne. Very sleepy after. Nodded over book. Glad to get up. Slept in chair till 11.25. Decided to go down. Played 2 pools. Divided one and many lives. Won 5/s. Eye bad, bathed it. Sponge dripped.
Read Mademoiselle Ixe. Bed 1.30am. (Red ink across page: 2nd day's shoot at Urie. Cold in eye from shooting.) Sunday September 20 Urie, Stonehaven. Old man called me 9.0am. Bath. Down at 10.0. Pouring wet morning. Underdown in frock coat. No letters. After breakfast wrote 6 letters. Posted by 12.0. Lucas shewed me volume of Gilray's caricatures. Very indecent especially Turk & George 3rd & Queen Charlotte (see note end). Good ball room. Stuffed bear & cabinet of birds. Talk of photo machine with young Newman. Shewed him mine. After went up & began sketch for Mrs Lucas. Down to lunch 2.0pm. Haggis. Out & upstairs did drawing of 'Cupid up to date' for Mrs Lucas. Down & at 4.15 went for walk to mausoleum of the Barclays & Allardices & also the Bairds. Col Stracey, Lucas, self, Mrs Erskine & young Sutherland & Newman. Awfully hot. Julie, Eagle, Lion, (retrievers) etc. People pleased with sketches. Back. Tea. Talk of Maclagan & the Barringtons. Why he got to be Archbishop of York. Underdown painting. After upstairs & packed portmanteau. Fire. Wrote diary & dressed. Dinner. Took in Mrs Erskine. Good dinner. Burgundy. Black pool after won 6/-. Bed 12.15. Sleep 1.30am. (Red ink across page: Frightful wet day & heavy wind.)
Monday September 21 Urie, Stonehaven. Expected to shoot. Heavy gale & squelching rain. Up 9.5am. Pottering old man. Down. Breakfast. Read Anecdotes of Scotland in drawing room. Miss Glenn. After in to billiard room & cigar upstairs. Camelia room. Played pyramids & billiards with Mrs Erskine & Miss Keyser. After talk with Goldfinch & young Newman. Up stairs & wrote letters after lunch. Wrote dairy looked round rooms etc. Put on boots & cigar. Sutherland Skibo Castle. Went down & put on mackintosh & walked by river in awful rain. Greatest spate for 14 years. Met Lucas at bridge & walked into Stonehaven. Saw Stracey & Underdown. Big sea. Looked at harbour. Back. Talk of Mrs Geiger. Tea. Mrs Erskine in billiard room. Up & changed things. Lit fire & read Domestic Scotland. Finished packing. Dressed. Dinner. Reel after. Talk of Napoleon. Game of going out & questions. After black pool. Won 2/6. Goodbye all round. Packed. Bed 12.35. (Red ink across page: Heavy rain. Great spate, greatest at Stonehaven since 1846.) Tuesday September 22 Urie, Stonehaven. Called at 5.45. Down to breakfast at 6.15. Old man. Got off. Lucas up & said goodbye. Tips, 10/-, 5/-, £1.0.0, 2/6. Left hat. Sent card back by coachman. Got comfortably into coupé at Stonehaven. Perth 8.55. Took photos. Long journey home. Carlisle & Preston. Got to Euston at 7.35. 4 wheel cab home. No hitch. Arrived 8.15pm. Roy down in Eton suit. Quiet dinner, Roy, M, mother & self. Alice opened bottle of '74 Guisler by mistake. Bed 11.30pm after cigar. (Red ink across page: Left Urie & travelled all day to London.) Wednesday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Roy down to breakfast. Miss Gill. Doubt about his clothes. All came except shirts. Developed some Scotch plates & put things away from portmanteau. Lunched at home. At 1.15 4 wheel cab to Waterloo with Roy in Eton suit. Left cards on Mr Scott & Mr Liddell. After met Mr Ainger on platform.
Went down with him. Long talk. Golfing friends around Eton. Fly to Aingers, Roy shown his room No 21. Miss Ainger. Went out & called on shops etc. After visited the headmaster Dr Warren. Roy put his name down. Out & back to Aingers. Goodbye to Miss A. Roy walked with me to station. Drunken woman & man. Back to Waterloo. Cab to 1st Avenue Hotel. Punch dinner. Pleasant meeting there. F.C.B, Lucy, Lehmann, Reed, Milliken, D.M, Arthur, self, Tenniel there. Talk of Furniss. Sat till 11.15. Back in Tenniel's cab to Marble Arch. Walked to Silver St without getting cab. Thick fog. Home by cab from Palace Court. Slept in chair till 3.0am. Eye bad. (Red ink across page: Took Roy to Eton for his first term.) Thursday September 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Slight head. Developed some Scotch photos etc & after got to work on drawing of German Emperor & Dogs of War. Wrote for theatre in morning & after quiet dinner M & self drove in hansom & saw School at the Garrick Theatre. Gilbert Hare very good. Irving junr bad etc etc. Cab home. Eye painful in theatre. Joe Carr came into box & had talk. Saw Blackburn. Snack at home & bed 12.0. Friday September 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got to work after writing 8 letters. Worked all morning on drawing of Emperor & Dogs of War. Wet. Photod boy from office at 11.0am. Developed & got on with work. Lunch & worked all afternoon. Finished at 9.30pm. M went for walk & called on Mrs Noots. M & self dined. Eye bad & inflamed. Bathed it after & had cold water poultice. Bed 11.15pm. No letter from Roy. Saturday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Breakfast 9.0. Expected Grove to photo but dull wet morning. Put room in order. M rubbing furniture. After developed 20 plates of Maud Easton & 2 girls. Lunch 2.0. At 3.0 went with M to Naval Exhibition. Called at Slaters. Changed cheque. Cab to Groves photographers. Had 4 plates taken. Side light. On to Naval Exhibition. Got pass. Cheeky girl. Tall Austrian looking girl on grandstand. Saw naval manoevres. Great crowd. Walked along Embankment home. Cab from Bina Gardens. Called Butts. Home. Took plates out. Changed. Wrote diary. Quiet dinner at home. No letter from Roy. (Red ink across page: Went to Naval Exhibition.) Sunday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.15. Beautiful morning. After breakfast M photod self for portrait. Developed them & after walked from top of Row home to lunch. Took cab to top. Lunch. Printed portraits. Tired. Tea & walked to top of Park past Campden Hill. Called 54 Bedford Gardens. Building going on. Lovely evening. Went to Club by buss. Woman with pretty mouth inside. Called Club. Wrote letters. Saw Poland, old Walter Lacy & Bangs. Walked to top of Piccadilly. Cab with bad horse home. Dined & read Observer after. Bed 10.45. M bound up eye twice after. Monday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Fine morning. Letters from Maud & Roy. M took 2 other portraits in fine sun for drawing for M.A. After developed them & got to
work. Sketched out portrait. In evening M & self went to see 3 plays at the Shaftesbury Theatre. One by Brandon Thomas, one by Weedon Grossmith & one by Cecil Clay. Last 2 very good. Laughed very much at a Pantomime Rehearsal. Back by cab. Fine night. Brandon Thomas very good as model. Eyes bad at night. Tuesday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Eyes bad. Got on with portrait of self. M left at 1.15 for Worthing to visit her aunt. Worked in afernoon. Walked up in evening & dined at the Beefsteak Club. Sat next Leslie Ward & Weedon Grossmith. Good dinner. Eyes very bad. Left & got home by cab at 11.30pm. Wednesday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bathed eyes. Got on with portrait. Did not like it. At 2.0pm went up & photod Maud Easton at 54 Bedford Gardens in Folly dress. Hindered by workmen on roof. Left at 4.30. Tea at home & walked up to call on Critchett through Park. Sore with walking called & bought tube. Critchett saw eyes. Catarrh. Gave me prescription. Walked on to 1 st Avenue Hotel. Left prescription at American chemists to be made up next door to Hotel. Dinner. Bradbury, Reed, Lehmann, Arthur, Lucy, Milliken, Tenniel, self & F.C.B. Chaff about Eton & cut made up about self & Roy as Eton boy. Good dinner. Tenniel put me down Marble Arch. Cab home. Eyes bad. Painted them with brush. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Photod M.E in Folly dress.) (later note: Last time but one saw M.E. Next & last, Sunday July 30 1893.) (Red ink across page: Death of General Boulanger.) Oct 1891 Thursday October 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got to work on portrait & finished it by 12.0. Stace called. In afternoon did Harcourt as odd man. Very wet day. Dined quietly at home with my mother & read after. Bed at 11.30. Bathed eyes. Alfred Reed sent parcel of Bumble dress. (Red ink: During this month of Octr Arthur Levy died, taking purposely overdose of cloral. Things very bad in money. Told me by Mr Lindo, Monday July 12 1894.) Friday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Eyes better. Stace came 10.0am. Photod him for Bumble. Waited for sun. Developed & got to work. Finished at 10.15 & dined. Light tried eyes rather. Bottle of Dumeny. Drank ½ bottle. (Later note: Thursday May 11 1905. Dated above & looked it out. L.S.) Saturday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Eyes not so well. Tidied up things. In doubt as to photoing model or going to Worthing or walk to Club. Bright sun. Decided to go to Bedford Gardens. 1.15 slight lunch. Saw Miss Bowyer. Sell. No good as model. Took about 20 photos. Back to Stafford Terrace about 4.30. Walked up through Park & called on Critchett. Called at chemists & got tube of vaseline. Curious man wanting diahorrea mixture. Critchett out. Lavatory. Walked on & called & washed hands at Garrick. Walked to Almanack dinner at Bouverie St. Magnum of Ayala '78. F.C.B., Guthrie, Reed, Milliken, Bradbury, D.M, Arthur, self & Tenniel there. Decided to go back to Almanack, 6 pages to do. Long talk with D.M about
Wharton Street. Left with Guthrie at 11.30 & walked the entire way home. Foggy at Knightsbridge. (Red ink across page: Almanack Dinner.) Sunday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wired Polly. Developed some dozen of plates in morning & after lunch. Tired. Walked at 5.0pm up through Park to Garrick Club. Weighed 12st 13lbs. Wrote many letters after ordering dinner. Dined by self. Read story in Scribners about the Wreckers. Good. After smoke & went up into billiard room. Played 3 games 100 up. Self & O'Dowd against Bangs & Dr Yeo. Lost 2. Played last game against O'Dowd. Lost. Left 1.0am by cab. Home. Very foggy. Bed after sleep in chair 3.0am. Monday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dressed & left at 9.30 to catch train for Pulborough. Left Victoria 10.5am, might have left 10.30. Arrived Pulborough in time to catch Maud on the other platform. Maud & self up home. Lunch in train. Talk of Roy. Dull day. Cab from Victoria, hansom. Maud's huge box on top. Arrived home at 2.50. Lunch. After walked up past Oxford St to Edwards & Roberts. Selected chair for Roy. On to Garrick. Cup of tea. Wrote 12 letters. Saw Charley Burnand. Walked home at 6.55. Called shop to try to get Harpers Magazine. Dinner at 8.0. Snooze after dinner & bed 11.0pm. Marion home from Worthing with new Madamoiselle Jacquenot at 1.0pm. (Red ink across page: Death of the Earl of Portsmouth.) Tuesday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Pouring wet day. Down & after sorted all plates & put things away all morning. M went to call on her mother. Pouring wet. Lunch. After squared up photos etc. etc. At 3.30 Mr Hedgman of Shand & Mason called on me & arranged for drawing on cover for Almanack. Madame Alain called. Pouring wet all afternoon. Continued to write letters etc etc up to dinner time. Quiet dinner with M & Maud. Read 'Story of a Story' after. Bed 11.30. Woke in night by M getting up because Tony barked. Sleep again. M breakfast in bed. (Red ink across page: Death of Mr W.H.Smith.) Wednesday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Letter from Herkomer etc. Into photo hut. Spoilt 4 page plates. Only developed 4 in 1 hr. Up & packed fan. M in bed. Maud & Mademoiselle went to Grannie's. Ought to have called Critchett. Temple Soane wired in morning. Expected to meet him at 5.30. Walked up to Club. Wrote letters & on to Punch dinner. Good dinner. Bradbury, Milliken, Reed, Lucy, Guthrie, F.C.B, Tenniel & self & Arthur & Lehmann. Very long dreary discussion about Chinese cut. Felt drowsy after. Lehmann complained of being 5 weeks in advance. Woke up & got alternative cut to do about Sir James Fergusson's election at Manchester. Very heavy rain on getting out. Cab home to Kensington from corner of Bouverie St. Gave cabman 4/s. Bed 1.30am. Skemed framework for Aesop fables of the year. (Red ink across page: Death of Mr Parnell & Sir J.Pope Hennessy.) Thursday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. No news from Frank. Sent Jolley with note to fireman. Dull morning. At 2.0pm fireman came round & got exactly what I wanted. Photo
in the sun. Developed plates afterwards. Began to skeme Calendar. Frame for Fables. Mervyn came & dined. In doubt as to going to see the 'Last Word'. Stalls came & took cab up, Mervyn & self. Saw Miss Rehan, John Drew etc etc, stalls in front. Poor play. Saw Dresden. After took Mervyn to Garrick. No one there. Back by rotten cab. Put Mervyn out & home & bed by 12.0am. Stopped at Junior Constitutional Club & saw Globe that Sir James Fergusson had been returned by 154 majority. At 4.30pm walked down with Mite & saw the German Exhibition. Went in switchback & saw pictures. Band to 6.45. Walked both ways. Very good band. Friday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Letters. Skemed drawing. Just in time to catch the post. At 10.30 Mervyn came round. Photod him. Only partial success. Methelated spirits wanted to dry plate. Long time. Got to work at 2.0 & finished drawing at 9.45pm. Went out with key camera & got post office & letter box. Success. Dined quietly with M. Bottle of Demeny & bed after sleep at 1.0pm. Saturday October 10 Stafford Terrace. No letter from Roy. Developed 12 plates M.Easton. After heavy rain came on. Went with M in cab at 2.15 & took bag to Garrick. Back to Criterion Theatre. Met Mite & Mademoiselle. Saw Miss Decima. Good. James amusing. Put M, Mite & Mademoiselle three in a hansom. Sent home. Walked to Club & dressed in dress jacket & walked down to Savage Club. Dined with Adrian Jones. Poor dinner. Stayed from 6.15 to 10.25. Many songs & recitations. Saw Paleologue, De Vos, Solomon etc etc. Conrad Cook & son. Introduced to Christie, Murray & brother. Very tired of smoke & whisky. After took cab to Empire. Saw tall girl. Silent like sphinx. Also Carlton Blyth. After went had supper at Garrick. Sat next Cumming Macdona. Grilled bananas. Saw Hy F, young Hare, Irving, Bancrofts. John Drew came in. Left at 12.30 & home by 1.0. Headache. Slept till 2.0pm. Bed. Sunday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Fine morning. After breakfast developed 2 plates. Went round at 10.30 & saw Jolley. Looked over things etc etc. After back & was changing things for a walk with Mite & M when Leslie Ward called. Put boots & dress on & after Ward clumsily took photos of me. Lunch & hung about. Heavy rain came on in afternoon. Walked with Ward to Ebury St & saw dreary studio. Oh! Mr & Mrs Chappell came in. Saw Ward's room, 140 Ebury St, & in rain walked on to Garrick. Wrote letters & to F.C.B about Almanack. Walked back in rain. Bottle of Ayala's 1884 wine & read D.M's story. Read afterwards & bed at 12.0 after sleep. (Red ink across page: Leslie Ward came for studies of self. Vanity Fair. Pouring wet after. Wrote to F.C.B about Almanack.) Monday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. No letter from Roy. At 10.0 Albert Dodd called. Letter from Rawlinson about Prince Dam. Fine sunny morning. Ordered photographic things at Stones etc etc. Did not go out all day. Dined quietly at home. Letter from Roy. Great gale of wind, strong boisterous weather. (Red ink across page: Wrote Bradbury about Almanack.) Tuesday October 13
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After breakfast developed plates of self & others. Self for Leslie Ward. After worked on Almanack frames. Dined quietly at home after walking up to Club & back. Walked sharp in gale & rain in brown suit & old cover coat. Wrote Hampton & Beldam & came home. Heavy gale & rain. Bed early. Better for walk. (Red ink across page: Great gale & heavy wet.) Wednesday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up early. In morning developed some plates & after got on with drawings for Almanack. M, Mademoiselle & Maud went to Prince of Wales Theatre to see L'enfant Prodigue. Expecting Prince Dam of Siam. Wire to say he was detained by dentist. At 3.0 Rawlinson called. Took him up to room. After took cab to Prince of Wales Theatre. Had champagne cocktail. Saw L'enfant Prodigue. After put M, Maud & 2 Madames in 4 wheel cab & went to Garrick. Met Arthur Blunt & Beetle corner of Coventry St. In at Club & wrote letters, after strolled to P.D. Saw Bradbury & signed photo. Said he would write me about the Almanack. Good dinner. William Agnew there. F.C.B chaffed him. Left with Milliken & home by cab at 12.30 am. Gum boil. Pushed fang of tooth out in evening. Had been broken for ten years. Thursday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Finish morning. After at 11.30 violent squall of hail & rain & very vivid flash of forked lightning. M out & called at Mr Lowndes. Very kind to her. After at 1.0 photod Maud & M for cut of Fair Rosamund. Developed them. Dried plate quickly by spirit & had prints by 3.0pm. Got to work & sketched out subject up to 8.0pm. Dined. After dinner sat down & did small drawing of Water & Wine fighting. Bradbury's letter came at 10.0pm settling about Almanack. Good. Finished work at 11.30. Slept & read till 12.30 when went up to bed. (Later note: Death of Gil à Beckett 2.30pm. Born 1837.) (Red ink across page: Bradbury wrote & acceeded to terms about Almanack.) Friday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Wet morning. Down at 8.30. Put things away. Breakfast. After wrote Bradbury, Frank & Swain. Sent proofs back to Spielmann of article on Political Caricatures. Got to work & went on with cartoon of Fair Rosamund & the Water Companies. Maud & M went to lunch with Lady Margaret Watney & took picture as present of Black & White. Midge called at 12.0 to 1.0. No faith in men. Fine morning after. Worked on till 9.30 on drawing of Fair Rosamond. M & self dined quietly. Bottle Ayala 1885. Slept in chair till 2.0am. Bed. Saturday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am. Dressed hurriedly & had cab at door at 6.50. Drove to Waterloo. Thoroughbred horse shied going up covered way. Row with cabman 15411 on acct of abusing lady. After down to Alresford. Tired. Trap met me at station. On to Brookwood. Got there 10.40 just as they were beginning to shoot, 5 guns. Wilson Higgins, Langley, Fletcher & self. 2½ brace partridges, 7 hares, 7 pheasants. Fine day. Rain for 10 minutes before lunch when driving. Lunch in ruined shed built over old Roman tesselated pavement. Finished at 5.30. Langley tired. Tea. Changed things. Wrote letters. Dinner. Very tired & sleepy after. Bed 11.30 & glad to get there. No Olive Shakespeare. (Red ink across page: Went down for Partridge shoot at Brookwood Park, Alresford.)
Sunday October 18 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up 8.0. Dressed leisurely. Down 9.40. Langley had had breakfast. Evelyn & Gwenny at breakfast. Smoke after stroll round grounds. Game of bowls & lunch. Heavy & seedy after, not quite right inside. Another game of bowls. Won 2/8d. Looked at Environs of London, Kensington. After had tea 5.50 & at 6.30 drove in heavily laden pony trap to Ropley station. Met Higgins. Up to town. Slept. Out at Vauxhall. Drove with Langley in 4 wheeler to Mansions. Midge out on balcony. Home & knocked them up. Wrote letters & bed at 12.0 after reading Strand Mag. Lovely day at Brookwood. Bright sun all day. Dog killed rat or rather Langley did with stick. Monday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Were to have gone to see Roy. Pouring wet morning. Row about Alice wanting to go out last night. Mrs Reffell ungrateful. Dodd called in morning at 10.30am. Simply poured with rain all day. At 3.0 left in hansom, M & self went down to see Roy at Eton. Got there 4.30pm. Had to wait till 6.10 to see Roy. Boys in room & M. Only just in time to catch train. Back. Dined at 8.30pm. Wired from Eton. Bed early. (Red ink across page: Poor Gil à Beckett interred Mortlake Cemetery 11.30am. Reed, Guthrie & Bradbury at funeral.) Tuesday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wedding Day. Married 17 years. Down breakfast. Got on with Almanack work all day. Sent Dodd for mare from Horlick's. Got her home all right in afternoon. Lady Margaret & Lady Catherine Gaskill called. Went round at 8.0 to see mare. Looked well. Man had hanged himself in mews. Dinner. Bottle of champagne. Read Peter Ibbotson afterwards. Bed punctually at 11.0pm. Tony & Mick both ill & bilious. Wednesday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got on with work on Almanack. Worked all morning. Lunch at 2.30. Man called about Charles Keene & delayed me. After man from Dicks'. Changed. Tea & at 4.30 walked to Turkish baths, in at 5.15. Saw Colin Hunter's friend. Out & walked in checked cloak & cap to P.D. Burnand, Lucy, Lehmann, Tenniel, Arthur & self there. Left 11.30. Talk as usual of Furniss. Home by 1.0. Letters from Hawes & Son. Incorrect. Thursday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up early 8.0. Down breakfast at 8.30. Pouring wet morning. Dogs both ill. Dodd round. Wrote letter to Hawes & Son enclosing cheque. Afterwards got to work on Raven as Wolseley & Stanhope. Worked all afternoon up to dinner time. Quiet dinner & bed after reading. developed few last remaining plates in morning. Friday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Got to work on drawing of Edgar A. Poe’s Raven. Stanhope & Wolseley. At 4.0 Mr Temple Soames called & kept me ½ an hour. Expected to have finished & gone to the play but did not. M tired with being out. Dined at 8.30 & quiet evening. Bed early. Temple Soames dissatisfied with Jolley's driving.
Saturday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Put room in order & developed few plates. At 11.30 rode mare in the Park for the 1st time. Met Finlay, Alexander Stone, Matthews etc. Foggy & leaves falling. Back at 1.20. Lunch & after weeded out 900 photos & tied them up. Got to work at 4.30 & went on with calendar. M & Maud & Mademoiselle went to German Reeds'. Only M & Maud got in, very full. M back tired. Decided to dine quietly & bed early. Dull afternoon. Expected to have to do small block in the morning. Swain's letter came for Almanack. Sunday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. breakfast 9.30. In morning worked on calendar. At 12.0 got on mare & rode to Wimbledon. Dull morning. Mare went well. Got to Barker's at 1.18pm. Got lunch. C.O.B, Fanny & Mary Carter & small child there. Stayed till 3.15. Home through Richmond Park & over common. Rain came on. Got thoroughly soaked. Miss Rose Innes at home. Mare trotted from Richmond Road home. Changed things & after got to work on calendar. Put in Fox masher. Dinner. Very wet. After read Harpers & asleep on sofa. Bed 12.0am sharp. M had microscope out & magnified blood etc etc. Monday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Returned letter to Dodd. Down. Developed last 2 whole plates taken Aug 8th. Up & wrote many letters & cheques & sent Dodd to the Stores. Dull wet pouring morning. M & Mantle. Dodd got things for Roy. Worked on Almanack drawings. Hamilton Langley & Jess dined with us. Down late for dinner. Cards & tricks after. 2 bottles champagne. Langley nearly drank M's lime juice. Pouring wet night. Tuesday Ocober 27 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Still pouring wet day. Worked all day on Almanack drawings. M seeing cooks all day. At dusk old woman came. M delighted with her, would do everything. Afterwards found had stolen umbrella. Quiet dinner at home. Bed early. Wednesday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Rode in Park. In morning got on with Almanack drawings. Could not finish them in time for Punch dinner. Took buss to Piccadilly Circus & walked to Club & on to Punch dinner. Good dinner. Bradbury there. Lucy. Told him not to assume an affectation of obtuseness. Cut to do of Cambridge & Minerva. To wait until Friday. Cab with Reed as far as Tattersalls. Reed shewed me drawings of calendar in cab. Home. Papers & bed after. Fanny Barker called. M looking for cook. Thursday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode in Park early. Got on after with 1 st 2 Almanack drawings. Finished 1st one & sent it off by Swain's boy. Dressed & in evening drove to Metropole Hotel to dine with Barker & Fanny, ¼ hr late. Very bad dinner. Pretty girl dining. Lady & match in hall after. Went on in cab to Terry's Theatre & saw play 'The Times'. Poor play. Mrs Stainer in stalls. C.O.B & Fanny dropped us in their carriage at 18 Stafford Terrace. Sandwiches & supper. Bed after 12.30.
Friday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. Up early. Rode in Park & after got on with drawing of Minerva & Cambridge dons fighting over the Greek lexicon. Worked hard all day & finished at 9.30pm. Bottle champagne. Bed after. Saturday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Up & got to work on Almanack drawing No 2. At 12.30 rode mare in Park. No one there. Met Stone at last. Back. Lunch. In afternoon Finlay & his wife called driving good pony which had been bought by his brother-in-law from Arran. Finished drawing & sent it of by Swain's boy at 3.0pm. Dressed at 6.0 & went with M in cab to the Bristol & dined with Sylvinia Rose Innes. Capital dinner. Heron Allen & his wife, the Robertsons, selves, Möllers, Sylvinia Rose Innes & unknown man. Long talk with Robertson. After went with Heron Allen in cab to Gaiety Theatre. All had double box for Joan of Arc. Slipped out & went to Holborn Restaurant to Penn's Drawing Office dinner. Saw May, Ellington, Budding & Creswick. Made 2 speeches & back to theatre. Capital songs of Arthur Roberts 'Jack a Dandy O'. Cab with M home. Saw Montague Guest in stalls & lobby. (Red ink across page: Good diner with Sylvinia Rose Innes at the Bristol. Gaiety Theatre after. Penn's Drawing Office Dinner at Holborn Restaurant, made 2 speeches.) Nov 1891 Sunday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Fine day. In morning began drawing for Mr Beck of Dicks's of Handful of Humourists. Worked all morning. After at 2.30 rode mare through Regents Park & as far as 2 Priory Street where the Hogg murder was. Home by Portland Road & thro' Park. Met Kerr who asked about little houses in Bayswater Road. After tea at home worked etc. Dined quietly at 8.0pm & bed early. Monday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Rode in Park before breakfast. Fine morning. After got on with drawing of Handful of Humourists. Hard work all day. M came in & said we were to dine at Albert Hall Mansions. M went off at 8.0 & finished 8.30. Sent it off by Dodd to Mr Beck 313 Strand. Dressed & took cab & dined with Mother, Langleys & self. Talk with Hamilton after & back by cab with M at 11.0pm. Mother tired & sleepy. Tuesday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up early & rode in Park. Ordered mare a mash. Rode with artist, Mr Cockerell, who lives in Phillimore Gardens. After began drawing for Shand & Mason, Fireman. Interspersed with printing photos. Worked all day & up to 7.0. Dressed & went in cab to No 10 Upper Hamilton Terrace. Dined with the Möllers. Met Mr & Mrs Norton, Bret Harte, Mrs Robertson etc. Good dinner, 20 minutes late. Left at 11.15 & walked with a man who I had spoken to in the Row for Nathorp as far as Praed St. Cab home. Asked for 2/6. Foolishly gave it him. Saw photo of Balmaceda at Möllers. Jack of United States Navy by Bret Harte. Guscotte called 10.0am & I signed deed witnessed by Alice Spain releasing me from Sir Edgar Boehm's Trust.
Wednesday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & got on with Fireman for Shand & Mason. Could not quite finish it by 6.0pm. Left for Punch dinner & got on top of buss at Kensington Church to Chancery Lane. Good dinner. Lucy, Reed, etc etc. No Bradbury. Arthur shewed me his own obituary. Left with Guthrie at 11.30 & walked to Park Lane. Long talk with Guthrie about his screw. Cab home 2/-. Slept in chair & bed after. Thursday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Sent Tenniel photos of Prince of Wales. In morning got on to finish drawings for Shand & Mason. Put in lines etc. Finished at 1.30pm. At 2.40 got on mare to ride to Richmond Park & Wimbledon. Passed by Claude & Vernon Watney at Hammersmith driving. Looked well. Dull afternoon. Stags busy in Richmond Park. Crossed valley where they used to shoot at running deer. Home. Had sent Dodd to Blackfriars with note & drawing of Fireman. Worked after tea at putting photos by etc etc. Quiet dinner. Did not go out. Bed after sleep in chair. Friday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Went for short ride round Park. Back & wrote letters. Got to work rather late on drawing of Harcourt as terrier, drawing Goschen as badger. Worked all day. Printed photos. Dull dark day. Finished at 9.30. Dinner. Bottle of Ayala. Lehmann sent cheque for £15.15.0. Wire from Shand & Mason to alter drawing. Sent Dodd up with letter to Ground St. Back at 6.30pm. Slept in chair till 1.30am. Sent Roy £1.0.0 for Eton. Saturday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull foggy morning. After got to work & muddled about altering drawing from Shand & Mason. Dodd cleaning windows. Man tuned piano. Finished at 1.30. Lunch. Miss Gill here. Maud had boots from Yapps. At 2.40 went for dull ride on mare round Battersea Park. Past Ansdells' & Barlows' houses. Back at 4.13. Madame Alain at 18 Stafford Terrace. Saw man in mews who owned Tony's father. Wrote up diary. 1 st night of new piece at St James's Theatre. Not asked. Worked for 2 hours before 8.0pm dinner. Quiet dinner & evening. Bed 12.30 after sleep. Sunday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dull foggy morning. Decided not to ride. In morning printed phos & developed about 80 & dried them just as M returned from church & her mother. After worked on 3rd Almanack drawing. At 2.30 rode to Wimbledon & Richmond. Good ride. Back by 4.50. Changed & got on with work. At 7.10 dressed & went with M to dine with Herbert Weld Blundell at the Wellington Club 8.0pm by selves. Good dinner. Goulets wine 1880. Cold conservatory after for smoking. Girl left alone. Talk of lawyers & Persepolis. Stayed on in drawing room after. Whiskey & potash. Home at 11.0 by incoherent cabman. M had whiskey. Read Peter Ibbotson & fell asleep till 1.0pm. M knocked violently. M had news at breakfast that servant Edith had lice in her head. General horrification. Nothing but what might have been expected. Monday November 9
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Pouring wet morning & hopelessly wet all day. Decided not to take M & Maud to Lord Mayor's Show. Got to work. Wrote also Sir M Fenton etc about pass & sent cheque to stores. At 12.20 suddenly decided to go to lunch at Punch office. Changed things & got off by 12.35. Just caught train in at High St Kensington. Woman with eyes in carriage. On in wet to Punch issuing office. Bradbury, Lawrence B, Phil Agnew & Maxwell there. After Nokes & Mr & Mrs Lucy came. Wet still continued. Saw Show at 1.40 exactly. Wet & draggled lot of firemen. After good lunch oysters & beef, champagne etc left after chaffing Lucy. Nokes a cold & told stories. Walked to Burlington Avenue. Sent wire to author Jones for Avenue. Home by good cab. Tea & read about Egypt, Sadyck Pasha. Wrote diary. Dinner 7.10. After M, Maud & self went to see 'The Crusades'. Good play. Blunt, W.Grossmith etc in it. Saw the Tates. Home by 4 wheeler. (Red ink across page: Lord Mayor's Show. Dreadful wet day. Went to Bouverie Street to lunch.) Tuesday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Dressed. Lovely morning. Went for ride on mare. Fresh. Stiff 3 times round with Coward & Rook. Too much. Gave me a pain in head. After breakfast got to work & worked all day up to 8.0pm on 3 rd Almanack drawing. Tilda in in afternoon. Dora Langley called & said goodbye. Lovely fine bright day all day. Quiet dinner with M & Maud & went to bed at 10.30. Tired. M tired after much packing. Process proof of Handful of Humourists. Wednesday November 11 Stafford Terrace. Letter from Horlicks etc. Furious south wind & very heavy rain. Water coming in in drawing room. Wired to Sir Myles Fenton. Wire back from Fenton to say letter had been sent. Great gale. Worked on at 3 rd Almanack drawing. Could not finish by dinner time. Left in cab for P.D at 6.45. There 7.20. Tenniel, F.C.B, Guthrie, Lucy, Reed, Milliken, Bradbury, Lehmann, Arthur & self at dinner. Got cut of Halsbury & Sykes to do. Left with Guthrie at 11.15. Walk to Garrick. Stopped & wrote Stace, A.G.Reed, Fenton etc etc. Left 12.40. Cab home. Asleep in chair till 2.40pm. Bed. M awake. Talk of my article in the Mag of Art at dinner. Thursday November 12 Stafford Terrace. In morning up early & finished 3rd Almanack drawing. M & all belongings got off for Ramsgate by 10.55. Lovely morning. Finished drawing 12.15. Rode in Park at 12.45. Met Stone who asked me to dinner. Back. Arranged photos. Wrote letters etc etc. At 7.15 cab to Members Mansions & dined with Stone. Felt very tired. Quiet dinner. Spanish cabinets. Cab home 11.30. Bed. Sent Dodd to fetch Marquis at 11.0. Mare on pillar rein. Marquis back at 1.30pm. Looked well. Met Tom Eykyn who asked me to dinner on Saty next at 7.0pm. (Red ink across page: M, Maud, my mother, Tony, Mick, birds & Alice Spain all went away in 2 omnibusses for Ramsgate. Fine morning. Marquis back from Beldams'.) Friday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Wet morning. Up & prepared for Stace by 10.30. Stace came & sat for me for Bill Sykes. Photod self & got ready for work by lunch time. Many photos printing. Sent at 2.30 Marquis to Horlick's. Went on to work & finished
10.30 pm. Dined & bed at 2.0am after sleep in chair. Used tint in drawing. Death of Lewis Wingfield. Saturday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Put things in order & printed many photos. At 12.20 Jolley called. Getting on all right. Rode in Park at 12.15 to 1.35pm. Met Heathorne, Stone, Lockwood etc etc. Good ride. Home. Lunch. Wrote diary & got to work 4th Almanack block. Began it. Rode in Park in morning with Heathorne & strange man. Back & worked. At 6.15 dressed & after walked in fur coat to Tom Eykyns & dined. Good dinner. Curious little lady, friend of Little's who plays in 'A Pantomime Rehearsal'. All others going to the play. Stayed till 10.30. Whiskey etc. After cab to Empire. Saw Dowsdale. Hitchings told me of the Magnetic Lady. On to Club. Supper, Comyns Carr, Arthur Blunt, etc etc. Lord Sandhurst put down for Club. Home by cab with Wicks. Black's 50th birthday. Dinner given by Osgood at Reform. D.M there. Not asked. Press performance of Magnetic Lady. (Later note: Last time I saw Tom Eykyn. 10 May '99.) Sunday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dull wretched day. All by self at Stafford Terrace. Worked on 4th Almanack block. Snooze in afternoon. At 8.0 dressed & walked to Beefsteak Club by 9.15pm. Dined. Mitchell Henry writing letters. Aynesworth & Gill there. Went on after writing letter to M etc to Gallery Club. Saw Mocatta, Claude Watney, old Deutsch & Angell (older). Arthur Blunt, Archie Stuart Wortley etc. Doetsch & Claude W asked me to dinner. Aynesworth's guest. Mud on trowsers, uncomfortable. Home by cab. 12.30am. In afternoon gas tube burst. Great bother. Worked by lamps. Nuisance. Tried to force door, could not. Decided to send to Sugg's in the morning. Monday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got on with work on 4th Almanack drawing. Did not get on very fast. Rode mare at 2.0pm round Hyde Park & along Bayswater. Home. Saw Sir Charles Russell. Paid £52 in to M's acct. Went on with work & dined quietly at home. Boy brought Review of Reviews & Strand Magazine. Read in chair after dinner & bed 1.30am. Dull wretched weather. Tuesday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got on all day with 4th Almanack drawing. Mistake about Platinotype tins. Sent boy to Platinotype. Kept boy all day. Finished 4 th drawing (dog in manger) at 6.15pm. Took cab & drove to Amphitryon Club. Dined with Claude Watney & met Sir Guy Campbell. Most excellent dinner. Sole a la Bercy. Loud handsome woman in restaurant. After went to Lyric Club & washed & on to the Pantomime Rehearsal at Toole's Theatre. Very good. Tooles. After walked to the Lyric Club & played billiards. Many whiskey & potashes. Met Fritz Jackson & his uncle Meinertzhagen. After beating Sir Guy Campbell game 100 up played 4 games Claude & self against Spottiswood & Campbell. Beaten easily. Devils on horseback. Good player at other table, 50 break. Left 1.20. Home by cab. Dull wretched rainy weather. Wednesday November 18
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got to work at 9.30 & got on wonderfully with drawing 5th page of Almanack. Finished by 6.15pm. All in one day. At 3.30 M came in unexpectedly. Went out again & had soup at Wares. Left for her mother's. Took cab at 6.50pm Bouverie St. Lame horse. Went better after. P.D. Lucy's last dinner in '91. D.M there. Lecture a success. Long talk with Milliken & D.M after about Hy F. Cab home. Refused in Strand. Strange horse who required flogging. Home 1.30. Read Mrs Booth's letter. Long rambling letter. Bed 1.45pm. Woke M up. Thursday November 19 Stafford Terrace. Dull wretched morning. M down for bath. M & self by selves. Wrote letters. Dodd round. Refused Ramsgate dinner for the 26 th. Worked on 6th Almanack drawing, did not feel well. Decided not to bother so ordered mare & at 2.30 went for good steady ride through Richmond Park & over Wimbledon Common. Mare tore through. Fresh. Golfers on Wimbledon. Home feeling much better. Dined earlier after work & M & self went in cab to Lyric Theatre & heard 'La Cigale' for 3rd time. No Miss Ulmer & no Harry Monkhouse. Good house all the same. Left before last scene & home by cab. Snack & bed. Friday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am got to work on drawing of John Bull & Ariel with Electric Light communication. Had bother to select & print many photos from the store wooden boxes. Worked hard all day & finished 10.30pm. Bottle of champagne between us & bed. Went to sleep after & woke up very tired & went to bed putting arm out of coverlet. M had opened window which gave me rheumatism in left shoulder & severe cold which developed gradually after. Must have been out of health. M very sorry. Dodd went to purchase things at the Stores for me. (Red ink across page: M put window open this night & gave me bad cold.) Saturday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got to work in finishing the last of 6 pages of Almanack. Woke up with curious stiff neck. Pain in left shoulder blade muscles. Very painful all day & cold coming on. Found out M had left the windows open. Intended to have dined at Paganini's & to have gone to the Haymarket Theatre after. Found after could not. Put it off. Made a mistake of one hour in work but only finished last drawing 9.45 instead of at 6.0pm as I hoped. M waited. Arranged with Wolmann to have quiet dinner at home instead. Bed after. Glad not to go out. Sent boy off with drawings. M purchased a bottle of St Jacobys oil in the afternoon. Did not prove of much good. Burnand wrote about lovely weather. Frenchman of Dutch extraction 'Quervite de littleful padder.' Sunday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up & put things away. Photos printing. Did not begin small blocks for Almanack. M went to her mother's for lunch. At 1.45 lunched by self at home. After at 2.30pm rode mare to Wimbledon in black varnished boots etc etc. Had to stop on common. Shoulder hurt me dreadfully. Could hardly ride. Got there 4.5pm. Fanny a cold in the drawing room & gent calling. Went into library. Stanley Holden there & James Davidson, Mary Carter & Alice Linley. After tea changed & dressed & rubbed Jacobs oil on shoulder. Down. Read Observer. Wrote
letters & after dinner Fanny attended to Jacobs oil. Annoyed me. Good dinner. German doctor from Carlsbad. Interesting to talk to. Good smoke & looked at old photos etc etc in the drawing room. Long metaphysical discussion with German doctor after. Bed 12.0am. Felt better but cold bad. (Red ink across page: Seedy with cold.) Monday November 23 Oak Lawn, Wimbledon. Woke 8.0am. 8.35 till could get bath. Holden had it. Bath. Seedy & cold & shoulder bad. Dull wretched foggy morning. At 9.45 got on mare & rode home feeling ill. Mare very fresh. M at Stafford Terrace. Undecided whether I should go down with her. Decided not. Carriage came for M at 11.30. Went off to shop with her mother. Back in fly at 2.0pm. Mother came in. M & Mother waited for buss. Came 2.25. They got off at 2.30 & drove away. Dodd with them in omnibus. M & Mother in fly. Dodd to go to stores to change camphor. After set to work & did 2 blocks for Almanack. Boy on Pig & Frog over Time. Finished 9.0pm. Dined quietly at home. Very foggy. Had gruel & hot whiskey. Burnand seedy. Wrote for £5 for Gil à Beckett fund. (Red ink across page: Finished Almanack finally & small drawings. Seedy with cold.) Tuesday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Dull dark gloomy fog. Gas alight all day. Coloured prints for Shand & Mason. Swain's boy called with proof of Almanack drawings. 2 wires from F.C.B to hurry up with last drawing which was due Saty. Letter from Mother. Decided to dine there at 7.5. Walked to Albert Hall Mansions & quiet dinner with Mother. Mother talked of going abroad & keeping carriage etc. Left at 8.30pm & cab to Alhambra. Left gloves & went back. After some difficulty got stall & saw The Georgian Wonder. Felt very hot & stuffy in great coat fur, also very seedy from cold. Georgian Wonder a fraud. Booing. Boo hoo. On to Empire. Civil under- manager. Called Club & home by 4 wheeler. Cold & chill. Burnand seedy. Sent him cheque for £5 for Gil à Beckett fund. (Red ink across page: Seedy with cold & rheumatism.) Wednesday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Fine morning. 1st morning of leisure. Printed phos etc etc. Put room in order. In afternoon at 4.0 started for Turkish bath. Got in omnibus. In bath 4.30. Had bath. Shoulder very painful. Extra shampooing No 10. Hair cut & shaved. Dodd came up with fur coat. Walked on to Punch dinner. F.C.B not there. Arthur, Guthrie, Reed, Milliken, Bradbury, self, Tenniel. Discussion about my article in Magazine of Art. Pitched into by Milliken, Tenniel & Guthrie. Ariel had counter hit at 'Pick me up', 'Knock me down'. Home with Tenniel in cab. 2 good cuts from Milliken. Primrose Girl & Chamberlain & Women's vote. (Red ink across page: Seedy with cold & rheumatism.) Thursday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Felt bilious & seedy. Sent Dodd with a letter to M.Easton. Answer back. Went twice. Printed photos for cut etc etc. Got ready for doing drawing tomorow of Chamberlain & Primrose Girl. In afternoon prepared work. Rode in Park at 11.45. Lovely bright morning. Saw old Wyndham. Particularly well. Stone introduced me to Mrs Winch, wife of Q.C. Shoulder hurt me very much. Great wonder, Finlay trotting. Pouring rain. At 6.15 dressed &
went in cab to dine with William Stone MA. FRS. Good dinner. Felt very seedy. Off feed. Nostril painful 1st time. Stone's stories of hansom cabman 'You dirty dog' & about horse dealer Brown. After at 8.30 went to Prince of Wales Theatre. Saw ‘The Prancing Girl' & 'Miss Decima'. 1st night of remove from Criterion. Hayden Coffin in part. Went to Club. Wrote letters & home by cab. Women kissing in stalls etc. After lunch coloured proof for Shand & Mason. Sent it off. Theatrical General Fund dinner, Lockwood in chair. New Road dinner at Ramsgate. (Red ink across page: Seedy with cold & rheumatism.) Friday November 27 Stafford Terace. Up 8.0am. Luckily a fine morning. Dodd round 8.30. Expecting M.Easton. Came 9.55. Things from Barkers. Photographed her as Primrose Girl & self in frock coat. Developed them by noon & got prints by 1.0pm. All under printed. After got to work on Chamberlain & Primrose Girl. Worked very hard until 11.15 finished & had snatch dinner. Awfully tired. Got to bed after sleep in chair by stove at 2.30am. Shoulder painful. Sent Dodd with double bag midday with 1 st instalment of things to Salisbury Square. (Red ink across page: Drew cut of Chamberlain & Primrose Girl. Very late. Seedy with cold & rheumatism in shoulder.) Saturday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Down & put things in order etc. Plumber mending door. Packed clothes etc etc & developed many prints & put them into the press. Buss round for S.E Rly at 2.45. Bags in & got off 2.40. Down to Charing X. Bright fine day. Passed Alfred Gilbert in Piccadilly. Saw him at Charing X. Down to Ramsgate. Boy met me. On to Prospect Terrace for first time. All well. Dinner. Read The Wreckers after. Hot grog. Nostril extremely painful & shoulder hurt. Full of aches & pains. Edmund Yates ill. (Red ink across page: Came down to Ramsgate 1st time winter of end 1891. Seedy. Cold & rheumatism bad. Nostril very painful.) Sunday November 29 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dull miserable morning. Foggy & drizzled rain. Breakfast. Up in room & put things away. Clothes etc etc. Squared prints & put photos to print. Lunch. After went for walk as far as Montefiore's. Dull, met no one. Felt feverish & ill. Turned back. Followed by white greyhound. Lost it at Club. Back home & up in room wrote letters etc. Better after tea. Mary Burnand in with Mite. Nostril extremely painful. M sent boy for medicine to Young's. Mite went to Burnands with Mademoiselle after dinner. Read & after snooze went to bed at 10.0pm. Had turpentine bandage on. Tore it off & flung it into the middle of the room. M rubbed shouder. Mite back 11.30. Had diaphorethic & sleep 12.0am. (Red ink across page: Burnand's birthday party could not go on acct of not feeling well. Feverish off & on & nostril very painful.) Monday November 30 Prospect Terrace. Woke with shoulder better. Up 8.45am. Down after bath at 9.20. Breakfast. 'Times'. Dull wretched morning. Heavy rain & fog. Printed many sepia photos. F.C.B after sent round letter by Phillip. Changed things at lunch time. Sole for lunch. After at 2.40 went for walk with M. Called Hills & Hodgman & saw mare's loose box. Bought 5/- ivory stick. After went for walk along the West
Cliff & down road to lower road. Passed by paralytic cripple. Over harbour bridge & home. Ice ships unloading. Tea. Up in room after. Letters etc. Dined quietly at home & went to bed early after reading. Had shoulder rubbed. (Red ink across page: Seedy with swelled face.) Dec 1891 Tuesday December 1 Prospect Terrace. M seedy. Up at 8.0. Better morning. Sun. Printed a very large number of sepia photos all morning. Many were found subsequently spoilt. After lunch went for a walk with Mick & Tony. Along to Wests the tailors & after to Johnstone’s stables, not let. Past new house building for Martin Thomson & after along past Pegwell Bay & Sicklemores. Thro' Ramsgate & home. Had a chat with Mr Vinten. Tea & up in room writing letters. M up. Quiet evening & dinner. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink across page: Seedy with swelled face. Getting better for 1 st time.) Wednesday December 2 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Finished printing & went up with empty portmanteau. Saw F.C.B at station & Mrs B & Mrs Hammond. Joke about operation. Up to town at 12.0. Cab home. Running cad. All well at Stafford Terrace. Got on mare & rode in Park at 12.45. Saw Mrs Heilbut & Major Cooke. Home round back way of Park. Shoulder painful. Back. Lunch & found letter from Mosten Cutler & Co. Went after putting things by to Garrick by buss & wrote long letter to Mosten Cutler & Co. After cab to P.D. Small dinner. Reed, Milliken, Bradbury, Lehmann, Arthur, self, Tenniel, F.C.B. Row with F.C.B about cutting Invt out of my signature. Almanack produced. Drank nothing but claret for 1 st time for long time. Unpleasant dinner & did not feel well. Back home by cab. Subject of River & Yokel to do. Also got preface subject. (Red ink across page: Face swelling went down. Up to town by 10.0am train.) Thursday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Not well in morning. Got to work almost at once on drawing of River & Yokel. Worked all day & dressed at 7.20 & went in cab to dine with Underdown at 55 Onslow Gardens. Only Mrs U, U & self & Claude Phillips a low voiced aesthete. Good cooking & wine. Water colours. Home by cab. Wet. Thought of running down to Thanet. Capital dinner. Pheasant done in earthenware pot with handle. Good salad & mushrooms on toast. Friday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & got on with drawing of River & Yokel. Note at 12.0 from F.C.B about 2nd cut. Could not do it. Wrote. Finished drawing 1.30. Shoved things in portmanteau & came down by Granville to Ramsgate. There by T time & dined quietly & bed early. Glad to get there. All well. (Red ink across page: Mare sent down to Hodgman's by 12.0 train, L.C.& D Rly.) Saturday December 5 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Got empties & prepared to go up by 10.0am train. Sent George for buss. Never came up to 9.43. Row with man. Young Hodgman kindly took empties to station & I walked. Up to town with 1 old gent who got in at Broadstairs. Lost his stick in the rush. Account of verdict
in the case of Lady Russell against Lord Russell. All for the husband. Cab on to Stafford Terrace. Sent note to stationmaster. Worry note from F.C.B. Wrote in return. Developed 2 doz small ¼ plates taken in Scotland & the remaining Bowyer plates. In afternoon packed bags all afternoon. Dressed & went to dine with Sylvinia Rose Innes at the Bristol. Good dinner. Canon Duckworth, Antoinette Stirling & her husband, South American Buenos Aires engineer & wife & one young lady, Mr & Mrs Muller & self. After went 4 in fly to see 'The Crusades'. Phipson Beale & Lomas in stalls. Saw play. Maud Millet not so good as Miss Winifred Emery. Arthur Blunt never saw me. After play (continued on facing page) pouring wet night made way back meeting Lomas at the door & said goodbye to Sylvinia Rose Innes. After walked up to Beefsteak getting trowsers dirty. Saw Leslie Ward. Chaff about Imperial. Dick Gavin. After walked with Arthur Blunt & Lord Sandhurst to Garrick. Had 1 doz oysters. Sat next Col Jones. Saw Mr Forbes & others. Beerbom Tree, Joe Carr, Arthur B. Settled to go down by the 11.0 train if fine tomorrow. Cab home by 1.30am. Read Pall Mall & bed at 2.30am. (Red ink across page: Dined with Sylvinia Rose Innes at the Bristol & went to see ‘The Crusades’. Worry letter from F.C.B.) Sunday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slight head. Nevertheless finished packing with Dodd's help & got off by 10.10am to catch the 11.0am train for Ramsgate. Had buss at station. Met Robson Roose & two sons going to lunch at Calais & coming back. Arthur Blunt turned up 4 minutes before train started. Got in smoking carriage, 2 other men in good form one youngster like prince Adolphus of Teck. Long talk with Arthur. Lovely morning. Got down all right with 9 packages. Piled them all in fly & went for stroll. Lunch. Liqueurs. After changed & walked to Broadstairs. Coming back just got round by sands, Arthur skipped over to save tides. Back to Ramsgate & walk on pier. Most lovely sunset. Home. Tea & wrote letters. After dress 8.0pm dinner. After all went round to F.C.B's at 9.45. Conny B dined with us. Bad manners. Miss Bustard played banjo, Arthur piano. Felt seedy & sleepy. Lost stud & found it again. Home 1.35. Arthur sat up till 1.0am. Whiskey & bed. Settled to go to Eastry tomorrow with the foxhounds. (Red ink across page: Arthur Blunt came down by 11.0am train with me.) Monday December 7 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.30. Dull heavy wet morning & gale. Arthur B decided to go up by the 10.0am train. Left by fly after breakfast by 9.40. No worse outside door than hat blown off. Went to Club. Lent Arthur 5/-. Read 'Times'. Hunks there. After home & put things away all morning. Lunch 1.50. Mare round & went for 1 st ride. Mare fresh. Went to stable & had leathers shortened 1 hole. Rode past North Foreland & Broadstairs & round by North Down. Went on to sands but could not get round for tide. Got caught opposite Friends with violent squall of rain & furious wind. Trotted home fast. Got very wet. Changed in room & wrote many letters & part of diary. After at 7.50 dined. Quiet evening & bed well by 11.0pm. (Red ink across page: Squalls of wind & rain. News of the engagement of Prince Albert Victor & Princess Victoria Mary of Cambridge.) Tuesday December 8 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.10am. Lovely morning. Bright sun. Mare round at 10.0. No breast plate, sent her back. Punch out without D.M's cut. At 10.16 got on mare &
rode to meet at Mount Pleasant, 1st day with harriers. Caught up by Matthews. Passed Martin Thomson walking. Got to meet just in time & saw Mayhew etc. Found hare & good run for 10 minutes. Pottered after. Talk to Butterfield & Brown of Westgate & Mrs Hammond. After killed hare at 1.15 in garden. Lunched & rode home. People that had taken Westwood out on arabs. Queer lot. Back home at a canter. Overtaken by Martin Thomson's groom. Back past Prospect Terr at 2.35. Left mare & home & changed. Went for walk with M to end of pier. French ships in. Met Maud. Tony & Mick went back with her. Spoke to Capn Jones. Back. M went to Mr Gould's to tea. Wrote diary. Felt shaken & tired. Worry letter from F.C.B came again about last Friday's cut. Answered it & others. Quiet dinner & bed. (Red ink across page: 1st day out with Harriers. Lovely day.) Wednesday December 9 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Round Club. F.C.B in town. Began Preface. Prince of Wales, Punch & Falstaff etc. In morning put away many things. Rode at 2.0pm round by Haine. Passed Lady Rose Weigall. Stopped & spoke. Round by Westwood & back through town. Did not go up to Punch dinner. Worked in afternoon, M read. Wrote letters. Quiet dinner evening & bed early. Saw Molly O'Connell leaving her house. Rode past mare's old stable & on to Haine's. Thursday December 10 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Round Club & wrote letters. Got on with drawing of Preface, Prince of Wales & Punch & Falstaff. Got it ready for tracing on to paper. After at 12.0 F.C.B sent Milliken's notes for subject, G.O.M & Rustic Audrey Agricultural Vote. Lunch. At 2.0 rode round by Montefiore's & through Broadstairs. Across to Harry Marks' house & through St Peters by Davis's cottage (Edmund F) along by back road into Ramsgate Road across grass. Saw the man who lived opposite Park House & took M home (illeg) in 1884. Back at 4.0. Tea. Got to work on Punch drawing, skemed it. M read. Dinner 8.0. Quiet evening & bed. Great gale in morning. Mother sent fly for M. Went out at 11.0 & walked in great wind to end of harbour. Fishing boats coming in. Great difficulty. Maud & Mademoiselle could not face it. Spoke to Capn Jones. Much blown about. (Red ink across page: Great gale at Ramsgate. Fishing boats beating up to harbour for hours.) Friday December 11 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Round Club. Back & got on with drawing of G.O.M. & Country Girl for Agricultural Vote. Very warm & lovely sun. Butterfly flew into room. Thermometer at 67° up to 2.0pm. So impressed went to Club & wrote letter to Times after lunch. Met Sorby. Brought him in & showed him butterfly. Got on with work & finished in time to send off by 7.15. train. M in room helping. Wrote letters & dined 7.30pm. Rosie Burnand was to have come in but being maigre day could not. Quiet evening & bed early. (Red ink across page: Mildest day for time of year I ever remember. Butterfly flew in.) Saturday December 12 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Good sunrise. Colder in the morning. Round Club. Returned photos to Barraud. Letter from Co-oper Bank & got on with Preface drawing. M in room. Alice Spain raised her own wages. Not passed. Lunch. Mother not well. At 2.0pm got on mare & rode round the coast to Margate & back
by Nash & Haine & St Lawrence 2½ hrs. Coast 1 hr 5 minutes. Men shooting. Man stood fire & sands very treacherous with mud at places. Paid man for mare 3/-. Miss O'Connell in to tea with Maud. After got on with Prince of Wales & Punch & Falstaff. Worked till 8.0pm. Quiet dinner after & bed early. Sunday December 13 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rain in morning. Cleared after. Saw F.C.B's pony going. Worked all day on Prince of Wales & Falstaff. Finished at 3.0pm. Dressed & put bags up etc. Miss Robinson called. Tea. Row about fly. Never turned up. Got one next door by chance. Drove to S.E Rly & took Milly Tassell up to town. Good journey. Had light. Read the Squirrel Inn. 2 men in carriage. Spilt grease on great coat. Out at Charing X. Sent Milly T home in cab. Walked to Garrick. Muddy & had had much rain. Met Joe Knight in lavatory. Wrote 5 letters before dinner. After dined with Wicks. Self, O'Dowd, Joe Knight, Percy Reeve, Bighead Dr, Chief Constuctor & Wicks. Long dinner. Talk of champagne with O'Dowd. Johnny Toole took me for Furniss. Stayed till 2.45pm. Home by cab to Stafford Terrace. Birth of Vernon Watney's daughter. (Red ink across page: Lady Margaret Watney brought forth a daughter.) Monday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.45. Felt very seedy & bilious but breakfasted & got about. Saw Shingleton's man about blinds & also sent top of blue pot to Edwards & Roberts. After emptied desk & packed up drawings etc. Milly Tassell got herself very dirty. Lunch. Still headache. Caught the Granville & down to Ramsgate with one other passenger who got out at Margate after smoking & coughing all the way down. Fly to Prospect Terr. M all right. Dinner. Bed early. Wire from F.C.B about Mrs Lawson wanting drawings. Wrote letters & wired Mrs Lawson from Prospect Terrace. Tuesday December 15 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Very wet day all day. Got to work on tail piece for Preface, Prince of Wales & shade of Falstaff. Many letters from F.C.B. Long wire in morning from Mrs Lawson. Packed drawing of Harry Lawson & sent it off as letter. Worked up till dinner time. M read. Dinner. Quiet evening after. Bed at 11.30 after sorting letters upstairs. Letter from self written last Friday appeared in the 'Times'. (Red ink across page: Letter about mild weather & butterfly appeared in the 'Times'.) Wednesday December 16 Prospect Terrace. Up 7.45. M in a hurry to catch the 9.40am train S.E for London. Bag packed hurriedly & got off by fly at 9.10. Dressed in hunting togs & rode after walking to Hodgman's in spurs to Sandwich station. Lovely bright sun. Butterfield waited for me at Sportsman. Jogged on, caught up hounds. Saw Brown of Westgate in trap. Met Buckmaster. Poor meet & poor day. Cold waiting about. Saw Peto after. Civil stranger. Rode after him & got splashed. Brushed boot against post. Found hare & had a bit of a run. Regretted did not jump into field after Collard. Back home with Butterfield. Lunched. Moustache in mouth. Got back at 3.30. Note from Frank, 'Swain is quite right.' Wrote letters. Got to work on Punch as Fireman for Index. Worked till 8.0pm. Dined & dozed after. Mite & self alone at dinner. Mrs Lawson sent cheque for £10.10.0. Met Degraded Evans out of Ramsgate. (Red ink across page: M went to town by herself.)
Thursday December 17 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.7am. Dressed. Went round to Club. Wrote 2 letters before breakfast. Wired Swain. Saw announcement in the 'Times', Lady Margaret Watney a daughter on the 13th inst. Fine warm sun but wind shifted to N.E. Back at 10.0 & finished drawing of Index, Punch as Fireman. After at 12.0 drew tail piece & finished at 1.30. Lunch. Changed things & rode mare from 2.10pm to 3.40 round by Haines & Westwood & past Montefiores. Got very wet. Changed things. Wire from Milliken. Special letter from F.C.B in morning about cut of Arry. M in town. Got to work after tea & skemed Arry & Arrius. Worked till 8.0pm. Dined with Mite. Very strong wind after. Blew round about. Mite came down about row in room. Mick barked. Went down. Bed at 11.30pm. Colder. (Red ink: Colder.) (Red ink across page: M up in town by herself.) Friday December 18 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Round Club. Wrote & wired etc. Back & got to work on Arry & Arrius. Did not ride. Worked all day & got it off by 7.15. At 6.30 M back with Roy. Roy's report came. Bad & good. Quiet dinner. Bottle of Ayala. Bed at 10.30. Colder. House let from this day to the Robbs. Wonderful view of the French coast in the morning, very bright & clear. Case on in papers about Mrs Osborne, Miss Ethel Elliot that was. Jewel stealing case. (Red ink: Colder.) (Red ink across page: Roy home to Stafford Terr. His holidays commenced.)
Saturday December 19 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Round Club & wrote letters. Sent to try & see Hodgman. After in brilliant sun printed a great number of ¼ plate photos of golfing. Lunch & just before called round with Roy to Hodgmans' & settled for pony. Called chemists & back to lunch. After at 2.25pm rode to Westwood & saw Granny. Roads extremely hard with frost. Saw Dr Clarke & brother-in-law. Back home at 4.0pm. Tea & after developed photos over fire. Sent George to arrange with flyman who called & agreed to give him 12/-. At 6.40 drove to Westgate in very cold weather & dined with the Orchardsons. Met Major Cartland & a Mr Jones. Dr Treves & daughter. Young Orchardson, Mr & Mrs O. Talked of Bedlam & nitrates. At 10.40 back in fly home. Man drove fast. Pipe & whiskey. Bed 12.30pm. Intensely cold at night up in my room. (Red ink: Frost set in. Saw Leyland walking with his mistress. Mrs Leyland died on Jany 4 th 1892.) (Red ink across page: Dined with Orchardsons at Westgate.) Sunday December 20 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.30. Bath & dress. Roy & fire. Out on Parade after breakfast. My mother put dog out & spoke at Mademoiselle. Unpleasant. After back & skemed Golfing subject after addressing 30 or more post cards with change of address. M up in room. Saw F.C.B out of window. Sent Roy round to Club. Lunch. Roy could not eat cold beef. Walk after in cloak. Tony & Mick. After met Burnands & Miss Seton. Down to Bangers. Bought shrimps. Mick lost. Roy & self fast home. Met Toller. Mick home. After up in room & got on with drawing of Punch golfing. Beautiful red sunset. Very cold. Toller stayed till 6.30. Dinner 7.30. Quiet evening. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Hard frost.)
Monday December 21 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. In morning after Club finished Punch playing golf & altered block of Time & Frog leaping. Sent them off by the 4.0pm train. After began Milliken's cut of the Chimes. Tea. Worked till 8.0. Dinner & bed early after. Did not work after dinner. Hard frost all day. Dense fog in London. (Red ink: Hard frost.) Tuesday December 22 Prospect Terrace. Up 8am. Breakfast Club. Letters. Back & got to work on Milliken's Chimes page. Worked all day & finished by 7.0pm. Sent it off. Hard frost all day. Dense fog in London. Quiet dinner after & bottle Ayala. Bed after, early. Collapse of the Osborne Hargreaves case. Ethel Elliot had stolen the pearls of Mrs Hargreaves & got £550 for them. Gave her husband £400 of it. Traced through a note sent to Messrs Maple for linen. (Red ink: Hard frost.) Wednesday December 23 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. 1st day's rest after work. Wrote letters & put things up etc. At 11.0 rode with Roy round sands to Broadstairs. Up & along Foreland & down on sands again at Life Boat house. On to Margate & back past shallows etc. Roy rode all right. Back at 1.30. Lunch. Game of billiards after, finished game we commenced at 10.15am. Home. Squared up lots of prints. Tea. Dinner. Bed early & glad to get there. This evening the little butterfly which flew into room on the 11th inst died about 7.0pm. (Red ink: Hard frost.) Thursday December 24 Prospect Terrace. Up early. Dense fog all morning. Round to Club. After wrote letters & printed photos etc. Lunch. Game of billiards with Roy. Paid 6d. Hicks came in. Hard frost. Thoughts of skating tomorrow. Roy naughty to his mother. Tea. Up in room & squared many photos etc. In afternoon walked to Page's & paid bill for wine. Ordered Saumur & Port wine. Quiet dinner. Bottle of Saumur. Maud & M down slaving at dress. Went up at 11.20 & put out all lights. M up in the dark after. (Red ink: Hard frost.) Friday December 25 Prospect Terrace. Up early. Fog & mist. Moist damp. Fog broke. Round to Club. Printed photos in morning. At 12.30 walked with Roy to end of Parade. Coming back met F.C.B 1st time since Dec 3rd. After walked to Royal Crescent & went down & walked with Roy to order horses at stables. Mare in very hot. No matter. Lunch. Bottle Saumur. After Roy & self at 2.20 rode to Minster nearly. Roads slippery in shelter. Carriage with Lord & Lady Coleridge pased us near Minster looking awfully dull & dreary. Back & changed. After Mrs F.C.B had sent round to ask us all to dinner. Mother melancholy. Turned out. Mite wore the dress she had slaved over. Went round to F.C.B at 7.15. Dinner. Took Harry's wife in. Fois gras. Boars head, turkey etc. Presents. After danced & left at 11.20. Home. Had book of Stockton's. Fell asleep till 2.0pm. Bed. Gathered photos. Stuck on many new labels. (Red ink: Frost gave in morning.) Saturday December 26 Prospect Terrace. Up later. Slight head. Down 9.20. Poor breakfast, went round Club. Read Times. At 10.25 Roy came round & we went to stables to get on
horses at 10.30. Rode to Westwood. Meet. Hounds never turned up. Rode over to Ramsgate Road. F.C.B caught us up at Minster Mill. Extended ride to Cleve & Acoll & Quex. Told Roy off. Smuggler Bill. Home 1.30. Lunch. My mother not well. Queer in head. Up in room & printed phos. Talk to F.C.B about Furniss. Change in weather at 3.0. Bright sun & warm. Wrote letters & developed phos. Dinner at 6.30. Xmas tree lighted up. Mother down. Did not like champagne. Altogether a dreary dinner. Went at 8.30 round with M & Roy to Burnands. Saw children's play. Winnie & Baby & 4 niggers. Mite in a dance. Dance after. Talk to Mr O'Connell. Dance with Miss O'Connell, Kay Purcell pretty. Home 12.0. Read & bed 12.45am. Mite up late. Roy very tired. Sunday December 27 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0am. Fine bright sunny morning. Breakfast 9.30. Foolishly put on thin shirt & went out on Parade. North wind, felt cold. Went to Club. Saw old Degraded Evans. Roy dropped leash. Went up to room & printed 54 photos. Dressed & on stairs to go on Parade when collared by Mr Hodgson. Brought him up & sat for my likeness. So so. Mr Hodgson stopped to lunch after, looked at his sketches. Parrot screeching next door. Went for walk with Roy to Dumpton Gap along sands. Buzzed stones into coves. Tony & Mick. Home by Montefiores. Lovely evening. Cold wind. Back at 4.12 to tea. Mr Hodgson there. Talk of Blackburn. Up in room & developed photos. Wrote diary & letters. Told Roy on Parade of Rip van Winkle. Quiet dinner 7.45pm. Played with Roy at putting numbered cards in box. Beat him. Read Rudyard Kipling's story in Black & White. Bed 11.0pm. Roy tired. (Red ink: Death of Godfrey Turner aged 67.) Monday December 28 Prospect Terrace. Up later. M in bed. Up 8.40. In room. Walked on Parade after breakfast. Sent Roy with letter to F.C.B. Club. Wrote Mawson & Swan. Back in morning. Printed many photos. Developed them & printed over fire. At 1.55 lunch. At 2.15 rode with Roy past Montefiores & along by Broadstairs & North Foreland. Good gallop. Astonished Roy. Called & saw Miss Allen. Through Margate & across Nash. Good gallop home. Went up to see about theatre. Mary & Ethel Burnand to tea. Mrs Pugin called. Put out photos to dry.. Roy went with Mademoiselle to see Rip van Winkle. Quiet dinner & bed 11.30. Tuesday December 29 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Coldish morning. Went round with Roy to the stable at 10.30 & rode to meet at Hengrove. Got in time. Saw Rogers. Talk of Mrs Osborne. Found hare & had pottering run. In & about Farmer's grounds over by Drapers Alms Houses & by railway line. Saw F.C.B. Roy's 1 st run with hounds since Feby. Back & found hare. Killed two near Quex Park. Major Cartland gave me biscuit. No lunch with us. Left at 2.0 & cold ride home. Had sausage cooked for tea. Wrote letters & labels etc & quiet dinner afterwards. Bed early. Wednesday December 30 Prospect Terrace. Up early. Club. Printed photos in morning. Lunch. Went up by 4.0 train. Read by candle. Got to St Pauls & went for 1 st time to Salisbury Square. Everything very comfortable. Civil servant, fire etc. At Punch office by 7.10. No Bradbury, at T.H.Agnew's funeral. Lucy there. Reed etc. Mrs Osborne's photo. Borrowed it. Talk of Xmas boxes. Stayed till 12 0 or 12.15. Walked round to
Salisbury Square. Found drawings returned by Swain. Bed at 1.0am. Felt sick & bilious. Sleep at last. (Red ink: H Furniss taken with a fit at the dinner. Insensible for 3 minutes. All right after. Fell down about 10.30pm. Heat of the room?) Thursday December 31 Salisbury Square. Woke up at 7.0. Very bad sick headache. Bath. Breakfast & caught the 8.26 train for Ramsgate. Gave Mrs Heath 5/-. Walked to station. Down to Ramsgate. George met me. Home & began cut of Bumble & Ejected Household. At 2.0 rode with Roy to Sandwich & back. Met tramps, gave them 6d. Back at 4.15. Got on with drawing & dined at 8.0 quietly. Bed early. Brought down drawings of last year from Swain. (Red ink: Beautiful ride to Sandwich. Roads perfect.) Notes at back of diary: I doz tickets, Mar 21. Turkish Bath, Jermyn St Gilray's Turkish Bill. (small drawing) Pitt as small boy tied to crown of George 3 rd. See Sepr 20. '91.
1892 Notes on preliminary pages: Store ticket for 1892: 85083. Barr, Fk, 8 Hans Road, Brompton S.W. Abbey, E.A, Morgan Hall, Fairford, Gloucestershire. Coal Owners Assn. Dodd, Albert, 13 Jameson St. Notting Hill Gate, S.W. Bolton, E.K, Model. 78 Church Street, Chelsea, London. Chapman, W. Esq. Olympia (Press). Sir Edgar Collin Boehm Bart. 11 Pont St, S.W. F.A.Channing, 40 Eaton Place S.W. & Reform Club. H.Evans, Photographer. 9 Rochester Road, Carshalton. Sir Augustus Harris, The Elms, Avenue Rd, N.W. Graham Lillie, 2 Jermyn St, S.W. George Findlay Esq. Fred Dougall Esq. Genl Manager's & Secys office, The Highland Railway Compy, Inverness. Ada Fletcher, 24 Hardcastle St, Peckham S.E. Maude Easton 18 Auriol Road, West Kens. Montagne, 17 St John St, Bedford Row, W.C. MacGregor, Archibald, 126 Campden Houses, Peel St. K.Manning, 34 Jervis Rd, Lillie Rd. Linley, Arthur, 19 Hamilton Rd, Ealing. Jones, Captn Adrian, 147 Church St, Chelsea. Hodgson, Walker, 17 Chalcot Crescent, Primrose Hill, N.W. George M Freeman Esq, 33 Phillimore Gds. Graham, 11 Lodge Road, Park Rd. R.P. N.W. Montague, 17 John St, Bedford Square, W.C. MacGregor, Archibald, 126 Campden Houses, Peel St. Manning, 34 Jarvis Rd, Lillie Rd. Mrs Millett, c/o Mrs Stephenson Arthur Linley, 19 Hamilton Rd, Ealing. Bernard Morris 203 Strand, W.C. Möller, 10 Upp.Hamilton Terr. Jones, Capn Adrian, 147 Church St, Chelsea. Maclagan, R, Stationmaster, Perth. Lang, Andrew, 8 Gibson Place, St Andrews, N.B. Milton, John 20 Wellington Square. S.W. Louie Price, 2 Goodwin Rd, Lillie Rd. Orwin, Dr, 15 Weymouth St, Portland Pl. Etty Pettigrew, 28 Musgrave Road, W. J.Bernard Partridge, 11 Marlborough Rd, St John's Wood. Robert Maclagan Esq, Stationmaster, Perth, Station Superintendant's Office Ormiston & Glass, 17 Bride St, E.C. R.W.Nunn Esq, Leon & Co, Muscovy Court, Tower Hill, E.C. Dr Karl Schneider, 14 Cavendish Rd, Regents Pk, N.W. James F Sullivan
Onslow, Darleston Rd, Wimbledon. Sutherland, Skibo Castle, Sutherlandshire Hugh Spottiswood, 6 Middle New Street, Fetter Lane E.C. Steven, 7 Clifton Villas, Camden Square. Reed, E.T. 112 Cromwell Road, S.W. Mrs Florence Walford, 98 Gloucester Rd, Regents Pk, N.W. C.N.(or W) Williamson Esq, B & W. West, 22 Wellington Square. Claude Watney, Walsingham House, Piccadilly. Underwood & Farrant, 56 Haymarket S.W. Jan 1892 Friday January 1 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club. Back sharp to get on with drawing of Ejected Householder & Bumble. Worked all day & got it off by 7.0pm easily. No trouble. Dined quietly after. Crackers etc etc. Champagne. Chicks delighted. Bed early. Saturday January 2 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0. Club etc. In morning put things away & printed photos. At 2.0 rode with Roy. Could not have roan mare. Still out. Rode on chestnut pony. Very fast. Went round by Broadstairs past Montefiores & North Foreland through Margate. Down steep hill. Stopped at farm. Back Ramsgate along diagonal path. Home tea time. Wrote letters after & quiet dinner. Bed early. (Red ink: Roy rode. Fast chestnut pony. Could not get grey.) Sunday January 3 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0am. Breakfast. Club. Printed photos in morning. Went for walk along Parade in cloak. Met M. Many walking. After lunch Roy & self took the 3.0pm train to Margate with Tony, 1/6. Walked from Margate past Westwood. Went in. Plucked camellia. No one in at Westwood. Tony washed off wall at Margate by wave & covered with foam. Walked back to Ramsgate. Cold. Heavy clouds in distance. Tea. Wrote letters & labels etc. Quiet dinner & bed early. Met Sorby in afternoon. Told Roy & self about the Commune. (Red ink: Frost set in this night.) Monday January 4 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club. Very cold. Horses came round at 10.0am. Got on, roads hard. Roy & self rode to Mount Pleasant. Too hard a frost for hounds to meet. Saw Captain Irving & Butterfield driving. Back home. Round by Minster Road. Met Tom Mayhew. Back by lunch time. Played Roy 200 game of billiards after lunch. Back. Wrote letters etc. Skemed drawing for Lang's paper. Quiet dinner & bed after. (Later note in red ink: On the 4th Jany at the Blackfriars Station of the District Railway Frederick Richards Leyland of 49 Princes Gate, S.K, aged 60. Mr Leyland lived at the convent with a Miss Worcester one of 5 sisters who had a boarding house No 17 Paragon, Ramsgate. Leyland left her 3 boys 20,000 each & £700 per annum to Miss W.) Tuesday January 5 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. In morning did drawing of Fairies & Lady for Andrew Lang's paper on Golf. Finished by 2.30pm. At 3.0 got ready & dressed, sending
George a double journey on to train with bags. Did not have pass. Roy & self walked down. Left gold. Drew cheque at booking office. Up to town. Paid fare at Herne Hill. On to St Pauls. Just 1 hour late. Cab to Salisbury Square. Changed coat & on to Beefsteak Club. Disatisfied cabby. Had dinner. Saw Leslie Ward & had salami of pheasant for nothing. Very good. Left at 8.40 & on to Lyceum, Irving's 1st night of King Henry 8th. Good stall. Many people I knew. Good play & splendidly put on the stage. After went round to back of stage. Had supper. Took Mrs Boughton in. Saw Flossy Robb. Saw Beatty Kingston's daughter, impossible name. Talk to Irving. Champagne. Left & got to Salisbury Square at a quarter to two am. Civil servant. Left cigar & to bed. Woke up bilious. (Red ink across page: 1st night of Irving's Henry 8th.) Wednesday January 6 Salisbury Square. Woke 8.30am. Had very bad sick headache. Down to breakfast at 9.15. Very dark. Storm came over about 10.0am. Looked at books & left at 11.15. Left drawing with servant at No 10 for Swain. After strolled to the Victoria Exhibition. Stayed till 1.45. On to St James's restaurant. Had chop. Looked in to Old Masters & after into Diploma & Gibson galleries. Down at 3.45. On to Turkish bath. Used last ticket. Shampooer No 4. Head still bad & bilious. Out at 6.0pm, on to Club. Letter from Harris. Went on by cab from Covent Garden to Salisbury Square after leaving letter for Mrs Latham. Dressed at 7.0 & on to Bouverie St. Good dinner. Guthrie, Lucy, Milliken, Bradbury, Furniss, Lehmann, Arthur, self, Tenniel & F.C.B there. Gave 2 waiters 5/- also sergeant 10/-. Left at 10.30. On to Empire Theatre. Saw Hitchings. Had box. Met Frisby & friend. Back to Garrick in fur coat. Saw Furniss, Critchett, Sterry etc. On to the Baddeley cake-cutting at Covent Gar Theatre. Saw Heilbut, Aird, Barrington, Lord Coventry, Montague Guest, Maddick (pretty woman) & many others. Kept hold of coat all evening. Left at 1.15. Blessed by cabman. Aird dancing. (Red ink across page: Baddeley cake cut by Sir Augustus Harris at Covent Garden.) Thursday January 7 Salisbury Square. Up 8.45. Down & good breakfast at 9.10. 3 cutlets, sausages & eggs. Off by 10.40 to St Pauls. Very cold raw morning. Got out at Ludgate Hill. In to cab again. Got coat smeared. Out at St Pauls. Refused to pass me & very nearly missed my train. Just got ticket in time. Down to Ramsgate. Arrived 1.0pm. M & Roy met me, George carrying bag. Sent him to young Hodgman. Brilliant sun. Lunch. Young Hodgman never turned up till 2.30pm. Took photo of him & packing cases. At 3.0 the horses round & went off for a ride round by Westwood & along Broadstairs & across Montefiore's fields home. Intensely cold. Roy cautious in riding. Home. Tea. Developed plates. Success. Wrote letters. Dinner. Quiet & bed after. Only just got over Wednesday morning after Tuesday night. (Red ink across page: Bitterly cold in afternoon. Crool.) Friday January 8 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club morning. Back & printed plates developed yesterday of young Hodgman. Got to work 10.45. Drew Lord Randolph Churchill sitting on Returned Empty. Worked all day up to 7.0. Sent it off. Quiet dinner. Bed early after. Did not ride today on acct of work. Weather abominably cold all day. Snow in the air which came down in the night.
Saturday January 9 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cold snowy morning. Put things away & did photos in the morning. Lunch. At 2.0 horses round & Roy & self rode to Margate along sands & home again. Difficulty at sewer with mare. Very cold. Got back at 4.0pm sharp. Took 1.20 minutes going & 40 coming back. Tide coming in. Maud had a little party, Purcells, O'Connells, Burnands & Buckmasters. M up in room with me. Developed last 6 photos from Scotland. After expected Frank & Rosie Burnand. Only Rosie came. Quiet dinner. Chicks in next room. Talk till 10.45. Rosie & self walked to 18 Royal Crescent. Mr Ready there playing cards with Frank. F.C.B on sofa. All cold. Left 11.15 & back. Whiskey. Woke up with slight head in morning. Was to have lunched with Butterfield, forgot it. Oh! Oh! (Red ink across page: Snow on ground. Good ride on sands with Roy to Margate & back.) Sunday January 10 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0. Breakfast. Round Club. Back & printed many photos. At 12.30 walked in fur coat with Mite, M & Roy up Parade. Saw Bill Weigall, Purcells etc etc. Back. Changed. Hurried lunch. Snow storm at 1.50. Roy Tony & self walked along sands as far as Abernethy Gap. Carved name in chalk. Met yokels & Nana's madman. Back to Broadstairs by Up Street & past Marks' house. Gas in station. Caught the 4.25 home. Very cold. Tea. Wrote labels until dinner. M seedy with pain. Bottle Saumur. Roy noisy. Quiet evening & bed at 11.30 after sleep. Read B & W. Great war of 1892. (Red ink: Very cold & snow.) Monday January 11 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0. Breakfast. M very seedy with pain. Dull, grey wretched morning. Round Club. Cold. Roy making slide on path. Wrote Bram Stoker & Harris. Back & put photos away etc etc. Packed up lens for Meagher etc. Wrote letters. Lunch. After Roy & self went to Club & played 100 up at Billiards & 1 game of pyramids. Met shady customer (Birdmore) I used to see at Arts Club. Back & wrote diary. M going out. Illness from influenza of Prince Eddie, Duke of Clarence & Avondale. Ordered cards etc Fox & Stones & also sent Dollmeyer lens etc on to Meagher. Squared up a lot of pages from Harper's magazine. Dinner 7.45. Haddock. M better of indigestion. Thaw in evening. Dispute with Roy about Odysseus. Read Black & White. Mick barked (illeg). Went down twice to him. Bed 12.0am exactly. Put room straight. Colder. Tuesday January 12 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0. Very hard frost in night. No hunting. Roy excited. Catapult came. Went round to Club. Heard horses past. Home & sent them back. Up in room & at last got K.Manning photos right by having dish ready on fire & developing as printed. M up in room. Roy went off to Sicklemore's pond. Saw F.C.B out of window & walked back with him. Instruction for Lang's cut. Back. M in Roy's room. Lunch. Roy & Maud off to skate. Did drawing of Bumble in hat as Ship. Sent Bradbury photo & F.C.B. Wrote Devereux. Mrs Vaile in to tea. Photod Roy M & Maud in chairs at 1.45 & developed plates. At 7.0pm sent drawing off. After M up in room. Wrote letters & did small drawing Bumble (see above). Dressed 7.30 pm & Charley Burnand & wife dined with us at 7.50. Good dinner. Mrs B talked incessantly. Left at 11.0. Very cold & frost. Thawed after. M went up & blew up Mademoiselle for telling Roy ghost stories. Bed 12.0. East wind.
Wednesday January 13 Prospect Terrace. Wind S.E. Thaw. Up 8.30. Clear morning. Round Club. Walked down to see F.C.B at station. Very cold wind. Met Mr Borradaile. Ready & F.C.B going up. Back. Talk in Club to man & B & S. After to Nondescript. Home. Wrote letters & ordered Roy's book from Macmillan. M up in room. Printed & developed photo of 3 in chairs. After lunch at 2.0 Roy & self rode as far as Sportsman. Turned back on acct of road being very slippery. Changed mind & went for sharp trot as far as Sarre. Bottle of ginger beer each. Roy nearly slipped down by road leading to Sicklemore's pond. Bitterly cold wind. Rode from Sarre in 40 minutes sharp. Grey cob sold. Wire from Augustus Harris. Wrote letters. Changed & got to work on Lang subject. Quiet dinner after. Wrote up to Milliken. Great anxiety about Prince Albert Victor. Grave news. (Red ink: Did not go up to Punch dinner.) (Red ink across page: Roy & self rode to Sarre & back very fast. Roads frosty.) Thursday January 14 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am & round Club. Papers grave news of Prince Albert Victor. No letter from Frank. Back & got to work on Lang's block. At 11.30 wire from F.C.B to meet him at the Garrick tonight. Wired back. Got on with drawing. At 12.30 George came up with news of Prince George (sic) of Wales death. Great shock. M out after. Maud & R on ice. Skating. Lunch. Got on with drawing & sent it off at 7.15 train. At 5.30 letter from Mrs Hammond asking M & self to dinner. Decided to go. Bother in dressing. Ordered fly & dined at the Hammonds. Mr Johnstone, Mr Borradaile & aunt. Mrs Burnand & Rosie. Mr Curling & Mr & Mrs Daniels. Squire, wife, M & self. Very good dinner. Talk of Prince & Cardinal Manning. Left at 11.0. Johnstone walked home with us. Whiskey & bed. Roy & Maud went to bed early. (Red ink: Dined at Hammonds.) (Red ink across page: Death of the Duke of Clarence & Avondale. Death of Cardinal Manning.) Friday January 15 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out & to Club. Wrote Burnand & to theatre. Back home & got to work on British Lion & Khedive after F.C.B's letter in the morning. At 12.0 photod George for little Khedive. Developed it & got print at 4.30. Hard put to it to get done. Caught 7.0 train. Wrote letters. Dinner 7.45. Chicks there. Bottle Saumur. Read Black & White after & bed at 12.0 exactly. (Red ink: News in Black & White that Val Princep had come into £12,000 a year.) Saturday January 16 Prospect Terrace. Up 7.30. Breakfast 8.30. Roy & self caught 9.40 S.E train from Ramsgate to London. Saw Borradaile & Johnstone. Carriage to self. Bought Vanity Fair. Caricature of self in it. Up to Cannon St. Very cold. Cab to Salisbury Square. Changed boots & on to Rules. Got hat bands. Had 2½ doz oysters at Rules. Saw Conway. Bill 13/6. Very dear. Walked to Drury Lane. Had small box. Poor pantomime. Vulgar Princess. Little Tich. Humpty Dumpty. Mother & boys in front of us 'Oh what a difference in the morning'. 4 hours of dreary pantomime. Out & walked to Salisbury Sq. Good cup of tea. Warm fire. Dressed & at 6.30 went in cab to Holborn Restaurant. Saluted by Bobby. Roy & self dined together. 12/6 bill. Fair dinner. Out at 7.40 & cab on to Lyceum. Found had wrong card. Bram Stoker kindly changed it. Good stall. No one in whole theatre I knew except Frisby. Smoke. Out 11.4. Walked with Roy to Salisbury Square. Knocked up against angry man in Strand. Back 11.15. Girl & bulldog in Square. Whiskey & seltzer. Bed 12.0.
Read Haroun al Raschid. Bread & butter. Roy good & slept well. (Red ink across page: Roy & self spent day in London. Pantomime & Henry 8 th. Caricature of self in Vanity Fair.) Sunday January 17 Salisbury Square. Woke 7.30. Up at 8.0. Roy in bed. Bath & down 8.40. Good breakfast. Roy eat 3 sausages. At 9.35 went out into Fleet St for cab. Empty. Sent ragged chap for cab. Gave him 6d. Cab to Cannon St. Thaw. Streets bad. Got papers & into carriage for Ramsgate. One other in carriage. Arrived 12.10. Fly home. Went for walk on Parade. Met M & Maud. Maud walking with Weigalls. In at 1.0. Changed. 1.30 lunch. Difficulty with puzzle picture of Pals. At 2.0 Roy & self walked up past Hereson & through St Peters. Looked at tombs. Past shallows & under railway arch. Over across counry to Margate. Roy fagged. Past Cobb & Schimmelmann's school. Up to station, caught 4.15 train & back to Ramsgate. Guard asked us to get into 1st class carriage. Tony angry through window. Met Sorby. Home. M & Maud out to tea. Wrote diary. Pipe. Very cold. Quiet dinner & bed early. (Red ink: Bitterly cold east wind.) Monday January 18 Prospect Terrace. Slight thaw.Up at 8.0am. Breakfast & Club. M cutting sandwiches etc. At 10.30 horses round & Roy & self rode to Birchington. Ground sloppy & slippy. Roy expected hounds. Glass of stout & fusees at Birchington & rode through Westgate & Margate home. Along through Roy's school & St Peters. Home 1.30. Lunch. After F.C.B wrote about Wolff. Got to work on him as Matador. M up in room. Roy's last dinner with me. Was not very good. Check off at 9.30. Bed 11.0pm. colder. Played Roy 100 up at billiards from 2.15 to 3.15. (Red ink: Roy's last dinner. Rode for 3 hrs to Birchington.) Tuesday January 19 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club. Horses round at 10.0am. Roy & self last ride. Roy took Tony. Poor little chap. Found roads hard & frost. Rode down towads Sportsman & up across line. Roy got down & whacked at railway cottage door. Woman singing. Roy scooted by haystacks etc. Near house saw young Hodgman & Cuthbert. Left Roy with them & home by 11.30. Got on with drawing of Wolff as Spanish Matador. Could not finish. M, Roy & Cuthbert had cart to St Peters. Dressed & ready by 3.30 to go to town. Sent George with bags. Cart at door & thought to save time sending coat & bag. Cuthbert drove away. Great fuss & very angry & upset. Cart caught me up near station. Caught train. Up to town. Blues. Salisbury Sq 6.45, train punctual. Changed & walked to Garrick. Letter from Hawes. Called Jermyn St for violets. Dined at Bancroft's, 18 Berkeley Sq. B, Lockwood, self, Trower, Matthews, young B, Edmund Routledge, Dr Yeo & Squiff. (Sir George Arthur). So so dinner. Talk of my portrait in V.F. Walked to Garrick. Beetle, Gosse etc etc. 3 liquers of whiskey & poached eggs. To Salisbury Square at 1.20am. (Red ink across page: Up to town. Dined with Bancroft.) Wednesday January 20 Salisbury Square. Up at 8.30. Breakfast 9.10. Woke up with bad sick headache which lasted all day. After breakfast finished drawing of Wolff & boy fetched it at 11.0am. At 11.20 took cab to Meaghers & British Museum. Back to Garrick Club. Wrote cheque for £71.4 & sent it to Windsor. Walked to Charing X & met M & Roy
at 12.10. Roy in old hat. M having so many packages went in 4 wheel cab to 58 Albert Hall Mansions. Roy & self for walk. Called Downs for hat band. Man long time trying on hat & smashed old one. Walked to Rules. Had 2½ doz 2nd oysters. Roy down. Out through Covent Garden & up to Greens aviary. Out & met Wicks driving. Walked from Rules to Kensington. London in gloom. Omnibusses crape on whips & through Park. Serpentine frozen over. Roy on edge. By long water & Round Pond. Roy left me at Long Walk. Went on to see Parsons. Mr & Mrs Cooch had taken house. Saw A.P out at back by Abbey's studio. Parsons to be back by May 1893. Walked through Kensington to (continued on facing page) Albert Hall Mansions. Head bad. At 5.45 M, Roy & self went in fly to Waterloo. Saw Roy off. M put me down Charing X. Walked to P.D. Washed hands. Bernard Partridge's 1 st dinner. Arthur & Milliken away ill. 2 cuts all right. Went to Salisbury Sq 11.0. Read paper, The Idler. Bed & sleep 12.0. (Red ink across page: Funeral of H.R.H Duke of Clarence & Avondale. Roy went back to Eton.) Thursday January 21 Salisbury Square. Up at 7.15. Breakfast. Felt better. Off by cab & caught the 8.26 train & down to Ramsgate. Foggy & miserable in London. Beautiful bright morning in Ramsgate. George met me & home. Mite out. My mother writing. Got to work on Lang's paper. Duffer in Picture Galley. At 2.0 rode to Sandwich. Slight frost & roads hard. Stopped a minute by bridge & back. Saw poor boy in perambulator looking awfully cold. Back through farm & home 4.0pm. Work. Could not meet M, Maud & Mademoiselle went. M home in fly at 6.0. Maud brought up Jack in the Box toys. Sent drawing off by 7.15pm train. Dinner 8.0pm. M back. Quiet evening & bed at 11.0pm. Friday January 22 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club & sharp back. Got to work 9.45 on page of German Emperor as Jack in the Box. Worked all day & got it done by the 7.15pm train. Dined quietly at home. No Champagne. Slept after dinner & got on to sofa & woke up at 1.0am. Bed. Maroon fired in the night. Saturday January 23 Prospect Terrace. Woke 8.0. Up 8.15. Dull foggy morning. M in bed. Up & round to Club. Wrote letters. Back & printed sepia nudes. Dressed at 1.30 & at 2.0 rode mare round by Sicklemore's across by left of Haine, past Tinker's Hole & across to Margate by diagonal path near Garlinge. Tide coming in. Across country by North Down & Kingsgate & home by Broadstairs & Montefiores. Hurdle put across path. Home. Dull & Miss Stancombes with M. Tea. Up in room. Posted letters. Roy's hat came back from town. Annoyed. Tore out pictures from the 'Le Nue au Salon'. Felt slight rise of temperature. Hope it is not influenza coming on. Had bottle Ayala, M Maud & self. No Graphic or Black & White or Gentlewoman sent. After dinner finished Nu au Salon. Bed at 11.15. M knocked violently. Hounds had a bye day from kennels, did not know of it. (Red ink: 3 hours good ride on mare.) Sunday January 24 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Breakfast nine. No Club. Dull morning. Printed many nudes & developed sepia & black in separate dishes. Put them out to dry. Mite at church with Mademoiselle. At 1.20 dressed. Lunch. At 2.0 rode mare through Hareson & across by Hebelers, St Peters & up to Tower House, across to Broadstairs & walked mare to Telegraph Hut. Counted over 600 tolls of church
bell till it ceased from distance. Home 3.45. Saw Conny B & Squire & Borradaile on East Cliff. Up in room. Wrote F.C.B, Arthur, Milliken etc & put up cards labelled for Fox. Not quite the thing. Sorted salon prints etc & sent to Fox. Quiet dinner. Bottle Saumur. Bed 11.0pm. Monday January 25 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Round Club, sent George to order mare at 10.0. Rode on to Sarre. Unaccountably stiff & tired. Got to Sarre 11.15. Hounds there. Collard etc. Small field very. 1st time hunting since (blank). Left hounds at St Nicholas about 1.0pm. Very tired. Jogged home past Cleve. Still more tired before I got home. Home at 2.45pm. Tea etc. Sorted salon prints for Fox etc & after dined quietly at 7.45. Sleep after dinner. Bed 11.0pm. Bottle Ayala. Sent Sir John Gilbert fan in the morning, also salon prints to Fox. (Red ink across page: Hunted with harriers 1st time since Dec. Met at Sarre.) Tuesday January 26 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club . Breakfast. In morning bright beautiful sun. Printed about 70 or 80 photos. Developed them separately & left 30 till tomorrow. At 2.0 rode mare through Vale past Banks's & along Ramsgate Road through farm to Westwood. Wind cold. Saw Mrs Bowley. Went across country & out through village & across field through Sicklemore's Farm & home by 4.30pm. Wrote letters & sorted papers etc. Dined at 7.45. Conny Burnand dined with us. Bottle of Saumur. Saw her home afterwards. Bed 11.0pm. Warmer. Wednesday January 27 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club after breakfast. Back home & began drawing for Lucy's paper. Photod George as boy with X bow. Developed it by 1.30pm. Lunch. Worked till 3.0pm. Dressed & after caught 4.0 train to town. Read by candle. Train punctual. Called Salisbury Sq. Changed great coat. Raining. Punch D at 7.0. Bradbury, Lehmann, self, Tenniel, Arthur à B, Guthrie, Lucy, Reed & Bernard Partridge there. Burnand away ill. Careful what I took for dinner. Roared at saying Abbey had a white elephant hung round his neck, proposed to share studio with Reed. Left at 11.10 with Scribner magazine. Read 'The Wrecker' in bed. Slept 12.0, woke 2.0 & 6.0am. Church clock chiming woke me. (Red ink across page: Went up to Punch dinner.) Thursday January 28 Salisbury Square. Up 7.15. Bath. Breakfast, & caught the 8.26 train walking there with bag. Train punctual. Back to Ramsgate at 11.7. George met me. M at home. Got on with drawing of boy shooting at cats with X bow. At 2.0 or 1.50 rode mare across through Sickleman's Farm & by Nash. Margate, along sands to Lifeboat house, Foreland, Broadstairs & past Montefiores & Mr Wills's home. Saw Miss Stancombes's at window. Finished boy & X bow. Barely caught train. Dressed in a hurry & went to dine at Mr Wills. Poor dinner, not enough wine. Selves, Mr & Mrs W, 2 Miss Stancombes, Mr Montefiore & Mr Curling. Left at 10.45 & home by fly. Cigar, whiskey & bed. (Red ink across page: Dined at Mrs Wills. Not enough wine.) Friday January 29
Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Club. Up in room & got on with drawing Bismark as Snowman. Doubts about riding. At last decided not, sent George at 11.0 to countermand mare. Meet at Sportsman, Maud & Mademoiselle went. Lunch. Felt unwell & lazy after. Just got drawing done. Able to work by daylight till 4.40. After 7.15 wrote letters & dined. Poor gray mullet for dinner. After M went to sleep at once. Woke up 11.0. Bed after. Read Century magazine. Saturday January 30 Prospect Terrace. Woke 7.30. Bright sun for minute, grey after. Up & down Club after breakfast. Drew envelope for Bassano. Back & printed 64 photos. Developed them & lunch at 1.55. At 2.10pm took Maud for her 1 st ride. Nervous at first. Rode to Sportsman. Pony wanted to turn. Led him at end of road by grass hill. Got down & altered Maud's stirrup leather. Mare very obstreporous. Pulled back. On again past coast guard. Turned up by farm. Got off after crossing railway & Tom Mayhews'. Passed by young Hodgman & a lot of boys. Then 3.40 trotted home. Maud did well. Saw M & Mademoiselle on Parade. Maud had bath. Put photos out. Wrote letters. Dined quietly. Bottle Saumur. Read magazine after. Bed 11.30am. Sunday January 31 Prospect Terrace. Woke 8.0 up 8.30. Breakfast 9.0. Club. Saw Daniels. Back. Printed 84 photos. At 12.45 went for walk on Parade with Maud. Met Borradaile, Frank & Conny B, Winnie & Baby etc. Up & down. Lunch. More prints. At 3.0 walked with M to Montefiores. Met old M outside. Gave us key of garden. M great on the worms & sticks etc. Saw Mrs Montefiore. Old W gave me 2 cigars. Left at 4.30, parted with old M at corner. Home 5.0. Girl with very fine figure & walk. Developed 84 photos & put them out to dry. Dinner 8.0pm. Waited. Frank & Connie Burnand dined with us. Good dinner. Larks. Sleepy after. F & C. B left at 10.15. Slept after till 11.45. Up & put photos up & went to bed 12.0 am exactly. Good night. (Red ink: Mr Spurgeon died at Mentone this morning, aged 58 only.) (Red ink across page: M & self walked up & called on Montefiores.) Feb 1892 Monday February 1 Prospect Terrace. Woke 7.0. Up7.45. Breakfast 8.30. At 9.15 rode in old brown boots to meet at Up Street. Traction engine on hill by convent. Great southerly wind blowing all way. Times as under. Caught hounds at Sarre. Collard asked for portrait. Miss Leech out. Ground heavy. Pottered about. Met managing director of Granville Hotel by name Uppshall, nephew of Vailes at Slough. Told me about Clark of Westwood. Left hounds after a bit of a run at Chislet at 1.0am. Rode with Uppshall to Sarre. Put horses up. Man charged for whole bottle of cherry brandy. Left 2.0am. Rode home. Rain came on at bridge. Stables at 3.25. Home. Had bath up in room. M read about Spurgeon. Nelly Keith came at 4.40. Down to tea at 5.0. Beautiful view. Left P.T 9.15, Mount Pleasant 10.5, Sarre 10.40, Up Street 11.0, began hunt 11.7, left hounds 1.0, left Sarre 2.0, Mount P 2.35, St Lawrence 3.15, stables 3.30. Dined 8.0. Dressed. Bottle of Ayala. Read after. Not sleepy. Bed at 12.30. (Red ink across page: Hunted with hounds. Meet at Up Street. Met Uppshall. Death of Mr Spurgeon. Nellie Keith came.) Tuesday February 2
Prospect Terrace. M woke early. Girls very late in morning. Breakfast at 8.30am. Club. Read 2 Times & wrote 6 letters, Wood etc. Back & printed 48 photos of 2 Pettigrews. Getting to end of labour. M up in room before lunch. At 2.0 Maud's second ride. High wind, her hat troublesome. Round by Westwood. Called Tassell. Gave him 2/6. Round by St Peters & past Dumpton. Jumped hurdle. Round by Park House & up road to station, S.E.R, to St Lawrence & home by Royal Crescent by 4.0 exactly. Developed prints. Tea. After wrote letters. F.C.B to come down. Letter to M from Barker. Wrote letters before dinner & bathed photos. Quiet dinner & evening after. Wednesday February 3 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cold raw morning. Strong wind. At Club. At 10.30 got on mare & rode to meet at Haines. Rain came on. Hicks girls there. Pottered about. Found hare near Perkins. After rain came on. Uppshall introduced me to Mrs Clark, taken Westwood for 7 years. Turned to go home. Hare also turned so went on to Tom Mayhew's. Had some whiskey. Rode home & got there at 2.30. Changed & at 5.5 went round to F.C.B's. Saw him. Talk & took letters. Walked to train calling at home for tea. Up to town. Train late. 2 men got in at Faversham, one like Sir Benjamin Baker. Called Salisbury Square. After on to P.D. Bismarck cut liked. Bradbury, D.M, Lehmann, self, Tenniel, Arthur à B, Guthrie, Lucy, Reed, B.P & Millken there. Good dinner. Left at 11.15. Home & bed 12.0. Got book. Gave Guthrie Lehmann & Millken prints of Punch Table. (Red ink across page: Hunted with harriers. Wet day. Met at Haines.) Thursday February 4 Salisbury Square. Up 7.15. Breakfast & caught 8.26. Talk to Inspector about pass. Down to Ramsgate. Lovely sunny morning. Dapper gent got in Herne Hill. I got out into smoking compartment. At Ramsgate called on Captn Jones & arranged for life boat man to come. On home & to F.C.B's. Saw him. Back & photod man in life boat costume & self. At 2.10 Maud rode Scooty. A little nervous. Very cold wind. Rode round by Haine & Westwood & home through St Lawrence. Back by 3.45. Developed photos & after began drawing of Chaplin & Pigs. M read to me. Dined 8.0pm. Quiet dinner & bed 11.15pm. Had liqueurs Père (blank) very good. Complimentary letter from Sir John Gilbert & fan sent back. (Red ink: Death of Sir Morel Mackenzie.) (Red ink across page: Maud caught cold riding.) Friday February 5 Prospect Terrace. Up early & at work before breakfast on Chaplin & Pigs. Round Club for 5 minutes. After got to work & finished drawing 10.45. Sent it round to Burnand. Printed photos of life boat man & at 12.0 began drawing. Tinted it. After had hard work to finish it. Put in rain the wrong way most foolishly. Only just caught train. After dined quietly & slept after dinner feeling very tired. Woke 11.30pm & bed. Strange dream of S.R.I. Saturday February 6 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.0. Breakfast 9.0. After went to Club. Read about Leyland's will & Mrs Osborne's surrender. Smoked 2 pipes. Felt seedy & heavy. Printed 50 photos in morning. Lunch 1.45. At 2.5 rode up past Wills's (saw Miss Stancombes) Montefiores, Broadstairs, Stone House (boys paper chase) Kingsgate & Margate. Upshall beckoned me in. Cooper (son of R.A.) & wife there.
Cherry brandy & liqueurs. Left at 4.10pm & rode through Margate by Nash across country. Home ½ an hour late. Tea 5.0pm. Mr & Mrs Whitehead had called. Wire from Justin MacCarthy to say he can't dine tomorrow. After tea began to put papers in order to take up Robinson Crusoe again. M read to me. Dined at 8.0pm. Sent cheques to Maple & Hyam. After dinner read Madame Blavatzki's Vision aloud. My mother not well. Bed 11.45. M awake. Sunday February 7 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Down to breakfast at 9.0am. Letter from Bradbury about Robinson Crusoe. Went to Club. Daniels there. Wrote 8 letters. Back. Met M & Nellie K going out. After bathed 62 photos & put them out to dry. Messing about. Tired very. Lunch at 2.0. Walked down & posted letters. Back & rested. Felt very tired. At 3.0 Mite & self walked up Parade & called on F.C.B. Saw him & Mrs B. Talk of Milliken etc. At 4.0 walked to call on the Weigalls. Met Lady R & Mr W coming out. Sell about Fowler, son of Sir John Fowler. Home & along Parade. Saw M & Nellie return. Met Evans. Evans came in. Long talk. Up in room after tea. Put photos up etc. Quiet evening & dinner. Bed early. Monday February 8 Prospect Terrace. In morning after Club began seriously Robinson Crusoe. Did one drawing & brought it down to lunch. My mother tearful. After lunch rode usual round by Nash to Margate. Kept too much to the right. Saw Upshall in pony cart. Gawks at Margate guffawed. Rode along sands to Kingsgate Gap & home through Broadstairs & Montefiores. Worked at Robinson Crusoe after dinner. Did another drawing, Crusoe singing 'My name is Jack Robinson Crusoe'. Quiet dinner & bed early after. (Red ink across page: Began Robinson Crusoe again in earnest.) Tuesday February 9 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dressed for hunting & left at 10.0 & rode through St Lawrence & along by road at side of Rly to meet at Cleve. Spoken to by Elder like looking farmer for wheat. Got to meet in time. Introduced to Major Copeland's Indian nephew. Had very good run. Killed one hare in Quex Park & ran another to ground in chalk pit. Hounds had another good run after that. Left at 12.50 with Mr Clarke who I was introduced to. Rode home. Saw the vicar of Ramsgate & wife at St Lawrence. Home. Bath & got on with Robinson Crusoe. Quiet dinner & evening. Bed early. (Red ink across page: Best day up to now with harriers. Capital run & another afterwards.) Wednesday February 10 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Round Club. In morning worked on Robinson Crusoe. Finished at lunch drawing of Captain & Spanish girl. Lunch. Did not ride. After began drawing of Cricket for Duffer. Doubts about going up to town but finally decided not to go up. Quiet dinner at home. George waited & bed early afterwards. Barr estate ½ year's settlement paid in by Mr Barr. (Red ink across page: Did not go up to Punch dinner.) Thursday February 11 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am & after Club got to work & finished drawing of Cricket Duffer by 1.0. Bright sun. Saw Burnand's cob go by. Ordered mare to be at Burnands by 3.0. At 2.15 walked round & saw Frank. Arranged to do Morley cut
as Shepherd. Left at 3.0 & got on mare. Rode round by Nash & Margate & along sands & past Kingsgate & home through St Peters & by Hebelers. Home 5.25. Got on with drawing of Morley. Skemed it & looked up sheep etc. Dined quietly & read after. Nellie Keith's last evening. Milliken came down in afternoon. Alice Spain taken ill & had to go to bed. Bank book sent, £500 in credit. Friday February 12 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0 & breakfast. Nellie's box in hall. Club & back & worked all day on Morley & Chamberlain as shepherds. Lunch. Nellie Keith left at 4.0pm. Got done just by 7.0 & sent it off. Quiet dinner. Barkers came down with the Davidsons by the Granville. Walked up to the Granville Hotel after dinner at 9.30 & saw Fanny & of all people in the world Mrs Boughton. Looked into dining room & saw Mackenzie family at dinner. After went into Billiard room & played one game with Davidson, beaten by many points. Whiskey & potash. Arranged to hunt with Barker tomorrow & to be at Granville at 10.45. Read Black & White Great War of 1892. Brilliant sun the entire day. Ideal camera kindly sent by Adams & Co. (Red ink across page: Barkers & Davidsons & horse all arrive at Ramsgate.) Saturday February 13 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dressed for hunting. Club & at 10.25 on mare & rode up to Granville. Fine morning but cold. Saw young East. Also the Morel Mackenzies. Mr & Mrs Davidson & Fanny drove. Rode with C.O.B on London cob (Beach's) to bye day meet at Collards. Got there at 11.45. Very cold. Went in & had curacao. Looked about for hare. Introduced Barker all round. Little bit of a run. Too many hares. Left at railway line after going over meadows. At 1.15 lunch & rode home by 3.15. Left Barker. Bath & at work on Robinson Crusoe. At 7.30 the Boughtons dined with us. Good dinner. Took Boughton round to Burnands' after. Won £1 at the race game. Robson Roose, Evans's, Milliken etc there. Back 10.30. Boughton left at 11.0. Boughton delighted with Maud's drawings. Tilda arrived at 6.30pm. Letter from Mr Barr. Paid acct of £326 to credit on the 10 th inst. Sunday February 14 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dull grey wretched morning & cold. Round Club. Back in room & at work. Bathed whole plate photos all (illeg). Arthur Linley & C.O.B called. Dressed carefully & walked on Parade with Tilda & Maud. Saw young Frank & young Bancroft. Back. Lunch & walked at 2.0 up to Granville. Rain & sleet came on. Saw C.O.B, Davidsons, Arthur & young Henderson. Also Davey. Talk & smoke in room. After at 3.15 walked in rain with C.O.B, Arthur & young Henderson to Broadstairs along sands & back to Ramsgate. Tea. Did 1 Robinson Crusoe drawing. Dressed & at 7.0 went in fly to dine at Granville. 8 of us at table in centre. Very good dinner. Pol Roger wine. Miss Stirling dined near us. Talk after & left at 10.0. Heavy wet. Smoke & bed at 11.30. Did not go to Burnands. (Red ink across page: Dined at the Granville with Barkers, M & self.) Monday February 15 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Round Club. Pouring wet day all day & gale of wind. Driving showers of sleet & snow. Was to have gone to a meet of fox hounds at Eastry. Gave it up. Up in room & put away photos printed from Pettigrew etc.
After worked on Robinson Crusoe. Note from F.C.B. Worked all day did 3 drawings. Sent them off at 7.30.. After C.O.B & Fanny dined with us. Good dinner. Left in gale & storm of wind. Bed 12.30. (Red ink across page: Pouring wet day & heavy gale the entire day.) Tuesday February 16 Prospect Terrace. Up later. Breakfast at 9.10. Letter from Barker. Bitterly cold north east wind. Hard frost & snow. Round to Club & read case of Lord Northfield being blackmailed. Back. M & Tilda at silver. Wrote up diary & sent to Stores etc. After worked at Robinson Crusoe & nearly finished one drawing. Poodle & Cat. Lunch at 1.50 & at 2.20 walked up to Granville. Most bitterly cold. East wind very strong. Had on brown shooting boots & Fletcher cloak, gaiters etc. At 2.40 Barker & self started to walk to Margate round cliffs & Foreland etc. Very strong wind. Talk of Alderman Cotton at Stonehaven(?). Blizzard at Kingsgate corner. Got on to sands at Life Boat house & walked to Margate. Hard frost all walk etc. Frozen. Caught the Granville at Margate at 5.24 & back to Ramsgate. Bought papers & magazines. Walked up home. Fanny there. Tea & after finished R.C drawing & did one other. Dined 8.0pm. Read Review of Reviews. Bed 12.0am. Wednesday February 17 Prospect Terrace. Sweep here. Up 7.45. Breakfast 8.30. Sun at 1 st after very heavy snowstorm. At 9.15 to 10.0 Club. Walked down to meet C.O.B. Saw Conny Burnand & Evans in train. No Barker. Back & went with magazine camera along pier & took 12 photos. Bright sun & snow. Back at 11.30 & worked on Robinson Crusoe. Did 2 drawings. Lunch at 2.0. Maud & Bibles. Barker called. Fanny in bath chair. Settled to go to the Granville to dinner. After lunch found I had not got General Booth's portrait. Walked into town. Met C.O.B & Fanny in fly for a drive. Cold raw wind. Could not get portrait. Wired Swain. Called stables & had hair cut & shaved. Back & worked on Genl Booth cut. At 6.45 dressed, 7.4 fly & up to Granville. Dined with Fanny & C.O.B. Good dinner, 2 bottles of Pol Roger. Davey still there. Game of cards after. Left at 10.30 in snow storm. Fly late. Home 11.0. Heavy snow. Gave flyman 6/s. (Red ink across page: Dinner with C.O.B & Fanny at the Granville.) Thursday February 18 Prospect Terrace. Up in morning. Slight head. After Club worked on General Booth. Photos came at 12.0. Put head in & after lunch finished it & sent it off by 4.0pm train. Miss Whicher in to T. Mrs Barker in after & stayed on to dinner. Wire from C.O.B to say he would not come down. Sent it down to Mrs B. Rosie Burnand dined. 2 bottles Ayala '84. Fanny & Rosie left in fly at 10.30. Felt very sleepy & tired after dinner. Began cartoon of William Conqueror for Stanhope. Fox sent mounted cards with pictures. Cold raw weather. Frightfully cold at night. Wind E by S.E. Bed 11.30. Friday February 19 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. M in bed. Round Club. Wrote letters. Back & went on with cartoon of Stanhope & William the Conqueror. Worked hard all day & tight fit to get done. Mrs Barker called in afternoon. Saw John Henry Agnew's will in Telegraph, £200,000. Left £100.000 between his children & the other £100,000 between his two sons. Blues about money. All so rich except ourselves. Dined
quietly at 8.0pm. Wrote letters & sent off. Bed 11.30. Cold raw night & poor fire in drawing room. (Red ink: John Henry Agnew's will in papers, over £200,000.) Saturday February 20 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. M in bed. Breakfast. Cold & raw morning. Round Club 9.15. Walked to meet Barker, not there. Back. Pipe & put photos & cards away. Began R.C & re-did tail piece for Chapter 1, cancelling the Abbey composition. Worked to lunch. Mrs Worth better. Have not ridden mare since this day last week. Lunch, after continued to work. M up in room to read . Finished tail p to Chap 2 & began in afternoon frontispiece, R.C & Indians. Worked to dinner time. After dinner went to Burnands & played race game. Evans's, Ready etc etc. Won 7/6. Mrs Evans won the pool. Back 10.45. Read Farrer's Salvation Army papers in Harpers after. Servants up late, 11.30. Bed 11.45. Change in the weather. Milliken told me of change in Furniss. Roose had him just in time. Sunday February 21 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.10. Breakfast 9.30. Put papers in order. Pouring wet morning. Wind S. Worked after Club at frontispiece, finished it by lunch time. Lunch 2.0. Wrote letters. Sent George to stables. Packed fan etc etc. George did not tell me about mare. At 3.30 rode till 5.5pm round by Montefiores & Westwood. Circled mare in field. Snowdrifts etc. Back past Granville. Enquired about Barker's going. Smack ashore on the sands. Tug at it. Bill Weigall in to see Maud. Changed & dressed. Did drawing & finished Crusoe & Savages. Dinner. After went round to Burnands & saw all seated round fire & table. Mr & Mrs Evans, Mr & Mrs Hammond, Mr Ready & Hooles. Back after pipe at 10.45. F.C.B not so well. Monday February 22 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull morning & all day up to 2.0pm when bright sun. Worked in morning on Robinson Crusoe. Roy sent book back. Did drawing of Chief with foot on Crusoe's head. After lunch at 2.15 got on mare & rode to Sandwich. Glorious afternoon. Saw heifer in ditch & after man after it near Sandwich. Back at 4.30 exactly. Tea very late, M in having had drive & been to Westwood to call on Clarkes who were both out. After got on & finished Crusoe with foot on neck. Dined 8.0 & went into Burnands after. All seated at dinner. Benedictines. Talk after about Punch. Saw early copy. Not good. After home. Justerini & Brooks sent bottle of peach brandy. Hooles dressed up. Father & son in dresses for play. (Red ink across page: Weather cleared. Lovely ride to Sandwich.) Tuesday February 23 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am & at 9.30 (no Club) got on mare & rode along through Manstone to meet at St Nicholas. Passed Monument sea marker. Notice board 1887: Built Trinity House, Strand 1791. Fell in with Tom Mayhew. Just late for meet, ought to have allowed 2 hours. Hounds found hare. Glorious morning & exhilarating day. Left hounds at 12.15 at Monckton. Long talk with Mrs Clarke. Jogged home all way & back to Ramsgate by St Lawrence by 1.0pm. Saw Weigall. After home 1.20 & photod at 1.30 George & brother for Roses Cordial. After lunch developed them & put plates to dry. Did one drawing for R.C, Crusoe blowing bubbles, & sent it off with letter to Bradb'y. Dined at 8.0. Weigall came. Long talk. Bill to be Prime Minister. 2 bottles Ayala. Weigall in drawing room after. Coat tails.
Slept after till 1.0am. Bed. (Red ink: Weigall dined with us.) (Red ink across page: Heavenly day, bright sun. Hunted with harriers. Meet at St Nicholas.) Wednesday February 24 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull morning. Turned to rain after & wet & dull all day. In morning printed 28 photos taken yesterday & instantaneous. After began Crusoe being flogged. Lunch. Milliken came in after lunch when I had just bathed photos. Took him round to Club & pointed out article in yesterday's Times on Egyptian finance. Sent George to (illeg) to station. Did not ride. Came back in after T went on & finished by 8.0pm the R.C drawing. Dined. Lydia Job mauled a rabbit. Atrocious. Slept after dinner. Maud had been to Mrs Burnand's play & came back at 11.0. Bed 12.0. Wet all day. (Red ink: Burnand went to P.D 1st time since Jany 20th. Did not go up.) (Red ink across page: Mrs Burnand's play at Ramsgate Theatre.) Thursday February 25 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0. Most heavenly morning. Mick dirty. Row Mademoiselle & Maud. Ross sent binocular telescope. Undid it. Round to Club. Wrote letters. Sent Biltor pipe back. Special delivery letter from F.C.B. Milliken in & wire from F.C.B about German Emperor. Sent him round to Club & to look at paper & asked him to lunch. Had previously photod self for Whist Duffer. Printed & developed by 1.30. At 2.15 rode mare round by Manstone & across to Nash, Margate, & back by St Peters. Saw Mr Clarke in Margate & called on Bentley. Back. Tea. After worked on Duffer. M up in room. Dined at 6.30. M, Tilda & Maud went to theatre. Left alone. Round to Cub. Vaile asked me to play whist. Walked to Burnands. All out. Back & smoked & read Robinson Crusoe. M back at 11.0. Danced & great row overhead. Bed at 12.0 after 2nd pipe. Friday February 26 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull foggy morning & foggy all day. Wrote letters to F.C.B & E.I.M. & sent them off by George at 9.0. Breakfast. Club. Letter from Milliken about German Emperor. Up in room & worked hard all day on German Emperor. M out at her mother's. Maud & Mamselle late for lunch, 2.0pm. No butter. Worked till 7.0. Sent block off. Milliken came in. In morning wrote to Henderson to buy me £600 worth of something. Summons sent down for Parish taxes. Summonded for last Wednesday. Mother & M lunched at Margate. Dined quietly at 8.0. Read Black & White after & bed at 11.45pm. Saturday February 27 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull morning. East wind. No fire in room owing to coals not sent. Down 9.0. At 10.0 after Club got on mare & rode by Manstone to Hengrove & hunted with harriers. Found hare at 11.30 & had best run Collard ever knew without check to 12.15. Ran down to 7 Score & back to Hatfield. Lost hare. Mr & Mrs Clarke came in the middle. Left hounds at 1.15. Burnand caught me up. Said Milliken was leaving this afternoon. Through farm & was spoken to by elderly labourer. Back & sent George with mare to stable. Up in room & did 1 drawing for R.C. M read & nearly finished Our Mutual Friend. Tea & back to work. Did drawing of Crusoe & Guards at cards. Dined at 8.0 & snooze after. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Millken left Ramsgate.) (Red ink across page: Great run with hounds. Meet at Hengrove. A1 40 minutes.)
Sunday February 28 Prospect Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Breakfast. Dull morning. Club & after in room & worked all day on Robinson Crusoe. Did Brother & Black woman walking on shore & one other. Did not go out & dined quietly at 7.45. George posted letters etc. Letter at Club from Henderson's brother saying he had purchased £700 worth of Preference Debenture Shares in the Buenos Aires & Rosario Rly. No letter about taxes. (Red ink: Stayed in & worked at Robinson Crusoe all day.) Mar 1892 Monday February 29 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club. Searched Times. Regained Biltor pipe. M in room & on with R.C. At 11.30 M sent up letter asking us to dine at Burnands. After worked & did Brother & Girl kissing & after ‘a little dinner’ for R.C. Lunch & did boots. At 3.30 went up to play lawn tennis at the Buckmasters. Poor game. Hicks girls there etc etc. Left 5.0. Looked at Borradaile's cobs. Home. Tea. M went to Westwood with Mrs Berry in fly. Did drawing for R.C of Crusoe in best clothes. At 7.0 dressed & went to dine at Burnands. Burgundy dinner. M & Tilda went. Race game after. Maud came in. Tilda lost. Back home at 11.0 & read ‘The Wreckers’. Bed 12.30. Very cold & heavy rain. Sleet & hail in the night. Tuesday March 1 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dressed. Wet morning. Got on mare at 9.45 after Club. Bilton pipe episode. After rode to Westgate partly across country. Meet at station. There well in time. Went past Dent de Lion & out through a very small gate into road. Got off mare. Breakfast at Brown of Westgate. Inebriates about. Found hare in ¼ hr. Ran into Quex. Cold & rain came on. Left at 12.10pm & home by St Lawrence & Manstone at 1.0. Sent George back with mare. Lunch. Jim Moody interred at Margate today. Got to work after on Robinson Crusoe. Dined quietly at home. Very cold at night. (Red ink across page: Cold wretched day. Meet at Westgate. Hunted with harriers. Left at noon.) Wednesday March 2 Prospect Terrace. Bitter east wind, cold & showers of sleet. Wrote letters before breakfast & sent one to F.C.B saying should not go up to town. F.C.B & wife went up by 10.0am. Back & did one Robinson C in afternoon. Did Duffer block & sent it off by 4.0pm train. Finished Atkinson & Crusoe & did drawing of Atkinson on chest after & sent it off. Dined at 8.0pm. Bottle Champagne. Read magazines after. Bitterly cold. at night. (Red ink: Bitter cold east wind set in & remained all the week. Decided not to go up to town.) Thursday March 3 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bitterly cold east wind & frost. Began R.C & skemed girl on deck. At 10.30 special letter from F.C.B about horse, Salisbury, Balfour & Chaplin. Skemed it & got George to help photo me as Salisbury etc. Dull day & sleet. After lunch got the plates developed & a print of each by dark. After T began drawing & got on till 8.0pm. Dined quietly. Bottle Champagne & read mags after. Bed 11.30. Very cold. (Red ink: Bitterly cold east wind.) Friday March 4
Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Round Club for 5 minutes. Back & got on & worked all day hard on cartoon of horse, Salisbury, Balfour & Chaplin. After finished at 7.0 sent it off. Wrote letters. Dined 7.45. Claret. In evening read magazine on California & Gulf Stream aloud. Man came with Roberson parcel at 11.0. Knocked us up. Bed 11.30. Not quite so cold but still bad. Saturday March 5 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. breakfast. Club. Read 2 Times & took pipe for alteration & to have one made like it at Stores. Back home not quite so cold. Put things & photos away & at 12.0 got to draw R.C. Girl on deck & Crusoe.Worked till 1.30. Photod at 11.45 George again in garden for Rose's drawing. Sun shine all morning. At 2.15 rode mare along past Weigalls, Manstone & Lydden. Back way into Margate. Down into the Dane to look for the late Jim Moody's diggings. After along past Friends & Abernethys, Convent, North Foreland, Broadstairs & home at 4.40. Ordered Saumur. Changed & got to work on R.C. Worked till dinner time on initial to last chapter. M up in room & read Lord Rosebery's Pitt. Dined 8.0. Dinner late. Bottle Saumur & read Naval War in Black & White after. Bed 11.30. Fire low & cold. (Red ink across page: Not quite so cold. Sun in morning. Good ride in afternoon.) Sunday March 6 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.40. Dull cold east windy morning. Sleet. Down 9.30. Breakfast & Club after. Back at 10.45 & up in room. Wrote diary & got to work on R.C. Letters from Robb at Club & about Queen's taxes. Worked after on R.C. At 3.0pm Maud & self went for walk with dogs to Pegwell & back by St Lawrence & past stables (Johnstone's.) Tea. Weigall came in. Up in room & finished (illeg) for Crusoe & sent them off. Dined after quietly. Very cold at night. (Red ink across page: Intensely cold at night.) Monday March 7 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club. After in room. Wrote labels & letters etc & put things straight. Bitterly cold east wind. After lunch at 2.15 rode mare to Sandwich. All right going in bright sun but bitterly cold coming back. Felt slight snuffly cold come on at noon. Tea at 5.0. Miss Gould came in. Had brandy in tea. After up in room & wrote letters etc etc. At 7.30 Squire Hammond & Mr & Mrs Burnand dined. Good dinner. Old brandy after. Gave F.C.B pipe. Maud's drawings admired & to go in Punch. They left in the cold at 10.30. Sleep. Read after & bed 11.30pm. Marion caught cold in her shoulder & stiff neck. (Red ink across page: Intensely cold east wind. Snuffly cold came on. Hammonds & Burnands dined with us.) Tuesday March 8 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club. After sent George round to find out what time F.C.B rode. 11.30 went with him & rode round by Lydden & across path to burning mound back across by Pouces to Ramsgate Road & home. Bitterly cold. Back 12.40. Home & photod George. Developed plates after & put room in order. After lunch caught the 4.0pm train for town. Bertie Thornton got into train at Margate. Veal from Ramsgate to Margate. Very cold all way up. Train punctual to a minute at St Pauls. Cab to Salisbury Square. Changed coat & after cab to dinner at Royal Institute. Called for flower at Jermyn St. In time for dinner. Met Linton at door.
Saw Spielmann etc etc. After dull dinner, dreary speeches. Opposite Arthur Severn & Corbould. Left at 11.45. Called Empire. Saw Steer. Called Corner after & back to Club. No one there. Milton. Pretty poet. Saw Salamons. After Dixey came in. Poached eggs. Back to Salisbury Square at 1.30am. Bed. All right in morning. (Red ink across page: Went to town. Dined at the Royal Institute banquet. Milton's evening.) Wednesday March 9 Salisbury Square. Called 8.15. Woke quite early & awake an hour. Down breakfast at 8.50 & after varnished boots & out by 10.15am. Snow. Afterwards came on very heavily. Walked in misery to Club. Saw Lawrence Bradbury going to a wedding in Essex. Cleared & after walked to Edwards & Roberts. Chose some furniture. Back to Club by 12.50. Wrote letters. A blizzard of snow came on. Lunched with Salamons. Told me about selling his house. Coffee & cigars. Talk to Evans & young Bancroft. Percival (a publisher) cut in. Took me round to office & shewed me book of English Pen Artists. Out 4.0. After took cab, called 10 Markham Square. Costumes. Left & back to Salisbury Sq by underground rly. Washed & changed & round to P.D at 7.0. Put on pedestal by Lehmann. Small dinner. Milliken away. Suggested cartoon of the Bogyman. Tenniel & Choristers. Left with Tenniel 11.15 & bed 11.30pm. Read the Ludgate Monthly. (Red ink: Blizzards of snow. (Red ink across page: Blizzards of snow. London intensely cold.) Thursday March 10 Salisbury Square. Up 7.15. Breakfast. Caught 8.26 carrying bags. Bitterly cold. Times. Back in room & photod self for Lord Halsbury etc. Skemed drawing. Lunch. At 3.0pm rode mare sharp ride round by Manstone & past Lydden. Snow all about. Mare balled up in fields. Home sharp by Ramsgate Road past Westwood & Banks's. Back 5.0. Tea & after did drawing of Duffer & sent it off by 8.0pm. Dined 8.15pm. Claret. Bed at 11.30. Tired. Marion's shoulder & neck still stiff. (Red ink: Sent cheque for £576.8.0 to Greenwood & Co for Rosario. Heavy snow in the morning.) (Red ink: Sold above for £705.5.0 Apl 11 1895.) Friday March 11 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Woke early. Club & round sharp without ‘Times’. Worked very hard all day (cold & dark) on drawing of Lord Chancellor, Volunteer & Stanhope. Finished 7.0pm. Cleared up. Wrote letters to Swain & W.Agnew. Dinner. Bottle Champagne. After read Great War of 1892 & bed at 11.30pm. Mite awake. Book came from Percival & Co. Mite not well. M sent for diaphoretic. Put off till tomorrow. Feverish at night. Slept in M's bed. Tilda Frick left us by the 1.15pm train. (Red ink across page: Mite not well at night.) Saturday March 12 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. In Mite's bed. Up in room again after Club & sorted photos etc. At 12.0 began the drawing for Rose & Co. Lunch at 2.30. Rode mare round by Haine, Nash, Margate, the Dane & past Grotto & by Abernethy's (passed by brougham containing Jim A.) Redding Street, Broadstairs (drink for Mare) & along sands home by 5.0. Got to work. Saw Pa Hicks. Mite in room & better. After traced drawings & got outline. Edgar came in at 7.45. Dined 8.20 & after talk 2 games of billiards till 12.0 & bed. Fine night. Still cold. Mite in bed all
day with chill & pain. Would not take oil. M got diaphoretic. (Red ink: Edgar came at 7.45pm.) (Red ink across page: Began drawing for Rose & Co.) Sunday March 13 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am in Mite's bed. Lovely morning. Breakfast. Club. Decided to ride with F.C.B. Wrote labels until 11.20 & after at 11.30 went for ride with F.C.B. St Lawrence, Manstone & round mill on Ramsgate Road. Lovely ride & mare went well. Home 1.0. Sorted labels, got hand camera & went out to photo public houses. Met Edgar. Back to lunch. Long talk & smoke after. Philip Burnand called with note. Mite up in drawing room. After wasted 2 hours in talk etc. Edgar left by the 5.45pm. Watched him through glass. Back in room & wrote up diary. Interrupted at 3.20 etc. (Red ink across page: Lovely bright sunny day. North wind. Good ride with F.C.B.) Monday March 14 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club & at 11.30 rode with F.C.B. Went by Nash & round through Margate & St Peters. Past Abernethys. Back at 1.15 by Vale. Talk of Process in Punch. Lunch. In afternoon did letters of L.Rose & Co. Mite up in room drawing. Quiet dinner & read after. Mite re-drew girl in 18th centy costume. Tuesday March 15 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. M in bed. Breakfast. Club. In morning got on with drawing for L.Rose & Co. At 11.30 rode with F.C.B. S.W gale etc. Rode to Cliff End & round home by Ramsgate Road. Passed clergyman etc. Home 1.0pm. Told F.C.B about German Emperor having ordered Punch out of palace. Heavy rain after all afternoon & night. Worked on L.Rose's drawing. Quiet evening & dinner. Mite up in room drawing. Did girl on sands. Re-drew letters in afternoon & after put tint on figures L.Rose's drawing. Wednesday March 16 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0 & M in bed. Club. Caught F.C.B in fly & drove to station. Settled about German Emperor cut. Back home & at 11.0 got on mare & rode fast to Acol. There 11.50. Too early. Lovely morning. Met old Ackhurst & Baker, Brown's partner. Hounds up by 12.0. Mrs Cobb & small field. Clarke after. Found hare & bit of a run. Left 12.50 & back home exactly at 2.0pm. Lunch & after finished drawing for L.Rose & Co. Sent it off by post at 8.0. Dined quietly & quiet evening after. (Red ink: Rose's advertisement drawing sent off.) Thursday March 17 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. M in bed. Breakfast. Club. After in morning special letter from F.C.B about German Emperor. Skemed cut & sent George for his little brother. At 12.30 photod him developed & dried plates by 1.45. Lunch & printed some at 2.30. Mare came up by mistake. Rode till 4.0 round by Sportsman & up past Mayhews & home along Ramsgate Road. Passed traction engine. After tea got to work & finished drawing of Labby as ferret & rat with ‘Times’ looking on. Dined at 8.0 & sent it off by post. Quiet evening. Friday March 18
Prospect Terrace. Up early. Breakfast. Club for 5 minutes & back to work hard & fast all day on German Emperor as small boy tearing Punch. Finished by 7.0 & sent it off. After dined quietly at home. Read Black & White. Saturday March 19 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.0. Breakfast. Club. After in room & wrote labels & printed rest of whole plates all morning. Lovely warm in room, east wind. Lunch. After at 2.20 walked with Mite & called on Weigall. Saw pictures & after by football ground to Buckmasters. Played 2 sets of tennis with Hicks's & home to T. Mite went back by herself. Wrote labels etc etc. Dined quietly after at home. Quiet evening. Read Magazine & bed. Mite complained of her back. The Wills's & Mrs Fowler in to tea. Sunday March 20 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.45. Most lovely morning. Breakfast. Club. F.C.B ordered horse 11.15. After writing labels rode with him till 12.50. F.C.B not well. Went to Cliffs End & round by windmill to Pouces & home. Talk of Harry B. Met Mrs Fowler. Back in room. Wrote labels. Lunch & after in room entire afternoon. Wrote labels, packed box & after wrote 17 letters. Dined quietly at home, dressed & went to Burnands after. Father Dewar, the à Becketts, Borradaile etc there. Left at 10.30. Home. Read Macaulay's history & dozed till 12.15am. Bed. Strange dream of Linton in Paris. Mite not well with her back. Monday March 21 Prospect Terrace. Up 7.45am. Dressed for hunting & down for breakfast 8.20. Good breakfast. Lovely morning. Club at 8.50. On mare at 9.5 & rode past Sportsman for meet at Knowlton Court. Fell in with Col Copeland. C.C changed waistcoat. Very hot. Through Sandwich & on to meet by 11.30am. Lawn meet. Lovely weather. Saw Basil Peto & Miss Peto etc. Mr & Mrs Clarke & many from Thanet. Mare eager. Found 2 foxes. Shouting man. Howard, Rev Hyde Smith etc etc Collard. Lunch again at Brown of Westgate's dog cart. Left hounds 1.45pm & rode slowly through Eastry with Col C. Put up for gruel at Eastry & home thro' Sandwich. Saw pretty Mrs Brown. After left C.C at X roads to 7 Score. Passed by Clarke's horses. Saw 2 equestrians in distance. Put mare along, could not pass them. Home 4.30pm. Mrs à Beckett there. Arthur à B & Conny Burnand after to T. Dear Mite's confirmation. Late back in fly 5.35. All tired. Went round to Club & looked at Times. Furniss' letter to Radical Association. Whist going on. Back. M had been drive to convent with Mr Wills. Quiet dinner & evening. Bed early very tired. Lovely day. (Cutting glued in: In loving memory Martin Diosy 21st March 1892) (Red ink across page: All day hunting with East Kent foxhounds.) Tuesday March 22 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club & back after. Pouring wet dull all day. Did not go out or ride all day. Packed up a good many things to go tomorrow & wrote letters & labels & worked. Little bird very ill on his perch. Quiet dinner & evening. Bed early. Wednesday March 23 Prospect Terrace. Up early & got off by 10.0am train. Old porter made nothing of luggage. Saw Lady Hood at station. Up with F.C.B & Arthur à B. After drove in
omnibus to Stafford Terrace. Mr & Mrs Reffell all right. Dirty house. Unpacked things & sent buss off. At 2.0 saw foreman carpenter. After at 5.0 took train to Blackfriars. Salisbury Square. Long talk with Clowes. After to Edwards & Roberts. Selected furniture. Back Salisbury Square. P.D. Bradbury hum about cuts for R.C. After left at (blank). (Red ink: Bird died at Prospect Terrace.) Thursday March 24 Salisbury Square. Up 8.15am. Bilious head. Breakfast & took train to Victoria. Got box out & down to Ramsgate. Long journey. Not well. In room & after lunch George photod self for Herschelles. Rode at 3.0pm. Saw of all people in the world Dr Carr. Recognised him at once. Rode on past Westwood & had word with yokel at pigeon shooting enclosure. Home by cliff. Up in room very tired but did cut of Salmon Fishing & sent it by post. After quiet dinner developed 4 plates. Failures. Tired after. Bed early & welcome sleep. (Red ink: Last morning at Salisbury Square.) Friday March 25 Prospect Terrace. Up very early. M going to town. She left with Alice at 9.10. Club & after in room. Long day's work on Herschelles & Spider. Finished in time. M back at 6.0 sharp, tired. Wrote letters etc. Dinner. Bottle of Ayala. Tired & read Black & White. Bed at 11.15pm. Saturday March 26 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Club. In room after, put all photos away. Wrote labels. In doubt about re-drawing 2 blocks for R.C. Did not. After lunch at 2.0 or 1.50 rode round by Margate (the Dane) & to the convent. Saw over it. Well planned house. Caretaker like Mrs Crutchley. Met Lillie Laver & Mr Laver in road where we used to live. Long talk. Back to tea at 4.40. Saw Conny B & Surty Parkins at Broadstairs. Dr Carr not there at tea. M went with Mrs à Beckett to call on Mrs Burnand. Walked down & saw Hills. Paid him £3.0.0. Long talk about Mr Leyland. Had haircut. After home. Dr Carr there. Awful talk. Really think he's a lunatic. Dinner. Saumur. Quiet evening after. Bed 12.15am. Wired Arthur Blunt. He could not come down. Sunday March 27 Prospect Terrace. Woke 8.0am, down 9.0. Dull wretched morning. Sea fog. Club & after up in room all morning wrote labels till 1.0. Mite doing charming drawing. M up & read Black & White story of Brigands. Walk with Mite along Parade. Saw Bill Weigall. Talk with F.C.B. Back. Lunch. Talk with Conny & Frank B on Parade. Mother very depressed & not well. Ordered horse at 3.0pm. Left off writing this in very great hurry & dressed & went for sharp ride with F.C.B for one hour. Cold wind & misty. Back & wote labels etc. Wrote letters. Dinner quietly. After M, Maud & self went round to F.C.B's. Good evening. race game. Grain & 2 friends there. Squire etc, Arthur & Mrs à Beckett. Won 10/3, 4/6 from Mrs à B. Mite won pool. Mite up in room & finished drawing to take round to F.C.B's. Little girl. Algy Bastard there. M does not like him. Monday March 28 Prospect Terrace. Dull morning. Cold & foggy, east wind. Breakfast. Club. F.C.B & Arther out in morning. No ride for F.C.B. Arthur's hat blew off. Lunch & at 3.0pm
rode round by Margate past Salmons & through to sea. Bothered by steam roller. Rode home the entire distance along the sands. All right. Back at 6.15pm. Tea. Dressed at 7.15pm & after M, Mite & self dined at F.C.B's. Mr & Mrs à Beckett there. Good dinner. After race game. Won a trifle & home by fly at 11.0pm. Tuesday March 29 Prospect Terrace. Dull morning. Cold. A'Becketts went up. Round at Club. Wrote letters. Back in room & long day packing. Emptied chest of drawers etc. Very tired. Lunch. Men from Hills came for chest of drawers etc. Took them & also 2 glass globes. Packed box also for Victoria. At 4.0pm rode for last time. Round by St Lawrence across diagonal & across to Margate by Garlinge along sands to Life Boat & then through Broadstairs. Met Tassell driving pair of horses at horse trough. Home by Granville. Saw girl meet man. Back by 6.35. Tea & wrote letters. Dinner. Tired. Bed after. To finish packing in the morning. Sent George for Haddock. (Red ink across page: Last ride on Thanet, season 91- 92.) Wednesday March 30 Prospect Terrace. Up very early. Finished packing. Last morning at Ramsgate. George had forgotten about porter. Sent for another. Caught the 10.0am train. Up with Mr & Mrs F.C.B, Algy Bastard & Wilfred. Buss waiting. On to Stafford Terrace. Got box unpacked & sent it back. Walked after putting things away towards Punch dinner. Met Sir Benj Baker. Took cab at Knightsbridge. Small dinner. Only F.C.B, Lucy, B.P, Tenniel, Arthur & self. Milliken in after. Shewed Maud's drawing. Long discussion. Home to Stafford Terrace by cab. (Red ink: Summons from Yates Haywood & Co. Served after I had written.) Thursday March 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slight head. Sorted photos the whole day. Lunch. M & all back with 36 packages at 5.35. My mother looking ill. Row on doorstep with hulking rough who had followed buss. Great nuisance. Dinner at 8.30. Bottle '74 Ivory. Bed after. Tired. M very tired. (Red ink: M & all back home again. Row with runner after omnibus on doorstep.) Apr 1892 Friday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & worked all day in more or less confusion on German Emperor out Whaling. Interrupted. Effie called in afternoon. M went round to see for rooms for my mother. Dined at 9.0pm. Tired. Bottle Champagne. Bed 11.30pm. Saturday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning. Breakfast at 10.0. Purnell came & at 10.30 went round to stables. Put phos away & after walked through Park to Rules. Met Underdown etc etc Stern riding etc. On & called at Ludlams. Bought ties. Cab to Rules. After at 12.55 Mite & M came in. 3 good chops & a good lunch. Went to last morning performance of Pantomime, did not know it at the time. Box D. Effie & Miss English & Spencer came in. Ta ra ra boom de ay. Left at 5.15. Put girls in cab. Called with Spencer at Club & put name down for sweep. Got letters & walked home. Dinner. Claret. After in evening snuffly cold came on, why of
wherefore who knows. Fell asleep in chair until 2.0am. Bed. M asleep. (Red ink across page: Horid cold came on in head for no reason whatever.) Sunday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Beautiful bright morning. A 10.10 got on mare & rode to Richmond. Caught up by man who I went to lunch with 10 years ago. Good ride round Park. Very hot. Left him at Robin Hood Gate. Across Wimbledon Common. Difficulty of getting through gate. 'No right of way' across slowly & called at Barkers. Saw him & Chamberlain, manager of line. Left at 12.30pm & rode home. Met Fanny. Dust awful & most trying. Cold bad. Home & to lunch. My mother very seedy. After dressed & at 3.20pm went with Mite to Marcus Stone's, Fildes, Hunter, Leighton, Princep, Millais, Dicksee & Boughton. Saw pictures. Home by 6.5pm. Tea & wrote letters. Dressed & went to Sir Benj Bakers to supper. Took Carlotta Addison into supper. Pug dog. Pretty little girl. Cold very bad & troublesome. Home by cab at 11.0. Very cold. Fell asleep till 12.0pm. Bed. M put Jacobs oil on chest & jujube. Woke with blister. (Red ink across page: Cold increased. Very bad at night. Had plaster. Picture Sunday.) Monday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Fine morning. Down 9.0am. Saw Purnell. Wrote up diary for a week. Fine morning after. Went for ride in Park. After felt very weak & ill. Slept in chair after lunch. Put things away & cold came on on chest badly in evening. Had gruel & went to bed early. One of my old colds & very bad. (Red ink across page: Bad cold. Felt very weak & ill.) Tuesday April 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cold better, on the wane I hope. Rode in Park at 12.0. Lovely morning. Saw old Wyndham. Back & wrote letters. Put things away etc & quiet dinner & evening. Wednesday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Put things in order all day. In afternoon Mrs Mason Jackson called on me. Walked at 5.0pm through Park & called on Peals & Tantzs. Through Bond St etc & on to Club. Got change for £5.5.0 & left it at Hobbs. Ordered new flannel suit. Wrote letter to Mr Haywood & walked on to Punch dinner. Two cuts made up & good dinner. Left at 11.50pm. Very seedy next day. My mother left in afternoon & went to rooms, Mrs Cox, 14 Edwardes Square. Said good bye. (Red ink across page: My mother left us for her rooms at 5.30pm.) Thursday April 7 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Most lovely morning. Boy came at 11.30 with costume. Photod M for France on table. Over exposed the plates. Developed them etc. Went for ride in afternoon 5.0 to 6.15pm. Man at 14 Edwardes Square. Called & saw my mother in her rooms. Vey good. Back & home. Dined quietly & rest after. Friday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up early & worked hard all day on drawing of France & Germany. Did not finish till 10.15pm. Very tired & done up. Bottle wine & bed after. Roy came home from Eton at 9.25am. Had his breakfast etc. Went with his mother to Stores & lost himself.
Saturday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Up. Very tired after. At 11.10 started in dog cart with Roy & Maud & drove to Boat race. Had to go out of way a long way on acct of roads being up. Dusty. Got there at 12.0. M & Mademoiselle turned up after. All in dog cart & drove to Donaldsons to lunch. Roy & tongue. After home by tram. Saw hawk which flew on board yacht & big dog. Wirgmans, Thornycrofts etc etc. Tram car got off line & went on. Put M & Maud in cab & walked with Roy home. Saw furniture. Called on my mother & home to tea. Rest & after dinner cab to Haymarket Theatre & saw Hamlet. Good. Home by 12.0. Poor race. Oxford won by 3 lengths. Most lovely hot afternoon. (Red ink: I went to the race with same old mare & cart by myself, March 22, 1902. Cambridge won. Roy at business.) (Red ink across page: Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Lovely hot & warm day.) Sunday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast 9.30. After at 11.30 rode with Roy over Wimbledon Common & Richmond Park & lunched with Barker. Roy had A1 pony & rode fairly well. After home by 4.0. Roy went after tea to call on Banbury. Arthur Linley at Barker's. Talk of Leopoldina. Spencer & child at Stafford Terrace. M seedy, cold came on. Wrote many letters before dinner. Very tired after. Bed early. (Red ink: Roy & self rode to Barker's. Lovely hot summer's day.) Monday April 11 Stafford Terrace. Lovely fine morning. M in bed, bad cold on chest. Stayed in all day. In morning got ready for work & at 11.35 rode in Park. Saw old W. Talk of Hamlet. Back. After lunch Roy photod self for Narcissus. Developed them etc & after tea at 5.0pm went in cab with Roy & called at Hobbs. Beefsteak Club. Got letters from Haywood. Called Scotts & after on Spencer at Meistersingers. Introduced to Capn Maude. Walked home. Bottle of Ayala to do M good. After tired. Disappointing letter from Henderson about Leopoldina, Punch etc etc. Tuesday April 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Blues. Fine morning. Sausages. Spencer came in at 11.0. Photod him & self as Club Lounger for Duffer. Weather broke, came over dull 11.30. Roy out. Wrote Sir Myles Finton. Marquis back. Man came round & said he ought to be clipped. Developed photos. Roy went to Olympia. Worked all afternoon on drawing of Spencer & self for Duffer. Dined 8.0pm. Weather dull & overcast. Very tired after dinner & as Swain did not send put off work until tomorrow. Bed early. M's cold very bad. Wrote Haywood & furniture man in morning. (Red ink: At 11.30am the weather broke & settled for cold misery & snow which lasted over Easter. Wednesday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Up early & got on with work. Finished small block of Spencer & self at 11.0 & sent it off. After drew & finished by 9.0 drawing of Ruffian as Narcissus & Echo. Roy & Maud had supper by selves. Cold wet & miserable all day. Dined. Had 1st bottle of Perinet. Corked. 2nd bottle all right. Tired after. Bed at 11.30pm. M not well, cough & cold. Thursday April 14
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Tired. Put things away etc. At 10.30 small chest of drawers came. On landing. £2.14.0. M in bed. Mother called & left port wine. After at 12.0 Roy & self took buss as far as Knightsbridge. Saw Finlay & old Wyndham. Walked through Bond St etc to Holborn Restaurant. Met Hossack. Lunched & after to the British Museum. 2 hours there & more. Saw Louis Fagan. Back to Club. Had tea & walked home. Dined. Most miserably cold & wretched. Snow showers etc. All colds. M & Roy went to bed 9.30, M at 10.0. Slept till 12.0am & bed after. (Red ink: Roy sick at night before dinner from chocolates.) Friday April 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Weather dull & cold. Wretched. Breakfast. Sausages. Hot X bun. Afer put glass right for Reversing & wrote labels to lunch time. M pottering about. Lunch at 1.30. Fish etc. At 3.30 drove Marquis in dog cart as far as Horse Guards. Walked with Roy past Hotel Metropole & along Embankment as far as St Pauls. No one in City. Boys skating etc. Heard service. Walked to Garrick through Drury Lane etc. Tea. Roy had egg. Wrote letters & after walked home. Talk of Eton etc. Home at 6.50. M had been round to see my mother. Quiet dinner & evening & bed early. Saturday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Room being done. Put photos away etc etc up to lunch time. After at 2.15pm went with Roy to Olympia. Saw Imre Keralfy's show. Introduced to W.Chapman. Press agency. Met Pat Stephens & went round Modern Venice in gondola. After round kitchens with Mr Lyons. Glass of Champagne etc very civil. Everything wonderfully clean. Home & got wire from Adelphi. Roy down in the mouth. After dining 7.0pm Roy & self drove in cab to Adelphi & saw play 'The Trumpet Call'. Had large box. Back at 11.45. Sausage sandwich. Bed 12.0. Bitterly cold. This day a heavy snowfall all over Kent. Exceptionally cold. East wind. (Red ink across page: Bitterly cold weather & heavy snow in Kent.) Sunday April 17 Stafford Terrace. Up nine am. Breakfast. After sorted photos etc. Granny came round with Mademoiselle at 11.0. Roy about swimming boats in bath etc. After lunch rode mare from 2.15 to 5.30 round by Lloyd Sq, Barnsbury & Holloway, home by Regents Park. Man at 107 Devonshire Road spoke to me. Home. Granny going. Mrs Cozens called about drawing for woman's rights. Kept talking for ½ an hour. Dined 7.45. Spencer came. 2 bottles of Champagne. Talk after about estate. Sleepy. M came down & brought me up to bed. (Red ink: Rode to north of London. Cold & heavy snow showers.) (Red ink across page: My mother came round at 11.0am & stayed till 6.0pm.) Monday April 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. In all morning & sorted drawers. Put away all French photos. Lunch. After down with M & took costumes out of press & put them away. Roy idle & troublesome all day. Turned can of water on. Sent Roy to Granny's. Dull cold day. Wrote cheque & sent it Yates Haywood & Co, £15 odd. Put things in order & quiet dinner at home. Bed early after. Roy lost his ball on stable roof yesterday. At 5.45 heavy rain & snow cloud came over. Shortened day by 2 hours. 8 people crushed to death at Hamptead. (Red ink: Bank Holiday. Wisely did not stir out the entire day.)
Tuesday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Bright in morning but bitterly cold. Wrote labels till 12.0. M went out in carriage at 11.0 for dress. Designed 1 st idea of Ill L News cover. After thought we would go to Olympia. Dined at 7.0 & went M, Maud, Roy & self & Mademoiselle. Good show & good box. Roy greedy over ices. Had gondola & left & home by omnibus. Sent Roy with letter to Mrs Chapman. (Red ink: Went to Olympia in evening. Family party.) Wednesday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. In morning rode in Park at 9.15am. Brighter & warmer. Saw Bob Coward. In morning got on & designed the cover for Illustrated London News. After lunch Roy & self walked up through Park. Roy asking questions. Took cab at Hyde Park Corner & went to Maskelyne & Cooks entertainment. Very good. Old gent as proper gander. Chicks delighted. After saw M down Piccadilly. Met Spencer. Walked to New Gallery. Saw Carr & Hallé. After to Garrick & on to Punch dinner. Burnand away & no Bradbury. Good dinner. Reed sent sleeve links in morning. Back by cab in heavy rain at 12.0. (Red ink: Maskelyne & Cooks. Burnand away from dinner with cold.) Thursday April 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Fine weather & morning. Expected Mr Jackson to call. Sent Purnell with letter to Barracks & at 12 rode in Park. Met old Wyndham. Back 1.15 & at 1.45 photod guardsman for cut. In afternoon wire from F.C.B to alter drawing. Letter came in afternoon from Editor Ill L.N & sent design for approval. Dined quietly after & bed early in evening. (Red ink: Weather clear'd. Bright sun. Photod Grenadier guardsman.) Friday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. No letter from F.C.B. Fine morning, sun etc. After breakfast Roy photod self for French Soldier. Hurry. Got to work & all day on French & English soldiers. Finished at 7.0pm. In doubt as to going to dinner at the Metropole. Dressed & went. Drove up in cart. Purnell drove. Row with policeman at Northumberland Avenue. Arrived 7.50. Had good dinner. Sat next Livesay. Introduced to Keene's brother. Saw Barratt etc. Tenniel there. Left at 11.0. Called Empire. Saw Dresden, also Arthur Linley & Stanley Holden. After met Molton by chance. Garrick Club for ¾ hour & home. Saw Beetle etc etc. (Red ink: Keene's brother gave me drawings. Had snake for dinner. Jany 27, 1902.) (Red ink across page: Dined at the Director's dinner of the Gordon Hotels at Metropole.) Saturday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 am. Headache. Lovely bright morning & brilliant sun all day. Hot. Put papers etc away in morning & at 12.0 got ready photo camera. Wired E Pettigrew. Lunch. At 2.0 carriage came up & M, Maud & R went off to the Lyric Theatre. Mademoiselle by omnibus. Waited for E.Pettigrew all ready. Did not come till 3.0pm. Only just in time to get photos. Gt hurry. Left at 4.0pm & drove in cab to Lyric Theatre. Saw Mountebanks. After got sausages & carnation & on to Sackville St. Went with Maud, M & Roy to New Gallery. Out & saw M into carriage. Walked home. Roy left me & took buss. Met Tyndall. Home. Tired. Dressed & after went to Hartree's dinner. Mrs Willard did not turn up. Good dinner. Slow men. Miss Samuda. Left 11.45 & home. Bed at once. (Red ink across page: Seedy in
morning. Lovely bright day. Photod E. Pettigrew & after to Lyric Theatre. Private View of the New Gallery. Dined at C.Hartree's.) Sunday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up nine am. Most lovely morning & day. Bright sun. Developed & printed a great quantity of photos taken yesterday. Tired. Spoilt best one by film running. Annoyed. At 1.30 dressed & lunch. At 2.30 Roy & self drove in cart to Zoological Gardens. Beautiful afternoon. Saw Vernon & Lady Margaret, Craigie & daughter, old Phillips & Eve Phillips. Also Eton boys. Little curly headed Page. Cab to Lewis's. Saw Agnews etc etc. Walked down to see my mother. Met Mrs Paxton. Felt tired & livery. Home. Wrote letters. Dressed & drove at 7.35 in carriage to Palmers. Dined quietly. General Du Plat there. Arrowroot. Left at 11.15pm, home by carriage. Colder. Change in weather came on about 5.30pm. Clouded over. (Red ink across page: Splendid day. Roy & self went to Zoological gardens. Dined at Palmers.) Monday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull. Change in the weather. Wet morning. Felt livery. Wrote letters. Worked on Illustrated News drawing. In afternoon went to varnishing day at Academy. Saw Adrian Jones & many I knew. Put on grey suit. Found it short. After walked on & called at Hobbs' tailor & let him see suit. Walked home fast after. Dined & bed early. Mite went up to Noble Smiths. (Red ink across page: Varnishing day at Royal Academy. Went up in afternoon.) Tuesday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Worked all day on drawing for Illustrated London News Jubilee cover. Conrad called in afternoon. Rode in Park before dinner. Back 7.30. Quiet dinner & rest after. Bed early. Wednesday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Worked on Illustrated News drawing all morning up to lunch time. After took cab & met Burnand at Press day of Academy. Saw Lucy & Lockyer etc etc, Mr Gaskell etc. Curious heavy dark afternoon & tremendously heavy rain. Sketched 2 pictures. Talk with Mrs Earl. Left at 6.30 & called Club & wrote letters. Got very wet. Cab to Punch dinner. Good dinner. Settled to do 10 Academy cuts. Wrote Blackburn & sent boy. Got cuts to do & took home with me. Home by cab. (Rode in morning early. Did not ride again until Saty May 7) (Red ink across page: Press day at Royal Academy. Curious dark heavy tropical showers came over.) Thursday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Dull wretched morning. Up 8.0am. Sent off Academy drawings & did Pettie's picture. At 11.30 drove up & sketched Orchardson's picture & Watts's. Saw Woodruffe & chattering man & girls at 2nd Press day. Saw Mrs Blackburn & home by cab. Got to work & did Academy cut. Boy backwards & forwards. Dined 9.0pm. Quiet dinner & bed. (Red ink across page: 2nd Press day at Royal Academy. Worked hard all day.) Friday April 29
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got on with last of Academy cuts. Did Forbes & (illeg) Leighton etc etc. At 11.30 Burnand called on cob & gave subject of Shah of Persia & Russian. Began it at 3.30 & finished 10.0pm. Dined, Champagne & bed. (Red ink across page: Private View of Royal Academy. Did not go. M & Maud went without Roy & tea at Calderons.) Saturday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull wretched morning. Worked on drawing for Illustrated London News. Did but little. Early lunch. After Miss Davis's came. Bad mutton for lunch. Went in brougham & cab to Garrick Theatre & saw The Fools Paradise. Box & stalls. Curious old couple opposite. Carriage in King St. Girls went home. Roy & self tea at Club. Met old Wyndham & walked home after. Called & blew up Slater about mutton. Quiet dinner & evening after. Roy in high spirits & Tony tearing his rags up. Bed 11.30pm. In morning did last cut of Herkomer picture by 12.0 noon. Sent Roy & Mademoiselle to Stores for raquets etc. (Red ink across page: Went to see The Fools Paradise with Miss Davis's.) May 1892 Sunday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dull. Colder grey morning. At 11.30 E.K Bolton called & photod him on table for Time etc. Roy, Maud & M out. After Roy was rude to his mother. Photod Roy in 12 plates. M crying upstairs & did not come down to lunch. Gave Roy a good lecture & sent him up to his room. Would not take him to Sir Alfred Hickman's. At 4.0pm went to Hickmans & played tennis till 7.0pm. Christie there & young boy played badly & sniffed. Walked there & back. Dinner 7.30pm. Bottle Champagne. Roy in disgrace. Poor little chap. (Red ink across page: Roy in disgrace. Gave him severe lecture. Finer day for 1 st time.) Monday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull wretched morning. Poor Roy still in disgrace. Forgave him at breakfast & got to work on drawing after for Illustrated London News. Did not ride. Developed plates taken yesterday & worked up to dinner. Quiet evening & bed after. Tuesday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & got on with drawing of Illustrated London News etc. Put Time in. Played with Roy after lunch. Many people called. Fanny Barker lost her jewels in bag coming from South. Worked up to 6.30. Did not ride. In morning at 1.15 photod Private Clark Scots Guards & developed plates. After at 6.30 left & dressed & took cab up to Reform Club to dine with Holbrook Gaskell, Marcus Stone, Woods, Fildes, Hook Gaskell. Two others, self & an actor. Talk of Leyland etc. Left table 10.10. Pool after & smoke. Saw Mr Livesey. Looked unsuccessfully for book on British Army. Left at 12.0 & home by cab. Very cold. Roy, M & Maud & Maud Paxton went to the Adelphi & saw the 'White Rose'. Maud caught cold. (Red ink across page: Dined with Holbrook Gaskell at the Reform Club.) Wednesday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bad wretched dull weather & rainy. Worked all morning on Illustrated News design for cover. Ought to finish today. Roy about & good. Went with his mother in carriage. Left at 6.0 for hard walk to Punch dinner.
Changed coat. Walked all the way. Met Ryle & Newton. Punch dinner. No Bradbury. Good dinner. Wire from Furniss to say he had returned from America. Left earlier & home by cab. Roy left & went back to Eton at 7.50. Mademoiselle went with him to station. Put sentries in at side. Expected Mr Jackson to call. (Red ink across page: Roy went back to Eton.) Thursday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Sent Purnell to Barkers for hat & feather boa etc etc. After got to work to finish the design for Jubilee No (cover) of News. Put Jubilee in & Times' wings & began to shade at 11.30. Sent special letter to (illeg) Jackson. Reply. Must be done. Worked hard all day & up to 10.45pm. Bothered with head of London. Dined at 11.0pm. Depressed, weary & dissatisfied. Bed 2.0am after tired sleep. M seedy. Friday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Fine morning 1st time for ages. In consternation about head of Illustrated News figure. Got to work at 8.0am much worried. Hurried breakfast. After took entire head out & put it in again unsatisfactorily. Sent to F.C.B & settled to do cut of birds. Maud Paxton came in & stood for photo as bird with arms extended. After M photod self. Did 2 cuts, one for Duffer, the other of birds. Finished at 10.15pm & dined after with M. Slept till 2.30am in chair & bed exhausted. (Red ink across page: Finished cover for Illustrated London News. Much worried.) Saturday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Rest. 1st leisure for fortnight. In morning printed many phos of back plates. Hot sun. Found had used exhausted bath. At 11.45 rode in Park. Mare turned out with frightfully dirty mane. Saw Stone etc etc. Back & blew up Purnell. After lunch again printed photos & generally tidied up. Quiet dinner. ½ bottle of Champagne & bed early. Artists General Benevolent dinner, did not go. Sunday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Beautiful morning. At 10.45 rode mare to Richmond. Hammersmith Road up. 1st Two Pins meet. Delightful ride. Sir Charles Russell QC MP, Frank Lockwood QC MP, Willie Matthews & self. Edward Lawson turned up later. Rode home by 4.0pm. Miss English there. Changed & on to play tennis. Keith there. Atrocious play. Dr Dash called. Left 7.15 & home. Dressed & dined. Snooze in chair & bed 12.0 sharp. Wrote mother. Maud's cold bad. Death of poor Tommie à Beckett in Times (Sunday) at Beaumont aged 15. (Red ink across page: 1st Two Pins meet. Delightful day & good dejeuner at the Star & Garter. Tennis after at Sir A.Hickmans.) Monday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Bath & rode in Park. Foggy. Cleared after & delightful ride. Saw Sir Chas Hall, Matthews etc & home with Luke Fildes. Cut plants in front. Put room in order & cleared out socks etc etc. M in bed. Wrote diary & many letters all afternoon. Put photos away & made sketches. Dined quietly at 7.45. Quiet evening. Nightmare in chair, being passed over roofs. Bed 1.0am exactly. Slept well. M put Waddy's bird in window & he flew on china shelf. (Red ink across page: Lovely morning 1st ride before breakfast. Luke Fildes in Row. Rest & tidied up. Dullish foggy day.)
Tuesday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. At 8.10 rode in Park. Lovely morning. Saw Fildes, Maple, etc etc. Back 9.15. Breakfast. Printed phos of Roy. Put things straight up to lunch. Alice had been rude to Maud. After smoked pipe. Read magazine. Put photos away & Maud photod self in Golf costume. Caught the 3.45 sun. Good result. Mrs Burnand called & Conny B. Bird in window. Got to work on drawing & did it up to dinner time. Quiet dinner, M, Maud & self. Slept in chair after. Bed 1.0am. Wednesday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. At 8.15 rode in Park. Saw Fildes etc. Round at canter with Mocatta. Beautiful morning. Back. Breakfast at 11.0. My mother came. Wrote many letters at lunch. After carriage ordered at 3.0. Not up till 3.30. Men brought corner cupboards. M & Maud went to Davis's & Mrs Burnand's. After finished drawing of Golf for Process. Walked up to Pavilion. Took cab to Bouverie St. Called Club. Got change. Shoolbred's cart. Furniss back from America. Very thin. Good dinner. No Lucy, Arthur or Lehmann. Eclipse of the moon. Left 1.45. Home in cab. Got no subject. Delightful evening, warm & beautiful. Mrs Medley's at home Lyric Club. Did not go. Thursday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Letter from Sir Myles Fenton refusing pass. By 8.25 rode mare in Park. Up & down with Sir Chas Hall. Introduced to Oppenheim. Home by 9.20. Lovely morning. Wrote many letters. Waited for subject in morning & put things away etc etc. Mrs Paxton's at home. After in evening dressed & took cab to Lincoln & Bennetts & Hawkes & Co. Left helmets & took them back. ¼ hr late at Reform Club. Met Furniss's friend Hunter on steps. After dined with John Livesey & Harry Livesey at Reform Club. Good old brandy. Went to Prince of Wales Theatre after. Very good box, Arthur Roberts A1. Back to Reform Club & whiskey & soda. Settled to go to see Livesey's horse on Saturday 28 May. (Red ink across page: Dined with John Livesey at the Reform Club Pall Mall. Talk of Monte Carlo & horses etc.) Friday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Waiting about for instructions. Rode in morning early. After at 2.0pm F.C.B finally settled to do drawing of Illustrated London News. Got to work in afternoon & did a good one. Illustrated L. News & Punch on top. Finished & dined late at 11.0pm. Very tired. No photoing. Very much in doubt whether to or not. Saturday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. In morning tidied up etc etc. Maud Paxton came to lunch. M & Maud P & Maud went off in cab to Court Theatre matinée. Saw Pantomime Rehearsal. Sir Thomas & Lady Lucas in stalls. Long talk to Sir Thomas. After walked to Club. Had tea & walked & cab home. Dressed & carriage to dine at Heilbuts. Chapmans kept us all waiting. Took Mrs Alexander in. Fair dinner. Burnand there & also Arthur Anderson. Left 11.30 & home by cab with M. M tired. M went in morning to be fitted with dress. Lord Mountmoore called in
morning, did not see him. (Red ink across page: Went to Pantomime Rehearsal at the Court Theatre & also to dine at the Heilbuts.) Sunday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dullish morning. Decided to ride up to Jack Straw's Castle. Started at noon & drove Marquis up. Spots of rain. Called on Tenniel who liked Marquis. On in rain to Jack Straw's. Many people about. Green trees. Felt headache & bilious all morning. Got there 1.0pm. Stuffy smoky room. Edward Lawson, Matthews, Furniss etc there. Young Russell. Lunch. Cold saddle of mutton. Furniss's American yarns. Left at 2.50 & home 3.30. Rest for an hour. After went to Hickmans to play lawn tennis. Good game. Fair fat strenger Christie sprained his leg. Met MacIlwraith. Back at 7.30. Dressed & Ethel English, Ryle, Stone & Guthrie dined. Pleasant evening & talk after. Broke bayonet off pistol shewing Ethel English. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink across page: Dinner at home. Royle & Guthrie, Stone & Ethel English.) Monday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & rode in the park. Mary & Ethel Burnand in to lunch & tea. My mother not very well & much depressed. M called. Did photos for self as Thimble rigger etc from Purnell. Maud's cold still stuffy. Dined quietly at home. Claret & bed early. Tuesday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up early & rode in the Park. After back & did photos. Walked up through Park towards Garrick Club. After called & Stone & self took cab up to Agricultural Hall at Islington. Saw the rehearsal of Horse Military Tournament. Good lunch. Met Mr Deeds & Fry of Vanity Fair. Everything behindhand. Left at 6.0 & walked with Stone to Club. Through Middleton & Lloyd Squares. Made up mind to dine with him. Wired home. Had quiet dinner at Club having washed previously & got places for Pavilion & Empire. After dinner went & heard Lottie Collins sing 'Ta ra ra boom de ay', Empire. Went 32 Wellington Square. Back to Club. Both Gills there. Whiskey & potash. Back home at 1.30pm. Stone enjoyed himself very much. Lord Mountmoore called in morning at 10.30 & had very long talk. (Red ink across page: Dined with Stone at the Garrick & evening out at music halls.) Wednesday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rode in Park for ¾ hour. Saw Maple. After back & got on with drawing of Duffer & Thimble rigger. Finished it in afternoon. At 6.15 went to Punch dinner riding mare. Threatened rain. Got there 7.15pm. Bradbury in old form & bad. Windy discussion about my drawing having been processed. Bradbury bad all through dinner. Very windy & dull. Left at 11.50. Home by cab at 1.0am. Dear Maud's 1st drawing in Punch appeared in number having date 21 st May. Florrie Blair called on M. (Red ink across page: Maud's first drawing appeared in Punch.) Thursday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Sent round for Miss Paxton to come & be photod with Maud. Rode in Park after quite early. Photod Maud Paxton, Maud S & self. Got plates dried & printed by lunch time. After got to work & at Cricketing subject
hard till 10.30pm. Dined & bottle of Ayala. Tired after. Bed 1.30am. In afternoon packed portmanteau ready to go to Paris tomorrow morning. Lincoln & Bennett sent hat. Boots went to Peal etc. Saw in 'Times' death of James Osgood. Friday May 20. Stafford Terrace. Up early, 6.30. Tired. Packed portmanteau etc. Breakfast & off by 10.0am to Victoria en route for Paris. M, Maud & self down by train. Comfortable lunch on board. Nothing to pay for luggage. Blowing a stiff breeze. Met many people I knew on board. Peter Reed, Rogers of Westgate etc. Friend of Airds. Roughish passage. Lots ill. M & Maud all right. Got to Calais. Wash & soup. Nearly missed train. One old lady & daughter who looked as old as herself in train. Got to Hotel Meurice at 8.0pm. Good room at 20F per day in entre-sol. After wash had delightful little dinner. M, Maud & self. After M & Maud retired. Strolled to Grand Café. Looked & read papers & back to Hotel. Bed 11.30. Slept well & very comfortable. Talk with M.Scheurich. Heard news of death of Brown of Westgate from pneumonia. Mr & Mrs Hook went over with us. Met them at Victoria 1st & on boat & at Calais & Paris. (Red ink across page: Started for Paris. Rough passage.) Saturday May 21 Hotel Meurice, Paris. Up early, 7.45. Dejeuner & out by 9.35. Called on Stokes, Boulevard Haussmann. Saw him & after Mrs S. Pretty rooms. Tried to call on Campbell Clark, could not find door. Strolled quietly on to Le Doyen Restaurant. Got flower in shop near Madeleine. Went into museum of Art Decoration. Fine bronzes etc. Met M & Maud to the minute. Good dejeuner. After out & to Salon. Gerome, Bellona. Good. Saw the Hooks. Vast place. M & Maud tired. Sent them off at 5.30 to call on Stokes. After strolled home. Stokes came. Undecided about leaving us. Finally took us to a Restaurant Famille de Paris & gave us a dinner. Frogs. Not bad. Very fat man next us. Out at 10.0 & went to see Cirque Nouveau, Le Roi Dagobert. Felt sleepy. Deer ran across stage & through water etc etc. Strolled home 11.30. M slept well. (Red ink: Diner francais. Escoffier & Co, 27 Boulevard des Italiens 27.) (Red ink across page: Dined with Stokes.) Sunday May 22 Hotel Meurice, Paris. Up at 8.30. Dejeuner & after M, Mite & self out in lovely hot sun at 11.20. Got carnation & after walked to service at the Madelaine. Saw the Stanhope Forbes's. Out & stroll to Grand Hotel. Looked at papers etc. Voiture to Bonvoisins, 53 Rue Pierre Charron. Saw Col & wife, Madame. Pretty children etc etc. Out at 3.15 on to Salon in Champ de Mars. Awfully close & stuffy in rooms. Walked through them. Poor statuary. Sold over photo rooms & band. One or two good pictures but poor on the whole. Voiture back to Hotel at 5.30. Rested & dressed. M, Maud & self strolled up to Restaurant La Rue. Good dinner with Ayala. Met French gent like poor Pellegrini & also Mr & Mrs Lockett & daughter. Left after talk with Lockett at 11.15. Burnt my finger with cigar. Strolled back to hotel. Bed at 12.0. M did not sleep well after the coffee. Hot at night & close. (Red ink across page: Dined with Ayala at Restaurant La Rue.) Monday May 23 Hotel Meurice, Paris. Up at 7.45. Bath. Dejeuner. Out at 10.0am to walk to Bonvoisins. Felt heat very much. Got there 10.30. Too late for Montmartre. After
strolled up to Bois de Boulogne. Saw many horses. Met Col (blank). Back & asked Bonvoisin to breakfast with us. Waited for him & also M at Le Doyen. M at last. Dispute with cocher. Had good dejeuner & after Bonvoisin left. Sketched out a plan for us. Back to hotel feeling very stuffy. Stanhope Forbes & wife called & stayed to tea an hour. After out & bargains with cochers. Took us up to Avenue Acacia for F2.50. Lots of carriages. Long disappointing walk to Cascade. Saw polo being played. M & Mite tired. No one there. Asked the gens d'armes. Fortunately got voiture back for 6 francs. Dined at Le Doyen. Saw woman in yellow & black spots etc etc. Out at 9.30. Went to café Les Ambassadeurs. 'Ta ra ra boump de hé'. Home at 10.30pm. Very hot & stuffy. M did not sleep well at night. Noises & heat. (Red ink: Poor Osgood's funeral 4.0pm today at Kensal Green.) (Red ink across page: Great heat set in in Paris.) Tuesday May 24 Hotel Meurice, Paris. Up at 7.50. M bad night & tired. Very hot & stuffy & noises in night. After dejeuner walked in heat to Louvre & after to Rue Jean Jaques Rousseau 29. Saw gun. After through Palais Royale & along Boulevard des Italiens & on to Le Doyen. Waited ½ an hour. M & Mite late. Had been to Bon Marché. After lunched at Le Doyen. Light lunch. Saw Stanhope Forbes & wife lunching with Shannon & wife. Out & sat in Champs Elysée for an hour. Funny little dogs. Very close & hot. Strolled home. M & Mite rested & after writing 2 letters finished packing & I strolled along the Rue de Rivoli. Back & dined at table d'hote at 6.0pm. Fair dinner. Out 7.0. Bill 485 francs. Paid by cheque. Mistake about wine. Left cigar case. Off by Nord railway. On & St Galmier water. Got Mite a pillow. French farewell. Very hot in train. After St Galmier & Champagne settled to sleep. (Red ink across page: In Paris. Started for home by evening mail.) Wednesday May 25 On board train from Paris to Calais. Very close & hot. Waked up at Amiens. Sheered off when I saw M & Mite sleeping. Arrived Calais 2.0am. Started on boat & got to Dover at 3.45. Left 4.30am. Mite looked very pale & tired. M tired. Luggage passed & good 4 wheel cab. Very heavy rain shower on passing thro' Kensington. Arrived home at 7.20 exactly. House looked all right. Breakfast. Wrote letters. Lunch. Very tired & sleepy after. Slept in chair. Very hot moist & stuffy. At 5.30 gentleman called about Rail’y. Stayed till 6.10pm. Dressed & after took cab all way to Bouverie St. P.D. Bradbury bad again. Very bad. Room hot. Guthrie, Reed, Partridge, Milliken, W.H.B, Furniss, à B, self, Tenniel & F.C.B there. Good dinner. Derby sweep drawn & muddled. Left at 7.50. Drove to Garrick Club. Washed. Had forgotten gloves. M came at 10.20. Drove back by Bouverie St & on to F.O reception. Rain came on. Bother with the police on rank. Saw Buckle, Lucas's etc etc, Keiths. After left at 12.0. Saw Webster etc. Great bother to get brougham. Called on Quilters & after home 1.30. Maud asleep. (Red ink across page: This the last time I ever saw poor William Bradbury. Died Thursday Oct 13th. Went to Foreign Office reception with M.) Thursday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up late 9.0am. Dark hot & oveny. Great rain in the night. Paper. Men from Nash doing the gas etc etc. M & Maud at 11.30 to Dr Noble Smith. Skemed Punch drawing & after Railway subject. Very hot close sultry day. Dined
quietly in evening & bed early. Hot & steamy. In afternoon at 3.0pm photod Nash's 2 men for Railway cut tomorrow. Developed them & put plates to dry. Friday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up early & got to work after riding on drawing of Burial of the Broad Gauge. Pushed on & got finished in time to dine with Stone. M & Conny Burnand had gone on before in carriage. Got to Stones at 7.30 & had poor dinner, good wine. After went on in 2 hansoms & went to Opera. Sir Thomas Lucas had given us his box. Heard 'Manon'. Very good. Cigarettes. Dirty officious waiter. Walked to carriage in Garrick St. Sent M & Conny home & had eggs & bacon & a talk at the Garrick after. Saw Judge Bacon & Mrs Burnand at Opera. (Red ink: Went to the opera 'Manon'.) Saturday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up early did not ride. At 9.0am Nash's man came & stood for photo for Lancashire railway. Got it done by 9.45, had breakfast & after dressed & at Victoria by 11.0. Met Stone & went down to Rotherfield to look at Livesey's horses. Two curious old women got in carriage. Livesey Park at Rotherfield. On in dog cart to Livesey's cottage. Lindsay Hogg there & gent with mangled ear. Lunch & after looked at superb horses. Very hot. Weather changed about 3.30pm. Drove to Mr Livesey's house. Saw Mrs L, Charley & Mr L. Stone liked house. Grapes, dairy etc. Left by 4.40 train & on to Victoria late. Home by 7.0. Spencer there. Developed plates taken in morning. Did them badly. Dined 8.0pm, Spencer with us. My mother had been. Sorry to have missed her. Tired after dinner. Bed early. (Red ink: Meet of the Coaching Club.) (Red ink across page: Went down with Stone to see Livesey's horses.) Sunday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up early 8.0am & on mare at 8.45. Rode to meet at Battersea Bridge & met Lockwood & Matthews. Rode to The Durdans & lunched with Lord Rosebery. Past Wandsworth, Tooting, Mitcham, Sutton etc. Lockwood's chaff about snipe & ears pierced (ladies). Beautiful fresh breezy morning. Difficulty to light cigarette. Rode on to the Derby course. Talk of Pope's dinner. At The Durdans by 1.0pm. Lord Rosebery, Christopher Sykes & Mr Hamilton there. Edward Lawson & Sir Charles Russell came over after. Good lunch. Cigars etc. Lord Rosebery showed us over The Durdans. Cast of Napoleon's head & many Stubbs & Herrings' sporting pictures. Looked over yearlings & left at 4.0pm. Rode to Tadworth. Changed things & looked at horses. Read Cavaliers & Prince Rupert. Dinner. Good. Took in Miss Russell. Had to draw John Gilpin & Turpin afterwards. Bed at 11.30pm. Ta ra da boom de hay set to Excelsior. Origin of Two Pins story of General Stores this day. (Later note in red ink: Saw Ladas as a yearling. Did not know it or Lord Rosebery either. Won Derby 1894.) (Red ink across page: Rode with Lockwood & Matthews to Lord Rosebery's at The Durdans. Dined with Sir Charles Russell after.) Monday May 30 Tadworth Court. Up after waking at 5.0am at 5.20 dressed leisurely & at 6.10 exactly got on mare. Warm moist morning. Got to Sutton Cock Inn at 7.0 exactly. Mitcham 7.30, Clapham 8.0. Home at Stafford Terrace at 3 minutes to nine. Saw Holland on Battersea Bridge. Hot at Clapham. Drunken woman just before
Battersea Bridge. Felt tired but got to work at 10.0 & worked all day on drawing for Lancashire Railway. Left off 7.0. Man from Waterlows called. Dressed & went in carriage to dine at Mocattas. Good dinner. Took in Mrs Sterne, a daughter of the late Sir George (illeg). Most interesting woman. Saw the Wetheralls. Home by carriage & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink across page: Rode up to town from 6.10am to 8.55am.) Tuesday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Beautiful morning. Up 8.0am. 9.45 Miss E Pettigrew came & sat for figure in drawing for Lancashire Railways. Developed them & set out to dry. Got to work & on with drawing. Worked hard all day & dined at 8.0pm. Bottle of Perinet & bed early after. Lovely hot day. Beautiful. Jun 1892 Wednesday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Derby Day. Up early & hard at work on drawing for Lancashire Railway Company. My mother in at 11.30am. Not well. Forlorn. Lunch. After M went out in carriage with my mother. Worked up to 3.15 on drawing. Then dressed & went in cab to Punch dinner. Went along Embankment. Got to P.D at 8.10pm. Lucy, Reed, Arthur à B, Furniss, Lehmann, self, Tenniel & Frank there. Had cold beef etc. Left with Furniss at 11.30 & walked to Garrick Club. Supper given by Alfred Gilbert. Sat next Bram Stoker. Speech by Irving. Tadema, self, Furniss left at 3.15 very late. Home in daylight in 4 wheel cab. Letter from Reed etc. Gilly Farquhar won Garrick sweep £150 having laid £120 off. Talk with Furniss about prize fight between Slavin & Jackson. (Red ink across page: Derby Day. Finished Lancashire Railway drawing. After to Gilbert's supper at the Garrick.) Thursday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up later 8.30. Buzzy in head. Down. Breakfast. Read The Wrecker after & then wrote up diary etc. Wrote many letters. After sleep in arm chair until 5.0pm. Got to work & did drawing for Duffer. Finished it by 7.30pm & sent it off. Quiet dinner & bed early. Did not ride at all. Friday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up early. Rode for ¾ an hour in the Park. Back breakfast. Got to work & did small drawing Sir William Vernon Harcourt & Col Saunderson. After at 1.30 photod small boy in sun for Gladstone. Ethel & Mary Burnand came in. Got photo by 3.45 & did cartoon after that. Finished at 10.45 & dined. Alice inert & inattentive. Bottle of Perinet & bed after very tired. Beautiful fine afternoon, hot sun. Annoyed to hear about Paxton having sold commode. Sold for £11.0.0. M had accident with carriage at Sir Alfred Hickman's. Marquis turned at 2 sacks in road. Saturday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. Out at 9.30 for ride in Park in white breeches. Saw Christopher Sykes. Many people in Park. Rode till 10.50. Out. Man in cart with flower pots upset by omnibus. Back & dressed in a huury. Got off in carriage by 11.55. Drove to G.W.R. Great crush at station. Got into 3 rd class carriage & down to Windsor. Man like Indian prince in carriage. Dear Roy on
platform. Walked to his rooms. After lunch at Aingers. Sir W.P Harcourt there. Good lunch. Young clergyman. Miss Ainger. Out with Roy & Pat Stephens. Walked to Bridge House Hotel. Missed Clowes. Back & round cricket field. Saw Moultons, Middletons, Wagges etc etc Goldie & children. After out & with Stephens to Roy's room. Had tea. Roy & paper etc. Left at 5.45 & on to Clowes's. Left Maud at launch. Roy not allowed on acct of not swimming. Walked to river bank. Stood next the Lewis's & Middletons. Procession of boats. After walked to Athens. Saw launch. Rain came on. Walked fast back to Bridge Hotel. Had W & S. Left with Maud 8.0pm. Roy & Clowes's umbrella. Waited till 8.40pm. Girl on platform. Home to Paddington. Heavy rain. Back 10.0pm. Dinner. Bed. (Red ink across page: Went down to Eton for 4th June. Tea in Roy's room. Wet at night.) Sunday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Morning heavy & showery. Up 9.0am. Breakfast over by 10.0. Paxton called, cleverly avoided him. Put old things on & got on mare 10.45 & rode down Hammersmith Road. Road up. Heavy showers & thunder clap came on. Vivid lightning. Got under small archway for shelter with mare. Man with touzzled head gave 3 children 1d each. Out & over to Mortlake. Wet again. Sheltered. Old bull dog barking. Out into Richmond Park. Lovely sun. Rode through Park over Wimbledon Common. Caught up Beerbohm Tree & Jones. Fast along wood home. Saw No 9 Redcliffe Gds. Girl in Earls Court Rd. Home 1.40. Lunch. Enjoyed it. After changed. Put drawing room straight. Paxton called with Belgian friend. Talk of commode. At 3.30 sent Purnell to Hickmans. Left at 4.45. Began to play at 5.0, Hickman, self. After barrister duffer played against Miss Underhill & Hickman. Many sets. Miss U good. Dressed. M came in carriage Good dinner. Plenty of wine. After talked of Hickmans house. Left at 11.0pm. Asleep in chair till 1.15am. Bed. (Red ink across page: Beautiful ride in wet. Tennis in afternoon. Dined at Sir Alfred Hickman's.) Monday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.55. Breakfast. Fine bright morning. Maud & Mademoiselle out. Read Idler. Wrote diary. Cleared up things etc etc etc. After wrote labels nearly the entire day. My mother came round & fell asleep. Alice & whiskey. Spencer & Percy Oakes called in afternoon. Wrote labels up to dinner time. Mr & Mrs Paxton called & dined. 2 bottles of Perinet & long long talk. Bed at 11.30. Paxton called & kept M in the morning for 2 hours. Lovely fine day for Bank Holiday. The biggest exodus on Bank Holiday ever known. (Red ink across page: Bank Holiday. Wrote labels all day. Did not stir out.) Tuesday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am. Dressed. Breakfast at 8.0 & in cart by 8.40. Lovely morning. Drove to St Pancras. Got there by 9.20. Caught special to Chesterfield. In carriage with servants, two old men. Comfortable journey, refreshments etc etc. Out in heat. Dirty ugly people. Fat woman. Got to tent. Miss Arkwright cutting 1st sod. Wheelbarrow trundled back & speech. Met Baker, walked through town. Old butchers' shops & twisted spire of Chesterfield Church. Lunch in Stephenson Memorial Hall. Sat next Mrs Soanes. Long speeches. Sir William Long. Oh!. Out at 4.0. Magnums of Pol Roger. Caught train. Hot. Back in carriage cigars etc. Baker woke me up & we went into next carriage. Long talk with Mr Elliot Cooper. Good fellow. Cigars. Out & back London 7.20, Stafford Terrace
8.0pm. Bath & dressed. Dinner at 9.10. Went in carriage to Kings Road & on to Garrick Club. Changed cheque. Empire Theatre. Saw Fletcher, Bockardt & friend. Hitchings & also Scotch Graham. Left at 11.30. Irish outside. Supper. Talk to Wyndham, Gillie, Toole & James who looked very ill. Home at 1.45. Bed. M & Mite left for Weston sub Edge. (Red ink across page: Went to Chesterfield with Lancashire Railway Co. Great day. Lunch etc etc. Dined at home. Empire Theatre & Club.) Wednesday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Bath. Boots. Breakfast 9.25. Rode in Park & along to Regents Park, Park Village & round to Lords. Back at 11.15. Hot. Wrote many letters. Posted them 1.15. My mother round at noon looking quite well. After skemed drawing for Index etc. At 4.0 left in cab for Turkish bath in Jermyn St. Had bath. Hot weather. Punch dinner. Took Maud's drawings. D.M delighted with them. Furniss rude about cut of Gladstone. Dull. I left 11.30. Home by carriage. Very hot weather. Thursday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Did not ride. Blazing hot day. In morning photod Purnell & self for Preface & Index. Brilliant sun. Worked in afternoon on drawing of Death as an Enemy to Society. Got it sketched out. Annie came & said her side was bad. Dined quietly at 7.0 by self & after drove in carriage to Lord's. On to Club. Beefsteak. Looked into Tooles Theatre & after to Club. Leslie Ward upset about engagement. Talk to Archie Stuart Wortley, Hare etc etc. Dick Grain & stories. Left 1.0 & home by cab. Friday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not ride. Worked hard all day on drawing of Dissolution of London Season, Death as an Enemy. Gave up idea of Lords & worked on quietly till 10.30. Dined & bed after. (Red ink: Broiling hot day.) Saturday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. At 8.30 rode in Park for an hour. Cooler today. Back & at 10.0 packed things, drawings etc etc to go to Weston sub Edge. Left by 1.0pm, 4 wheeler & caught 1.35. Sovereign rolled over counter. Went 2 nd class. Carriage to self. Cherries. Got to Honeybourne & on Weston sub Edge. Tea. Dear M & Maud. Walk up Dover Hill after. Very hot. Dressed. Dinner. Dance. Looked over Illustrated News for 1886. Bad Furniss drawings. Bed. Rode up to Lincoln & Bennetts in morning. (Red ink: Weather cooler.) (Red ink across page: Went down to Weston sub Edge on visit to Canon Bourne.) Sunday June 12 Weston sub Edge. Up 9.0. Cooler & dullish. Breakfast. Got to work after & began Index. Lunch. Walk at 5.0 after writing many letters. Went to Broadway & back. Policemen. Church service etc. Back 7.15. Dressed. Dinner. Dull evening. Cigar & News. Bed. Monday June 13 Weston sub Edge. Up 9.0am. Read Cavaliers & Prince Rupert. After got on with Index drawing, Punch & grapes. Worked after lunch. Canon Bourne came home at
4.30. Tea. After walked up Dover Hill with M, Pig, & back. Dressed for dinner. Felt very livery. All right after dinner. Dance. Talk with Canon & bed 11.30pm. Tuesday June 14 Weston sub Edge. Up 9.0am. Colder. In morning photod doorway. Waited for sun. After got on & finished Index. Mr & Mrs Algernon Rushout to lunch. Mrs R an invalid. Canon called on Swinburne. Good lunch. Photod horses etc after. Tea. M & self walked up Dovers Hill & along crest of hill & round back. M very tired. Rest & dressed. Dinner 8.0pm. Expected people. Did not come. Dance & bed 11.30pm after smoke. (Red ink: M & Maud & self at Weston sub Edge. Ascot. Dull weather.) Wednesday June 15 Weston sub Edge. Up 9.0. Breakfast. Canon left 10.0am. Packed & got off at 11.40. Train. 2 girls at Honeybourne. After to London. Roy Lancaster (sic) got in at Oxford. Strand map. Home by cab. Purnell. People after Marquis. Cab to Turkish baths. Bath. P.D. F.C.B, Guthrie, Reed, Bernard Partridge, Miliken, Arthur, Furniss, self & Tenniel. Better dinner. Long discussion. Poor cut. Got no cut for self. Suggested John Gilpin. Left 11.45. Home by cab. Letters etc. (Red ink: Came back from Weson sub Edge, Canon Bourne's. M & Maud still there. Very cold weather.) Thursday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Bath & rode in Park. Cold. Saw Stern, Coward etc, also Ayala. Rain came on. Home. Did not go to Ascot. Dull & cold & wet. Wrote many letters. Purnell in. M & Maud came home from Weston sub Edge at 2.0pm, catching earlier train. Had lunch etc. In afternoon put things away etc. Dined at 8.0pm with young Ayala at the Maison Dorée Club, Dover Street. Met Mr Lockett of Liverpool & jew Tresham Gilbey. Good dinner. Left 10.30pm. Cab to Empire. Did not go in. Went on to Club & wrote letters. Gilly Farquhar came in & asked me to lunch at Garrick 29th to meet Bernhardt & Miss Ellen Terry. After tired. Had welsh rabbit. Algernon Borthwick talking about Scotland. Irving & son in supper room. Left at 1.30 without paying bill. Very tired. Bed 2.0am. (Red ink across page: Dined with young Ayala at Maison Dorée.) Friday June 17 Stafford Terrace. In morning got to work early. Many letters backwards & forwards from F.C.B. Change & change about. Stace came at 10.40. Late. Photod him for Bismarck & got to cut. F.C B wrote & also sent 2 nd cut to do tomorrow. Worked hard all day & finished late at 10.15. Dined after. M had been at Albert Hall Mansions. Fine warm lovely day. M woke up with sore throat. (Cutting inserted: In rememberance Henry Vantone June 17th 1892. marked 1904.) Saturday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up early. In morning did little cut of Gladstone as Socrates. Tidied up. Got ready to ride to Hall Barn, Beaconsfield. In saddle 2.30pm but heavy drops of rain came on. Did not go. Got off & put it off. Sent Purnell in afternoon with bags. Dined early & went with M to see Lady Windemere's Fan. Saw Leslie Ward & sister in vestibule & we four had Lord Dartmouth's stage box. Pleased with play & cab home. (Red ink across page: Wet afternoon. Did not start as intended for Hall Barn.)
Sunday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up early & at 9.35 on mare. Lovely morning. Rode to Hall Barn Beaconsfield. Got to Uxbridge noon exactly. Put up for ¼ of an hour at Railway Inn on acct of shower. Started 12.15. Saw Fusnedge. Passed Gerrards X church at 1.0 exactly. Through Bulstrode Park. Got off at wire fence & Hall Barn 1.45 exactly. Last 3 miles very trying. Lunch welcome. Sir George Prescott & Gus Harris there. Johnny Hare came after. Changed & played 2 rounds of Golf. Lawson & self against Hare & Sir George Prescott. After story of Mrs Langtry's naughty corner. Good Turkish bath & dinner. Played nap after till 12.0 exactly. Won 4/6. Bed 12.20. Beautiful day & lovely for a ride. (Red ink across page: Rode to Hall Barn Beaconsfield through Uxbridge & Gerrards X.) Monday June 20 Hall Barn, Beaconsfield. Up 7.0am. Bath & out in the grounds with key camera. Went & looked for & photod temple etc etc. Back. Breakfast. After missed saying goodbye. Got on mare at 9.46. Rode through Bulstrode Park & on to Uxbridge. Man groggy. Road thick with dust. Flies & very hot. Got to Gerrards X 11.25, Uxbridge 12.30. Saw Pen Close, Guildford Villas etc. Back by train. Began tail piece for Index & at 8.0 went to Alfred de Rothschild's dinner. Sat betwen Sir Rivers Wilson & Bernard P. Splendid dinner. Agnew made hass of himself. Lord Randolph Churchill's reply. Introduced to Chaplin. Duke of Fife there. Left at 1.0. Called at Rudolph Lehmann's rooms & home by 2.15am. Wonderful day altogether. Ortolans & Burgundy. (Red ink across page: Dined with Alfred de Rothschild. Last dinner was on May 9 1889.) Tuesday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Felt a little buzzy but got on with tail piece to Index & after began the Preface. In evening the Fowlers dined with us. Quiet dinner, Fowlers M, Maud & self. Went to the Lyceum Theatre to see Henry VIII, Mite in cab with Fowler & self. Saw Mrs Millett at theatre with American gentleman. Out. Had cleared up. Walked to carriage. Called Club & got on box home. (Red ink acros page: Fowlers dined with us & went to the play Henry VIII.) Wednesday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Worked on Preface drawing all day. Finished it & took train by Metropolitan railway to Punch dinner. Quiet good dinner. John Gilpin cut. Suggested it. Lucy there. Reed, Milliken, Furniss, Arthur, self, Tenniel, F.C.B, Bernard P. Gave Bernard Partridge his Bilton pipe at last. Left 12.0 & home by cab all way. Gave 3/6 never thanked for it. Thursday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dark & dense heavy rain nearly the whole day. Worked & did tail piece for Preface. After small drawing, Love among the Roses, for F.C.B. Rode in the Park on mare in evening from 6.30 to 7.50pm. Back to dinner & quiet evening. Row very heavy, mare went A1. Mysterious gent had called. Would not leave his name. Left letter for him. Bed early. 1 st quiet dinner for a long time. Thankful. Friday June 24
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not ride. Sent mare down to Newmarket by 2.35 train with E.L's coachman. Got to work early on drawing of Dragon & Balfour & Chamberlain etc. Finished 8.0pm. Took cab & drove to Bouverie St, Almanack dinner. F.C.B, Milliken, Arthur à B & self. Very hungry, Arthur ate all my dinner. After Arthur & self went over new printing presses etc of Daily Chronicle & Lloyds. New cheeky bearded person & Australian Dibbs. Left 1.30pm & on to Beefsteak. Corny Grain there & also Archie Stuart Wortley. Home by cab 2.0am. Tired. My mother came to lunch & stayed the afternoon. Thought she was pretty well. Saturday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull morning. M's throat bad again. Packed bags & lunch at 1.15. Got off by cab & went down from St Pancras to Newmarket. Two funny men in carriage, one a bookmaker the other a Lord. (small drawing of face) Very familiar bookmaker. Felt seedy rather. Newmarket ½ hour late. Heavy rain. Place called 6 Mile Bottom. Lady jumped horse over fence. Fly from Newmarket up to Lawson's. Mare waiting. Got on her back rode for 2 hours. Lovely ride. Beautiful. Round the Ditch. Shilling in match box. Home by 8.0 dinner, only E.L & self. Good fish. Bottle of Champagne, too much. Coffee, cigar. Bed early at 10.0pm. Mare behaved wonderfully. (Red ink across page: Went down to Newmarket to stay with Edward Lawson. Rainy day.) Sunday June 26 Bridlemere, Newmarket. Up 6.50. Bath. Breakfast. Bath W.C shut. Saddle 7.50. Rode with E.L on to see horses gallop. 1st ride in Lime Kilns. Saw Blundell Maple. Galloping horses. Lots of them. Trainer Percy Peck. Arranged to see horses in evening. Back. Hot sun. Breakfast. After read & wrote 14 letters. Photod in afternoon & walked on to Heath. At 5.0 got on mare & walked to Blundell Maple's. Delay. Walked along road. At 6.0 over stables. Lots of horses. Minting Queen etc etc. Maple gave £3000 for Archers house cost £14,000. Back by 7.30. Dinner 8.15. Good dinner, ½ bottle of wine. Sleepy after dinner very. Bed at 10.15pm after sitting out in open air. Lovely sunset & new moon. Silhouettes of trees etc. Slept like a top. Hot room in roof. (Red ink across page: Went to Blundell Maple's stables.) Monday June 27 Bridlemere, Newmarket. Up 6.50. Saddle at 8.0, on to Lime Kilns. Harrow down in field. Many horses out. Good canter. Home breakfast. After wrote letters all morning. Lunch. After posted letters & went to horse sale. Saw Somerville Tattersall & Mrs T. Looked much older. Photod horses etc etc. Back. Went back with Lawson. Funny old man saying take him out of his yard. Stallion 'The Devil to Pay'. In saddle again 6.30 & rode round by July course on heath & home. Lawson rode Jubilee. On arriving home saw young Lawson Scots Guards & Malcolm (Mole) also Mrs Lawson. Tall lovely woman daughter of General Marshall. Dogs. 'Not out of the same wife tho'. Dinner. Awfully hot. Never felt the heat so. After sat out on lawn. Minstrels 5/- given. 'Look here Govr your man gave me a hundred theres a chance for you'. Long talk with young Lawson. Bed 12.0. Hot roof. Tuesday June 28
Bridlemere, Newmarket. Up 6.50. Bath etc, down. Hot close steamy morning. Phew. Rode with E.L on to Lime Kilns. Horses. After joined by Mrs Lawson on Jubilee. Long thighs etc. Trainer & horse. Back after canter. Changed. Packed bag, very hot. Breakfast. Iced coffee. After finished packing. At 1.0 rode mare on to Race Course after saying goodbye. Back by 3.15. Mare back. Cup of tea & caught 3.57 home. Wrote letters at station. Stuffy train home. Arrived Euston 6.20. Cab home. Poor boy outside house. Bee Barrs there. Dressed & dinner. Felt livery. Cigar & bed after. New maid at Stafford Terr. Bed 11.0pm exactly. Picked up racing shoe on race course on Newmarket Heath. Parliament prorogued for new elections this day. Who knows? Violent thunderstorm at night whilst at dinner & after. (Red ink across page: Great thunderstorm at night.) Wednesday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. M seedy in bed. Thunderstorm at night. Breakfast. Wrote letters etc. Liver out of order. Wrote up diary etc. After at 12.15 went & dressed. Took cab to Garrick. There 1.4pm. Met Gillie Farquhar. Lunch put off to 1.30. Wrote letters, after down 1.35. Waited about. Lady Greville & American girl. Lord Dash, Percival, Joe Carr, self, Gillie, Ellen Terry & daughter to luncheon at Garrick. Drank claret. Left at 4.0. Home to tea. M & Bee B out in carriage, back 4.30. Tea & got to work on opening of volume, Punch plunging into sea. Great change in the weather. Quite cold today. Tilda in, Mite making dress. Academy soirée. After took cab & dined with Norman Lockyer at the Athenaeum Club, just ¼ hr late. Sat next Sandbach & Colin Hunter. Introduced to Tom Hughes. Left 10.30 & on to P.D. F.C.B & Tenniel had left. (Red ink across page: Dined at Athenaeum Club with Norman Lockyer.) Thursday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Rode at 9.15 in Park. Lovely ride. Saw Stone etc etc. Also Faudel Phillips & Stella. Back 11.0. Letter from F.C.B. Got to work to finish drawing, opening of volume. F.C.B. round at noon on cob. Spencer in. Finished opening Vol 103 at 7.0. Sent off. Saw to dinner. After at 8.15 Lady Margaret Watney, V.Watney, Miss Rose Innes, Herbert Weld Blundell, William Stone & Bonvoisin dined. Good dinner. Bonvoisin stayed till 12.0. Bed. M tired & seedy. Bee Barrs went to Olympia with Effie & Miss English. (Red ink across page: Dinner at home to Vernon & Lady Margaret Watney.) Jul 1892 Friday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Felt all right. Spencer came in at 11.0. Photod Maud & himself. After hard at work all day on drawing Gladstone & Ireland. G.O.M in straw hat. Worked up to 11.0pm & dined. Slept till 2.0pm in chair. Bed. Spencer was to have taken Maud to Lords. Did not. Came in after & took Maud to Park. Marquis went to 11 Berkeley Sq for Vernon Watney to see.
Saturday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After got on mare & rode in Park & through to Berkeley Square. Saw Palmer. Marquis at 11 Berkeley Sq. Would not do. Home. After put things away. Wrote to mother & packed bags etc. Lunch. Drove in
carriage to Waterloo. Saw Sylvia D.M at station. Little Sambourne. After down to North Camp. Had to change twice, Woking & Frimley. Sophy met us with grey cob in cart. Drove to house about 1 mile. Had bags unpacked & tea & 4 sets with Sophy at lawn tennis. Persian cat & dogs. Dinner 8.0pm. Edgar late. Dressed etc. Talk after & bed tired. Mite went to Barkers (C.O.B.) in morning. (Red ink across page: Went down to Aldershot with M. Hot day.) Sunday July 3 North Camp, Aldershot. Up 6.45. Bath & at 7.30 rode grey horse over hard broken ground till 9.10am. Saw Duke's monument & over Polo ground. Flies troublesome. Back. Good breakfast. Changed. Wrote letters in grounds under fir trees. After Edgar & Sophy back. Sophy earrings. M wrote letters. Lunch. Claret cup or rather Burgundy cup. Early dinner 2.0pm. After smoke & out in grounds. Read The Depths of the Sea. Young officer came in. After tea Sophy self & Sprite walked to tomb of Napoleon the 3rd & the Prince Imperial, near Farnborough. Funny little French boys. Walked back. Sewage farm. Supper at 9.0. Cup & after smoke. Bed. (Red ink across page: Very hot day. Saw tomb of Napoleon 3rd.) Monday July 4 North Camp, Aldershot. Up 8.0am. Bath. Edgar out with troops. Heard heavy guns. Left at 10.30 & out & fell in with militia. Took photos. Lovely morning. Wind & bright sun. Walked across to defending party. Guns & firing. Civil young artillary officer. No more plates. Back towards home. Fell in with Edgar & Lincolnshire Regiment. Went to mess room. Good lunch. Irish stew. Cigar. Back to house. Very close & hot. (illeg). Rested on bed after bath. Roused by M & sunshade. Down & had to play 4 sets of lawn tennis. Miss & Mrs Downing there & Col Verner. Nice little doggee, Jess, found balls etc. Bother with tennis balls etc etc. Dined at 8.0pm. Good dinner. Champagne. Sleepy after. Bed at 10.50pm. Hard bed. (Red ink across page: Saw battle of militia & troops. Elections full on.) Tuesday July 5 North Camp, Aldershot. Up 8.0am. Bath. Dull morning. Breakfast. Read McCarthy's Georges. Out at 11.0 & wandered through camp. Lost my way. Photod mules & sentry boxes etc etc. Back & into mess room. News of the Election. Hickman in, Matthews & Lehmann out. Good lunch. Slow game of billiards after. Beaten by 22 points. After home. Wet. Packed bags. Heavy wet came on. M & self home. Change at Woking. Elderly officer in kepi. Home by cab in heavy wet. Dinner. Wrote letters. Dear Maud back all right. Read papers. Bed early. Elections full on. (Red ink across page: Elections full on.) Wednesday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode in Park from 9.30 to 11.20. Saw Stone with Judge's daughter. Also Mrs Lawson & young Malverden. Old Kahn. Grenadier Guards past us. Coldstreams. Home. Dressed & walked up through Park to lunch at Vernon Watneys, 11 Berkeley Square. Met Lady Rosamund & Lady (blank) also Wallop. Beautiful house. Japanese books. Out at 3.30 & on to New Gallery. Met Lord Coventry. Talk to Beck. Got carriage & put M & Maud in it. Walked to Lambs’, chose things. After to Turkish bath. Good bath. Walked to P.D, overtaken by Bernard Partridge smoking a pipe & with a brown pot hat. F.C.B, Tenniel, B.P, Guthrie, Furniss, E.I.M, self & Arthur à B there. Tenniel had had his hand stung by
a fly. All swelled up. Furniss as usual. Talk of Election. Shouting when we came out. Left 12.20am. Home 1.0am. M said she woke. (Red ink across page: Elections full on. Unionists victories.) Thursday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. M complained of sore throat. Down. Full breakfast. Dull heavy morning. Bee Barrs, Effie etc in.Wrote letters etc. Arranged about mare going to Lord Rosebery's. Elections on. Not so favourable for the Unionists. Ought to have gone to Gordon's garden party. Did not. Mite disappointed. Wasted entire day writing. At 5.30 rode mare to see meet of coaches. Sell, no meet. Saw Sutherland in frock coat. Park, good ride. Saw Capn Sharp. S looking after Mrs Wilson. Home. Dined 8.0. Hamilton, Tabs & Bee Barrs dined. 2 bottles Perinet. Good dinner. H stayed till 11.30. Bed after. Mare to go to the Durdans tomorrow. Friday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got to work early. Skemed picture. Stace round by 10.0am. Photod him for Coriolanus. Got to work 12.15pm. Roy turned up at 1.0 from Eton & Harrow. M uneasy about him. After lunch Roy went back with Maud by herself. Worked on. M, Roy & Maud went to Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Back by 9.50pm. Finished work 10.45pm. Hard pushed. Bottle Champagne & bed 1.30 after exhausted sleep in chair. Elections on still. Slightly in favour of Gladstone. Mare went down to Lord Rosebery's to be covered. Purnell took her down at 8.0am. (Red ink: Roy home from Eton at 1.0pm.) Saturday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Tired. Dear Roy & Tony. In morning put all things away etc. Wrote letters. At 12.15 carriage took M & Maud & self to Eton & Harrow cricket match. Harrow won by 64 runs. Saw Critchetts, Fritz Jacksons etc etc. Quilter etc. M & Maud stayed. Roy & self went in cab to Criterion. Had lunch. After to German Reeds'. Saw 'Charity begins at Home'. Lord Onslow, Mrs Spofforth behind us. After walked to Charbonel & Walkers' & home. Bought strawberries. Met Archie Stuart Wortley. After dined 7.30 (called at Simmonds & Co) went to see Pantomime Rehearsal. High box & hot. After to Horne(?). Met engineer of line, 16 Airlie Gardens. Home by 4 wheeler. Eggs not boiled. Bed 1.20 pm. Better day for Gladstone in elections. (Red ink across page: Eton & Harrow cricket match. Went to German Reeds' & also to Court Theatre.) (Note in pencil: Last saw Taff R.) Sunday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Dull day. Up at 9.30. Breakfast. After put things in order & sorted cheques all morning. Mrs Cox called in morning about my mother. Roy went out with Banbury. Lunch. Finished cheques. Madame Alain called. Roy & Maud making row in yard. Warm & close. Carriage ordered 4.30pm. Miss Rose Innes & Mrs Robertson called. Left in carriage at 4.45. Drove to Zoo. Saw lions etc, sea lion, reptiles & monkeys etc etc. Back in carriage. Roy went round to his grandmother's. Granny wanted to see me. After wrote letters to Ainger etc. Dined 8.0. Smoke & sleep after. Woke up at 1.0am exactly. Bed. (Red ink: Roy at home from Eton.) Monday July 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Roy in bed. Down breakfast 8.20. Dog cart round 9.35. Roy went back to Eton. Wrote letters & wrote out also Milliken's Mother Goose. Nursery rhymes for Almanack. Maud & Mademoiselle to call on Sir B.Baker. Began Almanack for 1893. In evening dinner at home. Mr & Mrs Huish, Fritz Jackson, Mite & Spencer dined. Fritz stayed up talking a long time. Good dinner. Huish pleased with drawing. 3 bottles of wine. (Red ink: Dinner at home to Huish's.) Tuesday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Worked all day on Almanack '93. In evening dined at the Oakes'. Marquis would not go into the gates. Took a sister of Percy O's intended in. Next Mrs Holmes. Very slow. Talk to Douglas Gordon after. Had been at Sandhills. Left in carriage 1.45pm. Home. Gave Purnell £1 to go to Durdans at 8.0am tomorrow. (Red ink: Dined at Mrs Oakes, Derwent Lodge, to meet Percy O's fiancée.) Wednesday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Worked all day on drawing of black man & Lord Salisbury. In afternoon took cab & called to be fitted on at Lambs’. Cab on to Punch dinner after. Called Lepscombes. Shut. On to Punch dinner. Furniss on about Eton. Subject of Bismarck as whale. Easy. Left after talk with Milliken. Lehmann gave me one of his books. Home by cab all way. Wet. My mother round. Tried to make her more resigned. Talk of ways & means. Purnell went down to the Dudans early & fetched mare back again. (Red ink: Mare back from the Durdans.) Thursday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Got on with work & went on to finish Salisbury & black man, did not quite finish by lunch time. After lunch Mr Davies came. Gave him sketch & also cleaned drawing of Lancashire & Derbyshire Railway. Delayed me till 4.0pm. Burnand wired & asked us to dine. Could not. Sent drawing off at 4.30. At 8.0 dined at the Pollocks. No appetite for dinner. Careful what I took. Took Miss Drummond Hay in to dinner & sat next Miss Craigie. Good dinner. Long talk with old gent after. Left 11.15pm. Home. At 5.45 rode mare 1 st time after Durdans. Went to meet of 4 in hand. Saw Burdett Coutts etc etc. Good ride. Back by 7.15pm. (Red ink: Dined at the Pollocks.) Friday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Rode mare at 8.45, 2nd time since covering, ¾ hour in Park. After at 10.0 got on with drawing of Bismarck as whale. Worked all day. Finished at 7.0 & dressed. Drove with M to dine at Fritz Jackson's. Met Mr & Mrs Joyce (Miriam Jackson) Miss Rose Innes & Mrs Robertson & one other gentleman. Poor poon dinner. Felt better. Talk to Miss R.I after. Left at 11.50 & home. (Red ink: Dined at Fritzy Jackson's.) Saturday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. At 10.0 rode for nearly 3 hours in Park. Saw Finlay, Stone etc etc. Back & wire came in answer to mine to go to Brookwood Park. Left at 4.15 & caught train 5.5 for Ropley. Mite & self went down. M went to Percy Oakes' wedding. Got to Ropley ½ hour late. Court there. Drove to Brookwood. Flies. Tabs & Hamilton out. Dined. Did not dress. Quiet dinner, snooze after. Bed
eleven. 'Counts two on a Division'. Dull close & heavy at Waterloo. (Red ink: Went to Brookwood Park. Percy Oaks & Miss Ford married.) Sunday July 17 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up 8.45. Breakfast 9.30. Read Burnet's History of his own Time. Very interesting. After pottered about. Got camera out. Wrote many letters, Macmillan etc. Tested my key camera after lunch. Went for walk with Mite, Tabs & H. Tea. Thought I heard pumping. Was fox cubs shut up. Dinner after another walk. Little rabbit shut in in wire fence by head. Set it free. Found mushrooms. Dinner. Sleepy after. Hamilton played. Bed 11.0 sharp. (Red ink: Brookwood Park. Wet day.) Monday July 18 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up 8.30. Down 9.0. Tested camera & after looked out book in Hamilton's book case. Valuable old book on the Horse. Walk with camera in grounds. Photod cow, goat & foxes. Lark with 3 fox cubs. Got out & spread about. Men after them. After back to house. Lunch. Left 2.20. Drive to Ropley. Seymour Haden's cart. Up to town. Heavy wet. Lady got in at Aldershot. Mite & self home by 5.45. M better. Tea. Dressed & on in heavy wet in carriage to dine with Miss Rose Innes. Mr & Mrs Joyce (Miriam) Chilean gent, Mr & Mrs Macinlay, Mr Stubbs, Mrs Robertson, Miss Rose Innes & selves. Good dinner. Oh slow slow Joyce. On to Royal English Opera House. Saw Sarah Bernhardt in La Dame aux Camelias. Very good. Pretty woman in stalls. Lockett Agnew & also Binns Smith. After left 11.30 & home. Not so wet. M better. (Red ink: Went to dine at the Bristol, Sarah Bernhardt after.) Tuesday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. At 9.45 rode in Park in straw hat. Saw Heathorn, Stone & author Jones. Rode with Jones. Hideous old woman. Back home. Developed 6 plates, 4 spoilt. Lunch. Pouring wet day all afternoon. Got to work & began replica of Burying of Broad Gauge. Finished Lancashire & Derbyshire Railway. After dined & quiet evening afterwards. Slept in chair till 1.0am. Bed. Heavy continuous wet all day. Connie Gilchrist married to Earl of Orkney today. (Red ink: Quiet day at home. Wet all day nearly.) Wednesday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bath. Dull morning. Gale of wind. Elections nearly over. Photo hut. Wrote diary & after worked on replica of Burial of the Broad Gauge. Lunch. M went to Miss Faudel Phillips's wedding. Dressed at 3.30. At 3.50 Mr Phillips called about his drawings. Delayed me 1 hour. Took cab at 4.45 & drove to Turkish bath in Northumberland Avenue. Good bath. Hair cut. Out 6.45, walked to P.D. Bradbury ill. Good dinner. F.C.B, Guthrie, Reed, B.P, Arthur à B, Furniss, self & J.T. Furniss loud aggressive & vulgar. Stayed till 11..45. Walked with Milliken as far as Waterloo Bridge. Took hansom home. Window unlocked in drawing room. Bed 12.50 exactly. (Red ink: Miss Faudel Phillips married to Mr Henriques.) Thursday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. fine morning. Did not ride. Got to work to finish drawing replica of Burial of Broad gauge. Fox sent at 10.30am. Worked up to 2.0pm. Lunch. At 2.30 rode mare through St John's Wood on to Highgate to see
Burdett Coutt's stud. Baron Herschel there, Lord Willoughby de Eresby etc etc. Good show. Talk to the Baroness etc etc. Left at 6.15 exactly. Back home 7.30pm. Dinner. M & self drove in hansom to see play The Fringe of Society. Met the Lillys at the door. Hot. Stalls. Duffings. Stupid play. Left last act, out & home. Commissionaire disappointed about cab. Cab rushed. Home 11.30. Snack. Bed 12.15pm. (Red ink: Went to Burdett Coutts horse show. Lady Harris's garden party. Advertisement in 'Times' about Marquis.) Friday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Rode in Park 8.45 to 9.30. Saw Reed & Pepys Cockerell back with grey horse. Got to work. Wrote letters. Drew drawing of Moor & Sir Ewan Smith. F.C.B called 12.0. Note about hat, Lincoln & Bennett. Worked up to 10.45. Dinner. Champagne. M back from her mother's. Sleepy. Spencer called with Hilda. (Red ink: Rode with Pepys Cockerell.) Saturday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got to work on Hat sketch for Lincoln & Bennett. Finished 11.15. Boy had been round to stables. Took himself off. Had to send Purnell to Swain's with drawing. Dressed. Left in cab at 12.55. Called with parcel at Lambs’. Lost leather cigar case. Blew them up about cap. Walked to Club. Had lobster. Routledge & Lord Euston. Introduced. Never spoke a word. Ashby Sterry came in after also Foster. Hope sold Marquis. After walked very hot to Lyric Theatre. Mother, M, Mademoiselle & Mite there. Saw Mountebanks. Had 2 boxes. Met the Willards. Out at 5.20. Back with Mite in carriage from Sackville St. Rode round Battersea Park & up Earls Court Road. Home by 8.0. Dined. Beef. Quiet evening. Bed 12.0am exactly. (Red ink: Went to see 'Mountebanks' matinée. Advertisement in 'Times' about Marquis.) Sunday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Rode to Richmond, Wimbledon etc on mare. Lunched with Barkers. Met the Mortimers. Pleasant lady. Left with big cigar at 2.45. Walked mare down hill. Home 4.0 exactly. Tea. My mother depressing & very discontented. Carriage at 5.15pm. Called with M & saw Tenniel's cob. On to Zoo around 5.45. Left 6.35. Back. Carriage went to Albert Hall Mansions for Maud. Came back empty. Took my mother back. Dinner at 8.0 after writing letters. Quiet evening after. Maud back at 10.0. Read in Sunday Sun Zola's Débacle. Bed 12.0am exactly. M not well. (Red ink: Rode to lunch at Barkers. Zoological after. This is the last time I had lunch & talk with Barker. Only saw him once after at my mother's funeral. Died March 20th 1893.) Monday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50am. Rode in Park 8.30 to 9.45. Saw Sir C Russell, Miss Russell & C.Matthews etc. Good ride with Miss R. Back breakfast. Wrote many letters. Gave cheque to Mite for £3.0.0. Wrote Livesay. Met Huish in morning who arranged to come round tonight. Got on & nearly finished drawing of Burial of Broad Gauge for Newcastle. At 6.30 Huish called & looked over drawings. Arranged for exhibition next year. Dined quietly after & bed early. Advertisement in Times about Marquis. (Red ink: Huish called at 6.30 & arranged for Exhibition in next June.)
Tuesday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode in Park before breakfast. Saw Mr Smith & daughters, also Mills. Oh Mills, Mills! Slow. In morning wrote Sarles etc etc. Orders for stores to Fittleworth. After finished drawing of Burial of Broad Gauge. Fox sent for it at 1.30pm. Sent it off. In afternoon put away all drawings in envelopes etc & wrote & made up many dates on them. Still some to do. Dined quietly after & bed early. Mite busy on her jacket. Lincoln & Bennett wrote to thank me for drawing. (Red ink: Finished replica of Burial of Broad Gauge & sent it off 2.0. Cheque received Aug 3 1892.) Wednesday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode in Park mare before breakfast. Saw Wirgman etc. Back. Breakfast. After wrote further orders for stores, ordering brown rope etc. Lunch. M out in carriage. Mrs Herapath called. Left at 4.15pm for Turkish bath. Saw the back of Mrs H near pillar box. Cab to Turkish baths in N.A. No 8 shampooer. Out at 6.35. Walked to P.D. Very full dinner. Wore checked coat & straw hat. Furniss rude about it. F.C.B, Guthrie, Lucy, Reed, B.P, Milliken, Arthur à B, D.M, Furniss, Lehmann, self & J.T. Had written out cheque to apply for shares in Palace Theatre. After P.D thought better of it. Advice against on moral grounds. Good cut for self. Tourist & Nationalities. Left. Walked with Guthrie & B.P, called Beefsteak Club. Saw Corny Grain, Drummond etc, also against Palace Theatre. Home in cab at 1.20. Home & in bed by 2.0am. My mother not round. (Red ink: Doubtful as to applying for shares in Palace Theatre.) Thursday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am Put riding things on & after breakfast at 10.0am rode mare in Park for last time in season. Saw Finlay etc, Stone etc. Chaff about Finlay looking at Tenniel's cob. Rode until 11.30 am. Home. Lunch. Aferwards got to work on drawing of Tourist & Countries. Mite photod me in new suit at 2.0pm. Spencer in at Stafford Terr with Hilda & Daggles. Photod them ½ doz plates. Fanny Barker called at 12.45 about Mademoiselle. Developed plates. Hot sun. Got to work. Arranged subject up to 7.0pm. Dressed & took cab to dine with Stone. Got there 8.0pm. Capn Heathorn, Mr Bevan & Mr Richmond (brother of W.Richmond) self & Stone dined. Good dinner & plenty of wine. Sleepy after. Heathorn drove me home in his brougham. Talk of Dilke etc. Home at 12.15am exactly. (Red ink: Dined at William Stone's. Last ride of season on mare.) Friday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & got to work after breakfast. Roy back from Eton 9.30. Looking well & good report, 2nd in class. Had to work all day hard on subject of Distressed Tourist & England etc & other countries. Hard all day & finished latest ever did. At 11.25pm sent boy off. Saw Mr Littleton in the dining room in afternoon about Marquis. In evening Roy & Mademoiselle went to see The Private Secy. Back 11.30. Mite & M did not go. Very busy over her jacket, like an Eton jacket. Emma in to work. Slept in chair exhausted till 2.0am. Bed. Sent Marquis in cart for Mr Littleton to look at. (Red ink: Roy back from Eton. Nearly poisoned at night with copper soup. Bah!!) Saturday July 30
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Decided not to ride. Purnell round. Put photos away etc. Long morning. Tired. Decided to go to Fittleworth by later train. Wired Horlick & Effie. Put all photos away etc. Wrote mother. Packed bags. Put out clothes etc & gave Wolmann brown paper etc. Drew cheques etc. Just got ready only. Drove in omnibus to station Victoria. Great crowd, all very civil. Reserved carriage 1 st class to Pulborough. Changed, more civility. Got to Fittleworth 6.30, ½ hr late. Effie met us in Victoria. Drove to Con's. Very pretty maid. Unpacked. Down to river after tea. Con & Mr Skinner out fishing, Percy English also. Got into canoe for 5 minutes. Back. Dinner. Quarrelsome dogs. Roy & Maud dined in study. Dinner, bad wine. Whiskey & Apollinaris after. Smoke. Fight between old spaniel & lame fox-terrier. Row. Into drawing room. Bed after smoke & whiskey at 12.15pm. Comfortable bed. Roy hot & restless. Took clothes off him. (Red ink across page: M, self, Roy & Maud left at 3.0pm for Fittleworth. Mademoiselle Jacquenot left.) Sunday July 31 The Grange, Fittleworth. Up 8.0am. Roy in room worrying. At 8.30 out in boat & up to Dead Man's Hole for swim. Difficulty in getting Roy into the water. Back for breakfast. Lovely hot morning. Sat out & read. Roy, M & Maud went for cruise in boat. Lunch. In afternoon sat about etc. Went for walk. Threatened rain etc. Strolled back. Bull dog out. Took photos etc. Cold supper dinner. Got bottle of Saumur. Good meal. Trod on dog who bit my boot. After read Tom Brown's Schooldays. Sleepy. Whiskey & bed at 12.30 after long yarn. Changed plates. (Red ink: Good idle day at Fittleworth. Very hot & close. Stormy in afternoon.) Aug 1892 Monday August 1 The Grange, Fittleworth. Up 8.0am. Roy & self went to bathe. Good swim. Back. Breakfast after. Skinner & Fritz's cousin (Kindermann) went up river in boat. Read book Cruise of Wanderer. After Roy & self went to river. Met F's cousin. Went up in boat to photo. Rowed & caught up Skinner. Got in & rowed to bridge. Landed to fish. Roy & lame man went to farm house to get milk. Cruise in boat by self. Hoisted sail. After good breeze & sailed home. Landed & photod banks of docks. Back. Lunch. Good lunch. Opened liqueur. After dozed & read. Skinner left for town. All went up at 5.0 to Jephsons for lawn tennis. Had 2 sets. Ethel English & self against Roy & Conrad. Won one each. After single set with Roy. Very hot. Walked home. Too late for swim. Changed & dined 8.15. Bottle Saumur. Cigar. Dancing on lawn. Sleep on sofa. Changed plates. Bed at 12.45am. Tired. Good sleep. (Red ink across page: Bank Holiday. Did not feel it at all. Lawn tennis at the Jephsons.) Tuesday August 2 The Grange, Fittleworth. Up 8.0am. Bright sunny morning. Roy & self went off with Fu to bathe. Roy jumped in. Photod. Back to breakfast. Read 'Times' after & at 11.0 went with Maud & Roy in boat as far as bridge. Sailed back. Hat fell in water. Fu & water rat. Lunch. Cold mutton etc. Percy English left at 3.0pm. Roy worrying Maud for cricket. Made up mind to work. Drawing in afternoon. All away. Maid brought tea 5.30. Dull grey evening. All back 6.15. Most went in boat although drizzling. M up in room with me where I put things. Got to work till 7.5pm. Roy came & M self & Roy went to bathe. Had good plunge. Roy argumentative & not very good. Dressed. Dinner. Chicks at dinner. Smoked after
& read book on 1st Carlist War. Long talk with Con about Eddie B after. Bed 12.0am. Good sleep. Wednesday August 3 The Grange, Fittleworth. Up 8.0. Went with Roy to swim. Grey morning. Rowed as far as mill. Breakfast. Letters. Cleared after. Cigar. Cricket. Got to work & worked all morning, M writing letters. Cheque received from Miss Noble £21.0.0. Worked on Almanack & skemed all subjects. Traced them. Worked on till 2.30pm, astonished late for lunch & scramble. Just got off by train. Roy went with me. Up to town. Saw tall handsome woman on platform at Pulborough, Mrs Macdonald. Met H.Burnand & wife at Victoria. Carriage outside. Drove to Garrick Club & walked on from there to P.D. Up stairs. Bernard Partridge left taken suddenly ill. Guthrie, Lehmann, Arthur à B, Furniss, self & Tenniel there. Good dinner. Hy F better. Left at 11.30 & on to Garrick by carriage. Wrote 3 or 4 letters & to Boussod Valendon & Co. Home by 12.45. (Red ink: Up to town from Fittleworth.) Thursday August 4 Stafford Terrace. Wrote many letters in morning. Darling wrote about meet etc. At 1.30 Nash's man came round & photod him for Snail & workman. Also Purnell photod self for Black Sheep at 2.15pm. Developed plates. At 4.30 drove in carriage to get Mite's present to Welby's. Back again. Called on mother. Saw her. Afterwards worked till 3.15 on drawing of men climbing into ship. Carriage at 8.30. Kept me waiting 10 minutes. Drove to Beefsteak. Dined. Saw Leslie Ward, Matthews etc. After at 11.0 went to Empire. Saw Alfred de Rothschild etc. Garrick. Met Toole in hall. Asked me to supper. Went. Sir C.Hall, Sir A.Borthwick, young Fernandez, Coningsby Disraeli, Joe Knight etc etc. Sat next Hall & sat till 3.0am. Home by cab by daylight. Too much snake & Champagne. Mrs Herapath in in morning asking to dinner. Did not go. Parliament met at Westminster. (Red ink: Seasons dinner at Star & Garter, Richmond.) (Red ink across page: Supper with Toole at the Garrick. Stayed very late.) Friday August 5 Stafford Terrace. Woke 8.45. Very buzzy. No headache but unfit for work. Down. Breakfast & got to work. Very hot. Took no photos at all. Worked all day on Gladstonian Liberals climbing into Ship. My mother had carriage at 3.0 & back to tea 4.30. Wirgman called on horse at noon. At 8.0pm drove in carriage to Dawson Place & dined with Wirgman. Good dinner. Met Hadden (Hammond) Chambers, Stuart Wortley, Swan, Solomon etc etc. Did not feel up to dinner much. Good stories. Worm six feet long, Swan's story. Talk to Hadden Chambers about Eton. Left 11.30. Walked home. Took wrong turning, up Essex Villas. Home 12.30. Read 'Piping Hot'. Sleep 1.30am. Planet Mars nearest Earth, 35 million miles away. Looked at it through glass. (Red ink: Dear Mite's birthday, 17 years old today.) (Red ink across page: Dined with Wirgman 8.15. Good dinner.) Saturday August 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Fine hot morning. Put things away. Printed photos & developed plates etc. Felt better. Purnell round. After carriage ordered & round at 1.0. Could not find my pass anywhere, much annoyed. Left 1.20. Drove to Welby's. Chose Maud's bracelet & brooch etc. Club. Lunched off lobster etc. Changed cheque for £5. Carriage waited. Saw Chapmell. Drove back to
Kensington again, could not find pass. On at 3.20 to Victoria. Caught train down to Fittleworth. Young man got in train with slight moustache. Slept heavily all way down. Out at Pulborough. Dear Maud met me at Fittleworth. No Roy. On to house. Went with Roy to swim. Did not swim self. Back. Dinner. Claret & apollinaris. Livery. Sleepy after dinner. Smoke & talk. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Down to Fittleworth again.) Sunday August 7 The Grange, Fittleworth. Up at 8.45. Dull showery morning. Went with Roy to bathe. Swim. Men fishing exactly at Dead Man's Hole. Back. Breakfast. After photod Conny, Mite, Eff & Miss English etc etc. Lunch. Slept in chair 2 hours. After tea wrote letters to 7.15. Went off with Roy to swim. Did not swim self. Men had caught few gudgeon & 2 small eels all day. Back supper. Pipe & bed. Quiet peaceful day. Con told me about HRH. P.L. Bed 12.0 exactly. (Red ink: Quiet peaceful day at Fittleworth. Dull & cloudy.) Monday August 8 The Grange, Fittleworth. Up 8.20am. Went with Roy to swim. Recovered reeds. Good swim for 10 minutes. Back. Breakfast. Letter from F.C.B etc & about horse. Read Times. Walked up to P.O. Very hot. Could not get envelopes. Roy worried about lawn tennis. Back & wrote many letters in afternoon, in fact all afternoon. Did a little work & after at 4.0 dressed & out 5.0pm walked with Conrad to the Johnson's place for a garden party. Very hot. Talk of Sir Edgar Boehm. Got there 5.45. Roy & Maud had gone in the donkey cart. Slow gathering. Saw young Aird. Walked back with Roy & Con. Collie dog followed. M & Mite went home in the donkey cart. After called on Mrs Hawkins & had ginger beer. Back & out with Roy to swim. All others in boat. Roy swam round boat. Had a dip myself & back. Dinner. Quiet evening. Told Effie of Pat. Bed 12.0. Talk of affairs of estate. Tuesday August 9 The Grange, Fittleworth. Up 8.0am. Roy & self went to swim. Breakfast. After begun in earnest in room, drawing for. Put in mice, duck & ram, black sheep, after lunch. At 5.0 after tea went up to cricket field with Roy. Roy bowled & little yokels about. Left at 6.45 & went M, Roy & self in boat for swim. Roy swam, I did not. Quiet dinner. Con & Effie went up to town & back to dinner. Bed 12.0 after talk. Wednesday August 10 The Grange, Fittleworth. Up at 8.0am. Roy & self went for bathe in river for last time. Fine hot morning very close. Lunch after writing letters etc. Left at 3.0pm. Met young Huxley at Pulborough, went up to town with him. Talk of Egypt etc. Purnell met me at Victoria. Sent bags home & walked to Club. Wrote letters. Walked to near the Lyceum & took cab to P.D. Small dinner. F.C.B, Arthur à B, Reed, Lucy, self & Tenniel. Left 11.45. Suggested cut of shooting over dogs & also title. Home by cab by 12.45pm. Bradbury no better. (Red ink: Left Fittleworth.) (Pencil note: Lost blue cap, Aug 29,'99.) Thursday August 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. At 10.0 Stace came round & photod him for German porter & for Jack Horner, 5/-. After draped Purnell & photod him for Columbus.
Developed & printed many photos. At tea time begun & finished drawing of Grouse Driving. Finished 8.30pm & took cab to Beefsteak Club & dined. Furniss there & young Lawson Scots Guards. Division of the House of Commons. Government defeated by 38 votes. Went late to Empire. Saw Milton, also Phillip Cosens. Left 11.30 & called Garrick. Sat in smoking room. One other. Waited for division. Home 12.30 by cab to Stafford Terrace. Read 'Piping Hot'. Cheque sent for £73.0.0 odd for Xtra acct. (Red ink across page: Division in the House & defeat of Government.) Friday August 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & printed photos at 10.0. At 10.30 begun drawing of Columbus. Worked all day. My mother could not come round. Wrote note. Worked up to 10.30. Dined by self, ½ bottle of Perinet. Slept on sofa till 1.30am. Bed after. Sent Purnell to Stores for vests & tobacco etc etc. Lovely fine hot day. Wrote K.M about tomorrow. Saturday August 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Undecided whether to photo K.M. Wired not. Lovely sunny morning. Tidied things up. Wrote letters & packed. Drew letters for Randall Davies. At 1.15 lunched, ½ bottle of Champagne. At 1.30 round to stable & to see my mother. Mother not well. Got off & caught the 2.25pm for Christ Church. One other man in train. Took Tony with me. Tony behaved and at Bishopstoke came across M, Maud & Roy after their tiring cross journey of 4 changes. Got into my carriage & on to Ch Ch. Civil station master. Roy had worried his mother. Mule panniers missing. Back in carriage & asked station master to wire. On to Elm Hurst. Roy bought key for watch. Bought envelopes. 1 st view of Elm Hurst. Charming house, 1st rate. Tea & down to sea shore. Hamilton back after arrival. Roy & Miss Holland playing game ½ croquet. Dressed. Dinner. Game of billiards after with H. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Game of Cozzare, ½ croquet.) (Red ink across page: Came down to Elm Hurst for 1st time 1892.) Sunday August 14 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up 8.0am. Went with Roy to have swim for 1 st time in sea. Tony went. Tony swam right out to sea. Tide very far out. Back to breakfast. After sat about all morning in lovely weather. Mite in hammock. Photod her after lunch & Chicks. Exposed plates twice. H & self went to look at bar of river. In afternoon after 2 hours work went with Hamilton & Roy for long walk along beach. Roy bathed. Back. Got wet. Rain came on. Dinner & quiet delightful evening. Sleepy after. Bed at 11.15pm. Played game of ½ croquet in the morning with Roy. Beat him. Monday August 15 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up 8.0am & went with Roy to swim. After going back saw Col & Mrs Sermon. After breakfast sat about & after got to work on Almanack. Lunch. After H marked single court out. Took photos of dogs & children. Worked. Tea & after played Roy two single sets. Beaten. After 2. 4 sets beaten. Dinner & game of billiards after. Hamilton beat me 2 games. Changed plates & bed 12.0. Tuesday 16 August
Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up 8.0am. Roy & self went for swim. Back. Hamilton's yacht round. Undecided. H walking up & down. Decided not to go to Southampton. Worked. Photod Jackdaw after lunch. After tea played Roy 2 single sets & had lovely swim after. Back 8.0pm. Hamilton back to 8.30 dinner. Did not play billiards. Changed plates. Bed early. H & Miss Holland went to Southampton. Wrote many letters in afternoon. Roy & Maud came down to dinner & dined. Letter from F.C.B about Forbes & Watkins. Cheque for 36 guineas sent from Davies for acct, L & D & B.G. Rly. Wednesday August 17 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up 8.0am. Hot sunny morning. Bathe with Roy. Lovely morning. Back & got to work all morning at Almanack. Lunch & worked after on Almanack. Tea & played Roy 1 set. Beat him. Before played Hamilton 2 sets lawn tennis, was beaten. 4 game after, Miss H & H against R & self. Beaten 1 set & a half. Did not bathe. M drove to Airds & called on Sermon. Lovely hot afternoon. Dressed & after dinner beat Hamilton 2 games of billiards. Bed at 11.0pm. Tired. Changed 1 plate. took no photos today at all. 2 bracelets came down from Welby, gave them to M & Maud. Lovely. Thursday August 18 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up at 8.12. Dull morning. Went with Roy to bathe. Tide up. Lovely bathe & Tony went backwards & forwards. Two beetles fighting, one feeding on other. Breakfast. No tea. Decided to go on yacht at 10.30. Hamilton, self, Roy, M, Maud & Miss Holland went on board Columbine. Tony left with Tabs on shore. Got to yacht. Sea came in & wet Maud in dingy. Settled on deck. In ¾ hour heavy rain, squally & thunder came on. M, Maud & Miss H ill. Wretched time. Went ashore at Bournemouth at 2.35pm. Fly & caught 3.15 train. Home in heavy rain. Bought papers. Fly on to Elm Hurst. Tabs met us with Tony. Tabs & Roy playing billiards. Hamilton & Miss Holland returned 5.15pm. Still heavy wet. Wrote letters. Dinner. After played Hamilton 2 games of billiards. Beat him. Bed 1.30pm. (Red ink across page: All got caught in squall on yacht. Frightfully wet.) Friday August 19 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up 6.0am. Dressed. Breakfast. Caught 7.40am train at Hinton Admiral. Met Aird & a Mr Ward. Changed Brockenhurst. Got in pullman car. News of new Baronets & Knights. Lawson, Seager bart & Carbutt. Jaffray, Boots, Maple, Ashmead Bartlett & Douglas Straight knights. Home by cab. No letter from Scotter. All well. Got to work at 11.50 on drawing of Lawson & Labby. 'Of course my boy its the right thing to do'. Worked on till 10.45pm finished. Alice took photo of self for Labby. Dark, heavy lowering clouds all day & very black. Could hardly print. Wrote letters of congratulations in morning. (Red ink: Went up by 7.40am from Ch Ch or Hinton Admiral for work all day in town.) (Red ink across page: Dear Roy's birthday, 14 years old.) Saturday August 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. In room. Wrote letters etc. After breakfast tidied room etc. Sent fan off & parcel to Stores. After found could not catch 12.15 train, wired Fletcher. Called & saw mother. Sad. Left after lunch at 1.40 for Waterloo. Good cab. Down by 2.15pm train. Flighty youth in train & fat square face. Pony cart met me Ch Ch. Roy away at cricket match. Got 9 wickets. Played 3 sets lawn
tennis. Won 1, lost 2. Dinner, grouse from Vernon. After felt very sleepy. Played 2 games 100 up billiards with H. Won both. H 40 points ahead in 1 st. (Red ink: Came down again to Elm Hurst by 2.15pm from Waterloo.) Sunday August 21 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up 8.30. Roy & self bathed. Tony. Back breakfast. After read Sherard Osborn's book on Chinese naval battle 1859. Up in room & worked. Snail & Champagne bottle. Changed suit & down on front of sea. Lunch. Grouse. Wrote many letters. Sent Orton cheque for £21.0.0. After went for walk with Maud & Roy to High Cliff Castle. Hamilton went too. Met Aird party all turned & came to Elm Hurst. Party in Elm Hurst. Walked round. 1 st view of Phrene Knowles. Roy H & self went as far as bathing house. Roy bathed. I did not. Back. Dinner. Changed plates. Bed 11.0. After dinner went in to Col Sermon to look at planet Mars through telescope. Did not see much. Lovely evening. Monday August 22 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Lovely morning up 8.0am. Roy & self bathed. Breakfast. Got on with work. Roy & his uncle played cricket. After lunch Roy went on tricycle to Nugents. Maud & self went in pony cart to garden party at the Knowles'. Lawn tennis. Parson of Ch Ch Mr Bush who married Kemp Welch's sister. Miss Phrene Knowles, very handsome. Back with Mite. Roy rolling down. Went for swim in evening. Roy tired. Billiards. Bed. Roy at dinner. Voice went up. Had invited boys for tomorrow. (What am I to do!). In afternoon man brought Daniel boar hound. Photod him. Made for Ju & Colonel. Huge brute. Mr Musgrave, Wood cottage, Wood Lane, Uxbridge Road, London W. Gum boil came on. Tuesday August 23 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up 8.0am. Did not bathe on acct of Roy being tired. Worked in morning. Lunch. Master Nugent & boys’ friends (Wards) came over for Roy. After awful thunderstorm in evening from 5 to 7.30. Vivid lightning & thunder. Dined. Good dinner. Hamilton & Miss Holland went on board yacht at 1.0pm. Back again, no wind. In evening after dinner Mr & Mrs Gillson & Mrs Sermon came in to play pool. Roy divided one with me. Toothache from gum boil. (Red ink across page: Violent thunderstorm from 5.0pm to 7.30pm.) Wednesday August 24 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up 8.0am. Went with Roy to bathe. Back. Breakfast. Worked on Xmas N° all morning. Hamilton & Miss Holland went for sail. Back again. No wind. Worked all aftrnoon up to tea time. Game of lawn tennis after, Miss Holland, H & self 2 sets. After dinner Hamilton beat me two games of billiards by many points. Great game, 60 + 40 in excess of points. Roy went off for cricket match. Roy & self bathed after at 7.30pm. Punch dinner at the Mitre, Hampton Court. 1 st time for many years. Tooth ache from gum boil. Thursday August 25 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up at 7.30. Bathed & back with Roy. All caught 9.25 train for Southampton. Miss Holland, Tabs, Hamilton & self. Very hot. Left Tabs at Southampton to meet Mervyn. Went on board Columbine. Irish pilot & daughter Biddy on board. Got under weigh 11.0am. Sailed up Southampton Water. Took photos. Put Irishman & daughter ashore at Fort. After much delay fresh breeze.
Lunch 1.45. Very hungry. Sea rough. Got to Mudeford at 5.30pm. Landed on shore. Walk to Elm Hurst. Mervyn back & at platform end of garden. Had game of tennis after tea. Roy & self against Hamilton & Miss Holland. Beaten. Roy & self bathed after. Dinner, Mervyn's birds. 2 games of billiards after. H won one & I one. Bed 11.30. Mrs Herapath came down. Toothache from gum boil. Very painful. Friday August 26 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up at 6.0am. Dressed. Put artist's bag up & left by cart for Hinton Admiral. Caught 7.40 train. Up to town. 1 other to Woking. Train filled & Sir Reginald Welby got in. Cab home from Vauxhall. Got home 10.55. Awfully slow hansom. Hand organ playing. No letter from F.C.B. Mr Romford & son & friend called about Marquis. Had trial of him. Letter from Frank 12.0. No subject. Did Punch yachting. Lunch. Hungry. Worked & finished 10.45 Punch yachting in 20 ton yacht. Dinner. Slept till 2.0am. Bed. Toothache from gum boil. Saturday August 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Wrote letter to F.C.B & after tidied up room etc etc. Went round to see my mother, distressing interview. Back. Lunch. Rain came on. Could not use cart. Cab in rain to Waterloo. Caught 2.14pm. Went down all by self. Read Harpers. Fly in pouring rain to Elm Hurst. All playing billiards etc. Mother there. Dinner after long walk with M in gale with Ju & Colonel. Peter & Lamb found mushrooms. Round by Seekins. After went with Roy for bathe. Rough sea. Back & dressed for dinner. Good dinner. Mervyn's birds shot 1 month ago. 2 games of billiards after. H won both. Changed plates & bed at 11.30pm. Lovely view of Mars when bathing. Toothache from gum boil. Relief at 7.30pm. Sunday August 28 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up 8.30. Roy & self went for lovely bathe. Rough sea. Breakers. Found ladies' cap. Wreckage. Saved planks etc etc. Back. Breakfast. After pipe & addressed envelopes. Tooth troublesome. Took photo of Tabs for Monte Carlo, also of house, Gwen & Eveline. Lunch. After read Mr Welch's letter. Wrote 14 letters arranging for journey etc etc. Lovely afternoon. After tea in summer house. Took photo of family in shelter with Jackdaw catching flies. Walk with Hamilton & Roy. Round to (blank) Bunny. Ditches & wells cut in cliff to drain it. On to shore. Roy bathed. Trick of breaking stones. Tabs, Miss H & Mite along sand with Ju, Colonel & Peter. Lovely walk back with new moon. Ju thrashed. Dressed. Dinner. Slept on sofa afterwards. Changed 7½ x 5 plates. Bed 11.45pm. M & Mite packing. Toothache from gum boil still troublesome. Going. Monday August 29 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up at 8.15am. Peter in bedroom. Roy & self went for swim. Got sea weed. Tony escaped from hut. Tennis ball. Back. Breakfast. All going off. Miss Holland left early. Mite, M & Mervyn left for town 10.45. Good bye. Roy went too. Played Roy 50 up. After wrote long letters all morning. Lunch. After played set off with Roy at lawn tennis, 4 to 1. Beaten 6 to 1. 2 nd set beaten 6 to 3, was 3 games to 1 at start. Rain came on. Hamilton had wire about yacht. Cheque posted. After tea Hamilton & self commenced 500 up at billiards. Roy excited. At end of 3 rd 100 self 1 to good. H made 20 & 25 breaks. Heavy rain. No bathe. Dressed. Bagged Roy into dinner. Champagne. Roy & Eton reminiscences. After dinner
finished sets, 4th hundred self leading, 5th H won by 25 or 28 points. Lucky & fluky. Roy sat up. Left off 10.45pm. Looked at Bennetts cuts 1865. Bed 11.30pm. Roy hot & awake. Gum boil still troublesome. Tuesday August 30 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up 8.0. Roy & self went to bathe. Strong wind & cold. Short bathe. Back. Breakfast. Tabs in bed with a nasty cold. Mother down to breakfast & took a walk in the wind. After breakfast put photo case up & played Roy 50 up at billiards. Beaten. Left at 10.45 in cart for Ch Ch. Roy went. Left him in station. Most comfortable 1st class carriage with lavatory up. Train punctual. Home 2.30. Mr Rumford refused Marquis. M & Maud & Miss Gill. Developed 10 plates, Tabs, Homburg & Monte Carlo etc, house etc. After tea wrote 7 or 8 letters. Sent cheque for journey. Wrote diary. Organ playing. Row outside between policeman & man (cab runner.) Miss G, M & Maud went to see my mother. Dinner 7.45. Skemed Fox (Labby) & Grapes. Read papers. Sleep after dinner. Bed 11.15pm. All well, my mother better. Gum boil still troublesome. (Red ink across page: Left Christ Church after most pleasant visit.) Wednesday August 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wrote Stores, night suits without collars. Breakfast. Developed dog plates etc etc. Got to work 10.30. Maud & M left in carriage for Mr Noble Smith 11.30. Strong windy morning. M & Maud back to lunch. Marquis went well. After M took Maud to see her off by the Granville. Met Mr & Mrs Hammond & Mrs Burnand. Got on with drawing of Labby as Fox & Ministerial Grapes. Left at 4.30 & got into cab at Kensington station. Heavy shower. Cab went round by Hornton St. Drive to Turkish baths. Had bath & hair cut. American in hot room. News of cholera. Shampooer No 8. Left at 6.50. Cab to 1 st Avenue Hotel. Sergeant in hall. P.D in room 137. F.C.B, Arthur, Lucy, Guthrie, Tenniel, self & Furniss. Good dinner. Discussion about cut & Gladstone as shark. Left at 1.50. Cab home by Silver St. M in bed. Read Pall Mall. Bed 1.15am. (Red ink: Punch dinner 1st Avenue Hotel.) Gum boil not healed. (Red ink: Suicide of Margaret Dartrey Doig at Dover aged 22. Threw herself from cliff 300 ft high. Father a baker living 74 Red Lion St, Holborn. This written May 17, 1893.) Sep 1892 Thursday September 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & got on with drawing of Labby. Worked all morning. M packing. Lunch. Finished drawing 3.15. Sent it off. Began to pack etc. My mother & Mrs Sheehy came in. Bother. Rush to pack things. Hindered. Developed Tabby by sea shore. Dined 6.15. Tilda in, left 6.45. Buss up 6.45. Purnell put things in. Got off by 7.0 & drove to Euston by buss. Jupp away. Civil guard etc etc. 1st class reserved. Got pillows etc. Bought magazines. Must provide pillows for future years. Read by reading lamp. Tumbled down. Slept at 9.45. Felt cold at night. Slept all night on way to Scotland. Gum boil still troublesome. (Red ink: Left London for Tressady 7.0pm.) Friday September 2 On board train from Euston to Perth. Woke up by guard at 6.0am at Perth. M & self went in for breakfast. Tall governess & children. Dull small skulled old man. Girls etc. Walk after. Mrs Nash (Miss Weston) came up. Walked about. Pretty little
girl in next carriage. Trundled on to Inverness. Hurried lunch. Should not put in tin box. Inverness at 11.30. Changed. Difficulty in getting carriage. One other man in. Saw Spencer at Dingwall. On, got to Rogart at 3.15. Dull. Cold. Rain. Stayed at P.O. Wired for licence to shoot. Drove on to Tressady. Arrived 4.0pm. Lady M met us. Miss Taylor, Eaton Place. After tea found Moon (Haddock) in smoking room. Played 2 rounds of golf. Wet. Cold. Back 6.0pm. Saw Vernon. Dressed. Dinner. After fell asleep in chair. Bed 11.30. Thring, Marshall, Foot, Moon staying. Gum boil still troublesome. (Red ink across page: Arrived Tressady 4.0pm.) Saturday September 3 Tressady, Rogart. Up & breakfast 9.30am. Heavy wet showers & very cold. Started at 10.30am to shoot home beat. Marshall, Vernon, self, Moon, Thring, guns. Foot walked. Birds scarce. Squelching showers. Cold. Lunch at 1.10pm. Shot over grouse on wing. Let hare off. Very wet. Cloak useful. Did not sit down. Attack of P. Started 1.40 without cloak. Took six photographs. Got terribly wet & wind cold. Sent Short Angus back for cloak. Poor sport. Back up drive by 5.0pm. Arrival of Richards & Newton. Letters. Wrote many letters. Heavy wet. Dressed by fire. Dinner. Foot sleepy after dinner. Game of whist after. Newton & self against Vernon & Thring. Lost 2/6. Changed 6 plates. Bed. Foot dragged on his back & tickled. Gum boil very troublesome. (Red ink across page: 1st day's shoot, Tressady. Cold wretched weather.) Sunday September 4 Tressady, Rogart. Up 9.0. Breakfast 10.15. Good breakfast. Dull cold day. Pipe after. At 11.0 golf match. Scored for Foot & Newton. Thring & Vernon playing. Played one round with Moon. Self took 60. Lunch. Royle came over. Good lunch. Cold beef, chutney & rice. After lunch played 2 nd round. Marshall & Richards also. Very painful attack of P all day. Rather seedy. After tea went up & saw match between Richards & Newton against Foot & Thring. R & N won by 4 holes. Lost 2/s to Moon. Suspicion of cold in head. Read before dinner. Washed shirt etc. Wrote letters. Made offer for Ramsgate to Vinten. Wrote Roy & my mother. Dinner. Took Miss Taylor in. Good dinner. Claret. Game after. One of things guessed other side of moon. Pipe after. Sleepy. Bed 11.50. M stayed up. Washed shirt. Did not change plates. Read ¼ hr & bed 12.15. Gum boil on wane. (Red ink across page: Golf match all day on Tressady links. Rather seedy all day.) Monday September 5 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.30. Had woken up in night, P. Richards in bathroom. Down 9.10. Early breakfast. M late. Vernon, Marshall, Richards, Newton, Thring, went to shoot the Brora. Foot to fish. Self in smoking room. Still bad with P & suspicion of cold in head. Horrid. Moon left 10.30 for 11.15 train. Saw train. Read most interesting article on Empress Eugenie extracted from 'An Englishman in Paris' by Archibald Forbes. Completely altered opinion of Empress. Read also Lynch Law in Sun Magazine. M came down noon. Read Times. Death of Mr William Agnew. After lunch worked & did drawing of Hat & Parasol. Packed it up & sent it off & wrote many letters. Dinner. Took Lady M in. Music after dinner. Dryhurst played. Dryhurst arrived in afternoon. Whist after dinner. Won 1/6. Gum boil nearly gone. (Black ink border: Poor Tony killed by Ju at Elm Hurst at 9.30am.) Tuesday September 6
Tresady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Breakfast nine am. Lovely morning. Took phos of all going shooting etc. Golf positions etc. Bright sun. Did not go to shoot. Stayed in smoking room & worked. Did 'Inns & Outs', easy outline. Bothered after. Lunch. Down again to work. Shootists back at 5.0 after a good day. Had not finished. Went up in bedroom, packed block & finished. Lady Fitzhardinge, the Duke of Wellington & Countess of Westmoreland called. M came in with news of poor dear Tony having been killed. Wrote letters. Dinner. Sat next Miss Taylor. Game of Nebuchadnezzar after dinner. Whist. Bed 1.30. (Red ink with black ink border: News came of Tony's death.) (Red ink across page: Stayed in, did not go shoot. Most beautiful day.) Wednesday September 7 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Breakfast 9.0am. Read after. At 10.30 drove in break to Dornoch to play golf. Lady Margaret, Miss Taylor, M, self, Vernon, Richards, Dryhurst, Foot. Picked up Ryle at the mound. On to Dornock. Picturesque links. Lunch in rain. Played against Dryhurst & Miss T with us. Won. Handsome man asked after Vernon. Wretched little boy caddie. Pretty little girl caddies. Left off at 5.0. Took 2 photos. Went into church at Dornoch. Skeleton of giant & tombs of Earls of Sutherland. Long inscription. Old man playing organ. Drove home by 7.45. Dinner. Games. Slept on sofa. Did not play whist. M won sweepstake La Fleche for St Leger. (Red ink across page: Lawn tennis at Dornoch.) Thursday September 8 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Breakfast 9.0. After decided for great Golf tournament. Newton & self T'd off against Thring & Vernon. Played 12 holes before lunch. Won by 5 holes. Divided 5. They only won two holes. At 1.0 got camera & took photos of Marshall, Dept etc. Richards & Marshall beat Foot & Dept. Lunch. Doubts about lawn tennis. Had to play 2 nd round Newton & self against Richards & Marshall. Played 12 holes. Just won by one hole & the match at 5.0pm. Tea. Read The Wreckers. Letter from Mite & long one from Tabs describing poor Tony's death. Very much in pain from P & tired. Dinner 8.0. M had been with Lady M & Miss Taylor to call on Lady Fitzhardinge. Met the Duchess of Wellington & Countess of W. Golf dinner. Made speeches about old King Canute & Marshall etc etc. Game after dinner. Wrote out & filled in with adjectives. Whist. Won 6d. Up at 11.50. Changed plates & read Times about Eastern Papyrus. Bed at 1.0pm. Game of adjectives. (Red ink across page: Great Golf Tournament all day.) Friday September 9 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Breakfast 9.0. Felt bilious & off feed. Rest after breakfast & at 10.30am went with Vernon W & Newton to shoot over dogs. Up road & past Scotts to right. Took small loch for duck. Old woman & umbrella. Shot one bird well, another on wing. Lunch at 1.30. Lovely day. Rest. Felt better. Started 2.30 & walk home. Pointers. Young dog. Shot at sea gull. Got home 4.30 & had tea. Very hot bath. Rested & read book on Mormons. Letter from Hamilton. M in at 6.0 had been for drive with Cheesenut. Miss Taylor went fishing with Foot, Dept & Thring. Richards & Marshall shot rabbits. Wrote diary. Dinner. Took Miss T in. Talk of Ballooning etc. Good dinner. Long talk to Newton about Petersburgh. After wrote about books & riddles. Dryhurst. Why is stalking like a balloon? because the higher you get the less you see of it. After whist. Won 1/6. Thring &
self against Vernon & Newton. (Red ink across page: Shoot with Vernon & Newton. Fine lovely day.) Saturday September 10 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.15am. Breakfast 9.0. M down very late. Started in break at 10.0. Took 1 pho. Fine very windy morning. Drove to Murray's cottage. Started shoot 6 guns 11.40. Craig Nafaer. Lunch 1.40. Very cold & windy. Vernon & Thring, Newton, Richards, Marshall & self. Poor shoot. Birds scarce. Back after I shot 2 grouse & 6 hares. Total bag 2½ brace of grouse. Worst on record. Back to Murray's cottage 5.0pm. Milk. Home. Rain. Hot bath. M not returned, wrote letters & diary. Dinner. After Dum Crambo. Words etc, acted Inebriating, Smoking Room. Cut out for whist. Did not play. Read Scotsman. Whiskey. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink across page: Long wallk. Shoot 6 guns. Poor sport. Fine windy day.) Sunday September 11 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.45. Pain & something disagreed with me last night. Breakfast 9.30. Not well. Got out & went to sun dial. Read The Wreckers. Up in room, M got mixture. Treacle rhubarb etc etc. Took some. Out on links. Sat with Ryle. Took 8 photos. Ryle came over to breakfast 10.15. After lunch better. Beef & brandy & soda. Played Colonel Bogey with Dryhurst. 1 st round got 1½ hole. After stopped by very heavy rain. Got coat. Miss Taylor running in. Changed up in room. Read Rocky Mountains. Tea 5.15. M laid down. Out after on links. Lady M & Miss Taylor playing. Put guard round hole with Dryhurst. Back. Letters fom Barker & Lydia Job. Lydia gave notice. Wrote letters. Dressed. Dinner. Took Miss T in. Very slow dinner, Miss T distrait. Cigarette. Long dreary music after. Sleepy. Foot smoked 4 whiffs of a cigar after a year's abstinance. Sleepy. Bed 11.45. Tired. Did not change plates. (Red ink across page: Quiet. Fine day. Ill in the morning & day spoilt. Heavy rain in afternoon.) Monday September 12 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.30. Breakfast 9.30. After Foot left. Waited in smoking room & waved adieu. Went with Dept & played for 8 rounds at golf. Wet dull morning. M in. Changed things. Late for lunch. After continued golf. Score below. Beat Dryhurst. M out Lady Margaret & Vernon. Miss T & Thring & Newton went off to fish for trout. Heavy wet came on. No letters at all. Wrote many letters & diary. Letters to railway people & also cheque for Roy's term, £79.1.5. After changed plates & down to dinner. Took Lady M in. Good dinner. Speeches after about Asquith MP. Dum Crambo after & looking for thimble. Billiard room after. Played whist, lost 3/s. Bed. (Red ink: Golf match score) (Drawing showing score in table form). 15 up, 2 holes. (Red ink across page: Golf match day with Dryhurst.) Tuesday September 13 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.45. Breakfast 9.30. Trouts etc. Read Red Letter Stories after. Dryhurst, Thring & Richards went to Lairg. After played 9 holes at golf. Vernon W & self with one hole. Per hole beat Newton & Marshall by one hole up. Lunch. Cut out & fitted cuts for Robinson Crusoe. After strolled down to burn to try & photo sheep. Scott & Pincher came. Could not get near sheep. Back. Met Miss Taylor & Marshall going fishing. Vernon marking lawn tennis lawn. M had letters from Mite & Tabs. After tea played round of 6 holes golf, M & self against Lady M & Vernon. Lady M & Vernon beat us by 2 holes up. Back. Struggle to get
letters off. In morning at 11 went to see spate at burn with Vernon, Marshall & dogs. Newton joined us. Photod them. Dressed. Arrival of Lady Frances Fortescue. Read 'A good conscience' to M. Dinner 8.30. In by self. Games after of Questions. Whist. Richards revoked. Lost 2/s. Bed 12.0. Read Red Letter story 'Keilland'. (Red ink: Very wet all night.) Wednesday September 14 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.45. Breakfast. After at 10.30 played 4 rounds of golf of 5 holes. Dryhurst & self versus Miss Taylor & Newton. Won by 1 hole. Scurry to change things. At 11.45 went in break to Loch Craggie for picnic. Lady M, Lady F.F, Miss T, M, self, Vernon, Dryhurst, Newton & Marshall. Richards & Thring went on in morning. Games of words. M mounted pony & rode to loch. Hot walking. Rain came on. Lunch in picturesque spot. Took 4 photos. Rocks. Richards & I in boat. Good take of fish, 17. After walked round, photod. At 4.30 back by pony with M. Break & back by 5.15. Tea. Letters. Played 6 hole golf with Dryhurst. 3 up each, did self No 5 in 4. Others playing & Lady F walking round. Back. M in chair. Finished letters & wired to Mrs Oakes. Dressed. M not well. Dinner. Last dinner Tressady. Took in Lady M. Long talk about Lawson. Game of Dum Crambo after. Leap frog etc. Played cards in D.C. Whist after. Won 1/6 from Vernon (not paid), 3/6 2nd rubber, lost 3/s last rubber. 6d to the good. Bed 11.45, no, 12.45am. (Red ink across page: Picnic at Loch Craggie.) Thursday September 15 Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.30. Packed. Breakfast 8.30. Smoked etc. After got away 10.30 exactly. Goodbye. Omnibus. After at Rogart waited ¾ hour. Train in 11.45, carriage reserved for Duke of Wellington. Richards & Thring with us. Noticed goodbye with sheets etc at Lairg. Duke of W got in. Lady Fitzhardinge said goodbye to M. On. Lunch at 1.30 at Dingwall. Spencer Ada & 2 chicks met us. Talk. On. Saw Lockett Agnew & wife. Inverness 2.30. Carriage through, M stayed in. Talk to Lockett Agnew. The Duke (very fat man) walking about. On to Nairne. Richards & Thring left us. Saw Ethel English & Mrs E. Long run to Perth. Dark. Perth at 7.30. M would stand by boxes. Duchess of W said goodbye to her. Had scotch broth, bought scones etc. Started in reserved cars to Euston at 8.0. Civil guard. Dinner. Slept at 10.0. Fairly good night. M slept well. Euston late, 8.15. Off by 8.30. Home by 9.0. Purnell met us. (Red ink: Carriage through from Rogart to Perth.) (Red ink across page: Left Tressady on return south.) Friday September 16 On board train from Perth to Euston. Woke at 6.30 Got to Euston late at 8.15. Home S.T at 9.0. Purnell met us. Luggage off. Breakfast. Letter from F.C.B through Swain. At 10.0 subject came. Parody of Turner's picture, Fighting Temeraire. Got to work 12.0. Worked hard all day till 9.45pm. Dinner 10.0. M very tired. Edgar called at 6.30. Talked business. Mervyn called at 8.30, left 9.0pm. Slept in chair. Bed at 12.0. Tired. ½ bottle of Champagne from yesterday. (Red ink across page: 1st day back at Stafford Terrace from the north. Lovely weather.) Saturday September 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Lovely morning. Purnell round. Wired Maud. Answer back, going to Mrs Paxton's today. After writing at 10.30 developed 2 doz ¼ plates. Sent Milliken's picture back. Lunch. In afternoon worked away at Xmas N°.
Put in a number of dogs & bull dog. Did not go to my mother. Wrote. Thought of going to Calais tomorrow. Saw Purnell. After dined quietly at 8.0 by selves & bed early. Sunday September 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Most lovely morning. Decided to go to Calais. M in bed. Left S.T at 10.15, on to Victoria. Same drunken man changing carriage. Down in brilliant sunshine to Dover. Across in Victoria to Calais. Took 1 hour. Two curious model girls & some men screwed walking up & down. Calais at 2.15. Lunch in buffet. Good. Walk in town. Had not been there for 30 years, 1862-1892. Reflections. Jeering French at towslely headed model. Back in Victoria at 3.40. Met George Lewis, son etc etc. Good run back. Fair girl. Quantities of hair. Dover 5.15. One other man in carriage. Got to Beefsteak at 8.0. Curious guardsman with bad cold & trawling friend. Dined. Bad D(illeg). Leslie Ward in after. Had been to Brighton. Went at 9.15 in good cab & fetched M from Albert Hall Mansions. Mervyn there. Goes to Ch Ch tomorrow. Home 10.45. Bed. (Red ink: See next run, Sunday June 2, 1895.) (Red ink across page: Went to Calais & back on Victoria. Most lovely day.) Monday September 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning. Engaged Purnell by the week & sent him for mare in the afternoon. Developed 2 doz plates of steamer etc etc. Got on with dogs etc of No 4 in Xmas N°. At 1.0 photod Purnell in bright sun. Developed plate etc etc & put in Alien after. Printed phos at 2.0pm. M strolled at 3.30 to see my mother. Long talk with her. Alice Linley there. My mother decided to leave Mrs Cox. Pity. Worked till 8.0pm. Dressed in 1 stud shirt & dined quietly at 8.10. Slept after. Missed Tony at & after dinner. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Most lovely day. Worked Xmas N°.) Tuesday September 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Purnell round. Dull morning. After breakfast developed 1 doz plates. Got to work on Xmas N°. Put woman & glass etc in in No 4. Lunch. More plates. M out & called on Mr Lowndes. After tea work till 5.45. At 6.30 dined. Wrote Brown of Fine Arts etc etc. Letter from Mr Carter about room for my mother. At 7.25 went in cab calling at Garrick to Drury Lane. Saw 'Prodigal Daughter'. Mr Cox & young Donelly came into stalls. After saw Claude Watney. Asked M & self to supper at the Amphytrion. Play very good. Real race & horses. Saw Gus Harris, Latham etc etc. Supper. Very good. Oysters, chicken etc etc. After Claude sent us home in his cab. Letter from Barker refusing to act as trustee. Bed 1.0am. (Cutting glued in, death of Edward Kendall Crace, 20th Sept. Note by L.S: 'Times' Thursday Nov 3, 1892) (Red ink across page: Went to Drury Lane. Saw Prodigal Daughter. Supper with Claude Watney at the Amphytrion.) Wednesday September 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slight head. Decided not to ride. Breakfast 8.45. Extremely heavy rain afterwards. M writing about rooms for mother & to Edgar. Worked all morning. Very dark & heavy wet. Lunch. M pottering. After M looked for Tom Jones, could not find it. Never thought of The Foundling. M read it. Gave up thought of Turkish bath & decided to walk. Worked up to 5.15pm. Scarf back from Dyers. M & self started to walk. Took checked cape. M left on corner of Albert Hall Mansions. Walked on through Park after extremely heavy wet came
on. Got soaked. Called Club. Saw Joe Knight. After walked to P.D. F.C.B, Lucy (paid me sovereign) Reed, Furniss, self, Tenniel. Chaff about slow utterance. Talk after. Pleasant dinner. No subject. Cab to Garrick. Wrote letter to W.Birt, G.E.Rly. On home. Read paper & bed. Thursday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not ride. Commenced work on drawing of Herbert Gardner as Countryman. My mother round at 11.30 looking very well. Lunch. Effie came in at lunch time. Stayed. Borrowed 10/s of M. M & Effie went out. Persuaded Effie to stay. Wired Conny & also Claude Watney. Effie & my mother at dinner. Finished drawing of Gardner by 3.0 & sent it off. Commenced drawing of Academy in Arctic Regions. Silly drawing. After dinner saw my mother home in 4 wheel cab. Took same cab on to Lyric Theatre. Had box M. Saw most stupid opera called Cigarette. Fat tenor, 2 silly soldiers etc etc. Imitation of Irving. Left before last act. Home. Eff & M went to bed sharp. Mr W.Birt, manager of Great Eastern Railway Co, kindly sent me pass to Beccles & back. Death of the Duke of Sutherland at Dunrobin Castle. Friday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & got to work sharp on Academy Glacier. Effie left at 10.0am. M round at her mothers. Persuaded M to go down to Con's. Finished drawing 1.45. Lunch. Sent it off. Pack bags etc & left by 3.5 in slow hansom cab to drive to Liverpool St. Took exactly 45 minutes to get there. Only just in time to catch train. Bought papers etc. Cup of tea at Colchester. Saw Mr Parish at Ipswich. On to Beccles. Crowd. Civil porter. Claude Watney's carriage waiting. for me. Called at P.O, wired M. Got envelopes etc etc. Arrived Redisham Hall 7.30. Claude met me. Dressed. Nice bedroom with lovely old silver glass with coins round it. Mr Spottiswood (illeg) & Miss Lake, governess to Claude's cousins the Hewitts there. Good dinner. Champagne. Billiards after, Mr S a good player. Had played for Oxford. Billiard room very large, cost £4,500. Many pairs of elephants tusks etc etc. Shot in 1872 in Africa. Late Squire's name Garden. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink across page: Went down by Great Eastern Railway to Redisham Hall.) Saturday September 24 Redisham Hall, Beccles. Suffolk. Up at 8.15. Bath. Breakfast. Dull wet morning. Put old shooting coat on. Break round at 10.15. Drove for partridge shoot. Very deep ditches & difficult to climb over. 2 keepers. One tall, one sturdy & stout. Shot. Good lunch by farm. Pilsner beer. Talk. On again. Shot all afternoon. Old man of 75 had built large house in 100 acres of land. Wiped Spottiswood's eye with bird & shot another over trees. Hares. Long wet walk in turnips etc etc. Back through park at 6.0pm. Tea. Dressed. Snooze on sofa. Dinner. No Champagne. Miss Lake. Talk of Chile. Billiards after. Mr S gave me 20 out of 100. Beaten 2 games. Claude asleep on sofa. Read 'An Englishman in Paris'. Bed by 12.15am. Slept like a top. Dream of Maud Paxton. Bag: 16½ brace partridges, 8 hares & 2 rabbits. 3 are a lease or leash of partridges. (Red ink across page: 1st day partridge shoot, Redisham Hall.) Sunday September 25 Redisham Hall, Beccles. Up 8.30. Breakfast 9.15. Children, 3. Pongo & Rachel & elder girl looked thirty. Lovely morning. Photod steps etc. After read 'Englishman
in Paris'. Lazy delightful morning. Lunch. After writing letters photod garden etc etc. Read again. Looked at library. Read up to 7.0pm. Lighted lamp in billiard room. Dressed. Dinner 7.45. No Champagne. Good talk & stories. After down to billiard room. Played one game with Claude. Beaten by 3. 1 game with Mr S, 30 out of 100. Beaten by 6. After pipe. Bed at 12.0. Curious circular staircase to billiard room, 31 steps. (Red ink: Quiet restful day at Redisham Hall.) Monday September 26 Redisham Hall, Suffolk. Up 8.15. Bath & dressed. Breakfast. Miss Lake & eldest child going. Photod sofa & sheep etc. At 10.15 started to walk. Went with 2 nd keeper. Very hot. Many birds. Shot 1 & hit its head. Did not shoot so well. Lunch at 1.0pm. Photod group. Donkey named Stanley. On again. Many turnip fields. Guns frightened wagon. Man fell off. Story of Emperor of Russia giving boy £300 by keeper. Boy was shot slightly. On over same clover as Saty. Knocked gun against Claude's & dented barrel. Pity. Got a long shot after. Left off through park at 5.30. Bath. Dressed. Tea. Liqueur of brandy. Off by mail phaeton. Splendid horses. Caught 6.15 Beccles. Man took traps. One other in carriage, got out at at Ipswich. Candle in carriage effective. Read Times etc etc. Harpers cut of W.B.Frost. Got to London 9.15. Took cab to Walsingham House. Mistake. Drove to Lyric Club. Supper at the Meistersingers. 2 bottles Champagne. After to Claude's rooms. Many sketches of Keene's & D.M. Home by cab 12.30pm. Letters. Bed 1.15pm. Alice up, & Purnell. (Red ink across page: 2nd day shoot Redisham Hall & back to town after. 14 brace partridges, 1 hare, 2 rabbits, 1 wood pigeon.) Tuesday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Bath. Did not ride. Letter from M. Read paper, Englishman in Paris etc etc. After wrote diary & got to work at 11.0am. Worked on all morning. Lunch. Worked after. Lady came to look over house. Developed 4 plates of Britannia, Ilford, taken on Monday 26 th. Back to work. Wrote my mother sending cheque for £10. At 6.0 M back from Fittleworth. Had not been feeling very well. Dined at 8.0. Dressed. Read Englishman in Paris. Bed 11.20pm. Stalls sent for Thursday next. Wednesday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Up 8.0. Breakfast 8.40. Cold birds. Not one single letter. No ride. Told Purnell to put mare in carriage. Bright sun. Got to work on at 9.45am. Worked all day at Xmas N°, up to 5.15pm. At 5.45 started to walk to P.D through Park. Gates closed 6.15pm. Called Club. After took cab off stand near Goffs & to P.D. F.C.B, Lucy, Reed, Furniss, Arthur, Lehmann, self & Tenniel there. Tenniel a bad cold. Good cheery dinner. Left at 11.30. Cab home. Hummed at 3/s. Bed after reading at 1.0am. (Red ink: Walked to Punch dinner. News of Bradbury better.) Thursday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. Rode in Park for 1st time at 8.30 exactly. Mare slightly lame. Went off. Bright sun. Met Rook & friend. Talk of mare. Sharp round twice. Home. Changed. Worked all day on Xmas pages. Letter from F.C.B about new subject, Gladstone as Snowdon & Duke of Argyle. Dear Mite arrived home at 1.0pm. M went to meet her at Victoria. M had carriage. Called on my mother, could not get in. Dined at 7.0pm & after M & self drove in carriage to Savoy
Theatre, 1st night of new opera, Haddon Hall. Poorish libretto. Saw Sir Arthur Sullivan. Man next us guffawing all evening. Laughed outright. Burnand came & spoke to M. Frightfully wet going & coming back. Saw young Lucas. Poor done up horse. Just got home. Smoke & bed at 12.0. (Red ink: 1st night Haddon Hall. Frightfully wet. Drove Marquis.) Friday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wet dark dull morning. Did not ride. At 9.30 sorted photos etc. After at 10.45 skemed Gladstone & Duke of Argyle. Decided to take photographs. Purnell round at 11.30. Photod him in checked suit & at the top of the steps. Developed them & put out. Governess called etc. After lunch got to work & worked hard all afternoon until 9.30 when finished drawing. M & Maud went to see my mother, very well & cheerful. After Maud Paxton arrived about 5.30pm with a Baroness. M drove the Baroness away in carriage. M, Maud & Maud P dined at 8 sharp, self at 9.30. After smoked & read magazine. Fell asleep till 1.30am.when went to bed. Tried Vitalis Italian wine at lunch for 1 st time. Saturday October 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Breakfast. Maud Paxton down at 10.0. Got to work on Xmas number. Put in more dogs etc. Frightfully wet, wired to say should not go to Eton. Disappointed. Cleared up at 12.20 just as we should have started. M, Maud & Maud Paxton went to Tooles Theatre. Saw the Barrie play 'Walker London'. Back & rested in afternoon. Worked on with Almanack up to 7.0pm dinner. After walked up to Comedy Theatre. Had cocktail at Criterion. Saw fat man. 'Oh what a difference in the morning'. After saw The Private Secretary. Laughed very much. Saw Woodall's brother. News of Fred Thornton, out in Buenos Ayres. Left before piece was quite over. Eric Lewis. Back in very good 4 wheeler cab, like a fly. Short of Apollinaris at night. Read paper & bed after pipe. Took glass of Carlowitz instead of whiskey. (Red ink: Went to see 'Private Secretary'.) Oct 1892 Sunday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Decided not to ride in the morning. Worked all morning. M & Mauds were going to church. Came on heavy wet. Poured all morning & afternoon. At 4.30 dressed & put on shooting boots & gaiters & walked to Garrick in shooting cape. Cleared up at 4.50pm. Bright sun. Got to Club at 5.10. Cup of tea. Saw Antony Jones & old Walter Lacy. Got cigar & wrote letters. After walked home hard. Back in 55 minutes. Bath & dinner. Smoke & read extraordinary Norwegian story in Review of Reviews. After smoke sleep & bed at 1.0am. (Red ink across page: Frightfully heavy wet all day. Cleared in evening.) Monday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dressed for ride. Had breakfast 1 st, met Mona Kemp. On into Park. Rode with Jones (Adrian). Talk of Leighton & Sculpture etc etc. Saw Mrs Dommet. Out & back. Long day on Xmas pages. Begun to shade at 4.45 after tea. Put in black sheep etc etc. Maud lying down. Quiet dinner, 2 Mauds, M & self at 8.0. Cigar & sleep after. Worked for 1 hour after dinner. Bed 12.0am. Mrs Cox wrote about fires, 6d a day.
Tuesday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.56. Bath. Lovely morning. Rode & met Fildes. Out 8.25. In top of Row at 8.38. Rode with Coward. On horse lent by Romer Williams, grey mare. Wants £250 for it. Mare A1. Had shoes removed. After mare a little fresh. Passed Baker & caught up by Mona Kemp. Out & back. Enjoyed breakfast. Got to work 10.10am. Sent Purnell to Stores. Drew cheque for £6.0.0. Bought cigars & wine. Lunch at 1.10pm. 2 Mauds had been shopping. M out & blew up Barkers. Bought ugly flowers. Purnell back with 16/7d change out of £6.0.0. Worked on drawing for Xmas number. At 8.0pm Sir Benjamin Baker, Mrs Kemp, Mona Kemp, Maud Paxton & Mrs Stone dined. Mite in next room. Good dinner. 3 bottles Deutz & Goldermann & one of Ayala '80. A.B.C puzzles after. (sketch of puzzle) Stone's advice to Mite. Stone left with my best umbrella. Pouring wet all day & evening. News of Bergheims. (Red ink across page: Dinner to Sir B.Baker, Mrs Kemp etc etc.) Wednesday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am. Rode in Park. Rainy misty morning. Saw Coward on grey horse belonging to Romer Williams (mare) bought at Lincoln fair. Stumbled at gate to Kensington Gds. Rode twice up & down with him. Back at 9.15 sharp. Breakfast. Slight head on. Worked all day on Xmas number. Finished 1 st page at 11.0. Sent it off & 2nd at 7.15pm. Lunch. M & girls went to National Gallery & New Gallery. Left at 7.50 & took cab all the way to Punch dinner. Roads up. Old man driver. Arived 7.25, late. Oysters. F.C.B, Lucy, Reed, Milliken, Arthur, self & Tenniel there. Good dinner. Cut for death of Lord Tennyson. No cut for self. A.B.C puzzle. Talk afterwards to Tenniel & Milliken about state of firm etc. Gloomy. After took cab who knew the way from Bouverie St home. 3/6. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Lord Tennyson dying.) (Red ink: On the 5th inst, suddenly at Whitchurch near Reading, T.W.Angell, late Post Master S.W District in his seventy second year. 'Times', Monday 10th.) (Cutting glued in: Death of T.W.Angell.) Poor Angell left £300, only £100 to each of his boys. Thursday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. At 8.30 rode in Park. 1st real fog. Met Coward & talk to Cahill. Back 9.15 exactly. Maud P overslept herself. Breakfast. Changed. Drew cheque for M, £25.0.0. Went on to work all day on No 3 of the Xmas N° pages. Could not quite finish. At 7.0 dined & at 7.45 carriage came up. Got on box & went, M, Miss Paxton & self. Cold & inclined to rain. Went to Lyric Theatre 1 st night of Burnand's 'Incognito'. Theatre full. Blasé critics. Saw Edwardes & also Justin Huntly McCarthy etc. Man with grizzled beard slanging Hy F. Got 4 wheeler man 1/3. Charley Burnand, Conny & Mrs C.B. Home at 12.30. Maud Paxton had a headache. (Red ink: Death of Lord Tennyson.) Friday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down. Did not ride in Park, mare a mash. After got to work & worked all morning on No 3 of Xmas N°. Worked up to 1.30. Took head of Lady Bountiful clean out. After at 1.0 subject came from Milliken. Chose to do Anglo-French Boat Race. Got to work at 2.0 & finished at 7.30. Dressed & went to dine at the Bakers. Met Mr & Mrs Simmonds, Mr & Mrs Scrivens, Johnny & Mrs Bergheim, Arthur Lewis wife & 2 daughters, nonentity from Harrow etc. Took Mrs Bergheim in. Arthur Lewis' wife. Dull doz. Good dinner. ABC puzzle. After music
left at 11.40. Home by carriage. Bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Dined at Sir Benjamin Bakers to meet Bergheims.) Saturday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Fine morning. Did not ride. Put things in order. At 10.30 photod Maud Paxton, 12 plates. At 11.45 dressed. Carriage at 12.30. Drove to Great Western Rly. Marquis lame. Caught 1.0 train. Cold, did not take coat. Carriage to selves. Went down to Windsor, M & self. Roy met us 1.45, on to White Hart. Lunch. Steak etc. Very bad & dear, 12/6. Saw Mrs Harrison & Cecil H at lunch. Out at 2.35. Went over the State Rooms Windsor Castle. Waterloo Chamber. Lovely October afternoon. Roy rather dirty & untidy. After over St Georges' Chapel. Found just time to catch train. Heavy clouds. Good bye to Roy. Left. One gentleman got in at Slough. Straight to Paddington. Went by Met'n Rly home. M went to Butts. Tea. Pipe. Slept from 6.15 to 7.30. Dinner. Remains of bottle of Tuesday's champagne. After game of guessing. M to bed at 10.15. Self slept till 1.10am. Bed. 2 Mauds went to see 'The Prodigal Daughter' at Drury Lane. Back at 5.45pm. (Red ink acoss page: Went to Eton to see Roy.) Sunday 9 October. Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Wet morning. Breakfast. 1st Walls' sausages. Sent Purnell with note to my mother. Read Sunday Times. At 10.45 got to work on 4 th page of Xmas N°. 1 year today since Leslie Ward came & photod self. Worked up to 1.15pm. Cleared from raining. Dressed & put on buff breeches. At 2.15 rode mare to Wimbledon. Walked almost all way to common. Got off mare, on through top of Roehampton Lane & across common. Met Murray the publisher & friend. On through Richmond Park & trotted from Sheen Station. Stiff. Home 5.15. Miss Clarke there. Tea. Stale cake. After wrote 7 or 8 letters. Dinner. Read Review of Reveiws. Bad attack of P. Painful. M, M & Maud Paxton & self had games. M went to bed at 10.15. Self 11.50am. Tired. (Red ink across page: Rode to Wimbledon & Richmond.) Monday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Sausages. Read Times. Letter from Tabs offering poodle. Death of poor Tom Angell in Times (see 5 th ). Fine morning. Coldish. Worked for 1 hour & then at 11.30 rode in Park. Saw Stone. Met Adrian Jones at corner of Park. Long walk up & down with Finlay. Decided to go to Buffalo Bill's tomorrow. Home 1.30. My mother round & looking wonderfully well. Lunch. Maud Paxton left with M at 3.30pm. Worked all afternoon & up to 8.25pm on last page of Xmas Nº, set of 4. Dined hurriedly. Plate kept hot. Eat Spanish onion which disagreed with me dreadfully. Up after dinner. Games of words. Maud sharp. Madame Maack arrived & one large box. Tuesday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Felt sick. A tremendous turn out. Undigested dinner. Down 8.45. Breakfast. 1st morning of Madame Maack's. At 9.40 got on mare & met Finlay & rode to Buffalo Bill show. Saw ponies for sale. Rode round sloppy rings. After left & rode to Park. Mare fresh. Saw Mrs Warre. After talked to Aldhous. After in Park. Saw Stone, asked to dinner. Barclay caught me up. Oh! so slow. Out 11.40. Saw Mrs Inverarity. M down seeing cook. Wrote letters. Worked in afternoon. At 7.0 started to walk to Stone's rooms, Members Mansions. Bought
violets at Butts. Walked as far as Belgrave Square. After dined with Stone. Champagne. On to Gaiety Theatre. Mite & Madame in box. Stone, self & Claude Watney. Poor feeble piece. Put Mite & Madame in cab. Claude W, Stone & self had supper at Garrick. Sir James Maitland's wandering stories. Called Claude's rooms. Saw Spottiswood. Had too much Champagne. Home after walking with Stone to end of Piccadilly. Home 2.0am. Finlay bought pony for £12.0.0 from Buffalo Bill. (Red ink: Saw Fred Leslie last time.) (Red ink across page: Dined with Stone at Members Mansions. After went to Gaiety. Saw Cinder Ellen up to date. This is last time I saw Fred Leslie. May 21st 1894.) Wednesday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Buzzy in head & seedy very. Down breakfast & after read Times & dozed for 1 hour & half. Rode at 11. Saw Stone. Both laughed at last night. Re-introduced to Mrs Oxenham. Rode till 1.30. Home. Had sent Purnell to Buffalo Bill, sale on. Lunch etc. At 4.10 went with M in carriage to Embankment near Charing X Station. Spoke to Purnell about crossing cab. Had Turkish bath. Strange man hovering about getting in. Good bath. Fat youth & satellite. Good shampooer, Nº 4. Delay about hair cutting. Out at 7.0. Cab to Bouverie St. Good dinner. F.C.B at Ramsgate. Arthur, Guthrie, Lucy, Milliken, Lehmann, self & J.T. Subject for Dairy made up. Talk of poor Bradbury. Left 11.30. Tenniel gave me lift as far as Marble Arch. Cab home. Runaway pony & cart in Bayswater Road. Home at 12.15am. Thursday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Felt better. Began drawing for Dairy & Farmer etc. At 10.30 photod Mite & Purnell photod self. Developed them at 11.45. Rode in Park. Stone out. Long talk with Mrs Oxenham. Saw Finlay & Wyndham. Back to lunch at 1.30. Found wire from F.C.B about Poets. Annoyed. Wrote letters. M out in carriage. After wire from Lawrence Bradbury to say his father died at (blank) this morning. Wrote letters & afterwards got to work & skemed poets & Punch. Hurried drawing. Dined 8.0 & wrote letters from table. After rested & bed early. (Red ink: Death of William Hardwick Bradbury.) (Cutting glued in: death of William Hardwick Bradbury. Times 17th inst). Friday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up very early & got to work, put in Swinburne before breakfast. Worked on after. Sent Purnell with note to Lincoln & Bennett & Claude Watney. Worked on drawing of Contending Poets. Lunch. Finished at 5.20pm. Dressed & dined 5.50pm. Carriage round at 6.45 & drove along Embankment to Liverpool St. Mare hot. Caught 8.0pm train for Beccles. Youth in carriage. 'Now do try hard' for guard to get to Norwich. Changed Ipswich & got to Beccles at 11.15. Carriage. Arrived Redisham at 11.45. Introduced in a fit of laughter to Mr Stanhope & Potter. Had cold beef & whiskey & soda. Bed at 1.0am. Read Secret Life of Napoleon. (Cutting glued in: death of Thomas Eykyn. Times 15th inst.) Saturday October 15 Redisham Hall, Beccles. Up at 7.45. Breakfast 9.0am. Started to shoot. 4 guns, C.W, self, Stanhope & Potter. Very hot walking at first. Took waistcoat off. Good shoot in bit of a wood. Got 6 birds in 5 minutes. Lunch at farm. Coloured print of the Pope etc etc. Out. Only fired 5 cartridges after lunch. Got 2 birds & 1 rabbit.
Back. Bag 4. 39 pheasants, 16 partridges, 2 hares, 1 rabbit. Tea. Bath. Read an article on Utopia in Contemporary Review for Jany 1890. Very cold. Down to dinner 8.0. Very good clear mulligatawney soup. Champagne etc. Down billiard room after. Talk. One game with C.W. Bed at 11.45. Read Life of Napoleon by Scott. Candles burnt out & book on the floor. Woke 4.0am. Poked fire & replaced candles etc etc. (Red ink: Good day's shoot at Redisham Hall.) Sunday October 16 Redisham Hall, Beccles. Up at 8.45. Bath etc. Down at 9.45. Breakfast by self. After to billiard room & got out book about Carthage. Read. Potter & Stanhope came down. Read all morning & wrote letters. Lunch. Heavy rain. Read & packed. Others went for walk. Lost 10/s. Looked everywhere. Tea at 6.0 & left 6.30pm. Carriage to Beccles. Caught 7.6pm train. Man asleep in it. Lighted candle & read nearly to London. One other at Colchester. After very bad cab at Liverpool St, brutal driver. Beefsteak Club. Saw Sir James Murray & Leslie Ward, Sargent etc. Good drawing in Gil Blas. Had haddock & steak. Left by carriage at 11.45. Purnell met me driving mare. Home with traps & 2 hampers of game. Bed 11.45am. Monday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down & found had to catch 10.8am at Victoria. Took cab 9.45am, drove Victoria. Went down to Wandsworth Common. Cold. Read D.T in seat for nearly ½ hour. Put on gloves. Walked up & out 11.0 exactly. Arrived at Oak Lodge, Nightingale Lane for poor Bradbury's funeral. Saw Charles Agnew, all young Agnews etc. Lawrence B upset. Went at 11.30 in mourning coach with Sir Robert Romer, D.M & taciturn individual in coach to Norwood cemetery. Many employees. Tenniel, Milliken, etc joined after. Noakes etc. Impressive service. Bright cold day. John Leighton (Luke Limmer) made a scene. Lawrence Bradbury affected. Walked back to station with Tenniel, Guthrie, Romer, D.M, Lucy, etc. Saw Sketchley & wife. Back to Victoria. Cab to Garrick. Hungry. Lunch. Talk with Campbell Clarke, George Alexander & 'Punch'. After went to Covent Garden & Drury Lane. Left letter. Heavy rain. Back Club. Tea. Dr Burney (illeg) at 5.15. Walked home. Wrote 2 letters. Dinner 7.20. At 8.0 went in carriage to Opera. Saw Orfeo & Cavalleria Rusticana. Pellew came in box. Out late. Saw Bill Ransford & Alfred Watson. Home 12.0. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink across page: Poor W.H.Bradbury interred this day at Norwood. This corresponding day last year he was at Gil à Beckett's funeral.) Tuesday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Breakfast 9.0. Fine bright morning but very cold. Read case of Dr Neill (poisoning). Put on coat & breeches, thick coat & at 11.30 rode in Park. Saw Stone & introduced to Miss Baxter. Stone left, had to ride down Row with her. Lunch & in afternoon began drawing for calendar. Cancelled the Jany & got in to Seasons. Slept in chair after lunch for 1½ hours. M went out. Conrad came. Tea. Dinner. Snooze after dinner. Very cold. At 11.0 walked up to Lewis's party for Silver Wedding. Saw O'Callaghan, Mrs Heilbut, Mrs Turquand etc etc. Hosts of others. Left with Hunter at 1.15am. Walked home. 'Ellen Terry came in'. Mrs John Wood said above. Stayed & soliliquised at Upper Phillimore Gardens. Home. Read paper & finished whisky. Bed 2.30am. Woke up next morning with sore throat. (Red ink across page: Arthur Lewis's Silver Wedding party.) Wednesday October 19
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Woke with slight sore throat which went on all day. At 11.45 out & rode in Park. Saw Finlay, Stone etc & Mrs Heilbut, Mrs Drummond etc, Col Dash. Rode round Park with Finlay & home 1.30pm. Changed. Dressed. Lunch. After until 5.0pm skemed calendar. At 5.0 left & walked to Punch dinner. Sore throat all day. Called Club & wrote to Cole & Sons. On to P.D along the Strand. Called at Goffres & selected 2 arm chairs from the Lyric Club at Barnes. £8.0.0 for them, worth £16.16.0. On to P.D. F.C.B, Lucy, Bernard Partridge (1 st time since July) Millken, Arthur, Lehmann, self & J.T. Got subject of Lord Rosebery. Made slip of moose for muse. Left at 11.15. Back in Tenniel's cab to Marble Arch & home by 12.15. Gave man 2/6. (Red ink: Sore throat bad all day. Turned to cold after.) Thursday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cold in my head, woke up with it. Passed from sore throat. In morning skemed figure of Lord Rosebery. At 12.0 photod Purnell in robes. Developed them. M & Maud out. Lunch 1.30. After at 2.30 wrote list out for M's stores & at 2.45 rode mare past Buffalo Bill's & on to Wimbledon. Lots playing golf. Lovely ride in Richmond Park. Saw Duke of Teck, Princess Mary & Princess May. Bowed. 4.15pm stags rutting. Out & trotted home through Mortlake. Back 5.30. Conrad here in great pain. Cup of tea & put things away. After dressed & received in morning room Mr & Mrs Finlay, Mr & Mrs Fildes, Mr & Mrs Bergheim. Good dinner, wine etc. 2 bottles '84, 1 '80, 1 '74. Capital dinner & good company. Talk to J.H.B after about photography & also his oil wells. All left at 12.10am. Bed at once. Cold in nose bad all day. 2 chairs came from Goffres £8.8.0. (Red ink across page: Dinner at home. Mr & Mrs Bergheim, Finlays, Fildes.) Friday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Bright lovely morning. Breakfast. Summing up of the trial of Neill. Mite off to draw. Printed 6 proofs of 3 whole plates from Purnell yesterday. Got to work 10.30am. Begun drawing & worked up to lunch time. After lunch put in outline & began to shade at 5.30pm. M out in carriage. Worked on till 10.0pm when finished Lord Rosebery as Peer with Garter. Wrote letter to Cole & sent it off by Purnell. No answer. Dined at 10.10. Had ½ bottle Ayala 1880 left last night. Cold in head very bad. Nose stuffed & almost impossible to work. Could not taste or enjoy my dinner. Had ½ wine glass of whiskey after & M came down & woke me up. Bed. Douche of carbolic for nose. Felt tired & seedy. (Red ink: Cold in head very bad all day culminated at night. Nose stuffed up.) Saturday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cold slightly better. Easier in head. Down & read paper. Colder weather. Read account of trial of Neill for poisoning girls. At 11.30 rode mare. Stopped & talked to Cole & Sons clerk. Cold. After saw Finlay & Stone in the Row. Dawdle with Finlay. Trot after with Stone. Talk of Miss Maple. Saw Joshua after. Home. Lunch. Maud & stays etc. After at 3.15 went with M in carriage & drove up to Camera Club. Arrived 3.45. Saw photos & after J.S.Bergheim. Stayed ½ hour & after went up & viewed studio. Dark rooms etc. Back at 4.30. Called Walls. Very cold. Called P.O & got envelopes. Home. Sat in chair without changing coat or trowsers & slept before dinner. Dinner 7.30 after
lazy evening. M, Maud & self read Miss Clark's Jupiter & his Satellites. Slept. M down, carbolic acid & basin of gruel. (Red ink: Cold in head very bad all day.) Sunday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Down. Put on Lambs' check suit. Sausages. At 10.10 out & round for mare. Left 10.14. Back again to change suit. 2 nd start at 10.40pm. Lovely bright sun but very cold wind. Went through Mortlake & across Richmond Park. Stags rutting. Mare A1. Over common & called on Barkers. Not there. Started home at 12.50. Got home 1.40. No Purnell at stables. Home 1.45. My mother there. Looking well. Cold beef. Fresh mustard. M & her list of accts after lunch. Went up & marked trees. Down, did not go to call on Hunter or Mrs Tait as promised. Quiet dinner & bottle of Italian wine Asti. Quiet peaceful evening after. Read Jupiter & his Moons & bed early. (Red ink: Cold better today.) Monday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wrote letters. Breakfast. After looked over papers etc. Got on with calendar. At 11.30 rode mare in Park. Met Mrs Heilbut at corner. Rode 3 times up & down. Cold wind. Saw Finlay, Stone etc. South American horse & boy on one of Buffalo Bill's. Back 1.15. Mare a little lame. Purnell took cape round. Home & in afternoon got out calendar & put in Punch. Dined quietly at home & quiet evening in drawing room after. Bed early. (Red ink: Cold wind in morning.) Tuesday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got up with a headache over eyes, lasted all day. In morning early got on with the calendar. Headache. Lunch. Fire in stove for 1 st time. Put in figures behind Punch. Rather bothered. Headache. Took effervesing draught. Evidently bilious. Dined quietly in evening & M, Maud & self at my end of room after. Finished Jupiter's Moons. Bed quite early 11.15pm. (Red ink: Headache all day. Woke up with it. Unaccountable. Very cold east wind.) Wednesday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dense fog in morning, cleared at noon. After at 11.45 M went in carriage with my mother to Ealing. Maud did not go to class. At work on drawing of Monte Carlo girl. Worked self on calendar. Not very well. Nellie Keith called & had tea. M not back. At 3.30 to 4.0 Mounteney Jephson called to look at polo cart. Walked round to stables & got knife & got coachman to go into stables. Shewed him cart. Would not stay to tea. After at 5.30 walked to Benjamins. Was fitted with great coat & suit. Walked on to Punch dinner. Called Club. 6.55. Saw Arthur Blunt & Perugini. Walked on past Drury Lane to P.D. Arrived 7.15. Cold draught. Tenniel, F.C.B, Lucy, Guthrie, Bernard P, Milliken, Arthur, D.M, Lehmann & self there. Chaff about Doetsch. Stayed till 11.15. Shewed Maud's drawings. Tenniel put me down in Piccadilly by Walsingham House. Cab home. Round by Brompton. Read Evening paper. Bed 12.15. Collared Millken's Century. (Red ink: Curious taste in mouth.) Nana came in morning & stayed all night. Thursday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. down. Posted cuirassiers to Tenniel & wrote letter. Breakfast. After wrote 12 letters & began drawing for Gladstone as Huntsman &
Whip. Pouring wet all day. Worked on Huntsman & drew horn. M & Maud went out. M complained of Purnell's driving. Worked up to 8.0pm. Mervyn came & stayed to dinner. Left in pouring rain. Sleepy after dinner. Bed 11.30pm. Nana still here. Mrs Cox called & long talk with me. (Cutting glued in: death of Edmond Kittoe. 'Times' Nov 12, 92) Friday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got on with work on Gladstone hunting. Photod Purnell in morning in hunting cap. Developed them & put to dry. Very hard day's work all day & much pushed to get done. Finished at 11.0pm & sent it off. Dined & had ½ bottle of Perinet wine. M very tired. Bed 1.30pm. Saturday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Put all things straight. Very mild fine morning at intervals. Stranger called to see me. Turned out to be Scone of Peal's & Co. At 11.30 got on mare & went rambling ride over Campden Hill, along Bayswater Road & round Park. Saw Major Cooke. Carriage accident top of Marble Arch. Decided to ride to Blackfriars, did. Through Horse Guards & along Embankment back to Chelsea. Home by 1.45. Dear Roy there, looking well & back from Eton. Lunch. Dressed. Put frock coat on & felt cold. Roy, Maud & Madame went in Met Rly, M & self in carriage to Court Theatre & saw The Guardsman. Arthur Blunt good & Miss Caroline Hill who I recollected in 1864 was also original Cynisca in Pygmalian & Galatea. Saw Dr & Mrs Roberts & Dolly, also Mrs Alexander, the De la Rues etc etc. Spoke to George Alexander, Chudleigh etc. After Sir Thos Lucas saw Roy & Lucas's son. Put M & Maud in carriage at top of Sloane St. Straw down. Roy & self walked to Jermyn St & bought 2½ lbs sausages. (continued on opposite page) Roy & self walked back as far as Knightsbridge. Cab home & dressed & dined. After at 7.30 cab to Drury Lane & saw for 2 nd time 'The Prodigal Daughter'. Front row of stalls. New orchestra. Funny clarionette. Lots of Eton boys. Saw Mrs Warre. Out & walked to Garrick. Saw Johnny Toole & Routledge. Had ginger beer etc. Cab home. Supper & Roy to bed. Felt hot at Garrick. Thought I was going to have return of cold. Did not, thankful to say. Bed 1.0am. Sunday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dear Roy all right. Decided not to ride in morning. Got to work on calendar. Put in head of Autumn & also Winter. At 2.10 after lunch rode mare to Putney. Trotted up hill, across common & thro' Richmond Park. Mare fresh. Plucked holly. Back exactly 4.45. Purnell not there. Jolly came out. Not in work. Home. Mrs Harry Burnand and child there. Mite making tea. M came back with Roy having made mistake about soirée at the Natural Hist Museum. Dressed at 5.30 & after put in wine amphora in calendar & top of plinth. At 7.15 started to walk to Mrs Heilbut's dinner at 78 Gloucester Terrace. Came on to rain at door. Mrs Sington went in with me. Took Katie Lewis in, next Lady Monckton. Good dinner. Arthur Anderson, Taits etc. Talk of shooting. Miss Hepworth Dixon after & palmistry. Shewed Heilbut puzzles. Heavy rain. Cab home. Gave cabby 3/s. (Red ink across page: Dear Roy home. Dined at Mrs Heilbut's in evening. Took Lady Monckton in.) Monday October 31
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slight head. Got to work on calendar. Put in letters & foundation etc etc. Roy went back to school at 9.40am. Lunch. Felt drowsy & livery after. Read Terrible Tales & did not work till 3.30 pm. After got to work & commenced to shade calendar. Put in Punch etc etc. Worked up till 8.0pm. Boy going backwards & forwards. Could not finish. Sent Swain 14/s for mags & got Scribner etc etc. Quiet dinner & evening after. Strong cigar. Cheque sent from Mrs Smales. Went quietly to bed at 11.30pm. Nov 1892 Tuesday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. At 9.30 got to work on calendar. Boy came 10.45. Sent him to Lincoln & Bennets. Back one. Worked hard all day, thought should finish at 11.0. Sent boy back to Swain at 4.15pm. After worked on till 8.10pm when finished it. Sent it off & thus finished the Xmas Number on this 1 st day of Novr, 3 weeks earlier than usual. Mr Calderon called. Ethel English etc. Dined. 8.20pm. Quiet evening in chair after. Woke up at 12.0 & bed. Nightmare. M woke me up. Dream of staying at house & bed on floor. Purnell fetched easel from Albert Hall Mansions. Weather colder. (Red ink: Finished the Xmas N°. for '93.) Wednesday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Bath. Lawyers letter from Clarke & Son. Dense white fog. Candles at breakfast. Maud & Mervyn's easel in dining room. Gave M cheque for £25.0.0. M's seal came home altered. Great success. Maud settled to draw next me at 11.0am at her own easel. M went out at 11.0. Tried gaiters on, a failure. After wrote letters etc etc. Maud at work. Lunch. Worked & skemed Legion Lang's post. Dressed at 3.0 & left at 3.30pm. Walked up through Park & across Park Lane to Benjamins. Called & complained of suit. On to Turkish bath. Saw fat youths. Out 6.45. Wet & rain. Walked to Punch dinner. Terrible accident on Great Northern Rly. News of it. Good dinner. F.C.B, Guthrie, Lucy, Reed, B.P, Milliken, Arthur, Lehmann, self & J.T there. Talk of Sullivan's joining after. Got Bird subject. Left with Tenniel at 11.30 & after put down top of Piccadilly by Isthmian Club. Home by cab. Read 19th Century. Waddy & Evelyn Fletcher arrived 2.0pm. Thursday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bath. Letter from Jephson refusing cart. Most lovely morning. Skemed cut after breakfast of Chamberlain as Bird Catcher. Photod at 11.15 Purnell. Developed ditto. M & Maud out shopping. Waddy & Evelyn about. Fur coat got moth in it again. Brushed it, will never have another. Printed photos taken Purnell & at 2.10 rode mare to Wimbledon. Looked at 34 Jarvis Rd. Lovely afternoon. Mare fresh. Lots of golfers. Mare a bit lame. Through Richmond & home. Beautiful moon, nearly full. After dressed & got to work 5.30 on Post Legion. Finished 8.15. Dinner. Bottle of Burgundy. M went up 10.30 after playing L'Enfant Prodigue. Slept till 12.0. Bed. Beautiful day. (Red ink: Lovely afternoon. Beautiful moon.) Friday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Mite not very well. Dull morning. Got to work 9.30. Mite went round to drawing. Worked on at drawing of Chamberlain as Bird Catcher. Lunch. M went out in carriage 3.30pm. Worked all afternoon & up to 10.45 when finished cut of Bird Catcher. See Chamberlain shooting in Sepr 20,
1889. Then finished at 8.30 but had worked on it the day previously. M back 8.30pm. Dined 10.50. Quiet dinner & bed after. M on sofa for ¼ hour. No whiskey. Had a bottle of curious old white Carlowitz. Slept in chair afterwards. Dropped cigar & went up to bed at 1.50am. (Heavy black ink border: My mother slightly unwell at Ealing in day time. At 7.0pm Alice L put mustard plaster on. Went up shortly after, my mother unconscious. Died quite peacefully and without pain at about 10.0pm.) (Cutting glued in: death of Frances Sambourne. 'Times' Nov 8, 1892.) Saturday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Very tired in morning. After breakfast Scone called & tried spats on & took instructions for trees. Went up & put photos away etc. Man doing creepers. At 11.30 on going up to dress wire came for address to Mrs Reffell. Wired to Ealing. Mrs Cox came round 1.45 with wire, news of my poor mother's death. Great shock to me. Maud back at 12.0, M 12.20. Decided to go to Ealing. Went round to see Kenyon at 1.15pm. Boots hurt me. Cab back. After lunch at 1.50 got on mare & rode to Ealing. M went in carriage. Got there 2.50. Saw Arthur, Alice. Learnt my mother had died about 10.0pm, Dr Potter being with her. Unconscious ten minutes after Alice saw her last & never rallied. Poor mother her trials at rest. After talk with Arthur got on mare at 4.0. Blood red sunset. Rode past Osterley Park & into Hammersmith Road. Donaldson passed me. Home at 5.15. Tea, minutes after Purnell home. Mare very fresh at home. M had 2 letters from Edgar saying total defalcations of Welch was £12,500. M wrote letters & I went out & posted them. Met Val Princep & Fildes by Barkers. Bought black paper. Home. Wrote letters. Paid Purnell. Saw Mr Kenyon, his father died. Settled for interment if possible on Tuesday. Dressed. Dinner 8.0pm. Sad. My poor mother's body arrived at 9.20pm. Laid in morning room. M & self in drawing room. Bed at 11.10pm. (Red ink across page: Very sad day. News at 11.45 of the death of my poor mother. Went to Ealing.) Sunday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. M went down. Dull morning. Put on black riding boots. Purnell round. Sent wires to O'Callaghan & to Barker. Breakfast. Could not ride on acct of heavy wet. Wrote letters all morning. Weather cleared. Lunch 1.30. At 1.50 rode mare to Wimbledon. Left letter at Barker's & home across common. Got off at seat bottom of hill. Thought of my poor mother. Through Richmond. Lots of people. Mare rushed & very fresh. Home at 5.10. Sharp trot up hill in wood. At 5.30 Miss Rose Innes called. Dressed. Stayed till 7.0pm. Maud at her grandmother's. Back at 7.15. Dinner 7.45. Wrote more letters & one after dinner. Read & went to bed at 11.0 sharp. M better. Both had better night. Monday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down. Foggy morning. M down after. Sent Purnell with greatcoat to Jermyn St. Wallis sent for Roy's trowsers. Maud at work on line drawing. Could not to my great grief find one single letter of my poor mother's since 1889. Looked over papers etc. At 12.30 rode mare in Park. Met Miss Thomson & her brother. Home 1.30 after asking at Kenyon's to alter date. Lunch. Persuaded M not to go out. Dear Maud & Madame went to be fitted. Maud in tailor-made dress. Mervyn came in. Sent letter round. Wrote letters, Edgar etc etc. After sent Purnell to Stores. Wrote Store orders out. Dinner at 7.45. Quiet.
Much colder afterwards. M went to bed at 10.15, self at 11.30pm. Met Mrs Herapath in Kensington near Orton's old house. Wandering distraught. (Red ink: Did not ride mare from this date to Dec 23rd.) Tuesday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Had bad dream of interment. Down. Purnell's coat not arrived. Letters from Woodseat & Mr Glossop. Wired Mr Glossop & sent Purnell for coat. Very foggy morning. Put wreath on poor mother's coffin. M down at 9.45. Roy home 10.30. At 11.10 started in carriage for Highgate. Dull raw cold foggy morning. Got there at 12.30. Passed Arthur Linley on road. Saw Mervyn. Marquis very hot. Service in chapel. Walked up to grave. Saw my father's coffin distinctly. All over. Put Fanny Worth's wreath on my mother's coffin. Dropped it in. Beautiful wreaths. My father's mother, my sister, my father & mother in the one grave. Left. Mervyn, Roy & self in carriage. Passed Barker & Arthur. Drove to Garrick. Many trams. Wrote letters to F.C.B & Mrs Carter. Had lunch. Chicken etc. Waiter's mistakes. Roy & self walked home. Called New Gallery etc etc, Walls. Home at 5.30, M there. Found my mother's last letter to Roy & looked out The Shadowless Man. M read it to Roy. Wrote letters & diary. Quiet dinner, M, self, Maud & Roy. Word game after. Bed at 11.0pm. Roy & self saw Mr Gladstone at the top of Jermyn St. Roy ran back & saw him. Wednesday November 9 Stafford Terace. Up 8.0am. Roy in bed. After Maud at work on drawing of a letter from Monte Carlo. Wrote letters etc etc all morning. Roy about & very good. At 10.30 Alice Linley came to lunch. At 2.15 M & Alice went to Mrs Cox's to get my poor mother's effects. Very sad. Roy out & posted letters. Wanted magnet. In afternoon Mite finished her drawing. M & Alice back. Wrote letters & orders for Stores etc etc. Roy received the gold swiss watch that his grandmother had. My poor mother had £25 in notes, £2 in gold etc etc. Roy very good with his mother. I left at 5.40 & walked to Punch dinner calling at Club. Saw Walter Lucy. Said he intended to live to 100. On to P.D. There 7.5. William Agnew & the 2 new members of the Firm, Lawrence Bradbury & Phillip Agnew there. F.C.B, Guthrie, Lehmann, Milliken, Reed, D.M, Arthur, Tenniel & self. Dullish dinner. Speech by F.C.B. Talked to J.T. All left about 10.30. Shewed Maud's second drawing. Liked very much. Left with Tenniel in cab at 10.30 after talk with D.M & Milliken about Furniss. Home at 12.0 by cab from top of Piccadilly, 2/6. Read evening paper news of death of the Duke of Marlborough. Slept in chair until 2.0am. Bed. M all right. (Red ink across page: 1st appearance of Lawrence Bradbury & Phillip Agnew at the Punch dinner.) Thursday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Letter from Hartree. Dense fog. Candles at breakfast. Sausages. Mite, M down after. Altered Maud's drawing & sent it. Boy came with photo of Cleveland at 10.0am. After writing letters got to work on cartoon of Cleveland & Eagle. Lunch. M went in carriage to try to be fitted after lunch. Had to turn back. Sat in chair in drawing room after lunch. Dozed till 3.30. M back. Went on with drawing. Edgar called at 5.0pm. Long talk. Dressed 6.30. Dinner 7.15. At 7.50 started by cab to Lyceum Theatre. 1 st night of King Lear. Centre of stalls. Got there 8.30 after calling at Club for liqueur of whiskey. Passed in Row Mrs & Miss Beatty Kingston, Lockwoods, Miss Young. Sat between O'Connor &
Weymss Reed. Oh dreary play. Over 11.15. Speech from Irving. Difficulty about coats. Went round to back. Burnands there, Mary, Conny, Frank etc, Mr & Mrs F.C.B. Talk to H.Dickens, Lawson, Greys, Hume Williams, Abbey & wife. Mrs Perugini & Miss Hogarth. Champagne. Mrs & Miss Routledge, Irving etc etc. Left 1.30am. Very thick with fog. Got hansom. Carefully down Kensington Rd. Cab on pavement. Drove by mistake to Essex Villas. Home 2.15am & bed very tired. Friday November 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Got to work as soon as possible on drawing of Cleveland & Eagle. Very foggy morning. Doubts of being able to get to Brookwood. Wire from Fletcher about gun pads. Sent Purnell off to Purdey's. Back 1.0. M packing. Lunch & finished drawing 3.0pm. Cart up 3.45. Got traps in, rather rush. Goodbye to M & Mite. Purnell drove me to Waterloo in cart along Cromwell Road & Tite St. Fog cleared by Buckingham Palace. Arrived at Waterloo 4.30pm. 35 minutes to wait. Wired Hamilton. Bought English translation of La Débacle & papers. Down in comfortable carriage to self to Ropley. Civil guard. Had to wait 10 minutes for groom with cartridges. Drive to Brookwood, took 1 hour. Stones on road. Felt depressed & livery. Brookwood at 8.40. Dinner. Did not dress. H & Tabs all right. Poodle. Cigar after & bed at 10.45pm. Very tired & glad to get there. (Red ink across page: Went down to Alresford after finishing work.) Saturday November 12 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up 8.30. Breakfast. At 10.0 started for shoot. Tabs drove me in small pony trap & wee pony. The brothers Wilson arrived, one with spaniel. Met at Fox Inn 10.30am to shoot. 6 guns. H, self, 2 Wilsons, Mr Dutton, Mr Higgins. Higgins No 1, self 2, whisker Wilson 3, moustache Wilson 4, Dutton 5, Fletcher 6. About 24 drives. Many birds. Dull grey foggy muggy day. Got 2 hares. Lunch 1.45pm. Beer, Irish stew. Felt very dull & depressed & tired all afternoon. H disappointed in shoot. About 18 brace, 4 hares, 1 pheasant. Left off at dark, 5.0pm. Drove home. Wilsons had whiskey etc. Changed things. Dressed. Looked in vain for Shakespeare vols. Dinner at 7.30. Cigar & pipe after. H settling with keeper. Bed 11.30. Many thoughts of my poor mother & regrets had no photo of her at the last. (Red ink: Shot with Hamilton Fletcher at driven partridges.) Sunday November 13 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up 8.20. Read Life of Duke of Marlborough. Breakfast. After read book of Colonel Howard Vyse on the Pyramids of Egypt. Printed blue iron photos. Not much good to me on acct of time. Walk with Tabs & chicks. Chrysanthemums. To horses & kennels. Curious puppy, x between Irish mother (terrier) & a dog found in an Afghan's tent. Back. Wrote letters before lunch. Lunch at 1.15. Poodle & tricks. Sent cheques M & Clarke & also after consideration drew a cheque for £50 & sent it to Mr F.K.Barr. At 3.0pm Tabs & self, Ju, Colonel & Taggs went for walk to Seymour Haden's. Slight drizzle. Cup of tea there & talk. Mr S.H's son composing a comic opera!. Oh! Oh! Left at about 4.30 & walked back to Brookwood by 5.0pm. Taggs running after rabbits. H had 2 cups of tea. 2nd tea. Paper & read. Dressed & dined at 7.30. Capital bouillon basse soup. After read Thackeray's story about 'Fatal Boots'. Poor. Dozed with pipe & bed 11.0pm. Read 'La Débacle'. Soon asleep. Woke about 7.0am. Monday November 14
Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up at 8.15. Down. H at breakfast. Off by 9.15. Had breakfast after with Tabs & Chicks. Last night's pipe after & read N.American Indian book etc. Walk with Tabs. Made out golf ground. Back at noon. Got gardener, 7 rods & 7 flower pots & made golf course. Beautiful morning very hot & warm. Bluebottle flies about etc. In after losing golf ball. Lunch. Pheasant etc. Chicks left dancing. Smoke & read. Drowsy. At 2.45 Tabs came. Gwen had been naughty & put to bed. Played 2 rounds of golf with Tabs, 7 holes round. Poodle led by strap but quite good after & left balls alone. Ju & Colonel lazily following after. Left off before last hole 4.30pm. Wrote M, Purnell etc. Tea 5.0pm. Long talk with Tabs by fire after of Weatheralls etc etc. Tabs left 6.0pm. Read various books etc until 7.30. Dressed. Tabs angry about the new puppy not having been sent for. At 8.30 Hamilton arrived with new puppy, a dear little thing. Dined at 8.40, ½ bottle Champagne. Quiet evening after, Tabs nursing puppy. Cigar. Bed 11.0. Read La Débacle. Tuesday November 15 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up 8.15. Tabs going off to town 9.15. Breakfast with H. Letters from M, Barr, & others forwarded. Also from Claude Watney asking me to go to Redisham Hall. Wrote letters. Looked at Hogarth Before & After. Sent wires off 11.15. Wrote letters 11.45. Packed bags & left 12.40. Pony cart late & no game came up. Got to station 5 minutes to spare 1.15pm. Puppy all right. On to town. Singular looking lady got in at Esher, hair off forehead. Like Mrs Blake used to be. Got to Vauxhall 3.0pm. Ordered cart for 3.30pm. Saw Purnell. Drove to Victoria Station & sent puppy off. Saw Mr Green. Paid 3/7d. On home. Posted letters at Knightsbridge. Many letters. Found 8.0pm train to Beccles taken off. Annoyed. Wired & wrote letters. At 6.0 went & had hair cut. Long talk with Belshaw, 1/3. Back. Very heavy rain. Purnell back at 7.0 with information about hotel. Ordered carriage to be at Beefsteak Club at 10.15pm. Took cab there at 8.15 in pouring rain. Dined. Had impl pint Burgundy etc. Sat opposite Lord Wharncliffe & Archie Stuart Wortley. Talk. Left & drove in carriage by mare to hotel, Liverpool St. Got room & bed by 11.0. Cheerless. Read circulars of Rly. Sleep by 11.15pm. Wednesday November 16 Gt Eastern Hotel, Liverpool St E.C. Called at 4.12am, woke at 4.0. Up in dark & had shave etc etc. Down 4.30am. Hurried breakfast & off by 5.10 train for Beccles. Changed at Ipswich. Uncomfortable journey. Tried to sleep. Headache came on. Arrived Beccles at 8.30am. Sent wire off. Claude's carriage met me. On to Redisham Hall. Bath & changed. Pouring wet. Breakfast. House party. Capn & Mrs Hewitt, Mr Watney (cousin of C) Mr Stanhope, Hugh Spottiswood, Mr Potter, self & tall young man with thin legs. Policeman with beaters. Pouring rain. Had bad bilious headache all day & put it down to the Burgundy last night. Lunch at farm. Curious old man with distorted face. Left off at 4.30. Shot about 210 pheasants. Many hares & rabbits etc woodcock. 8 guns. Back to house, policeman following. Had bath & after dressed. Went to billiard room & had tea. Up in room & laid down on bed till dinner time. Down. Mrs Hewitt looked well. Band playing Cavaliera Rusticana etc etc. Down to billiard room after. Talk to Mrs Hewitt. Did not play billiards. Cigar & up to bed 11.55pm. Read story of Rudyard Kipling's & put light out & to sleep at 12.20pm. Hugh Spottiswood played curious silver instrument like clarinette & horn. (Red ink across page: Great pheasant
shoot Redisham Hall. Left London 5.10am.) (Cutting glued in: drawing of man titled 'The Prisoner - sketched at Bow St'. Notes in L.S's hand: Respited from Nov 8th for a week. Neill P.M.G. Oct 17 1892. Executed Tuesday 15 Novr 1892 at 9.0am.) Thursday November 17 Redisham Hall, Beccles. Up at 8.30. Bath etc. Down to breakfast at 9.30. Better morning. Started shooting at 10.45. Went after duck. Shot 7 myself. Awful country, wet etc. After for pheaasants. Not so good as yesterday. Shot rabbits, hares & pheasants etc etc. Back to Hall for lunch. Felt better. Out again at 3.10pm & back to same cover. Not so good. Mrs Hewitt went with us. Capn H 28 cartridges & 27 birds picked up. Left off at 4.20 & on for duck again. Got to house 5.0pm. Changed in hurry. Rush. Down in billiard room to say goodbye. Saw keeper (Shepherd) Got away at 5.35pm. Drove to Beccles, caught 6.15. No birds with me. Up to town. Read by candle, Review of R's. Guttered. Carriage to self. Arrived Liverpool St at 9.15. On to Beefsteak Club. Got supper 9.48. Saw Leslie Ward. Talk of work, Guards baronet etc. etc. D'Oyley Carte. Wrote letters. Home by carriage at 11.30 from Club. Found M in bed. Letters from Milliken, F.C.B etc etc. (Red ink across page: 2nd day's pheasant & duck shoot Renisham Hall. Up to town after.) Friday November 18 Stafford Terrace. M & self in spare room. Up 8.0. Down. Breakfast. After skemed cut for Ministers in Fog. Purnell came round & carried camera to stables. At 10.55 photod 4 wheel cab. After developed it & went out with hand camera to photo lamp post & roads up. Mysterious letter from F.C.B, 'Do the cut'. Got to work after lunch (partridge) again went up & made sketch as the hand camera photos were failure. Bright sun after lunch. M out at her mother's. Long awful rush at work after lunch & on till 11.10pm. M back at 9.0. Worried about F.C.B's letter 'Strange things are happening'. Dined 11.20, lobster, steak & bottle of Ayala 1878. M & self went to bed 12.14am. Very tired & utterly dissatisfied with day's work. Ought not to have gone to Beccles had I known. (Red ink: Awful worry day. Mysterious letter from F.C.B.) (Later note in red ink: Oct 30, 1897. Five years after no strange things happened at all.) Saturday November 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Back in bed. M dressing. Bothered with F.C.B's letter & bad cut yesterday. M went out in carriage at 10.0am. Put all photos etc etc away & packed things for Ramsgate. Purnell round. Drew cheques for Emma & Purnell. Lunch. Chop & bird. After at 2.20 small buss round from Charing X. Got off 2.45 & drove to S.E.Rly. Down to Ramsgate. Read by candle. Disgusting old man got in with a cold at Ashford. Out at Ramsgate. Fly to Prospect Terrace, 4/s. Sad as reminded so much of my mother. Went out after seeing & feeding Barnabas. Bought stamps & haddock. Dinner at 8.0. Opened wine. Cigar after. Lovely mild evening. Band. Slept till 11.30. bed. Mite awake. Mite cold in the night. Got box from Vintens & unpacked it. (Red ink: Came down to Ramsgate by S.E.Rly, 1st time season 1892-3.) Sunday November 20
Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0. Mite had been cold in the night. Barnabas up in bed. In room no fire. Breakfast. Large haddock. Birds out. Round Club. Read critique of Irving's Lear in Ill.L.N. Back. Put camera up & also got dark room ready etc etc. Found had left artist's bag in London. Wrote diary etc etc. Went for stroll at 12.45. Met M, Mite & Madame. Saw young Frank, Conny, Miss Hood etc etc. Beautiful bright sun. After walked down to station & bought papers. Lunch 1.50. Read Referee with cigar. Barney playing. Went for walk with Maud 3.0pm. Saw F.C.B, Lady Lawson driving etc. Round by Pegwell & Weigalls. Saw Lady Rose & Rachel W. Home. Met Mrs Gould, Miss Hollingshead & Mrs Borradaile. Tea. M & Barny up in room. Wrote letters, diary etc etc. Dined quietly, M, Maud & self at 8.0pm after posting letters. At 9.15 Mite & self went round to Burnands. Father Regan there. Mr & Mrs Hammond & Rosie back from Ireland. Squire's Irish joke. Poor. Left at 10.45pm. Broke glass. Slept in drawing room till 12.15pm. Bed after. Monday November 21 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.0pm. Bright sun. Down at 8.30. Round Club after, 1 st time. Wrote letters ordering papers & sent cheques to Kennedy & also to Knightley. Paid Club subscription & after went to Vinten. Had talk with Vinten. Paid cheque for house. After bought nails etc etc. Back. Met M, Mite, Miss Hood, Mrs Pugin etc. Looked in Club & read Truth. After back. Put up bench for photoing. Lunch. M & self went over stable. Very dreary. On to F.C.B's. Walk to Club & talk about Punch affairs. So so. Back to house. Developed some photo plates of Miss Paxton taken Saty 8 Oct as a trial & some of Redisham Hall etc. Worked. M in room. Puppy. Terrible blues all day. Doubts of future. Dinner 8.0pm. Posted letter. Mrs Hollingshead dined with us. Very poor dinner. Bad cutlets & birds. Heavy & sleepy after. Did not go round to F.C.B's. Bed at 11.15pm. M came down for me. (Red ink: Fred Leslie first felt typhoid coming on.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Mayo. Times, Thurs Dec 1. 92.) Tuesday November 22 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Puppy brought up & sleeping peacefully with M in room. Bath too hot. Breakfast. Club. Very cold wind & dreadfully dull morning. Read Times & paper on Crust of Earth. Met Louis Fagan. Brought him in. Letter from F.C.B. Answered. Birds came from Claude, 3 wild duck, 3 pheasants. Got to work & drew after the (illeg) of Abbey, illustration to Lang's paper. Worked till lunch time. At 2.30 went to Club to meet F.C.B. Waited till 2.45. Down & saw him. Skemed subject for Monetary Conference, battle of the Standard. Back. Found Fagans at home in 5 Prospect Terrace. Many people called. Talked till tea time. Up & hurriedly finished drawings after. Dined quietly, M Maud & self. Wednesday November 23 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dressed & packed things. Breakfast. Sent William Agnew with things to station. Went to Club. Got F.C.B's letter. Saw Conny B & F.C.B in fly. Walked quietly down to station & went up to town with F.C.B & Conny. Read Rudyard Kipling's letter in Times. Very good. F.C.B & Club letter, 'Don't you do it again'. Carriage met me at Victoria. Mare lame. Called at Clarks’ about saddle. Home, all well. Got to work & skemed tournament for Monetary Conference. Wrote M. At 5.50 went in carriage to Peals about spats & then to Benjamin. On to Club 6.57pm. Took cab from Bow St to corner of Bouverie St. P.D. William Agnew, Milliken, Reed, Lucy, Guthrie, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur, Lehmenn &
Philip Agnew. Felt depressed. Passage of arms between F.C.B & W.A about the Sergeant. Young A prompted his father. Says we have no confidence in him. My cut altered to Knights apart fighting. Left & walked along Embankment with Lehmann & Guthrie. Guthrie 'We’re all going to get the sack'. Back for carriage & on to Club. Home after Garrick. This night had the Xmas N° given out. Complimented on my work. Thursday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wrote letter & sent Purnell off to Mays for suit of armour. Also wired M & wrote letters. Dull foggy morning. Purnell back at 11.0 with sack of costume. Had not skemed subject. Back at 12.20 & photod him in dull foggy morning. After developed plates & just got 2 prints before dark. Sent carriage for M at 4.30pm, Charing X. M back at 6.0pm. Ordered carriage at 7.15. Up at 7.25. Purnell complained had had no dinner. Drove to Pagani's Restaurant & M & self dined. Felt indigestion, anxious & tired. Woman in small room. Came on to rain. After at 8.20 had cab on to Comedy Theatre. Got box & saw The Arabian Nights. After home by hanson. Curious mare, fast goer & put her ears right back. No vice. Home, letter from Mr Brown of Fine Arts asking for drawings of Xmas number. Up in room, comfortable. Fine evening. Paper & bed tired. M all right. (Red ink: M came up from Ramsgate. Dined at Pagani's.) Friday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am. Down. M in room. Wrote letters to Tenniel, Swain etc. After at 9.30 got to work on drawing of 2 Knights fighting for the Standard of Currency. At 10.10 a M.Desprez called on me about a shirt etc. Wanted drawing. Man x between Gilbert the sculptor & Hare. Went on with drawing. M went out in carriage at 11.0. Dark dreary morning. Worked on & on. M back to lunch. Wrote letters & went to her mother's at 5.30pm. After worked on to 11.15pm. M back at 8.30 & very sleepy. Dined 11.20pm & had bottle of Ayala 1884 & after smoked & complacently looked over Almanack. No evening paper. Bed at 1.30am. Wrote Mr Brown about drawings for Almanack in morning. (Red ink: Fred Leslie plays for the last time at the Gaiety Theatre.) Saturday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Breakfast. M no bath & headache. Down, sent Purnell with note to Tenniel about his cob. Breakfast. After put drawing room tidy all photos away etc etc. Selected & cleaned up 5 drawings for Brown, Fine Art Socy. Wrote letters etc. Purnell back, no answer form Tenniel. Lunch. Whiskey & Apollinaris. After dressed & at 2.30pm carriage with Marquis came up. Left 2.30. Rain came on in Piccadilly about Park Lane. Called Walls & got sausages. On to Charing X. Heavy rain. Caught 3.25 for Ramsgate. Waited 25 minutes. Very heavy rain. Lit candle. Dropped down twill. Same disgusting old man got in at Ashford as last week. At Ramsgate tremendous rain. M came back in buss. I walked, just time to dress. Bought cigars. Mr & Mrs Fagan dined with us. Fairish dinner. Good pheasant. 2 bottles of Dumeny '84, 1 Burgundy. Cigars. Talk after of Richard Garnett. F's left at 11.15pm. Fine night. Starlight. Sunday November 27 Prospect Terrace. Up at 9.0. Puppy in bed. Washed him. Up in room. Breakfast. Sausages. Round Club. Saw only Daniels come to Judgement. Wrote 7 letters. Out
11.50. Back at 12.15. Went for walk on Parade & met Mite, Madame, Flossy Hood & Conny B etc etc. Home. Gave poor woman 6d. Took puppy out for 1 st time. Lunch. After M & self walked up to call on Fagans. Interesting illumination by L.F. Walked by Broadstairs on to Stone House & back to station. Home by train. Tea at 5 Prospect Terrace. Long talk to Louis Fagan after & great anecdotes about poor Pellegrini & the Prince of Wales etc etc. Fagan left at 6.30. Up in room & wrote 2 letters. Posted them. Went too far for Post Office. Dressed. Dined, M, Maud & self. Bottle Saumur. After M, Maud & self all went to F.C.B's. All sitting in circle. Bessie H, Squire, young Fearon etc. Old Evans there. 1 st look at Robinson Crusoe. Spoilt by old blocks. Left at 10.35. Home. Window undone. M knocked. Bed 11.30. Wrote Tenniel about cob in morning. Monday November 28 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.15. Bath etc. Puppy in bed. Down. No letters. Club by 9.30. Sat till 11.55 writing letters. Wrote Will Bingham. Fagan came in. Made a sketch. Posted letter to Mr Glossop. Letters from Mrs Buckmaster for tennis. After got to work & skemed drawing for Oyster & Sparrow. M in room. Lunch. Whisky & soda. M went out to Fagans & called with them on the Montefiores & Wills's. Developed 12 plates taken 25th. Maud up in room with me working. After did drawing of Cat(?) & Oyster to Follow. At 6.0pm Miss Parkin called with black & tan terrier. Too old, 4 years. M back at 6.30. Posted drawings to Swain. Quiet dinner, M, Maud & self. Strolled to Club after dinner & went up into card room & looked at the Xmas N° of The World. Very bad. Drivvelish. Men playing cards. After back home, Madame in drawing room. M & puppy. Read. Snooze on sofa & bed after at 11.30pm. Tuesday November 29 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Club. After Fagan came in. Decided to photo him. Dull morning. Got him all ready by 11.45. Took his portrait & also books & self on bench. Developed them & as much as could do to get a print. Fagan came in in afternoon & I sent Alice for acid (a long time gone). Developed the prints. After set to work & did drawing of Man in Prison for Lang's paper. Dinner at 7.30pm. Madame dined with us & after M, Maud, Madame by selves all went to F.C.B's for children's play, Mr Burnand's birthday. Self dresed after dinner & went by 9.15pm. Good little play. Baby, Mary & Winnie, Phillip & Cuthbert. Phillip a gend'arme. Good company. Lady Lawson, à Becketts etc, old Mr Gould. Champagne. Talk to Borradailes & all left at 11.45pm. Bed. M & Maud & Madame & self walked home. (Red ink across page: Mr Burnand's birthday. Went to see children's play after dinner.) Wednesday November 30 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Put things up etc. Breakfast. William Agnew carried things to station. At 9.30 club & after strolled down. Met young Frank & Franklin carriage. F.C.B late. All up to town. F.C.B, Arthur à B, Frank, Franklin & self. Look at Phil May's annual. Carriage met me Victoria. Marquis very excited with trains etc. After drove home. Summons for 5/6 from Gillham. Unexpected. Emma had to go & get lunch. Finished drawing commenced yesterday afternoon for Lang's paper. Ordered carriage at 4.30 & drove to Turkish baths. Had bath & afterwards walked to P.D. Called at Whistlers in the Strand & looked at guns. On to P.D & arrived up stairs in time. New Sergeant. Phil Agnew & Lawrence Bradbury at
bottom of table & sat together for 1st time. Milliken, B.P, Reed, Lucy, Guthrie, F.C.B, Tenniel, Arthur & self there. Left at 11.15. Went by carriage. Called Garrick club. Wrote Lincoln & Bennett & home. Fire in room & read Pyramids. Letters etc. Bed 12.30. Dec 1892 Thursday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slight head. In morning early skemed the drawings for Rhodes Colossus putting in breeches before breakfast. At 10.30 Purnell photod self on table. Heavy rain came on. Lincoln & Bennett sent helmet. Just got it developed dried & printed. Could not ride Tenniel's cob on acct of heavy rain. At 4.15 dressed. Called De Vere Gardens. Carriage at 6.55 & drove on to Beefsteak Club. Had dinner. Talk to Elliot & Weedon Grossmith of word competition. Dr Bird next me. Marquis of Granby, Lord Onslow, Leslie Ward etc etc. At 10.20 went to Empire Theatre. Southern & Viennese beauties. Saw Jean de Paleagol. Out & on to Garrick. Carriage fetched me. Angry with Purnell for not driving Marquis. Explained about shaft. Home. Fire in room. Read Pyramids & sleep at 1.0am. (Red ink: 1st D.V.) Friday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast & after sent Purnell on Marquis to Tenniel & after to F.C.B's. Dull morning. Foggy with sun struggling through. Got to work on Rhodes Colossus & on with it; all outlined by 4.30pm. F.C.B wrote 3 times to do 2nd cut, would not break off. Decided to do it tomorrow morning. Lunch. No beef tea in afternoon. Worked till 8.30 when dined. Large lobster. Too large. At 9.15 went on with drawing & sent it off by 10.0pm. Smoked cigar & dozed in chair. Had ½ bottle Ayala 1885 & some whiskey after. Went to bed very tired at 12.30 after sleep in chair. (Red ink: Did good cut of Rhodes Colossus.) Saturday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. Down & got to work on sketch of Labby & Gladstone for Process. Hurried breakfast & after finished drawing by 11.50. Sent it off. Then dressed & tried Tenniel's cob. Went quite quietly. Enlargement of off hind legs. Sent him in harness to Tenniel at 1.15. Lunch. ½ bottle Ayala '85. After printed & wrote names under mount for Almanack drawings. Finished by 3.15. Packed things. Wrote a letter or two. Tea & at 4.30pm cart came with Marquis looking very well & handsome. Drove to Victoria calling at Walls for sausages. Caught the 5.15pm train & down with 2 young men. One had a Sucher candle which came down & squirted grease all over him. The other got out at Faversham. Ramsgate porter home. Sensation, great fall of cliff opposite Cap'n Vailes'. Home. Mrs à Beckett there. Dressed. Dinner. Bottle of Champagne. Very tired after. Slept 1 hr on sofa & bed after. Mrs à B fetched by nurse. Bed 12.0. Sunday December 4 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0am. Good sleep. Very tired. Breakfast. M in bed. On to Club. Letters (many) after fluster could not find my letters of last night. Wrote Tenniel etc etc. Out dressed in brown knicks to station to meet Milliken. Did so. Superinten't explained about trains. Arthur à B & Milliken in fly. Arthur pleased with Colossus of Rhodes. Home. Lunch. After walked up to call on the Fagans. Saw oval machine & illuminations. Fagan, Milliken & self walked to Dumpton Gap
& along sand home. One of the most beautiful winter afternoons ever saw. Beautiful clouds sunset & full moon (nearly) rise. Splendid. Back to P.T for tea. Mrs Fagan there. Long talk & story of print proofs. They left at 6.30. Up in room & wrote letters to Times advertisement etc. Dressed & dinner 7.45. Burgundy. Milliken & self walked to F.C.B's after. Very cold. F.C.B quiet. Mite there. Bessie H & Mrs B sharp words. Left 10.30. Home. Talk with M about E.A.Poe. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink across page: Lovely winter afternoon. Cold set in.) Monday December 5 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down. Breakfast. Lovely bright sun. Cold. Frost in night. Millken down 8.45. M in bed. Out to Club. Wrote letters etc. Sent Forbes cheque. After went into town. Saw Hodgman's man & called ironmongers. Also on Wastall & ordered wine. After 2 wires, one from Tenniel one from Victoria. Wrote up diary till lunchtime. Down & after at 2.25 went for walk with Fagan & Milliken. Met F.C.B. On to Pegwell. Saw Squire & Borradaile. Stopped at farm house. Squire hollered behind me. Walk with S & B as far as X roads. On with M & F to 'Sportsman'. Round & across railway. Fagan told story of the pugilist. On home thro' top of Ramsgate by water works & Johnstones'. Home. Tea. Mrs & Miss Vailes there with squeaky voice. Long talk with Fagan about cammoristas, maffiers etc etc. He left at 5.35. Came up to work. Begun Spons calendar. Worry letter from William Agnew etc. Wrote letters & dressed in great hurry, went with E.I.M to Burnands to dinner. M & Maud had gone on. Talk of Africa. Bessie H, self, F.C.B, Mrs S, E.I.M & Rosie & Mrs B. Mrs B amused at joke. Great snow. Race game. Arthur à B won it. Home 10.45. Slept till 1.30. (Red ink across page: Dined at 18 Royal Crescent. Worry letter from W.Agnew. Heavy fall of snow at 8.30pm.) Tuesday December 6 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Dressed quickly & went to G.P.O & sent off wires to Green & Tenniel. Bought envelopes & back to breakfast. Got paper at Club & found apologetic letter from William Agnew. All right about the picture after all. Back home. After to Club. Long yarn from Fagan about the Arts Club & share etc. Ass of an individual said Punch's Xmas N° not good. Back & up in room & began Spons Calendar at noon. Lunch. At 2.15 went with Vinten's man to look at stable etc. Back. Very raw & cold. Snow on ground & more coming. Wires from Worrall & Tenniel. Got Punch with 1st Process drawing in it. Milliken went to Fagan's & had coffee & cigarettes. Worked on Spons' drawing. After rushed to Club to get cigars & back. Louis Fagan, F.C.B & Mrs B dined with us quietly, also Milliken. F.C.B greatly interested after with Fagan's talk about poor Pellegrini. Anecdote about letter & 3d bit. Hospital nurse. Fagan & F.C.B on stairs. After left Fagan talked on to Milliken & self. Left 11.30. Bed. Very cold. (Red ink: Death of Fred Leslie, comedian, 5.0am Tuesday Dec 6.) (Red ink across page: Snow on ground.) Wednesday December 7 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down. Put things up. Milliken at breakfast. Fine morning. Walked down to Granville 10.0am. Milliken, self & F.C.B went up to town together. Guessed at missing word. Nothing in Times. Parnell met me with dog cart at Victoria. Home. Lunch. Lord Frederick Hamilton called at 3.0pm. Had worked on Spons' drawing from 12.30 to 3.0pm. After tea. Walked up at 5.30pm to Punch dinner. Called Club & saw in window at Goff's octagon oriental table. Bought it for £4.5.0. On to Punch dinner. Furniss had had interview with Agnew &
Bradbury & behaved badly. P.D. Great success of my Process drawing. Had out & handed round. Agnew, Milliken, Lawrence Bradbury, Reed, Guthrie, B.P, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur à B, Furniss & Lehmann, D.M, (thirteen). Left at 11.15 & home in dog cart. Purnell said a Mr Cumming had been to see Marquis. Mr C subsequently never turned up. (Red ink across page: Interview with Lord Frederick Hamilton. Punch dinner, 13 at it. Furniss overhauled by F.C.B & agreed.) Thursday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slight head. Sent Purnell round back after going up to to Chappells for flageolet. Got back at 11.0 & photod him for Street Musician. Developed them. Cold. Had sent wire to Mrs Millett. Came at 11.35 & sat for Preface drawing. Cold in head & thinner. Looked miserable. Lunch. Felt very tired & sleepy afterwards. Woke up & begun drawing after tea. Left off 5.30 & dressed. Walked up to Savoy Restaurant. Called Club & also Goffs. After to Savoy. Wandered over hotel. Finally met Ayala. Talk in drawing room. Finally his nephew came late. After dinner (very good) drove with Marquis to Court Theatre. Saw Lockett Agnew & wife at restaurant. Saw The Guardsman for 2 nd time. Met Chudleigh upstairs & Ayala very much pleased. Left & on in carriage by mare to Spielmann's, 16 Porchester Terr. Lots there. Met Pettie & McWhirter in doorway. Guthrie, Milliken etc etc. Introduced to Walter Crane. Saw Hugh Thomson smoking clay pipe. Left 11.30 & home by carriage. Gilbert elected an R.A. (Red ink across page: Dined with Ayala at Savoy Restaurant. Saw The Guardsman afterwards.) Friday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Breakfast. After got to work at once on drawing of Musician & Stafford Terrace. No letter from F.C.B. Worked on. Lunch. After got finished by 7.45. Wrote on it for Process. Bothered over head of figure. Wrote Swain & dressed & after walked up to Mr G.M.Freeman’s, 33 Phillimore Gdns. Dirty roads. Dined. Curious wife, hair over eyes. Red headed daughter. Padgett there. Lovely house. Good dining room. Pictures. Bronzes etc. Champagne. Talk of 'Punch' & game of billiards after. Slow. Electric lights. Settled for stable. No mention of Marquis. Left at 11.45 & home to bed. Read paper & Pyramids. Very cold. (Red ink across page: Dined with G.M.Freeman at 33 Phillimore Gardens.) Saturday December 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am. Down. Wrote letter to Whistler etc etc. After breakfast sent Purnell on mare to Tenniel's. Got to work to finish Spons’ Calendar. Purnell back & photod me in fur coat for Preface. Developed them, 1 from Purnell. After finished Spons’ drawing & sent it off by boy at 1.30pm. Lunch. Printed photos taken at 11.0am. Dressed & left in carriage at 2.35. Drove to Walls. Got sausages. On to Victoria. Ethel English just behind me. To train. Saw F.C.B. Declined to have anyone in carriage. Down with E.E, one other couple in carriage. Got out at Broadstairs. On to Ramsgate. Tea. Went into town to see Tenniel's cob. Very nervous. On & wired Tenniel. Called ironmonger & bought haddock. Home. Dressed & fly on to Montefiores for dinner. Took in very handsome woman, Mrs Berry. Good dinner. Talk to Mrs Cohen about Athens etc. Pool. Billiards. Singing. Left at 10.45pm. Home. Read paper & dozed in chair till 12.25. Bed. (Red ink across page: Met Ethel English. Came down. Dined with Montefiores.)
Sunday December 11 Prospect Terrace. Up at 7.0 & breakfast. Wind in the west. Fine morning. Out to Club. & after went down to Hodgmans. Had saddle put on Tenniel's cob & after rode to ½ way house Sandwich. Saw Cuthbert Burnand. Lent me stick. Called P.T. M saw cob. Burnand caught me up on grass & after rode away. Met Squire, young Frank & Cuthbert. Home by 12.45. Rode with F.C.B. Talk of Furniss. Stayed at end of Parade & saw Mite & Ethel English. After changed & put on blue suit. Walked once up & down Parade. Home lunch. After felt tired. Up in room. wrote letters & diary. Felt very sleepy after. Dozed. M up in room at 4.15. Tea. Fagan & Perkins in. Fagan up in my room at 4.30pm. Worked after & skemed Shirt Trade drawing. Dressed 7.20pm. Wrote Tenniel, Times, Gilbert & Clowes. Quiet dinner. Puppy wild. On to Burnands after. Wet. Quiet evening. Saw Herkomer's 2 nd portrait of F.C.B in reflection. F.C.B pleased with E.E. Home 10.30. Mite & self went back way & got home 1st. Read Scribner. Bed 11.30. Plates still hypo on them after fortnight. (Red ink across page: Rode Tenniel's cob for 1st time.) Monday December 12 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.15. Breakfast. Dull morning. Round Club. Letters. Fagan came in. At 11.0 cob came round & got on at P.T having bought cane stick just before. On to Burnands. Missed him. Went on. Man on a hoss. Rode round by Westwood & along by Dumpton Park & back. Great difficulty to get cob by the Gas Works. Rain came on. Met M & E.E. After home. Lunch & after got to work on Shirt Trade Mark. Worked till 7.15pm. Dressed & went to dine at Arthur à Becketts. Met Mr & Mrs Hamilton, Mr & Mrs F.C.B & little Miss Harrison. Mite M & self went. Mrs H very gray woman. Table turning etc etc cards. Room very cold. Felt cold & expected to get one. F.C.B stayed till 11.40, then we all left. Pat & Giggles in bed. Home. Went up to bed at 12.10pm. Letter came from East asking me to dine at 8.0pm at Granville. Accepted. Tuesday December 13 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Washed floor. After dressed for hunting & down breakfast. Ethel English & M going to Deal for day. Club. At 9.30 got on cob & rode across country to Birchington. Sturdy little chap. Got there at exactly 11.0. Saw Collard & old Ackhurst etc etc. Tom Mayhew. Found hare. Cob got dreadfully excited & wanted to go. Took him away. Did not see F.C.B. Left 11.50 & home across through Acol & past Cleve Court. Home 1.0. F.C.B not back. Talk to Ashley & looked at pony for Roy. Back. Passed Mrs Berry. Called Club & on to lunch. Changed things. Miss Harrison with Maud. Up in room after. Read paper. Dozed & wrote letters until 4.30pm. Tea & got on with Shirt drawing after. M back 6.15 from Walmer. Worked till 8.0pm. Did not finish drawing. Bottle Burgundy for dinner at 8.15pm. After M, Maud, E.E & self hunted for thimble. Bed at 11.15pm. Very cold all day. (Red ink across page: 1st ride of meet of Hounds. Harriers 18923.) Wednesday December 14 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.15am. Breakfast. Pouring wet day. Round Club. Read Times. Missing word stopped. Back 10.5. Posted letters. Up in room. Fire nearly out. Got to work on Shirt drawing. M in room. Finished 12.0. Delay in packing it up. Sent it by William Agnew who took Mrs Armstong's (the cook's) box. Lunch
1.30. Maud distrait about patterns etc. Back in room & outlined Preface. Packed things. Puppy barked at glass. Off by 3.35pm train. Carriage very full, 2 at Margate & 3 at Westgate. 2 got out Herne Bay. Read by candle & after up to town. Purnell met me at departure platform. Drove to Club & ordered carriage at 11.0 Bouverie St. Quiet dull Punch dinner. F.C.B at Sir Henry Thomson's to meet H.R.H. Arthur, Tenniel, self, Lehmann, P.Agnew, L.Bradbury, Milliken, B.P, Reed & Guthrie there. Wrote letter for robes to Ede & Son & Swain. Drove straight home. Fire in room. Letter from Maple & Co etc. Bed 12.30am. Thursday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Fine morning. Skemed subject of Judge & M.P. Desuner. At 10.30 robes came from Ede & Son, Chancery Lane. Photod Purnell & after at 1.0 Emma photod self in evening dress for Index. Got them developed & printed early. Worked. Put in gas chandelier etc etc. At 5.30 dressed & called D.V.G. Carriage fetched me 7.15. Drove on to Garrick. Got violets at Covent Garden. Hare & Furniss at club. Drove to Brooks'. Dined with Lockwood. Met Sir Douglas Straight, F.C.B, Bancoft, Hare, Daddy Levy, Joe Parkinson, Willie Matthews, self, Lockwood & Arry Furniss. Good dinner & A1 wine, Pol Reger 1880. Left at 11.10 to drive to Colin Hunters. Mr Harper of New York, McIlvaine, Orchardson, William Black, Colin & self. Lost 35/s at poker. Left 12.30 & home. Walked with Orchardson. Told me of selling his house. Fire in room. Read papers & bed at 1.15am. (Red ink: 2nd D.V.) (Red ink across page: Dined with Lockwood at Brooks’ Club.) Friday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & got to work after breakfast on drawing of Judge & M.P. Roy came back from school at 9.15pm. Had 3 sausages for breakfast. Sent him after to his grandmothers. Had words with Purnell at 8.15. Sent him with Marquis in cart to shew Mr Lubbock. Came back at 11.0. Sent Roy with him up to Hyams to get covert coat & to be left at Albert Hall Mansions. Got on with drawing. Lunch. Roy back at 4.0pm. Gave him letter to go to the Adelphi Theatre with Mervyn which he did. Finished drawing at 7.30 & sent it off. Dressed & drove in carriage (last time) to Reform Club. Dined with Lehmann. Good dinner. J.R.Robinson, Anstey Guthrie, Barry Paine, E.I. Milliken, Ernest Lehmann, Arthur à Beckett, Guy Campbell, Walter J.James, E.T.Reed, Anthony C.Deane, Richard W.Turner, H.Wiere, T.Wemys Reed, A.C.Lehmann, F.C.B, H.W.Pym, A.Conan Doyle, L.S & about 3 others. Sat between Robinson of Daily News & Conan Doyle. Talk after to Guy Campbell. One got drunk. Home by cab at 1.0am. All right. Bed. Answered letter to Mr Desprez about drawing & posted it at 2.15am, so was all right. Marquis sent to Mr Lubbock to try. (Red ink across page: Dined with Lehmann at Reform Club.)
Saturday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Slight head. Down. Put things away etc etc. Developed & prints of self for Toby jumping through Hoop. Roy back at 10.30pm. Sent him to be measured at Benjamins for breeches. Back at 1.0pm. Got things together & left in cart after lunch at 2.30. Drove Marquis for the last time. Went well. Bought 3lbs of sausages at Walls. Caught 3.25 train & down to Ramsgate. Carriage to ourselves. Fly home. M delighted to see Roy. Had forgotten his pot
hat. Dinner. Quiet evening. Ethel English sang & we looked for thimbles. Bed at 11.0pm. Slightly bilious all day. George Williams examined Marquis in the morning, passed him sound. (Red ink: Drove Marquis for last time.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Robert McIlwraith.) Sunday December 18 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dressed. Roy's 1st morning at P.T. At 10.0 after writing letter at Club to F.C.B went on Jumbo to call on Ingram at Westgate. Good ride. Cob went well. Got there 11.15am. Long talk with Ingram about new paper & his family affairs. Lunch. 2 boys. Many birds, albinos & laughing jackass. White jackdaw flying about. Very funny. Left at 2.10 & rode to Margate & home past Montefiores. Home by 4.0pm. Ashley waiting at Hodgmans. After at home Sorby there. Tea & talk. Up in room & did drawings for Lang's paper & sent it off by Roy at 7.30pm. Dressed & dined. Mr & Mrs à Beckett, Mr & Mrs Fagan, Ethel English & Conny Burnand at dinner. Good dinner. 1 bottle of Burgundy & 2 of Dumeny's. Good talk. Music. Roy lounged in chair after. All left at 11.30pm. Monday December 19 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am & after visit to Club back & commenced Preface. Ethel English left at 1.15pm. Paxtons came. Got on with Preface & lunch 1.45. Mr Paxton, Basil & Maud P there. At 2.10 Roy & self rode for 1 st time to Margate. Roy on poor old Shuffler. Passed Mr Schimmelmann's & saw Mr Edwards. Roy sheepish. Home by 4.0pm. Paxtons at tea. Up in room & went on with Preface. Got complete outline done. Dinner. Bottle of Burgundy. Did not work after dinner & glad I did not. Bed at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Cheque received for Marquis £45.0.0. Hard at work on Preface. Marquis sold & sent to Mr Lubbock. 72 Cadogan Gdns S.W. The Rookery, Down, Farnborough. R.S.O. Kent.) Tuesday December 20 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am & got to work after going to Club for ¼ hour on finishing Preface. Begun to shade at 10.15am. Worked on. Roy went with harriers at 10.30 with young Hodgman. Dull foggy morning. Got on & Roy back at 1.45. Sent Preface off by William Agnew at 3.15 after wiring Swain twice. After did tail piece for Preface. Children's party at home. Mr & Mrs Fagan called. Dinner 7.40pm. Bottle Saumur. Maud at Mrs Banks' school play. Roy & M playing with puppy. Mite back very late. Bed at 12.15pm. (Red ink: Hard at work on Preface.) Wednesday December 21 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.15am. M very tired in bed. Roy in hot bath. Breakfast. Club. Cuthbert & O'Reilly came in for Roy. Club. Wrote Clowes & Mr Lubbock. Back & did Index in the morning, Punch jumping Toby through Hoop. Lunch. Roy rode Jumbo at 2.0pm for 2 hours. Went well. Up in room & finished Index. Sent it off by W.A at 3.10. After did tail piece & sent it by Roy 6.45pm. M up in room. Roy at geometrical drawings. Dinner 7.30. Bottle of Burgundy. Quiet evening after. M very sleepy & tired. Bed at 11.15 exactly. (Red ink: Finished the Preface & Index for Vol end of year.) Thursday December 22 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Fog. Bath. Washed Barney. Breakfast. M decided to go up by 9.40 S.E train. Left at 9.20, Roy carrying bag. Club. Wrote letters etc.
Dense fog. Wrote M & back home. Wrote letters. Changed & put on brown knickerbocker suit. Went with Roy to Hodgman. Paid him £10.0.0 balance of acct one & ordered horses. Bought twine & stamps etc. After home. Played Roy 50 up at billiards. Changed to riding things. Lunch. At 2.15pm rode cob & Roy the Shuffler. Past Manstone, Westwood & by East Cliff home by 4.0pm. Tea & went down to station. Waited in cold east wind one hour. Talk to station news agent. Mare arrived one hour late. After drove to stables. All wrong. No light, dropped key. Purnell back with self in cart to Vintens & Fitchews, on to Blackburns also. Home. Wrote letters, changed things. Wind set in to S.E about 1.0pm. Up in room & wrote letters. Dined 9.45pm. Maud & Roy, I alone. Whiskey & soda. Roy & self sat in front of fire in drawing room. Very cold. Slept & went to bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M went up to town.) (Red ink across page: Bitterly cold east wind set in. Death of Montague Williams Q.C.) Friday December 23 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.0. Most glorious sunrise. Up in bath room. After Club etc. Wrote letters to Xmas card people etc. Tom Smith crackers came. Wrote at home & after skemed 2 drawings for Ingram's Sketch. Ordered horses 2.15. Roy rode cob, self mare for 1st time since Novr 7th. Went across country to Westgate. Past Nash & Garlinge. Called on Ingram & left letter & wires. Rode past & through Westgate & to Birchington. Roy dropped his cane. Mare lashed out at cob. After rode in bee-line to Ramsgate & through Sicklemore’s Farm home. Left mare at stable. Went on to Vintens about gas & walked with him to gas works. After home. Very cold east wind by south. Up in room & did 6 more designs for Ingram's Sketch. After Roy went to meet his mother at S.E.Rly. M back at 6.30. Finished sketches & wrote to Tenniel about cob. Roy posted them. Dined at 7.45. Bottle Ayala. All in drawing room. Bed after 11.0pm. Very bitterly cold & hard frost in the night. Heard of death of Montague Williams Q.C. (Red ink across page: Roy & self delightful ride across country.) Saturday December 24 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.0. M in bath. After good breakfast Club. Wrote thanking for Xmas cards etc. At 10.10 posted them after talk to Fagan. At 10.20 went round to stables. Rode mare & Roy cob. Most bitterly cold. Burnand, Frank B & Cuthbert rode & caught us up by farm house. Rode to Sandwich far too fast. Roads very hard. Troubled with P. Back at 12.30. Left F.C.B at farm also. Home to stables. No water & lock. Went to Vintens again. Bought Roy corn plasters & corn stuff. After home & lunch. After to Club & played 1.100 game of billiards with Roy. 96 - 100. Roy won. Back house. Roy's breeches arrived. Tried them on. Got on deck chair to rest when Ingram arrived. Saw him. Talk for ¾ hour. Horses 30 years old. Tea. Settled with Purnell. Wrote diary. Still bitterly cold. Went on writing letters till dinner time. After M, Maud, Roy & self dined quietly. Bottle of Saumur. After up in drawing room. Roy & puppy playing with ball. Bed 11.30. M curled in a ball. Mite still up. Sunday December 25 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.45. Up in room. Lovely sunrise. Down breakfast. Presents all round. Beautiful morning. Roy & self & Barney went round to stables to see horses. Back & on to Club. Saw Fagan & Edwards. Talk of station servant who got 18 months for distilling. Home 11.0am. Wrote 6 letters till 12.30. Mite &
self & M went onto Parade with little Buckmaster. On into Susie à Beckett’s. Walked up & down. Met Conny B & Charles B & wife etc. Miss Chards. After back. Mite, Milliken & Arthur à B lunch. Opened Carlsbad plums. After went with Roy at 3.0pm & called on Fagans. Attack of P. Lovely walk. Very cold wind. Went along pier. Frozen salt water. Back at 4.30. Fagans in to tea & photos up in room. Wrote Emma. After dinner at 7.15. Dressed. Cold after dinner. M, Maud, Roy & self went round to F.C.B's. Felt seedy after smoking big cigar of Lehmann's. Harold Powers at F.C.B's, Hammonds etc etc. Speeches by Powers after & presents given away. Got a lovely Letts diary. Roy did not think much of H.P. Left at 11.30 & home. Very cold. (Red ink across page: Most lovely Xmas day ever recollect. Very cold, nearly east wind but brilliant sun the whole day.) Monday December 26 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Read Times. Talked to Edwards & Fagan. Fagan told story of his Italian servant who had been to prison for distilling. At 11.30 got on mare at door & rode with Roy on sands. Caught up by F.C.B near Broadstairs with young Frank. Desperate ride along sands to Margate in most lovely weather. Brilliant sun all day. Through Margate & past Westwood & Haine home. Troubled with P. Roy went to look at Sicklemore's pond. Back by diagonal path. Home. Lunch. Maud Paxton & brother there. Up in room after & begun drawing for Vol 104. Sent Roy with young Paxton to football. Dinner 7.30. After M, Maud P, Maud & Roy went to Burnands for children's play. Sat & smoked. Read Walcheron Expedition. On to F.C.B's at 9.0. Play. Audience. Danced after with Molly O'C. Oh! Iley & Nora Purcell. Supper. Smoke. Got very hot. All left at 12.0. Read Moonstone & bed after at 1.45am. (Red ink across page: Most lovely day. Brilliant sun. Splendid ride to Margate & back.) Tuesday December 27 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Clouds came up early. Change in weather. Breakfast. Club. Roy sleepy. After at 10.15 photod Mite & Maud Paxton in classic dress for Sketch. Developed them. At 12.0 rode with Roy along sands. Mist & rain came on. Met F.C.B & Cuthbert coming back from Broadstairs. Back at 1.30. Wet. Changed things. Lunch. After round to Club & played Roy 100. 99 all. Met Milliken & Arthur. Poor Illiken. Back in room & went on to finish opening of Vol for 104. Worked till 7.30. Could not finish. Dinner. Bottle of Burgundy. After thimble game, 2 Mauds & Roy. Went to No 14 Royal Crescent, Miss Hollingshead's party. Won 2/6 at race game. Mrs à Beckett gambled. Harold Powers with cap on from cracker. Left at 11.30. Read Moonstone & bed. M Madame Bovary. Wonderful. (Red ink across page: Dull weather set in. Cold & miserable.) Wednesday December 28 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. No boots ready. Breakfast. Very poor. M in bed. Purnell carried bags to station. Walked. Drizzle of rain. Went up to town with Mr & Mrs H.Powers & F.C.B. Very cold & thick fog all the way up. Chaff & talk about Spencer Brunton & Algy Bastard & wife. Town. Cab to Stafford Terrace. Very cold. Finished opening Vol drawing after lunch. Begun Lang's paper drawings. Dressed at 4.15 & walked D.V.G. On to Punch dinner 6.30. Cab to skate shop & on to Bouverie St. Punch dinner. F.C.B, Lucy, Reed, B.P, Milliken, Arthur à B, self & Tenniel. Talk of Cruikshank. After sat with Milliken & Bernard Partridge. Left 12.0. Called Beefsteak. Bad cab. Saw Leslie W, Sir Fk. Arthur, Arthur Blunt etc. Left 1.0.
Home by 4 wheeler, 3/6. Intense cold & fog & discomfort. W.C's & all pipes bath etc frozen. Bed 2.0am. D.V.G. Foot. (Red ink: 3rd D.V.) (Red ink across page: To town. Very foggy & wretchedly cold) Thursday December 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down. Foggy. Intensely cold in room. Piled up fire. Shivered with cold. Finished drawing for Lang's paper. After skemed Shirt drawing. Put shirt up & drew from it. Worked till 5.30. Dressed & at 6.15 walked to Bristol to dine with Miss Rose Innes. Called Butts for flower & selected pine. Waited ½ an hour at Bristol for Jack Robertson. No Bret Harte. Good dinner. Miss Lehmann, Miss (blank) Norman Forbes Robertson, J Robertson & wife, sister & husband, Miss R.I, self. On to Theatre in cab with N.F.R. Box. Saw 'About Town', Arthur Roberts. Very pretty girls. Saw Hugh Spottiswood. Left at 11.30. Home straight to Kensington. No whiskey. 'You musn't'. Bed 12.15. (Red ink across page: Dined with Miss Rose Innes at the Bristol. Saw Arthur Roberts at the Gaiety after. Most bitterly cold.) Friday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dark & foggy. Down. Breakfast. Got to work at 9.45 on drawing of Shirt & Demons after. Dense black fog came on. Very bad. Boy at 12.0. Sent him for sausages. Lunch 1.45. Finished drawing 2.15. Changed & off by hansom at 2.45. Caught Granville. Down with Mrs Burnand. Read Harpers magazine. Story of Spanish girl & Burke. Ramsgate. No cart. Had fly home. Cart at top of hill. Roy no collars. Home. M seedy with stiff neck, very bad. Went to Club & wrote letters. Saw Sorby. Back 7.30. Wrote 3 more letters. Purnell posted them. Dined. Bottle of Burgundy. M tired. Quiet evening. Maud Paxton & Maud back at 9.30 from the Pugins. M went up 10.15, self 11.30. Bed. Very cold. (Red ink across page: Got work done easily & home to Ramsgate by Granville with Mrs Burnand.) Saturday December 31 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.15. Roy in bath. Sausages. M in bed. Round Club. Wrote Jennings. Got registered envelopes. Home 10.30. Printed 2 nd photos. Began Ingram's drawing. Designed Pall Mall drawings. Worked till 1.15pm. Lunch. Roy at Club. After at 2.10 rode with Roy to Point seeing Margate along the sands. Looked at names cut in cliffs. Men with guns. Back at 4.15. Tea. Back in room & worked on Ingram's drawing. Got outline on paper. Dinner. Bottle of Burgundy. Quiet evening after. Roy & self ought to have gone to the O'Rileys. Maud & Maud Paxton there. Roy asleep on the sofa. Slept the New Year in. Mite back after 12.0. Stayed up late talking with Maud P & not in bed till 1.45am. Entries in cramped handwriting for the first 20 days of 1893 fill the end papers of this diary. These entries were later copied (with only small changes) into a new diary for 1893 and can be read in that volume.
1893 aNotes and addresses on front pages: Store Ticket for 1893: 55938 Bell, C. 11 North Bank, Regents Park. N.W. Abbey, E.A. Morgan Hall, Fairford, Gloucestershire. Barr, Fk. 8 Hans Road, Brompton S.W. Bolton, E.K. 78 Church St, Chelsea. Boehm, Sir Edgar Collins, 11 Pont St, S.W. Channing, F.A. 40 Eaton Place S.W. Evans, H. Photographer. 9 Rochester Road, Carshalton S.E. Derben, K. 9 Oakden St, Kennington, S.E. Capper, J.B. Esq, 'The Times'. Ernest G. Brown, Fine Art Socy. Ayala, San Rafael, 26 Acol Road, West Hampstead. Crane, Walter. 13 Holland St, W. Ainger, Canon M.A. 2 Upper Terrace, Hampstead N.W. Bilton Pipe Compy, 14 High Holborn. Christmas card men: Raphael Tuck & Sons. 24 Coleman Street, City E.C. Marcus Ward & Co Ltd. Oriel House, Farringdon St, E.C. Manager William M.Mackay. Fletcher, Ada. 60 Frederick Street, Grays Inn Road, W.C. Easton, Maude. Findon House, Fielding Road. (temp) 38 Gratton Road, West Kensington W Harris, Sir Augustus. The Elms, Park Avenue Rd, N.W. Graham Lillie, 2 Jermyn St, S.W. George Findlay Esq, Euston. Montague. 17 John St, Bedford Row W.C. MacGregor, Archi'd. 126 Campden House, Peel St. Manning, K. Millett, 34 Jervis Road. Jones, Adrian. 147 Church St, Chelsea S.W. Graham. 11 Lodge Road, Park Road. Harte, Bret. 15 Upper Hamilton Ter N. Hitchings, H.J Esq. Mr Walter Haslam. 172 Buckingham Palace Rd, S.W. Möller. 10 Upper Hamilton Terrace, N.W. Mrs King. 86 Kennington Road S.E. Masters, Emily. 46 Longford St, Regents Park N.W. James Jones. 226 Euston Rd N.W. Henry Lambert Esq. Secy, G.W.Rly. Le Coq de Lautreppe. 8 Quai de Billy, Paris. Lehmann R.C. 30 Bury St, St James's, S.W. Orwin, Dr. 15 Weymouth St, Portland Rd. Partridge, J.B. 11 Marlborough Rd N.W.
Pormiston & Glass. 17 Bride St, E.C. Papier Fayard et Blayn. Solomon J.Solomon. 2 St Johns Wood Studios, N.W. Reffell. 78 Conningham Road, Shepherds Bush, W. Vaus & Crampton Lent, Warehouse, Baldwins Gardens, Grays Inn Road, London E.C. CAMERALIST, LONDON. E.T.Reed. 3 St Paul's Studios, W. South Eastern Railway. F.P.Igglesden Esq, 2 nd Secy. Walford, Miss Florence. 98 Gloucester Road, Regents Park N.W. Underwood & Farrant. 51 Haymarket S.W. Kettner's Restaurant du Pavillion, Church St, Shaftesbury Avenue. 'Ten Years Digging in Egypt' by W.M.Flinders Petrie author of 'Pyramids of Gizeh'. The Religious Trust Socy, 164 Piccadilly, W. Jan 1893 Sunday January 1 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Fine morning, very cold. Club. Heavy snow came on at 11.0 & continued heavily until 4.0pm with intervals. Maud Paxton, Mite, Roy & self went out in it at 3.0pm. Roy snowballing. Most beautiful effects of masses of snow clouds etc. Walked through Pegwell & on to Sicklemore’s etc. Met Mr Weigall. Fagans in to tea. Said goodbye to them. Up in room & worked on Ingram's drawing until dinner. Dined 8.0pm. Did not go out after. Monday January 2 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Lovely morning. Club. Got to work on Ingrams drawing for cover of Sketch. Worked all day. Began to shade at 3.0pm. Drew in head from Maud Paxton sitting. The Fagans left Ramsgate in snow & cold. Burnand stayed in street & wished M Happy New Year. Told her to look in the papers for something to advantage (knighthood). Roy went for ride on Cob with Purnell leading horse to sea shore. He saw Mr Borradaile & Mr Stone (master at Eton). Worked till 8.0pm. Quiet dinner. Intensely cold. Tuesday January 3 Prospect Terrace. Up before breakfast early & got on with Ingram's drawing. Finished it at 9.40. Sent it off by Purnell for 10.0am train for guard to give to Ingram. Breakfast. Club. After got skates out. Photod Mite & Maud Paxton joining hands for cover for Pall Mall. Lovely morning. Ordered cart. Drove to Sicklemore's. Ice spoilt. No good at all. Saw Maud P & Mite & brought them away. They called at Weigalls. Home. Called Burnands 1.15 & arranged to go to the Rink. After Conny Burnand, Milliken, Ethel & Mary B, Mite, Maud Paxton & self & Roy all went to Rink. Skated. F.C.B came & looked on. Talk of Tenniel & Knighthood through Sir Edward Reed. Back to tea at 5.0pm. Milliken came in. Told me about losing money over roller skates. Up in room. After fly & went to dine at Mr Banks'. Met Hammonds, Borradailes, Grants etc etc. Fair dinner. Smoke with
Banks after & left 10.0. Very cold. Home by fly. (Red ink across page: Dined at Rev'd E.G.Banks.) Wednesday January 4 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Birthday. No one remembered it at home. Put things up at 9.40. Cart took me to station. No knighthood to Tenniel in papers. Sell. Up to town with F.C.B & Milliken. Cab home. Paid £63 into bank & walked on to skate on Serpentine. Had one hour on Serpentine. Feet ached. Begging sweeper. Talk to man at ropes about County Council. After decided to go to the Long Water till 4.0. Good skate. Pretty girls. Saw young Russell & after Genl Stracey. Left 4.0 & home. Tea. Changed & on to D.V.G. Good talk. 'Let me alone'. Walked at 6.30 to top of Piccadilly. Cab to P.D. Left with Tenniel. Health drunk. Home 11.45pm. (Red ink: 49th Birthday. Letters from strangers. 4th D.V.) Thursday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. No head. Pipe after breakfast. Got boots ready. Bother with screws in field boots made holes too big. Wire from E.T.Reed to say he could not come. Went at 11.0 to skate on Long Water Kensington Gardens. Left letter D.V. Met Russell going in. Pretty little girls, one specially. Good skate till 1.0pm. Left & home to lunch. Got to work after on Tommy Atkins & Egyptian Soldier. Worked till 6.0pm. Dressed & on to D.V. Dined & met Bishop Selwyn & wife & daughter. The Bishop lame. Very raw & cold. So so dinner, cigarette after. Went to Savoy Theatre & saw Haddon Hall for 2nd time. 'A wee bit twirl, a wee bit whirl, a whirl wi' old McCrankie.' Back in fly. Put down at corner of Prince of Wales Terrace. Home 11.55. Bed & read Pyramid book. Got bank book, nearly £800 in credit. (Red ink across page: Dined & went to Haddon Hall.) Friday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am. Breakfast. Wire from M to say not coming. Got to work on drawing Tommy Atkins & Egyptian Soldier. Lunch. Wire to say Roy could not come up. Boy brought skates reground at 5.15pm. Wrote letters. Decided to dine at home. Tried ruled lines on drawing after Process came out a failure. Finished 8.45pm. Dined at 9.0. Dressed at 10.0 & went 10.30 to Empire Theatre. Saw Mackinlay. No one there. Very dull. Garrick. Met Campbell Praed. Liqueur of whisky. Broke wine glass & paid for it. Praed asked me to shoot Saty week. Praed, Critchett & self walked on to Drury Lane Theatre for the cutting of the Baddally cake. Met Marsden, Brandon Thomas, Madame Marangue & many others. Kept coat on arm all the time. Had nothing there. Left 1.30. Snowing. Walked to Beefsteak Club. Saw Arthur Blunt writing to M. Brookfield & Elliott in blues. Theatres very bad. Difficulty about cabs. Commissionaire got one. Home 2.50am, 3/6. Bed & glad to get there. The leaving of Alice Spain. No loss. (Red ink across page: Baddelly cake night, Drury Lane.) Saturday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Frost slightly giving. Down. Very dark. Lit candles up for breakfast. Put photos etc away. Went at 11.0 to skate on Long Water Kensington Gardens with fresh ground skates. Saw again pretty young girl lovely eyes & legs. Old Mr & Mrs Holmes & family. Invited Roy to lunch. Miss Middleton. Russell again etc. Back home at 1.45. Changed boots. Lunch. ½ bottle '74 wine, Ivory. Left 2.45. Drove straight Victoria. Down by Granville with F.C.B. Boy stood by
carriage door. Talk of S.R.I etc. Slept to Faversham. Purnell & Roy met me. Home. New Swiss servant not yet arrived. Up in room. Dinner 8.0. Bottle Burgundy. New Swiss maid. Louise Blondell. Got to work at once as if had been years with us. (Cutting glued in: Death of Edwin Albert Budding. Times 13th.) Sunday January 8 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.45. Down 9.15. At 7.45am rode mare & Roy Cob to Margate & back along sands. Back 12.0. Developed ¼ plates with Rocker & Soda. Very wet day. Up in room after & wrote letters till dinner. Bottle of Dumeny. Maud went to Bessie Hollingshead's. Rather naughty & self willed. Roy in afternoon hurt Barney's leg by knocking him with a cushion. Knocked it on one side. M came up & told me. After dinner smoked ½ cigar & slept till 12.15am in chair. Poor Barney up in our room in his basket. (Red ink: Barney lamed by Roy.) Monday January 9 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Maids very early. Put riding things on. Rapid thaw. Breakfast. Club. No Times. Wrote 3 letters. At 10.30 rode with Roy to Margate. Roy jumped Cob. Glass of stout at Westalls in Margate & rode on in snow past Drapers. Boys out of school. Would not go down slippery hill to look where Roy skated. Snow heavy & mare balled up badly. Through Broadstars & on to sands again. Roy jumped Cob over small wall. Home. Lunch. Played Roy 100 up after. Beat Roy. Burnand in Club. Printed photos taken last Tuesday. Gave Roy 1/3 to go to the Rink. Off to see Cuthbert Burnand. After got to work on cover for Pall Mall Magazine. Dined quietly after. Burgundy. Did not go out. Slept. Cold came on. Very hard frost. Tuesday January 10 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Club after. In morning early rode with Roy as far as point seeing Margate by outfall. Roy jumped wrecked mast. Girl shooting. Rain. Girl in crevasse of rock. Coming back saw F.C.B & Cuthbert at Kingsgate. Rode back with them. Good gallop. Roy jumped Cob at Broadstairs. Cuthbert amazed. F.C.B & Cuthbert then rode on & were lost to us. Home 1.30. Game of billiards after at Club. Owed 30. Roy won by 3. Back home. Tired. Rested in deck chair & read 'La Debacle'. Went on with rough design for cover of Pall Mall Magazine. Could not finish it. Dinner at 7.0pm. Madame dined. After M, Mite, Madame & Roy all went to see Mr Trevor's play. Conny B acted. Left by self. In room after. Finished cigar & after worked on P.M.M. M back 10.30pm. Worked till 11.0pm. Bed. Finished rough sketch. Wednesday January 11 Prospect Terrace. Up 7.30am. Lovely sunrise. Roy very slow dressing. Breakfast. Cart up 9.15. M & Roy got off by 9.40am, S.E.Rly with Mr Gould. Club. Cart back by 10.40am. Went up by 10.0 train alone with F.C.B. Miss Chard in next carriage. Victoria. Back to Club. Gave Cole Xmas box. Wired mother Albert Hall Mansions. After to lunch at Rules. M & Roy there before me. My letter not arrived for Bayliss. Lunch ½ doz Whitstables, steak etc etc. On to Pantomime 1.15. Saw Latham. 3 front stalls. Hop o' my Thumb. Vulgar Marie Lloyd & Marie Loftus. Little Tich as Good Giant. Stayed through to Harlequinade. Out & walked out of way to Charing X. past Tooles Theatre. Sent M & Roy with portmanteau in hansom to her mother's. Went to Club. Saw Furniss. Heard of death of Hawley Smart. Walk to
Punch D. Saw fight between 2 little boys in Drury Lane. One bumped others head on ground who afterwards went for him. P.D. 7.45, nothing important. F.C.B, H.L, E.T.R, B.P, E.I.M, P.A, Hy F, A.à B, self, J.T. Cab on to Garrick. Got bags. Another on to Kensington. Found M & Roy asleep in spare room. Roy on sofa. Fire down. Bed 1.15am. (Cutting glued in: Death of William Wiseman. Times 13th inst.) (Red ink across page: M & Roy in town. Went to Pantomime.) Thursday January 12 Stafford Terace. Up at 8.0. M & Roy in room. Roy had very hot bath. Down & got to work on Crinoline & Sea Serpent. Very dark in morning. Roy photod me with umbrella etc, mesmerist. All I could do to develope it. Underexposed. Roy & M went & lunched at Mother's & after to see Maskelyne & Cook. Developed plates & on to work after lunch. Mr Clement Shorter, editor of Illustrated London News, called on me. Success of cover drawing for 'The Sketch'. Mr Desprez called in morning. Told him Mr Montague Guest had drawing. M & Roy back 5.30. Dressed & off in cab 6.30 for Savoy Restaurant. Called Slater, shut. Very good dinner. Roy bad form. Called a lady 'That person'. Frightful bill £2.17.0, 4/3 waiter. Saw Fritz Jackson. Roy & M in cab to Lyceum. Self walked. Went through King Lear. Self for 2nd time. Charles Dickens & family in box. Mrs Turner (Conny's Mrs T) in stalls. Stayed to end. Crowd & great difficulty in getting cab. 1/s to commissionaire. Home. Lovely fire. Supper. M very thirsty. Tucked Roy up. Read Pyramids & bed at 1.0am. (Red ink across page: Went to King Lear after dining at Savoy Restaurant.) Friday January 13 Stafford Terrace. Up with M at 8.30. Roy sleepy. Breakfast, after got to work on Crinoline & Sea Serpent. M & Roy in room roasting figs etc. Roy had his coins out & books. Lunch. M & Roy left in cab at 2.40pm for Charing X & went down with Mr Gould. Worked on & finished drawing by 4.20pm. Wire from Montague Guest refusing shirt drawing. Left in cab 4.40. Caught 5.15pm train. Cold. Read Strand Magazine. Roy met me on Ramsgate platform. Cart home. Dinner 8.0pm. Burgundy. Mite out at Mrs Grant's for a dance. Cigar & slept in chair till 12.15am. Bed. Death of Sir William Wiseman in 'Times'. He attended court martial on the loss of the Howe with a cold & went home & died. Also death of poor Edwin A.Budding (Blossom) old friend at Penn's. Saturday January 14 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.30. Bath. Breakfast. Roy & sausages. Club. Wrote models. At 10.20 on mare, Roy on Cob. Purnell hurt his hands with mare. Started for meet. Bye day. Very cold & ice on the roads. Turned back at bridge. Back throuh Sicklemores. Down through Ramsgate & on to sands. Tide too high. Up past Mariners & on to cliff past Wills's house & Montefiores to Broadstairs. Very cold. Glass of stout at the Tartar Frigate & on to sands. Rode to Kingsgate & back along sands. Home 1.45pm. This was Roy's last ride with me in his Christmas holidays. The hounds met after all & had a bit of a run in the marshes. Lunch. Played Roy two 100 up games of billiards. Beat him both. Made 31 break. Edwards (solic'r) in room. After developed the last of Maud Paxton & 6 ¼ plates taken Sep 4.92, 2 plates taken last Tuesday of M & Roy. Purnell up in room said Barney's leg was out. Tried to put it in. Sent letter for young Doctor Hicks. Roy & M went out into the town for letters etc etc. Posted drawings to Montague Guest
& Maud's to Illustrated London News. Wrote letters. Dr Hicks came & saw Barney. Dinner. Bottle Saumur. After sleep till 11.45pm. Very cold. Great gale & wreck on Goodwins. Life boat went out at 8.0. Sunday January 15 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dressed. Very hard frost. Slight snow. Club. Met Edwards, Hunks etc. After in room & printed photos. Letter from F.C.B about libel on Borax. Took 2 profile portraits of Roy & Maud. Lunch. Went to stable. Led horses for ride. Could not get farther than wood in Queen St. Turned back. Very hard frost. Ship on Admiralty pier at Dover. Bathed prints. M & Roy a failure. Wrote letters. Diary. Tea. Hoods expected to tea. Saw F.C.B coming along. Went back with him to Club. Met Sooby. 'Well Mr Sooby & how are you'. Back. Wrote letters etc. Dinner. Bottle of Burgundy. Shaken up. After went round with Roy to F.C.B's. Miss Hollingshead there. Had game of spinning race horses. Roy won 1/s. Left 10.45. Home. Bed. (Red ink: Very severe frost.) Monday January 16 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Very cold. Breakfast. Purnell requested an interview about the cook. Club. Wrote letters. At 12.45 lunched & after went to station. Got skates & went to Margate. Snow began 1.0pm. Gale & snow. Very cold. Band on ice. Roy saw Nathan. Skated till 3.30, back. Very cold & wet coats. Glass of hot grog at Margate. Back to Ramsgate. Changed things. Tea. Went & had hair cut, Roy also. Great snow. Went to Hills & got tray etc. Saw gun & bayonet. Went to Club. Watched game between old Wotton & another. Had 100 up at 6.45. Beat Roy. Home to dinner. Bottle of Saumur. Did not go out after. Sleep in room & bed after. Maud went to amateur play at Weigalls. Had to speak about it. Tuesday January 17 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Snow & very cold. No ride. In morning wrote letters. After decided to skate again. Lunched 1.0 & after left with Roy ¼ past. Doubt about catching train. Bought Telegraph. On to ice at Margate. Sloppy & all spoilt. Marsden Cobb & family. Cobb good skater. Roy would not apologise to small boys. Not good form. Skating coachman. Little girl like Lady Nottage. Left & back by 3.45 train. Home. Tea after. Wrote many letters, sent cheque for coals. Dinner 7.45. Dressed. Bottle of Saumur. Roy's last evening. Crackers. After at 9.0pm went to Club wth Roy. Saw Captain Vaile & Wotton playing billiards. Roy & self 100 up. Roy won by 7 points. Left 10.0. M still up. Slept in chair till 12.45pm. Bed. Wednesday January 18 Prospect Terrace. Up 7.45. Bath. Put things up & after breakfast Club. No letters. Gave Roy £2.10.0. After cart round at 10.45. Raining. On to station & up to town with F.C.B & Connie B. Mrs Harmsworth in next carriage. Very pretty woman. Victoria. Slush. After cab to Kensington. Called D.V. Home 12.30. Photographer (Mr Evans) immediately after me. Kept me till 2.0. Flashlight. Took 6 plates. Lunch. He left 2.30. Put whole plate camera up etc etc. No Edwards plates. Wrote letters. Diary. Tea. Dressed 5.0pm. Did not go to Bedford Gardens. Called 5.50 D.V. Better. Left 6.40. Cab to Bouverie St. Slow Punch dinner. F.C.B, Guthrie, Lucy, Reed, Bernard Partridge, Lawrence B, Furniss, Lehmann, à Beckett, self & J.T. Lucy's 1st appearance since a magistrate. Chaff. Talk of my coachman's cockade. Two good subjects. Suggested Parrot & Monkey. Got Descent into the Maelstrom
for self. Left in Tenniel's cab. Put down at Isthmian. Home by cab. 2 women fighting at Albert Gate opposite baracks. Bed 12.5am. S.E Rly from Ramsgate. (Red ink: 5th D.V & last.) Thursday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Bath. Down. Letters from Ramsgate. One forwarded from Etty Pettigrew which arranged for L P sitting at Bedford Gardens for today. Sent Emma off with wires to Bedford Gardens & Lily Pettigrew. After put plates up etc etc. Sent boy for change. Gone 25 minutes. Cab to 54 Bedford Gardens. Studio warmed all right. Put up camera & arranged drapery stand etc. No L.P. Stayed 1 hour & then left. Very much annoyed. Home by 1.0. Had sent boy with skates to be ground. Lunch. After Lord Frederick Hamilton called. Stayed 1 hour. Whisky & apollinaris. After gentleman Mr Williamson from Illustrated London News. Another 1½ hours. After at last got to work & skemed Descent into the Maelstrom. Left off at 6.15. Dressed & left at 7.0 for Fancourt Barnes, 7 Queen Anne St. Old Barnes, F.C.B, Tenniel, Adams, Fancourt B & self. So so dinner. Chaff about stone heavier. Rowlandson's plates of London. Very interesting. Tenniel amused. Played billiards. Noble Smith in after. F.C.B played. F.C.B & Barnes beat Adams & self at 50 points. After Noble Smith & Barnes beat Adams & self 2 games. Old B's weary stories. No Mrs Barnes. F.C.B Adams & self left. Put F.C.B down at Albert Gate. Home by cab. Hummed at 3/s. Home & bed 1.0am. (Red ink across page: Dined at Fancourt Barnes's.) Friday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Later. Clock stopped. Letter from Mackinlay. Breakfast. Tap sent. Lovely bright morning. Wrote diary. Got to work on Descent into the Maelstrom 10.0am. Worked hard all day & just got done to dress & take cab to John Mackinlay's, 7 Stanhope Place, Marble Arch. Sent him 2 wires. Dined. Lady Hallé & Miss R.I there. After went in cab with Mackinlay to hear Prof Dewar lecture on Liquid Air at the Royal Institution. Most interesting. Liquid oxygen. Sleepy. Woke up & most entertaining. After to reception. Saw Miss Clarke, Mrs Kemp etc etc. Lovely rooms, all tapestry & Louis XVI furniture. Talk to Miss R.I, Prof Downs. Good whiskey. Cigar. Left 12.0. Cab home. (Red ink across page: Dinner at Mr Mackinlay's.) Saturday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Rather head on. Down. Breakfast & at 10.15 went up to Bedford Gardens. At 10.35 to 1.15 photod Ada Fletcher for cover for 'The Sketch' & Pall Mall Magazine. Home. Lunch. Put phos away & at 2.45 drove in hansom to Victoria station. Met F.C.B. Evans there. Blunt late. F.C.B & self down together. Joke of Sittingbourne. Arrived Ramsgate. Arthur long time sending wires. Home. Developed 2 plates before dinner. Last of developer. Dinner. Rosie Burnand in. 2 bottles of Ayala. Smoke & music after. Developed another plate & spoilt it. Bed at 12.0pm. (Red ink: Arthur Blunt came down.) Sunday January 22 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.10am. M down & in room. Breakfast. Club. Very wet & disagreable morning. Back & developed plates by Pyro & glycerine developer. At work all morning. After lunch rode Cob at 2.15 from stable & went to Sandwich. Met no one. Cob fresh coming back. Good ride. Felt better. Back to tea. Blunt had
a walk. After developed all photos by Rocher etc. Wrote letters & at 7.0 dressed. Fly round & Arthur Blunt, M, Mite & self all went to F.C.B's to dine. Very good dinner. Miss Hollingshead there. Hammonds & Borradailes in after. Arthur sang. Dances etc. All back in fly. Arthur sat up talking etc. Bed 12.30. Damp night. (Red ink: Dined at Mr Burnand's.) Monday January 23 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30. Dull morning. Dressed for hunting. Club etc. At 10.15 started from stables on Cob. Saw F.C.B at church. Purnell & self rode to meet at St Nicholas. Changed horses at farm beyond Cleve Court. Overtaken by Mr & Mrs Clarke. Caught hounds 11.30 near Sarre. Good run for 2 hours. Purnell left 1.0pm. Saw Col Copeland, Tom Mayhew etc etc. Left at Monckton, 1.30. Lunch & walked mare to past Mount Pleasant, very stiff afterwards. Home by 3.0. Up in room. Maud had done delightful drawing of 'The governess mama said would not do'. Very tired. Rested in chair etc. Blunt round. After bathed prints & put them. Wrote many letters. At 7.30 dressed. Dinner 8.0. Arthur Blunt, Conny B, M, Mite & self. 2 bottles Ayala. After at 9.15 went in fly to Burnands. Race game. Exactly quits. Blunt lost 1/6. Hammonds there. Maud's drawing shewn. Blunt sang 'I once had a sweet little doll dears'. Home 11.45. Arthur sat up talking till 1.0am. Talk of P in afternoon. Duke of Beaufort etc etc. Mite awake. (Red ink across page: Went hunting. Meet at St Nicholas.) Tuesday January 24 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.10am room. Arthur Blunt did not get up till 9.30. Bath. Printed photos & breakfast. Punch etc. Club. Wrote letters & read 'Times'. Blunt round. Sent Purnell to F.C.B about Maud's drawing. Left at 10.50. Up in room. Philip B round with note. Saw William Agnew. Blunt left 11.30. Got to work on drawing for Sketch, 2nd figure. Also did rough drawings for Mr Desprez. Lunch. At 2.0 rode Cob to Westcliff. Past Montefiores, round through Broadstairs & past Reading Street, back by St Peters. Saw Mrs Fox. Home 4.0. Up in room. Wrote order for photo things & after got to work. Miss O'Connell etc to tea. M up in room. Began diary for '93. Sent Roy cheque. Finer day. No rain. (Red ink: Arthur Blunt left.) Wednesday January 25 Prospect Terrace. Up at 7.45. In room. Bright sunny morning. Letters up. Found meet at Woodchurch. Decided not to go by the 10.0am. Went to Club & stable before breakfast. Wrote wires. Got off at 10.15. Rode across diagonal path & out of my way. Dense sea fog. Annoyed with Purnell. Misdirected & arrived Woodchurch 11.20. No hounds or sound of them. Pottered about till 12.15 & rode home by 1.0am. Up in room. Lunch 1.45. Cart round 2.30. M would not go. Sea fog. After up in room. Regret very much did not go up in morning. Went in cart to station caught the 3.35. Very much in pain with P. Victoria. Cab to Garrick. Saw Walter Lacy & Arthur Stirling. Shewed them Maud's drawing. Sent it off by boy. Saw old Wyndham & Percy Reeve. Walked to Punch dinner. Called Servin. Got Maud's drawings. Quiet dinner. F.C.B, Guthrie, Lucy, Reed, Milliken, Phil Agnew, D.M, Furniss, Lehmann, self & J.T. 2 cuts. Opening of Parl, Sailor & bottle, self Egypt subject. Chaffed Lucy about taking shooting. Long talk. F.C.B & Furniss off to Bal Masqué. Left at 11.50 after talk to Milliken. Cab home. Called Garrick. Bed 12 35. Read Pyramids. Furniss said at dinner 'I havn't done with Sala yet'.
Thursday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Letter from D.V.G. Breakfast. Times & at 9.30 got to work on drawing of little Khedive & Britannia. Boy at 11.0. Photod him & Emma. Developed by lunch. Sent boy to Barkers & after to Tenniel's. Messenger from Lord F.H. Signed deed of release from Simpson. Rain came on 2.30pm. No afternoon at D.V. After lunch got to work & on till 6.0pm when dressed. Wet night. Took cab to Garrick calling at Butts & Haymarket. Garrick at 7.10, Tenniel 7.15. Ordered dinner. 2 bottles Pomery. Sat next Ashley Sterry & Beetle. Milliken in at 7.40. Left Club at 8.25, on to Haymarket. Large left front stage box. Saw Hypatia (Hypachier) Dull. Did not recognise Mervyn. After went round to see Tree. Left 11.0 & had ½ hr at Empire Theatre. Saw no one. On to Garrick. Met Bangs & Campbell Praed. Wrote 6 letters. Left at 12.45 & home in cab. Umbrella stuck in door flange. Article in St James's Gazette on me. (Red ink across page: Dined at the Garrick. Went to see Hypatia.) Friday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Dull misty morning. No letter from M. Why? Was written but never came. Got to work 9.45am. Put in troop ship, Khedive & Britannia after. Wired M at 12.0. Clark brought saddle. Letter from D.V. Worked on. Thought I should finish by 7.0. Did not till 10.45pm. Meal after & bottle Pol Roger 1880. Drank it all. Sat in chair until 1.0 after & then to bed. Tired & done up. Edgar went down to Thanet. Lunched at Prospect Terrace. Met Mrs Clarke. Letter adrift from M. Went to Sheffield Terr. Saturday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Put phos away. Breakfast & after got away at 9.25. Could not get 4 wheeler. Hansom very particular about his cab. Took down case of wine of Vitalis also M's hat & lady's saddle. Bought I.L News, Harper etc. My article in Illustrated. Went down with 3 others in carriage. Cold wind. Gent opposite talked of Charterhouse etc. Got out at Margate. Mite & Madame met me. Sent things home in cart & walked. Lunch at 2.0. Rode Cob along sands to Margate & home past cemetery. Flooded fields & Nash. Very cold wind. Pretty little girl near Mascalls. Purnell wanted help. Tea. Tilda at Prospect Terrace. Up in room 5.0pm. Barney still lame. Wrote till 6.0pm. After worked till 7.45 on 2 nd drawing for Ingram. Dined 8.0. M, Mite, Tilda, self. Bottle of Capri. Bed 11.0. Gale of wind from the south. Sunday January 29 Prospect Terrace. Up at 9.10am. Breakfast 9.35. Gale of wind from south. Bright sun at intervals. Club. Up in room. 10.30. At 11.50 got to work on Ingram drawing for Sketch 2nd pose. Letter from F.C.B about Prince. Worked till 1.30. M & Mite in room. After lunch & at 2.10 rode mare across diagonal path, Tinkers Hole, Margate. Saw Mr Guscotte & family in deep mourning. Spoke to him. Home along sands. Trotted from Margate to chalk path at Kingsgate. Lovely ride. Obliterated by L.S. at old nook. Home by 4.45. Tea. Mite going to Mr Gould's. Up in room, worked. M came up in room. Retraced figure & got it all right on other side of cardboard. Worked till 7.45. Dressed. Wrote Swain & Platinotype compy. Dined 8.0. Read Review of Reviews. Bottle of Saumur. Did not go out after dinner. Mite wanted to go to Burnands. Mite played very well on piano. Smoked 1 cigar. Slight
sleep & bed at 11.0 sharp. Very painful with P all evening & also at night, also awake. Dream of lions etc etc. Monday January 30 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.15. Room. Breakfast. After Club. Wrote Palatine Company, Paul Tayler's, Gammages etc. Times. Up in room 10.30. M had Purnell round with side saddle on mare. Stirrup leather broke. Got to work again after writing diary at 10.45am. Barney in room. Worked on 2nd Sketch figure. Put in head successfully. Mite in room, set her to work on drawing of figure from Kate Manning. Lunch. After at 2.5 M got on mare for ride. To stables & mounted Cob & we both rode to Sandwich. Sale at ½ way house. Mare went well, M enjoyed her ride. Sandwich 3.30. Back home. M frightened mare wanted to gallop. Home 4.45. Met Burnand at gate. Up in room & got on with drawing. M in deck chair. Worked till 7.30. Sent cheque to Beefsteak, Inland Revenue etc. Dinner. M got up unwell & went to bed. Ride upset her. Wire from Barker. After dinner (Burgundy) Mite & self went to Burnands. F.C.B won 10/s from Squire Hammond at race game. Self & Mite lost 2/s. Pool won by very plain Marmie there. Mrs Buckmaster there. Left at 10.40. Home. Slept in chair till 1.0am. Bed. Letter from E.T.Reed. Married. (Red ink across page: M's 1st ride since 1888 on mare.) Tuesday January 31 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.15. Got hunting things on. Breakfast. M stiff, better. Confusion at breakfast, letter returned. Kept at Sheffield Terrace. Club. Purnell went on with mare to meet at Sandwich. Self at 10.0 hacked Cob on. Saw F.C.B coming out of church. Got to Sea Mark exactly at 11.0. Changed horses. Mal apropos remark from Col Copeland about Jumbo's head band. Found hare. Good run. Purnell left after 20 minutes. Talk to Macnamara (on railway commission). After 1¼ hour's run killed hare not far from St Nicholas. Left at 1.0. Rode part way back with a Mr Percival. Walked on eating lunch & smoked cigar past neglected farm house & on to Cleve Court. Heard horse & hounds behind. On to Ramsgate Road & through Sicklemores home. Very stiff. Home 2.45pm. M & Maud going out to Warre's. Smell of carbolic. Tilda a cold. Changed. Up in room on deck chair. Read Wicks's book. Poor trash. Tea. Worked till 7.15 on I.L.N 2 nd figure. Purnell up. Put in St Paul's & dressed. Round to Club for cigar at 8.0. The Banks's dined with us. Brought book on Hablot K.Browne. 2 bottles Ayala, cigars, whisky. Asleep in chair till 12.45. (Red ink across page: Went hunting. Good day. Meet at Sea Mark.) Feb 1893 Wednesday February 1 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.10. Lovely bright warm sun. Decided not to go up early train. Club. Back in room & got on with drawing for The Sketch 2 nd pose. Put in St Pauls & red letters of writing. Maud up in room. Lunch. Bother about cart not coming up to time. Sent Maud to stable very reluctantly. Got off by train 3.35. Saw Algy Bustard taking his boy back to school. Horrible man with a rasping cough all way to Victoria. Cab to Garrick. Wrote letter to Shorter. Took it on & called & saw him. I complained about nose of figure in The Sketch. On to P.D. Burnand, Reed, B.P, Milliken, L.B, Hy F, Lehmann, self, J.T. Chaff about cockade. Furniss as usual bad form & impertinent. No subject for me. Suggested plough subject. Left at 12.15. Walked with Milliken B.P & Furniss. Furniss & self to Club
past Lyceum. He told me about tour. Called for bags & cab home by 1.30. Good fire. Letter from Montague Guest. Thursday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No subject. Nothing in Times. Got to work & did small drawing of beaters for Lehmann's paper. Finished it at 3.0. Boy from Milliken with Lighthouse subject. Sent boy to Mr Tenniel with ploughs. After put Rouge et Noir in Mrs Mempes book. Began Lighthouse subject. Sent boy to Milliken. Wrote letters & dressed at 7.0. Left 7.45 & cab to Beefsteak Cub. Raining. Dined. Lord Onslow there. Long talk with Leslie Ward about salaries etc etc. Left ten. Walked to Empire. Saw Mr Slater. Met C.B. After to Garrick. Wrote letters. Walter Lacy asleep in chair. Down in smoking room. Saw Wicks, Toole, Gilbert RA, Beerbohm Tree, Hare, young Bancroft etc. Left 1.30. Had 3 liqueurs whiskey. Put Wicks down at Sloane St. Home 2.30 bed. Read paper. Low fire. (Red ink acoss page: Dined Beefsteak Club.) (Cuttings glued in: Maria Theresa, widow of late Peter Orr; Colonel Sir Walter Bartlett. 'Times' Feb 6th.) Friday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Wrote Desprez & Mrs Mempes. Got to work at 10.0 on Lighthouse & Electric Light. Worked on. Found I could finish & catch the 5.15 train. Lunch. Finished at 4.15. Dressed & left in cab 4.35pm. Caught 5.15. Bad with P. Read most interesting article in The Century on Alexander the Great's sarcophagus. One man got out Faversham. Cart met me. Home 8.0. Dined. Bottle of Burgundy. Sleepy after dinner. Bed at 11.30. Very dark in London, gas all day. At 12.0 to 3.0pm as black as midnight. Fog up above not below. Poor Mrs Ingram died of diptheria. (Cuttings glued in: Lucy wife of Charles Ingram; Algernon son of Edward Sartoris. 'Times' Feb 6th.) Poor Mrs Ingram died of diptheria. Saturday February 4 Prospect Terrace. Up later 8.20. Very sleepy in morning. Bath & Club after breakfast. Bright fine morning. Cold. At 10.20 went to stables & got Cob. Sent Purnell on before. Rode past Cliffs End to Bye day to Collards. Past 2 men walking. Saw mare at Minster. Got to Collards at 11.40. Meet at 12.0. Had glass of curacoa etc. Introduced to Mrs Macnamara. Handsome woman. Mrs Martin. Thornton's man bucked off. Purnell rode Cob to hounds. Found hare & run about hop gardens etc. Across road & down by old hop poles. Back came on so dreadfully painful had to knock off. No good. Left hounds running near Sarre. Again saw 2 men. Walked mare through Monkton & Minster home. Saw place where she fell down 3 years ago. Very cold east wind. Eat lunch. Left hounds 1.0pm. Home 2.35. Back awful. Sat in chair up in room. Tea. Put out work. Got to work. M read Idler. Great pain & inconvenience from back. Dinner 7.45. Did not dress. Bessie Hollinghead dined. 1½ bottles of Capri. After dinner slept. M rubbed back in bed. Talk of the Harmsworths. Bed 10.45pm. (Red ink across page: Hunted Bye day. Back so bad & painful had to leave off at Monkton.) Sunday February 5 Prospect Terrace. Up at 9.0. Had back rubbed. Lovely bright sun. Cold. Poor breakfast. Bad sausages. Dry fish. Club. Union Jacked card for P.D.Edwards in Club. Home. Up in room. Put in marks for drawing of Sketch. Changed things.
Rubbed Ellimans embrocation in back. Lunch. At 2.15 rode Cob round St Lawrence. Past Mascalls across Hare & Hounds, St Peters, Callis Court, Broadstairs & home through Dumpton. Boys school all over place. Thoughts of Richardson's house, Broadstairs. Saw Tilda in town. Home. Very cold. Freezing hard. Mrs Burnand there. Up in room. Changed. Tea. Mary B came in. Wrote diary. Mare not very well. Got on with Sketch drawing till 8.0pm. Quiet evening. Dinner. Bed early after. F.C.B dined with Duke of Fife to meet H.R.H. Took sketches. (Red ink: Set in much colder. Frost.) Monday February 6 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Still very cold. Club. 'Times', 4 deaths of friends on 2nd & 3rd inst. In morning got on with Sketch design. Shaded head, hair etc. Not so much a success as hoped. Lunch. At 2.15 M & self rode. M rode Cob for 1 st time. Went past St Lawrence on to Reading St & home by Upton & along terrace by East Cliff. Very cold coming home. M not comfortable in saddle. Back 4.30. Tea. Got on with drawing for Sketch. Worked till 8.0pm. Dinner. Quiet evening & bed. Tuesday February 7 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club. Wet morning. Told Purnell would not go to meet. When out altered my mind as it was quite mild. Walked round to stable & got on mare from house at 10.30. Saw old man with F.C.B's Cob. Told him was going across diagonal path. Pushed along. Met a Frenchman. Got to meet just at 11.5. Found hare & rattling run. Dr Clark & self had hounds all our own way. Round by cemetery & Lidden etc. Woodruffe on horse which reared up. Finally killed hare at cottage near Shallows. In about Sangsters. Burnand out. Talk with him. Went into Westwood. Glass of Champagne. Left at 1.0. Home. Had lunch. Boiled beef, very good. In afternoon got on with drawing for Sketch. Finished the lower part carefully. Quiet dinner. Did not go out after. Most lovely mild day. Went into Club at 2.0pm. Wrote letters. Saw F.C.B. Remarked on pipe. Bed after snooze in chair. M, Tilda & Mite went to the Wills's. (Red ink across page: Capital old fashioned ride with harriers. Killed at Shallows.) Wednesday February 8 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Club. At 10.0 M & self went for ride along sands. Out of wind. M enjoyed it immensely. Cob went well. Back by 12.0 & went on to finish drawing of the Sketch, 2nd cover. Got done by 3.15pm. Cart round & took me to station with Cob. Caught 3.35. Young Newman who I met at Lucas's last year or rather in 1891 got in. Got out Westgate. Up to town. Cab to Garrick. Met Wicks in hall. Shewed him Sketch cover. Walked to I.L.N office. Left drawing. On to P.D. Good. F.C.B, A.G, F.W.L, B.P, E.I.M, L.B, D.M, A à B, self & J.T. Poor subject for me very. Stayed & talked with E.I.M. Lawrence Bradbury spoke to E.I.M about Furniss's work. Left 12.20. On to Garrick. Got bags & home. Fire. No worry letters. (Cutting glued in: Death of Lady Hilda Higgins. Times Mon 13th inst.) This is Lady Hilda Finch-Hatton who I met on John Penn's yacht 'The Lara' in 1870, then a young girl of 14 or 13. Thursday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Slight head. Breakfast. Wrote many letters. After got to work on Donkey & 2 chaffs. Poor subject. Lunch. At 3.30pm Lord Frederick Hamilton & Sir Douglas Straight came. Had to make excuses. Delayed me.
Dressed at 5.0. Cab in heavy rain. Called North Bank. On to dine at Beefsteak Cub. Saw Corney Grain & others. Tom Graham, Dr Bird, Sir Augustus Webster etc. After Archie Stuart Wortley. Took Leslie Ward to Pavilion. Saw Chevalier & Bessie Bellwood etc. Out. Heavy gale & rain. Walked to Arts & Letters Club. Went in for 1st time. Man walking up & down restlessly. Cab home. Fire. Read Pyramids. Mr Montague Guest sent cheque £5. (Red ink: Dined Beefsteak.) Friday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down. Got to work 9.30am. Got on with stupid cut of Ass between 2 Fodders. Swain sent photos of costers etc at 12.0 noon. Finished at 4.15. Dressed. Letter from Fk Barr to say he had paid ½ yr rent in, £326. Caught boy with sausages. Cab to Victoria. Bought companion to Strand Magazine. Also Nº of Westminster Gazettes. One stout man in, got out at Chatham. Purnell met me, carried bag up. Dinner. Bottle of Burgundy. Cigar. Bed at 11.0pm. Saturday February 11 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.0. St G & the D. Dressed. Lighter suit for hunting. Breakfast, one sausage. Club. Wrote 4 letters. After M & self at 10.15 went over Montague Williams's house & the end house in Royal Crescent. Liked Montague Williams's. Other no good. At 11.15 went on Cob to meet at Sportsman. Saw Florry Hood etc etc. Mayhew hunting hounds. Spoke to Butterfield, Macnamara etc etc. Rain came on. Talk to Mrs Martin Thomson. Found hare. Pottered about. Left at 1.30. Home by 2.5pm. Lunch. Louisa's omelette. In afternoon M & self went over 2 Nelson Crescent & 17 Paragon. Paragon 1 st. Dreary & desolate. 2 women waiting for keys. Heavy rain came on. Back home & up in room. Wrote diary. Got to work on Pall Mall Magazine. 1st tracing of 2 figures. Failure. Doubts. Dined 8.0pm. Bottle of Saumur. Barney up in room. Snooze. Bed 11.15pm. News by letter of illness of E.T.Reed. Sent Hills cheque for £4.5.0. Sunday February 12 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30am. Breakfast 9.0. Bright sunny morning. Club. At 10.30 in room & blocked out design for P.M.Magazine. Put paper round etc. Burnand sent to ask me to ride. Phillip in room. Lunch. Waited for Cob 25 minutes. Walked round to stable. Got on Cob & rode along sands to name in rock. Obliterated & left L.S. deep in chalk. Back. Rode up & looked at Bleak H. Home 4.30. Tea. At 5.0 dressed. At work on P.M.M. Mite in room. Dinner 8.0pm. Bottle Saumur. M, Tilda, Mite & self all went to Burnands after dinner. Dr Tamplin & Dr Robson Roose there. Young fellows. Mr & Mrs Borradaile etc etc. Won 18/s at Race game. Gave it to Mite. Conny Burnand's birthday. Left at 10.45. Home. Whiskey. Bed 11.45. Duller & colder in afternoon. Monday February 13 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.10am. Breakfast. Dull raw morning. Club. Wrote Henderson etc. Back 10.30. Got on with drawing for Pall Mall Magazine. Mite in room. Worked till 1.30. Lunch. At 2.0 dressed. Went for ride with M at 2.15 along sands. Looked at Bleak H. Along past Kingsgate to Captain Digby. After through St Peters & home past Banks's school. 1st view of The Elms. House with garden. Saw Miss Grant. Home. Thought of Albion House. Tea. Up in room 5.0. P.M. Worked till dinner 8.0. After dinner (bottle Italian Chianti) read paper on medieval
country houses. Cigar. M & Tilda duet. Snooze. Bed 11.30. Gladstone introduces Home Rule Bill. Same as 1886. Tuesday February 14 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Gale of wind & rain. Decided not to go to meet at Birchington. Club. Back in room at 10.15. Worked all morning on Pall Mall cover drawing. Bothered with head very much. Lunch. Blowing hard. At 2.15 M & self walked to East Cliff & looked over St Claud, Albion House & 2 houses in Wellington Crescent. Pimply faced Something Smith. St C good views but stuffy & narrow. Back. Small smack struggling to get into harbour. M's hat blew off. Caught it by chance. Home 3.30. Put in head & tea 5.0pm. Up in room. M did not come up to read. Dined at 8.0pm. Bottle of Asti. Pipe after. Out of cigars. Bed 11.30pm. Wednesday February 15 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club. Sea fog. Back in room without seeing Times. Got death of Lady Hilda F.H. Went on with drawing for P.M.M. Difficulty with 2 nd head. Worked till lunch time. Did not ride. Lunch. After photod Mite & M for hands & got off by 3.35pm train. Little man got out at Faversham. Up to town. Train slowed at Penge. Club. Saw Beetle & Lawrence Bradbury. On to P.D. Small dinner. Guthrie, Lucy, Milliken, L.B, Lehmann, self & J Tenniel. Suggested the Lullaby & also cut for self, There’s no place like Home. Good. Left after talk with E.I.M. Cab to Garrick & home. Letter from Agnew sending cheque for £15.15.0. Bed. Read Strand Magazine. Thursday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down. Man picking up tiles below. Saw Nash's foreman 10.30. Had developed 4 plates taken yesterday. Got to work on P.M.M. cover. Put in profile 2nd figure. After photod head. Lovely day. Sun out after. Put phos away. Lunch. Wrote letters etc. Sent boy off. Got to work on Punch D, 'There’s no place like Home'. After worked till 8.15pm. Dressed & off by 9.25 & drove to Beefsteak Club. Saw Lord de Clifford, Marquis of Granby & Leslie Ward. Saw Bird etc. Dined. Bottle of Pommard. Wrote letters. Strolled to Empire Theatre. Saw Mackinlay. On to Garrick. Wrote letters. Saw Kendal, F.C.B, Cumming Macdona, Bolton etc etc. Borthwick there. Left at 1.0. Charley Burnand & F.C.B in hall. Cab home. Read story in Strand Mag. Left candles burning. Woke up & put them out. Fine night. Friday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Woke early. Up at 8.10am. Breakfast. Wrote letters. At 9.30 got to work on Churchill as Terrier, 'No place like Home'. Sir Douglas Straight called at 10.30 about P.M.M cover drawing. Bother. Got him off & on to work. Painters in house. Lunch. Saw plumber. Boy at 1.30. Sent him for sausages. Douglas Straight back again. Slight alterations necessary. Finished drawing at 4.0. Dressed & off by 4.40. Paid W.E month. Cab to Victoria & down by 5.15pm. Carriage to self. Bought 3 evening papers & Review of Reviews. Purnell met me. Dinner P.T. M not well. Burgundy & snooze after dinner. Barney full of life. Bed 12.30. Saturday February 18
Prospect Terrace. Up 8.15. M not well. Breakfast. Mild morning. Club. At 10.0 Mite & self went & saw over Mrs Lawson's house & after Montague Williams & also 20 Royal Crescent. Back home at 11.20. Hacked on Cob to Mount Pleasant. Saw Rogers, Borradaile & also Johnstone. 1½ hrs before finding hare. Good run. Left off at 2.0 near St Nicholas. Hound caught me up again. Went home fastish. Purnell caught me up at Convent. Home 3.15. Sat in drawing room ½ an hour. Changed. Up in room. Tea 4.30. Wrote diary & after developing prints printed yesterday in town got to work on P.M.Mag cover. Altered the figure of Art at once & completely changed it. Dined 8.0pm. Quiet dinner & rest after. Bottle of Saumur. (Red ink: Hunted. Good day. Meet at Mount Pleasant. Lovely day.) Sunday February 19 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.45. Breakfast. Club. In morning got on with drawing for Pall Mall Magazine cover. Put in the feet, thought to satisfaction but altered them tomorrow. Decided not to ride. In afternoon Purnell brought cart round at 4.40 & went up to town by S.E.Rly to Charing X. One other old gent in carriage with curious chin. Read by candle Magazine of Magazines about William Blake etc. Up puntually. Garrick. Changed coat. Saw Joe Knight. Dined with Frederick Wicks. Large dinner. Arthur Balfour ill with influenza could not come. Sat next to Sir William Pearce. Nice little man. Lawrence Bradbury, George Alexander, Joe Knight, Joe Carr, Ross, editor of the Morning Post, Plunkett & others there. Long talk with Pearce & Joe Knight's stories after. Sat a great deal too late smoking & drinking. Left at near 3.0am & took cab to 1 st Avenue Hotel, Holborn. Tumbled into bed. Slept at once. Man never effectually woke me in the morning. Nearly missed my train. (Red ink across page: Went up to town from Ramsgate by S.E Rly. Dined at the Garrick with Frederick Wicks.) Monday February 20 1st Avenue Hotel, Holborn. Woke suddenly only barely time to catch train. Had not been called. Down 7.50. Cab to Holborn V. Caught 8.0am train. One other old gent in carriage who got out at Faversham. Head & seedy. Purnell met me with cart & Cob. Near shave of cart in street. Home seedy. Took out feet of drawing for Pall Mall Magazine cover. Lunch. At 2.15 delightful ride on mare across diagonal & old ride to Garlinge & through Margate. Got off mare & opened gate. On to North Down. Rode across to Captain Digby. Small boy on pony galloped along road. Galloped mare down hill past Kingsgate Castle & on to Stone House. Boy followed & spoke. To Broadstairs on his cousin's pony. Got rid of him on sands. Rode past Montefiores. Saw Miss Stancombe. Home. Got on with drawing, put in palette etc etc. At 7.45 F.C.B & wife & Mr & Mrs Borradaile dined with us. 4 bottles Champagne, 1 of Burgundy. F.C.B spoke of The Speaker. After game of roulette. Rosie & Connie in. Lost 5/s. All left 11.15pm. Whiskey & bed 12.30am. Tuesday February 21 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Pouring wet day all day. Heavy squelching showers. Gave up going to meet. Got on with drawing for Pall Mall Magazine cover. Lunch. At 2.15 got on Cob & tried to ride. Went as far as St Lawrence. Heavy rain, beaten back. Cob very fresh. Changed things & went on with drawing. After tea put in letters of 'Pall Mall Magazine' etc etc. Dined 8.0pm. Bottle Burgundy. Quiet evening & bed. News of death of John Pettie RA in evening paper. Put in atlas in drawing of P.M.M. Read lives of the Caesars after dinner. (Cuttings glued in:
Death of John Pettie RA. St James Gazette, Feby 21; 'Times' Feby 22. ) John Pettie died of an abcess in the ear the inflammatiion of which touched the brain. Wednesday February 22 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Club. Death of poor John Pettie in 'Times'. Wrote letter & sent it to F.C.B saying should not go up to London. Back & got to work on Pall Mall Magazine cover. Put in letters again. Very wet all day. After lunch began to shade drawing & worked on up to 8.0pm when dined. Quiet dinner. Bottle Champagne. Snooze after & knocked up to bed. (Cutting glued in: Suicide of Mr Hilton Barker. St James's Gazette, Feby 2nd.) Thursday February 23 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Put things up in bag. Breakfast. Club. Thought of not going up to town. Decided to go. Cart with mare. Drove to station. Caught 10.0am. Very cold & snow. Carriage by self all way. Cab home to Stafford Terrace. Letters from Wake & Co Sheffield etc etc. Painters about. Got to work 12.45 & went on with drawing for P.M.Magazine cover. Lunch. Sent boy to Burnands & wired Straight. Worked on. Gave up dining at Seasons Club. Worked & dined 8.15pm & after dinner Emma witnessed deed. Posted it on. Worked till 1.0am & went to bed cold & tired. Bitterly cold at night. ½ bottle Ayala '85 for dinner. (Red ink: Working late tonight I was sure gave me the severe cold which came on on Saturday the 25th although had most lovely ride of 3 hours in beautiful air.) (Cutting glued in: Death of George Waring. 'Times' March 2nd .) Friday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Very tired. Down & got on with drawing of P.M.Magazine. Breakfast 8.45. Post office messenger came. Sent him back, also boy from office. Worked. Put in festoon & ruled up & finished drawing. Sent it off by boy at 11.15am. Letter from F.C.B with stupid mice subject at 12.30. Wrote to him & got to work after lunch. Tidied up. Felt very tired. Worked hard at it & finished 9.45. Dined by self, ½ bottle of Ayala '85. Smoked cigar & went to bed at 11.30 after sitting by fire. Very done up. Read Battle of (blank). Sleep at 12.30am. (Red ink: Finished drawing for Pall Mall Magazine cover. Began it on Saty Feby 11. Took me altogether 10 days to design & draw.) Saturday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Bath in spare room. Had been hard frost in the night. Down. Breakfast at 8.45. Put phos away. Off by hansom to Victoria. Down by 10.0am train. Carriage full. Man in brown boots well dressed. Disagreable looking. Got out at Faversham, others at Broadstairs. Purnell met me. Home. No one in. Lunch & got on mare 1.40. Rode past Mount Pleasant nearly to sea mark. No hounds. (meet Minster Rough). Turned & through Acol. Saw where fire had been. Still smouldering. Spoke labourer about murdered woman. Rode past Quex & on to Garlinge & thro' Margate. Tide coming in. On to fort. Past Schimmelmann's. Across North Down & past Kingsgate. Broadstairs (saw man in carriage). Diagonal to Ramsgate. Passed Daisy & Ella Gould. Home. Tea. Snuffy cold came on. Carbolic. Went out to get hair cut. Full. Called Hills. Saw old Sarum or prehistoric bronze axe heads. Bought 2 chests of drawers also toasting fork, ladle, India rubber etc. Home. Up in room. Wrote letters. Cold in head came on. Dined 7.45. Bottle of Burgundy. Smoke & snooze after. Bed 11.45. Cold very bad
at night. Hot whiskey. (Red ink: Funeral of the late John Pettie RA.) (Red ink across page: Lovely ride for 3½ hours in afternoon.) Sunday February 26 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.45. Gale of wind & heavy sea. Breakfast. Very dry haddock again. Club. Looked at papers etc. Home. Wrote many letters etc in morning. M up in room with carbolic spoon. Said would not ride. Lunch. Gale moderated. Sun. Sent Clara twice to Purnell. No good. Up in room & wrote diary after lunch. At 3.40 went for walk with Mite. Lovely afternoon. Strong wind. Went to end of pier. Saw Montefiore. Also after along sands & back to see fishing boat come in. Home. Tea. Toller(?) came in & stayed till 5.45. Up in room after & developed photo plates taken last Sepr up to 7.45 when dined. Bottle of Asti. Mite dressed. Did not go in to Burnands, cold too bad. Came on in throat. Monday February 27 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bath. Cold in head bad. No better. Club. Very heavy rain after. M up in room. At 11.0 began 3rd female figure for cover of The Sketch. Squared cardboard up etc. M read article in The Speaker week ending Saty 18 Feby. Lunch. Felt tired & seedy after. Rested in deck chair & after got on with drawing. Got on very well. Put in head of figure & arms etc etc. Dined 8.0pm. Bottle Burgundy. M & Tilda duet after. Barney & ball. Went to bed after hot whiskey at 11.0 & to sleep at once. Tuesday February 28 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Woke up with congestion on chest & very painful. Cold very bad. Lovely sunny morning, A1. Could not go to meet at Sarre. Many letters at breakfast. Club. Wrote 2 or 3 letters. Edwards & cartridges. After at home & worked all day at 3rd cover drawing for The Sketch. Most lovely day all day. Not a cloud in sky & bright sun. Cold north east wind. Did not go out at all. M had a tea fight in afternoon. Mrs Clarke, Mrs Warre, Mrs Jones & Miss Ross & others. Up in my room after & read. Worked till 8.0pm. Dinner oysters & Burgundy. Barney in drawing room with ball after. Duet. Bed at 11.0. Cold gruel. Poultice on chest. Sleep 11.30. Mar 1893 Wednesday March 1 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0 sharp. Dull morning. Heavy S.W gale blowing. Did not go out & round to Club. Up in room & re-painted the lettering of 3 rd cover drawing for Sketch. Beef tea etc. Worked on till lunch. M reading Miss Braddon's first novel. Note from F.C.B. Answered it by 10.10am. Doubts about M riding. Decided not. After lunch at 2.25 mare at door. Rode past Haine, Salmstone (man hollered) & on to Margate. Met Chapman. Talk of Tom White huntsman. Rain. Sun & soft south wind. On to sands & rode home to Ramsgate. Many falls of cliff, one especially just a few minutes before near Kingsgate Gap. My old alcove destroyed with name on cliff since 1887, then Roy's 1892. Miss Something to tea. Hot bath. Wrote many letters. Sent wires etc. Refused the Mansion House dinner to French Ambassader for Saty next. Wrote many letters. Could not finish drawing. Gave it up. Dined 8.0pm. Bottle of Burgundy. M's cold came on. Quiet evening & bed at 11.0pm.
Thursday March 2 Prospect Terrace. Up at 7.30. In room & put things up etc. Dressed leisurely. Breakfast 8.45am. After Club. Took up Maud's easel, rifle & bayonet etc etc. Went up by 10.0am. Got up to town all right. Carriage to self. Cab 4 wheeler to Stafford Terrace. Dull day. Lunch. No letters much. Cheque for £35 sent from Douglas Straight. After no instructions from F.C.B. Went to P.O & wired Frank & posted letter to Wallis & M. Misdirected M's letter, came back to me at night. Miss Derden called, model. Got to work on drawing of a quiet pipe. Worked all afternoon. At 4.0 Burnand's boy came. Why not in morning could not tell. Sent Swain's boy to Milliken. Worked till 7.0pm. Finished drawing, dressed & took cab to Claude Watney's dinner, 11 Chesterfield St, W. Met H.Spottiswood, engaged. Little American, Fritz Jackson, Stanhope, Longfellow & Randolph C. Lost £4 at poker. Held full hand against 4.2's. Left at 1.0am & home by cab. Head in the morning. M got up with very bad cold on chest. (Red ink across page: Dined with Claude Watney.) Friday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slight bilious head on. Lasted till T time. Had to work. Got on with drawing of Churchill & Salisbury as Scotchman & Irishman after writing many letters to Roy etc etc. Began 10.45, hard scramble to get done. Finished 7.20. Dressed & at 7.45 cab to 52 Cadogan Square to dine with the De la Rues. Large dinner & Royal Academy waiters. Huge candles & Electric light etc. Took in Mrs Heilbut. Good dinner. Mr & Mrs Colin Hunter, Mrs Bram Stoker etc. Mr & Mrs Romer Williams & also Mr & Mrs Dickenson, Fred Thornton's brother in law & sister in law. Drew mouse on menu. Long talk with Mrs Dickenson. Left 11.15 & home by cab to Stafford Terrace. Read St James's Gazette & sleep at 12.30am. (Red ink across page: Dined with the De la Rues.) Saturday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.35. Felt pretty well. Bath & down 8.5. Put photos away. Had breakfast 8.35. Finished putting away. Went round & saw No 26 stables in mews. Back. Cab to Victoria. On other in train carriage by 10.0am. Got out at Teynham . On to Westgate. Purnell met me & took bag on. Got on Mare at 12.40. Went towards meet at Hengrove. Saw men who directed me. After Woodruffe. Got up to hounds across plough. Hare got up & went away. Galloped on & told Collard. Hounds put on about 12.45. Very good run round by Lydden & to Newington Mill, near S.E.R & back Lydden way. Hare killed about 2.0pm. Got the tail for Roy. Talk to Mayhew & to Macnamara. Left hounds running another hare about 3.0pm & home past Haine & along diagonal path. Saw Mrs Borradaile. Home 4.10. Tea. Rosy Burnand in. Letters, Wicks, Edwards & Roberts & others. Went up to meet Roy. Arrived 6.10. Home. Magnets, Barney etc. Dinner. Bottle Saumur & Burgundy. Game finding thimble after dinner. Very sleepy & tired. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Dinner to Waddington, Mansion House. Refused.) (Red ink across page: Capital run with Thanet Harriers. Killed hare.) Sunday March 5 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dullish morning. Breakfast. Sausages, Roy etc. Club. Daniels come to judgement. Remark on Montague Williams will £15,000. At 10.15 got on mare & Cob. On to sands at 10.20. Good going round coast. Had to rush water at Kingsgate to get through tide. Got wet. High water 1.30. Got to Gap near Roy's old school at 11.0. Up. Roy looked at school. Saw a master & 3 boys.
Through Margate & on to Garlinge. Saw mastiff bitch. After F.C.B & Frank. Could not catch them up. Went & shewed Roy where the hare was put up yesterday & rode line to Lydden etc. Jumped fence. On through Manstone & into Ramsgate Road. Roy's Cob would not jump hurdles. Home through Sicklemores & along Crescent Rd. Saw Mr Parkin. Home. Read. Lunch. Tired after. Read Referee & Serotry(?) about Napoleon at Elba. At 4.0 Roy got ready to leave. Had sausage, tea etc. Sooby came in. Saw F.C.B & Sooby after in posting letter. Roy left 4.45, Purnell carrying bag. Mite & Tilda went with him. M & self up in room after. Worked from 5.0 to 7.30 on 3rd Sketch cover. Dined. Bottle Saumur. After dinner Mite & self went into F.C.B's. Talk over old times. No one there. Read & bed 12.0. (Red ink across page: Good 3 hour ride with Roy over yesterday's courses & sands.) Monday March 6 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.10am. Dull morning. Breakfast. Club. Read Times. Did not write letters. In room in morning & worked on 3 rd Sketch cover. Altered hand & began to shade. Mite with me till 12.0. At 1.0 stopped. Varnished boots. Lunch at 2.15. M & self rode through Manstone, Lydden, cemetery, Drapers Arms, St Peters, Hannens & along cliff home. M had to have stirrup shortened. Saw Mrs Borradaile twice. Also Mrs Fox Thomson. Tea 4.50. Up in room at 5.0. Went on with drawing of cover for Sketch. Put in shading of arms etc etc. No sooner got to work than had to leave off. Dressed & at 7.15 left in fly for Westwood. M, Tilda & self dined by ourselves with the Clarkes. Good dinner. Looked at Egyptian photos after. (Red ink: Death of Miss Sheridan in Times.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charlotte Beare, widow of late Major Beare. Times March 13th.) Mother of Arthur Cotton Beare who married Miss Dering 1874. Died next year. Major Beare died 1873 or before. Tuesday March 7 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Club. After at 9.45 got on Cob & rode with Purnell to meet at Brooks End. Passed near Mill on Ramsgate Road by Matthews on grey horse. Through Cleve Ct, Acol & along X road. Small meet. Found hare at once & after smart run hare drowned at Brooks End. Found another after but left it 12.45. Trotted home. Lunch & at 3.35 went up to town by L.C.& D, Purnell carrying bag. Carriage to self. Club. Changed coat. Found gt coat & hat there. Went with Joe Carr to dinner of Royal Institute. Sat between Thomas & (blank). Dull heavy dinner. Room intolerable. Saw Silver, Chester, Ryle etc. Handsome Prince Louis of Battenburg. Left 10.30 & called Empire. Saw C.B. Left & to Club. Had bacon. Felt dreadfully tired & languid. Borthwick holding forth. Bolton etc. Left 1.0 & home to bed at Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: Tilda left us at noon. Had been since January 26th. Lovely weather set in.) Wednesday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning. Got plates etc ready to photograph. Felt seedy. Miss Derben came at 11.0. Took 3 doz & 3 photos before & after lunch. After rested in chair very languid. Slight influenza. At 4.30 man let glass drop on globe & smashed it. Hass. Great commotion. Escaping waters etc. Lef 5.0 & in cab to Turkish bath in Northumberland Avenue. Good bath. On to P.D. F.C.B, A.G, E.T.R, B.P, E.I.M, (late) A. à B, R.L, E.L.S & J.T there. Had no soup. Good dinner & talk. Long time over Tenniel's cut. Had Mermaid for self & Bung. Cab to
Garrick. Wrote cheque. Home. Bed 12.30 after reading paper. Cheque for £170.10.0 received for share of late Aunt Anne's estate. (Red ink: Heavenly weather. Brilliant sun.) Thursday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down & got to work. Sorted photos & skemed Mermaid & Bung. Miss Frederick interviewed me in morning. Spencer called. Wigs on. Took photo of self on tub. Difficult. Foreman Nash called. Lunch. At 2.45 got away in hansom & caught 3.25 down to Ramsgate. One other in carriage, got out at Broadstairs. Old gent. Purnell met me. Tea at P.T. Miss Hood & Miss Wacher there. Up in room & got on before dinner with drawing Mermaid & Bung. Dined 8.0pm. Very tired after. Welcome bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Heavenly weather. Brilliant sun.) Friday March 10 Prospect Terrace. Up 7.30am. Club & at 9.45 got to work & worked all day on drawing of Mermaid & Bung as Knight. Developed bath prints of self before breakfast. Wire from Swain. Replied. Finished by 7.0 & Purnell took it to station. Wrote letters. Paxton to lunch. M took him for drive to Sandwich after. Back to Warre. Purnell seedy. Dined quietly 7.45. Bottle Ayala. Rest after. Read 'The Man' in Black & White. Bed 12.0 after reading in room. No sleep after dinner. (Red ink: Heavenly weather. Brilliant sun.) Saturday March 11 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am & after Club etc. Got on Cob at 10.45. Purnell & self rode to the Kennels. Passed Mayhew. Never told me no hunting. On to Collards. Glass of curacao with him & talk of Ingram. Left 12.45. Sent Purnell home & rode straight across on mare to sea mark on left across to Quex. Put up pussy near Little Brooks End. Long walking rambling idle delightful ride. Through Dent de Lion, Gurlinge, Margate. Along the sands, tide coming in. Got to Broadstairs. Past sea front. On hill met Butterfield. Rode with me to corner near Wills's. Home at 4.0. M had been to her mother's. Had to knock Purnell up. Up in room tired. After got to work at 5.0pm & put in shading of head & arms of 3 rd Sketch drawing. Dined 8.0. Burgundy. After M & Maud up. Sleepy. Bed 11.15. Glad to get there. F.C.B dined with Prince of Wales. (Red ink: Heavenly weather. Brilliant sun.) Sunday March 12 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0am. Most heavenly morning. Brilliant sun. Dressed leisurely. Knicks. Breakfast. Purnell looked ill. Round Club. Read financial paper. Hunks. Up in room. M & Maud to church 10.45 & after to meet Spencer, S.E.R at 12.15. Wrote diary. Dressed in blue suit. On Parade at 12.45. Saw Conny B, Mrs Charley B etc etc. with Florence Hood. Met M & Mite 1.10, after met Sterne, Robson Roose etc. Lunch. After at 2.30 went to stables & got on Cob. Rode in lovely sunlight to Broadstairs. Tide coming in. Saw Mervyn & called on Moster in little room in small square, Chandos Square. Left at 3.15 & rode home past Montefiores etc & past Prospect Terr. Saw Spencer who had come down by the boat train 11.0 arrived 3.30. Went to stables & after tea Mr Sooby came in. Up in room & worked on Sketch cover till 7.30. Dressed & round to Club for cigars. Sterne, Mervyn & Spencer dined. 2 bottles Champagne & 1 Burgundy & 1 Asti. Talk of Barr Estate. Left 10.45. Sat up talking with Spencer. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red
ink: Heavenly weather. Brilliant sun.) (Red ink across page: Lovely day. Spencer came down. Sterne dined with us.) Monday March 13 Prospect Terrace. Up 7.30. Dressed in hunting things & down to breakfast at 8.30. Fish. Club 9.0. At 9.30 exactly Spencer on Cob & self mare started to ride to meet of fox hounds at Eastry. Lovely hot fine morning. Walked to hill below Convent. Trotted on to Sandwich. Man in field held up his hand. Bother with steam roller for road. Got Cob past it. Overtook 2 Collards, Baker & Butterfield. Through Sandwich, on to Eastry. There 11.15. Saw poor old O'Grady Evans. Curious man without hair turned out to be Peto. Covers drawn blank. Pottered about. Cob behind wall. Long talk to Peto about Eton. Left hounds at 1.30. Wind had changed to east, much colder. Sandwich. Stopped & gave horses gruel. Ginger beer. On again at 2.30pm. Past roller again. Went thro' Sicklemore's farm. Back 3.50. Home. M at Broadstairs to see her mother. Had tea at 4.15. Mite & Spencer went for walk. Dressed. Wrote diary & got to work at 5.15pm. Master of hounds Prescott Westcar. (Red ink: Weather changed to east wind 1.0pm.) (Red ink across page: Hunted with East Kent fox hounds, Eastry. Blank day.) Tuesday March 14 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Duller in morning. Club. Spencer at breakfast. Sterne & Tate called. At work till 1.15 on head of figure 3 rd Sketch. Muddled about. Did not like it. At 2.30 rode with M, Spencer & Sterne. Saw F.C.B at corner. Sterne on collar marked horse. Rode along sands to Margate. Spencer on Chippy. Spencer galloped with Sterne. On past Westwood. I & S went in & Sterne rode on. Cob started with M at old sign board on ground. Back home. Tea. Up in room & worked on drawing. Fiddled about head. Dined quietly. Rosie Burnand in to dinner. Claret & bottle of Burgundy after. Slept heavily after. Seedy & tired. Bed at 11.30. Talk to Spencer about Peto. Wednesday March 15 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Took head out of figure as it did not please me. Lovely morning. Club. Saw F.C.B going. Felt very tired at breakfast. Club. Still more tired. M & self went to look over house next Club. Back & got to work. Redrew head of figure & got it better. Spencer said good bye at 12.45 after he & M had driven over to Broadstairs to see their mother. Finished drawing by lunch time. Put things up & at 3.35 went up to town. M walked to station with me. One old gent in train. Drove to Club & saw Beetle. Walked to office of Ill London News. Left drawing & saw Mr Shorter. Wanted 3 more drawings. P.D. Phillip Agnew back. F.C.B, A.G, H.W.L, E.I.M, P.A, R.L, A. à B, E.L.S & J.T. Chaff about drawing for Ormiston & Glass. Got subject, Bung as Waller père ducking Bill in water trough. Called Garrick. Wrote Claude Watney. Home by hansom. Gave man 4/s. (Cutting glued in: Death of Laura Warre. Times, March 17th.) Thursday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull at first. Fine after. Down. Changed plates. Skemed picture for next week. Got glass down. At 11.30 Miss Derben & Mrs King came, photod one of them till 1.30pm. Lunch. At 2.15 went out with key camera & got horse trough & outside of public house. Back. At 2.45 brewers man called. Photod him. Dull & rain. Developed plates. At 4.0 Claude Watney called. Dressed,
tea 4.45. At 5.0 very heavy rain & hail. Young man from Chestertons called about stables. Took cab to Turkish bath in Northumberland Avenue. Got there 5.45. Very good bath. No 6. Hair cut & out by 7.15. Walked to Covent Garden. Got violets & exactly at 7.30 at Club. J.Dove Keithley there. Had a sniffly cold. Dined with me. Good dinner, 2 bottles Pomery. Long talk on various matters, Astor etc till 12.20am when left. Cab home. Smoked 5 1/s cigars etc. Dinner £2.10.0. Friday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Down. Wrote acct for Sketch. Breakfast. At 9.30 got to work on drawing of Bung as Brewer ducking Local Veto Bill in trough. Worked all morning. At 12.45 Emma photod self for Bill. Developed 2 plates. Lunch & on to work. Boy called at 5.0. Sent him back. Worked on till 10.45pm when finished. Dined at home & drank 1 bottle of Ayala '85. Cigar & up to bed very tired at 1.0am. Saturday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Put things away & at 9.25 left in hansom for Victoria. Caught 10.0. Tall young man in like Elsie Thomson, 2 others. Ramsgate. Very cold north wind. Purnell met me. Home. M in bedroom. Met Mrs O'Connell & daughter, asked me to turn out poor old O'Connor. Lunch. After at 2.30 met Sooby & went to Club. Wrote Vinten about house. Sooby walked on to stables. Got on mare 2.30. Rode along past Warres, Manstone & Hengrove to Margate & home along sands. Put up hare near Manstone. Very cold. Life boat dragged out of Margate harbour by 7 horses. Young man on horse. More land slips. Home 5.20. Bad tea & hunt for papers. Up in room. Changed. Wrote diary. M up in room. Got plates ready etc. Dined quietly & bed early after cigars. Burgundy. Death of Jules Ferry. Funeral of Mrs Warre at St Lawrence. Sunday March 19 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.45. Lovely weather, bright sun. Club. In morning put up curtain in lavatory. Developed plates taken on Thursday & a few ¼ plates. At 12.30 dressed in brown suit & walked with Mite on Parade. Met Frank & Conny Burnand. Lunch. At 2.30 rode Cob past Marine Granville etc & on to Telegraph Station beyond Kingsgate. Back along sands. Home 5.0. Mr & Mrs Tate & Sterne to tea. After up in room. Dressed & finished writing letters. Wrote to 13 members of the Garrick committee. Dined 8.10pm. Bottle of Champagne, Dumeny. Very tired after. Too late to go to Burnands. Up in drawing room. Bed early. Monday March 20 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Club. Back at 10.15 & got on with printing photos. Printed about 50. At 12.15 took photo of Maud for Letter from Monte Carlo. Developed it & got prints before lunch. Lovely day & hot. Wind round to south west. Lunch. Whiskey & soda. At 2.30 rode mare. Saw Conny B & Mary. Walked past Convent & along past Haine. Flock of sheep on bridge. Mare stale & stumbled. Across by Tinkers Hole & past Farmers', through Stokes's farm, monument, Miss Tomlin's house & on to Telegraph Station. Tide going out. Lovely ride along sands home. Mare galloped at train. Home 5.15. Tea. Conny B & Mary there. Up in room. Bathed the 50 prints. Done by 6.30. Dressed. Dined at 8.0. Bottle Saumur. Sleepy after dinner. Bed 11.15pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of
Charles Barker. 'Times' March 22, also 23rd.) (Red ink: Last long talk with Barker Sun July 24, 1892.) Tuesday March 21 Prospect Terrace. Up 7.30am. Breakfast 8.0, away 8.45. Caught 9.0 train & went with Purnell & mare to Herne Bay. There by 9.30. Met Butterfield & went with him. Clarks there, also Kelsey, Woodruffe & young man with curious profile. (small drawing) Most lovely morning. Bright sun all day. Meet at Herne Street. American gent out that had taken Prescott Westler's house. Miss Leaf etc. Field of 25 to 30. Young Wacher etc. Very hard going. About 12.0 found hare. Bit of a run. Plenty of fences. Much wire. Left off at 2.0. Mrs Mayhew's horse lame. Went home along through marsh side & across marshes with Mat Collard, Perkins, Col Copeland. Stopped at Sarre. Cup of tea. Mare rushed out of stable & nearly got away. Only just caught her. Left at 4.0pm. Caught up Tom Mayhew & wife. With them to mill on Canterbury road. Trotted home. Home 5.35. Miss Purcell there. Tea. Letter from Edgar. Up in room. Dressed. Bottle Ayala. Too tired after dinner to go to Burnands. Bed early. Wednesday March 22 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. M told me of poor Barker’s death. Very much shocked. Club. Death in Times. Round home again. Wrote Burnand in morning. Wire from Emma. Wrote letters, orders for Stores etc. Packed things all morning. Went round to Hills after Club & saw cabinet desk & ordered it to be sent up. Lunch at 3.15. William Agnew took luggage. M & Mite walked to station with me. Up by 3.35. Old lady & gent in smoking carriage, 2 others. Emma met me at Victoria. Sent things home by buss. Crate & boxes. Walked to Garrick, was to have met Keithley. Cab to P.D. Result of Oxford & Cambridge boat race, Oxford won by 1½ lengths. Burnand, A.G, F.W.L, E.T.R, E.I.M (late) P.A, Hy F, A à B, self & J.T there. Good dinner. 2 cuts made up. Discussion about Process. Left with Tenniel, put down at Isthmian Club. Home at 12.0. Fire in room. Letter from Claude Watney. Bed. (Cutting glued in: Woodville v Woodville, decree nisi. 'Times' March 22.) Thursday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Woke 6.0am. Up at 7.45. Foggy morning. Down & wired to Miss Derben & Keighley. Got to work. Sorted photos & decided to go down to Ramsgate. Chesterton's man called. Sent boy to Tenniel with chalk pencils. Stableman called about being over stables. Emma photod me for cut of Fowler, Goschen & Agriculture. Lunch. Put up traps & left by 4 wheeler with empty boxes & down by Granville to Ramsgate. M & Mite met me. Sterne drove us up to house. Got things sorted & to work 2 hours before dinner. M up with me. Dinner. Champagne. Cigar after & bed early. Lovely day at Ramsgate but very foggy in London up to 2.0pm. Dined 8.0pm. Quiet evening. Bed after. (Red ink: Very foggy in London in morning. Lovely at Ramsgate.) Friday March 24 Prospect Terrace. Up 7.30am. Printed & bathed photos taken yesterday in London from self. Club. Got to work 10.0am on drawing of H.H.Fowler, Goschen & Agriculture. Worked on all day till 8.0pm when dined. M & Maud went for drive with mare to Minster. Dined ½ bottle of Burgundy. After dinner went straight up in
room & begun again at 9.30. M up in room. Worked right away until 2.15am when finished. This drawing took 6 ½ hours to shade & no mistakes. Read about Roman nobles & bed 2.30am. (Red ink: Lovely day. Brilliant sun. Worked late on 1st cartoon to be processed on Saturday morning.) Saturday March 25 Prospect Terrace. Very tired in morning. Eyes ached. Up 8.30. Club. At 11.0 photod Mite on sofa in drawing room for next cut. Developed them. Man taking inventory. Never so many breakages before. At 2.30 rode Cobby. Through town, Hereson, across Habelers & on past Up Street, Friends, to Margate. Past Roy's old school, along diagonal to Garlinge & through Manstone home. Cob went well & fresh. Home 5.30pm. M & Mite had been to Westwood in cart. Mare cracked heel. Saw Rosy B. F.C.B down. Dined. Bottle of Champagne. Rested after dinner. Bed 11.30. Developed last of the Tressady plates. (Red ink: Lovely day. M had interview with landlady next door & settled to go next week for ten days.) Sunday March 26 Prospect Terrace. Up 9.0am. Printed phos. Breakfast. Club. Up in room & printed 4 plates over printed last week. Purnell in armour etc etc, also Mite taken yesterday. Afte at 11.30 rode Cob gently to Broadstairs up to Bleak House. Dismounted. Walked down & home at 1.0. Walked on parade. M & Mite there, Willie Buck. Invited for tennis. After lunch up in room. Snooze & read Edinburgh Review. Mite went for walk & saw F.C.B sitting on rail with Mr Sooby. Tea. Ship stuck in mouth of harbour. Wrote letters. Mite in from Goulds & got on with drawing. Finished her drawing. Wrote letters & after dined at 7.45. Mite & self went into Burnands after. Talk of Venice etc. Pleased with Mite's drawing. Back 10.40. Read magazine & after slept in chair until 12.30. Bed. Monday March 27 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Club after breakfast. Death of Sir George Findlay in 'Times'. Back. Wrote letters & posted them to Percy Oakes etc, Fletcher. Up in room & began drawing of girl on sofa. Did not ride. Lovely morning. M packing etc. Lunch. M in room after. Mite finished drawing. Acct sent from Mr Darling, sent in acct again. Preface £15.15.0, tail £5.5.0, index £10.10.0, as last year. Sent Mite's drawing off by 7.15pm train. After wrote letters etc & dined at 7.45 quietly. Bottle Saumur. Mite in high spirits. Imitating animals etc etc. M very tired. Read paper. Smoke & slept in chair till 12.0 when went to bed. Most lovely weather. Tuesday March 28 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning. Club. After at 9.55 got to work on drawing of girl on sofa. Worked hard all morning. Purnell in twice. M busy packing, very. Lunch. Finished at 3.15. Sent it off by Purnell. Took down red & yellow cloth etc in front of lavatory window. At 4.15 rode Cobby to Broadstairs & back. Pretty woman & boy in Scotch dress. Back & sent easel etc etc away by Purnell & William Agnew. Gas bracket taken down. Things sent to Hills as below. After felt a little seedy & bilious. Mite & self went up at 7.30 & dined at F.C.B's leaving M & Madame to dine at home. No one at F.C.B's. Talk after. Smoke. Home 10.30. Slept in chair. Left pipe. Bed 11.30pm. 1 deal box locked.
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easel in 2 pieces Duplex lamp gas chandelier with tube & iron pipe. green metal shade for ditto. large glass globe. black stand for ditto small glass globe. dish iron tripod
Wednesday March 29 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Last morning at 5 P.T. Paid William Agnew. Club. Things changed into No 4 next door. M, servants, birds, plants, boxes & Madame all got off by 12.15, one hour before train, by buss. Mite & self saw them off. Walked into town. Called Krier(?) & Page & also on Vinten & saw clerk. Had paid Vinten in the morning. Saw M off at 1.15 & walked back & lunched. Bottle (½ pint) of Burgundy. After at 3 rode Cob along the sands & out by Broadstairs. Met Butterfield at his stables. Went back & had a cup of tea & good cigar with him. After rode home by 6.0pm. Met Fletcher Moulton QC MP who asked me & Maud to dine with them. Ordered fly. Dressed & went to dine at 7.0. Saw East, Toller etc etc (met Toller on sands) Miss Elsie Thomson tired & X. Good dinner. Hot room upstairs. Long dreary talk after. Mite liked Moulton. Left by fly at 10.0pm. Home. Bed 11.0. Had headache in morning. (Red ink across page: Left 5 Prospect Terrace for next door.) Thursday March 30 4 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning. Mite down late. Breakfast. Fish very good. After Club. Read paper etc etc. In room & looked over journals after. Lunch. Mite went to Pegwell. Rode Cob over past Granville & Montefiores & home by sands. Back 4.0. Purnell kept me waiting 20 minutes. Met Mite with flowers. After went to Mrs Buckmasters. Tennis on. Did not play. Tea. Mite & self went round by Prospect Terrace. Left flowers & went to meet M & Roy who arrived punctually. Were 5 minutes late. M & Mite home in cart. Roy back. Poor report & expensive term. Dinner. After Roy & self played 100 up at billiards. Back. Read Moonstone & bed 11.0. Friday March 31 4 Prospect Terrace. Up 6.30am & at 7.0 rode mare, Roy Cob, to Telegraph wire at Kingsgate & back. Most lovely hot morning. Beautiful ride just got back in time from tide. Breakfast, sausages etc. Club. Papers etc. After dressed knickerbockers & walked with M, Mite & Roy on Parade. Saw F.C.B, Ready etc. Talk to Crippen in bath chair. Lunch. Rested after. Smoke. Wrote 7 or 8 letters. F.C.B & Ready in. Toller had called. 'Beds' joke. Whiskey & rosbach. After M, Toller, Mite, Roy & self walked up to Granville. Called on Thomsons & Toole. Most lovely sunset & moonrise, moon nearly full. Saw Col Routledge. Had Irving's whiskey. Back. Dinner & bottle Ayala. Very tired after. Club at 9.0 & played Roy 100 up. Beat him. Back. Read Moonstone & bed 1.15pm. Apr 1893 Saturday April 1
4 Prospect Terrace. Up. 7.45. Roy bath. Out for stroll after breakfast. Club. Times. 100 up billiards. Beat Roy. Back, M & Mite going out. Roy and self on Pier. Saw Moss Rose etc tugged out. Met Toller & friend. Back home by self. Read Morning Post. Roy went to lunch at Granville. Wrote diary. M still out at 1.15pm. Roy back at 3.0. Both Roy & self went for delightful ride along sands as far as Margate & back again. Was angry with Roy at Broadstairs jumping Cob. Hung up only just home at 6.0pm. Dined 7.30. Played Roy 100 up. Home. Bed 11.0pm. M & Mite up. Sunday April 2 4 Prospect Terrace. Up 7.0am. Rode 7.30 to nine as far as slip where name was at Kingsgate. Hammered another & back to breakfast. Very cold east wind. After Club. Looked over papers etc etc. At 12.0 went on Parade with M, Maud & Roy from church. Maud had new dress on. Tailor made. Very pretty. Saw Mrs Pugin, Fletcher Moultons etc etc. Walked very fast with Moulton. Home lunch. Room very cold with east wind. Rested in chair & felt a chill no doubt brought cold on a very severe one after. Looked over papers & dressed at 6.0pm. Fly up to Granville. We four dined at table d'hote. Poor dinner. Johnny Toole, Mrs Hawtry, Tollers(?), Moulton, Thomsons etc. Coffee outside & back at 9.30 to Burnands. Played race game. Roy won 4/s. I lost 10/s. Toole amusing. Left at 11.0pm & back. Bed. (Red ink: Last severe cold came on only 5 weeks ago.) Felt cold come on at once in shape of horseness at 5.0pm very sudden. Monday April 3 4 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Purnell had taken horses to Barkam at 6.0am. Breakfast. Club. Most lovely clear day. Very little wind. Roy & self caught the 10.40 on S.E Rly. Talk to news vendor. On to Barham. Long wait at Canterbury. Rush on from there to Barkam. Got there 12.20. Purnell had been waiting 2 hours. Sharp trot to Barham Downs. Guns & firing. Saw hunt contingent. No Percy Oakes. Hare got amongst people & was killed. All over by 1.45. Left sharp. Major Gen Lord William Seymour. Rode home through Adisham etc etc. Nowhere to get bite or sup. Lucky had lunch with us. Sandwich at 3.55. Glass of ginger beer. Home by 5.15. Firing at Pegwell. Rested in chair & at 6.30 dressed. Left at 7 30 in fly for Westwood. Met Prof Horsley, Dr Croke & wife & a youth. Fair dinner. Left at 10.15 & home. Mite & Roy still up. Bed 11.0. Rubbed Jacob's oil on chest. (Red ink: Lovely bright day.) (Red ink across page: Rode from Barham Downs to Ramsgate after seeing sham fight.) Tuesday April 4 4 Prospect Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Round Club. Looked at Directory etc, after 'Times'. Played Roy 100 up. Owed 25. He beat me by 10 points. After at 11.0 rode. Called F.C.B. Cold wind. Thro' Manstone & diagonal towards Margate. Roy thrown off Cob. Had one leg out of stirrups. On past Lydden & to Westwood. Saw Prof Horsley shooting. Home past Hereson. Posters up of Pall Mall magazine. Home 1.30. Lunch. Rested in chair till 4.0. M & self went 4.30 to tennis at Buckmasters. Roy & Maud had gone at 3.0pm. Played 3 sets. Left at 6.0pm with Mite & flowers. Home. Sent Purnell to station after magazines. Dind 7.30. Oysters, Dumeny & fowl. Good dinner & sleep after. Bed at 11.0pm. Roy & M & Mite went 10.0am. (Red ink: Lovely bright day.) (Red ink across page: Roy pitched off Cob.)
Wednesday April 5 4 Prospect Terrace. Got up 7.50. Cold felt better. Out. Sea fog. Breakfast. Club. Got off by the 10.0. Cart took luggage. Only 1 copy of 'Times'. Got it. F.C.B, Illiken & Charles Ready in train. Up to London, 4 wheeler home. Ordered steak at Slaters. Lunch after putting photos away cab & put clothes away. Cold came on very badly hot all over. Had to knock off & rest. Felt ill. After wrote letters & diary & then felt better. Went out to post letters etc. Called on Chesterton & settled stables & after called on Tatton & instructed about will. Tea. Felt better at 6.30 had cab (hansom) to Bouverie St. Saw Furniss. P.D. Lucy, E.T.R, B.P, E.I.M, P.A, Hy F, R.L, A à B, self & J.T. Discussion. My cold bad after dinner. ½ bottle Champagne. Left at 11.0 with Tenniel. Put down at Isthmian. Home. Fire & gruel. Bed & sleep 12.0. (Red ink: Cold very bad. Felt feverish & very seedy.) Thursday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. Put bathroom in order. After wrote letter. Breakfast & put away photos etc etc. Looked out material for cut of Fox & Guinea Pig directors. Lunch. Lazy after. Turner came in morning & moved furniture. Began work & skemed cut at 4.0pm. Dressed & at 5.0 took good hansom to Turkish baths. Had bath. Hair cut. After walked to Camera Club. Saw Mrs Davison. Looked at Studios. Bought 3 Fox photos. After Beefsteak Club. Next Leslie Ward. Corney Grain, Graham etc etc there. Empire, slow, & Garrick Club. Johnny Toole & Routledge there. Left in hansom 12.30 & home. Too strong a cigar. (Cutting glued in: Death of Vicat Cole. 'Times' Sat Apl 8th, 10th & 11th.) (Red ink: Interred Monday April 10th.) Friday April 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. Bath. breakfast. Got to work on Fox etc. Organ man again. Wrote Store order etc. Mervyn called 11.30. Also model (poor) at 10.30am. Got to work & worked all day up to 9.0pm on Fox & Guinea pigs. Dined by self, ½ bottle of wine & slept after. Bed at 11.30. Did not go out. (Red ink: Fine bright day.) (Cutting glued in: Death of James Aldous. 'Times' April 11th.) Saturday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down & tidied things up. Off to catch 10.0 train. After called in cab on Chestertons. Saw clerk. Cab went back to fetch stick. Victoria. Stupid porter lost place in carriage. Uncomfortable journey centre seat. Last journey down to Ramsgate spring '93. All out but one at Margate. At station M, Maud & Roy met me, Purnell carrying bags. Lunch. At 2.30 rode mare, Roy Cob. Past Cliff End. East wind. Saw paper chase. Great difficulty with Cob near Collard same as on March 11th (one month ago). Up to sea mark. Canter & after past Quex & Drapers Arms & home to Ramsgate at 6.0pm. Dinner. After played Roy 100 up. Tired. Roy won by 10 points & more. Bed. (Red ink: Bitterly cold east wind. Dull grey weather.) Sunday April 9 4 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.30am. Dull wretched morning, sea fog. Out on Parade. At 10.30 rode in sea fog to Margate & back. Roy had adventure with Cob trying to jump mast. Cob cantered with him for about a mile without stirrups, finally Roy came off. All on acct of spurs. Home at 1.10. Changed. Lunch after. Quiet
afternoon & went to Club to write letters. M had seen Mr Burgess RA. Talk before dinner to Curling. All lies said Edwards. One more whiskey & potash will settle E said his friend. After dinner (bottle Ayala '74 & oysters) we all went round to Burnands. All playing Spoof. Ran round with Roy & got there before M & Mite. Left 10.45 & home. Fire. Very cold back room. (Red ink: Cold east windy. Sea fog at Ramsgate.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Eleanor Swanborough. Aged 53. Augusta Wells. 'Times' Tuesday Apl 11th.) (Rachel Orlebar. April 12) Monday April 10 4 Prospect Terrace. Up 8.0am. Packed bags etc. Out on Parade. Breakfast. Club. At 10.30 rode for last time in Thanet season '92 '93. Went along sands in brilliant sun to Broadstairs with Roy, up to look at Bleak House. Along to name on cove & back. Met F.C.B & Cuthbert. Wd not ride but I went on to gap at Kingsgate. Home at 12.20. Changed. Hurried lunch. Burgess RA called. Away after good bye. Walked up to S.E Rly. Purnell saw me there. Left 1.15. Weary journey to Charing X . Slept. Surly 4 wheeler. Home. Called Chesterton & went & looked at stables. Back. Wrote letter Canon Bourne etc. Dressed. Dined well. Roy & self went to Haymarket & had Royal Box to see Hypatia. Saw Beerbohm Tree after in costume. Cab home. Roy no change. Sat & smoked. 2 goes of whiskey. Woke up with head in morning. (Red ink: Saw Mrs Jarratt that was. Vicat Cole interred Kensal Green.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of George Bancroft & Effie Hare. D.T. Tuesday Apl 11.93.) (Red ink across page: Came up to Stafford Terrace for good from Ramsgate after season 1892-3.) Tuesday April 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. Dressed. Roy in bath. Breakfast. Wrote Purnell. Cold east windy dull day. Letters from M etc etc. All morning putting things straight etc etc, setting up camera. Lunch. Still putting things away. At 5.30 M & Maud came home. M seedy. After dined at 7.0. Something wrong with clock in dining room. Hand slow. Roy & self left at 8.0 for Adelphi Theatre. Very cold driving. Saw good play, melodrama, 'The Black Domino'. Arthur Williams good. Roy amused. Saw no one we knew. Left 11.15 & drove straight home. Crude sausages. Bed 12.30pm. (Red ink: M, Maud etc home for good from 4 Prospect Terrace.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Claude Althrop. Thurs Ap.20th.) Wednesday April 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Bath. Breakfast. M in bed. Fine morning. Wrote letters & cheque to Perks. Roy went with it. Perks called & X'd letter. Roy went to Queen's Club. Tidied up all day. Skemed Sketch cover etc. Man doing photo hut. In afternoon at 6.30 took cab to Garrick with dress coat in it. After to Punch dinner. Annoyed at not being asked to the New Gallery this evening to meet H.R.H. P.D. F.C.B, E.T.R, B.P, E.I.M, R.L, D.M, self & J.T. No Agnew or Bradbury. Left at 11.0 & cab to Garrick. Changed coat. Up in reading room. Rested in chair, nearly asleep. Went to fancy dress ball at Covent Garden. Saw Arthur à B, Holland Craik etc. (Red ink: Went to fancy dress ball at Covent Garden Theatre. Missed reception at the New Gallery.) Thursday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. No letter from F.C.B. Put things in order all morning & afterwards lunched. Roy out with Bunbury & went to see raquets at Queen's
Club. In afternoon after feeling tired in chair got to work & did small drawing for F.C.B's next week's article. At 7.0 dressed & walked to dine at Pollocks. Met Americans, Sophy & Fritz Jackson, Miss Weigal next me at dinner. Fair dinner. Walked home & bed by 11.45pm. Friday April 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. At 9.15 Roy & self rode in Row. Saw Alderman Phillips & Stella, also Lockwood. Back 10.15. Mrs Batey had sent boy away. Very angry & put out. Never came back till 11.45. Sent Purnell to Mr Tenniel. Finished small drawing. Boy came back with photo of The Moneychangers by Quintin Matsys. Got to work & finished & dined 9.0pm. Mite & Madame went to see Hypatia. Back all right. Roy dined with us at 9.0 having eaten 2 dinners. Saturday April 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Room being done. At 10.0 got away in cart & drove to Camera Club. Lovely morning. After photod Mrs King & Miss Derben. Left 1.15. Lunch at the Garrick. Saw Gillie F, Maclean, Chudleigh & Arthur Blunt. Left at 2.30 for Savoy Theatre. Saw Haddon Hall, M, Maud, Roy & self. Put M & M & R in cab & had Turkish bath. In 5.30 out 6.45. Walked home. Bought pine. Irritable & very thirsty in evening. Barney left at home. Nuisance & spolit evening in drawing room. (Red ink: Photod Mrs King & Miss Derben.) Sunday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up nine am. Lovely morning. Westerly wind. At 10.30 Roy & self rode to Battersea Park. Met Sterne & Mrs Tate & Mrs Heilbut & Dr Orwin. Twice round sharp. After home by 12.15. M at her mother's. Mite & Madame in Row. Put camera up & took 2 photos of room. Lunch. Slept & rested in chair afterwards. At 4.30 tea. Roy bump thumping. After developed photos & 9 taken yesterday. Wrote letters. Dinner. Bottle of Ayala. Quiet evening. Mite had a cold. M messing with carbolic. Had nightmare in chair after. Could not get up. Bed at 11.45pm. Mr Frisby called with lovely black & white poodle called Jock. Stayed from 4.30 to 6.30pm. Talk of Midge & Langley. Mervyn in also. Monday April 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Bath. Down. Very dark dull morning & slight rain, 1 st time for weeks & weeks. Roy worrying about raquet. No milk in tea. Purnell never brought coals up. Wretchedly dull cold east wind. Rode with Roy in Park. Good ride. Home. Lunch. Went to play lawn tennis in covered court with Reed. Played 4 sets. Roy, Reed & self. After to tea in Reed's new house. Left 5.0. Home by buss. Rested. Dined at 6.45pm. A 7.40 left in 4 wheeler for Lyceum. Clara Pretty knocked down by hansom. Saw Becket. Very good. Not one soul I knew in theatre. Left at 11.30 & home by 4 wheeler. All well. Bed. Felt tired & rather seedy. Tuesday April 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. At 10.0 Roy & self rode in Park. Most lovely morning. Bright sun & hot. Saw Guards cross Park etc. Finlay, Alexander, Forbes Robertson, Soloman etc. Back at 12.0. Changed. Got to work & began Sketch drawing. Lunch. Rest. Played game of bump thump with Roy. Worked & put figure in in ink.
Head before dressing. Dressed & at 7.45 drove to dine at Wills's, 35 Hyde Pk Gdns. Awful dinner. Hot dining room. Took Lady Carbutt in. Fry's cocoa, Mappin & other tradesmen. Boughton & wife. Left after talk with young man, Lord knows who. Drove with M to 12 Haymarket. Supper with Arthur Blunt, Winchester Clowes & Forbes Robertson & 2 nice girls in black. Electric light went out at 1.30am. Left. Home 2.0am. Read papers. Bed 2.30am. (Red ink across page: Bad hot dinner at Mrs Wills's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles and Hannah Mortlock. Wed Ap 19.) Wednesday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Roy hot bath. M in bed tired. Breakfast. At 10.0 Roy & self rode in Park. Met Stone, lady, Soloman etc. Saw Frisby with his wife Miss Rich that was. Oh! Home 12.30. Rested. Lunch. After slept 1 hr. Went on with work. M out & to give Pretty notice. Roy wanted money. Out to baths & after bump thumping. Left off 5.30. Dressed in blue suit. At 6.5pm rode Cob thro' Kensington & to Punch dinner. Arrived exactly at 7.0pm. Punch dinner. William Agnew back again. F.C.B, H.W.L, E.T.R, B.P, L.B, W.A. Hy F, R.L, A à B, E.L.S & J.T there. Very long discussion of cut, only over 10.30. Got parody of Dürer for self. Left at 11.15 with Tenniel. Put down at Isthmian Club. Cab home 2/s. Read Gazette. Bed 12.30. Thursday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. Intended to ride. Very heavy showers at 8.15am. Back to bed. Breakfast. M poured troubles into my ear about Maud's dress. At 10.0 Roy & self rode in Row. Very hot, like July. Saw Mrs Tate, Alexander, Stone etc. Roy riding with Banbury. Left him & home at 11.30 am. Looked at upper rooms in stable. M out. Wrote Alexander. Rested. Lunch. After rested. Began cut of parody of Dürer's Melancholia. Worked till 6.30. Bump thump with Roy. Roy water in his ear. Dinner 7.30. Mite & M dressed afterwards & at 10.15 went in 4 wheel cab to Prince's Hall, Princes Gate to a ball given by Lady Reed & another lady American with composed daughter. Sat Custmere( ?) Harrison etc etc. David Murray & others. Took Lady Reed in to supper. Left after talk with Mrs Rawlinson. Home 1.30. Bed 2.0am. Mrs Foster the lady. (Red ink across page: Maud's 1st dance, Sir Edward Reed.) Friday April 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Bath. Roy a little troublesome. After breakfast wrote letters. Lovely bright warm morning. Worked all day on parody of Albert Dürer's Melancholia. Finished 7.0pm. Dined & M & Mite, Roy & self all went to St James's Theatre & saw Liberty Hall. Good play. Stone never turned up. Had large box. Felt sleepy rather. All back in cab. Supper & bed. (Red ink: Went to see Liberty Hall.) Saturday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After Roy & self rode in Park. Lovely morning. Not many people. Saw Stone. Asked him for box this afternoon. Met Alexander, Tates walking. Back lunch. After went in cab to morning performance of 'The Amazons' very good. Box. Stone there. Roy & self in next box. Draught. Shut window. Miss Lily Hanbury good. Went to Grossmith's dressing room. Saw him & Elliott. After strolled home. Met Lord Frederick Hamilton. Walked back with him. After met Keith & wife. After Robinson. Walked with him (R) to Kensington. Great anti Home Rule demonstration in Albert Hall. Belfast delegates. Bought pine. Dinner. Roy
went by himself to Lyceum to see 'The Lyons Maid'. I followed after. Had 2 stalls. Prince of Wales there. Roy pleased. Walked to Garrick. Ginger beer. Home by cab. (Red ink: Went to see 'The Amazons' & 'The Lyons Maid'.) Sunday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Breakfast earlier. At 9.15 started with Roy & got to bridge to meet Lockwood & Matthews. Met them near Sheen. Walked all way to Richmond. Hazy morning. Bright & hot. Good ride through Park, on to Wimbledon Common. Met F.C.B. Talk. After trotted home. Lunch. At 3.0 went up to dress for the Lewis's. Reed & wife called in hansom. Roy, Maud & self went to Lewis's. 5 good games. Roy & cake. Mite & Miss Kemp. Left at 6.30. Home. Nearly poisoned at dinner by colza oil & chocolate shape spoilt by dirt. Bottle of '80 Pol Roger. Quiet restful evening. Bed early. (Red ink: Spoke to Lockwood about Tenniel's knighthood.) Monday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Intended to ride early, did not. Rode 10.0am, saw young Farquhar & introduced Stone to Frisby. Home 11.30. Left Roy in Park. Back & got to work on drawing for Sketch cover. Lunch. Worked. After at 5.0 played tennis at Queen's Club with Reed having had tea there with Roy. Young Wilson came after with wife. Roy worried with questions of Irving & Ellen Terry. Back by buss. Dressed. Dined. At 8.0 cab to Haymarket Theatre. Saw 'A Woman of no Importance'. Claude Watney came to box. Beerbohm Tree asked me into his dresing room. Don't know whether I liked the play or not. Back straight home. Mite dined with Sir Benjamin Baker. (Red ink: Went to 'A Woman of no Importance'.) Tuesday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. Roy & self rode in Park before breakfast. Lovely morning. Saw 2 regiments of Guards. Rode fast. Hat blew off. Saw D'Arcy. Home. Breakfast at 10.0. Got to work with 4th Sketch drawing. Finished at 7.0. Roy worried about money. Went after to see Diplomacy. At 9.50 M & self drove to 1 Collingham Gardens & dined at the Tates. Met Mr & Mrs Brunton, Mr & Mrs Norman Shaw, Mr & Mrs Boughton, Colin Hunters, Messels, De la Rues, selves & hosts. Splendid dinner. Left at 11.20. Found Roy on the doorstep, could not get in. Slept in chair till 2.0am. (Red ink across page: Dined at Mr Tate's. Very good dinner & very pleasant company.) Wednesday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Lovely morning. Roy in bath. At 10 rode in Park with Roy. Called & left cheque at Simmonds who had left cheeky letter. Met Trower, Mr Tate & daughter. Home 12.0. Saw stables & saw Lockwood. Talk about Tenniel. Lunch. Rested after. Mr Vernon of Vaus & Crampton Ltd called about process at 3.30pm. Roy preparing to return to school. Altered mind about riding to P.D. Sent Roy twice. At 6.0 rode Cob to Bouverie St. Saw Lindo & son at top of Row, after Arthur Blunt. Tenniel drove up in cab & looked at Cob. Small P.D. F.C.B, E.I.M (late) P.A, A à B, self & Tenniel. Suggested cut of Jorrocks. Got fair one for self. Left with Tenniel 11.15. Put down in Piccadilly Isthmian Club. Home 12.0. Slept till 1.30am. Bed. (Red ink across page: Roy went back to Eton.)
Thursday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. Bath. At 8.15 rode mare in Park. Colder & duller. Mare went very well. Saw Scots Guards & Grenadier ditto. Talk of D’Arcy, Romer Williams, & rode with 'Peeps' Cockerell. Breakfast 9. 20. Got to work. Worked steadily all day. Alice Linley in to lunch. Talk of poor Barker. Dined at 8.0pm. Quiet evening & slept in chair until 1.30am. M came down to get me up. Were to have dined at the Trowers. Wire came or note at 1.0pm to put it off as Trower was ill with fever. Worked all day on Hawkins, Justice & Fox & Guinea pig. Friday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30 & got to work on drawing of Hawkins & Justice with Fox & Guinea pig. Breakfast 9.0. Worked after. A 10.40 M & Mite went to Private View of Royal Academy. Worked on. They were back at 2.0pm. Lunch. At 3.40 Maud & self went up to R.A. Blocks along the road. Called & left ties at Ludlams. Into Academy. Saw Riviere, Hook & many others. Val Prinsep. Left at 6.20 & home by cab at 6.45. Got to work & worked till 9.30. Finished drawing & sent it off. 1 st drawing sent to Vaus & Crampton. Dined. Bottle Ayala '74. M tired. Bed at 1.30 sharp. Sent Purnell up to Ludlams. Saw Mrs Charley Burnand, Conny, Fildes, Phil & Morland Agnew & others at the R.A. Great crush. Mrs Millett, Parsons etc etc, Lockyer. Letter from Roy for £1.0.0 (Red ink across page: Private View of Royal Academy.) Saturday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Bath. Fine morning. At 10.0 rode Cob in park for 1 st time. Went well. Long talk with Alexander. Met Sterne, the Tates etc, Romer Williams. Back at 12.30. Called de Vere Gds. Ordered flowers. Room being done. Annoyed with pail mark. Wrote diary. Lunch. Dressed & after M, Maud & self went in cab to Private View of the New Gallery. Immense crowd. Saw Gregory etc etc. Sargent's picture big success. Left at 5.0 & home to tea at 5.30. Rested & after dressed. After quiet dinner M & self drove up to Palace Theatre. Saw Sandow. Good box & quiet evening. Home. Tooth loose & pain in wrist. Went up to bed at once & glad to get there. (Red ink: Academy banquet. F.C.B & D.M went.) (Red ink across page: Private view of the New Gallery. Went with M to the Palace Theatre.) Sunday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Down. Breakfast & at 10.20 rode mare to Putney Bridge. Caught Lockwood, Matthews & young Russell up on Putney Hill. Trotted mare fast. Rode over Wimbledon & through Richmond Park to Star & Garter. Met F.C.B at gate 12.30 exactly. Fine morning. Colder & much wind.. Jumped mare over ditch. Lunch. All went into large room & had 3/6 dejuener. Very good. Had (illeg) beer, coffee & liqueur. Saw Sedger & wife come in. On horses 2.15. Rode round Richmond Park across common. Matthews & self rode very fast, rest after us. Left them at foot of Putney Bridge & home to T at 4.30. Changed into blue suit. Stanhope Forbes & Miss English called. At 6.0 drove in cart with Cob to call on Seymour Lucas. Got costume. Back at 7.45. Dinner. Quiet evening & bed. Had fire. (Red ink across page: 1st meet of the 2 Pins Club. Lunch at Star & Garter.) May 1893 Monday May 1
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. At 9.45 rode mare in Park. Long procession of Barker's carts. Met Stone, Jones etc. Talk of Alexander. Dull & threatening rain. Home 11.25. M & Maud going out. Wrote Coward about chimney. Lunch. Rested & read. Put things square. At 7.0 cart drove me up to Reform Club. There 7.20. Waited. Saw John Livesey. Dined with Alfred Parsons, Joe Carr & Macilvaine there. Fair dinner. Prince Teck dining next table. After cigar drove to Black's rooms. Played poker. Black in 11.45. Lost £1.11.0 after winning £2.0.0. Left with Parsons 3.0am. Home 3.30am. Bed. (Red ink across page: Dined with Alfred Parsons at Reform Club, Black's rooms after.) Tuesday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20am. Breakfast at 10. Rode Cob in the Row. Long talk with Stone. Introduced to Miss Lampson. Talk of the Lopez girls etc etc. Home 11.30. Letters. Lunch. After rested in chair until 4.0. Got to work on Sketch drawing. Miss Sewell that was called, also C.Hartree. At 6.15 rode mare 3 times round Park. Back 7.30. Dined 8.15. Rest after bed 10.30. Rest. Wednesday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Rode by 8.15 in Park on mare. Went well. Met Coward & Mills, Mr Smith etc. Gallop back. Breakfast. Wrote letters. Polly cried over books & expenses. Decided not to ride. Lovely morning. Mrs Batey troublesome. Drew cheque for £25 extra for house. After got to work on drawing for Sketch cover No 4. Worked all afternoon. At 5.30 dressed. Cab to 148 New Bond Street. Talk with Brown over show. Left 7.0, walked to Camera Club. Glass of sherry & looked at Sketch & papers. Took locker at 7.35. Walked thro' Trafalgar Square & on to Athenaeum Club. Looked at pictures thro' United Service window & statues after. Dined with Norman Lockyer & Col Stirling, a guardsman. Prince Edward of Sax Weimar there. Very slow dinner. Next Major (blank). Talk of Gerome's Bellona. Left 11.0 & drove in cab to Farquharsons at home. M & Mite there. Mite admired. Left at 12.45 after supper. Talk to Colin & Jack Hunter. Home & bed. (Red ink across page: Dined with Norman Lockyer & Colonel Stirling at Athenaeum Club. Farquharsons at home.) Thursday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Bath. M in bed, after at home at 10.30. Rode Cob in Row. Met Lockwood, Lord Lawrence etc. Cob stumbled badly with me. Home after at 11.0. Letter from F.C.B with subject of Anthony & Cleopatra. Sent boy back to F.C.B. Announcement in papers of formal engagement of the Duke of York & the Princess May. Did not have to do cut. Worked on drawing for Sketch cover & after at 4.0pm began to skeme the cut of Cleopatra & Anthony. Carriage home from Corbens'. Dined quietly at home & snooze after. M & Mite & self went to the Tates' at home. Left 10.30. Heaps there. Took Mrs Fildes in to supper. Mal elvé men lounging on sofas. Talk to Mr & Mrs Henderson. Election at Academy. Woods, McWhirter & Henry Moore elected. Val Princep lost by 1 ball only 30 against 31. Fildes tragic story. Boughton taken away by Mrs B. 'We don't care a snap'. Left at 1.15am. Tired to bed. Saw mother & Mervyn in cab looking ill. Mr Hall called in afternoon. (Red ink across page: Went to Mrs Tate's at home. 3 Royal Academicians elected.) Friday May 5
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15am. Did not ride. Got things ready to photo Stace. Did so at 8.45. Man called about chimney at 9.30. After photod Purnell in helmet etc. Got to work on cartoon of Cleopatra at 11.30. Worked on outline all afternoon up to 7.45pm or 8.15pm. Dined at 8.20. Quiet dinner. 1 st time ever had to put off finishing a cartoon until Saturday morning. Went to bed at 11.0pm & slept well waking at 5.45am. Louise Blondel's last whole day. (Red ink: M lost latch key of door. Not to be found anywhere.) Saturday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am & got to work 6.20 on drawing of Cleopatra & John Bull. 1st drawing for page sent in from here on Saty. Worked till 10.0. No boy turned up. Annoyed. Sent trap away. Had wired Ada Fletcher not to come to Club. Worried. M & Maud out. Dressed & at 12.15 drove up to Camera Club with mare. Drove self. Left box & sent Purnell on to Mays etc. Examined camera & after to Garrick. Lunch with Evans. Had lobster & potatoes. Talk after in smokimg room with E & 2 others on Egypt & Australia. After upstairs saw Lockwood. Tenniel to be knighted. Left at 3.30 walked to Park. Bought gloves etc. Cob took me home with Purnell. No boots on. M & Mite up in school room. Louise Blondel had left. Annie Tallant came for 2nd time. Dinner. Rested after. Purnell came up with cart 10.30. (cold) Drove to at home of the Marchioness of Breadalbane. Saw Lockwood, Ritchie etc etc, Eykyn. Left at 11.45, walked to Garrick. In smoking room. Talk to Furniss about his work & pay. Home by cab 1.30pm. (Red ink: Not well with indigestion. C.W.) (Red ink across page: Marchioness of Breadalbane's at home.) Sunday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. At 11.0 got on Cob & walked up to Camera Club. Photod at 12.0 Ada Fletcher for Sketch. Wash & lunch at Garrick. Cold lamb & Pilsner beer. Left by cab & home at 3.0. Called for bag. Great demonstration for the 8 hours Bill in Hyde Park. Home. Mite & self went to Sir Alfred Hickman's. Played 5 sets of tennis. Captain French & Tyrrel there. Mite & self walked home. Miss Rose Innes there. Dressed. Hamilton, Tabs & Bee Barrs dined. Long talk & look at furniture. Good dinner. They left at 11.0. Bed. (Red ink: Fletchers dined with us. Not well. Indigestion & colly wobbles.) Monday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in Park in moning. Lovely day. Duller & colder in afternoon. Wanted M to drive in cart. Changed & sent Purnell to Hickmans & to Mays for things. Began to design card for Private View of own show at Fine Art Socy. M & Maud went to Lady Margaret Watney's to sew. Mr Brown from the Fine Art Socy called. Had begun the figure of politics on paper. Long talk. Dined quietly at home & bed early after. Mr Smith called in morning & measured me for things. Heard of death of Mrs Smith senr in Novr last, much shocked. Death of Daddy Levy. (Red ink: Not well. Indigestion etc.) Tuesday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode Cob in Park 8.30. Went beautifully. Saw Merton etc. Home. In morning photod self with Purnell at 11.30 for card for Private View. Had folly cap on & hand through paper. M out with Maud. After developed them & printed. In afternoon drew the card. Took out head just before
dressing for dinner & put it in again all right. Dressed. Carriage up at 7.45. M & Mite went, self in cab. Dined at Mrs Medleys. Young man very attentive to Maud. Chapman & wife & daughter there & one other young man. Long talk to Medley. Home 11.0. Bed after sharp 12.0. (Red ink: Carriage used 1st time.) (Red ink across page: Mrs Medley's dinner.) Wednesday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am, down at 9.15. Rode Cob to look at Park. Brilliant lovely day & weather. Regiment of Lancers passing. Rode to Institute. Met Lockwood in Park. Carriages all along the Row. Home. Met the Australian Guards, about 20. Dressed. Had wired to Tabs & B.Barrs. Poor Mite could not go. Left at 10.45 & cab to line of soldiers Queen's Gate. Got to Institute. Saw Prof Flower. Inside. Good place. Great crowd of notables. Waited standing nearly 2 hours. Saw the Queen distinctly, Prince of W, Duke of Edinboro’, Duke of York & Princess May etc etc. Long time getting out. Did so by side door after officer. Saw Burne Jones, Monckton etc. Difficulty in passing cordon of police. Pointed out house. Saw Aird & Furniss & Oh! Mrs F. Dense crowd. Got out & home to lunch at 2.0. M & Mite there. After changed & got to work. Did card for invitation to Private View of my own drawings. Left off 7.0. Florry Blair called. Dressed for Fancy Ball. M stitching up etc. Left in carriage 7.55. Drove all over the place. Angry with Purnell & dropped my stick on to stones. Got to Heilbut's dinner 8.30. Mrs Lewis & Mabel, Colnaghi, Ponsonby, Mr & Mrs Tate, Sterne etc. Mite looked A1. She got up from dinner faint. No carriage. Went on with Mervyn. Ball at De la Rues. Great success. Danced etc. Took Miss Casella to supper. Left at 3.15. Home with Mervyn. Daylight & after M came down & met us in hall. Bed at 4.0am. Dear Mite feverish. (Red ink across page: Opening of Imperial Institute. De la Rue’s Fancy Dress Ball. Heilbut’s dinner.) Thursday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.30am. Hot lovely morning. Dear Mite feverish & in bed all day. Sore throat. At 11 rode Cob in Park. Talk to Finlay & Forbes Robertson. Saw Trower. Back 12.30. M in. Lunch. After finished card for Private View of own drawings. M went out in carriage at 4.0. Made calls. Mite in bed. Sorted drawings etc etc. Dined 8.0. Went out before dinner. Bought cigars. Called with drawing at Huish's. Dined M & self. M slept in Mite's room. Bed 10.50pm exactly & long sleep. (Red ink: Fairly well after ball. Looked out drawings for show. No subject from F.C.B.) Friday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. M up in Maud's room. Did not ride. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Young man from Fine Art Socy called & took away drawings & pictures. After waited for subject. At 11.0 Burnand called on his Cob. Settled to do German Emperor & Bow Wow Wow. Went round to mews at 12.15. Photod boy & Mrs Batey. Developed them & prints before lunch or just after. Rested & got to work. Worked till 8.0pm. Dined & went to bed after at 10.30. Slept & woke at 4.30am Saty morning. Maud still seedy. Saturday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Woke up 4.30am. Rustle on stairs. A 6.0 got up, did 3 hours work till 9.0 on finishing drawing of German Emperor & Reichstag. 'Nana won't
give me a bow wow'. Breakfast & at 10.10 sent it off. Put room in order. After put on costume at 11.30 & Annie T exposed 20 plates of costume. M & Maud out, not back to lunch until 1.50. Developed plates after resting in M's bedroom in afternoon. Read the Black Poodle etc. At 7.30 dressed. Dined. Had whiskey & soda. After cab to Savoy Theatre Saw boshy opera of Jane Annie by Barrie & Conan Doyle. Left at 11.15 with Percy Reeve. After to Club. Wrote Aldeman Treloar & Roy. Had supper, grilled ham. Sat next Reeve & Furniss. Left at 1.40 & home. Bed 2.30 exactly. Found 2 drawings Harcourt & Eel & G.O.M & sent them with Vol for 1889 by youth. Sunday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am very tired in morning. Breakfast & left at 9.30 exactly. Rode Cob to Putney Bridge. Got there 10.13. Waited 10 minutes. Lockwood, Russell & Matthews came up. Rode to Richmond Pk. Mistook the path. Furniss rattled past us at bridge near Robin Hood Gate. On to Kingston. Went to Royal Stables etc. Lunched with Sir George Maude, Col Maude & Mrs T. Penn that was there. Young Lucas & friend, 2 others. After Lockwood, M, R, F & self looked over the yearlings. Furniss bored. Cousin of Abington Baird came up. Also naval officer & wife. Mr Bourke & dark man. Got late, left at 5.0 exactly. Cob fresh. Rode fast with Lockwood up to top of Roehampton Lane. Walked home from there. Passed by Prince Teck, Tweedie & also Lucas etc. Home at 7.15 exactly. Rested in chair. Dressed had bottle of Lanson for dinner. M looked well. Bed 11.0pm exactly. (Red ink across page: 2 Pins meet. Lunched at Sir George Maude's at Hampton Court. Saw yearlings. Good day.) (Red ink: Sir George Maude died May 31 1894 aged 77 years.) Monday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Breakfast. Rode in Park on Cob in white breeches. Saw the Jones's, Henry author & Captn. No one else. Back at 11.45. Barney very ill. Saw Cole's man about carriage. Developed plates of self taken Saty & 8 of Sketch taken May 7th. Rested in afternoon. At 6.15 dressed & ready 6.40pm. Purnell late with carriage. Annoyed. Drove to Park St & dined with Tabs & Ham. H had bought Pears Soap drawing of Bubbles. After dinner drove to Gaiety Theatre & saw Round the Town. Saw Earl of Euston & Routledge. Out 1.20. Walked to King St. Many carriages for Opera. Home at 12.0. Read papers & bed. (Red ink: Slight rain coming home the 1st since beginning of March.) (Red ink across page: Dined with Hamilton & Tabs at Park Lane. Went to 'In Town' after.) Tuesday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Bath. Duller weather. At 9.30 rode Cob on Park. Saw poor Barney dead. Met Lawrence, De la Rue, Lilley, Mrs Heilbut & also Soloman & cousin of Miss Olive Tucker. Home 11.15. Developed 4 plates of Sketch taken Sunday May 7th. Made sketch of self as Chinaman. After got on with drawing for Sketch. Lunch. Rest till 3.0. Worked on drawing. Mrs Barker sent dresses etc to M. Very good. Dressed at 7.15. Went in carriage to 51 Montague Square. Dined with the Trowers. Met Mr & Mrs Maude (née Kirk) Hendersons, De la Rues, one other couple, Trowers & selves. Good dinner but slow. Left at 11.0 exactly & home by carriage. (Red ink: Heavy rain in the night & fresh in morning.) (Red ink across page: Dined with the Trowers at 51 Montague Square.)
Wednesday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dressed for ride. Heavy & rainy. Did not ride. Wrote letters & diary. After got to work on Sketch drawing. Worked all the morning. Summons from Lange. Lunch. M & Maud went out in carriage at 3.0. At 4.0 frightfully heavy rain came on. Finished drawing 4.30pm. Sent for at 5.0. After did small Japanese drawing. Left at 6.15 & took Metropolitan Railway to P.D. Met Reed at Temple. Walked to office. Found that card had not been sent for Imperial Institute. Also M had forgotton Critchetts at home. Went out & wired. P.D: F.C.B, A.G, E.T.R, L.B, E.I.M, W.A, Hy F, R.L, A à B, self, J.T. Good dinner. Rambling statement from Tenniel about chalk drawing. Left at 10.30 & drove home by 11.5. Dressed. M & Maud up dressmaking. Drove to Critchetts. Good cab. Saw Medleys & many others. Grossmiths back. Miss Fortescue, horrible voice. Mrs Routledge etc etc. Left at 1.30. Home & bed by 2.0am. (Red ink across page: Soirée at Imperial Institute. Went to Critchetts at home by self.) Thursday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Breakfast. After rode Cob at 9.45am through Park. Met Charley Hartree. On to photo shop in Charing X Road. Bought kangaroo. Wood pavement very slippery. Back to Park. Met Miss Bernstein. Rode twice up & down. Home 11.30. Poor Barker's crop & spurs sent. Drawing returned from Ingram. Lunch. After got to work on Money Boxing Kangaroo. Skemed it & put ink bottle in. Mite & M very busy preparing to send Mite to Hampshire tomorrow. Quiet dinner. 1st night of Riley, new maid. Quiet evening & bed early 10.50. (Red ink: Riley only stayed 1 fortnight leaving Friday June 2 1893.) Friday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride. Got to work on Money Boxing Kangaroo. Mite getting ready. Bother about pass. Send P.O.O boy. Had been in letter box all the time. At 2.45 M & Mite left in carriage to go to Hants with Lady Margaret (Mite only). Worked on. M back at 5.30. Finished drawing carefully by 7.20pm. Dressed. Dined 7.45 pm & after bottle Perinet '84 left in cab & took M to Pavilion Music hall. Heard Bessie Bellwood, 2 Macs etc etc. Left 11.20 & cab home. Window open in drawing room. Bed at 12.20pm. (Red ink across page: Took M to Pavilion Music hall in the evening.) Saturday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Wet. Put old coat on & rode Cob at 9.45 till 11.30. Walked up & down with Stone & Mrs Oxendon. Home 12.0 & put on costume. M photod me. Tried old plates since 1884. All right but all frilled. Stayed in & developed & printed photos. M out in carriage at 4.0. Called Miss Innes & Mrs Speed etc etc. Policeman called with summons from Ramsgate for 6/s. After tea looked at red book. Tidied desk & letters etc etc. Dinner 7.45pm. At lunch time Irish terrier on mat outside door. Stayed very friendly for an hour & then left when M was buying flowers. Did some photos. Afer M & self dined quietly at home & went to bed quietly after. Sunday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Breakfast at 9.30. At 10.0 rode Cob to Wimbledon Common up Roehampton Lane. Slight shower. Called Oak Lawn. Saw new drawing room. Could not make Abel Watmore hear. Home by 1.15. After lunch
changed & put up the barometers. Tabs called. Did some photos. At 7.45 Sylvinia Rose Innes & William Stone dined with us. 2 bottles of Champagne. Long talk. They left at 12.0 in a hansom together. Slept in chair till 2.0am. Bed after. Monday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After breakfast rode mare at 9.45 in Row. Mare went very well. Saw Macnamara. Story of Col Copeland & Collard's horse. Home. Took photos of room for Westminster Gazette. Printed some of self in costume. After developed the room photos. At 5.0pm got to work & altered Sketch drawing. Took arms out bodily. Afer dined quietly at home. Bad lamb & salad all vinegar. Went out after dinner & walked to try to get evening paper. Lots of vans about. Home. Rested. Hot in the evening. Took collar off. Bed at 12.0am. Letters from Mite & Lady Margaret W in evening. (Red ink across page: Bank holiday. Lovely day.) Tuesday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode Cob in Park in morning. After worked on drawing for The Sketch. Altered the arms & finished it sending it off by boy in afternoon at 6.0pm. M & self spent quiet day. Dined quietly together. Read after & bed early. Wednesday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After good ride 9.30 on Cob in Park. Home & wrote letters. In afternoon went with M in carriage as far as Berkeley Square. Went to Club (Garrick) & wrote letters to press, 'Times' etc etc about my show of drawings. After met Furniss & walked with him to the Punch dinner. Full of complaints about Agnew & the firm etc. Good dinner. F.C.B, Guthrie, B.Partridge, Milliken, William Agnew, Furniss, Arthur à B, self & Tenniel. Derby sweep drawn. Drew Isinglass. Lucky. Told the table about having drawn Isinglass at the Garrick sweep. After left with Tenniel & put down at Lyric Club. Home by 11.30 & bed. (Red ink: Punch sweep drawn. Drew 'Isinglass'.) Thursday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Letters. After rode Cob in the Row. Back & at 12.30 photod Purnell in my frock coat for Rising Tide & Householder. Took some on Rouch's plates 10 years old. Printed them & in afternoon got to work. After in evening Hamilton & Tabs dined wuith us. All went to Court Theatre after & saw The Amazons for the 2nd time. Poor play. Home by cab. (Red ink: Hamilton & Tabs dined with us. Went to see The Amazons for 2 nd time at Court Theatre.) Friday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not ride in morning. Worked on drawing of Rate Payer & Rising Tide all day. Thought should finish early. Did not. Hard up for time. Finished 7.30pm & after dressed & took cab to the Union Club & dined with Stone. Good dinner. Left at 8.55 & cab to the Royal Institution. Heard Beerbohm Tree's lecture. Not bad. Crowded audience. Curious Jew girl near me after Stone felt faint. Times reporter just at the back of us. After went into Dewar's rooms. Saw old Mrs Beerbohm, Madame Sernon & others etc. Left after whiskey. Alfred Gilbert & pretty woman. Called Empire Theatre & on to Club. Talk to Toole, Pinero & Routledge etc etc. Left at 1.15pm & home by cab. (Red ink across page: Dined
with William Stone at the Union Club. Went to Beerbohm Tree's lecture at the Royal Institute after. He was the 1st actor that ever lectured there.) Saturday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Slight headache. Breakfast. Out 9.30. Rode Cob in Park. Saw Stone. Cob bucked very much with me. Home 11.15. Mr Smith waiting to fit on clothes. At 12.30 took cab to Club. Lunched. Talk to McLean. Had mince chicken with egg. Bottle of Pilsner. After went up stairs & wrote heaps of letters invitating etc. Home by cab at 6.0. Put wine out. Stokes & wife dined with us. Jumped at Mervyn about box. After M & Mrs Stokes left in carriage & Stokes & self in cab. Went to the Garrick Theatre & heard 'Diplomacy'. Mr Hare very good. Mrs Bancroft better. A1 play. Left at 11.0 & home by cab. (Red ink: 1st night of the 2nd Mrs Tankerville - Tanqueray - 26 May '94. Great success of Mrs Patrick Campbell.) (Red ink across page: Stokes & wife & Mervyn dined with us. Went to see Diplomacy afterwards.) Sunday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Breakfast 9.30. At 10.30 rode Cob up to north of London, along Oxford St. Saw Alfred de Rothschild in Park. Great building alterations in Grays Inn Road. Along thro' Wilmingon Square. Looked at Lloyd Sq. Walked down Pentonville Hill. Home along New Road. Conny & Mary B to lunch. After began to write letters. Mr Wheat (young man) called at 3.30. Stayed till 5.0. Conny B left at 4.20pm. After wrote letters. At 8.0 Guthrie came to dinner. Quite by ourselves. Felt very sleepy after. He left 11.15. Bed after. (Red ink: Rode to Pentonville on Cob.) Monday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode Cob in Park after breakfast. All morning writing letters & addressing envelopes etc etc. Lunch. After dear Mite returned from Lady Margaret's. Being brought by her maid. Brought luggage. At 2.30 took cab up to Fine Art society & hung all my pictures. There from 3 to 7.30pm. Spielmann came. Long talk. Also man from Sala's Journal. Left with Spielmann & drove as far as Porchester Terr. Walked home with envelopes etc cards etc. Dined quietly. Bottle of Ayala '80. Bed quietly after & glad to get there. Dull & heavy & much rain in afternoon. (Red ink: Mite returned from Lady Margaret Watney's at 1.45pm. Hung my drawings at the Fine Art Society.) Tuesday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode Cob in the Park. After addressed many envelopes etc etc. Wrote many letters. Looked out drawings. Lunch at 2.30. A Mrs Mildred interviewed me for Sala's Journal. Kept me ¾ hour. Left in cab for Fine Art Socy. James Knowles there. Selected a drawing of A Cabinet Council. Settled to send all drawings I had left at Stafford Terrace. Borrowed red book. Went round with Browne & priced all the drawings. Huish & his brother in law there. Left at 7.0 & home by cab. Addressed more envelopes. Dined quietly at home. Bed early after. (Red ink: 2nd day at Fine Art Socy. Went & priced all my drawings.) Wednesday May 31
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After rode Cob in Park. All morning addressing envelopes & writing letters. In afternoon had Cob in cart up at 3.30pm & drove to Fine Art Socy. Cob went well. Stayed there an hour. Lucy had been in & bought a drawing. Left at 5.30 & home. After dressed & M & self went in carriage to Fildes dinner. Dr & Mrs Sernon, Sir Arthur & Lady Blomfield, Mr & Mrs Rhodes, Mr & Mrs Maclean, selves & Fildes. So so dinner. Looked at Filde's portrait of Princess May & Duke of York after. Left in carriage at 11.10 & home to bed. Man called for pictures & rest of drawings after at 9.0am. Mr Smith called & fitted on my new dress clothes. (Red ink: Derby Day. 'Isinglass' won.) (Red ink across page: Dined at Luke Fildes in the evening. Lovely day. 2 nd day at Fine Arts Society.) Jun 1893 Thursday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & after breakfast rode in Park on Cob. Very great crowd. Saw Guards pass. Rode with Mrs Tate. Home & wrote many letters & more invites to Private View of my show of drawings. No subject from Burnand. Wired etc. Lunch at 3.30. Drove in carriage with M & Mite to 148 New Bond St, W. Saw Mrs Wagg & Lady Margaret & Vernon Watney, Col Grant & 2 pretty girls etc etc. Show bid fair to be a success. Left at 5.15 & in carriage to Alfred Parson's at home to meet Mrs Millett. Parsons drawings in watercolour A1. Saw Mrs Stone, Rollers, Mrs Harrison etc etc. Left 6.30. Walked home, M & Mite in carriage. Dined quietly at home & bed early after. (Red ink: 1st small Private View at Fine Art Society. M, Mite & self went. Drawings going well.) Friday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode in Park on Cob at 9.15am to 11.30. Cob went well. Saw Sir E.Lawson, Harry L, Lockwood etc, Mrs Heilbut. Home. Letter from F.C.B. Difficult subject. M out. Photod M for Columbia Squeers. Developed it. Got on with children & globe in afternoon. Figure not drawn. Dressed at 6.10pm & down in carriage to dine with Claude Watney. Stone there already at 7.10. Left 8.0 after good dinner. To St James's Theatre. Saw the 2 nd Mrs Tanquerville. Wonderful play. Mrs Patrick Campbell very good. Saw Smalley in interval. After had supper with Claude Watney at Willis's rooms. Kidneys & champagne. Left 12.30 & drove by carriage. Press Day on my drawings at Fine Art Socy. New dress clothes sent home in the evening. (Red ink: Riley took herself off, 'Whom we thought of so highly'. Press Day at my Exhibition in New Bond Street.) (Red ink across page: Dined with Claude Watney with Stone & M. To see the 2 nd Mrs Tanqueray. Splendid. Supper after & home.) Saturday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.45am. Got to work 6.10am & worked up to 9.0 on drawing of Columbia as Mrs Squeers. M down & Mite. Announcement of Sir John Tenniel's knighthood. Also Ingram, Wills etc etc, Robinson, Lang etc. Back to work until 11.45. Sent drawing off 12.0. Dressed & at 12.30 left with Mite in cab for G.W.Rly. Caught 1.0pm train & down to Eton. Met Roy. Roy had black eye. Mr & Mrs Mortimer at Aingers. Harcourt, Aston etc etc. After lunch went to cricket field with Roy. Many friends. Saw McLarens, Petos, Pollocks, Murrays etc etc. Back to tea in Roy's rooms. Strawberries etc. Left at 5.30. Roy begged for money for subscriptions etc etc. Got into 3rd class carriage & up to town. Home by cab at 7.20. Dressed & dined at 8.0. Rested after & at 10.15 started with Mite for F.O
Reception. Late. Got there 10.45, 1 hour getting up stairs. Great crowd. Saw Sir Reg’n Welby etc. Left 12.30. No difficulty in getting carriage at top of Birdcage Walk, took cab from yard of F.O. Home at 1.0am. Mite to bed. M seedy. Huish called at 9.0am. Very pretty little girl of about 11 in carriage at Slough. (Red ink: Tenniel knighted. Wills & Ingram barts.) (Red ink across page: Private View of my Exhibition in New Bond Street. Went to Eton with Maud to see Roy. After to Foreign Office Reception with Mite.) Sunday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Packed bags etc. At 8.45 breakfast. M down. At 9.30 had Cob & cart up & down to Paddington Station. Great crowd. Bother to carry bags & after got to reserved carriage. Hon Schomberg Macdonell, Mr & Mrs Hulse & F.C.B went down. Break at Taplow. Drove to Hall Barn. Met Sir Edward Lawson & Dr Roose walking. Arrived at 11.45. Got cameras out. Took some photos. Great row between moorhens & muscovy ducks. Party in house. Sir E & Lady Lawson, Mr & Mrs Hulse, Harry Lawson, Dr W.H.Russell, F.C.Burnand, Hon Schomberg Macdonell, Dr Robson Roose, John Hare & self. Lunch 2.0pm. Junket & old brandy good. After played 2 rounds golf. Self & Sir E.Lawson against Macdonell & Hulse, only ½ one hole. F.C.B came & went. 2nd between Macdonell & self & Mr & Mrs Hulse. Won by 2 holes. After at 5.4 into Turkish bath. Good shampoo. Talk in room about women. Dressed for dinner at 8.0pm. Good dinner. Very sleepy after. Hare tired & said he felt old. Dr Russell on Home Rule. Talk to Lady L about dogs. Bed at 12.0. Sleep at once. (Red ink: Miss Rose Innes dined at Stafford Terr. Spiers, Phil Agnew, Huish & Weigall called.) (Red ink across page: Went down at 9.30am to stay with Sir Edward Lawson at Hall Barn. Lovely day.) Monday June 5 Hall Barn. Up at 8.20. Bath below & plunge. Took 3 photos before breakfast. Breakfast at 9.20. At 10.0 left in break with Mr Hulse, Schomberg Macdonell & Harry Lawson. Caught train at Taplow & up to town. Got bag & hansom, home by 11.45. M in bed. Talk & read Times notice. Put photos away & sorted letters. Lunch. Very hot & stuffy. Like a small storm. M & Mite left in carriage at 3.35pm. Wrote up diary for 10 days. Dressed at 5.15 & left in cab 5.45. Drove to 148 New Bond Street. Saw Brown. £630 worth sold up to 6.0pm. Cab to Metropole. No Stokes. On to the Salters Company St Swithin's Lane. Poor dinner & most uninteresting people there. Saw Sydney Packer, old Park, Sir Myles Fenton etc etc. Left with box of sweets at 10.0pm. Drove to Garrick & on to Empire Theatre. Saw Panoni & Round the Town. After to Club. Cumming Macdona, Toole, Joe Knight etc there. Left at 1.40 & home by cab. Tuesday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 6.10am. Breakfast. After at 10.0 rode Cob in Park. Saw Stone & rode with Mrs Winch. Out at 11.30. Up in M's room. Wound clocks & wrote letters. At 12.15 lunch. Very tired & heavy after. Liver attack. Tea & got to work on Head of Line for poster. Dressed at 7.15. Dull heavy afternoon. Dined at the Montefiores. Took Mrs Spielmann in. Sir William & Lady Corrie there. Left at 11.0 & home straight. Talk to Pigott about 2nd Mrs Tanqueray. (Red ink: Dined at the Montefiores, Hyde Park Gardens.) Wednesday June 7
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After breakfast worked on poster for show. Left off 11.30. At 12.0 rode Cob in Park to meet of Four in Hand Club. Met Finlay & old Wyndham. After sat with Mrs Oxenham & Mrs Winch etc. After met Gertrude Cook. Home 1.30. Lunch. Finished poster by 4.0pm. Left at 4.0 exactly & rode mare to Hampton Court. Very hot. Mare went well. Over Putney Hill, Wimbledon, Richmond Park & along the river. Dressed in small bedroom with Phil Agnew. After dinner health to Sir John Tenniel. Good dinner. Left at 9.40pm. F.C.B, Guthrie, Reed, Lucy, Phil Agnew, Milliken, W.A, Lehmann, Furniss, Arthur à B, self & Sir John Tenniel. Back in railway carriage. Milliken gave me pipes. Cab to Stafford Terrace & then on to De la Rue's at home. Many there. Took Mrs Tweedie in to supper. Left 1.45 & home. Sales over £700. (Red ink across page: Lovely ride to Hampton Court on mare. Sir John Tenniel's first dinner at Hampton Court. De la Rue's at home after.) Thursday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Down. Lovely morning. At 10.30 rode Cob & went to meet of Road Coaches. Saw Mrs Heilbut, Collinson, Claude Watney, Harold Powers etc. Talk to Mrs Oxenham. Saw Fletcher, also Prince & Princess Pless. Lady Curzon driving Baron Hirche's team. Sir George Wombwell. Sharp trot home at 12.30. Changed. Lunch. Rested. M pottering about. Waited in vain for subject. No good. In afternoon wrote letters etc etc. At 4.30 after tea went to call on Spielmann. Sat & had long talk with him & Mrs S. Left 7.0 & walked home. Letter from F.C.B about subject. Figaro & Lion. Dined. Dressed. After at 10.15 M, Mite & self drove in carriage to Henry Arthur Jones's place. Saw Stone etc. Introduced to Col Welby. Mite introduced to Mrs Winch & Mrs Oxenham. Rowdy party. Baroness von Seydlitz. Left at 1.0 & home. Sorry took Mite. (Red ink across page: Henry Arthur Jones at home in evening. Rowdy party.) Friday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. After breakfast letter from Milliken. Got to work. Sent Purnell with Cob to return things to Seymour Lucas. At 12.30 photod him in costume with guitar for Figaro. Lunch. Developed it. After M & Mite out in carriage at 5.0. Worked till 8.15 dinner. After dinner got at 9.30 to work & worked on & on until 3.15am when finished shading drawing just as dawn was breaking. Nearly 6 hours of it. Went to bed not so very tired, drank Bourbon whiskey. (Red ink: Worked till 3.15am on drawing.) Saturday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Down & great rush to pack bag & touch up drawing. Sent drawing off at 8.20am. Breakfast. Gave M £3. Left in cart & Cob at 9.20. Down to Victoria. Saloon carriage. Met Sir Wm Pearce, Sir William Marriott, Lord Folkestone, Mr Walter Long & Mr Penrose Fitzgerald. Down to Dover. Lovely day. East wind slight. Went on board Lady Torfrida at 12.0. Splendid lunch. Steamed to meet yachts. Pretty sight. At 4.0 steamed over to Boulogne. Lay inside the mole. Down 7.0. No dress. Good. Long talk after. Walk in dark. Talk of Broadley. Turned in at 11.0 & slept well. (Red ink across page: Went down by 10am L.C & D & got on board the Lady Torfrida.) Sunday June 11
On board Lady Torfrida. Off Boulogne. Up at 8.0am. Lovely bath. Yacht steaming ahead. Out on deck. Walk. Breakfast 9.0am. Lovely. Pipe after. Cloudy morning. Read book on Soudan. After pipe at 11.0 settled to write many letters till 12.45am. Lovely lunch. After magnificent afernoon. Took photos. Read Westward Ho etc. Dressed for dinner. Lay off Ryde after running nearly to Yarmouth. Posted letters. Told parrot stories & after dinner had long walk with Sir William Marriott on deck. Sleepy after. Turned in at 11.30. Changed plates & slept at 12.0. Monday June 12 On board Lady Torfrida. Woke 7.40. Steaming round Isle of Wight. Bath. Walk. Breakfast 9.0 good. Dull morning. Talk to Sir Wm Marriot about trycycle. Round Isle of Wight. Saw Ventnor, Needles etc. Sun out at 11.30pm. Saw Elmhurst in distance. Took some photos. Lunch going up Southampton water. More photos. Left boat 2.30. Caught 2.45 train. Out at Vauxhall 4.30. Home by slow cab (wretched) at 5.0pm. Great scurry to dress unpack & pack bag. Got off by 5.40 & drove in car to Waterloo. Purnell's old breeches. Took train to Egham. Fast pony to house. Got there 7.50pm. M & Mite in room. Down to dinner. An archdeacon, Mr Palmer & his son, Captain Nathan, 2 other Cohens & a lumpy Miss Cohen. Fair dinner & after a game of billiards with Mr Palmer. Beaten by 30. Bed 12.0. M asleep. Dark uncomfortable bedrooms. (Red ink across page: Dined with Cohens at Englefield Green. Slow dinner.) (Later note in red ink: Did not develop these photos until this day Tuesday July 5 1904, 13 years & a month nearly after. What has happened in the world since? L.S.) Tuesday June 13 Round Oak, Englefield Green, Surrey. Woke early. Out at 8.15 after bath. Read Lady de Ros's book. Breakfast 9.0. After cigar wrote Pawson & Brailesford a nailer. At 11.45 all started for Ascot in 2 traps. Forgot glasses, others the camp stools. Mr Cohen's 'hat off' & M's remark 'I'm sure it’s most amusing'. Very hot. Drove to course by 1.0. Into box No 99. Saw Lethbridge, Colin Hunter, old Cox etc etc. 1st race. After went for stroll up course with Capn Nathan, M & Miss Cohen. Young Palmer. Saw Gilbey, Secker, Holland etc etc. Lunch. Very good. After to paddock with Mrs Cohen. At 3.30 the Cup Race. 14 horses. Very good. After went to tea with Captain Nathan in hot tent. Back & across to train at 4.45. Sleepy coming up. Capn N with us. Got out at Vauxhall & home 6.45pm. Saw Huish feeding next us. Mr Palmer attentive to Mite. Went to dine at 7.45 at Harry Dickens's. Mr & Mrs Boughton, Mr & Mrs Joachim, Mr & Mrs Brunel, Mr & Mrs Whitehorne, Dickens & selves. Home at 11.15. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Saw Huish. Drawings sold amount four figures.) (Red ink across page: Went with M & Mite to Ascot. Dined with Harry Dickens in the evening.) Wednesday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Up 8.20. Bath. After at 9.45 rode Cob in Row. Very hot. Saw Stone & Miss Steincopff. Talk of Ascot dresses etc. Saw Gertrude Cook with spoony ugly man. Left & home at 12.0pm. M writing. Skemed drawing for portrait of Tenniel. Worked at it. At 5.30pm drove mare in cart to Fine Art Socy. Saw Mr Dunn. Sales £980. After to bottom of Bouverie Street. Punch dinner. Room unsufferably hot. Took coat off. Saw W.Agnew, Millken, Partridge, Reed, Lucy, F.C.B, Tenniel, self, Guthrie, Furniss. Furniss's imbecile chaff of yacht. Talk
about my work to F.C.B & Vaus & Crampton. Left after talk with Milliken & cab home all way, 3/6. Good level going horse. Bed 1.0am. Thursday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After at 9.30 rode mare in Row. Saw Ward Bennett etc. Back. William Agnew called with photos of French actors. At 12.0 finished portrait of Tenniel & after did small cut of Cat. At 7.15 dressed & left in cab for Colin Hunter's dinner. Took a Mrs Hendywick in. Hunter not very well. A bride & bridegroom & other uninteresting people. Lethbridge etc. Stayed till 11.15 & walked home with M. M told story of a jam makers. Bed at 12.0 after reading paper. (Red ink across page: Colin Hunter's dinner. Fairly good.) Friday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not ride. Worked at drawing of Punch & Molière hard all day. M & Maud resting in afternoon. Caught Purnell walking Cob up & down stones in back mews at 5.30pm. Went round & stopped him. Also stopped organ in the morning. Worked until 8.30 when sent drawing off. Dined. Bottle of Ayala. M & Maud left in carriage for Orchardsons ball at 10.15. Rested in chair & after at 10.45 dressed & drove in cab to Orchardsons. Saw many people. Kendals, Taylor Whiteheads etc etc. Winchester Clowes etc etc. After at 1.0 left in carriage & home. Horse dead in road. Dining room at the Orchardsons awfully hot. Smoked cigar. Felt seedy on getting off carriage & sick from smoking. Seedy. Apollinaris. Bed 2.0. Saw the Lucy's. Lucy & M. (Red ink: Frightfully hot day & weather.) (Red ink across page: Orchardsons’ dance. Very good.) Saturday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20am. Frightfully hot. Put things away & did up photos for Drury Lane. At 9.45 rode Cob in Park. Frightfully hot. Saw Lilly & wife. After Stone. Introduced to Misses Lopez & after to Miss Lampson. Talk of yachting. Home at 12.0. Put all photos away. Wrote out Income Tax paper & sent it, £840. After drew cheque. Packed bag. At 3.35 M & Maud left in carriage, self in awful 4 wheeler cab. Man jagging at wretched horse. Left by 4.20 for Adisham from Victoria. Saw Mr Ward. Down to Canterbury. Changed & very long wait. Got to Adisham 7.0pm. Difficulty about luggage. Helped by a clergyman. Arrived 7.45 at Knowlton Court. Dressed. Dinner 8.15. Very good. Plenty of wine. Col & Mrs Corrie, Walker, Captain Chapman, Mr & Mrs Harding, Captain Tattersall. After long wait in drawing room 100 up with Capn Chapman. Apollinaris & bed at 1.0am. (Red ink across page: Went down to Knowlton Court.) Sunday June 18 Knowlton Court. Up at 8.0am. Good bath. Put on flannels. Breakfast 9.0. After very hot. Took photos. Sat on bank. Some back from church. Old clergyman. Lunch. After piping hot. Finished photos. Went in small room after upsetting inkstand in billiard room. Read & slept for 1 hour. At 6.0 out & tea. Played 2 rounds of golf. Beaten. After dressed. Dinner. In saloon & drawing room. After small room downstairs. Story of picture. Bed at 12.0. Talk to Peto of the D'eaths. (Red ink: Knowlton Court. Lovely hot summer day.) Monday June 19
Knowlton Court. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Another lovely morning. Very hot. Breakfast. After Peto & Harding went to Sandwich to play golf in broiling sun. Wrote 12 or 14 letters in morning & also took photos of grounds & rooms. At 12.30 changed. Lunch. After put bags up & at 3.30 left in Victoria for station. Very hot & said goodbye. Drive to station, took 2 photos. Long weary journey up to town. Travelled 1st. Changed at Herne Hill to 2nd class. Victoria. Drove home & got there only just in time for dinner. Dined quietly at home, M, Maud & self. Quiet evening after & bed fairly early. (Red ink: Frightfully hot day. Left at 3.45 for London.) Tuesday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull morning for 1st time. At 10.15 drove in carriage to Victoria Hotel Northumberland Avenue & got on coach for Reigate. Met Mrs Hewett on steps of hotel. Gave her coffee, paid 2/6. After at 11.0 caoch party. Claude Watney, Mr Squeeze Spottiswood, Mr Whitbread, Mr & Mrs Rae, Mrs Hewett, Mr & Mrs S & Fritz Jackson. Pleasant drive through Wimbledon. Picked up Sir Guy & Lady Campbell & dear little boy. Boy lovely eyes & very perky. On to Reigate. Guard like Frith blowing horn. Steep hill. Good lunch at Reigate. Caves after. Left 3.45. Back same way. Dropped Sir Guy Campbell. Arrived Victoria Hotel at 6.48. Cart met us. Home. Mary Nicol there. Dined 8.15. Bottle Champagne. Rest after. At 10.30 left in carriage for Hendersons' dance, 52 Princes Gate. Took Mary N. Good dance. Met Burgess & Mrs Burgess etc etc. Took Mrs Rhodes down to supper. Mr Costin not attentive to Maud. Left at 1.15am. Home by carriage. Bed 2.0am. (Red ink: Weather much cooler for 1st time.) (Red ink across page: Good day with Claude Watney in coach to Reigate. Hendersons' dance.) Wednesday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am & breakfast. Did not ride. Got to work on Preface drawing. Worked hard all day. Lunch. Had wired to Stoker about seats for Lyceum. House full. Mary Nicol & M went in afternoon to 148 New Bond St to see my pictures. Back. After at 6.45 finished Preface. Left 6.55 & took cab to Bouverie St. Good cab. Punch dinner. F.C.B, Tenniel, self, Arthur à B, Phil Agnew, Milliken, Reed, Partridge, Guthrie. Got cut of Bismarck after. Suggested small boat tugging Home Rule vessel. After Sir John Tenniel fell foul of me about my portrait of him. Remarks about back of head etc. No matter. After left at 11.30. Cart at bottom of Bouverie St. Left in Tenniel's cab & after saw Cob trotting past. Changed at Isthmian & drove home by 12.0. Fell asleep till 2.0am. Woken by Mary Nicol coming home from Mrs Frank Lawson's party. Went up to bed 2.10am. (Red ink: Tenniel displeased with his portrait.) Phil Agnew said he did not care a damn if Hy F never came to the Table again (to E.I.M.) (Red ink across page: Finished Preface. Cab to Punch dinner. Furniss's relations with firm strained.) Thursday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride. At 9.0 Mary Nicol left in cab. Sent Purnell round to Stace. Stace followed on & at 9.30 photod him for Bismarck playing piano. Developed plates & also plates of sun dial. Lunch. Rested & slept in chair from 2.30 to 4.30pm. Tea. After drew cartoon of Bismarck playing piano. Dinner at 8.15. Changed coat. At 9.30 Maud went to bed. Worked for 2 hours till 11.35. Read book on London & to bed at 12.0. X'd M. Heavy rain in the night 1 st time for weeks. (Red ink: H.M.S 'Victoria' sunk in 6 minutes by collision with
H.M.S 'Camperdown' near Tripoli about 3.30pm. Admiral Tryon 22 officers & 337 men went down 3.40pm. At 3.45pm ship sank.) Friday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Breakfast 8.30. Sent wire to Vaus & Crampton. Got on at 9.15 with drawing of Bismarck playing piano. Worked all morning shading. Lunch 1.30. After printed self taken yesterday. Finished Bismarck 3.0pm. Wrote wire. Began Index & did capital drawing & finished between 4.0 & 6.0pm. V & C sent for drawing 4.30pm. M & Maud went to call on Lady Anne Blunt. Back 6.30. After between 6.0 & 7.15 did small tail piece for Preface. Finished & dressed 7.30. Left 7.50 in carriage to dine at Macmillans. Sat next Mrs (illeg) Macmillan. Met German lady, Scoones etc etc. Mr & Mrs Pratt Barlow etc. Pleasant dinner. Left at 11.15. Home. Sat up with M for Mite. This day Mrs Batey left. Emma Reffell & a new maid returned. Change in the weather, cooler & rain at intervals. News in Evening Paper of frightful naval disaster. Sinking of H.M.S Victoria, 400 men lost. (Red ink across page: Dined at Frederick Macmillans. Good dinner. Mrs Reffell returned. Mrs Batey left. New maid came.) Saturday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. Got to work & drew tail piece for Preface, 2 figures. Hurried breakfast. Got finished 11.20. Sent it off. Dressed & walked to Club. Called Wings & got tie. On to Club. Lunch. Saw Gillie F & Col Jones etc. Had beef steak & kidney pudding etc. After went up & wrote addresses. M called in carriage at 3.45. Raining. Went to Fine Art Socy. Saw Tilda, Mr Fenn (blind) Dove Keithley etc etc. Heavy shower. Out at 4.40. Left M at Albert Hall Mansions. Home. Put photos away after tea. At 6.30 rode Cob in Row. Round Park, home 7.45. Many Volunteers in Park. Cob very fresh. After dressed & dined quietly at home. M came down at 11.0. Went up to bed at 12.20pm. Good night. Sunday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.15. Breakfast 9.45. At 10.30 rode Cob to Putney across by foot of hill to Barnes Common. Saw Mrs Fildes & 4 children in a Victoria. Trotted home. Drew Shark. Changed. Good lunch. After wrote letters & issued dinner invitations. Mr Kindersmann called. At 5.15 left & went to Sir Alfred Hickman's to play lawn tennis. Played 5 sets. Won all bar 1. Saw very pretty servant girl laughing going in. Capn Trench & 2 others there, one a duffer. Left at 7.15. Home. Dressed. Miss Rose Innes & Mr Cyril Spottiswood dined. Good dinner. They stayed until 12.0am. Took cab & drove to Sir Augustus Harris's lovely garden party. Saw Bram Stoker, Kingstons etc etc Harry Nichols, Weedon Grossmith etc etc. Left at 1.0. Home 1.30. Read till 2.0am Vanderdecken story. Bed. (Red ink: Dinner at home Miss Rose Innes & Cyril Spottiswood. Sir Augustus Harris garden party to meet Sigr. Mascani.) Monday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Bath. No head. At 10.30 rode on Cob in Park. Lots of people. Saw Lilly, Stone, Miss Steinkopff. After introduced by Frisby to Col Rich. Long talk on Arabs etc etc. Home 12.0. Mite tearful because M not ready to go out. Wrote diary. Wrote letters & ordered wine from Stores. Lunch. Rested for 2 hours in chair. After lunch at tea time began at 4.30 6 th Sketch cover drawing. Got on with it. Dinner 7.30. Réchauffé of duck etc etc. Bed at 11.0 & long night's
rest. M & Mite went to Rhodes's at home. Grossmith entertainment. (Red ink: H.M.S. 'Victoria' sunk in 6 minutes by collision with 'Camperdown' near Tripoli. about 3.30 pm. Admiral Tryon & 22 officers, 337 men went down 3.40pm, at 3.46 ship sank.) Tuesday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Had rained in the night. Out at 9.40. Rode 9.45 Cob in Park. Poles being put up in Kensington. Met Mr Rhodes & daughter in Row. Rode twice up & down with them. Saw no one else but Lilly & Miss Warre. Home 11.15. Wrote letters. M out. Windows cleaned by Nash's man. Mite went to lunch at Miss Davis's. Got to work on 6th Sketch cover. Worked till 8.0pm. Dressed. After at 9.30 went with Mite in carriage to soirée of Royal Academy. Drove past the Queen & got in without any trouble. Lots of friends. Lovely band. Bill W troublesome. Listened to the Tannenhauser. Young Burgess etc etc. Left at 12.30pm. Left Mite with Sir John Tenniel. Got carriage without the least difficulty. Home 12.55. Supper & bed 1.45am. In the afternoon Purnell fetched trycycle from Sir William Marriot's stables. Heavy wet. 2nd meet of Coaching Club 1.0pm. Wednesday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride. Letter from man at Calcutta. After got to work at Sketch cover & finished it at 1.15pm. Sent it off. Lunch. Mite at Sir Alfred Hickman's to lunch. After lunch M & self both rested for nearly 2 hours. After at 4.15pm Mite came home. Dressed. After M, Mite & self went to Mrs Parr's to tea. Queen past at 5.25. Heavy shower. Poor Queen. Fine after. Home. Changed & drove in hansom at 6.45 to P.D. Arrived late, 7.20. W.Agnew, Bernard P, E.T.R, Anstey Guthrie, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, Arthur à B & Lehmann there. Milliken after late. Chaff about my show. Got subject of the Guillotine 1 st. After left at 10.45. Drove to Mrs Williamson's at home, 16 Upper Berkeley St, Portman Sq. Saw M & Mite there. Slow. Lots of Gladstonian members there. Left 12.20 & walked to South Audley Street, Quilter's at home. Smoking. Saw Shadow Hands, Dolly Storey, Charles Agnew, Dicksee, Dobson etc etc. Out 12.25am. Caught M & Mite in cab. Home. Civil hansom. Mite (illeg). No paper. Bed at 1.25am. (Red ink across page: Queen unveiled statue at Kensington. Heavy rain. Mrs Williamson's at home. Quilter's smoke party.) Thursday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. M in bed. Down. Breakfast by self. New maid gave notice to leave at a fortnight. Got on with drawing for heading of Volume 105. At 11.0 Purnell round & photod self for Punch in carriage. After developed them & at 12.30 rode Cob with new bridle to meet of coaches. Saw none & no people. Rain came on. Went down as far as Addison Road & after got on Sir William Marriott's trycycle. Lunch. Mite out till 2.0pm. After got to work on heading & worked till 7.15. Wrote this. M dressing. Drove in carriage to dine with Messels. Good dinner. Took Mrs Farquharson in to dinner. Never spoke to right hand neighbour. Met Boughton asked him for 11th. Arranged to drive together to Mansion House on Saty. M had young Messel to take in. Left 11.15 & home by carriage. Apologies to Mrs Messel about book. (Red ink across page: Dined at the Messels. Very hot.) Friday June 30
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Got on with work. Did not ride. Finished drawing of Punch in carriage driving to wedding at 11.30. Sent it off. After began cartoon of Guillotine at 12.0 & worked hard & finished it by 7.30.pm. Portraits of Gladstone Harcourt & Morley. Dressed hurriedly (M & Mite had left in carriage) & took cab to 56 Onslow Square. Dinner of 26 or 28 at Miss Thomson & Prof Moulton. Very good dinner. Took a Mrs Wallace in who was born in Petersburgh & lives in De Vere Gardens & has £6000 a year & one little boy. Mite & Coupé & M had Professor Dewar. Good dinner & company. Left at 11.15 by carriage & home by mare all the better for work & dinner. (Red ink across page: Dined at Fletcher Moulton's. Good dinner.) Jul 1893 Saturday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After went for ride in Park. Lovely morning. Saw old Wyndham, Finlay, Stone etc etc. Band. Mrs Harvey. Back & after lunch rested & put things away. Had hair cut before lunch. At 5.0 tried the trycycle of Sir William Marriott. Got very hot. Home. Dressed & after at 6.20 Boughton called in Victoria. Drove through Park & along Embankment to banquet at the Mansion House to Art & Literature. Numbers there. Sat next a Mr Courtney & Mr Moberly Bell of 'the Times'. Poor dinner, not enough wine. Incident of making the liqueurs go round. No smoke. Long weary speech from the American ambassador Mr Bayard. Out. Saw Trelour & Mr Barratt. Coffee. Left in cab & went to opera. Great difficulty in getting in. Wanted me to pay. Saw Albani in Flying Dutchman. Very hot close & stuffy. Stone in the box. Left at 10.45. Got 4 wheel cab, M, Mite, Sophy & self. Left Sophy at Albert Hall Mansions. Home. Gave cabby 4/s. Furniss illness in 'Times'. (Red ink across page: Lord Mayor's banquet to Literature & Art. A mixed assembly. Opera after, Flying Dutchman.) Sunday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0m. Breakfast. Lovely hot morning. At 10.30 rode Cob to St John's Wood. Called on Tenniel. After to enquire of Furniss. Much better. Rode past Kent Terrrace. Saw Joe Carr. Home by 1.0pm. After lunch rested. Mademoiselle called. Also Will Oakes & Miss Rose Innes. Left at 5.0 & cab on to Sir Alfred Hickman's. Played 5 sets. Many there. Ass of Owen & plain wife. Left at 7.15. Home. Changed. Dined quietly. Had bottle of Burgundy. Bed at 10.30pm quietly. (Red ink: Furniss ill. Rode over. Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's.) Monday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Awfully hot. Rode Cob in Park. Met Mrs Tate. Rode round. Saw Holland etc. Band. After met F.C.B. Talk of Furniss & also Xmas number. To go back to the Almanack. Rode round by Bayswater & home by 12.30pm. Dressed & at 1.10 had cab to Lords. Went to Sir Alfred Hickman's break. Good position. Oxford & Cambridge match at cricket. Sir A & Lady H, Mrs Nootts, Mrs & Miss Owen, Major & Mrs Trench, May & Lily H, Miss Underhill, self & Mite. Good lunch in the hot sun after. Left at 6.15. Poor cricket, Oxford getting the worst of it. 4 wheel cab home. Quiet dinner. Apollinaris. Rest after & quiet evening. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: 1st day at Lords. Oxford & Cambridge cricket match.) Tuesday July 4
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Felt fairly well. At 10.0 rode Cob in Park. Met Barclay, Oh! After Stone & Miss Steincopff on new horse. Very nice morning. Cooler. Back 12.0. After wrote leters. At 1.30 took cab for Lords with Mite. Called Buckles & changed cheque. On to Lords. There 1.55pm. In break. After to lunch against wall under awning. Mr Owen corrected by daughter. Eat huge lunch. Made mistake with Lady Kitson. After walked round with Mrs Nootts. Met Welman. Back to break. Saw Reddy. Tea & left with Mite at 5.0. Drove to corner of Row. Sent Mite to ask Miss Rose Innes to dinner. Walked Wings for tie, Fortnum & Mason for chocolate & also Marks' for cigars. Cab home. Great preparations for wedding. At 8.0 Sir Benjamin Baker, Bret Harte, Frank Dicksee, Norman Lockyer, Miss Rose Innes, M, Mite & self dined. Had Golden to wait. Very good dinner & great success. Heavy rain at night. Left at 12.30. Lent Dicksee umbrella. Bed 1.0. M tired. (Red ink across page: 2nd day at Lords. Oxford & Cambridge. Cambridge won. Dinner at home. Bret Harte etc etc.) Wednesday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Close stuffy morning. Dark after rain. Down 8.45. M & Mite down. Rode Cob in Park. Met Stone, Adrian Jones, Suberbeille etc etc. Row very heavy with wet. Back 11.30am. Letter from Mrs Mocatta about going to Datchet. Wrote letters. Quiet lunch. Hungry. M & Maud rested after. Out in carriage at 3.40. At 4.30 left in cab for Turkish bath. Drove round by Victoria straight there. Had good bath. Not many there. After strolled on to Punch dinner. Got frightfully hot. Streets crowded. Collar disappeared. P.D. Guthrie, Reed, E.I.M (all the time) Arthur, self, Tenniel, F.C.B. Hottest night I recollect. Left in Tenniel's cab at 11.15. Got 2 good cuts. Eel on nose. Cab from Isthmian. Very tired. Dozed on sofa. At 1.30pm up to bed. Saw light under servant's room. M rung her own bell & was frightened at it. Went down & looked round. Sleep at 2.0am. (Red ink across page: Preparations for Royal Wedding.) Thursday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Letter from Mr Ainger saying scarletina at his house. Most anxious. Sent Purnell round to Stace. Photod Stace 9.30, Purnell 10.0, Mite 10.30. Developed 9 plates by 11.35. Out on mare at 12.10. Frightfully hot. Walked to top of Row on mare. Saw nothing but the top of Guards helmets. Met Col Rich going back. Lunch 1.15. After printed photos & put them out. At 3.35 left, M, Mite & self, for Punch office. Drove in hansom to Bouverie St. Walked to P.O through Salisbury Square. Saw at 5.0 procession of Royal Marriage, Duke of York & Princess May escorted by the Blues & Lancers. Good party & nice & cool on roof. Burnand, wife & Winny & Baby, Mr & Mrs Arthur à B, Mr & Mrs May, Mr & Mrs C.H.B, Mrs Lockwood, Nokes, Milliken, Lawrence B, Agnew etc etc. Good tea. Cigar. Left at 6.0pm. Home after walking along the Embankment by cab at 7.0. 4/6. No letters. Wrote letters & order to Stores. Dined 8.10pm quietly. After on posting letters got cab & took M & Mite for drive round to see the illuminations 9.30 to 10.30pm. Round park. Servants out. Bed tired at 11.30pm. (Red ink across page: Marriage of Duke of York & the Princess May. Very hot. Went to Punch office in afternoon.) Friday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. Bright lovely hot day again. 'Times' out with flower borders. Wrote Roy etc. At 10.0am got to work on drawing of Rosebery's County
Council & London. Worked all day. Frightfully hot up to 7.20 when down & went in carriage to dine with Fritz Jackson at St Ermin's Mansions. Met Admiral & Mrs Bridge (like M) young Herkomer, an American, Robertson (no longer vegetarian) 2 Miss Meinertzhagens Fritz's aunts, M, Mite & self. Thermometer at 84° outside on balcony. Talk of Greece etc. Admiral Bridge interesting had commanded sister ship of the Victoria. Very hot. Songs etc. Left 11.30pm. Drove home sitting on box of carriage. Purnell told me had been in America & Canada. Faint from cigar. Lay on sofa & slept till 2.0am. Woke & to bed at 2.5am. (Red ink across page: Dined with Fritz Jackson at St Ermin's Mansions. Heat culminated. 84° in shade in evening.) Saturday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30am & got on with drawing of Rosebery & County Council. Finished by 9.0am. Boy never came till 10.45. Hung about. Too bad. Very much annoyed. Round stable. Did not ride. Ordered cart at 3.30. Packed things. Drove in cart to Fine Art Socy. Very few there. Heavy clouds overcast & rain came on. Last day of show £1265 worth sold & over 200 drawings. Left at 4.30. Cob frightened with thunder. Awful flash of lightening & thunder immediately overhead. Struck the Burlington Arcade. Changed into hansom & drove to Waterloo. Waited & met M & Maud. Heavy rain & change in the weather. They came at 5.30. Saw Lady Catherine Gaskell & Mrs Crutchley at station. Down to Datchett. Met by Mr & Mrs Mocatta. Pretty little girl Rita Mocatta & little Lydia M. Mr & Mrs Wedderburn staying & Miss (blank) Dressed 7.30. Good dinner & magnum of wine. Intensely sleepy afterwards. Bed at 12.0 after cigar. Young Militia officer there, forget his name. (Red ink across page: Violent thunderstorm in afternoon. Went to Datchett to stay with the Mocattas.) Sunday July 9 Leyfield, Datchett. Up at 8.0am & went for swim with Mocatta. Strong wind & heavy rain in night. Back & good breakfast. After sat in Indian chair & went Mite & self in punt with Mrs Mocatta. Saw punt upset by squall & gent & lady on bank looking for a rabbit. M went in boat with Wedderburns & Mocatta. Back. Lunch. Afer sat in Indian chair & dozed. Children about. Up in billiard room. At 5.30 went in boat to Eton. Saw Mrs Crutchley & Lady C.G. Went to lock & also saw lots of Eton boys throwing stones but no Roy. Back at 7.0. Dressed. Dinner. Claret, also Champagne. Played billiards after & a sort of battle game. Felt livery & air close. Bed at 11.30. No spirits. Smoked cigar. (Red ink: At Datchett with the Mocattas.) Monday July 10 Leyfield, Datchett. Down 8.30am. Mocatta gone. Dull raining morning. Breakfast. Read book, Cornhill, & sat in hammock. Wedderburn left after breakfast. Decided to go up by 11.30 train. Did sketch in Mrs M's book after packing. Bags over to station. Left. Went to Garrick. Had lobster for lunch. Saw Jones etc. Walked to Edwards & Roberts. Selected candelabra & table etc. Very close. Back & went to Goffs & got Maud portmanteau. Carriage at Club at 4.30pm. Drove to Fine Arts Socy. Saw Parsons. All my drawings down & his nearly up. Drove home. M & Maud not back till nearly 8.0pm. Quiet dinner & bed early. Heard of death of Mr Mackinlay in America. Tuesday July 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode at 9.30. Ordered carriage at 9.45. In Park, met Mona Kemp & gentleman who knew no one. After Alexander, Stone, Miss Steincopff & Mrs Oxenden. Out & home 12.30. M still away. Prepared all day for dinner. Miss Rose Innes called. Put out wine. 12 bottles Ayala '80, 5 ditto Geisler '74, 2 Sauternes, 3 Burgundy. Letter from Alfred Gilbert, not coming. Little girl pottering about house. Turner hung pictures & man polished statues etc etc. Dressed at 7.15. Candelabra from Edwards & Roberts. At 8.0 Ayala, F.C.B, John Penn, H.W.Lucy, Claude Watney, Rudolph Lehmann, Schomberg McDonnell, self, Lockwood, Alfred Parsons & Brandon Thomas dined. 15 bottles champagne drunk. (illeg) soup after. Jokes & laughter Penn & Bolton. All left by 2.0am. Moody & Golden waited. Heavy rain. Lots of cabs outside. Caviar, Spring soup, cold salmon, pigeons cold, tomato salad, roast lamb, peas, haricots verts, hot roast chicken, salad, russian salad, macedoine of fruit, ices, savory etc. (Red ink across page: Dinner to 11 men at home. Great success.) Wednesday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45am. Slight head on which lasted all day up to dinner time. Breakfast at oval table as in April '89. Rode at 12.0 after resting. Wired Mrs K to put off sitting. After wired again, changed my mind. Home at 1.0 to lunch after riding once round Park & Serpentine. Very heavy rain in morning. Lunch. At 2.30 took cab, forgot case & back. Dispute with cabby, wanted to change horse. Gave him 6d. Took another cab & drove to Camera Club. Found Mrs K waiting. Up & took about 30 photos. Awfully heavy rain came on afterwards. Left at 5.15 & walked to Turkish bath. Had good bath. Out 7.15 & cab to Bouverie St, P.D. F.C.B, Reed, Agnew W, Lehmann, self & Sir John there, Milliken after. Got Mrs Nickelby subject for Tenniel. Self got Sultan & Khedive. Drank wine & Apollinaris. Left 11.0 with Sir J.T. Put down Isthmian. Rain. Home. M & Mite out at the French plays. Let them in at 12.30. Driven home by Miss Rose Innes. Bed at 1.0pm. (Red ink: Photod Mrs King Camera Club.) Thursday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down & breakfast at 9.45. Rode Cob once round Park. Dull morning. Called & arranged for boy to come round from mews. Skemed subject of Khedive & Sultan & at 12.35 photod boy & Purnell self. Maud's square leather trunk came home, paid £4.10.0 for it. Developed plates & put them to dry. Lunch. Rest after. Printed photos at 4.0pm. Wrote many letters. Purnell round. At 12.30 the kitten came. Tea. Got to work. M & Maud dining with Fritz Jackson & going to the opera. After got to work on subject of Khedive & Sultan. Worked up to 8.0pm when went down as I was & dined by self. Annie waiting. Slept after & waited up for M & Maud. Got back at 11.45. Bed. Friday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not ride. Got to work at 10.0 on drawing of Sultan & Khedive of Egypt. Worked hard all day. Roy did not turn up for lunch as we expected he would. Came at 7.0pm after 1st day of Eton & Harrow match. Dressed at 7.30 having not quite finished my drawing. Roy, Mite & Madame went to see the 2nd Mrs Tanqueray. M & self at 7.45 to dine at the MacLarens. Drove back for watch. Met young Waring at door. Took in Mrs Milman. Amusing to talk to, otherwise a slow dinner. Dillon there, Williamson etc etc. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. Stayed up for Roy & finished cigar outside gate. Never came till
12.0am. Bed after at once. (Red ink: Eton & Harrow cricket match. Roy home at 7.15pm.) Saturday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am & got to work & finished drawing by 9.10am. Roy preferred not riding so went by self on Cob. Met Mrs Oxenford. Up & down. Saw Dilke. Stone not there. Back at 12.0. Valeted things. Lunch & at 2.30 went with Maud & M to Lords. Wandered round. Met Bill Weigall. Stood by Eton boys' stand. After Eton won by 9 wickets out in the open. Saw Lucas & young Williamson, asked us to Table 86 for tea. Could not find it. Had tea with Mrs Faudel Phillips & after with Williamsons. Out at 4.45 & drove home. Changed & Roy tried the trycycle. Wrote many letters. At 7.30 walked through Kensington in evening dress. Cab on to 11 Gt Stanhope St. Dined with William Agnew. Met Tenniel, F.C.B, Lucy, George A, Lockett A, W.A, Dr Molton, Mr Luke, Sir George Lampson, Sir Charles Tennant, Mr John Morley & five others. Very good dinner. Turtle soup, last of the '65 Perier Jouet. Left 11.45. Home by cab. M in bed. M & Roy, Maud etc went to see the Hunchback at Daly's Theatre. Poor. (Red ink across page: Dined with William Agnew. Very good dinner. Eton & Harrow cricket match.) Sunday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Wet dark morning. Doubts about riding. Roy & self at 11.0 got on Cob & mare & had lovely ride all round Wimbledon & Richmond Park. Mare cast a shoe. Very dark cloud when at Star & Garter. Slight rain. Home 1.45pm to the minute. Not wet. Had very good lunch. After changed & rested in chair till 4.0pm. M asleep also. No one called. At 4.20 Roy & self went to play lawn tennis at Sir A.H's. Had tea. Played 6 good sets. Roy & self against Sir Alfred Hickman & Major Trench. Lost 4 & won the 2 last. 2 of the 4 were 5 all & vantage games. Good champagne cup. Left at 7.15. Roy hit his legs with the bat. Walked home. Changed. Dressed. Dinner at 8.0pm. After pine. Bottle of Perinet & rested after. Bed 11.30. M had tooth ache. Good day all round. (Red ink: Very good ride with Roy in morning & 6 sets lawn tennis in afternoon at Sir Alfred Hickman's.) Monday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Roy in bed, down all by 8.45. Breakfast at 9.30. Purnell went for cab. Difficulty getting it. At last at 9.40 Roy got off. Put boots etc on & at 10.10 rode in Park. Walked up & down 3 times. Long talk with old Kahn, after Finlay & Capn Heathorne. Home 12.0. Sun out. Also met Suberbeille. Home & wrote in afternoon after rest after lunch on many mounts etc for Fine Art Socy. Dined quietly at 8.0pm, M, Maud & self. Bed early after. Great fire in the City at 2.0am 18th. (Red ink: Roy went back to Eton.) (Later note in red ink: Major Trench's little daughter born at 22 Palace Gardens. This written 11 years after, 18 July 1904. The Trench’s there at Sir A's also & Roy & self.) Tuesday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely summer's morning. Good breakfast. Out at 10.0 & rode Cob in the Park. Walked. Met Stone, Suberbial. Long talk. Home 12.15. Wire for Mite to dine at Burnands (Charley). Did Clear & Cool for Fine Art Socy. Wrote letters etc. Mite out in white dress. Lunch. After rested till 4.0pm. Dressed in frock coat & went up to Lewis's for Miss Lewis's wedding party. Saw many friends. Lady Blomfield in particular & dear little girl. Lovely presents. Lady
like Mrs Inverarity. (Mrs Etherington). Left 6.15. Caught carriage. M & Mite & self dined 7.40 & after went by self to see Love in Tandem at Daly's Theatre. Sat next Routledge. Saw young Cotton etc. Ada Rehan good & Bourchier. Called Garrick after. Saw Toole & Irving. By cab to Princes Gate Rooms to Madame Suberbeille's ball. Splendid supper. Terraro's, Phrene Knowles etc etc. Left 1.45. Great difficulty in finding coat. Cigar. 3 home together. Bed at 3.0am. Wednesday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am, felt very well. Did not ride. Wrote legends under many drawings of Fancy Portraits etc etc. M in new blue dress. Dull close morning. M & Madame out. Began to put something in Mrs Messel's book. Lunch. After at 3.0 dressed. Intended to have ridden up to Turkish baths. Rain came on. Could not. After round to stable & told Purnell to take Cob out. Went by Met Rly. Saw old Mr Pellew. Out at Westminster Bridge. Walked in rain to Turkish bath. Good bath. Bothered with old Jewish gent about his ailments. Out 6.25. Walked very slowly to Punch dinner, nevertheless got very hot. William Agnew, Lehmann, Arthur à B, self, Sir J.T, F.C.B, Guthrie, Lucy, E.T.R, & after Milliken. Chaffed Guthrie about skates, seal skin gloves etc & Allardyce & Bangkok. Got subject of France & Siam changed from the River subject. Left at 11.0 with Sir J.T. & home, fairly well. Thursday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode after at 10.30. Got drenched with rain. Saw Stone & Miss Keysor. Home. Changed. Could not photo. Skemed subject. Maud drew in Mrs Messel's book. After Maud took photo of self for French sailor. Sent Purnell for rifle & cutlass & to Mays. Back. At 7.30 dressed & cab to Claude Watney's dinner. Not very well. Cards after. Mr Ogle, Mr Cyril Spottiswood, Mr C.W, self, Mr Ponsonby & Mr Baily an American. Bad luck at cards till just the last when left off winning £1.3.0. Left at 1.15. Home in cab. (Red ink: Dined with Claude Watney for game of poker after.) Friday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Down & prepared to photo Stace. Did so at 9.30 having taken Maud for arms. M & Mite left at 9.45 to go on river to Mrs Ionides. Out all day. Not back till 11.30pm. Went on to work. Long time developing & printing. Photod Purnell. Got to work at last only at 3.45pm. After resting got on till 8.30 when dined. Too tired to work after dinner, slept till M came back. Bed at 11.45 sharp & glad to get there. (Red ink: Very hard day's work photographing etc etc. M & Maud on the river at the Ionides.) Saturday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30am, down & got to work & finished drawing at 10.45am, having breakfasted in interval. Very tired. Did not ride. Tidied up. Wired for places to see Love in Tandem. Lunch. Went in hansom M, Maud & self. Saw play, very good. M saw Mrs Matthews. Wonderfully preserved. Out & Purnell in Garrick St. Sent M & Mite home. Tea at Club. Strolled home at 6.15 as far as Albert Hall. Cab home. Got on Cob & rode round Park. Cob went well. Home & very quiet dinner. Rest after & bed early. (Red ink: M & Maud went to Madame Suberbeille’s at home in afternoon after the play. Went to see Love in Tandem in afternoon.)
Sunday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am & after breakfast Wirgman called. Left 10.30 & rode with him up Putney Hill & over Wimbledon. Talk of Noott. Richmond Park & home at 1.30 exactly. Spencer & Hilda there. Lunch. Rested after. Broken rest. Weigall called. Left at 4.50 for Sir A Hickmans. Had 3 sets & a half. Rain came on. 5 to 1 beaten. Played with Smith against Sir Alfred & Major Stewart Trench. Rain came on at 6.20. Left off & walked home by 6.45. Dressed. Wrote 4 letters. Bottle of Burgundy at dinner, M Mite & self. Rested after. Read Swift in Century & bed at 11.30pm. Molesworth called. (Red ink: Rode withWirgman to Wimbledon & Richmond. 3½ sets tennis after.) Monday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Dull morning. Finer after. Made out accts etc. Wrote Tabs. 1st things. Made acct out for Index £45.3.0. Mite preparing to go away. Wrote many letters & Store order etc. Mite & M left at 3.45pm. Tea & commenced drawing in Mrs Messel's book. At 7.15 rode Cob in Park till 8.0pm. Went all right. M & self had quiet dinner by selves. Read Swift paper in Century & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Dear Mite went to the Messels.) Tuesday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. M in bed. At 10.15 rode mare in Park. Met Mrs Oxenford & Stone etc. Long talk to discontented Capn Jones. Left at 11.25 & rode to 161 Brompton Road. Cob there waiting. Tenniel came up in cab. Had 6 plates taken, 2 of self, 2 of J.T & 2 of both of us together. Back into Park. Listened to the band. Mare very fresh & pulled after. Home to lunch. After got table ready etc etc. Candelabra, candles etc etc. Mended the boar's head centre Empire piece. At 6.0 finished drawing for Mrs Messel's book, also touched up French drawings. Dressed. Bad smell in morning room. Burnt pastille. Golden came. After Col & Mrs O'Callaghan, Miss Knowles, Sir John Tenniel, Fritz Jackson, Vernon Watney, William Stone, M & self dined. Good dinner. 4 bottles of Perinet & 2 Ayala '78 drunk. Sir John stayed till the last left at 1.0pm. (Red ink: Good dinner at home. O'Callaghans, Sir John Tenniel etc etc.) Wednesday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Slight head. Down. Heavy shower of rain. Undecided whether to ride etc. Up in M's room. At 10.15 rode Cob in Park. Saw Col Rich & after old Kahn & rode with Mrs Oxenford. Talk of Leech etc. No Stone. Left at 12.15, home 12.30. Wrote letters & wrote up diary etc. Lunch. Rested after & thunderstorm came on. Put off carriage from 3.45 to 4.45. Left with M & drove to Turkish bath. Good bath. Very weak shampooer, Nº 2. Bought 1 doz tickets, used 1. Met a stained glass man who had known me at the Langham Life School. Out 7.0 & cab to Bouverie St. Punch dinner. William Agnew (talking abt picture) Lehmann, A à B, self, Sir J.T, F.C.B, Guthrie, Lawrence B, Reed & B.P. Millken afterwards. Suggested Wolf & Lamb. Also cut Phryne before the Judges. Got a duffer for self. Chaffed Guthrie. Left with Sir J.T at 11.15. Home 12.0. Slept till 1.30am & bed. Thursday July 27
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely summer morning. Breakfast by self. Out 10.0am on Cob. Met Wirgman. Turned back with me. After Stone & Miss Steincopff, Mrs Tate & brother. Back 11.50. Wrote many letters, theatres etc etc. Ordered studs. At 12.45 skemed drawing of Chamberlain & stained glass window design by W.E.Gladstone. Lunch. At 2.25 Purnell came round. Photod him for Chamberlain & the Devil, self for Bill. Developed plates. Rested 3.15 to 4.0. Printed photos & got ready for work by 4.45. M went out in carriage at 4.0pm. Called on Charley Hartree & Colonel Welby, also Molesworth. Back at 6.30pm. Dressed 7.40. Dinner 7.50pm. Fine lovely summer weather. Quiet dinner by selves. Read Pall Mall Magazine afterwards & bed early. Friday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Did not ride. Got to work after on Stained Glass Window cut. Worked all day & finished at 6.40. Dressed. Dinner 7.15. After drove in carriage to Shaftesbury Theatre & saw Morocco Bound. No lights in carriage. Cigar went out. Purnell whipped mare. Stopped & got matches at Albert Gate. On to theatre. Good box. Not bad piece. Young Grossmith, J.L.Shine etc. Saw Archie Stuart Wortley. Back to box & left 10.50. Steady drive home. Whisky & bed at 12.30pm. M tired. Saturday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Good breakfast. At 10.0 rode Cob in the Row. Lovely morning. Talk to Finlay & said good bye to Stone who leaves on Monday for Cornwell. Passed Romer Williams. Shower came on after & got out. Home by 12.0. Doubts about what to do in evening. Decided for Aquarium. Lunch. After put things away. Cleared drawers hunting for Peal's acct etc. Felt very tired & done up. Weather exceedingly close & stuffy. Having nowhere to rest my soul or body went up to M's room & rested in chair. M left at 4.0 in carriage & called at Aquarium, Col Welby's etc etc. Back at 5.45. Put all photos away. Dined 7.10 & left at 8.15 & drove in good hansom to Aquarium. Saw the Boxing Kangaroo (very good) & drop from the roof into tank etc. Felt hall very stuffy & hot. Headache. Left 10.45 & home in same cab. Good. Irish whiskey & bed about 12.30am. Had talk with Ben Fuller the diver. Melancholy creature. 'Do you think so sir'. (Red ink: Killed from Tower Bridge Novr 15th 1894.) Sunday July 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. Breakfast 9.0. Finished 9.30. M down. Went to stables. Got on mare with new stuffed saddle. Went to corner & saw Wirgman. Went trotting down Hammersmith Road & on thro' Mortlake & on to Richmond Park. Jumped ditch. Canter to Gate. Glass of ginger beer at Robin Hood. Round through Gate & on to Common. Good gallop up hill & along Common. After to great sorrow mare went lame. Thought so walking. Had to walk all way home. Met F.C.B foot of hill. Got home 12.45. Purnell said blow on coronet(?) of foot. After changed & took cab to Garrick calling Camera Club. Lunch. Saw Ashly Sterry at lunch. Round C.C at 2.20. Up in Studio. Waited until 3.15 for Maud Easton. Came at last. Knee bad. Poor posing, very. Took 2 doz plates which will not be good. Out after tea at 5.40. Cab home. Mother there. Dicksee, Bret Harte, Miss Clarke & also the Walter Cranes had called. Wrote cheques to Marriott & Hunt for taxes. Dressed. Met Milliken on doorstep. Good dinner. Millken & self settled 2 pages in Almanack. Munchausen. After Millken & M long talk on religion,
theology etc. Self slept. Milliken left 11.15. After bed at 11.45. (Red ink across page: Lamed mare on Wimbledon Common. Milliken dined.) Monday July 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. After breakfast rode Cob at 10.0am through Park & twice round St James's Park. At 11.12 called on Col Welby. Stayed till 11.50. Rode Cob home through Park. No one there. Home 12.30. Gave M cheque. Letter from Roy. Lunch. Rested after. M went out 3.15pm in fly with her mother. Wrote Store orders to send with Purnell. After looked out all the Sketch, Gentlewoman & Black & White numbers & tore out the leaves. M back at 6.30. Dined quietly at 8.0pm & rest & bed early after. (Red ink: Called at Colonel Welby, 15 Queen Anne's Gate, S.W.) Aug 1893 Tuesday August 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.20. Dressed & out bottom of Argyle Rd at 8.0am on Cob. Trotted to Row. Lovely morning. Met Phil Agnew & after Mr Williams, husband of a Russian lady. Home to breakfast at 9.15am. After wrote letters. Told Purnell about arrangements. Tore out leaves of mags etc etc. After lunch rested. M out with Madame later. Rested in afternoon. Mrs Charles Matthews called. Dined at 7.20pm. At 8.20 drove in good cab to Trafalgar Square Theatre. Saw Mam'selle Nitouche. Frank Wyatt's theatre. Strolled to Garrick with cigarette. After M & self left at 10.55. Home in poor cab. Raining. Letter from Siamese Delegation. Supper & bed. Wired Claude Watney could not come. M & self went to Trafalgar Square Theatre. Saw Mam'selle Nitouche. Wednesday August 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Dressed & bottom Argyle Rd 8.20. Met Mr George Smith in Row. Out & back by 9.17am. Breakfast. Read Times. Squared prints & wrote cheque for Wellby & sent it off by Purnell. M out to new Kensington dressmaker. Squared prints & skemed Calendar. Thought of Chiron & Apollo for New Year. At 4.0 went in carriage to Welby's. Mrs O'Callaghan called. Chose crescent for Maud & small brooch for M. Called Goffs & Goffs portmanteau place. M would not have it. After put down at Turkish bath. Good bath & hair cut. Cab on to P.D. F.C.B, Guthrie, Reed, B.P, E.I.M (later) Phil A, Lucy, Arthur à B, self, Sir J.T. Told Arthur he ought to knit stockings. Great discussion over my suggestion of Phryne. Guthrie chaff of Allardyce. Got good subject, Isaac Walton. Tenniel the Stormy Petrel. Left with J.T & put down at Isthmian Club. Home by cab after.by 12.oam. Bed. Thursday August 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode in Park on Cob before breakfast at 8.30. Saw no one except Mr Warren, architect, who worried & bored me dreadfully. Back. Skemed drawing of Isaac Walton. Dull showery muggy morning. Purnell sat for Walton. Developed plates after lunch & put them to dry. More or less failures, can't tell why. Went on with drawing. M out in carriage. Got prints dry by 5.0pm & worked until 8.0 when dined 8.15pm quietly & after to bed early. Friday August 4
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50am. Did not ride. M late down. Roy arrived 8.35 from school. Very well except a lot of spots on his face. He went off to the Oval to see cricket match. I got on with work all day of Isaac Walton & anglers. Roy back in aftenoon. Worked up till 7.0pm when left unfinished drawings 2 hours shaded. Dressed & after dinner drove in carriage one way to Adelphi Theatre. Mare rushed with Purnell at Park Lane. Row with policeman. Saw A Woman's Revenge at the Adelphi. Good scene in court. After back home in cab, M, Roy & self. Bed after sandwiches etc etc. To get up in the morning. Violent thunderstoms & heavy rain all aftenoon. Lovely evening afterwards. (Red ink across page: Roy came back from Eton at 8.40am with spots on his face.) Saturday August 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30am. Got to work & finished drawing at 10.50 of Isaac Walton. Tired. Did not ride. Put things away & all in order in morning. Ordered carriage at 2.45. Drove to Gardening & Forestry Exhibition. Difficulty about getting in. After saw Exhibition. Gordon Hunter manager to Captain Boyton. Went down the Shute with Roy. M & Spencer there. After the Switch Back Raily. Got M in. Home to tea. Tired. Spencer in to dinner. 2 bottles Champagne. After drove in 2 hansoms to Globe Theatre. Saw Charley's Aunt. Good box. Not so pleased with play. Very tired. Saw the Earl of Ilchester & young Fox Strangeways. Out & home in cab. Spencer came in. Whiskey. Bed. Went out 2.15 into Kensington bought Roy balls, pine & lobster. Back 3.40pm. Gave up idea of going to Virginia Water through Slough. Wired to Vallis, Radcliffe of Wheatsheaf (Surrey) & Sophy. (Red ink across page: Went to see Water Show at Earls Court.) Sunday August 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Felt rather seedy which lasted all day. Something disagreed with me. Slight diarrhoea. At 4.40 went with Roy on Cob & self on mare to Hampton Court. Good ride over Common. Flies very troublesome. On through Kingston Gate & on to The Mitre. Controversy with a sergeant at Gate about crossing Park. Could not ride. After to Mitre exactly at 12.50. Ordered lunch & went on river for a row with Roy. Back at 2.0. Lunch. Salmon, lamb etc etc. Out at 2.45. Went over Palace, old pictures & into the Maze. Roy delighted with Maze. After back. Felt tired & seedy. Cup of tea & cigar. Payed bill, on to horses 4.50 & rode thro' Bushey Park. Mare fresh or would have been, & trot’ Twickenham & Richmond. Over Q Bridge & home through Hammersmith. Fast trotting little pony. Went very fast for 3 miles. Home at 7.0. Met Dr Orton. Bath. Bad salmon at dinner. Went to bed very shortly after. Roy & kitten. Had colly wobbles all day. Drank whiskey & potash at dinner. (Red ink across page: Rode with Roy to Hampton Court. Lovely day.) Monday August 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. M's stiff neck bad. Roy a bath & Eno's salt. Down. Roy went off to cricket match at 10.0. Wrote many many letters all the morning. Sent cheque to bank etc etc. Lovely day for Bank Holiday all day. Tidied up etc etc. Developed plates & M & self had quiet peaceful day. Did not go out the entire day. Gave Purnell a holiday. Afterwards dined, M Roy & self. Emma had changed the salmon. Games after at guessing. Roy thought of the two monkeys. Went to bed (Roy & M) at 10.15. Self slept in chair. Had nightmare & dreams all
night. M took a little Carter. (Red ink: Stayed at home. Bank Holiday. Roy went to Lords for entire day's cricket.) Tuesday August 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Went for ride on Cob by self. Met gent I met at the Möllers, don't know his name. Roy went to cricket match afterwards. In morning developed some photos taken in April. Very hot morning. Mite came back with M at 12.0 looking well. Wrote letters & put dates on photos etc. Lunch. After again wrote dates etc. At 5.0 dressed in blue suit. After went to Barkers to be measured for 3 pairs of trowsers. Got on Cob at 6.0pm & rode to Punch dinner. Met Mr Williams at Buckingham Palace, rode back with me as far as Queen Anne's Gate. Got to dinner at 7.10pm. Took 1hr & 10 minutes. Wm Agnew, Lehmann, self, Sir J.T, Arthur à B (presiding) Lucy, Reed & E.I.M there. Pleasant dinner. Tenniel got the Ancient Mariner subject, I 'King Coal'. Talk to Agnew. Lehmann invited Roy & self to go on river next Sunday. Lucy told us of losing £10,000 in Australian bank. Left with Tenniel at 11.0 & home 1.50am. Many letters. Siamese refused my drawings. (Red ink: Punch dinner instead of tomorrow.) Wednesday August 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. With difficulty got Roy up & rode at 8.28 in Park. Very very hot. Met Hensman. Talk & home 9.40. Breakfast. Rather confusion after Roy's waistcoat lost, could not be found. Worry about his clothes. Wrote letters. Stace could not come round. Skemed subject of King Coal after. Sent Roy to Barkers to be measured. (Red ink: Thermometer 80° in shade in my room, noon.) Sent Roy on trycycle to Goy's 398 Fulham Road. In afternoon worked. Dined 7.30. Mite at work on dress. Went 8.30 in cab to Palace Theatre. Had very good box. Hensman came in. Stood lemon squash, cigars etc. Poor entertainment. Pal o’archie’s. Cab home at 11.25. Bed at 12.15. Letter from Henderson's brother with list of securities. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to the Palace Theatre. Got wet. Saw Frank Hensman who came into box. Very hot weather.) Thursday August 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am. Mite in bath. Roy allowed to sleep on till 8.40. Breakfast. Very hot morning. At 9.0am Stace round. Photod him in chair for King Coal. Developed. Roy went to Barkers for trowsers. Got to work 11.0am. M putting things away etc etc. Worked on till lunch. Rested after. Read story in Harpers. Worked after 4.30 to 7.0. Put in King Coal. Roy went for ride by himself. Back 6.45. Afterwards at 7.15 dressed. Wrote letters & sent Fox cheque for £10.0.0. Had sent a registered letter. George Macmillan wrote for drawing of Isaac Walton. At 8.10 carriage took Maud, M & Madame to Water Show. Roy & I walked. Very hot evening. Saw show. Col North in next box & Sam Lewis. After Roy & I came down the shute. Had charge of 2 girls. Got wet sitting in front. Walked & listened to band. Kinderman & Dr Messel met us. Missed carriage walking home. M, Maud & Madame sat on step. Roy broke tumbler after, the 2 nd today. Smoked & read. Bed at 1.0. Very hot in room. (Red ink across page: Went in evening to Boyton's Water Show for 2nd time. Got wet with spray from water shute.) Friday August 11
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slight head, why or wherefore who knows. Down. Did not ride. M had interview with Nash. After writing letters got to work at 10.0. Man came to do trycycle. M went to Imperial Institute & could not get in with Sir Somers Vine's letters. Annoyed. Very hot. Wired Vaus & Crampton & Vernon Watney. Again wrote Somers Vine. In afernoon got on with drawing & finished 7.15pm. Dressed & dined. After drove in carriage, Roy outside, M & self in, & went to Gaiety Theatre. Saw 'In Town'. Understudy company, very stupid. Judge Bacon came into our box. Left at 11.15 & home in hansom. Very hot weather. Bed 12.30am. Went to Gaiety Theatre. Saw In Town with understudy company. (Red ink: Went after work to the Gaiety Theatre. Saw In Town. Poor. Sir John Tenniel knighted by her majesty at Osborne.) Saturday August 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Put things away & tidied room & clothes etc in morning. Roy out for ride. Lunched at home. After at 2.30 Roy & self went in hansom & M & Maud in carriage to Criterion Theatre. Had good box. Saw La Fille de Madame Angot. Decima Moore very thin. Saw Ainsworth & his wife. Left box & went to Lincoln & Bennetts. Bought black & white straw hat. Back. Saw M & Maud to top of Piccadilly & Roy & self went & had Turkish bath. Roy's 1 st bath. Roy's hair cut. Out of bath 7.0 & cab home. Called & got greengages & pears etc at Butts. Frightfully hot night. Quiet evening after dinner. Bed early. Smell like gas in room. Got up, was from stables. Slept uncomfortably from heat. (Red ink: Went to Fille de Madame Angot at the Criterion Theatre. Roy had his first Turkish bath.) Sunday August 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Packed. Breakfast. Cart at door 9.15. Drove with Roy to Paddington. Caught the 9.45 train down to Bourne End beyond Cookham. Lehmann met us. Nice house. Went & were taken out in gondolas, Lehmann in catamaran punt. Col Groves introduced to Miss Hammersley, General Hammersley etc & Miss Dash. Shot with bows etc. After lunch wrote letters. Out in Miss H's gondola. Tea. Saw the Dean of Westminster's children. Last Sunday at Cliveden. Sad. Astor a cad. Back late. Missed swim. Played quoits. An 8 oared boat had been out with 2 men, brewers from Marlow. Col Grove, Genl H, Lehmann etc. Dinner. 6 there to dinner. Sat long time. Roy very good. After smoked & talked. Bed 11.30. Long talk with Mr Du Fonblanque on riverside. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Field Head, Bourne End to see Lehmann. Frightfully hot. Had good time. Miss Hammersley.) D.M's mother daughter of late Duke of York. Monday August 14 Field Head, Bourne End. Up at 7.15am. Woke Roy. Tea. Out at 7.30 with Lehmann & Roy. Lovely swim in river. Took 2 photos. Roy would not jump off spring board. Breakfast. Left 8.50 for train. Lehmann lent me his Japanese book. Caught 9.0am with Roy & Mr Rowe. Saw Seymour Grenfell in train. Paddington 9.45. Cart met me. Home 10.15. M packing. Wrote letters & packed bags. Frightful heat. Buss at door at 1.10pm. Roy on trycycle. Got off 1.20 & drove to Waterloo. 2 nd class reserved. Ran straight down to Christ Church. Court met us. Roy went on in trycycle. Stopped at Post Office. Wrote Emma. On to Elmhurst. Tabs & H met us. Tea in arbour. Mrs Stuart Wortley there. After at 6.45 Roy & self went to bathe in sea. Lovely. Woman sat down in front of bathing house. Back. Dressed. Dinner. Took Mrs S.W in. Roy long time to wait for ginger beer. Cork pool after. Roy noisy.
Beat S.W one game by 30 odd. Slept in roof with Roy. Good room. (Red ink across page: Came up from Field Head Bourne End in morning. Left at 1.15 for Christ Church. Down in evening. Bathed in Thames in morning & in the sea in the evening.) Tuesday August 15 Elm Hurst, Christ Church. Up at 7.0. Roy & self bathed 2nd time. Breakfast. Stuart Wortley sad. After at 9.30 went on board the Alba. Stuart Wortley, Mervyn, self, H & Gwenny & Eveline. No wind. Long day smooth sailing in hot sun. Read boshy book about Chinese jar. Back 7.15. Too late for swim. Roy playing croquet. Stuart Wortley left. Dined quietly. Champagne. After H & self had 100 game of billiards. H won easily. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Lovely day's quiet sail on the Alba along the Solent.) Wednesday August 16 Elm Hurst, Christ Church. Up 7.0am. Roy & self went for swim. Very hot, sea like oil. After in morning Roy & self took dinghey & rowed to Ch Ch. Very hot. Got cheque changed for £20 for H. Bad ginger beer at Newlyne. Back. Man discontented with 2d. Saw H in the Kitten sailing, good breeze. Back to lunch. Rested after. Lazy afternoon. Roy & self bathed in the evening. Very hot. H & Mervyn stole Roy's trowsers. Dinner. After at 10.0 McCrow & Mervyn left & went on board the Alba. Saw them off in dinghy. Back. Smoke. No billiards. Bed 11.15pm. Lovely hot day. (Red ink: Frightfully hot. Roy & self rowed dinghey into Christ Church.) Thursday August 17 Elm Hurst, Christ Church. Up at 7.0. Roy & self bathed in sea. Lovely but rougher. Breakfast. After in garden & read book on Man. Hamilton & self & M & Roy went in dinghey & speared & caught fish. Back. Lunch. After H & self went for sail in the Kitten. H back by 3.45. Gt rush, H hot. Caught carriage. Tabs, Mite & H went. They only just caught their train. Self & Roy after tea played 2 sets of lawn tennis. Each won one. After wrote many letters. 1 game of cricket & swim at 7.15. Took from 7.0 to 7.50. Back past Capisthorne. Dinner by selves. M, Roy & self. Champagne. After changed plates. M & Roy at billiards. Played Roy 100, owed 25. Roy won easily. Bed at 11.0. Very hot. (Red ink: Temperature in London 94° in shade.) Sent Madame Maake cheque for £20. (Red ink across page: Hamilton Tabs & Maud left in afternoon to go on board the Alba at Weymouth.) Friday August 18 Elm Hurst, Christ Church. Up at 6.0am. Down 6.30. Out on lawn. Very hot. Breakfast. Caught the 7.34 train from Ch Ch driving in cart with The Brick. Changed Brockenhurst & up to town 10.30, on to Stafford Terrace. All right. Very hot. 90° in room, 94° in London by evening paper. Skemed subject. At 12.30 photod Purnell in dress for Gladstone & Shoe. Very hot. 2 plates all went futt with heat. Got one only. Developed & lunched 1.45. Man from Nash doing blinds. Got to work after rest. At 4.0pm tea. Worked till 8.30 when dined. Had fish & grouse. Cigar. Apollinaris & whiskey. Slept till 11.30 uncomfortably & bed 12.0. Door banged in night. (Red ink across page: Went up to town early from Ch Ch. Long day's work in London, Frightfully hot, 87° in room.) Saturday August 19
Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am. Got to work 6.15. Breakfast 9.30. Finished 11.0am. Cut of Gladstone & Shoe with Bills as Children. Put things in order & after paid Purnell for stable etc. Not so hot. Thermometer in room 80°. Wrote legends under drawings for F.A. Socy. At 12.45 dressed. At 1.15 lunched. Cab at door. Left 1.35. Drove to Waterloo. Paid 3/-. Down with drunken man in corner & mild deaf creature opposite. They got out at Southampton. On to Ch Ch. Roy met me on tricycle. Roy's birthday. Back to Elm Hurst. M & her mother had gone to Bournemouth. Played 2 sets of lawn tennis with Roy. Each won one. Bathed at 7.0pm after game of cricket. Change in the weather came on. Dinner. Champagne. Gave Roy £1.0.0 as present. Changed plates. Played 100 up at billiards. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Came back by 2.15 pm train to Christ Church. M & her mother at Bournemouth. Roy's birthday.) Sunday August 20 Elm Hurst, Christ Church. Up at 8.0am. Strong gale & heavy rain. Put on mackintosh. Roy & self charged high waves. Breakfast. Lolled about & read after. At 11.0 started on tricycle with Roy. Uncomfortable & changed for H's tricycle. On en route for Bournemouth to call on Burnand. Rain came on & strong wind beyond Ch Ch station. Pushed on to Southbourne. Took shelter under glass & talked to man about his breeches etc. At 12.40 turned back & got home very hot & wet at 12.55. Had bath. Lunch after. Sat at end of garden & read. Doubt about yacht coming. Tea. After Roy & self bathed before dinner. Dined. Whiskey & soda & played 100 up at billiards. Beat Roy. (Red ink: Roy & self attempted to get to Burnands at Bournemouth on tricycles. Got very wet. Tired after. Weather broke.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Ann, wife of Latham Thomas. T. Sat Au 26.) Monday August 21 Elm Hurst, Christ Church. Up at 8.0. Went with Roy to bathe. Strong gale & wind. Bathed. Rain hurt like whips. Dropped key from mackintosh. Breakfast. Read after. Mademoiselle asked for key. Went with Evelyn & Gwenny to look for it. Found it. Again went back for camera. Took 12 of Evelyn & Gwenny. Saw people from Seekins. Lunch. After Roy re-marked court. Played 2 sets after tea. Each won one. Cricket. Roy knocked ball over wall. At 7.30pm H, Tabs, Mervyn & Mite back from yacht. Dressed. Dinner 8.15. Hamilton X & unpleasant to Tabs. After no billiards. Smoke & bed 11.15pm. Tuesday August 22 Elm Hurst, Ch Ch. Up 8.0am. Went with Roy to swim. Strong wind. Back. Breakfast. Played Roy 100 up. Beat him by 20. Read & wrote diary after. Decided to go into Bournemouth with Tabs. At 12.15 did go with Tabs & Mite. Drove to Burnands, dropping Tabs at watchmakers. Tabs dropped watch. Found Burnands house. Milliken there. High fowl at lunch. Shown over house. Lawn tennis grounds. Billiard room & chickens. Miss Hollingshead hanging about. Left at 2.50. Walk with Mite in heat to Bath Hotel. Got carriage. Called for Tabs at dentist's. Drove back at 4.30. Tea in arbour. After saw Roy playing Hamilton at L.T. Each won a set. Played H after. Beat me 6 to 1 & 6 to 5. Close thing. The last cricket with Roy. Dinner. After played H 100 up. Beat him by 35. Bed 11.30. M in Tab's room. Met Ponting & Tags in morning. (Red ink across page: Drove with Tabs & Mite. Lunched with Burnands at Bournemouth.)
Wednesday August 23 Elm Hurst, Christ Church. Up 8.0am. M in bed. Heavy rain. Went for bathe. No one there for 1st time. Mackintosh. Played Roy 100 up, beat him by 7. H backwards & forwards on acct of the Kitten racing. Pouring with rain. Went down & watched race between 'Mystery' & Kitten. H all behind. Wrote many letters. After lunch went & sat & watched race of small yachts. H came in 3 rd. Roy & Waddy. Chaff about Nana. After at 4.30 wrote 3 letters & went into Ch Ch on trycycle with Roy. Back 5.0 & tea in summer house. After H beat Roy & self 6.1 lawn tennis. H & self beat Roy 6.5. Dinner. Good bisque of lobster. Guessing game. Rest with cigar after. H beat me at billiards by 15 points. Bed 11.15. Read Vanity Fair. (Red ink: Regatta day at Mudeford. Hamilton's Kitten came in third. Heavy rain in morning.) Thursday August 24 Elm Hurst, Christ Church. Up 8.0am. Roy & self went to bathe. Johnny Bounder at side of our hut. Out. Pushed Roy down bank. Met Ponting. M in bed. Breakfast. After played Roy 100 up. Beat him by 65. Lovely hot morning. Took 12 plates of Tags. Roy & Mervyn playing billiards. Roy won by 4. Read in morning. Lunch. After sat in garden. After tea played cricket. Mr Jacomb Hood came down at 5.30pm. Played set of lawn tennis, Roy & self against H & J.H. Won 6 to 5, R & self. Dinner. After played cork pool. Gave Roy winnings, 4/3. Bed 11.15pm. M not so well. Friday August 25 Elm Hurst, Christ Church. Up 6.0am. Breakfast. Caught the 7.34am train up to town in carriage by self. Cooler. Arrived Stafford Terrace 11.0. Purnell there. Skemed subject & a 12.15 photod P for Mr Gladstone diving after cup. Developed it before lunch. Also 12 Tags plates taken yesterday & 6 of pairs Mrs K & Miss D. Got to work 4.0pm & worked till 8.0. Wrote letters & dressed at 8.30. Dined 8.45 & after with cigar went to Empire T. Saw Mr Slater. Ballet. 'In Town'. Met J.Jones. Club. Saw Jarvis & Sir Charles Russell. Left 1.0am & home 1.45. Bed. Read Alison's History of Europe. (Red ink: Furniss horsewhipped & 'shaken like a dog' by Swift MacNeill in the lobby of the House of Commons.) Saturday August 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30 & at work 6.50am. Worked till 9.30. Breakfast. Finished 11.0am. After put photos away etc. Sent Purnell for bag of H.F, to Reeds & to Benjamin. Parcel from Stores. Lunch, ½ bottle of Champagne. Left at 1.35 for Ch Ch. Lady (pretty) & plain little girl in carriage & 2 nd class passenger. Cart met me. M out driving with Tabs & Jacomb Hood & Gwenny. Played cricket with Roy. Bowled him out 5 times. Hood played. Dinner. Talk of Furniss & Wetherall bankruptcy. After played ordinary pool. Won 1/6, Roy 9d. Bed at 11.30. Weather much cooler. (Red ink: Went down to Christ Church. Roy bowled out 5 times by self at cricket after.) Sunday August 27 Elm Hurst, Christ Church. Up 8.0am. Hood, Roy & self bathed. Water colder. Breakfast. After read Alison at end of garden. H looking for yacht. Tabs sat to Jacomb Hood at 11.0. M not so well. Mother seedy. Wrote letters etc. Roy on tricycle. Lunch. After at 3.15 left on tricycle with Roy & went by road to F.C.B at Bournemouth. Caught in shower over bridge by river. Sheltered under barn shed
for wagons. On after to Portarlington Road. Got there 4.30. Tea. Philip, Miss Hollingshead etc, F.C.B, children on tricycles. F.C.B dropped purse. Left at 5.40, top of hill Bournemouth 5.45 & home in 1 hour. 9 miles. Very hot & done up. Had hot bath. Changed & after dined. Tabs pretty. Talk after. Snooze with cigar in mouth. Hood made sketch. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Roy & self 18 miles run on trycycles to Bournemouth & back.) Monday August 28 Elm Hurst, Christ Church. Up 8.0am. Mr Hood, Roy & self bathed. Lovely morning. East wind. Sea colder. Breakfast. After smoke went at 11.0 on board the Alba, M, self & Hamilton. Good sail nearly to Hurst Castle. Read Alison's History of Europe, fall of Venice. After lunch snooze on deck. Sailed round by Alum Bay & the Needles. After home by 5.0pm. Landed. Tea. H & self & Mr Hood had set at lawn tennis. H beat 6.0, after H & self, H won 6.3. Roy playing cricket match at Sir Thos Mayrick's. Made 42 not out & took 4 wickets. Dined. Good dinner & livelier. Mrs Sermon came in & lost 3 or 4 shillings at pool. Left at 10.45. Talk & bed 11.30. (Red ink: Good sail with M on 'Alba' from 11.30am to 5.0pm. Tuesday August 29 Elm Hurst, Christ Church. Up 8.0am. Swim with Hood & Roy. Ricardo's dog swam out to us. Back. Breakfast. After met M coming from Seekins. Went on on tricycle to Christ Church as far as station. Got watch. Pallant, trycycle man in town. Home 11.30. Packed bag 12.15. Lunch 12.40. Left with Tabs in carriage at 1.0 & up to town, M, Maud, Roy & self by 1.37 from Ch Ch. Change at Brockenhurst. ½ hr wait. Got pears. Waterloo at 4.45. Home 5.40. No Purnell. Letters. Stupid letter from Arthur à Beckett. Went to Buckles. Sent letter. Knickerbockers back to Benjamin. M & Maud doing washing. Dined 7.50. 65° in room. Quiet evening after. M & Roy went to bed at 9.30pm, self at 11.0. Wednesday August 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Gave M & Roy Eno. Breakfast 8.30. Roy & salmon. Workmen in house. To pack for going to Scotland. Packed all morning. Looked through things. Got boots ready etc etc. M & Maud out. Roy & self lunched together at 1.0pm. M back at 3.0. Roy & self left in cab at 4.10 for Turkish bath. Found had left key at home. Wired Purnell from Charing X. Roy in bath weighed 6s 8lb. Had hair cut. Roy swam. Out at 6.45pm. Put Roy on buss & walked to 1 st Avenue Hotel. Found F.C.B, Reed, E.I.M, Arthur & Sir J.T there. Furniss came in after full of his assault by Swift McNeill. Dull dinner. Heard of poor Fred Evans's bankruptcy. Home as far as Edgware Road in Sir J.Tenniel's cab. Cab on after. Home 12. Slept on sofa till 1.40am. Bed. M had bad neuralgia face ache in the night. Sent cheque for £552.8.6 to Greenwood & Co etc etc. Thursday August 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wrote letters after breakfast. Roy hanging about. After at 10.30 got to work on subject of Little John Bull & Russia & France, swimming boat etc. Lunch. M & Mite out. Worked up to 7.0. Dined. After at 9.0 Roy & self took cab to the Pavilion & had box. Saw Variety entertainment. Roy delighted. Very pretty girl in bicycle show. 'There you are', 'My silly little man's at Sandown Park' etc. Left 10.50. Met Dr Russell on the stairs. Home in cab. Sandwiches & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Quiet day's work at Stafford Terr. Went
with Roy to Pavilion in the evening.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir William Cusins.) Sep 1893 Friday September 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50. Breakfast. Wrote letters etc. Got to work on drawing, Little John Bull & France & Spain. Ship in tub. Worked all morning. M & Mite packing. Finished 4.30pm. Tea & finished packing. Wrote labels etc etc. Roy went to Lords to see cricket match. Home at 5.40. Dinner at 5.50. Bottle of Champagne. Omnibus round at 6.30. Purnell got boxes on etc. Left at 6.50pm. Left Roy at his Grandmamma's. On to Euston. Met Mr & Mrs Farquhar there. Got good carriage to selves & pillows & left at 8.0pm. Tucked M & Mite up & got to sleep about 9.30pm. Read magazines. Slept fitfully on & off & woke up near Stirling. Sent Purnell to Stores for ink etc. Drew cheque for £10.0.0. (Red ink: Home Rule passed in Commons, 34 majority.) (Red ink across page: Left Stafford Terrace at 7.0 for Tressady.) Saturday September 2 On board train. L & N.W.Rly, Stirling. Woke 5.0am. At 5.45 shewed Maud Stirling Castle & Wallace Monument. Perth. Went thro' Aberdeen at 8.19am. Met the Farquhars. Breakfast for 3, 4/8d. After wash. Small minister's son washing. Left Maud with Farquhars. Started 9.30. Carriage to selves. Lunch Inverness 2.0pm. Saw fight between outside porter & stout curly headed man. M did not like it. Walk in Inverness. Back. Sat in coupé. Started 4.15pm. Long weary journey to Rogart 7.40. Drunken sailors etc etc. Trap met us. Got to Tressady 8.5pm. Dressed. Dinner 8.40. V.W & Lady M, Mr & Mrs Foot, Miss Taylor, Mr Ryle, Thring, Newton & Richards. Good dinner. After smoke & whist. Lost 1/s. Foolishly took whiskey. Bed at 11.45. Vulcan, brown & white terrier, slept in our room. M very tired. (Red ink: Arrived Tressady 8.5pm.) Sunday September 3 Tressady, Rogart. Up 9.0am. Down. Breakfast 9.45. Lovely morning. After at 11.0 went up to golf links & played foursome game. Newton & Vernon against Thring & self. Halved the 1st round. Holes all. Same 2nd rd. Then ½d a hole to decide at 1.15pm. Then back. V.W & N won by one hole. Back to lunch. After Richards & Miss Taylor beat Vernon W & N easily by 4 holes. Rested in smoking room after lunch & fell asleep for 2 hours. Uncomfortable dream of being in the same room. Woke up at 5.0pm. Wrote many letters. After in for tea. Waller dog had bitten Ryle which riled him. After dressed & sent letters & cheque off. Dinner. Claret. After dinner had mock trial of Waller. V.W & foot were judges. Richards, Newton, Thring & self council. Very good but too long. Ryle did not like it. Over at last. Game of whist. Lost 2/6. Bed after. Vulcan came up in our room. Put him on my lawn tennis jacket. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink across page: Quiet day's golfing at Tressady.) Monday September 4 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.0am. M had had very bad face ache & seedy generally. Down breakfast later at 10.0. Started in break to shoot with Richards & Thring. Very hot. Walked up past Watney Rock. On to moor. Took waistcoat & collar off. Very hot. Shot 3 brace before lunch. Lunch. Sun on head. After rested at rock for
¾ hr on back whilst setters went along by burn & back over moor. Poor scent. Got 4 or 5 shots after. Lost 2 snipe & 2 rabbits. Left off 5.15. Sent short Angus for spring water. Back home 6.15. Miss Taylor very hot & thirsty. Had milk & soda. Bath & dressed. Good dinner. After played at guess game. Smoke. Lost 2/6 at whist. Bed at 11.30. Ryle left at lunch time for ‘the Mound’. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot at Tressady. Very hot.) Tuesday September 5 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.15. Breakfast 9.0. Lovely day. Vernon W, Newton & Richards went shooting. Mr & Mrs Foot & Thring fishing. Self stayed in. Looked over Arts & Letters in morning. Began drawing of Girl & Curls & Mutton C Whiskers for Punch. M in room. Lunch. Back. Sun unfortunate in eyes. Bad for drawing. Began subject again & got on. Marshall came in at 5.30pm. Finished 6.10. Upset ink & general discomfort. Tea. Went for walk with Marshall & Vulcan up to top of moor. Back 6.45. Wrote to Roy & Maud & Henderson. Posted drawing. Punch came. Drawing so so. Dinner. Took Miss Taylor in. After drew the Ledger sweep. Rosalind W drew Isinglass, M Royal Harry. After played whist. Won 2 rubbers, held 4 honours. Won 4/s. Paid 5/s for 2 chances in sweep. Roy went down to Seekins. Wednesday September 6 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.15am. Bath. Down 1st at breakfast. At 10.30 started to walk for grouse drive on Scotts Moor. Long walk. Vernon on pony. 4 drives. Long walk between 1st & 2nd. At 2nd drive had more birds. Did not hit one. After at last drive got one. Walked home. Drizzle. Hot. Saw little Mick. Tea. Bath. Leeson Marshall mentioned my gun swinging round. Nonsense. Rested 1 hour. Read Arts & Letters. Dressed. News of Leger being won by Isinglass. Good dinner. Made speech. After smoke. Rubber of whist. Treble treble. Won 4/s. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot. Grouse drive at Tressady. Fine day.) Thursday September 7 Tressday, Rogart. Up 8.0. Breakfast 8.30am. Down. Brown suit. Went at 10.30 in break to station. On to Brora. Long wait for train. Games etc on platform. At The Mound Depart't got in. Had bed prepared for him in carriage. Chaff. Past Dunrobin. On to links. Station master & Secy. Played round of 9 holes against Vernon. Self 80, V 86. Self 2 holes up. Lunch. After foursome game. Richards & self x Foot & Vernon. Holes all. Rest. Sat by sea & saw gulls dive. Picked up cigar case. Store. Station. Hopping match, Dept & Foot. Saw little girl like Mary Burnand. Pretty eyes. Beautiful colley dog. Train very late. Got in carriage by self. Out at Rogart. Met Thring who had fished. Home. No letters from Roy. Heavy rain came on. Dressed. Wrote Seekins & F.C.B. Dinner. Took Mrs Foot in. Good sea trout & grouse. No games. After pipe etc. Won 4/s treble treble at whist. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink across page: Golf day at Brora.) Friday September 8 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.10am. Pouring wet morning. Shoot given up. Foot, Richards & Marshall went to Lairg to fish. Thring in barn. Read Dods. Silly book. After at 11.0 went down to burn. Slight spate on. Spoke to Mrs Murray about her girl. Back to house. Got camera & walked down road to bridge. Took 5 plates, one of pig. After to house. Lunch. Boiled fowl & chutnee. Read & pipe. Played
foursome match, Vernon & self against Newton & Miss Taylor. Beaten by 2 holes. Wonderful put of Miss T. Back. No letters from Maud or Roy. M went out in carriage. Wired Seekins. Wrote many letters. Tea. After M, self, Newton & Miss T went on to links. Played 3 game. Lost a ball. Venon shooting rabbits with rifle. In at 6.50pm. Wrote more letters. Lighted fire. Dinner. At 9.0 wire from Seekins. Took Lady M in. After had Dum Crambo. Acted Isinglass. Waller disturbed. Smoke. One rubber. Lost 2/6 to Thring. Bed 11.30. Saturday September 9 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Lovely morning. Good breakfast. Trout, buttered eggs, kidneys etc, melon. After read Thos Hardy's story of Fellow Townsman. Very good. At 11.45. walked with M down to burn. Back.12.30. Played round with Dryhurst, 3 holes up, 3 divided. Round in 8,7,8,13,4,6 = 49. Back. Splendid lunch. After cigar. Then at 3.15 up came piper & 200 children. Games etc etc in field on hillside. Took 24 photos, changing them in cellar. Football. Langley. Danced etc etc. Tea. Vernon made speech. Showers occasionally. Mrs Logan the minister's wife. Dept left with post cart. Changed plates. No letter from Roy. Fire at 7.30pm. Weather very much colder. Foot went to sleep. Self also sleepy. After speeches etc, smoke, played 2 rubbers of whist. Won 6/s. Bed 11.45pm. Put rugs on bed. (Red ink: Children's fete at Tressady.) Sunday September 10 Tressady, Rogart. Up 9.30am. Breakfast 10.0. Ryle & Dryhurst walked over. Lovely morning, not so cold. Read Guy de Maupassant's 'A Coward'. After wrote Peal etc. At 11.45 went on to golf ground, watched play. After Vernon & self went round. I played very badly & also bad luck. Round in 59. Lunch. After cigar on golf ground again. Played 2nd round with Vernon. Little better. Ball in pond. Round in 53. After tea the others went on with rounds. Ryle & Dryhurst left at 5.30. Took pole out of dining room & got golf ball out of pond. Also went round with Thring, Newton, Foot. At end 6.15 Newton won the tournament. Home. Letters from Maud, Roy, F.C.B, Emma etc etc. M in bed with neuralgia. Fire. Wrote Roy & F.C.B, etc etc. Dinner. Champagne. Speeches after. Newton presented with jug. Talk in drawing room, after down in smoking room. Drowsy. No cards. Bed 11.30. Thring's last evening. (Red ink: Ryle's birthday.) (Red ink across page: Medal Golf competition.) Monday September 11 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Out at 10.0 & drove up road towards Lairg. At 10.40 commenced to walk. Long day's walk over Scott's shooting. At 12.0 shot grey hen. Missed black cock. Waved to Thring leaving by train. On over hill. At 1.10 lunch by loch. 2 man in a boat from hotel. Uncomfortable lunch. After long weary walk. Never got a shot. Poor old Sam killed by breaking his neck after a hare. Stopped for tea (burn water & claret.) Left off by quarry & long walk home. Blistered heel, spoilt my day. Home. Ladies not yet back from The Mound visiting Ryle. Milk & soda & tea. Bath. Rested. M back. Wrote letters. Dinner. Took Lady M in. Great talk. After played at guessing words. Smoke. Whist. Won 3/6. Bed 11.50. 3rd day's shoot. Long walk on Scott's shoot.
Tuesday September 12 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.10am. Bath. Down in Lamb suit. Breakfast. Smoke after. Accident to poor little Rosalind. Fell on a pencil & cut artery. Richards, Newton & Marshall went to shoot. Mr & Mrs Foot & Miss Taylor fishing. Round of golf with Vernon in morning. Poor score. Lunch. Doctor to Rosalind. Wrote many letters. Another round with Vernon. Worse score. Letters. One from F.C.B. After men back from shoot. Lady M & baby in our room. Tea. After read Dirmea(?) in smoking room. Others at whist. Up in room. Sent letters. Packed portmanteau. After had dinner. Good. Games. Went out. Looked for thimble. Pipe. Whist played against Dryhurst. Lost 3/6. Bed 11.30. To shoot tomorrow, the Brora. Wednesday September 13 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.10am. Bath. After saw gale & pouring rain. No hope of a shoot. Met Vernon in passage. Had put his arm out. Most unfortunate. Breakfast, trout etc. Baby down all right. After pipe & read about Marat in Art & Letters. Pouring rain, cleared 12.0. M, self & all went down to look at spate. Logs of wood swirling round.. Richards in waders. After back. Sun. Got camera & walked down again & took 4 of spate & 2 of bathing pool. Back 1.45. Lunch. After cigar & walked to Watney Rock with Dryhurst. Others shooting. Took 6 phos, 1 spoilt. Back. Played bad round with Dryhurst. 59, 58 self. After tea, then foursome game. Mr & Mrs Foot v. Dryhurst & self. We lost by 4 holes. Back. Saw baby. Packed. Changed plates. Dinner. Took Lady M in. Good dinner. Made farewell speech. After quiet evening. Pipe. 2 rubbers, one against Dryhurst. Lost 3/6. After Marshall & self against Newton & Vernon. Won 1/6, lost 1/3. Thursday September 14 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Finished packing. Down to breakfast, last morning at Tressady. Had trout, snipe, bacon, egg, & slice of melon for breakfast. Smoke. At 10.30 left in omnibus. Good bye to all. Man asked me for my golf clubs. Ha! Ha! Lady M brought small bottle eucalyptus oil. Heavy rain. Richards came down in our omnibus & went to fish. Off from Tressady in reserved coupé. Lord Fitzhardinge at Lairg. On long weary way to Inverness. Through carriage. Lunched 1.10pm. Rain & heavy clouds. Hot bearing at Kincussie. Perth ¾ hr late. Stupid old guard. Settled down & off at 8.30pm. Had soup at restaurant. Bad. Dined in carriage. Claret, fowl etc. Settled to sleep at 9.45. Woke up Carlisle, porter opening door. Tucked M up. All right en route for Euston. Total of whist: won 21/6, lost 14/-, gain 7/6. Less 5/- sweep, 2/6 to good on visit. (Red ink: Last morning at Tressady.) Friday September 15 On board train. Woke up 7.0 at Bletchley. Washed etc. M slept very well. Euston 8.15. Hour late nearly. Saw fine family on platform. Father, sons, mother & daughters alike. Buss. Drove home. No runner. Arrived 9.10. Letters. Breakfast. Subject of 3 Jovial Huntsmen. Wrote many letters. After sent Purnell to Peals with boots. Begun work at 12.0. M out. Lunch. Worked on till 7.0. Dressed. Dined 7.30pm. Bottle Perinet. After M & self went to see 'The Other Fellow' at the Court Theatre. Pretty good. Groves as Champignol. Saw Hugh Spottiswood & Coningsby D'Israeli. After over at 11.0 drove home in hansom. Hot & stuffy. Sandwiches. Lemon squash. No spoon. Bed 12.0am. M tired. Sent cheque to Palatine company
etc, Gas company. (Red ink: Arrived home at 9.0am from Tressady, Rogart.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Goss.) Saturday September 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Bath. Down 7.30am. Finished drawing of 3 Jovial Huntsman after Caldicott. Put things away after finishing at 10.20. Breakfast 8.45. M in bed. Mother called 10.30 & stayed with M till 11.15. Packed bags. Sent Purnell for cheque etc. Rather a rush. Lunch. At 1.30 started with M in 4 wheeler for Waterloo. 2nd class carriage reserved, very comfortable. Down Ch Ch. Roy met us on platform riding bicycle. Court & Bill met us. On to Seekins. Tabs & Mervyn called. Hamilton back. After went round to Elm Hurst. Saw Mrs Shakespeare & Dorothy & Evelyn & Gwenny. Back. Dinner ½ past seven. Cider, Burgundy. Fair dinner. After smoked cigar. Rain. Roy dressed. At 9.0 went round to Elm Hurst. Felt seedy & tired & headache. Played 3 games of shellout, Roy, self, H & Mervyn. Roy played badly. Whiskey, very little. Left 10.40. Back. Very dark. Bed 11.15. Very tired, head uncomfortable. Bed. (Red ink across page: Went down with M to Christ Church.) Sunday September 17 Seekins's, Christ Church. Got up with a headache at 8.35. Went for bathe in the sea with Roy at 9.0. Breakfast 9.40. Honey. M in bed. After put things in next room to Roy's. Dressed at 11.0. Lovely morning. Wrote many letters. Finished by 1.30, after had lunch. Very good. Roast beef etc etc. At 3.15 started to go to Elm H. Met Tabs, Miss Holland & Mrs Shakespeare & Tags. Saw Hamilton. Got bicycle & rode towards Ch Ch with letters. Passed Roy at brewery. Roy walked on. Got bicycle etc after & rode over to West Bournemouth. Left Ch Ch 4.0, arrived Burnands at 5.30. Saw F.C.B & family. James O'Reilly Esqr & Miss Hollingshead. Left at 5.45. Good ride home, arrived Ch Ch at 6.30 exactly. Roy left bicycle. Walked back Mudeford. Heel bad walking. Dressed. Roy not good. Had to speak to him about dressing. Dressed. M sewed buttons on. Dined at Hamilton's. Good soup & dinner. Guess games after. Left at 10.40. Back & bed 11.15pm. Better but not quite the thing. (Red ink: Went on tricycle to F.C.B's.) Monday September 18 Seekins's, Christ Church. Up at 8.20. No bathe. Cloudy morning. but not cold. Good breakfast but still a headache. Sat in M's room. Man tapping window. Sent Roy into Ch Ch for plaster & to bicycle works etc. Wrote letters. All morning squared up prints from papers etc. Sent them to Fox. At 12.45 put plaster on foot & walked to Hamilton's. Lunch. Irish stew & rice pudding. Felt seedy. At 1.20 went on board Kitten. Silly imbecile Dereham. Blowing fresh. H, self, Mervyn & Shakespeare went. Went out to the 'Old gentleman' fishing. I caught 4 lemon soles, S 1, Mervyn 1. Back 3.15. Muddle with rigging. Seat hurt me. Bad attack of P. Back. Read paper. Tea. Tried trycycle, gave it up. Roy away at a lawn tennis tournament. Came in 2nd lot. Had bad partner. Home. Read etc. Letter from S. Dressed. Roy back late. Dined. Bottle of Saumur. Quiet evening at home. Bed early, 11.0pm. Mervyn's birthday. Took 2 Carters little liver pills. (Red ink: Mite arrived home from Scotland. Very seedy all afternoon.) Tuesday September 19
Seekins's, Christ Church. Up at 8.0am. Hip bath. Good breakfast. Lemon soles, eggs etc etc. After read Alison's Hist. At 11.0 began page for Almanack. Skemed it & took camera & at 12.45 got 6 photos of children. Back with Roy. Lunch. Lobsters etc. After cigar. M writing French letter. M & self walked round to E.H. Sat in arbour. Read Sala's book. Mrs Shakespeare & Mervyn there. At 4.0 put new seat on tricycle & went to Seekins. Called Roy. Wrote 5 or 6 letters. Back to Elm Hurst. Tea. After went into Christ Church with Roy. Posted letters & got P.O.O for 10/6 & sent to Ryle. Called on Pallant. Talk & settled for bicycle for Roy for 10/6 per week. Rain. Back to Elm H. Walked back with M home. Wrote 2 nd letter to Purnell & diary. Dined at 7.30. Bottle Saumur. Smoke after. Roy & self at 9.15 walked round to Elm Hurst. Played 150 up at billiards. Owed 50 & beat Roy by 50. Lemon squash. Left at 10.45. Home to Seekins. Had potash & read. Bed & took 2 Carters little liver pills. Potash & whiskey. Wednesday September 20 Seekins's, Christ Church. Up at 8.0am. Roy & self went to bathe. Not so cold. Lovely morning. Saw cutting was filled up across Major Stuart Wortley's path. Back. Breakfast. Got camera & photod children in garden & also saw Morant drawing in net. They caught flat fish, smelt, stingers etc etc. Most lovely morning. Back at 12.0. Packed bags. M in room. Drew cheques. Paid Seekins etc. Lunch at 12.45. At 1.0 Mervyn round with pony trap. Sent it back. Round again. Roy went back on trycycle for stick & hat. On to train. Roy back. 20 minutes to wait. Goodbye to Christ Church. Up to town with tricycle. Carriage to self. Purnell met me & took things home in 4 wheel cab. Cab on to Turkish bath. Heavy wet. Bath. Persuaded to buy razor 5/6. Lost it. Met Major Trench on going out. Cab to Bouverie St. Heel bad. Punch dinner. F.C.B, Sir J.T, Reed, Milliken, Arthur à B, Furniss & self. Good dinner. Chaff. Furniss went to 1 st night of Tree's piece 'The Templer'. Left at 11.0 with Sir J.T. Put down at Isthmian. Cab home. Saw 'Kerrie' for 1st time on getting home. Bed 12.10am. Thursday September 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slight head. Went thro' letters. Wrote some etc etc. After at 10.30 got to work on drawing of Knight & Water Snake. Had photo just the thing. Mite came round looking well. Stayed. Kerrie about. Worked up to 5.0pm when dressed. Mite lunched & went back to her grandmother's at 4.30 pm. Took at 5.40 Met Rly Gower St. Called 226.E.R. Walked to Garrick & Beefsteak. At 7.45 dined at Beefsteak. Sat next Lord Onslow. Long talk between Lord O & Joe Carr & others. Wrote six letters, to M etc etc. Called at Empire Theatre. Saw Round the Town. Left at 11.30 & cab home to Stafford Terr. 2/6 to man. Never thanked me. Le Coq de Lautreppe, 8 Quai de Billy, Paris, called on me about cartoons for American Review. Friday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Down 7.30. Worked at drawing, Knight & Water Snakes. Sent Purnell to F.C.B & to Peals. Worked all morning & got done at 12.30pm. Mite round. Packed bags etc. Lunch.1.45. Purnell got 4 wheeled cab & on to Paddington at 2.30 to catch the 3.0pm train. 20 minutes to wait. Took tickets to Highworth. One other gent (Schiff) in train. Run to Swindon straight thro'. Arrived H at 5.0. 9 mile drive to Buscot. Got there 6.10. Mr & Mrs Henderson etc. Tea & after walk in Park. Boy on bicycle etc etc. At 7.0 dressed.
Could not find braces. Down 8.10. Burne Jones's pictures in drawing room. Very good. Dinner. Took Mrs Henderson in. All plain women except Mrs H & Maud. After long tedious games with billiard cues on table. Played 2 hours. Bed at 12.0 after lemon squash. (Red ink: Went with Mite to Buscot Park.) Saturday September 23 Buscot Park, Farringdon, Berks. Up at 8.0. Bath. Felt livery & something disagreed with me. Down 9.15 in shooting boots etc. Breakfast. After doubts about shooting. Heavy rain. Up in room & wrote letters etc. At 11.0 started shooting. Took cape. Began 11.20 & walked till 2.0. Got one hare. No birds. Birds wild. Curwin Head Keeper. Very stout. 'Old Sollis'. Felt seedy & bilious all day. Something disagreed with me. Also my heel hurt me. After lunch stayed by self on top of hill. Squall of wind & rain. Pottered about until 6.0pm. Home. Tea. & at 7.0 dressed for dinner. Took Mrs Henderson in. Played pool after. Took 2 whole pools & divided one. Won £1.3.6. Bed 12.15am. Changed plates of photos. (Red ink: Very seedy all day. Indigestion etc. 1st day's shoot Buscot Park. No birds. One hare.) Sunday September 24 Buscot Park, Faringdon, Berks. Up 8.0am. Bath. Better. Good breakfast at 9.40am. Sausages etc. Stroll round stables etc. Great vine after. Got photo case & took laundry & grindstone etc. After a walk with Mr Schiff to Thames. Buscot Lock. Gave small boy 6d with bundle. Young Henderson caught me up. Back to house at 1.46. Lunch. Too elaborate. Talk of old Doetsch. After cigarette & coffee. Put lawn tennis things on. Played 2 sets & after 3 or 4 games at squash raquets. Frightfully painful attack of P came on. Got books & went up at 5 to rest in room. Slept 1½ hr. Bath. Wrote diary & dressed. Slightly better. Dinner. Took Mrs H in. Opposite Mite. Game of 'It' after. Mrs Torrens long time over it. After smoke in Henderson's room. No billiards. Read book on Brazil before sleeping. Changed plates. Sleep by 11.45pm. (Red ink: Very seedy in afternoon.) Monday September 25 Buscot Park, Faringdon, Berks. Up 8.0. Bath in 2nd room. Still seedy with P. Overcast morning. Down. Breakfast. Mr Schiff left. After got Cruise of the Bacchante. Left for shooting 10.30am. Walked to dairy. Wonderful machinery for manufacture of butter etc. Long walk over wurzals etc. Got 2 birds. 2 shots at hare. Lunch 1.45. Table spread. Talk of Punch. After long walk backwards & forwards after birds. Heavy plough. Left off at 5.15. Back to house. Whole day spoilt by great pain & inconvenience from P. Why or wherefore who knows? Tea. Mite playing hide & seek. Man on lawn with hose from turbine. Bath. Hot. Up in room. Gorgeous but not very comfortable. Lay on bed with electric light & read about Shannon in Cruise of the Bacchante. Dressed 7.30. Wrote diary. Dinner. 4 extra to dinner. Judge Snagge (very complimentary) & wife. Vicar & wife. Long time after dinner. Mite upset vase. After divided one pool. Lost 3 pool. Won 3/s. Bed 12.0. Read. Still not quite the thing. (Cutting glued in: Death of Albert Moore RWS.) Tuesday September 26 Buscot Park, Faringdon, Berks. Up 8.0am. 2 letters from M, one from F.C.B. Breakfast. Started shooting early, 9.40. Walked over high field, 270 acres. Shot 1
partridge. After back to covers. Met ladies. Henderson left for Bench of Magistrates. Lunch in road, jugged hare. Rain. After went on shooting up & down mangolds etc. Henderson back about 3.30pm. Shot rabbit. Cartridge jammed in gun. Got bird flying up lane. Round by railway of estate. Left off earlier than the others. Tea. A Captain in the Army Service Corps there. Wrote letters etc, many. Dressed & took Mrs Henderson in to dinner. Small dinner. Slow. Mrs Tubby, 2 ladies there. 1 pool after. Divided it. Won 2/6. Electric light wrong in some way. Very dull. Bed 12.0. Read Defoe's Plague. (Red ink: Felt all right for walking etc. Shot 3 birds 1 rabbit.) Wednesday September 27 Buscot Park, Faringdon, Berks. Up 8.0am. Brown suit. Breakfast. Found had to shoot. Changed & got off 10.0am. Very hot & close. Put cap in pocket. Walked backwards & forwards. Got one hare. Shot in hind legs. Squeaked badly. Left off 1.5pm. No birds for self. Walked back to house with Henderson. Changed. Scurry lunch. Off at 2.5pm. Good bye. Fees, keeper £1.0.0, valet 10/-, maid 5/-. Drove to Lechdale. Two boys on tricycles. One had bad fall. On to Oxford. Met the Trowers. Arrived Paddington 5.15. Home 5.45. No Purnell. Looked at Roy's papers etc etc. Returns tomorrow. Wired M. Left Mite & took hansom to Punch dinner. Tenniel not well. W.Agnew, Lawrence B, E.I.M, E.T.R, Hy F, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, Arthur à B & Lehmann there. Awfully long discussion about coal. Put down at Isthmian Club. Home by cab. Kerrie troublesome. Bed 12.10am. Foot hurt me again in the night. Gathered at heel. (Red ink: Shot 1 hare. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Joseph Gordon Davis. Sep 30, Oct 2. Oct 2. 1st time of 'Times' with large letters.) Thursday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bright morning. Read story in 'Pall Mall' magazine. After wire from M. Sent passes back to L & N.W Rly. Heel very bad again in morning. Gathered. Began work on Almanack. After dressed & at 1.30 went with Mite to station. Heel hurt me. Rain. Saw Mite off. Limped to Club. Long talk to David Plunkett. After met M & Roy. Home to Stafford Terrace. Roy good. Dined. Bottle of Saumur. Roy left for school at 9.0pm. M & self went to bed at 10.30. Heel hurt me very much. (Red ink: Roy went back to Eton. Heel came on bad, painful in night.) Friday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. M's birhday. Heel fightfully painful. Had to call Orton in. Clock weight dropped & broke, end of clock. Sent Purnell with prescription. Wrote cheque for £30 for Nash. Death of Joseph Gordon Davis in the paper. Waited about, no subject came. Tried to get on with Almanack. Could not do much. Got book of proverbs by sending Purnell to Bouverie St. Arranged after lunch the other proverbs. Rude letter from Mr Darling. Foot very bad all day. Dined quietly with Polly. Whisky & soda. Mr John Ward called & kept me talking ½ an hour outside of door. Bed quietly at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Called Orton in for heel. M's birthday.) Saturday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Foot still very bad. In morning began work on Almanack. Could not do much. In pain. Sent out for lotion to Barkers. Lunch. M out at her mother's. Maud came back from Christ Church at 6.0pm. Quiet dinner
at home. Gave up going to Beerbohm Tree's. Mr Wm H Ward called on me about a drawing in the morning & also Edward Reed at 11.30. Agreed to do a drawing for Ward. (Red ink: Heel very bad.) Oct 1893 Sunday October 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Foot dressed. Still very bad. Breakfast. After got to work on drawing for W.H Ward of John Bull & Yankee. Foot slightly better. Orton called at 12.45 & stayed 2 hours talking. Did not lunch till 2.45. Rested after. Got to work after reading Dr Pascal. In afternoon Edgar, Claude Watney, Henderson & son called. All left by 6.0pm. Worked till 8.0. Dined 8.15. Foot still very bad. (Red ink: Many called to see me. Claude Watney etc, Henderson also. Edgar said room was full of young men.) Monday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Foot still very bad. More local in inflammation. Breakfast. Wrote returning pass to Mr W Birt & condolences with Mr Davis. After got to work in morning at 10.0 & finished drawing for Ward, £10.10.0. At 1.30 lunch. Rested after & read Dr Pascal. M & Mite went out. M had £1.0.0. After got on with Almanack. Put in House of Lords. 2 ladies called to look at house. Tea 5.0pm. Got to work till 8.0pm. Dinner at 9.15. Orton came in after, lanced foot twice. Very painful. Felt faint. Upstairs after. Bed & sleep 11.45. In 'Times' first big block letters for obituary notices. (Red ink: Heel bad. Lanced after dinner. Nearly fainted.) Tuesday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Foot still very painful. Poultice. Breakfast. Went to Photo House oh! Man doing windows. Photod man from Nash for Almanack & Purnell & Mite. Leg very painful but got thro' somehow. After lunch rested & got print at 4.30. At 5.0 got to work till 8.0pm. Purnell fetched the mare from Horlick's. Dined at 8.0. Sent Maple cheque at last for £10.0.0. Wrote to D'Oyley Carte etc etc. Slight headache. Foot very painful after dinner. Bed 10.30pm. (Red ink: Mare came home from Horlick's.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of William Seabrook, and David Belasco, known as David James. David James left £36,000 & more.) Wednesday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Foot dressed, come more to a head. Printed photos after breakfast of Maud etc, Purnell. Got to work on Almanack drawings. In afternoon put in Tennis Girl & finished the Socialists. Quiet dinner at 8.0pm. Foot painful all day. Bed 10.30. (Red ink: Foot very bad. Did not go to Punch dinner.) Sore throat came on in night. Got up with it in morning 5 th, developed all day & next day got on my chest. Thursday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Foot still being poulticed. Breakfast. No letter from Table. Wrote F.C.B. At 11.30 Furniss called on G.G & F.C.B also a little after & left letters with instructions for subject. Orton had called about 11.0am. Saw foot. At 12.0 William Agnew called in carriage. Talk of subject. Mines & coal owners & Punch. Very full one. Sent Purnell round to Nash's foreman to ask him to come at
2.30pm. Never turned up. Photod Purnell for Owner & for Punch. Sent to Nash's 3 or 4 times much put out. Man came at 3.10. Got photo in the sun. Developed it & got to work after. In afternoon after tea worked till dinner time. Put children in as background, locomotive & ships, houses etc. Dined at 8.0. Very tired. Bed 10.30. Wrote Mr D'Oyley Carte. Gruel at night & mustard leaf on my chest. (Red ink across page: William Agnew called. Talked & settled Coal cut.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Savill Clarke. Daughter died Jany 29th 1894.) Friday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bath. Foot still poulticed etc. Breakfast. Got to work as soon as I had printed photos. Orton called & interrupted me in morning said poulticing must cease. Wrote a prescription for oil & carbolic acid. Went on with work. Spencer called at about 7.0pm as I was shading head after poor Charles Hutton. Dinner 8.0pm. Shaded 2 figures. Did not work after dinner. Bed 10.30pm. Had oil rag on. Lovely day all day. Maud had a cold come on. Gruel at night. This day had frightful cold on chest all day. (Red ink: Did very good cut on Coal Strike.) Saturday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Foot better but still so so. Oil lotion on it. After at 9.30am got to work & finished by 12.30pm drawing of Miner & Coal Owner. Rather a rush. Sent it off. Put photos away & tidied up etc. Lunch. Wire from Vaus & C & F.C.B about drawing. Went on all afternoon putting things away. Kerrie howled at music. Maud a cold. Got to work 5.0 on Almanack. M reading. At 5.30 Milliken called & stayed till 7.0 having tea & smoking one cigar. Squared up prints. Dinner at 7.45pm. Read papers & magazine after. Rubbish story of Mystery of the Red Fox. After at 10.30 bed. M said foot offensive. Dressed foot & to bed. (Red ink: Milliken called in afternoon.) Sunday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bath. Shave. Lovely morning. Foot still hurt me. After breakfast read for ¼ hour. Then skemed 4 Almanack subjects. At 11.0 Purnell round. Photod him in travelling ulster etc. Stace at 11.30. Took two positions & another of Purnell. At 12.30 went out for the 1 st time since Sep 28 in bath chair. M walking with Kerrie tied to a string. Lovely beautiful sunny morning. Met Mrs Parish. On to end of Row & round by memorial after. Kerrie followed very well. Lunch 1.30. Orton in at 2.0. Looked at foot. After in room after developing photos. Vernon & Lady M called 3.30. Spencer & Will Oakes, Mrs Parish & Miss Drummond Hay & child. After Mr Rowlinson who had been north near Tressady. Wrote letters. Sent cheque to Hodgman etc. Wrote F.C.B. Mite practising. Mite had a very bad cold. M sent for diaphoretic for her. Mite came down to dinner after all, bed 9.30. Made wire profiles of Roy & self. Bed at 10.30. M knocking. (Red ink across page: Foot bad. Went out in bath chair, M walking with Kerrie.) Monday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Mite in bed with bad cold all over. Colder & duller. In morning wrote letters. After took me till noon to print phos taken yesterday. Lighted stove. Put in figure running along for advertisements in morning. In afternoon rested. Found a lot more photos of Sketch, Gentlewoman etc in nursery. Tore sheets out. Sent Fox prints after. Steady 4 hours work to dinner
time. Put Alderman in etc. Dinner 8.0. Purnell forgot to fetch Kerrie. M knocked at 10.30. Bed. Mite in bed all day. (Red ink: Mite in bed with cold all day.) Tuesday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning after heavy rain in the night. Had foot dressed. Mite still in bed. After breakfast developed 12 plates taken March 8. All right bar one. At 11.15 Orton called. Foot getting on all right. At 12 got to work on drawing. Skemed Brittania. Lunch 1.30. Mite down. At 2.0pm went for drive with mare 1st time since coming home. Round Park, back 2.50. M & dressmakers. Washed foot & burnt lint. After worked till 8.0pm. Mite down & dined quietly all together after. Wednesday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Fine in morning but rain about noon & continued pouring wet all day. M seedy in bed. Got on with Almanack drawing. Put in haymakers etc. Re-drew figure of Penny in Slot. Worked till lunch & after decided to go to Punch dinner. At 6.15 M drove me up with mare. Pouring rain. There 6.55. Up in room. Agnew complimentary about cut & also Maud. Dinner. Tenniel 20 minutes late. Drank whisky & potash. Full dinner. W.A, E.I.M (late) Bernard P, E.T.R, Lucy, Guthrie, F.C.B, Sir J.T. self, Arthur à B, Lehmann & Hy F. Long discussion. Felt seedy. Left at 10.45 & home in good hansom at 11.15. Read paper & bed. Pouring with rain. Agnew left to play piquet. (Red ink: Very wet all day. Went to Punch dinner with foot bad.) Thursday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. After at 9.30 photod Maud for Britannia. Forgot to down top light. Spoilt all. At 11.0 Orton came. Looked at foot, said put stinking powder on. After did Maud over again. Not very successful. Lunch. Disappointed about carriage. Smoke & rest after lunch. Got to work at 3.0pm. Put in Britannia. Lady M & Miss Rosalind called at 5.0. Tam Tam Baby & doll that shuts its eyes. Worked till 8.0. Lady M sent for Maud at 6.30 to go to dine & the play. Mite saw Gilbert & Sullivan's new opera. Stayed up for her after dinner. Missed her coming in. Went to bed 1.0am. Foot not dressed. Maud home about 11.50. Never heard her. (Red ink: Lady Margaret & Tam Tam called.) Friday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning. Bath. Talk to Mite about last night's play. Bother with powder for foot. Smell. Up in room. Bright sun. Hippopotamus or rhinoceros subject came at 9.50am. Worked all day at it. Maud Paxton came in the afternoon. Dined quietly at 8.0pm. Quiet evening & bed after 10.30pm. (Red ink: Maud Paxton arrived with her box & stayed a fortnight.) Saturday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Worked in morning on drawing Lion & Hippo. Finished at 11.0, sent it off. Put all things away & after lunch developed some photos. Did a little work on Almanack. At 6.0pm dined. At 7.0 started for Drury Lane Theatre. Mite & self in cab, Maud P & M in carriage. Very wet. Saw play of Life of Pleasure. Wm Stone in box. Had large stage box. Long weary play. Battle good. Out at 11.15 & on to Stone's rooms in the Albany. Supper. Oysters & Champagne. Pet cat Tommy. Left at 12.15. Home in a 4 wheeler. M's tooth & neuralgia bad. (Red
ink: Went to Drury Lane & saw a 'Life of Pleasure'. Stone with us. Supper at the Albany after. Foot still in slipper. Hurt in box.) Sunday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Breakfast. 1 hour's work etc. After decided to ride. Did so on mare at 12.0. Walked to Fulham. Met Col Grant. On to Putney & round past Barnes Common home. Home at 1.45. Lunch. Orton in after & looked at foot. Got very hot. Worked in afternoon hard on Almanack, put in borders of Briar Rose. Molesworth called. Quiet dinner & bed 11.0pm. Very warm. Felt seedy in morning from last night. (Red ink: 1st ride on mare after foot being bad & her coming up from grass.) Monday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wrote letters. At 11.0 rode mare in Park 1 st time. Dull morning. Very warm. Put brown suit on. Met Stone & Miss Steincopff & after Finlay & son. Home by 12.15 & got on with work. Worked all afternoon & up to 8.0pm. Dined quietly at home. Bed 12.0. At 10.0 Mite, Maud P & self went in carriage to Mrs Louise Jopling's at home. Very slow. Hung about till 11.30. Saw Mr Smale & Cockerell etc. Mite disappointed. Home by carriage at 11.25pm. No corkscrew for Apollinaris on getting back. Annoyed. Death of C.B.Birch ARA, 5.0pm. (Red ink across page: Very slow at home, Mrs Jopling.) Tuesday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull wet day. Worked all day on Almanack 2 blocks. Began shading in afternoon at 4.0. After at 8.0 Orton came in & dined with us. Stayed till 1130pm. Bottle of Saumur at dinner. Talk of fishing etc. Orton did not look at foot. Mr Hood called on the 2 Mauds. (Cutting glued in, obituary of Charles Birch, ARA.) Times Wedy 18th. Poor Birch only left £277. Wednesday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. fine day. In morning did not ride. Got on all day hard with Almanack page. Shaded small subjects. Lunch. M went to dentist's. After worked till 6.30. Dressed & had very good hansom to Punch dinner, 3/s. F.C.B, A.G, H.W.L, E.T.R, B.P, E.I.M, Phil A, Hy F, A à B, self, & Sir J.T there. Long discussion after. Got cut for self of Scotchman & Gov't. Drove back in same cab with Reed. Home at 11.30pm. Slightly foggy. Foot still being dressed. Cheque for £590 sent from Fine Art Socy. Thursday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Fine morning. Bright sun. After in morning worked till 1.0 on Almanack. Put in shading of 2 ¾ pr cent & Punch. Background to slum etc. Lunch. After at 3.0 began cut of Highlanders Piping etc. Got on with it till 7.15 when dressed & went to dine at Col Welby's, Queen Anne's Gate. Fascinating elderly woman there. Mrs Lin Linton & Alfred Gilbert. Good quiet dinner. Talk after. Left at 11.0. Carriage both ways. Mite, Maud Paxton & Mademoiselle Jackenot went to Daley's Theatre. All home by 11.30. Bed. M got fish bone in her throat. (Red ink: Good dinner at Col Welby's. Foot in slipper. Met Gilbert RA & Miss McKenzie.) Friday October 20
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wedding day. Forgot it at 1st. Breakfast. Jackenot there. Wrote diary & letters after. Instructed Lowndes to buy £600 worth of London & County Bank shares. Mite & Maud P went out for drawing to Blanche Cole. Got to work at 10.45 only. Worked hard all day & up to 8.0pm. Dinner. Began to shade at 6.30pm. Worked after dinner from 9.0pm to 1.0am. Very tired. (Red ink: Wedding day 19 years ago.) Saturday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Wrote F.C.B, Beerbohm Tree & Daly. Worked from 9.15 to 12.0 (noon) on drawing. Sent it off. Shading took 7 & ¾ hrs. At 12.30 rode mare in Park. Very muggy & warm. Met Finlay & one son. Saw Mr & Mrs De la Rue & rode back with old Wyndham. Lunch. Mite & Maud Paxton had gone to Surbiton to see Mr Hook. Rested & slept for 1½ hrs after lunch in bedroom, being very tired. Tea 5.0pm. Refreshed & at Almanack again. Had wire from Tree to say house was full. Worked till 8.0pm. Shaded Britannia. So so. Don't like lines on face. Maud P playing after. Read Lives of the Caesars. Bed at 11.0pm sharp. Pushed tooth out, quite sound. (Red ink: Lost a sound tooth. Came out whole.) Sunday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Pouring wet morning. Nevertheless at 10.30 rode mare in wet to Wimbledon. Through Richmond Park & home by 12.30. Never went better. Man & lady cantering in Park. Never could pass one along the road after. Mite & Maud P at church. Had bath & changed things. Wrote diary. Lunch 1.30, after rested in chair & snoozed till 4.0pm. Young Messel called & also young Dyce. Talk of dogs. Wrote letters & sent cheque for Life Assurance. After got to work at 6.0pm till 7.45. Shaded Britannia's face. Dined. Rest after. M came down after keys in dressing gown. (Red ink: Lovely ride on mare to Wimbledon & Richmond. Wet but nice ride.) Monday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Venolin on foot. Colder. Got to work at 9.30 on shading drawings for Almanack. Maud P with bad face. M out to see her mother. Worked till 1.35. Lunch. After got on & worked all afternoon up to dinner time. Put in tennis girl. Worked till 8.30pm. Took out head of Britannia & put it in again. Got it better than at first. Dined 8.30 & at 9.15 worked another 2 hours on it. Bed 11.30pm. Tuesday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. At 9.0 got to work & printed lettering on 2 pages for Almanack. Sent them off exactly at 11.30am. At 11.45 rode mare in park. Saw Stone, Finlay & old Wyndham. Old W told story of Le Clerk the dancing master, 'Tam Tam'. Home 1.30pm. After lunch people came to look at house. Did aquarium. At 3.30 got to work on Calendar. Col Welby & Miss Muir Mackenzie called, also Mrs Finlay & Mrs Paxton looking ill. Worked till 7.30. Wrote letters till 8.0pm. Conrad dined with us. Bottle Saumur. Stayed till 12.0. Bad lamps. Bed at 12.30am. Something disagreed with me. Slight colley wobbles & indigestion. Fine warm lovely weather. Darling wrote about editor wanting to know about Almanack. (Red ink: Very warm weather.)
Wednesday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bath. Dressed foot. Undecided as to letting house. M went off to Mr Bartlett at 10.0. Maud to drawing. Dull morning. Thermometer 66 with window open. Got on all day with Calendar. Lunch. Worked, found could not finish & rather bothered with head of Punch. Newton called at tea time. Came up & saw me. Left 6.0pm. Went on to work & on up to 7.0pm. Dressed & on in cab to Bouverie St. Got there 7.30. Lawrence B, E.I.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, & Hy F there. Easy cuts. Shadow of Africa for J.T. & 'When the cat's away' for self. Furniss pitching into Shepherd's work. Hass! Left at 10.45. Took wrong gloves. Home by 11.20. Heavy rain. Squelch of rain by Kensington Gore. M & girls went to Court Theatre. Not back when I got home. Arrived 5 minutes after in heavy rain. Difficulty in getting carriage. Bed at 12.0. M very tired. Thursday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Most lovely day. At 10.0 skemed Cat drawing & at 10.45 photod Purnell in 5 positions, self in one. Developed them & out at 12.0. Rode Cob for 1st time since coming up. Good ride in Row. Met Mite, Maud P & young Paxton & Kerrie. After Finlay & Beerbohm Tree. Rode round by Marble Arch. Cob very quiet. Home to lunch 1.15. Printed phos taken this morning. Lunch off Store mutton. Bathed prints. Wrote diary. M resting. Chesterton's man called about letting the house. Refused for season '94. Rested till 5.0pm & then finished Calendar by 8.15pm. Dined quietly. Troubled by indigestion etc. Worked for ½ an hour after dinner when went to bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Finished calendar for 1894.) Friday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning. At 9.30 rode Cob in park. Met Lockwood. Back 10.30. Purnell sent with straw to Blanche Cole's studio. At 10.40 went & photod Leech's old house being pulled down. Back. Put photos away. Got to work on Cat o' Nine tails cut at 12.0. Mite & Maud P out. Lunch 1.30. Letter from Miss Muir Mackenzie about Brabazon. Maud Paxton left in the aftenoon. Never said goodbye. Worked till 8.0pm. Dined, M, Maud & self together. Squared up page after & sent it to Brightmans. Quiet read of Century Magazine afterwards. Bed 11.30pm. Tired. (Red ink: Maud Paxton left for Walmer.) Dance at the Arthur Lewis's. Mite not asked much to her chagrin. Saturday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After breakfast went on & finished drawing of Cat o' Nine Tails by 11.30. At 12.0 rode Cob in Park. Saw Stone, Findlay & son & old W. Home at 1.30. At 2.30 went in carriage to Lyric & saw Little Christopher Columbus. Pretty girl with contralto voice & E.J.Lonnen good. Out 5.0pm & put M & Maud in carriage at Jermyn St. Bought sausages. Walked on to Turkish bath in Northumberland Avenue. Got razor left there on Wedy Sep 2 nd. Fair bath. Eyes hurt. Hair cut. Out 6.55. Home by omnibus by 7.50. Quiet dinner & evening at home after. Read Century about the voyage of Napoleon to St Helena. M came down at 11.0. Bed. Slept well. Put shoe on to ride & boot to walk for first time. (Red ink: Shoe on foot for 1st time to ride. Went with M & Mite to see Little Christopher Columbus. Turkish bath after.) Sunday October 29
Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Lovely morning. Dressed in Court suit. Sausages. After breakfast at 10.30 Purnell took 6 photos of self. Developed them. A 12.10 went for ride on tricycle down Hammersmith Road & up Roehampton Lane, Putney Hill. Knocked a little girl down in Fulham Rd. Police took name. Gave 2/s & 1/3 to labourer. Fellow bicyclist said he would drop me a post card. Home 1.30. Lunch. Printed photos. Changed. Wrote diary. M & Maud went into Park at noon. Developed plates till 4.0pm. Rested after. Bergheim & wife called at 5.0pm. Stayed 1 hour. Talk of Reginald Money Wigram. Left 6.0. Read. Squared up prints. Dined quietly at 7.30. Bottle of '74 Ivory. M buzzy. Bed at 11.0. (Red ink: Rode on tricycle. Knocked a child down at Fulham.) Monday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Lovely bright morning. Colder. From 9.30 to 11.0 printed phos of children & for cut. At 11.30 rode in Park on Cob. Met Stone, Finlay & old W etc. Up & down. Left at 12.50. Back 1.15. Lunch. Bathed prints after & at 4.0 got to work on page Punch & children. Wrote orders for coal & peat fuel in morning & also for training creeper. Man called, father of little girl run over yesterday. Gave him 2/6 at 2.0pm. Worked till 7.40 when dined. M & Maud out in carriage for 3¼ hours. Tea at Colonel Welby's. After dinner guess game, Robinson Crusoe & Livingstone. Bed 11.0. Disappointed with cut lines out of cut in Punch. Sent cheque to Vinten & Son for breakages. Tuesday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bright sunny morning. Letters from Roy & Mr Ainger. Roy bad, got into scrape & been hauled up at Police Court. Very vexed. At 10.0 wrote letters till 10.30. Rode Cob in Park & met Stone, also Mrs Heilbut & Mrs Tate. Cold & bright, 1st frost this morning. Back home at 12.15. Did work till 1.0 lunch. After at 3.0 M went out in carriage. Ruth Messel & sister called & stayed with Mite all afternoon. M back at 5.30. Coals in from Stores. Worked till 7.45. Dined quietly at home. Fire in dining room bright & cosy. M read Nero in afternoon. Bed at 11.0. Very cold at night. (Red ink: News of Roy's disgrace of throwing stones last Sunday week. Letter from Mr Ainger.) Nov 1893 Wednesday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cold duller morning. Did not ride. Worked all morning at page for Almanack. M out in carriage at 11.0. Mite walked to meet Ruth Messel & her brother. Parcel from Vaus & Crampton. Annoyed at reproduction of work. Lunch 1.30. German maid with M. Wrote letters & after worked till 5.0pm. Mr Brabazon called & Lilian Laver also. At 5.30pm started to walk to Punch dinner. Called club. No letters. Walked all way. Good Punch dinner. Phil Agnew, E.I.M (late) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L & Hy F there. Cut settled at once, France & Russia. Got Dr Dulcamara cut for self. Left at 11.15 with Sir J.T. Wrote bogus latin on card. Words with Lehmann. Dull night. Letter from Mr Ainger, Roy, & Schomberg McDonnell about Ayala. Read after 'Defeat of the Matabele'. Bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: Walked to Punch dinner, 1st time since foot bad.) Thursday November 2
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dark wet morning. Breakfast. Wrote Ayala & Schomberg McDonnell. Got to work at 11.0am. Did not ride. Drizzle rain all morning. At 1.30 photod medicine liqueur case & at 2.0 in drizzle Purnell & self for Dr Dulcamara cut. After developed them & dried by stove. Could not get prints. At 4.48 Mite & M drove to Victoria. Mite to go down to dance with Mrs Torrens. Worked on Dulcamara cut. M back at 6.0. Bill for coals came in £3.13.0 per 2 tons. Could not find papers before dinner. Dined 8.0. Wrote letters from 9.15 to 10.15. After read mag & Budget & bed 11.45. 1 st tried peat fuel. Friday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Drowsy. Barkers bill rendered, all Mite's ribbons etc etc. Rode Cob at 9.45 in Park. Dull wretched morning. Met Speed. Baby poisoned. Also Delarue. Rode home by Imperial Institute by 10.45. Work at 11.0. M out with Kerrie. Thermometer 62° with no fires & window open. Worked all day on drawing of Dr Dulcamara up to 8.0pm. Kerrie set on with fox terrier. Too great a coward to defend himself. Mite back at 6.0pm. M had been to fetch her in carriage at 4.0. Returned 5.0pm. Mite had not enjoyed her stay & dance. Stingy people. Quiet dinner by selves. Mite tired & went to bed early, M & self at 11.0. Saturday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Got to work 7.35 & worked till 8.40 on drawing Dr Dulcamara. Breakfast after till 11.15. Sent it off. Put photos away & after walked to bottom of road & took buss to top of Piccadilly. Heavy rain. On to Club. Saw McLean. Sir R Romer & Arthur Blunt. Had minced chicken for lunch. Wrote 4 or 5 letters, Roy etc. Out at 2.15pm & walked to Comedy Theatre. Waited & met M & Maud in carriage. Had good box for 'Sowing the Wind'. Good play. Brandon Thomas, Cyril Maude & Miss Winifred Emery very good. M cried. Comyns Carr came into box. Out 5.5pm. Bought sausages. Missed carriage at top of Jermyn St. Got it after & home by 6.0pm. Tea. Worked for 1½ hours. Dined quietly at home & quiet peaceful evening after. (Red ink: M, Mite & self saw 'Sowing the Wind'. Good box. M cried.) Sunday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Dullish half rainy morning & cold. At 10.20am got on Cob & rode via Campden Hill (Gave old Xing sweeper 6d.) to Lloyd Sq. Got off Wharton St, on tho' Claremont St & Angel. Along by Duncan St, High St Islington to Highbury. Saw same hatters shop Shipway & Loomes etc. Huge advertising shop keeper. Turned into the Liverpool Road from Holloway Rd, Upper Park St & thro' Barnsbury. Down thro' the maze of Rly stations & down thro' Portland Place. Home 1.30 exactly. Lunch. Changed. Dyed leggings mahogany brown. In room, not a soul called. Tea & worked on Almanack from 4.0 to 7.45. Dinner. Bottle of No16 Burgundy, not very good. After dinner acute toothache came on with M, had to go to bed early. I slept in chair till 11.30 when put out fire & went to bed. (Red ink: Rode to north of London, Lloyd Sq & Highbury.) Monday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Fine cold morning. Worked till 11.15. Wrote Corben, Ayala & Agnew (Phil). After at 45 past 11 rode Cob in Park. Met old Wyndham, Finlay & George Alexander. After Sir David Cooper & Admiral Willis. Home 1.30. Lunch. Read paper. Lady after Annie's character. Man from Stores came &
tapping at wall doing creepers. Got to work after on last Almanack page, Punch's Party. Put in figures, Punch etc. Dinner 8.0pm. Tuesday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After breakfast got to work & went on last page for Almanack. Punch's Fancy Dress ball. Put in last figures & began to shade at 4.0pm. Dined 8.0pm. After sat with M in my end of room by stove. 2 mice came out round by stove, quite perky. Bed 11.30pm. Letter came by last post acknowledging cheque from Corben. Went out for ride on Cob at 11.45 being lovely morning. Met Mite walking with Annie & Ruth Messel. Wednesday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & after breakfast got to work on last Almanack drawing. Shaded it all day. Coud not finish it at 4.0pm when V & C's man called. Finished at 6.45pm. Changed & left in cab for Punch dinner. Fair cab & after block in Piccadilly got to Punch dinner at 7.30pm. Good dinner. F.C.B, A.G, E.T.R, B.P, E.I.M (late) William Agnew, Hy F, Arthur à B, self, & Sir J.T. Agnew suggested cut of Cobden. Furniss imitated him after. Got no cut for myself. Left 11.15 in Sir J.T's cab & home by 12.0. (Red ink: Finished the Almanack for 1894 at 6.30pm.) Thursday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cold but fine. No subject. Put things away from cut yesterday in morning. Dressed & at 11.45 started with Mite in carriage for Bouverie St. Had police passes. Got to Fleet St 12. 30. Drove to Salisbury Sq 1 hr & a ¼ too soon. At 2.45 procession passed. Poor. Very cold. Model Tower Bridge & Caxton printing. Mrs à Beckett with dyed hair. Mr & Mrs Lucy, Mr & Mrs à B & friend, Millken, self, Lawrence B, Phil & Wm Agnew there. Noakes & Maxwell. Nice American lady. Lunch after. Left 3.0. Got cab in side street & home by Bayswater (past D.M's house.) Home 4.0. Tea & slept 2 hours. Dressed 6.30 & left 7.30 to walk up to 1 Seamore Place. Met Bernard Partridge outside. Dined with Alfred de Rothschild. Alfred de R, D.M, Wilson, E.T.R, Hy F, Dr Sir W.H. Russell, Leopold de R, Mr Henry Chaplin, Lucy, self, Arthur à B, Lord Battersea, F.C.B, Duke of Fife, Sir Rivers Wilson, Sir Horace Farquhar, Lawrence B, Guthrie, Lord Royston, B.P, P.A, E.I.M, William Agnew, Sir John Tenniel. Lord Hardwicke came in after & many others. Doetch, Bancroft, Alexander, Tree etc etc. Miss Yoké sang three or 4 songs after. All after her. Smoke & talk after. Mr Chaplin asked me to dinner next Monday. Left 1.15. Home by cab. Took some bi-carbonate of potash. (Red ink across page: Lunch at Bouverie St for Lord Mayor's Show. Dined with Alfred de Rothschild.) Friday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Felt pretty well. Got to work after writing letters on drawing of Rhodes & Lord Ripon. Took no photographs. Worked all day. M & Mite went out in carriage. Did not ride. Dined 8.0pm & worked 2 hours afterwards. Mouse came & looked at me whilst at work at 11.0am. Read after work & went to bed at 12.30am. Saturday November 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Bath. Breakfast. M in bed. After at 9.30 got to work on drawing of Rhodes as Lion King. Finished at 12.30. Put photos away &
dressed. Lunch 1.30. Roy back from school in cab at 1.30. Left 2.0 for Drury Lane. Got there at 2.30, just when scene on the Thames on in Life of Pleasure. Cold in stalls. Got changed for box for battle scene. Left 5.15. Cup of tea & cocoa in the Garrick Club. Saw Bancroft & Jones. After walked to Jermyn St. Sausages. On to Piccadilly & cab home. Dressed. 1st book home from Mudies. Dined at 7.0pm & after at 7.50pm M & Maud went in carriage to Haymarket Theatre, Roy & self in cab. Splendid box & Guthrie in it also. Saw 'The Templer'. So so. Beautifully put on stage. Gilbert in stalls, also Mr Goodall & Rica. Whiskey & soda & cigarette in room behind box. Left at 11.15. Saw Mrs Ward & daughter. Home by 12.0. Room cold. Bed 12.15pm. (Red ink: Emily Copers took herself off.) (Red ink across page: Roy back from Eton. Went to Life of Pleasure in afternoon & to The Templer in the evening.) Sunday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Tired. Lovely bright sun lasted the whole day. Breakfast. Roy sausages. At 10.30 Roy & self rode along Earl's Court up to Wimbledon. Picked holly. On & had ginger beer at Robin Hood. Nearly round Richmond Park. Met Captain Abney. Roy got off twice. Home by 10.30. Changed. Lunch. Mite at her grandmother's. Rested after. Tired & cold. Roy fetched Maud. At 4.45 Miss Rose Innes called. Stayed till 6.50. Roy lolling about. Dined 7.30. 1 st night of new maid with more than a score of years character. Slept & rested after. Roy drank all my lemon. Snooze till 11.30 after when to bed after reading book on Pyramids. (Red ink: Most lovely day. Roy & self rode to Wimbledon Common & Richmond Park. Miss Rose Innes called.) Monday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning but cold. Roy did not put vest on. Sent him up. Roy left at 9.40 in hansom, gave him £1.0.0. Went up & squared prints etc. After at 11.45 rode Cob. Passed battalion of Grenadier Guards. Finlay met me at Princes Gate. Up Row. Met Alexander, Barclay etc. Rode with Stone. Stone's horse reared with him. Home at 1.20. Changed. Lunch. Mite at her grandmother's. Developed 12 plates taken Hall Barn June 4th. Cold. After sorted desk of letters & papers. At 5.0 Fanny Barker & Alice called. Talk till 5.30. M & Mite back 5.45. Wrote diary. Dined quietly with M & Mite 7.30. Rest after by fire. Very cold. Read Petrie's book on the Pyramids. Very interesting. Slight sore throat came on I believe from going into Photo Hut. Rested 11.30, when to bed. Wrote Store orders for lemon squeezer & mousetrap etc etc. (Red ink: Cold came on, only interval of 6 weeks. Lovely day. Bright sun.) Tuesday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. 1st yellow fog of the season. Bad. Cold on throat & chest. Candles to breakfast. Sat by fire & after marked all silk shirts & linen ones etc. Purnell said mare was slightly lame from Sunday. Squared prints & after at 12.30 dressed to go to Guthrie's lunch. Wrote Black & White & Pall Mall Budget. M, Mite & self walked in wretchedly foggy & wet weather as far as Albert Hall Mansions at 1.0. After I walked across the Park diagonally to South Audley St & on to Guthrie's lunch. Met Mr Pym & Bernard Partridge. Good talk. Poor lunch. Left at 4.45 after smoke. Called at Peals. Saw Scone. Walked home in fog. Chest hurt me. Home 6.10pm. No M or Mite. Changed & sat & read Petrie's book on the digging in Egypt. Very interesting. Dined 7.30. After to bed at 10.45, M playing all
evening. Had gruel & mustard leaf. Cold very troublesome & painful. Cold very bad on chest. (Red ink: Awful day. 1st fog of season.) (Red ink across page: Walked to Guthrie's lunch & back.) Wednesday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull wretched morning. Cold on chest bad but better for poultice etc. After breakfast M went to Stores. Wrote many letters, diary etc etc. Did not ride. Lunch. M at home. Molesworh & Miss Clarke & Mrs Medley & Mrs Boughton called. Left at 4.0 to walk to Club. Did so. Cup of tea at 5.0pm. Read Edinburgh Review, Marie Corelli's book etc. Left at 5.30 on to Punch dinner, 7.5. W.Agnew, F.C.B, Reed, B.P, Guthrie & Sir J.T, self, Arthur à B & Hy F there. Long discussion afterwards. Guthrie obstructive. Told story of Roy. At 11.0 saw sparks falling & looked out. Immense fire. Turned out to be in Newgate. Masses of fire falling in Bouverie St. Arthur à B & Furniss went. Came home with Sir J.T. Put down at Isthmian. Cold came on in head very bad. Gruel & bed at once. (Red ink: Cold very bad on chest. Got into head coming home.) (Red ink across page: Great fire opposite Newgate, Crown's Perfumery Compy.) Thursday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. M not good. New cold in head very bad. Bunged up with cold. Down. Doubts as to riding. Skemed cut of Chamberlain as Clown. Decided to ride. Photod Purnell at 12.0. Kerrie lost. Rode 12.30 to 1.30pm. Saw Stone. Met Mite. Back 1.30. Rested after lunch. Set mouse trap. M out & back at 5.0. Got to work. At 6.0 a mouse caught. M gave it to the cat. Worked from 5.0 to 7.30. Dressed & left 8.10pm for the Amphitryon Club. Dined with Mr Henry Chaplin. Very good dinner. Splendid wine, Lafite '64, Brandy 1793. Stayed till 12.30pm when home. Arthur Balfour left at 10.0 for the House. My cold most troublesome. Simply bunged up. Felt better after. Straight up to bed at 1.15. Letter from Oswald Crawfurd. (Sketch of table seating.) Sambourne, Curzon MP, Dr W.H.Russell, Hy Lucy, Henry Chaplin, Senator(?), Arthur Balfour MP, Lord Royston, Hy Furniss. (Red ink: Cold awful at night. Bunged up.) (Red ink across page: Mr Chaplin's dinner at the Amphitryon.) Friday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Up latish 8.30. No headache. Cold better. Lovely fine morning. Warm. Wrote letters & diary. Purnell round 11.0. Decided to ride at 12.0. Did ride. Most lovely warm west wind & sun. Met Stone & old W riding down. After M, Mite & Kerrie. Ride with Alexander after. Left 1.30 & home 1.45. Lunch. After bathed prints & rested. At 4.0 went on to work on Chamberlain as Clown & worked till 8.0pm. M read to me. Dined. Up at 9.0 & worked till 11.0pm when M came down & went to bed. (Red ink: Most lovely bright warm day, quite hot. West wind. Rode from 12.0 to 1.30pm. Major (blank) killed in the Park near Marble Arch.) Saturday November 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50am. Down punctually at 8.30. Breakfast. News of end of coal strike. At 9.30 got to work on Chamberlain as Clown. Finished at 12.30. Did not ride. Very wet. Put things away. Dressed at 1.0. Lunch 1.30pm. Carriage at 2.0. M, Mite & self drove to Criterion Theatre & saw St John in Madame Favort. Very good. Curious girl Miss Jefferies with long thumbs. Great gale came on. Cold & snow. Back home at 5.45. Tea. Wrote 6 or 7 letters & diary. Annie Tallant leaves
tonight. New maid Alice Turner comes. Quiet dinner, 3 of them waited. After read Pyramid book by Proctor & so to bed at 10.30pm & glad to get there. (Red ink: Great gale & snow fom the north. Bitterly cold & piercing. Many wrecks around coast.) (Red ink across page: Went to Madame Favort.) Sunday November 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Down. Very bitterly cold. Snow on roofs & dreadfully sloppy pavement. Coud not ride. At 12.0. went for walk with M & Mite. Left Mite at Albert Memorial to X road to her grandmother's. Back. Lunch & rested & read Pyramid book. Mite back at 3.0. No one called. At 5.0 got to work & legened all Claude Watney's drawings. Dressed at 7.10 & left 7.40 in cab, pouring with rain, for Lockwood's dinner at Brooks's. Sat between Alexander & Willie Matthews. 12 minutes late. Parkinson's story about Harness's belt. Up in room. Curious bats in book. One about Atlantic cable. Left at 12.30 & home by cab. (Red ink: Frank Lockwood's dinner.) (Sketch of table seating) A.W Pinero, C Matthews, Linley Sambourne, George Alexander, H Beerbohm Tree, Joe Hare, Frank Lockwood QC, MP, Sir Douglas Straight, Harry Furniss, Joe Parkinson, S.B.Bancroft, A.W.Pinero. (Red ink across page: Lockwood's dinner at the Reform Club.) Monday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Awfully cold north wind. Put things in order etc in room & decided to ride at 12.0. Did so & nearly chilled. Met Mr Peter Reed at the other side of Park with another. Cob very fresh. Home 1.15 & after lunch sat round stove. Wrote letters etc. After early dinner 6.45, M, Mite & self went in cab to Daly's Theatre. Purnell did not know the way as usual. Arived 8.5pm. Saw Tenniel & Stone in hall of theatre. Good box with gas stove in it. Saw School for Scandal. Very bad. Sir Oliver & Jew also Rowley. Adah Rehan not good, Farrow A1, Bouchier so so. Left at 11.15 & to Stone's rooms to supper. Oysters & pheasant. Champagne. Tommy the cat etc. Left after cigar at 12.40am. Home by 4 wheeler at 1.15am. Mite tired. (Cutting glued in: Death of Cornelia Furniss. Times Nov 22.) (Red ink across page: Went to Daly's Theatre. School for Scandal. Supper at Stone's rooms after.) Tuesday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Fine morning. Not quite so cold. Tidied up generally. Cleared drawers with drawings out. At 11.30 rode Cob on the Row. Met Stone. Introduced to Cyril Maude. Saw M, Mite & Kerrie. Back 1.20. Purnell at end of mews. After lunch rested & snooze. Bad attack of P after T. Sorted drawings etc. Squared up the Hans Andersen drawings. After at 7.10 dressed. Sent cheques to Knightley & Kennedy. Left at 7.40 for Lucy's dinner. Purnell as usual did not know the way. Arrived. Pleasant dinner 12. Sat next Mrs Harry Lawson. Left 11.0. Lucy upset wine. Bought picture home. (Red ink: Henry W Lucy's dinner.) (Sketch of table seating.) Mr Harry Lawson, Mrs Linley Sambourne, Sir Donald Currie, Mr H.W.Lucy, Lady Fanny Marjoribanks, Sir James Robinson, L.S, Mrs Harry Lawson, Mr Jackson MP, Mrs H.W.Lucy, Sir Douglas Straight. Wednesday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Down. Strong cold west wind. Sorted drawings in morning. At 11.45 rode Cob in Row. Saw Finlay. Complimented me on my cut of Clown. Bored by Barclay. Home 1.15pm. Effie Harrison there. Changed. Lunch.
Wrote letters. Sent cheques to Tatton & also to Davis. Also wrote letters etc. Did no work. At 6.15 went in carriage with M as far as Savoy. Walked into Strand. Changed slippers & on to Punch dinner. Saw pearl necklace at Attenborough's, 36 guineas. Arrived P.D 7.10. Not down yet. Good dinner. W.A a bad cold, Arthur & Lucy at City dinner. W.A, Milliken (9.0pm) B.P, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T & self. Poor dinner. Cut made up quickly, A bicycle made for two. Self had Children's cut. Left 11.30 with Sir J.T. Very cold. Cab from Isthmian. Home 12.15. In lower room. Notice of Maud in Westminster Gazette. Thursday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning. Bright sun. Sent Purnell to Wells. Wrote letters till 10.30 & got to work. M out in Kensington shopping. Mite to go into Row. Skemed subject of Balfour feeding children. At 11.0 Purnell back. Asked him to get a small child. Photod child at 11.20. Cried bitterly, could not get it to do what I wanted. After took one on Lumiere plate of Purnell for Balfour cut. Developed them. Finished 12.30. Bright sun. Found could not ride. Purnell back 1.0. Complaint of gas. After lunch rested, bathed prints. (Got print by 1.45pm.) Very cold. Rested till 4.15 when worked till 8.0. Traced photo. M called on Thompsons & also on Suzy à Beckett. Quiet dinner. Rest after by fire. Bed 10.30 & had chest rubbed. Sleep by 11.0. Cheque for £15.15.0 sent by Mr Pym. Friday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Cold dull morning. Letter from Claude Watney to say he was going to India. No shoot this year. Breakfast. Kerrie out of sorts. Got to work on drawing of Arthur Balfour feeding Children with Logic. Worked all day & up to dinner. Felt hot & cold & feverish towards night. Worked 2 hours after dinner & at 10.30pm sent for Orton. Came in & said I had taken fresh feverish cold. Orton stayed 1 hour talking. Bed 11.30. Very seedy. Had medicine & hot whiskey. (Red ink: Feverish 2nd cold came on in evening. Sent for Orton.) Saturday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got to work 9.25 on drawing Arthur Balfour & Children. Orton in at 10.0. Hindered me. Worked on & finished 12.30. Very seedy & weak. Did not ride. Fine morning & bright sun. Stayed in all afternoon & rested by fire. Read Pyramids book. M & Mite out in carriage with Effie Harrison, went to see Morocco Bound second edition. Mervyn called at about 4.30. Long time writing & talk. M back on stroke of six. Mite went out at 8.15 in carriage to Hollands at Niddrey Lodge. After rested & went to bed at 9.45pm. Cold very heavy & very bad. Cough toublesome. Effie Harrison went home at 7.30 in cab. Maud back 11.0pm. Sunday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up nine am. Sent Purnell with wire. Wet morning. Did not ride. Cold still very bad. Stayed in all day. Read etc in morning. Lunch. Chops etc. After rested in chair. Bret Harte, Miss Rose Innes, Olive Shakespeare & child called at 4.0pm. Stayed till 5.15. After wrote many letters. M & Mite reading. Also wrote diary. Wrote Brightmore. Worry letter from F.C.B on Table in morning. Rainy morning. Heavy wet all day. Sat over fire etc. Lunch. After slept in chair. Dined quietly at 8.0pm. ½ bottle '74 wine, Ivory. After M got seedy, cold came on her chest. Went to bed at 10.0pm & put plasters on etc etc. I went up at 10.30. M
had gruel. Cough very troublesome in the night, could not get to sleep. M also seedy. A poor poor couple. Monday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Very cold morning & hard frost. Not allowed to go out. M's cold worse. Orton came in at 11.0 & sent M to bed. Lunch. Chop. M in bed. Mite out & about. Wrote letters etc & sorted papers. Wrote putting off dining with Ayala after dinner. Mite & self dined together. After Mervyn came in at 9.15pm. Up in M's room. Mite got red ink from pen on my desk on her sleeve. After M sleeping. Went to bed at 11.0. Mite put lotion on M & self. Cough not quite so troublesome but bad enough. (Red ink: M taken ill & went to bed at 12.0 (noon) Subsequently proved bad cold & slight influenza.) Tuesday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. M still in bed. Breakfast. After wrote letters etc. At 11.30 went for walk to nearly top of Row with Mite & Kerrie. Saw Stone, Wyndham, Finlay, Maude etc. After met Heathorne & he walked down with us to bottom of Row. Much warmer. Got very hot. Home by 1.30 past Upper Phillimore Gardens. Lunch & after changed things. M in bed. Down for cigar. Orton came in. Had revolver out. Said M had slight attack of influenza. Mite very useful. Windows cleaned this day. Orton left at 3.50. Wrote letters etc. Mite went to dine by herself at Mrs Tweedie's. I had dinner by self in dining room. Wednesday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am in morning room. M in bed with her attack of influenza. Wrote letters etc. In morning at 11.30 rode Cob. Went top of Row. Saw Alexander & Finlay. Rode on & called on Agnew. Cold wet wind. Round the Park & up again & round by Barracks Lane. M down to lunch in drawing room. Did drawing for Mr Chaplin, water colour of 1793 brandy. Orton round to write prescription. Sent Purnell to Stores to change tooth powder & thermometer etc. Left in carriage at 6.40 for 11 Gt Stanhope St. Cold very bad. Punch dinner at Agnews. (Sketch of table seating.) Lawrence Bradbury, Rudolph Lehmann, Anstey Guthrie, H.W.Lucy, F.C.B, Sir John Tenniel, Linley Sambourne, Arthur à B, Phil Agnew, Hy F, D.M, W.A, E.I.M, E.T.R. Arthur fooling. Perrier Jouet 1874 & one jereboam of Perier Jouet 1865 after. Left after Micawber hand shake with W.A at 12.0. Carriage waiting. Home 12.20. Cold very bad. (Red ink across page: Dined with William Agnew, 11 Great Stanhope Street.) Thursday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am in morning room. Slight head. Cold no worse, hope on the mend. Breakfast. No appetite. Skemed cut of Football. Sent Purnell for football & jersey to Barkers. At 10.45 photod him in jersey etc. Mervyn round at 11.0 also photod him. Did not develope them. Went for ride at 12.15. Saw Stone etc. Lovely warm bright day. Thermometer outside 59°. Met Mite & 2 Miss Messels. Cobby gay. Back 1.30. M down to lunch in drawing room. At 2.0 developed plates & using spirits of wine got them dry & a print by 3.30, spoiling 2. After at 4.30 got to work & put in outline of drawing. Dined at 8.0pm & rest after. Worked ½ an hour & bed at 11.0. Warm close night. Could not make clinical thermometer work properly. (Red ink: Cold still very bad & seedy.)
Dec 1893 Friday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull rainy morning. M in bed with her cold. Got to work on drawing of Fowler & a football. Sent letters off. Worked all morning. M down to lunch. Worked all day & up to 8.0pm. Mite out in carriage. Called her grandmother's etc & out with Sylvinia Rose Innes. Dined 8.0pm. M had small bottle of wine. Too tired to work after dinner. Snoozed in chair. M down at 10.45. Up to bed 11.0pm & read Froude's Armada etc until 12.0 when to sleep. Saturday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Went in front room. Down 8.45am. Breakfast. Very cold. After at 9.20 went on & finished drawing of Fowler at Football & others after him. Finished 11.0. Dressed. At 12.0 Mite & self walked up Row. Cold frosty morning. Met Col Weymss, Stone (who turned & walked up with us) after Miss Steincopff & her mother, Field Marshall Haines, Miss Hollingshead etc. Put Mite in cab with Kerrie & walked with Stone up to Club. Got there 1.15pm. Lunch 1.40. Beef etc. Saw Routledge, Straight etc. Young Hare looking ill. After wrote 2 letters. Sent acct to Darling & talk with James Greenwood. Left 3.45. Called Camera Club, paid 3/s. Got key of pigeon hole. On to Turkish bath. Good bath. Hair cut. Out 6.0pm. Nº 5 shampooer. Carriage waiting. Called sausages & home at 6.30. M & new books. Very cold at 7.15pm. Down to dinner at 7.35. Poor appetite. After upstairs. M's cough troublesome. Slept in chair until 12.0am exactly when to bed in front room, very cold. Sunday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Dull & very cold. Down. M in bed. Maud (illeg) after. Put phos away. M cold. At 11.30 dressed & walked with Maud as far as 11 Gt Stanhope St. Agnew in Manchester. Back, met Heathorne, after Stone, in flower walk. Back 1.35 exactly. Lunch. Mutton not so good after all. In chairs round fire. At 3.30 Edgar called. At 3.45 Bret Harte, at 3.50 Miss Rose Innes, at 4.15 Hensman. All stayed to tea. 2 fires in room. Talk. Wrote diary. Mite about. M's cough very troublesome. Kerrie troublesome, ran at Hensman's legs. Miss Rose Innes stayed to dinner. Sleepy in chair after dinner. M went to bed at 10.30, self 11.45 exactly. Not quite so cold. Monday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dull morning. Warmer. M down. Letter from Roy urging returning from school. Sent Purnell off etc. Mite went to drawing class. Doubts as to M going out. At 11.30 rode in Park. Row very hard. Saw girl like Miss Warre cantering up & down. Captain Fox chaffed S about his at home there yesterday. Rode with him (Stone) & Mrs Oxenham. Home 1.30. In afternoon began Index etc. Long time thinking it out. Dined 8.0pm, M, Mite & self. Quiet evening afterwards & bed early after reading. Letter from Mr Darling taking objection to small extra charge in acct. Mite made out her acct & sent it in, £4.14.0. First money earned. (Cutting glued in: Death of William Speed. Times Tuesday Dec 5th.) Tuesday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Lovely day. Fine. Wrote letters etc. Rode in Park at 11.30. Saw Stone, Wyndham etc etc. Home 1.30. After lunch rest & went on with
drawing for Index. Girl & Skirt Dance. Worked till 6.0pm. when went up & dressed. Depressed & not very well. Took cab to Berkeley Restaurant & found Ayala sitting alone & waiting for his nephew. Dined. So so dinner, 1878 Ayala. Left 9.30 & went on with them to the Pavilion Music Hall. Saw Wrestling Lion, Fanny Leslie etc. After Stone came in at 10.0. Sat till 11.30 when left. Walked with Stone as far as the Albany when took a cab home & went to bed after reading evening paper. Wednesday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Fine morning. Dresed for riding at 10.0 after breakfast & writing, rode Cob in Park till 12.0. Saw Sir Charles Dilke riding etc etc. Met Mrs Oxenham & rode up & down. No Stone. Home & got on with Index drawing. Wrote letters etc. Worked all afternoon and at 6.0 went in carriage as far as Garrick Club. Sylvinia Rose Innes & Mrs Hammond called. Walked from Club to Punch dinner. Looked at Scribner & saw Arthur Stirling. Did not feel A1. Got to dinner 7.5. William Agnew, E.I.M (late) B.P, Reed, Lucy, Guthrie, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, Arthur à B & Furniss there. Arthur very feeble chaff about Football. Furniss held forth in an inane way against Leech, Caldecott, etc etc. F.C.B had passed M's acct. Left feeling not very well & depressed. Home by cab at 11.30. Lady Jeune's reception. Sir J.T & Guthrie went. Gentleman (Mr Duncan) called on me at noon about illustrating a card of Britannia. Agreed for 30 guineas. Thursday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Skemed subject before breakfast expecting Stace. Sent Purnell round. Stace to come 10.30. Photod dear Mite in ball dress in bright sun in drawing room at 10.0am. Stace round at 10.45. Photod him. Stace looking ill & seedy. After developed the 4 plates & put them to dry. Went for ride at 12.0. Met Alexander & rode up & down. Had talk about Sardon etc. Home at 1.15. Coachman opposite took cab. Garrulous & silly. Home. Printed copies of plates before lunch. After got to work at 2.30pm & worked on till 7.20. when dressed. Subject President Cleveland & Free Trade. Left at 7.45 in carriage with dear Mite to drive to the Bristol Restaurant. Dined with Sylvinia Rose Innes. Party Jack Robertson & wife, Miss Lehmann who sings, Mite & self, Fritz Jackson, a Chilean & Miss R.I. Left 8.30 & drove with Fritz to Savoy Theatre. Fritz took 1/3 cheerfully. Saw Gilbert & Sullivan opera, Utopia Unlimited (sic). 1st act very slow. Large double box. Saw Mr Duncan in stalls who called on me yesterday, after Harry Livesey. 2nd act better. Drawing room reproduced wonderfully. Difficulty to find carriage on Embankment. Back. Ladies had gone on to supper at the Savoy Restaurant. Annoyed. Mite enjoyed it. Left at 12.0, drove home. Went straight up to bed. Friday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Strong windy morning with rain. Got to work on drawing of President Cleveland asking Free Trade to dance. Purnell in at 1.0 & 2.0. Carriage ordered for 4.0pm. M went out. Worked up to 8.30pm. Not finished. Shaded Cleveland most carefully. Many blots on page. Dined. Afterwards worked from 10.0pm till 1.30pm when finished. Smoke & bed at 1.45am. M slept in chair till 12.30 when she went to bed. Still blues & feeling of depression. Cold disappearing.
Saturday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Very tired disinclined to get up. Packed bag etc & got off by 9.15am after breakfast, Mite looking after me. Caught 10.15am. Feeling depression & blues still on. Arrived Ropley at 12.30. Cart to meet me. Most lovely day, brilliant sun. Met Tabs, Mrs Irvine, Gwen & Eveline in carriage. Arrived at lunch. 5 guns, Captain Irvine, Captain Wynn, Mr Baring, Hamilton F & Higgins. Shot 4 or 5 rabbits, hare & 2 pheasants. Came on to blow & slight rain at 4.0. In to tea. Changed things. Talk after & smoke. To bed at 11.0 & got Colonel Howard Vyse's book on the Pyramids. Sleep at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went down to shoot at H's Brookwood Park leaving 10am.) Sunday December 10 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up 9.15. Dressed. Breakfast 9.45. Strong gale of wind & rough. Cold. Talk to Mrs Irvine after. Sat in study & read summing up of Lord Chief Justice Bovill on the Tichbourne case. At 3.30 pm went for walk with Irvine & Hamilton. Back 4.10pm. Read Fox's Monmouth. Dressed 7.15. Dinner. After Mrs Irvine played & sang Yohés song. Hot whiskey. Bed at 11.15pm. Read Pyramids & sleep. (Red ink: At Hamilton's Brookwood Park.) Monday December 11 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up at 8.45. Breakfast 9.10. Only children down. After Hamilton decided I could not shoot at Dutton's. H & Captain Irvine left at 10.20 to walk across Park to Dutton's. Wrote Scotter & Lehmann. Stroll. Lunch. Goat. Drove at 12.30 to station, Ropley. Caught the 1.20 train taking hare & 2 pheasants. Empty carriage as far as Aldershot. 3 men got in, one with photos of fencing. Waterloo. Drove home. M & Maud out. Tea. Changed & put things away. Wrote letters (many) up to dinner time & dined quietly at 8.0. M wrote again to Miss Robinson. After read book about Flood. Slept. Bed 11.30pm. Tuesday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10pm. Down. Dressed for riding. In Park at 10.15. Went right round Park. Met Mrs Tate. Long talk about horse. Turned out badly. Back home. Got to work. Spencer in. Painful nostril came on. Woke up with it. Got to work at 1.0 after writing letters. After lunch frightful gale from due south came on. Blew hard in at window. Very tired & disinclined to work after lunch. At 3.0 finished drawing of skirt dancing, Index. Finished 7.15pm. At 5.30 whilst Miss Gill was in room stone from coping fell & broke window in top flight. Bill Weigall called at 5.0pm. Miss Gill at lunch. At 7.50 drove in carriage to Lehmann's dinner at Reform Club. Sat next Reed & nice Cambridge man. Nose very painful. Careful what I took. Lucy, Tenniel, E.I.M, Arthur à B, Reed, self there. Left at 11.40 & home in carriage. Sir James Robinson Pym & Weymss Reed there also. Barry Payne etc etc. (Red ink: Nostril swelling in morning.) Wednesday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Felt pretty well. Breakfast. After read & sent cheque for £84 to Bank. M went out at 10.40. Went to dress for riding, out at 11.10. Very rough & strong wind. Nostril most painful. Met Wirgman. Rode once up Row. Cob very nervous. Coming out saw Maddy QC. Home & window being mended. Did small drawing of girl dancing. Not very successful. Mrs Messel called. No one to answer door. Rowed Emma. Mite trying on opera cloak. Left at
6.0 with M in carriage. Drove me to National Gallery. Walked. Engaged Studio at Camera Club for Sunday. Wrote 4 letters at Garrick & walked to Punch dinner. Called & got photo at phonograph shop. P.D. Wm Agnew, (E.I.M late) Lawrence B, E.T.R, Lucy, Guthrie, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, Arthur à B, Lehmann & Furniss & Partridge. (13) Chaff about nose. Furniss a cad. Long discussion. 3 cuts to make up.. At last got cut of Were Wolf. Left with Tenniel at 11.30. Home by cab. Pouring with heavy rain. Home 12.15. Fire in morning room. (Red ink: Nostril very bad & painful.) (Red ink across page: Punch dinner, last in year. 13 with Milliken. 3 cuts to make up. Did not feel very well.) Thursday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Nostril still very bad. Down. Got to work & drew Girl Dancing on tinted paper. At 10.30 rode Cob in Park. Saw Mrs Tait etc. Met Stone, asked him to dine on Sunday. Missed M & Maud. Back. Finished drawing before lunch. After began Were Wolf. Had ridden in morning to Mrs Evans Charing X Road & bought 4 photos, 10/s. In afternoon did outline of drawing of Wolf. & got ready for tracing on paper. Dined 7.0pm. After M, Mite & self went to Court Theatre & saw Triple Bill Mimicry. Good. Mrs Warre in box opposite. Nose painful. Got away just before 7 & walked to carriage at top of Sloane St. Home by 11.30. Verity's wrote about drawing. (Red ink: Nostril very painful. Went to Court Theatre.) Heard of death of James Brand 3 weeks ago from Lindo. Friday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride. Fine lovely day bright sun. Got on & worked all day on drawing of Were Wolf. Worked up to dinner time & after dinner from 9.30 to 12.15am. Began to shade at 6.0pm. Went to bed tired at 12.45am after pipe. M & Mite went into Park, saw Mr Stone. (Red ink: Nostril slightly better.) Saturday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. At 9.20 got to work on drawing of Were Wolf. Finished it at 11.35. Rode at 12.0 in brown boots. Met Alexander. Saw M & Mite in Row. Home late for lunch at 1.45, M in at 2.0. After slept on sofa. Very tired. Noisy maid at 4.30. Got to work & skemed the Britannia picture for Duncan etc etc. Dressed 6.0pm. Dinner 6.30. Miss Rose Innes dined. After M, Mite, Miss R.I & self went to the Garrick Theatre & saw Diplomacy. I went in carriage taking photo bag, shield & spear for tomorrow. Called Camera Club & also Garrick. At theatre by 8.20. Very good. Saw Miss Young, Lady Lewis etc etc. Left 1.15. Home in Miss R.I's trap. Supper. Mite snuffly cold. Bed 12.45am. (Red ink: Nostril getting better.) (Red ink across page: Miss Rose Innes dined. Went to Garrick Theatre after.) Sunday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Breakfast at 9.0. Left at 10.0 & took cab to Camera Club. There 10.30. Cold raw morning. Studio not ready. No fire. Cheeky attandant. Smoke. Miss G came at 11.0, had to wait till 11.45. Took 18 photos. Stout model. Shy. Had to leave 12.40. On to Garrick. Ordered chop. Lunch at 1.20. Read Observer & Modern Thoughts after. Cigar & coffee. Wrote 8 letters. Walked home & got there 5.5pm. Mrs Sington there. After got to work & did good cut of Mince Pie MP for Xmas. Finished at 7.15. Got bottle of 1878 Ayala. Stone
dined with us en famille. Talked a lot. Mite's cold bad. Felt sleepy after dinner. Stone left at 11.20. (Red ink: Nostril about well.) (Red ink across page: Went to Club. William Stone dined with us alone.) Monday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. Down 9.45. M & Mite at breakast. Mite's cold not worse. Wrote letters etc. Sent drawing of Mince Pie MP to V etc. Rode at 10.40. Cob went well. Met Lindo & also Seymour Trower. Talk of Stead. Dull raw morning. Back 12.0. Got to work on Preface. Put in letters before lunch. Mite left for Ramsgate with Kerrie & Agnes at 2.25, M with her. Rested in chair till tea time. M back at 4.20. Worked on Preface till 8.0. Dined. Read Ardlamont case. After Punch came. Cut of Were Wolf A1. Wrote 3 letters. M to bed 10.30. (Red ink: Mite left for Ramsgate with Kerrie & Agnes.) Tuesday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up rather later, 8.20. Down 9.0. Boots on. Rode 10.0am. Met Lockwood. Saw Adrian Jones. Home 11.15. Wrote 5 letters, Stores etc. M had lost hunting flask. Worked from 11.30 to 1.0 on Preface & after all the day & after dinner till 12.45am on Preface. Lunch. Night of Mite's ball at Ramsgate given by Mrs North Buckmaster. Wire from F.C.B about Preface at 8.0pm when hard at work. Turned wet in the afternoon. Hunting flask lost. Emma went about it to Annie Tallant. (Red ink: Worked late on Preface drawing. Wire fom F.C.B about it.) Wednesday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Tired from last night. Finished drawing of Preface in morning. Boy never came until 10.45am. Wired. After did another drawing sharp for tail piece. Sent it off 1.0pm. Lunch. M left in 4 wheeler for Ramsgate at 2.15. Rested, tired after, had 1 hour's doze till 4.0. Tea & after got to work on Punch Opening Volume with Maxim gun. Worked till 8.0pm. Dressed. Dined 8.35 at home. Oysters & fowl. After took hansom to Empire Theatre. Sat in stalls & saw stupid ballet, Race course & Highland Regiment. Saw no one I knew. All very dull. Called Beefsteak. Saw Arthur Blunt, Leslie Ward & D'Oyley Carte. Wrote Roy. L.W hard up & could not get his money. Home at 12.30am by hansom. Colder. Bed 1.15am. Heavy wet all morning. (Red ink across page: M went to Ramsgate by herself.) Thursday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down 8.30. Wrote etc etc. Read. Bright sun. Up in room. Wrote letters etc. Opened Stores parcel. Decided to take drawings down to Ramsgate, also to ride at 11.30am. Worked till 1.30 when rode in Park, met Stone & introduced to Mrs Salt. Back at 1.30. Rest after lunch when at 4.0 went on with drawing of Opening Volume, Punch & Maxim Gun. Worked till 8.15 when dined. Had sent Parnell to Camera Club when he fetched my square bag shield & staff. Worked after dinner from 9.30pm to 12.30am on Maxim Gun. (Red ink: At home at Stafford Terrace by self all day at work on Maxim Gun.) Friday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down. Finished drawing of Index. Roy came back at 8.45am. Breakfast. Dull rainy morning. Roy went out & tried bicycle. Came back wet & with torn breeches. Put things up & packed bag. Lunch. Got off by
2.35pm. Sent Roy up to Lincoln & Bennett for hat & to Walls. Met Roy at Charing X. Down to Ramsgate. Old gent & man in carriage smoking vile pipe. Heavy wet. Difficulty with luggage at Ramsgate S.E station. Came down to 14 Royal Crescent with fly, 3/s. Unpacked. Dined at 7.30pm. Fair dinner. Tired after. Bed at 11.0. Did not go out. Vedict on Monson in the Ardlamont case for charge of shooting young Hambrough. 'Not proven'. (Red ink across page: Roy came back from Eton early in the morning. Went down with him to Ramsgate from Charing X.) Saturday December 23 14 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate. Up 8.0am. Most lovely morning. Breakfast. Sent Roy to get his hair cut & to order horses. At 10.30 went for most lovely ride at 10.40 to 1.40. To Sarre, round by Birchington, Margate & St Peters, to Ramsgate. Back to lunch 1.40. Had got very hot. Changed after. Had fire & dried things. Went out with M at 3.45. Met F.C.B & young Frank.On to the Granville, called on Mrs Heilbut & the Alexanders. Met Montefiore père et fils. Back at 4.45. Called Club & saw Sooby & Hammond etc. Had 100 up with Roy at billiards, Roy 54, self 100. Into the town. Bought haddock. Also got book & called stable & station for Strand magazine & paper. Home 7.0. Read. Dressed & after dinner rested. Bed 11.0pm. (Cutting glued in: In memory Sir George Elliot.) (Red ink across page: Most lovely ride in bright sun to Sarre & round by Margate. Mare went well.) Sunday December 24 14 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate. Up at 9.0. Good breakfast 9.30. Roy came down with cold. Bright sun in morning, came over cloudy after. Letter from Mr Ainger about Roy smoking & hinting he would have to leave Eton. Very much vexed. Went for ride 10.30 to 12.20. Met Mrs Hammond & Miss Hollingshead. Went past Granville & to Broadstairs. Across thro' St Peters, Westwood, & home by Haine. Met the Squire. Changed. Kerrie had torn the drugget being shut in the room. Wrote diary. Worked for one & ½ hour. After Mrs Heilbut & also Mrs Alexander called. Worked again with lamp until 7.15. Dressed & went in fly to the Granville. Dined with the Heilbuts & Alexander. Mr & Mrs H, Mr & Mrs S, Mr & Mrs A & Willie Humphries. Good dinner. Talk after. Left at 11.0. Good fox terrier tyke. Chicks in bed. (Red ink: Mr Ainger's letter about Roy's disobedience in smoking. Very angry. Dined at Granville in the evening with Heilbuts.) (Cutting glued in: In memory of Henry Pettitt.) Monday December 25 14 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate. Up at 9.0am. Most lovely day without a cloud in the sky all day. Cold easterley wind. Horses ordered at 10.0. Out. Met Charles Ready & Frank B on horses. Did not wait for F.C.B. Went for ride lower road to Minster & up across Canterbury Road & past Tree's & home thro' St Lawrence. Met the Squire walking. Home. Never saw the Burnands. Home 1.30 a little early. Lunch. After up in small room & went on to work on Greek cartoon. Worked from 3.0 to 7.0. Dressed & had Xmas dinner. M, self, Roy & Maud. Many crackers etc etc. Left for Burnands at 9.30. All at dinner. F.C.B not well. Presents given by Mr Hammond & young Frank. Silly game of what people said after. Poor Philip badgered. Tired in evening. Left at 12.10 & home. Roy's cough troublesome. Tuesday December 26
14 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate. Up at 9.10am. Breakfast 9.40. Horses round 9.15. Started for meet at Star Inn. Passed by Lord Southwell. Cold. Saw Squire, Conny B, Mr Lindley etc etc, young Jerry Weigall. Many on foot at meet. Mare very excited & fresh. Found hare other side of railway beyond Westwood. Spoke to Cobb & many others. After mare pulled & decided to leave. Did so. Hounds came round again. Mare slipped sideways in cross road near North Down. Came down, self under. Cut her off fore leg at knee very badly. Bled very much. Got on again & walked the whole way home from North Down. Young Hodgman had mare washed. Bled very much & very nasty place. Home. Changed. Lunch. Felt depressed & not well. Rested till 3.0. Up in room & worked till 7.30. Purcell & Mrs Hammond called. M up & told me about Cuthbert having scarlatina. Maud cried about party. Did not let M & Roy go. Dinner. Maud went in alone. Rested on sofa from 9.0 to 11.30. Put papers up. Wrote diary. (Red ink across page: Accident to mare at North Down. Cut herself badly. Very much annoyed.) Wednesday December 27 14 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate. Up early & got things together. Sea foggy morning. Breakfast. After left in fly at 9.30. Up to town with young Frank Burnand. Victoria. On home in cab. Purnell met me. Undid bags etc. My gold key could not be found. Bother about it. Got to work & finished drawing of Greek Micawber. Lunch. Sent drawing off at 3.0. Put things together & left in hansom taking gun at 4.10. Drove to Charing X. Remembered had left my dress coat. Stopped & wired Emma. After saw dear M & Roy at Charing X. All down together to Brasted, Kent. Arrived about 5.10. Drove on to Foxwold. Met at door by Pym. Very comfortable house. Miss Hogarth there, also Guthrie & Mr Luxmore an Eton master. Invalid son, young Evelyn Pym, nice boy. Roy all right. After tea dressed & had velvet jacket lent. House covered in pictures & prints etc. Very good dinner. Roy dined & behaved well. Game after in library. Smoke & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink across page: M & Roy & I went down to stay at Mr H.N.Pym's at Foxwold, Brasted, Kent.) Thursday December 28 Foxwold, Brasted, Kent. Up at 8.0am. All arrangements comfortable. Pipe after breakfast. After went with Guthrie to see boys ferreting for rabbits. Not much good. Walked to Westerham. Got hot. Beer at Inn. Guthrie missed his way & asked woman & knocked at cottage. Back. Changed. Heavy lunch. Sherry after & splendid cake, Fowler. After paper & looked at books etc etc. Boys out again at 5.0. Saw them playing at vingt et un. Roy's dirty hands. After looked through Pym's drawings. Up at 6.30. Dressed for dinner. Moustache. Down. Mr Burnaby Atkins, Mrs B.A & a daughter like a dutch doll dined. Took daughter in. Good dinner, also punch sorbet. After in library looked at Sala's oil paintings. Mrs B.A a very pretty woman. They left at 11.0. Talk & bed at 11.30pm. Guthrie seedy, indigestion. Mr Pym gave me a book of Pepys Diary & also Portrait of Dickens. Heavy dull fog all day. (Red ink across page: At Mr Pym's. Very damp foggy day. Walk with Guthrie.) Friday December 29 Foxwold, Brasted Kent. Up at 8.10am. Breakfast. After at 10.45 went out with Evelyn Pym & Roy with gun. Walked round estate. Shot one very fine hare. Saw the others walking. After round & about. Bottles etc. Roy eager to shoot a sparow. Little Miss Pyms not very good with their governess. Back. Changed.
Lunch. Again a good lunch. After looked through French Revolution. Mr Luxmore in room. Drew Water Baby in book for Mr Pym & put 1894 by mistake. Dressed & packed bags. Roy acting charades & carrying Miss Pym pick a back. After down to dinner. A Mr Gordon, rich Scotch American, there & Mr, Mrs & Miss Johnstone. Took Miss Hogarth in to dinner. Sat next Miss J. After long interesting talk with her about Pyramids & Egyptology. In library great chaff about Greek bracelet & also diamond bra. Laugh after they left. Pym's story of Dickens about young lady & lover in bedroom & hairdresser. 'She took him for the hairdresser'. 'Why don't you begin'. Finished packing. Bed 12.15am. Saturday December 30 Foxwold, Brasted, Kent. Up at 8.10am. Down breakfast. After got off with Guthrie at 10.0am. Drew Pig & 3 Mackerel in book. Very cold frosty morning. Waved umbrella from carriage. 20 minutes wait at Brasted. Up to Charing X. Civil cabman. Poor Emma lost her husband. Sorted photos for Verity's drawing. Wrote diary. Lunch. Up in room putting things up. Found gold key. Very glad. At 2.50 left for Victoria in cab. Met Robson Roose & young F.Burnand. Down together. Fly home. Walked into town. Saw mare. Bought haddock & tobacco etc. Back. Changed. After dinner all went into F.C.B's. Dreary. Dr Robson Roose there. Chaff about mare. Miss Hollinghead. Roy in chair, moved out by Dr R.R. Slow evening & intensely cold & miserable at night. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink: News of death of Emma's husband Reffell.) Sunday December 31 14 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate. Breakfast 9.30. Bad kidneys & so so. Intensely cold & heavy sea fog all day. Started with Roy & Kerrie for walk at 11.0. Met Dr Robson Roose coming back with Philip. Went along sea shore beyond Broadstairs. Roy cut his name in chalk. Turned back 12.15pm. Roy found a large piece of cork. Brought it home. Wrote 2 letters at Club. Saw F.C.B. Lunch. Good beef. Sleep & rest after. Conny Burnand called at tea time. Made boomerangs. Up in room & wrote letters for 2 hours from 5.0 to 7.15. Posted them with Kerrie. Dressed. All dined together & had bottle of Champagne. Did not turn out after. Very cold & damp. Chicks to bed at 10.30pm, self 11.0. Read Froude's West Indies. Agnes went to the midnight service. (Red ink: Finished up year. Our small family all together. Happy evening but cold.) Notes and addresses at back of Diary: Editors of papers etc, A.K Moore Esq, The Morning Post. Mr G.Mildred, Sala's Journal. D Williamson Esq, The Sketch, 198 Strand. E.T.Cook Esq, Editor of Westminster Gazette, The Westminster Gazette, Tudor St, Blackfriars E.C. C.Kinloch Cooke. Pall Mall Gazette, 18 Charing X Rd. Sir F.R.Robinson, Daily News Office. Lewis Hind, Pall Mall Budget, 18 Charing X Rd. Sidney S.Low, St James's Gazette, Whitefriars E.C. M Voules, Truth, Carteret St, Queen Anne's Gate S.W.
W.Allogate Esq, Great North of Scotland Rly, Secy & Genl Managers Office, Aberdeen. James Thompson Esq, Caledonian Railway Compy, Genl Managers & Secys Office, 302 Buchanan St, Glasgow. Andrew Dougall Esq, The Highland Railway Co, General Managers Office, Inverness. William Gowenloch Esq, Secy. Same as above.
1894 Notes and addresses on preliminary pages: Store Ticket for 1894: 95750 Derben, 99 Brook St, Kennington Road S.E. 15 Frances Place, Bath Road, Cheltenham. Cape, Springhurst, Bickley, Kent. Cervi, Oragio, 5 or 6 Craven Cottages, West Kensington (male model) Partridge. Bolton, Gambier Esq. 13 Grove End Rd. Academy waiters Cole, Moody & Goldie. W.Moresby Chinery Esq, Hatchford, Cobham, Surrey. 12 Curzon St, Mayfair. Miss Louie Chalk, 46 Archer Road, West Kensington. c/o Mrs Merrish, Hurstbourne Tarrant , Nr Andover, Hants. Coals. L & N Western Coal Syndicate, 204 York Road, N. Stephen Glynn, Manager. Blathwayt, Raymond. Ardmore, Buckhurst Hill, Essex. Arthur Boosey, 295 Regent St W. Ferro Prussianate Paper. 3/10 per 100 sheets 7 1/2 x 5 5/s ditto ditto 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 Green, Annie E.. 9 Oakden St, S.E. 61 Overstone Road, Hammersmith, W. 23 Townsend Street, Cheltenham. Hart, Edward F.Z.S. Nat Hist Museum, Ch Ch. Evans, Matilda M, 16 Charing X Road, W.C. Fletcher, Ada, 60 Frederick St, Grays Inn Road. Great Northern Railway Compy, F.P.Cockshott Esq, Sir Henry Oakley. Tresham Gilbey Esq, The Grange, Bishop's Stortford. London & North Western Railway Co, Frederick Harrison Esq. Caledonian Railway Company, Genl Managers Office, 302 Buchanan St, Glasgow. T.D Lang Esquire. The Highland Railway Company, General managers & Secretary's Office, Inverness. Andrew Dougall Esq, Genl Mang. Edward Brown, 319 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. c/o M.Ward, 166 Shaftesbury Avenue. 1st week in Decr. Miss Violet Jameson, The Cedars, Brixham South Devon. A.H Hallam Murray esq, 50 Albemarle St, W. Lee, Henry, 12 Montague Place, Russell Sq, W.C. Mrs Madge King, 41 Sharsted Street, Kennington Park. Jameson Jones C.B, 2 Grenville St, Russell Sq. J.S.Jarvis 22 Bentinck St, Manchester Sq. London & County Bank, Manager Richard Lemon. Lilly & Lovell, Landscape Gardeners, 22 Warsill St, Battersea Park Rd, S.W. Jones, W, The Printing Factory, Golden Lane, London E.C. G.J.Nicholson Esq, Asst Secy, London Chatham & Dover Rly Co, Victoria Station. North British Railway Company, Waverly Station, Edinburgh.
D Deuchars Esquire, City Police Lt Colonel Henry Smith, Commissioner for City Police (Police for the City of London) Genl Manager, The Midland Railway, George H Turner Esq. Genl Manager, The Great Northern Railway, Sir Henry Oakley. South Eastern Railways, Sir Myles Fenton & F.P.Igglesden Esquire, General Managers Office, London Bridge Station. Royal Academy waiters: Arthur Goldie & Moody. Lord Russell, Tadworth Court, Tadworth, Nr Epsom. Telegrams: Walton on the Hill. Sir Charles Russell dined May 13, 1883. Mrs Helen Stephenson, 34 Jervis Road. Maud Rose, 22 The Avenue, Bedford Park W. C.C.Welman, 8 Clapham Common North Side, S.W. Marcus Wood etc, Oriel House, Farringdon St, E.C. Manager William M.Mackay. Jan 1894 Monday January 1 14 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate. Up late. M in bed. Breakfast 9.30. Very cold. Kerrie in Roy's room. After read Astronomy. Sent Roy for paper & to say mare would be sent up. Up in room for work with Mite. Mite finishing drawings for Pall Mall magazine. Drew chair for her. Nasty cold in head again. Very disappointed could not go with Roy to meet of foxhounds at Sandwich. Sun came out at noon but very cold. Up in room till 1.15. Changed things etc. Lunched at 2.0. After at 2.45 went for walk with Roy & Kerrie to Dumpton Gap. Roy cut name in chalk. Saw two little boys making sand castles in rising tide. Called station. Got ticket for mare going up. On to Hodgman's. Sent Roy home. Bought envelopes & on to Club. Saw Sooby. Played Roy 100 up. Won by 9. Roy made 27 break. Tea at Club. Back 5.50. Mrs Burnand & Miss Warre had called. Wrote diary & got ready to design Verity's drawing, also letters. Sent off Maud's design & walked to post myself. Dressed. M & self went into Burnands to dine. M not well. Very cold. Mr & Mrs Hammond, Miss Hollingshead & selves there, Mr & Mrs F.C.B & Rosie. M felt faint & left after dinner. Mrs Burnand held forth about Mrs Parsons & Mrs Borradaile. Left at 11.0pm. Agreed to walk with Squire tomorrow. Tuesday January 2 14 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate. Up 9.0am. Breakfast. Afterwards at 10.30 went up to room above & began drawing for Verity's. Worked till 1.30. Lunch. Mutton. Roy great appetite. After drew Roy's hand & foot. At 4.0 went down. Found Mrs Sooby there. Changed & went out with Roy on to sands. Bitter east wind. Kerrie after ball. At 4.50 in Club. 2 men playing so wrote 6 letters. Saw Borradaile. Played Roy 100 up. Silent man in corner. Roy got 80. Home & went on to work until 7.30pm. M up in little room. Felt the cold very much at dinner, also after. All round fire. Dozed & M & Roy to bed at 10.15. Self 11.15. Read Froude's Jamaica. Blizzard of snow in morning. Wednesday January 3 14 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate. Up 8.15am. Packed bags etc. Bitterly cold east wind. Breakfast. Bad sausage. Roy left with me in fly. Waves over the pier. Up to town with F.C.B. Very cold. Talk of Sooby etc. Home, letters. Mrs Reffell at her husband's funeral. Purnell came. Got to work on Verity drawing. Glass had fallen
down in drawing room. Lunch. Worked till 5.0pm. Purnell in for letters. Wry face over mare. At 5.30 walked to Punch dinner via Jermyn St & Garrick Club. Called Walls. Saw Bancroft & Chudleigh. Gave Cole 5/-. Walked on to Punch dinner, ¼ hr late. Phil Agnew, Lawrence B, F.C.B, Guthrie, Reed, B.P, E.I.M (late) Sir J.T, self, Arthur à B & Lehmann. Self suggested cut of Old lady of Threadneedle St across dirty crossing. Got Manchester Mermaid for self. Home wth Tenniel to Isthmian. Bitterly cold. Thursday January 4 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. By myself. Intensely cold morning. Water in W.C. frozen. Breakfast. Letter from M & same little girl as last year. Purnell said his leg was bad. Birds in room. Got to work. Today was the coldest day in London for 35 years. Spent my birthday all by myself. Bath supply pipe frozen. At 10.0am got to work & finished Verity's drawing by 3.0pm. Sent it off. Then got to work & began cartoon of Manchester Ship Canal being introduced to Neptune by Leader Williams. Puzzled with composition, had so many photos out. At last got it skemed before dinner & 2 figures on paper. Dined 8.15. After up in room. Intense cold striking thro' window in spite of stove roaring. Left it & went to bed at 11.30 & read book on astronomy. Single gun sent from Whistler's for Roy. (Red ink across page: Birthday. Spent it by myself. This was the coldest night in London for 40 years.) Friday January 5 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Most bitterly cold. Down. Water in bath. Got to work at 9.30am. Sent Purnell with single barrelled gun to Whistler's & for sausages. Worked steadily all day on Manchester Ship Canal. In afternoon found I could not stand window. Rigged up 2 lamps etc on table in middle of room. Worked till 8.30pm when dined by self. After at 9.45 got to work again & up to 1.15am when knocked off & up to bed. Bright fire in bedroom. Read Boy's book & to sleep at 2.10am. (Red ink: Bitterly cold. Had to shift into middle of room for warmth. Worked late after dinner.) Saturday January 6 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Bath all right. Slightly warmer. Got to work at 9.30am & finished drawing of Manchester Ship Canal & Neptune by 11.30. Sent it off. A good drawing. Sorted all photos etc & wrote letters & sent Pym my portrait & Clement R.Shorter. Lunch. Put up bag, forgot waistcoat. Purnell said would have to have leg off. Paid books. etc. Left at 2.30 by Metr Railway, sending Purnell with bag & gun case to Victoria. Met Peter Paul Pugin. Foggy in London. Down Ramsgate. Felt tired in carriage. Slept. Out & home in Pugin's fly. Found M, Mite & Roy well. Tea. Roy & self went to Club & played 100 up. Sent wire to Emma about waistcoat had 30 years ago. Beat Roy by 35. Dinner 7.45. Bottle Champagne. Sleepy after. Bed, chicks 10.30, self 11.30. Lemon squash. (Red ink across page: Down to Ramsgate with P.P.Pugin.) Sunday January 7 14 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate. Up 9.0am. Not so cold. Curious dream of Ellaline Terris taking in to dinner. Breakfast. Sea foggy morning. Sausages. A 10.35 went for walk with Roy. Slide down the new road. High tide. On to Dumpton Gap. Cut names in chalk. Kerrie nobbled boy. Boys threw snowballs off cliff. Back 12.15. Met Lady Wills & Miss Stancombes. Went in & saw Wills. After home to lunch. M
out. Steak. After Roy & self walked to Pegwell. Intensely damp cold. Saw Mite & Agnes at Sicklemore's Pond & pretty girl. Round by Weigalls. After met Jerry Weigall. To Club & wrote 6 letters. Sent cheques to Harvey Nichols & Hodgmans. Saw F.C.B. Poor old O'Connell in Club with no money & drinking whiskey. Posted letters & home. Tea. Wrote diary & read book etc etc. Dined. Had 2 small bottles of Ayala. After Roy played game with M & built card houses. All went into Burnands. Mr G Weigall there. Long talk. Did not dress. Arranged to dine tomorrow. Monday January 8 14 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate. Up 9.0am. Still cold but wind shifted to S.E. Decided to work. Began Mr Duncan's drawing for Britannia. Roy went off at 11.0 to Minster to skate. Mite with Agnes to Sicklemore's Pond. Worked in cold till 1.30. M made me go out after lunch. Walked to Sicklemore's Pond. Saw Lady Rose etc. Met F.C.B going out. Walked back by Pegwell. Thought of Burrow's house etc etc. After met F.C.B coming in again. Roy back at 4.15. Mite after. Went twice with Agnes. Mite a cold on chest. Worked till 7.15. Wrote letters etc. Posted them by Agnes. M, Mite, Roy & self all went in at 7.30 to dine at F.C.B's. Roy & Mite at separate table. Good dinner. Felt better. Game of questions & answers after. Saw Punch for next week. Left at 11.0. Mrs Burnand all right. (Red ink acros page: Dined at Mrs Burnand's.) Tuesday January 9 14 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate. Up at 9.0. Breakfast 10.0. Much milder, S wind. Frost gone. Out with Roy to shoot 10.45. Back on acct of tide. Sent him home with gun. Read paper. F.C.B there at Club. Roy came & played 200 up game of billiards. Beat him both by owing 25. Back to lunch. After Roy M & self walked to Marina past skating rink. Roy & self on sands with gun. Self obliterated date on chalk cliff. Shot sparrow etc. Wreck at Broadstairs near Dumpton Gap. Went on it like Robinson Crusoe's raft. After Roy shooting at starlings & sparrow on side of cliff. 2 small fisher boys, gave them 3d. Roy shot his first bird. Back. Sent him home with gun. Walked to Hills, paid him £10.10.0. After selected table, coal scuttle & staff. Talk of sale at Walmer Lodge, Mr Todd's. Back to Club. Played Roy 100 up, beat him by 30. Edwards & silent man there. Had tea & cigar. Felt seedy & livery after. Bought fish. Walked home. Rested on sofa. Roy back with papers. Dined 7.45. Dressed. Mite at childen's party, Mrs Fox Thomas. Bed 11.30pm. Wednesday January 10 14 Royal Crescent, Ramsgate. Up 7.30am. Breakfast at 8.30. Packed things. Roy & Agnes off by 9.20. Forgot 2 bags of mine. Self put bags in F.C.B's fly & got off by 10.0am, Chatham & Dover. Walked to station. Up with F.C.B & Frank Burnand. Stafford T at 12.35. All well. Purnell there. Agnes & Roy arrived 1.15pm. Put things away & lunched at 2.10. Sent Roy with letters etc etc. Easel desk came home. Worked for 1 hour on Britannia & after put blue suit on & went in cab to Turkish bath. Called Reeves about cardboard. Good bath. Cost a pound & a quarter. Up stairs for 1st time. Out 6.25. Walked to Punch dinner, there at first. Guthrie got his cheque fom Allardice. F.C.B, J.T, self, Lehmann, A à B, B.P, Reed & Guthrie. No Milliken. Long discussion. Tenniel got out of skating. Self Australia. Left with J.T, 11.30. Home from Isthmian in cab. Found Roy sitting up with Agnes.
Hot fire. Roy had been to see Roberts play & also to Court Theatre. Kerrie in room. Bed & sleep at 12.15pm. Read story in Strand magazine. Thursday January 11 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Fine morning, sun. Good breakfast. Words with Purnell about driving mare. Got to work on Australia & Miss Shaw. M & Mite back from Ramsgate at 1.0. Purnell round. Roy all right & putting soldiers out. Worked in afternoon. Edgar called & talked to M & self. Mervyn called at 8.0 & took Maud to Subscription Ball got up by the Joachims etc. After dining at 7.0pm Roy, M & self went to see Sowing the Wind at the Comedy Theatre. Tenniel was to have gone with us. Wired in the morning he could not. Saw Joe Carr. Left just at last & got hansom & drove home easily. Waited up for Maud. Home early at 12.0. Maud looked very tired & seedy. (Red ink: Went to 'Sowing the Wind' Roy, M & self.) Friday January 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & got to work. Roy went out on Cob & came back defeated. Could not ride him. Worked on to lunch time & after to dinner on Miss Australia & Miss Shaw. Dined 8.15. After chicks went to bed. Worked for 2 hours on it after dinner on Kangaroo & figure. Bed 12.0. Saturday January 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got to work at 9.20 on drawing of Australia & Miss Shaw. Finished at 11.30. Sent it off. After dressed & lunch 1.0. Went in cab taking case of change of clothes with Roy. Called Club, saw Routledge, Straight & Maclean. Saw at 1.45 the worst pantomime I ever saw. Vulgar & stupid. Marie Lloyd Polly, Miss Blanch as Robinson Crusoe. Saw Ainsworth & wife. After could not find my gloves. Got another pair nearly new. Walked to Club. Saw Lockwood & Furniss going to 13 Club dinner. Walked with Roy to Rules & had 2 doz oysters, after Roy a little troublesome. Past Waxworks in Leicester Sqaure, on to Club. Both dressed in in room on bathroom side. Dined 7.0. Game soup etc. Left after coffee at 8.15 & walked to Haymarket. I saw Bernard Partridge in vestibule. Saw 'Captain Swift'. M. Maud, Roy, self, Guthrie & Bernard Partridge. Left 11.0 & home in 4 wheel cab & glad to get there. (Red ink across page: Roy & self went to Drury Lane Pantomime & in the evening Haymarket, Captain Swift.) Sunday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Intended to have ridden. Dull foggy & heavy rain. Could not. Stayed in in morning. Put things away & began drawing for Britannia Glasgow. Worked after lunch. Miss Rose Innes called. M went to her mother's in the morning & stayed to lunch. Miss Rose Innes stayed to dinner. Crackers. Games & stories. Spencer in afterwards. Stayed till 12.0 & kept M & self up much to my annoyance. (Red ink: Dull wet foggy day. Miss Rose Innes dined with us. Worked all day.) Monday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Put boots on. At 10.15 got on Cob & rode him in Park. Went well. Row very wet. Met Lindo at top & rode round by Serpentine. Heard of poor old Mr Wyndham having stroke. Very sorry. A boring ride with Barclay after. Home 12.0. M out with Roy & Kerrie. Worked on Britannia. Put in head. After worked from plaster head & on to 7.0. Spencer came in at 6.45 & dined with Roy,
Miss Harrison & Maud & took them to see The Headless Man after. M & self went in cab to dine at Sir Benjamin Baker's. Met Sir Charles Tupper, Antoinette Stirling, Prof & Mrs Dewar, Mr & Mrs Crispe (a cad & 3 sons at Eton.) Very good dinner. Mr & Mrs Arthur Lewis. Left at 11.0. Small pug dogs. Home before Spencer & Roy & girls. They came at 11.40. Spencer had supper & left at 12.0. Bed. (Red ink across page: Dined at Sir Benjamin baker's. Roy & Maud went to Criterion with Spencer & Miss Harrison.) Tuesday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely spring morning. Boots on. At 10.0 rode in Park from 10.0 to 11.45. Missed Roy & Effie Harrison & Maud. Back to work. Put in plume of helmet of Britannia. M at her mother's. Lunch. After read book. Worked from 3.0 to 5.30. Dressed. Dined at 6.30pm & after M, self, Roy, E.H & Mite went to Lyceum Theatre & saw pantomime of Cinderella. Very good. Ellaline Terris as C. Good dancing & very pretty pantomime. Fritz Jackson came into our box. Left after M & 2 girls. Bad hansom. Changed after a good one. Supper & bed 1.0am. Saw Mrs Kemp & Mona in Row. Also Finlay & Sterne. Rode with Mr & Mrs Lockwood at first. Wednesday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.40, later. Down by self. Slightly wet morning. Miss Harrison & Maud down after. Roy to follow. Notice of my drawing in 'Times'. Letters after. Did not ride. Went on with Mr Duncan's drawing of Britannia after. Roy, Miss H & Mite in row. Heavy wet came on in afternoon. Worked till 6.0pm. Dressed & left, walking to Met Rly. Took train to Blackfriars. To Punch dinner. There at 7.10pm. Short attendance. F.C.B, Guthrie, Arthur à B, Du Maurier, Lehmann, self & Sir J.T. Talk of D'Orsay etc. Said he was a man of horticulture, 'Haughty C' having been a gardener to his brother. Left with Sir J.T at 11.0pm. Got cut of Gladstone at Biarritz. Long discussion. Bramley & Frampton elected associates into the Academy. 5 assocs elected. No chance for black & white men. Thursday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Lovely fine warm morning. Skemed subject of Gladstone at Biarritz after breakfast. Sent Purnell to May's for Spanish hat. At 11.30 photod P for G.O.M. lazing on sea shore. Developed them in hut. M, Roy & Mite in Row walking. Got prints before lunch at 2.0pm. Bathed them after. Rested & read till 3.45. Began drawing. Tea. Worked till dinner. Put figure in & face. Dined 7.0pm. M & Roy went off to Hare's Garrick Theatre to see 'An old Jew'. F.C.B there. Self & Mite in drawing room. Worked from 8.0pm to 11.30 after dinner. Got drawing nearly all in outline. Short allowance of Apollinaris & sugar. Mite to bed 10.30. M & Roy back at 11.40. Mysterious woman at front door when Alice opened it for paper asking what time we dined. Bed after reading, 12.15 past midnight. Worked late after dinner. M & Roy went to see 'An old Jew'. Friday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down. Got to work at 9.40am & put in pictures from Punch & crab in drawing of G.O.M at Biarrritz. Began to shade 10.30 & went on to 1.30pm. Roy, M & Mite in Park. Lunch & after woked till 3.0 when finished & did it up writing letter. Up in room & dressed & packed. Left with Roy at 4.10pm in 4 wheeler for Waterloo. There 4.40. Down by 5.5pm to Ropley. Fly met us.
Strong wind blowing. Drove to Brookwood. Talk of the Tichbourne case. Arrived Brookwood at 8.5pm. Dressed quickly & dined. Tab well. Bee Barrs there. Head of poor old Seekins death last Sunday. Smoke after dinner & lemon squash. Bed at 11.20. Read Eye story in Strand Magazine. Sleep at 12.10am. Mite went with Miss Holland to see 'As you like it' at Daly's Theatre. M dining at Niddry Lodge. (Red ink: Got work done & went down to Brookwood with Roy.) Saturday January 20 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up 8.30. Bath. Roy in next room. Breakfast. Roy anxious to shoot. In library at 10.15. Captain Wynne there. Started with Hamilton & Roy in pony trap at 10.30. Shot to lunch. Lunched in cottage. Hon Mr Baring with us, Currie etc. Talk of Eton. Shot after till 4.30pm. Bag 50 rabbits, 5 pheasants, 4 partridges, 4 hares, 2 jays. Roy & self walked home, Roy grumbling the whole way. A nuisance. Back 5.5. Changed things. Tea. Tabs back from dancing class. Went into the library & wrote many letters. Dressed. Dinner. Roy hungry. After wrote Miss Handing. Talk & bed after. Roy on sofa reading Tichbourne summing up. Bed 11.0pm. Read Strand Magazine. Comfortable fires in rooms. Sunday January 21 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up 9.0am. Nice warm coverings. Pipe & read after. Roy & Tichbourne trial book. Quiet peaceful day. Roy & nanny goat with chicks. Old billy goat went for Roy. Lunch. At 3.20 walked with Bee Barrs & Tabs to call on Seymour Haden. There 4.0 about. His son, wife & child there, also a Mr Percy Thomas who claimed aquaintance with me since South Kensington in 1860. Tabs left at 4.30. Let in for staying. S.H showed me round house & cupboards & hot water pipes. Percy Thomas at 5.45 walked with me to heap of Tichbourne stones. Got to top of them. 3 men walking. After home. Wrote letters till dinner time. Dinner. Soup. Smoked. After Roy reading Tichbourne case. Bed 1.0. Monday January 22 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up 8.30. Pouring wet soaking day which continued the whole of the day without intermission. Could not go out all morning. Read books. Shot at tin tobacco case. Hamilton writing all day. Roy went out with self in mackintosh about 2.30pm & shot small birds with help of the keeper. Shot a squirrel. At 4.0pm back. Tea. Changed & read a book on Travels in Buenos Ayres before dinner. Sleepy & livery. Dined 7.45. Smoke after & bed 11.0pm. Talk of actors etc etc. H ran down Alexander. (Red ink: Pouring heavy wet day the whole day.) Tuesday January 23 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up 8.30. Roy down early. Bright frosty morning. Very fine. Hamilton down late. He left 10.0am to shoot at Mr Nicholson's. Roy went out with keeper to shoot. I went. He shot 2 squirrels, 2 rabbits, 2 blackbirds & many small birds. Shot 1 rabbit running. Back self 12.30, he back by 1.0. Lunch. After got away at 2.0 in fly taking hare. Tabs went out to lunch to Mrs Dutton's. Drove to Ropley. 2 dogs in waiting room. Up to town. Carriage filled up at Aldershot & Walton. 4 wheeler home. There 5.45. Box for Gaiety. Dressed 6.15. M had forgotten to order dinner. Left 7.30 in 4 wheeler. Drove to Gaiety. Box No 5. Poor play, Don Juan. Sleepy & livery. Out just in time. 4 wheel cab home. Man
discontented with 3/6. Supper. Bed. Roy up teasing about a secret. (Red ink across page: Came up from Brookwood Park with Roy. Went to Don Juan in evening.) Wednesday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Roy in bath. Fine cold morning. Breakfast. After sorted things & wrote letters. Arranged with Purnell to drive Cob to Wimbledon. Bunbury called on Roy. Worked & put in ships & lighthouse in drawing for Duncan after lunch. Roy left to see Roberts' match at billiards. M in room. Mite away at Mrs Schwann’s at Wimbledon. She left at 3.30. Dressed & left at 4.25 after cup of tea to walk to Turkish bath. Did so. Called Wall's for sausages. Got to bath 5.40. Saw Sterne & Lockyer. Fair bath, Nº 3 Shampooer. Awfully stout man in bath. Left at 6.50. Took buss on to the Punch dinner. Lawrence B, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T,. Left at 11.0 in Tenniel's cab. Put down at Isthmian & home 12.0. Read book on Argentina. (Small sketch of stout man.) Thursday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Roy in bath. Miss Chapman Hand called at 10.25 about cover for the Oriental. Stayed ½ an hour. Roy about the house etc. Began & skemed drawing for Bismarck & Emperor. Stace ill & could not come round. Lunch. Worked on in afternoon. Very sleepy after lunch. At 4.45 a letter from F.C.B to alter cut. Annoyed. Dined 7.45. Roy going back to school. Gave Roy £3.18.0. Quiet dinner. Roy left in hansom at 9.0pm. Quiet evening with M & Mite after. Mite came back from Wimbledon at 11.30am. (Red ink: Roy went back to Eton at 9.0pm.) Friday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After at 10.0 got to work on drawing of Bismarck & German Emperor. Skemed Emperor. Purnell round at 10.45am. Photod him in dressing jacket & also table etc. Developed them by 12.30 & went on to work. Dried & printed by lunch time. Bathed after. At 3.30 got to work again & on to 8.30pm when dined. M & Maud went to afternoon performance with Miss Rose Innes to see The Pied Piper of Hamelin & Sandford & Merton at the Comedy Theatre. Back at 7.0pm. Did not work after dinner. Read & sat in chair till 12.0 when up bed. Mr Henry Ward called about Maud's drawing at 5.0pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mrs Cecil Clay, better known as Miss Rosina Vokes.) Saturday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Windy morning but warmer. Mite down to breakfast but M in bed. Got to work after wiring Guthrie & Lockyer letter & wiring Ayala. Worked on Bismarck drawing from 9.20 to 12.30am. Mr Ward called & saw Mite about drawing. Put photos away & at 1.15 lunch. After dressed & went with Mite in hansom to Lyric Theatre. Saw Guthrie waiting, also Ponsonby. Saw Little Christopher Columbus for 2nd time. Yoké good. Out 5.10. Home by hansom. Called for sausages. Mr Hook & sister had called. Read book of Proctors on comet. Mite went to dine at Café Royal with Miss Holland. Dressed & at 7.45 went with M in carriage to dine at Sterne's. Met 2 Yankee girls & Sir Benjamin Baker. Mr & Mrs Harris. Good dinner. Canvas back ducks. Long talk. 1854 brandy. Left 11.30. Purnell had an altercation with cabman outside Sterne's door. Home 11.50. 1 st time driving mare since accident. Knee opened again. Heavy rain during dinner.
(Red ink: Dined at Louis Sterne's.) American girls, Miss Johnstoners. (Red ink across page: Drove mare for 1st time since accident on Dec 26th. Went to Little Christopher Columbus for 2nd time.) Sunday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Down 9.0am. Breakfast. Sausages. After out on Cob at 10.15. Felt cold. Lovely morning but put on silk shirt instead of flannel. Got up with roughness in throat. Road by Lillie Bridge up Putney Hill & to C.O.Barker's. The House Post Steads across Wimbledon Common. At Barker's 11.15am. Thro' Richmond Park & home by Hammersmith. Cob went well & lovely ride. Tired on getting home. Changed. Lunch 1.30pm. After rested in chair & slept. Mrs Parr called at 4.0 & stayed till 6.0pm. Bother about currant jelly. Alice went out & hunted all round for it only coming back by 7.50. At 8.5 Prof Norman Lockyer, Sylvinia Rose Innes, Anstey Guthrie, self, Mite, Arthur Ryle & M dined. Very pleasant dinner. They stayed late till 12.15am. Cold rather bad & tired at night. (Red ink: Dinner at home. Lockyer, Miss Rose Innes, Arthur Ryle & Anstey Guthrie.) Monday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Down. M in bed. Rode at 10.0am exactly in Park. Lovely morning. Cob went very well. Met Lindo & Solomon & also young Bartlett. Very shocked to hear that his father had been dead for 3 years. Pneumonia. Back. Edith Buckmaster arrivd at 12.30, 2 boxes. Worked on Duncan's drawing. Rested in afternoon. Answered M about Maud's drawings in sleep. After worked. M would not let me go to Olympia. Sent P with note to manager. Box came back. Sent Agnes with Mite & Miss B. Went in carriage. Cold very bad. Went to bed at 10.30 having chest rubbed & taking gruel. Slept well. Heavy rain at midnight. (Red ink: Very bad cold developed.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Maggie Savile Clarke. Feb 5 '94.) Tuesday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Put riding things on & at 10.0 rode in Park. Saw Lindo, Earl Spencer. Met Solomon in High St. Rode round Park having been heavy wet in the night. Back 11.30. Mite & Miss B out at 12.0. Worked on Duncan's drawing. Felt very seedy with cold. Good lunch. Wrote letters etc till 4.0pm. Worked till 7.15 when dressed after & went in carriage to dine with Arthur à Beckett & Susie à B. Poor wretched dinner & dull. Took a Mrs Armstrong in to dinner. Captain & Mrs Childs there, an Indian Colonel, Prof Monro etc. Cold felt very bad & altogether did not enjoy myself. Mare stumbled going but went the journey twice all right. Left at 11.0 & home to bed. Had gruel & blanket etc etc. (Red ink: Cold very bad. Inflammation etc.) (Red ink across page: Very bad dull dinner at Arthur à Becket's. Cold very bad, felt ill.) Wednesday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cold in head still very bad. Did not ride. After got to work on shading Britannia for Mr Duncan. Worked all day & up to 5.45pm. Heavy wet in afternoon. Cleared & left home at 6.15. Walked up to Piccadilly Hyde Park Corner when took buss for Bouverie St. Arrived at 7.20. Punch dinner. Phil Agnew, D.M, Arthur à B, self, Sir J.T, F.C.B, Lehmann, Reed, B.P, & after late E.I.M. Canard in Pall Mall Gazette about Mr Gladstone's resignation. Long time
making up cut. After made up another about French & English sailor. Self got Evolution of Chamberlain to do. Left at 11.0 on acct of cold in head. Took Reed with me & put him down. Bed after. (Red ink: Cold very bad.) Feb 1894 Thursday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wrote letters. Went on to finish drawing for Mr Duncan of Britannia. At 11.30 rode in Park. Round Serpentine with Finlay. Saw Mite, Miss B, Kerrie etc in Park. Home. Lunch after. Sent wire before lunch. Finished drawing for Scotland & sent it off 4.30pm. F.C.B's letter about Gladstone. Wired twice to Garrick Club. After skemed subject of Gladstone, not satisfactory. At 6.0 dressed & left in carriage at 6.35 & drove to Verrey's Restaurant & dined with Bret Harte. M, self & Sylvinia Rose Innes. After went to Daly's Theatre & saw Twelfth Night. Miss Rehan as Viola. Felt singing in my ears & cold. Mite, Miss B & Agnes in box opposite. Went round after play. Bret Harte sent us home in his carriage. Mite & Miss B had hidden behind the curtains. After supper bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Miss Rose Innes goodbye. Cold still very bad. Ears bunged.) (Red ink across page: Dined with Bret Harte at Verrey's. Went to Daly's Theatre after.) Friday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. Dull morning. Sent P to Barker's at 9.45. At 10.30 photod him for G.O.M in Music Hall song. Lincoln & Bennett's hat. Developed & prints by 1.0pm. Lunch. After got to work at 3.0pm & worked on until 8.30pm when dined. M & girls made many calls in carriage in afternoon for 1st time. Bed 11.0pm. Did not work after dinner. (Red ink: Cold still bad.) Saturday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Down & worked 1 hr before breakfast at 8.45. After worked on & finished Gladstone as Music Hall masher by 12.30pm. Not very satisfactory. Great hurry. Lunch. M, Miss B & Maud went in carriage to Drury Lane pantomime. Dressed in frock coat & followed after. Called Club. Large box 1A. Mr Sismay there. Saw pantomime. Harris in box opposite. Out 4.55. Put M & girls in carriage & called Club. Had tea. Talk to Stone, looked at papers & walked with Stone to Albany & then home. Dined 7.45 & quiet evening after. M down for me at 11.5pm. Felt seedy in theatre. (Red ink: Went to pantomime at Drury Lane with M, girls & Mr Sismay. Lovely weather. Cold still on.) Sunday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am earlier. Breakfast 9.45. Rode Cob north. Slight frost in night. Over Campden Hill through Russell Square & on to Wilmington Square, Rosebery Avenue. Past old Mr Inglis's house at the New River. Up High St Islington, Highbury Place. Past Willis's old house & on to 7 Sisters Road. Saw 107 Devonshire Road & then on out of my way to Kentish Town Road. Home by Regents Park. Met young Pollen, after Schneider, Marks & new wife, old Horley. Home 1.20 Gave Cob sugar. Lovely day & ride. Wonderfully good mutton at lunch. Sleep after in chair. At 5.0 wrote letters till 7.15pm. No one called the entire afternoon. (Red ink: Lovely day. Long ride to north of London by Highbury etc etc.) Last rode Holloway Sunday April 17,'92. Time before Ap 17,'92, Sunday Oct 12 1890, Marquis. (Red ink: Cold still on.)
Monday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Pains in ear & head along left side from cold. Barometer 30 yet dull wretched wet day the entire day. Could not ride or go out. 1st day without regular outside work in hand. Retouched drawings Bismarck etc, Australia. Lunch. Shewed Mite drawings & did drawing of Punch in Mr Brown's book. Mr Sismay took Mite & Miss B to Olympia in pouring wet. At 7.15 dressed & left at 7.40 in carriage to dine at the Oswald Crawford's. Took in a Mrs Earle. Stout dull old party. Sat next Miss Yates Thomson. Talk of pyramids. Mr & Mrs Boughton, Mr & Mrs Crackenthorpe, QC, Lady Dorothy Neville, Mr & Mrs Yates & selves. Handsome woman with grey hair etc. 16 in all. Too many. Left 11.10pm. Home by brougham. Mare went very well. Read paper & bed 12.10pm. Cut of Gladstone as Masher not good. (Red ink: Cold still bad.) Vaillant the anarchist executed. (Cutting glued in: Probate duty paid on estate of Robert Harding. T.M. Feb 5 94.) (Red ink across page: Dined at the Oswald Crawford's. 16 at dinner. Not so bad. ) Tuesday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Dull morning. Down. After read paper & wrote diary. M got girls out with difficulty. Letter from Robert Duncan asking for alterations on drawing. Answered it. Mite, M & Miss B out at 11.30. Self rode at 12 to 1.15. Saw Nutcombe Gould, Alexander & Gilbert. Row very wet. Met M & girls also Mrs De la Rue & Miss Hollingshead. Lunch. After read stories till 3.0pm. After for 2 hours wrote Store orders etc. After skemed Chamberlain Orchids. Wrote Bull about prints. Mite went to Elkin Mocatta's to dinner & dance afterwards. Purnell 20 minutes late with carriage. Quiet dinner, M, self & Miss Buckmaster. Carriage went for Maud at 12.45am. Read after & slept till 11.15pm when to bed quietly. (Cutting glued in: Death of Amelia Skirrow. Times Thursday 8th.) Wednesday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Mite down, she only got home at 1.30am. Wind high but warm, 63° in room.without fire. Rode at 9.45. Met Lindo. Saw Gilbert etc, Alfred de R & Lord Spencer. Back 11.15. Saw in 'Times' criticism on my cartoon this week. Very bad. Said serious error in G.O.M's legs. Can't see it. At 12.0 put out camera & copied girl dancing. After took M, Maud & Purnell. Lunch. Miss Campbell Praed ought to have come to lunch, did not. From 2.15 to 3.15 developed plates. Bull sent prints of orchids. M & girls going to tea at Guthrie's. Carriage ordered 4.opm. Took cab at 4.0pm & went to Turkish bath in N.Ave. Weighed in 12.10, out 12.8. Walked to Garrick. One letter. Cab to Bouverie St P.D. F.C.B, A.G, E.T.R, B.P, A à B, Hy F, self, Sir J.T. Talk of Times criticism on my figure of Gladstone. F.C.B all right. Had cut of orchids to do. Left in cab with Sir J.T. Put down at Isthmian. Home all right. 'Times' today. Thursday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dressed for riding. Out at 10.0am. Wrote Buckle in the morning. Rode with Mr Maude. Home at 11.0. Letter fom F.C.B about doing Fancy Portrait of E Burne Jones. Boy left, answered it. In afternoon went on & developed Chamberlain orchids. Worked up to 6.0pm when dressed. Mr Sismay came & dined at 6.30pm & after M, Mite & Miss B went in carriage to Savoy
Theatre. M & self followed in hansom. Had Box Q to see Utopia Limited. Very pretty. Miss Scott in place of Miss Brandram. Miss Nancy McIntosh. All home. M, self & Mite in 4 wheeler, Mr S & Miss B in another. Miss B in a rage not going with Mr S. Home at 12.0 & bed after. (Red ink: Mr Sismay dined with us & we went to see 'Utopia Limited' afterwards. Box Q.) Friday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. Wrote letters & at 10.0 got to work on Chamberlain Orchids. Worked hard all day. M, Mite & Miss B went to tea at Mr Ryle's studio. Met Lady Margaret W. After dinner at 8.30pm rested & read. Bed at 11.0 & good night's rest. (Cutting glued in: Criticism of Punch cartoons.) (Red ink: Times, Wedy Feby 7th '94.) Mr Buckle wrote me a personal letter of explanation. He could not tell right leg from left.) Saturday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Got to work 8.20 on drawing of Chamberlain Orchids. Breakfast. Worked till 11.30 when finished. At 12.0 wrote to F.C.B etc. Sent cheque for £31.10.0 to Bank sent by Mr Robert Duncan in morning. At 12.40 rode Cob in Park. Met Matthews coming out of barracks at Kensington. Rode with him twice up & down Row & home at 1.30pm. Lunch. After at 3.30 dressed & got to Turkish bath at 3.50pm, North'd Avenue. Bought 12 new tickets, used No 1. Had to go upstairs, very full. Shampooer Nº 3. Weighed in bath before 12.10, out 12.8¼ . On to Beefsteak Club. Dined. Sat next Tree & Ainsworth, Charles Allen in front. Left at 8.0 & walked to Comedy Theatre. Box 8. Saw 'Dick Sheridan'. Felt very hot & tired. Out at 11.0 & home by 4 wheel cab which took M. No fire. Read Lady de Ros book & bed at 12.30. (Red ink: Heathorne & Routh pilled for Garrick. Went to see Dick Sheridan at Comedy Theatre.) Sunday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Felt very tired & sleepy in morning. After at 10.30 rode Cob to Wimbledon. Up Roehampton Lane, past Hurlingham. Saw Pomona House where girl fell with head in bucket with Bartlett (Nov 13, 1886). Past Maud Grove & home 12.50. Looked plates wanting printing out. Changed. Lunch. Mr Sismay there. Cigar after & sleep. At 4.30 Capn Child & wife, Bill Weigall & Edgar called. Mr Sismay & Miss B back 6.30. Wrote many letters. Very strong high SW gale all day. Dined at 7.45 by selves. Read after. Bed at 11.30. (Red ink: Gale of wind. Rode to Wimbledon on Cob.) Monday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Riding things. Man came from Giles about clock & glasses. Stayed ½ an hour. Rode from 10 to 11.30. Lindo & Heathorne. Cold wind. Touch of north. Bright sun. M pottering. After printed photos of Mrs K & self taken last year. Lunch. Read. Miss Buckmaster left after a fortnight's visit at 3.15pm. Plumber doing Photo Hut etc etc. After bathed prints. M & Mite went to Lady Margaret Watney's. Man fetched clock. Wrote letters etc. Dined quietly at home & after rested & bed early at 11.0. Carriage went to be done at Whitlocks. New springs. Took 2 days only. Tuesday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dressed for riding & into Row at 10.0. Met Lindo & after Lockwood & Gilbert. Good talk with Gilbert about the opera of Utopia & Sir
Arthur Sullivan's liking & wish to play low down & his dislike of Miss Nancy MacIntosh. Out & home at 11.15. Printed many photos & after lunch bathed them. Read. Heathorne called on me. M had many callers, Alice Linley etc. Miss Enthoven & mother, Sophy, Effie etc etc. Maud lunched with Miss Enthoven. Touched up photos & after at 6.30 dressed. Dined at 6.50 & went in 4 wheeler (wanted more than 2/6) to Garrick Theatre & saw Caste. Poor play. Not in it with the old production of 1867. Back by 4 wheeler at 11.15. Supper & bed. (Red ink: Went to see 'Caste' at Garrick Theatre with M & Mite. Colder at night.) Wednesday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Very much colder. Frost in night. Acct of ½ year's settlement paid in to Bank £324.5.6. M & Mite up in room drawing. Wrote cheque for Parish Taxes, over £20.0.0, & for Fire Insurance. Did not ride. Wired Partridge about Ball tonight. Wrote Mrs Cape. After printed photos in bath room. Lunch. People called. Bathed p. M & Mite left 3.30 in carriage. At 4.30 dressed & down to Turkish bath calling at the Camera Club. Gave R.B 5/s Xmas box. In bath at 5.30. Saw Mocatta & also Schomberg Macdonnell. Weighed 12.10, 12.8½. Out 6.45 & on to P.D. by buss. Full dinner. Lucy back. L.B, E.I.M (late) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, A. à B, R.L, Hy F. Got cut of France & Bear. Watch played pranks. After walked at 11.15 with B.P to Covent Garden Ball. Went in Sir A.G's box. Good costume. German Emperor there. Saw Mrs Banks Tomlin masked. Left at 1.0. Called Garrick. Saw Sir James Carmichael, Lord Sandhurst, Arthur Blunt, Knight etc. Left 1.20 & home & in bed by 2.0am. Thursday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rather tired but no head. Dull cold wretched morning. Wrote letters & looked out material for cut of Bear & France. Sent Purnell for Bears etc. Man mending sofa. Began cut of France & Bear. Sent letters to F.C.B. Purnell came back, no photos. Lunch. Girl came from Mrs Evans with photos of bears. Bought 15/s worth of them. Drew in figure of France. Dined at 8.0pm. Quiet dinner by selves & rest after. Bed early. (Cutting glued in: Debts against George Frederick Chester. 'Times' Feby 21, '94.) Mrs Chester died Feby 17th 1895, aged 41. Friday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Thought to ride. Could not. Cob had had mash. Purnell rude in morning. Got to work early & got on with Bear & France. Lunch. Finished & began to shade at 3.30. Spencer & Adah S.J called. Turned back. Bothered over head of France. Could not get it right. Worked till 8.30. Dined. After worked from 9.15 to 12.0. Took out head of France & put it in again. Dropped blot on faced & altogether bad luck with it. Bed at 12.30am. Very tired & disatisfied. (Red ink: Hard day's work on France & Bear. Bothered over head.) Saturday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast & after wired not to take photos. Wet in morning & continued heavy rain the whole of the day. Never ceased. Worked on till 11.30 when finished drawing. This drawing took 10 hours to shade & not good when finished. Miss Campbell Praed came to lunch. Dressed to go to Club. Met Spencer on the doorstep & took cab to Garrick, dropping S.J.H at Jr Con Club. Saw Heathorne had been blackballed. Lunch. Lobster & biscuits, pilsener. Talk of Gill
QC. After at 2.15 walked to P of W Theatre. Miss C.P, M & Mite in box. Mervyn after. Saw 'The Gaiety Girl'. Haydn Coffin & Monkhouse good. Out. Still heavy rain. Bought sausages & home in carriage. New books. Tea. Rested in chair & slept. Tired headache. Dinner 7.45 & rest after & bed early. Quiet evening. (Red ink: Went to see 'Gaiety Girl' matinée. Heavy rain the entire day.) Sunday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. M & Mite to church. Change in weather. Bright but bitterly cold east wind. Rode Cob to Richmond Park via Sheen House. Stopped at Rly & over Wimbledon Common & home by 12.50. Printed 3 photos & then changed. Down 1.35. Percy Oakes & wife to very plain lunch. Bad mutton etc. Talk to Percy after. Spencer in. They left at 4.0 for Hugh Spottiswood's. Quiet afternoon after. Slept in chair. No one called. Bitterly cold. Dined 7.45, ½ fowl done in oven. Read story of Abraham in Century after & to bed 11.0pm. M curled in ball. (Red ink: Rode to Wimbledon & Richmond on Cob. Percy Oakes & wife had a bad luncheon here.) Monday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. cold, hard frost. Put riding things on. Sent Mite's drawings to Dove Keithley etc. After rode from 9.45 to 10.30. Hard frost. Met Luke Ionides. Wrote letters etc & at 11.30 changed. At 11.45 walked up to the R.A the whole way with M & Mite. Kerrie in road eating bone. Saw Old Masters. Lunch at St J.H. Girl & 2 men. After to New Gallery. Bosh, & then to Japanese collection. Saw Mrs Schlesinger & Sir Henry Thompson. Out & looked in to Grafton Galleries. Met Mr & Mrs Orchardson, Mr Pranzer(?) etc. Left at 4.20. Sent M & Mite in hansom & walked down to Hyde Pk Corner. Met Dresden 2 nd time arm in sling & saw Sam Heilbut. After met M looking for carriage. Purnell again rude. Home. Rested. Tea & smoke. Bitterly cold. Dressed 6.45pm. At 7.25 walked to 11 Hyde Park Place & dined at Mrs H Levy's. Took in a Mrs Gerald Beddington who knew Mark Lemon. Left at 11.0. Home by carriage. Freezing. Left stick. Fire in rooms (bed). Bank book home. Good 'Punch'. (Red ink across page: Dined at Mrs Henry Levy's, 11 Hyde Park Place.) Tuesday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Hard frost. Bank book not so good as last year only £750 in credit. Down after breakfast, wrote letters etc. M out. Walked with Mite at 11.50 to 11 Hyde Pk Place tho' Park. Got stick. Back across Park & down Row. Met Miss Schwann & saw Bolding & Finlay. Home 1.15. Lunch. Pipe after. Sorted cheques etc. Mrs Warre called 3.30pm. At 4.30 after tea began really Andersen again. Drew initial. M reading about Lord Byron by Lady Blessington. At 6.15 dressed & Sophy & Edgar here. At 6.45 dined. Left at 7.45 in carriage, M, Sophy & Mite for Court Theatre. Saw The Transgressor. Olga Nethersole very good. Out & got carriage. Home at 11.20. Up in M's room with fire. Cheque sent from Darling for £45.3 for Index etc, also letter from Keithley about Mite's drawings. Bed after reading paper at 12.20. (Red ink: Edgar & Sophia dined with us & went with M, Mite & self to the Court Theatre. Bitterly cold.) Wednesday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. M's arm very painful & head hurt. Down. Bitterly cold & hard frost, also foggy weather for first time in the year. Words with Purnell
about his great coat. After sent P to Stores to be measured. Wrote letters etc. Put glass bracket etc on easel & letter box. Lunch. Rest after. M in Mite's room. Lady Margaret & Baby called & stayed till 5.15. Baby delighted with Mite's nursery & dickies etc. Left at 5.35 & walked thro' Kensington Gardens etc to Garrick. Saw Joe Carr. On to P.D. Called at Attenborough's & saw pearl necklace. Too early for P.D. Walked down Fleet Street, bought rule & pen(?) Phil A, E.I.M (late) E.T.R, B.P, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, A. à B, & Hy F there. Furniss remarks about my takings after told his sale of drawings £800 don't believe it. Long discussion for Sir J.T cut. Self got Devil & Anarchists to do. Left at 11.10 with Sir J.T. Put down at Isthmian & came home by hansom 11.45. Read papers. No fire. Bed 12.15. Very cold. (Red ink across page: Mr Harry Furniss dined for last time at the Punch table. Left in the middle of dinner saying he was coming back & never did no more. Dined for 1st time July 18 1884 at William Bradbury's, Oak Lodge, Clapham. First dinner Bouverie St. July 23, 1884.) Thursday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Still bitterly cold. M in bed. Skemed subject after breakfast of Devil as Labourer (Anarchist). Foggy. Sent Purnell to Nash's window cleaner. Came at 1.30. Stood on garden wall & trembled so nearly fell off. Took position from Purnell. Lunch before taking photos. Developed plates by 3.15. Dried by 4.0pm. M & Mite out in carriage. Called on the Du Mauriers etc. Got to work on Fancy Portrait of Macgregor after tea & worked up to 8.0pm having it in outline when dined & had quiet evening by fire, M & self, after. Bed 11.0pm. Read Harpers Magazine etc. Friday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Still cold but wind shifted. After breakfast bathed prints & put them to dry. After got to work at 9.45 & finished Fancy Portrait of Macgregor. Finished by 12.0 (noon). After began drawing of Devil as Labourer. Put Mite right with her drawings, reducing tutor to right size. Worked up to 8.30pm. Dined. Quiet evening. Did not work. Slept. Bed at 12.0 midnight having raked fire out. Purnell came at 9.0am & bothered about broken pad for harness. Sent him to Long Acre. Funeral of Bourdin. Mob hooted the anarchists. Saturday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50am. Down 8.25. Altered sky in drawing of Devil as Labourer. Breakfast. After got to work 9.20 & worked till 1.0pm. Latest had ever been. Finished satisfactorily. Roy came in from school at 10.30. Went out. Man tuning piano. Lunch. At 2.25 rode Cob along Embankment to Westminster & home thro' Parks. Met Sterne, Mr Tait & Miss T. Home 4.30. tea. Walked up & looked at things to be sold at Luke Ionides. Pretty garden. Home. Chicks back at 5.55pm. Blessed change in weather in the morning, SW wind. Dressed at 6.30. Dined & went in 4 wheeler with M, Roy & Mite to Haymarket Theatre. Good Box A. Saw Critchett, Beddingtons etc. Saw 'The Charletan'. Poor play. Left at 11.15 & home in same 4 wheeler. Little supper, smoke after. Bed 12.0 midnight. (Red ink: Roy came home for exeat. Went to see 'The Charletan'.) Sunday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Breakfast at 9.20. Dull wet morning. Horse round from St George 10.0. Words with Purnell about keeping horse outside. Rode with
Roy to Putney & along lower road to Richmond. Over Q bridge & post thro' wretched road to Chiswick. Missed road & after into Hammersmith Road. Heavy rain came on. Home 12.26. Man waiting. Home. Changed. Went at 1.30 in 4 wheel cab with M, Mite, Roy to lunch at the Lindos. Dundas Gardner there. Son, a prig, & one other young fellow there. Back in cab at 3.15. Left note at Du Maurier's house 3.40. Ryle called almost immediately after Molesworth & Edgar. Roy & Kerrie. Dined quietly at home, M, Roy, Mite & self. Questions after. Slept in chair from 10.30 to 12.0am & to bed. Much warmer. (Red ink: Lunched at the Lindos. Slow lunch. Heavy wet.) Monday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull morning. Roy went back to Eton at 9.30am by cab. Gave him £2.0.0. After wrote letters etc. Spencer in. At 11.0 rode Cob in Row up & down twice. Warm dull morning. Saw Alfred de Rothschild, after Her Majesty. Very X. Home at 1.0. Arranged photos. Lunch. After sent Purnell to stores at 2.30. Spoke to P about his answering in morning. Sent Mite's drawings off. M & self at 2.20 put books straight on landing. Very dusty. Tea. Got to work on drawing of initial for Andersen. M & Mite went to call on Mrs Vicat Cole. Touched up photos etc. Quiet dinner after by selves & rest. Bed early. (Red ink: Roy went back from exeat.) Tuesday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull morning. M & Mite off at 10.0am to Stores. Mare new pad on. After worked in morning & did initial for Andersen at last. Heavy rain in morning. M back 12.30, arranging flowers etc. Lunch. After at 3.0am put on riding things (trowsers) rode up to 21 Sloane St to look at Barthe's dresses etc. Purnell late. Left 4.0pm. After rode down Constitution Hill & saw people coming away from the Drawing Room. Got off Cob in Embankment & had Turkish bath.Weight before 12.8½, after 12.6½. Hair cut. Out 7.10. Walked past Trafalgar Square & on to Jermyn St. Bought sausages. After cab home. No one had called. Only Mrs Matthews (Charles). Dressed. Quiet dinner with M & Mite. Rest & snooze till 11.45, after bed. Saw Phil Agnew driving. Her Majesty's 1 st Drawing Room. (Red ink: 1st day's sale at Luke Ionides.) Wednesday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wet dull morning. Breakfast. Sent Purnell up to sale of Barthe's with letter at 11.0. As black as midnight. Gas. Cleared after. Wrote cheques for Stores, Pullar, Kennedy & Hobbs. Lunch. M turning out spare room. Finished initial for Andersen. Lunch. After rested & traced for 2 nd drawing Andersen. At 4.30 started for walk to P.D. Called at Barthe's sale & bid 12 guineas for Racinet's costume book. Glad I did not get it. On to Garrick. Wrote letter to Mr Hurst. Met Furniss & his secy. F told me in long yarn had left 'Punch'. Hum!. On to P.D. Lawrence B, E.I.M, (middle) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, Arthur à B. Got snake subject. No mention of Hy F. Wrote on slip of paper to A à B & Sir J.T. F.C.B off to 2nd evening at Sir George Lewis's. Home in cab with J.T, Isthmian. Read after paper. Bed at 12.30am. (Cutting glued in: Death of Arthur Anderson.) (Red ink: Met Furniss who told me in long yarn at the Garrick he had left 'Punch'.) Mar 1894
Thursday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull morning & high wind. Rode from 10.0 to 11.15. Met Gilbert & Mrs Heilbut. Back. Changed & walked with M & Maud to Albert Hall. Rain. Had got £10 at Bank. On to Barthe's sale. Saw B.P, Moscheles & Percy Macquoid etc. Left instructions. Walked back to lunch. Home 2.15. Rested & after skemed drawing of Snake. Sent E.I.M tracing. Dressed 6.30. Dinner 7.0. After went with Mary Nicol & M in carriage to pantomime of Cinderella at Lyceum. Saw it 2nd time. Very good. Miss Ellaline Terris charming. Sir J.T did not turn up. Wet night. Home by 4 wheeler. Supper & bed. (Red ink: Mary Nichol came. 2nd day's sale at Mr Luke Ionides. Failed to purchase. Also Barthe's.) (Cutting glued in: Mr Harry Furniss has retired from the staff of Punch... What of the future?) (Cutting glued in: Death of Arthur Anderson. Aet 52, W.G. March 1.) (Red ink across page: Went for 2nd time to Lyceum pantomime, Cinderella.) Friday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Mended trowsers. Breakfast. Wrote diary & letters etc. Man doing windows. Got to work on drawing of Snake & Alderman etc. Mervyn called. M out & Miss Nicol & Maud. Most lovely morning. Bright sun. At noon sun 4 divisions down screen. Lunch. Girls back 2.0. Windows cleaned. Worked all day on drawing of County Council Constrictor & Turtle. No letter from Tenniel or Partridge. Dinner 8.30pm & quiet evening after. Mr Dove Keithley wrote & said Mite was to have £8.8.0 for her 4 drawings. Saturday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & got to work on drawing of County Constrictor & Turtle. Worked 1 hour. After breakfast. After to 1.0pm when finished & sent it off. Mevyn in. Took Mite to lunch. Mary N off somewhere. After lunch at 2.0 drove with M in carriage to Lyric Theatre & had Box 1 for 3 rd time & saw Yoké in Little Christopher Columbus. Out at 5.0 & on to Turkish bath calling at Camera Club. Good bath. Out 7.15 & home by buss. Old gent dropped a shilling. Turned out a sovereign. Weight in bath before 12.8, after 12.6¼. Quiet dinner at home. Boshy books sent. Bed quietly at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went to matinée of Little Christopher Columbus, 3rd time. Had Turkish bath.) Sunday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Breakfast. Rode at 10.30 Cob to Putney thro' Redcliffe Gardens & on to Wimbledon Common. Thro' Park & home by 1.20. Saw Spencer & Hilda in cab. Home. Lunch. After developed 16 plates of children Highland Games. Changed. Bret Harte, Mr Fowler, Spencer & young Thompson called. Left at 4.30. Took cab to Club & wrote letters. Left Club 6.30 & walked to Circus, called Camera Club. Buss home. Girl dropped coin. Home 7.15. Dressed. Will Oakes & Spencer dined. Gave them Champagne, whiskey self. Quiet evening after & bed at 11.30. Read 'Debacle'. (Red ink: Rode to Richmond etc. Will Oakes & Spencer dined with us.) Monday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. M had been ill & sick in the morning. Bilious. Persuaded her to stay in bed. Down & at 9.45 rode Cob in Park. Saw Nutcombe Gould & Delarue. Home at 11.0 & printed many photos till lunch. In bathroom after lunch. (M in drawing room.) Bathed & developed photos until 3.30pm. After
in drawing room. Mary Nicol left at 4.0 for a call. Wrote letters & diary. Very much colder. Dined at 7.30pm. M went to bed. At 9.30 the carriage came. Slightly wet. Mite, self & Mary Nicol went to Lady Blomfield's at home. Saw Violet Hunt & Mrs Rawlinson, Burgess, Dundas, Gardiner & many others. Left at 11.15 & home. Read & to bed at 12.30am. Lord Rosebery made Prime Minister. Snuffy cold came on. Not very bad but uncomfortable. (Cutting glued in: Death of Agatha Von Ronn.) (Red ink across page: Went to Lady Blomfield's at home. Wet.) Tuesday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. M in bed bilious. After breakfast rode Cob at 10 to 11.30 in Park. Met Macilvaine & Dealer(?) on good looking Russian horse. After Rhodes & daughter. Daughter gauche & very bad form. Pitched in to 'Punch'. Lovely morning. High wind. Back. After printed photos & lunch. M upstairs. Effie Harrison to lunch. After bathed photos etc. Wrote letters & Store orders for dinner on Thursday. Mrs MacKenzie called. Mite & Miss Nicol out seeing Drawing Room dresses. Carriage sneak took pencil case & book out of carriage. Sent Fox prints & also shirt to Desprez. Dressed at 6.15 & dined 7.0pm. Went after at 8.0pm in 4 wheeler, M going at last moment, to Criterion Theatre & saw The Headless Man. Sleepy in box. Laughed very much at old man. Had to change box. No trouble in getting 4 wheeler & home comfortably. Bed 12.0. Great bother with cats all about the place. (Red ink: Snuffly cold on. Disagreable.) (Red ink across page: M, Mite Mary Nicol & self went in 4 wheeler to Criterion Theatre & saw The Headless Man. Laughed very much. Just Mrs Keppel in stalls.) Wednesday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am & rode Cob round Park 4 times from 8.0am to 9.20. Saw Mr Murray, Stone, Blundell Maple etc etc. Breakfast & after letters. Worked in morning & skemed Labby & Lord Rosebery as Primrose. Lunch. Worked after. Rest till 6.0pm. M & Mary Nicol out together. Mite at home. Left at 6.15 for Punch dinner. Wet. Changed cheque for £2 at Slaters. Took cab at Albert Gate to Bouverie St. 1st dinner after Furniss's secession. Phil Agnew, Lawrence Bradbury, E.I.M (late) B.P, E.T.R, R.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur à B & D.M. Talk of Furniss. Tenniel got cut of Lord Rosebery as the new knight entering the lists. After self, Russia & France. Stayed & talked over Furniss with Sir J.T. At 11.50 self cab all the way home 3/6. Passed Argyle Rd & turned back. Paragraph in the Westminster Gazette about Maud. Bed 12.30. Cold very bad. Bought 5 L & C Bank shares, £451.10.6. (Red ink: Snuffly cold on. Not much inflammation but very disagreable. Rheuma'sm.) (Red ink across page: 1st Punch dinner after after Furniss's secession.) Thursday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride. Dull morning & wet. Breakfast. Felt seedy with cold. M & Maud went to Stores with carriage at 10.0am. Wrote letters, ordered coals & sent cheque. Got to work 10.30am & worked till lunch time on Process paper cut of Labby & Lord Rosebery as Primrose. Bothered with Lord R's head. M back at 1.0. Lunch. Mary Nicol away. Rather a relief. Rested after & got to work on skeming drawing for Bear, France & Lord Dufferin. Confusion in the house preparing for dinner. Bother about lamp shades. Sent Alice out for paper ones. Golden came at 7.0. Put wine out. At 8.0 Mr & Lady M Watney, Miss Thompson & Mr Moulton, Arthur Blunt & Col Welby dined with us. 4 bottles Ayala,
1 '74 Geisler, 1 Sauterne, 1 Burgundy drunk. Moulton delighted with wine. Arthur B sang all his songs. Gave Vernon his photos. They all left about 12.15am. Gave Golden 11/s. Slept in chair till 2.0am. Mite down. Bed. Something disagreed with me. Last time Arthur Blunt dined. (Red ink across page: Octave dinner at home. Watneys, Col Welby, Moulton, Miss Thompson, Arthur Blunt.) Friday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not ride. Dull morning. Woke up with colly wobbles & violent fit of indigestion due to peas last night. Lasted all day. Got to work with difficulty on drawing of Bear, France & Lord Dufferin. Worked all day up to 7.0pm when dressed. Mary Nicol left at 3.0pm today, going to Banbury. M better. Left in carriage at 7.40 & drove to dine at the De la Rues. Good dinner. Took Mrs Elmer Speed in. The Trowers, the Boughtons, the Mertons, the Walkers, selves, De la Rues. Talk to Mrs Trower after. Left 11.0pm & home. Seedy all day. Rested till 12.30 & to bed tired. Mrs De la Rue’s wonderful lace & blue china. (Red ink: Seedy all day with indigestion eating tinned peas.) (Red ink across page: Dined at the De la Rues. Good dinner.) Saturday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Down & worked before breakfast on drawing of Bear, Dufferin & France. Found out letter from F.C.B had not been delivered since Thursday by Alice. Worked on till 1.20pm finished. Lunch. After dressed. Put photo case in carriage. Drove at 2.40 to St James's Theatre. Saw 2 nd Mrs Tanqueray for 2nd time. Mrs Patrick C wonderful. Mrs Mackenzie in box. Sent her home with M in the carriage. Walked on to Club (Garrick) Had tea. Looked at papers. After walked quietly home. Saw new moon thro' glass. Changed. Bath & to dinner at 8.0. Quiet restful evening afterwards & bed at 11.0pm. Thankful. (Red ink: Went to 2nd Mrs Tanqueray, 2nd time. Matinée. Latest sending in drawing ever was.) Sunday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dull stormy windy morning. Breakfast. After at 10.0 walked up thro' Park & on to Camera Club. Rain came on after at 10.45. Began 12.0. Took 60 plates from A.G. 3 doz French Republic, 2 doz draped. Studio hot. Out at 2.15. Round to Garrick to lunch. Saw Matthews. After lunch (cold beef) cab home. Called stables. Changed & at 3.45 rode to Bernard P's. Met Dolly Storey & wife. On to top of Fitz John's Avenue & down Hampstead Hill. Cob went well. Old lady ill by railings near Pettie's house. Cabby said I starved Cobby. Home 5.40. Met Richards at end of S.T. Bill Weigall at S.T. Stayed till 6.30. Read Sketch & wrote diary. Dressed. Bernard Partridge came to dinner. Shewed him phos, drawings etc etc. Left 11.50. M & Mite went to Joachims. Back 1.0. Read Mudie's books. Bed 1.10am. Walked to Club. Rode in afternoon to Hampstead. (Red ink: Photod Miss Green, 2nd time.) Monday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Down at 8.0. Worry letter 5 or 6 pages long from F.C.B. Out at 8.15 on Cob. Met Murray. Introduced to brother. After rode with Pepys Cockerell. Home at 9.15. Breakfast. Put things straight afterwards. Words with Purnell. M better. Mite to go to Olympia with Miss Holland. Wrote letters. Lunch. After worked on Andersen's drawing of boy in bed. Waited for 'Punch' to
answer F.C.B's letter. Mite had early dinner & went to Olympia with Miss Holland. Back at 10.30pm. Heavy wet. Mr Carlisle with her. Punch came in with drawings reproduced all right. (Red ink: Burnand wrote letter of 6 pages about drawings. Lovely ride in morning. Wet after.) Tuesday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Out at 8.15 & rode Cob in Park till 9.15am. Duller morning. Long talk with Dolby. Man doing windows. Worked on Andersen. After lunch developed 6 Maud Easton & 6 of Watney Rock. M out in carriage to Mudies. Changed books. At 3.30 policeman came & said poor Kerrie had been run over & badly hurt. Sent Purnell. Arthur à Beckett up in room after. At tea time worked & finished boy in bed for Andersen fairy stories. Dined at 8.0pm. Quiet evening by selves after. Dividend sent for £11.0.0 from Leopoldina Rly. Bed 11.30. Wrote long letter in answer to F.C.B in morning. (Red ink: Poor Kerrie run over & killed about 2.30pm. Broken legs. Sent to have him poisoned. Happened opposite Derry & Toms.) Wednesday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.20. Out 8.0am & rode in Park. Met many people. Coward etc. Also Miss Gertrude Cook. Rode with her. Back at 9.25. Breakfast. News of defeat of Govt by 2 by Labby. After sent cheque to Bank for £451 odd purchase of shares. Gave Mite £1.10.0. After finished drawing for Andersen & also took 2 photos of Mite stooping down & developed them. 2 nd worry lettter from F.C.B desiring me to be at Bouverie St 6.0pm. Started to walk at 4.30pm. Went thro' Park. Met Arthur Lewis & Woolff in Piccadilly. Called Club. Saw Furniss. Out 5.50. Took cab to Bouverie St. Inteview of an hour with F.C.B. All ended in smoke. Nothing definitely settled. Went out & wired M. Dinner. J.T, self, Arthur à B, L.B, E.I.M, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B. Suggested cut of Labby as jester unhorsing Rosebery. Got cut of Gladstone in study for self. Left at 11.0 with Tenniel & dropped at Isthmian Club. Home 12.30am. (Red ink: Interview about work with F.C.B. Mr Desprez called at 11.0am.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Shackle.) Thursday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. At 8.0 rode in Park. Very wet & Row sloshy. Saw Gertrude Cook & Mr (blank). Rode with Pepys Cockerell. Dull & inclined to rain. Breakfast. After wrote & skemed drawing of Gladstone reading Rosebery's speech. Photod Purnell at 11.15am, Gladstone in arm chair. Had things carried down & up. Developed them & had prints by after lunch. M out having 1 st guitar lesson & after to lunch at Mrs Matthews. Rested. Sent carriage for M. Worked on after. 4.0pm Major Welman called. Had tea below in morning room. Put Gladstone's head in. Dressed at 7.15 & carriage took us to dine at the Rawlinsons. Took Mrs Macmillan in. Talk to Macmillan about Andersen. Slow dinner. Rivières, Mrs Caldecott, Eastlakes, Cocks etc. Left at 11.0 & home. Mite dined at Mrs Archie Pollock's. Fire in our bedroom at night. Mite back. Read paper. Mrs Cock QC curious little woman. (Red ink: Dined at the Rawlinsons. Slow.) Friday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & down. Did ¾ hr work before breakfast on drawing of Gladstone reading. Breakfast. Gave Purnell notice for refusing to do small garden in front. At 11.30 F.C.B called & saw me at work. Went away. Worked on.
Lunch. Mite & M went to Goodalls at home & back by 6.0pm. Finished work at 8.45, M reading. Sent drawing off. Dined & after read Vizetelly book. Bed 1.0pm. Very bad attack of P. Colder. Lay awake at night till 2.20am. Saturday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. 1st morning without work for a long time. Breakfast. Photos etc put away after to 10.30. Dressed & out at 11.0. Round to stable. Rowed Purnell. Agreed to do better. Walked on thro' Park. Bright morning but cold. Met Mr Holmes, Arthur Lewis, Tom Skinner etc. Called Lincoln & Bennett. Got new hat. On to Jones & Co & got Maud 6 diamond clasp. Club. Lunched with Furniss, Maclean, Gill etc. Good looking Marshall Hall. After talk with Wicks & Maclean. Saw Mercer etc. Walked on to Turkish bath. Called Whistler etc. Good bath. Out at 5.45. Buss home. Pretty little girl like Jess & Dora. Gave Mite clasp who stitched pearls on at once. Weighed before bath 12.8, after 12.6¼ . Left in carriage at 7.45 & drove to dine at the Rhodes's. Big dinner. Ritchies, Sir Henry & Lady Burns (Bergne). Makins, Lady Carbutt, Rivière, Young Snagge etc etc. M wore pearl necklet. Took in Lady Burns(sic) & talk to Sir H after. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Turkish bath. Dined at the Rhodes's.) (Red ink across page: Oxford & Cambridge boat race. Oxford won 3 lengths.) Sunday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Down. Cold morning but bright. Breakfast. At 10.30 rode Cob along Hammersmith Rd to Mortlake & thro' Richmond Pk. Crowd of cyclists. Down Putney Hill. Most curious dense black fog on one side of bridge, the other quite bright. Trotted home. Got stables 1.15. Changed. Lunch. Rested in chair. Read Major Griffith's book on Prisons. At 4.15 Bret Harte & after Miss Holland & Mr Carlisle called. Slipped out & developed 8 or 10 plates taken at Knowlton Court last June. Up again & wrote many letters. After at 7.45 Welman came & dined. Had 2 bottles of Romanée Burgundy. Long talk & cigar. Welman looking very much older. He left at 10.0. Read & to bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: Blackish fog came on at 1.0pm. Very bad at Fulham.) Monday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Had intended to ride. Dense fog. Could not. Down & rode at 9.45 after. Still foggy. Met Mr Maude (Kelk) Out at 10.45 & home. Changed & at 11.35 drove to Camera Club. Met Mr Henry Lee. He was there waiting for me, to be photod in German Emperor's dress, very good. Might have been a more favourable morning. Took 36 plates & 12 sitting. He left at 1.30 to drive back. Put plates up & went to Club. Had to go back for key. Lunch 2.35. Whitebait, fillet & bottle '84 Pommery. Talk to Mr Lee about various matters until 4.0 when he left. Snoozed in chair till 5.0. Wrote letters till 5.45 when left & home by buss. Found M & Mite working. Dressed 6.30 & wrote letters & diary. Dined at 8.0. After rested in chair. Dozed & to bed at 11.30pm quietly. (Red ink: Photod Mr Henry Lee at the Camera Club as German Empr.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Broxholm.) Tuesday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. Rode Cob before breakfast. M in bed. Saw Bob Coward with arm in sling. Rode with Pepys Cockerell. After in morning developed photos of German Emperor taken yesterday. Printed them by lunch time. In
afternoon walked up to the Punch dinner. Called Garrick Club. Letter from Marriott & Cooper. Arrived P.D 7.10. Arthur à B, B.P, E.I.M (late) R.L, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self. Reed ill. 2 cuts to make up. Tenniel got two. Wrote off to May's for Sailor's suit etc etc. Left talking with E.I.M till 11.50. Out & got into buss in Strand, 2791. Changed at Piccadilly Circus to 2719. Empty. Home by 12.50pm. Read & to bed after. (Red ink: Punch dinner earlier for Easter.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of William Turquand; In Memoriam Charles Barker.) Wednesday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. Rode Cob in Park before breakfast. Saw Mocatta & gave Purnell note to send by P.O.Messenger to Mays & Chappells. Breakfast at 11.0 after skeming subject. Photod Purnell in Sailors suit. Stace came round. Had left the Police. Photod him in 2 positions for Harcourt & John Bull. Developed plates & got prints by lunch time. M out in carriage. After rest got to work at 4.0pm & worked till 8.30pm when dined quietly. Read after dinner & bed at 12.30pm. Mite still up. Light in her room. (Red ink: Roy's cycle sent home.) Thursday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Did not ride. Dull & cold. At 8.35 Roy came home from Eton in cab with portmanteau. Mite & self at breakfast. Man called about clay pigeon trap. After got to work on cartoon of Lord Spencer dancing as Sailor & Harcourt & John Bull. Roy practising his cycle. At 2.0 M & Mite went in carriage & Roy in 4 wheeler with Mite's luggage. Had given Roy £3 to go Stores for tennis raquet & golf clubs. Went on to work. Roy & M back at 4.45, Roy with raquets etc. Went on to work & up to 8.45pm when finished drawing. Vaus & C had written. Letter from F.C.B about Academy. Dined quietly & read magazine after. Bed at 11.30pm. Clay pigeon trap sent & gun & cartridges from Whistler. (Red ink: Roy came back from Eton. Mite went to Ramsgate.) Friday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Decided not to ride in morning. Grey & dull. Roy out on his cycle. Put all photos away & wrote & printed some of German Emperor etc & put hut straight. Lunch & at 2.30pm rode with Roy up to Hampstead. Most lovely brilliant afternoon. Rode mare for first time since Boxing Day 1893. Went beautifully. Called at Holdens. They were glad to see Cob. Hampstead Heath like a fair. Mare trotted fast along the Finchley Road. Home at 5.10pm. Found Colonel Welby there. Talk with him. Roy out again on his cycle. Wrote letters until dinner time. Dined quietly, M, Roy & self, & went to bed early at 11.0pm. Ought to have gone to Brookwood today. Why not? (Red ink: Rode with Roy to Hampstead. Death of Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen. Born 1828, son of Captain Charles C.O. RN.. Made K.C.M.G. 1878, K.C.B 1886.) Saturday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull grey morning & cold. Roy not out on his cycle. Breakfast. Finished packing & wrote cheques & letters. Put things up etc & at 11.0 had carriage & 4 wheeler up. Started 11.15 for Waterloo. Went down to Ropley, 1 hr to wait. Met Phil Agnew on platform & wife. Talk & introduced Roy. Collector half objected to Roy's ticket. Disagreable woman like Mrs Hensman in train. Got out Surbiton. M, Roy & self had lunch. Got to Ropley at 3.10. Carriage & luggage cart met us. Drove Brookwood. Found Bee Barrs, Mervyn, H & Tabs &
chicks all right. Tea. After played ½ round of golf till 6.30pm. Dressed & dinner. Champagne. Very sleepy afterwards. Bed 11.0pm. Roy slept below with Mervyn. (Red ink: Left Stafford Terrace for Brookwood Park, M, Roy & self.) Sunday March 25 Brookwood Park, Alresford. Up at 8.45. Bath. Breakfast. Most lovely morning. After played game of battledore & shuttlecock. Ham went to church with Gwen & Evelyn & Bee Barrs. Roy & self played long round of golf. Lost ball 1 st shot. After looking went round. Lost a ball at last hole. Took two hours from 11.0 to 1.0. Very hot & brilliant sun. Lunch. After rested & smoked. At 4.0pm walked over with Ham & Mervyn to Hinton, the Duttons' place. Looked at furniture etc. Print of Charles 1st with only sword hilt no sword contained. After Miss Chetwynd, Miss Cowper Coles & Miss Bonham Carter called. Had long talk with Miss Chetwynd. After walked home. Wrote diary & read. Dressed late & after dinner Champagne & Madiera. Sleepy after. Pipe & bed at 11.0pm. Strange dream of Duke of Connaught & Annie Tallant. Monday March 26 Brookwood Park. Up at 8.45. Bath etc. Egg & bacon. After pipe at 10.30 got clay pigeon machine up & after one or two trials got it all right. Fired about 15 cartridges. After at 12.0 went round of golf. Lost ball in hole near tree. Lunch. After read Bruce's Travels. Went up in bedroom for snooze. Mrs Seymour Haden Junr came, played golf. Tea. At 5.0pm played Roy 2 sets of lawn tennis. Beaten both games. Most lovely evening & day. Brilliant sun & not a cloud in sky all day. Dressed. Dinner. Rested & smoke after in drawing room. Bed 11.0pm. M still in Tab's room. Went to bed 1st. Tuesday March 27 Brookwood Park. Up at 8.45. Down in dressing things. Roy up to see Ham & Mervyn off who left at 8.55 for journey to look at yacht. Dressed & breakfast 9.30. After at 10.15 to 11.0 Roy shot at clay pigeons. Shot 35 cartridges off & about 12 pigeons. Back. Read in Annual Register for year 1766 a poem by Dr Goldsmith called 'The Hermit, a Ballad'. Original of Edwin & Angelina. In it the words "Man wants but little here below nor wants that little long" appear. Wrote letters from 11.45 to 12.30. Roy & Gypsy. Lunch. After reading till 3.0pm played 5 hole round of golf with Roy. Beat him. Tea 5.0pm. After went & shot at clay pigeons. Roy fired nearly 40 cartridges. Walk with M. Roy at rooks. In at 7.15pm. Read book on North America by Hon Charles Augustus Murray (Bentley 1839) Travels '34, 5' 6. Hamilton & Mervyn back at 7.45. No good auxly steam yacht. Dinner 8.0pm. Music after & bed quietly at 11.0pm. Wednesday March 28 Brookwood Park. Up 9.0am. Breakfast. Roy up early & disturbed us at door of room. Mervyn left by early train. Breakfast later. After shot clay pigeons etc with Roy. Read etc etc. Trigger jammed of gun nipple. Lunch. After at 4.0 played round of golf with Hamilton. Played better, got into 2 nd hole in 4. Back at dusk. Roy & girls up tree. After had dinner, dressing before & looking over book on horticulture. Roy & self shot again just before dinner at dusk & after Roy off with Howe after rooks etc etc. Dinner. Quiet evening after. Bee Barrs slept downstairs & Roy up in her room. Bed 11.0pm.
Thursday March 29 Brookwood Park. Up at 9.0. Roy in Bee's room. Down. Breakfast. After pipe. Roy shot 16 cartridges at clay pigeons. Back. At 11.15 started & played round of golf, H, Roy & self. Did not win one single hole. Hot. Roy back for ice. Finished 1.15. Up in room & changed. Packed. Lunch 1.45. Left with good cigar at 2.30. H gave me 17/s for balls & pigeon trap. Drove to Ropley. Met Mervyn. Up to town, Roy in 2 nd class. One girl got in at Aldershot. Town at 5.20. Buss home 6/s. Home 5.50. No letter from F.C.B. Went to Whitlocks & rowed them about carriage. After dressed. Dinner. Packet from E.I.M. At 8.40 drove in carriage to Palace Theatre. Saw snakes, dogs, tableaux etc etc. Col MacTear in stalls. Left 10.50 & home in hansom cab at 11.30pm, 3/6. Supper. Bed. (Red ink: Home again from Brookwood. Went to Palace Theatre in evening, M, Roy & self.) Friday March 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Down 8.45. Wrote 7 or 8 letters. Breakfast. After skemed drawing for Schoolmistress etc. Roy out on bicycle. Beautiful morning. Wrote after seeing man to Richards at Manby(?) about gardening. Lunch. Sent Roy off to Queen's Club with subscription to Secy at 2.15. Worked on up to 8.30pm when had dinner quietly. Had 2 liqueurs. Gave me headache in morning. Rested after dinner & read & to bed early. Saturday March 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am. Down & finished drawing of girl Schoolmistress. Breakfast. Finished at 10.0am, sent it off. At 11.0 rode Cob in Park. Met Janet Lewis, Miss Tate, Mrs J.Sterne etc. Lovely hot springlike morning. West wind. Band in Park. Back at 1.15. Left Cob at stable. Lunch. Dressed after. Mite back from Ramsgate. M had gone to meet her at Charing X & back by 1.0pm. Roy & self took hansom & drove to Savoy Theatre, Box D. Mite & M after & Finlay in box, having asked him in the morning. Also introduced to John Barrow MP. Old man. Saw Utopia Limited for 3rd time, Mite 4th. Very good. Out & got carriage. Roy & self had Turkish bath & hair cut. Weight self 12.8, Roy out 7.10. Left cigarette case. Home by buss. Man singing inside. Dressed. Dinner & bed 11.30 after snooze. Headache all day, slight. (Red ink: Went to Savoy Theatre matinée, 3rd time. Turkish bath.) Apr 1894 Sunday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. Down. Breakfast. Dull morning. M & Mite went off to church at 9.55. Roy & self rode Cob & mare to Richmond, 2/4 round Park & Wimbledon & home by 1.15 exactly. Saw Coward at gate of Richmond Park. Ginger beer at Robin Hood. Lunch. Rested after & read Parke's book. Spencer called & after Col O'Callaghan & Mrs O'Callaghan, also George Nicol. Developed plates taken at Bourne End, nearly all spoilt. At 6.15 dressed & at 6.45 walked the whole way to dine with Henry Arthur Jones. Got there 8.5pm. Slight rain starting. Met at dinner 16. All old waiters. (Plan of table seating) Mr Ponsonby, G.Alexander, Prof Dewar, H.A.Jones, (query), Crighton Brown, (query), Mr Pigott, Mr L Courtney, Emery Walker, Sydney Lever(?) Mr Vane Tempest, J.H.McCarthy, L.S, Seymour Trower, W.Q.Orchardson. Fair dinner. Talk to Emery Walker, Crighton
Brown etc. Left 12.45. Walked to hansom & home 1.20. Bed. Fairly careful what I took. (Red ink across page: Dined with Henry Arthur Jones.) Monday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Down. Wrote cheque for £5 & 3 letters. At 8.15 rode Cob sharp in Park. Saw & rode with Macmillan, Pepys Cockerell & Coward. Back at 9.10. Breakfast. Mite & M left for Mite's going to Effie at Pullboro' at 9.40. Roy off to Club. Read Times. Rested. After printed a lot of ¼ plates etc. Roy back to lunch. In afternoon worked etc etc. Dined early. George Nicol came at 6.45. Left Roy & M in carriage at 7.40 & Nicol & self after in cab. Drive to the Princess's Theatre. Difficulty about seats. Mr Hulse. Got 4 stalls. Saw 'The World'. Roy with his fist crammed in his mouth. Nicol amused. Left at 10.55. Went home in hansoms by 11.25pm. (Red ink: Went to see 'The World' at the Princess's Theatre with young Nicol.) Tuesday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. Round stable. Cob not ready. In Park 8.25. Met Pepys Cockerell & Dr Stern. Back. Breakfast. Roy off to his club. M in carriage to Stores etc at 10.30am. Printed many ½ plates & also after squared up others with red line for enlarging. After tea began to do drawing for Tin Soldier. Dinner at 7.0pm. Roy went at 7.45 by himself to Garrick Theatre & saw Caste. Quiet evening with M. Roy back 11.25. Had put Punch Vols right. Read Parkes book on the Emin Relief Expedition & to bed at 12.15. Very wakeful for a long time. Strange dream of abuse in some paper from some tradesman of years & years ago (a shoemaker.) Why cannot tell. Wednesday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. Rode Cob in Park. Foggy morning & east wind. Rode with Roger W.Wallace of De Vere Gardens, also Coward. Story of young man pulling nose. Good ride. Met Parsons on seedy horse. Out & back. Breakfast. Roy to his Club. After wrote Illingworth & Fox. Printed 1 st Blue prints. Successful. M out & back at 12.30. Lunch. Roy back. After at 3.0 went in carriage to Queen's Club. Saw Roy & raquets. Called on Reed. Carriage put me down at top of Row after calling on mother, leaving M. Walked to Garrick. Cut slips out of Times. Saw old Walter Lucy & also Lawrence Bradbury. After walked to P.D. Saw 'Cynicus Publishing Co' 59 Drury Lane. Punch dinner, P.A, L.B, E.I.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.C.L. Self suggested cut of Squeezed Lemon. Got Woodman's cut. Home with Sir J.T's cab. Put down at the Isthmian Club. Home. M & Roy just in from the Lyric Theatre. Thursday April 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Rode in Park. Met Captain Hickman & after Romer Williams & Coward. Back & after breakfast skemed subject. Purnell at 11.30 stood for Woodman with axe & M's arms after. Lunch. Developed before & got prints & 1st practical use of Blue paper. Rest after & at T time got to work & worked till 8.30pm when dined & bed quietly after rest. (Red ink: 1st use of blue Ferro Paper in work. Great saving.) Friday April 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Down 8.0 & tidied room. Breakfast & after got to work at 9.30. Worked all day on drawing of Wood Nymph & Satyr. Roy off to his Club. Worked up to 8.45pm when finished. Dined M, Roy & self & rested after. Bed 11.30pm. Roy had been rude to his mother, did not speak. Saturday April 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After breakfast put things away in room etc & looked over plates. Negatives returned from Illingworth. At 11.0 rode Cob in Park. Most lovely morning. Met Col Rich. Talk about fodder. Heathorne's new fat cob. Back at 12.30. Mite home from Fittleworth looking well. Changed & after having lunch M & Mite in carriage & Roy & self in hansom to Trafalgar Theatre. Saw Go Bang. Letty Lindo good. Out 5.30pm. Too late for Tukish bath. Tea at Garrick & Roy & self strolled home. Met an old casual who stank. Oh! Oh! Took pirate buss at Prince's Gate. Home. Bother with Blue prints. Dined 8.0. Room very hot. After read & snoozed & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went to the Trafalgar Theatre.) Sunday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Bright sun. Decided not to ride. Told Purnell to get carriage round at 3.0pm. After got double photo camera ready. Rigged it up. Cut hole in focussing cloth. Photod rat, M helping. Great trouble to get him in the glass shade. After upset etc whole thing & rat got away behind cupboard. Killed him after sweeping glass up. Photod him. Felt very tired & done up after. Lunch. Rested in chair. M went in carriage at 3.10 to Wells, Boughton & Dicksee. After it took Roy & self to Lewis's. No tennis. Went down to Leighton's. Met M & Mite. Sent carriage home. On to Watts, Thorneycroft, Fildes, Hunter etc. Met Woods in street. Fildes told about Princess of Wales. Back. Mr & Mrs Charles Burnand there. Wrote legend on drawings & letters to Spottiswood & also Beerbohm Tree. Dined quietly at home, M, self, Roy & Mite. Quiet evening after & bed early. (Red ink across page: Frightfully hot. Done up with photoing rat. After to see pictures etc.) Monday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Rode in Park at 8.15. Met Coward & gent with son & daughter. Long talk with Coward about Queen's Club. Back & the whole morning printing photographs in blue. After altered Duncan's drawing, took most of afternoon. Effie came in afternoon. Talk of going to Paris. Dined at 7.0pm & after M, Maud & Effie went in carriage, Roy & self in hansom, to Haymarket Theatre. Saw a very poor piece called 'Once upon a Time'. Travesty from the Emperor's New Clothes in Andersen. Back in 2 hansoms, 9/s. Supper & bed 12.0am. Henchels in box, H.A.Jones in box etc at Haymarket. (Red ink: Effie Herapath née Boehm came. Oh! Went to Haymarket Theatre in the evening to see 'Once upon a Time'.) Tuesday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.20am. Out in Park at 8.0am. Rode with Stone & after Hollebone came up. Called Hickman Captain. Oh! Out & back at 9.10. M preparing to go to Stores. Went in carriage at 10am. Up in bath room. Printed all photos of rat, 16, etc. Lunch. Rested & read. After drew drawing for Andersen in outline. At 7.0 dressed. New man came, Harris. At 8.15 Mr & Mrs Rider Haggard, Mr & Mrs Phil Agnew & Spottiswood dined. Good dinner. Spottiswood stayed until 12.10am. 3 bottles of Champagne & 2 Burgundy drunk, 1 Sauterne. Fell asleep in
chair. Bed at 1.30am. (Red ink: Good dinner at home to 7 people. Mrs Rider Haggard very slow.) (Cutting glued in: Death of William Waring.) Wednesday April 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. Mite in bath. Very hot morning. In Park at 8.25am. Met Gertrude Cook. Canter up Park. Left her & rode with Wallace. Settled to go to play golf on Sunday. Back 9.30. Effie down. Man had broken yucca. After wrote diary & sorted photos. Put obituaries in. Worked at 11.0. Finished Andersen drawing in morning & afternoon. Rested from 2.30 to 4.30. Tried to sleep. M out in carriage. Finished drawing at 5.30. Did it up. Dressed & after left at 6.25 & took buss all way to Bouverie St. Dirty boys in buss. P.D. William Agnew back from Egypt & Spain. E.I.M (late) E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self & Arthur à B. Self & Arthur à B got cut of Harcourt & Clarke. Left at 10.15 & went with Reed to Adelphi. Into Box 11. Saw tail end of 'Cotton King'. Left 11.30 & home with Reed in cab. (Red ink: William Agnew back at 'Punch' dinner.) Thursday April 12 Stafford Terrace. Up after 7.15am but on Cob at 8.10. In Park. Colder & misty. Rode with Macmillan & also Captain Hickman. Saw Lawson with Scots Guards. Home. Effie left at 10.30am. Wrote 8 or 10 letters. Designed cut of Harcourt & Sir Edward Clarke. No letter from Mr Darling about bonnet. At 12.30 photod Purnell in sun for Drum Salvationist & at 1.0 Stace. Developed them. Lunch. After printed in blue & got to work & drew small drawing of Villiers & G.O.M paired on process paper. Dressed at 7.0 & walked on to dine at Campbell Praeds. Mite went with M in carriage. Mite dined at Phil Agnews, M & self at Campbell Praeds'. Met Mrs Lin Linton, David Murray, De Fonblanque etc. Uninteresting dinner, clergyman's wife next me. Long talk to David M after about Hy F. Mrs Linton startled about incomes. Good cigar. Left at 11.0. Kept Mite waiting. Home. Paper & bed. (Red ink across page: So so dinner at Mr Campbell Praed's.) Friday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am. Did not ride. Got on with small drawing of G.O.M & Villiers (Father of House of Commons). Afterwards lunch. At 2.30 commenced cartoon of Harcourt & Sir Edward Clarke as Salvationists. Got on well & dined at 8.45, drawing unfinished. After Roy went with young Banbury to the Comedy Theatre & saw Frou Frou. He came back at 11.20. Bed. Change in weather coming on. Death of my aunt Mary Worth. Born April 17, 1804. died Apl 13. (Cutting glued in: Death of William Hayward.) Saturday April 14 Stafford Terrace. Up early 7.0am & at 8.0 to 9.0 got on with drawing of Harcourt & Clarke salvationists. Finished 11.15am. At 11.45 rode Cob in Park. Met Nutcombe Gould & Stone. Showery. Home 1.15. Afterwards put things away. Opened mounted photos. Annoyed with gum on them etc. Room being done. Wrote letters in spare bedroom. News of Aunt Worth's death, 90 next Tuesday. Roy back from Club & Banbury's. After dined at 6.30 & went at 7.30 with Roy to Lyceum Theatre. 1st night of Hy Irving's return. Magnificent reception etc, crowded house. Changed seats with Comyn Carr. Saw many I knew, went to back. Welcome supper. Very hot in theatre. Saw Lady Colin Campbell & talked to her also stout lady who I did not know & many others. Also Major Rickards Singer.
Altogether a delightful evening. Irving most kind to Roy. Shook hands with him. Left at 1.45am. Saw Ellen Terry etc etc. Home 2.15am. Lemon squash & bed. (Red ink across page: Great evening at Lyceum Theatre & reception on stage after. Roy & self went.) Sunday April 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast nine. Sent Purnell to Mr Wallace's. Left dressed for golf with clubs etc at 9.30 for calling at 21 D.V.D. On to Vauxhall. Wallace not very well. Good cigar. Went to Woking to Golf Club. Saw Nutcombe Gould at station. After to Club. Met D'Oyley Carte & Lawrence. Played 1 round before lunch. Wallace in red coat. Poor player. Got 6 holes & ½d one 1st round. Capital mutton for lunch. Cherry brandy after. 2 nd rd at 2.45. Bad caddies. Wallace very seedy & could not play at all. Beat him by 5 holes. Back. W knocked off. Crowded Club & dirty etc. Left 5.30. Saw lady with boarhound who turned out to be Mrs Hugh Spottiswood. To station past Penley's house. Saw valise with name of Winifred Jackson on it. After saw H.Spottiswood, wife & Winifred J herself. Back in train, W still seedy & slept. 2 others got in at Surbiton. Back in 4 wheeler. After sent bottle of Savory & Moore's D.M to Wallace. Quiet dinner at 8.0. M, Roy & self, & rest after. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink across page: Went to Woking Golf Links with Mr Wallace. Mr W ill.) Monday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. No ride. Wet. Breakfast. After started to ride. Back. Tied up yucca. Wrote 4 or 5 letters. Posted them. Met young Banbury in cart. Sent him after Roy. Looked into sepia papers etc. M in bed. 2 attempts to ride before breakfast & after. Wrote letters etc. After lunch at 2.10 rode Cob to Putney & over Wimbledon Common. Got off at Walhams. Wet & after lovely weather. Men playing polo on Wimbledon Common. Back at 5.15. Purnell just in & in temper. M had been out. Tea. Miss Harrison there. Hungry. After changed & dressed. Tried to skeme picture for News. Dinner at 8.0. Rest after & heavy sleep in chair. Nightmare at night due to veal & mushrooms. Dreamed of door in bed room opening. Bed 12.0. Tuesday April 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Out & on Cob 8.10. In Park. Rode with elder Murray. Talk of Byron. After with Campbell Praed & D'Arcy. Heavy rain. Called & asked about Wallace. Back & changed everything. Breakfast. Afterwards wrote many letters till 12.0 & then sorted photos & soaped drawers. At 1.15 Alice & Miss Mary Carter called for lunch. Roy fidgetty. After wrote diary & sent Roy with pattern for coat. Cut labels etc for 8½ & 6½ photos & put them in drawers. Alice left at 4.0pm. Many called. Mrs Evans & Mrs Silver, Jerry Weigall etc. After dressed & dined at 7.0pm. Went in carriage at 8.15 with Roy to Tivoli Music Hall. Sat behind Mrs Turner & 2 sons. Saw also de Fonblanque. Very good programme. Griffiths Bros, Little Tich, Dan Leno etc very funny. Jean May so so. Left 11.15pm & went with Roy to the Garrick Club. Had eggs. Saw Joe Knight. Home by cab at 12.0. Bed 12.45. Roy made noise in bedroom. (Red ink across page: Went with Roy in the evening to Tivoli Music Hall.) Wednesday April 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.20 & out in Park at 8.15. Dull morning. Met Holland & rode with him. Back at 9.20. Breakfast. After finished labels & skemed subject for Ill. L.N. At 1.0 M down, had sore throat & not well. Lunch. Left at 2.0pm for Camera Club. There 2.30. Man in studio with kitten. At 3.0 photod Mrs K. Dull dark day. Took photo for Don Quixote & Ill. L.News. Out 5.30. Tea at Garrick. Called at Macdougalls & measured for suit. Walked to P.D thro' Long Acre. Rain came on. Rested under Law Courts for 5 minutes. Punctual at P.D. W.A, E.I.M (late) E.T.R, Hy.W.L, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, Arthur a B & R.L there. Poor dinner. Talk of Roy etc, after Furniss. F.C.B & A à B off to last Covent Garden Ball. Self left at 11.15 with Tenniel. Called Camera Club for bag & home by 12.0. M & Roy in from theatre. Had been to see The New Boy. Read paper & bed at 12.30. (Red ink: Last Covent Garden Ball of season. Did not go.) (Red ink across page: Photod Mrs King, Camera Club.) Thursday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.20. In Park at 8.15. Rode with Mocatta & Coward. Learnt name of Chandos Leigh. Back 9.20. Roy down. Tired after. Read papers etc. Cut labels at 12.0. Developed negatives for cut. Dull cold east windy morning. Nasty sore chest developed. Inflammation of mucus membrane. Roy went to Club & out on bicycle. M out in carriage after lunch. Developed at 12.30 the 4 plates taken yesterday & 4 others. Dull grey heavy east windy day. Got prints after & after ten began work on drawing of Donna Quixote. Dined at 8.0pm. Roy very quiet. At 9.0 Roy left for Eton. M & self quiet evening & bed after. Felt seedy with chest. Had it rubbed. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Roy left at 9.0pm for Eton. Nasty cold came on.) Friday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down. Nasty sore chest. Troubled me all day & felt seedy. Worked on drawing of Donna Quixote. Gull grey heavy east windy day all day. Effie Harrison & Miss Walford here. Miss W lunched. M out in carriage after. Finished work at 9.15pm & dined quietly at home. Mutton chilled. Fire in my end of room. M down at 11.45. Up to bed after snooze. Spencer came in at 11.0am. (Red ink: Cold developed.) (Cutting glued in: Death of James Creswick.) Poor Creswick, we were boys together. He was supposed to have most brilliant prospects & became an Admiralty clerk. He once asked me why I wasted my time at making sketches. Saturday April 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. After put things away etc. At 11.0 rode in Park Cob. Met Finlay who told me all about the Carlisles. After with Stone. Had wired Vinley at Globe Theatre. Lunch. No answer to wire. Went at 2.30 in hansom (good with small seat) to Egyptian Hall. Saw Maskelyne & Cookes' entertainment. Man with memory. Went on stage & had rabbit taken out of pocket. Young man like Fred Thornton familiar conjuror. Out 5.15. Had tea (M, Effie H & self) at Mr Stone's. Tommy the cat lost. Carriage at end of Albany. Out 5.45, Stone's rooms 6.0. Strolled home. Dull evening. No Volunteers. Spoke to mounted constable. Dinner 7.30. Wrote Vaus & Crampton. Rest after. Cold developed in head. Horrid irritation. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Cold bad.) (Red ink across page: Went with M & Effie Harrison to Maskelyne & Cookes' entertainment in afternoon.)
Sunday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am & breakfast 9.0. Cold in head horrid. Rode Cob at 10.15 along Hammersmith Rd & up Roehampton Lane & home down thro' Putney. Met Sir George Maude. Home at 12.45. Nasty cold grey dull morning. Changed. Printed some Platinotype photos & after lunch rested in chair & not one soul called. From 5.0 to 8.0pm wrote many letters. Dined quietly, M, self & Effie H. Chair after. Read book on Science & Religion. Bed 11.30 pm waking up. (Red ink: Cold bad in head horrid. Wretchedly cold grey day. Sir George Maude died May 31st. Sorry I did not stop & speak to him.) Monday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.20. Bath. Sent Purnell to Stores. Out in Park at 8.15pm. Met Coward etc. Life Guards exercising. Story of Colonel North & Lady Dudley. Back. Breakfast 9.20. M went to meet Mite. Developed plates, Thomas's plates success, also ¼ plates. Mite back at 1.10am. Effie H went home & back again. Lunch. After printed phos etc etc. M & Mite & Effie H out in carriage to Woollands. Read book. Wired Hare. Tea. Wrote diary, began drawing for Ill. London News. M, Mite & Effie back at 5.15pm. Worked up to 6.30 when dressed. M, Mite, Effie H & self went in 4 wheeler to see Mrs Lessingham at the Garrick Theatre. Very poor play very well acted. Good scenes on the Scotch moors. Had Royal box. Left 11.0. Saw the Du Maurier girls. Home by 4 wheeler. (Red ink: Cold bad. Mite back. Effie Herapath back from Paris & in Mite's bed.) (Red ink across page: Went to Garrick Theatre to see Mrs Lessingham. Very poor play.) Tuesday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & out in Park 8.10 on Cob. Wrote 2 letters to Hare & to Prince of Wales's T. Met Macmillan in Park. Home 9.15. Effie Herapath & Effie Harrison at breakfast & Mite. After Effie Her left at 10.30. Printed a few photos spoilt on Sunday & after at 11.30 got to work on page for Ill.L.News. Lunch. After till 4.30pm read book on Science & a Future Life by Frederick W.H.Myers, Macmillan & Co, 1893. Awful book if true for humanity. Tea & on to work till 6.30pm. Dressed. Hamilton & Tabs came & dined with us. Talk of photography. Very wet evening. At 7.50 they left in carriage for Prince of Wales's Theatre. H & self followed in cab. Shewed H shops in St Georges Terrace. Prince of Wales's Theatre, saw Gaiety Girl for 2nd time. Met Sir William Pearce & had talk. Tabs thought she had lost her brooch. Back at 11.13 in 4 wheeler. Letter from F.C.B to Mite for work. After supper bed at 11.59. (Red ink: Cold still bad.) (Red ink across page: Hamilton F & Tabs dined with us & all went to P of W Theatre after. Good box & supposed loss of brooch after. Very wet.) Wednesday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Pouring wet morning, did not ride. Up 8.0am & down 8.45. After breakfast wrote diary etc. Wire from Tabs to say brooch found. Cleared up after. Sent Agnes round to stable to say would ride at 11.30. Did so. Met Frisby & had long ride with him. Row in a beastly muck. Round twice by Serpentine. Young man belonging to Yearsley run away with. Back at 1.15. Lunch & after went with M in carriage to top of Berkeley Square & on to Macdougalls to have suit fitted. Called Lincoln & B's. Mr Solde suggested subject of Robin Hood. After to Turkish baths. Met Buckle of 'Times', D.M & Sherriff Harris & also Pat Marshall. Harris talked of Cartoon tableau. Good bath. Same weight. Hair cut & after out 7.0.
Punch dinner. Agnew (depressed) E.I.M, Reed, F.C.B, (Lucy at Roose's) J.T, self, Arthur à B & Lehmann, D.M. Suggested Robin Hood. Got Shadows on Wall for self. Left 11.10 with Sir J.T & put down at Isthmian. Home. (Red ink across page: Had Turkish bath. Same weight.) Thursday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.20am & rode early in Park. Very muddy. Cob went well. Back. Got on with small drawing on Process paper. Proved a failure after. At 11.45 photod Purnell for Asquith. Printed & got on with drawings afterwards. Also took Mite for Red Riding Hood etc. Saw Mr Davis shewing people over house. Very wet morning but sun after. Worked till 8.0 when dined quietly at home, M, Mite & self. Bed early. (Red ink: Purnell in temper about 3 hours. Photod Purnell & Mite as Red Hood (Riding). Friday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. No ride. Brilliant morning. After got to work on drawing of Asquith making Welsh Rabbit on wall. Purnell back with costume at 9.45. Skemed figure. M & Mite out at Woollands, back at 11.40. Photod Mite as Welsh girl. No sun after hours of it. Took another after lunch. Went on with drawing & worked up to 8.30pm when dined quietly & decided to finish tomorrow morning. Saturday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & got to work 1 hr before breakfast & after to 11.30 when sent it off, or nearer noon. Tidied up & after lunch too tired to go to Private View of New Gallery. M & Mite went. Dull wretched day. Sat in chair, blues. After went out. Called Garner about chemicals etc. Back. M & Mite back. Read books after dinner, Dean Hole & South Seas. Quiet dinner & bed early after. 1st night of Alexander's new play by Arthur Jones, 'The Masqueraders'. (Red ink: Private View Grosvenor & 1st night of 'The masqueraders'. Out of both. Felt tired & seedy.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Cecil Romer to Frances Wilkinson. A grandson of Mark Lemon.) Sunday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast 9.30. Most lovely day. No wind. Afterwards extremely hot. At 10.20 rode Cob. New suit on & cap. Up Putney Hill. Caught up Lockwood, Matthews & also Russell. On to Windmill & then to Star & Garter. Met Witt QC & another, after F.C.B. Lockwood's drawings bad. Lunch at Star & Garter. Lockwood, Willie Matthews, Russell, self, & Hy F. Johnny Hare came after driving down. On to terrace for smoke. Felt seedy. Cob restful(?) starting & lathered after. Left 3.15 & rode back round Park & Wimbledon. Home 5.15 pm. Miss Rose Innes there & young Thomson. M asked young T to dinner. Lavish use of Xtian names, like Brandon Thomas's model. Left 11.0. Bed after & tired. Bottle of Perinet. (Red ink: 1st meet Two Pins. Lunched at Star & Garter. Lovely day. Too hot. Young Thomson dined with us.) Monday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. No ride. Dull wet morning which lasted all day. No clothes from Cottons. Sent Purnell. After at 10.30 started to walk to Chelsea. Took cab at 10.15 on to Court House, Whiteheads Grove. In court 2 hours & ½ . Gave
evidence in Smith v. Astor. Saw John Proctor & Keighley & others. Out 1.45. Cab to Garrick. Lunch with Squeeze & Wicks. Saw Hare (gloomy) Arthur Blunt, Beetle, Forbes Robertson & Bouchier. Out 3.0 & to Academy. Varnishing day. Struck with pictures of Herbert Draper's & Abbey's. Beautiful shrine of Gilbert's. Talk to many friends. Out at 6.0 & walked home. Dull day & spotty rain all day. Cold. Home. M & Mite had been to Miss Holl's wedding with Mr Armstead. Dined quietly at home & bed at 11.20. (Red ink: Tired. Dull grey horrid day. Varnishing day at Academy. Attended Court, Smith v. Astor. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Hugh Armstead to Olive Holl; marriage of William Liddell to Lilian Livesey.) May 1894 Tuesday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.10 & knocked on wall for man hammering. Bath. Out at 7.45 & went in next door. After on Cob & rode at 8.0. Cold east wind, too thin breeches on. Rode with Mills, Oh! Romer W, & after Capn Hickman & Miss Lily. Home after down Row with Mr Ponsonby. Breakfast. After M & Mite to Woollands. Wrote letters. Sent Mite's drawing to V & C. Tried prints for sepia. Did not succeed. Printed labels etc. Lunch. After got to work on page for Ill.L.News. Hamilton came in at 5.30pm, interupted me. At 6.20 dressed & dined at 6.40pm, Sylvinia Rose Innes, M, Mite & self. At 7.45 they started for Lyceum & self followed in carriage by self. Spottiswood in box. Saw Violet Vanbrugh & Bouchier in stalls underneath. After Bertie Hare. All delighted with Faust. Left at end. Miss R.I's fly drove most recklessly, M & Mite frightened. Home 11.35. Bed 12.0 (Red ink across page: Went in evening to see Faust at Lyceum for 4 th time. Had best stage box. Miss Rose Innes & Spotttiswood in box.) Wednesday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30, out 8.5. Dull morning. Rode with Sir Alfred Hickman & afterwards with Mr Smith & Yates Thomson. Breakfast. Met M on doorstep going to Woollands. After tried sepia paper. Great failure. Looked out Cobham on the map. M & Mite went for drive in carriage at noon. Lunch. Lady Margaret called with Tam Tam in afternoon. Tabs at lunch. Left early & walked up Park & along to Macdougalls. Met old Dr Smiles. After called Hurt, Son, Peard & Co & selected lamp. Did not get it. On to Turkish bath. Good bath. Out at 6.50 & buss to Punch dinner. Slight rain. Lawrence B, E.I.M (late & seedy again) E.T.R, Hy.W.L, F.C.B, J.T, self & Arthur à B & Lehmann. Got cut of Gladstone & Horace v. Homer. Left at 11.15 with Sir J.T. Isthmian & home by cab. Mite at a Ball at Town Hall, Kensington. Agnes went for her at 1.0am. Sat up & went to bed at 1.0. Mite back 2.30am. Thursday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15am. Rode in Park on Cob. Rode with Mocatta & after with Warren. Talk of Furse. Left letter asking for card of Academy at William Agnew's & on to 88 Park St. After met Yates Thomson who said F.C.Gould would be the 1 st caricaturist if he could only draw. Back 9.30am. Skemed subject of Gladstone & Horace. Purnell round. Took 1 photo only in wet at 11.35. Developed it etc & to work after. Lunch. Worked up to 8.30pm. M had annoying letter from Woollands at dinner. Sent dress back. Quiet evening & dinner. Bed 11.30pm. Friday May 4
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & worked before breakfast on Gladstone & Horace & on up to lunch time, 1.45pm. Card from Agnew for Academy came. After lunch dressed & went with Mite & M to Royal Academy Private View. Carriage to end of Burlington Arcade. Very cold. Saw many friends. Mrs Murton, Sir Guy Campbell etc etc. Out at 5.15 & in to have tea at Mrs Calderon's. Very bad hansom cab home. Worked from 6.0 to 9.0pm on drawing. Mite went off to dine at Orchardsons & after to Ball at Princes Hall. Langleys arrived back from South America. (Red ink: Private View of Royal Academy. Went at 3.0pm with M & Mite. Very cold coming home in hansom.) Saturday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & worked on drawing 1 hr before breakfast. After finished at 11.30 & sent it off. M & Mite left at 2.30 for visit to Cobham. Rode in Park from 11 45 to 1.30pm. Met Stone (Miss May niece of Woollf's) Nutcombe Gould etc. Lunch. After tidied up. Put phos away & wrote letters etc. At 5.0 went in carriage to Royal Academy. Purnell had no top boots on. Saw Aird, W.Morrison etc. Saw all royalties arrive etc. H.R.H looking very much thinner. Sat at dinner between McEwen (old Scotsman) & Dr P.L.Schlater. Good dinner & speech from Lord Rosebery & Bishop of Peterborough. After had talk with Prof Huxley. After seeing him & Cardinal Vaughan Rudyard Kipling came up. Took Henderson round to Garrick. Sat next Alexander & Bendall. Home by cab dropping Henderson at 1.30am. Read evening paper. Letter from J.S at Club. (Red ink across page: Royal Academy Banquet. Went at 5.15pm. Supped at Garrick Club afterwards. Took Henderson.) Sunday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 am. Headache which lasted nearly all day. Breakfast 9.0am. No Purnell round. Started exactly at 10.0am to ride to Hampton Court. Left address, back to house. Start 10.12. Rode long quiet ride, thro' Richmond Park at Sheen Gate. Met Pollock on bicycle (Barrister). Out at Kingston Gate & on to Hampton Court. Lockwood etc caught me up after just past the Greyhound. Put horses up. Had lunch at Sadlers. F.Lockwood, W.Matthews, self, young Arthur Russell, F.C.Burnand & Hy.F. Sprinkle of rain after lunch. Left at 3.45 & self on to Cobham via Esher, others back to town. Arrived Cobham 5.15pm. Many lady bicyclists in knickerbockers. In time for tea at Fritz's. Mr & Mrs Ionides there & a yankee Mr Pell. Good music. Changed. Drink & stroll with M & Fritz. Dinner 8.0pm. Good. Sleepy after, very. Mrs Ionides very good voice & sang well. Jokes etc. Bed 12.0am. Very tired. Seedy all day with headache. (Red ink across page: Headache all day. Two Pins Club luncheon at The Mitre Hampton Court. Rode on to Fritz Jackson's at Cobham afterwards.) Monday May 7 Pyports, Cobham, Surrey. At Fritz's, rented from Mr Lushington QC. Up at 8.30. Lovely morning. Bath & packed bag. Breakfast nine & off at 10.0 to minute. Goodbye to Pell. Long ride through Esher & Kingston. Cob very nervous. Looked at deserted house on Common. Could not get fusées. Thro' Richmond Park & got off for 10 minutes. Home exactly 1.48pm. M & Mite not there. Lunch & wrote diary. Left Cobham 10.0 exactly, Esher 11.0, Kingston 12.0, out of Richmond Park at 1.0. Home 1.50pm exactly. M & Mite back at 4.30. Had dressed. Left in carriage & called Macdougalls, wiring à Beckett & Clowes. Returned to Stafford
Terrace for paper. Club. Drove to Russell Sq, walked to Club. Called Jones & bought old silver seal £2.0.0. Dined Garrick. Sir J.T, Arthur à B, E.I.M, Stone & self. At 8.45 went to see Bernard Partridge in 'Arms & the Man' at Avenue Theatre. Girl in fits in stalls Oh! supper at Stone's. Weedon Grossmith there. Tenniel went home. Felt tired. Left at 12.45pm & home to bed. Tenniel got letter at Garrick Club, invite to wedding of young George Barry, there since March 93. (Red ink: See July 22, 1883.) (Red ink across page: Rode up to town from Cobham. Dined at Garrick Club with Sir John Tenniel etc.Went to see 'Arms and the Man' Avenue Theatre. Supper at Stone's after.) Tuesday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.454 & out on Cob at 8.25. Coward caught me up & Hickman after. Rode with Mills & Smith. Fine morning but dull day & very dark after. Felt very tired all morning. Began drawing again for Ill.London News & after lunch was shut out of my room by visitors. Uncomfortable. Dora Langley in to lunch, & Maud Paxton. Read 'A Ride thro' Wonderland' by Georgina M Synge, Samson Low 1892. Very good. Down in room after rest in bedroom. Sylvinia Rose Innes there. Wrote Stores about Ferro Paper. Afterwards Sylvinia Rose Innes & Midge dined with us. Saw Midge for 1 st time since coming back. M got bottle of best claret out. Sleepy after dinner. Midge & Miss R.I. left about 11.0pm. Bed after. Wet evening. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Vere Benet-Stanford, Times 11th May; birth of a son to the wife of Basil Peto.) Wednesday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.20 & rode in Park at 8.0 on Cob. After printed photos & did drawing for Illustrated London News in the morning. Lunch. Wet day. In afternoon drew Sailor reading about the Sinking Fund. Finished & took cab to Macdougalls at 6.30pm. Could not have coat fitted on. Called Lincoln & Bennett & cab to Bouverie St, 7.15pm. Not a soul at table. After very small Punch dinner. William A, Reed, E.I.M (late) F.C.B, Tenniel & self. Agnew flushed & very full of Miss Tennant's marriage tomorrow. Made up subject for Tenniel of Harcourt, Rosebery & Ladas. Self got Director, Cormorant & little Fish Investor. Left at 11.0 in cab with Tenniel. Put down at Isthmian Club & home. Midge & Dora in in the morning. M settling up. Like the unjust steward. Thursday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Rode in Park at 8.15. Met Mocatta & Lockett Agnew. Lockett Agnew nearly came off slapping me on back. Breakfast & after printed photos etc of German Emperor. Skemed subject of Cormorant Director swallowing little Fish Directors. M & Mite out at Woollands. Great fuss & excitement everywhere over the marriage of Miss Margot Tennant. Showery in morning & heavy rain. M kept carriage out from 3.0 to 6.0 in rain. Dined at 8.15pm, M, Mite & self quietly. M called on Mrs Lucy. Corben & Son wrote for acct in morning. Rode to Macdougalls & had coat etc tried on. Back 9.45. Met Mr Moulton QC, MP. Worry letter from Corben. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Mr Asquith and Miss Margot Tennant.) Friday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30 & rode in Park on Cob at 8.15am. Heavy rain in night. Back 9.15. Breakfast. Squit round. After got to work on drawing of Cormorant &
worked all day up to 9.0pm when finished & dined quietly at home, M, self & Mite. Riding in Park in morning saw Alex Henderson & Hollebone. Nearly cannoned against a lady coming along. Very near thing. Saturday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Bath etc. Down. After breakfast put photos away & at 10.30 rode Cob in Park till 12.30. Saw Marshall. Accident to G(illeg)’s horse. Bolted. After saw Adrian Jones & W(illeg). Met Hamilton Langley & Mervyn. After with Stone, H.A.Jones & Mrs Oxenham. Printed phos. Lunch & got ready to go to Hitchen. 4 wheeler to Kings X. Suit came home from Cotton's just in time. Down by 3rd class & on to Clowes's. Carriage met us. Stroll & talk before dinner, 8.0. Col & Mrs Chichester, young Gosling (banker) Miss Bromhead, Canon (blank) selves, Mite & Mr & Mrs W.C. Smoke & talk after dinner & bed at 12.0. Slight headache came on in afternoon. Heard of death of Tyndale (Tintax) (Red ink: Went down to Hitchen with Mite & M. Fine afternoon.) Sunday May 13 Hitchen, Herts. Up 8.0am. Slight head. M in bed. Down & out. Photod goat & lambs. Lovely bright sun. Breakfast 9.0. After pipe & wrote letters, diary etc. M down 10.45. Clowes went to church. After went out & read. Clowes back with a gentleman, talked of Jamaica. Lunch. After smoke & sat about & read Dictionary of Painters etc, George Moore's book on Art. Tea out on lawn. After went for long stroll to shallow river. Back. Clowes told extraordinary experience of the black leeches crawling up the wall. Twice. Dog knocked over etc. Quiet cold supper after. Champagne. Smoke after & bed. Changed plates in camera for tomorrow. Lovely day. (Red ink: Delightful day at Hitchen.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Hamilton Fletcher, of a son.) Monday May 14 Hitchen, Herts. Up at 8.0. Shaved self. Down. Duller morning. Breakfast. After read Moore's book. At 11.0 exactly mounted small chestnut pony & rode with Clowes to country. Called & saw Mr & Mrs Hughes & young Gosling. After to King's Waldenbury. Swell house. Stopped & off to lunch. Magnificent house belonging to a Mr Harrison. Rebuilt. Mrs H delicate. Nice youth, young Mortimer, at Thames Iron Works. Bad pictures. Lunch. Smoke after. Curious coincidence of brass lamp I bid for at Hurt, Son, Peard & Co on Wedy 2 nd inst. Out. Cricket match in Park. Got away at about 4.0 & rode home. All out to farm. Changed & walked with Clowes to sports & to see balloon go up. Sell, no balloon. Took 2 or 3 snapshots at crowd etc. Back. M & Mite back about 6.15. Glass of sherry & after dressed. Mr & Mrs Hughes in to dinner & a Mr Seebohm. Talk of Autumn Holiday on French Rivers. Smoke after with Clowes. Talk of shooting. Bed at 12.0. Very good & enjoyable day. Squire Hales had King's Waldenbury, people named Hinds after. (Cutting glued in: Death of Marie Louise Souberbielle. Three loose cuttings, In memoriam Marie Louise Souberbielle, dated 1895, 1896, 1897.) (Red ink across page: Rode with Winchester Clowes at Hitchen.) Tuesday May 15 Hitchen, Herts. Up 8.0. Lovely morning. M would get up to breakfast. Down. Read Whittaker. Saw Clowes off at 9.0. Note from Mr Seebohm about 'Ladas'. Read & went & photod Bruno etc. Small lunch & left at 12.15 to station. Caught 12.37 up to town. Huge bunch of May. 4 wheeler home. Lunch 2.15. After rode Cob at 3.30.
Walked him up Roehampton Lane to Wimbledon Common & thro Wimbledon to W. Park, Putney & home. Rain came on at Putney Bridge. Home 6.45. Dressed. Dined 7.10 & on in carriage to Haymarket Theatre, M, Mite & self. Wet. Saw 'Bunch of Violets'. Poor play. Not a soul I knew in the house. Very wet & hot. Out. Could not find carriage. Took cab home. Very annoyed. Supper & bed at 12.10pm. (Red ink: Back from Hitchen. Ride in afternoon. Went to Bunch of Violets in afternoon at Haymarket Theatre.) Wednesday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. M in bed. Rode at 9.40 thro' Park & called on Hamilton Fletcher at 88 Park St. Talk. Straw down. Back. Saw Alexander & Mrs Heilbut. Home 11.30. Bathed prints of German Emperor. M came in with Dora L. Dull muggy close dark hot day, very unhealthy. Lunch. After went with M in cariage. Put down Albert Gate. Walked with plates for Hy Lee to Garrick. Doubts about calling on Corben. Went at 5.0 & had Turkish bath. Out 7.0 & buss on to 'Punch' d. Phil Agnew, (Milliken late) E.T.R, F.C.B, J.T, self & Arthur. Made cuts up early & went with A à B & P.A to Empire to see Yvette Guilbert. Met Fritz Jackson & Squeeze Spottiswood. Saw ballet. Out at 11.50 after seeing K.M & on to Garrick. Poached eggs. F.C.B, Reed & Tree there. Left 1.0am. No cabs. Walked to buss (last) at Knightsbridge. Missed way going home, got to Earls Court station. Home 2.10am. Bed tired. (Red ink: Hot stuffy oveny day, mist & heat.) Cab strike commenced, ended June 12th. (Red ink across page: Went to Empire Theatre from Punch dinner. Had to walk home.) Thursday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. M had had row with Purnell yesterday. Rode at 10.0 in Park. Caught up by Mr & Mrs Adrian Jones. After rode with Stone & Wallace. Back 11.45. Finer morning. Photod Maud for Literary Lady. Developed etc etc. Rested after lunch from 3.30 to 4.30pm. Then skemed cartoon France & Joan of Arc. Dressed 6.30 & went in carriage to dine with Miss R.I. at The Berkeley. Very pretty Chilean lady late. Chilean, Mr & Mrs Robertson Mr (blank) & selves. Good dinner. Walked at 8.45 to Lyric Theatre & saw Little Christopher Columbus for the 4th time. 2 large boxes. Out at 11.30 & put in carriage in Jermyn St. Drove Garrick. Saw Douglas Straight & Carr. After to Weedon Grossmith's supper. Sell. Stood for 1 hour & then left. Ellen Terry left too. Home by 1.0am. M tired. (Red ink across page: Dined with Sylvinia Rose Innes at The Berkeley. Lyric Theatre & Grossmith supper after.) Friday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Mite down. Did not ride. Got to drawing 9.45 of France & Jeanne D'arc. Mite to go to Longparish. Letter from Mr Liddell saying I had asked for too many passes. Returned those sent with thanks. After got to work. Mite left with M at 1.30pm in 4 wheeler. Worked all afternoon up to 7.15pm, got drawing outlined. After dressed & left in carriage to dine at the Torrens. Cold east wind in evening. Met lot of most uninteresting people. Took Mrs Henderson in. Never spoke to lady next me. After talk & look at History of England illustrated by heads cut out by young Torrens from Punch, scraps oh! 'Scraps & Punch paper'. Left for home, difficulty in getting cabs. Cold night. (Red ink: Dined at the Torrens. Bad uninteresting dinner. Set in very cold east wind.)
Saturday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Down & at 7.45 got to work to shade drawing of France & Jeanne D'arc. Worked till 12.15 when finished. After wrote letters & put photos away. Returned pass to Mr Liddell for 2 nd time. Lunch at 2.45pm. Rode Cob to Wimbledon up Putney Hill past golfers. Firing on Common. Thro' Richmond Park. Many people, excursionists, & home along thro' Mortlake. Home at 6.0pm. Looked at books. Dressed. Dinner at 7.15pm. when H.Langley & Midge dined & after went to Globe Theatre to see Charley's Aunt for 2 nd time. Theatre not full. Out & after walked to carriage at Covent Garden. H.L & self to Garrick Club. Supper. Saw Hy F, Macmillan & many others. Joe Carr & Canon Harford. Left at 12.45am & home in 4 wheeler. Dropped Hamilton Langley at Knightsbridge. Bed 1.30am. Cold evening. (Red ink: 1st night of Money at the Garrick T. Death of Mr Edmund Yates after the play.) (Red ink across page: Langleys dined. Went to see Charley's Aunt 2nd time. Supper at Garrick Club.) Sunday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Breakfast. After at 10.25 Fk Macmillan came & we rode together almost exactly same round as yesterday except branched to left in Richmond Park by White Lodge. Met Rogers on Wimbledon Common. Back at 12.45. Purnell away. Home, changed. Watered yard & Spencer & Hilda came. M out. Lunch. Talk of space in the Bayswater Road. Sleepy after lunch. Tilda, Mr, Mrs & Miss Paxton & Mrs Sington & son called. Got out of it & read book on Australia. Paxton a bore. Down 6.30. Wrote diary. Weather extremely cold. Fires. Spencer came in to dinner. Alice overflow of wine glass with whiskey. Snooze after & bed early. Monday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Breakfast. Very cold east wind. Rode Cob at 10.0. Called Cottons & then up Bayswater Road. Gave up thoughts of house. Through Park, saw Faudel Phillips. Spoke to no one. Home 11.10. Stuck obituaries in diary. Got to work 12.30 on page for Ill.London News. Lunch & read Leslie's book. After Maud back at 2.0pm from Watneys. M in carriage to concert at 3.0pm. Back at 5.30. At 6.30 dressed & left in carriage to dine with Sylvinia Rose Innes at the Bristol. M, Mite & self to St James's. Back with Miss R.I in fly. Met Norman Forbes Robertson, Mr & Mrs Galbraith & Mr (blank). To see the Masqueraders after. Torrens's in stalls. (Cutting glued in: Death of Edmund Yates. Times 21 May.) (Red ink across page: Dined with Sylvinia Rose Innes at the Bristol & after went to see The Masqueraders at the St James's Theatre. Mrs Patrick Campbell not so strong.) Tuesday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15am. Bath. Wrote cheques & posted them to Davis & also Kennedy. After rode in Row. Bright cold morning. Met Murray (talk of Clowes) & after George Holland. Home. Breakfast. M had a sore throat. Mervyn called 11.0am. Worked on drawing for Ill.London News. Lunch. After Maud Paxton came with huge box. M & self rested after lunch. Dressed at 3.45. Many callers. Mrs P(blank) a school of girls, Mrs Steincopff. Walked to Hypatia Villa where the Bergheims came from. No furniture worth having. Back & on to Met Rly, out Charing X. Had Turkish bath. Called Garrick Club after. Saw Furniss who told me that the Firm had paid him £315 all he claimed & was very bitter against F.C.B. Out & to dull & expensive dinner at the Savoy Restaurant, 31/s. Champagne etc.
Left 12.0 & home with Lionel Robinson in cab. Snooze in chair & bed 2.0am. (Plan of table seating) Seymour Trower, Alfred Parsons, Fredk Macmillan, Colin Hunter, Linley Sambourne, Lionel Robinson, J.S. Sargent. (Red ink across page: Turkish Bath. Kinsman dinner at the Savoy Restaurant.) (Red ink: This day a man called Ingram was digging a grave about 3.30pm in Putney Cemetery when he was struck by a bullet & died the same evening.) Wednesday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Dull wet morning. Did not ride. Letter from F.C.B about Sir Edwin Arnold Fancy Portrait. Worked on page for Illustrated L.News. Lunch. Rest & work after tea to 6.0pm. Dressed all but coat & vest & took train to Blackfriars. P.D. ¼ hour late. Lawrence B (Milliken late, Bernard P came 11.18pm) E.T.R, Hy.W.L, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self & Arthur à B. Made 2 cuts. Tenniel got Conspiritors lying in wait for Harcourt, self Publican & Cabman. Talk after of Hy.F. Milliken had been dining with him & Hy.F certain cock sure to make his fortune (in his own opinion). Left with J.T in strange cab. His cabman on strike. Put down Isthmian & home on top of buss. Very cold. Changed coat at 12.30am & walked up to Sir Richard Webster's. Mite & Maud Paxton there at dance. Saw young Horsley. Introduced to Mrs Milman & after left at 1.50 & 4 wheel cab home. Read Westminster Gazette & to bed 2.15am. Thursday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15 & out at 8.0. Took key camera & photod Public House bar. After rode with Coward who said he was going abroad for 6 months next week. Also with Pepys Cockerell. Back & developed plates of bar & got prints in time to skeme subject by 1.0pm. Purnell round. Photod him for Cabman, self after. At 1.30 Stace came round, took 3 positions for Publican. Developed them after dinner & rested. Afterwards began Arnold as Japanese. Worked up to 8.0pm when dressed. Dined quietly. Maud Paxton playing. Quiet evening after & bed at 11.30. (Red ink: Funeral of Edmund Yates at Savoy Chapel. Cremated at Woking. (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Dalby.) Friday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.20am. Lovely morning. Rode in Park from 8.0 to 9.15. Home. Printed blue photos & after got to work on Arnold as Japanese. Finished 12.0 noon. F.C.B wrote for 3rd cut. Could not do it. Got to work at 12.30 on cartoon, Publican & Cab driver. Rest after lunch. M out calling on Mrs Percy Macquoid etc. Worked at cartoon till 8.15. Dressed & dined 8.30. Letter from Mr Lowndes to say acct overdrawn £25.0.0. After dinner read paper. Smoked & to bed at 11.15pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Doetsch.) Saturday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am & down & at work 7.45am on drawing of Publican & Cabman. Letters from F.C.B. Breakfast & after from 9.30 to 12.30 worked & finished drawing. Gave up going to Trooping of Colour. Put things away & lunch at 1.30. Very curious morning, cold showers & wind, bright sun after. Dressed in flannel suit & after went with M, Maud P & Mite in 4 wheel cab to Criterion Theatre & saw 'An Aristocratic Alliance'. Very nice little play. Out 5.10 & walked home. Busses very full. Called stables & after paid Purnell & Emma. Dressed for dinner at 7.15. Maud Paxton left at 9.0. Mite & self left for Foreign Office
Reception in carriage at 9.45. Drove up Piccadilly, pouring rain. No trouble getting up staircase. Lord & Lady Kimberley. Into room. Talk to Lucy & Sir Henry Barnes. After walked round, met many friends. Sir John Tenniel in court dress, Sir James Whitehead etc etc, Burnands. Out at 12.30. Mite & self walked to carriage & home at 1.15am. Read for ¼ hr & to bed. A pouring wet night & great scarcity of cabs. What people did without them who knows. Heard of death of Henry Doetsch. (Red ink across page: Went in afternoon to see 'An Aristocratic Alliance' at the Criterion Theatre. Walked home. Foreign Office Reception in the evening. Mite & self went. Pouring wet night.) Sunday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Down. Dull & much wind. At 10.20 started for stable. Put new jacket on. Row with Purnell about carriage. Very angry. Rode to Marble Arch. Met Furniss & rode together to Grim's Dyke. Long way, much wind & showers of rain. Sheltered behind hayrick. Man asleep. Long yarn from Furniss about his affairs & his Syndicate Company. Bitter against Burnand. The story of the burnt letter. Curious sign 'The case is altered'. Arrived Gilbert's at 1.50. Willie Mathews & wife & Miss Nancy Mcintosh there. Attack of P. Uncomfortable & tired at lunch. Did not enjoy it. Walk round gds. Lovely house. Large gong for execution in Yeomen of the Guard. Showers. Left at 4.40 & on towards home through Stanmore. Same ride as in 1871-4. Caught up by cab. Home by 7.0pm. Ordered 4 wheeler. Dressed & first at the Heilbuts' dinner. Hot room. Janet Lewis faint at dinner. Grossmith loud & familiar, worse than ever. Tired after. Took Marion Terry in. Left at 11.30 & home by carriage. Read for 10 minutes & bed after very tired. Party at dinner (plan of table seating) Saml Heilbut's dinner: Mrs Heilbut, George Gros, Mrs Samb, Weedon Gr, Mrs Grossmith, Charles Mathews, Mrs Burnand, Edmund Routledge, Mrs Charles Mathews, Saml Heilbut, Marion Terry, Linley Samb, Janet Lewis, Dr Orwin, Mrs Bram Stoker, Seymour Trower, Mrs W Mathews, F.C.B. (Red ink across page: Rode in morning to meet of 2 Pins Club, Marble Arch, & after to lunch at Gilbert's with Harry Furniss. Dined at the Heilbuts in the evening. Rowdy dinner as usual. Rode 16¾ miles going, 14 coming back. 30¾ miles.) Monday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride at all all day. In morning wrote letters etc. Got to drawing of Illustrated L.N. At 11.0 in came Purnell, gave him notice for next Saturday & sent letters. After lunch rested. Read Frank Stockens 'Story of the Magic Egg'. Slept 1 hr very tired. M out in carriage at 3.30pm & at 4.30 the Gillyflower came. After tea got to work up to dinner time. M read autobiography of Edmund Yates. Many letters from F.C.B. Dined quietly at 7.45pm, Miss Gill, M, Mite & self. Rest after. Fire. Very cold. Read Magic Egg to them. Woke 11.30 & to bed. M cold in bed. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Henry Schwabe to Miss G.Cook. Times this day, see July 5th.) Tuesday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.10am. Rode at 8.15 Cob in Park. Posted letter & left letter at Peark's. Met Coward & talk about coachman. After with Sir A Hickman, settled for next Sunday. After with Miss D'Arcy. Asked to the Derby. Home. Wrote many letters after lunch to coachmen. Saw Otley. Had been with M Leonard. Lunch. Again wrote letters till 5.0pm. M had Miss Holland & Mrs Critchett. Dull heavy
showery day. Got to work at last at 5.30 pm for 1¼ hr only. Mrs Speed & girls called. Measured map. Dressed 6.45pm. Dinner. Interrupted by young coachman from the East End. Carriage up in heavy wet. M, Mite & Miss Gill went to Court Theatre, self by underground. Got wet going to Met Rly. Smoked outside. Saw Brandon Thomas's play 'Marriage'. Not bad. Duchess of Coburg there. Saw Mrs Farquharson & Miss Manuela. Out 11.0. Put M in carriage & walked to end of Sloane St. Fire had been there. Buss home & to bed after reading Yates's book at 11.45pm. (Red ink across page: Went in evening to the Court Theatre & saw Brandon Thomas's play 'Marriage'. Heavy wet.) Wednesday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.20 & out on Cob at 8.30am. Met Wallace. Row muddy. Asked to Henley. After with Mills & Pepys Cockerell (illeg). Goodbye to Coward. Home. Coachman called after. Saw Otley 2nd time. Printed negatives from last week. Gentleman from a Mr Jones called about design for Huntley & Palmers. Mentioned 30 guineas. Began drawing, Punch on Cob. After thunderstorm came on at 1.0pm. M saw meet of 4 in hand Club. Mite & Miss G out. Got on with drawing after sleep after lunch. Dressed at 6.15, Bouverie St 7.20. P.D. Wm A, R.L, E.T.R, Hy.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.Y, self, A à B, D.M. Good dinner. Long time over Derby cut. Derby sweep drawn. Got a duffer. Left at 9.50 with Agnew in his carriage to go to Alhambra to see Dowe's Cuirass. Wonderful. Back to P.D & to De la Rue's at home with D.M by cab, 3/s. Big party, heaps of diamonds. Rosie B in to supper. Mrs Tweedie. Saw lots of people. Home by carriage at 1.0. Very good Frenchman singing. (Red ink across page: Went to Alhambra from the Punch Dinner. After to big musical at home at the De la Rues. Totty’s diamonds) Thursday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Bath. No ride. Dull morning. Down & skemed cut of Dowe's Cuirass. Purnell in. Saw another coachman, Charles Bysouth. Stace called, got ready to photo him & after did drawing of Punch in Kensington Gardens & Shaw Lefevre. Lunch. No Stace at 2.0. Heavy thunder shower after. M's desk jammed again. M out at 3.30pm. Finished drawing of Punch at 5.0pm. Cheque for £8.8.0 sent from Sir James Whitehead. Worked on to 8.0pm & at 8.30pm Sylvinia Rose Innes & Mervyn dined & after Miss R.I, Mite & Mervyn all went to Ball at the Savoy. Went to bed at 11.30. Mite back at 2.45am. M woke & spoke to her. (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir George Maude.) Jun 1894 Friday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.20 & out in Park on Cob at 8.0pm. Very sploshy. Saw Mocatta on new horse. After splashed by cads. After round other side of Serpentine & home. After breakfast at 10.0am photod Stace in 3 positions for bullet proof cuirass. After photod Mervyn in frock coat etc. Developed them. Finished the Fancy Portrait of Kipling & at 4.30 commenced cartoon. Had a wire from V & C to send. Mistake about my letter. Worked to 8.30pm. Miss Gill & Maud went to see Frou Frou at the Comedy. Back in evening, no difficulty about cab. Bed at 12.0. Dull rainy weather. Saturday June 2
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am & worked one hour before breakfast on drawing of Harcourt & Cuirass. After worked till 12.40 when sent it off. Got on Cob & rode to meet of coaches. The Coaching Club, over 30. Saw Sir Alfred Hickman & Miss D'Arcy & Campbell Praed, after Stone. Home at 2.15. Roy back from Eton. He & Mite started off to to Alexander's play The Masqueraders at St James's Theatre. Printed blue prints. After hunted out of drawing room. Went up to bedroom. New books from Mudies. Read Ball's Heavens. Chicks back at 5.45. Dined at 7.0 & M & Roy went at 8.0 in the carriage to go to Haymarket Theatre. Asleep in chair. M & Roy back at 11.30pm, woke me. Bed after nightmare in chair. Gentleman passed me in Row on thoroughbred horse. Knocked his knee against tree, unseated. (Red ink: Roy back from Eton for Exeat. M & Roy went to Haymarket Theatre.) M & Roy woke me up in chair. Sunday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. Roy in bath 1st. Dull morning. Went after sorting photos from press on Cob at 11.30pm round by Chelsea Embankment & home by Knightsbridge. Spitting with rain. Home 12.30. Roy's bicycle in hall. Sorted photos & after lunch went up in room & had pipe. Not one single caller the whole afternoon. At 4.30 after writing letters went to Sir Alfred Hickman's & played 7 sets of lawn tennis. Roy went on his cycle. Won 3, lost 4. Left at 7.5 & walked home. Dressed & passed Roy in Kensington. Cab to Garrick, 20 minutes late for dinner of The Two Pins. Burnand & Lord Russell made speeches. Furniss's sour face. Paid sub to sweep. Letter from A.G. Wrote letters & left at 1.0am. (Plan of table seating) Sir E.Lawson, Arthur Russell, E.T.Reed, Hy F, John Hare, Frank Lockwood QC, Lord Russell, F.C.B, Sir A Sullivan, Sir John Tenniel, Linley Sambourne, Rudolph Lehmann, G.Alexander, C.W Mathews. (Red ink across page: Tennis at Sir A Hickman's. Dinner at Garrick Club. Two Pins Dinner.) Monday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up later 8.30. Pouring wet close hot morning. Breakfast. After wrote diary etc. Roy went to Oval & to call on his grandmamma. Another coachman called. Wrote letters & sorted duplicate photos. Roy back. Lunch. After Roy off again to the Oval. Put photos away & afterwards at 3.30 rode Cob along the Embankment to Vauxhall Bridge & to Kennington Oval & on to Clapham Common. Home thro' Battersea Park at 6.10. Tired. Roy not home. Dressed. Roy back at 7.40. Angry with him. After walked to Sir Alfred Hickman's to dinner. Took old lady in. Delighted with conversation. Good dinner & wine. Back by carriage at 10.45. Read paper & bed early 11.20. (Cutting glued in: Death of Ernest Charrington.) (Red ink across page: Dined at Sir Alfred Hickman's. Roy went back to Eton.) Tuesday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Out in Park on Cob at 8.20am. Rode with Pepys Cockerell. Talk of Bay o'Biscay. After with Miss D'Arcy & Campbell Praed. Met Mr Wallace. Home. M in bed. Mite down at 9.30am. After wrote many letters etc. Posted them. Lunch. Mr Gambier Bolton called. Miss Rich at door. Looked over old diary of 1871. Interesting year. Wish I had others. Saw George Otley at 10.10am & engaged him to come on Saturday at 7.0pm. In afternoon drew details of Ill.London News drawing. Dressed at 7.0 & at 7.30pm started to walk to Montefiores. M gave me the wrong address. Went to Hyde Park Terrace. Bother. Got hot finding H.P.Gardens. Arrived 8.20pm. Took Mrs Stone in to dinner. Sat
next Mrs Levy. Mostly Jews at table except Stones & selves. Told Mrs S story of Clowes's leeches etc, also learnt about Captain Gill's murder. Mrs S at Lowestoft. After left in carriage at 11.0 & home. Read paper & bed after. (Red ink across page: Dined at Sebag Montefiores at Hyde Park Gardens. Wednesday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Down. After breakfast went & bought gloves tobacco & flowers. Barkers & Butts. Back. Midge & Dora there. After dressed & left in hansom at 11.20 for Victoria. Crowd. Caught 12.15 special. Introduced Maud to Miss D'Arcy. Lady Lewis, daughter & Labouchere in same carriage with us. On to course in break. Pretty women. Across course to Stand next the Judge's Box. Saw 2 first races. Long wait, after lunch. Mite next Mr Deeds, Mrs Lawson etc etc. Saw Ladas win. Great excitement with the people. Matchbox 2 nd. Still dull & heavy. After introduced Mite to young Ames. £6.8. Left after coffee etc at 4.20 & got to train by the break. Up to town. Very heavy rain. After went by Met Rly to Victoria & home. Very wet. Mdlle Jackinot there. Read magazine after. Dressed at 7.0 & left 7.40 in carriage with M & Mite to dine at Vernon Watney's. Met Genl & Lady Audrey Buller. Took a Mrs Maxwell in. Newton & Hamilton Aidé there. Bare drawing room. Left 11.0 & home by carriage. Not so wet. Smoked pipe & read Westminster Review. Bed 12.15am. 'Jelly' very nice on course. (Red ink: Last time at Derby 1888.) Saw Sir John Astley on platform. (Red ink across page: Derby Day. Mite & self entertained on Mr D'Arcy's stand. Dined in evening at Lady Margaret Watney's. Frightfully wet & dull.) Thursday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Bath after. Wrote letters in morning etc. At 11.30 rode Cob in Park. Talk to Finlay. Saw Stone. Dull morning but finer. Very handsome trotting cob. Back 12.45. Letter from F.C.B who had called. Wrote diary. Midge & Dora in. Lunch late at 2.50. Rode cob again to F.C.B's at 27 The Boltons. Labourer held it. Agnew furious at smallness of Punch attendance. Got subject. Lord Rosebery as Good Young Man. Saw Ethel English's mother, after Ellen Terry. Back 3.30. At 4.30 sent Purnell with costume back to May's of Welsh girl. Tea. Rest in chair. Read Pall Mall magazine. Skemed Rosebery subject after. Dressed at 7.20pm. Went in carriage to dine at Lady Bergne's. Met Smale & had a long talk with him. Met an amusing Canon & M had Capt'n Agar to take in to dinner. Songs after by girl on banjo, or guitar rather. Long talk to Canon. Nice garden with very high wire to keep out cats. Left at 11.15 & home. Read paper & bed after. The Canon was Teignmouth Shore. (Red ink: Dined again Thursday March 4th 1897.) (Red ink across page: Dined at Sir Henry & Lady Bergne's.) Friday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & rode Cob in Park. Met Smith. Story of the Princess of Wales, 'Why, there's Mr Smith'. After with Mills & Pepys Cockerell. Home & at 10.15 photod self for Lord Rosebery as Nonconformist, & also saddle. Developed etc great rush. Got prints by 12.30am & after to work hard at it all afternoon & up to 7.15 when dressed & drove in carriage to Fredk Macmillans & dined. Took Mrs Oswald Crawfurd in. Long talk after to Mrs Wedderburn. Nice little woman. Told story of black creeps of Clowes's twice. Left at 11.15 & home in carriage. Good dinner. Heavy artistic lady next me. Smoke & bed at 12.15am. Canard
about Duke of Marlborough's engagement to Lena D'Arcy in evening paper. (Red ink acros page: Dined at Frederick Macmillans.) Saturday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 745 & down. Got on with drawing of Nonconformist Rosebery. Dull grey morning. Breakfast. Maud went up the river at 8.20am. Worked on & finished at 12.0. Did not ride. Purnell round for last time. Dressed & went by Met Ryl to Blackfriars. Called D.T office. Cheeky boys. Lunched with Clowes. Told me about Hy F. After left & back by train to Kensington. Packed bag at 3.15pm & left with M in carriage at 4.30 & drove to Victoria. Hansom cab knocked mare's head. After waiting met F.C.B & went to Banstead Station, Epsom, from Victoria. Arthur Russell met us. Break home. Mr Arthur à Beckett Tyrrell. Lawson at door. Unpacked. Dressed. Not true about Duke of M & Miss D'Arcy. Dinner. After Lord Rosebery came & went with distant bow. Drew 3 blind mice. Bed at 12.0. Read & slept soundly. (Plan of table seating.) Dinner to meet Lord Rosebery. Lord Russell, Miss (blank) F.C.B, Arthur Russell, Miss Russell, Sir Edward Lawson, Lady Russell, Lord Rosebery, Henry W.Lucy, Linley Sambourne, Mrs Arthur Russell. (Red ink across page: Went down to Tadworth with F.C.B. Dinner to meet Lord Rosebery.) (Red ink: George Otley came into my service from this evening. Left it for intemperance Tuesday 27 Feby 1906.) Sunday June 10 Tadworth Court, Banstead. Up at 8.30. Down. Stroll in chequed suit before breakfast. Met Sir E.Lawson, long talk, & Lucy. Breakfast. F.C.B went in wrong door. After walked across meadow to Grandstand at Epsom. Met George Alex'r, Hy F & Pinero in fly. Saw spot & Stand where I saw the Derby from. Walked back in ¾ hr. Very hot. Changed everything. Break at door & drove to Durdans at 1.15. Got there exactly at 2.0pm. Lord Rosebery received us. F.C.B & Lord Russell there before. Good lunch. Johnny Hyde came at 2.30. Had eaten all food. After looked at pictures etc, Napoleon's shutters from St Helena. Strolled to top of walk. Told F.C.B & Alexander story of Ingram's. Drove back to Durdans. Tea. Up in room & wrote 6 letters. Rested. Down at 7.30. Pinero dressed in my room. In library. Dinner. Sat next Miss Russell & F.C.B. After at 10.0 Hy F, Pinero & Alexander left. Drew portrait of Lucy. Hare talking of theatre etc. Bed 12.30. (Plan of table seating) Ld Rosebery's Lunch: Lord Rosebery, F.C.B, Arthur Russell, Hy F, Henry W.Lucy, Secy Mr Winterfield, Lord Russell, Arthur W.Pinero, Linley Sambourne, George Alexander, John Hare, Edward Lawson. (Plan of table seating) Dinner at Tadworth: Lord Russell, Mrs (blank), Arthur Russell, F.C.B, self, Miss Russell, John Hare, Lady Russell, Sir E.L, George Alex'r, Hy F, Pinero, Lucy, Mrs A.Russell. (Red ink: Lord R's story of the 2 hedgehogs, one alive, one dead, 2 Ladas's. Also Umbrella letter. F.C.B's roof off, open house.) (Red ink across page: Lunch with Lord Rosebery. Dinner at Tadworth.) Monday June 11 Tadworth Court, Banstead. Up 8.30. Breakfast After picked up bee. Left 10.15 & drove to Epsom town. Inside with Mrs Arthur Russell, Sir E.L, F.C.B, Johnny Hare, & Lucy outside. Curious flight of paper on Epsom Downs. Lucy's heels scratched glass of break. Up to town with Mrs Russell. No cabs at Vauxhall. Got 4 wheeler. Drove home. All right. Miss Buckmaster came at 1.0pm. Got home 12.30am. Otley round for 1st time. Went to stables after lunch & saw Otley. After smoked &
then skemed Index. M, Mite & Edith Buck went in carriage to Mrs Rawlinson's. Dined at 7.15. Miss Rose Innes & Ethel English coming to dinner. After drove with M, E.E, & S.R.I in S.R.I's fly to the Tivoli Music Hall & listened to a most dull performance. Left 1.15 & home by 12.0am. Put E.E down at her home. Tuesday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.00am. At 8.15 rode Cob in the Park. Long talk with Pepys Cockerell. Home. Letter from Hy F in the 'Times' about snakes in Regents Park. After at 11.0 photod self with Alice's help on bench for Index. One dire failure. Developed & printed by 1.30pm. Lunch. After rested. Many callers. M tired. Molesworth & friend & Kate Steed, Mrs Holl etc etc. Worked on Index from 4.30 to 7.30 after rest. Then dressed & drove to Mrs Lindsay Hammond’s dinner. Took Mrs Harting in. M & she never spoke. Met a Mr Robinson of Red House Campden Hill Rd who knew Nicholson. After left at 11.15 & drove to at home at Cuthbert Quilters. Many there. Crush. Introduced to Mrs Percy McQuoid. Saw Hendersons, McClarens etc. Left at 12.15. Home outside carriage on box. Cold. Read till 2.0 & to bed. M eating biscuits & could not sleep well. Bilious sight came on whilst writing this. Heard of death of Mrs Richardson, Montague Williams's daughter. (Red ink: End of great cab strike.) (Red ink across page: M, Mite & self dined at Mrs Lindsay Hammond's. Cuthbert Quilter's at home.) Wednesday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Bath & at 9.20 rode Cob in Park. Long talk with Yates Thompson & after to Wallace & De la Rue. Anecdotes of Lord R & Clowes etc. Home 10.40. Breakfast. Morning taken up with writing letters, label for camera stand etc. Men from Stores called & took away 2 clocks & watch, bracelet & necklace. M & girls went for walk in Park at 11.45am. Worked on Index drawing. Lunch. After rest dressed & after worked till 4.30. Tea & went by Metropolitan Railway to Punch dinner. Out Charing X & in Turkish bath at 5.15. Saw Mr Wallace after. Weight nude 12.10½ & after 12.8½. Hair cut. Last ticket. Out in bus to Chancery Lane. Saw bracelet £75. Punch dinner. W.A, L.B, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Heard bells. Got cut of cart horse & J.T France in Tantrum. Left at 11.0 with Sir J.T. Buss home, full of women. Bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Photo stand went to Gambier Bolton.) Thursday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode Cob 8.30. 1st fine hot day for weeks. Passed Pepys C. Met Sterne, rode with him. After with a German Jew & little girl. Home 9.30. Wrote out Purnell's character. After skemed subject of Agricultural Horse & Chaplin & Lowther. At 12.45 Otley came round & stood for Lowther in 1 st photo taken from him. Developed with soda. Much better negatives. Rest after lunch & by 4.0pm got prints & got to work on cut. Put in Lowther with his head too big. Took it out next morning. Dined quietly at home. Mr Sismay called after dinner. Mervyn dined & at 10.0 took Maud to dance at the Messels. Read The Diary of Col Peter Hawker. Interesting. All about Longparish. Bed at 11.0pm. Mite came home very late. Friday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not ride. Got on with drawing of Agricultural Horse & rival Vets. Fine hot sunny morning. Stace round at 10.0am. Photod him for Chaplin & also self in gaiters. Developed & at work again 11.0am. M & girls
went to have tea with Mr Hartree at 4.0pm. Worked on till 7.15 when dressed & drove in carriage to dine at the Steincopffs, Berkeley Square. Took Mrs Du Maurier in. Met Mr Trail & also Stone. Interesting old solicicitor who knew Longparish & Col Peter Hawker. Talk to Mrs Steincopff. M had talk to Mr S about the Schleepers etc. Home in heavy wet at 11.10pm. (Red ink: Dined at the Steinkopff's.) Saturday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & at 7.45 got on with drawing for Horse & Chaplin & Lowther. Worked till 11.30 when finished. Went for a ride on Cob in Park. Did not see M & Mite. Met author Jones & Finlay. Very hot. No one riding much. Cob fresh. Out at 1.0 called on Cotton about breeches. After home. M & Mite still out. Afer rest till 4.0. put things away & after worked from 6.0 to 7.30 on shading Punch & Bees for Index. Mite went to tea with Miss Howard, Lady Audrey Buller's daughter. M & Mite back 7.0pm. Settled with Otley 1 st week's books. After dined quietly at home at 8.0. Slept in chair after dinner. M awake, not good. Bed 11.30pm after sort of nightmare. Bill Weigall troublesome in the Park. Sunday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Breakfast 9.0. Dullish morning. After at 10.0 rode Cob to Putney Bridge & along the river tow path. Man passed riding in Fulham with his trousers up to his knees. Had not ridden along tow path since June 1889. Home at 12.0 & did one hour's work on Index. M & Mite & Miss Buckmaster in to lunch from church at 1.30. Not one soul called all the afternoon. Rested in M's room until 4.0pm. Dressed in grey suit & at 4.45 went up to Sir Alfred Hickman's & played 2 sets of tennis. Won one, 6 to 5. Lost one, 6 to 5. Met Sir Courtney Boyle, Permanent Secy to Board of Trade. Champagne cup & left in cab at 6.30. Home & dressed for dinner. Wrote diary & quiet dinner, M & Mite & Miss B. After rest at 10.0pm got hansom for M, & self went in buss down the Earl's Court Road. Went to at home at the Burnands after dinner. Met Sir Edward & Lady Lawson, Henry Irving & Ellen Terry, Mr Santly, Frank Lockwood QC MP, & Mrs Lockwood, Johnny Toole, Charles Reddy, Charley B & wife, Harry B & wife, Miss Hollingshead, Mary B, Effie Harrison, Arthur à B & wife, William Agnew, Mr Lindley, young Frank, Mr Franklin. Santly sang 4 songs accompanied by Mrs Wright. Supper. Long talk to Lockwood. Praise of the Rosebery drawing. Smoke with Irving. Walked home. (Red ink: Neck inflamed came on.) (Red ink across page: Rode in morning. Tennis at Hickmans stopped by wet. In evening went to Burnands after dinner. Santley sang.) (Red ink: Grand Prix de Paris. Matchbox beaten by a neck.) Monday 18 June Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Did not ride. Breakfast nine. Purnell came round about mistake in dates. After finished careful drawing of Index & sent it off at 11.0. After commenced tail piece. Left in the heavy wet at 1.45pm in a 4 wheel cab, M, self Mite & Edy B, to go to lunch at Charley Hartree's. Met Sir John Tenniel, Mr & Mrs Lewis, Willie Hartree, wife & nephew & others. Corney Grain sang. Good lunch but oh! so dull. Masses of strawberries. Heavy wet. Carriage at 4.0. Poor Mrs Lewis, no carriage. Walked in rain to go to at home at the Rhodes's. M again made mistake about address. Sold. Got very wet & home to tea 5.30pm. Finished tail piece of Punch & Bees. Dined 8.15pm. Lunch upset me dreadfully & gathering on neck very painful. Slept fom 9.15 to 10.30pm. Then dressed & took
Mite & Edy B in a hansom to the Holland's at home. Tall girl sang, a Miss Butt. Also (blank) sang. Met Ethel English, Mrs Mackenzie, Fildes, Woods, Gow, Dicksee, etc etc. Good supper. Left at 1.0. Home 1.30. Cigar. Bed 2.0am. (Red ink: Swelling in neck coming on.) Tuesday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Down 9.0. No ride. Fine morning. Ascot Cup Day. Felt seedy with small gathering on neck. In morning skemed preface & at 1.0 photod self with Alice's help. After with M & Mite. Made up for Lord Rosebery & also for Punch as racing man. At 2.0 Mrs Barker, Alice Linley & also Miss Holl & Edy Buck lunched here. Good lunch. Rested after in bedroom. Printed photos taken in the morning. Got to work until dinner time on Preface. Got it outlined. Jerry Weigall, Burnands & Mrs Shakespeare called. M dressing to go to Alma Tademas. Dined quietly at home & went to bed early. M & Mite & Miss B went to Alma Tademas. (Red ink: Swelling on neck painful.) Wednesday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15. Rode Cob in Park. Met & had long talk with D'Arcy. Looking well. After home. Got on with Preface drawing. Drew Lord Rosebery etc. Worked up to 6.15pm when dressed. Took hansom to Punch dinner at 6.55. Got there 7.30. Room very hot. Wm Agnew, P.A, E.T.R, Milliken (late) Hy W.L, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, Arthur à B. Good dinner. Chaff about neck. Burnands sayings. Nigger list of Massa Johnson. Published by Bones. Got subject of 2 Dukes, J.T the Tower Bridge. Left with Sir J.T in cab & home by cab at 12.0am. Cab that took me to P.D was hooted at as a Blackleg all the way, 'The only Blackleg left in London Sir'. Wire came for Mite to go to Ascot with Ethel English. She left at 10.0am. Came on very heavy rain afterwards. (Red ink: Swelling on neck very bad. Had plaster on.) Thursday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15. Rode cob in the Park. Met & rode with Lockett Agnew & Romer Williams, after Lord Russell of Kilowan. Talk of Cob & of Fildes' house. After back home & skemed cut of Two Dukes. Went on with Preface in interval. M left for Pulborough after breakfast. At 12.45 photod Otley in Peer's robe etc, also for arm in Preface. Developed them. Sun hot. After at 2.30 Mervyn came. Also photod him. Did not expose one plate, very much annoyed. Went on with Preface in afternoon, felt tired. Boil on neck painful. Dined at 8.30 with the 2 girls, Mite & Miss B. They went up 10.15. Great fire at the City. Road all lighted up with it. Went to bed at 11.30. Wrote Shorter twice. (Red ink: M went to Effie's at Pulborough. Swelling on neck still bad. Better at night.) Friday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Down 8.15. Got to work & by 11.50 finished the Preface. After at 2.30 finished the tail piece. Horse jumping over book. Had prepared & printed photos in the morning for cartoon of Two Dukes. Began at 3.30 & traced figures in. Put in outline & began to shade by 6.45pm. M came home from Pulborough at 6.30pm. Tea. Worked till 7.15 when dressed. Difficulty of putting plaster on neck. Took cab at 8.5pm & drove to 22 Carlton House Terrace & had pleasant dinner with John Penn. Saw his two daughters. Walter Long's story of Leonard Courtney, 'We're glad you've not married a gentleman'.
(Plan of table seating) John Penn's Dinner. John Penn MP, Edward Ponsonby Esq, Walter Long MP, Hon Schomberg Macdonnell, Gerald Balfour MP, Henry W Lucy, Linley Sambourne, Mr Lawrence Hutchinson, Rt Hon Arthur Balfour MP. (Red ink acoss page: Dined with John Penn.) (Red ink: Swelling on neck still very bad, put plaster on.) Saturday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Breakfast 8.10. Miss B off to King's X by hansom. Got to work at 9.0 & till 1.20 when finished cartoon of Dukes of Westminster & Devonshire. Sent it off. Very tired. Lunch & long rest in room upstairs afterwads. M & Mite out in carriage to 2 at homes at 4.15, Mrs Carlyle's & the Hickmans. Came over dull & damply hot at 6.0pm. M back too late to ride. Otley in & settled up. Dined quietly at home & rest after dinner. E.B & Mr Sismay in at 10.30. E.B. had had drunken cabby in the morning. Mr S left 10.45. Bed after early. (Red ink: Swelling on neck still bad all day.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Robert Coster. Morning Post, Monday July 2, 94.) Sunday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. After breakfast rode at 10.15 Cob to Richmond & most lovely morning. Brute of a cyclist followed by another rushed past me on wrong side opposite Chiswick. Saw marquee being put up outside White Lodge & bulletin about Princess & young Prince. Rode over Wimbledon Common. Met Miss Walford at Putney 12.45. Trotted fast home. After got home found M had made a mistake about lunching at Mrs Jopling Rowe's. Should have gone 12.30 to breakfast. Took cab to Garrick Club. Had lobster for lunch. Saw Ashley Sterry. Smoke. Sleepy & drowsy after lunch. Wrote many letters & strolled home to memorial where took cab. Home 7.20. Midge, Dora & Miss Rose Innes there. Dined 7.50. Miss Holland, Blanche Cole, Mite, M & self, Miss B & Sylvinia Rose Innes dined. Talk of Mr Fife & also Lockwood. All left 11.40. Read Arabian Nights by Burton & bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: Swelling on neck beginning to go down. Assassination of President Carnot.) Monday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.40. Rode 8.15 in Park on Cob. Met Henderson, Murray & Sterne. News of the assassination of President Carnot. After rode with Lucas. Home 9.15. Cob stood out. After breakfast finished printing photos in blue. Down & wrote many letters till 1.30pm. Mite had been annoyed by Bill Weigall in the Row. Mervyn in after. Poor Squib very done up with walk. After rest & reading Arabian Nights skemed 12 subjects for H & P's advertisement bill. After put photos away etc etc. M & Mite back 6.45pm. Humble letter from B.W. Dined quietly at home. Mervyn in just before dinner anxious about the girls having got back safely from Bill Weigall. Quiet evening after & bed early. Glad to get there. (Red ink: Swelling on neck gradually went. Slight relapse on Tuesday.) Tuesday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. At 8.20 rode Cob in Park. Put on khaki suit & white breeches. Met Smith etc etc. Back. Breakfast. After came over dull all day. Got on with drawing for Royal Baby. Skemed it. Put out in yard dress wire skeleton & arranged drapery of Peer's robes. At 12.30 photod them. That ass Paxton came in to lunch. With Madame Maack & with Edy Buck made a table full at lunch.
Developed plates. Edy Buck left at 2.0 with cab & Agnes going with her. After M had at home. Many called. Worked till 7.0pm when dressed & after went by cab to dine at Arthur à Beckett Tyrrels. So so dinner. Took in sister of Semour Trower. Slow. Child violinist. Electric light. Left 11.15, by hansom home. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Dined at the à Beckett Tyrrels.) Wednesday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Out in Park 8.15. Met D'Arcy after riding behind Lockett Agnew etc. Back at 9.20. Breakfast. Went on with drawing of Royal Baby. Photod self in Court Dress & M in blue dress for Nurse. Developed & went on with drawing. Doubts as to Turkish bath, did not have one. Left at 6.30 dressed & went to Punch dinner by rail to Blackfriars. There at 7.10. Phil Agnew, E.I.M, E.T.R, R.L, A.G, F.C.B. Self sat in Tenniel's place for 1 st time. Arthur à B suggested cut of Merciers Republic marching on with wounded or dead President. Also Old Kaspar for self. Long adverse criticism against Caspar by Lehmann & Guthrie. Left 10.30 & went on to Cuthbert Quilter's at home. Smoke. Talk to Huish & also Lewis Fagin about Japan. Left & on to Frederick Macmillan's. Saw Seymour Trower, also Mrs Heron Allen, Schloesser etc. Left 12.45 & home by carriage. Met M & Maud there. (Red ink across page: Quilter's smoking at home. Frederick Macmillan's at home afterwards.) Thursday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride. Breakfast. After got on all morning & day with drawing of Royal Baby for opening Vol CVII. Put in Punch, Britannia etc & drew baby. Much in doubt as to cartoon subject. 3 or 4 letters from F.C.B chopping & changing from Harcourt as Kaspar to Rosebery as Mazeppa. Sent Tenniel photo of Merciers Victory. Stace could not come round. Worked till dinner time but could not finish opening of Vol. Maud M & self dined quietly. Rest after. Spencer came in at 10.0pm & stayed till 11.15 yarning on same old theme. He had been yachting with Hamilton Fletcher & Langleys. Left at 11.0pm. Bed tired at 11.30. No drink at lunch. Friday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride. Got to work after breakfast & finished Vol CVII with Royal Baby. Asked Otley about coachman's children. At 11.0 finished drawing. Skemed Harcourt as Kaspar. Stace round 12.30. Very hot. Photod him sitting as Kaspar. After the children of Spring came round. Photod them. Got them developed etc. Rest after. Got prints & to work at 3.45pm. M out in carriage with Mite to 2 at homes. Worked up to 8.30pm when dressed & dined. Conrad in to dinner. Had not seen him since before he went to South America. He left 11.0pm. Bed at 11.30 (blank) failed. No drink at lunch. Saturday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15am. Down 8.0 & worked for hour before breakfast. Put in trees & pump, sky etc of Harcourt as Old Caspar & Children. Breakfast. Afterwards got to work & from 9.30 to 1.15 when finished & sent it off. Lunch. Very hot. Otley round at 2.0. Packed bags. Maud upset about the address of a letter. Carriage at 3.30. Drove to G.W.R. Met Robson Roose & Arthur Russell. Crowded train. Young fellow put 2 smart girls in carriage with us. Slow journey to Wooburn Green. Out at 5.30. General Du Plat going with us. Did not know him at
first. Drove to Hall Barn past Holtspur Gate. Lawson met us. Tea. Stroll. After saw Lockwood arrive on his mare. Had Turkish bath. Weight 12.6½. Dressed & dined 8.30pm. Very thirsty. Sleepy after. Bed at 12.0. Talk of Palmers with Genl Du Plat. (Plan of table seating) Sir Edward Lawson's 1st dinner. Sir Edw Lawson, Frank Lockwood QC MP, Arthur Russell, Linley Sambourne, Genl Du Plat, Dr Robson Roose, Canon Cholmondeley. Jul 1894 Sunday July 1 Hall Barn, Beaconsfield. Up 8.20. At 8.50 into Turkish bath. Was shampood by Nelson. Too much. Curious machine for face. Spray of cucumber. Breakfast 10.0am. Very hot. Poor tea. Lawson & Lockwood back at 10.30am. After at 11.45 walked with Genl Du Plat & Arthur Russell towards a farm named Worcester to photo a turkey cock. Genl Du Plat left owing to heat. Got frightfully hot. Great difficulty in photoing turkey. Back at 1.15. Changed everything & had bath in bath room. Down to lunch 2.15. Only Pinero turned up. Alexander & Furniss never came. Talk of Coleman at lunch. After Roose examined Lockwood, Pinero etc. Looked over Jubilee book. Others went for walk. Came up & sat in shirt sleeves & wrote diary etc. Intensely hot. Uncomfortable rest in room. After at 6.0 out. Lovely evening. Photod swan. Talk to Russell. Roose left 4.30pm. Lockwood gave me gigantic magnolia. Dinner 8.30. Bed 11.0. (Plan of table seating) Sir E.L's 2nd dinner. Sir E.L, Lockwood, Pinero, Genl Du Plat, L.S, Russell. Made sketch. (Red ink across page: Went down to Hall Barn Beaconsfield. Very hot weather.) Monday July 2 Hall Barn, Beaconsfield. Up at 6.45am. Change in weather. Cloudy & rain in night. Out before breakfast. Lockwood & Russell left at 7.30am. Breakfast. Told Lawson about pigeon with broken leg. Drew Nelson hurriedly in Nelson's book. Buss at door, off 8.30 to Taplow, very hot. Full train. Town & home. Acount in D.T of Carnot's funeral. M in bed. Bee Barrs at Stafford Terrace. Wired A.G. Put off sitting. Photod small boy in winter costume at 2.15pm. Developed them. Rested & slept in evening after Ethel English dined with us. Looking A1. Langleys never came. Ethel played guitar afterwards. Left at 11.15pm in cab. State ball at Buckingham Palace. (Red ink: Came up from Sir Ed Lawson's in morning.) Oxford & Cambridge cricket match. Tuesday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40am. Out & rode Cob in park. Slightly cooler. Met Faudel Phillips & De la Rue. Talk of women drinking. Home 9.40. Breakfast. M in bed. Printed many photos of boy etc & at 12.30 began water colour for Jones. Lunch. Worked afterwards & up to 7.15. M sent Academy cards & Mite got them back. Sent Langleys a box for Lyric. At 8.0 M & self & Mite went in carriage to dine at Percy Macquoids, the Yellow House. Met the Winchester Clowes's & Sir Arthur Dent. Bee Barrs came at 10.0 & she & Maud went to the R.A Soirée. Carriage back & went home with M & after carriage took me to Henderson's dance. Long talk with Mrs Alt & Chinnery. Alfred Parsons etc. Left 2.0am & home by 4 wheeler. Fell asleep & woke 4.0am & to bed very tired. Wonder how we do it. Mite went to Oxford & Cambridge cricket match with Bee Barrs & lunched with Lady Lawrence. Oxford & Cambridge cricket match. (Red ink across page: Dined at the Percy Macquoids. Royal Academy Soirée & Henderson's dance.)
Wednesday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Did not ride. Got to work early & worked all day on water colour of Boy & Turkey etc for William Jones. Finished it & sent it off at 7.0pm. Left in cab at 7.5pm for Punch dinner. Drove all the way, got there 7.40, very late. William Agnew, E.I.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, Arthur à B & self. F.C.B ill & seedy with influenza. Got cut of Lord Russell to do. Left with Tenniel at 11.10 & put down in Grafton St. Went to Alexander's Feast. Met Mite & Bee Barrs at 12.0. Great at home 650 people there. Much struck with Lady Cecily Hamilton talking to Hamilton Aidé. Lots of people we knew. Supper. Little girl performing. Thought it was Mrs Andrew de la Rue's. Sell. Capt & Mrs Dayrell (widow of Broadwood £4000 per annum.) Left at 2.0am & drove home in 4 wheeler. Great success. Irving, Miss Terry etc etc. Saw Mrs Ledger. (Red ink across page: Alexander's Feast at the Grafton Gallery. 650 people there. ) Thursday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 am & packed bags etc. No ride. Left with Mite in cab at 9.40 to go down to Henley. Caught 10.16 instead of 10.25. Comfortable journey. At Henley could not see Mr Wallace. Molesworth & friend & young Davis on platform. Took fly to Wargrave. Found Wallace's cottage all right. Fanny German & Mr Shaw. Good lunch. After trouble with naphtha alluminium launch. Left German in middle of river unable to steer. Self & W rowed on to Henley Regatta. Delightful afternoon. Saw Miss Holland etc etc. Landed Leander club. Saw Goldie etc. Lehmann on pony etc. After at 7.0 home. Great row of young Thornton & Mr Shaw out of lock. Beat all the other boats. Back & dressed. Mite, Mr W & elder Thornton back in canoe at 8.30. Had been upset. Walked for cigar case left at boats. Dined nine. Ghost stories. Sleepy after. Bed at 11.0 very tired. Passed Miss Mackenzie in morning going to Wargrave. (Red ink: Offended the Mocattas seriously by not dining there today. See July 11th.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Henry Schwabe to Gertrude Cook. T. July 9th. See May 28th) (Red ink across page: Went down with Mite to Henley at Mr Wallace's. Delightful day.) Friday July 6 Wargrave. Up at 7.15am out 7.45. Walk with Mite to boats. Back & breakfast at 8.10 after walk to Wargrave Church. Packed in old Victoria & drove to Twyford station. Mr Wallace, young Mr Thornton, Mr Shaw, Mite & self & baggage caught 9.5 train home to Stafford Terrace. Got to work & skemed Punch & Lord Russell. At 11.30 photod Otley for Lord Chief Justice. Frightfully hot. Hottest day at Stafford Terrace 84° in room in shade. Rested after developing & after got to work at 4.0pm. Worked up to 8.30pm when dined quietly, M, self & Mite & Bee Barrs. Bed after at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Hottest day at 18 S.T. 84° in shade. Mite & self came up from staying with Mr Wallace at Wargrave.) Saturday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Down 8.0 & put in a little work on drawing of Lord Russell & Punch as Prince Hal. Worked on all the morning & finished 1.30pm. Sent it off. After lunch put all photos etc away carefully. Intended to ride. Rain came on 5.30, could not. Cleared aquarium & fitted little top for fountain. Sent Otley out for burrage(?) etc etc at 7.0. Royal Academy waiters came, after dinner of 8 at home. Salt soup, rest very good. 3 bottles Champagne, 2 of Zeltinger & 1
of Sauterne. Talk of the Soudan etc. Academy waiter Cole. (Red ink: Set in cooler in evening.) (Plan of table seating) Mrs Galbraith, self, Mite, Captain Hickman, M, Mr Galbraith, Bee Barrs, Mr Stone. Sunday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. At 10.10 rode Cob in lovely weather up Roehampton Lane, round Wimbledon Common. Putney 12.40, home at 1.10. Tilda in room. Thought it was Miss Frith. M, Mite & Bee Barrs out. Lunch 2.0pm. Very hungry. Rested in room after. Rev & Mrs Fowler called, young Henderson & Mr Routh. Routh asked me to dinner at Union Club on Monday next. Left at 5.0 for Sir A.Hickman's. Took cab. Played 7 sets of tennis, won 4. Youth & self against Sir A.H & Capt Hickman. Left 7.20 & home. Bath cooler. Dined at home quietly. Zeltinger cup. Rested after dinner & bed at 12.0. M got up in the night & opened windows as it set in hot again. (Red ink: Lovely ride. Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's.) Monday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Dull warmer morning. Out & rode 8.30am. Row slippy. Met Lord Onslow, Miss Hickman & also Miss Faudel Phillips etc. Back 9.35. Breakfast. Squib better. Letters from F.C.B from Bournemouth & from Col O'Callaghen. Squib and castor oil. Rested in morning. Printed costume photos. Lunch. Duck. After rested till 3.45. Read Stanley's Africa. Tea. Mite & Bee Barrs went to call at Rhodes's etc. Worked hard on page for Ill.London News. Dressed 6.20 & left in carriage in slight rain to dine with Sylvinia Rose Innes at the Bristol. (Plan of table seating) Miss Rose Innes' dinner at the Bristol: Norman Forbes Robertson, Mrs (illeg) Joyce, Jack Robertson, Mrs L.S, Prof Dewar, Miss Sylvinia Rose Innes, a Chilean, Mrs Jack Robertson, self, Mrs Dewar. After at 8.40 drove with Dewar in hansom to see Mlle Réjane play in 'Madame sans Gêne'. Saw Parsons & Mrs Millet, Mrs Jarratt that was, Sir Trevor & Lady Lawrence etc etc. Home by cab. (Red ink across page: Went to see Mademoiselle Réjane in Madame sans Gêne.) Tuesday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Out 8.25 in Park. Met Rhodes & sly daughter. Up & down. After De la Rue. Back at 9.25. Cob threw his head up & dragged me along the Terrace. Breakfast. After read & got to work on page for News. Put in roses etc etc. M & Bee Barrs out. Lunch. Miss Joachim there. Bee B left at 2.0pm borrowing 5/s. Effie H came. Read arctic book of Mrs Perry. Very good. Worked on till 4.0 to 7.45. Got ready to shade. At 8.0 Arthur Linley came to dinner. Partie carré. Left at 11.0. Read & to bed. Effie had too much Moselle cup. (Red ink: Mite went to dine at Dr Harley's. Very wet night. She met Mr Jackson the arctic explorer & Mr Harmsworth. Arthur Linley dined with us.) Wednesday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30 & out on Cob 8.30. Had been heavy rain. Saw gent met at à Beckett Tyrrell's. After Mocatta. Offended at not going to dinner. After D'Arcy. Home 9.25. Effie at breakfast. The whole of the morning taken up writing letters etc. Mr Duncan sent enlargement of drawing. Worked a trifle on drawing for Illustrated L.News. In afternoon after lunch left at 4.45 & took Met Rly to Charing X. Got out & had Turkish bath & hair cut. Weight 12.10 & 12.8 after coming out of
bath. Americans being rubbed with spirits of wine. Buss to Bouverie St. Lawrence B, E.I.M (late) Bernard P (1st time after run of Arms & the Man) E.T.R, Hy.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, Arthur à B, & Lehmann. Arthur's inane chaff about Russell's portrait. Long discussion for cut. Got one for self about British Farmers & bad weather. Left with Sir J.T at 11.0pm. Made up mind to go to Boulogne tomorrow. Effie Herapath had bolted the door. Got in after ringing. M asleep. (Red ink: Turkish bath. Hair cut.) Thursday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Woke at 5.0am. Dozed & finally got up at 6.15am. Dressed leisurely. Breakfast 7.0am & just missed 7.40 train. Caught 7.50 & on to Fenchurch St. Caught train to Tilbury to go on board 'La Marguerite'. Met on platform Sir William Pearce, Lord Folkestone, Marriott, Wicks, Conrad Cooke, Captain Le Claire. Many others. Down amongst the trippers & started after heavy shower at 10.0am. Dancing. Margate at 1.0. Many landed. Good lunch. Saw Fildes house. Came on to blow in the Channel. Many ill. Took photos. Got to Boulogne at 3.50. Left again at 4.15. Slept in afternoon to Margate. Dull dinner 6.30pm. Govr of Greenwich Hospital & 2 sea sick sons. Capn Le Claire. After good trick stories by a Mr Martin who came on at Boulogne. Waiters amused etc. Back to Tilbury at 9.15, Fenchurch St 10.45. Caught a train at Mark Lane & came home to Gloucester Road. Mr & Mrs Seymour Hicks got into carriage. Mrs S.H. looking very pretty. Also Sydney Brough, wife & a black poodle. Home 12.0 & to bed tired & slightly bilious. Met also Christie & Major Crutchley. (Red ink across page: Went to Boulogne & back with Sir William Pearce's party on board 'La Marguerite'. Very rough seas.) Friday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Breakfast. Heavy wet after. Photod Stace at 10.30am for British Farmer playing against Bad Weather. After M for arms etc. Developed & got prints by 12.0 noon. Roy came home from Eton & Harrow match at 1.0pm. No cricket on account of the rain. Lunch. After got to work directly. Roy did not go back in afternoon. Effie Hpth back to tea. M, Mite & Effie Herapath & Roy dined at 7.0 & all went to see 'The Candidate' at the Criterion, leaving me to work. Worked on to 10.30pm when finished & dined at 10.45pm by myself. Clocks back from Stores & M's new pearl necklace. Just had cigar when they all came back from the theatre. Bed at 12.0am. Mite sitting up with new green dress. Light not out at 2.0am in the morning. (Red ink: Headache in the morning.) (Red ink across page: 1st day Eton & Harrow match. Heavy wet. No cricket. Roy home.) Saturday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Roy in bath. Breakfast. At 9.30 rode Cob in Park. Saw & had long talk with Stone about Barker investment etc etc. After home at 11.30. Wet. Ordered carriage at 12.45. Roy & Maud went to Eton & Harrow match at 10.30am. M & self left 12.50pm. Good bye to Effie. Got to Lords. Went round to find the Steincopffs. Met Miss S, also Winchester Clowes. Poor lunch. Old Colonel & girl. Saw Corney Grain at head of table. Got to Hartree's break. Saw Roy shouting. Party back. Mocatta etc. Tall artist girl. Hartree in rage at not coming to lunch. Walk round with Mite. Harrow made 129 & Eton 127 in 1 st innings, 2nd Harrow all out for 80. Drawn match. At 7.0 stumps drawn. Walk with Roy & Mite
on field & left at 7.10. Carriage waiting. Roy & self in cab home. Dinner 8.0. Roy left for Eton at 10.0pm. Gave him £1.10.0 & paid cabs 4/2 etc etc. Sleepy. Tried to read. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Effie Herapath left. Roy went back to Eton.) (Red ink across page: Eton & Harrow Cricket Match. Drawn game. Lunched with Steincopffs. Tea & on break with Hartree.) Sunday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Dull drizzly morning. Dressed & ready to ride at 9.45. Rain came on. Started after putting photos away at 10.30 & rode Cob along Thames Embankment on to the City. Noted buildings etc. Cob slipped on asphalte. Got off. Buss horse down in Moorgate St. On to Angel. Saw where fire was. Not much to see. Rode thro' Middleton Square, Lloyd Sq, Russell & Bedford Squares etc & to Garrick. Got address, names of managers of G.N.R & M Rly. Saw Bancroft. Cob trotted well home, arrived stable 1.35. Home, changed. Lunch. Mite distrait. Developed 12 plates taken Thursday, 2 duffers. M went to sleep. At 4.30 up in room to write many letters. Miss Davis, Mrs Bergheim & Mr Steincopff & a friend called. Wrote letters in spare bedroom until 7.15 when Miss Rose Innes came. Dined 8.10. Had a bottle of No 16 Burgundy. Miss R.I stayed until 11.20. Bed 12.0. M awake. (Red ink: Miss Rose Innes dined & settled to dine here next Tuesday.) Monday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40. Dull rainy morning. Rode in Park on Cob at 8.20. Met Lockett Agnew & Romer W. After rode right round Park with George Agnew & little daughter, Mrs G.A. Met Life Guards going out with band. Back at 9.30. Breakfast. M had overslept herself. After Mr Arnold from Whitlocks called. Dull rainy moning. After worked most of the day on Illustrated L.N drawing & up to 7.0pm. Dressed & on in cab to dine with Mr Rooth at the Union Club, Trafalgar Square. Very pleasant good dinner & two bottles of wonderful old Sauterne after dinner. Felt sleepy after. Long talk to Mr Lucas etc. Home by cab at 12.50am. (Plan of table seating) Mr Rooth's dinner, Union Club, S.W. George Thursby, Sir Simeon Stuart Bart, Arthur Hill Hutton, Charles Fred Gill, Henry Goodman Rooth, William Mathews, Linley Sambourne, Charles Lucas. Tuesday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30 & out 8.15. Rode up Row & on old route up Piccadilly, St James's St & on to Embankment & back by Birdcage Walk & up Con'sn Hill. Saw D'Arcy etc. Home 9.30. Breakfast. After printed Lehmann on Cob & also all morning nearly writing letters. In afternoon after rest went on with Illustrated News drawing. Dressed 6.20 & Norman Lockyer & his daughter came to dinner. Miss Rose Innes wired to say she could not come. Went to the Garrick Theatre & saw Money. Very slow dull piece. Lockyer back by underground. M, Mite & self in carriage. Lockyer & self went in 4 wheeler. Photod bottles. (Red ink: Norman Lockyer FRS & daughter dined with us. Went to see Money after. Poor dull play. Miss Rose Innes refused to dine.) Wednesday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. At 8.15 rode in Park. Met Sterne who bothered about some American friends to go to the Garrick. Home. Breakfast. After worked all day & up to 6.30 on Illustrated News drawing. Could not quite finish it. M & Mite went to garden party at the Schwanns at Wimbledon. Left in cab to Punch dinner.
A flying cabman. Got there 7.35. Lawrence B, E.M.I (late) E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self & Arthur à B & R.C Lehmann. Long discussion. Guthrie obstructive. Self got cut of Paris & 3 Poets. Left with J.T at 11.0 & home. M & Mite not back. News of accident in Row to Roger Wallace. Wrote 4 letters & posted them. M back 12.40am. Thursday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. At 8.10 rode in Park on Cob. Talk to old Mr Smith etc. Out & back. Breakfast. After gave up going on with Illustrated News drawing. Skemed cartoon. Otley round at 1.30. Photod him & self for drawing of Paris (Rosebery) & Apple of Discord. Developed them etc. Rested very tired for 1 hour & after at 4.30 began small drawing of Gladstone saying farewell to Midlothian. At 7.15 dressed & drove in cab to Savoy Restaurant. Dined with Ayala & little Froggie. Met Mr Lockett, Tanqueray, Tresham Gilbey etc. Very good dinner & extraordinarily good wild duck. Left at 11.10 & went to Empire Theatre. Very dull. Out 12.40 & home by cab from Piccadilly. No one there. (Red ink: Good dinner with Fernan de Ayala at the Savoy Restaurant.) Friday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No ride. After finished small drawing of Gladstone saying good bye to Midlothian by 12.0 when having printed photos got to work on Lord Rosebery as Paris & Apple (Laureate) of Discord. Bothered with face of Lord R before lunch. After drew figures. Dined at 8.30pm. M & Mite went with Mr Carlyle to the Imperial Institute. Worked from 9.45 till 1.0am on drawing. Put many details in etc. Basket, dove, owl, hoop etc etc. Went to bed 1.30. M wilful xx. Sleep 2.0am. (Red ink: Worked late. M & Mite to the Imperial Institute after dinner.) New photo camera stand came home. Saturday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. Wired Bram Stoker & Kate Derben. At 9.30 got to work & went on to 1.15 shading drawing of Paris (Lord Rosebery) & Apple of Discord. Put photos away. Tired very after lunch. Slept in M's room till 8.0. Col Welby called. Rode Cob in Park (round Park) met Mills Oh! Mills, Mills! Saw Saw Spiers & Ponds Cook etc in carriage, Sam Lewis etc. Home & dressed. M, Mite & self left in hansom cab & drove to Lyceum Theatre & saw The Merchant of Venice. A1. Ellen Terry & Irving first rate. Very hot in theatre. After went round at back. Saw Lady Jeune, Mrs Keely (86) John Oliver Winter & Baroness Von Zeidlitz etc. Left at 1.0 & home by hansom. Bed tired xx. (Red ink: Delightful evening at Lyceum. Mite saw Merchant of Venice.) Sunday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. At 10.30 rode Cob up Roehampton Lane & down Putney Hill. Met F.C.B & also Joe Parkinson on bicycle. Home 1.10pm. Lunch. Mite had been to church & lunched with the Davis's. Rest after lunch & doze till 4.30pm. Dressed & took cab to Sir Alfred Hickman's to play lawn tennis. 5 of us. Courtenay Boyle & Lady Muriel etc. Played 4 or 5 sets. Dressed at 7.15. Tie came unstitched. Dinner 7.45. Good talk of Lowestoft & the Pyramids & also Countess Waldegrave & Chichester Fortescue. Left by cab at 10.20 & home. Slept till 12.0. Bed. (Plan of table seating) Sir Alfred Hickman's dinner after lawn tennis. Sir
Courtenay Boyle, May H, L.S, Lady Muriel, Sir Alfred H, Mrs S, a soldier, Lily H. Sir Courtenay Boyle KCB, CB. Board of Trade, Whitehall. Monday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No ride before breakfast. Dull close morning. Letter from Lady Margaret Watney asking Maud to Tressady. Out on Cob at 9.35 into Row. Met Mrs Adrian Jones & Capt A.J.Stone etc. Saw Miss Rollit. Back 11.30. Got out things to be repaired. Wrote letters. Dull close & hot. Lunch. After rest at 3.30 went on with drawing for Illustrated L.N. Bothered with head, got it all right. Worked up to 7.45. Mite went in carriage to Rawlinsons to supper. M & self dined quietly tete a tete. Did not dress. Mite back 10.30. Read 'My Paris Notebook' by Vandam. Bed 11.30. xx Tuesday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. On Cob at 8.20. Park. Met D'Arcy & 2 daughters & after Campbell Praed. Saw Shakespeare & Ready. Home 9.25. Wood very slippy. Hansom cab driver said 'You're like me Sir, getting old.' After writing letters got to work on Illustrated London News drawing. Lunch, M, Mite & self. Finished I.L.N drawing at 2.45 & sent it off by Otley at 3.15pm. Rested. Wrote letters. Dull hot moist day. Put all things away etc. Dined at 7.45pm, M, Mite & self. Piano being played next door. Read book on China by Theresa Yelverton. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Finished Ill.L.News drawing begun Monday April 23rd. Ah!) Wednesday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Out in Park at 8.20. Row in frightfully wet state. Met Singer Shakespeare & rode down Constitution Hill & along by Charing X & back Birdgage Walk. Home breakfast. 9.25. After wrote letters. Printed last week's photos etc. After ran thro' Nº Gentle W, Sketch, Pall Mall etc. M & Mite went to lunch at Genl Nembhards. At 2.45 dressed. Had wire from Mr Edward Atkinson to say he would not go to Garrick Club. At 3.20 took cab (wretched cab) to Wings in Piccadilly, & Macdougalls. Ordered things. After called on Mr Williamson Miles & looked over the Bath Club. On by cab to Turkish bath. Weight before 12.10, after 12.8¼. Man asked about Tenniel's cut. After buss to Chancery Lane. Looked at bracelet. Saw the same I had seen since 1884. P.D. Sat by self in room for 10 minutes. Phil Agnew, E.I.M (late) E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self & Arthur à B. Got cut self Harcourt & Bills. J.T China & Japan. Chaff Guthrie about letters & shares in Alhambra. Home in Sir J.T's cab 11.15. Bed 12.45 after snooze. (Red ink across page: Looked over the Bath Club. Turkish bath after.) Thursday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Rode in Park. Met Warren. Bore. After saw 1 st Life Guards go out for march to the Manoevres, after the Foot Guards. Home 9.30. Breakfast. After wrote letters & skemed subject of Harcourt dragging Bills through the Torrent of Opposition. At 12.45 Spring's boy & Stace came round. New camera stand a qualified success. Very hot. Took 9 phos & some of Otley. Lunch. Man from Stores at clock. After developed photos & put to dry. A 4.30 the Baroness von Zeidlitz called in white. Stayed till 5.45. Just got prints of photos & did a little work before dinner. Dined at 8.0. Put new smoke jacket on. Read after. Mite & M to bed 10.30. Self at 12.0. Hon W.F.D Smith MP married at St Clement
Danes Church in the Strand to Lady Esther Gore. (Red ink: Frightfully hot. Photod Stace & Spring's boy & Otley.) Friday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Was awakened at 4.45 by young cad next door shouting to a cabman. Cabman said he had been sick in his cab & naturally wanted compensation. Fine morning. Up at 8.25 x. No ride. No letters. Got to work at 9.45am on drawing of Harcourt dragging 3 Bills thro' Torrent of Opposition. Worked all day & up to 8.30pm. Could not finish. Wired Comercialist. Altered heads of Bills to likeness of Harcourt. Quiet dinner, M, Mite & self & bed early after. Saturday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Did not ride. At work from 9.30 to 12.30pm finishing Harcourt & his 3 Bills being dragged through the Torrent of Opposition. M & Mite went at 12.30 to cricket match at Lords & to lunch with Charles Hartree. Put things away & lunched by self. After rested & read new books from Mudies. At 4.45 dressed & rode Cob round Battersea Park. Met George Williams & lady on the Embankment. Back at 6.30. After went with M in hansom to last night of the St James's Theatre. Saw Masqueraders for the 2 nd time. Mite left at home. Had 2 stalls. Saw Gill, young Yates, De la Rues, Phil Burne Jones etc, Charles Dickens. Home after playing cards scene by carriage. Bite & sup & bed. (Red ink: Went to last night of the 'Masqueraders' at the St James's Theatre.) Sunday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. xx. At 10.0 rode Cob in dull muggy hot steamy weather just to top of Row & back. At 11.30 skemed inside of Xmas No, Punch kissing Girl. After Miss Lockyer came to lunch. Mite packing. Weather so bad could not photo Mite. At lunch heavy rain & as dark as Novr. Coud hardly see to eat. After wrote letters & before lunch read Sir John Anstey's life for an hour & at 3.45 dressed & went to Sir Alfred Hickman's for tennis. Last day. Mr Smith & Mr Levett there. Crow jumping for ball. Dull & hot, played 8 sets Mr L & self, won 5, then other 3. Only 6 inches in a stroke difference. Left in dangerous cab with a ewe necked thoroughbred at 7.40. Dressed & had bottle of Ivory '74 wine. Read & bed at 11.30. Not a soul called all the afternoon. (Red ink: Played at Sir A Hickman's 5 times this year. June 3 (with Roy) June 17, July 8, July 22 (dinner) & above.) (Red ink across page: Last afternoon of lawn tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's this season.) Monday July 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. No ride. Dull grey morning. Mite packing to go to Hendersons, Uffington station. Mended bottles & china & figure of girl in plaster. Wrote letters & diary etc etc. After at 11.30 a cad of the name of Fitzgerald called on me & kept me till 12.45 talking. An ignorant weak eyed conceited young ass. After Mr Fyfe called. Lunch at 2.30. M put Lewis & Allenby's dress on & stood for girl in Xmas No. Rested 1 hour & after at 3.50 rode Cob to Richmond Park & down Putney Hill home, most delightful ride. Back at 7.30. Sent Otley who got an exraordinarily good lobster at Slaters for 2/s. M had seen a little girl taken out of the Serpentine drowned. M & self dined quietly by selves at 8.0pm & went to bed early. (Cutting glued in: Death of George Prescott.)
Tuesday July 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & out in white breeches in the Row. Had long talk with Artillery officer friend of George Agnew's. Back & after packed portmanteau etc. Wrote Store order till 1.15pm. Man came to look at clock so sent letter by him. Small lunch. Developed 4 plates taken yesterday. After wrote letters & at 3.0 dressed in checked knickerbocker suit. Drove at 3.30 to Vauxhall calling on Roger Wallace. Met Agnew, F.C.B, J.T, & Arthur à B in carriage. Chaff about dress. After to Hampton Court. Looked over Palace. Talk to F.C.B of opera with Sullivan. Out at 6.0 & to dine at Mitre 6.15pm. Good green pea soup, bad eels. Pommery Brut 1 st too dry, Perrier Jouet after too strong, Pommery '84 after better. F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur à B, R.L, W.A, E.I.M, E.T.R, Phil A, & H.W.L. Lucy & Lehmann & Phil A left early. Others to catch 9.50pm. Took waistcoat off. Home to Vauxhall. Cab with white horse who grumbled at 2/6 from Vauxhall. In room at 11.0. Slept till 12.0. Bed. Hot at night. (Red ink across page: Punch dinner at The Mitre, Hampton Court. Made ill for days with the dinner.) Aug 1894 Wednesday August 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & out in Row on Cob. Met Shakespeare & talk to Mr Smith after. Home. Felt slight head from yesterday's dinner. Sent Otley to Reed's for Japanese book. Posted Maxim gun to Tenniel. After got to work & hunted out photos to skeme subject at 12.0. In afternoon at 5.0pm Mr Blathwayt called & took away a lot of photos etc. Roy had written to come home tomorrow. M & self dined quietly by ourselves at home. Bed early. Attack of grumbles all day. Indigestion from yesterday. This lasted a full week & more. (Red ink: Mr Blathwayt called at 5.0pm for interview.) Thursday August 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40am & rode Cob thro' Park & on to Westley Richards shop. Saw Mr Smith at top of Row & after Chandos Leigh. Home. Got to work after in morning. Seedy from Tuesday's dinner. F.C.B called on cob. Did not see him. Roy had come home at 8.30am from Eton one day earlier. He went off after to the Oval. Worked all afternoon & after up to 7.45 on 2 dragons fighting. After Milliken came to dinner. Talk of cricket with Roy & Strewelpeter after. Stayed up quite late till nearly 12.0 before he went. Took Savory & Moore's mixture. Roy said it was kruel. (Red ink: Roy back from Eton at 8.30am. Last ride of regular season. Milliken dined with us.) Friday August 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. No ride. Wrote 4 letters & sent them off by Roy. Still seedy. Got to work & worked all day on Civilization & Japanese & Chinese Dragons. Roy again went off to Oval. M out in carriage. Hyams' sent covert coats for Roy. After Roy back in afternoon. A gentleman had given him lunch etc etc. He went to Comedy Theatre to see Willard's The Professor’s Love Story. Tired after dinner very. Finished drawing 8.45. Went to bed just as Roy came home at 11.30pm. M sleeping. Indigestion on all day. M got fresh bottle of Savory & Moore's. (Red ink: Attack of indigestion on still from Tuesday's dinner.) Saturday August 4
Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am. Dressed & wrote letters etc. Drew cheques. Sent acct to Darling & wrote F.Barr. After Roy posted letters. Breakfast 8.0 & got off in hurry at 8.55 in small buss. Caught the 10.0 train from Kings X. Small 3 rd class carriage reserved for us. Lavatory & man passing to & fro a nuisance. Got to York at 2.45. Met Mr Galbraith. On past Newcastle etc. Got to Berwick 5.30. Great crowd on platform. Civil guard. Difficulty about collecting luggage. Wrongly labelled. Not ride inside yet all dry. Got in with Galbraith at Berwick in 1 st class carriage. 1st view of Ayton Castle. Huge pile of red sandstone. Italian maid & dog cart. Drive to castle. Arrived 6.30. Stroll on walk. Dressed. Dinner 8.0. Party Mr & Mrs Rae from Leghorn & boy, a Mr Anderson, M & self. Good dinner & smoke after. Gas escaping all night in room. M did not sleep well. The mare went to Horlick. (Red ink across page: Left Stafford Terrace for Ayton Castle at 8.55am.) Sunday August 5 Ayton Castle. Up at 8.0 & out 8.30pm for stroll with Roy & Mr Rae after at 9.0. First breakfast at Ayton Castle. Hot in sun. Children. After pipe went with Roy a 3 mile walk to Eyemouth. Very hot. Mr Anderson walked a mile of the way. Church & dull little town. Beastly harbour & dirty sea shore. Rested. Very bad attack of P. Back by 1.0pm. Washed & changed all things for lunch. Not well. After looked at mares & foals & horses. Back at 5.0 slept & rested till 7.0. Roy knocked & brought up cup of tea. Dressed. Black tie. Good dinner. Talk of actors etc after. Cigar whiskey & bed at 11.30pm. Gas better at night. M slept better at night. Dull Sunday altogether. Hot walk & no games. (Red ink: Very hot. Walked to Eymouth. Seedy at lunch & in afternoon. Dull Sunday.) Monday August 6 Ayton Castle. Up at 7.0, woke at 6.0. At 7.30 rode a black mare with Mr Anderson on a black horse. Wonderful goer. Beautiful ride. Had rained. Back at 9.0. Changed. Breakfast. After pipe Roy & I played one set at lawn tennis & after 100 up at billiards. Miss Akins & small boy at lunch. Got Roy lemon squash. Had written 7 letters. After went & read Kipling's Jungle Book. Got camera. Heavy shower. After Mr Anderson & Roy played 2 sets of lawn tennis. Won one each. Mr Galbraith back having got 2 prizes. Lovely kitchen garden. Tea. After Roy & self played a set. Children about & a great nuisance. Good Scotch clergyman. Rain again. In at 7.0pm. Wrote diary etc. M dressing. (Red ink: Bank holiday. 1st good ride with Mr Anderson before breakfast. Hot fine day.) Tuesday August 7 Ayton Castle. Up after waking at 6.0. 7.0am rode with Mr Anderson up to top of hill & on to old race course. Twice round. Fine view & lovely ride. Back 9.0am. Bath & changed. Breakfast. After wrote letters etc. Roy & self game of billiards before lunch, 98 all. After rested & at 2.30 drove in 4 horse char à banc for 7 miles out & back. M let little yellow hammer loose. Back at 4.0 & after waited about for Roy to shoot. Never came till 5.30pm. Angry. Missed him altogether. Got a wood pigeon & 4 or 5 rabbits. A Mrs Corbett came. Plain oily lady. After picked up Roy & round again. Shot another wood pigeon & rabbit, Roy a rabbit. In 7.45. Felt livery & seedy at dinner. All right after. Cigar. Roy very sleepy in drawing room. Talk of Russian jewel. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: 1st ride to race course.)
Wednesday August 8 Ayton Castle.Woke 5.0, 6.0am, up 7.0 & at 7.30 rode mare by self up to race course. Lovely ride. Back 8.55. No bath after. Breakfast. Read 'All the year round' after 1867. At 11.0 went for walk round, Mr Rae, Mr Anderson, Mr Galbraith & self. Saw cob wanted to be sold. Gigantic hemlock. Round home 12.20. Gin & ginger beer. After looked at view from top of the tower. Fine edition of Hogarth. Changed. Lunch 1.30pm. After played Roy game. Char à banc up at 2.30 & all except Roy & Mrs Rae went for 20 mile drive. Past Hutton, etc. Mrs Corbett taking photos with a Kodak. Home at 5.45. Tea & after Roy & self went to try for swim in the river. Steep banks. Scotch boys. Roy swam in 3 feet of water. Back round path. Lots of rabbits. Read Mite's letters. Dressed. Dinner. Mrs Galbraith's sister at dinner. Jolly girl with hearty laugh. Tale of Mr Rotheram Cecil etc after. Sat late with Scotch clergyman, Mr Akin. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Rode by self to race course.) Thursday August 9 Ayton Castle. Up at 7.0. Woke 6.0am. Dressed. Too much rain to ride. Went into boudoir & got Hyde & Jeykel. Read it outside in grounds until 9.15. In. Shaved. Breakfast. After out again. Felt dull & livery. At 11.30 played Roy 150 at billiards & beat him. Lunch. 2 strange young men to look at horses. After played Roy again. Mare being trotted out. After terrible attack of indigestion all afternoon. Wrote letters & read etc. Dinner at 7.30. Roy & self had walked round ground in 20 minutes. Took Mrs Corbett in. Mr MacColl there & Miss Akin. All went off to Ball at Berwick given by a Mr Blyth, nephew of Carlton Blyth. Roy & self played 200 up. Each won one. Bed 11.15. M in bed x. Heavy rain in the night. Heard them back from Ball at 4.0am. (Red ink across page: All went to Ball at Berwick. 1st played billiards after dinner.) Friday August 10 Ayton Castle. Heavy rain. Not called for ride. Up at 8.30am. Made Roy put knickerbockers on. Got 'Under the Great Shadow' & read it. By Conan Doyle. Breakfast. Mr Corbett turned up. Hum. Croquet going on. Roy rather a bother. Rain. After played Roy 100 up. Beat him. Wrote diary. Lunch. After lunch game of lawn tennis commenced by self & Roy. After unicorn game with Mr Anderson & self against Roy . Roy won. After Roy & Mr A at 5.30 went round grounds after rabbits etc. Shot 3 wood pigeons, ½ doz rabbits. After dressed for dinner. Took Miss Wilson in to dinner. Drank Claret. After music etc. Miss Wilson danced sailor's hornpipe. Talk to Mr Corbett after & bed 11.15pm. (Red ink across page: Shot in the evening.) Saturday August 11 Ayton Castle. Up 7.0. Rode mare. Went on, caught up by Mr Anderson. Delightful ride on race course. Back at 8.55. Breakfast. Read papers etc & after at 1.15 char à banc at door. Put on checked suit. Drove to Preston, 9 miles. Picnic at the Whiteadder. Heavy lunch bags. Fishing. No fish. Roy worried to bathe & would not at splendid pool. Very annoyed with him. Back. Sleepy. After threw stones at bottles etc. Left. Carried lunch bag. Put in middle of road. Clever Collie dogs. Back through Chirnside. Home 12.0. Got guns. Roy shot at wood pigeon & also rabbits & starlings. Dinner. Next Mrs Galbraith etc. Roy & self played 100 up at
billiards after. Beat him. Bed after lemon squash. Miss Wilson left in morning. (Red ink across page: Went to Preston on char à banc to the Whiteadder.) Sunday August 12 Ayton Castle. Up at 8.30. Down 9.15. Breakfast. Dull & cloudy morning. Went & got book about Chinese Gordon. Walked round grounds to go to summer house. Locked. Picked up cartridge that shot at cat on Friday. Jammed on end of stick. Sat in garden. Rain. Summer house & top of walk. Sleepy. Attack of P. After ladies back from church. Stroll with Mr McCall in peach house etc. Boy & Giant. Little Jem. After read Naughty Mrs Gordon. Back. Slept in Roy's room till 5.30. Out. Swing & boys. Roy & Arthur Rae. Walked round to see cob. Met Mr & Mrs Galbraith. Dressed. White waistcoat. Parrot talked a lot at dinner. Music. Cigar & bed 11.45. Talk to Mr Cameron Corbett about Pyramids. (Red ink across page: Quiet dull day all Sunday.) Monday August 13 Ayton Castle. Up 7.0. Lovely clear morning. Rode mare by self up to race course. Keepers out. Back by 8.55. Breakfast. After smoke etc good bye to the Raes, left 10.0am, also good bye to Mr Anderson. Mr Corbett left for Glasgow at 11.15. M, self, Mrs Corbett, Roy, Galbraith & Mrs McCall left for St Abbs to play golf. Lovely day. Much troubled with P. Sat on box seat. Got there 12.0, played one round self & Mr McColl against Mr Akin & Roy. Won 2 holes up. Foursome game. Mrs G & Mr A had driven in dog cart. Roy lost his hat. Lunch. Uncomfortable bank. Mr & Mrs G left 2.45, their nurse having left in morning. Another round. Curious clergyman from Newcastle sitting on hill. Lost round of 3 holes. Roy wanted to bathe in loch. Servant rude to Roy on getting up break. Drove home. Saw Mr Noble, Scottish painter. At 6.15 got gun & went round. Poor sport. Only got 2 rabbits. Dressed. Fresh people, a Mr Temple & wife & Miss (blank). Old fogies. Dull dinner. Sleepy after. Played Roy 100 up, beaten by 30. Talk to Mr T about the Ingrams. Tired. Bed 11.45. Put clock in the WC. (Red ink across page: Went to Saint Abbs to lunch & play golf. Shot in the evening.) Tuesday August 14 Ayton Castle. Up at 7.0. Got clock. Rainy morning. Doubts about ride. Went to Eyemouth where Edie Calder came from. Dirty smelly hole. Lovely ride round side of castle grounds & home at 8.53. Shaved etc. Breakfast. Heavy rain. After played Roy 100 up beat him by 5. After wrote diary & letters. Finer after lunch. Rested on Roy's bed. Read The Shadow. At 4.30 played 3 sets tennis, Mr Akin & self against Roy & Mr McColl. Lost all 3. After tea 2 good sets Roy & self against Mr Akin & Mr McColl, each won one. Changed boots & shot 3 rabbits running. Changed. Dinner. After music. Played Roy 100 up. Big cigar. Roy won by 25. Talk of Astor & Livesey & bed at 11.454pm. (Red ink across page: Lawn tennis in afternoon. Shot in evening.) Wednesday August 15 Ayton Castle. Up at 7.0, woke 5.50. Last ride to race course. Came on rain. Back 9.0. Breakfast. After wrote diary & letters. Heavy wet. Changed plates in camera. After lunch, & at 2.45 all went to look at fillies, colts & mares. Lady Alice in the saddle. Magnificent. Roy did not go. Took 12 photos. In after & read etc. At 5.30 Roy & self went to shoot. No rabbits out. Roy shot a wood pigeon flying. Heavy
rain came on. Sheltered at 6.30 in tool house. Cat with 2 kittens. Roy nursed them. After went to shoot again reverse way, joined by Mr McCall who had got very wet. Another try for wood pigeon. Roy shot a rabbit running very well. After he shot 2 more. In 7.35. Dressed & last dinner at Ayton Castle. Took Mrs Galbraith in. Good dinner. After played Roy 100. 99 all Roy won. Beat him after 50 by 25. Smoke. Sleep. Bed 1.45 x. Thursday August 16 Ayton Castle. Woke as usual a 6.0am. Decided not to ride. Gave orders take mare away. Up 8.0. Finished packing. Last breakfast. Talk to Galbraith & all got away at 10.20. Mr & Mrs Cameron Corbett going as well. Striking looking Welsh maid at station. Saw them off at Berwick. Roy buying papers. Very pretty little girl, sticks of legs but beautiful mouth. After got into reserved carriage & went south home. Got out & looked at York Minster. Imbecile boy in next carriage. Arrived Kings X ½ hr late, 7.0pm. Otley met us. Home. Not many letters. Dined quietly, M, Roy & self. Roy & M went to bed 9.45, self after snooze. (Red ink: Left Ayton for home. Arrived in time for dinner.) Friday August 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode after writing letters in Row. Started 8.45. No one there, obliged to talk to policeman. Back at 9.40. Breakfast. After skemed subject & at 12.0 photod M for Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. Otley after. Developed them. Dried by methelated spirits. Rested & got to work at 3.30. Roy at the Oval, Lancashire & Surrey match. Had wired for box Prince of Wales Theatre. Sent Otley with gun back to Westley Richards & to theatre. Roy back 6.0pm. Worked till 7.0pm. Dressed. Wire from theatre, wanted me to pay 31/6. Gave it up. Dined quietly, Roy, M & self. After Roy & M played games. Worked from 9.0pm to 11.30pm. Read book on travels. M knocked, bed 11.45pm after smoke. Saturday August 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. At work 7.50. Worked till 9.15am on Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. Breakfast. M down late. At work again 9.30am. After Roy went to Lords. Sent Otley on Cob to Tenniel's & Collins. Enlarging camera came home. Hard at work. Sent Otley to Lewis & Allenby's & after to Camera Club. Finished 1.0pm. Lunch. 1.30. Heavy rain. After lunch rested. Bret H called on M. Dressed. Roy not being back went at 4.45 in cab to Turkish bath. Weight 12.10, 12.8½. After hair cut. Out & to Beefsteak Club. Shut up. Garrick. Dined on lobster & Garrick steak. Col Jones at same table. Saw Bangs, Sterry, Christie & Arthur à B. Left at 9.0 & called Camera Club. After to Adelphi Theatre. Roy & M there in box. Saw 'Can you forgive her'. Fred Terry in it. Stupid piece. Left at end & home in hansom. Saw Freddy Warre coming out. Home. Supper. Bed. (Red ink across page: Turkish bath. Dined at the Garrick & went to Adelphi Theatre after.) Sunday August 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dull morning. Wrote letters. etc. Looked at map for Roy's journey. At 9.30 went to stable & got Roy's jersey etc. Back & at 11.45 left & went in cab to Camera Club. Changed plates etc. At 1.0 lunched at Garrick. Chop. After back to Club & at 2.30 met Miss Rose. Photod her. Fine girl. Poor model. Out at 4.30. Back to Garrick & home at 6.0 in cab. M & Roy there. Roy
drawings cap. After read. Dressed & dined at home. Grouse. Bed at 11.0. No one called. Not a soul in the Garrick Club at luncheon except self. (Red ink: Dull day. Photod Miss Rose at Camera Club in afternoon. Lunched at Garrick.) Monday August 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Roy started for Fittleworth on cycle at 9.25. Got there 6.15pm. In morning printed a heap of photos in sepia & a few in black. Lunch & on in afternoon. Rested & at 5.30 rode Cob to Wimbledon. Lovely ride & beautiful evening. Grand sunset. Called on Mrs Stephenson & home 7.45, nearly dark. Dined off grouse, M & self. Slept after dinner & bed 11.0. Found long wire from Donaldson asking me down on river tomorow on Torpedo Destroyer. Anxious about Roy. No wire. Spencer called in morning looking miserable. (Red ink: Lovely ride in evening. Roy went to Fittleworth on his bike, 9.25am to 6.15am.) Tuesday August 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30am. Breakfast 7.30 & caught 8.15 train at High Street Kensington. Went to Cannon St. Great crowd coming out. Ticket to Greenhithe. Down there by 10.45am, on to pier. Saw Torpedo Catcher. Went on board with 3 others. Saw Donaldson & son, also Lord Charles Beresford & an Admiral Cleveland also Captain (blank) After Mr Calloway Calcutta engineer came on board. Saw Brown. Ran down to the measured mile at Maplin Sands. Went 27.6 knots for seven runs. Awful speed & flames coming out of funnels. Lunch before at 12.15. Waiter asleep through it all. Found could not stand the spray & specks from funnels so went below. Torpedo boat came out of Sheerness after Lord Charles. Back up river. Decided to go up with boat. Captain (blank) kindly took wire for me. Arrived Temple Pier 9.30 & caught train at Temple & home by 10.0pm. Dined with M & smoke after. Bed at 11.30pm. Very tired. (Red ink: See Monday July 10, 1882; Tuesday July 13 1886; Tuesday May 10 1887.) (Red ink across page: Great run on torpedo catcher with Donaldson from Greenhithe, 27.6 knots.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Eliza Spottiswood.) Wednesday August 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Breakfast. No ride. After all morning reprinted sepia photos etc & bathed & put them right. Looked & tested new enlarging apparatus & saw Nash's foreman in afternoon. Ordered Cob for 5.45. At 6.0 went round to stables & rode up to Bouverie St. Fine evening. No one in Row. Rode round by Westminster. Otley met me at Bouverie St 1 st time. Punch dinner. Paid Bernard Partridge 15/s saw him sketching. Arthur à B presided. Lehmann, Partridge, Milliken (late) self & Sir John Tenniel. Discussion. Tenniel got Stag Stalking by Irish boy with Pistol. Self subject of Statue to Cromwell. Talk of Furniss & Torpedo boats etc. Left with Sir J.T in hansom at 11.0 & home by another. M asleep. Thursday August 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Breakfast. After skemed drawing for King Charles 1 & 2nd & Oliver Cromwell. Pouring wet day all day. Sent Otley to meet Mite at Victoria for 12.0 & after to Stores. Worked on. Mite back at 12.45. Lunch. Bathed photos in sepia. After worked on till 8.45 dinner. Quiet evening. Book on Burmah
& to bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Pouring wet miserable day all day. Mite came back from Ramsgate.) Friday August 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15am. Down 7.45 & got to work. Put in statue of Charles 1st head etc & after breakfast at 10.30 began to shade. Spencer came in. Went on to lunch at 1.15 & after finished 2.30pm. Sent drawing off & put phos away. Packed portmanteau with Otley. After selected photos for Mermaid etc. At 5.0 dressed for leaving. Boxes down at 5.15. Dined quietly, half a fowl etc. Buss round at 6.30. Boxes on & left at 6.45. Arrived Euston 7.20. 1 st class carriage reserved. Bought Prisoner of Zenda. Started 8.0pm. M settled to sleep, Mite also. Self at 10.0pm & on for the north. (Red ink: Left Stafford Terrace for Tressady.) Saturday August 25 On board train. Woke up at Perth at 6.30am. M & Mite in lavatory. Out to breakfast. Saw Doctor Horsley & man in Row. Pretty waitresses. Out & bought pears. Saw a Mr Stokes with a hooded falcon. After talk to John Morley MP. On to Inverness. Wash etc at 8.0am. Lunch at 11.15 in a hurry. Got to Inverness 12.0. Secured coupé. 2 other gents got in. One a difficulty in getting out. Saw Station Master. Dr Horley in carriage next to us. Rambling journey on. Read The Prisoner of Zenda. Good book. Tea with Mrs Tweedie. Got to Rogart 3.30. Called for letters & on to Tressady. Waller looking out of window, Lady M at door. Tea & after wrote many letters. Strolled up to golf course. Sat & thought. Back. Dressed. Down 8.0pm. Captain Ridley & Mrs Drummond. Down. Sir Redvers & Lady Buller, Ryle. After Richards came by late train. Dinner. Champagne. Sleepy after. Talk to Sir Redvers Buller. Whist. Lost 2 rubbers & 6/6d. Bed 11.45. Passed Thring in train. (Red ink across page: Arrived at Tressady 4.0pm. Very good journey up north.) Sunday August 26 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.45. M to stay in bed. Bath room. Breakfast. After stroll with pipe & talk to Ryle. Read Detection book. Mite came up & we went for walk over the hills. Picked flowers etc. Back by rabbit warren. Saw Lady M & Lady Audrey B & Richards, Waller & Vulcan digging for rabbits. Lunch. After judged dolls. Read book & snooze. Talk of Rhodes’s who have Skibo Castle. Sir Redvers Buller writing. Rain came on at 4.0pm. Got golf clubs out. Played one round of 2 holes with Vernon. Won 1 hole ½'d another. Back. Rested. After dressed & dined 8.0pm. Took Lady M in to dinner. Quiet evening after. Game of guessing & bed at 11.30. No whist. (Red ink: 1st day Tressady. Delightful still morning. No wind.) Monday August 27 Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.45 & put on Lamb's suit for 1st day's shoot. Breakfast. Good bye to Sir Redvers Buller & Lady Audrey. Started with Captain Ridley & Richards to shoot the home beat. Pumped rather with hills. Shot well. Good day. Not much wind. Got 21 brace, 1 snipe, 5 wildfowl, 3 hares. Captain R a good shot. Lunch. Rest at tea time. Back by 5.30. Break on the road to Lairg. Got in. Met Mite, Lady M & Mrs Drummond. Capt R got out. Went on home. Tea with M & up & had bath. Rest. Dinner. Took Lady M in. Quiet evening. No whist. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot Tressady. Good.) Tuesday August 28
Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.45 & after bath. Started in break with Vernon, Richards & self to drive to the Langwell. Stayed in break up hill, saw Watney Rock & on to shoot. Began 10.15. Lunch 1.0pm. High wind. Hummocks come against you. Got 22 brace grouse, 1 snipe, 1 hare. Left off 6.0pm & drove home. Saw party going out from Scott's house in morning. Tea & bath after. Captain Ridley left in the moning to fish at Lairg with Mrs D & stayed Inverness, going south. In afternoon Miss Taylor, Newton & Marshall arrived. Newton lost his baggage, dressed up in borrowed dress clothes. Good dinner. Took Lady M in. Quiet evening. No whist. Sleepy in chair & played on the Bilton pipe. (Red ink: Second day's shoot at Tressady. Better.) Wednesday August 29 Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.45. Got Marshall's bath. Down. Breakfast. Richards Newton & Marshall went to shoot the Brora. 37 grouse, 6 black game. Vernon stayed at home. Went wth him in the morning to ferret rabbits. Shot 8. Back 12.45 & began drawing of Punch & Mermaids before lunch. Lunch. Went on after. Vernon shooting, ladies playing golf. V got 70 rabbits altogether. Worked till dusk. Difficulty with Toby. Dined. Took Mrs Drummond in. Drank Claret. Good talk to Miss Taylor at end of table. After bottle trick cards, 2 rubbers. Won & lost 1/6. Left off even. Bed 11.50pm. (Red ink: Worked in afternoon after rabbit shoot.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Miss Cissie Loftus to Mr Justin Huntly M'Carthy. Times Saty Sep 1.) Thursday August 30 Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.45. Got Marshall's bath. Breakfast. All off day for School Feast. Up in room 9.45 & went on with drawing, putting in Mermaids in outline. Worked till Lunch time. Flags being put up. After lunch read story in Littlechild's Reminiscences & on to work till 5.45. Children, pipers etc all came up at 3.0pm for games & tea. Went out & saw prizes given. Tea. Rain came on. M in room. Finished drawing 7.10pm. Wrote letters & sent drawing off. Tired. Bad attack of P. Took Lady M in & sat next to M. After dumb crambo. Whist, won 2/6 from Richards. Playing with Marshall. Bed 11.45. Tired. (Red ink: Worked all day. School Treat in afternoon.) Friday August 31 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.15. Bath after Marshall. Fine morning. Vernon, Richards & Newton went off to shoot the Brora. Marshall & Miss Taylor & Mrs Drummond off to fish at Lairg. Self at home resting etc. Addressed envelopes & wrote diary. M down in morning room. Mite & self went for stroll along the burn. Took Key camera. Took one of Mite, Vulcan, horse, sheep etc, making up to six with one at Rly station. Back. Heavy lunch after. Rested & slept. Smoked etc. Wrote many letters. At 6.45 went along past Scott's to meet break coming from shooting. Met it just before Watney Rock. Vulcan followed along the road to go after me. Back. Dressed for dinner. Good dinner. Took Lady M in. After played cards. Lost 5/6d. Marshall had bad cards. Doubtful as to shooting tomorrow. (Red ink: Fred Waller at lunch. Idle day.) Sep 1894 Saturday September 1
Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.45am. Bath after Marshall. Dressed in Lamb suit for shooting. Went off, all guns, Vernon, Richards, self, & Marshall to walk. Drove ½ way to Murray's & started to walk. Did not feel walking all day. Dogs in oats etc. Went along the Brora & Craig na Gregh. Shot one grouse & one hare the entire march & that was all. Bag 28 grouse, 1 blackcock, 1 partridge, 9 hares, 2 rabbits. Lovely day for walking. Delicious lunch. Back Murray's at 5.15pm. Drove home. Milk & whiskey & tea. Bath & took M in to dinner by lot. After had music etc. Lady M played violin. (illeg) Whist. Won 7/6 from Vernon. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot Tressady. Walk in line.) Sunday September 2 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.45. Bath, down & good breakfast. Golf competition. Played at 11.0 with Marshall & Vernon. Scores below. Drove fairly well. Others on after. Vernon teed off at 11.0. Lunch. Most unaccountable attack of P. Bad all day. In afternoon foursome match. Mrs Drummond & Vernon beat Marshall & self. Back tea. Rested in bedroom. After went up on course & saw the last set between Vernon & Mrs D & Newton. Halved. Dressed. Dinner. Most unaccountably drowsy etc. Game of consequences. Snooze with Beltor. Bed at 11.15. No whist. (Red ink: Golf tournament Tressady. (Table of golf scores 12 hole course.) Monday September 3 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.45. Bath after Marshall & dressed for shoot putting on flannel shirt. Down. Vernon & Lady M going south on acct of illness of Lady Camilla Burden. Richards Marshall & self left in break & went to shoot over dogs at Craggie. Difficult walking. Only hit one grouse & picked up one the whole day. 15 brace & 4 hares. Felt throat queer & also not inclined to walk. Very cold on hills. Glad of flannel shirt. Lunch 1.0. Heavy shower, got wet. After wandered about. Out of it by not being fast enough, see Stuart Wortley's book. Left off at 5.20. Bend in road. Home. Found Vernon & Lady M would be back at 8.0pm. Bath & fire in room. Had very painful attack of P all day. Difficult walking. Richards' joke of Arthur Chubb. Wire. Fell flat. Did not know him. Took Lady M in to dinner. After ladies went up 10.15. Whist 3 rubbers. Won 3/6 & 4/s. Lost 2/s, 5/6 to good. (Red ink: Arthur Chubb joke with Richards.) (Red ink across page: 4th day's shoot Tressady. Awful cold began in evening.) Tuesday September 4 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.0. Woke at 5.30 with awful stuffed up cold & very bad on chest. Very rapid development. Bath. Could not go to Lairg. Vernon, Newton & Marshall shot the home beat. Richards & Mrs D & Miss T went to Lairg in break. Stayed in smoking room. Wrote diary & letters all the morning. Cold felt very bad & awful on chest. Letter from à Beckett saying could not use cut. Lunch. Cold awful. Never felt worse. After had quinine ammoniated. M in morning room playing & read to me. Slept & woke up choking. Went for walk with M to burn. Lovely aftenoon soft wind. Round by Murray's cottage & kennels. Felt weak & ill. Tea. Mrs Logan there. Down in morning room & wrote 6 more letters & diary. Felt slightly better before dinner. Dressed. Dined. Took Miss Taylor in. They had got a grilse & one trout. After Dumb Crambo. Pears soap & Chubb good. Went straight to bed at 11.0. Had lemonade & sal v, mustard leaf etc. (Red ink across page: Frightfully seedy all day with severe cold on chest.) Wednesday September 5
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0. Newton in bath. Cold better, heavy on chest. Tressady not suited to M. Down. Breakfast. Baby ironing every one. After with a bit of a rush walked with line of shooters towards the Ferkins. Met Angus with cob. After rain came on. Turned back & walked along burn by self & on to golf course. Tried to light gorse. Could not. Found Marshall's golf ball lost on Sunday. Back & changed. Lunch. Read after & wrote letters all afternoon. Went for walk to meet buss from Goldspie. Could not see it. Climbed up hill opposite Scott's wood. Saw rabbits. Good view. Must take it another evening. Back. Break not back till 7.30pm. Dinner. After played Telegrams etc from Chubb & Ryle. Whist. Won 6d. (Cutting glued in: Will of Henry Wigan. Wed Oct 24.) Thursday September 6 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.45. Cold better. Dressed in McD's grey suit. Break at door 9.30am. Collected golf clubs etc. Drove down to Rogart, all in house. Baby with a trumpet. Newton fooling with Mrs D's parasol for golf hole. Train full. Out at The Mound. Break from Dornock met us. Drove there 11.30. On to links. Met Ryle lame. Mrs Tweedie ill, temperature 104°. Marshall, Vernon & self played round. Self on 3 behind M, Miss Taylor & Mrs D by selves & Newton & Richards by themselves. M & Mite hovering about. Cold uncomfortable. Lunch on sea shore. Heavy garden roller. Little impudent laughing caddie boys. After lunch played good round with Mrs D against Miss T & Marshall. Stayed at furthest hole for ladies. Got stroke away 3rd hole. Played till 4.30. Lost by 1 hole. Dormee. M went to Ryle's lodging & read. Saw outside of studio. Tea. Felt seedy & cold. In break by 6.50 & off. Durnock dull uninteresting place. Got to Mound at 6.50 & home 7.50. Shouted songs etc. Dressed. Dinner 8.30. M packing after. No games. 2 rubbers, won 2/s. (Red ink across page: Picnic at Dornock all day. Golf at links.) Friday September 7 Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.45. Packed . After breakfast good bye to Vernon etc. Left with Mrs Drummond, M, Maud & self at 10.30. Saw Mr Logan on platform. 2 Kensington doctors. Coupé to selves. On to Inverness. Met Sir B.Baker & Mona. On to Aberdeen. Lunch. At Keith tickets not available for Great North of Scotland Rly. Aberdeen 6.30pm. Duncan head porter civil. Left for Banchory at 7.30, arrived 8.15. Bother with luggage. Small buss to meet us. Mistaken about Mrs Nicol's house. Very good dinner. Mrs Nicol, Mary & Mr Dyce. Game of billiards with Dyce after. Beat him. Bed 11.45. Long tiring day for M. (Red ink: Left Tressady & arrived at Banchory at 8.50pm. Mr Boyle, station master Aberdeen, had not provided carriage to go back on Tuesday next.) Saturday September 8 Roscobie, Banchory. Up 8.0am & good bath room. Breakfast. Read Chamber's Journal in morning. At 12 went with M walk into Banchory. Wet. Bought stamps. On to station. Met youth with parcel, drunk. 'I'm just drunk'. Missed our way. Back 1.45pm. Lunch. Captain Uniacke came. Nice fellow & amusing. 91 st Highl's. Carriage round 2.45pm. Long drive to Nicols of Bollogie, 9 miles. Garden party, lots there. Many games. M shooting & Aunt Sally. Small Nicol going to Eton. Singing. Saw Mrs Farquharson, Admiral Farquhar etc etc, Miss Boteler. Pretty girl with Mrs Pickering etc etc. Left 6.0, got inside. Back by 7.15. Wrote letters. Posted by coachman. Good dinner. Sleepy after. Cynicus book. Played 3 games. Silly. After 100 up with Captain Uniacke. Beat me by 10. Bed 12.0am. (Cutting
glued in: Death of Fanny Vallance.) (Red ink across page: Garden Party at Mr Nicol's of Bollogie.) Sunday September 9 Roscobie, Banchory. Up 8.0am. Bath. Down 9.15am. Good breakfast, read etc. After walked with Mite to Banchory. Dogs about. Hot & fine. Met Captain U coming out. Back. In garden & eat a lot of raspberries. Drew Calendar on walk & fishes. In to lunch. After long sleep on sofa tea by self with Mrs Nicol. Strolled on to Capn Brooks next door. Pretty house. Lovely view. Built by Mr Chalmers in 1887. Miss Boteler playing croquet with Capn U against Mr Dyce & Mary N. Quarrel between M & Mr D. Left with M at 6.0 & walked down to railway. Beautiful evening. After in & read History of Aberdeen till dark. Dressed 7.40. Good dinner. Rest had champagne, self whiskey & soda. Talk to Cap’n U & Dyce of immorality of Aberdeen. All girls immoral. After game of telegraph. Billiards 100 up with Cap'n U. Beat him by 27. Dyce beat me by 9. He was 99 when I was 63. got to 91. Bed 12.30am. M hoarse, fear a cold. (Cutting glued in: Death of Edmund Oxley.) Monday September 10 Roscobie, Banchory. Up 8.0am x. Bath. Captain Uniacke away. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Read & packed. Mr Dyce off to paint at Scotch Fir. After in garden & eat many raspberries. Animated wheat. Lunch. Orange brandy. After people came for tennis. Miss Gordon & 2 funny Scotch clergymen. Got away at 4.0pm in omnibus carriage & got luggage out at Banchory. On to Aberdeen. 3 rd class passengers put in 1st cl carriage. Aberdeen. No carriage reserved. Dunbar a duffer. Civil superintendant. Decided to go by the 7.5pm train. Selected carriage M & self. Walked in Aberdeen for an hr up & down. Shops shut. Many people up & down. Back to carriage. Had dinner 7.15. Saw Stonehaven & settled to sleep. Read Shadow on a Wave by Von Hagen. Good. Cold in the night very. (Red ink: Left Banchory for London.) Tuesday September 11 On board train from Scotland. Woke up about Bletchley having given guard ticket to show. Buss met us. Train ½ hour late. Home 9.20. Otley there. Saw letters. Breakfast etc. M unpacking. Saw Nash's foreman etc. Put things straight, wrote letters, rested etc. A 6.0 rode Cob to Wimbledon & down Putney Hill. Put it off too late, quite dark. Back 8.0. M had been to her mother's. So so. Quiet dinner M & self. Bottle of Burgundy. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Arrived home from Scotland.) Wednesday September 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. x. M preparing to go. Ordered cart. After with box M went off in cab for Fittleworth at 9.50am. Saw her off. Printed photos in morning. After left in cart at 11.45 & drove to Camera Club. Changed plates etc, out at 12.45. To Garrick. Lunch in Strangers' room. Saw Gillie Farquhar. Out 1.20 & on to Club. Met Miss Derben. Photod her from 2.0 to 3.30. Much thinner. 1 st used small lens. After changed plates. Out 4.45. Cup of tea & wrote letters at the Garrick C & on to Turkish bath 5.30. Good bath. Weight 12.8 & 12.6½. On to Punch D in Bouverie St. Phil A, E.I.M (late) B.P, H.W.L, Arthur à B, J.T & self. Talk of Burnand. Had letter from him. Shewed animated wheat. Left with Sir J.T at 11.15. Got subject of Ceres & Farmer. Walked to end of Piccadilly & home by cart fom top of
Park 11.55. (Red ink: M went to Fittleworth. Dull foggy weather.) (Red ink across page: Photod Miss Derben at 2.0pm.) Thursday September 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Seedy. Slight head. Down. After writing letters skemed subject of Farmer & Ceres. Sent Otley to Camera Club etc. Put Stace off. Came at 12.30. Photod S sitting & standing & self as Farmer afterwards. Lunch. Rested after. Dozed 2 hours. Tea. Developed plates. Worked from 5.0 to 6.15 on drawing. After dressed & drove in dog cart to Garrick Club. Called Empire with note & on to Beefsteak Club. Met Yardley, Leslie W, young Ames, Hugh McCalmont & one other. Talk of rabbits etc, yacht 1500 tons. On to Empire. Full of young militia cads. Dull evening. Same ballet as before. Out. Lemon squash at Garrick & home at 12.30am. Very tired. Read book on Australia & about assassination of Sir Harry Parkes of Duke of Edinboro' in March 1868. (Red ink: Dull dark damp weather.) (Red ink across page: Dined at Beefsteak Club. Went to Empire Theatre.) Friday September 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Felt rather seedy. Took Granulated. Letter from M. Printed photo of Stace as Farmer taken yesterday. Wrote M & diary. After got to work at 10.0 on drawing of Ceres & British Farmer. Slightly bilious. Worked till 1.30. Lunch. After rested till 4.0 & on to work till 9.15pm when nearly finished outline. Dined by self at home. Lobster & grouse. Up in drawing room & dozed till 12.30am. Bed. Very tired. Did not use cart or Cob. (Red ink: Dull dark damp weather.) Saturday September 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. Bath. Down, ½ hrs work on drawing before breakfast. After breakfast went on & finished drawing by 1.30pm. Very late lunch. After put photos away & packed bag. Watch stopped at 2.40pm. Just got out at 3.20. Drove in cart to Victoria taking Squib. Sight rain. Left by 3.55 all right. Squib good. Gentleman in train was put wrong. Got out at Horsham. Arrived Fittleworth. M & Roy met me. M frightened for Squib with Scipio. To Con's. Met Con, Midge & Dora. Geoff ill. Little marmozette monkey. Stroll with M into village. Bags not back. Could not dress. Poor dinner. Barker's whiskey. After played rubber & smoked big cigar. Too big. Talk to Con & bed about 11.15. (Red ink: Went down to Fittleworth in afternoon. Dull dark damp weather.) Sunday September 16 The Grange, Fittleworth. Up 8.30. M had had restless night after taking coffee. Down. Dull damp morning. Read book on British New Guinea. Up in bedroom after & wrote many letters. Sent them off 12.45pm. Wrote diary. Wrote to say could not go to Elmhurst. Woke up with a headache. Lasted all the morning. Lunch. After a rest for 2 hrs. Walked with Con & M & called on Mrs Johnson & looked over cottage. Very small. After with Con, Roy & M for delightful walk with Fee & Squib. Back at 6.30. Midge & Dora had been in front of us. After dinner had large cigar. Rested & bed after lemon squash at 11.0. (Red ink: At Fittleworth. Dull dark weather.) Monday September 17
The Grange, Fittleworth. Up 8.30am. Dull morning, slightly foggy. After reading paper walked up to the blacksmith's & had Roy's cycle put right. Took gear case off etc etc. Some trouble. Gave him half a crown. Geoff slipped into shop & bought sweets. Back. Lunch. After in the afternoon Roy & self went in boat as far as bridge & back. Very chilly. Roy did not bathe. Effie home in the evening after dinner about 9.30. Fly ordered for her. Roy went. Self in small room & slept & smoked after dinner. Bed at 11.0. Con chaffing Roy. (Red ink: With Roy up river. Effie returned 9.30pm. Dull dark cold damp day.) Tuesday September 18 The Grange, Fittleworth. Up at 8.30am. Finer morning. News in paper of great Japanese victory at Ping Wang. Effie down to breakfast. After M, Roy & self, taking Claud & Squib & Fee, went in boat to cataract beyond the bridge. After cut teazles & reeds. Back to lunch. Much finer & quite warm. Rested & read Evolution of Marriage. In evening took Roy in boat for a swim. Water cold. Back & went for walk thro' wood. Wrote 2 post cards at P.O.O. Back. Effie not down to dinner being bilious. Poor Con in great pain with sciatica. Duck for dinner. After piano & read 3 Empresses. Smell of liniment in room. Smoke & bed. Roy sleepy. Bed 11.0pm. Wired in morning to Galbraiths. Got answer at 7.30pm. (Red ink: Sun for 1st time for days.) Wednesday September 19 The Grange Fittleworth. Up 8.30. Very foggy. Poor breakfast. Scrap of bacon. Con down. After read paper & packed bag. Stroll in garden & outside. Pretty snail. Left Fittleworth at 11.40. Met Mrs Alt & family of daughters at station. Midge, M, Roy, saw self & Squib off. Talk to Mrs Alt at Petworth. Home in hansom by 2.30. Lunch. After dressed & drove in cart to Briggs's & paid bill. Called Garrick Club & after to Turkish bath. Weight 12.8½, 12.6½ after bath. On to Punch dinner. Phil Agnew, L.B, E.I.M (late & in Guthrie's place) E.T.R, B.P, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, & R.L. Good dinner. 1st time Burnand back since July 31st. Had been ill. Tenniel got Jap the Giant Killer, self G.O.M & Chamberlain as Barmaid. Talk of Furniss. Left at 1.20 with Tenniel. Walked to cart & after home by 12.0. All quiet. Read & sleep by 1.0am. Read The Real Africa. (Red ink: Up to town from Fittleworth. Burnand at Punch dinner 1st time after illness.) Thursday September 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Slight head on. Breakfast. Post card from M. Sent Otley to Mervyn. After at 10.30 skemed subject. At 11.30 photod Mervyn as Gladstone & Chamberlain. Saw Nash's foreman. Developed plates before lunch. Took one of self for Harcourt at 1.15. Developed etc. Lunch. After put photos to print. Dull dark wretched day, deep grey all day. Could hardly get prints. Otley round at 1.0 & 4.0. Did not ride. Rested 2.30 to 3.45. Carpenter at work on screen. Wrote diary. Tea & after got to work 5.0pm. M came back from Fittleworth at 7.30pm. Mervyn dined with us at 8.0pm. Talk & bed. (Red ink: Dull dark damp weather. Hardly print photos.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Heinrich Hoffman, author of Struwwelpeter.) Friday September 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast 9.30 rode in park. Saw Johnny Waring in a complete suit of black riding a thoroughbred horse & had a long talk
with him. Back at 11.0. Slight rain. Got to work & put in outline of Gladstone at Bar flirting with Chamberlain, Harcourt looking on. Worked all day until 9.0 when dined. M & self dined together & bed after at 11.30pm. Complained to old woman about dog howling. Man doing my screen, altered it all right. (Red ink: Dull dark damp weather.) Saturday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Got to work before breakfast. Took out Gladstone's hat. After breakfast went on & worked till 12.30 when finished. Good drawing. Sent it off. Put fresh things on & lunched at 1.15. Slight rain. Went at 2.15 in cab to Daly's Theatre & saw The Gaiety Girl for 3rd time. Barrington not so good as Monkhurst. George Grossmith jun'r as Major. Very pretty girls. Out. Bought sausages & walked with M to Hyde Park Corner. Cart met us. Sent M home. Cart back for me. Gave tramp 6d. After called & bought flowers & lobster for 1/3. Home. Read Trilby. Dinner. Read Trilby to M after. Bed at 11.30. Miss Kate Cutler good as Rose Brierly. Squib robbed of his collar, 2 nd time of asking. (Red ink: Dull dark damp weather.) Sunday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Breakfast 9.15. After at 10.15 rode Cob up Roehampton Lane. Stout father & 3 boys. Rain came on. Sheltered at tree & after at King's head. Groom 8d, Cob admired. Rode sharp home by 1.0pm. Escaped wet. Changed & put on checked coat. At 1.40 Johnny & Clara Bergheim lunched with us. Talk of a Polish man who started Kipp's Ale & photography. They stayed till 4.0. J.B thoughts of Ionides house. At 4.30 Edgar called & stayed 1 hr. Tidied up things etc etc, letters etc. Wrote cheque for £81.2.2 for Roy's Eton bill. Sent letters. Dined at 7.45. Read Gentleman of France after. Cats catawauling. Went down with 2 lumps of coal. Squib very disobedient at Bergheims going. Difficulty to catch him. Gave him good thrashing. (Red ink: Heavy rain. Dull dark damp weather. Bergheims lunched with us.) Monday September 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Down. Breakfast by self. M in bed. After put away all clothes & tidied up bath room etc. Wrote diary & letters at noon. M down 12.45. After wrote letters put things away etc etc. Lunch. Read Trilby 1 st Nº till 3.0pm. After again answered letters. Roy back from Victoria at 4.0pm. Otley in. Sent Roy in cart at 5.0 to Kensington for his portmanteau. Ordered taps etc. At 6.0 dressed to dine at 6.30pm. Dined & left at 7.45 in cart. Drove to Beefsteak Club & then strolled on to the Adelphi. Saw The Fatal Card. Terris looked about 21 in it. Good play. Explosion at the end. After went to the Garrick. No letters. Had poached eggs. Talk of Freddy Warre. Left 12.0 & home in drizzle by hansom. Roy very tired. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Wretchedly dull dark damp weather.) Tuesday September 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Roy down breakfast 9.15. Complained of cold things. After put things straight etc. At 11.30 Mr Minnitt called & kept me 1 hr ½ jawing about a feeble book to (illeg) Isle of Wight. Dreadful. M in bed. 5 tons of Cannock Chase coal delivered at 1.0pm. Lunch. M had chop. After at 3.0 Roy went in cart to Queen's Club & paid his acct. Drizzle of rain. Squared up a lot of prints etc. Gave Roy cheque for £3.0.0. Dinner 7.30pm. Lobster. Roy returned to Eton by
cart at 9.40 train. Did up pictures for Roy, 6, 2 drawings by self. The 2 pins club & Detailles Fight on the Railway Embankment & also Vanity Fair print of self. Roy, M & self dined quietly together. Roy left in cart for G.W.R at 9.0. Quiet evening after. (Red ink: Dark miserable damp weather. Lamp in daytime to see to write. Roy went back to Eton at 9.0.) Wednesday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Dull dark wet & damp. In morning after writing letters skemed heading for new weekly. Wired Bergheim to say could not go to Photographic Exhibition. At 5.0 M & self drove in the cart to Turkish baths. M sat in front. Saw or thought she saw Colonel Bosanquet. Good bath, weight 12.8. Out & to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, Lehmann, A à B, E.I.M (late) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Tenniel cut of Chamberlain, self had stupid one of Justin McCarthy. Expostulated. No good. Left at 11.0 with J.T. Put down Isthmian. After walked to cart at Hyde Park Corner & drove home. Kept awake hours with acute rheumatism in shoulder. Suppose ride in cart after bath. (Red ink: Rheumatism in shoulder at night. Dull dark miserable weather. Cleared in evening & fine night.) Thursday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. M in bed. After breakfast sent Otley to get dressing gown at Wing's & court suit May's. Skemed subject of Justin McCarthy in Hot Water. Put all ready in yard for photographing. At 12.0 Otley round. Photod him with feet in hot water. After self in court dress. Finished by 1.0pm. Developed plates after lunch. At 3.45 went for ride up Roehampton Lane & to pond with swans & down Putney Hill home. Saw Rocket Coach horses. Had wired to Drury Lane. Dined 7.20 & left at 8.10 in hansom. Saw Gus Harris at box office. House full. Put in large box on ground tier. Saw 'A Derby Winner'. Cartright & Mrs John Wood good. Bad mannered man in box. Left at paddock scene. Duke & Duchess of Devonshire in stalls. Sir Edward & Lady Reed & party etc. Home by 11.45. Good cab. Bite & up to bed. (Red ink: Fine sunny morning, 1st time for weeks.) (Red ink across page: M & self went to Drury Lane Theatre. Saw 'A Derby Winner'.) Friday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down & got to work after writing letters on drawing of Justin McCarthy with feet in Hot Water. Poor cut. No ride today. Cob a mash. Worked on all day. Thought would finish by dinner. Did not. M read story of Balaam & Pedro. Shocking story. Dined 8.45. Quiet rest after & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Fine lovely weather.) Saturday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. Breakfast & after got to work & finished drawing of Justin McCarthy with his feet in Tub. Finished at 11.15. Sent it off & at 12.0 photod M in classic dress lying on commode under window for heading of New Weekly. Done by 12.30 & developed 6 plates before lunch & also self in court dress. Lunch. Rest after plates dry & set them to print in blue at 4.30. Rode Cob up Roehampton Lane. Dog howling. Crossed little bridge over brook & went home by pond with swan. Back at 6.0. Bathed prints & got to work. Dressed & dined Albert Hall Ms at 8.0pm. Went in bad cab. Saw the mother, looked well. M, Midge, Mervyn & self. Walked back at 11.30pm with M. Bed after. Had enlarging
apparatus down after lunch. Looked thro' it for first time. (Red ink: Fine lovely weather.) (Red ink across page: Dined at 58 Albert Hall Mansions with Mother & Midge.) Sunday September 30 Stafford Terrace. M & self overslept until 9.0am when down. Bright sun. In morning worked & skemed subject for heading of New Weekly. Drew it out. M went out & met Nellie Zimmermann in Gardens. Back. Lunch. At 3.30 rode Cob up Roehampton Lane across to Meinertzhagens & back down Putney Hill. Went well. Back 5.0pm exactly. Tea. Dressed. M read & after got to work & put in figures again of New Weekly after dinner. Bed after snooze. Lay awake for 2 hours or more before getting to sleep. (Red ink: Fine afternoon. No one called. Worked on New Weekly.) Oct 1894 Monday October 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 x. Down. M preparing to go on board ship at Blackwall which Mevyn sails in. M left at 9.15am. Got to work & went on all day finishing drawing for heading of the New Weekly. Lunch at 1.30. Sent Otley in cart to take back court suit to May's & also M.S to the Rev Francis Allen Minnette. Very bad & painful attack of P. Why or wherefore who knows. M back at 4.30pm. Tea. After worked till 9.0pm when dined, having sent drawing off by post. Perks bill came in with long letter. Read paper. Bed 11.30pm. Lay awake 1 hour. (Red ink: Worked hard all day on the heading for New Weekly. Finished it at 9.0pm & sent it off.) Tuesday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Fine morning at first. Put things away from heading of New Weekly after. Put photos in bath for press. Wrote diary. Rode Cob at 11.0am in Park. Met Findlay. Long talk. Also Giddens who left. Back 12.15. M doing room with own ferns etc. Began drawing of Punch & girl for Xmas Nº. In afternoon Mervyn came & said good bye. Mrs Rae & Mrs Finlay called. Wired to Comyns Carr & in the evening went to the Comedy Theatre. Big Royal box. The Raes went with us. M wanted to walk to cab. Home by very good cab at 11.20pm. Saw The New Woman. Cyril Maude & Miss Emery. Very good. (Cutting glued in: Death of 14th Duke of Somerset.) Wednesday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. 1st announcement in the Times of Lika Joko. Oh! In morning at 12.0 M went round to her mother's on account of Mervyn leaving for Australia. Lunched by self. Felt seedy & disinclined to work. Got to work hard from 3.0 to 4.30 & put in figure of girl running from Punch for Xmas number. Men came from Singleton's to do the blind at end of room. At 4.45 left in cart for Turkish bath. Bought 2 papers. 6 tickets, 5 left. In bath 5.25. Weight 12.8½ before, 12.6½ after. Man with huge bag of a stomach. Left at 6.55. Soft handed shampooer. Punch dinner, very full. W.Agnew, L.B, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, & D.M. Milliken away ill. Bernard P playing again (at Princess’s). Suggested both cuts, Bellona & for self Growing London. Talk of Furniss after. D.M asked for champagne & had it, drinking 2 glasses. Left 11.15 with J.T. Isthmian C. & cab home. Bed 12.0 exactly. Conrad in spare bed room. (Red ink: Liver evidently coming on.) (Cutting glued in: Death of William Beale.)
Thursday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Conrad down to breakfast. Cabinet Council of Ministers. Dull grey morning. Skemed drawing for London. Expected Dora. After sent Otley. Put chest of drawers etc down in yard. Dora came at 12.10am. Took 5 photos of her, whole plates. After developed them. Lunch. Tried enlarging apparatus for 1st time. After 2 failures great success. At 3.45 went for ride on Cob up Roe'n Lane & along by lawn T courts, Putney & home. Pretty woman in Putney. Slight rain. Home 5.30. M out at her mother's. Dressed. Wrote Lawrence Bradbury. Wrote diary. Worked before dinner. Quiet dinner. M, Conny & self. Music after. Put in coach etc etc. Talk to Conny over estate etc, Fritz Jackson etc. (Cutting glued in: Death of John Warre.) Friday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got prints of Dora taken yesterday & went to work on Miss Unified London. Worked all day. Conrad back just before dinner. Dined 8.30, M, Con & self. Put in Gog & Magag etc etc after dinner. Began to shade drawing about 6.0pm. Read after & bed at 12.0am. (Cutting glued in: Will of John Warre. Times Monday Dec 3.) Saturday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. After breakfast put finishing shading to Miss Unified London. Finished about 11.30pm. After felt tired. Put things away & at 2.30 rode Cob to Barnes & turned & went through Barnes Common to Putney. Saw football. Back at 5.30. Rest & read etc. M went with Conny to see the Grafton Gallery. Dined at 7.30pm & after M, Con & self went in a hansom to the Palace Theatre. Good Box A. Percy English met us in foyer & went with us. Poor entertainment. O'Gust good & also Skirt Dancing Dogs. Left cigar case in box & M her fan. Felt tired & yawny. Out 11.15pm & home in cab. Sent boy with letters to Lawrence Bradbury & F.C.B at 1.30pm. Sunday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Breakfast. Dull foggy day. Worked all morning on inset of Almanack. After lunch at 2.30 rode up Roehampton Lane & on to Wimbledon Common. Right round & across to Meinertzhagens home at 5.15pm. Good ride. Lovely on Wimbledon Common. Home. No one had called. Con back. Worked till dinner time. Quiet evening M, Con & self. Many letters from F.C.B at Ramsgate etc about the inset of Xmas No. Monday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. X. Con left after breakfast. Got to work on inset of Almanack. Put in figures again on other side of card & in afternoon drew Punch. Did not ride. Worked all day. M read to me in afternoon. Dined at 8.30, M & self. Quiet evening & bed after. (Red ink: This drawing was practically done the inside of a week, cartoon as well. Seedy with liver.) Tuesday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull foggy morning. Turned quite black after up to 2.0pm. At 2.30 rode Cob up Roehampton Lane. Went fast from Hammersmith Bridge to top of Lane. Let Cob browse. Down Putney Hill. Steam roller. After dressed & got to work on inset page for Almanack. Put Toby in before dinner. At
7.0 Moody came. Dinner at home. Mr & Mrs Rae, Miss English, Mr Stone, Sir John Tenniel, M & self. Good dinner. Ethel played after on guitar. All left by 12.0, Sir J & Stone going together. Stone looked seedy & talked again of his money. Bad attack of P at midday. (Red ink: Seedy with liver.) Wednesday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Worry letter from F.C.B, 3 pages. Felt seedy & livery. Got to work. Interrupted by Nash's foreman for instructions for upper bedroom. Bilious attack. Eyes bad. Went on to work & worked all day up to 6.45. Disappointed with head. Left & drove all way in cab to the P.D. Wet & drizzley. W.A, E.I.M (late) E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, Arthur & R.L. Talk of Mrs Lyne Stephens' will. Pym gets £40,000. Was a Mademoiselle Duvernay. Mrs Algy Bastard £25,000. Subject of Chinese Boy. Left after desultory talk about French Empire with Sir J.T. Wet. Isthmian C. Home 11.45. Bed. Took 2 Carters L.L.P. (Red ink: Very seedy with liver.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir John Astley. Last saw Sir John at the Derby Day, 1894.) Thursday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Carters Little L.P working. Breakfast. Death of Sir John Astley in the paper. Got to work on inset of Almanack at 9.45. Re- put in head. Annoyed with rotten paper. Nothing but Bristol Board. Worked till one forty five pm. Drew Otley's hands. After lunch rode Cob 2.15 up Roehampton Lane. Spoke to postman about the Claremonts' house. Back down Putney Hill & home 4.40. Tea. Changed to dress things. Edgar there talking about investments. Worked again on inset page. Began to shade. Put in Punch's legs & also velvet coat, Toby etc. Dined 8.30pm & bed after. (Red ink: Squib went out at 10.0am & was lost. Seedy with liver.) (Cutting glued in: Will of Sir John Astley. 'Times' Oct 11.) Friday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Skemed subject of China Boy & Bee. Otley got boy to come round at 10.30. Photod him in foggy morning. After 1 st experiment with enlarging apparatus. Not great success owing to very bad negatives. Pottered till 1.0pm, after began drawing 4.0pm & drew till 8.30. Got on very well. Dined & to bed 11.0. Sent Otley to Stores for photography etc in the afternoon. Took a little L pill at night. (Red ink: Seedy with liver.) Saturday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & after breakfast finished by 11.30pm China Boy & Japanese Bee. Went for ride on Cob in Park. Met Heathorne. Long rambling talk. Back 1.15pm. Lunch & at 2.30 went on with inset page again. Worked till 8.0pm on the shading. Florence Walford & also M back from seeing the Case of Rebellious Susan. Decided to put in shading on face of girl. Did so amidst chatter of F.W. Quiet evening after & bed 11.30 pm. (Red ink: M & Florence Walford went to the Criterion Theatre. Seedy with liver.) Sunday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Down. Worked the whole morning at page for inset from 10.30 to 1.30. M out at her mother's for lunch. Took only water. Rode Cob up Roehampton Lane & down Putney Hill at 2.30pm. Back 5.0. Tea. M not back till
6.30. Had dressed & got to work. Left off 8.15. After dinner at 9.0 worked till 11.45 when finished the inset double page. Packed it up & left for Otley to take tomorrow morning. Bed after reading Hare's Sussex about Petworth. (Red ink: Finished inset page for Almanack at 11.45pm. Gave up wine at dinner. Seedy with liver.) Monday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Otley had taken to Bouverie St inset drawing. Down. Wrote many letters. At 11.45 rode Cob in Park. Met Stone & G.Giddons. Most lovely morning but cold. Back. M still at Stores with Midge. Wrote 2 or 3 letters. Answered Rider Haggard's. M seeing Swiss maid. After lunch rested till 4.0. Still livery etc. After tea skemed 9 Struwwelpeter subjects by 8.0 & sent them to E.I.M. Dinner. Interview with Furniss in Westminster Gazette. At 11.30 Mite home from Scotland. Delighted to see her but all spoilt by finding Otley had left her dressing bag in the cab. Bed 1.0 feeling angry and annoyed. Took 2 Carters L.L.P. Mite back from Scotland at 11.30pm. Otley left hand dressing bag in cab. No wine at dinner. (Red ink: Seedy with liver. Headache in morning.) Tuesday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Still headache & livery. Mite in next room. Down breakfast. Sent Otley to Euston about dressing bag left in cab yesterday. Felt depresed & seedy. Dull morning. M went to her mother's. Read papers. Otley back at 11.30am. Bag gone to Scotland Yard. Sent him for copy of Lika Joko. Did not think much of it. Worked after on Struwwelpeter. At 2.45 rode Cob thro' Horse Guards to New Scotland Yard. Got Maud's dressing bag after a great deal of trouble. Paid £1.2.0. for it, declared balance £8.0.0. Sent Otley back with it & then rode home. After worked in earnest on Struwwelpeter. Dined M, Maud & self. Quiet evening. Bed early. (Red ink: Lika Joko 1st number came out. Seedy with liver.) Wednesday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Head still queer. No ride. Marked out photo slides etc. Went on to work on Xmas Nº, Struwwelpeter. Lunch. Overmantel sent from Yates Haywood & Co. Paid for it. Men all morning fixing douche taps etc in bath room. At 5.0 dressed. Used douche for 1st time. Took cab to Turkish bath. Had lost 4lb, glad to say. Weight before 12.4, after 12.2½. Hair cut. Walked on to most excellent dinner at Reform Club. Talk to Boughton & others of Lika Joko. All thought 1st number bad & bare. Drank Claret. (Plan of table seating) C.W.McSwaine's dinner, Reform Club. W.Q.Orchardson, Colin Hunter, William Black, J.Henry Harper, C.W.McSwaine, J.Murphy, A.Sterling, E.Moseley, Ray Lancaster, (blank) Owen, Frank Miller, Linley Sambourne, G.H.Boughton, Sir J Robinson, Thomas Hardy, Fk Macmillan, Moberly Bell, G.Du Maurier, John Sargent, E.A.Abbey, Henry James. After played poker. Won 25/s. Left at 2.25am & home to bed exactly at 3.0pm. Tired. Slept well. Thursday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20am. Not very seedy after dinner but tired. Down. M & Maud went off to Mecklenburg Square for maid. Rested in chair till 11.30 when rode in Park. Met Finlay & Gibbons. Saw Mrs Tate & Stone. Rode till 1.0. Home. Lunch. After wrote 7 or 8 letters. M went to her mother's. Evelyn Coward here.
Letter never came from F.C.B. Sent Otley. After rested in chair till 5.45pm. Worked. Skemed subject of Madame Paul Pry. M back at 6.0. Man fixed overmantel in Maud's room. Evelyn Coward came in & sang. Worked on Struwwelpeter. Wrote diary. Dined quietly at 8.0pm. Drank water. After went up by buss to Empire Theatre. Saw Mr Slater and arranged for chucker out & boy to come to S.T tomorrow at 10.30. After went into stalls & saw ballet about Brighton. Same people. Had met Dewar & Sir Fredk Abel. After left at 11.15 & walked ½ way down Piccadilly. Took cab home exactly at 12.0am. Lemon squash & bed. (Red ink: Seedy with liver.) Friday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Skemed subject again & got ready for men to come from Empire. M went out. Finish morning. Photod man & boy at 11.0am. In 11.30. Developed them. F.C.B called 12.0 to 12.45. Hindered. Talk of Furniss. After lunch tried enlarging apparatus. Great failure. Prints turned dark etc. Got to work 3.30 & pushed on till 8.45. Very much behind. M went to her mother's with Maud in the afternoon. Dora away ill with pleurisy & lungs. Mother also very ill. M back 7.0pm. Read Rider Haggard's book. Quiet dinner. Drank Claret. Bed after at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Liver slightly better.) Saturday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Our wedding day. Married 20 years this day. M seedy in bed. Down. Put in letters on board about Empire Theatre in morning before breakfast. After got on with drawing but did not finish until 1.45pm. Lunch. M & Mite went to the Gaiety Theatre to see The Professor's Love Story. Miss Coward met them there. Very tired did not go out. At 3.0pm gentleman called to see Diploma. After Fritz Jackson called in cart. Put all photos away after rest upstairs. M back not till 7.0. Wrote several letters & Otley posted them. After dined. M, Mite & self had a bottle of Ivory's '74. M buzzy after. Read after smoke & to bed at 11.30 after snooze. Headache again. George Loraine Stampa, 22 Comeragh Road. (Red ink: M & Maud went to Garrick Theatre. Seedy liver & tired.) (Cutting glued in: Death of James Froude.) Sunday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Slight headache. Took Eno's F. S. Breakfast. Mite down and to Church. At 10.15 rode Cob thro' Mortlake & thro' Richmond Park. Deer rutting. Cob fresh. Heavy rain in the night. Met man with sandy little Irish terriers. Gave him my card. Met Otley at Windmill 12.15pm. Otley on mare. Sent him home after canter. Back at 1.30. Down lunch at 2.0. Chime clock wrong again. Up in room. Maud still at her grandmother's. Read about Black Death 1350. At 4.0 young Hubbard Farquhar called & Ena Mackenzie. Tea. After tea wrote many letters till dinner time 7.45pm. Routh called but went away on acct of brass plate. Dined quietly at home, M. Mite & self. Bed early after. (Red ink: Lovely ride to Richmond Park.) (Two cuttings glued in: Will of Mr J.A.Froude. W.G Monday Dec 3rd. See Thursday March 13, 1890. Met Prof Froude at Rider Haggard's.) Monday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull east wind again. Did not ride. In morning got on with Struwwelpeter. Lunch. M & Mite went at 3.0 in the carriage, 1 st time used
since back. After rest got on with Struwwelpeter & worked till 7.45pm. M read at 6.30pm. New Swiss maid Marie Buhler. Quiet dinner. Mite toothache. After M went to bed 10.15. Mite stayed to warm herself. Read about Corea & Pirates in Harpers. Bed 12.30. Had nightmare. M woke me. (Red ink: Marie Buhler came.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edwin Clark. In his 81st year. Times October 24th.) Tuesday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Headache in morning & not good tongue. Why? Put on riding things & at 10.15 rode Cob in the Park. Met Lindo 1 st time since Feby 25th. Introduced to Raphael. After talk with Finlay. Romanced about Lika Joko. Back. Wrote diary etc. In afternoon worked hard on pages of Struwwelpeter. Dined 8.0pm. Took a very little whiskey. Did not like it. In evening read book on China. Dozed. Bed at 12.0pm. (Red ink: Still seedy with liver.) Wednesday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast great gale & rain. Wind due south. Rain came in at window. Worked in morning on Struwwelpeter. Lunch. M & Mite out in carriage at 3.0. At 4.30 changed & started for P.D. Took buss to go to Charing X. Walked to Garrick. Saw A.Blunt & Burney Yeo etc, Comyns Carr. Talk of Lika Joko. Got letter. To bath. Weight before 12.3½, after 12.2. Good bath. Out & to Bouverie St by buss. Blew up sergeant about my letter last week. Wm A, E.I.M (late) E.T.R, Lucy, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self & Lehmann. Arthur à B in Paris. Talk of Lika Joko. Drank Claret. Left with J.T, 11.15. Milliken had cut of Mistletoe Bough. Put down Isthmian. Posted letter to Stace. Home 12.0. Lemon squash. Bed. Article by Arthur à B on Whistler in Westminster Gazette. (Cutting glued in: Extraordinary feat by a boa constrictor.) Thursday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Lovely morning. Warm southerly wind. After breakfast skemed subject of Lord Rosebery & Salisbury shooting. Photod Stace 11.0 & Otley in shooting suit at 11.20. Developed them & enlarged by 1.15. Men from Maples here. Lunch. At 2.35 rode Cob up Putney Hill, pretty girls, & on to Oak Lawn. Back over Common & home exactly same way. Still felt seedy. Slight attack of P. Need douche. Back 5.30. Put Cob on pillar rein. Changed & at 6.15 got to work till 8.0pm. Put Lord Rosebery in. Dined 8.15, M, Mite & self. Seedy. Took slight whiskey. After wrote ½ doz letters. Cheque to Benjamin. Diary. Smoke after. Went to see Barker's old house. Friday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Got on after breakfast with cut of Lords Salisbury & Rosebery shooting. Lovely morning. Wished could but did not ride. Worked all day up to 8.30 dinner hard. M & Mite at Albert Hall Mansions. Had shaded Salisbury etc. Quiet dinner & evening after. Read Rider Haggard's Children of the Mist. Poor book. Bed 11.45. Saturday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After breakfast got on with drawing of Lords Salisbury & Rosebery. Worked till 1.40 when finished it. Mysteriously lost a photograph. Worried & delayed. Also bad attack of P. Roy back from Eton 9.30am. At 1.0 M, Roy & Maud went in carriage to Drury Lane. I went on at 3.0 after wiring
Burnand. Got there in middle. Saw Derby Winner for 2 nd time. After Roy & self walked to end of Piccadilly. Got sausages etc. Got very hot. Took buss home. Had had tea at Garrick Club. Saw Wicks. Talk of Lika Joko. After rest dined at 7.15. M & Roy went in brougham driving Cob to Daly's Theatre. Saw The Gaiety Girl for the 4th time. Mit & self went on in hansom. Good box. Same as we had with Bret Harte to see Ada Rehan as Viola. Out & home at 11.45. Lemon squash & bed. Roy tired & sleepy in cab (4 wheeler). 1st night of Gilbert's His Excellency at the Lyric Theatre. (Red ink across page: Roy back for long leave. Went to two plays, The Derby Winner & also Gaiety Girl. Seedy & tired.) Sunday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Breakfast. Maud off to church. Roy & self had ride. Very bad attack of P. Lovely ride. Rode mare 1 st time since Friday March 23rd. Went well. Jumped her over ditch. Rain in Wimbledon. Home sharp by 1.30pm. M back. Maud at Albert Hall Mansions. Changed. Read book on Mexico. Dozed for 1 hr. Roy came up. Down to tea. Wm Stone there. After Colonel Welby called, stayed & talked. Roy gauche. Quiet dinner and evening after, Roy & Maud playing card game. Very painful attack of P. Bed at 11.30. Worked from 6.0 to 8.0 on Struwwelpeter. (Red ink: Delightful ride with Roy to Richmond &Wimbledon.) Monday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Lovely bright sunshiny morning. Roy went back to Eton at 9.30 in hansom. After looked over Times etc. Cut pars. out. Wrote 2 letters & rode mare at 11.0am in Park. Met Finlay, Giddens etc. After Mrs Tate & Stone. Rain came on. Got wet thro'. Home 12.15. Settled frieze in bed room after. Got to work after lunch on page of Struwwelpeter. M out in carriage by Cob at 3.30. Called on Reed & took him drawing. Back 4.30 with drawings. After worked till 8.0pm. P still bad all afternoon & evening. Wrote letters. Florence Walford in to dinner. Evelyn Coward in in afternoon. Quiet dinner. Smoke after & in pain with P. Slept till 12.45pm, when up & to bed. Slight nightmare. (Red ink: Roy returned to Eton. Cartoon by self in 1st place in Punch first time since July 1884.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Moody.) Tuesday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. x. Bath. Wet dull morning. Wrote diary etc. Letters before breakfast to Midge about table etc. After got to work on page of Struwwelpeter. Put in printing. Lunch. After Mr Fowler & Major Welman called & came up in my room hindering me at work. Welman looking very much older. Left after cigarettes etc at 6.30pm. Went on to work. M read. Quiet dinner & bed after, M, Mite & self. Wednesday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wired for Mr Vernon. Got on with printing legend etc of Struwwelpeter. Mr Vernon called. Talk of Lika Joko. Worked till 4.0pm. Tea. After went by buss to Turkish bath. 12.4 before, 12.1½ after. Good bath. Saw Mocatta. Out & by buss to P.D. Phil A, E.I.M, late, E.T.R, Hy W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur à B, R.L, & D.M. Took Claret. Good dinner. Chaff about Champagne. Got Bob Acres subject. Tenniel to re-do his cartoon. D.M in good spirits. Left with Tenniel at 11.15pm. Home. Looked out photos for tomorrow. Mite at Miss Mackenzie's, not back till 1.0am by carriage. Sat up.
Nov 1894 Thursday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast skemed subject of Bob Acres. Sent Otley to Mays, back with costume at 11.0. Looked out Joe Paton's suit. Had screen put in yard & stool, table etc. After at 11.30 Otley photod self in blue silk suit for Bob Acres. Developed etc. Lunch. After enlarged. Failure. At 2.45 rode mare up Roehampton Lane & across Wimbledon Common, home 5.30. Changed & got on with shading of Struwwelpeter pages. Worked till 8.15pm. Dressed & dinner. Florence Walford dined. M & Mite went in carriage to call on Lockyers at Observatory to see Mars. Sell. Back at 10.0. Death of the Emperor of Russia. Friday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. In morning whilst printing blue prints got on with 2 Struwwelpeter pages. Finished 2 by 11.30 & sent them off after. Began at 12 cartoon of Bob Acres & Irish O'Trigger. Worked up to 8.30pm. Got on well, 1½ hrs shading. Dinner. Quiet evening. Curious dream in chair of P dinner in our dining room. Self very sleepy in chair. Prepared to leave my own house. Had no subject. Mite there & barometer. After upstairs like Devonshire Road. Very sleepy. Bertie Hare came as a doctor & insisted on seeing me. Very curious & vivid. Miss Ritchie called. Maud & she laughing in morning room. Saturday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After breakfast worked on drawing of Rosebery as Bob Acres from 9.30 to 1.30. Lunch. After rode mare to Richmond & Wimbledon. Saw Orton & Wett QC. Trotted from Hammersmith Bridge to Park. Attack of P. Got wet through in Richmond Park. Rode up hill along road. Volunteers firing. Lovely sunset. Home at 5.15. M at her mother's. Got to work after bath & went on to finish 3rd page of Struwwelpeter. Put in fat man. Dinner at 8.15 & quiet evening after, rested in chair. (Red ink: Got wet through riding in afternoon.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Mr Walter; death of Walter Tatton.) Sunday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. After breakfast at 10.30 rode mare to Richmond Park & over Wimbledon. Home by 1.10. A most lovely hot sunshiny day. Violets etc being sold. M & Mite at A.H.M. M back at 1.30. Put blue prints in bath etc. Lunch. After developed 6 ¼ plates taken Tressady & of Miss Derben. Many under exposed. Out & changed. Nellie Keith, Ethel English & young Paxton & Thomson called. Worked from 5.45 to 8.0. Finished 3rd Struwwelpeter page. Wrote letters. Good dinner. Wrote letters & diary to 10.30 after. (Red ink: Lovely ride to Richmond & Wimbledon. Mare went beautifully.) (Cutting glued in: Mr Walter's will. 'Times' Monday Jany 7, 1895.) Monday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. At 8.30 rode mare in Park. Went delightfully. Met Pepys Cock'll & also saw Rook, D'Arcy, Dalby, Holland etc. Back 9.40. Breakfast. After skemed Calendar page & at 11.50 Otley took photo of self as Monk for Time. After took Otley. Developed them. Jemmy Molloy called at 1.30. Had not seen him for years. Looked well. Maud had been with Flo Walford to the dentist's. Lunch. Molloy, F.W & Mite & self. Jemmy smoked cigar after. Settled page for Golf & after
played & left 4.25. M out in carriage. At 3.30 enlarged from wet plate self as Monk. Success. 5 minutes in very dull weather. Room tea. After at 5.0 almost drew in Calendar complete. M read book on China. Wrote letters 7.35. Sent cheque to Corben & Son, £10. (Red ink: 1st ride on mare before breakfast.) Tuesday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rode in Park. Met Pepys Cockerell at the Albert Memorial. His mare turned for sugar. On to see explosion at Tilney St. After met Shakespeare & a friend who told me about a man named Cox & the Broken Hill mine. Back. Breakfast. After got to work at Calendar page & worked all day on it. Got on very well. Mary Carter & Edie Buckmaster at lunch. Laughed very much. Mrs Barker called in the afternoon, went down to see her. M sent for Dr Orton to see Maud, indigestion. Quiet dinner after. Edie Buckmaster's 1 st dinner. Bed early. (Cutting glued in: Death of Philip Hamerton.) Wednesday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode in Park on Mare at 8.30am. Saw D'Arcy etc. Back for breakfast. Got to work on Calendar & worked & finished it at 3.0 & with it the Almanack. Sent it off. Blathwayt never called. Changed & had cab with M. Put her down at A.H.Mansions. Drove on to Turkish bath. Drunken fellow going in. Changed seat. Hair cut. Weight 12.3½ & after 12.2¾. Good bath. Nº 5 shampooer. Heavy rain whilst in. On to Punch dinner by buss. F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, R.L, Arthur à B (Vice) E.I.M (late) E.T.R, A.G. Got subject of Gladstone & Rosebery in classic dress. Still heavy wet. Left with Sir J.T at 11.30 & home at 12.0. Gave Sir J.T's cabman 1/s. Read Mahatina's & bed. (Red ink: Shocking colored cartoon in Lika Joko. Finished the Xmas Nº for '95.) Thursday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Out on mare in Park at 8.30. Rode with D'Arcy & also Rook. Home 9.40am. Breakfast. After skemed subject of Gladstone & Rosebery. Photod Otley in toga sitting & self after at 12.0. Developed after & enlarged them. Failures & one success. After corrected proofs of Almanack Struwwelpeter. Got to work at 4.0 & drew in Gladstone. Quiet dinner, M, Mite, Edie Buck & self. Quiet evening after. Friday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Got to work on Rosebery & Gladstone in classic dress. Worked all day up to 7.20pm. Dressed. M went in carriage & self in buss to dine at the Wellington Club. Took Mrs Campbell Praed in, hostess. Dull dinner. McCarthys there. Madame Morel & barrister for protecting authors. Young fellow engaged to Miss McCarthy. Left at 11.30. Walked to Queens Gate. Carriage back. Found M & Mite on the doorstep. Bed. M & Mite & Edie Buck went to the Lord Mayor's show at 12.30. Back helped by Lucy at 4.30pm. Saturday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down & got on with drawing after breakfast of Gladstone & Rosebery in classic dress. Finished 12.15pm. After at 1.15 photod Wallace's golf clubs & boy from mews at 1.40. Mite took from self after lunch. Developed them & got on mare for ride at 3.30. Turned back at Kensington stores because of rain. Back & put mare up. Wretched in dining room. M back at 5.45
had had very narrow escape of being killed with runaway horse. Very thankful no worse. Got to work on drawing for Golf. Lost proportional compasses. Got on well. M read Dickens' Great Expectations. Dinner 8.15pm. Snooze after & bed at 11.45. (Red ink: M & Mite providentially escaped being killed by a runaway horse at 5.15pm.) Watch sent back from Stores by hand at 12.30pm. Sunday November 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x failure. After breakfast at 10.20 after drying plates & putting them to print, rode mare to Richmond & Wimbledon. Troubled with P. Spoilt ride. Home. M out. Did photo. After lunch with Mite & E.B. At 3.0 Miss Ritchie & Mr Galbraith called for Maud. Read book after she came back. M back 4.30pm & Hubbard Farquhar called & Miss Lockyer. Wrote many letters & did not work as could not for time. Miss Ritchie & Mr G. Oh! Mr Hubbard Farquhar & Miss Lockyer dined. Told them anecdotes. After they left, Mr Farquhar at 10.30, an awfully wet night, dreadful. Sat in chair. Read book & snooze till 11.45 when went to bed. Monday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Nasty bilious headache lasted all morning. Must not take whiskey. Put drawings & room in order & after packed at 12.0am till 12.45. A pouring wet day, awful. Left after lunch at 1.45 in pair horse buss for Liverpool Street. M's box only outside, 7/s. Seedy & bothered with P. At Liverpool St 40 minutes to wait. Sir Arthur Grant of Moneymusk in carriage & another commercial traveller sort of man got in. Weary journey. Long wait at Beccles. Talked to Grant. At Ditchingham 7.25. Fast mare to house. Dressed. Mr & Mrs Minet, Mr & Mrs Longman. Dinner. Drank Claret. Felt seedy. Headache still very bad. Billiards after. M played. Had 50 up with Mr Longman, beaten. In study after. Lemon Sq'h. Bed at 11.45. Very tired & seedy. Awfully wet all day & gale. Tuesday November 13 Ditchingham House. Up at 8.0. Breakfast 8.45. Still headache & much troubled with P all day. Left for shoot at 10.0. Drove in cart to end of wood. 8 guns. Capt'n Mead, Mr Wetherby, Mr Dindy, Mr Longman, Rider Haggard, self, Mr Carr, Mr Kemball. Lovely bright sun & fine all day. Got hares & rabbits & many birds. About 250 head shot in the day. Lunch in a small hut. Talk to Mr Wetherby who is brother in law to Walter Agnew & cousin of Phil Agnew's wife. After lunch not so good but many rabbits. Left off about 4.40 and drove home. Rest in study. Dressed & after dined 7.30. Billiards & pyramids. M played. Study & bed after at 11.30. (Red ink: Shoot at Ditchingham. Fine day. Seedy.) Wednesday November 14 Ditchingham House. Up 8.0am. Went along passage, Sep 16th. Heavy gale in night & pouring wet. Breakfast. Still a headache. Left at 10.10 & walked to farm. Met Mrs Carr & 3 little girls. Talk. After began to shoot. Most uncomfortable with rain & wind all day. Shot a few birds. Pheasants flew high & fast with wind. Guns same as yesterday except Mr Kemball. Lunch at farm. Soaked through cloak & cap etc. After went along wood near farm & along water. Finish at 4.15 with fireworks shewing from guns. Walked home. Tea. Changed & put dressing suit on & sat in study. Read encyclopaedia. Dinner. Talk of bad meat etc etc. After tired &
in study. Did not play billiards. Pipe. Lemon sq'h & bed at 11.45 exactly. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot Ditchingham. Great gale & heavy rain all day.) Thursday November 15 Ditchingham House. Up at 8.0. Packed things. Pouring wet morning, worse than yesterday. Breakfast. Out in garden. After wrote diary etc. Decided at 10.0 not to shoot. Rider H & Longman left to walk to farm. Stayed in. Read books in study. Lunch 1.0. Mrs R.H rude about not going shooting. Felt seedy & livery. Can't quite make it out. After went to coach house where guns were lunching. Said goodbye. Gave keeper £1, old loader 10/s. Butler 5/s, maid 4/s & coachman 3/s. Left & glad to go at 4.0pm. Drove to station, caught 4.11 train. Sent wire which was sent wrong. Home to L.S at 8.5 & to Stafford Terrace at 8.50. No Otley. Annoying letter from Fk Davis. Dinner 9.30. Felt seedy & annoyed. Irritable. Mite had decorated Lika Joko’s over glasses. Bed 11.15. (Red ink: Returned home from Ditchingham.) Friday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Dull & raining hard, could not ride. Breakfast. Read Read's condemnation. Good speech of Lockwoods. After skemed subject Children & School Board. At 12.0 photod girl & boy & Otley & self. Developed 7 phos by 1.20pm & after lunch at 2.20 got platinum prints of all. Spoilt 1 plate by heating. Mite stayed at Albert Hall M. Wrote Mrs Wallace about tomorrow. Miss Walford here. M & she went out 3.40pm. Worked & got prints by 4.0pm for drawing of School Board. Began, worked till 8.45. Got all in outline & after dinner worked up to 1.45am & finished drawing ready for tomorrow morning. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edward Shackle. One year older than my father. Death of Grace Shackle.) Saturday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.20am. Breakfast 8.0 & cart round 8.30. Left at 8.35 and drove to Paddington in cart. Difference of 5 minutes in clocks at G.W.R, inside & out. Saw Roger Wallace & brother in law Paterson. Went down to Midgham. Mr Green's shoot at Midgham. Tall man Hoare, Patterson's friend. Long drive with mare in foal. Past house built by Sutton. Lunch 12.0 & to shoot 12.30. Guns Roger W, Mr Thornton, Paterson, Mr Floyd & self. Poor shoot. Many beaters. A sort of common. Got 2 rabbits 2nd beat. After shot across Paterson. Got 2 birds etc. 1 woodcock shot. Left off 4.30. Fireworks. Walk home. After dressed & dinner (very poor at 6.30pm.) Yokel smoking concert after. Billiards & bed. Still seedy but no P all day. Roy returned from Eton on acct of floods. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Robert Willis, a son.) (Red ink across page: Left London at 9.0am to shoot with Roger Wallace & his brother in law Thornton.) Sunday November 18 Frilsham, Newbury, Bucks. Up at 9.0. Bad tongue & slight head. Breakfast. After told stories etc. Walk. Saw an agent with French name. Lunch at 1.30. Packed 2.15 & started 2.45 to walk to Pangbourne. 8 miles. Delightful walk, Wallace, Paterson & self. After got there 5.0pm, soda water. Up to town by 7.30 with hare & 2 pheasants. Cab to Stafford Terr. Roy there. Changed. Dressed & dinner 8.20pm. Dozed in chair & bed at 11.45pm. Mite had snuffly cold. (Cutting glued in: Death of Ambrose Layton.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ben Fuller, body not
recovered. W.G 19th, W.G.22nd .) (Red ink: Met Ben Fuller on Saty July 29th, 1893, after his dive at the Aquarium. See page 344. Recovered Decr 19 th.) Monday November 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Edie Buckmaster left at 10.5, Roy going with her. Rode in Park at 11.40. Saw Finlay & Mrs Oxenham, after Stone with 2 girls. Home 1.20. Lunch. Wrote letters after. Dressed & left in cab with Roy at 5.0pm. Called Lincoln & Bennetts. Got Roy hat. On to Turkish bath. Great reduction in weight. Before bath 11.13¼, after 11.11¾ . Out at 7.45. Walked to Savoy & had good dinner with young Ayala & Fernan de Ayala's brother. Mr Lockett & Comyn Cole there also. After went to Empire. Just the same. Had box. Called Garrick. Saw Macdona. On to Beefstreak, saw many, Arthur B etc. Long rambling talk with Leslie Ward. Seconded Routh. Left at 1.0 in cab for home. Bed at 2.0am. (Red ink: Dined with de Ayala at the Savoy.) Personal letter from Lord Rosebery admiring my drawing of him done Thursday, F & S. 8, 9, 10th Nov. (Red ink across page: Letter from Lord Rosebery.) Tuesday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning. Up 8.0am. Roy to ride with me. Wrote diary. Mite in bed with cold. Roy & self had good ride in Park from 11.0 to 1.0. Met Stone, Finlay etc etc. Stone told Roy about Scholarships. Also Mrs (blank). Back. After wrote dates on all back prints etc. In afternoon many called. Mr Fowler up in my room & settled about my cartoon. Left at 7.0. Dined 7.45. Did not let Mite go to dinner at the English's. Quiet dinner, halibut, & bed early after. Wednesday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rode 8.30 mare in Park. Long talk with Cockerell. Weighs 9s.7lb, 6 ft high. After saw Coward for 1 st time. Back to breakfast. Printed photos etc & put things away. After lunch worked on drawing for Molloy's song. At 6.0 Roy & self walked up as far as Albany. Left Roy to dine with Stone & Col Welby, & to go to Circus. Cab on to P.D. Wm A, Phil A, E.I.M (late) Bernard P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur à B, R.L. No Champagne. Good cuts made up. Self Microscope & G.O.M. Left with J.T at 11.0 & home 11.30. Roy had returned. Read Westminster & bed 11.45. Met George Holland. Talk of liner etc & Condal Water. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sophia Fletcher. Will of Sophia Fletcher. 'Times' Dec 28.) Thursday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Put on riding things. After breakfast rode with Roy in Park at 10.0am. Met Lindo (bore) after Stone & Finlay, Trower etc. Back 11.45. After skemed Gladstone & Microscope. Ross & Wings had sent micro'pe & gown at 1.0. Photod Otley & self with microscope & developed by 1.30pm. Lunch. After enlarged 2 plates wet by 3.30. Rested. M walked out & called on Mrs Wallace etc. Worked from 4.30 to 7.15. After dressed. Roy dined 6.0pm & went to the Adelphi Theatre. Stone there & took boys to supper after. Drove 7.45 to Town Hall & voted for School Board. After to dine at Col Welby's. Editor of The Realm there. Mrs Capel & Mrs Clifford. Poor dinner & no claret. Short of wine. Livery after. Palmistry. Left 11.15 & home. Sat up 2 hours till 1.40 for Roy. Cold & put out. Cough slightly troublesome. Bed 1.45pm. Friday November 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Bath. Cold raw & foggy. Mite in bed with bad cold. Roy down late. Mrs Fletcher's death in the papers. Wrote wire & letters. Sent microscope back. Room being finished at last. Up stairs at 11.0, got to work. Great difficulty in getteing prints of photos. Dark. Changed from blue paper to platinotype & got prints at 4.0pm. Worked up to 8.30 when dined quietly with M & Roy. Roy very tired & sleepy. They went to bed 9.30pm. I slept till 11.30 when to bed. Saturday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After breakfast got to work from 9.30 to 12.30 on finishing Gladstone and Microscope. Men from Maples came. Sent them away. Could not ride. Dressed 1.0. Saw Orton at 1.40 & lunch 1.50. Up with M & Roy in carriage to Haymarket Theatre. Saw John o'Dreams. So so play. 1 st box in house. Stone in box with us. Out 5.0. Missed carriage. Bought sausages & pine & pears. Walked home. M & Roy went to tea at Stone's. Punch's Xmas Nº sent. Up in Mite's room for cup of tea. Dressed at 7.15. Saw Otley. Miss Wilson came to dinner at 8.0. Bad waiting. Table ill set & muddle with wine. Bottle of Champagne drunk. Cold night. Miss W left at 10.45. Bed 11.30 after snooze. Mite still in bed. (Red ink: Went to matinée of John o'Dreams.) Sunday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & bath. Put Melton coat on & after rode mare & Roy the Cob to Mortlake & round Richmond Park. Mare rushed going to Robin Hood Gate. Over Wimbledon & home at 1.0 exactly, 25 minutes from Putney. Saw Mr Lewis. Effie Harrison here to spend day with Mite in bed. In afternoon Leeson Marshall & E.T.Reed called. Reed going away. Skemed cartoon for Church magazine & put caddie on Golf drawing. Dressed 7.0pm & left for dinner of Kinsmen at the Savoy Hotel. Cab to Camera Club & left bag & on to Garrick. Got cheque for £3 & saw Joe Carr & after went in Toole's trap to Savoy. (Plan of table seating.) Kinsman dinner at Savoy. Very bad dinner & wine. Joe Carr, J.L.Sargent, T.W North, S.L.Fildes, Ray Lankester. David Murray, D Straight, Fk Macmillan, Moberly Bell, W.Q.Orchard'n, Seymour Trower, A.W.Pinero, Fk Millett, McIlvaine, Alf Parsons, Wm Padgett, Lionel Robinson, Alma Tadema, Linley Sam'e, J.L.Toole. Old jokes of Tadema's. Had bad claret warmed. Left bored at 11.0, went to Garrick wrote letters. Home 1.0. (Red ink acoss page: Woman murdered outside Val Princep's house at 11.30pm.) Monday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast started at 10.15 for the Camera Club. Dark dull morning. Took cab & went up to C.C. Difficulty with stove. Beastly. Miss Rose came looking ill at 12. Took 12 photos, sure to be bad. After left at 1.0 & went to Garrick Club. Saw Jones, Beetle etc. Out to Verity's. Back 1.45. Lunch. Haunch of mutton & bottle of Bencastle Doctor. Saw Beetle, Sir D Straight & also Squeeze. Out at 3.0 & walked to Strand to look at Edisons Kinatoscope. Wonderful. Met Lockyer. Called at Cordings & ordered rug & after to Verity's & home. Miss Rawlinson with Maud. Missed Orton. Worked on drawing of Golf subject & put in shading etc. After dined quietly, M, Roy & self. Quiet evening & bed. (Red ink: Photod Miss Rose at Camera Club.) Tuesday November 27
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Did not ride. Worked all day on Golf subject. Colored it in afternoon & worked up to 8.0pm beginning to shade. Wired Boosey to send at 7.0pm. Miss Ritchie called on Maud & many on M in morning room. Dined quietly in evening. Bottle of Claret, M, Roy & self. Quiet evening after. Bed 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Barber. Painted 1st at the Fence at 16 years, 1861.) (Cutting glued in: Mr Barber and the Queen. W.G. Friday Novr 30.) Wednesday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. No ride. After finished by 12.0 drawing of Golfing for Boosey. No one sent. Wired at 1.30 pm by Otley. Lunch. After developed 12 plates taken on Monday. Put them to dry. Dressed at 3.30. Orton just caught me & made examination of liver etc, all right. Left at 4.15 to walk. Took buss & called at Verity's. Saw column of brass. Cheaper £7.10. On to Turkish bath. Paid. Weight exactly same, before 12.13¼ after 11.11¼. 12.3½ with clothes & no boots. On by buss to P.D. Lawrence Bradbury gloomy & morose. E.I.M (late) B.P, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur à B, R.L. Arthur inane as usual. Lehmann obstructive about cut. Got Parish Council. Scots Greys discarded. Left 11.15, home 11.45. M & Roy had been to Court Theatre. Back. Up to bed at 12.15. Good rest. Very cold at night & Kensington streets slopped with water. Thursday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast at 10.0 Roy & self rode in Row. Passed Fk Davis in the street. Met Finlay & after auther Jones. Foggy. Jones gave Roy box for tonight. Home 11.40. No Otley. Rode in & out of streets. Otley back at 11.50. Home. Skemed subject of Yokel & Parish Council. Photod Otley & self at 1.0. Developed & after lunch got enlargement of Otley. Rested. M out at 4.0. Got to work 5.0 after writing letters. Dined 7.15 sharp. Roy went with Pollock to Masqueraders. After dinner read book on Corea. Snooze. Roy waiting outside for ¼ hour. In 11.55. Supper & bed 12.10am. Friday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. After breakfast got print for drawing of Yokel & Parish Council. Got to work 10.45. Mrs Galbraith and Miss Coward called on Maud. Roy went to Queens Club. Very cold. N.E wind set in. Worked on all day till 8.0pm on drawing of Yokel & Parish Judgement. At 8.0 dined. Roy left after at 9.50 going away cheerfully. Quiet evening after. M went to bed early & self followed. (Cutting glued in: Lockwood, Szlumper and Wigan knighted.) Dec 1894 Saturday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & after at 9.25 got to work & finished drawing by 12.40pm. Foggy & dark. Sent it off. Did not ride & after lunch & putting away things etc began at 4.0pm Mr Fowler's cartoon for 'The Minister'. Worked till 7.45pm & got on. Winnie Lockyer in to see Maud & to lunch. Tabs called & saw her 1st time since early in the year. M took her off in carriage at 3.0pm by mare. After dinner read Clark Russell's book 'The Tragedy of Ida Noble' which M had begun at 4.30pm. Fire in stove. Sat up & finished book by 11.30 & then to bed. (Red ink: Drawing of Yokel & Parish Council noticed in 'Times', Wednesday 5th.)
Sunday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. After at 10.10 rode mare in fog to Wimbledon up Roehampton Lane & round Common. Very foggy. Home by 12.45. Troubled with P. Bath & changed. Evelyn Coward at S.T. Stayed to lunch. After rested & read. Mrs Alice Farquhar called. E.C left 4.0. After Edgar called & had long talk. After at 6.0 Miss Rose Innes called. Wrote many letters & diary. Worked from 6.30 to 8.0 on Mr Fowler's drawing. Wire came from Arthur Linley saying my aunt had passed away. M & self dined quietly by selves & bed after. (Cutting glued in: Death of Sarah Linley. Interred at Perivale Church, Wednesday Decr 5. Born January 2 1813.) Monday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & at 8.30 had lovely ride in Park for 1 hr. Mare went well. Saw Lockett Agnew & after Holland & Alfred Parsons on a new gee. Back at 9.30 & after worked all day till nine thirty five when finished drawing for Fowler of Churches. 3 hrs shading. In afternoon at 5.30 Galbraith & wife & Miss Ritchie called. Interrupted me at work. Had many wires. Mite still in bed. Dined 9.45pm & after at 10.30 snooze. Strange dream of Lord Randolph Churchill & a stuffed wolf put into his compartment & frightening him. Also of poor old Gyp. Bed at 1.15am. (Cutting glued in: Death of Mr J.Lomax while hunting. 'Times' 2 Decr.) Tuesday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & at 8.35 rode mare in Park with Parsons & Pepys Cockerell. Cold & foggy. Back at 9.30. At 10.30 sent Otley to the Stores. Put phos away & after sorted & squared papers & cut slips of Times. Sun out & fine at noon. M out shopping. 1st morning of a little leisure since Sepr last. Mite still seedy in her room. Developed in the afternoon the remaining plates taken Aug of Miss Rose. All spoilt. Someone had opened the box. Squared up prints. At 7.0 Moody came. Dinner at home. 3 bottles Lanson, 2 of '74 Pol Roger, 2 Burgundy, 1 Sau'e. (Plan of table seating.) Dinner chez nous. L.S, Miss Rose Innes, Norman Lockyer, Mrs S, Mr Galbraith, Anstey Guthrie, Mrs Galbraith. Good dinner. All stayed till 12.20 except Lockyer who left at 11.0. Arranged to go to Sandwich on Saturday. (Cutting glued in: Death of Frances Hilliard.) Wednesday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride. After breakfast dressed in black to go to Ealing. Wire fom Arthur Linley. Caught the 10.55 from Bishop's Rd & down with wreath in box to Ealing. Got in one of the mourning carriages. There 11.25. Met Davidson, Stanley Holden, Dr Patten & another doctor. Attended my aunt's funeral at Perivale. Mr Hilliard, no roof to his mouth. Spoilt service. Mr Tupholme also there. Pretty chuchyard. Monument to Lane Harrison Esquire who died of smallpox in 1740 aged 26. Cold day. Saw coffin in grave. Back lunch. Alice & Fanny, Mrs Holden & Mary Carter attended. Left at 3.0 & back to town with Davison & Holden. Cab home. In Mite's room. Changed & up in buss to Turkish bath. Paid. Weight 12.2, 11.13½ after. Had put on 2¾ lbs in the week. Must be fizzle water. Out & to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, E.I.M, late. Arthur à B, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Chaffed Arthur about his Manilla cheroots. 2 good subjects. Left at 11.15 with Sir J.T. Isthmian & home. (Red ink across page: Went to Ealing to attend the interment of my Aunt the late Mrs Arthur Linley.)
Thursday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rode in Park in fog, 8.45. Met Coward, Cockerell etc. Out at 9.30. After breakfast skemed drawing of Punch & the Prince of Wales. Fur coat never came. At 11.30 wired. At 12.45 Otley took 7 photos of self in fur coat as Russian, 2 in frock coat & great coat. Developed them & got enlargements by 4.0. Very raw & cold, ought to have caught cold. Hope I have not. Florence Walford with Mite in bed room. M went at 10.30 to Sandown races wuth the Galbraiths and Miss Ritchie. Back at 5.30pm. Had had good day. Worked from 5.0 to 8.0 on drawing. Altered position of Prince at the last. After dined quietly with M. Good bottle of Claret. Read book on America and bed at 12.15am after snooze. Friday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Woke early. Did not ride. Got prints & put in engine in drawing carefully. Worked till 1.30am. After rested in chair. Sleepy. Turncock called to look at taps. Talk on continual supply of water from W.M.W.W. On again at 4.0 & worked till 8.30 when dined. Began to shade 7.0. M & self dined quietly by selves. Read book on South American Andes. Woke 12.0. Bed. Heard tappings on walls. Sleep at last. Saturday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. At 9.30 got to work. Finished drawing by 1.30 of Prince of Wales & Toby. Mite down in room for 1 st time. Lovely morning. Change in the weather. Bright sun. M went to Stores about ladder. Lunch & after at 2.45 rode mare round Battersea Park. Troubled with P. Painful. Spoilt ride. Back at 4.30. Evelyn Coward & Mademoiselle Jackymot in Maud's room. Tea. After wrote letters & diary. Put things away. Disappointed about books. M & self dined quietly at home. Quiet evening after. (Cutting glued in: Death of Robert Louis Stevenson. 'Times' Tuesday Dec 18th.) Sunday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Foggy morning. Waited till 10.30 for Parsons when rode mare up Roehampton Lane and round Common. Home along diagonal path. Jumped ditch. Home 12.45. Troubled with P badly. Changed. Printed photos. After Fritz Jackson called. Long talk. After Midge & Mrs Hubbard Farquhar. After the Galbraiths. Caught me with pipe. Squared all prints remaining. M & self dined quietly at home by selves. Quiet evening after. Mite down to lunch for 1 st time. (Red ink: Dull foggy day. Rode to Wimbledon.) (Cutting glued in: Body of Benjamin Fuller recovered. 'Times' Decr 20th.) Monday December 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Met Beadle. Told him about Cob. Back. Put things away & all squared up yesterday. After commenced the Index drawing. Worked away at it till dinner time. At 7.15 dressed and drove with M to dine at the De la Rues. Took Mrs D in. Sat next Mrs Pollock. Sterne, Godfroy Mertons etc there. One or two very common men. Very good dinner. Left 11.0pm after long talk with Mr Pollock. Good cigar. Paper & bed. (Red ink: Dined at the De la Rues, Cadogan Square.) Mrs Watney called in the afternoon & caught M, Maud & self chez nous.
Tuesday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode cob for 1st time for ages in Park to show Beadle. Liked him. After rode round other side of Park with Mr Smith, Mrs Beadle etc. Home 9.45. After got on with Index drawing. Worked till afternoon when walked to buss at Ken'n Church at 6.15 & rode all way to Bouverie Street. Punch dinner on account of Burnand's play tomorrow. F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur, R.L, P.A, E.I.M (late) B.P, H.W.L, & A.G. Many cuts to make up. Sat late. Great bother about my getting cartoon in the Index number. Guthrie excited. Left with Tenniel at 11.15 in strange cab. Last dinner of 1894. (Red ink: Punch dinner. Last of year '94.) Wednesday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode Cob in the Park. Saw Beadle & Cockerell. Back thro' Kensington with C. Late for breakfast. Wrote letters etc. After drew tail piece for Index. Dined 7.0pm. M seedy. M & self left in carriage at 8.0 for Savoy Theatre to 1st night of F.C.B's & Sir Arthur Sullivan's opera The Chieftain. Bad seats at back. Next to Beatty Kingston. Many there, great success. Walked to carriage & drove straight home. Skemed the Preface in the morning & got it composed. After drew tail piece for Index. Maud went out for walk for 1 st time. (Red ink: 1st night of Savoy Opera 'The Chieftain'.) Thursday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Back to breakfast. After just finished the tail piece to Index & then on to skeme subject for Japanese & European nations. After on with Preface. At 12.45 photod boy for Japanese & weapons. One of Otley with three cornered cocked hat. Developed & got prints by Platinotype just in time. Dark & foggy.Worked up to 7.30 when after writing letter to Police Superintendant about Coroner's Summons dressed & drove by cob to dine at Roger Wallace's. Dull dinner. Sat next a pretty fair woman & Mrs Wallace. After electric lights, music etc. Introduced to a Miss Chapman who I had met before at Mrs Purves's. Left at 11.15. Boosy Wyllie. Home. Read paper & bed after. Otley broke a shaft coming to fetch us in carriage. (Red ink: Summons for Coroner's Jury. Dined at Roger Wallace's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Anne Beaufoy.) Friday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Took condal. After got to work (no ride) on Preface. Worked till 3.0pm when finished it. Dr Syntax, Sir R de C etc. Then at 3.0 to 4.0 did tail piece for Preface. After at 5.0pm commenced the cartoon of Japanese & European powers. Worked till 9.0pm. Got it nearly outlined. Dined M & self. Claret. Rest after & to bed. Sent Otley to Coroner's court. Officer said I should be summoned next time. (Red ink: Record day of work. Finished Preface 3.0, tail piece 4.30. Began cartoon at 5.0pm.) Saturday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up a 8.0am. Down & at 9.20 got on with drawing of cartoon of Japanese & European audience. Finished by 1.30. Sent a wire to Mr Copeland about horse. Got answer could not see him. After lunch put on riding things & rode to Bouverie St. Coldish. Got there at 4.0. Saw Arthur à Beckett. F.C.B ill at Ramsgate. Back thro' Park. Mare rushed frightfully. Home. M at Mansions. Wrote
letters. After dressed & at 6.45 walked to Town Hall & recorded vote. Cab on to Bath Club. So deadly dull, only saw Montague Guest & John Postle Heseltine that I knew. Difficulty about the seats. Went down again & consulted plan. After sat next a Mr Boyd. Pleasant man. Slow swimming exhibition. Dirty club etc. Left at 10.0 & called Empire Theatre. Saw girl with small mouth & large nose. Out tired at 11.20. To Garrick. Saw Jones & Gillie. Sat next Lord Dungarvan, Fred Terry opposite. Very slow. Left at 12.40 & home. Read paper & to bed at 12.50. Lumbago came on at noon. (Red ink across page: Dull slow dinner at the Bath Club.) Sunday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Down 9.0. At 10.5 went for ride with Alfred Parsons. Lovely morning. Soft wind after rain. Beatiful ride thro' Richmond Park. Mare went lame suddenly. Fortunately passed off. Parson had a spill off his mare at ditch. Out at Robin Hood Gate & over Common. Home at 1.5 exactly. Only 20 minutes from Putney Bridge. Bath. Put prints in the bath. Lunch. After developed remains of plates of Miss Deben. Failures. In the dining room & read Moltree(?). Many callers. Bret Harte, Mr Hook Adams, Routh & Bill Weigall. All away by 6.0pm. Also Miss & Mr Lockyer. Miss Ella Hepworth Dixon dined with us to talk over cover for The Englishwoman. Took to Burgundy kindly and left at 10.45pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of R.H.Wyndham.) Monday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Saw Alfred Parsons. Back at 9.45. Breakfast & after put things away etc & got to work & did drawing of Punch driving a pair of snapdragons. Finished it by 7.30pm. Dined quietly at home after, M, Mite & self. (Red ink: Letter from F.C.B & from Colonel Copeland & Mrs C about horse.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Caroline Mildmay.) Tuesday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wet morning. After saw Pepys Cockerell. Rambling ride with him not home till 9.50pm. Breakfast. 1 st day of rest. Put things away. Printed what I could & after set to work & manufactured fresh labels out of canvas. Success. Printed a lot. M went to stores in the morning. Dined quietly at home, M, Maud & self. Read Moltree’s book afterwards. Bed 11.30. At midday a handsome fox terrier arrived named Tippoo. Slept in M's room at night and was fairly good. Wednesday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Met Coward & rode with him. Asked who Alfred Parsons was. Out 9.20. Home. After printed few phos. Bright sunny morning. Dressed & walked up Park with M, self leading Nip. Met Maud & Evelyn Coward. Saw Sterne. Put M in carriage top of Park at 12.20. Dog & 2 girls. Cab to Maples. Chose rugs, coverlets etc, table. On to Garrick. Walked. Saw Lockwood, Lawrence Bradbury etc. After talk to Eliot in smoking room at 4.5 went to Turkish bath. Asked about Bath Club. Weight 12.0½ lb before, after 11.13. Otley brought bag. Dressed & walked to Law Society Club. Good dinner. Again saw Lockwood & Marcus S. Sat next Sir John Monckton & Wm Binns Smith. Lockwood's speech. Should like to have said a few words myself. Vulgar lady pianist. Binns Smith left at 10.30 for ball which Mite ought to have gone to. Pool
after. Severn put out at the last. Walked at 11.45 to Beefsteak. Bored by Leslie Ward's troubles. Home by 1.10am by cab. Colder. (Cutting glued in: Dinner of the Law Society Club. 'Times' 20th Decr.) Thursday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. No ride. Cob had a cold. M & Mite went off in carriage at 9.30am. Left with Tip. They back at 11.30. Wrote labels & printed many photos. Things from Maples came. Afer sent Otley at 4.0 to Stores. M getting Mite's room ready. Otley had claim for breaking cab £1/10s. Back from Stores 6.0pm. After dined quietly at 7.45. Had bottle of Burgundy from Abbey Willis & Co. Did not care for it much. Snooze & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Poor old Wyndham interred at Brompton Cemetery, forgot to go.) Friday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No ride. Roy home from Eton at 9.30am. After in morning put a lot of labels on cards etc & did all the centuries. In afternoon Mite's glass came from Maples. Very good. Mite & M went out in carriage at 9.30am. Dined quietly all together at 8.0pm. Quiet evening & snooze after. Bed at 11.30. Roy delighted with Tip. (Red ink: Roy back from Eton. Cob had a cough & cold.) Began heading for Vol 108. Skemed it. Shooting cut. Great gale destroying life & property raged tonight. (Cutting glued in: Death of Major W.C.James.) Saturday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast at 10.0am Otley photod self for shooting cut for opening Vol & after took 6 of hares & pheasants. At 12.0 dressed & at 12.30 Roy & self walked though the Park & went to St James's Hall & had steak & mince pies. After walked to the Bath Club & looked at hot room. Hum!! After walked to the Lyric Theatre & saw 'His Excellency'. Sambourne family all together. No Terriss or Jessie Bond. Good libretto. Poor music. Out at 5.0. Met Carr the player. Put M & Mite in carriage & Roy & self walked home. Met carriage at corner of Park. Bought lobster, pine, pears & nuts etc. Home. Dressed. Sorted papers Dinner. After snooze in chair & bed 12.0. (Cuttings glued in: Deaths of Mary Astor and Ellen Clowes.) (Red ink across page: Lunched at St James's Hall. Went to Lyric Theatre and saw 'His Excellency'.) Sunday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. At 10.20 (after taking Tip for walk round Holland Park before breakfast) went for ride self & Roy up Roehampton Lane & home by Goy's. Home 12.30. Cob had fearful cold. Took photos out of box & developed them (those taken yesterday) at 2.15pm. Hut very cold. M addressing Xmas cards. Evelyn Coward called at 4.30pm. Roy took Tip out. No one else called all day whatever. Bottle Store Burgundy. M very sleepy after. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Monday December 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rode mare in Park slightly wet. Met Coward & had talk. Saw Cockerell & Mr Smith after. Home. In morning put things away etc. Put on riding breeches & gaiters before lunch & at 2.0pm Otley photod me as Toby handling gun. Developed plates & put them out. So warm knats flying about & blue bottles. After refilled jar with sulphite of soda. Rechrystallised. Also hypo, &
potter about whilst children came. Maud had a Christmas tree & children's party. 2 Cowards, Daggles & Hilda & Dora. Dressed up & had tableaux. Tea on oval table. Adah Spencer called & after Orton for cartridges. Gave him 50 nº 5's. Dined late 8.45. Squared a lot of Sketch prints. Sent Dora back in carriage at 7.30. Quiet evening. M very tired. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Charles Nottage; In Loving Memory of Harry von Tromp.) (Red ink across page: Children's party at home.) Tuesday December 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Down 9.0. Walked round Upp Phil Gds with Tip. Cap'n Nottage's death in paper. After at 10.45 rode with Roy to Battersea Park. Cob coughed. Met Sterne & Mrs Tate. Saw De la Rue & small boy galloping. Along Embankment to Westminster & home up Constitution Hill & round Serpentine. Passed M & Mite & Ernest Palmer. Home. Dull muggy wretched day. No good for phos. Lunch. Tongue. After rested. Evelyn Coward came in & talked. Worked from 5.0 to 7.15. Dined quietly only ourselves at 7.30. Champagne 1 st time since Oct 20. Crackers etc. After played guess game & Roy & Maud drew historical picture. Snooze in chair until 1.30am. Bed. Strange dream of Chick Roebuck a widow grown rich, Chamberlain etc. (Red ink across page: Dull foggy day. Went for ride with Roy.) Wednesday December 26 Stafford Terrace. Up late, 8.45. Down 9.30. Breakfast. Dull morning. Letter from F.C.B about Jockey Club & from Arthur à Beckett same subject. Roy went to Queen's Club. Gave Otley £2.0.0. Roy's sub to Club. Got to work on opening Vol at 11.30am. Worked away. After in afternoon Fritz Jackson called in his brougham looking seedy. Stayed one hour. After dined at 6.15pm & at 7.0 Roy & self went in a hansom (raining hard) to Drury Lane & saw Gus Harris's 16 th Pantomime, Dick Whittington. Poor piece. Saw De Lacca, Somers Vine etc, Holland. Left at 12.0, not over. 1st Pantomime with interval. Went to Garrick. Had supper. Saw Wolff, Jones, Toole etc, Bacon. Out at 1.0 & home by cab. Very glad to get it. Not very tired. (Red ink across page: Boxing Night. Went to Pantomime with Roy, Dick Whittington.) Thursday December 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Took Tip for run. After breakfast wired Burnand in reply to his wire. Got to work to finish the drawing of Punch shooting for Volume 108. Finished at 3.0pm & sent it off. After skemed drawing for Jockey Club & Prosecution. Got it shaped out by dinner time. Dined quietly at home, M, Mite, Roy & self. Friday December 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with Tip. Letter from F.C.B. After sun came out & very busy at 10.0am photoing Otley & self for Jockey Club. Took about 1 doz & got them developed & printed by 2.0pm. After got to work & worked hard till 9.0pm on drawing of Jockey Club being prosecuted. Dined late all together. Bed after snooze at 12.0. Roy at Club. (Red ink: Very hard day's work on drawing of Jockey Club.) Saturday December 29
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Went for longer walk with Tip. Round Notting Hill etc, back at 9.0. After at 9.30 got to work on drawings of Court & Jockey Club. Bright sun. Phos printing also. Lunch 2.0pm. Latest ever sent drawing off, 2.30pm. After put things away. Rested & read. Up in Day Nursery. Before dinner cut 200 labels. Dined 7.0pm & after M, Roy & Mite went in carriage to Court Theatre. I followed & took buss from Church to Sloane St, walking rest. Saw Dr Bill. Hawtrey & Lottie Venne in it. Fast girl in box below got water over her. Left 11.0. Home with Roy in cab. Supper & bed early. Very cold. Sunday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Put on riding things. Walked round by Lewis's with Tip. Breakfast. Found too hard a frost to ride. Cut labels etc in morning. After at 12.0 went with Roy for walk up the Row. Met M & Mite & Evelyn Coward outside. After met Lindo etc. Tip rushed into the water after the ducks. Back at 1.30. Lunch. After cut many labels etc. Bret Harte & Miss Rose Innes called. Stayed till 7.0pm. Quiet dinner. M, Mite, Roy & self. had guessing games after. Snooze & bed at 12.0. Bottle of Burgundy, Abbey Willis & Co, at dinner. (Red ink: Frost set in in morning.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Claremont; death of Henry LyneStephens.) Monday December 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Sharp frost. Went for short walk with Tip. Breakfast. After sorted drawer of Royalties & M.P's & wrote labels all morning. Roy would not go with Banbury on cycle. Lunch. Carpenter at work on pole etc in Maud's room. After M & Mite out. Roy with squeaky toy & poggles. Wrote Clowes & many letters & also finished sketch for Golf Drawing etc. M back at 6.15. Very cold. Dined at 8.0, all together. Had guess games. Poor Tip's foot very bad. Dozed the new year in in chair. Bed at 12.30am. Very cold. Unfortunately burned cheque for £13 from dividends, B.A & Rosario Railway. Very careless.
Notes at back of diary: Queen's Taxes (payments made from 1883 -1896) Address given by Mr Galbraith for carpets: Charles Pinches, 4 Fenchurch Avenue E.C. Lamp at Mr Thornton's. Filsham, Newbury, Berks. Evered's Patent Victor Burner, Holborn Viaduct. Water recommended by Captain Ridley. Franz Joseph Water. Also Walkfast for shooting. Securities (illeg) Worth April 20th 1896 as per Money Market Review. (9 pages of stocks and shares with figures for gains and losses.)
1895 Addresses in front of Diary: Apollinaris Company, 5 Stratford Place, Oxford St. Derben, 15 Francis Place, Bath Rd, Cheltenham. Cope, Springhurst, Bickley, Kent. Academy waiters Cole, Moody, Golden Chalk, 46 Arundel Road, West Kensington. Coals, L & NW Syndicate, 204 York Road N, Kings X. Stephen Glynn. M Cornwallis, 5 St Oswald Rd, West Kensington. Green, Annie E. 23 Townsend St, Cheltenham. Queens Buildings, High St, Cheltenham Fletcher, Ada. 60 Frederick St, Grays Inn Road. G.N Rly Manager, F.P.Cockcroft, Sir Henry Oakley. Gilbey, Tresham, The Grange, Bishops Stortford. Hackney Horse Show Society. 12 Hanover Square W. Henry E.Euren Secy. George Jouph, 23 Granville Sq, W.C. H.J.Hitchings Esq, Empire Theatre. Miss Green's friend: Mrs Taylor, 9 Redbone Street, Tedworth Square, S.W. London Chatham & Dover Rly, Mr William Forbes, Traffic Manager Mr Morgan, Secretary per letter from Mr Green, Stationmaster May 19 '94. Letter from Westley Richards, August 13 1891 about gun. 12439. Built for T.W.Eyton Esqre, Oct 14 1880. Paid £42 for it. King, Mrs. 41 Sharsted St, Kennington Park. Lilly & Lovell, Landscape Gardeners, 22 Warsill Street, Battersea Park Road. Jones? Mrs Brown, 319 Sauchihall St, Glasgow. c/o Mrs Wood, 166 Shaftesbuy Avenue. Mrs King, 16 Chelverton Road, Putney S.W. Mrs Hamilton Langley, The Grange, Earl's Barton, Northamptonshire. Castle Ashby station. Editor 'Men & Women of the day'. 7 Quality Court, Chancery Lane, W.C. Munchausen. Cassell Petter & Gelquin. Illustrated by Doré, seen in I.L.N, Jany 1866. Hector Maclean, Chatwicke Lodge, Birdhurst Road, S.Croydon Took away 1 girl photo (Miss Etty P) 1 fireman & 1 Grenadier. Tuesday 26 Nov '95. Address given by Beadle. Portable domestic Hot Air & Vapour bath (Vapours) James Allen & Sons, 21-22 Mareston Lane, Oxford St G.N.Rly, Kings X. Francis P.Cockshott. W Aloggatt Esq. Great North of Scotland Rly, Scy & Genl Managers Office, Aberdeen.
James Thompson Esq (with a P) Caledonian Railway Company, Genl Managers & Secys Office, 502 Buchanan St, Glasgow. Andrew Dougall Esq, The Highland Railway Co, General Managers Office, Inverness. William Gowenlock Secy, same as above. The North British Railway, Off of Sup't of the Line. D.Deuchars Esq. Rosse, Maud. 22 The Avenue, Bedford Park W. Thomas Gilbert. W. Daily Graphic, Melford House, Strand, W.C. Tuck (Raphael & Sons) 72 & 75 Coleman Street, City of London. West Middlesex Water Works, F.H.Wyboro Esq. 19 Marylebone Rd, N.W. Name of model given by Miss Rose: Clara Wilding. Jan 1895 Tuesday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk before breakfast. Went to P.O & got Davison's address. After back. Breakfast. In morning wrote labels. Letter from F.C.B approving of cartoon last week. Altered camera etc etc. M had carriage at 11.0 & took Maud to her Uncle's, Edwin Herapath. Lunch. Long afternoon at labels. Did drawer of Statesmen. After Roy went out on his cycle in the morning, back for lunch. Very cold at night. M, Roy & self dined together. Roy tidied box of counters & played game of draughts after. Beat him. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. Wednesday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Overslept. Up 8.30. Walk with Tip. Paw bad. Breakfast. After pasted & wrote labels & at 12.30 took photo of M in cloak from Barkers & after in her silk one. Lunch. Angry with Roy for untidiness & not wishing to learn French. Tip having his paw in poultice. Mademoiselle Jackymot here. In afternoon at 4.0pm Roy & self walked up to the Garrick Club. Gave Cole Xmas box. Called Lincoln & Bennetts. After went to Evered's lamp shop in Drury Lane, No 50. Walked past it into Wych Street. Selected a lamp etc. Roy got onto bus in Fleet St to go home. At 7.15 on to Punch dinner. The 1 st of the yr. F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, A à B, E.I.M (late) B.P, H.W.L & A.G. Long discussions. Cut made up from "Who said Rats". Self got Harcourt & Sleeping Trade. Suggested by self. Drank orangeade after dinner. Left with J.T 11.0pm. Gave Xmas Box to sergeant, waiters & cabman. Home at 11.45. Read & bed after. Thursday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got on mare hoping to ride. Got as far as past Albert Hall. Turned back on acct of frost. Breakfast. After Roy went out on cycle. Sent round for Stace. Got to work & skemed subject of Harcourt as Fairy Prince & Sleeping Beauty. At 12.45 photod Stace in medieval costume & cloak. Gave him 7/6. Developed plates & also those of M taken yesterday & Xmas tree. 1 st used rocker with pendulum. Doubtful success. Lunch. After rest got to work at 4.0pm & worked to dinner time. Got figure of girl enlarged & outlined. Dinner & quiet evening after, Roy playing draughts & backgammon. Taught Roy backgammon
for 1st time. Bed after. New lamp used for 1st time. Gave a brilliant light. Carriage could not be used on acct of frost. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Miranda Newman.) Friday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Went for walk with Tip. Breakfast. Bright day. Coldish. Worked hard all day on drawing of Harcourt as Fairy Prince & Sleeping Beauty. Dined at 8.30pm. Backgammon after with Roy. Rest till 1.30am when to bed tired. Birthday. Letter from Violet Jameson. Spent birthday in unusually hard work all day. Saturday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk with Tip. After got to work & did not finish drawing until 1.45pm. Bothered & late. Lunch at 12.30. Doubts about Pantomime. M & Mite went in carriage at 2.0pm to the Private View of the Old Masters. Put things away & dressed & left with Roy (after cup of tea) at 3.45pm in carriage (mare). Put down at the Academy & took bus to the Lyceum. Saw Mr Hurst about Pantomime. Settled for Monday. Bought two brushes for Roy 6/6. Called Garrick. Wrote letter to C.P.Levilly. Saw Gilly Farquhar. After called Camera Club. Gave Barker 5/s & booked Studio for Wednesday the 16 th. Billiard room full. Left letter at Prince of Wales's Theatre. Walked home. Bought sausages. Jola's L'argent German sausage at Crofts & fruit & lobster. Home 6.0pm. Cut labels. Dined 7.45pm. Lobster. Game backgammon after. Bed 12.30am. M took Tip to Jarvis's a dog doctor. Sunday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Put on riding things. Walked to top of hill. Found freezing hard. Breakfast. Could not ride. Cut labels & wrote many up to 12.0. Went for walk with Roy round the Round Pond. Lunch 1.30. M & Maud had been to church & Granny's. Very good bubble & squeak. After Mr & Mrs Charley Burnand called in afternoon after lunching at the Boughtons. No one else. Very cold & freezing. Wrote diary & letters after 5.0pm. M, Mite, Roy & self & Evelyn Coward dined at 8.0, keeping my birthday. Goose & had crackers afterwards. Something at this dinner upset me. After resting bed at 12.30am. Monday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Very cold. Went for walk before breakfast. After 2 sets of 'Times' sent. Wrote India & Spanish labels & at 12.0 dressed. Roy went to see Tip. Lunched at 12.30pm & after Roy & self left for Pantomime at Lyceum. Roy took buss to Mansions. After got cab & saw carriage waiting for Dora. On to Lyceum. Waited for M to come up. Bitterly cold. Saw Santa Claus & Robin Hood & the Babes in the Wood. Children clever little women. Dogs of Lauri very good. Alice went. Out at 5.10. Got carriage in King St. Roy & self had tea at Garrick. Disputed 1d for milk. After called Camera & Waukenphast & walked home getting sausages & crab. Before dinner Mite wrote bogus letter to Guthrie to the Novelty Theatre. Dined 8.0pm & had 3 games of backgammon with Roy. Beat him. Bed at 12.0. Livery & very cold. Tuesday January 8
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull raw cold morning. A little upset & bilious. Why? Walk before breakfast up hill & down. M in bed. After wrote labels etc & lighted M's fire. Pollock called on Roy. After went on writing etc etc. Prepared for dinner at home. At 7.0pm Harris a brother of the last came to wait. At 8.10 dinner at home which went off well. Mite went to children's party at Arthur à Beckett's. Roy dined with us at side table. Cold day & evening. Sir H Bergne liked room. All left by 11.30pm, Fritz & Miss Rose Innes the last. (Plan of table seating.) Home dinner of eight. Miss Eykyn, Fritz Jackson, Sylvinia Rose Innes, Sir Henry Bergne, Mrs S, Bret Harte, Lady Bergne, self. Roy at side table. Wednesday January 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Usual walk. Cold & frost. In morning wrote labels etc. Letters. M in bed. Lunch. After put things in order etc. Very great darkness almost fog. Very black. At 5.15 Roy & self started to walk west. Posted letters & called & saw Poggums. Vulgar little girl calling 'Gows!' Walked by Brompton Road & on to Strand. Let Roy look at Edison's Kinetiscope. Roy bothering about brown boots. He got on bus near St Clement Danes. Walked on to Punch dinner. Lawrence B, E.I.M (late) H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur & R.L. Good dinner. Both cartoons soon made up. Self got Ameer of Afganistan, J.T got Manchester & also India quarreling. Left Table earlier & came home by buss. Home 11.15. Mite out at the Harry Dickens's. Waited for her. Home 12.10. Bed after. (Cutting glued in: Letter to Westminster Gazette from F.C.Burnand.) Thursday January 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Intended to ride. Could not. Hard frost. Usual walk. Breakfast. Terrible indigestion all day. Skemed Ameer & Halsbury smoking. At 11.30 Stace in yard & photod him 3 plates. One of self after. Had pier glass taken into yard. Developed & dried. Got print & after drew Lord Halsbury in outline. Dinner at 6.40 & after went in carriage with Maud & Roy (driving Cob) to the Prince of Wales's Theatre & saw Arthur Roberts in Claude Duval. Burnand, Mrs B & Frank in box opposite. A.R very good in barmaid scene. Left at 10.45. Thought had dropped glove. Hansom home. Paragraph in Westminster about Punch dinner at Lord Rothschild's. (Red ink across page: Went to see Arthur Roberts at Prince of Wales's Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: Punch staff at Lord Rothschilds? Hoax letter. Death of Mary Shield.) Friday January 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Holland Park. Very cold & freezing. Dark dull morning could hardly get print of photos taken yesterday. At work 9.45. Finished at 11.0 small drawing of Lord Halsbury smoking. After began drawing of Ameer of Afganistan. Worked till 7.30pm when dressed & went with M in carriage to Colin Hunter's to dine. Very cold & freezing hard. Good dinner. M a Mr Ness. After looked at pictures. Alfred Parsons there, & Tom Graham. Rest all strangers. Jock Hunter's pictures not bad. Left 11.25 & home. Very cold. Saturday January 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Usual walk. Man had finished the drain at side of pathway in Holland Walk. Worked from 9.30 to 1.15pm & finished drawing of Ameer before Glass. Was to have skated. Roy & Maud back from Long Water. No one allowed on the ice. Put things away & made labels in the afternoon. Tea. Had
my hair cut at Belshaw's, full of news. Dressed & dined 6.45. Cold evening. M & self left in carriage at 7.35 & drove to Lyceum for 1 st night of King Arthur. Roy went to Criterion Theatre. Had front row of stalls. Duke & Duchess of York there. Many friends. Abbeys just behind us. Sir Whittaker Ellis next to me. Went out & found Roy. He came in for last act. Speech from Irving. Over 12.15. Round at back 12.30. Hosts of friends. Arthur à Beckett feeding grossly. Saw Brandon Thomas & many others. Miss Stannard etc etc. Forbes Robertson very good as Lancelot. M tired. Left at 1.45. Met Beatty Kingston, said it was snowing & no cabs. Not true. Got a four wheel cab & home at 2.15am. Read & to bed at 2.45am. Great night. Roy enjoyed it. (Red ink: M caught nasty cold & in bed next week for days.) (Red ink across page: 1st night of King Arthur at the Lyceum. M & self went & Roy after.) Sunday January 13 Stafford Terrace. Up late, 9.30am. Very tired. Down breakfast. After made labels & then went for walk at 11.50 with Roy. Great thaw. Wet & sloppy. Walked to bridge at Serpentine & back by Long Water. Mite at her Gd mother's at Albert Hall Mansions. Lunch, M, Roy & self. After long afternoon at labels & letters. Roy at Club. At 4.30 Sylvinia Rose Innes called & is now talking Psychology. Stayed till 6.45pm. Dressed 7.15 & at 8.0 Hamilton Langley & Midge dined with us. Quiet dinner. They left at 11.0. Hamilton looked older. Bed 12.0. Monday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Wet & frost nearly gone. Out for usual walk. Gave M cheque. After finished some labels etc etc. In afternoon began drawing for Englishwoman on large scale. At 5.0 Mr Blathwayt called for 2 nd interview. Devoured tea. Tea was bitter. Dressed 6.15 & left at 6.30 in carriage for the Bristol to dine with Miss Rose Innes. There punctually. Kept waiting ¼ hr. Carriage to call for Roy & to take Maud to the Rawlinsons. Met Mr & Mrs Oswald Crawfurd, Bret Harte, Miss Rose Innes, Mr Hermann Herkomer & one other lady. Had most excellent dinner & enjoyed it immensely. Drank red wine. After good cigar from Bret Harte. Went on to see ‘Case of Rebellious Susan’ at the Criterion Theatre. Home with Miss Rose Innes in a four wheel cab. Bed 12.30. Found Roy up & Maud back. (Red ink across page: Dined with Sylvinia Rose Innes at the Bristol & saw ‘Case of Rebellious Susan’ afterwards.) Tuesday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Usual walk. After decided to ride. At 11.0 did so, Roy & self. Dull wet morning. Went thro' Row & round inner ring of Regents Park. Lost way. Home at 1.0. After lunch skemed heading for Englishwoman & made tracing, M had bad cold coming on. Lady Bergne called. At 6.30 Tip brought back by man. Better & very pleased. Left home at 8.10 in cab & drove to Savoy Theatre & out to banquet to Beerbohm Tree. Lord Russell presided. Many there. Sat next Campbell Praed & Marshall Hall. Fair dinner. Drank Claret. Left at 12.15 & on to Garrick. Saw Beatle & Little, Furniss in distance. Left at 1.30 & home by hansom. Pinero's speech the best, Lord Russell dull, Tree poor. Bed 2.0am. (Red ink across page: Dined at Savoy. Banquet to Beerbohm Tree. Garrick after.) Wednesday January 16
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk with Poggums, 1 st time since back. After breakfast at 10.0 started for Camera Club. M had bad cold come on. Got Club at 10.25. Up in Studio. Took about 30 photos from Mrs King. Out at 1.30 & on to Garrick. Met Spottiswood. Lunch. Talk to Sir William Marriott & Cecil Clay after. At 3.15 Roy came to Club. Played 200 up at Camera Club. Good table. Out 4.45 & took hat back to Lincoln & B's and cloak to Lewis & Allenby's & then on to Turkish baths. Roy & self had bath. Weight 11.13½ before, 11.12 after. Out 6.50. Roy home by buss, self on to Punch dinner. Phil A, E.I.M (late & worried) B.P, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self & Arthur à B. Got cut of Harcourt & Morley as King Arthur & Sir Bedevere, Tenniel France. Left at 9.45. Wet. On to Lyceum Theatre. Saw Bram Stoker. Prince of Wales there. Went into Dress Circle. Awfully hot. After to stalls. Saw King Arthur 2nd time. Out & on to Garrick. Wrote Mrs May & then home after lemon squash. (Red ink: Cob fell down at the Stores.) (Red ink across page: Photod Mrs King at Camera Club.) Thursday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. Sent Otley for armour to May's. At 11.45 Stace round. Had skemed King Arthur & Sir Bedevere. Otley back 11.30. Photod Stace & after Roy in shirt of mail etc. Developed them & got prints. After lunch also developed many photos taken yesterday. M up in bed all day. At 5.0 got to work & drew in Harcourt & Morley. Worked till 8.0 when dressed & dined, Mite, Roy & self. After played 2 games of backgammon. Roy won both. Nostril painful. Used Vinolin. Bed 12.30. Friday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual ride. Slight frost. After back fast. Developed photos & then went to work at Harcourt as King Arthur. Also printed a good many photos. Lovely bright sun all day. M in bed up to afternoon. Down in drawing room at 5.0pm. Dined at 8.45. After played Roy 2 games of backgammon. Won both. Mite out to dine with Miss Rose Innes & went to hear Prof Dewar's lecture. Sat up. Mite back at 12.0 precisely. Bed after. Mite in M's room. Saturday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up later. 8.30. Usual walk. Breakfast. After got to work at 9.45am & went on all morning with drawing Harcourt as King Arthur & Morley. M in bed. Finished 1.45pm. Lunch. At 2.0 carriage up & Roy & Maud went to the Avenue Theatre to see 'The Lady Slavey'. Dressed & left by cab at 3.25. Raining. Yohé good. Hamilton, Dora & Midge in box. Roy thought he saw Mr Ainger. After drove to Conduit St & saw Abbey's frescoes of The Quest of the Holy Grail. Marvellous. Saw Fagan & many others. Very heavy rain. Home at 6.0. M in bed. Bathed photos. Wrote diary & letters etc etc. Dined at 8.0pm. M in bed. Played Roy backgammon. Beat him. Letter from Pennell from Daily Chronicle about cartoon. (Red ink: Heavy wet in afternoon. M in bed.) (Red ink across page: Went to see 'The Lady Slavey' at Avenue.) Sunday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Very late. Beautiful warm morning. Showery. At 11.0 Roy & self rode up Roehampton Lane & over Wimbledon, past Barkers & Putney Hill home. Saw Adrian Jones. Lovely on Wimbledon. Worth 5£ note. Free from P entirely. Home 1.0. M down. Lunch. After got ready & went to skate at Niagara.
Great success. Saw heaps of people, Tates, Sterne etc, Boughton, Mrs Stannard & Mrs McTear etc. Enjoyed it immensely. Roy delighted. Saw Campbell Praed, Humphreys, little Carn, Grossmith etc etc, Delarue. Left at 6.45. Cab home. Adams & Woodruffe & Russells had called. Quiet dinner. M's cough bad. Played Roy 3 games backgammon. Roy won 2. Bed 12.0 exactly. (Red ink: Most lovely ride. 1st skate at Niagara.) Monday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Usual walk. Saw Bob Coward. How tall? Breakfast. M down. Dark dull day. Roy off to Mansions. Sent Otley for Condal W. Indexed diary etc etc. Got to work cover of Englishwoman at 11.0am. After enlarged 2 photos. Over exposed them. After enlarged Maud Easton in chair taken Sep (blank) '91. Gave it 9 minutes with small stop. Which was right? Roy went to Mansions in morning. At 7.30pm dined. Hamilton Langley dined with us. M out in carriage at 2.30pm. At 9.20 Roy, Hamilton Langley & self went to the Pavilion. Poor show. Heard Bessie Bellwood. Knowles, an American I heard at the Tivoli. Also an Egyptian giant. Very cold. Back 11.30pm. Had left key at home. (Red ink: Went with Langley & Roy to Royal Pavilion.) Tuesday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Usual walk. Just beginning to snow which turned into a heavy snow storm & lasted all morning. Went on to work at cover for Englishwoman. M's cough very bad. Could not get print of photos etc. Lunch. Roy went to Club. Worked till 8.0. Messenger fom Edmund Evans came at 5.30. Dined quietly at 8.15, M, Maud, Roy & self. After played Roy 5 games of backgammon. Won three & lost two. Bed twelve. (Cutting glued in: Value of personal estate of James Renton. Note on loose sheet of paper: Afgan Uniform, Ameer etc. Ill.L.News May 23 1885.) Wednesday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Usual walk. Snow bad & melting. Tip's foot bad again. Yelled out at boys. Met Pepys Cockerell. Breakfast. Roy a spot on his nose. At 10.0 a very heavy thunderstorm came on. Vivid lightning, heavy snow. M said it was the coals next door. M & Mite cleaning silver & furniture. Got to work & finished drawing for Englishwoman at 12.30. Never sent for it. At 1.0 dressed. Lunch. M & Mite back. Roy & self left at 2.30 & went by Met Rly to Temple. Walked back to Buckingham St. Called on Mr Pennell & settled for cartoon. Out & played Roy 2 games at billiards at Camera Club. Roy won both. Out at 5.0. Bought Munchen calendar. Roy home by buss. Bath. Weight 12.1 & 11.13½. Saw Mocatta & Bastard. On by buss to P.D. Waited reading 20 minutes. F.C.B, J.T. self, R.L, A à B, B.P & E.I.M, late, A.G. Very long discussion on big cut till 10.0pm. Got Oyster for self. Col Welby's cut to be used. Took buss to Lyceum at 11.0. Met Roy. Went to Garrick. Supper. Saw Beetle, Cumming Macdona, Carr etc. Out 12.20 & home 1.0. Roy to bed. (Red ink: Finished cover for Englishwoman.) Thursday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Walk. Cold raw morning. No letters. After breakfast wrote letters & Roy's cheque, £82.13.5. Heavy rain & miserable morning. Bother with Victor lamp. Roy good all day & went out with Tip in the wet. Lunch. After skemed drawing of Lobster, Oyster & coals. Got a lobster & 2
Oysters from Slater's & photod them at 2.0pm. Rain & cold. Worked in drawing room after. At 7.45 dressed & went up with Maud to dine at the Joachims. Dull dinner. Very cold. Took Mrs Boughton in. Talk of the Lewis's lost money. Met Tuers & Pike QC, Harry Dickens etc. Left at 11.0. Home by carriage. Slept in chair till 1.0pm. (Red ink: Roy returned to Eton. Gave him £4.0.0 Photod 4 plates of Roy at 2.0pm.) (Red ink across page: Dined at Mr Joachims. Very cold.) (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary of Lord Randolph Churchill. James Hall Renton’s will.) Friday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Usual walk. Slight frost. After printed lobster. Wrote letters & got to work at 11.0am on drawing of Lobster Doctor & Sick Oyster, Crab Nurse. Worked all day up to 8.30pm when dined. M all day with her mother up to 7.15pm. Mite had a snuffly cold come on & went to bed at 8.0pm. Quiet evening after. Letter from Tuer etc etc. Bed 12.0am. (Cuttings glued in: Lord Randolph Churchill's will.) Saturday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Usual walk. Cold hard frost. Worked & finished Lobster & Crab at 12.0. Skemed picture for Daily Chronicle & at 1.0 photod Otley in suit of armour from May's. Stace at 2.15 after. These photos nearly spoilt by being put to dry in a frost. All starred all over. Hurried lunch. M out in carriage. Developed photos. Very cold in hut. After up in Maud's room. Mite ill with sore throat & feverish. Miss Rose Innes called & left at 7.15. Dinner 8.0. Quiet evening. M slept in Maud's room. Very cold at night. (Red ink: Hard day photographing armour. Intensely cold. Mite in bed with cold.) Sunday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. Usual walk. Met Otley. Round by Hornton St. Mite slightly better. Very cold hard frost. Photos nearly spoilt. Tidied letters and put photos to print. Wrote diary etc. At 1.45 Mr Wheat & sister called & stayed to lunch. Miss W pretty girl but wilful. Going to be a hospital nurse. Left at 3.15 in carriage to go to skate at Niagara. Had delightful afternoon. Saw Harold Powers etc, Delarues, Tates. Also Princess of Pless. Left at 6.50 & cab home. Very hungry. Stokes had called, M said looking stout & bloated. Wheat stayed till 6.0pm. Dined 8.0pm. At 8.30 Sylvinia Rose Innes called to say goodbye before leaving. Went up to Maud's room. Left at 11.0pm. Read in the Sunday Sun about Austin Dobson's book. Intensely cold. Went up to bed 12.0. M not in bed. x. (Red ink: 2nd day's skate at Niagara. Mr Wheat & sister lunched. Mite in bed with cold.) Monday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Heavy snow. Usual walk. Good breakfast. Clock run down on landing. After wrote diary & letters etc. Put panel in sideboard in dining room & generally tidied up etc. Up to lunchtime. Got prints of armour in blue. After rested. Drew plans for shelter in yard & box for photo hut. M out at 3.0 in carriage. Doze till 4.30pm. Tea & after got to work on drawing for Daily Chronicle. Evelyn Coward came in. M at her mother's. Worked till 8.0pm & dressed & dined. Very cold in evening. Read book on Thibet. Bed at 12.15am. Cold. (Red ink: Death in Paris this evening of Marshal Francois Certain Canrobert. Born 1809, sub Lieut 1832. Last Marshal of France.)
Tuesday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Usual walk. Very cold hard frost. Good breakfast. After decided to photo self in armour. Otley round & put it on self. Took about 11 photos all no good. Very good. Spencer came in & stayed. He came into yard & helped. After developed same. Not much good. At 4.30 got on to work again with drawing. Bother with figure. Mite still up in her room. Quiet dinner M & self. Read Thibet after. Snooze & bed. (Red ink: Photod self in armour. Failure. Very cold. Spencer called.) Wednesday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Walk. After breakfast got to work on drawing for Daily Chronicle. Mite down. Worked till 5.30pm when changed & decided to walk to 'Punch' dinner. Started at 5.50pm. Walked as far as top of Strand in fur coat. Very cold. Bought for 30/s a black Waterbury watch. Took buss to Bouverie St. Punch dinner, F.C.B, J.T, self, R.C.L, A à B, E.I.M (late) B.P, A.G. Talk & chaff. Got subject of Emperor of Russia, J.T Ld Rosebery as pavement artist. Talk of names on Punch table. A number of Lika Joko produced. Furniss alluded to me as slave of the camera & mere copyist. Left at 11 with J.T in cab & home. Frost after but had thawed in afternoon. Looked at paper & bed at 12.30pm. (Red ink: Bought Waterbury watch.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Andrew Skene.) Thursday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with Tip. After breakfast got to work & skemed drawing of Emperor of Russia, Bear & 'Le sabre de mon Père'. Otley round at 11.0 put armour on one arm & photod him. After with sabre. Snow showers. Difficulty to photo. After lunch enlarged photo of Otley & also armour. Broke hour glass. Got to work at 5.0pm & put in outline. Tabs came & dined & spent the evening. (Red ink: Very cold. Photod Otley with sabre.) Feb 1895 Friday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Tabs in spare room. Walk. Tip not so well. Back. After breakfast got to work on Emperor of Russia & Sword of his Father. Mite at work. Got on. At 1.0 Miss Hepworth Dixon called & said they did not like the drawing for the Englishwoman. Great bother. She stayed to lunch & M took her off in carriage. Tabs left at 11.30 in cab. Worked up to 8.30 pm when dined. M read Captain Bowers book on Thibet. Quiet dinner. Snooze after & bed at 12.0am. Thaw & cold again after. Sir Richard Webster's at home. Persuaded Maud not to go. Very cold. (Red ink: Miss Ella Hepworth Dixon called & objected to drawing done for Englishwoman. Oh! what a surprise.) (Cutting glued in: In Memoriam Mary Thorneycroft. Times 1 Feby '97.) Saturday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk. Tip difficult to get along. Very ill. Cold & hard frost. After breakfast finished drawing of Tzar of Russia & Bear. Finished at 12.0. After tidied up. M & Mite went off in carriage at 12.0. Lunch. After up in Mite's room & rested & read books. Mrs Galbraith called & brought flowers. At 5.30pm got to work & began 2nd drawing for Gentlewoman, I mean Englishwoman. Worked till 8.15pm. Hamilton Langley came & dined with us. Drank Burgundy. Stayed till 11.30pm. When left dozed till 1.0pm. Bother with stove in morning.
Smelt dreadfully. Letter from F.C.B about Phil May. (Red ink: Langley dined.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Adelaide Montefiore.) Sunday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Walk. Difficulty to get Tippoo along. Met Alfred Parsons. After breakfast I got on with 2nd drawing for Englishwoman. Bother with head. M at her mother's. Lunch. Work after lunch till 3.30. Got head so so. After dressed. Many called. Mr Bret Harte, Mrs Galbraith, Hubbard Farquhar, Miss Coward, Mr Blair, Dietz etc. Left at 4.30 & went to rink. Skated till 6.50 & enjoyed it immensely. Saw Mrs Turquand, Mrs McTear, A.Stuart Wortley etc etc. Cab there & back. Home 7.30. Dressed. Hamilton Langley to dinner. 2 bottles Perinet. Wrote 5 or 6 letters after dinner & diary. (Red ink: Cold day. Many callers. 3rd day's skate at Niagara. Langley dined.) Monday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk. Cold. After breakfast went on & bothered with 2nd drawing for 'The Englishwoman'. M in bed. Worked until 3.0pm when finished it. After dressed hurriedly & went to skate on the Long Water. Very pretty girl, lovely large eyes. Met Mrs Shakespeare & Miss Lewis. Knocked down by an awkward brute. Left at 4.40 & walked home. M & Mite in carriage to Mansions etc. Tea & got to work at 5.30 on cartoon for Daily Chron'l. Worked till 8.30 when dined. Walked across the Round Pond frozen over. Snooze in chair & bed 12.30. Wakeful at night. (Red ink: Skated on Long Water 1st time. Before breakfast went to Alfred Parsons to look in Abbey's studio for Screen, could not find it.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Willis.) Tuesday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Bath frozen for 1st time. Out with Tippoo & met Mr Coward. After Brek't wrote orders & letters & Mite doing her drawing for Mr Fowler. Went on to work all day at drawing for Daily Chronicle. Took out chain armour & lengthened the legs. Galbraith called in the morning. M at home. Many called. Mrs Godefroi. Worked up till 8.30pm when dined quietly & snooze. Tip very ill & sick, sent him round to stables. (Red ink: Mr Barr paid amount into L & County Bank £323.17.5. Edith Buckmaster married to Mr Sismé at Ramsgate. Maud did not go.) Wednesday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After got on with drawing (usual walk 1 st time without Tip.) for D.C. Put in Magog & Gog, St Pauls etc. Began to shade in afternoon. Slipped & fell heavily in the dining room at lunch time. Hit my cheek on chair. Worked till 6.0 when changed & took train to Blackfriars. Punch dinner. Phil May's 1st dinner. Phil A, L.B, E.I.M (not late) B.P, E.T.R, Hy W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, G du M & Phil May. Good dinner. I suggested cut of Elephant & Bottles for Amendments. Got Rochefort & Trente et Quarante for self. Talk to May after. Left at 11.0 with Tenniel. Put down corner of Garrick St. Went to Club & wrote many letters. Left at 12.30am & home by cab. Most bitterly cold night. (Red ink: Phil May joined the 'Punch' staff and dined for first time.) Thursday February 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. After breakfast got to work on drawing for Daily Chronicle. Pennell sent at 11.30am. Sent boys back. Finished at 3.0pm. Sent the drawing off. Then dressed & took buss to corner of Kensington Gardens. Went to skate at the Long Water 2nd time. Ice crisp. Girls had skating quadrilles. Left at 5.10 & walked home. After dressed & left at 6.30 to go to dine with the Galbraiths at the Bristol. M & Mite went on in the carriage. Good dinner. Mr Blair there. Mrs Galbraith not well. Went after to Daly's Theatre and saw 'An Artist's Model'. Dreadfully poor stupid play. Went to sleep. Bother about carriage after. Last to leave. Angry. Home at 12.0. Most bitterly cold. Posted letter to Golden. (Red ink: Dined at the Bristol with the Galbraiths. Went to see 'Artist’s Model' afterwards.) Friday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk as usual. Very cold. Put coat on. Back & looked out after breakfast & skemed subject for Monte Carlo & Rochefort playing Trente et Quarante. No photo. Worked all day. Got it out & up to 7.30pm. At 7.0 Golden came. After octagon dinner of eight. Mrs Galbraith could not come. Good evening. 2 Champagne, Lanson, 4 of Corton Burgundy. Bitterly cold night. Slept in chair after till 2.30am dash it. Bed. M awake. Thermometer outside bathroom stood at 18º. (Plan of table seating) Self, Evelyn Coward, Mr Blair, Mite, H.Langley, M, Mr Galbraith, Midge. Saturday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. Bitterly cold. Put coat on. Back & at 9.30 went on with drawing of Henri Rochefort at Monte Carlo. Hindered. Maud went to Long Water. Finished 1.15. M & Mite & Evelyn Coward off in carriage to Drury Lane for Pantomime. Changed things & packed & left at 2.40 in cab for Garrick. Cold bitter. Left bags & on to Drury Lane. Large box. Langley, Galbraith, Blair, Mite, E.C, M & self. Saw Pantomime for 2nd time. Campbell never sang his song on Mrs Chant. Left 4.50. On to Garrick & had tea. Wrote to Pennell. Left at 5.10 for Victoria. Slightly warmer. Down to Brighton. Cold in carriage to self. Got to the Bedford Hotel at 7.30pm. Met Captain Stopford & Gerald Ansdell. Went up to dress. Ward turned up after. Dined 8.15. Good dinner. Drank Champagne. Smoke after. Up to room at 12.30am. Read till 1.30am when to bed. (Cutting glued in: Death of Jane Way.) Sunday February 10 Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Waked at 8.0. Down at 9.0 & out at 9.15 with Leslie Ward for walk up & down. Bitter wind & clouds of blinding dust. Breakfast at 10.0. Giant appetite. Fish & ham & eggs. Smoke after & walk with Captain Stopford & Ansdell & Ward. Driven back by wind. Went on pier. Lunch at 2.10. Washed, shaved & changed. After smoke again walked. Met Horace West & his father. After walked by self to Coastguard House. Dust dreadful. Could not find Black's house. Met pretty girl. 'Shall be frozen'. Back at 5.30. Walked 1.35 minutes. Up in room & wrote 11 letters & down to dinner 8.5pm. Put on smoke jacket. Mixed a salad. Punch & turtle soup. After slow evening smoking. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: At Brighton.) Monday February 11
Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Cold at night. Waked at 7.0. Curious dream of Tabs. Packed & down at 9.0am. Met Hartree & Capt'n Stopford. Stroll as far as Old Ship. Bought Telegraph. Back. Letters from M & Joseph Pennell. Breakfast by self. Leslie Ward & Ansdell went up early. Talk to Hartree after. 1 st issue of Illustrated Daily Chronicle. Burne Jones design out. Left in fly at 10.30. Up to town. Stupid porter. London 12.40. Drove to Kensington. M & Mite upstairs. Room being done. After lunch went at 3.0pm in carriage to skate on Long Water. Met Ethel English. Also Little. Left 4.45 & walked home across the Round Pond. Tea. Bathed prints. Very cold in drawing room. Orton came in with a letter. Dressed & dined 8.0pm. Bother about wine & Burgundy. Bitterly cold. Bed at 12.0am. Tuesday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Down 8.45. Walk with Tip. Very cold again. Breakfast. Evelyn Coward in at 9.45. Most lovely bright sunny winter's day. Mite went to Long Water. M & self after by buss. Saw Mrs Kemp Welch running. Got M on the ice. Skated with Mite. After saw Ethel English. Walked home at 12.15. Met Sir Guy Campbell. Lunch by self. Mite went to the Galbraiths. Carriage back & took me to Earls Court Station. Took ticket to Wimbledon Park, ½ an hour to wait. Saw Mrs Peckham & monkey of a daughter. After good skating. Curling & hockey etc. Met Richards. Left & caught 4.39 home (going 17 after hour & 47.) Got home to tea. Ethel English there & Mr & Mrs Fowler after. Wrote many letters & dined at 8.0pm. Quiet dinner after. (Red ink: Skated at Wimbledon Park & on Long Water in morning.) (Cutting glued in: In Memoriam Charles Jecks.) Wednesday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk. Very cold & foggy. Back. In morning turned very dark did not go out. Wrote letters & made sketch for bathroom window box. Lunch. Came down with a little candle. Had 3 candles on table. After at 3.0 dressed & left at 3.30 with M in the carriage. Put down corner of Serpentine. Walked diagonally across it past island & to top. Many skaters. Walked on to top of Strand. Left watch for ring. After to Turkish bath, hair cut & shave & bought razor. Weight 12.2, 12.1 after. Had soft fingered shampooer. Out at 6.45 & on by buss to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A'aB, R.L, L.B, E.I.M, P.M, B P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Long discussion after. Tenniel got cut of Wales & Goat, self Plumber Joe C. Left at 11.0 with J.T. Very slippery. Home by cab from Isthmian. Wind changed to south at 4.0pm but it got colder than ever before. Home 12.0. Read Westminster & bed after. Thursday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. x. Walk. Turned colder again & hard frost. Breakfast. After skemed cut of Chamberlain as Plumber. At 10.30 photod young man from Nash's. Great difficulty to develope them. No water & hypo. Broke jug & altogether made a mess of it. Mite & Evelyn Coward went skating in the morning. After lunch at 2.20 Mite & self drove to Ranelagh & skated on Barn Elms water. Saw Miss Phillips & Mrs Hastings. Intensely cold. Left at 4.15. Cab fetched us home. M & Miss Gill out. Letter from Mr Wimpey. After got to work & drew out Chamberlain as Plumber. Dined at 8.0pm. Gave up idea of going to Garrick Theatre. Quiet evening & bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: Skated on Barn Elms March 16 1886. Roy hurt his head. Also Sunday January 2, 1887. Robin.)
Friday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk. After got to work & worked all day on drawing of Chamberlain as Plumber. Mite went to skate with Mrs Nemmard(sic) at the Botanical Gardens. Back at 6.0pm. 2/6 for cab. Miss Gill back to tea. Dined at 8.30pm. Had left figure to shade only. Put some wrong x lines in just as M came down for dinner. Very cold still tho' not so bad. Saturday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & usual walk. Still hard frost. After breakfast got to work & finished drawing of Chamberlain as Plumber at 12.15am. Mite went to skate. Dressed & took cab to Long Water & took 12 plates. Very pretty girl skating. Back at 2.0 walking. Had lunch & after rested. Took photo of icicle outside & made up mind to go with M & Mite in carriage at 3.30pm. Put down Serpentine. Skated till 4.50. Walked home past Tuer's tennis court. After tea read & at 6.45 dressed. Left at 7.10 & buss to Princes Gate. Walked on the Serpentine the whole length. Skaters with lanterns & torches. Great sight. Flying crowds of revellers. Walked up to top of Piccadilly when took cab to Union Club & dined with Mr Routh. Mr Hutton only one other. Delightful Chambertin. Good dinner. Hutton defended Miss Piercy & solicitor who acted towards her case there after dinner. Played 2 games of 64 up. Routh & self won both. Left 12.20am. Walked to Garrick. Had lemon squash. Saw the brothers Grossmith. Left at 2.0am & home 2.30. Bed about 2.50am. (Red ink: Met Arthur Hutton, Barrister, & Arthur Newton, Solic'r, Marlborough St.) (Red ink across page: Dined with Henry Routh at the Union Club.) Sunday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Slight head. Went for usual walk. Thermometer 25º outside window. Mite went to church. After fog came on. Rested & after put photos away and did my skates straps & sharpened them. M went out with Poggs & Miss Gill. Evelyn Coward here at 1.0am. Lunch. After rested. Mite went off to the Galbraiths at 3.0. Self left at 3.50 & took hansom to skate at Niagara. Met Mite & Mrs G. Saw Grossmiths, Phil May & wife, Harold Powers & many others. Man with fair beard the Duc d'Orleans. Lockwood skating at Buckingham Palace grounds. Lady Colebrook & daughter of Lord Alfred Paget's. Stayed till 6.50 when had cab home. No one had called except the Langleys & Galbraiths. Quiet dinner. Burgundy. Maud's mimicry. Slept after & bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: Skated at Niagara. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Catherine Chester.) Monday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk. Still freezing. Breakfast. No letters. Mite went off at 10.15 with Evelyn Coward. Self followed at 11.0. Real good skate. Met Bobby Lowe, Miss Rhodes, Colonel Weymss etc. Thaw set in rapidly whilst on the ice. Left at 1.15. Home. M bothered about blue cloak being spoilt. Looked up & dated photos etc. M to go out 3.30. Went with Mite & M as far as Albert Hall. Went to Long Water & skated from 4.0pm to 5.20. Met Searle & daughter. Had very good skate. Walked home across the Round Pond. Mite home. Dressed. Had tea 6.0pm. 7.0 M back. Cried about her mother. Read till dinner & wrote letters. After at 8.0 dined & quiet evening. Good Punch. Lamp smelling. Bed at 12.15am. Frost again at night. (Red ink: Walked 8 times over the frozen Round Pond up to today.)
Tuesday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk. After breakfast dated Birch's model. Wrote letters. Put chains on coats & at 11.15 went with Mite to skate. Took buss & got on ice at 11.40. Ice not so good. Pretty frozen & broken up. Met Miss Taylor, Lowe etc. Mite & Miss McQueens. Left 1.15 & walked home with Schmaltz. Lunch Mite & self. M at 58 A.H.M. Sent Otley to Stores. M back 3.0pm. Left at 3.30pm & went by buss etc to skate again at Long Water. Saw boys skating well, Lowe etc. 2 very pretty little girls, Zoe. Went on to 5.0 when left. Walked home. Tea. After Mr Fowler came & talked. Dressed 7.5pm & went with M in the carriage to dine at the Steinkopffs. Slow dinner. Took Mrs Rawlinson in. Mrs Crackenthorpe opposite never said a word to Mr Rawlinson. M had German friend. Met Baumann. Out at 11.0 & drove home. Hard frost. Rest & bed at 1.0am. Ball next door music up to 2.0am. (Red ink across page: Dined at Edward Steinkopffs, 47 Berkeley Square.) Wednesday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk. Warmer. 35º. Pipe burst. No water in W.C. After breakfast sent Otley to Nash's. Plumbers round. Evelyn Coward here at 10.30. Went to Long Water. Met H.Langley. Thaw. Ice going & sloppy. Skate with 2 Miss McQueens. Mite fell. Shin muscle ached very much. Left 12.45. Goodbye to Lowe. Home 1.0. Wrote diary. M's head & eyes bad. Lunch. After at 3.30 left in the carriage & called at Burnand's to enquire how he was. Put down at Knightsbridge. Bus to Charing X. Row with woman about watch. Got in a temper. Turkish bath at 5.45. Weight 12.3½, 12.1½. Out 7.0 & on to Punch dinner. Burnand away ill. A à B, J.T, self, Reed (next to me) E.I.M, P.M, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Good dinner. Got cut of Jonathan taking Eagle to be gilt to John Bull. Left with Tenniel. Put down Isthmian. Sent Partridge his cheque for 20.000 good wishes & Pomade Hongroise. Home & bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: The great frost broke at last early today. 11 times across Round Pond.) (Red ink across page: Last morning's ourdoor skating on Long Water.) Thursday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. After skemed subject & at 11.30 photod Stace for John Bull & Pot of Paint. Also went round to Nash's shop & photod carpenters & painters shop. M & Mite out to lunch. M at A.H.M, Mite at Miss McQueens'. Rest & at 4.30 got to work. Could not get Langley for Yankee. Dined at 7.0 & after went in the carriage to St James's Theatre & saw Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of being Earnest'. Very good witty & brilliant dialogue. Saw Galbraith & Harry Livesey. Also Harry Newton. Out & home by carriage. Felt a nasty snuffly virulent cold come on in the evening. (Red ink: Went to St James's Theatre.) Friday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. walk. Got to work. Langley round at 10.30. Photod him for Yankee & developed 3 plates. Got platinotype prints. Galbraith called & asked Mite to go to Savoy & after to Haymarket Theatre. Spencer called. M round at Gardens. Worked all day up to 9.0pm when dined. Cold very bad. Mite back at 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Death & Obituary of Edward Pigott.) Saturday February 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. After got to work at 9.30am & finished drawing of John Bull gilding Yankee eagle. Finished 1.45pm. Lunch. M & Mite had gone in carriage to Gaiety Theatre to see 'The Shop Girl'. Went at 3.0 after them. Hobart Farquhar in the box. Out 5.20. Walked to carriage. Sent M & Mite home. Club. Saw Bancroft. Heard of poor Pigott's death. Walked after writing 3 letters to ½ way down Row. Carriage met me. Bought fruit & haddock. Home. Rest & read. Dressed 7.40 & dined quietly. Quiet evening at home & bed at 11.0pm. M knocked twice. (Red ink: Went to matinée of 'The Shop Girl'.) Sunday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. M did not do her duty, no persuasion availed. Walk. After Mite went to church. Put stop to brass plate on door etc. After rigged up camera & printed one dozen or rather took one dozen of photos from Lehmann's Japanese book. Fine morning. 45º. M out with Poggs. Effie Harrison in to lunch. Felt cold on chest come on after lunch. Richard Richardson & Marshall called. Tea. Did not go to Niagara. Dressed at 7.15 & went with M & Mite to dine at the Moultons. Good dinner. Took Mrs Armstrong in. Justin McCarthy. Man with a wig (clever) & wife. Young Cassell there. Miss Thomson. Left 11.30 & home. Mrs Armstrong told me about Mr Eliot living in the Albany 96 years of age. Walked across the ice at Thames in 1814. (illeg) the Queen. (illeg) of Cossacks on Blackheath. Home. Read The Body Snatcher. Bed 12.30am. Cold on chest very bad. (Red ink across page: Dined at the Fletcher Moultons. Met Mr & Mrs Armstrong.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Marion Harding.) Monday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Down 9.15. Usual walk. Greatcoat. Worry letter from F.C.B. Cold on chest bad. Wrote letters etc & sent Otley back with armour etc skates to be ground. Tip washed. Had great day tidying drawers etc etc. Cold dull day all day. Looked in vain for book with article on English Humourists. M & Mite out. Quiet dinner & evening. Cold bad. Roy wrote to come home next Saturday. My cartoon came out in the Daily Chronicle, very good. Tuesday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk after. Printed photos etc etc in morning. Finished photoing Lehmann's Japanese book after lunch. M & Mite out in the carriage. In afternoon sent Otley with book for Lehmann & with message for Ld Rosebery & to get box of sweets. Wrote letters & finished tidying drawers etc. Rest in afternoon. Miss Clarke & Effie Harrison called. Squared prints & dressed & dined 8.10pm. Quiet evening. Bed at 11.45pm. Sent for Bank Book, about £900 in credit. Wednesday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Mite in bed unwell. Usual walk. Breakfast. After wrote letters & printed photos. Sent phos to Mrs King & Maud Rose. Man came to put up window sill in bath room. Knocked a hole in the wall. Lovely bright sunny morning. Sent cheque for £21.19.2 for Parish Taxes. In afternoon went with M in carriage. Put down at top of Park. Very cold. Walked on to Turkish bath. Hair cut. Weigh 12.3 & 12.1. Long talk with fat Frenchman in smoking room. Out at 7.0. Got in buss & got out & in to buss again. P.D. No Burnand. Phil A, R.C.L, P.M, E.I.M, late, H.W.L, A à B, J.T, self & B.P. Suggested both cuts. Very annoyed at having
cut of Hyena changed. Lehmann dictatorial & Milligan emphatic. Left with J.T at 11.0 & home. Cold getting better. Thursday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk & after got to work & skemed subject of Harcourt & Morley hunting. Sent to Stace. Did not use him. Took 9 photos at stable with hand camera from Otley & after developed & enlarged them. Man from Ewarts mending pipe etc. Got to work at 4.30pm & worked to 7.50. After Evelyn Coward, Hobart Farquhar & Jacomb Hood dined with us quietly. 1 bottle of Champagne, 1 Burgundy. Settled to go to Carmencita on Saty. Hood left at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Evelyn Coward, Farquhar & Jacomb Hood dined with us.) Mar 1895 Friday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk. Back & after breakfast got to work on drawing of Harcourt & Morley hunting. Worked hard all day & finished at 9.30pm. Dined. Cheque sent from Daily Chronicle arrived last night. Men doing the cats' shelter outside. Snowy dark day. They finished at 6.0pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Chapman.) Saturday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Tired. Walk. After in morning put things straight etc. At 11.30am, 12.0, went for ride on Cob. Very cold. Met Col Rich. Ride & talk. Back. Lunch. Roy home from Eton. After had cab to Gaiety Theatre & saw Shop Girl 2nd time. Very good. Out & to Garrick. Tea. Saw Bertie Hare. Walked to ½ way down Piccadilly. Sausages. Buss home. Dressed. Jacomb Hood dined & M & Roy on in carriage to Palace Theatre. Saw Carmencita. Langleys there also. Very cold. Sandwiches & bed. Roy very good & well. (Red ink across page: Roy back from Eton. Went to see The Shop Girl. Jacomb Hood dined & we went to Palace Theatre to see Carmencita.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ismail Pasha. Death of John Blackie.) Sunday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Roy in bath. Walk. Very cold. Frost. Sausages & German ditto after. Put things straight. Printed photos etc etc. Cleared hut. M out. Photod 2 little girls at 1.0pm. Lunch. After cigar & rest. Went at 3.30pm to Niagara. Met Mrs Russell & also Powers, Montague Guest etc & many I knew. Robson Rooses. Good hard skate. Left at 7.0 & back by Met Rly. Home 7.25. Read. Roy dressed & put on my smoke jacket. Good dinner. Pine. 3 games backgammon & bed 11.30. Very cold. Nightmare. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Geoffrey Hornby. Death of John Maxwell.) Monday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Roy in bath. Walk. Very cold. Snow on the ground. Roy back to Eton at 9.30am. Wrote letters. Thermometer broken in drawing room. Very much annoyed. Pottered all day putting things straight etc. M out in carriage. Heard of Mr Chapman's death. Quiet dinner M, Mite & self. Pineapple. Read Genl Marbot's memoirs. Bed at 11.45. (Red ink: Roy went back to Eton from his Exeat.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of William Bennett. Death of James Anderson. Will of James Anderson proved. Times Friday Apl 19.) (Red ink: Death of James Anderson, Tragedian. Mr Anderson was attacked by footpads some time
before the above in going from the Garrick to the Bedford Hotel & seriously hurt. Written Sunday 11 Oct 1903 on reading his Life.) Tuesday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. Breakfast. After put photos away etc. 1st day of Hackney Horse Show. Mite had the carriage at 12.0 noon & called at Gardens hoping to get Con to photograph. After Miss Wallace & Bill Weigall called. Miss Gill to lunch. Began the article for Mr Fowler & wrote a lot up to 8.15pm when dressed & dined. Quiet evening. Wednesday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. Breakfast. After printed photos etc. At 12.0 Con came round. Man from Elliot & Fry here at 11.0 & took many photos of me at work. Upset room & did not finish till 1.15. After lunch photod Con & Mite for Mite's drawing up to 3.0pm. Did not develope them. After dressed & left in buss at 4.30pm & went to Turkish Bath. 12.4, 12.2½. Met B(?) McLean. Out at 7.0pm & bus on to P.D. F.C.B back. J.T, A à B, R.L, P.A, E.I.M late, P.M, B.P, H.W.L. Arthur idiotic chaff about my hunter & Harcourt. Very angry with him. Left with J.T after suggesting both cuts. Home. Alice sitting up with cap off waiting to go to fetch Mite who was at dance at Mrs Cameron Corbetts. Went to bed 12.30am. Mite home 1.45. Thursday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Usual walk. M in bed. Skemed cut of Cricketers. Otley at 11.0 put on flannels & photod him for Stoddart & Giffen, Lion & Kangaroo. After developed 6 photos & also 5 of those taken yesterday. Hardly any water. Plumber at work. Got plates & put them to dry. Rest after & got to work at 4.0. Drew out cut. M read Genl Marbot's memoirs. Quiet dinner at home, M, Mite & self, & bed after. (Cutting glued in: Death of John Livesey.) Friday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. After got to work on drawing of Stoddart & Giffen cricketers. Worked all day & finished at 9.0pm when dined. Lobster. Quiet dinner & bed after. Gillyflower in to lunch again. Came in & shewed me M's cape. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Mary Corbould. Death of Isabella Wyvill.) Saturday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Usual walk. Breakfast. After went round to Pembroke Gardens to look at a sale. A sell. Nothing worth having. Burst pipe at door. Home. A beastly morning, rain & muggily cold. Could not ride. Put all photos away. Felt tired & slack. Eat wonderful lunch. Curry. In afternoon rested in bedroom & looked over all Pall Mall Budgets etc. Dinner at 6.45 & went after to Lyric Theatre. M, Mite in carriage, self by buss. Saw 'His Excellency' for 2 nd time. Lady McKenzie in box opposite. Barrington forgot his words. Home by carriage. In morning room. Letter from Vaus etc. Mite hard at work on her drawing. (Red ink: M, Mite & self went to see 'His Excellency' at the Lyric Theatre in the evening.) Sunday March 10
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk at 9.0 took Pogs. Back & breakfast. At 10.45 rode Cob to Camera Club. Fine delightful morning threatened showers. At 12.0 photod Miss Rose about 30 photos. After out & lunched at 2.45 on cold beef & stilton chese. Met Dr Burney Yeo. At 4.0 on to Niagara. Good skate. Met Mr Beddington, Miss & Mrs Russell, Miss Roose, Lady Morel Mackenzie etc etc. Talk to Campbell Praed & left 6.50. Back home by 7.30. Col Welby & also the Cohens had called. Quiet dinner. Bottle of Lanson. Very tired. Lamp smoked. Bed 11.50pm. (Red ink: Last piece of huge icycle melted.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Alfred German Reed. Death of Sophia Orlebar.) Monday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50am. 1st ride before breakfast since (blank). Met McNamara & after Pepys C who had the influenza. Parsons etc. Back 9.30. After printed blue photos, did a lot. Otley round & cleared out cupboard in roof & took things down. Decided to ride after lunch. Rode mare at 3.0 till 5.30. Saw the Oxford & Cambridge boats practising. Went thro' Richmond Park & across Wimbledon home. Nearly rode over a man at foot of Putney Bridge. Saw 4 of the Cambridge crew walking, one with hooked nose, another in specs. Changed things at 6.0 & down & wrote letters & diary. Quiet dinner, M, Mite & self. Bottle of Champagne (yesterday) Bed after reading Genl Marbot's memoirs. (Red ink: 1st spring ride in Park after frost.) Tuesday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Very cold. Had only one vest on. Saw Pepys C. Home. Felt like influenza. Shocked to see poor Taff Reed's death in Times. Sunny morning. Printed many blue photos. Lunch. Mr Fowler called in afternoon. Delighted with Maud's drawings. Long jaw to me after. Quiet dinner. After at 8.30 M, Mite & self went up in carriage to Savoy Theatre & saw 'The Chieftain'. Very dull. Saw Adams. Home by four wheel cab. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink: M, Mite & self went to the Savoy Theatre & saw 'The Chieftain'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Elizabeth Trynham.) Wednesday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode mare in the Park at 8.30am. Met Coward. Saw the Duke of York riding. Walked home with Pepys C. After breakfast wrote letters etc. Man cleaning hut. Lunch. Sent pattern shirts off. Galbraith childen in to tea. Left at 4.45. Buss to Lincoln & Bennetts. Ordered hat. On to Turkish bath. Weight 12.4½, 12.2½. Familiar fat Frenchman with shampooer. Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, A à B, P.M, B.P. Guthrie & Millikin ill. Sugested cartoon of Speaker's Chair. May related experiance with Carmencita last Sunday evening. Left with J.T 11.0 & home. Cats outside. Sent cheque in morning for £567.1.0 to Henderson. Bed at 12.45. Frost at night. Thursday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. x. Rode mare in Park. Foggy & cold. Saw Beadle & wife. Back & looked out dolphins. After changed & at 11.25 took cab to Brompton Cemetery & attended poor Taff Reed's funeral. Saw Henry Reed & his son. Out & called Gay's arranged for lesson on tricycle on Monday with B.P. Buss home. Bright sun. At 1.0 skemed subject of Spencer & Britannia on Dolphin. At 2.0 photod Otley & M. Developed & put to print at 5.0. M out in carriage. Worked on
Lord Spencer & Britannia. Got it in outline after. At 8.0 quiet dinner, M, Mite & self. Snooze in chair & bed 11.30pm. Friday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode in Park on Cob. Saw Ames, looked gigantic, 6ft 9ins. Met Alfred Parsons. Back & got to work on drawing of Lord Spencer & Britannia on a Dolphin. Worked hard all day. Finished at 9.45pm when M & self dined quietly. Mite went to dine at the Steincopffs & had dance after. Enjoyed herself immensely. M went to bed. Sat up & let Mite in at 1.0am. Bed after. M never woke. Saturday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with Tip. After breakfast at 10.45 rode Cob. Called on Galbraith. After met them in the Park. Good ride. Saw also Lockwood & Finlay, Alexander. Wyndham left £58000. Home. Changed. Lunch. At 2.0 the carriage. Walked as far as L & City Bank to Avenue Theatre. Saw Yohé in Dandy Dick Whittington. Langleys there. Out 5.20. Had Turkish bath. 12.4 ½, 12.2 after. Home by buss. Dined quietly. Rather a headache. Sleepy after dinner. Bed at 11.30pm. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Corney Grain. The Times Monday 18th. Obituary Corney Grain.) (Red ink: Died 5.30pm in peace. Born Oct 26 1844. School in England '54 - 58, Germany '58 - 60, Paris '60 - 62. Called to Bar '66. Practised till 16 May 1870. Joined German Reeds.) Sunday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. x. Down. No walk. Breakfast at 8.45. Mite to church. Got on mare at 9.30am. Walked up Campden Hill. Lovely day morning. Meet at Parsons'. Frank Mellor, Henschel, Shakespeare, Sargent, Jacomb Hood, Herkomer & self. Eight. All went pounding down Hammermith Road. Hard ride thro' Richmond Park & Wimbledon Common. Had drink at the Robin Hood Gate. Hood & Shakespeare left & went along road. Caught them up after at stables 12.15. Home. Spencer & Hilda at gate. Bath. Dressed. At 1.40 went in cab, M, Mite & self to Moultons & lunched. Met Justin McCarthy, Mrs Oswald Crawfurd, Sir James Robinson & member of Parliament. Good lunch. Up in drawing room. Met Cassell & nephew. Talk. Out. Cab to Niagara. Skated from 5.30pm to 7.0pm. Met many I knew. Lady Lepel Griffen, Miss Maple etc. Shocked to hear of poor Corney Grain's death. Met Campbell P. Back by 7.15 underground. Home dinner, Campbell P, Pepys Cockerell & Hamilton Langley. Good dinner. All stayed till 12.10am. Very tired. (Red ink across page: Lunched at the Fletcher Moultons. Campbell Praed & Cockerell & Langley dined. Great gallop in Richmond Park & Niagara after.) Monday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Tired & stiff. Rode Cob at 8.30. Met George Holland & Doctor. Brisk ride. Back 9.20. After put all photos away etc. Photod Maud & little girls at 12.30 am & Marie Buhler. Lunch. At 2.15 went by buss to Gay's & had lesson on bicycle. Got on better than Partridge. Thro' cemetery. Saw poor Taff's grave, all levelled over. Home 4.0 by buss. At 4.30 Mr Brooke Smith called. Bore & undecided young man. Tea. After at 5.30pm developed 9 plates taken in the morning. M back 6.0. Rested. Wrote diary. At 7.30 dressed, & dined quietly M, Mite & self at 8.0pm (Cuttings glued in: Death of Pricilla German Reed. Born Jany 2, 1818. Death of Sarah Dalby.)
Tuesday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & rode Cob in the Park. Met Beadle etc. After home. Looked up drawings to send to Academy. Fox's man called at 1.15pm. Also sent prints. Lunch. After looked over St Pauls. Wrote letters. Heard of Mrs Geman Reed's death. After at 6.15 dressed & left to walk towards London. Met Luke Fildes. On in carriage & dined with the Galbraiths at the Berkeley. Fair dinner. After to Prince of Wales's to see Gentleman Jack. Arthur Roberts as hansom cabman. Poor. Went to the Garrick & back. Home by 4 wheeler. Damp evening. Rode with Sir William Dalby & Doctor in the morning. (Red ink: Dined with the Galbraiths at the Berkeley. Went to see Gentleman Joe at Prince of Wales's Theatre.) Wednesday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode Cob in the Park. Good sharp ride. Rode with D'Arcy & daughter etc. Home 9.25. Breakfast. After began drawing of Sir George Lewis. Worked till 1.0pm. Lunch at 2.20. Went & had 2 nd bicycle lesson. Got on all right. Back by buss. Changed. Packed Mite's drawing up. Tea. On by cab to Turkish bath. 12.3, 12.2. Out 7.10 & on to P.D. Phil A, E.I.M (late) Phil M, E.T.R, A.G, B.P, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B. (The rest of this page is obliterated by the cutting glued in: Funeral of Corney Grain.) Thursday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Collry wobbles. Rode Cob. Damp morning. Met Beadles & Lockett. Back 9.30. Death of the Duchess of Leinster. After skemed subject for Duke of Cambridge as Drum Major & Herbert Gladstone. Photo came at 11.0. Wrote letters. Also skemed cartoon for Weighing Machines. At 2.0 photod Otley & Stace & self in bearskin shako. Developed & rested. After at 4.30pm got on with fancy portrait of George Lewis. Dined at 8.30pm. M, Mite & self & quiet evening afterwards. Bed 11.30. (Red ink: Death of the Duchess of Leinster.) Friday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode Cob in the Park. Lovely morning. Met Dalby etc, Pepys Cockerell walking. Back & got on & finished Fancy P of George Lewis by 11.0 when after began cartoon of Duke of Cambridge as Drum Major. Worked till 8.45. Decided to finish in the morning. Mite went to dine at the Roger Wallace's & then on to see Gentleman Joe for 2nd time. M took Mite's drawings to Mr White & saw him & Miss Dixon. After dinner snooze & bed at 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Death and Obituary of John Bell.) Saturday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30am down to work at 6.45. Worked till 9.15 on drawing of Duke of Cambridge as Drum Major. After at 9.45 in again & finished at 11.30am. Rode on Cob at 11.50. Long rambling talk with Heathorn on Burnand etc. Saw Mrs Turquand & Peter Reed. Back to lunch 1.30. After changed & went to have 3rd bicycle lesson at 2.50. Met Bernard Partridge. Pretty girls from carriage with man like Captain Uniacke. Back 4.0. After read book & developed 16 plates Miss Rose. After dressed at 6.0. Dined 6.30 at home & went by 4 wheel cab to Lyceum. Had large box to left. Saw King Arthur, M. Mite & self. Bram Stoker very attentive & got us cab to private door. Home at 11.40. Gale & wet.
Gave cabby 4/s. Bed at once. (Red ink: M, Mite & self went to Lyceum Theatre for King Arthur. Big box.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Jeanneret.) Sunday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. x. Walk with Tip. Great gale of wind. Breakfast. Decided not to ride. After put up hour glass, cupboard & thermometer in yard & developed 1 doz of Roy taken January 24. Miss Lockyer here with Mite. Pasted obituary slips in diary. Lunch 1.45. Tip ill & very thin. Rested after lunch. Headache from being in hut. At 3.30 dressed & left by 4.10pm for Niagara. Met Campbell Praed. Introduced to Mr Bagg. Saw D'Arcy etc. Not so many there & slower. Mrs McTear. After back 6.40 & home. Tip sick. Dressed. Wrote 3 letters & after at 7.45 left in carriage with Cob & drove to Heilbuts. Good dinner. Dagonet '74. After left at 11.0. Drove home by cab. Slept in chair till 1.0am. (Plan of table seating) Mrs Gilgood, Mr Lucy, Mrs C.Mathews junr, Marcus Stone, M, Mr Gilgood(sic) Mrs Stone, J.de la Rue, Lady Seton, Sam Heilbut, Mrs C.Mathews, L.S, Mrs A.De la Rue, G. Alexander, Mrs (blank), Mr Dresden, Mrs Alexander, W.Mathews, Mrs H, Sir B.Seton. (Red ink: Dined at Sam Heilbut's.) Monday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. In Park at 8.35 on mare. Met Dr Dash & had sharp canter 3 times up & down. After saw De la Rue. Out. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Trees blown down in Park from yesterday's gale. Evelyn Coward in & asked Mite to go to Brighton on Thursday. At 12.45 photod Otley & Stace & self for cartoon for Mr Brooke Smith. Lunch. Miss Ritchie called. After developed prints or rather negatives. Out of hut at 3.0. Rested 3.30. M, Mite out in carriage. Sent organ man away. Read Marbot. Felt tired & seedy. Dated & put away photos. At 6.0 got to work on cartoon for Brooke Smith. Worked up to 7.45. Dressed & at 8.15 George Nicol dined with us & stayed after dinner until 12.0am. (Red ink: George Nicol dined with us.) Tuesday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. At 8.30 on mare & rode in the Row. Met Alfred Parsons. Out at 9.20 & home. Breakfast. Cockerell sent a bottle of oil. After printed off negatives taken yesterday. Sun at 11.0 & got on with drawing for Brooke Smith. Lunch. At 2.15 left & on to buss. Walked round by Lleweny House. Looked very shabby & wanted painting. On to Gays 2.50. Met B.P. Roy's cycle not ready. Had boss of wheel stripped in screw. Rode on lady's cycle. Did not get on so well. Rain came on. Home 5.50. After read & worked. Mr Fowler called, Miss Ritchie etc. Worked up to 7.50. Dressed & Mrs Galbraith dined with us. Left at 11.15. Bed 12.0. Sleepy. (Red ink: Mrs Galbraith dined with us.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Leonard Jerome. Death of Hermione Crinnery.) Wednesday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Pouring wet morning & dull. Nevertheless rode mare 8.30. Called on Mrs Galbraith & on & called Peals. The only man in the Row except one groom. Home 9.15 changed everything. Breakfast, after wrote letters for 2 hours. Academy labels etc etc & sent them off. Got to work 12.15pm till 1.45. Mite at lunch. M at her mother's. M back at 3.30pm. Dull dark & wet. Dressed & left by buss for Turkish bath at 4.0pm. Got to bath 4.45. Conjuror in buss, Devine. Weight 12.5, 12.2½. Hair cut. Good bath. Out. Called & paid 5/s for
photos of Guardsmen at Gregory's, 51 Strand. After Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, E.T.R, R.L, A à B. E.I.M (late) Phil May, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Told Arthur to go to a barnyard not as a Cock but as a Hen. After left with Tenniel at 11.0 & home by 12.0 Mite out & just home from the Leech's. Thursday March 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Mare 8.25. Called for Mrs Galbraith & rode 5 times up & down. Saw Galbraith in cab. From Scotland. Back at 9.45. Breakfast. After expected Brown. Wrote letters. Skemed subject of Emperor William & Bismarck & at 12.0 photod Otley & Stace. Developed them & put to dry at lunch. Put out to print & at 3.25 went for fifth lesson on cycle. Got on Roy's machine. Better. Back 3.45. Mite & M left, Mite for Brighton at 4.0pm. Rested till 5.0 & got to work from 5.0 to 8.30 on drawing of Bismarck & Emperor William. Dined quietly M & self. M to bed.10.30, self 12.0am. (Red ink: Rode with Mrs Galbraith. Mite went to Brighton with Cowards.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Pemberton.) Friday March 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. x. Out at 8.15 on mare. Wet. Called at 40 Queen's Gate & on to Park. No one I knew. Twice round & home. Letter from Tuer with cheque. Letter from Mite. After got to work all day on drawing of Emperor of Germany & Prince Bismarck. (Presenting sword). Miss Wheat came to lunch & went out with M in carriage in aftrnoon. M back at 6.0. Worked till 9.0pm when knocked off & dined. Half bottle of Burgundy. Snooze & bed early after. M read 2 nd Vol of General Marbot's Life after. (Cutting glued in: Death of Viscount Clifden.) (Red ink: Viscount Clifden lived at Dumpton Park 1888-9, 1889-90 etc. Was a crank & objected to vaccination. Only 25 or 26 when at Dumpton.) Saturday March 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0. Work 7.15 till 9.0 on drawing of Germany & Prince Bismarck & after breakfast till 11.45. Tidied up, did not ride. Wet cold showers. Rested after lunch. Did not go to Oxford & Cambridge Boat race. M out in carriage till 6.0pm from 3.30. Tenniel show at F.A.Socy. Rested in chair in day nursery. Cold. Slept 1 hr. After at 5.15 worked till 8.0 on cartoon for Mr Brooke Smith. Dined, ½ bottle of Burgundy. Smoke & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Oxford won by 2¼ lengths. Sir John Tenniel's private View at Fine Art Socy. Roy confirmed at Eton by Bishop of Oxford.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Admiral Lord Alcester. Death of General Sir G.Chesney.) Sunday March 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Colder. Out for walk with Tip. M in bed. Breakfast. After wrote many letters. Sent an order on the Bank to pay ground rent to Davis when due. Wrote letters till luncheon time. Dressed & at 12.40 went out & got hansom cab with difficulty. Drove to Sir Bruce Seton's & had good luncheon. Met Dr Lennox Browne & others. Rawlinson of Tattersalls. House crammed with pictures. Signed book & left at 3.45 in carriage. Drove to Niagara & skated. Saw Hungarian lady & Campbell Praed, Armstrongs etc. Out at 6.40 & home. Met Mr Sladen on the stairs. Mr Lacy & Richardsons had called. Quiet dinner with M & bed after. (Red ink: Lunched at Sir Bruce & Lady Seton's.) (Cutting glued in: Critique of 'The battle of Dorking' by Sir George Chesney.)
Apr 1895 Monday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode Cob in the Park. Went well. Back. Breakfast. M in bed. After breakfast dressed & prepared to go to town. Just going out when received impudent letter from Fred Davis. Answered it & left 11.30 in cab taking photo case. Called Camera Club. Put plates in slides. On to Garrick. Wrote Davis again & others. Saw Lawrence Bradbury. Lunch. Cold beef. Saw Evans & Jones & Stone looking older. Out 1.40 & on to C.C. Smoky stove. At 2.30 took 40 photos Miss Green. (Red ink:1st time. Miss G an adept). Modest girl. Out at 4.30. Washed & on to Turkish bath. Weight 12.3, 12.1½. Otley brought bag. Out 7.30 & on to Hotel Metropole. Gordon dinner. Met Lord Duncannon (Ponsonby that was) Tenniel, Albert à Beckett etc. Sat next Charles Keene's brother. Long talk. Eat snake at dinner. Glee singing. Out 11.15. Called for bag at Camera Club & home. Found another impudent letter from Fred Davis. To bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: News of Fritz Jackson's engagement.) Tuesday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. Slept very badly. Woke at 4.0am. Down, wrote letter to Davis & went on Cob for ride. Otley left letter. Met Alfred Parsons. Back. M in bed. After breakfast went on & finished drawing for Mr Brooke Smith. At 1.0 a letter of apology came from Davis. All right. Lunch. Went on to finish drawing after. At 2.45 took buss to have lesson on bicycle. Met Partridge. Got on much better. Left 3.30 & walked with Partridge home. Miss Wallace & mother called. Very pretty girl. After Ethel English. Tea & after went on with drawing. Dined quietly with M at 8.0. Read & bed after at 12.0. (Cutting glued in: Inquest on Alice Smith, formerly Mrs Ebb Smith.) Wednesday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode Cob in the Park. Back 9.30. After packing up & finishing drawing for Mr Brooke Smith got to work on drawing, or rather writing rest of article for The Minster. Finished it between 1.0 & 4.0pm. Dressed & took buss 5.30 for Dover Street. Called Bath Club & saw Turkish bath. Walked on calling at Club at 6.30pm. Looked at portmanteau. Late for Punch dinner. Lawrence B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T & self. A à B & E.I.M late. Very long discussion. 2 cuts to make up. Lasted till 11.0. Headache. Left with Tenniel at 11.15 & home by cab. (Cutting glued in: Mr Justice Hawkins gave judgement in an action "Robb v. Green".) Thursday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode Cob in the Park. Very few people in. Sent Otley for Stace. Skemed drawing of Nile & John Bull. Photod Stace in helmet & sitting on box at 12.45 & developed them. Lunch. Rested. Dried plates. To print at 4.0. No cycle lesson. Got to work at 5.0 & drew in from unwashed prints. Dined 8.30pm. Roy's bills came in £85. Rested after dinner. Bed 12.0. (Cutting glued in: Central Criminal Court. Mr Oscar Wilde examined.) Friday April 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Out in Park on Cob. Met Sterne. Long talk. Back & got to work. Roy home from Eton at 10.0am. Got on with drawing of John Bull & Nile. Worked all day up to 9.0pm. M had made mistake about dinner invite. Sent Roy
for dinner jacket to Wings. Roy went to dine with Stone & after to St James's Theatre. Sat up for him. (Red ink: Roy back from Eton at 10.0am) Saturday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15. At work 7.30 on drawing John Bull & Nile. Breakfast 9.0. Finished at 11.25. Dressed & out on Cob. Cold & raw. Met Galbraith. After Lockwood & Finlay. Saw good looking horse belonging to Wolff. Home 1.30. Rain. Spencer there. After left at 2.15 for bicycle lesson. Got on better, much. Saw Orton. Partridge there. Home by buss. Rested in chair. Corrected proofs of article. After at 7.15 dressed. Left Roy & Mite at dinner. M & self went in 4 wheel cab to dine at the Cameron Corbetts. Met the Galbraiths. Took a Mrs Westlake in. Oh! my. Advanced. Dull slow stupid bad dinner. Old colonial holding forth. Left at 11.15 & home by 4 wheeler. Unlaced M's dress. Roy had been to the Lyric Theatre, back 11.40. Read W.G & to bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Dined at the Cameron Corbetts. Very bad dull dinner. Mite came home from Brighton at 7.0pm.) Sunday April 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.40am. Bath & out for walk. Called for Tip. After breakfast Mite went to church. Very wet. Sorted photos etc. Wrote diary. Sent Roy for Mite at church. After looked over papers & cut extracts etc up to lunch time. Wrote 3 or 4 letters. At 2.15 dressed & went at 2.50, Mrs Galbraith, Roy, M, Mite & self, to see Pictures. Went to Stones, Thorneycroft, Fildes, Hunter, Leighton, Prinsep & Forbes. Back home to tea. Rider Haggards called. Talked till 5.45 when went in carriage to Niagara. Got there 6.0pm. Saw Mrs Hare, Mrs Wagge etc, Sternes, Campbell P. Words with Director. Out 6.50 & home. Dressed. Quiet evening all together & bed 12.0 after snooze. Curious dream of lunch in a lodging house Mecklenburgh Square. (Red ink: Picture Sunday. Went round with Roy, M, Mrs Galbraith & Mite. Niagara after.) Monday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bath. Out 8.25. Called for Mrs Galbraith. Rode till 9.35. Beautiful morning. Back. Breakfast. Roy went for his cycle. Skemed subject of Punch & Spring. Developed 10 plates at 11.30 of Miss Rose. Gave M cheque. Afterwards got on with Punch & Spring in afternoon. Drew figure out before dinner. Worked to 8.30pm when dined, M, Mite, Roy & self. Quiet evening & bed early. Tuesday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode in Park. Met Holland etc. Cap blew off in Row. Back. Breakfast & after got to work on Spring & Punch. All day at it. Roy at Club. Mite dined at Edwin Herapath's. Fanny & Alice called. M took Mite to call on Critchett for her eyes at 5.0pm. Worked till 9.0pm. Boy never came. M, Roy & self dined. Roy went to fetch Maud & just missed her, both coming home in cab separately. Bed at 12.0 after rest. Wednesday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15am. Down & went on to finish drawing of Spring & Punch. On after breakfast until 11.15 when finished. Dressed & rode Cob in the Row. Met the Galbraiths & after had long talk with Stone who was walking. Saw
H.A.Jones & Alexander. After home. Lunch. Read & rested & at 3.30 dressed. Called with Roy at the L & County Bank. Gave instructions to Mr Lemon to sell £700 of Buenos Aires & Rosario Railway Co shares. Debentures. After out at 4.10. Walked up with Roy to Dover St & had Turkish bath as Mr Williamson Milnes' guest. Good bath & swim. Played Roy 50 up won by 13 self. Out 6.50. Saw Roy catch his buss & then went on to Punch dinner by buss. William Agnew, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur a B, R.L, & E.I.M (late). Long discussion. Got cut of Japan & China. Tenniel the Speaker. Lika Joko dead. Left with Tenniel at 11.10 & home in his cab. Lehmann found out Herodotus spelt wrongly. (Red ink: Had Turkish bath. The Bath Club.) Thursday April 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Went with Roy to practise cycle up top of Phillimore Gardens. Came off at pillar box. Back. Breakfast. After put all photos away & sent Otley at 10.45am to London Bridge Station. Rode for 2½ hours in Park. Called Stace. Saw Mrs Tate & Miss Tate & after Heathorne & Stone. Soldiers out. Most lovely April day. Back lunch at 1.15. M & Mite preparing to go to Ramsgate. Otley could not get pass for S.E.Rly. After lunch gave M funds etc. They left by 4 wheeler at 2.45pm. Roy & self went to Gays. Rode 6 times round the track. Tired. Back by buss. Tea. After dressed & at 5.45 went by Met'n Rly to Portland Rd & called Strassen & Sons, bicycle makers. After Roy & self had very good dinner at Paganis Restaurant & went to see The Shop Girl for 3 rd time. Very good. Out 11.20 & to Garrick. Had supper. Carr & Gillie F there. Left 12.10 & home by carriage. (Red ink: M & Mite went to Ramsgate. Roy & self went to see Gaiety Girl or rather The Shop Girl at Gaiety.) Friday April 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with Tip. Roy went to Club. Skemed subject of Jap & China at Counter. Wrote diary. At 11.0 got ready & at 11.30 photod Stace & boy for China & Japan. Developed plates (also photo of Flag.) Roy back at 1.0. Lunch. Rested till 3.0pm & at 3.20pm rode mare & Cob up along Euston road & thro' Lloyd Square & Holloway to Highgate. Went to cemetery & at last found out the 2 graves. There fifteen past 5. Left 5.30 & home past Hampstead & Fitzjohn's Avenue. Back 6.30pm. Lovely afternoon & delightful ride. Had tea & hot X buns. Changed plates & dressed at 7.30pm. Roy & self dined together. After played 2 games of backgammon. Won two out of three. Bed at 11.30pm. (Sketch plan of cemetery entrance and path to Catacombs.) (Red ink: Rode to Highgate in afternoon. Plan of graves at Highgate. Sharp turn to left after entrance.) Saturday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Roy & self rode in Park 8.15am. Met gent in Government office & saw De la Rue. Back 9.30. Bother with sweep. No fire & all rooms upset. Breakfast. After up in bath room. Packed & printed photos & put all things straight. After down in drawing room & attempted to put photos away. Roy went to Strassen & Son. Lunch 1.30 & left 2.45 in 4 wheeler for Victoria. Carriage reserved. Frenchman & two others in it. Arrived Ramsgate 6.0pm. M, Mite & Dora met us. Most bitterly cold east wind. Just time to dress. Had most uncomfortable dinner. Bottle of Claret. After played Roy at billiards. Beaten. Went round to see M & Mite. Back & another 100 up at Billiards. Bed 11.30pm.(Cutting glued in: Death of John Matherson.)
Sunday April 14 The Granville, Ramsgate. Up at 9.0am. Out. Bright sun but very cold. Went round to see M & Mite at 9 Wellington Crescent. Back & had breakfast. Pretty little girl. A Miss Mure. Walk with Roy. Met John Penn. After round to see M again. At 11.30 walked along sands to Dumpton Gap & back. Then on to West Cliff along new road. Saw Weigalls & F.C.B, Mrs Sismé etc. back. Lunch. Made Hock cup. After rested in room & round to M's to tea. Walk to end of pier. Dressed & met M & Mite. Dined at Table d'Hote, M, Mite, Roy & self. Back & ½ of Hock. Concert after. Talk to the Dewars & John Penn. M left 9.45, walked home with her. Bitterly cold east wind. Back. Read Monte Christo. Bed 10.45. (Red ink: Bright sun but very cold wind.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Willis. T, 24 April.) Monday April 15 The Granville, Ramsgate. Up at 8.0am. Roy & self had beastly cold sea bath. Oh! Out & on to see M. Nasty cold east wind & dull. Back & had breakfast. Up in room after. Nothing to do out & failed with cycle. Walked at 11.30 down to station & caught 12.0 train to Broadstairs. Walked on to Kingsgate. Threatened rain. There 1.15. Met Luke & Mrs Fildes. Steam roller at the door. A German doctor & Gordon Thompson there. Good lunch. Mr Maclean came in. After mooched round & at 4.30 went to the Convent. Mr Brookes nice man & very civil. Young Abernethy there. A high tea at 5.45. Mr B kindly sent me home in wagonette. Very cold. Borrowed Mr Fildes' coat. Back to Wellington Cres't 6.25. After to Granville. Dressed & dined. Music. Brown of Colorado opposite. John Penn & party. Played Roy one game of 100. Had to pay 1/6 for it. Row with Marker. After went & sat with M. Back & went to bed at 10.40pm. J.W.Brookes Esquire. (Red ink: Bitterly cold wind. Went to Kingsgate to see Fildes.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Robert Barnes.) Tuesday April 16 The Granville, Ramsgate. Up 8.30. Bath in room. Down & went to see M. Back & breakfast. People going. Talk to unknown. Wrote diary. Also wrote many letters. Roy back. After M, Roy & self strolled to catch 12.0 train. Saw Miss Goodenough & Pepys Cockerell's daughter. Roy & self to Margate. Went on extension. Saw Hitchings. Out & up to Cliftonville after calling at Post Office. Lunch at Cliftonville. Very good. Out. Called at Kimbers Hotel & round by Albion House School. Walked along cliff. Cut name at Gap, R.S. To Fildes' at 3.40pm. Toller there. After Marcus Stone & wife. Had tea & left at 5.15. Walked to Ramsgate from Joss's gap. Great change in cliffs, many falls etc. Just got round cliff at Broadstairs. Got to Ramsgate 7.40. Called M & back to dress. Dined. Claret. Music. After played Roy for 1 hr. Beat him. Made 27 break. Just made 150. To M's 9.15. Row with flyman, surly brute. Out & Roy & self walked. Race game. Roy lost 3/6 & M 2/6. Took whiskey which made my head ache. Left M, Mite, Dora at 11.15. Roy & self walked to East Ciff. On to hotel 11.30 & bed. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Margate.) Wednesday April 17 The Granville, Ramsgate. Up 8.0am. Blinds up & down. Called M. Breakfast. After packed. Lovely morning. Out with M on sands. Saw Mr Mure & daughters. Sat in chair. Had headache. Niggers. La diddy la de didder. Singing children. Walked on
to West Cliff. Saw Mrs Hammond & nieces. Went in to their house & on to order fly at Woodwards. Back. Finished packing. Lunch. After to M's again. Bill at Granville with lunch £10.0.0. Dear. M & Mite & self sat out. Met Phillip B. Walked down to train. Only just caught it. Roy & self had carriage to selves. Victoria at 6.20. Last view of Mures. Cab home. Had been raining. Dressed & took cab to Café Royal. Had very bad dinner. Roy no appetite. Walked to Garrick Club & on to Tivoli. There 9.15. Roy felt ill & went out. Sick. Cab home at 10.20, Roy up to bed. Sent Alice to stables & read. Snooze & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Came up from Ramsgate. Dined at Café Royal. Bad dinner. Roy ill in evening at the Tivoli.) Thursday April 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Left Roy in bed. Dull morning. Rode 8.30 to 9.30. Met Stanhope. Heard Claude W had married badly. Back. Roy better. House being cleaned. Lunched at home. Got on with drawing of Japan & China. Letters & wires from Milliken & F.C.B. Dined quietly at home. Played Roy backgammon afterwards. Bed early. Drawing of Spring in 'Punch' too much reduced. Friday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out in Park on Cob. Met shop girl wrong side. Also saw battalions of Guards in Dress Parade. After met Guscotte. Home & worked hard all day on drawing of Japan & China. M & Mite back at 12.30 to lunch from Ramsgate. Roy at Club to lunch. Nearly finished drawing by dinner, 8.45pm. Wrote letter to Vaus & Co & Brightstone etc. Quiet dinner at home. Beat Roy backgammon after. (Red ink: M & Mite back at 12.30pm from Ramsgate.) Saturday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Breakfast & after finished drawing of China & Japan. Sent it off 9.45am. After photod Maud & Roy for Maud's work. Midge round looking seedy. Developed the plates & went for a ride in Park. Met Heathorne, Finlay etc & saw Betty, Miss de Mure. Band playing. Out at 1.15 & home to lunch. All afternoon put things & photos away. Quiet dinner at home. Went nowhere. Backgammon after. Beat Roy 3 out of 5 games. (Red ink: Lovely bright morning.) Sunday April 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Dull morning. Mite to church. At 10.10 rode mare, Roy Cob, up Roehampton Lane. Lovely ride round Richmond Common or rather Wimbledon. Home 12.50. Looked Reed's house. To let. Changed. Lunch. Up in Maud's room & rested. Out at 4.30 (train 4.37.) Went to skate. Not so many there. 1st day of new skates. Saw Campbell Praed & Sterne. Pretty girls. Miss Tate etc. Out 6.45. Home. Only Bret Harte had called & young Harold Paxton. Dressed & dined. Guessing acrostics & backgammon. At 10.15 Mr Galbraith called & stayed 1¼ hrs. Bed after at 1.0. Had snooze. (Red ink: Lovely ride in morning. Skate at Niagara in afternoon.) Monday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.55. x. Out on Cob. Strassen fetched Roy's cycle at 8.30. Out in Park. Rode with Mocatta. Spoke to Patrol about galloping Jewess. Wertheimer. Back 9.30. Wrote letters all morning. Lunch. Read book on China etc. M to Stores at 3.30. Roy at Club. After tea designed drawing for Tuer's horse book. Decided to do mice. Worked until 7.45 when went up to dress. Stone &
Hobart Farquhar dined with us. So so dinner. They stayed till 12.10am. M tired. Bed 12.30. Slight cold came on. Took quinine. (Red ink: Hobart Farquhar & William Stone dined with us.) Tuesday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.55. On Cob 8.30. Posted letter to Tuer. Met Ristori & Wax. After Sterne & De la Rue. Back 9.30am. Breakfast. Cleaned Roy's coat. After wrote letters & diary. M out in carriage at 11.30. Wrote letters after got to work & did Tuer's drawing of Mice & Horn Book. Finished it. Dined at 7.0pm & after M, Mite, Roy & self went in four wheeler to Adelphi Theatre & saw 'The Girl I left behind me'. Very poor play on American cavalry & Indians. Left at 10.45 & home by four wheeler. Supper & bed. Saw Christopher Sykes in stalls. (Red ink: Slight cold in head. Went to Adelphi Theatre in evening.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Taylor Whitehead.) Wednesday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk. Lovely morning. After breakfast put checked suit on & went up to 132 Sloane Street to be photographed. Curious little French operators. Took about 8 negatives. Cob round & rode to the park. Long talk with Stone, Finlay etc. Back home & changed. Took cab up & lunched with Spencer & saw Peters at the St George's Club. Met Schmaltz, a Mr Ackers (Times correspondent) Scotch painter, Sir J Heron Maxwell. Curious incident of Haddon Chambers. Said he did not know Wirgman. Good champagne. Out at 4.0 & took cab to skate at Niagara. M, Mite, Roy & self there. Good skate till 6.30. Mite & Roy home Self on to Blackfriars. Punch dinner. William Agnew, L.B, E.I.M (late) D.M, B.P, Phil M, H.W.L, E.T.R, F.C.B, self, Arthur à B, R.L. Tenniel at Sir Henry Thompson's to meet H.R.H. Very long talk about Oscar Wilde with D.M after. Left 11.45 & cab home. (Red ink: Lunch at St George's Club. Photograph taken. Galbraiths called & settled about Paris. Skated at Niagara.) Thursday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Could not possibly ride owing to very heavy wet. Walk in great coat. Back & wrote letters. Could not photo. After skemed subject & sent for Otley. Did not turn up till nearly one. Had put glass down in yard, Roy helping me. Took photo for German Emperor painting. Fogged two. Late for lunch. M & Mite out after to leave drawing at Mr Fowler's. Got prints quite late at 6.0 & worked till 8.15pm when dined, M, Mite & self. Game of backgammon after. Beat Roy. Bed 11.30pm. Friday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk. Still dull & wet. Did not ride. Put prints out. Got to work on drawing of German Emperor painting his own portrait. At 11.0 M & Mite went with the Galbraiths to Sandown. Roy at Club. Worked on. M back at 6.0pm. M, Mite & Roy dined 7.0pm & M & Roy went to see An Ideal Husband at the Criterion. Mite went to a ball at the Town Hall, Kensington. Dined by self at 9.15 not having quite fiished my drawing. M & Roy back 11.30pm. Alice went for Mite. Not home till 3.0am. (Red ink: M & Mite went to Sandown.) Saturday April 27
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk. Breakfast. After by 11.0 finished drawing of German Emperor painting his portrait. Sent it off with careful measurement on blank sheet. Dressed & Roy & self took train to Blackfriars. Heavy thundershower. Cab to Holborn Viaduct. Called on the Humber people. Saw cycles. After walked & had lunch at the Holborn Restaurant. After called Garrick Club, then on to Private View of the Grosvenor Gallery. Maud up in carriage 3.45. Mite Roy & self went. Saw Goodalls, Finlays etc. Also Fritz & his fiancée. Roy bored. Out at 5.40 & got in carriage with Cob in Savile Row. Wet. Dropped Roy & self in Gardens near Memorial. Walked home. Bought lobster, haddock, pine, asparagrass etc. Read Wilde case. Snooze heavily before dinner. Dressed. Dined. Mite to bed early. Played Roy 4 games of backgammon. Won every one. (Red ink: Private View of the Grosvenor.) Sunday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Slept heavily. Out for walk. Dull morning. M in bed. Breakfast. Spencer called. Did not ride. Looked over papers etc. Wrote letters & diary. Lunch. M & Mite & Roy & self. After finished letters & rested an hour. Then dressed. Molesworth, Norman Lockyer, Charley Burnand, wife, etc called. Went by 3.37 to Niagara. Skated till 6.45. Saw Tates, Terraro etc. Very pretty girl, Miss Bostock. Out & home. Dressed. Mite & self went in carriage to dine at the Tates. M could not go. Difficulty about my wrap. 18 at dinner. Took Mrs (blank) in. Husband like Mervyn. Pretty woman next to me. (Plan of table seating) Mrs Tate's dinner. Mrs Tate, George Alex'r, Mite, L.Stern, American actress, Frank Dicksee, Mrs Anderson Critchett, Mr (blank, like Mervyn - Walker?) Mrs Hy.A.J, Mr Tate, Mrs Alexander, Anderson Critchett, Miss Dash, Mr Pretty, Mrs Walker, L.S, Mrs Pretty, Hy.A.Jones. Left at 11.30 after talk with Mrs Hy A.Jones. Monday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk after breakfast. Dressed in check suit & went for ride on Cob at 10.0 to Sloane St. Had photo taken 2 nd time. Silly little Frenchman. Met Lockwood. Back in Park. Accident at Rotten Row to groom. Met Mrs Heilbut & rode round with her. Back home 12.45. Changed. Lunch & at 2.0 walked to Barkers. Selected Roy's flannels. Saw to great coat. Buss on to R.A.Varnishing Day. Met many. Greatly delighted with Millais' picture. Seymour Lucas & pupils. Tea at Mrs Calderons. After back till 6.50. Long talk to North. Home by buss. Dressed & dined. Left by 9.40 & called Pavilion. Could not get in. Walked to the Tivoli. Got in & stood. Uncomfortable seat after. Met Galbraith & Livesey. Out 11.30 & on to Garrick. Bored by Wicks dreadfully. Had 6 plovers eggs after. Left 12.25 & Roy & self home by cab. Snooze on sofa until 2.0am. Bed. Tuesday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out. Called stable. Usual walk. Did not ride. M out in carriage at 10.0am. Roy on cycle. In morning wrote letters etc. After lunch rested & decided to have Turkish bath. Left at 3.0 & called Barkers to have coat fitted on. Roy after me on cycle. Out & called Bank. Met Hy Woods. On by buss to Lincoln & Bennetts & Wings. Then to Jermyn St baths. 1 st time since 1882. Good bath. Weight 12.5, 12.3. Hair cut. Out 6.50 & home by buss. Bought lobster. Dined. Very good mock turtle soup. Mite late. After Mite left by cab at 9.0 to go to dance at the Harleys. Played Roy 3 games of backgammon. Beat him 2. Snooze
after. Bed 11.30. (Red ink: Turkish bath at the Hamman.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Margaret Bramwell Davis.) May 1895 Wednesday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode Cob in Park. Met Wax. Good ride. Home at 9.30. Breakfast. M in bed. After got to work & wrote article for Fowler up to lunch time. Rest after & on again to 6.25 when dressed & went by Met Rly to Blackfriars & to Punch dinner. W.A, E.I.M, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, Hy W.L, F.C.B, J.T, self. Arthur à B & R.L there. Fair dinner. Subject of Chamberlain for J.T. Self Duke of Cambridge. Left at 11.15 with Tenniel & put down at 31 Gt Cumberland Place. Big at home at Mocatta's. Saw many. Dunlop, Miss Chapman, etc etc. Away with Maud at 12.45 & home. Very cold at night. Almost a frost. Thursday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Ride in Park. Saw Percy Holland. Also Lockett Agnew. Rode straight through to 51 Strand. There 9.0 to 9.15. Back home 9.45. Breakfast. After skemed subject of Lord Wolseley & Duke of Cambridge. At 11.45 photod Stace for Duke in cocked hat. Developed them. M out. At 1.15 Galbraith & Mr Blair called. Settled to go to Paris on Saturday. They going on Friday. After printed photos & began to draw in afternoon after a rest. Invite for Fritz's wedding. Quiet dinner, M, Mite, self & Roy. Roy very subdued. Bottle of Champagne ½ Ayala. Roy left for Eton at 10.0pm. M & Mite went to Ball at the Rhodes'. M came back at 11.30 very fresh & talkative. Bed after. Mite back by Mrs Huish & carriage. (Red ink: Roy went back to Eton at 10.0pm. Saw a Jack in the Green at Stafford Terrace.) Friday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk. After got on all day with drawing for Duke of Cambridge & Lord Wolseley. Worked till 3.0pm when at 3.45 went in carriage with Mite to Private View of Academy. M did not go. Saw many. Mite much admired. Conrad Cooke, McWhirter with crushed hat, Mrs Gordon etc etc. Out at 6.15 & home by carriage. At 7.0 got to work & finished drawing by 9.30. Mistake about dinner. M & Mite down 8.15. Uncomfortable meal. Had ½ bottle Ayala, did not agree with me after. M & Mite packing. Bed 11.30. Sent Otley to Stores in the morning. (Red ink: Private View of Royal Academy.) Saturday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am & packed things by 8.30. Breakfast. Off by 4 wheeler for Paris at 10.0am Victoria. Had not drawn enough for tickets. Pleasant passage. Deck cabin over to Calais. Nearly 2 hours passage. Carriage reserved & on to Paris without incident. Bad food at Amiens. Got to Paris 8.0pm. Met by Herlau. Buss to Metropole. 1st person I saw was Mr Blair. Up in room, 17 & 14 francs. Changed & down. Dined in Café for 17 francs. After sat in corrridor & to bed at 11.0 without seeing anyone. M tired. (Red ink: Left at 10.0am & arrived in Paris at 8.0pm. Staying in the Hotel Continental. No Academy banquet this year owing to Leighton's illness or 1896 next. Not quite certain. 30 Apl '98.) Sunday May 5
Hotel Continental, Paris. Woke in morning uncomfortable bed. Dull cold wretched day. Dressed after breakfast in bedroom in checked coat. Down. Mite went out with Galbraiths, M & self walked up to the Grand Hotel & had a talk with the du Mauriers. Blair had brought buttonholes. Back to Hotel & changed. Threatened rain. Met Sir Charles Hall in the courtyard. Introduced him to M. After Mr Blair, Mrs G, Mite & self had dejeuner at Le Doyen. 26 francs very good. Out after & took fiacre on to the Bois. Met Livesey & Galbraith. Settled to walk back with Livesey. Did so. Got very hot. Back Hotel 6.45. Dressed & down to dinner late. Table d'hote 21 Fr, then 3. Girl sick at dinner. All sat in courtyard corridor & went to bed at 11.30. Galbraith stood coffee. Had 2 of Carter's little Liver pills. All went to the Salon all afternoon. Met Livesey & Galbraith there. Weary work & bad pictures. Out 4.30pm. (Red ink: Lunch at Le Doyen 26Fr 90.) (Red ink across page: Very cold. Went to Salon & the Bois in the afternoon.) Monday May 6 Hotel Continental, Paris. Up at 8.0am. Lovely morning. Bright sun. Down & in morning M, Mite & Mrs Galbraith out. M went to the Louvre. Blair & self walked to call on Churchward. After we parted & I walked to Binda's & after changed things & met at the Le Doyen. M, Mite self & Blair lunched there. After M, Mite & Mr B sat hours in the Champs Elysée. I went to the Beaux Arts. Walked there & back. Better show than the other. Saw M sitting on same chairs & all back to Hotel. Dressed & again dined at the table d'hote. Livesey leaving for England. After M went with Mr Blair to the play. Galbraith, Mite, Mrs G & self to Cirque d'Eté. Empty house. Poor performance. Went into stables. Could not smoke. Out & back. Could not find fly. Sat in courtyard. Spencer came in. Saw Gilbert Smith & young Millar in Hotel. M saw the Palmers after. (Red ink: Lunch at Le Doyen 27Fr 90. Curious painter in the Beaux Arts. Louis Weldon Hawkins.) Tuesday May 7 Hotel Continental, Paris. Up at 8.0. M & Mite did not sleep well & Mite had a cold come on. Down 10.0 & all met together & went by boat to St Cloud. Met American on boat who had settled at St Cloud. Lovely day. Walked on to terrace & all had dejeuner in the Devil's Arbour. Looking glasses. Had sole & entrecot a la Bordelaise etc. Good lunch. 49 Fr. Galbraith, M, Mite & Mrs G drove on to Versailles. Blair & I went by train on the top. To Versailles. A fair on. Went into waxworks & on to the Palais. Cost £40,000,000. Joined by the others & went thro' picture galleries etc. Out & had oranges. Ladies tired. On to station & back to Paris. Dressed & all dined together at Le Doyen. Good dinner 70Fr. Girl with wonderful blue hat. Out & into concert of Ambassadeurs. Galbraith paid 20 Fr for drinks. After men hissed a singer. Poor performance. Out at 11.15 & strolled home. Sat in courtyard. Had whiskey etc. Spencer came round. (Red ink: Leurant Compey. Aine compiegne.) Wednesday May 8 Hotel Continental, Paris. Up 8.0am. Had water from chemist. Down & some time waited. M, Mite & Mrs G accompanied by McGregor went to Bon Marché. I went after to the Louvre & saw Venus of Milo & many pictures. Out at 12.15 & strolled on to Le Doyen. Met Blair & Galbraith. Ladies not there. Had cocktail. After Blair, M & Mite & self lunched. Large party carousing at end & very neat little French lady at side of us. Good lunch 40Fr. After out & drove straight to the Luxembourg.
Saw sculptures & pictures. Met Pollen. Out & into gardens. Very full. Punch & Judy show etc. After Blair left & M, Mite & self walked home. Mite bought Ivanhoe. Dressed & all went to dine with Galbraith at the Ambassadeurs. Bad smell & cold. Altogether not so good as Le Doyen. Coat 25Fr per head. Same concert performance. Galbraith, Mite, Mrs G & Blair went to the Opera. M & self stayed to end & then strolled back. Joined by others. Had drinks. M left her vail on chair. Went down for it after. Met Spencer & Nelson. Packed & bed 1.30pm. (Red ink: Snuffly summer cold came on.) Thursday May 9 Hotel Continental, Paris. Up at 7.0am. Finished packing. Breakfast. Bill 240Fr. Down & got cheque changed. M bought a mantle. Saw Spencer etc. Off by buss at 11.0. Goodbye. At station Herlau familiar. Back to Calais. Dusty journey. Did not get out. Lovely passage. Left Calais 4.0, Dover 6.0pm. ¾ hour getting luggage. Home by 9.0pm. Dined quietly & bed after snooze 12.30am. x. Saw tall red haired girl & Curate on boat to Victoria. Bad accommodation on boat. (Red ink: Expenses in Paris: Fares £11.5.0. Drew 10.0.0, Bill 8.0.0 = 29.5.0 In Paris: 5.0.0. = £34.5.0.) Friday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & rode Cob in Park. Lovely morning. Saw Dalby, Holland etc etc. Back 9.30. Breakfast. Evelyn in 10.0am. M out. Wrote diary & waited till 12.30 for letter from F.C.B. F.C.B came in. Settled to do no cut. Looked over Paris bills & thought them cheap. Kept riding things on & after lunch at 3.15 rode mare along to Sheen Gate & thro' Richmond Park. She shied in the Park. Out at Star & Garter & rode to see Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff's house at Twickenham. Mare slightly lame. Turned home thro' Richmond & along Richmond Road to Putney. Met Teddy Winslow. Mare stalled in street. Home at 7.40. Changed & dined quietly at home. Quiet evening & bed after. Saturday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast at 10.0 rode Cob in Park. Met Faudel Phillips. Introduced to Miss Muse(?) Talk to Lockwood. Out at 12 & home. Changed & dressed for Fritz Jackson's wedding. Left home in hansom, M, Mite & self. Saw Con & Kindermann at Westminster. Great crowd. Sophy upset about dog at wedding. Funeral outside. Went over to house. Saw Spottiswoods, Mr Jackson etc etc. Left at 4.30 & back to town. Carriage at Waterloo. Put down at St James's Park. Walked to Turkish bath, Jermyn St. 12.4, 12.3. Out 6.45. Walked to top of Park. Dropped glove. Carriage met me. Dropped Queen's Gate. Bought pine, oranges, asparagrass etc. Home. At 8.0 Mr Blair, Mervyn & Con dined. Drank still Moselle cup. Dreadfully sleepy after dinner & tired. Bed at 11.30. (Red ink: Fritz Jackson married.) Sunday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. At 10 Mr Blair called & we rode from 10.30 to 1.45. Richmond etc. Awfully hot. Mr Blair lunched & stayed afternoon after changing. Mr Stone called from cycling. Evelyn C. Then no one else. At 7.0 dressed & went in cab to awfully bad dinner at the à Becketts. Met Mr & Mrs Inderwicke, a Frenchman, a general & his wife etc. Mr Inderwicke lost his coat.
Left 11.0 & home by cab. Thermometer 75º in room with window open. (Red ink: Dined at Arthur à Beckett's.) Monday 13 May Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. & out in Park on Cob. Met Arthur Russell & Lockwood etc. At 9.35 thrown from Cob. Cob right over on his back. Boot came off & sprained thumb. On again & home 9.50. Breakfast. After photod Evelyn C for Maud at 12.15pm. Very hot. Developed them. Lunch & rested. M out in carriage at 4.0pm. Tea. Wrote diary. Sorted photos etc. Quiet dinner. Rest after. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Cob came down with me at 9.35am. Nearly killed. Most thankful no worse. Sprained thumb. Great heat. 76º in room.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Rebecca Giovannelli.) Tuesday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Bath. Out on mare 8.45. Cooler. Breeze. Met Coward in Park. After Solomon. Introduced to ladies who saw my fall yesterday. Out & home at 10.0. After Mervyn came. Photod him & Mite. Developed. Read papers. Lunch. Rest. Looked over papers. Thumb in bandage. Callers. Very hot & close. Sent Otley to Savoy Theatre for box. After tea got out Andersen & began to do story of Tin Soldier again. To great surprise Miss Rose Innes called. Took Maud off to dinner. M & self dined together & at 8.0 drove in carriage to Savoy Theatre. Saw Hansel & Gretel. Very poor. Back by 4 wheeler. Dropped Miss Rose Innes. (Red ink: Great heat 76º in room all windows open.) Man leaning on railings outside house when we came home. Wednesday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode in Park on mare. Met Percy Holland. Back. Breakfast. After skemed Anderson's Tin Soldier. Had 2 boys round & photod them at 12.30 & also Marie. Developed them & after lunch rested. Dressed at 4.0pm & left by Met Rly to Charing X. Bath at Northumberland Avenue. Few there. 12.5½, 12.4. To Punch dinner. W.A, E.I.M (late) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Discussion. Suggested Bathing cut. Got Bismarck for self. Long talk after to Milliken, Tenniel, Partridge & self, about alterations by F.C.B in 'Punch'. Left with J.T. Boy said "Good old Punch". Home by 12.0. Fanny B had sent the Arabian Supplemented Nights. Bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Cold weather set in, east wind.) Thursday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Out on mare at 8.30. Rode. Met Wax & sister-in-law. Very strong north east wind. Back by 9.30am. Mite down. New work from Fowler. Dull & cold. After skemed subject for Bismarck & German Frau. Sent Otley to Stace. Photod Stace at 12.45 lying down in dressing gown. Developed the plates & put on easel to dry. After rested. Got to work at 4.30 after tea. Miss Rose Innes called. Dinner. M fetched her. Dined 7.30 & at 8.15 drove in 4 wheeler to Lyceum Theatre & saw Irving in 'A Tale of Waterloo' & Don Quixote. Very good in the 1 st piece. Out before over & home in 4 wheeler. Cold. Bed 12.30pm. Also photod Marie for Germany. (Red ink: Dull cold wretched day. Went to Lyceum Theatre. Miss Rose Innes dined & went.) Friday May 17
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No ride. Got to work early on drawing of Bismarck. Dull cold day. Worked all day. M out in carriage. Could not finish by 8.30pm. M & self dined, Mite earlier. Bed quietly after. (Red ink: Dull cold weather. No sun. East wind.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of the Duke of Hamilton. May 18. In memoriam: William Duke of Hamilton.) Saturday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15am & got to work at drawing of Bismarck & Germany. Breakfast & after finished it. Dull cold morning. Did not ride. After tidied up & after lunch looked over papers etc. M out in carriage, Mite at work. After dressed & put all clothes in order in dressing room. Dined at 7.30. Tabs came & dined. Went in cab & carriage to Court Theatre & saw Vanity Fair. Very good. Had high up box. Met Sir Edward Reed in smoking salon. Talk about Tenniel's knighthood. Difficulty to find carriage. M & Mite put Tabs down at Alexandra Hotel. Walked along Sloane St & picked up. Mare lame. Home 11.40. Sandwich & bed. (Red ink: Dull cold wretched day.. Tabs dined & went to Court Theatre after.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Laura Campbell. Times Saty June 22. Disinterred for inquest.) Sunday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast. No walk or ride. After in morning sorted papers etc & wrote 7 or 8 letters. Dull grey wretched day. Cold. At 4.30 went to Sir Alfred Hickman's & played 8 sets of tennis. Won 3, lost 5. A son of Sir H's there. Miss Hickman lame. Back at 7.40. Dressed & had quiet dinner, M, Mite & self. Many had called. Tabs & an American. Young Carlisle. Mr & Mrs Galbraith, young Paxton & Miss Rose Innes. Bed early & had compress of cold water on thumb. Spencer lunched with us. (Red ink: Dull cold grey day. Not a scrap of sun all day. Played 8 sets of lawn tennis at Sir A.Hickman's. Saw lovely girl in Palace Gardens.) Monday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out in Row on mare. Dull grey morning & still cold. Met Pepys Cockerell, Yates Thompson etc. Ride & home after talk. In morning noted things to read. After lunch enlarged photos. Fairly successful. Wrote letters after tea & sent out for Men & Women of the Day. Dressed & at 8.0 Edgar & Sophy dined with us. Sat at dinner till 11.0pm. Long talk. Read paper & bed after at 12.0. Had thumb in cold water. Roy wrote to come home. (Red ink: Dull wretched day. Edgar & Sophy dined wirh us. Stayed late.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Theodosia Wright.) Tuesday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. M in bed. Out on mare 8.25. Met Mocatta. Told me of Horse Guards Dress Parade. Came home by 9.0 & after being in M's room out by 9.55. Met Galbraith & all went to see the Parade. Met Guscotte. Back & twice up & down Row. Home 12.0. M getting up. Sorted papers. Lunch & rest after. M went to lunch with Tabs. Many callers. Tea. Wrote 5 letters & after diary got to work on Andersen. Did the outline of one drawing. At 7.0 dressed & drove with M to dine at Portland Place at the Fagans'. Went in cab & fetched by Cob. Mahogany doors. Fair dinner. Met Malcolm Morris, amusing. M an Italian. Took Mrs Simmonds in. Smoke after. Good drawing room & left 11.0 & home all right. (Red ink: Dined at the Louis Fagans.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Lord John Kennedy. May 21.)
Wednesday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Rode mare in park. Dull morning. Did not speak to a single soul. Back & home. After breakfast got to work on 2 drawings of Andersen & finished one nearly. Lunch. Worked in afternoon. Dressed & went by Metropolitan railway to Blackfriars. Punch dinner. W.A,, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.l, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, E.I.M, late. Suggested subject of Lord Rosebery on horse. Thrown one for myself anyhow. Something wrong with 'Punch'. Left at 10.30 & drove to Collingham Gardens to meet Maud who had dined at the Roger Wallaces. Mrs Tate's at home. Dull & bored with people. Girl recited The American Shop Girl. Mr Stone there not very attentive to Maud. Took Mrs Arthur Jones in & after Miss Chapman. Left at 1.0am. Cab home. (Red ink: Tate's at home. Met Maud. Blues rather. Meet of the 4 In Hand Club. Did not go.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Olivia Lady Sebright.) Thursday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out in Park on mare. Met Mr Smith & Cockerell. Back. Roy home from Eton. Breakfast. M in bed. Roy went off to Oval after. In morning finished 2 drawings for Andersen & after skemed subject of Britannia & young Afgan. Wrote Burnand. Rested after lunch. Roy never came back until 7.0pm when photod him at that hour. Came out perfectly well. Left him to have dinner by himself & M, Mite & self went off in the carriage to dine at Mr Cohen's in Devonshire Place. Better dinner than expected. Took in a Miss Egerton. Very nice. Met many admirers. Left 11.0 & home by carriage. Met Mr Milner Killick, Chief Clerk, Vote Office, House of Commons. (Red ink: Dined at Nathaniel Cohen's. Blues.) Friday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Neither rode nor went out for a walk. 1 st thing photod Alice in helmet etc. At 10.0am developed & also Roy taken last night. After got on with drawing of Britannia & young Afgan Khan. M at her mother's, went in Midge's carriage & the man let his horse fall down. Back to lunch. Very tired & livery. Rested after. Miss Muir Mackenzie called. Worked till 7.0pm when drove in carriage with Cob to dine at Fred'k Macmillan's. Good dinner but took a silly woman in, Mrs Scoones. Left at 11.0 & home. Talk of Monte Carlo. (Plan of seating) Fk Macmillan dinner. Mrs Macm', Sir G.H.Boughton A.K.A, a lady, Mr Hallé, Mrs Scoones, Linley Samb, Mrs Norman, Fk Macm', Mrs Boughton, Mr Scoones, Miss Genevieve Ward, Mr Richmond, Mrs L.S, Mr Norman. (Red ink: Dined at Frederick Macmillan's. Took 5 little L.P. Drank Claret.) Saturday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Down & did ¼ hrs work & then breakfast. Weather dull at first. News of Dr Russell & Irving being knighted. After worked till 12.30am when finished. M went in carriage to the Stores. Mite at work. Tidied up & lunch. Did not go out. Up in M's room. M & Mite drove to the Steincopffs at home. Mite back 6.15. Dined at 7.0 to go to 1st night of Fedora. Trooping of the colours. Mite went to dine at Bailey's Hotel with the Galbraiths & after to see A Lady's Idol. Left in cab at 7.50 & drove to Haymarket. Queen's Birthday. Iluminations & bells. Saw H.R.H go out of Marlborough House. On to theatre, Vacant stalls next. Sat next Peruginis. Saw the De la Rues etc. Miss Violet Hunt perched up. Saw Mrs Pat & play Fedora. So so. Out & to Garrick. Arthur Stirling. Saw Sir E.Lawson etc, Wolff.
Wicks in. Had been assaulted by squirting water. Left 1.0 & home. (Red ink: Took 4 little L.P. Irving, Besant, Lewis, Morris & Conway & others knighted.) (Cutting glued in: Birthday Honours. Saty May 25.) Sunday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Breakfast after. At 11.0 rode mare to Battersea Park. Walked. Hot & close. Back 1.0 & after lunch put skates on boots & went at 3.30 to Niagara. Not so full. Saw Terraro, Miss May Carlisle etc. Felt cold. Out 6.20 & home by 7.0. Dressed & after had a home dinner. Very good. All went well. Had new waiter, Sayer. All left 11.15. Read & to bed. (Plan of table seating) Home dinner. Linley S, Mrs Galbraith, Arthur Russell, Mrs S, Mr Galbraith, Aunt Tabs, Mr Stone, Mrs Russell. Mite in morning room. (Red ink: Took 3 little L.P.) Monday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 after sleep. Out 8.30am on mare. Hot morning. Rode with Wax & Bolding. Out & back by 9.35. Breakfast, after read. Spencer called. Dressed & went with M to 22 Victoria Road. Called Chesterton. Met Mrs Bosanquet & Miss Cotton. Very hot. Nothing worth having. Out. Put M in buss. Called Barkers, Chesterton etc etc. Lunch 1.30 with Mite. M back 2.0pm. Rested. A Mr Hector Maclean, 34 Bindhurst road, Croydon, called. Read & slept till tea time. M & Mite playing. After dressed & walked towards the Levy's Bayswater Rd. Met Percy McQuoid. M & Mite in carriage. Big dinner. Took a Mrs Samuels in. Mite had Mr Gore, or Gower. Left 11.0 & walked to Palace Gardens. Carriage back & home all right. Good dinner. (Red ink across page: M, Mite & self dined at the Levys, the Henry Levys.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Colonel George Hossack.) Tuesday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am. Out & in Park. Met Sophy & had ride with her. Breakfast. Letter from Chesterton about Bell's statuette. Went to Victoria Road. Decided to buy it. £3.5.0. Very cheap. Sent Otley in cart for it. Back & in afternoon worked. Spencer & Nelson up in room after caught me at work. Dressed at 7.0 & went in hansom to dine at William Agnew's 11 Gt Stanhope St. Staff & wives all there except Bernard Partridge. Miss Bradbury & a singer. Had 4 tables of six each. At mine F.C.B, Mrs Phil A, Sir J.T, Mrs D.M, self, Lucy. Fair dinner. Bad salad. '74 Perrier Jouet. Singing after. Left 11.15 & home by cab. (Red ink across page: William Agnew's dinner to Punch staff & wives.) Wednesday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am. Rode mare in Park. Met Wax & De la Rue. Back & in morning did drawing for Andersen. Lunch. In afternoon decided to go to Bath Club. Did so & had 1st bath. Weight 12.8, 12.5½. Met Robson Roose. Had good bath. Lord Rosebery won the Derby with Sir Visto. Out. Called at Lincoln & Bennetts & on to Garrick Club. Ordered lunch. Cab to Bouverie St. Punch dinner. F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, Phil May, Milliken, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Wire from Arthur detained. Phil May won the sweep. Got cut of Irving & Garrick. Tenniel Sharpening Axe of Closure. Left after writing letters to Mervyn & May. With Sir J.T, home from Isthmian at 12.0. Bed quietly. (Red ink: Derby Day. Disappointed not to go. Lord Rosebery's Sir Visto won.) (Red ink across page: 1st Turkish bath at Bath Club.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Locker Lampson.)
Thursday 30 May Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out in Park on mare. Met Sophy & rode with her. Frightfully hot. Called Albert Hall. Saw Mervyn who is to come at 3.30. Home. Sent Otley for costumes to May's. Skemed subject of Irving & Garrick. Put table etc out in yard & got ready. Mervyn came round at 3.30. Photod him after photoing self. Mite helped. Developed them. Got 2 prints of self. Rested but did no work before dinner in afternoon. Miss Muir Mackenzie dined with us quietly alone. Frightfuly hot. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Frederick Locker-Lampson. Wedy May 29.) Friday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride. In morning printed photos & after got seriously to work all day on Irving & Garrick. Orton came to see Mite. M at her mother's. M went to dine with Sylvinia Rose Innes & went to Royal Institution. Worked till 9.0 when dined by self. Mite went to bed. Worked from 10.0 to 12.0pm on Irving. Put in legs & coat. Bed quietly. (Red ink: M went to Royal Instittion. Mite seedy with a rash cannot go tomorrow to Hurlingham.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Frederick Locker-Lampson wrongly reported. Letter on temperatures over 85º in the shade during May. May 31.) Jun 1895 Saturday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Down & 1 hrs work before breakfast. After went on to finish drawing of Irving & Garrick. Worked hard all morning up to 1.30 when finished. Lunch after. Tired. Rested. Had ordered cart. Looked like rain. Went out & countermanded cart to carriage. Had hair cut at Belshaw's. At 5.15 left in carriage for the Agricultural Hall. Drove to Holborn. Took cab & dined with Colonel & Mrs Tillotson. Met Marquis & Lady Ailesbury & Lady Ernestine Bruce. Colonel Snagge etc. Very good tournament. Old costumes. Saw Hickman after. Drove in cab to Garrick. Got wire from Tree. After drove home. There by 10.55. Read & to bed 11.45pm. x. (Red ink: Dined at Agriculural Hall with Col & Mrs Tillotson.) Sunday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Dressed in blue suit. Breakfast. Left at 10.20 in dog cart for Victoria. Met F.C.B. Sir Henry Hawkins in next carriage. Met Fred Terry & wife. Down to Dover. Talk to F.C.B about Punch. On board. Mer Sir Rivers Wilson & a Mrs Smith. Lady Randolph Churchill on board. Over in hour & ¼. Lunch at buffet. F.C.B lost his ticket. Curious German & fat wife. Good lunch. Back directly on board. Rest. Read Mary Queen o' Scots. Left 3.45. Saw Hamilton. Pretty girl rather stout in buckle shoes & little dog. Photos. 'Marie avez vous mon billet'. Back in carriage by self. Cab & at Stafford Terrace at 7.30 exactly. Miss Rose Innes, Galbraiths, Miss Holland, Cap'n Marks etc had called. Quiet dinner with M & Mite. Galbraiths in after dinner. Wrote 5 or 6 letters. (Red ink: Delightful run to Calais & back. Met F.C.B, Sir Rivers Wilson & others. See last run Sunday Sep 18 1892.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Right Hon Sir James Bacon.) Monday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out on mare 8.30. Met Edgar & afterwards rode with Sophy. Hot. Galloping groom. Could not find patrol. Back 9.45. Breakfast. M preparing for Mary Nicol. Pottered in morning & put things right. Lunch & worked
hard all afternoon & wrote article 3rd part for Mr Fowler. Worked till dinner when dined M, Mite, Mary Nicol & self. Quiet evening. Globe instead of Westminster. Snooze & bed after at 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Will of James Bacon proved. Will of William Lade.) Tuesday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Did not ride. Finished proofs & sent off to Fowler with books. Dressed in new brown suit. Walked up Argyle Rd. Changed mind & back. Put new hat on. By carriage to G.W.R. Met Mr & Mrs De la Rue & family & Miss Preston. Very nice woman. Down to Windsor. Awfully hot. Met Roy at station. Missed party. All on launch. Very hot on river. Chaff with man on lock. Cheeky brute. Launch broke down. Good lunch from Stores. Went to Datchet & back. Saw Procession of Boats & Goldie with very pretty daughter. Accident on the opposite bank. Woman in the water & boy hurt. Back & left Eton at 9.0. Gave Roy cheque for £2.2.0. Home by bad 4 wheeler from Paddington. M supper as usual. Bed after reading paper. Letter from Lord Rosebery in morning. (Red ink across page: Went to Eton with the De la Rues & on launch all day.) Wednesday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. & in Park on mare. Met De la Rue. Good ride. Back & after changed. Rested. Looked out things for Fowler. At 12 went up to Garrick Club calling at Butts to order flowers. On to Club by buss. Called Camera Club. Saw to lunch. At 2.0 Mr & Mrs Beerbohm Tree, Mr & Mrs Galbraith, M, Miss Mary Nicol, Mite, Col Hensman & Bret Harte lunched with me. Lunch cost £6.4.6. Very good. Story of George Thomson. Shewed Galbraith & Hensman over Club. Left at 5.0pm. Went on to Camera Club & had bath. 12.7½, 12.5. Bath attendant told me about Roy’s watch. Out at 6.50. Cab on to Punch dinner. Phil A, Phil May, B.P, Lucy, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & Milliken, late very. Difficult subject for J.T. The Turk & Powers. Self got G.O.M on board ship. Wrote Lincoln & B. Home with Tenniel. Agnew wrote to praise drawing of Irving. In morning met Edgar & Sophy riding. Left them because Edgar did not want to trot his new horse. (Red ink: See Wedy May 14 1890 & Wedy June 21 1891 for previous lunch at Garrick.) (Red ink across page: Lunch at the Garrick to 10 people.) Thursday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out in Park on mare. Good ride. Skemed subject & at 12.30 photod Otley in deck chair. Developed. Paxton in to lunch & bored M the whole afternoon. Photod him but slept & rested after. Paxton left at 5.0. After traced Gladstone in. Sent Mite & Mary Nicol in carriage to the opera & dressed at 7.40. Strolled up with M to dine with Pepys Cockerell. Row with runner opposite. Slow dinner & goody goody people. Took in Mrs Stanford. Up in studio after. Long talk with Stanford. Left at 11.0 & home. Mite not back till 3.430am. Ball at Mrs Pickerings. Went to bed at 12.0. (Red ink: Very slow dinner at Pepys Cock's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of James Punch.) Friday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. x. Rode in Park. Met Wax (Reynard). After asked Mills who he was. Out & home at 9.30pm. After breakfast got on all day with drawing of Gladstone on deck of steamer. Worked away & up to dinner time. Mite went
with Miss Rose Innes to Royal Institute. Dined 8.30, M, self & Mary Nicol. Lobster. After sat up & let Mite in at 11.45. Saw Miss Rose Innes. Bed after. Saturday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. After breakfast got to work till 1.30pm & finished Gladstone on deck of ship. Girls at lunch. After left at 2.30 & took cab to Gaiety Theatre. Saw Shop Girl for 4th time. Saw M & went to box. Out. Very hot. Put M, Mary & Mite in carriage at King St. Went to Garrick & after to Bath C. Weight 12.4½ after bath. Paid man 10/s & got Roy's watch out 7.40 & home by buss. Met Col Grant in buss. Home. Girls had been to Hurlingham. Dined & read after. Slept till 1.0am when to bed. Awfully hot 70º in bed room. (Red ink: Went for 4th time to see Shop Girl.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Florence à Beckett.) Sunday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Intensely hot. Mite & Miss Nicol went to church. At 10.20 rode mare along past Winslow's old asylum & round Fulham. Home 12.0. Mite & Mary going to Park. M at her mother's never came home until 11.0pm. Printed phos till lunch time. At 2.0 after wrote in M's room till 7.45. Very hot. Young Leslie Thomson came, Mr McCall, Miss Rose Innes. Dined 8.15. Sat out on door step. Sent corrected proofs to Mr Fowler. Wrote diary. Disappointed no tennis at Hickmans. M never came back to dinner. Uneasy. After dining with Mite & Mary N finished & sent off corrected MS to Mr Fowler & magazine. Wrote model also. Sent Alice to 58 Albert Hall Mansions. M back at 10.45. Read & to bed 12.30. (Red ink: Quiet Sunday. Went nowhere.) Monday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & out on mare at 8.10. Dull & cooler. Met Mocatta. Saw Edgar & after a talk with Campbell Praed. Little girl screamed at pony running away. Out & met M going to Albert Hall Mansions. Back. Breakfast & after changed. Printed phos & wrote 6 letters. At 12.10 took buss to Albert Hall Mansions. Saw Mother. Did not know me hardly. Sat till 12.45 when back home with Mite by buss. Changed & finished printing phos. Mite & Mary N went off to lunch. Lunched by self & rested after. Put things away & after skemed Index. Went up to dress 6.15. M not back to dinner in time. All dined together & went off in 4 wheeler to Garrick Theatre. Saw 'The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith'. So so. Dull play. Olga Nethersole dowdy. Saw Norman Forbes Robertson. Back in 4 wheeler. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink across page: Went to Garrick Theatre. Saw 'Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith'.) Tuesday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out 8.30 & met Pepys C. After rode with Edgar & Sophy. Man bucked off his horse at top of Row. Home. M going off early to her mother. Mite down not well. Printed phos. Paid gas bill etc. After got to work & drew Index drawing. After rest in afternoon. At 6.30pm Miss Rose Innes & Bret Harte dined & Mary Nicol. After M & Miss Rose Innes, Mite & Bret Harte in his brougham drove to Haymarket Theatre. Stone met us. Saw George Nicol & his mother. Had Royal Box & saw Fedora, self 2nd time. After young Leslie Thomson came in box & Tree. After put M in the brougham & Mary Nicol. Mite, Miss Rose Innes & self supped with Stone at his rooms. Left 12.30 & home by four wheeler by 1.15. (Red ink across page: Home dinner to Bret Harte & Miss Rose Innes.
Went to see Fedora at Haymarket & supper at Mr Stone's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of George Rose Innes.) Wednesday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode in park before breakfast. After Mervyn round & photod him & Evelyn Coward for Mite's picture. Also self for Fishing for Index. Developed them. Rested after lunch. Dressed at 4.30 & went up by buss to Bath Club. Met Stanford. Got a girl's bathing dress. Saw Williamson Milne. Out & cab to Punch dinner. Phil Agnew, E.I.M late, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self & Arthur à B. Long discussion about cut. Tenniel got opening of Baltic Canal, self had Harcourt as Squirrel. Left at 10.0 & drove to Bath Club. Mite met me at carriage at 10.20 & we went to the Royal Society's soirée. Saw Lockyer, Farquharson & many others. After drove to Mrs Warre's dance. Very crowded. Saw 'Murder' Snagge etc etc. Left 1.15 & home by cab. (Red ink: Turkish bath, weight 12.5 after.) (Red ink across page: Went to Royal Society's soirée & to Mrs Warre's dance.) . Thursday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Ride 8.30. Saw Edgar & Sophy. Back & breakfast at 10.40. M & self went up in cart to Battersea Park to see the cycling. Girl spilt off her cycle on bridge. Saw Mary Nicol breakfasting. After drove & put M down at Albert Hall. Called Barkers & had trowsers fitted on. Bought sponges after. Back at 1.0. Lunch. F.C.B called at 3.30. Had rested. Long time settling revised cut of Bear & Chinese. At 6.45 dressed & left in cab for Earls Court Exhibition. Dined with Bernard Partridge & Reed & saw the Indian Ex. Very good & delightful evening. Effie Harrison at next table with Weigall. Met Walter Austin, De la Rue 2nd etc. Left 11.0 & walked home with B.P. Good night at bottom of Argyle Rd. Bed quietly after. (Red ink across page: Dined with Bernard Partridge at the Indian Exhibition.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Arthur Sebag-Montefiore.) Friday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride. In morning got to work on Bear & Chinese. Worked quietly all day at it. Mite went to lunch with Miss Nemhard & to the Indian Exhibition. M & self had quiet dinner by ourselves. Paper had not come. Sent Alice for it. Did not work after dinner. Snooze & bed after. Saturday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Worked half an hour before breakfast on drawing of Bear & Chinese. At 9.0 a fire in Stafford Terrace, No 2, end house. Great commotion. After went on to work & finished drawings at 12.30. Dressed & lunched.. Left at 1.45 & called stable. Took cab to Camera C calling at Bath C. At 2.30 photod Miss Cornwallis. Plain woman. Finished 5.30. Put new plates in box & on to Bath Club. Saw Williamson Milne. Bath 12¾ after. Left 7.45 & home by cab. Dressed. First saw Ethel Dale. Mervyn dined with us. Quiet evening & bed after at 12.0 after snooze. Cycle sent home at 9.0am. (Red ink: Fire at end of Terrace at 9.0am. Photod Miss Cornwallis.) Sunday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0.Breakfast. Miss Dale down. After at 10.20 went on new cycle for 1st time. Went well. Not comfortable. Met Judge Stoner. Back. Printed phos from 11.0 to 12.0. Worked on Index from 12.0 to 1.30. Lunch. Rested from 2.15 to 5.40. Slept. Down. Young Arden called. Worked from 6.0 to 7.15, M
reading Pepys' diary. Dressed & left in carriage at 7.30. Left Mite at the Rhodes's to dine. Put down top of Park. Walked to Naval & Military Club. Cab to Garrick. Dined with Dr Orwin. Good dinner. Saw next Dr Ransford. Left at 1.0 & home. Paid bill for the 5th inst. (Plan of table seating) Dr Orwin's dinner at the Garrick. Dr Orwin, Lord Dungarvan, Beard, Major Cook, Paste(?), Mr (blank) like Mervyn, Dr Swan, Orwin's brother, Treadcroft, L.S, Dr Ransford, Earl of Euston. Monday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Beautiful warm morning. Out 8.30. Rode cycle round Terrace & back. Rode mare in Park. Met Cockerell & after Sophy & Edgar, after Reynard. Back 9.30. Mite met me. Miss Dale in room, M doing washing. Hot lovely morning. Man at Aquarium. After resting set to work & finished drawing of Index, Punch fishing on river. M read Pepys' Diary. Began tail piece at 7.0 & drew it. Went up & dressed. Mervyn & Ethel Dale to dinner. They went after to the Indian Exhibition. Miss Dale back at 11.15. Slept till 12.15. Strange dream of Alice in chair. Tuesday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Round to stable. Rode cycle round Essex Villas etc. Got on better. Back & after breakfast dressed for Ascot. Packed up Index drawing. At 10.30 Mite & self left in cart. Lovely morning. Bought gloves at Barkers, on to Waterloo. Saw Ellie Ritchie in Park. Down to Ascot. Went to Box 124 with Reynard. Mite & self got there & found one young man there, young Simpson. Saw Prince drive up in state. Very hot. Saw Percy Holland, Bolding, Woodville, etc. Dull X ladies. Mrs R & Miss Petre. Went to Paddock, could not find Langley. Left after sixth race & home in carriage with Lord Latham & daughter. Drove home from Vauxhall. Home 6.30 exactly. Drew till 8.0. Did tail piece, Punch & Fish. M back 7.30. Had felt seedy. She drove with Adah Spencer. M, Mite & self dined together. Wire from Lucy from Kiel about Gladstone. Mite went to dance at Charley Burnand's. Man fetched cycle from stable at 3.0pm to put handle straight. Colder at night. Wrote diary & letters at 10.0pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of Hay Morant. Obituary of Lord Colin Campbell.) Wednesday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Raining & dull. Back to bed. Ethel D off in cab. Maud dancing in room. After wrote letters. Filled in Income Tax paper for £790 with deduction of insurance. Wrote letters etc. After got to work on Punch drawing Harcourt as Squirrel. Worked on to 6.0pm when took Met Rly to Blackfriars. At Punch dinner L.B, E.I.M late, R.L came at 10.0pm, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self & A à B. George Agnew's at home, I going there. Made up cut for J.T of Gladstone coming home as Sailor. Left after talk of cycle etc with Lehmann & straw hat. At 10.15 home on top of a buss. Rest in chair & bed. M & Mite drove over to Wimbledon in cart. M back at 6.15pm. Ball at Mrs Carlisle's. She was shot at on Friday. Photod self & Stace for Preface at 1.30pm, cricketing cut. (Red ink: Altered the above drawing of Harcourt & Squirrel on Monday Oct 26 1896 for use in Punch. Put Opposition in wheel instead of Gov't Business.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Hodgson.) Thursday June 20
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Tried cycle for one round. Did not get on so well. After rode mare in Park. Met Reynard etc. Back home. In morning finished Squirrel for Punch etc. In afternoon began Preface & got an outline of Grace etc. M back at 7.0 from her mother's. Said she saw great change & cried very much. Dressed & left at 7.50 for Hartree's. Got 10 minutes late for dinner. Good dinner. Sat next Johnson Ferguson MP. Hartree screwed after badly. Talk to Mocatta about cycling. Walked home & had long talk with Arthur Lewis. (Plan of table seating) Charles Hartree's dinner at which he got screwed. Charles Hartree, Johnson Ferguson, L.S, a Major, someone, someone, William Hartree, Elkin Mocatta, someone, Leslie Ward, Arthur Lewis, Sir Trevor Lawrence. M drove over in cart for Mite at 11.0am. (Red ink across page: Spencer & Adah & Mervyn dined at Stafford Terrace.) Friday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride or cycle. Got on with work, Preface. Finished Preface at 5.0pm & sent it off. M all day at Mansions. Ethel Dale left at 3.0pm. After did drawing for tail piece & finished at 8.30pm. Mite & self dined alone. At 10.0 M came home with sad news her mother died at 6.30pm this afternoon. Also news in the paper of division in the House & defeat of Lord Rosebery's Government. Sorrowful evening. M to bed at 11.0pm. First thought of A. (Red ink: Fall of the Rosebery Government by vote of 7 against at 4.30pm.) (Cuttings glued in: Catherine Kempshall charged with attempting to kill Mrs Carlisle by shooting. Death of Mary Ann Herapath.) Saturday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not cycle or ride. Breakfast. News of defeat of the Government. Very hot & close. M went early to Albert Hall Mansions. At 11.0 after putting room straight rode in Park till 1.0. Saw Stone, Finlay, Barclay, etc etc also Lockwood. Long talk. Out & called Gardens. Home lunch. After rested. Sent Otley to Wimbledon on Cob. Went to have Turkish bath at 5.30. Weight 12.6, 12.4½. Saw Milne. Out 7.45. Back by buss. A walker, young woman, in buss. Pretty. Home. Mite & self dined. Long talk in dining room till 11.0pm with Mrs Furrell. M had better night after. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Henry Moore, RA. Born 1831, RA '93, ARA '85. Times Monday June 24 th.) Sunday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Had long ride on cycle. Got on it twice for 1 st time. Came back frightfully hot. Bath & changed. At 10.15 M & self went in cart to Victoria. Went to Dover with F.C.B & Mrs B. F.C.B cross with Cuthbert. Saw John Drew & also the Robbs. Lovely passage. Old Jacobi etc. Saw Sherrif or Sir ? Harris & Lady. At Calais at 2.20. Long wait for lunch. Saw Whitley, Davy etc etc. Left at 4.10pm & back. Long talk to Whitley etc. Heard of poor Vincent Applin's death in February this year. Talk to Davy etc. Back at 5.15. Left 5.45, Victoria 7.45. Home by cab 8.10 pm. Tabs & Conrad there. Bottle of Champagne. Good dinner. M came in after at 10.0. Talk of Ethel Dale. They left at 11.15. Bed after. Intensely hot & close. Thermometer 77º in room. (Red ink across page: Went to Calais. Delightful day. Intensely hot.) Monday June 24
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out on cycle. Saw all the Cowards at window. Very hot. Bath & Condal after. Breakfast. Came over very dull etc. Did not ride. Sent Otley with Mite's drawings to Mr Fowler. Printed cycle photos etc. M off to Mansions. Lunch. Rest after. Lots in Times about resignation of Lord Rosebery's Ministry. Sorted papers etc etc & after in afternoon began drawing for Vol 109. Skemed the cycle etc. M, Mite & self quiet dinner & bed at 11.30 after. Tuesday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in Park before breakfast. Met Shakespeare. Riding with him passed a black horse riderless. Proved to be Campbell Praed's. Fell over backwards with him. Horse got out at Rutland Gate. After rode with Stern. Told D'Arcy about it. Home. Breakfast. After got on with heading for new volume. Put in figures of four girls & Punch. M did not dine at home. Roy came back from Eton at 6.0pm. Went on with his mother to Albert Hall Mansions. Mite, Roy & self dined together & bed quietly after at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Roy came up from Eton for his Grandmother's funeral.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Knowles.) Wednesday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.15am. M at Gardens. Breakfast, Mite, Roy & self, at 6.0am. Carriage at 6.40 & drove to Albert Hall Mans. There 6.50. Coffin in hall. M, Midge & Tabs putting flowers on it. Left 7.0. Edgar & Spencer, Conrad, Mervyn, Langley, Roy & self. To Victoria. There 7.30. Put coffin in van. Thought one of the bearers was Edgar. It was Edgar I found after. Saloon carriage down to Broadstairs. Difficulty of getting coffin in waiting room. Terraro & Fletcher met us at Victoria. Terraro left, not going down. Walked to St Peter's. Met Latham Tomlin with dyed beard. Interment at 12.30 - 45. Left & went to Albion at Broadstairs. Had soda & whiskey. Gave me a headache after. Water & sprinkler on lawn. Caught the 1.30 back to town. Stifling heat in saloon carriage. Back 4.45. Roy & self on to Bath Club. Met Uniacke. Bath 12st 6lb after. Roy went home. To Punch dinner by buss. William Agnew, E.I.M late, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L back from Baltic, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Got cut of Harcourt & Rosebery. Left with Tenniel at 11.10 & home by cab from Isthmium. (Red ink across page: Intensely hot day. Interment of late mother-in-law at St Peters Thanet 12.30 - 45.) Thursday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Very hot. Back with Pepys Cockerell. Met Reynard etc. In morning skemed subject of Rosebery & Harcourt in the shade. At 1.30 photod Stace & Stace self for subject. Developed them & put to dry. After got on & went on to finish heading of Vol 109, Punch cycling. M came in at 7.0pm & said she was the only one of the girls who did not receive her money absolutely. Both she & I dreadfully annoyed & upset. Dined & after wrote to Edgar. Miss Rose Innes gave a dinner, Maud could not go. M, Mite & self dined together. Talk of settlement etc etc. (Red ink: Thermometer outside house 110º in sun. Marion & self much upset about discovery of marriage settlement.) Friday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride or cycle. Got to work after breakfast & finished the drawing of head piece for Vol 109. Spencer called. M went at 3.0 from Gardens to call on Mr Smith about her money. Came back & said it was no
good. At 1.30 finished the heading of girls cycling & began at 3.30 the cartoon of Lord Rosebery & Harcourt in the shade. Worked up to 8.30pm getting on very well & shading Harcourt. Dined. M & self dreadfully annoyed about the trusteeship. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: M had interview with Mr Smith.) Saturday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out or ride cycle. Got to work at 9.20 on drawing of Harcourt & Rosebery in shade. Finished at 1.30. Sent it off. M & Mite had been to Stores. Rested in afternoon till 5.15pm. Tea. Mrs Fraser & Midge in, also Evelyn Coward. At 5.40 rode mare to Wimbledon. Lovely afternoon only silk shirt & coat on. Saw Vounteers on Common etc. Home 8.15. Gave mare to man. Had sent Otley to Vaus & Crampton. Dined 8.30pm. Dividend from Canada & Pacific Rly. Read after Lord Wolesley's book on Marlborough. Bed 12.30am after snooze. Sunday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. At 8.50 ride on cycle. Went down Earl's Court Road. Got on all right except getting on it. Back at 9.30. Breakfast. M & Maud out. All morning wrote & sorted back blue photos. Lunch after. Rested. Wrote invites for dinner on July 22nd. Only Miss Rose Innes called. Fresh southerly wind. At 8.10 Hamilton Langley, Midge & Mrs Fraser dined with us. 2 bottles of Lanson. Left at 11.15pm. Cooler weather. H criticised Midge's drawings. Jul 1895 Monday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out on mare at 8.25. Did not ride cycle. Caught up Pepys Cockerell & after talk to Coward. Walter Long's horse bothered with kicking friend's horse. Coward said Lopes would have brushed his head(?) did not know him now. Back at 9.30. Breakfast. News of William Agnew's Baronetcy & Williamson made a Lord. Wrote letters of congratulation & drew cheques for servants' wages. M out to dressmakers at 10.30am. In afternoon put phos away & drew labels etc. Went out for ride on cycle at 7.30. Did not get on so well, dented gear case. Back 8.50. Dressed. Edgar & Sophy dined with us. Long talk over Estate. Sophy had pint of Champagne. They left at 11.15pm. Bed at 1.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Mr Williamson made a Lord, William Agnew & Mr Blythe Baronets.) Tuesday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. No cycle. Rode mare in Row. Met Pepys C & after Romeo Williams, Agnew & Coward. Back at 9.30. After breakfast sorted photos etc. Mite made out her accts for White & Punch. After M & Mite in carriage. Otley sleepy, M complained. Took shirts out of drawers etc. After lunch looked over papers & squared a lot up. Ethel English called. After Midge & Dora called. Dinner 7.30 to go to R.A soirée. Left at 9.25 & at soirée at 9.45. Saw Leighton who stood for 3 hours. Many friends. Hollands had our tickets. Aird etc etc. Left 12.15. Went to Bath Club. Could get neither bite or sup. Cab to Garrick, had eggs & lemon squash. Unsociable lot. Lords Euston & Dungarvan, Borthwick etc etc. Looked at Daily News article & home by very uncomfortable cab. Bed at 2.0am. Light in Mite's room. Read the Minster. (Red ink: Went to Royal Academy soirée. Bath Club, could get no drink or supper.)
Wednesday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Felt tired. Did not ride or cycle. After breakfast rode at 10.30am. Met Finlay & clergyman. Long yarns. After saw Stone. Heard of Colonel Welby's engagement to Miss Steincopff. Saw Miss S & her mother. Congratulated them. Hair cut & home at 1.15. Lunch. M rather seedy & rested. Wrote letters etc. M out in carriage. Tilda called. Evelyn Coward at tea. Left at 5.15 & took buss to Dover St. Bath at 5.45. Weight 12.6¾ after. Can't understand it. Out & cab to Bouverie St Punch dinner. L.B, E.I.M (late very) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B. Tenniel got cycle cut. Self had Italia & Punch. Talk after of puzzles. Left 11.15 with J.T & home. Bed 12.45am. (Red ink: Stayed in hot room. Brought on a smarting of eyes after which troubled me of & on till (blank) Thursday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Rode mare in Row. Met Hickman & 2 daughters. Also D'Arcy. Heard of poor Campbell Praed's illness. Home 9.45. Sent cycle to Tenniel. Looked out photos. Decided to go to Lords with Mite. Left at 1.20 & drove to Lords in cab. Lunched with Hartree. Rainy & dull. Oxford & Cambridge match. Saw nephews of Hartree & Sir Trevor Lawrence. Small man batting well for Cambridge. Left at 4.45 & home 5.10. Got to work & skemed subject of Punch & Italia for Italian Navy. Worked to 8.30pm when dined, M, Mite & self quietly. (Red ink: Went to Lords for lunch at Hartree's table. Oxford & Cambridge cricket match.) Friday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Did not cycle or ride. Worked hard all day on drawing of Punch & Italia. After at 12.30 Mite went to Lords for 2 nd day. Came back in Mrs Mocatta's carriage. Mite left in afternoon to go to Cohens' at Englefield Green. Worked to 9.0pm when dined with M quietly. Had very large (much too large) lobster for dinner. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Mite went to Lords 2nd day, Oxford & Cambridge. After to Englefield Green.) Saturday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Got to work before breakfast. After at 9.30 also. Finished at 12.15. Lunch & packed bags. Got off at 3.0 for Liverpool St. Took 1 hr to drive nearly, slow 4 wheeler. Went down to Lowestoft. Arrived 7.20. Edgar & Sophy met us. Small room. Flowers in it. Thoughtful. Dined 8.0pm. Drank a whole bottle of Claret. Sorry I did. Stroll on pier after. Looked thro' telescope at moon. Had lemon squash. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Left town for Lowestoft.) Sunday July 7 The Royal Hotel, Lowestoft. Woke 5.50. Out 7.15 & walked along to shore & bathed. Woke up with bilious haedache. Met Edgar & Sophy going to bathe. Made good breakfast. Herrings good. After stroll with M in town. Dull & hot. Headache came on. Wrote 2 letters. Crowds of people, a sort of church parade. Lunch. Out on to sea shore. Headache came on very badly. Went & laid down & slept for 2 hours which sent it away. Tea. Went for walk to Grand Hotel, Edgar, Sophy, M & self. Looked over hotel. Good very. Back in time to dress for dinner at 7.15. Discussion of Port wine. After coffee put greatcoat on & saw the moon rise. Wrote letters, Tabs etc. Man asked to spell a word & if making a long stay. Bed 11.15. M
did not sleep so well complained of indigestion. (Red ink: At Royal Hotel Lowestoft. Very seedy in afternoon.) Monday July 8 Royal Hotel, Lowestoft. Up at 7.30. Out 8.0 & had bathe from machine. Good. Back & wrote Tabs etc. Very good breakfast. After went in town, Sophy on a bike. Talk to Edgar about business. Extraordinary cheap strawberries, 2d pint. Edgar & Sophy left at 1.0. M & self lunch. After went into town. Wired Emma. Back. Bill £3.15.4. Tipped waiter. Walked to station & off by 2.35 train. Arrived Liverpool St 6.0. Home 7.0. Letters from Mr Ainger & Roy. Mr Ainger complaining about Roy leaving Eton with Maud without leave. Mite still at Cohens'. M & self dined quietly at 8.0 by ourselves & bed after. (Red ink: Came up home from Lowestoft. Very close & hot.) Tuesday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out on mare 8.15. Met Mocatta & rode with him. After Coward & Witt QC. Home 9.25. Had to complain of mare's neck to Otley. Wire from Critchett about Maud. M to Mansions again. Very hot weather. Mite back from staying at Cohen's. Printed a good many blue photos etc & squared up a good many prints. Wrote letters etc. Sent will to Mr Smith to be drawn up. Dined quietly, M, Mite & self. Bed 12.0am after reading. Wednesday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. x. Went for ride on cycle. Got frightfully hot. Breakfast & after for ride on mare. Met Sophy. Listened to Band etc etc. Talk to clergyman on chestnut horse. After back. Rested in afternoon & got on with drawing for Williamson Milne. Did not have Turkish bath. Put on flannels & silk shirt & went by Met Rly to Punch dinner. 20 minutes late. Good dinner. Phil Agnew, E.I.M (late) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, & Phil May back from Paris. Good dinner & talk. Tenniel got Old Warder, self John Bull & Greece. Left with Tenniel at 11.15 & home after by omnibus. Lemon squash & bed. Thursday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in park. Met Edgar & Sophy. Rode with Lockett Agnew & Romer. Accident at top, concussion of brain. Home & skemed subject. Photod Marie & Stace for John Bull & Greece. At 12.0 to 1.0 developed & put out to dry. Mervyn to lunch. M at 58 Albert Hall Mansions. In afternoon after rest got to work put in subject & also Greek temple in. Dressed 7.20 & drove in a very poor cab wretchedly weak horse to dine with Edgar & Sophy at 42 Brook St. Good dinner, poor Champagne etc. Talk of the estate. Left 11.15. Beautiful rain came on just as we started. Thought a spoke dropt. Mite had been on the river to Henley with the Schwann's, met a young Ferguson. (Red ink: Dined with Edgar & Sophy at Brook Street.) Friday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No ride, no cycle. In morning got on with drawing of John Bull & Greece. Put in figures etc. M at Albert Hall Mansions almost for last time. After at 1.15 drove with Mite in cart to Lords & saw Eton & Harrow match. Eton made 260 in 1st innings. Difficulty to find table, No 80. Good lunch with Mite. Roy turned up. Introduced him to Hartree Sen'r. Very windy but remained 1 hr after lunch when left in cab & home. Got on with work. Finished figures & nearly
finished outline. Dressed at 7.15 & left in carriage with Mite to dine with Anderson Critchett. Took in a Miss Kennedy. Old Mrs Gabrielli next to me with no one to take her in to dinner. Amusing to talk to. Harleys & Sir John Tenniel there. Very tall lady & husband, Mrs Mathews. Talk to Dr Harley after. Left at 11.15 & home by carriage. Mervyn & Roy & Tilda had dinner. Bed at 12.30 after lemon squash. (Red ink: Went with Mite to Eton & Harrow match. Met Roy.) Saturday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Work at 8.0am. Breakfast. Roy & Maud left in cart at 10.30 for Lords. Worked till 1.0 when finished John Bull & Greece. Dressed hurriedly. Mervyn in to lunch by himself. M & self left in hansom. Put M down to lunch with Mrs Barker. Drove on to Lords, 2nd day's match. Eton in, no wickets down at 1.45pm. Lunch A1. Sir John Tenniel turned up. After sat in break. Tenniel enjoyed it. Roy yelled. Tea. Good again. Young Ferguson & Miss Samuda. Long afternoon. Eton declared innings out at 6.15 for 28. Harrow went in & played till 7.30. Drawn match, only one wicket to get tho'. Left & home in cart. Spencer there. Dined 8.10pm. Had got a grit in my eye which made it exceedingly painful & spoilt the evening. At 9.10 went by mare to Exhibition. Intensely crowded & very uncomfortable. Wandered about & could get no chairs. Bought Indian cigars. The wheel not working. Left at 10.30 & home by cab. M still up. Bathed eye & bed at 12.0. M massaging fingers. (Red ink: Went to Eton & Harrow 2nd day. Interesting match. Got grit in my eye. Very painful. Bad evening at Indian Exhibition.) Sunday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Out with Roy on cycles. Went down Earls Court Road & Cromwell Rd & home by Addington St. After in morning printed photos. Roy & Maud out for walk in Row. Lunch. After rested & read Dumas' Life of Napoleon. Evelyn Coward in. After squared up a lot of back prints etc. At 7.0 went for 2nd spin on cycle. Got on better, Roy out too. Spencer stayed to dinner. Played Roy 3 games of backgammon. Roy won 2. Snooze till 12.15am when to bed. (Red ink: Very quiet day for Roy. Did nothing. Cycled morning & evening.) Monday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Out & on mare 8.15. Rode in Park. Met Percy Holland & also Reynard & Miss Petre. Short ride. Home by 9.0. Roy to go back to Eton by 9.25 to catch 9.55. Left. Gave him 10/s. M in bed. In morning printed reed photos taken more than 11 years ago. Squared up & put away the rest of back prints. Dull morning & not so hot. Mite out in carriage. In afternoon got on & drew figure for Milne's drawing. At 7.15 out on cycle went up Campden Hill & Bedford Gardens. Met Boughton on hill. Could not stop. Did not get on quite so well. Miss Rose Innes to dinner. Stayed till 11.40. Too late. Left for good & to go to Brittany. Read & to bed at 12.15am. Much annoyed the way the Greek cut was reproduced on Punch. Tore leaf out & sent it to Vaus & Crampton & wrote Brightmore. (Red ink: Roy went back to Eton.) Tuesday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out on mare 8.20 & rode in Park. Met Mocatta & after Rhodes & his daughter. Asked to Skibo. Back. Good canter on mare. In morning wrote letters etc. After got on with drawing for Milne. Printed blue
photos of Reed. Mite went to the Indian Exhibition with Miss Lockyer. Sent carriage to fetch her. M & self dined together. Out on cycle 7.15. Practised getting up & down. Dined 8.14. Mite back 11.20. Read Napoleon by Dumas & to bed 12.15am. Wednesday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rode mare 8.35. Met & spoke to Gill. Very hot. Back 9.25. Breakfast. M in bed. Elections going strong for the Unionists. Lunch. In afternoon worked on drawing for Mr Milne & also in morning. Did not do much. At 3.0 left in carriage with M. Called on Bath Club & took 4 photos of bath. On to Lincoln's Inn Fields. Very close & hot. Had inteview with Mr F.Smith. M & self made our wills & also signed paper appointing new trustees. Left 4.30. Called Evered's lamp shop. After put down at Vigo St. On to Turkish bath. Young shampooer left. Had bath & swim. Weight 12.6 after bath. By buss to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, Phil A & Phil M, B.P, A.G. Milliken late. Phil Agnew remarked where I had been at Lincoln's Inn. Got cut of Hansom. Left 10.45 & home by bus. Great row with Elections. Buss out of its course up Church Lane. On home 11.30 & read & to bed. (Red ink: M & self made our wills. Interview with Mr Smith.) Thursday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not ride or cycle. Skemed subject & at 10.30 photod hansom cab in mews. Stace & Otley in it. After Stace & Otley in Stafford Terr. Developed. Spencer round. Rested after lunch. Got to work at 3.30. Altered drawing at the last to other way round. Could not cycle on account of wet. Edgar & Sophy dined with us. Dinner 8.15. Champagne. Talk. Heavy rain. Eye rather troublesome. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Eye troubled me. Brought on from Turkish bath, see July 3rd, never well since.) Friday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & got to work 9.30 & worked very hard all day on drawing of Salisbury & Balfour in Hansom Cab with Chamberlain driving. Eye rather troublesome. Worked to 9.55 when dined 10.0pm. Sent it off. Had to get done earlier on acct of bean feast for Messrs V & C. Bed at 12.0. Poor dinner. Boiled mutton, stewed fruit etc. (Red ink: Eye troubled me.) Saturday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Had intended to cycle to Tenniel's & B.P's. Rain in morning & very heavy up to 2.0pm. Put things away & did up drawings etc. Very tired & slack. Close & muggy. Wore spectacles all morning. Eye troubled me. Fear strained optic nerve. Spencer & Hilda in. Mite drawing. Rested after lunch & read Lord Wolseley's Marlboro'. At 5.10 rode mare to Wimbledon & down Putney Hill. Met carriage on Putney railway bridge. Mare stumbled. One of the carriage horses fell down in Fulham Road after. Home 7.15. Saw Purnell. Cycled till 7.50 when in & dressed. Dined, M, Mite & self. Mite mimicing. Bed 12.0. x. Wine etc came from Stores. Collar & cycle things etc. (Red ink: Dull slack day. Eye troubled me. Wore glasses in morning. Rode & cycled in evening.) Sunday July 21
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Breakfast at 9.0. A pouring wet morning. Intended to have gone to Calais & to cycle. Did neither. After breakfast wrote letters & diary etc. Pouring with rain at noon. Did nothing all day too wet. Got through a lot of work etc. Quiet dinner in evening, M, Mite & self & bed early. Monday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. After breakfast. At 10.0 went with M in carriage. Put down at Knightsbridge & went on to Edwards & Roberts. Saw Mr Sargent & chose cabinet, vases etc. Had candelabra lent. After on to Garrick. Lunch. Met Critchett & Evans, Anthony Jones etc. Coffee & liqueurs & on home by 4.0. Rode mare to Tenniel's to ask him to dinner. Home, Spencer & Edgar there. Bother about dinner table & words with M. Prepared. At 6.30 2 waiters came. Dressed 7.30. At 8.0 Schomberg McDonnell, F.C.B, Fletcher Moulton, Sir Charles Hall, Vernon Watney, Fritz Jackson, Roger Wallace & Lord Russell dined. Lord Russell kept us waiting for ½ an hour. Very good dinner & all went off well. All left by 11.30. Lord Russell & Sir C.Hall leaving early. 12 bottles of Ayala & Pol Roger drunk & one of Chateau Y'Quem. 2.'74, 4.'80 Ayala, 2.'74, 4.'80 Pol Roger. (Plan of table seating) Home dinner Monday July 22. Fritz Jackson, Vernon Watney, Hon Schomberg McDonnell, Lord Russell, self, Sir Charles Hall, Sir John Tenniel, Fletcher Moulton QC, Roger Wallace, F.C.B. Tuesday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in park 8.20. Met Holland, Dr Fowler etc. After in morning enlarged plates from Bath Club & 2 others. Lunch. Miss Gill there. In afternoon worked on drawing for Milne & redrew it. Reed came round at 6.0. Went for a ride down road on cycle with him. 1 st time so far. Back 7.0 & went on to work after dressing. Dined quietly after, M, Mite, Mervyn & self. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: 1st cycle ride in traffic with Reed.) Wednesday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Saw Coward. After breakfast got on with drawing for Milne. Worked all day up to 6.0pm. Dressed & went to Punch dinner by Met Rly. Block on the line. Delay. Very hot & close at Punch dinner. Phil A, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & Lehmann. Talk. Arthur à B suggested meeting of Wellington & Blucher. Self suggested & got Rosebery as Napoleon. Back with J.T as far as Isthmium. Home by buss after. Bed. Letter from Fritz Jackson about investments for M. Very good. Thursday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Very hot & close. Felt slack. Back & breakfast. After skemed subject of Rosebery as Napoleon. Costume came at 11.15. Photod Otley at 12.15 in Napoleon's uniform. Self after. Mervyn back to lunch. Mite had little workwoman at work stitching. Developed plates. Rested. Got them printed & to work at 4.45. Worked till 7.15. Dressed & drove in carriage to dine with Edgar & Sophy in Brook St. There 8.10. Stuffy rooms. Left 11.10 & home by Cob in carriage. Mite & Mervyn dined together. (Red ink: Dined with Edgar & Sophia at Brook Street.) Friday July 26
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in park. Saw Phil Agnew & elderly gentlemanly Colonel. Back. Breakfast. After got to work on Rosebery as Napoleon. Mite out at Waterloo for Datchet in cart at 11.45. Emma went. Worked on to 9.0 when dined. Mervyn left to go to see Edgar. Back 11.30. Bed. Saturday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not ride. After breakfast went on & added to drawing of Lord Rosebery as Napoleon up to 11.0. After rode in park. Very few there. Trotted mare on to Battersea Park. Back by 1.15am. Sent Otley to Reed's. Lunch. Mervyn there. After rested with Spencer in day nursery. Read books. M & Spencer went out in carriage 3.30pm. Rested till 5.30. Put photos away etc. At 6.30 rode cycle to Battersea Park with Edward Reed. Enjoyed it very much. 1 st cycle ride so far. Back 7.40. Practise in Terrace. Midge & Mevyn to dinner. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Cycled to Battersea Park. 1st ride so far.) Sunday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0. Looked out. Pouring wet. To bed again. Decided after breakfast to go to Calais. Cart at door at 10.15. Down to Victoria. Went down with Harry McCalmont. Saw Arthur Blunt on steamer. Introduced to H.M & had long talks all day. Little Tich etc went over. Lady Dorothy Nevill & the Goetz's. Good lunch, 2 portions. After walked to Lord Waterford's yacht. Saw the Duke of Beaufort, Lady Waterford & the Duchess. The Duchess doing curious work on a panel. Back to boat. Rougher going back. At Dover 5.20. Goodbye to Harry McCalmont. Up to town. Very wet. Home 7.40 by cab. Met Spencer. Midge & Mervyn dined. Drank Zeltinger. Val Kerrie, right pronounciation. (Red ink: Had delightful run to Calais. Met Harry McCalmont, Arthur Blunt, Duke of Beaufort etc etc.) Monday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Went at 8.30 for cycle ride through Kensington for 1 st time. Through Park to Bayswater Road. Met Sir Henry Lopes & daughter. Oh! Back 9.5. After got to work & finished in the day Milne's drawing. In evening Tabs dined with us, also Midge & Mervyn, Mite & M. Bottles of Perinet & Burgundy. Mervyn's last evening as a bachelor. Wrote letters. Spencer in after dinner. Posted letters. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Cycled thro' Kensington for 1st time.) Tuesday July 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Out at 9.40. Rode mare in Park. Met Sir H.Lopes & daughter & Reynard. Back after delightful ride. Put touch or two on drawing for Milne. Mr Sargent called at 11.30. At 1.30 lunch. Mervyn, Tabs, Mite, M & self. At 2.0 Mervyn married quietly at St Mary Abbots. Dale division & Herapath division. All over at 2.30pm. Back to Stafford Terrace. Midge, Sophy, Yolande Dietz etc etc. Fine day. Spoke to Carr Glynn. After went round & got cycle to show Sophia Herapath. Carriage at door. Miss Ritchie had called & was with Mite upstairs. Back & worked on drawing for Andersen. Two boys. At 6.30 went on cycle to the Earls Court Exhibition. Did not ride it so well. Seat too far behind. Left a letter. Back. M decided not to go to the Exhibition so dined quietly at home, M, Mite, Midge & self. Midge goodbye & left at 11.0. Bed 12.30pm. (Red ink: Mervyn married at Kensington Church, 2.0pm.)
Wednesday July 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Saw Lockett Agnew on a cycle. Met Sir Redvers Buller. Back. Left at 11.30. After finished drawing of boys for Anderson's Fairy Stories. M out. Lunch by self at 1.15 & left at 1.40 in cab to call for Mr Frederick Barr to go to call on Mr Smith at 44 Lincoln's Inn. Interview about the Barr Estate. Unsatisfactory. Left at 2.45 & back in cab. Dropped Mr Barr at home.Went on immediately in carriage with M who went to dressmaker & Stores. Walked up Piccadilly & on to Garrick Club. Wrote letters. Saw old Stirling. Afterwards went to Moss's & bought dressing bag, box. Called on Goff's about portmanteau. Then after tea strolled on to Punch dinner. Got gold watch case & met Bernard Partridge. Back & got 17/6 Waterbury watch. Back to Punch D. L.B, P.M, E.T.R, B.P, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, D.M there. Photod by Van der Weyde with 6 flash lights. Tenniel got subject of Gamekeeper suggested by self. G.O.M & Duke of Westminster for me. Left at 11.15 & home by cab with Tenniel to Isthmium & then on home by cab. Brought proofs of Punch Table home. (Red ink across page: Interview with Mr Barr at Lee & Pemberton's.) Aug 1895 Thursday August 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Out & on mare in Park. Met Reynard & had talk. Said goodbye. Out 9.20 & home. Breakfast. Skemed subject of Gladstone & Duke of Westminster. Sent Otley for shoes. Spencer came at 10.45. Waited for Otley ¾ hour. Took 2 plates & after enlarged them & got all ready by 1.30pm. Lunch. Rested after & got to work at 4.0pm. Went on & got outline in & well forward by 8.30pm when dined with M quietly. Found Alice had put proofs in waste paper basket. Very angry. Smoke after dinner & bed quietly at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Last ride on mare before turning her out.) Friday August 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.10am. Down & went to finish drawing of Gladstone & Duke of Westminster. Roy back from Eton at 9.0am. No money to pay for cab. Worked till 11.30 nearly finished when finished packing & dressed. After put drawing right by 1.0pm & lunched. Left in cabs at 1.10, 2 4 wheelers to Waterloo. Spencer came in & delayed & went in cab with us as Roy following with Otley. Caught the 2.15 for Ch Ch. 2nd class carriage reserved. Yolande Dietz & Sophy came. Nearly took Sophy away with us. Arrived Ch Ch & cycled to Anchorage. Tea & went round lawn. Gwenny very good on a cycle. Lady Maud & Mr Hooper there. Roy & self had a swim. After dressed early for dinner & looked at Ill.L.N. Mr Nugent came for dinner. Slow game of billiards with Roy. Beat him by 30 pts. Bed at 11.45. To go on yacht tomorrow. Saturday August 3 The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up at 8.0. Roy & self went for swim. Wet dull morning. After back. Breakfast & game of billiards. Cleaned cycle etc. Looked at Ill.London News. The Hoopers left. Lunch. Lobster etc. After sat by sea. Snooze. Roy went to play cricket. Changed. Wrote diary. Tea. Pouring wet afternoon. Roy back at 4.45pm. Hamilton away at Cowes. After went in wet for cycle ride into Ch.Ch. Bought envelopes. Back & went with Roy for delightful swim. Water quite warm.
Dressed. H back from Cowes. Dinner. Champagne. After played Roy 100 up. Roy won. Bed 11.0. Sunday August 4 The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up at 8.0. Roy & self went for swim. After breakfast looked at Ill L.News. Quiet morning. Wet. H writing. Lunch. Heavy wet. Went cycling past High Cliff Castle. Back. A Mr Morell Sol'r to the University of Oxford to tea. After Tabs, Roy & self cycled to High Cliff. Tabs tore her dress. Very good ride there & back twice. Back at 7.0. Again bathed. Water delightful. After dinner smoke. No billiards. Bed at 11.0. To get up to go to Cowes tomorrow. Monday August 5 The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up at 7.30. No swim. Breakfast 8.15. After packing got off by 9.0 to catch 9.30 train at Ch.Ch. M, self & H to go on yacht. Met Mr Morell at station. Turned out to be Warren's father-in-law. At Southampton Mr Morell & self walked to pier. Talk of Oxford & Roy. Maudlin the college. M & H in fly. Got on steamer. Saw Lennox Browne & a pronouncée laidy. Off & on to Cowes. Sent portmanteau on board. All went to lunch at the Hotel. H paid. After went for walk & M & self went in to Redfern's. M measured. Bought Indian cigars. Went in front of Marine Hotel. Rain came on. Met Mr Pemberton. M did not know him. H back, off to yacht. Very nice boat. Just on board when the German Emperor's yacht Hohenzollern came to her moorings at 3.0pm. Emperor on bridge. Saluting of big guns from 5 German ironclads & the guard ship. Tea. Mr Morell left. Cap'n "Be an Englishman". After heavy rain. Dinner. Sleepy. Yachts lighted up. Turned in after walk on deck. Did not say goodnight. Woke at 2.15am. Slept after all right. Helped H to put up pictures & clock etc in morning.(Red ink across page: Went on board the 'Abafan'. Saw the German Emperor.) Tuesday August 6 On board S.S. Abafan. Up at 7.0. Tub on deck with canon's bucket. All yachts dressed for Duke Coburg's birthday. Very good breakfast. After saw Emperor leave in his pinnace for the German battleship Worth. Very heavy squalls of rain & gale of wind. Expecting Con. Lunch. Con turned up about 4.0pm. Ham & self went ashore leaving M & Con on board. Had walk etc. Well dressed foreigner walking along sea wall. On landing saw the 2 Miss Knowles's, Buckler Lethbridge & after Archie Stuart Wortley with John Ryder. Went to P.O. Saw Brookfield after with wife. Bought Carlsbad Salts. Dropped it through mackintosh. Saw the Queen twice, 2nd time very well. Squelches of rain. Shelter in bun shop. Went back & got 2nd bottle of Carlsbad Salts & back to boat at 7.15. Dined 7.45. Had 2 bottles of Krug Champagne. Very good leg of mutton. Smoke & read & after turned in at 11.0. Wednesday August 7 On board S.S. Abafan. Cowes. Up at 7.0 & on deck for tub. Breakfast. Clearer morning. Con & Ham going ashore. Stopped by Captain of Enchantress shifting the Aberfan's moorings. German ships saluting. The yachts not dressed. At 11.30 Mr Welch Thornton came on board about Alba's damages. Left in boat & went ashore. Lunched at the Hotel & said goodbye to Hamilton & Con. Left by 1.0 boat & to Southampton. Rather pretty little dark girl on board. Train right up to town. Sleepy young man. Drove to Garrick. Saw Gillie Farquhar & Coningsby D'Israeli. Called & left Waterbury watch in Strand & on to Punch dinner. Wm Agnew,
Phil,May, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & E.I.M (late). Photos taken last week shewn. Told them about yacht. Tenniel got subject of Railway Truck (Reed). Self the Shaharzar(sic). Left in cab with Tenniel. Put down at Garrick Club. Home in cab from there. Woke up in night & opened window. Bed 12.30. Mrs Reffell away for holidays,The ‘Fountain Hotel’, Cowes. Thursday August 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Down. Put clocks right. Bother with pin of long clock on landing. Skemed subject & photod at 11.15am self & Otley for picture of Punch & Sharazar(sic). Developed by 12.30 & printed all by 1.30. Sent Otley for Pass book. About £500 in hand. Got to work at 4.0 after rest. Worked till 8.30 when dressed. Had decided to dine at home. After dinner it poured with rain so did not go to Empire Theatre. Stayed at home. Rested & bed 12.15 after sleep in chair. Wearther hot & stuffy. Friday August 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Work 7.30 to 8.45. Finished drawing of Sharazar(sic) & Punch by 1.0. Sent Otley to William Agnew & for watch. Lunch & caught 2.15 from Waterloo. Lame cab horse. Carriage to self all way dawn. Court with The Brick met me. At Anchorage by 5.0. Tea. Mrs Reeves there & Miss Grant Duff or Duff Gordon. A man & Mrs Neck. After played 4 sets of lawn tennis with Roy & two youths. Had delicious bathe at 7.30 & dined 8. Beat Roy 2 games of billiards 100 up & bed at 11.30pm. Saturday August 10. The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up at 7.50. Went to bathe with Roy from shore, 3 girls also alongside. Breakfast. Good sole. Played Roy 100 up. Beat him. Wrote Galbraith. Tabs went off with M in the carriage at 11.0. Roy going to cricket match at Hinton. Wrote long letter to Milliken. After intensely close & hot. Cleaned oiled etc cycle, shifted leg guards & rests. Lunch with the 2 children, Yolande & Evelyn. After looked at 1885 I.L.N. M & Tabs back at 2.0. After tea rode cycle to Hinton Admiral to see Roy's cricket match. Roy run out. Cycle hard at 1 st. Met Col Sermon. After enjoyed run home immensely. Met Tabs & after went back nearly to Highcliffe. Heavy thunder shower came on. Went to bathe. Dinner 7.50. After played 200 up. Each won 1 game, Roy & self. Bed 11.0pm. M reading. (Red ink: Frightfully close in morning. Great thunder storm in London.) Sunday August 11 The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up at 8.0. Gale of wind blowing. Went for lovely bathe with big waves. Pompon & sand. Breakfast. Extraordinary good ham. After read & played Roy 100 up. Beat him. Wrote letters. Lovely sun after. H away on yacht. In afternoon sat in summer house with M. At 4.30 tea. Three young gunners from Ch Ch there. After went into Col Sermon's collection of weapons. 5/s each on average. Game of bowls. After Roy & self bathed. Self in brown suit. Dinner 7.50. After played Roy two games of billiards. Roy won both. Monday August 12 The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up 7.45. Had bathe with Roy, after went round the Hook. Difference in shore. Met Miss Gillson. After breakfast looked at News etc. Lunch. M & self sat at summer house. M & Tabs went calling. Roy on tricycle. After went
into Ch Ch. Roy on tricycle, missed him. Back by road to Highcliffe. Cup of tea & back. Again into Ch Ch. Roy knocked a little boy down. Home again. Talk to Mrs Sermon. Yolande practising. After Roy & self bathed. Water warm. Hamilton back at 8.0. Dinner. H & Roy played game of billiards. H won. Bed 11.0pm. Beat Roy at billiards 100 up in the morning. Tuesday August 13 The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up 8.30. Late. Pouring wet. No bathe. Down 9.0. H & Roy at breakfast. After played Roy 100 up. Roy won. Felt seedy. Wrote diary. Wet again. Looked at Vol I.L.N 1866. Interesting. Lunch. M & self at end of garden. Dozed. After H on cycle. Went at 4.10 into Ch Ch to meet Mite. Saw her at ticket office. Dora down too. Back to Anchorage. Lady at tea. After rode cycle with Tabs & Roy past Highcliffe. Puppy lost. Had bathe with Roy. Water warm. Dinner. Champagne. Played Roy 100 up after. Roy won by 25 points. Bed 11.0. Mite & Dora came down to Christchurch. Wednesday August 14 The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up at 7.40. Went for bathe. 1st really fine morning without much wind. Water cold. Roy would not go to Lagoon. Breakfast. Letter from Agnew. After packed. Played Roy 100 up. Roy won & a 50 up after. Looked at 1866 in summer house. After lunch at 12.50 Roy & self cycled to Hinton Admiral, M after in carriage. Up to town. Got out Vauxhall & cycled home. M in omnibus. Left the mule pannier behind. Sent Otley. Changed & went to Punch dinner by Met Rly. Arthur à B, J.T, self, Lehmann, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & Milliken late. Long talk about F.C.B's method of conducting Punch. Left with J.T at 11.0 & home by cab. Got Lucy's signature to the proof of Punch table. Thursday August 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Breakfast. Bother with lost pocket book. After sent Otley for Stace. At 12.0 photod Stace for Father Thames with basket hamper. Developed them etc. Sent Otley for guns & to à Beckett. Got to work at 5.0pm. Roy at cricket match. At 6.50 went on cycle to call on Tenniel, there & back & talk in less than an hour. Dinner. Vernon Watney's grouse. Letter from Stone. Indian Exhibition after. Wire from Galbraith expecting us on the 22nd. Bed 11.30pm. Went after dinner by cab, M, Roy & self, to Indian Exhibition. Very hot. Went up in wheel. M nervous. Wheel very jumpy. After saw conjuror. Listened to music. Bought Indian cigars & home. (Red ink across page: Went to Indian Exhibition in the evening. Got stuck on big wheel.0 Friday August 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Roy off to cricket match. Worked hard all day on drawing of Father Thames & Waterworks. M busy. Letter from Mite. Very hot & close. Quiet dinner with grouse. Bed 11.30pm. Saturday August 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. After breakfast finished drawing of Father Thames & Waterworks. Put things away & tidied up. In afternoon at 5.30pm on cycle. Something wrong with it. Called on Reed with Roy. After blowing wheels out went round by Barnes & Putney & home by 7.0pm. Dressed & after dinner M, Roy &
self took cab & went to the Palace Theatre. Good programme. John Le Hay very good. Back 11.45. Read book on Court of Louis XV & bed 1.30pm, M reading. Sunday August 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out with Roy on cycle at 8.0 & rode round Battersea Park on cycle. Lovely morning. Roy complained of empty stomach. Back 9.0 & changed. Breakfast at 10.15. Left at (blank) for Victoria in hansom cab. Got 1st compart't. Saw Sir George Armstrong, Wedgwood, young Morell Mackenzie, John Hollingshead etc. Ran down to Dover, M, Roy & self. Very hot sun. Delightful run over, M talking to Lady Armstrong. Lunch at buffet, langouste & chicken. Very good. 25 Fr. Back by boat. Talk with Knowles & French correspondent of Figaro & the Temps. American gentleman & wife in carriage. Long talk. Home 7.50pm. Dressed. All very tired. Heavy sleep after. Very hot at night. (Red ink: Lovely run to Calais & back, M, Roy & self.) Monday August 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Very tired. Forgot dear Roy's birthday. Out on cycle & round by Gloucester Rd at 8.40am & breakfast 9.0am. Wrote letters of thanks etc after. In morning very hot sun etc. Printed a great many photos in blue of Miss G in French Republic dress etc. Packed portmanteau for Ayton & wrote letters etc. Scribbled subject for Arthur of Lord Wolseley. Reed came in at 6.0pm. At 6.15 rode with him on cycle thro' Hammersmith & round Barnes & home 7.10. Race thro' Redcliffe Gardens. After dressed & dined, M, Roy & self. Took cab & had very good box for Artists Model. Very poor play. Out & home by cab. Very hot & close. (Red ink: Dear Roy's birthday 17 years old. Went to see The Artists Model.) Tuesday August 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out & round on cycle by Gloucester Rd. Kensington very crowded for the morning. Back & skemed subject Lord Wolseley & Duke of Cambridge. Photod Otley at 11.0 in cocked hat etc for Wolseley. Did without Stace. Developed them & after rest got to work. Outlined the drawing. Enlarged one. Reed came to dinner. Decided to alter drawing of Duke as pensioner. After Reed, Roy & self went in hansom to Gaiety. Accident top of Prince's Gate. Two people killed. Saw Shop Girl for 5th time. Gen'l Marshall at theatre. Back home by hansom cab. Reed took cab on. Cats catawauling. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink: E.T.Reed dined with us. Roy, Reed & self went to Gaiety Theatre.) Wednesday August 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. x. Down & worked hard all morning & day on drawing of Lord Wolseley & Duke of Cambridge. Altered Duke to civilian costume. Roy off to Oval. M packing. Sent Otley for gun etc & finished putting things up. Finished drawing at 6.20. Put photos away. Dressed & off by cab to Punch dinner. Good cab. There by 7.30pm. Arthur, J.T, self, Phil May, E.I.M late, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Good talk & dinner. After Arthur read letter from F.C.B pitching into cut of Father Thames. Self suggested cut of Healy & Omnibus. Left in cab with Tenniel & Reed. Cab on from Isthmium Club with Reed & gave him photos. Bed 12.30pm. Man & cats again next door, in night. Thursday August 22
Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.15. Packed bags etc. Put up artists bag. Heavy wet. Buss at door at 8.30 exactly. Got off by 8.45. Heavy thunder shower. Arrived Kings X at 9.20. Fat fussy porter & Otley. Luggage objected to. Went to station master. Uncivil lout. Got off by 10.0. Noisy servants in next carriage. York 2.0, Berwick 5.0 & Ayton 6.0. Galbraith met us. Roy & self rode cycled to Ayton. Met Mrs G in road & Miss Wilson. Mr Blair came up with cycle hired. Dressed. Dined. Played Roy 100 up after. Roy won. Game of billiards fives & bed at 12.0. Tired. (Red ink: Very hot & close. Left Stafford Terrace with cycles en route for Ayton Castle. Arrived there 6.0pm.) Friday August 23 Ayton Castle. Up at 8.0. Roy & self out on cycles at 8.20. Rode to Eyemouth & back. Met Mr Blair on cycle. Breakfast. After in morning wrote about 1 doz letters up to lunch time. After lunch played Roy 100 up & beat him. Also fives. Rested on sofa till 4.30. Snooze. Mr Galbraith had high cycle out. Short run after tea. Roy & self went to shoot. Got after ferreting 8 rabbits. Back at 7.15pm. Dressed. Dined at 8.0. Mr Aitken came to dinner. Long talk of cycling after. Mr A left 11.45. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Shot rabbits with Roy at Ayton.) Saturday August 24 Ayton Castle. Up at 8.15. M not very good night. Out on cycle & went down drive & along thro' Ayton, about 8 miles. Back & breakfast at 9.15. After read in boudoir & played Roy 100. Roy won. Lunch. Smoke & snooze till 5.0. Tea & Roy & self went to shoot rabbits. Got 5. Mr Blair brought rifle out. Back at 7.15. Fed hedgehog etc. Ladies had been to a garden party. Dull rainy day. Colder. In morning rode cycle round walk, 1 mile. Not comfortable. Lunch. Rested after. Longish sleep. After went to shoot with Roy. Went round, got 5 rabbits. Mr Blair joined us with rifle. Back 7.15. After fed hedgehog etc. Dinner. Quiet evening. Mr Galbraith back at 9.0 & dined after. Parrot talked a good deal. Bed at 11.30. Sunday August 25 Ayton Castle. Up at 8.15. At 8.40 Roy & self cycled to Reston. Uncivil yokels. Uphill work going. Difficulty in finding Dr Crooke. Lovely run back. Breakfast 10.0. After all went to church, Roy too for a wonder. Put brown suit on. Met M & all from church. Sat in summer house. Mr Blair solemn. Back. Lunch. Rest after. Looked at horses & puppies. After at 5.30 went nearly to Berwick & back on cycles. Good run. Roy & girls. Dressed. Dinner. Very sleepy after. Prayers. Bed 11.45. Read A Modern Buccaneer by Ralf Bolderwood in morning. Letter from Mite. (Red ink: Delightful cycle ride to Burnmouth & along towards Berwick.) Monday August 26 Ayton Castle. Up at 8.30. Out on cycle 8.45. Went by self to Eyemouth & round to Burnmouth road. Breakfast by self 10am, back 9.45. After Galbraith put me in gun room for work. At it from 11.0 to 1.0am. Lunch. Played Roy 100. Beat him. All out driving. Rested till 5.0pm. Tea. Roy shooting. Felt lazy & not very inclined to work but went on till 6.30pm. Roy shot 2 pigeons & 7 rabbits. Went out on cycle along towards Berwick on road. Back & dressed for dinner. Captain & Mrs Liddell & Charley Livesey came. Roy took Miss Livesey in. Dinner slow. In drawing room looked at Bird book. Cork pool after. Roy won 7s. Bed at 12.0am. M did not sleep well. (Red ink: Began cartoon of Horses.)
Tuesday August 27 Ayton Castle. Up 8.15 & endeavoured to ride. Very wet. Met Mr Aitken. Back. Breakfast. After went on to work. Outlined cycles etc. All day & nearly full outline of drawing. Lunch. Miss Livesey & Mrs Liddell missed the train at Berwick & drove back in a fly. All out in coach. At 6.40 went for cycle ride as far as farm etc on Berwick road. Met Roy coming back. Home. Dressed for dinner. After Mr McColl played banjo. Cork pool with the ladies. Won it myself at last, 4/6. Bed 12.0. A Scotch clergyman dined. (Red ink: Worked all day.) Wednesday August 28 Ayton Castle. Up 8.15 & out on cycle. Went by self as far as Burnmouth & back. After breakfast got on with drawing. Worked all day & inked in most of details. Lawn tennis in the afternoon. No one told me so did not play. Roy & self went a long way along the Berwick road. Met Mr Blair coming back. Home a good pace. After dinner an impromptu dance got up in the hall. Reels etc. Game of billiards fives after. Bed at 12.0. A good day. (Red ink: Worked all day.) Thursday August 29 Ayton Castle. Up at 8.14. Out with Roy on cycle as far as Burnmouth. Coming back Roy found a nest of weasels. Put one in his pocket. Home & breakfast. After worked hard all day on drawing of Hackney & Shire Horse. Finished at 7.0pm & sent it off. M came in gun room. Roy shot with Captain Liddell & only got one rabbit. Did not cycle. Dressed & dined. Played Roy 100 up after dinner. Roy won. Talk in smoking room of Trilby. Bed 1.0am. Roy & Mr Blair went by train & cycled back. (Red ink: Finished cartoon at 6.30pm.) Friday August 30 Ayton Castle. Up 8.20. Had been very wet. Out on cycle at 8.55 & back by self from Burnmouth at 9.40. Breakfast with Mr Blair. After went & put away all drawing things. After wrote diary & many letters up to lunch. Rest & then changed. A garden party at Ayton Castle. Lots of people. Scotch clergymen etc. Very smart woman Mrs Tennant came with Lady Boswell. Played golf putting etc. After could not get tennis. Went for spin on cycle with Roy. Beyond Burnmouth & back. Dressed. Dinner. No billiards. Banjo music. (Red ink: Garden party at Ayton. Mrs Tennant & Lady Boswell.) Saturday August 31 Ayton Castle. Up 8.20am. Went by self on cycle past style where we rested last Sunday. Coming back Roy waiting at Inn. Back home with Roy. After mooned in morning posting etc letters. Lunch. Rested after. Mr Haddon came with Mr G. Had met him at Macdonald's in 1880. Played two sets of lawn tennis. Self & Captain Liddell against Roy & Mr McColl. Beaten 2 sets. After at 5.40 Roy & self went to Berwick & back on cycles. Rode 17 miles without getting off on 1hr 25m. Back in 42 minutes. There 43. Changed. Dinner. 3 Champagnes. Mr Haddon's bag not arrived. After played games. Felt pleasantly tired. Cork pool. Won one. Bed at 12.30am. Berwick a rough & dirty place. (Red ink: Cycled to Berwick & back.) Sep 1895 Sunday September 1
Ayton Castle. Up in morning at 8.45. M in bed. Out on cycle at 9.0am. Went along road to Chirnside. Great grind going but very fast coming back. Breakfast 9.50. In M's room after. Letters. After Roy went to church with others. M seedy in bed. Read & changed etc. Lunch. Took beer. Heavy. Rested on Roy's bed 2 hours. After tea went with Roy to Chirnside. Went to church. Back home in ¼ hr, 4½ miles at rate of 18 miles an hour. Very good. Changed. Dined. After music etc. Talk & bed 11.0am. Roy sleepy. (Red ink: Cycle ride to Chirnside & back, very fast, 4¾ miles in 15 minutes.) Monday September 2 Ayton Castle. Up at 8.30. Went by self along towards Chirnside as far as 2 nd milestone. Corrected the cyclometer, out 3/20th in 2 miles. Short. Back changed & breakfast. Saw last of Hadden going. Back & read in morning. Finished Under Red Rose. Intensely hot in morning. Played putting. Did the scale. Back & wrote. Lunch. Played Roy 100. Roy won. Out in break at 2.50. Miss W, Mrs T, Mrs Liddell & Miss L. Mrs G, Galbraith & self went with Mrs Wilson. Very pleasant drive. Saw Mr Wilkie's place & a house in Doric style. Back at 6.0. Tea & cycled to gate in Berwick Road. Roy would not go. Smoked cigarette & home. Dressed. Dinner. After Cap'n Liddell mesmerised Miss Livesey. Tired. Bed after cork pool. Roy won two pools. Roy not well. (Red ink: Mr Blair left on cycle in morning.) Tuesday September 3 Ayton Castle. Up at 8.30. Out on cycle 8.50. Went to Burnmouth. Roy did not go. Back 9.30. Changed & breakfast. Galbraith alone. After general exodus. Mrs Temple, Miss Williams, Captain Liddell & wife, Miss Livesey with Galbraith all left. Letters from railway official & Mite & Midge. In M's room. Mr McColl & Mrs G out riding. Played Roy at putting. Very hot. Did the scale twice running. Wrote letters. Got very hot. Lay on Roy's bed & read the Scotsman. Changed for shooting things. After lunch at 2.20 Mr McColl & Galbraith & self went partridge shooting. Only got 3½ brace. Walked till 6.30pm. Rain came on. Saw Roy at door of Castle. An elderly couple, Mr & Mrs Maclean, came & dined. After music. M played. Talk & bed at 11.30. Very tired. (Red ink: The Liddells & Miss Livesey & Miss Williams & Mrs Temple left. Roy very depressed.) Wednesday September 4 Ayton Castle. Up at 8.0. Out & finished packing. Got off after breakfast from Ayton. Roy took both cycles down. Goodbye to all. Left by 10.30. Berwick. No 'Punch'. Left 11.25. At Darlington young man & lady & tiresome boy got in. Out at York. Sandwich. No 'Punch'. Arrived King's X at 6.55. Got cycles in buss etc. Cab to Bouverie St. Arrived 7.15. Wash & Punch dinner. Room very close. A à B, J.T, self, R.L, Phil M, Lucy, E.I.M late. Tenniel got John Bull 'Forty Winks'. Self Lord Mayor. Left with J.T at 11.15 home. Mite up. Dear thing could not sleep at night for Bobby. (Red ink: Left Ayton for London. Dined at the Punch dinner & home at Stafford Terrace. Mite up to meet me.) Thursday September 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bobbie had barked in the night. Complained to maid. Cycled round Battersea Park. Poor Taff's house being done up. Breakfast. After wrote letters about travelling etc. Very hot. Skemed subject of Lord Mayor going to Paris. Photod self at 12.0 & Otley at 12.30 for subject. Developed. Rested after
lunch. Mite out at dressmakers. Worked & wrote letters etc. Dined 7.0pm & at 8.0 Mite & self left in cab & saw The Swordsman's Daughter at the Adelphi. Col Routledge & family in box next to us. Poor play. Good fencing. Never left box. Back home. Very hot. Sandwch & bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Mite & self went to see 'The Swordsman's Daughter' at the Adelphi Theatre. Saw Routledge.) Friday September 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round by Gloucester Rd & Redcliffe Gds & along down the Kensington Road. Back to breakfast. Got on with work on Lord Mayor going to Paris. All day. Sent Otley to Stores. Leakage in pipe in spare room & drawing room. Had to send for plumber. Dined at 9.0pm. Good dinner, Mite & self. Bed 11.30. Woke at 4.0am by most frightful wind & violent thunderstorm. Alice down to shut window. Continued until 8.0am. Saturday September 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Did not cycle. No bath. Men had not come. Very much annoyed. Got to work after at 9.30am. Did finish Lord Mayor at 1.0pm, sent it. Lunch. Tired. Rested after in M's room. Mite came in in new cloak. Left after a cup of tea at 4.20 & went by Met Rly to Bouverie St to see Arthur. Frightfully hot. Missed him. Cab on to Garrick Club. Long talk to Arthur about Bouverie St. Went to Northumberland Avenue Turkish baths. Called Spooners. Shut. Weight 12.8¾ before, after 12.6½ . Out 7.20. Home by Met Rly. Bought fruit. Dined 8.25. Very good dinner. M & Roy home at 7.45 from Ayton. Bed 11.30. x. (Red ink: Had Turkish bath. M & Roy back from Ayton in the evening.) Sunday September 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Roy & self cycled from 9.0 to 9.45 round Battersea Park. Breakfast. After packed portmanteau & put all photo bags etc in order up to 12.0 when at 12.20 had a small lunch. After wrote labels etc, letters. Skemed subject of Valkyrie. Roy went to Club. Wrote letters. M & Mite playing. Mite expected Mr Blair. Never came. Dined at 5.45. Very hot at dinner. 2 bottles of Ayala 1825. Good dinner. Mite & self left in 1 horse omnibus at 7.0pm. Off to Euston. No Mr Jupp. Not so good a 1st class carriage as usual. Off by 8.0 & no one bothered us for tickets till we got to Stirling. Colder in night. Mite slept. Read Tichbourne Confession by candle. Slept off & on from 11.0pm. (Red ink: Mite & self left for Scotland at 7.0pm by L & NW Rly.) Monday September 9 On board train for Tressady. Woke up about 3.0 by Mite striking a fusée to light her spirit lamp. Nasty smell. At Perth by 4.50am. Goodbye to Mite who went on to Aberdeen in reserved carriage. Wash & miserable breakfast 2/s. Back to carriage which a porter had got coupé. By self. Off at 7.10am & on to Inverness. Gent got in at Nairn. Cricket match at Inverness. Same carriage right thro' to Rogart. Another man got in at Bonar Bridge to Inverskin. Arrived Rogart 2.45. Wired. Walked towards Tressady. Dog cart overtook me. Had bath & changed. Tea with Lady M & very long talk on astronomy after. Wrote letters 6.45 to 7.35. Vernon back 7.0. Saw Rosalind. Richards & Newton after. Wrote cheque for accident insurance & diary. Dined 8.20. A Mrs Leybourne Popham arrived. Good dinner. Took Lady M in. Drank Champagne. Sleepy after dinner very. Whist. V &
self x H.E.R & H.N. Lost 1/6. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: 1st day at Tressady 1895.) £3.13.0 exactly. Tuesday September 10 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Bath. Put shooting things on. Breakfast. Got off walking at 10.0am. 4 guns. V.W, H.E.R, H.N & self. Walked the Ferkins. Lovely day. Sun & delightful wind. Shot a hare & it got in rocks. Saw a raven. No birds to lunch to own gun. Lunch at 1.0. Hillside (illeg) a debauch. At 2.0 started again. Shot over 3 small lochs. Missed hare. Got a good brace right & left. Home by 5.45pm. Milk & soda. Tea. Letters from M & Rhodes. Bath. After dressed. Wrote letters etc. Very thirsty. Good dinner. After in drawing room. Slept on sofa in smoking room. No whist. Bed 11.15pm & glad to get there. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot at Tressady. Delightful walk. 4 guns.) Wednesday September 11 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Bath. Breakfast. After got to work on cartoon of Columbia & Britannia in a yacht race. Richards & Newton went to fish. Worked to lunch time. Put up tables etc. Lady M, Mrs Popham & Miss T. Back in room. Rested in chair. Someone shouted my name outside. Work again 3.0pm. Back from shooting & fishing on acct of wind. Tea 5.30. No Scotsman. Game of croquet going on. Work till 4.30 when too dark to do more. Wrote 7 letters. Dressed. Dined 8.0pm. Claret. Felt a peg low. Took Miss Taylor in. After a game of Dum Crambo. Suggested V.W, self & Newton went out. Could not think of a word. Richards came for us. Game of whist. Newton & self v. V.W & Richards. Lost rubber & 2/6. To bed at 11.15 & glad to get there. Slept well. (Red ink: Began cartoon Britannia & Columbia.) Thursday September 12 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Tired. Bath. After at 9.30 got to work & kept at it all day doing cartoon of Yacht Race with Britannia & Columbia. Late down to lunch. Back again. Letter from Arthur & trowsers from Barker also yachts. Not much done shooting so did not miss anything. No letter from M. Worked till 7.0pm packed up & wrote letters. Dressed. Dinner 8.15. A Mrs Buxton arrived. Rather pretty woman. Dum Crambo after dinner, did 'Dun Raven' with yacht after. Richards & Vernon & Douglas had been shooting. Richards shot raven. Game of whist after, 2 rubbers. Won 2/3. Paid Richards 2/6 for Leger sweep. (Red ink: Worked all day. Finished cartoon at 7.0pm & sent it off.) Friday September 13 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Breakfast after dressing. Used typewriter. Left by buss at 10.0 & drove to Lairg. At 11.30 started in launch & went length of Loch Shin. Lady M, Miss Taylor, Mrs Leybourne Popham & Mrs Buxton. Richards & Rev A.K Douglas fished. Self, Newton, Vernon on boat. Lovely spot to lunch. Hot on boat over boiler. Race with dog cart & white horse along shore of yacht home. At hotel at Lairg 5.20. Had tea. Handsome man there son of General Marshall, with his wife. News of Valkyrie's giving up the yacht race. Wired Arthur from Lairg. Started for home 6.0pm. Tressady 7.15. Letters from M, Mite etc. License. Dined. Good dinner. Talk with Gerald Buxton on Epping. Whist after. Won 1/6d. (Red ink: Delightful day on Loch Shin in steam launch. News of the 'Valkyrie' not going to
complete the series of races.) Met in the drive by Gerald Buxton who appeared to know me. Saturday September 14 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Bath. After breakfast started in break at 9.30 to shoot Brora Wood for Black Game. Long drive. Took two coats. Very hot & put on thin one. 3 brace of Black G got. Lovely in wood. After walked to lunch place by croft. Same as in 1883-9. Lunch. Left at 1.45. Long walk along the Brora. A bit done up in afternoon. Stayed for tea. Shot hare & brace of grouse. At Murray's croft by 5.30. Milk & drive home. Slight attack of P & indigestion all afternoon. Letters. Bath & Dressed. Dined 8.10. Took Lady M in. Talk of Fritz's wife. After rubber of whist. Won 3/s from Richards. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at Tressady. Black Game & walk in line over the Brora with 6 guns.) Sunday September 15 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.45am. Last bath. Down 9.30. After breakfast at 10.50 played golf championship, Vernon, Mr Buxton & self. Went round in 45 & 42. Only one off winning the medal. Lunch 1.30. After played croquet. Golf match finished by the ladies. Out of it. Read Arctic book. Sat out on lawn. Tea there. Wrote many letters & nearly missed the post. Dressed 7.45pm. Dined. Made speech after dinner in honour of Richards. After looked at Telescope. Smoke & bed 1.15. (Red ink: Annual golf tournament won by Richards with 1 point.) 12 hole championship. (List of scores.) Monday September 16 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0. After breakfast Richards left at 9.30. Vernon & Mr Gerald Buxton went off to shoot over dogs. Long talk with Douglas. Out & up hill to try to find Newton shooting rabbits. Drove a staple in post at far gate. Could not find Foot's tee lost yesterday. Very interesting book on Eskimos. After to Newton again. Shot 3 rabbits. Lunch at 1.10pm. After A.K.Douglas left at 2.0pm. Wrote type letter to M. Down & read book. Wrote many letters. Corrected diary etc. Heavy rain came on at 5.0pm. Again wrote letters. Tea. Vernon & Gerald Buxton arrived to dinner. Bad attack of P in evening. Curious. After wrote pencil games. Whist, Newton & self v. Vernon & Gerald B. Lost 3/6. Bed at 11.30. In different room. (Red ink: Hon Mr & Mrs Farrer arrived.) Tuesday September 17 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. 1st night in changed room. Dogs barking at night. Turned out a hopelessly wet day. Could not go to shoot. In smoking room. Mr Farrer. Oh! After up in room. Wrote letters etc. Drew 'Make him run!' After pottered & tried to get to drawing. Looked through Art & Letters. Lunch. Good roast mutton. Words with Mr Farrer over railway matters. Out with 4 guns to Loch. All keepers etc. Missed a hare. Shot a snipe after. Plover shot by Newton. Intensely close & still, no air. Very hot. Back at 5.45. Had milk & soda. Letters & 'Punch' came. Wrote letters after bath. Dressed. Ladies not home. Got papers & read in smoking room with candle by fire. Very hungry. Took Lady M in. Talk of ghost in Borneo. Mr Jack Wallop. Champagne. Very hungry at dinner. After had whist. Won 2/6. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Very wet morning. Loch shooting in afternoon. Very hot & close.) Dear Roy had bicycle accident.
Wednesday September 18 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. After breakfast 6 of party went off to Loch Craggie. Not for me. Decided to work. Got to it at 10.15. Skemed subject with great difficulty but managed. Good room to work in. Lunch. Mrs Popham, Lady M & Vernon. Took down book on Guiana. After Vernon wrote 2 type letters for me. Back to work 3.0 to 6.15pm. Went for walk over the hills with Nick. Saw grouse & many rabbits. Back 6.45. Wrote letters etc. No letter from M today. Dressed & read Times etc. Dinner. Took Mrs Popham in. Talk of Nansen & North Pole. Talk to Miss Taylor after on photography. Very long game of whist 11.0 to 12.30. Mr Farrer & self against Newton & Gerald Buxton. In the end won 1/6. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Stayed in & worked all day.) Thursday September 19 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Finer morning. After breakfast at 9.30 got to work & at it all day until 7.30 when sent cartoon off of France & Triple Alliance. Went down at 10.0 & wished the Gerald Buxtons goodbye. Lunch at 1.0pm. Mrs Leybourne Popham going. Worked. Letter from M saying accident to dear Roy on cycle yesterday. Very grieved. Had lamp out of passage. Answered very well. Dressed. Dined. Took Lady M in. Talk of Gerald Portal & his father. After Chinese pagodas made. Game of whist. Won 3/s from Newton. (Red ink: Worked all day. Letter from M saying accident to dear Roy.) Friday September 20 Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.40. 1st bath. After breakfast started at 9.30 in break for Brora. Rosalind went with us. Game of ball at station. At Brora by 11.0. Played 1 round, V & self versus Miss T & Newton. Mr & Mrs Farrer following. Won 9 hole course by 1 hole. Lunch at 12.40 by sea. Lovely day. Gulls & cormorants about. At 2.0 began an 18 hole. 2 rounds. Miss T & N won by 2 holes up. Back & into Brora for tea at Inn. On to platform. A Col Yates walking up & down. Russian labelled portmanteaus. Saw Miss Weston at Rogart station. On home. A wire from Burnand altering subject could not have done it. Wrote letter to M etc. No letters from M or Mite. 2 new ladies one a widow. Good dinner. Out with telescope after. All very tired after dinner. Got into smoking room & slept. No cards. Bed 11.30pm. Slept well. (Red ink: Golf day at Brora. Lovely day.) Saturday September 21 Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.40. Put on shooting things. Breakfast 8.15. The Farrers going. After said goodbye. Miss Milly Taylor also left at 10.30. Started 9.30 with Vernon & Newton to shoot. Walked the home beat over dogs. Newton shot an adder. Long walk before lunch. Delightful rest. Long Angus with a head on going to sleep two or three times. Nick running loose. After walked towards home. Shot a snipe, also hare etc. Scott covered a leveret & caught it. Back by 5.30. Letter from M etc. Delightful bath. Wrote letters etc till 7.30. After dined. Took Champagne. Very sleepy after doze & all. Game of whist. Won 4/3. Bed 11.30 & glad to get there. (Red ink: Hon Mr & Mrs Farrer & Miss Taylor left. Lovely walk after grouse with dogs. Home beat.) Sunday September 22 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.30. 1st bath. Full of hot water. Breakfast. After down & wrote letters the whole mornig. Cleared a lot off. Lunch 2.0pm. After rest &
Pepys. Played foursome 12 holes, V & self & Dept & Newton. Beaten by 4 holes. Most lovely afternoon. Brilliant sun. Letters. One from F.C.B. None from M. Tea & after Vernon took 2 photos on lawn. Played 4 holes with Depart't & in to write letters to F.C.B etc. After dined. Claret. Games on paper & looked at stars. Got Pepys Diary & read it 2 hours at night. Monday September 23 Tressady, Rogart. Up later 8.0am. Newton in bath. Breakfast. Goodbye to Newton. Depart't fishing. Vernon & self at 9.40am started rabbit ferreting. Along by high rocks etc. Out all day & to lunch. Left off at 5.0pm. Got 54 rabbits. No letters except one from Mite. Mrs Howard (of Greystokes) Mrs Leyborn Popham & Rev A.K.Douglas arrive. Read with great delight Pepys Diary. Dressed & dined. Tok Mrs Leyborn Popham in. After stars & pagodas. Down in smoking room. Last night. Very sleepy in chair. No cards. Bed 11.45 with Pepys. (Red ink: Delightful day's rabbit shoot, Vernon & self. Shot 54.) Tuesday September 24 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.45. Bath etc. Breakfast. Vernon & Dep't & Douglas off to shoot at 9.30am. Left me alone. Sad to say goodbye. Wrote letters to Tabs & typewriters etc. Finished packing. A dull foggy morning & still up to noon kept dull. After lunch said goodbye to Mrs Howard (of Greystoke) Miss Dorothy Leake & Mrs Mather. Learnt that an accident had happened to old lady caller, fell backwards off coach. Left Tressady at 1.45. Down to station. Girls about. Long wait. After got off to Mound. There 3.10. Drove in mail coach to Dornock. To Ryle's, had tea. Ryle down. After met Rhodes & Miss R, Sir Edward & Lady Carbutt & H.W.B.Davis. Luggage left in middle of the road. At last a trap. Drove to Skibo. Letters from M (2) & 'Punch'. F.C.B had not put my subject in, D him. Took Mrs Rhodes in to dinner. Very slow evening after. Stupid game of rolling balls on billiard table after. No lemons. Took whiskey. Bed. Thermometer in London 86º. (Red ink across page: Left Tressady for Skibo.) Wednesday September 25 Skibo Castle, N.B. Up 7.30am. Breakfast 8.30. Only man down. Beautiful morning. Got off at 9.0am in wagonette. Sir E.C, Mr Gridley, Mr Watson, Mr Davis, self, Rhodes, Mr Snagge & Ireland (keeper) shot 8 guns. Drove 12 miles. Grouse day. Got to shoot at 11.0. Long walk before lunch. Missed a bird that got up under my feet. The only chance all day. Sir E.C a duffer, done up. Ladies met us at lunch. Crofter's daughter married at 14, 2 children at 17 yrs. Dog fight. Retriever lay down before spaniel. After a very long stretch. A bit done. Very poor shooting. Back 5.30. Picked up Sir E.C. Drove home by 7.15. A pile of letters. Wires from F.C.B. Dinner. Ryle dined. Took in Lady C. After went up & wrote letters. Had rubber of whist. Lady C & self v. Mr Gridley & Davis. Lost 2/6. Bed after lemon squash. Tired. (Red ink: Grouse shoot. 12 mile drive from Skibo. 8 guns.) Thursday September 26 Skibo Castle, N.B. Up 8.0am. Breakfast 9.0 after. After had to walk after dog cart with Sir E.Carbutt's cartridges. Sir E altogether too funny. Drive to where we were yesterday for beer. Where ruined mill is. Ladies came too. Guns Sir E.Carbutt, Col Rhodes, Mr Snagge, gun & rifle, Mr Watson, self, Mr Davies. Long awful toil up
hill. Got awfully hot. Carried coat & gun etc. Had four drives for deer. 1 st over by lunch. Slight rain. Mrs Rhodes, Lady Carbutt & Miss Dent left. After 3 more drives saw 1 red deer & after 4 red deer. Did not shoot. Not once. Bagged by guns. Sir E.C very funny about his lost chance. Lovely view of Loch & side view of sun through mist. Drove home. Letters from F.C.B, Arthur etc. Up to bath. Dressed . Late in room for dinner. Took Miss Rhodes in, called Ryle a nice old gentleman Oh! After pyramids. Rhodes almost rude to Sir E.Carbutt. Played game. Up & after changed coat. Lemon squash. Talk of Oscar Wilde & bed. Drew a pig blindfolded. (Red ink across page: Deer drive from Skibo Castle.) Friday September 27 Skibo Castle, N.B. Up at 8.0. Curious dreams at night, L.Price etc. Breakfast & got off walking at 10.0. Sir E.Carbutt, Col Rhodes, Mr Watson, Mr Gridley, Mr Davis, Mr Snagge & self. Frightfully hot sun. Wore thin McDougall coat & silk shirt only. Long dreary walk thro' swedes & turnips. Shot a hen pheasant & a partridge. Sir E.C very funny about his gaiters. He left at once. Obliged to knock out on acct of the heat. Lay about. Got good drink of water from a crofter. On to lunch. Bagged a couple of rabbits. Enjoyable lunch with Davis. Got 3 brace of birds after. Long walk home by 5.30. Whiskey milk & soda. Letters. Lovely bath. Wrote 4 or 5 letters & arranged about journey tomorrow. Good letter from Jupp. Dinner. Took Mrs Rhodes in. Talk of Paris etc. After went into dancing room. Stupid games. Retired to smoking room. After marked 25 game for Sir E.C & Davis. Smoke & lemon. Talk of guns etc. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Awfully hot day. Partridge shoot. Obliged to knock out.) Saturday September 28 Skibo Castle, N.B. Up 6.30am. After bath packed bags etc. Down & got some tobacco & wrote wires. Breakfast. After photos in porch. Trap round 10.15am. Adieu. Off with traps to ferry near cottage where I got water yesterday. 5/s trap, ferry 2/s. A small shabby pony cart with a sing song driver to meet me. Drove to Tain. 5/s. Sent wires. Man in street brushed coat. Surley ticket boy in office. Got traps together. Off by 12.40. Coupé to self. Party from Dornoch Castle, the Barrows. Inverness 3.0. Bought pear etc. On to Perth 7.15. Had cut of beef. After met Sir Wm Pearce. Wash. Met Mr & Mrs Kettle. Delightful carriage to self. Left 8.0. Got soda at Stirling. Read till 10.0pm when slept uneasily till 5.0am. Guard woke me. Lavatory wash & out at Rugby. (Red ink: Death of Harry Paine, clown. Left Skibo Castle.) Sunday September 29 On board train for South. Up at 5.0am. Lavatory wash. Just in time. Out at Rugby 5.55am. Left traps with porter & strolled into the town of Rugby. Walked about till 7.0am. Saw bootmaker Furniss. Into the George Inn & ordered breakfast for 7.45. Looked at Graphic for '70. Breakfast 2/6. Wrote 2 letters F.C.B & Darling. Out & strolled back to station by 9.30am. Protestant tracts. A train came in reserved for Gaiety Com'y, 'Don Juan'. They could get nothing to drink or eat. Left by 10.2 for Northampton. Changed at Roade. Found Roy & Con waiting for me. Large break & 2 horses. Drove to Earl's Barton. Dear M & Midge, Dora, Mrs Fraser & H & Con there. Wash & lunch. Changed. After sat in chair on lawn with News. Slept. Tea. Had cycle out after going with Roy to see the doctor. Saw the locum tenens. Arm re-bound up. Cat & kittens. Rode cycle a little, got very hot. Dressed. Good
dinner. Game of billiards after. Beat H by 2 only. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Arrived Earl's Barton 12.30am.) Monday September 30 The Grange, Earl's Barton. Up at 8.0. Went for cycle ride to Earls B. Many factory hands about. Back 9.0 breakfast. Had rest after. Looked at I.L.N. After saw 2 pairs of horses out. Took photos. Wrote 6 or 7 letters. Lunch. At 2.20 went with H delightful drive with pair of dark greys to Wellingborough. Back 3.30. Finished letters & diary. Roy ennui. Tea. Game of bowls. Midge & self v. Roy & M. We won. 100 up before dinner. Con in bed with pain in the afternoon. Dined. Claret. Felt very sleepy after. 100 up billiards. H won. (Red ink: Delightful drive into Wellingborough.) Tuesday October 1 The Grange, Earl's Barton. Up at 8.0. Did not cycle. Breakfast. After looked at News etc. More wind. Con down. Read Fair Maids of Perth. Lunch. Again smoke & rest. At 4.0 went on cycle towards Wellingborough. Met break & also M in landau with Midge & Dora. Turned back. The axle of cycle slipped for good & had to walk home. Tea. Callers. After played Roy game of bowls. Won. After M. Midge, H & self played till dusk. Game of billiards 50 up before dinner. Won. Whiskey & soda did not agree with me. Champagne dinner. Very sleepy. Spoof after 100 up with H & bed after at 11.30. M awake. (Red ink: Quiet day at The Grange Earl's Barton.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John Lysaght. Oct 1895 Wednesday October 2 The Grange, Earl's Barton. Up 8.15. Bath. Stroll in grounds. Breakfast. Letters from Vernon, Jupp etc. Hamilton got off by 10.0am. Looked at Vols News after, 3 vols missing. Pig on the lawn. Wrote Jupp & diary. At 12.15 packed & dressed. Shaved etc. Lunch 1.45. In billiard room after. Got off with pile of luggage at 3.5pm. Goodbye to Conrad & Mrs Fraser & Dora. To Castle Ashby. Hurt hand & oil on Roy's bag from cycle. Long wait at Northampton. Comfortable run to town. Collector wanted letter. Otley & buss met us. Rode to corner of Tottenham Ct Rd & walked to Punch dinner. There 7.5pm. F.C.B, Tenniel, A à B, B.P, P.May, E.T.R there. Cuts easy. Presented with socks & philibeg etc sporran. Left with J.T at 11.20 home. Mite coming back. Otley went to meet her. Arrived at 12.45am. Had beef tea etc. Looked over all my letters. Nothing of importance. Bed 1.30am. (Red ink: Came up from Earl's Barton, M, Roy & self.) Thursday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Dull rainy morning. Disappointed wiith cyclometer on cycle. Went for short run on it to Redcliffe Gdns. Back at 9.0am. Breakfast. Roy down. After wrote letters & got to work. Skemed subject. Dull wet morning. After photod Otley in 2 positions & developed plates. Lunched & rested in a way afterwards. Roy about. At 3.45 dressed. Tea. Left at 4.45 for G.W.Rly. Caught 5.5 & down to Eton. Saw Mr Ainger & the doctor. Left Roy with his tutor. Rain. Long wait at Slough. Home by 8.30. Dined. Sleepy after. Bed 11.15. x. (Red ink: Took Roy back to Eton in the afternoon. Left him there. Saw Mr Ainger.) Friday October 4
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. At 8.30 out on cycle. Lovely morning. Went to Battersea Park. Coming back cycle slipped sideways & broke crank. Hurt knee. A draughtsman met me & called on his advice at shop in Fulham Rd. Walked on. Tried to get on & had 2nd fall. Walked to Watkinsons in Earls Court Road. Left bicycle. Breakfasted. Changed & got to work late 11.30am. Got on with drawing all day up to 8.30pm when dined. M & Mite out calling at the Cowards etc. Smoke after & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Accident with cycle. Slipped sideways.) Saturday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull morning. At 9.30 got to work on drawing of Hicks Beach & Harcourt. Worked till 1.0 when finished. Lunch. Put things away, rested. Tea at 4.15. Was to have had cycle ride. Heavy wet. Read & began calendar. At 6.45 dined & left in 4 wheeler at 7.30 for Lyceum Theatre. Mite imitating etc. Saw Romeo & Juliet. Mrs Patrick Campbell good. Mr Stone in box. Lots of Jews in theatre. Out at 11.20. Walked with Mite along the Strand. Got 4 wheeler. On to Stone's rooms & had oysters & grouse, old Champagne. The Weedon Grossmiths there. Mrs W.G very pretty. Left at 1.0 & back in cab. Very heavy rain, awful. Home 1.30. Bed 2.0am. Tired. (Red ink: Went with Mite & M to see Forbes Robertson's Romeo & Juliet. Supper at Stone's rooms. Frightfully wet night.) Sunday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Slight headache. Dull wet wretched day. Breakfast. After M pottering about in room. Took out leaves from all the Weeklies etc. Lunch. Long rest in afternoon till 4.0pm. After walked up to the Garrick through the Park. Met Burney Yeo. Wrote 11 letters & home by buss from Piccadilly at 8.10. Edgar & Sophia Herapath dined with us. 1 bottle Burgundy, 1 of Zeltinger. Long talk of Estate. They stayed until 11.30pm. Bed 12.0. Alum. x. (Red ink: Very wet Sunday. Walked to Club. Edgar & Sophia Herapath dined with us.) Monday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am. Lovely bright sun. Left at 8.30. Met Sophia Herapath at the door. Round to stable & rode cycle up the Row with her & round Hyde Park. Home by Bayswater at 9.5am. Breakfast. After found moth had got into my clothes dreadfully. Put them straight. Printed some photos & after got to work to design Calendar. Mite v seedy. Castor oil. Lunch. Rest & after at 4.0 rode cycle to Barnes. Met Mrs Stone & a friend at St Paul's School. Home 5.15. That A of a Paxton here. Tea. After wrote Mrs K for sitting. Worked till 7.30. Paxton left 7.20. Dined & quiet evening by selves. Thank goodness. Snooze & bed at 11.30pm. Tuesday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Dull grey morning. Out on cycle 8.20. Went twice round Hyde Park. Home 9.0. Been 7 miles. Breakfast & after squared prints. Got to work 11.30 on calendar. Mite not down to breakfast. M went off to Whiteleys. Worked till 1.30. Designed both pages. After Effie Harrison came in. Lunch. Rest. Mite not to go to the theatre. Very wet afternoon after. Went on to work from 4.0 to 6.0pm. Dressed. Dinner 6.30. M & self left for Drury Lane 7.15. Very wet. Good hansom with chirruping man there. Found 2 Miss Harrisons in Box LL. Bad box. Saw 'Cheer Boys Cheer'. Old Neville, Mrs Harry Burnand as walking lady. Out at
11.0 & home in hansom. Sandwiches & bed at 12.0. (Red ink: Otley fetched mare from Horlicks at noon today. Westwood put up for sale at Ramsgate.) Wednesday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am, then snooze. Dull damp morning. Out on cycle & round Park 8.30 to 9.0am. Letter from Langley etc. Breakfast. Otley putting up pictures in lavatory. Work on calendar 11.30am till 1.0. After lunch rested & read. At 4.30 M & self walked through Kensington Gardens as far as Peals. On after to Brook St. Left M at Sophy's, after walked thro' Regent St & on to Garrick. Called Camera Club. Met Henschel in the hall. Wrote Mr Harrison & strolled on to P.D. L.B, E.I.M (late) P.M, E.T.R, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur à B & R.L there. Good dinner. Was shewn an American paper (Harpers) with my name instead of Hy F to Lika Joka. Long time over J.T's French cartoon. Left 11.10 with J.T & cab home. Read & to bed 12.30 or 1.0am. Thursday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Mistake with linament for C.C. Out on cycle at 8.5. Went round Park met Sophia Herapath. After to call on B.P at 11 Marlboro Road. Left name of spanner. Long ladder across road. Back 9.10. Breakfast. After photod Stace & Otley for John Bull & Yankee. Sent to Barkers for drawers etc. Developed. 2.0 lunch. Amy Herapath there. At 3.0 rested till 5.0. Much colder weather at last. Lit a fire. Worked till 8.30. Drew 2 figures of Bull & Jonathan. Dinner & quiet evening. Bed 11.30. x. Friday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning, sunny. At 8.25 rode cycle twice round Park & out at Bayswater. Home 9.10am. Got to work after writing letters at 10.30. Carpet shifted. Worked all day on drawing of John Bull & Yankee. Mrs Fraser called in afternoon & stayed to tea. Dinner at 8.30pm. After snooze & bed 11.45pm. Saturday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Cycled round Park. Met Sophia H. Also saw Rook, Joe Parkinson, Mr Aird jun'r & Reynard on cycles. Coming back met Pepys Cockerell & home 8.45am. Good breakfast. Got to work 9.20 on drawing John Bull & America over sports. Workd till 1.0pm when lunched at 1.30, Mrs Fraser there. M & Mrs F went off in cab to Royalty Theatre. Mite & I followed in another cab. Stupid cabby took us to 'The Royal'. At Royalty saw Mrs Charles Mathews & Mrs Wheeler. Very good play. Mr & Mrs Bouchier acted very well. Out & saw M & Maud & Mrs F to Hanover Sq. Walked to Garrick. Avoided Marks RA. Had tea. Looked over papers. Changed cheque for 2d & home by buss. Bought lobster, pine, pears etc. Home 7.0. M not in. Very late getting home. M home at 7.50. Dinner 8.5. Lobster. Good pears etc. Snooze after. Bed at 11.45. (Red ink: Went to see 'The Chili Widow' at the Royalty Theatre.) Sunday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Cycled 9.0 to 9.30 round Earls Court. Good breakfast. Left at 10.30. Buss to C.C. M & Mite at church. Photod at 11.45 Mrs K for Almanack. Out 2.0pm. Amateur & spectacle lens. At Garrick to lunch. Talk to Burney Yeo & after Sterry. Learnt reason of Col Welby's engagement being broken
off. Queer in his head. After in smoking room talk to Christie. Left & changed plates at C.C. Cart at Garrick 4.45. Home. Mr & Mrs Fowler there, long talk. They left 6.30. Wrote letters F.C.B. Sent copy to Illustrate. M had left her purse in Kensington Church. Sophia & Edgar lunched at 18 S.T. After had quiet dinner at home, M, Mite & self. Bottle of old Burgundy. Not very good. Pine. Quiet evening & bed early. (Red ink: Photod Mrs King for Almanack.) Monday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. x. Rode mare in Park 8.15 to 9.30 for 1 st time since August 1st. Met Pepys Cockerell & Mills. Talk of Ray Lankester. Back & developed plates taken yesterday. Looked for moth in clothes. Lunch. Rest. Out on cycle at 3.35 along Hammersmith Road, Bedford Park, Q Bridge & Mortlake & Putney. Bad roads. Home 5.15. Had ridden 14 miles. Dressed & did 1½ hrs work on Xmas Nº. Left in cart at 7.35 & dined with Ayala at the Savoy. (Plan of table seating) Ayala's Savoy Dinner. Mr Yates, Froggy, Mr Lockett, Mrs Lockett (Col North's daughter) Comyns Cole, Ayala, L.S, Mr Treherne (knew Hamilton's father) Very good dinner. Left 11.30 & called at Steak. Saw Blunt & Leslie Ward. Home by 12.30. Slept in chair till 2.20 when bed. (Red ink: Rode mare 1st time since Aug 1.) Tuesday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out on cycle at 8.25. Twice round Park. Saw Lethbridge on cycle. Home 9.10. Put phos to print. Wrote letters etc. Foggy morning. After got to work on Almanack. Drew signs X Nº. Quiet afternoon. Rest & on to work again. M, Mite & self dined quietly & bed early. Wednesday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out on cycle & met Reynard. Round Park. Home breakfast. After got on with work on Xmas Nº up to lunch. After began Stag Beetle & Elf. At 5.45 left in dog cart & drove to Holborn Viaduct called on Mariott & Cooper & on to Punch dinner. Full dinner. Phil A, E.I.M (late) E.T.R, B.P, Guthrie back, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, A à B, Phil M & R.L. Discussion a long time over cartoon of Blue Beard. Self got Nelson & Column & another cut of Chamberlain. Talk with Guthrie about Melbourne. Great laugh. Left with J.T at 11.15 to Isthmium. Got cart at top of Row & home by 12.15. Letters of Edgar & long type letter from Lee & Pembertons. Read it. Thursday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wrote letters & went out on cycle to call at Edgar's. Met him & after Sophia. Most lovely morning. Went nearly to Brook St with Sophy & after called on Guthrie & left the name of spanner. Back home along the Bayswater Rd. Heard shouting in Black Maria. Home & in morning finished drawing of Stag Beetle. Drove in cart at 1.0 to Trafalgar Square. Photod column. Saw Lawrence Bradbury in Pall Mall. Coming back found that ass Paxton in S.T. Had him at lunch, M away at Auntie's. Developed plates after lunch, 5 spoilt out of 8. After a rest after lunch began Chamberlain as Toreador & worked up to 8.30pm when dined. Quiet evening. Mite dined at the Edwin Herapaths. Bed 11.30. (Cutting glued in: Death of Susan Murray Shirreff.) Friday October 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out on cycle 8.25 & back by 9.0. Went round Park. Very foggy. Got on & finished Chamberlain as Toreador by 11.10. Skemed subject of Britannia & Nelson. Developed 3 plates by 1.35. Lunch. Dried plates & got prints by 4.0pm with boxes. Miss Meiggs here. Rested in chair till 4.0 & at 5.0 began cartoon. Got it outlined by 8.30. Dressed & dined. Quiet evening, Mite, Mrs Fraser, M & self. Dozed & bed 11.0. (Red ink: Began cartoon at 5.0pm & finished it 1.30 tomorrow.) Saturday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Out at 8.10 on cycle round Park & back 8.35. Breakfast. After at 9.15 got to work & finished by 1.30 the cartoon of Nelson & Britannia. Lunch. Dressed & Mite & self went in the cart to Charing X. Walked to Terry's Theatre & with the 2 Herapath girls. Saw Kerr in The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown. Very good. Miss Felipe very good little school girl. Put Mite & girls in cab at 5.15 & home. Called at Moss's & after bargaining bought a tray & 2 old leather bags for £5.10.0. Changed cheque for £7.10.0 at Club. Had tea & home by cab to Hyde P Corner. Cart met me. Called at Butts & bought fruit. Home 7.30pm. Dinner 8.15. 2 Miss Herapaths, Mrs Fraser & ourselves to dinner. After they had table & glass for divining. (Red ink: Bought tray & 2 bags. Went to see Strange Adventures of Miss Brown, Terry's Theatre.) Sunday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. x. Not out. Breakfast. After at 10.30 Reynard called on cycle. Went with him thro' Richmond Park. Most uncomfortable with P. Home 12.15. Rode 15 miles. Put hooks in bath room & after dressed. Lunch & rest. At 3.15 M, Mrs Fraser & self went to Niagara. Lady band. Saw Mrs Bingham etc, Miss Hood & Miss Robson Roose, Terraros etc. Left 5.45 home by 6.15. Found Col Welby there. Edgar had been. Maud imitating etc etc. Winnie Lockyer in to lunch. Felt suspicion of cold on chest coming on. Hope not. Dined quietly, Mrs F, Mite, M & self. Monday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out 8.30am. Met Reynard. Round Park & home. In morning printed phos & got on with Xmas page. Put goat etc in. Lunch. Mary Burnand in. At 3.15 to 4.45pm cycled 15 miles. Same as yesterday. Tea. Mary B still there. Dressed & worked from 5.30 to 8.0pm. Dinner. Felt after slight cold come on in nostrils after snooze. Horrid. (Red ink: 1st bad cold since Tuesday September 4th 1894 at Tressady.) Tuesday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. M in bed. Wet morning & wretched grey day. Breakfast. Woke up with irritation in nostrils. Cold coming on. Sent Otley for quinine & alkeram. Suffered from cold all day. Callers in afternoon. Jerry Weigall & Miss Effie Harrison. Effie H was at lunch. In evening young Buckmaster dined & stayed till 11.30pm. Bed quietly after. Cold in head bad. (Red ink: Cold very bad in head.) Wednesday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Very cold morning & bad cold in head. Nevertheless out on cycle & thro' Kensington. Home 8.50. Met Sophia H. After got to work all
day on Xmas Nº. M down. Mite went in cart in afternoon to Burnands & dined there. Left at 6.30 & went by Met'n Rly to Blackfriars. Punch dinner. William Agnew, Edwin James Milliken (late) Bernard Partridge, Edward Tryan Reed, Henry Wadsworth Lucy, Frederick Anstey Guthrie, Francis Cowley Burnand, Sir John Tenniel, Edward Linley Sambourne, Arthur à Beckett, Phillip May (late) & George Busson Du Maurier there. Long talk of success of Trilby. Cold bad. Told B.P to shut up. Cartoon made up easily. No subject for self. Left 10.15 & home by buss from Bouverie Street. Saw old Lewis, wife & Ernest in buss at Piccadilly. Read & dozed. Bed 12.0. Fire in room. (Red ink: Atrocious & heavy cold in head at Punch dinner.) Thursday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Very cold. 1st frost. Did not go out. Bright sun. Acct of suicide of the Marquis of Waterford. In morning began drawing of Kipper. After lunch at 2.30 went for ride on cycle. Put M in cart. Round Richmond Park & home down Putney Hill. Delightful ride. Smoked cigarette in Park. Back at 4.45. Tea. F.C.B called & left paper for Law subject. Got to work. Dined 8.0pm. Quiet evening. & bed early. Cold in head bad. (Red ink: Very good cycle ride to Richmond Park.) Friday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Very cold. Could not cycle. Went for walk up Campden Hill. Back & wrote letters. After finished small drawings. Waited for letter from F.C.B. Lunch at 2.10. Went on cycle to F.C.B's. Very uncomfortable with P. Saw F.C.B & settled for drawing of Russian Bear in Chinese Dress. Own idea. Back. M going out in dog cart. Rested. Felt seedy. At 4.30 got to work & worked till 8.15pm when dined quietly M, Mite, Mrs Fraser & self. Cold in head bad & on chest slightly. (Red ink: Did drawing of Rusian Bear. Proved a great success.) Saturday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walked round Campden Hill. After at 9.14 got to work until 1.30 when finished Russian Bear as Chinese. M, Mrs Fraser & Mite went in hansom to Gaiety Theatre & saw The Shop Girl. Dressed & left at 2.30pm in cart. Felt awfuly cold. Got out at Leicester Square & walked. Had 4d whiskey. Very good box. Saw The Shop Girl for the 6 th time. New young Appleby. Very good song 'Well you know the sort of song I mean'. Rowdy boys in next box. Out & put M & others in hansom in Strand. Walked to Club. Bought alligator skin bag, very good one at Moss's 25/s. Club. Tea. Felt not quite the thing. Walked sharp home. Called & bought lobster & pine etc. Otley at shop waiting. Bath & dined. Very poor apppetite for dinner. Seedy. Bed 11.30. Chest rubbed. Thankful felt better in the morning. (Red ink: Went to see The Shop Girl for the 6th time.) Sunday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast. Did not go out. Too cold. Frost etc. Wired to Reynard. M, Mrs F & Mite going out to church. Looked over letters etc & sorted them. Wrote diary. Stuck razor & strop etc. After Evelyn Coward in. Lunch. At 2.0pm got on cycle & rode to Richmond Park. Saw Charley Burnand & brotherin-law. On to Ham Gate & delightful run to Kingston. Had ginger & gin at Greyhound. Left 3.30 & thro' Bushey. Bad road. Twickenham, Putney Bridge 4.30. Home 4.45. 25 miles in 2½ hours. No one had called. Changed & dressed. After
dined quite quietly & pleasant peaceful evening. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Delightful cycle ride to Kingston & Richmond etc etc.) Monday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Bitterly cold morning. Walk round Campden Hill. Back. After got on with shading of 2 pages for Xmas Nº. Worked all day. Got on & began the two upper figures. Dinner at 8.0pm. Miss Holland came in afternoon & sat a long time. Talk of Egyptology & Prof Flinders Petrie. After lunch tried cycle but came round West Kensington & back. Sent Otley for the carriage at 3.0pm. (Red ink: Carriage sent back from Corben's.) Tuesday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Bitterly cold morning. Frost. Walk round Campden Hill. Breakfast. After got to work on Xmas Number. Got on with shading. Lunch. Finished in afternoon. Annoyed I did not see letter from Hitchings. After many called. Old Mr Maclean etc. Dined at 6.0pm & after M & self drove in carriage to Haymarket Theatre & saw the dress rehearsal of Trilby. Next Mr Wood & Levance etc. Arthur à B, Du Mauriers etc etc. Long waits. Miss Baird very good. Left at 12.0. Drove home by cab. Very cold. Hard frost. Sandwiches & bed at 1.0am. Tried cycle after lunch. Came back again. (Red ink: Went in evening to dress rehearsal of 'Trilby' at the Haymarket. Finished the two pages for Xmas Nº 1896.) Wednesday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Slight headache. Why? Breakfast. At 10.30 after skeming subject left & walked thro' Kensington Gardens. Buss to Camera Club. Photod Miss Rose. Learnt that she had been married 5 years. Come in to her property. Changed plates & left at 1.45. Lunch Garrick. Beetle, Pinero etc. Saw Sooby, after Furniss & Spielmann. Out & walked to Globe Theatre. Saw Charley's Aunt for the 3rd time. Put M & Mrs Fraser & Maud in buss. Walked to cycle place & saw them. Back thro' Chancery lane. Bought spectacles. On to Punch dinner. F.C.B not there. At dinner A à B, J.T, self, Phil May, E.I.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, Great talk of the Trilby boom etc. (Red ink: 1st night of Trilby at the Haymarket.) Thursday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out 8.20 & rode cycle round Park, out Kensington. Met Sophia. Round home. Breakfast. Papers about 'Trilby'. Change in the weather. After at 11.0 skemed subject of Duke of Cambridge & Tommy Atkins saluting. At 12.20 Stace came round. Photod Otley & he. After developed & luncheon. At 2.30 on cycle. Called on Reed. On after thro' Mortlake & all thro' Richmond Park. Down Putney Hill & thro' past Walham Green. Called on F.C.B. Talk of ‘Punch’ depressing. Hope may be better. Walter Austin there. After at 5.0 lit lamp & home. Enjoyed ride. Tea. Dressed & got to work at 6.0pm on Kipper. Heavy rain came on 5.45pm. Dined quietly 8.0pm. Snooze & read after dinner. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Called on Burnand. Told of the serious state of P. Good cycle ride.) Nov 1895 Friday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Out & walked instead of cycling as the mud was very bad. Breakfast. Very foggy. Had lamp instead of daylight. Finer after. New
birdcage put up. Finished drawing of Kipper. Printed phos. After lunch rested & did not begin cartoon until 4.0pm. Worked till 8.30 & after dined. Quiet evening & bed at 12.30 after snooze. Had nearly the last of the liqueurs. Wrote Edgar in evening after dinner in answer to long letter about the reserve of Angel Court received last night. Saturday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round Campden Hill. At 9.30 got to work & finished cartoon of Duke of Cambridge & Tommy Atkins by 1.40. Hamilton Langley in to lunch. Changed & down with Mite in a hansom to the Duke of York's theatre. M & Mrs F went in carriage. Saw 'Her Advocate' by Walter Frith. Cartwright & Miss Gertrude Kingston very good. Miss Frazer came in box. Saw Bancroft & Mrs B opposite. Out at 5.10. Put M, Mite & Mrs F in carriage. Went to Club & had tea & wrote 5 letters. Saw Percy Reeve, Weldon etc. Out at 6.15 & walked home. Got cheque changed for £2.0.0. Bought pine, pears, nuts etc. Home 7.45. Paid wages. Quiet dinner, M, Mite & Mrs Fraser. Quiet evening & bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: In afternoon went to the Duke of York's Theatre & saw the play called 'Her Advocate'.) Sunday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle at 8.50. Went right round Park & home 9.30. Breakfast. Was sorting papers when Reynard called. Again out on cycle to Richmond Park, Kingston & home by Barnes. 11.10 to 1.35, 21 miles exactly. Uncomfortable with P. Had bath. Lunch. Was to have gone to Tattersalls. Too tired. Wet afternoon. Snooze in bedroom. After came down & read Pepys Diary. Molesworth called from 5.30 to 6.0pm. Talk of horoscope etc etc. Dined quietly, M, Maud Mrs F & self. Maud a nasty influenza cold in her head. After dinner read Frank Stackton's story of Adventures of Captain Horn, about the gold of the Incas. Finished it & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Cycled about 28 miles in the day. Went to Kingston with Reynard.) Monday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle 8.34. Stopped by Keeper in Kensington Gardens. Horribly muddy & wretchedly wet. Back 9.15. In morning came on worse. Tidied up etc etc. After left at 3.0pm for Tattersalls. M & Mrs F had left before. Saw sale of Hamilton Langley's horses. Average 54 gns. After saw Effie & Con, Ethel English, Percy Holland, Talland, Frisby etc. Had whiskey & soda. M & Mrs F went all the way to Warwick Crescent to have tea with Mrs Raikes. Decided not to go to Empire Theatre. Sent Otley with letter to Mudie's & Empire. Wrote many letters for photos for Mr Thornton's Art J. Drawings. Dined 8.0. Quiet evening after. Snooze till 12.0. Maud a bad cold in her head. Read An Artist's Reminiscences by Rudolph Lehmann. (Red ink: Sale of Hamilton Langley's horses. Charge against George Alexander.) Tuesday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. x. Dull wet morning. Walk round Campden Hill. In morning sorted letters etc etc. News of Alexander's having been charged with improper behaviour. M out in carriage to the Stores.Wet. Lunch. Mite not out having a cold. Looked thro' diary. Developed 16 plates in the morning taken last Wednesday. Sooby called. Sent Otley for hose etc to Stores & with bags. Dined
7.0 & after took M & Mrs Fraser to the Empire Theatre. Spencer called at dinner time. Gale of wind & heavy wet. Very poor entertainment. Thought I saw K.M looking as thin as a ghost. Left 10.50 & home by 4 wheeler. Man just on. Wednesday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & walked up Campden Hill. Very windy but fine sun. After in morning printed a heap of blue photos from plates taken from Miss Rose on Wedy last & also old Stace plates Apl 1885. Mrs Fraser left & Miss Fraser (Grace) came. Galbraith called in the afternoon. Dressed & he drove me to Sloane St. Walked to Club & P.D. Met Spencer & after Heilbut. Talk of Alexander. Wrote 3 letters at Club & on to P.D. William Agnew, L.B (saw him at Club & talked about the 9th.) E.I.M, late, Reed (with bad eyes) A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & R.L, Phil M. Talk etc. Settled double cut for J.T. Turkey going over the Falls. Self the Magisterial Blunder abt Alexander. Suggested by self. Left at 11.0 with J.T in cab & told him about the state of P. Home 12.0 & bed after reading paper. Thursday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & being wet walked over Campden Hill into Notting Hill Rd & back by Holland Park. Breakfast. Miss Fraser there. After wrote letters & then skemed subject for Magistrate & Policemen. At 11.45 photod Stace & Otley & developed them. Lunch. Ladies cycling. Posted letters & rested in chair. Read China. M & Miss Fraser went in carriage to call on the D.M's. Mite in with a cold. Wrote Spielmann. After got to work & got on with subject of Magistrate & Policeman. Dined at 8.0pm. Quiet evening & bed 11.30 after. Friday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walked over Campden Hill. Breakfast. After got to work & all day at cartoon of Policeman & Magistrate. Dined at 8.30. Rest after. Strange dream of a haunted room & Edgar. Bed 12.30am after snooze. M went to tea at Rev M Maclean's. Saturday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Usual walk. At work on drawing till 12.45. Late. Roy back from Eton at 10.0am. Lunched at home. Gave up the Lord Mayor's Show. Roy, Miss Fraser & Mite went in carriage to Drury Lane Theatre & saw Cheer Boys Cheer. M & self followed in a cab. Called Box Office at Haymarket & saw where Box 16 was. On to Theatre. Put M & girls in a 4 wheeler. Club & tea. Walked to Lyceum Theatre before. After left letter at Haymarket. Bought sausages & home by buss. Bought lobster & fruit etc. Dined 7.30pm & after Roy & self went by the carriage to Lyceum Theatre & saw Romeo & Juliet. Sir William Dalby & Pepys Cockerell in stalls. After with Roy to supper at the Garrick. Joe Carr & Cyril Maude there, also Nutcombe Gould. Left 12.30 & home. Joe Carr's stories. Eel & balls. (Red ink across page: Went to Drury Lane Theatre matinée & to Romeo & Juliet in evening. Roy's exeat.) Sunday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Tired. Usual walk. After M & Mite went to church. Roy out with girls after. Felt very tired in morning. Spencer came in. After lunch Roy & self cycled 19 miles, Richmond Park etc. Home. Called Phil May & saw Davis RA at Val Princep's. Home tea. Marshall there. After American girls & Coupé
London called. Read book of Barr's & up to dress at 6.45. Cab to Garrick at 7.30. There 7.50. Dined with Sir Charles Hall. Mistake about Russell's letter getting to him. (Plan of table seating) Sir Charles Hall's dinner at the Garrick Club to meet H.R.H the Duke of Coburg. Sir Charles Hall, Sir William Howard Russell, John Hare, L.S, Arthur Blunt, Admiral Sir Henry Keppel G.C.B, His R.H. the Duke of Coburg, Lord Borthwick, H.Beerbohm Tree, Equerry in waiting, F.C.Burnand. Good dinner. Long stories from the Duke. The mutton beefsteak (illeg) affair Sir O.Brierly. etc. 84 days home from Australia. H.R.H liked onion salad. Long talk. Enjoyed dinner. Afterwards H.R.H talked half an hour to me & told me about Punch & the German Emperor 'My dear nephew'. Also mentioned about no soles to boots of Tenniel's men etc. Also about Prince Albert. Hare's story of the Scotchman & Irving. Refused cigar that H.R.H had given to Irving. Scotchman (distinguished member of Scotch Academy) Balfour & Churchill there etc. Scotchman not to be taken in by Prince of Wales. Thought it was a hoax. 'I no care for reminiscences of Royalty'. Tree distant about box yesterday. Left 12.30. Home 1.0. Terrific gale of wind & heavy rain. Read story & bed at 2.0am. H.R.H's story of the cups etc of ships to be left at a depot. Admiralty refused. (Red ink across page: Good cycle ride with Roy. Dined at Garrick with Sir Charles Hall.) Monday November 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk to Notting Hill. Breakfast. Roy late down. Went back to Eton at 9.20. After lovely morning. Printed photos. Wrote letters & diary etc. Busy all morning. After lunch from 2.15 to 4.30 cycled 19 miles round Barnes, Richmond Park & Putney. Tea & bath. M still out. After got to work on Fables. Sketched out puppy. Miss Fraser out to dinner. M, Mite &self dined quietly. After rest. M to bed 11.0, self 12.0. x. Miss Fraser back 11.30. Tuesday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Walked round Notting Hill. After measured bicycles. Breakfast. After came on pouring wet. Wired to put off sitting Miss G. M & lamps. After cleared up. Very sorry had not taken studies Miss G. M back at 1.0. Drew small drawing. After lunch sent Otley to the Stores for wine etc etc. After worked & read. At 8.0 H.W.B.Davis & Coupé London dined with us. Davis came early. Fair dinner. Gave D big cigar. Too much for him. He felt giddy & seedy after. Shewed all my drawings etc. Put them up after. Bed 12.0am. Otley took Roy's cycle round to Phil May's. (Red ink: H.W.B.Davis & Coupé London dined with us.) Wednesday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round by Lewis's. Home. After 1 st thing photod Otley for drawing of Emperor of Germany drawing cartoon. Took 2 in blouse & 2 in smoking jacket. Developed them by 11.0. Prints after. Then did small drawing Chamberlain as Chief of Kaffirs. M out at dentist. Mite & Miss Fraser went to Comedy Theatre. Got back by 6.0pm. Miss Fraser missed her train. Left at 6.15 & went by Met Rly to Bouverie Street. Lehmann in cab. P.D. Phil Agnew, E.I.M, P.M, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, A à B, R.L & D.M. Good dinner. Talk of Trilby. Suggested Tenniel's cut of Britannia, Lord Wolseley & King Koffee Kalenli's umbrella. Left at 10.15. Went to Garrick Club. Wrote letters. On by cab home at 11.30pm. Very bad attack of P all day. Something disagreed with me last night. Thursday November 14
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & before breakfast got on with drawing. Breakfast. After worked on. Miss Fraser left at 11.0. Worked on to 2.0pm when finished. Lunch. After packed bags & left by omnibus at 4.0 for Waterloo. Took Mite & left her in Gloucester Road. On. Offficial met us at Waterloo. Comfortable carriage to ourselves down. Arrived Ropley 7.15 & Brookwood 8.10. Only found Hamilton Langley there, no Midge. Dressed hurriedly & dined. Had burgundy. After talk, bed at 11.30. Good night. Slept well. (Red ink: Went down with M to Brookwood Park, Alresford.) Friday November 15 Brookwood Park, Alresford, Hants. Up at 8.15. M awake "waiting to be roused". Out on cycle. Shocking bad roads. Went to Bramdean & back. Breakfast. After at 10.30 began to shoot from Park, 5 guns. Mr Walter Long, Mr Dutton, Ham L, Ham F & self. Got some pheasants & hares etc. 1 partridge drive. Heavy rain came on at 1.0. Lunch in tent. Went on to shoot in the rain. Postman carried my cart'gs. Gave him 2/s. Home 4.0pm. Changed everything. Tea & after wrote many letters. Read The King in Yellow. Dined 7.45 & had burgundy No 6. After felt sleepy. Bed 11.45. M awake. Violent gale all day & heavy wet. (Red ink: Shot with Hamilton Fletcher at Brookwood, 5 guns.) Saturday November 16 Brookwood Park, Alresford, Hants. Up at 8.45. M in bed. Breakfast 9.10. Fine morning but much wind. After left at 10.35 in wagonette to shoot Bramdean Common, 6 guns. Ham L, Ham F, self, Mr Tracey, Capn Wynne & Mr Higgins. Much wind. 170 rabbits, 5 pheasant, 2 woodcock, jay & 1 squirrel. Self got 3 pheasants. Very much troubled all day with P. Lunch in a tent. Back home at 4.45. Tea. After dressed & wrote letters & diary. Letter from model. Dined 7.55. Burgundy & after Ham F, Ham L, M & Tabs played Spoof. Self very sleepy. Went into smoking room. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Rabbit shoot at Brookwood. Six guns.) Sunday November 17 Brookwood Park, Alresford, Hants. Up at 8.40. Chequed suit. No cycling. M in bed. Breakfast. Lovely morning after. Looked at cycles etc. Read book on Hogarth. After played 2 games of bowls with Hamiliton L. Each won one. At 1.30 lunch. After read & at 3.0 cycled till 4.30. Very bad attack of P. Spolit ride. Changed. Tea. Wrote letters. Dined 7.30. Indifferent Claret. Tabs went to bed early. H sang. Bed 11.0. Good night. Monday November 18 Brookwood Park, Alresford, Hants. Up at 8.30. Out on cycle at 8.45. Went as far as George Inn & back along the grass. Just missed Tabbie's carriage. Home. Breakfast by self. After at 10.30 started with Ham to Captain Wynne to shoot. Notwithstanding every precaution sorely troubled with P all day. This is the 6 th day since Wednesday night. Too bad. Most lovely morning out all day. Good shoot, unlucky for self. Very few birds came my way. Shot the last hen phasant. Back at 4.40. Tea & changed. Wynne left 5.30. Wrote Otley & Liddell. Quiiet dinner after, H, M & self. Tabs went up to bed quietly. Pipe & bed at 11.0. (Red ink: Shot with Hamilton Fletcher & Captain Wynne all day.)
Tuesday November 19 Brookwood Park, Alresford, Hants. Up at 8.30. Walk round house. Tried Ham's cycle. After Hamilton got away 9.40 by himself in pony cart. Gwenny went to meet. M & self & Evelyn in carriage went to Hinton. Meet of hounds. Went into house. Saw Mrs Dutton & Miss Christie. Had cherry brandy. Cold. Saw hounds go into cover. Back. Met Tabs in lane with Tags & governess. Back & packed. Lost button hook. Lunch. After left at 2.15pm Ropley with cycle. Up to town. Otley met me. Home, quiet dinner. After by carriage to Camera Club, Pavilion & Empire theatres. At Garrick Club after. Wrote letters, Liddell etc etc. Left after having eggs. Saw Gilly Farquhar. Cab home. Bed 2.0am. Read Lord Wolseley's book on Napoleon. (Red ink: Came up from Brookwood Park in afternoon. Went after dining at home to Pavilion & Empire.) Wednesday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.55. Overslept. Breakfast. Looked over letters etc. Afterwards at 11.30 carriage drove me to Camera Club. Waited till 12.45 from then to 3.0 took 3 dozen photos Miss G. Another came with her. Changed plates & out at 4.0. Wrote letters at the Garrick. At 5.15 Mr Edgcome of Fair Nude Club called on me. Had a false nose. Long talk. After left at 6.30 & walked to Punch dinner. Present Agnew, Phil M, E.I.M (late) H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Discussion. Tenniel got Waggoner & Jupiter Fair Trade, self taxing bicycles. After Sir W.Agnew left F.C.B made a statement about the Proprietors. Very unsatisfactory state of things. Lawrence Bradbury had written insulting letter especially about my Almanack work & D.M. Great discussion & all agreed to stand by Editor's decision & by him. Left with Tenniel at 11.30. Called Garrick for bag & camera. Home & bed at 1.0am. M sleeping. Tap dripping. (Red ink: Photod Miss G at Camera Club. After interview with Mr James Edgcome at the Garrick.) (Red ink across page: Bernand unfolded unsatisfactory state of things with Bradbury & Agnew. Lawrence Bradbury's attack on my Almanack work.) Thursday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Went for cycle ride. Altered saddle. Round Park. Sir William Dalby called out after me. Round Bayswater & home. Tabs & M at breakfast. After skemed subject of Deputation to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach of Taxed & Licenced People. Decide to photo Otley. Did so at 12.5 for Hicks B & coachman etc. Developed them & put to dry. After worked at 4.0 & got on. Self & M dined after 8.30. Tabs back from her lecture & debate at the Pioneer Club. She had dined there. Bed quietly 11.30. Wrote several letters, Guthrie etc. Asked him for tomorrow to go to play. Friday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Went for cycle ride round park. After home & got to work all day on drawing of Hicks Beach & deputation of Taxed People. Worked all day. Tabs & M out in the carriage. Dined at 7.20 & after Tabs, M, Miss (blank) & self went to the Royalty Theatre & saw The Chili Widow for 2 nd time. Guthrie met us in box. Dined at the Savoy Restaurant at Tabbie's expense, £2.3.6 dinner. Not bad. Turned out very heavy wet at night. Got hansom at Royalty & sent M, Miss W & Tabs home. Self in another. A very chattering cabby who spoke to everyone down the road. Guthrie & self had been down to see Arthur Bouchier. When I got home I found Conrad there. Tabs settled up for dinner. After to bed tired. (Red
ink: Dined with Tabs at Savoy Restaurant. After for 2 nd time to see 'The Chili Widow'.) Saturday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Got on with drawing of Michael Hicks Beach & Deputation at 8.30. Tabs & M down for breakfast. Worked till 12.30 when finished. Put things away & down to lunch. Rested after. Went at 3.0 & changed & went by buss to the Garrick Club & saw Mr Edgcome, Lord Masham's agent for cartoons. Settled to draw 3 for 75 guineas. Had tea. Left at 5.0 & walked to Knightsbridge. Buss home. Bought sausages at Crafts & fruit etc. Home. Saw Otley & sent him to Roger Wallace's. Dined at 6.30 & M & self left in carriage for St James's Theatre. Saw Alexander's new plays, The Mysogenist & The Divided Way. Furniss very kindly gave M his seat. Had good stalls. After introduced to Lady Lewis. Home by carriage. Colder. Had supper & bed. x. (Red ink: M & self went to première at the St James's Theatre, 'The Divided way'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Alexander Collie.) Sunday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Breakfast 8.45. Sent Otley with coat to Mr Roger Wallace's. Left at 9.15 & walked to 21 De Vere Gardens. R.W not down to breakfast yet. Mrs W had had a little daughter 7 weeks ago. Left in cab at 9.45. Bitterly cold wind. Got to Vauxhall. Saw Walter Austin & a friend a young architect Mr Cooper. Went to Woking 3rd class. Cab to course. Played 1 round with Wallace before lunch. Lost by 3 holes. After had cold beef pickles etc. Story after with cigars. Played a foursome. Won 6/s. Mr Cooper & I against Wallace & Austin. Won by 3 holes. Very seious attack of P. Most uncomfortable. Back by fly & train. Home 7.15. Dressed & hot bath. Conrad in at 7.50, Effie H afterwards. Quiet evening. Bed 12.0. Conrad went to the Schusters musical evening. x. (Red ink: Had very good day at Woking Golf Links with Roger Wallace.) This day Mr H.S.Lewis was 8 hours in the sea trying to get to Calais in The Fram, nearly wrecked. Great gale in the channel.
Monday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Out on cycle right round Park. Home 9.20. After breakfast Con & Effie wrangling. Put papers straight. etc. Sent cheque for Willis's Life Assurance. Long talk to M about 'Punch' after. Dated photos. Wrote diary etc. Dull wretched morning.. Lunch 1.45, Effie H, M & self. At 2.20 cycled thro' Richmond Park. Bought 2 cigars at Hammersmith Bridge. Strong north east wind but good ride. Home 4.15. Changed. Tea. The Punch Almanack came. M & Effie out up to 6.0. Got to work on Mr Thomson's drawing. Con & Effie out to dinner. M & self dined quietly. After rested. Snooze in chair. Strange dream of Alice on mat. Tuesday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Out on cycle 8.40 & went round park. Cold wind. Saw Romeo Williams. Back. Conrad bad cold. After breakfast Midge came for M. By self in room. Read The Bible for an hour. Much struck with the beauty of Ecclesiastes 'All is vanity'. Capital notice in 'Times' of Punch Xmas Nº. In morning put things away etc. M back at 1.15. Lunch. At 2.0 Mr Hector Maclean called & kept me about an hour. After sat in chair & read. Mrs Cohen called. After skemed
two cartoons & wrote letters. Went up & dressed at 6.30 pm. Out. Met Arthur Lewis & Luke Fildes on platform Met Rly. On to Charing X. Talk of gale to Fildes. After to Whitehall Rooms of Metropole, banquet to John Hare. Sat between Godfrey & Clement Scott, opposite Arthur à B. Delightful speeches. Lord Hothfield & Lockwood & Hare. F.C.B told me had had satisfactory interview with Philip Agnew. After left with D.M & Abbey. On to Garrick Club. Had poached eggs etc. Opposite Furniss. Long talk. Left 2.0am & drive with Parsons. Heard of illness of Miss Bourne. Bed at 2.30am very tired. (Red ink across page: Farewell banquet at the Metropole to John Hare.) Wednesday November 27 Stafford Terrace. M up early & woke me. Had slight head on & tired. Up at 8.15. Out on cycle at 9.0. Round park. Stopped to see a Bantam & Crypto cycle. After called Parsons. Home 9.30. Con & Effie leaving for Rome at 10.0. Not a penny in their pockets. M out to Whiteleys. Rested & read. Looked over my stocks & shares etc. After lunch at 2.0 rested etc. Had snooze. Left at 5.45 for Garrick in fur coat. Saw Sir Rivers Wilson & Carr. On to Punch dinner. Called Spooners. Sir W.A, Phil A, L.B, P.M, E.I.M, late, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L there. Got cut of Pig. After dinner F.C.B read a written speech about last week to effect that letter written was burnt & forgotten. Never more to be alluded to. Hum! Time shews. W.A replied in a feeling & really good speech & so all ended happily for a time. Left with Sir J.T & put down Isthmium. Home at 12.0. Young cabman whipping horse. Bed 12.30am. Jackemot dined with M. (Red ink: F.C.B read written statement at 'Punch' dinner. Agnew replied.) Thursday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Pouring wet morning. Could not ride cycle. Felt fairly well. In morning at 10.0am Mr Edgcome called & settled about cartoons. After skemed Pig & Hicks-Beach & Harcourt. Too wet to photo Stace at 1.30. Photod Otley after lunch for Hicks B as farmer leaning over gate. Very dark. Developed. & had a snooze after. M out in carriage in the wet. Got to work at 4.30pm up to 8.0 when wrote letters & dined 8.30, M & self. M very sleepy. Bed 12.0 after dreams. x. (Cutting glued in: Death of Thomas Matravers.) Friday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Both M & self oveslept ourselves. Dream of mare being killed hunting. Breakfast & after got to work at 10.0 on Pig & Hicks-Beach. Sent Otley to Stores for plates. Dull wretched dark morning. Piano tuned. Worked all day & up to 8.0pm. M & Midge out in carriage. Left off at 8.0pm. Wrote letters. Dined quietly, M, Midge & self. Midge came at 5.0pm. (Red ink: Midge came to stay till Wednesday.) Saturday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast got to work on drawing of Pig & Hicks-Beach. Worked up to 1.30pm when finished. Had intended to go to see cycles. Could not. Roy was to have come home. Read in dining room after lunch. Did not go out entire day. After at 5.30 up in room & skemed 2 cartoons for Lord Masham. Dined at 8.0, M, Midge & self, & bed quietly after at 12.0. Dec 1895
Sunday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Cycled round by Kensington looking for shop to photo. Went in & out of Kensington Court. Back by Earls Court. Breakfast 9.30. After went out & photod shops by hand camera. Back. M & Midge going to church. At 12.0 Stace round. Photod him as John B Boxer, & putting up shutters etc. Finished by 1.15. Developed. After lunch at 2.20 went on cycle thro' Richmond Park, 16 miles. Back 4.0pm. Frisby, Mr Fair & Rooth called. Developed more plates by lamp light. Harry Rooth kept me till 7.20. Dressed & went with M to dine at F.C.B's. Drove with Cob. Mr & Mrs Cameron there & Milliken & ourselves. Pleasant evening. Left 11.25 & home. A stray dog ran in to Burnands. Smoked on sofa till 12.30 when to bed tired. Monday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20am. Colder & sun after. Did not go out. Felt very sleepy after Burnand's dinner. Breakfast. Invite from Mrs Temple. Wrote diary etc. Printed photos developed yesteday. Midge & M at lunch. After at 2.15 went out on cycle. Not comfortable. Went as far as Jarvis Road Lillie Road & then back. After began cartoon for Lord Masham & got on with it till dinner time. M, Midge & self dined quietly. Tuesday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Went for cycle ride. Passed Lockett Agnew in Park. Spoke to Mocatta. Home breakfast. Got on with drawing of cartoon for Lord Masham. At 2.0 photod Otley & also paper written on Free Trade. Developed them & put in tank. At work. Very many callers, Ellie Kitchen & Mrs Galbraith etc, 12 or 14. Midge & M a long time down in morning room. Dined 8.15 & quiet evening after. Bed at 12.0. Slight nightmare in chair. Wednesday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Out on cycle in park. Machine clicked very much. Found it was the mile register. Passed right round Park & home. Breakfast. After long day's work on cartoon for Lord Masham. Printed photo of Otley taken yesterday & got on. Put cap in press. Midge left us at 2.0pm for home. Row between two fourwheel cabmen. Dressed at 6.15 & went by Underground Rly to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, Phil May, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur à B there only. Milliken ill. Got preface. Long discussion Chamberlain cut for Tenniel. Self Russian Emperor & German Emperor. Chaffed Lucy about Covent Garden Ball. Left with Tenniel at 11.15 & home at 12.0. Bed. Gale o' wind. (Red ink: Midge left at 2.0pm for Earls Barton.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Charles Lucas.) Thursday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Gale of wind. Out & walked over Campden Hill. Tried to find Mount House. Could not. Met Reynard on his cycle. Walked thro' Holland Lane & home. After breakfast wrote letters. M off at 10.45 to Sandown with the Galbraiths. Skemed subject for cartoon of Emperor of Russia agast at Emperor of Germany. Photod Otley in coat etc & self being taken up. At 12.30pm lunch. Cycled from 2.10 to 4.0 in a gale of wind thro' Richmond Park. Actually stopped by the wind at Mortlake. Enjoyed ride very much. Rather tired. Back & had tea. M back 5.30. Began drawing of Prof Leckey. Did not get on very well.
Spoilt drawing of Cock a Lecky. Dined 8.15. Quiet evening & bed at 12.0 after snooze. Friday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not walk or cycle. After breakfast got to work & finished drawing of Cocky Leckie. At 12.0 began cartoon. Spencer came in & stayed to lunch off pheasant. Worked all day up to 7.15 when went to dress. At 7.35 went in carriage to Berkeley Square & dined with the Steincopffs. Took Mrs Playfair in. Talk of Sargent & Fildes etc. M had old Lehmann. Mrs Crackenthorpe etc. Left 10.45 & home by carriage. Colder. Saturday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Worked from 9.15 to 1.30pm when finished cartoon of Emperors of Russia & Germany. Lunch. Rest & after at 5.0pm went on with cartoon for Lord Masham. Put John Bull's & Potter's coats in. M read. Dinner 8.25. News from Tabs, Mervyn had typhoid fever. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Death of George Augustus Sala.) Sunday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Cycled round Park at 9.10. Saw soldiers (Life Guards) going to church. Back 9.40. M saw me in Kensington. After breakfast worked till lunch on Lord Masham's cartoon. M read. Lunch. After rest. Went out at 3.10 to 4.0 on cycle. Spencer & Hilda in in morning. Spencer had lost his hat last night. Changed & got to work at 5.0pm. After young Swatzer called, Weigall & Miss Harrison, Richards, Molesworth & Mr & Mrs Phil May. Mays stayed till 7.15. Whiskey. Worked till 8.0. Dined. Wrote 6 letters after dinner till 10.0am. Colder. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Dream at night of D.M & Lord Charles Beresford at theatre. My umbrella stolen in dream. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Augustus Sala.) Monday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dull dark wretched morning. Did not cycle. News of George Augustus Sala's death in the papers. Got to work 9.45 & finished Lord Masham's 1st cartoon by 12.45. Mite back from the country as I sent it off. Changed. Lunch 1.30. Off 1.50 on cycle. Went to Richmond thro' Mortlake. Up Richmond Hill, thro' Park & home down Putney Hill. Very good ride. Home 4.0. Called on Mr Watkinson. Gas collector had called. Paid his acct by letter. M & Mite back at 5.0. Stace called & got letter of recommendation from me. Tidied up & began Index. Thought of Punch feeding Robins. Mite at dinner. Quiet evening. Were to have dined at the Cottons. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Mite returned at 1.0pm from Midge's.) Tuesday December 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Out Marble Arch & down Bayswater Rd home. Breakfast. Mite down with cold. In morning at 10.30 photod self for Punch & Robins. After developed it & at 11.30 got on with Index drawing. After lunch cycled round Richmond. To hollow tree & home 3.45. Miss Chapman, Carter & Lockyer there. Changed. Tea. Went on to work at 4.0. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Galbraith, Mr & Mrs Armstrong & Walter Austin dined with us. Good dinner. Harris waited. (Plan of table seating) Home dinner 8.0pm. Grouse. Mr Galbraith, Mrs
Armstrong, self, Mrs Galbraith, Lieut Armstrong, M, Walter Austin, Mite. Stayed till 11.30pm. Rest in chair till 12.0. Bed. Wednesday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. M wakeful & restless. Mite in bed with bad cold again. Sent Otley to Mrs Wallace. News of Mervyn, not so good. Emma R had been ill in the morning. Cramp etc. Very seedy. Wrote advertisement for horse. After finished Index by 1.0pm. In afternoon had snooze after being bored by Paxton. Oh! At lunch Paxton eat ravenously. After tea did tail piece of Index. After M back. Miss Wheat came, up in Maud's room. Stayed with M. Left at 6.35. x. Went by Met'n Rly to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, E.I.M, Phil M, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & R.L there. After long discussion about Turkey. Got cut to do of Irish fighting over Justin McCarthy. Did not like it. May's stories of taking Lucy out. Left with J.T at 11.10 & home by cab. Had been heavy wet. Read Mrs Clifford's Aunt Anna. Bed 12.45. Thursday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. Slightly bilious. Skemed subject for Irish & Justin McCarthy. At 11.0 photod self & Otley for it. Quart pots, bottle of beer etc. Took 10 plates. Sent Otley to Phil May's. Not up till 12.0. Sent twice. M went to luncheon at Charley Hartree's. Mite could not go on acct of cold. Rest in chair afterwards & snooze. Printed Platinotype prints from 9 plates. All ready by 5.0pm. Finished tail piece of Robins from 4.0 to five pm. Heavy rain in afternoon. M back from Hartree's & up in schoolroom. Worked till 8.15pm when dined, M & self. Quiet evening & bed. (Red ink: M lunched at Charles Hartree's.) Friday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Walk. Called stable. Got Otley to get P.O.O for 3/s. Went with Tip round Campden Hill. Breakfast. After got to work & went on with drawing of Justin McCarthy & Irishmen. V & C sent for tail piece Index. Worked all day up to 8.30pm. In afternoon little James I.Galbraith here to tea. Mr & Mrs G after. Quiet dinner M & self. Mite upstairs. Smoke & snooze in chair. Slept till 2.0am when to bed. Lay awake an hour & then good night after. Saturday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. No walk. Breakfast. After at 9.20 sent Otley with drawing done by a young Parnell (friend of Mr Reynard's) to F.C.B. Then to work & by 12.30 finished cartoon of Justin McCarthy & Irishmen. Wire from V & C. Wire from F.C.B about Fancy Portrait. After at 1.30 lunch, M & Mite & self. Then after changing rode cycle at 2.35 to Richmond Park & down Roehampton Lane & home by 4.15pm. Changed. Bath. Read Prehistoric Man. Col Welby called at 6.45 to 7.20. Wrote diary. M resting on sofa. Quiet dinner, M, Mite & self. Read book as above & bed quietly after snooze. Sunday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Went for cycle ride round Gloster Road etc. Breakfast. In morning skemed Preface etc. Lunch. After had most uncomfortable ride on cycle ever had. Went to Barnes etc. Attack of P. Home by 3.50. Painful bath & cold douche. Dressed. Miss Clarke called. After Dietz & his wife. Quiet
dinner in evening, M, Mite & self, & rest after. Spencer called with Daggles & Hilda in morning, hindering me. (Cutting glued in: Death of Edwin Brett.) Monday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Sent cycle to be finished putting up. Began the Preface & worked hard all day at it. Worked all day on Preface to Vol 109. Don Quixote & Punch in Clouds. M in bed. Better news of Mervyn. Midge wrote & asked us to spend Xmas at Earls Barton. Quiet dinner at home, M, Mite & self. Bed after snooze. Tuesday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Round to stables & tried cycle. Went better. Walk up Campden Hill after breakfast. Finished Preface by 4.0pm. V & C sent for it. Did tail piece after at 5.0 to 6.30pm. Dressed & went by Met Rly to the Punch dinner. Sir W.A, E.I.M, Phil M, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & D.M there. Settled cuts easily. 2 for J.T. Self Tournament. Talk to D.M about Lesbianism etc & after left with Phil May & went to the Socy Illustrators dinner. Linton presiding. Saw Parsons & Millet. Went after to Arts. Sat & had whiskey & soda. Saw Val Princep. Talk of carpets etc. Sargent came in. Left at 1.10am & home by cab. Spoke to man about lashing horse. (Red ink: Punch dinner on acct of Xmas. Went with Phil May to dinner of Socy of Illustrators & to Arts Club after.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charlotte Spottiswoode) Tabs in to lunch with us before going to Germany. Wednesday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50am. M going off in carriage to Stores at 9.0. Up & walked round Campden Hill. Headache & slightly tired from yesterday. Read 'Times'. Nerve of President Cleveland's message about Venezuela. Great sensation. M not back. Put on coat at 11.0 & went round to F.C.B's. Had talk, settled cut. Left 12.0. Called Stace & Otley. Skemed subject & at 1.45. photod Stace for Cleveland & Salisbury. Developed them. After tea did Fancy Portrait of Gen'l Sir Robert Biddulph. Mite went to Edwin Herapaths in afternoon for the night. M & self dined quietly 8.30 & bed quietly afterwards. (Red ink: News in morning of President Cleveland's message to Congress threatening war with Great Britain.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Woolmer.) Thursday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. M in bed. Down. No walk. After printed Platinotypes prints from negatives taken yesterday. Sent drawing of Biddulph off & got to work in morning on cartoon of Cleveland & Salisbury. Letter from F.C.B etc. M went at 11.0 to fetch Mite from Edwin Herapaths. Worked to 7.15pm when dressed & went to dine at Colin Hunters. Met some very nice people of the name of Donaldson. Glasgow people. Tall girl that sang very well. M's tooth hurt her very much. Went up in Jack Hunter's studio. No carriage up. Cab 4 wheeler home. No Maud back from Roger Wallace's where she had been dining. Did not come back until 12.15pm. M's tooth bad & anxious about her. Sat down & worked until 1.30am. Pipe & bed 2.0am. (Red ink: M had swollen face come on. Dined at Colin Hunters to meet the Donaldsons. Mite at the Roger Wallaces. Roy's Eton bill £105.) Friday December 20
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No cycle. No walk. Went on to work at cartoon of Cleveland & Salisbury. Great push to get done. Roy back at 10.30am. Dispute with cabman. Finished 1.15. Sent Otley on Cob to F.C.B with letter. After lunch rested & slept in chair. Tea. Tidied things up. Adah S.J here grumbling about affairs. Dressed at 6.45. Dined 7.15pm, Roy, Mite & self. M upstairs to bed with toothache. Left at 8.0 in carriage to Court Theatre. Saw most admirable performance of 'The Rivals'. Mrs John Wood Mrs Malaprop. Prince Teck & Princess Mary in box. Sir Henry Poland & Arthur à Beckett, Susy & boys. Back by carriage. Home 11.30. Had sandwiches. Bed 12.30pm. (Red ink: Went to see 'The Rivals' at the Court Theatre.) Saturday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. M in bed with bad tooth. Down. Mite down. Wrote to dentist after breakfast for M & sent Otley in morning. Dated 1886 photos. After at 1.0 took M in carriage to Mr Herbert's for tooth. Would not take it out. Got plaster at Garners & back at 2.0. The carriage drove Roy & self to see 'The Benefit of the Doubt' at the Comedy Theatre. Mrs Cyril Maude good. Out. Got sausages. Home by buss. Bought fruit. Dinner, Mite, Roy & self. M not down, went to bed at 7.45. Roy & self drove in carriage by Cob to end of William St & went to the Adelphi Theatre. Saw 1st night of 'One of the best'. H.R.H there. Very good. Military A1. Saw à Beckett & others. Out & to Garrick. Sat next Campbell Praed & Bouchier. Kendall looking young. Left at 12.45. Home by hansom. Very cold. Letter from F.C.B etc etc. (Red ink: Went to see 'The Benefit of the Doubt'. In evening to première of 'One of the Best'. M went to dentist at 1.0pm.) Sunday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. M's face still bad, remained in bed. Mite to church. After in morning skemed Volume 110. Spencer & chicks came in. M down at 1.0. Mite & Roy went for walk & met Mr Blair. Changed for cycle clothes. Lunch at 2.20. Cycled round Richmond Park & home cold. Not altogether comfortable but better than last Sunday. Back 4.15. Changed. Not one soul called. Wrote 15 letters. Dined 8.0. Mr Blair came to dinner. Stayed up to 12.0 after keeping M up. Diarrhoea valley. Bed 1.0am after reading. (Red ink: Cycle ride round Richmond Pk. Mr Blair dined with us. M's face very bad.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Arthur Swanborough. Monday Dec 23.) Monday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Breakfast. Very cold. M in bed with bad face. More news from America. Read paper in bed room until 11.30. After got to work & went on with drawing for Volume 110. Dull wretchedly miserable grey weather. Roy went to lunch with Mr Blair. Back in afternoon. All up in Mite's room to tea, Mr Blair & all. Down again & to work up to dinner. Put in Punch etc. Mr Blair left left at 6.30. Quiet dinner all together at 7.30pm. Weather bitterly cold. Afterwards to Colin Hunter's billiards. Wired Langley to say we would not go to Earl's Barton. M saw Orton about her face at 3.0pm. After dinner at 9.30 Roy & self went to Colin Hunter's to play a game of billiards. Met Val Princep & Fildes. Played 4 games. V.P & Roy against C.H & self. We won. After 3 100 up, V.P & self against C.H & Luke F. We won all 3. Won 4/s. Left at 12.15 & home. Bed 1.30am. (Red ink: Billiards at Colin Hunter's.)
Tuesday December 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Dull wretched weather could not photo Roy. Went on to work on opening of Vol 110, Duke of York & Baby. Maud out in carriage.shopping for M. Lunch. Rest. At 4.0pm sent Otley to Stores to get wine etc. Back at 6.30pm. Worked till 8.0pm when dined quietly, M, Maud, Roy & self. M a little better. Game of backgammon & bed 12.0am. Wednesday December 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Dull misty sleety morning. Cold, raw & altogether disagreable. Doubts as to ride. Did not. Otley dined with the servants. Worked all morning on opening for Vol 110. Lunch by selves. After at 3.0 Roy & self walked to the Garrick through Kensington Gardens. Deserted & miserable. No one about. Tea. After took Roy round the Club. Saw Percy Reeve. Left at 4.30 & walked down Piccadilly. Carriage with Cob met us in Hyde Park. Home. Miss Rose Innes there. Got to work at 5.30 again. Dined 7.45. Christmas dinner to ourselves. Trick crackers etc after. Played Roy at backgammon after. Bed 11.30. (Red ink: Dull wretched weather. Damp drizzly & cold.) Thursday December 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk round Campden Hill. After worked all day on opening Vol 110. Winnie Lockyer in to tea. Dined at 6.0pm & left at 7.0 in carriage for Drury Lane. Left opera glasses in carriage. Saw Harris. 17 th Pantomime with Roy, 'Cinderella'. Charley Livesey just behind us in stalls. Saw Phil May, Harry Livesey etc etc. Out at 12.0. Walk to Club with Chudleigh. Supper opposite Sir Arthur Sullivan & Joe Knight. Left 12.45. Difficulty about cab. Got a 4 wheeler at end of Garrick St & home by 1.20, 3/6. Roy to bed. Card from A.G. Bed 1.45am. (Red ink: Boxing Day. Went to Drury Lane pantomime in evening.) Friday December 27 Stafford Terrace. x. Up at 8.0am. Down & went for walk round Campden Hill. Dull wretched morning. Dark & miserable. After breakfast went on until 4.0pm & finished the opening for Vol 110. Letter & wire from F.C.B. After at 5.0 commenced cartoon of the American Eagle & H.R.H the Prince of Wales & the Duke of York. Worked up to 8.30 when changed & dressed. Maud & Roy out in carriage. Both said Otley had had too much to drink. Much upset. Dinner 8.30pm. After 2 games of backgammon with Roy. Beat him both. Bed at 11.45. Good rest. (Red ink: M's face still bad.) Saturday December 28 Stafford Terrace. Up later, 8.40. Dull wretched dark morning. No walk. Bother about lights at breakfast table. At 9.45 up in room & went on with drawing of Prince of Wales & Duke of York as Dove & American eagle. Roy went out on cycle at noon. M blew Otley up about drunkenness. M & Mite went to dentist. M would not have her tooth out. Lunch 2.0pm. After put all photographs away & went up in Mite's room & rested. Read a novel, The Mystery of the Patrician Club, by Vandam. Roy & Mite out in carriage. Back 4.45pm. Tea upstairs. After down & wrote diary etc. Roy went at 8.10 to Royalty Theatre with Banbury. Read after till 11.40 when Roy home. Again read till 1.0am when to bed. (Red ink: M's second visit to the dentist.) Sunday December 29
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. x. Dull wretched morning. Went for walk Campden Hill. Breakfast. After in drawing room looked over '88. Spencer & Hilda & Daggles in. Roy, Maud, Evelyn Coward & Miss Winnie Lockyer went for walk. Put cycle things on & after lunch at 2.15 cycled round Richmond Park. Very wet but had good ride. Back 4.15. Asked Otley about cheque. Found he had not delivered it to Pearks. £30.0.0. Annoyed. Miss Rose Innes called at 4.45pm. Winnie Lockyer still there. Changed things & down 5.30. Looked over diary & wrote letters. Put up Maud's photograph for Mr Williamson. Dined 8.0pm. After 3 games of B.G with Roy. Roy won 2. Read Life of Napoleon. Bed 11.30. Good night. M's face better. Monday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Dull muggy warm morning. Went round Campden Hill. Breakfast. Roy not down till 10.0am. Wrote 2 nd cheque for £29.19.6 for Pearks. Sent Otley with it. Also to Camera Club etc etc. Dated photos of the year '88. Lunch. After at 4.0pm began cartoon of John Bull sparring. Worked till 7.30 pm. Dressed. Dinner. Carriage up at 9.0pm. Drove to the Pavilion. Swanborough gave us good box. Saw R.G.Knowles, Marie Lloyd, good conjuror & boxing brothers etc. Left at 11.15 & home by hansom. Good letter from F.C.B, a wonder. Bed 12.15am. Tuesday December 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Letters. Box for today, Lyceum pantomime. Walk round Campden Hill. Lovely morning. Thermometer 50º outside window. At 10.0 got on with cartoon, John Bull sparring. Roy out on cycle. M & Maud to go out. Worked on cartoon of John Bull sparring. Doubts as to photoing. Did not. Lunch at 1.0. Dressed & left with Roy in cab at 1.35. Drove to Lyceum Theatre & saw rotten Cotton pantomime of Robinson Crusoe. Not good. Lauri as usual. Pappa. Out 5.30. Put M & Maud in carriage at King St, Roy & self to Club. Saw Yeo etc. Tea. Saw incandescent light being put up. Walked to bottom of Piccadilly. Carriage home. Wrote letters. Dined 8.0. Bottle of Lanson. Crackers. Played Roy 3 games backgammon. Roy won. M & Mite & Roy to bed 11.10. Self snoozed the New Year in. Heard bells ringing. Bed at 12.40am. Alice had had sore throat. (Red ink: Went to Lyceum, Robinson Crusoe.)
Notes at back of diary: Books read: A journey across Thibet. Capt'n Bower. (Red ink: Queens Taxes, when paid:) (Dates in red ink:) 1885 35.9.2 17 April 1886 34.7.6. 13 April 1887 36.18.4 4 May. 1888 33.2.11 7 May 1889 29.7.6. 8 May 1890 30.2.6 25 April 1891 29.2.6 16 May 1892 28.7.6 17 March 1893 28.15.3 3 May
1894 1895 1896 1897 1898
28.10.8 23 May 34.12.9 17 May 37.0.3 20 May 35.15.1 4 May 35.18.5 4 May
(Dates in red ink) 1890 99 Punch on board his Yacht. 1891 100 Football (+Calendar Jan '91) 101 Punch & Children in the Sea. 1892 102 Punch Golfing. 103 Punch Diving into the Sea. 1893 104 Punch Skating. 105 Punch at Royal Wedding. 1894 106 Punch & Maxim Gun. 107 Punch & Prince Edward of York. 1895 108 Punch Covert Shooting. 109 Punch & Lady Cyclists. 1896 110 Duke of York & Baby. 111 Time lighting Pipe. 1897 112 Big Guns.
1896 Notes and addresses in front of diary: Store Ticket 94657 Cape, Springhurst, Bickley, Kent. Academy Waiters. Moody, Golden. Chalk, 46 Archel Road, West Kensington. Cornwallis, 20 St Oswald's Road, West Brompton. Coals. L & N.W Syndicate, 204 York Rd, N. Boehms Ball at Town Hall Kensington where I met Spearman was Tuesday May 17 1881. The John Griffith Cycle Corporation Oriel House, High St, Coventry 61-63 High Rd, Knightsbridge 118 Newgate St, E.C. 20th Centy Lamp 15/6 nicle, 18/6, 21. aluminium. Apollinaris Company, 4 Stratford Place Oxford St, W. John Alexander Anderson Esq, 11 Abchurch Lane London, City E.C. Guthrie's doctor: Stanley Boyle Esq, M.R.C.S, Harley St W. Green, A.E. 3 Queen's Buildings, High St, Chel't. London address: 3 Wellington Square, S.W. 19 Oct '96, 26 Wellington Square S.W. Fletcher, A. 60 Frederick St, Grays Inn Rd. Grego, 23 Granville Square. Hitchings H.J. Green F. Mrs Taylor, 9 Redbourne St, Tedworth Sq, S.W. Mabel Grant, 5 Duke St, Langham Place. Guthrie, c/o Edward Wormald, Kilkiwan House, Maybole, Ayreshire. Mrs Stephenson's addresses for models; Miss Annie Price, 2 Goodson Road, Fulham. Louise Chalk, 46 Archel Road, West Kensington Maud Easton: above has her address. Miss Price, 21, knows several models. King, 16 Chelverton Road, Putney S.W. Jones Jenny. Brown ? 319 Sauchihall St, Glasgow. Hector Maclean. Photographer. (illeg). Flashlight & book. Crathiewick Lodge, Birdhurst Road S Croydon. Angus D Macdonald, model. 5 Duke St, Langham Place. Emmeline Lofthouse, 5 Park Road, Forest Hill, S.E. 47 Colfe Road, Forest Hill, S.E.
Kelso. Keddie's Hotel. James F Keddie, propriator. 'Olympia'. Press Department G.S.Edwards Esqre. also address given by A.J. Howson of the Palatine Engineering Co: 10 Blackstock Street, Liverpool. Taps. Wm Baily & Son, 11 Gracechurch Street, London E.C. Tom Smith & Company 69, 67, 65 Wilson St, Finsbury Square E.C. Tom Smith & Co, 69, 65 Wilson Street, Finsbury Square EC. Raphael Tuck & Sons. 72, 73 & 24 Coleman St, City, E.C. per Gustave Tuck. Rose, M. 22 The Avenue, Bedford Pk, W. Thomas, Gilbert W. Daily Graphic, Melford House, Melford Lane, Strand W.C. Taps, Lord Kelvin's. Man for doing up: F.E.Swinnerton, 5 Tamar St, Old Ford, E. Mrs Maud Sands, 18 Duke St St James's. 82 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park. A Boyd Saunders Esq, West (illeg) Mews, 21 Grosvenor Gardens S.W. Soda for plates is carbonate of soda & is 4/6 for 14 lbs, 8d for 1lb. Mrs Taylor, 9 Medburn Street, Tedworth Square, Kings Road S.W. Sulphorel Lozenge for sleep. Guthrie. Robert James John Willis, 8 Kings Bench Walk, Temple E.C. 24 Croftdown Road, Highgate Road, N.W. West Middlesex Water Works, F.H.Wyboro Esq, 19 Marylebone Rd N.W. Frederick Wicks, Telegraph Wick, Hersham. Halfway Lodge, Hersham, Walton on Thames. The North British Railway Co, John Conacher Esq, Head Office Edinburgh, by letter from Wm Paton, Stationmaster, 9 July 1896. J.Conacher Esq, Manager. Great Northern Railway, Kings X. F.P.Cockshott Esq. Great North of Scotland Railway, W.Aloggate Esqr, Secy & General Manager's office, Aberdeen. Caledonian Railway Company, James Thompson Esqr, Manager & Secy office, 302 Buchanan Street, Glasgow. The Highland Railway Company, Andrew Dougall Esqr, Gen Manager's office, Inverness. Willaim Gowenlock Esq, Secy. The North British Railway, D.Deuchars Esq, Office of Superinten't of the Line, Edinboro'.
London Chatham & Dover Rly, Mr William Forbes, Traffic Manager. Mr Morgan, Secy. London & North Western Rly Co, Frederick Harrison Esq, Genl Manager's office, Euston Station. Great Eastern Rly, W.Birt Esq, Liverpool St, E.C. Jan 1896 Wednesday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. x. Out 8.30 & cycled round Park. Saw Dalby & Mills riding. After Mocatta, & met Joe Parkinson. Back. Wrote for 3 seats for Roy to Terry's Theatre. Mr Edgcombe called at 10.10. Stayed ¾ hour jawing. Settled about cartoons. After went on to work. Otley round. Sent him back. At 12.40 photod Roy for (illeg) etc. At 2.40 Otley with brushes & mat etc. Changed & rested at 3.30. Very tired. Uneasy rest. M pottering. Roy & Alice. Tea. Threw cards into box & wicker seat. Left at 6.0pm for Punch dinner. Got buss. Out at Aitchisons to look at opera glass. Walked to Punch dinner. Sir W.Agnew, Phil Agnew, Phil May, E.T.Reed, H.W.Lucy, Anstey Guthrie, F.C.Burnand, Sir J Tenniel, L Sambourne, A à Beckett, Rudolph Lehmann, E.I.Milliken (late) there. Good dinner. Chaff about my sending cheques. After Tenniel had cartoon of South Africa. Self Poet Laureate. Left 11.0. Gave 10/s Xmas Box to waiters, 5/s Tenniel's cab. Put down at Garrick Club. Met Roy there who had been to see 'The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown'. News of march into South Africa by the Chartered Company. Home by cab 11.40. M & Mite back from dinner at Col Welby's. No Lanson. No sandwiches. Wrote Tenniel. (Red ink across page: M & Mite dined at Col Welby's. Roy went to Terry's Theatre.) Thursday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Wet morning. Walk round Campden Hill. After breakfast wrote Stores, Reynard etc. Met Coward on horse. Back. Skemed subject of Alfred Austin. At 12.0 photod a boy that Otley got & also Otley in cloak. Developed them & put to dry. After rested in chair. M, Mite & Roy went to the à Becketts at home. Got to work at 4.30 & on till 8.0 when quiet dinner. Backgammon & bed. Friday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After at 10.0 got to work on drawing of Alfred Austin. Worked all day up to 8.30pm. Roy went out on cycle in Park. M went to lunch at Charley Hartree's, after to call on Mrs Willard. Back at 6.30pm. Quiet dinner & bed. Roy beat me 1 game backgammon. (Red ink: M lunched at Charles Hartree's.) Saturday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. At 9.30 got to work on drawing of Alfred Austin. Went on up to 1.0pm. Lunch. Miss Ritchie at lunch. M, Mite & Miss R left in carriage at 1.30 & went to Gaiety Theatre. Saw The Shop Girl for the 6th time. Roy & self by cab. Out 5.0. M, Miss R & Maud to the Private View of the Old Masters. Roy & self tea at the Garrick. Walked nearly home. Bought
fruit, sausages etc. Had hair cut at Belshaws after. Home. Opera glasses from Aitchisons came. Quiet dinner, M, Mite, Roy & self. Played Roy 3 games of backgammon. Won 2. Bed 11.0. x. (Red ink: Miss Ritchie lunched. Went to Shop Girl for 6th time.) Sunday January 5 Stafford Terrace. M up at 8.0. Talked. Self 8.35. Down 9.0. Intended to go to Calais. Ordered cart. Found I had lost my pass. Intensely disappointed. Hunted everywhere. Decided to go on cycle ride. M back at 11.0. Sent Otley for Phil May's cycle at 11.45. Roy & self started for Hampton Court 12.40. Got there easily at 2.0pm exactly. Had good lunch. Roast beef, apple tart & cream, pint Stout & Bitter. Left at 2.45. Left wrap. Got to Stafford Terrace at 4.10pm. Roy very weary & grumbled the whole way about Phil May's cycle. Spencer at Stafford Terr. Tea. Miss Rose Innes, Mr Sladen & Mrs Sington called. Went up into nursery & rested a miserable hour. Cold. Had a bath. Dressed. Down 6.45. Roy & map of route. Wrote Forbes about pass, & also incandescent light. Arthur Linley came exactly at 8.0pm. Dined 8.15. Good dinner. 2 bottles of Champagne, Lanson, crackers. Arthur & Roy played beggar my neighbour with toy cards. Arthur left at 11.15. Bed at 12.0 after reading Phantom Death by Clark Russell. (Red ink: Arthur Linley dined with us.) (Red ink across page: Went with Roy on cycle to Hampton Court & lunched.) Monday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. M out of bed sharp. Struck a match. Water & bath in a second. Roy about all day reading Le Crey. Worked in morning. Dull wretchedly dark weather. Lunch. At 2.0 cycled 17 miles, round Richmond Park. Good going out very dark back 4.0. Roy still reading. M & Mite out 3 hours. Dressed. Worked from 5.15 to 8.15. Miss Ritchie in to dinner. Dancing after. Letter from Harris saying Baddeley cake given up in answer to my wire. Miss R left at 11.15. Read a story & to bed at 12.0. Sleep. M tired. (Red ink: Miss Ritchie dined & danced after.) Tuesday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. x. Walk round Campden Hill. M read papers. M & Mite out in carriage at 11.0. Roy on cycle. Men doing creepers. Looked over M's diary for 1886. Think I dated Tab's photo. Worked after on 2 nd cartoon for Lord Masham. Roy back at 12.30. Men called about fitting Incandescent Light. Proved to be the same man that had put up Sugg's burner 10 years ago. Lunch. After cycled 16 miles round Richmond Park., Wimbledon & down Putney Hill from 2.15 to 3.50. Roy in bath. Changed. Tea. Many callers. Came fast along the the Earls Court Road past Mrs Geiger's carriage. Changed. Went down & saw Mrs Geiger. Tall dark girl there, Miss Phillips. Up & worked on 2 nd cartoon for Lord M. Quiet dinner afterwards. Played Roy at backgammon afterwards. (Red ink: Mrs Geiger called.) Wednesday January 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk up Campden Hill. Breakfast. After got to work on drawing for Lord Masham, 2nd. Roy about reading all day. Lunch. Worked up to 6.0pm. Dressed & left for Punch dinner by Met Rly. There 7.30pm. Gave serjeant 10/s for Xmas Box. At dinner F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, A à B, E.I.M, P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L &
A.G. Good dinner & pleasant evening. After Tenniel got cartoon of England from King John suggested by Milliken. Self the Sultan. Stayed till 11.0 when left with Tenniel. Put down at Isthmian & home. Read paper. Bed 12.30. (Red ink: Dull dark weather up to this.) Thursday January 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. M up & went for walk with me, fine morning for a wonder. Met Alfred Parsons. Called on milkman in Silver Street. Breakfast. After skemed subject after writing letters. Otley round at 11.30. Photod him twice for Sultan of Turkey & newspapers twice. Developed them & put to dry, also to print by 2.0pm. Left 2.25 & cycled into & across Richmond Park. Home by Putney. Stopped & gave Xing sweeper 6d. Home by 3.50. M out in carriage. Got to work on drawing of Sultan up to 8.0pm. Dined. Both chicks left at 9.0 in carriage to go to a dance given by Mrs Roberts at same rooms Maud came out in. Read after & M & self to bed. M cold. Coldish night. Chicks back 1.30pm. (Red ink: Exraordinary height of barometer almost out of index. Roy went to his first dance.) Friday January 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Did not go for a walk. M down. Roy & Maud late. After breakfast got to work & went on with cartoon of Sultan feeling knife. Roy listless & tired all day. Worked up to 8.0pm. Mrs Willard called in afternoon & saw M & Mite. At 9.0 after dinner Roy & Maud went off to a dance at Jacomb Hood's. Wet evening. They enjoyed it. M to bed at 11.0. Read stories of of Clark Russell's, one of Ramsgate sailor finding a treasure, referred to Consul Hammond. Went to bed 12.0. Chicks back at 1.45am. Bed 2.0am. (Red ink: Roy & Maud went to dance at Jacomb Hood's. Wet evening & night. Spoilt cycling.) Saturday January 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. No walk. M in bed. Down breakfast. Roy down 9.30. After at 9.45 went on with cartoon of Sultan of Turkey. Took head out again. Finished at 1.0pm. Lunch. M & Mite went in carriage at 2.0. Roy & I followed on after to the Lyric Theatre & heard Wilson Barrett's play The Sign of the Cross. Long dreary play of Xtians & Romans but well put on the stage. Saw no one in the house I knew. Out 5.45. M & Mite home by carriage. Roy & self walked the whole way. Bought sausages, also brawn & cream at Crafts & vegetables & fruit at Butts. Home 6.45. Tea. Dressed & wrote diary. (Red ink: Went to matinée Sign of the +. E.T.Reed rode the cob. Did not like him.) Sunday January 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Down & breakfast. After Roy would not cycle. At 12.15 started & called for Reed. Had a most uncomfortable ride to Hampton Court. Roads heavy & wet. Not quite right in seat. Felt tired. Got to Hampton Court 1.55. Lunch, same people there as last Sunday. Talk of Phil May. Left 2.45. Weary ride home. Back 4.10pm. Edgar & Sophia & Miss Dietz there & Ryle. Talk. After had bath & rested. Read Sir William Fraser Napoleon III. Good. Snooze. Dinner at 8.0. Quiet dinner, M, Mite, Roy & self. Game of backgammon after. Roy won 2 out of 3. Bed 12.0 after reading. Very uncomfortable in chair from ride. (Red ink: Weary cycle ride to Hampton Court. Roads heavy. Uncomfortable.)
Monday January 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Walk round Campden Hill. Mite long letter from Mr Blair. M in bed. Lovely bright morning. Warmer & sun. Wrote letters. At 12.0 man came to put up Incandescent Burners in Drawing Room etc. Finished by 2.0pm. Roy about busy talking. Worked in afternoon, Lord Masham's 2 nd cartoon. Developed 16 plates Miss Green taken Novr 19 1895 whilst men were fitting burners. Guthrie wired he would come to dinner. Dined 7.0 & after at 8.0 Roy & Maud left in carriage & Guthrie & self in cab & went to the St James's Theatre & saw The Prisoner of Zenda. Had stage box B. Very good. Miss Millard delightful. Costumes good. Saw Mrs Pickering, son & daughter in stalls. Home by carriage at 11.30pm after very pleasant evening. (Red ink: Maud, Roy, self & Mr Guthrie went to see 'The Prisoner of Zenda' at the St James's Theatre. Guthrie dined with us. M had cold & did not go.) Tuesday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Fine morning but dull. Walk round Campden Hill. After in morning got to work on 2nd cartoon for Lord Masham. Lunch. M seedy with sore throat. After rested in chair. Snooze. Lady Margaret & Rosalind called, Mrs McQueen etc. In evening Maud & Roy went to the Holl's dance. Quiet dinner. Rest & bed. Finished Frazer's book on Napoleon 3 rd. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Maud & Roy to Mrs Holl's Dance.) Wednesday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. M would come down to breakfast. Fine morning. At 10.0 got to work & worked all day Lord Masham's 2 nd cartoon. M & Mite out in carriage in afternoon. Left at 6.20 & went up dressed in omnibus to Bouverie Street. There 7.10pm. Good dinner. Lawrence Bradbury 1 st time since row. E.I.M (late) Phil May, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Long discussion. After Tenniel got French Rapprochement, self Lion Cubs. Lucy buttering Tenniel. Left at 10.50. On in buss. Called Adelphi. After saw last act of Michael & his Lost Angel. Saw Critchett, De las Rues etc etc. Met Mite & Roy & home in cab. Home 12.0. Bed 12.45am after sandwich etc. (Red ink: 1st night of Michael & his Lost Angel. Roy & Maud went. Saw last act only, all home together.) Thursday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. M drank my large cup of tea. Talkative. Out & round Campden Hill. A most lovely & delightful morning bright sun. Roy to go on cycle in Park. Thermometer in room 60º. Bright sun. Roy went & met Guthrie & Lehmann & Reed in Park. Self could not. Worked all day & by 6.0pm finished 2 nd cartoon for Mr Edgcome. Dined at 6.30 & after M & Mite went with the carriage to Adelphi Theatre to see 'One of the Best'. Roy & self went in hansom after. Edgar & Sophy there. Had pleasant evening. Henry Chaplin & Duke of Sutherland in the stalls. Also Spalding & Miss Young, Mrs Stephenson etc etc. Left after & home in A1 4 wheel cab, passed everything. Supper & bed. (Red ink: Saw 'One of the Best' 2nd time. Sophy & Edgar in box.) Friday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode cycle round the Park & down Bayswater home. After breakfast got to work & did British Lion & Australian Cubs. Worked all day up to 8.30pm. Very behindhand with it, rested after lunch. Dined quietly at
home, 4 of us. M called on Mrs Orchardson. Ought to have gone to Percy Fitzgerald's at home. Could not. Wrote after dinner. M better. (Red ink: Percy Fitzgerald's at home, did not go.) Saturday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40am. x. Down & did ½ an hours work before breakfast. After finished cartoon of British Lion & Australian Cubs by 1.20pm. Lunch. After M & Mite went by carriage to Shaftesbury Theatre & saw A Woman's Reason. Very good. Written by Brookfield & Edgcome. Walked part of way home. Bought sausages & 1/3 of Stilton cheese. Buss to Kensington. Bought fruit. Spent 25/s. Home. M resting. Bathed prints. Wrote cheques & diary etc. Quiet good dinner, selves 4. After played Roy best of 5 games backgammon. Roy won 3. Read Jules Verne. Bed. Chicks making noise. Bed at 12.30. Felt giddy & faint from smoking Navy Cut. Read Robinson Crusoe. (Red ink: Went to matinée Shaftesbury. Saw 'A woman's Reason'. Saw Sir Henry Calcraft apparently well. Died next Wednesday, 59.) Sunday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Went for cycle ride round Park. Saw Phil Agnew & also Lord Russell. Home. Breakfast & changed. At 10.30 drove dog cart to Victoria by Cob with Roy. Went down to Dover & over to Calais & back. In same carriage with Lucy's. Also saw Hamilton Aidé. Most pleasant passage there & back. Good lunch at Calais but too much. Left at 3.50. Saw no one I knew in return passengers. Diving guillimots. Fed gulls crossing over to France. Roy & self paced deck 109 paces self, 106 Roy. At Dover a long moustached Frenchman, wife & little girl got into carriage & out at Herne Hill. Snooze all way home. Cab at Victoria. Home. Dressed & dined. No appetite. Miss Rose Innes too seedy to call & dine. Mrs Watney & a German governess from Bergheims at Vienna called. After had crackers. Roy & Phil May's book. Spencer & Adah called, stayed till 11.30pm. Danced. Bed 12.0. x. (Red ink: Delightful run over to Calais with Roy. Back dinner 10 past 8. Lucy went to Cannes.) Monday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up very late. Both M & self overslept ourselves. Very much colder weather set in. Breakfast 9.30. Wrote letters & diary up to noon. Fog & dark after. Roy off on cycle. Sent off Miss Florence Carlyle's drawing. After sorted phos. Lunch. Dressed & out on cycle 2.25. Went to Richmond 1 st time along Rly by Mortlake. Home. Went thro' Chelverton Street. Back 4.10pm. Roy in with Tip. Changed & after tea dated Reed's photos & wrote letters. Vol of Owen Meredith's poems came. Roy left at 6.30 to dine at Banbury's. M on sofa. Dined M, Maud & self. After waited for Roy. Back at 11.45. Had been to Princess's. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Cycle ride 14 miles Richmond. Not very comfortable.) Tuesday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. x. Down & out on cycle. Went round Park. Met Pepys Cockerell. Down Bayswater Road. Back breakfast. After applied for Northampton Brewery. Fog. Dark & wretched. Wrote up to lunch & dated up to March 1889. After rested till 4.30. Langley called & came up to room. Commenced work on British Art. Drew out figure. Spencer & Roy back at 6.0pm. Miss Rose Innes called. At 7.15 dressed & left in carriage with Cob at 7.45. Dined at Mrs Geiger's.
Met Mr & Mrs Stobbert, Captain Edgcombe & also one other lady. Pleasant & good dinner. Young Geiger well behaved. Left at 11.0. Carriage went on to Colin Hunter's to fetch Maud & Roy to go on to the Banbury's dance. M & self went to bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Dined at Mrs Geiger's. Roy & Maud went to two dances, Colin Hunter's & also Banbury's.) Wednesday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode cycle at 8.30. Met Sophy & went round Park. S's feet cold. Came back to breakfast. Mite in bed with cold. Roy out with Sophy. After wrote dates 1889, then got to work on drawing of Thesaurus for Art Journal. Lunch 1.15. Left with Roy at 1.50 for Comedy Theatre. M & Mite in carriage after. Saw Gaffer George & 'The late Mr Costello'. Admirably played & quite delightful. Miss Emery A1. Left. Met Lockwood. Saw Tree at Garrick. Had tea. After walked to Holborn Viaduct. Called at Jones's. Looked at pins. Saw Simpson's lever chain etc. Roy & self to Fleet Street. Roy home by buss. Punch dinner. Phil A, E.I.M (late) Phil M, R.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, D.M there. Good dinner. Tenniel a cold. Cut of Pantomime Gun. Self Strewwelpeter, Fidgetty Will. Left 11.0 with J.T. Home by 11.45. Death of Prince Louis of Battenburg. (Red ink: Went to matinée of 'The late Mr Costello'. Death of Prince Louis of Battenburg.) Thursday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out 8.30. Went round Park. Very foggy. Spoke to Doctor on grey. Back 9.10. Breakfast. Mite in bed. After dated 1889. Skemed subject of Strewwelpeter, Fidgety Phil(sic). At 12.0 had table etc down in yard & small boy & Otley. Photod them. In the midst of it came F.C.B & down into the yard. Away 12.30. After developed plates. Lunch. To dry. Roy & his mother went to Olympia. Self followed at 2.30. Mite at home. Alice & Mary Carter in box No 3. Very hot & stuffy. Met Georgy Boehm & her husband Rook. After out at 4.20. Walked home. Left Alice & M.C at station. Met Mrs Stone. Back. Bathed prints after tea. Rested. Felt tired. Read 'The Reformation of a Savage' by Gilbert Parker. Good. Dressed. Roy packing to go to Eton. Dinner 8.0pm. Sent Otley to F.C.B's with letter. Quiet dinner M, self, Roy & Mite. Gave Roy £3.10.0. He left for Eton by carriage at 10.0pm. Bed 11.30pm. x. (Red ink: Went to Olympia in afternoon. Roy returned to Eton at 10.0pm.) (Cuttings glued in: Death & obituary of Sir Henry Calcraft.) Friday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park at 8.30. Back by Notting Hill. In morning finished by 1.0pm cut of Punch as Puppet & Sultan. After lunch at 4.0pm began cartoon of Fidgety William, after Strewwelpeter. Worked till 8.30pm when dined, M, Mite & self. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Cycle completed its 1000th mile at gate of 18 Stafford Terrace this morning.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Alexander Macmillan. Obituary of Mr Tracy Turnerelli.) Saturday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Wet morning. Up at 8.0. In room did ¼ hrs work before breakfast. After Otley to F.C.B with letter. On to work & finished by 1.20pm. Lunch & after by buss to Criterion, M & Mite by carriage. Saw 'The Squire of Dames' very good. Bernard Partridge very bad. Saw De la Rues. D.L.R came up to box. Out. Had Turkish bath 1st time since Saty Sepr 7th. Weight then after 12.6½.
Weight now 12.8 after bath. Walked down & took bus home by 7.45. Death of Lord Leighton. Met an extraordinary pretty cocotte in omnibus. Got out at Piccadilly. Dined at 8.0. Quiet dinner, M, Mite & self. Bed 11.30. x.x. M. (Red ink: Went to matinée of 'The Squire of Dames'. Had Turkish bath. Death of Lord Leighton.) (Cutting glued in: Will of Frederic, first Baron Leighton of Stretton.) Sunday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out on cycle round Redcliffe Gardens etc. Back 9.30. Met M & Mite going church. At 10.20 in cart to Victoria. Down to Dover & over to Calais in fog. Fog horn going all time. Met Williams looking frightfully ill, also old Jacobi etc. Lunch with Jacobi. Gave me cigar. On board 3.45. Met Roger Wallace & also Austrian Chief of Police, pleasant man. Whiskey & soda. Back 5.0pm & up to town 7.35. Out & in cab. Home by 7.50 exactly. Long talk all way up with the Austrian. Alice & Mary Carter to dinner. Felt tired. Sleep after & bed at 12.0 exactly. Spent 9/s. (Red ink: Went to Calais & back. Very foggy weather. Met Roger Wallace.) Monday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode mare 1st time since Monday Oct 14. Went very well. Fresh. Went round Park twice. Men shooting ducks. Saw Lord Russell, Whiteley etc etc. Back 9.30. Wrote Croal Thomson etc etc. Posted. Changed & put clothes straight etc etc. Dated 1889. Lunch. After read & rested. Put things straight all afternoon. Wired to Palace Theatre. No box available. At 8.0pm Mrs Dick Cornwell came & dined & after sang. Stayed up till 12.0 before she went. Very tired & worried. Bed 12.30am. Mrs C sang. (Red ink: Rode mare before breakfast 1st time since Monday October 14th.) Tuesday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rode mare. Very skittish. Took her out of Park & along Bayswater thro' Porchester Terr, Queens Road & Palace Gardens home. Met Sophy going to breakfast at Mrs Pollock's. Home breakfast. After dated 89's etc. Lunch. Many callers. Most brilliant & lovely warm day. M & Mite out. Mr Wheat called. Mrs Leech, Miss Ritchie, Miss Schwann etc etc. Worked on drawing for Art Journal. Was to have dined at the Percy Hollands. Put off for 3 rd time. Quiet dinner at home, M, Mite & self. Read Palmyra after. Bed at 12.15 after snooze. Wednesday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Went A1. Saw Janet Lewis on a bicycle. Slight frost. Rode with Dalby, Dr Dash. Spoke to Smith. Story of German Emperor's wiring to Lord Lonsdale. Talk of Kiki. After with Parsons & Conway. Home 9.45. Breakfast. Wrote letters after & sent breeches to be mended. Maud out to have her 1st singing lesson from Mrs Dick Cornwell. After got to work & also dated 1888-9 photos, Miss Manning etc etc. Lunch . At 6 started for Punch dinner. Buss to top of Piccadilly. Walked to Club & on. Saw Millais looking very ill & Furniss who was full of American lecture. L.B, E.I.M late, Phil May, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & R.L. Long discussion. Cut of Pretty Dick made up for cartoon. Self got nothing. Left 11.0 & on home in hansom from Isthmium. Ran into fog at bottom of Piccadilly & again at Kensington. Home 11.45. Emma & Marie out at Pantomime. Bed 1.0 after reading Palmyra.
Thursday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Foggy. Decided not to ride. Walked with Tip round Campden Hill. After breakfast set to skeme Memorial for Art Journal Leighton. Letter from F.C.B. Lunch. Rested. F.C.B called himself. No subject. After snoozed in chair. Tea. Mite & dressmaker. M out by herself. Wrote many letters. Went on with Art Journal subject. Mite went to dine at 7.45 at Miss Phillips's. Much colder. Dr Philips turned out to be husband of tall lady 6ft 5in. Back at 11.15. Quiet dinner M & self. Bed 12.30 after reading Palmyra. Friday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Good ride in park 8.35 to 9.40. Saw horse rear with Aspinall QC. Talk to Mrs Pepys Cockerell & Alfred Parsons. Dull morning. Breakfast. Letter from F.C.B with Mephistopheles subject. Bother with Barker's bills. Evelyn Coward in & also Miss Ritchie. M off to shopping. Worked on all day up to 8.30pm. Wired to say could not dine at the Black & White dinner at Café Royal. Quiet dinner at home after. Did not dress. Read paper & bed 12.0 after snooze. Tired. x. Feb 1896 Saturday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Down, ¼ hrs work before breakfast. After at it till 1.30 when finished drawing of Russian Mephistopheles & Turkish Faust. Lunch. Put things away & cab to Savoy Theatre. Box B. Mr Carlisle in box. Saw the 'Mikado' revival. Very good. New Ko Ko. Jessie Bond & Barrington, Miss Brandram. Out at 5.0 & had Turkish bath. Weight after 12.10. Too much. Home by buss. Bath gave me a headache. which lasted till Monday morning. Quiet dinner at home after, M, Maud & self. Read paper, snooze & bed at 11.30. Headache. (Red ink: Went to matinée of 'Mikado'. Turkish bath after.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of infant son of Herbert & Edith Sismey. In memoriam Mary Thorneycroft. 1900.) Sunday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. No walk. Breakfast. M & Mite out to church. Left in cart at 10.20 for Victoria. Cold. Fur coat. Down to Dover. Off 1.15. Met on boat Whitby, also Jacobi, Captain Churchward, Jacobi's son-in-law. Also introduced to Mr Lonniss, managing director of Maples. At Calais 2.20. Lunch all together. Off at 2.50. Lunch 6/6, 2/3 cigars. Met Mr Balkeley Johnson also high shouldered little Madame Louise. Long talk with Jacobi & son-in-law. Spoke French. Victoria at 7.35. Home 7.55. Horse down & others slipping. Hard frost. Sylvinia Rose Innes & Mr Evans had called. Dinner & after read Trevor Battye's book. Bed at 11.30pm. Felt well very. No sleep after dinner. Left brown pot hat at Victoria. Saw Sir Rivers Wilson. (Red ink: Delightful trip to Calais 3rd Sunday running.) Monday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Walk round Campden Hill. After sorted Times etc. At 10.45 left & drove in dog cart to Lord Leighton's funeral. Stopped in Piccadilly. On to St Pauls. Crowd. Stood between Norman Lockyer & East. Sir F.Abel etc. Many there. Volunteers fainting. Long service from 12.0 to 1.15. Out. Bright sun but slight fog. Saw Leslie, Stone, Dolly S etc. In back street saw men with quarts of beer & pushing the pall into a 4 wheel cab. Buss to St Martin's Lane. Boughton got in. Club for lunch. Saw Lockwood, Tree, Alexander, Bulkeley Johnson, D'Arcy,
Campbell Praed, Jones etc. Out & smoke. Read books & magazines till 5.0. Tea & home by buss. Attack of P. M & Mite in. Mr Galbraith called. Home 6.15pm. Wrote letters. Miss Rose Innes dined with us. Stayed till 12.0am nearly. (Red ink: Funeral of Lord Leighton. Lunched at Garrick.) Tuesday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Walked round Notting Hill. Saw house at end of Holland Pk. After breakfast sorted Times. Re-dated Manning photos '88 etc. M out in carriage at Stores. After in afternoon got to work & skemed out drawing of draped figure. Lady Margaret called with Lady Dorothea & many others. After at 7.0 dressed & got ready to go to dine at Mr Spielmann's. Walked up hill. Freezing. Took a Mrs Lousada in to dinner. Sister of Mocatta. Dull stupid dinner to 18 Jews & ourselves. Left 10.45 & carriage went for Maud who had dined at the Henry Levy's. Missed my way & walked towards Edgware Road. Just caught the carriage by luck in the Bayswater Road & home on box. Very slippery. Bed after reading paper & smoke. (Cutting glued in: Death of Rollerton Cathcart.) Wednesday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No walk. After breakfast got ready & at 10.0 left in cab for Camera Club. At 11.0 photod Miss Fletcher for draped figure. Out at 1.0 & on to lunch at the Garrick Club. Saw Evans & also Jones etc. Out 1.55 & on to morning performance of the pantomime for the 2nd time. In box Sir J.T, Anstey G, Mars, Routh, M, Mite, little Wallace, self & Miss M Nemhard. Out 5.20 & put M in carriage. Tea at Club. Read Cruise of the Alerte. Left with Tenniel & Lawrence Bradbury for P.D. J.T, self, A à B, E.I.M (late) L.B, P.M (late) E.T.R, H.W.L (back from Cannes) A.G. Long discussion over both cuts. Tenniel got Boxing outside booth, self Rhodes. Left at 11.0 with J.T & home. Got Scribner. (Red ink: Left at 9.55 in cab for Camera C. Photod Adah Fletcher for draped figure. After lunch at Club went to Pantomime 2nd time. Box A.) (Cutting glued in: Death of General Sir Charles Keyes.) Thursday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Met Sterne. After Bond & Mills. Oh! Mills. Back 9.30. After wrote letters & posted them. Then schemed drawing for Rhodes crossing chasm. At 11.45 photod Stace with Otley on his back. Galbraith called in middle. Photod palette & drapery. Developed. Lunch. Long rest after. M & Mite out in carriage. Gave Mite silk stockings. Got to work after rest & drew in figure of Rhodes for crossing ravine with Chartered Company on his back. Worked till 8.0pm. Quiet dinner & evening afterwards. Guthrie wrote about the Humber Company shares. Friday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Ride in Park on mare. Talk to Parsons & Mills Oh! After home. Work all day on drawing of Rhodes carrying man in sack across ravine, Chartered Company. M seedy. Could not finish by dinner time. Mite went to dine at Arthur Russell's & after went to Lord Russell's Ball. M & self had quiet dinner by selves. Bed after. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Lady Wilde. Death of Francis Cockshott.) Saturday February 8
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Mite wanting to get up after her Ball last night at Lord Russell's. Got to work & finished at 12.0 Rhodes & Chartered Company. Lunch. After enlarged & developed from negatives of Adah Fletcher cloaked figure. At 5.30 got to work & began drawing for Leighton's memoriam for Art Journal. Worked till 8.0pm when dined quietly. Good still evening afterwards. (Cutting glued in: Death of Jane Wylde.) Sunday Febuary 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Went for walk round Campden & Notting Hill. Looked at large house in Holland Park grounds. Horrid. Breakfast 9.45. M in bed. After wrote 6 letters & in morning got to work on drawing for Art Journal. Very disappointed could not go to Calais. Lunch. After took photo of palm & enlarged Tenniel & photo of model. 8½ minutes small stop. Dressed. Mr Blair, Evelyn Coward & Spencer called. Tea. Walked with Spencer to call on Ham & Tabs at the Alexandra Hotel. Met Bill Weigall, sent him in. Saw H had had bad piles. £1000 profit in the Abafan. Home by buss. Dressed after 1 hours work. Miss Rose Innes at Stafford Terr. Stayed to dinner. (Plan of seating) Home impromptu dinner. Self, S.R.I. Mr Blair, Mite, Mars, M, S.J.H. Miss R.I. left 9.0. Rest stayed till 12.30. Monday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20am. Dull foggy morning. No walk. Read by candles. After got to work 9.45 on drawing for Leighton Memoriam for Art Journal. M out to lunch at 12.30 in carriage. Mite for walk with Mary Carter. Nash called. After got to work all day & finished drawing at 8.30pm for Mr Croal Thomson & sent it off by messenger. M & Mite out a long time in carriage. Called on Tabs & Midge & lunched at Alice Linley's. Colin Hunter asked again to play billiards. Could not go. Dined 9.0 & snooze after. M has a nasty cough. Bed 12.45am. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Elizabeth Wills. 13 Feby.) Tuesday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out on mare 8.30. Rode with Mr Smith & daughter. After with Parsons. Mare very fresh. Back 9.40. Breakfast. After put things away. Bank book in. Things better, £800 credit. M out in carriage. At 12.0 Mite went to Tabs to lunch. M's cough very troublesome. In morning put things away & expected Mr Edgcome. Never came at all. After dated 1890 up to March. Wrote letters. Developed photos of Adah Fletcher taken last Wednesday. Dressed at 7.15. Sent cheque for £111 for Debenture bonds to Glynn Mill Currie & Co. Left at 7.40 in carriage to dine at the De la Rues. Took Mrs Mumbling Trower in to dinner. Next Mrs D. All people we knew, Tates, Bancrofts, Mocattas, Godefrois etc. Good dinner. Left 11.10 & home. M's cough troublesome. (Red ink: Dined at Andros De la Rue's. Good dinner. M a bad cough.) Wednesday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Very undecided whether or not to go to Calais. Did go at 10.20, leaving M with bad cough. Lovely bright morning. Victoria, got brown pot hat. Saw only people I knew by sight. Rose like Victor Emmanuel. At Dover 1.0pm. Slight breeze. Very pretty piquante woman sitting on life belt chest with feet on ladder. (small drawing of woman) Good lunch at Calais. Back. Stiff breeze. Wet decks. Back to Holborn V at 7.34. Cab to Bouverie St 7.45. Dinner. Phil A, Phil M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. No Milliken. Very hard work to
make up cuts. Long time. Got Bear & Turk. Left at 11.0. with J.T. Isthmium. Home 11.50. Found Mr Blair there. Keeping M up & Mite. M's cough very bad & looks ill. (Red ink: Crossed the Channel in hopes of meeting Langleys. Pleasant day, good breeze. The time when I saw pretty little girl like S.D.M was Tuesday 2 Feby 1897, not this day. Wed 20 May 1903.) Thursday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. x. Out on mare. Heard from Parsons of Solomon's & Abbey's election ARA. Rode with Bond & t’other doctor. After home. Wrote letters & got sword from Mr Edwards at Olympia. After skemed subject & at 12.30 photod Stace for Turkey & Russia. Developed. Lunch. Rest. M out at 3.30. Her cough very troublesome. Mite going to Ball at Inner Temple. Worked on Bear & Russia. Discovery of North Pole in evening paper. Evelyn Coward could not get cards for the Ball. M & self dined together quietly. Bed early. (Red ink: Mite went to Ball, Inner Temple. Reported discovery of North Pole.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Herbert Keith.) Friday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rode mare in Park. Delightful morning. Met Lockwood. After back. Letter from F.C.B about North Pole at 11.0. Got to drawing at 12.0. Otley round 12.30. Photod him in fur coat for Nansen & developed & put to dry. After rested & got to work at 4.30. Drew figure out. Mite had early dinner & went to Olympia with Mr Blair's cousin. M & self dined 9.0pm & quiet evening after. M's cough very troublesome. x. Bed at 12.0. Rode round by The Boltons & called on F.C.B & left letter in the morning. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Captain Le Clerc. T, Feby 13) Saturday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Got on with drawing of Ice Maiden & North Pole. Finished at 1.15pm. Could not try cycle. Gave up idea of taking cycle to Pym's. Lunch. Packed & at 4.0pm M, Mite & self left for Pym's. Self in 4 wheeler, M & Mite in brougham. M's cough bad. Caught 5.5 train Charing X & down with Lehmann & Guthrie to Pym's. Got there 6.0. Tea. Saw Julian. Miss Wallace governess. Mr & Mrs Johnson to dinner. 'Gushing old cat'. Mrs P too much wine. Pleasant evening. Bed 11.30 after smoke. Comfortable room. (Red ink: M, Mite & self left at 4.0pm for Foxwold, Brasted.) Sunday February 16 Foxwold, Brasted. Up at 8.0am. Went for walk. Saw cycles at Lodge. Breakfast. After stroll with Lehmann, Pym & Guthrie. Thro' farm. Good dairy, piggeries etc etc. Hydraulic pump for water. After with Guthrie to meet chicks from church. Lunch. After at 3.30 walked with Guthrie to Westerham. Major Boords house pretty. Sketched windows. Home at dusk 5.45. Tea & looked at French life of Napoleon. Well illustrated. Dinner. White Burgundy. After smoke & talk. Bed at 11.45. Lehmann 'Look me in the face'. Goodbye to Pym & L. (Red ink: At Foxwold, Brasted. Quiet day.) Monday February 17 Foxwold, Brasted. Up at 8.30am. M saw saw Lehmann & Pym go off. Down. Lost pocket book. Breakfast. Cold after. M, Guthrie, Mite & self got off at 10.0 & left for
Brasted. Met Mr Johnson in train. Up to Charing X. Home 12.0. No letters much. After at 2.35 went on cycle with Bondards gear. Called Reed. Thro' Richmond to Kingston & home over hill. M in school room. Rested. Very tired & smoked pipe. After dressed & left 7.30 in carriage & dined with Mr & Mrs Armsrtong. Met a Belgian attaché & a Mr & Mrs Musgrave. Told me about the Wealth of Nations mine. A man's nothing there. M reluctant to go. Left 11.10 & home. Bed after reading paper. x. (Red ink: Came up from Foxwold. Dined at Mr Armstrong's. Lovely cycle ride to Kingston.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Ellen Leigh.) Tuesday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out on cycle with Bondard gear. Round Park. A beastly dark cold foggy morning. So much so that made up mind to cross channel. Ordered cart & left in fur coat at 10.20. Victoria, carriage full. Fussy old agent for Cook. Dover. No one I knew going over. Lady lying on deck. Met Mr Gage & Cuthbert Burnand at Calais. Good lunch. American lady opposite could not speak French. Met Warren. After very pretty woman walking up & down & eastern-looking lady with maid. Back all right & home 7.55. Dinner, M, Mite & self. Read Knight's Trinidad after & bed 11.30pm. x. (Red ink: Crossed the channel. Horrid day in London.) Lost a sovereign in Rly carriage. Wednesday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on mare. Met Sir Martin Conway & talked of Knights of Trinidad. Warmer sunny. Back 9.30. Good breakfast. Mr Edgcome called about 3rd cartoon 11.0 to 12.0am. M's cough a little better. Rested after lunch. Wrote letters etc. At 6.30 started & went by buss to the Punch dinner. There 7.30pm. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.C.L, L.B, E.I.M (late) P.M, E.T.R & A.G there. Long discussion. Tenniel got Navy cut. Self Bear & Turkey. Left by 11.10 & home with J.T. Read after & bed. Discovered at 6.0pm I had lost a sovereign yesterday. Must have dropped out of my pocket in giving light to gentleman in Rly carriage. Thursday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull wretched morning. Out on mare. Rode with Sir Martin Conway. Told him about Kemp Welch. Back. Took out & put in head on Mr Edgcome's drawing. After skemed subject of Bear & Sultan. At 12.0 photod small boy & Otley. Spoilt plates in developing put water on instead of the developer. Put to dry & printed in platinotype. Tilda Frick came in afternoon. M & Maud out. Got to work at 4.30pm. Worked till 8.0pm when dined quietly. Read Cruise of the Alerte after. Friday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare at 9.40 in Park. Met Alfred Parsons at corner. Very misty & foggy. Back breakfast. After at 11.30 got to work after sorting papers. Worked on Bear & Turkey. Lunch. M & Mite went to Albert Hall for private theatricals in which Mr Routh took part. Rested. After at 3.30 got to work till 8.30. Dinner. Rested till 12.0 in chair. Bed. (Cutting glued in: Lady Jessel, of a son.) Saturday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Fine morning. Easterly wind. Did not go out. Tip with new muzzle. Went on to work at Bear & Turk. Finished 12.30am. Lunch. Roy
back from Eton for Exeat at 1.30. M & Maud & Tilda went to see Gentleman Joe at Prince of Wales's. Roy & self followed on. Met Judge Stonor. Good laugh at Arthur Roberts. Out & on to Jermyn St. Bought sausages. Roy & self walked home. Roy dropped glass jar with Boar's Head in it. Got fruit, yellow chartreuse etc. Dinner. After played Roy two games of backgammon. Roy won. Cycle ought to have been sent home. Was not. (Red ink: Roy back from Eton. Went to Arthur Roberts at Prince of Wales's. Cold east wind set in.) Sunday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out at 9.0 on cycle. Back 9.30. Decided to go to Calais as cycle had not come back. Dog cart at 10.20. Roy went. Put down at Hyde Park Corner. Down with 4 men one like a son of Ritchie's the others a Mr Lewis & one I made aquaintance with a Mr Saunders. Fresh easterly wind blowing at Dover. Cold. Over 2.30. Lunch. Looked at engravings. Back & home at 8.0 for dinner. Hamiliton Langley & Mr Routh dined. Pleasant evening. They stayed till 11.45. Read & bed. (Red ink: Went to Calais & back. Very cold. Met a Mr A.B.Saunders, 151 Fulham Road. Mines, West Australian. Florence Lady Shelton, Mount Margaret, Hannen Brown Hill. Cold east wind.) Monday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Very cold. Mite in bath. Printed blue photos etc. In morning wrote letters etc. Mite & Roy out. Lunch. Cycle back 12.30. At 2.30 after lunch Roy & self went to Kingston & back 24 miles. Home 4.45. Mrs Fair called. Roy went back to Eton at 6.0pm. Dressed. Read Lady Eastlake's book. At 7.35 carriage to dine at the Threlfall's. Gorgeous home. Met Mr & Mrs Gilbert, Marcus Stone, Harry Dickens, Lucy, Scott Gatti. Long girl sunburnt, Mr & Mrs Joicey, Mr Pollock, Mr & Mrs Fairfax Rhodes, selves. 20 in all. Very good dinner. Organ & singing after. Left 11.25 & home. Very cold. Good 'Punch'. Bed 12.15. (Red ink: Cycled with Roy to Richmond & Kingston. Roy returned to Eton. Cold east wind & frost.) Tuesday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Did not go out before breakfast. After in morning put things straight etc. Slight head. Lunch. Cycled at 2.30 to F.C.B's. Not in. After went by Putney etc to Richmond Pk & on to Hampton Court & home by Richmond. Alice & Mary C there. Miss Nemhard etc. Many callers. Tea. Rested after dressing & wrote many Stores orders. Dined quietly at home, M, self, Tilda & Maud. Wretched weather. Hard frost at night. (Red ink: Cycled 24 miles, Hampton Ct etc. Cold east wind. Bitter frost.) Wednesday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Cycled to F.C.B's & along Park. Home. Breakfast. Packed things for journey. F.C.B wrote to say would not have Millais. Wrote letters etc all the morning. After lunch also wrote & rested. Maud went out. Saw Mr Stone etc etc. Paid Parish Taxes £23.17.11. Packed bags etc & all afternoon wrote letters etc. Went to P.D by buss in old trowsers & shoes. There 7.5. Good dinner. No Proprietors. F.C.B, J.T, self, A.G, A à B, E.I.M, P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, Guthrie out of his place. Made cuts & changed with J.T, he having Herdsman. Self Turk. After Guthrie chaff about the Furniss tickets. Left 11.0 with J.T & home by his cab &
omnibus. M awake & anxious about Maud who was dining at the Hendersons. (Red ink: Cold east wind. Bitter frost.) Thursday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Wrote letters before breakfast. My pass renewed & came this morning. After again wrote F.C.B in mind to alter subject. Photod Otley for Sultan with gun.etc. Developed. Lunch. Mite at Miss Wallace's. After putting to dry & print went on cycle to Richmond Park & home. Met Tate at Putney Road, came back with him. Home to tea 5.5. Bathed prints. Mite back 5.30. Wrote letters. Did not work. Dined at 7.0pm. After at 7.50 drove with Mite in carriage to Lyceum Theatre. Left fur coat at Garrick on to theatre Lyceum. Sat next Mrs Jopling Rowe. Oh! Saw 'For the Crown'. Wonderfully put on the stage. Miss W.Emery & also Mrs Patrick Campbell in same play. Son kills his father. Left at 11.0. Home by carriage all right. Bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Première of 'For the Crown'. Went with Mite. Sat next Mrs Jopling Rowe.) Friday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & after breakfast got to work on cartoon of John Bull & Sultan of Turkey. Wrote letters. M packing all day. Did not ride on cycle. Worked until 9.45pm. No rest after lunch. Got well on but could not finish. Mite had her dinner earlier. Dined 9.50. M, Tilda & self. Had bottle of Krug 1887. Had been in cellar for ages. Rest after & bed 12.0. Mr Forbes wrote in morning he could give no more ladies passes in future. Paid wages. Saturday February 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & got to work & finished drawing of John Bull, Egypt & Sultan. After put rest of things together & M & self got off at 10.0am for Victoria en route for Biarritz. Sent Otley to Hains & Potter. Arrived Victoria, carriage to ourselves. Good crossing. Met De la Rues & Sir Blundell Maple. M clinging on to rail. Good cabin. At Calais Mr Gage very kind. Princess Louise & Lord Lorne lunched next to us. Sailor in charge of seats at Calais. Curious passengers. Old lady had windows open. Young girl sick out of window. Curious butler looking man next M. Paris. Heavy rain. Bother with fiacre. Interpeter got on box. Drove across to Orleans Railway, porteau No 17. Striped Swiss. M had no ladies room to go to. No water. Pair of trowsers on bed. Dined 16 Fr. After left at 10.25 for Bordeaux. Corner seats, one other passenger a Spaniard. M & self fairly uncomfortable. Slept. Woke up occasionally. M slept well. Country smothered in vines all over. (Red ink: Started at 10.0am for Biarritz.) Mar 1896 Sunday March 1 On board train, Paris to Bordeaux. Woke at 7.0. Spaniard in train. Got out at station. Had coffee. M left her purse in cape. Good wash. Into train again. Man got in like Daddy Levy. Got to station for Biarritz Negresse at about 11.30. Boxes there. Lady & 2 daughters in omnibus. Biarritz at noon. Room No 15. Saw William Agnew. Lunch, M & self. After walk with Dora. Hot sun. Back. Rest. Another walk with Dora in afternoon. Basque population very handsome. Universal round caps. Dressed. Dined. Poor dinner. Sat in corridor after. W.A came up & talked. Bed at 10.15. M slept indifferently, too tired. I slept well. Not very much impressed with
Biarritz. (Red ink: Arrived Biarritz at 12.30pm. Saw Agnew.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary John Clutton.) Monday March 2 Grand Hotel, Biarritz. Up at 8.0. Coffee 8.30. Got out & went for stroll. Back. Had hair cut F1.50. Walk with M & Midge. After got camera & took 4, 2 broken plates. Cycling on the Plage. Lunch. After snooze, heavy. At 4.0 took the tram to Bayonne. Fine cathedral. Coffee or rather chocolate at shop. Back by tram. Fête at a village. Talkative old lady in tram car. Bought cigar before dinner. Dined. Sat in rocking chair after. Miss Wilkinson came & talked about Miss Holland's illness. W.A came & said we were to go to Fontarabia tomorrow. He would arrange it. Bed at 10.15. Changed plates. Nightmare at night. M woke me. (Red ink: Lovely day at Biarritz, Went to Bayonne in afternoon.) Tuesday March 3 Grand Hotel, Biarritz. Up 8.0am. Coffee. At 9.20 went over to Agnew who settled about our trip. Carriage at 10.5 & M, self, Midge & Dora went for long drive (blank) kilos to Hendraye. Past St Jean de Luz. Wonderful house there where Louis XIV stayed. On through Urrunge. Delightful church with 3 tiers one above the other. Curious old Chateau with the Baron walking about with an umbrella. Mrs Corrie's carriage passed us. On to Hotel d'Angleterre at Hendraye. Good dejeuner. Introduced ourselves to Mrs Corrie. Out & off by boat to Fontarabia. Curious little Spanish town. Church & old Fort with shot holes. Beggars & Spanish soldiers. Took photos. Left at 3.0. Back & on home again from Hotel at 3.50. Same way back. Stayed at St Jean de Luz. Got macaroons & looked into church. Carriage passed us with Mrs C. 2 boys playing fives. Home at 7.0 exactly. Civil cocher, 40 francs the journey. Dinner. After an entertainment in the Dining Room. Wrote F.C.B & also tradesmen. Looked at prints & bed at 11.0. Changed plates. (Red ink: Went by carriage to Fontarabia.) Wednesday March 4 Grand Hotel, Biarritz. Up 8.30am. Coffee. M to stay in bed. Dressed leisurely. After went down & wrote letters. Sent 5 to London. Heavy rain & storm came on. Undecided whether to return to London. After went for walk to see the sea. Back to get camera. Took 5 photos. Lunch. A poor one. After sat in corridor. Cold & wretched. Agnew came & took me up to his rooms. Long talk. Down 4.30. Up in M's room. Tea with Midge. After went to look at sea. Huge rolling waves breaking over like leaping horses. Grand sight. People got drenched with salt water. Miss Healy looking on. After went to the Plage, saw over the establishment. Back 7.0. Dressed & dined 7.30. After dinner sat & talked to Mrs Parson's sister. Then went up to Agnew's room. Playing piquet. Whiskey. Bed at 11.30. Changed plates. (Red ink: Heavy sea & gale o' wind.) Thursday March 5 Grand Hotel, Biarritz. Up 8.0. Coffee. Heavy gale & wet again. Wretched. Thunder. Heavy wet all morning. Went out with camera to get photos. Got overcoat drenched. Back. Lunch. After in Agnew's room. News of the defeat of the Italian army in Abyssinia. Took M for walk to look at waves. Got as far as tunnel. In afternoon walked with Agnew to look at the waves. Not quite so rough as yesterday. Then on to Lady Vincent's house. Lady V came up & asked us in to
the garden. Told about wreck last year their little girl being swept out to sea by big waves. Charming woman. Stroll back. Dressed. Dinner. After Mr Bethell came & talked to me. Long yarn about Engineering & Art. Agnew brought a Mr Bond up & introduced me. Ball at one of the hotels. American widow overdressed. Surgeon Major Vash went with her. Bed after smoke. (Red ink: Still broken weather. Clearer.) Friday March 6 Grand Hotel, Biarritz. Up 8.0am. Out & walk to end of Virgin Rock. M in bed. Got camera & took waves. Went to Club & wrote letters in morning for 1 st time. Back. Lunch. After rain came on again. Met Agnew. He was bored & depressed. Took train at 4.0 after reading in Club. Dozy & sleepy reading. Went to Bayonne. Walked about. Had chocolate. Met Mrs Corrie. Looked into church. 'Defence joue aux paume'. Back at 5.40 to Biarritz. Walked from saline baths right to end of Plage. Back 7.0. Dined. After Agnew talked a long time & then to bed. Walked without overcoat to Club. Spoken to by 2 women. Great bother to get rid of them. Read Times & had whiskey. Back home at 11.0 & bed. (Red ink: Went into Bayonne by self.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir George Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick.) Saturday March 7 Grand Hotel, Biarritz. Up at 8.0am. Coffee in room. After down & out in checked suit. Was to have gone to links with Lindo. Missed him. At 10.30 drove in fiacre with Midge to meet at Negresse. Took Agnew with us. Poor affair. Very handsome young man. French or English? Back & walk with M & Agnew on the Flarge. Lunch 12.30 after went out with Mr & Mrs Lindo to links. Saw Eyton Roller & a Mr Hitchinson play for Biarritz v Pau. They won. Crowd of people. Got away & tramp along sea shore towards the Adour. Saw woman at gap. Doubts of going up. Sauntered to Club. Talk to peasant about oxen. Wrote long letter to Vernon Watney etc & then walk right thro' Biarritz to end of Flarge. Back 7.10. Dressed. Dinner. After talk to the Misses Field. Then to Club. Read article on Venezuela or British Guiana.. Went up & saw high play going on. Back home & bed at 11.5. Again spoken to by woman. No police. Had flagette of beer at lunch. (Red ink: Golf match. Eyton Roller & a Mr Hutchinson v Pau.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir George Meyrick.) Sunday March 8 Grand Hotel, Biarritz. Up 8.0am. 8.15 walked to end of Virgin Rock. Looked into church, early mass. No letters. Down 10.0am. Left M to dress. After M looked very well in bonnet. Went for walk. Bright sun but cold wind. Went up on hill by cross. Back & to dejeuner. Mr Holland arrived. Went & spoke to him. After lunch took camera & stroll along Flarge. Took 2 of sea. On to gap at top of golf links. Sat down & dozed. Bitten by mosquitos. Back & looked into Club. To M at 4.0 exactly. Went to call on the Mackellans. Slow. After to Lindo's for tea. Then for walk after before dinner with M. Good dinner. Agnew & Mr Holland talking after in corridor. Walked to Club & read papers & looked at Graphic etc etc. Back to bed 11.0. (Red ink: Fine day. Walk with M. Cliffs & calls.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of James Abernethy. Obituary James Abernethy.) Monday March 9
Grand Hotel, Biarritz. Up at 8.0am. Walked to the Virgin Rock & back. Coffee. After took M for walk up to cliff & down to Virgin Rock. M saw a boat. Did it exist? Back thro' town & in to cycle shop. Boyers. Arranged for cycle for 3 Frs for 4 hours. Dejeuner. Had Graves. After sat in corridor etc. Waited for Dora till 3.15 when went for long cycle ride to the Barre. Past Will Agnew. Thro' pine woods. On to Bayonne & home 5.30. Dusty roads. Fair at Anglet. Dora went well. After rode cycle on to sands. Skidded. Saw girl learning. Back to Boyers. Tired. Dressed. M came back from calling. Passed M & Midge in Biarritz. Down & wrote cheques to London. Dinner. After talk in corridor. Went to bed early without going out. (Red ink: Cycled with Dora to Barre & Bayonne. Good ride.) (Cuttings glued in. Death of Henry Howe. Obituary Henry Howe. Death of Philip Harper.) Tuesday March 10 Grand Hotel, Biarritz. Up at 8.0 in M's bed. x. Packed bags & down 10.0am. Bill in 288 Frs. Some to come off. Drizzle of rain which kept on all day. Out & got £15 changed at Bellain the consul. Bought bull & cigars. Up in Midge's & Agnew's rooms. Goodbye to W.A. Lunch. After a talk to Mrs Field & others. D that parrot. Goodbye to M. Left in rain at 1.15. Lady got in from villa with maid & 'Ah mon singue'(?). Off from station at 2.0. Registered bag. Carriage to self after Bayonne. On to Bordeaux past Monceaux. Changed carriages & dined. Left 6.45. One other gentleman after Tours. Made ourselves comfortable for the night. Felt cold.. Undid fur coat. Slept fairly well. Strange dreams. Carriage well lighted. (Red ink: Last morning in Biarritz. Left at 1.15pm for Paris & home.) Wednesday March 11 On board train on road between Bordeaux & Paris. Woke 5.15 & at Paris 5.25. Across in an omnibus fly. Got to Gare du Nord at 6.5 & put my 3 bags in the parcel office, 3d. Up & had coffee at 6.30. Walk etc. At 6.50 went for walk in Paris round Nouvelle Opera. Saw Colonne Vendome & after into the Grand Hotel. Back. Bought photo clip & cigars. In carriage at 8.35. Lame old man & young man like Thornton. Longish journey to Calais. On boat at 12.45. Could not see bag. Cold beef. Little girl with monkey & dogs etc. Fresh breeze. Train up to town. Ass in cap. Bought The Sketch & St Pauls etc. No bags at Victoria. On home in cab. Found Mite & Tilda. Looked at letters. Bath & on to Punch dinner by Metropolitan. There to a minute with J.T. L.B, P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & E.I.M (late) there. Good dinner. Champagne. Long discussion. Got cut of Oxford Don & Minerva. Left with J.T in cab. Wrote letters at Garrick & home by 1.0pm. Bed 2.0pm. Tilda had fetched bag. (Red ink: Arrived home 6.0pm from Biarritz. All well.) Thursday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & round Radcliffe Gardens on cycle. Wretched morning. Met Reynard. Back & looked over letters & looked out when Leech was at Biarritz in 1862. After wrote letters. Mite out with Miss Ritchie. Sorted things. Lunch. Was resting after when F.C.B came in with 2 nd subject of Duke of Cambridge & Balfour. At 4.30 began it. Worked till 8.0. Dined. Tired after. Wrote letters. To bed at 1.0 after snooze. Something upset me at the Punch dinner. Indigestion all day. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Eleonore Lethbridge. Death of Anthony Brabazon.)
Friday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle thro' Park. Saw Romer Williams & Lockett Agnew, Sir William Dalby etc. Home 9.15. Breakfast. After finished drawing by 1.30 of Duke of Cambridge & Balfour. Rested in chair till 4.30pm when began cartoon of Oxford Don & Minerva. Hard put to it. Left off at 8.35. Dined. After Tilda & Maud to bed at 10.30pm. Read Excursion in Greece. Dozed till 2.0am when to bed. Could not sleep. x. Woke 7.0am. x. Tabs. Saturday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. x. Tabs. At work on porch before breakfast of drawing of Oxford Don & Minerva. In after. Finished 1.45. Lunch. After put things away & packed bags by 4.0pm. Wrote diary. At 5.0. left in 4 wheeler from Victoria to Brighton to visit Hartree. Letters from M & Tabs. Put cycle on cab & caught the 5.40 to Brighton. No trouble. There 7.30 at Norfolk Hotel. Dressed. Found cab. Bailey, Mr Tomes & a nondescript there. Dined ½ bottle of Claret. Oh. Smoke after & bed at 12.0. Dull evening. (Red ink: Went to Brighton to visit Hartree.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sophia Ashmead-Bartlett. Obituary Sophia AshmeadBartlett.) Sunday March 15 Norfolk Hotel, Brighton. Up at 7.15 & out 7.45 on cycle. Went along Brighton to Rottingdean. Pretty village. Back at 9.0. Went down hill too fast going. Brushed hair etc. Had a long time to wait for breakfast. Colonel Baily opposite. After changed into brown suit & wrote 6 or 7 letters. After walked on esplanade. Saw John Dudley Rider, old Elephant & Bolton. No one I knew. Back & to lunch. Cold beef & Pilsiner. Smoked to 4.0 when out at 3.50 on cycle. Mr Tomes could not get one. Went to Devil's Dyke most uncomfortable ride ever had. Not comfortable behind. Flints & head wind. Gale. Walked. At Dyke 100 minute gun. Nigger & Gipsey. 1/s for ginger beer & gin. Back. Broke cyclometer. Good ride into Brighton. Tired. Dined 7.0. Bath before. After Tomes & nondescript left. Sat up till 11.0 talking of Penn. Mrs Horton's name Caroline. Left H & Col up together. (Red ink: Cycled to Rottingdean & very bad ride to 'Devil's Dyke'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Florence Morris.) Monday March 16 Norfolk Hotel, Brighton. Up 7.15. Bath. Down. Heavy gale & rain. Could not cycle. Walked to P.O.O. Wired to Otley. Bought D.T. In Hartree's room. Breakfast 9.15. Long wait. After got off by 11.0 train XS up 14/s. Amusing old man from Burmah in train. Talked of reminiscences. Home 12.50. No Otley. Wired. Went round to stables. Looked at cycle. Wrote Polly etc. Developed 1 doz plates. Failures some. Not exposed. Read Frankfort Moore's story. After rested. Dressed 7.15. Dined 7.35 & on to Empire Theatre after. Saw the Lumiere photography & clever twins. Little girl like Mrs Arthur Russell. On to Garrick. Saw Sir Euan Smith, Judge Bacon & Carr, Wicks etc etc. Left after talk with Salomons. Home 1.30. Bed 2.0am. (Red ink: Returned from Brighton. Went to Empire Theatre in evening. Fit of indigestion.) Tuesday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out on cycle 8.30. Round Park. Saw Maple. To Gloucester Sq & Gloucester Terr. After breakfast painted walls etc. Spencer called
1.15. Mite out with Tilda in carriage. Lovely Miss Wallace here. What colour? Thought after lunch would go to Uxbridge & back by West Wind. Did go to Westbourne Park Station. Came on rain & so back. Went down Hammersmith Road & back over Barnes Common & thro' Putney. Wet. Cycle went well. Rested in chair after tea & dozed. Fit of indigestion. At 7.30 dined & left in carriage sitting outside for Court Theatre. Mr Carlyle there & Spencer after. Saw 'Mrs Ponderbury's Past'. Percy Reeve & wife opposite us. Walked down Sloane St. Home with S.J. Cab 2/s. Long letter from M at home. Bed 1.0pm after snooze. (Red ink: Went to Court Theatre. Tilda shewed me letter about Mrs Furrell's illness. Fit of indigestion.) Wednesday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wrote for Barney Barnato's portrait. Walk over Campden Hill in pouring rain. Back. Looked out drawings for Royal Academy. Paid books. Saw Mr Johnson afterwards about framing drawings. Rest after lunch. Very wet. At 4.30pm dressed & went by buss to 82 Gloucester Terrace, called on Sands. Left at 6.0pm. Walked to Garrick Club in rain, through Wardour St. Letter from G. On to Punch dinner by cab. Phil A, E.I.M (late) P.M, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur à B & R.L. No subject for self. Left without one. On with Tenniel in cab & home by omnibus. (Red ink: Very wet day all day.) Thursday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50. Took Condal water. Went on cycle round by Burnand's etc. Only just back in time. Most lovely morning. Went out again in Park. Saw Mite & Tilda, also Galbraith. Back & in coming home broke chain. Got labourer to wheel machine home. Called Corbens. Wired Humber. Met Mills. Oh! Mills. After lunch got on with drawing of Barney Barnato. Poor things to work from. Dined 7.0pm & after Mite, Tilda & self went to the Comedy Theatre & saw Gossip with Mrs Langtry in it. Poor play. Thought Claude Watney had a box near us. Home by hansom cab. All well. (Red ink: Lovely day. Broke cycle chain in Park.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of George Richmond. RA. Death of Lady Matheson.) Friday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. No cycle. After finished by 3.0 pm portrait of Barney B. F.C.B came in at noon & gave subject for Beresford & Official Shooting. Worked up to 8.30pm when dined & rest after dinner. Bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Began cartoon 5.30pm.) Saturday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Did work before breakfast. After went on & finished by 1.45 drawing of Beresford & Dummy Official. No box for Avenue. Gave it up. Mite & Tilda out in afternoon. Rested & after drove in brougham to Camera Club & to Garrick. Back. Letter from Vernon Watney announcing birth of daughter. Out & wired to him. Hair cut. Got bad burgundy at Buckle's. Dined & after went in cab to Pavilion & Empire, crowded out, & to Garrick. Dozed over book. Supper next Percy Reeve & Campbell Praed. Left at 1.0 & home by cab. Tired. Indigestion all the week. Mite dined at Sir Richard Webster's. (Red ink: Went to Pavilion & Empire. Slow. Daughter born to Vernon Watney.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Egidio Vitali, of a daughter. Lady Margaret Watney, of a daughter.)
Sunday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Undecided what to do. Lovely morning so wrote Phil May & went to Calais. Drove cart. Met the Faudell Phillips's. Also Mr Saunders photographing. Lunch not so good as usual. Lovely passage both ways. Met John Hartree & wife. Carriage to self home. Back S.T at 8.0. Langley came into dinner at 8.30. Whiskey & S. Tried Buckle's bad Burgundy. L left at 11.15. Rest & bed. No callers in afternoon. Not one. (Red ink: Most lovely day. Hot. Went to Calais. Langley dined.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Thomas Hughes. Death of Lady Burton. Sunday 22 March.) Monday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with Tip. No ride. Lovely morning. After dressed & got away after seeing tailor from Barker's. Went to Camera Club by buss. Took at 11.30 42 photos of Mrs King, say 40. Out & to Garrick to lunch. Long talk to Willard. Smoke. Wrote letter to Vernon Watney. Out & called Adelphi. Latham with bad cold. Called Burberry's after changing plates in dark room. After to Lincoln & Bennett's, ordered hat. Called Vernon Watney's. Left letter. Had Turkish bath. Weight 12.10 without clothes. Too much. Good shampooer, Nº 3. Out & home by buss. Dined at 8.15. Letter from Argyll Rink in answer to mine at 4.0pm. Rest after dinner. Read Canon Harford's Epigrammatica. Bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: Photod Mrs King. Ordered coat & hat. This is the last sitting of Mrs King. She disappeared & I heard in December of this year was dead with her little girl too. Good model. L.S. 11 Nov 1899. Did not see Mrs K again until October 31.00. Thought she was dead. 3 Nov 1900.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Peter Hawker.) Tuesday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Out on cycle. Round Radcliffe Gardens. After breakfast Tip ran out without his muzzle. Taken to stable by old lady opposite. Wrote letters & diary, sorted Times etc. Mite & Toula busy with dinner for tonight. Sent Otley to Stores. Lunch. Rest. After got to work on Academy drawings for Magazine of Art Journal. At 6.0 dressed. The Galbraiths dined with us. Had a very good dinner. Left 7.30 for Adelphi, Galbraith & self in brougham. Sir John Tenniel in box. Saw 'One of the Best' for 3rd time. House not so full. Out 11.0 & home outside brougham. Supper & bed 1.0pm after snooze. (Red ink: Galbraiths dined with us & went after to 'One of the best'.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Jane Beattie. Death of Jessie Piazzi Smith. Death of Walter Beebe.) Wednesday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out after answering Mazawattee letters. On cycle round Park. Met Sterne. Breakfast & wrote letters after. Sent Otley to Stores with corked bottle of Champagne etc. Also at last got ink. Worked on drawing for Art Journal. After dressed & went up to lunch with Phil May at the Devonshire Club. Met Mr Gibson, American artist. Good lunch. Saw George & Morland Agnew. Cart at Club 3.30. Drove to see Abbey's pictures & after up to Garrick Club. Then to Turkish bath Northumberland Avenue. Weight 12.10 after. Too much. Cab to Club. Got letters & on to Punch dinner. Full. Lawrence B, E.I.M (late) B.P, P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, D.M. Good dinner. Got subject of Hydrant & Hercules County Council. Left with Tenniel & home by cab. Alice up for Mite at Cameron Corbett's Ball. Men fighting at end of Terrace, cabmen. Had no key.
Thought of A. Bed at 1.0. x. Mite back at 1.30pm. (Red ink: Lunched with Phil May to meet Mr C.D.Gibson. Full 'Punch' dinner. Turkish bath, weight 12.10.) Thursday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Called for Tip & walk over Campden Hill. Saw Sir Martin Conway's horse after breakfast. Skemed subject of County Council Hercules & Hydrant. Stace round at 12.0. Photod him. Developed plates. Thought I would ride to Windsor. Did not. In afternoon did Fancy Portrait from Hippopotamus & Kruger. Moth coming out of chairs. Quiet evening & read after dinner. Bed at 12.30. Friday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on cycle. Went up Piccadilly & round thro' Bond St. Called on Guthrie. Back. After breakfast got to work & finished Kruger as Hippopotamus. After to work on Hercules County Council & Hydrant. Mite went to Sports & to Mrs Threlfall's at home. Tilda & Mite dined early & went to Royal Institution in evening. Worked on to 9.0pm when dined by self. Mite back 10.30. Rested in chair & read St James's Square. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink: Mite went to Threlfall's at home & the Royal Institution in evening. Verdict £12000 damages against Dr Playfair. Kitson v Playfair.) Saturday March 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Worked ½ an hour before breakfast on drawing of County Council Hercules & Hydrant. Roy back from Eton for Boat Race at 10.30am. Finished 11.30. Mr Stone came 11.30. Dressed hurriedly. Off in cart at 11.45, Stone, Roy & self. Got wet with heavy squelches of rain. Went to Donaldsons. Saw Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Miserable day. Wretched altogether. Lunch at Donaldsons. Saw Mrs Morell's brother. Left in brougham at 3.0 & back to S.T at 4.0. Having changed went to rink at Henzlers. Good skating. At Camera Club at 5.15. Game of 100 up at billiards till 6.0. Beat Roy. Out & walked thro' St James's Square. Saw houses. Caught buss. Home. Old woman coughing. Girl singing etc. Dined 8.0. Bad beef. Sent it back by Otley. Roy left 10.0pm. Very cold & wretched weather. (Red ink: Roy back from Eton for Boat Race. Oxford won by ¼ length.) (Red ink across page: Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race.) Sunday March 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Dull cold wretched morning. Decided not to go across channel. Mite to church. Wrote letters etc in morning, labels for Academy etc. Evelyn Coward in. Wrote letters all day. After lunch read The Sudan by Slatin Pascha. Not one single caller & altogether a horrid wretched day. Wrote long letter to M. Quiet day writing letters. Tilda, Mite & self dined quietly. Rest & bed after. Monday March 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Called for Tip. Walk round Campden Hill. Breakfast. After in morning got to work on drawing for Academy Art Journal. Lunch. Rested. Left at 5.30 & by buss to top of Piccadilly, dressed. Called at Burbery's & tried suit on. Strolled on to Punch dinner. There 6.45. Burnand ill. L.B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, Arthur à B presiding. Self. Only my cut to be made up. Left at 9.0 to see
glove fight. Went to the National Sporting Club. 4 fights. The principal one settled in 2 minutes, 1st round. After went with Guthrie to the ice rink at Henzlers. No one there. Saw boy skating. Felt more or less seedy. Went to Guthrie's rooms. Looked at stained glass etc. Had whiskey. Home at 11.30 by cab. (Red ink: 'Punch' dinner today. Burnand & Tenniel away. Went to glove fight after.) Tuesday March 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Fine morning. Got on cycle & went to Putney before breakfast. Back at 9.30. Mr Paxton was to have come to lunch. Maud put him off. Mrs Parr called. Left fan. Man measuring stairs for linoleum etc from Treloars. In afternoon after rest skemed subject for drawing of National Portrait Gallery. Drew in Britannia. Tilda's last evening. Quiet dinner, Mite Tilda & self. Bed after rest. Read Fire & Sword in the Sudan by Statin Pacha. Letter from Davis about photo board on roof. Told Otley to take it down. Apr 1896 Wednesday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. Worked on drawing for National Portrait Gallery hard all day. Tilda left us at 3.15pm. Wrote M. Mite went out in carriage. Dined at 8.45, Mite & self. Quiet evening & bed. Mr Wade called at 5.30 & settled about Mazawattee. Thursday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & down to finish drawing of National Portrait Gallery & Britannia. At breakfast much annoyed to find that Mr Ainger had complained about Roy's smoking. Got on after & finished drawing at 2.0pm. Roy back at 12.0. He cycled from Windsor. Very angry with him. In afternoon rested & at 5.30 cycled to Ealing & back. Had to get off to S. Back. Dressed. Read the Arabian Nights. Miss Wallace dined with us. 2 long letters from M in pencil. Games after. Felt irritaion in nostrils. Sent for ammoniated quinine & Dunbar. Slept in chair till 1.45am & then to bed. Dream of Rosy Burnand & monkeys. (Red ink: Roy back from Eton with very bad report. Mr Ainger complained of his smoking.) Friday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Out with Roy on cycle & went to Ealing & back. Good ride. After breakfast tackled moth in bath room. Felt seedy. Bilious eyes etc. Spencer in at 12.0. Roy & Mite went to church. Evelyn Coward in after. Lunch. 1 hour's rest. Roy & self then at 3.15 cycled to Uxbridge. Got there 4.45. Left 5.15 & back home through Brentford. Home 6.45. Not very tired. Whiskey & soda & bath. Head swam. Good dinner. Very tired after. Roy went to bed at 10.0pm, self 11.30. (Red ink: Dull wretched day. Cycled 45 miles in day with Roy.) Saturday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Not very tired. No walk, no cycle. After breakfast did a little work at drawing for Art Journal. Roy went to his Club. Sorted 'Times' etc. Mite out in carriage. Went up to dress at 12.45 for cycle ride. Could not find my pin. Mite had it. Was mysteriously lost afterwards. Left 1.45 for Victoria, there in ¼ hr. Slow train down to Leatherhead & Dorking. Out & cycled from Dorking to Leatherhead. Came on to rain. Obliged to stop at L. Had tea & left cycle at the Swan Inn where I was with German Reed this very day 23 years ago. Rode from
Uxbridge on Blondin Easter or rather Good Friday 1873. On to station & home. Slow weary journey. Cost me 22/6 for nothing. Bath. Taking off spats found pin stuck into left spat. Wonder did not lose it. Down in room. Wrote letters & diary. Dined quietly. Roy & M bed 10.30, self 12.20pm. (Red ink: Letters from H & M. Not to return until Thursday. Miserable fiasco of ride from Dorking. Beastly wet evening. Lost cats eye pin in bath room. Found it in spat.)
Sunday April 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk with Tip round Campden Hill. After breakfast did some work on the drawing for Art Journal. Evelyn C in. Roy went to Club. Mite to church. Rested after lunch. At 3.30 went in the carriage with Roy & Mite to Thorneycrofts, Watts, Marcus S (not at home) Fildes, Hunter, Val Princep, Forbes & then to Abbey's (not in) & to Herkomer’s. Herkomer's wonderful show of portraits. Madonna, Miss Dexter, Bishops of London & Hereford. Back by carriage home by 6.5. Wrote letters up to dinner time. Thought saw K.M as model coming out of Poynter's studio. Wrote letters & diary on getting home. Had quiet dinner, Mite Roy & self. After read Sunday Sun. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Picture Sunday. Dull heavy day. Warmer.) Monday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out or cycle. Letter from Polly. Breakfast. A finer morning. Warmer & brighter. Roy went to Club. No horses used. Stayed in the entire day. Worked on drawing for Art Journal. Put many heads in. Quiet dinner in evening, Mite, Roy & self. Bed early. Got up after dinner to my desk & decided to write to 'The 'Times' on street music. Did so. Alice posted letter. In afternoon annoyed by usual old organ grinder. Ordered him away. Maid opposite gave him coppers. (Red ink: In all day. Wrote letter to 'The Times' on street music.) Tuesday April 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip. In morning worked on drawing for Art Journal. After in afternoon Roy & self went in cart to Victoria (Otley late) caught the 4.5 train Victoria to Leatherhead 2 nd class. Got cycles & came home thro Epsom & Wimbledon. Got home 7.10. Left Leatherhead 5.30. Good run. Road blocked at Lillie Bridge. Tired. Dined quietly, Mite, Roy & self. Quiet evening & bed. (Red ink: Roy & self cycled from Leatherhead at 5.30 to 7.10pm.) Wednesday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Got ready to go to Victoria in dog cart. Lovely morning & warm. Roy & Mite went too. On platform met Mr Forbes who asked Roy to go over to Calais. Left. Young man in carriage with very bad cough. Over to Calais. Helped a lady with bags. Saw M, Midge & Dora, Miss Healey, Ham & Mr Holland (Percy) on quay. Had lunch. M with us. Bought box of cigars. Back by boat, got M good seats. Great rush on boat, great difficulty in getting a carriage. All up to town together. Left & on to Garrick to get dinner being so late. M & Mite home in carriage. Roy left for M's box. Dined at G next Pigott & Crabbe (Ed). Out & on to Punch dinner. Chaff about my letter to the Times & also about the banquet tomorrow. F.C.B, J.T, self (late) E.I.M, R.L, A à B (vice chair) P.M, B.P,
E.T.R, H.W.L. Left with Tenniel in cab. Buss home. Drunken man got in at Knightsbridge. Found M in bed. x. (Red ink: Went over to Calais to fetch M. Lovely day. Late back.) (Cutting glued in: Letter on street music to The Times, signed Linley Sambourne.) Thursday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. M rested in bed. After wrote letters. After skemed drawing for Enraged Householder. At 12.30 photod Otley & self & Alice for drawing. Developed it. Went out at 1.0 & photod German band. M out in carriage. Rested tired after lunch. Had headache all day & bilious. Wrote speech. At 5.30 dressed & left at 6.40 in cab for Holborn Restaurant. Met the brougham in Argyll Road. Got to Holborn Restaurant at 7.10. Met Ed Vanity Fair. Mr Burgin, Mr F.Moore, Blackbourne, Mauville Fenn, David Murray, Bernard Partridge etc etc. Good dinner. Flash photo. Arthur's speech. Made a very good one myself. Great reception. Thunders of applause. Talk after to many. Left in carriage & put J.S.Ward down at Duke's statue. Home. Read paper & bed. Roy went to the Court Theatre. Got home before him. (Red ink: Banquet in my honour at the New Vagabond Club, Holborn Restaurant.) Friday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Roy & self cycled round Park. Strong N.W wind. Long day's work on drawing of Enraged Householder. Quiet dinner by selves after. Music in evening. Bed after rest & read. M sleepy. x. Saturday April 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15. Down 8.0 & worked before breakfast on drawing of Enraged Householder. Put in German band. After finished drawing by 1.45. Lunch. Put things away. At 3.15 started on cycles for Great Western Railway. Caught the 3.45pm train & went down to Windsor with Roy. Uncertain weather. There 4.30. On to Slough. Rain. Tea at the Old Inn. There 20 minutes. Left at 5.0 on through Langley. Saw Mrs Bacon's cottage. Ivor & Uxbridge. There 5.45. Got to Ealing 6.30. Very heavy rain came on. Shelter in tramway shed. Left 6.45 & on home 7.5. Dressed. Dined 7.30. After at 8.30 left for Lyceum, M & Mite in carriage, Roy & self in cab. Saw 'For the Crown' for 2 nd time. Tired & sleepy. A'Becketts in next box to us. Roy & self had supper at the Garrick after. Plovers eggs. Col Jones mentioned my dinner on Thursday. Left 12.30 and home by 1.0. Straight to bed. Tired. (Red ink: Cycled in afternoon from Windsor, 22 miles. Went for 2nd time to see 'For the Crown'.) Sunday April 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast 9.15. M & Mite to church. Roy down late, self after. Tired. Read about Louis Phillippe. Cold morning, sun at intervals. Edgar & Sophia with Sprite called at 1.0. Stayed to luncheon. At 3.15 changed. Roy & self on cycles. Back on account of rain. Percy Holland & wife called. Tea 4.30. Brilliant sun. Jar looked lovely in corner. After at 5.30 cycled by self to Barnes Common & round by Putney home, very wet. Not a very comfortable ride. Back & rest. After dined quietly at home, M, Mite, Roy & self. Quiet evening & bed. (Red ink: Death of poor Goldie.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of John Goldie.)
Monday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & Roy & self round Park on cycles & home by Bayswater. After breakfast skemed T pot. Photod Maud at 12.0. M out in carriage. Developed them & after lunch photod T pot. Took Maud in carriage. After rested & at 5.30 went with Roy for cycle ride to Barnes, Richmond & home at 7.0. Langleys dined with us. Had 2 bottles of Lanson. Left early. Bed at 11.30. Saw old organ man at Bayswater. (Red ink: Hamilton & Midge dined with us.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lilian Holland.) Tuesday April 14 Stafford Terrace. x. Up at 8.0am. Very wet in morning. Did not go out all day. In morning got to work on T pot drawing. At 12.30 developed photo of Maud & carriage. Lunch. After enlarged with new paper. Very great success. Rested & worked from 5.0 to 8.0. Roy at Club. M in. Callers. Dined 8.0. Quiet evening after. M played. Roy & Mite danced. Poor Goldie's death in papers & Miss Lilian Holland's. Wednesday April 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out on cycle. Roy caught me up. East wind. Very wet in roads. Came home along woods. Nearly ran into butcher's cart. Back breakfast. Roy & Maud playing Bump Thump. Wrote letters & diary. Finished drawing for Mazawattee by 4.0pm. After changed & went by Met Rly to Turkish bath in Northumberland Avenue. Good bath. Saw Leslie Ward. Shocking weight 12.12¾ nude. Out & buss to Punch dinner. Good dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, D.M, E.I.M (late) Arthur à B, Phil May, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G (from Paris). J.T felt faint & giddy. F.C.B got him brandy. Got cut of German Emperor & Tricycle. Good. Home by cab with J.T. Read paper & bed 12.30pm. (Red ink: Turkish bath at Northumberland Avenue.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Baron von Eckardstein and Grace Maple.) Thursday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wet morning & mostly all day. Out & called Watkinson about tricycle. Slight head. Back breakfast. Skemed subject of German Emperor & Tricycle. Had old fashioned tandem tricycle. Tried to get it in house. Could not. Went & photod it in yard. After took 4 of Otley. Enlarged them. Rest in afternoon & got to work tracing outline of drawing at 5.0pm. Roy & his mother went off to Savoy Opera & saw it. Back by carriage. Long rest in chair. Bed at 12.30am. Very much shocked in morning to see announcement of poor Arthur Cecil Blunt's death. (Red ink: Death of Arthur Cecil Blunt in his 53rd year at Brighton.) (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary of Arthur Cecil Blunt. Friday Apl 17th.) Friday April 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out on cycle & went to Ealing or rather Acton. Roads very greasy. Nearly slipped over. Back. Decided to photo Otley again. Sent him to Barker's for shoes & took 2 photos in sunlight. Developed & enlarged by 1.30pm. Rested after & then got to work & worked up to 8.30 on German Emperor & Tricycle. In doubt as to Roy & Maud going to Opera. Wire only came at 8.15. Dined quietly & quiet evening. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Very much shocked at poor Arthur Blunt's death announced in 'Times' this morning, not yesterday. (Red ink:
Arthur Cecil Blunt's death announced in 'Times'. Met Reynard & after saw Alfred Hunt for last time. He died Sunday May 3.) (Cutting glued in: Athenaeum election of Mr Edward Linley Sambourne, the eminent artist in black & white. 'Times' Saty April 18th.) Saturday April 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down. Found letter from Canon Ainger & also news that had been elected as member of the Athenaeum Club. Very pleased. After breakfast got to work & quietly finished drawing of the German Emperor & Tricycle. Finished 1.30. Lunch. After rested upstairs. At 4.0 M away in the carriage. Roy & self on cycles to Finchley. Arthur Linley called. M had been with Mite in morning to funeral of poor Lilian Holland at church at Bayswater. Called on Bernard P. Roy's cycle rattled very badly. Rough ride to Finchley, Hendon & home. Went to Watkinson's. Very simple to screw up. Dressed. Dinner. After at 8.30 Roy & self in cab to the Empire Theatre. Sat it out. Poor stalls. On to Garrick. Saw Routledge, Gillie F, Stewart Ogilvie, Charles Russell etc etc. Had plovers eggs & marrow. Left 1.0. Home 1.30. Bed directly. (Red ink: Very rough cycle ride to Finchley. Roy & self went to Empire Theatre.) Sunday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. x. M down. Lovely morning. M had lost her umbrella. Sent Otley to the church at Paddington. After wrote a few letters. At 11.30 got ready for cycling. Discovered hole in trowsers. Changed. At 12.15 Reed, Roy & self cycled to St Pancras, 25 mins. Hot & not quite comfortable. Found had made mistake about train, 1.9 from Moorgate Street. Had lunch at the restaurant coffee room at the Midland Hotel. Good 3/s per head. Saw Mr Frankfort Moore. Off by 2.30pm, St Albans 3.0. Stone on platform. Went to Cathedral. After started 3.30. Watford 8 miles. Then to London 14. Gin & ginger beer at Watford. Home at 6.45. Young Thomson called. Felt very tired. Dressed. Went down & got a bottle of Lachlan Ross's whiskey. At 8.0 H.Langley, Mr Stone dined. Pleasant dinner. They stayed till 12.15pm after H's long stories. Very tired & done up. Bed 12.30am. Roy solved Partridge's puzzle. (Red ink: Roy & self cycled from St Albans home.) Monday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Down. Letters of congratulation for election Athenaeum Club. Wrote letters in the morning. Moth being disturbed by M. Wrote letters all the morning. Also to committee of Athenaeum Club. After photod Maud at 1.15 in dress just after lunch. M, Roy & Mite went to sale of Hamilton's horses. Not a good sale. Rested in chair. Roy back to tea. Read book on Palmer's murder & Captain Gill. After put things straight. Decided not to go to National Sporting Club. Dined at 7.0pm & Roy went off at 8.0 to go with Langley's friend. H.L gave him a sovereign. Read in evening & went to bed at 11.30pm. Roy back 11.45pm. Barometer rising. (Red ink: Sale of Hamilton Langley's horses not very successful. Roy went to National Sporting Club.) Tuesday April 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.35am. Out 8.5 on cycle & went to Ealing Common & back 5 minutes under the hour. Bath after breakfast. Looked out accts. Maud to a wedding with Miss Paxton. Windows done. After wrote letters etc to 1.0. Dressed & at 2.25pm went with Roy to poor Arthur Blunt's funeral. Saw Clowes & many
others, Lawson etc etc. After back home. Put cardboard under swing book table. Mrs Percy Macquoid called & 2 Stokes's etc. At 4.45 went cycle ride. Saw where Arthur Blunt was laid. After thro' Richmond Park & home down Putney Hill. Back 6.30. Wrote 3 letters. Posted them. Dressed & dined 7.15. Left 8.10 in cab. Mite & M in carriage for opera, Drury Lane. Saw & heard Lohengrin. Out 11.30pm. Supper at Garrick, Roy & self. Gillie F being chaffed about De Lacca. Joe Carr, Routledge etc. Saw Beerbohm Tree. Left 12.10 & home 12.40. Dropped half sovereign on steps. Got it. Bed at 1.0am exactly. (Red ink: Went to hear Lohengrin.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Arthur Cecil. Daily Telegraph April 23.) Wednesday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. x. Out 8.30 on cycle went round by Chelsea. Called Wellington Sq 26 & along by Hospital Embankment & home. Back 9.30. Breakfast. After wrote letters etc. Lovely morning. After did some work on the Art Journal drawing. Printed photos. Lunch. Rested in chair & afterwards at 4.0 dressed. Ellie Ritchie did not come. Tea. Left 5.0 for Turkish bath, North'd Avenue. Weight greatest ever scaled, 13.1 without. Hair cut. Out 7.0 & Punch dinner. William Agnew there. P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, E.I.M (late). Long talk. Tenniel got cut of the Horse & the Ass, self Shakespeare. Talk of Furniss & Mazawattee. After left with J.T. Put down at Isthmium. Omnibus home 12.30. Bed 1.0am. 'So wag we together brother Bench'. (Red ink: Shocking weight 13.1. Chairs delivered from Edwards & Roberts.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Frederick Huth Jackson, of a son. Death of John Bott.) Thursday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Overslept. Did not go out. Breakfast. Pattern from Liberty's. After wrote Langley about bicycles. Mr Clifton called at 11.0 from the Stores. Delayed. M & moth again. Skemed subject at 12.0 noon, Shakespeare & Punch. Photod self as Shakespeare. Lunch. After rested till 4.0pm. Chairs taken away by Edwards & Roberts. Developed 7 plates dry. Mr Bowen called about MS, 4.45. At 5.30 enlarged 3 plates. At 6.15 cycled to Ealing. Saw 19 Hamilton Road. Back 7.20. Dressed. Maud dined at the Enthovens. Quiet evening. Wrote several letters after. Spencer in. Long inane yarns. Left 12.0. Doze to 1.30. Nightmare at night. Dream of staying at Alfred de Rothschild's at Paris. (Red ink: Sofa & 3 chairs taken away on acct of moth by Edwards & Roberts.) Friday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Letter F.C.B about jury summons. Cycled to 27 Boltons. Back. Cold morning. Announcement birth Fritz Jackon's son. Looked over papers. Got to work 10.45 drawing of Punch & Shakespeare. Worked up to 8.30pm when dined or rather at 9.0. Roy went to see Trilby at the Haymarket. M & self sat up for him. Mite at a Ball at Wimbledon, Mrs Schwann's. Worked after dinner from 10 to 11.30. Put in background of Shakespeare drawing. Bed after pipe at 1.30am. Saturday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & finished drawing by 8.45. Breakfast. Packed & off by hansom at 10.20 for Victoria. Met F.C.B at station & young Frank. Down Dover & over by boat. Met Rawlingson & Bangs. Calais. Lunch. Pretty little woman next table. German do on board after. Got off by fly & train Calais Ville 3.40. On to
Boulogne. Wait, & then on to Etaples. Then by the Countess's carriage to the Chateau de Touquet. Got room & after stroll on to the Plage at Paris Plage. Back. Nightingales & bats. Long wait. Whitley back at 7.50 or 8.15. Dined 8.45. Very good dinner. Next a Mr Stoneham. Villiers, Lt Col Giles, Dudley Hardy, Times & many others. After coffee & liqueur off to bed. Room tried at 2.0am, no go. Good rest & sleep. (Red ink: Left for Mayville with F.C.B. Dear Mite had fall from dog cart. Cob went down in Fulham Road. Otley hurt.) Sunday April 26 Chateau de Touquet, Mayville to be. Up at 7.45. Out after coffee 8.30. Got out of window. Dudley Hardy & Villiers had slept on chairs. Into wood by pond. After started off in coaches Col (blank) Spencer, self & Mr Goldring in carriage. Mounted sand hills & then on thro' Etaples to Montreuil. Lovely old town. Stayed. Went to monastery after snack. Dull grey day all day & sufficiently cold for coats. After back & delightful lunch. Wired home. Sat next Times & Villiers. Such a dejuener with wine, F2.50. Stroll on to ramparts with Dudley Hardy & Villiers. Back. Called at Etaples & on a Mons Gigant. Newly decorated. Back & on for long stroll on the Plage. Dinner after packing. Speech from F.C.B & also recitation by Villiers. Long reply from Whitley. Off at 10.40 French time by coach with 2 horses. Driven by Stoneham jnr. Caught 11.7 Etaples. Cards & rowdy in train. Calais at 12.45. Got berth. Slept to Dover. Bother with bag on shore. Man in carriage with a cold. Beast. After slept. Victoria 6.0am & home. (Red ink: Delightful day at Mayville & Montreuil. Roy cycled with Mr Stone to Cobham & beyond.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Tottenham.) Monday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Out Victoria 6.0am & drove home. No one up. Rang. Bath. Tea & went to bed. Slept from 6.45 to 10.0. Dreams. Down. After rest dressed. Heard dear Mite thrown out of cart on Saty. Left by buss at 11.45 & on to Academy. Poor show. Saw Davis etc. Many others. Solamon, Bone. Lunched at Garrick. Talk to Bacon. Collared by Dobbie. Long talk. Oh! On to Turkish bath from 3.50 to 6.0. Then to Athenaeum for 1st time. Saw young Elliot & after Lang & Lockyer. Tea. Wrote 3 letters. Home by buss. Roy off to N.S Club for Boxing. Dined M, Mite & self. Rest after. Roy back at 12.0. Bed. Very tired. (Red ink: Private View, or rather the Varnishing Day at R.A. Turkish bath & 1 st visit to Athenaeum Club.) Tuesday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Out on cycle 8.50. Round Park. Strong wind. Saw Rook. Back 9.35. Breakfast. Printed a good many blue prints. Roy & Mite went into Park. Galbraith called at 12.45. M in bed. Mademoiselle Jackeymot called. After lunch read. Dated all back phos & at 5.30 after tea Roy & self cycled to Richmond. Passed fast carriage against wind. Not one single trap in the Roehampton Lane. Home 7.30. Sent Otley to Pavilion. After dinner Roy, M & self went in cab to the Pavilion. Very slow entertainment & poor songs. Out 11.15 & home. Read Fitzgerald's book & bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Pavilion. Also M.) Wednesday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled to Knightsbridge & round Fulham Rd. Met Sir Mortimer Conway. Afterwards breakfast & wrote letters. Got to work on
D.C.Thomson's drawing. Worked till 1.15pm. After dressed & lunch. Left at 2.30 & took cab to the Camera Club. Photod A.Green 3 doz plates. Not so shy. Out at 5.30 & went on to the Athenaeum Club. Tea & wrote letters. Took buss to P.D & there at 7.10. Lawrence B gloomy. L.B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, & R.L. Very long time discussing cut. To 10.50 before made up. After in 10 minutes got German Emperor & Milkmaid of Cowes to do. Left with Tenniel in cab. Put down at the Isthmium. Home by buss. Roy had taken Maud to Terry's Theatre to see Jedbury Junr with Farquhar. Back at 12.0am. Bed. (Red ink: Photod A.Green at Camera Club. 2nd visit to Athenaeum Club. Quilter's smoking at home. Did not go.) Thursday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up in morning 8.0. Slight head. Rode round Park & down Bayswater Road. Roy's last morning at home. After skemed drawing of Geman Emperor & Cowes. Dull & shiney after. Photod Otley, Roy & Maud after. Dressed at 2.30 & went with Roy at 3.0 in hansom cab to Conny Burnand's wedding. Saw many friends. Presents A1. All went off well. Craigies, Albert à Beckett etc etc. Introduced to Bone by Tinsley Lindley. Left with Roy at 5.30 & walked home. Did not cycle. Developed plates & put them to dry. After M went off to dine with the Galbraiths & to go to the Court Theatre to see Mrs Ponderbury. Roy went back to Eton at 10.0pm. Spencer came in after dinner & sat talking. Had had row with Butler. Dozed off to sleep. M back at 11.45. Bed 12.30pm. (Red ink: Conny Burnand married to Mr Tinsley Lindley.) (Red ink across page: Roy went back to Eton.) (Cuttings glued in: Tinsley Lindley to Constance, second daughter of Mr F.C.Burnand.) May 1896 Friday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Intended to ride mare. Was saddled. Tried pneumatic saddle. No good. Did not ride. After bath. Breakfast. After got on with drawing of German Emperor & Cowes. Re-photod Maud at 12.30. Delayed. Got hard to work in afternoon & on to 8.30pm. Maud & M went off at 3.0 to the Private View of the Royal Academy, coming back at 6.0pm. Otley drove for 1 st time since accident. (Red ink: Private View of the Royal Academy. Did not go, only Mite & M. Otley drove for 1st time since the accident on the 25th Apl.) Saturday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. No ride. After got to work & great rush to finish drawing of German Emperor & Cowes Milkmaid. M & Mite went off to lunch with the Lindos. Finished at 2.0. Hurried lunch. After cab to Avenue Theatre 2/s. M, Mite & Miss Lindo in box. Saw The New Barmaid. Lottie Collins good. Put M in carriage. Box broken in front. Wandered to Garrick. Could not find Waterbury watch place. Tea. Walked on to the Athenaeum. Met Ewens. Wrote letters. Saw Martineau. Home by buss. Bought vegetables etc at Butts. After home. Dinner. Cold east wind. Bed at 11.30. Maud Paxton came in the afternoon. (Red ink: Went to matinée of The New Barmaid at the Avenue Theatre.) Horse accident from Buckles cart in Terrace. Sunday May 3
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Round to stable about putting cycle on cart. Breakfast. Got off at 9.30 in cart with cycle for Waterloo. Met H.R.Richards on bridge. After got to wrong station. Out at Godalming at 11.35. Wind against us the whole way. Easy ride to Guildford. Ripley 1.15. Lunch. Left 1.50 & on to Cobham & Hampton Court 3.0. Went over H.C. Saw pictures etc. Tea at Mitre. Started home 5.0. Called Reed. Saw him. Home 6.15. Met Blair. Evelyn Coward at S.T. Whiskey & soda. Bath. Washed wrap. Wrote diary. Dinner 8.10. Mr Blair, Mr Schwartze. Miss Paxton, M, self & Mite dined. Up in room 10.30. Bosh talked. (Red ink: Rode with Guthrie from Godalming home. Mr Blair, Schwartze & Maud Paxton dined. This young ass said we all went to sleep after dinner. A lie.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Alfred Hunt.) Monday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. x. Did not ride cycle. In morning sorted papers etc. Wrote letters. After at 12.0 thoroughly cleaned photo house. Rested. Tabs came in afternoon. At 5.15 got on cycle from Hall & went over to Clapham & Brixton. Saw Milliken's wee house. Back by 7.10. Found wire from the Secy of the Hotel Cecil. Dressed & off in poor hansom. Saw Bancroft, Voules & also Major Cook. Sat at cross table, met Bancroft & Sir Myles Fenton. Good dinner & wine. Left 10.50. Called Garrick & home by cab. Felt seedy with smoking. Home. Ill in lavatory. In chair dozed till 2.0am when to bed better. (Red ink: Dined at the Hotel Cecil. Press banquet. 1st opening night.) Tuesday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down 8.45. Cycled before breakfast to Alexandra Hotel. Left letter for Tabs. Back. Breakfast. Lovely morning. News of Alfred Hunt's death in the papers. Cycle fetched. Tabs called. Lunch. After a very great many callers. Room full. Did little or no work all day. Dressed at 5.30 & left by Met Rly to Savoy Restaurant. Waited for M & Maud Paxton. Dined with Tabs. Good dinner. Bill £3.14.0. Too much. Out & on to St James's Theatre to see Prisoner of Zenda, M, Tabs, self & Maud P. Extraordinary pretty woman in box opposite. Left at 11.15. Girls home in coupé, self by buss. (Red ink: Dined with Tabs at the Savoy Restaurant. Went to St James's Theatre. Prisoner of Zenda.) (Small sketch of Tabs) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Colonel J.T.North. Death of Sir Maurice Duff Gordon. Death of Horatio Pym. Obituary of Colonel J.T.North. Times Wed 6 May.) Wednesday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. No ride on cycle. Breakfast. After in morning did a few heads for Art Journal drawing. Dora arrived mid day. After lunch rested. Then Mervyn & Ethel H arrived. Dressed & left at 4.0 for Turkish bath. Went by train. Saw portrait of Lucy in The Young Man after. Weight 10.12, 10.10 after bath. Out & on to P.D in buss. William Agnew, Phil A, E.I.M (late) called to Agnew's side. Phil M, B.P, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Heard of poor Pym's death. Sad. Chaff Lucy. Cut of Athens for J.T, self 'A Mother of Three'. Left 10.30 & on to soirée of the Royal Society. Saw Wallace, Wirgman etc, Prince Teck & others. Out & home by buss. Wonderful colour photos & Rontgen Ray photos. Locked out at home. M, Mite & Maud Paxton had been to the Duke of York's Theatre with Mr Blair. Bed 12.30pm. M applied for £200 in Coupé London st. Sent £50 on application. (Cuttings glued in: The Lady Teynham, of a son. Obituary Horatio Pym.)
Thursday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down. No cycle ride. Wrote letter of complaint to H.Lawson about order being stopped. After skemed subject of Balfour as Mother of Three. Photod Otley in M's dress at 11.0. Developed & enlarged by 1.30. Lunch. Mr & Mrs Mervyn H, Dora, Maud & others in dress for the Café Chantant. Girls all went off at 2.15, M after. Rested & got to work 4.0pm. Sent Ethel H to Mrs Cox's to ask for rooms. Success? M back & dined by ourselves tete a tete. M off again at 8.30pm. Cyclists Tourist Club membership sent. Letter from Agnew etc. Vertue's cheque. Answered them. Posted letters 10.30pm & M back with Mite & Maud Paxton & Dora at 12.30am. All had supper & bed. (Red ink: Café Chantant at Miss Nembhard's. Maud & Tabs, children etc there.) Friday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After at work all day on drawing of A Mother of 3. Got on all right with it. Mrs Cox called. M out with Dora, Maud Paxton etc etc. Worked quietly all day & up to 1.30pm. Finished shading the picture nearly. Quiet dinner & after music. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Saturday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Finished 'A Mother of 3' at 11.30am. After M & Mite went to Hurlingham with the Galbraiths. Miss Paxton, Dora & self went to the Duke of York's Theatre to see 'The Gay Parisienne'. Poor play. Left box to go to the Athenaeum & wrote letters. Spencer & Blair called in box. Back by carriage. Cycled round Richmond Park after 6.30pm & home. Dinner 8.15. Cycle sent back by boy at noon. Photod Otley as Scotchman for drawing for Art Journal. Quiet dinner, Dora, Miss Paxton, M, Mite & self. (Red ink: Went to matinée of Gay Parisienne.) Sunday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. After breakfast printed photos taken yesterday. Developed them before breakfast. Got to work on drawing for Art Journal. Finished by 1.30pm. After lunch Mr Blair called 2.30 & at 3.0 he & I cycled to Uxbridge 15 miles. Then to Slough, 6 miles. Met Guthrie & Partridge at The Chequers Uxbridge. Blair had a fall near pond, Langley. After home 18 miles thro' Hounslow. Jumping boar hound Prince. Altogether did 40 miles. Home 7.30. Bath & dined 8.30. Guthrie & Blair, Dora & Miss Paxton. 2 bottles of Champagne. (Red ink: Cycled 40 miles with Blair & Guthrie & Partridge.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Beatrix Whistler.) Monday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Long day's work on drawing for the Art Journal. Worked up to dinner time. M went with Mite & Maud Paxton & Dora to see The Shop Girl after dinner. Mrs Mervyn H dined here. Work after dinner from 9.0 to 11.30pm. Put in architecture etc etc. Tuesday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Long day's work on drawing for the Art Journal. Did not go out. Began to shade at 12 noon & on up to 8.30pm. Wired not to send until tomorrow. Dined at 9.0pm. Mrs Hulton called at dinner time. After dinner music etc. Dora left for Earl's Barton at 2.30pm with Mrs Hornby. Bed at
12.30am. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Donald Larnach. Will of Donald Larnach. Tues July 7.) Wednesday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & after breakfast went on & finished drawing by 11.30 for Croal Thomson Art Journal. Tidied up by 12.30. Dressed & left with cycle on cab at 2.0 for G.W.Rly. Saw Tenniel & Phil Agnew at station. Down with Guthrie & Partridge. Out at Taplow. Cycled to Cookham & Marlow. Talk to old man about the Poultons & Mrs Mayne. Called P.Pullens. Tea. Swiss waiter. No eggs in lawn. On to Bourne End & Marlow. Back. Punch dinner at Lehmann's. W.A, E.I.M, P.M, B.Part (no Lucy) E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.C.L, L.B, Phil A. Good dinner. Cuts made up. All left at 10.15. Saw them off. May & self stayed. Smoke & talk. Bed 11.45. Read Prisoner of Zenda. Electric light. (Red ink: Went to Rudolph Lehmann's, Bourne End. Punch dinner there. Poor Phil May had no money to go to Bourne End. Sent out for some with sketch to Tooth.). Thursday May 14 Field Head, Bourne End. Up at 7.30. Cycled to Cookham. Back. Bath. Breakfast 8.45. After went down to river, talk to gondolier. Up by 10.27 with Phil May. Home with cycle at 11.45. Letter from Mr Ainger about Roy. Had to write letters about Roy, drawing & to Edgcome. M's mistake about the Fancy Dress Ball. In afternoon skemed subject. Afterwards sent Otley to Mays for costume & to Burnets. Wire from Seymour Lucas. Not at home. Rested. Made up mind at the last at 9.30pm to go in blouse etc to Ball. Did so. Costume a great success. Capital Ball. Saw Finlay, Matthews, Mrs Earl, Miss Carellas etc etc. Supper with Mrs Earl. Talk of Roy etc. Left 2.0am. Home. M awake. Bed 3.0am. (Red ink: Fancy dress Ball at the De la Rues. Went as Parisian Ouvrier.) Friday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Tired. At 10.30 photod Otley & boy for cut of Bill Holiday Task. Developed etc. Rested & sleep after lunch. Got to work 4.0pm. Worked to 8.15. Dressed. After dinner M, Mite & self to Lockwood's Ball at Princes' Hall. Great reception of 700. Saw Mrs Henderson etc etc. Supper. Lady Mackenzie, Dr Farquharson, Colin Hunter etc etc. Left at 2.0. Home 2.30. Very tired. No, not so tired. Wrote Tenniel 2.30 & posted letter. Strange dream in chair of A in afternoon. (Red ink: Lady Lockwood's ball at the Princes' Hall.) Saturday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast at 9.30 got to work & finished drawing of Bill by 1.45am. Lunch. After at 3.0 went in carriage down to Eton. Saw Mr Ainger. Long talk about Roy. Settled he should stay. Back & only just caught train. Met Lucas, son of Sir Thomas. After got home. Ordered fruit & asparagrass at Butts. Dressed & off in carriage to dine at the Cameron Corbetts. Met Lord Coleridge. Also Mrs Yeo who I took in to dinner. Pleasant evening. Very tired. Left 11.0 & home. M, Mite & self. Maud Paxton left thank goodness at noon today. (Red ink: Went down to Eton to see Mr Ainger about Roy. Dined Cameron Corbetts in evening.) Sunday May 17
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Sent wire to Guthrie. Back in bed. Wrote letters in morning. Lunch. Ethel Herapath there. After at 2.30 Guthrie came. Started 2.50 on cycles. Thro' Richmond Pk, Ham, along river Hampton Court, Hampton (met Lefevre) on to Staines. Road very bad with thick dust & drought. Tea at Staines, the Pack Horse. Lost glove. Guthrie had it. After left 6.15 & home thro' Hounslow by 7.50. Cycled altogether 38½ miles. Bath. Midge at Stafford Terrace. Dinner Ethel H, Midge, Mite, M & self. Very tired after. Slept till 12.0. Bed. 7 miles to Star & Garter, 7 miles to Ham Common corner, 13 miles to Hampton Court Palace, 14½ miles to Hampton, 23½ miles to Staines, 15 from Staines home. 10 miles an hour inclusive. (Red ink: Cycled 39 miles with Guthrie.) Monday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. No ride. After breakfast sent off Mr Bower's MSs. Herbert M Bower, Elincrofts, Ripon. Bought brown paper etc. Great morning at tidying up etc. After put all my clothes in brown paper for moths etc. Lunch. Rest. After finished clothes. By then it was 5.15. Cold tea. At 6.0pm cycled from hall to Battersea, Clapham, Wandsworth. Through Burntash Lane, Leather Botel & on to Wimbledon. Met Mr & Mrs Mortimer near Barker's house. Home at 8.0. Hat blew off in Earls Court Rd. Mite very funny at dinner. She went after to Mrs Leach's dance. M & self to bed at 11.15. Lay awake a good deal. Mite back at 12.30am. Tuesday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. M in bed. After wrote Roy. Developed 18 photos taken Mrs King March 23rd. Fine & hot again. Lunch. At 2.0pm went with M in carriage. Called in Bond St at Agnews, on to Lambs. Paid £15.0.0. After M went in carriage to call on Midge. Bought 2 prs stockings Shetland Warehouse. After called Athenaeum. On to Turkish bath. Had hair cut. Weight 12.9, 12.10½. Out. Walked up to Grants & got spats. After to Athenaeum. Saw Orchardson, Calderon etc. Pepys Cockerell playing billiards. Out & home by buss. Dressed & dined quietly. Bed early. Wednesday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Went round & tried Burgess saddle. No good. Back. Ordered mare. Rode down to Trooping of Colour. Saw H.R.H in Hon Artillery Co's uniform. Lord Wolseley with order of St Patrick & baton. Japanese officer. Indian Prince betwen two Generals etc. Rode mare home. Rain came on. After finished printing photos. Lunch. Rest with M after. Mite went with Cohens & to lunch with Miss Wallace. Dressed & left at 6.45 for Punch dinner. To Blackfriars. Wm A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, & E.I.M late. Agnew slept. Long time settling cut. Tenniel got Tzar, self nothing. Left 9.45. Changed coat & got in carriage at end of Bouverie St. To Foreign Office Reception at 10.20. Bowed to Lady Salisbury with Mite. Got on wrong side of staircase, all amongst the Duchesses & Ambassadors. Saw the Duke & D of Marlboro'. Diamond tiara & pearls. Duchess of Cleveland & many others. The Haitian minister, black as a coal. Prince of Wales stopped & talked to the Duke of M. Long time getting out. Saw Sir Euan Smith, Ritchies, Lady Romer, Finlay & many others. John Penn &
daughter. Got to the carriage easily at 12.40 & home. Bed 1.45am. M just awake. (Red ink: Foreign Office Reception:) (Red ink across page: Mite & self went to the Foreign Office Reception.) Saturday May 29, 1886. Lord Rosebery. Went by self. Wdy May 21, 1890. Lord Salisbury. Went with M. (saw Balfour). Saty May 30, 1891. ditto. Went with M. (saw Duke of Clarence on stairs.) Wedy May 25, 1892. ditto. M & self went. Very wet. Saty June 3, 1893. Lord Rosebery. Mite & self went after Eton. Saty May 26, 1894. ditto. Mite & self went. Very wet. Saty May 25, 1895. No reception. Lady Kimberley died. Wedy May 20, 1896. Lord Salisbury. Mite & self went. Thursday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Out on cycle & to F.C.B's. Left letter. Lovely morning. Colder. After back & waited about, wrote letters etc. Read. Midge in to lunch. Looked out Foreign Office Receptions. Rested in chair. M back 5.30. Cycled to Balham. Saw Reed's old house. Back at 7.45, 18 miles. Dressed. Dined. M gave us 20 quails. Sleep for 1 hour & then with Mite to Mrs Alexander's at home. Crowds of people. Macmillans, many others. Supper with Lucys. Mite & Mr Goetz. Mrs Clifford etc. Mite & Coupé. Left 1.15. Home 1.30. Read Menzel. Bed 2.0am. Talk to M & sleep. (Red ink: Cycled to Balham. Went to Alexanders' at home.) Friday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Breakfast by self. After sent P.O.O. for watches etc, badges. Got to work 11.30 on cartoon Kruger as Cat. No letter up to then from F.C.B. Dark dull day. At 11.30 photod Emma's Tom Cat & after lunch enlarged it. Rested in chair & got to work at 4.30. Went on to 8.30pm. Got it all right. After M, Mite & self dined quietly by ourselves. Rest after & bed. (Red ink: Photod Emma's Tom Cat.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Benjamin Terry.) Saturday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast finished by 12.0 drawing of Kruger Cat & Mouse. Sent it off. Packed bags & left Stafford Terrace at 1.45 in cart for Euston. Ticket for Wolverton. Got out at Bletchley & after at Wolverton. Rode thro' Stony Stratford, Pullersbury, Rothersthorpe, Northampton & on to Earls Barton, 30 miles. Got out of my way on to the Coventry road. Fine place of Sir Thomas Hesketh at Towcester. Arrived The Grange at 7.50 or 8.5. Dressed & dined. 8.20. Not very tired. Bottle of champagne. After played H one game of billiards. Beat him. M & Mite went down by the 4.30 from Euston. (Red ink: Cycled through Stony Stratford, Towcester etc on to Earls Barton.) Sunday May 24 The Grange, Earls Barton. Up 8.0. Found cycle all limp. Pumped up & rode to Ecton down hill. Lovely morning. Back. After breakfast looked at horses. Tinkered at cycle. In summer house & after tea rode with Dora to Wellingboro' & Great Harrowden, Harwicke, Mears Ashby & home. Had to pump up 3 times. Home with limp tire. H & self looked at valve. After dressed & dinner. Whiskey & soda in Drawing Room after. Bed at 11.0. Good night's rest. Wrote many letters, to Roy
etc. (Red ink: Cycle ride with Dora, Mears Ashby.) (Cutting glued in: Death and Will of Edward Armitage.) Monday May 25 The Grange, Earls Barton. Up at 8.0. Went for ride on cycle after pumping to Mears Ashby. Back. After in morning read Knave of Diamonds & looked at News etc. Lunch. After H & self tested cycle. Found leak in horse trough. After walked with M. Young horse being put in harness. Very troublesome. Tea. After decided to ride cycle at 7.0. Went to Wellingboro' & back. Went up & down outside waiting for H. Had arrived with the Kermiss's at 8.5pm. My things changed out of room. Trouble to dress. After dined. Champagne. Sleepy after dinner. Beat Hamilton one game of billiards. Bed at 11.30pm. M asleep. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Lady Watkin. Death of Marmaduke Wyvill. Thursday May 28 '96.) Tuesday May 26 The Grange, Earls Barton. Up at 8.0. No water in bath. Out on cycle to Mears Ashby. Coming back went futt. Had to walk 1½ miles back. Breakfast by self & after sleepy on deck chair. Looked at News. Wrote diary & letters. After Hamilton & self talked. Lunch at 2.30. Went into Wellingboro' in break with Mr & Mrs Kermiss taking cycle. Went to Frank Taylor's Market Square & left cycle. After posted letter for M. Bought fish. Got cigarettes. Break went away without me. Took a walk. Saw Praeds Brewery. Sports going on. Walked down avenue for ½ mile. Saw Hogarth looking little girl not bad looking. Back & on to Taylors. Saw cycle taken to pieces. Learnt a lot. Tea at the Hind Inn. Books of houses in Great Britain, D'Arcy Wyvill's amongst them. Back & got cycle 6.0pm. Chain on the wrong way. Back & had it altered. Started at 7.0pm & back at 7.30. Dressed & dined at 7.45. Hamilton had gone to Liverpool. Quiet evening. Bed at 11.0. (Red ink: Cycle mended at Wallingboro'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Ann Watkin.) Wednesday May 27 The Grange, Earls Barton. Up at 8.0. Went to Mears Ashby & thro' past church back. After breakfast (good) found the Queen was at Biarritz in April 1889. Decided to cycle to Bletchley. Packed & left with M 11.45. Parted at top of hill 11.50. Off & thro' Castle Ashby, Yardley Hastings, Olney (Owney) Newport Pagnell & Fenny Stratford. Races at N.P. Good lunch & talk to farmers. Left 2.0 & on to B by 3.0. Got red ink on lip & got black on knickerbockers. To Euston by 3.45. Rode home. Man in Euston Road ran into dog. Home 5.40. Wired M. Changed & then by cart to Punch dinner, calling at Lambs to be tried on with new clothes. Wm A, E.I.M (late) Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Derby sweep drawn. Chaff about dinner. R.L tried to get my name drawn to stand a dinner. No go. F.C.B had to after. Left with Tenniel at 11.20. Home by cart from top of Park by 12.20am. (Red ink: Rode up from Earls Barton on cycle.) On Castle Tower x-ways Emberton: 'Time's on the wing, how swift he speeds his way Hast'ning to sink in one continuous day Pause, passing Trav'ler, what thy destiny When Death unveils a vast Eternity?' Live then in Christ, in Christ eternal gain, No Christ, no Hope, but everlasting pain.
Thursday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Out on cycle. Called Burnand's. Back & wrote letters. After skemed subject of Grace & Sun. Sent Otley to Barkers & got cricket things. Photod him in sun at 11.30. Very hot fine day not a cloud in the sky. Developed & rested after lunch. M back in 4 wheeler & a runner after at 3.30. Rested after. Got to work & drew figure of Grace in at 7.30. Went in the carriage to dine at Orchardsons. Left Mite at the Galbraiths. Met Hacker a Glasgow man & his wife, Colin Hunter & wife & others. Pleasant dinner. Cards after. Stayed till 11.45. Left Orchardson photos of tennis court taken in 1884. Home. Mite up. Bed at 1.30 after reading paper. x. M. (Red ink: Dined at Mrs Orchardson's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Bertrand Roose.) Friday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out on cycle. Called F.C.B's. Hurt my ankle, ran into curbstone. Back & work all day on drawing of Sun & Grace the Cricketer. M out at Lady Hardman's at home in afternoon. In evening they, M & Mite, went to the MacQueens. Sat up for them. Nightmare in chair about black wooden poodle. Bed 2.0am. Saturday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast got to work & finished cartoon of Sun & Grace 11.45. After did Eton boy in love. Lunch 2.15 after finishing. Rest after. M left for Ranelagh Club with Mite in carriage at 4.0pm. Wrote diary & generally tidied up all round. Dressed in frock coat & carriage called at 6.30pm. Called Butts & bought vegetables & on to Ranelagh. Met Carlisle & his brother & wife. Good dinner. Col Routledge there dining & Dr Hastings. Very cold sitting out after dinner. Must have caught a cold. Left 9.45 & home by carriage. Lovely night. Quiet evening & bed quietly 11.30am. (Red ink: Dined at Ranelagh Club, Barn Elms, with Mr Carlisle.) Sunday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Off & caught the 9.0am train from Victoria. Men in carriage. Jew & sister. Looking out for having caught cold yesterday. Lovely day. Left 11.0 & over 12.20. Walk thro' Calais & on to Casino. Waited till 1.30. Joined by Jacobi & son. Dejeuner. Attack of P & very hot walking. Back to boat. Ran to save swing bridge. Train from Paris 1 hr late. Saw Rose (Spencer's friend) Sir Philip Currie, Mocattas, Sir Henry Hawkins etc. After F.C.B & Frank. All up to town together. Late. Cab home. Arrived 8.35. Dressed & dined. Home dinner. Very good. They did not stay so late as usual. Took some carbonate of soda at 12.15 when going to bed. All went off well. (Plan of seating: Home dinner after trip to Calais. Home late. Miss Wilson, self, Miss Rose Innes, Bret Harte, M, Mr H Routh, Mite, Mr Carlisle.) Jun 1896 Monday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. No head. Did not ride. In morning wrote cards letters etc. Busy all morning. Dressed at 12.45. Lunch & left at 2.15 for New Bond St. Called Needs, Beale & Furnon, & various shops. After had clothes tried on at Lambs. After a Turkish bath at Jermyn St. Weight before bath 13.1. Why can't tell.
In bath 3 hours. Read Master of Ballantrae. Out & home by buss. Quiet dinner & evening. Mite very funny at dinner. Bed 11.15. (Red ink: Clothes tried on. Turkish bath.) Tuesday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Strange dream of M.R & child destitute. Down. After breakfast windows cleaned. Printed many blue photos of Mrs King. M & Mite out. Took photo of Mite in carriage. Very hot. Glass going down. Rested. After in afternoon got to work on drawing of Lockwood, L.C.Justice etc. Dolly Storey called & came up & saw me. Quiet dinner, M, Mite & self & bed early afterwards. Wednesday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No cycle ride. Derby Day. Dull & threatened rain. Did rain in morning. Worked all day on drawing of Lockwood, Hare & Irving etc. After rest left for P.D. Took cab to Bouverie St calling St James's Theatre with note for Bancroft. Heavy rain. Punch dinner. W.A, Phil May (excited & had won sweep £50 N.S.C.) B.P, H.W.L, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, E.I.M (late). Got cut of Dufferin. Heard about Furniss letter to Agnew. Chaff about post cards. Left with Tenniel at 11.10 & on home by buss. People talking about Magda. Derby Day. Prince's horse 'Persimmon' won. M & Mite went to Mrs Lindo's at home, Grafton Gallery. Thursday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No cycle. Wrote letters. Got off at 10.35 for G.W.R in carriage. Saw Mrs Fildes. After the De la Rues etc. Down to Windsor. Boys not up yet. On to launch. Very hot. Saw Captn Uniacke & Miss Schuster. Party on launch. Mr & Mrs De la Rue, Mrs De la Rue, Mr & Mrs Speed, young Leyland, another young Etonian. Mr & Mrs Martin & sons & a youth. Mr & Mrs Ffrench, Mrs Campbell, L.S, wife, Roy, Maud. A stockbroker. Mrs Ffrench very loud & objectionable & a dog named Perkins. Lovely long day out at the Riverside Club. Up to Boulters Lock. Back. Lunch & after up to Datchet, or rather the lock. Procession of boats. Mrs De la Rue's son rowing. Actor & Banbury also. Dinner. Home by 8.40. Nearly lost train. Gave Roy 10/s. Changed at Slough & back. Hospital students singing beautifully on station. Home in heavy wet. Soup etc. Bed at 11.0 & long night's rest. All went off well. (Red ink: Went to Eton for 4th June. Pleasant day on De la Rue's launch.) Friday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Overslept. Lovely morning. Got to work 10.30 on finishing drawing of Lockwood & L.C.J. Finished them at 1.0. After lunch & a rest at 4.0pm began cartoon of Marquis of Dufferin & worked up to 8.30 when dined. Did not dress. M, Mite & self. Read Forbes's Commune afterwards. Bed after rest at 11.30pm. Saturday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After got to work at 9.30 on cartoon of Marquis of Dufferin. Finished at 1.0. After lunch dressed. M, Mite & self drove in carriage as far as Hanover Square & took cab to Agricultural Hall. Saw the Military Tournament. Mr Goschen in box. Good show. Very hot in hall. Saw Lockwood opposite. After cab to Athenaeum. There 5.30pm, M & Mite back by carriage. In Club. Smoked. Looked at announcement of marriage in Times. Back by buss.
Dressed & at 7.55 left in carriage for Mrs Tate's dinner. Took Mrs T in. Very pleasant evening. Left 11.0 & home. Mite had been at the Cowards. Fildes 2, McKennas 2, De la Rues 2, Mexicans 2, Tates 2, Sambournes 2, Dicksee, Mrs Macmillan, a doctor. (Red ink: Dined at the Tates. Took Mrs Tate in.) Sunday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Wet morning & up at 9.0. Breakfast. No cycle ride. After lovely rain set in. Wrote letters. Sorted papers etc in morning. Spencer & Will Oakes came in. Lunch. Rested in bedroom till 4.50. Room for tea. Mrs Field, Miss R.I. & many others called. Went for lovely cycle ride calling Fildes. Found him out. 14 miles. Richmond etc etc home past Pomona House. Dressed at 7.30 & M, Mite & self went to delightful dinner at the Percy Macquoids. Met Hopkins, Forbes Robertson, Knowles's daughter & husband etc. Left at 11.45. Heavy rain. Home. A pipe & bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Dined at the Percy Macquoids. Delightful dinner.) Monday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out on cycle 8.15. Round Park & Park Lane, Bayswater. Home 9.0am. Heavy wet at night. M & Mite to dentist. Mite's drawing very good. Filled in Income Tax paper for £785.0.0 less insurance. Man from Post Office called. After putting things in order & rest after lunch at 4.30pm cycled to Uxbridge or Hillingdon & back, 26 miles. Got home in 1 hr 5 minutes from Hillingdon. Lovely ride. Saw my Aunt's grave very much neglected & grown over with mimosa. Also long talk with Mr Weedon. Dined quietly 8.15pm & rest & bed after. (Red ink: Aunt's grave) (sketch plan) Position of grave of Jane Anne Barr, Hillingdon Cemey. Top left hand side main path up cemetery. (Red ink: Cycled to Hillingdon & back.) Tuesday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle round by Brompton & Fulham Road. Threatened rain. Back. After in morning enlarged photos for Mite of carriage & Mrs King after lunch & in afternoon. Many callers. Skemed subject of Preface & looked out material. Mrs Speed, Lady Romer & others called. Quiet dinner, M, Mite & self & bed early after. M trimming lamp shades to no purpose. Wednesday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. After breakfast & writing 2 letters went to call on Mr Herbert at 10.0 for tooth. Sent away. Saw man sent to fetch bicycle at stable. Wet day all day. After got to work & began Preface, Goddess's cycling. M doing covers for furniture. After lunch rested & worked to 6.0pm when dressed. Mite went to Ball at Wimbledon. M to dine at the Godefroi's. Self by train to P.D. Phil A, E.I.M (late) B.P, E.T.R, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, Found out goblet was broken. Ominous. Chaff about B.P being engaged. Tenniel got Kite subject, self Rosebery as Bull Fighter. Left at 9.55 & on by cab in rain to the Royal Socy. Met M at 10.15. After saw lots of people. Thomsons, Wallaces etc. Left 11.0 & on to the F.O Reception. There 11.30. Saw Hickmans, Quilters etc etc. Glass of wine & out at 12.25. Walk to carriage in wet & home by 12.45. In chair till 2.0am. Mite back 2.45am. (Red ink: Soirée Royal Society. Reception (2nd) at the Foreign Office to meet the Duke & Duchess of York.) Thursday June 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.50. x. Breakfast. Finer morning. Wrote many letters. M going at 11.0 in carriage for dinner. Spencer called & got bone for Press Box Agricultural Hall. At 1.0 Otley photod self on mat. Also took Tip & Otley for Preface. Camera must have shifted. After rested in afternoon. Worked from 4.0. Skemed subject for Rosebery & Bull. At 7.0 got ready for dinner. Looked to wine. Made cup. At 8.0 home dinner. All away by 12.0 & bed after. Very good evening. (Seating plan; Home dinner of 8. Mrs Fagan, Charles Burnand, Mrs Geiger, Louis Fagan, Mrs Sambourne, Mr Galbraith, Mrs C.B, self.) Mite dined at the Roger Wallace's. Home 11.30. Friday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Dogs yelping in Holland Park. Back. Sent Otley in cart for Spanish Bull Fighter dress. Back 12.0. Photod Otley in it at 12.45 & enlarged afterwards. Over exposed the enlargements. Bosh reflector. After in afternoon got to work & drew figure in. Dressed at 7.0 & went with M in carriage to dine at the Enthovens. Took Mrs E in. A Florentine Count there. Good dinner. East India brown sherry. Looked at sketches. After left with M at 11.0 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Dined at the Enthovens.) Saturday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. Breakfast. After finished cartoon by 2.0pm. Lunch & rested after. Did not have Turkish bath. Otley took photos of self for Preface again at 2.0pm & one by Emma. Developed them & had them ready. At 6.0 dressed to dine at Bristol with Miss Rose Innes's party. Mite had been to Hurlingham with the Williamsons. Got back just in time to dress. Got to Bristol at 7.15. Norman Forbes Robertson, Stone, Chilean minister & daughter & one other & selves. Good dinner. Row after because Box H had been let twice over. Miss R.I in temper. All came right. Saw The Geisha. Very poor piece. Strange party in box. Left at end & home in carriage with Mite. Miss R.I & M came in & had supper. Short of Apollinaris. Bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: Dined with Miss Rose Innes. Went to see The Geisha. Row about Box H.) Sunday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.45. Breakfast 7.45 & off in dog cart & cycle for Victoria. Scotch misty morning. Reed at door. Got off by the 9.0 train. Carriage to selves. Cycle put out at Dover harbour. Walk back. Hot walk up the Castle Hill. Off at 11.45 for Walmer & Deal. At Walmer 12.45. On thro' Sandwich & to Sportsman. Man in cart with sailor boy 13 children if all afloat. Reed done up. Passed Westwood looking unkempt. After on to Cliftonville. Changed shirt etc. Ringing wet. Saw Hamp. Had very good lunch lobster & beef. Rested on lawn. Walk round jetty. Sent wire & back. Tea. Found tyre had been punctured. Blew it out. Left 5.50 & to Margate. More ginger beer. Saw Terriss at station. Up to town to minute at 8.0. Red headed man like a Scotchman in train. Rode home. There 8.20. Just got there. Awfully hot. Thought I would never get cool. Rested after & bed at 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Cycled from Dover thro' Walmer to Margate past Westwood.) Monday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. In morning printed blue photos of plates taken Friday Saty & Thursday. Got to work on drawing of Preface. Put Punch in. Rested
after lunch. Mervyn in to lunch. At 4.30 again went on to work till 7.0. Letter from Lady Helen More Ferguson (daughter of Lord Dufferin). Answered it. Dressed & left at 7.45 in cab to dine at Hartree’s. Good dinner. Moccata, 2 Ansdells & others. Remarkably good dinner. Talked a lot. Left & home by cart at 12.15. Slept in chair till 2.30 & to bed. Frightfully hot. Took carbonate of soda. (Red ink: Dined with Charley Hartree. Very good dinner.) Tuesday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. No head. Down breakfast. After wrote letters & diary. M off to shop in carriage at 11.30am. Letter from Sir George Lewis. Frightfully hot day 82º in shade. Worked all day on Preface. 1 hrs rest after lunch & at it again 3.30 to 8.0. Midge came 6.30pm. After quiet dinner. Rested & read. Went up to bed 11.30pm. Hamilton Langleys came at 12.0. Very hot night. Something upset me at dinner. Woke with colley wobbles. (Red ink: Eat something at dinner which upset me for the whole week.) Wednesday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Colley wobbles. Could not ride cycle. Answered letters & after did some work on Preface. Breakfast. After worked all day. Finished preface at 1.0pm. After rested. Began tail piece of Preface at 4.0pm. Tea. After worked till 6.20. Galbraith called in mail phaeton. Left with him, cart following. Drive after in cart from Princes Gate to Bouverie St P.D. Very full dinner, all there except the 2 young proprietors. Sir W.A, E.I.M, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, L.S, A à B, R.C.L, D.M. Long talk. Tenniel's cab never came. Phil May's yarns about going home at 7.0am & kicking chairs about & also of his winning the Derby Sweep & not getting it after all. Left 11.20 with J.T. Took cab from Piccadilly Circus home. Letter from Lady Helen Monro Ferguson. (Red ink: Colley wobbles came on.) Thursday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. x. x. Still colley wobbles. Cycled to Derwent Lodge, Addison Lodge. Back. Breakfast. Hamilton Langley & Mite off to Ascot. Spencer came & put on a Pierrot's dress. Photod him at 10.30. Finished tail piece for Preface at 1.0pm. Photod M in sun in domino. Lunch. Rested. M out at lunch at Miss Neave's. Midge out & back at 3.0. Got to work on Index at 4.0pm. Went on & drew Index & almost finished it. Langley & Mite back at 8.0pm. Gave Alice my gold key to open cellar. She lost it somehow & most unaccountably. Has not been found up to Sunday. (Never will be found now. June 14.1897.) 2 bottles of Champagne at dinner. Long talk & smoke. Still upset in stomach. (Red ink: Colley wobbles. Alice Turner mysteriously lost my gold key.) Friday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Got to work & finished Index before breakfast. Sent it off. After developed the plates taken yesterday. Put to dry. Did tail piece of Index (Frog & Flute) at 11.0 to 1.0pm. Sent it off. Printed photos & after rested. Enlarged the plates & got to work 5.15 on cartoon. Worked up to 8.30pm. Changed & dressed. M, Midge & self dined together & Mite. Gave up going to last night of Magda. Bed early. Still seedy & upset also tooth gum boil. Langley left 10.15am. (Red ink: Colley wobbles. Hamilton Langley left 10.15am)
Saturday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After at 9.15 got to work & finished cartoon of Chamberlain & Free Trade by 1.0pm. Dressed & left at 2.0pm in cab for Westminster Pier. Met a most extraordinary set of people on steamer. Went down to Charlton & on board the 'Foudroyant' Nelson's old flagship. Saw a Mr Cobb. No one else I knew. Seedy more or less all day. Landed at 5.15 at riverside & hot walk to Charlton station.. Caught the 5.31 train to Charing X & home by Met. Changed & dined at 7.15. Went with Mite to Lyceum Theatre & saw School for Scandal. Mrs Pat Campbell, Lady Teazel. Sir Peter T, William Farrer. Charles S, Fred Terry. Joseph S, Forbes Robertson. Sir Oliver, W.Righton. Moses, Fred Thorne. Sir B Barkwith, Cyril Maude. After at 11.0 drove to Dowdeswell's Gallery & to an at home of W.L.Wyllie. Grossmith sang. Saw Mrs G & after Walter Buckler, Lethbridge, David Murray etc etc. Back by carriage at 12.0. Seedy at home. Bed 1.0am. Took dose of Stomatic. (Red ink: Went on board the 'Foudroyant'. In evening to Lyceum & Wyllie's at home.) Sunday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Round stable. Breakfast 8.30. At 9.25 M & Midge off by carriage to Margate. Mite to church. Still seedy & felt tired & unfit in morning. Mervyn & Ethel H came in. Took Mite to Park. Packed bag. Lunch. Tilda in also. After rested & slept till 4.15. Changed. Mr (blank) in in afternoon & Miss Parr. Cab to Sir Alfred Hickman's, 22 K.P.G. Played 4 sets of tennis. Won 3. Lilian H there. Crow & black retriever. Very poor dinner. Hardly anything to eat. Only ducks. Maud called in hansom at 10.30pm & home. Midge & M back from Margate. Had had good day. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Lawn tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's. Dined there afterwards. M & Midge went down to Thanet for the day.) Monday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Lovely morning. Still key not found. Letter from Roy etc. Stamps. Man called abt linoleum. Sorted Sketches, St Paul's etc till lunch. Changed & rested. Midge went to sleep over lunch time & only came in at 3.0pm long after. Tea. Started & cycled 27 miles to Hampton Court. Punctured tyre. Found it out in Twickenham. All I could do to get home. Called Watkinsons. Home 8.15. Dinner 8.30. (Plan of table seating) Small home dinner. Dull. Self, Miss Nemhard, Mervyn, M, Midge, Mite, Mrs Mervyn. All left by 11.15. Read & smoked. Tuesday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No ride. After went on to scheme subject of Vol CXI & also squared up a lot of prints etc. Many callers in afternoon. In evening M & self dined at Mrs Roger Wallace's. Took in Mrs (blank). Corner of Arlington St Piccadilly. Lord Kelvin & Sir Fred Bramwell there. Bramwell very so so. Left & home by carriage at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Dined at Roger Wallace's.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir Augustus Harris. Times, Tuesday June 23.) Wednesday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No ride. At work all day on drawing of Heading for Volume CXI. Photod Otley as Time Lighting Pipe & self with Lantern. Developed them. After worked on Heading until 6.15pm. Dressed & went by Met Rly to Bouverie St, getting out at the Temple. Punch dinner. W.A (sleepy) E.I.M late, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Cut for J.T of Drummond Castle & Britons.
Self a rowing cut. Left with J.T. Changed coat & up to Sir Richard Webster's dance. Took Mrs Sutton in to supper. Delightful dance. Left at 1.30pm. McLean MP & Mrs M. Bed 2.30am. (Red ink: Stafford House Reception. Sir Richard Webster's Dance.) Thursday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Went cycle ride down by Earls Court, also along by World's End. 2 rude little girls. Gunter's Grove & home. Langley had left. Quiet morning. Skemed subject of Rowing & photod Otley in boating get up. Developed etc. After at 4.0 went on with drawing for Heading of Volume CXI. Midge left. Wired or rather sent note by Mite for box at Royalty. Dined 7.30 & left in cab. Saw capital play with Bourchier & wife, 'The Queen's Proctor'. Back home by carriage & cob. Very crowded. Galbraith called at about 6.0pm. Long talk about cycle. Mite & M went to George Allen's. Photod self clapping hands after Otley. (Red ink: Went to Royalty Theatre.) Friday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No ride. After finished New Vol Headpiece by 1.0pm. Rest after lunch. Began cartoon at 4.15pm only. Worked on till 8.30pm. Dined M, Mite & self. After by carriage at 10.25 to Quilters' at home. Little mite of Ernest Hart. Only weighed 7.8. Most lovely girl & mother there. Talk to Ferguson MP & also Wilfred Lawson. Left 11.30 in carriage & home. (Red ink: Quilters' at home.) Saturday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. After breakfast at work 9.10am on drawing of Balfour & Chamberlain rowing. Finished 2.0pm. Lunch. Rested in room till 4.0pm (bed room). Dressed for cycling. M & Mite off to Garden Party at Schwanns’ Wimbledon & after to Lady Romer's. Left 4.40 & on to Paddington. Trained with cycle to Slough. There 5.35. Off thro' Farnham Royal, Burnham Beeches, Fulmer & Stoke Common on to Uxbridge. There 7.3pm. On home. Ginger beer at Hillingdon. Cycled 29 miles Burnham Beeches. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Hamilton Macallum. T, Saty 27 June.) Sunday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15am. Breakfast & caught the 9.0am train from Victoria for Dover. Drove in cart. Saw Beetle. After à Beckett. A Mr Harrison & Beetle & self went down. Not a soul I knew on boat. Slight rain. At Calais 12.25. Bought cigars. Hair cut. At restaurant 1.30. Good dejeuner. Heavy rain. Back by omnibus. Saw Gage & little lawyer. Long talk to British Slave. Victoria 7.40. Home 8.0pm. M & self only to dinner, Mite gone to dine at Oakes's. At 11.0 Mite back with Spencer. He stayed ½ an hour. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Long day at Calais.) Monday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. Lovely morning. x. o. Letter from Lord Dufferin from Paris. After squared up a good many prints etc. Looked over newspapers. Lunch. Rested. Left on cycle at 5.0pm & rode to Brixton. Down Coldharbour Lane. Saw Woodcote 83 opposite grass plot. Up Streatham Hill & across to Balham & on down Burntash Lane to Wimbledon Park & home fast. There 7.50. After Galbraith & Will Oakes came to dinner. Very good. No champagne drunk. Smoke. They left
11.0 & bed after. Last went to Brixton Monday May 4 th. (Cutting glued in: Death of Francis Fitzhardinge.) Tuesday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Out on cycle & round Park & home. In morning wrote letters. After decided to go to the British Museum with M & Mite. Did so in carriage. Mite drawing Demeter, Ceres. M & mummies. Out 1.0. M & chocolate. M bought some. Met Mr Park. On & to Garrick. Beetle had bought a piece of land. Saw Evans & afterwards Campbell Praed & Col Jones. Up in Reading Room. Sleepy. After to Turkish bath. Met Arthur Stirling. Bath 12.11½ before, 12.10 exactly after. Tiresome little Jew talkative. After to Athenaeum. Wrote letters. Down in Smoking Room saw Lockyer, Lord Shand, Dr Playfair, Aitcheson etc. Looked out Times for 1844. No births deaths or marriages. Jany 4 th a Thursday. Cart at Club 7.10. Drove home. Found Miss Rose Innes there who dined. Left 11.15. Very sleepy & tired at night. (Red ink: Turkish bath. Last bath June 1.) Jul 1896 Wednesday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. No ride. Breakfast. After wrote many letters & sent invites for a dinner on Monday July 20 th. Lunch. Rest. After did Mite's Coupé drawing. Dressed at 6.0pm & left for P.D by Metro Rly getting out & walking from the Temple. Sir W.A (sleepy) Phil A (booze) E.I.M (late) E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Long discussion. Self got cut of American Oarsmen & Thames. J.T Coster's Stall. Left at 10.40 & M met me bottom of Bouverie St & on to Mrs Pickering's at home. Saw lovely Mrs Andrew Best. Left at 12.0 & home by carriage. Cob shied. M & Mite at Duchess of Buccleugh's Garden Party in afternoon & Mrs Macmillan's at home. Mite at dance at Sir Robert Finlay's in evening. Phil May upset & owes large sums of money. (Red ink: Duchess of Buccleugh's Garden Party. Mrs Pickering's at home.) Thursday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Breakfast. No ride. Sent Otley to Reed's. Came back with St Pauls. After skemed subject for Father Thames & American Crews. Photod Otley with oar at 12.30. M & Mite went to Lords. Lunch by self. Blessed rest after & went on to finish Mite's drawing of Coupé. Also began cartoon. Wrote March of Henley. Dressed at 7.15 & took cab to dine with Livesey & Galbraith at 108 Gloucester Place, Porman Square. Curious claret. Went nowhere. Played poker & lost £1.1.0 at 3d counters. Left at 1.10am & Galbraith drove me home in hansom. Bed 1.30am. Mite dined at Cameron Corbetts' & went to the Caledonian Ball. M restless & hot at night. Mary Nicol came. M & she went to the School for Scandal. (Red ink: Dined with Livesey & Galbraith. 1st day Oxford & Cambridge.) Friday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round to F.C.B's & left note. Back & to work. Letters from F.C.B about 2nd subject. Could not do it. Worked all day up to 7.15 when dressed & took cab & dined with Campbell Praed. Met many I did not know. Sat next to an old friend of Charley Barker's. Those there I did know, Lord Glenesk, Joe Knight, Col Jones, Percy Reeve. Large room upstairs surrounded by the Times filed. Smoked till 12.0 when left & home at 12.30. Wrote 2 letters to V
& C & Brightmore & posted them. Bed 1.15am. (Red ink: Dined with Campbell Praed at the Junior Carlton Club. Good dinner very.) Saturday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. After finished drawing of Father Thames & Yale crew by 2.0pm. Great push to get done. Got off doing 2 nd cut. After lunched having dressed to go to Lords. Took cab. Saw Mary Nicol & Mite outside going to Hurlingham. Inside. Found carriage. Sir John Tenniel there & Lady Lawrence etc. First rate cricket match. A1. Oxford pulled up wonderfully. Innings of 320 to win & won. Left with M at 6.20 & cab home. Wrote 2 letters & dressed & took cab to the Union Club & met Sir John Thursby at dinner with Harry Routh. Fair dinner. Talk of Lady Warwick. Curious old man Sir John. Sat talking with Routh the whole time after till 12.0am when home by cab. Bed 1.0am exactly. M slept well. (Red ink: Dined with Harry Routh at the Union Club to meet Sir John Thursby.) Sunday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15am. Mite gone to church. Lovely morning. Mary Nicol at breakfast. In morning wrote letters & after printed from 12.15 to 1.30 a number of photos & bathed them. After lunch rested in room & slept heavily. Down at 4.45. Mary Nicol had left. Many callers. Routh, Edgar, Col Welby, Captain Macintyre & Miss Rose Innes, Miss Harcourt etc. Out on Roy's new cycle at 5.20. Adjusted it. Rode to Mortlake & thro' Putney & along past Wandsworth & Battersea. Home at 7.0. Dressed & after left & went by buss to the Hyde Park Club & dined with Will Oakes at round table, M, Mite & self. W.O & Mrs Grant, Percy's sister in law. Pleasant dinner. Saw Hamilton Aidé, Johnny Mathews, Duston etc etc. Good band. Out & home at 11.0 by carriage. Sat & read The Century. Bed 12.0 x.x. M obstinate. (Red ink: Tried Roy's new cycle. Dined with Will Oakes at the Hyde Park Club. Good dinner.) Monday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Breakfast. Very hot weather. Wrote letters etc. Squared prints dated all photos to date. Afterwards lunch. Rested. Dressed at 3.40 & went 4.20 with M in carriage to Turkish bath, N.A. Weight 12.11½, 12.8½. Lost 3¼ lbs. Very hot. Went to Athenaeum. Wrote Harrison, Scotter etc & Fk Barr. Saw Dr Playfair. After strolled to Bancroft's & dined. Frightfully hot. Heard of Maclean being made Chief Justice of Calcutta. Gilbert funny. All left by 12.0. Home. Sat up till Mite came at 1.15am. Bed. M awake. Very hot at night. Mite had been to dine at Bristol with Miss Rose Innes & to supper after at the Hyde Park Club. Met Mr Stone & others. (Seating plan: S.B.Bancroft's dinner. W.S.Gilbert, Sir Ed Clarke, Baron de Worms, Bancroft, Sir W. Broadbent, Sir George Lewis, Harry Dickens, L.S, A.W.Pinero, General (blank), Val Princep, Anthony Hope Hawkins.) Tuesday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.50. Very hot morning. Mite in bed. M & self at breakfast. Blues. After put things away & squared up etc. Tabs came in afternoon & her maid Tyler in morning. Great many callers in afternoon. Tabs to dinner. Went in hansom M & self, Tabs & Mite in carriage to Vaudeville Theatre. Could not get in to see 'A Night Out'. Had to drive back. Went in buss home by self. Slightly wet. All to bed. (Red ink: Tabs came for the night. Greatly disappointd about the Vaudeville Theatre in evening, driving there & had to return.)
Wednesday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out. In morning finished squaring up photos etc & put all away. Rested after lunch. Put drawings on Mrs Parr's fan. Dressed & took cab up to Bouverie St. Dined. Could get no subject for self. Very annoyed. Turned out after that I had to waste Thursday & do a subject on Friday which could have been done very well on Thursday. Left 10.45. W.A, (E.I.M late) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T. self, A à B. Guthrie taken ill & turned faint. Had to leave. At 11.0 got in carriage at Embankment. Drove to the Steinkopff's at home. Dull. Saw Crackenthorpe etc. Great reception at Devonshire House. Home at 12.15am. (Red ink: Tabs left in the morning. The Steinkopff's at home. Very unpleasant Punch dinner.) Thursday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Round on cycle to F.C.B's & left note never answered. Gunter Grove. Home. In morning brilliant sun entire day. Printed great number of photos of Vernon W & Wycliff Taylor taken Feby 1885. Rested after. At 4.30 went on cycle thro' Toleworth to Hampton Court & Hampton. Saw W.Benn. Paid 2/6 for beer etc. Reminiscences. Back for home 6.45 from Hampton. Fast down Kingston Hill. Found had got puncture. Had most uncomfortable ride. Pouring with perspiration. Home 8.15. Bath & dinner. Tired. (Red ink: Long cycle ride to Hampton. Punctured tyre. Long day doing nothing. Annoyed with F.C.B.) Getting so hot brought on a catarrh of the right ear which was most painful & has lasted off & on till October. Friday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. Letter from F.C.B at 9.30 to do subject of American Volunteers or else go to Lords. Sent Otley to Carmichael Thomas & got to work. M & Mite went to Lords at 1.0pm in carriage. Ear swollen & most uncomfortable all day. Passage blocked up. Worked till 8.0. Roy back from Lords & M & Mite went to Mr George Allen's. Dined 8.10pm. Could not go to play of School for Scandal. Roy & Mite went to the Temples, dance, back at 12.0. Roy very tired. M put some eau de cologne in ear. A most unhappy uncomfortable day. Very annoyed with F.C.B about work & ear bad. (Red ink: Ear bad. Most uncomfortable day. 1st Eton & Harrow Cricket Match.) Saturday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & down & finished drawing for J.B & Yankee Volunteer at 9.45am. Letter from F.C.B. Answered it. Put all things away. Roy got off at 10.15am. After dressed. Posted letters. My ear exceedingly painful all day & made me feel silly. Walked over Campden Hill. On to Lords. Spoke to the Fowlers. Met Col Wymss. Lunch next Miss Lawrence. Mite with Mr Howe & Fergusson. After back to break with Lady Lawence. Walked round. Saw the Kermiss's, Mrs Maclean, à Beckett Tyrrel & others. After with Mite to drag of Williamson's. Match over at 7.5. Stumps drawn. Eton 38 the 1 st innings Harrow (blank) & (blank) & 2 wickets to go down. M & Mite & Miss Pitt off by carriage. Waited about to see Roy till 7.35 when walked most uncomfortably nearly the whole way home. Got cab in the Bayswater Road by Rose's house. Hurried dinner. Ear bad. Roy caught the 9.30 train. Gave him £1.0.0 & 2/6. Went to bed
at 11.0am. Ear exceedingly painful. (Red ink: Ear very painful all day.) (Red ink across page: Eton & Harrow Cricket match.) . Sunday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15am. Had passed a most uncomfortable night with swollen ear. Very painful. Could hardly eat. M upset about spilled ink. Lovely morning. Wrote long letters. Evelyn Coward in. Lunch. A rest. After went to play lawn tennis at Sir Alfred Hickmans at 4.30 on bicycle. Played 7 sets won 3, lost 4. Home 7.10. Dressed & at the Fagans at 8 precisely by carriage. (Plan of seating: Fagan's dinner. Mrs Fagan, L.S, Mrs Medley, Louis Fagan, Mrs Parkinson, Mr Medley, Mrs L.S.) Very good dinner. Ear bad. Good lemon squash. Left & had good cab home at 11.15. (Red ink: See previous dinner at Fagans'. July 14, 1891, Tuesday May 21, 1894.) Monday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Blues all day. Gloomy outlook on most things & little or no money comparatively. Wrote letters etc. Rest after lunch & began the Andersen again at 4.30pm. M out in carriage in morning afterwards. Miss Wallace came & went with Mite in omnibus to dance at the Schwanns’. The Queens's Garden Party at Buckingham House. Why were we not asked? No one knows. At 7.0 dressed & went in carriage to dine at Frederick Macmillan's. Pleasant dinner. Took Mrs Lockett Agnew in & after talk to L.A. Met General Morris in command at Woolwich. Also others. Left 11.0 & home. Ear had troubled me from deafness all day but getting better. Smoke & bed 12.0. Mite home about 2.30am. (Red ink: Queen's Garden Party. Dined at Frederick Macmillan's.) Tuesday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Great bother after breakfast in putting up pictures in Drawing Room again. Man had altered rings. After lunch rested & then did drawing of Rat for Hans Andersen. Dressed at 7.0 & M & self drove to York Terrace & dined with the Edward Pollocks. A charming dinner. Met the Threlfalls. Took Mrs T in. M an Egyptian Judge also and a little scared niece of Mrs Threlfalls. Left at 11.20 & home by carriage. The Egyptian Judge was a Mr Halls who is Charley Welman's best man. (Red ink: Delightful dinner at the Edward Pollocks.) Wednesday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. In morning wrote letters etc etc. Put pictures up. Very tired & decided not to go to Mrs Oakes' Garden Party. M went in the afternoon. Wrote orders for wine etc. Caught the 6.40 Metn Rly for Blackfriars & to P.D. Phil Agnew, P.M, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, & E.I.M late. Got better subject this week & things smoother. Left with Tenniel & cab to Isthmium. Home by cab. Felt cold. A change in the weather from intense heat for the 1 st time. Also felt slightly bilious after but it passed off. (Red ink: Cooler in evening. Phil Agnew objected to D.M's tall women. My drawing of American liked.) Thursday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. No cycle. After breakfast skemed subject for drawing Balfour & Harcourt as Giant & Strong Man. Put up pictures. Mistake with acid in developing pictures. Very much annoyed. M out all morning. Spencer called. Had flask of Chianti for lunch. Rested after lunch. At 4.0 got to work & went on with
drawing of above till 8.35 when went up to dress. The Langleys came at 8 & stayed to dinner. Langley had been introduced to H.R.H. Gave 1000 gns for bull. They left at 11.30. Drank Chianti. Bed 12.0. Wrote George Allen. Very dull & wet all day. M went to the Fowlers at home. Friday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No cycle ride. Got to work after breakfast & worked all day till 8.45 on drawing of Balfour & Harcourt. M & self dined together quietly. Mite still at the Cohens. Saturday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. After breakfast finished an excellent drawing of Balfour as Giant & Harcourt Strong Man by 11.0am. Sent it off. After tidied up & pottered about. Read & rested in M's room. At 6.20 M & Mite went in the carriage to Ranelagh. Saw polo & cycling. Self went for poor cycle ride over Putney Bridge by Redcliffe Gardens. Along to Mortlake. Saw poor Arthur Blunt's grave. Back home by 7.0. Dressed & off 7.35 by cab to dine at the Temples, 74 Portland Place. Met the Ritchies, Mrs Mr & Ellie, & after Livesey. Many others. Good dinner. Mrs Temple junior fast woman. Left 11.0 & on to Empire. Saw Archie Stuart Wortley. To the Garrick. Saw Routledge, Beetle, Charles Russell etc. Lucas asked me to shoot in October. Left at 1.20. Home by cab. Took a liqueur of whisky in lemon squash. (Red ink: Dined at Mr Temple's.) Sunday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Very tired. Dull morning. Mite at church. Evelyn Coward in. M doing her plants etc. Wrote letters etc all morning. Lunch. Edgar & Sophy came, also Midge. After went up to room & rested till 4.10pm. Mrs Percy Oakes called & after a curious barrister named (blank) Went on cycle to Sir Alfred Hickman's. Not comfortable. Played 8 sets of lawn tennis. Partner a Captain (blank). Sir A as usual. Very warm. Back on cycle. Miss Rose Innes had been. Quiet dinner, M, Mite & self. Mite had complained of a pain. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Delightful rest. (Red ink: Played 8 sets tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's.) Monday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. M up & off to stores for food etc dinner tonight. Went on cycle to World's End. Home 8.55. Breakfast. Put up several picture frames. Spencer called. Grumbled. After M back at 12.15. Midge in a coupé. Lunch. A long rest. Prepared for dinner. M tired. Put wine in ice. After at 8.0pm men’s dinner of 9. All went off well. Good dinner & wine. Put out 11 bottles wine, 6 Ayala '80. 5 '74 Pol Roger. All good except 2 corked. 1 bottle of Sauterne. (Plan of seating: Home dinner. H.W.Lucy, Roger Wallace, S.B.Bancroft, Sir Frank Lockwood, self, Sir William Agnew, F.Ayala, Arthur à Beckett, Fletcher Moulton.) (Red ink: 9 bottles of wine. Hors D'oeuvres, Caviar, Clear Soup, Sole Vin Blanc, Creme de Volaille (cold), (illeg) & Mushrooms, Roast Lamb, Peas & Potatoes, French Beans, Roast Chicken, Salad, Fruit Jelly, Finnan Haddock) Sayer waited. After at 12.0 drove to Sir E.Lawson's at home D.T.Office with à Beckett & Wallace. (Red ink: Introduced to Prince George of Denmark. H.B.Irving married to Dorothea Baird.) Tuesday July 21
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Felt fairly well. Another squelching hot day. M off at 9.20 to stores. Read of Dorothy Baird's wedding. In morning wrote many letters etc. Lunch & long rest after. M back in carriage at 12.0am. Very hot all day. Did not go out. At 8.0 dinner at home to 10 people. Moody & another waited. Drank only 3 bottles Champagne, 1 Burgundy, ½ Chateau Y'Quem. 4 of Zeltinger in cup. Dinner went off well and thank goodness it is all over. (Plan of seating: Self, Mrs Jackson, Vernon Watney, Mrs D.M, Sir William Flower, M, D.M, Lady Flower, Fritz Jackson, Lady Margaret Watney.) (Red ink: Hors d'oeuvres, Caviar, Consommé, Filet de Soles a la Reine, Noisette de Langue aux Champignons, Gigot d'Agneau aux Epinards, Haricots Verts, Poulet et Salade, Gelée de Fruits Macedoine, Bouchees de Marlache, Glace d'ananas.) All left by 11.15pm. Pipe by self & snooze till 2am when to bed. (Red ink: Miss Stanley married to Mr Allhusen.) Wednesday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. After breakfast read papers etc. General tidy up after dinner. Death of Charles Dickens in papers. After wrote letters etc. Dressed 12.10am & off with Mite in carriage to lunch at 11 Berkeley Square. After all went to Hotel Avondale & saw the Royal Wedding coming back. All closed carriages. Many women fainting. Mrs Watney particularly gracious. Left at 4.5 & on to New Gallery. Met M at 4.15. She went on in carriage to Mudies etc. After Mite was driven home by Mrs Watney. Self walked & called on Mr Dillon, 9 Weymouth St. Very much altered. Left. Saw Scotch girl at Langham Place. Walked on to call at George Allen's. Could not find it. Met H Weld Blundell in hansom. After called Garrick & to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, & E.I.M late. Tenniel got waning of Honeymoon, self Bismarck. With J.T by cab to Isthmium. After by buss home. Fearfully rowdy party in buss, 3 girls, 3 boys & their mother all drunk & shouting. Bed at 12.45am after reading evening paper. All well. (Red ink: Royal Wedding. Princess Maud & Prince Karl of Denmark.) Thursday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Cycled to Stace. Left a message. Also at F.C.B's. M out in carriage 9.30am. Wrote letters & posted them. Met Mr Rev Smale. Skemed subject of Bismarck & Doctor. At 11.45 Stace came. Took 4 photos of him. Developed them after lunch 2.0. Took 2 of Tip. Rested. Stone sent me drawing or photo of Coronation. Worked on Bismarck from 4.0 to 8.0pm when M, self & Mite dined. At 10.30 we all went in carriage to Knowles's at home. Very good party, H.R.H Duke of Cambridge there. Met the Flowers, Fagans & many others. Much colder. Out in garden. Fritz Jackson & his wife. Left at 12.20. Home by carriage. x. Bed 1.30am. (Red ink: Went to at home at the Knowles's. Charming party. Miss Fay Davis recited.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary (Mamie) Dickens.) Friday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not cycle. In morning got on with drawing of Dr Bismarck up to lunch. Mite followed in Kensington. After in afternoon rested. Mite went to tea at Lady Audrey Buller's, after to dinner at the Mabel Wallace's. Worked till 8.30pm. Dressed. M & self dined quietly. Spencer came in at 9.15 & stayed till 11.30pm. Mite back in carriage. Went to bed at 12.0am. Letter from Camera Club.
Saturday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Work before breakfast. After worked from 9.30 to 11.30 & finished drawing of Dr Bismarck. Put things away. Strong wind from the south. Lunch. Rested in Dining Room. Not very comfortable. At 4.30 tea. Wire fom Weld Blundell. After at 5.0 went for cycle ride to Sheen & by Putney home. Saw H.R.H & Princess & suite coming from Ranelagh. Home 7.0. Dressed. Dined 7.20. At 8.0 went in carriage M, Mite & self, to Prince of Wales's Theatre & saw 'On the March'. An American name of Murray & Miss Atherton A1. Blair in box. Home by carriage & bed at 1.0am. x. (Red ink: Went to see 'On the march' at Prince of Wales's Theatre. Mr Blair in box.) (Photograph & cutting glued in: Rutland Barrington's Recollections, Vague & Otherwise. Black & White, Sepr 22 1906.) Sunday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & dressed in blue suit. Breakfast, & after at 10.15 cart round. Drove to Victoria. Met Spencer & Ada going to river. Down with one other to Dover & to Calais. Saw Green at Victoria. Duke of Marlboro', father of Duncombe etc. Rain. Good lunch. Met a Mr Mackenzie & wife. Bought box of Londres Superieurs 8/s. On return steamer saw Beetle, Jacoby, Hollingshead etc. 3 gents playing cards. Home by 7.45 exact. Bath & dress. Miss Rose Innes & Blair dined. Wrote letters & diary after. Could not find Weld Blundell's wire. Great hunt for it after. Alice found the wire in the tub outside. Blair posted letter to Brooks's Club. Read in chair till 1.0am when to bed tired. (Red ink: Crossed to Calais & back. Delightful day. Miss Rose Innes & Blair dined with us.) Monday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle round World's End & back. Met three dissipated girl in Oakley St. Back & breakfast at 9.20. After enlarged plate (old willow pattern) & got to work. Rest till 4.0 after lunch. Spencer in in the morning. After at 4.0 went on to work until 7.0 when dressed & went in cab to Savoy Restaurant calling at the Camera Club, 28 Charing Cross Road. Met Herbert Weld Blundell & Charley Welman & had delightful dinner & talk over old times. Sat until 11.30 when left. Girl smoking cigarettes. Called & wrote letter at the Athenaeum Club & home by buss. M & Mite had been to the Indian Exhibition with Mr Blair & Spencer & Ada. Both up. Went to bed at 1.0am. x.x. (Red ink: Dined with Herbert Weld Blundell at the Savoy Restaurant.) Tuesday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on cycle to end of Radcliffe Gardens. Back. Breakfast. Jewellery came from Levy's. M out in carriage with Mite at 10.30am. Wrote many letters. Worked all day on Willow Pattern Plate. Got on with it. Mite getting her dresses ready etc for Thursday. Worked all afternoon after rest. Quiet dinner at home & bed after. Wednesday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round by Worlds End & home. Warm morning. Got on with drawing of Willow Pattern Plate. Worked up to 6.0pm. Could not quite finish, sent boy back. After went by Met’n Rly to the Punch dinner walking from the Temple. Phil Agnew, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, D.M, & E.I.M (late). Good dinner & talk. Fortunately got 2 nd subject to do for following week.
Left with J.T at 11.0 & home by Isthmium. D.M said I had built to myself a house. (Red ink: This is the last time I ever saw Du Maurier alive & also the last time he dined at the Punch Table. Oct 8 1896.) Thursday July 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Out on cycle & called on F.C.B. Met young Tinsley Lindley. Breakfast & finished drawing of China Willow Pattern Plate by 12.30. After skemed Lord Salisbury as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports & photod Stace one fifteen pm. M had gone off with dear Mite to Buscot by G.W.R at 1.5pm in carriage. Developed plates of Stace & self & lunched at 2.15pm. Rested after. M back. After rest Roy's Eton bills for term came in, £115. Terribly annoyed & angry. Went on to work. Had wired to Court Theatre. Could not get in. M & self dined quietly & to bed. Very angry & upset. Wrote letters after dinner. (Red ink: Roy back from Eton Friday morn. Heaviest bills yet there.) Friday July 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. x. Wet. Did not ride cycle. Report on Roy from Eton very poor & bad. Roy back at 9.55. Went on to work on Lord Salisbury. Very angry with Roy. M went out in carriage. Roy tried new cycle. Worked up to 7.15. Dressed. Dined at 7.30. After M, Roy & self went to the Vaudeville Theatre & saw 'A Night Out'. Not so good as made out. Saw a Mr Risqué the manager. Six Chinamen in stalls. Home, M, Roy & self in very good four wheel cab. (Red ink: Roy back from Eton in morning. Went to 'A Night Out' at the Vaudeville Theatre.) Aug 1896 Saturday August 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Down & after breakfast finished drawing by 11.30 of Lord Salisbury as Warden of the Cinq Ports. After packed things by 12.45. Lunch. Buss at door 1.5pm. All aboard & off by 1.20pm. Roy rode his new cycle to Waterloo. Mine on top of buss. Paid books & wages etc. Knocked Alice off 10/s. Got to Waterloo 1.40 & met Guthrie. Got off comfortably by 2.15pm train & down to Christ Ch stopping at Hook & Southampton. Very hot. Ch Ch 5.0. Met Tabs & Miss Wallace. Got luggage. M off in carriage to Anchorage. Cycled to A. Tea etc. Found several packages missing including my travelling bag. Roy & self went back on cycles. All right. Back to A by 7.20. Went & had a delightful bathe. Back & dressed for 8.30pm dinner. H back in cart 8.30. After dinner no billiards. Bed 11.30pm. Good lemon squash with whiskey. (Red ink: Went down with Guthrie to Ch Ch, M, Roy & self.) Sunday August 2 Elm Hurst, Anchorage, Ch Ch. Up 8.30. Roy & self went & had delightful swim. Back & breakfast after in morning. Miss Wallace, Guthrie & Roy all practised for the bending in the Gymkhana. Sat in summer house after lunch with M, Miss W etc. Taggs very conspicuous. After M went to visit the Sermons & Mrs Gibbs. At 4.15 seven of us started cycling & went to the Victoria Hotel, 19 miles altogether. Had tea there. Back 7.30pm. Dinner 8.0. No billiards after. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: 1st day's cycling at Anchorage. Tea at Victoria Hotel.) Monday August 3
Elm Hurst, Anchorage, Ch Ch. Up at 8.0am. Roy & self bathe. Very good. Back. Dullish morning. After reading men all ashore to take packages & stores on board yacht Xantho which lay in the offing. At noon M, self, Guthrie & H went off to her for an hour. Very lugubrious captain. Prognosticating evil. Left & back. Lunch. After at 3.30 many people came for the Gymkhana. Very pretty sight. Miss Wallace won 4 prizes, Roy one for mathematical prize. Many young men & maidens. 3 Miss Maynes, Miss Grahams etc, Gillsons. After tea good Meistersingers band. All away by 7.45. Did not get dinner until 9.0pm or 9.15. All right then. Very tired & sleepy after dinner. Bed 11.30. (Red ink: Gymkhana at Anchorage. Capital day all round.) Tuesday August 4 Elm Hurst, Anchorage, Ch Ch. Up at 8.0. Most lovely still calm morning. Beautiful bathe with Roy. After back & up & after breakfast packed bags to get away to the Xantho. Talk under verandah. Finished letter to Maud. At 11.45 went on board. H, Tabs, Guthrie & self with Taylor. Good bye to M on shore. Under weigh & steamed to Cowes & through & to see the Fleet anchored. H.M.S 'Terrible' with 4 funnels. Back at 5.45 went on shore calling on Mr Green in his yacht. Called shops etc. Saw Grant & his wife, also Forbes Robertson. Back at 7.0. Dined 7.40. Good dinner. After went on board Captain Wiggins's yacht. Saw his brother in law Leslie. Sea rough. Back & turned in at 11.0. Slept well. (Red ink: Went on board the 'Xantho' for Cowes.) Wednesday August 5 S.S 'Xantho', Cowes. Up at 8.0am. Bath in berth. After breakfast read in the upper berth. At 11.0 went ashore. Tabs went with Mr Wiggins. Went & had hair cut at Mr Moon's. Curious little boy talking a great deal in the shop. Out & walk. Met Mrs W & Tabs. Guthrie, they & self went to bun shop for lemonade. Li Hung Chan came up in Osborne. Went at 1.15 back on board. At 2.0 went to lunch on Wiggins's yacht. Very good lunch, Champagne. H & Tabs went off back at 3.30. We stayed on board & steamed round the Fleet. Saw H.M.S Majestic, Royal Sovereign, Resolution etc etc. Coming back the Osborne passed us & after the Victoria & Albert. Said there would be sure to be firing. Mrs Wiggins turned back. Saw the Fleet splendidly. Battleships saluted. Went right down the Line. Back & at moorings again by 7.0pm. Put on board Xantho by launch. Quiet dinner. H, Tabs, Guthrie & self. The Greens came in afterwards. Sleepy. Turned in 11.0pm. Woke up in the night with port hole open to great draught. Did not know. Slept with it open. Hope have not caught cold. Strange dream of Taff Reed reduced to poverty. (Red ink: Went down the Line of Fleet in Capt'n Wiggins's yacht.) Thursday August 6 S.S 'Xantho', Cowes. Up 8.0am. Tub on deck. Duller morning. Wrote diary. After breakfast went ashore. Felt dull heavy & livery. Went down town with Tabs, G & H. In hardware shop met Charley Courteney. Lost H. Wrote post cards. Waited for boat. Back on yacht & good lunch. Lobster, prawns etc. After men came on board to adjust compasses. Pottered about. Back to fresh anchorage. Mr Leslie, Capn & Mrs Wiggins & a Mr (blank) came on board. Had met last at Biarritz. Dinner 8.15pm. Steward on shore. Read 'Esther Waters'. After H & G went ashore in the cutter. Tabs to bed. Not sleepy. Took 5 Carter's L.L.P. Turned in 11.0pm. Last bottle of Apollinaris. Wind freshened up. G & H saw nothing on shore. Shaved off
Imperial in morning. (Red ink: Compasses adjusted on board S.S 'Xantho'.) (Cutting glued in: Death & Obituary of Major General Henry Tucker.) Friday August 7 S.S 'Xantho', Cowes. Slept well. Turned out at 6.15am. Tub on deck. Dressed & wrote diary. Wrote letters to M, Galbraith etc. Breakfast. Under weigh & started 7.0am, off Needles 9.0am. After boiler tube defected. Sailed slowly past Ch Ch, Swanage etc. Large globe on hillside. Lunch of liver & bacon in deck house. Got to Portland Island & Weymouth 4.0pm. On there after tea. Lovers on seat on Castle Hill side. Curious old town. Statue to Sir Henry Edwards. Posted letters. Saw girl like Mrs Millet. Went to cycle shop & to look at statue in garden of house. Back to yacht. Dined 7.30. After at 8.30 on shore. Listened to Niggers & band. Back 10.0. Ginger beer & gin. Took 6 C.L.L.P. Turned in 11pm. Slept well. (Red ink: Left Cowes for Weymouth.) Saturday August 8 S.S 'Xantho', Cowes. Up at 7.30am. Went with H for bathe in bathing machine. Water very cold. Soon out. To cycle shop. Ordered cycle. Back in 'Xo'. Breakfast effective & C.L.L.P. Read Bull's book on Mars. Sleepy. At 11.30 H & G & Tabs went on shore. Wrote diary & letters. They came back to lunch & said H had to go to Anchorage. H got off at 1.50 & went, said after thunderstorm at Bournemouth. Tabs, Guthrie & self after went ashore 2.15pm & went to cycle shop. Got on & went to Dorchester. Passed young Long. Frightful hill & heavy going. Vicious cow. Put Tabs behind Telegraph post. Got to Dorchester 4.30. Had tea. Looked over church. Rain. No curiosity shop. Saw old Roman amphitheatre & after a youth passed with a smashed bicycle. Delightful run home. Very hard to hold back coming down hill. Back to yacht. Had glass of ginger beer & gin. Decided not to go ashore. Had bottle of Champagne for dinner. Gin & ginger after. Took 6 C.L.L.P. Bed at 11.0pm. Lay awake did not sleep well. Ear troublesome, the left one. (Red ink: Cycled to Dorchester & back to Weymouth. H went home.) Sunday August 9 S.S 'Xantho', Cowes. Up at 8.0. Blowing hard. Breakfast. Captain wanted to know if he should move out in the Bay. Tabs & Taylor went ashore with bags packed. We walked about. Met H coming along with straw hat in hand. Pooh pooh'd Tabs going by rail. All aboard again & off by 11.15. Man's hat blew into the water. Letters from M & Mite. Delightful run across Lyme Bay to Dartmouth, keeping Stack to left. Got there five pm. Ship behaved well. Rain came on. Read 'Corruption' during day. Much troubled with swelling in left ear. Dinner 7.30. Went ashore after. Old houses. Band playing. French man o'war training ship in the river. Coming in steerage wheel came off. Near nasty accident. Carried away our flag spar also. Smoke. Took 4 C.L.L.P. Bed 10.30. Dream of Midge before Guthrie. (Red ink: Blowing. H back at 11.0 am. Left for Dartmouth. Delightful sail there.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Chritiani Moody.) Monday August 10 S.S 'Xantho', Cowes. Up 8.0am. Tub on deck. Dull morning. Went ashore 11.0am after reading on deck & feeling sleepy. Guthrie & self walked to the church at end of river. Saw old brasses etc. Coming back saw very pretty servant girl. Cycle shop etc. Had bought small china pig. On board again 1.0pm. Small yacht
'Xanthe' at side, 28 tons. Lunch. At 3.0 had steam launch & went up the Dart to Totness. Delightful run. Herons about. A Kingfisher. Rude people in boats. At Totness had walk to church. Delightful screen in carved stone. Tabs bought small china figure. Gin & water at my instigation. Tea at inn. Saw Guthrie's old rooms. Left 5.45. Stopped for steam. Back to yacht 8.5pm. H's hat blew off into water. Rude people at picnic. Good dinner 8.30pm. Turned in 11.0pm. Forgot to wind gold watch. Good night. W.D, the first for many years. Took 4 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Went up to Totness. Up the Dart in launch. Delightful day.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Emily Lady Tennyson.) Tuesday August 11 S.S 'Xantho', Cowes. Up at 7.50. Watch not wound up. 7 buckets on deck. Wrote letters. Breakfast. Wasps. Something wrong with tiller wire ropes. After writing many letters went ashore with H & G & posted letters. Wired to Vernon Watney. Looked over church. Curious old door with long iron heraldic lions. Rowed to Castle. The 'Lethe' with Mrs Watson & monkey on board being towed out. Intensely hot. Back. Lunch & started for east at 2.0pm. Lovely sea, fishing boats etc. Tabs not well. Went to lay down. At 5.0pm breeze sprung up. Sea rougher. Saw Portland Island. Had marked 7 linen bags for H. Dinner 7.30. Inside Portland Roads at 8.15pm. H.M.S ‘Minotaur' or something like her in Portland Roads. French man o'war etc. Apollinaris & gin. 3 C.L.L.P. The last I had & bed at 11.0pm. Slept well. (Red ink: Left Dartmouth for home. Not 'Northumberland', the 'Minataur'.) Wednesday August 12 S.S 'Xantho', Cowes. Up at 7.45am. 8 tubs on deck. Dull morning. Up anchor at 8.30 & off home by coast. Lovely morning. Got to Ch Ch Bay 1.0pm & ashore by gig. All together & luggage. Very hot. Miss Wallace, M, Roy & chicks, Taggs to meet us. Lunch. After rest in chair by sea. Got off 5.30 for lovely cycle ride to New Forest past Sir Thos Meyrick's. Back at 7.30. Put cycles up & dressed. Dined 8.0. Songs after. No billiards. Bed 11.30. Tabs, Evelyn, Guthrie & self cycled. Roy & Mabel Wallace went a water picnic. (Red ink: Left Portland Roads. Arrived Anchorage for lunch. All well. Good cycle ride in afternoon. H.M.S 'Minataur' in Portland Roads.) Thursday August 13 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.0am. Delightful bathe with Roy. After breakfast fresh wind. M, Guthrie & self went in dinghey to Christ Church, Roy & Mabel W in Dutch punt. Hard pull up. M & G looked over church. Old curiosity shop. Back easier by 1.45. Lunch. Rest & snooze by sea after. At 5.0 all went for cycle ride. Guthrie, Tabs, self, Roy & Gwenn. Went to Milton & round home. Met H & Miss Wallace & Evelyn. 8 cycles home. After dressed. Dinner. Talk & songs after. Lovely night. No billiards. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Good cycle ride in afternoon. Death of Sir John Millais.) (Cutting glued in: Will of Sir John Millais. Friday Oct 30.) Friday August 14 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.15. Went for bathe with Roy. Not long in water. Back. Breakfast. Up to town by 9.20. Talk to station master. American in carriage for rear. Cab home from Vauxhall. Called on Arthur. Not at home. Letters.
Went & paid £20 to Whitlock. Wrote George Lewis. Back, sent Otley to Arthur à Beckett could not change subject. Got to work on cartoon 3.30pm & worked up to 9.30pm when dined by self. Bottle of Burgundy. Bed 12.0pm. Sent Otley to stores. Hamilton F & Gwenn & Evelyn left for yacht. (Red ink: Up to town, Stafford Terrace.) Saturday August 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15am. Lay in bed. Down & did one hour's work on Cricketer drawing. After breakfast worked till 12.15pm when finished it. Lunch & off by 1.25 by cab to Waterloo. Caught 2.15. Ugly old woman in carriage. Slight trouble with P. Ch Ch 4.10. Pony trap. Roy at cricket Mudeford. Out for nothing. Home tea. Tabs & G long cycle ride from Winchester. Started 12.30, not home till 10.0. Roy & self bathed. Delightful. Dinner 8.15. Good bisque soup. After smoked cigar. Played Roy 100 up. Roy won by 10. After Mite & Miss Wallace played. Guthrie back in room 11.15. Bed 12.0. Got Bank book. Not made up since Feby. All right. More in credit then I thought. Sunday August 16 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.25. x. Roy & self delightful swim. Picked up glass. Back & breakfast. After wrote for railway journey to Scotland & many letters. News that Lord Masham had sent cheque for £63.3.0. Paid Parish taxes £21.8.9. Got up with my left ear very troublsome. Yes & it continued torture all day. After lunch rested till 3.0 only. Then went with Roy & Miss Wallace & Guthrie for cycle ride to Ringwood. Had tea. Not comfortable behind. Guthrie & self went on to the Rufus Stone in New Forest. Machine broke down. 18 miles from home. Mended valve thought it would be all right. Deflated. Most awful ride home. Tired & stiff. Had gin & G at Ringwood. Home. Policeman at Ch Ch. Got home 9.10pm. Bath & dined. Terrible attack of P & ear bad. Mr Saunders in after. Girls playing billiards. Bed tired at 11.30. Stained pyjamas. (Red ink: Terrible cycle ride to Ringwood & towards Rufus Stone. Machine broke down in tyres.) Monday August 17 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.0. Uncomfortable night. Worst attack of P ever had & ear bad. Gave up idea of going to Salisbury. Tabs, Roy & Guthrie off by 9.15am. M & Mite went with them. Rested in deck chair at end of garden mostly all day. Vernon sent box of grouse. M came & sat with me. Had P all day 24 hrs. Wrote letters. Ear very bad. Mr Bellairs & Mr Saunders called, Miss Saunders also. Wrote letter & sent cheque to Humber, Smith etc. Rested in chair all afternoon with M. Mite practising on cycle. Miss Saunders with M. Nice girl. Mite went to lunch. Enjoyed ½ a grouse at lunch. In evening bathed by self. Rude girls & children & bathing house. M, Mite & self dined at 8.0. Rested on sofa. At 10.30pm Tabs, Guthrie & Roy back from Salisbury. Had gone round by the Rufus Stone. All none the worse for 50 miles & more. Bed 12.15am. Guthrie's last evening. (Red ink: Ill all day.) Tuesday August 18 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.0am. Down & read paper by sea. A day of misery. Ear most painful & terrible attack of P all day. Wrote letters in morning & lay on sofa all day mostly. Wet in morning. Guthrie left in pony cart with a packet of sandwiches at 1.15, saying goodbye. Lunch. After again rested all afternoon.
Tabs, M & Mite went to Garden party at the Ricardos. Roy & self had swim at 6.15 to 7.15. After dressed & dined. Grouse. Played Roy 2 100 games up. Each won one. Bed 11.30. Bled very much. Sat in bath. Eased P. Good night. Tried Homocaer. (Red ink: Guthrie left Ch Ch. Ill all day.) Wednesday August 19 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.15. Slightly better but not well by a long way. Roy's birthday. Tabs gave him £2.0.0 & a glass. Good breakfast. Cheque for £60 sent fom Lewis & Lewis. Wrote letters etc. Drew paper up for M for investment of £845.16.8. Spent miserable day in pain more or less. On sofa. Looked at 1874's Ill.L.N. At 6.45 went with Roy to bathe. Met Col Sermon. Painful bathe. Dined. After played Roy 3 100 games. Won 2, Roy 1, but Roy was 45 ahead. Bed 12.5am. (Red ink: Ill all day.) Thursday August 20 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.30am. x. The funeral of Sir John Millais at St Paul's Cathedral at noon. Had invite from Royal Academy. Cycled to Ch Ch & past Genl Ward's to where Guthrie turned on Sunday. After breakfast talk to vet, Mr Goodall, nephew of Goodall Queen's Huntsman. M practising cycling & Mite also. They went blackberrying. After wrote many letters for Theatres etc. After went in carriage with Tabs, M, Gareth & nurse to Genl Ward's. Cricket match. Roy 0. Walked back with Tabs. Still attack of P very bad. Bathed by self. Heard that the Blair Leightons were at Muddiford. After dinner played pool. Mr & Mrs Saunders at dinner & after Mrs Wiggins, her sister & Mrs Sermon & Mrs Johnson came in. Played pool. Roy & Miss Saunders won. Bed at 12.15. Terible pain all night with P after W.C. (Red ink: Roy at Genl Ward's playing cricket. Made a duck's egg.) (Red ink across page: Funeral of Sir John Millais, P.R.A.) Friday August 21 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 7.0. Packed bags. Roy rode my cycle to Ch Ch. Still attack of P. Up to town by 9.27 & at Stafford Terrace with cycle 1.0pm. Called on Arthur à B. All well. Got to subject of G.O.M as Chinaman. Worked till 9.30pm when dined & had ½ bottle Burgundy. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Up to town from Ch Ch.) Saturday August 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Worked on Gladstone's head from 7.30 to 9.0. Breakfast. After worked till 11.45 when finished & packed. Wrote cheques etc. Off by 1.30 & on with slow horse to Ch Ch via Waterloo. Few porters. 2 others in carriage. Ch Ch 4.50. Home by cart. The Blair Leightons & Miss Johnson at tea. Played 3 sets lawn tennis. Lost all. Young Ward & Saunders against Ward & self. After bathed. Dinner. Played Roy 3 100's up at billiards. Lost 2, won 1. Bed 12.15pm. (Red ink: Back to Ch Ch. Played tennis.) Sunday August 23 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 9.0am. Good breakfast. After a tussle Roy went to church with his aunt. Self wrote many letters, F.C.B etc. The entire morning still attack of P. Wrote many letters. In afternoon looking for yacht. Row boat stuck on sands. Good telescope. Mrs Nugent called & chaffed Tabs. At 5.0 Roy & self cycled to Cat & Fiddle. Missed way. Broke cyclometer. After back 6.30.
Took Mite out, caught her up in lane. Roy & self bathed 7.0. Dinner. Sat out in front. Looked at moon with telescope. Roy & self played 2 100 up. Roy won one by 50 points, other self won by 10. Bed 12.0am. Monday August 24 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.15. No bathe. No yacht. Cycled to Christ Church. Cheeky boy at P.O. Back. Passed a travelling menagerie. Tabs wired at 12.0 to Consulate. Looked at 1867 in front. Wrote letters. Lunch. H expected home 3.30pm. At 2.15 cycled to Lyndhurst, Rufus Stone & back by Ringwood 40 miles. Wet after passing Stone. X (illeg) Grind against wind. 3G. B & G. Home 7.15pm exactly. Dressed. Bath. Dinner. No billiards. Through Minstead. All very tired. H & self sleepy. Went up to bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: H back from yacht.) (Red ink across page: cycled 40 miles to the Rufus Stone.) Inscription on the Rufus Stone: "Here stood the oak tree on which an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrrel at a stag glanced & struck King William the Second surnamed Rufus on the breast of which he instantly died on the 2nd day of August anno 1100. King William the Second surnamed Rufus being slain as before related was hid in a cart belonging to one Purkiss and drawn from hence to Winchester and buried in the Cathedral Church of that city". The enclosed stone set up by Lord Delaware who had seen the tree growing in this place. Enclosed by iron 1841 by William Sturge Bourne, Warden. Tuesday August 25 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.20. Went with Roy for last bathe. After breakfast packed & got off by 11.17 from Ch Ch. Mite came in carriage. Up to town. Difficulty with permit & collectors. Roy cycled from Vauxhall. Waterloo 2.15. Back by 1 horse buss. Home 3.0. Lunch. After went to look at Roy's cycle at Watkinsons. Hair cut. Heavy rain. Wrote letters & after dressed at 7.0 & Roy & self went in cab to Duke of York's Theatre & after to dine with Ayala at the Savoy Restaurant. Dinner of 8. Ayala, self, Lockett, Roy, nephew, young Lockett, Harry North, Lockett's brother. Not so good a dinner as usual. Roy left for theatre at 9.0. North's yarns. The donkey & love stuck in grating. Left 10.30. At theatre & after to Garrick. Saw Comyn Carr, Johnny Toole, Routledge etc. Heard of Poynter's probable election. Bet Carr £1.0.0 he would not be elected. Left Club 11.45 & home 12.15am. bed. Claret no 52 on list. (Red ink: Dined with Ayala at Savoy with Roy.) Wednesday August 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. x. Out on cycle 8.50. Went thro High St. Saw crowd & after 9th Lancers going to Woolwich for South Africa. Went down Earl's Court & along to Hyde Park Corner. At St George's Place counted 420 all told band & all. Back. Breakfast 10.0am. Roy went to Lord's. M shopping. Put things straight etc. After tea in afternoon went in brown suit in cab to Garrick. Called on Welbys. Paid £12.0.0 & selected jewel for Mite. On to Punch dinner. There at 7.5. Only Sir J.T & Arthur, E.I.M (late). Smallest Punch dinner ever at. No Champagne drunk. Talk of F.C.B & left at 9.45. Went to Prince of Wales's theatre. Saw 'On the Move' for 2 nd time. Very deaf. Home by hansom. No evening paper. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink: Smallest Punch dinner ever at.) (Cutting glued in: The 9th Lancers landed
Durban. D.T. Sep 23.) Saw these lancers go thro Kensington this morning. Arrived Durban at Sepr 23rd. Thursday August 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out on cycle down by Worlds End etc. Back & skemed subject of Sultan & also Ranjitsinghgi. Photod Roy & Otley. Developed them. Lunch. M out in morning. Rest & after work from 4.30 to 7.0. Dined & after went in hansom to Gaiety Theatre. Saw 'My Girl'. Changed box. Poor play. Coming home hansom cab horse ran into another in the Strand. M frightened. Back. Jewels for Mite had been sent. Read paper. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Went with M & Roy to see 'My Girl' at the Gaiety Theatre.) Friday August 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. x. No ride. Saw papers. Wrote letters & diary. Gave M £2 for 50 francs. After got to work on drawing of Sultan as self pledging goods. Worked all day up to 6.45 when dressed. Mite back from Ch Ch at 3.0 with a bad cold. After dinner went with Roy to see the 'Mikado'. Empty house. Saw Mrs Fowler. Tried to get at Mrs Fowler in dress circle. Could not. After walked with Roy to Garrick. Saw Cooke, Lord Euston etc, Col Jones. Left at 12.0 & home. Bed 12.45am. (Red ink: Went with Roy to see the 'Mikado'.) Saturday August 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Finished drawing of Sultan at 11.30. After left in cab 12.15 for Camera Club. Changed plates. After lunch on venison at the Garrick. Saw Straight, Seton, Hare, Jones, Kendal etc. After at 2.0 photod Mademoiselle Dozas. Pretty head. After out at 4.45 & tea at Club. Home by buss at 6.0. Tried cycle. After dressed & dined 7.0. Little dressmaker & Duke of Cambridge. At 8.0 Roy, M & self went in 4 wheeler to see The Geisha, 3 rd time. Edgar & Sophy in stalls. Had very luxurious box. Out & home by 11.45. Bed at once. (Red ink: Photod Mademoiselle Dozas. Went with M, Roy & self to 'The Geisha' at Daly's Theatre.) Sunday August 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0 & after breakfast went with Roy & caught the 8.0am train High St, & to Victoria. Good crossing. Saw Pat & Giggles at Dover. Met the Beetle & a young lady. After a Mr Saunders & a Mr Rose Innes. On shore at Calais. Lunched with Roy at Café de Casino. Good. Met an artist & his wife. After thro' the town. Bought cigars at the Buffet & chocolate in the town. Back by (illeg). Long talk with Rose Innes etc. Same little solicitor with sprained legs. Also saw Sir Wemyss Reid. Mr Cass reserved a carriage for us. Home 7.50. Dined & to bed early. (Red ink: Delightful trip to Calais & back with Roy.) Dec'd Charles Stanley Reinhart. Born May 16 1844. Abstracted from Lippencott, Sunday 20 April 1902. The little solicitor above was Henry Sylvester Lewis. Oh! Monday August 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. No cycle. Packing all morning. Gentleman from Stores called. Dull wretched morning. Mite a new box. Dated photos & got artist's bag packed. After packing & lunch began & did very good portrait of Ranjitsinghgi. Finished by 6.30pm. Paid books etc etc. Dined 8.30. Bus round at 10.30. Felt unaccountably tired after dinner. Got off. Euston 11.15. Annoyed at
price of buss, 15/s, 3/s for man. Good sleeping berths. Turned in at 12.0 & slept. Roy cold in night. Shut window. Sep 1896 Tuesday September 1 On board L & N.W Rly train for Edinboro'. Night mail. Woke up by Guard like Coquelin at 7.0am. Wash & dress. At Edinboro' by 8.20. Rode cycles to the Waverley stationmaster's Office. M & Mite to Royal Hotal. Porter & luggage 3/6. Back & walk to Central Hotel. Back & put luggage with Mr Paton. Breakfast. After had fly & M, Mite, Roy & self went round Edinboro'. Carlton Hill, Holyrood & Auld Reekie etc. After to Castle. M in carriage. Back to lunch. Bad fowl. Dull after. Roy, Mite & self walked round Arcade & went into shops etc. Rain came on. Left in fly for Waverley Station & left by 4.45 for Ayton. Got there six thirty five. Pouring with rain. Galbraith met us. Also a Mr Hudson as guest. To Castle. Left cycles at Station. Tea. Dressed. Dinner & all after sleepy. Bed at 11.30pm. Talk of electricity etc. Wednesday September 2 Ayton Castle, Berwick. Up 8.0am. Went before breakfast & fetched my bicycle from Station. After spent all the morning tinkering my bicycle. Lunch. Wrote letters. Very wet all day. In afternoon played Roy long sets of putting. After dressed & dinner. Claret. Mite & Roy danced. Read etc. After Flip game. Played till 12.0am. Mite's last evening at Ayton before going to Banchory. Thursday September 3 Ayton Castle, Berwick. Up 8.15. Out & read Answers. Bosh. Breakfast. After saw Mite to Edinboro'. Off to Berwick by 10.20. Saw Mr Aitkin. Found had forgotten Mite's permit. Annoyed. Very civil Dis’t superintendant, Mr Hardwick, at Edinboro'. Mite off by 1.35. After had good lunch at restaurant, cold beef & Burgundy. Wash. Heavy rain. Out & to Central Hotel & after by tram to Waverley Station. Caught the 2.30. 3rd class carriage to self all the way to Reston. Galbraith met me in break. Home. Tea. Wrote letter to Edinboro'. Afterwards cycled with Roy, Mr Galbraith & Hudson nearly to Berwick & back. Hot. Dressed. Dinner & after played Flip game. Bed at 11.45. Tired. (Red ink: Went with Mite to Edinboro'.) Friday September 4 Ayton Castle, Berwick. Up 8.40. Not out before breakfast. After played many ups & downs putting. Mr Hudson, Roy & self. Roy won. Wrote Hamillton & cheque to bank for notes after. Finer morning. After played many up & down putting & mended cycles. Went at 3.0 for drive in 4 in hand. Walk to bridge, testing weight of stones. Back 5.45. 2 sets of lawn tennis at 6 to 7.0pm. Roy & self won one, Mr Hudson & Mr Anderson one. Dinner. Dominoes & Flip game. Proposed to cycle to Berwick, no go. Bed 12.0am. Saturday September 5 Ayton Castle, Berwick. Up at 8.35. Walk round the mile walk in the wet. Heavy rain. After breakfast got letters from town & parcel. Settled to work in Boudoir. Galbraith came in & asked me to cycle. He, Roy & Mr Hudson went to Dunbar & came back by road. Lunch. After played Mr Anderson set of golf. Left on cycle to
meet others at 5.30. Called at P.O. Met them all. Back. Tea. Played 2 sets lawn tennis, Roy & self v. Mr A & Mr H. Lost both sets. 6.4, 6.4. Dinner. Dominoes & Flip game. Bed at 11.15. (Red ink: Roy went for cycle ride to Dunbar. Worked in morning.) Sunday September 6 Ayton Castle, Berwick. Up at 8.40. Walked round the mile. After Roy, M & all went to church. Worked in morning. Changed. After lunch went over stables & kennels. Played 2 rounds golf. Mr Anderson & Mr Hudson versus Roy & self. We won. Dressed & dinner. Dominoes after. Monday September 7 Ayton Castle, Berwick. Up at 8.15am. Put on shooting gaberdine suit. Fine morning. Hurry after breakfast. Off by 10.0am. Mr Mitchell Innes at bottom of drive. Roy, Galbraith, self & M.I shot for partridges. Very hot. Walked all day. Got 16 brace & 4 hares, 1 rabbit. Roy's 1st shoot. Back 6.0pm. Long drinks. After Miss Aitkin & Mr & Miss Mitchell Innes dined. Miss M.I nice girl. Bed 11.15. Mr Anderson left in morning. (Red ink: 1st day's partridge shoot at Ayton. Very wet in turnips.) Tuesday September 8 Ayton Castle, Berwick. Up 8.40. Paced the terrace. Mr & Mrs Hudson left. Got to work. Played Roy 2 rounds golf. Settled with Galbraith to go Monday. Lunch. Wrote letters. Worked in morning in Boudoir. Lunch. After read etc. At 5.30pm went for good cycle spin, Galbraith, Roy & self. Got nearly to Berwick. Met Mr Aitkin coming back. Did 13 miles under the hour. After dressed & dined. Small dinner, only 5. Played Matador after. Bed 11.30pm. Roy stayed up playing with Galbraith. Wednesday September 9 Ayton Castle, Berwick. Up at 8.40. Breakfast. Slight rain. After played Roy 1 round. Roy 1 up. At 11.0 got to work on drawing in Dressing Room. Cold & damp. Lunch 12.45 & left in break at 1.5pm to shoot, Roy, self & Galbraith. Heavy rain came on. Out till 5.5. Roy shot 2 brace, self 1 bird, 1 hare, Galbraith 1 bird. Hot bath. Wrote many letters. 10 wires came for Galbraith. Mr Hudson back for a patient. Mr Aitkin & his sister came to dinner. Good smoke & Flip game after. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: 2nd day's partridge shoot at Ayton.) Thursday September 10 Ayton Castle, Berwick. Up at 8.35. Paced terrace. Bright sun. Galbraith up at 10.20 for Glasgow to look at a house near Stirling. Got to work & finished drawing by 3.15pm. Packed it & wrote Brightmore etc. Bother about table with Mrs G. Slight attack of P. Went on cycle with Roy to Ayton & after to Berwick. Met Mr Hudson turning back. Dense damp sea fog. Got to Berwick 5.40. Bad ginger beer. Started back 5.55pm. Home 6.45. Sea fog cleared. Dinner. Game Flip after. Bed at 11.15. x. (Red ink: Rode to Berwick & back in sea fog.) Friday September 11 Ayton Castle, Berwick. Up at 8.30. Dull sea foggy morning. No walk. Little Ian to have operation by Dr Hudson. After letter from Mite. Spent morning writing
letters. Sent Roy with wire etc. Talk to Hudson of Roy. After lunch went in break with Mr Aitkin to play golf at Eyemouth. Mr H & Roy v. Mr A & self. Won 2 rounds by 2 holes up. Curious longshoremen. Bull lost down cliffs. Played till 5.30 when walked home to the castle. Very hot. Drink milk & soda. Galbraith back to dinner. Unsuccessful in search of house. After played Flip game. Bed at 11.40. Late. (Red ink: Played golf at Eyemouth.) Saturday September 12 Ayton Castle, Berwick. Up 8.45. After breakfast got off by 10.0am. Took cycle to station. Galbraith, Mr Hudson, Roy & self trained to Berwick & after to Kelso to cycle home. Roy met someone he knew at Berwick. Rain came down just as we got out at Kelso Station. On to Inn at town. Old ruin & very good lunch. Man like General Booth came in. Remarkable whiskey. Left 1.50. On to Coldsteam. G skidded. Across to Swinton. Drink. Mr H's tyre deflated. Across to bridge over the Whiteadder. Skidded in gutter & broke my bell. Rain came on heavily. Got to Chirnside & on home by 6.30. About 34 miles. Long drink. Mite & Mrs Sterman not there. Dressed & bath. Dinner, '74 Champagne. Flip game after. All to bed at 11.10pm. Restless at night. (Red ink: Long cycle ride from Kelso. Roads very muddy.) Sunday September 13 Ayton Castle, Berwick. Up at 8.35. Dull morning. After breakfast wrote many letters. All went to church except self. Walk with M to Post Office. Very hot. Lunch. After rested. Bicycle cleaning. Mr Hudson's tyre off. Tea. Went into Dairy. Huge antlers. Went into Kitchen garden with Roy 1 st time this year. Heavy rain. Back. Wrote Mr Anderson & M.G. After rain Roy & self walked into the Kitchen garden. Back. Dressed. Dinner. Last evening at Ayton. No games of any sort. Quiet evening. Galbraith chaffed Roy about hair. Bed at 11.30pm. Monday September 14 Ayton Castle, Berwick. Up at 8.15. Out & took cycle to Station. Much finer morning. After breakfast packed. Roy took his cycle. Hudson cleaning his. Got off 12.30. Goodbye to Galbraith etc. At Station all right. Weary journey to Edinboro'. Rain came on. Met Mite at Waverly Station. Went on to the Royal Hotel. After gave Mite tea & saw her off at Waverley for Ayton. Heavy rain. Saw Mr & Mrs Asquith in train. Old gent smoking in 1st class carriage. Back to Hotel. Rain. Roy & self had hair cut. Game of billiards. Self made 24. Beat Roy by 100. After dinner. Drank Burgundy. Very so so dinner. After Roy & self went to the Empire & Palace Music Hall. Manager George Cruickshank. Civil. Not a bad entertainment. Man monkey etc. Out 10.30. Back to Hotel. Played 100 up. Roy won by 1. Bed. Roy had broken a bottle of hair wash into his bag & scented the room. (Red ink: M, self & Roy left Ayton Castle for Edinburgh.) Tuesday September 15 Royal Hotel, Edinburgh. Up at 6.45am. Out at 7.0. Intensely annoyed to find cycle tyre punctured. Walked with Roy to the Caledonian Station. Back & indifferent breakfast. M & self got off comfortably by the 9.40 for Perth. Left Roy en route for south by 10.15. Met Mr Carlisle at Perth. On to Inverness. Slow journey. Got to Inverness ¾ hour late. Straight on by Highland Railway to Rogart. Saw Capn & Mrs Daynell at Dingwall. At Rogart punctually & on to Tressady. M & self had little
dinner in the Library. Bed after, self at 11.30pm. Moon, Mr & Mrs Pember, Miss Russell & ourselves. Moon is a Captain. (Red ink: M & self went north, Roy south. Arrived Tressady Lodge.) Wednesday September 16 Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.30. Dressed. Breakfast. Wrote 4 letters before B. After 9.30 off in break with Moon to shoot over dogs. Strong wind. Went to the Langwell. Delightful day. Heavy showers. Cloak useful. Talk of McKenzie etc. Shot 9 brace, 4 snipe. Left at 5.40 & home. Tea. Letters & Punch. Comfortable fire. Wrote to (illeg). Dressed. Dinner. Game of cards after. Walking out, Courting, Engaged, Banns, Marriage. After whist. Lost 2 rubbers 5/6. Bed 11.55pm. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot at Tressady. Capt Moon & self over dogs.) Thursday September 17 Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.30am. After breakfast got off at 9.30 & walked along burn by Murray's cottage. Drove the woods for black game. Hot walking. After long walk after lunch across to beyond Langwell. Rain came on & kept on till finish. Many drives. Shot 1 blackcock, 1 hawk, 1 rabbit all day. Left off at 4.30 & drove home in cart at 5.0. Letter from Stone. Lovely hot bath & rest. Left letters in my bag open & money. Quiet dinner. No games. Looked over Miss Russell's book. Whist after, lost 2 rubbers, 7/6. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot. Drive for black game.) Friday September 18 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.30. No shoot. Lovely morning & high wind. Pember & Moon went off to Lairg to shoot. Wrote letters all the morning. V.W & Miss Russell went to Lairg & cycled back by 2.0pm with the wind. Intended to cycle to Dornoch. Slight attack of P. Put it off. Then it came on to rain. Read Poe's William Wilson. Had re-read Keillands stories in the morning & delighted with them. Letter from Agnew & a registered one from Heaton Butler & B. A very wet afternoon. Wasted day & no exercise. Smoked late. Dinner. Took Lady M in. Felt deaf. After had game. Won one round. Game of whist. Won 1/6. Bed 12.15. (Red ink: Stayed in all day. Very wet.) Saturday September 19 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.30. After breakfast Vernon & Pember went off to Lairg to fish. Ladies were to have gone but heavy rain came on. Decided not to go. Captn Moon left by the 11.0 train, maids waving adieu to the black servant. Read most interesting book on Lies of Civilization & also copied out from game book all the shoots since '83. Lunch at home. After waited for letters. At 4.0 got on Vernon's cycle. Rain came on. Went to Lairg. Passed Lady M & M in pony cart with Rosalind, also 3 ladies. Long pull to Lairg. Funny pig. Heavy rain. Stopped at Hotel. Whisky & soda. Wired F.C.B. Started back at 5.45. Got home 6.45. Bath. Wrote F.C.B. Dressed. Dinner. No whist. Bed 11.30. Gave Vernon 6 Carter's L.L.P. Mr Pember 3, self 3. (Red ink: Cycled to Lairg & back, 18 miles. Rough road.) Sunday September 20 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.45am. Finer morning. After breakfast read book on Mars & at 12.0 played Mr Pember a round of golf. Won every hole. Lunch 1.45. Vernon not very well. After all went for walk on the hills. Self by burn, rural etc. Back & wrote letters till dinner time. Post late. After dinner looked at moon & northern
lights. Bed at 11.30pm. A dull day very. Oh! In evening after dinner saw the moon through telescope. Also the northern lights were very beautiful. Difficult to get M out. Monday September 21 Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.40. Hot bath. Sent E.I.M paper on Edgar Poe. Mr & Mrs Pember went to shoot or rather fish. Vernon & self shot the home beat over dogs. A most delightful day. Hot very after lunch. Found an apple most delightful. Shot 16 brace of grouse betwen us. Self shot 11 grouse. Also missed a teal badly. Back after long day at 6.45. Blazed at rabbit. Others not in. M, Lady M & Miss Russell had been over to Lairg by train & saw the fishings coming back by break. Had long soda & milk. Dinner. Telegrams after. Tired. Dropped pipe in smoking room at 12.15am & to bed. Had attack of P all day. Why? (Red ink: Delightful day's shoot over dogs with V.W. Lovely evening.) Tuesday September 22 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.40. Breakfast by self & away. Mr & Mrs Pember (née Miss Horace Davy) left. Also Miss Russell. Dull wretched wet morning. Vernon & self went with Short Angus in trap to fish Loch Craggie. Got there at 10.50 & rain set in. Very hot walking there. Rain. So bad left at 2.0 after lunch & walked back getting home 3.30pm. V got one trout. Also he made a small harbour of stones. Took a book but could not read it. Hot bath. Whiskey & milk & put on dressing jacket. Wrote Roy & Mite. Rosalind & her Pill Puzzles. Dined quietly, partie carré. Good dinner. Spellicans after. Smoke with Vernon & bed at 11.30. Still raining. (Red ink: Dreadfully wet day. V & self drove & fished Loch Craggie. Walk back.) Wednesday September 23 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.35. Breakfast by self at 8.30. A dull windy day. Went up on the hill with Vernon & shot all day at rabbits, 39. Ferret a long time in hole. Burnt him out. Lunch in house. Out again after. An evil looking piper playing up & down on our return. Tea. Bath & wrote letters. Read Sayer's 'The Egypt of the Hewbrews', Rivington Percival. Dressed & last dinner at Tressady. Partie carré. Spellecans after. Very sleepy. Took one Carters L.L.P. Bed 11.30. Talk with Vernon of Littlecote at dinner. To go there. Thursday September 24 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.30. Packed. Breakfast. Lady M down first. Good bye to Vernon 9.45. Valet 10/s Macken £1 Angus 7/6. Wrote diary & ready to be off 10.0am. Left 10.30. Lady M would open gate. Lady M went to Lairg to fish. Left us. Saw Lord Loch. On to Perth by 7.20. Soup & nothing else. Saw Mr Blair at Inverness. Looked wretched. Left Perth 8.0pm. Went to sleep at 8.30 & woke 7.30am, 11 hours rest. Very comfortable carriage. Friday September 25 On board train going south. Euston. Up 7.30. Man no good with tickets. Arrived Euston at 8.15. Bother with luggage. Got buss & off by 8.45. Home by a roundabout way by Athenaeum Club. Arrived 9.15. Breakfast. No letters of importance. Letter from F.C.B to say 'No subject'. Just like him. All day unpacking. Men doing the Electric Light from Maples. Developed at 2.0pm to 3.45 plates taken of Miss G, April 29th & some of Mlle D taken Saty Aug 29th. Long afternoon
tidying up & doing nothing. Worried about work. Wrote letters. M & self dined quietly after by ourselves. Had grouse. Quiet evening after & bed. (Red ink: 1st day back at Stafford Terr. Very disappointed at not getting subject from F.C.B.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Miss Bessie Bellwood. W, Sep 25.) Saturday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. 1st cycle ride. Called Burnands & round by World's End. Home Redcliffe Gardens. Strong wind & rough weather. After breakfast developed a good many plates taken Apl 29th last. Left to go to Garrick. Called Verity's about Electric Light & after lunched at Garrick. Saw Sir Wm Howard Russell, Stone & Cyril Maude. Talk to Jones. After called at Camera & changed plates. On to Athenaeum Club & home after by buss. Quiet dinner with M & evening after. Bed 11.30. (Red ink: Went to Garrick & Athenaeum Club. Gumboil in jaw.) Sunday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Breakfast 9.30. Strong gale & heavy clouds. In morning put things away. Developed plates etc & after lunch at 2.10 started for long cycle ride. Went to Clapham, Tulse Hill, Dulwich, Forest Hill (St Columbs) Crystal Palace, Thornton Heath & round by Mitcham & Wimbledon home. 34 miles. Got frightfully wet at Mitcham Common. Poor man could not get beer. Ginger & gin at Morton. Difficulty to light cycle lamp. Home from Wimbledon in the dark. Got home 7.15. Wet thro'. Bath & dinner. Tired. Bottle of Burgundy. Fire in Drawing Room. Bed 11.30. Slept well. (Red ink: 34 mile cycle ride in gale & wet. Crystal Palace etc. Fred Barnand burnt to death. Gumboil in jaw.) (Cutting glued in: Inquest on Frederick Barnard. Obituary Fred Barnard. Times Oct 1.) Monday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out & round Park on cycle. Lovely morning. Did plates. Letters etc & left at 11.45 to walk thro' Park. Called Butts, got pears etc, on up Park. Very few there. Buss to top of Piccadilly. Called Camera. Lunch at Garrick. Saw Wicks & Evans. At 2.0 to Camera. New model, Miss E.L. Very small, not much good. Out after tea. Home by buss. Dressed. Dined 6.45pm & went with M to Lyceum by hansom cab. Saw Cymbeline. Percy & Will Oakes & Mrs Percy there in same row of stalls. Good play. Home by cab 11.45. M's birthday at 12.0am. Wrote two letters & posted them. Smoked & read Punch till 12.45 when to bed. (Red ink: Lovely day. Lunched Garrick. Went to see 'Cymbeline' at the Lyceum. Gum boil in jaw.) Tuesday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out on cycle round Park. Death of Fred Barnard in papers. After in morning developed a great many plates. Lunch. At 3.0pm cycled to Wimbledon & Richmond. Lovely ride. Saddle broken of cycle. Back 5.45pm. Tea a long time after wrote diary & letters. Quiet dinner & evening after. (Red ink: M's birthday. Quiet day. Cycled to Wimbledon. Gum boil in jaw.) Wednesday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning. Roy's saddle on cycle. Round Park. Called 17 Oxford Square. Home. After did drawing of Austin Poet Laureate on Turkey. Finished at 1.15. Dressed & left at 2.0. Cab to Camera Club. Saw
Bergheim 3.0pm. Took a few photos Miss L for studies Xmas No. After tea Garrick Club. Saw Lawrence Bradbury & legal bore, Whirtle, Stone's friend. At 6.40 buss on to P.D. Slight attack of P. There up in room. Dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur à B, R.L, L.B, E.I.M (late) B.P, E.T.R. Chaff. 'Shot at his house'. Talk of Xmas No after. Left with J.T, Isthmium. Home by buss. Bed 1.0am. 1 st since Wedy July 29th. (Red ink: 1st Punch dinner since back. Photod E.L for 2 nd time. No good. Gum boil in jaw.) Oct 1896 Thursday October 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Very foggy. Out on bicycle. Went round Park & past D.M's. Saw Mrs D.M. Home. Breakfast. Skemed subject of Harcourt & Rosebery. At 11.45 photod Otley, Stace & self, 5 photos. Developed them & put to dry. Got prints by 4.30pm & on to work until 8.15 when dined (M & self) quietly. Good dinner. Read finish of History of Napoleon in The Century after & bed at 12.0am. More or less seedy all day after the Punch dinner. (Red ink: Gum boil in jaw.) Friday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out 8.25 on cycle & round Park. Called to enquire how poor D.M was. Home & got to work all day & up to 9.0pm on drawing of Harcourt & Rosebery. Strangely tired in afternoon. Sleep from 2.30 to 4.0pm. After dinner (M & self) dozed in chair. Woke up at 1.0am in curious cold sweat. Had to rub dry before going to bed. Never had such a thing before. (Red ink: Gum boil in jaw.) (Cutting glued in: Will of William Morris. Thursday Dec 17, 96.) Saturday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Down at 9.20 got to work & finished drawing of Harcourt & Rosebery by 11.15. After put all things away & at 12.30 dressed. Did lunch at 1.0 & left in carriage with cob at 1.30 for Drury Lane, Difficulty about stalls. After had small stage box. Changed to Box AA. Saw The Duchess of Coolgardie (M & self) a poor wretched concoction. Miss Spong fine girl. Out 5.0. Walked thro' Covent Garden. Bought nuts & pears. Put M in cab. Called at Garrick. Letter from E.L. After to Athenaeum. Met Honest John Hollingshead. After saw Calderon at Athenaeum. Home by buss. Curious bursting of a cycle tyre opposite Hyde Park Club. Had called for seats at Empire. M would not go. Dressed. Evelyn Coward dined with us. Dozed after whilst she sang. Read Max Nordau's Degeneration. (Red ink: Went to see matinée of 'The Duchess of Coolgardie'. Gum boil in jaw.) Sunday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. x. Intended to have cycled & to have crossed to Calais. Did neither. Very strong wind from the SSW & threat of rain. M to church. Sorted Sketch's & St Paul's. Got ready to cycle to Vauxhall to go to Guildford. Spencer & Daggles in at 12.30. Gave Daggles 5/s. Lunch by self 12.50 & started 1.0pm. Orton on steps. Found slight P & heavy rain came on. Got as far as Kensington Palace Gardens when turned & came home completely wet. Wrote letters & diary. M had her lunch by herself. Went up into bedroom, sorted Gentlewoman. After at 3.20 cycled 17 miles thro' Richmond, Roehampton & home. Found Percy & wife, Evelyn Coward there & afterwards that ass Paxton who stayed till 7.20. Wrote letters & sent spats. Dined 8.0 M & self. Bottle of
burgundy. (Red ink: Much wind & rain. Could not cross Channel or go to Guildford. Cycled 17 miles. Gum boil in jaw.) Monday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round. Called to enquire how Du Maurier was. Lovely sunny morning but windy. Breakfast. In morning printed all back prints of studies for work & after lunch at 3.0 cycled 19 ¼ miles through Chiswick over Kew Bridge, Richmond & thro' Park, Roehampton & home. M back at tea time 5.15. Dressed & at 5.30 got to work seriously on Calendar. Worked till 8.10 when M & self dined quietly. Dixon put in tap in lower W.C. A very great success. Why has it not been done 15 years ago? Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Tuesday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. x. Out on cycle. Drizzley rain. Round by Park Lane & millionaires' houses. Breakfast. Letters from Mite & Vernon. 1 st use of water tap. Great success. After got to work & went on with Calendar. Heavy rain & gale. The Emperor of Russia in Paris. Great fêtes. M had several girls called who made a great noise. Worked up to 8.0pm when dined with M quietly. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Wednesday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out on cycle & went round Park. Called to enquire about D.M. Back. Breakfast & after got on with drawing of Calendar. Worked up to 5.15 when dressed & left for Punch dinner. Went by buss & put down at Athenaeum. Wrote 3 letters & on to Garrick & after again by buss to P.D. Phil Agnew, Phil May, Bernard Partridge, Henry W Lucy, Anstey Guthrie, Francis Cowley Burnand, John Tenniel, Linley Sambourne, Arthur William à Beckett, Rudolph Lehmann there. No Milliken. Reed seedy. F.C.B said D.M was down about himself. No wonder! Got subject of German Emperor as actor, Tenniel subject of Arena. Also 4 sketch books with rings. Left with Tenniel at 11.10 & home by buss after Isthmium. Thursday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Cycled 8.30 to St James's Theatre. Photod it. Milkmaid with yoke. Back round Bayswater. Breakfast 9.30. Letter from Mite. After saw in papers Lord Rosebery's resignation of leadership of the Liberal Party. Sent note to F.C.B. Got answer. After skemed German Emperor as actor. At 12.0 photod Otley 3 positions. Developed. Lunch. Went on to enlarge after from 2.0pm till 4.30. Very tired. M went out at 3.30pm. Came back at 5.0 with news of poor D.M's death at 2.0am this morning. Got to work after writing diary etc. Drew in picture of German Emperor in outline. Dined 8.0pm & quiet evening afterwards. Bed 11.30. (Red ink: News of death of poor Du Maurier.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of George Du Maurier. Will of George Du Maurier. Nov 14.) Friday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bicycled round Park & home. News of Lord Rosebery's resignation of the leadership. Wrote Burnand & sent Otley with it. Went on with drawing of German Emperor & worked hard all day & finished it at 9.15pm. Sent it off. Dined with M after quietly. Had eels for dinner. Eat too much.
Rest after & bed at 12.0pm after snooze. Not very tired. The above sending Otley to F.C.B refers to yesterday. See overleaf. Saturday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After writing letters got to work & did 2 nd cut of Lord Rosebery as Dr Primrose in the Vicar of Wakefield to F.C.B's instructions. Did a careful drawing & finished it by 1.15pm & sent it off. After dressed & lunched & left by 2.0pm in carriage with cob for Avenue Theatre. Called Lincoln & Bennett & after could not get hat on to Theatre. Saw a most stupid piece 'Monte Carlo'. Aida Janvure & others. Kate Cutler, the sisters Belfry. Out at 5.15. Put M in a buss for home & went to the Athenaeum & wrote 3 or 4 letters, one to Mrs D.M, & had tea. Saw Dr Playfair who said with great bad taste to me that D.M was not well off. Also saw Calderon. Left at 7.10 & home by buss. Quiet dinner with M. After read stupid book, the Island of Dr Morreau. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: M & self went to Avenue Theatre.) Sunday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & breakfast 8.55. After got off easily by cart with cycle & drove to Waterloo. Met Guthrie & caught the 10.5am train for Guildford by Leatherhead. Man in 3rd class carriage most intelligent who said he was 72 years old. Got to Guildford at 11.30 & started. Rode thro' Albury, Shere, Gomshall, Abinger, Abinger Hatch & on to Dorking. There to lunch at the Burford Arms Hotel & after on through Leatherhead & Leatherhead Common to Surbiton & thro' Ham Gate to Star & Garter at Richmond. Had good tea & left at 4.30pm. Home by Putney. Guthrie left at Tattersall's house. Home 5.55. Had bath etc. Evelyn Coward there. Mr Sterne had called. After wrote letters etc & this till 7.30pm. Cycled 42 miles & not in the least tired. Mabel Wallace came in as writing this. After Jacomb Hood dined. Partie carré, Mabel W, J.H, M & self. Good dinner. M tried to make Hood admire Mabel. No good. H stayed till 12.0am. M telling story of striking 12. Bed after. Read Island of Dr Moreau book. Jacomb Hood & Miss Wallace dined. (Red ink across page: Guthrie & self cycled from Guildford 43 miles.) Monday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. No cycle ride. After got to work all day on Calendar. Lunch, M & self. Rest after. Sent Otley to Mudie's to change books. Heard of young Sington's death. After quiet dinner at 8.15 & read Pepys Diary, the last volume afterwards. Bed at 12.0. A horrid wet day all day. Men from the Stores came to do the Virginia Creeper & went away on acount of the wet. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ernest Sington. Death of Lady Malcolm of Poltalloch.) Tuesday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Cycled round Park. Saw wreaths going in to 17 Oxford Square. Home 9.35. Breakfast. Bright cold morning. Men doing creeper. Worked on Calendar. Discovered had done it on rotten paper. Lunch 1.30pm. After put on black dress & walked at 2.15 over Campden Hill. Saw Brenda & Mrs Coward & met Violet Hunt. Cab to Gloucester Square. Met at Phil Agnews, F.C.B, J.T, P.A, L.B, self, A à B, H.W.L, B.P, A.G, P.M, E.I.M. Went in mourning coach with Lucy & à Beckett. At church saw Sir Ed Reed, Poynter, Bancroft, Warren, Arthur Lewis, Heseltine, Storey, Monckton, Henry James, Swain, Ray Lancaster, Gilbert &
many others. Also D.M family. Service at 3.30 & the small casket lowered into open grave. Many people. Left in carriage with F.C.B, J.T, E.I.M, & self. F.C.B got out at Swiss Cottage. Self & E.I.M walked across Park & then went home. Lady Margaret Watney & Rosalind there. Evelyn Coward & Mabel Wallace had called. Changed. Tea. Wrote letters & diary & after got to work. Heavy rain at 5.30 came on. Worked up to 8.15 when dined M & self by ourselves. Read Pepys Diary after. (Red ink: What I took for Sir E.Reed was Mr Steincopff. Went to Interment of Remains by Cremation of poor Du Maurier. Caught a bad cold. (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Mr Du Maurier. Times Wedy Oct 14 '96.) Wednesday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle & round by Knightsbridge & Redcliffe Gardens. Saw Marsden. Back & to work on drawing of Calendar. Worked all day up to 6.15pm when M not having used the carriage drove with cob in dog cart to the P.D. There 7.10pm. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, E.I.M (not very late) L.B out of his place, P.M, H.W.L & Anstey G. After Guthrie felt faint & left the Punch table. Got some sort of subjects for Xmas Nº & good cartoon of Gladstone as Cincinnatus. Left with J.T at 11.0. Talk of Sir Henry Thomson. Home by buss. There 11.45. Read papers & bed. Thursday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out & round by Redcliffe Gardens & along Lillie Road. Back & after breakfast skemed drawing of Gladstonius Cincinnatus. Photod Otley at 11.30. Developed. Dull wretched day. Rest after lunch. Jackymot here with a cold. M went in carriage to see Tabs at 3.45. Back 6.0pm. Worked on to 8.30pm. Got on with cartoon very well. Dined & after with great amusement read Pepys last volume & his amour wirh Deborah Willett, Deb. Bed at 11.45. Tabs up at Alexandra Hotel. (Red ink: Slight snuffly cold came on in throat at first.) Friday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Wet but out on cycle, 3 times up & down Redcliffe Gardens. Tried Jaeger saddle. Fraud. Completed 1000 miles at 9.20am Stafford Terrace. M wrote to Tabs to say would not dine at Savoy tonight. Worked all day & finished cartoon of Gladstone as Coriolanus(sic) at 8.15pm. Dressed. Tabs dined with us & left at 10.30pm, the maid Taylor coming for her. Cold heavy at night. Had quinine. (Red ink: Cold developed into head. Bad. Tabs came & dined with us. Completed 1000 miles on cycle.) Saturday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out at 8.40 & cycled round & called F.C.B. Went down Gloucester Rd & saw Madame Louise's husband on a cycle. Back & in the morning at 11.0 got to work & shaded calendar. No box for the Shaftesbury Theatre. After lunch my cold feeling bad sat in the Morning Room & read Pepys Diary. Very much amused acct of Deborah Willett. Spencer called. M back to tea. Poor books from Library. Up at 5.15 in room again & worked till 8.0 when dined quietly with M. Had chest rubbed & hot whiskey. Went to bed at 11.30pm & slept well. (Red ink: In all day. Worked on Calendar. Marie Buhler left at 7.0pm and new French Swiss maid came, Emilie Jotterend. M.B came Monday Oct 22,'94.) Sunday October 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & at 8.45 went on cycle to Garrick Club along wood. Wet with heavy rain but bright sun, N.W wind. Letter from E.L at Club. Back along Oxford St & home 9.40. M gone to church. Cold very heavy & bad. Got to work 11.15 to finish Calendar. Spencer called in morning. After lunch, Evelyn Coward lunched. Rested & smoked in M's room. Read Harper's & Century. Mr Bethell called. Down 5.30 & wrote legend on 6 drawings for the Fine Art Society. At 7.15 dressed & M & self went in carriage to dine at the Heilbuts. Took Mrs Heilbut in. Met Weedon & Mrs G, Marshall Hall, Orwin, Douglas Straight, the Walks's, Mrs Mathews & others. 20 in all. Left 11.0 & home by carriage. Cold better. (Red ink: Dined at the Heilbuts.) Monday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Wet, no ride. In all day & finished at 6.0pm the calendar. Carefully finished it. Had to use white. M went out in carriage in the afternoon & went in wet to Mudie's & got 3 new books & the Pepys I sent back on Saty. Rest in afternoon. M & self dined quietly. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. Cold still on all day but mending I hope. After dinner wrote an application for 400 £1 Preference Shares to Messrs Harmsworth Limited. (Cutting glued in: Death of John Edensor.) Tuesday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Our Wedding day. M remembered it. Had to stay in bed (M). Up at 8.0 & on cycle along to end of Redcliffe Gardens. Men in Stafford Terrace putting the Electric Light on to our house. Saw the Foreman at 11.0. They laid the pipe & all covered over by noon. Otley in & wanted tools. Began to work on 2 nd page of Almanack. Got on in afternoon very well. Put Punch in. Evelyn Coward with M. Quiet dinner & bed after reading. Sent Otley to Mudie's in afternoon & to Stores for tools & sponges. See above. (Electric light attached to the main acros the road. Begun today & put on tomorrow, over leaf.) Wednesday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not cycle. Dull wet morning. Cold. Got on all day with drawing of the 1st Foot for Xmas No. Rested after lunch & left for Punch dinner at 6.10pm. Went by buss to Piccadilly Circus. Walked thro' Trafalgar Square & saw the Nelson Column with a wreath round it. Decorated. Buss to Bouverie St. At P.D William Agnew, E.I.M (late) E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Agnew called me Kiki! An omen? Lehmann overbearing & rude in chaff. Long talk with Tenniel & E.I.M after. Left 11.5 & home with J.T & by Isthmium. Buss home. No evening paper. Bed at 12.45qm. The Electric Light put on this day by the Notting Hill Company. (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Colnaghi.) Thursday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wet cold morning, did not ride. Walked round Campden Hill. After breakfast skemed subject of Rosebery as Fat Boy. Photod Stace at 11.45. Gentleman from Verity's called. Had sent Otley for the mare. Tried Electric Light in Dining Room for 1st time. Rest after lunch. Lovely sunny afternoon. Got prints & to work 5.0pm. M had lunched with the Mabel Wallaces & met a lady of title. Who? Got on with work up to 8.0pm when dined with M. Very cold in the evening. Lady Maitland. Oct 21 1897.
Friday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Out in gale round Park. Road round Serpentine blocked. Home 9.5. Breakfast. After wrote many cards & letters. Printed phos. M still in bed. Got to work & worked all day on drawing of Lord Rosebery as Fat Boy. (Last drew one of him Friday June 20th 1884. What has happened between?) Worked up to 8.45 when sent boy back & dined at 9.0, M & self. After read. Snooze & to bed 12.0am. Saturday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No cycle ride. Went on after breakfast & finished drawing of Rosebery as Fat Boy. Not till 12.45. After dressed & went after lunch with M to look over goods for sale at No 10 Phillimore Gardens. Nothing much. After by carriage to Daly's Theatre. Saw the Nelson Column decorated & The Geisha for the 3rd time. Very good. Barrington in it. Saw Sir Thomas Lucas. Out & on in splashing mud to 148 New Bond St, Private View of English Humourists. Drawings looked well. After back. Left M at Midge's. After bought pears & nuts. Home. Wrote cards & letters. Dinner. M read 'Without Sin' by Mrs Augustus Moore under a nom de plume. Self Paradoxes by Nordau. Snooze till 12.30am. Bed. Did not sleep well, awake for hours. Woke with a nightmare of 2 men coming to assault me on way from a sort of Fair. Had a paper cap on. (Red ink: M & self went to hear 'The Geisha' for 3rd time.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Maria Ansdell.) Sunday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out on cycle to end of Radcliffe Gds. Saw Coward going to Golf. M out to church. Had good breakfast & after sorted letters etc. Red ink & knife put right. Thunderstorm at noon. Sun after. Wrote cards & letters. Put summer trowsers away. Moth in ditto coat. Conrad called. Lunch. Dora, Miss Mackenzie, Mabel Wallace, Edgar & Sophia Herepath in to lunch. Great crowd. Smoke after with Edgar. Spencer & Will Oakes in after. Left at 3.20 & went to Tattersalls. Saw Langley's horses. Also Ethel English, Percy Holland etc etc. Left & on by buss to the Athenaeum Club. Wrote a great many letters. Sent cheque £100 to Coutts for Harmsworth's. Saw Orchardson. Tea. Left 7.0. Posted letters. Home by buss. Young Buckmaster & Effie Harrison to dinner. Smoke after. (Red ink: Went to Tattersalls & to Athenaeum Club to write letters all afternoon.) Monday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out 8.30. Bright sun. Fine morning. Met Col Giles & a lady cycling. Went to end of Redcliffe Gardens & back. Great cab strike in London. Got to work on 2nd Almanack drawing. Letters from Mite. Worked on on drawing up to dinner time from 5.0 to 8.0pm. At 2.0pm cycled from house to Richmond Park & back 4.30pm. M out in carriage. Langley 's horses sold at Tattersalls, average bill 55 guineas. Quiet dinner at home. Man from Maples doing Electric Light all day. Left them not finished. (Red ink: Sale of Langley's horses.) Tuesday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Out on cycle. Cold. Went to Knightsbridge & thro' Park, Park Lane & past D.M's late house & home. A young man from Wing's had called & was at house. Annoyed. Why did M let him in. After breakfast went on with work for Almanack. Man from Maples finished the Electric Lights. In
afternoon read Max Nordau's Paradoxes to M. No one called but Evelyn Coward. At 8.0 Hamilton, Midge & Conrad dined. Quiet dinner. Whiskey & soda, no Champagne. M had gone to Stores. Sent Otley to Mudie's to change books. They left at 11.30pm. Something I took, probably 2 glasses of Kummel & the ½ glass of whiskey after, disagreed with me & gave me a sick headache all day tomorrow. (Red ink: Langleys & Conrad dined with us.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Dr George Harley.) Wednesday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. No cycle ride cold foggy morning. Spencer & Evelyn Coward in. Miss Rawlinson married. M & Evelyn out in Regent St. Got on with drawing for Xmas Nº. After lunch rested. Felt unaccountably bilious & sick headache all day probably from taking Kummel. Could not work. After tea did an hour's work & then dressed & by two busses to the Punch dinner. Wm Agnew, P.M, E.I.M (late) E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.C.L. Agnew dull & heavy. Don't like the look of him. Discussion about Jessie Monckton that was. Told Lehmann 'They are Jews'. Got good cut of Bismarck, Tenniel the American Presidency. Left at 11.0 after talk with Tenniel & Milliken. Home by buss after being put down Isthmium. 1st night in room Electric lamps. Success. (Red ink: Very seedy. Sick headache all day.) Thursday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull cold raw foggy morning. No ride or walk. Sent Otley up for waterproof oilskins to Cordings. Wrote diary & letters. Skemed cartoon of Bismarck blowing up 'Triple Alliance' ironclad at 11.45. Photod Otley as Pilot in oilskins. Foggy but came out all right. Developed & put to dry. After a rest went on to finish shading of 'The First Foot'. Worked up to 8.30pm. Boy came for it but had to go back. M & self dined quietly. Snooze & bed after. Friday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park past D.M's house & out at Pembridge Gardens. Home. Breakfast. Finished drawing of the First Foot at 12.0. Letter from F.C.B. Sent it off. Got to work on cartoon after rest after lunch & got it mostly outlined by 9.0pm when dined, M & self by ourselves. Snooze in chair afterwards & up to bed at 12.30pm. (Red ink: Sent off second page of Xmas Nº. Lucky as F.C.B wrote to do without it. Went at 12.0.) Saturday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Not out. At 9.45 got to work & finished drawing of Bismarck blowing up the Triple Alliance with a torpedo. Finished 12.30. Had wired F.C.B. Lunch after putting things away & at 2.30 pm cycled thro' Brentford, Hampton, Kingston & Putney. Stopped at King's Head Roehampton. Home by 5.10, 27 miles. Called Burnands. M in shortly after. Went into Kensington to get hair cut. Could not. Not a shop open. Bought lobster. Home. Room being done up to 7.30pm. After M & self dined quietly & read after. Bed at 12.0 after rest. Last night of the 'Mikado', had run 1035 nights. Nov 1896 Sunday November 1
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Did not cycle before breakfast. In morning M to church. After began Mars page in earnest & skemed it out. Spencer came in & Evelyn Coward stayed to lunch. After went by buss to Athenaeum Club & wrote many letters, amongst them one to Robert Willis junior. Saw Orchardson who said probably Rivière would be elected P.R.A. Had tea & went home by buss. Mabel Wallace dined with us. Quiet evening & bed at 12.0 after reading. (Red ink: Began last page of Xmas Nº.) Monday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled to F.C.B's. Saw Rosie. Sent letter off to Ramsgate. Back & got on with drawing all day for Xmas page on 'Mars'. In afternoon my light (incandescent) went wrong completely. Sent Alice & fortunately man came up at once to put it right. Cost me 6/s. M out in carriage. Worked till 8.45. Dined at 9.0pm. Mervyn & Ethel H came in unexpectedly. Had a poor dinner. Turbot poor & Marmite also. They left 11.0pm. Read & bed after snooze. Mabel Wallace out with M in carriage all afternoon. Spoilt my rest in chair after lunch. (Red ink: Worked hard all day on Xmas Nº, last page.) Tuesday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Very foggy morning. Got on early to finish last drawing of Almanack, Mars. Worked all day until 9.45 when finished. Dined at 10.0pm, very late. Sent Otley at 5.30 to meet Mite & change books. Mite home safely at 7.45pm. Had a little dinner in Drawing Room. Snooze after dinner & to bed at 12.30. 1st Electric Light 16 candles. Man from Maples came & fixed plugs to burners etc. (Red ink: Finished Xmas Number at 9.45pm. Mite returned from Scotland at 7.45pm.) Wednesday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Very tired. Did not go out. Tidied up in morning. Put away phos & altered handle on chest of drawers etc etc. M & Maud went to Prince of Wales's Theatre to see Westland Marston's play of Donna Diana. Bourchier's Farewell to America. Very poor. Rested in afternoon. After at 4.20 went in carriage to Theatre, met M & Maud & sent them home. Called at 90 Shaftesbury Avenue for cycle saddle & after to Verity's. At Garrick saw Toole etc. Wrote letters & on to Punch dinner. Had hair cut at Henry 8 th. On to P.D. Phil Agnew, Phil M, E.T.R. H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, E.I.M (late) & B.P (late 10.20.) Election at the R.A. Great excitement & terrible disappointment at Poynter's election. Left with J.T in cab. Home. Met Alice at door. Bed 12.30. Nothing of Poynter in Westminster. (Red ink: E.J.Poynter elected President of the R.A. D- him.) Thursday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Hesitated whether to ride on cycle & take the R.A. Did not. Trouble to find Israel in Egypt. After bother by man putting down linoleum floor cloth from Treloars. Moved clock. M pottering about. Wrote letters all morning. Wrote diary. No wire fom Agnew's. Waiting about all morning. After rest after lunch. Got to work at 4.0 on drawing of Poynter from his own picture. Got it from small reproduction from St Paul's. Worked till 8.0 when dined, M, Maud & self. Maud danced afterwards. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Floor
cloth put down on landing by Treloar's man.) (Cutting glued in: Death of the Rev W.Makellar.) Friday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Tried new saddle for cycle. Would not stop on spindle. Went up & looked at R.A & home down Bond St & by Notting Hill. Frost & cold but lovely morning. Back & on with work very hard all day on drawing of Poynter being dragged into the R.A. M & Mite dined at 6.30 & went with Mr Carlisle to the Haymarket Theatre to see 'Under the Red Robe'. Self worked on till 9.45 when dined. They were back at 11.30pm. Had been resting with electric light out. Bed 12.0am. Tired. (Cutting glued in: Death of Hubert Crackenthorpe. Obituary Hubert Crackenthorpe. Times 25 Dec.) Saturday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & down. Got on with drawing of Poynter. Letter from F.C.B. Roy back from Eton at 10.0am. Finished at 12.30pm. After dressed & lunched. Left at 2.0 with Roy & took a poor cab to Haymarket Theatre. Changed cheque at station. Had Box No 1. Sir J.Tenniel, Midge & Dora, Spencer & Adah & Ethel Mervyn in box, Roy & self, 8 of us. Saw 'Under the Red Robe'. Very good. Partridge better. Herbert Waring A1. Out at 5.20 & home on outside buss. Came on to rain. Bought fruit & also brawn at Hudsons. Confusion at dinner & late. Left, M & Mite in carriage & Roy & self in hansom, at 7.45 for Haymarket Theatre. Saw Cymbeline for 2nd time. Pouring with rain. Saw Binns Smith, Mrs Tadema, Henschel, Arthur à B at theatre. Sent M back by carriage. Roy & self to Club. Saw Joe Carr Jones, young Bancroft etc. Had 4 marrow bones. Sent 2 away & could not get them after. Paid Joe Carr £1 lost to him on Tuesday August 25. Had 4 wheeler, home at 12.45. Passed by buss. Bed 1.40. Electric light. (Red ink: Roy back from Eton for Exeat.) (Red ink across page: Went to matinée of Under the Red Robe and to play of Cymbeline in the evening. Very wet.) Sunday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.55. Tired & slight head. Good breakfast. Horrid morning, wet & raw. After put Drawing Room right. Evelyn Coward in at 11.30am. Maud stamping paper. After Roy & self went by omnibus to Park Lane & called on Sir William Agnew. Saw him looking very seedy. Walked home thro' Park, a N.E gale o'wind blowing heavily. Lunch. Good. After arranged the Electric light. Up in M's room for snooze. Cold. Young Buckmaster, Banbury & Moley called, also a Miss Dunn. Long afternoon. After wrote letters etc. Dinner at 8.0pm. Mr Carlyle & Ethel Mervyn there to dinner. C a hass I fear. Stayed till 11.15. Ghost stories. Roy at home to dinner. (Red ink: Roy at home. Called on Sir Wm Agnew. Great gale.) Monday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Bath. Fine morning. After breakfast squared prints etc. Maud a cold. M & Roy & self by buss to Queens Gate & afterwards walked up Row. Left M. Took hansom Roy & self to bottom of Bouverie St. Walked to Punch Issuing Office. There 12.40. Lord Mayor's Procession came past 12.55 & past by 1.30. Motor car. Pleasant lunch, Mr & Mrs Lucy, A à B, 2 sons, Milliken, Phil A, Lawrence B, 2 Miss Bradburys etc & one or two did not know. Roy kept his hat on. Left 3.5pm. Called at Garrick & on to Athenaeum. Carriage there. Sent Roy back with M & he went back to Eton by 5.5. Stayed at Club from 4.0 to 7.0pm. Read
Scribner & book on Devil Tree. Saw Dicksee. Back by buss. Home 7.30. Mite in room with cold. M & self dined together. M sleepy after dinner. Bed at 11.15. M knocked. xx. (Red ink across page: Good lunch at Punch Issuing Office. Lovely day for Lord Mayor's Show.) Tuesday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50am. Lovely frosty morning. Out on cycle & tried for 1 st time Patisson saddle. Very good. Breakfast. Took Tip round. M to stores at 10.0am. Man at windows. Mite in bed with a cold. After in morning tidied up & squared photos etc. Lunch. Doubtful as to cycle ride. At last at 3.0pm went with Patisson saddle to Richmond Park & out Robin Hood Gate. Saddle hurt me. Not so pleased with it. Had 20th Century lamp. Very good. Home 5.30pm. Tea. Verity's had sent standard lamp. Sat & read. Many girls had been up to see Mite in bed with cold. After M & self dined by ourselves. Read Lord Dundonald & up to bed 11.30pm. Wednesday November 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No ride. Fine morning. Man came to ease doors & after man from Treloar's to finish landings. In morning toned prints. Orton in to see Mite for cold. After Otley & self cleared Bath Room. Dressed & away at 12.30. Buss to Garrick. Lunched with Frank Lockwood who told me all about American visit. Saw Evans, Arthur Stirling, Craik etc. After out & went to see Mr Smith. Met Hobhouse & Vernon W & Rosalind in room. Told Smith about Willis's insurance. Out 4.30. Called Evereds & after walked on to Maples. Felt seedy. My ear had burst out during lunch with Lockwood worse then ever. After Maples back to Garrick wrote 3 letters. On by buss to Punch dinner. There 1 st at table. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, Milliken (late) Phil M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Good dinner, subjects made up without difficulty & after May suggested Songs & Singer. Left with Tenniel at 11.0. Home by buss. A mother & 4 girls all alike. Read Westminster. Bed 1.30pm. (Red ink: Interview with Francis Smith about Willis's life policies.) Thursday November 12 Stafford Terrace. x. Up 8.0am. Out on cycle with old saddle at 8.40. Short round Park & back. Breakfast at 9.15. M had ties. Saw Mite's new book. Good. Wrote Burnand & burnt letter after. Got to work to skeme Kruger & Rhodes. Wrote diary. At 11.40 photod Otley & self for Kruger & Rhodes. Developed them. Mabel Wallace at lunch & went out with M in the carriage. Enlarged photos up to quite dark & got to work after. Orton in to see Mite who has a bad cold. Worked till 8.15. Got on with drawings. Put in leopard skin & basket in ink. Dined with M & bed at 11.30after. (Red ink: Called Orton in to see Mite.) (Cutting glued in: The Liverpool Shooting. Death of Francis Sangster.) Friday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycle round Park past D.M. Home, breakfast. Worked all day on drawing of Kruger & Rhodes. Mite up in her room with bad cold. Orton in. Gave prescription for Mite & also for my ear. Hope it will do me good. M out in carriage. Mite dined 7.0pm, M & self at 9.0 after work. M annoyed Mite being up in her room. Bed 12.0. Had lotion dropped in ear. M very tired. (Red ink: Orton prescribed for my ear.) (Cuttings glue in: Death of Christine Agnew. Death of Richard Beavis.)
Saturday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & after breakfast got on at 10.0am with drawing of Kruger & Rhodes. Did not finish until 1.30pm. Gave up going to the motor cars. Put things away. Changed & left at 2.0 with M in carriage to go to Criterion Theatre. Got there as the curtain rose. Midge & Dora in box. Most charming play, 'Rosemary'. Wyndham & Mary Morris delightful. Saw Lady Monckton, Mrs Moore & Miss Young. Also Mrs Nemhard. Put M & Midge & Dora in carriage & walked to end of Park. Called & got fruit, lobster & cream. Home 6.15. Put Electric lights right. Mite did not go because she had bad cold. Heavy rain at 7.0pm. After M, Mite & self dined quietly together. Very good lobster. Quiet evening afterwards. Woke poor M up to drop in my ear. She went up to look at birds. Mite reading at 1.0am. Went to see matineé of 'Rosemary' Criterion Theatre. Very good.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Roger Eykyn. Obituary Roger Eykyn.) Sunday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & down. Went by Met Rly to Victoria. Lovely morning. By 11.0 train to Dover & over to Calais. Met a Mr Adler, very pleasant companion & a Venezuelan. On board came Clement Scott, his wife & a Mr Levilly, of the Prince of Wales's Theatre. Good passage. Lunch at Calais. Met Moulton coming back. Good passage. Mr Cass gave me carriage. Victoria 6.40. No cabs. Home by Met Rly. Mite gone to dinner at the Lindos. M & self dined. Electric light. M very tired. Mite back by carriage at 11.0. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Delightful run over to Calais. Met Mr Adler. M & self by ourselves to dinner.) Hamilton, Midge, Dora, Mervyn & Ethel H all detained to lunch. Bret Harte etc called. Monday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. M in bed. Did not go out. Sent off spats & also shirts. Also Otley to Bank for my tin box. The whole morning writing letters & putting things right & also after lunch. M out in carriage, no not M but Mite. Did not go out the entire day. Sorted papers from tin box & wrote Smith about Willis's Insurance & also Life & Accidental policies etc. Dined, M, Mite & self quietly by candles. Mite dancing in room Highland Fling etc after. Bed 11.30. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lady Gilbey. Obituary Lady Gilbey.) Tuesday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Did not go out. Dark foggy morning. Mite down late. Letter from Mr Blair. After wrote order for Stores. Took me an hour. Man from Shingleton did India Rubber on front door & lavatory. Put up 2 glasses bought at Mrs Brown's, corner of Stafford Terrace & Phillimore Gardens. Altered glass in end of Drawing Room. Broke. Photos etc. Lunch. After at 3.10 M & self went into City with carriage. Called at Evered's, Mudie's, & also to see new cycle at 44 Viaduct. Much pleased with it. Home at 5.30pm. Got lobster. Midge there. Many had called. Wrote cards etc. M better. Quiet dinner after, M, Mite & self. Bed after reading 12.0am. (Red ink: Went with M to Evered's & to see New Cycle Company.) Wednesday November 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out on cycle & round Park. Home. After squared prints etc etc. All morning putting things straight. Lunch. After left at 6.0pm &
walked up to Duke's statue. Took buss to Punch dinner. There 7.15. William Agnew, E.I.M (late) Phil M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, L.B. Good dinner. Lark & steak pie. After self suggested J.T's cartoon of Sultan Lim Liability Company. Got subject of Bismarck & G.O.M for self. Talk after. Bernard Partridge came in. Left with J.T to Isthmium & home after by omnibus. Read & to bed. Otley aranged about Mite's cycle ride tomorrow. (Red ink: Sir W Agnew's last Punch dinner before going abroad.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mrs Scott Siddons.) Thursday November 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out 8.35 with Mite for cycling & got to end of Row when Mite's treadle came off. Bother. Could not put it right. Mite had to walk home. Sent Otley back. After breakfast skemed subject Bismarck & G.O.M. Told Otley to come in at 11.15. Waited & finally went round & found that carriage was being got ready. Very much annoyed. Scurry. Sent for Stace at 12.30 & after photod Stace & Otley for drawing. Saw Mrs Walker next door. After lunch enlarged photos & got prints. M & Mite out. Store parcel & bottles came. M & Mite back 6.30pm. Got to work at 5.0 & put in a lot of the cartoon. Dined 8.15pm. Quiet evening & bed after rest 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Mr Eykyn. Nov 19.) Friday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Gloster Rd. Called F.C.B. Back & on to work all day on drawing of Bismarck & G.O.M. Got on. Began to shade 5.30pm. M & Mite out in carriage. Quiet dinner at 8.30pm. Rest after & bed. (Cutting glued in: Death of Katharine Lady Huntingtower.) Saturday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast work on cartoon G.O.M & Bismarck. Bothered with Bismarck's head. Only finished it at 1.30. Lunch. Dressed. Ellie Ritchie there. Mite & E.Ritchie went in carriage to Royalty, M & self in hansom after. M nervous. Saw delightful little play 'His Little Dodge'. Maud Jefferies A1. Fred Terry & Weedon Grossmith & Maltby. Out at 5.0. Sent M, Mite & E.R off. On to Garrick. Had tea. Wrote list of books. Home by buss. Bought cream. Dined quietly & bed after reading Harpers 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went with M, Mite & Ellie Ritchie to see 'His Little Dodge' Royalty Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Benjamin Richardson. Cremated. Born 1838.) Sunday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Breakfast. 7.45. Off in cart at 8.25. Annoyed with Otley for being late & not putting pouch on cycle. Off with cycle from Victoria 9.0am. 2 very good men in carriage, one going to Cairo. The other a lamp manufacturer. At Canterbury 10.25. Off. Took waistcoat off. Lost lamp glass & wire. Sarre 11.25. F.C.B's 12.45. Saw Mr & Mrs Banks. Ramsgate dull & foggy. Past Westwood & on thro' St Peters (1.15) to Fildes. There 1.35. Natrop & David Murray at lunch. A good welcome & lunch. There till 4.30. Punished by P. Margate Station 4.30. Waited for 5.12 train. Carriage crammed & a brute of a Publican next me. Spoilt journey home. Wooden headed man opposite reading by a candle. Victoria 7.15. Put coat in cloak room. Annoyed by glass of lamp dropping out. Had to walk. Home 8.0pm. Bath & dressed. Had been many callers. Dinner
M, Mite & self. Rest & bed after 11.30. (Red ink: Went to Canterbury & cycled across Thanet. Lunched with Fildes.) Monday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. A horrid miserable dark foggy morning. Had breakfast for 1st time by Electric light. After Spencer came in. After that Mervyn & Ethel. Maud having singing lessons. Wrote cheque for washing. Sent shirts etc off to Stores. After in afternoon rested etc. Dined quietly & in evening went to Mr & Mrs Medley's Silver Wedding at home at the Grafton Gallery. Saw Hunter, Dixey, Stern, Salou(?) etc. Slow wretched evening & glad to get away. 4 ugly American glee singers. Saw David Murray. Home on top of carriage box. Smoke & bed at 12.30pm. (Red ink: Went in evening to Silver Wedding reception of Mr & Mrs Medley at Grafton Gallery.) Tuesday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Foggy morning, did not go out. All morning writing letters & tidying up. M & Mite out. Rested after luncheon in chair, did not go out. M went off to Stores in morning. Took my dressing suit done up. All day writing orders etc clearing up things. Drew cheque for Kennedy & also Knightley. Mite went in carriage to dine at the MacQueens. Back 11.0pm. Bed after. Colder. Pretty Mabel Wallace lunched at 2.0pm & stayed for visitors. (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir C.Staveley. Nov 24 '96. Death of Herbert Barraud.) Wednesday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round Park & Bayswater home. Breakfast. Wrote letters etc in morning & saw man from Buckeridge about window. After inspected enlarging camera. Disappointed in length of focus. Wrote long letter. Lunch. After rested & M & Mite out 3.30. Fitted & marked spats. Dressed 5.15 & left at 5.50 & went by pirate bus to the Athenaeum. Wrote & sent cheque to Barkers & wrote again to Photography Dept of Stores. By buss to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, E.I.M (late) Phil M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, B.P (at 10.30). Long discussion. Tenniel got Tiger cut. Self nothing. Left at 11.0 & home by cab to Isthmium & buss. (Red ink: Got no subject for self at Punch dinner.) Thursday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & got cycle for Maud at 8.35. The Box Cycle Co. 1 st ride up Campden Hill & round Bayswater side of Park. Back 9.30. Mite thro' traffic. Breakfast. Waited about all morning to hear from F.C.B. Letter came about Jameson at 12.30pm. Man came from Buckeridge about cupboard. Also from Stores about silk tie. M drew cheque for 16/6 for it. Lunch. At 2.0pm went on cycle. Called F.C.B & on reverse way up Putney Hill & thro' Richmond Park & home by Putney over diagonal hill. Something wrong with cyclometer. Stuck at 92. Cycled 19 miles, home at 4.20. Gentleman from the Stores came & admitted enlarging apparatus wrong. Tried to enlarge by Electric light. M & Mite back 6.0pm. (Red ink: No subject. Cold east wind. Cycled round Richmond Park.) Friday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. x. Fine clear lovely morning. Looked at time. Cycled & left note at F.C.B's. Back. Breakfast. Tried to putty tap up. Could not. No letter from F.C.B up to 11.0am. Long pottering morning waiting. Letters & wires about
Jameson subject. Squared prints & put away things. Subject finally decided only at 3.30pm. Rested till after tea when got to work. Mite had her dinner 7.30, M & self 9.0pm. Got on all right. bed at 12.0pm. (Red ink: Began Jameson subject at 5.0pm. Great success after.) Saturday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & after hurried breakfast went on with drawing of Jameson & Dr Punch. Finished outline by 11.0 & shaded by 1.45. Sent it off. M & Mite off in carriage at 2.10 for Princess's Theatre. Dressed & followed in hansom. Box 23. Saw '2 Little Vagabonds'. Young Buckmaster in box. Not bad play. Out at 5.25 & walked thro' Soho. Curious fish stalls etc. Garrick Club tea. Wrote letters. Sent list of books. Home by buss. Pretty woman in corner. Young Kindermann told me about Fritz Jackson being ill. Bought fruit, cream etc. Home. Dinner. Punch Almanack arrived. Good work in it. Cold night. Bed at 11.30, M & Mite. M said 'Just had a barth!' (Red ink: Went to matinée of 2 Little Vagabonds.) Sunday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Good breakfast. After altered camera enlarging apparatus & wrote description. Also letters. Sent off by Otley. Cycle round at 12.30. Lunched at 12.45 & off at 1.5 in snuff suit on cycle. Met Spencer. Went to Uxbridge backed by east winds. Met Guthrie on Hillingdon Hill. Called Railway Inn. Saw 2 Marshalls. Chat of old times & on to Slough. Past Uxbridge Moor. Caught the 4.3pm train. Bitterly cold. Difficulty with ticket & cycles. Paddington 4.45. Lamp blew out twice. Home to tea. Miss Dickens's & Dora there. Fitted spats & after bath. Down & wrote letters etc. Langley called for Dora. Wrote cards & letters etc etc. At 8.0 Mr Howe & Miss Clifford dined. Good dinner. Miss Clifford tremendous talker. They left at 11.0. Read in chair till 1.15am. Bed. (Red ink: Bitterly cold. Cycled to Uxbridge & Slough. Mr Howe & Miss Clifford dined with us.) Monday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Woke with slight head. Down. Very cold. Men at 9.30 bought ladders for window. Mite in bed. Sent off spats. Wrote letters etc. Dressed at 12.0 & left & went up to Garrick Club & lunched. Sir Charles Hall came & at next to me & had lunch. Saw Lawrence Bradbury. After chat to Evans in Smoking Room & Marshall Hall. Walked to New Gallery. Met M. Saw Arts & Crafts Exhibition. After walked to Kensington. Got small lobster & home. Quiet dinner, M, Mite & self. Still very cold & miserable east wind. Quiet evening after & bed. (Red ink: Window begun in Drawing Room. Went to Garrick. Had lunch & after went to Arts & Crafts Exhibition with M.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edmund Spearman. 10 years old in 1872 when I used to see Spearman.) Dec 1896 Tuesday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle round Earls Court. Very cold. Back & put desk in order, sorting papers etc. Looked thro' letters & drawers etc etc. In afternoon Mite was selling at Bazaar with Mrs Pitt. Carriage went for her. M & self dined at Edgar & Sophie's, Grosvenor Street, at 8.0pm. Left at 7.20 & walked ½ way up Park. There exactly. Hamilton Langley also. Not bad dinner. Talk etc. Whilst in the weather completely changed & came on wet. Wet drive very home.
The carriage had fetched Mite from Mrs Pitt's. (Red ink: Dined at Edgar & Sophie's at Grosvenor Street. Change in the weather.) Wednesday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Not so cold. Wrote letters & put things away in the morning up to lunch time. After lunch M went off with Maud in carriage to leave her at Bazaar, Westminster Town Hall. After met me at St James's Theatre for 1 st performance of Alexander's 'As you Like it'. Orlando Alexander, Rosalind Miss Neilson. So so performance. Sat next Joachim, M next Lancasters. Left at 5.0 got carriage in pouring wet. Put down at Athenaeum. Tea. Saw Conrad Cooke. Out & by buss to Punch dinner. Lawrence B, Phil M, E.T.R, B.P (late 10.45) H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, E.I.M (late). Tenniel got cut of Caisse in Egypt. Self Curzon as Boy. Salisbury Skipper. Left with Tenniel at 11.0 & home by cab & buss. Read Westminster & to bed 1.0am. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée 1st performance of 'As you Like it' St James's Theatre. The weather turned warmer.) Thursday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wet morning but cycled round. Called F.C.B. Out into Fulham Road & round home. Breakfast. After wrote letters & skemed subject of Lord Salisbury & his boy George Curzon. At 12.0 photod Otley & a boy. Developed by lunch & after enlarged them. Rest after. Got to work at 4.30pm after rest & worked on till dinner 8.0pm. Phil May called at 8.50. Had a glass of port wine & we went on by cab together & called for Guthrie. Went on we three to St Martin's Hall & after did a St Swithun's Musical Smoking Soirée. F.C.B in the chair. Sir William Macfarren, Milliken, Arthur à B, Grossmith etc. Grossmith's A1 imitations of Irving & Tree. Also 'How to compose an Opera'. Rest rubbish. After all went on to Garrick Club. Supper. George G & son, F.C.B, Frank & Cuthbert B, Phil M, self, Sir W.M, Milliken. Gillie Farquhar called Mr Gilby Forker. Grossmith danced as Scotchman. Phil May gave me cigarette case. Left at 1.0am by cab with May. Bed at 1.45. Sat up. M a cold. Bad cold came on in afternoon & also M after I left at 9.0pm. (Red ink across page: Phil May called at 9.0. Went to St Swithun's Smoking Concert. F.C.B in chair. Silver cigarette case given by May.) Friday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out. Wet morning. Got on all day with drawing of Salisbury & his boy George Curzon. Worked up to 8.30pm. Dined. M had bad cold. Mite dined 7.30. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Edie Buckmaster to lunch or rather Sismey. Mite went to tea at Willie Buckmaster's rooms. (Red ink: Great gale at Brighton & south coast. Chain pier swept away & much damage.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Jane Brookfield. Obituary Jane Brookfield. Times Dec 3.) Saturday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out. Breakfast. At 9.15 got to work to finish drawing of Salisbury & his boy George Curzon. Roy back from Eton for short leave at 10.0. Finished 1.15pm. Lunch. Went up & dressed & off at 2.30. Left cheque & stalls at home. Ordered lobster. Saw Yohé in The Belle of Cairo. Lady with parrot from Biarritz (Mrs Parsons) in stalls. Walked back to end of Sloane St. Buss to Kensington. Bought fruit & cream. Home 6.0pm. Looked at books. Wrote letter & diary. Dinner 7.45pm. Roy left to go back to Eton at 9.0pm.
Wrote diary after dinner. (Red ink: Roy back for short leave. Went to matinée of The Belle of Cairo at Court Theatre.) Sunday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Down & in morning put many things & also looked over clothes etc. Dressed at 12.0 & left 12.45 for Athenaeum Club. Lovely morning. Quite hot. Saw man feeding sparrows. Curious sight. On to Club 1 st. Lunch there, good, 2/3. Matthews there. Smoke & read after. Wrote many letters. Left after looking at index of books - not much. Walked home. There 8.0pm. Dined 8.15, M, Mite & self. Mite dancing after. M had cold, went to bed at 10.0pm. Snooze till 12.15am when to bed. Hamilton Langley & Midge, Mervyn & Ethel Mervyn lunched. Col Welby called. (Cutting glued in. Obituary Sir Henry Edwards.) Monday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. x. Out on cycle round Earls Court. Saw Sir Martin Conway, Pepys Cockerell. Letter from Mr Ainger complaining of Roy being late back at Eton. Sent pyjamas back, spats & lens. Wrote letters etc. After skemed Index list on Drummers. Worked after lunch & up to dinner time. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Louis Falero. Death of Elizabeth Epps. Times Jan 1 '97. Obituary Luis Falero.) Tuesday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. No ride. After breakfast got on with drawing of Index. Lunch at 2.0. Rode cycle thro' Richmond Park right round, ¾ hr exactly. Back 4.30pm. many callers. Tea & rest. Work till 8.0pm after. Mite went to dine at the Wallace's & after to dance at Jacomb Hoods. Alice went to fetch her. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Quiet evening & bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Edmund Henderson. Obituary Sir Edmund Henderson.) Wednesday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not cycle. Wet morning. After got on with drawing for Index & worked all day. Felt livery & seedy very. Slight head, why or whyfore who knows. Rest after lunch. M out in carriage. Left at 6.15 & went by buss all the way to Bouverie St. Punch dinner. Lawrence B, Phil M (late) E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & E.I.M late. Good dinner. Got cut of Neptune & Powers. Long discussion. Very wet night. Tenniel left early on acct of his latch key being left at home. Left at 10.50 with Guthrie to walk. G told me had made from £500 profit to £1200 on Linatype shares. Got in buss. Drunken man with dog running. Most lovely woman got in at Circus & went on past Argyle Rd. Who was she? Home. Mite at Ball at Mrs Suttons. Alice went to fetch her. Bed at 1.0am. Emelie broke my little cigar china stand, been in use 20 years. Also glass of Electric light. Thursday December 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Cycled round & called F.C.B. Met Captain Abney & had chat. Millais' house put up to let. Breakfast. After wrote letters & then skemed subject of Neptune & Powers bidding for Supremacy of Sea. Sent Otley for Stace. He was in country. Used Otley instead. Camera sent home from Stores. Rest after lunch after developing photos. Also took M for hands drumming. Got to work 4.30pm up to 7.30. Drew in France & head. Dressed & off in carriage with M
& Mite to dine at the Moultons. Good dinner. Sat next pretty little girl, Miss Seymour. Amusing. Took the painting Miss Thomson in. Left 11.0 & home by carriage. Smoke & snooze till 12.15 or rather 1.0pm when to bed. Strange dream of Terrace burnt down opposite. (Red ink: Dined with M & Mite at the Fletcher Moultons.) Friday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wet, did not go out. Wrote a few letters & got to work at 10.15 on drawing of Neptune auctioneer & Nations bidding for Supremacy of the Sea. M not well. Went out in carriage at 1.30. Went on to work directly after lunch without rest & on till 8.30. Mite at the Lockwoods. Back at 6.0. Dined 8.30. Wrote letters after & also diary. Bed 11.30 after rest. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Louis Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt. Dec 14.) Saturday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast got to work on drawing of Neptune & Naval Powers. Did not finish till 1.45pm when lunched. M seedy & in bed all day, did not get up. Dora in to lunch & she & Maud went to the Comedy Theatre where I also went by cab at 3.0pm & we saw 'The White Elephant' by Carton. Very good. Part played by a caretaker. Out at 5.30. Saw old Phillips & wife with their equipage etc. On to Garrick. Drew cheque for Locker etc & after called at Camera Club. Got letter from Macdonald. Walked to buss & home. M still in bed. Quiet evening. Very good lot of books from Library. (Red ink: Went to Comedy Theatre to see 'The White Elephant'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of the Marquis de Montcalm. Dec 11.) Sunday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Walk round Campden Hill. Headache over eye. In morning got to Index. Decided not to redraw it, altered the old one. Worked on till 1.0pm when dressed. M down to luncheon. After walked on to the Camera Club & put plates right. After to Athenaeum. Wrote letters. Tea. Saw Dr Playfair. Left 7.0 & home by self almost in buss. Dressed & dined. Reed & Mr Howe & Midge had called. Poor M seedy after dinner & had to go up to bed again. Read most interesting book on Egypt in time of the Ptolomys. Cleopatra. Met Sir Frank & Lady Lockwood in the Park. (Cutting glued in: Death of John Boyes.) Monday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Wet dull morning did not go out. Got the camera enlarging apparatus & looked at it. Found it still was not long enough. Man from Buckeridge doing cupboard. After at 11.0 got to work & went on with Index. Worked on till lunch. Rest after. M down 1.0 very seedy. At work again 3.30pm & finished Index 6.30pm. Effie H came (Mrs Conrad.) Did tail piece after at 7.0 to 8.0pm. Dinner 8.15pm. Quiet evening. Read M 'The Days of William IV'. Bed 11.30pm. Sir Edward Lawson sent us three pheasants. (Red ink: Finished Index. Effie Conrad came to stay.) Tuesday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. M still in bed. In morning went on to work. Began Preface. Queens Elizabeth & Anne. At 2.0 went for cycle ride round Richmond
Park. Turned off by White Lodge & down by 4.30pm. Had hair cut & went on to work. Effie Herapath dined. Quiet evening & bed after. Wednesday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walked round Campden Hill. Breakfast. After to work all day on drawing of Preface. Got on. Outlined Queens etc. Effie left to go home in afternoon. At 6.10 left & up to top of Piccadilly by pirate buss. Walked to Punch dinner from there. Particularly good & cheery dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, E.I.M (late) E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Long talk. 2 cartoons made up & no trouble. Left with J.T & home by J.T's cab & buss from top of Piccadilly. Dance at Charley Burnand's. Mite went. Back at 1.15am. Had snooze in chair. (Red ink: Effie Conrad left for home.) Thursday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Very cold day. Bad cold in head & chest. After breakfast went on to finish Preface. Finished by 2.0pm & after rest did tail piece. Worked on to dinner time when finished. M, self & Maud dined together. Quiet evening & bed after. Mervyn in in afternoon. Photod him for drawing of Irish Landlord & Tenant. Very bitterly cold & raw in afternoon. (Red ink: Finished Preface & tail piece.) Friday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wretchedly cold & miserable day. Dull & dark. Roy back at noon. Photod Otley as Irishman. After used enlarging apparatus. Failure. Allowed ¼ hour exposure. Got a proof from direct printing. Letter from Mr Ainger which upset me very much about Roy. Very bad report. Worked on to dinner time. Dined M, self & Roy. Mite went to dine at Roger Wallace's, had delightful evening. Back 11.30pm. (Red ink: Roy back from Eton. Very much annoyed by letter from Mr Ainger complaining most seriously of Roy. Upset me. Very dark day. Used enlarging apparatus for ¾ hour exposure.) Saturday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After breakfast went on to work on cartoon & finished by 12.30pm. Put things away. After lunch went up to M's room & had rest. Looked over Times etc. M & Mite went to Miss Romer's wedding. Back. Roy about doing nothing as usual. At 6.0pm dressed & after dined at 6.30. Left in carriage with Mite for 1st night of Richard 3rd. Dry evening. Brilliant night, had 9.10 stalls front row. Saw many friends. Sir George Lewis, Dickens's, Lockwood, Millets etc etc. Went behind. Stayed till 1.15am. Back by hansom. Cold & bright. Bed 2.15am. Wonderful reception of Irving & Miss Ward. (Red ink: 1st night of revival of Richard 3rd. Took Mite. Behind on stage after & back by cab. Delightful evening. My gum over tooth set in inflamed.) Sunday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. x. Down slight headache. Read & after seriously talked to Roy. M & Mite went to church. Evelyn Coward in. Roy & Mite went out for walk after lunch. Walked up to the Camera Club. Put down for Studio. After on to the Athenaeum. Wrote letters. After home by buss. Dressed. Evelyn Coward, Guthrie & Mr Blair dined with us. Delightful evening. They stayed very late, till
12.30am. M talking to Guthrie. Gum boil hurt me. (Red ink: Evelyn Coward, Blair & Guthrie dined. Delightful evening. They stayed very late. Gum boil hurt me.) Monday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out. After got to work & skemed Vol 112. Decided to do Guns & Punch. Went on. Roy out to meet Mr Blair & to lunch with him. Worked till 7.15pm when dressed & went with Mite in carriage to dine at Col Welby's. Met a Captain Dash & two Miss Dash's. Pleasant dinner & talk after. Saw Maspero's Struggle of the Nations. Left in carriage at 11.0 & home. M had dined by herself. Roy had dined with Willie Buckmaster & they went to the Empire Theatre afterwards. Back 12.0. Bed at once. (Red ink: Mite & self went in carriage to dine at Colonel Welby's.) Tuesday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out. After got to work & finished drawing of Opening Vol 112 by 2.0pm after lunch. Then at 4.30 after rest commenced cartoon of Salisbury & Punch as Jester. Worked up till 8.30pm when dined. Callers, Mr Blair, Mrs Phillips & many others. Dined quietly, M, Mite, Roy & self. Quiet evening afterwards. Wrote Milliken after dinner, long letter. Ellie Ritchie to luncheon. Gum boil very painful. (Red ink: Gum boil exceedingly painful.) Wednesday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & after breakfast got to work to finish cartoon of Salisbury & Punch & Jester. Went on to luncheon time & after till 3.0 when sent it off. The boy never coming until that time tho' ordered at 1.0pm. At 4.30 Mr Wallis of Birmingham called on me about drawing & lecturing. Stayed till 5.15pm. After tidied up & put more shading on Curzon & Salisbury drawing. Spoilt it. Had to dress 6.15. Dinner 7.40. Roy & Maud went in cab to meet Mr Blair at the Criterion Theatre to see 'Rosemary' & M & self in carriage to Adelphi for 1 st night of 'Black Ey'd Susan'. Clement Scott & wife in box next the Duke of Fife & Princess. Lord Londesborough. Sat next Ledger. He disappeared. Also at end sat Mrs Hastings. Oh! Conny sent note in to M. Saw Phil May after. Left & walked up Bedford St to carriage & home. Mite & Roy back. Bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: M & self went to the première of 'Black Ey'd Susan'. Conny came to theatre.) Thursday December 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. White fog. Mite had a little brooch sent from Bill Weigall. Letter from Ainger. After M & Mite sending off letters. Up by self in room & took out & re-put in background of Curzon & Salisbury. Improved it very much. Roy went to meet Mr Blair at Bow Street. Lunch. After went for cycle ride to Richmond Park. The worst I ever rode. Roads awfully heavy & bumpy. Back thro' Putney & put cycle in stable. M still away. M back at 6.0, had been to Sophy's & to Fritz Jackson. Wire from Mr Powell had come in the morning had had it sent on to Edgar. Roy went with Mr Blair to the Pavilion after dining with him. Back early. A long busy day for M. (Red ink: Tedious cycle ride round Richmond Park.) (Cutting glued in: In loving memory Harry van Tromp.) Friday December 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. A lovely fine morning. Down. M & Mite to church. Wrote a card or so. After at 12.0 M, self, Roy & Mite & Evelyn Coward went for
walk up to top of the Row & back. Had only frock coat on. No overcoat. Coldish facing wind. Met Moscheles. Mr Blair met them ½ way. Lunch. Only we four together. After smoked cigar & left at 4.0 for Athenaeum. Spencer Hilda & Daggles in. Went by buss to Club. Looked at map of London. Wrote 3 or 4 letters. After left at 7.0 & home by pirate buss. No other busses. Old gent grumbled at paying 2d. Out at K church. Home. Dressed. Dined 8.0. Mr Blair & Evelyn Coward dined. Crackers etc. My gum hurt me very much. Mr B stayed till 12.50am, had to give him a hint to go. M awake when went to bed. Had very bad night. (Red ink: Most lovely Xmas day in weather. Quiet. Blair dined in evening. Stayed late. Gum boil hurt me.) Saturday December 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Pouring wet morning. Wanted M to walk with me. Could not. Left & went at 11.0 by buss to top of Picadilly. Called Camera C. At Garrick wrote many letters. Saw young Irving. Lunch at 1.45. Photod Miss G for 1 hr only. Talk to man in developing room. After to Garrick & had tea. Wrote list of books. Home by buss. Dressed. Dined 6.10pm & Roy & self went by cab to Drury Lane for 1st night of Pantomime of Aladdin. Long performance. Sat next to De Lacca. Same curious dull featured woman saw last year. George Holland. Left at 12.0 before transformation scene. To Garrick. Supper, marrow bones. Saw Toole & Routledge, Cook etc. Left at 1.10am & home by carriage. Bed 1.45am. (Red ink: Went with Roy in evening to 1st performance of Aladdin at Drury Lane. Pouring wet day all day.) Sunday December 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Decided in bath as lovely bright morning to go over to Calais. M & Mite went to church. Left at 10.5am & by buss to Hyde Park Corner & then on to Victoria. Down to Dover. Lovely morning. Lady de Grey went over. Curious girl with fiddle & wraps etc. Hilda Swan Berne. Delightful lunch. After saw Captain Blomfield. Introduced by young Gage to a Mr Freshfield. On board steamer saw Sir Wiliam Dolby & also a friend of his who knew Langham Reed. Back home comfortably. Cold in carriage. Home at 7.50. Dinner 8.4. Miss Rose Innes had called. Read book on Cuba after. Maud amusing. Bed 11.15. x. (Red ink: Delightful run across to Calais & back. Brilliantly fine day. Quiet dinner by self. Miss Rose Innes back.) Calais trips for year: Jany 19, 26. Feby 2, 12, 18, 23, 29. March 22. May 21. June 28. July 26. August 30 Roy & self. Nov 15. Dec 27. Monday December 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Heavy wet. Great contrast to yesterday. Invite from Lucas to shoot on the 11th Jany. M with letters etc. Dated photos etc etc all morning. Rest after lunch & looked over diary etc. M & Mite out. Mite at Miss Wallace's. Roy with his mother. Miss Rose Innes came at 7.45 & dined staying till 11.0. Looking well. Read The Century & to bed at 1.0am. Letter from Powell about Mrs Powell dying. Tuesday December 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. In morning being fine tried camera again. Mervyn came in & stayed to lunch. After Miss Rose Innes & Miss MacQueen called. Left at 4.0 & went on to call at Benjamin's by buss. Selected new cloth for shooting suit & great coat. Paid acct £3.14.0. Walked
down & called at Pallants & after met Sir Benjamin Baker. On to Athenaeum & wrote for passes to W.Birt & also to Forbes. Returned pass 111. Came back by omnibus & dined quietly at home, M, Mite, Roy & self. Game of Towns & Countries. Bed 11.30 after snooze. Wednesday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out for walk round Campden Hill with Tip. Back. In morning put slips in diary etc. After dressed before lunch & left at 2.30 with Roy & got into buss. Roy out for Jun'r Constitutional Club. Self on & called at Benjamins. Measured again. On to Athenaeum. Saw Stone's brother & Buckle of Times. Wrote letter to the Times on pirate buss. Looked over book on Frederick Walker's life. At 6.45 walked to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, E.I.M (late) P.M, H.W.L, A.G. No proprietors. Gave Xmas boxes, 10/s waiter, 10/s sergeant, 2/6 cabman. No subject for self. Left with J.T at 11.0 & home to Isthmium. Had to walk back to Circus to get a buss. Met Schmaltz in it. Home 11.45 & to bed 1.0am. Thursday December 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Down. Did not go out. Letter appeared in The Times about pirate buss. Roy & Maud to go to Englefield Green. Lovely mild morning. Sending pictures for Birmingham. Stuck obituaries etc in diary. Lunch. Roy & Maud went to the Cohens for a dance at the Raphaels. Rested after lunch. M out in carriage at 3.0pm. Read Proctor 'Myths of Astronomy'. Interesting. Religion of the Pyramids. Dated photos etc. Packed bags for Hamiltons. Dined 8.0pm, M & self by ourselves. Wrote letter to F.C.B after dinner & again read Proctor's book. M asleep on deck chair. Both went up to bed as the year 1897 broke. Bells ringing. (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Hamilton Fletcher, of a son. In loving memory of William Cremer. Letter to The Times, signed Linley Sambourne.) Notes on back pages of diary: The Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway Company, 4% Debenture Stock. Paid Feby 12th 1896 £111.0.0. nd 2 instalment 25 per cent due 1st July '96 75.0.0. 3rd 1st Jany '97 75.0.0. 4th 1st July '97 75.0.0 £ 336.0.0. Chinese Imperial Government 5% Gold Loan I.R Boyes Esq 31 Lombard St London E.C.
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Recollections of a Military Life. Gen'l Sir John Adye. Smith Elder & Co '95 Palmyra & Zenobia. W.Wright. J.Nelson & Sons, London, Edin & N.Y. (Red ink: Read at Tressady, Sepr 1896: Conventional Lies of our Civilisation. Max Nordan. Heinemann '95. Society of the Elizabethan Age, by Hubert Hall. Swan Sonnenschein, Paternoster Sq. Mars, by Percival Lowell. Longmans 1896.) (Cutting glued in: The death list of the year is unusually heavy........) Books read: Mrs Josephine Butler's Reminiscences of Contagious Diseases Act. Alfred by Tom Hughes. Casati’s Equatorial Africa. When William IV was King. Ashton. Lies & Liars. Lacland. Studies in Diplomacy. Benedick. The Egypt of the Ptolomies. Curious Creatures in Zoology. Ashton. Dodge's Hunting Grounds. Duc de Langren. Gaston Maugras 1895. Malady of the Century. Nordau. A Cuban Expedition. J.H.Bloomfield. Downey 1896. Memoirs of the Prince de Joinville. Heinemann '95.
1897 Store Ticket for 1897: 61664 Ferro type paper known as No 109. Erasmus Wilson's Hair Wash without oil. One gallon jar 25/9d. Letter sent 25 March 1897. Drug Dept. O.H.M.S. H de la Bere Esq, Royal Army Clothing Department, Grosvenor Road, London S.W Miss Marie Bowey, 75 Disraeli Road, Putney. The best. Age 19. Tall very pretty model. Hands & arms well formed. Thorough good figure. Miss Kitty Linnington. 17 Danvers St, Paulton Square, Chelsea. Age 17 Dark good looking model. Nice figure. Miss Daisy Jackson. 8 Tetworth Hill, Chelsea SW. Age 23. Dark. Tall. Good figure. Very graceful. Used to skirt dancing. also sister age 19. Auburn. Same address. Miss L Cooke. 2 Thanet St, Euston Road. Age 20 Tall. Fair. Good looking. Good figure. Also sister age 19. Tall. Fair. Slim. Miss A.Shaw. 20 Landseer Road, Holloway N. Pretty. Good hands. 96 Beaufort St, Elm Park Gardens S.W. Given by Mrs A.H.Morgan, Ivy House, Wimbourne Road, Poole, Dorset. Miss Duval, 8 or 18 Chasson Rd, West Kensington W. Kate Derben, Mrs Lawford, 10 Hawthorn St, Newcastle on Tyne. J.B.Cass, Burlington, 15 South Craxted Road, West Dulwich. Coals, London & NW Syndicate, 204 York Road, N. Stephen Glynn. Apollinaris Co, 4 Stratford Place, W. Dillon, Mrs. 51 St David's Road, Southran. Athenaeum Club. Secy Hugh N.Sedden. Loxton Hunter Esq, Little Queen Street Mansions, W.C. Annie M Coates, Clonalton, Strandtown, Belfast. A à Beckett, 6 Clarence Lawn, Dover. Barkentin & Knoll, 291-289 Regent St. Emerson Bainbridge MP, Achnashellack Forest, Rosshire. R.Dalgleish Esq, 25 Dundonald Rd, Kelvinside, Glasgow. The Apollinaris Compy, 4 Stratford Place, Oxford St, W. J Maund Esq, new Secy. Collas, H.M. Author's Syndicate. Guthrie's doctor: Stanley Boyd Esq, H.R.C.S. Harley St W. Green, S. Queen's Buildings, High St, Chat. c/o Mrs Hallowes, 9 Medburn or Wedburn St, Kings Road, Chelsea. Fletcher, 60 Frederick St, Grays Inn Lane. Grego, 23 Granville Square.
Henry William Henderson, for Book Plate. Hickman, Sir Alfred, Wightwick, Wolverhampton. Loxton Hunter Esq, Little Queen St Mansions W.C. Fletcher.(illeg) Schooner Yacht 'Aventurière'. Leslie Griffin. 5 Park Crescent Mews, Portland Place, W. Kennedy Hughes & Kennedy's new firm is Kennedy Hughes & Ponsonby, 1 Clements Inn, Strand, London W.C. Lillian Rope. E.Lofthouse, 47 Colfe Road, Forest Hill, S.E. Keddie's Hotel, Kelso. James Ismay Esq, 10 Water Street, Liverpool. Josephs Linotype Compy. J.Lawrence, 188 Fleet St EC. L.Jessop, Holly Lodge, Forest Road, Walthamstow, Essex. A.Main, 141 Lancaster Road, Bayswater W. Oakes' cigars. H.B.Rust, Oakes & Co, 46 New Broad St E.C. Gymkana. Annie Price, 22. 2 Gordon Road, Fulham. Knows several models. John Penn, Archerfield, Drem, N.B. A Pallant, Simpson Lever Chain Co. 119 Regent St, W. Willis, Rob't. James John. 8 Kings Bench Walk, Temple, E.C. 24 Croftdown Road, Highgate Road, N.W. West Middlesex Water Works: F.H.Wyboro Esq, 19 Marylebone Rd, N.W. Clara Wilding. Model by Miss Rose. Wicks. Halfpenny Lodge, Hersham, Walton on Thames. Telegraph: Wicks, Hersham. Major C.C.Welman, 9 Glendower Place, South Kensington, S.W. Guntar Wilhelm Wolff, Cloanaig, White House, Greenock. Telegrams: Cloanaig, Skipness. Roger Wallace. Wester Aberchalder, Gorthleck, Inverness N.B. along the Caledonian Canal to Inverfarigaig Pier. 18 miles from Inverness. Managing Director Westley Richards, John Deeley Esq. Great Northern Rly, King's X. Great North of Scotland Railway, W Aloggate Esq, Secy & General Managers Office, Aberdeen. Caledonian Railway Company, James Thompson Esq, Manager & Secy's Off. 302 Buchanan Street, Glasgow. The Highland Railway Company, Andrew Dougall Esquire, Gen Man Off, William Gowenlock Esq, Secy, Inverness. The North British Railway Company,
D.Deuchars Esq, Off of Superintendant of the Line, Edinboro. also John Conacher Esq, Head Office, Edinboro. London Chatham & Dover, Mr William Forbes, Traffic Man. Mr Morgan, Secy. L & N.W. Frederick Harrison Esq. Genl Managers Off. Great Eastern. W. Birt Esq, Liverpool St. L.B & S.C Railway. Sir Allen Sarles. George Wright, Superintendant, Victoria. Jan 1897 Friday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Wet morning. S.W wind. Did not go out. New Year's Honours. W.Birt & Campbell Clarke knighted. Waiting about for subject. M writing to Midge. Maud & Roy at the Cohens. Waited until 12.30 until subject came from F.C.B. Then no good. Sat down & skemed one & sent it to F.C.B. Boy back at 2.0. Mervyn & Ethel in to lunch. Very much pressed for time. At 1.45 photod Otley in blue coat for Hicks Beach. Lunch. Developed them & dried them & after printed bromide photos from them all by 4.15pm. Tea & to work hard. Roy & Maud back at 5.0pm. Their boxes sent back 3/s. Dined 8.30. Very tired & done up. After Mite singing. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Bother about getting subject.) Saturday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 after snooze. Tired. Dense fog. Down to breakfast by electric light. Made up mind not to go to Midge's today. Wired to them & Benjamin. Went on at 9.30am with work & finished at 1.45pm. Lunch. Roy went off to the Royalty Theatre to see 'His Little Dodge'. Self left by carriage at 2.45 & went up to Benjamins & had my things tried on. Very civil. Out at 4.0 & walked on to Royalty Theatre. Very much amused for 2nd time with play. Pretty Miss Ellis Jeffries. Out & walked to Private View of Lord Leighton's pictures. Saw Blackburn, Hunter, Walter Severn, Miss Earle, Mrs Jopling & many others. Saw many old friends in the Pictures. Also Fann the blind author, Fagans etc. Out at 5.50 & walked home all the way. Bought lobster etc fruit at Hudsons. Home 7.0. M swollen face with tooth. Dressed. Wrote diary. Dinner all together. After beat Roy 3 games at backgammon. Read book on The Commune & to bed. (Red ink: Went to Royalty Theatre & also to the Private View of the Royal Academy with Roy.) Sunday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.40am. Breakfast. Better day. Mite at church. Tidied in morning & put things straight, finished packing. Lunch at 1.30. Sophy, Sprite & Edgar came in. Edgar talking to M about property. Left in hansom at 2.30 to catch the 3.40pm train at Liverpool Street for Ardleigh. Met Ethel Herapath at the station with maid. Comfortable journey down. Words with young deputy Station Master. After drove to Great Bromley Lodge. Pleasant house etc. H & Midge, Dora. Good billiard room. Dinner 2 bottles of Champagne. After beaten in two hundreds up by H badly. Bed at 12.0. Read Commune. M tucked up in bed. (Red
ink: M & self went down by G.E.R to Great Bromley Lodge to visit Ham & Midge.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mrs Souter.) Monday January 4 Great Bromley Lodge, Colchester. Up at 8.30. Dressed for shooting. Left at 10.0 & drove about 1½ miles. Met a Mr Unwin & Hamilton, Unwin & self shot all day at driven partridges. Very cold. Lunch in barn. Left off at 4.0pm. Got 3 partridge & 1 pheasant. Home. Changed & wrote letters. Dinner. After played fives & one game of billiards. Bed 11.30pm. At 7.0pm M told me of wire sent to give news of Mrs Furrell's death. My birthday not remembered until 5.0pm, until I came in from shooting. (Red ink: Mrs Furrell died. Day's partridge drive with Langley & Mr Unwin.) (Cuttings glued in: Mr Hugh Thomson & Mr Phil May elected members of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water colours. In Memoriam Charles Keene, James Vernham.) Tuesday January 5 Great Bromley Lodge, Colchester. Up at 8.30. Decided not to go with H to Ardleigh & on to Colchester on acct of the miserable wet morning. Poured all day. H off at 9.5 with young horse. After sat & read book on Commune all the morning, felt heavily sleepy. After poor lunch went for walk, M coming too at 2.45pm. Walked M sharp to Ardleigh. Into village. Posted letters. Back by 5.0. Tea. Read. Dressed. Had poor dinner. Smoke & read after. M upset all day about her sister's death. Bed at 11.15pm. Put lights out. M cried in the morning. (Red ink: Heavy rain nearly all day. Walked to Ardleigh & back.) Wednesday January 6 Great Bromley Lodge, Colchester. Up at 8.30am. M stayed in bed. Breakfast. After read. Cat followed me at 11.0 having packed. Drove in landau with Midge, Ethel H & Dora to Colchester. Lovely sunny morning. There noon. Drove to station & left bag. On to town. Goodbye to them. After called curiosity shop etc. Wired to Edgar & Otley. Lunched at Inn. Poor lunch. After strolled to station & bought on the way a leather waistcoat 17/s. Caught the 2.4pm train & at Liverpool St 3.15 exactly. Drove home. Roy & Maud waiting. Tea & wrote & then to Punch dinner by buss. Called Lincoln & Bennett's. Roy & Maud went to dine with Miss Rose Innes. Punctually at Punch dinner. Went up stairs. Lehmann back. Phil A, E.I.M (late) H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Very long time in making up J.T's cut. Till 10.40 before got Indian Famine one. Self got Chamberlain & Orchids grudgingly. Left with Tenniel & on to Isthmium. Walked back & home by buss. Roy & Maud back. (Red ink: Lunched at Colchester.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Jane Gordon Cumming.) Thursday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Slight head. Skemed subject of Chamberlain & Orchid after writing letters. Photod Otley & Roy at 11.45 & 1.15pm. No enlarging apparatus home. Annoyed. Developed prints & put to dry at 2.0. Then to print in Platinotype. One plate run. At 2.40 up in carriage by self to Benjamins for final try on of clothes etc. Very dark & dull. Straight home by 4.45pm & on with work. Called for cartridges. Mite dined early & went to see the Dickens' for a play & dance. Roy went by himself for 2nd time to see 'His Little Dodge'. Conrad did not go & also Farquhar could not go. Miss Jeffries did not play. Stayed up for Roy &
Maud until 1.45pm. Read Rodney Stone all through after dinner. Bed at 2.0am. Tired. (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Bosanquet.) Friday January 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 very tired. Got on with work after writing letters. No letter to alter cut from F.C.B. Worked on. Lunch. Mite went to the Joachims, Roy on to call on Con. Pouring wet day all day. Dined Mite & self together. Roy had dinner earlier & went up to Prince of Wales's Theatre to see 'The White Silk Dress'. Read paper from Century on the Pyramids. Roy not back till 12.45. Slept in chair & up to bed tired at 1.0am. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Robert Jalland. Death of James Bibby.) Saturday January 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Bath. Very dark. Lights for breakfast. After at 9.30 went on to work with Chamberlain in Orchid House. Pouring wet all day. Finished 1.30pm. Evelyn Coward in to lunch & Mite. She & Roy went off at 2.0pm in the carriage to go to the Adelphi. Tidied up & followed at 3.15. Put on new great coat for 1st time. Walked to get lobster. Could not. Cab from De Vere Gardens to Adelphi. Poured with rain. Saw Black Ey'd Susan for the 2 nd time. Tenniel in Box 12. Out 5.0 & walked up to the Garrick with Roy sending the girls home in a cab. Tea at Club. Saw Beetle, Maude, Mr Bangs etc. After went to Athenaeum Club. Bogus letter. Paid subscription. Roy & self walked thro' Jermyn St. Bought sausages, lobster etc. Pirate buss to Kensington. Bought fruit etc. Sent Otley for stamps & liqueur. Mite dressing to go to the Levy's. Roy & self dined together at 8.0pm. Roy left at 10.0 & walked to Levy's. Dozed in chair till 11.15pm when to bed. (Red ink: Went to see Black Ey'd Susan for 2nd time. Sir J.Tenniel in box.) Sunday January 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.40am. Down 9.15am. Breakfast. Very dark. Mite went to church. Put things away & left all tidy. Wrote letters etc etc. Roy very tired & chippy. Sitting in chair. Evelyn Coward in. Much bothered with having lost my brown pocket book with Roy's pass in it. Looked everywhere. Packed & off with Roy in cart at 2.30pm. Called Athenaeum & Garrick for pocket book. Heavy rain came on. Got very wet in cart. Roy saw me off & left. One other gent in carriage who kindly told me of Easton Park belonging to the Duke of Hamilton. Out at Ardleigh. Trap there & on to Great Bromley Lodge. Hamilton rather dull. Long talk to M & Midge about Edgar & late death of Annie Hewlings H. Dressed. Found to dismay had left my studs & handkerchief in town. Made M's do. Good dinner, 2 bottles of Champagne. No billiards. Talk & bed 11.15. Slept well. (Red ink: Very wet in afternoon. Went down for 2nd time to Ardleigh.) Monday January 11 Great Bromley Lodge.Up at 8.30. Breakfast 9.0am. Dull damp morning. After put cartridges in magazine & packed bags. Left Hamilton L writing, went for walk with M. Met Mr Graham, clergyman. M picking brown leaves etc. Midge & collie. Lunch. Dora & Ethel H had gone off on cycles. Left at 3.40 & drove to Ardleigh with M & Midge. Caught train changing at Ipswich & on to Market Wickham. Met Mr Hardy on the platform. Drove on by trap to Easton Park. Most lovely house & hall with old weapons. Tea. Wrote letters. Dressed. Still no studs. Dinner. Took Miss Hardy in. Talk of Petersburg & Stockholm. House party Mr Wingfield, Mr Mrs
& Miss Hardy, Mr & Mrs Duff, Captain Kennedy, Mr Walsh with dog, Mr & Mrs Lucas. Delightful dinner. Lovely drawing room & pictures. Roulette. Lost 13/s & 3/6 at pool after. Bed at 12.15am. Looked at prints in room. Woke 2.20am but on whole slept well & warmly. Curious gun joined us, Squire Austin. Tall dark man. (Sketch of clothes.) (Red ink: Arrived at Easton Park in time for dinner.) Tuesday January 12 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.20. Dressed. New shooting suit on & leather w. Breakfast. After off by 9. 45 to shoot. Guns Lucas, Walsh, Captain Kennedy, self, Mr Hardy, Mr Duff & Squire Austin (see overleaf). Large cover. Large shoot before lunch. Trouble to avoid shooting hen pheasants. Boy in glasses carried cartridges. A hass. Lunch in tent. Ladies joined us. Everything hot. After again cover shoot, finishing up with driven partridges. Got 3. Left off with fireworks from guns & drove home. Tea. From 5.15 to 8.0pm dressed, bath, & the whole time writing letters & diary etc, nearly 3 hours. Emma had sent 6 shirts in a box. Why? Went into the Dining Drawing Rooms. Took Mrs Lucas in to dinner. Claret. After at roulette won & also divided a pool. All back but 5/s. Bed 12.15. Read till 1.15am. Sleep. Good night. Parham Wood Shoot. 70 pheasants. 12 parts, 24 hares, 156 rabbits, 1 woodcock, 2 various. 256 total. (Red ink: First day's shoot at Easton Park.) (Cutting glued in: Silver Wedding John Donaldson to Frances Thorneycroft.) Wednesday January 13 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.15. Dressed in brown suit. Breakfast. Changed waistcoats & off by 9.50am. Guns Captain Kennedy, Mr Walsh, Mr Hardy, Mr Lucas, Mr Duff, Mr S.Mocatta walked. Had some good shooting in morning & got many cock pheasants. Mocatta with me. Lunch in cottage. Cap'n Kennedy left at 3.0pm. Many partridges driven. Got only 3 birds, one a frenchman. Bird in tree. Guns blazing at it. Cold. Last drive. Walked back with Mocatta & round house. After wrote cards & letters up to 6.0pm. Bath & packed leisurely. Complimented on drawing of Chamberlain in Orchid House. Dressed leisurely & dined 8.0pm. Sat next Lucas. Asked to have wine warmed. After won 1/6 at roulette & lost 6d at pool. Bed 11.45. Finished packing. Kettleburgh. 30 pheasants, 58 partridges, 19 hens, 29 rabbits, 2 various. 138 total. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot Easton Park.) Thursday January 14 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 7.15am. Breakfast 7.55. Away in break at 8.25. Mr & Mrs Lucas, Mr Mocatta, Hardy & self went up to town. Saw party at station. Carriage to self to Colchester, after in to Lucas's carriage. Town at 11.37, 7 minutes late. Dog cart there. X'd over & saw Roy. Gave him my cloak. Drove. Called Camera Club. Put down Studio. Turned back & called Garrick & C.C again. Home at 1.15. Mite well. Lunch. Snooze in chair in afternoon. After set to work & skemed subject of Britannia, Columbia & Arbitration. Worked till 8.30pm when dressed & dined, Mite & self. Mite went up to bed at 10.30 whilst self in snooze. (Red ink: Came home from Wickham Mkt. Roy went to Great Bromley Lodge. JOHN SINGER SARGENT, ALFRED PARSONS & J.J.SHANNON ELECTED.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Agostino Gatti. Thursday Jan 14. In loving memory of Agostino Gatti. 1899.)
Friday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. Got on with drawing of Britannia & Columbia & Arbitration. After at 12.30 changed. Lunch at 12.45. At 1.0 dog cart. Drove Leicester Square. Study from Miss E Lofthouse. Poor model. Away & home by 3.50. Tea. Worked from 4.30pm till 10.0pm when dined. Mite left 8.30 for the Rivière's dance. Snooze in chair till 1.15am when to bed. Tooth troublesome again. (Cuttings glued in: In loving memory of Vera Percival. Death of Sir Travers Twiss. Obituary Sir Travers Twiss. Obituary coincidence: The Bishop of St David's & Sir Travers Twiss died the same day.) Saturday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Worked ½ an hour before breakfast. After from 9.30 to 1.30, when finished cartoon, 2½ hrs shading only. Lunch. In afternoon tidied up & went into Photo house. Developed about a doz photos, Miss Green etc etc. Mite went to the Cowards, Otley slipped away in 2 seconds. Very much annoyed, had to send one of the maids for fruit etc. Mite & self dined quietly. Read after. Very cold at night. Bed tired 11.15. Tooth very troublesome again. Sunday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & undetermined what to do. Being heavy snow decided not to go anywhere. In morning looked over Illustrated papers. Mite at church. Lunch. After walked up to the Athenaeum Club. Cigar lasted strolling till top of Piccadilly. Wrote letters. There from 3.15 to 7.10pm. Back by buss. Miss Rose Innes & one or two others had called. Quiet dinner dear Mite & self. Very cold after. Horrid. Went to bed to get warm. My tooth troubled me again very much. (Cutting glued in: Death of John Beck.) Monday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Very cold. Walk round Campden Hill. After mended sword, wooden etc etc. Mite went to lunch at Mrs Barker's. After decided to go to Garrick to lunch. Put photo hut in order etc etc. By buss to top of Piccadilly. Garrick at 2.0pm. Lunch. After talk to Wicks etc etc called National Portrait Gallery. Closed. After to Athenaeum. Wrote letters. Saw Conrad Cooke. After played game of billiards. Stranger & self against Princep & Ouless. Won by 8 points. Up & read History of Suffolk. Back by buss. Good dinner Mite & self. Tooth bothered me very much. Nearly took it out. Glad I did not. Bed 12.0am. Very cold at night. (Red ink: Tooth troublesome.) Tuesday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. No letter from M. Tooth better. Walk round Campden Hill. After in morning developed a few photos etc. Decided not to go to meet M in cart. Too cold. Sent Otley at 1.15. A Mr Callender called & bored me by reading verses etc. After Miss Lockyer & Evelyn called. Read & rested. Blues. M back & Roy at 3.0pm in hansom. Looking well. A very great many callers. Squared all prints etc. All tidy. Dined 7.0pm. Roy & self went in carriage to the Lyric Theatre & saw 'The Sign of the Cross' for 2nd time. Woman in stalls fainted. No, in the pit. Out & home by cab by 11.30. Bed at once. x very good. (Red ink: Very wet. Roy & self went to the Lyric Theatre.) Wednesday January 20
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walked round Campden Hill. After wrote letters etc. Dressed at 1.0pm to go out. Lunch. Roy going to Club. Left after early tea & walked up to Alfred Webb Miles & was measured for trowsers. Called at Westley Richards & also in Oxford St to see Eagle Stove. At Garrick wrote Barker's & Co etc & addressed letter to Gilby etc. On to Punch dinner. Very cold. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, E.I.M (late) P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Frank left at 10.30 seedy. Long time getting cartoon. After got Salisbury going to Khartoum on Camel for self. Long talk with Lucy & E.I.M about the method of F.C.B's carrying on Punch. Left 11.30 with J.T in cab. Home by buss. Met young Kindermann. Roy & Maud back at 1.0 exactly from dance at the Anderson Critchetts. Thursday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After Roy & Mite down. In morning wrote many letters & after skemed subject of Salisbury on Camel going to Khartoum. M out in carriage to Harrods. Roy at Club. Thoughts of going up to see for Camel. Did not. Worked. Dined 7.30. At 9.0 Roy left for Eton. Gave him £5, M 10/s. Snooze after. At 10.30 went in carriage with Mite to the De la Rue's dance. Good. Rooms hot. Took Mrs Wedderburn in to supper. After Miss Pollock. Saw Dunlop looking unaltered after 24 years. Left 12.50 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Went with Mite to the De la Rue's dance. Roy went back to Eton.) Friday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Tired. In morning at 10.0 photod Otley on stool for Salisbury & Camel. Bright sun. After came on to snow & very cold. Got on with drawing. Got print by 2.0pm. Rest & snooze after lunch, M opposite on chair. Worked from 4.0pm to 9.0 right off when dined by self. M & Mite went at 6.0 in carriage to Charing X Hotel to dine with Mr Carlisle & went after with Mr C & Mr Watts to see The Circus Girl. Sat in chair close to fire. They got back by cab at 12.15am. M misplaced her latch key. Went up to bed at once. Saturday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.35am. Did not go out. Cold & snow on the ground. At work 9.45 to 1.15pm & finished drawing of Salisbury on Camel. Lunch. Heavy fall of snow. Decided not to go to the Terry's Theatre. Sat in Dining Room & waited for books. Snooze. Bothered with tooth. M had lost her latch key in Drawing Room. Did not go out all day. After wrote diary etc & dined quietly, M, Mite & self, & bed at 11.30. Quiet evening. Sunday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Breakfast. Decided to go to Calais. Left at 10.15 & on by buss to Hyde Park Corner & on to Victoria. Ran to catch buss. Saw Mrs Henry Levy & son at Victoria also M & Madame Le Beg. After leaving Dover at 1.10 ran into blizzard of snow. Nervous. Got to Calais all right. Good lunch. Box of cigars. Snow balling going on between the French & English sailors etc. ¾ hr late in starting. Colonel Fitz George & a gent introduced to by Mr Churchward. Back in carriage with friend of Langham Reed's. Home by cab at 8.40. Dined at once. Bed after at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went to Calais. Blizzard of snow.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Joseph Chamberlain.)
Monday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After writing etc took M for walk up Row & put her in buss at Hyde Park Corner. Walked on to Athenaeum & lunched & after read 'The Maker of Moons' etc. Talk with Lockyer. Out & went to A.W.Miles & had trowsers fitted on at 6.0pm. On to Garrick & dress. At Bristol by 6.50. Waited for carriage. Dinner of 16, Miss R.I. Prof Dewar, Mrs S, Mr Kelly, Bret Harte, Mrs Dewar, Mr R.I, Mrs Ingle Joyce, Mr Gilmer, Mite, Mr Orlebar, Miss R.I, Vicompte de Martel (Gyp) Madame XYZ Potza. Good dinner. Saw Lockett Agnew & wife. Came in to dinner. With Dewar to Gaiety. All saw The Circus Girl. Poor I thought. After got carriage & home with M, Mite home with Miss R.I. (Red ink: Dined with Miss Rose Innes at the Bristol. Went to see The Circus Girl.) Tuesday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. Little girl with beautiful legs. Breakfast. After lovely morning walked with M up the Park at 11.30. Saw house in Grosvenor St, Lady De la Warre's, burnt out last night. M saw Eagle stove & home by buss. On to Garrick. Lunch with Evans & Gillie F. After long talk to Col Jones & then on to the Athenaeum. Looked at books etc. Out & home by buss. Dined & after at 10.30 took Maud to the Mocatta's dance. Saw Mrs & Miss Clifford, Mrs De la Rue, C.Burnand & many others. Left with Mite at 1.0am & home. Very cold & raw. M had Drawing Room. Great no of callers. (Red ink: Took Mite to the Mocatta's dance. Very cold.) Wedneday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Walk round Campden Hill. After in morning printed a great many photographs up to 1.0pm. Lunch. Rest after. Mite went Miss Rose Innes. At 5.45 walked up to the Garrick & on by buss to Punch dinner. Burnand not there. A à B, J.T, self, P.A, R.L, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. No Milliken or May. After discussion got 2 cuts. J.T.Warren Hastings, self Bear Cub. Cold. Partridge came at 10.45. Left at 11.0pm with Tenniel & home by cab from Isthmium. Changed coat & went on to Colin Huner's at home. Saw Parsons, Dr Farquharson, Fildes’s etc, Princeps. Left in ¼ hr. Mite away with Winnie Lockyer to Miss Rose Innes to dine at the Bristol & went to The Geisha after & supper at the Savoy. Home at 1.30am. (Red ink: Colin Hunter's at home. Mite at The Geisha.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Hannah Bourne.) Thursday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Cold. Snow. Walk round Campden Hill. After in morning wrote a few letters & then skemed subject of Bears etc. At 12.15 a boy came & stood for Balfour. Spencer in to lunch. Intended to cycle to Zoo. Turned back. Took cab to Zoo, 2/s. Looked at bears, lions, camels etc etc. Out & walked home. Mite in as I came in. Letter from Mr Smith. 3 pheasants sent from John Penn. Mite dined at the Enthovens. M & self quiet dinner by selves. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went to the Zoo & walked back. Mite dined at the Enthovens.) Friday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After got on all day with drawing of Bear Cubs & Arthur Balfour. Mite went to Cambridge with Miss Rose Innes & M de Martel. At 7.30 dressed & went in next door to dine with Mr & Mrs
Walkes. Curious being in house. Fair dinner. Mrs Walkes, self, Mrs Ian Robertson, Mr Hurst, Mrs Ben Webster, Mr Heilbut, Lady Monckton, Mr Walkes, Mrs Sambourne, Mr Ian Robertson, Mrs Heilbut, Sir Douglas Straight. Took Mrs Ian Robertson in. Ugly & a bore. A daughter of Joe Knight. Asked to call. Left 12.0am & home to bed. Mite back. (Red ink: Dined with the Walkes' next door. Bored with Mrs Ian Robertson.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Robert Phayre. Obituary Sir Robert Phayre.) Saturday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Letter from F.C.B with note from Mr Burdett about Camel drawing. After got on with drawing of Bear Cubs & Balfour. Finished 1.45. Lunch. After at 3.0 went by buss to Athenaeum Club. Wrote many letters. Sent Roy £1.10.0. Tea. Left 6.45 & home by buss. There 7.40. Moody there. Dinner of 8 at home. All left by 11.30pm. Snooze in chair till 2.30am. M coughing. (Red ink: Home dinner of 8 to Miss Rose Innes and the Vicomte de Martel.) Mite designed menus. (Plan of seating) Miss Rose Innes, self, Mrs Geiger, Vicomte de Martel, M, Mr Routh, Mite, Mr Jacomb Hood. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Spencer Wells. Cremation of Sir Spencer Wells.) Sunday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Dull dark coldish morning. Thought unfit for Calais. Breakfast. After dated all back blue photos. Dressed & at 1.0 walked up Row just behind Rollit & Duchess of Sutherland. On to Club & lunched. Cold beef 9d. Smoke by self after. Wrote letters after reading Revenge by Robert Barr. Then walked home. Hot. Mrs Ian Robertson & Arthur Severn had called. Mr Carlisle etc. Quiet dinner. Mite mimicing. Bed after rest at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Horrid dark dull day. Walked to Athenaeum and back.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir Spencer Wells. ) Feb 1897 Monday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Wet. Walked round Campden Hill. M in bed. In morning developed 1 doz photos Miss E.L. After at 12.30 Hamilton & Midge came. Lunch. They went to look for houses. Read book on Gypsy Britons. Tea. Mite out in carriage. Letter from Stephen Glynn. Long talk about affairs before dinner. Dined quietly. Talk to H after. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Hamilton Langley & Midge came to stay.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Joseph Rumford.) Tuesday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Frightfully foggy. Dark & wet. After breakfast decided to go to Calais. Started in cart at 10.20. H & Midge waiting for cab. Forgot to send one up. Down to Dover with Cook's interpreter & a Mr E.Ellis, an Hon Evelyn Ellis. Talk of Jamaica etc etc. Pleasant. Raining at Dover. Good passage. Very pretty girl about 14 like Sylvia D.M. B legs. Enjoying passage. Good lunch & after back by Lord Warden. Charles Russell & friend came over. Up to town with young man like Mr Palmer. Home 7.55. Dressed & dined. Long talk with H after dinner. Bed 11.15 after snooze. Coals came from Stores. (Red ink: Dark as pitch in London in morning. Went over to Calais & back. Delightful day.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Lady Drinkwater.)
Wednesday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Black as pitch at breakfast time. Walk round Campden Hill. After breakfast went with H up to look at house 6 Aubrey Rd. Turned out to be Mrs Street's. Back. Mite out with Evelyn Coward. M to go out in carriage. Back. Worked. Put things in order. Developed some plates & after in afternoon went up by buss to Cordings. Tried on coat & after to Athenaeum. Walk on to Punch dinner. Phil A, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B. No Milliken. Tenniel & self left, had very long talk with him. Home in cab & buss from Isthmium. (Red ink: Crowdy's failure.) (Cutting glued in: Bankruptcy of James Crowdy. Thurs 4 Feby.) Thursday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After breakfast photod Hamilton Langley in chair at 9.45, Otley at 12.15. Could not get guardsman's coat. Finer morning. Rest & after outlined drawing. Dined 7.15 & all went, M, Midge, H & self to Palace Theatre. Capital performance. Dutch Daly Good Dogs had seen before. Poses by Mademoiselle Fontenoy fine girl. Wet at night & pouring all evening. H & self home by cab. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: H, Midge, M & self went to Palace Theatre.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Henry Edwards. Obituary Sir Henry Edwards. In memoriam John Dicks.) Friday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Pouring wet morning. Walk round Campden Hill. Persuaded Midge not to go home. H went off to look at houses. After got to work & got on with drawing of Guardsman on Rock of Gibralter & Apes. Worked till 8.30. Dined. Hamilton & Midge dined at Italian Restaurant & went to see 'Betsey'. At 9.30 went up by buss. Saw last act of Betsey. After to reception to Nansen at Royal Society's Club. Introduced & shook hands with him. Met Arthur Severn. Out. To Athenaeum. Saw Ouless. Tried to find about apes on Rock. No Baedeker. (illeg). Out & home by buss. (Red ink: Pouring wet day all day.) (Cutting glued in: Palmer's Index to 'The Times'.) Saturday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Langleys left at 10.0am. Went on to work. Finished 1.45pm Rock of Gibralter. M & Mite went off to see Eiderdown Quilt at Terry's. Miss Spencer Brunton in it. Went up by buss after self. Out very cold. Carriage on Embankment. Athenaeum Club. Tea & home. Dined. Quiet evening & bed. No answer to query about drawing Salisbury on Camel. (Red ink: Hamilton & Midge left.) (Cutting glued in: Report of case at Marlborough Street Court.) Sunday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Decided to go Calais. Dog cart at 11.35 to Victoria. In carriage man opposite hood up. Out of window. On boat Lord Glenesk, Campbell Clarke. X'd. Came across Stanhope & Lewis. Little Sol'r told me of Gt Eastern Ordinary. Good lunch. Talk to Gage, Kentish Coal. Up to town. Home 7.50. Mr Buckmaster (M disappointed with him) & Mr Gilmer dined. Dull evening. After they left by 11.30 & bed. Tired. (Red ink: Crossed the Channel. Delightful day.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Frank May.)
Monday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round Park 1st time since before Xmas. Looked at Midge's house, Craven Hill Gardens. After depressed nothing to work at. Took M for walk in Park with Mite. After walked on to Garrick. Bought a cap at Townend's. Left stalls at Lyric. After came across Stone at the Garrick. Lunch. No others. Went back & got tickets again. Attack of P. Stayed at Club ½ an hour. Home by buss. Tea. M & Mite out, interview with Mr McQueen a publisher. Dressed & went by buss up to Café Royal. Very poor dinner with Stone. After went to Lyric theatre & saw The Daughters of Babylon. Poor play. Bouchier & à Beckett there. (illeg) woman next me in stalls. Wanted to talk. Walked to Knightsbridge. Wet again. Home at 12.20 by buss. M bought 100 stock of G.E.Rly at 113½. (Red ink: Went to Club. Met Stone. Dined at Café Royal & after to 2 nd night of The Daughters of Babylon.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Mr Charles Harris. Monday 8th Feb.). Tuesday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. No walk. After drew cheque for Mite, & M did for £114 Great Eastern Ordinary. M to Whiteleys. Mite & Evelyn Coward to Stores. Self sorted papers etc. Wrote diary etc etc. Rest after lunch. At 4.30 in desperation went on with drawing of Rat commenced June '96. Mite dined at the Pitts. M & self had quiet evening together. Bed 12.30am after snooze. Wednesday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round by Redcliffe Gardens. Letters after breakfast. Dull morning. Letter from Mr Barr. Had been ill. After worked on drawing of Rat. Rest in afternoon. After lunch M out with Mite in carriage. Much warmer. Left at 5.45 & up by buss to corner of Bond St. Went to Alfred Webb Miles's & called Cordings. On by buss to Punch dinner. Lawrence B, E.I.M (late) Phil May, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L. Good cuts made up. Talk of Rollit. Left with Tenniel at 11.15pm. Very wet. Milliken talked of Dr Johnson. Walked back to Charing X for buss. Thursday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Saw a little stray puppy next door. Took it round to Otley. Very wet all morning. Photod Stace & Otley for John Bull & French Investor. After developed plates & enlarged. Mary Nicol came at noon. Rest & after to work till 7.15. By carriage with M & Mite to dine with Mrs Geiger. Very good dinner & capital Burgundy. Met a Captain Ruthvin, Captain Edgecombe & a Mr & Mrs Morris. Left at 11.15 home. Mr Farquhar dined with Mary Nicol here & they went to Empire, no, the Palace Theatre. (Red ink: Mary Nicol came. Mrs Geiger's dinner. Good Burgundy.) (Plan of seating: Mrs G, Mr Morris, Mite, Captain Ruthvin, Mrs S, Captain E, Mrs Morris, L.S.) Friday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park along the wood. Back. After breakfast got on with drawing & all day of John Bull & French Bondholder in Egypt. Dined 8.0pm. Mary Nicol & Mite went off to the Criterion Theatre with Blair. Wrote Wilberforce Bryant. Miss Rose Innes called in afternoon. After quiet evening & bed.
Saturday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast got on with drawing of John Bull & French Investor. Did not finish until 2.0pm. Lunch on a filthy steak & after to the Comedy Theatre, Box No 6. Tabs & Mr Blair there. Saw Tabs off in coupé. Out & on to the Athenaeum. Wrote letters & looked out medicine book. Tea & home by buss. Dined 8.0pm & after quiet evening. Bed at 12.0 after uncomfortable snooze. Strange dream of Red Indians at night. (Red ink: Went for 2nd time to see 'A White Elephant' at the Comedy Theatre.) Sunday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Down & after writing Barkers on Biarritz paper went to Victoria in cart. Met Waterlow. Dropped a sovereign. Very careless. Down Dover. Good passage. Met Baumann, also Rose, Lewis etc. Lady de Grey went over. Fair lunch. Back. Cecil Rhodes & brother came over. Up to Victoria. Paris train was 20 minutes late. Changed & on to dine at the Kinsmen dinner. 22 dined. Sat between Tadema & Henschel. Delightful speech by the American ambassador. Yarns after. All chestnuts. Back at 12.20 in cab with Fildes. Found M only just gone to bed. 7 had dined, Mr Farquhar, Spencer, Miss Rose Innes & Mr Blair, Mary Nicol, M & Mite. Read Vandam's book. Bed 1.20am. Mite on the bed. (Red ink: Crossed the Channel 2nd Sunday running. Lost a sovereign. Kinsmen dinner, Willis's rooms.) Monday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. No walk. After wrote letters the entire morning. Dark & dull. Black at lunch time. Mite went to Mabel Wallace. Mary Nicol left with her box at 3.0pm. Lunch. Did drawing for Apollinaris people & also finished Rat for Macmillan. These 2 drawings were done tomorrow, Tuesday. Dined early at 6.30 & left in carriage & went to the St James's Theatre. Had lovely box B. Saw 'As you like it' for the 2nd time, M, Mite & self. Mr & Mrs Tait in stalls. Tait came in to box. Left & home by carriage. Weather clearing. (Cutting glued in: Mr Sims Reeves' Affairs. Monday Feb 15.) Tuesday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round park & round by Millett Booker & Co. After in morning did drawing for Apollinaris & finished Rat. Sent them off. Many callers. Rested in chair & read all the afternoon. Finished Vandam 's 2 nd Empire. An at home at the Cohens. Did not go. Quiet evening wuith M & Mite & bed. (Cutting glued in: Death of Lady Wallace. Obituary Lady Wallace. ) Wednesday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park & home to breakfast. After got ready & walked at 11.15 with M & Mite up the Park. Saw Irving, Finlay etc, author Jones. Left M & on to Miles's to have trowsers fitted. Then to Cordings & after to Garrick Club. Lunched. Saw Scooner, also Evans etc. After to Pantomime box B. Six in it. Alice Linley, Mary Carter, Evelyn, M, Mite & self. Tenniel never turned up at all. Out at 5.0. Thro' Covent Garden. Put M in carriage & to Club. Had tea. Drew cheque for subscription. Walked to Bouverie St. Saw Phil Agnew at 6.30 about cover for book, also Lucy. After Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A'Beckett, E.I.M (late very) E.T.R, A.G. Left with Tenniel at 11.20 & home by cab & buss. Fine day & dry for a wonder. (Red ink: M, Mite & self went to the Drury Lane
Pantomime, morning perf'ce.) (Red ink across page: Alice Turner gave in notice to leave.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Frances Tyrwhitt-Drake.) Thursday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely sunny morning. Cycled round by Park & past Gloster Square, D.M's etc. Back. In morning skemed subject of Rhodes & Harcourt. etc. Photod Otley at 11.15. Developed etc. M & Mite out. Mary Nicol & Mrs Lawson called, very pretty woman. Lunch. Rested 1 hr & then cycled round Richmond Park from 3.0 to 5.20. Lovely ride. After rested dressed. Left Mite at the McQueens & then M & self on in carriage to dine at the Harold Powers. Good dinner but dull. Met a Mr & Mrs Crawley & 2 foreigners. Phonograph after. Very tired. Home at 11.15 & bed 12.20. (Red ink: 1st Cycle ride round Richmond Park since (blank). Dined at Harold Powers'. Slow dinner. Mr & Mrs Raimos.) Friday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round by Redcliffe Gardens & back. Wet morning again. After breakfast wrote letters. Got to work 11.0 & all day at it till 8.30 when dined. Mite went to De la Rue's 2 nd dance. Was to have been chaperoned by Mrs Charley Burnand, not there. Went to bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Mite went to the De la Rue's 2nd dance.) Saturday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Walk round Campden Hill. Got to work 9.30 & finished drawing of Rhodes & Harcourt as Kaffir by 1.30pm. Lunch. Rested after in bedroom after putting all things away. Tea. M & Mite made 11 calls. At 6.0 left & up by buss to Piccadilly. Dined at the Athenaeum, 5/6. Poor dinner. Walked on to 1st night of 'His Majesty' at Savoy. Sat next Jessie Bond & Miss Brandram. Saw Mrs Crutchley. Very disappointed in play. G.G. boo'd. Left & on to Garrick. Sat next Maude, Duke of Newcastle opposite. Left 12.45 & home. (Red ink: Failure of F.C.B's & Mackenzie's opera at the Savoy. Dined at Athenaeum. Edgar dined with M to talk of family affairs.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Anna Chapple. Death of James Millington.) Sunday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Breakfast & off by cart 10.25. Wore new mackintosh. Down to Dover with Mr Lewis & Mr Saunders. Lovely morning. Came across Henry F.Dickens. Lunch with him at Calais. Good. Attack of P. False Barny Barnato. Paris train punctual. Snooze in train. Carriage got us by Cass. Home 7.50pm. Dressed & dined. Quiet evening with M & Mite. Bed 11.30. Miss Mackenzie, Mrs Gilmer & Mr Rubens had called. (Red ink: 3rd cross to Calais running. Met Harry Dickens. Lovely day.) (Cutting glued in; Death of Blanche Waterford. Obituary Blanche, Marchioness of Waterford.) Monday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Up at 8.0 & out 8.30. Cycle round Park & home up an alley from Church St. Breakfast after. Printed in sun a good many photos. Sorted 'Times'. M late in getting out with Mite. After lunch cycled to Hampton via Brentford & back thro' Richmond Park. Near shave at Fulham with cart & ran against a lady in Earls Court Road. Home 5.45pm. M still out. Cycled 43 miles including morning. Mite went to dine at the Ritchies & back 11.0. Quiet evening
& bed. (Red ink: Cycled 43 miles in day. Fine weather.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Blondin.) Tuesday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Cycled short turn round Park & home thro' Duke's Lane. In morning at 11.0 Mr Harper called & stayed nearly 2 hours. After lunch at 3.0 cycled thro' Chelsea & on to Clapham, Balham & Wimbledon Park home. Good ride. Lady Margaret Watney & Rosalind called. Dressed & began page for cover Mr Punch & the Queen. Dined 8.0pm, M, Mite & self. Sent Otley to stores for scents etc etc. Bed 11.30.pm. x. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Matilda Bird, death of Charlotte Bird, death of Henrietta Bird.) (Red ink: Very old birds. L.S. Feby 21, 1898.) Wednesday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am out & round Park. Went into Praed Street & down Porchester Terrace. Home. Breakfast. After during day worked & skemed drawing for cover of the Queen & Mr Punch. Worked up to 6.15pm. After left & went by buss the whole way to Bouverie Street. There by 7.30pm. Lawrence Bradbury engaged to be married. L.B, E.I.M (late) H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, L.S, A à B. Long talk. Left at 11.0 with J.T. & put down at Athenaeum. Home by buss. Mite at Ball, Queens Hall. Proposed to by Lennie Messel. Dined with Mrs Ingle Joyce. Thursday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slight head. Cycled round Park. Breakfast. After wrote letters. Skemed drawing of Abyssinia & John Bull. Photod Stace & Otley at 2.15pm & developed & enlarged afterwards. Rest & then got on to work. Friday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Went past Midge's house after. Printed the photos taken yesterday. Lovely bright sun. Spring weather. At work on drawing of John Bull & Abyssinia. Quiet dinner at home, M, Mite & self. (Cutting glued in: Death of George Raggett.) Saturday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out 8.15 on cycle round Park. Went to look at where Mr Burdett lives, The Lodge, Porchester Sq, W. After breakfast got to work & finished 1.15 the drawing of John Bull & Abyssinia. Said goodbye to Mite & left 2.40 on cycle to meet Guthrie. Not quite comfortable on seat. Cycled to Uxbridge. Saw Pen Close. Tea at Marshalls. Back. Lovely run home. At 6.30pm lit lamp. Read for ½ an hour. Rotten (illeg). M not well. Went in carriage to dine at the Suttons. Crowded dinner of 18. Took Mrs Labouchere in. Left 10.45pm & home. No letters. Mite left at 4.0 with Emma to visit Mrs Willard near Haslemere. (Red ink: Cycled to Uxbridge with Guthrie. Dined at the Suttons after.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Rosalie Hook. Death of Ellen Webster. Deaths of Joseph, John & Martha Ayling.) Sunday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.35am. Dull morning & colder. M in bed. Dressed & out in cart at 10.20am for Victoria. Met Mr Lewis in train. Thought I had lost my ticket. Lewis got on at Faversham. On board the steamer met Mr Levilly & also Beetle &
a Mr Lovell. Miss Hanbury going over to Paris. All lunched together. The Beetles French. Back & up to town with Levilly. Home 7.50 sharp. Dressed. Miss Wallace, Stone & Spencer dined. Pleasant dinner very. They stayed till 11.30pm. (Red ink: 3rd cross to Calais running. Met Beetle, Levilly etc.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Lord Charles Cavendish Bentinck to Miss Cicely Grenfell.) Mar 1897 Monday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. M's cough better. Lovely bright sun. Down. Cheque from Mr Burdett, £10.10. Cycled round Earls Court. Back. Wrote letters. Went out 120.30 & had hair cut. After in & got on with drawing for Queen & Mr Punch. Mabel Wallace came in with M in afternoon & stayed to dinner. Left at 10.30pm. Very wet. Weather completely broke. Quiet evening & bed early. Wanted M to go to Cornwell. (Cutting glued in: Obituary M.Nicols. Died Feby 28, aged 67.) Tuesday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Had been wet again. Cycled round Earls Court & Fulham & back by Lillie Road. After at 10.30 went with M in the carriage to corner of Albemarle St. Called Bassano's & got a cap at Lincoln & Bennett's & also at Whites. Home by buss. Interview with Mr Lemon at the Bank. Decided to take up the £100 in Debenture Stock B, Reids Brewery. Mr Lemon civil. Home to lunch. After a rest got on with drawing of cover for Queen & Mr Punch. Dressed 6.15 & off by carriage 6.30 to Mansion House. Dined with Lord Mayor to meet Mr Bayard. Sat next Joe Parkinson & opposite H.McCalmont. Long speeches. Distinguished gathering. Saw Dewar, Alfred Gilbert, Rider Haggard etc etc. Left at 11.30 & home by cab with Mr Shannon. Read & snooze till 1.45am. Bed. Great wind & gale at night. (Red ink: Dined at the Mansion House. Farewell to Mr Bayard.) (Cuttings glued in: Dinner to Mr Bayard, with list of guests. Marriage of Coningsby Disraeli to May Silva.) Wednesday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out. Very wet. Walk round Campden Hill. Great gale in the night & very rough this morning. In the morning got on with cover for Queen & Mr Punch. Put Queen in. After lunch rest & again worked. M out with Mabel W. Dressed 6.0 & off by buss all way to the Punch dinner. There 7.20pm. Phil A, P.M, E.T.R, E.I.M (late) A.G, F.C.B, J.T, A à B, R.L. Pleasant dinner. Excuses for failure of opera by F.C.B. 2 subjects made up. Left 11.0 with J.T. Called Athenaeum & wrote Bassano & also Ewart. Home by buss from Regent St. Thursday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out. Cycled to South Kensington. After took photos of Museum with Key camera. Home by Earls Court. In morning pouring rain, countermanded Stace. Skemed subject of South Kensington Mr Bull & Punch. After lunch at 2.10pm Stace came. Photod him & self. Mrs McLean called. Mr Abernethy had left no money. Enlarged photo. Heavy cold rain came on. Felt cold. Rest till time to dine. After M, self, dined at Lady Bergne's. Plain uninteresting people. Talk to a man about Cornwall & hotel. A very plain Cornish wife. Mullion Hotel. Left 11.0 & home by carriage. (Red ink: M & self dined at Lady Bergne's. 1st day when the sun shewed over roofs for photographing subjects in 1897.)
Friday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Cycle to South Kensington again. Took photo of Museum 2nd time. Home. Developed after breakfast & took photo of plaster casts etc. Got on all day with drawing of South Kensington John Bull & Mr Punch. Worked up to 8.30pm. Quiet dinner at home & bed at 12.30 after snooze. Dear Mite back from visit to Mrs Willard at 6.0pm. Saturday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Tired. No walk. After breakfast got to work 9.30 & finished drawing by 1.30 of South Kensington John Bull & Mr Punch. Roy back from Eton for long leave at 1.15pm. M & Mite in carriage to Avenue Theatre Box No 7. Saw Nelson's Enchantress. Roy & self on by hansom. Got fish. Left & went to Lyceum. Mr Gilmer in box at Avenue. Not bad play. Left 5.15. Called Athenaeum & home by buss getting sausages. Bought fruit 10/8. Dressed. Dined 6.45 & on by 4 wh. cab to Lyceum. Had large box to see Richard 3 rd. Very good. In theatre Mrs & Mr Lancaster, Messels, Pollocks. Very wet. Out & sent M & Mite home by carriage. Roy & self to Garrick. Saw Fernandez, Straight etc. Dull evening for the Garrick. Home 12.15am & bed. (Red ink across page: Went to Lyceum Theatre.) (Cuttings glued in: Munificent gift by Sir Blundell Maple. Death of John Wanklyn.) Sunday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Down. Breakfast. Roy decided not to go to Calais. Left by buss & on to Victoria. Met Levilly & down in carriage with Dr Godson. Saw Lewis & also George Agnew. Came across Lady Monckton, Miss De la Rue & Paton. Lunch. Good passage. Lunch at Calais, Levilly, Lewis & self. Duchess of Devonshire & Lady de Trafford at station, lunched by themselves. Goodbye to Lady Monckton & party. After saw Dickens. On to boat. Talk to Gage. Long talk & walk with Mr Lewis. Introduced to Lowenfelt. Up to town with Lowenfelt, Levilly, Lewis, Dove Keithley, self & another. Most amusing. Talk of theatres & servants. Victoria 7.30. No cab. Home from Grosvenor 7.55. Dressed. Miss Lindo dined. Music after. Roy would not dance. Miss L left at 10.45. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: 5th consecutive crossing to Calais. Met Dr Godson, Levilly, Lowenfelt etc.) Monday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. x. Out on cycle 8.10am. Went to G.W.Rly along Praed St. Road up. Thro' Norfolk Square. Back home 9.0. Roy & Maud. Roy not approved of Lennard Messel. Roy back to Eton by cart at 9.45 for 10.10am. Wrote diary & letters. After went to look at a sale, Hornton Cotttage. No good. Poor wretched brokers. Back. Sorted Times etc. Lunch. Rest. After put away photos. Many back left ones. Tea. ½ hrs work on cover for Queen & Mr Punch. Dressed and went to dinner at Rhodes. Took a Mrs (blank) in to dinner. Long tedious evening. Sir Henry & Lady Bergne, Lady Coleridge, Dicksee, Sir Edward & Lady Carbutt, a youth, the Threlfalls & others, 20 in all. Annoyed at being left after with no one to talk to. Home by carriage at 11.15pm. Mite dined at the Galbraiths. (Red ink: Dined at the Rhodes's. Slow dinner. Last dined Saty March 17 1894. (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Pille.)
Tuesday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20am. Cold weather. Out on cycle round Park, short round. Back. After breakfast answered letter to Mrs Manley next door & wrote many others. Saw Gill. M out in carriage at 11.30am. Ellie Ritchie called. In afternoon Otley told me he wished to leave on Apl 1 st. Had thought it over. Worked in afternoon on drawing of cover for Agnews of Queen & Mr Punch. Quiet dinner at home M, Mite & self. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Blackburn. Obituary Henry Blackburn. Sat 13 Mar. T.) Wednesday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Out on cycle round Earls Court. After breakfast got to work to finish cover of Queen & Mr Punch. Worked on till 6.0pm. Shaded 'Punch' & Queen. Changed & left. Went to Punch dinner all way by buss. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, E.I.M (very late) P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got cut after some time of Kruger as Cromwell. Tenniel another Cretan subject. Left with J.T at 11.0. Put down at the Athenaeum Club & wrote 4 or 5 letters. Home after by omnibus. Wrote for costume. Spencer in in morning. Drew Queen's head in. Sucess. (Red ink: M said won't have 'Gossiping Dick'. Good name for race horse, Sawdust.) Thursday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park Lane & called on Tenniel & got book on Illumination. Home 9.15. After long day on cover for Queen & Mr Punch for Phil Agnew. Finished it by 7.0pm. Wet night set in. After dressed & went in carriage to dine at the Rawlinsons. A very pleasant dinner. Took Mrs R in. The Wirgmans, the Alexanders, the Tuers, Mr Beale & others. Girl sang well. Out & in pouring rain called with carriage for Mite at Mrs Percy Macquoid's. Went on to Athenaeum & wrote 4 or 5 letters. Then to Stone's rooms. Met Weedon Grossmiths & also the Northmores. Interesting talk on Australia & Apollinaris. Left 1.40 & home by 2.0am by cab. Bed at 2.30am. Slept soundly. Tired. (Red ink: Dined at the Rawlinsons'. Good dinner.) Friday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Tired. Did not go out. In morning touched up letters of cover drawing. After skemed Kruger as Cromwell & photod Otley. Sun & shade. Skemed drawing of Polly Naris & Joe Hannis. M out about servants. One in the hall. Sent me up to write this. Finished the drawing of Mariage de Convenance at 5.0pm. Began cartoon as late as 6.0, latest ever. Worked to 8.30pm when dined with M. Mite out at Court Theatre with Miss Holland & Mr Carlisle. Back at 11.15pm. Bed 12.0. Hard days work. (Red ink: Did Apollinaris cut & also Kruger Cromwell.) Saturday March 13 Stafford Terrace. x. Up at 8.0am. At 9.30 went on to finish drawing of Kruger as Cromwell. Room not done for 1st time. Finished 1.30pm. Lunch & after tidied up. M & Maud went in carriage to Criterion Theatre. Self after at 4.0pm. Saw Rosemary for 2nd time. Delightful play. Out & home by walk to Knightsbridge. Bought gloves at Sleep's. Had got fruit at Butts, 10/s. Home read & dressed. After at 8pm a dinner of 8. (Red ink: Home dinner of 8.) (Plan of seating.) Mrs Fildes, L.S, Mrs Walker, Luke Fildes RA, Mrs S, Mr Carlisle, Mite, Mr Walker. A strange waitress muddled the wine. 3 bottles of Lanson drunk & 1 Clos Veaufort, 1 Claret.
Sunday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Breakfast 9.30 & off to Victoria 10.20. Talk to Otley. Wet day & roughish sea. Over with Levilly. Bad fowl at dejeuner. Changed it. Paris boat punctual to a minute, rather the train not boat. Back. Saw Dr Jim, also Higgins of the Opera. Also talk to Mr Francis Garford Brenton, 54 Eaton Square S.W, of Greenwell & Co. Talk of Apollinaris. Decided to apply for shares. Good run back & Victoria 7.30 exactly. Awfully bad cab. Changed at Knightsbridge. Home 7.50 exactly. No one there thank goodness. Quiet dinner. After wrote many letters & made application for £3000 in the Apollinaris company, £1000 ordinary £2000 Preferences. (Red ink: 6th consecutive crosing to Calais. Met Dr Jim. Talk to Mr Brenton of Apollinaris. Applied for £3000 worth Apollinaris shares.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lord William Mannners. Obituary Shiel Barry.) Monday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not cycle or go out. Very wet. At 11.30 left & went with M in carriage as far as Sloane St. Called Lincoln & Bennett & also bought ties. After to Garrick after calling at Jones's & selecting sapphires for pin. Met Lawrence Bradbury, Jones & Scoones. Talk of Roy. Lobster for lunch. After wrote letters. Strolled to Athenaeum. Looked at pair of guns by Greener at Whistler. Wrote to Mr Warren about Roy. Pouring wet day & afternoon. After saw Sir H Jeune. Home by omnibus. Very full. Mite dined at the Lindos. M & self dined quietly alone. Mite back 11.0. Bed 12.30am after snooze. Tuesday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Very wet day. Went out for walk round Campden Hill. Spoke to policeman about the itinerant musicians being moved off. M & Mite out. Did design for cover for A à Beckett. Pat called & brought back cap at 11.30 & took away design. Wrote up diary. Sorted 'Times'. At 2.0 Anna Dietz to lunch. Mite went to Lady Romer's in carriage. After read Keely's Discoveries. A queer book. Sleepy. Developed 16 plates taken March 3 & 4 th 1896 at Fontarabil & Biarritz. Mrs Reeves called etc. Mite off to dine with the Cliffords & a Ball after. M & self dined alone quietly. Coloured the cover for Queen & Punch before dinner. Wet all day. Wednesday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out. Breakfast. After finished colouring the cover for Queen & Mr Punch. After rested. Looked out 1/4 plate photos. Rested after lunch & then dressed & left 5.45pm by buss to Piccadilly. Called at Greeners, 68 Haymarket. On after to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, Phil A, E.T.R, A.G. No Milliken or May. Complimented on drawing of Apollinaris. Long discussion for cut, at last I suggested the Grecian Moth & Candle. Got Hawkins for self. Left with J.T & home in wet by bus from Athenaeum. Mite at a dance at Mrs Cameron Corbett's. Thursday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk in pouring rain over Campden Hill. Breakfast. After wrote many letters. At 11.30 skemed subject of Hawkins & Policeman. Photod Otley. Put out by showers of rain & had to wait till 2.15 for lunch. Otley
back. Got photo all right. Lunch. Touched up drawing for cover of Queen & Mr Punch. Great gale o' wind blowing. After developed plates. After rest in chair. Slept. M said I called out Annie. Worked from 6.0 to 7.15. Put in Policeman. After dressed & went to dine with Lady Rosamund Christie. Met a Duchess, Marchioness of Ripon, Sir George & Lady Russell, Thring, Mr & Mrs Elliot, Mr Humphrey Ward etc. Most pleasant evening. Left 10.45 & home by carriage. Slept in chair until 1.30pm. Bed. (Red ink: Dined M & self with Lady Rosamund Christie. Good dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Walter Ray to Stella Wyckoff.) Friday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After got to work on drawing of Hawkins & Policeman. Enlarged photos in the morning after breakfast. Also photod hat again on the wooden head. Worked all day up to 8.30pm when dined quietly with M. Saturday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk & after breakfast got to work & finished drawing of Hawkins & Policeman. M & Mite went to The Geisha at 2.0. Finished 2.0pm. Lunch. At 3.15 left on cycle & went to see Oxford & Cambridge crews. Met Mr & Mrs Yates Thompson. Extraordinary high tide at Barnes. Had to wait & wade thro' water. Round Richmond Park & home through Putney etc. Round by where Winslow lived. Back at 6.0pm. Tea. Looked at the new books. Mary McQueen came to dinner & sang. Had a bottle of Ackermann Brut Royale Saumur. She left at 11.0pm. Bed. Allotment for the Apollinaris Co shares came in. Self £1000 ordinary, £2000 Preference, M £200 Preference. (Red ink: Mary McQueen dined with us. Mrs Yates Thompson sent cheque.) Sunday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & after breakfast got off in brown suit & mackintosh to Victoria. Met Lewis & Levilly. Down with Lewis who frightened me by pitching into Apollinaris. Capital lunch at Calais. Levilly had curious woman with him. Saw young Aird. No one else I knew. Home 7.50 to the minute. Told M. Quiet dinner, Mite, self & M. Wrote letters after dinner. Decided to go to Henderson tomorrow. (Red ink: 7th consecutive crossing to Calais. Lewis pitched into Apollinaris.) Monday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dressed. Not out before breakfast. At 10.15 left by buss all way to Mansion House. Lady litigant in buss for Law Courts. Saw Harry Henderson at 11.45. He took over my Apollinaris shares, £1000 ordinary, £2000 preference. Satisfactory interview. Left & walked to St Pauls. Went into the crypt. Saw where Leighton, Millais, Holl, Caldecott, Boehm, Cruickshank & many others lay. Out & on to Garrick. Called Attenborough. Lunch. Saw Lord Glenesk & Sir William Howard Russell. Talk to Jones. Strolled on to Athenaeum. A General Election on. Talk to Cooke, Wells, Macmillan etc. Left at 6.15. Home by buss. Dressed & dined with Mite at Lady Seton's. Roads up. (Red ink: Lady Bruce Seton's dinner.) (Plan of seating.) Harold Power, Bessie Hollingshead, Sir Bruce Seton, Mite, a man, Miss Seton, L.S, Lady Bruce Seton. Harold Power amusing as usual. Good water colours. Left 10.50 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Sold Apollinaris shares at slight premium.) (Cutting glued in: Mrs Athol Purdey, of a son.)
Tuesday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out 8.15 on bicycle & round Park. Called & looked at Midge's house. Hideous frieze round drawing room. Back to breakfast. After having printed blue photos found wrong paper had been supplied by the Ferro Type people. Annoyed. Dressed. Lunch. At 2.15 went in carriage with M to Victoria. Called & saw Mr Lemon at the L & County Bank. Long talk. Settled to pay off the mortgage on house. Went to station. Saw Evans. Got out at Nunhead. Tried pair of Greener guns. Shot at 4 doz clay pigeons. Score 31 hits, 17 misses. 1. 110111111101 2. 101000101011 3. 110111110100 4. 101110101010 Back to Victoria. Buss to Bond St. Called at Westley Richards & after at Atkins. On to Athenaeum & after tea buss home. Dined quietly M, Mite & self. Dog cart refused. Bed 12.30 after snooze. Tired. Wednesday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Down. Mite & self at breakfast. Still no letter from Roy. Sent 6 drawings to the Fine Art Society & after wrote letters. A most lovely morning & sun. M in bed. Pin sent from Jones & Co. Wrote letters. Applied for stall for cob at Tattersalls. Tried locks & bags. Wrote refusing the Greener guns. After lunch rested. Wrote labels for Academy. Left 5.45pm for Punch dinner. By buss to Piccadilly. Called on Watkin. Called Garrick. On to Punch dinner. William Agnew back. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, W.A, E.I.M (late) A.G. Long discussion for cuts. Tenniel got a Chemist's Shop. Self Railway Train. Home by J.T to buss. M & Mite went to see La Poupée. M still up. After reading paper to bed. Sapphire pin sent from Jones. (Red ink: Alice Turner left at 7.0pm. E.Ellis came instead. Alice Turner came Novr 11 1893.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Jane, Duchess of Marlborough. Death and Obituary of of Lady Bowen.) Thursday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle at 8.20 & round Park. Letter from Roy saying he had not passed for Oxford. Upset about it. Skemed subject for American Senator & Railway train. Photod Stace at 1.5pm & one of self. E.Ellis new maid 1st day. Got prints of photo in Ferro Type. Did not cycle. Got to work & skemed picture. Drew engine in. At 7.30 dressed & went with Mite to dine at Mrs Stebbings'. Good dinner. Curious lot of old Vauxhall convex mirrors & old china. An ugly lot of people. Took a Mrs Fyfe in or Fife. Dr Walker, headmaster of St Pauls there with a voice like a rasp. A clergyman & others. After got away with Mite at 11.0 & home by carriage. Borowed a book on Household Insects. M awake. Read the book. (Red ink: Dined with Mite at Mrs Stebbings.) (Cutting glued in: Golden wedding: Edward Zimmermann to Margaret Courtney.) Friday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out worked all day on drawing of American Senator & Engine of Arbitration. Letter from Mr Ainger about Roy. M & Mite went to Mr McQueen's the publishers in the morning. In the afternoon Mr Bainbridge & daughter called, no niece. Asked him up to my room. M, Mite & self
dined at 8.30pm. M to bed at 10.45, self after. Mite working on her hat for tableaux. Saturday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. After breakfast got to work on drawing of American Senator & Express Train Arbitration. Finished 1.45pm. M left for Ardleigh at 1.15pm in 4 wheeler. Lunch. Undecided what to do after. Dressed & caught the 3.50pm train for Taplow. SW gale. Home on cycle by Slough. Called & saw old Sam Willis. Through Uxbridge & Uxbridge Moor. Home by 7.15pm. Lighted lamp at Acton. Bath. Dinner, Mite & I. Wrote letters till 10.0pm. Smoke snooze & bed. Letter from Mr Warren about Roy in the morning. (Red ink: Gale of wind. Went to Taplow & cycled back. Good run. M went to Great Bromley Lodge.) Sunday March 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Much wind & rain. Doubtful as to Channel. Put on waterproof & drove in cart to Victoria. Met Levilly, Lewis & young Rose. A Mr Martin who knew me. X'd to Calais. Fair pasage going. Met author Jones & Mrs J. Very good lunch, 4.50 per head & asperges au branche. After Paris train late. Saw pretty pretty Cohen, Mrs C & their son. After Cartmell, Harrison etc. Very wet & rough passage in The Lord Warden. Mr Slattery, chairman of National Bank, Mr Lewis's boss. (illeg) for joke. Up to town. Home 8.30. Met by Mite. Quiet dinner & bed after. Conrad never turned up. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: 8th consecutive crossing to Calais. Very rough coming back. Saw Georgina Countess of Dudley.) Monday March 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out. After breakfast Mite & self went to look at sale goods at Maitland House, Church Street. After saw Woodruffe. Back. Very cold wind. Had hair cut. In morning printed a lot of back working plates. At 12.0 Arthur à Beckett called & settled about Military Cover. Lunch. Rest. Wires from Conrad. At 3.15 cycled to Hampton Court & home thro' Bushey & Richmond, 28 miles. Home 7.10. Dressed & left 7.25 in carriage with Mite to dine with Mr Bainbridge at 4 Whitehall Court. Met Orchardson, Mr Livesey, Mrs Alex Tweedie, Lord & Lady Shand, Lord Davey, a Radical Captain in 3 rd Hussars, another member who knew me at Hickmans, 2 nieces & the hen, Mr & Mrs Brand. Fair dinner. After at 10.45 went to the House of Commons & heard very good speech of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach on the Irish Taxation. Sat next Finlay in Strangers Gallery. After out & saw John Penn. Left 12.5 & home by carriage. Conrad had arrived. (Red ink across page: Dined with Mite at Mr Bainbridge's M.P. Went to House of Commons.) Tuesday March 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Bitterly cold, thermometer at 34°. Did not go out. Breakfast. After printed many back photos & also the lot of Elaine Lofthouse with spear. Con to the City. Rest after lunch. Mite came in looking charming in Romney costume. She went to Tableaux at Lady Romer's. Wrote in catalogue for goods, also diary & dated back photos. At 4.15 at tea large double tooth came out. Quite sound, only 2 fangs were short. After worked on Arthur à Beckett's page cover for Naval & Military Magazine. Dressed at 8.15. Dined, Conrad Mite & self. Che Terraro(?) came in at 9.40 & stayed till 12.0am. Read book on Lyceum
productions. Bed at 12.30. Bitterly cold. (Red ink: Right hand eye tooth came out after being in nearly 50 years. Quite sound.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Hubert Elliot to Georgina Sington.) Wednesday March 31 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. Up 8.0am. Out on cycle. Called at Midge's house. Saw Blundell Maple. After the whole morning writing letters. Lunch. Rest. After began à Beckett's drawing for Military Magazine. Worked till 5.15. Dressed in green Milton coat & went up to the Punch dinner by buss the whole way. Looked at Attenborough's. Sir W.A, P.A, P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, E.I.M (not late). Cartons made up very soon. J.T an Elephant, self Gladstone on a bicycle. After long serio-comic talk of Keely & his discovery. Left with Tenniel at 11.10 & home by buss. Very cold. Snoozed in chair till 2.45am when to bed. Mite dined at the Rhodes's. (Cutting glued in: Social news. April 1.) Apr 1897 Thursday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & out for walk in wet & sleet round Campden Hill. Conrad full of trouble. Fire in drawing room. A wretched heavy rainy & cold day. Wrote Mr Ainger & Roy. Skemed subject for Gladstone cyclist. Had just done it when F.C.B sent at 12.40 & stopped it owing to it being a hoax. Nurse called on Con. Sent Otley for costumes. After went on with drawing for à Beckett & got it ready. Dinner at 7.15. Mite in her dress for Tableaux. She left at 7.50 in carriage for Lady Romer's. Carriage came back for me. Saw many Tableaux. Mite was not made the most of. Curious lady band. Girl like Mary Walters. Saw also Binns Smith & Miss Williams that was. Not seen her since 1874. Supper after. Left at 11.0. Talk to Mrs Ritchie. Home by carriage. Very cold at night. (Red ink: Subject altered. Worry & bother. Went to Tableaux at Lady Romer's.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Sir Egbert Sebright. Gladstone cyclist hoax.) Friday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Earls Court & left a letter on F.C.B. Back. After breakfast photod Con in Nelson's dress & Otley after at 12.0 for Duke of Wellington. Letter from F.C.B suggesting G.O.M. Skemed it out, & then 2 worry letters from F.C.B trying to make me do little sporting pictures. Could not. Went on with Gladstone. Photod Otley for sitting position. Developed & rested. Got to work at 4.50 & on till 8.30pm when dined. Con back from a stormy board meeting about Pitman's Paint. Talk in evening. Con to bed at 10.30pm, self at 12.15 after snooze. (Red ink: Rush & bother with work. According to the Pall Mall of Wed Jany 27 1909 Lucy was offered the Editorship of Punch during this month but refused & smoothed over friction betwen F.C.B & proprietors.) (Cutting glued in: Mrs Frank Lawson has taken 25 Chester Street for the season.) Saturday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Bath. Did not go out. At 9.0 got to work to finish drawing of Gladstone surrounded by sporting weapons etc. Roy back from Eton at 10.30 for Boat Race. Bitterly cold morning. East wind. Push to get done. Lunch at 12.30. Roy, Mite & Con left in carriage which came back for me. Finished 1.15pm. Dressed & lunch. Left at 1.50 & drove to Thorneycrofts well in time. Bitterly cold. Oxford won easily. Saw Mr Carlisle & his brother & Judge Snagge. A
cup of coffee at Tower House & left at 4.30 walked part of way. Put Mite & Con in cab. Home after getting in buss with very pretty Jewish looking girl with lovely teeth. Called Farmers' for cardboard. Tea. Put phos away etc. Wrote letters & diary. Roy to go back to Eton by 8.45pm train. Dinner 7.15pm. Bottle of Saumur. Roy went back by carriage at 8.25pm, Con with him. Read & to bed at 12.0 after snooze. Very cold. (Red ink: Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Bitterly cold day. Roy up from Eton.) Sunday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Con in bed with frightful cold. Sent for Orton. Left in cart at 10.20 & on to Victoria. Went to Dover. Met Mr McCalmont. Lewis in carriage, Levilly on board. Rough fine passage. Long talk with Mr & Mrs Yates Thompson. Sir Thomas Sutherland on board. Good lunch. McCalmont came & had 2nd lunch. Paris train late. Saw Mr Henry Levy on board, also author Jones etc. Jones had had influenza in Paris. Good passage back in Invicta. Back home 8.50, latest ever. Train 1 hr late. Princess Louise came over also. Dinner, Mite & Con. Talk after & to bed at 12.0 after snooze. Very cold. (Red ink: 9th consecutive crossing to Calais. Rough going over. Went down with H McCalmont. Met Mr & Mrs Yates Thompson.) Monday April 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle. Called Langley's house. Breakfast. Con in bed all day. After the room done. Great nuisance. The whole morning doing clothes etc in Bath Room put them in paper etc etc. After sent Otley with costume back to May's & to change books. After lunch enlarged Con & Otley as Nelson & Wellington. Mrs Holland called & saw Con. Wrote many letters. M back from Ardleigh at 6.45pm. Glass broken in electric light in Drawing Room. Quiet dinner by ourselves, M, Mite & self. Con in bed all day. Bed at 11.15 after snooze. x. M did not sleep well. (Red ink: Long day putting clothes by etc. M returned from Ardleigh.) Tuesday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No cycle ride etc. In morning after B saw Orton about Con & wrote many letters. Worked on à Becketts drawing. After at 12.45 dressed. Lunch at 2.0. Left to catch 2.25 G.W.R to go down with M to see Mr Ainger. Interview. Saw Roy & his room & also heard of his sale of his things etc. Settled to leave Eton. Saw Mrs Mortimer. Left & Roy met us again. Off by 5.45 train. Wire to Otley no use. After walked & saw Midge's house. Cab home. Con up. Did ½ an hour's work. After dressed & dined, Con, M, Mite & self. Short of Apollinaris after. Bed 12.45am after snooze. Cobby went up to Tattersalls for sale. (Red ink: M & self went down to Eton to see Mr Ainger & Roy. Settled for him to leave.) Wednesday April 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Dull wet morning. Went for walk round Campden Hill. After breakfast wrote letters to Eastbourne & also Scoones about Roy. After to work at 11.0 on à Beckett's drawing. Worked till 5.30 when dressed & went up by buss to Punch dinner all way. Sir W.A, Milliken (not late) E.T.R, P.M, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self & A à B. No subject for self. Left at 10.30 with May & called for Shannon & went on to Cuthbert Quilter's at home. Not many. Duke of D, Lord James
Henderson, Wills, Warren, Swan etc etc etc. Left & home by cab at 12.45. Bed. Took bicarbonate of soda. Tired. Talk to Hacker & many others. (Red ink: Quilters at home. Went with May & Shannon.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Ernest Loring to Ottilie Messel. Guests at Mr Cuthbert Quilter's residence.) Thursday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round by F.C.B's. Left note. After went on to work at Arthur's drawing for cover of the Naval & Military Magazine. No Punch subject. Poor Cobby sold at Tattersalls for 14 guineas, given away. After Con back. M & self dined & Mite. Con went to concert at Rumfords. Back at 12.0. Let him in. (Red ink: Cobby only fetched 14 guineas.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Duncan Forbes.) Friday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Tried after to finish Arthur à B's drawing, could not. Left off at 12.0. At 12.30 photod boy for Curzon in Salisbury's clothes. Developed & printed. Got to work 4.30 & hard till 8.30 when M & self dined together quietly & I stayed up after till 12.45am when Roy came home. Roy left Eton for good & home at noon. Went to the Queen's Club. Bills heavy as usual. Mite went to dine at the Suttons. Con left for Fittleworth at 12.30pm. (Red ink: Roy home from Eton for last time.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Robert Garnett, of a daughter.) Saturday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Got to work after on drawing of Curzon as Boy. Finished latest ever was 2.30pm. Lunch. After a rest worked & finished Arthur à Beckett's drawing for cover of the Naval & Military Magazine. Pat à B called for it. Roy dined by himself & went to the 1st night of Madame Sans Gène. Stall No 1. M, Mite & self dined at Sir Trevor Lawrence's. Grand Banquet. Took Lady Barnes in to dinner. Met Sterne, also Miss Chamberlain, Judge Bacon etc. Lovely orchids & splendid dinner. Left early & went on to theatre. Saw ½ last act. Met Roy & went behind the scenes. Many behind. Met Dickens's etc, Miss Hogarth, Terrys etc etc. Baroness von Zeidlitz etc. Left 1.15. Home 1.45. Bed after at 2.0. Slight head. (Red ink: Dined at Sir Trevor Lawrence's. 1st night Madame Sans Gène at Lyceum.) Sunday April 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. Slight headache lasted most of the day. Roy & self left & went in buss. Met Mrs Roberts. Down with Mr Lewis. Lovely morning. On boat met John Aird, daughter, Mr & Mrs Stuart Wortley, Sir John Gorst & Mrs Lowenfelt, Dove Keithley, Levilly etc. Particularly good lunch. Mr Jacobi & son also with us. Back very punctually. Slept in train. Did not meet anyone I knew coming back. Home record time 7.45. Dined 8.15. Wrote letters after about shoes to Henderson. No one called except for Mrs Fildes. (Red ink: 10th consecutive Xing to Calais. Roy with me. Lovely day. Met John Aird etc.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Gerald Milnes-Gaskell. Death of Willaim Godfrey. Death of Clarence Fry. The wife of Henry B Irving, of a son.) Monday April 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Did not go out. Dull mornng. Put bath room in order & finished labels for clothes etc. After dressed & called at L & C Bank. Saw Mr Lemon about buying L.C & D Little Pref. On by buss to top of Piccadilly. To Garrick. Lunch. Saw Jones, Gillie etc. Death of poor Godfrey. Put in sweep, 214. Left & on to National Portrait Gallery. There ¾ hour. Athenaeum. Tea. Talk to Conrad Cooke. Left 7.15. Home by buss. Roy out to dinner. M & self dined alone. Letters for sale of Apollinaris. Roy late home 1.0am. Sat up. Bed at 1.15am. Mite left in afternoon to go to Eastbourne to visit the McQueens. (Red ink: Sold last Apollinaris shares.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of William Cowlishaw to Lucy Garnett. Marriage of Herbert Ward to Alice Guthrie.) Tuesday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. In morning sorted papers & looked over the Illustrated. At 3.15 started to cycle with Roy to go to Westley Richards shooting grounds. Attack of P. Had to come back. Wired etc. Finished papers & after dressed & went by buss to Chancery Lane. On to P.D. Phil A, E.I.M (½ late) B.P first time for many months, E.T.R, H.W.L. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B. Talk of Athenaeum Club. Bernard P familiar & flippant. Tenniel had Charwoman in House. Self Kruger. Left with J.T 10.20 & home. Hamilton Langley, Midge & Dora & Mr Stone had dined at S.T. All gone when I got home. Talked to Roy about smoking. Bed at 12.30. Wire from Conrad saying he was ill. (Red ink: Punch dinner for Easter.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary G.W.Godfrey. Tuesday Apl 13. Death and Obituary of R.A.Brownlie. 13 May. Marriage of James Adamson to Mary Guthrie.) Wednesday April 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Walk round Campden Hill. Wet. Wrote letters & after skemed subject of Kruger & Germany. Sent Otley to fat woman in Mews. Would not come. Photod Emilie & Otley at 1.0. Developed. Lunch 2.0. Midge & Dora there. After printed etc. No rest. Got to work 5.0pm. On till 8.30pm. Roy went to The Circus Girl & also to call on Mr Carlisle. Dinner 8.30pm. Midge & Dora in to dinner. Wrote letters after & M & D left at 10.30pm. Waited up. Roy back a 12.0. Bed at 12.15am. Thursday April 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am & got to work from 6.30am to 8.30 on Kruger & Germany. Breakfast & finished after at noon. Roy got ready to cycle to Eastbourne. Left after lunch at 2.20pm. Fine day. He got to Eastbourne at 10.30pm. After put all things away & packed bags etc. Dined at 7.0 & went with M to the Prince of Wales's Theatre by the carriage. Saw 'La Poupée' most delightful Opera. Laughed very much at Edouin as the Doll Maker. Home by 11.30 & bed. Very fine day & night. Lovely moon. (Red ink: Roy cycled down to Eastbourne. M & self went to 'La Poupée'.) Friday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Finished packing boot bag & small bag & got off by small omnibus at 10.0 from Victoria, L.B & S.C Rly for Eastbourne. Dull rainy morning. Carriage reserved & altogether comfortable journey. Arrived Eastbourne. No one to meet us. Rode cycle to hotel. Saw Mite etc. Roy came to hotel. Had lunch, M & self at 2.0pm. After rain & wind. M & self walked to end of Pier & back. After I walked nearly to top of Beachy Head & back. Dressed &
dined, M, Roy & self. Roy left The Cavendish Hotel & came to The Grand. (Red ink: M & self went down in the morning to Eastbourne.) Saturday April 17 Grand Hotel, Eastbourne. Up at 8.30am. Bath. Wretched morning. Heavy rain & wind W by N. Walked up to see Carlisle at hotel before breakfast. After had breakfast Roy & self. M hers in bed. Mooned about in the morning. Played snooker pool. Lost 4/s. Young Rubens & young Lindo in hotel. Lunch. After reading etc went at 5.0 for walk to end of Eastbourne & back. Had hair cut at a shop, name of Sewell. Mr S himself with a toupée on notwithstanding his balm. Back to hotel. Dressed. Mr Carlisle dined with us at 7.30. After there was a dance at the hotel. Pretty Jewesses about. Also a Miss Duncan. Man exactly like Corney Grain & Humphreys. Saw Roy & Maud dancing etc. Mary McQueen, old Mr McQueen & Mrs McQ. Went to bed 11.30pm. M seedy in bed. (Red ink: Frightfully wet day all day.) Sunday April 18 Grand Hotel, Eastbourne. Up at 8.30am. Out for short walk. After Roy & self had good breakfast. M in bed. Declaration of war between Greece & Turkey in papers. In morning read Westwood Ho up in M's room. After wrote letters. Lunch at 1.15. After sent M for a drive with Mite & Miss McQueen. Self changed & went for cycle ride to Pevensey Castle. 2 Rubens, Lindo, a Jewess, Roy, self & another. Very pretty girl & her brother also. Had tea at Pevensey. Old castle. Back against wind at 5.30. Ginger beer. Roy & self went for another spin. Put cycle up. Dressed. Down & wrote diary etc. Dinner 7.30pm with Mr Carlisle at the Grand Hotel. Mr Carlisle & his friend Mr Flick. Fair dinner. Coffee after & talk. M very thirsty. Had to go down & get small bottle of Apollinaris. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Cycled to Pevensey Castle.) Monday April 19 Grand Hotel, Eastbourne. Up at 7.45. Bath. After Mite & self went on cycles to top of Beachy Head cliff. Delightful run back. Breakfast. Got Telegraph up in M's room. Clouded over again midday. After lunch took M in bath chair to Devonshire Park. Saw so-called Battle of Flowers. After a short walk. Horrid people about. Tea in hall. After got cycle & went for 2nd cycle ride. Walked to top of hill from town again & pushed on in rain to the Coastguard Station. Turned by hotel & back in 10 minutes to hotel. Did not meet a soul about in road this Easter Monday. Dressed & had Carlisle & Flick or Fleck to dinner. Coffee after. From 9.0 to 10.15, 2 games snooker pool. Lost 6d. After short dance they all went to bed. Very tired in smoking room. Up to bed 11.45. Roy in. Carlisle & Flick left. (Red ink: Dull day again.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Michael Greive to Harriet Grieve.) Tuesday April 20 Grand Hotel, Eastbourne. Up at 7.45 & out by self on cycle. After last breakfast. In morning got papers & up in M's room & packed bags. Down & out in Front for one hour with M. Girl & her mother passed us. After in to lunch. After introduced M to Miss Beddington that was. Told of the man who invented pneumatic billiard cushions. With little girl like Tabs. Paid bill £13.0.0 for the 4 days. After went for an hour on cycle. Back & good bye to McQueens etc. Off by buss. Great crush at
the station. Cycles in 2nd class carriages. Home & at Victoria by 7.0pm. Cycled home. Dinner at 8.0 & bed early. (Red ink: M & self returned from Eastbourne.) Wednesday April 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rush to get with Roy. Angry about umbrella. Went up to Piccadilly Circus by buss & on to see Scoones. Left Roy. Talk at Club to Cyril Maude & after called Camera Club. Back to lunch with Roy. He went off to raquets. After talk to Evans etc. Horrid wet day all day. To Athenaeum. Read about Pevensey etc. Sleepy. Walked to the Punch dinner. A à B presiding, J.T, self, E.I.M not late, E.T.R, H.W.L. Good talk. Stayed till 11.30pm & home by cab with J.T. Buss after. Bed at 12.45am. (Red ink: Took Roy for 1st day at Mr Scoones.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Rev William Harrison. Marriage of Percy English to Katharine Scriven.) Thursday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am. Out on cycle & round thro' Park Lane. Back. Roy off to Scoones for 1st day on his own book. After skemed subject of Sir Michael Hicks Beach & Dogs. Photod Otley & Tip at 12.0. Also enlarged a plate of mastiff. Got prints & to work at 4.30. Mite back from Eastbourne at 7.20. Dined all together at 8.0pm. Snooze in chair till 12.45am. Bed & good sleep. Wrote Mr Lemon to buy L.C & D 2nd Pref. Letter from Mr Lewis at 6.0pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of Samuel Palmer.) Friday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20am. Did not go out. Colder. East wind. Worked all day on drawing of Hicks Beach & Dogs. Roy off to Scoones's. Midge & Dora lunched. Dora inclined to go it. After M & Midge out in carriage. Worked till 8.30. Dinner. Roy & Maud off to Dance at the Clarkes Coates Cottons. Harrrow won the raquet match. Roy in high spirits. M to bed at 10.30. Instructed Mr Lemon to buy £2000 worth of L.C D 2nd Preference at 86½ & also £200 for M 86½. Bed at 1.0 after snooze. Roy & Mite back by the carriage. (Red ink: Bought £2000 worth of London Chatham & Dover 2nd Pref at 86½.) Saturday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. After at work till 1.45pm on drawing Sir Michael Hicks Beach & Dogs. Then rested. Too tired to go to New Gallery with Mite & M. Attack of P came on, why I can't tell. After ennui. Roy about. Went up to Club by buss & walked back for the exercise. Bought bad sausages at Crufts. Quiet dinner at home. Bed early. Sunday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. After breakfast went by buss to Victoria. Girl in black in buss. Down across to Calais. Mr Lewis got out at Faversham. A Mr Derryman with Levilly. Lovely passage. Met Percy English & wife at Calais. Good lunch. After coming home the Lord Mayor & family, Mr & Miss Bayard, John Penn etc over. Most pleasant talk. Also Mr & Mrs Yates Thompson. Home 8.10. Good cab. Midge & Dora to dinner. Tired. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Crossed Channel. Saw the Lord Mayor etc.) Monday April 26
Stafford Terrace. x. Up at 7.30. Out & round Park 8.0am. Called at Midge's, not up. Back & after breakfast dressed & left at 11.30 for Academy. Called in Jermyn St & got flower. Saw at Academy Abbey & many others. Much impressed with Sargent's picture. Told Colin about L.C & D Rly 2 nd Preference. Walked to Club. Met Roy. After took him to lunch at the Garrick, Stone with us. Left at 2.30 & back to the Academy. There till 6.5pm. Long talk with Davis & Yeames & others. Davis asked me to dine. Walked home & dined quietly, M, Mite, self. Roy with Rubens at Daly's Theatre. Home 1.0am. Bed. (Red ink: Varnishing day at the R.A. There all day.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of John Thorneycroft, of a daughter.) Tuesday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out & short round on cycle thro' park. Called on Dora. Back. Breakfast. After sent order for collars etc. Wrote letters etc etc. Sorted papers. Lunch. M late. Mabel Wallace with us to lunch. Stone called 2.10pm. We cycled together to Cobham. Tea. Had cup of boiled tea. After storm came on. Stone went on. Stopped at The Bear, Esher. Came across Sullivan & wife etc. After rested at yard of Inn near station. Frightful storm of rain. Caught 6.41 train. Slow journey up to town. Vauxhall 7.30. Home in mud 8.5. Dressed. Mite dined at the Pollocks, Roy, M & self. Roy at work. Wedding next door. Bed 12.0. M x. Good night. (Red ink: Caught in storm at Esher.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Cyril Robins to Ethel Manley. The wife of Alfred Haworth, of a son. Death of Dora Haworth.) Wednesday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Did not go out. Roy off at 9.20. Rise in 2 nd prefs. Wrote letters the entire morning. M caught a moth. Lunch. After rest went up to the Athenaeum Club & wrote letters. Just missed seeing Mr Lemon at L & County Bank. On by buss. Wrote Tree, Henderson etc. Saw Captain Edgcombe. Left & on to Punch dinner. Phil A, E.I.M, P.M, E.T.R, J.T, self, A à B. After June Nº discussed. Agnew offended J.T by not wanting a pageant. Poor old J.T annoyed. After wrote May for costume & home by cab with J.T. Saw the Kinetescope in Piccadilly. Home by buss & bed. (Red ink: Lucy offered by Wm Agnew the Editorship of Punch. See '60 Years in the Wilderness' published March 1909.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Walter Hamley.) Thursday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up & walk round Campden Hill with Tip. Thought of riding Roy's cycle. Did not. Back & skemed subject of John Bull & Canada. Sent Otley to Bank & to May's. At 12.0 photod Evelyn Coward in Canadian dress & after Stace & Otley. Developed them. Lovely hot day. M out. Rest after & got to work at 5.0pm till 8.0. After dressed & M & self went & dined at the Lindo's. Not a bad dinner. Sat next Miss Lindo & took a Mrs Weston in to dinner. Handsome woman with a son in the Scots Greys. After left & home by carriage. Smoke & bed. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Lindo's.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Henry Scott to Sybil Peto. Marriage of Cecil Harmsworth to Emilie Maffett. Death of Edmund Etlinger.) Friday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not cycle. Got to work & at it all day on Canada & John Bull. Worked up to 8.30pm. Roy went to the Palace Theatre with young Farquhar. Bed at 12.15. Roy home later.
May 1897 Saturday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am & worked before breakfast. After up to 2.0pm when finished drawing of Canada & John Bull. Not very satisfactory. Hurried at the last. Lunch & after went to St James's Theatre & saw The Princess & the Butterfly. Poor play. Fay Davis good. Also a Julie Opp, lovely figure. Mr Blair in box. Roy & self after to Garrick & walked home, met Abbey twice. Volunteers in the quadrangle of Burlington House. Quiet dinner M, Roy, Mite & self. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Went to matinée at the St James's Theatre. Saw 'The Princess & the Butterfly'. Julie Opp good. Sir John Tenniel went to the banquet.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Simpson Noakes.) Sunday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Dressed small checked trowsers etc. Left for Calais 10.20. On buss saw girl nearly killed at Brompton fork. Under buss. Cycle smashed. Down with Lewis, Levilly, Derryman, Mr Lewis's brother etc. Delightful passage. On board Harry Dickens & Bulkeley Johnston. Large lunch at Calais. Jacobi, Dickens, Levilly, Derryman, 2 Lewis's self & Captain Blomfield. Also met Mr Ashley on board of Thanet Sportsman. Back to town 40 minutes late. Mr Davis dined with us, exceedingly pleasant dinner & evening. Shewed drawings. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Crossed the Channel. Day of the Great Lunch. Met Dickens.) Monday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out round Park at 8.30am on cycle. Past Midge's. After breakfast developed last plates of Lofthouse with Metol Developer. Room being done. After lunch went on cycle to Brentford (hard up) at Hampton to left, Kingston, Park & home. Called Queen's Club & saw Roy playing a 4 with Mr Blair. Afterwards home. Dressed & went by Met Rly to dine with Mr Knightley at the Gresham Club. ¼ hr late. Very pleasant dinner. Left 11.0 & on to Garrick. Saw Gillie F, Solamons, Knight & Wicks, Sir George Roberts etc. Left 12.45 after writing to Tree & Camera Club. Home by cab. M awake. Two men next door on cycles at 1.30am. (Red ink: J.E.Knightley's dinner. Excellent.) (Plan of seating: Mr L Doulton, Rev L.H.Fry, R.E.Knightley (Church) Mr Sebastian, Barrister & recently one of the examiners at Oxford, L.S, J.L Knightley, Prof Seely FRS.) Tuesday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20am. M tired. Lovely morning. Roy off to Scoones. After breakfast wrote letters & drew cheque for £35.15.0. for Queen's Taxes. After printed many photos in blue till 1.0pm. Tabs was to have lunched. Rested very tired in chair until 4.30pm. Roy back at 5.15. Went along nearly to Brentford & round by Gunnersbury home. Delightful cycle ride. Back at 6.30pm. Afterwards dressed & went with M to dine with Tabs at 7.30 at the Coburg Hotel. Saw the Heilbutt's new house. Good dinner. Tabs & H went to the Prince of Wales's after, M & self to Court Theatre. Saw Sweet Nancy. Good. Out & on to De la Rue's dance. Saw Maud & Roy there. Took Mrs Mocatta in to supper. Danced the Lancers. Home at 1.15pm & to bed at 2.0pm. The electric light went wrong in the afternoon. Frightful catastrophe in Paris, 130 people burnt in a Bazaar, including the Duchesse d'Alençon. (Red ink: Dined with Tabs. De la Rue's Dance.)
Wednesday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20am. Down. Dull rainy morning. Wrote letters & sent cheque to Eton for Roy's last term. M out in carriage at 12.0. Dora round on cycle. Signed Mrs Moscheles fan. After wrote letters etc. Rest after lunch. Very tired. At 4.0 to work on 1st page of Jubilee Nº. Skemed it out. Roy playing tennis with Mr Blair. Roy & Maud went to The Circus Girl with Mr B. Left at 6.30 by buss, pirate, all way to Chancery Lane. P.D. E.I.M (late) Phil M (late) E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B. Good dinner. Lucy had bought Joe Farquharson's picture. Talk of the Weigall's dinner. Left with J.T at 11.15 & home by cab & buss. Saw cab at corner & in exactly with Roy & Maud. Cab veering about. Asleep till 2.0am. Bed. (Cuttings glued in: Fire in Paris, many dead. The wife of Charles Pirie, of a daughter.) Thursday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20am. Did not go out. Roy lounging. Day he should have returned to Eton. After wrote many letters. Very cold. Got to work on drawing of London & France. Skemed it. Did not photo Maud as she had a cold. Worked all the afternoon. Ought to have gone to the Walter Crane's ball for the coming of age of their son. None of us felt inclined to go. At 6.0pm went for a cycle ride to Barnes & on to Putney & home by 7.45. Dressed & all had quiet dinner at home. Bed after rest in chair. (Red ink: Quiet evening. Walter Crane's ball, coming of age of their son.) Friday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No ride. Lovely morning. Photod Mite at 10.0am in drapery. Cook next door looked on. Developed. Got to work all day on drawing of Paris & London. Did not go out. Mite went to Sir Richard Webster's & to the Goldsmith's Ball. Dined at 8.30. Quiet evening & bed after rest in chair. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Michael De Grey. Death of George Gilbert Scott.) Saturday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. ½ hrs work before breakfast. After long day's work, did not finish drawing of London & Paris figures until 2.15. Tired. Rested in chair & at 5.15 went for cycle ride over Clapham Common, Nightingale Lane & past Leather Bottel South Street SW & home by Putney. Home 6.45. M out & gone to dine with Tabs. Roy, Mite, M, Blair & Jacomb Hood went to the Gaiety. Dined by self & went to the Criterion Theatre & saw 'The Physician'. Thought it a very poor play. Home by buss. Felt very tired. M, Roy & Mite back at 12.0. Bed 12.30am. (Cutting glued in: Death of Duc d'Aumale. Funerals of fire victims in Paris.) Sunday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. x. Looked like blowing. Off in blue suit at 10.20. Victoria. Met Lewis. Down with Levilly & Lewis. Lewis out at Faversham. Lovely crossing. Saw Spencer Brunton. Long talk to Herkomer going over. Lunch at Calais. Levilly went to Vichy. Bought cigars & caramels. Paris train punctual. Lord Mayor, two sons etc, Lord Pirbright. Bulkeley Johnson had lost £2000. Back. Sleep in train. Home 7.50. Blair there. Very good dinner. Music after. Wrote letter & diary. Blair talking to Mite as I write this. Oh! Many callers. Hubbard Farquhar, Bret Harte etc. Blair left 11.30pm. Snooze & bed after, 12.30am. (Red ink: Attack of P in afternoon. Levilly went to Vichy.)
Monday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride cycle. After breakfast went with M to look over Mr Lockhart's house & also houses on Campden Hill. Called after on Mr Lemon. Talk of Schweppes etc. Back. Lunch. After rest. Began drawing of Queen. Did tracing etc. Dined 8.0pm. Letter from Mr Scoones about Roy being late. Very angry with Roy at dinner time. Asparagus for dinner & lobster. Quiet evening after. Snooze in chair till 12.30am. Strange dream of servant girl & lodgings. (Red ink: Mr Blair dined at the Cowards.) Tuesday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. Out on cycle. Round park. Called on Midge, not up. Home & after in morning worked on page for Queen's Jubilee No. Rest after & worked from 4.30pm to 8.0. Mr Northmore came up to my room. Decided in morning not to apply for Schweppes shares. M & self dined together. Roy & Maud went to The Geisha with Mr Blair. Back by carriage at 11.45. Bed 12.0. Spencer in to lunch. Stayed till 3.0pm. (Red ink: Mr Blair returned to Scotland.) Wednesday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Still cold east wind. Slight headache. Why? & cold on chest. Got to work 11.0am on Queens page. Worked practically all day on it up to 6.0pm when dressed & went in buss to Punch dinner. Dressed. Sir W.A, E.I.M (late) Phil M (very late) E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & B.P at 11.0pm. Good dinner. Got cut of Sir Matthew Wright Ridley as a Good Fairy & Conservative Bill for the Workman's Compensation. After left with J.T in cab & put down at Isthmium. Took cab on to 1 Collingham Gardens to the Tate's at home. Saw Messel (Oh!) Sat at supper next Mrs G Alexander & introduced to Fay Davis. Left at 1.15 & walked home past Lady Nottage's. Bed 2.0pm. (Red ink: Woke up with a headache. Horrid cold on chest came on after & lasted a week. Tates' at home. Went from Punch dinner.) Thursday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Very cold. Did not go out. A severe cold on my chest developed, caught from wretched French maid beginning to snuffle a week ago. Skemed subject, & at 12.50 photod Otley & a man from Nash's for drawing of Sir Matthew White Ridley as Fairy & Workmen. Developed before lunch. After felt horribly seedy & unaccountably tired. Touch of influenza I believe. Rested in chair & at 6.0 did a little work. At 7.15 went to dress & at 8.0 drove & dined at Colin Hunter's. Took a Scotch lady in who knew Macdonald. After smoke drove with M to Charley Hartree's at home. Grossmith singing. Saw Mrs Ward etc. Back at 12.30. Cold very bad. Roy & Maud went on to De la Rue's dance & enjoyed it immensely. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Richard Dawson Earl of Dartrey. May 12.'97.) Friday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cold very bad on chest. Got to work all day on drawing of Sir Matthew White Ridley as Fairy & Workman. Worked up to 8.30pm when dined, M, Roy, Mite & self. Quiet evening & bed early. M woke up & rubbed Homredia(?) on my chest. Cold very bad all day. Got on with shading figures very well but did not finish earlier all the same. (Red ink: Seedy with cold on chest.)
Saturday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & down at work 8.0am. Did not go out. M in bed. Finished at 1.45pm drawing of Matthew White Ridley as Fairy & Workmen. Cold very bad on chest. Did not go out the entire day. Wrote cheque for wine order. Roy came back in a hansom from Lord's. M & Mite out in carriage. Dinner at 7.15pm. Roy & Maud to go to the Lyceum Theatre. (Red ink: Seedy with cold on chest.) Sunday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Felt ill & seedy with cold. Undecided whether to X Channel. Did go. At Victoria met Dr Godson & Miss Muriel. Down with them, Mr Lewis & a Mrs Bishop. Rough crossing. Saw Spencer Brunton. Lunch at Calais for 5. Back. Very rough passage. Stayed below. Godson & Muriel got very wet. All back together in train. Home 8.0. Many callers. Lenny Messel had spoken to M. Bret Harte came to dinner. Left at 11.0. Felt none the worse for X'ing Channel. (Red ink: X'd Channel. Bret Harte dined. Bad crossing. Seedy with cold. Lenny Messel proposed for Mite.) Monday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast printed many phos of E.L & cleared up. Put plates in etc after lunch. Rested. Mite out. Tenniel came in court dress at 4.0pm. Photod 1 doz plates of him. He left at 4.45. Tea & read 'She' till 6.0pm. At 6.20 went right round Wimbledon Common without getting off cycle. Home 7.50pm. Dressed & quiet dinner, M, Mite & self. Roy dined at the Rubens'. Bed 11.30 after snooze. My cold better for 1st time. (Red ink: Cycled to Wimbledon.) Had hair cut at 12.45pm. Bought 1 doz little gold fish, every one of which died in the course of a few days. (Cutting glued in: Death of Lord Edward Somerset.) Tuesday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Breakfast. After M & Mite off in carriage at 10.0 to Stores to get things for tonight's dinner. Worked all day on drawing of Queens for Jubilee No. M back. Sophy & Edgar to lunch. Delayed very much about dinner & M at home afterwards. Moody came to wait. At 8.0 a dinner at home 11 including Roy. Roy at side table. (Red ink: Dinner at home to 11 people including Roy. Very good dinner. Moody waited.) (Plan of seating: Sir Bruce Seton, Miss Clifford, Mr Galbraith, Mite, Emerson Bainbridge MP, M, Sir Henry Bergne, Lady Seton, self, Lady Bergne.) Wednesday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After got to work on drawing of Queens for Jubilee Number. Worked all day until 6.0pm when dressed & left dressed for Punch dinner. Went up by omnibus. Sir Wm Agnew, E.I.M (late) Phil M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, A à B. Discussion about the invite to Punch Office for Jubilee. Agnew said he thought that there would be no reception. Got good cut & Tenniel also. Left 10.30 & called at Athenaeum. Met Lowe in buss. Wrote letters & after went on to Sir Ric'd Webster's at home. M & Mite had left. Home 12.30. Saw Mrs Sutton & daughters. Very cold. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Charles Thomas to Ellen Benet-Stanford. Times 23 Apl))
Thursday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After back & skemed drawing for Chamberlain & Labby. Photod Otley at 11.30 & also self in 18 th century coat etc. Spencer called & interrupted. Developed & got prints. Got to work & got outline. Dressed at 7.15 & drove in carriage to dine at the Louis Fagans'. Met Mr & Mrs Medley, Mr & Mrs Joshua, Mr & Mrs Boughton, ourselves & the Fagans. Good dinner. Lovely things. Tok Mrs Medley in to dinner. Left by carriage & home 11.45pm. Letter from Leonard Messel proposing for Maud. (Red ink: Dined at Louis Fagan's.) Friday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not cycle. Work from 9.30am on drawing of Labby & Chamberlain. Finished it at 7.15. 1 st drawing finished on a Friday for many weeks. Dressed & left by carriage & dined at Dr Phillips's at Palace Court. Dr & Mrs Playfair there. A very good dinner & pleasant evening. Home 11.30. Roy & Maud gone to bed. Answered Leonard Messel's letter about Maud 8.30am. (Red ink: Dined at Dr Phillips's.) Saturday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle & round Park. A little girl with long hair going fast down Bayswater Road. Breakfast. After worked all day & up to 7.0pm on Queens for Jubilee Number. At 7.0 dined, Roy & self. Left 7.50 & drove in hansom to the Lyric Theatre & saw Wilson Barrett play Othello. Poor. Row in Pit just behind. Seat in the middle of back row of stalls. Out at 11.30 & on to supper on lobsters at the Garrick. Beetle screwed. Saw Sir Euan Smith, Wolff etc etc. Left at 12.45. Home by cab. Very cold. Lenny Messel wrote again twice. Answered his letter by hand. Bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: Went to see Wilson Barrett play Othello. Garrick after.) Sunday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Breakfast. Work all morning on page for Jubilee Nº of Queens. At 12.0 Midge & Dora called. Roy at Club. Lunch. Rest in bedroom. After Tilda, Miss Rose Innes & the Trehernes called. At 4.10 went on cycle to Sir Alfred Hickman's & played many sets of lawn tenis. Lovely afternoon. Much wind. Lily!! Back at 7.45. Bath & quiet dinner by ourselves, M playing after. Bed early 11.30. M xo. Woke up. (Red ink: Did not X Channel. Played many sets of lawn tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's with Roy.) Monday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No cycle ride. Very cold. Spencer in in morning. Worked all day on drawing of Queens. M & Maud out. Roy back at 7.30 from Oval. After had quiet dinner by selves. Bed after snooze in chair. Nightmare. (Cutting glued in: Plans for memorial for Charles Dickens at Broadstairs. May 24.) Tuesday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Out on cycle & posted letter of complaint about Punch & also non-delivery. Round Park. Announcement of only court dress for reception tomorrow. Sent letter to May's. Otley came back with 2 court dresses. Got on all day with drawing of Queens of History. Dined at home quietly. All went to De la Rue's dance. Annoyed with Roy not having a hat. After to the
Henderson's dance. M & self came back 1.15. Saw Lennie Messel etc etc. (Red ink: Went to two dances. Both good. The De la Rue's & also the Alex Hendersons. Both good.) Wednesday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Felt all right. Went on & finished drawing of Great Queens of History at 6.0pm sent it off by boy. After to Punch dinner by cab along the route of procession. Phil Agnew, E.I.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B. Derby sweep drawn. Drew Velasquez. Got cut & off at 9.45 to Athenaeum. Dressed in court suit. Left my favourite penknife. Flick or Fluck saw me. On with M & Mite in carriage at 10.20 to the F.O Reception. No trouble. Saw Steinkopffs, Lockwoods etc etc. Delightful sight. Talk to the Harmsworths. Left at 11.50 & got carriage. Drove to Noble Smiths. Rain. Saw Dr Hastings & Barrington etc. Left 1.15 & home by cab. Not very tired. (Red ink: Foreign Office Reception. Went in court dress. Also after to Dr Noble Smith's.) Wore court suit belonging to (late) Sir Thos Sidgreaves. Hill & Son, Old Bond St, W. Thursday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. In morning skemed subject & after at 12.45 put on court dress & Otley photod me. Spencer came in to lunch & stayed in all the afternoon interrupting my sleep. After skemed drawing of Greece, Bear & Turkey. Dressed & dined at Isador Spielmann's. Good & pleasant dinner. Took Miss Hallé in. The Malcolm Morris's, the Fagans etc, a Russian doctor & others. Long talk to Hallé about D.M. Left by carriage & home at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Dined at Isador Spielmann's. Good dinner.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lady Lawson. Wed May 26. Death of Westley Richards. Obituary C.J.Phipps. May 27.) Friday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After got to work all day on drawing of Greece, Bear & Turkey. Worked till 8.30pm when dined quietly at home. Bed after at 12.0pm. Left at 10.0 & walked to Sir Edward Reed's at home. M & Mite by carriage. Saw most lovely woman, Mrs Noble. Irish. Saw Phil Agnew & Mrs. Talk to Miss Thorneycroft etc. Walked home. (Red ink: Went after dinner to an at home at Sir Edward Reed's.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Lady Lawson.) Saturday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast got to work & finished drawing of Greece, Bear & Turkey by 2.0pm. After Spencer came to lunch. Stayed. Looked at books from Mudies. Mr Carlisle called for Maud to go to Ranelagh at 3.45. M went to the Montague Fowlers & after to Ranelagh also. Self left at 5.10. Called fruit shop & on to dine with Fanny Barker at the Berkeley. On to the Court Theatre after to see The Hobby Horse. Roy went from home. Saw Johnson Ferguson. (Red ink: Mrs Barker's dinner, the Berkeley.) (Plan of seating) Fanny Barker, Mr Shannan, Dr Patten, Mrs Parish, self, Mrs Shannan, Mary Carter, Mr Parish. Mrs Barker's dinner. Sunday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Down for breakfast. After wrote letters & diary & also skemed the Britannia Shield. Warm. Lunch on bad beef steak pudding. After smoked up in bedroom & read book on Malay. After dressed & down. Mr Ryle, the
Galbraiths & Evelyn Coward there. Left at 4.35 on cycles & went to play at Sir Alfred Hickman at tennis. Played 5 sets. Young H & self won 14 games running at tennis. 2 sets all & vantage set Sir A & Roy against young H & self. The Kettles there. Thunderstorm at 7.0pm. Champagne cup. Left 7.30 & home by a hansom cab in violent rain. Found Maud Paxton at 18 S.T. Lennie Messel & Miss Rose Innes had been. (Cutting glued in: Death of James Abernethy.) Monday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & after got to work in earnest on the Jubilee Shield drawing. No room cleaned. After lunch rest. Roy & Maud had small dinner together & went to Mr Hood's dance at his Studio. Worked up to 8.30pm when M & self dined together. Quiet evening after. Bed at 11.30pm. Jun 1897 Tuesday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wrote letters & put off going to Adelphi tonight. A quiet day's work all day up to 8.30pm on Jubilee Shield. After M, Roy & self dined together & quiet evening. (Cutting glued in: Death of Sarah Searight.) Wednesday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Work all day on Jubilee Shield. Lunch. M called on Mrs Messel & saw her about Mite. The Derby Day. Did not go. Galteemore won. Worked till 6.0 on the Jubilee Shield when dressed & went by cab to the Punch dinner. Put out at corner of Chancery Lane. Broke umbrella. Bought box of mathematical instruments for £2.0.0. Very cheap. Never had such a box when they would have been more useful in 1861. Sir W.A, E.I.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, P.A there. Talk of Naval Review etc. No cartoon for self. Left 10.30 & on by cab to Adelphi Theatre. M, Tilda & Roy in box. Good play, Secret Service. Roy liked it. Saw Lennie Messel. M & Tilda home by carriage. Self & Roy called Garrick. Wash & on by cab to Natorp's at home. Fine house. Saw Messel père. Did not speak. Also many friends. Lethbridge, Fagan etc etc. Introduced to John McCullock. Large cigar. Left with Fildes at 1.0 & we all walked home. Bed at 2.0pm. (Red ink: Went to Adelphi after the Punch D. To Natorp's after.) Thursday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Slight head all day. After breakfast got to work all day & finished the Jubilee Shield at 7.55pm. The Lewis's garden party. M & Mite went. After Miss Rose Innes & Mr Carlisle dined here. Very close & stuffy at night. M had headache. Transfer for Apollinaris shares came. Read it over. Bed at 12.0. Roy & Maud went to Miss Holland's dance. (Set of figures for sale of shares) (Red ink: Apollinaris shares settled up by Hendersons.) Friday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out on cycle to F.C.B's, left letter. After home to breakfast. M & Mite off for 4th June at 10.0 by carriage. After letter from F.C.B. Dora called on her cycle about tomorrow. Skemed the Beacon drawing 3 rd page for Jubilee Number. After lunch rest. Roy back from Mr Scoones's at 2.15. Sent him to F.C.B's on bicycle. F.C.B out. Sat down at 4.15. Skemed & began cartoon of H.M.S 'Afrikander'. Worked till 8.45 when dined by self. M & Maud back from Eton at 9.40pm. Roy went at 5.0pm. After dinner rest & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M &
Mite went to Eton. Roy went in the afternoon.) (Cutting glued in: Death of George Chester.) Saturday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & at work 7.45. Breakfast. Roy down late. After to work & up to 2.20 when finished drawing of H.M.S 'Aftrikander'. M & Roy lunched at 12.30 & left 1.15 for Waterloo to go to Tabs. After rested till 4.0pm when went on with drawing for Punch Lighting Beacon. At 6.30 cycle round Richmond Park & Putney. Called & saw poor Arthur Blunt's grave. Met Lewis & 2 girls on cycles. Home at 8.20. Bath & Mite & self dined quietly together by selves. Wrote letter etc. (Red ink: M & Roy went at 1.15 to Tabs at Christ Church.) Sunday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & out at 7.30 on bicycle & rode round the entire course of the Jubilee Procession. Back 9.15pm. Great sight. Quiet day at home with dear Mite. Worked all day on Punch & Beacon. Put Punch in in solid black. Ready to shade almost by tomorrow. Mite & self dined quite quietly together at 8.30pm & bed at 11.30pm. All well. M & Roy at Christchurch. (Red ink: Cycled round Jubilee Course. Mite & self quiet at home.) Monday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & out at 8.20 on cycle round Park. Saw Pepys Cockerell. Back to breakfast & after worked all day & up to 8.30 on Punch Lighting Beacon. Mite at work also. A quiet peaceful day all by ourselves. Bed at 11.30. Read Peter the Great. (Red ink: In all day at work, Mite & self.) Tuesday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. Got to work on drawing of Beacon & finished it by 3.0pm. After tidied up & then at 4.30 commenced the Britannia & Fleet picture. Pushed on with it. Roy back from Christ Church at 2.30pm. Filled in & sent in Income Tax paper for £790.0.0 less £24.16.8. Sent to Wimpey by hand. Worked on till 8.45 when all dined together, Roy Mite & self. Mite working all day. Nightmare in chair. Bed 1.0pm. (Red ink: Roy back from Christ Church. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ann Bessemer. Death of Eleanor Astley.) Wednesday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am or rather 7.30. Wrote letters before breakfast. After to work on picture of Britannia & Fleet & on to 8.0pm when finished the Jubilee Nº. Wired Beerbohm Tree etc. Roy, Mite & self dined quietly on cold things as Emma went out. Roy would not eat cold lamb. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Finished at 8.0pm the Jubilee Number. Grateful.) Thursday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Roy 1st bath. After breakfast. Dressed & in bathroom. Got off by 12.0 to go to Garrick. Stout man in buss. There 1.0 exactly. No Roy. Wrote Pagani’s. After lunch talk to Scoones about Roy. Also to Jones. Left with Roy at 4.0pm. Walked to Westley Ric's also Miles & back to Briggs & to Athenaeum. Wrote letters. Met Fagan, Dr Goodson & saw Lady Armstrong. Left at 7.10 & on to Garrick. Dressed & Roy & self walked to Pagani's. Had expensive dinner. Much more than I expected, £1.3.6. Cab on to Pavilion. Good
entertainment. Curious girl next to me. After to at home at Percy Holland's. Very good entertainment. Capital singing. Ethel English etc. Roy & self back at 1.30am. Mite had dined at the Lindo's & went to the Enthoven's at home. (Red ink: A day out. Expensive dinner at Pagani's. Percy Holland's at home.) Friday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Slight head. Roy off earlier. Letter at last from Fk Barr. M to come home at 2.30pm. Wrote letters to Smith, Rose etc etc. Letters all morning. M came back at 2.30pm from Christ Church. Lovely day. She had chop etc. After rest. Dressed at 6.50pm & at 7.30 left in the carriage & drove to dine with Mr J Lawrence at the Prince's Restaurant. Good dinner very. After we left & all went to the Palace Theatre. Tie came undone. Box. Gave à Beckett drawing of Duke & Nelson. Left at 11.0 & home in cab. Heard clanging of bells. Guests L.S, Albert H Williams, Arthur W.à Beckett, Frank Simon, Dr James, M.Moody, Harold Frederick, Lee Hutchings, J Lawrence, C.W.Lawrence, J.D.Ross. Mr Lee Hutchings of Washington Post, Mr C.W.Lawrence son of Lord Mayo. (Red ink: Mr Lawrence's dinner at the Prince's Restaurant.) (Plan of seating: Dr Moody, Harold Frederick, Lee Hutchings, Host J.Lawrence, C.W.Lawrence, J.D.Ross, L.S, A.W.Williams, A à Beckett, Frank Simon.) Saturday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle. Left letter at Miles's & on to Westley Richards. Home. After in morning tidied up & began the Preface. Lunch. After at 2.0pm Roy & self went in the heat to try to be fitted with guns at Westley Richards grounds. Fired many cartridges. 5 doz clay pigeons. Shot indifferently. Left at 4.45, were there 2 hours nearly. Gin & ginger. Buss at Lower Welsh Harp & after on to Harrow. Went into school library & into churchyard. Good tea. Harrow boy & his mother about his clothes. Rode home thro Ealing. Made a Zeltinger cup. After rested. Roy tired & argumentative. Bed 11.0pm. Frightfully hot & close. (Red ink: Roy & self went & were fitted with guns at Westley Richards'. After to Harrow & home.) Sunday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 6.45 & down to breakfast. Roy & self at 7.0am off in dog cart by mare to Victoria & caught the 9.0am train. Went down with a Mr Armstrong & had a very pleasant talk all way down. Saw old Jacobi on board. Franked Roy over. Went to lunch at the Casino. Very good, 4/3 all included. Very hot. Back. Bought chocolates. After went to buffet. Saw F.C.B, Cuthbert & Phil May. Also Lewis, Rose, Col Bill of the Met Rly etc. All home together. Train 3 minutes before its time. Bad cab horse. Home 7.50. Saw Lenny Messel in road. Miss Fraser dined with us. No Apollinaris. Made a cup. Felt the heat very much after dinner. Had a snooze. (Red ink: X'd Channel by 9.0am boat. Very hot but delightful day. Saw F.C.B & Phil May.) Monday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Intensely hot & close all day. Felt seedy with it. Wrote letters. Washing etc & long order for Stores in morning. Spencer came in at 12.30 & stayed to lunch. Mite lunched at Lindo's. Went on to work after rest at Preface. Dined all together. After Roy & self slept for two hours & then left 11.45 for Courtauld Thomson's at home. A regular set supper. Sat next Armstrong &
Dicksee. After saw Charley Burnand, Aird etc. John le Hay, Hayden Coffin, Dutch Daly etc. Wolff the Fiddler. Home at 3.0am very late & tired. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Courtauld Thomson's smoking party very late.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Barnett Barnato.) Tuesday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Worked on the Preface. After in afternoon left dressed early & went in cab to Alfred Webb Miles. Tried Tenniel suit & dress jacket on. Pilot gt coat cut too short. Annoyed. Walked & got ties at (illeg). After by buss to Fleet St, Punch dinner. Not one single word about the Jubilee Number. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, E.I.M (late) B.P, E.T.R. Partridge threw a strawberry at me most rudely. Left with J.T in strange cab & went to smoking party at Sir Martin Conway's. Spoke to Marcus Stone & Woodall. Delightful house. Home 12.30. Walked. M not back from Opera. Came in at 12.45. M & Maud at an at home afterwards or dance, the Wheen's. (Red ink: Punch dinner. Sir Martin Conway's smoking concert. M went to Opera.) Mr Loxton Hunter called at 2.30pm about drawing for Holborn Restaurant. (Red ink: Last saw poor Milliken.) Wednesday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Skemed subject. Photod Maud for Miss Jubilee before glass & developed. Rested & after got to work up to 8.30pm. All dined quietly together & bed 11.30. Glad to get there. Cold dinner. (Cuttings glued in: News of Mr Barnato's death. Obituary 'Barny' Barnato.) Thursday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out 8.25 on cycle. Called at Peels' & saw Scone after to have clothes tried on at Miles's. Had altered Pilot coat. Back. Worked all day & finished drawing of Miss Jubilee at 7.0 & sent them off. After dressed & left in carriage, M, Mite & self, & dined at the Steinkopffs. Took a Miss Roscow in. Neice of Canon Ainger. Canon Ainger there. Dull evening. Home by carriage, M, Mite & self. Mr Loxton Hunter called again at 2.30pm. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Steinkopffs. Mite also. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Fitzroy Weigall to Mary Ford.) Friday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & after on to work. In great doubt whether to begin drawing of Barlow & 2 boys or to do Mr Loxton Hunter's drawing. Greatly bothered. A message came at 11.0am, after which began drawing, finished by 1.30am. Wrote V etc. After lunch began Loxton Hunter's drawing & worked up 7.30pm. Dressed & left in carriage, M, self & Mite. Took Mrs Galbraith in to dinner. Suffered from inflamed eye which came on in the afternoon. Bothered about getting prescription made up. Emma left it at Barkers. Leonard Courtney & a mouthing honey-spoken Scotchman there name of Barker, late M.P for Dunkeld. Felt seedy with eye & bothered with work. Home by carriage. Maud went to dance at the Schwann's. (Red ink: Began Loxton Hunter's drawing for Holborn Restaurant. Eye bad in afternoon. Dined at the Cameron Corbetts. Headache all day.) Saturday June 19
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & down at work on Mr Loxton Hunter's drawing at 7.30. Worked hard all day & finished it at 7.20. Packed it up. After went up dressed & left in carriage & dined at Mocattas. Roy had actually studied in the day time. Maud & he went off & dined with Miss Rose Innes at the Bristol & went after to see Bernhardt at Adelphi. Took in Mocatta's wife's sister to dinner. Heavy rain. Home by carriage at 11.30. (Red ink: Cold & rainy all day. Finished Loxton Hunter's drawing at 7.15pm. M & self dined at the Mocattas. Roy & Maud with Miss Rose Innes.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Chaytor.) . Sunday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.20 woke with eye bad. Found out M had sent the wrong prescription & had a lotion for feet made up instead of eye. Roy & self cycled as far as St Pauls. Muddy, dull. Great crowds of people. Shewed Roy the way to Bouverie St. Home past Newgate & also Blue Coat School etc. Breakfast 9.30am, after wrote etc & had easel moved up into school room after lunch. Hubbard & Mabel Wallace to lunch. Went up & worked until dinner time on Preface for Vol 112. M had asked Spencer & Ada to lunch. Threw them over in the Park. Quiet evening, M, Mite Roy & self. Bed early after. Dined by selves. Many callers. Monday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am & at work on Preface. Worked all morning & afternoon & after 4.30 did tail piece for Preface. At 8.30 Hamilton Fletcher, Tabs, Midge & Lennie Messel dined with us. Man named Greenacre waited. Intensely hot. Decorations of houses in Stafford Terrace for Jubilee. They left 10.30, Messel at 11.15. No difficulties for cabs. Felt very hot etc. M did not sleep very well. All in bed by 12.0am. (Red ink: Home dinner. Eve of the Jubilee. Lennie Messel dined 1st time.) Tuesday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 4.45am. Her Majesty's most glorious 60th Jubilee Year of Reign. Bath & out into High St Kensington. Troops marching past. Back to breakfast at 6.0am. Left at 6.40 with mare who took us 10 years ago. Got papers before leaving. Roy went to Bouverie St by underground. Got his ticket myself at 5.45am. Drove by Queens Gate & without the slightest trouble right up to the Athenaeum. Mrs Tuer there etc. On to lovely seat on balcony, Weigall next me & Yeames behind. Saw the whole procession. Colonial Lord Roberts, Lord Wolseley. The Queen etc etc. No accidents. Lovely weather. Sun out with Queen. After got M & Mite lunch. Tickets 43E & 27R. Left at 1.0 & strolled to Piccadilly. Saw Edgar & Sophy & after when sitting down Orton & Consie etc. Saw the whole of the troops again, Cavalry Heavy & Light & Artillery. Got carriage at 2.15. Otley hum! Home at 3.0. Wrote letters etc etc. At 4.0pm after tea got to work & did tail piece for Index, Punch lighting up Finis. All dined quietly on cold dinner at 8.0pm. Very hungry. Awfully close & hot. Strolled out with cigar & saw Bob B.Coward. Back & bed at 11.0. Good night's rest. Saw Spencer & Daggles. (Red ink: Her Majesty's Jubilee Day.) Wednesday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Roy to go to Oxford at 9.15. Did go. Thought Otley had lost sovereign. Found it in my pocket afterwards. After breakfast up & to work on Index for Vol 112. Evelyn Coward in Mite's room. Lunch. Mite left for a
Flower Show & Bazaar at 2.30. Up & finished the Index at 4.0pm. Wire from Brown of Fine Art Socy. Wrote diary. Tea. After tea packed to leave for Liverpool. Brown of Fine Art Socy called at 6.0pm about an Exhibition. Saw him. Dined 8.0pm. Had bottle of Ivory '74. Buss at door at 10.45. Mite back from dining at the Messels. Saw her. Left all right to time. Intensely hot. All Jubilee illuminations still up. Got to Euston. Great crush & rush at station. M had to stand. Good porter. Saw Moberly Bell on platform. Train not in till 12.30am. At last off at 12.40. Got in somehow. Heat & draught at night. (Red ink: Left by night mail for Liverpool. (Cutting glued in: Death of Captain Boycott.) Thursday June 24 On board train for Liverpool. Up at 5.30am. M did not sleep badly. Out at 6.15 at Liverpool. Other passengers for Teutonic. Breakfast at the L & N.W Hotel. Bad. After strolled & saw Hamilton at the Adelphi. Bought Carter's L.L.P. Chemist had seen Jubilee from Waterloo Place. The Lucys. Fly down to wharf. Teutonic still in river. On board. Liverpool police & their sticks. Many on board. Agnew, John Morley, Tabs & H etc etc. Greatly disappointed in cabin. Changed after a time & saw the stack rack. Very good lunch. Pretty girl Miss Coates. Miss May, Wolff etc. Lovely afternoon. Took Mrs Jackson in to dinner. Lucy took M. Bugle for gong. After sat about. Talk of Tom Jackson. Bed at 12.0. Slept well. M slept like a top. After dinner Dr Watson (Ian McLaren) gave an admirable recitation & there was dancing on deck. In afternoon Lady Margaret Ismay & Middies with games. (Red ink: Dance at night on board ship.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Captain Boycott. Thursday June 24.) Friday June 25 R.M.S 'Teutonic'. Up at 6.0am. Had hot bath & shave. Good breakfast, same place as lunch, & also lunch after. Thickish weather which got worse as day went on. Sweep for dropping anchor. Anchored 3.13½ pm. Waiting for the Magnetic tender to come. At 6.0 it did so in two lots. Many swells on board. Lord Dufferin, Lord Lonsdale, Lord Dunraven, Lord Loch, Mr Justice & Lady Barnes, Mr & Miss Ritchie, many many others. At dinner sat at Wolff's table. Met Mrs Wilson, opposite Miss Carlyle. No speeches. Quiet evening after. Felt very tired in smoke room. Bed. Took 3 photos, 1 of yacht & 2 of people on board Magnetic. Saturday June 26 Royal M.S 'Teutonic'. x. Up at 6.0am & had bath. Shave after. Many about. Hot hazy morning. Saw the signal flags put up at 8.0am, Breakfast. Same place as last night's dinner. Mr Beausire. After we slowly steamed round the Fleet. Most glorious sight. Back. At lunch same as yesterday at Wolff's table. Finishing when the guns saluted. Rushed up but did not hear much. Saw the Royal Yacht. Very hot. Went up on high bridge. Lady Charles Beresford etc etc. Pretty Miss Coates. Dinner same as before, Wolff's table. Slow. Speeches after & a most delightful one from Chauncey Depew. Lord Roberts & many others came on board. Attack of P all day. Sat in Smoking Room between Mr Ritchie, Mr Jackson M.P & Sir Courtney Boyle. Wolff chaffing them. Told Ritchie about receiving the Queen on Monday. Fletcher sat up till 1.0am. Turned in 1.15. Introduced to Father Nugent. Introduced to Miss Peel after dinner. At 11.0pm went on a good many in the Magnetic to see the Fleet illuminated. Wonderful. (Red ink across page: Great Naval Review at Spit Head.) (Cutting glued in: Guests on board the Teutonic.)
Sunday June 27 R.M.S.'Teutonic'. Up at 6.45. Bath & tea. Poor M had rheumatism very badly. Rubbed her shoulder. Breakfast same place Wolff's table. After the London people went in Magnetic. Agnew, Morley etc. Nearly all. Tabs & H left before & got on to their yacht. Spoke to Lord Dufferin who was delightful. After walked M away. Talk to Miss Coates. Attended service by Bishop of Chichester & Dr Watson in Saloon. Good address to the boys. Out. Lunch. Took M to Wolff's table. Sat opposite Miss Coates & next Miss May & Beausire. Came on thick in afternoon. All were photod. Took one or two & went & changed plates. Dinner at Lucy's table. Next Mrs Graves & Father Nugent. Lady M.Ismay never spoke a word. M sat next Lord Hertford & Dr Watson. After a great laugh etc with the girls over the little carved figure in parcel. Mrs Jackson asked us to stay at Birkenhead. In the cabin that Lady Forward had. Wrote letter to Bancroft & to bed at 12.0am. M in bed. Monday June 28 R.M.S 'Teutonic'. Up at 6.15. Hot bath. Back & packed bags etc in Hamilton's cabin. M still rheumatism. Up at 8.0 & wrote this diary & letters of congratulation. Breakfast at 9.0 by bugle. M & self together with Mr Wolff. After all got ready to leave. At wharf & off ship by 11.15 & left for London 12.0. Wired etc. Intensely hot. Bad lunch in train. After read Telegraph etc. At 3.30 arrived Euston. Marquis of Stafford left by his carriage. Not Stafford, Hertford. Home through Jubilee decorations at 4.30. Letters etc etc. Otley unpacked bags etc. Roy back from Oval. Dinner. Roy tired & did not want to go to the Messels. Mite & he went. After snooze till 11.15pm when went to Irving's reception on stage to the Colonials. Saw Mrs Macmillan, Labby etc. Col Edis. Many others. Left at 1.0 & home. Locked out, Roy & Mite just home. Roy let me in. Bed 1.45am. (Red ink: Came up to London from Liverpool.) Tuesday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & after got Otley to take down the pictures from Lavatory etc. Also looked over the others. Brown came at 12.0pm & took away drawings etc in cab. Lunch. Rest & after to work to begin drawng for Programme. Dinner 6.0pm & after Mite & self went at 10.30 in carriage to Quilters at home. Saw many people. Warrens etc etc Lockwoods. Shocking time on the Campania. Home at 12.30am. Wednesday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. Messenger called for drawing. Got to work & finished it by 1.30. Lunch. A long rest after in chair. M & Mite went to the Law Courts. Back at 6.0. Roy about doing nothing. After dressed in flannels & went to the Punch dinner by cab to P.O. Fleet St. Sir W.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B there. Long talk of Naval Review etc. No subject for self. Left with J.T & home. Talk of Autumn Holiday on French Rivers. Bed at 1.30 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of John Tenniel to Laura Bullock.) Jul 1897 Thursday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. x. Breakfast. After skemed Vol 113. Hit on the Buglers & Punch Field Marshall. No news from F.C.B. Worked on to 8.0pm when
dined. Also put letters on Queens of History. Dined by self. Mite & self went on after to R.A Soirée. Saw many people. Staats Forbes etc, Antoinette Stirling. Home 12.15 by carriage, Roy annoyed me by not wanting to go. Day of the Great Review at Aldershot. (Red ink: Royal Academy Soirée.) Friday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast & up & finished drawing of opening of Vol 113. No news from F.C.B except a hurried letter saying he was lunching at the Garrick. Tea & at 6.10 cycled round Richmond Park, 16 miles. Home at 8.5 & dressed. Mite dined at the Messels. M self & Roy dined together. Roy quiet & tired. Night of the Duchess of Devonshire's Fancy Ball. (Red ink: Annoyed no cartoon. Mite at Messels. Duchess of Devonshire's Fancy Dress Ball.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Marjorie Cavendish. Saty July 3.) Saturday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle. Called Peals' & after on Midge. Back. Breakfast. Roy went to see Anderson Critchett. Dressed & went to town by cab at 12.0. Called at A.W.Miles about waistcoat & Ross. After Westley Richards & on to Garrick. Lunch with Sir William Howard Russell. Smoke & talk to Campbell Praed. After to Camera & to Athenaeum Clubs. Tea. Wrote addresses for Show of Drawings. Home by buss. Called & got fruit at Butts. Roy & self dined alone. M & Mite went to Ranelagh & dined with Carlisle. After Roy & self by cab to St James's Theatre & saw Fay Davis as the Princess Flavia in Prisoner of Zenda. After strolled to Garrick. Supper opposite Sir Alex'r Mackenzie & an American. Cyril Maude, Bourchier etc. Home by carriage at 12.45am. (Red ink: Queen's Garden Party at Windsor to Members of Parliament & their wives.) Sunday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am & went with Roy by buss after breakfast to Victoria. Left with Wolff & his brother in law May to Dover & Calais. F.C.B, Cuthbert & Mr Harry Franklin. Also Whiteley. Long talk with Lord Ruthmore (David Plunkett) & Sir Thomas Sutherland. Capital lunch. Off to the minute & at Victoria 7.30 to second. Home 7.50. Dressed & dined. Messel, Maud Paxton, Evelyn Coward to dinner. Spencer in after. Mistake of Schnapps for liqueur. Talk of putting Roy into the Militia to Lennie Messel. (Red ink: X'd Channel to Calais & back with Wolff, Mr May & Roy.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir John Bennett.) Monday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Completed at 9.0am at top of Row as Guards were passing 2000 miles since cyclometer was put on in September last on cycle. Called Midge & saw Mervyn & Ethel. Dora a bad cold. Home & the entire morning addressed letters etc for my Show of Drawings. Went up with Mite in the carriage to Lords for the Oxford & Cambridge match. M at home seedy. Had lunch with Hartree at Lords. Sat betwen Lady Lawrence & Sir Trevor. After stayed till 6.0pm. Mite back in carriage with her mother. Roy & self & Messel by cab. Quiet dinner at home. (Red ink: 1st day's Oxford & Cambridge Cricket Match. Lunched at Lords.) Tuesday July 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. No ride. All morning writing letters etc. Sent off invitations. After lunch went up to the Fine Art Socy & hung my drawings. Saw Herkomer. After to Camera Club. Changed plates etc. Wrote letters. Walked to Charing X. Omnibus home. Home to dinner by omnibus. After Mite & self went to John Aird's at home. A play acted by Arthur Roberts, Cissey Loftus, Payne etc. Great bosh. Very hot. Mr & Mrs H.M.Stanley there. Burnands, Lucy. Fruit with Woodall. Talk to Wills etc etc. Kept Otley waiting 3 hours. Home at 2.0am. (Red ink: Hung up my drawings at the Fine Art Society. John Aird at home.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Charles Agnew to Alice Nelson.) Wednesday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. In the morning wrote again many invites etc. After at 1.0 dressed & left in cab with Roy to go to Lords. M & Mite in carriage. Saw 3 rd day's match. After lunch talk to Colonel Dash about Roy. Took cab & off to Camera Club. At 3.45 photod Miss D.M. Fairly good model. Left early at 5.15pm. Changed plates & strolled to the Athenaeum Club. Wrote a letter after. By omnibus to Punch dinner. There at 7.15pm. Sir W.A, Phil M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & Phil Agnew. No Milliken. Talk of Punch etc. Left with Tenniel & home on top of buss from Isthmium. Cold. Attack of P all day. (Red ink: 3rd day at Lords Oxford & Cambridge Cricket Match. Photod M.D or D.M.) Thursday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No cycling. After wrote a few more invites & sent Otley for Tortoise. Photod it at luncheon time. Rest after. Went on writing letters. M still seedy. Roy dined with young Addison & they went to the Pavilion. M & self (blank) Friday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast photod Tip & the Tortoise. Dull morning. All the morning enlarged photos. Lunch & rest. A 5.0 got to work on Turkish Tortoise. Worked till 8.30 when M & self dined together. Roy had had dinner & went off to the Gaiety Theatre to see The Circus Girl with Eton friends. Mite dined at the Fletcher Moultons & went to a ball after. They all back very late. M awake & would talk to Mite at 2.30am. Sleep at last. (Red ink: 1st day Eton & Harrow.) Saturday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & after got to work & finished by 1.0pm the Turkish Tortoise. Lunch. Roy & Mite off to Eton & Harrow cricket match. M & self lunched together & after rest M & self went up in carriage to 148 New Bond St for Private View of my show of drawings. Saw Mrs Carter & Mrs Sheehy etc etc. Poor Routh with a boil on his neck. Had tea & then drove home with M & Mite, self on box of carriage. After ¼ hr drove to Ranelagh by carriage with M. Lots of people. Dined with Henry Carlisle, Mr Wolff & Miss May & Sir Gilbert Carter & Miss Carter. Saw the Messels, Dr Noble Smith etc etc. Mrs Hastings cut me. Drove home with Wolff & brought him home to have whiskey. Messel still there. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Drawn match Eton & Harrow. Private View of my drawings at Fine Art Socy. Dined with Henry Carlisle at Ranelagh.) Sunday July 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Dressed for Channel. Breakfast & left at 10.20 by buss for Victoria. Down in carriage to self by L.C & D Rly. Not one single soul going over I knew except Green & his wife. Good lunch at buffet. Saw Douglas Gordon. After left at 3.50. 2 French girl cyclists on board shewing legs. Villars, correspondent of The Figaro, old Jacobi & son. Back. Good breeze. Train slowed going home. Victoria 7.45. Home 8.0pm. Leonard Messel dined & after spoke to me formally about Mite. Will not allow any engagement until autumn. Wrote letters & after Messel left at 11.50. Bed 12.15am. Both Roy & Mite in M's room. (Red ink: X'd Channel by self. No one I knew. Messel dined & formally proposed for Mite.) Monday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20am. Out on cycle & round Park. Met Heilbut. Saw Midge. Mervyn a very bad cold. Breakfast at 9.40. After Roy went to Miles's to be measured. Otley to Midge. M not well. Rest in afternoon. After cycled through Brentford, Bushey Park & on to Esher. Then home thro' Kingston & Richmond Park round the hill. Home at 8.15. Dinner. Quiet evening at home, M, Roy, Mite & self. Roy had been to Gentleman & Players match at Lords. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: Long cycle ride to Esher etc.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Marion Streatfield.) Tuesday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out in Park. Met Heilbut. Round home by Bayswater. Roy packing to go to his Aunt's at Ch Ch. Lunch at home at 1.0pm & left with Roy 1.15 for Waterloo in 4 wheeler. Saw Roy off by 2.5pm train. After to Garrick. Saw Scoones about Roy, & Dawson Clarke. After coffee at Garrick. Then went & called on Goupil about American work. After to Athenaeum & wrote letters. Then at 5.10 to the Devonshire Club & had disagreable interview with Mr Ludwig Messel about Mite & Lenny. Lasted 20 minutes. A sort of settlement. After back to Athenaeum & then home by buss. M & Mite in carriage to Charlie Hartree's to dine. Very good dinner. Tenniel, Mrs Ward, a Mrs Scott. Pretty little woman I took in. Chief Justice of Ceylon. Ortolans etc. Sir Trevor Lady & Miss Lawrence. A very good conjuror after. Left at 11.15 & home by carriage with M & Mite. Took Champagne. Did me no harm. (Red ink: Interview with Mr Messel. Roy went to Christchurch.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Lord Camoys.) Wednesday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Out at 8.30 on cycle up thro' town to Camera Club. Got letters. Home by Bayswater. Saw Dora. Breakfast after. Wrote letters. Rested after lunch. Dressed & strolled thro' Park. Met Mrs Mackenzie in bath chair. Sat down at Round Pond. Review of Church Schools Brigade. Cab to Bouverie St. Met Walter Austin. Sir W.A, Phil A, A à B, self, J.T, F.C.B, A.G, H.W.L, E.T.R, B.P, P.M. No Milliken. Complimented on Tortoise. Got good subject. Left at 10.30 with J.T & home by omnibus. Rest in chair & bed 12.15am. Wired in morning & wrote to put off any photo studies. Too hot. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Charles Farkwell to Amy Winter. Death of Lord Camoys. Obituary Lord Hindlip. T.Jy 13.) Thursday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & went on cycle to Victoria Station. Photod Custom House which after all turned out failure. Skemed subject of Jackson as Custom
House officer & Mr Chamberlain. Got ready to photo Otley after sending him to Barkers. Intensely hot. Felt the heat very much. Luckily Spencer came in. Photod him & Otley after. Developed & after lunch & rest developed them & enlarged. Outlined drawing by 7.30 when dressed. Lennie Messel & his sister Ruth dined with us. Bottle of Champagne. Long talk to Lennie. Letter of approval from F.C.B. Bed at 12.0am. Friday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am & out 8.0am on cycle. Went to Tate's Picture Gallery of British Art on the Embankment 10 miles. Back to breakfast 9.20. Mite went to Henley with the Messels. After to work & all day on cartoon of Mr Chamberlain & Jackson as Excise Officer. Finished at 6.20. Dressed & left with M in a hansom. Put her down to go & dine with Midge. Intensely hot close evening. Drove to Westminster Pier & down with the Queenslanders to Greenwich. Dinner to 60 by D'Arcy. Sir Eyre Shaw, Moulton Q.C, Clowes etc etc. Sat next Mr Macdonald Patterson. Very amusing dinner. Patterson born before his mother was 17. Back by boat at 11.45 & home at 1.0pm. Took bicarbonate. Mite had delightful day at Henley. (Red ink: Dined at Greenwich to meet Queenslanders with D'Arcy.) Saturday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Mite after breakfast off to stay with the Messels. Worked all morning & up to 3.0pm on drawing of Father Thames & Tate's Picture Gallery. After intensely hot. Too tired & done up to go to the De la Rue's wedding. M went at 3.30 & left me to sleep. At 6.30 cycled round thro' Hammersmith & over Q Bridge. Immense nº of carriages. Coming back by Hurlingham saw Holland's carriage & in trying to get out of the way ran against a van & twisted my right crank. Put in to cycle shop & man broke it. Went home on one crank. Dinner 8.30pm. Wrote letters & diary. M very tired. Bed at 11.45 after snooze. (Red ink: Very tired after work. Accident to cycle at Walham Green owing to Holland.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Lord Revelstoke.) Sunday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.40am. Dressed. Breakfast at 7.15 & off & caught train at 8.0 Met Rly to Victoria. There 8.10. Looked at Lewis's house. After met Wolff & down together to Dover. Told him of Carlisle's engagement. Astounded. Lovely passage. Met the Harold Powers. All X'd over to go to the Casino. Met Mr Rose Innes etc. Poor dejeuner but great fun with Powers etc. Back & caught 3.45 boat. Off early. Met Harry Dickens & Lewis. Long talk. Delightful passage & up home with Wolff. Back 7.50 exactly. M had been to Edgar's. M & self dined together. Wrote letters. Bed 11.30pm. x. (Red ink: X'd Channel. Lovely day. Went with Wolff & met the Harold Powers.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of William Grantham to Sybil De la Rue. Death of Arthur Barham. The wife of Bruce Ismay, of a daughter.) Monday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Very hot. After printed a great many blue photos etc up to lunch. Rest after. M out from 4.0 to 7.0pm. Dined 7.30 & after by cab to Palace Theatre. Storm of rain & thunder. Saw a thunderbolt at 7.0pm. M nervous & upset about hansom cab horse. Good entertainment. Home by cab. Good horse. Bed at 12.0am.
Tuesday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Overslept ourselves. Up at 9.0. Breakfast. After M went out in carriage at 11.0am. The entire day except rest after lunch sorting papers & writing letters up to dinner time. Expected to go to the Prince of Wales's Theatre. No word from Levilly. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Mary McQueen & Ellie R, Miss Coward called. Quiet evening & bed after. Wednesday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down & sent Otley off for Mite. Wrote letters etc all morning. After lunch rested. Mite home at 11.15am. Dressed & went by buss to Bond St. After walked to Miles's & called Westley Richards & the Camera Club. At 8.15 dined with Winchester Clowes at the Garrick Club. Sat between Mr Fordham Q.C & Forbes Robertson. John Murray, Rev'd Hawkins, Anthony Hope's father, Orchardson etc. Good dinner. Too much Claret. Left & to Punch office. Dinner W.A, Phil M, E.T.R, B.P, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, A à B & Rudolph Lehmann back. Got to P.D at 10.30 & also got cut & went back to Garrick. Left at 1.0 in cab & home. M & Mite went to Harry Routh's wedding at Mr Tattersall's. L.C & D 2 nd Preference dividend declared. 1¼ per cent only. (Red ink: Dined with Winchester Clowes at the Garrick Club.) Thursday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down. Slight head. Terrible news of the L.C & D Rly only paying 1¼ pr cent on 2nd Pref. Very much upset & too seedy to work. Wrote Lewis & Mr Lemon. After skemed cut. Rest after lunch to 4.30pm & drew figure of John Bull etc etc. Wrote May etc. Lennie Messel dined & we went off in 2 hansoms to the Prince of Wales's Theatre & saw 'La Poupée' for 2 nd time. Laughed very much at Edouin. Home in 4 wheeler. Supper & bed. (Red ink: Lennie Messel dined. Saw La Poupée for the 2 nd time.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Henry Rooth to Beatrice Tattersall. Death of Anthony Mundella. Death of Henry Joachim.) Friday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Upset about L.C & D Rly & blues all day. Skemed & went on with drawing of Sultan & Powers. Sent Otley to May's for costume. Got it & photod Otley on divan smoking. Very hot. Developed & put to dry. Rest after lunch & on to work at 4.0pm. Worked up to 8.30pm. M & Mite out. Dined quietly at 8.30pm. Snooze after & bed at 12.15am. Lay awake for hours. Blues. M went out at 10.0 & saw Mr Lemon at Bank about business. Saturday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. At 9.30 on to work on Sultan & Powers. Finished 2.15pm. Lunch. Mite out with Evelyn Coward, Bob & another to Exhibition. Lunch. Rest in M's bedroom till 5.15 when went out for 20 miles ride on cycle sent home yesterday. Went well. To Battersea Park & Clapham. To Mitcham & Merton, Wimbledon. Met Schlazenger on Wimbledon Hill. Home at 8.0pm. Bath & dinner. Wrote diary after. Very hot weather. M & Mite playing. Bed early after snooze. (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Knight. Obituary Captain Bertram Sclater.) Sunday July 25
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. M dressed for Xing Channel. Left in hansom at 10.20am. Victoria. Down with F.C.B & Cuthbert. Blowing hard at Dover. Harold Powers on quay. M went over. Got her cabin. Good lunch. Presented with flowers & fan. Saw Jacobi. M very seedy going back. In engine room talking to the engineers. The Powers met us at Dover. Up to town & home 7.50. Many callers. M knocked up. Dinner & bed early after. Had forgotten ticket pass at Victoria. (Red ink: Crossed the Channel with M. Very rough. M knocked up & ill. Sorry we went.) Monday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After breakfast went in brown suit & called at Miles's had waistcoat altered. After to Fine Art Socy. After to call on Lewis. Shower of rain came on. Walked thro' the Green Park. Saw Lord Cardross. The bandbox. After called on Mr Lemon. Settled about stocks etc £3000 to credit at 3 pr cent. Back home after having hair cut. Lunch. A rest. After went for long cycle ride. Round to Richmond across to Ealing etc etc. Home. Heavy shower at Ealing. Bath & after dined quietly, M, Mite & self. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: Called on Mr Lemon settled for loan of £3000, 3 pr cent.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Reed.) Tuesday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. After breakfast skemed & prepared cut of Prince of Wales as Doctor. Otley photod me in frock coat at 12.45. Developed. Lunch after rest. Wrote letters etc & skemed cut. Dresed at 5.0 & left for Garrick, calling Camera Club. Saw Miss Neaves before leaving. After to May's & on to Spooner. Got photo of H.R.H. Walked to Café Royal & dined at dinner to Joseph Lawrence. Sat next a Mr Nathan & Mr Harold Frederick. Poor dinner. Great presentation of plate, diamonds & cheque for £1000. Saw Arthur à Beckett, Moulton, Roger Wallace etc etc. Left 11.15 & home by buss. Lennie Messel there. All had been to the Earls Court Exhibition. M tired. Bed after. Roy came back at 2.30pm from Christchurch to lunch. (Red ink: Dined at banquet to Josh Lawrence. Plate presented etc.) Wednesday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Seedy & slight head altho' only drank Claret last night. After in morning skemed subject of cycling etc & enlarged photos of self taken yesterday. Left at 1.0 pm for the Garrick. M out in carriage. Called at Camera Club. Lunch at Garrick. Cold beef etc. At 3.30 photod 2 Miss Jessops. Poor models. Left Club 6.0pm & took costumes back to May's. Lemon squash at Garrick & on to Punch dinner by buss. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, B.P, P.M, E.T.R & A.G. Cut made up of cricketers for J.T who made statement that he would not do any more Almanack drawings. Left with J.T at 10.30 & home by buss & to bed. (Red ink: Photod 2 Miss Jessops at the C.C. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Hugh Riviere to Winifred Langdon Davis. Marriage of Sir Charles Du Plat to Ann Forbes.) Thursday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Very hot & close. After breakfast wrote letters & got to work on Prince of Wales. After seeing Stone on cycle at door who called for Roy. M off in carriage. Back 11.30. Lunch 12.45 & Mite off to G.W.Rly with Roy to go to Buscot Park. Nearly missed her train. Rested & on to work all afternoon. M a long rest. Roy back at 5.45 from the Oval. Dinner 8.0pm. Short commons. After
wrote many letters & diary. Bed at 11.30pm after rest. M, Roy & self dined. Applied for £500 worth of preference shares in George Newnes. Friday July 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not cycle. At 9.0am Otley witnessed signature of assignment of Stables to me from Mr Coward. After got to work on portrait of H.R.H as Doctor. Spencer came in at noon. Photod him for cycle picture. After lunch worked all afternoon. Could not finish picture. Roy back. Dressed & left to dine with Mr Stone at the Garrick & went to see 'La Poupée'. Spencer came in & dined at 8.30. Stayed talking till 11.30. Roy back at 11.45. Bed. Liked La Poupée. (Red ink: Signed assignment of Stables from Coward to self. Wish I had not.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Edward Coles to Marie du Maurier.) Saturday July 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Very hot. M packing after. Got to work & finished drawing of H.R.H as Doctor at 12.15. Packed & dressed. Hurried lunch. Left in 4 wheeler, Roy riding cycle, for Waterloo. Caught 2.5pm train, 1 st class reserved. Down to Ch Ch. Train stopped at Hinton Admiral. Carriage there but M had to wait at Ch Ch for H.F who never came. Self went in luggage cart. Tea with Tabs. Children all looked well. Cycled to Ch Ch for stamps & envelopes. Back. Talk to H, & Roy & self had delightful swim. Back. Dressed. Dined 8.0. Telephoned to Langley at Southampton. After played Roy 50 up at billiards. Won by 10 points. Bed at 11.30. M slept well. Left Zephyrs & sponges at home. (Red ink: Went down to Tabs at Ch Ch with M & Roy.) Aug 1897 Sunday August 1 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.0. Roy & self had swim in the sea. Back. Breakfast. After sardines etc. Wrote letters, Mrs Harrison etc. Went with Roy in duck punt over to sandbank. Lay on back. Flies etc. Tug swam across the river. Lunch. Lobster. After rest cycled to Lyndhurst to see Langley. Very hot ride. Old man cyclist at bridge. Broke crank at Lyndhurst. Delay in finding Langley. Charged 2/3 for a ginger beer & gin. Sent Roy on to find them. Turned for home on one crank at 5.30, got home 7.15. Roy caught me up 6.20pm. Arrival of the Mackaw. Got him into his cage. Dinner at 8.0pm. Rest after & bed at 11.0pm. Otley married this day at Wimbledon. (Red ink: Cycled with Roy to Lyndhurst to see the Langleys. Broke treadle off crank.) Monday August 2 On board the S.S 'Aventurière'. Packed & after breakfast left at 9.20 for Milford & Key Haven. Got on board the Aventurière at 11.0am. Run to Cowes & on past Ryde & back to Ryde. Sleepy on deck. Wrote letters after tea. H & Gwen went ashore to get tickets for the Pierrot Banjo Troupe. Wrote diary. Piping hot all day. Beautiful yacht anchored near us, the 'Sybarite'. Bought & sold by Horley. Dined at 7.30pm. Champagne. Good. After on shore with H, Tabs & 2 chicks & listened to Pierrot Banjo Team. Back. Funny little fair pianist & curious old man looking pleased with full hall. Read 'The King in Yellow'. (Red ink: Went on board the 'Aventurière'.) Tuesday August 3
On board the S.S 'Aventurière'. Up at 7.15. Evelyn in cabin. Up & dived off companion. Bother getting in. After H sailed in boat with Evelyn & Gwen. Then we went ashore. Called Post Office & bought opera glasses & panama hats. Back to lunch & after steamed to Cowes etc. Saw racing. Lovely hot day. Read 'The King in Yellow'. Quiet dinner. Claret. Turned in at 11.0 after going ashore at Ryde again. Walked up & down Pier twice with Tabs. Talk of the Knowles's & astronomy. H & chicks in to Kolunda to see a conjuror & poor songs. Wednesday August 4 On board the S.S 'Aventurière'. Up at 7.15. Lovely morning. Tub on deck. After H & self had sail in boat. Fresh breeze etc. Went ashore. Club House etc. After quietly steamed home to Ch Ch. Tabs nervous landing in boat. Found all well. Talk to M. After cycled to Ch Ch & called at Old Curiosity Shop. Back etc. All dined quietly at 7.50. After played Roy 100 up at billiards. Beat him easily. Roy & self had swim before dinner. (Red ink: Got back to Anchorage.) Letters of Milliken to Arthur à Beckett. Last he wrote saying he was better but would not get to dinner. See 'The à Becketts of Punch'. Published September 1903. Sep 23. '03. Thursday August 5 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 7.0 & breakfast at 8.30. Off in pony cart & caught the 9.32 to town. Went to the Garrick Club. Lunch. Saw Stone & Evans. Called May & to Camera Club. Photod L.Jessop. Good model. Intensely hot. Suffered frightfully from the heat. Took costume back to May's & cab home to Stafford Terrace. Letters. Invite to dine with Rose, 55 Sussex Gardens. After delay sent Otley. Dressed & got there 8.15 to dinner. Met Lewis & Rose & talk of Barr Estate. Champagne. Left at 10.15 & home by buss & walk. Bed early read about Ceylon. (Red ink: Dined with Rose & Lewis after photoing L.J.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Edwin Lutyens and Lady Emily Lytton.) Friday August 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Slight head & seedy. Got to work immediately on cut of German Emperor & Turkey & Greece & the 6 Powers. Mite came back from Buscot Park at 2.30pm to 3.0. Rested in chair 3 to 4.30. Headache. After worked till 8.40, might be 8.45. Mite & self dined quietly. Bother about Claret. Could not find key at lunch. Bed at 11.30 after rest. Read till 12.30 about Ceylon. Man from Electric Light at 11.0am. Saturday August 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & worked before breakfast on Turkey, Greece, German Emperor & Powers & on after till 12.0 when finished & sent it off. Lunch 12.45 after dressing & at 1.0 Mite & self left in 4 wheeler & went to Victoria. Saw her off & met Lennie Messel. Had taken a whole bottle of Claret at lunch which made my head ache all day after. On to Waterloo. Met Guthrie & down with 3 other men who got out at Southampton. To Ch Ch. G cycled to Anchorage. After saw M, Tabs etc. All well. Guthrie & self cycled to edge of New Forest. Met Roy coming from tennis party. After dined, M, Tabs, Roy & self & Miss Saunders. Game of cork pool after. Roy won 2/9d. (Red ink: Mite went to Messels. Down with Guthrie to Ch Ch. Arthur à B wired me about missing his train etc.) Sunday August 8
The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.15am. Change in the weather. Heavy rain in the night & strong sou'wester. Roy & self went down & bathed in a rough tumbling sea. After wrote many letters, Arthur à Beckett etc. Then over to sand bank & dug for sand eels. Got none. Lunch. Rest. At 3.50 Mr Guthrie Roy & self cycled to Lymington & back. One shower just over the ford. Tea 4/6 at Londesborough Arms. Back at 7.0. Saw Captain Wiggins. Dinner 8.0pm. Ghost stories. Sleepy. Bed 11.30pm. Wakeful at night. (Red ink: Guthrie Roy & self cycled to Lymington & back. Had tea.) (Cuttings glued in: In Memoriam: Sir William Chaytor, Dr S.Yeldham, Windfor Hambrough.) Monday August 9 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.10am. Lovely swim with Roy. Very fine day after the rain yesteday. Breakfast. Gareth crying. After wrote many letters. Rest after lunch. Had oiled & put cycle right. At 3.0 Guthrie & self started to cycle to Bournemouth. Called on the Burnands. Found only Cyril. Caught by the girls on leaving & back to tea. Mary, Ethel, Winnie & Connie. Left 5.20 & to Poole at 5.45. Ginger beer. Extraordinary pretty girl. After saw Julian & Evelyn Pym. Left at 6.5 & on to Wimborne, 6 miles. Left Wimborne at 7.45 & on through Long Ham to Christchurch, 14 miles. Home 8.10. Cow nearly jumped on me in lane. Good dinner 8.25. Very tired after, slept in room till 12.0am. After good night. 2222 miles on cycle top of street at Poole & on to Wimborne. (Red ink: Guthrie & self cycled to Bournemouth & back by Poole & Wimborne.) Tuesday August 10 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up 8.15. Roy & self to bathe 8.25. A lady bathing opposite us from next hut. Back. Breakfast. After went down & saw soldiers swimming horses on the river. Many nude & girls looking on. Mrs Wiggins on wall. Back & wrote letters. Lunch & rest till 3.0. After at 3.15 Tabs, Guthrie & self went to Ringwood 10 miles, on to Stony Cross Inn & had tea. Across to Emery Down a village in the New Forest & then home by Lyndhurst Road & thro' Forest, Ch Ch Rd. Home by 9.0pm. Cycled 36 miles Long way for Tabs. After dressed & dined well at 9.15. Played Roy 2 hundred games up. Roy won both. Bed at 12.10am. Hot etc. M went over to Hotel at Southbourne. (Red ink: Tabs, Guthrie & self cycled to Ringwood, Stony Cross & home by Lyndhurst. Back 9.0pm.) Wednesday August 11 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.15. x. Roy & self swam. Breakfast at 9.20. After wrote letters etc. Saw Mr Hooper. Guthrie to lunch at the Pyms. Lunch & after at 4.0pm went up on cycle before the carriage to the boys camp at High Cliff & saw Roy playing cricket. He did not make much of a show either bowling or batting. Tabs, M, Gwen, Evelyn & governess nurse, also Mrs Bellairs. Left & cycled to look at the Gordon Hotel, Southbourne. Ginger beer at Newlyn. Back & dinner 8.0pm. After played Roy 100 up at billiards. Beat him. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Went to look at Gordon Hotel.) This was the last Punch dinner attended by poor Milliken. Present à Beckett, Tenniel, Reed, Lehmann, Partridge & Milliken. Spoke to Milliken through the telephone from 'The Anchorage'. See à Beckett's book, 'The à Becketts of Punch.' 1903. Sep 24 1903. Thursday August 12
The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.0. Roy & self had swim. Breakfast. After got off in cart & caught the 11.18 train for town. Out at Vauxhall. Called on Arthur. Suit of sham armour. To Stafford Terrace. Lunch & after skemed subject of Czar & Faure & German Emperor. Dined 8.30pm & after cab to Empire Theatre. Cinquevalli good. Rest bosh. Called Garrick. No one there & home by cab. Bed at 12.15. Took 4 Carters Little Liver Pills. (Red ink: Went to Empire by self.) Friday August 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & after quite early photod Otley as German Emperor & also as Czar & self shaking hands. Developed them. Got prints etc. Lunch. Worked on to 9.0pm when dined. Read & to bed at 11.30pm. Saturday August 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.15 & at work 6.45am. Breakfast. Finished drawing of German Emperor Czar & Faure at 11.40. Packed. Lunch & caught the 2.15pm for Ch Ch. Down with an American who talked of the Road Beds. M met me at Ch Ch station. Changed & after tea cycled as far as X roads & met Tabs & Mr Guthrie. Home to dinner at 8.30pm. Sleepy after. They went out & looked at moon. No billiards. Bed 12.0am. Sunday August 15 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.15. x. After went & had bathe with Roy. Good swim. Key would not fit lock, bathed from sea shore. Breakfast. After wrote many letters. Steady rain the entire day. Lunch. After played Roy 500 up. Beaten by 88 in 500 by Roy. M, Roy & self for walk. Met Colonel Sermon. Bathed again at 7.15 & met Tabs & Guthrie after. Dinner. Champagne. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink: Wet day all day at Anchorage.) Monday August 16 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 8.15. x. Last bathe with Roy. Good swim. Woman & boy in next hut. After breakfast wrote letters & then off with Roy to station. Called at P.O & Bank, changed cheque. Drove in pony cart to Southcliffe Hotel. Very bad. On to Gordon Hotel. Settled to go there for dinner. After drove home at end of garden. Mr & Miss Saunders there. Artillery firing. Joseph & nuts. Lunch 1.30pm. Rest & had to scuttle off after at 3.30pm. M left for the Gordon Hotel. Tabs, Guthrie & self cycled. Tea at Gordon Hotel. After thro' Boscombe & back with Tabs to the Anchorage. Wrote Burnand etc. Left 7.0. Back to hotel. Not bad dinner. Smoke after & bed 11.0pm. Great storm at night. Slept well. (Red ink: Roy went to the Messels. M & self & Mr Guthrie went to the Gordon Hotel, Southbourne.) Tuesday August 17 The Gordon Hotel, Southbourne. Up at 8.0. Out & had bathe. Great waves & heavy gale which had blown all night from the S.W. Most disagreable walk. Sand blowing in face. Breakfast 9.30. Good. Wrote letters etc after. At 12.15 cycled with Guthrie to call on the Pyms. Greasy road at Boscombe. Flags up for Carnival. Sent wire to model. Rain. Called & saw Julian, Evelyn & Mrs Pym. Cycled back to lunch with M at 1.30. In porch after. Tabs drove up at 3.0. Gale of wind. Guthrie & spinning glove. After M & Tabs drove to Boscombe. Guthrie & self cycled to Wimborne & back. Windy. Expensive tea at Inn. Saw old books 'chained' to library
in church. Hole burnt by Matthew Prior & re-written. Lost glove. Back & to hotel. Thro' Bournemouth at 7.25pm. Dressed & found Tabs with M. All 4 dined together. Tabs back by cart at 9.30pm. Sat in balcony. Fireworks. Bed at 11.0pm sharp. (Red ink: Guthrie & self cycled to Wimborne.) Wednesday August 18 The Gordon Hotel, Southbourne. Up at 8.0am. Not quite so much wind. Bathed in sea. Knocked down by the waves. Good breakfast. After got ready to go to town. M & Guthrie & self to station, G & self on bicycles. Goodbye to M. Caught 11.18. Wired for luncheon basket at Basingstoke. Otley met me & took cycle & luggage. At Garrick Club. Saw Evans & Stone. After wrote letters. To the Camera Club 3.30pm. Photod Miss J for 2nd time. Draped studies. Tea & out 5.30pm. Changed plates. Ginger beer at the Garrick Club & on to Punch dinner. A à B, Sir J.T, self, B.P, H.W.Lucy only. Milliken ill again. Left with J.T & home by cab to Isthmium & buss. Dear Mite at Stafford Terrace, sitting up in the Dining Room. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Left M at Gordon Hotel. Up to town & Punch dinner.) Thursday August 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After skemed Klondyke subject. Hot sun. Photographed Otley in coat & gun 3 or 4 positions & after developed them & put to dry by lunch time. After lunch developed photo of the sisters Jessop & cycling dress also. After went on to work up to 8.0pm. Lennie Messel came to dinner. Mite, Messel & self bottle of Ayala 1884. Lennie stayed until 11.15 when he left. Mite & self to bed. Read up to 11.45pm. (Red ink: Began Klondyke subject.) Friday August 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast sent Otley to à Beckett. Could not find him. Otley returned at 1.0pm. Sent him back to à Beckett. Waited 4 hours. Meantime went on all day with Klondyke subject. Mite left after at 4.0pm for the Nymans. Going to Victoria. Worked up to 9.0pm when dined by myself. Annoyed at not having a paper. Had to send Emilie out for one. Bed at 11.30 after reading. Read in bed till 12.30am. Saturday August 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.45am & at work 7.20 on Klondyke, put in 1¼ hrs before breakfast. After finished drawing at 11.40am & sent it to à Beckett. Tidied up & after packed my things with Otley's help for Scotland & put out photos for cycling cut. Had printed many blue prints from 12.0 to 1.30pm. Dined by self at 7.45pm & after went to the Gaiety Theatre & saw The Circus Girl for 2 nd time. Very pretty girl in front of me in stalls with 2 men. Like Mrs Geiger & Maudie Millet. After walked to the Garrick Club & wrote letters. Only Lord Euston there. Left at 1.0pm & home by cab to Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: Went to Gaiety Theatre by self.) Sunday August 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. Did not cycle. After put up bags & wrote letters etc. Left at 11.15 for Waterloo in hansom cab & caught the 12.5am train. Down & taken past Christchurch to Pokesdown. Very much annoyed. Wired to Polly at Christchurch & Victoria came on with very little delay. Met dear M. Curious little boy looking under my arm. After drove on to the Burnands. Waited ¾ hour talking to Frank B & Mr Lindley. After F.C.B, Mrs B & all the girls came in. Got off at 4.45
after tea. Home at 5.30 to the Gordon Hotel. Had had trap for 3¼ hrs. Threatened rain. After M & self walked along the sea shore. Nearly caught by the tide. On home thro' Southbourne. Dreary place. Dressed & dined, M & self. After sat out on balcony. Bed at 10.0. x.x. (Red ink: Went down to see M at Gordon Hotel. Carried on to Pokesdown.) Monday August 23 The Gordon Hotel, Southbourne. Up at 8.0am & bathed in sea. Rather cold. Tabs sent man on Harlequin with news. The yacht had been blown across the Channel. Wrote answer. Breakfast. After M went with me in buss to Ch Ch & I caught the 11.18am train. Carriage 2 others. Out Vauxhall & home at 2.35. Lunch. Mite back. Good news of Roy's behaviour. Wrote letters etc & put up more photos etc. Lennie Messel came & dined at 7.0pm. After M, Messel & self went in hansom to Daly's Theatre & saw The Geisha. Had Box B. Saw Barrington (illeg illeg) etc. Out & home by hansom. Left Lennie with White(?). Home. No supper. Mite went down & foraged. Had sent Otley to Stores etc. Bed at 12.30am after biscuits & pears. (Red ink: Lennie M dined & Mite self & he went to see 'Geisha' at Daly's.) Tuesday August 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After got to work & skemed subject of Bread & Beef. Finished it by 4.0pm with lunch in between. After put up photos etc. Wrote letters & packed portmanteau. Lennie came again at 5.30pm. Dined at 6.10pm. Saw Nash's man about the front door & taps etc. Got off by buss for Euston at 7.0pm with Lennie who got out just before the station. Did not like the sleeping berth as much as usual. Off by 8.0. Civil guard. Went to sleep Mite & self at 9.30pm. Window very cold. Shut it. Both slept very well. (Red ink: Mite & self left for Scotland, Messel going with us to Euston.) Wednesday August 25 On board Train for Bonar Bridge. Woke up at Pitlochry. Had a nice hot breakfast at Kingussie & on to Inverness by 10.40. Met Mr Blair at Inverness who gave Mite chocolates. Also met Mr & Mrs Nisbett who came in same saloon. Also Mr & Mrs Foot. Also Cap'n Moon & Miss Millicent Taylor. All bound for Tressady. Lunch at 11.30am. Foot came in our coupé. Cake. Out at Bonar Bridge at 1.10pm. Got a trap & had to pay £1.1.0 to drive to Skibo. Wired to M from Bonar Bridge. Good drive. At Skibo 3.0pm. No one to receive us. Unpacked. Had tea at 4.0. Wrote M etc & Mite & self had stroll in garden. Up in room again & wrote a week's diary. Carriage back from the moor at 5.45pm. Read Mr Potter of Texas. After saw Mrs Rhodes, Mrs Mellor & another girl. (illeg). Dressed. Dinner 8.0. Claret & after played poker till 11.0. Won 4/s. Smoke & bed at 12.0. Read for ¼ hour. Thursday August 26 Skibo Castle, Dornoch. Up at 8.0. Good bath etc. After breakfast talk with Mr Mellor about Furniss. Wrote Whistlers & Stores to complain about my camera repairs. All playing croquet outside. Then into a room Mrs Rhodes most kindly let me have for work & commenced drawing of Cyclist & Shakespeare. Proportioned the figure out. Lunch. After Rhodes Mellor & self walked down the road about 3 miles for Duck Driving. Drove 3 lochs. No bird came near me. Killed nothing. Back by the carriage & home at 6.30pm. Wrote letters. Dinner. Took Miss (blank) in. After dinner played poker. Won 8/s. Smoke in Smoking Room & bed at 12.0am. A
sort of summer cold in head came on & am thankful to say went away by the morning. Death of poor Edwin James Milliken. (Red ink: Shot duck at Skibo.) Friday August 27 Skibo Castle, Dornoch. Up at 8.0am. They went into Dornoch for golf at 10.0, Mr Rodes & Mr Mellor. Self stayed at home & worked all morning in room given me. Did drawing of Cyclist & got on. Lunch. Did not go into Dornoch with the ladies. Worked on till 6.0pm. A Mr Howard Smith, wife & son arrived in the afternoon. Presents or prizes for Golf Tournament. After went for walk to meet them (Rhodes & Mellor.) Back. Wrote letters etc. Dinner, took Mrs Mellor in. Poker after dinner won 3/s. Bed 12.0. Told not to smoke pipe up the stairs. Oh! (Red ink: Worked all day Skibo.) (Cutting glued in: Mr Milliken died intestate & a bachelor. W.G. Friday Sep 17.) Saturday August 28 Skibo Castle, Dornoch. Up at 8.15. Sleepy in morning. After breakfast left at 10.5 in wagonette & drove for roe deer drive. 4 beats & a half. Had chance at 2 roe deer 3rd drive. Got nothing all day. Fired only 3 cartridges. Saw 2 hares. The ladies came & had luncheon. Mite sat with me. Fire in the 'Hull'. Left & across country to stamp it out. In trap at 7.0 & home 7.20. Whiskey & milk. Dressed. Dinner. Took Miss Pasel in. Two new arrivals. After Mite danced a sword dance to piper in dance room. Game of poker. Won 1/s. Bed at 12.0. Mr & Mrs Nunnerly of Leeds arrived. (Red ink: Deer drive at Skibo.) Sunday August 29 Skibo Castle, Dornoch. Up at 8.20. After breakfast read Cordy(?) Jefferson, Lord Nelson Lady Hamilton & the Queen of Naples. Poor. After did 2 hours work. Played in croquet tournament with Mrs Mellor against Mite & Jack Rhodes. Lost. Lunch. After watched game. After did 2 hours work. After Mite & Jack Rhodes won the tournament. Mite had 6/s. Wrote many letters 6.0 to 7.0pm. Dinner 7.30pm. Claret. Told yarns after. Games in evening, Going Out & Are you there Brother Bill. Goodbye to pretty Mrs Mellor etc. Smoke after. To get up early tomorrow. (Red ink: Worked in morning. Mite won Croquet Tournament.) Monday August 30 Skibo Castle, Dornoch. Up at 7.0am. 8.0 breakfast. Goodbye to Mr Mellor. Off by 9.5 to shoot. Begun on moor after walking up hill at 10.0am. Jack R, Mr Howard Smith & self, Mr Rhodes & young Smith. Ireland the Keeper came with us. Got self 2½ brace & 1 brace of partridges. Lunch 1.15. After shot well. Got 4 brace to self, 14 brace the 3 guns. Others got 9 brace. Home by 6.50. Wire from Mr Bainbridge. Terribly shocked to get a letter saying poor Milliken was to be buried today. Upset. After dressed. Dinner at 8.0pm. Lost 1/3 after at poker. Bed at 11.50 after talk of Alexander & women. (Red ink: Good day over dogs at Skibo.) Tuesday August 31 Skibo Castle, Dornoch. Up at 8.0. After breakfast Mite cycled to Dunrobin Castle & back, 36 miles. Went into room & finished drawing of girl in suit, Shakespeare cyclist, by 12.45pm. Wrote letters. After lunch went into Dornoch by carriage & played round of golf. A Colonel Grant & myself against Colonel Rhodes & his son. We beat them easily, 5 holes. Hade a very good drive over a piece of water.
Bought envelopes etc & wired to M. Back by 6.0pm. Tea. Packed & wrote letters. Dinner. Game of poker after, won 1/s. Bed at 11.30 after smoke & talk to Nunnerly. (Red ink: Finished drawing & played golf at Dornoch.) Sep 1897 Wednesday September 1 Skibo Castle, Dornoch. Up at 7.0. Saw Miss Pasel sitting on step. Finished packing. Saw guns go off in dog cart at 8.45. After breakfast goodbye to all at Skibo. Mrs Rhodes, the Nunnerlys etc etc. Got off in trap at 10.25 & to Bonar Bridge at 12.0. Met a huge traction engine on the way. Mite frightened. Off from Bonar Bridge to Dingwall. Good looking youth in carriage. At the National Hotel at 2.0. Most excellent roast beef. After heavy rain all the afternoon. Wrote letters. Walk up Dingwall. Left at 6.15 for Auchnashellach, 11/3 return. Very pretty little girl on the platform. Arrived at 8.30pm. Quite close to the station. Mr Bainbridge came out. Self had the Prince's room. Delightful house. Down to dinner not dressed. Children dressed up in fancy dress. Miss B very pretty. Mr Bromley Davenport M.P, Mr & Mrs Vickers, Miss Bond, 2 other girls. Dinner. Champagne & ginger beer. Bromley D a good all round man. Dull after dinner. Bed at 12.0am. Read Man in Black. Thursday September 2 Auchnashellach. Up at 8.0am. Family prayers at 9.0am. Decided after breakfast to go deer stalking with Mr Vickers. Drove in trap up to hills. Story of young Gully going up the 'Hull'. Long long walk. Lunch at rock. Views of deer. At last at 5.0pm Mr V got a shot & missed a fine stag of 9 points. Left them at 6.0pm & walked home. Tired & attack of P. Pony took me across the river. Dressed. Dinner. Slow. No champagne. After Bromley Davenport told story of Norway & being 50 miles fom home. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Had day's stalking with Mr Vickers at Achnashellach. Attack of P.) Friday September 3 Auchnashellach. Up at 7.40. Good bath. Packed & breakfast. After a stroll in garden with Mite got away by 11.40 from station. Miss Bainbridge & Mrs Vickers came with us. Got letters. Goodbye to Mite. Lunch at 1.0pm. Attack of P all day. Arrived Inverness at 2.45. Met Blair. Got fly & went across to boat. Dark woman on board. Mr B came with his cycle as far as the loch. Went on & got to Inverfarigaig at 5.50. Curious driver & 2 wheeled trap met me. Stopped to pick up guns, Mr Johnson, Mr Wallace Jnr, Mr Burn & Mr Wallace. On to Wester Aberchalder. Dressed. Room at 1st comfortable after intensely cold. Dinner. Mr & Mrs Wallace's wedding day. Champagne. After a cold game of billiards & bed at 11.45. Awfully cold. Got into bed & scarcely warm then. Extraordinarily pretty parlour maid. (Red ink: Left Auchnashellach. Arrived Wester Aberchalder.) Saturday September 4 Wester Aberchalder. Up at 8.0am. Bath in room. Pouring with rain which went on up to 1.30pm. Mr Johnson & Mr Wallace went into Inverness, 18 miles. At 3.0pm Mr Burn & self went shooting over dogs. Got 3½ brace of grouse & 3 rabbits & 1 moorhen. Left off 6.45 & home. Dressed. Dinner. Talk after & to bed at 11.45. Room had been warmed at night by a large lamp which exhausted all the oxyen
& made it stuffy. Extraordinarily pretty parlour maid. (Red ink: Shot in afternoon with Burn over dogs.) Sunday September 5 Wester Aberchalder. Up at 9.10am. Breakfast at 9.45am. Wallace had his in bed. Talk after. Wrote diary & letters. Pouring wet morning again. Sun came out after. Lunch. Changed & after put on Burbery suit. Went in carriage to see the Falls of Foyers. Walk with Burn & Miss (blank) There met others who had walked all the way. Saw the Falls. Young Burn had had a bicycle accident. Smashed it up. Went with Wallace & his brother to bungalow & had tea. Great big Scotchman Mr Innes. After walked home. Did not get there till 8.25. Dress. Remarks about my jacket! Did not get dinner till 9.10pm. Sleepy after dinner. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Walked to Falls of Foyers.) Monday September 6 Wester Aberchalder. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. After at 10.15 went in carriage for deer drive. Had a Maubiker(?) rifle. Wet in the morning. Joined by a Mr McNab. 1 st beat with Keeper. Had chance of a good one at a roe buck. Shot over his neck. After never saw one. At one beast 1¾ hrs. 'Ah ye'd be all that sir'. Wallace got a nice roebuck shot thro the neck. Walked home with Mr McNab. Dinner 8.35. Took Mrs Munro in. 2 C(illeg) at dinner. A Scotch clergyman. Good talk after & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Day's red deer & roe drive.) Tuesday September 7 Wester Aberchalder. Heard row in morning. Exodus of a good many. Mr & Mrs Burn, son etc, Mrs Munro & daughter, Miss Wyllie, all left. Up at 8.0. Confuson in house. Breakfast after. Hung about till 11.0am, when went to shoot in line. Wallace, Rob Wallace, self & a Scotch farmer. Got 2 birds & a snipe. After tried to drive. Attack of P all day. Uncomfortable. Missed a bird badly. Long walk home. There 7.0pm. After quiet dinner, 6 only. Talk after & bed at 11.0pm. Lemon squash. (Red ink: Shot in line after 11.30am.) Wednesday September 8 Wester Aberchalder. Knock at my door 7.0 to say stags on the hill. Got up & breakfast 8.30am. Talk to P.M. Name Lily Griffin. After got off. Wallace self & Ernest in small pony cart & drove to the Intake & went after stags. At 12.0 Wallace shot splendid stag. Took 8 men to carry him down. Weight 28 stone 1 lb. Lunch at side of road. Midges. Ernest immense eater. After to Intake. Mr Heath, son & daughter arrived. At 4.0 went off after roe deer. Saw some hinds & a doe jumping backwards & forwards over a grip. Most beautiful rainbow. Stalk on a hill & wet thro for an hour. Home by 7.30pm. Mr Graham, Mr Heath etc etc to dinner. L.G never came for letters. Papers. Talk. Lemon squash & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Great day stalking with Wallace. Stag 28 stone 1 lb killed. Attack of P all day.)
Thursday September 9 Wester Aberchalder. Up at 7.45. (illeg) Made mistake in time. Wrote letter & after gave it to post. Talk again to L.G. After breakfast packed. Left in carriage at 11.30 & went over works at the Dam. After walked to lunch with Mr Graham. Good. Then drove to the Intake & by carriage on to the Bristol Alluminium Company.
Fears about my watch with the Dynamo. Saw ingot cast. After saw Ristori & Henry 8th. Back to Foyers Inn. A cad imitating soldiers. Saw Madame Ristori. Wallace drove me to Inverfarigaig. Caught boat & wrote long letters after. Inverness at 7.10. Mr Blair met me. To station. Got carriage to self thro Mr Forbes. Dined with Mr Blair senior, Mrs Blair his daughter in law & P.J.B. Very good dinner. Off from Inverness by 10.30 & went to sleep at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Left Wester Aberchalder. Went after seeing Alluminium Works to Inverness. Dined with Mr Blair senr.) Friday September 10 On board train Inverness to Perth. Guard woke me up 10 minutes off Perth. Out 5.30. Walk up & down. Length of Perth Station (blank) paces. Breakfast at 6.0pm. Wash etc. After from 7.0 to 8.45 walked in & about Perth. Poor shabby town & shops not open. Had hair cut & gave 6d. Caught 9.5am train. Lunched walking up & down. Train on to Dumfries. There 1.40. No Galbraith or any one to meet me. Left luggage & walked on to Terregles, 3 miles. Met dear M driving in break with party. She got out & walked up to Terregles with me. Long talk. Roy out shooting. After got letter from Wolff saying they were leaving. Wrote to him & got on bicycle & rode into Dumfries & posted letter. Just caught the 6.0pm train. Back. Mr & Mrs McLean, Mr Roberts, Mr Anderson & a Mr Dalgleish, uncle to Mr G, & a Miss (blank) there. Roy back from shooting. Dressed. Dinner. Took Mrs G in. Talk in Billiards Room after. Roy beat me 50 up. Bed 12.15am. x. Fine mechanical orchestra played Il Trovatore. (Red ink: Arrived Terregles. No one to meet me. Walked there.) Saturday September 11 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle for 5 miles. Breakfast after. Rested. Dressed & at 12.15 all went to see New Abbey, 9 miles. The 4 in hand & dog cart went. Mr Anderson, Mr Roberts & self cycled. Good ride. Got to New Abbey 1.45. Mill & a Mr Welch owner, ancestors for 300 years. After a good lunch of ham & eggs & Pilsner beer we all went to look at ruins of Cistertian Abbey, Sweetheart Abbey. After long walk round Mr & Mrs McClean tired. Tea. Then cycled home. After dressed & dinner. Took Mrs McClean in. After played cork pool. Won 8d. Ladies played curling. Bed very tired at 12.5pm. (Red ink: Good cycle ride to lunch at Sweetheart Abbey.) Sunday September 12 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.10am. Walk round grounds. Breakfast. After read Guide to Scotland & wrote diary. Fine morning. Roy distrait. Luncheon. After a Sir William Jardine lunched & his sister. Had a theatrical company. Talk of otter hounds. At 3.30 Roy self & Uncle Tom Anderson went for a cycle ride. Very hot. Went up hill & round by Loch & steep hill. Guffawing yokels. Back at 6.0pm. Very hot. Changed & dressed early. In M's room looking out of window. After dinner Mendelsohn's or Mozart's 10th mass played on the Orchestrum & then family prayers. Smoke & bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Dull day. Cycled in afternoon with Uncle Tom & Roy.) Monday September 13 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 6.45. Breakfast 7.30 & off in break to a meet of Otter Hounds at 8.10. Self late. M, Roy & self, Mr McLean, Miss Connal, Miss Fraser, Mr
Dalgleish went. Long drive. Got there as hounds had moved up the river. Drove on & got out & followed the hounds for a mile. In the carriage again. Lost Roy & the girls. Turned & met a clergyman Mr Anderson, Vicar of St George's Hanover Sq. Lunch at a primitive Inn at (blank.) Landlord a Mr Torrance. Wash at the pump & horrid dirty meal. Back to Terregles at 3.0. After changing & writing letters played a round of golf. Self 5 holes, Roy 4, Miss Fraser 4. After a game of croquet, Miss F & self against Roy & M. They won. Dressed. Dinner. Mr Hall Stephenson arrived. Uncle Tom Anderson leaving in the morning. Dinner. After played La Traviata & Trovatore. Cork pool for a long time. Roy won 5 or 6/s. Bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: Went to Otter Hunt.) Tuesday September 14 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.0. x. After a walk round grounds. Very hot. Saw white rabbit. Late for breakfast. After at 10.30 Mr Hall Stephenson, Roy & self went to shoot rabbits. Got 10 to self. Saw a few partridges. Lovely view from top of hill & Roman camp. Frightfully hot. Drink at spring. Back at 2.0pm. Changed & had bath. After put checked trowsers & coat on. Many people of no consequence there to look at the horses. M tired shewing them. Very tired self. No rest anywhere. After felt depressed. Sat by self. Dinner after Trovatore played again. Talk of Waterloo etc. Played cork pool with the ladies. Lost 1/3. Holding out of billiard balls. Roy 6 minutes, Hall Stephenson 8 & Mr Roberts & Galbraith 20 minutes. Bed at 12.15. M awake. Too late to retire. (Red ink: Shot rabbits in morning. Very hot.) Wednesday September 15 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 7.45. Packed all my things & down to breakfast. After mooned about. Left Terregles at 10.30 in break, saying goodbye to Mrs Galbraith etc. No Mr McLean. Galbraith drove us & Mr Hall Stephenson, Mrs McL, M, Roy & self went. Row at station about tickets at Glasgow & S.W train. On to Carlisle. Started 25 minutes late. Up to Euston at 8.20 instead of 7.10. Home. Could not go to the 'Punch' dinner. Sent Otley with letter to F.C.B. Tilda at Stafford Terrace. All dined at 9.15 & bed after. (Red ink: Left Terregles. Travelling all day. Annoyed about tickets.) Thursday September 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round park. After in morning put things away. In doubt as to Xing Channel to get subject. Did not. Skemed drawing & at 12.30 photod Otley & self for Channel & Steamer. After developed. Lunch. Roy had been to Mr Scoones about his work. Came back with letter. M & Tilda out. After at 5.0 drew in enlargement. No, enlarged ¼ plates. Very dark, could not see. Dined 7.0pm & after had good 4 wheeler & went for 3 rd time to see 'La Poupée', Roy, M & self. Saw Abbey in the stalls. Home by the same cab. Supper. Bed 12am. (Red ink: Sent Roy to Mr Scoones. Began work on Channel Boat at 12.0.) Friday September 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Roy & self cycled to Marble Arch & called after at G.W Hotel. Breakfast 9.15. Printed photos & enlarged deck of steamer. After to work all day & up to 8.30pm. Conrad called & stayed 1 hr. Bad lobster at dinner. Quiet evening. M, Tilda, Roy & self after. Bed 12.15 after snooze.
Saturday September 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. x. Work for ¼ an hour before breakfast, after on until 1.25 when finished drawing of Traveller on Deck of Steamer & Customs Officer. Lunch. Rest after. Very cold & wet all day. M had a relaxed throat. Rested & at 5.10 went & called on Mrs Wallace & saw L.G. Prettier than ever. Mr Graham there. Stayed till 5.40 when bought fruit & lobster. Home 6.0pm. Dined 7.0 & after M, Tilda, Roy & self went to the Lyceum Theatre & saw Forbes Robertson in Hamlet. Very good. Saw Harry Routh & his wife & also Macmillan. All home together in 4 wheeler. Supper & bed. (Red ink: M, Tilda, Roy & self all went to the Lyceum Theatre & saw Forbes Robertson play Hamlet admirably.) (Cutting glued in: Death of James Forbes.) Sunday September 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. Breakfast 9.30am. At 10.15 Roy & self went to Victoria & over to Calais with Mr Lewis & Douglas Gordon. Capital lunch & A1 Xing. Roughish sea. No one I knew. Saw Slattery. Back to Victoria at 7.35. Home 8.0. Dinner 8.15. Read Bram Stoker's book Dracula. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Crossed Channel with Lewis & Roy. Delightful day.) Monday September 20 Stafford Terrace. Out at 8.30 on cycle reverse way round Park. Called at 21 D.V.G. Saw Wallace just returned. Left paper & back at 9.30am to breakfast. Roy to Mr Scoones. Sent Otley to Peal's. M laid up in bed. Fine day. In morning wrote letters all morning. At 3.20 Roy & self cycled 29¼ miles. Brentford, Hampton, H.Court, & home by Kingston & over hill. Stopped at King's Head. Lit lamps. Home 7.0pm. Quiet evening after & bed at 12.0pm after reading Dracula. (Red ink: Roy & self delightful cycle ride to Hampton & Kingston. Went up Kingston Hill.) Tuesday September 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Roy & self cycled round park. Left letter at Phil Agnew's & home to breakfast. In morning dated the whole of back blue prints etc. Lunch. At 2.45 cycled to Harrow round by Greenford 27 miles. Back at 6.0. Dressed. Dined 7.30pm & after Roy & self went at 8.30 by cab to Empire Theatre & saw Cinematograph of Procession, Loie Fuller etc. Very poor performance. Sleepy at theatre. Supper at Garrick. No one there. Home at 12.45am. Tired & wasted evening. (Red ink: Roy & self cycled to Harrow. Went to Empire in evening. Very poor performance.) Wednesday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & at 8.30 cycled. Called to ask after Wallace. Saw L.G. No sittings. Rode round by Knightsbridge & home Redcliffe Gardens. Breakfast. After wrote letters. Read Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. M in bed. Roy went to breakfast with Conrad. After in morning got to work to skeme Calendar. Lunch. Rested after. In evening Roy & self walked up thro Park to Bond St. Called & saw Mr Gale. Left Roy. On to Garrick Club & then to Punch dinner. Also called Camera Club. At dinner Phil Agnew, Phil M, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & R.L. 1 st dinner for some time & since poor E.I.M's death. Got cut of Tabitha & women wanted in Canada. Tenniel Frontier cut. Long time making up. Left 10.30 & home by cab & buss. (Red ink: 1st Punch dinner since August.)
Thursday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Roy & self cycled round Park. After skemed subject & at 11.30 photod Tilda Frick for Miss Tabitha. Developed & put to dry. In evening enlarged. Not enough light. Dined at 6.15 & after Tilda, Roy & self went to the Adelphi Theatre & saw 'In the days of the Duke'. Mrs Harrison & daughter went also in box. All enjoyed it very much. Not at all a bad play. Marion Terry good. Out. Put Mrs Harrison in cab & Tilda Roy & self home by hansom. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Photod Tilda. Went in evening to see 'In the days of the Duke' at Adelphi Theatre.) Friday September 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Roy & self cycled round Park. Called & saw Hamilton Langley. After home & worked all day on drawing of Miss Tabitha & Canada. Enlarged cat & one other after breakfast. Bothered with head very much but it came all right afterwards. Dined quietly, M, Tilda, Roy & self. Snooze after & bed at 11.0pm. Saturday Septmber 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15am & to work. Finished drawing before & after breakfast of Aunt Tabitha. Over by 1.15pm. Lunch. M, Tilda & Roy went by buss to Terry's Theatre & saw The French Maid. Self followed. Poor, very poor, play. Roy & self tea at Garrick & home by buss. Dressed. Dined & after all to Gaiety Theatre by 4 wheeler. Saw The Circus Girl for 3rd time. Out & home by 2 hansoms, 6/s. Supper & bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: Went to 'French Maid' at Terry's Theatre. After to the Gaiety for The Circus Girl.) Sunday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Breakfast 8.15. Left at 9.0am, Roy & self. Walked to Metn Rly & went to Charing X. Took train for Folkestone. Met Leslie Ward in trouble at loss of his brother Russell Ward. On boat saw Charles Wyndham, (illeg), Morland Agnew, wife & daughter. Dr Buzzard & son, Murton etc. Dr B gave me his cold. Boulogne. Good lunch, Hotel de Paris. After to Cathedral. Thoughts of buying gaiters. Roy & peach. Chocolates. Tram to Casino. Played Race Game. Lost 4 francs. Saw sun set over sea, 3½ mimutes going down. At 6.0 dined. Poor dinner. Roy broke a urinal basin with foot. Left & to boat at 7.30. Train, Charing X 11.45pm. Home by cab. Supper & bed. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Boulogne & back. Poor day compared to Calais. Horrid influenza cold came on in afternoon.) Monday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Called to ask how Wallace was at 8.45. L.G. Cycled round Park & called Agnew. After breakfast very tired. Got to work to try to skeme Calendar. Lunch. Otley cleaning windows etc. Up in M's room. After did skeme Calendar. Dinner at 6.10. Lennie Messel came. Tilda left at 6.45pm. At 7.15 went in cab 4 wheeler, M, Roy, Lennie & self to Drury Lane. Saw 'The White Heather'. Poor play. Scene of rivers under sea. Changed box from K to CC, stage box. Left at 10.50. Home by hansom. Roy stayed with Lennie to supper. Supper. Bed. Good Punch. Cold very stuffy & bad all day. (Red ink: Tilda left. Messel dined. Went to 'The White Heather' at Drury Lane Theatre.)
Tuesday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Out & round Kensington Sq on cycle. Past De Vere Gds & round Park. Got caught in rain. Change & made a hasty breakfast. Letters & papers after. After got seriously to work on drawing for Calendar. No one particular called in the afternoon. Cold in head developed & very bad all day. Dined quietly at home, M, Roy & self & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Nasty influenza cold in head.) Wednesday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Cycled. Called De V.G. Letter. Mr Wallace better. No, above happened on Monday last, see. Cycled round Park. Back & skemed calendar. Got on better. Worked up to lunch & after to 5.15pm. Dressed & on to 'Punch' dinner. All way by omnibus. F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur à B, R.L, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G there. 2 cuts made up & changed after, Sir J.T taking mine & I his. Got the Morley Mullah to do. Left at 10.30 with Tenniel & home by cab & buss. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Jerry Weigall & Effie Harrison married this day. M & Roy went to à Becketts to reception.) Thursday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Out on cycle & round by F.C.B's. Saw little girls going to school. After back. Wrote letters. Sent Otley to May's for parcel of costume for Afgan. At 12.45 photod him & developed prints etc. Lunch. At 3.15 Roy & self cycled to Twickenham thro Richmond & round by Hampton Court. Called 'Greyhound', had ginger beer. Home by 6.30pm. After wrote letters & dressed to go & dine with Ayala at The Savoy. Roy & self went, ½ hour late. Little Froggy, Mr Lockett, Mr Frank Terrell. 7 Berkeley St, W. Also Tresham Gilbey. Good dinner. After went to the Alhambra & to Mr Terrell's to have lemon squash. Home by cab, Roy & self, 1.15am. (Red ink: Roy & self cycled 28 miles in afternoon to Bushey Park etc. Dined in evening at The Savoy to meet Lockett & Tresham Gilbey. Alhambra after.) Oct 1897 Friday October 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled by self round De V.G & all round Park & past Midge's. Home breakfast. Printed photos taken yesterday. After to work all day on drawing of Morley 'Sniping'. Quiet evening & bed after. M, Roy & self dined together. Saturday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. x or 8.0. After breakfast finished drawing of Morley shooting at the British Camp, 'Sniping'. Late with it. 2.20 when lunched. Roy & M went off in buss to Comedy Theatre. Self followed on. Saw delightful little play called 'One Summer Day'. Out after. M & Roy home. Back & wrote 3 letters at the Camera Club. Then home by buss. Dressed & Roy & self drove in 4 wheeler to dine at Johnny Bergheim's. Lovely house, Belsize Court. Mr & Mrs Peto, Mrs Chapman & an Englishman & wife living in Vienna there. Chameleon in conservatory. Lovely photographs. Left & home by same cab at 11.15. Gave him 5/s. (Red ink: Went to matinée of 'One Summer Day'. Dined with the Bergheims in the evening.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Francis McCrea to Edith Patten.)
Sunday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Breakfast & off for Victoria. Mistake about train. Got 4 wheeler. At Victoria Roy, young Rose, Guthrie, self & Lewis all went for a cycle ride from Canterbury thro Ramsgate, St Peters etc. Lunch at Cliftonville. Bad & uncivil waiter. Called Roy's old school. Roy saw Miss Allen. After lunch cycled to Birchington & on towards St Nicholas. Cyclometer wrong. Round same road we went in morning & past Haine & Westwood. Down into Margate, had tea at the White Hart. Caught the 6.15 & back Victoria 8.13 sharp. Otley met us. Rode home. Dined at 9.0pm. Good dinner. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Accident of small bough in cycle mudguard. After Inspector had to pass Roy at Margate. Stupid collector would not pass the pass. (Red ink: Went down to Thanet with Lewis etc. Cycled 44 miles. Thro' Ramsgate to Margate 23, after lunch 17, home 3: station 1 mile.) Monday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle called De V.G. Saw L.G. Round the Park & home at 9.20. Breakfast. Letters from Mite. Gave Roy cheque for £7.0.0 & also paid wages etc etc. After worked all day up to 8.0pm on Calendar. Dined 8.15pm, M, Roy & self & went to bed unusually early. Woke at 6.30am, did not sleep well afterwards. Tuesday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Out on cycle round by Wetherby & Redcliffe Gardens. Cold fine morning. Wrote letters & answerd one from the S.E.Rly audit office. After worked entire day on Calendar up to 7.0pm. Lennie Messel & his sister Ruth dined with us & M, Roy, they & self all went to Haymarket Theatre & saw 'A Marriage of Convenience'. Thought it a poor play. Back by 4 wheeler & after snack to bed. (Red ink: Went with Lennie & Ruth Messel to Haymarket Theatre.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir John Gilbert RA. The will of Sir John Gilbert. Jan 4, 1898. W.G.) Wednesday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round & called De V.G. Left letter. Saw L.G. After home to breakfast & worked all the morning on Calendar. Lunch at 2.15. Left & up by buss to C.C. At 3.30 L.G came & took 18 phos. Poor model. Left at 4.30. After changed plates. Attack of P. Left & walked to Miles's & had Norfolk jacket tried on & knicks. After by buss from Piccadilly to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, P.M, E.T.R, A.G only. Good dinner. May made sketch 'Tis hard to give the hand where the heart can never be'. I suggested cartoon Putting out the Hill Fire. Got cut of County Council for self. Left with J.T & home by cab & buss. (Red ink: Photod L.G for 1st time C.C.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir John Gilbert. Thursday Oct 7.) Thursday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park & home to breakfast. After skemed drawing for County Council Reduction of Rates & Wife to Monte Carlo. Sent Otley to photo at 11.30. After photod him again at 12.45 & M at 1.15. Developed & after drying enlarged & got to work 4.0 to 7.0pm. Dressed & M & self went in carriage & dined at Colonel Welby's. Met Mrs Craigie (John Oliver Hobbes) a most charming woman & a Mrs Copeland Griffiths & daughter. Left at
11.15 & home by carriage. Used mare in carriage for 1 st time since she came up. (Red ink: Dined with Colonel Welby. Met Mrs Craigie.) Roy went with 2 friends to the Prince of Wales's Theatre & saw 'La Poupée'. (Cutting glued in: Death of Ralph Pochin.) Friday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park & back to breakfast. After got to work & hard all day on London County Council Reduction of Rates & Wife to Monte Carlo. Finished at 9.0pm & dined, M, Roy & self all together. Bed at 12. Tired. Conrad came in & sat at dinner but had dined. (Red ink: Finished drawing Friday night, 1st time since (blank) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Robert Cobbold, of a daughter.) Saturday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast went & had hair cut & at 10.0 went on till 1.30 on Calendar for 1898. Afterwards rested in M's room. Then at 4.0 Roy, M & self went in carriage to Aquarium & saw Cinematograph of fight between Corbett & Fitzsimmons. Good. Out & walked to top of Park. Home by carriage & worked till 8.0pm when we 3 dined & had quiet evening after. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Went to see Cinematograph of fight between Fitzsimmons & Corbett at the Aquarium.) Sunday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Did not go to Calais. Worked all morning up to 1.15pm after shocking bad sausages at breakfast. Roy at Club. M out for walk. After lunch at 2.15 Roy & self cycled to Langley, Iver, Uxbridge, & home 38 miles. Cyclometer went wrong. Good ginger beer at Colnbrook. Home 6.0pm. After dressed & bath & worked from 6.45 to 8.15 when dined. Good dinner. Chestnuts. Quiet evening afterwards. Lennie M called at 12.0pm. (Red ink: Roy & self cycled 38 miles between 2.15 & 6.0pm.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Thomas Whiffen.) Monday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Cycled round park. Road finished. Home & breakfast. Finished the Calendar at 1.30 carefully. Lunch. After rest skemed the 3 Fairy pages for Xmas No. M out at Mr McLeans to say goodbye to Bobby Roberts. At 7.15 dressed. M, Roy & self dined together & at 9.0 (a quarter before) Roy left in hansom for Oxford. Gave him £5. Up in room & wrote letters. Sent final instalment for George Newnes & Co, £187.10.0. M writing letters. Bed at 11.30. M reading. x. (Red ink: Roy left for matriculation examination at Oxford, full of hope.) Tuesday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Cycled round Park. Met Joe Parkinson & talk about Hastings & Stockholm etc. Breakfast. A most lovely morning. Wrote to Mr Barr enclosing Mr Lewis's letter. After back & got to work on Christmas pages. M & self by ourselves at dinner. After in smoking a cigar burnt a hole in my armchair to my great annoyance. Quiet evening & bed. Wednesday October 13
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After back & went on to work all day on drawings of Xmas Nº. At 3.30 Roy came back from Oxford. Worked & at 5.45 took cab, Roy with me, & went up to Miles's to have coats tried on. Roy left me at Burlington Arcade. Buss to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, Phil A, Phil M, E.T.R & A.G. Good dinner. Discussion about Milliken's affairs. Parkinson had sent cheque for £20. Got good subject of African Lily. Back with J.T. & home by omnibus. Roy out. Had to go down to let him in. (Red ink: Roy back from Oxford at 3.30pm in the afternoon.) Thursday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled round park. Breakfast. After got to work & skemed drawing of John Bull, France & African Lily. Did not use any photos for it this week yet admirable cut. Lunch. After got well on in afternoon. At dinner a wire came for Roy saying he was 'Not through'. Great disappointment. Up after dinner & put spare phos away etc & got ready to go on with drawing 1 st thing tomorrow. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Telegram from Hall Porter at Magdalen to say that Roy as 'Not through'. Arrived dinner time. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Laetitia Burkinyoung. Death of John Holtzapffel.) Friday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park & round & round by Marble Arch. After back & went on to work at drawing of John Bull & African Lily. Worked all day. At dinner time a wire came from Oxford for Roy to say 'Not through'. Very much troubled & annoyed. After wrote Lehmann, Scoones & Mr Ainger, sending copies of letter from Mr Warren saying briefly that Roy had not been admitted to Magdalen College. The wire came yesterday at dinner time which see. Wrote letters till 11.0pm when after went to bed disappointed & weary. (Red ink: Wrote Lehmann etc about Roy going to another college. Very much pressed for time.) (Cuttings glued in: The Viscountess Montmorency, of a daughter. Will of Sir Charles Mordaunt.) Saturday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x, & cycled round Park. Back & after breakfast got on with Xmas pages. Worked all day on them. Did not go out anywhere in afternoon. Long wire from Lehmann from Bourne End about Roy going to Oxford & in the evening a long rambling letter from Mr Warren. Very much vexed & annoyed. Quiet dinner, M, Conrad, Roy & self. Sat up till 2.30am when to bed. (Red ink: Worked all day on Xmas Nº. Lovely warm summer weather all this week. (Cuttings glued in: Lady Jessel, of a daughter. Death of Edward Langtry.) Sunday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Down. Out on cycle for 10 minutes past D.V Gardens. Back. Breakfast 9.0. Roy off with cycle to call on Lehmann at Bourne End. Left by the 10.0am Paddington. Worked all morning on my Xmas pages. Lunch. Dora & Conrad in. Left at 1.50 by cycle to G.W.R & caught the 2.20 for Taplow. Came across Mr Reddy & a lady. Cycled with them to Slough. Met Roy at Colnbrook & then home. Roy had seen Lehmann & Oxford men. Home 6.0pm & did 2 hrs work. After Conrad, Roy, M & self dined. Wrote letter to Mr Burge of University College Oxford. (Red ink: Worked in morning. Went by train to Taplow & cycled home. Roy went to Lehmann's.)
Monday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Cycled to shop in Jermyn St for stockings & back again. After back & worked all day on Xmas Nº drawings. Conrad & Roy out. Back to lunch when Conrad left. Printed a few blue prints of L.G. Telegram from Mr Burge of University College about Roy. M wiring Lennie. Mite arrived home 8.20pm. Roy & Otley went to meet her. Dined at 8.40, M, self, Mite, Roy & Lennie M. Bed at 11.45pm. (Red ink: Mite arrived home from Scotland at 8.20pm.) Tuesday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not cycle. Wet morning. All day at work hard on pages of Xmas Nº. Mite out in carriage. Wrote 2 letters to Mr Burge. M in bed. After at 8.0 dressed. Lennie Messel dined & bought rings. After Roy went down & bolted door. Poor Mite very upset & not wanting to be engaged. Very tired. Read good story in Macmillan's Magazine. Bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: Mite had her engagement ring brought by Lennie M.) Wednesday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Did not cycle. Foggy morning. Roy & self at breakfast. After M in her room. Poor Mite weeping all night. In mother's room with her ring on. After worked all morning. Lunch. Slight rest & worked till 5.0pm. Had dressed at 4.0. Left 5.45pm & went by buss to top of Piccadilly. Called Stannards. Left cup. On to Punch dinner. 1st joining of Mr Seaman at the table. Rather a pushing gent, like Mr Blair. Sir W.A, F.C.B, Phil A, E.T.R, A.G, J.T, self, A à B, R.L there. Tenniel had had bad toothache. Settling Milliken's subscription. After talk to Arthur about Jerry Weigall. Mean. Tenniel subject of Wellington & Nelson, self another John Bull. Left with Tenniel & home by cab & buss. Spoken to by girl at corner. Mite's engagement. Read paper & bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Mite's health drunk at the Punch dinner. Mr Seaman's 1 st Punch dinner.) Thursday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast. Foggy. Did not cycle. All morning skemed Jonathan & John Bull. Drew it out. Sent Roy to Mr Scoones with letter. He came back to lunch & went again to see him at 3.0pm. Arranged to go on with his studies. After worked till 6.30 or 7.0pm then dressed & left with Mite & Roy in 4 wheel cab to dine at the Messels. Left poor M at home by herself. After line of men waiting for dinner. Long slow dinner. Took Mrs M in. They as cordial as they could be. Dr Messel & others I did not know except by their faces. The Hemmings etc etc. Little girl with lovely bouquet waiting up for Maud. Lennie sang songs after & after to me a very slow hour after dinner. Left at 11.30 & home by carriage. Mare fresh. Read paper & dozed till 2.0am. M awake & up in the night with violent indigestion. Slept indifferent well. Bernard Partridge married. (Red ink across page: Formal engagement dinner at the Messels. Mite, self & Roy went.) Friday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out 8.30. Met Parkinson in park. Talk of Jem Mace. Home & to breakfast. After wrote letters & cheques etc. Roy returned to Mr Scoones. After went on to work all day on cartoon & finished it at 8.0pm instead of in the afternoon. M, Mite, Roy & self dined together quietly.
Saturday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Foggy morning. Went on after breakfast with outline of 3rd Almanack drawing. Lunch at home. Congratulations coming for Mite about her engagement. Did not go out anywhere. Worked up to 8.45pm when dined. Lennie came in after dinner. Quiet evening, went to bed very tired. Sunday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. No cycle ride & did not go out the entire day. Worked all the morning on the 3 pages of Almanack & began to shade at 12.30am having outlined it all. Rested in afternoon to 4.0pm when went on shading 1 st page. Finished & began the 2nd. At 8.0 Lennie M dined. Quiet dinner. Bottle of 1878 Ayala. Worked for 2 hours after dinner also & went to bed tired at 12.0am. Mr Blair came up from Scotland by night mail & presented himself at St Mary Abbots Church at 9.30am & saw Mite. After he had a long interview with M & a very painful one. Mite was sent away & lunched with Lennie at his aunt's. Very sorry & unhappy about Mr Blair. (Red ink: Mr Blair came up from Scotland. Interview with M.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Sir Charles Mordaunt. Vicountess Deerhurst, of a daughter.) Monday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.20am & down 6.40 & put in 2 hours work on shading the 2nd page & began the 3rd page after breakfast. Managed to finish by 12.45 & then dressed for leaving by omnibus at 2.0pm for the 3.20pm at Liverpool Street. Roy went with us. Smoking & would not carry his cloak. Saw Lomas. Down to Wickham Market. Bother about luggage as before. Off at last. The ladies in wagonette omnibus, self in D cart. House party Sir William Priestley, Lady Priestley, Miss Priestley, Captn & Mrs Hayworth Savage (née Gilligan). Mrs Savage an extremely pretty woman. Captain Elkington, selves, Gerald Walsh, & Mr & Mrs Lucas. Changed. Delightful bed room. Took Mrs Hayworth Savage in to dinner. Took Champagne. Won a trifle at roulette & lost two pools. Bed 12.0. Very tired & seedy. Slept badly. (Red ink: Left London for Wickham Market. Rush with work & tired.) Tuesday October 26 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up & breakfast at 9.0. After off to shoot at 10.0 in break. Guns Captain Hayworth Savage, Capn Elkington, Sir William Priestley, self, Col Lucas, Gerald Walsh & another who joined us. Shot pheasants, 2 hares etc etc. Partridge drive. Ladies joined us at lunch. Mrs H.S, Miss P, Mrs L & Mite. Chaff about my leather waistcoat being too hot. Felt seedy at lunch. After dear Mite with me all the afternoon. Shot 3 partridges. Back 5.30 & tea. After rested for 2 hours before dinner. Tired & seedy. Took M into dinner by lot. Took Claret. After won a trifle at roulette & lost one pool. Went up to bed & glad to get there. Read Flames. Strange dream of letters turning up years after. The other gun who joined us was a Captain Shipley. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot at Easton Park. Mite with me in afternoon.) (Cutting glued in: Resignation of Lord Ludlow.) Wednesday October 27 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.10. Breakfast at 8.45 & out & off in break at 9.15, 7 miles drive for shoot. Guns Sir William Priestley, Captain Hayworth
Savage, Captain Elkington, Gerald Walsh, Col Lucas & self. (At this point felt sick & faint in M's room & had to go & lie down). A grey day & nearly all taken up with partridge driving. Began at a house occupied by the Hon Ivo Bligh & shot a couple of ducks. After partridge driving. Got 3 or 4. Also plenty of pheasants. Felt unaccountably sick & seedy all day with colly wobbles. Something had disagreed with me. Left off at 4.45 & long drive home. After rested in M's room before hot fire which made me sick (see above.) Did not enjoy my dinner at all. Again drew M to take in to dinner. Changed place with Sir William Priestley. After roulette, won 3/6. Did not play pool. Bed early. Could not sleep at night. Heard all the hours from 3.0am to 8.0am strike. (Red ink: Very seedy.) (Red ink across page: Felt seedy all day & very queer at night. Did not sleep all night.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Arthur Viscount Southwell to Dorothy Walrond.) Thursday October 28 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.10. Had not slept a wink all night. Heard 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 o'clock strike. Seedy in the morning. Put on checked suit. Breakfast one toast & 1 egg & off for 3rd day's shoot. Most lovely day. Shot more than 25 pheasants, 1 partridge very well, 1 rabbit. Lunch in a moated farm house. All the ladies there. Very careful what I took & only biscuits & weak whiskey & soda. Squeamish all day. Guns Col Lucas, Sir William Priestley, self, Capn Hayworth Savage, Captain Elkington, Hon Gerald Walsh & Captain Shipley who said that it must have been Tuesday that something disagreed with me as it was the same with himself. Left off 5.0 & walked home. Tea. Mite did sketch for Mrs Lucas. Packed my bags & rested. Wrote Fletcher. Stopped the clock. Again felt very seedy. Dinner. Took Mrs Lucas in & pleasant talk of Prince Imperial etc. Lost 2/6 at roulette. Gave £1.10 for tips to Keeper & went to bed. (Red ink: Very seedy.) (Red ink across page: 3rd & last day's shoot at Easton Park.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage between Viscount Southwell & Dorothy Walrond. Death of the Duchess of Teck.) Friday October 29 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 6.45. Breakfast 7.45 & off in buss at 8.20. Mr & Mrs Hayworth Savage, Sir William Priestley, Lucas & self went up. Fast travelling horse behind omnibus. Foggy. Fears for fog in London. Dog cart met me & drove home. Otley congratulated about Mite. Very few letters. Still seedy in stomach. Rested. After lunch M & Mite back at 4.20. Roy in. Letter from F.C.B about Rosebery playing an accordian. Sat down after a cup of tea & skemed it & drew it & partly in ink from 4.30 to 8.30pm. At 8.45 M, Mite, Roy & self all dined quietly & bed after, seedy & tired. (Red ink: Very seedy in morning. Back to Stafford Terrace. (Cutting glued in: Death of Lord Rosmead. Oct 29.) Saturday October 30 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & down. Did not go out. Still seedy with indigestion etc. From 9.30 to 2.0pm finished drawing of Lord Rosebery playing concertina. Lunch. After Roy & self cycled to Richmond Park. Crowds there. Saw White Lodge & people leaving cards. Sir Francis & Lady Jeune, Whiteley etc. A gent thrown off his horse. Another touched my machine near Star & Garter. Home 5.15 without lights. After tea & rest put all Xmas Nº photos away. Dinner at 8.0pm, M, Mite, Roy, self. Lennie M came in after dinner with birds. Stayed until 1.30. Rest in chair & bed 12.0. x. (Red ink: Still seedy. Cycled to Richmond Park
with Roy.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry George. Oct 30. Marriage of Herbert Allfrey to Norah Meiggs.) Sunday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. Breakfast 9.30. After dressed & walked up to the top of the Row with M & Evelyn Coward. Foggy but a lovely morning. Put them on bus, then on to Garrick. Lunched. Saw Col Jones. At C.C. photod L.G. Too dark for anything good. On to Athenaeum. Wrote many letters. Saw after Canon Harford & saw that Warren was down for the Athenaeum Club. Home to dinner. Lennie dined. After Roy & self went to Bernard Partridge's at home. (Red ink: Quiet day. Walked up to Club. Wrote letters etc. Roy & self went after dinner to Mrs Bernard Partridge's at home. Drove home by cab.) (Cutting glued in: Letter to The Times, A link with the past. Oct 26.) Nov 1897 Monday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not cycle. In morning put Bath Room etc in order & also lengthened sleeves in coat etc. Lunch. After cycled to Richmond. Back & down Putney Hill. 2 girls. Home by Fulham. Wrote legends on 18 drawings after tea. At 8.15 Fritz Jackson & his wife dined with us. Roy went to the Levy's for the coming of age of young Levy. They stayed until 11.45 & then left. Lennie Messel here also. Bed 12.30. Tired. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Colonel Chard VC, of Rorke's Drift. Wed Nov 5) Tuesday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Good. After finished writing on mounts of drawings & M & Mite out in carriage. Decided to go to Club. Lunched at Garrick & saw Stone. Talk of Col Welby. Saw Furniss looking fat & shabby. After talk to Marshall Hall & was shewn the Beefsteak Club. Called Adelphi & got box. On to Athenaeum. Wrote theatres etc. Saw Conrad Cooke & Macmillan. Tea & home by buss. Dressed. Dined 7.0. At 8.0 all went in 4 wheeler to Adelphi. Lennie there. Very empty house. Big box. Saw In the days of the Duke for 2 nd time. Bored. Out & 4 wheeled cab home. Supper & bed. (Red ink: Went to Adelphi. Bored with play.) (Cutting glued in: Letter to the Times, A link with the past. Oct 28.) Wednesday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Out on bicycle. Met Sir Martin Conway. Round Park & home. Drew wages. After finished writing on drawings for Fine Art Society. Lunch. Rest. Tea. Developed 2 of L.G. photos. After left at 5.15 & up by bus to Miles's to have my coats tried on. Saw the weak cutter & then walked on the Oxford St side & thro Shaftesbury Avenue to Strand & Punch dinner. Called Parkers & also Smiths the saddler. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, Sir W.A, Seaman, E.T.R, A.G there. Longish discussion. Left with Tenniel & home by bus & cab. Agnew told about "Oh! what a ghost" to Mrs Ian Robertson. (Red ink: Funeral of late Duchess of Teck.) (Cuttings glued in: Letters to The Times, 'Links with the past'. Wed Nov 3 & Thursday 4 Novr 97.) Thursday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Out on cycle & round Park. Back & got to work to skeme cut of German Emperor & Sultan. Sent Otley for costume to May's. Back
at 12.0. Photod him for German Emperor & self as Sultan. Developed & after lunch enlarged them then did 3 hrs work. Dressed & up by bus to Berkeley Square & walked to 8 Carlos Place & dined at the Heilbuts. Met Arthur Lewis's, Mrs Turquand, the Da Costas & others. Sir Douglas Straight. Lovely house. Left at 11.15 & home by carriage. Roy up. Slept in chair till 2.0am. Took Mrs Arthur Lewis in to dinner. Good champagne. (Red ink: M, Mite & self dined at the Heilbut's.) Friday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. No cycle ride. Wrote letters after breakfast. Sent Otley to have the (illeg) cranks put on my cycle. Went on to work all day on drawings of German Emperor & Sultan. Finished at 8.45 & dined at 9.0pm. Lennie Messel came in after dinner. After snooze till 12.0 & to bed tired. (Cuttings glued in: Letters to The Times, 'Links with the past'. Saty Nov 6. The wife of William Orton, of a son.) Saturday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Out at 10.30 & walked up to the Club. Called Comedy Theatre & after bought weapons at 10 Green St. Lunched with Stone at Garrick. After to St James's Theatre with M & Roy & saw 'The Tree of Knowledge'. Very well acted. Out & got sausages & on home. Looked over Sketch & after at 8.0pm dined. Lennie & Ruth Messel dined. They left at 11.0pm. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Went to matinée of ‘The Tree of Knowledge’ at the St James's Theatre. Lennie & Ruth Messel dined.) (Cutting glued in: A marriage betwen Mr Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel and Maud Frances, daughter of Mr Linley Sambourne, will take place early in 1898. Sat Nov 6.) Sunday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.10. x. Breakfast 9.35. Good. After left with Roy at 10.5 & by buss to Victoria. Went to Calais with Dr Goodson & his son. Fine passage. Lord Rathmore & Sir Thos Sutherland aboard. Very good lunch. Two helpings of poulet. Left & back. Leopold de Rothschild & also Mocatta. A fat Frenchman had a row with Dr Godson & also going up companion. Home at 7.50. Dressed & dined 8.15pm. Stone dined with us. Talk of Roy's Oxford exam & Eve Welby's engagement. (Red ink: Roy & self to Calais & back. Met Lord Rathmore & Dr Clement Godson.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Amy Sedgwick. Obituary Mrs Parkes Goodtry.) Monday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. M wakeful. Pouring wet day. Sent Otley with wire about Marshall Hall. Sorted 'Times' & also wrote on 3 drawings for Fine Art Socy. Early lunch. After left with Mite in cab at 2.5pm & saw her off at Waterloo for Pyt House. Sir Archibald & Lady Edmundstone in next carriage. Then went by buss to Portland Place. Saw Park Crescent Mews & walked to Regent Circus & buss to Athenaeum. Wrote letters, Mr Burge etc etc. Saw Lockyer, Sir William Priestley, Orchardson etc. Felt very sleepy reading. M called for me in the carriage at 7.15 & drove home. Dressed & dined, M, Roy & self. Roy had been out all day. Gave him a good rowing. Dull uncomfortable dinner. Bed 11.30 after reading. (Red ink: Mite left for Pyt House.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir James Maitland.) Tuesday November 9
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. M up. x.x. Dull foggy morning. Decided not to go to the Lord Mayor's Show. Went by buss to Victoria. Got trowsers muddy & on to Dover. Opposite an ugly German. Boat 20 minutes late in starting. Calais at 2.45. Short woman with maid & sealskin & sable cloak & another with middle aged maid coddled up on dack. Saw Gage. Good lunch. Girl & workmen next table. Got cigars & back & home exactly at 7.50. Dressed & dinner, M, Roy & self. Many had called. Read The Tragedy of Korosko. Bed at 12.15am. Had embrocation on chest as I had a nasty cold come on last night. (Red ink: Crossed over to Calais & back to escape fog on Lord Mayor's Day. Mr Owen Seaman waited for me at the Garrick. Nasty cold on chest.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir James Maitland. Death of Frances Armstrong.) Wednesday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down & after breakfast printed a great many blue photos. Fine bright morning. Mr Buckeridge called on me about speaking tube. After had marmite of pheasant for lunch & out immediately after. Called on Mr Lemon, decided not to apply to Watney's for 3½ p.c loan. On & to Bond St by buss. Called at Langs etc about guns & also tried coats on at Miles's. Walked to Athenaeum. Wrote letters for theatres etc in strange room & after walked to 'Punch' dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, W.A, O.S, A.G there. Long rambling story by Arthur. Tenniel in a temper with me about Almanack. Left with J.T at 10.45. Home by buss & cab. Thought I had got into wrong buss. M & Roy had dined at Langleys. Bed 12.15. Thursday November 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. M in bath. After breakfast wrote Owen Seaman. Dull wretched foggy morning. After skemed subject of Salisbury in bed. Developed photo taken from Otley in bed & enlarged it & after a rest got to work & drew till 7.0. Dressed. Dinner & after Roy & self went to the Court Theatre & saw The Vagabond King. Murray Carson & Miss Bateman. Poor play. Out & home by carriage. Bed early. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see 'The Vagabond King' at the Court.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Cecil Sebag Montefiore to Amy Raphael.) Friday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & after breakfst went on to work all day on drawing of Salisbury in bed & African Black Beetles. M, Roy & self dined at 9.0pm. Quiet evening after & bed at 12.0. Sent cheque for Miss Kennedy's mortgage. (Cutting glued in: Letter to The Times, 'Links with the past'. Fri Nov 12.) Saturday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. M in bed. After breakfast walked up Row & took the stick Briggs made such a mess of back. Walked the whole way to Briggs's & after called Whites & then on to the Athenaeum Club. Lunched there after writing letters. Curious old gent named Elliott talked to me about D.M & spirits influencing him. Bad lunch. On to Her Majesty's Theatre. Big box. Hamilton Langley & Dora there, M & Roy. Saw The Silver Key & Catherine & Patrutios. Poor. Out & home by hansom. After put away photos & sorted papers & at 7.40 went by carriage to dine at De la Rue's leaving Roy to dine alone. Good dinner. Took Mrs D in. Afterwards talk to Mrs Fladgate about Claude Watney. Sybil Grantham
looking seedy. Left & home by carriage. Roy up. (Red ink: Went with Roy & M & Langleys to 'The Silver Key' at Her Majesty's. Dined at the De la Rue's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Jane, Countess of Cranbrook.) Sunday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & cycled with Roy round Park. Called & saw Midge & H. After home. In morning did shirts etc & printed some photos. Bright lovely morning. After lunched at home & walked up Park & on to Athenaeum Club. Wrote letters etc etc. Saw Lockyer. Tea & smoke. Strolled on to the C.C & Garrick. Saw Beetle & another dining. After dressed carefully. Sir Charles Hall's dinner. H.R.H the Duke of Coburg, Lord Rowton, Lord Glenesk, Hall's brother, self, Charles Wyndham, Joe Parkinson, Sir Henry Thompson & another who I did not know. 10 in all. (Red ink: Sir Charles Hall's dinner at the Garrick Club. H.R.H the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha.) (Plan of seating) Sir Henry Thompson, Sir Charles Hall, Charles Wyndham, L.S, Sir C.Hall's brother, Lord Rowton, H.R.H Duke of Saxe Coburg, Lord Glenesk, ?, Joe Parkinson. Something upset me at dinner. Wyndham's story of football kicker. Party broke up at 11.15. Went into smoke room. Talk to O'Dowd etc. Out. Lord Dungarvan. Home by cab. Felt sick. Slept in chair till 2.15am. Bed. Not well. Monday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Felt very seedy. Sick etc. After breakfast in doubt as to going to Oxford. Cold N.E wind. Decided not to go. Wired etc. After developed some plates & printed blue phos. Dear Mite came back from Pyt at noon. Lunch, M, Mite & self. After sorted all the Illustrated papers. Lennie in at 5.0pm. Wrote many letters to models etc etc. Letter from Camera Club. Dressed at 6.45 & dined M, Roy & self. (Red ink: Very seedy. Was to have gone to Oxford. Gave it up. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of John Burgess R.A. Nov 15. Mr Baron Pollock indisposed. 15 Nov.) Tuesday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. After breakfast a fine morning. Developed many plates & after printed blue prints. Lunch & on to Athenaeum. Walked up the Row. Met Sir R.Romer. Congratulations on Mite's engagement. Called C.C. Wrote letters at Club & read. Home by buss. Lennie M to dinner. Talk after. Wednesday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. M down to breakfast. Wet morning. Wired that would not take photos. Lunched at home after developing many photos. Rest after & went after tea to Garrick Club. Buss to top of Piccadilly. Called C.C. Saw Fladgate & Charley Burnand. On to P.D. Sir W.A, Bernard P, E.T.R, Phil A, A.G, A à B, J.T, self, Phil May, Owen Seaman. Long discussion on County Council. Self got good cut of France, John B & Russia. Home by cab & buss. Bed at 12.0. F.C.B seedy with influenza & not at Punch dinner. (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary Sir Henry Doulton. F.C.Burnand attack of influenza. Nov 17. Sir William Ingram seriously ill. Nov 17.) Thursday November 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Cycled in mud round Park. Home. Horrid ride. After men had finished the speaking tube to Stable. Great success. Spoke to
Otley thro' it. Skemed subject of France, J.B & Russia. Photod Otley & Emilie for it. After developed & enlarged them. Tired after very. Got to work at 4.40 after tea & worked on to 8.0pm. Mite dined at the Messels & home by carriage after. (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary of Charles Shoppee.) Friday November 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & got to work after breakfast. Man from the Stores came about shirts & fitted & measured me. After worked the whole day & immediately after lunch on the drawing of John Bull, France & Russia. Good drawing. Could not finish. Dined 9.0pm. Lennie & Mite in afterwards. (Red ink: Greatest fire in the City since the Great Fire of 1666. Letter about last week's cartoon.) Saturday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Got to work at 9.15am & on to 1.30 when finished cartoon of John Bull, France & Russia. Lunch & after in carriage with M & Roy to the Comedy Theatre & saw One Summer's Day for 2 nd time at 7 weeks interval. Lennie & Mite in box. Horrid day, fog & nasty smell in streets. After went to Athenaeum Club & wrote many letters. Tea & home by buss. Lennie M dined with us & stayed till 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went to matinée of One Summer's Day for 2nd time.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of George Lopes and Ernestine Lopes. Baron Pollock's will. W.G, 4 Jany 1898.) Sunday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Breakfast & off at 10.15am to Victoria. Neither Lewis nor Rose turned up. Down in carriage by myself & back in carriage by myself. Most lovely day & good Xing. Saw no one interesting & no one I knew. Gage at Calais. Good lunch. Just enough French money to pay. Posted lettes. Got cigars & chocolate. Back punctually. Introduced to Knoop & a friend of Gage's. Long talk going back. Lennie Messel dined. Wrote 6 letters & diary after dinner. (Red ink: X'd Channel. Lovely day. Was to have met Lewis & Rose.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Charles Pollock. Wills of Sir Charles Pollock & Sir John Gilbert. Death & Obituary of Admiral Samuel Derriman.) Monday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Very foggy. Double electric light at breakfast. Off by the 9.55 train from G.W.R, dog cart. 2nd Class. One other in train. At Oxford walked right thro' town. Awkward mistake about postcards. Put down 1/s. On to Magdalen Coll. Back & wrote letter to John Ward at the Mitre Hotel. After lunched at 1.15 with Mr Burge. Long talk. Went after to Bodleian Library & Picture Gallery. Hurried off to catch train & found I had made mistake of 1 hour. Tram back again & went into quadrangle of Magdalen College. Back by tram & came across Dr Clement Gordon who returned 2nd class with me. Long talk about the Duchess of Marlborough, Blenheim etc. At Paddington home by buss & walked from Silver Street. Mademoiselle Jackymot & Lennie at S.T. Wrote letters. Quiet dinner, M, self, Roy & Mite. Roy argumentative & troublesome all dinner. After went to bed early 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went down to Oxford.) Tuesday November 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Down. A horrid dark pea-souper day. Had to wire to put off photography. Dated photos etc etc & lunched at home. Was to have had Effie Weigall to lunch. After walked up Row & got into buss Victoria & King's X & went thro' Leicester Square. Called C.C & on to Athenaeum Club. Saw Sir Wm Priestley. Wrote letters from 3.45 to 6.15pm uninterruptedly. Home by buss. Dressed & left with M to dine at Mrs Turquand's, 13 Connaught Square. Met Mr & Mrs Hawkins & Johnny Bergheim & his wife & one other. Good dinner. Something disagreed with me. Home by carriage. Roy & Mite up waiting. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Good dinner at Mrs Turquand's.) Wednesday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Again foggy & dark. Sent Roy back with box of Vaudeville Theatre which came. M & Mite's accounts. Wrote Wellington & Ward. After developed the last lot of photos of L.G. Lunch. M expecting Lady Margaret. Rest. At 4.50 dressed & left at 5.30pm by buss to Sloane St. Then walked up to Garrick. Wrote L.G & sent 'Punch. On to Savoy Restaurant, getting violets. Dined with the Ayala bros. Intensely disgusted to find Broadley there. Would have left if possible. Mr Tyrrell there, no one else I cared for except an old Judge. Good dinner. Took nothing but Claret. Left 9.0 & on to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, Phil M, E.T.R, F.C.B, J.T, A à B & Owen Seaman there. Heard from J.T about Guthrie having left the Table, or rather given up his subject. Long discussion about Army Reform. Suggested Punch as Recruiting Sergeant. Left with Tenniel, home by cab & buss. Came across Alfred Bishop in buss. (Red ink: Disgusted to meet Broadley at Ayala's dinner.) Thursday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. x. Out on cycle & round by Burnands. Turned at Gay's. Breakfast. Again a wretched fog. Waited for subject. Developed some plates. At 12.30 note came & after it came Mrs Burnand who was left in the hall by that idiot Emilie. Went down. M had been to Stores in the carriage. Got to work in afternoon & skemed subject. Mite left in the morning (no it is tomorrow.) M, Roy & self dined. Mite out dining with Lennie. Did not come back till 1.10am. Roy & self sat up for her. (Cuttings glued in: Fatal carriage accident to the Countess of Lathom. Wed Nov 24. Sale of Mrs Langtry's yacht. Nov 25.) Friday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & after worked all day on drawing of Balfour as Bird & Fowler in nets. Finished easily at 8.0pm. Never sent for it. Mite away. M, Roy & self dined by ourselves. The Punch Almanack came & Mite's book also. No this was tomorrow Saty. Bed at 12.0 after rest. Mite left in the morning at 11.0am for Edie Sismey's. A lovely fine bright cold day. Saturday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dressed. After breakfast & writing letter to Wellington & Ward left & to C.C by buss. Wrote 4 or 5 letters at Garrick & at 12.0 photod Miss Jackson. Poor insignificant model. Out 2.0 & lunch at 2.15. Talk to Percy Reeve. After walked to Royalty & saw with M & Roy 'Oh! Susannah'. Poor play. Miss Freare good. Saw Sir Bruce & Lady Seton. Wet. Back by carriage & M, Roy & self dined quietly at home. Read Rome & Pompeii. Bed at 11.30pm. Roy in
W.C. Mite's book came. Disappointed. (Red ink: Went to matinée of 'Oh Susannah'. Photod Miss Jackson.) Sunday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.35. x. Decided to cross Channel. Wet & dirty weather. No Lewis at Victoria. Went down with a Liverpool man. Talk from Faversham. On board Captain said weather clearing. Wilkins said glass falling. Bad passage. Very good lunch. Lady Dash & daughter opposite, sister in law to Lord Southwell. Back on board. Talk to Gage. Learnt Levilly's pass had been taken from him. Very bad Xing back. Heavy seas. Home ¼ hr late by cab. Lennie & Winnie Lockyer to dinner. Glass had fallen 1¼ inch. Heavy gale at night. M playing. (Red ink: Frightful passage from Calais. Great gale commenced.) Monday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Great gale in the night & all the morning. Mite & M out. Developed plates & afterwards lunch. Mite said she felt very seedy. Gave up going out to dinner. In afternoon enlarged some of Miss L.G's photos etc. Got ready for the dinner. (Red ink: Home dinner of 8 to Messels.) (Plan of seating.) M, Fletcher Moulton, Mrs Messel, self, Mrs Dickens, Mr Messel, Miss Thompson, Henry Dickens. Golden waited. 3 bottles '74 Ivory drunk, 1 bottle Domeny, 2 of Claret. Roy dined in next room. All went off well & they left at 11.15. Felt slight head on going to bed at 12.30. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Prof W.M.Flinders Petrie to Hilda Urlin.) Tuesday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out for walk round Campden Hill with Tip. Back. After in morning developed a lot of photos taken of Miss Jessop as peasant sitting. Mostly failures. Under exposed or developer wrong. After Effie Weigall to luncheon. Looking very well. After walked up thro' Park & buss to C.C. Went up into the Studio dark room & changed my plates. Drains wrong. After took shawl to Garrick & sent it to Mrs Tomalin. Saw Bourchier, Aynesworth, Tree, Fernandez etc etc. Walked after tea to Athenaeum. Pulled lamp over. Saw Cooke. Home by buss. Winnie Jackson dined with us. Lennie in after. Mite in bed all day. Orton came to Maud at 6.0pm. Bed at 12.0 after reading. (Red ink: Winnie Jackson dined.) Dec 1897 Wednesday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Out on cycle round Earls Court. After breakfast printed many blue photos being a very fine morning. Mite in bed. Orton in to see her at 11.0am. M to go out in carriage at 2.0pm. After in afternoon began Preface. Left in afternoon 5.30 & by buss to Piccadilly. Called at C.C & got my knife. On after to Garrick & Punch dinner. Up in room. Sir W.A, Phil A, E.T.R, A.G, H.W.L (very late after lecture) F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & O.S. Good dinner. Tenniel irritable. Got subject of Gladstone. Lucky. Home with J.T by cab & buss. Read Westminster & to bed after. Thursday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & cycled round past F.C.B's. Called on him. Back Earls Court. After schemed subject of Gladstone with Volumes of Punch at Cannes.
Photod Otley at 11.15. Took chair etc down. Developed & enlarged before lunch. After rested for a short time & worked up to 8.30pm & got well on with drawing. Dined by selves after. Mite up in her room not well. Bed at 12.0 after. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lucy Oakes. Sir Frank Lockwood now much better. Dec 2. The wife of Joseph Priestley, of a daughter.) Friday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walked round Campden Hill. After got to work & at it all day until 7.0pm when finished Mr Gladstone & Punch Volumes at Monte Carlo or wherever he was or is. Dressed & went in a wretched hansom to dine at Sir Henry Thompsons. Dinner of 7. Sir Henry Thompson, Member for Deptford, Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, L.S, Moberly Bell, a Dean of St Pauls & Sir Robert Barnes. Good dinner & wine. After looked at casts of Lord Randolph Churchill, the Emperor Napoleon the 3rd & Thackeray's hand. Left at 11.0 & home by cab. Very cold. (Red ink: Sir Henry Thompson's dinner) (Plan of seating: Sir H.T, Member for Deptford, Sir Eyre M.Shaw, L.S, Moberly Bell, Dean of St Pauls, Sir Robt Barnes.) Lit stove 1st time this winter. Saturday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.45am & breakfast at 6.30am. Dog cart at door 6.45. Off to Victoria. Quite dark. Caught the 7.30am train to Crawley. At 3 Bridges a fly met me & drove on to Nymans. Shot with Lennie Messel. Beautiful frosty morning. Small boy carried my cartridges. Guns Lewis, Lennie, Hill, self, little man in a brown coat, 2 others. Got about 80 pheasants. Lunch over the lake in summer house. Saw Mr Messel after tea & back home altogether, got to Victoria 8.0pm. Home with old Arthur Lewis. M had driven in carriage to meet me at Victoria. Dined at 8.45. Good dinner & bed at 11.30 after. (Red ink: Went down to Nymans to shoot.) Poor Arthur Lewis died Sunday Novr 24 1901, aged 76. He was 72 above, the last time I had any talk with him. Sunday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. x. Decided not to go to Calais. All morning sorted papers etc. Finished developing the Canadian studies taken Saty Novr 27. Lennie in in the morning. Lunched. Smoked Sir H.Thompson's cigar. Roy out. Left at 3.15 & walked & called on Lady Lockwood. Sorry Sir Frank so ill. On to Athenaeum Club. Wrote many letters (15) & home by buss to dinner. Roy had come in & misbehaved himself by keeping his coat on. Lennie dined & left at 11.15 & bed after. Read Life of John Hunter, very interesting. Monday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Took Tip for walk. Wet. Reluctant to go. Back. Tip sick after breakfast. In morning dull & dark. Tried to print photos etc. Began Preface in earnest, about all day. Read after lunch History of Life of John Hunter the great surgeon. Died 1793. Good. After worked up to 8.0pm. Dinner this night at Metropole for Theatrical Fund. Wyndham in the chair. George Wyndham M.P. Ought to have gone to see Mr J.S.Forbes. James Stuart Forbes. Read book on Hunter & to bed at 11.45. Bitterly cold at night at Drawing Room end of room. Tuesday December 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. After home. Met Turner & told him to do windows etc. Began Preface. After in yard & put hut in order. Cats had destroyed the centre Yucca tree by scratching. Man doing windows. Uncomfortable day. Lunch. Roy had gone off in morning to go down to Nymans. Gave him £1. After rested in M's room from 2.15 to 4.30pm. Not many callers. Went out & had hair cut. Dressed at 5.30pm. Wrote diary. Left at 6.30 for dinner at Rose's. Very wet. Went by 2 busses. There 7.0. Waited ½ hr. A good fat fox terrier & pretty black cat playing. Miss Rose, 2 sons & Rose & Lewis. Poor badly cooked dinner. Champagne after. Smoked 2 cigars & long talk over the Barr Estate. Left at 10.30 & home by carriage. Heavy gale & very wet. Read paper & bed at 12.0am. Great gale. (Red ink: Dined with Rose about Barr Estate.) Wednesday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. x. A failure. After walked round top of Campden Hill with Tip. Back & after breakfast got on with Preface to lunch time. Orton in to see Mite. Rested till 4.0. Dressed & after worked for 1 hour. Left at 6.5 by buss from church to Circus. Pretty dark eyed girl opposite. Frightened fawn. Called C.C & Garrick. Saw Arthur Stirling. Buss from Strand to P.D. Sir Wm Agnew, Bernard Partridge, Anstey Guthrie, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & O.S at dinner. Very long discussion over Cotton & Railway Strike. Came back to my 1 st suggestion. Agnew to go to Egypt with his grandson next Wednesday. Got cut of Lord Rosebery denying Racing. Home by cab & buss. Read W.G & bed at 12.0am. Cold. Thursday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out round Campden Hill with Tip. After breakfast wrote Henry Barr etc. Skemed subject of Lord Rosebery denying Racing. Sent Otley for galoshes. Otley photod self. Developed & enlarged by lunch 2.0pm. Edie Sismey in after. Rest from 2.30 to 4.30. Read Cromwell & Dunbar after tea. Roy in 4.30pm. Heavy books, £19.9.1 for 3 weeks. After at 4.0 got to work up to 8.15 on Rosebery. Full outline & up to head. Dined ºquietly by selfs, M, Roy, self & Mite. Quiet evening after. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ann Sanders. Obituary William Blakeley.) Friday December 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Cycled round by Park & thro' Connaught Square. Coming on to rain & after rained all day heavily. Got to work on Rosebery as Rev R & worked up to 8.30 when finished it carefully & sent it off. Mite left in afternoon at 3.0, Otley with her, for Waterloo to go down to the Tates. Very angry with Roy because he did not turn up in time to take Mite. M, Roy & self dined quietly at home & quiet time after. (Red ink: Mite went to the Tate's.) Saturday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. After dressed & went up at 11.30 by buss to Evered's, Drury Lane. Quite warm, only wore frock coat. Lunch at Garrick with Carr & Jones. On at 2.30 to Haymarket & saw 'A Man's Shadow', matinée. Hilda Messel in box. M took her on to Charbonel & Walkers. After Roy & self home. Run for buss in Piccadilly. Bought lobster, fruit & bacon etc. Quiet evening & read after. Snooze in chair till 12.0am. (Red ink: Went to matinée of 'A Man's Shadow'. Hilda Messel also.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John Pearson R.A.)
Sunday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up & walked round Campden Hill. Threatened wet. After came on a frightfully wet day all day. Poured. In the morning tidied up etc etc. Lunch. After left in mackintosh for Athenaeum. Wrote many letters. Tea & home at 7.45. Bret Harte, Molesworth & Dr Messel had called. Dined at 8.10. Pine etc. M, Roy & self. Quiet evening. Snooze after to 1.0am. Read Burton's Paraguay. (Cutting glued in: Death of Lady Shaw.) Monday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out round Campden Hill. Posted box with plugs. Tip refused to come in to the Terrace. Worked all day on Preface & finished at 8.35pm. Woke up with a curious sort of cold & congestion in the throat & bad all day, frightful tongue. Mite came back from the Tates at 6.0pm. Roy fetched her. Left after to dine with Lennie somewhere. Roy, M & self dined quietly. Sardines. Snooze in chair until 1.0am. Could not get to sleep until 2.30pm. M woke me for poultice. (Red ink: Mite returned from Tates. Very bad cold came on in throat in morning. Why? Finished the Preface.) Tuesday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip. After in morning wrote letters etc etc. Rest after lunch. Many callers. Cold very bad on chest & in head. At 4.20 began Tail for Preface & finished it by 8.30pm when dined, M, Mite, Roy & self. Lennie came in after dinner. Wrote letters. Felt ill with cold. Down about Lockwood being worse. Bed 11.15. Had embrocation on chest. Wednesday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. M in bed. Cold very heavy & bad on chest. Walked round C.H with Tip. After breakfast wired Agnew. Wrote Rose & Barr etc, letter from Stone. Most heavenly & lovely hot morning, bright sun. Worked after & hit on a subject for Index, Life Boat man. My cold wretched & very bad all day, especially after luncheon. Roy back & off again to sports at Queen's Club. M & Mite out in carriage. After rested. Work at 4.0pm. Roy dined at 6.30 & off to Oxford at 8.0 from Paddington G.W.R. M dined at Sir George Armstrong's. Left 6.10 by buss all the way to Bouverie St. P.D. Phil A, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R. H.W.L. My cold wretched & very seedy. After settled 4 cuts without great difficulty. Left with J.T at 10.35 & home by cab & buss. M up waiting with diaphoretic & boluses. Bed 11.30pm. Thursday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out round Campden Hill with Tip who would not come in at S.T. Starving kitten. Breakfast. Wrote letters etc after. Cold on the turn I hope. Skemed subject of Punch & Ranjitsinghi. Began it. Wire from Roy in afternoon to say he was coming home to dinner. Re-skemed subject. Roy back at 7.45. Roy, Mite, M & self dined together. Told Roy I wanted to photo him in morning. Bed 11.30pm. Poor Terriss assassinated at door of back entrance to Adelphi in Maiden Lane. (Red ink: Letter from F.C.B about cuts. Murder of poor Terriss at Maiden Lane.) (Cutting glued in: Murder of Mr W.Terriss. Friday Dec 17.) Friday December 17
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Cycled round by Marble Arch & past Connaught Sq. Home. Roads drier. At 10.30 photod Roy in cricket dress & Otley & self after. Developed & enlarged by 12.30 & put to dry. Rested after lunch & at 3.30 went on to work until 8.30 when dined, M, Roy, self & Mite. Did not dress. Was much bothered over Ranjitsinghi's face. Bed at 11.30, had poultice. Lennie came in very tired & seedy. Left 11.15. Letter from Mr Burge assuming Roy had passed. Much shocked in morning to hear from Otley Terriss had been murdered last night. (Red ink: Cheque for £94 only on acct of Picture Show 1/3 less x acct.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Sir Frank Lockwood.) Saturday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round Campden H with Tip. Saw Scots Guards go thro' Kensington. Work on Cricket subject from 10 to 12.45 when finished. Dressed & at 2.0pm went with M in carriage to Savoy Theatre. Saw The Grand Duchess. Florence St John very bad, aged & gone off. Altogether very poor & a sad falling off from 30 years ago. Roy came to box at 3.0pm. Carriage at Embankment. M & Roy went home. Self to Club. Tea. Wrote letters & after home by buss from Charing X. Bought fruit & bacon etc. Dressed. All to dinner & Lennie also. Foggy damp night. Cold still bad. (Red ink: Went to matinée 'Grand Duchess'.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Cyril Spottiswoode to Mildred Hilliard.) Sunday December 19 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. x. Walk round Campden Hill. Dull day. In morning worked & got on with drawing of Index. Outlined it & shaded. After lunch went to Club, walking to top of Row. Wrote many letters. Talk to Member for Deptford. Wrote Mr Stuart Forbes etc. Back by buss. Miss Rose Innes had been at last. After Stirling Dyce dined & Lennie also. Quiet evening & bed after. Poor Frank Lockwood died peacefully after fainting from walking from one room to another. (Red ink: Went up to Athenaeum Club & wrote letters. Mr Dyce dined with us.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir F Lockwood Q.C.) Monday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk. No, cycled round Park. Found out as I thought the clicking in my machine. Told Otley to take it to have crank set over. At 10.15 photod soldier & after Roy. Enlarged them. After finished the Index carefully & did initial in afternoon. Terribly shocked in morning to see Frank Lockwood's death announced in 'Times'. Felt very depressed. M, Mite, Roy & self dined quietly & bed at 11.30pm. Miss Rose Innes dined. Delighted to see her again after so long. Bottle Ayala '84. She left 11.15pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of John Eckstein.) Tuesday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Sent Otley with cycle to have chain shortened. In morning got on with cartoon of Soldier & Lord Lansdowne. After decided to go with Roy to Terriss's funeral. Dressed & left at 12.45. Intensely cold. Took cab to cemetery. Immense crowd. Could not get near grave. Met Kendal who told me about poor Lockwood being much changed, 'Woud not know him'. After Colin Hunter. Tried to get out & went back towards Fulham Road end. Got behind a carriage & saw the hearse & many followers. Saw Tree, Brandon Thomas, Giddens, Hadden Chambers & many others. Out at 1.55
& home by walking with Colin Hunter at 2.15. Lunch. M had opened box of sardines. After went on to work & finished cartoon at 8.30pm when dined, M, Roy, Mite & self all together quietly. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Funeral of William Terriss. Roy & self went. Finished work for Xmas Nº of Punch, Xmas week Nº.) Wednesday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. Breakfast. After put things away etc. After lunch went for cycle ride round to Putney etc. Back. Tea. M & Mite out. In afternoon looked out photos & put them up to take to Nymans. Lennie Messel came to dinner. We had crackers etc etc. Quiet evening. Lennie left 11.10. Bed. Thursday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out. One of the densest fogs in London ever saw. In doubt about cycling to Crawley. Gave it up. Packed bags. Decided to go from Addison Road. Could not go to poor Lockwood's funeral. Lunch 1.0 & Roy & self left with lighted lamps & went to Addison Road for 3 Bridges. Long weary journey. Man asleep in carriage to 3 Bridges, 1 hr 25 minutes late. Got 3 Bridges 4.40. Cycled up to Nymans. Walk up hill. Bitterly cold but got quite warm. There 5.30pm. Tea. Waited till M, Mite, Lennie & Mr & Mrs Geilgud came at 7.10pm. Dressed hurriedly & dined 8.0pm. Good dinner. Port wine. Roy beat me 2 100 games billiards easily. Bed 11.15. M did not sleep well & said I was restless. (Red ink: Went down to Nymans. Great fog in London. (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary of Lady Millais.) Friday December 24 Nymans, Crawley. Up at 8.0am. Out & walk round by farm & to a curious tree in road. Breakfast. Very cold. After self, Lennie & Roy went to shoot bolted rabbits. Very cold standing about. 18 up to lunch. After out again. Roy shot 2 rabbits & after a couple of ducks which fell on the ice. Went back home with Mite who had come out. Very cold. M had gone for drive to call on the Steinkopffs. Tea & read books etc in Lennie's little room. Looked at Max Beerbohm's drawings. Dressed. Dinner. Pleasant evening after. Roy beat me 2 games of billiards. Bed 11.30. M said I was restless sleeping. Little frozen bird in front of house & robin. (Red ink: Rabbit ferreting at Nymans.) (Cutting glued in: In loving memory of Harry van Tromp.) Saturday December 25 Nymans, Crawley. Up at 8.am. Lovely bright sun. Very cold. Most beautiful Xmas Day ever remembered. Breakfast after short walk. Presents all round. Mite gave me match box. After wrote letter to Lady Lockwood. Went up into room & worked. Had fire lighted. Lunch. After Messel, Roy & self played 9 holes up at golf. Self last of all. Played badly. Back. Did 2 hours work. All had presents from house. Self a stud box & shaving. Mite most lovely book from Mrs Messel with autographs etc. Dinner. Champagne. Careful what I took. Very pleasant evening. Took 2 Carters. Bed 11.30pm. Mrs Messel very tired. Roy beat me 2 games of billiards. (Red ink: Lovely day. Brilliant sun. Golf at Handcross with Messel & Roy.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Mrs H.S.Wyckoff. Death of Edward Zimmermann.) Sunday December 26
Nymans, Crawley. Up at 8.0am. x. Warmer & wind to west. Out on lawn. After breakfast worked in morning for couple of hours. Felt seedy in chest & cold. Thought another coming on. After lunch a photograph taken. Roy & self cycled into Crawley. Roy grumbling. Called on the Martins. Back. Hard grind up hill. Good talk at tea time etc. After did 1 hrs work. Dinner. Played 1 game with Roy. Beaten easily. Read about Booth crossing Potomac in old Century April 1884. Bed 11.15. M & self slept well. (Red ink: Cycled with Roy & called on Dr Martin at Crawley. Frost gave.) Monday December 27 Nymans, Crawley. Up at 8.0. Short walk reverse of Sunday. Breakfast. Talk of Pyramids etc. No letters. Change in weather. Gale o' wind. Settled to go back tomorrow. After went rabbit ferreting. Roy & M & self & Lennie. Most delightful morning. Warm & lovely sun. Shot 27 rabbits, 2 rats. Roy missed a cock pheasant both barrels. After M got lost in the woods notwithstanding a boy was sent to put her in the way. Lunch. In billiard room. Sleepy after. Went up at 3.30 & worked till 4.45 when tea. After worked an hour. Dinner. Played Mr Messel 50 up. Won. Roy 100 up, got to 95. Lennie & self 99 all. Bed 11.45. Read Oscar Wilde's story. (Red ink: Lovely day. Ferreting at Nymans. M lost herself in the woods.) Tuesday December 28 Nymans, Crawley. Up 7.45. Out. Very wet. Mr Messel, Mr Guilgud & Lennie all went up at 9.0am. Wrote diary after breakfast. After did 2 hour's work on Vol 114. Put General etc in in ink. Packed bags. Very wet. Lunch. M & self left at 3.25 & drove to 3 Bridges. Up to town. Funny little girl got in carriage with her mother. Pretty & well made. Saw her after with her small bicycle. Home by 4 wheeler. Sent Otley with cycle. No letters of importance. M & self dined quietly. Had bottle of Dumeny Champagne. Bed at 11.30pm. Both tired. (Red ink: Left Nymans for home at 3.30.) Wednesday December 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After got to work all day & went on with drawing of Britannia presenting colours to the British Army. Worked up to 6.0 when left in buss from Kensington Church for Punch dinner. Very wet. Got outside a buss to top of Piccadilly. At dinner F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S, P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Gave sergeant & waiters Xmas boxes. Left with Tenniel at 11.0 for home by cab & buss. Gave cabman Xmas box. Bed at 12.30 after reading paper. (Red ink: Last Punch dinner of Jubilee Year.) Thursday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After skemed drawing of German Emperor as Crummles. Sent Otley for uniform of Hussar at May's. Photod him at 12.30 & developed. Enlarged them after lunch. Dora at lunch. Went out with M in carriage after. Had rest & at 4 went on to finish shading for Vol 114. Worked up to 8.30pm. M & self dined quietly. After could not finish drawing. Bed at 11.45 after. (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir H.Havelock-Allan. Dec 31. Shot.) Friday December 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After finished by 11.30am. After got to work all day up to 8.30pm on drawing of German Emperor
as Crummles. Got on all right. M & self dined quietly together. Bed after at 11.30. Did not see the New Year in. Quite warm weather. Dear Mite & Roy both at Nymans. (Red ink: M & self by ourselves. Mite & Roy at Nymans. They went to a dance there. Shoot at Nymans.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Martha Tracy Turnerelli. W.G. Dec 31.) Books read: Alexanders Bush Fighting. Jan 2 Procters Myths & Marvels of Astronomy. Business Managers, Theatres: Covent Garden & D.L Neil Forsyth Esq Adelphi Fred Latham Esq Gaiety E.Marshall Esq Prince of Wales's C.P.Levilly Esq Garrick H.P.Brickwell Royalty R.L.Legge St James's R.V.Shone Olympia H.S.Leslie Daly's John Farrington Terry's E.F.Bradley Vaudeville W.H.Risque.
1898 Entries in front of Diary: Mrs Annie Hall Morgan, 96 Beaufort St, Elm Park Gardens. F. MODELS ADDRESS. (Derben) Mrs K Lawford, 112 George's Road, Newcastle on Tyne. Marie Bowey, 75 Disraeli Road, Putney. Tall very pretty model age 20. Kitty Linnington, 17 Danvers St, Paulton Square, Chelsea. Aged 17. Dark girl, good looking. Good figure. L.Cooke, 21. 2 Thanet Street, Euston Road. Tall, fair, good looking, good figure. Also sister age 19. Tall, fair, slim. A.E.Green, 3 Queens Buildings, High St, Cheltenham. L.G.Griffin, 5 Park Crescent Mews West. P.P. L.Jessop, Holly Lodge, Forest Rd, Walthamstow. Auguste Mani, 19 Adelaide Road, Richmond S.W. A. Fletcher, 60 Frederick St, Grays Inn Road. Annie Price (age 22) 2 Goodson Rd, Fulham. Mrs Sands, 82 Gloucester Terrace W. L.Griffin, Weaveland Road, Tisbury, Wilts. 1 Montpelier Row, Knightsbridge S.W. Daisy Williams, 3 Winchester Terrace, Putney. 19 Clonmore Street, Southfields, S.W. C.Powell, 27 Rupert St, Shaftesbury Avenue. C.Richards, 48 Achilles Rd, Fortune Green, West Hampstead, N.W. or Bolson Rd. 19 Bolton Road, Abbey Rd, N.W. S.Bakewell, Burlington Hotel. RAILWAY MANAGERS. Joe Wilkinson, Genl Manager G.W.Rly. J.Gooday, new Manager, L.B & S.C Rly. C.I.Owens Esqre, London & S.W.Rly, General Managers Off, H.Liddell Esqr, Waterloo St, S.E. W.R.Stevens Esqre, S.E.Rly Secretary's & Chief Office London Bridge Station S.E. C.Sheath, Depy Secy. The Decorations Company, 10 Green St, Leicester Square. Met at the Hickmans, 1st May; M.A. Braunstein Esq, 15 Hyde Park Gate S.W. Marshall Hall, 3 Temple Gardens E.C. Sidney Low, 2 Durham Place, Chelsea, S.W. Marshall Hall. Mrs K Lawford, Albert House, Felday Road, Catford, S.E. Bernard Partridge, 20 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, S.W. Manager L & County Bank, Oxford: F.M.Davies Esqre Poncho overcoat. Recommended by Mr Kelly:
Pim Bros Ltd, South St George's Street, Dublin. Edwin Tate, Blackmoor, Petersfield. 4.10pm for Liss Station. 8th Sep. James Rimell & Sons, 91 Oxford Street, W. Printsellers. Herbert Weld Blundell, Glendoe Lodge, Fort Augustus, N.B. Telegraph & Boat Station, Fort Augustus 2 miles. 11.30 boat & 3.0 boat Inverness. 98 Oct 14. Miss Temple, The Cedars Wood Street, High Barnet. V.P.Model. Tall graceful figure. Oct 5. Miss Maud Sewell, 8 Chesson Rd, West Kensington. Good figure. Oct 6. The Misses Carrington, 9 Redburn St, Chelsea. 1.20 1.18. Youngest best. Oct 6. Mrs Johnson, 30 Penywern Rd, Earls Court. Good looking. Tall & graceful. Oct 11. Miss Morris, 24 Elsham Rd, Kensington. Slim figure. Pretty hands. Miss Gladys King, 136 Disraeli Rd, Putney. About 18. dark, short. Miss Gordon, 31 Royal Avenue, Chelsea. Tall, fair, good figure. Miss Winifred Mollet. Miss Kitty Betheridge, 10 Phillips Terrace, Westbourne Square. Pretty figure both.. Miss Delia Alarkin, 121 Chesterton Road, North Kensington. Age 19. Dark. Miss Ethel Dixon 12 Avenue Road, The Grove, Hammersmith Rd, W. Tall, good looking. Also 2 younger sisters who sit draped. Miss Marie St Clare, Ringwood, Chadwell Heath. Classic. Fair, good figure. Given by Mrs Hall-Morgan, 147 Beaufort St, South Kensington. Miss Stevens, 17 Townsend Road, Richmond. Miss Rachel Hall, 13 Stanbridge Road, Putney. Miss Bowson, 44 Aynhoe Rd, Brook Green W. Age 19. Head & costume only. Emily Hutchins, 2 Emily St, Westbourne Square, Harrow Rd. Sits to Solomon. Miss Morris, 24 Elsham Road, Kensington. Fair, slim figure. Miss Maud Fletcher, 24 Hardcastle St, High Street, Peckham, S.E. Jan 1898 Saturday January 1
Stafford Terrace. x. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After got to work at 10.0 & finished by 1.30 drawing of Emperor (German) as Crummles. Lunch. Dressed & off by 3.0 to the Private View of the Millais Exhibition. Saw many friends. Aitchison, Mr Aird, Rivière etc etc. Rooms very hot. Frith looking a withered old man. Out & M & self walked nearly home. Put M in bus & she thought had dropped muff. Got mud up trowsers. Home just in time to dress for dinner & off in carriage at 7.30 for 1st night of Peter the Great at the Lyceum. Again many friends. Poor play well received. Dull & heavy. Round at back. Saw Inderwick, Mrs Harold Roller, Dickens, Helen Hardman & many others. Introduced Cartwright to M. Arthur à B at supper as usual. Home by carriage in wet at 1.15pm. Bed at 2.0am. Had sent Otley to Stores in the morning. (Red ink: Went to Millais Exhibition & to 1st night of 'Peter the Great'.) Sunday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Very bad head ache. Breakfast. After sat in chair & sorted Times etc. Took M for a walk up the Row. Sent her home by bus. Saw very distinguished lady at top of Row. Also Mr & Mrs Wheeler, Miss Crozier that was. On by bus to the Garrick Club. Lunched with Beetle & young Sullivan (son of Sir Fred Sullivan). Talk of Messel to him after. Sleepy upstairs. After to Athenaeum. Wrote letters & left 7.0 for home by bus. Fanny Barker, Alice Linley & Miss Rose Innes dined. Pleasant dinner. They left 11.0 & 11.45 respectively. Bed 12.0. Tired. Slept well. Saw very long funeral, Mr Lyons Refreshment Contractor. (Red ink: Ought to have Xd Channel. Fanny Barker & Alice & Miss Rose Innes dined with us quietly.) Monday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Fog. Walked round Campden Hill. Breakfast. After mended a lot of things with glue etc. Looked over letters etc. Lunch. At 2.15 M & self went & looked over No 19 Phillimore Gardens where the Archers used to live. After had hair cut & called on Chesterton. Had talk. Home & tidied up things etc. M & self dined together quietly had bottle Zeltsinger. Read after dinner & bed early. Tuesday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Birthday. Letter from Roy. Short. Up at 8.30 & got ready for Calais. Left at 10.25, cab from Met. High St. Down with 2 severe men. On board met Sir Alex'r & Lady Mackenzie, Cartwright wife & daughter & also Percival who I talked to took for McIlvaine. Only thought of it afterwards. Good passage. Not so good a lunch. After back. Met Mr Hutton. Carriage by self home. Left book in the train. S.T at 8.0. Otley met me with the carriage. Quiet dinner with M. Had bottle of 1885 Champagne, Ayala. Very good. Bed at 11.15 early. (Red ink: Birthday. Xd Channel to Calais. Met Sir Alex Mackenzie & Cartwright.) Wednesday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. M in bed. Walk round C.H. After in morning put bath room drawers right & after lunch developed 14 2 Jessop plates. M out in carriage. Dressed & on by bus to call on Fk Barr. Met Mrs Armstrong in the omnibus. Long talk with Mr B altogether same as we were. On in wet to Garrick. Gave Cole Xmas box. Saw Bancroft & Bendall. After to P.D. F.C.B, J.T, A à B, self, O.S, P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L. Very long discussion. No cut for self. Getting tired & weary
of playing 2nd fiddle all these years & wish I could get out of it. Left at 11.0 with J.T & home by cab & bus. Lennie M had dined with M, & poured his woes in ear of M. Bed at 12.15am. Pouring wet all day. Thursday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out round Campden Hill. After having no subject wrote one & sent drawing to Sidney Jennings etc. Printed back photos etc. M in bed. Warm morning. Thermometer 63° with window wide open. Tip came round. Printed phos. At 1.15 subject of German Emperor making up as Chinese came. Left after lunch with M at 3.0 in carriage & went up from Hyde Park Corner by bus to St Martin's Lane. Called on Evereds & after bought 2 bronzes a Mercury & a Fortuna for £7 in Long Acre. Called Garrick for tea. Wrote 6 or 7 letters. Home by bus. Called & selected Eagle Helmet. Dined 8.0, M & self. Bed after reading at 11.30pm. Lennie Messel had influenza & went home ill. (Cutting glued in: The wife of G.Llewellyn Davies, of a son.) Friday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Lovely day up at 8.30. Walk round Campden Hill & after schemed subject of German Emperor as Chinese. Photod Otley at 11.30. Enlarged & got all ready by lunch time. After rest. M out. Work at 3.15 to 8.30pm. Eclipse of the moon. Dined & read till 11.0. Snooze & bed 12.15. M woke up feeling seedy & had to leave bed. Had eaten sardines. Slept at last 2.0am. Most lovely day, 65° with window open & small fire. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ernest Hart. Marriage of John Scrimgeour to Jessie Greig. Marriage of Frank Eland to Dora Scrimgeour.) Saturday January 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. M had been very ill in the night. Down & after breakfast go to work to finish German Emperor as Chinese. Began 9.45 up to 1.30. M in bed. After lunch at 2.20 went in carriage to Duke of York's Theatre & saw with M & Midge 'A Happy Life'. Very well played. Miss Dorothea Baird pretty. Put M & Midge in carriage & went to the Garrick & wrote letters & had tea. Talk to Chitty & Hare. Out called C.C got letter from L.G. Home by bus & called & bought fruit. Dinner at 8.15pm. M playing after. Wrote diary & letters. Jury summons served by a postman. (Red ink: Went to matinée of 'A Happy Life', Duke of York's Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: The will of the late Dr Evans.) Sunday January 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Went by buss to Victoria & on to Calais & back. Met Lewis, his brother & a son of Bouverie Godard's. Delightful passage. Talk to Lewis about Barr Estate. Lunch at Calais. Back. Met Sir Thos Sutherland on the boat. Back to town punctually 7.30. M & self dined alone. Read to M about Charles Keen. M sleepy & tired. Attack of P. Bed at 11.30pm. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Stacy Marks. Obituary of Stacy Marks.) Monday January 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. After went short cycle ride across Park. Back. After breakfast tidied up. Wrote letters etc etc. Roy back from Nymans at 10.0am. Printed phos. M seedy with P & in pain. Sent Roy after lunch to Miles's. Rested & read after. Put things in order etc. Dined quietly, M, Roy & self. Disappointed with
Punch after. Bed at 11.45 after rest. (Red ink: M not well.) (Cutting glued in: Article critical of the German Emperor.) Tuesday January 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Down & after breakfast put away things. Left 10.10 & over to Calais. Saw Lewis standing at his door in wedding get up. Down with Cook's agent. Lovely Xing. Good lunch. Not one soul I knew both Xings. Curious little woman with shawl. No chin & red nose sitting. 2 brothers like Tweedle Dum & Tweedle Dee. Got cigars etc & back. Lovely breeze. Saw Cape Griz Nez lighted up at 4.33 exactly. Waited at Dover. Back 10 minutes late. Home in good hansom. M, Roy & self dined quietly. Read story in Scribner's Magazine after. Bed 12.30am after pipe. (Red ink: Lewis's brother married. Went by self to Calais.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Prince Victor Duleep Singh to Lady Anne Coventry. Birthday of Mr Villiers, 96, 'Father of the House of Commons'.) Wednesday January 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. x. After breakfast did not go out. Printed phos & wrote on drawings for G.Thompson, Mrs Grantham & B.P. Lunch. At 2.30 left with M in the carriage for Vaudeville Theatre. Saw a stupid piece called 'Never Again'. Out at 5.0. Put M in carriage & after to Garrick. Wrote letters & sent P.O.O. Walked at 6.30 to Punch dinner. Very full. All there but W.A & L.B. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S, R.L, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Longish discussion. Got cut of Justice & Dreyfuss Case. Took the Italian Lithograph to the Punch dinner & advertisement of Milliken. Left with J.T at 11.0. Home by cab & bus. (Red ink: Went to matinee of 'Never Again'. Full Punch dinner. All the staff there.) (Cutting glued in: Advertisement for backer for plays by the late E.J.Milliken.) Thursday January 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Park & thro' Bayswater. Road shockingly greasy. Breakfast. After fog came on as black as night. Electric Lights. Wrote letters etc in morning. M still seedy with P. Skemed subject at 11.30 & looked out photos. Did not take any. Worked till 7.0 when dressed. Walked on as far as Queens Gate. M caught me up in carriage & on to dine at the Steincopffs. Took Miss Young in to dinner. Sir W.H.Russell, Lord Claude Hamilton, Mr Knight Walker, Sir Whittaker & Lady Ellis & many others. Sir H & Lady Bergne. Steinkopff got up a dinner for servants etc. Left by carriage at 11.15 & home. Roy late back at 1.0am. He had had young Pollock to dine & took him to the Gaiety Theatre where they had a delightful box. (Red ink: Dined with M at the Steinkopffs. Sir W.H.Russell took me for Lord Shand.) Friday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. After worked all day on drawing of Justice & Closed Door. Dark & artificial light all day. Left off at 5.30. Dressed & walked up to dine with Miss Rose Innes at the Berkeley. Mr Gilmer, M, Roy & self, Mr & Mrs Barrow, Mr Orlebar, the pretty Chilean. 9 in all. Most excellent dinner & after a double box at the Criterion to see The Liars. Most excellent. Saw Lucas & his wife. Miss Rose Innes went off to see the McQueens Ball. M, Roy & self home along the wood. Letters etc & to bed at 12.30am. Dined with Miss Rose Innes at the Berkeley. All went to see The Liars afterwards. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Captain G.A.Bramwell to Louisa Buzzard. Death of Sir Polidore de Keyser.)
Saturday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Did not go out. Dark again. Electric Light in morning. Worked till 1.30 & finished figure of Justice & Closed Door. M & Roy went off to Garrick Theatre. Followed by cab at 2.30. Saw them & Dora sitting in the vestibule. Had gone on the wrong day. Walked to the Prince of Wales's Theatre & had excellent box for La Poupée. Saw it for 4 th time. Sent M, Roy & Dora home by carriage. To Athenaeum. Wrote many letters. Left stamps & lost them. Home by bus with Pepys Cockerell. Dinner 8.15. Bed after reading What is Life? at 12.0am, no 11.30 pm. Disappointed wrong day at the Pantomime. Went to La Poupée for the 4th time. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. 15.2. Wills of Charles Lutwidge Dogson and Aubrey Beardsley.) Sunday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.55. x. Cold raw foggy day. Left & went to Calais & back. Roy was to have gone. Bus to H.P.C. Pirate. Saw Green who put me in corridor carriage. Extraordinary pretty woman on board turned out to be a Mrs Langton, husband Captn in 14 Hussars going out to Uganda. Very cold. Lunch as usual. Met Burney Yeo & Mr Hutton coming back. Victoria 7.40. Home 8.0pm. M, Roy & self at dinner. Wrote letters after. No one had called. (Red ink: Very cold. Crossed Channel. Lovely passage.) Burney Yeo told me of Apollinaris. How George Smith & Mr Steinkopff only originally put in £1000 each & drew at least £60,000 per annum. Ernest Hart got £3000 per annum & £500 for consultations. Steinkopff got £1,150,000 for his share, Smith £750,000 on sale. Ernest Hart's widow £1000 per annum for life. (Cutting glued in: Death of Catherine Charsley.) Monday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. No walk. Dark in morning. Wrote on drawings for presents etc & put things straight. Left at 12.0 after writing letters & took bus to Victoria. Called on Mr William Forbes about the passes. After to Club. Lunch. Saw Scoones, Evans & after William Stone. On to Box Nº 8 at Garrick Theatre & saw a miserable Pantomime, Cinderella. Stone came in box. Out 5.0. Met Dora, Roy & M, off in carriage & went to Athenaeum Club & read a stupid book called The 4 th Napoleon. Wrote letters. Old gent's name, Carr or Kerr. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Roy grumpy & not at his best. Read after. Punch came. Bed at 12.0. Very cold. Raw & damp. (Red ink: Called on William Forbes. Went to Pantomime at Garrick. Very bad. Athenaeum after.) Tuesday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. Took Tip. Saw Coward & 2 daughters. Lewis's house for sale & all the furniture. Tip ran away. Beat him. After in morning wrote on drawings & printed phos. At 11.30 Mite came home. Much warmer. South wind & sun. After lunch cycled to Richmond Park at 2.15. Home 4.45. No camp. Dressed. Mrs Colin Hunter called. Roy went to Drury Lane Pantomime. Back at 6.15. Wrote letters etc. Dinner 8.0. Miss Rose Innes, Mr Stone, M Roy, Mite & self. Champagne. Crackers etc etc. They stayed till 12.20am. Dozed in chair till 2.0am. (Red ink: Miss Rose Innes & Stone dined. Cycled to Richmond.) (Cutting glued in: Edward Gregory and George Aitchison elected Academicians.)
Wednesday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round the Park. Roads greasy. After in morning put photos away etc etc. Also cut paper for slides etc. Lunch. Roy back. After enlarged 4 of Miss Green plates. George Wheat came to tea. Roy's new things home. Very much warmer all day. At 6.5 left for Punch dinner. Met Orton. By buss to Piccadilly Circus. Met Thorneycroft in carriage or rather bus. Walked to Garrick. Beetle, & on to Strand. Bus to P.D. Explanation with F.C.B about the spelling of the word L'affaire. Was spelt in my drawing as L'afaire. Was altered somehow. F.C.B, J.T, self, O.S, A à B, B.P, R.L, A.G. Talk of Broadley. Got subject of vampires. Left with J.T at 11.0 & home. Mite & Roy went with Miss Rose Innes to see Peter the Great. They were home by 12.0 or 11.45. Read till 1.0 & bed. Much warmer. E.J Gregory & Thos (sic) Aitchison alected R.A's, H Le Thange & Lionel Smyth A.R.A's. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Emily Oxley. Obituary Signor Nicolini, husband of Adelina Patti. ) Tuesday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walked round Campden Hill. Saw furniture for sale at Moray Lodge. Took name of auctioneer etc. Roy packing for Oxford. Lunch. Photod Roy in chair as M.P in my old long grey coat. Developed & enlarged it. Got to work at 4.0pm. Roy dined at 6.30 & left at 7.30pm in a 4 wheeler for Oxford. Gave him £5. After M, Mite & self dined quietly by ourselves at 8.30pm. Bed after. (Red ink: Roy went to Oxford for 1st time.) Friday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round Campden Hill. Tip ran away & back down Argyll Road. Beat him. After breakfast got to work on drawing of M.P & Vampires & so on all day up to 7.15. Began to shade at 6.0pm. Dressed & left in carriage with M to dine at Phil Agnew's. Met Mr & Mrs Lockett Agnew, Mr & Mrs Walter Agnew & 2 others. A most excellent dinner, A1 wine & all good. Music after & home at 11.15pm. M went up to see the furniture etc on sale at Moray Lodge. Very good dinner at Phil Agnew's. (Cutting glued in: Death of Jessy Spottiswoode.) Saturday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round Campden Hill. After at 9.30 worked on M.P & Vampires. Finished at 1.10pm. Dressed hurriedly in brown suit & went off in carriage to Moray Lodge & looked over the things on sale. Saw a broker. Back to lunch & at 2.35 left on cycle for Richmond. Met little Froggy & Ionides etc. No sign of Mrs M. Round Park & home at 5.15. Wrote letters. Tea in Schoolroom. After dressed & dined 7.0. Left in cab for Her Majesty's. Stall D14. Sat next Marion Terry. Saw Lewis, Lord Russell, Sir E.J.Poynter, Millets & many others. Bainbridge & Mrs Tweedie. Great success of Julius Caesar. Franklin McLeay good & Lewis Waller, also Tree. Splendid spectacle. Not over till 12.20. Walked on to the Garrick. Supper next Frank Lucas (after volunteering). Saw Aynesworth & others. Home at 2.7am. Read Harper & bed. (Red ink: Premiere of Julius Caesar.) Sunday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9. Very tired. Breakfast. Got away & off to Victoria. Old woman eating shrimps in bus. Down Dover. H.R.H the Duke & Duchess of
Connaught going over. Saw Mrs Morley & daughter. Also Willie Forbes & a Mrs Bodilly, a barrister, Spencer Brunton & Mrs Bastard. Lovely passage. Good lunch at Calais. Coming back saw Mrs Alexander. Another lovely passage. Up to town in carriage with Forbes & Bodilly & Mr Pollock a barrister. Talk about Rome etc. Back 9.55. Quiet dinner with M & Mite. Wrote letters after. M & Mite to bed 11.0. Read book on South Seas & to bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Crossed Channel with Duke & Duchess of Connaught & Mr William Forbes.) Monday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. walk with Tip round Campden Hill. In morning interview with Mr Dale about White Star Calendar. Wrote many letters etc. Lunch. A very bad attack of P came on. Could not ride cycle. M & Mite went to the Stores. Took M.R & walk up Fitz John's Avenue. Back by 5.20. Tea. Very warm wearher. P painful. After wrote on Water Baby drawings & wrote letters. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Croom & Conrad dined. 2 bottles Lanson. Good dinner, M, Mite, self. They stayed on till nearly 12.0am. Read book on South Seas after. Bed 12.45. Talk to Mr Croom (of Radley) of Oxford. Small home dinner Mr & Mrs Croom & also Conrad. Sale at Moray Lodge. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Louisa Wemyss. In Memoriam Louisa Wemyss. 1899. In Memoriam Louisa Wemyss, 1908. Obituary Rev Walter Blunt.) Sale at Moray Lodge. Tuesday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. After breakfast left in dog cart with Roy's bicycle. Caught the 9.50 train down to Oxford. Carriage to self & all as comfortable as possible. Left cycle & on by tram. Met Roy in his cap & gown. In to his delightful rooms. Then to the Bodleian Museum. There till 1.15. Lunch with Roy. Saw Mr Burge. Drew cheque for £37.10.0. Paid £45 for Roy to draw on. Interview with Mr Davies. Took Roy to the Bank. After to the football field. Back. Tea & home by the 4.30pm train. Got coat shut in door. Home by bus. M had had a great many callers. Quiet dinner after. (Red ink: Went down to Oxford & saw Roy in his new rooms. Delightful day.) Sir Thos Bodley born March 2 1544. Picture at Library (miniature) painted 1598. Same age as self 300 years before. Died 1612 aged 68. (Red ink: Sale at Moray Lodge.) Wednesday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip. After in morning wrote letters etc. Printed photos etc. Lunch. After at 2.30pm went on cycle to Barnes and round Common. Waited about. Home. Tea. Changed & wrote legends on Water Baby drawings for Fine Art Socy. Left at 6.0 & up by bus to Piccadilly. Met no one. Called for Waterbury watch & also Camera Club. On by bus to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Last day but one in old room. Cheery dinner. Got subject of Engineer returning to work. Home by J.T in cab & bus. Read W.G & to bed. (Red ink: Sale at Moray Lodge.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Helen Savile Clarke.) Thursday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Out on cycle & round Park up thro Gloucester St, Westbourne St etc & home by Bayswater. Breakfast. After skemed subject of Engineer & returning to work. Sent Otley for overalls. Delay. At 12.30 photod Ellis for 1st time & after at 1.40 Otley. Lennie Messel to lunch. Took bus at 12.30 over to Bayswater & got wall with chevaux de frieze. Developed them & enlarged
after lunch by 4.0pm. M went out in carriage. Mite went in coupé to New Gallery. Got to work at 4.45 & worked on to 8.0pm when dined M & self. After read. Let Mite in at 11.30pm. Bed. (Red ink: Sale at Moray Lodge.) Friday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip. After to work all day on drawing of Engineer going back to Work. Mite out at the Millais Exhibition with Lennie & Hilda. Lunch. After to work at 3.10pm to 8.45. M & self dined together at 9.0pm. At 10.15 worked & finished drawing carefully by 11.15pm. Mite back. Read South Sea Tales & bed at 1.0am. Saturday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Grey morning. Down & breakfast. After M & self had words about Mite's trousseau. Wrote cheques etc. Gave M £30 on acct. After packed bags etc & got off in dog cart at 10.50. Drove to Victoria & put bag & cycle into cloakroom. After by cart to Garrick. Called Mays & to C.C. Up in Studio 12.50. L.G came at 12.40 looking ill & thin. Great change. No good as model, only hair. Left at 3.0. Lunch in Studio. Out. Tea. Walk round Leicester Square. To Garrick. Saw Bendall. Wrote letter. Cab to Victoria. Caught 5.40pm train & down to Brighton. Took cycle. Met Leslie Ward walking with 2 sticks. Had broken his knee cap. Dressed. Good dinner at 8.0. Hartree, Cap'n Stopford, Leslie Ward & self. After dinner smoke & played games. Bed 12.0. Slept well. (Red ink: Went down to Brighton to visit Hartree. Photod L.G, C.C, 3 rd time.) Sunday January 30 The Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Called at 7.30. Out at 8.45 & went on cycle to end of Brighton to Convalescent Home. Strong wind & rain after. Saw Hartree at breakfast. Good breakfast. After wrote letters in Reading Room. Up in Hartree's room 12.0. Went for hour's walk. Met Reynard, also Aird's son in law & daughter. Lunch 1.45. Saw Dr Hastings & little Cole who used to play raquets at Forbes Winslow's. After put on knicks & cycled to Flints on road to Dyke. Got back 3.0 to 4.0pm. Lay on bed. At 5.0 in Hartree's room. Gin & ginger beer. Dressed & excellent dinner at 8.0pm. Smoke & game of tiddly winks at H's room. Bed at 11.30 after smoke. (Red ink: Gale of wind & wet. Cyclometer 3000 miles going down hill in morning near Bradford Hotel. See July 5 1897, 2000 miles.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of W.T.C.Dobson, R.A.) Monday January 31 The Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Up at 8.20. Most lovely bright sunny morning. Saw Hartree & stopped at breakfast. Out on cycle & rode to Mrs Marsh's Convalescent Home. Back by lower road. Very good breakfast. Ham delicious. Packed & off by 10.40. Caught 11.0 train. Came across Sir Charles Hall in 1 st class compartment. Got a seat up to town. Sir C.H had left his ticket. Gave his name. Home by cart with cycle. M & Mite all right. Lunch. Found letter from Fine Art Socy. Cheque for £221.2.7. Also letter about drawing of last week. Wrote & after at 2.20 went on cycle to Richmond, round Park. At 4.0pm exactly at Barnes met 2 Miss Williams. Home by 5.15. Tea. Tabs came. Dined 7.0pm. Left by 4 wheeler & on to Gaiety Theatre, Tabs, M & self. Box G. Saw Roger & Mrs Wallace, also the Lindos. Home by 4 wheeler. Mite back. M found out she had left her little sable boa in the theatre. Wrote 2 letters & posted them myself. Bed at 1.10am. (Red ink: Lovely
day. Came up from Brighton. Cycled to Richmond. Tabs at S.T. Went to Gaiety Theatre.) (Red ink across page: Brighton. Richmond. Went to Gaiety Theatre in the evening.) Feb 1898 Tuesday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. M in bed. Tabs down to breakfast. Had to have Electric Light. After tidied up & put Electric Lights right in Drawing Room. Printed photos. After lunch developed 28 plates taken Saty. Found had only 32 out of 40. Tabs left at 2.25. Many callers. Wrote letters. Found Mr Barr had paid in £326.7.7 to my acct at L & C Bank. Lennie Messel in to dinner. Wrote letters etc after. M very seedy. Read magazine & bed at 12.15am. (Cutting glued in: Death of Hon Josceline Percy. F.1.) Wednesday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Cycled round park. Past Mite's proposed house. Phil Agnew saw me. Breakfast. After printed a great many blue photos. Lunch. In afternoon rested & read etc. Sorted papers. M in bed & out after in carriage. Left at 6.15 & on all way by buss to Punch dinner. Last dinner in old room. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. 12 in all. Good dinner. Long discussion after. On leaving said a skeleton would be found walled up. F.C.B said 'It would only be an old joke'. By cab & bus home with J.T. Read W.G & bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: Last Punch dinner in the old room. Dined at the Criterion until Wedy May 24 '99.) (Cutting glued in: B.W.Leader and J.Seymour Lucas elected Academicians.) Thursday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Out on cycle round Park. Saw Pepys Cockerell. Past Mite's house. Back. Breakfast. After wrote many letters. Skemed subject of Punch & 4 soldiers. At 12.30 photod Otley in khaki suit. He told me his wife had been confined of a daughter last night. Cold & wet. Lunch. Enlarged photos at 3.0pm. Sent Otley to Gregory's & Stores. Did not get back till 6.30pm. Mite went in carriage to Messels who leave for South tomorow. At 8.10 dined. Ethel & Mervyn Herapath dined. Apollinaris came in. Mite back 10.15. Bother about not finding Ghourka. Bottle Lanson's '93. Letter from Miss Stancombe Wells accepting drawing £15.15.0. (Red ink: Mervyn & Ethel dined before leaving for Japan etc.) Friday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out. Walk with Tip round C.H. Very wet & colder. M & Mite in bed. At 9.30 wrote letters for an hour. Chatham 2 nd P, 94. At 11.0 got to work on Punch & British & Indian Officers etc. Gilbert Thomas sent book at 1.0pm. Lunch. Sent cheque for harness. Lunch & worked up to 8.20pm. Mite dined out. M & self dined at 8.30. Had bottle of Lanson. Read after & to bed at 12.0am. Saturday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. Finished drawing of Punch & Officers & men at 12.0. Packed traps by 1.0pm. Lunch. Miss Norman Lockyer with Maud. Got off by 2.10pm in a 4 wheeler taking Mite who was dropped at Victoria.
Caught the 3.0 train for Tisbury. Comfortable journey. Very cold N.E wind. Curious little girl with fair hair at Salisbury. Got out Tisbury. Carriage waiting & got to Pyt 6.5pm. Tabs in a way about Gwen & Evelyn not being back from ride. Bee Barrs & Guthrie there. Tea & dressed. Very good dinner. H played after & also dance to piano organ after. Smoke. Lemon & to bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Went down to Tisbury. Intensely cold.) Sunday February 6 Pyt House Tisbury. Up at 8.30am. Very wet morning. Out before breakfast. After breakfast looked over library & house. Good lunch & at 3.0pm Guthrie, self, Gwen & Evelyn & Bee Barrs & 2 black spaniels went for walk to Fonthill. Went past house belonging to Sir Michael Shaw Stewart & on to all that remains of Beckford's Fonthill Abbey. Went to top 118 steps. Nearly got lost in the woods like the forest of Arden. Drop off a wall. On our way back saw a sheep big with lamb & could not get up. Back to tea & after looked at books etc. Good dinner. Dance after with the barrel organ & bed at 11.15 after smoke. Suspicion of a cold in throat etc. (Red ink: Went to Fonthill Abbey.) Monday February 7 Pyt House Tisbury. Up at 8.30. H off to Southampton by early train. After Guthrie & self walked to Semley for meet of S.W Wilts. Gwen & Evelyn rode, Mademoiselle on bicycle. Intensely cold wind. Back at 12.30 & very heavy lunch after. Rest & at 3.15pm went on H's bicycle with Guthrie to Tisbury. Roads bad. Saw Weaveland Road & found out G was gardener to Rev'd Hutchinson. Saw church & grave. Back up hill to Pyt. Tea. Looked over Art Journal & after wrote many letters. H back from Southampton 7.50. Dressed & dined. Danced after. Pleasant evening. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Cycled to Tisbury.) (Cutting glued in: Death of James Tassell. Death of Charlotte Tassel.) Tuesday February 8 Pyt House Tisbury. Up at 8.30. Walk round the Rose Garden. Monuments to dogs, one to 'Nelson' died Oct 21 1874. Very good breakfast. After looked round the Bachelors' Rooms. Indecent print of Gilroy's. At 11.0 went rabbit shooting with Hamilton. Guthrie walked got exactly 1 dozen. H 2 ducks & 1 pigeon, 24 rabbits. Fell backwards off wall. Home at 4.30. Read Times & after had very good bath. Wrote Otley. After looked at Art Journal. Dressed. Good dinner. Shoulder ached. Dance. Lemon squash. Bed 11.30. M did not sleep well. Woke in the night several times. (Red ink: Good day's rabbit shooting.) (Cutting glued in: Death and Obituary of C.J.Mare.) Th Feb 10. A great friend of Lord Beaconsfield's. Died intestate. Wednesday February 9 Pyt House Tisbury. Up at 8.20. Breakfast. M woke with a sore throat. After Guthrie left in the station cab at 9.15. Offered him scraper. Pipe & look round Bachelor Quarters. Went into Library. Tabs off to town at 11.15. Punch, Times & D.G. Went for walk with M & Bee Barrs to see the dynamos & carboys etc. Into chapel & along by snowdrops etc down to Lodge & back 12.40. Wrote diary. Packed bags 12.50. Lunch. H angry with Evelyn & Gwenny. Left at 3.0pm minus a glove. Anxious about M's cold. Drove to Tisbury & up to town 6.45. Otley met me with cart. Drove past Garrick & on to Criterion. 1st Punch dinner there. Bother to find room. F.C.B (not well) J.T, self, A à B, O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P. E.T.R, A.G there. Got cut
Lion & Eagle. Agnew announced Balfour had given the Millikens £250. Left 11.5 & home by bus. A discharged Tommy Atkins half drunk calling soldiers hired assassins. Letters. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: 1st dinner away from old room.) Thursday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out 8.30. On cycle round by Radcliffe Gardens etc. Roads muddy. Back & after writing many letters sent Otley to Mrs Evans for photos Lions Eagles etc. Lunch, Mite & Miss Lockyer. Rested after. At 4.30pm got to work on drawing of Eagle & Lion Bear & Dragon etc. Had sent Otley to Whites & to Evans etc a second time. Dressed at 6.45 & left in carriage at 7.20 with Mite to dine at the Pollocks. Dull dinner. Took a Mrs Turner in. Uninteresting person. A bounder of the name of Dr Head abused 'Punch'. Let him have it. After most extraordinary exhibition of Mr Pollock jumping over a chair like a dog. Dear little Scotch terrier & parrot. 'Polly wants a drop of whiskey'. Left 11.15 & drove in a 4 wheeler to dance at Sir Robt Romer's. Saw Binns Smith & Mrs Ritchie, Snagge etc etc. Left 1.5. Miss Lockyer still out. Did not come back till 1.45am. (Red ink: Dined with Mite at the Pollocks. Lady Romer's dance after.) Friday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Out on cycle & round Park & past Mite's house. Breakfast by self. Postcard from L.G. Letters etc. Sent Otley to Stores & after to work not before 11.15am. Worked all day up to 8.30. So so drawing. Took Dragon & Bear out. Lennie Messel to dinner. Havannah cigar. Snooze & read after dinner. Bed at 12.0. Slept well. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Dan Meinertzhagen. T.F 17. Death of Thomas Bastard.) Saturday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. Letter from M. At work 9.45 on drawing of Eagle, Lion Bear & Dragon. Finished 1.45pm. Mite went out to meet Lennie. Put all photos away & at 3.0 cycled round Richmond Park. Went up all the hill past cemetery, wind behind. Saw at Parson's Green the original of the house of the Curse of the Catafalque. Home at 5.30. Sent Otley for fruit & to post. Lennie to dinner & Miss Lockyer. Dear Mite felt seedy at dinner & left the table. Sent for Orton but he was ill. Lennie looked round my room. Sent Mite gruel up. Read & to bed at 12.30 after snooze in chair. (Red ink: Cycled to Richmond Park. Mite felt ill at dinner time.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Daniel Meinertzhagen. Obituary Major William Rawlinson. Marriage of James Smith and Jane Chivers, 66th anniversary.) Sunday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Mite better. Breakfast. Winnie Lockyer down. Decided to drive Victoria. Left in cart 10.20. Very wet. Dull & wretched. Sent Otley back. Lewis & Mr Goddard turned up. Down Dover. Saw Mr Lehmann, Mrs L & Mrs Gatz. Very wet. At Calais good lunch, very. Back after getting cigars & chocolate. Mr & Mrs Cocky(?) à Beckett on board. An old man name of Holmes who knew me at the Arts Club came up. Had thought him a lunatic. Very wet. Back to town 7.30 to the second. Good cab home. Miss Rose Innes at the door. Dined, Lennie M, Mite, Miss R.I & Winnie Lockyer. Champagne. Winnie Lockyer left after dinner. Wrote letters & talk after dinner. Lewis recommended Midlands
Deferred Ordinary. Little Chatham 97. (Cutting glued in: Death of Louisa Darley. Good name.) (Red ink: X'd Channel with Lewis.) Monday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip. After back. Breakfast. In morning sorted papers. Wrote letters etc. Letter from Mr Barr accepting £5000 for Knightsbridge property. Sent on to Lewis. Printed a good many blue photos. Lunch. Rest. After squared up many prints etc. Dear M back from Pyt House at 3.0. Had lunch. M & self dined together. Mite at the Bristol with Lennie to dine with Miss Rose Innes. Left 8.15 & drove to Court Theatre. Much delighted with 'Trelawney of the Wells'. Crinoline not so bad. Saw Miss R.I, Prof & Mrs Dewar, Chilean Minister & wife & also Mrs Galbraith. Mr Gilmer & Mite, Lennie & Mrs Dewar's sister. Saw Lord Glenesk in stalls. Also sat near Mr Pilleau. Home with Lennie & Mite in carriage. Round by Cromwell Road. Lennie back for ½ hour. (Red ink: Dear M back from Pyt House. Went in evening to 'Trelawny of the Wells'.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Bishop Selwyn. F 14.) Tuesday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. x. Out on cycle. Past Mite's house. Dull morning. After got bag packed & cab at 11.25 to Garrick. Ordered dinner. On to C.C. At 1.0 photod a Miss C.Richards. Ugly girl like Otley & bad model. Lunch in Studio. After out & called C.Dundas Slater for passes & painful walk (attack of P) to A.W.Miles. Tried trowsers. On to Athenaeum. Tea & after to Garrick. Dressed. At 7.45 Rose & Lewis dined. Had good dinner. Rose would not take turtle. 2 bottles Moet 1889. Cigar & after to Empire. Saw Press ballet. Also Armstrong & Phil Burne Jones. Stood. Good night to Rose & on with Lewis by cab home. Party in S.T. Home 11.45. Snooze & bed 1.15am. Rose expressed willingness to give £5000 for Barr Estate. (Red ink: Gave Rose & Lewis a dinner at the Garrick £3.11.0.) Wednesday Febuary 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. M wakeful. Cycled round by Mite's house. Saw Church. Back. Wrote many letters. Lovely morning. Wrote Mr Barr. Dressed. Lunch 1.0pm. Left with M at 1.30 in carriage to drive to St James's Theatre. Saw the 1st performance of 'Much Ado about Nothing'. Splendidly done. Alexander good. Nielson so so. Saw De la Rues, Stone, etc etc. Out at 5.25 & drove to 16 Duke St Mansions. Had tea with Guthrie. Mite, Lennie, Gwen & Tabs there, M & self. Left at 6.15. Called at an upholstery shop. After walked to Criterion. Met Phil May & Browne in Burlington. Good 'Punch' dinner. Phil A, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S. Phil A made a statement about annuity to Miss Milliken, £21 per annum. Sat till 11.20 when home by bus. Snoozed in chair till 2.0am when to bed. (Red ink: M & self went to St James's, 1st (morning) performance of 'Much Ado about Nothing'.) Thursday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Out on cycle at 8.35. Round park & past Mite's. Breakfast. Wrote many letters. After skemed subject Father Thames & Water Naiads. Photod Otley with oar at 12.30pm & after lunch enlarged it. Rested in chair tired at 3.15 to 4.30. Tea. Began work 5.0 & worked till 8.0pm when Lennie dined. Mr Barr wrote approving of Rose's proposal. Snooze in chair from 11.30 to 12.45. Bed. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Lord De L'Isle and Dudley.)
Friday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. x. Very wet. Walk with Tip round C.H. Breakfast. Wrote letters. Began work 10.0am. Worked all day hard up to 9.0pm. M & Mite went to dine at Lennie Messel's & to an amateur performance at St George's Hall. They went on to supper at the Savoy & did not come home until 1.30am. I went to bed at 1.0. Lay awake. Anxious about M. Saturday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Persuaded M to stay in bed. Went on with work at 9.30 to 12.0 when finished drawing of Father Thames, the Naiads & G.W.R. V & C had broken down with the Electric Light. Mite off with Lennie being his birthday. After M & self drove in hansom to Drury Lane Theatre. Saw pantomime of 'Babes in the Wood'. Box GG. Miss Hanson Walker & her sister, Mrs Wallace & Mabel, Mary McQueen in box. Had asked Lewis & wife. Tenniel & Mr Lemon, Jacomb Hood etc. Out 4.45. Put M & Mary McQ in carriage. Bought a dressing bag for Roy for £12.12.0 at Moss's. To Club. Wrote letters. One from E.L. Home by bus. Dressed & at 7.30 went in carriage to dine at Midge's. Sir Jacob Wilson, Miss Heinemann, Mr Bolland & Rosa Hayworth there. Poor dinner. Push game after. Home by carriage at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Went to Pantomime, Box GG. Lennie Messel's birthday.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Lemon.) Sunday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Wet morning & cold again. Walk with Tip round C.H. Back & wrote letters all morning. Dressed & left 1.15 in 4 wheeler to lunch at 42 Gt Cumberland Pl with Lady Rosalind Christie. Dull lunch. Mistook Sir Th Harland for Genl Beadle. Curious man Christie. Out. Wet. Put M in cab & walked to the Athenaeum Club. Wrote many letters. One to Kensington Palace Hotel & to W.A in Cairo. Left 7.10pm & home by bus. Found Mr Hemming was dining & Lennie also. Mr H stayed till 11.30pm talk talking. Bed after M's knocking at 12.0 with a heavy pestle. (Red ink: Luncheon at Lady Rosamund Christie's. Wet cold day.) (Cutting glued in: Will of Hyam Beddington. Will of Euphemia Millais. Wed Apl 6.) Monday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Walk with Tip round C.H. Very cold frost, coldest yet had. Whipped Tip for going back to the Stable. Wrote letters & diary. Squared many prints up & after lunch went with M & Mite in the carriage to see Mite's house & then walked on & took bus to Bond St. Called Lang & Hurrey's & also at A.W.Miles to have coat & trowsers tried on. After walked on to the Garrick Club. Wrote letters & tea. Then to Athenaeum & home by bus. Dinner 8.0pm. Quiet evening. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink: 1st saw over Mite's house.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Mrs Goschen. Feby 22 '98. Death of Annie Eykyn.) Tuesday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip. After in morning squared up a great many prints etc. Lunch. At 2.0 got on cycle & did 30 miles. Brentford, Hampton, H.Court, Esher, Kingston, Ham Gate & across to Robin H. Gate, Roehampton, Barnes & home 5.40. Tea. Lady Margaret had called. After dressed & Jacomb Hood & Miss Radcliffe dined. Very cheery dinner. Bottle Burgundy. They left 11.40. Bed 12.0. Mite out at Galbraiths & to the Ritchies' ball.
Home 1.15am. (Red ink: Miss Radcliffe & Jacomb Hood dined with us at 8.10pm. Cycled 30 miles, Hampton etc.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Thomas Bolland to Emily Heinemann. Baroness von Eckardstein, of a daughter.) Wednesday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. M up earlier. Cycled round Park & past Mite's house. Home. Finished squaring up drawings & afterwards wrote on drawings for Mrs Earle, C.Burnand, Shorter etc. Left at 12.50 & by bus to Garrick Club. Lunch. Saw Stone. Also Marshall Hall. After smoke at 3.45 went by cab & called on Mr Northmore, St Mildred's Court, Poultry. Interview about his company. Very tempting. Walked back along the Strand to the Athenaeum. Wrote letters. Bought key chain. After to Punch dinner. A particularly good one. F.C.B, J.T, L.S, A à B, R.L, P.S, P.M, E.T.R, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Phil May talking about his taking Armitage House. Left 10.45. Went down to Athenaeum & wrote for Aird's portrait. Home by bus. Bed 12.15 after reading. (Red ink: Called on Mr Northmore.) Thursday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out for walk with Tip. Steamroller at work along the Terrace. Very cold & bright sun. Wrote letters etc. After messenger came with portrait of Aird. M & Mite out in carriage all morning, could not photo Otley. Rested after lunch & at 4.30 got to work after tea & very good. Quiet evening, M, Mite & self dined. Bed at 12.0 after snooze in chair. Mr Northmore's report on the Jarrah Wood Forest came. Wrote letters after dinner. Friday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round park & past Mite's house. At 10.30 photod Otley for John Aird. Developed & got to work. At it all day till 8.30pm when dined. Sent Otley for bag & letters. M & Mite & self dined quietly. Read & to bed at 12.0am. M slept well. Saturday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cold lovely clear morning. Sun the entire day. Walk round C.H with Tip. After breakfast wrote letters & got to work 10.0am & finished John Aird & Father Nile at 1.45pm. Lunch. Mite had gone to the St James's Theatre. Too late for M & self to go to play. Got on cycle at 2.30 & went to Richmond Park. Met Mills. Wired D.W. Met Phil May on cob. He had been up all night at Covent Garden Ball. Looked a wreck. After got home wrote letters from 6.0 to 7.30. William Stone dined 8.30. Bottle Ayala '74 gone wrong. Pol Roger all right. Mite & self left at 10.30 for Lord Rosebery's reception, leaving W.S with M. Great night. Lots of people we knew. Woodall, Sutherland, Lucys, Williamsons, Mocattas etc etc & Owen Seaman. Mite took dislike to him. Left 12.0. Home 1.0am. Snooze till 3.0am. M awake. Did not sleep for a long time. Lay awake. (Red ink: Cycled to Richmond Park.) Sunday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. M in bed. Wet morning. Packed bag & off by hansom to Victoria. No Lewis. Down with one other man in brown hat. Yates Thompson & wife X'ing over. Saw Merryweather. Fair lunch. Going back saw Arthur Linley & a lady. Up to town. Otley met me saying Marshall Hall's dinner was put off owing to M.H having a cold. Drove home. Dressed. Dined. 8.20. Mite chaffing about Owen
Seaman. Wrote letters. Wet all day. Bed after snooze at 12.0am. (Red ink: X'd Channel. Very wet.) Monday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round Campden Hill. After breakfast went at 11.0 & called on Mr Cox-Hughes at the Palace Hotel & engaged the Empress Rooms. After had a talk with Mr Lemon & then hair cut. Developed 1 doz Ayton plates taken '94. Also 1 doz of Miss Richards. Fairly good. Wrote letters etc in afternoon. Wire from Mr Northmore to say he vcould not come to dinner tonight or rather a letter was sent by hand. Answered it. M & self dined quietly together. Very cold. Mite out at dinner. Bed quietly 11.30pm. (Red ink: Settled for Empress Rooms with Mr Cox-Hughes. Lennie came back from Scotland.) Mar 1898 Tuesday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out for walk round Campden Hill. After wrote letters etc etc. Left at 11.30 & up by bus to Garrick. No letters. To C.C. & at 1.0pm or 12.45 photod 2 Miss Cookes. 1 very pretty. Out at 2.30pm. Back to Garrick. Tea. After walked to Alfred Webb Miles & had coat tried on. Did not like it. Home by bus at 6.0pm. At 8.30 Mr Northmore dined & Lennie M. Stayed till 12.0 talking of Jarrah Wood etc. 2 bottles of Pol Roger '80. Lennie & he left tgether 12.15am. Decided to go into the syndicate. (Red ink: Mr Northmore dined. Settled to go into Jarrah Wood.) Wednesday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Walk with Tip round Campden Hill. After wrote letters etc. Left at 12.45 & up by cab to Garrick. Called on Stone. Lunched with Routledge. On to Her Majesty's after. Saw with M, Mite & Dora & Stone Julius Caesar. Tree came in in armour & also gave us coffee. Saw them into carriage. Called on Mr Morshead at 5D The Albany. Then to Athenaeum & wrote letters. Had drawn cheque in morning to Mr Northmore's order for £500. Again went & saw Mr Morshead. Satisfactory. On to the Punch dinner. Full. F.C.B, J.T, self, A'aB, R.L, O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. 2 cuts made up in case of Election of Modernists & Progressives at L.C.C. Left after talk of Jarrah Wood to Arthur & Frank. Went to Athenaeum. Home by buss at 12.30am. Bed 1.15. Bee Barrs came. (Red ink: Went to matinée 'Julius Caesar'.) Thursday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out. Cycled round Park. Cold but lovely & bright. Made up my mind to X Channel. Left & after recording vote for L.C.C at 10.15 in cab to Victoria. Down with 2 others. Not a soul I knew going over. Spoke to an Irish gentleman about his Poncho coat. Lunch. Good. Back. Met Mr & Mrs St John Brenton, Lord Harroby. Gage going to leave. Got carriage to self. Man thrust in at last moment. Got out into another carriage. Cold uncomfortable journey, 20 minutes late. Home 8.10. Mite dining out. Quiet dinner, M, Bee Barrs & self. Mite back with Lennie. Fan sent from Hubbard Farquhar. Woke me. Bed 11.30. Snow in London, 1st this winter. Mite & Lennie dined at Midge's. (Red ink: X'd Channel. Very cold.) Friday March 4
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Very cold. Traces of snow. Walk with Tip round Campden Hill. Wrote to Rev Canon Pennefather about the Church on 19 Apl & after to Stores about the invitation cards. Schemed cut of Chamberlain as Circus Clown, Blondin donkey & also Salisbury as Ringmaster. Lunch. Rested after. M & Mite out in carriage. Bee came into room. Work at 4 to 8.30pm. Dinner. Lennie dined. Few words with Mite about seeing people on their wedding trip. Bee playing after. After read & to bed tired at 12.0am. Saturday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Up & got on at 9.30am drawing Chamberlain & County Council Trick Donkey & Salisbury. Finished at 1.30. Lunch. M, Bee & Mite went off to matinée of 'Dove Cot' at the Duke of York's Theatre. The Vicar the Revd Canon Pennefather called on me at 2.30. Left 2.50 & by cab to Duke of York's Theatre. Good play. Sent M & Mite & Bee home in the carriage & to Garrick. After to Athenaeum. Tea. Wrote Sir Thos Lipton. Home by bus. Lennie dined. Depressed about Americans. Quiet evening. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Went to matinée of The Dove Cot, Duke of York's Theatre. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edmund Tattersall. Tattersall family history. W. 9th March T. Will of Edmund Tattersall.) Sunday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. x. Very cold & bright. Left at 10.10 for Victoria from Kensington Church to Sloane St. Walked to Victoria. Difficulty in getting carriage. X'd Channel. Not one soul I knew. Indifferent lunch. Talked after to gentleman introduced to me by Gage some time back. Met Sir George Arthur & up to town, 20 minutes late. At 8.30 Langleys, Lennie & Bee Bars dined with us. Left 11.30. Read & to bed at 12.15am. The gentleman's name above is Eliot. (Red ink: Crossed Channel. Intensely cold. Dull day in every way. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Edmund Tattersall and history of firm of Tattersall's.) Monday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After breakfast developed photos etc etc. Long day putting things in order etc. Drop in securities on the Stock Exchange. Thought to cycle in afternoon, did not. Ruth Messel lunched with us. Lennie dined in evening as usual. Applied for M for shares in Lipton's & wrote Wagg. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Wrote application for shares in Pref & Ordinary Lipton Ltd in morning & posted them. Letter from Wagg in evening. (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir George Russell.) Tuesday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Did not go out. Left after breakfast at 10.0am & called on Mr Herbert who looked at my teeth. On to Empress Rooms. Settled for Monday 18th. Called Bank & settled to sell Canadian Pacific for 114. Panic on Stock Exchange & great N.E gale at Dover & Calais. On by cab to C.C. Photod Miss L.Cooke. Good model. After out 2.15 & lunch at Garrick opposite Percy Reeve who had the same tie on as self. Talk to Jones after. Walked to Miles & had a look at poncho coat. On to Athenaeum. Wrote letters & put down books. Home at 7.50 by buss. Dressed. Mary McQ & Lennie dined. (illeg) after. Bed 11.50. Letter from Canon Pennefather in morning about wedding, settled for Monday 18 April. (Cutting glued in: Death of Thomas Worrall. Obituary Sir George Russell. T.Mch 8.)
Wednesday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After in morning developed 1 doz plates Miss Cookes etc. Lunch & after rested. From 4.30 to 6.0 designed rough pages for the White Star Calendar. Dressed & up by buss to Criterion for Punch dinner. F.C.B seedy. A à B, J.T, self, O.S, P.M, B.P & E.T.R only. Good dinner. Suggested Bull & Dogs for J.T. Got Britannia & Goschen for self. Left 11.0pm. Home from Garrick by 2 buses. Home 12.0. Snooze in chair till 2.0am. Lay awake for an hour. M awake. Thursday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round by Mite's house & along to Notting Hill Gate. Back. Breakfast. After wrote letters & skemed subject of Britannia & Goschen. At 12.0 photod Otley as Goschen & Mite for arms & enlarged Britannia & the plates. Lunch. Rested at 4.0. Read Strand mags. Mite & B.B went & altered the wedding day from the 18th to the 28th in morning. Worked to 8.0. Dined M, B.B & self. Wrote letters after dinner. Drew cheque for £50 for M in morning. Lennie & Maud back at 11.45 from McQueens. (Red ink: Wedding day altered to 28th.) Friday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Very cold east wind. Back & got to work on Britannia & Goschen. Worked all day up to 8.30pm when dined quietly, M, Bee & self. Lennie away with Mr Johnstone. Rested after & bed at 12.0 after snooze. Saturday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Down & at 9.30am got to work on drawing of Britannia & Goschen. Finished at 2.30pm. M, Mite & B.B went off to the matinée of 'The Geisha' & going back got the carriage damaged. Left at 3.0 in cab & joined them. Chinaman funnier than ever. Put them in carriage & on to Garrick. Wrote letters. Tea. Called C.C. Home by bus after going back to Club again. Called Butts. Bought fruit. Home 8.0. Dressed & dined quietly, M, Mite, Bee & self. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Went to the matinée of 'The Geisha'.) Sunday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. A wretchedly dark peasoupy & cold morning. Left to X Channel at 10.10. By bus to Victoria. Met Baumann & Jim Graham. Lovely day at Dover. Saw Spencer Brunton etc. Talk to Graham. Lunch. Dicky fowl. After a talk to Merryweather & found Mr Bainbridge had proposed to his daughter. Very curious. Saw Gage, Freshfield etc. Also Norman Lockyer. Spoken to by Mr Palmer & sons. Smoked in cabin. Wonderful passage. Home by record time 7.50. Dined 8.10. Mr Johnson & Lennie dined. Good dinner. Wrote letters after. They left 11.30pm. Met a nephew of Aird's. (Red ink: Crossed Channel. Lovely day. Mr Merryweather told me about Mr Bainbridge.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Richard Quain.) Monday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Change in weather & wet. Cycled round Park. Saw Phil Agnew. Books very high. Spent all day tidying up etc. Rest in afternoon. In afternoon dressed etc & left to dine at Alm Sir Whittaker Ellis's, Berkeley St, 3.
Dinner of about 16. Lord Shand, Sir Henry Hawkins, Sir Philip Rose, Mr Walter, Mr Smith, the Governor of Bank of England, Lucy etc etc. Bad dinner. Good wine. Left 11.35. By buss to Garrick. Wrote for Camera Club tomorrow & called & altered date at C.C. 12.5. Home by bus from Piccadilly Circus. Home at 12.45am. Snooze & bed. Wrote in morning to complain of the Tax Collector sending to cut off gas. Wire from Mr Aird's representative to ask for drawing. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Canon Whitehead, Vicar of St Peter's Thanet. Times, Tuesday 22 March. The Orator of the Isle of Thanet. 18 M.) Tuesday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Lovely morning. Bright sun for a wonder. Left at 11.30 & on to the Garrick Club by 1.0pm. Sat opposite Routledge & talk to Scoones after. Left & to C.C at 2.0. At 2.15 photod E.L. Thinner. 4 th cataract. Out 4.30. Walked to Bond St & to Miles's. Had to wait ½ an hour to have coat tried on. Back by buss 6.30. Dressed & after dinner left with M & Mite to Lyceum & saw Madame Sans Gêne. Good. Out & home by carriage outside. Spotting with rain. Bee Bars stayed at home havng an atrocious cold. Went to 'Madame Sans Gêne'. (Red ink: Bee a cold & could not go.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Henry Bessemer.) Wednesday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round Park. After in morning put things in order etc. Luncheon. Rest & after tea. Went by bus to the Bath Club & had Turkish bath. The 1st since June 30 '96 & the first in Bath Club since July 3 '95. Weight in bath before 12.5. Saw Ray Lankester. Out & to Punch dinner at Criterion. Saw Arthur à Beckett in lift. At dinner P.A, P.M, B.P. E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, A à B, J.T, self, R.L, O.S. Tenniel had exceedingly bad cold. Sat till last with Arthur & after home by bus. Wrote May & Stace & also blotted the dinner cloth. Home 11.45am. Weight in June 30 '96, 12.14. Weight in July '95, 12.6 ¾. (Cutting glued in: Death of Aubrey Beardsley. 17 M.) Thursday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Bicycled round Park. Slight sore throat came on & after developed into a very bad cold. After skemed subject of 2 Sailors. Otley fetched costume from May's. Stace did not turn up till nearly 2.0pm when photod him & Otley shaking hands. Developed after. Rested & then at 4.0pm enlarged them & got to work at 6.0pm till 8.0 when dined. (Red ink: Nellie Farren Benefit, Drury Lane. Huge success, £6000 got clear. Did not get ticket or go.) (Cutting glued in: Mr F.C.Burnand now convalescent. T. M 17 '98) Friday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After to work all day on drawing of English & American Sailors drinking etc. Worked all day up to 8.30pm when dined, M, Bee, Mite & self. Quiet evening after & bed. Very bad cold developed & felt seedy all day. Sent Otley to Stores. Mite went to dine at the Messels. Mr & Lady Margaret Ismay called at 4.30pm. Ismay had had an accident out hunting. Disappointed after did not ask Lady M in. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Aubrey Beardsley. 18 M '98. Death of William Overend.) Saturday March 19
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. After got to work on drawing for John Bull & Yankee Sailors. Finished at 1.30pm. Very tired. After lunch, M, Mite & Bee drove to Garrick Theatre & saw A Pair of Partridges, or rather a brace. Out & sent them back in carriage. Saw Mrs Roberts & Dolly. A most wretched & beastly afternoon. Wet. To Garrick. Wrote letters etc & after tea home by bus, having called at the Charing X Railway. Called Butts & ordered fruit. Dined quietly, M, Bee & self. Mite went to dine at Willis's rooms with Lennie & after to an at home. Cold very bad at night. Went to bed at 11.0am. (Red ink: Went to matinée at the Garrick. Saw 'A Brace of Partridges'.) Sunday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Bright cold morning. Decided M should not go. Left in grey coat & by bus to Victoria at 10.50. Met Lewis & Goddard & down to Dover. Long talk to Lewis. One other in carriage. On boat met Merryweather & Spencer Brunton. Good passage. Good lunch. Coming back saw Mr Freshfield & Mr Hutton. Introduced him to Lewis also Cartmell Harrison etc. Up to town with Goddard & young Bastard. Home 7.55. Dressed. Found a dog - such a dog - at home. Roy back. Fred Macmillan & Sir Norman Lockyer K.C.B dined. 2 bottles Dietz & Geldermann, 1 Sauternes, Port etc. They stayed till 12.30. Bed after reading Drake at night. Very cold. The Messels returned from abroad. (Red ink: X'd Channel with Lewis & Mr Goddard. Good day. Roy came back from Oxford with Rikki-Tikki. Lockyer & Macmillan dined.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Mr W.H.Overend. M 22.) Monday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Cycled round park. After cheque from Mr Aird came. Put things in order all morning & wrote letters. Rest after lunch. At 4.15 cycled round by Richmond. Called 19 A.R. Saw very pretty blue eyed woman. On to Richmond & home by Putney. Met Orton at Fulham. Orton had been in in morning. Back 7.0pm & dined quietly, M, Bee, Roy & self. Mite at the Messels. Slept in chair till 1.15am. M awake. Said I had knocked over something. No! (Red ink: Cycled to Richmond etc.) Tuesday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. x. Did not cycle. After breakfast etc in the morning put drawers tidy & all photos away etc up to lunch time. M out with Bee. Roy went to Eton for Sports etc. After lunch at 2.10 left on cycle & went long round by Richmond to Hampton Court & back by Kingston & round Park. Called twice 19 A.R. Not at home. Back by 6.30. Tired. Wrote letters. After Lennie dined. Roy went to the Gaiety Theatre. Very tired after dinner. Bed 12.30. Slight headache. Lovely present from Mr Aird & also Lennie's partners. Cycled 31 miles. Saw Yarrow (sic) Wood notice in Sketch. (Red ink: Cycled to Richmond etc.) Wednesday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Extremely tired in morning. Must be yesterday's cycle ride. Dull cold morning. Mite & all in my room with presents etc. Did not cycle before breakfast. Did not go out till 6.15 after tidying up etc & sorting drawers. Then took buss to Piccadilly Circus. Called C.C & the Garrick. Bus back from Drury Lane after calling to see Box II. Would not do. On to Punch dinner at the Criterion. P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, A à B, J.T, self & R.L & O.S. Burnand still away. Very
good dinner & after went to the Athenaeum & wrote letters. Home by buss. Roy out at Lyric Theatre with Farquhar. Slept in chair. Roy woke me. (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Soldi. Death of Arthur Shakespear. Death of Rev Wyndham Shakespear.) Thursday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Gale & snow showers. Walked over Campden Hill. After skemed subject for Money Lender & Justice. Sent Otley to Drury Lane Theatre. After photod self & Otley. Delayed by blinding snow storms & dark clouds. Lunch. After developed plates. Rested & enlarged at 4.30pm. Got to work at 6.0pm. Went on to dinner time when Lennie M dined. 2 bottles of Burgundy. After very tired. Snooze after dinner & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Heavy gale & blinding snow storms.) Friday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & walked in blizzard of snow round Campden Hill. Back & worked all day on drawing of Justice & Money Lender up to 8.30pm when dined with M, Bee, Mite & Roy. Quiet evening after. Read about Maximilian & Mexico. Sat in chair & bed at 12.30am. M had fire in her room. Terrible gale all day from the north east with blinding snow. Envelopes from Stores came for wedding. Bee B addressed them. (Red ink: Awful gale all day.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of James Payn. Death of Alfred Ridley. Death of Georgina Delane. F.Mch 25.) Saturday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Walked round Campden Hill. Dull cold & grey. Back. Breakfast. After got to work till 2.0 on Money Lender & Justice. Lunch. Heavy rain & cold. After worked till 2.50 when finished later than ever been with work on Saty. Rushed up tho' tired & left after dressing in carriage at 3.20 for Donaldsons at Chiswick. Otley drove mare very fast. Squelching rain & bitterly cold. Saw the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Oxford won by 12 lengths. Out & walked about in the snow rain & could not find carriage. Very angry & annoyed with Otley. Back home after finding him at Thorneycrofts. Wretchedly uncomfortable. Up in M's room with a fire etc. Read Northmore's Jarrah reports. Dined at 8.15. Lennie came. After dinner Bee Barr wrote about 200 invites for guests to wedding. Slept in chair. Bed at 1.30am. M's fire alight. (Red ink: Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Frightful weather.) (Cuttings glued in: Violent gale in the English Channel. M M 28. Oxford and Cambridge race results.) Sunday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. In doubt as to X Channel. Did not being wet. All morning put things away etc. Invites for wedding being written & done. After Roy posted them in afternoon & evening. Lunch. Uncomfortable & not enough wine, M, Bee, Roy & self. Mite out with Lennie at Mr Ryle's etc. Left 2.45 & by bus to C.C. Put plates right. Called Garrick & on to Athenaeum. 2½ hours writing letters. After kept by Weigall. 2nd 'd his son. Left 7.30 & home by bus. Dressed. Dined 8.15, Lennie, Roy, Mite, Bee, M & self. After more invites written & posted by Roy. Felt sleepy. Read & to bed at 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Wretchedly wet miserable cold cheerless day all day.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Delia Parnell. T.M 29.)
Monday March 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round C.H. Rain & cold. After breakfast looked out & wrote on drawing of John Bull & Jonathan gilding American Eagle, Feb 23 '95. Sent it off. Ordered card for Ismay drawing & got to work. Last batch of invites ready for wedding. After tea developed 12 or 14 plates of L.Cooke. Some fogged. Up at 6.10 & worked till 7.50. Dressed. Lennie in to dinner. Many answers came to letters of invitation. Wrote letters. Bee B playing. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Alice Glenesk. Obituary Lady Glenesk. Deaths of Delia Parnell, Montagu Dawson Damer, the Princess de Joinville. M.M 28.) Tuesday March 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Cycled round Park. After in morning worked on drawing for Ismay & made tracings etc. Left at 12.30 & by bus to Garrick. Lunch with Percy Reeve. Saw Furniss with head very much cut about. Left at 2.0 & to C.C. at 2.30. Photod L.Cooke. Poor model. Out at 5.0 after changing plates etc & home by bus. Dined 7.15. After M, Bee & Mite left in carriage & drove to the Court Theatre. Roy & self followed after in a cab. Saw Pinero's play 'Trelawny of the Wells' for the second time. Lord Rosslyn not playing. Out & home by carriage & cab by 11.30. Sandwiches etc. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Went to 'Trelawney of the Wells'.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Sidney Cotton to Violet Reed.) Wednesday March 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After in the morning developed a lot of plates taken yesterday. Fairly good. Wrote letters etc. Lunch. Rest. Left after tea & went by bus. Called at Lambs for new frock coat. Paid cheque. To Athenaeum & wrote letters. Saw Mr Morton. To Punch dinner. Very small. Only 2 cuts to make up. Phil Agnew, Arthur à B, self, Reed, Owen Seaman. All rest away. Good dinner. Blotted cloth. Posted letters after & did not put one into envelope for Stace. Home by bus at 11.30pm. Left second cuts till next week. Allotment of £150 in Lipton's Ordinary shares came in the morning. Thursday March 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Cycled round Park with Roy. Back & after skemed subject of Burglar in Prison. Put things out & photod Otley & Stace at 1.10pm. Developed. Late lunch. M & Mite out. Presents trooping in. Rest after lunch & at 5.0pm enlarged right up to 6.10pm. Did not work after. Wrote letters. Dinner 7.20pm. After Roy & self went in cab to see 'Much Ado about Nothing' for 2 nd time. Forgot stalls & came back. Ellis at door. 'Don't be in a hurry'. Front row of stalls. Sat next Mr & Mrs Frankfort Moore. Miss Julia Neilson very good in church scene. After had lemon squash at the Bath Club & home by cab at 11.45pm. Lennie Messel dined. (Red ink: Roy & self saw 'Much Ado about Nothing'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Morton.) Apr 1898 Friday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Did not go out. Settled to work all day on drawing of Prison & Warder handing paper to prisoner. Got on. Presents coming in. At 7.0 dressed & left & went by bus & cab to 75 Cambridge Terrace & dined with Marshall Hall. Very good dinner & lovely furniture. Beautiful musical singing bird 1750. Pinero, Harry Dickens etc etc. Whist. Left 11.45 & home by bus. Street
walkers. Dropped a card at Rose's. Home 12.15. Bed. Letter came refusing 2 nd application for Liptons Ordinary. (Red ink: Dined with Marshall Hall & six others. Good dinner. Whistling amateur.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Georgina Elliott. Marriage arranged between Maud Lawrence and Arthur Pollen.) Saturday April 2 Stafford Terrace. x. Up at 8.0. Cycled round Park. After sent cheques for Liptons to Mr Lemon & one for £25 to Herbert Wagg & Co. Got to work at 9.30 & finished drawing of Criminal in Prison & Warder by 2.30. Lunch. M, Bee, Mite & Roy went to Haymarket Theatre & saw The Little Minister. Delightful play. Came on in cab after them 3.30pm. Back to Bath Club. Wrote 4 letters. Walked home by 7.0. Dressed & went with M in carriage to dine at the Tates. Sir Charles Lawson & Lady L (drinks) Fildes's, the Boughtons etc. Took Mrs Tate in. Talk of Mrs Bainbridge. Home by 11.30. Rumours of war with U.S & Spain. (Red ink: Went to matinée of 'The Little Minister'. M & self dined with the Tates. Delightful dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Juliana Broadwood.) Sunday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. M down in lavatory. Out on cycle by self. Round Park. Back. Good breakfast. Roy & self left at 10.15 & went to Charing X. Wrong dated ticket. Down with 3 Frenchmen. Lovely X'ing. Mr Merryweather, Mrs Alex Tweedie & Mrs & Miss Faudel Phillips. Friend of Lennie's. Excellent lunch wth Mr Merryweather. Back punctually. Met Mr Freshfield & Underdown, Mr & Mrs & Miss Steinkopff. Charing X 7.40. Home 8.5. Dressed. Good dinner. Lennie at dinner. Mr Wolff had called. Picture Sunday. No one had called. Roger Wallace sent for me to go to play golf. (Red ink: X'd Channel with Roy. Went down by S.E.Rly. Saw Mr Merryweather & Mrs Tweedie. Picture Sunday.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Lord Hillingdon. M Ap 4.) Monday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Did not go out. After wrote letters. Many letters for M. Sharp shower. Posted letters self. In morning & after lunch enlarged figures for the Liverpool drawing. Rested. At 5.0 left on cycle for Richmond. Called 5.55 on A.M. Saw Miss Blennerhassett Atthill. Left at 6.30 & home by 7.15. Quite light. After touched up photos. Roy back from Club where he had been all day. Lennie & Nipper Messel dined with us. More presents came in. They left at 11.0. Read & to bed 12.0pm. Tuesday April 5 Stafford Terrace. x. Up 8.15 & out on cycle round Park. Back. Good bacon. After developed 1 doz plates Miss Richards. Lunch & at 2.45 left for town. Walked with cigar as far as Knightsbridge. Buss to Bond St. Getting out saw Otley with my own cycle. After to Miles. Had coat fitted on. After to Athenaeum Club & answered Lord Lorne's letter about joining Committee II Paris Ex 1900. Also 2 other letters. After to Turkish bath at the Bath Club. Saw Mr Cox-Hughes at door. Good bath. 12.3¼ after bath. Saw Roger Wallace. Asked for motor car display. To Criterion, Punch dinner. A à B, J.T, self, O.S, P.M, B.P, E.T.R. Difficulty with cuts. Left at 11.0 & home by bus. Roy back from theatre with Mr Pope at 8 past 12.0am. Found after had left cigarette case in bath. Got this Tuesday April 19. (Cutting glued in: Death of Ellen Farquhar. Ap 7.)
Wednesday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After back & skemed subject of President McKinley & the Jingo Bird. Photod Otley & self. Developed & enlarged. Roy went to Nymans with Nipper. Bee Bars left. Rest after lunch & at 3.30 went on to work until 8.30pm at drawing of Jingo Bird. Lennie Messel came to dine & brought a crowd of presents. Lennie left at 11.0. Posted letters. Wrote to Mr Liddell & put wrong letters in envelopes etc. Bed at 12.0 after rest. (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Colonel Hughes Hallett, of a son. April. Death of Lady Farquhar who was married to Sir Arthur Farquhar in 1840. Apl 7. Lady Farquhar was married in 1851, not 1840. Apl 12. Mrs Alfred Whitehead thanks all her friends for their sympathy. Apl 7.) Thursday April 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30am. Did some work immediately after breakfast & finished drawing of Jingo Bird by 12.0am. Packed bags & lunched at 1.30 & left 2.0 by cab for 4 Whitehall Place. Meet of motor cars. Saw Roger Wallace & Mr Johnson. After left in Club Wagonette at 3.0. Mr Holland Tringham, Mr Johnson, self & another. Rode all thro Park & Fulham & Putney, my usual cycle ride, over Kingson Hill & on to Esher. Stopped. Somers Vine, Wallace & Mr Butler had broken down. On after thro Cobham & Ripley to Guildford. Crowds of people & great fun down hill. Arrived at Guildford 6.0pm. Difficulty about beds. Mr Johnson changed. After went with young engineer to old curio shop opposite. Dressed. Dinner 8.0pm. Opposite a Mr Crompton who met me at Tom Taylors. Little Mr Alfred Ledger a solicitor. 2 bottles of Pomery at Wallace's expense. Smoke & talk after. Room No 8. Business like landlady. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Left at 2.0pm to go on motor car for trip.) Friday April 8 White Lion, Guildford. Up at 8.20. Bath etc. Out 9.0. Most lovely sunny morning & bright like Biarritz wh lasted all day. Stroll with Mr Butler. Breakfast. After hung about till noon when started in same motor as yesterday. Mr Holland Tringham, Mr Johnson, Mr Harper & self. Went over the Hog's Back. Were cinematographed. Awful dust after. At 1.30 lunched at a Mr J.Henry Knight's at Barfield. Talk to Sir Somers Vine after about Northmore. Hum! On board again & through Farnham, Alton, Alresford & to Winchester. Great crowds. Put up at the 'Royal Hotel'. Had fortunately got my luggage when the van broke down near Ropley & changed it into the steam van. Tea. Stroll to look at the Cathedral with Tringham & Mr Lidger. Left at 8.0 by fly & back to town. Carriage to self. Cab to Garrick. Saw D'Arcy & Campbell Praed. Good supper. Praed, Beetle & Frd Warre in with me. Beetle's yarns about Boucicault 'seizing hold of lady in bed'. Left at 12.15. Home by cab. Door locked. Ellis came down. Hair. Bed at 1.15. M awake. x. (Red ink across page: On motor car all day.) (Cutting glued in: Death & Obituary of Hamab Bass, MP. April 9.) Saturday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Tired. Breakfast. After developed 15 plates, almost last in hand. Went up to dress. After very much annoyed Roy coming home for nothing from Nymans. Lunch. Left after. Buss up to shop in Long Acre. Bought an old scimitar & looked at jewelery. Saw Bangs on top of a bus. After
went to Garrick, Camera Club & Athenaeum. Wrote letters & walked up to Bath Club. Found I had left my cigarette case there on Tuesday. Had good bath. Saw Restori. Home by bus. Bought fruit & lobster. Dinner 8.15. Ellis spoke rudely to me. Very tired after dinner. Snooze in chair & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Roy came back from Nymans.) Sunday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Dull windy morning. Felt tired. Mite off to church. Roy down. In morning wrote diary & letters. After lunch left & walked up the park. Wet. Met not one single person walking down. Down Constitutional Hill to the Athenaeum Club. Wrote several letters & after read book on Africa. Left at 7.30 & home by bus. Quiet dinner, M, Mite, Roy & self. M played after. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. In morning cleaned the scimitar bought yesterday. Used acid. (Cutting glued in: Death of Charlotte Raggett.) Monday April 11 (Easter Monday Bank Holiday) Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. x. Fine warm morning. After breakfast Roy hanging about. Still very much annoyed with him. In the morning oiled & cleaned sabre & after developed a lot of plates. Put drawers tidy etc. Roy at the Club. All day tidying up. M went & called at the Vicat Coles. Quiet dinner at home, M, Roy, Mite & self. Quiet dinner & bed after early. Put sealing wax etc on scimitar in morning. 1882. In all day. M & baby went to Richmond. ......3. Hunted with Buckhounds, Maidenhead. 26 March. ......4. At Bourton on the Water. Ap.14. ......5. At home all day. Ap.6 ......6. At home all day. Ap.26 ......7. In Paris with Spencer. Ap.11 ......8. Dined with Abbey & Reinhart. Ap.2 ......9. Tennis with Bartlett. Ap.22 1890. At home all day. Ap.7 .....1. Weston sub Edge. March.30. ......2. At home all day Ap.18. ......3. Roy & self Volunteer Review. Ap.3 ......4. At Brookwood. March.30 ......5. At Ramsgate. Lunched with Fildes. 15.Ap. ......6. M Biarritz. Self in all day. 6.Ap. ......7. All at Eastbourne. 19.Ap. Tuesday April 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After in morning put things etc away in bath room & did up clothes etc. After lunch by bus to Long Acre. Called Welby's & selected things for Mite. Saw Col Jones. After Garrick. Tea & wrote letters etc. Saw Galbraith at Welby's. Walked along Oxford St & called at Fentons New Oxford St to look at swords etc. Back home by bus. M, Roy & self at dinner. Mite with Lennie at Oppenheims. Back late. Bed at 12.0am. No war with U.S & Spain yet. Wednesday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Called about a scimitar at brass shop. Put things straight etc. Put up costumes etc in brown paper. After lunch
went to Garrick by bus & ordered dinner. Back & called at Lincoln & Bennetts & Nicholls and also Lambs. Home by bus & dressed & then back to Garrick, calling at Athenaeum. Wrote letters etc. Met Mr & Mrs Lucas. Punch private dinner at the Garrick. J.T, A à B, Partridge, self, Reed, A.G, O.S & P.M. Very good dnner. £1.13.4 for 2. Left at 11.30 & home by bus. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Private Punch dinner at the Garrick Club. Very good.) Thursday April 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After settled for Roy to go to Pyt House. Otley & Stace sat for German Emperor & John Bull at 11.15am. After sent Otley for pass for Roy to Waterloo. Lunch. Roy left after tea. Went on with work. Wired Lennie. Dinner 7.20 & left by self for St James's Theatre. Saw the 1 st night of 'The Conquerors'. Row with German in the stalls. Very poor play. Saw many I knew. Courthorpe (sic) Thomson etc. Very wet night. Left 11.45 & home in wet on the top of a bus. Bed 12.30am. At 2.20 things sent from Welby's for choice. Kept 1 pr of candlesticks. (Cutting glued in: Accident to General de Gallifet. April 14.) Friday April 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After got to work all day on drawing of German Emperor & John Bull. Bright sunny day. M out in carriage. Dressed at 7.10 & left at 7.35 by cab with Mite to dine at Bergheims, Belsize Court. Met Mr & Mrs Harding, Peter Reed & Mrs Turquand. Good dinner. Left at 11.15 & home by carriage. Mrs Turquand in usual form. Puppy. Bed at 12.30am. More presents. (Red ink: Mite & self dined at the Bergheims. Saw Peter Reed.) Saturday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & 1 hrs work before breakfast. After got to work 9.30 & finished drawing of the German Emperor & John Bull at 12.30pm. Dressed & off by 1.10 by cab to C.C. No costume. Sent to May's for it. Curious dark day, heavy cloud & black. Cleared after at 2.50pm. L.G came. Sat in Gitana dress. Out at 5.0 & on to the Athenaeum. Tea. Wrote & read. Home by bus. Quiet dinner, M, Mite & self. Many presents had come, 10 or 11, & Ayala's. Bed early. x. 11.15. (Red ink: Curious dark day in town.) Sunday April 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Breakfast. Mite off to church. Left at 10.10 for Victoria by bus. Saw Mr Cox-Hughes. Met Rose & Col Bell. Went to Dover in same carriage with Col Fitz George. Like George 3rd. Lovely day. Mrs Dickens & daughter. On board Harry F.Dickens, son not very gentlemanly. Picked up a paste pin on deck. Coarse American woman. Lunched with Rose. Saw Dr Messel, also Rose Innes etc. Lovely passage back. Saw Sir Richard Webster, Mr Aird, Faudel Phillips, Freshfield & Elliot. Funny little man & gentlemanly son in carriage back like Hare as Dr Goldfinch. Victoria 7.35. Home by good cab 7.55. Quiet dinner, M, Maud & self. Wrote diary at 11.0pm. Bret Harte called. (Red ink: Crossed the Channel with Col Bell & Rose.) Monday April 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out on cycle past Mite's house at 9.0 to 9.25. Short round. After the whole day tidied up & did pens (messy) also cords on sabre. M &
Mite out in afternoon. Rested & developed ½ doz photos of L.G taken Saty. After wrote letters etc. Lennie came at 8.0 to dine. More presents. Bed at 11.50. No, 12.15 after snooze. Very cold east wind. Tuesday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. M in bed, did not go out. Mite out in carriage by herself. Finished pens & wrote letters in the morning. Windows done. Lunched at home & after went by bus to Welby's for turquoise etc. Could not get anything. Called Garrick & walked to Lambs. Tried coat on. Called at Bath Club after & had Turkish bath. Weight 12.4 after bath. Saw Haddon Chambers. Got cigarette case. Left at 7.10 & home by bus. Dined quietly, M, Mite & self & quiet evening afterwards. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Turkish bath. Weight 12.4 after.) Wednesday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. In morning developed a lot of plates taken Saturday. Roy came back in morning from Pyt House with Ricky & went off to the Club. Lunch. After wrote letters etc. Rested. Went up by bus after calling on Mr Cox-Hughes at the Palace Hotel. Settled about the Reception. To Punch dinner 20 minutes late. Sir W.A, P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, A à B, J.T, self, O.S & P.A. Got cut of Irish Landlord, Tenant & Gerald Balfour. Left & home by bus. F.C.B at Punch dinner 1st time since Wedy March 2nd. Agnew since (blank). (Red ink: War practically between Spain & the United States.) Thursday April 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round park. After breakfast photod Roy & after Otley for Gerald Balfour & Irish Landlord & Tenant. Developed & enlarged. Lunch. After went on up to 3.40. Roy at Club for raquet matches etc. Drew cheque for £100 for Roy & after dined at 7.40, Roy to leave for Oxford. Ruth & Lennie Messel dined. After Lennie said his father had doubled his income. Roy left at 8.35 in cab. Bed at 11.45 after snooze. Coldish east windy weather. War betwen U.S & Spain. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Edward Hodgson to Marion Cox. Ap 23.) Friday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Cycled round Park. After got to work all day on drawing of Gerald Balfour & Irish Landlord & Tenant. Finished at 8.40 & dressed for dinner. Lennie dined here for last time before his marriage. Presents trooping in. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Millard. Ap 28.)
Saturday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. After breakfast dressed & left at 11.0 for town. Up by buss & called C.C. & Welby's, selected jewels etc. After walked to Bond Street. Met Lucas. Called Beale & Turnan & also at Ross's. Walked to Garrick. Lunched. Mutton etc. After to Athnaeum. Wrote letters. Saw Morton. Walked to New Gallery. Saw Mite & Lennie, Ryle etc. Out & on to Garrick. Felt tired. Dined 7.30. Had left key. Wired Otley. Sat next to Bangs & opposite Bancroft. Left 8.35 & on to Globe Theatre. Saw a play by Stewart Ogilvie called 'The Master'. Mrs Arthur Lewis's return to the stage. Painful evening. Bergheims etc etc. Mrs Tom Agnew & Lofty Trottle. Geilgoods etc etc. Left at 11.20 & walked
on to Garrick. Supper. Mr Johnson & Lennie at Club. Had supper. Furniss there with Sir Albert Kay Rollitt. Lord Dungavan & Lord Rosslyn etc. Left 1.0am & home by cab. Very cold. Bed at 1.50. Excitement about U.S & Spain. (Red ink across page: Went to Private View of Grosvenor New Gallery. After to Globe Theatre, Mrs Lewis's 1st appearance.) Sunday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Down breakfast, M & self. Cold. Mite at church. After wrote letters all morning. Otley said he could not get horse. In morning made experiment with new lens lent by Ross. Photod Ellis. After lunch, Lennie, M, Mite & self. Went up to M's room & had an hour's sleep. Then at 3.30 dressed in brown flannel suit & went at 4.20 on cycle to Sir A Hickman's. Tea. Played 3 sets wih Sir A against son & a grandson. After a Mr Galloway came. Played 3 sets. Won 2 out of 3 & lost 2 sets with Sir A as a partner. At 7.0 left off & dressed. Had left braces. Drew a goose with eyes shut. At 8.0 M & Mite came. Good dinner. Mr & Mrs Kettle. Ducks, strawberries, asparagrass & plovers eggs. Good Champagne, Port & old Brandy. Left at 11.0 & home in Mr Galloway's carriage. (Red ink: Played tennis for 1st time in year at Sir Alfred Hickman's. M, Mite & self dined after.) Monday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & cycled round Park. After breakfast dressed & left 11.30am for Academy. Left Mite writing letters. M out. After called at Lamb's. Had coat & vest fitted on. Then to R.A. Much impressed with Sargent's portraits & Abbey's picture. Talk to Marcus Stone. After left & went to Lamb's, after not before the R.A, & just caught green bus to Garrick. Lunched by self. Saw Hare & Bancroft. Talk to Gen' Fletcher & Furniss after. Left at 3.30 & walked to Athenaeum. Directed many envelopes & then on to R.A. Saw Hanson Walker & others. Gregory's water colour. Goodall told me he had got in a row for hanging the German Emperor. Left at 6.30. Met Mr & Mrs Abbey in Piccadilly. Walked to Sloane St & bus home. Dressed. Dinner 8.0pm. (Red ink: Varnishing Day at Royal Academy. Went twice.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Patrick Blair. May.) Tuesday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round park. Breakfast. After all day presents coming in. Mite writing etc. Put things in order & wrote etc etc. M out in the afternoon. Could not get answer from the Photo people at Auxiliary. In afternoon Welby sent brooches. Gave Mite turquoise & diamond ring. Dressed & at 7.40 left in 4 wheel cab to dine at the Messels, M, Mite & self. Dull dinner. Took Mrs M in. Next Mrs de la Tenha (sic). Not impressed with Loring. Left quite early 10.15 & home by carriage. M went to bed. Dear Mite sat up writing thanks for presents. (Red ink: Dined eve of Wedding, family dinner at the Messels.) Wednesday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull morning warmer & muggy. Walk with Tip over Campden Hill. After wrote letters etc. Presents still arriving. Opera glases sent from Ross. In afternoon enlarged with the big camera. Lennie in. Left rather late for Punch dinner. On to St Martins Lane. Called Garrick & C.C. Altered day for photoing. Small Punch dinner. Lawrence Bradbury there for 1 st time for many weeks. J.T, F.C.B, self, A à B, & E.T.R. All rest away. B.P, O.S & A.G in Holland. Left
at 10.45 with Lawrence B & got on bus & home. Bar brooch from Welby's there. M lying awake. Bed 12.0am. Called & saw Mr Cox-Hughes at 6.0pm. M came in with Bee B. On by buss 6.30 to P.D. (Red ink: Small Punch dinner. Press day at Royal Academy.) (Red ink: MITE'S WEDDING DAY.) Thursday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Earl's Court. Called F.C.B. After preparations for wedding. A Scotch misty sort of morning & dull all day. Roy came at 11.0 from Oxford. Quietly wrote letters all morning up to 12.0. Then went with Roy to Empress Rooms to see presents put out. Anxiety & delay with Mite's dress arriving. Got from Bank £50 in £5 notes. Back. Roy dressed first. Lunch 12.30am. After at 1.45 Roy left in carriage, C.Thomson's horse. Then Bee. Then M. After at 2.12 Mite & self. Mite behaving well & looking charming. A little early. Drove up Argyll Rd & down Campden Hill. At Church to minute. Dear Roy did not meet his mother. Saw W.Agnew & shook hands. After 'The Ceremony'. Painful kneeling on stool. The Vestry. Signed. After the Reception. Great hand shaking. Many friends. Vernon & Lady M, Canon Bourne, Hensman & many others. Bride & B off at 4.40. Nearly forgot to give the notes. All over by 5.0pm. Gen'l Kent the last to go. Home & dressed by 6.15pm. Police sergeant called. Gave him 32/6. Dinner 6.45. Dora, 2 Messels, Mabel Wallace, Bee B, M, self, Roy, Nipper & Mr Stone. All went after in omnibus to Haymarket. M, Bee & self sat in stalls. Home by bus. Very tired. Saw Little Minister. Bed 12.30. M did not sleep at all. Friday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Walk with Tip who puked up fat. Roy at breakfast after. Roy left for Oxford at 1.0pm. At 11.30 photod Otley & scuttle for King Coal. Developed & enlarged. After lunch rest & to work at 4.30 on drawing of King Coal & Sovereignty of Seas. M & Bee Barrs went off to the R.A at 4.0pm late. Worked up to 8.30pm when dined quietly, M, Bee & self. Quiet evening after. Lennie & Mite crossed by the 1.0pm boat. Wires from them in morning. (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Newson-Smith. See Oct 17.) Saturday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. M had only slept fairly well. Down & on with work. Wrote Colin Hunter. Finished drawing of King Cole by 1.30pm. After lunch dressed & went up by by bus to Dover St & on to the Grafton Galleries. Wedding of Miss McTear with a Mr Powell. Australian pictures. M & Bee had gone on in carriage to the church at 2.15pm. Saw Major Spry & wife, Moscheles (Oh!) Arthur à B & Hepworth Dixons. Many others. M left 5.0, saw her in carriage. Went back till 5.30pm. After to Bath Club. Had rather uncomfortable bath. Left 7.40 & home by bus. Thirsty. Quiet dinner M, B & self. Academy Banquet. Not asked. (Red ink: Academy Banquet. No one asked from 'Punch' table.) Self went 1880. " Saty April 30 1887. Burnt finger. " " May 2 1891. Met Corbutt. " " May 5 1894. Huxley & Kipling.) (Red ink: List of 'Punch' attendees at Academy Banquet, 1880 to 1898.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Philip Calderon. Obituary P.H.Calderon R.A. May 2.)
May 1898 Sunday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. M had had very good night. Did not go out. Breakfast. Sausages etc. Read list of Academy guests. 1st time no Punch artist has been there for 25 years. Dull day. Sir A.Hickman sent round. After began to rain & kept on from 11.0 the entire day. Wrote letters. Lunch. Nipper & Hilda Messel called, after Lord Kingsburgh. Dressed & at 7.30 walked to Sir Alfred Hickman's in the rain. Dinner. The Kettles, Mr Galloway, Lily, Sir Alfred, a lady & Mr & Mrs. A.Braunstein, 15 Hyde Park Gate S.W. Back at 11.0. Good cigar by Mr B. Home. Bed 12.0. x. (Red ink: Wet day all day. Dined at Sir Alfred Hickman's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Green. May. Obituary Charles Green.) Monday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip. Lovely May morning. After wrote letters. Printed back photos & put out enlarging camera. At 12.30 man came from Stores to look at them. In afternoon rested & afterwards at 4.0 squared up & put all photos away. M & Bee out in carriage to see Mite's house. Wrote letters to dinner time. Posted them. Quiet dinner, M, Bee & self. News of battle at Manila & also verdict in Pitt Street case of starving a servant. Worry letter from F.C.B. A shame at this time & quite unnecessary. (Red ink: Much worried all night with letter for earlier work from F.C.B.) Tuesday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Had been awake at night. Cycled round Park. Mite's house being painted. Back. Tired. Wrote letters. Man doing windows, Bee flowers etc. Worried all day about F.C.B's letter. Lunch. After Miss Hogarth called. Went up stairs & rested for 2 hours & at 5.0 went for cycle ride round Richmond Park & Barnes. Met Orton. Back at 7.15. Dressed. Told M at dinner time about work. Left at 9.15 in carriage & went to Athenaeum, Garrick, Camera Club & to 'Our Club' at the Criterion. Tedious discussion on cryptograms etc of Shakespeare. Saw Arthur à B, McMillan, Sir James Crighton Browne, Ginsberg & many others. Drove Arthur home & back 11.45. Bed 12.30. (Red ink: Went after dinner to 'Our Club'. Saw Arthur à Beckett.) Wednesday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Wet morning. Walk round C.H with Tip. Breakfast. After wrote many letters. Did some work on Ismay's drawing & after left for Punch dinner at 6.15. Up by bus. Sir W.A, Lawrence B, P.M, B.P, A.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & O.S. After dinner à Beckett & self went to Lyceum to 1 st night of the 'Medicine Man'. Poor play. At back after. Took Conan Doyle for Frederick. Saw Barrie, Barnum, Van Zeidlitz & many others. Left at 12.45 & home by cab. (Red ink: Went with Arthur à B after the Punch dinner to 1 st night of the 'Medicine Man'. Frost.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Philip Calderon.) Thursday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled past Mite's house. Painting. After got to work early & skemed drawing of Crystal Palace & Toad builder. Worked all day & up to 6.0 when dressed. Lord Kingsburg came to dine 6.30. 2 bottles of wine, one old. All went to see La Poupée. Very good. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Lord Kingsbury dined. M, Bee & self & Lord K went to see 'La Poupée'.)
Friday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round C.H with Tip. After got to work & finished drawing at 5.30pm of Crystal Palace & Toad jerry-builder. Boy not there at 5.0. 5.30pm Burnand's boy X'd on road. Dressed. Put all away & off after 7.0pm dinner to see 'Trelawny of the Wells'. Saw most lovely brunette with emeralds & diamonds etc, also George Grossmith & son. Left at 3 rd act & home by carriage, M, Bee & self. (Red ink: M, Bee & self went for 3rd time to see 'Trelawney of the Wells'.) Saturday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Printed back photos. Put dress things up & off to lunch at Garrick by 1.30. Saw Routlege, Col Welby etc & at 3.0 photod L.G 5 th time. Out at 5.30 & on to Garrick. Dressed. Bath 1/s. After went by cab to Artists Gen Ben Dinner. Sir H Campbell-Bannerman in the chair. Speeches good. Sat next Beadle & an old Scotchman. Tenniel, Reed & Partridge there. Left with Arthur Severn & on to Arts Club. Gordon Thompson, Macbeth etc. After with A.S to Garrick. Supper. Saw Irving looking very old. Abruptly left at 1.0am & home. Introduced to Mr Taber an American actor. (Red ink: Artists General Benevolent Dinner. Took Arthur Severn to the Garrick after. Left him.) Sunday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Dull. Dressed & off in grey (illeg) coat to Victoria. Over to Calais with Rose, Col Bell, Lewis & G.W.Wolff. Met F.C.B & Mrs Burnand. Also Forbes, Hollingshead, Jacobi & son & many others. Drunken man on board coming back. Most amusing. Hollingshead, 'Pauper' London. All in carriage. Lewis & Wolff got on well. Train ½ hr late. Home. Percy Oakes dined with us. Tired. Bed at 1.0 after snooze for 2 hours. (Red ink: X'd Channel with Wolff, Lewis, Rose & Col Bell. Lunch with Mr & Mrs F.C.B. Home late.) Monday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. After walk with Tip. Breakfast. Letters from Mite & Miss Rose Innes. Wrote letters. M & Bee Barrs to Stores. Interview with Mr Vaus. After got to work on drawing for Ismay. Decided to look up other plates etc. Dined 7.0pm & after M, Bee & self went in the carriage to the Garrick Theatre & saw 'Too much Johnson' a remarkably silly play. Bored. Out & home by carriage. Saw no one I knew. (Red ink: Went with M & Bee to see 'Too much Johnson'. Very bad.) Tuesday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Great gale in night & much wind all day. Worked in morning on Ismay's drawing & after lunch rested. A very great many callers in afternoon. Mary Nicol to lunch. In afternoon enlarged some pictures etc till 6.0pm. Dined 6.30 & left after to go to see 'The Liars'. There quite early. Close to Mary & George Nicol & Mrs Thorneycroft. Good play. Out & walked to carriage. Home. Very wet. Otley had his new hat on in heavy rain. Blew him up. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: M, Bee & self went to 'The Liars'.) Wednesday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Miss Holland's wall blown down with gale. In morning worked on Ismay's drawing & afternoon. After dressed & up to Punch dinner by bus. Saw Sir W.Agnew in Piccadilly. On to
Garrick & C.C. & walked back to Criterion. Sir W.A, P.A, O.S, A à B, self, J.T, F.C.B, A.G, H.W.L, E.T.R, B.P, P.M. Good dinner. Long talk. Got cut of Lansdowne & F.M 'Punch'. After put down by J.T at R.A & went to Soirée at the Royal Society. Very interesting. Little crabs etc. Saw Lockyer, Murray etc. Home by bus & bed 12.0am. Called on Mr Cox-Hughes & settled about acct at 6.15pm. (Red ink: Royal Society's Soirée.) Thursday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with Tip round Campden Hill. After got to work on drawing of Lord Lansdowne & Punch as Field Marshall. Took no photos. Worked up to 6.30pm. Dressed & walked to 15 Hyde Pk Gate & dined with the Braunsteins. Met 2 Spaniards, a very good looking youth & Lord Ronald Gower. Good dinner. Left at 11.0pm & walked home. (Red ink: Dined at Mrs Braunsteins'. Met Lord Ronald Gower.) (Cutting glued in: Wills of Robert Wellington third Viscount Combermere and Sir Richard Quain.) Friday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am, did not go out. Worked all day & finished at 5.45pm. Sent boy off with drawing of Lord Lansdowne & F.M Punch. Dinner 6.45. Boy called from Burnand. Left in a wretched 4 wheeler & went in wet to St James's Theatre & saw The Conquerors. M liked it. Mr Lemon of L & C Bank just behind us. Out & home by carriage. Sent Otley with cycle & had it seen to with chain. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Thomas Mayhew, of a son. 23 May.) Saturday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip. After breakfast put things in order & developed few plates. At 12.0 dressed & went up to Garrick & lunched. Woman with cold in omnibus. Called C.C & changed plates. Saw Mr Thomson. To Athenaeum. Wrote letters. Tea & home by 7.0. Dressed & with M in carriage to Grand Hotel. Dined with the Pirries. Splendid dinner. Mrs P's diamonds & pearls. Took Lady White in. Opposite Mrs Drage, Miss Ismay that was. Saw Sir Henry Craik, Mr May, Carlisle, Webster, Sutherland, Cawston, Ouless & many others. Left at 11.15 & home by carriage. A particularly good dinner. (Red ink: Dined with M at Grand Hotel, Mr Pirrie's dinner. A1.) (Cuttings glue in: In loving memory of Marie Souberbielle, died 1894. The wife of W.Grantham, of a son. May.) Sunday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. x. Down & after breakfast left in mackintosh & brown coat for Victoria. Met Lewis & a friend. Very wet morning. On board F.C.B & Mrs Burnand. Long talk & walk on deck. Good lunch in Calais. Not usual appetite. After nearly one hour late in starting. Lewis told me of the settlement of Barr Estate. Back to town 8.5pm & home 8.30. Wolff there. Good dinner 8.45 & talk after. Wolff left at 11.15pm. Bed 12.0. Had embrocation on. (Red ink: Crossed Channel with Lewis & another. Lunch with Mr & Mrs F.C.B. Wolff dined with us in the evening, 8.45pm.) Monday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk with Tip. Picked up cards in Holland (illeg)10 x 4. After breakfast Maple called about Electric Light. Wrote diary etc. Letter from
H.Fletcher to say not elected to Squadron. Most serious article about Mr Chamberlain's speech on Friday. In morning wrote etc. Developed few plates. Lunch. Bee Barrs left at 2.15pm. Worked all afternoon on drawing for Ismay & in evening M & self dined quite quietly by ourselves. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. F.C.B dined at the Garrick. Beefsteak Dinner. (Red ink: Bee Barrs left.) Tuesday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & walk round Campden Hill with Tip. Wind had stripped trees of new leaves. Got to work on drawing for Ismay & after Effie Weigall came to lunch. Many callers. Worked to dinner time when M & self dined quietly. Sent Otley to Mudies & Stores. Changed books. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Wednesday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out on cycle round past Mite's house. Home & after got to work on drawing for Ismay & at it all day. Dressed in afternoon & left at 6.10 for P.D. by bus. Went to Garrick. Got letters. Called C.C & on to Criterion. Sir W.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S. Good dinner. Got Bogey of Isolation of England to do. Went to Athenaeum. Wrote letters & home by bus. Bed at 1.0am. Spencer came to lunch & went with M calling in the carriage. (Cutting glued in: Death of Grenville Kingsley.) Thursday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & x. Out round Campden Hill with Tip. Very wet & dark. Got to work on drawing of Salisbury, Chamberlain & Bogey of Isolation of England. Used old photos. Worked all day. Ellis came in with paper at 11.0, news of Mr Gladstone's death at 5.0am this morning. Worked till 7.10 when dressed. Left in wet with M at 7.40 & drove to dine at William Agnew's. Met Lady at Cupola House, Palace Gate. Lockett Agnew & wife, Mackenzie & wife, Joe Farquharson & Mrs F, Morland A & wife & Mr & Mrs Kinnaird. Good dinner. Slow. '74 wine. No ear to Burne Jones' picture of girl. Left at 11.10 & home by carriage. Prospectus from Northmore came. (Red ink: Death of Mr Gladstone. Slow dinner at Sir W.Agnew's.) Friday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. M did not have a good night. Seedy. Down & round C.H with Tip. A wet morning & wet all day. Got to work at 10.0 & all day to 6.30 on Chamberlain, Salisbury & Bogey of Isolation of England. M out in carriage 4.0 to 6.50pm. New cutter from Stores came. Worked up to 6.45 when finished. Quiet dinner with M after. Bed early. (Cutting glued in: Golden Weddings. Henry Squire and Julia Pepys; George Ridout and Sophia Daniell. May 23.) Saturday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After putting things straight etc went up by bus & walked to Miles's & had coat tried on, walking after to C.C & the Garrick. Called May's. Had lunch, ½ a lobster etc. Left & to C.C at 2.15. Most terrible attack of P. In pain all the afternoon & evening. Waited till 4.0, on the point of going when model came. Took 24 photos, Britannia draped. Seedy from P. Left & after walked down to the Athenaeum. Met Mr Pirrie who asked me to dine tomorrow. Coming back into the Club saw Sir W.Priestley. Home by bus. Quiet evening & dinner with M. Bed at 11.30. Very bad attack of P. Worst since
1896. (Red ink: Very bad attack of P.) Also saw a woman knocked down in Public House door by an elderly man. Sunday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Fine morning. M would not X the Channel. Left instructing Otley to take bag to the Athenaeum. Got to Victoria by bus. Saw Lewis & Rose. Also F.C.B & Mrs F.C.B. Went down with the Burnands & lovely X'ing. Lewis & Burnand & Rose talking. Mr Herkomer on board. Also Harry Woods. Good lunch at Calais, Mr & Mrs F.C.B, Woods & self. After very hot sun. Train from Paris 1 hr late. Mrs Warre amongst the passengers. Sir Wm McCormack etc. Back comfortably & by cab to Athenaeum. Dressed & dined with Mr Pirrie, Sir Richard Musgrave, or John, & many of the Belfast Harbour Commission. Mr May & Wolff & Mr McHenry. Very pleasant dinner. Smoke etc. Home on the top of a bus. Bed at 12.0am. M sleeping all right. (Red ink: X'd Channel. Lewis, Rose, Wood etc. Dined with Mr Pirrie (illeg) at the Reform Club.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Spencer Walpole.) Monday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled round past Mite's house with toe clips. Did not like them. Worked all day on drawing for Mr Ismay. Quiet evening & dinner with M. Bed early after read & snooze. Man came from Maples to do Electric Lights in upper storey. At it all the week. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Right Hon Spencer Walpole. Obituary Spencer Walpole.) Tuesday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Cycled round past Mite's house. Worked all day on drawing for Mr Ismay. Many callers. Afer dressed & went by self in carriage to dine at Sir Andros De la Rue's. Mabel Wallace dining with M. Took Mrs Pollock in. The William Ingrams, Mr & Mrs Val Princep, the De la Rues, Mrs Bram Stoker etc. Pleasant dinner. Home by carriage, driving round by the Garrick & C.C Clubs. No letters. Home 12.0am & bed. (Red ink: Dined at Sir Andros De la Rue's.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Thomas Helme to Emily Chepmell. June.) Wednesday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Saw George Agnew, wife & daughter. Home & hard at work all day on drawing of Ismay's, could not finish it. Left & to P.D by cab. Sir W.A, Phil A, O.S, A à B, self, J.T, F.C.B, E.T.R, B.Partridge, H.W.L. Long time making up cut. One for self on Richmond Hill altered after by suggestion from Partridge to Britannia wanting a Partner. Got my pocket book left last week. Left with F.C.B at 11.0 & home by bus. Tenniel, E.T.R & others went to at home of W.L Thomas's at Prince's Gallery. Knew nothing about it. Bed 12.0 after snooze. The Derby Day. Dull & cold. A rank outsider, Mr Larnach's Jeddah won. (Red ink: Thomas's at home at Prince's Rooms.) Thursday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park past Mite's. After got to work & finished drawing for Mr Ismay & sent it off at 1.0pm. Otley had been to the Stores. After got to work & skemed drawing of Britannia, Uncle Sam & little Jap & German Emperor. Worked up to 9.0pm when dined. Was to have dined with Midge. At 6.50pm whilst I was drawing Britannia's face Bonvoisin called. M saw
him & he stayed talking till 8.15 when I went down. Obliged to ask him to dinner. He stayed until 11.30 quite exhausting M & self with talk. Letting him out a black & white cat ran into the house. Had to go down to pantry to get it by the neck & put it out. Bed 12.0am. Mr Gladstone lay in state in Westminster Hall. (Red ink: Finished Mr Ismay's drawing. Bonvoisin called & dined in the evening.) Friday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out. Got to work & hard at it all day on Britannia, German Emperor, Jap & Uncle Sam. Finished at 8.30pm when sent it off by boy to F.C.B's. Then I rushed up & packed my bag hurriedly. Otley was to have taken it & M's luggage by cart to Waterloo. Decided to go tomorrow. The Electric Light turned off by the men & we had no lights. Sent Otley to Notting Hill. Dined with M. Very tired. Both went to bed early. M at 10.0pm, self 11.30. Good night. Mr Gladstone lay in state in Westminster Hall. Saturday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am. Otley had taken things by cart to Waterloo. M & self had breakfast & after left by carriage at 9.45am & drove to Waterloo. All flags ½ mast high for Mr Gladstone's funeral. Got off most comfortably. A very silly father & 2 girls in the 1st class compartment with M & self. Very hungry at Salisbury. Got M a sandwich. At Tisbury 2.0 & to Pyt. Saw Mrs Routh on steps & Bee & Tabs & all Rouths etc. Had lunch. After they all went for drive to Arundel, Routh riding bicycle. H & self potted at rabbits with rook rifle, did not hit one. After at 6.0 rode bicycle into Tisbury. Had fall by the Post Office. Cut the knees of my trowsers & hands. Annoyed. Back to Pyt. Met the Head Keeper. Dressed. At dinner Mr Gordon & Mr & Mrs Shaw Stuart, the Rouths etc. Took Mrs Routh in. Very good dinner. Deutz & Geldermann. Mrs Routh sang after & Mrs S.S played violin. H sang the 1 horse char à bang. Smoke & to bed at 11.45 after lemon squash. Tooth irritable. Mr Hinton, Rector of Semley, also dined. He was one of the watchers at Mr Gladstone's funeral. (Red ink across page: Went down to Pyt House, Tisbury.) Sunday May 29 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0am & out. After Ham, Mrs Routh, Tabs & the children went to church. Went down & put up camera & occupied myself the whole of the morning taking 1doz photos of skeleton. Finished by 1.0pm. After good lunch. Rested after on sofa. Read Dumas, 20 yrs after. Tea 4.30. Then all started to walk to Fonthill. M turned back. Mrs Routh jumping over stiles. Slight attack of P. Delightful walk. Gwenny's nose bled. Back quite late 7.25. Dressed & dined 8.0. Good dinner. All very tired after. No music & bed at 11.30pm. Took wisdom tooth out in the bath. Had been loose for some days, much relieved by it. (Red ink: Walk to Fonthill.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Lord Playfair.) Monday May 30 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 7.45. Bath. Took two photos before breakfast of Drawing Room etc. Left at 9.40 with Hamilton by station brougham for Southampton. Not very much of a crowd. Got to the Joyeuse about 11.40. Looked all over her. Curious old man on board. Lunch. Sent for bottle of beer. After to workshops etc. Slight attack of P. Went on board the Palatine. Saw the Lady Torfrida & after Mr Green's yacht, the Sunflower. Back with H to Tisbury via
Salisbury by 7.40. Dressed. Good dinner. Mrs Routh sang. Pulled a little girl's hair by mistake. Smoke after & to bed at 11.50pm. Tired. M slept well. (Red ink: Went to Southampton.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Lord Playfair. May 31.) Tuesday May 31 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 7.40. Bath. Rainy morning. Great bustle to get the Rouths off who left at 8.45 or 9.15. After photod about the house, the staircase, prints etc, up to 1.0pm. Also wrote letters & diary. Photod up to lunch time. Rain off & on all day. At 5.0 cleared. Went into Kitchen Garden for the 1 st time. Photod apple tree & after the house, Tabs & Bee. Went for walk, Tabs, Bee & self. Barloo & the cows. Went & saw swans sitting. Back. Changed plates. Dressed. Very bad attack of P again. Discussion about Miss Bowley's drawing of 'Joyeuse'. M & Tabs went to bed at 10.15. Very cold. Went with H to look at supposed Gilray's print. Windows unlocked. Bed at 11.0pm. Slept well. (Red ink: Dull dark day.) Jun 1898 Wednesday June 1 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.15am. Bath. Miss Farquhar with the bob tail had left at 8.30. Breakfast nine. Bright sun. M had letters from Edgar etc. No news from Mite. After took a lot of photos etc of Pigeon House, Gwen & Evelyn etc. Packed up camera & bag. H went into Tisbury on bicycle. Strong wind & showers. Lunch. M & self left at 3.45 for Tisbury. Back to Waterloo. Girl like Tabs with a maid got in at Bishopstoke. Otley met M. By bus to Strand. Called Garrick & C.C & on to Punch dinner. W.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S (late). Got good subject of Launce & his dog. J.T said I got all the best subjects. Carriage met me & went to Garrick. Wrote letters & home 12.0am. (Red ink: Back from Tisbury.) Thursday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. After at 10.30 photod Stace for Launce & Tip. Developed & got prints 3.0pm. Rested. Attack of P. After to work until 8.45pm when M & self dined quietly & bed early after. Friday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Went on to work directly after breakfast. All day at Chamberlain & Salisbury as Launce & his dog. Finished at 7.15 & dressed. Could not find razor. Upset. By cab at 8.5pm to 34 Hans Rd & dined with George Armstrong. Sat next Courtauld Thomson. Man opposite with a shifty eye. Very nice naval officer. Left at 12.0 & home by bus outside. (Red ink: Dined with George Armstrong.) Saturday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. After put things straight. Talk to the Electric Light man from Maple's. Left at 11.0 & on to Evereds'. Paid bill. Ordered bed etc Electric Lights. On to Garrick. Lunch & to C.C at 2.30. Changed plates. Photod L.G at 3.0. Not successful. Britannia sits etc. Out 5.30 & after cup of tea with Craigie & Thomson left 6.15 & by bus home. Dined 7.15 & after by good 4 wheeler, M, Dora & self to see the Lyons Mail. Irving good. Saw Bernard Partridge & wife, Bancroft & wife & sister etc etc. Left 10.45 & home by
cab. Bed 12.0am. See Jan, Cash for Times. (Red ink: Went with M & Dora to see 'The Lyons Mail'.) Sunday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. x. Wretched Emilie came in room suddenly. Lovely morning & day. Left 10.15 leaving Dora with M. X'd to Calais. Down with F.C.B & Mrs B. Saw Denny who had missed his train. Lovely X'ing. Sir Thos Sutherland, Col Denny, Mr Thomson & architect photographing. Peter Long, Lord Mayor Davies & Augustus Moore. Too much lunch. Back. Train not late. Sir Rob't Peel etc on board. Also Chief Inspector Melville & an old fellow who knew the Peacheys. Goes back to the 50's. Back. Carriage nearly to self. Home 7.50. Stone & Dora dined. Quiet evening. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: X'd Channel. Wm Stone dined at 8.10 & Dora also.) Monday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Bright & hot. Cycled past Mite's house. Came over hot & heavy rain. Breakfast. Dora left 11.30. Jacymot here. Mended door in Bath Room & also put legend on drawing for Knowles. M busy about servants. After developed a few plates taken at Pyt etc. Lunch. Rest. At 3.30 put on grey frock coat & went with M in the carriage up to shop in Long Acre & after to Evered's. Bought scent bottle. Put down at Club & had interview with Mr Totty at 5.0pm. Lasted till 6.10. After to C.C & fom 6.30 to 7.30 changed plates. Left at 7.40 & home by cab. Dined at 8.0pm with M quite quietly & rest after. (Red ink: Interview with Mr Totty.) Tueday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled past Mite's house. Met Sir Michael Conway. After home & in morning finished developing etc. Mended desk slide. After lunch at 2.10 went on cycle to Cobham & back, 34 miles. Drunken carman. Slight attack of P. Spoilt ride. Sent drawing to Phil Agnew by Otley. Back 7.0pm. Many callers. At 8.10 Miss Rose Innes dined. Told awful stories. Claret. Very thirsty & tired. Bed at 12.0 after Miss Rose Innes went 11.30pm. (Red ink: Cycled 42 miles. Miss Rose Innes dined at 8.10pm.) Wednesday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & after walked round Campden Hill. Dull dark stuffy morning. Worked all day on 2nd drawing for Ismay. After at 7.0 took cab & called Miles. Shut up. Saw cutter outside. To Criterion. Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & O.S. Talk of being pilled for the Old Welcome Club. Left 10.0 & met M in the carriage & on to the Soirée of the Royal Society. Very hot. M & Gutta Percha. Crabs etc. Saw Miss Marshall that was & many others. Out at 11.45 & home by carriage. Bed. (Red ink: Worked on 2nd Ismay drawing M & self went to Soirée of the Royal Society. Very hot.) Thursday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & out round past Mite's house. Dull cloudy morning. Breakfast & skemed drawing of Emperor William & Emperor of China with Dragon & Eagle. Developed & enlarged. Got to work 3.45pm & on till 8.45pm when dined. (Cutting glued in: Death of Alicia Buckle.)
Friday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill & after worked all day on Emperor William & Emperor of China & Dragon & Eagle. Finished 7.0pm. Dined 7.45 & left in carriage for Empire Theatre. Met H & Midge & had box. Saw the Press Ballet. Out & to Hendersons' Dance. Saw G. H. Boughton & Phil Morris etc. Waited till 1.0 for supper. Mr Shannon & Mrs Snagge waiting. Out & home by 1.45. Tired. Bed. (Red ink: M & self went with Hamilton L & Midge to Empire Theatre & after to Hendersons' Dance. Could get no supper till 1.0am.) Saturday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Walk with Tip. Had to whip him. After put photos away & printed some. Very dense ones. Bright hot sun the whole day. M out. Very much annoyed by Otley & Emilie dragging heavy box over the floor cloth. Left at 12.15 & by buss to Piccadilly. Got hat at Lincoln & Bennetts (straw) & ties at (blank). On to C.C & Garrick. Lunch & talk to a gent. After to C.C. Up in hot Studio. Waited till 3.30. No one came. Tea & to Athenaeum. Saw Dr Robins. After to Bath Club. Again saw Robins. Bored by talk & in bath. Left 7.30 & home by buss. M & self dined quite quietly. Felt very tired & thirsty. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Turkish bath. Very hot bright day. Hair cut.) (Cuttings glued in: Walter PalmerSamborne to Bertha Taylor. June. Death of Frederick Eckstein.) Sunday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. M good O. Left 10.20 for Victoria. A dull very cold morning & day. Down with Lewis & Mr Goddard & a man named Shrimp. No F.C.B. Over to Calais. Met Mr Percy Keene & a dear old Colonel Wilkinson aged 86. Good lunch. Just caught Paris train & saw dear Mite & Lennie. Annoyed with man not getting chair. Over to Dover & up to Victoria. All Lennie's sisters met him. By cab home & dinner 8.15. Lennie & Mite's embroideries. Fans & silver boxes. Felt very sleepy & tired. Bed at 11.45. Slept well. (Red ink: X'd Channel with Lewis. Met dear Mite & Lennie & all home together. Dull cold day.) Monday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20am. Bath. Cycled past Mite's house. Mite & Lennie down. Sent Otley with coats to Barkers. Filled in Income Tax Paper for £795 less £24.16.8. Sent it in. After worked all day on drawing for Ismay got on with it. Orton came in & dined & had talk. Pleasant evening. Also Jenny Wilson. Sent Otley to Stores for Wine & liqueur. Tuesday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Cycled past Mite's house. Worked all day on drawing for Ismay. Got on. Went up into Schoolroom in the afternoon & worked for 1 st time. All right. At 7.30 dressed & M & self went to dine at Mrs De la Penna's. Good dinner. Met the Tuers, the younger Gellgoods(sic) etc etc. Long talk to Tuer after & home by carriage. Little Chathams 102. Wednesday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round park & past Mite's house. Saw Mr Smith after. Worked all day on drawing for Ismay & up to time for going to Punch dinner. Drove in cab. Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S & P.A there. Congratulated Reed on his cut. Left & saw Otley waiting for Mite. Walked to
Garrick & C.C, no letters, & met Mite coming out of Comedy Theatre. Home by carriage. Mite had dined with Fanny Barker at the Berkeley & went to see Lord & Lady Algy. Bed 12.0. Letter from L.G. Thursday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip. After sent Otley on cycle to Westbourne Terrace about Mite going to Ascot. Broke down on Campden Hill. Mite went off in cab. After skemed subject of Zebras having finished design for Ismay at 12.30pm & sent it off by registered parcel. Otley had been up & got helmets & called about watch on bicycle etc. At 2.0pm photod Otley & self both together as French & English soldiers for Zebras. Developed & enlarged. Very tired. Got to work at 6.0. Mite back from Ascot. Won £1.0.0. Friday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. Mite left at 8.30 for Victoria to go down to Arundel to meet Lennie. Worked hard all day on Zebras & French & English soldiers. Finished at 8.30. Lennie & Mite back. All dined together. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary John Cromwell. June 18. Death and Obituary Sir E.Burne-Jones. Sat June 18.) Saturday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round C.H with T. After breakfast skemed Preface, Index etc etc. Put all photos away etc etc. M & Mite went to Dolly Roberts' wedding. Lunched at home & left in cab at 2.45 for C.C. Saw Thomson. Waited till 4.15pm when photod L.G 8th time. Got receipt. Very hot. Better model. Out & home by cab. Dressed & M & self went to dine at 8.0 at the Braunsteins. Met Mrs Caird, Lionel Phillips, Sir A & Lady Hickman etc. Stayed till 11.30 when home. Very hot evening. x. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Major Bramish Barter to Frances Roberts. Lord George Sanger's Circus performing at Balmoral. June 18.) Sunday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45am. Lovely morning. Hot. Photod self for Index & Preface, Otley taking them, up to 2.0pm. Lunch, Lennie, Mite, M & self. After rested in School Room. Mrs Eyton Roller & daughter called & Mr Gilmour & Mr Rubens. Went by cab & played lawn tennis at Sir A.Hickman's, Lennie & Mite also. Met a Capt'n Marshall, wrote play at the Court Theatre. Major Trench etc. Little girl hit with ball. Good game. Did not win one. Left 7.30 & walked round by Phillimore Gds. Pointed out where Mite was born. Dinner. Very warm. Sat out on door step & smoked. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Death of Caroline Gripper.) Monday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. M in bed. Walk round Campden H with Tip. Lennie went to City for 1st time since marriage. Sent Otley to Stores & also wrote Mr Lemon about Bank 2nd Pref to sell at 100½. After put things in order & printed blue photos, a great number. After lunch & a rest got to work on the Preface & worked up to dinner time. Lennie, Mite, Roy & self & M dined. Had a Zeltinger cup made. Quiet evening & bed after. Tuesday June 21
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk round C.H with Tip. After got on all day with Preface drawing. Many callers. Worked in School Room. Dressed at 6.0 & went up by carriage to the Berkeley & dined with Fanny Barker. Sat next Mrs Parish & Mrs Cullen. Talk of Claude Watney & his wife, Arthur Linley etc. After went to the St James's & saw The Ambassador. Poor play I thought it. Roy went up & had a stall. After M dropt Roy & self at the Johnson Fergusons. Not a soul there except the Charles Critchetts. Walked up & down outside & home at 12.15 by carriage. Bed. (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Percival.) Wednesday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round C.H with Tip. After got to work & finished Preface at 1.0. Sent it off 3.0pm. Lunch. After did tail piece by 6.0pm. Dressed & left by cab for Punch dinner. Bad cab. Horse had shoe torn off. Cab to P.D. Phil A, no, Lawrence Bradbury, presided. P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S. Seaman bothered about Preface & discussion at the dinner about drawing of ladder on deck. Very annoyed. After Lucy talked of Gould. Left 11.0 & home by omnibus outside. Lennie Mite & Roy went to the Cameron Corbetts' at home. Dull. Bed at 12.0am. Thursday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out round C.H with Tip who ran back down Argyll Rd. Fetched him & whipped him. Breakfast. After worked in morning & did Index, Punch with Pigeons. Roy left for his Exam at Oxford at 1.0pm. At 2.0 photod Otley in sun for Punch as Showman. Developed. Finished Index at 5.0 & after did tail piece. Sent both off at 7.0pm. Dressed & M & self left in hansom & dined at the Steinkopffs. Took Mrs Prince in & sat next Mrs Medley. The Hardy's & Mr Stone there. Very pleasant dinner & evening. Home by the carriage at 11.0. Lennie & Mite dined at Westbourne Terr. Bed 12.30 after snooze. Friday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Colley wobbles & wet morning & wet all day. Walk round C.H. No Tip. After worked all day on Punch as Showman. Enlarged after lunch. Electric Light attached in Day Nursery. Used it for 1 st time. Worked till 8.35 when sent it off & dined at 8.45. Roy came back from Oxford at 4.0pm. All dined together. Quiet evening. Bed at 11.30pm. Saturday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip. After put room upstairs in order etc & lunched at home. M & self drove in carriage to the Shaftesbury & saw 'The Belle of New York'. Very much pleased. Neither Roy nor Maud turned up. Put M in carriage & walked to Garrick, C.C & Athenaeum where had tea. Wrote Trendell etc. Home by bus. M & self dined alone & quiet evening. Lennie & Mite went to The Belle of New York & saw Roy in stage box. Waited up. They came home 12.0. Sat up for Roy. Saw a woman knocked down outside Public House in Haymarket. Also bought pair of brown boots & buckskin ditto at H.E.Randall's, 24 Haymarket S.W. Sunday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. Did not go to Channel. In morning enlarged photos up to lunch time. Very much annoyed & upset hearing
Roy had been seen in stage box last night with Lydia Flopp & others. Rested & at 5.0 went by self to play tennis at Sir A.Hickman's. Had 4 or 5 sets. Self & young H against Sir A & Major Trench. Back at 7.45. Gave Roy a severe lecture. After dined, M, Roy & self. Lennie & Mite down the river all day. A wet showery hot close day. Monday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round C.H with Tip. Lovely weather. After put room in order & enlarged photo again of L.G for drawing for Vol 115. Began the drawing in afternoon. At 8.0 Miss Rose Innes, M & Roy dined. Lennie & Maud dined at Mrs Oakes's, did not get back till 12.10am. My £1000 L.C.& D Ryl stock sold at 101½. Bed at 12.30am. (Cutting glued in: Sale of the Keen Relics. June 27.) Tuesday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip. After got on all day with drawing of Vol 115 up to lunch. Rested after. At 3.15 left with Roy by cab & drove to Charing X. Went down to Grove Park to the Lang & Hussey Shooting Ground & were fitted for guns. Shot all right after. Back Charing X by 7.0pm. Home by buss. Dr Orton dined. Pleasant evening. Lennie & Mite went to Ruben's dance. Roy & self to Sir William Priestley & Sir Cuthbert Quilter's at homes. Saw Sir Myles Fenton, Burney Yeo etc. After Elsie Hanson Walker & her fiancé, F.W.Lawson etc. Home by cab. Also Percy Macquoid. Oh!. (Cutting glued in: Death of Ellen Warcup. June.) Wednesday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip. After got to work on heading for Volume 115. Got on. Spencer in at 3.30pm. Could not finish. Dressed for Punch dinner & off in brown suit & straw hat at 6.45. Cab there. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, P.M, O.S, B.P, E.T.R. Phil May looking seedy & dissipated left early with a menu & A à B also. Tenniel had extra subject. Hung up for my own. Left at 10.45 & home by buss. Roy & M up. Lennie & Mite home at 12.0. Cycle sent home from Simpsons 117 Regent St. (Cutting glued in: Death of Lewis Agnew. June.) Thursday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk wth Tip. After got to work & at it all day finishing heading for Vol 115. Finished at 6.0. After dressed 7.30 & went with M & Roy to a large dinner at Mrs Oakes. Charles Low, Dudley Hardy, the Skullys mere et fille, Plaskett etc. Percy & Spencer. 11.0pm before up from table. Left at 12.0. Talk to Miss Skully. Roy ought to have gone to a dance at the Maude's. Sensational rise in Chathams 2nd Pref, went up 6. Bed at 1.0am. Felt well. Plaskett had too much wine. Went at 1.40 to Lords & had lunch at Hartree & Lawrence table. Saw Mrs Ward etc. Nice man next me. Left 3.25 & home & on with work. Jul 1898 Friday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Breakfast 9.0. Did not go out. After breakfast wrote F.C.B etc etc. Great rise in 2nd Pref Chathams. M & Mite went to Lords. After got subject of Salisbury from F.C.B. Got to work & at it all day till 8.45 when finished.
M back at 6.0. Lennie & Mite dined at the Lindo’s. M, self & Roy dined quietly. Sent invites for dinner. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Lennie & Mite back 11.45pm. Saturday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. No walk. In morning put new board on easel. M in room. Got ready & to Lords at 1.45. Match all over. Easy victory for Oxford. Uncomfortable lunch next Lord Kinnaird etc. Out & on to dear Mite's house & had tea. Mr Marriott & Ruth Messel also. After M & self home. Lennie Roy & Mite went to Court Theatre. M & self quietly at home. Read St Helena & Sir Hudson Lowe. Sunday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30. Dressed & Roy & self off in dog cart by 8.20am & down to Charing X. Down in lovely weather to Calais. Saw Walter Agnew & wife going over. Good lunch at 12.40 & out & to town & Plage at 1.45. Robbed by old woman for washing. Decided after being frightfully slow & no one there to go back by the 3.45 boat. Saw F.C.B & Mrs Burnand & Mr Merryweather. Delightful passage. Got drenched with salt water. Home 8.0pm with Merryweather. Fire engines about. Quiet dinner M, Roy, Mite, Lennie & self. Bed after writing many letters. Monday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round - no, did not go out. All morning putting room in order etc etc. Rest after lunch & at 6.30 cycled round Richmond Park & thro Roehampton Gate for the 1st time . Back at 7.50. Dressed. Dinner. Ought to have gone to Dr Nobel Smith's at home. Did not. Bed 11.30. All dined quietly, M, Roy, Mite, Lennie & self. Tuesday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk round with Tip. After decided to go to Henley with Roy. Wrote letters & left at 11.30am by the G.W.R. Down to Henley, 3 other people in train. Lunch at the Red Lion, 5/s per head. 15/s for canoe & 1.1.0 fares. Saw Mr Orlebar in a Swan Launch, also Mrs Farquhar. No one else. Eton rowed well. Day cost £3.0.0. Back by 5.45pm. Home 7.15. Saw Wirgman & cycle. Dressed & dined 8.0pm. After left by cab, Roy, Lennie & self for Royal Academy. Fire in Piccadilly opposite. Difficulty in getting in. Many friends. Conrad Cooke, Topham etc, Peter Reed. Out. Could not get carriage. To Messels at home. Took Mrs Twiss in. Away by 12.30. Roy & Maud had their fortunes told. Very tired. Home & bed 1.30am. (Cutting glued in: Death of Isaac Walker. Obituary Mr I.D.Walker.) Wednesday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. M very tired. Sent breakfast up. After walk round C.H without Tip. Lennie off to the City. Men came to do window & took down ventilating tube put up the Lord knows when 1880 about. Wrote to Mr Lemon about buying 5000 Chatham Ordinary. After men about all day. Dressed in evening in light flannels & straw hat & by cab to Garrick dropping Roy at De Vere Gardens to dine with Miss Rose Innes who went to see Coquelin in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Lyceum Theatre. On to Punch dinner. Phil A, Phil May, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, J.T, self & A à B. Long discussion. Cut altered from L.C & D Rly to
50th Year of Grace. Back home by bus at 11.0pm. M had been to the Opera with Tilda. (Cutting glued in: Death and Obituary of Dr Cornelius Herz. July 7.) Thursday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk round C.H. After skemed subject & photod Stace & Otley for cricket subject. Developed & got ready. After rest worked from 6.0 to 8.0pm. M & self dined alone. Mite, Lennie & Roy at Henley. They came back after having supper at 8 Westbourne Terrace, Mr Hemming's party. (Red ink: Roy & Mite & L went to Henley with Mr Hemmings.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John Clutton.) Friday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & walk round Campden Hill. After worked all day on drawing of Grace & Cricket, the 50th Year of Grace. M & Mite went to Lords for Eton & Harrow match & lunched with Mr Hartree. Back at 6.0pm. Finished at 8.30pm. Effie Conrad dined with M, Roy & self. (Red ink: Eton & Harrow Cricket Match.) Saturday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & walk round C.H. After breakfast with Otley took chest of drawers up stairs & put them up. Very hot & tired tho' dull day. All off in carriage at 12.30 to Lords, M, Mite & self. Walked round & saw E.T.Reed. After got Roy an invite to lunch at Sir William Ingram's tent. Then had lunch with Hartree. Sat next Mrs Chapple & Mr Howe, now at the British Museum. After looked at match. Eton got a beating by 8 wickets. Maud, Lennie & Roy went at 5.15 away by carriage. They dined with Miss Rose Innes & went to see The Runaway Girl. M & self home by cab with Dora at 7.0pm. Quiet dinner by selves & bed early. Read delightful book on Life of Empress Eugenie. (Red ink: Went to Eton & Harrow Cricket Match. Roy dined with Miss Rose Innes.) Sunday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. x. Dull morning. Roy & self off by 9 past 10am & went by 2 busses to Charing X. Down to Dover. Saw Mr Lewis, his wife & a niece, then over to Calais. Lunch. Also Levilly & a party of ladies. Back. Fresher. Introduced to a bookbinder. Talk to Lewis etc. Back home by train & at Stafford Terrace by 8.0pm. Quiet dinner, Mite, Lennie, M & self & Roy, & bed after. Wrote many letters after dinner. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Calais. Saw Lewis & party & home by Charing X.) (Cutting glued in: The Falls of Foyers. July 9th 'Times'.) Monday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Cycled round Park & past Mite's house. 1 st time since Wed June 15. Back. Left with M in carriage at 10.0am & called at Bank & instructed Mr Lemon to sell the remaining 2nd P Shares at 112½ & to buy £5000 ordinary Chathams. Back & wrote letters etc. Prepared for dinner all day. M back. Mr Howard came gave estimate for parq't. Prepared for dinner. (Red ink: Home dinner 11.) (Plan of seating: Self, Mrs Braunstein, Mr Louis Fagan, Mrs Roger Wallace, Sir Henry Bergne, Mrs Sambourne, Mr Braunstein, Mrs Fagan, Roy Sambourne, Mr Roger Wallace, Mrs Turquand.) Caviare. Saumon, sauce tartare. Boulettes de Langue aux champignons. Filet de Boeuf, pommes, petits pois, haricots verts. Poulet rôti, salade. Caramel. Soufflé glacé aux fraises. Bouchées
de Merlande. 5 bottles D & G '92, 1 Ayala '74, 1 Sauterne. 7 bottles, 11 quarts. All stayed till 11.45. M tired. Tuesday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. M very seedy & had not slept a wink. Maud also seedy & Lennie too. Close day. Rested in afternoon & after at 6.0 went for cycle ride. Round Barnes & Putney. Home. Arranged for dinner, as below. A most successful dinner & all enjoyed it. All away by 11.45. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink: Home dinner 10.) (Plan of seating: Self, Col Wingate V.C, G.W.Wolff M.P, H.W.Lucy, Ludwig Messel, F.C.Burnand, H.J.R.Trendall C.M.G, Roy Sambourne, Marcus Stone, Hon Schomberg McDonnell.) Caviare. Soles à la reine. Boulettes de langue aux champignons, Gigot d'agneau, petits pois, haricots verts. Poulet rôti, salade. Macedoine gelée. Bouchées de Merlande. 4 bottles Ayala 1880, 2 ditto Ayala 1885. 2 ditto 1874. 1 bottle Sauterne, 1 Claret. 10 bottles, 10 men. Golden & another waited. Wednesday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. No walk. All morning writing etc. Glass lower & warm. Gave Mrs Reffell 10/s & put wine away. After lunch went by bus to Bond St. Called & saw guns, also Furniss's & Gould's show of drawings. Then had Turkish bath. Weight before, 12.6½ nude. On to Club. No letters. Then to dine at Criterion. W.A, L.B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B. Lehmann back & O.S. Congratulated on drawing of Grace. After (illeg) for Phil May with F.C.B. Home by bus. M, Lennie & Mite went to see G.Cocquelin in Cyrano de Bergerac. Roy had been to Pavilion. All home by 12.0am. (Cutting glued in: Death of Marian Copland Griffiths.) Thursday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Cycled round Park. Going into Bayswater Road man ran into me & was sent sprawling. Passed on & home. After skemed subject & felt more or less seedy all day. Rested after lunch & worked. Quiet evening, M, Roy & self. Lennie & Maud dined at the Bergheims & came home at 12.0am. Wrote to Forbes a second letter & posted it myself. Man from Buckeridge's put up the flaps etc in Schoolroom & fitted shutters for lower conservatory. (Red ink: Man collided with me at Bayswater on cycle.) (Cuttings glued in. Death of Eliza Lynn Linton. Obituary Mrs Lynn Linton.) Friday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. Learnt after that Roy had been rude to his mother. Very much annoyed. Hard at work all day on Bills abandoned in Sea. After M in my room at 12.0. Cried. Dear Mite. Finished 7.0pm & dressed. Very hot weather. By cab & dined with Routh at the Union Club. Met Sir John Thursby, Gill & a Mr Hastie. Intensely hot in room at dinner. Stayed till 11.0pm. Called Club & home by bus. (Red ink: Dined with Harry Routh at the Union Club. Intensely hot.) Saturday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & walk round C.H. Breakfast. Letter from Tabs. Cannot go there. Lennie off. M in room. Sent Otley to Stores. Witnessed deed for purchase £5000 Chatham Ordinary. Mite & Lennie left for good. Lunched at home & after went by bus to C.C & up in Studio by 3.15. Changed plates. Intensely hot.
At 3.45 L.G came. Took 38 photos. 4th cat't. Out at 6.0 after lemon squash & home to dinner 7.45. After at 8.45 cab to Exhibition. Bad horse. Saw Naval Review & got M in switch back. Saw Reed & his wife. Left 10.45 after lemon squash. Went up the Gt Wheel. Cooler. Home to bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went to Earls Court Exhibition. Burnand, Seaman & Partridge X'd to Flushing.) Sunday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. After very hot & close. Wrote letters all morning. After Dora came to lunch. Rested & at 4.0pm dressed. Round by cab to Sir A Hickman's with Roy. Played many sets. Champagne cup. A curious old M.P. Back & to dinner 8.20. Very hot & close. Bed at 11.30 after dinner. Miss Rose Innes came to dinner & stayed till 11.30. (Red ink: Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's. Miss Rose Innes dined.) Monday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. x. Down with M. Edgar & Sophy came to breakfast. After wrote letters & left 10.15 for Victoria. Down in carriage by self to Dover & across Channel. Lovely passage. Little girl with good legs. Lunch. After saw Isadore Spielmann & wife. Home by self. Cabman looked at 2/s. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Bed at 11.30 after reading. (Red ink: X'd Channel. Met Spielmanns.) Tuesday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Cycled round Park. Wet roads. Called Mite & saw Lennie & M. Back & long day putting things straight etc. At 1.0 left in carriage & lunched with M at Lucys. Sat next Mrs Drage & an M.P, M between Geoffrey Drage & Lord Wenlock. Lady Hesketh etc etc, Mr Woodall, Dr Watson (Ian McLaren). After called Stores & saw photography. After to Athenaeum & wrote letters. Home by bus. Quiet dinner, M & self. Roy out to theatre, went to Belle of New York. Hamilton Langley & Midge dined with us. Had bottle of Champagne & shewed H Randall's boots. They left at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Lunched with the Lucys.) Wednesday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Too late to go out before breakfast with Roy. After in morning put things away. M in bed after 4 days too late. Mite round to lunch & after at 2.45 after writing letters went in carriage to Mr Bainbridge's wedding. Saw all. Sir B & Lady Maple, Baron Eckstein & Baroness, Mrs Routledge, Lucys etc, a Mr & Mrs Lewis. Out 4.0pm & on to Lambs. Ordered dress waistcoat. After to Randalls & on to Garrick. Wrote letters & then changed plates at C.C. At Punch dinner 7.20. Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S. Agnew said J.T's cut was second to none he ever did. Got out of Death Triumphant. J.T Cuban subject. Phil May called back. Home by buss. 2 nd P up to 114. Read & to bed at 12.0am. Saw the man like Humphreys, named Gibbs. Sent Otley on cycle to Reed in morning & to Mite's. (Red ink: Mr Bainbridge's wedding.) Thursday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Cycled round Park. Met D'Arcy. Called Mite. Not up. Home. Lord Tweedmouth called directly after breakfast. Long talk & asked me to go to shoot. Address Lord Tweedmouth, Guisachan, Beaully, no, Beauly. Skemed subject of Death Triumphant. Photod Roy & dummy figure. Developed Pyt House
skeleton. Very tired. Rested from 3.0 to 4.15. At 5.0 enlarged. Very great difficulty to get prints. Worked right up to 7.45. Dressed. Mite & Lennie to dinner. All very cheery. They left 11.0. Wire from Reeves about rooms at Metropole. (Red ink: Lord Tweedmouth called on me for 1st time.) Friday July 22 Stafford Terrace. 8.15. Down & did not go out. Worked after breakfast & all day on subject of Death & Vaccination Bill. Finished at 8.45pm. Roy back & wanted to go to Empire, no, Palace Theatre with Lennie. Dined 9.0pm, M, Roy & self. Very tired after. Bed at 12.0 after snooze in chair. 2 nd P of L.C.& D Rly jumped up 3. Saturday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Roy & self cycled over to Mite's house & had breakfast with her. Most delighted to see her in her own house. After put photos away & commenced to weed out photos etc. Dressed at 12.45 & left with Roy at 2.30 for Kings X to go to Lord Salisbury's Garden Party. Down with Wolff & Miss May. Saw over house. 4 Napoleons Eagles there. K(illeg), Tyrrel, Liveseys, Arthur Balfour, Hickmans, Cameron Corbetts etc. Spoke to the Lord Mayor & left after coffee & caught the 5.30pm train back. At Kings X 6.0pm & on to Garrick by buss with Roy. Dressed & left by cab to Mansion House. Dined at Banquet to Art. Met Mr Forbes at door. Talk. Richmond in his K.C.B order. Sat next Cosmo Monkhouse & a Mr Dale of Bristol. Slow dull dinner & speeches. Saw many friends. Cab to Garrick. Furniss, Joe Carr & another there. Left at 12.0 & home. Bed. Very hot. (Red ink: 1st meal at Mite's house. Lady Salisbury's Garden Party. Lord Mayor's dinner, Mansion House. Last Lady Salisbury's Saty July 25, 1891. Next Lord Salisbury's Saty July 19, 1902.) (Cutting glued in: Garden Party at Hatfield.) Sunday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Left M asleep. Lovely morning. Breakfast with Roy & Tip. Learnt that dear Mite had not been well yesterday. Masseuse came. All morning writing letters. Dressed at 4.5 after lunching by self with Roy. Went by cab to Sir A.Hickman's & played almost 12 sets of tennis. Young H & Sir Alfred, Roy & self. M came in at 6.40. Had '74 Champagne cup. Home with M by cab. Roy brusque at dinner. M silent. Wrote letters after dinner & to bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Last lawn tennis of season at Sir Alfred Hickman's, Roy & self.) (Cutting glued in: French and British Artists at the Mansion House. May 25.) Monday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round park past Mite's. Breakfast. After decided to go to Folkestone. Intensely hot. Left by 11.0 train from Victoria. Down with a clergyman. Left by 1.8, twenty five minutes late for Folkestone. Lunched at the Pavilion & saw Mr Evans. Then on to the Metropole & saw Mr Reeves. Sea fog & very hot & close. Back & caught the boat train home. Dined with M alone at 8.20 & after went by carriage to the Guildhall for the Corporation's Reception to Art. Saw Statts Forbes with a handsome woman & Jacomb Hood etc etc. A shockingly bad supper, or no supper at all. Home by carriage 1.0am. Roy had gone to dine at Mite's & locked us out. Called & got stick at Hickman's in morning. Tuesday July 26
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round Park. Met D'Arcy who asked me to shoot. Intensely hot. Muggy & close all day & quite dark at noon. Put up photos from chest of drawers in Drawing Room. A final move & rested tired on sofa after. In the evening M, Roy & self dined for 1 st time at dear Mite's. Boiler had gone wrong. Waited an hour. Very hot & close. Tired & sleepy & livery. Home by carriage. Took 5 L.L.P. Wednesday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & cycled round Park past Mite's. Saw Lennie & Mite at window. After home. All morning putting things straight. Very hot. Cut out a lot of photos. After lunch went by bus outside & called on Northmore. Saw him. Very hot & close. Back to Athenaeum. Heavy shower. Wrote letters & tea. Went to Lambs' & had waistcoat tried on. Then to Garrick. Saw Lawrence Bradbury. Wrote Tuer & went to the Punch dinner. W.A, L.B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & O.S. Complimented on cut of Skeleton. Got North Pole & home by bus. Mite & Lennie left for Nymans. Gave Roy cheque for £40 for Oxford. Took 4 L.L.P. Thursday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled round Park. Met D'Arcy & Mrs Turquand. Cycled with Mrs T, collided with her. Went back with her & then home. Headache in morning. After schemed subject for North & South Pole. Photod Otley at 2.30pm & after got enlargements with great difficulty. At 7.0 Anstey Guthrie dined with us & we all went at 8.0, M & Roy, Guthrie & self, to the Shaftesbury & saw The Belle of New York for the 2nd time. Out & home by carriage. Saw Mr Gilmer & young Dalby in front. Took 3 L.L.P. Friday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Cycled. No, did not. Down & to work all day on drawing of North & South Pole. Roy left for Nymans at 1.0pm. M & self dined quietly together at 8.45. Letter from F.C.B about legend being posted to Brightmore. Drawing Room dismantled. Man came from Stores for estimate. Saturday July 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast packed etc. Sent Otley with cycle & luggage by mare. Wrote letters & put all photos away. Lunch. After slight rush got away by 2.40 & drove in carriage to Charing X. Paid Ellis, Emma etc. Nana came. Saw H.R.H being driven to Paddington. Great crowd at station. Good porter 2/s. Mr & Mrs Anderson Critchett got into carriage & drove away in fly at Folkestone. On to Hotel. Room 240. Dined at Table d'hote. Terrible Jew family near. Saw Mr Cleriheugh. After bed at 11.30. Had a curious tired bilious headache come on in train. M & self strolled after dinner. Ellis took herself off. Mrs Reffell left for a holiday. Sunday July 31 The Hotel Metropole, Folkestone. Up at 7.45 after waking 6.30 & remaining awake. Still a slight headache. Out on cycle & past thro' Folkestone along lower road to Sandgate. Past Lancaster Villas where stayed in 1889. Breakfast. Too much. After M & I walked down to the 11.40am steamer. Came across Harry Dickens & Leslie Ward. Man like German Emperor with little girl. After lunched at
the Buffet, ½ fowl etc. Then M & self walked in hot sun to Cathedral. Took tram electric & sat on sea shore 2 hours. Man asleep with book. Little doll like girl next a handsome mother. Left & was caught up by Bonvoisin. Dined at Hotel de Paris, Leslie Ward with us. 15F. Drove to bateau. Came across Roger Wallace. Lovely passage. Fly home to Metropole. Bed 10.10pm. Good rest. 34 years since assaulted at Sandgate. Aug 1898 Monday August 1 The Hotel Metropole, Folkestone. Up 7.30. Cycle ride to town & lower road. After bathed. Shingle very hard. Breakfast at 9.40. Came across Foster afterwards. Sat with M & read Clarke Russell's book A Strange Voyage. At 12.15 wrote diary. Most lovely day. After wrote & lunched. M up in room resting. At 5.0 went for 1 hr & listened to band. Back. M talking to Mr Cleriheugh. Got on cycle & rode to Hythe. Crowds etc. Back along sea front by tramway. Discovered a lift & back in time to dress & dine with M. Bottle of Burgundy. Too much. After coffee in front & looked at dancing. Bed early at 11.0pm. Good night. Tuesday August 2 Hotel Metropole, Folkestone. Up at 7.30 & out 7.45. Went to cliff. Very low tide. Could not swim. After back. Breakfast. Left at 9.30 & to Dover. Caught the 11.0am boat. Saw Lady Jane Taylor & Miss Taylor. Got M chair. Lovely X'ing. Cross old woman & old clergyman. Lunch at the Buffet. Looked after Lady J & Miss Taylor. After to Plage. Dull. M & little boy & crabs. Back to boat. Talked to Gage. Met Bonvoisin again. Long talk to Dr Anderson, Chief of Scotland Yard. who married Lady Agnes (blank). Fine little girl. Fresh breeze. Back by train. Gentleman & daughter on board. Dark man & smart lady got in carriage. 'You make such a mistake about sandwiches'. M & self strolled home. Attack of P. Had bath. Dressed. Dined 7.40. After sat out. Curious little woman by herself in short white skirt. Listened to band & bed at 11.10pm. Good sleep. Wednesday August 3 Hotel Metropole, Folkestone. Up 7.50 & out on cycle. Fresh breeze blowing. Along lower road & back to breakfast. After read Times & wrote 2 letters. Walked with M & saw boat go 12.7. Saw a bird drowned. After went over the Pavilion Hotel. Bottle of ginger beer. Up cliff by lift & back to Hotel by 1.35. Lunch 1.55pm. Salmon. Sat & read. After wrote diary. Down by fly to Station, up by 4.10pm to Charing X. Went to Garrick. Otley met me with yarn about Emily's legs. Met Bernard Partridge & Furniss. On to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, O.S, A à B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Lehmann exploded matches. Got Company Promotor & J.T a double page on Bismarck's death. Home by bus. Wet night. No paper at Stafford Terrace. House all up. Thursday August 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. In Drawing Room. Intensely disgusted men had torn down clock etc. Walk round Campden Hill. Slight head. After skemed subject & photod Otley for Company Promotor & Peers. F.C.B called & came down into yard etc. A Miss Blunt called. Up & on with work. Got enlargements. Very very tired. Worked 2 hours before dinner & at 8.0 cab to 27 The Boltons & dined with Mr &
Mrs Burnand & Rosie. Stayed till 11.50. Walked home. Spoken to by many women. Bed 12.45 after reading papers. Friday August 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & after worked ½ hour. Breakfast. A hard struggle with work all day. Saw gentleman from Howards. Photod Otley at 2.0pm & copied Forbes' picture. Something wrong with my developer. Up & just got drawing done in time to drive off at 7.15 to dine at Garrick. Imperial pint of Ayala '89. Saw Mr Bigg, Bangs & Sterry etc. Caught 9.0 train down to Folkestone Central. Carriage full. Shared a fly with a gentlman. Talk of Russian war. Like Elephant & whale. Found Polly in bed. x. x. Good night. Saturday August 6 Hotel Metropole, Folkestone. Up 8.30. Out on cycle & round town. Up by lift & breakfast. After wrote many long letters. Lunch at 1.30 & after rest. Printed 2 or 3 photos & out with M to harbour. Saw Blundell Maple & the boat come in. Back by lift. Decided to cycle to Dover. Found tyre burst by boy. Took it to town to be mended & walked to Royal George Inn. Filthy & gone down since 1867 & 1870. Got caught in downpour of rain. Stayed in hut by lift & wet going home. Dinner. Sat out. Talk to Mr Foster & bed. Sunday August 7 Hotel Metropole, Folkestone. Up at 8.15. Down breakfast 9.30. A thoroughtly wet & miserable day. Pouring with steady rain. Arrange with M about visits. Hum! Wrote letters till 1.0. Still too awfully wet to go to Lucy's. Lunch at Hotel. Pouring. Wrote letter to Lucy etc. After at 5.30 M & self went by tram to Hythe. 2 fine girls in tram who would put seat back. Conductor like Hamilton Fletcher. There at 6.30. Back by lift at 7.0 & dressed for dinner. Good dinner. Band & sat in vestibule. Bed 11.0 after. Good night. Practically poured all day. Monday August 8 Hotel Metropole, Folkeston. Up 8.30 am. Still wet outside, did not bathe. Heavy rain all morning. Worked & got on with drawing of Forbes & S.E.R & L.C.& D. Lunch. Still wet. Sat out after in vestibule. Talk to Foster, after M & self walked along Leas. Saw pony run down hill. Very funny, owners attitudes. Into town & back by lift. Walked back & did 2 hours work before dinner. Dined & sat in hall. Old lady son & daughter. Up to bed 11 & good night. Tuesday August 9 Hotel Metropole, Folkestone. Up. Still low tide. Did not cycle. Decided to go to Boulogne. Walked down to boat after breakfast. Very crowded. A gent staying at the Pavilion came & talked in a confidential way. Saw Santley on board & had talk. Changed onto 2.8pm boat. Had not a bad lunch on board. Good ham. Going back sqaull came up & sea rough. Little nurse very sick. M below & gazed out of window. Saw Mr Blair at Boulogne. Back by omnibus. Charge of 2/s. Up in room & got on with work for 2 hours. M tired & rested. Dinner 7.45pm. After sat out in vestibule. Bed 10.30pm. Wednesday August 10
Hotel Metropole, Folkestone. Up 7.30 out & bathe. After walked down & got cycle. Back. In morning did some work. Very windy. Sat out after lunch & then up & went on with drawing. Out with M for walk at 6.0 to 7.0pm, delightful. Went to chemists. Back. Dressed. Dinner. After walked to band which did not play. Very tired. Coffee & bed at 10.30pm. Thursday August 11 Hotel Metropole, Folkestone. Up 7.40. Out & bathe. Lovely. Saw a woman paddling. Changed & cycled down into town. Back, got papers. After up in room & finished drawing of Forbes & L.C & D Rly & S.E.R. Packed. Lunch. After wrote letters. Walk with M. Back & got cycle. Met M at Pavilion. Thro town. Met Mrs Waring. Sat. Wrote other letters & packed bag. Dined 8.0pm. Commotion. Thought I had lost ticket. After dinner up & goodbye to M. Fly to station. Came across Ponsonby & another & up to town with them in a saloon carriage. P very fat. Otley met me. Walked to Garrick & home by buss. Cab still at S.T. Something matter with strap. Bed 1.0am. Friday August 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Breakfast. Ater got to work & all day on drawing of Beresford & China. Sent Otley to Stores. Saw Electric Light man from Stores. Dined at 9 after hard day's work. Lobster sent up without its tail. Letter from M. Very hot day indoors. Wrote this dairy & went up to bed without going out at 11.20pm. Saturday August 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round by Mite's house & after home to breakfast. Saw men in drawing room. A man from Treloars & a man from the A & N Stores. Packed bags etc & put photos away. Left at 2.45 by hansom cab & down to the Garrick Club. Found a wire that E.L could not sit. Called C.C & took cab on to the Shaftesbury, closed, & then to Prince of Wales's. Intensely hot & close outside, cool in theatre. A man named Cheeseman playing Hilarius. Clowes had asked me to dinner. Dined 6.45 with Clowes & Mr Lambert of Lambert & Butler. Very good dinner, Ayala '89, but awfully hot. After drove to Euston. Saw Lord Rathmore. Got carriage to self. Left 8.50. Otley met me & had traps in carriage. At Wigan at 1.0am. Most rowdy crowd & 2 big Yorkshiremen thrust into carriage. Spoilt my journey. After slept in armchair seat. (Red ink: Frightfully hot in London.) Sunday August 14 On board train for Perth. Woke 6.0 & had a wash & got to Perth 8.10. Had breakfast with Clowes, Mr Lambert & Lord Rathmore. Left 9.30. Train ¾ hr late for Balleluig. There 10.30 & found pony cart. Drove to Ballechin. Found Wolff, Miss May, her brother Fred May, Miss Mulligan, Mr & Mrs Pirrie & a Mr Torrey. Went for walk in garden & to see dogs & after changed. Lunch. Fred May & rifle. Put guns together. Dressed & dined. Talk after dinner. Sleepy. Bed at 11.30. Woke 1.0am & remained awake some time. Finally got to sleep. Monday August 15 Ballechin House, Balleluig. Up at 8.15 & put on Burbery suit. Sent up at 11.15 to the moors with Mr Torrey. Over 1½ hrs walk up hill. Rode a cob, brown. Got to
shoot at 12.15pm. Only one bird before lunch. After 7½ brace in all. Poor day & did not shoot well. Did not get home till 8.0pm nearly. Dressed & dined after bath. Took Miss Mulligan in. After dinner played poker. Lost £1. Miss Mulligan won. Bed 12.0. Did not sleep at all well. Lay awake till 4.0am. Tuesday August 16 Ballechin House, Balleluig. Up at 8.15. Had not slept well. After breakfast at 9.0am wrote letters to M etc. Left in dog cart at 10.30 with Wolff & Mr May to shoot a moor nearer home. Had delightful day but very hot & was much punished with heat & walking. Got 17½ brace birds & 3 hares to 3 guns. After coming home called on Cyril Maude who has a house near with the Barries. Wolff left 1 hare & 1 brace of grouse. Drove home at 7.0. Dressed & had soda & milk. Wrote diary. Good dinner. The Pirries decided to leave. Lost 4/s at poker. Very tired after. Went to bed 12.0am. Wednesday August 17 Ballechin House, Balleluig. Up at 8.15. Woke exactly at 2.0am again. Lay awake. Breakfast & after at 10.0am left in dog cart or break with Mr & Mrs Pirie & maid. Wolff & I went to station Balleluig. A wretched drunken labourer would talk to everyone. Wolff & I got out at Stanley & walked to fishing. Old fisherman like Anthony Froude, dour & taciturn. Wolf flogged the Tay all day, I helping him twice, also read the Scotsman & all about the Harley trial. Back home at 6.20. Went into garden & ate a quantity of gooseberries. Dinner. After played poker. Lost £1.0.0. Bed at 12.0. Lay awake from 2.0 to 4.0am. (Cutting glued in: Sir William Fraser's Will. Oct 17.) (Red ink: On Wednesday the 17th inst met at the Albany Piccadilly Sir William Augustus Fraser, Baronet, in his 73 rd year. Thursday August 18 Ballechin House, Balleluig. Up at 8.15am. Had lain awake in night with pain owing to gooseberries. Up at 2.0am. After down to breakfast. Dressed in grey. After changed & rode brown cob up to moor further then Monday. May & Torreyador also. Shot the 3 over it. Pleasant day. Got (blank) brace. Coming back May & self went up Craggs. Shot brace of birds. Home at 7.20. Tried for a rabbit. Dinner. Poker after. Got back all the money I lost. Bed at 12.30. The Torreyador had tongue loosened by too much good liquor. Slept better. Friday August 19 Ballechin House, Balleluig. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast Mr W & Torreyador went off in cart, Mr F.May & self after, I riding Aeolus. Up on moor. A teal shot & could not be got. After May & I had a most delightful day. Got 10½ brace. At 4.30 saw Torreyador & said goodbye. Shot till 7.0 & walked home pleasantly tired. Dog thrashed "Will ye mind the call". Back at 7.45. Had milk & soda. Good dinner. No poker. Bed at 11.0. Woke again at 2.0am, awake 2 hours. Saturday August 20 Ballechin House, Balleluig. Up at 8.10. Out in garden. Ate gooseberies. Breakfast. Good. Only one letter from Jupp. Wrote diary & letters the entire morning. Lunch. Rest & read. Mr Arkendale & Mr Richardson went fishing & caught nothing. Heavy rain in morning. Left at 6.10. Goodbye. Drunken man at station. Train 35 minutes late. Perth 8.0. Dined. Came across Baumann got up in dress jacket & flower.
Dined together. Gave me liqueur after. Left at 10.5 & had comfortable carriage to myself. Lay down to sleep at 10.30pm. Sunday August 21 On board train from Perth. Slept fairly well all night. Wash at 7.0. Euston 8.20. Otley met me & home at once in cab by 9.0am. Read letters. Changed bags etc & after looked out photos. Drawing Room painted & varnished. Left by cab at 1.50 & drove to Charing X. Down in carriage to myself. Difficulty of omnibus etc at station. At Hotel 5.0. Saw M. Had tea. Spoke to Mr & Mrs Lucas. After out with M. Saw the Goodalls, Purdey's etc. Took a sharp walk to Harbour & back. 20 minutes from Harbour to Hotel. Dressed & dined. Sat out for 1½ hours & bed at 11.30pm. Slept well. Monday August 22 Hotel Metropole, Folkestone. Up at 7.45 & out for bathe. Very hot. Walked to end of beach by Sandgate. Knocked foot. Breakfast after. In morning wrote letters & up to lunch time. After intensely hot & close. Walked down to meet boat. Saw Mr Blair, F.C.B, Mrs B, Winnie, Wilfred & Tinsley Lindley. Waited about for Blair. After up on Leas & Blair dined with us at 7.15pm. Bottle of champagne. He left at 9.10pm. After talk to the Taylors & Mrs Barton. Band outside. Bed at 11.15 after being in Smoking Room. Tuesday August 23 Hotel Metropole, Folkestone. Up at 7.45am. x. Good bathe at end of beach. Wore drawers. Breakfast after. Did drawing of Pepys & Punch in morning. Walk with Polly after lunch & left her to call. Worked till 6.0pm when had another good walk with M to top of hill. Met the Goodalls after & Charles Woodbridge. Back & last dinner at Hotel. Sat out after. This was the culminating hot day in London 90º in the shade. After bed at 11.30pm after reading in Reading Room. Wednesday August 24 Hotel Metropole, Folkestone. Up at 7.30. Good bathe. Breakfast & after worked all morning whilst M packed. Did Pepys & packed bags by lunch at 2.0pm. Last lunch. Fees 5/s head waiter, 4/s porter, 2/6 small waiter. Left at 3.30pm in buss. Carriage to selves up. M discovered she had lost her feather boa. Met Woodbridge. Talk of Mr Heron. W said he would call for it at Metropole. To town. Otley met us. Walked to Garrick. Letters. Saw Bernard Partridge. "I & another young fellow". To Punch dinner. A à B, Lehmann, B.P, self & J.T. My cut of Pepys no good. Got Rhodes & John Bull & another of Police, Roughs & Cat for next week. Left at 11.0 & home by bus. Found out about brandy, 5/s per bottle. Thursday August 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Slight head. Did not go out. Got to work as soon as possible & did subject of Rhodes & John Bull. Saw people from Stores, also from Howards, also Electrician. Also at 5.0 Mr Derfrey. Mite lunched with us looking well & happy & Spencer came in at 5.0 & stayed till 6.30pm. Mite & Lennie went to Comedy Theatre. M back 7.30. Dined at 9.0pm after finishing drawing in Dining Room. Bed 11.15. Tired. Friday August 26
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Out at 8.45. Called at Corben's & also had hair cut. Breakfast. After packed bags with Otley & put phos away. Mite came to lunch. M left at 3.10pm for Fittleworth. Up & skemed Police cut. After dressed in brown flannel suit & dined at 6.15. Had bottle of Ayala 1874. Sent Otley to Euston. Left in hansom at 6.50 & drove by Garrick. No letters. Left by 7.45pm train for Inverness. Used old label for engaged carriage. Did not sleep well. Saturday August 27 On board train for Inverness. Woke at Perth after not very comfortable night at 4.45am & on wearily to Inverness. Saw the fighting porter & after to boat. Bad beef. Man like St John Brennan. To Inverfarigaig. Lord Lovat's horses & party for shooting. Carriage on to Wester Aberchalder. After had lunch. Heavy rain. Wrote letters. Sunday August 28 Wester Aberchalder, Gorthleck. Up at 8.0am. Down 9.0. No breakfast until 9.30. Rain & sun all day. Got to work at 11 till 1.30 on Police & Rough. A sort of early dinner. Read Ascent of Man by Drummond. Colley wobbles from pills. Work from 3.0 to 5.30. Wrote letters & went for walk at 6.0 to 7.45. Rural. Bled. Supper dinner at 8.30 & dull evening. Bed at 12.0 after smoke. Monday August 29 Wester Aberchalder, Gorthleck. Up at 8.20. No Kessel. No bath. Wrote diary. Wet. After breakfast decided to go for shoot. Started at 10.45. Walked behind. Got right & left at birds coming over. Had immensely long tiring walk all day up great hill. Lunch. Suspicion of blister. About 12 brace of birds, 4 guns. Mr Wallace, 2 Mr Thorntons & self. Back at 7.40. Long tramp home. Dinner 8.30pm. Had Ayala Champagne. Mr Charles Thornton's birthday. Had terrible attack of P all day & in great pain in the night. Tuesday August 30 Wester Aberchalder, Gorthleck. Up at 8.30 & out. Met 3 girls, Miss Myers, Miss Aitkin & Miss Monro. After it was decided to have a day off. So got to work all day & finished drawing of Police & Rough by 7.0pm. In the middle of the day routed out by Mrs W to go to lunch at the Manor House. All went & 2 Miss Wyllie's staying at the Foyer Hotel. Delightful. Back by carriage & on to work. Wallace went on to hill to look for ancient iron works. Dinner. Long discussion with old Mr W about Ghosts etc. After 100 up at billiards. 2 Mr W's beat Mr W & self. Beat Mr C.W at 50 giving him 15. Bed at 12.45am. (Red ink: On the 30th August at Bakeby, Uxbridge, the wife of Francis Charles Woodbridge of a son.) Wednesday August 31 Wester Aberchalder, Gorthleck. Up at 8.30. Out & after breakfast at 10.30 went to shoot with Mr Thornton senr. All along loch & after quite near home. Got 4 grouse, 4 snipe, 5 rabbits. Most lovely day & delightful walk. Mrs W went to call on the Soppers. Wallace shot a cormorant. Dinner after bath & writing many letters. Argument on premonition etc. After played 2 100 up at billiards. W & I won both. Made 15 8's etc. Bed at 1.0am. Sep 1898
Thursday September 1 Wester Aberchalder, Gorthleck. Up at 8.45. Bath. Breakfast. After in morning did some work on Pepys. Lunch at home & 2 men came, Mr Morrison & another. After played 3 real good sets of tennis, Miss Myers & self against Wallace & Mr Morrison. Won 1, lost 2. After bad attack of P. Worked & wrote. Dinner. The Burns arrived at 3.30. Mr & Mrs B, son & Miss Wallace. After dinner a game of billiards, Miss M & self against Wallace & young Burn. We lost by 5. Beat Charles Thornton afterwards by 10, giving him 30. Bed 12.30am. Friday September 2 Wester Aberchalder, Gorthleck. Up 8.30. Good breakfast, trout & snipe. After started in pouring rain to deer drive. Nearly turned back but was persuaded. Went on. Had 4 drives, waited 1½ hr, 1 hr, 1 hr & 2¼ hrs. Saw nothing the whole time. Burn got 1 shot. Kessel a good walker. Most delightful lunch in the road. Climbed hill. Most painful attack of P. Must have an operation. Long walk home & did not get back till 8.0pm. Bath. Letters etc. One from Nash. Dinner 8.30. A Scotch clergyman there. After long dreary game of billiards between Wallace & Burn. After gave C.T 30 in 100 & as beaten by 50+. Frightfully bitten by midges. Saturday September 3 Wester Aberchalder, Gorthleck. Up 8.15. Bath. A most lovely & delightfully soft warm morning. Good breakfast trout & grouse. Sent Nash cheque. Said goodbye to Wallace 11.0am. Mr & Mrs Wallace's wedding day, 21 yrs. After worked on Pepys & Punch. All went off after lunch to a cricket match at Foyers. Packed leisurely. Goodbye to old Mr W & off at 4.0 by cart. Civil young driver. 14 miles drive. Came on rain. Had whiskey. Charge 20/s, 2/s for driver. Got to Glendoe at 6.30. Picked up a Keeper's stick. Saw H.W.B an artist (Hadden) shewing sketches to Mr & Mrs (Hylda) De Winter. Mr Barclay, Hon Miss Fraser & a young man in embassy at Constantinople & sister. Went for walk. Intensely hot & close. Back. Greatly upset at leaving bag behind. Could not be found. Dinner. Took Miss Fraser in. Lord Lovat came in tartan kilt etc. Good dinner. Talk to Lord L about horses, Blunt etc. After talk & bed after smoke. Slept very badly. Curious dream of Purgatory, Roy & Mite. Was refused entrance. Sunday September 4 Glendoe Lodge, Fort Augustus. Up at 8.0. Got good bath. Breakfast 9.30. Mrs De Winton. Oh! After sat about & read. Still disappointd about bag. Got Stevenson's last book the Naulanka. Good lunch. A priest there & 2 Mr Frasers in kilts came. After stole away & lay down in the hot heather. Party came along to go to a robbers' cave. Someone came over from Gorthleck on a bicycle. Going into cave Mrs De Winton saved me from a nasty fall catching hold of my coat. Very hot walk back. After sat about. Tea. A most glorious sunset & evening after. Delightful dinner. Sat next Mrs De W. Talk of Edward Lawson. After sat out. Discussion as to Pole star. Bed after lemon squash. Read the Naulanka. Monday September 5 Glendoe Lodge, Fort Augustus. Up at 7.45. Bath & out. Most lovely hot morning. At 10.15 Mr & Mrs De Winton left. Miss Fraser dabbing Lord Lovat's eyes. Talk to Hadden. After wrote many letters & waited for bag which came at 12.50. Immediately got to work. Lunch. Mr Barclay left at 1.45 for steamer. Went on to work till 5.30pm when finished drawing of Pepys & Punch & packed it up. Tea.
Introduced to Lady Lovat & Lord Encombe. Cardinal Vaughan there. At 5.50 walked down to Fort Augustus. Very hot. Met Mrs Hadden & a little boy. Posted letters & registered drawing. Walked back. There by 7.45. Had milk & soda. Herbert W.B had got 2 stags. Took Lady Lovat in to dinner. At 9.0 a lot more came. News of the battle in the Soudan. Very hot. Went to bed at 11.0pm. Lord Encombe. Curious dream of a man. Got up & put name down. W.Walworth Reek. Why? Tuesday September 6 Glendoe Lodge, Fort Augustus. Up at 7.50. Carriage went off. Could not get bath. Down. Thermometer at 70º, 8.15am in shade. In morning read the Naulanka. Wrote letters. Mr Hadden drove up. Lord Lovat & Mr Lindley. Rifle shooting. They went off for stalk. Talk to Lady Lovat, Lady Encombe & others. Looked at book illustrated for game. Promised to do a sketch. Lunch & left 1.45. Intensely hot. Got to steamer & off to the minute. Crowd of trippers. A man like Roger Wallace in tartan. After got to Temple Pier at 3.45. Found trap waiting & drove to Guisachan. Got there 6.45pm. Lovely drive. Small boy met me at door. Proved to be a young Curzon at Eton. After Lord T shewed me pictures. Dressed & dinner. Very good. House party Mr & Mrs James, Lady Helen (blank), Capn Gordon, Hon A.Littleton & self, Lord & Lady T. Lovely Wedgwood (illeg). All playing 'Bridge' after. Down to cellar to smoke. Bed at 11.30. Lost way. Hotel at Temple Pier, 'The Drumnadrochit Hotel'. Wednesday September 7 Guisachan, Beauly, N.B. Up at 8.0am. Bath in room. Capn Gordon & Mr James went stalking. Breakfast with Lady Tweedmouth. Lady Helen & her dog. Lady T said it would get on her nerves. Out & looked at things. Got away at 10.30 on ponies, Hon A.Littleton & self. Long delightful day on moor & the best grouse shoot I ever had. Got 20 brace grouse & 8 of black game, 1 hare. Made a wonderful long shot at a blackcock 50 yards. Home at 6.30. Very hot. Tea. Midges. Bath. Lord T brought book to put a drawing in. Dinner. Frightfully hot at dinner. Smoke & read after. Bed at 11.30. Very hot again at night. Tossed about. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Charles De Winton to Florence Pepys. Sep 9.) Thursday September 8 Guisachan, Beauly, N.B. Up at 7.0am & did Lady Tweedmouth's drawing in book. Man laughed. Breakfast 8.30 & back work after. Goodbye to Hon A.Littleton, Capn Gordon & Mr James, & after to Lord & Lady T. Delighted with drawing. Left 10.25 & drove all the way to Beauly, 23 miles. Got there 1.30. Driver talked of Lord Encombe & also the Chisholms. All the country belonging to a Mrs Chisholme. On to Inverness. A very good & cheap lunch. Walk in the town & bought heather spats. Found carriage reserved & left Inverness at 4.55. A long run to Perth. Had soup & fish at Perth & back to train. Broken rest all night. (Cutting glued in: Review of Troops, Sep 8. Times Sep 9.) Friday September 9 On board train, Inverness to London. Broken night. Up 7.0. Read Strand Magazine. After got Euston 8.25 & home 4 wheeler. Letter from F.C.B for full work. Very much annoyed but set to & got done somehow by 8.0pm. Also packed & saw a lot of people & wired all over the place. Did all Sovereigns of Europe &
Miss Britannia. Dined 8.30. Bad lobster. Sent Otley off 8.45 & self followed at 9.30. Caught 10.15 Waterloo for Liss. Down & at Tates 12.45am. Found Major Trollope & Tate sitting up. Snack & bed 1.0. Did not sleep very well. Found M in bed. Drank bottle of Ivory '74. A1. (Cutting glued in: Will of Maurice Beddington. Oct 28. Times.) Saturday September 10 Blackmoor, Petersfield, Hants. Up at 8.0am & bath & out round house. After breakfast put boots on etc & left 10.15 in trap for shoot. Horse shied. Long day's tramp. Shot a landrail. After Miss Marie Morgan & Miss Tate came to lunch. They walked all afternoon. Left off 5.30pm & walked home. Good bath. Milk & soda etc. Bag 16 brace partridge, 1 landrail, 1 cookoo & hen pheasant, 6 hares, 1 leverett. Good dinner. Billiards etc. Bed 11.15. Slept like a top. (Red ink: On the 10th Sepr at Southwood, St Lawrence, Ramsgate, the wife of G.J.V Weigall, of a son.) Sunday September 11 Blackmoor, Petersfield, Hants. Up at 8.0 & out to try cycle. Cut my hand & bother with valve in the heat. Breakfast. After in morning wrote letters etc. M seedy. Down to lunch & all sat in the garden after. Most glorious afternoon. Yarns from Major Trollope. Put cycle all right & at 4.30 went with Tate & Major T for ride about 16 or 17 miles through Liphook. Delightful old Inn, 'The Anchor'. Picked up a horse shoe nail in tyre. Back past Sir Thomas Sunderland's house & home about 7.0pm. Lovely lilac sunset. Dinner. Claret & after guess games. Smoke & bed at 11.30pm. Monday September 12 Blackmoor, Petersfield, Hants. Up 8.0am. M had not slept well. No walk. No cycle. Breakfast. After boots on & left 10.0am for 2nd day's shoot. Got 1 bird almost at once. Picked up a tortoise & a dead mole & also a cast snakeskin. Never shot less in my life. Only 1 bird & 1 rabbit (not picked up). Good lunch tho' under a shed. Met Lord Selborne & 2 children. Heard of assassination of Empress of Austria. Much shocked. On to shoot & left off 5.35pm. Home. Met Daisy T & Mrs Bendall & Boughton RA. After had tea & milk & soda & bath. Letter from L & N.W.Rly & from F.C.B. Also gun back from Lang & Hussey. Wrote order for Stores. Dinner. Mr & Mrs Bendall came. Good delightful dinner. Billiards after. Bendall beat me by 13 points. After talk of Arthur Blunt. Bed 11.40. Slept well. Tuesday September 13 Blackmoor, Petersfield, Hants. Up at 8.0 after good night. M slept better. Down. Breakfast. Went for 3rd day's shoot. Tate, Major Trollope & self & Bendall walking. Most delightful day. Beautiful weather. Got 7 brace before lunch. After had lunch, girls also. Smoke after. Got on to walk 2.15. Got 3½ brace self after lunch, 4½ altogether for the day. Home 5.30. Tea. Jumbles. Wrote 6 or 7 letters. Bath & dressed. Dull in evening & threatened rain 1 st time for 2 months. Took old Mrs Gill into dinner. Terrible talker. After talk in Drawing Room. Played 200 up with Bendall. Won 100 easily & beaten the other. Bed after talk. Bendall a 'hass' about chaff Bainbridge & Miss Morgan. Wednesday September 14
Blackmoor, Petersfield, Hants. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast & after got away to have short shoot. Broiling hot. Got 3 brace of birds. Enjoyed morning. Finished at Lodge gates. Changed. Bath. Lunch. After went up & lay down on bed. At 5.0 went in large break Mr & Mrs T, Mr & Mrs Bendall, self, Major Trollope, to Selbourne church. Saw Gilbert White's house & also remarkable old Yew tree. Tombs in church etc. Prof Bell died 1880 aged 85. Lovely hot evening. Drove home. Narrow lanes. A wedding had been at church, the 1 st for 17 years. Rev'd Bevan & a Mr Broadwood to dinner. After played at Battle, Bendall & self 100 up. Beaten. Thursday September 15 Blackmoor, Petersfield, Hants. Up 8.0am or earlier. Packed etc. Breakfast. Looked at cycles. Got off at 10.15. Girls riding bicycles. Frightfully hot. Mr & Mrs Bendall came. Major Trollope, M & self to Waterloo. Otley met us & home to S.T, Otley riding bicycle. No news. Dear Mite there to lunch. After left at 3.0 & by buss Piccadilly. Called at the Shaftesbury & Daly's Theatres. After Garrick Club, Randalls, ties & on to Turkish bath. Saw young Cotton. Otley bought dress things. On to dine at dear Milte's. Unaccountably tired & sleepy after. Livery. Left at 10.40 & home by cab. M very nervous at cab. Bed at once. Very tired. Thought Lennie looking very pale & delicate. Friday September 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Packed bags. Breakfast. Very hot. Got off in small omninbus at 10.30 & drove to Euston. Saw little Prof Bell. Carriage to self. So hot all journey. Got to Carlisle 5.30. Took a drive thro' the town 2/s. Saw Cathedral & old cattle tower, race course etc. Women with wooden soled shoes. Back & off by train to Kirtlebridge. Got there at 7.30pm, on to Springkell. Fine house. Dressed & dined. Took in a Mrs Donner. Sir J Heron Maxwell, Mr Johnson & Lady Roxborough, Mr & Mrs J.F. Dull dinner & evening after. Large bare Billiard Room for smoking in. Saturday September 17 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up 7.45. Bath. Breakfast. After drove 8 miles to Gretna. Sir John Heron Maxwell, self, Mr Johnson, & Mr Johnson F. Partridge drive. Shot well. Got 3 hares, 5 birds before lunch. After 3 hares 2 birds. Poor lunch. Very hot. Came over dull & slight rain. Home by 6.30. Changed. Bath. Young Johnson Ferguson came home. Dinner. Took Mrs J.F in. Dull evening after. Took 3 Carters L.L.P. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: On the 17th Sepr at The Albany Piccadilly, John Lettsom Elliot in his 94th year. Times Sep 20th. Father of the Athenaeum. Elected Feby 16 1824. Born Dec 18, 1804. Queen vaccinated from one of his brothers. The healthiest family that could be found.) Sunday September 18 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.0am. Wet morning. Bath. Breakfast. Talk of Bainbridge at breakfast. After wrote letters etc. Luncheon & rest after. Read book. After about 4.0pm went for walk in gaberdine. Went to Kirtlebridge & back thro' Eaglesfield. Very heavy showers. Tea on getting back. Bath & changed. Dinner. Dull. Took Mrs Donner in to dinner. After looked at toys. Wonderful photos of Egypt & Palestine taken 1857. Bed after smoke in Billiard Room. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mme Terrero. Saty Sep 24.)
Monday September 19 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up 8.0am. Off at 9.45am to shoot another part of estate. Old farmer who sang good comic songs. Not quite so good for birds as Monday. Mr J.F disappointed. Guns Mr Johnson Ferguson, Mr J.F junr, Sir John Heron Maxwell, Mr Ernest Johnson & self. Enjoyed day. Back at 6.0. Mr William Younger M.P had arrived. Dinner. Dull & slow. After a Mr Hobhouse arrived. Played 100 up with Ernest Johnson. Beat him by 18. Bed at 11.15pm. Wet more or less all day. Wore gaberdine & carried about cloak for a time. Shot 3 birds one drive. (Cutting glued in: Death of William Wilson.) Tuesday September 20 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up 8.0am. Breakfast, next Mrs Hobhouse. After went for shoot 10 miles off, just on the border. One farm in England, one in Scotland. Guns Mr Johnson Ferguson, Mr Ernest Johnson, Mr J.F junr, self, Mr William Younger M.P & Mr Hobhouse. Many drives. Shot well. Got 3 grouse, one coming forward. Left off 5.0pm & home. Tea & packed. Dull dinner. Mr Hobhouse talked of Ingoldsby etc. Took Mrs Johnson Ferguson in. Dull evening. Mrs Bonner nearly asleep. M had driven to see Carlyle's house. Bed at 11.45 after talk & whiskey. Mr Hobhouse's dog got across axles of wagonette. Shot 16 head in the day, 10 before lunch. Wednesday September 21 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up 7.30. Finished packing. Breakfast & off by 10.0 in carriage with Mr Ernest Johnson. Went to Carlisle. Walked to Old Curiosity Shop. Did not buy anything. Goodbye to H.J. At Crewe had to get out of our compartment on account of a hot bearing. Put into dining saloon & most uncomfortable journey to Euston. There 7.0pm. Otley met M. Difficulty about cab. Down Garrick & on to Punch dinner. There 7.25. F.C.B, J.T, self, H.W.L, L.G, A à B. Pleasant dinner. Left at 10.30 & back to Garrick. Wrote letters. Bus home from Piccadilly, carried on past Olympia. Walk back. Bed at 1.0am. Tired. Saw name at Carlisle Station, Haythornethwaite. Thursday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Met Reynard. Called Mite's. Home to breakfast. After sent for Stace, also Otley for portrait of Dr Johnson to Rimell & Sons, 91 Oxford St. Skemed subject. Photod Stace at 12.30. Also developed & enlarged after lunch. Things in confusion. Drew outline. Dined at 7.0 & went with M in good cab to see The Belle of New York for 3 rd time. Home by cab & bed. (Red ink: Died, William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe, 4th Earl of Desart. Born July 10 1845. Died on Thursday (blank). Married in 1871 Maria Emma daughter of Mr Thomas Henry Preston of Morsby Hall, York. Divorced 1878.) Friday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down & to work all day on Bismarck & Dr Johnson. Midge in to lunch. Tired after lunch. On again 3.30 & to 9.0pm when finished. Dined hare etc. Very very tired. Had put the Electric Light right in Drawing Room. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Saturday September 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down. No cycle. Breakfast. After up & put all photos away last 3 weeks. Put artist's bag up & packed. Left 11.30 & up by bus
to Garrick & C.C. Wired. Walk, called at hosiers, Turnbull & Asser, 3 Church Place, Piccadilly. Also on shop for fire grate. Lunch at Garrick with Col Jones. Saw Joe Carr. On to C.C at 2.0. B.J did not come till 3.15pm. Took 30 photos, Quaker dress. Out & home direct by bus. Changed & dined 7.0pm. Attack of P. Bad. Left in hansom at 8.15 having sent Otley on with baggage & caught the 9.0pm train for Dover. Arrived 10.45 & to bed. Sunday September 25 Hotel Burlington, Dover. Up 9.0am & down . Breakfast 10.0. After stroll caught 1.0pm boat. Met Levilly & after Lewis & wife & Mr Morgan, son of Secy of L.C.& D Rly. Delightful X'ing. Lunch at buffet. Lewis went on as usual. Back by boat. Met old Kahn. Goodbye to Mrs Lewis. Strolled back. Had 1 hour's sleep on bed. Dined with no appetite at 8.15pm. After a good band. Bed at 10.30. Slept well. Monday September 26 Hotel Burlington, Dover. Up 9.0. Down & breakfast. Went for walk in town. Curiosity Shop closed in Snargate St. Back & in room by 12.0 noon gun. Wrote diary & letters. Lunch 1.30. After M & self walked up to Dover Castle. Saw Artillery practise. Long gun made 1544. Queen Elizabeth's pocket pistol. After round Castle. Built 1190, restored 1871. Waited to go round. Saw armour, chapel etc. Civil custodian. Back 4.30 & wrote letters etc. (Cutting glued in: Will of Sir Edward Jenner.) Tuesday September 27 Hotel Burlington, Dover. Up 8.45. Breakfst. After out & to an old Curiosity Shop. Bought a match box in ivory & Japanese metal. Some Sheffield plate & a silver box £3.15.0. I.J.Davis, 13 Snargate St, Dover. Lunch. Poor. After walk. Smells etc. Looked at diver at Admiralty Pier. Rain came on 2.45pm. Up in room. Worked. M much interested in diver. Worked all afternoon & did 3 designs for Lord Tweedmouth. Walked out before dinner as far as shop again. Dined. Poor dinner & very bad service. Bed at 10.30 after reading papers. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Amelia Lady Jessel. Death of Sir Arthur Forwood. Death of Julian Pym. Obituary Sir Arthur Forwood, M.P.) Wednesday September 28 Hotel Burlington, Dover. Up & out before breakfast 8.45. Poor breakfast. After went to Davis's shop & paid for table etc. Out. Back 12.0 & finished sketches sending them back to Lord Tweedmouth to Guisachan. Walk after lunch. Paid bill £6.4.0 including buss. Left at 3.30. Lady Chichester in buss. Up to town by 4.0pm train. Otley met M. On to Garrick. Looked over the Times. Saw Lawrence Bradbury. P.D. F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, O.S, P.A, L.B, P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Capital dinner. Got subject of Chinese Emperor & his mother to do. Left at 10.45 & home by buss. Thursday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Met Reynard. Past Mite's & home. After skemed subject & at 12.30 photod Stace & young Spring for Emperor of China & his mother. Developed after. Very tired. M & self dined 7.0pm & after went by cab to see The Runaway Girl. Very wet. M nervous at grey horse we had to go to Dover with. Lovely woman with neck in front of us. Montague Guest also.
Out & home by 4 wheeler. Very wet after dinner. Cleared in evening. Woke up & forgot it was dear M's birthday. Very sorry. (Cutting glued in: Death of Hon Thomas Bayard. T Sept 29.) Friday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. After hard work all day on drawing of Emperor of China & his mother. Finished 8.45 when M & self dined together & bed after. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Thomas Bayard.) Saturday October 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out before breakfast. After got off by 11.0 & cab to Imperial Institute & had an appointment with Miss Sarah Chapman Hand. Waited one hour. After by buss to United Service Club. Much interested in the portraits etc. On to Garrick. Lunch with Kendal. At 2.15 C.C. Photod B.J 2 nd time. Better model, more promise. Out & to United Service Club. Looked over prints etc. Wonderful books on Army etc. Home by bus. M & self dined together & bed early. Oct 1898 Sunday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30. Breakfast at 7.20 & caught 8.0am train from Met, sending Otley with cycle on to Charing X. Got to station 8.20am. Walked on to Clubs, all shut. After off by 9.0am with Guthrie to Dover. Met Merryweather & Littleton. Forbes Winslow at Folkestone station. Lewis & Mr Saunders late. We were there 1st. Called at Burlington & on to Walmer. Head east wind the whole way. Very good ginger beer at Walmer. On to Sandwich. Saunders behind. Man using bad language to boys about whelks etc. Sportsman at 1.50. On after to Cliftonville. Got there at 3.5pm. Very good lunch. Music. Girl & man with plans of houses. Left 4.40 & home by S.E.R. Otley met me 7.30 Charing X. Dora had been with M & had lost her bangles. (Red ink: Cycle ride from Dover to Ramsgate. Lewis, Guthrie, self & Saunders.) Monday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Out on cycle. Lovely morning. Wrote diary & letters. M had a man for estimate curtains in Drawing Room. After in morning put room right. Clocks & Electric Lights. Lunch. M late. Little old woman waiting to see her. Read & finished Treasure Island. After at 5.0 got seriously to work on page for Almanack. Skemed it out. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Began double page Almanack.) Tuesday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. Cycled round Park. Misty & dull. Bad print in Punch. After wrote letters etc. Otley brought chair down. After began in earnest to skeme drawing for Almanack & draw it out. Quiet hard day all day, did not go out in evening. M & self had quiet dinner. Bed early afterwards. Wednesday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round by Earls Court & past Burnands. Called. After back & went on to skeme Almanack page. Worked all morning & put up tracing & left at 1.0 & on to Garrick. Lunched. Saw Lord Rathbone. After to
C.C. Photod B.J for studies for Almanack drawing, 3 rd time. Out at 5.0 & to Garrick. Saw Lawrence Bradbury. After called for small heavy bag of plates & on to the Punch dinner. Could not find lift & frightfully hot etc. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S, P.M, E.T.R, A.G only. Good dinner. Got cut to do of Crusader a good subject. J.T President Kruger. Left at 10.45 & home by bus. Miss Gill came to stay with M at 1.0pm. Thursday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Head on slightly. Cycled & left a note on F.C.B. Saw Rosie Burnand. Back & after skemed subject of German Emperor as Crusader & the Sultan. Sent Otley to May's. After at 1.0 nearly, photod Otley as Crusader & Turk. Developed & enlarged them. Tired. Rested & on with work from 5.0 to 8.0pm. Miss Gill with M all day cleaning. A little old char woman helped. Dined 8.15pm. Read after. Return of the Guards at 2.30pm from Khartoum. New parlour maid Harris came. Did not appear till tomorrow. Friday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Home & after had long day's work on German Emperor as Crusader & Sultan as Saladin. Worked all day & finished at 9.15pm when dined. Very tired. Bed at 12.0am. Mr Rose sent us a brace of grouse. Saturday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dressed. Got camera ready & by 10.5 got off in cart to S.K museum. Forgot money. Saw a gentleman & photod 2 boats. Got off 11.10 & drove to Garrick. Got £1 from Cole. On to C.C. Photod 2 Miss Cookes. Fine & bright. Out by 1.45 & on to Garrick. Lunch, mutton & Burgundy. After talk to Col Fletcher. Joe Carr talking to Lord Edward Cecil. Lord E had just come from Fashoda. Had seen Marchand & a fat Frenchman who wanted to embrace him. Lord Kitchener rode into Omdurman by himself being potted at. Frightful thirst. No food. Very interesting. On at 3.15 to see A Greek Slave. Rotten piece. M & Miss Gill in box. Bother about buss getting out. On to C.C. Changed plates. Most frightful attack of P & indigestion. Why? Home by bus & quiet dinner with M. No smoke. Bed at 11.0. Very seedy. (Red ink: Went to matinée of Greek Slave, M & Miss Gill.) Sunday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Breakfast. After printed blue photos & developed 2 doz & 4 plates taken yesterday. At it all day. Rain came on at 3.0. Began 1.0 & kept on all afternoon. Did not go out. Miss Radcliffe called. Worked on centre page for Almanack. Quiet dinner with M at 8.0pm. Wrote letters to Rose & Lord Tweedmouth after dinner. Quiet dinner & bed. Monday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After in morning printed blues. Lovely bright sun. After enlarged all morning & part of afternoon. Roy came back from Nymans at 5.0pm. M out in carriage. Wired to Forbes Robertson & after an early dinner went in 4 wheeler to see 'Macbeth'. Bernard P as Banquo, Taber as Macduff. Mrs Pat not very good. Home by carriage. Saw Ellen Terry's daughter in stalls.
Nebuchadnezzar turned out to grass with the roaring lion & the patient ass Exclaimed when munching his unacustomed food. It may be wholesome but it is not good. (Red ink: Went to see 'Macbeth' at the Lyceum.) Tuesday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round park. After in morning went on to work at drawing of Almanack. Drew boat etc. After lunch. Hilda Messel there. In afternoon went to Bourne End to dine with Lehmann. J.T, A à B, self, A.G, L.B, H.W.L, O.S, E.T.R. Caught 5.50 train & there by 7.0. Dined 7.20. Left & home Paddington 11.30. Shared cabs with Seaman & Reed. Found M & Roy up. They had been to the new Opera at the Prince of Wales. Very bad. M caught a cold. Conrad in in afternoon in Roy's old breeches. Dined after. Got out winter trowsers. Wednesday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round park. Slight head on. After better. Back & worked in morning on drawing of Almanack. At noon made studies for drapery. After M & Roy drove & saw The Belle of New York at matinée. Rested & left at 4.20 in carriage & called Imperial Institute. Met Miss B.A.Hand, a Mr & Mrs Mitford etc & Mr Atkinson. Jawed. After left at 5.35. Went to Travellers Club & had interview with Lord Tweedmouth. After to Garrick & C.C. Saw Bernard Partridge. After to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Good dinner. Left 10.45 after inane chaff from Arthur. Called Garrick & wrote letters. Home by buss. M stayed in bed. Had a bad cold. Thursday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round park. Colder & slightly foggy. Sent Otley for costumes at May's. Skemed subject & at 12.0 photod Roy as Time & Yankee Officer & Otley also & self for Punch. Long day developing & printing. Hard to get any prints. Finished by 4.0 & rested upstairs. Tea. Mr Vaus called at 5.30. Roy went back to Oxford at 7.30pm dining at 6.30. Worked till 8.0. Dinner. Extraordinarily hungry. Made a very good dinner. Wrote after. Colder in evening. Fires everywhere. The words the spectral finger wrote in passim Were Mene Mene Tekel & Upharsin. The King & Courtiers by the sight appalled Begged to suggest that Daniel should be called. When Daniel saw the writing on the wall At first he could not make it out at all. F.C.B. 12 Oct 1898. Friday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Cycled round park. After got to work on drawing of Yankee & Spain. In morning developed or rather enlarged some photos taken yesterday & one of Spain. Finished at 8.15 & dined quietly, M, Tilda & self. Bed after snooze. Wreck of the 'Monaghan' over 100 lives lost this night off Lizard. (Red ink: The above was Torrey's ship.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Robert Isacke to Julia Wilson.)
Saturday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round park. Fall in the barometer. Worked on Almanack drawing till 11.30 when dressed & at 11.45 left & up to C.C by bus. Photod Miss J for 4th time at 12.30. Forgot my keys & had to cut bag. Out at 2.45. Lunch at Club. Went to Athenaeum & wrote letters. Wet day. Called Cleveland Square & saw bust of Gladstone. Home at 7.0pm. Dressed & dined quietly, M, Tilda & self. Sunday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & x. Out on cycle in morning in coat. Met Pepys Cockerell & rode to Knightsbridge with him, turned & home by Fulham Road. After in morning developed 10 plates taken yesterday & in afternoon began in earnest on Almanack drawing. Put in Punch in ink. Quiet dinner in evening with M & Tilda. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: Began Almanack drawing in earnest.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Lady Cromer. Oct 17.) Monday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Earls Court & Redcliffe Gardens. Back. Printed blue prints & after long day's work on Almanack drawing. Put figures in. Quiet dinner in evening, M, Tilda & self. Bed 11.50 after snooze. Duchess Blair's jewels stolen in Paris. £28,000 worth. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Elizabeth Newson-Smith. Great Jewel Robbery. Tue Oct 18.) Tuesday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Pouring heavy rain. Walk round Campden Hill. Scratched some of poor Lewis's bill off gate. Sale early this year. Breakfast. M in bed. After worked the whole day on Almanack page up to 8.0pm. Mrs Geiger & son called. Mite & Lennie return from Scotland. Quiet dinner, M, Tilda & self. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ralph Disraeli. The Jewel Robbery in Paris.) Wednesday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round by Gloucester Road. After back & got on with outline of Almanack. Worked up to 6.0 when left & on by bus to Punch dinner. Sir William Agnew back. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Tenniel got the celebrated cartoon of Fashoda & Monkey. Some expressed opinion (Guthrie & self) it was too strong. Greatly disappointed by F.C.B saying he would do without cartoon this week. Was very angry. Left at 10.30 & went on to Garrick Club. Home by buss. Very pretty woman got out at Knightsbridge. (Red ink: No cartoon to do.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Holtzapffel. Marriage arranged between Hon Neville Lytton and Judith Blunt.) Thursday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Fulham. After got to work on Almanack drawing. Took out figure with lute & put another in very much better. Worked till 8.30pm when quiet dinner. Dear Mite & Lennie dined. Our wedding day. Had bottle of Deutz & Geldermann. Mite did not feel very well. They left at 11.0pm in hansom. Tilda went in carriage & called on Con & Effie, getting signed cartoon from Sir John Tenniel & leaving his illuminated book by Day & Son. (Cuttings
glued in: Marriage of Emile Burnard to to Marian Copland-Griffiths. Death of Rebecca Bergne.) Friday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round by Fulham etc. After long day at Almanack drawing. Got on with outline. Quiet dinner M, Tilda & self. Saturday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round by Fulham. Back & long day on Almanack drawing. Finished the outline & began to shade at 5.30pm. M in room. After dined quietly, M, Tilda & self. New books from Mudie's. Miss Chapman Hand called at lunch time. Very tired. An idiotic Irishman named Russell smashes the Punch Office window on acct of Tenniel's cartoon. (Cutting glued in: Man tried for breaking window of the Punch office. Oct 25.) Sunday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Most lovely morning. Cycled up to C.C. Shut up & round by Oxford St. Roads fearfully muddy. Called on Mite. Not up. Worked after the entire day on Almanack drawing & began going on with shading. Sophia Herapath & Sprite in to lunch. After a few callers. Tilda at Mite's in afternoon. Mite had many callers & not too well after. Dinner 8.15pm & rest & quiet afer. Lovely day. (Red ink: Worked all day on Almanack double page.) Monday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round park. Called Mite. After at work the entire day on drawing of Almanack. Shading all day. Work till 8.30pm. Quiet dinner, Tilda, M & self. Read after. Poor books from Mudie's. Bed 12.0am. Tuesday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Called Mite. After long day up to 8.30pm on drawing for Almanack. Got on & finished all but shading sky & sea. Quiet dinner, M, Tilda & self. Bed 12.0 after. Wednesday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Saw Mills, called Mite. After back & day on Almanack drawing. Finished at 5.0pm & after put all things away. Left at 6.30 & on to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, L.B, P.M, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, H.W.L (out of his place) & O.S. Chaff of Tenniel about his cartoon & the outrage on the Punch Office. Good dinner. Left 10.30 & to Garrick & wrote 6 letters. Saw F.C.B there. Home by bus. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Finished the Almanack double page.) Thursday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round park. Saw Lennie. Mite not so well. Back & after skemed subject for Lord Salisbury & phonograph. Sent Otley to Lincoln & Bennett's fruitlessly. After at 12.30 photod Stace who was unwell. Developed & enlarged after lunch. Rest from 3.30 to 4.30. After did small drawing of Umbrella. Left in carriage for the Harold Powers. Dined. Mr & Mrs F.C.Burnand, Mr Peter Reed, Mrs Turquand, Powers & selfs. F.C.B looking ill & not himself. Left at 11.15 & home by carriage with Tilda. (Red ink: Dined with the
Harold Powers. Met Burnands, Peter Reed etc.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mildred Langworthy.) Friday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Cycled round park. Saw Mr Dent. Called to ask how Mite was. Saw Lennie. Home & after sent drawing of Umbrella off. Then all day on drawing of Salisbury & Phonograph. M out. Electric light suddenly went out at 8.30pm, had to finish by candles. Tried new Gillotts pen. Finished at 9.10pm & dined. Men from Notting Hill Electric Light Co came & put light right. Snooze till 12.30am & bed. Saturday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Did not go out before breakfast. M & self in. Wrote letters after & diary. In morning heavy rain came on. After left at 12.0 & went on to Garrick by buss. Lunch & a good lunch on cold turkey. Saw Edmund Routledge. After to Drury Lane Theatre. Waited for M. Finally Tilda & Dora drove up in carriage. Saw Play in Box BB of 'The Great Ruby'. Man like Dhulap Singh in it. Out at 5.0 & by carriage to Mite's. Went thro' Wardour St. Called at Mr Lowes 138. Shut. Saw dear Mite in bed & stayed ½ hour or more. Home by carriage. M & self had quiet dinner & bed early. Read new books. (Red ink: Mite ill. Tilda Dora & self went to Drury Lane, 'The Great Ruby' matinée.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Frederick Garside, of a daughter.) Sunday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. x. After left at 10.15 & to Victoria. Met Lewis & Rose. Down to Dover. Blowing hard. Went on board the Lord Warden & came off again. Walked with Lewis & saw the boat go out. Lunch at 1.35 at Lord Warden. Out again 2.35pm to pier. Remained in 1st class carriage from 3.0 to 7.35 before we got off. Boats could not land passengers. The Empress & the Ostend boat waiting off the pier. Got to London 9.30 & home 9.50. Nice old gentleman X'd over, a Mr King. Got out Herne Hill. 'Most disagreable, almost dangerous' he said in response to landing. Dined at 10.0 & bed after reading book on (illeg) at 12.30am. (Red ink: Went to Dover with Lewis. Did not X over owing to the rough weather. Very late home.) Monday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out & round Park on cycle. Called & left letter for Tilda. Mite better. Roads all right after heavy rain. Breakfast & after in bright sun printed many back prints of photos till 12.30. Men from Stores doing creepers & Dixon locks of doors. M out in morning & home lunch 2.0pm. In afternoon squared prints. After began & designed memorial for Mr Gladstone for Lord Tweedmouth. Dinner 8.0pm. After M sleepy. Wrote letters & diary. Snoze & bed at 11.30pm. Nov 1898 Tuesday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. x. Breakfast & after left 10.10am & walked to Sloane St. Took buss to Charing X & down to Grove Park Station by 11.35. Lovely morning. Had gun altered. Found it shot to the right. Saw Mr Hussey. Civil station master. Back & caught the 12.58 train & to Garrick by 1.40. Lunch. Saw Fred
Evans, Percy Reeve etc etc. In smoking room Sorby etc. Left 3.15 & drove by cab to S.K.Museum. Looked about for castings etc. Out 5.0 & home to tea. M by self. Mrs Turquand & Mrs Tuer had called. Wrote letters & diary. Wednesday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round & called on Mite. Saw Lennie. Back. In in the morning. Sorted all the sketches etc & squared up. Also got on with Lord Tweedmouth's drawing. M up in my room. Left 3.30. Left after dressing for Punch dinner at 6.45. By buss in wet to Criterion. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S, E.T.R & A.G only. Long discussion over Tenniel's cut. Left at 11.0 with F.C.B & then on to the Garrick. Letter from B.J. Wrote 4 or 5 letters & home by buss at 12.30 after. Home 1.0am. Read & bed 1.30am. Thursday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. M anxious about Mite. Cycled round & heard she was better. Wrote letters to models & looked out a drawing for Rosie Burnand. M & Tilda went to the Stores. Girl called for the sabres. Worked on drawing of Sultan & German Emperor. After lunch finished all the illustrated papers & left in carriage with M at 3.15 & in to S.K.Museum. Saw Trendall & Mr Purdon Clarke. Settled for photograph. Back by carriage. Tea with Tilda & worked from 5.0 to 8.15. Dinner. M back & dear Mite not so well. Wrote 6 or 7 letters after dinner. Wet in the morning. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Malcolm Aird to Nellie Dummett. The wife of Ernest Loring, of a daughter.) Friday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & drove at 8.15 in dog cart to Westminster. Photod Houses of Parliament & Westminster. Home again. Cold. Breakfast. Sent Tuer's Bartolozzi prints back lent in August & wrote on Rosie Burnand's drawing. After worked all day on drawing for Sultan & Kaiser going away with presents. Finished 8.50. Dined. The drawing of Almanack came back. Disappointed with it. Dined quietly, Tilda, M & self. After snooze till 12.30a & to bed. Saturday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out on cycle called on Mite. Saw Hilda Messel. Back & goodbye to Tilda leaving in a 4 wheeler. After got off by 10.15 & on to C.C. Saw a Miss Carrington. No good. After at 11.30 made some studies for Lord Tweedmouth's drawing (Miss Gordon) & then at 1.30 walked over Charing X Bridge & photod Houses of Parliament from Surrey side & also from other side by Water Fire Station. To Garrick & had an indifferent lobster for lunch. Smoke. Talk to Mr Chitty & after left at 5.0 & to Mite's by 3 busses. Met M there. Home by carriage at 6.45pm. Mite looking thin & ill. Lennie had been on Roy's cycle. Otley told me that crusader's sword was property of May's. Wrote a letter. Attack of P. Quiet (illeg). Photod Miss Gordon 1st time (illeg). (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Horatio Crusoe to Ethel Hart.) Sunday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Did not wake till 9.0. Up & breakfast & got off. Most lovely morning. To Victoria. Down with one other man. Read the 'People' & on board. Talked the whole way over to Lord Rathmore. Interesting. Letty Lind & Lord Durham on board also Miss Brinck that was. Lunch with Douglas Freshfield. Back.
Came across ruffians. Asked to dine Dec 13th. Magnificent sunset. Back ¼ hour late. Young American in carriage 'I'm just glad'. Home 8.5 & M & self dined quietly. Polished sabre. Spencer in at 9.45pm. (Red ink: X'd to Calais. Met Tregastes.) Monday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Out on cycle. Something wrong, found I had got a puncture & came back could not call on Mite. In morning photod Chinese, that is printed blue prints taken of Stace. After developed prints of plates taken Saty for Lord T's drawing & worked up to 3.30. Rest & on with drawing. M with Mite all day. Back 7.0pm. Spencer came in at 7.30 & stayed to dinner. Left 11.30pm. Tuesday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Slept in spare room. Cycled round by Lennie. Called. Dr Fenton to be called in to see Mite with Orton today. Back. Rosie Burnand's wedding. M off to be with Mite at 11.0. In morning letter from Income Tax Commissioners putting income up to £1000 per year. Wrote long letter about it. Went on with Lord Tweedmouth's drawing. M off to Mite's early. At 1.45 left in carriage & went to Rosie Burnand's wedding. Saw T.P O'Connor, Mrs Gunn & many others. Drove Tenniel over to Bayswater. At 3.20 consultation of Dr Fenton & Dr Orton about Mite. Very anxious. Saw dear Mite. Left & home 4.45 & on to work up to 8.0pm. Quiet dinner with M. Nasty cold came on about 6.0pm. Did not go back to F.C.B's after dinner. Rest in chair till 1.0am & bed. (Red ink: Rosie Burnand married. Mite ill. Went to see her.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Harriot Hughes D'Aeth. Sale of Charles I's silk under-vest. Dec.) Wednesday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Out on cycle. Foggy. Long talk to Mills Oh! Mills. Called Mite. About same. Home. After made wreathes. Cats at them Oh! Also mounted the paper for work on Lord Tweedmouth's drawing. Cold developed. Much annoyed with marks on parquet from chair castors. Paid Nash's window bills. Felt very seedy with cold. Rested after lunch. At 5.0 got to work again till 6.0pm. Man came about ring on cabinet. Delay. Went up by buss to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, L.B, P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S. Nearly full dinner. Long discussion. Felt bad with cold. Arthur left to get Salisbury's speech. Tenniel got Sphinx cut, self Judgment of Paris. Left 10.45 & on to Garrick C. Wrote 2 letters, one about Income Tax. Home by buss. Had embrocation put on chest by M at 1.0am. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Henry Maguire to Rosie Burnand. Sale of Charles I's silk under-vest. Times, Wed 12 March 1902.) Thursday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. Walk up round Campden Hill. Foggy. Seedy with cold. Man came after for castors of chairs from Howard's. Photod Otley at 1.0 for Paris & after also the 2 wreathes etc. Developed them & put to dry. M out all day at Mite's. Got to work at 5.0 after a rest & worked up to 8.15pm when dined. Quiet dinner & bed after. Gave up going to Tree's 3 Musketeers. (Cutting glued in: Death of Jennie Postlethwaite.) Friday November 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park & home. Called at Mite's & requested Miss Cock eye to go up & enquire. Mite better. Back & on to work all day on drawing of Justice, Militarism & Paris. Finished at 8.45 & sent it off. M seedy in bed. Dined quietly & snooze in chair after. Cold better but still bad. (Cutting glued in: Death of Joseph Postlethwaite. Nov 4, 1901.) Saturday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. After put things away. Had carriage at 11.0 & called at Taylor's Depository in 38a Brompton Road. Saw desk & sofa etc. On to Camera Club & at 12.0 photod Miss Maud Fletcher. Tall ugly model but figure I wanted. Out at 1.30 & got photos of Houses of P & Westminster Abbey or W.A only at Mr Evans. On to Garrick. Lunch with Willie Mathews. Smoke & talk to Joe Carr after. Left at 3.50. Called at 55 Long Acre. Home by buss 4.30. Developed 6 plates taken & up in room & squared remaining leaves of Sketch etc. Worked on Lord Tweedmouth's drawing till 8.0. M back at 7.15. Mite better. Quiet dinner. Snooze & bed. Cold better. Sunday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Fine clear morning. M in bed. Down & breakfast, off by 10.30am. Met a Mr Mercer living at No 4 S.T. Buss to Victoria. Saw Lewis's old dog & after Lewis himself & Saunders. Went over to Calais. Saw Mrs Dixon & Capn Dixon. Lovely X'ing. Talk to Lewis on Barr Estate. Lunch at C. Met Dr Messel. Back. Long talk to Dr M & all home in same carriage. Home 7 minutes to 8 & quiet dinner with M. Read book on Experience of 39 Years in the Army by Sir C.A.Gordon K.C.B. Snooze & bed at 12.30am. Much colder. (Red ink: X'd to Calais.) Monday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Foggy & cold. Out & walk by self round Campden Hill. Tore bit of poor Arthur Lewis's bill off. M in bed. Letter from Lord Tweedmouth. In the morning enlarged photos & at 11.0 went & had interview with a Mr Fisher at the Inland Revenue Office in Wright's Lane. Walked & looked at fountain. Agreed for income of £820. Very civil. Put plates in & walked & took fountain. After back & developed etc. Lunch. M in bed. Got to work seriously at 4.0pm. Put architecture etc in & sketched figure in. M back from Mite's. Quiet dinner & bed after snooze. (Red ink: Interview about my Income Assessment with Mr Fisher.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Joan Carlisle.) Tuesday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Walk round Campden Hill. After in morning went on with drawing for Lord Tweedmouth. Put figure of Truth in. Worked all day. Lennie sent prospectus of Speyer Bros. In evening dressed & cab to Junior Carlton Club. Dined with John Aird. Banquet to the Lindos next door at the Rays. (Red ink: John Aird's dinner, Junior Carlton. Poor dinner.) (Plan of table seating: E.T Reed, Mr Tennant, Sir Benj Baker, young Scotter, young Aird, Mr Willis, self, Sir Charles Scotter, John Aird, F.C.B, Bally Hooly Martin.) Col Martin who led the 21 st Lancers at Omdurman at the next table. Poor dinner. Bally Hooly Martin & Irish tales. Smoke. Talk to Baker & left at 11.0. Home with F.C.B. Sir Lionel Dagnell came up after dinner. Also saw Captain Ford at dinner with his brother. Slept till 2.0am.
Wednesday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round Campden Hill. After all morning & day at work on Lord Tweedmouth's drawing. Took out head of Justice & put it in again. Good. Left at 6.30 & cab on to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, P.A, R.L, A.'a B, self, J.T, F.C.B, A.G, E.T.R, B.P & P.M. Long discussion. Drank Claret. Tenniel got Sailor cut, 'Petty Officer'. Self Prince George of Greece. Home by buss at 11.0. M just in bed. Bed 11.30pm. Thursday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Foggy. Cycled down to Reed for photo of Prince George of Greece. Saw dear little girl. Back. Applied for 10,000 dollars of Speyer Bros & wrote many letters. As black as ink at 11.0am & continued black all day. Could not work. Cleared a bit at 12.30. Sent Otley to May's, did not come back until too late to photo, so got on & put ships in drawing. Dressed at 6.45 & left at 7.0 in carriage to go to Mite's. Mite down in room. M there & Lennie. Looked out Greek flag. Drove a wretched hansom to Euston, there to the minute. Dined with Lord Rathmore, next to Ismay & opposite Pirrie. Saw Mr Ward, Lord Stockbridge & Mr Lawrence, Lord Loch etc. Good dinner. Called my Lord. Left at 11.0 & on to Garrick & home by buss. 6 girls got in one very pretty. Read paper & bed at 12.0. Slept on new hard high bed for 1st time. (Red ink: Dined with the L & N.W Directors at Euston.) Friday November 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Earls Court etc. After breakfast photod Otley in Greek dress & developed & enlarged all right. After at 12.30 got to work & all day hard at it. Finished at 9.0pm & dined quietly with M afterwards. Bed 12.30 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Percy Holland, of a daughter.) Saturday November 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Very tired. Walk round Camden Hill. Strong east wind. Sent Reed's photos back. After worked all morning on Lord T's drawing. Lunch. Packed. Another ½ hrs work. Left at 4.15 in a 4 wheel cab for Victoria with M. Caught 4.55. Tall women about. Down to Dorking. Bus. At Burford 6.0pm. Tea. Sir John & Lady Donelly, M & Madame Kato, Japanese minister, Dr & Mrs Lorne(?) Brunton, Dr Freyer, selves, Sir T & Lady Lawrence, 2 Miss Lawrences, 2 young ditto & Miss May L the party. After tea talk & dressed leisurely. Dinner 8.0pm. Slow. Took Lady D in. Knew the Wilfred Blunts, Allan Cole etc. Slow after dinner & poor smoking room. Yarns. Went to bed 11.45. Good fire. (Red ink: At Burford Lodge. Took Lady Donelly in to dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Josiah Kershaw.) Sunday November 20 Burford Lodge, Box Hill. Up 8.0am. Breakfast 9.0am. Green suit. Stroll after with M. Kato. Some to church. Looked at books etc & also most interested in going round Orchid House. Curious plants. One refused £800 for. Shooting pollen. After lunch went for a walk round top of Box Hill. A fort to be made by Government. Back at 4.45. Tea. Got book, 'The Real Japan' by Henry Norman, Fisher Unwin 1892. Good. Wrote 6 letters. Dressed. Dinner 7.45. Took Miss L in. Next Lady
Lawrence. Dull after. Drew pigs. Another smoke. Yarns & bed. 12.0am. (Red ink: At Burford Lodge.) Monday November 21 Burford Lodge, Box Hill. Up 7.0am. Out at 8.15. Wet, worm on path. Breakfast at 8.45 & off at 9.20. At Station met Thring. Talk. Foggy. Miss Lawrence got out at Leatherhead. Very foggy. Black. A pretty little girl & boy with their father got in at Sutton. London at 10.50. 4 wheeler home. Goodbye to Dr Freyer. Home 11.10 & to work all day. Put in Hercules & wreathes etc. M at Mite's. Miss Gill came at 1.0pm. Dinner 8.30. Rest & bed 12.0am. Very cold in evening. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Earl of Lathom. Mon Nov 21. The wife of Meyer Spielmann, of a daughter.) Tuesday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. x. After down. Cold north wind. Walk round Campden Hill. Got to work 9.45. Sent Otley to Mrs Evans. Put in Houses of Parliament & Westminster Abbey. Took all day. M at Mite's. Mite to go to Brighton. Worked up to 8.30 when dined, M, self, Miss Gill. Wrote letters & diary after dinner. Bed after rest in chair. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir John Fowler. Tues Nov 22.) Wednesday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round Campden Hill. Saw a woman looking for something opposite Sir John Fowler. After breakfast got to work all day on Lord T's drawing. Put in Westminster Abbey etc. After at 6.0pm went by bus to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, L.B, P.M, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S. Heard of Miss Lehmann's illness. Hard discussion for J.T. Self got German Emperor as Troubadour. Complimented by Agnew on last week's cut. Home by buss & snooze & rest till 2.0am. Bed tired. (Writing hidden behind cuttings) (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary Mrs Haweis.) Thursday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round C.H. Great wet & gale. Also very dark all day. Headache. Sent Otley to May's & skemed drawing of German Emperor as Troubadour. Otley back 1.15. Photod him. Hardly could get a print or photo. Enlarged & also steps from Pyt House & got to work after rest at 4.45 up to 7.15. Dressed & left in carriage with M to dine at Mrs Turquand. Dinner of 8. (Red ink: Mrs Turquand's dinner.) (Plan of seating: Mrs Bergheim, Mr Cleriheugh, Mrs Peto, self, Mrs Turquand, Johhny B, M, Peter Reed.) Slowish dinner. Talk of hospital of Johnny B's. No smoke. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. Snooze till 1.30am & bed very tired. Friday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round C.H. Wet. After got to work all day on drawing of German Emperor as Troubadour. Finished 9.20 & dined without dressing. Brighter day but still gale & cold. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Very tired. Saturday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Wet & dark. Walk round C.H. After put photos away & worked all day up to 8.0pm on Lord T's drawing. Dora to lunch. M & she went to Prince of Wales's T & saw the Royal Star. They could not get in to the Duke of
York's T. Punch Almanack came. Very good. Also invite from Lennie to shoot. M back after. Worked all day on Lord Tweedmouth's drawing. Dined 8.30 & quiet evening after & bed. Began to shade drawing at 6.0pm. Sunday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. x. After walk round Campden Hill with Tip & got on all day with drawing for Lord Tweedmouth. Lunch. After many callers. Bret Harte, Mr Hemming, Wolff & Miss May etc. Up in room after & on to work till 8.0pm. Quiet dinner & bed. Dined at the Walkes. (Red ink: Took Mrs Griffiths in. The Kendals there, Sir Douglas Straight, Mrs Turquand. M taken in by a Scotch entertainer.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Richard Gould. Death of the wife of Alexander Wedderburn.) Monday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round Campden Hill with Tip. After to work all day on Lord Tweedmouth's drawing. Got on, shaded all day. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of James Aspinall.) Tuesday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Worked all day after a walk round C.H with Tip at Lord Tweedmouth's drawing. Dined at 8.30pm. After went by bus to F.C.B's to play roulette. Saw Sir W Agnew, Mr Aird etc. Harold Powers, Sir C.Scotter had been. John Tenniel etc. Won 9/s. at roulette. Owen Seaman. Left at 1.45 with Tenniel in a cab which changed us into another. Home at 2.25 & read & bed. (Red ink: Went to Burnands roulette party. F.C.B's birthday.) (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary of George Medley. Wills of George Medley and William Stirling. T, Jan 17 '99.) Wednesday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walked round C.H with Tip. After got to work. Bothered with head of Justice. However finished at 1.30pm. Packed up. Went after lunch to have hair cut. Parcel too heavy to go. Re-packed it. M left in carriage at 3.0 to meet Mite who came back from Brighton. Went to Punch dinner by bus. There the 1st & waited. Sir W.A, Phil A, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S. Long discussion about cuts. Did not leave until 11.0. Fortunately got a cut easy to do. Home by bus. Read & bed after. (Cuttings glued in: Lewis Carroll's child friends.) Dec 1898 Thursday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & skemed subject after walk round C.H with Tip. Photod Otley in 3 cornered hat & got prints by lunch time. After worked. Dressed at 7.10 & left in good cab & dined at Sir Henry Thompson's. Dinner of 9. Took 20 minutes to drive. Met Fletcher Moulton, Sir Douglas Straight, Sir Alex Mackenzie, Mr Leonard Courtney, self, Sir Henry Thompson, Sir Trevor Lawrence & two others. Good dinner. Long talk to Moulton. Sir Henry told me of Japanese laquer box which belonged to the Empress Eugenie. It belonged to an Emperor of the West & came from an Emperor of the East. Looted from Summer Palace. Left at 11.0 & home by hansom. Read & bed 1.0am after snooze. (Red ink: Dined with Sir Henry Thompson.)
Friday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & walked round C.H with Tip. After to work after packing. Finished 1.0pm. Lunch & left at 2.0 in 4 wheeler. Went to Waterloo & down to Tisbury. Met at station by 2 carriages & Lady Grove went. Arrived at 5.30. Tea. Gareth etc. Introduced to Lady Grove & after to Sir Walter. Good dinner & talk. Hamilton beat me 1 game of billiards. Lady G a very tall handsome woman. Smoke after dinner & bed 11.0am. Saturday December 3 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0. Down. Breakfast at 9.0. Dull morning. Guns arrived after dejeuner at 9.50. Left at 10.10 to shoot home covers. Long good day. Had good shoot the 2nd drive. Lunched in house & left off at dark 4.15. Got 450 rabbits & 50 pheasants, 2 jays etc. 6 guns. Sir Walter Grove, Mr H.Fletcher, Mr Berkeley Portman, Mr Mason (agent) Mr Gosling & self. Took Mrs Portman in to dinner. Opposite Lady Grove going in with Mr Portman & M. Also Mr Mason & his sister & Mr Hilton (clergyman) in to dinner. To bed at 11.30. Took 4 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Great rabbit shoot at Pyt House Tisbury.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Arthur Stirling.) Sunday December 4 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0am. Down to breakfast at 9.0 in dark suit. After read & walk with Evelyn in the Kitchen Garden & the dogs. Wrote 7 letters in the morning. In afternoon went on reading. Had game of fives before dinner, Mr Portman & self beating H & Sir Walter. Again took Mrs P in to dinner but sat next Lady G. Discussion as to Meredith. After danced to organ & had 4 games of 5's after. Mr P & self won 3 out of 4. Took 4 C.L.L.P. Bed 1.15am. Came on to rain at 1.0pm & never left off after. Monday December 5 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0am. Down to breakfast. Raining hard. Sent M's breakfast up. Tabs, Lady Grove & Sir Walter all left before 9.0am. Put on shooting things after & left 10.0am in cart to shoot. Long wet day. Colonel Best, Mr B.Portman, Mr Mason, Hamilton & self. Got about 30 pheasants & very few rabbits. Troubled with P. Saw 2 foxes. Self shot 8 birds. Finished up ºtea. Quiet dinner, H, self, M & Bee Barrs. Tabs back at 8.45, went up straight to bed where I went after at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Covert shoot in wet all day with H.Fetcher. Semley.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Jonas Miles.) Tuesday December 6 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0am. Down at breakfast. Sent M's breakfast up. Good kidneys. Heavy wet all day. Decided to go up tomorrow. Went up to M. Read Monmouth's Life. After worked 2 hours on Index in Mr Ponsonby's room. Lunch. After undid the French packages for the Cotillion. Looked at books. Talked to Gareth. Worked 1 hour, 3.0 to 4.0pm. After played 2 games of B with H, 100 up & 50 up. Won both. Dressed & dined. M played The Belle of New York. Bed at 11.15pm. Long talk to Gareth who said that the Strewwelpeter Bob with his red umbrella must have gone up to God or else be blowing about. Lord James of Hereford's shoot. Wet entire day.
Wednesday December 7 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0am. Still wet. Breakfast. M down. After packed & left at 11.10. Tips & goodbye all round. Left in rain & to Tisbury. Change at Salisbury. Long walk down train. In carriage with one man who got out at Basingstoke. Sandwich lunch. Home at 3.10 in 4 wheeler. Otley met us. Wrote diary. The fireplace fixed. Back Nºs of St Pauls came. Worked one hour & then left in carriage for Punch dinner. Called at John Marks & ordered Hamilton 150 cigars. On to Garrick. 1 letter. Saw Bernard Partridge & F.C.B. Called sword shop, selected some & an old 15th century sword. On to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, Phil M, E.T.R, B.P, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L & O.S there. Long weary discussion up to 10.30 about the 2 cuts. After shewed the etchings & drawings by M & E Detmold. Very much admired. Left & home on top of bus. Wrote Stace & posted the letter. Bed at 12.30. No evening paper. Thursday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & walk round C.H with Tip. After skemed subject & photod Otley & Stace as John Bull & Afrikander at 11.30am. Developed. Lunch 1.30. Mite & Mrs Galbraith there. Wrote letters after. Looked over M & E.Detmolds' etchings. After got to work at 5.0pm until 8.30 & got on with drawing of John Bull & Afrikander. Quiet dinner M & self together. Snooze & bed 12.0pm. Lord Tweedmouth called at 5.0pm about altering drawing. Saw him & agreed to do it. Friday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round C.H with Tip. After got to work & finished drawing of John Bull & Afrikander by 2.0pm. Packed & off in cart by 4.0pm. M away with Mite. Drove to London Bridge & down by 5.5 to Nymans. Met Mr Messel, Lennie & 4 others. Drove to Nymans with Mrs Messel etc. Dressed. Dinner. Burnt overmantel with candle. Felt heavy & livery. Dull evening. Bed 11.30pm. Slept heavily. (Red ink: Went down to Nymans to shoot.) Saturday December 10 Nymans, Crawley. Up at 7.30. Breakfast 8.0pm & off to shoot at 9.0. Put guns up. Lennie rowing Phillips. 6 guns. Got 108 altogether, 20 rabbits, 20 duck, 6 hares, 3 partridges, 1 pigeon, rest pheasants. Did not shoot very well. Whiskey at lunch which must have given me a head after. Gentleman joined us. Duck with his head off. Shot by Mr Gibbs. Mr Boosey etc. Left off 3.45. Home. Changed. Tea. Left at 5.30 & home Stafford Terrace at 8.30. Dinner. Roy home from Oxford. Had passed his examination. Very glad. Quiet evening & bed. Got drawing under press for head of Justice. Bed at 12.0 after reading. Felt heavy & seedy all day. Head like lead. (Red ink: Covert shoot with Lennie at Nymans. 6 guns.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of William Black. Mon Dec 12.) Sunday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Walk over Campden Hill with Tip. Roy down. After a very hard day's work all day on Lord Tweedmouth's drawing. Much bothered. Had headache in morning & seedy & livery all day. Put Gladstone's head in again & at 6.0pm took out the head of Justice. Lennie & Mite dined & all together. Mite in her old form, Roy playing piano. Went up & put glass on drawing. Read & to bed 11.50 after snooze. Mite & Lennie left at 11.0pm. Took 5 Carters L.L.P. (Red ink:
Worked all day on alteration of Lord Tweedmouth's drawing.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Gulich. Death of William Black, 1898. 1901.) Monday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled for 1st time since (blank) round by Mite's. After breakfast got to work. Put in head of Justice & got it better & went on with Gladstone's head. Bothered & tired & weary. Mite in in afternoon. Roy at Club. Sent it off 5.0pm. Began Index 4.30 & finished it 8.20. M back at 7.15. Had been driving with Mite. Roy went out to dinner. M & self dined 8.45 quietly. Preface came from Seaman. Wrote Tregaste's & other letters after dinner. (Red ink: Finished the alteration of Lord Tweedmouth's drawing. Not altogether satisfactory.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Robert Garnett, of a daughter.) Tuesday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. x. Out on cycle. Colder. Met Reynard & after saw Mite & Lennie. Home 9.45. Breakfast & wrote letters. M off in carriage at 10.0. Wrote about Keely to Guthrie & Reed. After up & did tail piece for Index. Finished it at 3.0pm. Began Preface after & got it roughed out. Discovered had another week to finish Preface in. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Read after & to bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Walter Lacy. Dec 16.) Wednesday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up & 8.0am cycled round Park. Called Mite & saw L & Mite. Back. Got on all day with Preface. Gave Roy £1.10.0 for shoes & to go to Pyt. He left at 2.0pm with gun in hansom. After worked all afternoon up to 6.30 when dressed for Punch dinner & went in cab. There 7.15pm. Sir W.A, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, R.L, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S, P.A. 2 cuts to make up. Tenniel's hand trembled drawing. Got a good subject of Harlequin. Left 10.30 & walked to the Garrick & wrote letters. Left at 11.30 & home by bus. Read & to bed. Otley photod self with hat off for Preface & also took one of M in seal-skin for Madame France. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Lt.Col Welby, of a daughter.) Thursday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle round Earls Court. Completed 4,000 miles. Back & skemed subject of Chamberlain as Harlequin & Lord Salisbury Manager. Sent Otley to May's for costume. At 12.30 photod a man at corner of road in Harlequin's dress. Developed & got enlargement by lunch. Spencer called at 11.0 & stayed ½ an hour. After lunch went at once to work up to 6.0pm when dressed. M & self went in carriage to Her Majesty's Theatre & saw The Musketeers. Mrs Stone & a man just in front & also Mrs Chapman (née Hardman). M & self went round to see Mr & Mrs Tree afterwards & home by carriage at 12.45. Read till 1.0 when to bed. Hamilton Fletcher's ball at Pyt House. (Red ink: M & self went to see The Musketeers at the Haymarket.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Christopher Sykes.) Friday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Down & walk round C.H with Tip. After home & up worked all day on drawing of Chamberlain as Harlequin. M out at Stores. Finished at 8.5pm & dined 8.15 quietly M & self. Death of Christopher Sykes in evening paper. Read L'Assommoir again. Horrible. Bed at 12.0 after reading. No snooze.
Saturday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round & called on Mite. Saw her & Lennie who had not been to Pyt Ball. Back. Breakfast. After up in room & worked all day on the Preface. Roy back from Pyt at 1.0pm. Sent Otley to know if had box for the Garrick Theatre. No answer. M did not go out all day. Dressed at 7.30pm. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Quiet evening after. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Charles Bathurst and Bertha Lopes.) Sunday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Dull. Cycled round by Earls Court. After all day worked on Preface. Spencer came in in morning. Roy took his mother for a walk. Bret Harte called. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Spencer lunched with us. (Red ink: Quiet day. Hard at work on the Preface. Spencer lunched.) Monday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round with Tip & Ricky. After in morning finished Preface by 1.0pm & after began & finished tail piece by 7.30pm. Dined & M, Roy & self went in 4 wheeler to the Alhambra. Spencer came in the box with Daggles. Home by carriage. Still warmish. (Red ink: Finished Preface. Went to the Alhambra. Episode of 'The Elephantine Cataract'. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild MP. Times Dec 19.) Tuesday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk with dogs. After waited about for chance of cartoon. Sent Otley to F.C.B twice & in afternoon to change books & to F.C.B at office. Put room in order & burnt a lot of photos etc. Dined 7.15pm & left with Lennie & Mite, who dined with us, for Garrick Theatre. Self, Roy & Lennie in 1 cab. Saw a piece by Leo Trevor, 'Brother Officers'. Very good. Lady Grove in box with Mrs Pat Campbell. Home by carriage. Not so cold. (Red ink: No cartoon turned up. Annoyed. Went in evening to see 'Brother Officers' Garrick Theatre.) Wednesday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk with dogs. Packed bags. M left at 11.0 to Barkers etc. Up by bus to Garrick. To C.C at 12.15. Miss E.L came. Too dark to take any photos. Short sitting. Out. Lunch. On to Edwards & Roberts. Chose desk, a nest of drawers & also a small table. Mr Sargent. After paid them £15. Out & walk to the Athenaeum. Wrote many letters. Saw Sir William Priestley. Tea. Dressed at Club at 7.15 & on to a very poor dinner at the East India United Club with Dr Freyer. Met Huish & a Sir George something. Dull. Left 11.15 & on. Back to Athenaeum. Very foggy. Roy who had been to the Vaudeville called at 11.20. Carriage there & home with bags. Very foggy. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Dined with Dr Freyer at the East India United Club.) Thursday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk with dogs. Very cold. M seedy. Had been up ill. Something disagreed with her. Breakfast. After wrote letters & diary & red lines. Man cleaning windows. M down in Drawing Room seedy all day. Sick & feverish. Weeded out a great many photos etc. Printed others. After M went up & to bed. Roy & self dined by ourselves & went in carriage to the Haymarket Theatre. Mite
& Lennie, H, Midge & Dora in box. Saw 'The Manoevres of Jane'. Anxious about M. Drove straight home. M in bed still seedy & in pain. Anxious about her. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: M taken ill. Seedy with chill in night & sick.) Friday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk with Roy 1st time round Campden Hill. M stayed in bed, still very seedy. Called Orton in, took temperature. Mite came in with presents etc & gave me 2 little trays & Roy a tobacco box. M to stay in bed. Spencer came in & stayed to lunch. After walked up the Row with him as far as Liberty's & then on to Edwards & Roberts. Selected settee & glass. Then to Athenaeum Club & wrote letters. Carriage called at 7.0pm & drove Spencer & self home. Quiet dinner Roy & self. Went up to M's room after & to sleep till 11.45 when to bed. Very cold at night. (Red ink: Called Orton in to M.) Saturday December 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Roy & self walked round Campden Hill with dogs. After in morning Otley & self moved the furniture in my room & got ready for desk coming from Edwards & Roberts. Lunch. Desk & furniture came at 1.0pm. Left in carriage for the Savoy at 2.0pm. Saw The Sorcerer & Trial by Jury, Roy & self. Out. Roy & self to Garrick for tea. Roy left at 5.45. Wrote letters & on after to the Bath Club & had hair cut. Home by bus. Letters most cheery from Morshead about Jarrah. A cheque from Cook for 15.15.0 also letter from Mr Darling. All right so far. M still in bed. Roy & self dined alone. Went up into my room & put things away until 11.45. No fire. Bed. Dear Mite called 11.0am when Orton was in & left presents for all of us & then left for Nymans. Sunday December 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out for walk round C.H with Roy. After undecided whether to X Channel. Did not. M in bed all day but got up 5.0pm. Printed a quantity of blue photos in the morning. Lovely warm bright sun all morning. Lunch. Put room in order. A 5.0 Roy & self walked up as far as the Bath Club. Saw Ristori there. Cigarette & walked home again. At 8.15 Hamilton, Midge & Dora came to dinner. Cheery evening. Crackers etc. M up to dinner. They left 11.0. Read & to bed by 12.0 after a quiet day. (Red ink: Roy & self walked to Bath Club. Langleys dined with us.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Hilda Bell. Death of Sarah Bradbury.) Monday December 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Roy & self walked round Campden Hill. After in morning printed a few blues & put room in order. Weeded photos etc etc. Lunch. M down. Cold turkey. After rested & wrote on 3 mounts for Cook. Dressed & dined at 6.15. Roy & self by cab to Drury Lane 7.5, there 7.35. Front row of stalls. Phillis Broughton in box near us. Saw Mr McCalmont & Major Trollope, Lindo etc. Out at 12.5 & on to Garrick. Had supper. Haddock. Next Col Fletcher. Joe Carr, Joe Knight & Routledge there. Left at 1.0 after writing letter to Knightley etc. Home 1.30. Drew cheques. Roy posted them & to bed at 1.45am. Tuesday December 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Roy not up. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip & Ricky. After breakfast sent off the 3 drawings to be mounted & also saw a man
from Liberty's about curtains for the Drawing Room. Roy to Club. M still in bed. Very wet all day. After lunch drove up to call at Edwards & Roberts & Mrs Evans etc in carriage. Frightfully heavy wet. All or most of the shops shut. Went on to work on drawing of Peace on Bear for opening of Volume 116. Found wanted a Bear. Wrote to Spooner etc. Quiet dinner M, Roy & self & went to bed early. (Cutting glued in: Death of Alice Connal.) Wednesday December 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk with Roy & dogs round Campden Hill. After worked all day on drawing of Peace on Bear for opening of Vol 116. Mrs Reffell went with Alice (late parlour maid) to Drury Lane & had to stand all time. Left an hour too soon & got to Criterion. No one there. Went to Edwards & Roberts & selected a new bureau. Back. Full Punch dinner. Sir William Agnew, Phil Agnew, O.S, R.C.L, A à B, self, J.T, F.C.B, A.G, H.W.L (back from Tunis since ....) E.T.R, B.P, P.M. Frightfully long discusion on J.T's cartoon of Imperial Postage. Self got 'Arry 'Olborn. Were from 9.0 to 11.0 or 8.30 to 11.0 on Tenniel's. Indecency in Reed's cartoon. Left & home by bus. Partridge congratulated me on cut of Punch as Lancer. Bed 12.15. Very cold. (Red ink: Very full Punch dinner.) Thursday December 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk with Roy & dogs round into Notting Hill Square & back. After M said Mrs Reffell was a wreck from last night's Pantomime. Went on & finished drawing of Peace on Bear for opening of Volume 116. M in my room. Skemed cartoon of 'Arry 'Olborn & Sally Strand. M, Roy & self dined quietly by selves & bed after. Very cold in Drawing Room. Friday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round C.H with Roy & Tip. After skemed drawing & photod Otley for drawing of 'Arry 'Olborn & Sally Strand. Got enlargement by 11.30. Went on. Enlarged after a plate by self of L.G & worked all afternoon & up to 9.0pm when dined, M, Roy & self. M seedy. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Saturday December 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Walk round C.H with Roy & dogs. After in morning took things out of desk & made ready for Edwards & Roberts men who came at 12.15 & brought a new bureau. Man from Threapletons put up new blind in room. Lunch. Wet disagreable day. Back in room & put away things in desk etc. M seedy in room. Came up after in my room. Dined at 6.10pm & Roy & self went in carriage to the Garrick Theatre. Very wet. Saw the 'Three Musketeers'. Very good. Out & walked to Garrick. Had marrow bones & bottle of Burgundy. Only about 7 or 8 there. Joe Knight & another. Dull. Watched the New Year in. Home by cab at 12.20. Bed 1.0am. Dividend from Newnes came. (Red ink: Miserable wet day. Roy & self went in evening to see the 'Three Musketeers'.) Notes at back of Diary: THEATRICAL MANAGERS: Duke of York's Theatre: F Pemberton. Vaudeville Theatre: W.H.Risque. Lessees & managers: A & S Gatti.
Drury Lane: Empire:
Sidney Smith (Business Manager & Secretary) Managing Director: Arthur Collins. H.S.Hitchens Esq. C.Duncan Slater.
RAILWAY MANAGERS: Joseph L.Wilkinson Esqre. Great Western Railway, General Managers Office, Paddington Station, London W. L.G 1st Wed 2 Sun 3 Saty 4 " 5 " 6 " 7 " 8 " 9 "
Oct 6 1897 " 31 " Jany 29 1898 Apl 15 " May 7 " " 21 " June 4 " June 18 " July 16 "
E.L 1 Tues March 15 1898
Heads only Petticoats Hair only Gitana dress Classic with umbrella Classical dress Classic shield Preface studies Gitana dress
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Hotels: Royal Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, F.S.Evans, Manager. Metropole, Folkestone, H Reeves Esq, Manager. Roy
July 27. £40.0.0.
C.Richards Tuesday Feby 15 2 Miss Cookes " March 1 L.Cooke " " 8 E.L. " " 15 L.Cooke " " 29 L.G. Saty Apl 16 L.G. " May 7 Description of Skeleton at Pyt House: Mary Shell alias Molly Shell. In virtuous indignation of her crime she was executed at Oxford (sic) for the murder of her child by pouring boiling water down its throat from a kettle. Whether it was a young baby I know not or what state of mind or body she was in. Anyway she was hung at Oxford and a friend of your great grandfather knowing he was fond of the study of anatomy bought her & cleaned her bones and sent her down to Pyt House in a box higgledy piggledy for him to amuse himself in making out the skeleton, which he did and hanging
together with wires. I think my aunt used to say they remember the bones arriving when they were children, but anyway that is the correct version. Aunt Anne's story of the Skeleton. No date. Card interleaved: Punch Dinner. Mercredi le 28 Decembre 1898. Menu.
1899 Notepaper headed Springkell, Ecclefachan, N.B. List of game shot. Saty 9th. Store Ticket for 1899: 61740 Samborne Armorial Bearings. Argent a chevron sable between three mullets gules, pierced or. Mantling sable & argent. Crest on a wreath of the colours, a mullet gules pierced or. Motto 'Memo et Fidelis'. Samborn Stukely Palmer Samborne Esq, J.P for Somerset. Born July 20 1827 being the eldest son of the late S.S.P.S Esq J.P Somerset by his wife Lucy Penelope dau of Rev Richard Lane J.P. Devon of Coffleet House & of Bradley Devon. Married June 14 1860 Lucy, daughter of Francis Baring Short and had issue John S.P.S Esquire J.P, b May 24 1861. Evelyn Margaret Hilda Baring and Ruth Mawdley. Seat Timsbury House near Bath. Christmas cards. Raphael Tuck & Sons, 72 Coleman St, E.C. Marcus Wood & Co, Oriel House, Farringdon St, E.C. Eyre & Spottiswoode, Great New St, Fetter Lane, E.C. Hugh S. (Cutting glued in: William Poel, manager. The Elizabethan Stage Society's Costume Studio 9 Harrington Road, South Kensington, S.W.) Hanover Hotel & Restaurant, 6 & 8 Mill St, Hanover Square. A.Bellini, Proprietor. Cigarettes 'Brutus' No 2. Electric Light workman. W.F.Walton, 93 Shakespeare Road, Acton, W. Gloves, 2 button. 24 May/99. Tan Sabian 3/6 per pr. Evered's man. T Ransome. Swing hooks 5819, 16/-. Registered 5879, 11/9 doz. Euston Station. Mr E.Brook Stationamaster. Spencer Herapath, Gairney, Kingross, N.B. Duke of Monmouth by George Roberts. London, Longman, Brown. Green & Longman 1844. Vol 2. Page 110: "The field in which the Duke was taken now known as 'Monmouth Close'.....The village of Horton is 2 miles distant, Wimbourne 6 miles and Ringwood in Hampshire the same distance." Pyt House, Decr '98. M.H.B.Irving's The Life of Judge Jeffries. Heinemann 1898. Page 291: "In quoting the figures of those tried & sentenced during the 'Bloody Assizes' I have relied on those given in Robert's Life of the Duke of Monmouth which seems to be on the whole the most trustworthy." March 25 '99. James Ismay, 30 James Street, Liverpool. Police model, W. McFadden. P.C. 351 F
India rubber castors. Messres P.Staddall & Co, Broad St, Bloomsbury. Moses & Son, Bow High St. The Hon C.N.Lawrence, Shelton House, Shrewsbury. 4.15pm Euston, Shrewsbury 8.10. Moon. 13 Clarges St, W. Illustrated London News. James D.Symon Esq, Asst Editor. G.F.Hammond Esq, Editor. L.Messel & Co, 66 Old Broad St, E.C. Gardener, Pyt House Tisbury. Mr Mills, Oh! Mills. Harry H.Mills. Gilbert Thomas, Daily Graphic, Milford House, Milford Lane, London W.C. Swain, 157 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, W.C. W.F.Walton, Electrician. 93 Shakespeare Road, Acton W. Vernon Watney, Littlecote, Hungerford, Wilts. Jan 1899 Sunday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. Thought of crossing Channel. Made up mind not to. Roy went to Club. Spent the whole morning dating photos. M & self lunched together. After changed & went in wet & disagreable weather to the Athenaeum Club & wrote letters from 3.30 to 7.0pm. Saw Sir Henry Thomson who was being made a Baronet. Left & home by bus. Dined at 8.0, M, Dr Freyer, Roy & self. Rather slow dinner. Claret not warmed. Freyer left at 10.30. Bed early. M very tired. Monday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk with Roy & dogs. Very wet. Put rain coats on. Back. In room tidied up. Wrote blue card dates etc. Lunch. M out in carriage. Self walked round to call on furniture shops & hunt for chest of drawers. Saw one at Sale's. Called & saw curtains at Taylor's depository. Very wet. Got into bus at end of Redcliffe Gds. Huish got in. Home. No tea. Roy went to dance at a Mrs Blane's with Dora & young Kemmis. Read after dinner, M & self. Bed 12.30. Very cold in room. Dear M tired. Good news of Mite. Letter from Lord Tweedmouth in the morning. (Cuttings glued in: Death of the Duke of Northumberland. Death of Richard Cumberland.) Tuesday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Good night. Left M & also Roy in bed. Walked over C.H with dogs & called at Sale's furniture shop about chest of drawers. After back. Sent old wooden table into the yard. Wrote Xmas cards etc. Cold north wind in room. All day tidying up etc. Sale's sent chest of drawers in afternoon. Sleep & rest. Dined at 6.0pm. At 7.0 Roy & self went in hansom to Adelphi Theatre, M, Mite & Lennie following in carriage. Saw Pantomime. Oscar Barrett's Dick Whittington. Not bad. Latham & Mr Barrett came into box. Left at 11.30 & home
by the carriage. The Petos in stalls. Mite a cold. (Red ink: Went to Pantomime at the Adelphi Theatre.) Wednesday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk with Roy into Notting Hill. Back. Breakfast. My birthday. Little present from M & Mite. After in morning man from Taylor's came & brought curtains etc & rosewood cabinet. Packed up Ismay's drawings in proofs of Dropping Pilot also did drawings in book for Percy Reeve's friend. Proofs from V & C, Lord T's drawing. Left at 6.50 & to Punch dinner by cab. Roy went to 'The Musketeers' at Her Majesty's. Lawrence B, O.S, R.L, A à B, self, J.T, F.C.B, A.G, H.W.L, E.T.R & B.P there. Lehmann liked drawing of Peace & Bear & wanted to have it. Health drunk. Left at 11.0 & walked to Athenaeum. Nearly knocked down by a hansom cab. Hat off in road & ankle hit by horse's hoof. Met Roy at Athenaeum & home by cab. Read & to bed. Seedy at night & in morning. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Mary Viscountess Portman. Death of Elizabeth Mathews.) Thursday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round C.H with Roy & dogs. Saw Mr Coward & 2 children. After home. Men from Taylor's came & were fitting the curtains in drawing room. In morning skemed subject for Lord Charles Beresford & Bear. Photod Otley at 11.30 in pea jacket. Developed etc. M out. Tired. Lunch. In room rested & to work at 4.30pm. Finished portrait of self in book & went on with cartoon after. At 6.50 dressed. E.T.R & his wife dined & Mrs Reed & my wife went to Avenue Theatre in carriage. Reed, self & Roy by cab. Saw Lord & Lady Algy. Very good. Mr Cartwright in stalls & Sir Reginald Hanson. Out & home by carriage. Letter from Ayala saying 6 magnums of '84 had been sent. After read & to bed 12.30. The settee in bay of windows went away. Miss Paton that was called with a niece. Came up in my room. (Red ink: Reeds dined & we went to Lord & Lady Algy.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mrs Charles Mathews formerly Miss Lizzie Davenport.) Friday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Roy & self & dogs usual walk. After wrote letters etc. M had dividend from Coupé London. Worked all day on drawing Lord Charles Beresford & Bear. Finished 9.0pm when M, Roy & self dined. Gave up backgammon after & to bed after snooze. (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary of Thomas Welby, Bishop of St Helena.) Saturday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk round Campden Hill, Roy, self & dogs. Felt unaccountably tired & done up. All morning in room putting it tidy etc. Had wired for seats at Gaiety. Did not go. M out in carriage. Dined 7.0pm & after Roy & self went by cab to 1st night of revival of 'School'. Sat next but one to Violet Hunt. After on stage saw many I knew. Met Oakes, the Rubens's Oh!! Alexanders etc. Left 12.45 & home by cab. (Red ink: Roy & self went to 1st night of revival of School.) Sunday January 8
Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & after breakfast Roy & self went to Charing X & down by train to Dover. X'd Channel. Met Sir Weymss Reid & Mr Merryweather. Had a delightful lunch & back in smooth water. Story of Sir William Henry Wills & Sam Morley knocking his head against the beams of yacht. Home by 8.0 exactly. Lennie & Mite dined. Delightful evening. Lovely warm weather. Bed at 12.0. Read 'Curios'. (Red ink: Roy & self X'd Channel. Had delightful day.) Monday January 9 Stafford Terrace. x. Up at 8.30. Walk round by Lewis's with Roy & dogs. After breakfast Roy went to Gray's Inn to call on Gill. Self in room looked out boxes & put room in order. In afternoon called on Mr Lemon & got Pass Book. Walked up & got glass at Sale's. Met Violet Hunt. Back. Dined at 6.30pm & after M, Roy & self went in 4 wheeler to Gaiety Theatre. Saw The Runaway Girl for 2 nd time. Close fit in stalls. Met Sir Euan Smith outside. Back by carriage. Supper & bed at 12.0. Read Curios. Lennie sold stock for me at 110, £1098 to come in. (Red ink: Roy, M & self went to The Runaway Girl, Gaiety Theatre.) Tuesday January 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk into Notting Hill with dogs & Roy. After the whole day tidying up my room & squaring prints. Mite came to lunch. Chest of drawers came from Brompton. Dined at 8.0, M, Roy & self. Roy beat tremendous gammon. Found out (illeg) had more money. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Philip Rose to Maude Gillilan.) Wednesday January 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Walk into Notting Hill with dogs. Fine morning. Wrote many letters afterwards. Put room in order etc. Lunch. Went up by bus & called C.C & Garrick & on to look for furniture etc. Got to a shop kept by a man named Jewell. Selected stool etc & saw commode & many other things. Walked to Garrick. Wrote. Saw F.C.B. After to C.C & up in Studio dark room. Changed plates. Then on to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, J.T, F.C.B, L,S, A à B & O.S there. Long discussion & difficulty in getting my cut but got Two Workmen to do. Guthrie's piteous appeal to walk. Refused. Bus home & to bed after reading paper. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Richard Le Gallienne, of a daughter.) Thursday January 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round C.H with Roy & dogs. After skemed drawing of 2 young Workmen. Photod Roy & Otley early & got them developed. Rested after lunch & went on to work. Dined 7.0pm & after M, Roy & self went to see Lady Ursula's Adventure. Very good. Out & called C.C. Home by carriage. Roy rode outside going. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Went to see 'The adventure of Lady Ursula'.) Friday January 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Roy & self & dogs usual walk. After got to work all day after writing letters on drawing of 2 young Workmen. Finished at 9.0pm & dined. Went out & posted letters. Wet all day. Roy went to Mrs McQueen's dance. Home 2.30am. Saturday January 14
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Out for walk by self. Roy in bed. In the whole day. Carpenter took chair rail away etc in morning. Spring in the servants door. Rest after. M went out in afternoon. Dined at 7.0 & went M, Roy & self in 4 wheeler to Daly's Theatre to see 'The Greek Slave' for the 2 nd time. Had large Royal box. Saw Mr Pollen. Pretty woman in box opposite. Home by carriage. Bed 12.30. Letter from Mr Lemon. Largely in credit again. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to see the 'Greek Slave'.) Sunday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. Down & walk with Roy & dogs. Heavy rain. Breakfast. After dressed & went at 11.30 by bus to Camera C. Photod 12.30 Miss G for Tregaskiss’ cover. Sandwich. The whole afternoon at the Athenaeum. Wrote many letters & home by 7.50pm. Mr Blair had been there Roy having lunched with him. The curtains & cornice at end of room had come down bodily. Dinner 8.10. Mite, Lennie, M, Roy & self. Bottle Burgundy. 3 games backgammon. Bed 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Photod Miss Gordon. Last time.) Monday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up late, 8.40. Out with Roy & dogs. Damp warm morning. Breakfast. Man from Taylor's came about putting up cornice again. Duffers. Man from Nash in my room fitting overmantel & shelves. Developed photos of Miss Gordon taken on Sunday. Lunch. After went by buss to Stillman's 14 Newcastle St Strand & saw goods I liked. Met Phene Spier at Kensington Church corner & rode as far as Piccadilly. After on to Jewells & to Garrick. Tea & home to S.T. Dressed & M & self went to dine at Colin Hunters. Took a Miss Gray in. Miss Chapman there & a nice old man named Ridley who has a place in Skye & a yacht. M took Miss Chapman home in carriage. Self walked. Roy went to Pavilion with a friend. Home 12.15. Bed. No, Roy went to the Shaftesbury Theatre with Conrad & Mr Blair. Home 1.0am. (Red ink: Dined at Colin Hunters.) Tuesday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Walk down C.H into Notting Hill. Saw man trying to get up. Had fallen down. In morning at work on Tregaskiss’ drawing. Decided to change things into spare bedroom. Called Otley & did so. Lunch. After rest. Worked till 6.0pm. Man getting on with shelves. Gentleman from Maples called about Electric Light. At 1.30pm Mr Williamson of the Temple Magazine called. Long talk. He left at 2.45. Rest & after up in room & worked till 7.0 when dressed. M & self by carriage to dine with E.T.Reed at his father's, Cromwell Road. Lady R, Miss R, Mr & Mrs Phil Agnew, Mr & Mrs Bernard Partridge, Mr & Mrs L.S, Mr & Mrs J.M.Barrie & 2 other gentlemen one Poynter & another Seaman. Took Mrs Bernard Partridge in. Long talk. M very tired. Home at 11.0 by carriage. Roy had dined at home by himself & went to the Pavilion with a friend. Home at 12.0am. (Red ink: Dined at E.T.Reeds, Cromwell Road.) Wednesday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Walk round C.H with dogs etc, into Notting Hill. Back. In morning worked on drawing for Tregaskiss. Man hard at work on shelves in my room. Worked up to 6.0pm when left for Punch dinner. Conrad came & dined & M, he & Roy went to the Savoy Theatre. Punch dinner by bus. Sir W.A, O.S, R.L, A à B, self, J.T, F.C.B, A.G, H.W.L, E.T.R, there. Long discussion, Lehmann & Guthrie. Got cut of France & Submarine boat. Guthrie had given a children's
party. Left 10.55 & to Athenaeum. Wrote Tregaskiss & the carriage came at 11.15 with M & Roy in it. Rode outside. Home. Bed at 12.0am. Thursday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.35. Walk round C.H, Roy, self & dogs. Half way down the Holland Walk met German governess. Breakfast. After wrote many letters. One from Lord Tweedmouth. Bad news of supply of cards from V & C. After went on to skeme subject of Madame la Republique & Torpedo Boat, Czar etc. Lunch. Rest. Mite came in & took M off for a drive in carriage. Roy up in my room. Dinner 7.30. Roy left for Oxford in cart at 8.40. Wrote many letters after dinner. M asleep in chair. Man from Taylors' called in the morning about curtains. (Red ink: Roy returned to Oxford.) Friday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Tip disobedient & had to thrash him. After breakfast got on all day with drawing of French Republic & Emperor of Russia. Finshed at 9.0pm & dined quietly, M & self. In morning met schoolgirl up Holland Walk. Saturday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round into Notting Hill. Back. Very tired. Went on with Mr Tregaskiss’ drawing all afternoon. Did not go out. M & self dined quietly after by ourselves. Bed at 11.30 after reading. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of George Sothern to Janet Mulliner.) Sunday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Walk round Campden Hill with Tip. After in morning worked all day on drawing for Mr Tregaskiss. Finished it in the afternoon & left at 6.0 for Garrick Club & left it there. Walked home. Bret Harte called. Lennie & Mite dined with us, Lennie having awful cold. Left early & bed. Began Absolom's Hair. Bed 11.30pm. Wretched day. Finished the Tregaskiss drawing. Walk from Garrick Club. (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Cecil Sebag-Montefiore, of a son. Death of William 6th Earl Poulett.) Monday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk with Tip round Campden Hill. After printed photos. Cold weather. Left at 10am & went to the Camera Club & at 11.30am photod good model, Mabel Hall. Very tall. Took 42 photos. Very elegant girl only 16. Lunch at Garrick. Saw Lawrence Bradbury & Fred Evans. Out & to call at Spielmanns & to Drury Lane. Could not get an answer or seats for the Pantomime. Walked on to Maples & looked at papers etc. There 2 hrs. Attack of P. Home all way by road car buss. M & self dined quietly & rest after. Read Absolom's Hair. Bed 12.0am. Cheque sent from Tregaskiss tomorrow Sunday after asking how much this evening. (Red ink: Murder in Drury Lane of a little girl.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Earl Poulett.) Tuesday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5. Walk with Tip round Campden Hill. Slightly colder. During day wind changed to East & became very cold. In morning printed a lot of blue photographs & after lunch developed 18 plates of L.G, June 4, 98. Many callers. After attack of P. Read Absolom's Hair. In evening dined at the
Rawlinsons. Good dinner. Took Mrs Broughton in. Met a Mr Hall who called on me years ago about the boy messenger service. Home 11.15. Very cold. Walked up to the Rawlinsons. (Red ink: Dined at the Rawlinsons.) Wednesday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Out by self round Campden Hill. Very hard frost. After wrote letter to Sidney Smith. After printed a lot of blue photos. Rested. M went for Mite at 3.30. Left at 5.0 & went on by buss Notting Hill to Guthrie's rooms. Met the young Detmolds, M & Mite, Mrs Bernard Partridge, the Nettleships, Dr Studholme & another. Left at 6.10pm & walked to Criterion. Called Lang & Hussey. Punch dinner. Sir W.A, Phil May from Paris, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A. All but Lawrence Bradbury. Lehmann made remark about Friday work. Got cut of School for Scandal. Left 10.15. Went to Athenaeum & wrote. Home by bus at 12.0am. Man finally put up curtains in the Drawing Room at end of room. Thursday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round park for 1st time since (blank). Called & saw Lennie by himself at breakfast. Home & after writing many letters skemed subject of John Bull & France as Sir Peter & Lady Teazle. Photod Stace 2.0pm. Sent Otley to May's at 11.30am. Men hard at work at my small room. Rested in chair in discomfort from 3.15 to 4.30. After dressed & left 6.10pm. Went by buss all way to Gresham Club & dined with J.E.Knightley. Dinner of 10. Could not make out what Mr Knightley said. Sat next Dr Woodward. Talk of my cut of Workman by clergyman. Left 10.10pm. Went to Empire Theatre. Had Box 11. Saw Alaska. Home by bus. Drank Claret. (Red ink: Dined with J.E.Knightley at the Gresham Club.) Friday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Cycled round Park. Met Lennie in hansom. Cold east wind after. Went on all day to work on drawing of John Bull & France as Sir Peter & Lady Teazle. Men at work in my room. Enlarged photos taken yesterday early in the morning. Roy back from Oxford at 12.30 to eat his 1 st dinner at Gray's Inn tonight. Drew cheque for £40.4.0. Worked till 9.0pm. Drawing not very satisfactory. Dined. Roy back 9.0pm. Tired & to bed at 12.0. (Red ink: Roy back from Oxford to eat his dinner for Gray's Inn. Had to draw cheque for £40.4.0.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Wiliam Carter. The Poulett Peerage.) Saturday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Roy, Tip & self went for walk. After printed blue photos in morning. Lunch. Roy & self walked to a sale of goods, 28 Holland Villas Road. Met Tuer & Chesterton. A lot of Sheffield plate. After to Queen's Club & then on to buy fruit etc. Roy went to eat his 2 nd dinner at Gray's Inn & was asked up to the table by Lewis Coward. M & self went & dined with Mite. Home 11.0. Roy home 11.30. Fire in room. Lennie seedy but better after. Finally dated & put away blue prints of L.G taken July last year. (Red ink: M & self dined quietly with Mite.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Margaret Graham.) Sunday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Roy & self & Tip for walk. Drizzly rain. Breakfast & off at 10.15 for Victoria. Down to Dover by self in carriage alone. X'd Channel. Met gentleman who I met at Wolff's with Kodak. Also young Irving. Tall ugly woman in red cloak & military astrakhan cap. Good lunch. Met Freshfield. Gage's last Sunday. Wrote B.J & Roy Compton. Met Payton & daughter. Wet going back. Home 8.0pm. No one had called. Lennie & Mite dined. Roy had eaten his third
dinner at Gray's Inn. Back at 9.30pm. Wrote letters etc. Cold & raw. Lennie & Mite left at 11.0pm. Read & snooze after. (Red ink: Crossed the Channel by self. Very good day.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Captain A.C.Connal, a son. Death of Alexander Connal.) Monday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Worry letter from F.C.B. Answered it & posted. Walked with Roy round C.H. Confusion & men at work. Decided to go to town. Called Morrants 91 New Bond St & Liberty's. Got shawl. Lunch at the Garrick. Sat with the Gills, Marshall Hall, also talk with Beetle & after found out name of stout gent, Garner. Talk of yachts with Sooby. Attack of P. Bus to Maples. Settled about Electric Lights etc. Called after at Collinson & Locks. Walked thro' Wardour St & home by omnibus. Roy dined & left for Oxford at 8.45. Quiet evening after. (Red ink: Worry letter from F.C.B. Roy returned to Oxford.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Harry Bates, ARA. Feb 1.) Tuesday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Out at 8.45 with Tip. Walked round by Kensington Church. Saw school girls etc. Home. In morning all pictures etc taken out of roof. A fine mess & collection. After everything in confusion. Dear Mite there. After up in room. Skemed 6 subjects for Ismay's passenger list. Miss Rose Innes called. Left at 6.30pm in carriage. Called Queens Gate & left Mite at home. On to the C.C, Garrick & Athenaeum Clubs & after to dine with Galbraith at the J.Athenaeum club. Saw the back of Duke of Devonshire & guessed it to be him. Met G & 4 others. A Mr Carre. Talk of breeding etc etc. Saw Lord Coventry. Out & home by bus. Hook & son in omnibus. Talk. Read & bed 1.15 after snooze. (Red ink: Dined with Galbraith at the Junior Athenaeum Club. No, the Junior Carlton I mean.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Francis Clare Ford.) Feb 1899 Wednesday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Out on cycle. Cold raw morning. Called on Phil Agnew for ¼ hour & after saw Lennie. Home breakfast. Men beginning to paint in my room. Applied for £1000 Debenture San Paulo (Brazilian)) Railways. M in bed. Rheumatism in arm. In morning men pulling up floor etc for Electric Light. Lunch. Dressed after & at Burnands 3.10pm. Had amicable talk over work & all settled. Tea with Mrs Burnand & Ethel. Felt seedy. After walk with F.C.B to Hyde Park Corner. Bus to Garrick. Saw girl with most lovely profile in bus. Want a model? To C.C & Adams's changed plates. On to P.D. Sir W.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Talk of pills & Arthur's dogs. Felt seedy. Left & home in empty bus. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Martin Reynard. Death of John Benham.) Thursday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Out with Tip round Church Walk. Cold. Frost. Wrote letters after. In morning designed drawing of Electricity & 2 Servants Land & Sub Marine Telegraph. No photo. Rest after lunch. Men hard at work tinkering up room. After Ethel English came & dined with us. Very cold. Left 11.0pm in 4 wheel cab. Grumpy old man. Pleasant evening. Fine woman. (Cutting glued in: Death of Mrs Gabrielli.) Friday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Park & saw Lennie. Home. Work all day & wire from F.C.B at 5.0 to send drawing at 8.0. Did so. Electricity & Telegraph. M
& self dined quite quietly by ourselves. Bed early after. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Amalie Joachim. In Memoriam Albert Carrick. 1903.) Saturday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & went for walk round Holland Lane with Tip. Policeman & old man. 'No b..y fear'. Very raw & cold. In morning put photos away & packed. Lunch 1.30 & M & self left & went to Victoria in the carriage. M caught the 3.27 for Worthing, self the 3.50 for Brighton. Took cycle. Got there at 5.0. Cup of tea with Hartree. Gerard Ansdell, Col (blank) Major Heath, Dr Blewett & Hartree. Ward to come later. Went for walk in town with Heath. After writing 2 letters dresed leisurely & dined. Good, & Piper Heidsick wine. Saw Wycliff Taylor & his wife & another lady, also a rowdy party with Lord Esmé Gordon etc. Smoke after & bed at 12.0am. Room No 51. Above must have been Col Heath & Major Stoppard. Again at Brighton Feby 21, 1903. (Red ink: M went to Conrad's at Worthing. Self to Brighton to visit Hartree.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Albert Carrick. In memoriam Albert Carrick. 1900.) Sunday February 5 Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Up 8.30am & out for walk. Could not cycle as heavy rain in the night & wind gone round to the S.W. Quite warm. Good breakfast. Talk to Dr Blewett. After wrote letters till 12.30. Walk to Kempstown. Lunch. Met Wycliffe Taylor & his wife on the stairs. In afternoon at 3.0 went for walk as far as Miss Nash's Convalescent Home with Leslie Ward & Major Heath. Back. Tea & talk to Hartree about his mother & brother. Wrote 3 or 4 more letters & dressed for dinner. L.W late again. Lily Duchess of Marlboro' & Lord William Beresford dining. Smoke & bed at 10.45. Read Cornhill Magazine. Blew the fire up with paper. Monday February 6 Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Up 7.20. Good bath & sea water. After out. Keen wind. Breakfast with Major Heath. Saw Hartree & away 9.20am. Caught 9.45. Roger Wallace came in to carriage. Long talk up to town. Otley met me. Took cycle home. On to Garrick Club. Called Adams, C.C & changed plates. Lunched at Garrick next Joe Carr & opposite Jones. After at 2.0 to C.C. Tried to photo B.J, could not. Bad weather. Out 3.30 & after to Garrick. Walked in heavy rain to Evereds' had talk to Secy who objected to supply goods. Ordered more & back to Garrick. Tea. Wrote Dr Pepper, 13 Wimpole St. Dressed. Bother with bags. Otley at Club 7.15. Dined by self not very cheerily. After at 8.30 went to Gaiety Theatre & saw The Runaway Girl. Very taking dancing girl. Great cabmen meeting at Exeter Hall. No cabs. Walked to Garrick. Lemon squash. Took O'Dowd home to top of St James's St. Home. Lit fire. Read Mad Humanity. Sleep & tired. (Red ink: Went to Gaiety Theatre by myself.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Furniss.) Tuesday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Very tired in morning. Eat an apple. Walk. Wet. After walk with Tip met Sticks. Breakfast. Electric lights put in Dining Room. Wrote letters. Barr Estate £326.6.7. Talk to painters. Sent Otley to Mite's. Rested in afternoon. Wrote etc. Put things right & after walked to Mite's. Dined. A remarkably good dinner. Mr Marriott & another there. Home by carriage. Wrote long letter to Mr Johnson about the auto mobile & sent Otley with it at 7.30. He had been to Barnum show. (Red ink: Self dined at Mite's.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Bessie Grace. Feb 7. Mrs Reginald Hughes-D'Aeth, of a son.) Wednesday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round C.H. After worked & made designs for Ismay's Passenger List. Left in afternoon & called on Dr Pepper at 13 Wimpole St
who examined me. All right. On to Garrick. Saw Bernard Partridge. Wrote & wired M. On to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Good dinner. Got subject of Chamberlain & Jesse Collings & old age pensions. Home by bus. (Red ink: Called on Mr Pepper & was examined. Paid two guineas.) Thursday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & out on cycle. Went along past Millais' to Redcliffe Sq etc. Saw houses. Back & after breakfast went & took key photos. Met Evelyn Coward. Back. Developed & enlarged. Poured with rain. Rested & put off taking phos till tomorrow. Traced terrace background after rest. Mite came & had tea with me. Dressed at 6.30 & went in carriage at 7.40 & dined with Lawrence Bradbury at the Garrick. Met 4 other young men, one his brother in law. One a Mr Lawrence a publisher. Talk of the Great Wicks. Good dinner. Saw Sir Euan Smith after & introduced to Sir Thomas Lipton & Sir Donald Stewart. Home by bus & bed. On top of bus. Warm wind. Driver asleep. Con & Effie had blazing row at Findon Manor. (Red ink: Dined with Lawrence Bradbury at the Garrick Club.) Friday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out for walk. Met no one. At 10.0 photod Otley for footman & Otley as old man with hat. Developed & got to work 12.0. Worked all day. M back from Con's with Mite who had met her at 5.0. Con & Eff had had row. M & self dined 8.30 for 1st time with the Electric Light in Dining Room. Bed after at 12.0 after a snooze. (Cutting glued in: Death of Alicia Holl.) Saturday February11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Walk. No, did not walk. Decided after breakfast to go by 4.30pm train from Liverpool St. Saw men about room. Put all things away & printed blue & P.O.O.prints. Packed. Lunch & sent Otley off in cart at 3.0. After selves in very poor hansom at 3.25. Lost my pass. Great bother. Drove to Liverpool St & off in comfortable carriage. Read by carriage candle. Conan Doyle. After arrived at Lincoln punctually at 8.0. Drove to White Hart Hotel & dined with Edgar & Sophy. Wretched dinner & room heated with fully turned on gas burner. Awful. Lemon squash. Sophy left on cycle. Gale of wind. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Went down to Lincoln. Shocking dinner.) Sunday February 12 White Hart Hotel, Lincoln. Woke up with bilious headache which lasted all day very bad. Down & walk round lovely old Cathedral. Breakfast, M & self, at 9.45. After went to the service. Choral. Dull sermon. Out. M changed. Drove in fly at 1.30 to the Barracks. Lunch with Sophy & Edgar. After sat about. Gale of wind & cold. Left cards on mess. Saw horses & jackdaw. Guns taken at Atoum & Omdurman. Went at 4.45 for 3 mile walk to Burton. X road to Kirton. Back. Tea. Talk to Sophy. At 8.45 had supper. Captain Harding there. Left at 10.30 & walked back to Hotel by 11.0pm & bed. Hot rooms. Opened windows. Saw the new moon. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Dr Gifford Ransford. Obituary of Dr Gifford Ransford. Monday 20 Feby.) Monday February 13 White Hart Hotel, Lincoln. Up at 8.30. Looked out furniture addresses & at 9.30 had breakfast. After M & self walked into the town down Strait etc & looked at various old shops. Selected many things for selves & Lennie. Lunch off chicken & ham at 1.30pm. Wet day. M rested. Wrote many letters in afternoon. Went into Cathedral for evening service. Back. Dressed & went in fly to Barracks. There 7.15. Edgar & Sophy had been hunting. Very bad dinner. Bubble & squeak. Major
Graham dined. Dull. Left at 10.30 & home to Hotel. (Cuttings glued in: Assaults upon women. Death and Obituary of Charles Bonaparte. Feb 13.) Tuesday February 14 White Hart Hotel, Lincoln. Up at 8.45. Out & round Cathedral. Noticed the west front. Good breakfast. Grilled fowl. After went into Thompson. Then at 11.15 went over the Cathedral with M & Sophy. Had a drony verger. Curious room with recess in wall for Apothecaries. The Dean's Eye & the Bishop's Eye. The Galilee Porch. Curious little devil on wall. A grand pile of buildings. Went into town. Settled with Towers & Mrs Pickering for 2 lots of furniture. Back & lunched, Edgar, Sophy, M & self. Left in buss 1.20. Called at a house. Carriage to ourselves. Liverpool St 6.30pm. Otley met us. Sent luggage home & M & self went by Mtr Rly round by Edgware Rd. Home 7.40. Dinner 8.15pm. Letter from Parker & Smith. Bed after rest. (Cuttings glued in: Death, Obituary and Will of Major Springall Thomson.) Wednesday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Out & round Park on bicycle. Called on Lennie. Found him very seedy with doctor there. Back home. Breakfast late. Paperhanger came & finally put up paper on walls of small room. M went to see Mite. Rested in afternoon. Put Punchs up on shelf. Left at 6.0 for Punch dinner. On to Garrick & C.C. No letters. Phil A, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Talk of Lincoln. Tenniel irritable. Left at 11.0 & home by bus. Subject of Halsbury & cup & ball. F.C.B saw a red envelope at Rothschilds. (Red ink: Room papered at last.) (Cuttings glued in: Claim by Sir W.Marriott against Mr Hooley. Feb 15. Death of Sir Joseph Chitty.) Thursday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. M with neuralgia. After walked round Campden Hill & along Holland Walk. Chumps. Back. Breakfast. Wrote a letter or two & after skemed subject for Lord Chancellor & game of Cup & Ball. Men still all over the place & man darkening piano. Photod Otley & self for Lord Chancellor. Developed after lunch. Rested an hour. Put Encyclopaedia up. After walked to bottom of Piccadilly to dine with Ayala at the Café Royal. Room ablaze with light & N's all round. Met Gilbey M.F.H, also Terrell & others. Sir George Shenton. Made a speech. Left at 11.20 & home by bus at 12.0. (Red ink: Dined with Ayala at Café Royal.) (Cuttings glued in: Fire at Sir James Whitehead's. W.G. F 16. The wife of W.H.Poynter, of a daughter.) Friday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am.Walk with Tip round Campden H. Met Chumps. Back & up in room. Worked all day on drawing of Lord Chancellor playing Cup & Ball. Finished 8.30. Dined with M. Rest after & bed. Man colouring piano. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of President Faure. F 17.) Saturday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Walk round C.H with Tip. Cold & foggy. No C. Back & put photos away. Carpenter making a botch of the portière. Piano finished recolouring. M out till nearly 2.0pm. Harris gave notice & a good job too. Furniture from Mrs Pickering, Strait, Lincoln, arrived 1.0pm. Looked over 'Times' & the Illustrated. After lunch took books up. Very tired. Rested in bedroom. Wrote diary etc. After dined early & went with M in a 4 wheel cab thro' the slums of Drury Lane to the Globe Theatre & saw the 1st night of Revival of 'Ours'. Near Fildes & Stone etc. Old costumes. Talk of Shorter. After M went back & took Mrs Fildes with her. Luke & I returned in a hansom. Got home a long time 1 st . Snack & bed after.
(Cuttings glued in: Marriage arranged between the Earl of Crewe and Lady Margaret Primrose. W.G F 17. Resignation of Dr Garnett. W.G. 17 F.) (Red ink across page: 1st night of Ours. M & self went.) Sunday Febuary 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. x. Out on cycle. Called Lennie. Not up. Back. Breakfast. After in morning put things straight. Lennie & Mite lunched. Up in my little room for smoke etc. After went up by bus to the Athenaeum Club. Called C.C. Wrote many letters. Back by bus at 7.0. Dressed & M & self went to dine at the Macquoids. Mr & Mrs Gour(?), Mr & Mrs Alexander, Mr & Mrs S, Mr & Mrs P.Q, Cecil Smith & Mary Millais. Pleasant evening. Very good dinner. Old silver etc etc. Left 11.30 & home by the carriage. (Red ink: Dined at the Percy Macquoids.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Captain Charles Baumann.) Monday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk with Tip round C.H. Saw Chumps. Back & after put things in order etc. Sorted papers. Left at 11.0 & by bus to C.C. Photod Miss Hall. Waited one hour. Lunch at Club. After to Maples. Looked at old furniture. Lincrusta Walton etc. Back & to Athenaeum. Lit on an Election Day. Free tea. Immense number of hats & old gentlemen there. Wrote letters. Saw Lockyer, Poynter etc. Left & home by bus. Lennie & Mite dined. Pleasant evening. They left at 11.0. 2nd parcel of goods came from Lincoln. Unpacked them in the Morning Room. Wine cooler & table & chair. (Red ink: Photod Miss M.Hall.) Tuesday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park, called on Lennie. After printed & developed plates etc. Man came from Edwards & Roberts to polish the escritoire. Dined at 6.10, M, Dora & self. After M & D went in carriage to Drury Lane & saw the pantomime. Poor. Had Box G. Self went up in bus. M & D back by carriage. Self in bus. Woman with fine figure in Bow St. Home just after M. Snack & to bed. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mme Louise Liebhart. T. Feby 23.) Wednesday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Cycled round Park, called on Lennie. A man coming in. In morning developed plates, printed etc & also put up the odds & ends in the roof with Otley & the black chest of drawers. Thought of going with M to see Roy. No pass came so put it off. Polishers at work & finished the escritoire from Edwards & Roberts. M went to tea at Mr Guthrie's. Left for the Punch dinner at 6.15. Up by bus to C.C. Called Adams & on to P.D. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S (back since Jany 25) L.B, P.M, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Reed away ill. Not very long discussion. Left & called Athenaeum. Wrote letters & home. Bed 12.0am. (Cutting glued in: Death of Harley Stoneham.) Thursday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After skemed subject of Sir Matthew White Ridley & Traffic Game. Stace came at 12.30. Photod him & myself. Slightly seedy in morning. Developed & printed enlargements. Man from Treloars' put down the linoleum in my room. Looked well. Said he had done the room 20 years ago. Slight rest & after M & self drove to a very dull dinner at the Hankeys. Took lady like Mrs D.M & also like Mary Moore. Good convex glass on stand. Organ & dullness. Left at 11.0 & home in the carriage. Mite & Lennie dined at the Roger Wallaces. Otley & self at 5.30 moved the furniture into room from the Bedroom etc ready for tomorrow. Friday February 24
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.oam. Walk round Campden Hill. Saw Chumps. Back & long day on drawing of Sir Matthew White Ridley playing Traffic Game. M went over to Mite's & not back till 8.0pm. M & self quiet dinner. Worked in my room 1 st time since January 16. Bed after snooze. Drew cartoons for 5 weeks in Bedroom. Made shift anyhow. (Red ink: 1st cartoon in my own snug room.) Saturday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Had hurried breakfast & off by omnibus to Victoria at 8.20. Met Mite & Lennie & had carriage for them. Lovely X'ing the Channel. Met Mr Curling of Ramsgate & talked about Massacre of Cawnpore. Mite well, L flustered with the train. Mite good lunch. After saw them off at 1.0pm for Monte Carlo. Back & such a half chicken 1.50 Macon or Beaune. Saw the boat in. Merryweather on it. After wrote letters & strolled across bridge. Lovely passage back. Dear little boy. An American named Macdonald. Talked to him. Had been all over the world. Carriage to self back & home 8.0pm exactly. New furniture had been delivered from Spillmans & also Taylors. M & self dined at 8.15. Quiet evening after & bed. (Red ink: Went with Mite & Lennie across Channel.) Sunday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. x. Out on cycle round Earls Court. Cold & frost. Undecided whether to go across Channel. Finally did not. Dora was to have come to lunch. Did not. Spent the entire day at home putting my room in order. Put sabres up & curtains & glasses. Also the plates in Drawing Room, M helping me & dusting them. Never went out. Mended sheath of sabre. M & self dined quietly 1 st time at home on Sunday since January 29th. Read after & snooze. Very cold & raw. Monday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out in the cold raw fog. Went thro' cloisters of Kensington Church & Campden H with Tip. Saw C. Home. Breakfast. Doubts about wiring B.J. After at 11.0 went by bus & called & had a chat with Lewis at 21a Grosvenor Gardens. Then by bus to the Garrick. Saw Tree & Furniss. At 12.15 to C.C. Took a few photos from B.J. Not well. Ought not to have come. Out 1.45 & on to Garrick. Wrote Lord Tweedmouth & sent in acct to Bouverie St for Preface. Then at 5.0 in the Bath Club. Had Turkish bath & hair cut. Saw Wallace & Lancaster. Out & walked to Knightsbridge. Home by bus. Miss Rose Innes dined. Bottle of Ayala 1885. Very sleepy. She left at 11.0. Bed. M tired. (Red ink: Had Turkish bath.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sarah Macknight, née Sarah Thorne.) Tuesday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & walk round C.H. Saw C. Very cold & very hard frost in the night. In morning sorted old photographic plates & put in cupboard. M at stores. Lunch. After cycled round Richmond Park 1 st time since (blank). Lovely ride & warmer. Went to cemetery to look for poor Lockwood's tomb. Not up yet. Over Putney & down hill. Looked at shops. Home at 5.0. Had sent Otley to Stores. Put all bulbs right in the house, 8's & 16's. Broke one. Mrs Stone called. After M & self dined quietly & went by 4 wheeler to the Court Theatre. Had good box & saw 'A Court Scandal'. Seymour Hicks etc. Saw Mrs Thorneycroft (Nicol). Back by 4 wheeler. No bulbs in light over door. Smoke & bed. (Red ink: M & self went to Court Theatre.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Sarah Thorne. Tues Feby 28. Marriage of John Bell to Annie Penruddock.)
Mar 1899 Wednesday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out on cycle round Park. In morning put photo plates etc in. M seedy. Rested. Left in carriage by self at 5.10 & drove to various shops, old furniture etc to look for chests of drawers. Unsuccessful. After drove to Athenaeum & wrote letters. On at 7.15 to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur à B, O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Cut of Alice in Wonderland to do for J.T. Self had Chancellor of the Exchequer surrounded by Taxable Articles. Left 10.30 & home by bus. Bed at 12.0 after reading evening paper. (Red ink: Last Punch dinner till April.) Thursday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle round Park. Home. After skemed subject of Sir M Hicks-Beach surrounded by Taxable Articles. Photod Otley & self at 11.30 & enlarged. Tabs & Bee Barrs in to lunch. Glad to see them. Orton called about operation for next Saturday. Tabs up in my room. Rest for an hour. After got on with work. M up reading. Put in 3 of small pictures & after Miss Redclyffe came to dinner. Dined quietly, M, self & Miss R, who was very amusing, leaving at 11.15. Bed. M very tired. Friday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Coming home in Bayswater Road burst my tyre & had to ride home a lame duck. After to work all day & finished drawing at 9.0pm. Dined M & self eating a good dinner as normal & bed at 11.15. (Red ink: Nurse Varnham came unknown to me.) (Cuttings glued in: Various brief news items. F March 3. Will of John Cook.) Saturday March 4 Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: Day of operation.) Waked at 7.0am when had a basin of hot bread & milk. M half afraid told me of Nurse Harriet Eliza Varnum being in the house. (Varnham). Very annoyed. Did not go downstairs. At 9.0am Nurse used the emema & pumped as much water into me as I could hold & had clear out. Waited about. Sent Otley with picture to Johnson & also drawing. Wrote a letter or two. At 10.15am Orton came up to my room. Waited smoking pipe till 11.0 when Mr Pepper & his assistant came. Consultation of doctors. Had to go in room with table laid out 3 doctors & nurse. Like an execution. Took pyjamas off & lay down. Given Ether 1st some time going off. Last heard organ playing & Tip being put out of room. Remember nothing till found myself in bed in great pain & Pepper bending over me. Had been 1¼ hours under chloroform. A long day & night of pain but not worse than the old suffering. M with me & read a book. Slept most uneasily & could not move except with great difficulty. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Eliza Chawner. Will of John Mason Cook.) Sunday March 5 Stafford Terrace. In bed. Washed & put right by Nurse at 9.30. Had had broken snatches of sleep. Lay in great pain all day. Orton came at 12.0am. No one called in the afternoon except Spencer later. Midge came at 11.0am & sat a little time. Hamilton to fetch her. Spencer came at 6.30pm. Had slop food all day & for all
week until Friday next at lunch. Put to rest at 10.0. Broken night & terrible flatulency. Curious dreams. (Red ink: Still in pain all day.) Monday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Woke with Emily doing room. Still in pain. Lovely morning. Dr Pepper called at 3.30pm & saw me. All well. M gave him cheque for 17 guineas. Orton in twice today. Had wound dressed. After Guthrie came to see me. M read Concerning Isabel Carnaby. M wrote letters to Tenniel, Agnew etc. Went to sleep at 9.45. Slept indifferently. Strange dream of sort of Lord Mayor's yacht or barge. Lay awake & knocked wall groaning for M & Mite. (Red ink: Dr Pepper called 2nd time.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Mason Cook. Monday 6 March.) Tuesday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Woke quite early. Most lovely day. Shaved. Weak & seedy still in pain & discomfort. Orton came in morning. Also Arthur à Beckett. Talk. Asked Arthur to put paragraphs in papers. M read Isabel Carnaby. After Henry Sylvester Lewis called & E.T.Reed. Talk. Annoyed at Harris bringing Lewis up. Very restless & intensely uncomfortable afterwards at 8.0pm. Put to rest at 10.30 & left. A night of restlessness but slept in morning & woke late. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Lord Truro. T March 9. Death of Captain Richard Somerset. Death of Emma Stokes. Death of William Underhill.) Wednesday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Changed shirts etc. Had good wash. Nurse attentive. Read 'The Last Provinces'. Bosh. Also Verney's Memoirs. M out in carriage & not up till 2.0pm. Orton in at 12.15. Rather piqued at Nurse having dressed wound. Told her not to do it again. Also told me about my having sprinkled Pepper on the day of the operation. More appetite. Flowers sent from Gwen & Evelyn. Also Midge. Wrote diary & letter to Gwen. After M read off & on 'Concerning Isabel Carnaby'. At 6.0pm Tenniel came. Delighted to see him. At 6.15 Phil Agnew. They left 6.45 after seeing my room. Evening papers. Paragraph about me in Westminster & Pall M. Put to rest at 10.45 after having wound dressed. Had a very restless night. Strange dream of Mrs Penn at The Cedars. (Cutting glued in: Mr Linley Sambourne's operation. T. W. 9 March.) Thursday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Restless but dozed off at 4.0am. Troubled dreadfully with flatulency. Shaved. Washed & put right by 9.0am. Lovely morning. M slept well. Read The Skippers Wooing & after The Brown Man's Servant by Jacobs. Fairly quiet & comfortable all the morning. Relished chicken broth & toast. Sent Otley with books at 4.45pm. At 6 M read. Still a good appetite. Put to rest at 10.15. Had a miserable night. Tormented with flatulency & pain in back between shoulders. Nurse at 3.0am changed candle. At 5.0 a strange dream of taking a county house. Seat changed into an organ, mixed up with too great an outlay for income. Charley Hartree called in the afternoon. Friday March 10 Stafford Terrace. At 6.30 Nurse gave me castor oil & brandy. Did not taste it. Washed & hot tea for breakfast at 9.0. Had 1 st catastrophe. Spoilt bed. Awfully weak & nearly fainted. Rolled into bed again & felt helpless. Beef tea. Better. Lovely flowers from Pyt. M took the Empire clock to Stores. After 2 nd catastrophe.
Stronger. Orton came in. Wound dressed. Fresh sheets. Up in bed feeling better. Wrote diary. Nurse put ink in bottle. Had another dreadful turn out at 1.0pm just before luncheon. Great suffering. Had a whiting for lunch with a hair in it. All afternoon easier & read. Fildes came in for 1st time & after Arthur Ryle. Good talk. Read 'The Forest Lovers'. Had sent Otley to the Times Office for 2 Encyclopaedia Briannica & to Mudies. Had a little chicken for dinner. Put to rest at 10.0. Had more or less restless night but better on the whole. Saturday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Had breakfast of herring. Good. After lay all morning reading Forest Leaves etc. Delicious sole for lunch M got from Whiteleys. Nurse could not get out. Mr Pepper came at 3.30 & examined me. All right. Wrote prescription for Electuary. Lucy called in the afternoon & left me a bookplate book etc. After Guthrie called. Talk of Encyclopaedia Britannica. M read 'The Paying Guest'. Had a chicken for dinner. Settled to rest at 10.30. (Red ink: Mr Pepper called 3rd time.) (Cutting glued in: Mr Sambourne makes satisfactory progress. Mr Kipling is still very weak. S.11 March.) Sunday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Nursa gave me large spoonful of Electuary at 3.0am. Breakfast. Bacon. The whole morning intensely uncomfortable. At 12.0 Nurse used the enema with hot oil etc. No good. Had cup of gravy & toast. Orders to see no one. At 3.30 awful clear out & great distress. Painful. Thought it was all over. Spencer came & after Wirgman. Long talk about MerryW. Sylvinia R.I & Luke Fildes who stayed till 7.40. Read George Gissing's Paying Guest. Fowl for dinner & little pudding. After at 9.15pm had 2nd awful turn out. Helpless in bed. Dreadful ordeal. Nurse had to change sheets & everything. Felt relieved after it. Put to rest at 10.30pm. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Mary Keeley. Funeral of Mrs Keeley. 14 March.) Monday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Had better night. Nurse gave me Electuary at 3.0am. Breakfast. Read Times. Very dark morning. Fog & read by the Electric light. Imperfect action. Midge came at 11.45. To send salmon. Orton in at 12.30. Talk & lotion. M out from 11.0am. Lunch. Had a delicious pigeon & little pie. After rest. Read 'Her Ladyship's Elephant' in afternoon. Frank Finlay came & had tea & long talk. Left at 5.30 pm. Rather weary. Had Midge's salmon for dinner. M wired Mite to Monte Carlo at 3.0. No answer today. Put to rest at 10.15. Had a better night. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Mrs Keeley. Death of William Wilde.) Tuesday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Nurse gave me Electuary 2.0am. Breakfast earlier. All washed & ready. Haddock. After not satisfactory turn out. M out. Wire from Hubert Herkomer R.A. Spencer in with soap in tin. Orton in & laughed at S. Letter only indifferent account of Jarrah Wood Company. Read 'Her Ladyship's Elephant'. Very dark & cold miserable morning. Wire from Mite saying all well came about 12.30. Lunch. Sweetbreads. After read Guthrie's 'Love among the Lions'. Luke Fildes came & sat from 4.30 to 6.0pm. Could not paint owing to darkness. Many callers. Had dinner. Weary & put to rest 10.30. Would like H.V.
Wednesday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Nurse gave me confection at 2.0am. Woke up x. Breakfast. Not satisfactory turn out. Dull rather foggy morning. M out. Orton came. Nurse had dressed the wound. After had some calves head for lunch. To my great surprise William Stone came to see me. Long talk. After Hartree. Then F.C.B. Then Finlay & Galbraith. All sat & yarned. Finlay left at 6.10. Weary. Read The Town Traveller by Gissing. Bosh. Dinner sole & quail. Not much appetite. Slept after. Put to rest at 10.30. Thursday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Nurse gave me good dose of Electuary at 2.0am. Slept well. Did not wake till 7.0. Breakfast. Quick firing guns. Better turn out. Wrote many letters. Nurse doing silk shirt into dusters. Why? M set her to work. At 3.30 F.C.B called & sat in a black suit. Said Phil May was in a black tie etc yesterday. Midge came & had long talk. Dinner. Very weary after. Read Sea Urchin. Put to rest at 10.15pm. M came in with a 'Trap' for blowing up fire without sweep. (Cutting glued in: Death of Kezia Prache. Obituary of M. Emile Erckmann. T.Wed Mar 15.) Friday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Nurse gave me Electuary 2.0am. Breakfast 8.30. Had tremendous clear out after. Felt easier much. After in bed. Read 'Times'. Sea urchins etc. At 12.30 Orton called & after Phil Agnew. They met. Lunch. Extraordinarily tough fowl. Horrid. Guthrie came for 1 hour. Then Miss Rose Innes & talked. Brought lovely roses & also flowers from Mrs Fritz Jackson. After Norman Lockyer. He was brusque to Miss Rose Innes. He smoked a cigar & talked of Athenaeum. Then after a rest Arthur Ryle came. He stayed to dinner with M. Wire from Mite in answer to one sent in the morning from M. Also letter from Roy to say coming tomorrow. Ryle up after dinner. Very amusing. Talk of Mabel Wallace & Jacomb Hood. He left at 10.15. After which was put to rest tired. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Grace Frederic. Obituary of Mrs Harold Frederic. S.18 March.) Saturday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Breakfast later 9.0am. No result of Electuary. Orton came 11.0. Wrote many letters & sent them off. At 1.0pm enjoyed lunch very much. 1 st cigarette. After read 'The Flight of the King' by Allan Fear. (1897 John Lane, London & New York.) Found ancestor name of James Samburne (Sambourne) English merchant of Rouen helped the King & sent him clothes & money to go on to Paris 1651. Books changed. M in room. Went down & was touted for money by Parsons who used to hunt the Thanet Harriers. £3/6. Also Alice Leigh came in a 4 wheeler. Roy & Rikki came home about 4.0pm. Tea. Read 2 stories of Sea Urchins. Nurse back. Not a soul called all day. Roy dined with M early & went to Gaiety T. M up after dinner. Read Alwyn. Put to rest 10.0am. (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Lady Ridley. S 18 March.) Sunday March 19 Stafford Terrace. 3rd Sunday in bed. Poor breakfast. Sausages. Nurse late. M wanted her breakfast. After no motion. At 10.30 had enema, oil & hot water. Only partial success. Tired. Roy up & at Club all day. Orton in at 1.0. After Dora came & saw me. Stayed to lunch. M & Dora up in room after. Ethel English came to see
me. After Spencer & then Reed & Jacomb Hood. Shewed them my drawings for Academy. Dinner. M & self annoyed at Roy going out to dinner. Sylvinia Rose Innes came up with me till 10.15. After nurse put me right & dressed wound. Miss R.I. did not go till 11.45. Poor M. Read 'Random Recollections' by Robert Ganthony. Monday March 20 Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: Mr Pepper called last time.) Woke at 8.0. Bright sun. Electuary worked too much. Breakfast. After terrible trouble. Going to have E. Roy in & had great turn out. After exhausted. 11.50. Orton came & dressed wound. After at 1.30 Mr Pepper called as he had had letter from F.C.B. Said was not to work this week. Lunch. Chop. After at 3.0 dressed & went for 1 st time into own room. Lay on sofa till tea time. Had pipe. After had catastrophe. Back in bed. M back at 5.30. In room. Wrote letters. Snow storm from 3.30 to 5.0 outside. M back. Had sole & rhubarb. M & Roy up after dinner playing backgammon. Rikki in bed. Weary. Put to rest 10.15 & slept well. (Red ink: Tottered into my room. Back to bed again.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of William Millais. Marriage of Lord Percy St Maur and Hon Violet White, youngest daughter of the late Lord Annaly. M 20 March.) In Robert Ganthony's book he mentions meeting this Lord Annaly coming from South Africa about 1892 or 1893. Tuesday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Woke & read Robert Ganthony's book. Good breakfast. Shave. After 1st good turn out. Felt stronger & dressed & in room. Roy up & after Orton. Wrote letters. Roy left for Club at 12.15. Wrote diary & lunch in own room. Florence Walford came up. After M had been to Stone's was seedy & sick did not see her all day from 9.0am. Packed up books for the Times by self & sent Otley with them & to Mudies. Rest & smoke. Nurse out. Had at tea time another turn out by self. Not one soul came to see me all day. After wrote up diary. M went to bed at 6.0pm. Very anxious about her. She came up & sat with me just before dinner. Roy back. Chicken & prunes. After smoked cigar & played Roy 3 games B.G. Won 2. Bed at 10.0 Read The Mess Deck, also H.B.Irving's Judge Jeffreys. Wednesday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Sleepy after a good night. Electuary at 3.0am. Breakfast. Wrote Roberson etc. Roy up. Bright morning. Had at 11.15 my first bath. Delicious. In bed again. After dressed & in room. Orton in. Spoke to Roy about drinking beer. After in room all day. Read & wrote letters. Guthrie called at 6.10pm. Talk. Had dinner. Roy went to Court Theatre. M up in room. Had been seedy all day. Went to bed (M) at 9.30. Roger Wallace called at 10.0 & stayed till 10.40. Put to bed tired at 10.45. Slept well. Very cold. Immense fire in my room. (Cutting glued in: George Simms charged with demanding money with menaces. T. March 21.) Above case was settled by an abject apology. Thursday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Nurse gave me Electuary at 3.0am. Had orange before breakfast. After Roy in room. Dressed & in my room 10.30. Intensely cold. Orton came. M in pain all day. Read etc all day & lay about. Went down & surprised Nurse at lunch after my lunch in room. 1st in Drawing Room. After upstairs. Tired. Dined in Dining Room for 1st time. Intensely cold in Drawing Room. M & self went
up to my room after. Roy dined with Miss Rose Innes at the Bristol & went to the Savoy to see 'The Lucky Star'. Bed at 10.30. Slept well. (Red ink: Went into open air 1st time since March 3rd.) Friday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Nurse gave me Electuary 4.15am. Breakfast. After in my room. Turn out & bath. Orton came in as I was dressing. Gave me envelope of our wedding. After read etc. M had been examined by Nurse. Slight fissure. Read etc all morning. Went down for lunch & after into yard for 1 st time making 3 weeks since in open air. Still very cold. Up in room. Tea. Dora came. Lay on bed & sorted 'Times' & read. At 7.30 Nurse Varnham left. A good nurse & delightful woman to have about. Dined 7.45, M, Roy & self. After in Drawing Room & upstairs played Roy 3 games B.G. Won 2. Bed 10.0. In room last time by self. Managed all right. Read Life of Jeffreys till 11.15 & finished it. Slept fairly well. (Red ink: Nurse Varnham left.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Hannah Pyke. Death of Lionel Pyke. Obituary of Lionel Pike. Death and Obituary of John Fowler.) Saturday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Turn out before breakfast in my room. Roy up after. Letter from F.C.B. Got all papers. Lovely bright sunny morning for the Boat Race. Roy off at 12.0. Up in room all day. Arthur à Beckett came in at 5.0pm & Phil May just after lunch. P.M amusing. Had port wine. M out & called Ryle's studio. Back 6.30. Quiet rest. Roy back a 7.0. Cambridge won the race by 3 lengths. Roy said Gibbon who stroked the Cambridge boat had been here last year & did not give him lunch. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Very tired after dinner. Up in room. No back gammon. Bed at 10.15. Took Electuary at 3.0am. (Red ink: Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Phil May called.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir John Fowler.) Sunday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & breakfast in room. After rested etc. At 12.0 went out for 1st time with M & Roy over Campden Hill etc. Met Kindermann & after Tuer. Lovely morning like spring. Back. Tilda there. Lunch. After up in room & read 'My Official Wife'. Rest till tea when went down to Drawing Room. Douglas, Tilda, Miss Rose Innes & Mr Lemon there. D amusing. M in pain. Up in room again till dinner time. Quiet dinner M, Roy & self. 3 games of B.G after, won all. Bed 10.0 & read in my room 'My O.W.' till 11.0. Orton came for last time at 1.50. Examined me up in room. (Red ink: 1st walk with M & Roy after operation. Lovely day.) Monday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. x. Upstairs. Breakfast. After finished 'My Official Wife'. Otley came & said bag was lost. Where? Attempted to work. Found it no good. Letter from F.C.B. Put plates in boxes etc. Lunch. After went for stroll & had hair cut after at Dunk & Clarkes. Back & quiet afternoon. Roy turned up & thought he had taken my bag. At 7.30 Tabs & Gwen & Evelyn came to dinner. Ryle had called at 6.45 & had a good talk. Good dinner & crackers with chicks. Bed after tired. Slept well. (Red ink: Tabs, Gwen & Evelyn dined.) Tuesday March 28
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down. Wrote letter to F.C.B. & Otley backwards & forwards all morning. Thought it impossible to do drawing having 7 figures in it. At last after sending F.C.B & Mrs Burnand called at 12.30am. Decided to do cartoon. Lunch & a slight walk after, then to work. Put in Denmark direct & on till 8.0pm. Had to stand all the time. Dined at 8.0, M, Roy & self. Bed after tired. M seedy. (Red ink: Burnand called. Worked standing all day on 1 st cartoon after operation.) Wednesday March 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 6.45am & in room. Put in France & German Emperor. Breakfast. M in bed. Went to work. Roy packing. Finished cartoon at 12.30am. After packed bags, Otley helping. Lunch at 1.35. Cart round with Otley at 1.45. A full load with Roy, self & bags. Left at 2.0pm. Good bye to M. Saw Pearks. On to Waterloo. Caught 3.0pm train. Carriage to selves & no change at Salisbury. Met Hamilton & Tabs at Tisbury & Gwen & Evelyn & Daniel in cart. Drove with Tabs on to Pyt. Tea. Dressed. Quiet dinner & evening. Roy played. Slept well. (Red ink: Roy & self went down to Pyt.) Thurday March 30 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.5. After Roy & self strolled out & up to kennels. Looked at goat & dogs etc. Breakfast. After Tabs, Roy & self walked with the goat & dogs. Lunch. After read. At 5.10 went into Tisbury with carriage. Called Post Office. Went into churchyard & then strolled slowly home. Met Roy & Tipoo. Took wrong turn. Back at 6.45 to tea. Langley did not arrive until 7.20. Midge had had bracelet stolen at Waterloo. Dinner. After quiet evening. Very tired & sleepy. (Red ink: Went for 1st longish walk. Langley came down very late. Disaster to the S.S.'Stella' off Guernsey this night. Many lives lost.) (Cutting glued in: Death and Obituary of Mr Birket Foster. Wed March 29, 1899.) Friday March 31 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.0am. Out at 8.45am. Breakfast. Wrote to Lewis etc. Out with Dora, Mademoiselle & Roy. Dogs etc. Lunch. After read etc. Berkeley Portman & son came. Picked flowers for Mrs Portman. After read Encyclopaedia. Gareth & baby in Library. Dinner. Game of whist after. Fletcher & self treble & four. Roy & Langley won rubber by 2 points. Bed 11.30pm. Apr 1899 Saturday April 1 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.0. Felt seedy. Something disagreed. Out & walk nearly as far as Lodge. Breakfast. Doves etc. Roy had a whitebait. Poisson d'Avril. After all morning read etc. Lunch. Miss Grosvenor came on horseback. After children looking for Easter eggs. Roy & 2 H's went off at 3.0pm to play skittles. Felt too ill & seedy to go. Lay down in room till 4.45. At 5.0 went in carriage to meet M. Walked up Tisbury as far as the Weaveland Road. Back & just missed meeting M. Jack Bennett & his wife at station. Drove back. Chicks & flying beetle. Felt very ill & hardly fit for dinner. Went down & had teaspoonful of whiskey & hardly anything else. Game of whist after, L & self v F & Roy. Treble treble & the rub each. Bed 11.20. No electricity. (Red ink: Seedy with indigestion. Dear M down from town. Not very late.)
Sunday April 2 Pyt House Tisbury. Up 8.0am. Better but still seedy. Good bath. Out with Roy 8.50. Breakfast. Up in M's room. Wrote letters after. Tabs & girls went to church. Roy self & dogs went to meet them. Agent on dirty cycle. Lunch. Very careful what I eat. Rested from 2.0 to 3.30. After down, saw Mr Jack Bennett on a 'new' cycle. After went for coach with the girls, H.L & Roy. Saw dead & dying roach. Like my dream as a boy. Dan caught an eel. Cow & newly born calf. Back. Tea. Read & after 2 games at 5's. Lost both. Dressed & dinner. Mr Maudley in in afternoon. Careful. Midge seedy. 1 game of whist after. H & self versus H.L & Roy. They won by 2 points. Bed 11.20. Tired & not right yet. Slept well. Electuary. Monday April 3 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0. Walk by self. M down to breakfast After at 10.15 H.L, H.F, Tabs & Bee & Roy all went off for steeplechase. Did not go. Dogs & M's jacket. Long walk with Dora & Gwen & Evelyn after rats with dogs. Daniel would not come out of ditch. Back at 5.20. 2 games at fives after. They came back from the races at 7.30, Roy having lost. Saw Jack Bennett. A hoarseness in my throat came on. Dinner. Whist. H.L & self won versus H.F & Roy, 6 points. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Roy went to steeplechase & lost his money.) Tuesday April 4 Pyt House Tisbury. Up at 8.0. Woke up with very bad hoarse throat. Wet morning & kept in all day. In all day reading & looking at Ill.L.N. After at 4.15 all went for walk with goat & dogs. Tea. Put the vols of I.L.N right. Saw acct of curious Roman pavement discovered in Littlecote House in 1730. Dinner. Whist. H.L & self versus H.F & Roy. Lost 3 points. Went straight up to bed & M put poultice on & rubbed my chest. (Red ink: Bad sore hoarse throat came on.) Wednesday April 5 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0am. Out at 8.35. Windy & wind a little to the north. Throat very bad. Breakfast & after H & Evelyn went off hunting. Langley & Roy at 10.20 off to fish. Wrote letters & also diary. M said going up tomorrow. Looked at Ill.L.N. for 1884. War in the Soudan. Walk with M from 12.0 to 1.0. Round wood & lane. Lunch. After at 3.30 walk with Gwen & the dogs round grounds. Little girl bobbed. Back & Seymour Haden came. H & Evelyn back at 6.0pm. Mr Hilton at tea. H.L & Roy back cold at 7.20. Dinner. Mr Jack Bennett came & used bad language. Dull slow evening. Bridge explained after. Left & to bed at 11.20. H & J.B up till 1.0am arguing. Had mustard leaf on. (Red ink: Mr Jack Bennett dined. Oh!) Thursday April 6 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 7.30. After bath & packed out with Seymour Haden. Breakfast. H.F & S.H went to Southampton. M & self & H.L & Midge all got off by the 11.44 & up to town changing at Canterbury. Home 3.40. Only wire from F.C.B. Lady got in at Surbiton. Home 3.40. Wrote to manager of the Pavilion Folkestone etc. Tea. Could not work. Undecided. Put photos away & room in order. M & self dined quite quietly at 8.0pm & bed early. Glad to get home. Felt better. (Red ink: Came up from Pyt House before our time.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of George Drabble to Agnes Gough.)
Friday April 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. No letter from F.C.B. Much bothered about work. At last got to it at 11.15am. Skemed subject of Wren & St Pauls, Richmond etc. Drew all day. Roy home at 7.0pm. Finished at 9.10pm. Dinner 9.30 & very tired. Roy argumentative. Bed 11.30pm. M knocked. Saturday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with Roy & dogs. After in morning wrote letters & printed blue photos all the morning. Orton called at 12.30am. After in afternoon went on to print & read & rested. Tea. Dined at 7.0. Roy, M, Dora & self left & went to Garrick Theatre & saw The 3 Musketers. Dora made mistake about carriage. Good play. M & D back in our carriage, Roy & self in 4 wheeler. Home 11.45, M after. Cold night. (Red ink: M, Roy, Dora & self went to the Garrick Theatre. Saw The 3 Musketeers 2nd time.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Catherine Frere. Death of Mary Fortnum.) Sunday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast. After Roy & self left at 10.15. Met Lady Bergne & son in omnibus. At Victoria met Lewis & young Rose. Also Spencer & Hilda. Down to Dover. X'd Channel. Bright sun but cold. Calais 2.45. Very good lunch. Asparagrass & chicken. After on boat only just in time. Met Lord Rosebery & Gage, Duchess of Devonshire etc. Roughish & decks wet. Lewis & Hilda. Back cold at 5.45. Left Dover late. Spencer in carriage. Dispute about cricket. Wet. Hilda very rough in carriage with Lewis. Victoria 8.30pm. Home 8.30. Dressed. Dinner. M by self. No one had called. Last X'd on Sunday Jany 29 th, 10 weeks ago. (Red ink: Roy & self X'd Channel. Lovely day. Met Lewis & Spencer & Hilda.) Monday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. x. Walk by self. Wet. Saw Chumps & also a man being taken up for robbing a little school girl outside the late Sir John Fowler's house. Good breakfast. Printed back blue photos all morning. After rested etc. Dined at 7.0pm. Spencer came. All went to the Avenue Theatre & saw 'The Cuckoo'. Very poor play. Mr & Mrs Trower in stalls. Lennie & Mite came into box. M & self home by carriage, Spencer & Roy by cab. (Red ink: Went to Avenue Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Frere. Mon Apl 10.) Tuesday April 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with Roy & dogs. After in morning printed blue photos. Dressed & left at 12.30 by buss to C.C. After to Garrick. Lunched with Wicks. Saw Phil A & Lawrence B & also Stone. Asked Stone to dinner. After talk to a gentleman in smoking room. Kendal came in. Left at 3.0 & talk to Judge Snagge. To C.C. Photod Miss Fletcher. Dull inanimate model. Out & on to the Bath Club. Wrote 4 letters & tea. Had hair cut. Home by bus. Had sent Otley to Stores for 4 bottles of Möet. At 8.0pm Mite & Lennie, Mr Stone & Roy dined. Good & pleasant evening. Stone asked Roy for next Monday Hare's Theatre. Subsequently put off to Friday next. They left 11.15. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: 1st visit to Club since operation. Photod Miss M Fletcher for Piano.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Francis Borradaile to Fanny Hicks. Marriage of Henry Harrod to Frances Forbes-Robertson. Death of Thomas Lockwood.) Wednesday April 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with dogs. After sorted photos etc & put boxes away. Also printed blue photos etc all day. Left in afternoon for 1 st Punch dinner since my illness. There 7.10pm. Phil A, Lawrence B, B.P, H.W.L, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L & O.S. My health drunk. Very long discussion about J.T's cut & no cut for me after. Intensely disgusted & annoyed. Left at 11.30. F.C.B writing letters. Went to the C.C, got bag & home. Roy had been to the Adelphi Theatre with Nipper. M had been to Mite's. Roy back when I got home. Bed 1.15am. (Red ink: Disgusted at getting no attention at Punch dinner. 1 st dinner since March 1.) Thursday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with dogs & Roy. Saw Chumps. After breakfast walked & saw F.C.B at breakfast. Settled for subject of Lord Peel & Bung. Walked home & buss to Stace. Skemed subject. At 1.45 photod Stace & Otley. Developed & enlarged. Overturned table photod. Got to work on outline. Mite to tea. At 8.0 Johnny Bergheim & Clara came to dinner. Bottle of Möet. They left 11.0. Roy talkative. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Bergheim & wife to dinner.) Friday April 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with Roy & dogs. After got to work all morning on drawing of Bung & Lord Peel. Mite to lunch. A wire from F.C.B to stop subject at 2.0. Had to begin another 3.0pm on Budget. Got it done by hook or by crook at 9.30pm. Dined with M. Roy dined early & went to Daly's Theatre with Mr Stone & Mr Morehead etc. Home 1.0am. Bed. (Red ink: Roy went to Daly's Theatre. Cartoon altered at 2.30pm & had to do another.) Saturday April 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Very tired. Out. Roy after Tip who had killed a rat. The whole morning tidied up & printed blue prints. After lunch read. Tired. Roy left for Nymans at 3.45pm. Tea. After developed 6 plates. Had taken 12 of a bear in Stafford Terrace. At 2.0pm developed them. Dined at 6.0 & M & self left at 7.15 in carriage for Lyceum Theatre, 1st night of Robespierre. Stalls F1, 2. Met Critchetts & also Trowers. Great night. Locket Agnew & cigarette. Round at back after. Saw Lady Colin & many others. Home by 1.0am. Snooze & bed. (Red ink: Roy went to Nymans. M & self went to 1st night of Robespierre at the Lyceum.) Sunday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Slight head. Decide to go to Calais & left at 10.10. By buss to Charing X calling C.C & looked into St Martin's in the Fields. Down to Dover. Saw Lucy & wife & baskets & a little black dog. Talk to Mrs Dixon. Came across Douglas Gordon & son & a Mr Lennard, manager of Strand Theatre. Good passage. Curious pair & French maid. Turned out to be a Russian Princess. Good lunch. After saw Peyton, Gage, Blomfield, Lady Faudel-Phillips, Stella & Mrs Henriques. Also Freshfield & Mr (blank) Heavy rain on landing. Talk to Stella of Lourdes. Home 8.7pm. Very wet. M & self dined quietly. Wrote letters after dinner. Roy at Nymans. Ethel English called. (Red ink: Crossed Channel by self.) Monday April 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round C.H with dogs. After the whole morning squared up, put shot in lustres etc. Glue. Tidying all day. Roy back from Nymans at 12.0am. Nipper Messel & Ena Mackenzie dined at 8.0pm. Good
evening & bed after. Campbell Praed wrote to say might take Roy tomorow. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Robert Hicks. Will of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough.) Tuesday April 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Out & walk by self & Tip. Saw C. Breakfast. After the whole day tidied drawers etc. Did not go to race meeting asked by Campbell Praed. Edgar came to lunch. Had developed 6 plates, also filed slots in carrier for ½ whole plates. Man doing the window boxes. Very tired & rest from 3.30 to five. Out on cycle for 1st time since Friday March 3. Round Richmond Park & Roehampton Gate. Home 6.45. A large balloon over Stafford Terrace. M & self dined quietly & by 4 wheeler to the Shaftesbury Theatre & saw The Belle of New York. Mrs Mackenzie & son & Edgar & Sophy in Box A. Home by carriage. Roy dined with Lennie at the Arts Club & went to the Pavilion. Home 12.30am. (Red ink: Cycled 1st time since March 3rd. Went to Belle of New York. Edgar & Sophy & Mrs Mackenzie in box.) Wednesday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Tired. Walk round C.H with Tip. Saw C run down passage. Roy on cycle. Lovely morning. Wrote letters & put things in order & left at 12.0 & up by bus to Bond St. Met Mr Morris in bus (see Jany 23 1891). On to Alfred Webb Miles & to Lang & Husseys. Then to C.C. Lunch at Club (Garrick). Saw Phil A, Law'c B. By self. Routledge & Jones had P operations. Talk to Sooby. At 3.0 photod Miss Mabel Hall. Draped classic. Oh! Out at 5.30. Called Decorations Co. Met J.P.B Robertson. On to the Athenaeum Club. Looked at letters. At 7.5 to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, O.S, Arthur à B (who was seedy & silent all dinner) B.P, E.T.R (going to Campbell Bannerman's) A.G. Good dinner & at last got good subject of Samoa. Left 11.30 & home by bus. Roy had been to see Carnac Sahib. Saw Tree at the Garrick who said he might go. Not home till 1.0am. (Red ink: Photod Miss M.Hall.) Thursday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk with Roy & dogs. Spoke to little boy & also made remark about C. Looked down her nose. Back. Skemed subject of Samoa & Germany & John Bull & America. Did not photo Roy. Drew cheque for Roy for £100 at 10.30. At 11.45 photod Stace & Otley & lay figure for Samoan cut. Lunch. After enlarged. Great bother with developer. Very poor results. Hardly sufficient to work from. Very very tired. At 5.0 got to work & till 7.30pm. Dressed. Dined 7.45. Roy went back to Oxford at 8.45 in hansom with Ricky. (Red ink: Roy returned to Oxford. Marriage of Lady Peggy Primrose & the Earl of Crewe.) Friday April 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out for walk. Heavy rain. After worked all day on drawing of Samoa, Germany, John Bull & America. M packed to go to Nymans tomorrow. Finished at 9.0pm. M & self dined quietly & bed 12.0 after snooze. Bitterly disappointed had not sent present to Lady Peggy Primrose. Can't be helped. Picked a mushroom from path of Duke of Argyll's this morning. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of John Abernethy to Mary Richardson. Apl.) Saturday April 22
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.35. M not well. Cannot go to Nymans. Down. No walk. After wired Mrs Messel. Looked over diaries & put things away. A wire from Mite came at 12.0 saying should go Nymans by self. Printed a few blue prints & after packed & left M. Off by dog cart with Otley at 3.45pm. Cup of tea. Met Val Princep at Victoria who made remark on my pass. Down Nymans. Surly coachman. Felt seedy & livery. Dear Mite, L, Mr & Mrs M, Hilda, a girl & Mr Hemmings there. Also Muriel. After dinner played puff billiards & one game of billiards. Harold M beat me by 4. Took 4 Carters L.L.P & bed at 11.30. (Red ink: Went by self to Nymans.) Sunday April 23 Nymans, Crawley, Sussex. Up at 8.30. Breakfast 9.0. Went for walk in garden. Rather seedy. Had good breakfast, sausages. After decided to go cycle ride. Consulted maps etc. At 11.0 Mr M, H.M, Mr Hemmings & self went for lovely ride to 3 Bridges & back thro' forest. Saw house of Mr Burnand Mite liked. Saw Capper of the Times. Back 1.15. Changed. Lennie had been seedy & taking photos. Lunch. After read & wrote Roberson etc. After tea Mr & Mrs M, self, Mite, Hilda & friend & H.M & Ranji (a dog) all went to look at Mr Smith's cottage. Did not like it. Rain came on. Home 6.30. Talk to Lennie & dinner 7.30. Game of puff billiards after & beaten by Mr Hemmings in 100 up, only got 60. 4 pills & bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Delightful cycle ride 11.0 to 1.0 to 3 Bridges etc.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Malcolm Riach. Apl. The wife of Major Riach, of a son.) Monday April 24 Nymans, Crawley, Sussex. Up at 7.15. Breakfast 8.0. Lennie had not slept well. Not down. Goodbye to Mite & off 9.10am for Crawley. A man named Secretan cantering a fine horse. Left Mrs M & H at 3 Bridges. Up to town. Otley met me with dog cart & home. M in bed. Changed & put on frock coat etc & after lunch 1.15 went up to Academy by 2.0pm. Saw very few I knew at first. Most pictures covered up. Talk to Herkomer etc etc. Left at 5.10 & on to C.C & Garrick. Letter from L.G, married. Tea. Wrote letters & talk to Col Fletcher & also Percy Reeve, Bangs etc. Very wet. Came on at 1.0pm & kept on heavily all afternoon & night. Home by bus at 6.40. M & message. Quiet dinner M & self & after snooze till 11.30. Bed. (Red ink: Came up from Nymans. Varnishing day at the R.A.) Tuesday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Very wet. Walk with Tip. Noticed clay by corner of Campden Hill Road. Digging. No C. Put red lines under diary etc. Put all bottles out of hut to be taken away. Lunch. Tired & heavy after. Rested & after sharpened knives & put all tidy & straight. M had many callers. Left at 6.50 in carriage with M & drove up to Limmer's Hotel. Dined with Conrad Cooke at 'Odd Volumes' dinner. Sat between Tristram Ellis & old Quarrich. Many I knew there. Met Mr F.C.Gould, Lord Duncannon, A.S.Wortley, Forbes etc etc. Singing, speeches. Sir Ernest Clarke in chair. Altogether festive but too long. Left at 11.15 & by carriage to the C.C & Garrick. Letter from L.G. Drove home. Had been heavy wet in evening. 3 C.L.L.P & bed at 12.15pm. (Red ink: Dined with Conrad Cooke at Limmers Hotel.) Wednesday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk by self & Tip. Breakfast. After wrote letters etc. Printed phos. Dated etc up to lunch. Changed & after left & up by bus to Camera
Club & called Garrick. Photod at 3.30 Miss B.Jessop. Poor model. Out 5.30 & on to call at Miles's & had coat fitted on. Called at Criterion. Punch dinner. Sir W.Agnew back. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B (not well) R.C.L, O.S, Sir W.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G there. Got cut of French Generals & Truth. Wrote Stace. Home by bus & bed. Thursday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled short round Park. Called & saw Lennie going into the City in cab. Home. Skemed subject of French Generals & Truth in Well. Photod Stace & Otley at 1.0pm. M out at Mite's to lunch. After developed & rested 1½ hours & then enlarged. Drew in outline of Well. Dined 7.0pm & M & self went to Haymarket Theatre in 4 wheeler & saw for 2 nd time The Manoeuvres of Jane. Very good. Home by carriage at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to see The Manoeuvres of Jane at the Haymarket.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of W.E.Peyton to Mabel Gage. Apl.) Friday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk with Tip. After got to work after writing letters all day on drawing of French Generals & Truth in a Well. Finished at 9.30pm & dined. Mite & M went to the Royal Academy at 2.0pm. At 10.0 Lennie & Mite came in & stayed an hour. Their wedding day. Lennie not at all well. Told him to sell my San Paulos. They left 11.0pm. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite's wedding day.) Saturday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. x. After walk round thro' churchyard. After the entire day printing blue photos of B.Jessop etc & dated old ones. Dressed at 7.15 & dined at the Cameron Corbetts. Took a Mrs Parker Smith in. Next Mrs Coleridge. Good dinner. Mr Morton M.P for Deptford there & Sir Ed & Lady Carbutt. Left at 11.0 after talk to Morton & home by the carriage. (Red ink: Dined at the Cameron Corbetts.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Captain Norman Uniacke. May 13 '99.) Sunday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. x. After went for walk with Tip. Saw the Duke of Argyll's coachman with 2 colley pups. In the morning dated photos & also wrote letters. At 11.45 got ready & went by bus to top of Row with M & walked home. Cold. Met Heathorne & also Mr & Mrs Seymour Trowers. M saw Blair. Home after meeting Phipson Beale & Mr Fowler. At 1.45 lunch. Up in room & snooze from 2.45 to 4.0pm. Dressed & on cycle to Sir A Hickman's, 1 st day in '99. Played 5 sets, self & another & Sir A & son. 1st set 10 to 12 games won by self. 2nd 8 to 10 won by self. 3rd 6 to 4 won by self. 4th 6 to 1 won by Sir A. 5th 6 to 1 won by self. Left 6.45. After champagne cup. Saw Sir Martin Conway & Dr Orton. Home 7.0. Bath. Dora dined at 8.0. Wrote letters after. (Red ink: 1st day's tennis at Sir A.Hickman's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of the Duke of Beaufort. Mon May 1.) May 1899 Monday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Breakfast & went by bus to Charing X. Called Camera Club. Met Seaman & down by 10.10 to the Grove Park shooting ground. Tried guns & shot well. After back. Left stick in train. Seaman lunched with me. Saw
Elmer Speed. After Mr Lionel Hart called. Out & walked to New Oxford St by Endell St. Bought bronzes at Clarks' & a sword sabre at Lewis Moses, 65 New Oxford St. On to Miles. Fitted with coat & then to Athenaeum Club. Wrote many letters. Home 7.30 & dressed. M & self dined quite quietly. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Henry FitzRoy, eighth Duke of Beaufort. The wife of Thomas Whishaw, of a daughter.) Tuesday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Cycled round Earls Court etc. After all morning putting things straight. Photos etc. Printed blues etc. Lunch. At 2.0 on cycle & went 32 miles round by Brentford etc. Lost nut off cycle. On to Hampton. Saw old Benn looking disreputable. On to Esher. Looked at shops. At Kingston bought scales. On home by 6.45. At 8.0 H.Langley, Lennie & Mite dined. 2 bottles of Möet. Lennie talks too much. Langley left 11.15. Very tired. Bed 11.30. Had sent Otley for wine & for sabre to Lewis Moses, 65 New Oxford St. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Frank Livesey. Death of Teresa de Ayala.) Wednesday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Breakfast & off by 9.15 in carriage for Oxford. Caught 9.50 G.W.R. Saw Rose at his house. M charmed with Oxford. Roy not well. Lunched at 1.15 with him. Saw various colleges & Bodleian Library. Large party from Chesterfield going round. Bought round glass & boxes. Back by 4.20pm & home to dress. By cab to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, A à B, self, R.L, L.B, B.P, E.T.R & A.G there. Tenniel 'Pied Piper'. Self Lion, China & Bear. Left 10.20 & to conversazione of Royal Socy. Saw Sir Ernest Clark. Man 6ft 10½ from Harrow. Many others. Out & to Bath Club. Wrote letters. Saw Cooke Maringer & Clark again. Met Abbey outside. Home by bus & bed 12.0. Tired. (Red ink: Went to Royal Society Reception.) Thursday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round. Called on F.C.B. Back breakfast & round after again. Got letter. No change of subject. Skemed Bear, Lion & China. Sent Otley to May's & to Spooners. At 12.30 photod Stace for Chinaman & Stace & Otley. Developed. Rest after till 4.30 when enlarged. Great bother with the developer etc. Finished 6.45. Dressed. H.Langley dined & went in 4 wheeler to Her Majesty's. Saw Carnac Sahib. Awful piece. Lennie Mite & Maud Paxton came in after. Saw Hacker & Waterlow. M & self home by carriage. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Went to see 'Carnac Sahib.') Friday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. x. Walk round Campden Hill. Lewis's old house to let. Back. Wrote letters etc. Sent coat back to Miles's. Got to work. Roy back from Eton to eat his dinners. Worked all day & up to 9.30pm when finished drawing of Lion, Bear & Chinese. Not pleased with it. M & self dined quietly. Very tired after. Roy back at 1.0, had been to a dance after the play where Mite was. Sister of E.T.R's. Bed. (Cutting glued in: Death of Captain H.W.Priestley.) Saturday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Very tired. Roy & self walked round C.H with Tip. Looked at clay. After printed phos taken Thursday etc. Put poor Joe Payton's
sword up in room & Prussian dress sword etc. Dressed. Lunch 1.0am & went in 4 wheel to Lyceum with Roy. Saw Joe C & Bram S. Had 2 stalls, K22, 23, & saw Robespierre. Out & to Garrick. Tea. Furniss. Had talk. Roy & self went for walk to Grays Inn. Called at a pawnbroker's who knew my work. Bus to Bayswater. Wrong one. Col Grant in it. Talk. After in another. Dressed & by carriage to dine at Midge's. Met Ethel English, Sir Thos Thompson & Lady T, Mr Heinemann & also Harry Routh & wife. Good dinner. Hungry. Home at 11.0. M had taken coffee & lay awake. Roy home at 1.0am. Had been to The Lucky Star with Lennie & Mite. Supper after. Maud Paxton also. Roy made a noise on stairs. Sunday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Up 8.50 & went for walk by self. Tired after. Up in room. Head full & buzzy. Tidied room. Dressed at 11.30 & took M up to top of Row & walked back. Woman with gooseberry eyes in omnibus. Met Langley & Dora & a friend named Ware. Home. Roy away. Heavy sleep after lunch. At 4.0 dressed & went on cycle to play tennis at Sir A.Hickman's. Met Col of Staffordshire Yeomanry who knew Cope of Burslem. Left 6.50. Home on cycle & dined quietly, M, Lennie & Mite, Maud Paxton & Roy. Roy had been out calling on Edna May etc. Lennie & Mite left at 11.0am. Bed early. (Red ink: Played tennis at Sir A.Hickman's 2nd day.) Monday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Roy & self for walk with Tip. After put up with Otley yucca which had blown down. Tied it up with string etc. Put up swords in room, mended M's desk etc. Dated photos etc etc. Roy back at 4.0. Dressed & left at 5.30 for dinner at Merchant Taylor's Hall. Met Mocatta, Mr Smith, Phil Agnew etc. Sat between Phil A & Dr Baker, Headmaster of Merchant Taylor's School. Duke of Cambridge there looking older. Sir Whittaker Ellis High Sherrif of Surrey gave the dinner. Left 10.15. Called by hansom at Garrick & after to Empire Theatre. Saw old Jacobi. Called C.C & home by bus. Got out of bus going to City at Tottenham Court Road, called Fentons & selected 2 sabres, 1 Tulwar & 1 Turkish. Rain came on 6.50pm. Many horses down. (Red ink: Dined at the Merchant Taylor's Hall. Sir Whittaker Ellis.) Tuesday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk round C.H with Tip. Damp morning. Breakfast. After wire from Lucy to ask M & self to dine there tonight. In morning wrote many letters. Sir J Whitehead etc. After lunch rested. At 4.0 dressed & left in frock coat by bus to Natonal Gallery. 1st committee meeting of R.C.P.E 1900. Lord Lorne presiding. Saw Ouless, Fildes, Princep, Dicksee, Armstead, Waterlow, Linton, Bayliss, Statts Forbes, Lord Pirbright, Eaton etc. Left 6.0 & on to Athenaeum. Asked Fildes to 2nd Roy. Home by bus. Girl with blacked eyes. Dressed & left in carriage to dine with Lucy. (Red ink: Mrs Lucy's dinner.) ( Plan of seating) Mr Oppenheim, M, Sir Thos Sutherland, Mrs H.W.Lucy, Lord Beauclerk, Lady Sutherland, Sir William McCormack, L.S, Lady Beauclerk, H.W.Lucy, Mr I.C.Owens, Lady McCormack. Delightful talk to Lady Beauclerk & pleasant dinner. Home by 11.20 by carriage. Wednesday May 10
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Fine. Cycled round Hyde Park. Called on Sir William Agnew. Home. In morning wrote letters. Put scimitars up after. Lunch. M massage. Rest & wrote letters & diary after. Got away 5.30 & called at A.W.Miles & had clothes fitted on. Then by busses to Long Acre. Clark's sabre no good. Then to P.D. F.C.B from Paris, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, L.B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G there. 2 cartoons made up. Got Parrot cut. Talk of Royal Commission for P.E. Left 10.30. To Athenaeum & wrote letters to Dr Sclater & Bartlett. After by cab to Sir C.Quilter's at home. Saw Orrock & Wills, Spielmann, Wallace etc. Left 12.0. Home by cab. Took 5 L.L.Pills. Bed 1.30pm. (Red ink: Quilter's Smoking Party.) Thursday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & walk round C.H. After breakfast wrote letters etc & at 11.30 M & self went in hansom to Zoological Gdns. Photod Parrots & 2 Bears. After back 1.30 by hansom. Mr Spielmann had called. Developed plates. Mite a cold, called. Rested an hour & after enlarged them. Dinner 7.0pm M & self. After M & self went to see Alexander's play 'In days of old'. Poor & trashy. Well staged. Sat next a heavy fidgety fat man in stalls. M changed seats. Home by carriage & bed. (Red ink: Went to St James's Theatre, 'In days of old.') Friday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round C.H with Tip. Got to work all day on drawing of Parrots, Harcourt & Lord Rosebery. Worked up to nine pm when finished. Saturday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & off with M in carriage for Oxford. Met Lennie, Mite & Maud P. Delightful day. Roy met us. Had lunch in his room. Bought round mirror & scimitar. Looked over Merton College & Shelley Memorial. Paid man for M's seat. After left M in Roy's room. Caught the 5.47 train. Saw Johnny Matthews on platform. Back to town. Bought fruit at Butts, changing cheque. Quiet evening M & self after & bed at 12.0. (Red ink: M, Mite, Maud Paxton & Lennie & self all went to Oxford.) Sunday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.50. After put things straight etc. Lennie came at 11.30 & we went cycle ride all round Richmond Park & Kingston etc. Back at 2.10pm. Rest. Rain. Sent Otley to Sir A.Hickman's. Back saying they would play. Went on cycle. Played single with Sir A.H & after ½ a 3 set. Heavy rain. Talk with little Miss Trench. Cigarette after. Home & wrote letters. Cleaned swords with Brooks's Soap. Dinner 8.0. Lennie & Mite & Maud Paxton came. Quiet evening. Mite talked of her country house. (Red ink: Stopped by rain at Sir A.Hickman's. 3rd day.) Monday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round C.H with Tip. After breakfast left at 10.0 & went & called on F.C.B. Settled cut. Long talk on Punch. Told me about Arthur à Beckett not sub Editor etc. Left & home. Lunch. Rest. After skemed subject of Russian Bear. M & self dined quietly by selves. Wrote letters after dinner. Letter from Roy about Edna May. Bed at 11.15pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of The Earl of Wharncliffe. May 15.) Tuesday May 16
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round C.H with Tip. Saw Chumps. After breakfast photod Otley for Russian Bear. Left handed & put to dry. Up & got on with drawing. Found plates had all run. Terribly annoyed. M out. Otley round at 1.30 & photod him again. Rush & tired. In afternoon a thunderstorm & quite dark. Enlarged the photos at 5.0pm & got on with work till 7.15 when wrote letters & dressed. Left in carriage & dined at Mite's. Good dinner but slow. Maud Paxton & 2 young men there. Left 11.15 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Dined at dear Mite's.) Wednesday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk with Tip round C.H. Very heavy wind. Picked up a bough. Back. Wrote letters. Worked hard all day on drawing of Russian Bear proposing health. M in bed. Finished at 7.0 & dressed & by cab to P.D. A miserably wretched horse. Dinner pleasant. No cuts to do. 35 m late. My drawing sent on & handed round. Tenniel protested. William A after accident. O.S, R.L, A à B, self, J.T, F.C.B, A.G, E.T.R & H.W.L there. Agnew left his hat & Reed had to wear it. Arthur & Lucy went to Sladen's at home. Her Majesty opened or laid the Foundation Stone for the S.K.Museum building. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Alfred Bryan. May 18.) Thursday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk with Tip round C.H. After wrote letters & put things away etc. Went by bus at 12.0 to Miles's & had coat etc tried on. There at 1.0. On to Garrick. Had lunch. Saw Douglas St. After went by bus & called at Jewell's. Saw commode. Back to C.C. Very hot. Photod Miss Mabel Hall. Took about 50. Figure. Out 5.30 & called Lincoln & Bennetts. After at the Bath Club. Had hair cut. Met Lennie after. Cab to call & see Mite. Better but in bed. Maud Paxton had called in the morning saying Mite was ill with feverish cold. Cab home & M & self dined quietly. (Cutting glued in: Death of Lord Strafford. Th. May 18.) Friday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round C.H. Met Sir Richard Webster going to church & also caught Chumps. After back & all day tidied up & packed etc. Put round mirror up in my room & re hung swords & scimitars etc. M went in afternoon in carriage to see Mite. Back. Dined at 7.15 & M & self caught the 9.0pm train from Charing X, meeting Lennie & Mite. All down to Folkestone Harbour & got there 11.0. Mite & M walked across & Lennie & self had Apollinaris. Met 2 friends of his, Mr Brander etc. Oh! Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Went down to Folkestone. Miss Holland murdered at the Moat Farm. Not discovered until April 27 1903 about 8.0pm.) (Cutting glued in: Business on the New York Stock Exchange.) Saturday May 20 The Royal Pavilion, Folkestone. Up at 8.0 & out. Met Henry Dickens. After breakfast went with Lennie to see boat in. Met Col Ward Bennett. Back. Walk in town to Curiosity Shop. Lunch. At 3.15 Lennie & self walked to Dover, M & Mite driving in a fly. Got there 5.30. Called & saw Davis's shop & Lennie bought a screen. Mistake about train. Back by 6.20 to Folkestone. Dressed & dined. Fair dinner. Sat in corner after. After lunch went into the Winter Garden. M & Mite did not like it.
Sunday May 21 The Royal Pavilion, Folkestone. Up at 8.20am. x. Out for short walk. Better weather. Breakfast. Decided to go to Boulogne. Left M in bed. Lennie & self on board. Took wrong coat. Annoyed. Walter Agnew & wife. Merry W & Dickens on board. Had glass of beer. Talk to Brander. At Boulogne walked to Bailey's Restaurant. Good lunch. After to Casino. Lennie won 2 Fr. Then by tram to Cathedral. Saw curious Beadle like Meisonnier picture. Out. Lennie taking photos. Back by tram. Chocolates. Went into one or two curio shops. Bought for £16.16.0 Empire sofa, armchair & chair. Delighted. Lennie paid £1.0.0. for me. Back & walk on sands. Dined at Hotel de Paris & had most excellent dinner for 5F a head including coffee. Out & by fly to steamer. Lennie left chocolates. Back. Very wet. At hotel 10.0pm. Put coat back. Talk to M, Mite & the Dickens's. Had whiskey & soda & bed at 11.0pm. Monday May 22 The Royal Pavilion, Folkestone. Up at 8.15. Down & out & enquiring about trains. Very wet. Breakfast. Decided to go to Dover. Told Lennie & met at 11.0. Went to Dover, Dickens following. Rain all day. Called at Davis's shop. Selected swords. Over to Calais. Met Rhodes on board. Also Capt'n Dixon & Mr Anderson & a delightful little daughter. Wet all way over & awful smell at Calais. Good lunch, Dickens, Lennie & self. After out to see H.R.H the Princess of Wales go on board the steamer. Back on the 'Calais' & home. Cads on board. Miss Anderson. Just missed 5.20 train. Back by 6.15 & walked to hotel. Mite & M together. All dined & after sat in lounge. Mr Burnand stood drinks. Bed at 11.30. Mr B had 2 little black dogs. (Red ink: Crossed to Calais.) Tuesday May 23 The Royal Pavilion, Folkestone. Up at 8.0 & down after bath to see Lennie off. Went on cycle up to the Central Station & saw him. Good ride back. Breakfast. Up in M's room. Wrote letters. M down & we went to see boat off. Dickens & Merry W went. After walk with Mrs Merry W. Met Mite. Saw Marshall & Snelgove. Left M & Mite & pumped up bicycle. Changed coat. Disgusted to find front tyre burst. Hired a cycle & rode to Hythe. There 1.45. Met an old town clerk, Mrs Bowen & Revd & Mrs Spooner. Mackerel & Gosling. Good collie & cat. Mrs S frightened of cats. Back by 4.0pm to Folkeston. Saw Mite off & also the Tates & Sir Edward & Lady Carbutt & Hensman. Had tea at railway station. Walk on Lees. Talk to Mr & Mrs Merry W. Met Dickens. Wrote letters & diary. (Red ink: Lunched with the Lucy's.) Wednesday May 24 The Royal Pavilion, Folkestone. Up at 8.40. Later bath. Wet morning. M & self down to breakfast with Dickens. After up in room & packed. Had got up with slight cold & hoarseness, taken with chill yesterday. Down & saw boat off. Dickens went over & we might have done also. Back. M a pain. Got on cycle & had delightful run as far as Martello Tower at Hythe. Back. Saw 2 girls, one excited & angry about money. Up by lift & on to Hotel. Called at Curiosity Shop. Up in room, changed things & down to good lunch. After M & self went for a stroll. Pretty little Jew girl. Back. Paid bill for stick & sword & got off by 4.0. In same carriage with Merry W & wife & up to town. Saw C.O.Humphreys in train
looking so old. Also Sir A.De la Rue. Marshall of M & Snelgrove went up. Arrived C.X at 6.0. Otley met M. On to Camera C & Garrick. Saw accident with cab & van. Paid Derby sweep. To Punch dinner. F.C.B with a cold. J.T, self, R.L, O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R & A.G. Chaff about Levée. B.P drew a caricature of me. Left at 11.0 & home by buss. Many tips to give. Frightful. (Red ink: Last dinner at Criterion. Dined since Feb 9th '98.) Thursday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.25 & out on cycle past Burnand's. Called. Very cold N.E wind. Back. M found out poor little Dovey was dead. After skemed drawing for Peace going to The Hague. M out in carriage in morning. Photod Otley for American & Filipino at 2.15pm. Developed & enlarged photo of Etty Pettigrew taken 1891. Worked up to 8.15pm when dined quietly, M & self. Bed after. (Red ink: Poor little bird died, Dovey. Next went to Folkestone M, Roy & self Saturday Sepr 1906, 7 years after. Returned following Wednesday, Roy on the Monday. Written Sep 24, 1906.) Friday May 26 Stafford Terrace. x. Up at 8.15am. Walk round C.H. After to work all day on drawing of Peace going to The Hague. Finished it at 7.15. Dressed & M & self left in carriage & dined at the Steincopffs. Took Harriet Young in & sat next Miss Hosier. Wm Stone, old Rudolph Lehmann & others there, 20 in all. Mr & Mrs Messel. Left with M & home at 11.0. Bed 12.30 after smoke. Case of furniture came from Boulogne at 5.0pm. Only 8/6. Mite came to tea. (Red ink: Dined at the Steincopffs.) Saturday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Cycled round Park & home. After in morning put room straight & wrote letters. Otley to Savoy Theatre & Lincoln & Bennetts. After lunch M & self by cab to Savoy Theatre. Saw Arthur à Beckett full of woe about sub editorship. Also 'The Lucky Star' not bad. Out at 5.0. Put M in carriage with Mite & Maud Paxton. Walked to Garrick. Gave poor clerk 1/s. To C.C. & changed plates. Home by 7.0pm. Bought fruit. Quiet dinner & evening M & self. (Red ink: Went with M to matinée at the Savoy, 'Lucky Star'.) Sunday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Cycled at 8.55 & called at Putney on Mabel Hall. Back at 9.40 & breakfast. Left at 10.45 & up by bus to C.C & photod Mabel Hall for Harmsworth drawing & 18 others nude. Packed up & home to lunch. Slight rest & after Galbraith arrived. Lovely cob mare. Rouths passed. After Heathorne called. Went on cycle to Sir A.Hickman's. All away. After to Ealing & thro Gunnersbury. Home 6.15. Wrote letters & dressed. With M in carriage to dine at the Tates. Took Mrs Fladgate in & sat next Lady Monckton. Dixsee & Fildes there. Stayed till 11.20. Home by carriage. Very nice lady from Manchester or Cheshire. Snooze in chair & bed at 12.30. A summer cold came on. (Red ink: Dined at the Tates. Good dinner.) Monday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Tired & slight head. A summer cold on. Down. No letter from the Lord Chamberlain. After breakfast rode on cycle over to Tenniel's. Saw
him. Gave up idea of Levée. Back. Saw Maud Paxton. After printed photos taken yesterday & many of Mabel Hall as Britannia. Lunch. Rest after. Lovely sunny day all day. After lunch developed & enlarged prints for Daily Magazine. Dined quite quietly with M & wrote after. Very much annoyed with letter from Murphy declining terms for heading for Daily Magazine. Wrote him after dinner. Bed at 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of William Carpmael.) My old friend was Ernest. 'The Importance of being Earnest' 15 Oct 1901. Tuesday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am & out on cycle up Campden Hill & reverse way round Park. Saw Chumps & also Henry Tamworth Wells R.A. Home & after put things in order etc etc. After lunch left & up to town. Called Miles's & had waistcoats tried on. On to Garrick & C.C & called May's about Court suit. Then to Athenaeum & wrote many letters. To Harmsworth, Murphy etc & to Lord Chamberlain. Out & home to dinner by bus. Lennie & Mite, Maud Paxton & Miss Nootts to dinner. Quiet evening & bed at 11.30. Miss Nootts came. Bee Barrs to luncheon. (Red ink: Two girls looked pretty.) (Cuttings glued in: The Poet Laureate's proper designation is Mr Alfred Austin. Death of John Morant.) Wednesday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Down & found letter from D'Arcy asking to Derby. After writing letters dressed & at Victoria 11.30. Down in Special Train, meeting Campbell Praed & also Van Reallti's, père et fils. Young V.R paid 20/s to cab. Met Coupé L. Very hot. Most pleasant day. Dicksee, Sir G.Lewis etc. Miss Stanley, Lady Jaune. 'Flying Fox' won. Holocauste broke off or rather near fetlock & had to be killed. To Victoria at 6.0. To Garrick. Washed. Walked to Bouverie St with Lawrence Bradbury & got hot. 1st dinner in new room at Bouverie St. Full Punch staff there. Sir W.A, P.A, L.B, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Agnew spoke & all wrote on cards. Easy quick subject of Justice for J.T. Self a beastly one. Left 11.0 with Tenniel in cab & home by bus from Isthmian. M & Miss N had been to Coronet Theatre. Wire & letter from Harmsworth etc etc. Mr Murphy had called at 9.0pm. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: 1st Punch dinner in new room at Bouverie Street. Had dined at Criterion since Feby 8th 1898.) Jun 1899 Thursday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out. After breakfast went to High St & then on to Hyde Park Corner. Took 20 photos of traffic. 1 st 12 damaged by loose velvet in camera. Met Mills Oh! Mills in bus & also Frisby. Back & photod a policeman & a small boy. Developed in afternoon & went at 4.45 by cab to attend 2nd meeting of the Royal Commission for Paris Exhibition. Sir Seymour Haden put me out of it. Spoke up for Black & W & Fildes said after 'all right'. To Athenaeum with Dicksee. Wrote Harmsworth. Home to dinner with M & Miss Nootts. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Philip Chetwode to Hester Stapleton-Cotton. Marriage of Herbert Carpmael to Beatrice Grime.) Friday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out. Miss Nootts down. Worked all day on Policeman Balfour & Traffic. Finished easily at 8.30pm & dined. Enlarged with big enlarging apparatus at 3.0pm. Dined quietly. Lennie came in at 6.0pm with Mite.
Spencer took Bone for Military Tournament. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Martin Archer Shee, of a daughter.) Saturday June 3 Stafford Terrace. x. Up at 7.0am. Off at 8.30am. M & Miss Nootts breakfasting with me. To Victoria, met Lennie. Down to Canterbury. Changed twice. Bought old sword & satin wood jardinière at shop in Canterbury. Cycled to Margate & had A1 lunch & better coffee. On to Ramsgate. There at 3.40. Saw Hills. On to S.E.Rly. Had whiskey & soda. Intensely hot. Changed in train & on to town. Cycled home. Overdone with heat & thirst. M, self & Miss Nootts dined. Bed at 11.45. Frightfully hot. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Compton Popham. The wife of Moses Woolland, of a daughter.) Sunday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Intensely hot. 80º in Drawing Room. Looked over papers. Wrote on Canon Valpy's drawing. The Close, Winchester. Looked thro' papers etc & busy up to lunch. Rested 2½ hours after & then went at 4.45 on cycle walking up Campden Hill to Sir A.Hickman's. Played 4 or 5 sets with a young doctor v. Sir A & son. Lost last set. Back. Looked out 2 Punch drawings for Spielmann. Dinner. Mite, Lennie, Miss N, M & self. Very hot. Tired after. They left at 11.0. Read bicycle story in the Strand Mag' & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Played tennis at Sir A.Hickman's 4th day.) (Cutting glued in: Silver Wedding, Edward Carbutt and Mary Rhodes.) Monday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Round Park on cycle. Miss Nootts went to change gloves. M busy. Sent drawing to Johnson. After wrote letters & tidied up. Mr Murphy called 12.45pm & settled to do drawing. In room after row in roof, M & Emilie. After snooze. Burst into perspiration. Intensely hot. Spencer called in morning. Left at 5.0 by outside bus to Tanz Piccadilly. Measured for pair of velvet breeches. Saw Mrs Routh. On to Longacre, Garrick, C.C. 2 letters & to Bath Club. Met Molesworth in bus. Had Turkish bath & swim. Cool. Saw Lennie & Roger Wallace going to the Merchant Taylors dinner to meet H.R.H. Left 7.45 & home 8.15. Dinner. Intensely hot. Snooze & bed after at 12.30. Dream in chair. What? Tuesday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Slowly cycled round Park. Intensely hot. Breakfast. Men beginning spare room at last. 24 years since done. Began drawing for Harmsworth. Miss Nootts left at 11.45 for Palace Gardens. Worked all day on Harmsworth's drawing. Lennie & Mite dined with us. Got Whiteley's prospectus as was leaving to dine with Mrs Turquand. Took Mrs Dash in who had been to China. Sat next Mrs T. Very good dinner. Met Peter Reed & the Heilbuts. Left 11.15 & home by carriage. Very hot but the colder weather set in today. (Red ink: Dined with Mrs Turquand.) Wednesday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walked round C.H. Saw Chumps. After home. Wrote letters & worked all day on Harmsworth heading for Illustrated Mail. Lennie & Mite dined with M. Left at 6.30 & all the way to Bouverie St by bus. Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, O.S, Arthur à B, B.P, E.T.R, P.M there. Arthur glum
again. Much colder. Slipped out & left at 10.0pm on to Athenaeum & C.C. Wrote letters at Athenaeum. Home by bus & bed at 12.30. (Cutting glued in: The wife of George Abernethy, of a daughter.) Thursday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Out after round Campden Hill. Worked all day after writing letters on drawing for Harmsworth's Illustrated Magazine or Mail. M getting ready to go to Mite's, Oak Tree House, Lowfield Heath, Hawley, Surrey. She had lunch & left at 1.0pm. Worked till 7.30 when finished & sent drawing off. Dressed & dined with the Fairfax Rhodes'. Took a Lady Hart from China in. Next a Mrs Ainslie. Dull slow poor dinner. Saw Dicksee. Home by carriage. Had a headache all next day from either the Champagne or Madiera. Great bother & hurry sending in applications for Whiteley's issue of Debenture Stock. Applied for £2000, M £1500. (Red ink: Dined at the Fairfax Rhodes.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Spyridion Mavrojani to Dorothy Aird.) Friday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk. Saw Chumps by self. After wrote letters & got to work at 10.30 at drawing of Leonard Courtney & Lady Alderman. Took no photos on acct of time. All day at it & finished by 7.15pm easily. Dressed & left in carriage & dined at the Armstrongs. Curious incident of lady coming to the wrong house. Took Mrs A in & sat next to a delightful Mrs Romer who met me at Sir Francis Grant's Monymusk in 1882. Coupé London there. Talk of Whiteley's. Left 11.0 & drove up to Garrick & C.C. Back & looked in to Henderson's dance. Very crowded. Saw the Fagans, also Parishs etc etc. Left at 12.30 & home. Cheque returned from Glyn Mills & Co for £100. Bed tired. Had been seedy all day with slight bilious headache. (Red ink: Dined at the Armstrongs. Mrs Henderson's Dance.) Saturday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Did not go out. Took large dose of Aperta. After sent Otley to Whiteley's with letter & my returned cheque. Also wired Alan Cole. Then wrote letters all the morning. Taylors sent for the Empire set at 10.0am. Sweep had been. Lunch & left in the cart at 2.30 pm for Lord Salisbury's Garden Party. Most delightful day & scene. Beautiful women & many people I knew. Saw Lord Kitchener, the Prince of Wales & Duke of York etc. W.Clowes, Livesey, Holmes. Who is Holmes? Col Welby etc etc, Sir Thos Lipton, Maple & others. Left & caught the 6.0 train. Home by Met Rly. Met Beadle on platform. Home 7.0pm. Dressed & by carriage to dine at Marcus Stone's. Saw Fildes. Good dinner. (Red ink: Garden party at Hatfield. Mrs Marcus Stone's dinner.) (Plan of seating: Mrs Eastlake, self, Lady Alma Tadema, Marcus S, Mrs Hare, Mr Eastlake, Mrs Lawrence Wilton, Dicksee, a lady, Sir Alma Tadema. Mrs Stone, Mr Lawrence Walton.) Left at 11.45am. Strolled home. Sunday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Breakfast late 9.45 & after by bus to Charing X & down to Dover. Thin dark man in straw hat in carriage. Met Captn Dixon & wife, F.C.B, Mrs F.C.B & the Squire. Good passage & delightful lunch. Mrs B gave me a small reticule & was stopped by the Douaniers. Chaff. Back by L.C & D & drove & dined at Midge's. H, Midge, Dora & Bee Barrs there. Left at 11.15 & home by cab.
(Red ink: Crossed to Calais with Mr & Mrs F.C.B & the Squire.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Edward Hulse.) Monday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out for walk round C.H. Saw Chumps. Back & wrote letters etc. Left in the carriage by self at 11.30am & called Morris's & Maples. After to C.C & Daly's & May's. Lunched at Garrick with Percy Reeve & talk of The Gay Lord Quex in smoking room by Kendal, Jones, Furniss etc. Left & on to Athenaeum after changing plates at C.C. Wrote many letters & to have breeches tried on at Tanz's & after to Garrick. Saw Otley after calling May's about Court suit. Dressed & out. Dined at 7.30 & after talk with Willie Matthews who dined same table. Saw Bolton. After to see The Gaiety Girl at Daly's T. Sat behind Mrs Larnach & her niece. Talk. Felt a summer catahrr & seedy. Wrote again to the Lord Chamberlain & home by a hansom cab & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Went to Daly's Theatre. Saw Mrs Larnach.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Edward Hulse.) Tuesday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Walk round C.H with Tip. Wrote letters. Saw amongst papers a list of sale at 47 Bedford Gardens, Andrew McCallum. Went up & saw several things. Sent Otley to May's. Back. Lunch. Rested. M back at 4.0pm & at 6.0 Bee Barrs came. After tidied desk etc & at 7.20 dressed. Went with M to dine at the Johnson Fergusons. Took Lady Roxboro' in to dinner & sat next to Mrs MacLaren. Pleasant talk. An old man Sir something Lawrence who had my drawing there. Also again Frank Dicksees. Also the Hobhouses & many others. The Lawson Waltons. Left 10.45 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Dined at the Johnson Fergusons.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Elizabeth Herapath.) Wednesday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk. Saw C. Back. Breakfast. Wrote letters. After Mr Proctor came of Taylors Depository & settled to have covering for sofa etc. Up in room. M seedy. Wrote. Skemed Index. After lunch went by cab to the C.C & photod Miss Jessop as hospital nurse. Out at 5.30 & went to Athenaeum & had breeches fitted on etc at Tantz's. Settled buttons. On to Punch dinner. Sir Wm A, L.B, E.T.R, B.P, F.C.B, J.T, L.S, A à B, O.S. Phil May came playfully drunk & would talk about Kruger Cow. Left with Tenniel & home by bus. Bed 12.0. (Cuttings glued in: In Memoriam Barnett Barnato. Death of William Archer-Shee. Marriage of Donald Attfield to Elsa Herkomer.) Thursday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk round C.H. After got to work after writing letters. Skemed France & Dreyfus & photod Spencer in cloak who came in. After developed & got prints by 5.0. Could not work. Left at 6.35 in carriage & had a most excellent dinner at the Berkeley with Galbraith & Miss Rose Innes. After went to the Globe Theatre to see The Gay Lord Quex. Miss Irene Vanboro' excellent. Saw Mrs Warre opposite & Mrs Dick Cornmell. Friday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out for walk. Back & worked all day up to 9.45 on drawing of Dreyfus & French Republic. M went to dine at the Queensland dinner
at Earls Court with Spencer. Effie came in & dined at 9.45. Coarse in her remarks & left borrowing 6d off Bee Barrs. Spencer stayed till 11.45 & talked of a cork wiring machine he had. After to bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: Men doing room & began to paint red.) (Red ink: Effie & Bee Barrs dined. M went to Queensland dinner with Spencer.) (Cutting glued in: Death of George Macnamara.) Saturday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out for walk. After sent Otley for court suit. Bee Barrs left at 11.0am. Skemed Index. Decided a racing cut. After Otley photod self at lunch time & enlarged racing pictures. Developed them & enlarged. M left for Mite's at 4.0pm. Roy back from Oxford at 5.0pm & went to eat his term dinner. Dined at 8.10pm by self & went up by a hansom cab to the Gaiety Theatre & saw The Runaway Girl by self. Got there at 'Follow the man from Cooks'. The Nicols there. Out & to C.C. Saw Barker & to the Garrick Club. Saw Johnny Toole looking very absent & seedy. Lucas & Beerbohm Tree with an album. Left at 12.30 & home by carriage. Bed at 1.15. Roy at a dance. (Red ink: Went to Gaiety Theatre by self.) Sunday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out for walk with Tip. Dull grey day. After went on all morning with Index. Lunch, Roy & self, & went to Sir A.Hickman’s with Roy in cab at 4.15. Played 3 sets with Roy v Sir A & Col Heath, then Roy left. Played 5 after, won 6 sets alogether. Home by cycle & dined. Roy back from his dinner. Quiet evening & bed 11.30. (Red ink: Played tennis at Sir A.Hickman’s, 5th day.) (Cutting glued in: In affectionate remembrance Henry Vanstone.) Monday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk with Tip. After worked on drawing of Index. Got ready for Levée. Left in cab in court suit at 12.45 & went a long way round everyone staring. At Tenniel's at 1.15. Lunch. Miss T & a niece there. After left by carriage at 2.10 & got late to Levée. Agnews & Tates going. Passed the Prince who shook hands. Down. Got carriage & back to J.T's. Coffee & brandy & then home. Went on to work from 5.0 to 7.30. Dined at 8.0 & left in cab for Palace Theatre. Roy there. A very good programme & entertainment. Home by cab. Very hot. Bed 12.0. No biscuits. (Red ink: Lunch with Tenniel & attended my 1st Levée.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Gwyn Thomas to Edith Shackle.) Tuesday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Out for walk by self. Saw Chumps with a companion. Back & off by 10.10 to S.K.Museum. All day judging drawings. Met Alan Cole & 3 others. Very stuffy & got terribly tired at the last. Lunch. Saw Lockyer & Capn Abney. Seymour Lucas, Grego & Bob Humphreys. To work again & after left at 5.20 & home by cab. Did 1¼ hrs work on drawing for Index & dressed & left with M to dine at the Enthovens. Slow long dinner. Met the Threlfalls. All others so so. Mrs Noble & son & also uncle to Frank Lucas. Long winded yarns from Threlfall & got away at 11.20. Called on our way home at Morland Agnew's at home. Very fine house. Many I knew. Gour(?), Canon Duckworth, David Murray etc etc, Wm Agnews. Home 12.30. Roy came back from going to the Garrick with Miss Rose Innes. Bed at 1.0am. Rain in the morning. M
back from Mite's in afternoon. (Red ink: Judged drawings at South Kens'n. Dined at the Enthovens.) Wednesday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Out & walk by self. Back & wrote letters. Cheque received from Rev Canon Valpy. Finished by 1.30 the Index. Sent it off. Lunch. After skemed the Preface. Roy decided not to go to Oxford. Left at 6.15 & by bus to Bouverie St. Man in it tried to sell flowers. Punch dinner. Sir W.A (slept) Phil A, O.S, R.L, A à B, self, J.T, F.C.B, H.W.L, E.T.R, B.P, P.M. Long discussion. To my astonishment had cut to do. Cut a stupid one, Kangaroos, Lion & Punch Umpire. Left 10.5 & by cab to C.C & on to meet dear M in Jermyn St. To the Soirée of the Royal Society. Frightfully hot. Saw the Roger Wallaces etc etc. Broke a microbe glass. Out & home by carriage. (Red ink: M & self to Soirée, the Royal Society.) (Cutting glued in: Death of William Frere.) Thursday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Out & saw Chumps further on. Back & worked all day on Preface. Finished it 5.0pm & after did Tail between 5.0 & 7.20pm. Tired. Dined 9.0pm or 8.45, M, Roy & self. Roy had smoked all the French cigars. After slept till 11.0pm. Then Roy & self went by cab to the Quilters at home. Saw Warren & a most delightful woman. Mrs Tate, also Mrs Shannon. Very pretty. Left at 12.15 & home by cab. Crampton & Orwin. (Red ink: Went to Quilters at home.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Ayscough Fawkes. June 22.) Friday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk. No, did not go. Got to work as soon as possible & finished a bad drawing of Toby on Horse by 12.30 & sent it off. After began cartoon of Kangaroos & Lion & strange to say finished easily by 7.20. Dressed & left at 7.45 by cab to Savoy. Dined with Lawrence. Sat next to Roger Wallace & a man who acted for Herbert Weld Blundell. Told me about his money. Very curious. Worth £8000 a year to him. Stories told. Chinaman breaking idol. Sent the baby to his unmarried sister, Lily Langtree's. 'All right in a bed but no good against a wall'. Professor & Lady. Most delightful (illeg) 'Dreams'. Next to a pretty woman. Stayed till 11.45. Left by cab to Camera C & Athenaeum. Letters. Home by bus. Slept in chair till 2.30. Bed. Dined with Joseph Lawrence, 'The Savoy'. Saturday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. Told M stories & after walk with the 2 dogs. Back. Death of poor Tudor Frere. After the whole morning wrote letters & put away photos up to lunch time. Roy & M left for Mite's at 3.15pm, I resting. After got up & at 5.15 went on bicycle to call on Abbey at Tite St. Saw Mrs A & E.A.A. Delightful house & lovely studio. Garden etc. Got surcoat & book & back on cycle. Dined by self & left in omnibus to C.C, Garrick. Got cigar case. Went to Empire Theatre. Saw 'Round the Town' again. Poor. A beautiful brunette spoken to by cad. Sad. Out & to Garrick. Wrote several letters. No supper. Home by carriage at 12.15 & after a short rest in chair to bed. (Red ink: To Empire by self.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Shelley.) Sunday June 25
Stafford Terrace. Up 9.15 & down & breakfast by self. After developed 12 plates of B.J taken Wednesday the 14th. Not good. Up in room. Wrote many letters etc. Lunch. Rest & after to Sir A Hickman’s. Played 7 sets of lawn tennis & won every set, 2 vantage sets. Had young doctor as partner like poor Harry Vacher. Saw F.L.G's Strewwelpeter. Very good. Home by cycle. Wrote Mabel Hall to sit tomorrow. Dined by self at 8.0pm. Good dinner. Quiet rest after & wrote letters. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Played tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman’s, 6th day.) Monday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round by Putney. Called on M.H & arranged for sitting. Back to breakfast 9.40. After skemed subject for Vol 117 etc. Roy back from Mite's at 11.0. The hottest day of the year in the sun. Photod Abbey's book. Lunch. Left at 2.15 & by cab to C.C. Roy to Oval. Photod Mabel H for Peace & Bellona. Out at 5.30 after changing plates & on to Bath Club. Turkish bath. Hair cut & swim. Saw Roger Wallace, young Clowes & Ray Lankester. Dressed & on to dine with William Stone. Met Morshead & a brother of Richmond's. Told stories. Roy in at 11.30. Left 12.0 & home by cab to Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: Dined with William Stone.) Tuesday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. No walk. After in morning took armour photos. Mr Proctor called about Empire furniture. After developed photos taken yesterday. Lunch. Roy off. M back at 2.0pm. Went on enlarging. M & Mabel Wallace out at at homes. Bother about the R.A ticket. Waited till 6.45. By cab to Punch dinner. There 7.15. Sir W.A, Lucy, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & O.S only. Self suggested cartoon of Boar Hunt. Left & by bus to C.C. Wrote a letter. Called Garrick & got my card. After by cab to Royal Academy Soirée. Roy met me. Incident of poor little man's dirty boots. Saw Fagans, Richmond & a host of others. Hermann Vezin. Left at 12.0 & home by carriage. Bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: Punch dinner. Academy Soirée.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Egidio Vitali.) Wednesday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 Walk. Saw C. Back. Wrote letters to Goldthorp Hay, Morshead etc. Sent Abbey's book back. After got to work all day on opening for Vol 117. Thunderstorm came on at 7.15. Kept from going to Lockyer's dinner. Cab up at 7.50 & drove to the Reform Club. Dined a dinner of 18 with Norman Lockyer. Sat next Wymss Reed & a Dr Muller. Funy little Irishman next Dr M. Lord Walby, Prof Stokes, Ray Lankester, Alma Tadema, Sir Trevor Lawrence & many others. So so dinner. Tadema's yarns. Left 11.0 & called C.C & then on to the Punch supper. Great success. Chevalier sang. Many there. Romer, Sir E.Reed, full staff, Charles Agnew, Lawson, Buckle, Armstrong etc etc. Left at 1.0pm & home all way by cab. Roy at the Messels' dance. (Red ink: Mr Punch 'at home'. Dined with Sir Norman Lockyer.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Houghton.) Thursday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. No head & not tired. Walk with Tip. Sent Otley to F.C.B. Not to be found. Worked all day quietly on Heading for Vol 117. Dined 7.30 & M, Roy & self went to the Earl's Court Exhibition & saw Savage South Africa. Very good. Riding monkeys or baboons & a dog & football. Roy & self went down
the shute. Saw Sidney Brough. Home by carriage. Roy went to a Ball in Cadogan Sq & not home till very late. (Red ink: Went to Earls Court Exhibition.) Friday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out for walk with Tip. Little black dog in window. Worked all day finished Heading for Vol 117 at 1.30pm & sent it off. Began cartoon at 2.30 & finished 9.20 of Volunteers Past & Present. Poor cut. M, Roy & self dined quietly at 9.30. Bed 11.30 after. Tired. Jul 1899 Saturday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. Change in weather. Heavy wet at night. After went for walk with Tip. Letter from C.C. In morning wrote many letters & diary & wrote legend on drawing for Mr Robson. Lunch. Got off for Lowfield at 3.15, M in the carriage, Roy & self in 4 wheeler. Down with cycle. Rode it from Horley. Rain came on. Put on coat. At dear Mite's 5.30pm. Played bowls & golf. After dined 8.30. Roy went to the Hohlers to dinner. Back at 10.45. Bed 11.15. x. (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir William Flower.) Sunday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & breakfast 9.30. Mite in bed. Looked over Harpers. At 11.45 cycled with Lennie to Nymans, Roy driving cart & M & Mite in Victoria. Lovely day. Threatening of rain. Lunch at Messels. Beer made me heavy. Microscope. Up in tower with Muriel. After back by cycle. Unharnessed pony & dined 8.0pm. Quiet evening & bed 11.0 after. (Red ink: At dear Mite's.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Gertrude Blogg. Funeral of Sir William Flower. July 6.) Monday July 3 Oak Tree House, Lowfield. Up 8.30pm. Lennie off. Roy & self got off by 10.30, Roy in Victoria, self on bicycle. Mistook the side of station. Up to town. Saw Mrs Messel. Rode cycle home. Lunch. Roy did not go to the Oxford & Cambridge cricket match. Left at 7.0 in the carriage & dined at Pagani's. Good dinner & after the Tivoli. Poor performance. Home on the top of a bus & bed at 11.45pm. (Red ink: Dined at Pagani's.) Tuesday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill with dogs. Saw a squirrel run across the road. After in morning wrote letters etc. Skemed subject of Joan of Arc. Carpenter at work in spare room. Glass put up etc etc. Dined quietly at 7.15pm & after Roy & self went in cab to the Court Theatre & saw a play called 'Wheels within Wheels'. Bourchier very good. Lena Ashwell, Dion Boucicault etc etc. Eric Lewis. Home by carriage & bed before 12.0am. Roy all day at Oxford & Cambridge cricket match. (Red ink: Went to the Court Theatre.) Wednesday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk with dogs. After sent Otley to May's etc in cart. Came back with letter & wire from B.L. Lunch with Roy. After to town by bus calling Camera Club. By bus to City calling on Mr Goldthorp Hay about the Jarrah Compy. Strolled back to Garrick calling at Evered's for door handles etc & Clarks for sword etc. Dressed at Garrick & put name down for Thursday 27 July. After to
Punch dinner by bus. Sir W.A, L.B, E.T.R, H.W.L, P.M, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S. Went on with Tenniel to F.C.B's at home. Very good & many actors there. Saw Stone. Talk to Mrs Lucy & Bourchier. Left at 1.15 & home by cab with Roy. Partridge hammering at the door of the Punch office & could not get in. (Red ink: Mrs Burnand's at home.) Thursday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycle ride round Park. After in morning skemed subject of the Duke of Connaught & Punch. Photod Otley at 11.45 for the Duke & lunch. At 2.15 photod Miss Mabel Hall for Joan of Arc. Very hot. Developed them after. Enlarged photos of Otley up to 7.30pm. After self dined quietly at 8.15pm. Roy back from Henley at 10.0pm. Had been to supper at the Messels. Frigtfully hot Bed 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of Hugh Wallace.) Friday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk with dogs. After wrote letters till 11.0am & at work all day on Duke of Connaught & 'Punch'. Finished 9.45 & very tired & exhausted. Frightfully hot. Roy dined at 6.0pm & went to see The Belle of New York. Bed at 11.30pm. Roy home early. (Cutting glued in: The Prince of Wales reviews the Metropolitan Volunteers.) Saturday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk & after wrote invites for dinner on the 25 th. Then in very hot weather photod Otley in armour. Lunch 1.30. An hour's rest. At 4.0 drove in carriage to Horse Guards & went into the Press Enclosure with Roy. Frightfully hot. Saw Lowe, Pellew & Swain. Great view of Royalties & magnificent march past of Volunteers, 27000 strong, from 5.28 to 7.15pm. Got away & to Bath Club by 7.35. Turkish bath. Out & to restaurant in Mill Street, Bellini's, by 8.30. Very good dinner & after to Alhambra. A very good performance. Frenchman imitating nightingales & Spanish dancer. 'A Day Off' ballet very good. To the Garrick. Dull & wretched. Saw poor Johnny Toole. Home by carriage at 12.30am & bed tired. (Red ink: Volunteer Review.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Frederick Burkinyoung to Adelaide Chessell.) Sunday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Breakfast at 9.15. Roy & self left at 10.15 & to Victoria in busses. Met Wolff, Miss May & her brother & over to Calais. Denny & others. Very hot. Delightful lunch. 2 boxes of cigars. Met carriage. Back to town. All sleepy. Row with collector about landing ticket. Roy & self home 8.0pm exactly. Good dinner. Bed at 10.0 & 11.0. Roy 10.0, self 11.15. Nightmare, woman & dogs. Very hot. (Red ink: Delightful run to Calais.) Monday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Letters from M, Aird, Johnson Ferguson etc etc. Walk with Tip. Hot grey morning. Carpenter at work doing room. After wrote letters etc. Lunch. Enlarged photos taken on Thursday last with large apparatus. Dined 7.0 & went in hansom with Roy to the Avenue Theatre & saw a stupid piece called 'Pot Pourri'. Claire Romaine & Jane May. 'What's the matter with Mary? Mary doesn't know,
But everywhere that Mary goes The men are sure to go'. Saw Rubens. Left at 11.0 & home on top of an omnibus with Roy. Sandwich & bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Went to the Avenue Theatre with Roy.) (Card interleaved: Invitation to marriage of Mr & Mrs Steinkopff's daughter.) Tuesday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out with dogs for walk. Intensely hot. Met W.Ellis RA. Back. Wrote letters & after enlarged not very successfully 2 other plates I took Thursday last. Lunch. After printed photos & stuck enlargements together. 1 hrs rest. Roy at Club. Expected M home. Wire came at 4.40pm to say not coming. Dined 8.20pm & at 9.15 went to Exhibition at Earls Court. Very hot. Did the shute, wheel, switch back etc. Bicycle polo. Out 10.45. Saw Mr & Mrs Tovey. To Sir Robert Romer's at home. Saw Binns Smith, Tyrrels & many others. Loo Williams that was. Supper. Pretty Mrs Romer. Home by carriage at 12.20. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Went to Exhibition with Roy. Lady Romer's at home.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of George Reid to Grace Goldie. July.) Wednesday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Overslept. Up at 8.45. Out with Tip. Like an oven so hot. Back. Wrote letters all morning. Printed photos all morning printing & yesterday. So dense. Muddled about all day & after left at 2.30 for C.C in cab & photod Miss Williams 1st time. Poor model. No good. Bad figure. Out at 5.0 & on to the Bath Club. Swim & dressed. Cab to Bouverie St. Punch dinner. P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A à B, J.T, self, R.C.L, O.S. Frank ill. Got stupid cut of Lion & Eagle. Left at 10.45 & on by carriage to Reception at the Carlton Club. Saw Little & Courtauld Thomson. Roy after. Great sight. Yohé. Mrs Bingham & Lady Colin Campbell, De Lucca etc. Left 12.30am & home by carriage. (Cutting glued in: A hot night.) Thursday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk round C.H with dogs. After wrote many letters & put photos in order. Printing etc. Rest after lunch. Skemed picture & got it ready by 8.0pm. Roy & Harold Messel dined at S.T & went to Belle of New York. Very hot after dinner. (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary of Arthur Toller. The debtor Arthur Blackett examined.) Friday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out for walk. Met C 8.50. Back & on to work after writing letters. Roy went in cart 10.45 to Eton & Harrow match. Worked on by self all day & finished a stupid drawing of Lion & Eagle at 8.15. Dined 8.30pm. Carpenter muddled putting bed up & marked the floor cloth. Roy & self dined together quietly. Saturday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out for walk. Fine morning. After breakfast wrote letters. Roy off to Eton & Harrow at 10.45. Cheque for £5.1.6 sent from S.Kensington. Put things in order all morning. Lunch & a rest after in room. After M went in cart taking Lennie's table to Lords. Saw Hilda & Harold Messel. On to stand from 5.0 to 6.30pm. Then left. Drove to Bath Club & after Turkish bath with Roy dined at Hanover Hotel. Good. Went on to the Alhambra after. Saw H Messel
& Hilda. Left & home by cab. Called Camera C & also saw Lord Lonsdale driving. Eton & Harrow a drawn match. Great heat. (Red ink: Went to the Alhambra.) Sunday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & walk with dogs. After in morning put things straight etc. Printed, developed etc etc. Lunch. Rest for 2 hours & at 4.15 went with Roy in cab to Sir A.Hickman's taking dress things. Played many sets. Good cup & dined at Sir A.Hickman's, Roy & self. Talk to Col Tom Hickman afterwards about weapons. Lily quiet. Old port etc. Left 10.45 in a hansom & home. Rest & to bed 11.30pm. Great heat. (Red ink: Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's, 7th day.) Monday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out with dogs for walk. In morning all day tidying up putting things straight. Got paper ready to draw Joan of Arc. Roy waited after lunch. At 5.0 M back from Mite's having been there 16 days. Quiet dinner & bed early after. M, Roy & self dined. Frightful heat. Tuesday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk with dogs. After in morning printed photos etc. Dressed & at 1.30 went with M in the carriage to Miss Steincopff's wedding at St Margaret's Westminster. After to reception. Saw Canon Ainger. Then by carriage to the Royal Academy. Terribly hot. Saw Orrock. After called on Clocks in Kensington. Then to Mrs Oakes's garden party. Slow. Roy had his fortune told by palmist. Genl Kent. Strolled home in the heat. Rested exhausted & dined 7.15. After M, Roy & self went to see 'The Tyrranny of Temo' at the Criterion. Very good. Returned in 4 wheeler & to bed at 12.0 after rest. Frightful heat. (Red ink: Miss Steincopff's wedding.) Wednesday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & walk with dogs. Very hot. After all day doing photos & clearing up etc. Rest after lunch & left at 5.0 & went on the top of a bus & went to Evered & Co. Chose door plates etc. Met Alfred Bishop in bus. Terrible heat. After strolled to Punch dinner thro' Covent Garden calling Green's for fish. Punch dinner. F.C.B (better) J.T, self, O.S, A à B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R. Good dinner. Got cut for self, Slum & Insurance Agent. Back with Tenniel & by bus. M awake. x. Hottest day this season. Thursday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk with dogs. Cycled for insurance background. After skemed subject & at 11.0 photod Otley. After a boy & his baby. Developed etc. Lunch. After at 4.0 enlarged & got ready. At 7.30 dressed & left in carriage for dinner at the Hemmings. Curious & wonderful old man. Next to Mrs Walter Severn & Miss Hemmings. Not so slow a I thought it would be. Back. Roy had a doubtful youth to dinner of no appearance & manners. Went to Daly's Theatre with him. Frightful heat. (Red ink: Dined at the Hemmings.) Friday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk with Roy & dogs. After at work all day on drawing of Slum & Insurance Agent Sneak. Finished at 9.0pm & dined M, Roy & self. The great heat culminated tonight. Slept in chair with only linen shirt on.
Wet through. (Red ink: Frightfully hot.) (Cutting glued in: Death & Obituary of Sir Edward Sullivan. Mon July 24 '99. The wife of Arthur Gill, of a son.) Saturday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk with dogs. Tip all right, Ricky ran away. In morning wrote letters etc & printed blues. Early lunch & M left in carriage at 1.20 for Victoria to go to Mite's. Self left at 2.0pm by bus & cab to go to Waterloo. Frightfully hot at station. Met F.C.B & Mrs B & Mary B & the Lucys. Down to Twickenham & drove to Sir Whittaker Ellis's house. After proceeded up the river. The Mays joined us at Twickenham. Saw the islands at Teddington where I remembered pretty girl in boating party in 1878. Went with Spencer Con & Jyp at the same time of year, 21 years ago. On to Hampton & turned. Showers came on & all the people scuttled back to Buccleugh House. Roy there. Pernot dinner. (Red ink: Sir Whittaker Ellis's dinner.) (Plan of seating: Lady E, F.C.B, niece of Lady W.E, Phil May, Mrs Lucy, self, Mrs B, Sir W.E, Aunt, Mary B, Roy, Mrs May, Lucy.) Drove home by dog cart. Home 11.50. Thunderstorm at night. Sunday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Breakfast 9.30. Did not go out. Left at 9.50 & up by bus to C.C. Talkative driver, 6/4 a day & paid by day, £2.4.0 a week. At 11.15 photod Mabel H for Joan of Arc. Dull grey day & unfitted for photing. Out at 1.0 & home by bus. Roy back. Lunched together. Rest for 2 hours & after by cycles to Sir A.Hickman's for last time this season. 1 game with boy & Roy v Sir A & self. Beaten after several sets. 1 10 games all, beaten. Did not win a set. Good cup. Rain came on & rested. On again till 7.0. Back on cycles. Dined 8.15pm, Roy & self. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Tired. Cooler weather. (Red ink: 8th & last day's tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's.) Monday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Roy & self cycled round Park. Girl in white from Stafford Terr following. Breakfast. Carpenter from Nash's finished his job. Mr Sargent called. Wrote diary & letters etc after put the electric wires right in Drawing Room. The furniture from Taylors came done up. M back from Mite's at 7.0pm. Roy at Club. Quiet dinner & bed 11.30pm after. (Cutting glued in: Death and Obituary of Colonel Robert Routledge. Mon 24 July.) Tuesday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk with Roy. Saw Chumps at 9.0. In morning wrote cards to all the men coming tonight & wrote the menus. Tidied up etc. Boxes from Thomas came. Rest & after put wine out etc. Round ice. Roy at Club. At 7.45 dressed. Lord Rathmore 1st to come. Dinner a great success, except F.C.B not well. All left by 11.45. Sir C.Hall, Aird, Wolff & F.C.B did not go up. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Home dinner of 12.) (Plan of seating: H.Weld Blundell, John Aird, Roger Wallace, F.C.B, Col Lucas, G.W.Wolff M.P, H.W.L, Sir Norman Lockyer, Lord Rathmore, self, Hon Schomberg MacDonnell, Sir Charles Hall.) (Red ink: Golden & another waited. 4 bottles Ayala '74, 5 bottles Pol Roger '74, 2 bottles Ivory '74, ½ C.Y'Quem.) Menu July 25, 1899. Hors d'oeuvres, Caviare. Chateau Y'Quem 1881. Consommé
Filets de soules a la Reine. Ayala Pol Roger 1872. Noisettes de langue aux champignons. Léoville 1875. Gigot d'agneau, petits pois, haricots verts. Ayala Ivory 1874. Poulet et salade Puree de framboises, macedoine de fruit. Courvoisier 1851 Bouchées de merlandes. Wednesday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Walk with dogs. Gave old woman 3d. After home. Slight head on. Rat killed in the yard by dogs. Put wine away not used yesterday, 5 bottles. Wrote Walter Austin. Wrote diary & put red lines back to April. Lunch. Left at 4.0pm & had Turkish bath & swim. Hair cut. On to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T. R, H.W.L. Good dinner & got cut of de Gallifet & Madame France. Home with Tenniel & by bus. Bed 12.0. Thursday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk with dogs. Saw Chumps going to school by herself last time. Back. Skemed subject for France & de Gallifet. Photod Otley & enlarged etc. Got to work & worked all day up to 9.0pm. M left for Mite's at 3.30pm. Roy & self dined together quietly & bed 11.30pm. Friday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk with dogs. After to work all day & finished at 6.30 drawing of de Gallifet & Madame France. Dined at 7.10pm & went with Roy in hansom to the Globe Theatre & saw The Gay Lord Quex 2 nd time. Went behind & saw Hare. Miss Godwin in stalls, Ellen Terry's daughter. Walked to the Garrick. Lemon squash & 2 small cigars. Home by carriage at 11.30 & bed. (Red ink: Went with Roy to see Lord Quex. Hare & bags of oxygen.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Pilleau.) Saturday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with dogs. After in morning Roy & self got off on cycles by 10.0am, Otley in dog cart. To Victoria & down to Mite's. Many changes in train. There by 1.0pm. Winnie Lockyer there. Lunch. After at 3.0pm cycled with Roy to Nymans. Got very hot. Bath. Garden Party. Marcus Stones, Miss Carlyle etc. Pretty girls. Mrs Martin, Miss Williams & Owen Seaman. Left & home on cycle at 7.0pm. Dined 8.15. Sat out after. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Roy & self went down to Lowfield Heath.) Sunday July 30 Oak Tree House, Lowfield. Up at 8.30am. x. Bath & down. Pleasant morning. Reading etc. Very hot. Lunch. Lennie annoyed because would not cyle to house in heat. Tea at Mr Hohlers & talk to Miss Carlisle. Lennie, Roy, Winnie Lockyer & self cycled to Greenings. Got into the house at the back. Charmed with view. Home. Roy dined at the Hohlers. Dinner. Sat out after. Cooler. Roy back at 11.0pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of Fanny Winslow.) Monday July 31 Oak Tree House, Lowfield. Up 8.15am. Bath. Lennie left & after read Romola etc. Very hot. Lunch. Left at 11.0 with M & Mite & drove to Greenings to look at
house. Beautiful view. Bird in kitchen. Let it go. Back by 12.45pm. Read & off with M at 4.0pm. Very hot & train late. Up to town. Man in carriage wanted blinds all down on my side. Otley met me. Went to the Garrick & then the Punch dinner by bus. F.C.B, J.T, self, O.S, P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, Pleasant evening. Got easy cut. Tenniel put me down at the C.C. After to Garrick & wrote ½ a doz letters. Home by bus. All as usual. Aug 1899 Tuesday August 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & walk with Tip. After wrote letters. Sent Otley to Mrs Tomlin. Long time away. Skemed subject of M de Staal, Russian Ambassador & Peace Conference. At 12.45 photod Otley & self & also enlarged Penley in 'Uncles & Aunts'. Rest for 1 hour. After worked from 4.30 to 8.30pm. Dined by self at 8.45 & to bed at 11.0pm. Woke with nightmare at 12.30. Wednesday August 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out for walk with dog. After at work all day on drawing of M de Staal, Russian Ambassador & Peace drawing. Wrote Mr Fred'k Harrison. Dined at 7.0pm & left in carriage at 8.0pm for the Lyric Theatre & saw Miss Jessie MacKaye & Mr de Wolf Hopper in El Capitan. Music pretty. Very pretty woman just in front of me. Lovely profile but such a figure when got up. Left & walked to the Garrick. Wrote Mr Morshead. Left & home in carriage at 12.0am. Read till 1.20 & then to bed by self. (Red ink: Went by self to 'El Capitan'.) Thursday August 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walked with dogs round by the Vestry Hall & read Jarrah report. Back. Tidied. Wrote letters & diary. Printed blues & at 12.0 enlarged nude for Joan of Arc. After lunch packed & got off in cart at 4.30pm. To Victoria & down to Horley with Ricky. M & Mite met me in Victoria. Horse lame. Lennie & Nipper in pony cart. To house. Unpacked & dinner. Champagne. Sat out after & bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Poor Ricky & little Victoria. Racing round. Mite would not let Victoria down.) Friday August 4 Oak Tree House, Lowfield. Up 8.30. Bath. Lennie & Nipper off in morning in pony cart. Headache all day up to tea time after champagne yesterday. Got to work in morning & afternoon on Joan of Arc. Lennie back at 6.0. Roy back from Nymans at 5.30. Cycled Lennie & self to see old Queen Anne's Lodge. Delighted with it. Met Roy at Charlwood with Ricky on cycle. Back & quiet dinner. Lovely evening. Sat out after & bed early. (Red ink: Began drawing of Joan of Arc. Finished it Sunday Feby 18 1900. Got 100 guineas.) Saturday August 5 Oak Tree House, Lowfield. Up at 8.30. Out & breakfast. After read. Cycled to look at house, old Queen Anne's Lodge. Lennie went to Horley & met us there. M & Mite drove in pony cart. Winnie Lockyer & self cycled. M & Mite delighted with house. Back & Roy & Lennie off to cricket match. Lunch. Read. After strolled up with M & Winnie & the old dogs. Back to tea at Mrs Hohlers. Ghost stories. Lady Goring & Lady M.Bourke. Back. Old bull dog. Cricket match won by Mr Hohler's 11 easily. Back to house. Dinner. Dear Mite's health drunk. Sat out & bed 11.0.
Kept awake by old dog barking nearly all night. Mite had her presents put out in morning. Mite's birthday. Sunday August 6 Oak Tree House, Lowfield. Up 8.45. Breakfast. Dull morning. After at 11.0 cycled with Lennie to Crawley. Posted letters. Looked over house belonging to Countess Reichenbach. Beautiful view. Boys & dog barking. Back by 12.45pm in spots of warm rain. Lunch. Lennie left for camp at 1.45pm. After read & at 4.0 Roy & self cycled to Nymans. Passed Mr Marriott on road. Lovely afternoon. Had ginger beer at Peas Pottage. Tea at Nymans. Ghost stories etc. Mr & Mrs Marriott ball throwing. Left at 7.0. Passed Marriott. Home 7.40. Winnie Lockyer had left. Dinner, M, Mite, Roy & self. Sat out till 10.am. After bed 10.30. M slept with Mite. (Red ink: Cycled to Nymans.) Monday August 7 Oak Tree House, Lowfield. Up 9.0. Slept by self, M in Mite's room. Got letters. Dull cloudy morning. Roy went to Horley to play cricket. After got to work all day on drawing for Gillotts. Lunch & quiet afternoon. At 6.30 started to cycle to Ifield. Brighton road alive with cyclists. Got after passing Roy to Crawley & on to Ifield. Saw Mark Lemon's grave & also his daughter's Mrs Blumer & their child. Left 7.15 & home through a sort of common & by Charlwood. Quiet dinner, M, Mite, Roy & self. Sat out after & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Cycled to Ifield.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sidney Heron.) Tuesday August 8 Oak Tree House, Lowfield. Up 8.0am. Wrote & worked in morning. Read in afternoon. At 6.45 Roy & self started to cycle to Rusper. Got ½ way up a hill & finding it 7.20 turned back & home through Ifield. Back 8.0pm. Pretty rustics. Quiet dinner, M, Mite, Roy & self. Sat out & bed at 11.15pm. x. (Red ink: Failed to get to Rusper.) Wednesday August 9 Oak Tree House, Lowfield. Up 8.0am. Quiet morning. Worked up to 1.30pm. Lunch.. Put things up. Roy away at a cricket match. Left with M & Mite at 4.0 for Horley. Ricky ran after carriage & had to be taken in. Up to town. Otley met me. On to Garrick by bus & to Punch dinner. Wrote & wired Sophy. At dinner F.C.B, J.T, R.L, O.S, self, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Sat opposite Frank at end of table. Good dinner. Got Russian Chinese & Japanese subject. Left with Tenniel & put down at Garrick. Talk of his nephew in divorce court. Wrote several letters & home by cart from Club at 12.0am. Bed. No letters. Thursday August 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round by cloisters of Church. Noted column for photo. Back & skemed picture of Japanese & Chinese making love & Russian Bear. At 12.30 photod Emily & after Otley. Had sent him for square bag at C.C. Developed plates & after an hour's rest enlarged. Got to work 6.0pm till 8.45 when dined quietly by self. Did not go out. Bed 12.0am. Friday August 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out & at 8.30 photod corridor of church & church door etc. Back & after breakfast to work & all day up to 7.30 when finished drawing of Japan, China etc Russian Bear. Dined by self ¾ hr after ordering dinner. Went by carriage at 8.40 to C.C. Got box of plates then to Alhambra. Splendid Spanish dancer. On to Empire. No one I knew. Called Garrick. Wrote letters etc. Home by carriage at 12.0. Had headache. Why? Lasted all next day. Bed at 1.30am after reading Arabian Nights. Saturday August 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Bilious headache which lasted all day. Why? Walk by self round Campden Hill. After got camera ready & at 10.30 took 84 photos of Miss Hall in classical Britannia dress etc. Finished at 12.30. Developed ¼ plates taken yesterday & heads after lunch. Put photos away etc. Selected photos & wrote letters & left at 4.15in cart. Called Butts, no good fruit. Gave 1/4 each for 6 peaches. Called shop in Sloane St. Got melon plums & greengages. Down by 5.5 train to Horley. Fly met me & on to Oak Tree House. After cycled with Lennie to see The Glovers. Rikki went too. Roy ill with bilious stoppage. Quiet dinner & bed 11.30 after sitting out. M & Mite well. (Red ink: Photod Miss Hall in classic dress.) Sunday August 13 Oak Tree House, Lowfield. Up at 9.0am. Dull morning, most lovely day after. At 10 to 11.30 wrote many letters. Drew cheque for Parish Taxes & also filled in Income Tax paper for £800 less £24.16.8 for Life Assurance. At 12.0 Lennie & self cycled to Rusper. Lovely village. Roy left behind missed us. Saw house, no good. Back at 1.30 for luncheon. After sat & rested till 4.15, then Lennie & self cycled to Nymans, meeting Dr Messel who had cycled from London & going back. No one at Nymans. Eat a quantitiy of delicious gooseberries. Lovely view & garden. Mr & Mrs Elliot there. Talk to Mr & Mrs M, Ruth etc. Left at 7.15. Coming home Lennie's tyre exploded. Also saw a woman pitched off a cycle on the hill. Lennie ran from Crawley home. Dinner 8.30. Bad fowl. Paté de fois gras. Sat out. Bed 11.0. Good night. M slept well. (Red ink: Cycled to Nymans.) Monday August 14 Oak Tree House, Lowfield. Up 7.45. Breakfast 8.0am. Lennie off at 8.30 exactly. Read & delighted with Trilby. Got to work on Joan of Arc. Put in sword & part of armour in ink etc. Did chain armour. Lovely day. Worked till 5.30pm when Roy & self cycled to Three Bridges. Took train to Haywards Heath. Train 25 minutes late. Did not leave until 7.15. H.H on to Nymans. Very hot & home at 8.15 exactly. Sat down to dinner at 8.30 late. After sat out & bed at 11.15. M woke me in night. x. (Red ink: Cycled from Haywards Heath. Lennie put out at dinner.) Tuesday August 15 Oak Tree House, Lowfield. Up 8.30. Breakfast not till 9.0am. Lennie did not go to town as his foot was bad. Intensely hot day all day. Hottest since at Lowfield. Worked all morning on Joan of Arc & in afternoon up to 6.0. Cyled round lawn at 7.30. A Mr & Mrs Hardy dined who had been round the world. Very nice couple. Roy interested in pig-sticking. They left 9.45. Sat out & bed at 10.0pm. Very hot at night. Wednesday August 16
Oak Tree House, Lowfield. Up 7.45. Breakfast 8.0. Lennie off at 8.10. Cooler. Roy left 9.30 to meet Ruth. Saw him drive along road. Got to work all morning up to 1.30. Ruth arrived 10.0am. Lunch. After packed leisurely. M & self off. Cycled to Horley & up by 3.37. Good bye to Mite with Ruth & puppy. Up to town. Otley met us. Sent M home. After to C.C & to Garrick. Called Attenboro's & collected chain for Roy. On to P.D. Up at 7.0 punctually. F.C.B said he had a letter from me. Annoyed. Good dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, O.S, L.B, P.M, H.W.L, A.G. Long discussion. Got cricket cut. Left with Tenniel. Cart at Garrick 11.45pm. Home. Bed 12.15. All work done at Stafford Terrace. Bed looked A.1. Thursday August 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Lovely morning. Cycled round Park. Fish dead again, only 4 left out of 16. After writing letters got to work all day on drawing of Kangaroo & Lion. Worked up to 8.30 when M & self dined quietly. Drank Chianti. Good. M had been out in carriage. Bed at 1.30pm. Roy's chain came at 5.0pm. Friday August 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. M seedy & in bed ½ day. On to work at cricketing subject of Kangaroo & Lion. Finished at 3.0pm. Rest & smoke. After packed things for tomorrow. Left at 7.45 in cab & had most excellent dinner at F.C.B's. A1. Ecrevesses. Long talk. Left at 11.0 & home by bus. Read & to bed 12.15am. White fish jumped out of aquarium & died. Had been in over a year. Saturday August 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on cycle past F.C.B's & Clarendon Road where I went to dine at the Orlebars more then 30 years ago. Back. M seedy in bed. Skemed subject of Engines & July Season. Dear Roy's 21 st birthday. Grieved not to be with him. M wiring all round. Lunch. Finished packing & put work up to take with me. Dined 6.45pm & left in cart for 8.50 pm Euston at 7.55. Quiet dinner with M, grouse etc etc. Had carriage to self at Euston. Not bothered with guard or anyone. Went to sleep a 9.0pm & slept fairly well all night. (Red ink: Left for Ballinluig.) Sunday August 20 On board train for Perth. Woke 6.0am. Very long stoppage after Carstairs at Motherswell. Got to Perth 1 hour late. Idiotic porter like poor Macdonald. Hurried breakfast. Met Wolff on platform. Great difficulty in getting carriage. Got in with nice old gentleman. Talk to Ballinluig. After met Mr Richardson, Miss Metcalf, niece by marriage of Mr Alex Carlisle of Belfast, Mr Coates. All drove to Ballechin. Miss Mulligan, Mr Torrey & a Mr Dugdale there. Had 2 nd breakfast. Read on the lawn A Duet by Conan Doyle. Lunch. Worked for 3 hours in the afternoon. (illeg under cutting) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Baron Albert Grant.) Monday August 21 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.5am. Woke at night. Had Rutnows'. After put on brown shooting things. Down breakfast. Mr Dugdale left at 10.0am. Wolff had 'good news'. No shoot till 2.0pm. Went to put in a morning's work. After had lunch. Left at 2.0 on the grey pony. Mr Richardson, Freddy May & Miss Metcalf walking up to top gate thro' wood. Very hot. Began shooting 3.0 till 7.15. Stayed at Springs. Got about 7 brace. Bird flew straight at me. Got the biggest hare shot this year. Walked home by Pitnacree. Late for dinner. Wolff annoyed. Dined at 8.30pm. Miss
Mulligan's last night. Torrey nearly walked off his legs by young Coates. Bed at 11.0. Tired. Woke in night as usual. (Red ink: Worked in morning. Shot in afternoon. Miss Metcalf, stout San Francisco girl.) Tuesday August 22 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.15.bath. Down. Miss Mulligan had gone off at 6.30. Mr Schwabe arrived before breakfast. At 11.0 all went up hill for deer drive. Guns Wolff, Richardson, Torrey, Mr Jerry Coates, Mr Freddy May, Mr Schwabe & self. Had to walk with beaters. Frightfully hot. Lunch with the ladies. After 3 drives. One capercaillie hen & 1 roe buck got. Walk home by 4.30. Frightfully parched with thirst. Changed. Went into garden. No gooseberries & no fruit to eat. At 6.10 Freddy May & Mr Torrey left. Went up & worked till 7.0 when changed things into lower room after dressing. Good dinner. Frightfully thirsty. Sleepy after. Went to bed at 11.0. Woke 2.15am. (Red ink: Roe deer drive in wood.) Wednesday August 23 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.5. Good bath. After got letters, 1 st from M. Worked from 10.0 to 1.15pm on Punch page. Mr Schwabe & Mr Jerry Coates went off at 11.0 to shoot. Lunch. Wolff undecided. At last at 2.25 got off riding pony with panniers. Mr Richardson charged for my pony. Began shooting about 3.15. Wolff, Richardson & self. Got a right & left the 1 st shot fired out of No 2 gun. Fired 7 cartridges in all & got 4 birds & 1 blackcock. Fired 2 at partridges. Home long walk round Pitnacree. Stopped at 3 different springs. Home 7.15. Bath. Milk & soda. Wrote diary. (Cutting glued in: Death and Obituary of Sara Lane.) Punch dinner given by Tenniel Wed 30th (sic, should be 23rd.) A à B, J.T, R.L, L.B & A.G only. Lehmann aggressive & Guthrie shut up. Thursday August 24 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.15. Good bath. Breakfast. Wolff to leave. Again lovely day. In morning worked from 10.0 to 1.0pm when finished drawing & packed it up. Lunch. Wolff left at 4.30pm driving to the station. After at 5.0 went with William Fraser & shot 10 rabbits. Done at 6.45. Mr Richardson & Coates & Schwabe had been on the far moor. Got back 7.45. Dinner better. Inane chaff. Game of fives after. Bed 11.30. Read No 5 James Street. Woke off & on in night. (Red ink: Poor Rikki Tikki died from heat fit at Oak Tree House Lowfield, Crawley, Susex.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edmund Routledge.) Friday August 25 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15. Good bath. Saw Morland Agnew had shooting giving £550 per annum for it. Urrard, Pitlochry. George Agnew, Inverlair, Fort William. After in the morning wrote long letters & Store order for wine etc up to lunch time. At 2.30 started in a higgledy piggledy way with Mr Schwabe for grouse. Long hot pull up hill. Took coat off. Began to shoot 3.30. Self got brace grouse & 1 grey hen. Frightful thunderstorm came on on moor, decided to leave off but went on. After at 4.45 another awful storm came up. Took refuge in the burn. Lightning all around us. Waited 20 minutes. After made our way across moor & got to corner of Pitnacree 6.30pm. Whiskey & cake also pear. Waked home by 7.15pm. Good bath & dinner. After beat Coates 2 games of billiards. He gave me 30 & made break 34 one game. Beat him 2 nd game by 50 points. Game
of curling. Bed 11.15. Woke twice in night. (Red ink: Frightful thunderstorm on moor.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary and photograph of Edmund Routledge.) Saturday August 26 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15. Tired. Bath. 1st at breakfast. No letter from M. Read Times etc. Richardson & Schwabe went off for further beat at 11.0. Missed them. Frightfully hot sun. Packed. Lunch with Toots, Miss Metcalf & Coates. They went to get mussels. After shot 15 rabbits with old Williamson from 3.10pm to 4.45pm. Back. Packed & tea. Left in wagonette at 6.15 & to station. No letters. Good bye. 2 little girls, one like Irving's. Perth 8.15pm. No porters. Went to hotel & came across Joe Carr. Dinner & talk. Drunken crowd from Dundee. Left 10.15 & slept fairly well back. (Red ink: Left Ballinluig. Dined with Joe Carr. Agnew's 'What a shame'.) Sunday August 27 On board train for Euston. Arrived Euston 9.0am, one hour late. Ass of a collector woke me at 2.0am. Told him to go to the Devil, or Guard. Otley had let the mare slip down & most uncomfortable ride home. Breakfast 9.45 & got off in a cab 10.20. Victoria 10.40 & down to Dover. Hot. Met Mr Godefroi. Lunched with him & after a Mr Hardy. Lovely passage both ways. Funny old woman. Back by S.E one hour late. Called C.C & home by cab. Dined by self. Rabbit good. Read till 12.0am. Very hot at night. Slept in Mite's old room. (Red ink: Went over to Calais.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Henry Slattery, of a daughter. Obituary of Samuel Palmer.) Monday August 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Had slept indifferently. Out on cycle at 8.35. Round Park. Letter from M telling of poor Rikki Tikki's death on Thursday last. Shifted books. Wrote letters etc. Afterwards left at 12.30 & up to C.C. Lunched at Garrick. Talk to Wicks & talk to R(illeg), Bangs etc. On to C.C. At 2.30 photod for 1 st time Miss Woodcock. Insipid model. Out 4.30. Changed plates. Called Standen's & also Turnbull & Assers. To Bath Club & home by bus. Home. Omnibus at door, M, Mite & Lennie. Confusion. After dined, M, self, Mite & L. Bed after snooze in my room. M felt seedy & sick. (Red ink: Mite & Lennie arrived at Stafford Terrace.) Tuesday August 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. In M's room. M had been seedy in the night. Upset. Out on cycle. Round thro' Boltons etc. All roads up & muddy from rain. Wrote letters & put wine away etc. Lunch. After in afternoon skemed Fashion Plate Harpy & the Birds (Egrets). Worked up to 7.30pm. M & Mite out in carriage. Dined 8.0pm. Mite in Drawing Room, M, Lennie & self. Bed at 11.30. Did not wake M. Wednesday August 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. In M's room. Cycled round by Earls Court. Saw Freddy May going to business. Back. Breakfast. M down. After worked all day on drawing of Fashion Plate Harpy & Birds (Egrets). M & Mite out in carriage. Left at 6.15pm & went all way by bus to Bouverie St. Pretty girl sitting forward on seat with 2 others, got out Charing X. At Punch dinner Phil A, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, A à B, J.T, self, R.L & O.S. Pleasant dinner. Got sketch from P.M. Left with Tenniel at 11.0 &
home by cab & bus. Bed 12.0. Did not wake M. (Cutting glued in: Death of Baron Albert Grant.) Thursday August 31 Stafford Terrace. Woke in night. Lennie calling M to go down to Mite who had a pain at 3.0am. Otley sent for doctor & Lennie up all rest of night. Self up at 8.0am, did not know anything of it. Dear Mite crying out. Took Lennie for walk round to Notting Hill & up Holland Lane. Dr Pollock at breakfast with Lennie & self. After went up to work. Terribly anxious morning. Lennie came up at 12.15 to say I had a little grandson. Born 12.10pm. Went down. Dear M nursing Baby. Finshed drawing at 12.30pm & packed. Lunch. Got off at 1.30pm & caught 2.35pm for Shrewsbury. Left ticket at home. Stupid collector at station before Shrewsbury. Met Mr Webb & got luggage & on to Shelton House. Met by Lawrence. Two American ladies. Tea. Dressed & dined 8.15pm. Wrote letters. Good dinner. Bed 11.30pm. Miss Freylinghuysen, Mrs Spencer Ledyard. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Leonard Messel, of a son. Obituary of Baron Albert Grant. Aug 31.) (Red ink across page: Dear Mite's baby arrived at 12.10pm.) Sep 1899 Friday September 1 Shelton House, Shrewsbury. Up 7.45am. Bath. Breakfast & off. Mr Webb, Lawrence & self, & drove through Shrewsbury to Attingham Park, Lord Berwick's place. Began 10.0am & went to try for duck. Very fat old keeper, his son etc. Only got one duck. After began partridge shooting. Got a bird & rabbit in 1 st turnips. After backwards & forwards & over same fields all day. About 15 brace B(illeg) hares & rabbits. Lunch at a farm. 'Room in occupation'. Started again & on till 5.30pm. Tea at house. Huge pile of stone moth eaten carpet & old books etc. Left 6.30 & drove home. Dressed. Dinner. After told ghost stories & about Ballechin etc. Winchester Clowes story. Bed at 11.30 after smoke. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot Atterbury.) Saturday September 2 Shelton House, Shrewsbury. Up 7.45. Bath. Off by carriage at 9.30 to shoot near Shrewsbury. At 1st extremely uncomfortable. Wandered about. Heavy shower. Only got one rabbit before lunch, Webb, Lawrence & self. After got 2 rights & lefts & more birds, 5 brace, 1 hare, 2 rabbits. Bag altogether 18½ brace. Left off 5.0pm. Old lady & ginger beer. Webb left us at Shrewsbury. Home. Bath & changed. Wrote letters. Tired. Dinner. Talk after & bed 11.15pm. Good night. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot. Good.) Sunday September 3 Shelton House, Shrewsbury. Up 8.0am. Wrote diary before breakfast at 9.0. After read Kipling & wrote many letters etc. Settled to shoot tomorrow with Lawrence. Read Kipling again. Lunch with the ladies. After changed & drove at 3.0pm to Attingham Park. Lovely hot afternoon. Lord Berwick & party drove over with his aunt Miss Noel Hills. Walked about & looked over books etc. Back at 5.30pm. Read from 6 to 7.30. Dressed & dined, 2 ladies, Mr L & self. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went to Attingham Park.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Donaldson. Death of George Drabble.)
Monday September 4 Shelton House, Shrewsbury. Up 7.45. Breakfast 8.30. Off by 9.30. Good bye to Mrs Spencer Ledyard & Miss Freylinghausen. Called for Mr Phillips at 'Mount' in 'The Mount'. Nice man. Chairman of Lloyds Bk. Thought all day he was a relation of Mr Phillips of Watney's. Very hot. Began to shoot in small field of clover. Got 3 birds at once. After backwards & forwards. Lunch near Miss Noel Hills. Talk. Over same ground again. Walked to Attingham Park. Shot a rabbit. After for duck. 3 got. Tea. Very thirsty & tired with heat. Back 7.0pm. Lovely sunset. Gave the Keeper £1.0.0. Had good bath & dinner with Lawrence alone. Bed 11.0pm & glad to get there. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot. Good. Very hot.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Donaldson.) Tuesday September 5 Shelton House, Shrewsbury. Up 8.0. Bath. Breakfast. Good. Left at 10.0 in carriage with Lawrence & looked at shops at Shrewsbury. Nothing. Bought little mother of pearl framed plaque. Good bye to Lawrence & off by 11.40. Hot. One other in train, young man. Sandwiches at Stafford. Euston 3.45. Otley met me. Left guns at L & H's & called Clubs. Home 5.0pm. Dear M, Mite & Baby all right. Saw Mite 1st time since baby was born. Cycle ride to Barnes & home. Very hot & stuffy. Dined, M, Lennie, Roy & self. Champagne. Left cigar. Roy & Lennie left 11.0pm. (Red ink: Back from Shrewsbury.) Wednesday September 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. In M's room. After for walk. Met Chumps in a new dress & little boy. After in morning developed photos taken last Monday week & got ready. Put things away etc. Mite & Baby well. Left at 6.15 in buss all way to Bouverie St. Phil A, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A à B, J.T, self, R.L & O.S. Long discussion. Changed cuts with Tenniel of Squirrel. Tenniel got Napoleon & Generals. Talk of F.C.B & Egrets. Left 11.0 with J.T in cab & home by bus. Bed 12.15am. Thursday September 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. In M's room. Heavy rain in night & very wet in morning. Out in rain coat & back. In morning developed a good many photos of B.J taken Oct 98. Mostly very good. Lunch. Roy in. After photod vine for cut of Squirrel & Nut (Chamberlain & Kruger.) Got to work 4.30. Dined 7.0 M, self, Lennie & Roy. After went with M & Roy to see Wheels Within Wheels at the Court. Very good. Saw old Van Raalte. Back by carriage dropping Roy at Lennie's. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Saw 'Wheels Within Wheels' at Court Theatre.) Friday September 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. In M's room. Out for walk. Saw Chumps & little boy. Back. Got on with drawing of Chamberlain & Hard Nut. Roy in to lunch. After lunch developed few photos B.J taken Oct 98. An hour's rest. Lennie in at 6.30. Finished 8.30. Dined 8.45 M & self. Rested in room & bed at 12.15am. Slightly cooler. Cabinet Council met about the Transvaal. Saturday September 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 in M's room and out on cycle over Notting Hill, back by Holland Road. Lovly fresh morning. Cool for 1st time. In morning put things in
order & also skemed subject of British ass & the French ass. Lunch. In afternoon enlarged photos & got ready by 5.0pm. Mite & Baby well. Packed. Dined 7.0 & off by cart for Euston 8.0pm. Saw Inspector who told me pipe was found etc. Good lavatory carriage to self. Soon went to sleep. Thought had damp great coat. Changed. Slept on the whole well. Not disturbed in the night. (Red ink: Left London for Tressady.) Sunday September 10 On board train for Perth. Woke up between Carstairs & Perth. Perth 8.30. Good breakfast 2/s. After met Schomberg Macdonell. Came in my coupé speaking to Lord this & that on the way. Aneroid barometer. Greatest height 1500 feet. At Inverness changed. Remarkable man in Highland carriage. S.M. & he got out at Beauly. On to Tressady. Rogart at 5.15. Met Capt'n Earle on platform. Thought I had lost my bag & guns. No. On in break. Called Post. Slight walk. Tressady 5.45. Had had no news of Dreyfus. Lady Margaret, Miss Taylor & Miss Howard, V.W, Douglas & Harry Newton. Tea & after unpacked. Wrote M. Dinner. Took Miss Howard in. Quiet evening. Bed 11.30pm. No whist. (Red ink: Poor Captain Earle shot dead on the Modder.) Monday September 11 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Bath. After breakfast Newton & self went ferreting. Started 10.30. Got 21 rabbits for 30 cartridges before luncheon, seven or eight after. Back & after tea began drawing between 5.30 & 7.30 of meeting of British Association & French at Dover. Dinner. Took Lady Margaret in. After read & bed at 11.30. No whist. Moon arrived at 2.0pm. Tuesday September 12 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Bath. Dressed in brown. After at 10.0 went in break with Moon to shoot over dogs. Had delightful day. Moon & his dog 'Senior'. Shot 11 brace of birds to self. Moon only shot 1 brace. Why? Got 2 rights & lefts. Delightful drink of milk at Murray's cottage. Home 6.50. Pleasant dinner, sat by self after. Game of Patience. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Good day. Shot all the birds. Moon & dog.) Wednesday September 13 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Bath. After worked entire day on drawing of British assn & French socy. Finished at 7.15. Wrote letters & sent it off. Lunch at home, Vernon there. Dinner. Took Miss T in. Game Jacobi & Patience after. Bed 11.30pm. Thursday September 14 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0. Bath. Breakfast. Melon. Started in full break at 9.45. 6 guns. V.W & self, A.K Douglas, Capn Moon, Capn Earle & H.Newton. Went to Craggie Woods for black game. Not one came my way. After got about 3 brace & 1 hare. Bag 23 brace, 6 brace of black game. Long walk over hill. Lunch same old place as in '83 & after. Shower of rain. Home 7.10. Wrote letters. Dinner. Jacobi after. Tired. Bed 11.50. Forced old tooth out on moor. (Red ink: Good day at black game.) Friday September 15
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Bath etc. Breakfast. After wrote letters. A hopelessly pouring wet morning. Missed E.K.Douglas & Captn Earle who left by the mid day train. After up to lunch time wrote many long letters. Doubts as to children's feast taking place. Decided to hold it. At 2.30 they came up, 27 at 1 st headed by piper. After about 150 in all. Races etc in the rain but not as good as in 1893 when I last saw it. Tea at 5.30. Good looking piper & red headed maid. Saw presents given. All over 7.0pm. Finished M's letter. Sent Mite white heather. Rain all day. Saturday September 16 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Bath. Breakfast. After Vernon & Moon went after fish. Self & Newton started 9.45 to shoot the home beat. Long walk till 6.40pm. Got 16 brace. Bad luck. I shot 2 birds with 1 barrel & several good shots & 2 dreadful misses. Lunch 1.0pm. Scotch tea 4.30pm. Dogs worked well. Home 4 cups of tea. Changed. Ryle came into room. Dressed quietly. Good dinner. Took Miss Taylor in. After game of Jacobi & smoke. Tired. Made bet with Moon that there would be no war with the Transvaal within a month. Vernon halved it with me. Bed 11.15. Very tired. Sunday September 17 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.45. Breakfast 9.0. Squelches of heavy rain all day, intermittent. Miss T & Miss H brought me their books to draw in. Croquet tournament. 1st Lady M & H.N beat V.W & Miss H. Miss T & Moon beat Ryle & L.S. Lady M & H.N beat Miss T & Moon. V.W & Miss H beat Ryle & L.S. Cleared many letters off. Drew head in Miss Taylor's book. Extraordinary late post. Mail did not come in until 7.40. Heard of poor Fernande Ayala's death. Scribbled a line. Dinner 8.0. Took Lady M in. Talk of names for baby etc. Talk after & smoke. Bed at 11.20pm. Rough night. Monday September 18 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Had been awake by door banging in night. Curious dream of having leg cut off & had to be put on again. Breakfast 9.0. Finished head for Miss Taylor. At 10.0 V.W, H.N, Moon & self went to drive woods for blackcock etc. Ryle stayed at home. Squelches of heavy rain & sun all day. Only got one bird. Saw a heron & a raven. Had to cross burn 4 or 5 times. Good test for Burbery. Home 4.15. Wrote many letters & to Ayala, Canon Bourne, George Thomson etc. Saw a most lovely rainbow & the spot where it touched the earth must be treasure. Dinner. Took Miss Taylor in. Game of Jacobi. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Wet day. After blackcock.) Tuesday September 19 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.15am. Bath. After Moon & Miss Taylor went to fish. Wrote many long letters. Lunch. Vernon, Rosalind & Miss Howard went to fish burn. Skemed Almanack page. Dressed brown boots & out to meet Vernon. Met them coming back by Murray's cottage. After went to burn for 40 minutes. Tried to catch jumping trout with a landing net. Could not get one. Miss Taylor back with two salmon. Dinner. Took Miss Howard in. Jacobi after. Landed with 3 knaves. Bed at 11.0pm. Ryle left at 11.45am. Wednesday September 20
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.15am. Bath. Trout for breakfast. After went with Newton to shoot bolted rabbits. Got 19 for 34 cartridges before lunch. After out 2.15, got only 4 more. Heavy rain. Left 4.30. Rural. Vernon had written names out in type for Almanack. Wrote letters to C.C etc & F.C.B. Heavy rain. Dinner. Took Lady M in. Two games of Jacobi after. Won one, Moon tother. Bed 11.45. Sleep 12.0. Dream of Tabs. Thursday September 21 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.15. Bath. Packed. Mushrooms. Tips. Photod by Vernon 9.45. All off partridge shooting. V, Moon & Newton. Miss Taylor & Miss Howard to Lairg. Wrote diary & made a mistake in pages. Left 11.15. Goodbye to Lady M, Rosalind & Sylvia. Saw Vernon, Newton & Moon near Scott's. Train 4 minutes before time. Good lunch. Saw Lankester & Sir Jacob Wilson at Dingwall, young Davis at Inverness. Perth at 8.0. Ball at Hotel. The Duke & Duchess of Devonshire going south. Also Dr & wife, friend of Mrs Macdonald. Got off 10.25 in Aberdeen portion of train. Friday September 22 On board train due south. Woke up 7.50, or rather 8.30. Wash. Euston 9.8. Cart home. Letters. All well. Saw M on steps etc, Roy after. Mite & Baby. After to work all day on figure of France. Enlarged it from L.G. Lunch. Finished 9.30. Dinner 9.45. Saw Lennie after. Spurious Leech. Bed 12.0. Slept in small room. (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Punch.) Saturday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8. In M's room. x. Out on cycle 8.45. Called on Roy & Lennie. No water in bath. Something wrong. Wrote many letters. Cheques for books etc. Left at 12.0 in bus & up to C.C, Garrick. Got letters etc. On to Rules. Saw young & old dancing to piano organ. 3 doz oysters, M, Roy & self. Good. Roy seedy. On to Drury Lane & saw 'Hearts are Trumps'. Avalanche. Out & bought fruit. Tea at Garrick. On home. Dressed & dined 7.0pm, M, Lennie, Roy & self. After left in 4 wheeler & saw delightful American play called 'An American Citizen'. Miss Maxine Elliott good, very. Home by cab. Round by Roy's & Lennie's. Bed 12.30pm. (Red ink: Lunched at Rules, M Roy & self. 'Hearts are Trumps' matinée. After to see 'An American Citizen'.) Sunday September 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. x. Dressed rather in a hurry & left 10.20 & by bus from church to Victoria. Smoking carriage. Uneasy. Dover. Saw Capn Dixon. Also Bertie Gibbs & a friend. Over to Calais. Very little wind as we went with it. Little waiter absent. Good lunch. Dog & sugar. Back. Saw John Postle Heseltine. Also Inspector Melville. Also man whose name I never knew. Heard it but have forgotten it. Back to Dover. Little fat man in carriage & 2 others. Discovered had lost cigar case. Home by good cab 8.10. Dinner. Lennie, M, Roy & self. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Cold at night. (Red ink: Crossed over to Calais.) Monday September 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Very fine & bright. Out 8.40 with Key C & took snap shot at Chumps. Letters. Sorted old plates & wrote on boxes. Lunch. After rest. Had developed 11 plates. Began 5.30 Xmas Page in earnest. At 8.0 M, R, self, L &
Nipper Messel dined. Bed 12.0 after snooze in chair. (Red ink: Began Double Page for Almanack.) Tuesday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Not in M's room. Out. Cycle round Park 8.30. Fine. Back. News of Mr Blair's engagement to Miss Blunt. M had minatures from Mr Adlam. Worked on Almanack Page all day. No answer from Haymarket Theatre. Sent Otley up. Dined 8.0, M, L, Roy & self. Quiet dinner. Snooze & bed at 12.30am. (Cutting glued in: Death of Mrs Baker, custodian of Anne Hathaway's cottage. Tues 26 Sep. T.) Wednesday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 after in M's room. Out on cycle. Dull & raining. Saw Chumps. Back. Breakfast & wrote letters theatres etc. After all the morning got on with drawing of Xmas Page. Late lunch. By cab to Garrick & C.C. Out 4.30 on to Athenaeum. Closed. Spent the afternoon at United Services Club. Bus to Bouverie St. Violent rain & lightning caught me on top of bus. Punch dinner. A à B, J.T, self, P.M, O.S, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. May did sketch for Roy. Went off with with J.T at 11.0. Horrid influenza cold came on at dinner. Home by bus. Photod B.J 9 th time, on table. Thursday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Woke up influenza cold horrid. Bright morning. Out on cycle round Park. Saw Chumps. Wrote Sargent & Edwards & Roberts. Skemed drawing of Mermaids & Sea Horses. Tabs called in afternoon. Lennie, Nipper & Roy, M & self dined & M, N & Roy & Dora who came in after dinner all went to see The Silver King at the Lyceum. Did not go on acct of cold. Had pleasant evening with Mite & Lennie & Baby. M back at 11.30pm. Had whiskey toddy hot. (Cutting glued in: Death of Rev Truman Tanqueray. Aug.) Friday September 29 Stafford Terrace. M's birthday. In M's room 7.30am. After for walk. Saw C. Dull rainy morning. After got on all day with drawing of Sea Horses & Mermaids. Tabs in to lunch at 2.0pm. M & Roy went to dine with Tabs at the Coburg & after to see play 'The Mother-in-Law' at the Criterion. Finished work at 9.30pm. Dined by self & after looked at magazines etc. M home at 11.30. Sent cheque to E.F.Sargent for £25 in morning. Saturday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. In M's room. Out for walk. Dull morning. Worked in morning on Xmas Page, put in Blucher etc. Lunch. At 1.45 Roy & self left in hansom cab & went to Her Majesty's Theatre & saw King John. Tree the King. Interesting play. Arthur played by a boy. Saw Harold Roller in stalls with wife & daughter. M joined us at 3.0pm having been kept in for seeing servants. Put Roy & M in carriage. Saw the boy who played Arthur outside stage door. On to United Services Club. Looked at books etc etc. Left 7.0 & home by bus & bought fruit etc. Dinner, Lennie, Roy, M & self. Quiet evening & bed after at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to matinée of King John.) Oct 1899
Sunday October 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0. M in my room, came in to bring milk. Left 8.15 & walked up Kensington. Took cab to United Services Club. Took photo of pictures. Spoken to by man in room. Shewed him Secy's letter. Breakfast at 10.0am, 2/4. Good. Looked at News etc after. Cold bad. Left at 12.30 & home 1.0. Developed plates. Lunch. Lennie up in my room. Rest. At 4.40 left with Lennie & walked to Kensington Church. Baby christened Linley Francis. Mr Allen & Mr (blank) & Dora godfathers & godmother. Another child christened at same time. Walked back. Tea. Lennie left 6.20pm. (Red ink: Baby christened at Kensington Church.) Monday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am in M's room. x. After walk & back. Dull stormy morning. Mite determined not to go today. At work all day on drawing for Xmas Nº. Enlarged photos taken yesterday after lunch. Rest an hour. After to work till 8.0pm. Dined, M, Mite, Roy & self. Quiet evening after. Roy slept in my room. Self with M. Poor old Tip died in the night at 5.0am. (Red ink: Death of poor Tip.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Eustace Wigzell.) Tuesday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8am. Out 8.30. Waited for C. Photod in sun. Spoilt plate. Back. Mite packing to go. In morning photod Otley etc for Xmas drawing. After lunch. Mite & Baby left 12.30pm, Roy going to station with them. After again photod Otley & at 2.0pm Stace for 1st time since May 4th. Developed & enlarged all afternoon up to 5.30pm. Quite dark. Up in room & put all things away. Rested in chair tired after. Dined 8.0, M, Roy & self. Bed in my room after. (Red ink: Mite & Baby left Stafford Terrace.) Wednesday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10.Very wet. Out for walk. Met C. Back. Cheque from Lady R.C. Sent to bank. Wrote letters etc. Went on with drawing. At 11.45 went to Giles shop about Empire etc. Found out C's address was F.C.Coombes, 17 Prince's Road, Notting Hill, W. Walk over Campden Hill. Muggy & hot. Had hair cut. Lunch 1.30. After went on with drawings till 6.0. Mrs Kenneth Graham called & kissed M. By bus to C.C. Got splashed in the eye. No letters. On to P.D. L.Brad'y & P.M. B.P, E.T.R, H.W.Lucy. Burnand back 1st time since August 16th. J.T, self, A à B, O.S. Got cut of Salisbury & Venezuela. Home with Tenniel & called Athenaeum. Wrote letters. Wet wretchedly muggy day. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Benjamin Van Tromp. Death of Eustace Wigzell. Death of Sarah Uttermare.) Thursday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & after walk round Campden Hill. Wrote letters. Skemed cartoon Salisbury & Venezuela. Sent Otley to F.C.B after getting hat from L & B. Photod Stace & self for Salisbury & developed & enlarged by 4.0. Tea & on to work. At 8.0 Miss Rose Innes dined with M & self & stayed till 12.0. Roy dined at Midge's & back at 11.50. Dull day rather rainy. (Red ink: Miss Rose Innes dined.) Thursday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out wet K.C & snapped C. Back. Breakfast & hard at work all day up to 8.45 on drawing of Salisbury running away with Venezuela
Award. At 9.0 M, Roy & self dined quietly. Bed at 12.0 tired. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Miss F.M Skene. Oct 10.) Saturday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Lovely morning. Little misty after. Went for walk round C.H. Man doing weights in window after breakfast. Went on to work at Xmas drawing. Lunch. After made 10 studies from Otley, self & Roy. Developed them & put photo hut in order. Upstairs. Put in 3 figures in drawing. Dressed 7.0 & drove in carriage for nothing to Alhambra & back. Quiet evening after. Roy fretful & livery. Gave him 5 pills. Bed 11.30. India rubber plant moved up by Otley. Sunday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45am. Breakfast. At 10.15 Roy & self left by bus to Victoria. Carriage reserved to Dover. Slight rain. Met on board newly married couple. Pretty bride with brown shoes. Pokey chin covered with confetti. At buffet met Lewis & Col Bell. Good lunch. Could not go to bull fight. Saw Payton, Capn Blomfield & after Dr Littleton Forbes Winslow. Back to Victoria 7.30 & home 7.45. Record time. Wrote letters. M, Roy & self dined quietly. Bed 12.0. Curious dream of M jealous of Nurse P & taking huge counry house. (Red ink: Roy & self to Calais.) Monday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.25. Out & walk in fog to Notting Hill. No C. Army Reserves called out & Parliament summoned for 17th. Got on with drawing for Xmas Nº. After lunch developed a few plates & left a box open & destroyed 4. Work up to 8.0 after. M & self dined quietly & bed after. Roy out at the Shaftesbury Theatre & to supper. Tuesday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Fine sunny morning but foggy. Out. Saw C. Back & got on with Xmas drawing. M out. Slipped out 12.30 & 2 snaps at C. Back & work till lunch. Developed few plates after & worked up to 6.0pm. Dinner 6.45. Miss Rose Innes came & after she, M, Roy & I went to Duke of York's Theatre & saw for the 2nd time 'An American Citizen'. Miss Maxine Eliot A1. Saw the Campbell Clarkes, Sir Edward Lawson, the Crutchleys (Mrs C now 32) W.S.Gilbert, Phil Mays. Delighted with play. Home by carriage. Boer Ultimatim received. (Red ink: Went for 2nd time to see An American Citizen.) Wednesday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Dense fog. Cycled round Park. Back. Saw C. Breakfast. Bad sausages. Boer Ultimatum. Sent shirts back to Turnbull & Asser. After worked all day on drawing for Xmas No. Left at 6.15pm by bus for 'Punch' dinner. Sir W.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S there. Long discussion about cannon & Joe Chamberlain. Left with J.T at 11.0 & home by cab & bus. Bed 12.0am. Thursday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Tired. Cycled round Park later & home. After looked out & developed 12 or 14 plates in chance of getting Britannia & skemed subject.
Lunch. Enlarged after & finished by 4.0pm. Tea in M's room. Got to work on Britannia & Colonies by 5.0am till 7.30. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Roy went back to Oxford by the 9.15pm train leaving here 8.40. Quiet evening. Wrote F.C.B about Almanack. Same old game. Gave dates. (Red ink: Roy went back to Oxford.) (Cutting glued in: Death & Obituary of Mr Nutcombe Gould. Death of Oscar Baumann. Death of Horace Vernet's widow. Friday Oct 13.) Friday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. M seedy. Out with camera. Snapped a policeman 334. No Chumps. Back. Most lovely morning. Brilliant sun. Got to work 10.45 after writing letters. Worked hard all day on drawing of Britannia & all the Powers round her. Letters from F.C.B, 3 or 4 of em 'Dear Sambourne'. Hard pushed to get done. Finished at 9.30pm & sent it off. M & self dined quietly & bed tired after. Saturday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled & called on Phil Agnew & had a cup of coffee & a talk on Almanack. Back & worked all day on Xmas Page. Put heads in etc. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of William Metford.) Sunday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Cycled after breakfast round by Barnes & Putney, Parsons Green & home. After to work on Xmas Page all day. Stone called in the afternoon, also Jacomb Hood. Put 'Punch' & Toby in in the afternoon same as last year. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Bed 11.30 tired. Otley brought a fox terrier to look at. So so sort of animal. (Red ink: Turned out very bad animal. A rotten dog all her life. 10 Feby 1908. Rick.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Laurence Desborough.) Monday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Round Park on cycle. Saw the old gentleman & young lady who were at Folkestone, Hotel Metropole. Back & got on with drawing. In morning photod cycle etc for foreground & Otley for Faraday with candle etc. Developed. Late lunch. Went on to work all the afternoon & up to 8.30pm. Put cycle in & small figures. Dined 8.40 M & self & bed at 12.30 after snooze, tired. Tuesday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Met Bertie Gibbs. No C. Home & breakfast. M to go out 11.0am. After at work entire day up to 8.15 on Almanack drawing. Sophie & Edgar dined, also Arthur & Mrs à Beckett. Edgar looked ill. Good dinner & evening after. Sophia came up to my room & looked at drawings. They left at 11.15pm. Long talk with Arthur à B about F.C.B & his (Arthur's) ancestors in morning room. Phil Agnew in my room having called to see Almanack drawing. Much pleased with it. (Red ink: Edgar & Sophie dined with us.) Wednesday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After at work all day on Almanack drawing & up to 6.0pm. Cab to Bouverie St. Punch dinner. Sir W.A, B.P, E.T.R,
H.W.L, Anstey Guthrie back for 1st time since (blank) F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L & thats all. Got subject of Militia man. Tenniel put me down at Athenaeum Club & wrote letters to Kensington Barracks etc etc. Home by bus. (Cutting glued in: Death of Walter Fletcher.) Thursday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After skemed subject of Militia man & Punch. Sent Otley to Kensington Barracks & to Gregory's & to Lincoln & B's. Letter from Officer in Command of Barracks to say could not have man but after one came round & photod him. Developed. After went on to work on Xmas Cartoon. Put figures in the distance etc. Quiet dinner. Fanny Barker & Alice Linley dined. A gave me a piece of embroidery. Very foggy & they could hardly get to dinner for the fog. Friday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After put hour or so's work on Xmas Cartoon. After at 12.0 enlarged photo & got to work 2.30pm on cartoon of Militia man & Punch. Finished 9.30pm. Quiet dinner with M. Garnett's last day of waiting. Bed after. Tired. x M night. Very foggy. (Cuttings glued in: Silver Wedding, Edward Linley Sambourne to Marion Herapath. Golden Wedding, James Wadmore to Anna Holt. Letter to The Times, An Aerial Steamship.) Saturday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am Cycled round park in fog. Could not beat girl round Park. Back & at work all day on Xmas Page drawing. Put in many heads. The Musicians etc. Left off at 5.30 & dressed. Went up with M in carriage in the fog to Berkeley Restaurant. Stayed 20 mins in wrong restaurant. On to Bristol in cab. Miss Rose Innes dinner of 12. Young Lockyer & Winnie & others. After to see The Degenerates with Mrs Langtry in it. Stupid play & very bad. Tired. Back with Miss R.I & the Chilean Minister's daughter & son. Bed at 12.0 after snack. Garnett & Griffith left for Mite's, both nice girls. (Red ink: Dined with Miss Rose Innes & went to see The Degenerates.) Sunday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Walk round Campen Hill. 1st morning new maids, Barker & (blank) Foggy dull day. Worked from 11.0 to 8.0pm on Xmas Nº. Put the (illeg) in & nearly finished outline. Dora in in afternoon. Left in cab at 6.0pm. M & self dined by ourselves. Bed 11.45 after snooze, tired. (Red ink: A dreadful pair of girls came, Barker & Co last night.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Signor Foli. Saty Oct 21.) Monday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. Out on cycle round Park. Road clear again. Letter from Roy about furniture of his room. Worked all day on Almanack drawing. Finished outline by 3.0pm & began to shade. Put in most of the heap of inventions. Also shaded Punch. Rather in doubt as to how it will come out. Very tired. M & self dined at 8.30pm & quiet evening after. New servants disappointed. Tuesday October 24
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round Park. Foggy. At work all day on Xmas cartoon. Put in sky etc & began figures. M reading. No one called. Quiet dinner at 8.30 & bed after, tired. Felt bilious in morning. (Cutting glued in: Death and Obituary of Grant Allen. Thurs Oct 26.) Wednesday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round Park. Saw C coming back. After got to work all day on Almanack cartoon. Put in Paxton. Re-drew Wellington's head etc etc and at six fifteen pm finished cartoon & packed it up sent off. Cab to Punch dinner. F.C.B, no Tenniel, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, W.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Good dinner & all satisfactory. F.C.B liked cartoon. Left with A à B & cab on to Norman Lockyer's. Saw Fildes & Hunter. Left 12.0 & walked home with Hunter. (Red ink: Norman Lockyer's at home.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John Clarke. Sep.) Thursday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & cycled round Park. Slight rain. Breakfast. Letter from Mite. Men had finished back but not front. Wired V & C about Almanack cartoon. After skemed Dog cut with Footman outside Walter Long's house. M went to lunch with Tabs. Lunched by self. Developed 18. 5 x 3¾. Up in room. Very tired. Slept from 3.0 to 4.30. After went on with doggies. Traced some in. Almanack cartoon arrived at 6.45. Put in spokes of bicycle, Peel's head & altered ray of light etc etc. Dined 8.30pm. Rest after & bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Clarke.) Friday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Cycled in wet to call at 8 Craven Hill Gardens. Saw cobby little horse outside & Dora at window. Good bye to Langley Midge & Dora. Home to breakfast. After at 10.30 got on with Dogs cut all day, put about 28 dogs in. M did not go out till 4.0pm. Left books at Tenniel's & Lennie's. Saw Foreman about creepers. Heavy rain all day. Finished cartoon 9.0pm & sent it off. Dined M & self. Mr Holland sent 2 brace of grouse. Wrote letters & diary. Bed after, tired. (Red ink: Langleys left for South America.) Saturday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Out for walk round C.H. After in morning put things away etc. Dressed & left 11.30. Up by buss to Garrick, after to C.C. Photod new model Miss Sibley from 12.0 to 1.30. Too short. Out & lunch at the Garrick. Saw Charley Gill & Wyndham & after Lawrence Bradbury. Changed plates at C.C from 3.0 to 3.40 & after to Bath Club. Had hair cut & Turkish bath. Out & home by bus. Bought fruit & bacon. No box for Alhambra. M & self dined quietly & bed after 11.0pm. x. (Red ink: Photod Miss Sibley 1st time.) W.H TROOD. Last week died at Taunton aged 39. 'Times' 1st Novr. Animal painter. Sunday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out on cycle round by Fulham etc Earls Court. Did not go to Calais. All the morning putting in numbers etc on Xmas Page. Wrote Phil A & V & C etc. Lunch. Evelyn Coward here. After looked over & tore out Sketches & St Paul's till 7.45. Then Jacomb Hood, Anstey Guthrie, Owen Seaman & Miss Rose Innes dined. Cheery evening. 2 bottles Champagne etc. They left by 11.45. Bed after, tired. At 2.25 to 4.40 cycled over the north of London. Went to Lloyd Sq &
Montford Terrace, Park St & Devonshire Road. All looks same only shabbier as I remember it 50 years ago. Same bell my Aunt Anne pulled outside New River in the late 40's. (Red ink: Cycled to north of London.) Went again, walked, Jany 2 1901. Monday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Very wet. Walk round C.H. Saw C. After tidied room, Times, etc etc. Lunch. Developed 22 plates. Wrote on drawings for Lady Rosamund & Vernon & Sir Richard Webster. After squared & tidied up till 6.30 when dressed. Left & up by bus to Garrick. Dined at 8.0pm with Winchester Clowes, his two sons & Orchardson, Lord Grenville Gordon. Sat between Mr Carson & a Mr Harrison both Q.Cs. Good dinner. Home by bus. Saw Alfred Bishop in it going home. Bed 1.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Saw Winchester Clowes for last time. Dined with him at the Garrick.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Sir Arthur Blomfield.) Tuesday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. 8.30. Cycled round Park. After began 10.15 & printed the whole morning 150 blue photos, back plates. M out. News of disaster to the Gloucester Regt & King's Own Rifles & Mountain Battery taken prisoners. Lunch. Felt seedy. In afternoon finished squaring up. At 7.0 Miss Sutton dined with us & we went to see 'A Royal family' at the Court Theatre. Good uniforms & delightful play. Saw Mr Howe & also young Henderson who is going out to Transvaal with his regiment. Home 11.45. Posted letter & bed 12.40. (Red ink: Miss Sutton dined & we went to see 'A Royal Family' at the Court Theatre.) Nov 1899 Wednesday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Lovely morning. Cycled round thro' Addison Rd & past C's. Up Notting Hill & home. After all morning printed another 100 blue prints. Put to press etc. After rest in afternoon left by cab at 5.45 & went to be measured at Ulster House & after to Scantlebury's for suit & cover shooting coat. Walked to Garrick & called C.C. On to P.D. Walked. There 7.0. Saw F.C.B & Arthur. Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, W.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Long talk. Discussion on Britannia. Tenniel got Britannia comforting soldier's wife & family. Self got German Emperor. Left with J.T at 11.0 & home by cab & bus. Bed 12.0am. Thursday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Very wet. Met Chumps & little brother looked round. Breakfast. After skemed picture of German Emperor & Punch sentry. Photod Otley at 12.0 & developed & enlarged by 4.0pm. M held cloak up. Rest & on with work. Lennie & Mite dined with us for 1 st time since return. Quiet evening & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Skemed an admirable cut.) Friday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled to Buckingham Palace & took gates. Home. Breakfast. Letters. After to work. M came in room & put me off Emperor's head. Bothered with it ever after. Lunch. After enlarged gates & work up to 9.30pm when finished & sent it off. Dined 9.45 & tired after. Bed 11.30pm. HOWARD DE
WALDEN. On the 3rd inst the Right Honourable Frederick George Lord Howard de Walden and Sanford aged 69. 'Times'. Saturday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out for walk. Back. All morning tidying up & putting away. Lunch 1.0pm. M & self left 1.40 & to Duke of York's Theatre. Saw a play called 'The Christian' by Hall Caine. Strong cast & well acted but not good. Glory Quail by Miss Millard. Out. Put M in the carriage & went to the Athenaeum. Wrote letters from 5.0 to 7.0pm. Annoyed no drawing of mine in the Strand Magazine. Wrote Schooling. Home by bus. Bought fruit. Quiet dinner M & self. Bed at 11.30pm. Arthur à Beckett called in the morning. Letter from F.C.B at 9.30am. Worked ¾ hour on drawing returned from last night. (Red ink: Went to matinée of 'The Christian'.) JAMES BOWEN MAY. On the 4th Novr James Bowen May Esquire at 67 Russell Square, late of Ascot. Sunday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Very wet. Took puppy for walk. He eat a herring's head outside Arthur Lewis's. In the entire day. Put all photos & slips away & dated 250 photo blues. Miss Rose Innes called. Lennie & Mite dined. Good salad & soup etc. They left at 10.0. Bed 11.30 after snooze. VACHER. On the 5th Novr at her residence 4 The Boltons, South Kensington, Jane, widow of the late Charles Vacher and elder daughter of the late James Allen, past Managing Director of the P&O S.N.Co. 'Times'. Monday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. M seedy. Walked into Notting Hill & back. After breakfast took a bus & went on a wild goose chase to see a sale in Goldhawk Road. Back, calling at Sale's, at 12.0. Pretty girl in the road by tram. After wrote letters etc & lunch. Man from Stores in answer to complaint as to creepers. Developed 14 Woodcock plates. Broke 2 of M.Hall's. Putting straight all day. M & self dined quietly together & bed 11.0 after. Tuesday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round C.H. After in morning printed many blue prints etc & putting straight all day. Got out drawing of Joan of Arc & redrew man behind figure in afternoon. Lennie & Mite dined with us in the evening. Delightful evening. Rest & to bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Began Joan of Arc drawing again.) LAMPSON. On the 7th inst at his residence 19 Albert Gate S.W, Sir George Curtis Lampson Baronet aged 66.) 'Times'. Wednesday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Walk round C.H & after printed many photos. Fine morning. Left at 12.0 & on to C.C & Garrick. Lunch by self at 1.15. At 2.15 photod B.J & E.J for 1st time. Out at 3.30 & on to Turkish bath. Felt tired & seedy after. To Scantlebury's & had overcoat tried on. Garrick. Saw Lawrence Bradbury. Walked to P.D & saw Lucy who had arranged a trick with india rubber tube. Sir W.A, P.A, O.S, R.L, A à B, self, J.T, F.C.B, A.G, E.T.R, B.P & P.M at dinner. Got good cut of Samoa. Lehmann broke Lucy's tube. Left with J.T by cab & home by bus.
Thursday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round C.H. Saw C & walked other side. After to work & skemed subject of Samoa & Sailor etc. Photod Otley for German & (illeg) for sailors. M up in room & read book on Martyrdom of an Empress. Dined together at 8.15. Bed 11.30. M ill in the night with gastric attack. Very sick & in pain. (Red ink: M seedy with gastric attack.) Friday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up & walk round C.H. After went on to work all day on drawing of Samoa & Sailor going away. Poor M in bed all day with gastric attack. Sent for Orton to her. Finished work at 9.15 & dined. Tired after. Bed 11.30pm. Mite round to see M. Saturday November 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. M had slept well. In morning did not go out but printed a lot of blue prints of Russian subjects etc for 9 years put by. Mite here to lunch & with M. Enlarged men in armour & photo of E.L '96. Tea in M's room. Mite's draperies for new house. Mite left 6.0pm. Went to Butts & ordered fruit etc. Dined by self & bed 11.30. M did not sleep so well. Sunday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Did not go out. In morning very fine & printed Russian photos in blue etc, lain by for 9 years or more. After lunch. M in bed expecting Orton. Lunch by self. Out & round to Richmond on cycle from 1.50 to 4.15. Back. Lennie & Mite at S.T. Tea. After wrote many many letters. Left M in room dining & dressed & to Suttons to dinner. 2nd daughter very pretty. Met a Mr & Mrs Hewlett. Poor dinner & rather slow. Left 11.20 & home walking. (Red ink: Slow dinner at the Suttons.) ROUTLEDGE. On the 12th November at 54 Castletown Road W, the wife of Gerald Edmund Routledge, of a son. Monday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Breakfast. Did not go out. Left in dog cart 9.25 & drove to G.W.R. Saw the Blues in South African dress. Left & down with one other to Oxford. (illeg) (illeg). Met Warren at station. Called Mr Roe's, 4 New St Oxford. After looked over town with Warren. Walked about & called Abrahams, Broad St. Lunch with Roy. Walk about after & down to river. Left by 4.20. Saw Adah Reeve & Palotta etc at Oxford. Up with one man & home by bus at 6.20. Tea. Wrote Mudie's list. Dined with M. Letters after. Colder. (Red ink: Went down to Oxford to see Roy.) Tuesday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Round C.H. Back. Wrote letters & in morning put all things away. Dated blues etc & after lunch got to work on drawing of Gillotts. Mite at M's. Many callers, Mrs Turquand, Mrs Geiger etc etc. Developed 18 plates Miss Sibley after lunch. M & self dined quietly & bed after rest. Wednesday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round Campden Hill. After got to work on drawing for Gillott's. Left at 11.30 & by bus to C.C & Garrick. Waited ½ hour from 1.45 to 2.15. No model. Out & to Garrick. Had lunched there. Saw Col Jones &
also Scoones, Beetle etc. Told about real reason of Crown Prince of Austria's suicide. Out & walked to Scantlebury's & Cummins(?). Also to Conduit St for leggings & to Kenneth Durwards. Then on to Peals. Met Ruth Messel. After to Athenaeum. Wrote many letters. Saw Weigall. On to C.C. Got letter. Answered it at Garrick & on to P.D. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, Sir W.A, P.M, E.T.R, A.G. Nearly in fits to self over J.T's getting Princess of Wales to do. Left & home by J.T's cab & hansom. Bus from Ithsmium. QUILTER. On the 15th inst at 21 Bryanston Square the wife of Harry Q, of a son. Thursday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & out on bicycle. Went to Hammersmith & round by Goldhawk Road. Found out why mistake. Back. Letters. After skemed subject of German Emperor & City Turtle etc. Photod Otley at 12.0. Man doing wall. Developed & enlarged all by 3.0pm. Up in room rested till 4.30 & after got to work till 8.0pm when dined quietly with M. Bed after reading book on Martyrdom of an Empress. Laid india rubber trick for M's plate. Taken away by Barker. Laid it again. MORITZ BUSCH. On Thursday the 16th at Leipzig, Dr Moritz Busch. 'Times'. Friday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. After to work. Wrote many letters. Got to work 11.0am & went all day with drawing of German Emperor & Turtle & Dragon. Spencer called at 12.30 & immediately after Roy came from Oxford for dinner. Up after lunch & finished drawing at 9.30. Dined by self, M sitting at table. Bed 12.30 after snooze. Very tired with work. Saturday November 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Dark & foggy. Roy in bed till 10.0am. Letter from Abrams to say he would take £9.0.0 for furniture. In morning put things all straight & wrote letters. After lunch at 1.0pm. At 1.50 Miss Sutton came. M & she drove in carriage & Roy & self in hansom to see stupid piece San Toy at Daly's. Went out & wrote Sir Rd Webster & wired Colin Hunter. Had tea. Put M, Miss Sutton & Roy in carriage & walked home. Bought sausages, fruit & flowers, also bacon. At 8.0 dined. Roy never came home. Miss S left 9.45. Read The Crystal Egg & bed 12.30. (Red ink: Went to matinée 'San Jay' 1st time with Miss Sutton (the pretty one) & Roy & M.) TANQUERAY. On Wednesday 18th Novr at Early near Reading, Charles Hanbury Tanqueray aged 58. Sunday November 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Got off by 10.15 by bus to Victoria. Roy up late. Carriage full to 1st stop. One other who lent me Punch to read. Slight rain at Dover. Talk to Captain Dixon & captain. Good passage. No one I knew except Solomons. Good lunch. Avoided Customs officer. After back, no one I knew. Capn Blomfield & trick in envelope. Payton. Home by self. Cold. S.T at 7.52. Got wine out. At 8.15 Spencer, Nipper Messel & Mr Douglas dined. Mite had cold & could not. Roy left for Oxford at 8.45 catching 9.15pm train. S.J stayed till 11.15. Read Wells stories & to bed 1.0am. Fire in M's room. (Red ink: Roy back to Oxford after eating dinner. Went over to Calais.) (Cutting glued in: In memoriam Thomas MacKnight.) Monday November 20
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round C.H. Letters after. Tidied room & worked on drawing for Gillott. M & self dined quietly. Last night of M's treasures Barker & mate. Bed 11.30 after rest. MACKNIGHT. Mr Thomas MacKnight, editor for over 30 years of the Northern Whig, died yesterday morning at his residence Wellington Park, Belfast. 'Times' Nov 20th.LADY SALISBURY. Died 2.30pm Monday Nov 20th. Married March 1857. Tuesday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Cycled round Park. Did not call Mite's. After in morning tidied up. M out in carriage. Left at 11.30 & went to C.C. At 12.45 Miss Williams came. Poor ugly model. No good. Out at 3.0 & walked thro' Wardour St to Stohwasser & Co. Had leggings tried on & to Kenneth Durward for suit & to Lincoln & Bennett's for hat, or cap. On to Turkish bath. Hair cut. Met Roger Wallace after. Home by 7.0pm. Barker & her mate took themselves off & 2 fresh servants in, a long girl & Scotch one, MacKaye. Long girl Florence Tweddle. MacKay left Oct 25 '00. M & self dined quietly & quiet evening after. Bed 11.30pm. Tweddle & MacKaye came. DIXON KEMP. Early on Tuesday Nov 21st Dixon Kemp at Palace Gardens Terrace, aged 60 years, an Associate of the Institute of Naval Architects. LORING. On the 21st at Madeira House Ryde I.W, the wife of Lieut F.G.Loring, of a daughter. Wednesday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. After in morning & afternoon worked on Gillott's drawing. Left at 6.10 & by bus to Piccadilly, called C.C. Letter from Langley model. On to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A.Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, & A.G (13). Long talk over Tenniel's Lion. Took French paper & also Black & White for game of chess. Table would not have it. Left with J.T grumbling & home by bus. Drank nothing but Claret. Had a headache all morning & felt heavy. M better & slept well. ISMAY. On Thursday 23 Nov at his residence Dawpool Birkenhead in his 63rd year Thomas Henry Ismay. Funeral Monday 27th inst. Thursday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled past F.C.B's & Redcliffe Gardens. After skemed subject of 3 Soldiers & Chocolate & photod Otley at 11.30am or 12.0pm & enlarged & lunch & up in room by 3.0. Rested tired. Dear Mite came up at 4.30 at tea time. After worked till 7.0pm, M in my room. Then dressed & by cab to 35 Wimpole St & dined with Sir Henry Thompson. (Red ink: Sir Henry Thompson's dinner.) (Plan of seating: Sir Hy T, Sir Frederick Abel, Dr Conan Doyle, Oscar Browning, Mr Costin, Dr (blank) L.S, Sir James Crighton Brown, Lord Morris.) Left at 11.20 & home by 3 busses. Man who was at Rorke's Drift, Lord Chelmsford, in bus, & girl with lovely forehead. Home 12.0. Read & to bed. M slept well. Furniture from Abrams, 44 Broad St Oxford came. Friday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for walk round Campden Hill. After news of death of Mr Ismay & also battle won by Lord Methuen. M up & about. Got to work all day on drawing of 3 Soldiers drinking chocolate. Stupid. Finished at 8.0pm & M & self dined by selves. Quiet evening & bed after. M complained of throat at 5.30pm in my room.
Saturday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Late. M had relaxed throat & was awake in the night. Up & breakfast. Did not go out. M packing. Opened revolver case & wrote letters. After lunch M left, did not go with her to station. Rested & began Index. Dressed & went by bus to dine with Mite. Good dinner. Miss Clifford there. Home by carriage. Bed in spare room at 11.45 after going up to my room. Hardly any Apollinaris. (Red ink: Dined with Lennie & Mite. M went to Broadstairs to Mrs Noott’s.) Sunday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Down breakfast. Had sent Otley to Lewis to know if he X'd channel. Left at 10.10 & by bus to Victoria & down with Lewis to Dover. On board met Col Bell & Secy to Met Rly. Also Somers Vine & Churchward. Lovely X'ing. Lunch together & back. Saw nothing of Lewis on board. Talk to Vine of Samoa. Salmoa & also arp in right pronounciation. Interesting talk. Got in 1 st class C.D & out to S.E in 2nd & up to town. Cold. Arrived Charing X 7.47. Called C.C & cab to Mite's. Dinner. Took some sour wine which subsequently made me ill. Left at 11.0 & home by cab. Very sick in the night at 12.30 or 1.30am. Very seedy. (Red ink: Crossed to Calais with Lewis & Col Bell.) Monday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Tea at 8.0am. More or less seedy all day. In morning went on with Index. After lunch, & packed bag etc. Left at 6.15pm. Dressed & by carriage at 6.50 to Mites. Dined. Drank water. On to see a rotten piece called Flora Dora. Stupid. Pretty girls. Lindos just behind us. Left gloves at Mite's. Home by carriage. Still upset & frightful indigestion. Bank book home. Found I had much more money to credit than hoped. £800 or £1000. Good. Bed & sleep uneasy at 12.0am. (Red ink: Went with Mite & Lennie to see Flora Dora.) Tuesday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Up at 8.0. Still upset. Dixon doing taps. Otley packed cartridges etc. To leave at 2.0pm for Dereham. Put all tidy etc & left at 2.5 in dog cart after lunch, smoking. Drove to Liverpool St & caught the 3.20pm train down to Dereham. Long stops at stations. Got there fairly punctually. Carriage drove me to Bylaugh Park. Lamp caught in a timber waggon. Got to house exactly at 8.0pm & found D'Arcy waiting & welcome. Dressed & down at 8.30. Took a Miss Moore in to dinner & funny old man, a Mr Flower exactly like Kruger next to me. Dull evening with an imitation organ playing. Went to bed 11.45 & slept indifferently. Dream of John Aird & house party somewhere at top of a mountain. (Red ink: Went to Bylaugh Park.) Cochlan. A Reuter telegram from New York dated yesterday (27th) says a telegram from Galveston announces that Mr Charles Coghlan the well known English actor who had been lying ill there with gastritis since Oct 30th died this morning. 'Times' Tuesday Nov 28. Obituary Wednesday Nov 29th. 'Times'. Wednesday November 29 Bylaugh Park, East Dereham. Up at 6.0am & wandered with candle, had great turn out. Not much sleep after. Breakfast, down 9.25. After got off in break 10.15. 7 guns. 2 Mr Marriotts, Old Flower Kruger, D'Arcy, self, little man & a young man.
Lovely day. Talkative loader. Curious omnibus room for lunching in. Papers & letters came at 1.15. One from F.C.B came at the cover side. Beautiful beat 2 nd after lunch got 10 birds, no it was just before the one before. Got about 30 pheasants & returned to exactly the same spot we started from. Was the only gun did not get a woodcock, all others 2 or more. Left at 4.0 & drove home. Tea. Up in room. Bath. Wrote letters till 7.45pm & diary. After down & took Mrs D'Arcy down to dinner. Talk of Boucicault, her cousin, after songs etc. Bed 11.45. Dull evening. Little man Mr Nevill, young man a son of Campbell Praed. Thursday November 30 Bylaugh Park, East Dereham. Up at 8.30. Turn out but better. Breakfast & after off by 10.10 & about 3 miles drive for shoot of driven partridges. 8 beats before lunch. Most unlucky & did not get one solitary bird. Lunch. Mrs D'Arcy's sister & 2 other ladies came. Most sumptuous lunch. Roast chicken & admirable rice & custard pudding. Papers. No letters from F.C.B. After lunch 6 drives got 1 bird 3 rd drive & two 4th drive & 1 5th , 6th too dark. Drove home & changed & tea. Wrote M, F.C.B & Abbey Willis & Co. Wrote diary etc. Rest. Took Mrs Shelley in to dinner & pleasant evening after. Bed at 11.45. After smoke & read the Times etc in Smoking Room. Dec 1899 Friday December 1 Bylaugh Park, East Dereham. Up 8.0. Breakfast 8.30. Wore new green suit 1 st time. Long drive to shoot in lovely country. Scarcity of birds. Shot about 28 pheasant & 1 moorhen. Lovely rose on cottage & pretty house. Colonel Custance & a youth. Left off at 4.10pm & drove home. Rain & heavy rain. Changed & down. Played 100 up with Mr Bence Jones who I met when a boy on the Lara, Penn's yacht, in 1870. Talk of Lady Hilda Finch Hatton. D'Arcy & self laid trick for Mrs Shelley. Took Mrs Nutting in to dinner. Trick immense success. Roars of laughter. Pleasant evening. Bence Jones sang well. Miss Moore's imitations. Played 100 up with Mr Praed. Beaten by 40. Bed 12.15. Took whiskey. Never again. (Red ink: Trick night at Bylaugh.) Saturday December 2 Bylaugh Park, East Dereham. Up 8.0am. All packed. Breakfast 9.0 & off by 10.10. Good bye to D'Arcy, Miss Moore etc, Mr Bence Jones. Birds, 3 pheasants & 2 brace of partridges. Drive to Dereham. Man & baggage. Up to town. There 3.0pm. Otley with cart & letters. Good bye to Mr Flower, Mr Praed & Mr Nevill. Home. Wrote letters. Sent Otley for bacon. After to Mite's at 8.30 for dinner. Lennie had been shooting at Reed's. Very drowsy after dinner. Left at 10.50. Cab home. Very cold. (Red ink: Dined with Mite & Lennie.) Sunday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Breakfast 9.0am. After got off with handbag at 10.30 & by busses to Victoria. Very cold & 1st frost of season. Met Mite & Lennie & down to Red Hill. Long wait in train. Drove to Charlwood 7 miles. Saw builder & Lennie's house. Lunch. There till 3.20 when drove back to Horley & back to town. Cantankerous old man in carriage. Shifted his bags. Home by bus & there 5.45. Tea. Wrote Store order. Spencer & Daggles in. Dined by self. Electric light wrong in Dining Room. Wrote letters. Very cold. Dined by self & quiet evening after.
Asleep after writing letters. (Red ink: Went with Mite & Lennie 1st visit to Charlwood.) Monday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Lovely morning & bright sun. Wrote letters & photod duck's wing shot in August at Ballechin. Lunch. Rest & after left by bus at 3.15pm. Went up to Stohwassers & called at Fine Art Socy & also at Needs. Walked to Garrick & C.C. Had tea. By bus after Victoria. Met M 6.15. Train 10 minutes late. Drove to Butts. Bought nuts etc. Home. Wrote C.C & also model. After M & self dined quietly at 8.0pm. Room looking very nice. Rest in chair until 12.30am when bed. (Red ink: M back from Broadstairs.) Tuesday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. M seedy in bed. Dark gloomy morning & wet. Walk round Campden Hill. Notice about Xmas arrangements. Wrote many letters & drew cheques for Electric Light, Perks etc, Knightley. After went on & did Index all day. M in bed. M rested in my room. At 8.0 Mite & Lennie dined quietly & left at 10.30pm. Quiet after & bed 11.30pm. Owen Seaman called in afternoon & had tea up in my room. Wrote letters & posted them. Raining & dull most of day. Called about Preface. Wednesday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After finished Index. M in bed. Put things straight & left at 12.0 for Garrick. Went by bus. Called C.C & May's. Lunched 1.30 with Cyril Spottiswoode, Hugh S.Shorter & another. Saw Evans & Furniss etc. Oysters & Burgundy. Left at 2.15 & to C.C. Met E.J for 1 st time alone. Likely to be good model, but too dark to do anything. Frightful afternoon. Out at 3.30 & went to Stohwassers to have breeches & gaiters tried on. After to Athenaeum. Looked at books & wrote letters. Sent cheque to Abbey Willis & Co. To Punch dinner. Lehman locked me in door lavatory. Sir W.A, L.B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S there. Long dreary discussion. Left with J.T at 11.0. Home by cab etc. Edith Furrell had arrived. Walked in morning not Campden Hill but Post Office & wired. (Red ink: Edie Furrell came on a visit.) Thursday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Down. Saw Edie Furrell. Out & walk round Campden Hill. Dull foggy morning. Saw Chumps reading a book 9.10am. Back. Letters. Skemed subject & at 12.15 photod a boy & Otley for Soldier subject. Greatest difficulty could get prints. Frightfully dark & gloomy. Dinner at 8.0 after working. Quiet evening & bed. Snooze in chair. Turned colder at night. Last saw C Thursday Nov 9th. Friday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Out for walk round C.H. Fine morning. Back. All day on drawing of soldier, What Boer Thought & What They Have. Finished at 7.0pm. Mite came to dinner. M, self, Mite & Edie Furrell dined. Left at 10.30 in cart for Euston. Very cold. Caught 11.50 train. Went to sleep at once. Strange dream of German Reed covered with orders entertaining foreigners. Also Marian R. (Red ink: Left for the Johnson Fergusons.)
Saturday 9 December On board train Carlisle. Woke at 5 50. Caught train on to Kirtlebridge in the dark. One other little gent in a fur coat. Turned out to be a son of Sir James Blyth. Got to Springkell at 7.15. Bath. Breakfast & off at 9.0am smoking for drive to cover, 8 or 9 miles. 1st drive in little gully. Got 2 birds & hare. 8 guns, 2 J-Fs, father & son, self, Mr Blyth, Mr Mitchell, Mr Heriot, 2 others. Mr H knew Delmar etc. Lunch in farm house. Good tongue sandwiches. Had one tremendous walk thro' wood. Shot many birds. After at last a good corner. Shot about 40 birds. Home. Cold drive. Bath & tea. Dressed & dinner 7.30. Slow dull evening after. Bed 11.0pm. Slept well. Guns: Mr Johnson Ferguson, Alex Johnson Ferguson, Mr Donner, Mr Pilkington, Mr Mitchell, Mr Heriot, Mr Blyth, Mr Linley Sambourne. 280 pheasants, blackcock, woodcock, rabbits, hares. (Red ink: Did this same shoot on Saturday 10 Dec 1904. Got 52 pheasants, 3 hares & 5 rabbits.) Sunday December 10 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.30. Very tired. Had slept well. Breakfast 9.0. Bad coffee etc. After wrote letters. All went to kirk. Out for walk 12.40 to 1.10pm. Lunch 1.30. Good. Smoke after & walk from 3.0 to 5.0pm. Round garden. Visited ruined church & churchyard, also house & grounds & spring. After stables. Back to tea. Had letter from Vernon Watney telling me of poor Captain Earle having been killed on the Modder River. Very sad. See Sep 10,14,15. Wrote many letters. After dinner. Took Mrs Pilkington in. Good talk. Drank Claret. Not so slow. Looked at French furniture. Smoke & bed 11.5 tired. Took 4 C.L.L.P. Monday December 11 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 7.15. Good bath. Breakfast & started off at 9.0. First a duck drive, got 2 but 60 or more were got. After delightful pheasant shoot. Got 42 birds & 2 duck. No woodcock. Mr Donner left at 3.30. A roe deer shot, a regular borderer worrying it with his back all over blood. Home at 4.15. Changed & tea. Read papers. Wrote letters etc. After dinner. Took Mrs Donner in. In library after. Young Ferguson had a Graphophone. Sang 'He guessed right the very first tme'. Smoke & bed. (Red ink: Great shoot in Park.) Tuesday Deember 12 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 7.0. Bath. Packed. Breakfast 8.30 & off by bus at 9.30. Good bye. Heavy snow. Footman & maid on platform. Went with young Blyth to Carlisle. On in the cold snow to Little's shop. Surly old woman. Bought an Empire clock. Back & to London. Carriage stuffily hot. Otley met me. On by cab to Punch dinner. Phil A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, & Phil May out of his place. 2 cuts made up for J.T & self. Left by J.T's cab at 11.10 & home by bus. Locked Roy out not knowing he was away. Mrs Reffell let him in. Wednesday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Out & walk round Campden Hill. Roy home. Owen Seaman called in morning. Sent cheque to Lewis for nearly £600 for investment. Got to work on cartoon for next week, Emperor William playing piano. After did tail for Index. Dined quietly at the Eykyns, leaving 7.50. Took Mrs Eykyn in & sat next a Miss Aird, niece of John Aird. Very cold & hard frost. Galbraith had called at 7.30pm about going to Scotland. News of Methuen's defeat & death of General
Wauchup. Home at 11.30. Very cold. Read paper & to bed. (Red ink: Dined at the Eykyns.) Thursday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Out & walked nearly to Shepherds Bush. No Chumps. Back to work all day. Photod Otley at 12.30 for German Emperor in Naval uniform. Developed & enlarged. Plates froze on putting into apparatus. Rest for an hour & on to work. Dinner 8.0pm. Quiet evening, Edie playing. Bed 11.30pm. Took some ammoniated quinine. x in night. Friday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out. A little warmer. Workd hard all day on cartoon of German Emperor playing piano. Finished 8.15 7 dined 8.30. Quiet evening & bed at 11.30. Boy messenger came from Mite at 11.20. Answer sent. Saturday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Tired & headache. Out. Miserable morning. News of repulse of Sir Redvers Buller's troops & loss of six guns. Frightful. Turned out to be loss of eleven guns. Wrote letters etc. Otley unpacked clock received from Carlisle. Worked from 11.0 to 8.0pm on drawing of Chamberlain as Clown & Pantaloon asking for Old Age Pensions. Roy & Edie went to see the Belle of New York. Back in afternoon. Gave Roy 5/s for cabs. Roy & Edie went to dine with Lennie & Maud & went to see San Toy, having supper at the Carlton after. Back at 12.45am. M & self dined quietly together & quiet evening after. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Sent £1.0 Jessop. Loss of 11 guns by Redvers Buller. (Red ink: Edie, Roy etc dined with Mite & went to see 'San Toy'.) Sunday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out for walk round Campden Hill. Wretched grey dull day but a little warmer. Roy out all day nearly. Worked up to 5.0pm & finished Chamberlain as Clown & Pantaloon asking for his Old Age Pension. After at 5.30pm began tailpiece for Preface. Nearly finished it. M up in room. Mr Lemon had called. Went down & put out 2 bottles of Claret. Quiet dinner, Lennie & Mite, Edie, M, Roy & self. Crackers. Claret spoilt by being too hot & the next too cold. Lennie & Mite left at 10.45. Bed after. Not so cold. (Red ink: Quiet dinner at home. Worked all day.) Monday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & walk round Campden Hill. Spoken to by Policeman about the war. Back & finished tail piece for Preface. After skemed & drew the Preface by 8.0pm. Packed & put on shooting things. Roy out all day. Edie went to see her father's people. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Short of wine. Wrote letters after dinner & got off by cart at 10.40 & drove to Euston. All comfortable & warmer thank goodness. Read book of George Moore's. Did not sleep so well as last journey. (Red ink: Left for 'Terregles'.) Tuesday December 19 On board train. Woke by guard 5.50am. Changed into train for Lockerbie. Got out, ¾ hour to wait. Beastly coffee. Off. Changed tie & got to Dumfries 8.30. Drove to Terregles. There at 9.0am. Saw Galbraith. Breakfast 9.15. Mr & Mrs Wilkie, Miss Crystal, Miss Brown, Mr Scott, Mr Peddie & others. Started off at 10.20 & drove
about 1 mile, climbed a hill & shot all day. Lunch in the open. Irish stew. Squirrels. Got about 9 pheasants only, 3 at the last good shots. Back. Waited for tea. After up in room & rested till dinner time. Took Mrs Galbraith in. Quiet game of Puff Ball after & smoke. Bed at 11.45. Very tired. Ian Galbraith's birthday, 10 years old. Wednesday December 20 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.40. Down breakfast 9.15. Out to shoot at 10.20 round Park. Good day. Mr Douglas, Tab's friend, came. Guns Mr Scott, Mr Peddie, Mr Wilkie, Mr Douglas, C.E.G & self. Rain came on at 12.30. Lunch in harness room. Ladies & all came. Ian back from school. Got 39 pheasants to own gun. Shot well. Delightful day. Last cock pheasant fell on grass slopes. Left off 4.15 exactly. Good bye to Mr S & Mr P. No, I did not say good bye. Wrote many letters till nearly dinner time, diary also. Dinner. Took Mrs Wilkie in. Quiet evening after. Talk to Miss Brown. Long talk to Galbraith & Wilkie & bed after at 12.0. (Red ink: Delightful day's shoot at Terregles.) Thursday December 21 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 7.20am. Dressed & packed & breakfast at 8.0. Parrot said Oh dear & Shut up. Galbraith down. Off at 8.25. Good bye. Tip to Henry. Drove & caught the 9.0am train to Lockerbie. Long wait. On to Carlisle. Called at Little's. Bought arm chair. Wired M. Up to town. Arrivd 6.50 & home in cart. Drizzle rain etc. Dinner 8.0pm. Left at 9.10 & on to Lyceum. Saw a rotten play called The Snowman. Courtice Pound in it & a daughter of Jacobi's. After Roy & self to Garrick. Supper & home by 12.30. Bed 1.0. Saw Major Trollope. (Red ink: Went to Lyceum to see 'A Snowman'.) Friday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out for walk round C.H. After in morning put things straight. No letter from F.C.B. Began cartoon for Heading Vol 118, Britannia. Enlarged some plates at 2.30. M left at 12.30 with Edie for Victoria. Worked up to 8.15 when dined. Roy went to dine at the Claridges Hotel. Up in my little room & after directing letters slept from 10.0 to 12.30 when to bed & slept after. Lovely fire. (Cutting glued in: Death of Clara Money-Coutts. Dec.) Saturday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out for walk. Foggy & dull. Roy in bed. After tidied up & put things in bag for drawing. Man from Stores came to see clocks. Lunch. Sent luggage with Otley in cart at 3.30. Left Roy & left 3.45 for Victoria. Met Lennie. Left Victoria 5.30. Got to Three Bridges at 8.30 & to Nymans at 9.45, 6 hours on journey. Dinner & bed after. M well. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Nymans.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Clara Money-Coutts. Dec 26) Sunday December 24 Nymans, Crawley, Sussex. Up at 8.30. Breakfast 9.0. Dull grey morning. At 11.0 did 2 hour's work. After lunch walked into Handcross to post letters. Met Baby. Went for walk with Mr M, Lennie, Miss Gibbs, Muriel & Ruth. Back. Tea. Worked. Put Punch in. Dressed. Dinner. One game of billiards with Harold after. Bed 11.30. 4 C.L.L.P. (Cutting glued in: Death and Obituary of Lord Ludlow. Death of John Stone.) Monday December 25
Nymans, Crawley, Sussex. Up 8.30. Most lovely morning. Out before breakfast. Houses distinct. Friendly cat. Presents. After in morning went for walk with M. Round to Post Office to answer wrong letter from F.C.B to Tenniel. Knocked postmaster up. Stroll round & looked at Mr Messel's pines, junipers etc. Lunch. Too much. Another walk with M. Saw sun set. Mr M again. Curate came to tea & a Mr & Mrs Fox-Adams to dinner. So so Xmas dinner. Billiards & pool after. Mr F.A got one, Roy the other. Played Harold a game. Bed at 11.30pm. Curious itching in nostril came on. Put some homocoa on. (Cutting glued in: Death of John McLachlan.) Tuesday December 26 Nymans, Crawley, Sussex. Up at 7.30. Breakfast at 8.0. At 9.10 began to shoot home coverts, Lennie, Harold, Roy, self, Mr Campbell & Mr Payne. Good lunch. Roy peppered by Mr Payne. Left off at 3.30. Boy & cock pheasant. Told him to carry it by legs. About 40 head. Self got 2 cock pheasants & 3 rabbits,1 duck. At 4.45 worked till 7.0 on drawing for Vol 118. Put letters in etc etc. Dinner. Quiet evening. Roy made a 50 break at billiards. Itching in nostril developed to irritation & a sort of influenza. Put Hazaline on at night. (Red ink: Day's shoot at Nymans.) Wednesday December 27 Nymans, Crawley, Sussex. Up at 6.15. Had been awake since 5.0am. Dressed & put things up. Left Nymans at 7.55 & drove 3 Bridges with Lennie & Mr M. Intensely cold on platform. Waited & changed at East Croydon. At Victoria 11.0am. Otley there. Sent bag back. Letter from F.C.B. On by bus to Gurnall & Mayo. At 11.50 photod Miss E.Jessop for 2nd time, fair light. Out 1.40 & to Garrick for lunch. Back by cab to Stafford Terrace. Horse slipped about a great deal. Sent Otley with gun to Lang & Hussey's & with letter to F.C.B & gaiters to Stohwasser. Got to work on heading for Vol 118 at 3.30pm up to 8.30. Roy had been to the Pantomime at Drury Lane. Roy & self dined at 8.30pm by selves. Bed 11.30. Hot whiskey. Ass of a girl brought it up without sugar or spoon. Itching in nostril very bad all day. Very sore. (Cutting glued in: Death of Janet Hartree.) Thursday December 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Round C.H. Warmer. After got to work on Heading for Vol 118 & finished it 12.0noon. Began cartoon of Time, 'Punch' & New Year at 12.30pm. M back at 4.45 from Nymans. Finished cartoon at 8.45pm. Much annoyed at dinner by a letter from Lang & Hussey to say gun damaged by Otley taking it yesterday. Itching in nostril bad all day. Put Hazeline again. Very painful in evening. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Alice Giffard. Death of Isabel Drabble.) Friday December 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. M to remain in bed. Walk round C.H. Back. Blew up Otley about gun. Put all photos away. Sent cheques to Orton & Walls etc. After got to work & skemed the subjects for page for the Sphere in afternoon. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Nostril very sore. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of William Charlesworth.) Saturday December 30
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & walk round C.H. After put things together etc. Lovely bright sun. Printed about 60 blue prints & lunched at 1.30. Otley took luggage in cart to Waterloo at 2.0, Roy & self followed in a hansom. Left M by herself. Sad. Troops of Reserve men at Waterloo going to Aldershot. Down to Tisbury without hitch. Posted card at Salisbury. There 6.0pm. Tea. Tabs, H & Bee etc. Gareth came to my room & muddled my bag etc. Dressed. Good dinner. Music. Hot grog after. Bed at 11.45pm. Nostril still very sore. (Red ink: Roy & self went down to Pyt leaving M by herself at home.) Sunday December 31 Pyt House, Tisbury, Wilts. Up 8.10. Bath up near the fish ponds. Dared Roy. Out & walked to ½ way down drive. Read Phil Agnew's letter about Almanack acct. Back. Good breakfast. Wrote letters all day nearly, many in morning. After lunch H, Roy & self walked as far as village to post letters. Very muddy. Miss Seymour's place. Back. Visitors to tea. Mrs Bennett Stamford & the Douglas Murrays. Read etc. Good dinner. Game of fives, Gwen & self v Roy & Evelyn. Gwen & self won. 3 games, won 2 out of 3. Good dinner. All wrote in a book. Last few hours, minutes of 1899. Roy & self sat up & saw the New Year in. Drank its health. To bed 12.15am 1900. Bells clanging. Slept well. Nostril still very sore & uncomfortable. (Red ink: Roy & self sat up & saw the New Year 1900 in.) List of articles put in roof by Otley, Wednesday Feby 22: 1 large roll pieces of Jap paper as Studio 1 " " containing Diplomas. 1 " " Japanese paper 1 Sayce(?) paper box of papers (barrel) 2 Easel drawing boards 1 canvas (Mrs Macdonald) for painting 8 old maple (Mrs Barr) frames 1 " " Tea caddy with old photos 1 Insect box (Roy's) 2 Deal Shelves & brackets from room 4 spare book brackets as room Books: Old Geography. Exotic Birds. Leech's Life & Character. Miss A.Langley 27 Simpson Street, Battesea. Models given by Mrs A.Hall Morgan. 16 Fernshaw Road, Fulham Road, S.W. Mabel Hall. 15 Stanbridge Road, Putney S.W. Miss Bowson. 49 Aynhoe Road, Brook Green W. Head & costume only Marie St Clair. Ringwood, Chadwell Heath Classic. Fair. Good figure. (name and address crossed out) Miss Temple. The Cedars, Wood St, High Barnet. (name and address crossed out) Miss Maud Fletcher. 24 Hardcastle St, High St Peckham. Miss Morris. 24 Elsham Road, Kensington. Fair, slim figure.
Miss Lofthouse. 3 Westbourne Road, Newlands Pk, Sydenham. (name and address crossed out) Miss Lascoine. 139 Beaufort St S.W. Tall, fair, good colour. (name and address crossed out) Late Saty or early Thursday. Mrs Strangton. Blanche Chamberlain. 3 Queens Buildings, 414 High Road, Tottenham Miss D.Williams. (two addresses crossed out) Miss Jessie Woodcock. 8 St Augustines Rd, Camden Town, N.W. Janet Hird. 9 Craddock St, Prince of Wales Rd. 13 years. F.C.Coombes. 17 Princes Road, Notting Hill. Age 14. Boughton’s model: Miss Sibley. 34 Ashdown Road, Putney S.W. (address crossed out, possibly Miss Jessop's) 'Glenray', Rye Park, Noddesdon Herts. Theatrical Managers Vaudeville. W.H.Risque. (Messrs Gatté) Duke of York. F.Pammerton. James W.Mathews for Charles Frohman. Gaiety. E.Marshall Drury Lane. Sidney Smith Esq. Business Manager & Secy, Arthur Collins Esq. The Lyric. H.V.Callan The Shaftesbury. Henry Barrett Esq Earls Court Press. Austin Brereton. The London Exhibition etc. Haymarket. Alfred Courtenay Esq. Business M, Mrs Langtry. Lyceum. Adelphi. Herbert Sleath Esq. Covent Garden. Mr Forsyth. L.G's sittings Oct 6, '97 Oct 31, '97 Jany 29. '98 Apl 16 '98 May 7 '98 May 21 '98 June 4 '98 June 18 '98 x July 16 '98 x Williams Tues Nov 21 Langley Wedy Apl 4th
Thurs Apl 12th Wedy Apl 4th Thurs Apl 12th Mrs King's sittings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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M Sibley Saty Oct 28th Saty Jany 6th Saty Jany 20th Mabel Hall's sittings Monday Monday Sun Thurs Mon Sun Saty Mon Wed Sat
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E.Warwick's sittings Saty 7 July Wed Oct 10 Herbert Monday 16 May 1900 Monday 27 Aug 1900 Railway Managers: Joseph L.Wilkinson Esqre, Great Western Railway General Manager's Office, Paddington Station, London W. T.Gooday Esq, London Brighton & South Coast Rly, Victoria Station, S.W General Manager's Office London Bridge Station. S.E. C.I.Owers Esq, London & South Western Railway General Manager's Office, Waterloo S.E. W.R.Stevens Esquire (Secy) South Eastern Railway, Secretary's & Chief Office, London Bridge Station S.E. C Sheath Esqre Frederick Harrison Esq, London & North Western Rly, Euston, N.W. General Manager's Office. Sir William Birt, Great Eastern Railway, General Manager's Office Liverpool St Station. E.C.
Alfred Willis Esq, General Manager, South Eastern & Chatham & Dover Railways, General Manager's Office, Continental Department, London Bridge Station, S.E.
1900 Notes and addresses on preliminary pages: Chromo Transfer Company, 57 Newland St, Stoke on Trent. Edw J Buckley, Secy. Bellini's, Hanover Hotel & Restaurant, 8 Mill St, Hanover Sq, W. Cigarettes (small) Brutus No 2. O.H.M.S. H.L.Gibson Esq, War Office. H de la Bere Esqre, Royal Army Clothing Unit, Grosvenor Road, S.W. Erasmus Wilson's Hair Wash. One gallon jar 25/9d A.W.Bartlett Esq, 27 - 35 Drury Lane, W.C. Camera Club Hall Porter: E.Calthorpe. Barkers: H.H.Johnston Esq, Managing Director. Gloves, 2 button. Tan Sabian 3/6 Ferro Type Paper No 109. Electricians: Palmer & Watson, 100 Charing X Road, W.C. Herbert Nash, 1 High St Notting Hill. Messel & Co, 66 Old Broad St, E.C. James Ismay, 30 James St, Liverpool. Police model: Wm McFadden, P.C. 351.F India rubber castors: P.Steddall & Co, Broad St, Bloomsbury, W.C. More & Son, Bow High St. Moon, 13 Clarges Str, W. Ill L.News: James D Symon, Art Editor G.F.Hammond, Editor. Old man model: R.J.Sargent. 50 Coverdale Rd, Shepherd's Bush. Major Pierson, St Elms, Worthing. Boot trees: L.Wesley Evans. Boot tree last, Glove tree & Breeches tree makers. 47 Old Compton St, W.
Gilbert Thomas, Daily Graphic, Milford House, Milford Lane W.C. Swain, 157 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, E.C. Reed, E.T. 17 Fitz George Avenue, Kensington West, W. Mr Stace, 46 Carminia Road, Bedford Hill, Balham, S.W. Russell, Lady, of Killowen. 2 Cromwell Houses, Cromwell Rd, S.W. Sambourne, c/o Mrs Woods, 9 Fore St, Sheldon, Teignmouth, Devon. Waterbury Watches. Allan, Ross & Co, 66 Holborn Viaduct, E.C. Passing bell in Suffolk rung for 1 hour, 3 minute interval. Dec 22, 30th, Oct 31, whole of Novr & up to above. Jany 6,7,10,11,14 Jan 1900 Monday January 1 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.0 or 8.15. Bath. Dosed Roy. Out for stroll. Sea fog. After in morning wrote letters & went Xmas Boxing with H. Lunch. At 2.30 self, H & Roy went out with guns. Shot 7 rabbits, 1 duck (Roy) & 1 teal. Back 4.30. After wrote letters. 3 game of fives with Gwen & Evelyn, Roy & self. Gwen & self won. The Rouths arrived at 6.0pm, at 8.0 Effie, Geoffrey & Alice Gomez, no Conrad. Dined at 8.30. Warm fire. Bed after. Curious dream of taking lodgings with my mother. Sort of eczema itching in night. Nose still irritable. (Cuttings glued in: In Memoriam John Marshall. Death of Edward Colman. Death of Jane Gordon Cumming.) Tuesday January 2 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.10. Bath. Breakfast. Out for stroll up to gates. After in morning did some more sketches for the Sphere. Changed & lunch. Many people to lunch. Evelyn drove self & Roy to Fonthill for concert at 2.30pm. Good attendance. Little man like John Morley, the Duke of Hamilton etc. Mrs Routh & Alice Gomez sang well & Mrs Patrick Campbell recited the Absent Minded Beggars. Lovely house. Rare old copper line engravings etc, tiger & leopard skins. Walked back, H, Routh, Roy & self. Long way. Very hot. Bath after. Dinner. Took Mrs Routh in. Alice Gomez sang after & dance to follow. Effie kicked her legs about. We all suffered from dancing. Bed at 11.45 after taking hot whiskey. Nostril still irritable. (Red ink: Concert at Fonthill.) Wednesday January 3 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.0am. Bath. Out in mackintosh, pouring rain. Left at 10.30 to walk to shoot. Guns, Hamilton F, Col Best, Routh, Roy & self. Roy shot well. Very wet. Lunch in a cottage. Left after a partridge drive. Got one bird, Roy brace. Changed & caught the 4.50 train. Annoyed at leaving coat & small travelling bag behind. Cheeky Clerk at Tisbury. Waterloo 8.15. Otley met us. Drove by cab to the Garrick & had hurried dinner & on to Bouverie St at 9.30. Sir W.A, Phil A, Owen S, R.C.L, A à B, self, J.T, F.C.B, A.G, H.W.L, E.T.R, B.P & P.M. Greatly complimented on my drawing of Britannia. Got subject of Salisbury & Ministers. Left 11.0 with J.T. Xmas boxes all round. Home. Bed at 12.30. Dear M awake. Nostril still irritable. (Red ink: Shoot at Pyt House.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Rev George Buckle. Obituary of Canon Buckle. The Lady Evelyn Cobbold, of a daughter.)
Thursday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Birthday. Up 8.30 & round C.H for walk. M gave me a scarf. Wire from Mite. After skemed subject Salisbury & Ministers for classic cut. Photod at 11.45 Roy, Otley & Stace. Developed & got prints by 3.30. Rest & to work at 4.30 to 8.0. Lennie & Mite & M & self dined. Roy late. Champagne 1878, 1 bottle, 1 Lanson. They left 10.30 & bed after tired. Nose still irritable. Wired Edgar who sailed this day for South Africa in the Ghoorka. (Red ink: Birthday. Did worst cut for many years.) (Cutting glued in: In memoriam Charles Keene. In memory of Thomas Platt.) Friday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for walk round Campden Hill. Hard at work all day on drawing of Salisbury & Ministers Classic subject. Did not finish until 9.15. Dined, M, Roy & self. Too tired & exhausted to go to Sir William Agnew's Ball. Roy went & Mite & Lennie. Slept in chair done up & to bed at 12.30am. Nose still irritable. Mr Marshall called & left a model by Boehm of Tennyson asking £30 for it. Thank goodness took it away in evening. Miss Gill lunched in small room, man doing Dining Room curtains. (Red ink: Sir William Agnew's Ball.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Henry Coxwell. Jany 6.) GRIFFIN. On the 5th inst the wife of Sir Lepel Griffin K.C.S.I of a son. Saturday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Down. Roy had had his breakfast & gone off to see Edna May off. After got away at 10.15 & to Camera Club & to May's & Garrick. Photod Miss Woodcock. Could not sit nude. After Miss Sibley. Out at 12. Left costume at May's & to Garrick Club. Lunched with Mr Reginald Harrison. Oysters & Perrier Jouet '93. Saw Stone, Hare, Tree etc. On to the Wyndham's Theatre. M, Roy, Mite & self saw David Garrick. Good. Mr Gilmer there & Seymour Lucas. Out. Roy & self called Walls & to Bath Club. Home by bus. Bought fruit etc. Quiet dinner & evening. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Nose still irritable. (Cuttings glued in: Killed in action Francis Raikes. Killed in action Francis Wilkins.) Sunday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Foggy & rainy. Decided to go to Calais. Roy & self left 10.20 & to Victoria. Saw sea rough etc. Back home after speaking to Green. Changed & put photos away. Wrote luggage labels etc. Lunch. After developed 16 photos taken yesterday. Finished by 3.45. Up in room. After dated photos & wrote many letters. Had cleared cellar & put out 1 bottle '85 Champagne, the last, Ayala Burgundy & Claret. At 8.15 Bret Harte & Mrs Turquand dined. Mr Douglas could not come. Dinner hung sadly. Cold. They left early. Bed at 12.0 after reading paper. Nose still very irritable. (Red ink: Bret Hart & Mrs Turquand dined.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Lemon.) Monday January 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. Very sleepy. Short walk round Campden Hill across Upp Phil Gds. Back. Breakfast. After wrote to Mr Hy Gilbert & sent plan. Packed & printed blue prints of photos taken Saturday. Lunch 1.30. M had decided not to go to Easton. Wired. Left 2.0pm in dog cart. Roy for Pyt House. Got to Liverpool St & left by 3.25pm. 3 others in carriage, 2 for Easton with myself. Lucas met us
at Wickham Market. Got to house at 6.25. Tea. Mr Newton & his wife, 2 other ladies & a Mr Soames, a Lincolnshire man. No, Mr Newman, not Newton. Dressed & wrote letters. Dinner. Colley wobbley from hare at lunch. Long talk to Mr Soames after dinner. Played 1 Pool & to my room at 11.30. Was 1¼ hrs writing letters & this diary. Party: Mrs Elkington & daughter, Mr Soames, Mr & Mrs Newman, Mr Waley, self & Mr Lucas senr. Nose still painful. Tuesday January 9 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.45, called 8.0. Breakfast. Out at 10.15 to shoot round house. Guns Hon Ivo Bligh, Mr Soames, Mr Nunkey, Mr Waley (Willow Willow Waley Oh!) Lucas, self & Mr Newman. Newman's gun went wrong. Made by Atkins. Good places at 1st, not so good after. Got 15 cock pheasants & 4 rabbits & 2 duck at last. Back 4.15. Changed & wrote letters. Tea. After looked at books in Billiard Room. Dressed at 7.40 & after took Mrs Elkington in. Talk of Finlay Knight etc. Roulette. Lost 6/s. Others playing bridge. Went up 11.50. Head Keeper Meadows. Loader today & tomorrow King. (illeg under cutting) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Herbery Rymill. Death of Offlet Scoones.) Wednesday January 10 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 8.10. Dressed in cheque suit & down. Wrote letters Spielmann for Paris Exhibition etc. Intensely disappointed at seeing 2 nd Nº of issue of 'Punch'. My drawing a botch. Breakfast. After away to shoot. Seven guns. Mr Soames, Mr Newman, Col Lucas, Nunkey Lucas, Mr Waley, self & the agent. Got 11 cock pheasants & a woodcock, several rabbits before lunch. Lunch in a tent. Cold. Mrs Newman & Miss Elkington came. After had a partridge drive. Only 2 cocks after, 13 in all. Back 4.0 & wrote letters up to dinner time. Colder. Dinner. Drew & took Mrs Lucas in. Roulette after. More fortunate won all back except 1/6. Hot whiskey & bed. Read book on the Dods. (Red ink: Name of Semark or Seamark in obituary.) Thursday January 11 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.10am. Down. Breakfast. Wrote letters before & a wire came at 9.0am from F.C.B saying no subject so went off for shoot at 9.45am. Drove 7 miles. Mr Bligh & an older son there. Six guns. I.B, F.L, N.L, N,W & self. Had another loader. Small covers. Not well placed & most unlucky. Waley shot my birds. Lunched in a farm house. Comfortable. Got altogether all day 11 pheasants only. Left off 4.0 & drove home. Changed & wrote letters. After played 100 up with Mr Lucas. He won by 20 points. Dressed & dinner. Took Miss Elkington in. Slow. After music & Roulette. Bad luck lost 10/s. Bed at 12.0am. Mr Soames left at 8.30am. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Captain Gildea to Annie Morgan-Thomas.) Friday January 12 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.15. Down to breakfast almost by self. After looked at papers. No letters. Got off 9.45 & down to house occupied by the Hon Ivo Bligh. Shot all day. Bad luck in being placed. Mr Lucas senior frightened I.B by showing gun barrels. Lunch in Servants Hall. Got all day 8 cock pheasants, 1 partridge, 1 rabbit. Had a duck drive & ended with partridge drive. Gave loader 10/s. Drove home. Wrote letters till 6.30. Got out plate lifting trick & told Lucas. Put it on table. Took Miss Elkington in again. Trick a failure. After no Roulette.
Music. Beat Waley 100 game by 80. Smoke. Packed. Sleep at 1.0am. (Insert card with totals of game shot at Easton Park, January 9 - 12.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Carmichael.) 'Last night there were Four Marys Tonight there'll be but three. Mary Beaton, Mary Seaton, Mary Carmichael & me.' Saturday January 13 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 7.0 & breakfast 8.0am. Off in carriage by 8.30, Mr Newman & Mr Waley & self. Up to town. Very cold. My birds missing, took Newman's. Otley met me with cart. Called C.C & also Lang & Hussey. Left guns. Letters. Drove home. Saw dear M. Roy home. Lunch. After all afternoon enlarged plates. Very cold. Worked till 5.0. Most annoyed at Tweddle not taking proper books. Began drawing for The Sphere. Dinner. M, Roy & self. After evening in Morning Room. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Began 'Sphere' drawing.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Celestine Fletcher. Death of John Fletcher. Death of Latham Tomlin.) GATTI. In loving memory of Agostino Gatti who died January 14 1897. A memorial mass will be said at Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane at10.0am Sunday January 14th 1900. 'Times' Saty 13th. Sunday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out for walk. Fine & cold. Breakfast. After all day at Sphere drawing. Enlarged in afternoon & took photo of globe & statues. Spencer in to lunch, looking very old. Wrote letters between 5.0 & 7.0pm. Many letters. Doubts as to news. Rumours of Buller's defeat. Worked up to 8.0pm. Put wine out. Lennie & Mite to dinner & Roy, M & self laid the plate lifters. Good joke. Quiet evening. They left 10.0pm. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Cuttings glued in: In loving memory Agostino Gatti. Obituary of Sir Alfred Kirby.) Jany 16. Monday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am & walk round C.H. After at work all day on drawing for 'The Sphere'. Dear Mite came to stay 2 days with us. Slept in her old room. Quiet dinner M, Roy Mite & self. Snooze & bed at 12.0am. In morning wrote on frame for Sir James Whitehead & also legends on drawings (5) for Fine Art Socy. After went on with drawing for cover of the Sphere. (Cutting glued in: Killed in action John Connell.) Tuesday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out. Wet morning. Met Chumps. First time since Dec 7th. Back & worked all day on drawing for the Sphere. Mite with us. Quiet dinner, M, Mite, Roy & self. M bothered with servants. Parlour maids. Quiet evening & bed at 12.0 after snooze. C hidden under umbrella. (Cutting glued in: Death of Walter Marshall.)
Wednesday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am & out for walk round C.H. Back for breakfast & got on with drawing for 'The Sphere'. At 11.30 a wire from Cyril Spottiswoode came to say they must have it. At 12.30 came C.S himself. Yarn & stayed to lunch. Roy
amusing. Worked on drawing till 6.0pm when finished outline except Globe & dressed & left at 6.45 for the Punch Dinner, cab all the way. P.A, O.S, R.C.L, A à B, self, J.T, F.C.B, A.G, H.W.L, E.T.R & B.P there. Pleasant dinner. Left with Tenniel at 10.50 & home by cab & bus. M back alone, Roy gone to supper. Wrote Shorter & posted letters. M & Roy had been with Daggles to see Martin Hervey in 'The Only Way' at the Prince of Wales's Theatre. Snooze & to bed at 1.0am. Felt sick, only wind. Mite left in the afternoon. (Red ink: Cyril Spottiswoode called about 'Sphere' drawing.) Thursday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am.Out round C.H. Met Chumps with a fiddle case. Back. Fine sunny morning. Roy very late down to breakfast having been at supper somewhere the night before. Directly after breakfast photod Roy in his shooting suit & puttee gaiters for Chamberlain & developed them. At 11.0am got on & all day shading drawing for 'The Sphere' & finished it at 7.30pm. Much pushed & bothered with it. Roy at dinner with with his mother & left to go back to Oxford. Drew cheque in the morning for £100. Left by cab at 7.45 to go to the Marlborough Club & dined with Schomberg McDonnell. A dinner of 17. Edward Lawson, Sir Douglas Straight & Scoones. A delightful Roman Catholic Bishop. Sat next a nephew of Schomberg M's. Very nice boy. General Marshall dined also. What a contrast to Lawson. Story of F.C.B calling Lawson 'Sir Edward'. Left at 11.15 & home by bus. Drunken soldiers in bus. Bed 1.0am. Baby sent round to see me. (Red ink across page: Dined at Marlborough Club with Schomberg McDonnell.) Friday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out for walk. Met Chumps. Back & at work all day on drawing of Chamberlain & Shell 'Will it burst'. Enlarged after breakfast & did not begin until noon but nevertheless finished easily & leisurely by 8.30pm. M & self dined quietly at 8.45 & quiet evening after. Bed 12.30am after snooze. Lamp looked exactly like a man. M said Roy owed bills. Very much put out about him. Saturday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Down. Did not go out. Wrote after breakfast 6 letters & left at 10.45 by buss for C.C. At 12.0 took some evening dress photos from Miss S. Out at 1.15pm & to Garrick. Saw Johnny Hare, Beetle, Sooby, Jones etc. Lunch. Egg & chicken. At 2.15pm met M at Shaftesbury Theatre & saw De Wolf Hopper & Jennie Mackaye in The Mystical Miss. Poorly mounted. Hideous chorus girls etc. Out & by carriage to Park. Walked down it. Bought sausages & fruit. Home 6.0. Tea. Wrote letters. Quiet dinner, M & self. In Morning Room after. Hot whiskey & bed after 12.0am. (Cuttings glued in: Bancroft. Death of infant son. Jan. Death of Elizabeth Phillimore. Jan.) January 6,7,10,11,14. Sunday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out round C.H. Boar hound barked at me. Breakfast. Sausages good. Gave up going over Channel. Put up convex glass in Dining Room. After wrote letters, put all photos away & tidied etc. Looked over 'Times' etc. Found that Mackay had burnt all from 31 Oct to 20 th Decr also 6,7,10,11, 14 Jan missing. Annoyed. Tea & went up by bus to Athenaeum. Wrote letters. Found Mr Morton there, also Lord Morris. Heard of illness of Sir William Priestly.
Incurable. Dr Playfair said he might live 2 months. Back by bus. Lennie & Mite dined with us & had a quiet peaceful delightful evening. Read Balzac & bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: Dr Playfair said Sir William Priestly ill, could not last 2 months. Lived till April 11th. Cancer on liver.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mr R.D.Blackmore) Jan 22. Monday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out round C.H. Saw Chumps & 3 schoolgirls. After breakfast wrote letters etc. Began at noon Joan of Arc again. Redrew the head etc & also enlarged photo & 2 heads for it in afternoon. Worked up to dinner time when M & self dined quietly together & quiet evening after. Bed at 12.30 after reading book on Capri. Charming. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Mr Ruskin. Jan 22, 1900. Death of the widow of Marshall Bazaine. Jan 22. Killed in action Harold de Rougemont.) Tuesday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out on cycle round Redcliffe Gardens. Wet roads. After worked all morning enlarging photos had by for years. Lovely warm bright morning. M out. Lunch. In afternoon looked out 3 pictures & wrote on them & sent Otley with them to Guildhall, & to Mudies. Went on with Sphere drawing - no the drawing for Gillott & worked up to 7.0pm Put in halberts etc etc. Dressed & walked to dine with Lennie & Mite. Extraordinary pretty parlour maid on Campden Hill. Shops. In the Bayswater Rd was stopped by little Bell who I had not seen for 28 years. Knew him at once. Walked along. Good dinner at Mite's. Mr Allen there. Room hot. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. Read stupid book, Atlantis, & to bed 1.0am. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of George Steevens. Jan 22. Death of Alfred Beddington.) Wednesday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45am & walk round C.H. Saw Sir R'd Webster & met Chumps very late 9.15. Back. Breakfast. After sent Otley to Stores for tools. Wet damp morning. Worked all day on Joan of Arc. After in afternoon dressed in brown suit & by bus to Piccadilly Circus. Walked to C.C, calling C.C, to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, J.T, A à B, R.L, O.S, L.B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Long discussion. Did not get away till 11.30pm after own cut settled. Home all the way by bus. M up. Went up & saw her. Read paper & bed 12.30am. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Ernest Lucas to Ada Moore.) Thursday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Earls Court. Wet. Back & skemed subject of Wingate & Osman Digna. Photod Otley at 12.0 for soldier & Wingate. Also for monk. Enlarged Egyptian soldiers etc & got to work at 5.0pm to 8.0. Put in figures & Wingate in ink. M & self dined quietly & quiet evening. Bed after snooze. Delightful book, Tangweera by C.Rapier Bell, Edwin Arnold 1899. Friday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out for walk round C.H. Met C coming wrong way. Back & at work entire day up to 9.0pm on drawing of Wingate & Osman Digna. Roy back from Oxford at 5.0pm & off to dine at Gray's Inn. M & self dined quietly by selves. Roy not back till after 1.0am. Lay awake. Bilious headache came on in
morning. (Cuttings glued in: Death of François Rabbe. Death of Dr Pietri. Jan 26. Death of John Austin.) Saturday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out round C.H. After a headache came on which lasted all day. Put things straight & worked on Joan of Arc. M & Roy went at 1.30 per carriage to see the Midsummer Night's Dream. At 4.0 went in carriage to the Bath Club & had hair cut & Turkish Bath. Ray Lankester. Out & to C.C. Home by bus. Bought fruit. Yeoman in khakee in bus. Florrie Blair came at 5.0pm. Roy back from his 2nd Gray's Inn dinner at 9.0pm. Quiet evening & bed 11.0 after snooze. Took 5 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Florrie Blair came to stay.) Sunday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am & out. Snowy miserably wet morning. Dark fog came on. Breakfast by Electric Light. Roy down late. After up stairs all day & worked on Joan of Arc. Took out head & put it better. In morning Roy up in room. Tidied up & did a lot. Put in monk etc etc. Roy ate his 3 rd dinner & after at 9.15 went back to Oxford. Dear Mite & Lennie dined with us. Quiet dinner. Florrie Blair, Mite, Lennie, M, self & Roy who left at 8.40. Very cold. Snooze in chair till 12.15 when to bed. Headache in morning still. Took 4 C.L.L.P. Monday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Sleepy. Gale in the night. Out for walk thro' Kensington Ch, C.H. Met C & little boy & girl. Back. Letters. Bad news from Gen'l Buller. Retreat. Sent Electric Light to Stores etc. In morning cut dark inner slides for double backs. Lunch. Cold east wind. After went on with drawing for Joan of Arc. Put in crowd & old castle etc. Worked to 7.15pm. when dressed & dined, M, Mrs Blair & self. They left in carriage for the Palace Theatre, self in hansom.Changed into another. Poor entertainment. Biograph good. Left 11.10. Home by fast cab 10 minutes before M & Mrs B. Hot whiskey. Bed at 1.15pm. McKay had left the Electric Light on. Tuesday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Cold east wind. Walk round C.H. Breakfast. After wrote Isadore Spielmann. Got to work Joan of Arc at 11.15am. Worked entire day. Put last details in & began to shade at 4.30 after tea worked to 8.10. Dinner, M, Mrs Blair & self. Quiet evening after & bed 12.0 after snooze. Wednesday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20am. Walk. Saw C in distance. Back & after breakfast worked the whole morning up to 1.15 on Joan of Arc, M reading. Lunch. After by cab to C.C. No costume. Sent to May's. Photod E.J for 4 th time. Out 4.0 & walked to the Athenaeum. Saw Buckle & Macmillan, after Weigall & Bill. Walked at 6.20 to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S, L.B, P.M (late) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G there. Late discussion. Tenniel a Boy cut, self Dr Leyds. Left at 11.0 with J.T & called Athenaeum & wrote letters. Snipe's head discussion at dinner. M awake & cold in her head. Lay awake. Good night after. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of John Sholto Douglas, Marquis of Queensberry.) Feb 1. Feb 1900
Thursday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out. Began on cycle. Got off & went for walk. Breakfast. Raw sleety morning & very dark. Wrote Johnson. After put Joan of Arc on one side & began to skeme subject of Dr Leyd & Russian official. Photod Otley at 11.45 as Leyd & Russian. Enlarged soldier etc. Lunch. Very cold after enlarging. Up in room 3.30. Rest. Tired. Tea at 4.0pm. Did 2 hours work. Portrait of Leyd came at 6.0pm. Wrote F.C.B, Whitehead etc. At 6.45 dressed. Dined 7.0 & went in carriage to St James's Theatre, the 1st night of Alexander's new Rupert of Hentzau. Poor play. Saw many I knew, Mrs Jopling Rowe etc etc, Macmillan, Arthur à B. H.R.H & Duchess of Fife there. Left at 11.15 & home by carriage. Very cold. Had hot whiskey & water. Bed 1.0am. Florrie Blair left at 3.0pm. Friday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.35. Out. Cold. Put Scotch cloak on. Round C.H. Back. Wrote letters. At work 10.30am on drawing of Dr Leyd & Russian official. Very cold wretched day. M did not go out. Up in room all day & did not finish until 9.20 when dined. Very tired. Hot whiskey & bed at 12.0 after snooze. Saturday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Tired. Wretched morning. Heavy snow in the night. One of the yuccas down with weight of snow. Walk round C.H. After wrote letters the entire morning & after squared up things & tore prints. Did not work as I felt tired. M in my room, bad cold. Dined quietly & in the Morning Room after. Very comfortable. Bed 12.0 after reading 'In a state of Nature'. Silly. (Cutting glued in: Death of Henrietta Chant.) Sunday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Walk round C.H. No mustard at breakfast, blew Tweddle up. After in morning put the convex green glass all right & touched up paint. Did ½ hours work on Joan of Arc. M remained in bed till lunch for her cold. After at 2.0 walked to Kensington Palace & went over it. Pictures of Royalties & various old pictures of London. Over Orangery. Walked on to Athenaeum. Met Kettle who walked with me. De la Rues & also Johnny Matthews. Wrote many letters at Club & looked over books on South Africa, Burchell etc. Left at 7.0. News posted up. Buller had crossed the Tugala & was advancing on Ladysmith. Home by bus & dressed. Tweddle had taken trowsers from under the weight. Mite & Lennie dined. Mite a bad cold. They left at 10.45. Bed 12.30 after snooze. No whiskey. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mrs James Stuart Wortley.) Feb 7. Monday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.25 & out. Still cold. M remained in bed for her cold. Walk past Niddry. Met C & 4 school girls. Breakfast. Boy & Monkey. Wrote E.T.Reed & Lewis & Lucas. Sent Otley to Reeds. After all day went on at work Joan of Arc. Sent Otley to Mudie's. M in my room. She did not go out all day. Quiet dinner & bed early. Asked Tweddle to cover up the sofa etc. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Mrs Nealy came to stay.) Tuesday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. M remined in bed. Out & walk thro' Kensington Church. Found out C went on Tuesdays 9.0am. Cold. Back. Wrote Chesterton about books etc & all day at work on Joan of Arc. Mrs Nealy came at 4.0 & M had many
callers. Dinner 8.20 quietly by ourselves, M, Mrs N & self. Cold at night. Bed 1.0am after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Death of Mortimer Menpes.) Wednesday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out & walk round Kensington Church. Made sketch. Hard hard frost. Met Wells RA, also man coming out of Holland Park, Lord Ilchester? No. Went on to work at 10.30am. Worked all day up to 5.45 or 6.0. M up in my room. Mrs Nealy went out in the carriage. Dressed in brown & uncomfortable waistcoat & by bus to Punch Dinner. Called C.C. Saw Lyon. F.C.B, J.T (dull) self, A à B, Lehmann, P.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, & A.G. Good dinner. A'Beckett annoyed by Lehmann. Left with J.T & home by bus at 11.30pm. Mrs Nealy in from concert. Read paper & bed. Thursday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Very hard frost. Out. Met C & other girls at 9.0 sharp. Round C.H. Man playing flageolet. Breakfast. No letters after. Skemed & drew Punch as Henry V. At it all day. No photographs taken. Dear Mite at lunch. Mrs Nealy out in afternoon. Florence Tweddle took herself off & 10/s for one week's wages leaving her silver disgracefully dirty. New maid came up at 5.0 from Southsea. Lucy? Lucy O'Neil. Dinner 8.15. Waited all right. Intensely cold after. Very hard frost in the night. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Died of wounds, Captain Cecil Eykyn.) Feb. Friday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out. Thro' church & C.H. Back. Intensely cold & hard frost. Man put pendulum of clock right. Worked entire day at drawing of Punch as King Henry V on cob. Finished at 9.0 & dined, M coming down. Mrs Nealy dined with me. In Drawing Room after. Intensely cold. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Very tired. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of William Lockhart, R.S.A.) Feb 18. Saturday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. Out & for walk round Campden Hill. Back. The whole morning putting things away & tidying up. Put things on to go out after lunch. Down & had just commenced when Mrs St John Ackers called & had a very long talk quite spoiling our luncheon. Left & by bus at 3.0 to Athenaeum Club. Wrote letters to Stores & after looked thro' Times of November last. Violent blizzard of snow came on 5.45. Walked entire way home calling at Butts to order fruit. Took buss from Kensington Church to Argyll Road. Snow very heavy. Dressed & went in a cab to dine at 57 Onslow Gardens. Turned back for key. Took a daughter of Sir Robert Romer in. Very delightful girl. Sir Henry Roscoe & Mrs Charles Burnand there. Others. Walk home with Sir Henry & home by 12.15am. Spoken to by a woman who was to be out all night in the snow. Read paper & bed 12.40. Mr Justice A.L.Smith also there. McKay broke my reading lamp. (Red ink: Dined at the Fletcher Moultons.) Sunday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Stepped out into the snow at 9.30 & walked round Campden Hill. Mrs Nealy pottering about at breakfast. After put desk in order & many things mended, handle of sword etc. Lunch. Spencer called, decided to walk up Row. Did so at 4.45 to Atheneum. Looked over Times & back at 7.15. Put
paper in double backs. Ryle, Ethel English & the Galbraiths called. Quiet delightful dinner, Lennie & Mite & Mrs Nealy, self & M. They left 10.45. Bed 12.0. Intensely cold in Drawing Room. Hard frost. (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Linley.) Monday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out. Hard frost. Thro' Church. Told C not to slip. Met Chesterton. Sent back slide to be cased. Amusing letter from Roy. Got to work on head of Joan of Arc. Shaded it & did not like it. Took it out & redrew it. Worked all day up to 8.0pm when quiet dinner M, Mrs Nealy & self. Paper after & snooze till 12.0. Bed. Tuesday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out thro' Kensington Church. Met C etc at corner. Very cold & hard frost. Road slippery. Back & all day on drawing of Joan of Arc. Put in men in armour etc at back & shaded head. Charley Hartree called. M up in my room after. Quiet dinner, M, Mrs Nealy & self. Read papers & bed 12.0 after snooze. Wednesday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out thro' Kensington Church. Snow & miserable morning. Met C & troope in passage. Umbrellas. Back home & after breakfast got to work on head of Joan of Arc. Bothered. Redrew it by lunch time & went on to shade it all afternoon. Could not finish. Orton in to see M. Very seedy. Said it was nerves. Left with Orton & by bus to Piccadilly Circus. Cab to Punch Dinner. Very small dinner. F.C.B, self, A à B, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Complimented on cut of Yeoman of the Guard. Got Charity cut. Left 10.50 & home by bus all the way. Man like Beerbohm Tree & girl in bus in Strand & went on. Bed 12.30 after reading papers. (Red ink: M very seedy.) (Cutting glued in: 68th Anniversary: James Smith to Jane Chivers.) Thursday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & walk thro' Kensington Church. Still cold & heavy rain all day. Met C in walk. Back & after breakfast skemed subject of Charity & Commissioner. No photos. Worked at it all day & got on with it. Dined 8.0pm. Mrs Watney wrote. M rested in my room. Quiet dinner & snooze after. (Cutting glued in: Death of the Duke of Medina-Sidonia). Feb 16. Friday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out. Met C & troupe in passage. Back. Lovely morning bright sun & warmer. Got on all day with drawing of Charity & Official. Wrote sub committee. Finished at 9.20 when dined. M a little better. Orton in at 12.30. Blizzard of wind. Mrs Nealy went to see Mrs Watney & came back. No good. Bed at 1.0 after snooze. Mite in & brought me book & a lovely drawing of Baby. (Cutting glued in: Killed in action, Percy Brassey.) Saturday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out round Kensington Church. No school on Saty. Back. Lovely warm morning. After worked hard the entire day on Joan of Arc. Took out the head for 4th time & redrew it fairly satisfactory. Quiet dinner, M & self.
Very tired after. Had given M a sovereign to buy things. M said I looked tired & came down at 11.0 & brought me up to bed. Letter from F.C.B about Charitas. Sunday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45 & out. After all morning finishing Joan of Arc. Finished it by lunch time. Put in Cathedral wall etc. After at 2.30 photod it. Then left at 4.0 & walked up to Athenaeum. Wrote letters from 5.0 to 7.15 & then home. Letter to F.C.B about the word 'Charitas'. Lennie not well. He & Mite did not come to dinner. After M, Mrs N & self dined quietly. No one called. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Photod 'Joan of Arc' drawing.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of William Orlebar. Feb 25. In loving remembrance William Orlebar.) 1901. Monday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & packed drawing of Joan of Arc & sent it off by Otley per rail. Too large for post. After got off at 9.40 & went up by bus to Duke St & attended judging of pictures. Left 12 & walked up to Clarke's to look over shop. Bought Persian sabre etc. Little Jap in shop. After to Garrick. Looked over 'Times'. Lunch. Lawrence Bradbury & Furniss. Coffee in Smoking Room. Talk to Jones & out & called on Lewis about G.E.R. Talk of that & Barr Estate. Out & to Turkish Bath. Hair cut. Had to wait ¾ hour. Out & home 7.0pm. Sent letters. Quiet dinner, M, self & Mrs N. Read stupid book 'Hester'. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Finished & packed drawing of Joan of Arc up & sent it off.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Dot Heron-Maxwell.) Feb. Tuesday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out & walk round C.H. Fine. Met Met C & troupe. Back. 1st morning of leisure some time. Put things away etc & putting things straight all day. Mended sword & many things. In evening dined with Rupert Kettle at 71 Albert Hall Mansions. Lady Hickman there. Wheel tyre of hansom came off & bounded on to pavement as walking home. Blind came down & broke plate glass. Put paper etc into double backs. Home 12.15 & read paper & bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Dined with the Kettles.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Charles Piazzi Smyth. T. Feb 24. 1900. Estate of Charles Piazzi Smyth.) T. May 29. Wednesday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Cycled round Park first time since (blank) Called on Mite in morning. Printed a large lot of back plates. Bright sun. Lunch. Developed Jessop plates & 4 from drawing taken on Sunday. Received letter from Gillott approving drawing & sending cheque for double cut. Felt tired at tea time. M had been out in bath chair & was better. Went by bus to Circus. Called C.C & on to Garrick & P.D. Sir W.A, B.P, E.T.R, P.M, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Cuts made up early & good dinner. Left 10.45 & home by bus from Strand, 5d. Read paper & bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Cheque for £105 from Gillott for Joan of Arc drawing.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Traill. In loving memory Henry Traill.) 1901. Thursday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out on cycle. Had been heavy rain in night. Sent cheque to Chestertons. A young man had called. Skemed subject of 2 Ravens &
got on with it. Developed some photos & after worked up to 7.0. Dressed & went to dinner at the Messels. Mr & Mrs Seymour Trowers, Mr & Mrs Twiss, Mr & Mrs Hohler, Mr & Mrs Reed, 2 others, self & Ruth, Mr & Mrs Messel. Good dinner. Took Mrs Reed in & sat next to Mrs Twiss. Home by carriage at 11.0. Read papers. News of Cronje being surrounded by British troops. Bed 12.0am. Lennie still seedy. (Red ink across page: Dined at the Messels.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of H.D.Traill. Feby 22. Obituary of Mme de MacMahon.) Feb 22. Friday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & cycled round Earls Court. No, walked up Campden Hill later at 9.0am. After the whole day worked on Two Ravens. Thought should finish at 8.0 but did not till 9.0. Much bothered over Rosebery's head. An almost impossible cartoon to do. Kept poor M waiting for dinner till nearly 9.0pm. Very tired. After worried by Mrs Nealy's cackling chatter. Developed a few plates of Sibley taken in October last. Quiet evening & bed 12.30 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Killed in action George Carbutt.) Feb 23. Saturday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out for walk. Felt tired & seedy. After all morning putting things straight. Printed some blues. Sent wires to Cyril Maude & to Bourchier. Could get into no theatre. Mrs Nealy & M went off in carriage to Criterion Theatre & followed in bus. No seats. Went on to Club & wrote several letters. One to G.E.Rly about shares. After called Clarks & May's & walked part of way home. Muggily hot. Back at 6.0 after buying fruit. Sent asparagrass back. Quiet evening & bed at 11.30 after being in Morning Room. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Andrew Tuer. Obituary of Andrew Tuer.) Sunday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out. Walked to Post Office. Wired M.H to put off sitting. Back. M out at 11.0 in bath chair. Dull grey muggy morning. After some difficulty made out Type Writer. Wrote a letter. Lunch. Rest. Spencer in. After walked to call on Lennie & Mite. Mr & Mrs Birnbaum there. Left at 6.45 & walked home. Saw dear Baby. Quiet dinner, M, Mrs N & self. Read after. Paxton Oh! called in afternoon. (Cuttings glued in: Death of William Stott. The wife of John Guffy, of a son.) Monday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Breakfast 8.45 & left 9.35 for Duke St. Posted letter Type W at Duke St 10.5. Judged pictures till 11.0. Then walked & called Ross's, Lang & Hussey, & ordered 2 flannel suits at Miles. Called on Lowe in Wardour St & to Garrick. Lunch with Furniss, Marshall Hall, Scoones & Joe Carr, Jones etc. After smoke. Saw representative of Mr Bull. After Furniss in Billiard Room. Called C.C & Evans. Walked to look for Mansell's shop. Swept away. Met Davey. Told me about his eyes. After by bus home by 4.0pm. Tea. Felt seedy after lunch. Put boxes of plates from drawers into my desk. Dinner, M & self & Mrs N, & bed 11.30 after snooze. Tuesday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Very wet. Met C & troupe. Back. Breakfast. Letter from Midge. News after of surrender of Cronje & all his force. Otley brought it in.
Developed some blue photos. M packing to go away to Ramsgate. Wet day. Lunch after. M & Mrs Nealy left at 2.45pm by carriage. Up in room & skemed the Calendar for January 1901 & sent it off. Dined at 7.0pm & after went to see 'A Midsummer Nights Dream'. Much pleased with it. Julia Neilson as Oberon & Mrs Beerbohm Tree Titania, Tree as Bottom & Franklin McLang as old carpenter. Left. Called in Athenaeum. Saw Poynter. Home by bus. Eyes hurt me. Bed at 12.0. Nightmare. Felt distinctly something jump on the bed. Was nothing. (Red ink: Mrs Nealy left. M went down to Ramsgate.) (Cutting glued in: Death of William Whistler.) Wednesday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & walk. Called Butts. After walk thro' Kensington Church & home. Wrote letters etc & left & called on Critchett at 12.0. Went by cab. Ought to have been there at 11.45. After examination C wrote an order for glasses. Left. Walked & called on Lowe in Wardour St. On to Garrick. Lunch at 1.10 with Furniss, Scoones & Jones. At 1.40 to C.C. Photod E.J until 4.0. Out & to Bath Club. Found bag. Tea. Saw Macmillan. Bath, hair cut, shave. Dressed & by cab to Garrick Club. Punch Dinner there. Phil A, L.B, Sir W.A, F.C.B, J.T (his birthday) self, A à B, R.L, P.M, A.G, H.W.L, E.T.R (late). Very good dinner. Got good subject of Generals White & Buller to do in case Ladysmith relieved. Left 11.0 after sending cheque for M's Great Eastern Allotment. Took Reed home by carriage. Bed at 12.0. Took 6 C.L.L.P. Mar 1900 Thursday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for walk round C.H. Back & wrote letters. Skemed subject of meeting of White & Buller. News of the relief of Ladysmith at 10.0am. Otley came in. Sent Otley to Stohwassers for sword etc helmet. Went out into Kensington to get Buller. Could not. Called Police Station. No good. After got a fireman. Late developing & printing. Finished by 5.30 & got to work 6.0pm to 8.45 when dined by self & up in my room till 1.0am after when to bed. Took 5 C.L.L.P. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of William Stott.) Mar 1. Friday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out round C.H. Back & at work all day on drawing of meeting of White & Buller. Long day. 1st used Critchett's glasses. Finished 10.0pm & dined by self. Sat in my little room till 2.0pm when to bed. Took 4 C.L.L.P. (Cutting glued in: Death of Marie Duff.) Saturday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out round C.H. Tired. After in the morning put photo hut etc right & also put away photos etc, statue in Drawing Room. Also all clothes by Otley & self into the Japanned cases. Wrote letters. Lunch & got away by cart at 2.45 & caught 3.25pm train from Victoria to Ramsgate. Saw F.C.B at station. Down with a friend of Lennie's who went to sleep. Like H.F. After M, Lennie & Mite met me walked up to St Cloud. Dressed & dinner. Very cold. Old Mr & Mrs Curtis. Quiet evening & bed after at 11.0. Good fire. Bed comfortable. (Red ink: Went down to Ramsgate.) (Cutting glued in: Death and Obituary of John Maple. The wife of Walter Agnew, of a son. Will of John Maple.) 11 May.
Sunday March 4 St Cloud, Ramsgate. Up at 8.45. Out as far as Sir W.H.Wills's house. Good breakfast. After Mite self & Lennie went for walk along the Parade. Back 1.0pm. Lunch. Spoken to after by Vicar of St George's Hanover Sq. Left at 2.15 on bicycle & went over to Deal with east wind. Saw Sir W.Agnew & had tea. Back. Saw Buckle & also Mr Barton who we met at Folkeston on railway platform. Intensely cold coming home. Got there 6.0pm. Wrote letters. Dinner & rest after. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Cycled over to Deal to tea with William Agnew. Very cold.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Louisa Tighe.) Sat Mar 3. Monday March 5 St Cloud, Ramsgate. Up at 8.15. Out. Breakfast. After Lennie & self went by 12.0pm train to Margate. Called Ingmire's & at a shop in Cecil Square. Bought barometer. Lunch at Cliftonville & after walked back to Ramsgate. Went past Dumpton & our old house & to Hills. Left dog. Bought a Roman bath. On to St Cloud. Mrs Noot there & Dossie & Mr Daniel. After wrote letters. Dinner 8.0pm. Wine spoilt by heating. Very cold in room. Read. Snooze & to bed 11.0. M woke up in morning with cough. Took 3 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Bought barometer at Margate.) Tuesday March 6 St Cloud, Ramsgate. Up 8.35. Out for walk. Disappointed with print in Punch of Buller. Breakfast after in room. Grey & cold day. After walked with M to get Thanet Sauce. Fisher gone & his shop too. All sold. Got it at chemist's opposite. Down & called in at Hills. Saw little dog. Back. Lunch. Mite not well. After cigar & talk to Mr Anderson. Left on cycle at 3.15 & cycled thro' Ramsgate & past Westwood to enquire about dog. Went to Police station, shops & asked men on the road. No news. Got into cul de sac at St Peters. Home to tea at 5.30. Mite & little boy model. Wrote many letters from 6.0 to 7.15. Dressed & dinner. Sleepy after. M knitting. Bed 11.0pm. Very cold. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Bedford.) Wed March 7. Wednesday March 7 St Cloud, Ramsgate. Up at 8.30. Bath. Out. Finer. Breakfast. Wrote diary. No letters. After went for walk with Lennie to Broadstairs. Very pretty school girl. Back. Lunch. Changed & went with M, Lennie & Mite to station. Not too much time. Man from Hills met me with Roman Bath & my globe & little terrier. M went with me as far as Broadstairs. Up to Victoria. Otley met me with cart. Walked to Punch Dinner along the Embankment. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, W.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Cuts made up easily. Left with Tenniel in cab & put down at Athenaeum. Wrote 4 letters. Home by bus. Took 3 C.L.L.P. Bed 12.30. All well. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Winchester Clowes.) Thursday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round past Mite's on Roy's cycle & to Paddington. Home. Breakfast. Letter from F.C.B. Went round to see him at 11.0am. Decided to go on with Napoleon & Cronje. Called Stace. Sent Otley for hat & statuette. At 1.50 photod statuette & Stace for Cronje. Developed &
enlarged. No letters came from Ross's. Used Suter lens in large enlarging apparatus. Did 2 hrs work from 5.30 to 7.30. Dined & after went to the Haymarket Theatre & saw for 1st time 'She stoops to Conquer'. Fairly good. Miss Emery & Miss Beatrice Ferrar good. Carriage met me at Athenaeum & drove home. Had written Ada Spencer & I.Spielmann. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink: Did successful Cronje cut.) Friday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on Roy's cycle. Past Park & Bayswater Rd. Back & after breakfast at work all day on drawing of Napoleon & Cronje. Spencer in at 12.30pm. Lunch. Walk after. Finished 8.20 & dinner 8.30pm. Up in room after & read till 12.0. Bed in Roy's room. (Cutting glued in: Death of George Symons.) Saturday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on Roy's cycle. Went thro' Holland Walk. After developed some plates & took plates taken Thursday out of water. Wrote letters. Sent acct in to 'Sphere' & also to B & A for Preface etc. Lunch 1.15. Off in cart 1.40, just caught train. Gentleman & lady got out at Westgate. Spotty youth. In agony for lavatory. Just got out at Chatham. After all right. M met me at station. Walked up to Hotel. Tea & after walked to F.C.B's & left card. Back. Dressed & dined 7.15. Miserable little badly behaved Jew children next table. Smoke & wrote letters. Talk to Mr Anderson. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Went down to Ramsgate. Lennie & Mite left.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Charles Hall.) Sat Mar 10. Sunday March 11 St Cloud, Ramsgate. Up 9.0am. Out & breakfast. After walk with M along Pier. Back & luncheon. Started for cycle ride at 2.15pm. Went along past thro' St Lawrence & to Sarre. Nursemaid & child & dog. On thro' Westgate, Margate, Broadstairs & home. Saw notice of Airedale terrier lost. Back. Rested an hour when dressed & went in fly to dine at F.C.B's. Good dinner. Fred Evans & his wife in after. Game of Spoof. Lost 1/6. Fly home at 11.0 & to bed tired. M had indigestion. (Red ink: Cycled to St Nicholas. Saw Nurse, child & dog.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Paul Smallbones. Marriage of Stephen Townsend to Frances Hodgson-Burnett.) Monday March 12 St Cloud, Ramsgate. Up 8.30. Out on cycle & went to F.C.B's. Not going to Calais. Gun reports from Goodwins. Back & read the papers. Decided not to go to the station for Calais. Did not go but out for stroll on to sands with M. Great bull terrier jumping & going round after tail & stones. Lunch. After left at 2.10 & cycled past Westwood & on by Pouch's to St Nicholas. Could not see anyone. Back through Monckton & Minster to Ramsgate at 5.30. M still out. Walked to Hills' & after to dinner. Quiet evening. Sleepy & bed 11.0. Most lovely afternoon. Bright sun. Tuesday March 13 St Cloud, Ramsgate. Up 8.30. Bath & out. Bought papers. M to remain in bed. Decided to go to Calais. Left 11.0am. Walked to Station & weary journey to Dover. Strong east wind. Met Mrs Dixon & after the Grant Wicks'. Long talk about
Punch. His machine etc. Lunched together at Calais. All as usual. Left 4.20. Rough passage. Back. Called Davis's. Paid cheque & also bought 2 Sheffield plated articles. Back to Station & also to Ramsgate. Took wrong turning back. Got to hotel 8.5pm. M had had her dinner. Dined & smoke after. Letter about the little dog from a Mr Churchill of Stone House. Wrote 4 letters & went out & posted them. Bed 11.15pm. Wednesday March 14 St Cloud, Ramsgate. Up 8.30. Out. Walk down to Hills & bought papers. Saw Curling. After breakfast wrote many letters & diary. M in bed. M lunched in bed & after changed & walked down to station with Roy. Hills' man met me with box containing 2 bronze candlesticks & a china jar. Up to town. Young man got in at Chatham with 2nd class ticket. Otley met me with cart & drove me to Camera & Garrick Club. Saw Cole. On to Punch Dinner. W.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & Owen S back from San Remo. Telegram from the Lord Mayor about the Napoleon drawing last week. F.C.B thought it a hoax. Got cut of Sir Wilfred Laurier & Britannia. Left at 11.0 with Tenniel & wrote 4 letters at Athenaeum. Then home in an empty bus & to bed 12.15pm. (Cutting glued in: Alma, wife of Charles Goetz, of a son.) Mar. Thursday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & bicycled round Park. Called on Lennie. Not up. Home. Many letters to write. Photod Otley at 1.45 for Wilfred Laurier & enlarged Britannia. Sent wire to Spielmann to say could not go to Royal Commission. Got enlargements & put phos away & dressed by 7.45 & left in carriage to dine at Mrs Turquand's. Met Mrs Arthur Peto & son, Mrs Chapman & also a Mr Robinson & silly daughter. One other man. Slow dinner. Game of puck draughts after. Left 11.30pm & by carriage to call on Mite. Mr Gilmer going out. Saw Mite & Lennie. Home. Bed. Read papers. Took 3 C.L.L.P. Woke answering someone calling 'Linley'. (Red ink: Dined at Mrs Turquand's.) Friday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for walk. Letter from M saying Roy came home late last night. Wrote letter to Mr Sheath etc. Posted them. After saw Chumps. Last Feby 27. Back & hard at work all day. Wrote Lord Mayor & Soulby. Finished at 10.0pm. Not pleased with background. Dined by self & bed at 2.0pm very tired after snooze in my room. Saturday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired & buzzy. Out for walk & after put things away. Measured pedestals in Drawing Room. Put rest of clothes away in japanned cases. Lunch at 1.30 & left by self at 3.40 for Victoria. Took little dog Lulu back. Man like Bancroft in carriage & large man & woman, man like Rudi Lehmann, got in at Margate. Handed dog over to coachman. Saw F.C.B & Mrs Burnand. After walked up. M all right. Dinner. Wire from Roy. Roy came down at 10.30. Had sandwich & bed 11.15. (Red ink: Went down to Ramsgate 3rd time. Took dog. Roy came in evening.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Jeremiah Dummett.) Mar. Sunday March 18
St Cloud, Ramsgate. Up 8.30. Roy down late. Very cold westerly wind but bright sun. Breakfast. After met F.C.B & Squire. M out in Bath chair at 12.0 to 1.0. Saw to cycles. After lunch at 2.30 Roy & self cycled past Westwood to Monckton, St Nicholas, Birchington, Westgate, Margate & home. Tall girl in black at Margate. Roy saw his school. Frightful wind & dust. Back 5.30. Tea. Dinner 7.30. Talk to Mr Anderson after. Roy & self walked in gale of wind to 18 Royal Crescent from 9.30 to 11.0. Spoof & Jupp performing. Rain & wind back. Bed 11.0. Landlord's son had bicycle accident & maid cut her finger off. (Red ink: Roy & self cycled to St Nicholas.) Monday March 19 St Cloud, Ramsgate. Up 8.30. Down. Pouring with rain & a heavy gale all night. Breakfast 9.30. Papers. No news. After wrote many letters. Out & bought envelopes. Sent Roy to Burnands. After wrote letters etc. Walk & lunch. After went to end of harbour with M in a Bath chair & then just as tide was going out walked to Stone House stairs & up to Stone House. Saw Mr & Mrs Churchill & little Lulu. Fine chapel & many good prints & curiosities. Sent home by a little pony cart at 6.20. Dressed & dinner, M, Roy & self. After long talk with Mr Anderson on Clubs. M went up on acct of the gabble. After Roy & self went to 18 Royal Crescent & played Spoof. F.C.B, Mrs B, Winnie Roy & self. Lost 9p. Jupp & his tricks. Home 11.30pm. (Red ink: Roy & self called on Mr Churchill.) Tuesday March 20 St Cloud, Ramsgate. Up at 8.30. Bath & out. Most lovely sunny morning. Decided to go to Calais. M down & out at 11.0 & Roy & self walked to station S.E. To Dover with one other. On board saw Cap'n Payne, Cap'n Dixon, a horse trainer & after Sir Thomas Lipton. Long talk. Roy met a friend. Lovely X'ing. Good & cheerful lunch. Good bye to Sir Thomas. Back & waited ½ an hour or more on board. Saw Davies late Lord Mayor '98. Long talk Dover & went to Davis's. Did not think much of table for 12. After back. Tea at buffet C.D station. Back to Ramsgate at 7.55pm. M, self & Roy all dined together. Talk after & to bed 10.20pm. Many dreams. (Red ink: Roy & self went over to Calais. Met Sir Thos Lipton.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Raphael Tuck.) Mar 19. Wednesday March 21 St Cloud, Ramsgate. Up 8.30. Out. Bought papers. Wind to the east again. Got Moonshine cartoon. Same subject as mine. Breakfast. After packed, M & self. Went for walk, M, Roy & self. Lunch. Left at 3.0pm. Fees all round. Bitterly cold. Up to town. Luggage & 2 cycles. Left for Punch Dinner by bus. Called C.C. Sat by self at table. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, Sir W.A, L.B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Full staff. Long discussion. Tenniel left 11.0pm. Self got Britannia. Home all way by bus. M in bed. All well & comfortable. (Red ink: M, Roy & self returned from Ramsgate. Very cold.) (Cutting glued in: In loving memory Martin Diosy.) Thursday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk. Met young lady going to school. Very much grown & in specs. After got to work on Britannia looking out for H.M.S Terrible. Enlarged some photos & after rest drew the outline. Dined 8.15pm & quiet evening, M, Roy & self. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: Got to work on admirable drawing of Britannia.)
Friday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. After to work all day on Britannia looking out for Terrible. Finished at 9.0 when Roy & self dined quietly & bed after. M had dined before. Saturday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired as usual. Cycled round Park & called on Mite to say we were coming to dinner. After had to shoot onto pavement to prevent collision wth bus in Church St. Back. Put all phos away. Tidied up etc. At 2.30 M & Roy went to Avenue Theatre. Self followed in cab. Called C.C. Saw 'A Message from Mars' by Richard Ganthony. Very good. Back by 4 wheeler. Called Walls & got sausages, & fruit at Butts. Dressed & after to Mite's to dine. Walked there. Good dinner. Home at 11.0pm. Roy Type Writing in morning. (Red ink: Went to matinée of 'A Message from Mars'.) Sunday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out for walk round C.H. After breakfast at 11.30 walked with M to Knightsbridge. Slight snow. After on to C.C & lunch at Garrick. At 2.0 photod Miss Hall. Very bad weather, dark, for Britannia & hauling flag. Out 4.30 & on to Athenaeum. Home by bus. Lennie, Mite, M, Roy & self dined. A delightfully peaceful evening & good dinner. Very cold east wind. Asleep until 1.15am. Had a nightmare. (Cutting glued in: Death of the Earl of Harrowby.) Mar 27. Monday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & round Park short run. Saw Chumps & 2 others. Cycled. Back. All morning mending wooden sword, writing etc etc. After felt very tired. Rested, & letters again. Mrs Nealy called & Conrad came with dog as we were at dinner. Left 8.0pm in carriage & went to the London Hippodrome for 1 st time. Good entertainment. Man in cage with 21 forest lions & cat which climbed up to the roof & came down in a parachute. Back in carriage. Conrad & Roy back in cab. (Red ink: Conrad & dog came. Netta.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of George Robey, of a son. Mar. Death of Randolph Ingram. Mar. Death of Anna Irvine.) Tuesday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Out on cycle round short run Park. Conrad & little Spitz. Wrote letters. Otley took frames out etc. Sent for sulphate of copper. Mixed & put blue in 2nd globe from Ramsgate. A bother. Dined early & all went to see 'San Toy'. Huge Royal Box. Duchess of Fife in a smaller one. Saw young Henderson. M & self back in carriage. Went up with Roy in hansom & told him of Knightsbridge. Bed after snack. Very cold. Finished mending & guards of wooden sword after lunch. (Red ink: Conrad, M, Roy & self went to see 'San Toy'. Had Royal Box.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Charles Orchardson, of a daughter.) Wednesday March 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out round Campden Hill. Back & all morning putting plates away & indexing etc. Also indexed & numbered the boxes in Drawing Room. After tea went up by bus, called C.C, Garrick. Wrote to Thorneycroft & theatres. On to Punch Dinner. W.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T,
self, A à B & O.S. Good dinner (very). Lancashire hot pot & Guthrie's story of 'cannot give satisfaction'. Butler & Maids. Left at 11.0 with Tenniel & home by 11.45. M & Con & Roy back from dining with Mite. Bed after smoke. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Count Benedetti.) Thursday March 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am & cycled round short round. Back. Skemed subject. At 11.30 photod Stace for Punch Warder & Convicted Contractor. Developed & enlarged by 3.0pm. Rest & got to work. Drew nearly all in by 8.0pm. After Lennie & Mite, Con, Roy, M & self dined. Very cold. Quiet dinner. Bed after snooze 12.0am. Friday March 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled short turn round Park. Saw Chumps & boy & girl. Back & to work on Condemned Contractor & Punch as Warder. Finished at 5.0pm. Left in cab to attend meeting of R.C. Paris Ex'n. Poynter, Eaton, Spielmann, Lorimer, Princep, Marcus Stone, Gregory, Bayliss, Brock etc there. A custodian selected. Left 7.0pm. Called Athenaeum & back to dinner 7.30pm. Roy & Con went to Prince of Wales's with Ethel English & Effie & saw Don Juan's Last Wager. Sat up reading delightful story of ‘Red Magic’. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Attended Royal Commission meeting, Paris Ex'n.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Professor Pepper.) Mar 30. Saturday March 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & walk round C.H. Back. All morning indexing. Letters etc. After lunch at 12.20 & left with Roy in cart for Boat Race. No answer from Thorneycroft. Sent Roy on bicycle & went into yard. Val Princep & sons there. Saw race. Cambridge won by 20 lengths. Walked home. Roy tired. Tea. After went out & got fruit, sausages etc. Roy & M & Conrad dinner. Good. Roy went to supper with Cambridge crew. In Morning Room M picked up a beautiful blue scarf. Belonged to Lucy. Bed at 11.15am. (Red ink: Went to Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race in cart.) (Cutting glued in: Table of winners, Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race.) Apr 1900 Sunday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am & after good breakfast Con, Roy & self left at 10.15 for Victoria. Sad looking woman in bus. Crushed. After no Lewis. Down by ourselves to Dover. X'd Channel. Cold but delightful X'ing. Met Col Denny & his partner (Mr Ward). Good lunch. 2 boxes of cigars & back. Saw Mr Douglas Freshfield, Payton, & after Mr Spearman, not seen him since 1886. Back to Dover & up to Charing X by 7.45pm. Home by cab. M had had no callers, only Baby. Good dinner, M, Con, Roy & self. Snooze after. Nightmare. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink: Roy, Con & self went to Calais.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Archibald Forbes. March 31. Punch cartoon of 28 March 'Welcome Home!' reproduced in New York Herald.) April 1, 1900. Monday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle short turn. Brighter but still cold. Very much hard put to get home for aperta. Letters from Midge & Edgar. The whole
day tidying up & looking through 'Times' etc. Dressed at 7.15 & went by cab to dine with Lord Robertson. Took a Mrs Darling in to dinner. Next to a Mrs Morley. The Brintons there. Good dinner. Chocolate boxes. Walked to bus at Sloane St & home outside. Mrs Nealy had been with M. Bothering. Bed 12.15 after snooze & paper. (Red ink: Dined at Lord Robertsons'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of M.Jayr.) April 2. T. Tuesday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & walk round C.H. After the whole morning sorting papers etc. Looked through the Illustrated ones & put them away. In the evening dined quietly. After Roy & self went by cab to the Haymarket Theatre, Con & M by carriage. Very wet. Heavy wet. Saw The Rivals. Fairly good. Went round to see Cyril Maude. Effie & Ethel English in box. Home by carriage. Snack & bed after paper. (Red ink: M, Con, Roy, Effie & Ethel English & self saw 'The rivals' at the Haymarket Theatre.) Wednesday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walked round C.H. After in morning put things straight etc & left at 12.0. Up to C.C & lunch with Scoones at the Garrick. After to C.C at 1.45. At 2.15 photod Miss Langley for 1st time. Fine tall girl & good Britannia. Out at 4.30 & to Ross's & after to Bath Club. Saw Roger Wallace & Freddy May, also Hitchings. Bath & hair cropped. After by bus to Punch Dinner. There 7.30. P.A, L.B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S. Felt bored & disgusted with the farce of the whole thing. The solemnity of F.C.B. The senility of J.T etc. Talk to Lucy after. Left 10.30 & wrote letters to Stace & Thomas. Posted them. Home all way on top of a bus. Roy & Con up. Paper & bed. (Red ink: Photod A.Langley 1st time.) Thursday April 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8am & walk round C.H. Saw Chumps etc going school. After back & got to work. Skemed subject. Photod Stace & Otley at 12.0. Stace had never had letter. Developed etc after rest. Man from Post Office called. Got on with work up to 7.15 when dressed & went by self to dine with the Granthams at Cadogan Place 17. Fair dinner. Took a Mrs Martin in. The Lady Mayoress there & a pretty daughter. Left after talk with a Baronet about the Prince of Wales having Jew blood. Home by bus. Con, M & Roy had been to Wyndham's Theatre to see 'Dandy Dick'. Bed 12.0 after paper. Gate to area fell with a crash. All spikes broken off. Done by the milkman. (Red ink: Dined at the Granthams, Cadogan Place.) Friday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round C.H. Met girl in glasses going to school. Worked all day up to 6.0pm when finished cartoon of Salisbury & Pillar Box. Dined 7.0. Roy out to dinner. M, Con & self went to Criterion Theatre & saw His Excellency the Governor. A1. Ellis Jefferies & Gertrude Elliott, Bourchier & Boucicault. Roy turned up at entrance. Home by carriage. Snack. Read. Roy & Con back 12.15. Bed. (Red ink: Went with M & Con to see 'His excellency the Governor'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Colonel de Villebois-Mareuil.) T. April 7. Saturday April 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk round C.H. After in morning put clothes in tin boxes & left at 12.0 by bus for Garrick. Girl with Greek head in Victoria bus. Wish could have got for model. To Rules, ordered 4 doz oysters. Man in khaki next table. Carriage up 1.20. Had had a near shave for serious accident. Cab ran into it. Thankful. Very good lunch. Soft roes & oysters. After we, M, Con, Roy & self, had Box 13 for Gaiety & saw The Messenger Boy. Good. Out & put M & Con in carriage. Roy & self walked home all the way. Glorious sun sinking down. London Scottish in Park. Home. Mrs Nealy there. Gramophone going. M said Lucy had given notice. Quiet peaceful dinner. Rest after in Morning Room. Bed 11.10pm. (Red ink: All went, M, Con, Roy & self, to see 'The Messenger Boy'.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Osman Pasha.) T. Apl 6. Sunday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. Did not go out. Dull grey coldish morning. Breakfast. No mustard. Con & Roy up in my room. M busy over Midge's bills & also about a servant with bad character. Picture Sunday. Don't care a rap about it. In all morning. Touched up paint with palette etc. Lunch. Developed 2 doz plates, Sibley & struggle Jessop. Rest till 4.15. Just missed Roy. Went for cycle ride to Balham, Wimbledon & home by Lillie Bridge. Struggling idiot on cycle. Beat him. Back. Mrs Nealy had been to lunch & dinner. Also M went pictures etc with Mrs N. Quiet dinner, M, Mrs N, Roy, Conrad & self. Rest after. Snooze & nightmare in chair. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Cycled to Balham.) Monday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. M to remain in bed. Down. Did not go out. Very cold & foggy like winter again. Wrote letters etc. All day putting things straight & printing & dating photos etc. Left & went the whole way by bus to the Punch Easter Dinner. Sir W.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S. Made a record of making up 4 cuts within the hour. Left with Tenniel in cab 10.45. Home. Question of locking Roy out. Servants home very late. Conrad locked Roy out after all. (Red ink: Punch Dinner for Easter.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Phebe Lankester. Obituary of Mrs Lankester. Apl 14.) Tuesday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Cycled to G.W.R & took several photos of railway carriage etc. Back home. Sent Otley to borrow coat at Ulster House & hat at L & B's after. Photod Stace, developed them & enlarged. Conrad left at 4.0pm. Got to work from 5.0 to 7.30pm. Dressed & dined at the Steinkopffs. Dull dinner. Took Miss Harriet Young in. After a talk to a Mrs Crowe. Home by carriage. Bed. (Red ink: Conrad left. Dined at the Steinkopffs.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir William Priestley. Death of Mary Cammell.) Wednesday April 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & walk round Campden Hill. All day at work on drawing of Punch & H.R.H returning. Dined at 8.45pm, Roy & self. M had dined earlier. Letter from Mr Morshead at dinner time with bad & unsatisfactory news about Jarrah Syndicate. Lay awake at night & bothered about it. (Red ink: Bad news about Jarrah speculation.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir William Priestley.) Ap 12. Thursday April 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Did not go out. Skemed subject of Hibernia for figure & put things together & went up to the Garrick at 12.0am. Called C.C & changed plates. Lunch at 1.30 Garrick. Saw William Stone & Whitty. Talk of Jarrah & Morshead. To C.C & at 2.30 photod A.Langley for Hibernia. Left Club at 4.30 & called Spooner. Wrote Lennie. Tea at Garrick. Bus from Spooner's home. M in Drawing Room. Man from Nash for Electric Light had not been. Much annoyed. Sent Otley twice to Nash & after to the Notting Hill Company. Man came & put it right at 7.30. Hamilton Langley & Dora dined, Midge seedy. After Roy & self went by cab to Palace Theatre & saw the Biograph. Fight between spiders & scorpions. Sat next George Giddens & his wife. Oh! Home by cab. Bed 12.0am. Mrs Nealy went to Stacey's. Mackaye put out all the Electric Lights about 11.30am. Developed 14 plates before dinner. (Red ink across page: Hamilton Langley & Dora dined. Roy & self went to Palace Theatre.) Friday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Did not go out. Roy & self at breakfast. Hot X buns. With very great difficulty got Roy off at 11.0am on his cycle for Glovers. Packed his knapsack. After the entire morning & day enlarging for Hibernia. Printed all back home photos by 12.0am. Long tiring day. Packed bag with Otley at 6.30pm. M & self dined by ourselves quietly at 8.0pm. No evening paper. Read Strand Magazine & bed at 11.0pm, M knocking. Spencer called in afternoon. (Red ink: Roy cycled down to Glovers.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Louis Thunder.) Saturday April 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Down breakfast. M packing. Put things together & got M & Mackaye off by 9.55. Otley went with them. Wrote letters etc & drew cheques for Emma & Otley & for interest on loan Rob't Willis. Put photos up & sent by post. Otley back. Left on cycle at 11.45 & went to Balham, Merton & Sutton 1.15. Indifferent lunch at New Cock. On over Banstead. Wind very bad against me. Through Reigate & on to Horley. Went 4 miles out of way. Got to Glovers at 4.15. Drink & tea after. Charming house. Roy & L playing Squash Raquets. Bath & dressed. Very tired. Good dinner. Champagne. Bed at 11.0. M did not sleep well. Cycled 5000 miles on coming into Charlwood. (Red ink: M left for Glovers. Cycled down at 11.45. There at 5.15.) Sunday April 15 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 9.0am. Had slept well. M said I snored. Bath. Breakfast. M in bed. Roy & self after out & looked at teal. Knocked up the Squash Raquets. After did an hour & a half's work. Lennie & Mite went to Church. Lunch. Sleepy after. Walk round. L & R tried to catch the fish in the tank. Back tea. Worked an hour or two in afternoon. Dressed & went for a walk for ¾ hour. Dinner. Bed 11.0pm. Cold strong wind. Drew 'Fox Glovers' in book just before dinner. (Cutting glued in: Death of Andrew Paul.) Monday April 16 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.0. M had slept well. Had heavy nightmarish dreams. Bath & out. Wind took my hat off & into the water. Breakfast. Worked in morning an hour - no I did not. Wrote letters & read & Lennie & M & Mite & Roy left in pony cart & dog cart for Nymans at 11.45. Self started on cycle at 12.0. Strong wind. Took the wrong turning & got to Rusper. Rain & hail showers. Put cape on.
Dropt glove & got to Ifield. Found it was 1.20 when at Crawley so had lunch there, 3/s roast beef & beer. On to Nymans. Got there 4.0pm. Mr & Mrs Gillgood(sic) & many children there after looking for Easter eggs. Tea & talk to young Gillgood. Back at 5.30. Cycled through Rusper & picked up my glove again. There it lay on the ground wet. Home 7.15. Sponge & dinner. Sleepy after. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink across page: Cycled to Nymans. Lunched at Crawley.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Captain Meeking.) Tuesday April 17 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.30. Breakfast. Dull rainy day. Rained off & on all the morning. After got on with drawings & put in outline. At 3.0pm went with Lennie in pony cart to Reigate. Past a delightful house belonging to Caryll Ansdell. Found an old furniture shop with very good things in it. Lennie bought a cabinet & Elizabethan chairs. Back after tea at the White Hart. Went over the cave. Shewn by a small boy. Thro' Horley & home by 7.0pm. Quiet dinner & bed after. Roy sleepy after dinner. (Red ink: Went with Lennie to Reigate.) Had strong westerly winds almost gales for 4 days, Thursday to today. After most lovely hot weather for days. In morning dd not work on 'Punch' drawing but did Britannia for Lawrence Bradbury's souvenir & finished it at 3.0pm, posting it. (Cutting glued in: In loving memory of George Jennings. Ap 17.) Wednesday April 18 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.45. Breakfast. Most lovely day. Bright hot sun all day. Worked all morning until lunch time & put outline of figure in, re-drawing feet. Lunch. At 3.0 M & Mite, Lennie Roy & self all went to Horsham. Had tea there. Only one old shop, not very much there. Back through Rusper. Most lovely sunset. Through churhyard, back at seven fifteen. Pond had been dammed with a plank. Dinner at 8.15. Sleepy after & bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Cycled to Horsham.) (Cuttings glued in: In Memoriam Lord Byron. Death of Annie Woolmer.) Thursday April 19 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.50. Breakfast, after got to work on drawing of Hibernia. Put in rest of outline & began to shade at 12.0 or after lunch. Mrs Messel, Ruth Messel & Mrs Gillgood(sic, Geilgud) came to lunch. Long lunch. Out in garden after. Back to work at 6.0. Squash raquets. Mite felt seedy & feverish. Worked up to 7.0pm & at 7.15 to 7.45 went for cycle ride past Lowfield & round circle. Roy decided to stay down until tomorrow morning. A clergyman came to dinner & stayed till 11.30pm talking of Mr Gibson the rector. Venus extraordinary bright, most lovely stars. Bed 11.45pm. M awake. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of the Earl of Londesborough. Friday Apl 20th. Death of Antoine Bellacoscia.19 April.) Friday April 20 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.15. Roy getting ready to leave. Drew cheque for £100. Breakfast. Chipped a plate. Roy left 9.15am on cycle for Oxford. Got to work 9.45am to 2.0. Lunch. From 3 to 5.30, 6½ hrs shading & 4 yesterday, 10½. Finished & went into Horley on cycle. Mr Hemmings came at 11.0. Mr H, self & Lennie went for cycle ride 11 miles. Back. Teal duck found on pond had been out a whole week. Dressed. Most lovely day. Light up to 8.0pm. (Red ink: Roy left for London. Finished drawing & sent it off.)
Saturday April 21 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 9.0am. 4th day of consecutive sunshine without a cloud in the sky. Breakfast. After wrote letters & went on cycle to the post. Only just in time. Back. Victoria killed a rat in very good style. Quite hot like June weather. Letter from Roy saying he was not returning until next week. Put photos away & bag etc. Felt more or less seedy all afternoon. Lovely bright hot sun. Ducks fenced in all round larger pond. At 7.15 went for short ride towards Ansdells. Back. Dinner. Mite down 1st time since Wednesday. Sleepy after. Bed at 11.0. (Red ink: Cuckoo!!!! First heard the cuckoo at 12.45am. Heard it Monday April 15th 1901.) Sunday April 22 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.30. Out looking at ducks. Breakfast. Another lovely morning. Hot. Looked at pigeons etc. Ducks. Wrote many letters. Lunch. Another 5 letters. Read the Book of Samuel & at 5.0 after tea went for ride to Newdigate & Rusper. Lovely old church at Newdigate. Something wrong with my cyclometer. Registered 10 instead of 15 miles. Back 6.45. Posted letters. A Mr & Mrs Bone calling. Whiskey & St Galmier. Dressed 7.40. Bath. Dinner. Mr Hemmings seedy from smoking. He is 44! Bed 11.0 after pipe. Wrote above in dark almost. (Red ink: Cycled to Rusper with Lennie & Hemmings. Newdigate.) (Cuttings glued in: Diamond Wedding Arthur Burrows to Frances Bromley. Death of George Layton. The wife of Ernest Noel Paton, of a son.) Monday April 23 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 7.40. Breakfast at 8.0. Lennie off with Mr Hemmings cycling. Robbed Lennie of his 'Times'. After wrote 6 or 7 letters. Dull morning & colder. Lunch. Ruth & Muriel came. Read after Phantom Ship. At 3.0 or 3.30 cycled to Red Hill. Miserable place. Back 6.0pm. Cycle going sideways. Lennie back. Cleaned cycle & put wheel right. Dinner. Sat up till 11.30. Read Phantom Ship. Bed. (Red ink: Cycled to Red Hill.) Tuesday April 24 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 7.30. x. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Saw Lennie off. Letters from Edgar, Mervyn, Tabs & Midge. Put cycle right. After packed bag & looked over paper. Lunch. Started in luggage cart. Knocked the wheel against a waggon. Caught the 3.39 train. Taken up to London Bridge & had to go all the way round. Miserable journey. Change at Battersea & at Victoria 4.30. Otley had waited. Home 5.0pm. Tea. After dressed. Roy in with wine from Adah Spencer. Went by bus to Rose's & dined. Met Lewis & Mr Brodie. Satisfactory dinner & talk. Left at 11.30 & home by cart. Up in my room. (Red ink: Dined with Rose to meet Mr Brodie & Lewis about the Barr Estate.) Wednesday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Dark & dull. Electric Light in Dining Room at breakfast. Walk round C.H. After saw man from Stores & also foreman from Ewart's. Long talk. Roy's dog making a mess. After dated photos etc. Lunch 1.15 & up in cart to C.C, taking parcel. At 2.30 photod Miss B.J. Bad model. Out 3.30. To Garrick & wrote 4 or 5 letters. Then to Bath Cub. Hair cut & shave. The hairdresser looking very ill. Out & by cab to Punch Dinner. Met Partridge on step. Sir W.A, P.A, B.P, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S. Phil May very late. Got cut of Indian
Famine. Left with J.T & wrote 2 letters at Athenaeum. Home by carriage calling at C.C. Bed after reading in room. Very cold all day. (Cutting glued in: The Countess of Wharncliffe, of a son.) Thursday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out for walk. Man & flageolet like Furniss. After skemed subject & at 12.0 photod Miss Langley in back yard & for Britannia & India. Developed & enlarged by 4.0pm. Had sent Otley for bags to C.C. Roy at Club. Roy & self dined together & went to see 'The Man of Forty' at the St James's Theatre. Sat next old Mr Flower. Bad play. Out & to Bath Club & home by the carriage at 11.40pm. Bed after being in my little room. (Red ink: Went to see The Man of Forty.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir John Bridge. Death of Helen Heron. The wife of Frank Cahill, of a son.) Friday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out for a walk round C.H. After breakfast & writing type letters to Nicholls etc got to work all day. Finished drawing at 9.40pm. Roy dined by himself at 7.30pm & went back to Oxford by 9.15pm train. Rest in room after & bed 1.0am. Sent Otley to Lennie's with bags. (Red ink: Roy returned to Oxford.) Saturday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. No walk. After breakfast put all things away & wrote letters. Fine day. To cycle with Guthrie to Glovers. Guthrie here 11.0am exactly. We started 11.25. Over Wimbledon by Roehampton & to Sutton by Maldon. Long pull to Reigate. There 2.0pm. Lunch & after to Mr Worley's. On to Glovers. Saw Mite. After M & Baby. Walk round with Guthrie & Lennie. At 7.10pm dressed. Ansdell's carriage came & we all went to dine there. Good dinner. (Red ink: Cyled down to Glovers with Guthrie. Lovely day. Dined at Caryll Ansdell's.) Sunday April 29 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 9.0am. M said letters returned from model. Suppose from Charlwood. Headache & seedy all morning, bilious from last night's dinner. Wrote letters. Guthrie & Lennie strolling about. Lunch. Lord Borthwick & his sister to lunch. She smoked cigarettes. Went up after & lay down till 4.30pm. Dead teal in pond. Tea. Shortcake. At 5.15 cycled in drizzle with Guthrie & Lennie to Rusper. Up hill. Picked up an umbrella stick. Home down hill. They went on. Back & saw Baby. Rode round to Caryll Ansdell's & met them coming back. Dinner. Sleepy after in Drawing Room. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Very seedy all day. Cycled to Rusper in evening.) Monday April 30 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.30. Guthrie had been down & saw Lennie off. Wrote letters etc. Decided to go by 2.37 train. Drizzle of rain. Walked round paddock & to Post Office. Pretty little girl. Lunch & left in the luggage cart, Guthrie cycling. Up 2nd class. Good bye to G. Otley met me & drove to Academy. The varnishing day. Saw Story & many others. Good bust by (blank) Talk to Dolly Story & long one to Peter Graham. Miss Mortlock. Out 6.0. Home by bus. Painters etc.The fern case down. Been there since 1877. Dined 7.30 & went to Shaftesbury to get in. Could not. To Empire. Good Donkey & Baboon. Out & home on the top of a bus &
bed. (Red ink: Went up to town. Royal Academy Varnishing Day. Dined at home & went to the Empire in evening.) May 1900 Tuesday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out for walk round C.H. After in morning letters & at 11.45 photod Miss Langley for cartoon this week. Men at work about fern cases. Developed & put in rack to dry. Lunch. Dressed & packed & at 3.0 Otley drove me in dog cart to Euston. Met James Ismay & Col Denny. After in Lord Stalbridge's carriage to Crewe. Had dinner with Webb in Saloon. Over the Menai Straits. Nice place, Colwyn Bay. Holyhead 10.0pm. In room No 10. Lost pot hat. Went over the Electric Light works. Felt tired & seedy. Talk in Billiard Room & bed at 11.10pm. Nice lot the Press men, very!!! (Red ink: Went up to Holyhead from Euston. Met Lord Stalbridge, Denny & Webb.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Robert Wildgoose. Death of Elizabeth Langworthy.) Times 7th May. Wednesday May 2 L & N.W Rly Hotel Holyhead. Called an hour too early. Up at 8.0 & bath. Breakfast with Lord Stalbridge at 8.45 & after wired Otley. Left the Pier at 9.30 & over to Dublin. Fresh sea. Many sick. Lovely passage. Mr Webb, Mr Brock & Col Denny. Lunch at Dublin. Just put foot on shore & back. Ran into sea fog. Hat blew off. Officious old reporter & Webb. At Holyhead 7.15. After at 8.15 dined with Lord Stalbridge, Mr Denny, Col Denny, Mr Brock, Webb, self & one other. Stories of Russia etc. Over at 11.0pm. Discovered had lost my pot hat. Sleeping berth in Irish Mail & turned in at 11.30. Col Denny on one side, I the other. Broken sleep all night. (Red ink: Crossed over to Dublin & back from Holyhead.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Frank Romer, of a daughter.) Thursday May 3 On board Train. Between Holyhead & Euston. Uncomfortable sleep. Col Denny next berth. Woke about 6.0 & out at 6.30. Otley there. Dressed hurriedly & after drove to Embankment. Took 4 photos. Home at 7.30. Bath & dressed. Walk round C.H & breakfast 9.0. Painters at work. Printed blue phos of plates taken Tuesday. After enlarged with difficulty in Roy's room. Sleep from 2.15 to 4.30pm. Tea. At work from 4.30pm to 7.0 when dressed & left in cab for Salon dinner at the Trocadero. Oh what a surprise! A mixed dinner. Sat next Mrs Milman & Mrs Bernard Partridge. Good dinner. But oh such weary speeches & a rotten recitation. Furniss spoke. Left after as soon as I could get away & home by carriage. Up in room & bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: Back in London. Slow & fearful dinner at 'The Salon'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Churchyard.) Friday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out for walk round C.H. Letters. After got to work at 11.0 & all day till 9.30pm on drawing of Paris & London. Dined by self & rest & bed after. Otley came in in morning saying he had won £78 by a d’ guess in 'The People'. Excited. Quiet dull day. (Cutting glued in: The wife of R.L.Harmsworth, of a daughter.) Saturday May 5
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Headache the entire day. Breakfast & after put things away & room in order. Mr Proctor called. Saw men in yard painting. Drew cheques for Otley, Emma, etc etc. After lunch & got off by cart at 3.25. Noticed splash boards. To Victoria. Otley talking abut his good luck. After down to Horley. Cart with new man met me. Home. Dear M & Mite & Baby. Played several games of raquets with Lennie. Bath & dinner. Bad claret. Took 4 C.L.L.Pills. Livery. x. Mervyn came in in morning looking very like Conrad. Older. (Red ink: Down to Glovers 4th time.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of General Pitt-Rivers.) Mon 7th May. Cremated. Sunday May 6 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.45. Breakfast. After in morning slight rain. Put cycle right & also cyclometer on it. Left at 12.0 in dog cart for Nymans with Lennie. Good drive. Baby followed in cart with white pony. Nymans 1.15. Mr & Mrs M, Ruth, Hilda & Muriel. A Mr Kahn & a Mr Dunn from Kew & one other girl. Dull walk round. Muriel took me on lake in boat. Very hot walking back. Left 5.30 & drove home. Horse pulled going through gate. Motor car down hill. Home. Stroll round. Dinner. Bad claret. Rest & bed 11.0. Slept well. Took 3 carters L.L.P. (Red ink: Drove over with Lennie to Nymans.) Monday May 7 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 7.30. Breakfast with L. After the whole morning sticking strips of news in 2 diaries. Over a year to do. Read papers etc etc. Photod grey pony. Lunch. Felt seedy & heavy. After determined to cycle to East Grinstead. Started 3.50pm. Got there at 5.30. Bought a lot of china at old curiosity shop & after an old sword. Home by 7.30. Lovely ride. Lennie with quail. One got drowned. Dinner. Lennie depressed. Bed quite early 10.45. Changed plates. (Red ink: Cycled to East Grinstead.) (Cutting glued in: Academy Banquet.) Tuesday May 8 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 7.45 & breakfast. Lennie with a new horse. Poor animal. After went on lining red over the last 2 diaries. M came in at 1.0 & persuaded me not to go up today. So stayed. Lunch 1.45. After wrote letters etc. M & Mite went into Horley. Dull coldish day all day. At 4.0pm Mr & Mrs Messel called & stayed till 5.45. Had tea. Walked round with them afterwards. M & Mite back at 5.30. Went on cycle to send wire to Otley & on the road to meet Lennie. Had 2 sets of Squash Raquets & changed at 7.0pm. Wrote & filled up clothes. Box broke. Dinner 7.55. Champagne. Read Marryat's African Scenes. About Modder River. After bed 11.0pm. Not sleepy. (Cutting glued in: The King of Sweden and Norway left London yesterday.) 8 May. Wednesday May 9 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 7.45. Cloudy morning. West wind. Breakfast. At 8.40 photod Newson's little girl. Wrote 4 or 5 letters & prepared to go up. M in garden with dear Baby. Packed up & started at 1.0 exactly after lunch leaving bags. Cloudy day. Threatened rain. 3 miles to Caryll Ansdell's, 5 to corner by church, 7½ to White Hart Reigate. 20 minutes to walk up Reigate Hill, 17 miles to Sutton. Wet roads at Sutton & Wiimbledon. Home 4.40pm exactly 51¼ miles door to door. Dressed & on to the Punch Dinner, calling C.C. Wrote a letter in Fleet St & on to P.D. F.C.B, J.T, self, O.S, A à B, B.P, H.W.L & A.G. Short dinner. Carriage met
me & on to Soirée of the Royal Society. Saw Lockyer, Baker, Preece, Roscoe etc. After to Belgrave Square to McLarens' party. Violet Hunt, Whitehead, etc etc. Home by carriage. (Red ink: Cycled up from Glovers. Royal Society & Mrs McLaren's 80 Club Dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Lady Meux's Battery.) May 9. Thursday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Round C.H for walk. Met no one. After to work to skeme subject of Punch & German Emperor & son. Decided to take no photos. Men at work finishing yard. After worked up to 9.15pm when dined by self & to bed tired after. (Cutting glued in: Legal appointments. Death of Mary Gosling.) Friday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out round C.H. Saw small boy. Chumps must have left school. After back & letters. Work at 11.0 & all day to 7.0pm when finished & sent off drawing of Punch & German Emperor & son. Roy back from Oxford at 12.30pm & off to eat dinner. Dined by self & up in the carriage to try to get in to see Zaza. Could not. Went to the Alhambra. Very good French musicians & 2 men on Billiard table. Left & to Garrick. Wrote 2 letters. Home by omnibus & to bed. Met little play writer ? in bus. Man I met at Mrs Jopling Rowe's years ago. (Red ink: Went by self to Alhambra. Roy back for dinner from Oxford.) Saturday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk round C.H. After breakfast Roy down, had been late. Put things in order & after left at 11.0 & by cab to C.C. At 12.10 B.J came & said her sister was ill. Took 6 plates. After out & to Garrick Club. Lunch. Lambs fry. To the Criterion Theatre & saw Lady Huntworth's Device. Roy there. Well acted. Out & to Bath Club. Wrote M. Turkish Bath & hair cut. Shave. Cab to Garrick. Dined by self. After to see 'Quo Vadis'. Mervyn & Ethel there, Roy & self. Poor play. Lena Ashwell Barnes, Miss Brinsley Sheridan Tabor etc. Out & to Garrick. Supper. Sat opposite Chudleigh & Eric Lewis. Lord Euston, Joe Parkinson & Clement Scott. Left at 1.0am & home by carriage. (Red ink: Went to matinée Lady Hunsworth's Device. Quo Vadis in evening.) Sunday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Tired. Cold dull morning. Roy & self breakfasted together. Letters from last night. After wrote letters put things away all morning. Lunched quite by self. Snooze after at comfortable fire. At 4.0 dressed & had tea & sent Otley up with cycle to top of hill. Went for 1 st time to Sir A.Hickman's & played Lawn Tennis. Young Trench a duffer. He & I were beaten every set except one. After back 7.30. Sir A.H said he wished Maud had taken a fancy to one of his sons. Roy back & had a little dinner with me & left 8.45pm for Oxford. Up in room & slept from 10.0 to 12.0 & good night afterwards. (Red ink: Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Horace Blaker.) Monday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round C.H. Road up in Holland Walk. After in morning put things straight etc & wrote legends on many drawings for various people. Lunch. Developed E.Jessop plates taken yesterday. Put out in water. After left in carriage at 5.0pm & called Athenaeum & on to Garrick. Saw Mr Reginald Harrison about College of Surgeons design. Had walk to Wardour St. After dined
by self at Garrick. Good dinner & went to see Miss Hobbs at the Duke of York's Theatre & also Madame Butterfly. Out & back to Garrick. Saw Lucas & Gillie. Home by carriage at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went to see Madame Butterfly.) (Cutting glued in: Social news.) Times 16 May.) Tuesday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & out for walk round C.H. After in morning wrote letters etc & type write for advertisement. Developed a dozen. No that was yesterday. In hut & took plates out. Had sent Otley to Barkers & for Bank book. Lunch & left 1.40 for Charing X. Otley 7 minutes late. Took train to Seven Oaks. Met Mr Bingham in train. Out & cycled to Charlwood thro' Braisted, Westerham, Godstone & Horley. Spoken to by girl cyclist. Good tea at Inn at Godstone. Had got up with a beastly influenza cold in head. Why? Most annoying & horrid all day. Got to Charlwood at 7.0pm. Saw dear M, Baby, Mite & Lennie who had a headache & depressed. Dined 7.45pm. M rubbed chest after & bed 11.0. Most uncomfortable night with irritation from cold. Woke etc. Intense inflammation in nostrils & throat. (Red ink: Snuffy horrid cold came on in morning. Cycled from Seven Oaks to Charlwood. Fine day.) Wednesday May 16 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.5, just saw Lennie off. Still cold N.E wind. Breakfast with Mite & after wrote a few letters. Looked at Zola's Fecundité. Stroll to P.O & read inscriptions on tomb stones. Back. A snack at 12.0 & left at 12.30. Bad news for Nurse, going to leave Baby. After went to P.O & sent wires & on to Reigate. Absolutely the most uncomfortable ride ever had. Facing wind & hot, cold wretched. Miserable alltogether. Got to Reigate 1.40, 10 minutes to spare. Takes just an hour. Up to Charing X & rode home 7 miles along the Embankment etc. Home 4.0pm. M back 4.30. Bath etc. Dressed. After left by bus at 5.50 & to C.C. Called, 2 letters, walked from there to Punch Dinner. W.A, P.A, O.S, A à B, self, J.T, F.C.B, A.G, E.T.R, B.P. Long discussion. No good subjects. Left 10.45 & home all way by the carriage. (Red ink: Cold very bad. Cycled to Reigate. Horrid wind. M returned from Charlwood.) Thursday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Cold better but still seedy with it. Out for walk round C.H. Road up in Holland Walk. Back & some trouble to skeme subject of Punch drinking Queen's health. After at 12.30 photod self on chair with glass up. Developed & printed by 4.30 & went on to work till 7.0 when dressed & M & self down in carriage to dine with Col Welby at Chelsea. Poor dinner but met an interesting clergyman & wife & a man who knew John Penn. Cold better but very bad still. Left 11.0pm & home by carriage. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Dined at Colonel Welby's. (Cutting glued in: Death of Ada Heaven.) Friday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round C.H. After to work all day & hard on Punch & Colonies drinking Queen's health. Worked till 9.30pm when dined. Rest after. M dined earlier. At 12.0 to bed. People shouting in Kensington. Hooraying all over the place. Must be the relief of Mafeking. (Red ink: People shouting in Kensington at midnight. Relief of Mafeking.) Saturday May 19
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Tired. Did not go out. In morning put things away & sorted plates. Early lunch & M & self left in carriage & went up to the Prince of Wales's Theatre & saw a triple bill of Martin Harvey's. Pantomime Rehearsal not so good as of old. Long girl dancing. Pretty Hans Anderson piece, Ib & Christina. Put M in carriage & to C.C & Garrick. Walked quietly home by self at 6.0pm. Spoken to in Piccadilly by girls with peacocks' feathers etc. All London mad about Mafeking. Marching crowds etc etc. Flags all over the place. Dinner at 8.0pm M & self quietly for 1st time since Good Friday April 13th. Bed at 11.15 after rest. (Red ink: M & self went to see Martin Harvey. All London mad over Mafeking.) Sunday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Walk round High St & photod flags etc. Back. All morning in hut etc. Developed many photos, Britannia & ¼ plates. After rest in room. Left at 4.30 on cycle for Sir A.Hickman's. Spencer called. Poor sets at T. Miss French & her uncle against Sir A.H & self. Won 2 sets all. After single young H against Sir H & self. Intensely slow. Dressed & M & self had good dinner there. Mr & Mrs Kettle, also an old serviceman & his wife. Lily seedy. Lady H going to have her portrait taken. Recommended Fildes. After home. Smoke & bed. (Red ink: Tennis & dined at Sir A.Hickman's.) Monday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am & walk round C.H. Saw C for 1 st time since Ap 5. Hot warm morning. Flags still flying. After at breakfast decided to go to Calais. Wrote 3 or 4 letters & left 10.15 by bus to Victoria & down by self. Lovely day. Met Ray Lankester on board & had long talk. Calais 2.45. Late lunch. Cigars. Saw Cap'n Blomfield & Payton & home. Good X'ing. Back to S.T at 8.15. M & self dined quite quietly & bed at 12.15 after snooze. (Red ink: Crossed to Calais & back. Saw Ray Lankester.) Tuesday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out. Dull slight rain. Walk round C.H. Letter from Roy about his readings. Met Chumps & another going to school, also girl with glasses. Wrote letters & diary. In morning Otley undid granite pedestals etc for Drawing Room. After developed some photos etc etc. Skemed subject for Coll of Surgeons. M & self dined at 6.15pm & went in carriage to see 'An American Beauty' at the Shaftesbury. Edna May. The greatest rubbish I ever listened to. Left before it was over & home. Sandwich & bed. Mrs Welby, Mite & Mrs Welby's sister lunched with us at 2.0pm. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Loftus Tottenham, of a son.) Wednesday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & walk round C.H. Met C & another. Whisked round street. After back & printed blues in morning etc. Rest. Conrad came at 4.0pm. Skemed card for the Royal Coll Surgeons. After left at 6.20 by bus for P.D. Talkative man in bus. Called C.C & on by 2 other buses. Sir W.A, Phil M (late) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S. So so dinner & after got cut of Russians. Left & home by bus. Reception at the Duke of Devonshire's. M had been to dine at Cameron Corbetts. Con not in. Bed 12.0am. Birthday honours out. Trendall knighted & O'Dowd. Thursday May 24
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Walk round C.H. C & two friends crossing. Breakfast. Con down. After skemed subject of Russian Autolycus. Difficult. Photod Otley at 11.45. Sent for birds. Developed & got prints. Rest. At work at 5.0 to 7.30. Had 2 bottles 'Perinet' to drink the Queen's health. Lennie & Mite, Con, M & self dined. Quiet good dinner. They left 11.0. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Queen's Birthday. Quiet family dinner at home.) Friday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5. Walk round C.H. Back breakfast. Letters etc. After worked all day at drawing of Russian Autolycus. Finished 8.0pm. Quiet dinner, M, Con & self. Bed at 12.0 after. Not tired. Saturday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk. After put things straight etc all morning. Skemed figures for next week & also for Sir Wm McCormac's drawing. Lunch. M & Con went up earlier to the Duke of York's Theatre. Self after by cab, taking bag to C.C. Saw the Miss Hobbs & Madame Butterfly for 2 nd time. M very much affected. Out. To Garrick. Had tea. Saw Bancroft & Beetle. Home by bus to Butts. Great fair in Kensington. Bazaar & also King of Sweden at Ranelagh. After dressed & went with M to dine at the Johnson Fergusons. Took Miss Mundella in. Good dinner. Mrs Milman there & Mr & Mrs Dixon Hartland. Left 11.0 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Went with M & Con to see Madame Butterfly. Delightful. Dined with the Johnson Fergusons. Took Miss Mundella in.) Sunday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Lovely morning. After put things straight etc & made crown for Hygieia. Left on cycle at 11.10 for C.C. Photod Miss M.H for the figure for Sir Wm McCormac & for Punch next week. Back at 2.10 for lunch. Rest & at 4.0 went to play Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's. Good game at last, Col H returning. Hickman said he was going to Fildes. Left 7.15 & home. Bret Harte had called. Dora to dinner & Con, M & self. Quiet evening. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Went to C.C at 11.30. Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's.) Monday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out walk. Met C & little girl. Back. Man setting decoys for birds. After breakfast developed some photos taken yesterday & at 12.30 dressed for Levée. Lunch. Left 1.30 in carriage. Arrive at St James's Palace 1.55. Just one hour getting past H.R.H who did not shake hands. Conrad went with me. Saw Wingate & Bancroft & Ernest Clarke & Gilbey, Geoge Lewis & many others. Lovely day. Drove after walking to Athenaeum to Midge's & after home. Enlarged figures for tomorrow. Dressed & left at 6.15 by bus to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, O.S, A à B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L there. Suggested cut for Tenniel. Circus Hoop. Derby Sweep drawn. (Red ink: William Agnew won the Sweep. Conrad & self went to the Levée. Next Levée attended 21 April 1902 by self.)
Tuesday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Most lovely morning. Up 8.10 & out with camera. Took little girl running. No C. Wrote Harmsworth. After got to work at 11.0 on drawing of Europe
& African animals & worked up to 8.15pm when M & self dined quite quietly by ourselves & bed after at 11.30. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Margaret Noel-Paton. Killed in action St John Meyrick.) Wednesday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Out for walk, up to Broughtons. No C. Back at work all day up to 7.0pm on drawing of Europe & African animals. Finished & dined 7.15. Wire from Spielmann to go to Paris. Con kindly went over & saw Spielmann. M & self left in carriage to 1st night of Rip Van Winkle. Poor, not a success. Eyes hurt me & felt seedy & tired. Saw many I knew. Mr Bainbridge etc, Fred'k Macmillan. Home tired. Letters etc. Woke at 7.0 by men hammering at steps. (Red ink: Went in evening to 1st night of Rip Van Winkel.) Thursday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.35. Dull morning. Walked round by Kensington Church. News of fall of Pretoria & also occupation of Johannesburg. Sent Otley to Isador Spielmann's. Went up after lunch & called at Chapman & Hall, Lincoln Bennett & tie shop. Called Athenaeum & after had Turkish Bath & hair cut. Home by bus to dinner. In morning developed rest of plates taken on Sunday. M & self dined quietly & to bed after snooze at 12.30am. (Cuttings glued in: Killed in action William Power. Death of Hetty Treves.) Jun 1900 Friday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk. A dull rainy day all day. Gave up idea of going to The Oaks for Mrs D'Arcy's invite & put things in order. Got things together & packed. Saw Chumps going into school at 9.0. Round Church Street. The whole day putting things straight etc. M & self dined quietly together & bed at 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Did not go to The Oaks. Preparing for Paris.) Saturday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. M & self went by carriage to G.W.R. & caught early train for Oxford. Saw Mrs Warren on platform. Walked to Mitre. Saw dear Mite & Dora. Lennie had taken his degree. Delightful lunch in Roy's room. After went over Wafford & Spokes with Lennie & then after to hotel & home by 4.40, Roy walking with us. Back to town & home by carriage. Finished packing etc. M & self dined quietly together. Last of Lucy Fearns. Bed 11.30 after rest. Lucy Fearns no loss. None at all, No! No! (Red ink: M & self went to Oxford to see Roy.) Sunday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Lovely morning. Up 7.30. Otley in & got luggage ready. Went to station by ordinary bus wih M. Carriage reserved. Green civil. Dover. Saw Cap'n Dixon. Also Merry W. Lovely crossing. Cap'n Blomfield. Got carriage reserved. Lunch. Judge Snagge got in. Very hot. On to Amiens. Beast of a Frenchman wanted M's seat. Paris 7.0. No porters. Got after great bother half drunken cocher. Great difficulty in getting to the Grand Hotel Trocadero. Also bother to get baggage into room. M & self dined at table d'hote late. After self went into Exhibition grounds for 1st time. Dense crowds. Hot. Students with Basque caps & knickerbockers. Back 11.0 & to bed. Eiffel Tower closed. (Red ink across page:
Left for Paris.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of the Earl of Radnor. T, Ju 5. Death of Mary Kingsley. Death of Hope Macdonald.) Monday June 4 Grand Hotel Trocadero. Up at 8.0. Lovely but frightfully hot morning. M dressed & we both got to the Exhibition by 9.30am. Great difficulty in finding the Palais des Beaux Arts. Put M in chair. At last there 11.30. Saw Mr Stapleton, after Davis. Went off in a fiacre & lunched with D at Hotel Continental. Good lunch, table d'hote. After back to the Exhibition. Most frightfully hot. M & self tried to go to pictures, put back by heat. After a weary walk thro' exhibition. Seat by fountain of Austrian Pavilion. Little girl lost her brother. Algerian conjuror & cascade of gold. Back to hotel 4.0pm. Tumbled on to bed & tried to sleep. Dressed & left by one of the Hotel cabs & tried to dine at Le Doyen. No seat. On to the Continental. M & self dined quietly à la carte. Fire engine. Smoke wih Davis. Back to Hotel after & had to walk up the steps. Bed 11.45. (Red ink: Intensely hot. 1st day at Exhibition.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Blomfield. Obituary of Mary Kingsley.) Tuesday June 5 Grand Hotel de Trocadero. Up 7.30. Dejeuner 8.0, out 8.45. Walked to Exhibition & to British section thro' the grounds. Met Spielmann. Nothing known of Jury. Went with S to the British Offices to get badge. Met Ernest George there. Signed papers. Back with G in fiacre to Exhibition, 1Fr each. Met Mr & Mrs McLaren & daughter. Walked thro' the Galleries. At 11.45 went to lunch. Met M at Le Doyen. Very good dejeuner, 10F a head. After M & self out & thro' the pictures & after on to the Ronde Rly & so home. Very tired. Slept from 4.40 to 6.30. After dressed. Great bother to get conveyance, M flurried & had to go up again. At last got off. Dined with the Spielmanns at the Hotel de Lille & d'Albion. Bad wretched dinner. After saw Sir J Sebag Montefiore & Admiral Keppel & little picture dealing Lefevre. Got off at 10.15 & home by cab. Bed 11.45. (Red ink across page: Wretched dinner with the Spielmanns.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Bruce Ismay, of a daughter.) Wednesday June 6 Grand Hotel de Trocadero. Up 7.0am. Breakfast 8.0. Got to Exhibition 9.25. Tall hat & frock coat. Not so hot fortunately. Met Spielmann. Taken to Jury Room. Waited ½ hr. After introduced myself to Jury going round. American Mr Alexander. A Dutchman & a German. Had to rush up to my section & decide who to recommend. Short & Wylie. Back. Went to Le Doyen & found George had finished lunch. Had gudgeon etc, out & back. Met Ristori & ladies at gate. After George & self went round the Architectural Galleries. Saw Davis etc & after to English Pavilion on the quay. Dressed & M & self down to the Continental. Had a sort of private carriage. M had been seedy & with Mrs Spielmann & Admiral Keppel. Had asked Davis to dinner & M & self & he dined at table d'hote. Sat out after. Mr D shewed photos of his son. Home & at Hotel 10.45. Good drive. Found out Reading Room. (Red ink across page: Attended first Jury.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Harry Collis to Emily Nield. Marriage of George Tucker to Frederica Hirsch. Tribute to the late Mary Kingsley.) Thursday June 7
Grand Hotel de Trocadero. Up 7.0. Dejeuner 7.30. Out & walked to Jury. Meeting 9.30. Looked all round & voted. 2 Gold Medals to English Section. Nicholson 1 Oh! & Cameron & Haig. No N came after all (Wedy 13 th) After out & at 12.0 Davis, Spielmann, George & self lunched together, very good, at Le Doyen. After D, G & self went to the Swiss Village & to the Salle des Fêtes. Jodelling good. Had bock. Left & to Hotel, M waiting. Dressed & left in fiacre to dine with Ernest George at Café Henri. Mr & Mrs S.Davis, M & self & Onslow Ford & son. Very good dinner & wonderful duck. M & Mrs S felt seedy & left in a hurry. I got my wrong coat & poor Sp'n could not find his. Drove to Hotel in cab & bed at 11.45. Frightfully hot. A curious little ventilator in the Cafe worked by Electricity. (Red ink: Dinner with Ernest George at Café Henri. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of John Dalby to Hyacinthe Dalby. Obituary of Sir Frederick Marshall.) Friday June 8 Grand Hotel de Trocadero. Up 7.0am. Dejeuner 7.30 & after out & walked for 1 st time on reverse side of River Seine. Met Jury 9.30 & voted till 11.30am for French Section. Meeting delayed till Monday morning 9.0am. Went back to M & both lunched together at own table at 12.45. After out & back to Exhibition. Went to our own section & after to Industrial part. Lovely French furniture & Empire. Back to M. Dressed & on to Continental & dined at table d'hote. Old ladies next to us eating everything. After saw man watching American girl. Smoke & coffee with Davis & back hotel. Bed 11.45pm. Took Spielmann's coat back in morning & got mine. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the third Duke of Wellington.) Saturday June 9 Grand Hotel de Trocadero. Up 7.0. Breakfast 7.30 & out 9.45. Went by self to see Telescope etc after going up to 2nd Etage of Eiffel Tower. Saw M's window & my boots outside at Hotel. After to the Music & Book Section. Back to M 12.0 & after drove to Le Doyen. Lunch. Good. Pretty American girl with hat. Saw Davis & Morland Agnew after. Looked at map for Musée Rodin. M & self drove to Continental. Left card at the British Embassy, 39 Fauberg St Honoré. After by cab to (blank) Boulevard Maleherbes to call on Mrs Alexander. Nice American girl there. Tried to find out Hamilton's friend. M & lift. Cab asked 10F to stay. Got closed cab to our Hotel. M changed & back to Continental. Dined à la carte. Cocotte by herself. After again saw young man looking after American girl. Davis tired & worried. Talk & smoke. Left by cab & back to Hotel. Driver had a little doze in box. Read papers & bed 11.45. Hamilton Langley called at Hotel. (Red ink across page: Tea at Alexanders’.) Sunday June 10 Grand Hotel de Trocadero. Up 7.30. Dejeuner 8.0. Got out after writing letters at 9.30am & spent morning in French Colonial Exhibit, Cuba etc. Saw copra & pearl shells. After to Le Musée Marchant, Le Mission Marchant it is called. Black soldiers chewing a sort of liquorish toothpick. Red trowsers & tarboshes. Poor show. After to Madagascar & Algeria & also Dahomey. Back to M at 12.0. Changed & took a cab to Le Doyen. Saw Henderson & Maggie, Col Makins, also Davis & George. Good lunch. Intensely hot. Sat in the Champs Elysées after with M. Caterpillars. Cab to Louvre. Cool in Sculpture Rooms. Saw Venus of Milo. Up to pictures. Turned out at 4.0pm. Cab to Continental. Rest & after looked in at Hotel Ritz. Saw Prince & Princess of Pless coming back from the Grand Prix. Ordered dinner for
7.30pm. Ernest George came to time. M, self & George dined. Soup, salmon, capon, huge mass of peas. Champagne Pommeroy '95. 50 F altogether. Girl cocotte. Sat outside with Davis, George & Gen'l Hawkins. Good talk of war '61 '65. Home. Great illuminations. Wrote diary. Bed 12.0. (Red ink across page: Intensely hot. Grand Prix day.) (Cuttings glued in: Diamond Wedding of George Chambers and Anne Worthington.. Obituary of Sir William Cunliffe Brooks. Obituary of H.Francis.) Monday June 11 Grand Hotel de Trocadero. Up at 7.0am. Bath. Breakfast. After strolled to Committee Room. There 9.0am. Frightfully hot. Long morning voting for French section. Out at 12.30 & lunched at Le Doyen as the guest of the Jury (French). Sat next Alexander. Back to Committee Room. There till 3.40. Met M outside sitting on a chair. Mr Stapleton came & talked to M till nearly 5.0. Left & ordered a table for 7.30 at Le Doyen. Back by cab & dressed. Dined at Le Doyen. Guzzling lot dining next us. Pretty English girl like Lily Hanbury. Also American woman Oh! '(illeg) no sarnes'. After flung away 8F at the Ambassadeurs. Cab home. Tired & frightfully hot. Bed 11.30pm. (Cuttings glued in: Golden Wedding of W Sims Forner and M.Williams. Killed in action, the Earl of Airlie.) Tuesday June 12 Grand Hotel de Trocadero. Up at 7.0am. Breakfast. Out 9.0. Got on a tram by advice of porter & went down to the Hotel de Ville. Very hot. Got cigars. After back to Exhibition. Met M at the Musée Rodin 11.0. Curious impudent Balzac but many groups beautiful in form. Into the Exhibition & to the German Pavilion, the Spanish, & the English. Lovely Langrets in German. Also tapestry in Spanish & Boabdil’s Arms & surtout. I met a Mr Purdon Clarke. Introduced myself to Mrs Jekyll. Also saw Thompson Layon. On to Le Doyen & had lunch. Pretty French woman with small buckle back of hair. After to Swiss Village. No yodelling. Thro' Salle des Fetes. M disappointed. Cab back to hotel. Violent thunderstorms & rain came on. Arranged for carriage. As usual ass of a porter made mess of it. Down & took ordinary fiacre to dine at Col Jekyll's. Gave him 3F. ¼ hr too early. Sat in garden. Two delightfully mannered little girls. Did not know Col Jekyll. Took Mrs Spielmann in. Sat next Mr Wyndham, most amusing acct of his Jury. 'No medal to anyone tampering with employees'. After introduced to Spanish Marquis whose aunt owned the Surtout of Boabdil etc. Left 11.0 & home by fiacre which was waiting, 4 Fr, no trouble. Frightfully hot at dinner, awful. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink across page: Dined with Colonel & Madame Jekyll.) (Cutting glued in: In memoriam the Earl of Airlie.) Wednesday June 13 Grand Hotel de Trocadero. Up 7.0 & went by tram to attend Jury. There at 8.30am. Looked at the Graveurs in British Gallery. Made up list. After walked with Jury all round the Foreign Exhibits. Gold to Holland. After got two extra gold medals, 5 silver, 5 bronze. Went as a guest of Mons Biraldi's in a char à banc to Bois de Boulogne. Lunched on an island. Good. Ducks & swans. Stroll round. Made a speech at coffee time. Names written on menu. Wet drive back. Thunder. Put down at Trocadero. On to meet M at Petit Palais. Waited 1½ hrs. Went to English Section & wrote names in book. Home by tram. Found M out. Dressed & back to Petit Palais. Then back again to Hotel Continental. At last met M who had also been running about. Faint & tired. Had dinner à la carte. Sat out after, Davis
& Spielmann still looking after girls. Back to Hotel. Decided not to go tomorrow. Bed 11.0am. Nicholson got a gold medal. Oh! Thursday June 14 Grand Hotel de Trocadero. Up at 7.0am. x. Breakfast. Bath etc. Wrote letters & out. Sent 2 wires off. Saw very funny accident ½ a motor tricycle came off & ran into a van standing. Hit horse on hock. Back. Expensive shave, 1Fr. Up in M's room & after out & by tram to the Madelaine. Civil man. Saw a wedding. Whose? Extraordinary good looking young man with auburn hair & grey suit & pot hat. Brute of a man pushed a girl. Very angry. On to Grand Hotel. Saw Lady De la Rue. Breakfast. The Spielmanns & Purdon Clarke. Table d'hote, 5Fr, wine included. After M & self strolled on past Rue Royal & to B.Arts main entrance of Exhibition & went thro' the French Annexe. Jewellery, furniture etc etc. Also Japan. Pretty girl in Japanese Court. 'Je ne suis pas encore marié'. On to the Ronde & home. Had a large cup of chocolate at M's restaurant. Dressed & drove to Continental. Good dinner, 14Fr. Last talk to Davis & Gen'l Hawkins after. Madame Butterfly. Left 10.25. Wet. Man went out of way by back streets. Bed 10.45pm. Tired. (Red ink across page: Dejeuner at the Grand Hotel.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Cecil Sitwell.) J. 25. Friday June 15 Grand Hotel de Trocadero. Up at 7.10. Out & by tram to entrance of Beaux Arts. Met Jury. Voted & after all went to remaining Foreign Section. Austria, Spain, Germany etc. Old German juryman very busy. Liked bronzes in German Section. After got a Medaille d'Honneur for Seymour Haden. Left off at 12.10 & went to meet M at Le Doyen. Met her outside. Indifferent lunch. 4F for fish, 14F.50 bill. After left & we went round Picture Galleries etc. Much that was new to see. Statues etc. Lovely Empire furniture. Out & sat ¾ hour listening to the band. Home by tram. Found later a wire from F.C.B. Went out & sent wire. Saw a small black poodle run over. Back up in room. Too late to call on Mrs Jekyll. Dressed. M & self went by tram to Hotel Continental. Saw Gen'l & Mrs Hawkins. Went out & bought cigars. Back. Best dinner of the lot, 13.25. Sat out after. No young man after girl. Left 10.0 & home by cocher who had had a tumble. Bed 10.45. Sleep at once. (Cutting glued in: Mr and Mrs Pinero have left London. Mr Linley Sambourne returns to London early next week.) F Ju 15. Saturday June 16 Grand Hotel de Trocadero. Up at 7.0am. x. Out after breakfast & walked to Post Office & wired Cole. Then went into Exhibition & looked at Russian Pavilion, West Australia & walked round by Costume & Carriages & Bicycles. Back to Hotel 10.45. M & self out & into Ex & walked again thro' Dress Exhibit. On to Ronde Rly & to Le Doyen. Lunch. After saw the Spielmanns & Yeames & Mr Stapleton. Left poor M & to Jury. There till 5.30. Final Jury. By cab to Hotel. Dressed. Found I had lost my badge. Annoyed. Cab to Continental. Passed M in another fiacre. At this time or only a few minutes later a frightful tramway car accident happened not far from where we met. Walked from the Continental to the Elysée. There 7.20. Dinner 8.10. Great reception. Dinner table blazing with lights. 30 candelabra with 15 candles each. Sat between M.Corroyer & M. St Marceaux. Poor dinner. Sweet champagne. Mr George gave me good cigar after. Beer in the garden. Talk to Millet & Ford. Belgian to fight a duel. Home by cab. Stopped by police on acct of
accident. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink across page: Dined with the President of the French Republic at the Palais Elysée.) Sunday June 17 Grand Hotel de Trocadero. Up 7.0. Left Hotel at 10.20. Many tips. Drove to Nord. 2 hours too soon. Got porter & put things in office. After M & self went a marketing. Had bad coffee in a restaurant. Met Mr & Mrs Spielmann in train & off 11.50. Priest (English) in train with us. Calais 3.35. Saw Payton. Porter fell down & hurt his hand with Mrs Spielmann's bag. M cold. Gave her wrap of a waterproof. Dover. Saw Cap'n Dixon. Carriage reserved. Charing X at 7.45. Bother to get bags. Home 8.30 exactly. Letters. A bottle of Champagne & bed at 11.45 after snooze. Very hot in room. M tired. (Red ink: Returned from Paris.) Monday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15.Out. Missed C for photo. Wrote letters & began to work 12.30. Worked all day on Preface & got on with it up to dinner time at 8.15 when dined quietly with M & job maid waited. Bed at 11.50 after snooze. (Red ink: Began Preface.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of William Kemmis. T.Ju 25.) Tuesday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out with camera & took snap shots (3) of C & girl & policeman & cart. Back & worked all day on Preface. Finished it at 7.0pm. After began Tail Piece. Mite & Lennie came to dine with us at 8.15. Lennie rather depressed. They left at 11.0. Snooze & bed. (Red ink: Last saw Ch.) Wednesday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Walked round Campden Hill. After back & went on with tail for Preface. Finished at 4.0pm. Began tail for Index. Worked till 6.30 when left in cab for Punch Dinner. There 7.15. Phil A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S there. Good dinner & talk. Gave them my acct of Paris & also imitated 'Biraldi' with his bell. Left by buss at 10.50 & on to the Garrick. Wrote 4 letters & home on the top of a bus. Thursday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Walked up Church St. No C. Back & at work all day on tail. Wet nearly all day. Finished Index at 6.30pm. Not very good. Dressed & went by cab to dine at the Royal Society's Club. Sat next Max O'Rell. Mon. Paul Bluet most interesting talk of commune etc. Marcus Stone, Sir William McCormack, Gatacre etc etc there. Mostly drunk. Left at 11.45 & home by cab & to bed. Headache. Job maid left. (Red ink: Good dinner at the Royal Society's Club. Next Max O'Rell. Finished Index etc.) Friday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Church Street. No C. Why. After wrote diary & letters. Went on to work all day on cartoon of Kangaroo scratching ear. Finished easily by by 8.15. M & self dined quietly by selves. Letter from Roy to say not coming till Monday. Wire from Tabs to ask Roy yachting. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Lord Kensington's estate. Obituary of Arthur Tooth.) Saturday June 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. x. After breakfast got on cycle & rode round Barnes. Lovely morning. Met A.H. Back by 11.30 & put photos away etc. Lunch. After all afternoon from 2.0 to 5.30 enlarging for Sir Wm McCormac's drawing. Sent cheque to Clarke & Son. Annoyed. Sent Otley to Empire. After M went to Ranelagh with Midge. Beautiful afternoon. (Cutting glued in: Death of Loftus Tottenham.) Sunday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15. Dull morning. After all morning worked at & skemed subject of Sir William MacCormac's to lunch time. Rest after & read 'Thro a glass darkly'. Bosh. At 3.50 wrote letters. Left in rain at 4.25 for Sir A Hickman's. Played 5 sets, H & grandson v Mrs Galloway & self. Won 3. Lost 2. After left & home by cycle at 7.15. Not one soul had called on M except lady after Emily's character. M & self dined quietly & bed 11.0 after x before sleep. (Red ink: Played Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's.) Monday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out. Dull wet morning & glass down. No C. Letter from Tabs about yachting. After got to work on drawing for Sir Wm MacCormac all the morning. Tired after lunch. Rest. Gentleman called about drawings 3.0pm. On to work. Roy home at 4.30 & went off to his dinner. New girl came, Jane Hazell. Great improvement on the last. Left at 5.45 & to St John's Wood & back for book. No good. After dinner at 8.0pm, M & self quietly. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Roy back from Oxford.) Tuesday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & walk up Church St & round by Holland Park. Breakfast. After all day at work on drawing for Sir Wm MacCormac. Roy not home. Worked up to 8.30pm & got all outlined & letters shaded. Mabel Wallace in to lunch. M up in room after. Dined quietly M & self & bed 12.0 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Robert Rumford to Clara Butt.) Wednesday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out old walk. Met no one. Breakfast. At 10.0 got to work again on Sir William McCormac's drawing. Glass up & fine morning again. Worked all day & finished Sir Wm MacCormac's drawing at 5.30 & sent it off. After put photos away & off by bus to the Punch Dinner. No, took a cab. Roy back & went off to dine at Gray's Inn. Punch Dinner at 7.0. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, H.W.L. Fairish dinner. Very long discussion from 9.0 to 10.45. After got a poor cut for self. Left with Partridge & Guthrie & home all way on top of a bus. Bed 12.30. Tired. (Red ink: Finished Sir Wm MacCormac's first drawing.) Thursday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for walk round C.H. Met no one. After all day at work on drawing for heading of Vol 119. Humpty Dumpty. M out with Mite in Victoria. After at 7 50 dressed & went by carriage to dine at the Braunsteins. Met Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, Major Richard Seaver, Mrs Crawford, a Mexican & mad wife & a little lady like Tabs grown old. The American wife of the Mexican quite mad. Talk & left, went to the Master of the Rolls at home. Saw the Dickens's, Miss Neave, Lockwoods etc, Joachims, Hiderous. After home. Sat up for Roy. Did not
come home until after 2.0am. Annoyed. (Red ink: Capital dinner at the Bernsteins.) Friday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out with camera. Took coal heaver & girls at school. Back, breakfast. Fine morning. Worked entire day on drawing of Electric Rly & Demon District. Finished at 8.45. Dined 9.0pm. M, Roy & self dined quietly. Letter from Sir William MacCormac not liking drapery on drawing. Very much annoyed. Bed at 11.30pm tired. (Red ink: Sir Wm MacCormac wrote saying he did not like my drawing.) Saturday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. No walk. After put all things away & lunch at 1.0. M & Roy left in carriage for the Haymarket Theatre & saw the Cyril Maudes in The School for Scandal. Self followed in cab. Called C.C & on to theatre. Out & back to Garrick. Spoken to by respectable middle aged woman in the Haymarket. Gave her 6d. Starving. Tea & home by bus. Called & got stamps & fruit, 5/s worth cigars. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self & bed after tired. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to see The School for Scandal.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Maud Yates.) Jul 1900 Sunday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15. x. After in morning wrote letters etc. M & self left in carriage & lunched at 2.15 at Sir Frederick Dixon Hartland's. Slow lunch. Sat next Miss Popham & Lady D.H. Wrote in books & saw old letter of mine to Miss Cosens. After left 3.55 & home. Changed & left 4.35 for Sir Alfred Hickman's. Just missed Wolff. Miss Rose Innes called. Good games. Roy went. Young Rivière. Left 7.0 & back. Wrote 4 letters & after dinner George Nicol, Lennie & Mite, Roy, M & self dined. Good evening. Talk of Roy going into the Volunteers. They left & Roy & self had difficulty in getting cab but went on to Bernard Partridge's house warming. Saw many. Stones, Setons, Lena Ashwell, Constance Collier, Trees etc etc. Phil May overcome. Left & home by cab at 1.0am. Bed & glad to get there. (Red ink: Tennis at Sir A Hickman's. Bernard Partridge's house warming party.) Monday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.25 & out. Walk past Kensington Church. Back. Dull damp morning. After wrote letters etc. Tried to design MacCormac's menu. Lunch. After rested for 2 hours. Tea & left in heavy rain at 5.0 for Bath Club by bus. Had hair cut & shave. Bath. Saw Roger Wallace. Out at 7.55 & walked to 18 Berkeley Square. Dined with Sir S.Bancroft. Good dinner. Joe Carr after. Chaff of Joe Carr about Rings of Jarrah. Left with Abbey & on to the Arts Club. Talk & saw Arthur Ryle. Home by cab at 12.30. Bed at 1.30am. Printed blues at noon. (Red ink: Sir Squire Bancroft's dinner of 12.) (Plan of table seating: E.A.Abbey, Lord Justice Romer, Mr Choate, Sir Squire Bancroft, Earl of Coventry, Sir Francis Knowles, L.S, Henry Arthur Jones, Edward Dicey C.B, Sir William MacCormac, Ray Lankester, Joe Carr.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edwin Herapath.) Tuesday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out to Fulham on cycle opposite the Woman's Exhibition. Lovely morning. Bright & fresh. M in bed. After back & put things in
order all day. Roy dined at Mite's. Left at 9.45 & on by carriage to Academy Soirée. Waited for Roy & Mite. They did not come until 11.35. Roy ordered Mite's carriage for 1.30am. Lovely band. Fagans & many others, Sir Wm & Lady MacCormac Oh! Great difficulty about the carriage. Sent Mite & Ruth Messel back in our carriage & Roy & self home by cab. Bed at 1.0am. Tired. Quite cool & not so many as usual at the Soirée. (Red ink: Royal Academy Soirée.) Wednesday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round Campden Hill after. Skemed Sir Wm MacCormac's Menu figure. Left at 5.30 & called 87 North End Road W.K. No good. Back all the way to Punch Dinner on busses. There to time. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R & A.G. Longish discussion. Got poor subject. Objected to it. Lord Londonderry on top of Mount Pleasant. Home by bus all the way. Thursday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled past Mite. Road up. Many in Park. After skemed subject & at 12.0 photod Otley lying down. Developed, had too weak developer. Poor result. At work up in room at 4.30 & on till dinner time. Also the above poor results I subsequently found out entirely due to a hole in the bellows of the camera. Quiet dinner M & self. Bed after snooze 12.0am. Friday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round by Earls Court. After all day working on drawing of Lord Londonderry as Mercury asleep on Mount Pleasant. Finished at 8.0pm & M, Roy & self all dined quietly. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Franklin McLeay.) Sat July 7. Saturday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Short walk. Breakfast. Left at 10.15 & on to Burnets. Bought fringe etc. To C.C. Got Studio ready, waited 1 hr & more for Miss E.Warwick. Good model & figure. Photod for Sir Wm MacCormac's drawing. Out & lunch with Mr Harrison. Back to Club & then on to Athenaeum. Only 2 or 3 letters there. After tea & home top of bus. Got fruit & home. Developed 8 plates. Ethel English dined. Roy very talkative. Had been to Oxford & Cambridge Cricket Match. Bed 11.30pm. Jane gave M notice. Why? Jane Hazell. Sunday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Out on cycle & went past Mite's. Back & all morning developed plates taken yesterday. At 12.0 dressed & took M for walk in Park. Cab there & cab back. Met Spielmann & also saw Sir Eyre Shaw, Webb etc. Back. Lunch. M said Jane had given notice to leave. No rest. Mr McLean called. Left at 4.30 with Roy & played many sets at Lawn Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's. Lady H a cold, caught sitting for portrait. Home & dined 8.15. Quiet peaceful evening, M, Roy & self. (Red ink: Last Sundays’ Lawn Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's.) Monday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Met no one. Letters from D'Arcy, Lady Poynter etc etc. Lovely morning. Enlarged drawing photos for Sir Wm MacCormac's drawings all morning. Not very successful. Very tired. In evening Effie & Con, Lennie & Maud dined. Roy went to see Madame Butterfly.
Lennie anxious about Roy joining & getting his uniform etc. Row betwen Con & Effie. Intensely hot. Mite looking well. Tuesday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Cycled past Mite's & home to breakfast. Work all day on Sir Wm MacCormac's drawing & in the afternoon Mr Harrison called to see me. Mrs Gill etc. After at 7.45 in carriage to dine with Peter Reed. Good dinner & house. Met Mr & Mrs Bergheim, Mrs Turquand, Major & Mrs Griffiths, selves. Left at 11.15 & home by carriage. Drawing of Mercury a success. Roy went to see Henry Irving in Olivia. (Red ink: Peter Reed's dinner.) (Plan of table seating: Peter R, Mrs Griffiths, J.S.B, Mrs Turquand. L.S, Mrs Bergheim, Major Griffiths, Mrs S.) Wednesday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Cycled round Earls Court & breakfast. After worked on Sir W MacCormac's drawing. Enlarged at 12.0 to 10 x 8 size & till 3.0. Did not do much after. Left at 6.40 & by cab to Bouverie St. Block for Queen's Garden Party. Saw Lady Poynter. ½ hour late at Bouverie St. B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S there. Long discussion. Got cut of Goschen & Punch. Last week's drawing a very great success. (Red ink: Queen's Garden Party.) Thursday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Walk round Campden Hill. After sent Otley to May's. At 12.0 or 11.30 photod Roy & Otley for Goschen & self & O sitting, also dog. Developed & got ready. Got on at 4.30 to 8.15 with drawing & put in outline of Punch & Goschen. Dinner M, R & self. Intensely hot in evening & at night. (Red ink: Intensely hot.) Friday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & did not go out. After all day at drawing of Punch & Goschen. Finished at 7.15 & dressed. Went with M by carriage to dine at the Lawrences. Took Mrs Blomfield in. Nice woman. Funny little Japanese dog or Chinese. A fire at Queen's Gate as we went. Home 11.10. Roy back from Exhibition. Bed 11.45. News in the morning of disaster to The Lincoln's. Wire from Sophy to say Edgar wounded. (Red ink: Dined at Sir Trevor Lawrence’s. Fire in Queen's Gate.) Saturday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out for walk round C.H. Cloudy & not so hot. Wrote F.C.B after about Almanack. After worked all afternoon on Sir William MacCormac's drawing. Roy at the Eton & Harrow Cricket Match which was the closest known. Eton lost by 1 run. Row after. Left at 7.45 by carriage & dined at the Twiss's. A bad dinner & so so people. Linkman after said to Otley 'Ome sweet 'ome'. Some time in the night pipe burst & W.Cs had to be turned off. Roy back & in room by himself. (Red ink: Wretched dinner at the Twiss's.) Poor Twiss died on Tuesday Aug 7th. Sunday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Breakfast. After Roy & self left for Calais. Little man elderly & well dressed in carriage. Saw Somers Vine on board. Usual lunch. After got 2 boxes of cigars. Came across Davis & long talk of Exhibition. Home at
7.55. Good dinner & bed at 11.30. Intensely hot. (Red ink: Roy & self crossed the Channel. Met H.W.B.Davis.) Monday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. M had a sore throat. Out for walk. M down & felt very ill & sick. Sent for Orton. Dixon mending pipe of W.Cs which burst on Saty. Wrote letters putting off lunch tomorrow to Col Welby, Miss May, Lady Bergne, Mrs Fagan, Mrs Braunstein. Hottest morning in London yet. Frightful. Did a little work on drawing for Sir Wm MacCormac. Lunch. Left after & by bus to C.C. Frightful heat. At 4.15 photod Miss Herbert, only 12. Out 5.15 & called Palmer & Watsons, 100 Charing X Road. Saw Electric Fan. After to Miles to be measured & then called Tom Brown's & Camera, no, Bath Club. Home. M. Still hot. Roy & self dined. Slept in upper Spare Room. Greatest heat ever recorded in London, 95º in shade. (Red ink: M woke up with sore throat. Put off dinner for tomorrow.) Tuesday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & walk round C.H. Met no one. Breakfast. News in paper of Edgar being wounded. Man brought Electric Fan & put it up. A great success. M in bed. After at work all day on drawing of Menu for Sir William MacCormac. Midge, Dora & May Nembhard in to see M in afternoon. M remained in bed. Worked till 8.15 when Roy & self dined together. Intensely hot. Quiet evening & bed at 12.0am. Wednesday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. M in bed. Went for walk & after worked all day on Sir William MacCormac's Menu. Put in shading. Left at 6.30 & took cab to Punch Dinner. M down in Drawing Room. Roy went to Beerbohm Tree's & saw Rip van Winkle. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S, P.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Tenniel to do a double cartoon. F.C.B apathetic about mine. Left at 11.0 & put down at Isthmium. Home by buss. Thursday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round Campden Hill. After at work the entire day until 6.0pm finishing Sir Wm MacCormac's Menu. Sent it off & after skemed cartoon. Dressed & Roy & self went by hansom & dined at the Bergheims. Met Gillgood(sic, Geilgud) & Janet Lewis, a niece of J.S.B's & Mrs Peto. 2 others & a man who took too much. Lovely garden & back at 11.15 by cab. Man grumbled bitterly at 3/6. Bed at 12.30. M better. (Red ink: Dined at Clara & Johnny Bergheim's. Finished Sir Wm MacCormac's Menu drawing.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Ann Horniman.) Friday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Went out. Posted Roy's form filled up properly. Called Otley about Stace. Back & at 9.30 photod Otley for Naval Officer. Had finished when at 10.15 Stace came. Took 3 of Stace. Gave me his new address at Balham. Frightfully hot all day, 87º in my room. Hard at work & finished drawing at 8.45. Only began it at 2.0pm. Had written to put off taking photos tomorrow. Too hot. M, Roy & self dined together. Frightful depression of all Rails etc. Bed at 12.0 after reading evening paper. Took snap at coal heaver in Argyll Road who said it was 'African heat'.
Saturday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Grey day nearly all day. Did not go out. Man from Stores after breakfast about door. In morning put all things away & drawers straight & room in order. Roy & type writer. Tired & done up. M left at 4.14 with Midge for Ranelagh. All afternoon putting straight etc. Found sketch for design for Peace etc. Roy & self dined by ourselves at 6.40. M back 7.20. Left in cab for the Shaftesbury Theatre & saw 'The Casino Girl'. Poor play & music. Out & to the Garrick. Had supper. Nice man like Will Oakes in front of us. Lord Sandown etc. Left 12.40 & home. Bed at once. Slept in M's room, cooler. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Shaftesbury. Saw The Casino Girl.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Herbert Smyth to Amabel Sutton.) Sunday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. x. After breakfast Roy & self went to Calais. Down by selves in empty carriage. No Lewis. Met Dresden, & same gentleman as last Sunday. Very hot. Rose Innes on board. After to Calais. No corner table & lunch with same gent as last week. No Londres Superieur. Back on boat. Long talk to Merryweather. Col Bell & party over. Back home in almost record time. At home 11 minutes to 8.0. Miss Rose Innes dined & stayed as usual late. M tired. Bed at 12.40 after rest. Intensely hot. (Red ink: Roy & self crossed Channel. Home extra early.) Monday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out for walk. Very hot & close. Sent Otley to town for trees. After the whole day putting room straight etc etc. In afternoon went up to Town & had jacket coat fitted on. Called Lechertier Barke & also Athenaeum. Back by bus. M, Roy & self dined quietly. Roy went the Woman's Exhibition after. Bed at 11.45. Roy back. Intensely hot. (Cuttings glued in: Diamond Wedding William Ash and Sarah Matchwick. Death of Ella Peel. T July 23. Death in action of Sir Walter Barttelot.) Tuesday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round Campden Hill. After M out getting things for dinner. All day preparing & writing Report for the Paris Exhibition & menus etc. At 7.30 great bother with the Electric Light in Drawing Room. Sent Otley off to Notting Hill. Saunders & another waited. All went well with dinner. They all left by 11.30pm. (Red ink: Home dinner of 11 men.) (Plan of table seating: Sir Squire Bancroft, Col Welby, H.W Lucy, Sir Fk Dixon Hartland, Lord Robertson, L.S, Hon C.N.Lawrence, Canon Ainger, Roger Wallace Q.C, Roy Sambourne, George Armstrong.) Sir Fk Dixon H had just enough. 12 bottles of Champagne drunk, 4 Ayala '74, 8 Perinet '89, 1 Chateau Y'Quem, 1 Claret, Brandy. Dinner a success & the fan also. Intensely hot. (Cutting glued in: the wife of Sir Henry Tichborne, of a son.) Wednesday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8 am & out for a walk. All right after dinner. All morning putting things right & doing sandals etc. Very hot. Rest in afternoon. At 4.30 photod Jane Hazell with tray. Took 4. All subsequently spoilt. Put camera back & left by bus for Punch Dinner. Cab from Piccadilly Circus. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Lucy pitching in to Sir Thomas Dixon Hartland. Got
good subject of Postman & Messenger Boy. Left with Tenniel & put down at Isthmium. Home by bus & bed after snooze. Jane Hazell left this night after being here a month. Isabel (Kate) Bridewell came & was given notice on Monday Aug 13th & left Wednesday Aug 15 from Glovers. Thursday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with camera. Took a few backgrounds on Campden Hill & girl going to school. Very hot. After skemed subject of Postman & Boy Messengaer. Sent Otley for messenger boy who never turned up till 12.0. Also photod self. Developed plates taken of Jane Hazell. Enlarged & got prints. Rest & to work at 4.0pm. Sent Roy to the War Office. Got back at 4.0pm. Worked until 7.0pm when dressed & left at 7.30pm to dine at the Royal College of Surgeons. Sat between Mr Harrison & a Mr Macgregor. Good dinner. H.R.H there & Lord Rosebery, Lord Salisbury etc. Lennox Browne complimented me on drawings & many others. Walked to the Garrick & after home by bus. Pretty girl next me. Bed at 12.30am. Very hot night. (Red ink: Dined at the College of Surgeons.) Friday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & walk round Campden Hill. After got to work all day on Postman & Boy Messenger. M packing. Roy's uniform came at lunch time. At 2.45 violent thunder storm came up. Put off M's going till 5.3pm train. They left & left me working. Roy & M to Charlwood. Worked on till 8.45 when dined by self. New maid waited. Snooze after dinner & to bed at 2.0am. Much annoyed in morning by all 4 plates I took of Jane Hazell running away & being spoilt by the water. Bad plates. (Red ink: M & Roy went down to Glovers. Thunderstorm.) Saturday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15. Packed bag & put my room in order. Dark muggy morning. Left at 9.15 in cart & down to Victoria. Left 9.45. Met Judge Snagge & Judge Bacon. Down to Gravesend with Mr Pierpoint M.P on tender. Got on board & under weigh, S.S. Arcadia. Burnand & Wolff. Long wait for lunch. Lockyer, Wymss Reid etc at same table. After down Channel all day. Long walk with Lockyer, Sir John Wolfe Barry K.C.B etc etc. Dressed & to dinner. John Penn, Lockyer, Wolfe Barry, Sir Edward Reed etc etc. Smoke after. Talk to Lord Powerscourt. Turned in after talk to Judge Snagge at 12.30am. Draught in bed in night & hot. (Red ink: Went on board S.S 'Arcadia'.) Sunday July 29 On board S.S.'Arcadia'. Up at 7.0am. Draught all night sleeping. Wrote M. Bother about finding writing place. After walk & breakfast. Lovely weather. Steamed slowly along Solent & past Ch.Ch & on to Portland. Long talk with Pinero & Snagge. Lunch. Changed things. Sat with Lockyer etc at lunch. After delightful run to Portland & back other side of Isle of Wight. Talk to Mr Pierpoint. Nice man. Dressed. Dinner. Lockyer, Pinero, Joe Parkinson etc. Smoke in Saloon. After unpleasantnes by a man named Call getting drunk. Would try to sit near Burnand & Lucy. Taken away. He was called Burnand's brother. Turned in 12.20. Lucy 'Good night Lord Sambourne'. Mr Pierpoint 'Here lies the wife of Roger Martin. And good wife to Roger she was for sartin.' Lord Powerscourt. What did you expect? Ostrich feathers.
Monday July 30 On board S.S 'Arcadia'. Up at 6.45. Bath. Packed leisurely. Breakfast & got away at 9.0 to Southampton by tender & off by 10.0 train. News of Coronation of King of Italy. Up to town with Causten, Aird, Lord Davey & little Czarnikow. Otley met me. Drove C.C. No wire. On & called 23 Oakley Crescent & home to lunch. Very tired in afternoon. Tried lay figure. No good. Left at 6.15 after writing letters & by bus to the Punch Dinner. Met Reed & Seaman on doorstep. Good dinner. L.B, E.T.R, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & O.S. Tenniel got subject of King of Italy, self Kruger. Left 10.20 & home by Tenniel's cab & bus. Rested in room & bed at 12.20 after snooze. Mr Call 'Do I behold Mr Burnand?' (Red ink: Back from S.S.Arcadia. 'Punch' dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Rachel Alexander.) Tuesday July 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Took camera to church & snapped 4 photos. Back & skemed subject of Kaiser & Map of Paris. Photod Otley in frock coat at 12.0 & developed etc. Finished by 3.0. Rest & read Pot Boulle. After to work until 8.0pm. Dined by myself & by cart to Empire Theatre. Dull. Out & home by bus. Bed at 12.0am. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg.) Wednesday August 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out for walk round Campden Hill. Breakfast. At work all day on Kruger & Map of Paris. Finished 7.30. Dined 7.45 & by carriage to Vaudeville Theatre to see a stupid play called 'Kitty Grey'. Saw Phil May & wife & Lawrence Bradbury & Dudley Harvey. Ellis Jeffreys not bad. Left & home by bus. Heavy showers in the afternoon. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Went to see play 'Kitty Grey'.) Aug 1900 Thursday August 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15 & packed bags etc. Breakfast 8.30 & after got off by cab for C.C. There at 10.40. At 11.15 photod Miss E.Warwick 2 nd time. Out 1.30pm. Lunch at Garrick. Saw Marshall Hall, C.Gill, Campbell Praed & Col Jones. Bought silks etc at Burnet's. Home by cab. Off by cart at 4.15. Caught 5.3 from Victoria. Met Caryll Ansdell & a Mr Heron in train. Wet going to Glovers. Took refuge in Infant School. M met me at 6.45 in hall. Dressed. Dinner 8.0. Bed 10.30pm. Cheque sent from the College of Surgeons for £52.10.0 in the morning. (Red ink: Photod Miss E.W. Came down to Glovers in afternoon.) Friday August 3 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.30. Dull & rainy morning. Papers & wrote letters. In fact a gale all day. Wrote many letters & read. Felt livery. Rest after lunch. At 7.0 went for walk & found myself at Greenings. Home 7.50. Dinner 8.0, M & self. Bed 10.30. (Red ink: Great S.W gale raging.) Saturday August 4 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.10am. Breakfast. M had pigeon. Letters from London. Cheque for £35.14.0 sent for Paris expenses. Wrote letters. M & Nurse & Baby left in the brougham at 11.0 for Nymans. Wrote etc. Lunch 1.20 & left on cycle at 1.45 for Nymans. Lovely day. Fresh breeze. Got there 3.5 Sat out & went round
grounds etc. Young Gibbs there & another young man & Miss Gibbs. Left at 6.15 & back home. Carriage caught me up at Ifield. Dressed. M, self & Mite dined. M felt seedy & went up to bed. Had eaten something disagreed with her. Rest & smoked big cigar. Bed at 11.0. Slept in Spare Room. Nightmare. (Red ink: Cycled to Nymans & back.) Sunday August 5 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.30. Breakfast 9.15. M remained in bed. Mite's birthday. A few presents. Mite went to church. Read 'Madonna of the Peach Stone' by Maurice Hewlett. Dull & cold. North wind. In all day. Rain all afternoon. Baby with his mother & grandmother. Worked on design for Chromo Litho. After wrote Lennie. At 7.0 went up to Greenings. Many rabbits about. Poaching dog. Rural. Back at 8 minutes to 8. Dressed. Fire in Hall. Dinner & bed 11.0pm. Monday August 6 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.30. Slept in Spare Room. Breakfast with Mite. Letters & notice from Henry Barr paying in money. Wrote letters & after designed circular Boer & Britain for Chromo Litho. A dreadful Bank Holiday. Squelches of rain & high wind all day. Baby crying after lunch at 3.30pm. All afternoon doing tracing & drawing for Chromo Transfer Company. Sent letters off at 6.15 by groom on horse. After went for walk. Miserable soaked yokels about. M, Mite & self dined quietly at 8.0 & bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Bank Holiday. Rained the entire day & gale o' wind.) Tuesday August 7 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.30. Breakfast. Fresh breeze but brighter. Wrote letters to Lennie etc & went to post. Coming back determined to go to Guildford & Bisley. Left at 11.10. Got to Reigate at 11.45. Waited till 12.40 before train came in. Bad & dear lunch at Inn. Tried to get to Bisley via Worplesden & Brookwood. Rain. Waited under arch & after wandered about town & into an old furniture shop. Caught the 4.5 train back. Got very wet coming from Reigate where I had a bad tea & toast. Home 6.45. Changed & wrote Wolff. Dinner & bed at 11.20. Watch stopped. (Red ink: Cycled to Reigate to try to get to Bisley. Late train & rain.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Quintin Twiss. Obituary of Quintin Twiss.) Th Aug 9.) Wednesday August 8 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.15. Bath. Dull grey morning. News in Times of poor Tip Twiss's death. Put things up. Mite & M going to Nymans. Left in luggage cart at 12.15. Up to town. Otley met me. By cab to C.C & Garrick. Lunch. Talk to Bangs about accident. Lord Rathmore, Reeve & Chudleigh. To C.C. Photod E.J. from 4.30 to 5.30. Out 6.0 & to Garrick. Talk to Col Jones & on to Punch Dinner. Walked. F.C.B, J.T, self, A a B, O.S, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Good dinner. Got cut of Anarchy & left with Tenniel & home by bus The only one on the bus all way Piccadilly to Kensington. Electric Light burning. Read papers & bed. (Red ink: Went up from Glovers to town. Lunched Garrick Club.) Thursday August 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8am & walk round C.H. Wrote on drawing of Autolycus. After it poured with rain all day heavy squelches. Enlarged in wet 2 photos of Mabel
Hall & got to work in the afternoon on drawing of Anarchy & Belgian Flag. Could take no photos on account of the wet. Stace came at 11.0 altho' I had wired for him not to come. Dined by self at 8.30pm & to bed after uncomfortable smoke in my little room. (Red ink: Heavy wet all day. Did not go out.) Friday August 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round C.H. Gave old woman 6d. At work all day on figure of Anarchy & Belgian Flag. Rainy at times & very dark in morning. Photod MacKay at 10.0am for arms with pistol & got to work at 12.10pm. Dined at 9.45 & bed 1.0 after snooze. Man from Miles's came & fitted on a dress coat at 5.30pm. (Red ink: Photod Mackaye for pistol. )
Saturday August 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. Fine morning. Put all things straight etc & at 12.0 photod Otley in a soldier's dress & for Boer. Developed etc. Lunch & after preparing got away at 4.15 & in hansom to Victoria. Crowd of people. Very ugly man with German wife in train. Luggage cart met me Horley & home. Dear M & Baby there. Lennie & Mite back at 7.10pm. Quiet dinner & bed at 11.0 tired. x. Cheque from Campbell Praed for ten guineas for Postman & Boy Messenger drawing. (Red ink: Came down to Glovers. Lennie back from Camp.) Sunday August 12 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 9.10. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Long ramble round grounds with M. Pigeons, pigs, robin etc. Lunch. Baby on lawn. At 4.0 Mite & Lennie left in the brougham, Lennie to go back to Bisley. Tea. At 5.30 cycled 15½ miles to Newdigate & Rusper & home. Coming out of common found I had a puncture. Home 7.15. Newson said he could mend it. Dinner 8.0pm. Quiet evening & bed. Slept in Spare Room. (Red ink: Lennie left. Cycled to Newdigate. Puncture coming home.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Thomas Keith.) Monday August 13 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.0am. Slept in Spare Room. Breakfast 8.40 & off starting on cycle. Tyre deflated. Newson said it was the valve. Had to stop to blow up. Intensely hot & a great trouble. Altered indiarubber in valve & got to Reigate Station at 10.32. Train did not start till 1.45. Frightfully perspired. Young fellow in train who told me to go to Bros-Dennis. Had new inner tube put, 8/9, 3d postage. Went to Williamson & bought an old bronze sword. Gin & G beer. Started 12.30 & on to the Camp. Arrived 1.20. Wash. Put collar on & lunched with Roy & Lennie. After saw shooting butts, kitchens etc, Lennie & Roy's tent. Introduced to Col Campion, Major Pierson & also Gen'l Sir Henry Fletcher. Left 4.30 after tea. Broke a glass with W & soda in it. L & R cycled back to Guildford with me. Looked over Olivers & Williamsons & left Guildford at 6.30. Back & cycled home along the road to Crawley, 45 minutes exactly. Home 8.40. Bath. Dinner. Good. M had given notice to Kate. Very tired. Slept in Spare Room. (Red ink across page: Went to Camp to see Lennie & Roy. Very hot.) Tuesday August 14 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.30 & letters. Bad print of Punch. After fitted lay figure. Hot day. Squared prints. Signed Mrs Harding's fan, & writing letters all day. Rest
in afternoon. Baby chipped his nose. Barometer glass fell out. Field day or sham fight at Aldershot for the boys in Camp. Went for cycle ride to Ifield. Saw Mark Lemon's grave. Only 60. Born 1810, died 1870. After met Dr Martin & girls in the roadway. Home 7.55, 10 miles. Dinner, M, Mite & self. Very tired after. Bed 11.15. Strange dream of Spencer, Adah, Daggles & Hilda & a baby all coming at 2.0am to stay at Mite's. Wednesday August 15 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.10. Slept in Spare Room. Drew cheque for £2.9.0 after for Isabel Bridewell who leaves this morning. After cut lay figure clothes out & began the drawing for the Chromo Litho Company up to 1.30pm. After lunch packed leisurely. Good bye to dear M & Mite & Baby & left on bicycle, my bags following in trap. Got off by the 4.40 & to Victoria. Otley met me, took things home. On to the Garrick & C.C. Wrote Wolff etc. On to Punch Dinner. A à B, Tenniel, self, O.S, P.A, H.W.L. Talk to P.A about the printing of Punch coming on to next page. Phil A lost his temper with waiter over bottle of Champagne not being brought back. Got subject of German Emperor & F.M.Graf von Waldersee. Left at 10.40 with Tenniel & put down at Isthmium. No evening paper at home. Read article in Macmillans Magazine on servants. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink across page: Left Glovers for town.) Thursday August 16 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.0 & walk round Campden Hill. After breakfast skemed subject Count von Waldersee & German Emperor. At 1.45 photod Otley. After enlarged & also enlarged drawing for the Chromo Transfer Company. At 5.0pm to 8.30 drew it in in outline. Dined by myself & to bed at 11.30pm, tired. Friday August 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & worked 2 hours before breakfast on drawing of German Emperor & Field Marshall Count von Waldersee. No walk. After on to work & finished drawing at 5.0pm. Had sent Otley for guns. Packed & dined 7.0pm. At 8.0 left in 4 wheeler to Euston 4/s. Left by the 9.0pm for Perth. Ought to have taken Apollinaris with me. Thirsty in night. Got out at Crewe 1.20am & got 2 bottles. Drank one 1/2d. In train again slept uneasily. Dream of Robert Willis senior & Aunt Linley. Wrote on drawing for Campbell Praed. M went with Mite to Crawley, Nymans. Note. Always take Apollinaris & also to go by the midnight train. (Red ink: Left for Ballinluig.) Saturday August 18 On board train to Perth. Woke at Dunblane. Slow train. Arrived at Perth 9.20. Breakfast. Train left at 10.0am instead of 9.30. On to Ballinluig. Trap met me & on to Ballechin. Miss May, Miss Mulligan, Mr & Mrs Pirrie, Mr Dugdale, Mr Torrey, Mr Schwabe. Got to house at 11.45. Changed & at 12.30 went to shoot by self. Pony up hill. Young Sinclair Keeper. Got 3 brace grouse & 4 hares. Tired walking up hills. At end met Pirie & Torrey. Back at house 7.20. Milk & soda. Dressed. Dinner. After in Billiard Room. Won 2/6 at Billiard Quoits & after 4 Pools till 1.0am. Divided 3 of them & to bed. Slept like a top. Found out to have started by the 11.50pm train from Euston should have been at Perth sooner. (Red ink: 1st morning's shoot by self.)
Sunday August 19 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.20. Bath & out & ate gooseberries. Back. Breakfast 9.30. Dull morning. At 11.0 Fred May arrived. Wrote letters the entire morning. Lunch. At 2.30 Mr Torrey left. Played 50 up with Mr Schwabe. Rain came on. Read Pearson's Monthly. Tea & talk at 5.0pm. Too wet to go out. After in afternoon before dinner wrote a very long letter to Schomberg MacDonnell. Pirrie reading near. Dinner. Sat next Mrs Pirrie & talk to Dugdale. After told story of Johnny Hare & Lockwood with Bell. Pool. Won about 10/s. Bed after at 12.0. Wolff did not play. (Cuttings glued in: Silver Wedding of Herbert Fitch and Jeannie Gillingwater. Obituary of Ewen Macpherson. Obituary of Viscount Encombe. T.Au.21.) Monday August 20 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.0. Down. Mr & Mrs Pirrie & maid left at 9.50. Dull morning. Wrote M. Hung about & at house till lunch. At 2.0 started on a rough carthorse up hill. Mr Dugdale, Mr Schwabe, Mr May & self. Began shooting at 2.45. Very good afternoon. Self & Mr D both wiped one another's eyes. Self got 6½ brace & one duck. Poor Schwabe coming down hill. All walked home past the house with garden. 2 fine girls walking to Pitlochry. Self & May walked home. Bath & dinner. Miss Mulligan & self. Oh lor! Dullish dinner. After Pool in which Wolff joined. Again won a trifle. Played Freddy May 100 up. Lost by four for 2/6. Bed 12.0am. Slept well. (Red ink: Best day's shoot.) Tuesday August 21 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.0. After wrote letter to M. 2 letters from her written Sunday & Monday. At 11.0 we all drove, Wolff, Dugdale, May, self & Schwabe to shoot at further moor down road. Rode rough horse up hill. Began about 12.0. Misty & fine rain. Shot 3 lapwing. Plovers in mist. Walked on. No birds. Lunch & a good one in a little hut on hill. Lid of stove broken by door. Fired gun across the lake. Wolff Schwabe & self went on. The 2 other guns went up high on the rocks. Wolff on the rocks 'This is no place for me'. Wandered on. The only birds got were 1 brace by self. At 4.0 Wolff & Schwabe left & I went on by self. Got 1 brace and a grey hen with young Sinclair. Went to look for snipe. Left off at 5.30 & walked to carriage by 6.0 exactly. Old woman & jugs. Home by 6.20. Bath & dressed by 7.0pm. Long hour before dinner. Sleepy. Dull dinner. Pool after. Won 2/9. Played May 100 up & was beaten badly. Bed 12.0. Read. Heavy rain all night. Slept fairly well. Dream of Wolff & Miss May at Hotel. Wednesday August 22 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.0am. Bath & down. Heavy uncompromising rain. Breakfast. Snipe & sole. At 9.45 Miss Mulligan & Mr Dugdale left in the wet. Read Gay. Wrote diary & letters. Wrote a long letter to Edgar & finished it before lunch. After could not go out for the pouring rain. Read a stupid book called The Yellow Danger. Tea. Half packed bags. Still raining at 5.0pm. Read & wrote long letter to Edgar.Walked in rain to P.O & sent wires off. Back. Dressed. Dinner. After a Pool. Divided. Two Mr Barbours came & a Mrs Barbour. Played 100 up with F.M. Beaten by 30 points. Bed. Read Yellow Danger. (Red ink: Poured with rain all day.) 'In all the fulsome fervour of poetic hyperbole'. Thursday August 23
Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.0 & dressed for shooting. Breakfast. After at 10.30 F.May, 2 Barbours & Schwabe went up hill for beat. Ten minutes after self went by self & Sinclair up hill on good pony. In first 40 minutes got 3½ brace grouse & a snipe. After to lunch time nothing. Began 11.30. At 1.30 Wolff & Mr Richardson rode up. Good lunch. After no birds. Wolff & self missed one. Thunderstorm & heavy rain came on. Wolff in lime pit. Left them. Walked home. Going thro' wood got a curlew which came screaming over & a rabbit. Old William put it up & gun too. Back. Tea & packed. Dressed. 2 Barbours & F.M & Schwabe back. Heavy rain on hill, 7 brace. Left at 6.15pm in dog cart & to Ballinluig. 2 brace of grouse put up. To Perth. Put bags with porter. Came across Colonel Ward Bennett at dinner & after a Colonel Spencer. Left comfortably by the 10.5pm train. 2 pillows & went to sleep after reading at 11.0pm. Woke 7.30am. Very comfortable. Friday August 24 On board train from Perth. Woke 7.30. Wash etc. At Euston 8.25. Otley met me & home. Letters etc. Got to work on Wolseley & Bowls. Photod Otley 11.30 & developed. Enlarged. Worked all day & finished 9.40. Dined by self & very tired after. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Returned to Stafford Terrace.) Saturday August 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. Yes, went round C.H. After put all things away. Developed phos etc etc all day. Felt rather seedy. Roy back at 4.30. Tea. He went to dine with a Mr Hamilton of his regiment. Self dined alone & went up to try & get into the Hippodrome. Could not. To Empire. Saw Mr Godfrey Turner. Good slack wire girls. After to Garrick. Saw Mr Percival, Cap'n Marshall, Dot Boucicault & another. Freddy Warre & Campbell Praed. Stayed till 1.0am & had liqueur of whiskey which gave me a headache all the next day. (Red ink: Roy back from Camp.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Gustave Cluseret. Fri Aug 24.) Sunday August 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & breakfast 9.0am. Fresh wind. Roy & self got off at 10.15 & by bus to Victoria. Down to Dover. Almost empty train. Saw Captain Dixon. Over to Calais. Met Samuels on board. Fair lunch. Little girl with hair blowing about & good teeth. Back & home at Stafford Terr 7.50. Dined by selves & to bed 11.0pm. Going to Dover train ½ hour late. Very unusual. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Calais. Fine fresh day.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Tregaskis.) Monday August 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Had nightmare in night. Got up. Out round C.H. Everything dull & miserable. Roy to breakfast. Man came with plate warmer. An abomination. Up & wrote letters & diary. After the whole morning printing photos etc. Lunch at 1.30. Roy in. Left at 2.20 & by bus to the Camera Club. Photod Miss Herbert for Germania. Tall sensible good model. Out & back to Stafford Terrace by cab. Dressed. 1st day of plate warmer. Roy did not come back to dinner. Back 8.15 when he dressed & we went by cab to see for 2 nd time 'A Messenger from Mars'. Hawtrey not in it. After to Garrick Club. Amusing evening. Joe Carr, Freddy Warre, Percival, Chudleigh, Seymour Hicks & another. Sat till 12.30am when home. Bed 1.30am. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Avenue Theatre. Saw 'A Message from Mars'.)
Tuesday August 28 Stafford Terrace. Up late 8.50. Down. Did not go out. Wrote letters. After Roy packing to go to Teignmouth. Printed blues till lunch. Remains of curlew. Roy away at 2.30 with cycle & Otley. After developed 2 doz plates. Should have liked to go to Charlwood. Tea. Worked on drawing for Chromo Lithograph Company. Dressed. Dined by self & after went by cab to Alhambra. Saw Sam Heilbut & Dr Goodson. Called C.C & Garrick & home by bus. Bed 12.30am. Tired. (Red ink: Roy left for Teignmouth. Designed Chromo Litho drawing.) Wednesday August 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Walk round Campden Hill. Delightful letters from Maud. Fine morning at last. Grill a success, or rather Hot Plate. After worked all day on drawing for Chromo Litho Co. Left at 6.0 by bus for Punch Dinner. Called C.C. On to Bouverie St. Wrote 3 letters before dinner. After A à B, J.T, self, E.T.R & O.S dined. Quiet pleasant dinner. Tenniel touchy about Incandescent Gas. Left with him at 10.40 & home by his cab & bus. Bed at 12.0. Tired & livery. (Red ink: Designed Chromo Litho drawing.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edward Quaile. The Duke of Orleans at Marienbad.) Thursday August 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round C.H. After got on & designed Yankee Carrying Coal. Photod Otley for that & for Home Railway cut & developed & enlarged by 1.0. Lunch. Left at 2.15. To C.C. Photod E.J for novel series. Out 6.0 & home by bus. Tea at Garrick. From 6.30 to 8.30 got on with work when dined by self & did not go out. Bed at 12.0am. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir John Lawes. Sir John Lawes baronetcy passes to his son.) Friday August 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 am. Walk round C.H. Woman playing organ same as last week. All day at work on drawing of Yankee Carrying Coal. Finished at 9.30 & dined 9.45. Up in my room. Dull & tired. Went to bed 10.45 & slept nearly 10 hours. 4 C.L.L.P. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir John Lawes.) Sep 1900 Saturday September 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45 late. Heavy rain. Out for walk round C.H. In morning got remaining material ready for drawing for Chromo Litho Co. Put things straight & packed. Lunch. Otley went for Summons. Otley back at 3.5. 4/3 cost of Summons & fine. After packed & got away 4.30 for Victoria. Came across Hamilton at station & went down with him. He gave me some Dutch cigars. Coachman met me. On to Glovers. Dear M had had indigestion. Quiet dinner. Curious candle with wick on one side. Bed at 11.0. x. M & self together. (Red ink: Down to Glovers. M by herself there.) Sunday September 2 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.30. Breakfast. After got to work on Chromo Litho Company. Put in pencil outline etc. Lennie & Mite back at 12.0 noon. Lunch. After at tea Lennie discussing Roy. Went back to work. Walk round wood & saw keeper. Got hawk's wings (kestral). On to Greenings. Lovely evening & walk. Champagne
for dinner & quiet evening in Drawing Room after. Bed 11.15pm. Colder at night. (Red ink: Began Chromo Litho drawing.) Monday September 3 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 7.50. L went off to business 1st time since July 26th. After got to work on Chromo Litho drawing. Put outline in of Heraldry etc. At it from 9 to 2.0pm. After lunch wrote letters & went into wood with M & Mite for sloes & blackberries & nuts etc. Work from 4.0 to 6.0pm. Lennie back & both went to get rabbits. Self got 3, Lennie 1. Shot a little one. Dinner & in Drawing Room after. Sleepy. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Shot 3 rabbits. M with me.) Tuesday September 4 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 7.50. Breakfast. Lennie off. Worked all day on drawing for Chromo Litho Co. Put Peace & the other figures in. Walk round. Saw 6 rats on bank by water. Lennie & M & Mite back in carriage. Walk round by field. Dinner 8.0. Serious talk with Lennie about Roy. L said he ought to go on the Stock Exchange. After in Hall. Read & smoke. Bed 11.15. (Red ink: Lennie first said Roy ought to go on the Stock Exchange.) Wednesday September 5 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 7.50. Breakfast. Lennie off. After to work & finished drawing for Chromo Litho Co at 2.30pm. Lunch. After packed & M & Mite drove me to station. Sent drawing off by registered parcel. Up to town. O met me. Took bags home. After to C.C & Garrick. Wrote letters. On to Punch Dinner. Smallest I ever attended. A à B, J.T & self. J.T crotchety etc. Good dinner. Made cuts up & left at 10.30 with J.T. Home by cab & bus. Up in my room. Bed 12.30. (Red ink: Smallest Punch Dinner ever attended. Finished drawing for Chromo Litho Company.) Thursday September 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Out 8.30 & to Kensington. Children back to school. No C. Breakfast. Sent Otley to May's for trees. Skemed subject of Pilgrim Kruger & after photod Otley in Pilgrim dress. Developed & enlarged by 4.0pm. Up in room & on to work. Dear M back at 6.30 from Glovers. Worked till 8.0pm & M & self dined quietly. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Enlarged photos for next week, Shepherd & Fool. (Red ink: M returned from Glovers.) Friday September 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out on cycle round Earls Court. Sent Otley with 1/s for old woman. M went out to see Mr Messel's doctor. Could not see him. Worked all day on Kruger as Pilgrim at Pilgrim's Rest. M & self dined quietly at 8.15pm, Mackay waiting. Bed at 11.0 afer quiet evening. Saturday September 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Went for walk round C.H. & after breakfast had hair cut. M packing. Put all things away & packed & also wrote dates on all blue prints. Put Photo House in order & filled hypos. Lovely morning. Dined at 6.30 & left in a 4 wheel cab at 8.0pm for Euston. Had good carriage to ourselves. M went to sleep directly. Thought of making putty lay figure. Slept off & on & woke at Carstairs. (Red ink: M & self left London for Tressady.) 1883
1886 1889 1890 1891 Left 9.0 Saty, arrived Sunday. 1892 " 8.0 Thursday. 1893 " 8.0 Friday. 1894 " 8.0 Friday. 1895 " 8.0 Friday. 1896 " from Edinboro. 1899 " 8.0 Saturday arrived Sunday. 1900 " 9.0 Saturday arrived Sunday 9th. Sunday September 9 On board train, Carstairs. M slept fairly well & self also. On to Perth. Breakfast. Met Archie Stuart Wortley. On by coupé to ourselves to Inverness. Saw Miss Janet Lewis. Lunched at Grantown, Inverness, 1.30pm. Difficulty of waiting rooms. On to Tressady. There 5.45. Loafers at all the stations. Had a nasty indigestion headache from tomato or the sour Claret at lunch. Went for a walk round the Golf Course. Back. Met Lady Frances Gordon Duff, Newton, Gordon Duff & Mr Walsh. After dressed. Lady Margaret very lame. Took Lady M into dinner. Mrs Richards ill in her room. (Red ink: Arrived Tressady. Had headache after lunch. Stayed all day.) Monday September 10 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.30 & breakfast 8.30. Miss Milly Taylor left after & also Ryle. At 9.30 all drove to shoot Craig-na-Faer, Mr Gordon Duff, Mr Walsh, Mr Richards, Newton, Vernon & self. 6 guns. Walked well all day. Did not shoot much. Long walk round to Murray's cottage. Home. Had tea, poor, & after bath. Dressed & dinner. Took self in. After a game with matches to pick them out. Bed 11.15. Very tired. Newton asleep. A great walk & did it well. Slept in M's room. Not comfortable. (Red ink: Long walk all day over Craig-na-Faer. 6 guns.) Tuesday September 11 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.45. Breakfast 8.30. After went in & began drawing of Home Rails. Worked up to luncheon. All in at luncheon, Vernon & all. Richards & Newton had been shooting rabbits. Went on to work till 7.10 when went for walk by self up to top of hills behind Tressady. Back, dinner. Sat next Lady Frances. After game of Jacoby & bed 11.15. (Red ink: Tressady. Worked all day.) Wednesday September 12 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.45. Breakfast 8.30 after. Went on all day with drawing of Home Rails. Lunch. Vernon in. The Rev A.K.Douglas arrived at 1.45. Went on to work & finished at 7.0pm. M in room reading. Did not go for drive. Sent it off by post. After dressed & dinner. Went in by self. Good dinner. Game of Jacoby after. Self won it. Smoke & bed. Vernon had the gramophone playing in morning in porch. Mr Walsh & Mr Duff went to shoot over dogs. (Red ink: Tressady. Worked all day.) Thursday September 13
Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.30 & had breakfast 8.30. After at 9.30 all started off to shoot the home beat & Forkins. 6 guns. A.K.Douglas, V.W, self, H.A.Newton, Mr Walsh & H.E.Richards. Had a good walk. Did not get many birds. Lunch & tea back by Menzie's cottage & Murray's. Had milk & soda. After bath. Dressed. Took Lady Frances Gordon Duff in to dinner who had been fishing at Lairg with her husband. Game of Jacoby in evening. Sleepy after. Bed 11.15. Vernon & self last up. (Red ink: Very long walk all day, 6 guns. Tressady.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Judge Dundas Gardiner.) Friday September 14 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.0. Breakfast 8.0. Took M peach & off by 8.30 to catch 9.15 train for Brora. V.W, Richards, Newton, M Walsh, Mr Duff-Gordon, A.K.Douglas & self went. Got to Brora by 10.30. Mr Gordon Duff & self played an 18 hole course. Got beaten by 1 hole only. Others except Vernon played a foursome. Lunch. Hot brilliant sun all day. After lay down. Indigestion. Scotch urchins asking for some small money. After had a dip in the sea. Went back. V.W & Mr G.D playing single. Nelson came to me. A local match being played for a fishing rod. Saw a lot of them T'ing off. Caught the 5.15 back. Larky looking maid at Hotel & waiter. Home. Had tea. Wrote Mr Castle & wired about the 2 nd P, L.C & D. Dinner. Took Lady M in. Discussion about the King of Hanover. Not long in Drawing Room. Bed 10.50. (Red ink: Golf day at Brora. Bathed.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Emily Breffit.) Saturday September 15 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.45. Breakfast 8.30. Took M a peach. Started at 9.30 to shoot Home Beat with Mr Gordon Duff. Very hot walk. Fraser Keeper & brother. Dogs. Lunch by spring at 1.10pm. 5 brace. After got 17 brace. At 5.30 met Vernon & Lady Frances & Rosalind on hill. Back at 6.30. Long drink. Bath. Opened big Apollinaris. Wrote diary. Dinner. Went in by self. Mrs Richards down 1 st time. Game of Jacoby after. Sleepy in Smoking Room. Bed 11.15. Good night. Strange dream of a girl painter like Lucy Kemp-Welsh. (Red ink: Mr Gordon Duff & self shot together.) Sunday September 16 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.45. Lovely morning. Breakfast 9.35. Rosalind & peppermint. After all morning writing letters. Lunch. Took Hock. At 3.0 Golf Tournament. Richards won. R versus Newton, V.W versus self. V.W 51, self 5. Mr Gordon Duff v. Mr Walsh. Mr G.D got into Reservoir. Over by 4.0. Tea. Croquet, V.W & H.R v. N & G.D. Newton won. Read. Rosalind & Sportsman's Directory. Train not in till 6.10. Letters 7.0. M dressing. Took Mrs Richards in to dinner. Talk of Pyramids etc. After game at matches in glass. Sleepy. Bed after smoke. Talk of Cruise of the Falcon. (Red ink: Golf Tournament at Tressady.) Monday September 17 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.40 & breakfast. Lovely day. Bright sun. Newton said good bye & left at 11.0. After break at door 9.45 & all went to Craggie for black game. Mr Walsh, Mr G.Duff, Mr Richards, Mr Douglas, self & Vernon. Poor sport. Very hot. Shot a rabbit & a wood pigeon. Pigeon not picked up. Grey hen came out of wood at me. Long tramp across moor to other woods for black game. Shot 1 hen, 1 grouse. Lunch from 1.10 to 2.30pm. Poor day's sport. Douglas shot a
viper. Walked home by 6.0pm. Saw Lady Frances & Swedish governess on hill. After long drink. Wrote letters & bath. Dressed. Took Lady M in to dinner. Talk of Undine & Sintram etc. Felt very sleepy at Jacoby & also after in Smoking Room. Bed at 11.30pm. Mr Walsh to go tomorrow at 6.50am. Said good bye. (Red ink: Newton left. Black game shoot at Craggie.) Tuesday September 18 Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.45. Down. Douglas & Mr G.Duff went off to fish. Wrote many letters & endeavoured to skeme subject for Xmas page. Also wrote labels. Lunch at 1.30. After at 2.20 the school children came up. 3 pipers. Rosalind excited. Went out & helped at games etc. One sturdy black haired little lassie Ellen Mackenzie took most of the prizes. After greedy scramble for the cake etc. Gipsy woman glaring at M. News in the paper of the Duke of York going to Australia. Letter from L & C Bank to say I had bought at 82 L.C & D 2 nd P. Took self into dinner. Quiet evening. 1 game Jacoby & bed after. Sleepy. (Red ink: School Treat at Tressady.) Wednesday September 19 Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.45 & left 9.30 in break. Richards, G.Duff & self. Long drive to Murray's cottage. Stiff walk to where dogs laid on. Leg off doll picked up near Langwell. Tossed which should shoot. Self odd man out. Began climbing. Fraser (illeg) & self got one bird almost at once. After shot a fox on hill. Lunch. 2 brace before lunch. After got 4 brace, 3 hares & fox altogether. Climbed to top of Craig na Faer. Tea by self 4.0pm. At Murray's 6.35. Home 7.40. Rush to dress & bath. Took Lady M in. Good dinner. 1 game Jacoby after & to bed early tired. Long climb. (Red ink: Long drive. Shot by self & also shot a fox.) Thursday September 20 Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.45. Last morning. Wrote all letters. Breakfast. Mr Gordon Duff & Douglas went off fishing. Good bye. Left at 11.0am. Rosalind & plate-lifter. Mr & Mrs Richards M & self carriage all the way to Perth. They got out at Kingussie. Rain. Richards bag lost. On to Perth. Small boy on luggage. Dinner at Station Hotel. Long wait. Saw after Richards bag. Had been sent back. Got off 10.30, ½ hr late. Bother about carriage. M got to sleep 10.45 & slept well all night. Self restless. (Red ink: Left Tressady with M.) Friday September 21 On board train from Perth. Woke 8.0 after restless night. M slept very well. 1 hour late. Arrived Euston 9.0am. 1 horse bus home. Otley at station. Lovely morning. After got to work all day on drawing of Waldersee & Russia & France. Finished 9.0pm & M & self dined quietly. Bed 11.30 tired. (Red ink: M & self arrived home from Tressady.) Saturday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round Campden Hill. Board next door (Mrs Campbell's) taken down. All day putting things away & tidying up. Developed 5 plates taken of E.Warwick in July. M left for Glovers by cab at 1.15pm. Self at 4.0 or 3.30. Sent Otley with cycle to Charing X & down by the 5.0 to Reigate. Cycled on past C.Ansdell's to Glovers. M, Mite & Baby, Lennie & Evelyn Coward. Hungry.
Good dinner. Wine did not agree with me. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went down to Glovers, M also.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Helen Fladgate.) Sunday September 23 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 9.0am. Most lovely morning & hot sun all day. Felt seedy & headache all day from Claret last night. Lennie, M, Mite & Evelyn went to church. Sat down & skemed the Almanack Page from 11.0 to 12.15. Went to the church to try & see them. Could not. Met Baby & Nurse Francis. Back. Lunch. Rest in chair after. L & M went for drive to call on Lady ? Worked again till 6.15pm. Lennie & self went for cycle ride. Back at 7.10. Dressed & dinner. Young Gibson came to dinner. Match game after. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Young Gibson at dinner at Glovers.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir John Barrow.) Monday September 24 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.30. Late for bath. Never again. Breakfast. Lennie off rather huffily about not knowing if he was to leave or not. Wire from M.H. Left at 10.50 & cycled to Reigate. Lovely morning. Came over dull & heavy rain afterwards. Up to town. Waited on bridge between Charing X & Cannon St 20 mins. Train ½ hr late. Otley met me & took cycle. Bath Club shut up. Lunch at Garrick. Saw Arthur à Beckett looking worried. After to C.C. At 2.30 photod Mabel Hall for Xmas Page. Dull dark afternoon. Out 5.0pm & to G.C. Otley brought bag & dressed there. Dined by self. Joe Carr & Seymour Hicks at dinner. Went to see San Toy. House full. Had chair at side. Home by bus after & read paper. (Red ink: Dined at Garrick & went to see 'San Toy'.) Tuesday September 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round Campden Hill. Wrote letters & after wired J.T. After lunch developed 36 plates. Some of E.J taken in August, most of M.H taken yesterday. Put to dry etc. Left at 7.0 & to Garrick by bus & dined by self. Sat next Whittle. Talk to Sir James O'Dowd about Arthur à Beckett's son Pat. Then on to Gaiety & saw The Messenger Boy. Rosie Boote good. To Garrick, wrote letters. It was at 12.0am I saw Sir J.O'Dowd & not after dinner. Talk to Charley Gill then. Home by hansom cab at 12.30am. (Red ink: Saw The Messenger Boy after dining at the Garrick. Saw Rosie Boote for last time. After engaged to the Marquis of Headford.) Wednesday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round C.H. After in morning brilliant sun. Printed a lot of blue prints of phos taken Monday. Lunch & left at 1.45 & by cab to C.C. Photod E.J for Xmas work & Japanese. Out 5.0. Tea at Garrick & to Welby's to choose a present for M. Back to Garrick. Wrote name on part(?) pages. Left 6.45 & walked to P.D. A à B, J.T, self, O.S, P.M, B.P & E.T.R. Talk of elections & Tenniel very X & crotchety. He left at 10.45. Left 11.15 & home by bus. Self the only one inside to Knightsbridge. Home 12.15. Read papers & to bed 1.0pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Earl Howe.) Thursday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out round C.H. Drizzling rain. No letter from M. Skemed subject of Goschen & Punch. Uneasy about my Xmas Page. Sent Otley to May's for Minister's dress. After lunch went on top of bus in pouring rain & photod
the Admiralty & back by 2.45. At 3.15 photod Otley for Goschen & Punch. Developed & just got prints from enlarging by 6.0pm. Hard fit. Up in room. Put phos away & wrote letters. Dressed 6.45 & dined by self. Drove up to see new play by J.M Barrie at the Garrick Theatre called 'The Wedding Guest'. Drove in hansom. Left coat at the C.C. Unpleasant play. Sat behind Mr Critchett. Saw Wyndham, the 2 Spottiswoodes after & missed Claude Watney. Went to Garrick with the S's after seeing Mrs Turquand. Home 1.15am. Tired. (Red ink: Went by self to 1st night of The Wedding Guest by Barrie.) Friday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round C.H. Band playing. At work all day on drawing of Mr Goschen & Punch. Went on till 9.0 when finished & dined by self. List of securities sent from the Bank. Harmsworth security not in it. Bed at 12.0 after rest. Very tired. (Red ink: Sold above drawing after. No, did not. Sep 22 1901.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Eliza Linley. Obituary of Lord Esme Gordon.) Saturday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Very tired. Walk & after in morning squared up & put the size of Xmas Drawing all ready. Lunch by self on a grouse & at 4.0 left for C.C. Called Camera Club & went to Reigate by the 4.24 & down. Lovely afternoon. Got to Glovers without lighting lamp. Dear M all right. Gave her choice of 3 jewels I had brought with me. The Hohlers & Mr Heron & Evelyn Coward to dinner. M wore her comb with diamonds. Very tired & sleepy after dinner. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: At Glovers. M's birthday. Gave her some diamonds. The Hohlers & Mr Heron & Evelyn Coward dined.) Sunday September 30 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.30am. Fine morning. After breakfast went on to skeme the Xmas Quadruple Page. At 11.45 went to the church. Saw Mr Gibson. A young man named Falk came on a cycle. Walk round the garden & farm. Afterwards in the afternoon it poured with rain & Falk could not go back. Stayed & dined. Good dinner. Talk & smoke after. Lennie sang. Bed 11.15. Match game. (Red ink: Skemed Christmas page for 1900, or rather the Quadruple page for Almanack 1901.) Oct 1900 Monday October 1 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 7.30. Breakfast. Lennie off. Left on cycle at 9.0. Took me a full hour to get to station. Very hot. Up to town. Otley met me & took cycle. To C.C. & then home by bus. Got to work in earnest all day on Xmas Drawing & skemed it out practically as I shall draw it. Dear M back at 6.0pm & we dined quietly together 1st time here since coming from Scotland. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: M returned from Glovers. Self cycled to Reigate.) Tueday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & round C.H. After the entire morning photoing. Brilliant sun. Photod the Punch volumes, briar for rose, drapery & self as Punch. Developed them & after to work at Xmas page. M & self dined quietly & to bed after.
Wednesday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round C.H & after got away at 10.15 walking with me. To C.C. At 11.15 Miss Hall came. Took another lot of photos for Xmas page & out 1.0pm. To Wilby's & left the jewels. Saw Bancroft. Lunch with Hare, Bancroft, Scoones etc. After a talk with Bence-Jones. Home at 3.0 & developed all the plates taken & put to dry. M back. Left for Punch Dinner at 6.10 & by bus all the way. P.A, B.P, H.W.L, F.C.B, back 1st time since (blank) Arthur à B, J.T, self & O.S. Got cut of German Emperor & China. Talk of presentation to Tenniel. Left & home by bus. Home 12.10am. (Cutting glued in: Death of W.B.Kingston.) Thursday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Slight head. Walk & after skemed subject of the 2 Emperors. Sent Otley to May's for Chinese dress. After photod self & Otley for German Emperor & Chinese. Very wet & dark. Great difficulty in enlarging in afternoon as it simply poured with rain. Got done by 4.30 & up in room & got the picture composed. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. The Elections went in favour of the Government, 16 plus majority over last Election. Bed after snooze. Cold. Edgar & Sophia Herapath dined with us. Had fire in Drawing Room & bottle of Champagne. They left at 11.0. Cab had a kicking horse who kicked at Sophy. (Red ink: Edgar & Sophy dined.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of William Beatty Kingston.) Friday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Walk round Campden Hill. After the entire day up to 8.45 at work on drawing of German Emperor & Chinese Emperor. Bothered with hands. After M & self dined. Very tired & exhausted. Bed 11.30. Elections going in favour of the Government. (Red ink: Did a remarkably good cartoon, German Emperor & Chinese Emperor.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of John Chapple, of a daughter.) Saturday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out for walk round C.H. No school children now. After the entire day preparing for Xmas drawing. Very tired. Made experiment with Electric Blower & cut my thumb badly. The lay figure no sort of good. Went on. Photod lay figure in 2 positions. Put things away etc. After lunch developed & enlarged. Took 3 of Otley on steps for Punch. At work up to 6.0pm. M went to call on Mervyn. M & self dined quietly together. Good dinner. After rested in chair & to bed 11.30. At 10.15 a slight sore throat came on. Why? (Red ink: Cut my thumb badly with Electric Fan.) Sunday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Out 9.30. A most lovely day all day. Brilliant sun. Prepared for photo model sent by Seymour Lucas. Old man. Had Otley round 12.15. Old man came 12.30. Photod 6 plates at 12.45. Exposed 2 twice over & altogether made a mess of it. He left at 1.15. Developed & went on to enlarge all the afternoon. Sore throat in the bargain. Mervyn & Galbraith called. G asked M & self for Novr or Decr. Went on developing & got ready to commence outline tomorrow. Otley took 2 heads of me also for Punch. Not very successful. Monday October 8
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round Campden Hill. After worked all day on drawing for Xmas No. Drew Punch & books in. Enlarged some of the plates over again in afternoon. At 7.0 dressed & left in carriage to dine with Mervyn at Dieu Donné Restaurant. Met a handsome Mrs Westmacott & a Mr & Mrs Buckland from Australia, M & self, 7 in all. Cold rather bad. Left at 10.15 & drove home. Colder. (Red ink: M & self dined with Mervyn & Ethel at Dieu Donné.) (Cutting glued in: Deaths of Francis Stainier, Henrietta Steward, Ann Threlfall.) Tuesday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round Campden Hill. In morning worked on drawing for Xmas Number. Re-enlarged a number of photos for drawing. After went on with the drawing. Put Time etc in. Worked up to 7.45pm. Mervyn & Ethel came to dinner. Talk of Japan etc. Very tired. They left at 11.0pm. Cold rather bad. Photod wings of birds & enlarged them. (Red ink: Mervyn & Ethel dined.) Wednesday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wrote letters. Did not go out before breakfast. After left at 10.0 & up by buss to C.C. At 11.30 took some photos from Miss E.Warwick for Xmas No. Left at 1.0 & home. Mite & Evelyn Coward in to lunch. Developed the photos on Cadett plates. Very bad. Never use them again. Up at 3.30 & on with drawing. Put Toby in in pencil & book. Left at 6.15 for the Punch Dinner by bus. Acct of Court Marshall on poor Pat à Beckett in paper. Sir W.A back. L.B, B.P, P.M, H.W.L, F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, O.S & P.A. Left at 10.30 & home by bus from Fleet St. Phil May's story 'I see you've got your number in. Yes! Thanks to split in opposite party!' Agnew's 'If I'd a wife like thee I'd never get up at all'. Roy back from Teignmouth at 6.30 this evening. (Red ink across page: Roy back from Teignmouth.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Marquis of Bute. Wed 10 Oct) Thursday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round C.H. After sent Otley to May's & skemed subject of Chamberlain as Don José. Photod Otley & Roy at 1.0pm for cloak. Developed after & got prints. At 4.0 went on with drawing for Xmas No. Put flowers in in ink. Tilda arrived at 6.0pm. M, Roy, Tilda & self dined 8.15pm. Roy arguing. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Cold still bad. (Red ink: Tilda Frick came. Left Saty Novr 3rd.) Friday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning. Walk round C.H. Met Chumps 1 st time since June 19th. Back to work all day on drawing of Chamberlain as Don José. Lovely sun all day. Fire for 1st time in Study. At 2.0pm photod the window cleaner for hands. Mite in in afternoon. Finished 8.45 & dined, M, Tilda, Roy & self. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Cold still bad. India rubber plant taken up into the Drawing Room. Saturday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round C.H. After put things away. All day putting in bramble in drawing. Roy left at 1.30 for Mite's. Work in afternoon. M & Tilda went to see San Toy. Quiet dinner M, Tilda & self & read after. Bed 11.30pm. Sunday October 14
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk. Read acct of acquittal of Pat à Beckett. Gave old woman 6d. After in morning packed & put in roses & Punch's face. Lunch 1.30. Left 2.0 in cart. Cold. Drove to Liverpool St station. Drunken man tumbled into 6 foot way. Met Cecil Montefiore & a friend. They went as far as Cambridge. After saw Stanhope. Then on to Eccles Road. Trap met me & at Attleborough at 7.10pm. Went to room & dressed. Took Mrs Lawrence in to dinner. Charming party. Miss Cochrane, Mr & Mrs Grahame Stewart, Mr Charles Russell & a son of Lady Dorothy Nevill's. Music by Miss C after. Wonderful autograph book. Bed at 12.20. Slight head & tired. Woke up in night. (Red ink: Went down to Quidenham.) (Cuttings glued in: The Court Marshall at Dover, acquittal of Lieutenant P.à Beckett. Death of Lady Cochrane, widow of Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane. May 29 1901. Miss Minnie Cochrane, Lady in waiting to Princess Henry of Battenburg. Times Nov 25 1905.) (Red ink: Mr Cochrane who I met never said his father was a Post Captain in the year 1805 (must have been 1808) at 19 years of age. He must have been 67 when father of Mr Cochrane. Enclosed cut from Times May 29 1901, death of his mother. He must have been 86 when he died in 1872. No, 83 in 1872. 2nd cutting taken from Sunday Times Novr 5 1905. Born 1789. At 19 1808. No, 83 in 1872.) Monday October 15 Quidenham Hall, Attleborough. Waked at 7.30. Bath & out. Fine cold windy morning. Breakfast 8.30. Began to shoot at 9.45. Got partridge long shot 1 st barrel & hen pheasant after. On for drive. Not very successful. Too much wind. 5 guns as over bar Mr Nevill. Wonderul lunch. Grilled turkey & plum pudding. On again. Mr Cochrane got a snipe. Finished up at 4.0 with wonderful drive into Park. Got 2 brace. Left off & to house & changed. Head Keeper Purnell. Tea. Good bye. Drove to station & off by 5.25pm. Talkative man got in at Cambridge. At Liverpool St 8.30. Good bye to Lawrence. Drove to Rules & had A1 dinner. I doz natives, steak & soft roe, pint stout, 6/3. Home 10.5 by cart. 3 brace birds. M & Tilda up. Bed 11.15 after snooze. Name of gold mine in New Zealand given me was Way-hi mine. (Red ink across page: Came up from Quidenham with Lawrence. Dined at D.Rules. Good.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of William Thomar. The wife of Richard Rose, of a son.) Tuesday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. M had a cold in head. Cold. Out & over C.H. Met C going to school. Back. Wrote letters & tidied up. Got to work at 11.15am on Xmas page. Finished Punch, his rose etc & after drew in the central figure in pencil & after lunch the head in ink. Worked up to 8.0pm when dined. Quiet dinner, M, Tilda & self & a fresh partridge. Quiet evening & bed after. (Red ink: Last met C going to school.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of William Thomas.) Wednesday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & walk round C.H. After in morning got to work on Quad page. Put in lamp & Staff etc & bothered about foot of figure. Took it out many times. Worked up to 6.0pm when dressed & went to Punch Dinner by bus. Owen Seaman called & could not see me. Sir W.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, A.G (back 1 st time since July 25) F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S. Annoyed by R.L criticising my last week's drawing of Chamberlain as Don José. The whole table a farce. Suggested cartoon myself. Left at 11.0 & home all way by bus. The design for Tenniel's silver box on the tapis. (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Garstin.)
Thursday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round C.H. After the entire day at work on Quad page. Put in drapery of figure etc. Roy back in afternoon from Glovers. M out to see Fanny Barker, lunched there. Quiet dinner in evening, M, Tilda, Roy & self. Bed after snooze at 12.0am. Letter in morning from Mrs King who used to sit in '95-6 & I thought dead long ago. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Charles Tyrrell to Agnes Livesey. Marriage of Archibald Home to Violet D'Arcy.) Friday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round C.H. No Chumps. Band. After putting star on necklet in Quad drawing at 11.0 cartoon of John Bull & Salisbury. Finished at 8.10pm. Dined quietly, M, Tilda, Roy & self. Bed 11.30 after snooze. Saturday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round & saw Lennie, Mite & Baby. Baby not well. Back. After breakfast worked entire day on Xmas Quad page. Put Time etc, wings & scythe in. M up in my room. Man from Post Office called about damaged parcel for Mrs Harding. Roy went & dined with Mr Davison & to the Gaiety after. Locked out. M, Tilda & self dined quietly. Snooze & bed at 12.0am. Lennie & Mite & Ruth Messel X'd the Channel for Paris. Sunday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Walk past Hornton St. Most lovely morning. Extra ordinary high thermometer. Breakfast. Roy locked out last night. Worked all morning on Quad page. Put in books & Toby. Lunch. Dear Baby round. After from 1.45 to 4.0pm Roy & self cycled thro’ Queens & Richmond Park & home by Putney. Stopped at the Curse of the Katerfelds. Home. Tea. Baby amusing. Worked from 4.0 to 8.0 on Quad. Put in figure of 19 th century & details. Dinner 8.0pm, M, Roy, Tilda & self. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Morgan. 21 Oc.) Monday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Overslept myself. Out for walk. Lovely morning. Read 'Times'. Leader on fashions. Mackay leaves this day. Came November 21 st '99. Went on to work all day on Quad page. Finished outline, stars on dress, Temple background, roses etc by 2.45pm. Began to shade books. M in room. Went on till 8.0. A job servant M had employed came & knocked at the door & said she wished to leave. 'I do not like the place. I would never be happy here' etc. She left then & there. MacKay very kindly stayed on. Dined 8.15pm. Roy went after to Empire. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Extraordinary high barometer. (Red ink: A job servant refused to stay. 'Did not like the place'.) Tuesday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Drizzly morning but glass very high. Invite from Mr Steinkopff for shoot on Saturday. Went thro' Kensington & round by Campden Hill. C doubled back round Stout's. Breakfast. Went on with Quad page. Headache. Put in Time etc. Took head out after lunch. Worked & went on shading drapery of principal figure & also arms & forehead just before dinner. Quiet evening & bed 11.0 after. (Red ink: Last saw the schoolgirl Chumps.)
Wednesday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round C.H. Work on drawing for Quadruple page. Shaded the head of girl etc. Worked up to 6.0pm when dressed & left by bus for Punch Dinner. Girl in bus at Charing X with head like my mother as a girl. Punch Dinner. P.A, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L & O.S. Got cut of Hamlet & Polonius. Left at 11.0 & home all way by bus. Bed 12.30pm. M had not enough to eat at dinner. MacKay's last day. Thursday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out for walk round C.H. & after to work all day on drawing of Quadruple page for Almanack. Finished Time, foreground etc etc & at work up to 8.15pm. Nearly finished. M had a swelled face. New job maid waited & not badly, a little Irish girl. After quiet evening & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Mackay left for good.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lady Bowman. Death of Sims Reeves. Times, Oc 26 1900. The wife of George Sismey, of a son.) Friday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Worked from 7.30 to 9.0 before breakfast. Put in the letters on Volumes etc. Breakfast. After on to the Quadruple from 10.0 (Red ink: and at 12.0 (noon) finished the Almanack Quadruple page.) Sent it off. Got to work on cartoon of Chamberlain as Polonius & Balfour as Hamlet. Roy & Tilda went to Her Majesty's Theatre. Finished 9.0am & dined by self. Job maid waiting. Poor M in bed with a swelled face. Wrote 4 letters after dinner & waited for Roy & Tilda. Bed at 1.0am. Tired. Saturday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 6.0am. After breakfast at 6.35 left in cart at 6.55 & got to Victoria at 7.20. Down to Haywards Heath. Put gun up etc. Fly met me. Long drive to Lyndhurst. There at 9.55. Met Major Gordon & Kolnitz, Major Lister, another Major like H.Langley, a man with a beard & a young man who could not shoot. Began 10.30. Many drives. Left off at 1.0 & lunch till 3.0. Dr Parker. After shot again. Lovely day. Only got 7 birds, 25 pheasants all told & 2 rabbits. Back. Changed. Sat by fire. Dressed. Dinner. Took Mrs S in. Had whisky & soda. No Champagne & no coffee. Talk after & to bed at 11.30pm. Very tired. Did not sleep well. Dream of asking for candles as the Electric Light would not work. (Red ink: Great 'to do' in London. The C.I.Vs never turned up.) The young man who could not shoot was Mr Fox Adams. (Red ink across page: Went down to shoot at Steincopffs.) Sunday October 28 Lyndhurst, Haywards Heath. Up 8.30. Out for stroll. Breakfast. After got out to read. Overtaken on a seat by Major Gordon. Walk round. Talk of Mr S. Mr S & his deferential new gardener. Again on seat. Mrs S overtook me. Walk round. Lovely yellow leaves. Lunch. After talk. Wrote letters. Snooze. Down in room & talk to S & Kolnitz about investments & Lennie. Also furniture. Dressed. Dinner. Lamp disagreable. Burgundy & Champagne. After long talk about many things. Bed 11.15pm. At Steincopffs. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Friedrich Max Muller. Will of Frederick Max Muller.) May 22 1901. Monday October 29
Lyndhurst, Haywards Heath. Up 8.45. Packed. Out. Breakfast. After most wonderful detailed story of Mr Kolnitz about the late Sir W.Pierce. Tall young woman in black with white handkerchief. Met by P. Followed. Went mad. Put under restraint. Doctors. Irate father assaulted Pierce. Stead. Mother & dynamite. Girl married to a doctor for £5000 etc. Left at 11.0. Drive to station. Met Major Lister. To Victoria. Rain. Otley met me. On to Athenaeum. Saw Barnes & Lewis Coward. Saw the C.I.Vs march past. Great crowd. Conrad Cooke & little Prof Bell. Left at 3.50 & walked home. Met Hartree. M in room still seedy. (Red ink: Story of Sir William Pearce. Came up from Steincopffs & saw the C.I.Vs march past the Athenaeum.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein.) Tuesday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out for walk. To Kensington. Watched school. No C. Saw an old man taken into Police van. Back. In morning put all things straight in room etc. Lunch. After at 4.15 went up to meet Lennie & Mite at Victoria. Called 40 Ennismore Gardens & left drawing of Goschen for Mr Cobb. To Victoria at 4.50. Train not due till 5.35. Went to C.C & back. Waited on platform. Tall lovely woman also, like a Juno. Detained till 6.45. Lennie, Mite, Ruth Messel arrived. Mite bitten by mosquitos & bad cold. After went into the Restaurant with them & then home at 7.0pm. Wrote letter. Dinner, M, Tilda, Roy & self. Had our own grapes to dinner. Grown at the back. (Red ink: Went to meet Lennie & Mite returned from Paris.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Arthur Eykyn, of a daughter. Obituary of the Earl of Darnley.) Wednesday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out for walk round C.H. After in morning wrote letters & at 10.15 went up by bus to C.C. Called May's & got Mephistopheles costume. Photod at 11.45 Mrs King who last sat to me Monday 23 March 1896. Altered. Out by 1.15 & home by cab. M, Roy & self to lunch. After packed. Sent Otley with bags to Victoria, Roy & self in cab. Met Mr Walsh at Victoria. To Crawley. Roy & self walked as far as mile further than Peas Pottage. Carriage with Mr Messel & Mr Arthur Ricardo overtook us. To Nymans. Mite & Lennie there. Dressed. Dinner. Good. After played Mr Ricardo 100 up. Beat him. To bed at 11.15pm. Mite had a very bad cold. (Red ink: Photod Mrs King. Went to Nymans for shoot.) Nov 1900 Thursday November 1 Nymans, Crawley, Sussex. Woke up by servant at 7.0am. Dressed & breakfast 8.10am. An apparently hopelessly wet morning. Doubts as to shooting. However at 9.45 started. Guns, Lennie, Roy & self, Major Bigge, Mr Arthur Ricardo, Mr Fox Adams, Mr Lester Reed. Seven in all. Mr Messel out under an umbrella. Cleared up till lunch bar one shower. Good high birds over the wood. Slaughter of duck after. Horrid wet after lunch. All the birds at last drive went to Major Bigge & Mr Ricardo. Changed at 5.0pm. Tea & left 5.45 with Mr Ricardo. To Victoria. Otley met me. Home 8.25. Dressed & dinner. Dividends. Good subject for next week. Mr Cobb, 40 Ennismore Gardens, sent me cheque for fifteen guineas for drawing. Bag 90 pheasants, a few ducks, 7 rabbits. Self shot 15 pheasants, 1 partridge, 1 pigeon, 3 rabbits, 2 ducks. (Red ink across page: Good day's shoot at Nymans.)
Friday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. July 22. Out for walk round C.H. After all morning skeming subject of Caliban & Prospero after writing letters. Worked up to 8.45 when finished. M, Tilda & self dined quietly. Wire from F.C.B about tragically serious cut. Bed at 12.0am after snooze. Tired. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Major General Sir Charles Du Plat. Obituary of William Charsley.) Thurs Nov 8. Saturday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull muggy morning. Tilda left in a 4 wheeler at 9.10am. Had walked round Campden Hill. Put room in order & wrote letters & cheques. After at 12.0 dressed & M & self left at 12.45 & by carriage to Rules. Had 2 dozen oysters & also soft roes. After to Drury Lane & saw a play called 'Price of Peace'. Good box BB. Gwen & Evelyn went also with their governess. Saw Harding Cox & Lewis Coward also in theatre. After bought pears at Covent Garden & sent M home in carriage from King St. To Club. Tea. Saw old Sir Wm Howard Russell who said he was just alive that's all. Also Bernard Partridge & H.J.Irving. Walked as far as Piccadilly Circus & home by bus. Wrote letters & diary until dinner time. M & self dined quietly. Very sleepy after dinner & snored. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Tilda Frick left.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Charles Taylor Du Plat.) (Red ink across page: Went with M after lunching at Rules to see The Price of Peace, Drury Lane. Evelyn & Gwenny went.) Sunday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. Dull muggy morning. Decided to go to Calais. Started at 10.20 smoking a broken cigar. Met Mrs Lewis at Grosvenor Place with old dog. After little L. Had a headache which lasted most part of the day. Down in 2nd class. Long talk of the Barr Estate & Lewis's story of Mrs Bosanquet marrying the Count de la Prade. Daughter of Admiral Derriman, aged 28. £50,000 fortune ruptured. Dover. Met Capt'n Dixon. Pretty bold looking woman stared at Calais. Lunch. MerryW & his wife. Talk to Poynter. Good looking boys on board. Young Faudel Phillips. Story about Sir Fk Dixon Hartland who was on board. Thompson Lyon, Melville, MerryW. Train arrived Charing X 1 hour late. Shocking bad cab home. Dropped Lewis. Dined at 9.10am. M & self quiet evening after. Read book on Roman Society in the 4th century. Delightful. Bed 11.15. x. (Red ink: X'd Channel with Lewis.) Monday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Walk round C.H. Met Tip who went with me. Breakfast. Sent gaiters back. Wrote letters. Cheque from Chromo Transfer Co, 37 Newland St, received from E.J.Buckley. After the whole morning put things away. Lunch. Developed about 20 plates E.J, Japanese. Roy back at 4.30. Looked through the 'Times' since July. Dinner at 7.15. M, Roy & self went up in the carriage to the Vaudeville & saw a very stupid play called 'Self & Lady'. Seymour Hicks & his wife. Galbraith came into the box. Home by a 4 wheel cab. A new German maid came this day. Bed 12.15 after rest. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to the Vaudeville & saw 'Self & Lady'. Freda came.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Bill Yardley.) Nov 7 1900. Tuesday November 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Out & walked reverse way & to Kensington. No C. Back at 9.25. Breakfast. After the entire day looking over letters etc. Cleared drawers & wrote letters. Roy gave me Battels bills & Tom Brown's acct & Mess bill. Dull day. Developed some Langley plates taken April 8. After wrote letters, Store orders & looked over Tom Brown's acct. At 8.15 Lennie & Mite, Mr Douglas, M, Roy & self dined. 3 maid waiting. 2 bottles Champagne. Lennie very seedy with neuralgia. They left at 10.30. Read W.G after & to bed 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Lennie, Mite, Roy & Mr Douglas dined.) Wednesday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.am. Out for walk round C.H. Talk to Roy about Stock Exchange. Dull wet morning. After writing letter got off by 1.15 & by bus to Bond St. Met Montague Guest. Called Stohwassers. Ordered a coat & knickerbockers. After walked to Camera Club. Then to Garrick. Saw accident of horse going through Lauser's window. Teddy Clowes etc, Scoones. Wrote 2 letters. Lunch. At 2.15 photod Miss B.J. Out 4.0pm & to Bath Club. Turkish Bath & hair cut. Saw Macmillan & Lankester. Out 5.45. To Athenaeum & wrote letters. At 7.0 to Punch Dinner. Sir W.A, L.B, B.P, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, R.L, O.S. Discussion till 9.45. Left with J.T in cab. Very wet. Bus home. At Knightsbridge a very pretty girl in bus. Quite drunk. Got out at Church. Home 11.45. Bed 12.15. (Red ink: Drunken girl in bus a Knightsbridge.) Thursday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round C.H. Tip went. After wrote letters & skemed drawing of France & Kruger. Photod Otley at 12.30. Lovely morning. Developed & enlarged. Mite in to lunch. Worked from 4.30 to 6.45. Dressed & Roy & self went to dine with Ayala at the Carlton Hotel. Carriage never came up. Annoyed. Met a bounder & his son, the managing Director of the A & N stores, Tyrrel, Ayala's brother & another. Admirable dinner by Ritz. To Empire after. Then on to Douglas's rooms. No one I knew except the Waukes's. Roy had quite enough wine. Home by hansom. (Red ink: Dined with Roy at young Ayala's dinner at the Carlton. To Empire after & then to Mr Douglas's at home. Roy too much wine.) Friday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round C.H. After wrote letters & skemed or rather went on with drawing of France & Kruger. Worked all day & finished at 9.15 when dined. Not quite satisfied with hair of figure. Up in room after. Very tired. No evening paper came. Bed 12.30. Dream at night of Mrs King, F.C.B etc. Lord Mayor's day. (Red ink: This drawing sold afterwards.) Saturday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Very tired. Out for walk round C.H. Dropped ½ the Times. In morning printed 100 blues. Bright sun & very fine day. Dressed at 1.0 & left after lunch in carriage with M & went & saw Maggie Henderson married to Mr Schreiber. Met Judge Bacon, Snagges, Macleans, Parish's, Lulu Shannon & many pretty girls. Brentons, Armstrongs etc & Mite. Left at 4.0pm & home. Colder. Up in room. Squared prints. M on my sofa. Dined 7.10pm. Roy at Mite's. M & self left in a 4 wheeler & went up to see 'A Debt of Honour'. Judge Bacon also in our box. Last night of play. Thin audience & poor play. Home by carriage, M & self. (Red
ink: Maggie Henderson married. Went with M to see 'A Debt of Honour'. Judge Bacon in box.) Sunday November 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Lovely day all day. Slightly colder. Walk round C.H. No X'ing sweeper. After in morning began to put plates away etc. At 12.0 dressed & walked with Evelyn Coward & M to top of Row. Met Trower who said Maggie Henderson might have had the 'Pick of London'. After met Lennie, Ruth & Hilda & Lennie's cousin Meiklejohn. Put M & Evelyn in a cab & went up to C.C. No letter. To Athenaeum. Lunched by self & up in Smoking Room. A Bishop there with his legs over a chair. Looked at Dod's Peerage. After wrote many letters. Tea. Canon Harford there. Left 7.0 & home by bus. Lennie, Mite, Roy, M & self dined. Burgundy. Talk of Roy going on the Stock Exchange. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite dined. Discussed Roy's going on to the Stock Exchange.) Monday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wet morning. Round C.H. After the whole morning re-arranging my desk & plates etc. Put all away. Lunch, M, self. Went up by bus in pouring rain at 2.0pm to Stohwassers. Also called Photographic Exchange & Garraud's. To tea at the Garrick. Wrote letters etc. Left 7.0pm & home by bus. M, Roy & self dined comfortably. Snooze in chair after. Bed 12.15. Warmer. (Red ink: Called Photographic Exchange & traced it to Sands & Hunter. Decided to get rid of many old cameras etc.) Tuesday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Walk round C.H. Met Essex Villas. Breakfast. Much warmer. Letters etc. Letter from F.C.B about Lord Rosebery & Morley. Looked out & put up the old cameras. The 7 x 5 Meaghers, the whole plate of Rouch's (illeg) lenses, double backs etc. In afternoon sent Otley up with them to Sands & Hunters. Got to work & drew out the Rosebery & Morley drawing. Letter from F.C.B wanting it next week. At 8.0 Lennie & Mite came to dinner, M, Roy & self. Quiet evening. Talk of Devett's & Roy going on the Stock Exchange. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite dined. Decided that Roy goes on the Stock Exchange.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Bowen May. S & D Nov 18, 1900.) Wednesday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round C.H. Essex Villas. After in morning went on & altered subject of Morley & Rosebery. Sent Otley to May's at 10.30am. Fine bright morning. After photod Otley & self for Napoleon & Cromwell. Developed & enlarged by 3.0pm. M out in carriage to New Gallery. Rested in room till 4.30. Tea. Letters. Left at 5.45 & by bus to Bond St. Pretty girl with full lips like Ellis. To Stohwasser's. Could not get pattern of waistcoat material. Looked at Bond St. After walked to C.C. Called Sands & Hunter & Garrick & on by bus to Punch Dinner. Sir W.A, P.A, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S. Light went out. Had to assert myself about holiday next week. Left with J.T & put down at the Athenaeum. Wrote 7 letters from 11.10 to 12.0. Home in buss alone. Bed 1.0am. Thursday November 15
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Tired. Walk round C.H. Rain. After Otley putting bags up. Wrote labels etc. Got to work on drawing of Napoleon & Cromwell & drew the outline of it in. Worked all day up to 8.15pm when dined quietly, M, Roy & self. Quiet evening after. Bed 12.0 after snooze. M up in my room. Friday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round C.H. After all day at work on Rosebery & Morley. Wired V & C. Roy getting ready & left in cart at 3.45 & drove all the way to London Bridge to meet Lennie & to go to Haywards Heath. Finished drawing at 8.0pm after keeping boy waiting 3 hours. Mrs Neely called to say good bye before going to New Zealand at 4.0pm. Saw her at 4.30. M & self dined quietly at 8.0pm. Snooze & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Saw Mrs Neely for the last time. She leaving for New Zealand at once.) Saturday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Dressed & breakfast 8.15. Otley round & remaining things put up. Bus at door 8.55. Left at 9.10am for Euston. Dull morning. Saw Mr Brook at station. Luggage weighed. Tips. Pillow. Off at 10.0. At Carlisle 4.12. Walked at 4.20 to Robert Little's. Nothing worth having. Back & left Carlisle by 5.5pm, 12 minutes late. Good carriage. At Dumfries 6.0pm. On to Terregles by 6.30pm. Party in house Mr & Mrs Maxwell, Mr & Mrs Timms, Mr Peddie, Miss Brown, Miss Christie. A Miss Maxwell & her fiancé came to dinner. Ian dined to make 14. Good dinner. Talk & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Arrived at Terregles having travelled all day.) Sunday November 18 Terregles, Dumfries. Up 8.30. Out round house. Breakfast. After in morning wrote many letters (14). Took M at 12.30 for walk round house. Clear water. Ducks etc. Lunch. After smoke went to see colts & horses. Talk to Mr Maxwell on theatrical matters. Fine day. Back. More letters. Tea etc. Wrote diary. Dinner. Took Mrs Maxwell in. Afterwards told story of Sir William Pearce. Fitted. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Told the Sir William Pearce story at Terregles.) Monday November 19 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.0am. Down. Breakfast at 9.0. Started off in break at 10.0am to shoot on the hill. Guns, Mr Peddie, Mr Maxwell, Mr Clark, Mr Timms, Mr Galbraith and Mr Douglas. Shot same covers as last year. Did not do particularly well. Lunch on hillside on bank. Climb afterwards. Got 15 pheasants. Walk back at night. Men shooting ducks when quite dark. M seedy. Tea. Bath & dressed for dinner. Took Mrs Timms in. Puff game played after. Douglas at it, Mrs D disapproving. Douglas at top of hill with birds. Indifferent surly beaters. Big dinner of 18. Sir Henry Oldham & daughter & son. All left by 11.0. Smoke & bed. Tired. Roy commenced his career in the City with Mr Devett. (Red ink: Roy commences City life.) (Red ink across page: 1st day 's shoot at Terregles.) Tuesday November 20 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.0. Dressed. Bath & breakfast 9.0am. At 9.30 went up to write letters. Forgot the time & found trap at door waiting. Guns 7, Mr Peddie, Clark, Timms, Maxwell, Galbraith, self & a good looking elderly man named Pattison who afterwards shot 7 of my birds. Went outside, 1 bird, then into Park.
Joined by Mrs Galbraith, Miss Chrystal, Miss Brown. Shot coming up with beaters. Got 1 hare, 3 rabbits. Lunch in Harness Room. The covers taken the reverse way to last year. Got 38 pheasants, 1 pigeon, 1 hare, 3 rabbits. 43 head. Left off 4.30 in road where 2nd beat was last year. Timms got 23 birds. Back. Bath & changed. Dinner. Took Mrs Patterson in. Striking looking woman. Game of Puff. Smoke & bed at 12.0. Talk of otter hunting. Letter from Mr Dawnay accepting drawing in morning. (Red ink: 2nd & best day's shoot at Terregles.) Wednesday November 21 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.25. Dressed. Out with Timms. Mr Clark had left. Good breakfast. After read book on roads & houses etc. Diary. Fine lovely morning. Acrostic from Richards. Read & wrote letters. Lunch. Mr & Mrs Timms left. After read Scotsman. M & all others went to tea at a Hockey Club. Walked round the Park & picked up 85 cartridges, 9 Blues of old Patterson's, 11 Pergamoid. Back. Cigar & read. Bad impression in Punch. Disgusted. Packed bags. M & others had gone for drive to tea at the Hockey Club with Mrs Maxwell. Dinner. Took Mrs Galbraith in. Reduced party. Quiet evening & bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Off day at Terregles.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edith Schmaltz. Death of Walter Schwartze.) Thursday November 22 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 7.0am. Breakfast at 7.45. Left house at 8.30 sharp. Forgot Nataline. Drove to Maxwell Town station. Wired Midge & Sir John Gareth Barnes. Took tickets. Guns, Galbraith, self, old Pattison, Mr Maxwell 's brother & Sheriff Campion. Started partridge driving. Got rabbit & cock pheasant up in hill wild. After 3 partridges & wood pigeon last shot. Long walk back. Mrs Patterson met her husband. Back & packed. Dressed. Dinner. After at 10.0 dressed again & left at 10.30pm for Dumfries. Goodbye to M. Up to town. Carriage to self. Slept fairly well. Cold in night. (Red ink: Partridge shoot beyond Maxwell Town, also many pigeons.) Friday November 23 On board train from Carlisle. Woke at Willesden. Uncivil collector. Otley met me with cart. Hard frost. Home. Wrote M & after got to work. Skemed subject of Chamberlain & son & Caligula. Photod Otley at 12.30. Finished at 9.15 when dined by self & up in my little room after. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Returned from Terregles. Above cartoon gave great offence to Mr Jesse Collins who wrote a long letter to F.C.B about it.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Arthur Sullivan.) Sketch. Nov 28 1900. Saturday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20am. Tired. Breakfast. After wrote letters etc & left by bus at 11.0am to C.C. At 12.25 photod E.J. Short sitting no good as too dark. Out at 1.30pm & to Garrick Club. Saw many I knew. F.C.B came up as I was lunching & bothered about my being at the dinner on Dec 5. In Smoking Room talk to Bence Jones. After left & to Savoy. Met Joe Carr. Delighted with 'Patience'. Out & to Athenaeum. Wrote Hamburger & Co & theatres. Called Walls. Met Buck who was elevated. Home by bus. Out & got pine etc at Lower Butts after meeting Orton in bus. M back at 7.45 from Dumfries. Dressed & dinner at 8.30. Nightmare in chair. Could not walk along the street. Woman in stall next me laughed
immoderately at 'Patience'. (Red ink: Went by self in afternoon to see revival of 'Patience' for the 1st time. Saw it 4 times.) Sunday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Undecided as to X'ing to Calais. Went up after breakfast & changed & did go after all. Left by bus 10.20. To Victoria. Saw Douglas Gordon & Sir Edward Reed. Down Dover in carriage by myself. Delightful passage. Tall lovely woman who must be Lady Crossley in otter mantle trailing in the dirt. Lunch with Douglas Gordon. After long talk with Sir E.R. Met Conrad Cooke at restaurant who came over to meet his daughter. Good passage back. Saw the last of Calais Light. At Charing X at 8.0pm. Remarkably good hansom. Home by 8.20. Lennie, Roy, Mite, M & self dined. They left at 10.45. Told L & R about Burnand. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: X'd over to Calais. Met Sir Edward Reed. Good day.) (Cutting glued in: Will of Sir A.Sullivan. Fri.Jan.18.) Monday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Out round C.H. Breakfast. After wrote Johnson Ferguson etc. Printed about 20 blues & went on to write letters. Wire from Tree about box tonight. Lunch M & self. Sent Otley to Mite's. Read Random Recollections by William Tinsley. A bad ink-slinging book. Sent cheque for Roy's mess bill. After skemed at Index for some time. Could not quite hit on a subject. Dinner, M & self. Left in carriage at 7.55 for Her Majesty's. Had big box to see Herod. Lennie, Mite, Roy, M & self. Duchess of York opposite. Mrs Harrison, Mrs Trowers, Joe Parkinson & Mrs McTear in stalls. Striking play, well staged & Tree first rate. Miss Jefferies very bad. Left & home, Roy with us in carriage. Wet. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink across page: M, Roy, Lennie & Mite & self went to see 'Herod'.) Tuesday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round C.H. Met school girls. Roy off for his first journey from home to the City. After up in room. Wrote letters. Printed, no, yesterday. Went on with Index. M out in carriage. Lunch. Developed 18 plates, back takes. Miss Herbert etc. Up in room. Many callers. Baby came up & Hilda S.J. Worked till 7.50. Dressed. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Quiet evening after. Read Random Recollections by William Tinsley. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Burnand had the Literary Staff of 'Punch' to dine with him to discuss all sorts of things. Seaman told me on Sunday Dec 9th that one of the Literary Staff had proposed someone else but myself to succeed Tenniel.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Rev Alfred Kettle. Friday Nov 30.) Wednesday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Wretchedly dull day. Rain & dark. In morning got on with Index. After photod Otley in the dark for Punch & Index. Also enlarged crowd. Went on. Put soldiers etc in & the word Index. Dressed & left for Punch Dinner by bus at 6.20. A very pretty girl with her father & mother got in. Short, good figure. Changed & on to Bouverie St. P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S. No Tenniel. Got cut of Kruger in Holland. Home all way by bus almost by self. Roy in late from 'San Toy' where he went with Mite. Thursday November 29
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk round Campden Hill. Dull rainy day. Letter from F.C.B saying cut would not do. Bothered & finally went up at 1.0 to the Garrick Club to lunch. Saw L.Bradbury, Jones & Judge Bacon. Talk to Lawrence B. Went to office after writing letters. No F.C.B. Back home 4.30 having wasted 3 hours. On to skeme subject & sent it to F.C.B by Otley. M, Roy & self dined & after went up to the Savoy. Dora there. Saw Patience. All delighted. Hamilton L in after. Mrs Finch Hatton & Lady Colin Campbell in theatre. Home by carriage. Bed at 12.30am tired. Mite to take Argyll Lodge or York House. Fell down on omnibus step. (Red ink: Went to see revival of Patience for 2nd time. Mr De Paas was there also this evening & sent suggestion for cartoon.) Friday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Tired. Walk round C.H. Met Essex V. After back. More letters etc from F.C.B. All day at work on drawing of Kruger in Germany. Photod Otley at 11.30 & enlarged. Finished somehow at 9.20 & dined 9.30, M, Roy & self. Bed 1.0am tired. Above drawing proved altogether wrong as Kruger did not go to Germany after all. Emperor turned his back on him. Dec 1900 Saturday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dull morning. Walk round C.H. Met shop girls. Roy off to business. Death of Oscar Wilde. After put papers together etc. Developed after lunch 30 plates taken of Miss Herbert, Aug 27. M standing about doing her flowers etc. After up in room & got on with Index. Wrote F.C.B & sent Otley. Otley had left for a fire at Cadby Hall. At 8.15 dinner at home. Upset by confusion sitting down. (Red ink: Home dinner of 8.) (Plan of table seating: Mr Galbraith, Mrs Routh, Lennie, Mrs Galbraith, self, Mite, Harry Routh, M.) All well. 3 bottles Perinet & 1 bottle '74 Ayala. The '74 gone. Told tale of Sir William Pearce. All left by 11.30. Roy not back from Midge's. Bed 12.15am. Sunday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Down & after sent Otley to F.C.B with letter. Went on with Index. Spencer, Hilda & Daggles in. Letter from F.C.B. After lunch photod Otley & Roy for aesthetes. Nearly dark. Developed 8 plates of Mabel Hall taken Sepr. After up in room & went on with Index. Had written Fk Harrison about permits. G.Turner wrote a nasty letter. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. M went to bed early. Self snooze till 12.15am. Then put papers away in Studio & to bed at 1.15am. Lay long awake. Walk round C.H. Gave old woman 6d. (Red ink: Photod Otley & Roy for aesthetes.) Monday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15am. Dressed & put things up in bags etc. Breakfast 8.45. Bus at door 8.30. Left at 9.25, M & self. Fine morning. Cheque from Mr Dawnay sent. Roy went with us in bus as far as Twopenny Tube. On to Euston. Mr Brook civil. Lady with red mantle & good looking man. Began to rain at Rugby & kept on all day. Good lunch. Counted cartridges, 375. On to Carlisle. No change to Kirtle Bridge. On platform pouring with rain. Got on to front seat of omnibus with Mr Aynesworth. At Springkell 6.45. Dreary wait for tea. After dressed & dinner at 8.0pm. Took Mrs Aynesworth in. Corked wine. After in Drawing Room until 10.20. Smoke & bed. House very warm. Party, Lady Roxboro, Mr & Mrs
Aynesworth, Mr Mitchell, Mr & Mrs Willets, selves, Mr & Mrs J-F & son. (Red ink across page: M & self left London & travelled to Springkell to shoot.) Tuesday December 4 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up 7.20. Dark. Better morning. Down & wrote Otley, F.C.B. Sent cheque to Bank. Breakfast 8.45. Bad coffee. Left house 9.45. 7 guns, Mr Aynesworth, Mr Willets, 2 Mr Johnson-Fergusons, Mr Mitchell, self & another. Got 7 duck, 2 rabbits, 35 pheasants. Shot fairly well but missed three with gallery looking on. A solemn dour loader. Good lunch. Talk to Mr Aynesworth after. Back home 4.15. Tea. Bath. Wrote letters & diary. After smoked pipe. Dinner. Took Lady Roxboro in. Wire from Otley after. Bridge played. A Mr & Mrs Steel came. Smoke in Billiard Room & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Shot at Springkell, not very well.) Wednesday December 5 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up 7.45. Decided not to put on shooting things. Breakfast. Goodbye & left at 9.45 by dog cart to station. Met a motor car. Horse shy. After caught the 10.18 from Kirtlebridge to Carlisle. There 1 hour. Civil porter. Walk into Carlisle. Saw a hunting sword in a pawn shop, £1.0.0. Back. One other in carriage to Crewe. A man who had been in the yeomanry in South Africa. Interesting talk. Lunch. Refused to sit opposite an old lady. Snooze & at Euston punctually 6.30pm. Otley met me. Pouring rain. Hansom to 10 Bouverie St. No Tenniel, no F.C.B & dragged up 350 miles. Punch Dinner very slow. Sir W.A, P.A, L.B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, self, R.L, O.S. A deputation of Sir W.A, L.B, P.A, A à B & E.T.R left at 9.40pm to leave the silver tobacco box on Tenniel. Self did not go. Left at 10.45 in cart. Otley drove me to Euston. Left for the north again by the 11.50am. Difficulty in getting change. Broken rest all night. (Red ink across page: Foolishly came up from Scotland. Neither Tenniel nor F.C.B at the Punch Dinner. Went back to Springkell by the mail train.) Thursday December 6 On board train to Carlisle. Woke up by guard at 5.40am. Crossed over to train for Kirtlebridge. Took cold coffee. At K 6.40. Drove Springkell, there 7.0am. Bath & in bed for ¼ hr. After dressed in green suit & all left after a poor breakfast at 10.0am to shoot Home Covers. Bad luck all day in stands. No birds came for me. Out of temper at luncheon. After in all got 28 pheasants, 2 rabbits & 1 woodcock (the only one). With ordinary luck should have got at least 50 birds. Left off at Factor's cottage & walked home 4.0pm. Tea. Wrote diary. Changed. Bath. 7 guns, Mr Mitchell, Mr Steel, Mr Ayneswirth, Mr Willis, 2 Mr J-Fs & self. Bath after & sleepy before dinner. Took in Mrs Johnson-Ferguson. Changed after & left at 10.30pm. Got into train. Refused sleeper. Changed into 1 st class compartment & went to sleep. (Red ink: Returned to Springkell from Euston. Shot all day & caught train back at night.) Friday December 7 On board train to Euston. Woke at 6.20 Willesdon. Found that the train was due at 6.25. Waited ¾ hour for Otley. Drove home by 8.10am. Worrying letters from F.C.B altering cut, re-altering & finally leaving it as it was. Worked hard all day. Photod Otley at 11.30 for arms of aesthete. M back from Springkell at 7.15pm. We both dined at 9.30pm & to bed very tired at 1.0am after snooze. (Red ink: Came up by self from Springkell having travelled all night.)
Saturday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Tired. No walk. After breakfast put all photos away from drawing of Kruger as aesthete. M out in the carriage. After left at 11.35 & by G.W.R to Goring. Saw Henry Chaplin. Good lunch at the Swan. Back. Twopenny Tube for 1st time. Mistook my way & walked to Pembridge Villas. After home by 15 past 5. Tea & from 5.45 to 8.0 worked on Index. Put machine gun in. M & self had a quiet peaceful dinner. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: In Tuppeny Tube for the 1st time. Went down to Goring & back. Saw 'The Swan' under water on Sunday 14 Feby 1904 driving with Mrs Kemp.) Sunday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15. Did not go out all day. Worked on Index & put Punch & Toby in in the morning. Lunch, M & self. Developed many plates. Some of Miss Sibley taken last January. Up in room & went on to shade till dinner time. Galbraith called. At 15 minutes past 8, M, self, Roy, Mite, Lennie & Owen Seaman dined. Quiet so so dinner. Talk to O.S after about Punch matters & F.C.B's dinner to the literary staff. They all left by 11.0pm when read a book on American humour. Snooze & bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Owen Seaman dined with us at Stafford Terrace.) Monday December 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Walk round C.H. After all day at work on Index. Shaded & finished it in afternoon. Dressed & up by cab to the Hotel Cecil calling at C.C. Dined with Sir Fk Dixon Hartland. Next (illeg) Gardner. Saw many I knew. Rose, Sir John Heron, Maxwell, Sheriff, Lawrence etc. Noble Smith & others. Talk to Rose & Noble Smith. Home at 11.0pm by omnibus. Read & to bed. (Red ink: Dined with Sir Fk Dixon Hartland at the Savoy, no, the Hotel Cecil. Saw Rose & Noble Smith.) Tuesday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After M went away early to the Stores. Left by bus at 11.0 & up to C.C. Called at Sands & Hunters, Garrick & May's. After to C.C at 12.0. Waited till 1.30. Just leaving when Miss Donnely came late. Absolutely no good at all. Out & after to Athenaeum Club. Wrote letters. Old gentleman being catechised. Another old lunatic in Regent Street. Home by omnibus after getting Wall's sausages. Did 2 hours work & after Roy & self walked to Mite's. Good dinner there. Mite, M, Lennie, Miss Robertson, Roy, self & Mr Johnson. Mr J left with a bronze of The Dying Gladiator. Home by a 4 wheel cab. Notice in Times of drawing of Kruger in Patience. (Red ink across page: Dined at Mite's, M, self, Roy & Daisy Robertson.) Wednesday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & walk round C.H. E.V crossed road. Went on after breakfast & drew Punch as Finis hanging up his rifle. Developed back plates taken Oct '99. Worked till 6.10pm when to 'Punch' Dinner in omnibus. F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, L.B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. 4 cuts made up promptly. Tenniel told me that he intended to resign at end of the year. Said he was 'No good'. Home by his cab & bus. Thought had dropped letters & crossed the road again. Read & to bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Tenniel informed me of his intended resignation.)
Thursday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Walk round C.H. Saw E.V. After breakfast finished Tail for Index. Skemed picture of De Wet as Will o' the Wisp. Photod at 1.30 Nash's plumber & his man held up cloak. Miss Robertson's brother to lunch. Developed after & got to work at 4.30 after rest. Fire went out. Dinner 8.10pm, M, Roy & self. Miss Robertson out with her brother at the Hippodrome. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Miss R on stairs. Invitation to Bylaugh came yesterday, Wednesday morning. Daisy Robertson with us, came in late. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Basil Peto, of a son.) Friday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk round C.H. No E.V. After wrote many letters. Sent Otley to Chappel & Co's, New Bond St, W. He came back with trombone. Skemd & photod Otley for Kruger & Leyds for 2 nd cartoon & after went on to finish cartoon of De Wet o' the Wisp. Finished 8.0pm when dined, M, Roy & self quietly. Read & snooze after. Saturday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & out for walk round C.H. Enlarged photos taken of Otley yesterday for cartoon of the Xmas Waits, Kruger & Leyds. Went on all day & drew out the cartoon in morning & afternoon. M & Miss Robertson went to see San Toy & back in the evening. Quiet dinner, M, self & Daisy Robertson. Quiet evening & snooze after. (Red ink: Daisy Robertson with us.) Sunday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & out for walk. Gave old woman 6d. All day at work on cartoon of Kruger & Leyds as Waits. Developed a few enlargements after lunch for tomorrow. Nearly finished by dinner time. Roy at Nymans, no, Glovers, with Lennie & Mite. M & self quite quiet by ourselves & peaceful. Read after & to bed at 11.30 after snooze. Daisy Robertson also dined with us. Mr Lemon & Mr Douglas called. (Red ink: Daisy Robertson with us.) Monday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & walk round Campden Hill. After the whole day doing Preface. Wonderful. Began it 11.30am & finished at 6.45pm when left in a hansom for Punch Dinner. Had remarkably good horse & got there 7.25. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R. Suggestion from Tenniel for his last double page cartoon adopted after amendments. Self got cut of Lord Roberts & Punch. Left in cab with J.T. Told me of his determination not to do another cut & also that he wanted means. Home after by bus & to bed after reading papers. Most lovely weather, bright sun all day. (Red ink: Tenniel's last dinner to receive a cut to do.) Tuesday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round C.H. After back & after breakfast at work on finishing the or rather began & finished Tail Piece for Preface. Lunch & sent it off by 3.0pm. Very tired & done up. Put all photos away & tidied room. Squared up etc etc till dinner time when Lennie & Mite, Roy, M & self dined. New cigars from John Mark. Had sent Otley. Made mistake about cheque. They all left at 11.0. Read. Roy went off to what turned out to be a rubbishy dance got up by
Miss Bergheim. Daisy Robertson left at 10.0am sending her box by porter to Met Railway. Dora also dined with us. Most lovely brilliant sun all day. (Red ink: Daisy Robertson left at 10.0am.) Wednesday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out for walk round C.H. Most lovely morning. Had been heavy rain in night. In morning after printing all A.H's photos in blue & back plates at 12.30 took bus up to the War Office & took 8 plates of it. Surly Policeman. Row with him. Back by bus 1.45. Lunch. After developed them & remaining plates in locker except those at the C.C. Up in room after & M too tired to go to dear Mite's. Roy & self walked over the hill & went by the carriage to Mite's - did not walk. There 8.5. Mite, Lennie, self & Roy dined. Crackers etc. After looking at fans left at 11.30 & home by the 2d Tube. Read paper & bed. A letter of 6 pages from F.C.B about H.R.H at lunch time. Most lovely brilliant sun all day. (Red ink: Dined at Mite's, Roy & self. Photod War Office.) Thursday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out for walk. Dark morning & gale of wind blowing. Round C.H & a talk with man at Cam (late Argyll) Lodge. Back. M in room. Roy off to City. Printed a few blues. Letter from Lucy about de Beers. Sent Otley to Lennie's. At 11.0 man from Lincoln & Bennett's called. Left 11.15 by bus to C.C. Up in Studio 11.50. Took 24 photos of Miss B.J. Tried new camera. Too dark to do anything. Out & at 2.20 lunched. Saw Bangs, Furniss, Hatton etc. Wrote 4 or 5 letters & called C.C for bag of plates. Home in heavy wet by bus. Pretty girl in omnibus. M & her presents. Roy tired with City. Up in room. Dear Mite called from 6.0pm to 6.30. Friday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & walk round C.H. Gave Roy cheque for £5. He left to go to Nymans etc. Most lovely bright sunny morning. Brilliant. Printed 150 blue phos by lunch time. After tea skemed opening page etc for 1901 & looked out horses for Lord Roberts cut. Hit on good idea of rainbow after tea. Annoyed by Otley's being away. He came after & sent him with helmet & shield etc on to the C.C. M & self dined quietly alone & simple restful evening after. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Most lovely day. More letters from F.C.B. Wrote him. Saturday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk. After got ready & off by 10.15am to C.C. Photod at 11.15 Mabel Hall for Britannia & also in French Republic costume. Finished by 1.45. Lunch at Club. After changed plates. Went to Garrick. Wrote a few letters, F.C.B, Drury Lane etc & by bus home calling for & taking plates. M out. Had tea & settled to work & did letters for Vol 120. They subsequently were not used & no good. M & self dined by ourselves quietly & read & snooze after dinner. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Johnston Forbes-Robertson to May Elliott.) Mon Dec 24. Sunday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15. x. M. Out for walk. No old woman & a most horrible cold damp foggy raw day all day. At work most of the day. In forenoon & after lunch developed photos taken yesterday & by the greatest difficulty got prints for
working from. Frightfully dark. Had to use artificial light. Fritz Jackson & Mr Blair called. M & self dined quite by ourselves & had a quiet evening after. Bed at 12.0 after reading a silly novel, The Silent House in Pimlico by Fergus Hume. Monday December 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. Still dull & foggy. Otley got order for 15/s. Worked the entire day on drawing of Britannia & Rainbow for opening Vol 120. Much bothered with head. M & self dined at 7.0pm & left in the carriage at 8.15 & went up to see The Rehearsal of Drury Lane Pantomime. Saw Joe Knight. Not bad. Left at 11.10 & home by carriage. A dull murky night. Bed at 12.0 after snack. (Red ink: M & self went to see The Rehearsal of Drury Lane Pantomime.) Tuesday December 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0 & out. Gave old woman 1/s. A dull & mild Xmas day. Not actually raining. In the entire day & re-drew the figure of Britannia for the Rainbow drawing. Got the head better. Worked at it the entire day. Began to shade & put in the crest of helmet etc. Left with M in the carriage & dined with Midge, Dora, Hamilton, Mervyn & Ethel. Self walked there. Good dinner. Games etc & home by carriage. Mervyn & Ethel had luncheon with us. A huge turkey given by Lennie. (Red ink: Worked all morning Xmas day. Dined with Midge in the evening.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Churchill. Wed Dec 26.) Wednesday December 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & started for dreary walk by self. Round C.H. No one about. Fine bright warm day for a wonder. In morning photod Otley for the 3 saddle potisions with Field Marshall's hat. Ld Roberts, H.R.H & Punch. After developed them & got them ready for tomorrow. At 4.30 went on to shade Britannia for opening Vol 120. Could not nearly finish it as I hoped by dinner time. Dear M & self dined quite alone & glad to do so, waited on by Minnie. Gave Otley a holiday. Read quietly after & bed at 12.0. Also took photos of prints of horses etc & enlarged them for tomorrow. (Cutting glued in: Death of Jules Rivière.) Thursday December 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. In morning finished drawing of Britannia & Rainbow of Hope by 1.0pm, sent it off. After began cartoon of the Prince of Wales & Lord Roberts & Punch at 2.30pm. Very much pushed with it. Roy back from Nymans at 7.0pm. M, Roy & self all dined at 8.15pm by ourelves & quiet evening afterwards. M read Reminiscences of Sir John Mowbray in my room in evening when Roy came. (Red ink: Finished Rainbow & began cartoon of Lord Roberts.) Friday December 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round C.H. A very hard day's work all day on doing cartoon of Prince of Wales, Roberts & Punch. Hard at it. Began to shade at 5.0pm & finished at 10.0pm. Dined by self with M & Roy sitting as they had commenced their dinner at 9.15pm. Roy arguing. Very tired & done up. Slept in chair till 2.0am & went up to bed with cold feet. M was disturbed & did not have
good night, seedy tomorrow. (Red ink: Finished last cartoon under the old regime.)
Saturday December 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk round C.H. Lovely bright sun all morning. Printed from 10.0am more than 150 blues. Lunch. Dressed & walked up the Row to Athenaeum Club & wrote many letters. Tea at 4.30 in the Smoking Room. Felt very tired & done up after week's arduous work. Left at 7.0 after looking over books & called Wall's for sausages. Walked to Knightsbridge & after bus home. Dressed & dinner with M alone. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Roy left again at 9.15 for City & Nymans. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord William Beresford.) T. Monday Dec 31, 1900. Sunday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am & down 9.30. Breakfast. Decided to go across Channel. Dull wettish morning. Left 10.20 without macintosh. Stupid. To Dover. Young 'Arry & another in carriage who talked of how many whiskies & Port wines he had had. Met Charley Gill & after Cap'n Dixon. Little Ayala & Barton & his pretty wife. After wet X'ing lunch with Gill & Ayala. Nearly lost boat talking to Carini. Saw Payton also, after Lockett Agnew & his wife. Had Champagne with L.A. Smooth X'ing. Wilkin & his caricatures. After came on heavy rain. Boat missed getting to pier & was ¼ hour late. Up to town. Good cab. Home. Mr Blair & Dora dined. Read Antarctic after. (Red ink: Crossed Channel. Met Ayala & Lockett Agnew.) Monday December 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. x. Strong easterly wind & colder. Out for walk round C.H. Wet. Governess going from P.Gardens. Long notices in Times of Century. Up in room & answered Lucas's invite to shoot & also very many letters for the New Year. Took Meaghers 1885 camera down. After lunch put away all photos & again wrote letters. M in my room reading. Dined at 8.10. Read after & M went to bed 11.0. Stayed up to see the new century in by myself. No bells going & absolutely nothing disimilar to any ordinary night. Bed at 12.5am. Notes and addresses on back pages: Oct 29, 1900 Outline of story of the late Sir William Pearce, told me by Mr Koenitz. P asked K to do him the favour to find lodgings in London for a lady who K was to meet at Euston. Fair girl, tall & dressed in black, holding white handkercheif in left hand. Met her. Lady said they were followed. Went in bus & after 2 or 3 cabs. Got lodgings somewhere in Brompton. After P came up & slept there 2 or 3 nights & then went to Genoa in his yacht, the 'Lady Torfrida'. After landlady complained to K who was left that the lady was most eccentric & ordered all sorts of things, in fact she went quite off her head. K went to see her & she received him stark naked. K gets 2 doctors to take her away by a ruse of dining & going to play etc, the advice of a friend. She goes raving mad & put in straight waistcoat. (The girl's father as Collector of Excise or Customs at Glasgow.) Some time afer man comes & asks K if his name is K & threatens him. After sees P & K in K's office &
strikes P over the head with a bludgeon who never moves. Threatens etc. Stead of the Pall Mall gets hold of the story & publishes it & is proceeding to go on when he is arrested over the Maiden Tribute case. Mother arrested for a dynamiter on going to see Harcourt. P cuts away & leaves the country & just after he is made a Baronet. Girl gets better & her mind a blank on what had occurred. Villa taken for her at Sydenham where her parents went (illeg) actions commenced. P gives a Brixton doctor £5000 to marry her. Necessary to see them in bed & K does so. After P gets ill & tells Mrs P or Lady P as she then was that all he did was for the sake of K. He is discarded & cut by the family ever after, never sees Lady P again. P dies. All this happened about 1885 or 1886. See Maiden Tribute for exact date. Also Mrs Claude W. A friend who kept a mistress. K goes to see this friend & his lady & saw a young girl friend's photo & also Mrs C.W's. Asks & the lady kept by his friend tells him Mrs C.W will take a fiver from any man even then. (Red ink: Sir William Pearce recieved his Baronetcy in 1887 & died 1888.) Railway Managers: G.W.R. Joseph L.Wilkinson, General Manager's office, Paddington Station. L.B & S.C Rly. William Forbes, General Manager's Office, London Bridge Station, S.E. L & S.W Rly C.I.Owens, General Manager's Office, Waterloo, S.E. S.E & C.D Ryl. W.Stevens, Secretary's & Chief Office, London Bridge Station, S.E. Alfred Willis, Gen'l Manager. C.Sheath Esquire. L & N.W Rly. Frederick Harrison Esq, General Manager's Office, Euston N.W. G.Turner Esq. Glasgow & South Western Railway. David Cooper Esq. General Manager's Office, St Enoch Station, Glasgow.
G.E. Rly. T.Goodey Esq, General Manager'sOffice, Liverpool St Station, E.C. Theatrical Mangers: Drury Lane Arthur Collins, Sidney Smith. Duke of York James W.Mathews. Vaudeville Herbert Clark Esq. Gaiety E.Marshall Lyric H.J.Callan. Shaftesbury Oscar Barrett
Covent Garden Earls Court
Neil Forsyth Esq Austin Brereton
Models: Miss A.Langley, 27 Simpson S, Battersea. 25 Ulverdale Road, Fulham. Mrs Morgan, A.Hall. 16 Fernshaw Rd, Fulham Rd. Mabel Hall. 13 Stanbridge Rd, Putney. Maud Fletcher. 24 Hardcastle St, High St Peckham, S.E. Jessie Woodcock. 8 St Augustin's Rd, Camden Town, N.W. Janet Hird, 13 yrs. 9 Craddock Steet, Prince of Wales Rd, Haverstock Hill, N.W. Jessops. 47 Cornwallis Road, Lower Edmonton. Little Gaddings, N.Haddesdon, Herts. Miss Ethel Warwick. 28 Glebe Place, S.W. Miss Bella Harper, age 13. 24 Lillyville Road, Fulham, S.W. Miss Dora Bennett, auburn hair. 13 Drapers Gardens, South Kensington. Miss Best, very tall. 20 Newman St, Oxford St, W. 75 Albany Road, Camberwell, S.E. Miss Annie Herbert. 37 Baker St, W. 9 Fesling Terrace, Lower Richmond Road, Putney. L.B. 3 Upper Avenue Road, Swiss Cottage. Ruby Morgan. 1 Springvale Terrace, West Kensington Park. Miss Winifred Jameson. Stapleton House, 87 North End Road, West Kensington, W. E.Stewart. c/o Mrs Donnely, 57 Caversham Road, Reading, Berks. Mrs King. 626 Fulham Road, S.W. Jameson. 26 Reedworth St, Kennington Road, S.E. Holly House Farm, Stanford Rivers, Romford, Essex.
Sporting Notes: Woodcock. Keeper breaks the legs etc above joint & pulls the strings out. Also wing feathers. When pheasant drops the tail all spreads out. (sketch of bird) A cock partridge has bunch of coloured feathers on its breast. Hens are dove coloured. A young partridge has 1st wing feather pointed (sketch) an old one rounded. Easton, Jany 1905.
1901 Notes and addresses in front of Diary: Store Ticket for 1901: 109234. Christmas Cards, see Raphael Tuck Mrs Bingham, 15 Kenbourina Rd, Sharrow. C.L.Devitt, Warnford Court, E.C. H.Davey Browne Esquire, Arts Club, 40 Dover St, W. J.R.Gotz, 215 Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C. P.Meagher, 172 Pentonville Road, King's X, W.C. Cpn Adrian Jones, 147 Church St, Chelsea, S.W. Lamb Hotel, Ely, Z.Morpel or Z.Morpez. Frank Moyes, propriator. Bernard Partridge, 149 Church Street, Kensington, W. Parkhursts Antique Furniture Shop, 116 Station Road, East Grinstead. Taxes, late Mr Fisher. George Howe Esquire, Office of Surveyor of Taxes, Wrights's Lane, Kensington, London, W. Raphael Tuck & Sons Limited, Raphael House, Moorfields, City, E.C. Gustave Tuck Esquire. E.T.Reed, 17 Fitz John's Avenue, West Kensington, W. William Spooner & Co, 379 Strand, W.C. L.Raven Hill, Battle House, Bromham, Wilts, Nr Chippenham. Stamp, Edwin. was W.Bishop Esq, Officer in charge, Kensington, Young St. March 29 1901. John I.Thorneycroft & Co, Church Wharf, Chiswick. Thorneycroft Donaldson Esq. Mr Stace, 46 Carminia Rd, Bedford Hill, Balham S.W. Allan Ross & Co, Waterbury Watches, 66 Holborn Viaduct. E.C. Jan 1901 Tuesday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dull morning & coldish. Went usual round C.H. Saw no one. Times New Year honours. Aird made a baronet, Lord Romer a G.C.B, only ones I knew. Nothing in any letters. No congratulations, no nothing. Busy all morning. Weeded out things that are useless from cupboards etc. Miss Gill came. Had fitted the small Hare camera ready for use. Lunch. After from 2.0 to 3.45 or 4.0 developed about 30 plates taken of Miss Hall in French Republic dress on Saty Decr 22nd. Burnt seven or eight old painting frames in room. Wrote letters after 5.0pm & diary. (Red ink: Dull day. No congratulations, no nothing.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Ernest Pheasant to Hannah Ashplant.) Wednesday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. After in morning got small camera ready. Lunch. At 2.15 went by Met.Rly to call on Meagher 172 Pentonville Road. If horrible when Du Maurier knew it what of it now. Walked past Claremont Square & Mrs Sheehy's. Saw funeral horses at show. Then thro' Exmouth St & on to the Foundlings. Called at a shop & bought a table. Talkative man. Then strolled to Garrick. Tea. Saw Lawrence Bradbury. Tips: Cole 5/6, C.C
10/s, waiter 10/s, sergeant 10/s & 2/6 cabman, 2/6 Wilkins. Strolled to Punch dinner. Called Whistlers & also saw Lewis the bronze man. Sir Wm A, O.S, R.L, A à B, J.T, self, F.C.B, A.G, H.W.L, B.P, L.B, & new man, Raven Hill, for 1 st time. Affecting evening. Tenniel made speech, & W.A & F.C.B. Very touching. No sort of reference whatever to me. Left with Tenniel at 11.0 by cab & bus. Home 11.45. Roy just came in from Midge's. Sat & read Westminster. Bed at 12.45. Cold & raw. Miserable. (Red ink: Tenniel's last Punch dinner. Affecting speech.) Thursday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. Dull foggy morning. Cold. Went for walk C.H. After Roy getting off for Pyt House. Skemed subject of Kitchener & John Bull. Stace came 11.45. Photod him Otley & self. M went to Mr Rose's to see Lord Robert's entry into London. After came foggy & dark. Extreme difficulty in getting a print of phos. Had to give up at 3.30. Mr Meagher called. Also man from Elliot & Fry's. Could not get a print of self. Up in room & worked on 1 st central official cartoon from 4.30 to 8.15 when M & self dined quietly. Roy out at Mite's. Bed tired after snooze. (Red ink: Lord Roberts enters London. At work on 1st official cartoon. Great difficulties as to light.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Alexander Keith.) Friday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out for usual walk. Pitch dark all day. Impossible to enlarge or do anything so went on to work. Mr Blair called at 12.30am. M & Miss Gill. After went on & finished at 9.15. M, Roy, Miss Gill & self dined after. Not very tired. Smoke & snooze. (Red ink: Worked & finished first official cartoon. Great difficulty as to light. Very dark. My 56th birthday.) (Cutting glued in: Court Circular.) Saturday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Did not go out. Printed some blues in morning. Finer. M had mislaid Academy ticket for Old Masters. Lunched at home & left after & walked up Park. Bus to Garrick, rear. On after to the Garrick Theatre. Sat next M & saw a children's play, Strewelpeter. Grossmith Junr & Kitty Loftus. Mr Douglas & Shorter & his wife in theatre. Out. Put M in carriage & to Athenaeum. Wrote letters & tea. Then after home by bus. Roy out. He dined with Mr Blair & went to Mrs Dane's Defence. M & self had quiet evening & rest after. Very cold at night. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of Strewelpeter at Garrick Theatre.) (Cuttings glued in: Deaths of Duncan Graham; Alfred Jackson; James Stern.) Sunday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Bitterly cold east wind. Out for walk. Gave old woman 6d. Back & all morning printing & sorting. At 12.30 took M up Row, going by bus to Hyde Park Corner and walking home. Met Mr Blair. Blizzard of east wind. M & feather. On reaching home saw dear Mite in cab. Lunch after walked at 3.0pm to the Athenaeum. Wrote letters in room below until 5.45. Cornered by Canon Harford about the Queen's anthem. Up in drawing room & again wrote letters till 7.0pm when left & home by bus. Dressed. Mr & Mrs Isadore Spielmann dined, Maud & Lennie & Roy. Lennie had been delighted by his visit to Pyt. Bed at 12.45 after reading. M felt the cold very much. (Red ink: Mr & Mrs Spielmann, Maud & Lennie dined.)
Monday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Out for walk. Snow on ground & sleety snow. Met young Manley & sister. Gave Roy £9.0.0. He left for City & to go to Haywards Heath with Lennie. Frightfully cold all day. Put things in order etc. Mended chest of drawers etc. Packed bags. 2 men came at 4.0pm from the Daily Mail to interview me. Stayed until 6.0pm. Mr Howard delivered small satinwood table in the morning room, 2 vases & a small figure, £14.0.0. Roy back at 6.45. Did not go to Haywards Heath. M & self dined quite quietly. Roy back from dining with Mite at 11.45. Bed. Very cold & threatened snow. (Red ink: Interviewed for 'Daily Mail'. Satinwood table came for morning room.) (Cuttings glued in: Court Circular. Obituary of Lord Leconfield.) Tuesday January 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Very tired. Down. Finished packing. Roy off to City. Frightfully cold & snow. Goodbye to M & left in cart 1.0am. Crocodile bag not down. Flurry. Great difficulties in driving to St Pancras. Blocked roads. Got to station. Left 12.5. Down with a Mr Fitzgerald who had been devil to Frank Lockwood. He shared my lunch cheerfully. Omnibus at station. At Bylaugh at 5.0pm. Tea. After wrote letters. 16 at dinner, Mr & Mrs Bulteel etc. Took Miss Moore. Boy playing organ & piano with mechanical instrument. Looked at Pannell's book after. Bed at 11.50. Very cold. Mr & Mrs Loame, Mr & Mrs Bulteel, Miss Moore, Miss Merriman, Miss D'Arcy, Billy, Mr Hand, Mr Fitzgerald, Captain James, Mr & Mrs D'Arcy, self. (Red ink across page: Went down to Bylaugh Park to shoot in the snow.) (Cutting glued in: Court Circular.) Wednesday January 9 Bylaugh Park, East Dereham. Up at 7.45. Breakfast 8.30. Down. Great pain in loins. After started 9.30pm. 7 guns, drove 6 miles. Lovely day. Slight snow but after warmer. Good lunch. Best day ever had. Got 47 pheasants, 1 hare, 1 duck, 1 partridge, 50 in all. Left off at 4.0 & drive home. Tea. Wrote letters from 5.0 to 7.15 & diary. Took Miss Merriman in to dinner after. Played 100 up with Mr Hand. Won. 1st cartoon of mine in 'Punch'. Lost 100 game with Mr Bulteel. Bed at 11.45pm. (Red ink: Best day's shoot at Bylaugh Park ever had. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Alan Charteris, Jany 11; notice of LS's 1st cartoon in Punch.) W G, Jany 9, 1901. Thursday January 10 Bylaugh Park, East Dereham. Up 8.0. Breakfast 9.0am. Wore covert suit. Many letters. Drove to Foxley Wood. Mr Marriott, Mr Head, Captain James, Mr Fitzgerald, D'Arcy, self, Owen, Billy. Got 29 pheasants & 14 rabbits. 43 head. Not lucky in being placed. Ladies to lunch. Sat between Miss Moore & Miss Merriman. Accounts of self in Daily Mail & Daily Graphic & last night's Westminster Gazette. Lovely sunset. Rich orange. Left off at 4.20 & home 4.45. Tea up in room & for 2 hours writing letters. Dressed. Down for dinner. "Who dat a knockin at de door?" Took Mrs Loamas in. Long talk. 2 games of billiards after with Mr Head. Lost both. Got to 99 in the first. Billy marking. Bed at 11.45. Took 2 C.L.L.P. Many notices in papers on my cartoon etc etc. (Cutting glued in: Court Circular.) (Red ink across page: 2nd day's shoot at Bylaugh Park.) Friday January 11
Bylaugh Park, East Dereham. Up at 7.45. Breakfast 8.30. Black sausages. Started at 9.30 & drove 12 miles. Guns, Mr Head, Mr Fitzgerald, Mr Loamas, D'Arcy, self, Mr Bulteel, Cap'n James. Fairly good shoot. Very foggy day all day. Got 28 head in all. 1 jay, 1 hare, 26 pheasants. Lunch in farm cottage as two years ago. (Dec 1, 99.) Left off 4.0pm. Bird fell on my loader's head & punctured his cheek. Home 5.10. Tea. Letters from Lady Jeune & Thompson. Up in room. Wrote from 5.40 to dinner time. Went in by self to dine, Mrs D taking the agent Garnett. Good dinner. After played 100 up with Garnett. Beaten by 2. Bed at 12.0 & read. Tired. Butler's name George Watkins. (Red ink across page: 3rd day's shoot at Bylaugh Park.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lucy Greive; Court Circular.) Saturday January 12 Bylaugh Park, East Dereham. Up & breakfast at 9.10am. After man packed. All left at 10.0 am. Goodbye. Drove to station with Mr Head & Fitzgerald. Forgot my travelling rug. Up to town. Got scramble lunch at Ely. Goodbye to Miss Moore & the Bulteels. Otley met me & we drove home by 4.0pm. H.R.H expected to arrive at station. M seedy & in chair. Tea & after filled inks etc & put room ready. Roy went to the pantomime with Mite & Lennie, dining there. M & self dined quite carefully by ourselves & bed after. Read & snooze. Felt sleepy. (Red ink: Came up from Bylaugh Pk after delightful visit.) Sunday January 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. After walk round C.H. No pence to give to old woman. M in bed. Evelyn Coward came. Roy in room. After wrote many letters in morning. Lunch at home. Developed 2 doz plates of Mrs King. Tea. Colder. Again wrote. Posted letters self. After Lennie, Mite, Roy, M & self dined. Good dinner. They left at 11.0. Read & bed. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Samuel Lewis. Mon Jan 14. Will of Samuel Lewis.) Jany 18. Monday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. Walk round C.H. Saw Manly & his sister. Still letters of congratulation. After in morning wrote & left at 11.50 & up by train to the C.C. Called May's & settled about costumes. Lunched at the Garrick. Scoones, Wyndham. Black cat with two kittens. Out & at 1.45 photod Miss R Morgan for 1 st time. Girl like Miss L.Williams & Olive Tucker only taller. Out at 4.0 & to Turkish bath. Hair cut & home by bus. M in after. Wrote & dressed. Just going out when Punch with Bernard Partridge's 1st cartoon appeared & also a stupid worry letter from F.C.B. On by bus to the Savoy. Dined with 'Sir De la Rue' & after to see the opera 'Patience'. Sat between Lady De la Rue & Mrs Pollock. Wedderburn there also. Called at Athenaeum & home by bus. Read paper. Intensely annoyed by Burnand. (Red ink: Worry letter from F.C.B. Dined with the De la Rues at the Savoy. Went to see 'Patience' for 2nd time after.) Tuesday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. Slight head. Walk round C.H. Roy at breakfast. In moning packed bags. Wrote Phil Agnew & Burnand. Lunch & left in cart at 2.10. Caught the 3.25 from Liverpool St to Wickham Market. Comfortable lavatory carriage to self. Got there all right. 2 men who turned out to be Lord Orford & Captain Hankey. At Euston Park 6.0pm. Tea. Mrs Lucas. Talk & cigarette. Dinner. Sat next Mrs Lucas. Yarns in billiard room after. Guns in house, Lord Orford,
Capt'n Hankey, Gen'l Grove, Edward Wagg, self, Lucas. Bed 11.30. Cold at night. (Red ink: Went down to Wickham Market to shoot. General Sir Coleridge Grove.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Gerald Geiger to Mary Powell.) Wednesday January 16 Euston Park, Wickham Market. Up at 7.45. Breakfast at 8.30. Off 9.30. Paragraph of mine in the 'Times'. Drove about 7 miles. Guns, Lord Orford, Captain Hankey, Mr Edward Wagg, Genl Grove, self, Lucas. Fair day. Partridge drive to begin with. Got 2, Lord Orford seven. After in whole day about 28 head, 3 partridges, 1 hare & 24 pheasants. Left off 4.0 & drove to small station (Parham) & home. Civil station master. Took out & dried guns. Little dog who had been bitten. Home from Wickham Market. The train quite punctual 8.5. L.S. Otley met me. At Bouverie St at 8.20. Had some food & to Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, P.M, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A, R.H, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Lehmann agressive. Got cut of Lord Roberts & Mayor. Left & walked with B.P to Garrick. Wrote letters & home by bus at 12.30. Roy home after me. (Red ink: Shot at Wickham Market. Went to Punch dinner afterwards.) Thursday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am & walk. After schemed subject. Sent Otley to May's. At 12.15 photod him for Mayor & Lord Roberts. Enlarged photo from Pull Court. Developed & got prints by 4.30pm. Worked till 8.30 when dined. Florence Blair staying with us. Quiet evening & bed at 12.0 very tired. (Red ink: Worked on 2nd cartoon since succeeding Tenniel.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Herbert Pickersgill to Amy Horlick.) Easton Park, Pound Farm, Gt Glemham. Guns: Col F.A Lucas MP, the Earl of Orford, Genl Sir Coleridge Grove KCB, Captain Hankey, Mr E.Wagg, Mr L. Sambourne. 193 pheasants, 28 partridges, 22 hares, 12 various. Total 261. Friday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out for walk. After by 9.30am got to work on cartoon & at it all day till 9.0pm when it went to The Boltons. Letter & wire from F.C.B. Quiet dinner, M, Miss Blair, self, Roy. Rest in chair after. (Cutting glued in: Health of the Queen.) Saturday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Dull rainy morning. Out. 2 dogs attacked me on my own doorstep. Letters. Put room tidy. Looked at cameras & also enlarging machine. No good. Lunch. M & Miss Blair went to San Toy. Developed about 48 plates taken Monday 14th, Miss Morgan. Baby & Mite came. Baby lovely. Tea. Wrote letters. After dined at home with M & Florrie B. Roy went with Lennie & Mite to Terry's Theatre & saw Alice in Wonderland. On at the Vaudeville. Self went up by cab & to the Globe Theatre, 1st night of revival of Sweet Nell of Old Drury. Ethel Burnand came out on stage for 1st time. Stall by self. Good play. Well acted. Saw Mr & Mrs Phil May after. Strolled on to Garrick. Lennie & Roy supper with me. Lord Sandhurst & Coningsby D'Israeli there & Fletcher Moulton, Coupé & his half brother. Tree had a supper & Beetle screwed. We left at 1.15am. Roy & self home by cab. Great & increasing anxiety about Her Majesty the Queen. (Red ink across page: Went by self to revival of Sweet Nell of Old Drury. Lennie & Roy to supper after at the Garrick.)
Sunday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15 & out. After breakfasted. Printed blues & developed plates. All most anxious about Her Majesty. Left at 1.15 & went up in cab by self to lunch with Lennie & Mite at the Carlton Hotel. Lennie, Mite, Roy, Miss Blair, M & self. Sat next Mrs Merryweather's party. Also saw young Hamilton. After seeing M & F.B & Roy into carriage went over to the Athenaeum & wrote letters the whole of the afternoon up to 7.0pm. Wrote a very long letter to Phil Agnew about business. Left & home by bus. M, self, Lennie, Mite, Roy & F.B dined. Long talk about 'Punch'. Lennie sang songs from the 'Iolanthe'. They left at 11.0pm. Snooze & bed. Her Majesty slowly sinking. (Red ink: Lunch with Lennie & Mite at the Carlton. Met Mrs Merryweather & party.) Monday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round C.H. Great anxiety about Her Majesty. Wired Seaman to meet him at Bath Club. Off by 11.15 & up to C.C. Photod Miss Morgan for 2nd time. Felt faint by (illeg). Water etc. Got all right again. Out & after to Garrick & then on to Spooners & to the Bath Club by bus. Met Owen Seaman who had Turkish bath as my guest. After to dine at Bellini's, Hanover Hotel. Very good dinner. A doctor friend of Seaman's there with a woman. Both left at 8.30 & I went on to the Prince of Wales's Theatre & joined M & Florrie Blair in box to see 'English Nell'. Very disappointed with play. Dear Mite there also. Roy had been to drill his men at Haywards Heath. Went to Garrick after play & wrote letters & home by cab after. (Red ink: Dined with Owen Seaman at Bellini's after Turkish bath.) (Red ink across page: M, Roy & Miss Blair went to see English Nell at the Prince of Wales's. Roy did not go.) Tuesday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out for walk. Began to design Britannia. Went on when worry letter from F.C.B, hoping putting in all figures etc. Set to work & designed double page between 2.0 & 5.0pm. Wrote Burnand & wired. Dined at 9.0 & at 9.45 went round in cart & saw F.C.B at 27 The Boltons. Settled for my design. Back & to bed. Death of Her Majesty the Queen about 6.0pm. Frightful rush all day & much worried. Wednesday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. Breakfast. Foggy morning. Up in cart at 9.15 to C.C & luckily Miss Langley & Miss Hall came. Made studies from them till 12.0. Waited 20 minutes for cart. Home at 1.25. Developed some plates. Roy & self to lunch at 2.15pm. Otley helped me to develope & print enlargements from 2.30 to 5.0pm. Got nearly all when up to work. Put in crown etc etc. Worked till 9.0pm. M looking on. Dined. Ought to have worked after dinner. Roy, M & self & Florrie Blair dined. Did not go to the Punch dinner. (Red ink: Photod Miss Langley & Mabel Hall at the C.C. Developed all afternoon.) (Red ink across page: Did not go to the Punch dinner.) Thursday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk after early. Photod wreath & did 4 enlargements. At 12.0 on to work. Put India & Canada in & all afternoon at it. Worked all day up to 9.20 when dined & again up to work from 11.0 to 2.0am
when to bed very tired. Mild delightful weather. Sent Otley back with wreath to Kenyon. (Red ink: Worked after dinner from 11.0 to 2.0am on Memorial Cartoon.) Friday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk. Band playing dead march. All day hard at work on double page. Worried. Doubts as to getting it done. Bothered with head of figure of England. Took it out. Baby to lunch. Up & at it & worked harder than ever in life & finished at 9.45pm. Sent drawing off to F.C.B at Boltons. Roy & Florrie Blair dined at Midge's. Had ½ bottle of champagne & felt better for it. Snooze till 1.0 & to bed utterly tired. (Red ink: Worked hard all day on Memorial Cartoon. Great push to get done.) Saturday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 or 9.0. Very tired after work. Did not go out. Roy to City. All morning printing blues & tidying up till T time. Soaped drawers etc. Left & up to Garrick by bus. Smoking. Called C.C. Law, Weldon & others. Talk to a shaved man like Coupé. To Athenaeum & home by bus. Got sausages. Quiet dinner M, F.B, & self. Roy at Glovers. Lovely day like spring. Bed at 1.0 after snooze. Sunday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Walk. Gave old W 6d. Lewis's house all repainted. Breakfast 9.45. After printed blues. Took M for a walk up Row & sent her home by bus. To Garrick. Lunch. Saw Dixey, Bence Jones, Butte, Weldon. Talk of Baccarat case. To C.C. Changed plates. To Athenaeum. Wrote letters from 4.0 to 7.0. Tea. Saw Lockyer. Home by bus. Dinner, M, self & Florrie Blair. Great westerly gale all day. Everyone in mourning. All flags ½ mast high. Read after & to bed after snooze. (Red ink: Great westerly gale.) Monday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round C.H. Very wet & muddy. Tip came. After back, breakfast. In morning put things straight etc. M out in search of certificate for Furrell. Left at 11.0am & to C.C. There 11.45. At 12.0 photod for the 3rd time Miss R.Morgan. Poor nervous shy model, good hair & head. Out at 2.30 & to Garrick Club. Wrote to F.Barr acknowledging cheque for £325.0.0. Out. Called Hunter & Sands & got bag. Home by bus. Tea up in room & wrote letters. M back at 6.0. Dated & put away all photos. Roy had smoked in the dining room. Dinner, M, Roy , Miss Blair & self. After extraordinary worry letter from F.C.B. Unaccountable. Punch came at 6.0. Cartoon came well. In chair till 1.0pm. Did not get to sleep for two hours. (Cutting glued in: Death of the Rev H.R.Haweis.) Tuesday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Had not slept well on acct of Burnand's idiotic & unaccountable worrying. Out & for walk. Sharp frost. Back & dressed. Sent Otley to Captain Adrian Jones 147 Church Street Chelsea S.W. He back by 11.45. Left at 12.0 & walked there. Took 16 photos of 4 horse Chariot of Victory. Horses heads (3) & small group. Had luncheon & tea there. Back at 5.0. Mite at the door. Up in room & wrote diary. After dressed & walked to dine with Mite with Roy. L & Mite, M & Roy, self & Florrie B. Good dinner. Champagne. After the pianissimo. Left 11.0 & walked home. Bitterly cold. (Red ink: Photod chariot & horse & lunched
with Adrian Jones. Bright sun. Dined with Mite.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Rev H.R.Haweis. Jan 30.) Wednesday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20am. Walk round C.H. After breakfast wired Agnew about seeing him tonight, could not. Developed a lot of head plates & took them up & put them in bath etc & also the horse chariot photos taken yesterday. Dressed & left at 5.30 & up by bus to Bouverie Street. Prepared for a row with F.C.B. Saw him at 6.30. Long jaw. Nothing came of it. Phil Agnew in who congratulated me on drawing of last week at dinner. F.C.B, self, A à B, R.H, O.S, P.A, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Arthur à B gave me the opportunity of pitching into G.R.H's drawing which I did with a vengeance. Left at 11.0. Walked with Guthrie to Piccadilly. Chat about F.C.B. Home 12.0. Wrote & posted to Lilford Delph. (Red ink: Official interview with F.C.B at Bouverie St. Nothing came of it.) Thursday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & walk round C.H. After breakfast skemed subject of His Majesty the King & Punch. Model Mr Lilford Delph came at 11.50. Photod him in robes etc & enlarged a little print of the throne. Self as Punch. Developed & enlarged. Got to work from 4.30pm until 8.50 when dined. Quiet evening after, M, Roy & self. (Cutting glued in: Death of Graham Clowes.) Feb 1901 Friday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out. Breakfast 8.30 & got to work 9.30am. All day drawing His Majesty & Punch. Finished at 7.45 & sent it off. M, Roy & self dined. Quiet evening after. Very cold. To get up early tomorrow. Poor Mr Richardson of Belfast died, aged 56. Tumour or peritonitis. Told me by Mr Carter coming from shooting. Ballachin, Thursday Aug 29 '01. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Rev George Bourne, Feb 1.1901. Death of Stephen Wombwell.) Saturday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.20am. Dressed. Bath & after at 7.15 breakfast. Mite carriage at door at 7.40. Drove to Mite's, Roy & self. Roy in uniform. Mite & self left at 8.0 & drove to Mr Allen's in St James's St. Lovely rooms. There 8.30am. Waited at window from 8.30 to 11.30 when her late Majesty's funeral procession passed. Most pathetic scene. Reversed arms, muffled drums. The coffin on a plain khaki coloured gun carriage with a silk Union Jack & the crown of England on the top. Saw the King, the German Emperor & the Duke of Connaught. Cold. A dog moving about looking at the procession. Vast reverential crowd. Great crush. Many people taken in ambulances. Left at 12.45. Saw Mr & Mrs Armstrong etc. Went out with Colonel Hill. Met Abbey in Stafford St. On to Arts Club. Lennie came out. Walked Mite home. Park all trodden & heaps of dirty scraps of paper. Walked on after leaving Mite. Roy back & went to Glovers. Developed about 22 plates of Miss Morgan taken on January the 28th. Tea with M & up in room after. Put all things away. Wrote diary etc. Bitterly cold. (Red ink: Met Florry Blair in Argyle Road.) (Red ink across page: Witnessed with Mite funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria from corner of Pall Mall & St James's Street.) (Cuttings glued in: In memoriam Leslie Ogilvie 1902. Death of Thomas Fenn Feb 5 1901. In memoriam Thomas Fenn.)
Sunday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Out for walk. Gave O.W 2d. After in morning printed a lot of blue photos. Evelyn in & took M for walk. Left at 12.45 & walked up Row to Garrick. Met Cartwright & his wife. Not seen him for 8 or 9 years. Lunch. Met Beetle, most amusing. Also one of the Herald College men. After chat to "My name's Waring". On to Athenaeum after & wrote letters from 4.30 to 7.0pm. Home by omnibus. Quiet peaceful dinner M & self. Miss Rose Innes had called. Monday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. Round C.H. Bitterly cold & dull London grey morning. Decided not to photo Mrs King. Wired. After developed a number of plates of heads etc. Squaring up & tidying all day. Did not go out. Roy to remain at Glovers till tomorrow. Her Majesty laid to rest at Frogmore. M & self dined quietly & rest & read after. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Final burial of Her Majesty the Queen at Frogmore.) Tuesday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out. Cold raw miserable snowy morning. Breakfast M & self after. Printed head & statues taken this day week at Jones's. Mite came, after Tabby. German Emperor & the King passed through London. Left at 2.30 & went by Met Rly to Bouverie St. Had interview with Phil Agnew & Lawrence Bradbury. Not at all a pleasant one. Demurred at my asking for more. Altogether not quite satisfactory. Left at 4.30 & walked on to Mays. Called Burnets & tea after at the Garrick. Home by bus. Met Cope in the bus. Dinner. Lennie, Mite, Roy, M & self, also Florrie Blair. Mr Johnstone came in after on the eve of going to Africa. Lennie upset about Mite not wiring. They all left by 10.45. Rest in chair till 12.45am. Bed. Very cold & miserable. (Red ink: Interview with Phil Agnew & Lawrence Bradbury. Oh! Lennie, Mite, Roy & F.Blair dined.) Wednesday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out. Cold raw & ½ frozen snow. Girls going to school again. M out in carriage. Up in room & wrote, also developed photos. In afternoon went up by bus to Punch dinner. There early. Saw F.C.B. Stupid old Arthur objected to Punch. He "likes Tenniel's Punch". Dinner. F.C.B, self, Phil May next me. R.L, R.H, O.S, L.B, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Got awful cut to do of King & Queen. Wrote letters from Punch table & left with Guthrie etc. Home by bus. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lucy Hammond-Chambers. Death of Annie Shakespeare.) Thursday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round C.H. After skemed subject of King & Queen & Minsters with x'd swords. Mr Lilford Delph came at 11.45. Otley to Mays at 12.45. Photos L.D & Otley for King's robes & x'd swords etc. Also dear M for the Queen. Developed & got to work 4.30 to 9.20 when M & self dined quietly. Roy at Mite's. Letter to buy the cartoon in Memorial Number. Also from Sir James Whitehead. (Red ink: Sold cartoon in Memorial Number, also the King. Should have dined with Sir Henry Thompson.) Friday February 8
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Got to work at 10.0 & at it all day up to 8.15 when finished cartoon of King & Queen & the Ministers with x'd swords. M, Roy & self dined at 8.20 & quiet evening after. Letter from Phil Agnew offering me £120 a year more. (Cutting glued in: Death of Edmund Dubois.) Saturday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out for walk. After in morning put things away etc etc. Lunch. M & self went up in carriage to the Haymarket Theatre. Saw delightful play 'The Second in Command'. Well acted. Miss Sylvia Carlisle good. Put M in carriage & back & talk to Cyril Maude. After to Athenaeum & wrote letters. A big dinner on. Home by bus & M & self a quiet dinner. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of 'The second in Command'. Very good. (Cutting glued in: Golden wedding: Isaac Scarth to Mary Walker.) Sunday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Out for cycle for 1st time since (blank). In morning printed blues etc. After took M for a walk up the Row & back by bus. Saw Sir Fk Dixon Hartland & Lady D.H. & also Henderson & son etc. In afternoon developed 2 doz plates taken Novr & Dec 1900. Tea & left by bus for Athenaeum. Wrote letters. Back to quiet peaceful dinner with M. No one called. Roy at Glovers. Bed at 11.30pm. Monday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round C.H. Bitterly cold. Breakfast. After all morning writing etc. Left at 11.45 & up by cab to C.C. M out in carriage. At 12.30 photod Miss R.Morgan for heads & classic dress. The 4 th sitting. Out at 3.0pm & to Sands & Hunters. After to Bath Club. Hair cut. Saw Sydney Catton. After Milne. Out at 5.30 & home by bus. Mrs Galbraith had called. Very cold. Wrote letters. At 8.0 Midge, Dora, Lennie, Mite, Roy, M & self dined. Good dinner. Cartoon in Punch not so good this week. Bed at 11.30 after reading. Had been to Athenaeum to vote for Harrison. Had free tea. (Red ink: Lennie, Mite, Midge & Dora dined.) Tuesday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out for walk round C.H. Very cold. Bright frosty sun. After from 10.0 to 11.15 printed 100 blues. 2 men from an Art Journal came & detained me until 12.35, when dressed. Hasty lunch. Left at 12.55 & by cab to Euston calling for dear Mite. Went down to Herbert Herkomer's. Schutz Wilson & Johnson in train. Sant & wife, Mrs & Miss Walter Crane, Frampton etc etc. Young Rivière. After seeing enamel of the German Emperor etc left at 4.0 & home to Euston at 5.20. Back in Mite's carriage. Mrs Fildes at our house. Bad news of poor Colin Hunter. Dressed & walked to Mite's. Met Roy on hill. Dinner. Mrs Allen, Miss Rose Innes, Roy, M, self, Lennie & Mite. Very good dinner. Music. Left at 11.20. Home by carriage. (Red ink: Mite & self went down to Herkomer's. Dined at Mite's.) Wednesday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out round C.H. After in morning tidying up. Developed last plates in stock. Donnelys & E.Jessop. After lunch before leaving for Punch dinner wrote on mount for Sir James Whitehead's drawing of the King. Left it with Johnson & by bus to Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A, P.M,
B.P, H.W.L & A.G there. Easy subject of motor car & road up. Home by bus from Fleet St. Thursday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out. Took key camera & photod yard where flats are building on Campden Hill. Bitterly cold. After breakfast skemed Motor Car subject & Road Up. Out with camera again 11.0am. At 11.45 photod Otley on table for Balfour & Salisbury. Got all prints by 4.30 & up in room. Worked till 9.20 when dined with M. Roy out. Bitterly cold all day. Bed at 12.0 after rest. (Red ink: Bitterly cold. Took last photos with old lens in hand camera.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Edwin Hohler, of a daughter.) Friday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out for walk. All day at work on drawing of Motor Car & Streets Up. Finished 7.15pm. M & self went to dine at Sir Fk Dixon Hartland's. Met one Archbishop of York & sub Dean of Windsor Chapel. Slow dinner. No smoke. Bitterly cold. Promised Mrs Dixon Hartland Dickens' signature. Home by carriage & to bed. Roy had been to dine at the Carlton with the Galbraiths & went to see 'Peg Woffington'. (Red ink: M & self dined at Lady Dixon Hartland's. Spelt reorganisation wrong.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of John Stone, of a daughter. Death of Agatha Evill.) Saturday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out. No, did not go out. Roy off to business & Glovers after. After breakfast got off at 10.15 & up by bus to the C.C. Photod M.H for America. Looked much better. Out & lunched with Bourchier at the Garrick. Saw Jones's brother & many others. Sooby etc. After to Criterion Theatre for matinée of The Noble Lord, M & self. Good. Miss Spencer Brunton, Sangage(?). Wrote letters at the Athenaeum & after home by bus. Rain came on in the afternoon, the frost giving. M & self dined quite quietly & bed after at 12.0. Saw Dr Harrison at Athenaeum. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of The Noble Lord.) Sunday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out for walk. Coldish. Dogs caught me up on Campden Hill. Breakfast. M in bed. Printed blues & developed box of photos let drop on stairs yesterday. Not so much spoilt as I thought. Lunch, M & self. Heavy squelching snow squalls. Tidied up. Wrote diary etc etc. Tea with M. After went up by bus to the Athenaeum. Wrote cheque to Tom Brown & others etc. Back & M, Mr & Mrs Gill & self dined quietly. Slow (illeg). They left at 10.45. Read & to bed after. Monday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round C.H. After a dull wretched day. Printed blues - no, tidied up & Otley & self moved the sofa in spare room. M in bed. Lost key of door. Developed a great many photos taken Saty & previous Monday. Did not go to town or use the carriage. M & self dined quite quietly. Roy at dinner. Bed 12.0 after rest. Found out had left a G out of Army Reorganisation. Wrote Brightmore. (Red ink: Moved sofa to back room.)
Tuesday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Walk. Bitterly cold & dark. After in morning developed 2 doz, no, 1 doz plates & looked out drawings for the Art Record. Lunch & at 2.45 left in the carriage leaving M at home. Called Garrick & ordered an expensive dinner. On to 313 High Holborn, Watsons & to Allan Ross's who undertook to make an alarm clock. Back calling at Jewell's & to Club. A wire to say Mr Devitt could not dine. Tea. Met Teddy Clowes. Sent wires & to C.C. Changed plates. Wrote 3 or 4 letters & to Garrick. Changed & at 8.0 Lennie & Roy dined with me. Good dinner. Clowes joined us afterwards & we all went on to box at the Alhambra. Saw cinematograph of Her Majesty's funeral. Good ballet. Out, Garrick again. Gillie Farquhar. Home at 12.0 by carriage. Slept till 2.0am when to bed. Cold miserable weather. (Red ink across page: Gave dinner at Garrick. Mr Devitt could not come. Lennie & Roy. Mr Clowes came to our box at the Alhambra.) Wednesday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out for walk. Back. Wrote Devitt. M in bed. Corrected proofs of an article in Art Record. Printed blues of heads. Wretched morning. Tooth gum boil hurt me. All afternoon putting things away etc. Left dressed in dinner jacket at 6.10 & to Punch dinner by busses. Went & talked to F.C.B about the word reorganisation spelt wrongly. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A, P.M. E.T.R back 1st time since beginning of year. H.W.L, A.G. Gave F.C.B a Bâton pencil. Got easy subject & left 10.15pm & home by bus. (Red ink: Gave F.C.B a Bâton pencil.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Robert Rising to Constance Edis. Marriage of Gustav Natorp to Louise Chalk. Death of Amy Leyborne Popham.) Thursday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round C.H. No photography to do at all. In morning developed a lot of the heads of R.M & after lunch schemed subject of Hicks-Beach as Hawk & Birds. Worked up to 9.0pm when dined, M, Roy & self. Snooze & bed after. (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Dayrell Crackenthorpe, of a son. The wife of W.H. Du Buisson, of a son.) Friday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. After all day at work on drawing of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach & birds. All day up to 7.15 when finished & sent it off, or 7.30pm. After M, Roy & self dined quite quietly at 8.0pm. Read & snooze after. Bed 12.0pm. (Red ink: Did a very good cartoon.) Saturday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & breakfast. Did not go out. After in morning left at 10.30 & up to C.C. by bus. Photod a Miss Seton, Abbey model. No good, waste time. Out at 1.0 & to Garrick. Lunch. Saw Bangs & Bence-Jones. Also after Clowes & Lord Edward Cecil. Out to the Royalty Theatre. Met M. Bother at changing seats. Pretty girl near with longish nose, hair down forehead. Strong well acted play by Frank Harris, 'Mr & Mrs Daventry'. Out & by carriage to Hyde Park Corner. M to Mrs Medley's at home. Dressed. Tea & by 2d tube to Holborn Restaurant. There 6.50. Dined with the New Vagabonds Club as their guest. Zungwell in chair. Col Fitz George & many others. Had to make speech. Next Zungwell & Douglas Sladen. Left 10.50 & home by 2d tube. Man sang song of 'Bird on high, sorry that
cows don't fly'. Home 11.50 & to bed. Cat in the room. (Red ink across page: Went with M to matinée of Mr & Mrs Daventry. Good play.) Sunday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am & breakfast. After left at 10.20 by bus to Victoria. Down to Dover, lovely X'ing. Met Lord Glenesk. Long talk. Anecdotes about Court. Lovely villa at Cannes. Scotch mountain. At Buffet saw Major Ricarde Seaver, also Dr Messel & Merry W. Also Adelina Patti next table with Baron Caderstrom. On board Payton & Freshfields. Long talks up in carriage with Ricarde Seaver & Messel. Yarns & talk about South Africa. Home 8.30 & quiet dinner with M. Minnie waiting. Bed 12.15 after snooze. (Red ink: X'd Channel. Met Lord Glenesk & Major Ricarde Seaver.) Monday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out. Fine morning. Warmer & brighter sun. Thought aquarium was stopped up. Wrote letters etc. M out. Left at 12.30 & up to C.C at 1.30. Photod M.Hall in evening & Spanish dress. Out at 4.0 & called Hacketts Pall Mall office. Not in. To Sands & Hunters & after to Miles for 2 flannel suits. After home by bus. Dressed & at 7.20 M, Roy, self, Mite, Lennie & Maud Paxton dined. All went to the Savoy after & saw 'Patience', myself for the 4 th time since revival. Saw Rose Innes. After left & went to supper with Lennie & Mite at Savoy. Funny little man singing. (small sketch of man) Did not enjoy it. M & self left at 12.20 & home by the carriage. Snooze & Roy back 1.30pm. Bed. (Red ink: Seedy with cold.) (Red ink across page: Went to the Savoy Theatre. Lennie, Mite & Maud Paxton. Supper after which upset M & self for weeks.) Tuesday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out for walk. C.H. After Roy down. In morning got ready. Printed ½ doz photos & left at 11.30pm, Met Rly. Went to Kings X, called on Meaghers. To Hitchen with Mite & Lennie. Nasty sort of irritable cold on me. Horrid. At Hitchen walked to the 'Sun' & had a badly served lunch etc. After to Phillips. Did not feel well at all. Left Mite & Lennie & walked to 'Sun'. Clear out, & then strolled up to the house. Dire confusion & dirt etc. Crowd of people. Lennie & Mite did not bid for anything. Back to Phillips's. Bought a thermometer & barometer in satin wood. Tea & a bun at the station & back to town. Up home by Met Rly. M & self went to dine at the Spielmann’s. Very good dinner & good wine. Took Mrs Jessell in. Enjoyed dinner. Back 10.45. Roy had taken Maud Paxton to the Court Theatre. Cold bad but better for the dinner. (Red ink across page: Went down to Hitchen for Winchester Clowes' sale with Lennie & Mite. Dined at the Spielmann's after.) Wednesday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & walk. After all day putting things straight etc. Printed blues etc. Finished heads of R.M. In afternoon Meagher called about camera enlargement. Long talk between 3.0 & 4.0pm. M had her dinner by herself. Roy dined at Mite's. Went by bus to Punch dinner. Complimented on cartoon last week. P.A, P.M, B.P, A.G, F.C.B, self, A à B, O.S. Got cut of Jack the Giant Killer. Wrote Stace & home by bus. Bed at 12.30. Thursday February 28
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. Lovely day all day & like spring. Schemed subject of Jack & the Beanstalk after. Stace came at 11.30. Photod him for medieval costume & enlarged. Finished by 2.30 & up in room & worked till 7.30 when dressed & went by carriage to dine at Lawrence's 23 Eaton Square. Took Mrs Lowther in to dinner & sat next Lady Playfair. Very good dinner. Cough very troublesome. Home by carriage & woke poor M. Bed 1.0am. Roy went to dine at Mite's & found me asleep in chair. (Red ink: Dined by self at Charley Lawrence's. Took Hon Mrs Lowther in to dinner.) Friday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. After all day at work on Jack & the Beanstalk. At 12.45 Mr Allan Ross called of 66 Holborn Viaduct with a clock & battery. Went on & finished 7.45pm when sent it to the Boltons. Dined M, Roy & self. After at 10.30 walked to Lowther Lodge. A very dull at home & nothing to eat or drink. Introduced to several ladies. Bridge being played. Home by bus. A woman followed me to gate of house. Cheek. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Went to at home at Lowther Lodge.) Saturday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out for walk. Breakfast. After Roy lost his gloves. Wrote letters theatres etc. Turned out a very wet morning. Printed a lot of blues & lunch at 1.15. At 1.45 up in carriage to the new Apollo Theatre & sat for a 2 hours & more trashy piece called the Belle of Bohemia. Shuffling of seats & very narrow stalls. Put M in carriage & to C.C & Garrick. Saw Gillie Farquhar & put Lennie's name down for the Club. To C.C. & changed a lot of plates. Home by bus. M & self dined quietly at 8.15. Rest & sleep after & good night. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of 'The Belle of Bohemia'.) Mar 1901 Sunday March 3 Stafford Terrace.Up at 8.45. Doubts as to going to Calais. Decided not to go. Went for walk. Coldish March wind. In morning put things away. After took M for walk to top of Row & home. Met Waley etc. Conrad looking dreadfully ill to lunch. After put electric bell up & developed 12 plates Mabel Hall. Hailstorm. Had a headache & cough troublesome all day. Looked thro' the Sketch. After at 8.0 Miss Rose Innes dined. She did not go till 11.20pm. Bed 12.0. Took 5 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Miss Rose Innes dined.) Monday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out. Very wet. Man called about things bought at Hitchen at 9.30. Gave him £1.0.0. Wrote letters etc etc. After all day tidying up & tore out Sketch etc. Cold still bad. At 7.0 Mite, Maud Paxton, Lennie, came to dinner. Lennie very seedy. Confusion at dinner. Roy in late. M, Maud Paxton Mite & self went in Mite's carriage to Lyceum to see King Henry Vth. Bad driving. Poor play. Robson stupid as Welshman. Sent Mite, M & Maud P home in Mite's carriage. Roy & self in 4 wheeler. The last time I will give a dinner for the play for Lennie & Mite. Lennie did not go. At 4.30 Otley & self carried up chest of drawers in my room. Great bother to do it. Very hot & tired. (Red ink across page: Went to see King Henry the Fifth. Lennie went home.)
Tuesday March 5. Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out round C.H. No, walked to G.P.O. Wired. Wet dark morning. Felt very seedy with cold. After all morning putting things straight. Lunch. At 5.0 went in carriage to Miles's & had coats etc tried on. Then to Bath Club. Had Turkish bath. Out & at 8.0 dined with Galbraith at the Junior Carlton Club. The Hackney dinner. Sir Jacob Wilson & Langley, Harry Livesey, Galbraith, self & three others there. Sat & talked till 11.15 when home by carriage. Langley had been hunting all day. Row in the House of Commons. Irishman carried out by the police. (Red ink: Dined with Galbraith at the Junior Carlton Club.) Wednesday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round C.H. Cold still bad. In morning put things staright etc. Sorted papers & after lunch at 1.0 left 1.30 & by carriage to see the Pantomime. Miss Lessing good. M & self stalls. Saw a man, took it for Joe Carr's brother! Complimented me on Jack & the Beanstalk. Out & M in carriage. Tea at Garrick. Called Sands & Hunter & Camera. No bag in Studio. Out & to Garrick. To Punch dinner. Felt seedy. Claret. F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, R.H, O.S, L.B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Good dinner. Got cut of arming St John Broderick. Left 10.45 & home by bus. M & Roy had dined at Lennie's. (Red ink: Dropped black glove.) (Red ink across page: M & self went to see the Pantomime at Drury Lane.) Thursday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. Wet. Rainy & gusts. After schemed subject of Broderick & John Bull. Sent Otley to May's for knapsack. At 12.0 photod Stace & Otley. Lunch. Enlarged all by 4.15. In room & worked up to 8.45 when dined quietly, M, Roy & self. Friday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out for walk. Met old woman & band. After at work all day on drawing of Broderick & John Bull. Sent enlarging apparatus to Meagher. Finished at 8.30 exactly. Midge round. Roy M & self dined. Quiet evening & bed 1.0am after snooze. Cold a little better 1st time for fortnight. Saturday March 9. Stafford Terrace. Up 8.33. Out for walk. Roy off to Glovers. Dull grey cold morning. Wrote cheques & letters & sent account in to Darlings £55.13.0. After lunch by carriage to the Royalty Theatre & saw Mrs P.C in 'The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith'. Matinée hats. Out & M home in carriage. To Garrick. Called C.C & Sands & Hunter. Tea at Garrick & home by bus. M & self had quiet evening & dined together. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Roy at Glovers. (Red ink: M & self went to see The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith.) Sunday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Walk. After in morning put things away & printed a few blues. At 12.30 M & self walked up the Row. Put M in bus & after bus to C.C. Left parcel. Walked to 18 Berkeley Sq & lunched with Bancroft. 9 guests. (Red ink: Lunch at Sir Squire Bancroft's.) (Plan of table seating: Self, H.Beerbohm Tree, Onslow Ford RA, B, A.W Pinero, Joe Comyn Carr Esq, George Alexander, C.Gill Q.C, Lady B, Sir Charles Jessel, Charles Wyndham.) Good lunch. Yarns etc. Left at
4.0 & walked by Bath Club to C.C. Adjusted lens. After to Athenaeum. Wrote letters until 7.20. Home by bus. M & self dined quietly. Monday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk. Very cold. Frost. After in morning wrote letters etc. Wrote on hat boxes & also after lunch tried Meaghers camera. Then mended candelabra & Empire chairs etc, Electric light. M out in carriage. After all afternoon writing etc etc. At 8.0 Sir Norman Lockyer, Lennie, Mite, Maud P, Roy, M & self had a very pleasant dinner. Bed at 12.0. They all left by 11.0. (Red ink: Sir Norman Lockyer dined. Lennie, Mite & Maud Paxton.) Tuesday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out for walk. Dullish morning. After mended M's sofa & dated blues etc. Left at 12.45 by bus to C.C & after to Garrick. Lunch. Opposite Dot Boucicault & young Bancroft. Coffee. Talk of ghosts with Col Jones. After to C.C. at 3.30. Photod E.J. Dull unsatisfactory afternoon & lenses all wrong. Out 5.0 & called Sands & Hunters. After to Bath Club. Had bath. Then at 7.5 to Bristol. Met M & Miss R.I. Dull gloomy room & waiting. Bad dinner. Miss R.I had 2 bottles of Champagne & 1 of Claret wasted. On to Wyndhams Theatre. Saw Mrs Dane's Defence. An unsatisfactory play admirably played. Went round to see Wyndham. Put M & Miss R.I in carriage & home by self after going up to Studio for packet at C.C. Home. Roy out. Met Conrad at Empire & Roy & Conrad went to Romano's. Cold at night. (Red ink across page: Dined with M with Miss Rose Innes & went to the Vaudeville(sic, Wyndhams) after.) Wednesday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Walk. After the whole morning putting things straight etc etc. Florence Walford to lunch. Left in afternoon at 5.45 & by bus to Piccadilly. Called at C.C. No letters. On to Sands & Hunters & the Garrick. Saw Bernard Partridge. Wrote letters. On to Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Long discussion. Got cut of Cossack, John Bull & Germany. Home by bus. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Hannah Scott-Moncreiff.) Thursday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out for walk. After letters skemed subject of Cossack & John Bull & Germany. At 12.0 photod Stace. Sent Otley to Barkers & May's. Got enlargements by 4.0 & tea. Worked until 8.30 when M, Roy & self dined quietly & bed after snooze. (Cuttings glued in: Public dinner proposed to honour Tenniel. Bernard Partridge's cartoon purchased by Duke of York.) Friday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out for walk. After writing letters at work all day on drawing of Cossack & John Bull & Germany. Finished at 9.0 very late. M & self dined quietly. Roy with Lennie & Maud & went to see The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith. Bed at 12.0am. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir John Thursby.) Saturday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out. After cold in morning. Put room in order. Lunch 1.30 & M & self by carriage to the Vaudeville & saw Alice in Wonderland. Lady & little boy in front. Very good. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum. Out & M in cab. To
Garrick & wrote Stone etc etc. After got sausages & home. M & self had quiet dinner by selves. Read book on Venice after. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Cold east wind. Dog went down to Lennie. Taken by Mite. (Red ink: Ricky went down to Glovers. M & self went to see Alice in Wonderland.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Jane Freshfield.) Sunday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Out short walk. Left in black at 10.20 & by bus to Victoria. Down with Villars to Dover & after good talk about French etc over to Calais. Saw Merry W & Harry Dickens etc. Good lunch. Payton & Day. Freshfield. Long talk coming up with Sir Weymss Reid. Story of Joe Parkinson & the lady on board ship the Hottentot Venus. Russian trip. Lady & husband in smoking carriage. Crowded train. Home by 8.45. M & self dined quietly. Bed after at 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Crossed channel to Calais & back. Met Weymss Reid.) Monday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk. Cold east wind. Letter from Waley enclosing £16.16.0. Wrote letters. After all day at home writing & putting things straight etc etc. At 8.0 Mite & William Stone dined. Roy & Lennie at drill. Good dinner & Stone T.T.T. Roy back in uniform at 12.30am. Bed. (Red ink: William Stone dined.) (Cuttings glued in. Death of Lady Cotton.) Tuesday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for walk. After all the morning testing apparatus etc, tidying. In all day. Roy back at 6.30. Left in rain & misery to dine at Garrick. Roy & self in cab. Fritz Jackson, Mr Devitt, Lennie, Roy & self dined. Dinner cost £1.0.0 per head. Went to the Hippodrome after. Animals good, rest poor. Jackson left 10.45. Back to Garrick & had a business talk with Devitt. Nothing much came of it. Home with Roy in hansom. Bed 1.0am or 1.30 rather. (Red ink: Gave dinner at Garrick to Mr Devitt & Fritz Jackson. Heavy rain.) Wednesday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round C.H. Still wet & cold east wind. Miserable. In morning squared prints etc. Seedy. Lunch. At 3.0 Mr Meagher came & took away enlarging apparatus. After left at 6.0 & up by bus to Punch dinner all the way. P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, A à B, O.S. Long discussion. Got cut of Peace & Boer. Left at 10.45 & home all way by bus alone. M & Roy back from dining with Mite. Cold wet & miserable. Thursday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. After all morning skeming Boer & Shambock & Peace. Sent Otley to May's. After photod Otley for Boer at 12.45. Enlarged. Failure of process plates. Finished by 4.45. Work till 8.45. After M & self dined quietly. Roy took Mite to dine at the Spielmanns. Lennie could not go. Took 2 C.L.L.P. Bed at 12.0. Friday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk. After writing all day at work on Peace & Shambock Boer. Finished at 7.45. Great scramble. Hurriedly dressed & dined at the Suttons. Took a Mrs Rob't Green in. Oh! Next Mrs Maurice Hewlett. Did not
know it. Miss Webster there. Left 11.15 & home by carriage. Snooze. Roy in at 1.0. Still very cold. Dream of Tabs. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Suttons. Met Maurice Hewlett.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Harold Power.) Saturday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 or 8.30 & out 9.0. Breakfast. Roy & salmon. Still very cold. Wired Galbraith to put off going to Calais tomorrow etc. Sent Otley to Her Majesty's. Otley came back with 3 stalls. Lunch & M & self left in the carriage at 1.30 & to Her Majesty's. Saw delightful play, Twelfth Night. Miss Lily Brayton as Viola. Most beautifully put on the stage & Tree's Malvolio admirable. After put M in carriage & to Garrick. Met Mr Bull for Mr Totty. Tea. Called at C.C. Changed plates. Little Tom Thumb there. After fell on curbstone. Home by bus. M & self a quiet dinner & restful evenig. Very cold at night. Roy, Lennie & Mite went to see 'The Belle of Bohemia' & to supper at the Savoy after. Bed 11.30am. Dream of the birds being killed. (Cutting glued in: Death of the wife of Monsieur de Ayala.) (Red ink across page: M & self went to see Twelfth Night.) Sunday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Out & round down Holland Walk. Roy left his latch key in the door. A dull gloomy & miserable day. Sorted letters etc. After at 12.15 walked with M up to top of Row. Bitter wintry wind. Put her in bus & walked past Green Park & thro' Pall Mall to Athenaeum Club. Looked at Lord Ellesmere's house. Wrote letters for 4 or 5 hours. Lunched. Saw the Archbishop of York. Left at 7.15 & home by bus. At 8.0 Mrs Turquand & Mite & Lennie & Roy dined. A pleasant evening. Bitterly cold. (Red ink: Mrs Turquand dined.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Caroline Hammersley.) Monday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Usual walk. After the whole day tidying etc. Wrote labels. Bitterly cold & snow storms. Mr Meagher called about camera. Roy stayed in all day on acct of a severe cold. Very troublesome & wretched at dinner time. All to bed at 11.0pm. Read & snooze after. (Red ink: Bitterly cold. Bitterly cold weather.) Tuesday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Usual walk. After all day writing labels etc. Roy stayed in bed all day with his cold. Left at 7.30pm & walked to dine with Mrs Warre at Rowland House. Took Mrs De Paas in. Leslie Ward & wife. Also a Mr Poole & good looking wife. Mr & Mrs Heilbut etc. Sat next Mrs Ward. Good dinner & evening. Home by carriage. Put up the barometer in morning room. Also luggs on one on landing & the concave glass. Dinner table very crowded at the Warres. (Red ink: Roy in bed all day with cold.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Charlotte Yonge.) (Red ink across page: Dined by self at the Warres.) Wednesday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Usual walk. M remained in bed & Roy up to lunch time. Bitterly cold. Wrote labels etc. Left at 6.0 & up by bus to Punch dinner. Called C.C & walked from there. Overtaken by E.T.R. Punch dinner. Phil Agnew, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, O.S. Got cut of Irish Serving Maid
early. Left at 10.40 & home by bus. Bitterly cold. A very pretty girl in bus. Up to Pavilion. Tip tilted. In black. (Red ink: Letter to May's never reached them.) Thursday March 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. After skemed subject of Irish Girl & Punch. Had been to Town Hall in High St & tried new camera for 1 st time. The one altered by Sands & Hunter. Partial success. At 12.0 Miss Langley came. Otley back from May's without costume. Letter miscarried. Developed & enlarged. All ready by 4.30pm. Worked up to 7.45 when dressed & went by carriage to dine with Lady Lawrence. The Arthur Lewis's, the Bergheims, Mr Lindo, a young man name MacBride, going in for drawing. Took Miss Lawrence in. Good dinner. Talk to Clara Bergheim after & left at 11.5. Home, taking MacBride. Intense cold. Cold snap culminated. Roy went to City in morning after being absent 3 days. (Red ink across page: Dined by self at Lady Lawrence's. Very cold.) Friday March 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out for walk & after by 10.0 all day at drawing of Irish Girl & Punch. Finished by 8.30 & sent it off to F.C.B. Roy went to dine at Mite's & Lennie's. M & self dined quietly. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Bitterly cold. Freda in bed all day ill. (Cutting glued in: Oxford and Cambridge boat race.) Saturday March 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Change in weather at last. A SW gale & heavy rain. Out for walk. Roy went to City. The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Did not go. Another letter from F.C.B. Wrote letter for Mr Galbraith at 12.30. Pouring wet all day up to 3.30 when cleared. M up in my room. Busy labelling photos. Roy went to dine at the Messels & to Alhambra after to see last night of R.G.Knowles. M & self dined quite quietly. Bed at 12.0. Nightmare in night. Freda in bed all day. (Red ink: Pouring wet. Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race.) (Cutting glued in: Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race; scores since 1829.) Sunday March 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Walk. Gave old woman 6d. Got very wet. Breakfast. The whole morning sorting & writing labels. Roy off in uniform to Lennie's for a funeral. Lunch M & self. After Mite came in. M & Mite left at 3.0pm in carriage to go & see pictures. Up in room & re-did the labels of countries. Tea. Dressed & walked up to the Athenaeum Club. Saw Christie, A.R. Back by bus. Very hungry & enjoyed dinner, M & self. Roy back at 11.30. Bed 12.15am. Weather warmer. Freda in bed still. Filled in census paper. (Red ink: M & Mite went picture seeing.) Apr 1901 Monday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Out on cycle 1st time in year before breakfast. Called Lennie. Could make no one hear. After in the morning wrote labels etc. Lunch at home. Left at 2.0 & up by bus to C.C. At 3.0 photod Mabel Hall in Union Jack as Britannia. Many photos, 54. Ethel Warwick came at 4.45 for her. Out. Tea at Garrick after calling Sands & Hunters. Walked on to Punch dinner. Cold afternoon. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, O.S, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, Long discussion. Took from 8.30 to 11.10 to make up the 4 cartoons. Self got S.A cooks & Sir Michael Hicks-B & Pelican. Suggested by self. Partridge Art & Statue & the Fashion of
Bridge v. Whist. Left 11.15 & home by bus all way. Bed after reading Westminster 11.15am. (Red ink: Punch dinner for Easter.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Constance Palmer-Samborne.) Tuesday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Park after breakfast. After sent Otley to May's. Stace came 11.30am. At 12.0 photod him for John Bull & Otley for Sir Michael Hicks-Beach & also a cooking foreground. All good. Developed. Got done at 3.50. After drew outline & got well forward. M & self dined by ourselves at 8.30pm. Quiet evening after. Did not dress. Bed 12.0. Roy back & found me asleep. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Cyril Maude, of a son.) Wednesday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out on cycle. Round by Boltons. Saw F.C.B. Said I had not (illeg). Home & got on with drawing of Sir Michael Hicks-B & John Bull. Finished at 8.0. Sent it off to Boltons. M & self dined quietly & bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Finished Easter Week cartoon.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Richard D'Oyley Carte.) Thursday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Park. Lovely day, bright sun. M packing to go to Glovers. After at 10.0 went out & photod a dancing bear & Frenchman in Stafford Terrace. Left in cart at 12.0 & drove to the Zoological Gardens. Photod 15 phos & 1 background of pelicans. Saw Mr Bartlett (one eye) after. Left 1.10. Saw street children, 2 girls digging one another. Went back & took two extraordinary good snapshots. Home to lunch 1.45. M left at 3.0. Bother to get 4 wheeler. Went off in a hansom. Developed many plates. Roy out. Dinner at 7.45 & after Roy & self went to Pavilion. Eugene Stratton, Marie Loftus & Miss Duggan. To Garrick. No one there. Home at 11.45 by very fast hansom cab, a mare. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Went to Zoological Gardens. New camera great success.) Friday April 5 Stafford Terrace. Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Cycled round Park. No one about. Got up with a headache which lasted the whole of the day. Dull grey day all day except at 4.0 when it cleared. In the morning took photo of Otley for Keeper & began to enlarge. Lunch. Burnt hole in the lid of key camera. All the afternoon enlarging. At 4.0 took a fresh photo of Otley. Developed & enlarged. Worked from 3.0 to 6.0 in yard. Otley round again. Roy & self dined quietly at 8.0pm by ourselves. Quiet evening & bed after. M at Glovers. (Red ink: Bad livery headache all day.) (Cutting glued in: In memoriam Adolph & Sarah Saphir.) Saturday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Wet morning. Roy down first. Out for walk. After ordered Otley to take Roy in dog cart at 10.0 for Waterloo. Saw him off. Up in room. Drew cheques & tidied up etc. Lunch at 1.0pm & left 1.15 in cart for Victoria. Not a very great crowd. Down by self to Horley. Lennie's carriage met me. At Charlwood 3.30pm. Met baby. M better. Stroll round grounds. Tea. After a walk to Greenings. Back 7.0. Vick could not get thro' wire fence. Dressed. Dinner.
Lennie playing after. Sleepy. Bed 11.0pm. Put up mirror in dressing room. Repaired. (Red ink: Roy went to Pyt House. Self came down to Glovers.) Sunday April 7 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.45. Good bath. Breakfast 9.30. Bright coldish morning. Read Undine & Constant's Napoleon etc. L, M & Mite to church. Had heavy half headache. Went to meet Mite at church. Mr Messel & young Loring & Otty came to lunch. Heavy dark clouds & rain after. At 5.30 Lennie & self went for a long walk up hill past Mr Heron's & took the dogs. Back at 7.50pm. Bath & dinner. Walk did me good. Pianola. Took 3 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Very seedy with liver. Long walk at 5.30 to 8.0pm.) Monday April 8 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.30. Breakfast 9.0. After in morning wrote letters etc. All left at 12.0 for Nymans. Lennie & self in dog cart with a brown mare. Mite, M & nurse & Baby in the brougham & pair. At Nymans to lunch. Dull. A long haired little girl there, a Miss Brember. Easter eggs after. Children. Very pretty little girl, daughter of Dr Parker. Left after tea. Lennie & self drove home by the foot of Rusper Hill. Back at 7.0. Dressed. Dinner. Pianola & after took 3 C.L.L.P. Bertie Gibbs called in the morning. M told him to go round to the back door. (Red ink: Went to Nymans.) Tuesday April 9 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 7.50. Bath. Breakfast. Lennie off at 8.30 to business. Got to work all day at drawing of Pelican & Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. Lunch. Frightfully yawny & slack after. Got all outline ready. Change from lengthways to upright. Lennie back at 6.0pm. Went for walk as far as common & turned back. Came across short cut. Dinner. Pianola. Took 3 C.L.L.P. (Cutting glued in: Obituary William Woodall. Tues Apl 9, 1901.) Wednesday April 10 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 7.50. Lennie off. After got to work at 8.30. Bothered with head of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. No it was tomorrow (Thursday) in the shading. Took it out. Today put in outline up to 3.30pm. Dressed & left in Victoria by self to go to Red Hill at 4.20. Met Lennie. Was 10 minutes late. Went up to old curiosity shop & Lennie bought a lot of things. Self nothing. Back. A most gorgeous sunset. Lovely. Dressed in M's room. Ruth & Harold Messel to dinner. Mite & L, self & M. Champagne. Felt frightfully sleepy after dinner. Pianola. Took 2 C.L.L.P. Brown horse bolted with Pugh in the morning. Hurt his hand. (Red ink: Went to Red Hill to meet Lennie.) Thursday April 11 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 7.50. Lennie off. Breakfast. Ruth Messel & Harold left 10.15. Up in room to work at 9.30. Began shading & at it all day up to lunch & to 6.10pm. Lennie back. He & Mite busy packing. Went for walk & got caught in heavy rain. Both dogs with me. Home across country by Greenings. Fell down & got in a mess in wood. Quiet dinner. Lennie said he had married an heiress. Brought him £50. Pianola & bed after smoke at 11.0. One C.C.L.P. (Red ink: Frightfully wet nearly all day.)
Friday April 12 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 7.50am. Bath. Lennie left saying goodbye. Bother about the carriage. Mite decided to go by the 11.0, then she & nurse & Baby left. At work from 9.0 or 8.30am to 1.30 on shading drawing of Pelican & Hicks-Beach. Lunch M & self. After at work for ½ an hour. Packed drawing up & changed & walked with M as far as Post Office. Then on to Horley with Ricky & Vick. Sent drawing off by the 4.43 & walked back. Takes 1¼ hrs each way. Nurse & Baby passed me. Home 5.45. Tea. Wrote diary. M & self dined quietly. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite left for abroad. Walked into Horley & sent off my drawing.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Edward Watkin.) Saturday April 13 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.0. Breakfast 8.30. Wrote letters & posted them at 10.45. A pouring wet morning. Wire from Vaus. Wet the whole day & heavy wet. Underlined in red my diaries. Wrote etc up to 5.45pm when went for walk round common & to Hohler’s lane. Back 7.20. Dressed. Dinner. Wire had come from Roy to say that he was to X channel tomorrow & would not be down. M & self dined quietly. In Lennie's little room. Bed 12.30 after snooze etc. (Red ink: Horribly wet day all day.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir Edward Watkin.) Sunday April 14 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.30. Breakfast 9.0am. Letters came on Sunday morning for the 1st time. Baby fretful with his teeth. Stuck pars etc in diaries & underlined in red. No, wrote letters nearly all mornig. A great many. Lunch. Short walk with M & posted letters. Lazy louts in village. Back at 4.30. Went for walk same as last Sunday up lane to Mr Heron's. Met young Gibson. Picked up an old carter's whip. Home 7.15 by Greenings. Lovely evening. Dinner 7.30, M & self. Read Strand etc after. Bed 11.15. Vick in chair. Monday April 15 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.15. xx. Breakfast 8.40. Bright sunny morning, coldish. After went on all morning sticking pars in diaries. At 11.30 a Jury summons came forwarded from London. Lunch. Wrote letter to Binns Smith etc. M & Baby went out in carriage at 3.30pm. Finished pars at 5.0pm. Broke a basin in bath. Wrote letters. M & Baby back 5.15pm. Tea. At 5.30 M & self went for walk towards Caryll Ansdell’s. 'Horrrid gypsies about'. Went on by self. First heard the cuckoo at top of hill 6.0pm. Met the postmaster. Back 7.15. Dressed for 1 st time without candles. Dinner. After very sleepy. Read Elizabeth & her German Garden. Bed at 11.15. Dreamt of China. (Red ink: First heard the cuckoo 6.0pm!!!. Heard it Saty April 21, 1900, 12.45pm.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary, Sir Edward Watkin.) Tuesday April 16 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.10. Breakfast 9.0. M down late. A good Punch. After bright sun & heavy strong hail showers & high wind. Was to have dined with Mr Devey Browne at the Arts Club. Wrote to give it up. No news from Roy or Otley. Baby not well with cold & teeth. Again sent summons back to Pyt House, Tisbury. No evidently returned from the Post Office. Wrote many letters up to lunch time. After took M for walk round the fields etc. Great sport a rabbit killed after long course with the 2 dogs. In & after tea walked to Ifield & back. 2 pretty girls 12 & 13 & a fire with bushes etc. Back at 7.15pm. Very muddy. Dressed & dinner. After
no sleep. Looked at French books & read a rubbishy detective story. Bed 11.20. Slept well. (Cuttings glued in: Death of R.F.Sketchley. Thursday Ap 18. Death of Mary Ledger.) Wednesday April 17 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.5am. Brighter morning but cold. Summons for jury again returned from the Post Office. Letters from Roy etc. Oranges. Dogs playing. Baby not down. After put things up. Lunch. Dr Parker came. Got away & to London by 4.0 train. Otley met me. Drove to Bath Club. Hair cut. Out, walked to C.C & Garrick & then to Punch dinner. Tenniel there first time since he left. F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, O.S, L.B, B.P, W.W.L. Got cut of Johnny Bull. Tenniel left, not his old cab. Home by bus & to Stafford Terrace. All as usual. Roy out. Bed 11.30am. (Red ink: Tenniel back at Punch Table. First time since 2 nd January.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Ralph Williams to Mabel Wheat. Marriage of Charles Bergne to Agnes Langshaw. Death of William Quayle. Death of David Barker.) Thursday April 18. Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out on Roy's cycle looking for an automatic machine. Went round by Fulham Road & Lillie Bridge. Back. After went down to Addison Road. Took snaps of machine. Back & schemed subject. Stace & a boy came at 12.0. Developed. Otley helped me after lunch, all finished by 4.0pm. Tea & on to work. Roy & self dined & left in the carriage after & went to the Alhambra. Saw Bill Weigal & Johnny Graham (sat next J.G.) Good equalibraist. Out & home in cab. In dining room. Bed. (Red ink: Went to the Alhambra with Roy.) Friday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out for walk. After all day at work. Lovely day. Bright sun. Finished drawing of John Bull & the War Automaton at 7.30. Dressed & dinner by self. Roy dined at Midge's. Left & by cab to the Palace Theatre. Roy met me at nine. Young Taylor there & also Ponsonby (Claude). Out & in carriage. Called Garrick & home. Photod a school girl in the morning outside Kensington Board School. (Red ink: Went to Palace Theatre with Roy.) (Cuttings glued in: In Memoriam George Gordon Noel, Lord Byron.) Saturday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out walk. Roy off. Hurridly packed after. Empire clock got over wound. Left at 11.20 & drove to Marylebone. Roy only just caught train. Judge Snagge. Down to Sheffield. No whiskey. Bother with attandant. Arrived Sheffield 4.15. Letter from Howlden. Roy & self drove to see my aunt. 84 years of age. Does not look more than 65. Long talk with her & Lily. Excitement in Sheffield about football match. Dressed. Kept Howlden waiting. On to the Cutlers Hall. Long dinner. The Duke of Norfolk in cloak of honour. The Lord Mayor to President Mr Senior. Met a Dr & à Beckett. (illeg) card from F.C.B. Phil May drunk, made a speech. Got away at 10.45. Caught train to Renishaw. Headache. Mrs Howlden sitting up. Renishaw lovely house. Roy played game of billiards. Ghost episode. Roy in haunted room. Ghost wringing hands, noises, owls etc. Roy would not face it & slept in my room. Bed 2.0am. Slept fairly well. Woke with slight headache. (Red ink across page: Went down to Sheffield with Roy. Saw my aunt Elizabeth (84). Sheffield Press Club dinner.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Henry Surtees, of a daughter.)
Sunday April 21 Renishaw Hall. Up 9.0am. Lovely cloudless hot day. Down. Breakfast 9.50. Good. After looked over house. Insured for £50,000. Lovely tapestries, furniture, pictures, bronzes. Left in cart at 10.45. Lovely drive, hilly. Went to Norton Church, Chantry's cottage & on to Jordanthorpe. Dispute about locale. Pond in front filled up. Just lawn as I remember it in 1852. Men recovering from the Press Club evening last night. Took photos. Then on to Bole Hill. Cannot remember the exact size of house. So much smaller. Same pond etc. Young Sheffielders in Bole Hill. After left. Glass of beer at Bagshawe Arms & drove home. Dinner lunch at 2.30. Good champagne, Ayala 1882. After stroll round grounds. Tea. Goodbye. Back to station & goodbye to Howlden. To Sheffield. Wash at hotel. Back to London. No matches. Last match for pipe. Roy & self got out at Nottingham & dined in train. Dinner very good. Talkative old man & silent engineer. Otley met us. Loaded cart. Lights jumped out. Police. Home 11.30. (Red ink across page: Magnificent weather. Drove to Norton from Renishaw Hall. Back to town in evening.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Dr Charles Tanner MP. Tues Ap 23. Death of Adela Ram.) Monday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out for walk. Met nurse & governess in black. Back. Roy to City. Packed hurriedly, after left at 10.5 in cart & drove to Victoria. Had to change at East Croydon. Down to Glovers. Cart met me. Mrs Messel there. Long talk. Poor M in bed. Lunch. After wrote many letters. Found that cycle had been used. At 5.0 rode to East Grinstead 12½ miles. Fair in the town. Called shop kept by Arnold. Bought an old spy glass. Back at 7.40. Good run. Dinner 8.0 after bath. Showed M the photos of Renishaw House. Bed 11.30. M about servants. Nightmare about a horse biting. (Red ink: Cycled 25 miles to East Grinstead.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of James Hamilton to Mabel Sang.) Tuesday April 23 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.15. Breakfast 9.0. Looked over Bank book, can't make it out. Dear Baby well. Wrote letters. Nurse posted them. After packed & left M in bed & to station in pony cart with boy. Hairs of pony came off. Train punctual. To the Garrick. Lunch with R.L. Talk to Joe Carr. To C.C at 3.15. Photod Mrs King. Not well & much thinner. No good. Out & to Garrick for tea. Wrote M etc. Home by bus. Very hot & close. Dressed & left by cab to 20 York Terrace & dined with the Edward Pollocks. Took Lady De la Rue in. Dull dinner. Story of Mrs Derek Keppel & the straw in front of house. Home at 11.15 in carriage. Roy up in dining room. Straight up to bed. (Red ink: Dined with the Edward Pollocks. Took Lady De la Rue in.) Wednesday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out 8.30 on Roy's cycle 1st time. Round Park. Breakfast 9.15. Roy off for a busy day in the City. After looked over Bank book & wrote letters. Printed 150 blues & after lunch developed plates taken Sunday. 20 spoilt & 2 unused. India rubber plant put out. Lovely hot day, thermometer over 70º. In afternoon after tidying & writing drove in the carriage, calling at C.C for plates & flag. To Spielman's, 14 Newcastle St, Strand. Looked over stock & selected chest of drawers. Walked to Punch dinner. Phil Agnew back. Phil May
boosey & talking of Drew the bisquet makers. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, O.S there. Left at 11.0 & home by bus. Got subject of King Coal. (Red ink: Cut down India rubber plant at 5.0pm.) Thursday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out on Roy's cycle. Round by Earls Court. After skemed subject of King Coal. Sent Otley to May's. At 11.0 photod Stace for King Coal & developed & enlarged. Work up to 7.0pm. Dressed & left in carriage to Sir Henry Thompson's. A very dull dinner. Sat next Sir Trevor Lawrence. Mr Justice Mathew. An ass of a Sir Something next me, never spoke one word all dinner. Fk Greenwood Dean of St Paul's & that is all I knew. Very dull. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. Freda had left the electric light burning in dining room. Roy out at Pavilion & he called Garrick & had a talk with Chudleigh & young Hicks. Mistake about Bernard Partridge's photos. Freda never gave them to boy. B.P had to wire, sent Otley. (Red ink: Very dull dinner at Sir Henry Thompson's.) (Red ink across page: 1st night of Guthrie's 'The Man from Polankley's') Friday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on Roy's cycle. Went round Park. Met Bertie Gibbs. Home. Bright but colder. All day at work on King Coal. Finished at 8.30pm. Mistake in sending it to the Boltons. F.C.B's letter came too late. Roy dined at Midge's. Dined by self & rest in dining room after. Roy back 11.30 by carriage. Bed. (Red ink: Chatham 2nd Preference went up 3 or 4.) Saturday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out on Roy's cycle. Went thro' Holland Rd & up Notting Hill. Great changes. F.C.Coombes 17 Princes Road No.6. Back 9.0 for breakfast. Roy to go to Oxford this afternoon. Wrote letters etc & put phos away. Printed blues of Renishaw. Got off in cart at 1.25 & to Charing X. Down to Red Hill. Pugh met me with butcher's cart. At Glovers 4.0pm. Mr Marriott there. M & Baby well. Walk round & at 6.20 cycled to Crawley & round by Lowfield Heath home. Put up a gun for rats but did not shoot. M & self dined quietly. Very sleepy after dinner & cold. Much colder. Bed 11.15. Slept well. (Red ink: Came down to Glovers at 4.0pm. Newson planted cuttings from india rubber plant.) Sunday April 28 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.20 & out on seat over the water. Breakfast 9.20. Baby amusing. Bright but cold. The whole morning writing many letters. Lunch. After took M with Ricky for walk thro' the wood & to Greenings. Back over fields. After wrote more letters & at 5.30 cycled into Crawley & posted them. Post goes out at 7.30pm on Sundays. Thro' Rusper, dangerous hill. Took the 2 dogs & tried to get a rabbit. No good. Dinner 8.0. After to bed 10.30. M in Nurse F's room. Slept well. Monday April 29 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 7.30am. Bath & packed. Breakfast 8.30 & off with Nurse & Baby & M in Victoria at 9.20. Drove to Red Hill. The belly band got away from the shaft. Steep hills. Caught train by a few minutes & up to town. Otley met me. Called C.C & Standens & then on home. Changed. Wrote letters & lunch. At 2.0 left & by bus to R.A Varnishing Day. Long afternoon there. Saw Abbey, Mrs
Perugini etc. Incident of Sargent's picture of Sir George Sitwell. Recognised the commode & tapestrys. Out 6.0 & home by bus. Changed. Roy dining out with Hogan. Dined by self & went in cab to the Shaftesbury Theatre & saw a stupid piece called The Fortune Teller with a girl called Miss Neilson in it. Felt unaccountably sleepy & heavy & not well. Went straight home in the carriage. Bed. No smoke. Tuesday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out round Gloster Road & up Queens Gate (never again) on Roy's cycle. Back breakfast. After in morning wrote letters etc. Man putting up shelves etc. Lunch at 2.0. Off by bus & to C.C & Garrick. Called May's. Got Pierrot costume. At 3.30 photod B.J for Pierrot etc. Interrupted at 4.45 by another wanting Studio. Out 5.0 & after to Bath Club. Good Turkish bath. Saw Roger Wallace. Out & by bus 1d to 42 Ashby Gardens. Dined at Lucy's. Sir Redvers Buller, Mr & Mrs Chamberlain, Miss Balfour, Sir William Pollett, Mr Fletcher Moulton, Mr & Mrs Harry Lawson, Sir Edward Sassoon. Interesting talk with Chamberlain, about pyramids & theatres, & to Sir William Pollett. (Red ink: Mrs Lucy's dinner to meet Chamberlain.) (Plan of table seating: H.W.Lucy, Miss Balfour, Sir Redvers Buller, Mrs H.Lawson, Fletcher Moulton QC, Mrs Lucy, Mr Chamberlain, self, Sir W.Pollett, Sir E.Sassoon, H. Lawson, Mrs Chamberlain.) Home by carriage. Called for bags at Bath Club. (Red ink across page: The Lucy dinner after Turkish bath.) May 1901 Wednesday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out for walk round Campden Hill. Gave Roy cheque, also servants wages. After all day writing my revised report for the Paris Exhibition 1900. Dear M back at 6.20. Just missed her as left for the Punch dinner by bus at 6.15. Called at Spillmans. Then to P.D. F.C.B, self, A à B, Lehmann, Owen S, Phil A, B.P, E.T.R, Lucy, A.G first time since 20 March. Good dinner. Got cut of St John Broderick & Labourer. Left early for home. M not yet in bed. (Red ink: Punch dinner. M back from Glovers at 6.20pm.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Robert Leake.) Thursday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wrote letters. Sent Otley off to May's for costume, did not come back until 12.30. Annoyed. Model came, Mr Browning. No good. After a man from Nash's. Photod Otley & Nash's man & Browning for Labourer & Sergeant. Developed. Got all ready by 4.30. Worked from 4.30 to 7.15. Left in carriage & dined with Mrs Mount Batten, Mornington House. Took a Miss Scott Batty in. Also Sir Kenneth Mackenzie. Good dinner & good company. Sir K.M told me about Maud Easton. She was 19 when sitting to me in 1891. Just married. Very interesting. Mrs M.B was a Mrs Picknell before. Conrad Cooke told me all about her on Sunday following this. Her husband died 6 months after marrying her. (Red ink: Dined at the Mount Battens.) (Cutting glued in: Death of James Raggett.) Friday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. After got to work on drawing of Agricultural Labourer & Mechanic & St John Broderick as recruiting Sergeant.
Finished at 8.30pm. M & self dined quietly. Roy dined at Hogans. Roy's last day in the City with Mr Devitt. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Very tired. (Red ink: Roy leaves Mr Devitt.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Lady Gladstone, wife of Sir Thomas Gladstone.) Saturday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. After wrote letters. After got ready & left with M at 11.45 in carriage. Drove up to the Prince of Wales's Theatre & got 2 stalls for 'The Man from Blankleys'. Then to Academy Private View with M. Lots I knew. Talk etc. Out & to Criterion. A poor lunch. Curious parti carré next to us. Dark girl & dark man. Out 2.40 to Prince of Wales's Theatre & saw The Man from Blankley's. Good. Hawtry A1. Miss Bateman good. Out & back to R.A. Saw Conrad Cooke. No, saw him in morning. Had sent Lucy's home in the carriage at 12.30pm. Got fruit & salmon. Wrote letters & put things away. Dinner. M, Roy & self the 1st time since (blank) Quiet evening & bed 11.30. (Red ink: Royal Academy Private View. Went to matinée of The Man from Blankley's.) Sunday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 xx. Breakfast & after Roy & self went at 10.20 to Victoria. Down to Dover. Met Douglas Gordon in train, & on boat Conrad Cooke with a friend, a doctor. Good lunch. Overcharged. Paid F51.20. Also met Spearman. Back after seeing Payton. Up to town by selves. Slept all the way. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Read The Man from Blankley’s. After to bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Roy & self crossed to Calais & back. Met Owen Seaman & also Douglas Gordon.) Monday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Very sleepy. Cycled round Park & met Gibbs. Back. Roy late for breakfast. After in morning wrote letters, aranged for dinner on 21 st. Developed 3 doz plates Miss Langley & Miss Hall. Trained the jasmine & vine on wall & rose tree. Lunch. Roy off at 3.0pm for Chichester. Developed 2 doz more plates. Tea. Had rested for an hour after lunch, 3.0 to 4.0pm. Callers. After dressed & went with M to dine at the Fairfax Rhodes's. Took Mrs Playfair in. Delightful talk to Mrs Mordaunt Snagge. Home with M in carriage. Paper & bed. (Red ink: Roy went down to Chichester for training. M & self dined at the Fairfax Rhodes's.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Hartree. Marriage of Louis Paul to Mary Blanche Vicat Cole.) Tuesday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Earls Court. After all day putting things straight, developing etc etc. The tub with champagne cases etc caught light & burnt up. Great difficulty in putting it out. Quiet day all day. Did not go to see Mr Hackett. M & self dined alone & bed after snooze. Coldish. Wednesday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Park. After all morning & day putting things straight etc. Left in afternoon & by bus to call at 6.30 on Mr Hackett about Pall Mall magazine cover. A very nice man. On to Punch dinner. Dressed. F.C.B, self, R.L, Wm Agnew, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Very small dinner for the time of year. Got cut of Gorst. Left at 10.45 & home all way by bus leaving Partridge’s cut not
settled. Left Punch dinner & took cab to the Royal Society & attended the conversazione. Long boshy talk with Crompton. Saw Roger Wallace & others. Wonderful sea animalcula giving light from bottles. Home at 11.30 by bus from Royal Academy. (Red ink: Went to the Royal Society.) Thursday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & cycled round. No, went for a walk with hand camera to the back of Kensington Square & took about 8 backgrounds for cut. Found what I wanted. Back & skemed subject. Had developed the hand camera plates when Otley came back with gown & cap for drawing of Gorst. Photod Otley & 2 small boys. Developed & enlarged & by 8.30 had nearly all outline in. M & self dined quietly & rest after. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Very heavy rain & dark in the afternoon. Enlarging apparatus got very wet.) Friday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on Roy's cycle. After all day at work on Street Boy & Gorst. Finished at 7.0pm. Roy back from Chichester at 6.0pm. Dressed & in cab to dine at the Anderson dinner at the Whitehall Rooms. Sat next Willie Forbes. F.C.B, Lucy there etc. Many I knew. Good speeches by Lord Selborne & Sutherland & Lord Rathmore. After got away & home on top of a bus. Saw Threlfall & he promised to send me some '42 brandy. Also Mr Dillon Croker looking frightfully old. Read & to bed at 1.30am. (Red ink: Got work done & dined with the P & O. Sir Thos Sutherland and the Anderson dinner.) Saturday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & packed etc & after breakfast at 8.15am got off in a bus with M at 9.15am. At Great Central Rly much too early. Comfortable carriage down to Sheffield. Changed for Eckington. Ass of a porter never put out our luggage. Had to be wired for. Stanley Howlden, Margery & Arthur Linley & Tatters met us at station. Drove up to the Hall. Had tea. Shot at some stupid iron things let off by 'Nick' an old uncle. After shot at rooks. Self got 8 with shot gun. Altogether about 70 were got instead of 400 as Howlden had said. Back. Dressed leisurely & a good dinner. Took Mrs Howlden in. Mr & Mrs Allen, Stanley Howlden, Arthur Linley, selves & a terrible old uncle & aunt. Game of pool after. Divided one & starred 3. At 2nd won 1d. Bed at 12.30am. Huge fires. (Red ink: M & self went down to Renishaw. Boshy rook shoot.) (Red ink across page: Went for 2nd time to Renishaw Hall.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of G.H.Macdermott.) Sunday May 12 Renishaw Hall. Up at 9.0am. Breakfast 9.45. An almost perfect day. Cloudless & hot all day. After in morning up to 1.0 took photos. Mr Allen, 2 Mr Howldens & Arthur Linley walking around. Terrible old uncle. A heavy comp dinner luncheon at 1.30 to 3.30. Took champagne & Port wine. Out again & took a few more photos. Having given the dining room 1 hr exposure went down to lake. Tea & at 5.30 Arthur Linley, M & self were driven to Norton. Lovely drive. Saw church, Jordanthorpe & Bole Hill. Back at 8.0. Dressed & supper dinner. After close game of billiards with Arthur, beat him by 8. Bed at 11.15pm after whiskey. Opened Apollinaris & sat in chair in my room. Huge fires. (Red ink: At Renishaw. Photod all day & drove to Norton in the evening. Coldish.)
Monday May 13 Renishaw Hall. Up at 8.0 & down 8.45. Saw them all off, Mr & Mrs Allen & Arthur & Stanley Howlden, also Mr Howlden. Had opened the door where prayers were read. After M & self breakfasted. Then strolled round grounds & took 10 photos & one in the hall. Read 'She'. Refreshments & off by 12.10am, self walking with Margery to station. Poor Tatters. Left & to Sheffield. Lovely day. Coldish wind. Caught the 1.41pm back. No carriage to selves, M & self in luncheon car. Good lunch. Polite man with papers. Otley met us. Home in bus. Freda had completely broken the glass dish of centre piece. Changed plates & put photo things right. Wrote diary. (Red ink: M & self returned from Renishaw Hall. Lovely hot day.) Tuesday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Out round Park on Roy's cycle. A lovely morning. After developed all photos taken at Renishaw & also ½ doz of Sir William Pearce's yacht taken 1893. No good. Lunch. All afternoon dating & writing labels for naval series with Foxes new labels. Wired to Alexander. After dined at 7.30. Confusion getting off to theatre. Had good hansom & drove to St James Theatre getting there at 8.45. Mr & Mrs Burnand there. Saw a stupid play by Esmond called 'The Wilderness'. Silly. Back home by carriage & to bed at 12.30 after reading paper. Man from Maples finally put the Empire candlesticks right. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'The Wilderness' at the St James's Theatre.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Geoffrey Millais to Madeline Grace. The wife of Moses Woolland, of a son.) Wednesday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25am. Cycled round Earls Court. Saw the whole of Tattersalls house down, flats to be built. Back. Breakfast. After M & her allotment for the B.G.S. Wrote letters. Printed a good many Renishaw prints. Lunch. After developed 18 of Mrs King. The harlequins unaccountably spoilt. Put room in order. Lovely day all day. M out in carriage. Went on putting things straight until 5.30 when dressed & left by bus for the Punch dinner. Pretty girl got out Bond Street with deep voice. Called Clarks. Robey the singer had bought the swords so long there. Sir W.A, L.B, B.P, P.M, F.C.B, self, A à B, R.H, & R.L. Cut made up quickly. Self got Grandfather Clock. Left & home on top of bus. Guthrie had influenza. (Red ink: Beautiful weather.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary George Conquest. Wed 15 May.) Thursday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Cycled round Park. After got ready & schemed cut of Clock & John Bull. Got Emma's clock out & Stace came at 11.30. Photod him & clock & got all developed by 4.0pm. Worked till 6.30 when dressed & went with M to a very bad dinner at the Café Monico. Tabs there & Edgar & Sophy. Went after to the Hippodrome. Missed the Alhambra & offended Slater. Back in carriage leaving Tabs at the Berkeleys. Bed 12.30. A wasted evening. 2 chests of drawers came in from Spillman's at 5.30pm. (Red ink: M & self had a very bad dinner at the Café Monico with Edgar & Sophy.) Friday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. Met a model. No good. Round by Holland Walk & hard at work all day on drawing of John Bull & Clock.
Finished by 9.0pm & sent it off. M & self dined by ourselves. Very tired & done up. Saturday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Very tired. Did not go out in the morning. Put things straight etc. Otley sent to Midge's to put Dora off going with M to the Schwanns. Rest after lunch. At 5.0 went on cycle to Brentford & to Zion House. Twickenham & home thro' Richmond Park. Met man next door driving. Saw the chestnuts in full bloom at Bushey. Lovely. A splendid little girl for a model at Putney. Wish had found out. Home 7.45. Girl going fast along Fulham. Caught her up. After had very good dinner & enjoyed it. Snooze till 12.30 when to bed. M seedy. (Red ink: Went for cycle ride to see the horse chestnuts at Bushey.) Sunday May 19 Stafford Terrace. up 9.0. A lovely morning, no wind. M in bed. Put wine right & electric lights. After developed 6 Mrs King in Union Jack & 6 plates taken June 1893 of Sir William Pearce's yacht. Wrote reminders for dinner on Tuesday. After dressed & left in carriage at 1.40 & lunched at Mrs Pirie's(sic Pirrie). Sat next Mrs Carlyle, a very charming American, & a Professor. Very good lunch. Back in carriage. Mr Molesworth there. After at 4.45 went on bicycle with raquet to Sir Alfred Hickmans. Played several sets with Sir H & young Hickman. Slow. Cap & Mrs Galloway called. Poor little Miss Trench ill with diptheria. Back at 7.30. Dressed & M & self dined quietly. Rest & snooze after. (Red ink: Lunched at the Pirrie's. 1st day's lawn tennis at Sir Alfred Hickmans.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary James Pratt.) B & W May 13, 1901. Monday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Park. After all day putting things straight etc. Man came from Treloars & put fresh felting down on stairs. Round table put out. M in bed. Wrote menus in afternoon etc etc. Dressed & left at 6.0 for the Punch dinner. Went up by bus. Called Camera Club. 2 letters & walked on past Lincolns Inn Fields to Bouverie St. Met Lewis the bronze man who gave me a cigar. To Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Made up cuts quite easily. Self got Hicks Beach as Country Gentleman accosting Miss Economy, or rather Miss E accosting him. Left 10.45 after talk & by bus all the way home. (Red ink across page: Punch dinner earlier for Whitsuntide.) Tuesday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled right round Park. No, went to Boltons & saw F.C.B. On steps, going to have operation. Home. Schemed subject. Sent messenger boy for costume. Carriage at 10.30 & Evelyn Coward went & kindly shopped for me at Whiteleys. After at 1.0 stood for me as Miss Economy. Also Otley at 1.20. Got plates & enlargement by 4.0 & on to work till 7.0pm. Saunders & another came at 8.0. Dinner to 10 men & self. All went off well, good dinner etc. 4 magnums of Ayala '84 drunk, 3 bottles of '74 & 1½ Chateau Y'quem. Most left by 11.0pm. Galbraith 11.30. Fildes stayed on talking till 1.0am. Self got to bed at 1.15am. Very tired. (Red ink: Home dinner to 10 men & self. Great success.) (Plan of table seating: C.E.Galbraith, Col Lucas, H.W.Lucy, G.W.Wolff M.P, Hon Schomburg MacDonnell, self, Sir Norman Lockyer, Dr Conan Doyle, Luke Fildes R.A, W.K D'Arcy, Sir A Hickman M.P.) 11 can just be squeezed in, 10 is
much better. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of J.Fletcher Moulton to Mary HenryDavis. Marriage of Charles Regnart to Edith Pitcher. Marriage of Arthur Short to Ethel Maas.) Wednesday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled round past Kensington High School. After got on with drawings of Sir Michael Hicks Beach & Miss Economy. Worked all day & finished at 8.30 when M & self dined quietly by ourselves & bed after. Mrs Bosanquet came to rechauffé lunch & swallowed Chateau Y'quem & food. M took her in the Park after. Thursday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.40 & down after dressing leisurely at 7.30. Breakfast. After went by bus to Charing X & down with 3 others to Dover. On board saw Cap'n Dixon & Sir Edward Reed. Xd also long talk. Lovely crossing. Pretty fair girl with large mouth like Florence Toole. At Calais only ¼ hr to get lunch & cigars. Back on boat again. Met Lennie & Mite from Paris. Lovely trip back. Woman clinging to a man. Decks wet. Got carriage for them & up to London. M on platform. Lennie just missed his train by a minute. Drove home with M. Otley had broken his whip over the mare. Dressed & went walking over Campden Hill by 2d tube to the Messels. 10 minutes late. Had sat down to dinner. Next to Mrs Farquharson & Mrs Simmonds. Fair dinner. After long talk to Simmonds about M.Easton. Mrs Sington quite distant. Back by 2d tube & by Campden Hill. Home, read paper & bed. (Red ink: Went over to Calais to meet Mite & Lennie. Dined at the Messels.) Friday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out on cycle. Went round Kensington Square & after to Messels to ask how Muriel was. Saw Ruth & Mr Messel. Home. M going to Glovers. Put things straight etc & after lunch at 3.30 M left. A great difficulty in getting a cab. Back in room & put things away. Dated blues etc. Dined by self at 7.30pm. After went by cab to Empire & saw Yvette Guilbert & a Butterfly ballet. Got a chair in dress circle. To Garrick & home by carriage. Tired. Bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: M left for Glovers. Went to the Empire Theatre.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Sydney Stonham, of a daughter. Death of Sydney Stonham.) Saturday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Did not go out. After breakfast wrote Otley's cheque & put bags up. Left by cab at 10.30am & to C.C. Photod Miss M.H & Miss E.W. Out at 1.0 & to Garrick for lunch. Saw Jones & Whitby etc. Coffee. Walked down to Charing X with bags. Otley met me. To Horley, no to Red Hill, where Pugh met me. A great fire had been at Red Hill. 2 men got into the train at Croydon, one like Webster had a shop ablaze. Drove to Glovers. M, Lennie & Mite & the Hohlers playing croquet. Miss Venning there. They left 6.30pm. Went into field & dogs ran a rabbit to earth. Dug it out. A doe in young. Dinner. Curious liqueur. Pianola. Sleepy after. Bed 11.0. M did not sleep well. (Red ink: Paid Cole £1.0.0 for Garrick sweep. Came down to Glovers.) Sunday May 26
Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.45. Bath. Breakfast with Lennie & Maud. Frames & boxes put out. A dull dark cold heavy morning. Horrid. After Lennie Mite & M went to church. Wrote letters & cut slips out of 'Times'. At 12.30 left in 4 wheel dog cart for Nymans. M, Mite & Baby & Nurse in brougham. After lunch read The Ivory Gate & felt very sleepy. Walked with Lennie to the wood & Keepers Cottage, lakes etc. Little duck ill with eyes closed. Left after tea & home thro' Peas Pottage, Coldham etc. Dinner. Pianola after & bed 11.0. Slept well. (Red ink: Went over to Nymans.) (Cutting glued in: Death of James Brander.) Monday May 27 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.45. Bath. After breakfast sat about & read all morning. Looked at pigeons etc. Lunch. A band of yokels came on to the lawn & played. Lennie & Mite went to play croquet at the Hohlers. Left on cycle at 4.30 exactly & took 1 hour to get to Horsham station. Lovely ride back through Rusper. Home 7.0. Conrad had arrived. Went up into fields & got a little rabbit. After dinner pianola. Unpleasant about man servant refusing to do work. Lennie upset. Bed at 11.0pm. Slept well. (Red ink: Cycled to Horsham. Conrad came to Glovers in afternoon.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Hilderbrand Harmsworth, of a son.) Tuesday May 28 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 7.30. Bath. Gave it up to Lennie. Lennie off for 1 st time since Friday April 12th. Letter from Roy. No good my going to Chichester. In morning wrote diary etc & after at 12.30 cycled into Horley. Got time table etc, Times. Back. lunch. After rested & slept in Lennie's room on acct of the heat on lawn. At 4.30 tea. Read about Pompeii. At 6.0 met Mite & Lennie. Walk round the fields. Dinner. Pianola. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Quiet idle day at Glovers.) Wednesday May 29 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 7.45 & down breakfast. Frightfully hot. Lennie off to City. Wrote letters etc all day. In afternoon drove in the Victoria & caught the 4.41 train. Changed at Red Hill & got to Charing X at 6.30pm. Otley met me & drove to the Garrick. Had drawn a horse called William 3 rd. Walked thro' Covent Garden. To Punch dinner. Tenniel came looking older. Told me he was breaking up. F.C.B, J.T, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, A.G (better). Got subject of Good Old Li & the Downy Dowager. Home on the top of a bus. Pretty girl in front. Rain came on. Felt giddy from smoking. Went straight up to bed at 12.0am. Rained all night. (Red ink: Left Glovers for town.) Thursday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Seedy rather. Cycled round Park. Sent Otley to Lincoln & Bennetts & Cording & Mays. At 12.0 photod Stace & Otley for China betting subject. Developed & got all ready by 4.0pm. A dull dark grey morning wuthout sun. After worked all afternoon to 8.15 when dined. Went by cab to Alhambra & saw La Tortojana & ballet. Home by carriage from the Garrick Club at 11.45pm. Bed. (Red ink: At work in town by myself. Went to Alhambra in evening.) Friday May 31
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & cycled round Earls Court. After got to work all day on drawing of Empress of China & Good Old Li. Finished at 9.0pm when dined by self. Too tired to go out afterwards. (Red ink: Work all day. Did not go out. Very tired.) Jun 1901 Saturday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Did not go out. Breakfast. A tailor from Barkers called. No good. After put things away & squared up. Felt very tired. Dear Mite came at 12.45. Lunched & at 1.45 we left in carriage & drove to the Temple & witnessed the marriage of Miss Lopes & Archibald Bence Jones. Saw Lady Blomfield & the Crackenthorps, also many others. Drove home. Called C.C. Changed & drove on to Victoria. Caught the 5.3pm down to Horley. Saw Mr Marriott at Victoria. Arrived Charlwood, Conrad & Lennie out gardening. Rain set in. Good dinner. Champagne. Quiet evening & pianola after. Bed 11.15. (Red ink: Went with Mite to wedding of the Hon Susan Cordelia Lopes & Mr Archibald Bence Jones. To Glovers after.) Sunday June 2 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 9.0. After down. Most lovely morning. Delightful idle day. After lunch went on cycle & posted a great many letters (30) at Crawley. Back 10¼ miles in one hour at 6.15. M, Mite & Lennie, Conrad, self, Nellie, little Vic & Ricky went up to Greenings. Back at 6.30pm. Dressed. Quiet delightful dinner & evening. Bed 11.0pm. Caught my heel in the door & broke the skin. (Red ink: Quiet day. Cycled to Crawley. Answered advertisements.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Walter Hancock to Ada Hollebone. Obituary of Lt C.V.Keyes.) Times July 16th.) Monday June 3 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.0. Lennie off. Got letters. Wrote letters. Got off by 10.15 from Charlwood for Horsham. At H 11.20. Ginger beer. Left cycle & left H at 11.45 for Chichester. Arundel Castle. Lovely. Roy met me. Had a pony trap up to barracks. There 1.0. Excellent lunch. After saw men at physical drill. Called on the Col & his wife & after a smoke & talk strolled with Roy into the town. Called at a shop & saw lovely old cross & went in to the Cathedral. Met Major Scaife. Left after talk with Roy by 5.24. Gentleman in train asked about Horsham Hotel. Left at 6.40 & cycled thro' Rusper to Glovers. A mile shorter by Rusper. Back 7.45. Dressed. Dinner M, Mite, Conrad & self. Lennie & Nipper back at 10.15pm from Volunteering. Bed 11.30. Col Kilgour, Major Scaife, Major Farrell, Captain Meaken, Captain Selmer, Captain Hawper, Lt Humphrey, Lt Thos Luscombe. (Red ink across page: Went down to Chichester to see Roy. Lovely summer day.) (Cutting glued in: Death of General Wolff.) Tuesday June 4 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.0. Lovely morning. Lennie & Nipper off. M & dear Baby on lawn. Baby amid buttercups. Wrote letters etc. Magnificent weather. After all day read & wrote letters. Lennie back. He & Con watering plants. At 7.30 dressed. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Ansdell dined. Champagne. Sleepy after dinner. They left at 10.45. Smoke & bed after. (Red ink: Ansdells dined at Glovers.) (Cuttings
glued in: Murder of Captain Keyes. Advertisement: Young lady wanted to sit for costume studies........ Apply by letter only, E.S, 23 Charing Cross Rd.) Wednesday June 5 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 7.50. Breakfast. Lennie away. Got ready after & cycled at 10.15 to Reigate. Conrad going with me to Ansdells. Derby Day. Lots going. Lovely weather. Called at Wooley's & got 2 plates & a dessert service. Back to town & Otley met me taking cycle. After to Garrick Club to lunch. Excitement as to William 3rd winning. Stopped in smoking room. Jones, Joe Carr, Scoones. Young Collard there. At 4.0 or 3.45 Cole came in & said Vladovski had won, my horse 2nd. Wrote M. To Bath Club & had hair cut. Called after at Briggs & got umbrella & parasol. Met Cap'n Moon. Punch dinner after stopping at corner of Chancery Lane. Sir W.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, O.S (back). Tenniel querulous. Got cut of Canada. Cut made up for Partridge of Tenniel's banquet. Otley took me home in cart. (Red ink across page: Derby Day. Vladovoski won. Got £18.5.0 second horse Garrick sweep.) Thursday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled to Redcliffe Gardens. Saw No 17. After Lillie Bridge & back home. Breakfast. Sent Otley to Mays & wiring. At 12.30 photod Miss Langley for Canada & Lilford Delph for Brodrick. Developed & got them ready by 4.0. Tea & at work. My tooth hurt me very much. Sort of gum boil. Dear M back at 6.15 from Mite's. Dined quietly M & self at 8.30pm & bed quietly after. (Red ink: Tooth very painful.) (Cutting glued in: Participants in the Derby Stakes.) Friday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Cycled round by Lillie Road & home Nevern Square. Wrote many letters. After at work from 10.30 to 7.30pm on drawing of Canada & St John Brodrick. Finished 7.40. Dressed & left by carriage & dined at the Johnson Fergusons. Took a Lady Evans in. Mr & Mrs Pilkington there. The Dixon Hartlands etc. Tooth bothered me. Home with M in the carriage. Lanced my gum. Bled very much. Smoked cigar & bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: Dined at the Johnson Fergusons. Met the Pilkingtons.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Thomas Bond.) Saturday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled to Chelsea Embankment. Back. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Put things away. Left at 1.30 with M in carriage & saw 'The Girl from Up There'. Not so bad. Poor Edna May fainted at end of last act. Put M in carriage. To Garrick Club, had tea. After walked thro' Covent Garden to Drury Lane. Back & home by bus. Met old Hume Williams in bus. 79 years old. Called Butts & home after. M in room. Had been to Midge's & Spofforths. We dined quietly together & quiet evening after. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'The Girl from Up There'. Edna May fainted. Met old Hume Williams in bus. A bore.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Thomas Bond.) Sunday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am & walked in & out of Terrace, Essex Villas & Phillimore Gds. Back. Breakfast. Lovely morning. After cycled as far as the Earls Court Ex'n. Back. Up in room & put things straight. Edgar & Sophy called. M & self & E & S
went in bus to Hyde Park Corner, I paying. Walk in park & home by cab. M & self lunch. Rest. After on cycle at 4.45 to Hickmans, played till 7.20 when home & dinner. M & self dined quite quietly. Rest & bed after. (Red ink: Played tennis at Sir Alfred Hickmans by self.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Charles Ganthony, of a son. Death of Robert Wantage.) Monday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle round Earls Court. After in morning skemed Index. At 1.0 whistled for Otley & took 2 photos of me. After lunch. At 2.0 left Edgar who walked with us & M & I went to entrance of Exhibition. Back. Sent Roy £15 in notes. In afternoon went on to work on Index. Drew in Stonehenge. M & self dined quietly together & bed fairly early at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Began Index for Vol 120.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Walter Besant; long obituary.) Tuesday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Cycled round by Redcliffe Gardens. Arranged for sitting. Back. In morning worked on Index heading. After dear Mite came at 12.45. Lunch together. Left by bus & up to Garrick Club at 3.0pm. Called May's. Got cheque for £18.4.9. for portion of Garrick sweep. Saw Bangs, Judge Snagge & after Hugh & Cyril Spottiswoode. Left & to C.C. at 3.30. At 3.45 photod Miss M Haydon, good model, for French Republic. Out 4.30. Wrote letters at Club. Left costume at May's & to Punch dinner. Phil A, B.P, H.W.L, A.G, E.T.R, F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, O.S there. Got subject of General Muddle. Left at 10.45 & home all way on top of bus. Lennie just gone to bed. (Red ink: Punch dinner earlier.) Wednesday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Bath & cycled round Bayswater. Lennie off to business. In the morning schemed subject & after at 12.15 photod Stace for Genl Muddle. Otley had been for the costume at May's. Developed etc. Rain in afternoon. Rested an hour & at 6.30 got ready to go to the Tenniel Banquet. Lennie & I left at 7.15 & drove in cab there. Heaps I knew. A remarkably good dinner. Lennie & Mr James Speyer. Delightful speeches by Mr Choate & Arthur Balfour. Left at 11.20 & looked in at Burnands on our way home. Took Mrs Harry B in. Cold damp tent. Miserable. Left & home in cab. Bed at 2.0am. Poor Tenniel broke down. (Red ink: The Tenniel Banquet. Lennie went with me. Admirable in every way.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Robert Buchanan.) Thursday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out on cycle past Kensington Sq at 8.50. Little girls schooling. Back breakfast. Lennie off at 9.45am. Wrote letters. Evelyn Coward here at 10.45. Strong west wind. Leader in the Times about Tenniel Banquet. Went on to work all day on drawing of Old General Muddle & War Office. Left in the afternoon & went up to the Garrick Club to try & forward Lennie's election. Saw Jones, Tree, Marshall Hall, Garner etc, also William Stone. Also called at Barkers on my way back to be fitted. Looked in to a Café Chantant. Saw Mrs Smale. Back to work. M & self dined quietly. Wire came at 6.30 to say Lennie not elected. Very much annoyed. (Red ink across page: Lennie not elected at the Garrick Club.) Friday June 14
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & down breakfast. Lennie off to the City. Went out at 9.30 for a walk & met Miss M.R. Likely to be good sitter. Back home at 10.10 & all day at work on drawing of Old General Muddle. Finished 8.0pm. Roy came up from Chichester at 5.30pm & had tea. Finished drawing at 8.0pm. All dined together, Lennie, Mite, M, Roy & self. Tried the Australian wine & after quiet evening & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Roy back from Chichester.) Saturday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & cycled round Park. Back breakfast. Lennie off to Glovers leaving Mite. In morning worked on Index. In afternoon went up to the C.C. Changed plates. Saw Joe Carr at the Garrick. Appeared annoyed at Lennie's non-election. Home by bus & M & self dined at the Cameron Corbetts. Took rather an aesthetic lady in to dinner like a Burne Jones picture & sat next to Mrs Parke Smith. Mr Elliott there. Rude wife. Home 11.15. Lennie & Mite went to see The Girl from Up There & Mite stood Roy a supper after. Home by bus from Strand Law Courts. (Red ink: After M & self went to dine at the Cameron Corbetts.) Sunday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am & out for walk. Gave old woman 6d. In morning worked on Index & practically finished it. Rest. Roy & self went in a cab to play tennis at Sir A Hickmans. A very good player there name of Mears. Beaten every set. Quiet dinner M, Roy & self. Mite went back to Glovers at 11.30am, Roy taking her in fly. (Red ink: Roy & self played tennis at Sir Alfred Hickmans.) Monday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Cycled round by Earls Court & Redcliffe Gardens. After in morning sent the Index off & began the tail piece at 4.0pm & began the title page. Looked out photos. Roy out to dinner. M & self dined by selves. Quiet evening. Roy back very late. Dora came in afternoon at 4.0pm. Took 4 photos of her. She dined with M & self after quietly. (Red ink: Photod Dora in morning dress.) Tuesday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Something wrong with cycle. Walked round Campden Hill & met Mr Chesterton. After all day scheming title page. Rested & pottered all afternoon. A letter from Brightmore saying Preface next week. Very much annoyed & put out. Wrote to Alan & Co. Left at 5.45 in carriage for Richmond. Got there 6.40. Dined all Punch staff together. Poor dinner. Baby & Nurse Francis came up at 3.0pm. Roy went back to Chichester at 7.30. (Red ink: Alderman Sir Whittaker Ellis's dinner, Punch Staff.) (Plan of table seating: Ald'n Sir Whitr Ellis, Mrs Burnand, Phil Agnew, Mrs Raven Hill. Romer Williams, Mrs Reed, self, Mrs A.B, Sir W.Agnew, Lady Ellis, F.C.Burnand, Mrs Sambourne, E.T.Reed, Raven Hill, A à Beckett.) Home 10.45 by carriage. Wrote letters after. Wednesday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & down in yard & enlarged Britannia before breakfast. After got to work all day on Britannia. No, in morning got up at 7.30 & enlarged the Britannia etc for Title Page. Hard at work. Decided to do the Dove & Britannia. Mite to lunch. Had to give up going to judge drawings at S.K. Lunch 1.15. Took cab to C.C at 1.45 & at 2.45 photod Miss M.R for studies. 1 st sitting.
Left 4.0 & home 4.15. Tea & worked till 6.30. Wrote letters etc. Left by bus. Wet. To Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, O.S, L.B, B.P, H.W.L. Talk of Tenniel Banquet & left by bus 10.45. Home to bed. Locked Lennie & Mite out & had to come down. (Red ink: Ought to have examined drawings at South Kensington. Hard pushed to get Title Page for Vol 121 done. 1 st sitting of M.R.) Thursday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Worked 1¼ hours before breakfast. After skemed subject of Campbell Bannerman piping & Harcourt as Welsh Woman. Sent Otley to Scot Adie's. Went on with drawing of Britannia & Dove & got outline complete. At 12.50 photod Otley as Scotchman & as Welshman for Harcourt. Developed etc & got all ready. Back at work again at 5.30 to 8.30 when finished the Title Page. M & self dined quietly. After at 11.15 walked round to the Kensington Palace Hotel & was at a Ball given by George Agnew for coming of age of his son. Saw heaps of people, the Lewis's, Mrs Lanarch etc. Took Mrs Forbes Robertson in to supper. A very pretty daughter. Introduced Lockett Agnew to Mite. Left at 1.15 & walked home. Bed at 1.45 very tired. Lennie & Mite with us. (Red ink: Fletcher wrote asking me to join the Joyeuse on Saturday.) (Red ink across page: Ball at the Empress Rooms. Coming of age of George Agnew's son.) Friday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired after last night. Cycled round Redcliffe Gardens. After all day at work on cartoon of Campbell Bannerman playing Pipes. Got at it 10.15am & finished 9.30pm. Rather bothered with head of Harcourt & C.B & did not like drawing when finished. Dear Mite, M & self dined at 9.45pm. Bottle of champagne & had fan blowing it was so close. Very tired. After bed 12.30. Electric light burning. (Red ink: Hard at work all day on Campbell Bannerman as Scotchman playing Pipes. Shortest time this year of doing a cartoon.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Admiral Sir Anthony Hopkins. Death of Charles Hulse.) Saturday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk round Campden Hill. Very close & stuffy. Back. Wrote letters & tidied room. Mite packing to go home. All morning putting things away. Lunch at 1.0 & Mite left at 1.30. Rested an hour & then dressed. Went up by bus to C.C. Met Mr & Mrs Spofforth. Photod R.M for sleeping Britannia. Out 6.30 & home by bus. Dressed & left 7.55 for dinner at the Braunsteins. Mr & Miss Moberly Bell etc. Remarkably good dinner & very pleasant company. Lost 15/s at bridge. Oh! Kept carriage 2 hours & home 12.30. Snooze till 2.0am. (Red ink: Mrs Braunstein's dinner. Very good.) (Plan of table seating: Mrs Braunstein, Mr Moberly Bell, Mrs (blank) L.S, Miss Gardiner, Mr Braunstein, Mrs S, Mr (blank) Miss Moberly Bell, Metaxos Greek Chargé d'Affairs.) Frightfully hot evening. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Admiral Sir Anthony Hoskins.) Sunday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.30. Breakfast. Walked in & out of terrace, Durham & Essex Villas etc. A S.W ½ gale blowing. Wire from Fletcher for Conrad's address. Developed last week's plates etc. Rest after lunch & at 5.0 went up to Hickmans. Little Miss Trench out in garden. Played Sir Alfred 5 single sets of lawn tennis. Beat him by 4 sets to one, or 5 sets to 1. Left 7.0 & home on bicycle. Not a soul
had called. M & self had a quiet peaceful evening & bed at 11.30 after reading. (Red ink: Played single sets against Sir A.Hickman. Beat him 4 or 5 sets to one.) Monday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Earls Court. After got on with drawing for heading Vol 121. Enlarged the sleeping figure & all photos of Miss M.R taken on Wednesday last. Put Punch in armour in etc & the general outline. At 7.30 dressed & M & self went in carriage to most excellent dinnner given by Mrs Medley. Took a Mrs Hutchinson in to dinner. Sat next a Mrs Beit. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. Mr & Mrs Lester Reed senior there. (Red ink: M & self dined with Mrs Medley & a most excellent dinner too.) Tuesday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Earls Court etc. M preparing for her at home. Busy all morning. Mite up at 12.0 with roses etc. Worked all morning & part afternoon on drawing for Heading Vol 121. Went down at 4.45 & M had 80 people. Huge at home for us. All went off very well. Miss Gardiner came. Went on to work after seeing the Partridges later. Dined 8.30 on cold collation. M, Mite & self. M very tired. Great credit to her. (Red ink: M's at home day. 80 people came. A great success & all M's managing entirely.) Wednesday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled the reverse way down Earls Court & past Boltons etc. Met Freddy May. Back. Breakfast 9.10am. After all morning at work on drawing for Volume 121 & lunch at 1.30. Left 1.45 & cab to C.C & Garrick. Got change for cheque & saw Phil Agnew. At 2.45 photod M.R for 2 nd time. Likely to be good useful figure. Much better. Out 4.30 & went on to Bath House Piccadilly. Too late for marriage of Miss Euan Smith. Missed M. Took champagne on top of tea which subsequently upset me. After to Athenaeum Club, 1 st time since April. Then to Punch dinner. F.C.B (not well) Sir J.T, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Most came in very late. Got cut of Boar Hound & Balfour. Left at 10.45 & home by bus. Lennie & Mite had dined at the Pollocks. (Red ink across page: Miss Euan Smith's marriage.) Thursday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Worked one hour on drawing for Heading Volume 121. Got up with pain in S & violent indigestion. Uncomfortable until after breakfast. Lennie off to the City. Skemed subject of Balfour & Boar Hound. Sent Otley to May's for costume & at 12.15 photod him. Tabby & Gwen came to lunch. Gwen grown a very nice looking girl. Developed & enlarged. At 4.30 back at work on the drawing for Volume 121. Finished it at 7.15pm & went on with the other. After M & self dined quietly at 8.30pm. Lennie & Mite dined with Mr Geiger. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edward Man. Death of Stephen Ram.) Friday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.20. A pain in S & violent indigestion, same as yesterday morning. With great difficulty did an hour's work before breakfast. Lennie down late & upset at not having been called. M could not blame her maids. Up in room & at work all day from 9.45am to 9.0pm when finished drawing of Arthur Balfour & Boar Hound. Dined after shaving & dressing at 9.25, M, Mite & self. Was very
tired after, nevertheless took Mite to Lady De la Rue's at home. George Grossmith & many others, Judge Bacon etc etc. Left at 1.15am & home. Smoke & to bed 1.45am. (Red ink: Took dear Mite to the De la Rues at home. Very tired & done up.) Saturday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.40. Very tired. Walked with paper round Campden Hill. Mite packing to go away. Lovely morning. Wired to not use Studio. Put things away all morning. Dressed & much astonished to find Roy turned up at lunch. He went to the Wimbledon lawn tennis. After M & self left in carriage & went to the Criterion Theatre & saw a Japanese play played by Japanese actors. 2 plays, the Knight & the Geisha & another. Out. Put M in carriage. To the Garrick & after to the C.C where changed plates etc. Took plates home. Called Butts & to S.Terrace. There 7.45. M & Roy & self dined. Roy left & out at Hogans. Violent thunderstorm at night. (Red ink: M & self went to see Japanese play together.) Sunday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15 & out. Close morning after the thunder shower. Wandered with Observer in & out of Terrace & sat down in Holland Walk. Back. Breakfast at 9.45. After wrote letters etc etc all morning. Lunch. Good bye to Roy. Rest & at 4.45 went on cycle & played many sets of lawn tennis. His grandson & self against Sir A & his son. 2 sets all, 4 sets. No, beaten by 5 sets to 3 in the end. Jules Mumm '74 wine for cup. Left 7.15 & home by cycle. Roy left at 5.45 for Chichester. Heavy rain all night. Jul 1901 Monday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. x. Out for walk round Campden Hill. Breakfast. Letters. Filled in Income Tax paper for £820 & sent Otley with it. Close hot muggy morning. Could not find any means for last 2 years of filling in papers. After developed 14 plates & 8 of Miss Haydon. M out in carriage. All afternoon trying to scheme the Almanack page. No good. Very good drawing of mine in Punch. M & self dined quietly at 8.0 & peaceful evening after. Letter from F.C.B about my opening page of Volume. (Red ink: Dull muggy weather.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Bessie Waring.) Tuesday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out in gale to end of Redcliffe Gardens. Back breakfast having met Geilgud, Mrs G & Miss Casella after. Put room straight etc. M out in carriage. Dressed in frock coat at 11.45 out 12.15 & to C.C & Garrick. Lunched. Saw W.Stone. Sir C.Jessel, Jeyes etc etc. Out 2.15. Door of Studio locked & had to be burst open. Dark dull day. Study from Miss M.R. Out 4.30. Tea at Garrick. Called & paid bills at Sands & Hunters & also Turnbull & Asser. Mrs Calvert in bus. M told me bad news of dear Baby. Floods of rain coming home. Mite did not come up. M & self dined quite quietly & had read & snooze after. Bed at 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Mrs Matthew Arnold. July 1) Wedneday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & cycled round Earls Court. Back. All day scheming subject for Almanack. Dear Mite & Baby came up to lunch & Baby went
to see Dr Victor Horsley. She left in afternoon. Dressed & went by bus to the Punch dinner. Phil A, B.P, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, A à B, & O.S. Long discussion. Could not get ideas discussed of Almanack. Left at 11.15 & home all way on top of bus. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Dion Boucicault to Irene Barnes.) Thursday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Cycled thro' Earls Court short way. Saw Nevern Square. After breakfast sent Partridge his photos & skemed subject of Campbell Bannerman steering the Liberal Yacht. Sent Otley to May's & to Cordings & got photo & enlargement by 4.0. Mrs Welby in to lunch & dear Mite also. M & Mite went to Lords. Worked up to 8.30pm when M & self dined quietly. Bed after rest. Friday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & cycled round Earls Court after writing Burnand rough notions for Almanack. At work all day on drawing of Campbell Bannerman steering the Liberal Yacht. Did not finish till 9.20 when dined with M & had a bottle of Perinet. Bed after very tired. Very hot all day. Saturday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. Did not go out. All morning sorting Times & squaring up etc. Lunch at 1.45. M out in carriage. Left on top of bus at 2.15 for the C.C. Little girl like the Wallop family with most lovely red hair. Changed plates & on to tea at the Athenaeum. Wrote Sir Evelyn Wood etc etc. Out at 6.15 & home by bus. Again a pretty girl of 15 with hair in 2 plats would make delightful model. Dressed & dinner. M & self went in good 4 wheeler to the Court Theatre & saw 'Women are so Serious'. Very good. Ellis Jefferies, Fred Carr etc. Sir Felix Semon in box. Little lame man from Ramsgate spoke to me. Home by the carriage. Read 'The Tomb of his Ancestors' by Kipling. Bed at 1.0am. Spoilt 8 plates by leaving them open in dark room. Wore no waistcoat. Uncomfortable. (Red ink across page: M & self went to the Court Theatre.) Sunday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.30am. M to remain in bed. Cooler. Otley & new rug. After sorting plates etc tried to scheme the page for Almanack. Lunch. Rest upstairs after & left on cycle at 4.45 after seeing Midge with M. Gave Midge 2 photos of Dora. Have several very good sets. Sir A & his son against a young man & self. We were beaten 3 sets to 2. Good cup. Left 7.15 & home. Quiet dinner M & self & rest after. Bed at 1.30pm. Monday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & cycled round Earls Court. Met F.C.B in the morning. Had sent ideas for quadruple page of Almanack. Letters passed to & fro. After home & got page schemed at last. All day pottering about. Got on cycle again & went to F.C.B's with letter. Broke the step to get on cycle & hurt my ancle. Caught F.C.B on doorstep going to theatre. Settled the quadruple page. Home & dressed & M & self dined by ourselves quite quietly. Bed at 11.30 after. Sent a letter to Sir Thos Sutherland in morning. Tuesday July 9
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & cycled round Earls Court. All day scheming subject of quadruple page in earnest. Got it roughed out properly at last. Had thrown away a large quantity of old plates which were taken away. M in bed but I took Dora to Lady Carbutt's at home. Left by cab at 7.40 & had a very pleasant dinner at the Rouths. Took Miss Carlisle in. Met the Huttons & a gentleman from Xeres, also a Wallop. Left at 12.0 after keeping the carriage waiting 1½ hours. Home. (Red ink: Dined by self at the Rouths.) Wednesday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Cycled round Earls Court. After in morning went on with subject of quadruple page. M in bed. Left at 12.0 to lunch with Phil Agnew & Lawrence. Met them 1.30pm. After at 2.30 at the C.C. Photod Miss Reid for 4 th time for Knowledge. Out 4.30. Frightfully hot. To Garrick. Wrote a letter or so & at 6.15 dressed. Put jacket on & straw hat & to the Punch dinner. L.B, B.P, E.T.R, F.C.B, self, A à B & O.S. Left at 10.30 & back to Club. Changed & took bag to Bath Club. At Lady Tweedmouth's at home, saw Haldane, C.B & most of the politicians of the Liberal side. Lucys, etc etc. Out & walked back to the Bath Club. Met Schomberg Macdonnell in Piccadilly. Long talk. Cab home at 12.0am. Bed 1.0. Had slight headache all day. Answer from Sir Thos Sutherland about the 'Somali' trip. No good. (Red ink across page: Lady Tweedmouth's at home.) Thursday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. M in bed. Cycled round Nevern Square. Back & schemed subject. Sent cheque for £10.10 to Taylors & answered their letter. At 11.40 photod Otley & self for Split Coat. Developed & enlarged by 4.30pm. Went on to work till 8.30, M reading in my room. M & self dined quietly & bed at 12.0 after snooze. Dear Mite lunched with us. Friday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out. Walk round Campden Hill. After wrote letters & all day at work on drawing of Campbell Bannerman & Split Coat. Finished at 7.30. Dressed & went by cab to dine at John Penn's. Mr & Mrs Lucy, lady & 2 daughters, Mr Renshaw, John Penn, self. Curious dinner. Left at 10.30. Penn's advice about 16 bore guns. Cab at corner of Athenaeum & home. Dropped my hat. Frightfully hot day. Thermometer 82º in my room. Weather changed about 5.0pm. Roy came up from Dover & went to the Eton & Harrow match. Bed at 11.30. Frightfully restless at night. No doubt that for once the Champagne got into my head. Could not get any Apollinaris. (Red ink: Dined by self at John Penn's.) Saturday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 leaving M asleep. Had been very restless in the night & woke poor M. Felt very buzzy. Got away at 10.0am & up by a cab to the C.C. Photod Miss Hall & Miss Warwick for Xmas page. Cooler. Out at 1.0 & home by cab. Had to change cabs. Dear Mite at lunch. Rested 1½ hours after lunch. Cooler weather. Roy at Eton & Harrow match. After developed plates taken this morning & on Wednesday. Otley returned & could not get seats for Gaiety or the Avenue. Dined M & self & Roy. Roy went to the Alhambra in carriage. Bed at 11.30 after reading Buffalo Bill. (Red ink: Went to the Alhambra, M, self & Roy.)
Sunday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.40. Out on cycle at 9.10 & took note to Burnands about the Royal Society's Club. Cooler with N.E wind. After printed phos in morning. Still a little seedy. M & self lunched together. After from 2.0 to 4.0 rested & slept. Bret Harte called. Left on cycle at 4.40 & left note on Dora. After to Sir Alfred Hickman's for last Sunday's lawn tennis. Played many sets with Mr Galloway, Tom H & a young man. Left 7.10 & home on cycle. Bath. Dressed & at 7.50 Col Bosanquet, Mrs Bosanquet & D.D Bosanquet, Roy & Dora dined. Cup etc. Dozed in chair till 12.45 when to bed. They left at 11.0. Played at Hickmans 6 consecutive Sundays running. (Red ink: Col & Mrs Bosanquet dined with us. Last Sunday's tennis at Sir A Hickmans.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Ann Forbes.) Monday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on cycle past Earls Court, school & Nevern Sq. Back 9.15. Settled to accept Mrs Watney's invitation. After Dora came at 11.40. At 12.15 photod her for the figure of Knowledge. Mite came. Both at lunch. After a rest from 2.30 to 4.15. Enlarged until 7.0pm when dressed. Left at 7.50 in carriage to dine with Bernard Partridges. Very pleasant evening & a very good dinner. (Plan of table seating:) (Red ink: Bernard Partridge's dinner. Good.) (Plan of table seating) F.C.Burnand, Mrs B.Partridge, Sir Bruce Seton, Mrs Burnand, self, Lady Seton, Bernard Partridge, Mrs Sambourne. Stayed till 12.0 when left & home in carriage. Took Partridge poor Joe Payton's blue coat. (Cutting glued in: Marriage arranged between Dudley Marjoribanks and Muriel Brodrick.) Tuesday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & cycled past school & Redcliffe Gds. Saw Nevern Sq. Back. Breakfast. Warm again. Man from Nash's called. After in morning went on with Xmas page drawing. Blazing hot. Rested after lunch. Enlarged from 4.30 to 7.0pm. Miss Rose Innes called. Dressed & M & self dined at the Ainsworths. Sat next Lady Busk. Took Mrs A in. Corked wine. Man who married Huish's sister. Left & home in carriage at 11.0pm. Smoke & bed. Talk to Sir (blank) (Red ink: Dined M & self at Mrs Ainsworths.) Wednesday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Earls Court & Nevern Squre, 5 miles. After wrote letters. Took photo of Astronomical instrument in Kensington. Back. Called Barkers. M out. Lunch 1.30. Mr Bosanquet was to have come. Left 1.45 to C.C. Study from Miss M.R, 'The Lesson'. Out 4.0 & to Garrick to tea. Wrote letters. Dressed leisurely. Most awfully hot, 85º in shade. Bath. To Punch dinner. Streets hot. F.C.B, self, R.H, O.S, P.A, B.P, H.W.L, Got Bathing cut. After left at 10.15. To Garrick. Sat in hall overcome by heat. Changed & to Bath Club. Left bag. To an at home at the Grafton given by Mrs Emerson & Bainbridges. Saw many friends. Miss Carlisle, the Burns, Roger Wallaces etc, Lucys of course. Col Edis. After left at 11.50. Saw Herbert Weld Blundell at the Bath Club. Cab home. Posted letters. 5th M.R outside dress. x. (Red ink: Went to Bainbridge's at home at the Grafton. Awfully hot.) Thursday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & cycled round Earls Court. After writing letters got to work & skemed subject of Lord Rosebery & Liberal Party swimming. At 11.45
photod Lilford Delph & Otley. Developed & enlarged by 5.0pm. Up in room & got on with drawing up to 8.30pm. Intensely hot all day, 82º in room. M & self dined quietly & bed at 12.0 after snooze. Friday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Earls Court etc. After all day at work on a most successful cartoon for next week 'Deus in Machina'. Lord Rosebery & Liberal Party. Finished easily at 8.15pm. Dined at 8.30. Roy up from Dover at 5.0pm & out to dinner. M & self had quiet dinner & to bed 12.0pm after. Intensely hot all day. Thermometer 86 in room, or rather 82º. (Red ink: Roy came up from Dover.) Saturday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Intensely hot all day. Cycled round Earls Court. After in the morning put things away & squared up etc. In afternoon enlarged a number of prints for Xmas page up to 7.0pm. M & self dined & after went in a cab to the Vaudeville Theatre & saw a pretty little piece called Sweet & Twenty by Basil Hood. Harry Dickens & his daughter in the next box. Very hot. Home by the carriage. Smoke & to bed. Roy went down to Arundel for his training in the afternoon. Bernand, Lucy etc went for the 'Somali' trip. (Red ink: M & self went to the Vaudeville. Saw 'Sweet & Twenty'.) Sunday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. M decided not to go across channel. Very close & hot. Left by bus to Charing X. Called C.C. Down to Dover, 3 others in carriage. X’d to Calais. Saw Cap'n Dixon & Mrs Dixon. Harry Dickens & self over together. Delicious breeze going over. There 2.30. Saw Merry W. Little waiter going for holiday, gave him 2/s. After left 3.25 instead of 3.45. Very close going back & threatened storm. Up from Dover, Dickens & self. Hezeltine got into the carriage at Herne Hill. London 7.0pm. Home by bus. M did not expect me so early. Wrote 2 letters. Dinner, cold. After M & self walked in & out of the Terrace etc. Intensely hot. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: X'd to Calais by self.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Samuel Pope.) Monday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Earls Court & Nevern Square. Back. Letters. After put rugs etc in yard & photod them for background of picture for Xmas No. Rest after lunch. At 4.0 tea. In yard & enlarged up to 7.0pm. M back. We dined quietly together & to bed at 11.15 after snooze. Also photod & enlarged from Poynter's picture. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Samuel Pope.) Tueday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Machine in road making noise. Down. Drizzling with rain. Went for walk round Campden Hill. Empty houses. People away. After in morning wrote letters etc & went on with drawing for Xmas. M went in carriage to Stores. Left at 12.20 & up by bus to the Garrick. Lunch. Saw Carr, Stone, Sir Charles Jessel, Jones etc. Phil Agnew complimentary over my cartoon. Left after smoke. To C.C 2.15. Took study from Miss M.R for Xmas page. Out at 4.45. Talk to Thompson Lyons. Home in cab. Tea. Up in room. My boards came at last. Cut boards etc. After Col & Mrs Welby, selves & Miss Rose Innes dined. 2 bottles of
Lanson. They left at 11.15. Shewed Mrs Welby my original drawings. Bed at 12.0 after reading paper. 6th M.R. 1st x. Col & Mrs Welby & Miss Rose Innes dined. Wednesday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Earls Court. After all day at work on drawing for Xmas page. Roughed it in on cardboard. In afternoon dressed in jacket & went by bus to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P there. Long talk. Got horse subject & Balfour. Discussion about Hogarth's Marriage à la Mode for a subject. After left & to Garrick Club. Carriage there with coat. Went to Academy Soirée, keeping the carriage. Saw Mrs Sington, Lady Poynter, Stones, Richmonds etc. William Stone made £30,000 out of Erie's. Home & to bed. Burnand absent from the Punch dinner from today till Sepr. (Red ink: Royal Academy Soirée.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Mrs Kruger; obituary William Monkhouse. July 22.) Thursday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Cycled round Earls Court. A fine sunny morning. After breakfast skemed subject of Balfour & Horse. Sent Otley for jockey's dress. Went round at 11.50 & photod the old mare. A storm coming on. Mr Delph came 12.30. Delayed till 2.30 by frightful storm. Dark as November & lightning & heavy rain. Very great to do to get done. Enlarged in pouring rain. Dear Mite came at 5.0 from Littlehampton & stayed. M, Mite & self dined quietly at 8.30pm. Rest & bed after. Very much annoyed at getting cheque returned from Devereux. Went up after dinner & wrote to Sir George Lewis. (Cuttings glued in: The wife of William Hartree, of a son. Death of infant son of William Hartree. Report of affairs in Natal.) Friday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Heavy wet in the night. Walk round Campden Hill. After at work all day on drawing of Balfour & Horse. Finished at 9.0pm when dined with M. Mite left in the afternoon. Quiet evening after & bed after snooze. Saturday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Walk round Campden Hill. After in morning put things away & squared up. Snatched a photo from bust of Minerva after lunch. Enlarged 4 or 5 photos. At 3.30 dressed & left with M in carriage & drove to the Guildhall & saw the Spanish pictures. Put down at the Athenaeum Club & wrote to a Mr Herbert about Devereux. Out & sent cheque for £9.10.0. Home in bus. Bought plums. Roy back at 8.15. M, self & Roy dined. Quiet evening afterwards. A dull rainy day. (Red ink: M & self went to see the Spanish pictures.) Sunday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15. Walk round Campden Hill. Gave old woman 6d & got a blessing. In doubt as to Xing Channel. Did not. Got on with Xmas page all morning & put in principal figure. After lunch 2 hours rest. At 5.10 went on cycle thro' Nevern Sq & to Reed's & stayed an hour & a ¼ with him. Saw Sir Edward etc. After home thro' Melbury Road. Did 1 hour's work. Dressed & M & Roy & self dined. Bottle of Lanson. Long talk over Roy's affairs. Not very brilliant. To bed at 12.0. Strange dreams. M slept well. (Red ink: Called on Edward Reed.)
Monday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Cycled round Park 1st time for a very long time. Lovely morning. Poem by Rudyard Kipling in 'Times'. M packing to go to Mite's. Lunch at 12.30. Had worked & put in columns. M & Roy left at 1.15 for Victoria to go down to Charlwood. Left at 2.0 & to C.C by cab. Waited till 3.0 when Miss M.R came. Photod in costume & out 4.15 & went to Cordings, Lincoln & Bennetts & to Bath Club. Could not get hair cut. To Turnbull & Assers & to United Services Club. Wrote a letter & on to Punch dinner. Burnand away for his holiday. A à B, self, O.S, B.P, P.M. Got Chinese subject. Cart waiting. To Garrick Club & wrote letters. Home. Took sword & Union Jack etc from Club. Bed at 12.30am. By letter Aug 27, 28. x twice. Tuesday July 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cycled round Earls Court & Nevern Square. After skemed subject of Li Hung & the Powers. Sent Otley to May's for a costume (Chinese). At 12.15 photod a boy Otley got for the Xmas page & the Greek helmet etc. After Otley at table & as Chinese. Developed & enlarged. Got to work & at it till 8.45. Dined by self. Too tired to go out. Bed at 12.0am. Wednesday July 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Earls Court thro' Nevern Square. After all day at work on drawing of Chinese subject, Li Hing & the Powers. Finished 9.0pm. Dined & after Otley drove me up to the Alhambra. Saw Sir Alfred Hickman. Kept cart waiting. Whiskey & soda at the Garrick & home. (Red ink: Went by self to the Alhambra. Saw Sir Alfred Hickman.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Theophilus Bernand. July 31.) Aug 1901 Thursday August 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled round Park. Short turn. Put all things away & after enlarged Boy & accessories for Xmas page. Lunch & got away in cart at 5.15 & caught the 5.55 for Horley. Crowded station as the King had left for Cowes. Cart met me. Cycled to Glovers. Got there 5 minutes before the party returned from Goodwood. Lennie, Mite, M & Roy, Miss Violet Phillips, Conrad & Mr Clements. Very hot & close in evening. Good dinner. Pianola. (illeg). Talk & bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Went down to Glovers.) Friday August 2 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.0. Bath. Breakfast with Lennie. He off to business. M & self arranged my little room & up at work after all day. Put in astronomical instrument, tripod etc. Went for cycle ride round by Mr Heron & home 9 miles with Lennie & rode Ricani's machine. Good dinner & bed. Pianola in evening. Saturday August 3 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.0. Bath. After breakfast. Worked nearly all day. Put in background of pillars etc. Roy off to a cricket match at Lowfield Heath at 11.0. Lunch at home. Afterwards they all left & went to the concert. I went on cycle at 6.0pm. Nettie followed me to the village & had to take her back. Violet Phillips left at 2.0pm & Mr & Mrs Hemming came in the evening. Saw cricket match or end of it & introduced to a Mr Hennessy. Miss Vanning. Trap did not come for M &
Mite etc. Cycled round by Horley & found them all back home when I got back. Dinner 8.20. Champagne. Pianola. Talk & bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Cricket match at Lowfield Heath.) Sunday August 4 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.30. Bath. Read Fortune of the Rougons before breakfast. After all the morning writing letters. The others at church. Good lunch. Read & felt sleepy. Up in room & worked from 3.30 to 5.0pm. Traced tiger skin & put it in. Mr & Mrs Hohler, Miss Venning, Mr Venning, Mr Mordaunt & a Mr Dent on a motor all came to tea. M & Mite went for a run on the motor car. Left with Mr Hemming at 5.30 & cycled to Crawley & back by Rusper. Very good cycle ride. Changed & dinner. Sat next Mrs Hemming. Talk. Told Major Ricards Seavers' story. Good music. Lennie sang. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: M & Mite went for a most dangerous ride on a strange motor car.) Monday August 5 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.0. M not very well. 2nd bath. Dear Mite's birthday. Up in room at work after breakfast. At 10.0am put in tiger skin in Xmas drawing. All left for Nymans at 12.10am. Lennie, Mr & Mrs Hemming in one trap. Con, M, Mite, Roy & Mr Clements in another. Worked till 1.30. Put Boy in. Solitary lunch. Ricani waiting. After a rest put the columns in etc. At 6.30 cycled to Crawley. Could not see them coming back. Returned along the Brighton Road & past Mr Hohler's. Troops of cyclists. Home 7.40. They did not return from Nymans until 8.10pm. Dinner. Mite's birthday. Champagne. Music after. Mite tired. Bed at 12.0am. Clements talking. (Red ink: Mite's birthday. Worked all day, rest at Nymans.) Tuesday August 6 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.0. Lennie & Mr Hemming off to the City. After got to work all day on drawing of Xmas Quadruple. Put in seat & also drew in pencil principal figures. Lunch. Roy & Con putting etc. At 6.30 cycled by self reverse way round by Mr Heron's etc. Just 1 hour. Dinner. Music after. Lennie sang. Mite not well & upset at the music & smoke. Talk etc. Bed at 11.30pm. Mr Clements left in the afternoon. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Charles Krabbe. Death of Stella Boore.) Wednesday August 7 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.0. Down. Breakfast. Lennie off to City. After worked all morning on page for Xmas. Put in principal figure etc. Roy & Con putting etc. Lunch. After packed & picked some laurels. No bay tree in all the garden. Left at 4.15, Con driving me to Horley. Changed Red Hill & up to town. Otley met me. Got to Charing X at 6.40. Strolled to Punch dinner. A à B, self, Lehmann, O.S, B.P, H.W.L, P.M. Got subject Germania & Britannia. Left 10.45. Bus to C.C. Took cab with bag home. Horse fell down at Piccadilly Circus. Home by 12.0am. Letters & bed. Thursday August 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Met cycling round park George Agnew on horseback. Told me of his wife's illness. Breakfast home. Schemed subject of Britannia & Germania. At 11.30 Miss M.Hall came & made studies, also for tomb. Had made a laurel wreath. Developed by lunch. After enlarged & got to work at
5.0pm & put in drawing & outline of weapons etc. Dined by self at 9.0pm. Read after & bed at 11.30. Friday August 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Back breakfast. After wrote Sir E.Wood & also wrote on drawing for Lord Rosebery. At 11.0 got to work again on drawing of Britannia & Germania & the Empress Frederick's tomb. Worked all day. Put in perspective. Roy back at 5.0pm from Glovers. Worked up to 9.45 when Roy & self dined. Very tired after. Bed 12.0pm. Very close & hot. Muggy all day. Saturday August 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Very tired. Down. Letter from Sir E.Wood & Roy's papers came in for Portsmouth. After at 11.0am Roy & self went to the Zoo. Photod owls etc. Back 1.30 roundabout way as roads up. Lunch at 1.50. Developed plates. Enlarged & took Partridge's heads he lent me. Decided not to go to Glovers. Wired at 6.50. Dressed & left with Roy & to Garrick Club, calling Daly's. Had very good dinner, Ayala 1889. After to San Toy. Miss Irving pretty & good, rest poor. After to Garrick. Saw Arthur & Pat à Beckett. Supper & home by cab at 12.45am. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Zoo. Dined at the Garrick & went to San Toy.) Sunday August 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast 8.30. Put up bags & gave Roy cheque. Paid books & Otley. After sent Otley with bags to Charing X. Left & caught the 1 st 9.15am bus. Extraordinary girl inside talking to conductor. Stared. Out at Charing X. Walked back to United Services Club & got paper. Caught the 10.15am train down to Red Hill. One other in carriage. Wagonette met me. Drove to Glovers & caught them just as coming from church. Miss Clifford with Mite & M. Talk to M. Lunch & wrote 7 or 8 letters after. Rest & at 5.0 cycled 21 miles with Lennie to Peas Pottage, Horsham & back by Rusper. Saw Pucks Croft & met Weller, old coachman. After home, bath & dressed. Dinner. Music & bed. x. Vic's little puppy born, 1 alive, 1 dead. (Red ink: Went down to Glovers. Saw girl in bus.) Monday August 12 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.30. Bath. Lovely morning after heavy rain at night. Wrote 2 wires, Wolff & Watney, & sent them off, going on cycle before breakfast. After wrote diary. In morning worked. Lennie did not go to the City. Were to have cycled to East Grinstead. Mrs Heron & an old gentleman called to tea. Too late. Cycled round up by Caryll Ansdell's & short turn home. Self went up hill & back. The Hohlers came to dinner. Champagne & music after. Small opera glass refused to work. Bed at 11.15pm. Mrs Reffell left for a week's holiday. (Red ink: Hohlers came to dinner.) Tuesday August 13 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 89.0am. Down. Breakfast. Miss Clifford. Lennie off to City. Up to work 9.30. Mysterious message to M, Mr & Mrs Hohler wanted to see her. Thought it was Mr M senr. Poor Lennie & coachman thrown out of trap & might have been more seriously hurt at Horley. Uncomfortable lunch, Lennie on chair. Played 1 game 15 up with Miss C at raquets. After Mr & Mrs Messel called. Went up to work. Put in head of Art & Science. Tea. Cycled to post & up hill & after waiting for Miss C to play went short round reverse way. Dinner. After Miss C
recited. Poses of Photographer etc. Read. Lennie to bed 10.30, self 11.15. (Red ink: Lennie & coachman thrown out of dog cart. Bond the coachman.) Wednesday August 14 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.30. Breakfast 9.0. Lennie not down. Lovely morning. After breakfast worked all morning on Xmas Quad. Lunch. Miss Clifford ate an inordinate amount of chocolates. Thought she would never finish. Put things up & tidy & left in wagonette by coachman to catch the 4.40 train. Up to Charing X. Otley met me. One letter. To Punch dinner. A à B, self, R.L, P.A, B.P, H.W.L,. Good dinner. Got Lord Kitchener cut for self. Gave them the title of the Uncommercial Traveller. Left & by bus to United Service Club. Wrote letters. Home by bus at 12.am. (Red ink: Went up to town from Glovers.) Thursday August 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & walk round Campden Hill. After wrote letters & skemed subject of Lord Kitchener & Tommy Atkins. Sent Otley to Stohwassers. He was a long time coming back the things having been sent to the United Service Club. At 12.30 photod Otley for both. Developed. Lunch. Minnie cooking. At work 4.30 to 9.0 when dined. Did not go out. Bed 12.0am. Friday August 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Cromwell Road & round to find Warwick St. Close to Abingdon Road. Back. Breakfast. After to work all day on drawing of Lord Kitchener. Photo turned up at 12.0am. Finished at 9.0pm. A difficulty about the legend of cut. My yesterday's letter not posted. Dined by self on grouse etc. At 12.40am rung up by a wire from Arthur à B. Bed. Tired. Saturday August 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0, no, 7.30. Breakfast 8.15. After wired M & decided to go by the 4.0pm train. Lucky I did. Printed blues immediately after breakfast. Put room in order & wrote letters etc. Lunch 1.15. Left by bus to the Garrick. Wrote Railway Managers & Mr Brooke. By green bus to Victoria. Otley met me with bag. Wrong carriage. To Horley. Newson only met me in a butcher's cart. M very angry. Took M for a walk to P.O. & wired we could not go to Nymans. Went for short cycle ride up hill & round by road to Ansdells. Dinner 8.0. In little room after & read & snooze. Bed 12.0. Sunday August 18 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 8.30. x. Breakfast 9.0am. After continual & brilliant sun the entire day. Very hot. Up in spare room at 10.0am & worked on Xmas Quad till 1.30 when lunched. After read. Sat out & wrote letters. M read Memories of the Courts of Europe by Swinburne. Rested an hour. Tea. From 5.0 to 6.15 worked. Too hot in room. Took M for a walk round. Left at 6.50pm to post letters at Crawley. Post goes out 7.30pm. Back in an hour. Bath. Dinner. Read after. Bed at 11.15. Hot in the night. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lady Margaret Ismay. Death of Harriot Arrow.) Monday August 19 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 7.30. Breakfast 8.0. M not down till 8.30am. Roy's birthday. News of poor Lady Margaret Ismay's death in the Morning Post. Very hot
again. Very hot all day. Went on with Quad after lunch. Read H.Swinburne & snooze till 4. Shifted into front room. Took out & re-drew owl. At 6.10 took M for walk thro' the wood over hill & dale. Back 7.10. Did not cycle. Dinner. No grouse. Read after & snooze. Bed at 12.30pm. (Red ink: Roy's birthday.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Edmond Audran. Obituary Lady Arrow.) Tuesday August 20 Glovers, Charlwood. Up 7.0 & breakfast 8.0pm. Letters. My cartoon not so good as usual in Punch. Found cycle was punctured. Worked on Quad 9.15 to 1.30. Put boy's head in again & details. Trees etc. Lunch. Read for an hour. Much cooler & wind. At work 3.0 to 5.0. Drew little Roman urn in at 4.15pm. Tea. Expecting Lennie & Mite back. As I thought letter came from Mite to say Lennie not so well. At 6.10 took M for a walk to P.O. (forgot change) & up to Greenings & across home. No cycle ride. Dinner 8.0. Read Mrs Earle's book on Pot Pourri from a Surrey Garden. Bed 11.0. x. Wednesday August 21 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 7.0. Breakfast 8.0. Lovely morning. Mushrooms. Wrote letters from 8.30 to 10.0pm. (illeg illeg) & wasps which have been feeding on a particular plant. After in morning wrote letters & went on with drawing. Put in leaves of foliage etc. Lunch. Packed traps. Frightfully hot sun. Got flowers. M & self left at 4.0 in carriage, M going on to Victoria. Self changed at Red Hill. Charing X 5.40. Called C.C. 2 letters. To Garrick & after to Punch dinner. A à B, Raven Hill, Owen S, Phil M & B.P & R.L. Got cut of Madame La République & letter from Czar. Long time over Partridge's. After left. Discussion about the work of Everard Hopkins. Arthur a hass! Home by bus. M at home all right. (Red ink: M & self returned from Glovers.) Thursday August 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. After wrote type letter & wired to Miss Hall. She could not have come, being on tour. Skemed subject of Madame la République reading letter. Selected a plate. M made a wreath of flowers. At 12.0 enlarged & took 8 phos of flowers. Bothered with slide. Spoilt 4 plates. Otley found 2 boxes of R.Field Dodgson's plates. Will try them. Enlarged etc till 4.30. Up in room at 7.0. M & self dined at 8.30pm quietly by ourselves. (Cutting glued in: Death of Robert Shone.) Friday August 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. & out for walk round Campden Hill. After went on to work on Madame La République & Czar's letter. Lunch 1.30. M left with Otley at 2.0pm for Pyt House. On to work. Bothered with head & hair of Madame la République. Had sent Otley to Stores for (illeg) & photography etc. Tea. Finished 9.15pm. Dined by myself & rested after in drawing room. Vey hot. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: M left for Pyt House.) Saturday August 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Walk round Campden Hill. No letter from M. After had hair cut & shave. Printed wreaths taken Thursday. After put in the perspective of the floor in Quad drawing. Lunch. Photod vase of flowers & also made a little go-cart of hour glass etc for boy. Photod it. Developed. Drew cheques etc & from 4.30 to 6.30 went on with Quad drawing. Took the figure out
of Science completely, it was wrong in perspective. Dressed at 6.40. Black suit. Wound clock. Dined. Sent Otley at 7.30 on to Euston with bags etc. Self left at 8.20 & drove there in a hansom, 3/s. Got there 8.50. Saw Mr Brook. Carriage all ready. Left at 9.0. Read to 10.30 when lay down & slept. Coldish at night. (Red ink: Left London for Ballechin.) Sunday August 25 On board train from Euston. Woke at Carstairs. Long way before one gets to Stirling which is quite close to Perth. Wash. Surly porter. Would not have him. Met Sir Wm Dalby. Breakfast with him & Prof Corfield who I have not seen since 1876. On to Ballinluig. Trap met me. At Ballechin at 10.30. Wolff. Motor car being repaired. Introduced to a Mr Harrison & also Mr Harland. Wrote letter & unpacked. Dull watching lawn tennis. Too much lunch. Uncomfortable rest after. A Mr Williams came over on a bicycle. Motor car would not start but left at 4.30, not back till 6.30. Wrote six letters. Went for walk. Heard motor in distance. Took wrong turn. After to top of wood, heavy bracken. Back 7.30. Pitheatly. Bath. Dinner. Took Toots in. After pianola & billiards. Lost about 1/3 at pool. Bed 12.30. Woke many times in night. Also a Major Robson & his wife. (Red ink: Arrived at Ballechin.) Monday August 26 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15. bath. Tooth hurt me. Breakfast. Wet morning. Wrote M, Mite etc. At 11.30 went to Aberfeldy on motor, 25 miles hr. Mr Schwabe, self, F.May & engineer. Delightful ride. Had to stop 10 minutes up hill to get engine to go. Back 12.45. Wrote Arthur. Put boots on. Lunch. After loafed about. Major Robson blown up. Rode white pony up hill to moor. Started shooting 3.20. Strong wind. 6 guns. Freddy May, Harland, Robson, Harrison, Schwabe, Sambourne. Almost the 1st time in life shot nothing. Missed even a hare. Left off 6.30. Home 7.15pm. Dinner. Mrs Harrison on Mrs Beecher Stowe. After a fire in billiard room. Pool. Lost 6d. Bed 11.30. Slept better. (Red ink: 1st ride in a motor car. Very poor afternoon's shoot.) 'Your year of Presidential deeds Abruptly ends this week at Leeds If fated to be dubbed or slighted May future years be un-benighted.' Tuesday August 27 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.10. Major Robson & his wife left at 6.0am. Down. Breakfast. Blowing hard. After breakfast felt rather seedy. Thought had cold coming on. No shoot. Motor went in for a Miss Bond. Areophany. Wrote many letters. A mooching wasted morning. Started immediately after for ferreting rabbits. Got 12 for 19 shots. 2 shots at a woodcock. Mr Harland & Schwabe each got a woodcock. Walked home by 6.15. Tea after waiting. Bath & dressed leisurely. Black tie. Took no one into dinner. The Harrisons & Schwabe's last night. In billiard room after. Beat young Harland a 50 game. No pool. Bed 11.30. Slept fairly well. Mary Bond arrived. (Red ink: Rabbit shoot in afternoon.) Wednesday August 28 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15. Breakfast. Mr Schwabe had left early before breakfast. Mr & Mrs Harrison left at 10.0. Letter from M & from M.R. answering queries. Left on white pony at 11.0. Harland had gone in motor. Rode to far beat,
H following. Started shooting 12.0. H got a blackcock. Missed a simple bird. Too blown to be any good. Lunch by a hut. Frightfully cold wind & rain. Began to walk 2.0pm & kept on hard walking till 6.15pm. Only got 1 brace of birds all day. Harland 2 brace of grouse & 1 of black game. Home 7.30. Saw Wolff. Pitheathly. Dressed. Mrs & Miss Coates & a young man named Barker had arrived. Took Annie Coates in to dinner. Gone off. Danced after. Banjo & young B. Took one whole pool & divided another. Won 6/6. Plumped F.May's ball into right top pocket. Bed. Read Tristram of Blant. Sleep 12.30am. A very hard day. (Red ink: Letter answering queries. Shoot of far beat with young Harland.) Thursday August 29 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.30. Tired. Breakfast. Imitated motor car. Got off after writing M at 10.30 on white pony & rode right up to far moor, getting off a mile before. Walked up with young Harland. Rest. Mr Barker, Freddy May & Mr Coates followed. 2 parties, May & self & young Barker & Coates & Harland. Only got one bird, May one also. 2 picked up. 3 brace for 5 guns. Lunch on hillside. Rain came on 1.0pm. Kept on all day. Midges. Talk to young Barker about Col Larking. May asleep. Long walk after & walk all way nearly home. No birds. Tea & bath in room. Dressed leisurely. Dinner. Took Miss May in. After match burning trick & in billiard room. Young Barker lost a lot of money, over 6d on a ball in a circle. After game of 5's. May & I against Coates & Harland. We were 10 to love. They beat us 12-0 up. Barker hurt his hand. Bed 11.45. Candle burnt out in the night. (Red ink: Bad day's shoot. Very wet.) Friday August 30 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.15. Bath. Breakfast. Much finer. Letter from M enclosing one from Roy & Mite. Left on pony at 11.15, Miss Coates, her brother & young Barker going. Began to shoot at 12.0pm. Got 2 very long shots before lunch & blew one bird to pieces. Oh! Lunch. Black ants. Miss C went on after.Young Barker gave up & went to sleep. Got 3 more birds & a hare. Frightfully thirsty at tea time 4.45. Rested by spring. Good drink. After walk home got another bird. Home 7.0pm. Wolff had had his face lanced. Letter from M, going home. Written on Thursday. Dressed. Washed checked breeches, had fallen into hole. Dinner. Took Miss May in. Dance for ½ hour. After stupid billiard game. Young Barker lost a lot in backing number for 6 pockets. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink: Best day's shoot. Miss Coates going.) Saturday August 31 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.20. Slept well. Fine moning. At 10.0 F.May, Mr Coates, & Mr Harland went off to long beat. Young B not up. Letter from M.R. Postcard & one from Lehmann. Packed & tipped. Went down at 11.10 & had delightful motor ride. Toots. M Gustav Schwabe & self & driver as far as Blair Athol. Thro Pitlochry. Wired Baby. Home 1.45. Lunch. Wasp in beer. After packed. Played 1 set lawn tennis. Miss Coates & I v. Schwabe & Miss Bond. 5 games all. Beaten by 1 point. Back 4.10. Changed. Finished packing. Tea. Wolff in hammock. After left in carriage, Miss Coates driving, at 6.10pm. Motor left earlier. Goodbye at station. Had to wait 1 hour & a quarter. Did not get to Perth till 8.20. Dined at Hotel. Met Mr Williams who was at Ballechin last Sunday. After left by 10.5pm train. Drunken people about. Slept uncomfortably. Cold in the night. (Red ink: Motor ride to Pitlochry.) Station master William Hamilton.
Sep 1901 Sunday September 1 On board Train from Perth. Arrived Euston 1 hr & ¼ late. Otley met me. Home by 10.20. Dear M on steps. Breakfast & unpacked. Got to work at 12.0pm. Took out figures. At 4.30 took M for a walk up the Row & back. Dined quietly. Up in my little room after. Bed 11.0 x. Monday September 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Round short turn in Park on cycle. Breakfast, M & self. After to work. Put in the 2 figures of Art & Science again & in afternoon drew boy's toy wagon. M & self dined at 7.0 & left 7.45 in 4 wheel cab for the Comedy Theatre. 1st night of 'When we were Twenty One'. Mr & Mrs Nat Goodwin. A preposterous play, well acted. Sat next or next but one Claude Ponsonby, Mrs Tree etc etc. Fildes came & spoke. M asked him to dinner on Sunday. Left at 11.0. Some difficulty in getting cab. Home. Stupidly took whiskey. Upset me. Bed 1.30am. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'When we were Twenty One'.) Tuesday September 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 with bilious headache. Lasted all day. Walk round Campden Hill. Back. All day at work on Quad. Put truck for boy & flowers in. Sleep for 2 hours after lunch. On till 6.20. Dressed. Dined at 6.50 & left with M in same cab to the Gaiety Theatre. Saw 'The Toreador'. Stupid. Crowded stalls. Young man like Royalty in row in front of us. Nero to the left. Out earlier. Got cab & home. Took no whiskey. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink: M & self went to 'The Toreador'.) Wednesday September 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Tired. Gale blowing. Walk round Campden Hill. Picked up seeds like torn buttons. Breakfast. Man from Stores came about clocks. Up in room. Wrote diary. After all day at work on Quad. Felt very livery. Left at 6.0 & walked the entire way to the Punch dinner, calling C.C. A à Beckett, Owen Seaman, Bernard Partridge & self only. Very long time making up cut. Not till 11.0pm, after Partridge's. Left 11.30 & home by bus from Fleet Street. (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Clowes.) Thursday September 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled round Park, past school. After skemed subject of 2 Emperors & Loubet. At 12.10 a model called Cox came & photod him for Emperor. M out. Mite's dressmaker at work. Developed & enlarged & began work at 4.30pm. Worked to 8.30, M reading in room. Dinner. Last grouse & bed 12.0am. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Weld Blundell. The wife of Hamo Thorneycroft, of a daughter.) Friday September 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round short turn. Band playing. Wrote letters till 11.0. M in bed. At work all day up to 9.30 on drawing of German & Russian Emperors. M & self dined quietly. Bottle of old Heron, thin claret. Bed 12.0 tired.
Saturday September 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk round Campden Hill. Picked seed up like a button with threads. Put all photos away etc & after developed all back plates in tray in hut, also 3 films. Delighted with films. Up in room after. Worked from 3.30 to 6.15 on Quad. Began to shade. Dined 6.35 with M. Had a partridge. Left at 7.30 & by cab to Apollo Theatre. Met L.Fildes at door. Saw Kitty Grey. Very good. Only the 2 Rubens's that I knew at all. To Garrick. Sat fom 11.30 to 1.30. Supper. Kendal, Joe Knight, another. H.B.Irving & Arthur Gill, Fildes & self. Left at 1.30. Home & to bed 2.0am. Very tired. News of attempted assassination of President McKinley. (Red ink: Fildes & self went to premiere of Kitty Grey.) Sunday September 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Very tired. Went for walk round C.H. After in morning put 3 or 4 letters for journey north & after printed blues developed yesterday, M.R etc. Lunch with M. After photod green vase. Went into lavatory & forced my last double upper tooth out. Perfectly sound & good but could not bite on it. Developed 1 doz plates taken May 25th, Miss H & Miss W. Up in room. Tried to rest. Dogs barking etc. Very close & hot. After began the shading of Quad page. Worked from 4.30 to 8.0pm. M & self dined quietly after. No birds. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Lost my last double tooth alas.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Arthur Pollen, of a daughter. The wife of E.B.Sclater, of a son. The wife of Harold Stringer, of a daughter. The wife of Ernest Thorn, of a son. The wife of Tristram Ellis, of a daughter. The wife of H.O.Vincent, of a son. The wife of James Whishaw, of a daughter.) Monday September 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Cycled short turn round Park. Cart in the way in Hornton St. After in morning wrote letters & at 10.30 went on to work at Quad page. Shaded heads of Truth & Justice. After lunch developed 1 doz plates of Mabel H & Miss W taken May 23rd (sic,May 25th). Rest & went on with drawing from 4.30 to 8.0pm. Dined M & self quietly & to bed 12.0 after snooze. Tuesday September 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & cycled round park short turn. After all morning writing letters, packing etc. Lunch. Put photos away in order. Saw Nash's foreman. Also had printed blues developed yesterday. Tea. Had my hair cut. Back. Refilled the Hypo pots. Up & dressed & M & self dined at 6.10, sending Otley off in a 4 wheeler with luggage to Euston. Left 6.50. Dispute at door about a 4 wheeled hansom cab. Freda had gone out & got a nondescript ½ hansom & ½ 4 wheeler. Very comfortable. To Euston. Squared luggage with a little difficulty. Talk to Mrs Brook & got off 7.45. M laid down at once. Read with magnifying glass till 11.0 when went to sleep. Slept fairly well & woke at Kingussie. (Red ink: M & self left London for Tressady.) Wednesday September 11 On board train for Inverness. Woke 7.45, Kingussie. Made breakfast off cold coffee etc. Inverness at 9.15. Coupé reserved. Waited an hour. Bought papers. Left 10.20 & arrived Rogart 1.40. Letters & drove to Tressady. Lady M, Rosalind & Sylvia & a little Aberdeen terrier named 'Stingo'. Lunch. After rested in smoke room. M lay down till 7.30. Richards & Vernon came in, had been stalking for a
stag. Tea. At 5.30 to 7.0 walked to spring & the back of the hills. Saw 4 lots of grouse. Moved table. Wrote diary. After took Lady M into dinner. Game of guessing 2 words, M very bad at it. Bed 1.15. M slept well. Roy came up from Portsmouth. Finally left the Regulars. (Red ink: Arrived at Tressady for last time.) Thursday September 12 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0. Breakfast 9.0am. After got off at 10.0am in break with Rev A.K.Douglas. Drove to the Brora. Long walk up hill. Began to shoot 11.30. Got 1st bird. After various grouse & self a lovely blackcock. Lunch. Shot very well. Got 5 birds one after the other without a miss. 18 brace altogether. Self got about 14 brace including the blackcock. Left off 6.15pm. Drove home. Long milk & soda. Bath & dressed. Dinner. Next Lady M & Sir R. Wycroft. Game of Jacobi after. Very tired. Smoke & bed 11.0. Restless. M did not sleep well. Eat a biscuit in the night. Roy went down to Glovers. Felt seedy rather in the morning. (Red ink: Shot with Douglas. Good day.) Friday September 13 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.0. Breakfast 9.0am. After goodbye to Rev'd A.L.Douglas who left 11.20 & train past 12.15pm. Went up to a large room in the front & worked on Quad all day. Vernon & Richards shot 114 rabbits. Wycroft went fishing. Ryle arrived in the afternoon. Lady M, Rosalind & M went with Sir R.Wycroft, who did not fish after all, to the Games at Lairg. Not back till 7.0pm. Letters. One forwarded from M.R. Went for walk down drive before dinner. Dinner. Claret. Talk after. No games. Bed 11.15pm. Slept well. Game sent off to Mite & Mrs Burnand. (Red ink: Worked all day.) Saturday September 14 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Checked suit. All started 10.0am. V.W, Ryle, Sir R.Wycroft, Richards & self went to woods for black game. Strange. 8 got out of 2nd wood. Lovely black cock. Self got 2 & 1 grey hen. After walked by lock. Shot a snipe. Nelson went into the water. Lunch & talk of South Africa. On after to old wood of rainbows. 2 roe deer shot, 1 by Wycroft & 1 by Vernon. After walk over the hill home. Back by 4.45. Tea at 5.0. News of McKinley dying. Lady M & M went to call on the Minister. Poor Stingo lost. Wrote 5 or 6 letters in big room. Dressed at 5.30. Bath. Dinner. Took Lady M in. Good dinner. Went up for small cigars. Game of bridge after. (Red ink: Blackcock day.) Sunday September 15 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0pm. Dream of being an unpopular Prime Minister. Breakfast 9.0. Stingo came home. Had been at the clergyman's. Went up in room directly after & worked all the morning up to 1.30pm. Put in Fig tree, Globe & Owl. Lunch. After talk to Sir R.R & Ryle. At 3.0 a game of cricket with the children. M played. Carried stump out both innings. After up in room again. Put in horoscope. After waited for letters. Only one. News of President McKinley's death. Went for walk round warren & through wood. Rain tapping. Saw Mrs Murray & a pretty young girl. After back 6.30pm. Dressed. Colder at night. Good dinner. Cold beef. After guessing game. The Zambesi Highlanders. Bed 11.10 after smoke. (Red ink: Cricket on lawn after lunch.) Monday September 16
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Breakfast 9.0. Discovered wrong shadow in Rivière's picture of Lions. Started 10.0am. Sir R.R, V.W, self & Richards & walked the Forkins & 2 small locks. Snipe & duck. Self got before lunch 2 hares & 2 birds. No, 1 hare & one after lunch. Long day's tramp. Shot in all 3 grouse, 2 hares & 2 rabbits. Same wood beaten as on Saturday. A hawk shot. Back 6.0pm. Tea. Bath. Wrote letters. Ryle left at 12.0 noon. After good dinner. Champagne. Game of bridge after. Not sleepy. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Long tramp for very little shooting.) Tuesday September 17 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Dull & cloudy. Breakfast. After at work on Quad. Put in central figure & head. All day at it. Lunch. Graphophone after. Waited for letters. Worked from 3.0 to 5.30. Put in line background. Walk with Vernon up to seat in wood. Wrote letters & cheques. Dinner. Bridge after. Felt very sleepy. Sleepy in smoking room. Bed 11.30pm. Was completely bowled over by Nelson going to wood. (Red ink: Worked all day.) Wednesday September 18 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Bath. Breakfast. Richards to fish at Lairg. Up in room & work at Quad. Shaded boy. Almost in despair over it. Got it right at 12.0pm. Lunch. Letter from Mrs Burnand. After Lady M, M, Sir Richard & children went for drive. Told V go south Monday or Tuesday. After back to work on Quad till five 30. Lady M gave me a piece of cloth for a shooting suit. Went for walk with Sir R.Rycroft round burn. Wrote letters & cheques. Richards got 2 fish. Dinner. Sir R.Rycroft's last night. Good dinner. Took claret. Haunch of venison. Bridge after. Lady M & self & Vernon & Richards & Sir R.R. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Worked all day.) Thursday September 19 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. M slept well. Had been raining in the night. Down 8.45. Read Daily Telegraph. Breakfast. Good sole. Vernon & Richards went to shoot. Sir Richard Rycroft left at 11.20. Up in room & at work on Quad. Put in tiger skin, floor & background. A long day. Lunch. Lady M, M & self went for walk. Work again at 3.0 to 5.30. Put in pillars 2nd shading feet etc. After tea out for walk over moor. Same as on Wednesday 11th. New moon. Back & wrote letters etc. Dinner. Took Lady M in. Small round table & a fire. Game of bridge after. Bed 11.30. M's hand hurt her from wasp sting. (Red ink: Worked all day.) Friday September 20 Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.15 & bath. Breakfast. Smelts. A blowy windy morning. In doubt as to shooting the Brora. Richards decided not & we went rabbit ferreting in morning in wood & worked round the hill where I shot with Vernon in 1895/6. Left off 1.15. Lunch. After waited for letters. Only a postcard & Store letter. Out at 3.0 & back to shoot. Lady M & M & Rosalind went for drive. Vernon met us on the hill at 5.30. Back 6.0pm. Tea. News of 3 guns being taken in the Transvaal. Noticed a rock to photo in a line with Keeper's Cottage beyond kennels. Bath & dinner. Champagne. Game of bridge after. Smoke & bed. M did not sleep well. (Red ink: Richards & self rabbit shooting.) (List: Total bag 56.) Saturday September 21
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.10. Breakfast. After Vernon & self left at 10.0 in break & went to Murray's cottage to shoot the Brora. Very long walk all day. Left off 5.55pm. Did not get many birds. Home by 6.50. Letters. No news from London. Champagne. Nearly fell asleep over bridge. Sleepy in the smoke room. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Vernon & self shot the Brora. Last day's shoot ever at Tressady.) Sunday September 22 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.10am. Breakfast 9.0. Lovely day. Read book on bees. Up in room & at work. Put back shading & did the flowers. Lunch. Cricket after. Vernon self & Rosalind v.Richards, M, Lady M & Sylvia. Were beaten. I made 38, 2 nd innings. After back to work. Put in marbling of pillars & light on pillars. Tea. Vernon & I walked up to look at the reservoirs. Letters at 6.30 etc, news. Disasters in the Transvaal. After dinner game of letters. Single & double. Richards went straight up to bed. Talk to Vernon & good bye. Felt very wide awake. Letter from Hickman. (Red ink: Worked & cricket after.) Monday September 23 Tressady, Rogart. Woke up at 5.0. Richards going out & Vernon. Did not get to sleep again till 6.30. Strange dream of huntsman killing dogs & G. Up 8.15. Breakfast. Lady M, M & self. Slight drizzle of rain. After tried type writer. Looked at game book. At 10.0am got to work. Took out Boy's hair. Put in hair of Knowledge etc, letters on cart etc. Lunch. After waited for post. Lady M, M & the children went for a drive to Murray's cottage over moor & had tea. Back to work at 3.30. Put in chair back shading, Owl's rest etc etc. Knocked off & packed it up at 5.5pm having worked at it here 7 full days. Out after tea & walked towards the manse. Saw break. Got in. At 6.10 went for last walk over the hill. Put the gull & curlew together. Back by burn. Good bye to hill. Bath. Wrote diary. Dinner. Lady M, self & M. Game of number patience after. Smoke in smoking room. Sat there till 11.45pm. (Red ink: Last day Tressady.) Tuesday September 24 Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.15 & breakfast 9.0. After wrote letters etc. Man packed. Goodbye to Lady M. Met children on road. Loud people from Scotts on platform. Coupé reserved. On slowly after waving to Bonar Bridge. Saw Vernon & Richards. Gave me the Scotsman. Inverness. Saw Yates Thompson. Left & on. Tea at Aviemore. Long run to Perth. Train stopped for 20 minutes. Perth. Confusion of luggage. M said she would not dine but ate a very good dinner & drank ½ a pint of Pitheathly water. Walked about station. Train punctual. Met Col Denny in carriage. William Hamilton civil. Off 10.10. Woke 7.0. Train an hour late at Euston. Otley met us. Home in cab. Had very good lunch of cold grouse etc. (Red ink: M & self left Tressady for ever.) Wednesday September 25 On board train Perth to London. Woke in Hertfordshire at 7.0. Fairly uncomfortable night. M slept well. Otley met us. Train 1 hour late. Home 9.50. Letters. Breakfast. Bath. Shave. Left 11.45 for Garrick & C.C. Lunch. Saw Seymour Hicks & Joe Carr, Scoones etc. After at 2.15 to C.C. Too dark to photo. Out at 3.45. On to A.W.Miles's. Walked back to Garrick by 5.0. Met M.R & a lady in Regent Street. Tea in Liberty's. Wrote letters till 6.15. Wash. Changed collar. After
bought 2 bags at Moss's. Walked to Punch dinner. Phil Agnew, F.C.B, self, R.H, O.S, P.M, H.W.L, Anstey Guthrie, back 1 st time since June 26th. Long discussion after. Got a John Bull cut. Left at 10.30 & home outside an omnibus. Roy back home. Bed 12.0. Had to have breakfast by the electric light, so dark. (Red ink: Back to London.) (Cutting glued in: Silver wedding, Henry Dickens to Marie Roche.) Thursday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Cycled round Park. Had to go by Knightsbridge on account of the Park under repair. Back 9.10. Saw Roy 1 st time since August 11th. Most lovely sunny morning. After skemed subject of John Bull waking up Salisbury. Sent Otley to May's. At 12.15 photod Stace & O. The sun nearly off the yard. Developed & got to work on outline at 4.0. Worked till 8.0. Dined, M, Roy & self, at 8.15pm. Talk & bed after. (Red ink: Did good drawing of John Bull waking up Lord Salisbury.) Friday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. x. Out on cycle round Earls Court. Met F.C.B. 19 Redcliffe Gardens to be let. Back & at 11.0 after writing got to work all day. Finished drawing at 9.10pm & sent it off. M, Roy & self dining. Excessively tired. Bed 12.30 after snooze. Very warm & close weather. Saturday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. Did not go out. Roy off to City & M packing to go to Glovers. Wrote many letters. Came across my mother's tin box. After put things straight. M packing. Lunch. Very tired in afternoon. M left for Glovers with Otley at 3.0pm to catch the 4.0pm train. Rest till 4.30 when worked on Quad. Scratched out four flowers & put Punch on the jar. Dined at 6.30 & Roy & self left in cab at 7.35. Called Bath Club for Lennie. Found him at the ‘Arts’ with Uncle Marcus. Said goodbye as he was going to Perth. Left & on to the Garrick Theatre. Had box to see 'Iris', a most powerful play. Mr Ash very good as Amaldanado. Out & to supper at the Garrick. Met Furniss who was attending a supper party. Left at 12.30pm & home by cab. Foggy. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see 'Iris'.) Sunday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Breakfast. The most beautiful day I ever remember at the time of year. Brilliant sun all day. Roy & self started on cycles for Glovers at 10.45, arriving Reigate 1.40. (Sutton 12.15.) Good lunch at the White Lion. Curious people. My cigar case stolen off the table by a German waiter. Left at 3.0 & at Mite's 3.50. Very hot & tired. Dear M's birthday. Mite a little seedy. Bath & dressed. Very good dinner. Champagne. M, Mite, Roy, self & Conrad. Music after & bed, 11.30pm. M slept with Mite. Restless at night. Strange dream of acrobats. (Red ink: Roy & self cycled to Glovers. My cigar case stolen.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Marie Underdown.) Monday September 30 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.0. M came into my room. Went down to see Roy off at 8.30. Breakfast. After wrote letters, Mrs Cameron Corbett etc. Walked to Post Office with M. Talk of drains of house. All the children poisoned. Lunch at 12.0 &
at 12.45 Conrad drove me with cycle to Reigate. Very hot & muggy. Came across Captain Marshall at the station. Up to Charing X. There 3.30. Otley met me & took cycle home. Walked (calling at C.C.) to a W.Miles, 12 Brook St. Frightfuly hot. Clothes tried on. Back home by bus by 5.15. Tea & worked till 7.45 on Quad. Put in flowers. Roy & self dined 8.0 & left at 9.15 & by cab to the Alhambra. Saw some wonderful cycling, round a fence. Back by bus by 12.30. Thick misty fog. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Back home. Roy & self went to the Alhambra.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Waddy.) Oct 1901 Tuesday October 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Roy down. Gave him cheque for £20. Cycled past school girls etc. Breakfast. Cold. Wrote many letters till 12.0 after. Lovely morning. Worked all day on Quad drawing. Put in hair etc. Dined 6.30 & Roy & self by cab to Lyceum Theatre to see Sherlock Holmes. Mr Hogan came into large Box A. Saw young De la Rues in stalls. Out. Roy & Hogan went off somewhere. Called Garrick. Lipton. No race. Home by bus & bed. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see Sherlock Holmes.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edith Roose, wife of Robson Roose.) Wednesday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Pouring rain. Went for walk round Campden Hill. Got very wet & had to change things. No, this was Friday next. Still it was wet. Worked on Quad in morning. Lunch & took cab after to C.C. At 2.30 photod M.R for classic. Failure. Dark. After out at 4.0 & called Briggs & got a shooting rest. On to call at dentist, Hepburns & then to Garrick. Wrote M who had wired not coming till tomorrow. To Punch dinner. A à B, self, O.S, P.M, H.W.L, A.G. Good dinner. Got cut of Brodrick & home on the top of a bus. Roy out. Kept me awake making a noise. He went to the Empire Theatre. Thursday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round C.H. After in morning schemed subject of Brodrick & Yeoman. Sent Otley to Stohwassers for hat. Photod O & man from Nash's at 12.0 & developed & enlarged by 3.0pm. Up in room & on at work. Dear M & Mite came back from Glovers at 5.30pm. Quiet dinner, M, Mite, Roy & self. Roy arguing with Mite. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: M & Mite back from Glovers.) Friday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. After work all day on drawing of Yeoman & Brodrick. Finished easily at 6.45. Packed. Dined M, Mite, Roy & self. Got off at 9.0pm with Otley & cab to St Pancras & went down to sleep at the Lamb Inn, Ely. Could not get to sleep on acct of the ¼ hrs chiming. At last did about 2.0am. Got very wet in walk & had to change my things. Roy went to Albert Hall in my 4 wheel cab to hear Sousa's band. (Red ink: Went down to Ely to go on to Hockwold after.) Saturday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Called at 7.15. Breakfast 8.0pm. Good. Took photo of Inn & off by train 8.47 for Lakenheath. Brougham met me & drove to Hockwold Hall. Lawrence, his brother, Mr Walter Burns, Mr Drury, Mr Graham Stuart & self guns.
Phil Burne Jones & also Mr Nevil there. Started 10.0am. Good shoot all day. Delightful lunch in tent. Shot about 33 head, 240 got altogether. Heavy wet at the finish. Home. Tea. Mrs Lawrence & Mrs G.S long time to dress. Good dinner. Bridge playing after. Bed at 11.15pm. Tired. Slept well. (Red ink: Good day's shoot at Hockwold Hall.) Sunday October 6 Hockwold Hall. Up 8.15 & down. Breakfast at 9.30. Heavy wet up to noon. Drew an umbrella & self in Mrs Lawrence's book. Out at 12.30 with camera. Churchyard etc. Lunch at 2.0pm. After left with Mr Drury at 3.45. Thunderstorm. Train to go to Liverpool Street. Tried to wire. Pleasant journey. Otley at L.S. Cab home. All well. Edgar, Sophia, M, Mite, Roy & self dined. 2 bottles Perinet. They left 10.45. Very cold after dinner. Bed at 11.30. Tired. (Red ink: Up to town & back home from Hockwold.) (Cutting glued in: John Broadwood & Sons registered as a private limited company.) Monday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round & called to enquire how F.C.B was. (illeg illeg). A bird outside. After all morning & afternoon on Quad. Took out hair bodily at 6.0pm & put it in again. Shaded grey dress for centre figure & put figures on Owl pot. At lunch Roy came back feeling ill. Sent for Dr Orton who sent him to bed. M, Mite & self dined together & bed after snooze. (Red ink: Roy very seedy.) Tuesday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out on cycle by school. Roy in bed all day. Dull day but warmer. All morning at work on Quad. Finished it at 1.15 & packed it up. V & C never sent at 12.0. Wired at 2.0pm. From 2.0 to 4.0 developed plates taken at Hockwold Hall & of M.R. After tidied room & put phos away. M, Mite & self dined. Snooze after dinner. Bed 12.45am. Roy better this morning. I am thankful no developements. (Red ink: Finished Quadruple drawing for Punch Almanack.) Wednesday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Lovely morning. Bright sun, strong west wind. Roy in bed still. Cycled round by school. Called on Mr Burnand. Better. Wrote to Mr Matherson for passes etc. After left at 12.0 & by bus to Bond St. Behind a girl I could not see. On to Mr Hepburn's at 9 Portland Place. Had wax model taken of my mouth. Left & to C.C & Garrick. Had a hurried lunch. At C.C 2.15. At 2.45 Miss M.R came. Not well. Out at 4.0 & on to Bath Club. Had a Turkish bath & then strolled on to Punch dinner calling Moss's. Phil Agnew had seen my drawings at the Garrick. Punch dinner was overtaken by Lucy. Phil A, A à B, self, R.H, O.S, P.M, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got subject of John Bull & the new Ameer of Afganistan. Left after a talk with P.A & O.S about my Quad drawings. Home on top of bus. Roy still in bed. (Red ink: 1st called on Mr Hepburn, dentist.) Thursday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round by school & Earls Court. Back. Schemed subject of Ameer & John Bull. Sent Otley to May's & after at 12.20 photod Stace & Otley for picture. Developed & enlarged. A fine morning. Mite & M busy. Roy in bed still seedy. Worked from 4.30 to 8.0pm when dined. After at
11.30pm Lennie returned from Scotland looking very well. Got to bed 12.30pm. (Red ink: Lennie returned from Scotland.) Friday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out. Got on cycle & off again & went for walk. Lennie about & to lunch. Mite & he went out. Worked all day. Mr Hogan called on Roy, & Mabel Wallace. Lennie & Mite left at 3.0pm. Went on to work & finished drawing at 7.15. Dressed & packed things. Dined 8.10pm. Tilda had arrived. Prawns. Left in a 4 wheeler for Glovers. Only caught my train at Charing X by a minute. Bond met me at Red Hill & drove to Glovers. Lennie & Mite up with a Bull puppy called Bill. Bed at 12.30. Did not get to sleep for ages. (Red ink: Went down to Glovers after dinner, driving from Red Hill.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Major-General Frederic Cotton.) Saturday October 12 Glovers, Charlwood. Called 7.0am. Very tired. Down 8.20 & after left 8.50 in wagonette, Bond driving. To Nymans. Picked up a Mr Elliott. Got here at 9.45. Picked up dear Baby. After started to shoot. Beaters etc. 4 guns. Rev'd Stephen Boyd, Mr Elliott, L & self. Lovely hot day. A youth called Firth joined us. Asked to be intoduced to me. 47 in all shot, self got 7 pheasants, 7 duck & 10 pigeon. Left off at 5.0 & on to house. Felt the walking up hill. Tea. Little girls about. Dr Parker there. Left with Mr Elliott 6.20 & dropped him at Crawley. On home. Cold. Got to Glovers 7.30. Dressed & dinner. No dress things left by M, taken up to town. Good dinner. Champagne. Very tired & sleepy after. Fell asleep in drawing room. To bed at 11.0 & slept well. (Red ink: Good day's shoot at Nymans. Slept at Glovers.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Major-General F.C.Cotton.) Sunday October 13 Glovers, Charlwood. Up at 8.45. Down 9.15. Very tired. Fine morning. Felt rather seedy in the morning. Wrote ½ a dozen letters, to Midland Rly, Johnson-Ferguson etc & left on cycle at 12.10 to post them at Crawley & to wire. Could not wire. Nipper came over to lunch. After we threw assegais. He left at 3.0pm. At 4.0 Lennie, Mite, Con & self & little Vic went for walk in the wood. Tea after. Read Catherine 2nd of Russia. Hot & stuffy in the little room. Dinner. Good. Music after. Talk in little room & bed at 11.15pm. Slept well. (Cutting glued in: Death of Spencer Brunton.) Monday October 14 Glovers, Charlwood. Called 7.0am & down 8.0. Packed. Put a little silver inkwell in Lennie gave me. Very pleased with it. Goodbye to Mite. Left 8.30 & Con drove to station. Up to Victoria. Tom Hohler in train. Cab home by 10.30pm. M in bed with a cold. Roy better. Fine day. Photod a child for my picture. Developed & enlarged after lunch. Sent Otley to Stores for cartridges etc. Wrote letters after. After got on with drawing of heading for Xmas number. M, self, Tilda & Roy dined. Quiet evening after. (Red ink: Back to town. Did heading for Xmas number.) Tuesday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & cycled round Earls Court. F.C.B gone to Ramsgate. Back & wrote. Breakfast. All day at work on the 2 drawings. Tail & heading. Quiet dinner in the evening. M, Roy, Tilda & self. Bed early after.
Wednesday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. After all day at drawing for head & tail piece for Xmas number. Roy got off after lunch & went to Tabs. Finished a drawing at 3.30 & another (tail) at 6.0pm. Changed & left by bus all way to Bouverie St, Punch dinner. A à B, self, Lehmann, O.S, L.B, P.M, E.T.R, A.G. Got very good cartoon to do of Lord Rosebery as Mouse & Lion in Net which I suggested myself. Soon made up. Protests against Hopkins cartoons. Left at 10.45 & home all way on top of a bus. Very warm weather. Bed at 12.0 after reading. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Duke of Berwick. T. Thurs Oct 17. 01.) Thursday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycle round Earls Court. After writing letters etc got to work at 11.0 on Lord Rosebery as a Mouse & Lion. Took no photos & made no enlargements. Sent Otley to Stores for cartridges etc. M, Tilda & self dined quite quietly. M finally decided not to go to Springkell. Friday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. Wet. Worked all day on the Dormouse & the Lion & finished at 7.0pm. Dinner 7.30. Had changed. Left & caught the 9.20 train from St Pancras. Station master civil. Had most comfortable carriage & slept well after a time. Got to Carlisle at 5.0am, train 1 hour late. (Red ink: Left for Springkell.) Saturday October 19 At Carlisle, 5.0am. Coffee at the refreshment room. No hot milk. After walking about got off at 6.5am & arrived at Springkell at 7.15am. Fire in room. Bath etc. Dressed & to breakfast at 8.30am. Col Royds down. All left at 9.0am & drove a long way. 6 guns. 2 Fergusons, self, Col Royds, Mr Pilkington & Lord F.Bruce. Began with good drive. Did not know had to shoot pheasant after. 12 drives all day & a bit of a walk. In last drive but one got 6 partridges. Left off at 5.0 & drove home. Dropped my Waterbury watch in basement. Dressed. Took in Lady F.Bruce. Good dinner & talk. Very tired after. Sleepy in smoke room. Bed at 1.30. Strong cigar. Miss M.Brenner, Lord Charles F.Brudenell Bruce, Lady F.Bruce (Margaret) Col & Mrs Royds, Col & Mrs Moorsom, Charles & Mrs Pilkington. (Red ink: Arrived at Springkell.)
Sunday October 20 Springkell, Ecclefachan. Up at 8.0. Bath first. Breakfast 9.0am. After wrote letters & took photos of the house at front & Hall. Most went to Kirk. Lunch at 2.0pm. Wrote letters again. After took a walk with Mr Pilkington to the little ruined church. Back. Smoke. Long talk with Mrs P after tea. Dinner. Took Mrs Royds in. Stopped from going in front of Lady Frederick. After looked at animal book. Bed after pipe. Changed plates in bath room. Strange dreams, Miss Rose Innes in a wood & Paris students, bottle of Eu de Vie & Abbey's studio! (Red ink: Photographed house at Springkell.) Monday October 21
Springkell, Ecclefachan. Up at 8.0. Early bath. Copied name from book. After breakfast got off by break 10.0. Long drive. Wore Lady Margaret's suit for 1 st time. Shooting betwen Col Royds & Johnson Ferguson. Got about 18 in course of day. Friendly cat at lunch. Left off at dusk & home. Took Mrs Ferguson in to dinner & sat at the end of the room. After a game of bridge, self & Mrs Pilkington v. J.F & Mrs Royds. Bed at 11.30 after smoke. Got a bad bottle of Apollinaris at dinner. Oh! (Red ink: Shot at Springkell.) (Table of game shot over three days, total 496.) Tuesday October 22 Springkell, Ecclefachan. Up 8.0. Bath. Breakfast. Letters from M & M.R. Photod helmet. Lovely morning. Off at 10.0 in cart. Talk to Lord Frederick about Herbert W.Blundell. Began to shoot. Grouse driving. Got a right & left & bird sitting on ground after. Good drive just before lunch. Got only about 17 in all. Missed a pheasant coming over a tree at the last. Drive home. Tip to Keeper. Changed & wrote M.R & Arthur Linley etc. Dinner. Went in by myself. Next Mrs Royds & Mrs P. Games with Mrs Pilkington after. Beaten. Bed 11.30 after smoke. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot Springkell.) Wednesday October 23 Springkell, Ecclefachan. Up at 8.0am. Re-packed bags. Breakfast. All preparing to go. Wrote letter. Left after saying goodbye at 9.45am. In carriage with Col Moorsom & Mrs M. Incident of book of tiles passing (illeg). Got into carriage at Kirtlebridge with a father & son going to shoot Carlisle. Goodbye to Lady Frederick Bruce, the Pilkingtons etc, Col Royds etc. Went into Carlisle & bought a fish ivory stick at pawnbrokers, & discovered little shop. Bought 2 more there. Left at 11.50 & to London. Very good lunch. 3 men got in at Leeds. All had been on Lipton's yacht. At St Pancras 6.30. Otley met me & put me down at Garrick. Wrote letter for Life Insurance. Called C.C & to Punch dinner. Phil A, Phil M, B.P (back since Sep 18) H.W.L, E.T.R, A.G, Arthur à B, self, R.L, O.S. Suggested hunting cut & got it. Left 10.45 & home by bus. Colder. Roy not back yet. Dear M in bed. Mrs Rickery, St Cuthbert's lane, Carlisle. Thursday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Cycled round by Earls Ct. Wet roads. Back. Breakfast. Wrote letters & skemed subject of Lord Salisbury as Master of Hounds. Decided must photo, so did so in wet from Otley for Salisbury & enlarged some hounds & prints. Went on with work till dinner at 8.0pm. Roy came back from Pyt House at 11.0am. At dinner M, Tilda, Roy & self. Roy argued so it made his mother quite ill. They went to bed at 10.45, self after snooze. Very tired. To tired to work after dinner. M read Sir Richard Calmady to me all afternoon. Very good. (Cutting glued in: Death of Arthur Penrose.) Friday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & worked on Salisbury as Master of Hounds in a fog. Breakfast 8.45. Dear M upset with Roy's arguing last night. Better after. Went on with work & found I could not catch the 5.5 train, so wired all round. M left at 3.0 for Mite's, taking Otley. Wrote & posted letters. On with work & finished 7.15pm. Dressed & packed. Roy & Tilda dined at Midge's. Dined by self & left at 8.55 for St Pancras, Otley's cab. Caught the 9.50 & down to Ely. Cab to the Lamb Inn. Sleepy Boots. Bottle of Johannesburg water. Bed at 12.45. Lay awake again &
woke with a fiendish headache. Roy went to business. Absent since Monday Oct 7th. Hamilton Langley left for South America. (Red ink: Went to Lamb at Ely, 2nd time.) Saturday October 26 The Lamb Inn, Ely. Woke up at 7.30 by maid, instead of 7.0am. Got up with a frightul headache which lasted all day. Hurried breakfast & drove to Station. Very much annoyed at leaving my silk wrap behind. Got to Hockwold at 9.30 am. Little girl on platform. 2nd breakfast. Mr Howard Mossley (brother of Arnold M) Mr Fleetwood Wilson, Col Lawrence, C.N.Lawrence & another. 6 guns with self. Began in dense fog. Nothing for 1st 3 beats & also the last 3. Got only 13 head all day, 7 partridges & 6 pheasants. Back by 5.15. Lady Dorothy Nevill & Lady Dash. Tea. Up in room & bath. Wrote diary & letters. After to dinner. Clergyman there. Sir Stephen Fleetwood Wilson, Col Lawrence, Lady Dorothy Nevill, Lady Dash, Hon Mrs C.N.L, C.N.L & self. Very good dinner. Cigars & watched bridge after. Had cigar & up to bed 11.15. Took 4 C.L.L.P. Slept well, very tired. Bag of week to own gun only 48 head. (Red ink: Partridge drive, Hockwold.) Sunday October 27 Hockwold hall, Brandon. Up at 8.0. Bath. Down 9.15 & went for 2 mile walk. Breakfast. Lady Dorothy Nevill's wonderful yarns, Duke of Wellington & Chamberlain. After wrote many letters. Walk with C.N.L & Col L. Lunch. Cigar. Photographed just before cigar by man from Brandon. After went for walk with Sir (blank) Stephens & Col L. Back. Tea. Lady Dorothy's yarns about the D'Arcys. Up in room & wrote letters again. Pipe. Dressed leisurely. White waistcoat. Dinner. Took Lady Helmsley in. They played bridge after. Lady Dorothy N, Mrs C.N.L, Mr Fleetwood Edwards & self played match spellicans. Talk to F.E about Broadley. Bed at 12.0am. Read 'Antiquity of Man' by Edward Clodd. 3 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: At Hockwold Hall.) Monday October 28 Hockwold hall, Brandon. Up at 8.0. bath. Dressed heather suit. Good breakfast. Began to shoot 10.15am. 5 guns. C.N.L, Col L, self, F.E, Sir L.S. Delightful day. Pheasants driven into 2 covers & then back again. Twice repeated, once before & once after lunch. Lunch at house. Lady Helmsley left. Best shooting day I ever had. Total bag 83 head: 74 pheasants, 3 partridges, 3 rabbits, 2 pigeons, 1 hare. Left off at 4.15. Back to tea. Partridge killed itself against wire in last beat. Tip to Head Keeper, Howlett, £1.10.0. Loader 10/s. Mr F.E & Col L left at 15 past 5pm. In room. Wrote diary & letters. (Table of game killed over two days.) Self got 83 head. 10 under my average for the 2 days. Tuesday October 29 Hockwold hall, Brandon. Up at 8.0. Delightful bath. Breakfast. Letter from M. Got off after saying goodbye to Lady Dorothy & Sir A.C.Stephens with C.N.L at 9.50. Up to town. Left lovely morning & ran into beastly dark fog. Otley met me. Cab dawdled along Fleet St. Called C.C. New hall porter, Hill. After lunched at Garrick. Saw Sir F.Dixon Hartland & many others. Waited at the C.C from 2.15 to 3.30 when left. Called Mr Hepburn the dentist. Many women about. Left at 4.30 & home at 5.10 by the 2d tube. Wrote letter to M. Invite from Hamilton Fletcher. Dined at 7.0 & Tilda, Roy & self went by Otley's cab to see rotten piece called
'Are you a Mason?' at the Shaftesbury. Trash. Left before it was over & home by cab. (Red ink: Went to see 'Are you a Mason?') This day as dark as pitch by fog. Wednesday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round Campden Hill. High wind. Lovely morning. After wrote letters. Returned permits to L & N.W & C Rlys. Lunched at 1.10am. Tilda a piece of grit in her eye. Got off at 1.35 & went by busses to C.C. Wire from M.R very ill. Called May & left lens. On to Athenaeum. Wrote letters. To Bath Club. Called L & B & Cordings. Turkish bath. Out & walked to Punch dinner thro' Long Acre. Sir Wm.A, L.B, B.P, A.G, A à B, self, R.H, R.L, O.S, Good dinner & talk. Got subject of 'Critic'. Home by bus, Turnham Green. Roy back 12.15. Bed. Letter from Lennie settling that Roy goes to America. (Red ink: This day as bright as summer by high wind & sun.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Starley.) Thursday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out on cycle. Gale from N.W & bright sun all day. Went through Nevern Square. Sent Otley to May's. Schemed subject of Salisbury as Lord Burleigh for the Critic. Stace came at 12.0. Had him on the roof. Wind too strong so went down. Photod & developed. Tilda out. M wired at 4.0 to say not coming till tomorrow. Otley took things back to May's. Got to work at 4.35 after tea. Worked till 8.10. Dressed. Lost a silver stud. Quiet dinner, Tilda, Roy & self. Slept till 12.20 when to bed. Nov 1901 Friday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out on cycle. Strong east wind. Past school. Called & asked if Mrs S still lived Oakfield St. Yes. Back thro' Nevern Sq. Lovely bright morning. Roy got his papers for the Teutonic. After got to work all day at Lord Salisbury as Lord Burleigh in 'The Critic'. M back at 4.0pm from Glovers. Lovely day. Finished at 8.45pm. Dressed. Dinner, M, Tilda, self & Roy. Roy at 'Patience' after. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: M returned from Glovers.) Saturday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15am. Breakfast 8.0am & off at 8.30, Mr De Pass calling in a T cart. To Victoria. Down to Eynsford. Lovely day. Foggy in London. Many guns. Morphy with (illeg) cousin of de Pass. Shot at 10.0. Only got 1 hare before lunch, after 8 pheasants & 2 rabbits. Toil up hill. A Mr Hellmuth or similar name, clean shaven. Left off 4.30. Tea & back to town. Home by cab with 2 birds. Dinner, M & self, Tilda & Roy. Cold at night. Snooze till 12.0 when to bed. (Red ink: Went down for day's shooting with Mr De Pass.) Sunday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Great scuttle to get ready & off by 9.40. Roy roused up. Left by Otley's cab & on to Charing X. Down to Red Hill. Bond met us. Drove to Glovers. Motor car stopped on the road by Police. Passed us at corner going to Glovers. There at 12.20. Lennie, Con, Evelyn Coward & dogs. Little black dog, Fritz. Too good lunch. Brilliant sun. After rest went for walk. Baby in perambulator, Mite in bath chair. Lennie & self went on with dogs. Lovely sun but cold. Taken short. Home by Greenings. Tea. Read Eric Parker's book, 'The Sinner & the Problem'. Good. Dinner. Music after. Lovely fire. Very cold. Bed 11.0.
Nightmare in the night. Dream of Sir E.Boehm driving a coach. Woke up 1.0am. Lit candle. (Red ink: Roy & self went down to Glovers.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Henry Kemmis and E.J.Lonnen. Nov 2) Monday November 4 Glovers Charlwood. Up at 7.45. Good bath. Breakfast 8.30. All got off 9.20. Baby came in trap. Barely caught train. ¼ hour wait at Red Hill. Did not get home till 12.45. Called C.C & got letters. M.R very ill. S.T, Tilda just leaving. Dense fog in London. Frightful after the lovely morning left at Glovers. The fog continued the whole day. Developed after lunch 12 plates of Mabel Hall & Miss Warwick, May 25. After up in room & squared prints. Roy back. Frightfuly cold. Quiet dinner. M, Roy & self. Did not go out. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Very cold. Last invite to Glovers (Sep 22, 1902) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mme Maurice Sand. Nov 4, 1901.) Tuesday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dense fog all day more or less. Walk round Campden Hill. After breakfast Roy packing all day. Sent Otley to Stores in afternoon. Lunch. After left & went up by bus, outside. Called at Miles's about knickerbockers & after walked to C.C & Garrick. Bothered to get little strap for gaiters. Got some in a fishing tackle shop in the Haymarket. Called Grants, Lincoln & Bennett's & home after. Early dinner at 6.30 & after M, Roy & self went in Otley's 4 wheeler to the Lyceum Theatre & saw Sherlock Holmes for 2 nd time. Midge & Dora in box. Very foggy again. Home by same cab. Sandwiches & bed. Woke up in the morning with headache & most violent indigestion. Why? Why indeed? (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to Lyceum & saw Sherlock Holmes 2 nd time.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Alice Gulliver. Death of Campbell Praed. Obituary Campbell Praed and photograph.) Wednesday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am. Got up with a beastly headache & violent indigestion. Why? indeed. Doubts as to going with Roy. Left after walk round Campden Hill. Cold & fog. At ten in Otley's cab & to Euston with Roy to see him off to Liverpool. Messel there. Hogans with lunch. Servant in livery. Lennie came at 9.40. Goodbye. Home in cab. Wired M.H. When at home fog cleared. Wired again. Roy had left his receipt or thought he had. Could not find it. Sent Otley to White Star Office. Left at 12.45 & after wiring by bus to C.C & Garrick. Lunch. Saw Phil Agnew. To C.C at 2.0. Waited till 2.45. Wire from M.H. Out & called White Star Office. Back & at 3.30 photod M.H. Not much good. Out 4.15 & to Garrick. Tea & wrote leters. Saw Lawrence Bradbury. To Punch dinner. Up in room. A à B, self, R.L, R.H, O.S, P.A, E.T.R, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Cut of France for me. Wrote Chappell’s & May's. After home by bus. Cold. Raw & foggy. Letter from Income Tax Commissionare on putting up assessment. Bed 12.0. M in bed. (Red ink across page: Saw Roy off at Euston for America. Lennie & he left. Fog in London.) Thursday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Still foggy & cold. Poor little bird had been ill yesterday. M gave it brandy. Walk in fog round Campden Hill. Breakfast. Wrote Tax Office, Wrights Lane. Sent Otley to Chappell's & May's. Schemed my subject. At 12.30 photod Otley for French Horn & Sultan of Turkey. Developed & enlarged.
Mite was to have come to Stafford Terrace but wired to say was not well. Mrs Fildes & Midge & Dora called. Worked up to 8.30pm, M in room. Dined quiely, M & self. Read & snooze. Bed at 12.30am. Felt all right after Punch dinner. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Mrs Henschel. Nov 7) Friday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. Still foggy but clearing. M preparing to go to Glovers. Worked all day on France playing French Horn & Sultan. Lunch. Nurse Francis up about dear Mite. M left at 3.0 for Glovers. Worked on till 9.30pm when finished drawing & dined. Snooze after till 1.30pm. Bed. Weather set in warmer in the morning. Saturday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Out on cycle round Redcliffe Gardens. Met a regiment of Hussars from Hounslow going to Lord Mayor's Show. After breakfast put room in order. Packed. Wrote to Mr George Howe about Income assessment. Lunch & got off in Mrs Marcus Stone's old 4 wheeler at 2.0pm. Row between 2 porters at Waterloo. Comfortable journey down. Arrived Tisbury 5.30pm. Wired M. To Pyt. No one there but Hamilton, Tabs & Gwen. Mr Hilton there. Tea. Talk. Dressed. Dinner. Bed at 11.0pm. Slept well. (Red ink: Went down to Tisbury to shoot with Hamilton Fletcher.) Sunday November 10 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.20. Bath. Out for walk. Dark, coldish. Breakfast. Wrote letters etc. Walk round with Hamilton. Lunch. Wrote more letters. Walked round covers & in to tea at 5.15. Col Auburton there. Up in room & read. Coldish. Dressed & after dinner good music & bed at 11.0 after smoke. Colonel Auberton. Monday November 11 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.5. Coldish. Bath. Dressed in Stohwasser suit. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Guns arrived. Mr Morrison MP of Fonthill, Mr Shaw Stewart, Mr Schwann, H, self & Col Auberton. Began 10.30, Schwann late. Got in the day 21 pheasants, 1 rabbit, 1 woodcock. The only woodcock got this season here. Back to house to lunch. Good. After many beats & one over the pond for duck. Talk to all the guns. Back 5.10. All left. Changed & wrote 5 letters & diary. Rain kept off all day. Went down & had 2 games of fives. Mr Gordon & Miss Schwann v. Gwen & self. We were beaten 2 games. Up in room & dressed. Dinner. 8.0. Took Tabs in. Good. H had madeira out. Singing & dance after. Bed 11.0. Blew hard in the night. (Red ink: Good day's shoot at Pyt.) Tuesday November 12 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.10. Furious gale raging, torrents of rain. Bath. Breakfast. Out before. H decided not to shoot, impossible. Wrote several letters. Played 2 games fives same as yesteday, Gwen & self won both. Miss Schwann left at 12.0 on her cob in torrents of rain. Went on writing. Lunch. Wrote, & read Trilby. H & self went for walk, 3.45 to 4.45 towards Shaftesbury. Met the Butlers & dogs. Back. Smoke & read. Dinner. Tabs a bad sore throat. Madeira. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Raging gale all day, could not shoot.) Wednesday November 13
Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0. Bath (cold). Breakfast. A grey day but wind dropped. Packed & left all square. Off at 10.0. A Mr Fox Pitt & a gentleman from India with a black moustache came, Col Auberton & self. 5 guns. Went & shot towards Tisbury. Missed a pheasant in a lane. After all day got 15 birds. Good lunch in a barn. Talk of Harris tweeds. Came on to rain immediately after. Left off at 3.0. Got 3 birds & then 3 more. H gave me 4 & 1 woodcock. To station with Col Auberton. Changed boots. Carriage to self all way after Salisbury where had cup of tea. Otley met me & got to Punch dinner at 7.15pm. Good. L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A à B, self, O.S, all that were there. Suggested subject for Partridge, London Tuberculosis. A beastly one for self. Wet. Home by bus. Disagreable journey. Home 11.40. Read & to bed. M awake. (Red ink: Shot at Tisbury. Up to town.) (Cutting glued in: Death of K.M Henriques.) Thursday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20am. x. Out for walk round Campden Hill. Back. Colder. Breakfast. After skemed subject of Chamberlain & Effigy being burnt by the Foreign Powers. Otley got a mask & flag. Photod by 1.30. Developed & enlarged by 3.30. Wrote letters. M went to Mite's. Old wide-awake hat mislaid. Got to work after writing letters at 4.30. Worked up to 8.30pm & dined at 8.45. Weather set in much colder. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Sale of Thackeray's old house, 2 Palace Green. £14,500. Oct 30) Friday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. Band. Wretchedly cold. Got to work after breakfast on drawing of Foreigners burning Effigy of Joe Chamberlain. Lunch. M out. Back at 2.0pm. Had been to Midge's who was very ill. Worked up to 9.0pm when finished. M in my room. Dinner 9.15pm. Snooze & strange dream. Woke up & did not know where I was. Recognised room after. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Colonel J.H.Mapleson. Appeal for support of the widow of the late Colonel J.H. Mapleson.) Saturday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & walk round Campden Hill. Foggy morning. After all morning looking over 'Times' & putting things away. Nurse Milly & Mite came at 1.0pm to lunch. M & self left at 1.45 & by a 4 wheeler to the Garrick Theatre & saw 'Iris', I for 2nd time (Saty Sepr 28). Out. Fearful fog. M & self walked to Knightsbridge, getting sausages on way. Lost at bottom of Piccadilly. Civil policeman. Home by bus. Dear Mite there. A beastly headache all day. M, Mite & self dined quietly. Had the woodcock shot on Monday. Most excellent. Quiet evening after. Dense fog. Took 5 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'Iris'. Fearful fog on way home.) Sunday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Walk round Campden Hill. Still bitterly cold. Gave old Xing sweeper 6d. Back. Breakfast. In morning wrote & looked over illustrated papers. Walked at 12.0 with M to top of Row & back by 1.40pm. Met Mrs Fritz Jackson, Mrs Parr etc. After up in room & most uncomfortable snooze in chair. Woke cold. Tea in Mite's room. After walked to the Athenaeum. Wrote Lady Dorothy Nevill etc. Walked nearly all way back home, making 8½ miles in day.
Felt better. Dinner M & self. Mite up in her room. Bed at 11.30 after reading Mrs Bagot's 'Links with the Past'. Very cold. Took 5 C.L.L.P. Monday November 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.25. Bath. Cycled round & called on Midge. Very ill. Roads bad for cycling. Breakfast. Weather warmer. To call on Mr George Howe about Taxes. Did leave & have an interview at 11.0. Man like Weedon Grossmith. Settled for assessment at £850 per year at most. Out & back. Developed a few plates. In afternoon skemed the cartoon for Lightning. Wrote letters etc. M & self dined quietly togather. Mite upstairs with her tooth. Bed 11.30 after snooze. Took 4 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Interview with Mr George Howe about Income Tax.) Tuesday November 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled round Park all way round & called on Midge. Westerly wind & quite warm. Back. Breakfast & after developed some plates of May Hayden. Skemed Index & settled for Lions & Animals performing. M seedy in bed. Mite's tooth very bad. Sent for Mr Dentist. Maud Paxton called & Ellie Ritchie. Quiet dinner with M & self at 8.0pm & after read to bed. Took 3 C.L.L.P. Wednesday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round by Earls Ct & School. Little Composure. After back. Breakfast. M in bed. Maud still very seedy with her tooth. Developed photos of Springkell & in afternoon skemed cartoon for Lightning. Left at 5.30 7 by bus to Piccadilly. Called Athenaeum. Letter from Lady Dorothy Nevill. Walked to C.C. Got 2 letters & on to Garrick & then walked to the Punch dinner. F.C.B back, 1st time since Sepr 25th. Very full dinner, 13. All there except Lawrence Bradbury. Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, L.S, R.H, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A. After tiresome discussion got subject of Airship to do, Partridge John Bull. Left 10.40. F.C.B looking much older. Home by dog cart. Bed 12.30am. Weather quite warm. Thursday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Park. Called to ask how Midge was. Back. Breakfast. After skemed subject of Liberal airship. Photod Otley & enlarged prints. Used the 2 7½ x 5's had had so long. Great difficulty in enlarging owing to wet. Began drawing at 5.0pm & worked up to 8.30pm when dined with M. M in bed all day up to lunch. Mite's tooth getting better. Bed 11.30 after snooze. Weather quite warm. Friday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle past School & Earls Court. Muddy. Back 9.25 & breakfast. After all day on drawing of Liberal Airship. Sent Otley in afternoon to May's for Harlequin's costume & fairies. M up in room. Finished at 9.0 & dined 9.15pm. Mite better but not down. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Saturday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & dressed at once. Walk round Campden Hill. Breakfast. Left M in bed & Mite & went by bus to C.C. Called Sands & Hunter for lens. At 12.0, ¼ hr late, photod R.W. Disappointed in appearance & poor model. Out at 1.30. To Garrick. Lunch. Came across William Stone & Bence Jones who
said I looked well. Well, eat something or took something at lunch which made me very ill. Whiskey & soda, never again. Out 2.30 after talk to Bangs about Tenniel's drawings for Lalla Rooke. To Daly's Theatre & saw San Toy. Stone, young Reid, grandson of Col Rich. Dora, M & self in box. Good. Out & left Stone. To Garrick. Tea & wrote letters. Left at 6.40 & called C.C for heavy bag & on to Walls for sausages. Home by bus. Got fruit. Bad pears at Butts & dined 8.10. Violent headache & fit of indigestion came on. Mite with letters from Lennie & Punch Almanack came. My work good. (Red ink across page: M & self had box at San Toy. Dora there. William Stone came in.) Sunday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up a 9.15. Down 9.45. Did not go out. Foggy. Frightfully seedy with violent indigestion from yesterday's lunch. Why? Who knows. M in one bed, Mite in other. More or less seedy all day. At 12.15 went for walk in bath chair with Mite. Met Col Reid & grandson. Mrs Lewis (Seligman) the Gills etc. Back. Lunch. After all afternoon in room. Developed in cold photos taken yesterday. Spencer called at 4.0pm. Up in my room. Dinner. Had a better pheasant. Seedy right up to going to bed at 11.30pm. Death of poor Arthur Lewis at 9.30pm. See acct Thursday 28 Novr. See Sat Nov 4, '97. (Red ink: Very seedy all day.) Monday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Walked round Campden Hill. Cold raw & foggy. Met old Captain & governess walking fast. Back. Breakfast & after photod Cox for Harlequin. Enlarged that & photos taken Saturday. Went on to work at 4.30 to 8.0 on cartoon for Lightning. Dinner. Mite down for 1 st time. Long letter from Roy. Bitterly raw & cold after. Bed 12.0 after reading Wells's stupid prophesies. Tuesday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Mite sent Otley with cable. Out on cycle round Earl's Court. Twice had to turn for carts round corner. M down to breakfast After wrote Mr Workman about photo frame dispute. Photod Otley for figure of Steam & enlarged by lunch time. Evelyn Coward in to lunch. Baby came to my room looking well. Worked all afternoon & up to 7.15. Dressed. Walked up to dine at Lord Alverstone's. M followed in carriage. Very cold. Took young Webster's wife in. Sat next a Miss Mellor. 18 to dinner. M had Mr Justice Darling, Lord Chelmsford. Sir Fleetwood & Lady Wilson etc. Music after. Ruminated on the rooms I recollected Mr & Mrs S.S.B in in 1877. Left at 11.0. M unfortunately got a chill & had swelled face tomorrow. (Red ink: M & self dined at Lord Alverstone's.) Wednesday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Earls Court. After back & went on to work all day on drawing for Lightning. Put girl's head in etc etc. Left at 6.10 & by bus to top of Piccadilly. Changed mind & on to C.C. 2 letters. Walked thro' Covent Garden & bought rose, 2d. Bus to Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, L.B, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Not one single word said in praise of my Quadruple page. Only commendation to B.P. Lehmann had got letter about Ayton Castle. Chaff. Very long weary time in making up cuts. At 10.30 got Lord Rosebery & Chamberlain to do. F.C.B wanted Tommy Atkins & a German soldier shaking hands. Left in weariness at 11.0 & to dog cart waiting below. Called at the Athenaeum Club &
wrote 2 or 3 letters & home. Got Mr Lilford Delph's address from my desk & posted letter. Read W.G & to bed tired at 12.45am. M seedy with a swelled face. Thursday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Earl's Court & after skemed subject of Rosebery & Chamberlain. At 11.30 Mr Lilford Delph came. Photod him. Enlarged & got ready. Worked up to 7.10pm when after writing V.& C & Brightman dressed & walked over Campden Hill to dine at the Messels. A bad dull dinner. Took Miss Gow in & sat next Mrs Sington. Talk of poor Arthur Lewis. From Mrs L he had lunched with her at a friend's & feeling indigestion went home. She called on two other friends. He stayed at home instead of dining at Mrs Geilgud's & had a plate of soup & two poached eggs. Mrs L stayed in drawing room & went up 1½ hrs after. No one in room & gas burning in the dressing room. Found poor A.L dead on his face after folding up his coat & waistcoat. Home by carriage. Smoke & bed 12.0. (Red ink: Dull dinner at the Messels.) Friday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Fine morning. Cycled round by Earls Court. Worked after breakfast & all day up to 9.10pm on cartoon of Rosebery & Chamberlain. Hon Dudley Marjoribanks & Miss Brodrick married. Memorial service for poor Arthur Lewis. Quiet dinner by self. Mite had had hers. M in bed all day. Very tired. Snooze after until 1.0am. Mite seedy in the night. Saturday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Walk round C.H. After breakfast sent Otley to C.C & the Athenaeum. Went on to work all day on cartoon for Lightning. Returned stalls to the Haymarket. M up at 3.0pm & came down to dinner. A slight cold & sore throat came on just about 6.30pm. Took some ammoniated quinine. Had enjoyed lunch very much & eat a good dinner. Bed at 11.45 after reading Strand Magazine. (Red ink: Cold 1st began by tickling & sore throat.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Eyre, formerly governor of Jamaica.) Dec 1901 Sunday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.10. Woke with slightly increased sore throat. Out for walk. 6d to old lady Xing sweeper. Breakfast. After at 11.0 left & walked up through Park to Hyde Park Corner. Bus to C.C. At 12.0 photod Miss G.Noble. No good. Out 1.30 & to Garrick. Lunch on cold beef, ½ bottle Pommard. Coffee & O.B. Wrote 6 or 7 letters. Sullivan & Col Jones came in. Left at 4.0 & walked home. Buller demonstration in Hyde Park. M & Mite in Roy's room. Bret Harte had called. Sore throat all day. Went on with cartoon for Lightning & shaded old man, arms, face, lamp etc. M Mite & self dined quietly & read after book on Africa. (Red ink: Cold slightly developing.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Ex-Governor Eyre.) Monday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up a 8.20 & cycled round Park. Past Mrs Turquands, D.M's etc. Breakfast. After all day at shading drawing for Lightning. Worked till 8.10pm. M, Mite & self dined quietly. Invite from Lucas came to shoot. Bed at 11.50. Had chest rubbed. Cold thick & heavy in head. (Red ink: Cold went up into head.)
Tuesday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Tired. Cold more in head. Cycled round Park. Saw George Agnew, wife & daughter. Back. Threw gloves through window at M. Death of Governor Eyre. Breakfast. After by 12.30 finished drawing for Lightning. Boy fetched it at 12.50. M & Mite out. Boxes about. In afternoon went on with Index drawing & got on with it. Callers. Worked up to 8.15 when M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Snooze & read after. (Red ink: Cold still bad all day.) Wednesday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Nasty cold came on. Woke up with throat sore but cycled round Park & home. Weather quite warm. After at work all day on drawing for Index which I finished at 5.30 & sent off. Left & to Punch dunner by bus. Lennie & Roy to arrive Euston 12.30am. Went all way to Punch dinner by bus. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B. O.S, R.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. A pleasant dinner. F.C.B said that Charles Warner the actor had shewn him great kindness in Norway. What a statement! Left feeling seedy with cold very, & had chest rubbed when I got home. Lay awake & heard Lennie arrive who went up to Mite's room between 1.0 & 2.0am. Percy Oakes called in morning. Went down to see him. (Red ink: Cold very bad all day. Lennie & Roy back from America.) Thursday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & cycled round park all way. Lennie down to breakfast. My cold bad, very, so I could not cycle. Walk. Lennie's first morning back. Did not see Roy till lunch time. Skemed subject of Pro Boer & Peace & sent Otley for a trombone & hat. All day at work. Very seedy with cold. Left off at 7.15 after a cup of beef tea & drove with M in the carriage to dine at Colonel Welby's. Took a Miss E? in to dinner & sat next to Lady Buxton. Pleasant dinner. After a Russian cup of Colonel Welby's fell over. Enjoyed dinner. Home with M in carriage. Mite had gone to Gloucester Terrace in the afternoon. Bed at 12.0 after smoke. (Red ink: Cold heavily on chest in morning. M & self dined at Col Welby's.) (Cutting glued in: Wills: Lord Morris & Charles Stephens. Dec 4, 01.) Friday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & walked round Campden Hill. After to work all day on drawing of Pro Boer & Trombone & Peace. Rather bothered to get done. Did not finish until 9.30pm. M & self dined quietly. Roy still at Mite's. Bed very tired at 12.30am. Saturday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & walk round Campden Hill. Stalls from Tree's came. Sent Otley round to Lennie's after & the whole morning tidying up etc. Passed proofs of drawings for Lightning. Lunch 1.15. At 1.45 M & self in carriage to Her Majesty's Theatre & saw The Last of the Dandies. Much affected by it. Man like the Agnews & also like someone else in box.Young Warner very good. Sent M home & tea at Garrick. No letters at the C.C. Back by bus & got a pine without flavour & grapes ditto. Home. Wrote letter or two & quiet dinner, M & self. Read after & bed at 11.30. Weather quite warm. (Red ink: M & self went to see The Last of the Dandies. Good.)
Sunday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am & breakfast after walk round C.H. Gave O.W 6d. Wet. After at 12.30 took M for walk round Flower Walk & back. Lunch by ourselves. Up in room & skemed & drew & nearly finished tail for Index. Dinner to be 7.30. Wasn't. Was taken off my work. At 8.0 Mite(sic,Roy) Lennie, Maud M & self & Con all dined. Roy argumentative about America. Patience played after & they left at 10.15. Con & M to bed at 11.0. Read paper on the Parthenon & to bed tired at 12.15. x. Monday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Gale in the night & beastly dog barking. Down & walk round C.H. Con to breakfast. Talk of Newson. After finished drawing for tail of Index by 11.45. Then skemed & photod Otley for terminal figure title page. After developed. Mite came to lunch & Con. Enlarged after. A snow storm at 3.45pm. Maud left. Conrad went back to dine at Mite's. Up in room & on with work on terminal figure title page. M up also. Very cold north wind set in. Tuesday December 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. Breakfast. Con went out. At 10.30 Maud Paxton came & very kindly sat for Britannia. Developed & enlarged & up in room to work. All day at it up to 8.15. Bothered over Britannia's face. Got it right after. M, Con & self dined quietly. Roy dined at Mite's. Bed at 11.30pm after snooze & reading. (Red ink: Photod Maud Paxton for Britannia.) Wednesday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. After at work all day on drawing for title page Volume 122. Finished it at 5.30pm & dressed. M & Roy went to dine at Mite's. Roy at Empire & got locked out. By bus to Punch dinner. Called C.C. Got letter from M.R & called Garrick. On again by bus. After P dinner. L.B, B.P, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S. 4 cartoons made up. Pleasant dinner. Left at 11.15 & home all way by bus. Posted letters to May & Delph. Locked Roy out. Conrad left in the afternoon. (Cutting glued in: Marriage to take place, Lord Stavordale and Lady Helen Stuart.) Thursday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round C.H. Frightfully wet all day & S.E gale. Could get no satisfactory results for working from. Sent Otley to May's & Mr Delph called 11.30. Photod him as Hamlet in the wet. Developed & enlarged & got to work 5.0pm. Worked till 8.15 & M, Roy & self dined together for 1 st time since he came back from America. Bed at 11.30pm. Very tired. (Red ink: Very difficult photoing Delph as Hamlet in the wet.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Joshua Fielden to Dora Ismay.) Friday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round C.H. Letter from F.C.B. (all previous engagements must give way etc.) Answered. After all day at drawing of Hamlet. Awful weather. Dark & dismal. Bothered with Rosebery's head. Took it out. Roy dined at Mite's. After finished very tired at 9.0. Dinner M & self. Roy back 11.30. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Silly letter from F.C.B.)
Saturday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Very tired. Brighter morning. Walk round C.H. Met Ricky. Roy's arm bad at breakfast. After at 10.45 photod Otley for Soldier & Stace for Father Xmas. Developed & enlarged by lunch. Mite at lunch. In room after for work. Had wired Galbraith. Lennie in my room in the afternoon. Roy Lennie & Harold M went to see 'Iolanthe' & supper after. Mite dined with us. I worked up to 8.20 when M & Mite & self dined. Read after. Letter from F.C.B by last post about sacrificing business to pleasure. Rot. M read in my room in evening, Madame Junot's memoirs. (Red ink: Worked hard all day.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Arthur Gill.) Sunday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45 & out. Dull morning. Bright after. Gave old W 6d. Breakfast. M walked over to see Midge. Roy at Club. Worked hard the entire day on cartoon of Father Xmas & soldiers in blockhouse. Finished at 8.45. Put travelling things on & to dinner. Mite, Lennie, Roy, M & self. Mite not well after dinner. Went up at 10.0pm & worked another ½ hour & got away in the dog cart by 11.10pm. Drove to St Pancras & caught the midnight train for Dumfries. Had most comfortable carriage & only waked by man asking for ticket. Got to Dumfries at 7.15am. Cold in the night. Received a wire from Galbraith at 10.0am. (Red ink: Left after dinner & went north to Dumfries.) (Cutting glued in: Death of George Akhurst. Akhurst 69 years, 57 in 1888, 60 in 1891.) Monday December 16 On board train from St Pancras to Dumfries. Awakened at D. Dark. Galbraith's trap at station. Drove to Terregles. There 8.0am. Dressed & bath. Cold frosty morning. Down. Breakfast 9.15. Dora & ladies, Miss Dangerfields. Mr Heriot, Mr Dove etc. Welcome from G. Started 10.15 & walked to hill covered in snow. Delightful shoot all day. Bright sun & no wind. Got 25 pheasants, 1 rabbit, 1 pigeon. Lunch at Bankside. Walked back. No papers. Lord Rosebery made his great speech at Chesterfield. Felt tired. Bath & changed. Tea. Sleepy. Bitterly cold in room. Rested for 1 hour. Dressed & dinner. Took Mrs G in. Good dinner. News of poor parrot's death in February. Puff billiards after & Miss Dangerfield sang. Very sleepy. Bed at 11.45pm. Slept well. Mr & Mrs Keswick, Mr & Mrs Fortune, Mr Dove, Mr Heriot, 2 Miss Dangerfields, Dora Langley & self. (Red ink across page: Lovely day's shooting in the snow & hills in Terregles.) Tuesday December 17 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.15 & down 9.0. Wrote M. A grey cloudy morning. No frost. Breakfast. Left at 10.0 for shoot round house. 6 guns. G, self, Mr Dove, Mr Heriot, Mr Keswick & another. Started up in corner of cover. Got hare & 6 pheasants. Ladies came out. At 2nd beat got 2 missed 2 badly. After walk round with beaters. Good shooting at corner. 3rd beat did really well. Got 15 P & a woodcock & that with ladies standing by. Lunch. Good fowl etc. Ian & gloves. Rain came on & bitter wind. Worked round to end of shoot. Saw Charles Maxwell & wife driving in smart omnibus carriage. Finished at 4.35. Got to self 48 pheasants, 6 hares, 1 rabbit, 1 pigeon, 1 woodcock. 57 head. Bath. Tea. Smoke. Read Lord Rosebery's speech. Afraid my cartoon out of it. Dressed. Not so cold. Took Miss Dangerfield in. Most interesting girl. Sang delightfully after & reverberated a chord on piano. Mr Heriot & Mr & Mrs Keswick had left. Talk in
smoking room after. Bed at 12.0am. Talking to Fortune, Dove & Galbraith. (Red ink across page: Delightful day's covert shoot at Terregles.) Wednesday December 18 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.15. Tired. Bath. Dressed & packed. Breakfast. Eat 3 sausages. After signed a paper for Miss Dangerfield. Left with Mr Dove at 10.20 & drove to Dumfries. Well appointed carriage. Stupid little grinning girls at station. Comfortable carriage. Mr Dove got out at station beyond Carlisle. Posted letters. Bought Punch etc. Lunch. Good. Got to St Pancras at 6.30. Otley there with cart. Home. Dear M there & Roy. Changed & all 3 dined together. Cold. Read & to bed at 11.30pm. Wrote 5 or 6 letters. (Red ink: Arrived home from Dumfries.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lady Ellis. Death of Elvira Henderson.) Thursday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. & round C.H. Very cold. After breakfast wired Molloy & also wrote letters. Printed ½ a dozen blues & after put up camera. Sent Otley to 55 Great Marlborough St to workshop of Mr Streeter etc & followed on by 2d tube. Called & took 4 photos 1.10 to 1.40. Out & walked to C.C & the Garrick. Lunch next a barrister, Lawrence B & Phil Agnew. After in smoking room. Col Arthur Jones there & Wyndham. Coffee & liqueur. After walked to call on Mr Hepburn. Had upper set fitted & left with them in. Most uncomfortable. Back to Garrick & had tea. Looked at Furniss's book. Called C.C for bags. Home by cab. Room reeking in smoke. Felt depressed & not very well. All gloomy. Dined rather with difficulty & after to bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Photod shop of jewellers in Great Marlborough St, Mr Streeter's. First had denture fitted.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Ellis.) Friday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Had kept denture in all day & night. Out. Gave old woman 6d. Breakfast. After skemed subject for opening new volume. Photod Otley & developed plates taken yesterday. Bitterly cold. M to Mite's in carriage. Left in a 4 wheeler & to Victoria at 3.45. Met Tait in train. Also Lester Reed. Down to Crawley. Great confusion at the station. Walked on far beyond Peas Pottage. Overtaken by carriage & to Nymans. Mr & Mrs M, Muriel, Barney, Ruth & Hilda. Lennie & Mr Posner came after. Mr Hunter Blair & Eric Parker. Dressed. Dinner. After played a game of billiards with Mr H.B. Beaten by 5 points. Candle & bed. Very cold. Read Mademoiselle Ixe. (Red ink: Went down to Nymans to shoot.) Saturday December 21 Nymans, Crawley, Sussex. Called at 7.45am. Man actually lifted the eiderdown. Dressed & breakfast at 8.30. Out 9.45. 5 guns. Lennie, Eric Parker, Mr Hunter Blair, Mr Posner & self. New keeper Mclaren. Shot with 2 guns. Got 14 pheasants & 7 duck. Felt depressed & seedy in the morning. Why? Back in house 4.0pm. Changed. Mrs Sington there. Tea & all left except Mr Eric Parker & back to Victoria. Very cold journey. Drove in Lennie's carriage to 27 Gloucester Terrace. Good dinner. After saw Mite & home by cart. Roy up. Punch came. Good. Dear M in bed. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Shot at Nymans. Evidently cold coming on.) Sunday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. M in bed. Foggy morning. Otley forgot to get sausages yesterday evening. Out & walk up Hornton Street & Holland Park. Roy not down
till 10.30am. Cleaned guns. Also enlarged photos taken Friday for opening volume. Very great difficulty to do so owing to fog. Gave ¼ hour. M in bed. Roy & self dined together. Tough pheasant. Bed after reading, 11.30pm. Skemed cartoon for New Year, King & coins. Also began opening of volume page. (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Lt Loring, of a son. Death of Lady Lyndhurst.) Monday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Walk round Campden Hill. After breakfast got ready to photo. A fine morning but cold. Cox came at 11.30 & Stace 12.30. Photod them for New Year cartoon. Developed & enlarged after. Very cold. Finished at 4.0 & up in room. Went on with opening volume page, Punch & crown. Drew it in. Roy dined with Lennie. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Bed. 11.30 after reading. (Red ink: Quite quiet. At work on King & Coins.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Lady Lyndhurst. Dec 23. Death of E.Onslow Ford. The wife of Frederick Wicks, of a daughter.) Tuesday December 24 Stafford Terrace. Down late, 9.15. Did not go out. Felt it all day. Went on to work all day on drawing for opening volume. Put in Crown etc etc. Bothered with Toby. Roy went round to dine with Lennie in the evening & they went to the Pantomime Rehearsal. M out in carriage in afternoon. M & self dined quietly together. Claret & a small bottle of Burgundy. Bed at 11.30. Nasty feverish cold again. Not so bad as before. (Red ink: Nasty feverish cold came on.) Wednesday December 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & walk round Campden Hill. Heavy snow rain & bitterly cold underfoot. Gave old woman 1/s. Met no one. Dreary & horrid weather. Breakfast. Roy & self sausages. After worked the entire day up to 8.0pm on opening Vol 122. Finished it at 5.0pm. M & Roy at Mite's. M back 6.0. Roy & Lennie called on Hogan. Dinner M, Roy & self. Bottle of Ayala 1889. After read the Contes Drocaliques de Balzac. Good. Bed 12.0. Chest rubbed. Felt cold from snow all day. (Red ink: Absolutely uneventful Xmas Day.) Thursday December 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Fine lovely bright day. Walked round Campden Hill. Breakfast. M down. Discussion about books. After in room. Wrote diary. Photod Otley's little girl who cried. After Otley. Developed & enlarged. Went on with drawing of the King & his Coins. Conrad in to lunch. Still bright sun. Roy out on cycle. Lennie came in in afternoon. Sat in my room. He & Roy went to the Drury Lane Boxing Night of Blue Beard. Worked on & dined at 8.30pm & M & self had simple dinner waited on by Freda. After went up in room & worked from 10.0 to 12.15am. Put in Royal arms etc, carpet. After read Contes Drocaliques de Balzac. Roy back 1.15. M put 2 glycerine lozenges in my mouth as Roy came home. Long time getting to sleep. (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Joseph Noel Paton.) Friday December 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Bright cold morning. Walk round C.H & after breakfast wrote a letter or two. Got to work at 10.0 & finished Royal Crown, Volume 122. Sent it off 10.45. After at 11.0 went on & put the King in in outline for cartoon King & Coins. Fairly successful. Lunch. Began to shade at 4.0pm. The
clock had stopped, thought I had another hour. Finished at 9.20pm & sent it off. Cough & cold very heavy & troublesome. Dined 9.40 & had a bottle of Ayala 1889 wine. Did me good. Roy dined at Lennie's. Bed at 11.45. M knocked. Had mustard leaf on chest. Slept well. (Red ink: Bad cold came on.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir Noel Paton.) Saturday December 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out for walk round C.H. Slipped down in Phillimore Gardens. Road very slippery. After the whole morning putting phos away & dating etc. At 1.0 lunch. M & self left in the carriage at 1.40 & to the Vaudeville Theatre & saw a charming play called Blue Belle. Margaret Fraser in it. Very pretty. M & self delighted. Put M into the carriage at King Street & to C.C. Letters. On to Garrick & had tea. Wrote a few letters & to Seymour Hicks. Lost one of my best black gloves. Left 6.15. Pouring with rain. Bus to Kensington. Californian oranges & pears in again. Bought fruit. Home. M back. Conrad had been to lunch with Roy. (Red ink: M & self went to see Blue Belle at the Vaudeville.) Sunday December 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15. Out. Zig zag walk up Terraces. Back. Lovely morning. Decided to go to Calais. Left 10.10am & by bus from Kensington Church to Piccadilly. Ugly woman in bus. Walk to Charing X. Found train at Victoria. Cab there & caught it by ½ a minute. Douglas Gordon in carriage. To Dover. Squall of rain. Saw Churchward. Very pretty tall girl. Did not X. To Lord Warden. Good lunch. After saw McIlvaine. Walk on pier. Waited for Belgian boat & left 3.30. Up to Charing X at 6.0pm. Bus home by self. Good light in bus. 'Phos' light. M in drawing room. Wrote ½ a dozen letters. Roy back. Lennie & Will Oakes had called & Daggles. Roy back in evening & M, Roy & self dined quietly together. Roy great on Edgar Allan Poe. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Went down to Dover with Douglas Gordon. Did not X Channel on acct of squalls of rain & wind.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Amalia Stohwasser. Funeral of Edward Onslow Ford. Funeral of Sir J.Henry Gilbert.) Monday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk around Campden Hill. Quite warm, 50º. Wet. After Roy went to City. Put room in order etc. At 12.0 went & had interview with Mr W.W.Richardson at Bank. Found I was about £500 better off than I thought. Back. After lunch developed May Hayden décolleté & legs of M.R. Dated photos. Dined at 7.0 & M & Roy went by carriage to His Majesty's Theatre to see The Last of the Dandies. Self followed outside bus & on & called C.C. Letter from M.R. On to theatre. Harold Messel in box. Large sumptuous box. Saw play & out & home by carriage. Smoke & to bed. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to see 'The Last of the Dandies'. Harold Messel in box.) Tuesday December 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dark & damp. Usual walk. Roy to go to Nymans. Settled about his guns etc. Otley to take his bag by 5.5 to London Bridge. Gave Roy his check. After M went to Mite's 11.45am in carriage. Self up to Garrick & C.C. Lunched with Seymour Hicks. Story of the waiter from Garrick spitting on old Crabb's oysters. Out & to C.C. Waited until 3.5, an hour, when M.R. came. Too dark to take any but 2 morning dress photos. Out & to Bath Club. Xmas box to
bathroom attendant. Turkish bath & hair cut. Home. Walked to Knightsbridge, bus home. Not a soul had called on poor M. M & self dined quietly. Put denture in, not quite so uncomfortable but horrid all the same. Nice letter from Phil Agnew. Railway pass for 1902 from Mr Vincent C.Hill. Bed at 11.15, M knocking. Slept the New Year in. Addresses and notes on back pages: Great Central Railway: General Manager Sir W.Pollitt. Scy O.S.Holt, Genl Managers Office, London Road Station, Manchester Station Manager, Marylebone: W.Monckton. Midland Railway General Manager J.Mathieson Esq. Secy A.L.Chantes, office Derby. Great Northern Railway General Manager C.Stead. Secretary W.latta, Kings X. Glasgow & South Western Railway David Cooper General manager. St Enoch Station, Glasgow. Highland Railway Company T.A Wilson General Manager. Inverness. Caledonian Rly Company Sir J.Thompson Generl Manager 302 Buchanan Street, Glasgow. R.Millar Esquire, (illeg) Sir James Thompson, Wm Hamilton (for Perth) Inspector West Coast Railways, Perth Station. Great Eastern Railways General Managers Office, Liverpool Street Station. S.F.S Gooday Esquire. Palace Theatre: Charles Weston, Philip Yorke. Drury Lane: Arthur Collins, Sidney Smith. London Hippodrome: Henry W.Garrick Cranbourne St, Leicester Sq, W.C. Poss Representation. Lester Elliott, 9 Museum St, High Holborn W.C. W.G.Browning, 121 Sumaton Rd, West Hampstead.
1st went to Camera Club April 6th, 1893. (List of models and dates.) C.Richards. Tuesday Feby 15, '98. 2 Cookes. Tuesday Mar 1 '98 L.Cooke. Tuesday March 8 '98, Tuesday March 15 '98 Tuesday March 29 '98. Derben. Wednesday March 8 '93 Saty Apl 15, '93 Wednesday Sep 12 '94. Green. Sunday Dec 17 '93 Sunday Mar 11 '94 Monday * April 1 '95 Wednesday * Nov 20 '95 Wednesday * Apl 29 '96 Saturday * Dec 26 '96. Rose. Mrs Sands Oh! Sunday Aug 19 '94 Monday Nov 26 ‘94 Sunday Mar 10 '95 Wednesday Oct 30 '95. Easton. Saturday Aug 1 '91 Saturday Aug 8 '91 Thursday Aug 20 '91 Wednesday Sep 30 '91 Sunday July 30 '93. Pettigrew. Monday May 4 '91 Wedy Aug 5 '91. Saty Aug 22 '91, 2 Miss Petts. A.Fletcher. May 7 '93 Mrs King & Derben. Saturday Apl 15 '93.
Mrs King. 1: Thurs Mar 16 '93 2: Saturday Apl 15 '93 3: Wednesday July 12 '93, 4: Wednesday Apl 18 '94 5: Wednesday Jany 16 '95 6: Sunday Oct 13 '95 7: Monday Mar 25 '96 8: Wednesday Oct 31 '00, 9: Tuesday Apl 25 '01. Rose Woodcock. Saturday Nov 23 '01. Langtrey. Wednesday April 4 '00 Thursday April 12 '00 Wednesday Jany 25 '01. Gordon. Saturday Nov 5 '98 Sunday Jan 15 '99. Lofthouse. Monday Sep 23 '96 Wednesday Sep 30 '96 Friday Jany 15 '97 Tuesday Mar 15 '98 Wednesday Dec 21 '98. L.G. 1: Wednesday Oct 6 '97 2: Sunday Oct 31 '97 3: Saturday Jan 29 '93 4: Saturday Apl 16 '93 5: Saturday May 7 '93 6: Saturday 1 May 21 '93 7: Saturday 2 June 4 '93. 8: Saturday 3 June 18 '93. 9: Saturday 4 July 16 '93. Williams. Wednesday July 12 '99 Monday Nov 21 '99 Sibley. Saturday Oct 28 '99 Saturday Jany 6 '00 Saturday Jany 20 '00.
Herbert. Monday July 16 '00 Monday Aug 27 '00 Mabel Hall. 1: Monday Jany 23 '99 2: Monday Feb 20 '99 3: Wednesday Apl 19 '99 4: Thurs May 18 '99 5: Mon June 26 '99 6: Sunday July 23 '99 7: Saty Aug 12 '99 8: Sun Mar 25 '00 9: Monday Sep 24 '00 10: Wedy Oct 3 '00 11: Saty Dec 22 '00 12: Wedy Jany 23 '01 13: Saty Feby 16 '01 14: Monday Feby 25 '01 15: Monday Apl 1 '01 16: Saturday May 25 '01 17: Saturday July 15 '01 18: Thursday Aug 8 '01. Warwick. Saturday July 7 '00 Wednesday Oct 10 '00 Saturday May 25 '01 Saturday July 13 '01. B Jessop. 1: Saturday Sep 24 '98 2: Saturday Oct 1 '98 3: Wednesday Oct 5 '98 4: Wednesday Oct 15 '98 5: Monday Feby 6 '99 6: Monday Apl 26 '99 8: Wednesday June 14 '99 9: Wednesday Sep 27 '99 10: Wednesday Nov 8 '99 11: Saturday May 12 '00 12: Wednesday Nov 7 '00 13: Thursday Dec 20 '00 14: Tuesday Apl 30 '01 15: Tuesday June 24 '02 16: Thursday Apl 7 '04. E.Jessop. Wedy Nov 8 '99
Wedy Dec 6 '99 Wedy Dec 27 '99 Wedy Jany 31 '00 Wedy Feby 28 '00 Wedy Aug 8 '00 Thursday Aug 30 '00 Wednesy Sep 26 '00 Saturday Nov 24 '00 Tuesday Mar 12 '01 Wednesday Oct 8 '02. R Morgan. 1: Monday Jany 14 '01 2: Monday Jany 21 '01 3: Monday Jany 28 '01 4: Monday Feby 11 '01 5: Saturday June 22 '01. M. Haydon 1: Tuesday June 11 '01 2: Wednesday Nov 6 '01. G.C. Noble. Sunday Dec 1 '01. M. Reid. 1: Wedy 19 June '01 2: Wedy 26 June '01 3: Tuesday 2 July '01 4: Wednesday 10 July '01 5: Wednesday * 17 July '01 6: Tuesday * 23 July '01 7: Monday * 29 July '01 8: Wednesday * 25 Sep '01 9: Wednesday 2 Oct '01 10: Wednesday 9 Oct '01 11: Tuesday * 31 Dec '01 12: Monday * 13 Jan '02 13: Tuesday * 28 Jan '02 14: Saturday * 8 Feb '02 15: Saturday ** 15 July '02 16: Tuesday ** 4 March '02, 17: Tuesday ** 11 March '02 18: Wednesday * 26 March '02 19: Wednesday * 30 Apl '02 20: Friday 26 Sep '02. Miss A.Langley, 27 Simpson St, Battersea. Miss M Hall, 13 Stanbridge Rd, Putney 94 Hotham Road, Putney S.W.
Miss Maud Fletcher, 24 Hardcastle St, High St, Peckham S.E. Miss Jessie Woodcock, 8 St Augustine's Rd, Camden Town. Miss Jessops, Holly House Farm, Stanford Rivers, Romford. Miss Best, 20 Newman St, Oxford St, W. W.Jameson, 26 Reedworth St, Kennington Rd, S.E. (Two names & addresses crossed out, possibly Dorothy Seton & Mrs King.) Ruby Morgan, 1 Springvale Terrace, West Kensington, W. Miss Ethel Warwick, 14 Edith Villas, West Kensington, W. Miss Ethel Bantock, 111 Coningham Road, Shepherds Bush, W. C.Lilford Delph, 33b Tamworth St, Fulham, S.W. Miss Smith, 2 Loring Villas, Loring Road, Isleworth, W. Rose Woodcock, 1 Kingsley Rd, Willesden Lane, Kilburn, N.W. M.K, c/o Mrs Elsen, The Lodge, West Heath House, West Heath Road, Hampstead. W.Cox, 39 Sutherland St, Pimlico, S.W. G.A.Daggs, 59 Tabor Road, Hammersmith, W. M.Haydon, 3 Redesdale Street, Tedworth Square, Chelsea.
1902 Loose sheets inside front cover: Score card for shoot as Easton Park Notes made at Easton Park, Wickham Market Notes made at Apethorp Hall, Wansford. Notes and addresses on preliminary pages: Store Ticket for 1902: 89162 Miss M.M.Dangerfield, Bars Kimming, Mauchline, Ayrshire. Army & Navy Stores, Managing Director, W.Pheysey Esq. Bylaugh Park Shoot, Nov 99, Jany 1901. Athenaeum Secretary, Henry R.Tedder. G.D.Armour, Etchilhampton House, Devizes. A.Bellini's, Hanover Hotel & Restaurant, 6 & 8 Mill Street, W. Day, Lehmann Schipperke. Maurice de Bonvoisin, 53 Rue Pierre Charron. Sir Benjamin Baker, Bowden Green, Pangbourne, Berks. Camera Club. Secy, M.Cromack. L.R.Gotz, 215 Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C. Easton Park Shoot, Jany '97, Oct '97, Jany '00, Jany '02. George Grossmith's Secy, Cecil Breton Esquire. Earls Court Exhibition, Gordon Hunter Esquire. Motor Car. Wolff's. Societé Anonyma des Automobiles. Peugeut. Lille (Nord). Constuction Breveté, S.C.D.G. No 1339. Agent, Friswell, 48 Holborn Viaduct. P.Meagher, 172 Pentonville road, W.C. Cap'n Adrian Jones, 147 Church Street, Chelsea, S.W. Lamb Hotel, Ely. Frank Moyes, P. McIlvaine, Clarence W. 32 Portland Place, W. P.Meagher, 299 Goldhawk Road W. B.Morris. 'The Citizen', 15 Copthall Avenue, E.C. William Spooner, 379 in the Strand, W.C. L.Raven Hill, Battle House, Bromham, Nr Chippenham, Wilts. John I.Thorneycroft & Co, Church Wharf, Chiswick. Thorneycroft, Donaldson Esq, 19 West Cliff Road, Ramsgate. Stace, 46 Carminia Road, Bedford Hill, Balham, S.W. Taxes. Late Mr Fisher. George Howe, Office of Surveyor of Taxes, Wrights Lane. Slate. 9 & 10 Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London W.C.
Soap (Courts Castile) 6 lbs, 6d. 3/s. ordinary large bar sent. Richards, H.Erle, 50 Leinster Gardens, W. The Slate, 15 Whitefriars St, Fleet St, E.C. Richard Rose, 28a South Audley Street, W. Sands Hunter & Co, 20 Cranbourne Street, L.Sq. W.C. Spielman & Co, 101 St Martin's Lane. Waterbury Watches, Allan Ross & Co. 66 Holborn Viaduct, E.C. Watney (Claude) Garston Manor, Watford, Herts. Woodbury Gallery, 37 New Bond Street. E.P.Halton Esq. Watney (Vernon) Fannich, Lochluichart, N.B. Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire. (Small drawing, 3 heads) L.Alma Tadema's 138 x 15 12/13 caricature of Irishman & wife. With a coin. (Cutting glued in: Sale of Skibo Castle. Jan 1, 1902.) Jan 1902 Wednesday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. A fine bright morning. Roy & Lennie shooting at Nymans. Usual walk round C.H. M went to Stores at 11.0am. Printed about 50 blues, legs etc, M.H. Wrote thanks for railway pass etc etc. Wore denture at breakfast 1st time. Horrid. Put things away in drawers etc & developed the last of M.R's legs. Left at 6.5 for the Punch dinner. Horridly bad tempered looking woman in bus. To Punch dinner. Up in room. Told Partridge about his ugly old Liberal Party. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, O.S, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Pleasant dinner. Settled for my being away the next 2 weeks. Long talk. Picture puzzles. Home by bus. Roy up. Came back with 2 duck. Bed at 12.30. Notice of me in the Westminster. (Red ink: Fine bright morning. Settled to be away next week.) Thursday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & usual walk. had a turn out at 5.0am. Something disagreed with me last night. Lentils? After breakfast skemed subject of Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum. Stace came late at 12.0 & photod him. Got all ready by 3.45. Quite mild weather. M at Mite's. Never came up in my room. M, Roy & self dined quietly together. Patience after. Read Sherlock Holmes in the Strand. Annoyed at my being put out of my place in the Strand Magazine. Wrote to Mr Dolman who wrote it. Bed at 12.0. More or less upset inside all day. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Edmund Blair Leighton, of a daughter.) Friday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & usual walk. After wrote letters. At 10.30 went on with drawing of Tweedledum & Tweedledee. Worked all day up to 9.30 when finished. M & self dined quietly together. Roy at Mite's. Diarrhoea came on before going to bed. Must be the red cabbage. Bed at 12.5am. Saturday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Sleepy. My birthday. Out round Campden Hill. Gave old W 2d. Man digging at top of Phillimore Gardens. Breakfast. Present from dear
M & Mite. Darling Baby came round & wished me a Happy New Year. Roy & madiera. Up in room. Very seedy with D & slightly sick. Wrote labels. Put photos away in the morning. Lunch. Left in carriage with M & went up to the Haymarket Theatre & saw 'Frocks & Frills'. Cyril Maude & Miss Grace Lane. Good. Out & direct home in the carriage. Very wet. Dressed & dined 7.0pm. Roy in late. Was to have gone with Roy to 1st night of Hare's revival of the Pair of Spectacles at the Criterion but did not as I felt altogether too tired & seedy. So Roy went alone. He had supper with Arthur Cusans. Went to bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Went with M in afternoon to see 'Frocks & Frills'. 57 years old today.) Sunday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Walked up Hornton Street to avoid sweepers. Fine morning. Put things straight & printed a lot of blues. Took M for a walk to top of Row. Saw Mrs Fritz Jackson. Home by bus. Roy at Mite's. After wrote many letters. Spencer called & up in my room. Still seedy with D. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self, & bed at 11.30 after. (Red ink: Seedy the last few days. Lentils.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Ellen Howell. Death of George James.) Monday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for usual walk. Still upset by diarrhorea. After in morning put things straight etc. Miss Gill at lunch. Photod 5/s piece, a penny & a 20 franc piece. Developed etc. At 5.0pm left & went over by bus to see dear Mite & brought M back by the 2d tube. Horrid & crowded. Dressed & dined at 7.15. After M & Roy & self went to see a play called The Twin Sister. Lily Brayton good. H.B.Irving, Norman Forbes Robertson & also Ben Webster. 4 ladies in row of stalls in front kept looking round. Left & home by carriage. Sandwiches & bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to see at the Duke of York's 'The Twin Sister'.) Tuesday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for usual walk. Breakfast. Had headache & felt out of sorts. Roy off to City. In morning wrote letters. Put phos away & destroyed a good many plates. Luncheon. Got off in cart at 2.10pm & drove to Liverpool St. There 3.0pm. Caught the 3.25pm train & down to Wickham Market. Coldish. Lucas on platform. Mr Newman, Mr Lucas (cousin) & Sir Arthur & Lady Grant down. Drove to Easton Park with Lucas. After tea up in room & put things away & dressed. Dinner 8.15pm. Took Miss Elphinstone in. Good dinner. Talk in drawing room. Lost 2/6 at pool & bed at 11.45. Kept awake by clock. Stopped it. (Red ink: Went down to Colonel Lucas's shoot.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Brett. Obituary Mr John Brett, A.R.A.) Wednesday January 8 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 7.30. Had been kept awake by the clock which I stopped at 4.0am. Breakfast 8.30. Dull but good shooting morning. Hour's drive & began 10.15am. 6 guns. Sir Arthur Grant, Col Lucas, Mr Lucas, Mr Newman, Mr Elphinstone, self. Got 41 pheasants, 5 partridges, 1 hare. Burnt my finger with cigar & spoilt the afternoon. Delightful day. Lunch at a farm house. Home 5.15. Tea & wrote letters etc. Letter from M. Dinner. Took Mrs Lucas in. Roulette. Sir A.Grant sloped off. Lost 1/s. Bed 11.30. No billiards. Slept well. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot at Wickham Market.)
Thursday January 9 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 7.0am. Same sort of morning as yesterday. Down 8.15. Took 2 photos in bad light of the hall. After breakfast started 9.15. Went to same house as Lord Darnley had 2 years ago. Very good shoot. Got to own guns 57 pheasants, 2 hares, 5 rabbits, 1 woodcock. 65 head. Same guns as yesterday. Finger hurt me from gun. Amusing stories home. Sir A.Grant 'You sprinkle corn in England & it comes up pheasants. In Scotland & it comes up vexation & abuse'. Boer women as much morals as uniform. Old Scotch illicit distilling woman & sovereign. Scotch keeper & hock, 'I just thought it was some new sort of soda water'. Story of little man named Crane, a ventriloquist, in girl's room. Pillow case. 'I'm here'. Late down for dinner. Next Mrs Lucas. Roulette after. Lost 5/s. Smoke & bed 11.45pm. Read A Solitary Summer. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot Wickham Market.) Friday January 10 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 8.0am. Letters. Wire forwarded from Mrs D'Arcy to put off next week's shooting. Nuisance. Down. Good R. Breakfast. Took 6 photos of house. All left at 10.0 in carriage. Began shooting in covert coat suit. Got in all 35 pheasants, 3 partridges. Lunch. Ladies out. Got 5 good shots & one right & left with Mrs Lucas sitting by. Home at 4.15pm. Letters. Up in room & wrote letters. Tea 5.0pm. 2 pretty girls. The parson's daughters, one like a young Mrs Oakes. Down & looked over Roosevelt's book, A1. Rubishy artist of 2 nd Empire, P.Linden or Linder. The parson's daughter Miss Wood. Dinner. Drew blank. Sat next Miss Elkington. Drew Queen's head. Roulette. Won 14/6. Pool. Found 6d in pocket. Lost 2/s. Bed at 11.30. Packed. To sleep. 12.0am. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot Wickham Market.) Saturday January 11 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 7.0 & out round house. Breakfast at 8.0am & off 8.30am punctually. Down to station. Sir Arthur & Lady Grant & Newman & self. Dull morning. Smoking carriage by self as far as Ipswich. After to town. Pleasant talk. Otley met me. Drove home by 12.30pm. Beastly morning, wet & dark. Dear M writing. Lunch. Roy back depressed. Difficulty with bag lock. Wrote letters. Theatre put off for tonight. Roy depressed at dinner. Long talk of Garrick Club etc. M, self & Roy dined & bed after at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Home from Wickham Market.) Sunday January 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Walk round C.H, Hornton St. Roy decided not to go across channel. Left at 10.15 & by bus to Victoria. Served with 1 empty match box & another with only a dozen in it. Dover. Cap'n Dixon. Saw Mrs Faudel Phillips, Lady Monckton's brother. Lunch. Could not get any cigars. Payton who told me of Mrs Nealy & her turning the children out & suing for damages. Douglas Freshfield & Sir Horatio Davies. Told me of chassepot & pea. Victoria at 7.30 & home by bus. M, Roy & self dined. Bed after quiet evening. (Red ink: Went across to Calais alone.) Monday January 13
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round C.H. After all morning put things straight. Lunch with M. Left at 2.5 & to C.C. by bus. At 3.30 photod M.R. No light so out to Turkish bath. Saw Roger Wallace. Home by bus after getting sausages. Roy at drill with Lennie. Bed at 11.30. Set in colder & new moon. Frost tonight. Tuesday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out on cycle & got a punctured tyre . School girls again. Back 9.0am. After sent shirt & braces & wrote letters. Took 6 photos, no 7, of coins. Lunch 1.15. Maud Paxton at lunch. Dressed & to Kensingon Church at 2.0pm for Evelyn Coward's marriage. There ½ an hour too soon. M & Maud Paxton, Mrs Pitt. Dear Baby sprinkled flowers & gave the bride a bunch. After to the reception. Mr & Mrs Stone, Mrs Colin Hunter, Mrs Rawlinson etc. Left at 3.30 & home. Developed 7 plates. Much colder. Tidied room. (Red ink: Evelyn Coward married at Kensington Church.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Captain E.Pym Sankey to Evelyn Coward.) Wednesday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & cycled round Earls Court. After all morning tidying up etc. M went looking for maids. Lunch. Dated photos etc. Letter from Mrs Tate saying all guns filled for Saty. No more shooting. Left at 5.30 & walked to Punch dinner calling at C.C. No letters. Punch dinner. Sir W.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, A à B, P.M, O.S. Long talk. Got subject of Balfour as Navvy & left 10.45. Home all way by bus. Read paper & bed. Roy went to 1 st night of Martin Harvey's 'Eugene Aram'. Not good. Thursday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out on cycle. Round Earls Court. After looked about for roads up everywhere. Sent Otley to Nash for labourer. At 12.0 photod him & a boy, having previously taken snap shots in Kensingon by Princes Gate. Went by bus. Developed & all ready by 4.0pm. Tea in M's room. Dined 8.0pm. Roy went to Levy's dance. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Friday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled round Earls Court. Met Little C. After at work the whole day on drawing of Balfour & Bills. Road up. Finished at 9.30 & dined. M in bed. Roy went to Mite's & to Charley Burnand's dance. Very tired & bed at 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Lady Sophia Cecil.) Saturday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Very tired after work. Walk round Campden Hill. Saw old woman at 9.10. M in bed. All morning writing & tidying, put things away. Lunch. Roy back. Developed 18 plates of B.J taken April, 6 films unexposed of R.W. Tea in drawing room. At 5.0 walked up to Garrick, called sausages. Got P.O.O.15/s for M. Carriage fetched me & home to dinner at 8.0, M, Roy & self. Bed 11.30 after snooze. Slept well. Sunday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15. Breakfast. M in bed. Roy not down. Bus to Victoria. No Lewis. In Lockett Agnew's carriage down to Dover. Saw Cap'n & Mrs Dixon, Mr & Mrs Le Beg, Mr & Mrs Stuart Wortley, Huish & girl, Churchwood etc. Splendid
passage. Lunch late, 2.45. Lunch with Col Denny & cousin. Saw Payton. Cigars. Back. Saw Lankester etc. Up to Victoria. Full carriage. Boy reading. Young old man with no teeth. Victoria at 7.5. Home by bus. Dora, Roy, M & self dined. Roy had been with Lennie. Bed 12.30 after snooze. M better. (Red ink: Crossed channel to Calais by myself.) Monday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Cycled Kensington Sq & Earls Court. Met Little Composure. Breakfast. Letters. M in bed. Sent 2 nd pr of old braces off. Wrote letters. Developed after lunch & printing 50 blues. Photos of M.Haydon. Someone had opened envelopes containing 4 films M.R. All spoilt. A lesson for the future. M did not go out in carriage. In drawing room. Quiet dinner M, Roy & self & bed 1.30 after reading. Tuesday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Earls Court. After in morning put denture in for 1st time since 20 Dec. At 10.30 left & went to C.C, calling May's & Sands & H. Could not get lens. At 12.0 photod Miss Joan Cann for 1 st time. One of the people. Out & walked to Garrick late & had lunch at 2.30pm. After a smoke & coffee walked to 9 Portland Place & saw Mr Hepburn who altered denture. Home by the 2d tube. Dressed & walked to 27 The Boltons. Dined with F.C.B about Coronation Number. Sir W.A, L.B, P.A, O.S & self there. Remarkably good dinner. L.B in inordinate praise of Phil May. Left with O.S & walked home, leaving O.S at Earls Court station. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Dinner at Burnand's to discuss the Coronation Number of Punch.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir Ellis AshmeadBartlett.) Wednesday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Earls Court. Called to know how Burnand was. After all day tidying room, dating printings etc. Lunch & left at 5.15 & walked to Athenaeum Club. Looked at letters & on to the Punch dinner. Sir W.A, Phil A, B.P, Raven Hill out of place, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S. Self suggested both cartoons. For self Campbell Bannerman as Jorrocks. Found afterwards that I had suggested same cut in 1893 for Tenniel. This drawing was sold to Mr Astor's son for 15 guineas. Home by bus & bed at 11.30. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Andrew MacCullum.) Thursday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled short turn, round Park after. Quite early photod Otley for Jorrocks & enlarged page in book. Several mistakes in size & one paper wrong way round. Delay. Got to work 4.0pm. Roy, M & self dined at 8.0pm, Roy going to a dance at Charley Burnand's. Quiet evening & bed 11.30pm. Friday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled short turn round Park. Home. Band playing. At work all day on Jorrocks. Finished 9.30. Roy at Lennie & Hogans. M & self dined. Bed at 12.0. Very tired. Saturday January 25
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & cycled round Earls Court. Met Burnand also Holland. Very cold. Back. Tired. Roy at breakfast. In morning tidied up etc. Wire to go to Gaiety. Roy back to lunch. Had had deal & made £10.0.0. First money on Stock Exchange. M & self left in carriage at 1.45 & went to the Gaiety & delighted with the 'Toreador'. Roy in box. Out & M to Mite's. Roy & self tea at Garrick & walked home getting fruit & sausages. Quiet dinner & bed 11.0 after. (Red ink: M & self went to see the 'Toreador'.) Sunday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Walk round C.H. 6d to old W. After breakfast. Cold N.E wind. M & Roy went to Lennie's. Printed some blues & left at 12.30 & walked to 27 Gloucester Terr. Lunched with Lennie. Saw Mite. Roy there also. Talk of his going into the House. After left & walked to C.C, Garrick & Athenaeum. Red haired girl with blue bow in hair walking well with girl & books. Wrote many letters at the Athenaeum. Left 7.5pm. Wet. Home by bus. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Roy argumentative. Snooze & bed 11.45pm. Very cold. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Marianna Heron-Allen. Death of Major Henry Jenkinson. Death of Spencer Jolliffe. Death of Jane Lehmann.) Monday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Wet. Out round Campden Hill. After wrote letters & looked out drawing of Dean Bradley Oct 1 1881. Photod it & enlarged it. Lunch M & self. Tired after. Rested till 4.0pm. Dressed & went on foot to 25 Cadogan Gardens to call on Mortimer Mempes. M & Lennie there. Home by carriage. Cartoon of Jorrocks good. Roy at Haywards Heath at drill. (Red ink: Went to call on Mortimer Mempes. 1st heard of D'Arcy's Persian Oil, altho' Mempes said it was a sort of Whiteleys.) Tuesday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out on cycle. Round Kens Sq. A wretched morning for cycling. Exceedingly muddy. Breakfast. Roy off to City. After M went to Mite's at 11.30. Left 12.45 & by bus to C.C. Lunched at Garrick. Saw Phil Agnew, Lawrence B & Jones, Sir D Straight, Eric Lewis etc. Talk to Percival about D'Arcy. Out to C.C, 2.50. Photod M.R. Out at 4.0 & to Bath Club. Hair cut & bath. Very tired. Home by bus. Roy had made more money. Dressed & strolled to Midge's. Walked round church at Lancaster Gate. Mr & Mrs Neil, H, Midge, Dora, Roy M & self there. Ping pong after & home by the carriage at 11.15. Bed 1.0am. Colder. Roy began to make money on the Stock Exchange. (Red ink: Dined at Midge's, M, Roy & self.) Wednesday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Very tired. Hard frost. Out on cycle round Kens Sq. Saw Little C. Back. Roy in good spirits. Wrote letter. In morning did drawing of Dean Bradley. Lunch. Could not quite finish it. Dressed at 4.30 & left at 5.0pm & walked up thro' Grosvenor Square & left cards on D'Arcy. To C.C, Garrick. Wrote letter for box at Drury Lane & then walked on thro' Lincoln's Inn Fields to P.D. Sir W.A, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, A à B, & O.S. Arthur & his (illeg). Got cut of Britannia & suggested cut of Dancing Master to Partridge. Left & home by bus.
Thursday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. Something disagreed with me & felt pain in S all night & most of day. Took no photos. Skemed drawing of Britannia looking at Rift in Cloud & at 2.0 enlarged 2 plates. Bitterly cold. Worked in room after rest from 4.30 to 8.15. Roy out & dined with Tabs & Tweet & went to see Chevalier. Bitterly cold after dinner in drawing room. Bed at 11.30 after miserable rest owing to cold. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Gilbert Charsley to Sarah Lees.) Friday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Very cold. Out for walk round C.H. Back. Band. Supplement to 'Times'. After the entire day at work on drawing of Britannia looking at cleft in cloud. Did not finish until 10.0pm when dined. Did not like drawing when finished. Roy at Mite's & had made more money. M in my room. Dinner. Very tired. Bed 1.15 after snooze. Roy in after. Drawing came out all right. Feb 1902 Saturday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 or 9.0. Very tired. Bright cold morning. Walk round Campden Hill. Drew cheques. Letter from Mr Astor junr to buy drawing of Jorrocks. Roy to City. M & self left after lunch & went to the matinée of 'Mice & Men' at the Lyric Theatre. Good. Saw old Mr Forbes Robertson in box. Lady standing in pit. Out. Put M in carriage & to the Garrick & C.C. Tea. Wrote letters. Home, getting sausages. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of Forbes Robertson's play 'Mice & Men'.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Douglas Straight to Edith Lane.) Sunday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Out round Campden Hill. Gave old W 6d. Back. In room in cold after breakfast. M Roy & self left at 12.0pm for Lennie's. M & self went up by bus & walked across Park. Roy walked. Saw dear Mite. Lennie very seedy. Lunched there & Lennie offered to find money for Roy's being a member of the Stock Exchange. Left after talk. Stories in Cornhill. Walked facing cold wind to Athenaeum Club. There all the afternoon & wrote many letters. Left 7.10 & home by bus. Miss Rose Innes dined. Champagne. Much argument. She left at 11.0. Bed. (Red ink: M, Roy & self lunched at Lennie's. Miss Rose Innes dined.) Monday February 3 Stafford Terrace. x. Up 8.20. Walk round Campden Hill. Miserably cold & beastly weather. Snowing. Wrote letters & after M & self left at 12.0 & went up in bus to the Strand & lunched at Rules. Self had oysters, M chop. To Drury Lane. Had Box II. Not eleven. Refused stalls. Very poor pantomime. Ugly women. Out & sent M home by carriage. To Garrick. Wrote 2 letters. Saw Chudleigh. Lillies. Sausages & home by bus. Roy dined at Lennie's. Lennie very ill. Cheque from Mr Astor. Not signed. (Red ink: Went with M to see Pantomime.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir John Monckton.) Tuesday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Walk round C.H. Roy down at 8.30 & to City at 8.45am. After in morning looked thro' letters etc etc. Found Richard's & Gen'l Hawkins
letters. Wretchedly cold miserable weather. Fire lasted all day being made up. Rested till 4.30 when after put in outline of Fancy Portrait of Dean Bradley. Dined at 7.0pm, M, Roy & self. M & R went in carriage to the Palace Theatre where we had Box AA. I went on top of a bus. Poor performance. Dogs. Man with memory. Esmé Berringer. Home by carriage. Roy complained of the cold. Bed at 12.45 & glad to get there. Enid Dickens married. Cheque returned from Mr Astor. Roy made £60 odd pounds in week. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to Palace Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir John Monckton.) Wednesday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.50 x. Woke in night. Went for walk up Hornton St. Roy off to city. Wrote General Hawkins to New York. M up & in my room. Tidied up etc. Went on to finish drawing of Dean Bradley. After could not quite pack it up. M went to Mite's. Walked the whole of the way to the Punch dinner. Called Grants in Piccadilly, Atheneum for letters. C.C. No letters. Garrick & on to P.D. F.C.B, self, A à B, O.S, L.B, P.M, (late with a patch over right eye) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Burnand read letter from Tenniel complaining of Jorrocks cartoon. He had previously done it in May 1893. Turning to diary found that I had suggested it myself. Suggested my own cut, Nightmare & Brodrick. Left 10.30 & home by bus. Bed 12.0. Roy back & at home. Thursday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. Cold & raw. After skemed subject of Nightmare & Brodrick. Sent drawing off to Mr Murray-Smith. At 12 photod Otley on table for bed & enlarged horse. Lunch. After delayed by dropping plate of horse on ground & had to take it over again. Finished by 4.30. Tea in dining room. M at Mite's. Wire from Tabs to say she could not dine tonight. They, H & Tabs & Gwen, went to Langleys & played ping pong. M, Roy & self dined quietly & bed after. Friday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Very cold but bright. Actually asked by old Xing sweeper for coppers. Back. Band. Bought £500 worth of East Rands. Worked all day on drawing of Nightmare. Finished at 9.30pm when M & self dined. Very tired after. Roy back having called on Midge & Dora after dining with Lennie. M had been at Mite's all the afternoon. Mite on bed covered with Fans. Bed at 12.15 after snooze. (Red ink: Purchased £500 worth of East Rands.)
Saturday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Tired. Down & breakfast. A horrid snowy sleety morning. Left at 10.10 & took cab to D'Arcy's & had interview about Persia. After walked to Piccadilly Circus. Bus to C.C. Called at Sands & Hunter & Garrick. At 12.35 photod M.R. Came over very dark. Had to give up. Out 1.15. Mistake about luncheon. On to Garrick. Lunch opposite Bangs. Talk to Percival & after to Apollo Theatre. Tabs & Roy in Box B, No 6. No M. Saw 2 acts of Kitty Grey when left & walked up Regent St to 27 Gloucester Terr. Found straw down. Dear M & Baby, Mrs Sington, Loring & Otty. Lennie also not well. Great anxiety. Dear Mite had a little girl at 5.15pm. Great relief after suspense. Went up & saw Lennie. After left
at 6.10 & found carriage at door. Drove to Bath Club, Turkish bath. Dressed & out & walked to 20 Charles St. Dined with Claude Watney. Met a Mr Oates. A bounder next me. Nice man telling Lancashire stories. On to Alhambra. Saw Roy Lankester. Nice man came into box. Poor show. On to Bath Club. Had soda & then actually went on to supper at the Grafton. Saw George Amstrong & wife, Forbes Robertson & wife etc etc. After to dance room. Gerald Du Maurier. Long talk with man who came into box. Phil Burne-Jones. Home 2.15am by cab & to bed. M awake. (Red ink: 1st interview with D'Arcy about the Persian oil. Went to box at Apollo & saw 2 acts of Kitty Grey. Dear little Ann born 5.15pm. Dined with Claude Watney.) Sunday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Doubts as to Channel. M up at 8.30. Out. Avoided O.W. & round Campden Hill. Wrote letters etc & at 12.10 M, Roy & self walked across Park to Lennie's. Roy with a stiff neck. Lennie nervous. Left M there to lunch & at 1.20 walked to Athenaeum. Lunch there. Smoke after. Very sleepy. Gentleman came up who was at Windsor Castle. Who was he? (Red ink: Mr Holmes) After in reading room. Read a book, Conolly on Lunacy. Saw Cruise of the Beagle. Left at 7.10 & home by bus. At 8.0 Tabs, Effie, Roy, M & self dined, Roy complaining of his neck. Very cold. Tabs & Effie left by cab at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Roy's mumps came on. Tabs & Effie dined with us.) Monday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Walk round C.H. At 9.15 Dr Sibley came & pronounced Roy's illness mumps. M also not well, a cold. Nurse sent for. After read D'Arcy's reports etc. All morning putting things straight etc. M & self at lunch. After gloomy walk, & left the reports at D'Arcy's. M did not go out. Sent Otley up to Stock Exchange with note from Roy & self at 10.0am. Called Garrick & C.C & got parcels tied together. Home by bus from Piccadilly. Very pretty woman next me. Fidgetty old lady could not get room. Nurse for Roy had arrived. M & self dined together. Rest in room & to bed at 11.15. Roy in bed all day. (Red ink: Roy laid up with mumps. Dr Sibley came.) Tuesday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. M remained in bed with cold. Walk around Campden Hill. Gave O.W 6d. Back. Saw Dr at breakfast, Dr Sibley. He was going to the King's Levée. Sorry did not go. After all morning printed blues & put trays etc in hut right & re-filled Hypos. Lunch by self. Up in room & rested. Roy in his room all day with nurse. Tea. After wrote letters. Sent chitons to Stores. At 6.0pm went in carriage to C.C & Garrick & after called & saw Lennie. Very angry with Roy. Back. Burnand & Lehmann were to have dined here tonight, had to put them off on acct of Roy's illness. Dined by self. Miserably cold after. Up in M's room at 10.30pm & to bed at 11.0. M's cold very bad. Wednesday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Bitterly cold. Hardest frost of year. M remained in bed. Walk round Campden Hill. Breakfast. After house in dire confusion. Wrote cheque for £489.11.0 for Messels. After put room in order. Lunch. Put india rubber in reflector. Otley to go to Mite's in cart. Left after tea at 5.0pm & walked to C.C, Garrick. Letters. On to Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B (glum) O.S, P.A, P.M,
B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Very great difficulty to get title for subject, 1½ hours over it. Settled for Sworn Friends. Left at 11.25. R.H pointed out coverlet & horse. Home by bus with 2 pretty women. Straight up to bed. Bad fog & bitterly cold. M in room with fire. Thursday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. M's cold very bad. Foggy. Out & round C.H. Poor frozen monkey. Hard frost. Wrote Lennie & sent Otley round. Man from Stores came. After took no photographs but Otley helped me make 3 or 4 enlargements. Finished by 1.15. Left in remarkably good cab & at Lennie's 1.20. We walked to go to D'Arcy's. Met Hilda M. Took Lennie to 42 G.S & heard statement lecture on Petroleum & Persia by Brotherton Redwood. Dicksee, Joe Carr & others there. Much impressed. Left at 4.30. Went back for glove. Called Lennie's & on to S.T. Got to work at 6.0pm on drawing of Britannia & Japan, Russia looking on. Worked till 8.15. Dined by self. After in M's room & worked from 10.0pm to 1.0am on drawing. Put in sword, trident & Japanese helmet etc. Bed very tired. (Red ink: Lennie & self went to D'Arcy's & heard Brotherton Redwood on Persian Oil.) Friday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for walk round Campden Hill. Band. Doubts as to enlarging head again. Could not find negatives. Told Otley to come in about coals. M & Roy still in bed. Very hard days work all day. Words with Otley in the afternoon about the coals. He had been drinking. Finished drawing at 9.30pm when dined. After up in my room & put all photos away etc. Tidied up. Bed 12.45am. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Archibald Milman. Obituary Sir Archibald Milman.) Saturday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. Did not go out. Breakfast. After left at 10.0am. No opportunity of speaking with Otley. Walk thro' Kensington Gardens. Skating on the Round Pond. Called on D'Arcy & settled to put £1000 in the Petroleum. On to New Bond Street. Called Lang & Hussey's. On to C.C. No letters. To Garrick. Wrote Lennie. After to C.C at 12.45. Photod Miss M.R. Lunch at Club. Out at 2.0 & to Garrick. Coffee & liqueurs. Saw Joe Carr & Jeyes. Out & home by bus. Got little silver statuette of Napoleon. M & Roy still in rooms. Packed. Explanation with coals about Otley. Left in cart for Euston at 5.10pm. Freezing. Met Claude Watney at station, also Mr Lyndon & Mr Norton. L had lovely little dachshund. To Watford. Carriage to his house, Garston Manor, Watford. Good statuettes, armour, prints etc. Delightful dinner. Champagne, Pol Roger '80. Game of pyramid pool after. Grego's prints. Bed 11.30pm, they stayed up. Fox terrier, broken haired, Nipper. (Red ink: Went down to Claude Watney's.) Sunday February 16 Garston Manor, Watford. Up at 9.0am. Brilliant sun in room. Took photos of armour etc. Breakfast 10.15, Norton & myself. Lyndon & Claude down later. Read encyclopaedia on Petroleum. Stroll with Norton & Claude. Horses, Dairy etc. Lunch. Stories. After left at 2.40 & lovely motor car run to Tring & back. Sat in front seat after going back. Oh! so cold. Took phos. Back at 5.0pm. Tea. Bitterly cold. Very good dinner & stories. Mulligatawny soup. In Eastern room after. Game of billiards with Norton. Beaten by 9. Bed at 12.15am. Read Chinese Peril. Slept
well. Splendid Burgundy at dinner, Nuits. Norton's Lancashire story, 'Faults on both sides'. Neither B nor T's. Also Japan, 'I've come to t' conclusion that F is in its infancy i' Lancashire'. (Red ink: Run in Claude Watney's motor with C.W & Norton to Tring.) Monday February 17 Garston Manor, Watford. Up 9.0am. Photod armour & Eastern room. Breakfast by self at 10.0am. Norton down after & then Claude W. Again photod. Decided for motor ride. Lovely morning, brilliant sun. Exhilarating run to Dunstable & back. Took camera & photod Dairy. Good lunch. Left 2.55pm & drove to Watford. Claude passed us in motor. Wrong platform. Goodbye to Lyndon & Norton. To Euston, Otley there. Called Lennie. Baby ill, convulsions. Mite better. Lennie in for £1000 in Petrol Persia. Home. M in morning room. Dr came. My drawing skewwhiff on page. Up in cold room & wrote letters & diary. Dined by self, M in room. In morning room after. Sleepy. Snooze in chair till 11.20. To bed. M coughed very much in the night. (Red ink: Dear little Ann ill with convulsions.) Tuesday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. All morning as dark as pitch. Elecric lights all over house. Had been for walk over Campden Hill. Wrote letters etc in the morning. After lunch Otley drove me to bridge on Serpentine. Skated on Long Water from 2.30 to 4.0pm. 3 very pretty sisters. Miserably dark. Called on Lennie after seeing young Rose. Home. Dressed. Otley had left for Lennie's with letter. Applied for shares in Tobacco Trust & M also. No, it was tomorrow, Wednesday morning. M sent the paper to Lennie & did not get it back. Went over to other side of Park & saw Lennie who advised to get shares if possible. Mite & Baby no worse. Walked on to Bellini's, Mill St, Conduit St. Saw about dinner. On to the Athenaeum Club. Wrote to Sir William Henry Wills. Back. Burnand & O.S at Bellini's. Fairish dinner, O.S upset by Burgundy. Left at 11.30 & called Bath Club with F.C.B. He put me down at Knightsbridge in his cab. Home by bus. In morning room & to bed. Cycle fetched in morning. (Red ink across page: Skated on the Serpentine end of Kensington Gardens. Burnand & Seaman dined with me at Bellini's.) Wednesday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Walk round C.H. In morning wrote letters & also developed Watney photos. Frost breaking. Letter from Sir W.H.Wills about Tobacco Trust. Could not get any allotment. Rested after lunch. Midge with M in morning room. Left & walked up to the Punch dinner. Called at Grants & after wrote letters to Wills etc. Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, A à B, O.S, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Cuts soon made up. Got night scene in Kitchener's tent. Home in wet by bus. Frost broke. Lawrence Bradbury left for Round the World & Home Again. Put skates back in morning. In morning found cycle had been fetched. Otley tried to tinker up Roy's. Sent him at once for papers to Lennie's for Tobacco Trust & after applied for shares. Frost broken up. Thursday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out for walk. After schemed subject of Kitchener & Dryden. At 12.30 Otley having got costumes, photod Otley. Photos a complete failure. Did them over again. The camera shutter was not completely closed.
Blamed plates. Much delayed & annoyed. Got some sort of enlargements by 4.0 & up in room & worked till 8.15 when dined. M had had her dinner. In morning room after. Read book on Theatres & to bed at 11.30. Very tired. Friday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out later. Band playing. Walk round C.H & after to work. Put in head of Kitchener. Down at 11.45 & re-photod Otley at table & also in dress for Dryden. Very poor results. Enlarged by 1.30. Lunch & after to work again. Bothered with Kitchener's head. Finished 9.55 when dined. Very tired. M in room. Read in morning room after & to bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Sold above drawing, a complete success.) Saturday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30, tired out. In morning took out plates of Claude Watney's developed on Wednesday. Decided to walk. Left at 12.0 with M, Roy, Nurse Aston, to end of Kensington Gardens. Met Mr Holmes. Saw Sir Eyre Shaw at top of Row. On to the Garrick. Lunch. Saw Judge Bacon. No one at Garrick. Left to avoid Arthur à B & on to Gaiety & saw by myself the Toreador for 3 rd time. On to Athenaeum after & wrote letters. Tea. Back home 7.0 by bus. Got fruit. After dressed & walked to Lady Lawrence's to dinner. Took a little lady in from Durnock & Manchester. Very tall woman & little husband. Mr & Mrs Bloomfield & Mr & Mrs Makins. Talk of Watneys. Left in rain. Wore denture. Home by bus. Read for ½ an hour & to bed. In morning room. Mr W.C.Knight Clowes called on me at 10.0am about the cover for Academy Notes. (Red ink across page: Went by self to The Toreador. Dined by self at Lady Lawrence's.) Sunday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Doubts as to X'ing Channel. Walked round Campden Hill. Avoided O.W. Decided to go & got off 10.15. Top of bus to Hyde Park Corner. Walk to Victoria. Crowded carriage to Dover. 2 ladies. On board, saw Cap'n Dixon. Dowager Duchess of Sutherland (Blair) & also Isadore Spielmann & wife & daughter going to Genoa. Lovely Xing. Good lunch. Cigars. Back. Saw Payton, Corini & wife, Sir Horatio Davies & Marsden Cobb & young Cotton. After home. Man like Cyrano de Bergerac in train. Home 7.30. Dressed & dined with M. Good dinner. Read Insect book after in morning room. Bed 11.45. Slept well. M had a pain over heart. (Red ink: X'd Channel by self. Met Sir Horatio Davies etc.) Monday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out. Cut old Colonel. Wet damp nasty morning. The whole earlier part of day writing letters. Nurse Aston leaves at 12.0, £6.19.6. M & Roy out for walk. Putting things straight etc all afternoon. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Roy at dinner 1st time for a fortnight. In morning room after for last time. Bed after reading. Looked over drawings to put them into tissue envelopes. Entire day. (Red ink: Nurse Aston left attending Roy.) Tuesday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. Wrote letters etc all morning. Began to think of Coronation cartoon. M & Roy out for walk. Got up in the drawing room again. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self & bed after snooze & reading. Sent Otley to Mudies to change books. Developed plates of Joan Cann.
Wednesday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Out & walk. After all morning writing letters etc & putting things straight. Hung up swords etc etc. Tea in drawing room & walked up as far as end of Piccadilly. Felt tired. Took bus to Burnets. Settled about classic dress. Called C.C, Garrick & also Sands & Hunter. To P.D by bus. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G there. Took Frank cigars. Not very long discussion. Got Railway Shunting subject & home by 11.45 by bus. Conrad there. He & Roy up. Claude Watney had called in afternoon bringing me 50 cigars. Complimentary notice in Pall Mall Magazine on last week's cartoon, Kitchener & Dryden. 1st wore denture at Punch dinner. Thursday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Did not go out before breakfast. After photod Roy at 11.30 having previously been twice to Addison Road Station to get a railway truck. Back. Stace came 12.15. Photod him & Otley & enlarged for once without a hitch. Ready to work 4.30 & on till 8.15pm when M, Roy & self dined. Roy & German books. (illeg) Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Friday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round C.H. After to work. Did not enlarge again. Roy went to Glovers to stay with Conrad. After at it all day. M in my room & read a story of Balzac's. She went to bed at 10.0pm. Self dined 10.0 & snooze till 1.30 after, when up & to bed. (Red ink: Roy went to Glovers.) Mar 1902 Saturday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Very tired. Walk round C.H. after the whole morning putting things away etc. Lunch 1.30. M & self left in carriage & drove to the Garrick Theatre. Good box A. De la Rues close by. Young De la Rue came into box. Capital play Pilkerton's Peerage. Admirably played. Out. M back in carriage. Called C.C. No letters. Garrick. Tea. Home & got fruit. After quiet dinner with M. Read & to bed after snooze. Roy at Glovers. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of Pilkerton's Peerage.) Sunday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am & down. Did not go out before breakfast. Started in heavy rain with mackintosh at 10.15. By bus from church to Victoria. No Lewis. Down to Dover in a full carriage. Lovely crossing. Bainbridge, his wife, daughter & young Gilbey. Long talk to Bainbridge who told me of Furniss's starting John Bull. Calais 2.35. Short lunch. Cigars. Back by boat. Met Waley & also Higgins of the Opera, Mereweather & a friend. After most objectionable young cad of a Yankee in carriage. Up to town. Douglas Gordon, another, Mereweather & another & self up to Victoria. Home by 7.45. Dressed. Dora & Ryle to dinner. 2 bottles of Burgundy. Good dinner. They left at 11.0. Ghosts. Ryle's story of Carter & himself. Bed at 12.30am after snooze. (Red ink: X'd Channel by self. Met Bainbridge etc. Furniss starting a paper called 'John Bull'. Dora & Arthur Ryle dined.) Monday March 3
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. M remained in bed. Walk round C.H. Gave old W 1d. Back. Breakfast. Letters etc. Roy back from Glovers. Developed films etc. Failure for last of M.R. Dull coldish morning. Lunch. After got to work on Coronation page. Roy had been up before the Stock Exchange Committee. Back at 6.0pm. Quiet dinner at 8.0, M, Roy & self. Read Arabian Nights to Roy after. Bed at 11.50 after snooze. Tuesday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. M in bed. Breakfast after walk round C.H. Roy down. Bad bacon. After wrote letters till 11.30am. Dressed & left at 12.10 by bus to Sands & Hunter's & also Burnets. Lunch at the Garrick Club next William Stone. Out at 2.10 & to C.C. At 2.35 photod M.R seated. Bad light, 1 st double. Out 3.30. On to Burnets & by bus to Bath Club. Had hair cut & bath. Out at 6.20. Home by bus. Pretty girl in Piccadilly, good figure. Called at Butts about chickory. Got mushrooms, rhubarb etc, & home by 7.0. M at desk. Flossie Kingscote to be divorced. Midge & Mrs Joachim had called. Roy went to Glovers at 3.0pm. M & self had quiet dinner by ourselves. Bed at 11.45 after snooze. Very tired. Wednesday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Dense fog. Out & round C.H. M down to breakfast by electric light. After wrote to agents for Rome exhibition. Felt seedy & depressed. Depression lasted till Friday, when cleared. Tried to scheme Coronation page. Not much good. Left at 5.15 & walked the entire way to the Punch dinner. Called C.C & Garrick. F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, A.G there. Cuts soon made up. Got one of Volunteer & Recruit. Left at 10.30 & home all way by bus. Perugini in bus I think. Very foggy & miserable. Letters & a very kind one from Schomberg McDonnell. Bed at 12.0am. Complimented on Shunting drawing last week. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Thomas Lucas.) Thursday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. Very foggy & damp. M down to breakfast. After wrote letters & to Schomberg MacDonnell. Schemed subject of Volunteer & Brodrick & Labourer. At 12.30 photod man from Nash's & Otley. Very foggy. Photos a failure. As much as I could do to get a print. Came out sunny after as usual. Dear M left at 2.50 in carriage for Worthing. Worked from 4.0 after resting till 5.30 when in room & dressed. Walked up thro' park to William Stone's & dined with him, meeting a Mr Amaldarada. Good dinner. To Her Majesty's after & saw Ulysses. Dense fog. Home by bus. Conductor had to take lamp & walk the whole way home. As dense as the fog in Novr M & self were in. Up to bedroom. Lit fire. Read papers & sleep at 1.0am. (Red ink: M left at 2.50pm for Worthing. Dined with William Stone in the Albany. Fog.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Thomas Lucas.) Friday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Went for ride on Roy's cycle, 1 st time since Jany 28th. Past Kensington Sq. Little Composure. After back, breakfast & all day at work on drawing of Volunteer, Brodrick & Labourer. Finished at 9.20 & dined by self after. Dinner all right. After in morning room till 1.0am when went to bed. (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Delmar.) Saturday March 8
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Dull damp morning. Walked up Phillimore Gds & down Holland Walk. Spoken to by begger-woman. Breakfast. Wrote letters. Otley to go about dog summons. After all day putting things straight. Lunch. At 4.0 enlarged M.R on couch. Had developed in the morning. Tea outside. Letters. Dined 7.30. Left in carriage at 8.30. To Empire. Saw Hitchens & after Douglas Sladen, no, Douglas Gordon I mean. To Garrick. Talk to Col Lucas about Oil & home at 12.30am in carriage. Read South Sea Bubbles. By self. All away. (Red ink: Went to the Empire Theatre.) Sunday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & dressed for Channel. Left 10.15. Blue Miles suit. Lovely bright morning. Good breeze. Met Lewis at Victoria & down Dover. Lovely passage. There at 2.25. Met Spearman going back to Paris. Long talk with Lewis about Barr estate. D.M Probyn in hot box. Calais. Saw Mrs Kenneth Grahame. Oh! After Merry W & friend. Good lunch. 32 cigars. Back. Saw Robson Roose & also Payton daughters & dogs. Equally good passage back. Introduced Merry W to Mrs K.G. All up to Victoria. Fast run. There 7.10. Lewis, Merry W, self & M.W's friend. Walked to Hyde Park Corner. Home by bus. Dined by self & read South Sea Bubbles. After bed 11.45. Slept well. (Red ink: Crossed the Channel. Last saw A.S.Lewis. All his optimistic prognostications as to the Barr E came to nothing.) Monday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.30. Dull dark gloomy morning. Out & round C.H avoiding O.W. Met Chesterton. Breakfast & after put draperies away in small black case. After in morning put things away. Destroyed remaining OO plates. Lunch. Roy had come back at 11.0am. Read South Sea Bubbles & began page for Coronation again. Roy home at 5.30. Dressed & left at 6.15 in carriage taking square bag to C.C. Called Athenaeum Club. Fritz Jackson elected. On to Authors Club. There ½ an hour too soon. German caricatures of Kitchener etc. Dinner. Between Douglas Sladen & Lord Monkswell. Lord Coleridge, Dr Conan Doyle etc. Many came up & were introduced. A à B at other end of table. Stayed till 11.30. Hartley & Purdon Clarke. Home by carriage. News of Lord Methuen being defeated & taken prisoner. Dreadful. Bally Howly Martin also at the dinner. Same as usual. (Red ink across page: Dined as guest of the Author's Club.) Tuesday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Roy making a noise in his room. Down 8.40. Lennie fetched me in a motor at 9.10am. Went for run to top of Fitzjohn's Avenue. Back 10.10. Saw dear Baby Linley. Wrote letters. Dull wretched grey morning again. Miserable. Dressed & walked up the Row. A dead horse lying there. On, called C.C 2.20. Dark as night. A 2.45 M.R called. Could not photo. Out 3.0pm & home by bus. Met M.R same bus. Got out Kensington Court. Bought fruit. Tea in room. Relit fire. Roy back tired & no appetite for dinner. He & I dined quietly & left in carriage at 7.45 & to the Vaudeville. Mistake about stalls. Good seats. Saw Blue Bell for the 2nd time. Out & to Garrick. Home at 11.30 by carriage. Bed 12.30 tired after reading paper on Lord Methuen. (Red ink: 1st run in Lennie's new Panhard motor to Hampstead. Roy & self went to see 'Blue Bell'.) Wednesday March 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. Walk round Campden Hill. Old W comes along path bottom of Brundell Lodge. Back. Roy went off in cart with mare at 9.30am. After all day putting straight & skeming drawing for Coronation. Left in afternoon & walked up to the Garrick Club taking bus in Piccadilly. Met at 6.20 Mr G.Fitzgerald about cover for new magazine. On after to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, Sir W.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got subject of Irishman & home by bus. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Interview with Mr Fitzgerald about Colonial Magazine. It all fizzled out after.) Thursday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round C.H. After got to work & skemed subject of Wyndham & Irish horse. Photod the old mare & Otley on her at 11.30. Bright sun. Stace came 12.30 & after took him. Developed & enlarged. Lunch & after worked one hour from 5.0 to 6.0pm. Dressed & walked to the Berkeley & dined with Miss Rose Innes. Dora, M, Roy & self. Went on after to see A Country Girl & thought it very stupid. Home with Roy by cab. M took Dora back in carriage. Miss Rose Innes left feeling ill with her vaccination. Dear M returned from Worthing at 4.0pm. (Red ink: M, Roy & self dined with Miss Rose Innes at the Berkeley & went to see 'The Country Girl' after.) Friday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up & walk round C.H. After to work all day on drawing of Irish horse & Wyndham. Finished at 9.30pm. M & self dined quietly. Roy at Midge's. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Roy back saying all wrangling at Midge's. (Cutting glued in: The wife of J.Spagnoletti, twin sons. Death of Charles Spagnoletti, aged two days.) Saturday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. Out & walk round C.H. After all morning putting things straight etc. Lunch. M & self left in carriage & drove to the Savoy. Saw revival of 'Iolanthe'. Came across Welman who came into our box. Dora with us. Put M & Dora in a 4 wheel cab & walked to Garrick. Had tea, then to C.C & to the Athenaeum. Finally went home by bus & got fruit. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self, & to bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to the Savoy matinée & saw 'Iolanthe'. Met Major Welman.) Sunday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Lovely day & morning. Breakfast. At 10.30 M, Roy & self all left in Lennie's motor & over to G.T. Saw dear little Ann & dear Mite looking better again. Evelyn Coward there & also Gawd. Left at 11.15 & round Park & on to Wimbledon Common where motor broke down. Lennie & I went backwards & forwards. Called at Mr Mark Mayhew's (illeg) Putney Heath SW. Finally had lunch at the Kings Head. Took photos & walked home. Lennie put me down in cab. There 4.30, M still at Maud's. Got to work & finally skemed position of the King for tomorrow. Dinner. M, Roy, Lennie, Dora & self. 2 bottles of Perinet. The last I have. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: 1st saw dear little Ann. Ride in Lennie's motor. Broke down on Wimbledon Common & lunched at the Kings Head.) Monday March 17
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Out round Campden Hill. Met old W in Holland Walk. Breakfast & after got ready to photo Stace. He came at 11.15. Put the royal robe on him & took 13. After C.Lilford Delph came & I took 10 of him. Developed them in afternoon & put to dry. Lovely warm sunny afernoon. Also stuck extending slips in double backs of Hares & mended stick. M back in afternoon having taken little Linley to the Zoo. He was delighted with the pelicans & monkeys. M read, & worked skeming Queen till dinner time. M, Roy & self dined together at 8.0pm. Roy reading C.H.Burnett's Nursery Rhymes. Nightmare in chair. Bed 12.15am. A very good Punch, my horse came out well. (Red ink: Photod Stace for the King & also Lilford Delph.) Tuesday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Out round Campden Hill. Roy had no appetite. After got ready to photo Dora for the Queen. Sent Otley for her at 11.0, M went in the carriage. Difficulty to put throne up. At 11.45 photod her in satin dress. Mrs Galbraith called & G. Sent Dora back & developed plates after. Printed blues. M back & lunch. Rested after tired & at 5.0 to 6.0 wrote many letters etc. M & self dined at 6.45 & went in Otley's 4 wheeler to Terry's Theatre & saw stupid play, Sherlock Jones & The New Clown. Silly. Wretchedly shabby theatre. Home by cab. M tired. Roy went to Sherlock Holmes with Lennie. (Red ink: Photod Dora for the Queen. M & self went to see 'The New Clown' at Terry's.) Wednesday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25 & out on Roy's cycle round Earls Court. Lovely morning. Roy off to go in motor to Glovers etc. Lovely bright sunny morning. Printed blues etc. Lunch. M had gone to lunch with Tabby at the Coburg. Enlarged statues, throne etc. Tired very after lunch. One hour's rest & after enlarged 9 of the photos for Coronation. Left off at 5.0 & dressed. Walked thro' park & called at Grants to have gaiters tried on. Called C.C & on by bus to Punch dinner. Someone I seemed to know in bus. An elderly couple. Woman had been handsome, man feeble creature. F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Four cartoons to make up. All done by 10.30pm. Home by bus. Roy had been on motor car with Lennie to Balcombe. Bed 12.30 after snooze. Thursday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out in a gale. Cycled over to Lennie's & waited ¼ of an hour for him to come down. No good. Home in the rain. Breakfast. Sent Parks cheque. After skemed subject of Motor Car & Bills. Photod Otley & a boy in squelches of rain. No good. The lens got dimmed with the wet. Tiresome hindering afternoon. Had to do Otley twice. At work 5.30 & got on with the drawing. Dined at 8.20, M, Roy & self quietly. Bed after rest. Sir W.Agnew congratulated me on above cartoon at Punch dinner, Monday March 24. Friday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. After at work all day on drawing of Motor Car & Bills. Finished at 9.30pm when M & self dined quietly. Bed after rest. Roy dined at the Conservative Club. Home late & made a noise. (Cutting glued in: Death of W.I.Brunel.) Saturday March 22
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out. Walk round Campden Hill. Changeable day. Stace came at 11.15 & photod him at 11.30 for the King in chair & Neptune. Decided to go to see the Boat Race. Left at 12.20 & toddled down with the mare. Saw race. Also young Donaldson & Mr & Mrs Cummings. Back to lunch at 1.30. Developed plates etc. Roy back to lunch late. Also enlarged horses etc. M & self dined quite quietly. Roy out dining with Lennie & Sir Edgar Boehm. They went to the Hippodrome & saw Seals. (Red ink: Out with mare to the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race.) (Cutting glued in: Results of previous Boat Races from 1829 to 1902.) Sunday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Walk round Holland Walk. Met Mr Sylvester & a dog, x between a French poodle & a Scotch terrier. Decided not to go in a motor car. Lennie called at 11.0 & Roy, he & Nipper went to Charlwood. At work all day & in afternoon enlarging etc for drawing of King & Neptune. Photod Shell & also Horses. In yard till 5.30pm. After traced out the drawing. At 8.0 Sir Edgar Boehm, Lennie, Roy, self & M dined. 2 bottles of Dumeny etc. Sir E.B too much wine & brandy. Bed at 12.0 after rest. (Red ink: At work all day on drawing of the King & Neptune.) (Cuttings glued in: Golden wedding of Thomas & Emma Braithwaite. Diamond wedding of Arthur & Sarah Henderson.) Monday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Gloucester Road. Saw Little Composure & after across Park & home on Roy's cycle. At work all day on drawing of the King & Neptune. Left off at 5.0pm & walked up in the rain to the Garrick. Called C.C. Interview with Mr Fitzgerald. On to Punch dinner for Easter, or rather to make up the week after Easter. F.C.B, self, Raven Hill, A.G.(out of place) O.S, Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, & H.W.L. Suggested Bird's Eye Susan. Also Peace. Left & home. Roy had been to Haywards Heath. Great gale & windows rattling in the night. (Red ink: 2nd interview with Mr Fitzgerald.) Tuesday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out for walk. Avoided old W & fast up Phillimore Gardens, no up Campden Hill. Back & at work all day on the King & Neptune. Work up to 9.45 when finished. Roy had not had his dinner. M, Roy & self dined. Slept in chair with good fire till 2.0pm. This day the Barr Estate at Knightsbridge, St George's Place came to an end. The lease expires at noon today & deprives me of £650 per annum. (Red ink: The Barr Estate ceased to exist this day. Alas!) (Cuttings glued in: Mr Rhodes's Will. Saty April 5. Death of Kate Knox-Holmes.) Wednesday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. Out past Holland House. Roy off to City. Wrote letters. Sent Otley to Chappels. After skemed figure for Peace after putting away all photos from yesterday & a lot too. Dressed & lunched at home at 1.30pm with M. At 2.10 went up by bus to the C.C & photod M.R for Peace blowing trumpet. Out at 5.0 & tea at Garrick. Talk to Garner about Roy's election. Called & paid bill at Sands & Hunters. Saw young Calderon. Got ½ plate camera. Home by bus. Woman in it like Tadema's Cleopatra side face. M packing. Had a quiet dinner at home, M, Roy & self. Bed early afterwards. Very depressed about
losing all my interest in the Barr Estate. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Funeral of Mr Rhodes. Saty April 5. George Frampton elected R.A. Thurs 27 March 1902.) Thursday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. Avoided old W. In morning wrote letters & packed. M & self got off in Otley's cab at 12.45pm driving to Marylebone. Station master most civil & stopped train at Eckington. Arrived 4.45. Dorothy Howlden met me. Drove to Renishaw & had tea. Commenced letter to Otley. Howlden came in at 5.30pm. Played a round of golf. After put things away & dressed. Dinner. Mr & Mrs H, Dorothy, M & self. Had sparkling Moselle at dinner. Oh! Had not tasted it since Mrs Fletcher at Barrow Hedges in 1885. Game of billiards after. Beat Mr H by 3 after being 60 ahead. Doubts about Roy enjoying himself. Felt seedy & livery. Dear M in bed. Had nightmare at night. Both however slept well although near the tapestried room. Dear Mite left Gloucester Terrace & went to Nymans. Linley went to Glovers. (Red ink: M & self went to Renishaw Hall.) Friday March 28 Renishaw Hall. Up at 8.15. Felt very seedy with liver after dinner last night. Breakfast & was let in for family prayers. After was bustled for time. Changed check trowsers for gaiters as felt cold. M & self were driven to see Welbeck. Mr & Mrs H, M & Dorothy in one trap, self with Watmore in another. Got there at 12.30. Lovely drive. Put horse up. Lunch in cottage. M & sandwiches. Went over riding stable. Photod & finally drove back. After played round of golf at 5.0pm with Mr H. At 6th hole Roy appeared. He played three back. Roy & book of stories. Dinner. Roy beat Mr H & self at game of billiards. Bed. Roy & ghosts. Roy brought my camera & golf clubs down with him from London. (Red ink: Roy came down to Renishaw.) Saturday March 29 Renishaw Hall. Up at 8.15. Breakfast 9.15. Had been out for stroll. Left with Mr Howlden immediately after breakfast to catch train for Sheffield. Missed it. Midland & Gt C. Back & horse put in trap & drove to S, Roy remaining at Renishaw. Good glass of beer. Got to Sheffield thro Henley. Called at Henley Silver Rolling Mills. Then by train to S. Looked in at Mappin & Webbs. After walked to Gell St. Found 34, now 86, unchanged. Took photos. Drizzle of rain. Also saw Adams's old school. Altered. Walk down Hanover Street to Swiss Place. Found my Aunt Worth's old house 'To Let'. In a shocking state. Long walk back to Henley. Drove back. Lunch. After H, Roy & self played round of golf. Walked round the lake after. Strong wind. Dinner. Champagne. Played Roy billiards. Beaten. Sleepy after. Bed at 11.30. Slept well. Better. (Red ink: Went to Sheffield & photod Gell St etc etc.) Sunday March 30 Renishaw Hall. Up at 8.15. Out before breakfast & walked down asphalt walk. Breakfast. Letters. Avoided prayers & stayed in house. Roy, M & Mr & Mrs H & Dorothy went to church. Photod hall & drawing room. Early dinner at 1.0. After played round of golf. Self went round in 68, Roy in 72. Howlden out of it. After a walk to Pike Pitt. Dorothy kicking a ball. Back. Rest & dressed. Supper at 8.0pm. Game of billiards after with Howlden, beat him by 40. Had changed plates. Smoke & bed at 11.40. Slept well. Roy did not seem very well at night. Pike Pool
water was (illeg). (Red ink: Walked to Pike Pool. Rags the terrier pup. Turned back.) Monday March 31 Renishaw Hall. Up at 8.20. Bath. Breakfast. Took photo of haunted room. After at 10.40 all started for Hardwick Hall. M & Mrs H & Roy in one trap. Self & Marjory H in another. Thro' Staveley, Arkwright Town. Fine house of the Arkwrights. Lovely house Hardwick. Took photos. Splendid tapestry & pictures. One of the Duchess of Devonshire shewing C. Lunch at Hardwick Arms. Left at 2.15 & home 3.50. Roy to leave at 5.0. Roy did leave 5.0. Mr H & self seeing him off, & had stroll round the lake after. Talk of Dora & family affairs. After back in house & wrote seven letters also diary. Lost waistcoat. Mr & Mrs Morgan dined. Mrs Morgan's sister married Sir Edmund Hay Currie. Heard Archibald Hay Currie died 15 years ago leaving three children. Incident of subscription to church. Mr M had given £1000. Played one game of billiards, beat H by 3. Bed after yarns of the Sitwells. (Red ink: Drove to Hardwick. Roy returned to town.) Apr 1902 Tuesday April 1 Renishaw Hall. Up at 8.30am. Dull morning. After breakfast photod hall & steps etc. Was 2 hours at work thinking out the Empire Cover. Luncheon. After took camera at 2.10 & photod trees, back & end buildings. At 3.0 played round of golf with Mr H, beating him 5 holes to 4. M & Mrs H came & Marjory. Bother looking for balls. After took small camera & snap shotted terrace etc. Tea. Walk round with Mr H & took 2 or 3 of lane & roots. Back 6.30. Wrote letters & changed plates. Dinner 7.30. Claret. Marjory locked up the wine. H & self sleepy after dinner. Bed at 10.30. Went down into hall for camera etc & packed. Bed 11.45. M rubbed my chest. A nasty chest cold all day. (Cutting glued in: Killed in action, Capt Douglas Heron.) Wednesday April 2 Renishaw Hall. Up at 7.15 & bath. Breakfast 8.0. Caught Mrs H before leaving. Lovely bright sun. Photod bed & chairs outside for throne. Left at 10.20 walking down to Ecklington station. M followed with Mrs H & Rags. Up to London. Changed at Nottingham. Waited ½ hour. Comfortable lunch & at Marylebone 3.0pm. Otley met us. Home by 3.30pm. Papers. Developed a doz 5 x 4s. Tea & to work. Skemed subject of School Boys etc. After sent rough notions to Mr Fitzgerald. Dinner at 8.20. Ink would not work. M, self & Roy. Bed 10.30pm. Rags' 1st day at Stafford Terr. (Red ink: Returned to Stafford Terrace from Renishaw Hall.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Herbert Newton Smith, of a son.) Thursday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0.x. Roy down 8.45. Walk round Campden Hill. Gave old W 2d. Back. Photod Roy at 9.45 for School Boys. After went to Kensington Church for background. Met Huish. Fine morning. Found out that W.Coutts Fyfe died on Tuesday. Very shocked. After skemed subject of School Boys, Balfour, or rather had skemed it yesterday afternoon. Wrote letters & enlarged at 12.0, also one for Mrs Howlden. Up in room 4.30pm. Wrote Howlden about Julu & trap. Worked till 8.0pm, M reading The House with the Green Shutters. Roy dined with Harold Messel at the Bath Club. Dinner M & self at 8.15pm. Read above book & to bed at
12.0. Roy still out. Times, Thursday 3 April. On Tuesday 1 st April at 27 Stafford Terrace, Kensington W, suddenly of pneumonia, William Coutts Fyfe, Secretary of the Westminster Fire Office. Friends please accept this the only intimation. Funeral on Saturday the 5th inst, Kensal Green Cemetary at 4 o'clock. (Red ink: Mrs C.F left Stafford Terrace Tuesday 5 Aug with dogs.) (Letter glued in announcing death of Mr Henry Barr, from Fred'k Barr.) Friday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round Campden Hill. After to work all day on drawing of Schoolboys. Sent cheque to Fenton & Sons & paid wages etc. Roy dined with Lennie at the Arts Club. M & self dined at 10.0pm after M reading Lucas Malet's book, The Barrier without a Gate. Roy in 12.15. Bed 1.0am. Very done up & tired. Saturday April 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Singularly tired. Down. Heavy rain. Did not go out. Breakfast. Roy off to City. After went round to Dank & Clark's (changed name) & had my hair cut. Back. Sorted & put away photos etc. Wrote two letters. Lunch. M & self at 2.45 walked as far as Knightsbridge Barracks. Carriage overtook me. To the Garrick, no, Wyndhams Theatre, & saw Mrs Tree in 2 plays. M, self & Maud Paxton. Heard Thro' the Telephone & Caesar's Wife. Both good & admirably played. Warner, Leonard Boyne & Sutton, Mrs Tree & Fay Davis. All good. Called C.C. Telegram from Monckton Station Master. Saw Box 7 at the Garrick. Put M & Maud P in carriage. Tea at Garrick. Only 3 names written on page for Roy. Walked nearly all way home. Shops going on at Knightsbridge. Fruit & home 7.15. (Red ink: M & self & Maud Paxton went to matinée of Wyndhams Theatre.) Sunday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am.x. Out past Holland House reverse way. Breakfast. Roy & self started at 10.20am & went to Victoria. Notice sea rough. Came back. Got on & developed a dozen Renishaw photos. Lunch. Dora with us. Had printed 50 blues Renishaw etc. At 2.30 M & self, Dora, Roy & Rags went to Melbury Road. No pictures at Fildes or Stones. Called Colin Hunters & saw Jack Hunter. After to Shannons. Badly brought up girls. No pictures Princeps. Walked home. M & Dora went in carriage to St John's Wood. Goodall, Rivière, Dicksee, Parsons. Self developed 18 ¼ plates. 6 failures of Gell Street after all my trouble. M back at 6.0pm. Put plates away & dated photos. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Victoria & came back, too rough. Picture Sunday.) Monday April 7 Stafford Terrace. U at 8.15am. Took Rags for walk round Hornton Street. Followed well. After in morning wrote letters. In afternoon enlarged for Coronation picture. Got them too large. Put champagne out & finished by 6.50. The Howldens came to dinner. M, Roy, self & Mr & Mrs H. Went on to the Garrick Theatre & had Box 8, no, 7. Saw Pilkerton's Peerage for 2nd time. Got 2 stalls & went down. Theatre not very full. Home by carriage. Roy to supper at the Savoy. I don't think the Howldens enjoyed it very much. Cold east wind. Wrote to put off sitting for tomorrow. (Red ink: The Howldens dined with us. Went to see Pilkerton's Peerage.) Tuesday April 8
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Took Rags up Holland Walk. Missed schoolgirls. After in morning schemed page or cover for Academy Notes. Lunch by self. M out at Midge's to meet Frisbys. After enlarged a photo of Ethel Warwick. At 3.25 Phil Agnew called & had talk about the exhibition for Spottiswoodes. Left at 4.0pm. Up in room & began drawing for Academy Notes. M in room at 6.0. Roy dined at Langleys. M & self dined quite quietly. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Bitterly cold east wind. (Red ink: Phil Agnew called about Spottiswoodes.) Wednesday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out for walk with Rags. Back. Breakfast. Roy bad cold & snuffly. Up in room & wrote letters. Went on with drawing for Academy Notes & worked up to 5.30pm, M in room. After dressed & walked to the Punch dinner, or at least as far as the Garrick. Called C.C. Poor Cole very ill. By bus from Strand to P.D. Phil A, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, O.S. Good dinner. Cuts made up fairly early & left 10.40 & home all way by bus. M & Roy in who had dined at Lennie's. Bed 12.30am. Met Macmillan in the Row. Talk about Andersen’s tales. Thursday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk with Rags down to Owen Seaman's studio Pembroke Gardens. Got book & back by 9.15am. Breakfast. After schemed subject of John Bull putting up enormous weight 196,843,000 £ & Hicks-Beach. Stace came at 12.0. Had sent Otley for costume. Photod both at 12.30. Dull morning & no sun. Developed after . Lunch by self. M at Charley Hartree's. Worked all afternoon & up to 8.15 when dined. Roy dined with Harold Messel & went to the Toreador after & supper. Cold miserable weather. Poor Cole the Hall Porter at the Garrick Club died this day. (Red ink: Death of poor Cole, Hall Porter, Garrick.) Friday April 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. M had had bad night & woke with hands numb. Out with Rags & over C.H. Gave old W 2½. Letters. A letter from F.C.B about peace rumours, & after 4 or 5 wires. In doubt as to altering drawing. Went on with J.B putting up Weight. Roy back at 6.0. Had made £7. He & M dined 7.30, self at 10.0pm. Bed 12.15. Very tired. Roy's cold very bad. Mite came up in motor car in morning. (Cutting glued in: The Countess of Westmorland, of a daughter.) Saturday April 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.30. Out with Rags up Holland Walk & in & out Essex Villas. Roy down with bad cold. M tired. Up in room & wrote many letters. Tidied up. Put in letters of Academy Notes & lunch with M. After dressed & went to christening of dear little Ann. Rev Canon Pennyfather called Ann 'him'. Lennie's motor there & went off with Dora Langley, Miss Phillips & Maud Paxton. All six feet high. Back to Stafford Terrace to tea & got on with work for 2 hours. M came up in room. After dressed & to Butts. Bought fruit. Carriage to Mite's. Mite, M, Roy & self. Champagne to drink Baby's health. Left at 10.30pm. Lennie & bronzes. News by last post from Lewis that Rose had been refused a lease by the Ecclesiastical Commissoners. So ends the optimistic view of poor little Lewis dangled before me since 1897. (Red ink: Dear little Ann christened at St Mary Abbots.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Shackle.)
Sunday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & a lovely morning. Took Rags up Holland Walk. Back. Breakfast at 10.50. Lennie came in his motor & Roy & self ran down to Nymans. Got there in 2 hours exactly. Mr & Mrs Messel etc. 14 at lunch. Photod mound & left at 2.35 for my 1st view of Balcombe House. Very much pleased with it. Agent a man named Baker, 2 nice dogs. Picked flowers & back Nymans at 4.30pm. Left at 4.45 in car for home. Lovely run. Took 2 phos from the car. Roy's cap came off. Back in 1¾ hours. Lennie went on. M, Mite Roy & self dined quietly. Roy's cough troublesome at night. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Went by motor to Nymans & first saw Balcombe House. Saw Mr LeBag at Reigate.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ernest Gambart. Death of W.H.Penhaligon.) Monday April 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & out with old Rick & Rags round Campden Hill. Breakfast. News came from Mr F.Barr that the sole surviving trustee had died, Mr H.Barr, in the Barr Estate. After writing letters set to work & all day at Mr Clowes's drawing for Academy Notes. Finished it at 6.30. Cleared up. M in my room. Left at 7.25 & by cab to the C.C. & on to the Junior Carlton where I dined with C.E.Galbraith. Next a very nice man named Connal a picture buyer. Old Sir Jacob Wilson & three others. Left at 11.30pm & home by bus from top of St James's Street. Ethel English had dined with M & Roy. (Red ink: Dined with Galbraith at the Junior Carlton Club.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Christiana Chapple.) Tuesday April 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. x. Out for walk with dogs. Wet damp morning. Roy's cough troublesome at breakfast. Felt tired & seedy after last night's dinner. Mr Clowes called at ten am. Satisfied with drawing. After looked out drawings for the Spottiswoode exhibition. Then began to scheme the 'Peace' subject. Went on to 3.30pm. when enlarged figure & one of M.Hall. Tea below, Up in room after, M with me. Roy dined at Midge's. To meet S.J.H & his wife Adah & Ethel English. After M & self dined quite quietly. Very tired after. Slept in chair until Roy came in at 11.50 by carriage. Wednesday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Good bath. Lovely spring morning. Warm. After took dogs for walk. Had to whip Rags. Breakfast. Felt tired & seedy after. Went on with Peace & worked on it up to 4.45 when left off. M in my room, had been in Mite's motor car. Dressed & strolled up the Row to C.C. Saw Colwood Ledger's swagger carriage. Also met Dr (blank) who narried Nelly Keith's sister. Called Garrick. Heard that the Garrick had paid all x's for poor Cole's funeral. On by bus. No, walked past Drury Lane to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, B.P, A.G, F.C.B, self, A à B & O.S & P.A. Suggested own cut of Free Trade & Hicks-Beach. Peace for Partridge. Wrote Maud Paxton etc & home by bus all way. M & Roy had dined at Mite's. Bed 12.0 very tired. (Red ink: John Aird bought Partridge's Peace drawing.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Henry Cavendish to Isabel Jay.) Thursday April 17
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out on Roy's cycle 1st time since Mon March 4th. Called Maud Paxton, 23 Courtfield Gardens. After through Nevern Square & home. Breakfast. Dogs. After schemed subject. Maud kindly stood for me for Free Trade. After photod Otley. Delph could not come. Enlarged by 4.15. M out in carriage. Got to work at 5.0pm to 8.15 when dined. Roy dined with Sir Edgar Boehm at the Bath Club & they went to The Princess's Theatre after. Poor M's hands hurt her very much. Numb in the night. Lennie & Mite dined with us. A peaceful quiet evening, M shewing them old photographs. Mite had a bad cold. Bottle of Dumeny '93. They left at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Photod Maud Paxton.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Mrs Hermann Vezin. Death and obituary of Jules Dalou.) Friday April 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out with dogs. Gave O.W 2d & home. Breakfast. At work all day on drawing of Hicks-Beach as Autolycus & Miss Free Trade. Finished at 9.20. Boy went by mistake to Burnands & back to me again. Annoyed. Roy reading 'In the midst of Life'. The Man & the Snake. Dined by self at 9.30pm, M & Roy having previously dined. Bed at 11.45 after reading W.G. Poor M's hands hurt her in the night again. Did not apply for issue of Consuls. Not worth while. (Cutting glued in: Lord Byron died for Greece, April 19th, 1824.) Saturday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 or 8.30 & out at 9.0 & took turns in & out of S.T, Essex V & Durham V & P.G on cycle trying the free wheel. All right. Rags & old Rick round. After Roy to City. A long morning writing letters. New camera ½ plate came home. After lunch at 1.20 M & self in the carriage to the St James's Theatre & saw Paolo & Francesca. Dull play. Mrs P Douglas just behind. Lovely spring morning. Put M in carriage at 5.0pm & strolled on to the C.C & the Garrick. Saw Fahey. Wrote letters & asked Schomberg McDonnell to dine on May 13 th. Tea. Headache. Home by bus, walking to Piccadilly. Hartree's lady friend in bus. Bought fruit. Home at 7.10pm. Roy away with Lennie in motor. Dora Webster married this day to a Mr Mellor. Invited but did not go. M & self dined by ourselves, Roy not being back. Quiet evening. Roy dined with Lennie. (Red ink: Went with M to Lyceum & saw a dull play, Paolo & Francesca.) (Cutting glued in: Death & obituary of Frank Stockton. Ap 21.) Sunday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out on bicycle 1st time in traffic with free wheel. Saw Linley & Nurse Francis in Bayswater Road. Baby with dreadful tongue. Back. Lovely morning, quite warm. Dear M wandered out to call on Mrs Kenneth Grahame. Self tried to put camera up. Could not. After Lennie, Mite, Roy, M & self to luncheon. Motor came up at 2.30. Started at 2.50 & went through Brentford & Hounslow to Windsor & Staines by Eton, Slough & Black Park to Uxbridge & home to Gloucester Terrace by 5.30pm. Forty five miles delightful run. Tea at Gloucester Terrace. Saw little Ann, Linley etc. Miss Phillips there. Goodbye to Lennie & Mite & also Ricarni who leaves. M. Roy & self walked home & dined quietly together at 8.0. Read & snooze & to bed 11.45 very tired. M's arm hurt her in the night. (Red ink: Delightful motor ride to Windsor.) Monday April 21
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out for walk. Rick went back & had to whip Rags for running home. Rags killed a rat after breakfast. Lennie & Mite start for abroad at 10.30. Dressed in court suit & attended the Kings Levée, M driving up with me. Got to St James's Palace 11.30am. Saw Sir R Wilson, Lester Reed, William Stone, young Trendell, Arthur Wagg etc. The king looked well. Out & at the Athenaeum by 12.15pm. Wrote letters. Saw Sir William Richmond & the man I sat next at Sir Henry Thompson's last year. M did not come up till 1.5pm. Called at the Hipppodrome & home by 1.45. Lunch. Sent camera to Sands & Hunter & tidied room. After began again the drawing for the Coronation. Dressed at 7.0pm to dine at 7.30pm. M, Roy & self & to go to the Hippodrome. We did go to Hippodrome in Otley's cab. Box. Poor show except a man shooting at eggs & piano. Back in a 4 wheeler & were seen by Mrs Galbraith. (Red ink: Went to the Levée. Mite & Lennie left for abroad.) (Cutting glued in: List of attendees at the Levée.) Tuesday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Good night. Up 8.15. Wet. Out for walk. No dogs. Telephone pipes being put down. Breakfast. Letter from dear Mite. Roy argumentative. Pictures brought down from from spare room to hall. Finished lettering handles of golf clubs. Went on scheming Coronation picture & also Peace. M out to see chicks. Lunch. Sent Otley to May's, C.C etc. M had many callers. Mr Morley, Mrs Braunstein, Mrs Douglas, Midge, Mrs Wallace etc. In yard from 4.0pm to 6.0pm. enlarging. Back in room 6.30 to 7.30, M there also. Roy at Club. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Read 'In the midst of Life' after. Bed at 11.30 after rest. Wednesday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out on own cycle along Cromwell Rd & to Kensington High School. No L.C. Back Redcliffe Gds & Nevern Square. At work on Coronation page & schemed figures. Put drawings up & after lunch (M away at the Nemhards) cab to C.C & at 3.0 photod Miss Morgan, 1 st time since last June 22nd. No good. Out at 5.0 & tea at Garrick. Walked & by bus to Miles's & had things tried on. Back. Called Sands & Hunter & to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Arthur à B, O.S, P.M, B.P, H.W.L. Suggested cut of Peace & War & 'They twain were casting dice'. Wrote letters & off home by bus at 10.30. Called at C.C for bag & home by cab. Wrote letters to model at home & posted it. Bright full moon. Bed. Roy dined at the Galbraiths, Hans Crescent Hotel, & went to Mrs Cameron Corbett's ball. (Red ink: Went up by cab with miserable horse.) (Cutting glued in: Death & obituary of Mr Phil Morris. Thursday Ap 24.) Thursday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walked up Campden Hill leading Rick. Met Miss Tambay. After back & immediately schemed subject of Peace & War. Miss Cann came at 11.30. Photod her by 12.15. Developed. Bother with new camera. After lunch a very long time enlarging. Things went wrong & miscalculated exposure. Finished by 5.0pm & up in room at work till 8.30pm. Roy most tiresome & argumentative at dinner, a nuisance. Bed at 12.0 after rest. (Red ink: Miss Joan Cann sat for last time.) Friday April 25
Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.15am & worked 2 hours on figure of War before breakfast. Out with dogs at 8.45 leading Rick up Holland Walk. Lovely spring morning. Was overtaken by old Xing sweeper & had to give her 6d. Back. Band & papers. At work till 5.0 when letter came from Sir Henry Thompson to say dinner was on May 9th. Went on to work & finished at 8.50. M & self dined. Mr Galbraith came in at 9.30pm & took away Academy ticket & also brought a book for me to sign. Very tired. Rested in chair & bed at 12.30pm. Did a very good drawing of Peace & War. Saturday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out leading Rick up Campden Hill, London side. Breakfast & after tidied room. Sun. After developed photos taken Wednesday. Lunch. Finished photos & room. Very tired. Books late. Sorted papers etc & after dined at 6.30pm. Roy & self left at 7.40 for Lyceum. Up in cab, a poor hansom. Saw Bram Stoker, F.C.B & wife, Lucy & ditto, Bernard P & wife, Furniss, Sir F Haines & many others. Went to Garrick with Roy for supper. Saw Hare, Col Lucas, Joe Knight, Cap’n Eckington etc etc. Left 12.35 & home by carriage, Joe Parkinson going out. (Red ink: 1st night of Faust originally was Saturday December 19 th 1885.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Henry Cruso to Mildred Robinson.) Sunday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.10. x & very tired. Out 9.40 with dogs from house & up Holland Walk. Back. Breakfast. After printed about 50 blues. A violent wind all day. Sort of gale with cloudless sky. Took at 12.15pm M up to top of Row. Bothered with wind. Met Cartwright. Back by bus. Lunch. Roy back from Queens Club. Again printed blues & had 1½ hrs rest from 4 to 4.30. Tea & after from 5 to 7.30 wrote letters & Store orders. At 8.0 Mr Blair & Mr & Mrs Braunstein dined with us. Pleasant evening. Bad waiting, Freda & Edith knocked the plates about. No forks. After long talk they left. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: The Braunsteins dined with us.) Monday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on cycle past Earls Court. No L.C. After back. Breakfast. Printed a few blues. Very cold but brilliant sun all day. Dressed leisurely & left for the Royal Academy at 12.15 by bus. Saw Millet, Parsons, & many others. Amongst them North who took me off to see Connals & lunch at Berkeley Square. Good lunch & long talk. After left with North & cab to Piccadilly Circus. Bus to C.C. Letter. New hall porter, Hawkins. Wrote 2 letters & called Sands & Hunter’s. Back to Academy, another look round. Saw Ryle. Wonderful Norwegian picture. After to the Woodbury Gallery & walked home. Girl in black down the Park. Got asparagrass & home. M & Miss White. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Very cold at night. Could not find Century Magazine. Man from Chichester called & saw Roy about furniture. (Red ink: Varnishing day at the R.A. Lunch wth Mr North at Mrs Connal's.) Tuesday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on cycle. Earls Court & School. Cold windy morning. Saw man from Chapman & Hall’s on doorstep. Man called from Stores about boards. Went on with drawing for Coronation all day & in afternoon developed etc. Many callers. M & self dined quietly. Roy out at supper & dinner
with Hogan. Rest in chair & bed 12.0. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Richard Selleck. Marriage of George Bowles to Marion Penn.) Wednesday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & cycled round Earls Court etc. Blocked by carts. After got on with Coronation drawing etc. Got sketch for Canada. Lunch. Left & up by cab to C.C. At 3.0pm or 3.25 M.R came. Photod and out 5.0. Talk to Thompson Lyon. Tea Garrick & on to the Private View of New Gallery. Met Midge & Dora on steps. Met M after & Sir W.H.Wills, Mr Lemon etc. Went with M in carriage on to Woodbury Gallery & after walk to Garrick. Got bag & on by bus to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, P.A, O.S, R.H, self, F.C.B, A.G, B.P, Suggested cut of Bull & Dogs & left at 10.45 & home by omnibus. (Red ink: Photod M.R last time till Sep 26. Private view New Gallery.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Edward Orlebar to Lucy Thornton.) May 1902 Thursday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle. Past Earls Court etc. Saw Little Composure & home. Breakfast & after schemed subject of Bull & Bulldogs. Photod Otley at 12.0am & also plaster bull. Roy at home for Stock Exchange holidays. Got done at 5.0pm & went on with drawing up to 8.15pm when M, self, Roy & Dora dined. Quiet evening. Dora left at 10.45pm. Bed 12.0. (Cuttings glued in: Sir F.Dixon Hartland's dinner. The Marchioness of Headfort, of a son.) Friday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & did hour's work before breakfast. After out for walk round C.H. At work all day on drawing of Bull & Tuppenny. M went with Mrs Galbraith to the Private View. Met Pirie(sic, Pirrie) who told me of Fletcher's great fortune, £700,000. M in my room. Dinner at 9.0pm. Roy dined at Midge's & home at 11.30pm. Bed 12.30 very tired. (Red ink: 1st news of Atlantic Combine.) (Cutting glued in: Death & obituary of William Tinsley. Sat 3 May.) Saturday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. After cycled round Park & home. In morning wrote letters & developed many films, Joan Cann & those taken on Wedy. Dressed. Put up dress things. M & self lunched. Heavy rain showers. Walked to Butts. No oranges. Carriage on to the Prince of Wales's Theatre & saw Hawtrey in a piece called 'The President'. Put M in carriage & to Garrick. Tea & dressed. To Academy Banquet. Got there 6.10pm. Talk to many. Aird, D'Arcy etc. Sat next a Mr Wolf. Harris & Dolly Story. Good speech by Prince of Wales. Duke of Abercorn very complimentary. Marconi, Rudyard Kipling etc. Left at 12.0 & home by cab. Slight head. Bed at 2.0am after snooze. Private view of the Punch drawings. Cut down the India rubber plant & sent shoots to gardener at Balcombe House, Mr Mitchell. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'The President' at Prince of Wales's Theatre. After the Royal Academy Banquet. Edgar's birthday.) Sunday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.50 & out. Slight head. Met Sir Henry Bergne & sons. After in morning printed blues. At 12.15 bus to top of Row with M & walked back. Met Roy with dogs, Joe Parkinson etc. After lunch rested 2 hours. Spencer called,
Gwen & Evelyn, Midge & Tilda, Stone & Paxton. Put photos away & wrote letters. Posted them. Edgar & Sophy dined. Talk of Fletchers' great good fortune. They left at 11.0. Very cold. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Edgar & Sophia dined with us. Congratulated Sophia.) Monday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Showery morning & cold. Walk by self up Campden Hill. No dogs. Roy to go to Haywards Heath. Wrote letter of recommendation for Roy to Garrick Club. After could not get to work on Coronation drawing till 12.30. Lunch. A rest & at 5.0pm put in perspective of steps. M out. Worked till 8.0, daylight all time. Roy came back to dinner not having gone to drill. Wrote H.Fletcher to congratulate him on his wealth. After read & to bed at 11.30pm. Very cold at night. Tuesday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. x. M's poor hands hurt her. Out with dogs. Round Hornton Street. Very cold. Back. Letters. On with Coronation drawing & schemed the England Scotland & Wales & after at 5.0 enlarged. Work from 7.0 to 8.0pm. At 8.15 Mrs Kenneth Grahame dined with us. Roy out to dinner. Oh! so slow Mrs G. Walked home with her. (Red ink: Mrs Kenneth Grahame dined with us.) Wednesday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle. Saw L.C. Past Radcliffe Gds & home. Cold raw morning. After got allotment of £500 in P & O Debentures. After went on all day with drawing of Coronation. Bothered with it. M went to 'Paris in London' with Maud Paxton. Dressed at 5.10pm & walked to Garrick calling C.C & Sands & Hunters. Got parcel at Garrick & by bus to Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, A à B, R.L, O.S, P.A, Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, H.W.L & A.G. Cut made up in extraordinarily short time. Over 8.45. After left at 10.0 & called C.C for bag & home by bus. Arrived 11.0pm. Edith reading in dining room. Read & snooze till 12.0 when to bed. Thursday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cold & out. Took dogs up Holland Walk. No school girls. Back. Letter from the Fagans. After schemed subject of Britannia & Dove. Miss Cann could not come. Sent Otley for Miss Tambay. Poor model. She came at 11.45. Took photos as Britannia & developed. After some for Wales & Scotland. Otley had got the dresses. Developed & ready to draw at 4.30. Worked up to 8.30 when M & self dined together. Roy went out somewhere. Bed at 11.30 after rest. No, Roy dined with us. (Red ink: Miss Tambay sat 1st time. Poor model.) Friday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am & worked 2 hours before breakfast on Britannia. Put face etc in & got on with outline. Summons for Roy from a boat builder at Oxford came. After worked all day & got done at 7.10pm. M in room. Dressed hurriedly & went by cab to dine with Sir Henry Thompson. There at 8.0pm punctually. Long talk to Sargent about Sir George Sitwell. Jeune never recognised me. Left at 11.15 & home by cab all the way 2/6. Sir Henry went to bed not well. Went for walk with dogs in the morning. (Red ink: Sir Henry Thompson’s dinner of ten)(Plan of table seating: Sir H.T, Sir Francis Jeune, another, Moberly Bell, L.S, J.S.Sargent RA, Sir H's son. a young man, Prof Ray Lankester, Lord Ashbourne.)
Saturday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Took dogs up Holland Walk. Pretty girl in grey dress. After breakfast at 11.0am. Photod Maud Paxton for Scotland etc & dear M. Developed & began to enlarge. Had sent Otley for Lee Mitford rifle. Lunch. Enlarged all the afternoon up to 5.0pm. M out with Dora & called on Mrs Lucas. Roy had an early dinner & went to the première of 3 Little Maids at the Apollo Theatre. M & self dined quietly. Snooze after. Very cold. Bed at 12.0am. Sunday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out with dogs. Gave old W 6d. Home. Still very cold. In room & traced yesterday's 6 studies. After took M for walk at 12.20. Strolled down to ornamental water. Peacocks out. Back. Lunch. Had rest & after went on with work. Roy up. Told him of Summons. Dressed & by carriage to the De la Rues at 5.10pm. Ethel English had called & Mrs Blackburn. Saw Kitty Fildes, Fane girls, Lady Stevenson, Tweedie etc etc. M & self left with flowers (roses) & home by 7.0. Saw the King in Kensington Road driving in a carriage & pair. After posted letters & at 8.0 Mr Peter Reed & Dora dined with us. Wasted a bottle of '89 champagne. He stayed till 11.10pm. Snooze till 2.30 when to bed. (Red ink: Roy & self & M went to the De la Rue's at home.) Monday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. M wide awake. Out. Wet morning. Took dogs. Met old Colonel. Breakfast. Wrote letters & cheque for 200 for P & O. Dull dark rainy morning. Sent Otley to May's. Wired Woodcock to put off sitting. Went on with work. Worked up to 5.0pm or 4.30 & started 5.15. Walked up the Park & to the C.C & Garrick Club. Gave instructions for dinner tomorrow & wine & then on thro' Lincolns Inn, walking round New Square to Bouverie St. The Punch dinner on account of Whitsuntide. F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, O.S & B.P. Long time making up my cut. At last got a Balloon one. Suggested by Seaman with not a bad legend. Left at 10.50 & home all way by bus. Wet. Locked Roy out who was at a dance at Kensington Empress Rooms. Bed after reading W.G. Tuesday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on bicycle. Saw L.C & cycled round by Redcliffe Gardens & home along Earls Court. After got to work to scheme Balloon subject. At 12.0 photod Otley & enlarged etc. Got them by 3.30pm. Sent Otley up to Club with bags etc. Many callers. Decided Roy should go to the dinner at the Garrick Club. Left off at 6.0pm & walked up to the Garrick. Letters at C.C from B.J & M.R. Cannot come on Thursday. On to Club. There at 7.40. Arranged table. Stone the first to come, McDonnell 20 minutes late. Everything went off well. (Red ink: Dinner of 9 men at the Garrick Club. Cost £12.12.0.) (Plan of table seating: Col Welby, Lucy, G.W.Wolff, Sir Norman Lockyer, Hon Schomberg McDonnell. L.S, C.N.Lawrence, W.Stone, Roy.) 6 bottles of Champagne drunk & 1 of Claret. Took own cigars & 1 bottle of Chateau y'Quem. Wednesday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am & out on bicycle. Saw L.C. Went up Queens Gate & into the Bayswater Road & home. After at work all day on Balloon subject. Roy
had his dinner earlier. Finished 9.30 when M & self dined. Tired after & bed. Roy arguing. Thursday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am & out. M & self both overslept ourselves. Walk round Campden Hill. Saw very pretty little girl. After at work on drawing for Coronation. Photod roses etc & a garland. Lunch at home & left at 2.0pm & up to the C.C. At 3.10 photod Rose Woodcock. Not much good & very dark owing to heavy showers. Out at 5.0 & to the Garrick. Had tea. Anxious about Roy's election. Talk to Kenneth Grahame. Lord Rathbone had written a letter. Met me on stairs & said Roy had been announced elected. Very glad. Left & home by bus. Told M & Roy. Dressed & went with M in new carriage to dine at the Hickmans. Very good dinner. Met yound Aird & wife, the Trenches, the Rivières etc etc. Took Mrs Trench in & sat next to Lady Kitson. Plenty of wine. Left at 10.45 & home. (Red ink: Roy elected a member of the Garrick Club. M & self dined at Sir A.Hickmans.) Friday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk over C.H. Gave O.W 1d. Back. Breakfast. Roy off to City. Developed films taken yesterday. A failure most of them. After to work on Coronation drawing. Great bother trying to stick down bulging cardboard on a drawing board. No good. M up in room reading. Roy out to dinner with his partners. M & self dined quietly & bed early. Cold heavy showers all afternoon. Miserable weather. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Hugh Meiklejohn. Death of John Guscotte.) (Red ink: 16 May 1903. Miss Holland disappeared from the Moat Farm, Essex. Murdered by Dougal. Not discovered until nearly a year afterwards. Above a mistake. It was on 16 May 1899.) Saturday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walked over Campden Hill with dogs. O.W 1d. Back & in morning printed some blues. Roy had packed & left to go to visit Conrad at Brighton. After put in Australia in my picture. Lunch & M & self went in carriage to the Haymarket Theatre & sat in the same box where M & I went with C.O.Barker on Tuesday November 25 1884. We then saw 'Diplomacy'. Saw 'Caste' with Brandon Thomas as Hawtree, Cyril Maude as Eccles, Miss Emery as Esther, Miss Marie Tempest as Polly & Giddens as Claridge. Allen Aynesworth as D'Alroy & Miss G.Ward as the Marquise. M cried. Out. Squelching shower of rain. Put M in carriage & went to Garrick. Tea. Letter from M.R. Saw Hare & young Bancroft. After left in heavy rain & home by bus. Laid out 1¼ on fruit. Tilda & Dora at Stafford Terrace. Man had been abusive about Tilda's luggage. Freda had to send for Otley. Quiet dinner & read after. Bed at 11.45. Nightmare in chair about the electric lights. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'Caste'.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Athelstan Braxton Hicks. Meeting of the shareholders of the White Star Company.) Sunday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out with dogs up Holland Walk taking Observer. Bright sun but still cold showers threatening. After home. Breakfast. Rags went for Rick. Roy at Brighton. Tilda with us. Printed a few blues & at 12.0 took M & Tilda for a walk up the Park. Got caught in a hail shower. After home at 1.30. Rest
for 2 hours after. Worked from 4.15 to 8.0 on Coronation drawing. Hamilton Langley & Dora dined with us. Pleasant evening & H well. They left at 10.40. Read Chateau Briand & bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: M, Tilda & self caught in heavy rain in the Park.) Monday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out with dogs. Walked into Notting Hill Road past the late Mr Tuer's & home. Cold north wind & showers. Did no photography & worked the entire day on drawing for Coronation. Put in the architecture round the King & flowers etc. Got on fairly well. M & Tilda went over to see the chicks in carriage & M in my room reading History of Spain afterwards. Dinner at 8.10, M, Tilda & self, & to bed at 11.30pm. Pall Mall instead of Westminster Gazette. Sent Otley to the Fire Brigade. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Schutz Wilson. Mon 19 May. Death of Cedric Hammond-Chambers.) Tuesday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out past Campden Hill with dogs. Met school girls. 8.45. Cold N wind. Letter from Dora to say she could not come today. After worked the entire day on Coronation page. Drew the Queen in. Also at 11.30 photod a fireman for Colonial. After developed him etc. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lt Calverley Bewicke. Death of Miltiades Ziffo. Deaths of Sarah Furness, Mathew Furness, Mary Furness, drowned on the Lakes of Killarny.) Wednesday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & cycled round park, calling at H.Langleys. Filthy old butler. Saw H on doorstep. Back home. Breakfast & after at 11.0 photod Dora for Ireland & also Canada. All done over again. Fine morning, coldish. After developed. Did hour's work 12 to 1.0. Then tidied. Dressed. Lunch. M, self & Tilda. After left in bus to C.C. Wire. Called Sands & H. Back by bus & did 2 hours tracing work. After Canon Harford called. Bother. Then walked all the way to the Punch dinner, calling at the Garrick Club. Sir W.A, B.P, F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, R.L, O.S. Long stupid discussion on my cut. Got Education Bill to do. Left & home by bus. Little dancer again in bus from the Vaudeville. Home 11.30. Water all turned off. Blown out. Roy out at a dance. Bed 12.30. Good night's rest. (Red ink: Wire from M.R for sittings.) Thursday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on bicycle short turn round park. Dear M went with Tilda to the doctor (Stone) for Electricity. Photod Roy quite early, 9pm, on bicycle & at 11.0 a boy Spring holding bicycle up. Developed & enlarged. Got to work 4.0pm & at 7.10 dressed. Went with M to call on Dr Phillips. Had a very good dinner. Took a clergyman's wife in to dinner, keen on motoring. An Admiral's daughter. Left at 11.0. Rained all day from 1.0pm. Had no hot water in bath in the morning. (Red ink: M & self dined at Dr Phillips. Very good dinner.) Friday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dull dark day all day. Out & over Hill with dogs. Back & all day at work on drawing of Balfour & Bill on bicycle. At 1.45 a wire came & subsequently three others to do 2 cartoons. Answered would not. Roy went to
the Apollo Theatre with Conrad. M & self dined at 9.0pm. Very tired & no asparagrass. Bed at 12.0. Tilda left with her box at 9.30am. Saturday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Very tired. Warm muggy morning. Out over Hill. Gave old woman 6d. Took dogs. Roy down early to breakfast. After another wire from Burnand to go on with Peace drawing. Had 9 wires altogether. Got to drawing at 1.0pm. Put in feet. Enlarged Miss Morgan & worked all afternoon up to 8.30pm when dined. Could not finish. Roy at home. M seedy. M & Evelyn Fletcher went to see 'The Country Mouse' & came across Sophy & Anna Dietz. Bed at 11.30. Tired. (Red ink: M went with Evelyn Fletcher & her governess to see 'The Country Mouse'.) Sunday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & did one hour's work before breakfast, 8.0 to 9.0am. Then took the dogs up Holland Walk. Back & from 10.0 to 2.15 finished the Peace cartoon. Messenger took it away. Had rest for 1½ hours & wanted it. Dressed. Sophy called & after just avoided Adah Spencer. Walked up to Piccadilly. Most lovely summer's day. Called C.C & found no letter. After to Athenaeum. Nice letter from Lord Selborne. Back by bus. Funny old lady with cock eye. Evelyn Fletcher dined with us. Rags growled at her. Bed after snooze. Monday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Lovely summer morning. Letter from Molloy. Cycled round past K School. Saw little C. Back & over Campden Hill. Breakfast. Roy down very late. Annoyed. He goes to Drill. After printed 100 blues back plates. Lunch M & self & at 2.30 began to put in figures in the Coronation drawing. Put in India, Ceylon & Guiana in ink, & pencil Canada & South Africa. Tired & knocked off at 8.0pm & wrote this diary. Men from Nash mended window sash & pole in M's room. Ordered Rags's basket. Dinner. Roy did not go to Drill. He was very fidgetty & altogether unrestful at dinner. M & he went to bed 10.30. Read Balzac's Succubus & to bed at 12.30am. Tuesday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out on cycle thro' Kensington Court. Saw Little C corner of Cromwell Road. Round Park & home. M in bed. Rags killed a rat. No definite Peace news. Went on with Coronation drawing. Rather bothered with the head of Canada. M went to lunch at the Miss Lawrences’. After worked all afternoon. At 7.0 went round Battersea Park on a bicycle. Lots of people. Dinner at 8.20pm. New basket for Rags used. Letter from Phil Agnew. Not a pleasant one. Answered it & after read paper & snooze. Bed at 12.0am. Wednesday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & cycled past Kensington Court. Saw little C & sister. Across park & home. Bus obstruction etc. Most lovely morning, bright sun. Worked all day on Coronation drawing up to 4.30 when dressed & walked up to the Punch dinner the entire way. Rain came on. Found I had drawn Friar Tuck for the Derby at the Garrick. After to Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, R.L, A à B, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R (back from Italy 1st time since Ap 9th) H.W.L. Could not get off doing 2nd cut. Got a Turkish Bath one to do. Left 11.0pm. Called at the Bath Club to get
wraps & left my pocket book on table. Home by bus, wet & crowded. (Red ink: Drew 3rd horse for the Derby Sweep at the Garrick.) Thursday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle past School & saw L.C. After back. Schemed subject of Turkish Bath, Budget & Sir M.H-B. Photod Otley & Stace at 11.45 & got all ready by 4.0pm. Very dark & could hardly get prints. After M, Roy & self dined quietly together. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Friday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up & out on cycle. Saw L.C. Back & all day at work on cartoon of Mr Budget & Turkish Bath. Finished at 9.0pm when M & self dined. Roy dined at Hamilton Langley's. Saturday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up & out with dogs. Gave O.W 3d. Back & worked the entire day on Coronation drawing. Put in Scotland again, Channel Islands etc. M went to the theatre to see Ulysses. Roy to Brighton in afternoon. M back in my room. Dined at 8.30. Freda forgot coffee & lights & altogether waited abominably. Read paper & bed at 12.0, nevertheless got up with headache. (Red ink: Worked all day on Coronation drawing.) Jun 1902 Sunday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & out with dogs. Up Holland Walk as far as Alexander's house. Hot close morning. Worked all morning with headache. Tired & slack. Bothered with head of Malay girl. Lunch, M & self. Rest after. Mrs Galbraith called. Slipped out & on cycle to Sir Alfred Hickman's. Forgot collar. 1 st season's tennis. Sir A & Col Trench & Galloway & self. Got beaten 3 sets when heavy rain came on & we had to stop. Dressed there & had bath. Dinner. Took a lady from Tresall in, with a young husband. Wonderful old brandy 1787. News of Peace came in whilst at dessert. Home by carriage, M & self. Roy at Brighton. (Red ink: 1st lawn tennis of the season at Sir Alfred Hickmans. M & self dined there.) Monday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out with dogs. No old woman. Flags out for news of Peace. Lovely morning. Worked all day on Coronation drawing. News of conclusion of war in the 'Times'. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Snooze after & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Hard at work on Coronation drawing.) Tuesday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. Damp morning. Met Colossus going to School. After back. Bothered with the King's head all the morning. Thought I had it right. Found it was too big. Out it came again after lunch & got it right about 4.0pm. Went on to work up to 7.45 principally on the King. Dressed & went with M to dine at Courtauld Thompson's. (Red ink: Courtauld & Miss Thompson's dinner. Remarkably good one.) (Plan of table seating: Miss Thompson, Admiral Sir (blank) Erskine, Miss Bradley, self, Lady Erskine, Courthold Thompson, Mrs Hankey, a youth, Mrs S, Captain Hankey). Left at 11.0 & took picture of George 4th away. Home in carriage. Bed 12.0am.
Wednesday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Walk round Campden Hill. Met Mr & Mrs Yates Thompson riding. Asked to dinner for tomorrow. Home. Wet early morning. Worked all day on Coronation drawing. Knocked off at 5.0 & went up walking through Park to Alfred Webb Miles & had yachting suit tried on. Walked to C.C & to Garrick. Had drawn 3rd horse in sweep, Friar Tuck. On to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, R.H, A à B, & O.S. Gave up doing a cartoon. Intensely annoyed to find Index had been thrown over after this one. Left in anger. Probably poor Arthur à Beckett's last Punch dinner. Partridge won the Punch sweep with Ard Patrick. Left & home by bus. Depressed & bitter about the affairs of the paper. (Red ink: Last saw Arthur à Beckett at the Punch dinner.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Sir William Cotton. June 6. Mrs Bruce Ismay, of a son.) Thursday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & out on bicycle round School, no L.C, & over Campden Hill. Omnibus with party going out of town. After home. Breakfast in little room & confusion with dogs etc. Annoyed with Roy & his way of speaking. After to work. Photod Otley for Chinese, arms & flag & developed & printed. In afternoon went on with the Queen & made a failure of it. Dressed at 7.15 & walked over Campden Hill & took cab to 19 Portman Square & dined at the Yates Thompsons. Good dinner. Took a Mrs Fitzgerald in. Next a charming girl, daughter of the Clerk to the House of Commons. Long talk with another lady after. Home at 11.30 by 2d tube. Edgar & Miss R.I had dined. Roy still up. (Red ink: Self dined with Yates Thompson.) Friday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.45 & did 2 hours work before breakfast. After out & round Campden Hill with Rags. 2d to old W. All day hard at work on Coronation drawing. Put the Queen in & rest of Colonies etc. M out. A wet day all day. Sceptre won the Oaks. Roy dined at Langleys. M & self dined quietly & bed at 11.30. Very cold in the evening. (Red ink: At work on Coronation drawing.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir Daniel Cooper. June 6.) Saturday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round park. Home. Breakfast. At work entire day & all day on Coronation drawing. Mite & Lennie returned from abroad. Wet unsettled weather. Roy went to meet them at Victoria. M, Roy & self dined quietly together at 8.30pm. Bed after snooze. Very dark in middle of day & a thunderstorm came on at 1.0pm. Photod Royal Standard & just got it before storm at 12.30pm. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite returned from Italy.) Sunday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out with dogs up Holland Walk. Home. Breakfast. After worked all day on drawing for Coronation. Put in flowers etc. Threatening rain. Lunch at home. Dear Mite & Lennie back. Lennie brought me 3 sticks from abroad. Went to Sir A.Hickman's with Roy on cycle at 4.0pm. Played a set, Sir A & self against Roy, when Col Trench came. Had to knock off on acct of rain & went back home to work. Put in garland of flowers. Col Trench told me that Capn
Morland had made £18,000 out of the 2nd in command. M & self went in carriage & dined at the Burnands. Took Mrs Hammond in. The Brandon Thomas's there & also Sydney Valentine. A Bohemian evening. Did not leave till 12.30am. Carriage had waited 1½ hours. Poor Roy dined alone. (Red ink: Tennis at Sir A.Hickman's. Knocked off on acct of rain. M & self dined at the Burnands.) Monday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out. Took Rags & met an old soldier who told me about his dog. After met Colossus. Home. Breakfast. After worked the entire day till 7.0pm on Coronation drawing. Began to shade in the afternoon at 5.0pm. Put in the King. Did not like the shading of coat. Left & went in carriage to Ranelagh with M to dine with Sir Henry & Lady Bergne. Rained all day. Remarkably good dinner but uninteresting people. Long talk to Sir Henry. Left at 10.0 in carriage & home. Photod Union Jack for drapery at 12.0am. Conrad came to stay & left on Monday 23 at 3.30pm. (Red ink: Dined with Sir Henry & Lady Bergne at Ranelagh.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Rex Vicat Cole, of a son.) Tuesday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 6.15am & worked 2 hours before breakfast. Out on bicycle at 9.0 past Kensington High School. Conrad at breakfast. After worked the entire day on Coronation drawing. Shaded King & Queen. M & self dined at 8.30pm. Quiet evening & bed after. Dull wretched cold weather & threatening rain. Broke the back of the shading of Coronation drawing. Put in Queen & also left hand Colonies, England, Scotland, Wales etc. Just before dinner took the King's coat clean out & put it in with a sweep again. (Red ink: Hard at work on Coronation drawing.) (Cutting glued in: Death & obituary of Charles Eley.) Wednesday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.15 & worked 2 hours before breakfast. Out at 8.35. Met Colossus. Took dogs. Conrad at breakfast. After worked all day on Coronation drawing. Put in Canada etc etc, Australia. Knocked off at 5.15. Dressed & walked up to Miles's. Tried on suit. Trowsers were a misfit. Coat all right. To Athenaeum (1 letter) C.C none, & Garrick. Got cheque for £7.0.0 for third horse in Derby sweep. To Punch dinner by bus. Sir W.A, Phil A, O.S, R.H, self, F.C.B, H.W.L, E.T.R, B.P. First Punch dinner without poor Arthur à Beckett. Sad. All went on as usual. Got rather stupid cut of Peace on a Donkey. Wrote Stace & home by omnibus all way. (Red ink: Arthur à Beckett absent from Punch table.) Thursday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Wet morning for Ruth Messel's wedding. Walked over Campden Hill & just missed Colossus. Back. Conrad & Roy at breakfast. After skemed subject of Donkey & fat Peace. Photod Conrad. Stace could not come & wired. Otley did instead. After developed & enlarged. M, Roy & Conrad went off to Ruth Messel's wedding at 2.0pm. In yard from 2.30 to 4.30. Went on to draw. Wire from Phil Agnew to send in Coronation cartoon tomorrow. M back at 5.30, in my room. Wrote letter to Agnew & sent it by Otley. At 8.45 Roy & self, Con & M dined quietly. Very tired after. Snooze in chair & bed 12.15am. (Red ink: Ruth Messel married.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Eric Parker to Ruth Messel.) Friday June 13
Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.10 & at work 6.20 to 8.15 when walked over C.H reverse way. No C. Back. Breakfast. Wet morning. Ordered coals. All day hard at finishing the Coronation drawing. Got it done by 7.0pm. Very wet all day. Pouring & the rain came in at end of drawing room & spoilt the satin curtains. M up in my room. Effie came to lunch looking well. M, Con & self dined at 8.30pm. Got on with cartoon of Peace & Donkey. Put bird cage in. Bed at 12.0 very tired. Left electric light on. Pass came for Chichester. (Cutting glued in: Death of Arthur Wirgman.) Saturday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up a 7.0am & did 1½ hours work on cartoon, Donkey & Peace. Wet morning. Up Holland Walk. Met with shop girl. Home. Breakfast. Roy in doubt as to going to Chichester. Did not but went in motor to Balcombe House. Back at 11.45pm. Went on all day with drawing of Peace & Donkey & finished at 7.0pm. Sent it off. Wound the clocks. After M, Con & self dined quietly. Rest after. Bed 11.40. Proof & drawing of Coronation returned with letter from Phil Agnew at 5.0pm. Pretty good. (Cutting glued in: The wife of F.C Peal, of a son.) Sunday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. Out up Holland Walk with dogs & back reverse way. Gave old W 6d. Breakfast. After worked all morning & schemed the last Index I shall do. Lunch. M, Roy & self. Conrad out. After rested an hour. Felt depressed. Tired & seedy. Heavy rain came on at 4.0pm just as starting for tennis. Sat down to work for an hour. At 5.0 Roy & self went to Sir A Hickman's. Played 4 sets Roy against Sir A & self. After Col Trench came at 6.20pm. We (Roy & I) beat Sir A & the Col 3 sets. Cliquot cup. Home at 7.40. Dressed & at 8.0 Mite, Lennie, Con, M, Roy & self dined. Felt tired. They left at 10.45. Snooze & bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Wet but played at Sir A Hickman's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Ann Naylor-Leyland.) Monday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Bath. Out with Rags over Campden Hill. Rags messed me. Met Colossus. At breakfast pitch dark. Had to light the electric light. Heavy rain after. Roy to go to Haywards Heath. Worked all day on Index. The last Index. After dressed & went with M in carriage to dine at Mrs Medley's. Took a sad sad doctor's wife in & also met the Stevens. Also George Smith, dep Chairman of the Stock Exchange. Left & home by carriage. Better weather. Roy back from drill & gone to bed. (Red ink: M & self dined at Mrs Medley.) Tuesday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30 & worked till 8.15 on Index. After out with dogs. Saw working man give Indian tobacco. Met Colossus. Back home. Breakfast. Con & Roy, M, self. Worked all morning on Index. Bothered with Punch's head. Took it out. Lunch on Mervyn's trout caught in Feby last. Tilda to lunch. 1 st sun saw for many days. Sent Index off at 2.30 & began tail. Finished tail by 6.0pm. Sent it off & began the opening page or rather Title for Vol 122. Dressed & left in carriage to dine at Sir W.H.Wills's. Met W.Agnew. Also took in a delightful newly married lady, Mrs Hugh Adams. Had had experience on Literature for six years in London. A niece of Sir William Henry's. M equally delighted with her. Home in carriage. (Red ink: M & self dined at Sir W.H.Wills. Met Sir Wm Agnew. Last saw him.) (Cutting glued in: In Memoriam: Henry Vanstone.)
Wednesday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30. Worked before breakfast on Title page. Walk over Campden Hill with dogs. Saw Colossus. Back. Breakfast. After at work all day on title page. Enlarged 2 plates of Britannia. Knocked off work at 5.15 & dressed & walked up to A.W.Miles & had blue suit tried on for 3 rd time. After by bus to the Punch dinner. Phil A, B.P, A.G, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self & O.S. No à Beckett. Not one single word said about my drawing for Coronation number. Lots of praise of Phil May & Raven Hill. Got cut of Bal Masqué. Left & home by bus. Getting more & more disgusted with the Punch dinners. Crowds of people. Home. M & Roy had dined with Miss Rose Innes & had gone to see the Toreador. Tired & to bed 12.0am. Thursday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & worked 1½ hrs before breakfast. Out on cycle. Past little girls. After past school girls. Saw Little Composure. Called Maud Paxton & home. Breakfast 9.15. After skemed subject of Chamberlain & Protection masked & at 12.0 photod Maud Paxton & Con in lovely weather. Maud P stayed to lunch. Went on to work at the Title page after & began to shade at 6.0pm. Effie came & stayed after much persuasion to dinner. She was mad on going to see the Indians at Hampton Court with Ethel English tomorrow. Roy dined at Mrs Cameron Corbett's. Bed at 11.30. Tired. (Red ink: Effie Herapath dined. Mad on Indians.) Friday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am. Worked 2 hours before breakfast. Took head of Britannia out again & again. Much bothered. Wet morning. Walk over C.H. Met no one. Breakfast. After finished Title page at 11.0am. Smudged Britannia's face at last moment & had to do it again. Then began cartoon of Joe Chamberlain & Protection masked. Worked all day up to 7.30pm when dressed & went up in carriage to dine at the Carlton Hotel with Galbraith. Very good dinner but dull people. Met a man who shot with me at Rider Haggard's in 1894. Left 11.0. Called Athenaeum & home. Crowded streets. Bed 12.0. Con & Roy at the Empire. (Red ink: M & self dined with Galbraith at the Carlton.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mrs Miéville. Obituary of Robert Cleaver. June 19 1902.) Saturday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am & worked 2 hours before breakfast. Put in staircase etc. Walk round Campden Hill. Indians. After home & the entire day at work on cartoon of Chamberlain & Zollvereign. Fancy Bal Masqué. Finished 9.0pm. Evelyn Fletcher, Con, Roy, M & self dined. Very tired after. All went to bed at 11.0. Self snooze till 12.30. Burnand was to have gone to Windsor to present the Coronation Number to the King. (Red ink: Burnand did go & had a long talk with the King. Alfred Austin 'Silly little man.' ) Sunday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & started with Conrad at 7.30 & cycled on a most lovely sunny morning along the entire length of the route of the Coronation procession. Crowds of people & shop girls cycling. Home at 9.0am exactly. Waited for breakfast. After printed 60 blues & at 12.30 went with M up to top of Row in a 4 wheeler. Dense crowd of people. Walked back. Very hot. Kensington Gardens crowded with troops camping out. After lunch. Very hungry. Con, Roy, M
& self. Roy (illeg) tiresome wrangling about going to Sir A.Hickman's. Rested from 2.45 to 4.0pm. Went on cycle to Sir A.H's. Played 7 sets, 3 sets all. Young John H & self versus Sir A & Col Trench. Miss Underhill there. Left at 7.10. Miss Rose Innes at Stafford Terrace. Dressed & at 8.15 Con, Miss R.I, Lennie, Mite & Roy, M & self dined. Very tired after. Bed 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink across page: Con & self cycled round Coronation route.) Monday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Sunny very warm morning. Out with dogs, just behind Colossus, & walked over Campden Hill thro' Holland Walk. All the girls go to the High School, Notting Hill. Back & breakfast 9.20. After in room. Wrote letters & dated a great many back blues. Lunch. Con to leave at 3.30pm. Con did leave. Went on tidying etc & at 6.45 dined, M, Roy & self. After we all went in carriage to the Vaudeville Theatre. The King & Queen came from Windsor at noon. Royal carriages about. Had to go round by Westminster. Got there 8.45. Kenneley Rumford & his wife there. Lennie & Mite in box. Roy nearly had his watch taken. Home by carriage from the Garrick Club. (Red ink: Went to Vaudeville & saw for 3rd time 'Blue Bell'.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Fanny Mavrogordato. Death of the Dowager Marchioness of Hertford. Death of the Marchioness of Ailesbury. Report on the King's health 'very satisfactory'.) Tuesday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Very hot at night. Out up Holland Walk. Met Colossus at 9.0am. Back & wrote letters. Hung flags out. Left at 11.35 & by bus to C.C & after lunched at the Garrick. In comes Percival with news that the Coronation is postponed. Terrible. Aynsworth, Scoones etc. After out & round to C.C. At 1.30 photod B.J for last time. Absolutely no good at all. Out at 2.0pm & round to Garrick & had coffee & liqueurs & talk to H.Furniss. Out & met Maclean who asked me to supper on Saturday. No, met Maclean at 1.10. To Athenaeum. Saw Sir B.Baker. Walked home down Piccadilly & Green Park. Intensely hot. Mrs Edwin Herapath & Ethel & Miss Penruddick & a very pretty girl Miss Tearem(?) Up in room & squared up prints. M out with Mite. After at 7.30 went with M into Kensington Gardens & saw the troops encamped. Dinner at 8.40. Very tired after & snooze. M & Roy walked out to post letters. (Red ink: Postponement of Coronation on acct of King's illness.) Wednesday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out up Holland Walk. Gave old W 6d. Little school girl. Shop girl. Breakfast & after missed small hand bag. Little Wink Eyes. Sent Otley up to C.C but could not get bag. After at lunch wire to go & call on Burnand. Rested in chair till 4.30 when cycled to call on F.C.B. Had left. Back & walked up to the C.C though the Park to Piccadilly in a panama hat. At Punch dinner punctually. F.C.B, self, O.S, Phil A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, Got drawing of Britannia praying & home on top of a bus all way. Very close & hot. (Red ink: Missed hand bag. Subsequently found in cupboard knawed by mice. Put it there myself.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Helen Welby. Illness of the King and Postponement of the Coronation.) Thursday June 26
Stafford Terrace. The Coronation honours out. F.C.B Knight. Up at 7.0 & schemed drawing of Britannia praying. Sent Otley to Joan Cann, no good. After to Miss Tambay who came at 10.45. Photod her in sun. Developed etc. Got on all right at 4.30, went on till 8.30 & got on well with a double page. Dinner M & self. Roy out at Midge's. Bed 11.30. Tired. (Red ink across page: Was to have been the Coronation.) Coronation honours that I knew as under: Peerage: Lord Robertson. Baronets: Sir George Lewis, Sir Edward Poynter, Alexander Henderson, Charles Bright McLaren. Knights: F.C.Burnand, Dr Conan Doyle, Dr Victor Horsley, Joseph Lawrence MP, W.J Soulsby C.B: John Thorneycroft, Ernest Waterlow, J.L.Wilkinson, G.Fleetwood Wilson, Charles Wyndham. K.C.B: The Hon Schomberg McDonnell, Sir Henry Bergne C.B, Alan Cole C.B. New order of merit: G.F.Watts Esq. GCB: Sir Francis Jeune. Friday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Bank Holiday for Coronation. Up at 6.45 & at work. Wrote congratulatory letters & after at work all day on double page for The Vigil, Britannia praying. Had been for walk up Holland Walk. Roy at home. Finished at 9.15 & sent double page off. M, Roy & self dined quietly & bed after at 12.0. Very hot. (Cutting glued in: Death of David Barrie. June 28.) Saturday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 very tired. Out for walk with Rags. Up Holland Walk. Brilliant morning. All morning putting things away & straight. Roy, M & self to lunch. Rest after. Gave up after sending Otley going to Adelphi. Dined 7.30, M, Roy & self. Very hot. After in drawing room. At 10.30 Roy & self went on top of bus to Garrick Club calling Alhambra. Went up into billiard room & after had supper or rather a 2nd dinner to 12 men. (Red ink: Sir Francis McLean's supperdinner. (Plan of table seating: Col Fletcher, Mr Pell, Cyril Maude, Forbes Robertson, Roy, Arthur Hadleigh, J.Comyns Carr, H.Beerbohm Tree, Linley Sambourne, Sir Squire Bancroft, Sir Francis Maclean.) Long talk to Bancroft. Left at 2.0am & home by cab. Bed. Extra cheque for Coronation number sent by the firm. Sunday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & felt no worse after last night's supper. Went up Holland Walk & after back. Very close & hot. All morning writing letters of congratulations on Honours of Coronation. Also put ¼ plates away. After rest after lunch & at 4.15 went up to Sir A.Hickman's to play lawn tennis. Met Miss Rose Innes on door step. Col Trench, Galloway, John Hickman & a dear little grandchild with pretty teeth & legs. Played many sets. M came up & Roy stayed to dinner. After Lennie, Mite & Mr Douglas dined. Very warm. Fan going. They left at 11.15am, or rather Douglas. (Red ink: Tennis at Sir A.Hickman's. Lennie, Mite & Mr Douglas dined. Roy dined at Hickmans.) Monday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & up Phillimore Gardens with dogs. Rick ran back. Little W.E. etc. After very warm. All morning writing letters. Printed last blues etc. Lunch. Rest. After at 4.30 began Title for new volume. Bothered. At last hit on motor car. Mite came to dinner & Lennie turned up at the last moment & dined too. Thunder & lightning after dinner. No Punch. Dividends from Newnes. After
Roy back late. He dined with Hogan at the Exhibition. Bed 11.30. Very close & hot at night. (Cutting glued in: Giorgio Maurogordato to Hope Rae. June 30.) Jul 1902 Tuesday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out. Punch double page out. Took Rags up over Campden Hill. Met little W.E. After breakfast photod Roy & Otley for motor car. M out in carriage at 11.30. Wrote letters. After developed photos etc at 12.0. Lovely morning. Many callers in afternoon. Heavy rain came on. M up in my room.after. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Letter from Lucy. Read after dinner & bed at 11.30pm. Wednesday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Out for walk. Round Campden Hill. Old W 2d. Met little W.E. Back & all morning at work on drawing for opening Vol 123. Quite cold again. Lunch. Fanny Barker & Alice called & lunched. After at work from 3.0 to 4.30 when dressed in blue suit & walked all way to Punch dinner. Met Coupé London. Got to dinner at 7.15. P.A, O.S, R.L, L.S, Sir J.T, F.C.B, E.T.R, B.P, & P.M. Tenniel there 1st time for a year. Congratulations to Burnand & no cut for self. Complimented on the Britannia Vigil drawing. Left at 10.30 & on top of bus with Lehmann. Told me Arthur à B got 12£ per week. Home. Roy on door step with Rags. Read paper & to bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Tenniel dined at the Punch dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Ida Whishaw.) Thursday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Out for walk. Cycle not yet finished. Dog ran at Rags in Holland Walk. Little W.E & her father. Breakfast. After at work till 5.30 on drawing of Punch & Mercury. Motor car. Dressed & dinner at the House of Commons with Cameron Corbett. Left at 7.15 in the carriage with M. Curious people. Met a very nice couple, the Hoares. Also Solicitor genl for Scotland. M drove me to the Garrick Club & went home. Met Roy. Strolled on to Irving's reception to the foreign Princes & Colonials. Great gathering. The Fagans etc etc. Marshall Wilder. Curious little American woman. Mrs (illeg) to Marie Rose. Left 1.30. To Garrick. Furniss, Lord Dungarven, Joe Knight. Percival screwed. Left 2.0 & home by cab, Roy & self. (Red ink: Dined with Cameron Corbett at the House of Commons. Mrs C.C died this day week.) Friday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Tired. Dressed in blue suit & left at 10.0am & X'd to Calais. Up by busses. Young man & 2 others in carriage. Not one soul I knew Xing in both journeys. Talk to Capn Dixon. Lunch. Good looking French woman on quay. Up with a shabby Italian with most disgraceful luggage. Otley met me at 7.0pm at Victoria. Home. Bought strawberries. Dinner, M, Roy & self. After went with Roy to the Thorneycrofts' at home. Singing. Maud & Lennie there. Hubbard Farquhar. Left 1.0am. Disgraceful cab. Got out & walked at Knightsbridge. Walked home. Bed. Very hot. (Red ink: X'd over to Calais by self.) Saturday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk up Holland Walk. Met no one. After all morning writing & putting straight etc. Sent Otley to Stores for bag. No good when it came. Packed. Lunch. After tea M & self left in a 4 wheeler at 4.30 to
catch the 5.5pm train at Paddington for Pangbourne. Met John Aird in a top hat & another. Both going down to Sir B.B's. After arrived Pangbourne. Mrs Kemp met us & Mona. Drove to Bowden Green. There 6.0pm. Met Sir B.B. Delightful house. Took 2 photos. Dogs. Japanese pug & her puppies etc etc. Great bother to get my valise open. Good dinner. Pol Roger 1892, A1. After sat out in garden. Others played bridge. Bed at 11.15 after soda water. Slept fairly well. Delightful bed room only rather hot. King’s dinners to half a million poor in London. (Red ink: Went to Sir Benjamin Baker's.) Sunday July 6 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Up 7.45 & lovely bath. Slept fairly well. Breakfast in the garden. Delightful. Mr & Mrs Aird, Mr Fitzmaurice, Mrs K, Mona, Sir B.B, Spagnoletti, M & self. After wandered about. Photod fountain etc. Went with B.B to see Donaldson's house that he built & never lived in. After to call on De la Bere, yankee. A Rothschild with a telescopic camera. Very hot. Back. G.D.Leslie there. Lunch & long talk after. Leslie left 3.30. Went up & changed plates in loft. M & Mrs A & Mrs K & Mona went for a drive. After played a set lawn tennis, Spagnoletti & self versus Fitzmaurice & John Aird. Beat them 3 sets, last love set. Bath & dinner. A Mr Campbell came. Baker left at 8.45 to go to Scotland. Very hot, went out & lay in net. After looked at Leslie's book 'Our River'. Bed 11.30. M did not sleep well. So hot. Roy played tennis at Sir A.Hickmans. (Red ink: At Sir Benjamin Baker's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Major General James Beadle.) Monday July 7 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Up at 8.0am. Had woke at 4.15am & slept under window. Frightfully hot. Bath at last & breakfast in dining room. Good bye to Spagnoletti. After read Esmond & photod peacocks. M & self at 11.15 went into Pangbourne in pony cart. After across bridge to Whitchurch. Back & packed. Lunch under trees. Dr Howes there. Left at 3.15. Mrs John Aird, M, self, Mrs Kemp & Mona. Very hot. After to town. Gentleman rather rude about smoking carriage. Home by a 4 wheeler. Called Mite's. Dressed & confusion at dinner. Mite did not come till 7.45. Left at 8.10 & up in a shaky hansom to the Adelphi. M, Mite & self in Box H & saw Olga Nethersole in 'Sappho'. Out & to 27 Gloucester Terrace in Mite's carriage. Lennie, Harold & Roy at supper. Home by Otley at 12.15. Punch. Wrote Grossmith about last week's drawings. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'Sappho'.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Frederick Freake to Alison Ussher.) Tuesday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out with Rags over Campden Hill. Met a pretty dark girl in Wall Walk. After back. Breakfast. No letters. Roy off to Henley. Wrote letters. Sent M to Gardens with 'Times'. Otley to Briggs's. Developed all plates taken at Bowden Green in 1½ hrs. Lovely morning. After rest in afternoon. Dined 7.30 & M & self went to the Exhibition, Palais des Costumes very good. Band. Home by carriage at 10.30pm, or rather 11.20. Roy back from Henley where he had been. Bed at 12.0. Cooler. (Red ink: M & self went to the Exhibition.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Lady Milner. 60th anniversary Edward Hamilton to Emily Wansby. Silver wedding William Law to Fanny Holland.) Wednesday July 9
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled past Kensington School. Saw L.C. Thro' Nevern Square & home. Dull day all day & turned to heavy rain in the afternoon. Printed blues of photos taken at Bowden Green. M out at Mite's to lunch. After felt tired in the afternoon. Left at 5.30 & walked thro' Kensington Gardens. Poor childen at the Queen's Tea all coming home wet with flags. Walked to Piccadilly. Bus to C.C. No letters. Called at Moss's for bags & on again by bus to P.D. F.C.B, self, R.H, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Good dinner. Got subject of the King in a Garden & left at 11.20. Home by bus. Saw Roy on door step of Carlton. Bed 12.0am. Roy later. Talk to F.C.B about Arthur à B. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Bessie Eykyn. Death of Alice Corbett.) Thursday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out over Campden Hill. Dull morning & colder. Saw little W.E. Breakfast. Wrote diary after. Schemed subject of King & Dr Neptune. After Otley to Barker's for coat, cushion & hat. At 11.45 photod Stace. Got all done by 12.30. A thunderstorm & rain came on at 1.15. Mite called in her carriage. Got wet. Took M off to a Grand Bazaar at the Botanical Gardens. Developed etc with some difficulty owing to rain. Worked up to 8.15 when M, Roy & self dined quietly. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Roy kept coming into the room after the 'Sketch'. Death of poor Mrs Cameron Corbett. Only dined with them this day last week. (Red ink: Did drawing of the King & Dr Neptune.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary the Earl of Arundel. Wed 9 July. Obituary the Duchess of Atholl. Thurs July 10.) Friday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Did 1½ hrs work before breakfast. Went on bicycle round through Kensington Court. No little C. Home. Saw shop girl. All day long until 9.30 on drawing of King & Dr Neptune on balcony. Roy at Drill. M & self dined. Cold fish. Roy back 10.45. Had supper & grumbled. Little black dog, Schipparke sent by Otley to Lennie at 10.40am. Slept in chair until 1.30. Dead tired. Felt seedy all day doing drawing & a bother to me. Probably liver. Saturday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Very tired. Headache. Did not go out. Roy dressed in frock coat & hat to go to Eton & Harrow. Also Lord Kitchener arrives in London. Lovely morning. Drew cheque for Clark & Son. Lunch at 1.0 & M & self left in carriage at 1.20 & drove thro' Park to Drury Lane & saw Ben Hur. Very good. Chariot race wonderful. Out & put M in the carriage. Tea at Garrick & quietly walked all way home. Dinner at 8.0. Ethel Herapath here to dine. Roy had a very bad headache from taking No 1 cup. We had to stop about ½ an hour in the Park on account of Lord Kitchener. Eton & Harrow match, Eton badly beaten. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: M & self went to Drury Lane & saw 'Ben Hur'. Ethel Herapath dined.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Stiven.) Sunday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Gave Roy aperta. Out on cycle round thro' Park & back to breakfast. All morning printing blues. Tilda to lunch. After smoked cigar left this day week at Bowden. Rest & left at 4.15 for Sir Alfred Hickman's with Roy. Left Spencer at Stafford Terrace. Played many sets. Self & Galloway versus Roy & Sir H, also granddaughter. Left 7.20 & home. Dressed & left in carriage to
dine at F.C.B's. Met Mrs Hare & young O'Connell, Molly Hare. Race game, M won, & home. Rest & to bed. Roy had a headache all day. (Red ink across page: M & self lunch at Lady Burnand's.) Monday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out on cycle. Saw little C & her sister. Round by Redcliffe Gardens & home. Very hot. After printed blues. Dated & squared up etc etc. Rest after lunch. Roy went to dine with Lennie & Maud with Miss Rose Innes & to Three Little Maids after. M & self drove up to dine at the Carlton. I walked in evening dress as far as Knightsbridge. Met Huish. Bus to Piccadilly & Carlton. The Punch dinner to F.C.B at the Carlton of 26. (Plan of table seating) (Red ink: Carlton dinner. Sir F.C Burnand, Mrs Bernard Partridge (Faith) L.Raven Hill, Mrs Linley Sambourne (Mary Ann) George Agnew, Mrs Raven Hill (Annie) Phil May, Mrs Walter Agnew (Mabel) E.T.Reed, Mrs H.W.Lucy (Nancy) Linley Sambourne, Lady Burnand (Rosie) Phil Agnew, Mrs Craigie(John Murray) Bernard Partridge, Mrs Phil May (Lillie) H.W.Lucy, Winifred Burnand, Walter Agnew, Mrs E.T.Reed (Beatrice) R.C.Lehmann, Mrs G.Agnew (Fanny) Sir John Tenniel, Mrs Lehmann (Alice) Owen Seaman, Mrs Phil Agnew (Georgette)) Tuesday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round School route. Met little C & her sister, governess after. After all day tidying etc etc. Rest afterwards. Squared up prints etc. Dined at 7.30pm, M, Roy & self. After went to the Royal Academy Soirée, M, Roy & self. Otley turned out of the quadrangle. Saw very many I knew. Benj Baker, Mrs Kemp, Allan Cole & wife etc etc. Armstead. Band playing. Left at 11.45 & home by carriage. Had snack & to bed. Took 4 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Roy, M & self went to the Royal Academy Soirée.) Wednesday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled round School route. Met little C, governess after. After thro' Redcliffe Gardens. All morning squaring up etc. Rest after lunch. At 5.30 walked through Park & by bus after to C.C. Letter & wire. On to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, O.S, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Got cut of Lord Salisbury as Ploughman. Left at 10.45 & home on the front top of bus. Bed at 12.0 after reading paper. Account of self & rhymes in the Pall Mall Magazine. Wrote on drawings for Grossmith & Cease Fire etc. Took 3 C.L.L.P. Thursday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled round Earls Court, school route. Saw Little C & sister. Governess & child after & girls. After met F.C.B. Back. Breakfast. Schemed subject of Lord Salisbury & Ploughman. At 11.45 photod Stace. Not very successful plates. Developed etc after. M went to have tea with Mrs Hugh Adams at the Monument. Back 7.0pm. M & self dined quietly. Roy dined with the Whish's. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Advertisement in Daily Mail.) Friday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wrote letters & out on cycle round School route. Met L.C by herself. After F.C.B. Back & breakfast. Many letters. At 10.45 went on with drawing of Lord Salisbury as Ploughmen. Worked up till 9.30 when dined, M & self. Roy at Midge's. M called on Sir John Tenniel. Bed at 11.30 after snooze.
Tired. Took 2 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Finished most successful cartoon of Lord Salisbury as Ploughman.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Marion Van Tromp.) Saturday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out for walk up Holland Walk. Rags very troublesome. Breakfast. After put all photos away & sorted others. At 1.0 dressed & left by 2.30 in carriage with M to Kings X. Great difficulty getting the mare along, Cracked heel. Saw Sir Francis & Lady Jeune. Down to Hatfield with lovely girl & her mother & step father. Told by Mrs Armstrong it was a Miss Elsie Fox. Mother married again a Mr Dashwood. Received by Lady Gwendoline. Saw Bancrofts, Liveseys, Tadema & Richmond, Mr Seddon, Sir W Harcourt (older) also Mr Manns conductor & many others. Chinese lady, Minister for Uganda, also Liberian Minister. Left with the Armstrongs at 5.50 & caught the 6.20 train. In same carriage with Lady Cecily (blank) & her sister. Walked over to Met Rly & home to High St Kens. M & self walked & got lobster & fruit & strolled thro' Kensington Gardens home. Began to rain. Dressed & wrote diary. Dinner 8.30, M, Roy & self. Bed at 11.45 after snooze. Took 2 C.L.L.P. (Red ink across page: M & self went to Lord Salisbury's Garden Party at Hatfield.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Charles Kegan Paul. Death of Louisa Ponsonby Fane.) Sunday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Damp cold morning. After went on bicycle across Park & home. Met Boughton, had a talk. Breakfast. M doing her room. After squared prints & put drawers straight & then lunch. Dear Nonie did not come. Rest after. Could not find Mademoiselle de Maupin. At 3.50 changed. Nonie in drawing room with soldiers. Left at 4.15 & went with Roy to Sir A.Hickman's. They had missed yesterday's garden party. Played 8 sets of tennis, Roy & self v. young Doctor & Sir A. We won 4 sets to 6. Very good games. The best of the season. Left off 7.15. Gave man 5/s. M was at Hickmans & I did not know it, with Rags. At 8.5 Miss Rose Innes dined M, Roy & self. She left fairly early. Looked at atlas. Read de Maupin & bed at 12.0. Very curious dream, girl & John Bull. Took 2 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Last lawn tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's, Roy & self. Miss Rose Innes dined.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mr C.Kegan Paul. Mon July 21.) Monday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Late out on cycle. Saw L.C, said 'Late'. After thro' Fulham Road & home. Wrote letters etc. After instructed Otley to go to May's, Grossmith's etc. Left at 12.0 & walked with M over Campden Hill. Went by 2d tube to Bank. Walked over. Met Allen. After to Lyons Restaurant. After waiting saw Roy. Lunch. Birnbaum, Thompson etc. Hot poisonous rooms. After out & attended meeting at 18 St Swithin's Lane of British Empire Contract Co. Saw Mr Moorhead & also Colethorpe Hay & Backendorf & another. Better news if true. After to Exhibition at the Guildhall of French & English pictures of the 18 th century. Lovely portrait of Robespierre by Greuze, 2 Romneys Lady Hamilton. Out. Dark & rainy. Attended meeting of Imperial Jarrah Wood Co. Very angry shareholders. Decided I hope to amalgamate. Left. Threatened rain. After by bus to Gaiety. No seats. Called C.C. No letters. Tea at the Garrick. After called Sands & Hunter & after to Turnbull & Asser. Walked home. Got strawberries. Dined at 8.0, M, Roy & self. They bed at 10.0.(Red ink across page: Atended meeting Imperial Jarrah Company. Lunch with Roy at Lyons.)
Tuesday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle. Cold & dull. Roads up by School. Saw no L.C. Governess & child. Round Radcliffe & home Nevern Sq. Breakfast. After wrote letters etc. Put all photos & prints square at last in drawers. Lunch. After read Mademoiselle de Maupin. Very much pleased with it. Tea & schemed Almanack double page for 1903. After at 6.45 dressed & dined 7.5. Roy down late. M & self & Roy left in Otley's 4 wheeler & went to the Gaiety Theatre. Dora came. Saw for about the 4th time the Toreador. Out at 1.15 & home in 4 wheeler, M in Dora's carriage. Snack & to bed at 12.30am. Tired. Dull heavy day. (Red ink: M, Roy & self to the Gaiety, saw the 'Toreador'.) (Cutting glued in: Garden Party at Hatfield, list of attendees. Mon 21 July.) Wednesday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Wet dull morning. Out & over Campden Hill. Met little W.E. Letters. Breakfast. After M going to lunch with Mrs Welby. Sent Otley to C.C. My bag of costumes found. At 3.0 photod Miss M.Hall for the Xmas number. Out at 5.0. Tea in Club & wrote letters for 1½ hrs. Saw Mrs Craigie who said Club was on its last legs. After Thompson Lyon. Walked with bags to the Punch dinner. Complimented hugely on 'The last Furrow'. F.C.B, self, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long time discussing cuts. Did not leave till 11.0pm. Home top of bus. Roy & M had been to see The Merry Wives of Windsor. No, this was tomorow. Bed at 12.45 after reading paper. (Cutting glued in: Death of Samuel Izant.) Thursday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. Met no one. After schemed subject of Balfour & Hicks-Beach as Shylock. Sent Otley to May's. Photod Roy before he went to the City, Otley after. Developed & enlarged. M out to lunch. Rested an hour & enlarged. M & Roy went to dine at Mite's & went to see 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'. Self dined by self & rest after 8.30. M back at 12.15 after supper at Mite's. Bed 12.45am. (Cutting glued in: Death of H.H.Princess Caroline Murat.) Friday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & out. Went for cycle ride to Earls Court Exhibition. Waited ¼ hr. After to work all day on drawing of Hicks-Beach & Arthur Balfour. Finished at 7.15. Dressed & by bad cab to the Athenaeum. Dinner to Order of Merit. Shook hands with Mr Watts, Lord Roberts, Kitchener etc etc. Poor dinner. Canon Ainger. Back at 12.0 in wet on top of a bus. Roy just back from Drill. Read paper & to bed at 12.45. Freda left for a fortnight's holiday. Wrote letters before breakfast. (Red ink: Dined at Athenaeum, dinner to members of new Order of Merit.) Saturday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. M fast asleep. After down breakfast at 9.10. Went & had hair cut & for walk as far as Earls Court Exhibition & back. Very hot. M went out. Otley cleaning windows. Put things away etc. M & self lunched together. Rest for 2 hours after. Roy back & decided to go to Bozenkets. I mean Bosanquet. Went at 5.25 on bicycle in a strong gale of wind & miserable dust to Richmond. Rested on Barnes or Putney Common. Home 7.45. Got fruit at Butts. M & self
dined at 8.20 & went to the Earls Court Exhibition after. Crowds of people. Went round the wheel in a gale. Barking cads in same car. Walked home. Bed 11.45pm. Tired. (Red ink: Great summer gale. Cycled to Richmond.) Sunday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & walk up Holland Walk. Gave tramp 3d. Unsettled blowy morning. After wrote on mount & put all away etc. M up in my room. Roy at the Bosanquets. Lunch. Developed 2 doz plates & films. Rested till 4.30, after dressed & took M for walk to top of Row. Most lovely evening. M back in bus. On to C.C. Up in Studio & changed films etc etc. Wrote letters. Man with a voice exactly like Arthur Ryle. Home by bus. M & self dined by ourselves quietly. Bed after looking at Sir Harry Johnstone's book. M had nightmare. Monday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle past Cromwell Road. No School. On to Fulham or Lillie Road. Pillar box. Back at 9.15. Breakfast. Put up drawings etc. After man playing violin very well in the street. Gave him 6d. All morning putting things square etc. Lunch, M & self. After went by bus to C.C & at 3.30 photod Miss D. No good. Out at 5.0. Had cup of tea at the Garrick & walked on to the Punch dinner. Phil A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, R.H, O.S. Bet Lehmann £1 to £2 there would be a Coronation in the Abbey on the 9th. Out & at 10.45 or 11.0 home on top of bus. Extraordinarily pretty young woman, very tall. Went entire way & on towards Hammersmith. Home & read paper. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Punch dinner for Bank Holiday.) Tuesday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & cycled along Holland Rd & back up Notting Hill. After sent Otley to May's & schemed subject of William Tell & Apple. Difficulty to get a boy. Developed & enlarged by 4.30. Tea & on to work. M came up for a short time after. Dined at 8.30pm, M, Roy & self. Quiet evening afterwards. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Georges Vibert. Tues July 29.) Wednesday July 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Redcliffe Gardens. Coming back thro' Edwardes Square met or saw Bee Bars on balcony. Stopped & spoke to her & Evelyn. No, up at 7.0 & worked from 7.0 to 8.30 when did the above. Hard at work all day & finished at 9.30 when we dined, M, Roy & self. Roy had been packing. Thursday July 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. M had had better night. Out after writing to Great Northern Railway Compy. Walked up Campden Hill. Gave O.W 2d. Breakfast. After at 10.5 walked to pillar box & back. After in morning put things straight etc. Tired. Printed a great many blues before lunch. Rested from 3.0 to 4.30pm. M went out in the carriage. Mare out for 1st time since going to Lord Salisbury's. At 5.30 got on cycle & went round Barnes. Went quite to Sheen. Met V.H. Likely to do well. Back & home 7.15. M, Roy & self dined quietly at 8.10 & quiet evening after. M took yellow chartreuse which disagreed with her. (Red ink: Cycled to Barnes.) Aug 1902
Friday August 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. M had been seedy in the night. Out & cycled right round Park. Someone shouted at me in the Bayswater Road. Dear M packing & not over well. She left at 11.30 with Otley in a 4 wheeler. Otley came back at 1.30. Said she had got off all right. Developed 3 doz films. Mostly spoilt by damp. Lunch by self. Dressed. Missed Roy. By bus to Victoria down to K.P. Back at 6.15 at Stafford Terr. Carriage ran into an organ at corner of Brompton Road. Wire from Tree to say no room. Dined by self at Stafford Terrace & after up by cab to Garrick Theatre. Went to see 'The Bishops Move'. Poor play well acted. Garrick after. Cockerell (or like him) there. Apollinaris & home by bus from Piccadilly Circus. Read paper & bed 1.0am. (Red ink: M left to visit Edgar. Went to see 'The Bishop's Move'.) Saturday August 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 in morning & cycled round Bayswater. Breakfast. In morning printed blues etc & tidied. Left after lunch & to the C.C. There 2.30. At 3.0 photod 1st time Miss V.H. Fairly good model. Out 6.0. Ordered dinner at the Garrick. To Drury Lane. Dressed & dined next Percy Fitzgerald. Saw Joe Carr & gave him 2 matches dressing. Poor dinner. To Apollo Theatre. Saw 3 Little maids. Next an awful man with indigestion. Lady said she preferred my taking my own place. Out & to Garrick. Saw Galloway & Lord (knows who). Home by the carriage at 1.15 (arrived). In drawing room & bed. (Red ink: Went to the Apollo Theatre.) Sunday August 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Cycled to end of Holland Road. Fine sunny morning. After back. Breakfast. Walked up hill to try & stop Otley going twice for model. All morning developing etc. Plates good. Lunch. Enlarged M.R. Rest. Tea. Dressed at 6.0 & up by bus to dine at Garrick. Wire fom Charing X & after till 8.0 changing films in the Studio. Quiet dinner there. Saw Col Welby. Smoke & read The Fortelling of the Future by Maeterlink. Very much impressed. Home after by bus & in morning room. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Dined at the Garrick.) Monday August 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & cycled to Barnes. Got wet through. Very few about. Breakfast 9.45. After printed blues etc & developed remaining films taken Saty. Lunch (Oh!) Very tired after. Rested for 1 hr, 3.30 to 4.30. Tea. Felt seedy. Dressed at 6.45 & left 7.15 by bus to the Athenaeum Club & dined by self. Saw Percy Fitzgerald. Talk to a gentleman after in the smoking room. At 8.20 went to see The Merry Wives of Windsor. Good. Saw Kennerley Rumford & wife in box. Round at back after & saw Mrs Kemble & Ellen Terry. Athenaeum. Wrote 4 letters & home by carriage at 11.45. Read St James's & bed 1.15pm. (Red ink: Dined at the Athenaeum. Went to see 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Judge French Q.C.) Tuesday August 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out on cycle. Round Bayswater. Letters from M. Dull morning. Sorted desk etc. After lunched & went up at 3.0 to C.C. At 3.0 photod Miss J.Johnston. Poor model, won't do. Out at 5.30 & to Club. Wrote Owen, M, etc etc. After strolled to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long discussion. Actually got a double Coronation drawing to do all over again. How to
do it? Otley met me with cart & we drove home. Posted letters at Charing X. Read paper & to bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Punch dinner for Coronation number. Last saw F.C.B till (blank) Wednesday August 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. A wet moning. What shall I do. Skemed subject & sent Otley off with cart & mare at 9.30 for costume. After Stace came at 11.30. Heavy wet. Nevertheless put out table as throne & Miss Tambay came at 11.45 & waited. Got all photos by 1.0pm. Lunch. Photod flags after. All done tho' under the greatest difficulty by 4.45. Worked till 8.45 when dined by self. After in the morning room. Bed 12.0am. Thursday August 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & walk round C.H. Wrote I could not finish drawing until Friday. After to work all day. Again enlarged 2 figures after breakfast & to work all day until 9.0 when dined by self. Cheque from Mr Barr for £144 came 4.10. The last one I shall receive. Read after & to bed tired 12.0am. (Red ink: At work on drawing of the King & Britannia & Peace.) (Cutting glued in: In memoriam Augustus Harris.) Friday August 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am & did 2 hours work on King & out & breakfast after. Worked from 10.0 to 2.30 when finished drawing. Hastily dressed & lunched. Up by cab to C.C & at 4.0pm photod Miss Atherton. Good model. Came over very dark. Left 6.0 & called Garrick. Wrote a few letters & to M. Home by bus. Had sent costume back to May's by Otley in the morning. Dined at 7.45 by self in same coat & did not go out after. Rested in chair dead tired. Bed 11.30pm. Wire from Mite to say Lennie would take her to the Coronation tomorrow. (Red ink: Finished Coronation drawing.) Saturday August 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am. Had a cup of tea & left with old mare in cart & Otley for the Athenaeum. Not the slightest trouble getting there. Passed long file of Indian troops. On steps met Tedder & what proved after to be Mr Egerton Castle. On balcony. Met Stone (Marcus's brother a dull dog) old Aitcheson & Weigall. Had a very good breakfast with Harrison. Saw Conrad Cooke. Waited from 9 to 2.30pm before the King passed, when saw him with his crown on. Glass focussed on old clergyman & good looking girl biting her nails. Many women fainted. Descended & had lunch. After talk to Bodley in the smoking room. A bilious eyed man. Left at 5.0 & made my way home. Put photos away from 6.0 to 7.0. Dressed & left for the Garrick. By bus to Knightsbridge. Walked to Club. Heavy rain. Got hot & wet. Uncomfortable. Dined at the Garrick. Saw Col Welby, Dot Bouccicault & young Hare. Cigar after. Dead tired. Slept in reading room fom 10.0 to 11.30pm. Made my way home. Walk up to Knightsbridge. Crowds of walking soldiers & girls shouting & singing. Saw only one I knew, John Penn in a pot hat. "Thank God you see one face there you knew when you were young". Walked to Knightsbridge, bus home. Nº 10 & Mr Gillespie illuminated. Bed at 1.0pm. Tired. (Red ink across page: His Majesty's Coronation Day.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary George Dalziel. Fri Aug 8.)
Sunday August 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out 8.30 for walk with Rags. After breakfast, & on cycle at 9.25 to end of Holland Road & Anselm Road. Back & after packed bags etc. Put things straight, Otley helping. Lunch. Rested in chair. Wet in forenoon. Fine after. Freda back. Opened my poor mother's tin case which had been padlocked for ten years. Nothing in it at all except old writing cases & photos & old letters principally my own. Very sad. After in evening dressed & went up by bus to the Athenaeum Club where I dined. Saw Norman Lockyer & Mr Morton who did not like my mistaking him for another Mr Morton. Fildes came up to me after dinner. Long talk & smoke with him after. Wrote letters & had to wait a long time for omnibus. Just got the last Turnham Green bus. Home. Read & to bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Dined at Athenaeum. Talk to Fildes.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Guy Luther. Death of Jessie Martin.) Monday August 11 Stafford Terrace. Freda never called me. Up rather late 8.30. Put remaining things together & off after breakfast with Otley & mare & dog cart to St Pancras. Got carriage. Inattentive man with reserve labels. 2 American ladies in smoking carriage by mistake. Mother & daughter. Daughter very tall. Was of some assistance to them getting lunch. Came across Capper of the Times. Lunched with him. After dined with him. Opposite French maid. Long weary journey. Had had to pay £1.4.6 for a ticket on the North British Railway. Very much annoyed. Had to change at Edinborough. Just did it & on to Perth. Arrived 11.45 & to bed. Capper got out at Galashields. Told me story of his friend coming in to estate. M returned from visiting Edgar. Had I fear a tiring journey. (Red ink: Went to Ballachin.) (Cutting glued in: Death & Obituary of James Tissot.) Tuesday August 12 Station Hotel Perth. Up 7.30am. Got a bath. Breakfast. Good & the bedroom comfortable. Wrote letter to Mr F.W.Jackson & also to M. Out to catch the 9.30 train. Absolutely no crowd. Got off an hour late nearly. Took 10 photos. On to Ballinluig. Trap met me. Wolff at the door. Changed into check suit & lunch at 1.0pm. Party in the house. Mr & Mrs Pirrie, Miss Carlisle, Mr Dugdale, Mr Torrey, Miss May, Wolff & self. Started with Wolff & Pirrie riding a dark grey mare. Began to shoot. Sport not very good. Got to self about 7 brace, 2 hares. They left off at 5.30. Self went on to 6.30pm when walked home with gun. No rabbits. Back at 7.30. Bath. Dressed. Very good dinner. Game of billiards with Torrey. He gave me 30 & beat me by 40. Bed. A lamp in the room. Restless at night. Good fox terrier of the name of Bryan. (Red ink: Arrived at Ballechin. 1st day. Shot with Pirrie & Wolff.) Wednesday August 13 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.15. Out in the garden for gooseberries. After breakfast started off with Torrey to go to Home Moor. Rode the white pony. Got 3 birds & a teal almost at once. Party from the next moor at fence. Lunch by a spring. Flies awful. 17 brace altogether. Last ½ hour tired & no birds. Got on white pony & the boy immediately took him into a bog. Cut my thumb. Went on after & left off at 6.0. Walked home the back way by Pitcastle. Home 7.0 bath & dressed. Dinner. My glass ½ full. After long talk with Mrs Pirrie. Played Dugdale game of billiards & caught up 40 points. Nearly beat him. Changed my plates &
bed 11.45pm. Very tired. Restless at night. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot with Torrey. Good. Cut my thumb. Flies oh!) Thursday August 14 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15. Tired. Off to gooseberries. After at 10.0am Dugdale & self started for the far moor. Rode Sandy's roan. Long long ride. There 11.50. No cartridges. Gave Sandy & Gillie a Teneriffe cigar. Began to shoot 12.0. Flies awful. Got 12½ brace in 1 hour. Saw Pirrie on the hill. Lunch. Rain came on. Flies worse. Shot from 2.20 to 3.15 when rested on a hill for ¾ of an hour. Joined party again at 4.0 for drink. After went on again. Good 2 shots on top. Left off 5.40. Walked with Dugdale to centre of moor when mounted the grey & rode almost home. Actually 6 people on road. Wore my old brown checked coat. Back at 7.0pm. The motor with Torrey & Miss May had been to St Andrews, 110 miles there & back. Dinner, especially good soup. Very tired. Played 100 up with Dugdale. Beat him by 2. Bed. Restless at night. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot. Came on rain. Flies awful.) Friday August 15 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15. Out in garden after gooseberries with gloves on. No shoot. Wrote letters & made mistake in dates of this diary. Pirrie, Torrey & Wolff off to the moor. At 12.0 walked up hill. Very hot. Took 12 photos. Back & changed. Lunch. Mrs P, Miss C, Dugdale & self, and after at 2.0 went in motor with Dugdale & Miss May to Loch Rannock. Lovely ride over moors etc. Tea at Inn at 4.0pm & back by Blair Atholl & Pitlochry. Photod flock of sheep. Back 6.20. Annoyed man had shifted my papers & box of plates. Pirrie & Torrey back at 6.45pm. After dressed leisurely & dinner. Drank claret. Took Miss C in. Played Mr Dugdale game of billiards after. Was beaten by 10 points. Changed my plates & bed at 11.30pm. Restless at night. Dunalistair proprietor of Hotel. (Red ink: Motored to Loch Rannock.) Saturday August 16 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15 & out. Gooseberries. After breakfast it was decided to do the far moor. Started 10.20, Mr Torrey, Mr Dugdale & self. Rode the old roan. Wet the entire day. Began to shoot 11.45 & went on to lunch in a barn. Torrey's Australian stories. On & on in the wet till five minutes to six. Shot an old hen grouse & left her brood of 5. Bag 26 brace, 10 hares. Long way home. Got on grey at burn on moor & home by 7.20. Milk & soda & dressed. Dinner. Champagne & after played 100 up with Mr Dugdale. Beat him by 10. Bed 11.15. Tired. Read. Restless in night. Sleepy after dinner. (Red ink: 4th day's shoot. Wet all day.) Sunday August 17 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15. Out & discovered the raspberries. Dull grey morning. Breakfast. After wrote letters the entire morning. Motors out & killed a colley dog. Miss Mulligan arrived. Letter from M. Went on writing till lunch at 1.30pm. After at 2.30 the 2 motors left, 1st with Wolff & Pirie to Sir Donald Currie's, the 2nd with Miss May, Miss Mulligan & self all driven by Torrey in Peugeot motor to Loch Tay. Past the Marquis of Bredalbane's castle. Delightful old Inn. Scenery. Thro' Aberfeldy & home at 5.0pm. Dull coldish afternoon. After wrote letters again & dressed. Dinner. The Pirries' last night, Pirrie holding forth
on the Trust. Good dinner. Claret. After played Dugdale 100 up, lost by 20 & 1/s. Bed at 11.30pm. Read 'In a Fog' by R.Harding Davis. (Red ink: Went to Loch Tay & Bredalbane.) Monday August 18 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.15. Raspberies in garden. After wrote more letters. Off at 11.0 on motor to end of Pitcastle shoot. The Pirries left at 10.0am with a maid. Rode white pony up hill. Began to shoot at 12.0. Got 2½ brace of birds to self by 1.30 when pelting rain came on. All in the hut by the loch. Started to walk home at 2.30. Got there 4.0pm. Spoken to by telegraph boy. Changed & after tea at 4.45 played 500 up with Dugdale. Beat him at 350 by 100. Paid me 2/6 & dressed for dinner. Took Miss May in. Champagne. After in drawing room. No billiards after dinner. Bed 11.30pm. Tired. Slept much better. Have shot about 60 brace of birds, 7 hares, 1 teal. (Red ink: Last day's shoot. Frightfully wet.) Tuesday August 19 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.15 & out for raspberries. Lovely morning. Wrote many letters. Dugdale off to fish. Photod up to lunch time. Miss M Bond came. After finished packing & left for Ballinluig by motor at 5.0, Wolff driving with my traps. Small boy frightened on pony. Off to Perth. Dined. No one I knew. Left at 8.0 for Carlisle. There 11.30 & left for St Pancras. Very comfortable journey & no trouble. Otley met me in the morning at 8.0am. (Red ink: Left Ballechin. Miss Bond came.) (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary of Wilfred Loder. Aug 22.) Wednesday August 20 On board train between Perth & St Pancras. Arrived home 8.45. Otley met me. Dear M & Roy there. All morning developed & unpacked etc. Lunch with M. Left at 2.30 & to C.C. Called Sands & Hunter. At 3.30 photod Miss J.J. No good. Out. Garrick. Walked to Holborn Restaurant. Uncomfortable dinner. Phil A, self, Raven H, & met Mr Graves for 1st time. Tired. Home by 2d tube. Back at 11.0pm. Thursday August 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Cycled & called & wrote letter to Phil Agnew. Back at 12.0. Photod Otley & Stace for Boers & John Bull. Seaman to lunch. Finished by 5.0pm. Dressed 6.45. M, Roy & self went to Daly's Theatre, saw The Country Girl. Shah at Hippodrome. Back by Otley's cab. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Went to see The Country Girl.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Alfred Hickman, son of Sir Alfred Hickman M.P. ) Friday August 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Round Park on cycle. Back. Lovely morning. Fresh. A sort of stiff neck came on in the bath. To work at 10.30 & up to 9.15pm when finished drawing of Boer General & John Bull. M & self dined quietly. Roy out at Romano's to dinner. Back at 11.45. Bed. Neck very painful. Saturday August 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. In pain all night with my neck. Dull, close, heavy morning. M up early, packing to go to Mite's. Out at 8.45. Walk round Campden Hill with old Rick. Maharaja of Jaypore gone. After dear M packing all morning clearing up etc. Put artist's bag up etc. Lunch. Saw to photography hut etc. Left by cab to C.C. 2 letters. On Garrick & to Charing Cross. Caught the 4.22 down to
Balcombe. Met M at Red Hill, 2nd train. After walked with Lennie & Roy to house. Delightful. Dressed. Dinner. Champagne. Roy's & Mite's birthday drunk. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Came down with M to Balcombe House to stay for 1 st time.) Sunday August 24 Balcombe House. Up at 8.15. Out before breakfast. Dull heavy close damp day all day. In morning read Doyle's book on Napoleon. Lennie & Mite went to church. Dear Linley & puddles. M & self walked into kitchen garden. After lunch motor round 2.30 & all went to Nymans. Round house. Back by 4.30. Tea. A Mr Murray called & after a gentleman & his wife. Walked to their house. Yew trees cut into figures. Back. Rain. Dressed. Dinner. Sleepy after. Bed 11.0. Slept well. (Red ink: Dull heavy moist day.) Monday August 25 Balcombe House. Up at 7.15am. Bath etc. Lennie & Roy off by 8.20. Finished Doyle's book & took M to lake for a walk. After drew Balcombe House in book. Fine sunny morning & better weather. After wrote letters. M & Mrs Hohler & another lady came to lunch & a Miss FitzGerald, daughter of Sir Gerald FitzGerald. Such a yarn about their impecuniarity. After Lady Frederick FitzRoy came. Lennie & self went into the village. After dressed & left at 7.5pm in carriage & pair to drive to dine with the Messels. Lennie, Mite & self. M did not go. Mrs Sington & Miss Briggstock there. Dined. Played Mr Messel 50 up. Beaten. Back in carriage. Slept well. (Red ink: Dined at Nymans, L, Mite & self.) Tuesday August 26 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. Bath. M balcony. Breakfast not till 9.30. After Lennie not well. Things being moved. M in bed. Worked for 1 st time in room below. Lunch at 1.30. At 2.30 started in motor & delightful run 30 miles to Guildford. Did it 1 hr 25 minutes. Went to Williamson's shop & Olivers etc. Tea at the Lion Inn. Started back at 5.40 & arrived home 7.5pm. Had seen Briscoe Ray in Guildford with his daughter. M waiting. Violet Philips never came. Dinner. Tired. Pianola after. Bed at 11.30pm. Slept well. Dream of Fletcher playing quoits. A French game quite unlike quoits. (Red ink: Delightful motor run to Guildford.) Wednesday August 27 Balcombe House. Up at 7.45. Linley in room & broke ears off rabbit. After bath. Dressed in room below. After did some work & left at 11.50 to go to Balcombe Station. Met Miss Phillips on the step. Waited ¾ hour at Station. Jovial man chaffing girl. Did not get to the Garrick Club until 2.30pm. Lunch with BenceJones & Bangs. Left 3.0 & at 3.40 photod Miss Atherton for 2 nd time. Out at 5.30. On to Garrick. Wrote letters & then walked on to the P.D. Felt tired & ovenny hot. At the dinner Phil A, E.T.R, Graves, O.S, self, R.H. Smaller table. After long discussion got subject of British Academy. Left & to C.C by bus. Mounted up to Studio for dress & then to Garrick. Wrote letters & got envelopes back. Home by bus. Very hot & got over heated. Home 12.0. Roy in. To bed. Thursday August 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out & photod porch in Edwards Square. After back. Schemed subject & at 11.45 photod Miss Tanbay for British Academy. Developed etc. Also took 4 on roof. No wind. Lunch. Finished by 5.0. Worked till 7.0pm when
dressed & Roy & self went to see the play of 'Betsy' at Wyndham's Theatre. Good box. After to Garrick Club. Saw Col Jones, Sir James O'Dowd & Eric Lewis. Left at 12.30 & home by cab. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see 'Betsy'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Nathaniel Surtees.) Friday August 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. Back & to work after letters. All day at it. Wire from Tabs to dine. Roy back late. He went to dine with Stern. After dined by self & tired after. Roy in 12.0. Bed. (Cutting glued in: Obituary James Doel.) Saturday August 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out before breakfast. Had hair cut at 8.45. Over Campden Hill. Gave O.W 2d. Put all things away. Photod at 12.0 man from Nash's for Time & Otley after. Developed. Lunch. Enlarged. Man came from the Army Clothing Dept for Helmet etc. Had to see him. Dressed & left with Roy at 4.25 & caught the 5.0 down to Balcombe. Weary journey. There at 7.15. Dressed & dined with Sergeants of Lennie's Company. Sydney Clement & Roy also there. Young Cazell after. At 9.30 a dance. Many came. Mrs Tate & her son-in-law, the Messel party & Dr Messel, the Kenderdines, the Hohlers etc etc. Headache came on. Nightmare in the night. Roy got a knat in his ear & went through extraordinary contortions. Very painful. Dinner to (Red ink: Sergeants of 2 Vs Sussex Regt & dance at Balcombe House after.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Arthur Cassels Brown to Mimie Shakespeare.) Sunday August 31 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45 & bath. A pouring wet morning & Linley's birthday. Dear L & little Ann. Lennie & young Cazell went to church. Wrote diary up to lunch. Could not go to Nymans. Poured with rain. After lunch to 4.0pm Lennie played pianola. Changed to shooting suit. After motor at door & went to Nymans. Cazan, L, self & Roy. Tea & after walk to Lake. Miss Brigstock, Harold, Mrs Sington, Dr Messel, Mr M, Ruth & Eric Parker, Muriel, Hilda, Roy, Cazell, L & another lady Miss Campbell & self. After at 6.15 left in motor & home. M & Mite walking in garden. Dressed. Roy had been to the doctor & had a moth taken out of his ear. Quiet dinner, L, Mite, M, Roy, self. Clement & Miss Phillips music after, & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Wet day all day. Went over to Nymans in motor car.) (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary of John Nettleship. Sep 2.) Sep 1902 Monday September 1 Balcombe House. Up at 7.45 & saw Roy & Patterson off. Wet close morning. Note from Tate at breakfast to put off shooting. Worked till 12.0 when dressed & at 12.30 left with M & down to Balcombe Place. There 12.50. Looked over beautiful house until 1.30 when lunched. Tate & son-in-law Wignell. Started at 2.15 & began to shoot. Miss Vaughan Morgan walking with Tate, Wignell & self & shewing leg up to thighs. Only got 1 partridge & 1 landrail out of 9 brace. Left off at 6.0pm. Difficulty about motor. Had gone on to farm. Back at 7.0 & bath. Dinner 7.30. Champagne. Canon Reed dined. Sleepy after very. Bed 11.45. Slept well. (Red ink: Went over to Balcombe Place with M & shot in the afternoon with Tate & Wignell.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Harry Panmure Gordon.)
Tuesday September 2 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Both saw Lennie off. Dividend from the P & O Company. Wrote 3 or 4 letters & posted them. Lovely morning but came over dull after. Left with M in motor at 10.30 & at Nymans 10.50. Began to shoot with McLaren at 11.0 & got 3½ brace & a rat before lunch. Mrs Seligmann & her son came to lunch. Dull. Out again at 2.30pm it having rained heavily. Motor car man went with McLaren & self & mistook pheasants for partridges. Long walk & very close & hot. Many birds but very difficult to get at. Got another 3½ brace. Left off after walking back to the scene of the morning at 6.0pm. Had tea & back in the motor. Passed Mite's carriage. Bath. Very tired & done up. Dinner. Lennie depressed. Bed at 11.0. Sydney Clement's tooth bad. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Frank Penn to Ethel Hickling. Obituary of H.Panmure Gordon.) Wednesday September 3 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Bath. Still heavy morning but more wind. Lennie off. Breakfast. After put up washing & got to work. Gale blowing. Trees toppling over. Lunch & work after. Left in Victoria with M to station for 4.21 train. Changed at Redhill & up to town. Charing X 6.10pm. To Garrick. Otley fetched bags. Walked to Punch dinner. O.S, Mr Graves (with new knife) Phil May stories "Grave behaved as a perfect gentleman etc." Phil Agnew, R.H & self. Left at 11.0 & home by bus. (Red ink: Went up to town. Punch dinner.) Thursday September 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & up in room. Out on cycle past Kensington Square. Met at Redcliffe Square Miss V.Smith. Likely to be good model. Back. Breakfast. Sent Otley to model & to May's. At 10.30 photod flying drapery. After skemed subject of Canada & Sir Wilfred Laurier. Photod Miss Tambay. Finished by 1.0. Lunch. Enlarged till 5.30pm. After to work till 8.40pm. Dined by self. Read & bed at 11.30pm. Did not go out. (Cutting glued in: Death of Mathilde Souberbielle.) Friday September 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.50 & worked from 7.0 to 8.45. Out on cycle. Stopped by policeman from going across Park. All round the Park & met at end of Palace Gardens Miss Mercy Best, Burne Jones' model. Back home. Breakfast at 9.30. At 10.0am Otley & self photod enlargements till 12.0 for Xmas page. Lovely morning. To work on Canada & Sir Wilfred Laurier. Worked till 9.45 & dined at 10.0pm. Exhausted & tired. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Worked 14 hours on drawing & enlargements. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Valentine Birnbaum. Death of Charles Aveling.) Saturday September 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.50 & breakfast at 6.30am. After left by Otley's cab at 6.50 & caught the 7.30am Victoria. Down very tired to Balcombe by 8.45. Began to walk with bags. Trap met me. Breakfast 9.0, Miss Frazer, Sydney Clement & Violet. Dear M. After changed & left with Lennie at 10.10 in trap for Balcombe Place. Went partridge shooting with Tate. Wignell, Lennie & self. Lunch at cottage. Brilliant sun, very hot. 15 brace, self 2 brace. Wignell shot a nightjar. Left off at 6.0pm. Tea. Home in motor, Lennie driving. Changed & dressed & M, Mite, Lennie & self all went in carriage to dine at the Tates. Most pleasant dinner.
Sat at end of table. Organ after. Played 1 game of billiards with Wignell. Beaten by 10. Home 11.0. Bed 12.0 & very tired. (Red ink: Lovely day & dinner at the Tates.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir F.A.Abel. The wife of Richard Popkiss, of a son. Report of Charles Aveling's death by drowning.) Sunday September 7 Balcombe House. Up at 8.50. Bath. Breakfast at 9.30. After out with dear Linley picking mushrooms & looking for webs. Read Capn Kettle & poems by Allen Lindsay Gordon, an Australian. Most lovely day. All back from church. Lunch. Rest in corridor after. Tea on lawn. Sydney Clement just missed his train by a minute. Came back at 6.15. M, self, Miss Frazer, Lennie & Mite all walked to the Lake. Vic & rats in the hay ricks. Most lovely sunset & evening. Dinner. Very sleepy after. Lennie played Listz's music on pianola. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Most lovely quiet peaceful day at Balcombe House.) Monday September 8 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Most lovely morning. Saw Lennie off & after breakfast finished red annotation of this diary. Miss Phillips went up to town. After began to work on Xmas double page. Lunch. Felt unaccountably livery & sleepy after. Left at 5.0pm in motor. Went a walk to Handcross, Crawley & 3 Bridges. Met Lennie & saw Mr Messel. After home with L. Went with M & after with Lennie again to the Iron Spring. Dinner. Very sleepy afterwards. Miss Phillips back at 9.0pm. Bed after music. Tuesday September 9 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Saw Lennie off. Wrote letters & off at 10 in cart with dear little Linley to Nymans. Linley asked about water in water works. There 10.25. Went in to wood to find McLaren. Flushed a covey of birds. After McLaren, young Captain Gibbs & self got 3 brace only all day. Lunch & talk with Mrs Sington & Mrs Messel. Got very hot. Left off at 5.15. Tea. Read Times for ¼ hr. After Mr & Mrs Gielgud came. Saw Mr Messel. Walked up road & met motor at Handcross. Home. Dressed. Dinner. Very cheery. Invented Katrina, no Katinka. Music after. Talk to Lennie & bed at 11.30. (Red ink: Shot at Nymans with Mr Gibbs, only got 1 brace. 3 brace altogether.) Wednesday September 10 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. No papers came. Breakfast by self. After Lennie off. Wrote letters & annotated month of August 1901. After to village & down with M & chicks to the Spring. Back 11.15. Very humid & close weather again. Worked all rest of morning. Lunch. After packed & left with M & Mite in the Victoria. Threatened rain. Left by the 4.21 train. Dawdled along & missed fast train at Red Hill. Did not get to Charing X until 6.50pm. Otley met me. Heavy rain. Went to C.C. Letter from M.R & then Garrick & by bus to Punch dinner. O.S, self, Mr Graves, P.M, H.W.L, Raven H late at 10.30. Learnt at last from Lucy that it was the Orient Line for trial of steamer. Long time over cut. Left 10.45 & by bus in rain to the Garrick. Wrote to the Secy of the Orient Line, May's etc. Home by bus. Roy gone to bed. Had heard from F.C.B about the steamer on Aug 5. He would not tell me after what it was. What matter! (Red ink across page: Frightful time getting up from Balcombe.)
Thursday September 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill & breakfast with Roy. Dull rainy morning. Wired twice to Mabel Hall about sitting. After sent Otley to May's for Dutch dress & photod him. Delayed by heavy showers. By 1.0 developed etc. Lunch. Worked from 4.30 to 7.0 & dressed. Dined 7.30 & Roy & self went in heavy wet to see the play of 'The Marriage of Kitty'. Very good. Ellis Jefferies & Miss Marie Tempest. Out in wet & to Garrick. Talk to a Colonel Stacey. Yachting. Said how disappointed I was not to be going to Orontes. Home by cab. Sandwich & bed. A letter came by Express Delivery at noon, invite to the Orontes. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see The Marriage of Kitty. Very wet.) Friday September 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dull damp morning. Walk over Campden Hill. Would like to be going on board the Orontes. Breakfast. Could not find Lennie's letter. Looked into Orontes papers & found could catch the 11.50 Euston. Sent Otley to the office of the Orient Line. Wired M & decided to go. Finished drawing of Chamberlain & Botha at 8.30. Packed bags & dined at 9.15 with Roy. Left in Otley's 4 wheeler at 10.45 & to Euston. Got sleeping berth (single) & turned in at once. Woke & thought I had been carried on. Got out at Motherwell. Cup of bad tea. Slept fairly well. Very cold in night. (Red ink: Left London by night mail for Gourock to go on board Orient Liner 'Orontes'.) Saturday September 13 On board train to Gourock. Woke 6.0 & sat in sleeping berth. At Gourock 1 hr late 9.20am. Had to wait on quay for an hour & a quarter without breakfast. Met Freeman Murray & introduced to J.G.Colmer Esq. Got off on steamer & boarded 'Orontes' at 10.40 & breakfast at 11.0. Very hungry. Found Ouless & Frampton & Lockyer & Wemyss Reid on board. After out & talk. Changed into blue suit for lunch & sat next Frampton. Took Claret etc which upset me after. Auction of Lottery by a delightful old Scotchman called Adam. Played deck quoits with Freeman Murray & Colmer. After had bath & dressed for dinner. Astonished them all with having a flower. Dinner. Between Lockyer & Ouless. Only one toast, 'The King'. Sleepy after. Turned in at 11.30. Captain said ¾ gale on night. W.Reid's stories of Markham husband of Daisy Jackson. Sunday September 14 On board Orontes O.P.L. Up at 6.45. Bath. Out on deck after in peaked cap & lighter blue suit. (illeg) Had long walk & talk with Mr H.H.Dobree about Garrick etc. Good breakfast. After down coast past Lands End just before lunch. Took photos. Sun out just before & after lunch. Band etc. Talks to various people. Tea & at 6.0 bath after talking ¾ of an hour. Dressed. Dinner. Speeches by Mr Anderson, Hon H.Copeland, Jeune & the Captain & Admiral Sir G.D.Morant. Out. Sat & listened to band. Sleepy. Turned in at 12.0am. Packed bags. Took 4 C.L.L.P. Very effective. W.Reid's stories of 'Glass with care'. (Red ink: Marquis Hertford, Sir F.Jeune, Sir N.Lockyer, Sir W.Reid, Sir J.Luscombe, W.W.Ouless, Frampton, Freeman Murray. Met J.G.Colmer Esq, H.H.Dobree, Arthur Devitt, H.F.Devitt, Ad Sir G.D.Morant K.C.B, Hon Hy Copeland, Sir John Cockburne K.C.M.G, etc etc.) (Photograph glued in. Inscribed on reverse in red ink: Taken on Sunday Sept 14 by W.Douglas Lesslie, 5 Fenchurch Avenue E.C.)
Monday September 15 On board 'Orontes' O.P.L. Up at 6.45 & bath. Out in slippers on deck & saw we were off Folkestone. Up & down till breakfast. Bugle. Good breakfast & after took last 2 plates. Saw Dover & Ramsgate. Breakfast. After up & down. Rounded Thames. Bugle to lunch at 12.10. Last lunch good. Talk to Jeune & others. Ship gradually got into dock. Left Tilbury 2.15. Up in carriage with Lockyer, Wymss Reid, Mr Robertson, Ouless & Frampton. To St Pancras by 3.25. Cab home. There 4.10. Found dear M there. Tea. Wrote letters. Developed plates taken on ship. Tuesday September 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30.x. Dear M in a hurry. Out & round Campden Hill. Breakfast 9.15. M fitted with dress & off at 10.0 for Balcombe. Went on with Xmas page & after writing letters photod window man & Otley at 12.0. Sunshine. After developed & lunch at 2.0pm. Lowe sent a sword. After a heavy shower of rain came on. Delayed but enlarged 7 or 8 phos for Xmas page. Wings for Time etc. Tea outside. Finer after. Roy & self dined together at 7.45pm & left at 9.0pm & by cab to the Alhambra. Saw programme, ballet etc, 2 very pronounced Jews. Home after straight by cab. Bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: M left for Balcombe. Roy & self went to the Alhambra in the evening.) (Cutting glued in: Report on first voyage of 'Orontes' and list of passengers.) Wednesday September 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round past Kensington School. Girls all back again. After expected to hear from Miss Mabel Hall. Wired but no answer. Enlarged some phos etc & put room in order etc. Left at 5.30 & by bus to C.C. No letters. Called Garrick. Saw Bernard Partridge. Posted letters & to Punch dinner. O.S, self, Raven Hill very late, Graves, P.A, E.T.R, B.P, H.W.L. Congratulated on last week's cartoon. Long discussion. Partridge got cut of Irish Dragon etc. O.S spoke to me about assisting 2nd cartoon. Cheek. Left at 11.0, Raven H in deep talk to P.A. Bus home & wrote 2 letters to models. Roy out at the Garrick Club. Home late. Bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Lovely day.) Thursday September 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out & cycled past School & on to Redcliffe Square. Met Miss V.Smith & engaged her to come 1.15pm. Breakfast & sent Otley off to May's. Schemed subject & got ready. At 11.45 Miss Mercy Best came for 1 st time. Photod her & Otley & for cartoon of Britannia as well. After at 1.45 photod Miss V.Smith for Britannia & Jack Tar. Developed & enlarged.by tea time. Began work 5.0pm & up to 8.45 when dressed & dined with Roy alone. Did not go out after. Roy to bed. Slept in chair till 1.15am. Bed. (Red ink: Fine lovely day. Photod Miss M.Best & Miss V.Smith for Xmas page & Punch cartoon.) Friday September 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle, sending Otley to Knightsbridge. Foggy. Photod St George's Place in ruins. Home to breakfast. Roy went to dentist. After wrote letters & at 11.0 to work on drawing of Britannia & Terrible Boy. Worked till 10.0pm. Had enlarged 3 photos after lunch. Dined by self & tired after. Bed at 1.15am. (Red ink: Roy went to Balcombe with Lennie.) Saturday September 20
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Bath & put things together & not out before breakfast. Wound clocks etc. Left by bus at 9.40. Met Scotch Director of Orient Line. On by bus to Victoria & got out & photod St George's Place. Met Otley at Victoria & down by the 1.40 to Balcombe. Doubt as to being carried on. M met me above station with dear little Ann. To house. Walk to church. After saw Lennie & Roy (illeg) etc, Hohlers. Walk down to the Spring. Roy got 5/s for walking by hands over bridge. Lunch. The Hohlers etc. After smoke. The Hohlers left & Mrs Tait called. Tea. The Fox Adams's called. Walk with dear M to same Keeper's cottage we lunched at on the 6th. Lennie, Roy Mite & G.Frazer went in the carriage to Nymans & brought back the Geilguds. Dinner. Sleepy after. Music in drawing room. Bed at 11.45pm. (Red ink: Left London for Balcombe House.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Captain E.S.Earle to Adelaide Millais.) Sunday September 21 Balcombe House. Up at 8.20. Bath. Mr Gielgud before me, Roy after. Breakfast. Lovely morning. After pipe. Out & wrote letters. Mrs Gielgud, Mite, Miss Frazer & Lennie to church. Self & Roy after & Mr Gielgud walked round Lake etc & also went to the Spring. Lunch. An amusing man came, name of Jopling. Out on lawn. After Mrs De la Penha, Mr Gielgud, Roy, Miss F & self & Lennie all went for walk over hill to the Keeper's cottage. Lovely evening. Dressed. Dinner. Sleepy in the evening. Music. Roy tired. Smoke & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Lovely peaceful quiet day at Balcombe. Gielguds there.) (Cutting glued in: In Memoriam Ann Turner White.) Monday September 22 Balcombe House. Up at 7.45. Bath. Roy & Lennie off at 8.20. After got to work in earnest on double page for Almanack. Traced it all out. Felt heavy & tired. Lunch at 1.30. After rested in chair. Grace Frazer reading. Curtains being put up in drawing room. Worked from 4.0 to 5.45. Wrote letters & posted them. Mr & Mrs Gielgud left at 12.0, Mrs Messel fetching them, & young De la Penha came with his sister also. Walked at 6.20 to meet Mite & Lennie. Went over kitchen garden with Lennie & into Gardener's cottage. Good night to chicks. Canon Meade & his daughter dined. Champagne. Pleasant evening. Log burnt & shot cinders over drawing room. M rather seedy with her hand all day. Bed 11.0. Took 4 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Commenced drawing on paper of Xmas double page.) (Cutting glued in. Death of Elizabeth Du Boisson.) Tuesday September 23 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Bath. Breakfast. Very good Punch of mine. After finished red-lettering up diary 1901. Then went on to work all the morning on Almanack double page, up to 1.30pm. Mr & Mrs Hudson & Miss Patterson & Hilda Messel came to lunch. Hung about till nearly four & read La Débâcle. Went on to work. Put in wing of Time. Had to knock off & pack it up at 5.20 on acct of its being so dark. After wrote letters & posted them. Walked to meet Lennie & Mite. Dull grey. Roy had lost £4. Toads x'ing the road. Wrote 2 more letters to Barrington & Taylor & Co & posted them. Good night to chicks & dressed. Midges about. Dinner & quiet evening after. Bed 11.15. Roy lost 4£ by Childs. (Red ink: Hard day's work on quad page, no, double page.) Wednesday September 24
Balcombe House. Up at 7.15. Bath. Breakfast with Lennie after putting things up. M, self, Mite & Miss Frazer left by 9.38 from Balcombe for Victoria. Station half Persian. To V. Otley met me & home in a 4 wh, M with Mite in fly. All lunched together. Developed 1 doz plates of Miss Johnston. Rest in chair till 4.45. Tea & dressed. Went by 2d tube to Marble Arch. Called 26 Granville Place. On to C.C. Letter from M.R. Garrick & to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, H.W.L, F.C.B back since Aug (blank) self, R.H (late) G, O.S & P.A. No mention of my cartoon. F.C.B had not even seen it. He's a Hass. Left at 11.0 & home with easy subject by bus. (Red ink: M & self came up from Balcombe to Stafford Terr.) Thursday September 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out past Kensington High School. Met L.C. Last July 21. Round Earls Court & home. After breakfast skemed John Bull & Boer & at 12.30 photod Stace & Otley. M & self at lunch. Enlarged & up in room 3.50pm. Most lovely day. Perfect in every way possible for work. Had written letters about tomorrow's journey to Mr Brook, Carlisle & Springkell. Sent Otley to Stores in afternoon. Went on to work & up to 8.15 when M, Roy & self dined together. M to bed at 10.30, Roy 11.30. Rested in chair & bed. (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Latky. The wife of Siegfied Herkomer, of a son.) Friday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.50 & worked 1½ hrs before breakfast. Put in printing etc & began to shade drawing. Breakfast. Did not go out. M packing to get off. She left at 10.30 with Otley. Roy after. Went on to work & finished drawing quite easily by 2.0pm. Lunch. Had sent Otley to the C.C with stick etc. At 2.45 left by cab to C.C. There 3.15. At 3.25 M.R came 1 st time since April. Long talk. No good as model. Out. After changing films at 5.20 to Garrick. Tea. Got glasses left there on Wednesday. Home by bus full of ugly women. Wrote on drawing for de Pass etc. Dined by self at 8.45pm. Rest in chair an hour afterwards & left 10.50 in Otley's cab for Euston. Otley got out & carried cartridges. Comfortable sleeping berth. Woke at Crewe. Long stop & doubts as to connection at Kirtlebridge. (Red ink: M left in morning for Springkell. Self by night mail. Photod M.R last time.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Latky. Sat Sep 27.) Saturday September 27 On board train near Carlisle. Woken by attendant at 5.45. Out at Carlisle 6.7am. Caught train for Kirtlebridge & on. 6.35am at K. Saw M's boxes. Drove to Springkell. Bath & changed. M in room. Breakfast & off to shoot at 10.0 driving 2 miles. 6 drives before lunch. Scarcity of soda water. 7 drives after. Got 4 hares, 1 snipe, 4 brace grouse or 5, & 4 brace partridge. One got up as I was walking roots by self. Shot it. Home 6.30. 3 cups tea. Bath. Dinner. Took Mrs J.F in. Game of bridge after. Very tired. Talk in smoking room till 12.20am. Bed. Party in house, Mr & Mrs Mitchell, Miss Pilkington, Joseph Farquharson, Mr & Mrs Linley Sambourne. (Red ink: 1st days shoot Springkell.) Guns: Mr Johnson Ferguson, Alex Johnson Ferguson, Mr Murray, Mr J Farquharson, Mr Mitchell, Mr Linley Sambourne. Sunday September 28 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.20. Bath. Good breakfast. Talk of thermometers & inkstands. After pipe etc. Wrote letters. Lunch & down in room after writing in
visitor's book. Looked over the Illustrated News for 1870 & the others went for walk. After went by self from 4.30 to 6.0pm. Tea when I came in. Had been to Kirconnel. Spoken to by a man in the churchyard. After read Esmond & dressed. Dinner. Took Mrs Johnson in. Game of (illeg) confiscate etc. Bed at 11.45 after smoke. (Red ink: Quiet day at Springkell.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of James Gribble. Sep 30.) Monday September 29 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.0. Down & wrote letters. After breakfast at nine all got off by 10.0. Wore Lady M's suit. A Mr Carmichael came to shoot. Arrived late. Missed 2 barrels at plover. In day shot about 25 head. Did not leave off till quite dark - 6.30. Drive home by 7.20. Ten to dinner. Took Mrs Mitchell in. Game of bridge after. M played carelessly. Long talk & smoke. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot Springkell. Grey day.) Tuesday September 30 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up 8. Bath etc. Saw luggage belonging to the McLarens. Breakfast. After in brown suit & shoes. Left in trap. Long time waiting. Off. Talk to J.F about the McLarens & prodigal cut off son. Disagreed with him. Shot all day about 19 head. Lunch in farm overlooking the Solway. Left off 6.10pm had got right & left at partridges. Drive home. Death of M. Zola. Dinner. Took Mrs J.F in & next young Carmichael. Game of bridge after & bed 11.45 after smoking cigar to the end. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot Springkell. Windy day.) Oct 1902 Wednesday October 1 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 7.15. Bath. Put up dressing bag etc & after breakfast Joe Farquharson, Mrs Mitchell & Mrs Carmichael left. At 10.40 M & self, Miss Barron & Miss Pilkington left. Goodbye. Caught caught 11.18 train from Kirtlebridge to Carlisle. Went to Mrs Rickerry's. Got M 2 brooches etc. Met Mr Jopling on platform. Coupé to selves. Lunch by self. Old professor & wife. Euston 7.0pm. Otley there. M home in cab. Self to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S. Cuts made up easily. Left 10.40 & to C.C & Garrick. 4 letters. Finale of M.R's sittings. Wrote May & home by bus. Drawing room, read. Bed 12.0am. Roy gave Harold M dinner at the Garrick. (Red ink: Back home from Springkell.) Thursday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Windy gusty morning. Out on bicycle. Wet. Past School. Saw L.C. After thro' Redcliffe Gardens, 17 Trebovir Road, Nevern Square & home. Breakfast. Saw Roy. After wrote letters & sent Otley to May's for boatman's costume. After photod him for Pierrepoint Morgan & also self. Miss Gill came 12.45am. Lunch 2.0. Sent Otley for Dr Orton. Met Mrs Freeman Murray in the morning. Lunch. Developed & enlarged. Sent Otley to Dr Orton & with trees for shoes. Worked from 4.30 to 8.15 when dined, M, Miss Gill, Roy & self. Very cold after dinner. Roy & Cape Horn. Bed at 12.0am. Friday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Roy to go off to Balcombe to shoot at Nymans. Out on bicycle short turn round Park. Bitterly cold north east wind. Breakfast. Letters.
After at work all day on drawing of Pierrepont Morgan trying to salt the Cunard Company. Worked till 9.15pm when dined with M. Quiet evening after. M went to bed. Roy went to Lennie to shoot tomorrow. Saturday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. M in bed with ear for breakfast. Dull cold grey morning. Out as far as Moray Lodge with Rags. Decided not to go to play with M. After putting things straight in morning & all photos away went on to work in afternoon on Almanack double page. Sent Otley to get cheque changed at 7.30pm. Did not go out. M & self had quiet evening & dinner together. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Read Wellington's Men. (Red ink: M seedy with her ear trouble. Quiet day, did not go out. Roy did not shoot at Nymans after all.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John Tanqueray.) Sunday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Walk with dogs up Holland Walk. Slightly livery. Did a little of the drapery on Almanack double. Took M for a walk, taking bus to Knightsbridge & walking back. Met Mr Kenneth Grahame. Lunch. Rested in room after until 4.30. Walked up to the Garrick & called C.C. Wrote letters & home by bus. M & self dined quietly. Good dinner. Roy at Lennie's. (Red ink: Dull cold weather. Walked up to Garrick at 4.30pm.) Monday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled round Kensington School & Earls Court. Saw L.C in road. Went up steps Nevern Sq. Went on to work seriously all day on the Almanack double page. Lunch. Developed 10 of M.R taken 26 Sep. Worked till 8.0pm when dined, M, Roy, Miss Gill & self. Roy reading 'Its never too late to mend'. Bed 12.30. Tuesday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Finer morning. Bright. Cycled round Park whole way. Poor Rags outside. After breakfast. M in bed. Got to work & at it all day on double Almanack page. Lunch. Developed 1 doz films, rest of M.R, taken Sep 26. After to work. Put in signs of the Zodiac. Left off 4.45. Dressed & left 5.40. Walked up thro' Park to mid Piccadilly. Bus. Called C.C & Garrick. Wrote 2 or 3 letters & on by bus. To Fishmongers Hall, London Bridge. Banquet to Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener. Sat next Sir Watkin Wynn & a Mr Vincent Bodley R.A. Owens & Sir Schomberg McDonnell. Left with S.D & on to Garrick. Talk & waited for Roy. Joe Carr. Home with box of sweets by bus. Slept in chair. Roy back at 12.45am. Bed. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Hankey.) Wednesday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled past School. Saw L.C & back thro' Palace Gardens & over Campden Hill. Most lovely morning. Came over foggy after. Worked up to 1.15. Put head of figure in for Almanack double page. After lunch. M had been for walk. Left at 2.30 & by bus to C.C. Photod at 3.30 E.J. Out at 5.0 & to Garrick for tea. After to Grant's to have leggings fitted on. After to Athenaeum. Found letters since Aug. Threlfall etc etc. Walked to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Good dinner. Complimented on last week's cartoon. Left at 10.15 & to the Garrick. Wrote letters & home by bus with
bag. Read & to bed 12.30am. Lucy asked me to dinner 21 st Tuesday. (Red ink: Most lovely October's day.) Thursday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & cycled right round Park, up Park Lane & home. Roy at breakfast. After schemed subject of Balfour & Chamberlain going to the Pole. Sent Otley to May's & books came from Mudies. Very heavy wet set in. Nevertheless photod Otley in Arctic dress & developed. Miss Gill & M at lunch. After cleared in afternoon. Otley helped etc. Got to work at 4.0pm. Woked till dinner. Roy out dining with Harold Messel. Quiet evening after & bed 12.0 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Death of Lady Jerningham. Fri Oct 10.) Friday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & walked round Campden Hill. Gave old W 6d & met little W.E. Band playing good waltz. After at work all day on drawing of Chamberlain & Balfour with Education Bill going to the Poll. Finished 9.15pm when M, Roy & self dined & quiet evening afterwards. Bed 12.15. Tired. Saturday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. Met no one. After back. All morning putting photos away etc etc. Lunch. Venison. At 2.0 M & self left & went up by bus to Charing X. Had centre of back row of stalls. Saw for 2 nd time The Marriage of Kitty. Met Miss Merryweather & a girl who refused to take her hat off. Out 5.0. Put M in a bus & called C.C & tea at Garrick. On to Athenaeum & made list of books. Home at 8.30 & dressed. M & self dined quietly & bed 12.0 after snooze. Read Kipling's story in Strand etc. After bed. Mite sent cheque for 2.0.0. Roy went to Lennie. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of The Marriage of Kitty.) (Cutting glued in: Death of William Hollebone.) Sunday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & out for walk. Met old Scotchman. Up Holland Walk. After at work in morning. At 12.0 took M for walk up Row & met the Braunsteins who asked us to lunch. Lovely sunny morning, had printed all back blues 10.30 to 12.0. Lunch. Venison. After rest in chair & worked from 4.0 to 8.0 on Almanack double page. Put in brambles etc. M in room reading Biographical Dictionary. Orton left a message. M & self dined quietly. Venison. Read Strand etc after dinner & terrible acct of earthquake at Martinique. Bed 12.15 after snooze. (Red ink: Quite quiet day at home.) Monday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Old Scotchman in road after dogs. Out round Vicarage Gardens to look for sale. After School. Saw L.C & round Earls Court. Home. After wrote letters. M to go to specialist about her ear at 12.0. Carriage 1 st used after mare turned out. Went down to say goodbye to M. Gone. Lunch by self at 2.0. M not back till 3.0. Had been kept by Mr Cumberbatch 2 hours. Very anxious. After up in room & worked till 8.0pm. Put in rocks etc. Roy back unexpectedly. Argued at dinner. M & Roy to bed at 10.0. Self snooze till 1.0. Strange dream of Miss R.I. Nearly w. (Red ink: M went to see Dr Cumberbatch. Roy back unexpectedly from Balcombe.)
Tuesday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out with old Rick. Walked up to Vicarage Gardens. House shut. Back. Breakfast. Lovely morning. After went on to work all morning on Almanack double page. Wrote about over reduction of my last week's cartoon. Lunch. After developed remainder of films taken 5 Aug. On to work again at 3.0. Sent Otley to Stores for cigars & wine. Worked till 8.15. Began to shade 7.40pm. At 8.10 Edgar & Sohpia dined with us. Roy came in late at 9.0pm from motor ride. Did not dress. They left after talk at 10.40. Read story in Sketch & snooze till 1.20am. Bed. (Red ink: Edgar & Sophia dined. Roy in late.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edgar Holl. Funeral of William Hollebone.) Wednesday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Hot bath. Gale of wind from W. Out round Campden Hill. Met no one. Breakfast. M blew up Roy last night. Wrote to Chesterton. Worked all morning on double Almanack page & dressed & lunched 1.30. Left by bus at 2.20 & went to C.C. Dull heavy gale & rain. At 3.40 Miss D came for 2 nd time. Good figure. Out at 5.0 & to the Garrick for tea. Left & walked to the Punch dinner. There 7.0. Up in F.C.B's room. Thanked for suggesting Push Ball. F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, O.S (vice-chair) B.P, R.H. Cuts made up by 9.20. Long talk & a very pleasant dinner in every way. Home on the top of a bus. Wet & dull. (Red ink: Very quiet pleasant Punch dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Isabella Countess of Carnwath.) Thursday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Cycled past School & Earls Court. No L.C. Back & after schemed subject of Parliamentry Ball (Push Ball). More difficult than I thought. Photod from Otley at 11.30pm & enlarged some prints. Lunch. On the moment after. Dear M's ear getting a little better. Mite came down the steps at 3.15pm. Dora came to tea. Worked up to 8.0pm. Got outline & at 8.20 M, Roy, Dora & self dined quietly. Quiet evening. Read June H(illeg) in Sketch & bed 12.30am. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Isabella Countess of Carnwath. Obituary of Peter Brotherhood. Oct 17.) Friday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. x. A lovely bright morning. Westerly wind. Cycled short turn round Park & back. Band & papers. After at work all day on Push Bill cartoon. Dora out. Worked up to 9.30 when finished it. Dinner, Dora, Roy, M & self. 1st evening off venison for 10 days. Letters from Lucy & Lord Inverclyde, also an American one. Very much annoyed to find my cartoon was done by F.C.G in the Westminster. Snooze after dinner & did not go up to bed until 2.0am. (Red ink: Lovely day. Very much annoyed to find my cartoon anticipated in the Westminster Gazette. Letter from Lord Inverclyde.) Saturday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out for walk. Round C.H. A beastly dark rainy morning. 2 letters about Push Bill cartoon from F.C.B. Also cutting from Westminster & Pall Mall Gazette. Dora preparing to go. Roy to go to Brighton. Put all things straight etc. Lunch at 12.40 & at 1.15 M & self said goodbye to Dora & dove to Drury Lane & saw 'The Best of Friends'. Valentine good as old Boer. Out 5.10 & put M in carriage. Tea at Garrick & on to Athenaeum & wrote to Lord
Inverclyde. Home by bus getting sausages & fruit. Roy gone to Brighton. M & self had very good dinner quietly. Rest after. Read 'The Book of the Serpent' by Sundowner. A dull dark day & sprinkling with rain nearly all day. Dora went on a visit to Mite's in the afternoon. (Cuttings glued in: Death & obituary of Charles Woolmer. Oct 20.) Sunday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out up Holland Walk. Met Mr Davis. Rick in the house. Worked from 10.30 to 12.0 when dressed & took M by bus to Hyde Park Corner. Saw Miss Hogarth & Miss Dickens, Capt Shaw. Walked home by 1.20. Gave O.W 6d. After developed plates of E.D taken on Wednesday. At 3.30 began to work again. Fanny Barker & Alice Linley called. Worked till 8.0pm. Put in rocks, wings etc of Time. M & self had good dinner, partridge. M sleepy after. Again read The Book of the Serpent. Bed at 12.15 after snooze. Not a bad day out of doors. Sunny & warm at times. Roy at Brighton with Conrad. (Red ink: Roy at Brighton with Conrad. Took M for walk.) Monday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Round Campden Hill. Met L.W.E. Breakfast at 9.0. Our wedding day. Dear M's ear a little better. Dull during morning. Worked all day on drawing for Xmas number. M went out with Sophia Herapath in the carriage & saw Otley whip the mare brutally & nearly gave him in charge. He did not tell me until tomorrow. M up in my room. Roy went to the 1 st Garrick Club House dinner. Gave him £1.0.0. After M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: Otley lashed the mare. M very much upset with him. 1 st House dinner at the Garrick Club.) Tuesday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round by Earls Court. Saw L.C & sister. Back. Breakfast & after worked all morning till 1.30 when dressed & went with M in carriage to lunch with Mrs Pirrie. M told me about Otley's lashing the mare yesterday. Pleasant lunch. Sat next Chevalier de Martini also a Mr Coates. Wolff, Mr Dugdale etc. Next Miss Carlisle. Long talk with Coates. Back & worked till 7.15 from 4.0pm. Dressed & cab to Lucy & dined. Good dinner. Met Sir A Malony, Verners etc etc. Malony 52 Cranley Gardens. (Plan of seating) Mrs Lucy's Dinner. Mrs Lucy, Sir Alfred Malony, L.S, Sir Rob't Reid, Mrs Verner, A.I Owens, H.W.L, Mr Verner, Sir John Aird, Lady Reid, a member of Parl. Malony took me home in his carriage. Slept till 2.0am. Rags woke me. Wednesday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Wet morning. Walked round Campden Hill. Breakfast. After went on to work on Almanack drawing all day. Lunch. Mite in to lunch & to stay. Finished drawing at 5.15 & sent it off 5.30. Dressed & to C.C & Garrick by bus. Letters. Walked to P.D. from Garrick. Good dinner. Guthrie back. Sir F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, Sir W.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G (back). Long discussion & Lehmann agressive. Got a John Bull & Balfour in Office. Left 10.45 & home by bus. Dear Mite & Lennie came home from dining with the Hohlers & going to see 'Quality Street'. Bed 12.10. Rick in Roy's room. (Cutting glued in: Death of George Vacher.)
Thursday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. x. bath. Out on cycle & went the entire way round Park. Home. Lennie & Mite & M & Roy at breakfast. After in morning schemed subject of Balfour & John Bull. Delph came at 11.30. No Stace. Waited till 12.45 when photod from Otley. Very much put out. Developed & enlarged. After worked till 8.0. A letter came at 4.0pm asking to get done tomorrow at 5.0pm. Absurd. Dinner. M, Mite, Roy, Lennie & self. Drank our Wedding Day in Deutz & Gildermann Champagne. Lennie liked it. Lennie smoked Wolff's long cigar. Bed at 12.0 after rest from 11.0 to 12.0. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite with us. Quiet dinner at home.) Friday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Cycled right round Park. Barometer rising. Lennie & Roy at breakfast. Roy to be away till Monday. After to work on Balfour & John Bull. Mite left in afternoon taking Roy's bags. Worked up till 9.0pm when finished. Took me from 4 to 9.0pm to shade. M & self dined quietly by ourselves & rest after. Bed at 12.0am. Tired. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite left. Roy went to Balcombe till Monday.) Saturday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Tea. After a cup of coffee & off by bus from Kensington Church to Athenaeum. There 9.0am. Wrote Langley etc. Had a most capital breakfast. After wrote more letters, Sir Lewis Morris looking on. Up at 1.15 on terrace. Old professor next to me & a gentleman who owned a balloon. Saw the King & the Queen well. After wrote to Mr Forbes & Sir Joseph Wilkinson. Walked to the Garrick. No letters at C.C. Lunch next Beetle. Saw Bancroft. After smoke. Went & saw The Country Girl for the third time. After saw Barrington who wanted to see me about The Water Babies. Home getting sausages & fruit, Jackymot with me. Lovely fine day all day. M & self dined quietly at 8.0pm. Indifferent pears. Nightmare in chair after. Bed 12.10. (Red ink: The King's drive thro' London. Saw the King & Queen from the Athenaeum. Went to The Country Girl after.) Sunday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. x. Met what I thought was a girl's school. Turned out to be Mrs Coward & 5 daughters. After in Holland Walk a friendly cat. Home. Breakfast. Looked over Times & packed things. At 12.0 took M as far as Berkeley Square & walked back. Drizzling with rain. Left cards on Vernon Watney & enquired. Coming thro' park M saw the King & Queen coming from St Paul's Cathedral after the Thanksgiving. Lunched by ourselves. After finished the Times & Illustrated papers. Squared up photos had had since 1879. William Stone called. Posted letters & M & self dined quietly. Read Natural History of the Thames after & to bed at 1.0am after snooze. Monday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & completely round Park on cycle. Lovely morning. Saw Coward & 2 girls. M to see Orton. Left & away at 10.40. Up by bus to C.C & at 12.0 took several doz films of E.D. Had lunch C.C. Out & to Garrick. Saw McLean & also Allan Aynesworth etc. Tea. Walked to Miles & had a suit tried on. To top of Bond St & home at 6.0pm by bus. Roy back. M had seen Orton. M & self
dined quietly together. Roy's tailer called just before he left. (Red ink: Half succesful.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Edward Pemberton to Yolande Dietz.) Tuesday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Cycled completely round Park. Foggy. Dear M down on return. After M packing. Put up my shooting things & wrote lots of letters. Mite in to lunch. M got off in carriage at 3.45. Sad going off by herself. Mite went with her. F.C.B called at 5 minutes to three. Talk & settled double page for the Durbar Number. He left at 3.45. Developed 6 films. Mite back to tea. Had printed all back plates of costumes. After left & dined with the Fishmongers Company at London Bridge. Went by tube. Great crowds in the City. Sat next the Editor of Country Life & Sir Watkyn W.Williams Wynnn. Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener there. Home by cab to Garrick with Schomberg McDonnell who shewed me the Victorian Order. After home in carriage. (Red ink: M left for Worthing. Dined at the Fishmongers Hall.) Wednesday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Felt all right. Cycled completely round School & back thro' Palace Gardens. Saw Sir Alfred Hickman & Lily H looking at a horse. After back. Breakfast. In morning packed for Friday. Put things straight & lunch with Mite. At 2.0pm left & by bus to the C.C. Pretty girl on top of bus. Studio 2.45. At 3.5 Miss J.J came. No good at all. Out 4.30 & to Garrick. Tea & after walked to Punch dinner. Met Partridge looking at a butterfly in the Strand. Punch dinner. Sir W.A, Phil M, B.P, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, Phil A. Good dinner. Told story of Siemens. Left at 11.0. Home by bus. Lennie & Roy in room smoking. Had been to the Tivoli. Acct of me in the New Penny Magazine. Bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: Mite & Lennie with us.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Leicester Reed, of a son.) Thursday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Bath. Dull wet morning. Walk over Campden Hill. Nobbled by old woman in Holland Walk. Breakfast, Lennie & Roy. After wrote letters. Sent O to May's. Schemed subject of Chamberlain trying on African costume & Brodrick Somaliland. Delph came at noon. Photod him & got all prepared. Dear Mite at lunch. She left 4.0pm. Went on to work up to 8.30pm when Roy & self dined together. Rest after. Roy attentive. He went to bed 11.0pm. Snooze in chair & bed 12.30am. Friday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & walk on Campden Hill. Gave Roy cheque. He left saying goodbye. Otley left with baggage at 10.0 for 10.30. Went on to work. At it all day on drawing of Chamberlain & Brodrick. Finished at 9.20 when changed & dined by self. 2 dividends came in. After dined 9.50 & left in Otley's cab at 11.30pm. To G.W.R. Very attentive, carriage to self & no charge for pillows. Got uneasy sleep & put out at Shrewsbury. (Red ink: Left for Gatley Park at 12.15am.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Margaret Grimston.) Nov 1902 Saturday November 1
4.50am. Woke on way to Shrewsbury. Got to Shrewsbury at 5.10 & waited about at station until 6.50 when took train on to Woofferton. Hamilton's carriage met me. Never gave up pass. Got to Gatley Park at 9.0. Dressed & changed. Tired. Breakfast with Dora & after all went out to shoot, Otley taking my cartridges. Had a very capital day in lovely weather. Shot well, 5 guns including Hamilton & self. Got about 17 pheasants & a dozen rabbits. Back at 5.0 & bath. Dressed. Dinner. Played H 2.100 games. Won both at billiards. Bed 11.0. Slept well. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot at Hamilton Langley's Gatley Park. Otley loading.) (Cuttings glued in: Illness & death of Margaret Kendal Grimstone. Death of Courthope Bontein.) Sunday November 2 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up 8.15. Good bath & breakfast. After Midge & Dora went for walk. Wrote many letters. Lovely morning. Bright sun. Walk with Midge after photoing. Game with H & the croquet ball. Lunch. Changed & at 2.50 went with Dora on bicycles to Leintwardine. Yawking yokels at gate of Park. Past Wigmore Castle. Back for tea at 5.0. Changed. Dinner 7.45 & quiet evening after. Bed 11.0. No billiards. (Red ink: Dora & self cycled to Leintwardine.) (Cutting glued in: death of Lennox Browne.) Monday November 3 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.0. Bath. Dressed in covert suit. Nice girl came at 9.45 to walk with Dora. All left 10.0 & up to shoot top covers. 1 st stand, girl with me, got 7. Colonel Davidson got 17 on rest of birds swerving. After not so many. Chattering before lunch. Lunch in a delightful old farm house. After nothing much until the last stand when birds came very well. Left off at 4.45 & walked home. Girl went with Col Davidson. Read. Very sleepy. Dinner. H annoyed with Midge for refusing Galbraiths' invite. After played 2 100 up billiards. Beaten both. Bed 11.0. 5 guns, H.L, self, Major McCann, Colonel Davidson & the keeper. Self got 14 pheasants all day. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at Langleys. Vera Kevill-Davis.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lennox Browne. Death of Louisa Parr.) Tuesday November 4 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.15. Strange dream of Colonel Rich & an officer's charger running away. H woke me. Put checked suit on. Breakfast. After wrote letters. At 11.20 H, self & Dora went up to ferret rabbits. Dora left at 12.15. Got 9 up to 1.20. Back to lunch. Had sent Otley back home at 10.30. Lunch off rabbits shot at 11.45. After wrote 3 letters & out again with H. Shot 15 rabbits. Lovely new moon. Tea. After read & dinner. Played H 2 100 games up. Each won one. Bed at 11.0. Self shot 12 rabbits. (Cutting glued in: Death of Frances Oliphant.) Wednesday November 5 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.10. After breakfast started in fog & mist which turned out to be heavy rain to walk up to top of hill to a little farm inhabited by one solitary old man. Called Gorsty Lodge, Bircher Common. Charles without a mackintosh went before me carrying guns etc. There 10.15. Major Kevill Davis came & his 2 brothers, one a clergyman. A Byronic youth. Major McCann got 2 birds. Good shots at beginning & 3 more after & one leaving. Miserable day. Walk home by lower lodge. Had sent Charles back. Letters. Bath. Dora & Hamilton back at 5.0 from shooting at Col Davidsons. 100 pheasants. Dinner. Beat H 2 100
games up at billiards. (Red ink: Miserable day's shoot in the wet with Major Kevill Davis.) Thursday November 6 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up 8.10. Bath. Breakfast. Another raining day. H off at 9.30 in cart to shoot. Wrote letters from 10.0 to 12.0. Put clock right. Schemed subject for Durbar. Lunch, Midge, Dora & self. At 2.30 Dora & self walked over to Croft Hall, Mr & Mrs Kevill Davis. Up hill. Came on to rain. Back at 2.45. Tea & packed bag, leaving things at Gatley. H back & a young Gunner. They got 230 pheasants. Dinner. Champagne. Game of 5s after. Ball went into the fire. Beat Gunner at billiards & bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Dora & self walked to Croft Hall. Rain came on.) Friday November 7 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.0. Bath & breakfast. After H, young Gunner & Dora left to shoot. Goodbye to Midge & left at 10.40 in cart. Drove to Kingsland. Very pretty woman & child with whooping cough. On to Lemster. Frightfully vulgar people in carriage. Civil guard. Read New Arabian Nights. On to Worcester & changed. Up to Paddington at 4.10. Otley met me & drove to Kings X. Caught the 5.0 train & down to Peterboro'. Put cartridges in case. On to Kingscliffe. Fly met me. On to Apethorpe Hall. There 8.15. Dressed by 8.30. Took Miss Maxsey in to dinner. Mrs Lawrence, Mrs Skeffington Smythe. Oh! An American lady, a clergyman minor canon, Col Lawrence, Sir Charles Euan Smith, Miss Cochrane. Very good dinner. They played bridge after. Most lovely long room. Talk to Miss Cochrane. Bed at 12.0. Slept well. (Red ink: Left Gatley Park for Apethorpe Hall. Through London.) Saturday November 8 Apethorpe Hall, Wansford. Up at 8.0am. Bath in room. Covert suit for shooting. Breakfast in delightful room. Beautiful bust of Lady Westmorland. Left in break. Sir C Euan Smith, Col Lawrence, C.N.Lawrence & self. Shot to lunch, got 38 birds. Pouring squelches of rain came on. South wind. Lunch in a tent. Mrs L, Miss Cochrane & Miss Maxsey came. Elaborate lunch & coffee after. Cleared up about 2.45. Shot 22 more birds, 60 in all. Left off at dark & walked back with 2 L's. Tea. In room & changed. Smoke, diary. After changed plates. Dressed. Dinner. Took Miss Cochrane in. Mrs S.S. Oh! at dinner. Sir C Euan Smith produced the leg of the table. Ladies retired early. Others at bridge. Bed at 11.15. Canon G had a wonderful (illeg) up at St Pauls. Canon Gilbertson. (Red ink: Shoot in gale of wind & storm, 4 guns. Apethorpe.) Sunday November 9 Apethorpe Hall, Wansford. Up at 8.15. Dressed. Out in courtyard. Brilliant sun. Breakfast. Pipe. Photod. Out in sun. Sir C.E.S's eastern stories. Persian lady rolled up in felt. After descriptions. (illeg). Talk to Mr Arnold Morley & walk. Lunch. Mrs S.S, Mr & Mrs L distrait. After wrote letters & photod long gallery. Out for walk with Col Lawrence. Tea & more letters. After dressed & was collared for Miss Cochrane's book. Took it into my room & decided not to draw in it. Took it back to drawing room. Dinner. Took Miss Maxsey in & next to Mrs Adair. Beautiful playing on piano by Miss Cochrane. All retired early. Bridge after. Got interesting book called Problems of the Future by S.Laing, Chapman & Hall. To bed & read an hour.
Sleep 12.0am. (Red ink: Most lovely day at Apethorpe. Mrs Skeffington Smythe. Oh!) Monday November 10 Apethorpe Hall, Wansford. Up at 8.0. Down in heather suit. Took 2 photos. Breakfast. Mrs S.S, Mrs Adair & Miss Cochrane left. Off 9.45 to shoot. 5 guns. Sir C.E.Smith, Mr Arnold Morley, Col L, C.N.L & self. Not good stand at 1 st or 2nd. 3rd got 18 pheasants & 1 hare, 1 partridge. Missed a woodcock. Got 31 pheasants, 1 partridge, 3 hares, 1 jay. Very good lunch & no ladies. Sir C.E.S's stories. After got 3 duck. They would not rise. Home. Tea. Wrote 6 letters. In room. No clothes. Gilbertson had also left. Missed his cough. Dinner. Went in by self. Reduced to seven. Walk round with Mrs L & left the bridge party. Read in bed. Good fire. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at Apethorpe. Got 18 pheasants at one stand.) Tuesday November 11 Apethorpe Hall, Wansford. Up at 6.45. Had woke in the night & put coal on the fire. Dressed. Breakfast. Tips & all got off by 8.0am. Sir E.S, Col L, C.N.L & self. Comfortable journey up to town & Otley met me. Home by 11.30am. Dear M came home at 5.30pm. Lennie & Mite also with us. They dined at the Lorings & Roy at the Carlton. M & self had quiet dinner. Felt rather seedy. Lennie, Mite & Roy back at 11.0pm. Lennie upset about Mite's having told M of Hilda's engagement. Dozed till 12.30pm. Bed. (Red ink: Came up from Apethorpe Hall.) Wednesday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & walk with dogs round C.H. Met Mr Coward & daughters. Breakfast. Discussed an astrakhan coat. After off at 10.15. M in bed. To C.C at 11.0. Photod Miss R.W for India & at 12.30 Miss E.D. Sandwiches. Successful. Out at 3.0 & home in hansom. Developed 18 plates & films. Dressed & left at 6.0 on top of bus. Got 2 India photos at Spooners. On to Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, O.S, P.A, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G there. After discussion about guillotine after turned out my drawing of July 1893. Altered to Lethal Chamber. Left at 11.0. Goodall sale on. Home 11.50. Read till 1.0. Bed. (Red ink: Poor Mr Goodall sold up. Studies for Indian picture.) Thursday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Fine morning but foggy. Schemed subject of Dog Lethal Chamber. At 11.30 Delph came. Photod him for Balfour & also for the King as Emperor of India. Developed. Lunch. Enlarged by 3.30. Sent Otley to Stores. Mite back in the afternoon. Mrs Routh called. Lovely day. Mite & Lennie dined out & M, Roy & self dined quietly togther. Arguments. After M & Roy went up early. Very tired. Snooze till 12.15. Bed. Had to get up to let Mite & Lennie in. Mite a feverish cold. Had been for walk before breakfast over Campden Hill. (Red ink: Had to get up to let Mite & Lennie in.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edward Brewtnall. Death of infant son of Thomas & Mabel Cartland. Death of Priscilla Compton. Death of Frederic Dugdale.) Friday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Walk round Campden Hill. Collared by O.W. Little W.E. After back at work all day on drawing of Balfour & Dogs Lethal Chamber. Mite at
lunch & left. Lennie & fur coats at breakfast. Roy spoilt a plate in bath room shaving. Dinner, M & self alone, at 9.30pm. Roy out. Tired & bed at 12.30am. Saturday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & pushed. Otley in 8.30. Wrote cheques & letters. Pass for Roy to Brighton. After Otley posted letter from Brighton by mistake. M & self caught the 10.30am from Paddington to Kingsland. Everyone civil. Good lunch. Change at Hereford. Bought pipe 1/3. On to Leominster & to Kingsland. Met Midge & Scamp in lane. Arrived 4.45. Tea with Dora. H back from shooting. Dinner. After H & self each won a game of billiards 100 up. Bed 11.0. Cold. M did not sleep well. (Red ink: M & self went down to Gatley Park.) Sunday November 16 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.25. Bath lukewarm. M down to breakfast. After read. Dull cold morning. Took out guns. Annoyed at cartridges being under power. Lunch after writing letters. At 2.35 cycled with Dora to Kingsland. Met Major McCann, also Major Punch Kennedy. After Vera K.D & her mother. Pretty village. Posted letters & back. Monument to the Battle of Mortimer X, 1461, in which Edward 4th defeated Henry 6th army under Jasper Earl of Pembroke. Home. Again V.K.D & her mother. An idiot shouting in the Park. Tea. At 5.45 Mr & Mrs Pennefather arrived, driving from Leominster. Smoke & talk. Useless encyclopedia. Dressed. Dinner. Champagne. No billiards. Stories after. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Cycled to Kingsland. The Pennefathers arrived.) Monday November 17 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Dresed in Lady M suit. Put guns up etc. Breakfast. Got off at 10.0am. Six guns. Col Davidson, Major Kennedy, H.L, self, Mr Pennefather & Mr Wormsley. Mrs W out & a man with an eye glass called Tenstall. Dora etc. Got 19 birds only all day. Lovely cold cloudless day. Lunch in the open. M not out. Men's beer spilt. Unlucky day for me shooting. M out at last stand but one. Back home 5.0. Tea. Smoked a pipe. Dressed at 6.0pm. Read English History. Took Mrs Pennefather in to dinner. After fives. Beat Major Kennedy one 100 game. Lost 1/s on Pennefather v. Hamilton. Bed. Slept well. (Red ink: Hamilton's 1st shoot. Only got 19 birds. Lovely day but bitterly cold.) Tuesday November 18 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Breakfast. After letters came. One from Partridge about Jury. After 6 guns, Mr Wardle, Master of Otterhounds, Col Davidson, Mr Pennefather, Major Kennedy, Hamilton Langley & self. Very good day. Got 42 pheasants, 3 rabbits, Total bag 125 pheasants. Most lovely day. Cold but bright. Ladies to lunch in Keeper's cottage. Left off at 4.30. Tea. Billiard room. Bath & packed. Wrote letters & diary. Dinner. Sat between Midge & Dora. After played cat & mouse. Got on billiard table. Curling after. H & self lost. Bed 12.0am. 1st stand 4. By house 1. In wood 10. Top common 4. With beaters 13. Wood with M 6. Up hill 2. Last 1 = 41. Rabbits 3 = 44. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at Gatley Park.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edgar Barker.) Wednesday November 19 Gatley Park, Kingsland. Up x at 8.30. Bath & down. Mrs Kennedy left first. K off to shoot. Goodbye to M in bed. All off at 10.40. Bitterly cold. Drove with H to
Kingsland. An old Curiosity Shop & wheelwright. To Leominster. Goodbye to the Pennefathers. Lunch at Worcester. Up to Paddington. Otley met me. Strap of dog cart broke. Cab to India Museum. Could not get in. On to C.C & Garrick. Tea & letters. Walked to P.D. No F.C.B, seedy. Self, O.S, Graves, R.L, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. No cartoon for Partridge. Cut of Shakespeare for self, Polonius & Laertes. Left at 10.50 & home by 11.0. Roy back 12.0. Very cold. (Red ink: Langley & self came up to town from Gatley. Cold.) Thursday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Walk over Campden Hill. Back. No, got up late not having been called & down 9.20. Did not go out before breakfast. After schemed subject of John Bull as Polonius & Chamberlain as Laertes. Sent Otley to May's. Bitterly cold. Mr Delph came at 12.0 & photod Otley & him. Developed & enlarged & got to work. Hamilton Langley had wired he could not go to the Daly's Theatre so returned box. Roy & self dined quietly & shivered in the drawing room afterwards. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Bitterly cold. Schemed Laertes drawing.) Friday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Bitterly cold. Met little W.E. After all day at work on drawing of Chamberlain as Laertes & John Bull Polonius. Finished 9.40 when Roy & self dined. Both in the morning room after. Cigar & bed after snooze. Last night almost of the bitterly cold weather. (Red ink: Bitterly cold.) Saturday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Still cold but breaking. Walk over Campden Hill. Roy off at 9.30 to go to Mite's. Put all the photos away in the morning & at 12.30 began to enlarge after scheming subject. Went on till dark. After wrote letters etc & dined by self after going at 4.0pm to the India Museum. New globes in dining room lamps. Left by cab at 7.45 & to the St James's Theatre to see 'If I were king'. A rotten piece. Miss Suzanne Sheldon good as a trollop. Out. Called C.C. Letter. On to Garrick. 1st man I saw was Toadstool. Sir Alex'r Mackenzie. Had (illeg) bacon. Home at 12.50 by carriage. Poor fire in bedroom. (Red ink: Went to India Museum in the afternoon & in the evening to see 'If I were King'.) Sunday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Down & breakfast. Did not go out till 10.0 when walked to bus & on to Alan Coles, 20 Alfred Place. Met him & photod in India Museum till 12.0, Otley helping. Manx cat. After back. Walked. Photod tiger skin & enlarged until 3.15pm. Wrote letters & began to draw picture, or rather trace, at 6.0pm. I dined at 8.20 by self & slept in morning room from 9.20 to 12.0 when to bed. Read silly story in the Jany 1900 Nº of the Window Magazine on going to the Moon. Sleep at 1.0am. (Red ink: At home by self. Went to the India Museum & photographed in the morning.) Monday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out in dull weather on Roy's cycle. Met L.C. Back. Breakfast. After photod tiger skin again, Otley helping. Rain came on at 12.0 noon. Enlarged up to lunch. After began drawing in earnest. Sent Otley with tiger
skin back. Roy back at 6.0pm. Letter from C.C, say could not sit. Dinner 8.30pm. Roy & self in drawing room. Bed 12.30pm. Tuesday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Out. Drizzle of rain & quite warm. Rags with me. Collared by old W who waited in Holland Walk. Breakfast. Letter from M to say Dora was coming on Thursday. Trousers back from Major Kennedy. Worked up to dinner time 8.0pm. After Roy & self drove up in heavy wet & went to the Alhambra & saw the entertainment Voyage to the Moon again by Biograph. To the Garrick for supper. Captain Marshall there & Eric Lewis. Carriage fetched us at 12.30 & home. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Alhambra.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Willy and Isabella Scrivener.) Wednesday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on Roy's cycle round School. L.C. By Redcliffe Gardens. Back. On with work. Decided to photo Miss Smith. Lunch 12.30. At C.C 1.45. Miss S there. Not much good. Back at 3.45. Maid from Mite's. Tea. Worked & put in Lion. Left 6.10pm & to C.C. by bus & on to the Punch dinner. F.C.B, self, Groves, R.L, O.S, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Lawrence Bradbury back. Cut of Shop to do. Partridge the Pursuit of Bridge. Left & home by carriage calling C.C & Garrick. Roy there. Home by 11.45. Bed. (Red ink: Lawrence Bradbury back.) Thursday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.0. Up 8.15. Dark as pitch. Rags on door step. Out. At 9.30 photod Roy in frock coat. Can I get prints? Remained pitch dark until 1.15 when I did manage to get prints but not photo from Otley. Roy's taken in the morning quite useless. Developed until 3.15pm upstairs. Otley came back with no answer from Palace Theatre. Roy dined out. Worked up to 8.30pm when dined by self. Bed at 12.15 after snooze. Friday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. In room. 52º outside window. Strong wind. Out with Rags. Photod Roy again for Gerald Balfour. Heavy rain came on at 10.0am. At work all day on cartoon of Gerald Balfour at Fancy Fair. Dora arrived in my room at 3.0pm. She & Roy went to dine at the Rouths & had a very good dinner. Very hard at work all day & longest ever since I succeeded J.T. Did not finish until 10.15pm when sent it off. No, 10.0pm it was. Then I dined by myself. Dora & Roy back at 12.15am. Bed. (Red ink: Dora arrived at Stafford Terrace.) Saturday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. After breakfast sent Otley with camera to (illeg) & went at 10.30 by same bus & photod palms. Back by 12.0 & enlarged etc after putting away all photos. Dear Mite in in the morning. Lunch. Dora out. After difficulty to enlarge owing to bad light. At work 4.0 to 7.30 when put in India or rather schemed it. Rather a bother. Dined at 6.45 & left in carriage, Dora & self, & went to the play of The Eternal City at His Majesty's. Very good. Taber excellent. Roy in after. Saw Hubbard Farquhar. Home. Roy on box in wet. Punch Almanack came at 6.0pm. (Red ink: Dora Roy & self went to see The Eternal City at His Majesty's Theatre.)
Sunday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am & out with dogs. Gave old Woman 6d. Back & in the entire day at work. Rain & dark misery all day. Dora did not go out & spent a quiet dull day. Roy to Queen's Club all day. Worked till 8.0pm. Posted letter & Dora, Roy & self dined quietly. They played patience after. Bed 12.5. Wound clocks. M at Gatley Park. (Red ink: Dull wretchedly wet day all day. Dora did not go out. Worked at Durbar drawing.) Dec 1902 Monday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out with Rags. Dull & damp. Hamilton Fletcher receives his money this day. Oh! Dora preparing to go. At work all day on Durbar drawing. Dear M returned from Gatley Park at 5.0pm & up in my room after. Roy dined at Mite's & went to 'The Girl from Kays' with Mite, Dora & Maud Paxton. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: M returned from Gatley Park. Roy dined at Mite's.) (Cutting glued in: Silver wedding, Edmund Currie & Harriett Golding.) Tuesday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dull cold day. Walk over C.Hill. Old W 2d. Back & at work all day on drawing of Durbar. Finished outline at 2.0pm & began to shade. Worked up to 8.30pm when M & self dined quietly. Roy out to dinner & at a dance at Kensington Palace Hotel with Mite. Quiet evening. (Red ink: At work Durbar drawing.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John Pollen.) Wednesday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Walk over Campden Hill. Dull day. Met Pepys Cockerell. After in morning till 12.0 got on with double page Durbar drawing. M out in carriage with Mite. Left at 12.0 & up to C.C & Garrick to lunch. Saw Cap'n Marshall & Giddens. At 2.30 photod Miss E.D for Peace Ploughing. Out at 3.30 & home 4.0pm. Tea & worked from 4.45 to 6.0pm. M in my room. Bus to Punch dinner. Lawrence Bradbury back. F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, O.S, L,B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Reed said 'I should like to pat you on the back'. Complimented on Almanack drawing. O.S & E.T.R going to India. Left at 10.30 & home by bus. Roy reading over fire. M just gone to bed. Lay awake 2 hours before getting to sleep. (Red ink: Lawrence Bradbury back.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Pollen.) Thursday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Cold. Walk over Campden Hill. Gave O.W 2d. Back. Sent Otley off to May's. Lovely bright morning. At 11.30 Delph came. Photod him for Nurses & also Football & also Boer & Tommy. Got all done. Developed & enlarged. Very cold. Mite came out to hut & took me for a drive in her carriage. Had written to say I would not go to the Skinners dinner. Up in room at 4.0 & worked till 8.30pm. Conrad dined with us & stayed up with a boshy anonymous letter supposed to be written by Sir Edgar Collins Boehm. He left 11.0. Bitterly cold in the drawing room. (Red ink: Bitterly cold but fine bright day. Conrad dined.) Friday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out with Rags. Most bitterly cold. Round Campden Hill. Breakfast. After at work all day on drawing of 2 Nurses & Education Child.
Much bothered over heads. Did not finish till 9.35pm. M drove to see Tenniel. Roy & self dined together & bed after. M had a puttering little lamp in drawing room. Bother to put it out. (Red ink: Long day's work. Frightfully cold in morning. Bothered with Halsbury's head.) Saturday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Not quite so cold but still bitter. Out with Rick & Rags. Breakfast. Good sausages. After put things away & did 1 hrs work on Durbar cartoon. After lunch M & self went up in 4 wheeler & to the Garrick Theatre & saw a foolish piece well acted called 'My Lady Virtue'. Back in the carriage. Called Butts & worked 2 hours on cartoon of Durbar. At 8.15 Edgar came & dined. M, Roy, Edgar & self. In morning room after. Bed at 12.0. Read The Destruction of Ancient Rome. (Red ink: Edgar dined with us. Very cold weather.) Sunday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Walk over Campden Hill. Gave O.W 6d. Back. Worked on Durbar drawing. At 12.0 went in bus with M to Hyde Park Corner. Man with coppers wrapped up in paper. Walked home. Lunch. Went on with Durbar cartoon. The Galbraiths called. Put in the King's head etc. Bother with shading to the left. Roy did not go to Brighton but to the Queens Club. M, Roy & self dined quietly at 8.30pm. In morning room after. Bed at 12.0. Read The Destruction of Ancient Rome. (Red ink: Took M for walk.) Monday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Very cold. Out over Campden Hill & after at work all the morning & up to 2.0pm finishing cartoon for Durbar. Sent it off. After in afternoon enlarged Tommy & Boer for drawing of Vol 124 & also the Globe for drawing of Vol 123. Began Title Page at 5.0pm. Roy dined with Tabs at the Coburg & went to The Country Girl after. M & self dined quietly. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Roy not back. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Harry McCalmont. Death of Frances Forbes Robertson.) Tuesday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk over Campden Hill. Still cold. At work on finishing Title Page for Vol 123. Finished it at 6.30pm, no, 7.0, & boy to come in the morning. Began hurriedly the drawing of Tommy & Boer. Had enlarged the Boer & T again after lunch & Peace. Dined with Roy & M at 8.30pm. Quiet evening & bed. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Harry McCalmont.) Wednesday December 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk over Campden Hill. Gave O.W. 2d, no, 1½. After worked all day on drawing of Boer & Tommy for Vol 124. M out in carriage, back at 5.30. Called on Mrs Welby. Left 6.15 & by bus all way to Punch dinner. Sir F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, P.A, P.M, B.P, H.W.L. Suggested cut of Balfour & Hounds. Left 10.45. Called C.C. No letters & home by bus. Roy up. Bed 11.0am. (Cutting glued in: Death of Arthur Copland-Griffiths.) Thursday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out with Rags. Round Hornton St. Back & schemed picture of Balfour & Hounds. At 11.45 photod Otley on old mare & after developed & enlarged. Very cold. Letter from Mite complaining of H.L. Worked
from 4.0 to 8.30. Put in hounds. M had taken pill & did not go out. Roy, M & self dined quietly at 8.30. Bed at 12.0am. Friday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. Strange dream of little pigs. Out & up Hornton St with 2 dogs. Letter from Mite complaining of H.L. Still cold. Met Chesterton. Wrote to accept Lady Jeune's invite. After at work all day on drawing of Balfour returning from hunting. Did not finish till 9.45. Roy & self dined at 10pm. M had had her simple meal before. Bed 12.30 or 1.15 after snooze. 'But the apples hanging there Proved to be but Pommes de Terres For throughout I had a sort'er Fancy that I did'nt ought'er! Saturday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & wet morning. Walked with dogs round Hornton St. Looked at guns. After put all away from cartoon of Balfour hunting. At work 12.0 on opening of Vol 124. Lunch. M upstairs & not down till 2.0pm. After worked all afternoon up to 7.10pm on opening Vol 124 & sent it off. Dressed & left M & Roy at dinner. To Lady Jeune's dinner. Met the Duke of Abercorn, Earl Roberts, Ld Arthur Hill, Sir Weetman & Lady Pearson etc. Mrs Brodrick, Lord Tweedmouth, Lord Duncannon, Mr Haldane, Mr Fuchs & many others. Delightful dinner. Left at 11.10. Sir F.Jeune ill in bed. Lady Tweedmouth not there. To the Midland Rly. Small Apollinaris. Otley there at 11.30. Changed hat & coat etc. Off by 12.0. Letter from F.C.B & others. Slept off & on. x. Woke at Dumfries at 7.9am. Wet & gale. Waited 5 minutes for Galbraith's dog cart. (Red ink: Dined at Lady Jeune's. Left by night mail for Dumfries.) Sunday December 14 On board train for Dumfries. Woke at 7.9am. Waited 5 minutes for Galbraith's cart. Dark lavatory. Gale of wind & rain. At house 8.40. Bath & put things away. Breakfast 9.15am. Jane & Arthur, Miss Brown, Mr Peddie & Dora. Told Mrs Galbraith about bear on board ship. Frightful gale & rain. Wrote many cheques & letters. After lunch went for walk in gale of wind. Fine hack mare of Galbraith's. Only gave 120 for her. Show of horses. Back. Wrote more letters. Read a stupid story in Pearsons. Sleepy after. Dressed for dinner 7.30pm. Took Mrs G in & sat at end of table. Good dinner. Drew (illeg) etc after. Smoke & bed. Long talk to Wilkie about David Robertson. Lord Marjoriebanks. Guests in house, Mr & Mrs Timms, Mr & Mrs Wilkie, Major Carruthers, Miss Brown, Miss Langley, Miss Johnstone, Mr Dick Peddie, L.S. (Red ink: Great gale & wet.) Monday December 15 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.0. Breakfast 9.15. Wore Lady M suit. Drove to hill, 6 guns. Major Carruthers, Mr Timms, Mr Dick Peddie, Mr Wilkie, L.S, C.E Galbraith. Got 6 first stand, 7 the second, after only 5. 18 in all. Same ground as in former years. The ladies came to lunch. Mrs G, Miss B, Dora & Miss J, Mrs Wilkie. Left off at 4.0 & walked home. Rest. Tea. Wrote letters & diary. Dressed 5.30. Took Mrs Wilkie in to dinner. Two others came to dinner. Had game of Puff Ball. Tired after & to bed at 11.15pm. Great gale in the night. (Red ink: Shoot on hill at Galbraiths'.)
Tuesday December 16 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.0. Had been terrible stormy night & heavy wet. Down stairs. Letter from M & one from E.D. Breakfast & at 10.10 started. Same guns as yesterday. Again in centre of drive at top & worked on. Self No 5. Numbers worked better. Got 4 first drive, 3 second, then 2, then 4. 13 before lunch & one rabbit. After 2 larks. Then a long gap. Then 4 & 2 hares. Then in walk 2. Then after three & a pigeon. 24 pheasants, 2 hares, 1 rabbit, 1 pigeon. 28 in all. A very poor day. Miss Brown, Miss Johnson, Mrs Wilkie & Dora out all day. Mrs Galbraith at 3.30. Left off at 4.30 & home. Smoke & rest. Bath. A Captain & Mrs Ross came to dinner. Oh! After noisy games, Puff Ball & Flip. All went to bed 11.10. Self sleepy & after to bed 11.40. Peddie kept Galbraith up till 1.40am. (Red ink: Home shoot at Terregles.) Wednesday December 17 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.0. Doubt about letters. Nonsense. Breakfast. Grilled ham. After Major Carruthers left. After mooned about. Felt seedy. Looked at motor car. A 12 horse Morris. Lunch. Then Mr & Mrs Timms left & also Mr Dick Peddie with a hat too big for him. Had read a delightful story of A.Guthrie's called 'The Gull'. Went for a walk after writing letters etc. To Church. Many people lay in the churchyard called Pagan. Back. Mr Galbraith who had gone into Dumfries brought letters. One from M & one from F.C.B. Up in room. Wrote on cigar case. Dressed. Letter from Stone & Lady Margaret Watney. Dinner. Took Miss Brown in. Game of Puff Ball after & went to bed at 11.0 to get up tomorrow for shooting at Southwick. (Red ink: Picked up cartridge cases.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Barnet Gluckstein to Rose Salmon. Obituary Mrs Grant, widow of General Ulysses Grant. Dec 16.) Thusday December 18 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 7.0. Letters. Breakfast 7.45 & off 8.15 to Maxwelltown. Galbraith's hat blew off & dog retrieved it. Met Charley Maxwell & all off to Southwick station. Hunter at his post with beaters. Shot all day in more or less rain & heavy squelching cold sleety hail. Guns C.E.G, Mr Wilkie, C.Maxwell & self. Bag about 33. Self shot 5 pheasants, 1 partridge, 1 hare, 1 pigeon. Galbraith shot a huge dog fox about the size of a collie dog, 2 stone. They get 5/s for the two ears. Galbraith's hat continually off & great difficulty in getting over water course. G on the bridge & on the fence. Lunch at a barn. Cold after. Lunch at 12.0. Left at 3.0pm & went by trap to station. Back to Maxwell Town. Wire from F.C.B & stationmaster. Home at 4.30pm. Wrote letters & packed bags. Bath & tea. Down in room. Both G & W sleeping. Read the Scotsman. Dinner. Took Mrs Galbraith in. Changed for travelling & in drawing room. Goodbye & left at 10.45. Drove to Dumfries. Just caught train. Did not sleep very well in train. (Red ink across page: Cold day's shoot at Southwick. Left for London by night mail.) Friday December 19 On board train for Saint Pancras. Did not sleep very well. Arrived punctually to the minute. Otley with cart at St Pancras. Home 7.45 just as sun rising. Cup of tea & bath. M getting up. Had ride on bicycle. Saw L.C. Breakfast. Roy off to City. After schemed subject for 'His last appearance'. Photod Otley after sending him to May's. Lunch. Very tired after. Rested 2 hours & slept till 4.30. Dear Mite &
Conrad in in afternoon. After worked. M & self dined together. Conrad & Roy dined with Harold Messel & went to the Garrick after. Put new 50 candle burner in Studio. Bed at 12.0 very tired. (Red ink: Home from Terregles. Photod Otley. Tired.) Saturday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up & out on bicycle. Found out Normand Mansions. Back. Conrad to breakfast. After at 10.15 photod him for 'His last appearance' & then the curtains. All by 11.15. M out. Sent Otley back with costume & to His Majesty's Theatre. M & self went up in 4 wheeler & had Box B. Saw 'The Eternal City' & after sent M home. Called at C.C letters & Garrick to tea.Wrote 2 letters & home calling at Butts. Roy in to dinner & tea. Quiet evening & bed. Tired. (Red ink: M & self went to see The Eternal City at matinée.) Sunday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out on cycle by 9.0am striking at Kensington Church. Rags followed me beautifully. Called to enquire how Bernard Partridge was. Back. Roy not down till 10.15am. Worked till 12.0 when changed & took M for walk up Row & back. No bus. Met Kenneth Grahame. After Florence Walford to lunch. Rested till 4.0 when worked till 8.0. Midge dined. M, Roy, Midge & self. Read Eddie Boehm's book. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Took M for walk.) Monday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Warm & foggy. Walked the dogs over Campden Hill. Met no one. Back to work all day on drawing of 1902 saying Good Bye. Dear Mite in in afternoon. Had a bottle of 1887 Champagne to dinner, M, Mite Roy & self. Dear Mite brought cigars. Very tired. Rested in chair till 1.0pm. Finished drawing at 8.15pm. Tuesday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out with dogs. Dull dark morning. M packing. Roy off to City. Put all things straight & away. Dressed. Lunch 1.30. M not down, with Miss White. After left at 2.0 & up by cab to the C.C. At 2.45 photod Miss E.D for New Year. ½ doz. Out at 4.0. Called & got stalls at the Lyric for Othello. On by bus to Victoria. There 4.55. Goodbye to M & Mite. Back home by Met Rly. Wrote letters & dressed. Roy & self dined at 7.0pm. Left at 7.50 & by cab to the Lyric to see Othello. Herbert Waring Iago, Miss Lena Ashwell Emilia, Sydney Valentine Brabantes. Cassio Ben Webster. Fairly good. Roy liked it. Saw Charles Russell & wife. After to Garrick. Home by carriage after talking to Fred Terry & a friend. Colder. (Red ink: M & Mite left for Balcombe. Roy & self went to see 'Othello'.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Patrick Blair to Helen Blunt. Death of Mrs Lewes. Dec 24, 1902.) Wednesday December 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Very tired. Out with Rags. Gave old W 2d & back. Otley left with Roy's things in cart at 9.30. After goodbye to Roy. The whole morning packing etc. Lunch 1.30. Left in cart at 2.0pm for Liverpool St. There 3.0. Saw Sir Arthur & Lady Grant, Sir A in a fur coat. After down to Wickham Market with General Stracey who burnt 4 candles & let the grease run down the cushions. Arrived at Wickham Market. Great crowd. Got luggage. To Easton Park
on top of carriage. Rather cold. Waited about before dressing for luggage. Dinner at 8.50. No one to take in. Sat next to Lady Clarke. After played 1 game with Genl C. Bed at 11.45. Room hot. Guests. General Stracey, Genl & Lady Clarke, Mr & Mrs Newman, self, Sir Arthur & Lady Grant of Monymusk. (Red ink: Went down to Wickham Market.) Thursday December 25 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Called 8.15. Up 8.45. Church bell going. Fine cheery Xmas morning. Went into the church. Communion service going on. Out & to breakfast at 9.45. Good sprats. After wrote letters & read. All back from church & lunch at 1.0. After from 2.30 to 4.30 went a 6 mile walk with Lucas & Sir Charles Clarke. Young Newman, Lady Grant, Mrs Newman. Tea & talk of Sir Arthur Grant's Raphael for which he wants £70,000. Sir A.G wrote to Humphrey Ward. Played 200 up in 2 games with Sir Charles Clarke. Each won one. After looked at Figaro Illustré. Dressed. Took Mrs Pilleau in to dinner. Sat next Sir A.Grant. Talk of Egypt. After game of roulette. Won 13/6. Squire Austin came to dinner. Like Chamberlain. Wonderful 2 games of billiards between him & Col Lucas. Each won one. Bed 12.0. Put window open. Broken rest at night. (Red ink: At Easton Park. Walk. Roulette.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Archibald Snowball, of a son. Obituary of Thomas Nast. Dec 24 1902.) Friday December 26 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.0. Dressed comfortably. Wrote letter & corrected V & C's proof. Breakfast 9.0am. After started round house at 10.0am. Guns, Baron D'Erlanger, General Sir Charles Clarke, General Stracey, Col Lucas, Newman, Sir Arthur Grant & self. Lovely day & good shoot. Self 80 pheasants, 1 rabbit, 1 hare. Bag pheasants 707, partridges 3, hares 34, rabbits 151, various 4. Total 899. Back by 4.0pm. Ladies away. Changed & bath. Tea. Talk to Mrs Pilleau. Wrote letters & diary. After looked at Figaro Illustré. Dinner. Took a new arrival, Miss Leyton, in. Next to Lady Clarke. Roulette. Won 2/3. Played Sir C.Clarke 2 100 games up, I won both. Bed 12.30. Shut window at 1.40. Read 'The Drums of the Fore & Aft' by Kipling. Slept indifferently. (Red ink: 1st great shoot Easton Park.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Harriet Austin.) Saturday December 27 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 8.15. Dressed covet suit & breakfast 9.0am. All off in 2 traps by 9.45am. Col Lucas, Genl Stracey, Genl Sir Charles Clarke, Sir A.Grant, Newman, Mr Smith (agent) & self. Most lovely day. Brilliant sun. Got to lunch 50 pheasants, 2 rabbits, 1 hare, 1 water hen. At lunch the ladies, Lady Grant, Lady Clarke, Mrs Lucas, Miss Leyton, Mrs Newman. Little James the terrier. After did not do so well. Missed hares & partridges. Total to self of day 64 pheasants, 4 rabbits, 3 hares 1 W.H. Left off 4.10 & home. A Mr Long & wife calling. No letters for me. Bath & changed. Looked over Figaro Illustré & after beat Sir Charles Clarke 2 100 games. Pt 98.97. Second I beat by 30 points. Drew Lady Clarke for dinner. Was shewn ruby ring. Good talk. After music. 4 Mary's. Tired after dinner. Did not play billiards. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot Easton Park.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Mrs Austin.) Sunday December 28
Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 8.30. Windy & dull. Breakfast 9.45. After read & wrote letters etc. Did not go out. Lunch. Revd Mr Wood & Sir Austin Colville came to lunch. Had lager beer. Made me heavy. Drew fish etc. After fell asleep in room from 3.0 to 5.45. Fortune told by cards by Miss Leyton. Played 3 100 games with Lucas, he giving me 30. Won one. Dinner. Mrs Lucas drew me. After singing etc. Smoke in billiard room & bed at 12.0. Read Kipling. (Red ink: Did not go out.) (Cutting glued in: Golden Wedding. Michael Shaw Stewart to Lady Octavia Grosvenor.) Monday December 29 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.0. Letter from M. Card from F.C.B. Breakfast. All ladies down. After got off at 9.45. Walked to 1 st stand. Got 23 pheasants 1st 2 stands. After on to lunch time. Ladies in tent. Bad lobster. After did not do much. 41 pheasants up to lunch. Left off 4.0. Last stand the only one in the 3 days that I shot nothing. Got in day 73 pheasants, 3 hares, 2 rabbits, 1 duck. 79 head. Guns Mr Smith, Col Lucas, self, General Stracey, Sir Arthur Grant, Newman. Letter from M in parcel. Bath & tea. Mrs Lowther had called. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot at Easton Park.) (Table of shooting: Friday, Saturday, Monday: 223 head to self altogether.) Tuesday December 30 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 6.45. Had been awake ¾ hr. Breakfast. Mr & Mrs Newman, Genl Stracey & self all left saying goodbye to Lucas. Frosty morning. Tips. After to town. Stracey & his bags & measures. Otley met me. Drove home. Called Garrick & C.C. Unpacked. Lunch. After put up papers etc etc & again left with mare for Victoria. Down to Balcombe. Heavy rain. At Mite's by 6.45. Dear M looking well. Nonie & Ann. Dressed & dinner. Grace Frazer. Sleepy after. Bed at 12.0 after snooze in chair in boudoir. (Red ink: Came up from Easton Park & down to dear M & Mite at Balcombe House.) Wednesday December 31 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45 & breakfast by self. After the entire morning dating blues. Lunch. Received a letter from Lady Pearson, wired Otley to bring down guns. After went for walk with M. Cut gorse. Sent letters with New Year cards off. Back. Dated blues. Tea. More cards sent off. Lennie back at 6.45. Nonie boy in boudoir. Dinner. Good light Champagne. After Lennie danced till he was exhausted. Dear M, Mite, Lennie self & Grace Frazer all saw the New Year in & drank Rum Punch. Bed at 12.30am. No bells. Otley came down by the 7.15 train with my guns & cartridge case. (Red ink: Quiet day at Balcombe.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Frederick Kiernander to Lucy Dangerfield.) Notes and addresses at back of diary: Mabel Hall. 1: Monday Jany 23 '99 2: Monday Feb 20 '99 3: Wednesday Apl 19 '99 4: Thurs May 18 '99 5: Mon June 26 '99 6: Sunday July 23 '99
7: Saty Aug 12 '99 8: Sun Mar 25 '00 9: Monday Sep 24 '00 10: Wedy Oct 3 '00 11: Saty Dec 22 '00 12: Wedy Jany 23 '01 13: Saty Feby 16 '01 14: Monday Feby 25 '01 15: Monday Apl 1 '01 16: Saturday May 25 '01 17: Saturday July 13 '01 18: Wednesday July 23 '02 19: Wednesday Jan 17 '03. E. Warwick. Saturday July 7 '00 Wednesday Oct 10 '00 Saturday May 25 '01 Saturday July 13 '01. B Jessop. 1: Saturday Sep 24 '98 2: Saturday Oct 1 '98 3: Wednesday Oct 5 '98 4: Wednesday Oct 15 '98 5: Monday Feby 6 '99 6: Monday Apl 26 '99 8: Wednesday June 14 '99 9: Wednesday Sep 27 '99 10: Wednesday Nov 8 '99 11: Saturday May 12 '00 12: Wednesday Nov 7 '00 13: Thursday Dec 20 '00 14: Tuesday Apl 30 '01 15: Tuesday June 24 '02 16: Thursday Apl 7 '04 17: Saturday Sep 10 '04 E.Jessop. Wedy Nov 8 '99 Wedy Dec 6 '99 Wedy Dec 27 '99 Wedy Jany 31 '00 Wedy Feby 28 '00 Wedy Aug 8 '00 Thursday Aug 30 '00 Wednesy Sep 26 '00 Saturday Nov 24 '00 Tuesday Mar 12 '01 Wednesday Oct 8 '02
Wednesday July 13 '04. M. Reid. 1: Wedy 19 June '01 2: Wedy 26 June '01 3: Tuesday 2 July '01 4: Wednesday 10 July '01 5: Wednesday * 17 July '01 6: Tuesday * 23 July '01 7: Monday * 29 July '01 8: Wednesday * 25 Sep '01 9: Wednesday 2 Oct '01 10: Wednesday 9 Oct '01 11: Tuesday * 31 Dec '01 12: Monday * 13 Jan '02 13: Tuesday * 28 Jan '02 14: Saturday * 8 Feb '02 15: Saturday ** 15 July '02 16: Tuesday ** 4 March '02 17: Tuesday **11 March '02 18: Wednesday * 26 March '02 19: Wednesday * 30 Apl '02 20: Friday 26 Sep '02. R Morgan. 1: Monday Jany 14 '01 2: Monday Jany 21 '01 3: Monday Jany 28 '01 4: Monday Feby 11 '01 5: Saturday June 22 '01 6: Wednesday Apl 23 '02. J.Cann. 1: Tuesday Jany 21 '02 E.Dawson. 1: Monday July 28 '02 2: Wednesday Oct 15 '02 3: Monday Oct 27 '02 4: Wednesday 12 Nov '02 5: Wednesday 3 Dec '02 6: Tuesday 23 Dec '02. V.Hamilton 1: Saturday Aug 2 '02 J.Johnstone. 1: Tuesday Aug 5 '02 2: Wednesday Aug 20 '02 3: Wednesday Aug 29 '02.
B.Atherton. 1: Friday Aug 8 '02 2: Wednesday Aug 27 '02. R.Woodcock. 1: Saturday 3 November '01 2: Thursday 15 May '02. Addresses in answers. D.M. Thurs 17 July. Miss Jenny Johnston, 153 Osborne Road, Forest Gate, E. Miss Lilian Piper, 3 Batoum Gardens, Shepherds Bush, W. Miss E.Howard, 46 West Terrace, Fairlawn Park, Sydenham, S.W. Miss Violet Smith, 146 Adrian Terrace, Redcliffe Square, S.W. Miss Enid F.Walker, 26 Granville Place, Portman Square, W. Miss M.W.Preston, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, W.C. Miss Violet Hamilton, 55 Chelverton Rd, Putney, S.W. Miss B.Atherton, 48a Anselm Rd, Fulham, S.W. Miss E.Dawson, 12 Normand Mansions, West Kensington. The North Britsh Railway Company General Manager W.F.Jackson Esq, General Manager's Office, Edinburgh. Great Central Ralways General Manager Sir William Pollitt. Secy O.S.Holt. General Manager's Office, London Road Station, Manchester. Station Master Marylebone W.F.Monckton. Great Eastern Railways General Manager J.F.S.Gooday, Liverpool Street Station. Station Master Liverpool St, H.G.Drury. Great Northern Railways General Manager C.Stead. Secretary W.Latta. Kings Cross N. Great Western Railway General Manager Sir Joseph L.Wilkinson. Midland Railways General Manager J.Mathieson Esq Office, Derby. Asst Genl Manager Edw.W.Wills Esq. Station Master St Pancras W.Snow. Caledonian Railways General Manager Sir James Thompson. Haythornthwaite, Carlisle.
R.Millar, 302 Buchanon St Glasgow. Glasgow & South Western Rly. General Manager David Cooper St Enoch Station, Glasgow. Highland Railway Company General Manager J.A.Wilson Inverness. Inspector West Coast Railway William Hamilton Perth Station. South Eastern & Chatham Rly General Manager's Office, London Bridge Station, S.E. Vincent W.Hill. C.Sheath, Secy. London Brighton & South Coast Rly General Manager's Office, London Bridge, S.E. William Forbes Esq. The Duke of York's Theatre W.C. James W.Mathews Esq, Box Office. Daly's Theatre, Leicester Sq, W.C. G.E.Minor Esq, Acting Manager. Empire Theatre H.J.Hitchens Esq. Vaudeville Theatre. A.S.Gattie, Chas Frodman, Herbert Clark. The Tivoli, London W.C. D.Howell Esq. Drury Lane Arthur Collins, Sydney Smith London Hippodrome, Cranbourne St, Leicester Sq. Henry W.Garrick, Press Rep. Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, W. H.J.Callan Apollo, W. Shaftesbury Avenue, W. Avenue W.C Northumberland Avenue, Charing X, W.C. Adelphi W.C. 401 Strand, W.C. Comedy, S.W. Panton St, S.W. Criterion, W. 218-222 Piccadilly W. Daly's, W.C. 2 to 6, Cranbourne St, Leicester Sq, W.C. Duke of York's. St Martin's Lane, W.C. Gaiety, W.C. 345 Strand W.C. Garrick, W.C. 2 Charing Cross Road, W.C. Globe, W.C. Newcastle St, Strand W.C.
Haymarket 7,8, Haymarket S.W. His Majesty's Haymarket, S.W. Lyceum, W.C. Wellington St, Strand, W.C. Lyric, W. 29 Shaftesbury Avenue, W. Palace Theatre. Cambridge Circus, W.C. Prince of Wales. Coventry Street, Piccadilly, W. Princess's, W. 152 Oxford Street, W. Royal Court. Sloane Square, S.W. Royalty, W. 73 Dean Street, Soho, W. St James's. King Street, St James's, S.W. Savoy, W.C. Beaufort Buildings, Strand, W.C. Surrey, S.E. 124 Blackfriars Road, S.E. Fred & Arthur Conquest. Terry's, W.C. 105, 106 Strand, W.C. T.R.Covent Garden. Bow St, W.C. T.R.Drury Lane. Catherine Street, Covent Garden, W.C. Vaudeville. 404 Strand, W.C. Wyndhams. Charing Cross Road, W.C. M.Hall. 94 Hotham Road, Putney. Maud Fletcher. 24 Hardcastle Street, High St, Peckham. R.Woodcock. 1 Kingsley Road, Kilburn, Willesden Lane N.W. Miss Best. 20 Newman St, Oxford St. R.Morgan. 1 Springvale Terrace, W.C. Ethel Bantock. 111 Coningham Rd, Shepherds Bush. Miss Smith. 2 Loring Villas, Tolesworth. May Haydon. 3 Redesdale St, Tadworth Sq. E Jessop. 79 Amhurst Road, Hackney, & small cottage, Cringford, Essex. M. Paxton. 19 St George's Terrace, Gloucester Road, S.W. Joan Cann. 24 Abingdon Mansions, Kensington W. Minnie Tambay. 134 Campden Houses, Campden Hill, W. M.Reid. Argyle House, Elie, Fifeshire. William Grayson W.Cox, 39 Sutherland St, Pimlico. G.A.Dagg, 59 Tabor Road, hammersmith. C.Lilford Delph, 33 Tamworth St, Fulham. G.A.Dagg, 4 Nasmyth Street, Ham'th, W. Models addresses sent by Mrs A.M.Morgan, 60 Frithville Gardens, Uxbridge Road, W. Miss Gertie Barber. 84 Clifton Hill, St John's Wood, N.W. Tall, fair, very good. Alice Brown. Enkel Street, Holloway, N. Tall, dark, 20. Miss Bourgeois. 100 Cornwall Road Notting Hill, W. Tall & dark, ½ French. 20. Very good. Miss M.Best. 31 Westmorland Road, Bayswater, W. Tall, dark. Blue eyes. Very good. Edith Hall. 94 Hotham Road, Putney.
Tall, dark Amy Harris, 19. Ellen Harris, 20, Tall, fair, pretty. Bella Harris 16. 24 Lillyville Road, Putney. Miss Traenor. 12 Ilchester Mansions, Abingdon Road, Kensington. Good Head. Tall slim figure. Drapery. Miss Martin. 25 Gratten Road, West Kensington. Florrie Altree. 68 Leicester Road, East Finchley. Tall, fair. Classical.
1903 Notes and addresses on front pages: Store Ticket for 1903: 114698. Autograph Hunters: Marjory T.Tinns, Kirkhill Castle, Colmonell, Ayrshire. Colonel Kennedy's cigars. Cigar La Breta. Cosens & Co, 23 Wellington St, Strand, W.C. Sydney Clements Mexican Cigars. La Poncha. Regalia Espantero. Army & Navy. Managing Director: W.Phaysey Esq. Athenaeum Secy: Henry R.Tedder. Armour G.D. Etchelhampton House, Devizes. Bellini's Hanover Hotel & Rest. 6 & 8 Mill St, W. Bonvoisin, Maurice. 53 Rue Pierre Charron, Paris. Baker, Sir B. Bowden Green, Pangbourne, Berks. Camera Club. Secy Miss M.F.Cromack Christmas Cards, Raphael Tuck & Sons. 72 Coleman St, E.C. Hugh, S. Eyre & Spottiswoode, Great New St, Fetter Lane, E.C. Clarke. Lady Charles Mansfield, 20 Lennox Gardens, S.W. Crompton, Col R.Evelyn. Triplands, Kensington Court. Bradbury Agnew & Co. New Secretary: Herbert Heather. Anderson. Anderson & Co. J.G.Anderson, 5 Fenchurch Avenue, London E.C. Will Bingham, 15 Kenbourne Road, Sharrow, Sheffield. Annie Francis Dix. Figaro Illustré. April 1890 Harlequin March May 1892 Breton Girl Sepr Kammerer Fort. March 1893 Gotz, L.R. 215 Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C. Easton Park Shoots: Jan '97, Oct '97, Jany '00, '01, '02. Howlden. Maynard Arms Hotel. H Linley. Grindleford, Derbyshire. 'Park Grange', Sheffield. Harris, Walter H. Rusthall Beacon, Tunbridge Wells. Anderson. J.G. Skelton. 4 Upper Berkeley St, W. ‘Omrako’. Horlick, Rob't A. Arbrook Farm, Esher, Surrey. McIlvaine, Clarence. 32 Portland Pl, W. Morris, B. 15 Copthall Avenue, E.C. Ladders. All sorts. J.H.Heathorne & Co, 72 Rectory Road, Parsons Green, Fulham, London S.W. Hon Sir Schomberg McDonnell. H.M Office of Works, Storey's Gate, Westminster, S.W.
Royal Military Tournament: Captain G.A.Armytage, Press Box. Lincoln Bennett & Co. Manager W.J.Sale. John Baptist Soldi. Died 23 March 1898. Mr Johnson 1892. Norman Lockyer. 59 Upp Berkeley Street, W. Tinsley Lindley. 14 Park Terrace, Nottingham. The O.W Hand Made Papers. 100 Great Russell St, London W.C. 21½ x14½. Large sheet cut in two. Spooner,W. 379 in the Strand W.C. Raven Hill, L. Battle House, Bramham, Nr Chippenham, Wilts. Stace, ‘Auricula’ 14 Hatfield Road, Ramsgate. Taxes. George Howe, O of Surveyor of Taxes, Wrights Lane, Kensington, W. Soap. Courts Castile, 6lbs, 3/s. Richards. H.Earl, 50 Leinster Gardens, W. Sands Hunter & Co. 20 Cranbourne St. Spillman & Co. 101 St Martin's Lane. Reed, E.T. 17 Fitz John's Avenue. Royal Academy waiters: A.Golden, Mr Sanders. Col Sir Charles Euan Smith, K.C.B. 15 South Audley Street, W. Arthur E.Sutton. Shanks House, Wincanton, Somersetshire. Tobacco. Mr Simpson, Tobacconist. Princes Street, Edinborough. Thomas & Co. Telegraphic address: 'Speed', Thornton Heath. Waterbury Watches. Allan Ross & Co. 66 Holborn Viaduct, E.C. Watney, Vernon. Fannick, Lochluichart, Rosshire, N.B. Watney, Claude. Garston Manor, Watford, Hertfordshire. Watney, Vernon. Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxrofordshire. Waring, J.A. Fishbourne Cottage, Chichester. (Telegram glued in: To wish you a happy birthday...... William & Margaret Pirrie.) Jan 1903 Thursday January 1 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. Bath & breakfast. No New Year honours to anyone I knew. All Indian. Otley came in & brought Gun Case. Set guns up & Lennie & I got off in break & pair with guns & down to Sir Weetman Pearson's on a fine frosty morning. Saw Lady W.P. Guns, self, Lennie, 2 Pearsons, a youth named Harris & a young Mr Burnard. Shot from 10.30 to 4.0 cocks. Got 15 cocks & 4 rabbits. Otley with me. Good lunch & 1830 brandy. New moon. Saw it. Back at 4.45. M, Mite & Nonie in Boudoir. Wrote 2 letters & posted them. Bath & dressed. Otley decided to stay down. (Red ink: Most lovely day possible. Brilliant sun. Shot with Lennie at Sir Weetman Pearson.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Godfrey Meynell to Edith Cammell. In Memoriam, John Marshall.) Friday January 2 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. Lennie had gone. Down. Pouring wet morning & strong westerly wind. Contrast to yesterday. All morning looking over back Times
& Illustrated papers. Cut out & squared up. Lunch. After M, self, Mite & Mr Marriott & the 3 dogs all went in the wet up a red road. Back & took M over fields. After tea squared up a number of prints. Dinner at 7.0pm. M, self, Mite & Mr Marriott. A Servants Dance in the house after. Did not go down. M & Mite & Mr M went & led off the dance. Went to bed after pipe at 12.0. M slept in Mite's room. (Red ink: Thoroughly wet all day.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Alfred Chawner, of a son.) Saturday January 3 Balcombe House. Up at 9.0am. Breakfast 9.30. After at 10.0 finished squaring up till lunch. Lovely warm windy sunny morning. Mabel Wallace came down. Lunch. Mite, M, self, Mr M & M.Wallace. After took M, Mabel & Mr M for muddy walk up lane & by Tate's covers. Back by 3.50. Then walked to meet Lennie. Roy back from Pyt & not down here. Walk round the garden with Lennie. After finished gumming all paragraphs in 1902. No fire. Burnt the Times by accident. Dear Mite had a toothache all day. Dinner. Lennie complained no one would listen to his singing. Bed at 11.45 after smoke. (Red ink: Miss Wallace came. Muddy walk in afternoon.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Louis Fagan. In Memoriam Alfred Frisby. The wife of Edward Shackle, of a daughter.) Sunday January 4 Balcombe House. Up at 9.0. Dear Nonie in bed with M & self. Bath. Fine lovely morning. Breakfast. After Miss Wallace came in. Letters, a packet. Finished Red Lining 1902. Wished many happy returns of day. Posted letters & after at 12.45 Lennie, Mr Marriott & self walked nearly the whole way to Lady Pearson's to luncheon. Carriage came back. A delightful lunch & splendid house. Game of Bowls & looked over the house after. Lady P's two sisters there. Likeness to Lady P's father a Mr Cass. Lennie fidgetty to get back. Stayed to tea. Likeness & Flag of Diaz, the President of Mexico. Lennie & Mr M walked home. Self & Miss Wallace, Mite etc on by carriage. Wrote letters & posted them in pouring rain. Dinner. Health drunk & crackers. After Rhyme Game in Drawing Room. Bed after pipe. (Red ink: Lunched at Lady Pearson's. Delightful afternoon.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Louis Fagan. Card interleaved: Sir Francis & Lady Jeune request the pleasure of Mr Sambourne's company at the marriage of their daughter Madeleine Stanley with Mr Brodrick.) Monday January 5 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. Saw Mr Marriott off. Then bath & breakfast & off self by 9.33 to Victoria. Cab home. Put papers up & hair cut & shaved. Dressed, lunched, & off in carriage at 1.30 to the wedding of Madeleine Stanley to Mr Brodrick. Saw many I knew. Sir E.Lawson, Schomberg McDonnell, Prime Minister, Lords Onslow & Selbourne, Lord Rothschild etc etc. After Bancrofts, Mrs Alexander, Lady De la Rue, Mrs Graham etc. Lovely presents. Left at 3.45 & to C.C & Garrick. Had taken Scomberg McDonnell to19 Harley St in carriage. Wrote letters & tea at Garrick & left 4.30 & to Victoria. Down by the 5.0pm train. Carriage met me. Quiet dinner with M, Mite & Mabel Wallace. Bed at 11.30 by self. Small room hot. (Red ink: Went up to the Brodrick wedding.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Teresita Garibaldi. Tue 6 Jan.) Tuesday January 6
Balcombe House. Up 8.45. Bath. Breakfast. Mabel down at 9.45. Dull rainy morning. After wrote many letters, Linley posting them for me. Back & did design in Lady Pearson's book of ' A Quiet Pipe'. Finished & at 1.30 Lady Pearson, Mrs Kinroul, Miss Kinroul & Mrs Green all came over to luncheon. Long talk of the Brodrick wedding. At 3.30 they went. After took M for walk with dogs. Then M & Mite & Mabel left at 4.30 to go to tea at the Tates, Balcombe Place. Self walked. Saw Mrs Tate, Daisy & Wignell. Made a malapropos remark about Mr Brodrick's ears sticking out, so do Wignell's. After M walked back with me in gale of wind. Dinner. M, Mabel, Mite & self. Mabel sang really prettily after. Read Sanson's Memoirs & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Lady Pearson & sisters came to lunch at Balcombe House.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Anne Bastard.) Wednesday January 7 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. M had slept with Mite & came in to her room at 8.15am. Bath. Breakfast. Mabel not down. After got ready & at 10.51 from Balcombe to town. Otley met me & put me down at end of Piccadilly. 2 busses full passed. Called C.C. Lunch at Garrick with Heron Allen who told me about Rudy Lehmann & his brother. After saw Joe Carr, Marshall Hall & Seymour Hicks. Then at 1.45 to C.C. At 2.45 photod E.D. Better model. Out at 3.50pm. Wrote letters etc. Tea & left at 6.30 & walked to the Punch Dinner. Sir F.C.B, R.L, L.B, self, Graves, A.G, P.M, B.P. Partridge looking ill. Learnt that John Bull was to be printed in colours. Got cut of Lock & Sultan. Left at 10.15 after seeing Otley at 9.30 with coat. Decided to go to Balcombe tomorrow. Home. Roy away at a dance at Haywards Heath. Went up to Studio & looked out Locks etc. Bed 12.0. Slept uneasily. (Red ink: Went up to town 1st Punch Dinner of the year. Lovely day.) (Cutting glued in: Birthday, Edward Linley Sambourne, Jan 4. Daily Chronicle.) Thursday January 8 Stafford Terrace. Called at 5.45am. Up & bath. Breakfast 6.15 & left in cart with Otley at 6.50. Caught the 7.30am train at Victoria. Wore Lady M's suit. Down to Balcombe. News of poor Louis Fagan's death aged 58. Arrived Balcombe House 9.20. Got gun etc. Saw M & Nonie & after left with Lennie at 9.40. At Paddockhurst 10.0am. Guns Mr Thomas Luscombe, Lennie & self, Mr Lambert, 2 Mr Pearsons. Covert shoot for cocks. Self got 10 birds only. Won the sweep. Drizzle of rain most of the day. Left off at 4.0. Tea. Childrens party. Mite there. After drove home. Bath & changed. McLaren put up gun for me. Gave Keeper £1.0.0. Constable his name was. Changed. Dinner, Lennie, M, Mite & self. After left by the 9.23 train & to Victoria. Otley met me. Home. Roy up. Went to bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Covert shoot in muggy misty weather at Sir Weetman Pearson's.) (Cutting glued in: Mr Goodall RA is slowly gaining strength.) Friday January 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round C.H. After skemed subject & at 10.30 photod Otley for Turk & Lansdowne. Enlarged Lock taken nearly 10 years ago. All finished by 12.0. Outline finished by 5.0pm, drawing by 9.15. Dined by self. Roy at dinner with Nipper. Bed 12.15 after snooze tired. (Cuttings glued in: The Viscountess Deerhurst, of a son. Death of Lord Pirbright, with photo.) Saturday January 10
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk round C.H. After all morning printed blues & tidied up. Roy to City. Lunch by self. Roy back. Left at 3.15 & by bus to Garrick. Colder. Wrote letters & caught the 5.0pm train Roy & self down to Balcombe. Dear M & Mite, Mabel Wallace & Mr Venning there. Dinner. Mr & Miss Pearson came over to a small dance. Nipper, Miss Hale & Hilda & a Mr Elliott came from Nymans. Danced till 12.0. Small supper. Pearsons left at 12.30. Bed 1.30am. Had been a lovely day. Bright sun. Lennie shot at Lester Reeds. (Red ink: Down to Balcombe again. Dance in the evening.) Sunday January 11 Balcombe House. Up at 9.30. Bath. Heavy snow quite early & much colder. Dear Nonie in room. Take him by his left leg & throw him down stairs. Breakfast, all. Lennie, Mite, Mabel & Mr V to church. Letter from Mervyn. Read it to M. After Roy & self walk before lunch. After at 2.30 motor with young Pearson & his sister came. Took Mabel & young Venning out. Lennie Roy & self walked to Nymans. Late owner Dearden. Tea there. Mrs M etc. Walked back. Talk of Roy's volunteering after tea. Stuck slips in book. Dinner D & G Champagne. Game after. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Cold but delightful day at Balcombe. Walked to Nymans & back.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Louisa Lilly.) Monday January 12 Balcombe House. Heard Roy & Venning leave. x. Up at 8.45 & bath. Solitary breakfast. After finished sticking all back slips in diary for 1901 & 1902. Very cold. Lunch. Afterwent with dogs for a five mile walk. Met Mrs Tate at station. Home & tea by self. After read etc. Dinner. Lennie back late. Dinner. Canon Meade & his daughter. Good. After rhymes in which Freeman Murray entered very largely. Talk to Lennie & bed. Oh! at 11.15. Bobs in our room. He was disturbed by dreams at night. (Red ink: Went for walk round past S(illeg) cottages & road to Cuckfield. Met Mrs Tate.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Percy Furniss, of a daughter.) Tuesday January 13 Balcombe House. Up 8.45. Lennie gone. Bath. Cold N.E wind & occasional snow. Down. Wrote letters Spielmann etc. After lunch took M & Bobs & Fritz same walk as yesterday, cold, from 2.50 to 4.25pm. Tea. Nonie & Miss Meade. Had put crests on cigar cases. Wrote letters again & posted them. Cheque to Stores etc. Mite had a tea & no one came. After wrote etc etc. Lennie back late with Nipper in uniform at 10.30pm. Had dined quietly with Mite & M. Bed after at 11.45pm. Intensely cold. (Red ink: Took M for walk with dogs. Lennie & Nipper came back from drill.) Wednesday January 14 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. Bath. Lennie gone. Breakfast & got off with small bag by 10.50. Only caught train by one minute. Up to Victoria. Otley met me & took bag. To C.C & lunched at Garrick with Heron Allen. After talk to Sothern & Seymour Hicks, Collard etc. Chaff of old gents in Club. To C.C. At 3.0 photod Miss M.R. Very cold. Out at 4.30 & to Garrick again. Wrote letters & after walked to the Punch Dinner. Sir F.C.B, self, Graves, P.A, P.M, B.P, A.G. Got cut of Chamberlain & Ostrich. Home by bus. Intensely cold. Roy up. Apollinaris & bed by 11.45. (Red ink: Bitterly cold.)
Thursday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk over Campden Hill. After breakfast in Dining Room. Bitterly cold. Skemed subject of Ostrich & Chamberlain. Sent Otley to May's. At 12.30 photod him for Mother Goose. Developed 6 plates or films taken yesterday & enlarged. Letter from Hitchings, 2 seats for Empire. Worked till 7.30 when dined after rest by fire. Roy & self drove up in hansom to Empire & saw Looping the Loop. At Garrick after. Furniss sitting there. After Furniss told Eric Lawes an actor could not be a gentleman. Left 12.15 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Bitterly cold. Roy & self went to the Empire Theatre. Saw Looping the Loop.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of M.de Blowitz.) Friday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on bicycle round Earl's Ct. School open, no L.C. Back & all morning & afternoon at work on Chamberlain & Ostrich. Roy dined with Sir Edgar Boehm. Self by self at 9.15pm. Rested in chair after till 1.30am when Roy came in. Bed. (Red ink: Bitterly cold.) (Cuttings glued in: Deaths of Quintin Hogg, Sir Joseph Montefiore, Henry Tanworth Wells. Obituary of Michael O'Dwyer.) Saturday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out for walk over Campden Hill. Still very cold but frost giving. No O.W. Back. Roy read out that frost breaking all over Europe. Tidied up. Wrote letters. A few blues & lunch. After Roy back. Left at 3.0 after packing up skates! Oh. Out. Miss Hunt at omnibus & walked up to Round Pond. People skating. Pretty little girls as usual. Went on the ice, then by bus to C.C & Garrick. After by bus to Victoria. Frost giving. Roy & self went down to Balcombe. Came on to rain at Horley. Met Mr Childers at station & walked to Balcombe House. Dear Mite away in carriage & did not return till 9.15pm. Lennie anxious. Dear little Ann said Ta Ta for 1st time. M, self, Roy, Mr Childers at dinner. Music after. Sleepy. Pipe. Bed at 11.50pm. (Red ink: Went on ice at the Round Pond. Down to Balcombe with Roy. Frost broke.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of H.T.Wells. R.A.) Sunday January 18 Balcombe House. Up 9.0am. Bath after Roy. Breakfast. A miserable drizzling humid moist day. Lennie, Mr Childers & Mite drove over to Nymans. Roy & self & the 3 dogs went for a walk quite round the lake, Roy going on the ice 3 or 4 times. After Vic & Bobs put out a rabbit. Back 1.15. Changed. Lunch after smoke. Roy, self, dogs etc & Lennie & Mr Childers started for walk. Great rat hunt at pile or stack of timber. Bobs killed the rat. Walked past Dead Girls Hole & round by the Cuckfield Road. Back. Changed & tea. Wrote diary, letters etc. Little Ann cried after. Dinner. Magnum of Champagne. Roy's cold bad. Music & others playing Patience. Looked over Aubrey Beardsley's book & bed 11.15pm. Dream of shooting someone - who? (Red ink: Dull miserable thaw. Roy went on ice at the lake.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Joseph Montefiore.) Monday January 19 Balcombe House. Roy in M's room for his coat. Up 8.45. Bath. Mr Childers at breakfast & off by the 9.30 train. Mite down. A dull wretched morning, foggy humid & moist. Wrote & after dear little Linley painted a robin in my room. Lunch
& after sleepy. Went at 3.40pm to 5.20pm round by Mill & back along the red road. Tea. Romp with Nonie. Read Rochester & Rakes of Charles 2 nd reign. Dinner, Lennie, Mite, M & self. Patience after & bed. 11.15pm. Talk of the late Sir Edgar Boehm & Princess Louise. (Red ink: Dull miserable wretched weather.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Joseph Sebag Montefiore.) Tuesday January 20 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. Lennie off. No towels in Bath Room. Breakfast. Letters etc. Still dull & misty. Out by 11.30, beginning to clear. Mite a slight sore throat. Wire from Buffalo Bill. After packed & tidied up leisurely. Lunch. Sleepy after. Stroll out with dogs. Dear M & self left with Mite in the carriage at 4.5pm. Caught the 4.20pm. Back to town. Otley met us. Dinner 7.45. Geoff Herapath with us. Left at 8.30 to see Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Civil American. All went & shook hands with Buffalo Bill. Home. Had been much put out by Freda saying no one to open door to Lady Clarke. (Red ink: M & self came up from Balcombe. Roy, Geoff H, M & self all went in the evening to see Buffalo Bill at Olympia. Poor show. Neuralgia gum boil came on.) Wednesday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. A wretchedly dull miserable morning. Took Rags on run with bicycle. Tried to bolt into house afterwards. Geoffrey Herapath went with letter for Jim Galbraith. Tidied up in morning. Left at 12.30 & up to C.C & Garrick. Lunch. At 1.45 photod Miss E.H for 1st time. No good. Out at 2.45 & to Garrick Theatre. Geoff, Jim Galbraith & M in box to see The Water Babies. Fairly good. Out at 5.0. Put M in the carriage & to Club. Tea & letters. Dillon Croban mistook me for Furniss. Why? Walked to the Punch Dinner. Lawrence Bradbury, F.C.B, self, Graves & Guthrie. Partridge away with influenza. Tooth hurt me very much after. Lanced it & home by bus. All gone to bed. (Red ink: M, Geoffrey Herapath & James Galbraith went to matinée of Water Babies at the Garrick Theatre. Neuralgia G.B very bad.) Thursday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Dull morning out for walk with Rags. Gave Old W 1/s. Blessings. Home & skemed subject of Chamberlain & Portia. Sent Otley to May's & at 12.30 photod Geoffrey Herapath in costume. Developed etc. Lunch. After got all ready by 4.0pm. Worked till 7.0 when dined. After M, self, Roy & Geoff went to Gaiety & saw the Toreador for about the 5 th time. M & self left early & home by carriage. Tooth troublesome. Bed 12.0 before the boys came home. (Red ink: M, self & Roy & Geoff went in the evening to see the Toreador. Neuralgia G.B very bad.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Augustus Hare.) Friday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am & walk over Campden Hill with Rags. After at work all day on Chamberlain as Bassanio & S.A as Portia. Geoff left at 2.30pm. Gave him 10/s. On to work till 9.15 when finished & M, Roy & self dined quietly. Tooth hurt me. Bed 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Neuralgia G.B bad.) (Cuttings glued in: Lady Helen Stavordale, of a daughter. Obituary of Augustus Hare.) Saturday January 24
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out over Campden Hill. Met no one. After tidied up & put things away. Lunch at 1.0pm. M & self left in the carriage & drove to St Martins Lane. Wet. Saw for 1st time 'The Admirable Crichton'. Good. Irene Vanbrough A1. Out & put M in carriage in Garrick St. Tea at Garrick & wrote letters. Bought sausages & fruit & dinner 8.0pm, M, Roy & self. Bed at 12.0 after reading. Roy's cough troublesome. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of 'The Admirable Crighton' at the Duke of York's Theatre. Neuralgia G.B bad.) Sunday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45 & out for walk round Campden Hill with Rags. Breakfast. A very high wind could not X Channel. In morning sorted plates (¼) & took M for walk up Row & back. Met Kenneth Grahame, baby & Lady Hickman. Lunch M & self. In room & rested till 4.0pm. Sorted films & after left at 5.0 & by bus to Athenaeum. Saw Harrison, Lord Robertson etc. Looked at Southey's Poems & listed books. Home by bus. Girl got out at Kensington Church & walked to Argyle Road. No fringe. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Roy late as usual. Quiet evening after. Read Andrew Lang's Mystery of Mary Stewart. Bed 12.30. Roy's cough troublesome. (Red ink: Dull wet day. Took M for walk & afternoon at the Athenaeum. Neuralgia G.B bad.) Monday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out for walk with Rags. Dull wretched morning. Went on foot past High School. Saw L.C. Goes round Gloucester Road. Back. Roy down 9.30. Cough had been bad. After put things away etc & put on at 11.30 shooting things. Walked with M up the Park & to Kate Pragnell. Had 6 plates taken for photograph after. Walked back with guns. Lunch. Developed some photos & after sorted a great many & threw away a great many old plates, L.G etc. Dear Mite & Lennie to dinner. Had bottle Ivory '74. Not very good. Roy's cough troublesome. Correspondence about drawings with Garnett & Co. Bed 12.0 after rest. (Red ink: Neuralgia G.B still bad.) Tuesday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out with Rags & cycle up Gloster Rd. Met L.C at corner. Coming home tyre exploded like a pistol. Walked to Stafford Terrace from top of Earls Court Road. Breakfast. After threw away nine plates & tidied up. Took M at 12.0 for walk to top of Row. Carriage at top at 1.0. Saw Sir Eyre Shaw & Johnny Mathews on horse who stood talking a long time. Walked up Piccadilly. Met Armstrong. To lunch with Reginald Harrison at the Conservative Club. Very good. Met his son in law, Captain M. Brewer, Chief of the City Police, & the Hon Dudley Ryder. Champagne Möet 1893. Out 2.30 & to the Athenaeum. Saw Sir Norman Lockyer. Looked at Punch. Old gents at whist. To C.C & after Turkish Bath from 4.0 to 6.0pm. Left 6.30. Walked to Piccadilly Circus for bus & home in the wet. Many callers. Quiet dinner, M, self & Roy. (Red ink: Lunched with Mr Reginald Harrison at the Conservative Club. Turkish Bath. Gum boil still on.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Walter Sang.) Wednesday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & walk over Campden Hill. Met school & Old W. After in morning printed blues. Lovely sunny morning. Miss Gill & M & self walked up Park. Left them & on to C.C & Garrick. Lunch with Elmer Speed. Saw Lawrence
Bradbury. At 2.30 photod E.D. No good. Shall not have her any more. After out & at 4.0 to Garrick. At 4.30 met Sir Charles Euan Smith. Wanted to see me about Marconi. Could not find Monday's 'Times' so went to the Athenaeum. An old gent had been expelled the Club. Read Times & a book on Physic Force. Walked to the P.D. Sir F.C.B, self, Graves, Lehmann, L.B, B.P (seedy) & A.G. Could not get them to have Marconi. Long weary discussion. Left 11.0 & home by bus. Roy had been late for dinner. Bed 12.30. Tooth still bad. (Red ink: Met Sir Charles Euan Smith at the Garrick. Gum boil still on.) Thursday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. M woke up 5.0am & was restless. After Roy's cough troublesome. Out & on cycle with Roy down Earls Court Road. Saw L.C & back. Skemed subject of Canoe, John Bull & Germany. After sent photos of Wellington to Partridge & Clark. Lovely sunny morning. Photod Otley at 12.15 & photod from the Figaro Illustré. Developed & up in room 4.0pm. Mrs Blair came at 4.30pm. Colder. Worked on till 7.45 when dressed. Roy had come home with cold worse. Dr Orton came to see him. In dressing the ½ cwt fell down & nearly crushed my foot. Left 8.7 & drove to Lady Clarke's dinner. Met Sir Charles & Lady Euan Smith, a delightful Mr Pilkington & Mr & Mrs Newman. Stayed till 11.30pm looking at prints etc. Home. Fell asleep until 1.45am. M awake & restless about Roy & cold. (Red ink: Dined with Sir Charles & Lady Mansfield Clarke. Gum boil still on.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Norman Forbes Robertson, of a son. Obituary of Robert Planquette. Death of David Raysal. Jany 29.) Friday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & cycled round Gloster Rd. Met Romer. After twice round saw L.C. Back at work all day on drawing of John Bull in Canoe. Finished at 9.20. Roy in bed all day & Orton came to see him. Got up to dinner. Dined, M, self & Mrs Blair. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Roy in bed all day seedy with cold. Gum still on.) Saturday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out round Park. Lovely morning, Rags running. After in morning Orton saw Roy. Discussion as to whether he would go to Pyt or Brighton. Lunch 1.0pm. M & Mrs Blair went to see Othello. In all day sorting plates drawers & books. M back at 5.45pm. (Red ink: Began to sort plates & number photos, a terrible task. Gum still on.) Feb 1903 Sunday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. M had had bad night. Nerves upset & ear bad. Got out & walked to Post Office to post letter - no, wire to Brighton for Roy. Back 9.45. Breakfast. M up at 11.30. Roy off for Brighton, Altered date of Pass. Took M for a walk. Squall came on. After turned & thro' Palace Gardens. Met Violet Phillips. Lunch Mrs Blair. After all afternoon sorting plates etc. Spencer in & delayed me. Miss Rose Innes & Maud Paxton called. Dinner, M, self & Mrs Blair. It turned much cooler after. Bed 11.45. M had better night. (Red ink: Still sorting plates. Did not go out after dinner or rather lunch. Gum still on.) The Lee Maiden, Greenings & Company.
Monday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. M a little better for rest but complains of her ear. Out on cycle. Met Coward & 2 daughters. After little C at end of Gloster Rd. Back. Rags went. Hard frost & bright sun. After in the entire day. M out for walk. Printed blues in bright sun & decided to thin out all plates altho' the time to do it awful. Began & got up nearly to end L.Griffin. Threw many away & numbered prints. Dinner, M, self & Mrs Blair. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. Annoyed by Electric Light bill. (Red ink: Entire day sorting plates etc. Gum still on.) Tuesday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled round Park. Rags cowed by 2 greyhounds. Back. Decided to go across Channel. Changed & off by 10.15. Bus to Victoria. Saw Green. Down with one other. Crowded boat. Met Miss Brown & a friend & Col Denny. Lunch at Calais. Looked after Miss B. Cigars. Back. Met Blundell Maple. After home. Mite & Lennie dined with us. Mrs Blair. (Red ink: Crossed Channel 1st time since 4 July 1902. Lennie & Mite dined. Roy at Brighton. Gum still on.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of John Burns to Annie Pilkington.) Wednesday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Dull. Cycled down Gloster Rd. Saw L.C & back over Park into Bayswater, Rags following. Breakfast. After wrote letters to lunch time & then photod Harlequin in Figaro Illustré. M out. Still sorting plates before going to Punch Dinner. Sent cheque to Knightley's & wrote about Electric Lights. After left & by bus to Piccadilly Circus. Dressed. Walked to C.C, Garrick, & on to Punch Dinner. Saw Lawrence Bradbury at the Garrick. After Sir F.C.B, self, Graves, P.A, B.P & A.G only. After long discussion got Mrs Britannia & Ritchie. Partridge got Walrus & Carpenter. Left 11.0 & home by bus. Papers & bed. (Red ink: Gum still on.) Thursday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled short turn round Park, called on Langleys & left a note for Dora. Back. Breakfast & skemed subject. Sent Otley to Barkers for mantle. Came with wrong one. At 12.0 Dora kindly came & she stayed to lunch. Photod her & Otley for Ritchie. After developed & got all ready by 4.30. After tea went on to work & up to 8.15 when M & self dined quietly. Snooze & bed after. Annoyed about the Electric Light. Some one called & Freda told them Saturday morning. (Red ink: Mrs Blair left. Photod Dora. Gum still on.) Friday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Earls Court. No L.C. Back. Breakfast. M seedy in bed. Got on all day with drawing of Mrs Britannia & Mr Ritchie in costume shop. M in my room & had her little dinner at 7.0. Finished 9.20pm & dined quietly. Roy at Brighton. Bed after snooze in chair. Very tired. (Red ink: Gum still on.) Saturday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Very tired. Out for walk & met Mr Herbert (Dentist). Sent Otley on bicycle to Notting Hill Electric Lighting Co & also to Mite's. Sorting plates. Roy came back from Brighton at 12.0am. Packed & got off to Pyt House. M & self left in the carriage at 1.30 & went to the Apollo Theatre & saw a very good
musical play by Owen Hall, The Girl from Kay's. Dora came in box. Saw Bobby Lowe. Out. Wet. M went back in Dora's carriage. Got sausages & walked round to C.C. Tea at Garrick & wrote 2 or 3 letters. On to the Athenaeum & dressed. Left at 8.55 & across to dine with Ayala & his brothers. Lennie went. Philip Corens there, Mr Phaysey & Lockett. Good dinner. Left at 11.15. Called Athenaeum & home by bus from Piccadilly. Bed. Conrad came in the afternoon. (Red ink: Went with M & Dora to Apollo to see Girl from Kay's. Ayala dinner. Gum still sore. Conrad came.) Sunday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out for walk over Campden Hill. Dull & warm. Blowing rather hard. No Channel. After the entire day sorting plates of Britannias. Terribly tiring. Slept after tea till 6.50 when dressed. Spencer & Ada came with a dog. Walked to dear Mite's & dined. Delightful dinner. Dora, Mite & Lennie, Conrad & self. Champagne to drink dear little Ann's health. H.Langley came in after. Talk & smoke. H asked when I was going to send the dear old mare to the knackers. Oh! Home by carriage. Read & to bed. Conrad with me. (Red ink: Sorting plates all day. Dined with Mite & Lennie. M at home resting. Gum still on.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of James Glaisher. Obituary of James Glaisher.) Monday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & out with Rags & cycle early. Could not see L.C. Back & over Campden Hill. After the whole day sorting plates, a terrible task. Did not go out. Felt unaccountably seedy in the evening & very tired. In the morning gentleman from the Electric Lighting Company called & went over the lights. Settled with him for 37- no 8's. Youth who had been last Wednesday had put me down for over 100. Had a good deal of running about to do. Sent Otley to Barkers twice for globes for Electric 8's. Dinner, Con, M & self. Enjoyed dinner but very tired & seedy after. Slept in chair until 11.45 when to bed. Con & M went up at 10.15. (Red ink: Sorting plates all day. Felt very tired at night. Gum still on.) Tuesday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out on cycle. Down with Rags Earls Court, could not see L.C. Con remained in bed very seedy. Very warm. Thermometer 64º in Drawing Room. After printed some blues. The whole of the rest of the day sorting plate boxes. Got to end of Mabel Hall. A fearful task. Sent Otley to Goupils for Figaro Illustré. Tea. Callers on M. After M, Con & self dined quietly. Looked over the Figaro Illustré after & to bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Sorting plates all day. Gum still on.) Wednesday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Round Gloster Rd. No L.C. After all day sorting plates etc etc. Con with us. Dear M in bed. After dressed & left for Punch Dinner by bus. Called C.C & the Garrick. On thro' Covent Garden & bus to Bouverie St. Reed & Seaman back. F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S, R.L, P.A, L.B, P.M went away seedy. B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Long discussion. Nothing said about India. Got Labourer cut. Home by bus at 11.0am. Reed & Seaman left Dec. 3, 10 weeks away. Oh! (Red ink: M seedy with influenza. Went to see Dr Cumberbatch. Gum still on.) Thursday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled round Gloster Road. No L.C. Looked for background of buildings. Back. M in bed. Skemed subject of Balfour as Labourer
& Unemployed. At 12.0 photod a man from Nash's on ladder. Out & to Princes Gate to get a background of platforms. Coming back saw a procession of Unemployed. Nipped on to a bus twice & got a snapshot. Back & developed after lunch. Enlarged. Late with it. Up to 4.45. Worked. Dressed at 7.0 & walked to Mite's to dine. Met the Mountney Jephsons, Miss Clifford & the Lakings. Mistook Laking for Charles Russell. After left & home by bus to end of Campden Hill. Much colder. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Dined by self at dear Mite's. Gum still on.) Friday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Park. Roads in a filthy condition from watering. Going along just before Palace Gardens my bicycle came over side slip on to right shoulder. Same as in (blank). Covered with mud & tore trowsers. Home & changed. After breakfast went on to work all day at Balfour as Labourer & Unemployed. Wasted an hour enlarging after lunch. Finished 9.30pm & quiet dinner, dear M, Con & self. Rest after. Arm hurt me. Bed 12.30pm. (Red ink: Bicycle side skidded with me in the Bayswater Road.) Saturday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on cycle down Holland Rd. First saw Miss H. Back & breakfast. M undecided when to go to Lennie's. Settled for 5.0 train. After Con & I went by cab to the Comedy Theatre & saw M.de Beaucaire. Grace Lane very good. Lewis Wallace as the Duc D'Orleans. Out & to Garrick for tea. After got sausages & fruit & home. Con & I dined quietly & bed after snooze. (Red ink: Dear M went to Balcombe by herself. Con & self went to see matinée of Monsieur Beaucaire.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of John Lloyd to Marion Justice. See Nov 30. No time lost.) Sunday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out with Conrad round Park on cycles. Rags ran into my cycle. Dull grey morning. Called Langleys. Breakfast. Wrote M. After sorted a few plates & dressed. Walked to Lady De la Rue's lunch. Mr Fuchs & a Mr Wauklin, Lady De la Rue & Sir Andros. Pleasant talk. Out. Grey drizzle. To the C.C & Garrick. Wrote 6 letters. Left. Home by bus. Dressed & to Langleys to dine, H, Midge, Dora & self. Very wet walking. Left 10.40 & home by bus to Campden Hill & walk. Roy & Con up. Read Roman London before the Conquest. Rest & to bed at 12.30pm. (Red ink: Dull grey drizzle. After cycled Langleys with Con. Lunched at the De la Rue's. Dined with Langleys. Roy back from Pyt.) Monday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out on cycle with Rags. Roads greasy again. Down Earls Court. Saw Little C. Back. Breakfast. Roy & tight boots. After wrote letters & left at 12.0 by bus for C.C & Garrick. Came across William Stone & lunched with him. Told me of poor Moorhead. After to C.C & photod for the 1 st time Miss E.Huxley. Fine figure. Out 3.45. Had sent a letter to Mr Garrick of the Hippodrome. After to Garrick. Tea. Talk to Judge Bacon & Mr Walters. Out & home by bus. Sat down with Con & Roy to dinner 7.30. Had not touched my soup when letter from M about dining at Fletcher Moultons. Left hastily. Took F.M's mother in law in. Met Sir Felix & Lady Semon, Master of Rolls & his Lady, Lady Victor Horsley & dear Mite & Lennie. 2 places not filled up. Mite drove me home. (Red ink: Photod Miss E.H for 1st time. Fine day but colder.)
Tuesday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & cycled along to end of Gloster Rd. No L.C. Back Redclyffe. After photod in yard 12 plates from Figaro Illustré. Man doing the creepers. Lovely bright sun. Cold east wind. Conrad left at 4.0pm. Dinner 7.0pm. After Roy & self went to see 'The Light that Failed'. Delighted with the play. Roy saw Lloyd & his bride who was a Miss Justice. Also Llewellyn. Home by carriage. Sandwiches & bed at 12.30am. Cold. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Lyric & saw The Light that Failed.) (Cuttings glued in : Marriage of Shirley Woolmer to Venice Blennerhassett. Marriage of Amable Franqueville to Sophia Palmer. Marriage of Evelyn De la Rue to Mary Francklin.) Wednesday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out on cycle. Round Earls Court & across Park. No L.C. After back, went on sorting plates. Had sent a wire in the morning & left at 1.30 by bus to C.C & photod for 2nd time Miss H. Not much good. Out 4.0 or 3.45 & back home by bus. Wrote M etc. Tilda arrived 5.30. Dressed & left by bus to Punch Dinner. Flower at Covent Garden. F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, O.S, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L back 1st time since Decr 10th, A.G. Long weary discussion. At last I suggested Kite Flying. Left 10.50 & home by Turnham Green bus. Bed 12.30. Warmer. Miss H 'Lovely' !!! (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Thomas Peregrine. Marriage of Edouard Souberbielle to Beatrice Wilkinson-Poole.)
Thursday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Rather a headache. Cycled down Gloster Rd. No L.C & over to Bayswater. Back & skemed subject of Balfour & Kite. Sent Otley to May's & he got a boy to come at 12.45. Lovely morning & bright sun. 1 st photo with sunlight on head. Developed etc. After dressed & walked with Roy to Lennie's. Dinner, Florence Walford, Mr Gosling, a German, Lennie & Mite, Dora, Roy & self. Lennie's birthday. Champagne. Felt livery & seedy. Back by carriage & took 4 C.C.L.P. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Lennie's birthday.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of John Cooke-Hurle, a daughter. Death of Richard Harte.) Friday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out with Rags. Saw L.C. Smiled. After back & at work all day on drawing of Balfour flying Kite. Tilda & Roy went to dine at Hamilton Langley's. Dined at 9.30pm by self & waited till they came home. Heard of Freda leaving. Bed at 12.0. Took 2 C.C.L.P. Saturday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am & out for walk thro' church & back. Tilda & Roy at breakfast. Warm dull morning. After wrote & sorted plates. Roy back to lunch. Packed & went by bus to Victoria. Roy followed in the cart with luggage. Caught the 3.50pm down to Brighton. On to the Bedford Hotel. Guest of Hartree, room 35. My room 9. Other guests Col Heath, Yorkshire Regt, Major Stopford, Irish Guards, Dr Blewett, Leslie Ward & self. Walked with L.W to end of old port of Brighton & back. Dressed. Dinner 7.45. Pommery '93. Smoke & talk after. Bed 11.45. Fire. Saty Feby 9 1895 Bedford.
Saty March 14 1896 Norfolk. Saty Jany 29 1898 Bedford. Saty Feby 4 1899 Bedford. (Red ink: Went to visit Hartree. Roy to Kenwardines.) Sunday February 22 Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Up at 7.30. Bath etc. Dull rainy morning. Good breakfast. Pipe & wrote letters 4 or 5. Had been out. Got 3 letters from C.C. At 11.0 L.W & self walked 5 miles as far as Shoreham. Back by tram. Told him of The Light that Failed. Eat a tremendous lunch. After rested from 3.15 to 5.30pm. Tea & from 6.0 to 7.25 walked again same walk as last night. L.W got very wet. Dinner. Old gent asleep after. Long talk of Phil May & Pellegrini. Poached egg story. Bed at 11.45. Great difficulty with fire smoking. Did not get to sleep till 1.0am. (Red ink: At Brighton. Dull rainy day.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Kate Vaughan. Tuesday 24 Feby '03.) Monday February 23 Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Up 7.30. Bath. Breakfast with L.W & Dr Blewett. Others had left. After went out with key camera & took 8 plates. Back. Goodbye to H & up to town by the 11.5am train with Dr Blewett. Otley met me & at Langleys by 1.0pm. A Sir Algernon Ledyard there. Midge not well. Left in the Mail Phaeton & on to shooting ground. Tried at clay pigeons. Cold wind & heavy clouds. Back at 4.30. Tea at Midges & walked home by 5.30. Dear M back with Tilda. Roy back. Letter from Galbraith to say could not send horse. We dined together. Angry with Roy for sitting before fire. Felt seedy & livery. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: With Langley at shooting ground.) Tuesday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out on cycle to Fulham. Could not see L.C. Back & all day sorting plates. Got nearly to end of 5 x 4's. M had many callers. Roy went to dine with Tabs at the Coburg & H, Tabs & Bee Barrs went to see 'If I were King'. Quiet dinner, M, Tilda & self & rest after. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Chatham 2nd & Ordinary began to rise.) Wednesday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Went for walk over Campden Hill. After went on sorting plates etc. Lunch. Left at 1.30 & by bus to His Majesty's Theatre. M & Tilda went in the carriage. Large box to see Resurrection. Tilda, M, Dora, Mite, Tabs, Bee Barrs & self in box. Gilly also came. Too many. Lena Ashwell good. Out & saw M to corner of St James's St & then to the Athenaeum & wrote letters. Felt very seedy & livery. Called C.C, 2 letters. Type one from M.R. On by bus to Bouverie St. Very pretty girl like Florence Coldham. After Punch Dinner. Eat scarcely anything & drank 2 glasses of Claret. Found out subject of last week's Kite had been done by Tenniel June 1896. F.C.B, self, A.G, R.L, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Cuts made up by 9.45 & left at 10.15. Home by bus. Phenomenal rise in 2nd Chathams, rose 5. (Red ink: Went to see 'Resurrection'. Very seedy, bilious. Took 3 C.L.L.P.) Thursday February 26
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for walk over Campden Hill with Rags. Felt seedy & bilious. Back. Wire from Cox to say he could not come. Sent Otley to May's for Falstaff's dress. Back 12.0. Photod him for Falstaff & Prince Hal & Poins. Developed & got all ready by 4.0pm. M went to lunch with Tabs. Worked from 5.0 to 8.30 on outline. Roy dined at Midge's. Mite had the Rouths etc to dinner. Bed 12.0. Tired. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Anna Beeby. Death of John ForbesRobertson. Obituary of John Forbes-Robertson.) Friday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out round Mews for walk with old Rick. After back. Went on to work all day on drawing of Brodrick as Falstaff. Finished at 9.30pm when Roy, self & Tilda dined. Very tired. Rest after in chair till 2.0am. Bed. Dear M awake. Mite in to see me at 11.15pm. At 10.50 the ladder slipped & pulled down 2 pictures & 2 swords below the Punches. Saturday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.30. Dull wretchedly wet coldish morning. Out & walk up Phill Gds & along Holland Park. Commony. Back & breakfast. Letter from C.C Secy. After tidied up etc. After M, Tilda & self went up to see 'A Princess of Kensington' at the Savoy Theatre. Pretty good only. Miss Fraser pretty & a dancer, a Miss Hart Dyke. Had Mite's carriage, Roy went back in it, & after to Garrick. Tea. Home with sausages & fruit. Quiet dinner, M, Tilda & self. Bed after snooze. Roy at drill with Mite. (Red ink: M, Tilda & self went to see 'A Princess of Kensington' at the Savoy. Matinée.) (Cutting glued in: The Countess of Orkney, of a daughter. Obituary of Samuel Tinsley.) Mar 1903 Sunday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Walk up Holland Walk etc. After decided not to go across Channel. Blowing hard. Roy at Mite's. M, Tilda & self walked to top of Row & I walked back with them to Kensington Church. Took bus to Athenaeum. Rain came on. Lunched there. Up & smoked & dozed in chair. Wrote letters after & saw Judge Snagge. Home by bus & quiet dinner, M, Tilda & self. Paxton had called. Freda's last Sunday with us. (Red ink: Gale of wind. Lunched at the Athenaeum Club.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Secker. Death of Miss van Sminia.) Monday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campen Hill. All day doing plates etc etc. Dined 7.0pm, M, Tilda & self, & after went in Otley's 4 wheeler to the Palace Theatre. Poor performance. Joe Parkinson in box next to us. Back by the carriage. Rode outside. Cold. Roy dining with Tabs at the Coburg. Bed after sandwiches. (Red ink: M, Tilda & self went to the Palace Theatre in the evening.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Captain Thomas Johns.) Tuesday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & walk round Campden Hill. Dull coldish weather. All day puting plates right in boxes etc. Cut from Times also, etc etc. Quiet dinner, M, Tilda & self. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Roy went to the Pantomime with Lennie & Mite who took sixteen stalls.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Captain
Thomas Johns, Charles Johnston, Catherine Jockes, John Leigh. The wife of Edward Penruddocke, of a daughter.) Wednesday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out on bicycle. Met L.C at top of Gloster Rd. Back & thro' Park & over by Bayswater. Called Mite's & told Chicks not to come to lunch. Back. All morning sorting plates etc & left at 11.45 & walked up the Row, M, Tilda & self. Bus to Long Acre & on to Rules. Had lunch. After to Pantomime. Very good. Principal feature Mother Goose of Dan Leno. Becomes young again. Madge Lessing very good. Out & put M & Tilda into carriage & had tea at Garrick. After walking to C.C saw Partridge. On to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, Sir W.A, back looking seedy, P.A, self, Raven Hill back, R.L, O.S, no Graves, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long discussion. Got cut of Chamberlain as Ulysses. Wrote Conrad & May. Home by bus. (Red ink: M, Tilda & self lunched at Rules & went to the Pantomime Mother Goose at the Drury Lane Theatre.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of John Leader. Garrick Theatre, our dramatic critic refused admission. Times 3 March.) Thursday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Slight head. Out for walk over Campden Hill in wet. Skemed subject of Chamberlain as Ulysses at 12.0. Conrad came & stood in rain. Made mistake about attitude & hands of stringing bow. Otley better after. Had sent Otley to May's for classic costume. Lunch. Developed & got to work. Very much bothered about figure of Mr Chamberlain. Left it till tomorrow. Dined 8.30, M, Roy, Tilda & self. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. Children came to luncheon. Friday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out. Collared by Old W, 6d. After photod Roy after breakfast for Chamberlain Ulysses. Fine bright sun. Went on to work & at 12.45 photod Otley again. Very weak developer. Printed bromides & went on to work. Finished drawing of Chamberlain as Ulysses at 9.35 & down to dinner, Roy, Tilda & self, M sitting at table. Bed at 12.0. Very tired. Freda waited for the last time. Saturday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Very tired. Out for walk. After in morning tidied up & printed blues of plates taken Thursday. Lunch. M, Tilda & self went up by bus to the Criterion Theatre & saw 'A Clean Slate'. Very good. Delightful little serving maid, 'A.C'. Out to get sausages. Went to C.C, Garrick & after home by bus. Sent Otley when he went by carriage my case of court suit to dress at the Athenaeum on Monday. Also costume from May's back. Freda took herself off in the afternoon & a new maid Mary Batsey served in her stead. Dinner, M, Tilda, Roy & self. Game of Patience after. Bed 12.30am. Saw Brandon Thomas at Garrick. Asked me to dine. (Red ink: M, Tilda & self went to matinée of 'A Clean Slate' at the Criterion Theatre.) Sunday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Lovely morning. Cold. Wind N.W. Out with Rags & Rick round. Avoided Old W. Roy would not go. After breakfast left at 10.0 & by bus to Victoria. Down to Dover. Saw Sir H.Campbell-Bannerman. No one I knew on boat. Lunch at Calais. Cigar. After saw Payton, Captain Pain, Capt'n Blomfield. Nice fresh breeze. Douglas Gordon on board. Spoke to a man for Sir Alfred
Haslam. Had to wait an hour for train to come in. Mr Lord the stationmaster. Up in a reserved carriage with Mr & Mrs Merryweather & a friend. Home by bus. Roy at H.Langley's. Quiet dinner, M, Tilda & self. Read Stupid Ambrosine. Bed 12.20am. (Red ink: Crossed the Channel. Fine passage, N.W wind. Coldish. Paragraph in 'The People' that Phil May was committed at Westminster Police Court for £8 boot bill. Suspended for 7 days.) Monday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out round Campden Hill. After breakfast left on foot & by bus to C.C & on to Athenaeum. Had to dress in a closet & on to Levée with Mr Holmes by 11.20. Waited. Saw Crofts & Sir John Leescombe etc. Young Trendall civil. Lovely pictures in Buckingham Palace. Walked to Athenaeum by 12.30. Changed. Lunch with Sir B.Baker. After in Smoking Room. Down below saw Sir (illeg) Wood & Sir W.Preece. Out at 2.30. Walked to C.C at 3.20. Photod E.D. Out at 4.15 & to Athenaeum. Voted for Capper & Fowler. Tea & home by bus at six. Bath. Leakage from Bath Room. Wrote letters. Dinner. Bad waiting & short of wine. Rest after. Very tired. Snooze & bed at 12.30am. Left at 10am. Attended the Levée. Lunch at Athenaeum. Voted for Fowler & Capper. Tuesday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Felt tired. Out in wet. Collared by Old Woman at top of Argyle Rd. Speeds' house let at last. After back. Rag ran from dogs. After the entire day putting things straight , writing etc & also squaring up prints. Stuck dates in book. Dixon came about the leak in Bath Room. Also a mysterious man called. Dinner at 8.15, M, Tilda Roy & self. Discussions etc. Rather in blues all round. Dropped a weight on to my foot. M rubbed it with Pomade Livine. Bed 12.30 after snooze. Read about Braddock's defeat in 1755. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Lord Magheramorne.) Wednesday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15 & bath. Foot hurt putting boots on. Out with Rags. Fog & bright sun. Met Pepys Cockerell. Said Tintagel was Tintagel. Back. Breakfast. Wrote letters etc. Went on sorting plates. Got to Waves etc, Palatine. Lunch at 1.0pm. Wet. M, Tilda & self went up in a bus to Criterion. No, the Prince of Wales's Theatre. Had a very good Box 5. Dora came in. Saw 'Three little Maids'. Hilda Moody good. Madge Crighton, cheeky Cupid & girls. Out & put M, T & D in carriage in Jermyn St & went & had tea at the Athenaeum. Wrote letters. After called C.C & Garrick & then walked to the Punch Dinner. Phil A, B.P, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S. Good Dinner. A long discussion after. They were all hung up when I suggested John Bull & his Watch Dog. Adopted. Good cut. Partridge Balfour as St Patrick, an Albert Durer drawing. Left & home by bus. Roy out. (Red ink: M, Tilda & self went to see 'Three Little Maids'.) Thursday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. No head & out on cycle. Saw L.C, smile & on home along Earls Court. Roads wet. After set to scheme drawing of Brodrick & Watch Dog. Otley got man with boar hound to call at 12.0. Photod dog & after Otley for John Bull & Dog Fancier. Bright sun. Lunch. Man came round again & got a better one of dog. Developed & enlarged & got to work until 7.15. Roy bath. Walked to dine at Burnands. Met W.S.Gilbert & wife, Alfred Watson & wife, Winnie, Mary,
Ethel & Mervyn. Very good dinner. Mutton & quails etc. Gilbert most amusing about postage stamps etc. His wife buying 'Fine fresh stamps'. Revival of story of Stanley. We four had met at dinner at 64 Russell Square in 1878, 25 years ago. Wonderful all should be alive after a quarter of a century. Delightful evening. Walked home as far as Earls Court Road when took bus. Read & to bed. (Red ink: Dined at Burnands to meet the Gilberts & Alfred Watson. Last dinner Feby 1878. Friday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on bicycle with Rags along Gloster Rd. Saw L.C. Glum. Past Boltons & home by Nevern Square. Breakfast. After to work on Brodrick & Watch Dog. At it all day until 9.45 when dined. Roy went to Lennie's. Tilda & self at dinner. Rest after. Roy in at 11.15pm. Bed very tired. (Red ink: The above was not a very good cartoon.) (Cutting glued in: Death of William Barron.) Saturday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Packed bags etc. Out & posted letters. After got off with M by Otley's cab at 9.50 to Waterloo. Took bicycle. Off by 10.50. Man took reserved carriage off. Down to Salisbury. Comfortable lunch just after passing Semley. Saw Pyt House. To Exeter. Change & on to Okehampton. Change. Lovely Devonshire county, Cornwall bleak & no trees. Arrived Padstow to the minute. On to hotel. Dull & coldish. Only ones in hotel except one old man who had tea at 3.30pm. Fairish dinner. Claret. Sat in Drawing Room. Good fire. M went to bed at 9.30, self at 11.0pm. Both slept very well. Strange dream of the Government going out. Also 2 Pettigrews sitting again after 11 years. (Red ink: M & self went down to Padstow in Cornwall.) Sunday March 15 South Western Hotel, Padstow. Woke 8.15 by maid. M & self had slept well. Bath. No hot water. Down & out. Dirty little village. Dull coldish weather. Breakfast. Old man talking to waiter. Wrote letters. After M & self went walk. Dirty town but quaint. Over hill & on to the sands. Picked up a piece of crystal rock. Back thro' town. Posted letters. Lunch. Smoke after. Read. Tea. After out again to Jubilee Monument to Victoria 1887. Rain came on. Back. Read The Gentleman’s Journal. Dressed & dinner 7.30. Bottle St Etaples. Smoke after. M to bed at 9.30, self at 11.0. Slept well. Tin-tage-el. (Red ink: Lovely morning at Padstow. Wet afternoon. Had two walks. Went to Obelisk. Strong wind.) Monday March 16 South Western Hotel, Padstow. Up at 8.30. Good bath. After out & to station. Back. Breakfast. 2 whiting. Talk to old man about Chamberlain. After wrote letters & posted them. M & self decided to have an early lunch 12.10 & left by the 12.40 for Camelford. Granite slate pit at Delabore. Civil man with a wagonette at Camelford & we drove over to Tintagel (1 hour). Curious village. Wharncliffe Hotel. On to King Arthur's Hotel. Extremely civil porter shewed us way down rocks. Went down to the caves & up over rocks. Took 5 photos. Climb back & to hotel. Kept by Sir Robert Harvey. Many numbers of London Society 1865. Friendly spaniel. At 4.10 drove back to Camelford & on back to Padstow. Had been most fortunate in day altogether. Stroll into town & after M & self dined 7.30. Good dinner. Sleepy after. M went up at 9.30, self 10.50. Had a most awful turn out in
the middle of the night, about 3.0am. Wind roaring & torrents of rain. (Red ink: M & self went to Tintagel.) Tuesday March 17 South Western Hotel, Padstow. Up 8.45. Bath. Pouring with rain. M & I decided to leave by the 12.40. Letter from Lady Clarke. Sale etc. Bad copy of Punch. Bad bacon at breakfast. Still upset inside a little. Wrote several letters & sent cheque to sale at Kensington. Paid bill £4.10.6. Many tips. Left at 12.30 & off to London in rain. On to Oakhampton. Wet. To London having tea in the corridor train. Read The Struggle with France for Canada. Could not see Pyt House. On arriving at Waterloo my bicycle had not been put in the train. Delay. Otley met us. Drove in cab home. Roy out. M & self & Tilda dined at 9.0pm & bed after snooze. Tired after. (Red ink: Came up from Padstow. Very wet day.) Wednesday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk over Campden Hill. After all morning tidying. Developed plates taken at Padstow & Tintagel. Lunch. All afternoon writing etc. Left 5.45 for Punch D. Called C.C & Garrick. Saw Partridge. On to Punch Dinner. Flower. F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Longest time I remember getting subject from 8.0 to 11.45pm before mine was settled. Got Brodrick in Conservatory. Self objected to doing him with dead cats etc as Reed wanted. Partridge got Wyndham as Academy Picture sending in. Left tired with Guthrie at 11.50 & home by almost last bus. Read & to bed. (Red ink: Frightfully long weary sitting at the Punch Dinner, 8.0 to 11.45pm.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Nikolaus Beets.) Thursday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out on cycle to bottom Gloster Rd. No L.C. By Bayswater home. Very strong west wind. Sent Otley to find bricklayer & at 12.0 had skemed subject & photod him for Brodrick in Conservatory. Enlarged by 3.30. In room & at work till 8.15. Roy out dining with Hogan & saw Billiard Match after. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Sent money for book. Showers in the middle of the day. Friday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out on cycle along Gloster Rd & back Earls Court. No L.C. Breakfast & after all day at work on drawing of Brodrick in Conservatory. M had Devonshire cream sent up. Dinner 9.45, M, Tilda, Roy & self. Snooze after. Broke the thermometer in Bath Room. Bed 1.0am. Lennie & Mite at Balcombe. (Red ink: Broke the thermometer in Bath Room. Bother with quicksilver.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of George Drinkwater. Death of Charles Leland.) Saturday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Collected quicksilver on slab. After out, in & out Terraces with Rags. Breakfast. Fine morning. Wrote Schomberg McDonnell. Hill did not understand the will. Fire place after all. Developed last of Oct Dawsons. After lunch M, self, & Tilda went to the New Theatre for the 1 st time. Saw 'Rosemary'. Old Jacobi in the box opposite to us. Dora came. Barnes & Bishop admirable as the old men. All there as originally except James Walsh & Annie Hughes. Out & all into Midge's carriage. Called Garrick & found stupid book called 'The Ice Maiden'. Letter at C.C. At Athenaeum for tea & home by bus. Had a headache all day. Did not get sausages. Fruit at Butts & dinner, M, Roy, Tilda &
self. Snooze after till 12.0 when to bed. (Red ink: M, Tilda & self went to see Rosemary at Wyndham's Theatre.) Sunday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out on bicycle. Round short turn of Park. Saw Soloman. Back. Most lovely morning after. Quite warm. Developed about 8 or 9 films of Miss Johnstone taken in October. At 12.0 Tilda, M & self went for a walk to top of Row. They went back by bus. Walked to the Athenaeum & lunched off cold beef. Smoke after. Read A Thousand Years Hence, written in 1882. Bosh. Saw Buckle. Wrote letter to Mr Henry Stanfield, 8 Gloucester Walk, Campden Hill, W. Home by bus. Very pretty petite girl got out at Victoria Road. Who? Mrs Mackenzie at Stafford Terr. Changed & went on developing photos. After quiet dinner M, Tilda, Dora, Roy & self. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Lunched at the Athenaeum.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Walter Portman. March.) Monday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle. Saw L.C looking at workman. On home along Cromwell Road. Saw Sir William Abney. After all day sorting back ¼ plates & developing. At 8.0 Lennie, Mite, Roy, M & self & Tilda dined. 2 bottles of Ayala 1889. Delightful evening. They left at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite, Tilda, Roy, M & self dined.) Tuesday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Cycled along Earls Court. Could not see L.C. Back along Earls Court. After all day sorting back ¼ plates etc. Lunch. Sent Otley to May's. After dined at 7.0pm & at 8.0 M, Dora (who had dined with us) Tilda & self went to the Hippodrome. Good performance. Not many people there. Roy took Dora home. We back in cab & to bed after having sandwiches etc. Copied Figaro Illustré for 1901 in morning. (Red ink: M, Tilda & Roy & self went in Otley's cab to the Hippodrome.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Adelaide Dowager Countess of Westmorland. 24 March.) Wednesday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out on cycle, went to end of Gloster Road. L.C coming along from somewhere else. Back. Went on to print back ¼ plates, did a lot. Lunch with Tilda. M at Mite's. After left at 2.30 & by bus to C.C. At 3.30 photod E.D for Flags standing. Out 4.30 & to Garrick. Had tea & wrote letters. Extraordinarily warm close & muggy. Rumours of suicide of Sir Hector MacDonald. 'Punch' dinner with the table closed up. F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R & H.W.L. Cheery evening & very good dinner. Suggested cut of the Scotchman dancing across the Swords. Also Boating for Partridge. Left at 11.0 & home by bus on the outside. Locked poor Roy out. (Cutting glued in: Death of Lewis Way.) Thursday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out up over Campden Hill. Very windy. Poster put to Lewis's stable. After breakfast news of suicide of Sir Hector MacDonald. Schemed subject of Lord Rosebery & Sword Dance. Sent Otley to May's. At 12.30 photod him in Scotch dress. Up in room for tea & on to work. Left off at 7.0 & dressed. Walked to Mite's to dinner. Sat next Miss Ritchie & Mite. Mr & Mrs Bourke, 2 Mr
Gielguds & Mrs Geilgud, Lennie & Mite. Roy came in after business. Very tired & slight head from yesterday. Home on top of bus. Talk with Roy on the Great Bear. Bed at 12.25 after reading papers. (Red ink: Walked to dine at dear Mite's before their leaving for Rome. Met Miss Ritchie.) (Cuttings glued in: Suicide of Sir Hector MacDonald. Lady MacDonald's Petition. Apl 27. Marriage of Lord Ludlow and Lady Howard de Walden. 26 March.The late Hector MacDonald. Apl 27)
Friday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on bicycle. After to work on drawing of Lord Rosebery as Sword Dancer. M did not go to Mite's. Mite & Lennie left for Paris at 1.30pm. The dear old mare left London at 2.0pm by train to Balcombe, Otley taking her. Worked till 9.45 when finished. Not very pleased with drawing. Roy washed Rags in bath. Dinner, M, Roy, Tilda & self. Rest after & to bed at 12.0 dead tired. (Red ink: Very late with work. The dear old mare left London for Balcombe. Lennie & Mite left for Italy.) Saturday March 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Out for walk, no, on bicycle to end of Gloster Road. Went up Bye Walk & round after to Addison Road. Mrs Morgan's model no good. After back. Breakfast. Printed blues & put away after lunch. Mite's horse drove up & self on box. Went to the Vaudeville Theatre, M, Tilda & self. Saw 'Quality Street' without Miss Ellaline Terriss. Out & put Tilda & M in the carriage. To the Garrick for tea. Out in heavy squelching rain to Walls'. Got sausages. Home by bus. Fruit. M, Tilda Roy & self dined quietly & to bed at 1.0 after snooze. (Red ink: 1st drove Lennie's horse. M, Tilda & self went to the matinée of 'Quality Street'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Ibbotson.) Sunday March 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out for walk. Did not put on a tie & met Miss Joachim & also Mr Davis. Back. Rags lame. In morning put a plug in wall in dining room to hang plate. Also touched up paint on dado etc etc. Doors. After at 12.30 took M for a walk, Round Pond & back. Met Mrs Campbell Praed & the Kemp Welch's. Lunch. Maud Paxton there. After copied some of the Figaro Illustré 1899. Showery. Up in room at 4.20. Tea. Dating & putting away plates after. At 8.15 Hamilton, Midge, Dora, Roy, Tilda, M & self dined. Very good dinner. Maids waited well. Bottle of Ayala 1889. They left at 11.0 & go tomorrow to their new house. (Red ink: The Langleys dined with us.) Monday March 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out for walk with Rags. Saw Mr Gillespie. Back. Breakfast. Tilda left at 9.15 in a 4 wheel cab. Arrived Feby 18 th, 6 weeks on Wednesday. All day tidying up & sorting plates etc. New German maid came in the evening & waited about. M, Roy & self dined quietly & read after. Bed after reading Battle of Adowah. (Red ink: Tilda left after a stay from Feby 18th.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Joseph Lucas. March 31, 1903.) Tuesday March 31
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 or earlier & out on bicycle down to end of Gloucester Road. Could not see L.C or where comes from. Back. After developed some prints & printed Lions. Lunch & at 2.30 left for the C.C by bus. Called Garrick & saw Cyril Spottiswoode. At 3.30 photod Miss V.H. for 1 st time since 2 Aug 02. Likely to be good model. Out at 5.0 & tea at Garrick. Home by carriage calling at the Athenaeum Club. Letters. Quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Bed after reading. (Cutting glued in: Personal integrity of Mr Hayes Fisher. Wedy April 1, 1903.) Apr 1903 Wednesday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & walk over Campden Hill. After all morning developed 12 plates of V.H taken yesterday. Rain all day. Lunch. M went to Charlie Hartree's. Lunch by self. Roy back at 3.0 & we drove down at 3.10 to Chiswick with Lennie's mare & at 3.50 saw the Boat Race. Dull & wet. Cambridge won by 3 lengths. Left immediately & back 4.15. Tea in drawing room. M back at 5.15. Left at 6.0 by bus to C.C, Garrick & Punch Dinner. No letters. Complimented on cartoon of Rosebery as Scotchman. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, Sir W.A, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, & A.G. 4 cartoons to make up. Suggested 2 myself, Buffalo Balfour & the Infant Hercules. Left 11.45 & with Reed who told me that they grumbled if his acct came to more than so many pounds a week. Home by bus. Bed 1.30am. (Red ink: Roy & self went in the wet to the Boat Race.) (Cutting glued in: Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Table of winners since 1829. Linley Sambourne. Since 1861 to 1903, forty two years, have witnessed 33 races and missed 9.) Thursday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out for walk over Campden Hill. L. Governess. Back & breakfast. After schemed subject of Buffalo Balfour. Sent Otley to Olympia for coat & rifle. They also lent me a book, most useful. Photod Otley in dull drizzly rain at 11.45 with rifle. Enlarged by 4.0 & up in room. Worked till 8.0pm when dined. Mary, a most inefficient girl, left at 6.0 asking for her railway fare which M refused. (Red ink: New German girl waited with Hill. Read & to bed tired after snooze.) Friday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk up round Campden Hill. Met L.Governess. Eyes. Back & at work all day on drawing of Buffalo Balfour. Sent book back to Olympia. M went to see Mervyn & his wife back from India. Worked up to 9.30 when finished. New German maid worked well. Roy & self dined, M sitting at table. Bed 12.30 after very tired snooze. Strange dream of Arthur Balfour lecturing from the stove in the Drawing Room on a letter from Roger Wallace. Lovely bright day. Met Davis before breakfast. Saturday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Very tired. Out with Rags up Holland W. Met Common. Back. Breakfast. Conrad in at 9.45am. After in morning schemed subject of Hercules (Marconi) strangling the Snakes. Photod a small boy & sent Otley for a cradle. M, Conrad & Miss Child went to the play to see 'The Light that Failed'. Self up in room at work. Went out at 7.0 & bought fruit at Butt's. At 8.0 Ethel & Mervyn came to dinner. M, self & Roy also. Bed at 11.30pm after. (Red
ink: M went to 'The Light that Failed'. Mervyn & Ethel Herapath home.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Doreen Cole. To Mr & Mrs C.Marshall, a son.) Sunday April 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out for walk round Campden Hill. After in morning printed some blues etc. Took dear M for walk up to Knightsbridge. Put her in bus & after went up & lunched at the Garrick Club. Only Walters there. On to Athenaeum & wrote many letters. Back home to tea. Spencer & Adah called. Ethel Mervyn with M. Worked from 5.30 to 8.0 on drawing, Hercules strangling the Snakes. Mervyn, Ethel, Roy, M & self dined. Good dinner. Bed at 11.45 after. (Red ink: Mervyn & Ethel Herapath dined with us.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Margaret Neve. Comment on obituary of Mrs Neve.) Monday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on bicycle. Down Earls Court, could not see L.C or any one. Back. At work all day on drawing of the Infant Hercules (Marconi). Left at 6.0pm by bus for the Punch Dinner. Called C.C, Garrick. Partridge there. Walked to the P.D thro' Lincoln's Inn. P.A, L.B, B.P, Graves (late) H.W.L, F.C.B, self, R.H, R.L, O.S. Up & down discussion. Chopped & changed with Partridge's cartoon. Suggested Phryne before the Judges for myself. Punch handed round. Left at 10.30 & home by bus. Roy dined with Harold Messel. (Red ink: Punch Dinner before Easter. None after till the 22 nd Apl.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Jessie Lockett. Death of Josiah Whymper.) Tuesday April 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 10. Out on bicycle & went to end of Earls Court. No L.C. Walked thro' Thistle Grove Lane & found it came out at Fulham Road. Back. Breakfast. After at work all day finishing drawing of Infant Hercules (Marconi). M up in my room. The Nemhards called. Finished at 7.0pm when dressed & left in cab with Roy to the Garrick. Gave a dinner of 8. Very good dinner & wine. Everything went off A1. Galbraith the last to go. Roy & self home in the carriage. Weight 13.5. (Red ink: Dinner by self, Garrick Club.) (Plan of seating: C.E. Galbraith, Col Lucas MP, Sir Schomberg McDonnell, self, Sir Wm Abney, Sir Wymss Reed, Sir Benj Baker, Roy.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Josiah Whymper. Wed 8 Apl.) Wednesday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk over Campden Hill. Back. Fine morning. Schemed subject of Phryne. Took picture down & photod it. Also expected Conrad. M & self lunched. After enlarged. Made a mess of it by double exposure & also under exposed. Left off six pm & dressed. M & self & Roy dined. M & self went in carriage to the St James's Theatre & saw Old Heidelburg. Roy went on in carriage to Club. Alexander looked about 18. After back by carriage. Snack & to bed at 12am. (Red ink: M & self went to see Old Heidelburg. (Cutting glued in: Death of Samuel Palmer.) Thursday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out round C.H. Old W coming along back of lane. Breakfast. After wrote letters & wired to Sir J.Wilkinson. Enlarged again from 10.0 to 11.25. Otley about. Sent boy messanger to Paddington. Dear M packing.
Packed bags & lunch 1.45. Roy & self got off in Otley's cab. Crowded station. Walked up & down seven or eight times along platform. After got into guard's van with Roy & rode thro' Oxford, Worcester & Malvern to Stoke Edith. Hamilton met us. Mr & Mrs Daniell, Mr Heinemann, Roy & self. Arrived 5.0. Tea. Lovely house. Civil servants. Walk round. Dressed & stuck prints together. Dinner. Champagne. Looked at Costume books. Billiards. Bed 11.45. Tired. (Red ink: Roy & self went down to Stoke Edith. Great crush in train. 1 st saw the Daniells. M went to Balcombe.) Friday 10 April Stoke Edith Park. Woke at 7.45. Strange dream of Rosie Burnand. Bath. Out in churchyard. Fine morning. Gates locked. Breakfast. Looked at books etc. In room to work from 11.0 to 1.25. Roy in. Lunch. Out for walk after, all except Midge. Back 5.0 for tea. After worked again for an hour. Dressed. Dinner. Took Mrs Daniell in. After they played Bridge. At 10.0 Percy Oakes arrived. Played Hamilton 100 up. Beat him. Bed after at 11.45. Slept well. (Cuttings glued in: Death of James Padgett. The wife of Mark Mayhew, of a son.) Saturday April 11 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 8.5 & had bath. Lukewarm. Down & out with Roy on broad walk. After wrote M. Wire came from Howlden saying my Aunt Elizabeth died on Thursday. The last of my mother's family. Wired. Left at 10.0 for deer drive. Roy, self, Hamilton, Mr Daniell, Percy Oakes & Mr Heinemann. Saw 3 in first drive, none after. Back at 2.0 for lunch. Went out after. Miss Lindo went. Missed our way. Saw nothing but very fine views. Back 5.0. Tea. Read. Midge, Mr H & Mrs D went for drive to Hereford. Dinner. Percy Oakes late. Sat next Midge. Oakes in pink. Bridge after. (Red ink: Deer drive at Stoke Edith. Lovely day.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Gerald du Maurier to Muriel Beaumont. Apl 18.) Sunday April 12 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 8.0 & down. Bright morning but very cold. Did some work in morning. Midge, Dora, Roy etc to church. Lunch. All out for walk. Roy & self walked round grounds & along road. By church & back. Others went without tea & for long walk to the Beacon Hill (Bunkers Hill). Dinner. Sat next Hamilton. Claret. Quiet evening. No cards. Very sleepy on sofa after. Games. Roy kept nudging me to keep awake. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Took many photos of Library, Bed Room etc. Bitterly cold.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Foley. Apl.) Monday April 13 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 8.0. Out. Very cold. All day bright sun & a succession of cold snow & sleet showers at intervals. All left at 12.0 in the break for Hereford Steeplechase. Shifted things into the little room & did a little work. Put ink in of tripod etc. Roy & self lunched & at 5.25 went for a walk to the railway station. Talk to the station master & after for walk up to the Bunkers Hill. Old Yokel. Took wrong turning. Back. Talk to miller. Home at 7.0pm. All back. Midge out for walk with Mr Daniell & got lost. Not back till 7.45. Dinner 8.10. H furious. Very pleasant dinner. Sat next Midge & opposite Mrs D. Bridge after. H & self played Mrs D & Roy. We beat them. 1 50 up with Hamilton after. Bed 11.30. They stayed up at
Bridge. (Red ink: Heavy snow storms.) Photod Queen Anne's Room. Changed plates at night in other room. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Henry Foley. Apl 16.)
Tuesday April 14 Stoke Edith Park. Up 8.0 & out. Took a photo of Roy & Miss Lindo. Breakfast. Up at work. At 12.15 Roy, Mr Heinemann & Percy Oakes left. After photod Laundry & mangle. Left camera in cellar. Spoilt 2 plates by (illeg) it. After did it again & the Brewery. 100 rainbow trout turned into pond. Tea & after took Mrs Daniell for walk up to Bunker's Hill. Ethel & Dora also. Most delightful talk to Mrs D, charming. Back. Dressed. H furious Mrs D late for dinner. Bridge after. Went to bed 11.30pm. Put things up. (Red ink: Roy left Stoke Edith. Mabel Daniell.) Wednesday April 15 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 8.10. Bath. Down. Looked at horse. Breakfast. Goodbye to the Daniells, Midge, Dora & Miss Lindo. H drove me to the station. Got off by the 10.3pm without the slightest hitch. Carriage to self all way up. At Worcester saw Judge Bacon who got in at Malvern Wells. Bought lunch. Otley met me at Paddington 2.33. Drove to Leicester Square. C.C at 3.30. Photod Miss V.H, 30 films. Out & to Garrick. Paid bill of dinner £11.3. Wrote M. Very cold. Home by bus. Dressed. Dined with Roy 7.15 & drove in cab to Gaiety. Saw Toreador & The Linkman. Miss Annie Coates in stalls in front & her brother. Walked to Garrick. Supper. Aynesworth & also Eric Lewis there. Home by the carriage. Bed 12.30pm. (Red ink: Came up from Stoke Edith. Roy & self went to the Gaiety. Saw Toreador & The Linkman.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of James Hay to Gertrude Paterson and at the same time Hugh de Bock Porter to Dorothy Paterson. Marriage of Claude Hemming to Margaret Watson. Marriage of John Hickman to Nancy Barlow.) Thursday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Bright cold morning. Out on cycle with Rags. Round Park & home. Breakfast. After wrote letters & put things straight. Then got to work all day on drawing of Phryne, Budget. Put in head & likenesses. Roy & self dined together at 8.30pm & in the Morning Room after. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Very cold. Friday April 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Park. After got to work & at it all day finishing drawing of Phryne. Very cold. Finished 2.0pm when Roy & self dined. Drove in carriage to the Garrick Theatre & saw the stupidest play I ever sat out. Called 'Whitewashing Julia'. Very sleepy & tired. To the Garrick after. Sat in hall beside fire to get warm. Met McIlvaine & Mr Harper & another. Had a poached egg etc with Roy & paid Gill 4/6. 2 cigars left over from Tuesday. Home by the carriage at 12.0. Bitterly cold. Sent a small bag to Victoria in the afternoon. (Red ink: Bitterly cold. Roy & self went to see Whitewashing Julia, Garrick Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of William Pilkington. Friday 17 Apl '03.) Saturday April 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk over Campden Hill. Cold north wind. In morning after breakfast developed ¼ plates & put things away. Roy & self lunched together after had sent Otley with bicycle to Charing X. Went up by bus at 2.10. Called C.C. Much annoyed at one of my letters being opened. Wrote letters at the Garrick. Just caught train & down to Reigate. Took 2 hours to get to Balcombe. 2 women cycling up hill by Norfolk Arms. Dear M & the chicks all right. Had tea. After dressed & bath good dinner with M. Bed 11.30. Tired & sleepy after. (Red ink: Went down to Balcombe to see M & chicks. Cycled from Reigate 2 hrs. Young Pearson came of age.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Eliza Gardom. Apl 25.) Sunday April 19 Balcombe House Sussex. Up x at 8.45. Down with M to breakfast. Bright sunny morning. Stroll as far as Kitchen Gardens with Nonie & M & round by pond after. Lunch. Felt dull & tired. Rest. Another walk. Tea. Cycled to Paddockhurst. Got very hot. Called on Lady Pearson. After stroll round with Sir Weetman without hats. Chilly. Thermometer 45º. Left at 6.30 & home in 20 minutes. Posted letters. Dined with dear M at 7.30. Quiet evening. Bed at 11.0. Left Vic in room. Saw the 1st swallows at Paddockhurst. (Red ink: Called on Lady Pearson. Got very hot.) (Cuttings glued in: Lady Beatrice Pole Carew, of a daughter. Marriage of Harry Creswell to Ethel Pym. Marriage of Robert May to Cecil Pym.) Monday April 20 Balcombe House. Up at 8.10. Down. Wrote 2 letters. After breakfast (sardines & turkey's egg) took dear Nonie for walk where he had never been before. Bobs & Vic too. Back 11.0. Wrote letters etc. Lunch. Made up mind to cycle to East Grinstead. Did so over Turners Hill. Oh! Called shop in Market Place. Nothing. After to Arnold's. Bought many things. Home the old way, much better. Started 2.0pm back 6.10pm. Had tea. Letter from Sir Charles Euan-Smith came asking to dine tomorrow. Answered & wrote Otley & Emma. Posted. M & self dined. Not at all tired or sleepy. Went up to bed 10.30pm. M said was restless. Vic uneasy in Morning Room. W.Arnold, Broker etc, London Road, East Grinstead. (Red ink: Cycled to East Grinstead.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Edward Newmarch to Violet Sixsmith.) Tuesday April 21 Balcombe House. Up at 8.15. Down. Wrote letters. Good breakfast. After wrote Mrs Coster etc. Posted before 11.0. Packed bags etc. Lunch with M. Left at 2.0 exactly. Alas I forgot to say goodbye to Nonie & Ann. Cycled to Reigate. Took 2 hours exactly. Wind & dust awful. Saw Arabs from Crabbett, also school children walking round & round. Called or looked at Wooley's. Nothing. Old sword at shop. Tea at Red Lion. Caught 5.1 train. Dreary journey to Charing X. There 6.23. Cycled home along Embankment. Home 7.0pm exactly. M back some time. Roy dining at Stern's. Dressed & by cab to Savoy calling C.C. Dined with Sir Charles Euan-Smith. Mr Brish & Mr Allen there. Sat next a Mr Griffith who knew Barker. An accountant. Very nice man. Walked at 11.0 to C.C. Got letters. To Garrick. Talk to ? Home on the top of a bus. Roy up. Woke up dear M. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe. Cycled to Reigate 2 hrs. Dined with Sir Charles Euan-Smith.) Wednesday April 22
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Cycled round Kensington Square & over Park. Back. In morning put things straight & developed the rest of the plates taken at Stoke Edith Park. After lunch at 2.30 left & to C.C by bus. Photod M.R. Out 4.30. Saw Schoones. To Bath Club. Had Turkish Bath & hair cut. Bus to Long Acre & walked to the P.D. Sir F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, O.S, Sir W.B, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Lucy & the mining shares. Weary of the whole business. Home by bus. Roy out at a dance, Stock Exchange. Bed 12.15. Very tired. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Robert Menzies. Death of Eva Bosanquet. Friday 24 April. Death of Sarianna Browning. Apl 27. The wife of Augustus Orlebar, of a daughter.) Thursday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 or 30 & cycled along Earls Court Rd & to Olympia. Rags lost. Came back. After home. M in bed. Breakfast. Schemed subject of King, France & Italy. Sent Otley to Miss Huxley. She came at 12.10. Photod her & self. After developed & enlarged. In room 5.30pm. Worked till 8.30. M in room. Spencer S.J (Ada) called. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Rest after. Very tired & weary all day. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Photod Miss Huxley at home for 1st time.) Friday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk up Argyle Road. After all day at work on drawing of King, France & Italy. Did not finish till 10.0pm. Roy & self dined quietly, M sitting at table. Bed at 1.0 after snooze. Very tired. Saturday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out with Rick & Rags up Holland Walk. After wrote letters. Printed photos of Stoke Edith Park. M & self & Roy lunched. Roy had made £4. After M & self in the carriage to the Criterion. Saw a play called 'On the Altar of Friendship'. Ellis Jeffreys very good. Young Warner & Paul Arthur. Woodbridge in the stalls. M & self went to Private View of the Grosvenor Gallery after. Saw the Pellegrinis, no Peruginis. Ryle, Mrs Wagge, Euan-Smith etc. Good portrait of Whistler by Boldini. Home at 6.0 by carriage. Bought fruit. (Red ink: M & self went to the matinée at the Criterion & saw a play called the 'Altar of Friendship'. Paul Arthur. Private View of the New Gallery.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of John Phelps to Millicent Pilkington.) Sunday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & looked out. Raining. Decided not to go by the 9.0am train. Back to bed. Breakfast without walk. Left 10.15 & to Victoria. Left by 11.0 train by self. Wet. 2 others in carriage. Man with jockey cap. On board met Cap'n Dixon, Churchward who asked me in to his cabin, & also H.W.B.Davis who had lunch with me. Just caught his Paris train. Coming back heavy rain. Saw Lord Tweedmouth, Lord Shand & Jacobi. Man fell over sick. Very wet landing. Up in full carriage. Jew Dacore & man rather like Broadley with gold specs. Home by bus. Pretty girl. Home 7.50. Dressed & Ethel Herapath dined with M, Roy & self. Snooze. Woke up fire out at 12.30. Rained all day. (Red ink: X'd Channel. Wet all day. Ethel Herapath (Edwin) dined with us.) Monday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & went walk round Kensington Square. No school. Back 9.20. Breakfast. After wrote letters & got off at 12.0 to Varnishing day at the
R.A. M walked with me to bus. At R.A 12.40. Saw many I knew. Rendle etc, Mrs Perugini. Lady had fallen down. Out at 1.0 & walked to the Garrick Club. Lunched with Beetle & Bancroft who had a boil on his neck. Talk to Anderson & Jones after & again to the R.A. Saw many friends. Picture of Miss Hickman. M called for me in carriage at 6.0pm & drove home. After looked at things I bought last Monday. Felt seedy rather. Wrote stores. (Red ink: Varnishing day at the Royal Academy. Ryle dined with us in the evening.) Tuesday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Got on cycle & off again. After all morning tidying up. M went in carriage to call on Dr Abrahams. Back lunch. Many callers in the afternoon. Put up clock, mirror & barometer purchased on Monday last. Put all photos away etc. At 8.0 M, Roy & self dined. Letter from Marjory Howlden about Rags. Roy does not want him to go. Snooze in chair & bed at 12.0. Dear M did not sleep well. Feverish in night, a touch of influenza I fear. (Red ink: M went to Dr Abrahams. Did not sleep well. Feverish.) (Cutting glued in: A gentleman from Folkestone. Wedy Apl 29.) Wednesday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & out. M remained in bed. Had not had a good night. Slight influenza. Out for walk round Campden Hill with the 2 dogs. Felt seedy & worried. Letter from Langley about horse. Lunch. Went up & had a talk to M in her room till 2.20 when left by bus to C.C. At 3.45 photod M.R. On at 5.15 to Garrick. Wrote several letters. Bernard Partridge there. Walked to the Punch Dinner. There early. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Pleasant dinner. Self got cut of Dragon & Bear. Suggested title for Partridge's cut, 'More than they bargained for'. Home by bus. Roy out at a dance at Empress Rooms, Mrs Bourke. Bed 12.0. M not feverish. Cold developed in self & came out tomorrow. (Red ink: Cold came on with self.) (Cutting glued in: The President announced five members of Council elected. Apl 30.) Thursday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & out for walk over Campden Hill with dogs. After at once schemed subject of Dragon & Bear. Quite noon before could get it right when photod Otley for Bear & legs. Got all ready by 4.30. Tea below. Outline tracings. Dressed at 5.45 & dined 6.20, Roy & self. Left in carriage at 7.15 for Drury Lane to see 1st night of Dante. Long block in Long Acre. Got there at the end of the Prologue. Nearly next the Abbeys. Saw young Faudell Phillips, McKenna, De la Rue etc. Frightfully wet driving up. Left & to Garrick Club at 11.20. Eggs. Lord Goschen came in. Bancroft etc. Talk to Wicks. Home at 12.0. A horrid cold in my head developed from the morning & was very bad at night. 1 st I have had for a very long time. (Red ink: 1st night of 'Dante' at Drury Lane. Roy & self went.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Luigi Arditi. Sir Henry Irving as Dante. May 1.) May 1903 Friday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for walk with Rags. Wet. After back & at work all day on drawing of Chinese Dragon & Russian Bear. Stock Exchange holiday, Roy at home. Dear M out in the afternoon with Mabel Wallace to the Private View of
the R.A. Back & in my room at 6.30. Finished at 9.55 when dined with Roy, M looking on. Snooze in chair till 1.0am when to bed. Horrid cold. M put embrocation on. (Red ink: Private View of Royal Academy. M went with Mabel Wallace.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Paul du Chaillu. May 1.) Saturday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Dull rainy morning. Out with dogs up Phillimore Gds. Met Common. Turned back. Roy went to the City. Wrote to Abbey. After put all things away etc. Lunch. M & self drove in the carriage to the Adelphi Theatre & saw a melodrama called 'The Worst Woman in London'. Very funny. Out & got carriage in King St. Drove to Walls & to the Meteorological Museum. After to Butts. Could not get served so left in a huff & went to the lower Butts. Bought fruit. M, Roy & self dined quietly. Bed. Chest rubbed. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'The Worst Woman in London' at the Adelphi Theatre. Cold on chest.) Sunday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45 & out with Rags in rain. Rained all day. At 12.15 took M round thro' Palace Gardens. Called on Hickmans. Lighted cigar on step. By Holland Walk & home. M, Roy & self to lunch. Up in room & rested till 4.15pm when went over the Times & back numbers. M broke one of the Dining Room side windows which had been there since 1875. At 8.15 Edgar & Sophy dined with us. Edgar's birthday. 2 bottles of Ayala '89. They left at 11.0pm. Read about photographing nebulae in Harpers Magazine. Bed 12.15pm. M put some weak embrocation on chest. Cough troublesome. (Red ink: Edgar's birthday. Edgar & Sophia Herapath dined with us. They having just returned from Mentone. Cold developed to cough.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Luigi Arditi. Death of Ellen Brewtnall. May 5.) Monday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk with Rags. Still wet. All morning tidying up etc. Rest after lunch & after sorted drawings for Exhibition. Wire came from Paris asking Roy or self. M had after many calls at 6.0. Roy, M & self dined & at 9.30 Roy went off to see Tabs. Bed at 11.15. Cough very troublesome. M woke & rubbed chest. (Cuttings glued in: A marriage has been arranged between Sir Norman Lockyer & Thomasine Brodhurst. May 4. The third 'John Bull' dinner was held last night. Tuesday 5 May. Pierpont Morgan and Andrew Carnegie arrived in London yesterday. Ira Sankey is now permanently blind. May 4.) Tuesday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out on cycle with Rags down thro' Kensington Sq. No schoolmaids. Back. Roy did not care to go to Paris. Wrote many letters in the morning. Cheque for £63.11.1 for King's taxes. M out. Otley had a man with a horse to shew us. Did not like him. Sorted papers & cut Times etc. Tabs came & with M in afternoon, taking her off to drive in the evening. M & self dined quietly. Roy dined with Stern. Bed at 12.0. Cough very tiresome & kept M awake for 2 hours. Chest rubbed. (Red ink: Drew cheque for the King's Taxes.) (Cutting glued in: Birthday of the Empress Eugenie. Tuesday 5 May.) Wednesday May 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Earls Court & school. No L.C. Back. All morning tidying etc. Lunch & after M & self went in the carriage to the Haymarket Theatre & saw most delightful play, The Clandestine Marriage. Cyril Maude very good. Also Jessie Bateman. Out. Crowded streets. Put M in carriage at Athenaeum. Letters there. Wrote & strolled on to the Punch Dinner. Felt seedy. Cold rooms. F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, R.H, O.S (in chair at end) B.P, ET.R, H.W.L, Anstey Guthrie 1st time since April 1st. Discussion. Could not get off for Paris. Suggested Partridge's cut. Left & home by bus. Dear M said I was hot in theatre. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'The Clandestine Marriage' at the Haymarket Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Robert Gent-Davis.) Thursday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. After letters & skemed subject. Sent Messenger boy to Mays. At 12.15 photod Otley for Dogberry & also soldier King's African Rifles. Developed etc. Miss Gill to lunch. In room 4.0pm & to work. Got outline. Dinner 8.30 or 8.45pm. Young Blair with us. He left 11.0. Bed after, very tired. Cough not so bad at night. (Red ink: Geoffrey Blair dined with us.) Friday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Wire from Paris to say they return Sunday. Gave up idea of going. Out with Rags. Cat at bottom Argyle Rd. Saw Mrs Freeman. Told me of Padgett's death from oil sticks in painting. Back & on to work. Finished at 9.20pm. M went to dine at Tabs at the Coburg. H never came to dinner. Tabs & Gwen dressed for the King's Court. Mrs Fildes & Kitty F there also. M back at 7.30pm. Dined & rest after. Roy dined at Derwent Lodge with Spencer. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: King's Court. Tabs & Gwen went. Roy dined with Spencer at Addison Road.) Saturday May 9 Stafford Terrace. M & self overslept ourselves. Not up till 8.30. Roy never came home. Out up P.G. Common. Back Holland Walk. East wind & dull dark morning. After wrote letters the entire morning. M went over to Mite's. Lunched at 1.15 & left with M in carriage for the Strand Theatre, saw at last 'A Chinese Honeymoon'. Laughed immensely. Out 5.15. Otley came up with carriage. Pouring with rain. Drove to Butts. Bought pine etc etc. Home. Tea. Found out Mr Solderus died 23 March 1898. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'A Chinese Honeymoon'. Poured with rain. Violent thunderstorm.) Sunday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out up Holland Walk. Both dogs. Dull grey morning. M doubts as to whether to go across Channel. Decided not to go. Took M for walk round Kensington Gardens. Saw Roy & dogs. Lunched by ourselves. Rest for 1 hour after. Then up to Sir Alfred Hickman's for 1 st time this season. Roy ¼ hr late. After played 10 or 11 sets. Young grandson no good. Left 7.0. M had gone to meet Mite & Lennie. Roy & self dined alone. Tired after. M back at 10.30, bringing me a stick. After snooze 4 C.C.L.P & bed 11.20. (Red ink: 1st day's tennis at Sir Alfred Hickman's. Lennie & Mite returned from abroad.) Monday May 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Wet. Met no one. Breakfast. Heavy books. Sent Otley to the Stores. Wire from Langley to say horse would arrive at 2.15pm. Began drawing for Camera Club Menu. Otley came back with Champagne & cigars. Horse arrived at 3.30pm. Wrapped up at 8.0pm. Dear Mite & Lennie dined for 1st time after coming back from abroad. Brought jewelry etc. Gave M lockets etc. They left at 10.45pm. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Enlarged photo of statuary for the Camera Club Menu. (Red ink: Mite & Lennie dined with us. New horse came from Langley in the afternoon.) Tuesday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle. Otley with new horse. Back. Breakfast. Roy left without going in cart so self went at 10.0am driving round Park & left note at Mrs Pirrie's. Back. Horse went well. After all day did a thankless task of drawing for a Menu of the Camera Club Dinner. Messenger boy came & Marguerite never gave him the drawing. Went for drive with M to try horse to Lennie & Mite's. Felt seedy & headache. M, Roy & self dined. Roy left after dinner to see Tabs. No, he went to see 'The Worst Woman in London' & wired to Con to join him. (Red ink: Tried new horse in the Park. Roy went to see 'The Worst Woman in London' with Conrad.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of W.T.Maud. May 13. Death of Jemima Drabble. May.) Wednesday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out round Earls Court on bicycle. Saw no one. After tidied up etc & wrote letters. Left at 1.0 & by bus to Knightsbridge. Girl with box & black eyes stared in bus. Lunched with Hartree. 2 Ansdells, Dr ? Mr Pitt, a Major, Leslie Ward, self & H. Good lunch. Out with headache & walked home. Dressed & by bus to C.C. Letter. On to Punch Dinner. Saw F.C.B. Took French caricature of the King. (P.A, F.C.B, Graves, O.S, B.P, E.T.R & A.G there.) Walked & dined at the Pirrie's. Took Miss Carlisle in & next Mrs H.O.Arnold Foster. Good dinner. The Moberly Bells, Lord Castletown, Sir Henry & Lady Primrose, Mr Justice & Lady Bigham etc etc. Slipped away & back to the P.D. Found lights all out. Got subject & left at 11.45, caught last bus. Larky girls & the driver. Rode outside. Geoffrey Blair arrived at 5.30pm, a cab runner with him. Bed 1.0am. Very tired. (Red ink: Lunched with Hartree. Dined with M at the Pirrie's.) Thursday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round by Earls Court. Saw no one. Saw 146 Adair Terr & slavey. Back & selected photos of M.H for drawing of Old Lady of Threadneedle St & S.A Loan. Enlarged & at work 4.0pm. M out with Mite & Geoffrey Blair at Critchett's at home. Mrs Boughton distant to M. Ha! Ha! After worked till 7.0pm when dressed & walked with Blair to dine at dear Mite's. M, self, Roy & B. Lennie not very well & touchy about Dora. Good dinner. Embroideries & ivories. Left 11.0 & home by carriage. Carriage went back for Roy & Geoffrey. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M, self, Roy & Geoffrey Blair dined with Lennie & Mite. Had headache at night.) Friday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Saw Old W pounding along back way to stand. Back & all day at work from 10.30 to 10.0pm on drawing of Old Lady of Threadneedle St & S.A Loan. Finished at 10.0pm. M went up & had interview with
Mr Smith at Doctors Commons & settled about her will. Geoffrey Blair took his mother to the R.A. Mite & Lennie to Balcombe. (Red ink: Hard day's work on Old Lady of Threadneedle Street & S.A Loan.) Saturday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Slept ¼ hr & thought it was ½ a minute. Very tired. Up & out with Rags & paper. Back. Met Roy posting a wire. M to go to Daly's Theatre. Self thoughts of Agricultural Hall. Unpacked ink bottles etc. Dressed & left & went by Met Rly to Kings X. By tram to Agricultural Hall. Sordid surroundings. In Press Box. His Majesty came 3.15. Guard of Coldsteam Guards. Stayed until 5.30. Out. Wet. Walked past Dry's, Greengrocers, who remembered my father & mother at 15 Lloyd Square. Took bus to Garrick. Moody (illeg) & (illeg) all (illeg) away. Tea at Garrick. Talk of Charles Keene. Called C.C & home by bus. Lady in it like Gussy Spillane 40 years ago. Bought fruit. Home. Dear M had been to Country Girl with G.Blair & Evelyn Fletcher. Good. Roy dining with Tabs & Gwen & went to see The Model & the Maid. Dinner, M, B & self. Bed 12.30. Evelyn also dined. (Red ink: Went to Agricultural Hall, Press Box. Past Dry's. See Wedy 24 June 1885. Wet. Evelyn Fletcher dined with us.) (Red ink across page: His Majesty the King at the Agricultural Hall.) Sunday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am & out up Holland Walk. Had been heavy rain in the night. Rags with me. Back. Breakfast. Geoffrey Blair with us. After M & self & G.Blair went for a walk in the rain round Round Pond. Met Roy & dogs. Rags went in water for 1st time. All back to lunch. After rested. Spencer, Hilda & Paxton & Nipper Messel called. Roy & self cycled up to Sir A.H's. Too wet to play. Back & arranged ink bottles etc etc. Tabs, Gwen, M, self, Roy & G.Blair dined at 8.0. Hamilton Fletcher called after to take them back. Roy dressed in Court suit. Bed at 11.45 after reading book on Africa's East Coast. (Red ink: Very wet Sunday. Could not play Lawn Tennis. Fletchers dined with us.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Frederick Payne. Death of Joseph Picard.) Monday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. Met no one. Dull cold cloudy day. Decided after breakfast to go to Calais. Changed & left by bus. Down to Dover. Over in Lord Warden. Girl with brown green eyes. Old father in Harris tweeds. Lunch. Delay with cigar. Back by other boat. Met Payton & his wife & old propriator of 'The People'. Had liqueures with him. Up to town by 7.0pm. Frenchmen in carriage. One like Moberly Bell with a moustache (small sketch). Home by bus. Dined with dear M. Roy at Drill & Geoffrey Blair out. Bed at 12.0 after reading Ivory Hunters. Very cold east wind. (Red ink: Crossed Channel by self. Saw only Bainbridge I knew. See Feby 2 (Tuesday) 1897 for little girl. Now would be 20.) Tuesday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 out on cycle with Rags. Lovely morning. Round Earls Court. Met no one. Saw Pepys Cockerell. Breakfast. After all morning sorting Bath Room. Connie Burnand in to lunch. 2 hours rest after. Sent Langley cheque for horse & wrote Mrs Richardson. G.Blair went to the Agricultural Hall. Conny Burnand came to lunch. Rest after for 2 hours, then wrote letters. After at 7.15
dressed in Court suit for Fancy Dress Ball at Lady De la Rue's. All dined at Lennie's, M, Roy, self, G.Blair, Mite, Dora & Mrs Sington. Lennie as Chinaman. Mr & Mrs Messel, Hilda, Otty & Muriel in after. Went in own carriage. Very good Ball. Took Mrs Pollock in to supper. Gilberts, Bainbridges, Mr Pinero's niece chalked face. Morel Mackenzies etc etc. Left 1.15 & home with Roy. Bed 2.0am. (Red ink: Lady De la Rue's Fancy Dress Ball. Roy & self dined at Mite's & went.) Wednesday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out with Rags who bolted past a retriever at Sir R.Phillimore's. After back & breakfast. In the morning tidied things up etc. M & self were going to see the King pass Kensington at Mrs Eykyn’s. Persuaded M not to go. Developed films of V.H. Rest in chair. Went out & the King had passed ½ an hour ago. Saw M & Mite & Dora in Victoria. M went to the Grossmiths at home. Left dressed at 5.30 & up to Garrick & C.C. Wrote letter & walked on to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, O.S, R.L, P.A, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Owls round table. Suggested cut of Goose with no Golden Eggs. Left at 10.30 & home by bus. Lady Burnand had a party to which Roy, Maud, Lennie & Dora went. (Red ink: King opened Kew Bridge.) Thursday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out on cycle with Rags when the tire exploded opposite Kensington Church. Back. Breakfast. After got to work & schemed subject of Chamberlain & Goose with the Golden Eggs. Otley got me a boy & photod him at 12.30pm. Lunch. Geoffrey Blair left at 3.0pm. Went on to work till 8.0pm when Midge dined, M, Midge & self. After bed at 12.0am. Roy dined at Mite's & they went Dora & he to The Toreador. (Red ink: Hot weather set in. An eat wave.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Turner. May 21.) Friday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out on Roy's bicycle. Round by school, met no one. Back by Pembroke Square. Roy drove to City. After writing got to work at 11.0 on Chamberlain & Goose with the Golden Eggs. Finished at 9.0pm. Mite in room at 6.0 & took M for drive in Park. Lady Margaret Watney & Rosalind & Silvia called & had tea. M & self dined quietly. Intensely hot. Hotter in London than all Europe. Slept without my coat in Drawing Room & had nasty influenza sort of feeling come on as I went to bed. (Red ink: Influenza cold came on at night. Frightfully hot. Why did above cold come on? Lasted week.) Saturday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out for walk up Holland Walk. A nasty influenza came on & sore on chest. Had hot plate for 1st time. After tidied things up. M & self left at 1.0pm in carriage for Vernon Watney's. Lunched with the Neves. Walked to His Majesty's Theatre. After felt the hot sun frightfully. Saw an awful play called The Gordian Knot in which Olga Nethersole was strangled with her own hair. Walked to C.C. After to Athenaeum & whilst the carriage waited had tea & a talk to Rev Arthur Robbins. Procession to Park passing for hours. Drove home with M. Called Mite's to leave message for Dora. M & self dined quietly. Bed early & had chest rubbed. (Red ink: Lunched at Lady Margaret Watney's. M & self went to see The Gordian Knot at His Majesty's. A frightful influenza cold came on. First saw the Watney boys.)
Sunday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.30am & walk up the Holland Walk. Rags. After in morning printed some blues. M & self walked to top of Row & back. Roy with Rags. Lunch & rest. After at 4.0 went up to play Lawn Tennis at Sir A.Hickmans. Galloway & self made a poor fight of it. After young Hickman & self lost odd set having been given 15. Home by cycle & dressed. Went in carriage & dined at Sir Alfred's, M, Roy & self. M had made a mistake in the day it should be next Sunday. Oh! Left 10.30. Crow & his ball. Bed at 11.30. Chest rubbed. (Red ink: Violent influenza cold on. Played Tennis & M, Roy & self dined at Sir A.Hickmans. M mistook the day.) Monday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Felt very bad from cold. Out & up Hornton Street. Breakfast. At 10.30 Mr W.J.Sea called from Lincoln & Bennett's. Most satisfactory interview. Gave up idea of Studio, in fact felt too ill so wired. After rested. Left at 5.0. Roy in. Went up by omnibus to Miles & had flannel suit tried on. After called Lincoln & Bennetts, C.C & on to P.D by bus. Told them I had the worst cold in London. F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Suggested cut for self of The Death Race. Partridge took the Cricketing one. Left 10.30 & home by bus. Bed 11.30. Cold very bad indeed. (Red ink: Violent influenza cold on. Punch Dinner for Whitsuntide.) Tuesday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20am & went on bicycle round Earls Court. Saw motors at Whitcock. After home. Breakfast & skemed subject of Death Race. Went out & took photo of motor, after from Otley with goggles. Developed by 3.0pm. M out in afternoon. Had 1 hrs rest & after got to work from 4.30 to 8.30 on drawing it out. M in room. M & self dined quietly. Bottle of Champagne. Roy dined with Stern. Dumany '93. Bed 11.30pm. Both old Rick & Rags in Roy's room. (Red ink: Worked on The Death Race.) Wednesday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out for walk round C.H. After to work all day on 'The Death Race'. Roy went to Lincoln & Bennetts. M out with carriage. Drew cheques etc etc. Finished at 10.0pm when M & self dined. Roy at Mite's. Small bottle of Burgundy. Rest after & bed at 11.30pm. Roy back. (Red ink: Common waited for last time. Muriel Hill.) Thursday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out for walk. Breakfast. Roy off. After wrote letters & cheques & finished packing. Good bye to M. Violent storm of rain & thunder. Changed from cart to brougham. Left S.T at 11.55 & drove in wet to Waterloo. Caught 12.50 train. Whitenose objected to passage at Waterloo. Bought luncheon basket. Down to Southampton. Met H at 3.50. Boat over to Cowes & got on board Joyeuse 4.35. After unpacked & wrote letters. Took photo of sunset. At 7.55 H & self went ashore to the Squadron & had most excellent dinner. Sir Reginald Graham Bt there. 8th Bart, born 1835. Talk after. Old pictures of yachts etc. Left at 10.30 & back to yacht. Very dark. Bed 11.0. Slept uneasily. Very heavy rain in the night. (Red ink: Left to join 'Joyeuse'. Dined with H at 'The Squadron'.)
Friday May 29 S.Y.Joyeuse, R.Y.S. Up 8.0. Bath. Wrote letters. After good breakfast at 11.0 went ashore with H. Very uncomfortable hot walk to look at boats. Back. Met Sir Reginald Graham. Back on boat to lunch. Good sausage. After got under weigh & to Southampton. Cab to Sumner & Clarke. Another frightfully hot walk. Looked at a cutter on the stocks. Bought a Daily Mail. After a Daimler Launch took us on board & to look at a cutter afloat. Mr Shakespeare & Mr Sutton came on board. The Sunbeam near etc. Took photos. Back to Cowes. Mr Pitt (blank) came on board having ridden motor tricycle. Talk to Mr S whose father owned the Elmina I saw in 1881. Dinner. Mr Sutton's adventure at the fire in St John 1877, saving 2 little girls. Good dinner. Champagne. Talk after. Tired. Turned in 11.0. Slept well. (Red ink: Hot day ashore, Cowes & Southampton.) Saturday May 30 S.Y.Joyeuse, R.Y.S. Up 8.15 & bath. Lovely morning, hot. Breakfast & after addressed envelopes. After talk etc under weigh 9.30 to Southampton again. Pottered about till past 12.0. Yacht owner came on board. After some went ashore. H, self & Shaky went on a launch to look at cutter. The St Paul went out full of emigrants. Back. Mr Gordon came aboard. After lunch long talk with Mr Sutton who told me about his being heir to the great Piccadilly property, ¾ of it. His nephew born 6 weeks after his brother's death. Bath House falls in in 8 years time. A sea fog in the distance off the Needles. Hung about. H, Mr S & Shaky & Mr Fox Pitt went ashore. Mr Gordon & self not. Sat on deck & read 'The King in Yellow'. Snooze. Very cold after. Great coat. Dinner, ½ bottle of Champagne to self. Turned in at 11.0. Slept well. Changed plates easily. 'In the Quarter' by Kate W.Chambers. Chatto & Windus 1895. (Red ink: Picked up George Gordon. Steamed to Portland.) Sunday May 31 S.Y.Joyeuse, R.Y.S, Portland. Up 8.5. Bath. Out. Most lovely morning. Breakfast. After went round as far as Bridport, Pensylvania Castle. Lunch. After landed. Queens Terrace of houses built in 1887. Very hot. Man broke an oar going back. Youths rowing who wanted to come aboard. Under weigh, back about 5.0pm. Went into Weymouth. Still at 'The King in Yellow'. Walk with Shaky & H & Mr P.F to end of Weymouth. Pretty girl like Tattersalls. The only one I saw. Back on board 7.45 & anchored Portland. Waiting for sundown. Dinner 8.30. Champagne. Told Petersburg stories. H went aboard the 'Haroke' after dinner. Turned in at 11.30. Changed plates. Slept well. (Red ink: Intensely hot. Landed at Bridport & Weymouth. Went for walk.)
Jun 1903 Monday June 1 S.Y.Joyeuse, R.Y.S, Portland. Up at 8.5. Out. Wrote letters. Had bath. After we got under weigh & steamed to Bournemouth. At 11.45 went ashore with H & Mr Fox Pitt. Crowds of trippers. Frightfully hot, especially on Pier. On in the sun to Normans, a cycle shop. Saw a Quadrant motor bicycle. Out in the sun & on board yacht by 1.15, H telling story of 'Abba' running down a boat. Lunch. After steamed to Christchurch. Sea like glass. Lay off Anchorage. Went ashore, H, self
Mr Pitt Fox & Mr Sutton. Long pull. The place entirely altered by bank. To Anchorage. Just the same. Stayed there 2 hours or more. Photod pretty little girl, black hair, & others. Back to yacht 6.0pm. Tea. After read & talked. Steamed to old place in Southampton. Dinner. Champagne. Turned in at 11.25. Much colder. Read 'The Mask' from 'The King in Yellow'. Sleep at 12.15. (Red ink: Intensely hot. Landed at Bournemouth & The Anchorage.) Tuesday June 2 S.Y.Joyeuse, R.Y.S, Southampton. Up 8.0. Hot bath. H left for Salisbury to serve on a Jury. Wrote diary & letters. Letter from M written on Sunday. After steamed slowly up to Portsmouth & round the Victory. Back & lay off Gosport & Stokes Bay till 3.30. Wire from H. Steamed round & took a photo or two. Mr George Gordon made up his mind to leave. He did so by the 4.35 pm train & I watched him off thro' glasses. H back at 5.0pm. We went ashore at Ryde. Bought 2 round glasses at an antique shop. Back in roughish sea. Machine for stamping name would not work. Dinner. Told story of faults on both sides. After felt sleepy. Turned in at 11.30. Changed plates & sleep 12.30am. Read of the mountains under the sea. (Red ink: Hamilton left to serve on a Jury. Mr George Gordon left. Watched him away. Landed at Ryde.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Viscountess Middleton. Tues 2 June.) Wednesday June 3 S.Y.Joyeuse, R.Y.S, Ryde. Up at 8.0. Bath etc. Wrote Silver & put things up for return. Breakfast. Up & down. Back to Southampton. All ashore in the steam launch. Good bye. 2 doubtful looking roughs wheeled luggage to station. Caught the 12.30. Lunch off sandwiches etc. Town 3.30. Otley met me & drove to Garrick. Saw Chudleigh. At 4.0 photod M.R. Out 5.0 & to Garrick. Tea. Walked to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, Self, Graves, O.S, B.P, E.T.R. Weary discussion after. Left 11.5. No cut then settled for Partridge. Home by dog cart. Common had left. (Red ink: Left the 'Joyeuse' at Southampton. Up to London. Muriel Hill (Common) left.) (Cuttings glued in. Death of Alfred Hipkins. June. In loving memory A.J.Hipkins. 1904.) Thursday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out on bicycle with Rags. Cold east wind. M & Roy away. After writing skemed subject of Balfour & Chamberlain with Protectionist Wreck. Photod Otley at 12.30 & developed plates (29) taken on cruise. Lovely day. Up in room at 4.0. At 5.30 Frances Johns came. M returned 6.15 from Balcombe. Worked till 8.15pm when M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Bed at 12.0. Lit a fire because it was so cold. Roy away at camp. M returned from Balcombe. (Red ink: Frances Johns came. Nice looking well behaved girl.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Allen Sarle. June. Obituary of Sir Allen Sarle. Saty 6 June.) Friday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out on bicycle round Earls Court. No one I knew. Back & all day at work on drawing of Chamberlain in diver's dress & wreck of Protection. M out & in afternoon went to Mr Smith & signed her will. Back & sat with me. Finished work at 9.0pm & dined with M quietly. Snooze till 1.0am, very tired.
Saturday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Walk. Letter from Herkomer. Breakfast. Cold. Wrote many letters. After printed 50 or 60 blues. Lunch. M & self went in carriage to the Apollo Theatre & went for 2nd time to see The Girl from Kay's. Theatre not full. Out in bright sun & walked to the Athenaeum. Sent M home & had tea. Wrote letters & home by 7.45. Bought fruit. Roy back from Camp. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Snooze & bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: M & self went for 2nd time to matinée of Girl from Kay's. M, Roy & self dined quietly.) (Cuttings inserted: Obituary of Paul Blouët, better known as Max O'Rell. May 20.'03. Photograph Paul Blouët.) Sunday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Out with Rags & Rick. Round Holland Walk. Breakfast. After put away back photos last 3 weeks etc. M & self went for walk. Met Roy & dogs. Rags (illeg). Back up Holland Walk. Lunch. No one but ourselves. Rest after till 4.0. Roy & self went up & played 8 sets Lawn Tennis. Grandson & self against Roy & Sir H. Back at 7.5pm. Frances nice looking girl & waited well. After Mervyn & Ethel H, M, Roy & self dined. Quiet evening & bed 11.30. (Red ink: Played Tennis with Roy at Sir Alfred H's. Dull cold day. Mervyn & Ethel H dined with us.) Monday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out round Earls Court with Rags. Strong east wind. Breakfast. Drew cheque for Stable taxes. M out. Developed plates taken on Joyeuse & films M.R. Lunch. Rest. M out. Began to skeme drawing for Vol 124. M, Roy & self dined & Roy & self walked on to the Exhibition. Listened to band. Home by bus. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Roy & self walked to the Exhibition International Fire.) Cheque for taxes May 5 & June 8. Tuesday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk round Campen Hill. After back. Finished developing yacht ¼ plates. Lunch. Put mirror up bought at East Grinstead April 20th & re-arranged pictures. Rest. Sent Otley to Fire Exhibition for tickets. Went on to skeme Title Page. M, Roy & self dined at 7.30 & went on in carriage to the International Fire Exhibition. Much warmer. Went up wheel & to the American Village. M, Roy & self went. Poor music. Back by carriage at 11.0. Snooze. Bed 12.25. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to the International Fire Exhibition. Set in much warmer.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sarah Livesey.) Wednesday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.14. Wet morning & wind round to N.W. Out for walk. Met old Woman. After went on with drawing for opening Vol. No answer came from Prince of Wales's Theatre. Rested after lunch. M out in the carriage. Dressed & left at 5.45 for Punch Dinner. Met M in Terrace in carriage. After called C.C & Garrick & walked on to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, Sir W.A, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, O.S. Weary discussion. Got much against my will cut of Chamberlain as Highwayman & Coach of Free Trade. Left at 10.45 & home by bus. Pouring wet night & rained all day. In morning put up mirrors on the 1 st landing & altered pictures. Put my foot through the picture of Leech's. (Red ink: Heavy rain at night & coming from the Punch Dinner.)
Thursday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Wet morning. Walk over Campden Hill. After got to work. Skemed with difficulty Highwayman Chamberlain. Delph came at 11.20. Photod him in damp & very dark. Great difficulty in enlarging. Put my foot through the focussing glass. Had to change to large enlarger. Poured with rain all afternoon & evening. Went with Miss Rose Innes (who dined with us) M & Roy to the Alhambra. Saw Carmen badly interpreted by a ballet. Left at 11.0 & home by cab & carriage. Snack & to bed. Dear Mite came in about 5.0pm & up in my room. (Red ink: Heavy rain all day after 12.0pm. M, Roy & self & Miss Rose Innes went to the Alhambra.) Friday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Lovely fine morning. After turned dull. At work all day on drawing of Chamberlain as Highwayman & Coach. Hard at it. M out at luncheon at Mite's. Wire came from Miss Rose Innes for M & Roy to go to dine instead of Mite. They went. Dined at the Bristol. Party of ten. Stone, Gilmer, young Lockyer, Mr & Mrs Mary Brown etc. Went to The Country Girl. Self remained at home & worked up to 10.0pm when dined by self. Not very pleased with the background of drawing. Chamberlain's face put in without a touch. Roy & M back at 11.30. Bed dead tired. (Red ink: M & Roy dined with Miss Rose Innes at the Bristol. Wet.) Saturday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Dull wet morning & poured with rain after 11.0am all day. Very tired in morning. Put photos away. Roy half intended to go to Brighton. Lunch & M & self left in carriage at 2.0pm & down to Drury Lane in heavy rain. Box E. Hamilton & Dora, Mervyn & Ethel & M & self. Saw Dante. Liked it better. Out 5.10 & put Dora with M in carriage. Hamilton to Boodles. Met Roy at Garrick. Tea & Roy & self walked all the way home. Had dinner together. Roy fuddy about his cup. Very tired after. Spencer came in. Undecided whether to go to Calais tomorrow. Bed 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Heavy rain. M & self went to matinée of Dante. Roy & self walked home from the Garrick.) Sunday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out to end of Holland Road on bicycle. Wet. Decided not to go across Channel. Miserable day for June 14 th. Breakfast. After wrote letters etc. Printed blues in wet. At 12.15 M & self went for walk in the rain. Met Roy & dogs. Rags jumped on to a barge. Back. Lunch. Up in room & read. Midge, Tilda & Mr Paxton called. Went on with Title Page for Volume. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Quiet evening. Rotten books. Continuous rain the whole day. (Red ink: Heavy rain all day long. Walk with M in morning.) Monday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out. Had rained the whole night. Heavy rain in morning. Back. After writing went on with page for opening Volume. After lunch M out at 3.0 in the carriage. Read A King & a Few Dukes. Not so bad. Like The Prisoner of Zenda rather. At 4.20 on again with page for Volume. Rained incessantly the entire day. At 8.0 Sir F & Lady Burnand dined, M, Roy & self. 2 bottles Ayala '89. Settled cut for Almanack. They left at 11.0. Snooze till 2.0am when to bed. Still raining hard when they left, not at 2.0am. (Red ink: Heavy rain
all day long. Sir Francis & Lady Burnand dined with us. Settled the cartoon for Xmas Number.) Tuesday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Woke up 7.30. Sun shining for a wonder. After walk round Campden Hill. Met old W. Rags ran in terror from retriever in passage by Holland Walk. Back. Roy to the City in cart. Dull cold dark day after. Too dark to do anything. Lunch. Sent Otley in afternoon to Mudie's to change books. Got on with drawing of Title Page. M & self dined quietly. Quiet evening & read after. Roy out at dinner somewhere. Bed 11.30. Wednesday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & went to end of Holland Road on cycle. Back up Notting Hill. After writing letters left at 11.0am & to the C.C by 12.0. Photod M.Hall for Britannia. Out 1.15. Lunch at Garrick next Bangs. To the Prince of Wales's Theatre. Met M & saw The School Girl. Out & put M in carriage & she drove me to end of Jermyn St. Went to the Woodbury Gallery. Not one drawing sold. Saw the Editor of the Connoisseur. Selected 2 drawings for Hilda & Ruth Messel. Poured with heavy rain. Went to Bath Club. Tried to (illeg) Tabs. Not down. Tea. Walked to Punch Dinner & Garrick. Got wet. Saw Furniss. Sir F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Pleasant dinner. Got easy subject by changing with Partridge. Left 10.30 & home. M & Roy had dined at Mite's. (Red ink: Fine day. Hot sun. Poured with rain at night.) Thursday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Cycled round Earls Court. Fine morning. Behind Coward & 2 girls. After schemed subject of Strewwelpeter & sent Otley to May's. At 12.15 photod Otley & small boy for drawing of Parody of S. Got to work at 4.30. Worked till 8.0pm when dined, M & self. Roy out to dinner at some Jews & could not eat his food. Quiet evening. Read The Maker of Moons. Bed 12.30am. Roy back. Dull day. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Joseph Wilkinson. Death of Stephen Williamson. Obituary of Sir Joseph Wilkinson. Wed 17 June. Obituary of Stephen Williamson.) Friday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. Back & at work all day on drawing of Parody of Strewwelpeter. Poured with rain all day. Dined 8.0 & left 9.30 M & self in carriage to go to the Royal Society's Soirée. Poured with rain. Saw Preece, Crompton etc. Back at 11.1. Otley drove queerly home. Sir Henry (illeg). Roy out at a Ball at the Savoy. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink: Royal Society's Soirée. Pouring rain. Otley not himself driving home.) Saturday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out short turn. Dull heavy coldish day. After breakfast walked to St James's & attended the funeral of Sir Joseph Wilkinson. Saw Lord Cork, Sir John Aird etc. Impressive service. Walked home. Wrote several letters. Good lunch. Roy back. Walked to same church & attended Hilda Messel's wedding. Saw Mrs Stone, Gilbert & many others. Could not get Roy away. Left at 4.40 & home by carriage. Otley drove queerly. He subsequently came round & wanted to argue he was all right. Decidedly the worse for drink. Came round
again. At 6.0 up in my room. Weather clearing. Roy went to dine at Messels & to play (In Dahomey) after. (Red ink: Attended Sir Joseph Wilkinson's funeral & after Hilda Messel & Captain Gibbs wedding. Otley not himself. M & self dined quite quietly by ourselves.) (Cutting glued in: Cross Channel Turbine Steamer. 20 June. This should be June 27, see diary entry for that day.) Sunday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & for walk with dogs. Finer morning. Did a little work on astrolabe of Title Page for Vol 124. Took M for walk at 12.0 noon up Park. Called Hyde Park Hotel. M saw Dora. Met Mary Nicol, George & Mrs Thorneycroft. Back by bus from near Albert Hall. Lunch. At 4.14 Roy & self to Sir Alfred H's. Many sets. A strange man but a duffer there. Sir A & self beat Roy & stranger 3 sets to one, they giving us 15. Back to dinner & quiet evening. Otley apologised in the morning about yesterday. (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Richard Lemon, of a daughter. Death of John Leche.) Monday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out on cycle with Rags round Earls Court. Saw no one. At work all day on drawing for Title Page Vol 124. M & Tabs, Roy Lennie & Mite all dined together in the evening. Lennie did not like Burgundy. They left at 11.0pm. Had fire. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite dined with us.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Leche. Tuesday 23 June.) Tuesday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle right round Park with Rags. Home & at work all day on drawing of Title Page Vol 124. Many callers. Miss Gill came. Oh! Dinner at 7.45 & M, self & Roy went to see 'The Man Who Was' at His Majesty's. Mervyn & Ethel in box & Miss G went by bus. Play A1. Home & to bed after snack at 1.0am. (Red ink: Miss Gill arrived till Saturday. Went in evening to see 'The Man Who Was'.) (Cutting glued in: The Moat Farm Case, murder of Miss Holland. June 24.) Wednesday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out over Campden Hill. Rags. Met Governess 8.45. Back. Breakfast. At work all day on drawing of opening Volume 124. Finished it at 6.0pm. Dear Mite up in room. Put on blue suit & by Turnham Green bus all way to P.D. Met Phil A & Guthrie on steps. Sir W.A, B.P, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S. Cut soon settled, suggested Fishing. Agnew buzzing about asking all on his yacht except self. Lucy said Oswald sold all his pictures. Left at 10.0 & home by bus. Very much depressed & disappointed at things in general all round. Roy at Percy Howard's dance. Wrote 3 letters at home & posted them. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Depressed about non sale of any drawings.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Joseph Pease. Wednesy 24 June.) Thursday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Dull morning. Walk with Rags. Met Governess 8.45. Breakfast. Miss Gill. Wrote G.W.R & Wolff. Sent Otley to Cordings. After at 12.30 photod Otley for Salmon Fishing & self. Developed. Very tired after. Got prints by 4.0. Rest & to work from 5.0pm to 8.0. Roy out to dinner. Quiet evening & bed.
Very depressed non sale of drawings. Also Agnew not asking me. Also impossibility any recognition tomorrow. Friday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out. Met Governess. Round by Holland Park. Rags ran back on seeing black dog. At work all day on drawing of Salmon Fishing, Wyndham & Richmond. Finished 9.45. Dined, Miss Gill & self. M had been out at at homes. In morning ran down & got the papers. New honours. Sir Ed. Lawson a peer, Hickman a Baronet, Sir Hy Bergne K.C.B. The King's Birthday kept & a great Reception at Lansdowne House. (Red ink: Roy dined at Sir Alfred Hickman's. Lockett there.) (Cutting glued in: New Peers, Privy Councillors, Baronets.) Saturday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & down. Breakfast in blue suit 8.30. At 9.5 drove in cart to Victoria. Down by special train Folkestone. Across Channel in new boat, Queen. Met F.C.B, H.W.L, Lord Stalbridge, Claud Hamilton, Inverclyde, etc. Harris, Newman, Dickens, Ingle etc. Many others. Cosmo Bonsor. Dreadful lunch in corridor. Hot & stuffy. Back. Hot journey. Dear M met me at Victoria. Home. Bath. Great heat. Roy & cup. M & Roy to bed at 10.30. Frightfully hot in chair. Bed 11.30. Strange dream, S.R.I. Honeymoon in St Helena. (Red ink: Visit to Bakers put off. Delightful trip in the 'Queen' to Calais. Bar the lunch.) (See cutting glued in 20 June.) Sunday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Frightfully hot, 85º. Out with Rags. Met Sir Henry Bergne & his 2 sons. Breakfast. Good peaches. Wrote letters. Went at 12.0 with M for walk to Kensington Long Water. Very hot walking but cool breeze. Roy & dogs. Back. Lunch. Rest. At 4.0 went with Roy to Sir A.H's. 3 played, self, grandson & Roy, after grandson's sister. Mostly beaten. 2 gentleman there. Hot but pleasant. Back 7.10. Mr & Mrs Ernest Palmer had called. M, Roy & self dined. Read The Red Republic after. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Very hot day. Tennis at Sir A.Hickman's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Cosens.) Monday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out early. Met Governess. Old W waited for tip & was sold. Lovely morning. Breakfast. Electric Light off. After writing schemed subject of Opening Vol 125. Could not get it right. Copied some phos after lunch. Mess of it. Too long exposure. Tea five pm. Got outline by 7.30. Put things away. Dear Mite & Lennie dined with us. Cup. They left at 10.45. Bed 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Mite & Lennie dined with us.) Tuesday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Met Governess. Back. Breakfast. At work all day on Opening Page Vol 125. Many callers. Dora came at luncheon to stay till Friday. Worked till 7.30 when dressed. Left 8.45 in carriage for the Berkeley Restaurant. Lennie, Mite, self, M & Roy dined. Good dinner. Went to the Hippodrome after. Lion tamer good. Home by a drunken 4 wheeler. Roy went to the Merton's dance at Hyde Park Hotel. Dora in when we returned. I posted a letter for her. Bed at 11.50pm. Tired. Midgets boxing. (Red ink: Dined with Mite & Lennie at the Berkeley. Hippodrome after. Home by drunken 4 wheeler.)
Jul 1903 Wednesday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. No Governess. At work all day on drawing of Tournament. Left off at 1.30 & drove with M to lunch at Philip Agnew's. Met an American lady, a singer Mrs Matthews. Left 3.30 & home. After finished drawing by 6.0pm. Boy never came. Dressed & left in cab for the P.D. All the way. Sir W.A, P.A, O.S, Graves, R.H, self, F.C.B, A.G, H.W.L, E.T.R, B.P. Sir W asked me on board the yacht at the 11th hour. Left & at 10.30 went to the R.A Soirée. Dora & Roy there. Saw Baker, Cowards etc etc, Binns Smiths. Mrs Millet did not know Mrs Matthews. Dora Roy & self home in a 4 wheeler. (Red ink: Finished Opening Vol 125. R.A Soirée in the evening. Lunched at Philip Agnew's.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Hugh Edwardes, Lord Kensington, to Mabel Pilkington.) Thursday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out up Holland Walk etc. No Governess. Back. Letters. Schemed subject of King Loubet & Lion. Delph came at 11.45. Sent a messenger boy at 10.0am for costume to May's. Developed & enlarged. Very tired. Slept for ½ an hour 4.0 to 4.30. Got the outline only out & left at 7.45 in carriage to dine with M at the Palmers. Very good dinner. Next a Mrs Talbot & a Mr Hinton who is musical. A little boy played afterwards. Home in carriage. Bed 10.30 after rest. Dora back from the Exhibition in hansom. (Red ink: M & self dined at Mrs Ernest Palmer's. Boy played.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Geoffrey Peto to Pauline Cokayne-Frith.) Friday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Met Governess. Walked down Holland Walk. Dora & Roy at breakfast. After the entire day from 10.0 on drawing of King, Lion & Loubet. Hard work. Dora left after 1.0pm lunch & went down to Mite's for the Weetman Pearson's ball tonight. Roy went in the evening. Did not finish until 10.0pm & then not satisfied. Dined by self, M looking on, & snooze in chair dead tired until 2.30am when to bed. (Red ink: Roy went down to Lady Pearson's dance at Paddock Hurst.) Saturday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Woke very tired. Most lovely morning. Out & up Holland Walk with Rags. Back. Wrote letters. Sent cheque to sale & after put all photos away etc. Printed blues, M.R etc etc. Lunch 1.30. Roy back from Glovers. Why? M & self left in the carriage & went to the Haymarket Theatre. Saw a delightful little play called Cousin Kate by Davies. Marion Terry opposite in box. Out & put M in carriage. Walked Garrick. Wrote Mudies. Called S.E Rly & by bus home. Wire from Secy to Lord Selbourne, & Mervyn dined with us. Roy very tired. Bed 11.30 after rest. M's ear hurt her. Last night of the old Gaiety Theatre. (Red ink: M & self went to see Cousin Kate. Mervyn dined.) (Cutting glued in: Illness of the Pope. Monday 6 July.) Sunday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.15 & out up Holland Walk. Rags ran from a small black dog. Breakfast. After tried air gun. Wrote letters etc. Took M for a walk & sat by Round Pond. Weather close. Back 1.45. Lunch. Short rest. After at 4.0pm left for
Sir A.Hickman's. Sent Otley with wire for Rear Admiral Fawkes. Wire came to me at 3.20pm. Played many sets at Sir A.Hickman's. Only won one. Left at 7.15pm. At 8.15 Edgar & Sophia Herapath & Mr Graves, M, Roy & self dined. They left at 11.0. Snooze & bed. (Red ink: Last Sunday's Tennis of the season at Sir Alfred H's. Graves dined.) Monday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 6.50am & dressed leisurely. Breakfast 7.45. Left at 8.20 in cart & down to Charing X. Caught 9.0am train to Dover. 2 others in carriage. Made mistake of sitting wrong side. Turned at Cannon St. Saw Cap'n Payne at Dover. Fresh N.W wind. Launch waiting for me & took me aboard H.M.S 'Good Hope'. Introduced to Rear Admiral Fawkes. Most pleasant. Shewn over ship by a Middy, Mr Egerton. Lunch at 12.30. President's ship in sight at 12.45. Admiral hastily put on his uniform. Saw the cruiser pass thro ships saluting. 2 destroyers, 8 English destroyers. Waited in the conning tower. At last went ashore about 2.15pm. Saw the Admiral coming back. Landed pier opposite the Burlington with 2 Naval officers. One met his brother. Walked to C.D station. Train at 3.5. Pier. Cup of tea & up to Charing X by 5.20. Press man in the carriage. Tea at Garrick & wrote letters. Home by bus at 7.30. Streets decorated. M, Roy & self dined. Rags playing after. (Red ink across page: Went down to Dover & on board the Good Hope to see President Loubet arrive.) Tuesday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Out for walk. Cold N.W wind. Saw little Governess 8.50. Back. Breakfast. Roy off with cart. Wrote letters. Letter from F.C.B. Filled in Income Tax Paper for £1820, less Income tax for Life Insurance. After wrote for passes etc. Lunch. Rest. At 4.15 went on bicycle to call on F.C.B. Settled subject for next week. Britannia & Columbia with Flags. Back & schemed it. Wrote Seaman. M, Roy & self dined quietly, & also young Bergne who did not impress us favourably. Far from it. Was slangy. He left at 11.0. Read & to bed. Opera Gala Night for Loubet. Burnand went. The King dined at the French Embassy. (Red ink: Young Bergne dined with us.) Wednesday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & walk. Saw Governess. Back. Breakfast. Finished scheming subject of Flags etc. At 11.45 Miss Huxley came. Photod her for Britannia & after Otley held the flags. Finished by 1.0pm. Lunch. M resting. Left at 2.30 & up by bus to C.C. At 4.5 photod M.R. Not much good. Out & to Garrick Club. Tea. Strolled to Bouverie St. P.A, O.S, Graves, R.H, self, F.C.B, A.G, H.W.L, E.T.R & B.P. Subjects finished by 9.0pm so got them to settle the Irish cut for following week. Left at 10.45 & home by bus. Very hot at night. Review at Long Valley for President Loubet. Thursday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out for walk. Met Governess. After enlarged photos for drawing in shade & got to work at 12.30pm. M had left at 10.30 for Henley. Worked all day up to 8.30pm. Roy went down to Windsor for a Ball. Quiet dinner, M & self. Sent Otley at at 9.30 with denture to Mr Hepburn. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. M very tired with Henley. Done up. In the evening a letter from Mr Inglis refusing to issue passes for the G.W.Rly. Very annoyed. Went up at 10.0 &
answered it. President Loubet returned to France at 8.0am. (Red ink: M went to Henley.) Friday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Got up at 5.40am. Saw F in bed. Pretty. Got to work 6.0 & put in outline of drawing by 7.20. Began to shade. Breakfast 9.0am. Roy came up from Windsor. Went on at 9.40 & finished 12.30. Sent drawing off. Put photos away. Lunch with M & dear Mite. M tired. Rested in chair till 4.30. Schemed drawing for double page. At 6.0pm took 4 photos ships & sea. Successful. At 8.15 Lennie & Mite dined. Frightfully hot. Fan. M stayed at home & at 10.20 Roy & self, Mite & Lennie went to the Ritchies Reception. Saw the officers of the American Squadron. Faudel Phillips, Lucys, Miss Williams, Lady Nottage etc etc, Lord Selbourne. After going out saw Arthur Balfour with overcoat letting himself in the door with key. Home by carriage at 12.30. Bed after snooze at 2.20. Robson Roose. (Red ink: Finished cartoon at 12.30pm. Roy & self went with Lennie & Mite to the Ritchies 'at home'.) Saturday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Tired. Very hot. Out with Rags up Holland Walk. Back. Breakfast. Roy did not go to City. Packed bags & got off by the dog cart to Waterloo. Caught the 12.30 for Southampton West. Met O.S & Mrs Phil Agnew & Miss Clench. Miss C had a violin. Frightfully hot. Lunched in train. Southampton West 2.30. Tall girl in semi evening dress. Splendid figure. Drove to same landing as left in H's yacht, Wedy 3 June. Got on board the Greta. W & S & tea after. Steamed slowly to Portsmourth. Went ashore with Seaman at 5.0. Took launch round the Yankee Squadron. Kearsage etc. Picked up Phil at 6.15. Back to yacht at 7.0. Dressed 7.30. Good dinner. Good Champagne. Anchored off Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Played bridge. Won 4/3. Turned in 11.30pm. M went to Stoke Edith Park 1.40. Eton & Harrow match. (Red ink: Eton won in one innings. Went on board Sir William Agnew's yacht.) Sunday July 12 S.Yacht Greta. Up at 7.45. Bath. Phil A & O.S were to swim but could not go off the yacht on acct of tide. Went to pier at Yarmouth. Back & breakfast. After wrote Palmer. Deck quoits. Dull grey day. Passed Swanage at noon. Lunch. Steamed along across bight beyond Weymouth. A spot ot two of rain. Deck quoits. After at 5.40 approached Dartmouth. Turned out most lovely evening. Photod gulls. Phil & O.S went ashore for walk. Dinner. White waistcoat. Champagne. Phil A's son's birthday. Prayers at 7.0pm. All crew in. Concert at night. Sleepy. Turned in 10.45 or 11.0. Slept only fairly well. (Red ink: Troubled with gum neuralgia.) Monday July 13 S.Yacht Greta. Up at 8.0. Breakfast. Phil A & O.S dived off yacht. Lovely in Dartmouth. Breakfast at 10.0. Phil returned by train to town. We went up in launch towards Totness, Sir W steering. Mrs Phil, Miss Clench, Owen S & self. Back 11.0 & under weigh. Fresh north west breeze. Steamed past Plymouth to Fowey, Cornwall. Deck quoits. Got better. Tea. Cigar. Agnew gave me a book on himself. Got to Fowey at 4.0pm. At 5.0 Mrs Phil, Miss C, Owen & self went ashore. Wrote postcards. Fine old tombs & brasses in church. Walk along cliff to end of harbour. Miss C broke the glass top off her sunshade. Back at 7.15. Dressed.
Dinner. No Champagne. Played 2 rubbers of Bridge after. Lost 6d on balance. Turned in 11.45. Mouth & a sort of neuralgia hurt me after. (Red ink: Lovely evening at Fowey.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Vincent Kennett-Barrington.) Tuesday July 14 S.Yacht Greta. Up at 7.0. Tea. Took launch & went & photod 2 plates rocks, 2 promontory, 1 yacht, 1 O.S swimming. Wrote diary. Lovely morning. Still at Fowey. Breakfast. Moved out of harbour at 8.0am & off 9.0. Steamed slowly to Plymouth. Frightfully hot on Bridge. Lord Mount Edgcombe's. Agnew told Mrs Phil 'What a silly question to ask' about Marconi, & also entered in his diary having had luck at cards. Packed. All off by 1.15pm. Left stick. Landed at Plymouth & took cab 3/s to G.W station. Talk to the S.W. Super't. Saw the Bishop of Winchester & spoke to him. After at 2.30 the Royal Train with Prince & Princess of Wales broke the record. Ran Paddington to Plymouth without stop, 65 miles hr all way. Off to Waterloo. Dined in train. Stupid porter & boys at Waterloo. Took no tip. To Garrick & wrote letters from 8.30 to 10.30pm. Supped at 11.0 when Roy came in carriage after dining at the Palmers. Drove home at 11.45 & bed. (Red ink: Left yacht & back to town.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Vincent KennettBarrington. Tues 14 July.) Wednesday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out on bicycle round Earls Court. Called at 3 Avonmore Gardens. Home. Breakfast. After schemed subject for Double Page & posed the figure. At 11.0 Miss Best called. Sent her away to come back again at 1.30pm. At 11.30 photod in bright sun Miss Tambay & after at 1.30 Miss Best. Developed them. Rested from 2.30 to 4.30 pm when with Otley's help enlarged them until 6.30pm. Then dressed & left at 7.0 by cab for Punch Dinner. There 7.05. Saw Millar passing in cab in Bouverie St. F.C.B, self, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Smaller table. Suggested cut for Partridge of Papal Coat of Arms. Left 11.0 & home on top of bus. Molesworth on it. Home & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: At work Double Cartoon.) Thursday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out up Holland Walk. No Governess. After wrote letters etc. Up to work. Got outline of figure in & general set of Double Cartoon for Irish visit of the King. Dull wet day. After enlarged ship & others, also sea from photo. Began by making a mess & finished ditto, exposing paper twice. This was from 2.0 to 3.30 pm. Up & on with work, got outline of figure & sea in by 8.30 pm when dined Roy & self at 8.50. Quiet evening & bed after at 11.30pm. (Cuttings glued in: The John Bull dinner. July 17. Execution of Samuel Dougal. Wedy 15 July. Okapi acquired by the Hon Walter Rothschild.) Friday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 5.40 & worked from 5.45 to 8.30am on Double Page. Put outline of Ship in & sea etc. Photod F in bed. Bath & walk up Holland Walk with Rags. No G. Breakfast & back to work 10.15. At it all day from above to 9.45pm when finished. Worked 15 hours. Roy out. Down to dinner. Fished out a bottle of Ivory's '74 wine & drank it nearly all. Rest after. Roy back at 11.15. Had been dining with Stern. At 9.30 enlarged gulls. No good. Frightfully heavy tropical thunder storm in the night. (Red ink: Worked 15 hours this day on Double Page cartoon.)
Saturday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.40. Very tired. No walk. Roy getting ready to go to Waleys, cart to City with him. All morning putting things straight etc. At 12.30 developed ¼ plates taken yacht. Lunch. After printed blues. Frightfully heavy tropical shower. Rain came into Bath Room through gutter on roof. Put things up & brought away back sheets of Times etc. Left in carriage at 4.15 & caught the 5.0 train down to Lennie's. Saw dear Mite & chicks. Dressed & off in carriage to dine at Nymans. The Lorings there. Not very good dinner. Talk of titles. Beat Loring 100 up by 47. Left & back. Very tired went straight to bed at 11.10pm. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe House. Still neuralgia gum boil.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of James Abbott McNeil Whistler. Saty July 18.) Sunday July 19 Balcombe House. Up 8.45 & bath. Out 8.45 & stroll round garden. Grey sun dial. After a walk with Linley until 9.45. In & breakfast. After headache & sat & got through R.W.Chambers' Cambric Mask. Not good. After wrote M. Lennie & Mite back from church. Stroll round with Mite. Lunch. Lennie glum. After rest in chair in Drawing Room. Pianola. Snooze from 2.30 to 4.30pm. Tea. Thunder storm at lunch & nearly all afternoon. After Lennie & self walked round & back by Red Road, 4½ miles. Dinner. Music & bed 11.15. Read 4 Feathers. Barley water good. Same walk I went Monday 19 January. Monday July 20 Balcombe House. Up 8.20. Lennie off. Bath. Breakfast with Mite after. Read book on Old France. Letter from M. Wrote letters. With Linley on his donkey to P.O. Back & cut Times since May & squared prints. Lunch. Cigar & after squared remaining prints. Wrote letters & at 5.10 went in motor to 3 Bridges. Jerky. Saw Mr Messel & bought W.G & account of Dougal. Lennie arrived 6.15 with a German Baron who had been in the Prussian Guards. Home. Wrote Otley etc. Posted. Dressed. Doctor & Mrs Thring, he a cousin of the Thrings called Barrel dined. The German Baron, Lennie, Mite & self. Good dinner. Bed at 11.30. Read 4 Feathers. To sleep 12.30am. (Cutting glued in: A Muslin Gown for Goodwood. P.M.G. Saty July 18 1903.) Tuesday July 21 Balcombe House. Up 8.20. Bath. Lennie & the Baron off. Breakfast. No letter from M. Disappointed in my double cut. Can't be helped. After wrote M & Spielmann. Posted & stuck slips in book from 11.15 to 1.0pm from July 20 to March 3. Dear Linley in his cot. Mite went for drive Hand X. Back 1.15pm. Lunch. After put things up & left with Mite 4.30. Forgot umbrella. Carriage went back. Caught the train for Victoria. Read about Dougal's execution. Otley met me. Drove home. Annoyed at finding letter from Lockyer which I ought to have had on Friday last. Dressed. Dined by self & cab to Lyric Theatre. Forgot seats. Saw Mr H.J.Callum. Sat 2/3rd of Medal & Maid. Bosh. Out & to Garrick. 2 men in Supper Room. Had poached eggs & home by bus. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe. Went to see 'The Medal & the Maid'.) Wednesday July 22
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out for walk. Talk to sweeper who threw his broom at Rags. After back. All morning putting away. Developing after at 10.30 when I left in a hansom for poor Whistler's funeral, Chelsea Old Church. Saw Stuart Wortley, Hartley, Davis, Abbey, Tadema etc. Silent service. Left & home by bus. To C.C at 4.0. Photod L.Jessop. Out at 5.15 & to Garrick. Tea & letters. By bus to Stafford Terrace. Dressed & drove in the dog cart to Hurlingham. A remarkably good dinner given by Phil Agnew. F.C.B self, Reed, O.S, Phil A, B.P, Lucy, A.G. Discussion. Agnew praised Irish cut. Got cut of Balfour & Indian Tiger, Partridge Old Woman & Shoe. Left at 11.0 & drove home in cart. Roy away at Mildenhall. Apollinaris & bed. Wrote letters & posted them myself. F pulled down coat going away. (Red ink across page: Very good Punch Dinner at Hurlingham.) (Red ink: Went to Whistler's funeral.) (Cuttings glued in: The funeral of Mr James McNeill Whistler. Thurs 23 July. Marriage of Laurie Magnus to Dora Spielmann. Marriage of Hubert Murray to Winifred Pearl.) Thursday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out on legs for walk with Rags. After schemed subject of Balfour & his animals. Tiger for India on balancing plank. At 11.45 Delph came. Had sent Otley for costume. Rain. Photod Delph in the rain. Finer in the afternoon. Worked after I had rest till 8.45 when Roy & self dined quietly. Quiet evening after & bed 12.0. Roy very disappointed about not going abroad with Stern. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Benjamin Farjeon. Death of D'arcy Chaytor. Obituary of B.L Farjeon. Left nothing.) (Red ink: Farjeon wrote a book which I illustrated about 1885. The villain in it was named Chaytor. The above Chaytor who died on same day I knew since 1870.) Friday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.40 & up in room. Photod F in bed. Worked on drawing of Arthur Balfour & Animals. At 8.15 bath & walk with Rags. After went on to work all day & finished easily at 7.30pm. Dressed. Roy & self left in the carriage to dine at Lady Nottages. Got there too soon. Awful 24 dinner. Mrs Morley, Palmers (3) Lady Roxboro'. Poor Roy short of wine. Recitation by a girl after & shocking singing. Left 11.0. Talk to Palmer about passes on G.W.R. Went on to the Moscheles. Saw Warren & also Alfred East. Left 12.0 & home by carriage. Bed. (Red ink: Roy & self had awful dinner at Lady Nottages. Moscheles at home after to meet the French Deputy.) Saturday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out round Holland Walk with Rags. After breakfast Roy got off for Balcombe. Self put things away & printed rest of blues the whole morning. Lunch. At 4.10 left with puppy for Balcombe in the dog cart. Puppy sick in the train. Grumpy old man & no wonder in corner. Out. Saw Spencer & Hilda on platform. On to Balcombe House. Dear Mite & Linley met us. Deck quoits. After stroll round the grounds. Dinner 8.15. Pianola, Mite playing. Roy & Lennie back at 11.0 in uniform. Had been to Lord Sheffield's Field Day. The Duke of Norfolk. Smoke & bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe. Brought the puppy Peter.) Sunday July 26
Balcombe House. Up at 8.45am. Bath after Roy & Spencer. Good sardines at breakfast. After smoke squared prints. At 11.45 Roy, S & self walk with new puppy Peter & Vic & whippet. Rain showers. Warm lovely west wind. Water lilies. Back. Wet. Lunch. After photod Linley in French uniform. At 3.0 wrote many letters. At 5.0 tea or rather chocolate. Games. Bowls, Ninepins, Quoits, Bumble Puppy. Mrs Freeman Murray came over the fence. Dinner. Magnum of Deutz & Gelder 1884. Music after. Bed at 12.0am. Spencer's stories. Read Outsider. (Red ink: Delightful day at Balcombe. Spencer there.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Baron de Bush. Saty July 25. In Memoriam Simm.) Monday July 27 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Bath. Breakfast with Roy. 'Times'. Burnley appeared. Roy left 9.30. Lennie got off in motor for Weymouth at 10.15am. Lovely morning. Soft west wind. Threatened rain & rained every day this week. Skemed picture for Almanack & after Spencer, Mite & self at lunch. Left Balcombe by same train as last week in the wet & up to Victoria taking Roy's bags. Otley met me with letters. On to Garrick. Saw Bernard P & Furniss. To Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, O.S (gap between us) P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Got motor cut to do, Partridge cut of French & English Sailors. Left at 11.15pm & home by 12.0. Roy dined out. (Red ink: Punch Dinner on acct of Bank Holiday. Left Balcombe. Very wet.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Lewis Jekyll, of a son. Death of Sir William Marriott. Marriage of Gerrard Perryn to Kate Boys. Wills of Percy Tarbutt, Mary Price, Sir William Marriott. Monday 4 Feb 04.) Tuesday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags. Bolted from retriever etc. Back & after breakfast with difficulty schemed Motor cut. At 11.30 Mr Delph came & waited. At 2.30 photod him lying down for Walter Long in ditch. After snap shot at horse in mews. Developed. After lunch Otley came round & helped me in rain. Finished by 3.30. One hour's rest & slept. At 5.0 on to draw until 7.20 when dressed. Roy went out to dine at the Carlton. Self drove in carriage & dined at John Penn's. John Penn looking ill. Dined in 2 parties. Met the Prime Minister, Gerald Balfour & also Sir Herbert Maxwell, Mr & Mrs Green, Mr & Mrs Lucy & others. Miss Penn wonderfully pretty woman. Strange I have known her mother & grandparents on both sides. Delightful dinner. Took a lady in whose name I did not catch. Niece to be married on the 12th. Left 11.0, Lucy & Arthur Balfour after dinner. Home by carriage from Athenaeum. Roy out. Went up to room. Saw F in bed. (Red ink: Delightful dinner at John Penn's.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir William Marriott. Morning Post July 30.) Wednesday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0, woke 5.15, & at work in room. Photod & worked till 8.15 when bath & out with Rags. Round by Lewis's old house. Breakfast. Sent Roy into City in cart. Back at work. Letter from F.C.B with answer from Mr Anderson. Lunch. Developed photos taken at Balcombe & F in bed. Worked until 9.30pm when finished. Roy & self dined quietly. Smoked 2 cigars Roy & self he had put in the collection. Not good. Too bitter. Slept in chair till 1.30pm when to bed. Heavy thunder showers in afternoon. (Red ink: Home dinner, Roy & self.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edgar Flower.)
Thursday July 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Bath & out round C.H with Rags. Went after cat in Campden Hill Mansions. Sent Roy up in cart. Wrote & printed. Hair cut at 9.45am. Left in bus at 11.0am. Saw extraordinarily pretty little girl like Mrs Langtry get on top of bus almost in rags. Wish had her address for model. On to C.C. Miss Smith called. Why? After photod Janet Hird for Xmas Page. Not much good. To Garrick. Lobster for lunch. Beetle & young Irving. Wrote letters. Saw Cyril Spottiswoode affecting Claude Watney. Home by bus. Put things up. Saw Grinham. Talk to F. Tea & left to catch the 5.0 train Victoria by Met Rly. Met dear M & Spencer & down to Balcombe. Walked up to house with S. Lennie at door. Dear Chicks. Dressed. Wrote diary. Dinner, Lennie, Spencer, M, Mite & self. Music & bed at 11.0pm. M very tired, did not sleep very well. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe again. Met Spencer & M on platform. Bernard Partridge left for holiday.) (Cutting glued in: Lord Ilchester summoned for allowing his motor car to exceed the legal limit of 12 miles an hour.) Friday July 31 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0 & down. Lennie & Linley & Ann at breakfast. No papers. Bath & after breakfast. Wrote letters the entire morning. Lunch. After a smoke again wrote letters till 4.30. Chocolate at 4.45. M, Spencer & self went for walk. Cottage on the hill burnt down. Took Peter the Bumble Puppy. Back 6.15. Spencer lame. Geoff Herapath came. Lennie back, pruning gardens. At 7.30 dressed. Dull cloudy day all day. Dinner, Spencer, self, Lennie, M & Mite. Quiet evening after. Bed at 11.0pm. M did not sleep well. Also Geoffrey Herapath. (Red ink: Poor Wilkins, ticket examiner on board the L.C & D boats, died Aug 1 st aged 36. Only heard Sunday March 13 '04.) Aug 1903 Saturday August 1 Balcombe House. Up at 8.30am. Bath. M had not slept well. Breakfast, Geoff & self. Deck quoits. After stroll into village. Wired Otley. Lennie bought a smock & walked home in it. Dogs. Bumble Puppy Peter. After wrote letters till lunch. Sleepy & rest. Again letters. Cleared all off at 5.0. Started with Geoff & Lennie in motor for East G. Good run & lovely evening. Arrived. Shop changed hands. No good. Up to shop in market. Familiar little shop man. Knew my name. Took 2 photos. Left at 6.30 & home by seven. Posted letters. Dressed. Otley 's parcel came just in time. Dear little Linley in fear of bees. Dinner. Good Champagne. After Mr & Mrs Thring, a Mr Sheppard & party of 10 from Nymans. Mr & Mrs M, Dr M, Mr & Mrs Parker, Mr & Mrs Gibbs, a girl, 11 in all in Fancy Dress. Home party Spencer, M, self, Geoff, Mr Marriott, Mite, Lennie. 21 in all. Dancing till 12.0. Stroll & talk with Captain Gibbs. Bed 1.0am. M slept better. Spencer fell in hall at 7.40, cut his lip badly. (Red ink across page: Fancy Dress dance at Balcombe House.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Lord Vivian to Barbara Fanning.) Sunday August 2 Balcombe House. Up 9.0am. Bath. M slept better. Breakfast. Read of Battle of Mortimers Cross & also Battle of Shrewsbury, 60 years interval. Lovely morning. All in garden. Geoff & Mr Marriott at church. Wrote & read. Luncheon. After read King Solomon's Mines. Left at 3.10 in motor, Lennie, Mr Marriott, Spencer, Geoff & self & Mrs Barney for Nymans. There. Walk round. Heather. Tea. M & Mrs
Messel, self & Dr M & others went for walk in the woods. Back. Dear Linley fell down. Home by carriage & motor. Game of Golf. Putting. Good night to Chicks. Dressed. Dinner, Spencer, Mr M, Geoff, Lennie, Mite, M & self. Bed at 11.15 after music. Got Spencer on to South Africa. (Red ink: Quiet day at Balcombe. Went to Nymans in afternoon.) Monday August 3 Balcombe House. Up at 8.30. Bath. Lovely morning. M slept better. Most beautiful cool windy day with sun all day. Read in morning. After strolled out with camera. Took photos of Bobs. 2 in wood, 1 of fence, 1 of ditch, 4 Bobs, 1 house, 1 motor. 2 taken Saturday of East G. Motor went to Nymans with Geoffrey & Mr Marriott. Lunch. Rest & read 'Outsiders' on balcony. At tea a party from the Hohlers came in 4 in hand. Mr & Mrs Bourke who knew George Clarke at Sunderland & others, 8 in all. They left at 5.15. Games. Bowls at skittles. M played. Won the game by 1. After Bumble Puppy & also round of Golf. Geoff won. Dinner. Music & bed 11.10pm. A delightful day. (Red ink: Delightful quiet Bank Holiday at Balcombe. Hohler party came.) Tuesday August 4 Balcombe House. Up 8.45. Bath. Breakfast. Mr Marriott off. Dull windy day. Wrote letters. Little Linley had not been well. Went to post, sent M's letter off. Wrote letters. Lunch. Decided not to go up to dine at Inn Holders Hall. Wired Otley & posted more letters. Geoff H left at 3.15. Sat in the balcony & read Old France. Tea. Wrote Roy. Chocolate. M, Spencer & self went for a walk round lake & after to Mill along X roads. Back at 6.30. Mite & Lennie back. Played 2 rounds of Golf. Letter from Morris about Roy. Dull close evening but windy. Quiet dinner, Lennie, Mite, Spencer M & self. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Quiet day at Balcombe. Ought to have dined with Walter H.Harris at Inn Holders Hall off Dowgate, City E.C. Junr Carlton Club.) Wednesday August 5 Balcombe House. Up 8.45. Bath. Lennie did not go to town. Dear Mite's birthday. Lovely morning. Wrote letters. Sorted box etc etc. After lunch Spencer & self left by the 4.22 train & up to town. Brougham met Spencer. Tiresome journey. Annoyed to find Bath Room & Upp Lavatory being painted. On to Garrick. Wrote M & letters. Bus to Punch Dinner. Phil May died at 1.30pm today. F.C.B, self, R.H, R.L, O.S, P.A, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Suggested cut of Shooting, Duke of Devonshire ducking. Raven Hill has Britannia & the King to do. Left at 10.45 & home on the top of a bus. Paint & misery at home. (Red ink: Poor Phil May died at 1.30pm. Last time dined at Punch Dinner Feby 11.) Thursday August 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 5.45. Bed again after photo at 6.30. Slept. Extraordinary C.K. Pity. Up & for walk with Rags. Saw O.W in distance. Lovely morning. After breakfast some difficulty in scheming Shooting subject. At 12.0 Mr Hilton came. Photod for Shooting in sun. Got prints & also F in bed by 4.0. Rest & on with work. Roy back & tea together at 5.0pm. Dinner 8.30. In Morning Room after. Both went to bed at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Photo F. Roy back from Stoke Edith.) Friday August 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.45. Photo. Worked from then to 8.30am. Bath & walk with Rags who bolted from dog in lane. Roy down & packing bags. After at work all day on drawing of Chamberlain Shooting. Roy left for Pyt at 2.30pm. Went on. Bothered with head of C. Took it out 3 times. Finished work 9.30 when dined by self. Exhausted & tired after. Slept in chair until 1.0am when to bed. (Red ink: Roy left for Pyt House Tisbury. Long tiring days work.) Saturday August 8 Stafford Terrace. Woke 5.0am. Rag's caution near Lewis's of another dog. After felt very tired. Put things away & left 10.30am for C.C. Photod Altree child of 12. Extraordinary C. Back at 1.40 to Stafford Terrace to lunch. Saw Grinham after. Put photos away & got off 4.15 by cart to Victoria. Very hot & close. Crowded platform. Carriage stuffed full of people & a tiresome little boy. Hot stout lady. Dear Mite & M in carriage met me at Balcombe. Played 2 rounds with Lennie Golf. Very good dinner & champagne. Felt much better for it. Was quite done up. Sleepy after large cigar. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Poor Phil May interred. Very tired & done up. Came to Balcombe in crowded train.) Sunday August 9 Balcombe House. Up at 9.50. x. Very late. Bath after Lennie. Breakfast. M, Mite & Lennie to church. Wrote letters from 11.0 to 1.0pm. Lovely day. Began Cardigan. Lunch. Out in the garden. The Messels came over in a motor with the FoxAdams's at 4.30. Tea & stroll. After M, Lennie & self played round of Putting. Lost a ball mysteriously. Strolled round to look at mare & goat etc. Back 7.50. Dressed. Dinner. Quiet peaceful evening. Bed 11.0pm. M & self slept well. (Red ink: Quiet peaceful day with dear M, Mite, Lennie & Chicks.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Phil May. P.M.G Saty 9 Aug.) Monday August 10 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Saw Lennie before he left. Back to bed. Bath. After wrote letters, squared prints. Posted letters & found the Golf ball over railings some way. ½ gale of wind. Took dear M for walk round by Lord Edward Fitzroy's. Vic & the Bumble Puppy. M in a fluster. Cows. Back at 1.25. Late for lunch. After rested with a book & doze till 3.30. Miss Fitzroy called. Changed & packed & Mite & M drove me to the station. Lady friend of M on platform. Goodbye to M. Slow weary journey to Victoria, 2 hours & 5 minutes. Otley met me & drove to Stafford Terrace. Sent wires off to Wolff & Hamilton at Perth. Cigars to Roy. Dined at 8.10 by self. Read & to bed at 11.0pm. Lower lavatory finished painting. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe by self. Dined at home & finished packing.) Tuesday August 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.45. F in bed. Breakfast 7.45 & off in dog cart by 8.30 to St Pancras. No trouble whatever. Compartment to self. Man got in 1 st stop & went as far as Leeds. Capital lunch 1.30 after Leeds & on on to Edinburgh, then to Perth. Civil guard. Mr Hamilton met me & I had a compartment on the Highland Railway. No crowd, no bother. On to Balinluig. No carriage. Schwabe on the platform & a maid of ample proportions going to Balinluig. Carriage came up 10 minutes after & we drove to Ballechin maid & all. Welcome by Wolff but cold supper all the same. Torrey & Dugdale, Schwabe, self, Wolff & Miss May. Bed at 11.30pm. 'Punch' had arrived. Slept all right. (Red ink: Left for Ballechin. Good
journey. Met Schwabe at Balinluig.) (Cuttings glued in: Tragedy of a fortune. Tues 11 Aug. Becky Sharp's school. D.M. Tuesday 11 Aug.) Wednesday August 12 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Wore nut suit. Breakfast. Decided I should go out over dogs with Schwabe. Started at 10.45. Walked up the hill, 3 riding. Changed on to pony. Wolff on a nice little mare pony. Started to shoot. Got a brace the 1st point. Rain came on. Wolff went home. On & on. Lunch. Tired after. Old Sandy ate our cake saved for tea. Dogs completely beaten. Black & white pointer lay down. Going home got 40 brace on the Far Beat. Dinner. Good. Talk in Billiard Room & bed at 11.0pm. Slept well. Shot Home Beat. Read In the Fog, by Richard Harding Davis. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot with Schwabe. Dogs dead beat. Shot home moor & walked up.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of William Playfair.) Thursday August 13 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Wrote Mrs King about model. Breakfast. After wrote more letters. Started at 11.0 & walked with Torrey to Pit Castle. Long long way up up hill. Suspicion of heel blistering from shoe, right foot. Started to shoot 12.0. Got hare the 1st shot. Dogs bad & no scent. Lunch overlooking loch. 23 Grouse, 1 teal, 1 rabbit, 1 snipe, 3 hares. Left off 6.0pm & walked home past Pit na Cree. Lovely evening. Bath & dressed. Dinner. Pianola. Small dog howls at a particular tune. Lost 1/s by betting Torrey would not go round in 30. He did it in 28. Bed 11.0pm. Read In the Fog. Slept well. Dream of Wolff writing a play & saw the 1 st night. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot. Walked with Torrey to Pit Castle. Shoe nearly blistered me.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Dr William Playfair. Marriage of Julian Steele to Sybil Mure.) Friday August 14 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.15. Bath. Pouring with rain. Breakfast. Wrote many letters. Still pouring. Pianola going. Writing all morning. Lunch. Coffee & liqueur. After rested in room below till 4.30. Tea. At 5.10 went for a walk in the damp towards Weem. Got stamps. Saw 2 girls release a wet little bird from boy. Back. Into raspberry garden with Torrey. Dressed. Got a book, 'The Secret of the Sands'. Dinner. Told many yarns. After the pianola. Played 100 up with Dugdale. Was beaten by 60 giving him 30. Bed 11.45. Could not sleep between 2.30 & 4.0am. (Red ink: Pouring wet day all day. Walked to Post Office.) (Cutting glued in: The Hon A. Littleton has gone to Gullane. Jules Verne is to undergo an operation. T. Monday 14 Aug.) Saturday August 15 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15. Had slept very badly. Breakfast. Sweet coffee. Dull close gloomy morning. Wrote & off at 10.30 with Dugdale for Pit Castle. Pony trap. New harness. Wolff got in it. Pony kicked & nearly upset him. After we drove in same trap to Post Office. Rode white pony up hill. Shot with Dugdale. Delightful day. Rain & shine. Luch in hut by loch. Hard pull up hill after lunch. Walked around. I picked a beautiful bunch of white heather just before luncheon. Good finish, 19 brace between us. Self 4 hares & about 8 brace. Walked home. Saw 2 girls who I thought were coming to dinner. Home 7.0. Bath. Dressed. The Laird & his wife came to dinner, she an Amerian. Pleasant evening. Played Dugles 100 up
he giving me 20. Was beaten easily. Bed 11.45. Read Secret of Sands. Slept well. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot with Dugdale over Pit Castle Moor. Captain Steuart & his wife dined. Miss Hickman disappeared & died this day in Richmond Park.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sophie Hickman. Lord Salisbury's health. Will of Cardial Vaughan.) Sunday August 16 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.20. Bath. Wrote diary. Breakfast. After wrote all morning. Letters. Annoyed at Electric Light. Answered. Lunch. After read The Mystery of the Sands. Tea. From 5.20 to 7.10pm went for walk with Dugdale towards Aberfeldy. Saw no motors. Back at 7.10. Dressed. Good dinner. Champagne. Very sleepy after. Dugdale played Schwabe after. Bed 11.15. Tired & sleepy. (Red ink: Quiet lovely day. Walk towards Aberfeldy with Dugdale.) Monday August 17 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15 & dressed. Check. Bath. Down. Letters. It was decided after that all 4 guns should go on Far Beat. Started riding grey pony 10.10. Saw a heron. On, on. Began to shoot 12.0 with Torrey. A capital day & perfect weather. Got 26 brace. Picked up a dead bird. Dear old pointer Ben, 20 years old. Left off at 6.10 & walked home except over flat when rode grey pony. Back 7.30. Tea. Dressed. Took Miss May in. Good dinner. Beat Dugdale by 25 points & won one of my shillings back. Bed at 11.30. Read The Riddle of the Sands. (Red ink: 4th & best day's shoot on the far moor with Torrey.) Tuesday August 18 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15. Lady M suit. Down. Letters. Wrote many after breakfast. Settled to leave with Torrey. At 12.0 left in motor, a most lovely run thro' Dunkeld & over a moor 40 miles. Back 1.50. Wrote Hickman. Lunch. Torrey, self & Toots went. Packed. Tips. Goodbye & left in motor at 5.0 & to Perth with Torrey. Arrived there 6.30. Drunken Highland woman & little boy. Saw her again in the town. Saw Fair Maid's house & the scene of the fight & river. Old curiosity shops in a street called Meal Vedder. Back. Wired Wolff with Torrey & saw T off. Back & dined. Whisky & Pitkeathly. Fair dinner. Train 1 hr late. Talk to Mrs Ind about Rome etc. Off in greatest comfort. No one else in carriage. Slept uncomfortably & a little cold. (Red ink: Last day at Ballechin. Splendid motor run. Walk in Perth.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Richard Bradford to Marion Millions.) Wednesday August 19 On board Midland Train, St Pancras. Arrived after broken sleep at 9.0am. Otley met me. Home 9.30. Breakfast. Rain & shine. Printed blues & wrote letters. After left in cart to catch 5.50 train for Bourne End. Down by self. Out. F.C.B, Lady B & Reed, Graves etc in train. A1 dinner at Lehmann's. 2 little girls with deep voices. A remarkably pretty Governess. All left after making up cuts at about 11.0pm & at Paddington by 12.0. Hansom home. Very bad horse. (Red ink: Arrived home from Ballechin. Dined at Lehmann's, Bourne End.) Thursday August 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rags. No cycle. Letters. After schemed subject of Chamberlain Hedging. At 12.0 photod man from corner. Developed etc & got to work by 5.0pm. Spencer called & sat 1½ hours. At 7.0 dressed & down in
carriage to Garrick. Dined & after went to see a stupid piece called 'Glittering Gloria'. Utter drivel. Out & to Club. Home by carriage at 12.0 & to bed. (Red ink: In town by self. Dined at the Garrick Club & went to see Glittering Gloria.) Friday August 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out with Rags. Round Campden Hill. After at work all day on drawing of Chamberlain trimming Hedge. Printed blues. Got done at 9.0pm & dined quietly by self. Not very tired. Slept in the chair, Morning Room, till 1.30 & bed after. Saturday August 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out round C.H. After breakfast Grinham called. Gave him cheque for £6.0.0. Put up things etc & got off at 11.10 for C.C by bus. At 11.50 photod 2nd time J.H for Xmas Page. Out at 2.0pm & to Garrick. Had lunch. Lobster & a pint of Stout. Saw Bangs & talk with Bindall after. Wrote & off by dog cart to Victoria. Caught the 4.30 train & down to Balcombe. M & Winnie Lockyer met me. Walked to house. Saw dear little Ann. After went a walk with with Lennie, Miss Venning, round lane & farm. Got very hot. Dressed in smock for dinner. Little Vic. After snooze & bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe. Lunched at Garrick Club. 1st race Reliance & Shamrock 3rd. Death of Lord Salisbury.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Lord Salisbury.) Sunday August 23 Balcombe House. Up 8.15. M did not sleep well. Bath etc. Lovely morning. After talk to Mite & Lennie about F.C.B & Mrs P.May. Wrote many letters till luncheon time. After smoke short rest & at 3.0 went with Miss Venning & Lennie in motor car to Nymans. A Mr Romaine there in flannels on a cycle. Walk round heather plants. Tea etc. Miss Gibbs & also pretty widow. At 5.30 M & self walked back. Took 1 hr 25 mins. Passed by Mite in carriage. M, Mite & Nonie had driven over. Lovely evening & day. (Red ink: Went to Nymans in motor. Walked back with M.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Menotti Garibaldi. Trial of M. & Mme. Humbert.) Monday August 24 Balcombe House. Up 8.15. bath. Pouring wet morning. Papers full of news. Death of Lord Salisbury. Humbert case finished & the defeat of Shamrock 3 rd. Breakfast with Sydney Clement. Wrote letters etc. After schemed Xmas Page. Lunch. Rest & read Cardigan till 4.0. After tea M & self walked thro' Tates from 5.15 to 6.30pm. Motor back with Miss V & W.Lockyer & Lennie. Dull close wet evening. Dinner. Champagne. Games. Dum Crambo after. Bed 11.30pm. Slept well, M also. Floods of rain in London. (Red ink: Dull wet day. Began Xmas Page. M & self went for walk with dogs.) Tuesday August 25 Balcombe House. Up 8.10. Bath. Lennie off. Letters from Wolff, Hickman etc etc. Wrote many letters to noon. Worked on Xmas Page. Lunch. Read. Work. M & self went for a walk to an old farm house with the 3 dogs from 5 to 6.30pm. Motor back. Lovely sunset. After dressed. Dinner. Music. Bed 11.15. Goodbye to Lennie. Miss Venning left at 3.0pm for Horsham. (Red ink: Horse went to Horlick's on acct of rain yesterday.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of William Corfield. Death of Claude Du Boisson. Obituary of Professor William Corfield.)
Wednesday August 26 Balcombe House. Up at 8.15. x. Bath. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Photod flowers etc. M & self in the Kitchen Garden. Wired Otley. Miss Lockyer left at 11.0am. Lunch at 3.0. Sydney Clement drove me (accompanied by Miss Phillips) to 3 Bridges. Just caught train. A very comfortable journey to town, saved an hour. To United Service Club & wrote 1 letter. To 'Punch' Dinner. No F.C.B. P.A, self, O.S (in chair) R.H & Graves. Got cut of Britannia, 'Hail & Farewell'. Home by bus. Raven Hill went as far as Charing X. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe by much better train via 3 Bridges.) Thursday August 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled round Earls Court. Saw V.S. After wired her to sit for Britannia. Sunny morning. On to work & up to 4.0 enlarging. At 7.30 left off & dressed. To dine at United Service Club. Met Graves & we dined together. Badly served dinner. Went after to the Empire & had small box. Out & home by bus from Piccadilly. Bed at 12.0am. Tired. (Red ink: Went to the Empire Theatre after bad dinner at the United Service Club.) Friday August 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.45 & at work 7.0 to 8.45. Out round C.H & after to work all day on Britannia at the Mausoleum of Lord Salisbury. Dear M back from Balcombe at 6.45. Had been absent from Stafford Terrace since Saty 11 July. Dined together 9.45. Finished 9.30pm. Bed at 11.30. Very tired. (Red ink: Dear M came back from Balcombe.) Saturday August 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk with Rags round C.H. At 10.0 had hair cut & shaved. Re-schemed Xmas Page. At 12.0 photod window man who was so feeble poor fellow he rolled over shaking. Developed. Lunch & after in 4 wheel cab to Shaftesbury Avenue, M & self. Saw 'In Dahomey'. Not bad. Out & by bus home. M & self dined 8.0. Had developed films of Miss Hird taken on Saty last. In Morning Room. Snooze & to bed 12.30am. Cardigan had been sent back. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of 'In Dahomey'.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Viscountess Glentworth. Aug 29.) Sunday August 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am or a little earlier. Walk around Campden Hill. After all morning printing blues. At 12.0 photod Otley for Time. Dull weather. Enlarged. Lunch. On after to enlarge till 4.30. Tea in Morning Room. At 5.0 took M for walk up to top of Row. Put her in bus. To C.C & Garrick. Wrote letters & back by bus. Did not dress. Dinner at 8.0pm. Read & to bed at 12.0 after snooze. Lay awake a long time at night. Storm at Scarborough. (Red ink: Walked with M up Park in afternoon.) Monday August 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & bath. Packed. Breakfast 8.30. Got off in Otley's cab at 9.0. ½ an hour to wait at Marylebone. Comfortable journey to York. Confusion of carriages. Changed at Nottingham & into a new train to York. Very bad & dear lunch. Missed Renishaw. Fresh tickets at York into a crowded train on the North
Eastern Railway to Harrogate. Cab to Majestic 2/s. Room 129. Walk with M after to Doctor Liddell. Saw Lord Rowton. Back 7.15 & dressed. Dinner. Saw after Mr Clerihew, Peter Reed & Sir Trevor & Lady Lawrence. Fair dinner. Smoke & band in Winter Garden. M to bed at 10.0. Saw Sir Trevor play a good game of Billiards. Talk to C & P.R. Bed 11.15pm. M still up. Both slept well. (Red ink: M & self left & arrived at Harrogate.) Sep 1903 Tuesday September 1 Hotel Majestic, Harrogate. Up 7.0. Bath. Out with M at 7.55 & to the Pump for her 1st 2 glasses of Sulphur Water. Silly people all walking round garden & also band all in top hats. Back by 9.0. Got Punch. My cut very good. Splendid breakfast & after a rest. Took M to her 1st Sulphur Bath at the Royal Baths. Read Conan Doyle. Called Post Office. Girl with gilt band & lissom figure. M back at 1.0. Lunch 1.50. After sat outside. M went up to rest. At 4.30 went for walk through Garden Walk. Band playing. On to a little moor & back to the town. Motor. Pretty young girl in black. Walk up to Queen's Hotel. Did not like it. M tired. Back by 6.30. Dinner. Very good. After band. Played Sir Trevor 100 up. He beat me by 40 points. Talk to Peter Reed. Gave me a cigar. Back 11.15pm. Both slept well. (Red ink: Good walk with M in afternoon. M took her 1st Bath.) Wednesday September 2 Hotel Majestic, Harrogate. Up at 6.45 Bath. Down. Breakfast 7.40. Saw Sydney Drage. M down. Pouring with rain. Left 8.0 & took M in fly to Pump Room. On to station. Left 8.25. Pleasant talk with a man who came from Scarborough. York 9.0. Left for Nottingham. Passed Renishaw. Changed. Wrote M. In train for London. Good lunch. Ran into tropical heat about Aylesbury & bright sun. Otley met me 3.20pm. Cab on to Garrick. Left bag. On to C.C. Photod at 4.0pm M.R. Out 5.0. Tea at Garrick. Saw Partridge & also Billington, Arthur à Becket after with John Bull. Left at 6.30 & walked to Punch Dinner. Frightfully hot. Called Parkins & Gott. O.S, self, Graves, R.H, B.P, H.W.L. Lucy back from Harrogate. Had been staying with a Mr Faber at Belvedere House, proprietor of the Yorkshire Post. Got cut of Balfour at X ways. Suggested it myself. Left 10.0. They were at Partridges cut. Home by bus. Saw dear Roy. His face still bad. He left at 11.0 for Euston. Bed 11.45. (Red ink across page: Came up to London from Harrogate to great heat in London.) Thursday September 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on bicycle over Campden Hill. No school. After breakfast schemed subject of Balfour. Hot plate had been (illeg) up by leaving Electricity on. Sent Otley for knapsack at 12.0. Photod Hilton for Balfour. Developed & enlarged & got to work at 4.30pm. Went on till 8.30 when dined by self & in Morning Room after. Bed at 12.0am. Friday September 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. After sent Otley with denture to Dobell. Went on to work after photoing wings up to 10.45. All day at it & lunch on venison. At 7.15 a most violent thunderstorm and most vivid flash of lightning nearly stopping work. Otley went to stores & after to Dobell's again for denture. Sent it up saying he had slipped & hurt his knee. Dined at 9.45 by self. Venison
etc. Rest in Morning Room tired. Bed at 11.0am. Got Mite's present. Letter weight. (Red ink: Violent thunder-storm just as finishing work at 8.0pm or 7.30. Vivid lightning.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Henry Allhusen, of a daughter.) Saturday September 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & very tired. Out for walk. Dull & wet. Otley had sent round to say he was laid up with his knee. Printed blues & also enlarged wings. Finished by 1.0pm. Lunch. Shaved. Dressed & off by 3.0pm in hansom for Victoria. Pretty stoutish lady with man in Smoking Carriage, very mobile mouth. Evelyn Coward met me at Balcombe. Walk to house. Dear little Ann & Linley. Dear Mite. Gave her letter weight. After Lennie back in motor. Had been shooting at Nymans. Got 10½ brace. 4 guns. Wrote M. Dressed after round of Golf. Dinner. Sydney Clement, Violet P, self, Evelyn Coward, Lennie & Mite. Good dinner. Champagne. Music after. Bed at 11.15. Slept well. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe House.) Sunday September 6 Balcombe House. Up at 9.10. Breakfast. Rainy & dark. After read last of Round the Red Lamp. Lennie & his letter from Mr T's agent Grant about the farm. Wrote letters & diary. After lunch. Venison A1, all liked it. At 2.45 left in motor, Lennie, self & Clement for Brighton. Good run. Called on Major Clement & Miss C & a little Aberdeenshire terrier. Dull & rainy. Tea & ball for dog. Left at 4.50 & back. Broke down by tire exploding 4 miles from Brighton. Stopped another motor with 2 ladies & 2 men, one like Col Burnaby also with exploded tire. Same wheel, off hind. Walked on for 3½ miles. Caught up by motor & home. Lovely evening. Told of Police trap. Did not see it. Following cyclists. Home at 7.10pm. Wrote 2 letters. Dressed. Dinner. Pianola & bed. Lennie read Mademoiselle D'ys. Slept well. (Red ink: Motor run to Brighton & back. Tire exploded.) Monday September 7 Balcombe House. Up at 7.50. Down to see Lennie off. Most lovely morning. Bath. Breakfast. After wrote Wolff, McDonnell & Lawrence. Diary etc. Began to draw Xmas Page in earnest. Outlined Time & Sundial. After lunch rested till 4.0. Wet. Too dark to work much. Wrote more letters. Lennie back. Bother about the tyres of wheels of motor. Too dark for Golf. Knocked about the balls myself. Dressed. Red rose & studs. Miss Fitzroy came to dinner. After music. Miss F & Mite at Patience. Pipe after & finished cigar. Bed 11.15pm. Tuesday September 8 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Saw Lennie off. Nothing in 'Times'. After writing many letters got on with Xmas drawing. Put in figure of girl. Lunch. Rest till 3.45. Went on again & pencilled wings. At 5.15 walked round Lord F.Fitzroy. A solitary policeman on sentinal duty outside. Back. Took 1¼ hrs. Spitting with rain. Lennie back. No news. Dressed & dinner. Good. Music after. Bed at 11.0. Little Vic slept in my bed. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Emily Crichton-Browne.) Wednesday September 9 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Saw Lennie off. Nothing in Times. Up & wrote 10 letters. Posted them. A gale in the night. Lovely day. Went on with drawing. Schemed drapery & altered wings. Packed & dressed by 1.15. Lunch. After
Sydney Clement drove me & Miss P to 3 Bridges. Man & cows. Up to town & took cab home. Otley no better. Tea & walked up the Park as far as Apsley House. Called C.C & Club & then on to the Punch Dinner. Self, O.S, H.W.L, B.P, Phil Agnew, Graves. All liked my cartoon. Left at 11.0 & home by bus. Roy not back from Scotland yet. (Red ink: Left Balcombe for London. Otley laid up.) Thursday September 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out with dogs After schemed subject of Sultan, Greece & Britannia. Sent a messenger boy to Mays for costume. At 11.30 photod Miss Tambay & Hilton & after Marguerite. Enlarged & got to work. Dined at 7.0pm & left in frightful rain for 1st night of Richard 2nd at the His Majesty's Theatre. Sat next the Alma Tademas. Spoke to Lady Jeune. Saw Gilbert & others. Out 11.50 & to Athenaeum. Had Appolinaris & liqueur. Cigar. Home in pouring wet. Dear Roy back from Galbraiths sitting up. Talk & bed. A furious gale in the night. Disturbed me very much. (Red ink: Went by self to first night of Richard 2nd. Heavy rain. Roy back from Galbraiths.) (Cuttings glued in: Rattlesnakes in Ireland. Sep 12.) Friday September 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. A great & destructive gale all over south of England in the night. Still a reflex of it. Wired to Miss Tambay to come & after went on with drawing of Sultan, Britannia & Greece. Miss T came 10.45. Photod her on roof 2½ doz. Finished by 11.45. Then went on with drawing. All day at it & finished 9.45pm. Roy & self dined together & had a fire in Morning Room after. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Roy & self dined together. Great gale in the night.) Saturday September 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out with dogs. Roy bothered to get his bag to the City, London Bridge. Gave him £3.0.0. After put things away & began to enlarge at 12.30 after developing 2½ doz ¼ plates taken yesterday of flying drapery. Lunch & went on to enlarge till 4.15pm. Tea upstairs & went on with drawing. Cut board & re-touched figure of Time etc. Dined 7.30 & after went by cab to Garrick Club taking May's parcel to Club. To Alhambra. Pretty woman next me. Good conjuror. Letters at C.C. Home by bus & to bed. (Red ink: Went to the Alhambra by self.) (Cutting glued in: Mr Whistler & the Royal Academy. Sepr 12.) Sunday September 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out. Called & bought Observer. Welman in shop. Walked to Alexander's house. Back. Dull grey day. Gloomy. Printed blues & drew perspective of Xmas drawing. Lunch. After re-enlarged 2 photos, 2 of figure & 1 of drapery. Up in room for tea. Put things straight & wrote letters. Dined by self. Dressed. Read Maids of Paradise. Bed at 11.30pm. Rather seedy. Livery. (Red ink: At home entirely by self all day. Got on with work.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Arthur Thring, a son. Death of Godfrey Thring.) Monday September 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Walk with dogs over Campden Hill. After back. Expected Otley, never came. Put remaining things up & wrote letters. Lunch. Otley's cab came at 1.0 & got off to the G.W.R at Paddington. Down to Stoke Edith. Miss Nemhard on the platform. Went up to house. Tea & talk with Dora & after Midge. Dressed. Dinner. Col Parkinson, Col Davidson, Galbraith, Midge,
Dora, Miss Nemhard, H, self. Bridge after. Felt very sleepy. Played 4 games, Col P & self & H & Col D. Beat them. Bed at 11.30. Read Maids of Paradise. (Red ink: Went down for a week to Stoke Edith Park.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Godfrey Thring.) Tuesday September 15 Stoke Edith Park, Herefordshire. Up at 8.0. Good bath. Trout for breakfast. Off by 9.45. Down to shoot partridges. 7 guns. Col Davidson, Col Parkinson, Galbraith, Hamilton Langley, self, a Mr Hazelhurst (drove) & Mr Price a clergyman. 32 brace of P, 41 hares & a few rabbits. Self shot 5 brace, ½ doz hares. Delightful day. Felt livery & seedy. Left off 5.45. Back 6.10. Tea. Bath. Dressed. Wrote M. Dinner. Took Midge in. Mrs Daniel not to be invited again. After played 1 game Billiards with Col Kennedy who arrived to dinner. Was beaten by 25. Dora spining a half crown along the Billiard table. Bed at 11.15. Read Maids of Paradise. (Red ink: 1st day's Partridge Shoot at Stoke Edith Park.) Wednesday September 16 Stoke Edith Park, Herefordshire. Up at 8.0. Bath. Slept well & felt better & less livery. Breakfast & off to walk up hill at 9.45. Wore Lady M suit. Started shooting, 7 guns. 3 Cols, Davidson, Parkinson & Kennedy, H, Galbraith & self & a very good looking young man, Mr Brixton, sub agent. Not a very good shot. Lovely lunch. Joined by the Agent. Went on to shoot & left off at 6.0. Back to tea. I shot 4 brace & 1 hare, 1 rabbit. Tea. Bath. Wrote diary. Dinner. Sat next Galbraith. After played a game of Billiards with Col Davidson. was beaten by about 50. After beat Galbraith. Bed 11.30. Read The Maids of Paradise. (Red ink: 2nd day's Partridge Shoot at Stoke Edith Park.) Thursday September 17 Stoke Edith Park, Herefordshire. Up at 8.10. bath. Brown suit. Letters & Times. After got off in break & began to shoot. Poor sport all day. Seven guns, 3 Colonels, H, self, Galbraith & Mr Foster the Agent whose brother knows Roy. About 2nd drive burnt my finger with cigarette. Very painful. Bad luck all day. H said I shot a pheasant. Did I? No. At 4.15 Col Kennedy & Col Parkinson left to catch the 4.45 train. Went on. Got one pigeon. Only 3 brace birds 2 hares. No, 3 hares & 1 pigeon. Good luncheon. Walked home. Tea. Bath & letters. After to dinner. A Miss Taylor & the old Rector to dinner. Talk of Stonehenge & Roman Wall. Game of Curling after. 1 game of 50 with Galbraith. He made 20 & beat me by 3. Bed at 11.30. Read & slept well. Very tired. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot Stoke Edith. Burnt my finger.) Friday September 18 Stoke Edith Park, Herefordshire. Up 8.0. Bath. Breakfast. After goodbye to Davidson. Settled with H to go on Monday 12.45pm. Up in room after writing letters. Got to work from 11.0 to 1.30pm. Had said a farewell to Galbraith who had stuck in an underground passage. Lunch. Picked up paper & found that Mr Chamberlain, Lord George Hamilton & Mr Ritchie had resigned. A 3.10 drove with Midge, Dora & Miss N to Hereford. Fine cathedral & effigies. Bought pills & tobacco & back in break. Midge had broken a bottle of ammoniated quinine all over her sunshade & dress. Back at 6.0. Tea. Looked at Richard 2 nd. Talk with Midge. Dressed at 7.0pm. Dinner, Midge, Dora, Miss Nem'd & self. Sleepy after.
Dora had fished up some coloured print books of 1815. Bed 11.0. Took 4 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: To Hereford from Stoke Edith. Looked over Cathedral.) (Cutting glued in: Ministerial resignations.) Saturday September 19 Stoke Edith Park, Herefordshire. Up at 8.0. No water in Bath Room. Down. Letters. Breakfast. Talk of Cricket in afternoon. Mr Buxton in to say Lord Chesterfield had wired 'Chuck it'. Up in room. Worked from 10.45 to 1.30. Put in drapery of figure. Lunch. Rest & telegraph after. Up again from 3.45 to 4.45. Put ink drapery in. Dora knocked at the door. Changed. Tea & at 5.10 went for a walk with D to Beacon or Bunkers Hill & back. H back from fishing. At 7.0pm dressed. Wrote & dressed. Dinner. Mr Buxton came. They played Bridge after. H told yarns of South America. Donkey & horses. Played H 2 100 games. Was beaten by both 30 points. Took 4 C.L.L.P. Bed 11.15 leaving them playing Bridge. Read Maids of Paradise. Sunday September 20 Stoke Edith Park, Herefordshire. Up 8.25. Breakfast. Out on terrace. After looked at rooms, doors etc. Read Shakespeare Richard 2 nd. Southerly wind & quite warm. Worked from 11.30 to 1.30. Put in hands & drapery. Lunch. Read & rested after. Packed drawings. Very tired on sofa. Tea 4.45. A young man like Hamilton Fletcher came. Walk to rainbow trout pond. Trees blown down. On to Keeper's Cottage. Left £1 for Winch the Keeper. Back. Packed bag. Dressed. Very mild & close. After sat about. Dinner. Played H 100 up after looking at Game Book. Was beaten by 40. Bed 11.30pm. Read till 1.30am. Monday September 21 Stoke Edith Park, Herefordshire. Up 8.10. Down & out in front with paper. ½ a partridge for breakfast. After finished packing May N had gone. Pottered about & wrote all morning. H & Midge went to Col Davidson's, Dora to Col Parkinson's. Walked to station. Sent off wire from Torrington. Talk to the station master for ¼ an hour. Train in at 1.0. Carriage reserved & up to London. Lunch. 4 wheeler home. Otley able to get about. Did ¾ hour work. Roy home. Dressed. Dinner 7.15pm. After went in cab to the Strand & went to Terry's Theatre & saw a musical play called My Lady Molly. Kicking up Girls. Not bad. Someone would tap at the back of my chair. Spoke to an old man. Changed seats & out. Home by bus. Bed 12.0. Read Cardigan. (Red ink: Came up from Stoke Edith. Roy & self went to see 'My Lady Molly'. Gave up liqueur brandy from this date.) Tuesday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out round C.H with Rags. Breakfast. Slight drizzle. Got to work on Xmas drawing. Put in feet. Had a violent headache & indigestion all morning & afternoon. Why? Rested from 1.30 to 4.0pm & tried to sleep. Read Cardigan. Tea 4.0, on to work again. Dined 6.35 with Roy & left in a stumbling cab to Drury Lane. Saw 'The Flood Tide'. Very well done but a stupid piece. Weedon Grossmith & Barnes & Mrs Tree in it. Saw Torrey & Lord Dungavan who I took to be the Duke of Rutland. Walked to Garrick & then on to the C.C. Had bacon & eggs. Met Col Fletcher, Lord Sandhurst etc. Left at 12.30 & home by cab. To bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see 'The Flood Tide' at Drury Lane.)
Wednesday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. After letters etc. Worked on Xmas Page. Put face in. Lunch 1.30. Left in bus at 3.0 to C.C. Photod at 4.0 M.R. Out at 5.0 to Garrick. Cornered by bore Whitty. Tea. Very warm. To P.D along Strand. There to time. Sat at table. F.C.B back, away since Aug 19th. Self, R.H, R.C.L, O.S, B.P, E.T.R. Got easy cut of Ostrich & home after talk about Lawrence Bradbury to B.P. Roy up. Bed at 11.30. 2 C.L.L.P. (Cuttings glued in: Death of E.Gripper Banks. The Rev Banks's boy's school. Times Saty 26 Sepr.) Thursday September 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out. Walk round C.H. After letters schemed subject of Ostrich (War Office). Enlarged 3 prints. Work after rest at 5.0 to 8.15 when dined by self. Roy dined out with a Stock Exchange friend. Back at 11.30. Took 2 C.L.L.P. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Rev E Gripper Banks.) Friday September 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out. Got on bicycle & off again because wet. Walk instead. Cats. Went on with drawing of Ostrich & finished 6.15pm. Dined at 6.45 & went with Roy to the Strand Theatre. Saw A Chinese Honeymoon for 2 nd time. Roy did not care for it. Very pretty Princess like Mabel Wallace. Left 10.50 & home by bus. Snack & to bed 12.15. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see 'A Chinese Honeymoon'.) Saturday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out with Rags. Chased many cats. Breakfast. After mended handle of drawer photo cabinet & looked for details of Xmas drawing. Decided to alter the legs of figure. Roy back to lunch. Wire from the Pirries to ask us to luncheon. Lunch. Roy home. After got off by 4 wheeler at 4.0 & caught the 4.30pm for Balcombe. An old man in train. Young De la Penha at station. Mite drove luggage home. Played Roy one round of Golf. Even. Lennie, Mervyn & Fraser back from Nymans. Dinner. Champagne. Lennie danced violently after. Bed 11.30. Had to change into another room. (Red ink: Roy & self went down to Balcombe. Young De la Penha.) Sunday September 27 Balcombe House, Sussex. Up 8.15. Bath & to bed again. Up. Breakfast at 9.10. Heavy rain & very close. Cleared after. Wrote 6 or 7 letters & at 12.15 went for walk round lake with De la Penha, Roy & Lennie & 3 dogs. Got very hot. Changed at 1.15. Lunch. Rest after & began Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Bright sun at 4.0pm. The Messels & Mr & Mrs Ernest George came over to tea. After played Roy 2 rounds. Did the long drive up hill in 2. Roy beat me by 2 holes up. After a walk. Posted letters, Lennie, Fraser De la Penha, Roy, Mervyn, self. Back at 6.50. Dressed. Still warm & close. Monday September 28 Balcombe House, Sussex. Up 8.5. Down & looked at Times. Lennie & Roy off 8.20. Decided to go up to town. Breakfast 9.0. After photod wreath on sundial & bushes. Wired Emma & wrote M etc. After changed. Lunch. Shaved. Rather a skurry to get away. De la Penha & self drove to 3 Bridges. Caught train. Crowded. Rather handsome young woman & husband got in train (our carriage) because
the 3rd class full. Bother with luggage at Victoria. Home by cab at 5.0pm. Tea. Develped 12 plates taken this morning & after did 3 hours work on Christmas drawing. Put in wings & took out feet of figure. Dined with Roy at 8.30. Fire in Morning Room after & bed at 12.0 after dream in chair of wild beasts in house. (Red ink: Photod wreath cord on the sundial at Balcombe. Home in afternoon. M left Harrogate at 9.30am.) Tuesday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out on bicycle. Roads wet. Round Earls Court. School girls all new & deteriorated. Breakfast. Morning close & muggy. Wrote & sent Times to M etc. After got to work & put feet in etc etc. Also necklace round figure. Roy & self dined at 7.0pm & we went by cab in pouring heavy rain to the Vaudeville Theatre & saw 'Quality Street'. Ellaline Terriss A1 in it. Out & to Garrick. Had supper. Eric Lewis, Marshall & another. Home by cab. Bed 1.0am. Took 2 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Dear M's birthday. Roy & self went to see 'Quality Street'.) Wednesday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. Rags. After at work all day on drawing for Xmas Page. Put in necklace, ornaments in hair etc etc. Roy back & on the bed. Dining out. Left & by bus all way to Punch Dinner. Dressed. F.C.B, Graves, R.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, self. Long discussion. Reformation of minority not yet known. Got cut on Consols to do. Left & home by bus early. Roy out. Took 2 C.L.L.P. Oct 1903 Thursday October 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Earls Court & school. Lovely morning. After schemed subject of Old Mr Consols. At 11.45 Delph came. Photod him sitting. Developed & enlarged. Used paper too long in hut, mistake. Worked till 7.15 when dressed. Dinner at 7.30 & Roy & self went by cab to see play called Mrs Gorringe's Necklace at the New Theatre. Mabel Terry Lewis very good. Could not hear. A remarkably pretty girl about 15 in box to left. Beautifully shaped head. Left & walked to Charing X. Bus home. Snack & bed 12.15. (Sketch of girl.) (Red ink: Roy & self went to see Mrs Gorringe's Necklace at the New Theatre.) Friday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk with old Rick. Old W followed me. Had no small change. Back & at work all day on Old Mr Consols. Finished at 7.15pm. Dressed & Roy & self dined 7.35. After took cab & went to the St James's Theatre & saw a play with Mr Willard in it called 'The Cardinal'. Ugly women. Left & walked down Piccadilly. Bus home. Snack & to bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see 'The Cardinal' at St James's Theatre.) Saturday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 6.5am & had breakfast 6.35. Off in Otley's cab at 6.55 & to Victoria. Down to Balcombe. Wet. At Lennie's 8.45. Had 2 nd breakfast. Left in motor 10.15 & to Nymans. Shot all day. 4 guns, Lennie, Childers, Eric Parker & self. Self got 5 pheasants & one partridge. Left off at 5.30. Tea. Left in motor for Balcombe at 6.20. Dear little Linley not well. Dressed. Dinner. Lennie went off to
bed with headache. Tired. Music. Bed at 10.30. Slept in Work Room. Slept well. (Red ink: Caught 7.30am train from Victoria & shot all day at Nymans, 4 guns.) Sunday October 4 Balcombe House. Up 8.25. Rainy at first. Breakfast. After read Cruise of the Alert. Lennie went to church. After at 11.30 Roy & I went for walk with Vic, Bobs & Peter round the lake. Lost Bobs. Saw Lord Frederick Fitzroy. Back 1.0pm. Lunch. Read Cruise of the Alert. After rested from 2.15 to 4.30. Slept. Tea. Mr & Mrs Thring called. L, R & self played Golf. Won 1st round by 5 holes. Wrote letters & diary. Dear little Linley in bed all day. Dinner. Quiet evening. Read Cruise of the Alert. Bed 10.30pm. Monday October 5 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Heavy gale & rain. Lennie & Roy left at 8.20. Breakfast & off with Parker. Caught the 9.38 train. Tate bolted into ticket office. Victoria at 11.20. cab home. A work by 12.30. Lunch. Read Tess of the D'Urbervilles. At work 3.0pm. Expecting M home. Dear M arrived home at 6.30pm. M, Roy & self all dined quietly together & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M returned home from Harrogate & Grimsby at 6.30pm.) Tuesday October 6 Stafford Terrace. x. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. Invite from Stone to dine tonight. Came last night. Refused. Worked all day on drawing of Xmas Page. Put in Time & wreaths of flowers. Roy came back with news that Dora was engaged to Mr Foley. Did not believe it. Quiet dinner at 8.0pm, M, Roy & self. Bed after reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles at 12.0am. M went to Dr Abrahams & had her brow lanced. Late for lunch. (Red ink: 1st news of Dora's engagement to Mr Foley.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Admiral Sir Alexander Buller. Mon 5 Oct. Marriage of James Ismay to Muriel Moreton.) Wednesday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk. At 11.0 to work on Xmas drawing. Put chain of flowers in etc etc. Roy dined out with Stern. Left dressed at 6.15 & by bus to C.C & to 'Punch' Dinner. Letter from America & one returned Howard. After to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.C.L, B.P, E.T.R. Long discussion. Got cut of Cowboy Chamberlain written out when 'Sunny Jim' came into my head to do. After some trouble got it altered. Graves came into room & said he had a letter suggesting same subject. Produced it. Left & to Garrick to look for advertisement of Sunny Jim. Could not find it. Wrote to Frame Food. Should have been Forces. Roy came in cab home together. Eric Lewis at Club. Bed 12.15am. Thursday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. Could not see any posters of Sunny Jim. Sent Otley to Frame Food by mistake instead of 'Force'. Came back. Sent him to Holborn. Mr Heather sent a copy & photod it in rain. Developed & enlarged. Otley back. Got on with drawing. Roy, M & self dined together at 8.0pm. Tabs called in the afternoon, never said anything about Dora & her engagement. Bed at 11.30 after reading delightful In Barbizon Days, life of Millet & Corot. (Cutting glued in: The wife of William Hartree, of a daughter.)
Friday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for walk round C.H. Went round Notting Hill. Back & on with drawing of Sunny Jim. Finished it at 6.30pm. M in my room. Roy out dining with Harold Messel. Dined 8.0pm. Rested till 12.0 when to bed. Letter came from Tabs at 4.30 announcing Mr Foley had proposed to Dora. Brown sent his son for two drawings that had been enquired for. (Red ink: News of Dora's engagement to Mr Foley by letter from Tabs.) Saturday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Gave O.W 2d. Back & breakfast. M had letter from Tabs to say Dora was engaged to Mr Foley. Jubilation. No, the letter came while at work yesterday. Roy off to Worthing to see Conrad. Worked in morning. Put in garden seat & perspective. Lunch. Roy in. M & self left 2.15 & by bus to Wyndhams Theatre & saw 'Little Mary'. Back walking & bus. Headache & indigestion came on. Why? Yorkshire pudding. M & self dined quite quietly. Rested after & bed at 12.0am. Sent Otley to Brown with two drawings. (Red ink: M & self went to see the matinée of 'Little Mary' at Wyndhams Theatre. Roy went to Worthing. Indigestion & headache.) Sunday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. Pouring wet dull morning. Out for walk. Dear M 1 st time here on Sunday since July 5th. 1st time in Morning Room. Wrote letters etc. At 11.50 went out in pouring rain with M till 1.10pm. Met only 2 people in the Park. Back. Rest in afternoon. At 4.30 to 7.45 worked. Glue Pot for odds & ends. Mervyn & Ethel Herapath dined with us. Left 10.20. (Red ink: Frightfully wet all day. M & self went for walk in the wet. Roy at Conrad's, Worthing. Mervyn & Ethel dined with us.) Monday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Wet morning again. Out in macintosh. Letter from Langley asking me to shoot Novr, also announcing Dora's engagement to Mr Foley. Answered it. At work all day on drawing for Xmas N˚. Finished outline & commenced to shade in afternoon. M & self in room. Roy dined out with Nipper & home late. Quiet dinner M & self & to bed after reading life of James Robertson Anderson. (Red ink: Still wet. Dora's engagement announced.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of William Brown. Monday 12 Oct.) Tuesday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk. After at work all day on drawing of Xmas N˚. Shaded Time. Took head out after as it did not please me. M & self in room. Dressed at 7.30 & drove in cab with Roy & dined with William Stone. Good wine & dinner. Left 11.15 & home by hansom, Roy & self. M had a relaxed sore throat come on. Very sorry. Roy & self dined with William Stone at the Albany. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of William Savage. Tuesday 13 Oct 1903.) Wednesday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out over Campden Hill. Rags rolled a cat over in Phillimore Gardens. Back & at work on drawing for Xmas Number. Put Time's head in properly. Lunch. Left at 3.0 up to C.C. No model. Back by 4.0pm & to work till 5.30 when dressed & off to Punch Dinner by bus all the way. F.C.B, self,
R.H, Graves, O.S, Phil A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Long discussion. Got cut of Rosebery & Opposition going on board Steamer. Left 11.0 & home by bus. Roy in with his mother. Application for details of income from Surveyor of Taxes. Kept me awake. Bed 12.15am. Midge came & dined with me. (Red ink: M had relaxed throat. Lucy going to America. Seaman announced his intention of going to Spain.) (Cutting glued in: Mr Sambourne's delightful 'Sunny Jim' picture of 'Brummy Joe'. W.G. Oct 14. 1903.) Thursday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out for walk round Campden Hill. After wrote letter to the Surveyor of Taxes & others. Some difficulty to scheme subject of Rosebery & Opposition. Sent Otley to Cordings for sou' wester & at 13.40 photod him for Lord R & also Old Liberal Party. Developed & enlarged & in room 3.45. Rested tired for one hour & then to work until 8.30pm when Roy, M & self dined quietly. Quiet evening & rest. Bed 12.30am. M seedy. Friday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & got on cycle round Earls Ct & school. Deteriorated. Back & at work all day on drawing of Lord Rosebery boarding the Opposition. Sent Otley for name of Lord R's yacht. The Zaida, 350 tons R.Y.S. Worked up to 9.30pm when finished. Roy & self dined together, M looking on. Ethel Mervyn came in at 10.0pm & Mervyn after. They stopped till eleven pm. After slept in chair till 1.0pm when to bed. Tired. M, self & Roy in. (Red ink: Mervyn & Ethel came in at 10.0pm.) Saturday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out round C.H with Rags. No Old W or cats. Little shop girl 9.5. Breakfast. Roy reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles. M in bed. Lovely soft morning. Worked all day on drawing of Xmas Page. Put dress drapery shading in. At 5.0 dressed, or rather 6.0pm & left by bus. 2d tube to Mansion House. Dined with Lord Mayor. Sat opposite young Lucy & his wife & next to tall dissipated looking man called Muller. Fair dinner. Plates under my feet. Talk to Lord Ronald Gower & Cap'n Woodville, F.C.Gould etc. Left & by bus to Garrick. Edward Dicey & a composed youth talking about women. Out & home by bus. Roy home. Whole journey cost 7d. (Red ink: Dined at the Mansion House.) The above composed youth supposed to be H.W.Wills, & the battered Byronic youth at other end with C.A.Parsons, Mason, author of 4 Feathers. (Cutting glued in: The Lord Mayor and the Press.) Sunday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & out round Campden Hill. Coldish. After in morning rested & at 12.0 took M for walk in the Gardens. Met Roger Wallace. Roy went to Brighton in Stern's motor. Back lunch. Sleep for 2 hrs. At 5.0 started drawing till 8.15 when dressed & dined with M alone. Miss Rose Innes had called. Roy not back till 1.30am. Sat in chair. Read Almayer's Folly by Conrad. Bed 12.30am. Most curious dream of Japanese Turkish Bath in London. Women. Had to pay £6. (Red ink: Discovery of Miss Hickman. Mervyn & Ethel left for Florence.) (Cuttings glued in: Discovery of Miss Hickman's body in Richmond Park. Marriage of Charles Crane to Eliza Cuthbert. Marriage of Gilbert Drabble to Eva Crane. T Nov 20.)
Monday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out over Campden Hill. Crane at work. Governess & 3 little girls 9.5am. Shuffled after by Old W. Talk to Spring. Dull damp morning. Drew cheque for Life Insurance. After worked all day on shading drawing for Xmas N˚, up to 8.15. Geoff Blair dined, M, self & Roy. He left at 11.0pm. Bed after reading. (Red ink: Geoffrini Blair dined with us.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John Callcott Horsley.) Tuesday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. After at work all day on drawing for Xmas Number. Roy went down to Haywards Heath for Drill. M & self dined quietly. Roy back at 10.45. Supper. Bed after reading Almayer's Folly. Not bad. Had bottle of 1880 Champagne. Our wedding day. Dear M & self married 29 years. (Red ink: Our wedding day. M & self dined together.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Callcott Horsley.) Wednesday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out for walk round C.H. At 10.0 got to work on Xmas drawing, putting in Sky etc. Finished it at 1.15pm & packed it up. Dressed & lunch. Left by bus to C.C at 3.30. Photod M.R. Out 4.15 & to the Athenaeum Club. No letters of importance whatever. Wrote many. Left 6.45 & walked to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S, Sir W.A, B.P, E.T.R & A.G. Long discussion. Suggested Cracker for self. Seaman told me he was seedy with heart. Agnew 78 yesterday. Looking well. Left with Guthrie & caught a bus. Drunken man like Falstaff in bus all the way home. Read & bed. Gwen Fletcher came at 3.0pm. (Red ink: Finished Xmas drawing at 1.15pm today. Sent it in.) Thursday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out & walked twice round Campden Hill. Heavy wet. Gwen Fletcher here. After schemed subject of Yankee & Canada. Gwen left & M went to see Dr Abraham. Miss M.Tambay came at 11.50. Otley went for Canadian costume. At 12.15.photod her in fair light. After heavy rain came on. Lunch 1.45. M back. With great difficulty got enlargements. Finished (Otley helping) by 3.30. Rest in room for hour. Worked from 4.30 to 8.15 when dined., M, Roy & self. Quiet evening & bed after snooze. M did not sleep well. (Red ink: Very wet for photographing.) Friday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round C.H. Fetched Rags. After got to work at 10.30. Sent Gilbraith's silver box to be engraved. Worked all day & did not finish until 9.45. Not very pleased with drawing. Bothered with Yankee head & after by cap of Canada. Roy dined with Nipper. M not home till late. M had dined earlier. Rest after & bed 12.0am. Saturday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Walk. No dogs. After breakfast put away all photos & tidied up etc. Packed & left at 1.30 for the Automobile Club. At 2.0 lunched with Roger Wallace & had instructions for a drawing for a prize for the Automobile Race in Dublin. A most excellent lunch & situation for Club. A Mr
Colville (balloonist) & Mr Bateman (stockbroker) there. Left at 3.35 in Wallace's electric brougham & went round Park. Saw Bertram Gibbs driving a mail phaeton. To Victoria, met M. Interested in pile driving. One other in carriage. To Balcombe. Carriage. Dear Mite, Lennie & Chicks. Dinner. Champagne. Music. Bed 11.15. Read 'Cruise of the Falcon' about Trinidad. M did not sleep very well. (Red ink: Lunched with Roger Wallace. M & self went to Balcombe by 4.30pm. Met Sir F & Lady Burnand on platform.) Sunday October 25 Balcombe House. Up at 9.0. Bath. Breakfast. Read Cruise of the Falcon. Dear Nonie & crab made by my hands etc. Lennie to church. After took cuttings from 'Times'. Lunch. A 3.0 went in motor to Nymans. Walk in wood to see McLaren. Settled about shoot next week. Man asking his way of Mrs McLaren. Tea. Talk of the Steincopffs. Back in motor. Wrote letters & posted them. Dinner. Felt itchy after. Read 'Falcon' & to bed 11.0pm. M slept better. Warm windy weather. Gale in the Channel. (Red ink: Lennie & self went over in motor to Nymans.) Monday October 26 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Saw Lennie off. Saw opening of the Gaiety Theatre was for tonight. In morning squared prints. Wrote Reed & Clowes. Lunch. Rest. At 3.30 went the round by Lord Frederick's. Back 5.0. Tea. Heavy gale & rain. Got wet through. Wrote & finished dating & squaring up. Lennie went to presentation of 2 sticks to Lord & Lady Frederick Fitzroy, 50 years married. Dinner 8.0. Lennie depressed about state of the City, shooting & Clubs. Quiet evening. No music. Bed 11.10. M slept very much better. (Red ink: 1st night of opening of New Gaiety Theatre. Could not go being at Balcombe.) Tuesday October 27 Balcombe House. Up at 8.5. Saw Lennie off. No papers. Finer morning. After wrote letters. Finished all dating. M & Mite went for a drive. Took M for walk from 11.50 to 1.0pm. Poor Bobs knocked over. Went up side path to head of lake. Spate. Back. Lunch. Got letters from Goldthorpe Hay & Seaman. After read Conan Doyle's story. Wrote letters & posted them. Began to think over Automobile drawing. Schemed it out. Dinner, M, Mite & self. Smoke & bed at 11.0pm after sitting in Mite's Boudoir. (Red ink: Felt stuffy & tight across chest which was worse tomorow Wednesday at the 'Punch' Dinner.) Wednesday October 28 Balcombe House. Up 8.15 & breakfast. Packed. Got off by the 9.40 & up to Victoria. Read Six Chapters in a Man's Life. Oh! by Victoria Cross. Otley met me. On by bus to C.C. 2 wires. To Garrick & then by cab to Salisbury House, London Wall, & attended a meeting of the Jarrah Company & B-E Contract Corporation. Saw Goldthorpe Hay etc. Left & back by bus to C.C. Lunched at the Garrick. Saw Scoones & Johnny Hare. Sam Sothern shewed me gold box I told him about. On to C.C. Waited for a Miss Altree who went to the Garrick instead. Missed & annoyed. At 3.15 called Burbery & after Grants. Man had the cheek to ask for prepayment. To Bath Club. Wrote in book & letters. To Athenaeum, again wrote. To the Punch Dinner, walking. Phil A congratulated on Xmas drawing. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Suggested Guy myself. Left & home all way
by bus. Roy came in at 12.0 having been to Garrick. Bed. (Red ink: Attended Jarrah Wood meeting going up from Balcombe to the City.) Thursday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Round C.H with old Rick. Saw little Governess again. Back home. Breakfast. After schemed subject for Chamberlain & Balfour & Guy. At 12.0 Otley got 2 boys. Made Guy at 11.45 & got a wheelbarrow. Developed. Enlarged. Still feeling of oppression in chest. At work by 4.30pm & on till 8.0pm when dined. After Roy & self drove up to the Hippodrome. Wonderful performing seals & sea lions. Chinquevalli & the Redskins. Back by cab in rain. Snack & bed 1.0 after reading Six Chapters in a Man's Life. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Hippodrome. Saw sea lions.) Friday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Saw Governess again. Back. Band. Roy down early. After at work all day from 10.30 to 9.45 on drawing of Guy Fawkes. Roy out to dinner. Dined by self at 9.45 & read after leading article in Times about the Hittites & after Six Chapters in a Man's Life by Victoria Cross. Bed at 12.30am. Fine all day & bright sun. (Red ink: At home all day working.) Saturday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Sick headache which lasted the entire day & until tomorrow morning. Walk down Holland Walk. Back & put photos away. Wrote letters etc. Wrote on two drawings for Brown. Sent Otley. At 12.30am went to Stohwassers at Conduit Street about my gaiters. Back by 1.45pm. Lunch. Tore papers out of Ill News etc etc & left at 4.0 by hansom cab to Victoria. Came across Littleton Winslow in carriage & down to Balcombe. Rain. Chicks. Gave Linley little rolling toy. Dressed. M in my room. Dinner. Miss Mead there & Fraser. Lennie upset about not singing. Very tired. Slept. Bed 11.0pm. Good night but got up with headache all the same.(Red ink: Headache all day. Came down to Balcombe with Littleton Winslow.) Nov 1903 Sunday November 1 Balcombe House. Up at 9.0. Bath. Lovely morning & all day. Wrote letters all morning when went to meet M at church. Took her for wallk with Bobs & Peter. Vic shut up & Peter had been gored by goat. Walk past new houses. Lunch. M looking out in encyclopaedia. At 3.0 Fraser, Lennie & self went in cart to Nymans. Mr Vincent there. Walk round & walk back, Fraser, Lennie & self. Lovely moon. Chicks playing. Ann begins to walk. Wrote more letters. Had them posted. Lovely moon. Major Hawker & Mr Welsh Thornton arrived & dined. Mr W.T a bad cold. Bed 11.15. Slight sniffly cold came on. Monday November 2 Balcombe House. Up at 7.20. 1st bath & put guns up. Wore field boots given me by Fletcher in 1886. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Left in break 9.20am. Mr Welsh Thornton, Major Hawker, Lennie, self, Mr Vincent & Mr Lister Reed guns. Also Eric Parker. Started at 10.0. Self got 10 pheasants, 2 duck & 1 rabbit all day. Total bag picked up 28 pheasants, 18 duck, 8 rabbits. Good lunch. Felt very seedy from cold coming on. Unaccountably tired. Mr Messel chipped in at 4.30 as leaving off.
Tea. Mr W.T left & away. Lennie sat a long time. Left & home to Balcombe by 5.45pm. Wrote 7 or 8 letters & got them off. After Lennie, Mite, M & self dined. Very tired & seedy from cold. Bed at 11.0. M rubbed chest. (Red ink: 7 gun covert shoot at Nymans. Lovely day but very few (blank). Last cold Thursday 30 April.) Tuesday November 3 Balcombe House. Up 8.20. Lovely morning. Warm. Letters. Galbraith's box came with shooting indicator. Invite from Fletcher to shoot. Also good Punch. Wrote letters & from 11.0am to 1.45pm took M for walk round the Faure-Walkers. Longer than we thought. Friendly milkman. Hurt poor Peter with a stick for disobedience in covers. Washed handkerchiefs. After lunch read Conan Doyle's story in Strand. Rest & heavy sleep. Cold very bad. Wrote letters. Dinner. M asked for Champagne for me which was not forthcoming. Quiet evening after & bed at 11.0pm. Left Lennie reading. Wednesday November 4 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Saw Lennie off. Bath. After breakfast packed & got off by the 10.40 train or 10.50. Up to Victoria, cab home. Otley there. Lunch & took bus up to C.C & at 3.10 photod M.R lying down. Out at 4.15 & home by bus. Tea. Wrote on Lord Alverstone's drawing & sent Otley with it to Hornton Lodge. Dressed & left at 6.15 by Blue Bus & 2d tube to Oxford Circus. Called on Edgar & Sophia Herapath & said goodbye. My cold atrociously bad. By bus to Chancery Lane & to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H (late) Graves, O.S, Sir W.A, Phil A, Bernard P, E.T.R & A.G. After Reed suggested my subject as Beefeater & Drummer Boy, Austin Chamberlain & Sir W.Harcourt. Left & home by bus at 11.0. Roy out. (Red ink: Up from Balcombe. Cold very bad. Called & saw Edgar & Sophia.) Thursday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out with dogs. Saw Governess. Demure. Back. Letters. Schemed subject of Chamberlain (Austen) as Drummer Boy & Sir William Harcourt as Beefeater. Otley got boy. Got studies by 1.30. Lunch. Otley helped enlarging. Tea. Worked till 8.30pm when Roy & self dined together & bed after rest at 11.0pm. Cold still bad all day. (Red ink: Cold very bad all day. Did not go out in the evening.) Friday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk with Rags. Met Governess. After breakfast to work on drawing of Harcourt as Beefeater & Austen Chamberlain Drummer Boy. Worked all day up to 9.15 when dined by self in Dining Room. Rest after. Roy dined at the Garrick & went to the Gaiety Theatre where he saw Mr & Mrs Messel & Hilda Gibbs. Bed 12.0 tired. (Cutting glued in: In Memoriam Frank Simpson. 1903.) Saturday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.14 & out. Lovely day. After tidied up. Wrote etc the whole day except at 12.15 when dressed & went up by bus & bought 2 caps, one at Glyn & Co in Bond St, the other at Dore's. Back. Lunch. Roy there. After went on squaring & putting away & finished Champagne from yesterday. Dined with Roy at 6.45 & drove in cab to the Gaiety Theatre. Saw Galloway in box. Stupid
play, The Orchid. To Garrick. Lord Dungarvan & Joe Knight, Mr Mason Chudleigh, Eric Lewis, Marshall etc. Talk to gentleman opposite, Colonel Fletcher. Left at 12.30 & home by cab. Bed at 1.30am. (Red ink: Bought caps. Roy & self went to the new Gaiety Theatre.) Sunday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Walk. Rags. After breakfast the whole day tidying up, packing etc. Put prints etc away. Roy in to lunch. Wrote M etc. Dinner at 8.0 in Morning Room. Went into cellar & brought up a bottle of Pol Roger '84, no, '74 it was, & some '51 brandy which self & Roy very much enjoyed together. Bed at 12.15 after reading most shocking book Anna Lombard. Slept well. In at Stafford Terrace the whole day. (Red ink: At home all day by self. Dined with Roy. Bottle '74. Cold getting better.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Burckhardt.) The doctor & daughters at Brighton with Sir John Holker at Old Ship Hotel in 1873 (September) not above but Ritterbrand. Monday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out walk. Rags. Very wet. No Governess. Back down Holland Walk. Breakfast in morning Room. Goodbye to Roy. Letters. Finished putting up. Lunch at 12.40, had been shaved & hair cut. Paddington with Otley. Saw Duke of Devonshire at bookstall. Met Hamilton & Tabs, Sir Algernon Ledyard. Down with man like Yates Thompson. To Stoke Edith. Walk with Hamilton to house. Tea. 1st saw Mr Foley. After smoke wrote 5 letters. Dressed, Otley valeting. Dinner. Took Mrs Kevill Davis in. Bridge 2 parties. Played Sir A.L 50 up, beat him. Bed 11.10. Wrote diary. Cold in room. Dinner took Claret etc. Bed at 12.0 after writing & reading. Death of poor Scamp at 7.55. Midge very upset. Overdose by Keeper. (Red ink: Left for Stoke Edith with Otley.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Susannah Chapple.) Tuesday November 10 Stoke Edith Park. Otley called me 8.0. Tea. Cold bath. Kutnow. Down 8.30pm. After breakfast started to shoot. Guns Mr Hazelhurst, Mr Kevill Davis, Colonel Davison, Mr Foley, Hamiltons Langley & Fletcher, Sir Algernon Ledyard & self. Most unfortunate all day in stands & walks, only got 12 birds & 2 rabbits. Row with Keeper. Lunch in farm. Dora & Mrs Kevill Davis came. Long walk home up the Bunkers Hill. Changed. Tea. Played 100 up with Col Davison. I only got 50. Wrote letters. Bath. Man knocked at door to say that dinner was 7.30pm. Rushed down. After played Mr Foley 100 up. I got 90. After played Sir A.Ledyard. Beat him by 6. Up in room. Pheasants Hares Rabbits Duck Tuesday: 12 2 Wednesday: 40 Thursday: 47 6 3 99 6 2 3 110 head in 3 days. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot at Stoke Edith. Very bad luck in stands.) Wednesday November 11 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 7.45. Bath etc. Kutnow. Started to shoot 9.30. Not so far from the house. Began with Hamilton who told me to go to a particular place.
Was moved away & Fletcher put there who got many birds. Self not one. Bad luck all morning. Lunch. Dora & Mrs Kevill Davis there. After two very good stands, 340 pheasants. Self got about 40. Seven guns. Walked home with Mrs K.D & Sir Algernon Ledyard. Bath & tea. After played 100 with Hamilton Fletcher. Beat him. Felt unaccountably tired & low. Dinner. Took Mrs Davidson in. Talk of Tom Armstrong. After played Sir Algernon 2 100 games up. Lost both, 1 97 all. Bed 11.20pm. Col Davidson moved up & took my stand at the last drive. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at Stoke Edith.) Thursday November 12 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 8.0. Bath. Kutnow. After started in checked suit to 3 rd day's shoot. 9 guns. Mr Green Price, Mr Foley, H.W.L, Col Davidson, Sir Algernon Ledyard, Mr Kevill Davis, Hamilton Fletcher, Mr Farten & self. Got 2 1 st stand, 2 second, high birds, 27 the 3rd stand. After in Park 8. Not missing one & all single shots. After 2 hares. Lunch. All ladies there. After walked with the beaters & only got 3 pheasants all the afternoon, 4 hares & 3 ducks. Came on to rain at 3.45pm. A very poor ending for me. Gave Winch tip. My total bag 47 pheasants 6 hares 3 duck, 56 in all. Said goodbye to Sir Algernon & after tea with ladies. Tabs & ghosts. Up in room. Wrote diary. Rested. After took Dora in to dinner & next Mr K.D with his sore throat. Finished cigar in Billiard Room. Mr Green Price & wife, Mr Lambert, self & Midge & Mr Foley. Played at Curling. Went up to bed at 10.20 very tired. (Red ink: 3rd days shoot Stoke Edith. Got 47 birds. Felt very tired.) Friday November 13 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Kutnow. Down. Out on seat. Letters. Breakfast. After wrote. Pottered about & looked at china. The Davidsons & the Kevill Davis's left at 10.30 & Hamilton, Tabs, self, maid & Otley at 12.30. Comfortable journey up to London. Bought a couple of bottles of Apollinaris & sandwiches at Worcester. 4 wheeler home. Letter from Lord Alverstoke, & Lady Jeune. Wrote letters. Roy home at 5.30pm. He went out to dinner. Wrote etc & dined by self at 7.30pm. Not much appetite. Very tired after. Slept heavily in chair. Up to bed at 11.0pm. Strange dreams. (Red ink: Came up from Stoke Edith with Tabs & Hamilton. Felt unaccountably tired.) Saturday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Walk round C.H. Wet. After all morning re-packed & put things away. Lunch with Roy at 1.30, 2.0pm. Left at 3.55 in cab for Balcombe. Down by 4.30. Wet. Dear M met me on platform. To Mite's. Miss Walford & Miss Phillips there. Long talk to Nonie. Dear little Ann a cold. Dinner. Champagne. Bed 11.20 after sleeping in Lennie's chair. Bed. x. Cat in Dressing Room. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe in the afternoon.) Sunday November 15 Balcombe House, Sussex. Up at 8.45 & bath. Out for walk round the church & village. Breakfast. After at 11.15 took M for walk round the Faure-Walkers. Lovely morning. Met Mrs F.W. Back. Lunch. Tired & livery. At 3.0 went ratting. Stayed 1 hr, Bobs, Vic & Peter. Killed one. A boy's school going for a walk. Wrote letters till 7.0pm. Dressed. Dinner. Not much appetite. Music. Felt out of sorts. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Lovely bright sun all afternoon & morning. Walk & ratting.)
Monday November 16 Balcombe House, Sussex. Up at 8.30. Bath. Breakfast. After M & self walked to station. Caught the 10.51 train & up to town. Cab home. Changed. Lunch Roy & self. After at 2.30 we left with Otley for Tisbury. Arrived all right at 6.0pm. Lovely evening. Gwen & Nellie Grosvenor back from hunting. Tabs, Gareth & Mervyn. Dressed. Dinner. Woke up & had headache all day. Went after dinner. Mrs Routh came with us from station & Harry Routh arrived at 9.0pm. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe to Stafford Terrace. Went down with Roy (taking Otley) to Pyt.) Tuesday November 17 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.0am. Bath in new building. Wore brown suit. Dull grey morning. Breakfast. Started to shoot at 10.0am. Guns Mr Jack B, Harry Routh, Lord Winford, Hamilton & self. Began to rain immediately & kept on worse & worse & finished with squelching rain & hail. Got 25 pheasants. Dear Roy looking on. Left off at 1.45 & to house for lunch. After wrote letters & went for walk with dogs, Tabs, Mrs Routh, H, Roy & self. Harry Routh went back to town. Talk. Headache came on again. Looked at Illustrated News for 1883, 4. Hicks Pasha wiped out Novr 1883. Dinner. Champagne. Nellie G & Tabs back from hunting. Mrs Routh singing. Bed 11.30. (Red ink: 1stday's shoot at Pyt House. Very wet. Stopped at 1.45pm.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Thomas Kemble. Obituary of Thomas Kemble. The wife of Hermann Munchhausen, of a son.) Wednesday November 18 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0. Bath. Wore Lady M suit. Breakfast. Underground room. Gwen & N.G off hunting. Motor horn keys. Mr Fox Pitt, Mr Gordon, Sir Walter Grove, Hamilton & self guns. Started at 10.30am. Lovely day. Mr F.P's gun burst at 12.0am. Lunch in barn, Long Valley cover. Left off 4.0pm. Got in day 17 before & 17 after lunch, 34. Changed. Tea & off at 5.5pm. Dined in train & up to Waterloo. On to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, R.H, Graves, self, O.S, B.P, R.L. Tweedledee subject for self. Discussion till 11.0pm on Partridge's subject. Left 11.15 & home by bus. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at Pyt House. Came up to town (with Otley). Punch Dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Wiliam Du Pré to Youri Wright.) Thursday November 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk over Campden Hill. No Governess. Met Mr Richardson & also Pepys Cockerell. After home. Bother with skeleton clock having been moved. Could not get it to go. Schemed subject of Tweedle D & Tweedle Dum. Sent Otley to May's & to get 2 boys. Photod them at 12.30. Developed & enlarged. Rest. Tea. Got to work. Roy back at 5.30. Not going to the play tonight. Dined together. Read in Morning Room after. Bed at 12.0. Strange dreams of Ethel Warwick. Slept well. Took 4 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Clock in my room went wrong. Roy & self quiet evening.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Prince Dmitri Soltykoff. Marriage of Edward Heron-Allen to Edith Pepler. Nov 24.) Friday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. Most strangely overslept myself. Out. Rags pulled down cat from Holland Walk. Breakfast. All day at work on Tweedle Dum & Tweedle Dee. Finished 9.45pm. Dined by self. Roy dined at Savoy with Tabs & Hamilton &
went to The School Girl. Arthur Roberts. Back 1.0pm. Bed & slept well. Bother with stove at work. (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Penn. Death of C.SealeHayne. Death of Prince Soltykoff.) Saturday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out for walk round Campden Hill. Old Rick & Rags. They got a cat on a rail in High Street. Saw shop girl. Back. Roy off to City. All morning putting things straight. No headache. Lunch. Roy back. Jugged hare good. Left at 4.0 with guns etc for Balcombe. There 5.30. Little Ann. Linley slightly swollen glands. Dinner. Smoke. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Penn.) Sunday November 22 Balcombe House. Up at 9.0. M breakfast in bed. Bath. Breakfast soles good. After at 11.30 M & self walked round by Lord Frederick Fitzroy's. Peter & Vic. Back 1.0pm. Peter kicked at by Lennie. To be got rid of. After wrote diary. Lunch. Mr & Mrs Messel, Mrs Sington & Muriel came over. Muriel a frightful cold. Lennie played. Mrs S told story of Duke of Devonshire's dispatch box. They left at 3.55. Eric Parker arrived. Dinner. Music. Bed at 11.15. Monday November 23 Balcombe House. Up at 8.30. Breakfast nine. Rather a scurry to get off. Lennie late at breakfast. After Mr Bertie Gibbs came & we all got off in motor for Nymans, Gibbs, Parker, Lennie & self. Saw Mr & Mrs Messel, Mrs Sington & Muriel. Started 10.30. Got a cock pheasant in exactly same place as I did on Monday 2 Novr. Got 5 pheasants all day & 10 duck. 44 cartridges. Motor man with me. Duck flew well. Back after tea. Champagne. Dear M rather seedy did not come down for dinner. News of poor John Penn's death. Wrote Miss Penn & Lady Pearson. Lennie had violent headache come on, went to bed 9.15. Self read & snooze till 11.0. Eric P writing. M slept well & self also. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Julian Marshall. Marriage of George Turner and Nellie Mahomed.) Tuesday November 23 Balcombe House. Up at 8.15. Saw Eric Parker off. Lennie did not go to town. Cleaned guns. Wrote & posted letters etc. Rainy morning. Writing & reading. At 3.0pm went walk with Vic to end of forked road towards Cuckfield. Back at 4.30pm. New moon. Tea. Wrote more letters. Lennie about all day. Dinner. Music. Bed. Read Burnand's Reminiscences. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Hugh Shield.) Wednesday November 25 Balcombe House. Up at 8.30. Too late for Lennie. Breakfast. Lovely morning. After M & self walked to station. Victoria fetched M. Up to town. Read Klondyke. Got a Times. Otley met me Victoria & took guns to Stone's. Self home by cab. Lunch. Left 2.10pm. Called C.C. Photod M.R. After to Memorial Service to John Penn. There 3.45. Saw Hartree, Col Makins, Arthur Balfour etc. Walked back to Athenaeum Club. Wrote letters & read. Could not get 2 nd Vol of Burnand's Reminiscences. Walked to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, R.L, A.G. Good dinner. Suggested subject of Japanese Wrestler & Bear. Got it. Partridge a Paper Chase. Left at 10.30. Home by bus. Found Roy in Morning
Room at 120º sitting stewing before fire. Bed 12.0am. Had bought Linley a Pan Pipe in the Strand. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe. Attended Memorial Service John Penn. After to Athenaeum. 52 days Balcombe House.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir John Blundell Maple. Wedy 25 Novr.) Thursday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Walk, no Governess. Back & after writing schemed subject of Wrestler & Bear. Otley & self in yard. Photod him for drapery. Got all prints before lunch time. Lunch. Up & dressed & left in risky hansom to Athenaeum. To Lady Pearson's reception after the wedding. Saw Roller, Lady Jeune, Lady Faudel Phillips, Johnson Ferguson, Mrs Pirrie etc. Lord Denman very like Frisby. Back Club. Spoke to Leonard Courtney. Home by bus. Changed everything & on to work till 7.15. Roy back. Dressed & walked up to dine at Lord Alverstone's. Took a Mrs Clausen in. Next Miss Pennefather. Sir Edward & Lady Carson there. Told Carson 'No wonder you get on at the Bar'. Lawrence, Canon Pennefather etc. Very good singing after by a girl. Left at 11.0 & home smoking cigar. Roy up. (Red ink: Went to Miss Pearson's wedding. Dined at Lord Alverstone's in the evening.) Friday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk round Campden Hill. Cold & damp. Got to work all day on drawing of Russian Bear & Japanese Wrestler. Finished at 9.30 & dined with Roy. Otley clipped the horse. Did not go out & bed after cigar. (Photograph glued in: The late Sir J.Blundell Maple.) Saturday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out. Walk up Phillimore Gardens with Rags. Wet. Shop girl. Back. Letters & tidied up. Sent Method of Work to Mr Dolman. Lunch. Roy back. Good pheasant. After left in carriage for Victoria, Roy & self. Left French papers with Charlie Hartree. Saw Mrs Tait at Victoria in train. Balcombe. Lennie out shooting. Dressed. Dinner. Music. Bed at 11.30pm. Slight headache after at 10.0pm. (Red ink: Roy & self came down to Balcombe. Saw Mrs Tait.) Sunday November 29 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. M reading Japanese book. After good breakfast. Cold, rainy, raw windy day. Dear Nonie better. Cold in rooms. Punch Almanack arrived. Disappointed with black round my drawing. No matter. At 11.40 Roy, self, Bobs, Vic & Peter went for walk round lake. Very muddy & wet. Met Lord Frederick's carriage. Back 1.0pm exactly. After lunch had long rest on the sofa & felt refreshed. Tea. Wrote many letters. Motor car from Sir Weetman Pearson's drove up at 6.30 asking Lennie to shoot there tomorrow. Dinner. Champagne. Music. Bed at 11.15. Roy & Lennie up. (Red ink: Cold rainy raw windy day.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Sir J.Blundell Maple.) Monday November 30 Balcombe House. Up at 8.30. Roy came in to say goodbye. Lennie down & all at breakfast. He left at 10.0am to drive to Sir Weetman Pearson's to shoot. Snow on ground & intensely cold. M & self went to post. I had marked out a shirt & sent it to the Stores. Back. Began & schemed subject for Title Page Punch Volume 126. Lunch. A rest. After wrote letters. Lennie back at 5.0, had had indifferent day. M
read Siberia to me. Dinner. No music. Bed 11.15. Dear little Linley not well in the night. (Red ink: Lennie shot at Sir Weetman Pearson's Paddock Hurst.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Conway Lloyd, of a daughter.) Dec 1903 Tuesday December 1 Balcombe House. Up at 8.30. Lennie off. Down. Miss W at breakfast. After put things up & got off by 10.51, M walking with me & Peter. Otley met me. On to C.C & Garrick. Lunch at Garrick. Saw Jones, Joe Carr, Heron Allen etc etc. After at 2.30pm to C.C. A Mr Barrow & another had Studio. Could not use it till 3.15pm. F.Altree altogether no good. Out at 4.0 & on to Athenaeum & had tea. Looked at 2nd Vol of Sir F.C.B's book. To Stowassers. Fitted with gaiters. Back by bus. Roy there. Dressed & left by the carriage at 7.30 to dine with Miss Rose Innes at the Carlton. Saw Schomberg McDonnell, Mrs Dewar, Col & Mrs Welby, a pretty Chilean. Roy, self, William Stone, Miss Rose Innes, another girl, Sir Ingle & Lady Joyce. 14 in all. Galbraiths disappointed Miss R.I. Home by carriage from Athenaeum at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Roy & self dined at the Carlton with Miss Rose Innes.) Wednesday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. After got on with design for Automobile Club & printed a lot of blues. Dear M in room, she having come home from Balcombe at 12.45. Was there since Oct 24th. Lunch. M was to have driven me to Automobile Club but she discovered had left my guns on platform so Otley fetched them at 5.30. Pictures sent in to Goupil & Co. Left by bus & called & saw Mr Basil Joy. On after to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, Phil A, B.P, E.T.R, R.L. Reed wanted to buy my rough sketch of Seals. Decided to use it as a cartoon. 'Great Praise the Duke of Marlboro won.' Left at 10.15 with Rudie Lehmann & walked as far as St Clement Danes before a bus came. He was just praising my cartoon in Almanack when I left to get in. M up. Bed at 11.10. M did not sleep well. Put up clothes for Mr Hawker Reed who did not return my bag. Wire from Lady Jeune asking me to shoot on Friday. (Red ink across page: Dear M came home from Balcombe House.) Thursday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round to Post Office & School. M had not slept well at all. Roy tiresome at breakfast over taking his pill. M upset after. Went on with subject of Performing Sea Lions. M had carriage at 11.0pm. Enlarged photos & got copies by 3.0pm. Very cold & raw. Rest for an hour. M up in my room. Worked till 8.15 when M & self dined. Roy out with Stern. Wired to Lady Jeune in morning before breakfast. Yesterday (Wednesday) morning shop girl 'You'll be late'. Walked to Notting Hill side. (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Hildebrand Harmsworth, of a son. Death of John Snelgrove.) Friday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. After back. Letters. Was asked to shoot with Lady Jeune today. Most lovely day & sun all day. Worked on drawing of Performing Sea Lions. Finished 9.45pm. Roy & self dined, M earlier. Bed at 12.30 after snooze in the Morning Room. (Red ink: Lovely day. Bright sun all day. Wire to shoot at Lady Jeune's. Haddon Chambers. Hammond Chambers.)
Saturday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Up & bath. Dense fog. Out with Rags. Shop girl. Breakfast. Roy not to go to the City today. Raw & cold. Dense fog set in afterwards. Dressed to go to see Richard 2 nd. Decided not to go. Up in my room with M. Sent Otley to 221 Hammersmith Road. Came back & said it was a Rowton House. Went out & bought fruit, melon, pine etc. M, Roy self & Rags a quiet evening. Snooze till 12.15 when to bed. Violent knocking at a door 2 doors off, same side as ours at 1.0am. (Red ink: Dense black fog. Could not go to Richard 2nd.) Sunday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 or 9.0. Out with Rags. Put up 3 or 4 cats & ran from a terrier. Back. Breakfast. Roy went to Club. After decided to go to the Zoological Gardens. Carriage round at 1.15. M & self drove there calling at Sir John Tenniel's to say we would call 12.45. Funny monkeys & chameleons. Back to Tenniel who was wonderfully well & cheerful. Home 1.45. Good lunch. Up in room after. Read 'The Sign of Venus' by Chambers in Harpers. Snooze. After wrote many letters, Baker, McDonnell etc etc. (Red ink: Dull dark day. M & self drove to the Zoological Gds. Freezing. After to Sir John Tenniel. Found him wonderfully well.) Monday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Rags & Rick. Letter from Col Lucas to ask me to Easton Park next week. Why not go? Answered to shoot 2 days. Geoff Herapath arrived at noon. Went for his Examination. At work all day on drawing of Title Page Vol 125. Enlarged several photos. Decided for Harlequin & Fairy Radium. Roy dined with Pollock at the Junior Carlton Club. Geoff, M & self at dinner. Bed after reading Wells's story of Land Ironclads. (Red ink: Geoff arrived at noon.) Tuesday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Rags & cats. Met Pepys Cockerell. After at work all day on Title Page Vol 125. Wrote Hawker etc, would put the Police on him. Callers, Nemhards, Miss Rose I. & Winnie Lockyer. Geoff at dinner. Roy went to dine at the Daniells. Had the carriage. Geoff & patience. Bed 11.30pm after reading. Wednesday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out with Rags. Got hold of cat. Servant girl & dogs. After back. Geoff & Roy at breakfast. Got to work at Title Page, Vol 125. Lunch. M in my room. Finished Title Page at 5.30pm. Left at 5.45 & to Stowassers by cab. Gaiters tried on. Called Lincoln & Bennetts & ordered a leather cap. On to C.C & Punch Dinner. Sir W.A, B.P, Graves, F.C.B, self, R.L & O.S there. Long discussion. Got easy cartoon, replica of Leech's May 1845. Wired home as I had left my key. Made up 3 cuts for self. Talk to Partridge & left 11.20. Home by bus. Wonderfully pretty girl in a long neck & red hat. Went on towards Hammersmith. Roy & Geoff up for me. Read story of Mrs Williamson's in Windsor & bed 12.45am. Letter from Col Lucas to say come Tuesday & bring Otley in morning. (Red ink: Last Punch Dinner of the year until January 6th 1904 for me. Another dinner on 16th, self not there.)
Thursday December 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Very tired. M restless. Could not get off to sleep. Servant girl & dogs. After walk. Breakfast. Went on to work on cartoon of Chamberlain & Balfour. At 11.0am photod Geoff walking. Delph called 11.30. At 12.0 photod small boy in heavy wet. Developed & enlarged. M, Geoff & self at lunch. Finished at 3.0pm. Rest till tea time. Otley to Stowassers for breeches & keys. Wrote diary. Heavy wet. M rest in Morning Room. After began subject, parody of Leech's May 1845 cartoon. Left at 7.50 in carriage with M & dined at Sir George Armstrong's. Took (illeg illeg) in. Good dinner. In place of honour. Lady A's story of G.A's coat at a Ball. Mrs Alex Tweedie. Wonderful singing nightingale. Left & home 11.10pm. Geoff & Roy dined at Spencer's, Addison Road. The gentleman next Lady Armstrong was a Mr Seton Carr MP. Met him the following Tuesday at Easton Park. (Red ink: M & self dined at Sir George & Lady Armstrong's.) Friday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out with Rags. Saw no one. After at work all day until 9.30 on parody of Leech's cartoon May 1845. Very bothered with Chamberlain's profile. M, Roy & Geoff dined. Rest after & bed at 1.15pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Abinger. Dec 14.) Saturday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out for walk up C.H. Breakfast. After Roy did not go to City, at Club all day. Worked till 1.0pm & schemed subject, Father Xmas & Charity. Lunch. Latish. M & self & Geoff on box went in carriage to His Majesty's Theatre & saw King Richard 2nd. Geoff delighted. M had to take off her hat. After out & got sausages & brawn. Walked to top of Park & home by carriage. Got fruit. Up in room & went on with drawing of Charity & Father Xmas. Decided against ¼ back figure. M, Roy & Geoff & self dined quietly & bed 11.30pm. Otley got Father Xmas costume from May's. Sunday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out with Rags round Kensington Church. Skilfully avoided Old W. After at 10.30 photod Frances Johns. After Otley as Father Xmas. Developed & enlarged all by lunch time. Miss Rose Innes lunched with us, also Spencer. Roy at Club. Up in room after & at 4.30 after rest went on with Father Xmas & Charity. Got it in outline & partly ink. M, Roy, Geoff & self dined at 8.0pm. Read after in Morning Room & to bed. (Red ink: Worked all day. Photod Frances. Fine morning.) Monday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15& out for walk with Geoff, old Rick & Rags. After back. Breakfast & went on with drawing for Xmas week. Bothered very much over face of Charity & after Father Xmas. M up in my room. She & Geoff went to the Army & Navy Stores. Dear M got me a German razor. Dinner 8.30pm. Did not dress. M, self, Roy & Geoff. Talk after. Rest in chair & bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: At work on Christmas drawing.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Robert Wilkinson. Dec 14 1903.) Tuesday December 15
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out with Geoff Herapath & Rags. Back. Breakfast. Goodbye to Roy. After up in room & worked from 10.0 to 1.20 on drawing of Father Xmas & Charity. Not very pleased with it, but finished it. Hurriedly dressed. Lunch. Roy back. Got off with Otley & his cab at 2.20, 10 minutes late. Got to Liverpool St without hitch at 3.15 down to Wickham Market. 2 other shooting men in carriage for Wickham Market, not for Easton. Into the break. Miss Clifford, Lady & Sir Ed Lees, Mrs Hankey in break. Miss Clifford never spoke. To house at 6.10. Lord Elphinstone, Major Elkington, Mr Seton Carr, Captain Hankey there. Mrs Pilleau & one other girl. Another came to dinner. Took one in. Next to Lady Lees. Good dinner. No roulette. Game of Pool after. Played 2. Divided one & won 2/6. Bed 12.0. Kept awake by clock in same room I slept in in Nov 1897 when dear M in the next. Stopped clock at 2.38am. Gave Geoff £1.0.0 for Xmas box. (Red ink: Left with Otley for Wickham Market. M went to Balcombe. Tabs & Dora called afterwards.) Wednesday December 16 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.0. Slept badly on acct of clock. Dressed in Stowasser suit. Breakfast. Started 10.0am. Loaders behind. Began, got 12 birds. On to lunch, 33 birds. Lunch. Ladies. Did not shoot well the 3 stands after lunch. After got 26 at corner where General Stracey was last year. Shot 63 in all. Back at 4.10. Changed. Tea 5.0. Wrote M, Newnes etc. Bridge going on. Guns 7, Col Lucas, Lord Elphinstone, Major Elkington, Sir Edward Lees, Mr Seton Carr MP, Captain Hankey, self. Otley loaded & loaded well. Above was Sir Elliot L. After drew for ladies. Took Mrs Lucas in & next Miss Haywood. After Roulette. Lost 1/6. Won 4/s at Pool after & then to bed. Lord Elphinstone had 3 lives to my one & yet I divided the Pool taking 2 lives. Bed at 12.0. Put things up what I could. (Red ink: 1st day's Home Covert Shoot at Wickham Market. Punch Dinner. Self not there.) Thursday December 17 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Put up what things I could. Down. Death of Sir James O'Dowd. Breakfast. Started at 10.0 & drove. Same guns as yesterday. Self got 40 pheasants, 1 woodcock, 1 partridge. Goodbye to guns & Lucas. Walk home with ladies & hurried change & Otley & self left 4.30pm. Left Wickham Market 5.11. No birds. Liverpool St 8.5. Drove to Garrick. Sent Otley home. Called C.C. 2 letters M.R. Dined. Imp pint of Lanson, very good. Talk to Lord Dungarvan after. Wrote letters. Went to C.C & to St Pancras at 11.30. Otley there. Letters etc & lay down to sleep at 12.0. Best pillows & air cushion. Dreams of domestics & children. No soda water. (Red ink: Left after 2nd days shoot at Wickham Market. Dined Garrick & left by night mail for Scotland.) (Cutting glued in: In memoriam Clifford Harrison.) Friday December 18 On board train from St Pancras. Woke 6.30. Out at Dumfries at 7.10am. Trap with bags to Terregles. Bath. Tea & changed. Took photos of porch. Wrote hurried letters. Left in trap & began to shoot. Got 5 birds the 1 st stand. After walked along wood. 2 more behind wall, 3 more on top of steps, 1 walking with beaters, 4 in last covert, 1 outside after hurting hand with barbed wire. 16 in all. Six guns. Mr Scott, Major McKay, Mr Mackenzie, Mr Charles Maxwell, Galbraith & self. Lunch at hillside. Miss Jardine, Mrs Galbraith, Mrs Mackenzie & another came. Back by 4.0.
Dark. Wrote many letters. Discovered had lost my tobacco pouch. Dressed. Very pleasant dinner. Took Mrs Galbraith in. Very nice talk to Miss Graham after dinner, then music. Drew Beetles etc. Tired. Bed 11.20. Slept well. (Red ink: Hill shoot at Terregles.) A fire had been at Terregles a fortnight back. 63 pheasants, 5 hares, 9 rabbits, 3 woodcock. Saturday December 19 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.0am. Dull grey wet morning which lasted all day. Photod porch & the steps. After we all began to shoot at 10.0. Drew No 5. Walk with beater 2 birds. Outside in field 2, in ride 10 & 1 hare. Outside walking 2 & 1 hare, 1 pigeon. After before lunch 4. After in stand behind pond 1, lodge 1, copse 2, at end of cover 4. 28 pheasants, 2 hares, 1 pigeon. Same guns as yesterday. Back 4.15. Wrote. Packed. Tea. After wrote 4 letters. Talk to Mackenzie. Diary. Charley Maxwell went & came back & could not stay dinner. Scott left at 5.30am. Wire from Snow 1.0pm. 150 pheasants, 15 hares, 10 rabbits, 1 woodcock, 12 pigeon. After went up & packed. Dinner. Took Mrs Wilson in & talk to Miss Graham. Music. Changed & got off by 10.45. Henry forgot to put my rugs in. Drove in cab to Dumfries. Most comfortable carriage & lay down to rest on 2 pillows & air cushion, face to engine. Sleep at 11.45pm. Soda in night. (Red ink across page: Home shoot at Terregles (illeg) the average.) Sunday December 20 On board train from Dumfries. Woke up after somewhat restless sleep at 7.0 in London. Slight delay as Otley at top of station. Home by 7.45. Bath & out with Rags. Round by church. Met barrister. After schemed subject of Old Year & Punch after developing plates taken at Terregles quite early. Roy down. At 11.0 photod Otley & self. Decided for steps & went on with work up to 8.45 after rest from 3.0 to 4.30. Roy & self dined together & had a woodcock for dinner. Bed at 12.0 after rest. (Red ink: Arrived home from Dumfries.) Monday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out for walk with Rags who with old Rick nearly killed a cat in Stafford Terrace opposite. Wretchedly dull foggy day. Wired M not to come up. Worked all the day by Electric Light on drawing of Old Year & Punch. Finished at 9.30pm. Dined at 10.0 with Roy. Wrote M.R. Spencer & Adah came in at 10.45 & stayed an hour, keeping the servants up. Very tired & done up. Bed 12.15am. Went out at 1.0am & posted letters. (Red ink: Worked all day on Xmas Page for end of year.) Tuesday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out with Rags. Most lovely morning. Bright & clear & sun. After began the Title Page drawing. At 12.0 went below & photod 3 prints. Dressed 1.15. Otley back with wire from C.C 1.20. Wire from Mathews of the Duke of York's Theatre before Otley came back. Lunch & by cab to C.C. At 2.45 M.R came for last time. Out at 4.0. Took 6 studies of Britannia on Yak back. Back Stafford Terr at 4.30pm. Tea. Schemed subject as to size etc. Dinner 6.45. Roy & self went in carriage to the Duke of York's Theatre & had box for 'Letty'. Did not care much for it. Irene Vanbrough good. Also Fred Carr. Out & to Garrick, Roy & self. Whitty there. Also a man with dark moustache, a florid stout man. Talk to
Lord Dungarvan in hall. Home by carriage 12.15. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: M.R last time C.C. Roy & self went to see Letty.) Wednesday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Overslept myself. Not up till 9.20am. Dressed hurriedly. Ernest Brown & pretty little daughter downstairs. Walked with them up Campden Hill. Settled about drawings. A miserable foggy morning again. Doubts as to being able to get to Pyt House. Could not get prints except with extreme difficulty. Photod Otley, a failure. Decided not to go to Pyt. Wired Cyril Maude for stalls. Worked in afternoon after rest in room. Very tired & overdone. Roy & self dined at 7.0. Left in carriage for Haymarket Theatre. Saw 'Cousin Kate'. Hairdresser, unresponsive man in front. To the Garrick. Grilled ham (2). Captain Marshall there. Home by carriage. Wet High St. Bed 12.45am. Gave Old Woman 2/s for Xmas Box & a blessing. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see Cousin Kate at the Haymarket.) Thursday December 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out with dogs. Met Pepys Cockerell. Back & after set up camera to re-print reductions of photos. Roy & self packing. Photod Otley for Tibetan. Lunch with Roy at 12.45. He got off in the cart at 1.10pm. Went up & packed & off myself for Pyt House at 2.25. Train not crowded. Got to Tisbury. Met Mr & Mrs Dietz. Sent wires off. Pyt House. Tea. Dressed. Miss Elliot staying in house. Evelyn developed & grown immensely. Good dinner. Bridge. Bed at 11.0. Slept fairly well. Dream of brigands somewhere. (Red ink: Developed in morning for drawing Opening Vol 126. Left for Tisbury at 2.30pm, Roy for Stoke Edith at 12.45.) Friday December 25 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.15. Good bath & out with Barloo who wanted to carry my stick. Breakfast. Dull misty morning. Slight drizzle. Wrote diary up. All went to church. At 11.0 began to work in room at back. Wish I had it for Studio. Left off for lunch at 1.10. After went for a walk with H, Tabs, Dietz & Miss Oliver. She left off early. Walked to white gate on Miss Seymour's property. Back at 4.50. Tea. After addressed many letters & post cards until dinner time. Mr & Mrs Jack Bennett dined. Bridge after. Read paper. Bed at 11.30pm. J.B not so offensive as usual. (Red ink: Worked in morning on opening Volume 126. Walk in afternoon to Miss Seymour's.) Saturday December 26 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.20 & bath, cold. Dressed Stowasser suit. Down & after out. Cold sleety showers. Gwen & Evelyn left hunting. After left with Hamilton & drove to Semley. Mr Pitt Fox & Cap'n Blackett not there. Began to shoot. Also a Dr Bluck. Only got one bird before good lunch, 7 after & rabbit who ran 50 yards & dropped dead. Cold. Band playing in distance. 5 guns. Left off after trying for teal at 4.40. Back. Changed into check suit. Could not find washing bag. Tea. After wrote letters. Very sleepy. Did sleep ¼ hour before dinner. Took Mrs Dietz in & a Mr Pitkin dined, Gareth's tutor. Talk of Henrietta Maria after. Bed 12.0. Read book on S.Africa written by a Portuguese in 1875. 5 guns, H.F, L.S, Pitt Fox, Bluck, Capn Blackett, very like O.S. Story of Lord Abinger. (Red ink: Shoot at Semley. Last of season.) (Cutting glued in: Death of William Agnew.)
Sunday December 27 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.15. Good bath. Out. Mistook Barker for Monte. After breakfast discussion on vivisection. Lady Pander strong advocate. Worked all morning. Lunch 1.0. Worked 1 hr. Hamilton came & got me out for walk. Dull grey & cold. Mr & Mrs Dietz, H & self. Very muddy. Round Semley & back up hill. Tea. Met an elderly man looking like a youth with H & D. After wrote letters etc. Sleepy. Pipe stem destroyed by careless housemaid. Swept up. Dinner. Took Miss Oliver in. After cat & mouse. Bridge. Music. Bed 12.0am. Took 3 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Quiet day at Pyt. Worked nearly all day.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Julia Massingberd.) Monday December 28 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.20. Bath coldish. Down. No walk. Breakfast. After talk to Dietz about Arabian Nights etc. Left 10.40 to ferret rabbits. Cold & raw. Jack Bennett's motor & tall masculine looking girl like Esmé Baringer, Miss Norman. After H got 5. Self 1 shot only & nothing. Back. Bumble puppy. Lunch. Did 1½ hrs work. Put in Punch in Vol 126 Title Page. Out for walk. Met carriage which had taken Miss Oliver home & with Mrs Dietz in it. Back. Talk of Lennie. Tea. Wrote many cards & letter to Roger Wallace about the Automobile Club for H. Sub to Camera Club. Packed & hot bath. Took Tabs in to dinner. Quiet evening. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Tried to shoot bolted rabbits at Tisbury. Worked in the afternoon. Miss Oliver left.) Tuesday December 29 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.0am. Bath. Breakfast. Off with Hamilton at 9.15. Drove to Semley & up to town with 3 pheasants & a woodcock. Otley met me & at Stafford Terrace by 12.45. Lunch. At work on Opening of Vol 126. Put in Punch. Dear M back 6.0pm from Balcombe. Began to shade. M, Roy & self dined quietly. In Morning Room after. Bed 11.30. x. (Red ink: Came up from Tisbury with Hamilton Fletcher.) Wednesday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out. Met Hoity T. Lovely morning. Very cold. After breakfast schemed subject of Little New Year & Time. Photod Otley & small boy, getting things from Barkers. Developed. M went over to see Mite. All ready by 3.0. Rest & after went on with Opening Vol Page. Worked up to 8.0 when dined, M, Roy & self. Bed 12.0. Very cold. (Red ink: No Punch Dinner. Prepared for New Year cut. Photod small boy.) Thursday December 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out. Raw & cold. Young Brown called. Wrote letters etc. After finished Opening Volume by 12.30pm. Lunch. Rest. After began drawing of cartoon of Young New Year & Time at Restaurant. Worked up to 7.15pm when dressed & walked nearly as far as Mite's. Carriage came back. Dinner. Dear Mite, M, Roy & self, Violet Phillips & Miss Walford. Crackers. Revels. Left 10.40 & home by carriage. Very cold. Saw New Year in M's room. (Red ink: M, Roy & self all dined at dear Mite's.) Addresses at back of diary:
(Mary Best and address crossed out.) Dead. M.Hall. 94 Hotham Road Putney. Victoria Street S.W. (R.Morgan and address crossed out.) R.Woodcock. 1 Kingsley Road, Willesden Lane, Kilburn. E.Jessop. 79 Amherst Road, Hackney. (M Tambay and address crossed out.) V.Smith. 146 Adrian Terrace, Redcliffe Square, S.W. (V.Hamilton and address crossed out.) (E.Dawson and address crossed out) W.Cox. 39 Sutherland, St Pimlico S.W. William Grayson. 18 Arlington St, Clerkenwell. R.Morgan. 103 Graham Gardens, Cuckoo Road. S.Martin. 32 Charville Road, Hanwell. West Kensington. E.Howard. 46 West Terrace, Fairlawn Park, Sydenham. G.Dagg. 36 Rebecca Street, West Kensington Park. (L.Howard and address crossed out.) E.Huxley. 1 Portland Mansions, Kensington, W. Lilian Douglas. 8 New Church Road, Camberwell Road, S.E. W.L.Bolton. 4 Gayton Road, Hampstead N.W. A Hilton. 26 Preston Gardens, Willesden, N.W. W.G.Browning. 18 Northumberland Place, Bayswater, W. Miss Smith. 16 Percy Road, Goldhawk Road, Shepherds Bush, W. C.Lilford Delph. 90 Sydney Street, Fulham Rd, S.W. Jeannette Best. 44 Newman Street, Oxford Street. 11 Avenue Studios, 76 The Avenue, Fulham Road. Miss Lawlor. 147 Westbourne Grove. Antique Shop. Minnie Tambay. 24 Meribel Road, Dawes Rd, Fulham. Delph. 90 Sydney St, Chelsea, S.W. Edith G.Hall. 94 Hotham Road, Putney, S.W. Mrs A.H.Morgan, 49 Melrose Gardens, West Kensington Pk or Rd, W. G.Barker. 84 Clifton Hill, St John's Wood. Tall, fair, very good. Alice Brown. Enkel St, Holloway. N. Tall. Dark. 20 (M.Best and address crossed out. Tall, dark & very good, crossed out.) Dead. Amy, Ada & Bell Harper. 24 Lillyville Road, Putney. 19, 20,16. Martin. 25 Gratton Road, West Kens. Fluffy. Pretty. Florrie Altree. 68 Leicester Road, East Finchley. 15. Well developed. Dorothy Altree. 14. Tall, fair, classical. (Name and address crossed out) 18 Janet Hird. 3 Adelaide Road, Haverstock Hill.
Tall, fair, slender figure. 17. (Name and address crossed out.) Edith Cook. 21 Clarence Gate Gardens. 1 Upper Baker St, W. (Name and address crossed out.) F.Altree. Aged 15. Tall, well developed, fair. Looks 17. D.Altree. Aged 14. Tall, dark, good figure. E.W.Burrow Esq. 2 Fitzroy Street, W. Great Central Railway. G.M. Sir William Pollitt. Sec O.S.Holt. G.M.O. London Road Station, Manchester. S.M. W.F.Monckton, Marylebone. Sam Fay Esquire. J.Rostern, Gnl Manager. Great Eastern Railway. G.M J.F.S.Gooday Esq. G.M.O. Liverpool Street Station E.C. S.M. H.G.Drury, Liverpool St. R.Ellis Esq. Great Northern Railway. G.M. (blank) Sec W.Latta. G.M.O. Kings Cross. Great Western Railway. G.M Sir Joseph L.Wilkinson. G.M.O. Paddington. J.C.Ingles. J.P.Monkhouse. F.Potter Esqre. G.M.O. Derby. Ed W.Wells Esq. Asst G.M. S.M. W.Snow, St Pancras. F.H.Ind. M.Rly Compy Perth. South Eastern & Chatham Railway. G.M. Vincent C.Hill Esq. Sec C.Sheath. G.M.O. London Bridge Station, S.E. S.M. (blank) London, Brighton & South Coast Rly. G.M. William Forbes Esq. G.M.O. London Bridge S.E. S.M. (blank) Caledonian Railway. G.M. Sir James Thompson. A.G.M. R.Miller Esq. G.M.O. 302 Buchanan St, Glasgow. S.M. Caledonian & L & N.W.Rly. Wm Hamilton, Inspector West Coast Railways, Perth Station. Glasgow & South Western Railway.
G.M. David Cooper Esq. G.M.O. St Enoch Station, Glasgow. S.M. (blank) Highland Railway Company. G.M. S.A.Wilson Esq. G.M.O. Inverness. S.M. (blank) Inspector W.C.Rlys, William Hamilton, Perth Station. The North British Railway. G.M. W.F.Jackson Esq. G.M.O. Edinburgh. S.M. (blank) Port Patrick & Wigtownshire Rly Co. G.M. John Thomas, Carlisle. Address, Port Patrick & Wigtownshire Joint Rly. Ford W.Hutchinson, Traffic Manager, Stranraer. Duke of York's Theatre, W.C. James W.Mathews Esq. Daly's Theatre, Leicester Sq, W.C. G.E.Minor Esq, Acting Manager. Empire Theatre, Leicester Sq, W.C. H.J.Mitcham Esq. Vaudeville, 404 Strand, W.C. Herbert Clark Esq. Box Office. Palace Theatre. Cambridge Circus, W.C. Charles Morton Esqr. The Tivoli. Strand, W.C. J.Howell Esq. Drury Lane. Arthur Collins Esq. Sidney Smith. London Hippodrome, Cranborne St. W.Garrick, Press Rep. Adelphi Theatre. Strand, W.C. H.S.Callow Esq. also Apollo & Lyric Theatre. Agent for same B. Davis Strand Theatre. Royal Strand Theatre.
Byron Webber Esquire Michael Levinston, George Edwardes, Charles Frohmann Prince of Wales Theatre. A.S.Donald. Business manager representing Mr Frank Curzon. International Fire Exhibition. Earls Court, London, S.W. Henry S.Thompson Esq, Manager of the Press Dept. The Alhambra. Douglas Cox Esqre, Manager. (Cutting glued in: Photograph of Douglas Cox.) Terry's Theatre, Strand. W.C. Frederick Mouillot. E.P.Morgan, General Manager. His Majesty's Theatre Henry Dana Esq. Reid Last Tuesday Dec 22 03 1st Wednesday June 14 01 Wednesday June 26 Tuesday July 2 Wednesday July 10 Wednesday July 17 Tuesday July 23 Monday July 29 Wednesday Sep 25 Wednesday Oct 2 Wednesday Oct 9 Tuesday Dec 31 Monday Jan 13 02 Tuesday Jan 28 Saturday Feb 8 Saturday Feb 15 Tuesday March 4 Tuesday March 11 Wednesday March 26 Wednesday Apl 30 Wednesday Sep 26 Wednesday Jany 14 03 Wednesday April 22 Wednesday April 29 Wednesday June 3 Wednesday July 8 Wednesday Sep 21 Wednesday Sep 23 Wednesday Oct 21
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First Better Again Floor Nothing Feet Eager Nothing Indifferent Chatham Best 1 st double Climax No good Indifferent Nothing Nothing Half Indifferent Fair Apathy Better 3 Indifferent Fair
Wednesday Nov 4 Wednesday Nov 25 Dawson Monday July 28 02 No good Monday Oct 27 First Wednesday Nov 12 Surprise Wednesday Dec 3 Three Tuesday Dec 23 Six Wednesday Jany 7 03 Seven Wednesday Jany 28 Five Monday March 9 Eight Wednesday March 25 Three
So so Nothing Jan 03 Feby 03 Aug 02 Tuesday Nov 03 Wednesday Apl 03
Howard Wednesday Jany 21 03 Wednesday Feby 18 03 Hamilton Saturday Aug 2 02 Sunday Mar 31 03 Wednesday Apl 15 03 Huxley Monday Feby 16
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1904 Notes and addresses in front of diary: Linley Sambourne, 18 Stafford Terrace, Kensington, London W. 5/s reward if lost. Store ticket 1904 91122. Mrs Maxwell, Galloway Arms, Mount Stewart. Favoured by Hamilton Fletcher 29/2/04. Man for mahogany & brass tubs: Edward Parkhouse, Antique Furniture Depot, 78 Old Tower Street, Plymouth Colonel Kennedy's cigars: La Breta Cosens & Co, 23 Wellington St, Strand, W.C. Camera Club porter: A.Wills. Acid for green globes as per Swain: Muriatic. Same as Hydrochloric Acid. Mrs Carter, 27 Canonbury Park North, N. A & N Managing Director: W Phaysey. Athenaeum Secy: Henry R.Tedder Armour, G.D. Etchelhampton House, Devizes. Bellini's. Hanover Rest, 6 Mill St, W. Bonvoisin. 53 Rue Pierre Charon. Camera C. Miss M.Cromach. Clarke, Lady C.M. 20 Lennox Gardens. Anderson Anderson & Co. J.G.S Anderson, 5 Fenchurch Avenue, E.C. Bingham, W. 15 Kenbourne Rd, Sharrow, Sheffield. Bradbury Agnew, Herbert Heather. Crompton, Col R.Evelyn. Triplands, Kensington Court, W. Phipson Beale, Drumlanford, Barrhill, Ayrshire. Mrs Maxwell, Galloway Arms, Newton Stewart. Sir Walter Lawrence K.C.I.E. Hotel Splendide,Wimmaraux, Nr Boulogne sur Mer. Edward Thomas Foley Esquire of Stoke Edith, County Hereford. Born 21 Dec 1791. D 20 March 1846. Married 16 Aug 1832 Lady Emily Graham 4th daughter of James 3rd Duke of Montrose. Lady Emily born 23 June 1805. Died 1 January 1900. Easton Park shoots Jany '97, Oct '97, Jany '00,'01, Dec '02, Dec '03. Gotz, L.R. 215 Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C. Howlden, R.Linley. Park Grange, Sheffield. Harris, Walter H. Rusthall Avenue, Tunbridge Wells. Horlick, Robt A. Arbrook farm, Esher, Surrey. Gloves. Tan Sabian, 3/6. Sir Charles Bright McLaren Bart. Post & Telegraph Station Talycafn.
McIlvaine, Clarence. 32 Portland Pl, W. Morris, Barnard. 15 Copthall Avenue E.C. Ladders, all sorts. J.H.Heatman & Co, 72 Rectory Rd, Barons Green, Fulham, S.W. McDonnell, Hon Sir Schomberg. H.M.Office of Works, Storey's Gate, S.W. Military (Royal) Tournament. Capn G.A.Armytage, Press Box. Lincoln Bennett & Co. W.J.Sale John Baptist Sodi 1892. Died 23 March 98. Mr Johnson, earlier. Lindley Tinsley. 14 Park Terrace, Nottingham. J.Le Couteur. 16 Brook St, Hanover Sq, W. Hamilton Langley, Bedstone Court. Hopton Heath station. Postal address Bedstone Court, Bucknell R.S.O. Salop. until March: Sir Henry Irving’s Company (illeg) Empire Theatre New York City. The O.W. 100 Great Russell St, W.C. Mixture of beeswax & turps for polishing portmanteaus & bags. Tobacco, Lennie's. Mr Simpson, Princes Street, Edinburgh. also Ivan Brumfit, 13 St Swithun's Lane. 84 Cannon St. 31 King William St E.C. Spooner,W. 379 Strand W.C. Raven Hill, L. Battle Farm, Bramham, Nr Chippenham, Wilts. Stace. 14 Hatfield Road, Ramsgate. 'Auricula'. Taxes. George Howe. Office of Surveyor of Taxes, Wrights Lane, Kensington, W. Soap. Courts Castile. 6lb bar 3/3. Sands Hunter. 20 Cranbourne St, W.C. Royal Academy waiters: Mr H.Goolden, Mr Sanders. Col Sir Charles Euan Smith K.C.B. 15 South Audley Street, W. Sutton, Arthur E. Shanks House, Wincanton, Somersetshire. Reed, E.T. Cardiff House, Wimbledon Common. Swain, Joseph & Son. 157 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue E.C. Sintram Freemantle & Co. 217 Piccadilly, London. Waterbury Watches. Allan Ross & Co, 66 Holborn Viaduct E.C. Watney, Vernon. 'Faunich', Loch Luichart, Rossshire N.B. Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire. H.Waterbury, 180 Fleet Street, E.C. Sheffield Telegraph Bldgs.
Jan 1904 Friday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out with Rags. Small kitten in road. Led him home. Breakfast. Dull & cold weather. Roy packing to go to Pyt House. Got on with drawing of Young New Year & Time at Restaurant. Lunch. Roy off in carriage at 2.45pm. Worked until 9.30pm when finished. Boy in doubt where to go to.
Dinner, M & self. Sat in chair till 12.0am. Letter from Club with Xmas cards etc. Bed. Cold & damp. Saturday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.40. Bath. Out. Rain had frozen, roads very slippery. Man from Eames & Keys came to look at stove at 10.0. Wrote up diary to end of year. Wire from Vaudeville to say no seats. Private View of Old Masters. Wrote & put things tidy. After lunch with M left at 2.45 & up by bus to Burlington House. Show of Old Masters. Sir Thomas Lawrence principally & lovely Rembrandt, King Charles I & Henrietta Maria. Saw many people I knew. Spielmanns (about America) etc, Lennie & Miss Walford. M enjoyed it. Left 4.45. Lord Charles Beresford. Walked to Knightsbridge. Home by bus. Tea. After wrote letters till 7.20 when dressed & by carriage to dine at Mite's. M, self & Mite, Lennie & Miss Walford. Looked at fans. Home by carriage. War impending. Rest & doze till 12.30 when to bed. M slept well. (Red ink: Went to Old Masters, M & self. Dined at Mite's after.) Sunday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.50. Out by church with Rags. Warmer. Muggy. Good breakfast. After took M for walk round Round Pond. Dear Mite, Lennie, Miss W in to lunch. Lennie up in my room afterwards. Left at 3.45 & to the Athenaeum. Wrote letters & looked over books. Back 8.0 & M & self dined quietly. Lord Kingsborough had called. Delighted with my Radium drawing. Also Lady Lockyer. After M & self in Morning Room & bed at 11.30 after reading. (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Guy Laking, of a son. Death of James Ferguson. Death of Wiliam Francis. Death of George Gosling. Obituary and photograph of Princess Mathilde Bonaparte.) Monday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out with Rags. My birthday. Few noticed it. Dear M in bed. After wrote letters & put things tidy. Mite & Miss Walford to lunch. After rest schemed drawing for Automobile. Letter from F.C.B saying New Year's cut all wrong. Wrote him & also Seaman. Dressed 7.15 & dear M & self went in the carriage to 16 Penywern Road & dined with Sir Norman & Lady Lockyer. Very pleasant dinner. N.L took Beer, Champagne, Port & Whisky. Oh! Talk of Radium & after home at 10.50 by carriage. (Red ink: Dined with Sir Norman & Lady Lockyer.) Tuesday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Bath & out. Dark morning. Man from Stores came for watch & to see clocks. After sent letter R to R. M out in the carriage. Developed 8 photos of M.R also 2 after that. M back to lunch. In room after glued head of ivory stick on. Went on with drawing for Automobile & sent Otley to the Club with bag. M & self dined at 8.15 quietly & in Drawing Room after. Chilly. Mrs Pirrie & others called. Also a model for me by mistake. Bed at 11.45 after rest. (Cutting glued in: Birthday, Edward Linley Sambourne, Jan 4 1845.) Wednesday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out. Dull dark miserable morning. Rags got hold of a sandy cat in Phillimore Gardens. Surly workman. Roy to return from Pyt. Left for
town at 11.0am. To C.C by 12.0. Miss J.H. Took careless photos owing to dark day. Worst ever did. Out. To Garrick. Lo! Lawrence Bradbury there. Lunch with him. Left 2.10 & by bus to Brompton. Saw marriage near Oratory. Walked home. Tea. After dressed carefully & by bus to Piccadilly & to the Punch Dinner. Sir W.A, L.B, Graves, a new man, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, B.P, R.L, O.S. Phil A left owing to B. F.C.B grumbling at New Year cartoon. Lehmann offensive about dress. F.C.B said no cut about Chamberlain & finally had his orchidsta (sic) & all Chamberlains. Left 11.0 & took Lucy home by carriage. Roy up from Pyt. Did not go to Stoke Edith until tomorrow. Thursday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out with Rags. Breakfast. Wired to Miss Tambay. Schemed subject. Hilton came at 11.0 & photod him. Lunch with Roy at 12.30. Got him off with M in carriage at 1.0. M lunched with Mrs Nemhard. At 1.30 Miss Tambay came. Photod her for Britannia. Got prints with difficulty & enlargements. Otley came in to help. Up in room & worked till 8.30pm when dined. Put in head of Britannia clean away all right. M in room. M & self dined together at 8.45. Bed after a rest. Tired. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Hugh Moultrie to Maisey Reid. Obituary and photograph of M.Gerome. Sketch Jan 20 04.) Friday January 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out with Rags. At work all day on drawing of Balfour & Britannia on Yacht. A most successful drawing. M up in my room. Finished at 9.30pm. Dined by self, M looking on. In Morning Room after. Bed at 12.0am. Saturday January 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Out. breakfast. After developed photos taken on Wednesday. Left at 1.20 in the carriage to lunch at the Pirries. Such a lunch! Lady Kingsborough, the Caustens, Lord Mayor's daughter etc. Old Mrs Hervey. Long talk. Left 4.15. M put me down in Piccadilly. Found had been given wrong coat. Turned out to be Mr Caustens. Walked back to Downshire House. Back by bus to Garrick & C.C. Wrote letters. Home by bus. Dressed & M, Roy & self went to dine at dear Mite's. Selves & Miss Walford. Roy had come back from Stoke Edith. Left 10.20 & home in the carriage. Went out after breakfast & down to Jarvis's to look at commode. (Red ink: M, Roy & self dined at Mite's. M & self lunched with the Pirries at Downshire House.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Albert Woods. Friday Jany 8th.) Sunday January 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Dull morning. Out. Round by Kensington Church. After breakfast printed some blues. Failures. Took M at 12.0 for walk up Park. Met no one. Sent M back by bus & lunch at the Garrick. Cold beef 1/5. At 2.20 photod for 1st time C.L. Intelligent model. Out & to Athenaeum. Wrote. Sent cheque for £20 to Tom Brown. Tea. Sleepy. Home by bus. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Graham Keith & Dr Lockyer dined. Bright little delightful woman. Looked over house. They left at 11.0. Read & to bed 12.30. (Red ink: Went to the Athenaeum. Mr & Mrs Keith & young Lockyer dined.) (Cutting glued in: Antoinette Sterling's philanthropic works.)
Monday January 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out with Rags. Mistake of half sovereign for 6d. Breakfast. Got off at 10.30 & up to C.C by bus. Talk to old gent on motors. At 11.15 photod Miss R.W. Insipid poor model. Out 12.45 & home by bus. Mrs Harold Messel & dear Mite to lunch. Ada S.J came in in the middle. All afternoon developing etc photos taken yesterday & tidying in hut till 4.0. Very tired. Rest. M in my room. The commode given me by Lennie delivered by Jarvis at 6.30pm. Quiet dinner M & self. Roy at drill. Home 11.0pm. Bed 11.30pm. Tired. (Red ink: Photod Rose Woodcock. Commode put in Drawing Room.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Antoinette Stirling. Mon 11 Jany.) Tuesday January 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Dull damp wretched morning. Out. Met Pepys Cockerell. Back. Roy off to Chichester. Difficulty in getting prints. M out in carriage. Got blues ready in morning. Spencer called 1.10. Stayed to lunch. From 2.0 to 4.0 enlarged 6 photos (doubles) taken on Sunday & yesterday. M back from Mite's. M had a pretty new morning dress. Miserable day. Otley took Roy's bag to London Bridge. After put photos together & squared them. M up after at 7.30. No one but a Mrs Leonard called. M & self dined together. In the Drawing Room afterwards. M to bed 10.30. Self 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of Clare Bâby.) Wednesday January 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & saw Old W at 8.15 in distance. Stopped & walked up thro' Durham & down Holland Road or Walk. Breakfast. After a note from Lennie came saying dear Mite taken with her trouble. M off in carriage at 10.10. Printed blues & wrote letters. Otley back at 11.10 to say a son was born to dear Mite. Rejoiced. Printed blues till 1.15. Lunch. Mended Drawing Room window. Worked on Automobile drawing. At 5.20 dressed & went over to Mite's by bus. Saw a classical little girl & gave conductor my card. To Mite's. All well. Saw M & after thro' Wardour St. Called Lowes (illeg) To Garrick Covent Garden. Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, new man, Owen S, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got Tarquinius as suggested by Guthrie. Home by bus. Bed 11.30 after reading paper. (Red ink: Mite's dear little son born.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of Jean Leon Gerome. B & W. Jan 16 1904.) Thursday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & walk round C.H. After breakfast schemed subjet of Chamberlain as Tarquinius. Hilton came at 11.30. Had sent messenger boy to May's. Photod him as Roman & self after. Developed & all ready by 3.0pm. Rest in room & got on with work. Dined at 8.15pm, M, Roy & self. Quiet in Morning Room after. Friday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out. Old W shambled after me with dogs. Band. After got to work & all day at Chamberlain & Tarquinius. Finished at 9.30 when M, Roy & self dined quietly & in Morning Room after. Old Brandy '51. Bed at 12.30 very tired. Bother in finding Banchory or another Temple. In lower drawer. (Cutting glued in: Photograph of Antoinette Stirling.)
Saturday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Very tired. Out for walk before breakfast. Met young Bergne. No it was yesterday. In morning tidied up room etc. Very cold. Left with M in the carriage at 1.30 after lunch & drove to the Vaudeville Theatre & saw The Cherry Girl. Silly play but prettily done. Pretty girls & children. Put M in carriage & to Garrick for tea etc. Wrote letters. Got sausages bacon & fruit & home by 7.45. Dressed. M, Roy & self at dinner. In Morning Room after. Very cold. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of The Cherry Girl.) Sunday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Cold. Dry morning. Out round church & back with Rags. After put phos away etc & room straight. Took M at 11.30 for walk to Mite's & saw the new baby. Walk back with Harold & his wife & Lennie. Lunch with M. All the morning & afternoon putting the room in order. Put all the whole plate prints in drawers with the others. Dressed at 7.45. Tabs, William Stone & Lennie to dinner. Pleasant evening. They left 11.0. Rest in chair very tired. M knocked. Bed at 12.0. Had the stove in Drawing Room for the 1 st time this winter. (Red ink: Tabs, Lennie & William Stone dined. 1st saw the new grandson.) Monday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. x. Out. Old Rick in hall. Wet drizzling morning & miserable but warmer. Invite from Hamilton Langley to go to Stoke Edith. After all day on drawing for Automobile. M in my room. Roy home with a very bad cold. He had a small bottle of Champagne at dinner & bitterly complained after of his career in the City. Bed at 12.0 after reading in the Morning Room. Tuesday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out round Campden Hill. Met Pepys Cockerell in Holland Walk. Back. Cold miserable wet day. Heard a tapping & found it was men doing the creeper in our garden. Roy had a bad cold. M out in the morning. Got on with drawing of Automobile. Put in the figure & in the evening the head. No this was tomorrow. Got outline & traced it on to cardboard & put the wand & hands & foot in in ink. M up in my room reading The Sins of the Virtuous. M & self dined together & in Drawing Room after. Roy out to dinner somewhere. Back at 12.10 giving up a Dance. Bed 12.15am. Very cold & raw. Wednesday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out. Cold & raw. Again met Pepys Cockerell who praised my drawing of Britannia on a boat. After all morning on Automobile. Put foot in. Lunch & put photo hut right. Men doing front of house. Rest in afternoon. At 3.0 M out in Mite's carriage. At 4.0 went on to put the head in of Automobile drawing. Did not like it when done. M in my room. Dressed at 5.30 & left for Punch Dinner by bus. Got letters at Athenaeum & C.C. Walk thro' Covent Garden. Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, L.B, new man, B.P, H.W.L. Partridge in praise of my cartoon. Long discussion especially for title of Gog & Magog. Left at 10.30. Home by carriage calling at Athenaeum to write letters. Read paper & bed at 12.0. Thursday January 21
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out in raw dark morning, Rags with me. Breakfast by Electric Light. After in room writing letters. Lunch after packing at 12.45. Left in dog cart at 1.10. In Palace Gardens White Nose shied at a steam roller & broke a trace. Doubt as to getting to station. There 1.30pm. Met Fletcher & down to Stoke Edith. One other man in carriage. Hamilton met us in break with Mr Foster & Col Davidson. H & self walked to house. No Midge & no Dora. Tea. After in room writing letters. Astonished at Tom Brown's bills. Dinner 7.30. Sat next Foster. Another young man came. After H. Fletcher & self played 2 100 up games at Billiards. Rest at Bridge. Back in Billiard Room. Left at 11.15 & wrote diary. Undressed 11.35. (Red ink: Went down to Stoke Edith Park with Hamilton Fletcher.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Sir Frederick Hunt. Sat 23 Jany.) Friday January 22 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 8.25 & breakfast. at 9.0pm. Most lovely morning which lasted the entire day. Brilliant sun & not a cloud in the sky. Guns H.L, H.F, Mr Foster, Mr Simpson Hayward, Col Davidson & self. Only got 4 cock to self & 2 not picked up. Left off at 4.0pm & back to house. Tea. After looked out books etc. Wrote letter to Tom B, M etc, Lehmann. Put on white waistcoat & black tie. Good dinner. Claret. After played Mr Simpson Hayward 2 100 games. Won both easily. After beat H.F one game & he beat me 1 game. All gone to bed. Read book on Scotland 1860. Could not get to sleep for hour. Opened window. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot at Stoke Edith Park.) Saturday January 23 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 8.15am. Bath. Down. Evening papers. Bad news of war. Started to shoot 9.45. 6 guns. Same as yesterday only Mr Buxton instead of Mr Foster. Long walk up to Bunkers Hill. H & Col D rode up. Got nothing all the morning. Only fired 1 cartridge. Good lunch. After Fletcher feared a cold coming on. Got a pigeon & after 3 cock pheasant at end of a drive & to finish with shot a hen by mistake. 5 head. Mr Green Price on the road. Back 4.30. Tea & after very tired. Rest in chair. Hot bath. Dressed 6.45. Wrote diary etc. Dinner. Champagne. Mr Buxton left. Talk of Finlay K's Cruise of Falcon etc. Game of Pool. Won 4/s. Col D won 10/s. Left to change jacket & fell asleep on sofa & did not go down again. Wanted soda water. They stopped up to 12.0 & foraged for food. Nothing but parrot food. Self to bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at Stoke Edith Park.) (Cutting glued in: Dense fog in London.) Sunday January 24 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 8.45. Had slept heavily. Out in morning. A horrid day, cold & dark. Bath. Out on lawn. No letters. Breakfast. H, little H, M.S.H went to church. Little H returned having cold. Wrote many letters. After strolled out to church. How can they possibly get all the wedding guests into the church. Very cold & frost. Lunch. Read Tom Taylor's life of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Sleepy & tired. Up in room from 3.0 to 4.30pm. Fletcher came in for stamps. Tea. After read Reynolds book. Letters. Dinner. Good. After they played bridge. Read Reynolds on Billiard Table & bed at 11.15pm. Slept well. Monday January 25
Stoke Edith Park. Up at 8.15am. Good bath. Breakfast. Mr Foster, Mr Buxton & a Mr Martin there. Col D came to my side for R. After started at 10.0 & strolled up the Park & gate. Very cold. Wore Stohwasser suit & Golden leggings. Only got 2 cock pheasants & shot 7 cartridges all day. 8 guns. 2 H's, self, Col D, Mr F, Mr B, Mr S.H, Mr Martin. Left off at 4.30. In room & posted letters. After changed & rested from 5.45 to dinner. Very cold in my room. Read 1 st vol of Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds by C.R.Leslie & Tom Taylor, John Murray 1865. Dressed. Talk of William Stone. H.F's story of solicitiors duel. After played H.F 100. Beat him & the odd game. Mr Martin beat me 100 up by 11. Back to Bridge Room & to bed at 10.45pm. Read Reynolds. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot at Stoke Edith Park.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Whitaker Wright. Wed 27 Jany.) Tuesday January 26 Stoke Edith Park. Up 8.15. Good bath. 20 degrees warmer. Letters from M. Sophia H dysentry. Started to walk up Park again. Col D said goodbye. 6 guns. 2 H's, self, Mr Buxton, Mr Bromley Martin, Mr Simpson Hayward. Long pull to first beat. Began to rain. Fletcher missed a cock. Picked up after. Next stand at corner of road I got a woodcock well shot. After at top 1 fine cock pheasant. Nothing after. Rained heavily. Delay for lunch & another drive. Savage bull terrier. Dead Retriever puppy. Lunch half cold & no whiskey. Fletcher played & sang. After 3 more beats F's cock pheasant came down plump & after got up & ran. Heavy rain at last stand. No break. All waited at a 3 cornered X roads. At 4.45 the break came. Long drive home. Very wet. Home 5.30. Tea. Bath. Packed. Dressed. (Red ink: 4th day's shoot at Stoke Edith Park.) Wednesday January 27 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 8.0am. Bath etc. Off after breakfast with Hamilton F, Mr Bromley Martin & Simpson Hayward. Caught the 10.5. Long weary journey to Worcester. Bought lunch. B.M left there, S.H at Chipping Norton. London 2.40. Otley met me & to S.T in wet. Dear M there. Felt seedy rather. After tea put drawing out & took head out. Dressed carefully & by bus to Punch Dinner in the wet. Called C.C. Sir W.A, L.B, B.P, new man, E.T.R, A.G, Sir F.C.B, L.S, H.W.L, R.H, O.S there. Got cut of Balfour Hiding Treasure. Left at 10.30 & home by bus. Looked over Punch's. Wet. Read & to bed. Roy at Pyt. (Red ink: Came up from Stoke Edith with Hamilton Fletcher & Simpson Hayward.) (Cutting glued in: Suicide of Whitaker Wright. Wed Jan 27.) Thursday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Dull wet morning. Over C.H. Sent messenger boy for costume. Schemed subject of Balfour hiding Medallion. Hilton came 11.45. Photod him in the dark & wet. Used mackintosh for enlarger for 1 st time. Finished by 3.30. In room. Felt unaccountably tired & heavy. ½ hrs rest & went on to work. Roy back from Pyt at 6.0pm, or rather from City. M, Roy & self dined quite quietly & in Mornng, no Drawing R, after. Friday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up a 8.15 & out. Over C.H. Band. Breakfast. All day on drawing. Wrote Burne-Jones. Finished at 9.40. Dined, M sitting at table. Roy went to Dance at Stern's. Bed 12.45 after heavy snooze. Took 4 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Photod Hawk
shot by Hamilton Fletcher Saty 23 Jany, Stoke Edith.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edward Brook. Obituary of Edward Brook.) Saturday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.40. Bath. Wet again. Out at 9.10 up Phillimore Gds. Met shop girl. Deaf & dumb. Breakfast. Man from Miles called and measured for great coat. Breakfast. Wrote letters etc. Wired Bouchier. Put things away. M, self & Roy at lunch. Went in the carriage to Garrick Theatre & saw The Cricket on the Hearth. 3 pretty little girls in front. Back by carriage & got pictures from Marchout. Bought sausages & fruit. Dinner. M & self & in Morning Room after. Roy dined with Stern & went to the great Wrestling Match between a Turk & a Russian & to Romanos after. Stayed in the Morning Room till 1.0 when to bed tired. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of The Cricket on the Hearth.) Sunday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Pouring with rain & dark as pitch. Went out & got thoroughly wet. Posted wire to A. Back. Breakfast. All morning & day at work on drawing for Automobile Club. M in my room. Spencer called in afternoon. Cleared up in afternoon. Photod 4 motor cars prints & photos & developed them. Rest in chair & work after. M, Roy & self, Mr Child & Mabel Wallace dined. Champagne & good dinner. Talk to Child about a Swedish doctor after. Bed 12.30pm. Dinner to the Scene Painters got up by Sir Philip Burne-Jones. (Red ink: Mr Child & Mabel Wallace dined.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Stephen Pearce. Feb 6.) Feb 1904 Monday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Fine for wonder. Walk with Rags. 3 little kittens. Back. Breakfast. Cheques etc. Sent to Whitlocks & at 11.30 met Otley & photod motor. After developed them & enlarged till 3.0pm. Bright sun & just touched door over steps. After in room. Rest. On with work & put drapery etc in. Dressed & down to dinner at 8.10. Tabby, Spencer, Lennie & M, Roy & self dined. Cold. Letter from H.Tedder. Had not received my cheque. Went up & wrote letter. Spencer posted it. Read evening paper. Bed at 12.30. Tabby slept here. (Red ink: Tabs, Spencer & Lennie dined.) Tuesday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.35. Dull & inclined to rain. Over C.H. 3 little kits. Breakfast. Tabs down 9.45. Wrote many letters. Fitted waistcoat etc. Had to write until 12.30. Tabs leaves at 1.0pm. Cold heavy rain. Cleared at 12.15 for the King opening Parliamant. Very wet all afternon. Dined a 6.45pm, M, Roy & self. Went in the carriage to see 'Old Heidelberg'. Saw no one I knew. 3 pretty girls, sisters. Left & back by carriage. Snack & bed 12.0am. Roy rode outside. Otherwise worked all day on Automobile drawing. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to see 'Old Heidelberg'.) Wednesday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out for walk. After got on all day with drawing for Automobile. Put in head again. Lunch. After to work until 5.30pm when dressed & left in bus. To Miles, fitted with coat. Met Lennie & young de la Penha. After Garrick & to Punch Dinner. Snowdrops. F.C.B, Sir W.A, self, R.H, O.S, Graves, P.A,
B.P, new man, H.W.L, A.G. Suggested both cuts. Left at 10.35 & home by bus. Read in Morning Room & to bed at 12.0am. Thursday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk, Rags & Rick. 3 little kittens. After schemed subject of Morley, Terrier & Badger. Lovely morning. Photod Otley & Rags & got all ready for work by 3.0pm. Went on & worked until 8.30 when M, Roy & self dined quietly. Bed at 11.30 after reading. Friday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Out with Rags. Met old Scotchman. After back. Breakfast & on to work all day on drawing of Morley & Badger. Finished at 7.30pm when dressed & went with M to dine at Lady de la Rue's. Large dinner. Took a Mrs Morley in to dinner & after sat next Mrs Herkomer. Pleasant talk. Talk to Lady Something afterwards about Heinemann the publisher. Left by carriage & home. Roy dined with Mr Douglas & went to a Dance at Norwood. (Red ink: M & self dined at Lady De la Rue's. Good dinner.) Saturday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Out with Rags. Shop girl at 9.0am. After back. Breakfast. Wrote letters. Put things up & got to work on drawing of Automobile. Put the figure on fresh board & traced the carriage. Could get no box at any theatre. Worked afternoon & up to 8.15 when dined, M, Roy & self, & in Morning Room after. Roy tired. Wanted another chair. Went at 5.30 & called on Isadore Spielmann at 56 Westbourne Terrace & after on dear Mite. Saw her for 1 st time since baby was born. Back in carriage. Called Butts & after got ham at Slaters. Bed at 11.30 after reading. (Cutting glued in: Memorial to W.L.Thomas. Feb 6.) Sunday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Got on cycle & went to end of Holland Road & up Notting Hill & back to breakfast. Very good grilled herring. (illeg) Wrote letters & at 11.40 (illeg) for walk. Bus & on to dear (illeg) up for 1st time. Lennie (illeg). Back with M & self. (illeg). Left them & caught (illeg) the Garrick Club. Very (illeg) man got in bus & (illeg). Lunch by self. Whit(illeg) were giving a big dinner at the Club in the evening. At 2.15 photod Miss Amess for first time. Not much account. Out & back to Stafford Terrace by bus. Spencer there. Tea & worked till 8.0pm when M & self dined quietly, Roy dining with Stern. Paper boys calling Declaration of War with Japan & Russia at 4.0pm. (Red ink: War between Russia & Japan.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of the late Canon Ainger.) Monday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out for walk. Bright warm morning. Rags. News of rupture Japan & Russia. Back. Breakfast. Packed. Did ½ hours work on the Auto-M drawing. Left, M, Roy & self in Otley's cab & to Paddington. Saw (illeg). No Conrad. Hamilton Fletcher girls got in at Worcester. To Stoke Edith. There as usual 2 Clergymen & other guests. Mr & Mrs Schuster & a Mr Vivian, young Vivian etc etc. Dinner. M & self in room we had (illeg) at 1st shoot. Roy opposite. Took Mrs Schuster in to dinner & talk (illeg) Gage. Smoke after. Dance in (illeg) to pianola. Roy beat Mr (illeg) game of Billiards & bed at (illeg). M did not sleep well. (Red ink: Went down to Stoke Edith, M Roy & self.) (Cuttings glued in: Mr Pinero's
dinner at the Garrick Club. Pall Mall Gazette Monday 8 Feby 1904. Death of the Rev Alfred Ainger. Obituary of Canon Ainger. I.L.News. Feb 13.04.) Tuesday February 9 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 7.45. Bath. Pouring wet day which went on all day. M did not sleep well. Down. Wrote diary. Breakfast in Still Room at 9.0, next Lady Knightley. After talk to Schuster & the Rev Jackson. Roy checked suit. Drew in a book. Changed. Lunch at 12.30pm. Claret. Next Hon Mrs Gage. After at 2.0pm to the church. M got in a break. Ran up for cloak. Self walked. All in Lady Emily's pew. Service. 5 bridesmaids. Dora looked beautiful. Still heavy rain. Conrad came. Back. Lunch etc. The Dean's daughter charming. Lord Chesterfield. Went up for M's locket & brooch to show Lady K. Dora left at 4.15pm. After played 100 up with H.F & H.L. Beat them both. After I found out had lost M's brooch. Dressed. Took Mrs Raikes in. Talk of Grace Phillimore. After dance & supper. Danced. Felt tired. Hamilton & Judy Mason played bridge. Lady Knightley & the Schusters & Mr Vivian left by the 4.30 train. M did not sleep well. News of Japan's naval victory. (Red ink across page: Dora Langley married to Paul Foley.) Wednesday February 10 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 8.15. Finished putting things up. Down. Letters etc. Breakfast & got off at 10.0. Langley & Harris had words. H.F, Gwen, Tabs & self left & Miss Foster. Same train to Worcester & London. Bought sandwiches etc. Cart met me. H & Tabs & G going to Coburg. Home. Developed photo & others taken Sunday last. Tea. Roy & Conrad back from Stoke Edith at 4.40. Dressed & by bus to Garrick & C.C. Heavy rain. Snowdrops. Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, Graves, L.B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Complimented on last week's cut. After long discussion suggested Wrestling. Got Bear & Jap as Sailor. Partridge Joe going to Egypt. Left 10.40. Bus. Drunken woman got in at Charing X. Was put out at St James's St. Home. Read & to bed tired. M's brooch found. M came up by the 12.5 with Mrs Gage, Spencer, Ada, Con & Roy, Evelyn F & friend. Heard of D'Arcy's success. Herkomer drawings at Punch Dinner. (Red ink: Came up from Stoke Edith.) Thursday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.40 & out with Rags. Conrad at breakfast. Sent messenger boy to May's. Schemed subject of Bear & Jap Wrestling. Very difficult to compose. At 11.45 Hilton came. Photod him for Jap & Russian & for Motor Car. Developed. Enlarged etc by 3.30. M went to Mite's. Rest for an hour & on to work till 8.15pm when M, Roy & self dined. In Drawing Room after. Conrad left at noon. Overslept & not up till 8.40. Found out 3 little kittens came from 17 Argyll Road. Name of Hartley. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Richard Denman to Helen Sutherland.) Friday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out. Rags. No band. Papers. Breakfast. After letters (wrote Herkomer) got to work all day on Bear & Jap Sailor Wrestling. Finished 9.45pm when Roy & self dined, M sitting at table. Read after in Morning Room & bed at 1.0 taking coals off fire. Heavy rain most of the day. Saturday February 13
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Bath. Out. Met no one. Breakfast. After wrote. Put shirts etc up etc & did 2 hrs work on Automobile drawing. Lunch. Packed & got off at 4.30 in Otley's cab, M & self for G.W.R. Down to Pangbourne. Great floods. Arrived. One other man who turned out to be Sir James Knowles's son. To Bowden Green. Miss Seaman & Mrs K, Mona & her husband. Dressed. Dinner. A clergyman & his daughter came. A very dull evening it was. After smoke. Bed 11.30pm. Dear Mite came to Stafford Terrace at 12.0, 1st time since Baby was born. Printed about 30 blues in bright sun, 11.0 to 12.0am. (Red ink: M & self went to Bowden Green.) (Cutting glued in: Mrs Maybrick to be released. Sat 13 Feb 04.) Sunday February 14 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Up at 8.0. M slept well for her. Good bath. Stroll out. Birds. White peacocks. After Baker came out. Gazelle. Breakfast. After changed boots. Driven by Spagnoletti to Pangbourne, Knowles coming too. Walked back by 11.30am. Wrote diary. Saw M & Mrs K walking after Baker. Lunch. Blind Captain Towse & his wife came. Poor man. Shot through both eyes. They lunched & left at 3.0. After we drove to have tea at The Cupola, Mr & Mrs Simpson at Streatley. Saw the Swan Inn under water. Round glass etc in Drawing Room. Back by 5.30. Dinner at 7.0pm. Mr Simmonds & Mrs S wife of the sec came to dinner. Long dreary talk after. Bed at 10.0pm. Mr Blackball Simmonds very deaf. (Red ink: Drove over to see Mrs Telford Simpson.) (Cuttings glued in: Mrs Maybrick will regain her freedom today. Sat 13 Feb. 72nd anniversary, James Smith to Jane Chivers. Golden Wedding, James Hudson to Eliza Watkins. Silver wedding, John Henderson to Bessie May.) Monday February 15 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Up 7.0. Bath & breakfast. Discovered drainpipe not square. Good sausages. Got off with M's baggage at 8.30. Up to town. B.B.Spangles, Miss Siemens, Mr Knowles & self. Otley met me Paddington. Home by 10.30am. Did some bromides etc & got on with the drawing of Automobile. M back in the afternoon. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Snooze after & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Came up from Pangbourne.) Tuesday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Out. Very cold. At work all day on drawing for Automobile. Got on with procession of carriages, put coach etc in. Dined 8.30, M & self. Roy out to dinner. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Wednesday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk with Rags. Very cold. Breakfast. Worked all day on Automobile drawing up to 5.15. Began to shade. 4.30pm. Dressed & off to Punch Dinner. Called C.C & Garrick. Got flower. Sir F.C.B, Raven Hill, Graves, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, self. Long discussion. Got The Return of Arthur to do. Left 10.45. Home by bus. Great praise of my cartoon. Partridge sold his to John Aird. Bed after reading W.G. Gave Old Woman 2½ at 9.0am. (Red ink: Great praise of my last week's cartoon.) "Deep graven in the rocks of crime the centuries leave their mark." Above came into my head suddenly. Thursday February 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out & off in cart at 8.20 to get photo of landing stage at Westminster for drawing. Left W at 9.10 & home 9.35. Breakfast. After schemed subject. Messenger boy over to Mays. Hilton came 11.45. Photod him & Otley for 'The Return of Arthur'. Developed & enlarged by 4.0pm. Up & on to work till 8.30pm when dined, M, Roy & self. In Drawing Room after. Bed 11.45. Very cold. John Aird's dinner. F.C.B, Lady B & Sir B.Baker there. Friday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Early walk. Back with Rags & Rick. Worked. Developed before breakfast 4 bromides. Breakfast & after worked all day on drawing of 'Arthur is come again'. Roy dined out at Lennie's, being his birthday. Finished 9.45pm. M & self dined. Roy back at 11.0pm. Bed after snooze. Very tired. Great knocking on Drawing Room floor next door. Sent note to the foreman. Saturday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am very tired. Walk with Rags & Rick. After back. Put all things away & squared photos of Thursday. Lunch 1.15. M & self went in the carriage to His Majesty's Theatre & saw 'The Darling of the Gods'. Splendid Japanese scenery but poor play. Girl like Tilda in front of us. Out & in carriage. At Walls bought brawn & sausages. After fruit. Did 1½ hrs work. M, Roy & self dined & bed after snooze in Morning Room. Nightmare of rats. Up at 11.45 to bed. Good morning to Common. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of 'The Darling of the Gods'.) Sunday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Wet morning. Out with Rags. Back in room. Again up Phill Gds & home. Quite warm. Did 2 hrs work after putting up white waistcoat & shirts. Dressed in frock coat & after M & self drove to lunch at the Pirries. Took a Mrs Loftus in. Next Mrs Carlisle. Very good lunch. Met Wolff, Fred & Miss May & Julia Neilson & Morris & his wife. Secy to the Crystal Palace etc. Left at 4.10 & drove home. Ethel English & a young Larkin called. Worked till dinner when Mr Kenneth Grahame & Mr Spielmann dined. G slow. Talk & they left at 11.0pm. Snooze & to bed. (Red ink: M & self lunched at the Pirries. Wet afternoon. Spielmann & Kenneth Grahame dined.) Monday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk over Campden Hill with Rags. In morning went on all day to shade Automobile drawing. After lunch developed 4 films. Rest & to work again at 4.0pm. Work till dinner. Midge & Hamilton Langley & Ethel English dined & played Bridge after. Sleepy. Rest in chair till 12.30pm when to bed. (Red ink: Midge, H.Langley & Ethel English dined with us.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Edward Moon. Feb. Obituary of Sir Edward Moon. Feb 23. Marriage of Malcolm Baird to Helen MacWhirter.) Tuesday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out on bicycle 1st time for ride since 16 October, that is just round school & back. Lovely morning. Thro' Kensington Square & over to Notting Hill. Breakfast. Sent saws back. After to go on with Automobile drawing. Did so & worked all day until 7.0pm when dressed & walked nearly all the way to Mite's. M & self dined there. Dear Mite down. Looked at Japanese ivories. Back at
11.0. Roy had been to drill. No evening papers. Very tired. Bed at 12.10pm. (Red ink: 1st bicycle ride since 16 October. M & self dined at Mite's.) Wednesday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25 & out on cycle. Thro' Kensington Sq & Earls Court. Very few same girls going to school. Back. Cold lovely morning. After went on all day & finished Automobile drawing at 5.0pm. Packed it up & left in cab to Piccadilly & Leicester Sq. Very fast. Left the drawing with the Hall Porter & on to P.D calling at C.C. Letter from Miss Hall in America. To Punch dinner. Flower. False alarm of 4 Japanese Iron Clads sunk. F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, O.S, L.B, Lucas, B.P, H.W.L. Long discussion. Suggested both cartoons. Got Bellona & Sultan for self. Fat Boy getting thin for B.P. Left 11.20 & home by bus. Very cold. (Red ink: Finished the Automobile drawing at 5.0pm. Lunched with Roger Wallace Oct 24.) Thursday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & cycle ride & across Park. Home. After boy to May’s. Difficulty in scheming subject of Bellona & Sultan. At 12.30 photod Otley for Sultan & also Marguerite for arms. Dark & dull alternately. Developed by 4.30. No rest, went on to work on till 8.30pm when M & self dined. Roy out to dinner & a Dance at Alice Larnach's. Bed after Drawing Room. Very large fire. Burnt out by 1.0am. Tired. (Red ink: Roy at the Larnach Ball.) Friday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out for walk Rags. Snow sleet came on. Met no one. After back & long day's work. Got on & finished outline by 4.30pm. Did not get done until 8.50pm when dear M & self dined alone. In Morning Room after. Roy dined at Lennie's. Rags tossed up a glove & played before bed. Very tired. (Cuttings glued in: The Viking name. Fri 26 Feb. In Memoriam Kate Morris.) Saturday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45 & very tired. Out with Rags & met Common with another. Back & in room. Letters. Wrote Mobile Club not having heard. After at 11.0 Mr Waterbury called. Yarn. Agreed to sell him 8 drawings at 10 gns each, 3 to be delivered in April. After at 12.30 Mr (illeg) another American called. Yarn until 1.10pm or 1.30. Dressed & lunch. Left with M at 2.30 for Criterion Theatre. Saw 'The Duke of Killiekrankie'. Hamilton & Midge with us. Out. Remarks on horse's collar. Sausages & fruit. Tea at home. Roy dined at Harold Messel's. Dressed & went by 2d tube to dine at the Maccabean Club as guest of Isadore Spielmann. Met Reed, Furniss, F.C.B, Straight, Morten Martens, Montefiore (Bart). Next Mr Wolff (Daily Graphic.) After speeches. Jew with one eye. Sat until 12.0am. Cab to Garrick. Picked up Roy & cab home. Very cold. Bed 1.0am. Talk to Chudleigh. (Red ink: 2 Americans called. Dined at the Maccabean Club, Holborn Restaurant. (Red ink across page: Went to matinée of 'The Duke of Killiekrankie' at the Criterion Theatre.) Sunday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Bright very cold morning. Out past Kensington Church. Met Lord Alverstone. Home. Printed back blues. M & self left 12.15 & walked to dear Mite's. Saw her & baby, Harold & wife. Walked back. Lunch 2.0. Up in room all afternoon. Rest till 4.0pm. Wrote letters etc. Very cold. Snow
showers. After Hamilton & Midge dined with us. Quiet evening, M, Roy, self & them. They left at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Hamilton & Midge dined with us. Very cold.) Monday February 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.14am & out. Very cold. Met no one. Letter from Joy. Anything but joy. Back. All morning putting things straight etc. Gwen Fletcher came. M, Gwen, Roy & self dined at 6.0pm & Gwen & self left in the carriage for Drury Lane. Box FF. Saw the Pantomime Humpty Dy. Nothing to do with it. Mabel Love very good but ugly stockings. A Scarecrow good. Dan Leno very much gone off. Very cold in box. All home in carriage. Miserably cold in the Drawing Room. Bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: M, Roy, Gwen & self went to see 'Humpty Dumpty' at Drury Lane. Frightfully cold.) Mar 1904 Tuesday March 1 Stafford Terrace. M stayed in bed. Breakfast. Had been for walk with Rags. Bitterly cold. M went to see Mite. All day printing & squaring up. Dressed at 6.15 & left in bus to dine with Galbraith at the Junior Carlton Club. Met Harry Livesay, H.Langley, Mr Martin, Sir Henry Oldham & 2 others. Dull party. Lucas "Did I say all - yes all but one". Good dinner. Out at 11.15. Felt most bitterly cold in Pall Mall. Bus home, when to bed tired. Last dined Tuesday 5 March 1901. (Red ink: Dined with Galbraith at the Junior Carlton Club. Frightfully cold.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Gerald du Maurier, of a daughter. The wife of Walter Freeman, of a son. The wife of John Gladstone, of a daughter. To Lilian and Arthur Hackforth, a daughter. The wife of Osman Halliday, of a daughter. The wife of William Hazel, of a daughter. The wife of Wilfred Henderson, of a daughter. The wife of Melville Holmes, of a daughter. The wife of C.W.Kurtz, of a son.) Wednesday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Had been disturbed by knocking. Sent in about it. Out with Rags. Cold wretched sleety morning. Gwen at breakfast. Box for the Prince of Wales Theatre this afternoon. All morning printing & tidying. Lunch, M & self. Gwen at Stores or dentist all day. M & self went off in the wet to the Prince of Wales's Theatre & saw 'The School Girl' for the 2 nd time. Florence Walford came to box. Very good. Chambermaids high note. Darling of the Guards good & Arthur Roberts. Out at 5.30. Still wet. M put me down at Mr Hepburn's. Had denture seen to. Out & at Garrick Club by 6.10pm. Dressed. Partridge there. Flower. Wrote Mrs Lawrence & Lord Arthur Hill. Punch Dinner. P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S. Got horrid subject, Harcourt as Knight. Left at 10.55 & home by bus. Very cold. Protested against my cut. Gould did it on Saty 5 March. (Red ink: M & self went to see The School Girl.) Thursday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. Dull cold grey morning. Letter from Joy to say drawing was to be proceeded with. Sent Otley to May's for armour & then schemed subject of Harcourt out of the Lists. Gwen left early on shopping & M & she went to the Hippodrome. At 12.30 with great difficulty photod Otley in armour & Hilton as Squire. Got prints also with extreme difficulty by 4.30pm. Tea. At five commenced & worked up to 8.30. Dinner, Gwen, Roy, M & self & in the Morning Room after. Gwen writing letters till eleven pm. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink:
M & Gwen went to the Hippodrome. Otley fetched armour from May's in 4 wheeler & took it back in afternoon.) (Cuttings glued in: To Mr & Mrs Reginald Moon, a son. The wife of William Pheasant, of a daughter. March. The wife of Stanley Oswald, of a son. March.) Friday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out. Dull cool morning. Dark snow showers. Electric Light at breakfast. Went on with drawing of Harcourt leaving Lists at 9.30 am. Lunch. M out at Midge's. Enlarged 4 photos by 2.15pm. Gwen left for home at 5.0pm. Began to shade at 5.20 & finished 10.0pm. Roy out at a Dance at the Town Hall. M & self dined at 10.0 & I sat up till 1.0 very tired when to bed. Wire from Forbes about train to Arundel. Roy back at 1.10. Got up & spoke to him about the train in the morning. Letter from Joy again altering & saying Mr Wallace could call at S.T on Sunday. Letter came at 9.0pm. Sent denture to Mr Hepburn early & Otley fetched it at 8.0pm. (Red ink: Gwen left. Long day's work.) Saturday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Wrote letter of thanks to Forbes. Roy off for Arundel at 8.35. Out wth Rick & Rags. Not so cold. Breakfast. After wrote letters & tidied up. Mended focussing screw. Wrote Joy & Wallace. Lunch. M & self went in the carriage, no by bus, to the Garrick Theatre & saw 'The Arm of the Law'. Powerful play about French barristers & their callousness. Woodbridge there. Saw Sir A & Lady De la Rue & Mrs Milman. M & self went round Leicester Square & after to Reed's Private View of his drawings. Pilleau, Alfred East, Sir Edward Reed etc. Out after at 5.30pm. Man fell off a dray. On to carriage in the Mall & home after getting sausages & fruit. M & self dined quietly together. Very tired & sleepy after. Roy back 11.0. Rags barked. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of 'The Arm of the Law' & to Reed's Private View.) Roy dined at Lennie's after Arundel journey to welcome the Duke of Norfolk. (Red ink across page: Gould came out with The Old Crusader like my cartoon for next week.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Count von Waldersee. Mar 7.) Sunday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Rain. Dull & gloomy. Walked round church with Rags. Back. Breakfast. After sorted & wrote letters. Sent Otley to R.Wallace. At 12.0 M & self walked in the dull gloomy weather to Mite's. Bus from Kensington to H.P.Corner. Dear Mite better. Ruth & Monkey there. Walked back. Lunch together & after up in my room all the afternoon. Rest. Wrote many letters. A miserable day. Roy at Club. Roy dined with Midge. M & self alone & Rags. Read Spielmann's speech & book on 2nd Empire. M to bed at 10.15. Self after at 11.0, when Roy came in. (Red ink: Dull wretched miserably gloomy weather. Rain cold. M & self walked to Mite's.) Monday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Eat an apple. Out. Dull & rainy. Rags. Back. Breakfast. Letters. After printed blues & tidied up. No Wallace at 12.0 noon. Lunch 1.30 & up from Kensington Church to the Automobile Club. There 2.45. Saw Wallace & Joy. Coffee & settled about drawing. After to Miles's. Measured for dress coat. Then to the Turkish Bath, 1st time for a very long while. Out at 6.5. Raining hard. Walked to Albert Hall. Home. Punch good of Harcourt. Roy dined
out with Stern. (Red ink: Went to see Wallace & Joy at Automobile Club. Miles after & to Turkish Bath. Very wet coming home. Miserable.) (Cuttings glued in: In Memoriam Catherine Jones. In loving memory G.R.Venning. Death of Lord Shand. Mar. Obituary of Lord Shand. Mar 7.) Tuesday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out with Rags. Met Pepys C who said he was going to Greece or it may have been tomorrow Wedy. After back. Breakfast. All the morning tidying up etc. Developed remaining films in afternoon. Rest etc. Tea down in yard. Not many callers. M & self left in carriage & dined at Sir W.H.Wills. Took Mrs George Agnew in to dinner. Next a bride, Mrs Fellows (Synop). Good dinner. The Caustons etc, Lady Roxborough. Left & home by carriage. Locked poor Roy out. Had just been going up to bed & heard him ring. Mrs Reffell had tumbled down in the road & cut her eye off a bus. Bed 1.15am. Worked all morning & up to 3.0pm on drawing for Automobile. Altered it. Then took a photo of it & sent it finally to the Club at 4.0pm. (Red ink: Died at Saranac in the Adirondacs U.S.A, Robert Taber the actor aged 38.) (Red ink across page: Dined at Sir William Henry Wills.) Wednesday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. M remained in bed. Went for walk with Rags. After at 10.0 left for C.C. There 10.30. At 11.0 photod Miss A & found no good. Out at 1.0 & home by bus. Lunch. At 2.40 M & self went in carriage to concert at Mrs Lawrence's 23 Eaton Square. Old Shaky, Lady Dorothy etc. Tea. Back. Dressed & by bus to Punch Dinner. Fair girl stared. Flower. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, P.A, L.B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got subject of Brodrick as Crushed Author. Long weary discussion. Out 11.0 & home by bus. Extremely pretty dark girl & 2 others got in bus Strand. Stared frightfully. Out at Bond St. Home & read paper. Bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Went to concert at 23 Eaton Square.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Mary Anne Skirrow. March. Marriage of Alexander Graham to Ethel Paxton. Obituary of Erskine Nicol. Fri 11 March.) Thursday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & drove in dog cart to Westminster Theatre, Rags following. Took 8 photos. Back breakfast at 9.30. After schemed subject of Mr Brodrick as Crushed Author. Hilton came 11.30. Otley to Barkers for hats. Got all developed by 3.30pm. M at Tabby's to lunch. Worked till 7.15 when dressed. Roy dined at home by himself. M & self went to dine at the Suttons. Pretty daughter. Met the Master of the Rolls. Also Edmund Gosse & wife. Took a Mrs Parker in. Young man who lived over Harrods. Poor dinner. Bear at door. Left at 11.10 & home. Smoked Maxim cigar. (Red ink: Dined at the Suttons, M & self.) Friday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle. Lovely ride round school & Bayswater. Breakfast. In room. Worked all day & finished subject of Brodrick as Crushed Author at 9.15pm. Roy dined at Lennie's. M & self together at dinner. Rest in Morning Room after. Roy back at 11.15. Bed 12.15 after uneasy rest. Mademoiselle Horn in to lunch in Morning Room. Saturday March 12
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.40 & bath. Foggy. Out with both dogs. Old W 6d. Met no one. Breakfast. M off to dentist. Otley in to say his wife was taken ill with diphtheria. Roy to go cycle ride I mean motor with Stern. Roy went to Kempton Park & had an entire day feasting etc. Knocked him up with severe cold. The entire day labelling boxes with numbers. Dear M with me. We went for walk & bought ham & fruit & dined quietly together. Remarkably good mutton. Bed at 12.0 after snooze in Morning Room. (Red ink: Otley's wife taken ill with diphtheria.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Valentine Knight. Death of Caroline Orlebar.) Sunday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45 & out. After breakfast left at 10.10am for Victoria. Annoyed with Roy for not going. Cold. Saw Dixon & Payton & Merry W & friend. Heard of poor Wilkins death on Aug 1, aged 36. Young officer coming home. Back at 7.30. Dressed. Harold Messel & wife & the 2 Rouths dined with us. 2 bottles of Krug. They left by 11.15. Very cold. Roy had a frightful cold coming on. Bed at 12.0. Heard of Dora's having typhoid fever at Rome. (Red ink: Crossed the Channel 1st time for a long time. Harold Messels & Rouths dined.) Monday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Got up with cold. Went for walk with Rags. Roy in bed with frightful cold caught yesterday. Breakfast. Went by Met Rly & to Portsdown Rd. Got catalogue at Chesterton's. Back 11.15. All day sorting plates etc. M, Roy & self dined quite quietly & bed early. Fine cold weather. Tuesday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out on bicyle round school & Earls Court. Nevern Sq house let. Roy did not go to the City. Fine clear day. All day sorting old plates out. Destroyed a great many nudes. Lunch. Roy in. After Mrs Ferguson had called Tabs wired about Dora ill. Left at 5.0. Called Bloomfield Terr. On to C.C & home. The Government defeated. M went to dine at Lennie's & to the German play. Roy & self dined together & had bottle of '74 wine. M back 11.20. Bed 12.0 (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Galloway. Wed 16 M.) Wednesday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Cold stuffy. Out on bicycle with Rags round Park. Saw Galbraith's horse & also George Agnew. Back. Roy to City after his cold. Sent drawing in to Johnson for Academy. After up to lunch weeded photos. Dressed & left at 2.0pm. To C.C. At 2.45 photod for 1 st time Miss M. 6'.2". Likely to be good model. Out at 4.30. To Hepburn. Had Turkish Bath. Wallace in but did not speak to him. Tea. Letters. After called Miles & had coat fitted on. To Punch Dinner. Got a flower. F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, O.S (dressed) L.B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Got Sedan Chair subject. Rotten. I hr two titles. Left 10.45. Home by bus. Roy out. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Had Turkish Bath. Called on Hepburn. Photod Miss M 1 st time.) Thursday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out on bicycle completely round Park with Rags. Very cold. After schemed Sedan Chair subject. At 12.0 found boy had never been to May's. Very much annoyed. Sent Otley in a cab. At 11.20 photod Hilton &
Otley for Bearers & Balfour. Got all finished by 3.30 & up in room. Wrote letters. Dear Mite left for Balcombe. Went on to work until 8.30pm when M & self dined quietly. Bed after reading. (Red ink: Mite left for Balcombe.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Patience Bennett-Stamford. Marriage of William Anderson to Mary Agnew. Will of the Duke of Cambridge. Times Apl 30.) Friday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled round Earls Court with Rags. After back. Worked the entire day on drawing of Sedan Chair. Finished at 9.30pm when dined, Roy & self, M looking on. In Morning Room after. Bed 1.0am after snooze very tired. (Cutting glued in: Death of Caroline Millington. M.25.) Saturday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Went up Phillimore Gardens. 3 shop girls. Back. Breakfast. After went on with sorting of plates etc. At 2.30 M & self went up in the carriage & went to play at the Haymarket & saw Joseph's Entanglement. A1 & splendidly acted. Back by omnibus. Wet. After wrote letters & went out & bought fruit & ham. Dressed & went with M to dine at the Galbraiths in Cromwell Road. Took a lady in who had lived in Italy all her life. Mr Wilson MP & a nice little Scotchman & wife. Left at 11.0pm & home. Read & to bed. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Galbraiths.) (Cutting glued in: Death of the Duke of Cambridge.) Sunday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Up & walk round by church. Breakfast. Dull grey morning. M & self went for walk up Park. Very close & muggy. Put M in a bus to go home & walked up to Garrick. Only man in Club. Lunch. After at C.C 1.50. At 2.20 Miss M came accompanied by Mrs M. Took 3 doz. Out at 5.0 & to Athenaeum. Looked over books. Wrote letters. Mrs Larnach & daughter, M, Roy & self dined together. Pleasant evening. Discordant laugh & voice. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Mrs Larnach & Miss L dined with us.) (Cutting glued in: Lady Curzon, of a daughter.) Monday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up & cycled round Park short way. Back. Breakfast. Sent Peark's cheque for £30. After the entire day sorting plates etc up to dinner time. Cleared out a great many nudes etc. M & self dined quite quietly. Roy out. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Discarded a quantity of nude plates.) Tuesday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk round C.H. After the entire day sorting plates etc & also weeded out a great many photos of 2 nd drawer back row. Callers. Developed 3 or 4 photos taken Sunday. M & self dined quietly together & bed at 12.0 after reading. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of W.S.Coleman. Mon 28 Mar. Death of John Wigzell. M 24.) Wednesday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Collared by Old W for 6d who cried. Back all day sorting plates etc etc. Lunch. After dressed at 5.30 & went up by bus to Miles & had dress coat tried on & another suit. To C.C. & Punch Dinner. There rather late. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G there. Good dinner & discussion. Heard of Frederick Gordon's death. Got cut of Britannia & France to
do, Partridge County Council. Left & home by bus. Effie Herapath arrived from Tarring near Worthing. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Frederick Gordon. Obituary Frederick Gordon. M 24. Death of Aubrey Harcourt. F Mar 25.) Thursday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle right round Park with Rags. Effie at breakfast. After schemed subject of Britannia & France using nude I took of Pettigrews in 1891. Miss Tambay came at 12.0 & photod for drapery, servants next door looking on. Developed. Lunch. All ready by 5.0pm. Worked till 8.30pm. Roy out to dinner. M, Effie & self dined at 8.45. Read & to bed after at 12.0am. Friday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out for walk with Rags. Breakfast, the last of the brawn. All day at work. Dull cold & grey. Felt tired & done up. Outlined a good drawing, Britannia & France. Finished 9.55 & sent it off. M at table. Had a bottle of 1880 wine Pol Roger. (illeg). After a frightful cold on my chest developed without coming from the head. Why? Put embrocation on. Most uncomfortable at night. Roy out at a Covent Garden Ball with Stern. Did not come home till 4.0am & then up at 7.0 after. (Red ink: Frightful cold came on. Lasted indefinitely. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Jules Garnier. Conscience money. Metropolitan Convalescent Institution. National Anti-Vivisection Society. Wills and Bequests. March 24.04.) Saturday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Had had very bad night with frightful cold on chest which came on quite suddenly last night after work. Woken up by motor. Stern called for Roy & they went off at 7.0am to the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Roy back at breakfast at 9.0am, left for City. After I stayed in the entire day owing to frightful cold which came on suddenly last night. M & Effie went in the afternoon to see 'The Cingalee'. Back. Roy dined out & M, Effie & self dined quietly together. Bed 11.30. Had embrocation & salvolatile hot. (Cutting glued in: The University Boat Race. 28 Mar.) Sunday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Did not go out before breakfast. Roy went off in Stern's motor to Henley & Oxford. M & self went out for walk round Kensington Gardens. After back in room & went on weeding out drawers etc. Effie dined out & Roy turned up just before dinner & dined at home. At 7.15 dressed & M & self drove in carriage & dined at the Fletcher Moultons. Cold evening. Took a Mrs Gordon Salaman in. Uninteresting woman. Next Lady Johnson wife of Sir Harry. Very nice. Lady Jeckyll there. Came up & spoke afterwards. Isadore & Mrs Spielmann also. After out at 11.0. Carriage waiting ½ an hour. Effie & Roy in the Morning Room. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Fletcher Moultons.) (Cutting glued in: Table of winners of Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Mon 28 March.) Monday March 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk round Campden Hill. After went on tidying room etc. Made sword sheath. Wrote letters etc etc. Cold damp dull morning. Went on tidying & turning out drawers etc. Effie Herapath still with us. M out in
afternoon in the carriage. Dressed at 5.30 & left at 6.0pm for the 'Punch Dinner' before Easter. Called C.C, on after walking. Sir F.C.B, self, Lucy (who sat next to me) Graves, O.S, L.B, B.P, Lucas, E.T.R, A.G. 4 cuts to make up. Suggested two of them (my own) myself. One Chinese & Campbell Bannerman climbing up Pig-Tail. The other I went out of room & saw Leech's picture of 'A Specimen of Pluck' & suggested it for Austen Chamberlain going at the brook marked Deficit. Recieved with acclamation. After Partridge's made up. Left at 11.10pm & home by bus. (Red ink: Easter Punch Dinner.) Tuesday March 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. At 8.30 Otley drove me to Downing St. Took 6 photos of house of Arthur Balfour. Civil man. After drove home. Breakfast 9.45. Developed plates. Hilton came at 11.45. Photod him as Chinaman at window. Could not get Otley after owing to heavy rain. Greatly delayed. Took Otley at 2.15. Thunderstorm after. Delayed again. Finally got prints by 4.30. Rested for ½ an hour. Effie Herapath left at 5.0pm. Went on to work until 8.15 when M & self dined quietly together. Roy out. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. A terribly hindered day & weak from cold. (Red ink: Effie left at 5.0pm.) (Cutting glued in: Car attempts non stop run from John o'Groats to Land's End. 28 Mar.) Wednesday March 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Band same as a Friday. After at work entire day on drawing of Downing Street & A.Balfour as Chinaman. Great rush to get done. Had to make a fresh enlargement after breakfast. Put in architecture at 11.30. Lunch. M up in room. Very tired & done up. Finished at 9.30pm. Roy dined out. Had to wire for pass as it never came. M & self dined, M looking on. Bottle of Krug. Bed 11.30, M coming down to Drawing Room. (Red ink: Did bad drawing Chinaman & Campbell Bannerman.) Thursday March 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Felt very seedy. Walk round Campden Hill with Rags. After breakfast went out & had hair cut. Then made enlargement of Leech's picture for cartoon. Up in room & packed with Otley. Down & finished enlargement. Drew cheques. Also for Grinham. Lunch & M & self got off in a strange 4 wheeler for Waterloo. Crowd. Civil porter. Mrs Morrison got in the carriage. 3 others not 1st Class passengers. Young man like Schomberg MacDonnell who took whiskey. At Salisbury met Arthur Balfour on platform walking with a lady & going to stay at Clouds. To Tisbury. Heavy rain on getting out. Arrived Pyt at 6.15. Tabs away. Evelyn & Gareth there. Dressed. Dinner, M, self, Evelyn & Gareth. Tabs arrived 9.0pm. Smoke & sat in Drawing Room till 11.30. Very weak & tired. (Red ink: M & self went down to Pyt House. Very seedy.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph, The last of the old Lyceum. Mar 30, 04. Tatler.) Apr 1904 Friday April 1 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.30. Bath. Gareth & self at breakfast. After put clock right. Wrote letters & walk with Tabs & M. Nest of rooks blown down. Got Gareth on pony for drawing & photod him. Also 4 of house, 3 dining room & 1 on stairs. Felt cold (very) on hill. After lunch rested for 1½ hrs. Roy came down by 3.30pm.
Letters. Tea & after Tabs, Roy & self for walk. Got cheque for £50 from Automobile & Rickett Smith & Co letters. Dressed. Dinner. Talk of Roy's affairs. Smoke. Bed at 10.45. Felt weak all day & seedy from cold. (Red ink: Cheque sent from Automobile. Roy arrived in afternoon. Worked on drawing after Leech.) Saturday April 2 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.40. Bath. Down. Gareth, Evelyn, Roy & self at breakfast. After photod Gareth going off for a ride. Stuck enlargement together. Sun out 11.0am. After Gareth back at 11.15. Went up & photod Court on white horse at 11.30. Cut in stables. Roy, Tabs, M & self in conservatories & picking violets. Lunch. Mr Berkeley Portman arrived. After did 2 hrs work & traced drawing & put it on paper. Tea. Lady Stalbridge. Went for walk with M before lunch. Wrote letters & in afternoon changed plates etc. Tall girl (Miss Chichester) & little boy to lunch. Made sling. Dressed 7.15 & dinner 7.45. Tired after. Slept. Bed at 11.50. Violent gale in the night & very cold. Strange dreams, Frances, also Kate Layton. (Red ink: Berkeley Portman arrived.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Louisa Boughey.) Sunday April 3 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.30. Luke warm water for bath. Breakfast, B.P, Gareth, Evelyn, Mr Gordon, Roy & self. After all went to church at Semley, Roy going with dogs. M & self followed at 11.25. About Semley till 12.0. Barloo ran away up road. All home together. Dr Blake's motor overtook us & took M & Tabby up the hill home. Beautiful bright sun all the morning. Cold westerly wind. Lunch. Mr Bennett Stanford came. Oh! After Roy, Evelyn & Mr Gordon went in his motor to see the Penders. Sat in my room & felt cold. After went down to lake with camera. Could not find a willow tree. Felt seedy & depressed. Back. Saw Evelyn on bridge. Tea. Read A Yankee at King Arthur's Court until time to dress for dinner. After dinner bridge going. After read book. Tired. Bed 11.30 after yarn of crab at Garrick. (Red ink: Bennett Stanford came to dinner.) Monday April 4 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.20. Hot bath. Dressed leisurely. Found it raining on getting down. Breakfast. After all getting ready to go to Wincanton Steeplechases. Decided to go. Hurried off. Tabs, Mr B.P, Mr Gordon, Evelyn, Roy, Gareth & self. Drove to Semley. Found a letter in my great-coat pocket written Dec 17 & never posted. Miss Grosvenor drove up to Semley on a motor. Got out Templecombe. Break at station. Drove to course. Lord Stalbridge & 2 sons on break. Tabs had a green tent up. Walked round course with Roy. Lunch 12.45. Very good. After races. Pretty women. The Miss Lascelles, one very pretty. Went to take photo of jump. Stood with Lord S & Evelyn. Man pitched on his head & another fall. Very handsome woman & 2 little girls, one like Lady Tweedmouth. Mrs Hargreaves. Back. Tea. Lady Elcho. After waited cart race. Men in pink. Drove back. Motors. Long wait at Templecoombe. Home at 7.40. Dressed. Dinner. Champagne. Tabs not well. Evelyn, Roy & Mr Gordon went to Lord Wingard's for Dance. M, self & Mr Berkeley Portman talking. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Went to Wincanton Steeplechase.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Mrs Hardy. Wed 6 April. Wills and Bequests, Sir Edmund Byrne, Sir Arthur Palmer, James Soanes, John Watney.11 May.)
Tuesday April 5 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.30. Bath. Wet morning. Hung about. Wrote. Changed plates. Worked from 10.30 to 12.0, put in outline again of drawing after lunch. Lunch. Mr Berkeley Portman left at 3.0. Tabs, M, Roy, Evelyn, Mr Gordon & self went for walk thro' Hatch etc. Lovely old cottages. Got 2 willows. Back 5.0pm exactly. Dogs curious on getting home. Tea. Read Conrad's 'Youth'. Dressed. Dinner. After all played bridge. Very sleepy. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Berkeley Portman left.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of James Staats Forbes. Will of James Staats Forbes and others. W.July 6.). Wednesday April 6 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.30. bath. Had blown a gale in night. Lovely morning. Drew an Indian for Gareth. Letters came. Wrote letters. After got bags up. Decided to walk down to take willow tree. Bright sun. Started 11.20. Long way. Back 12.15. Hurried lunch & off to Tisbury. Caught 1.50 train & up to town, changing Salisbury. Read Heart of Darkness. Otley met me at Waterloo, drove home. Developed a doz ¼ plates & made enlargements for tomorrow from 4.0 to 6.0pm. Dined at 7.45. Dinner. After went up by cab to Alhambra for show. Wrestling etc. Felt unaccountably tired & very seedy. To Garrick. Charley Burnand & Tunstall there. A solicitor who knew Foley & late Lady Emily. Home by carriage. Thought I was going to have cold come on again. Am sure it was a touch of Influenza. (Red ink: Came up to town. Developed plates. Went to the Alhambra.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lady Larnach. Obituary James Staats Forbes. Wed Ap.6.) Thursday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on bicycle. All right going east but very cold coming home. Letters. After got to work on parody of Leech's picture Boy Hunting. Put in Austen Chamberlain. Bother with head. Won't use O.W paper any more. Lunch. At 3.0 left & up to C.C. Photod B.J for last time. Out & home by 5.30. Tea. Roy & self dined quietly & in Morning Room after. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Worked at home. Roy back from Pyt.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Isabel Larnach. F.Ap 8. Obituary of Sarah Lady Elliott.) Friday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Walk round C.H with Rags. After to work on drawing of parody of Leech's picture Boy Hunting. Letters. Worked till 7.45 when finished. Roy back. Dined & we drove in carriage up to the Palace Theatre. Could not get seats. Club. Left Roy & drove back. Tired. Read till 12.0 when to bed. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Palace Theatre. Came back.) Saturday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk. Round Hornton St. Rags. Roy down. Leader in Times about Stock Exchange. Developed plates of Steeplechase. Wonderful. Bright morning. Lunch. Cheque for books. Left at 2.45 to Waterloo. Down with one other to Salisbury. Proved to be a man I had met at Suttons a few weeks back. On to Tisbury. M met me with Court. To Pyt. Mr Jack B & another to tea. Wrote. Dressed. Dinner. Talk after & bed 11.0. (Red ink: Went down to Pyt House again.)
Sunday April 10 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.30. Bath. Breakfast. Sausages. After coldish wind. Letters. Went with M for walk with Tabs & Evelyn to church. Took Vannie & Monty. Back by Lincey Farm. M & steers. Wrote letters from 12.0 to 1.0. Made Gareth boomerang after. Read for hr. Rest. Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Letters. Tea. After long walk with Evy carrying a basket. Round by river. Back 7.0. Jack Bennett & son at Pyt. Dressed. Dinner. Champagne. Talk & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went for walk with M & Evelyn afterwards.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Queen Isabella of Spain.) Monday April 11 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.15. Shave. Bath. Breakfast. After wrote letters & cut out paragraphs of papers. Beautiful bright day. Took ten photos of Tippoo. Mr Pipkin came to lunch. Gave him 4 cigars. After at 2.30pm Tabs, M & self went for drive to Shaftesbury. Lovely afternoon. Saw Miss Oliver & bicycle. Went into an old church & after thro' town. Down an old walk etc. After got key & saw the Abbey excavations. Brought away a jaw bone. Then to tea at the Fox-Pitts. Met a lame artist & lady on hill, a delightful American High Church parson & wife. Also a Mr Fawkes. Left after 2 cigarettes. Drove home. Met Evelyn & Vannie. Tabs, M & self walking from a mile above Semley. Letter from the Bank about £400 bonds. Changed plates. Dressed. Dinner. After read History of Dorset about Shaftesbury. Bed 10.45pm. (Red ink: Went with Tabs & M to Shaftesbury. Tea at the Fox-Pitts.) Tuesday April 12 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.15. Bath not hot. Down. Clock won't go after all. Breakfast. Wrote many letters, Mrs Kemp etc. After squared prints. Lunch. Lovely morning. Gareth went riding. Miss Grosvenor to lunch. Read 2 nd Jungle Book after. Young Grove came. Brilliant sun. After at 3.45 left in carriage wih M & went down to the Cricket Pavilion. Ladies in conference & Edgar Gordon. Dogs. Then drove to see the garden of Canon Short. Lots of pools with trout in them. Glass, crystal globes etc. Then to the church. Took 3 photos. After to call on Lady Winford. Tea there & many daughters. Long talk to Lady Winford in the conservatories. Left & drove home. Met Evy & young Grove at the church. All the dogs. Took 3 more photos of X roads. Home at 6.50pm. Lovely evening. Wind S.E. Dinner. Young Grove. After Tabs told me of Dora not being so well. Went to bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Went to Canon Short's. Tea at Lord Winfords.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Louis Mendle to Gladys Raphael. Apl.) Wednesday April 13 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0am. Shave. Bath. Rain & wind. Shine after. Good breakfast. Grilled ham. Evelyn to ride again. Went off with pony & galled withers 11.0am. Had written cheque & letters, Peal etc. After packed. Read A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur. Mr Pitkin waited an hour for Gareth. Hurried lunch & M & self off by 12.30. Up to town. Otley met us. His wife ill again. 4 wheeler home & developed 6 plates. 2 blanks. After dressed & up by bus to have things tried on at Miles's. Then on to C.C. 1 letter. To the Punch Dinner thro' Covent Garden. Sir W.A, L.B, Lucas, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, Raven Hill, Graves, R.L. Lucy made remark about my not knowing Austen Chamberlain. Evidently against my cut. Got rotten subject & left by bus & home at 11.0pm. Read & to bed 12.0. (Red ink:
Came up from Tisbury. News of sinking of Rusian Battleship. Verestchagin on board.) Thursday April 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Went to Kensington Palace Hotel to try & get a background for Restaurant. Waited about. Took 2 plates. Not much good. Got apples & oranges. Back & breakfast. Developed plates. After schemed subject. Hilton came at 11.30. Had dinner table laid out. Photod him & Otley. Got all done at 3.0 & had rest for 1½ hrs. Then worked till 8.0. Not very pleased with composition. H Langley dined with us. Roy grizzling about business. Spencer came in. Very tired. They stayed till 11.30pm. Bed. (Red ink: Hard days work. Langley dined.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Henry Wheat to Mary Tonkin. Death of William Boteler. Death of Samuel Smiles. Death of Hector Tennent. Empire Tenny Apl. Death of Elizabeth Shackle.) Friday April 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. After writing letters got to work at drawing of John Bull dining with Balfour. Hard day. Finished at 9.50. Roy had dined earlier & went to Dance at Lewis Cowards. Montgomery engaged. Bed at 12.0 after dining at 10.0pm. Very tired. (Cuttings glued in: Photograph of the late Dr Samuel Smiles. Marriage of Arnold Meiklejohn to Isabel Gregson.) Saturday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up Up at 8.30. Very tired. Roy down early. Out round Holland Walk. Back. Breakfast. Printed 50 blues & put all away. Packed etc. After lunch at 1.30 M, self & Roy got off in 4 wheeler to Balcombe. £1.10.0. Down by 4.30pm. Saw Thring & wife. To Balcombe House. Saw dear Chicks & Mite. Mr Wynne there. Took him for Fleishmann. Walk round the garden. Tiles different pitch. Dinner 7.45. All my things all right. Champagne. Tired after. Pianola. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe. First time during the year.) (Cutting glued in; Obituary of Dr Samuel Smiles. 18 April. Funeral Tuesday 19 April.) Sunday April 17 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Bath after Roy. Most heavenly day & morning. Wrote letters. After Lennie Roy & self went for walk by lake & Red Road home. Lunch. At 3.0 Lennie Roy & Mr Wynne went in motor to Nymans. M & F.W in carriage. Snooze in chair for 2 hrs. Tea with dear Mite. Wrote letters. At 5.50 posted them & walked to meet motor with dogs. Met M. She got out & walked home. The 3 boys home at 7.15. Dinner. Champagne. After pianola. Looked at The Connoisseur. Bed at 11.45 after pipe. Very pretty under nurse. (Red ink: Lovely day. L, Roy & self went for walk. After quiet afternoon & walk in evening.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Sir Henry Thompson. 19 Apl. Sir Henry Thompson's will. 4 columns 19 April. Letter about Lady Thompson.) Monday April 18 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0 & saw Roy, Lennie & Mr Wynne off. News of death of Dr Smiles. After wrote Stores order etc & also invites to dinner. Most lovely morning. Took M for walk with 4 dogs, Barney, Peter, Vic & Bobs. All but Peter strolled away. Went Lord Frederick's & home by the lake. Met a lot of girls. Home by 12.45. Lunch. Rest after. After stuck slips in diary. At 4.30 M & self started in
motor. Broke down at Paddockhurst. Barney raced after car. On again & broke down near Grinstead (East). 2 men in pony cart kindly gave us lift. Met Lennie at station 6.15. After home by train cost 7/s. Car back ½ hr after us. Dinner. Quiet evening & bed. Lennie read. Snooze. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Henry Thompson. Funeral of Sir Henry Thompson. Ap 20. Death of Lady Thompson. Sep 1.) Tuesday April 19 Balcombe House. Up at 7.30. Bath after. Breakfast 8.30. Punch came. Lennie & Mite left for town 9.30 to go to the doctor. After wrote letters & put slips in book. At 11.15 took M for walk with Vick & Peter. Back 12.30. Lunch. Linley behaved abominably. In room after. Put up & left by 4.40 train, M going (picked up mole after). To town. Otley met me. Home & dressed. Offensive letter from the Whitefriars Glass Factory. By the Met Rly to Victoria. Walked to Drapers Gardens, no, Ashley Gardens. Dined with Mr & Mrs Lucy. Met George Wyndham (Stories of Cecil Rhodes & Motoppa Hills) Mr & Mrs Anstruther, C.Arthur Pearson (cad) & wife, Dr Robson Roose, another lady, a Baronet, self. 12 in all. Wyndham very delightful. Left 11.0 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Dined with Lucy to meet Mr George Wyndham.) Wednesday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on cycle. Saw George Agnew & 2 ladies. Went short turn round Park. After all morning putting things away etc. Tried (illeg) no good & Rodinal after lunch. Lunch by self. Drove in carriage at 5.45 to Miles. Had jacket tried on. After to Garrick. Joe Carr, Sullivan (Shee's son) & Chudleigh all stood as if I was a prince. Walk. Flower. Through New Inn. Phil.A, Lucas, Reed, A.G, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves & O.S at Punch Dinner. O.S back from Monte Carlo. Long discussion. Got cut of Pump Birrel & Licensing Bill & home in a Turnham Green bus. Roy up when I got back. Bed 11.30. (Cuttings glued in: Analysis of Budget 1904-5. Times 20 Apl. Today Baroness Burdett-Coutts completes her 90th year.) Thursday April 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Cycled completely round Park with Rags. Bitterly cold. N wind & strong. After letters to work on Pump Birrel & Licensing Bill. Difficulty to scheme it. Could not get done by usual time. At 1.50 photod Otley after lunch borrowing hat from Barkers & making the Bill. Got all done (smashed plate) by 3.30pm. 1st used Rodinal. Worked till 8.15 when dined by myself. Roy dined at the Garrick. Bed 12.0 after reading Lady Rose Weigall's book of the Duke of Wellington's letters to her mother. Letter from Powells about account. Friday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out completely round Park with Rags. Takes just 40 minutes exactly. Shop girl. After to work & at it all day. Finished at 10.0pm drawing of Pump Birrel & Licensing Bill. Roy dined at the Carlton. Dined by self at 10.0. Roy in 12.15. Was asleep. Saturday April 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out with Rags. Raining. After Roy at breakfast. Plovers eggs came from Stoke Edith. Wrote many letters. Lunched 12.50 & after fruitless journey to B saw Walters. Back home at 7.5pm. Wire from Roy to say dining out. Dined by myself & after drove to the Adelphi. Could not get in. To the Wyndhams Theatre. Saw 'His Excellency the Governor'. Mr & Mrs Threlfall & Miss Lewis Belinda. George Wyndham, Countess Grosvenor & Duke of Westminster in box. Play very good. After to Garrick. Back for wire. Wrote letter. Supper. Col Lucas there. A Mr Marsh Mallow waiting for Roy. Left Club 12.25 & home by carriage & to bed. (Red ink: Tired in morning & tiring afternoon. Dined by self & went to see 'His Excellency the Governor'. Supper with Lucas.) Sunday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.50 & out at 9.25. Round church with Rags. Roy to play Lawn Tennis with Harold Messel. Weeded out clothes. After wrote on 3 drawings for presents to Johnson Ferguson, Dar Rhodes & Miss McLaren. Lunch. Rested till 4.0. Tea. After left for Sir Alfred Hickmans 1 st Lawn Tennis. Met Keith & dear little children. Roy in cab. Up to Gate & to 22 Kensington Palace Gds. Roy not there till 4.50. Col Trench, Sir A, self & Roy played many sets till 6.45pm when left. Home. Blair had called. Wrote letters till 8.15 when Roy & self dined at 8.30pm. Talk over business affairs after. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: 1st Lawn Tennis of season at Sir Alfred Hickmans.) Monday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Shave. Bath. Out on cycle. Gave drawing to Otley for Johnson. After went past school & Earls Court Road with Rags. Breakfast. Letters. After dressed & went up to the Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy. There 12.25. Saw Stone. Rampant Radical v Chamberlain. Woods, Storey etc. Out at 1.30 & to the Garrick. Lunch with Judge Bau. Saw Phil Agnew. After stayed & attended General Meeting of Club at 4.0. Hare spoke, Wilby, Captain Jessel etc. Waters in chair. Back to R.A & after at 5.30 to opening of Dramatic College. Out & got brawn at Walls. Home by bus. Roy went out. Dined by self & went to the Palace Theatre. Poor show. Sleepy. Walked to the Garrick. Joe Carr holding forth. Home by carriage at 12.15am. (Red ink: Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy. General Meeting at the Garrick. Opening of Dramatic College of Music.) Tuesday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled right round Park with Rags. Back & put things straight. Dear M back from Balcombe at 12.30, Otley met her. No one called except one. Roy dined out. M & self dined quietly together & bed. Thought the Johnson Ferguson wedding was today. It is Thursday. (Red ink: M returned from Balcombe.) Wednesday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x & cycled right round Park with Rags. After breakfast. In morning tidied up etc. Changed water in glass globe. Not a success. Wrong acid or something. Developed some plates etc. In afternoon dressed & M & self went to the St James's Theatre to see the worst play I ever saw called Saturday to Monday. George Alexander bad. Saw Mrs Clifford. Out. Put M in carriage & walked to the Garrick Club. Got letter from Brighton. Saw Roy there & young Clay. Left & on to Punch Dinner calling at White's 43 Drury Lane. Sir W.A,
B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self (Lawrence Bradbury next me) Groves, O.S. Got Mars & Venus & home by bus. Partridge back. Lost £30 in Monte Carlo. Drew picture in a Mrs Emmanuel's book. Who is she? (Red ink: M & self went to a matinée at the St James's Theatre.) Thursday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled right round Park. No, the last turn, ½ an hour. Back & wrote letters. Difficulty in scheming subject in time. Otley to Barkers for mantle. Boy to May's. At 12.0 photod Hilton as General Mars & after put the mantle on Frances. M at 3.15 went to young Johnson Ferguson's wedding with Elsie McLaren. Finished by 4.45 & up in room. Went on to work until 8.30 when dined, dear M & self. Roy dining out. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Very tired. M had a bad throat. (Red ink: This day was Alex Johnson Ferguson married to Elsie McLaren. Could not go.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Edward Alexander Johnson Ferguson to Elsie McLaren. Death of Nellie Farren. Obituary of Nellie Farren. Fri Apl 29.) Friday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled round Serpentine & back to Kensington thro' school & square & home. After to work & at it all day. M's throat bad. Evelyn Fletcher came. Dear Mite at lunch. Had put in head of drawing clean away without a hitch. Went on to work. Finished at 10.0pm. Not pleased with dress of Madame Venus. M & Evelyn went to the Private View of the Royal Academy. Back at 5.45. Dear M in my room. Dined by self at 10.0. Very tired. Roy dined at the Garrick with Cecil Clay's son. Back at 1.0pm. Saturday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Very tired. Muggy damp morning. Out for walk. Met shop girl & friend. Back. Evelyn Fletcher at breakfast. After wrote many letters & cheque for books etc. Lunch. After M & self went to reception following Dar Rhodes wedding. Saw many we knew. Boughton etc, Robbs etc. Dull rainy in the afternoon. Back & quiet. No, went to the Garrick. Wrote 2 letters & called Walls & home by bus. M, Evelyn & self dined quietly. Roy out & to a Dance at the Saturday Club. (Red ink: Dar Rodes married this day. M & self went to the wedding.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Arthur Hayes-Sadler to Alice Rhodes.) May 1904 Sunday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & walk with Rags. Met Lord Alverstone. Lovely morning & all day. Printed many blues. At 12 M, self & Evelyn walked to top of Park. After M back by bus. Met Sir Alfred H & Col Trench. Lunch. Short rest. After at 4.0 to Hickmans. M & Evelyn came after. Lady Kitson there. Lily played 7 or 8 sets. Roy very slack. Cup. After home. Wrote letters. Roy dined out. At 8.0 Midge & Hamilton dined with us. A little distrait. They left at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Most lovely day. Roy & self played many sets at Sir Alfred Hickman's. M & Evelyn also there. Langleys dined.) Monday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & out for cycle. No, it was a wet morning. (Walk). Wet & horrid all day. Put all prints away & squared up others. Rest etc. Letters.
Dined at 6.45pm. Roy in late. Went with M & Evelyn in carriage to the Imperial Theatre & saw a play by Swete(?) called Miss Elizabeth's Prisoner. Poor play well acted. Beautiful theatre. Not been in it since the seventies. Home by cab Roy & self. Carriage 5 minutes after. Most miserable day. Wet all day. M, Evelyn & self went to the Imperial Theatre. Saw Grace Lane & Waller D(illeg). (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Miss Nellie Farren. 3 May.) Tuesday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Cycled short turn round Park. After in morning wrote. Made sword sheath etc. Glue boiled over in bathroom. Lunch. Rest. At 4 to 6.0pm M had an 'at home'. Many came. Up & dressed & left in carriage for the Garrick Club. Arranged dinner. Letter from V.H. Roy came at 8.0. Very good dinner. Felt seedy after in Library. Waited 50 minutes for carriage. All left by 10.45pm. Roy went to a Ball at Princes'. Home by carriage. M & Evelyn dined at Derwent Lodge. (Red ink: Dinner at the Garrick Club to nine. £12.11.6.) (Plan of table seating: Charles Lucas MP, Sir Alfred Hickman, Hon Sir Schomberg McDonnell, L.S, Hon C.N. Lawrence, Sir Thomas Sutherland, K.C.M.G, G.W.Wolff M.P, Sir Squire Bancroft, Roy Sambourne.) Refused: F.C.B, H.W.L, Galbraith, Phil Agnew, Owen Seaman. 1 '92 Bollinger 8.0 8 '92 Cliquot £3.4.0 Old brandy 7.0 Waiters 1.3 Corkage 1.0 £ 4.1.9 Menu: Table 13.6 Caviare, own Tortue claire 1.10.0 Tonate Saumon 18.6 Homard a la Americaine 13.6 Garrick Steak Bearnaise 13.6 Asperges 10.6 Quails, salad 1.2.6 Plovers eggs 6.8 Pouding glacé 7.6 Cuite a la Garrick 4.6 Waiters 1.2.0 Cigarettes, flowers 4.1 8.6.9 Wines coffee
4.1.9 3 £ 12.11.6
Wednesday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Rags nearly killed a dove coloured cat. Roy off to City. Evelyn to dentist. Wrote letters. To Victoria. No good. Back at 12.0. Whiteladies with M about the furniture. Lunch. Went up to C.C & to White's, 43
Drury Lane. Back to tea. M & Evelyn went to see Touphs Entanglement & to Maud's afterwards. Dressed & left for Punch Dinner. Round by Victoria. Saw A.J.J. Cab to Punch Dinner. Man lashed his horse. Phil Agnew congratulated me on drawing. P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S. Raven Hill & cartoon. Wandered away. Got Bear subject & expostulated. Left 10.45 & home by bus, walking with Guthrie. Bed 12.0am. (Cutting glued in: Mr Gilbert's play at the Garrick Theatre. Wed 4 May.) Thursday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled reverse way down Earls Court Road & back to school. Told Otley to send to May's. Schemed subject of Bear Running Away. After photod Otley at 12.0 in knapsack & developed etc. M out with Evelyn in carriage after. In room rested ¾ hr. Evelyn Fletcher left at 5.5pm. Bother with her maid ordering servants about. Gave man one penny for carrying up box. Worked till 8.15. Got on. M & self dined quietly. Roy out. (Red ink: Evelyn Fletcher left at 5.0pm. Maid ordered boxes about. 1d to Commissionaire.) Friday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled short turn round Park. Breakfast. Band. After to work & at Bear Running Away. M out in carriage. After worked till 8.15 when finished easily. Roy, M & self dined quietly. A quiet evening & bed early. Weather dull & coldish & thunderstorm in the afternoon. Saturday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out up Holland Walk with Rags. Met Common. After to breakfast. Letters. Sorted photos & papers & stuck fleur de lys on scabbard of sword. Lunch. Mademoiselle Jackymot here. Left at 2.0pm & to C.C. At 3.15 photod A.J.J for 1st time. Dark. Out & to Garrick. Tea. Wrote cheque for dinner £12.11.6. Saw Partridge, Sothern & Chitty. Home by bus. Got brawn & fruit. M & self dined quietly & Roy out with Stern. Read after dinner & to bed. (Red ink: Artists General Benevolent Dinner. Did not go. Sent £3.3.0. Dull grey cold day.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Clara Lowe. 10 May.) Sunday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & at 9.25 round up Church Street & circuit. Old W at corner. Met servant with King Charles dogs. Back. Breakfast. Dull cold grey day. Stuck leather on sword. After M & self went for a walk. Met Mrs Daniell & Lady Hickman in a Bath chair. Back. Curious dog. Lunch. Florence Walford. After rested in room. Cold. No fire. Left at 4.0pm on bicycle. Spring opened stable. To Palace Gardens cycling up Hill. Rainy. Played 8 sets Sir A & Col Trench, Roy & self. Cup. Left 7.0 & home. Played thro' the rain. Dressed. Mr & Mrs G.Keith dined with us. Pleasant evening. They left 11.0am. In chair till 1.0am when to bed. (Red ink: Dull grey cold day. Rain & fog. Lunched by the Electric Light.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Clara Lowe. 14 May.) Monday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up & cycled completely round Park. Dull grey day & cold. Roy a new Aquascutum. After put chips etc on sword sheath. Wrote letters. Tired. Lunch. In afternoon wrote Dora & had it posted. Wrote letters etc & dressed & left in carriage with M at 8.45. Dined at Harold Messels. Met Miss Schlesinger, Dr
Messel, Mr Allen & an American lady. 8 in all. Good dinner. My stories not listened to. Masses of broken English. Left 10.50 & home by carriage. Roy up. Had dined by himself. Bed 1.0. Hamilton Fletcher called in his small motor. Had (illeg illeg) on envelope. Never again. (Red ink: Dined at Harold Messels, M & self.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir H.M.Stanley. 11 May.) Tuesday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Tired. M remained in bed. Out. Very wet. Rags & 8 cats. Breakfast. Wrote many letters after. Looked out for portrait of Tenniel. Lunch. M had callers. Rest. Wrote 4 or 5 letters & posted them. Hair cut. After did sword also some blues & developed. Miss McDougall called. Letters. Spencer called & came up to my room about taking M tomorrow to Earl's Court. Sent Otley to Stores for 3 bottles of Champagne. At 8.10 Hamilton Fletcher, Tabs, Maud Paxton, M & self dined. Pleasant evening. H looked over the Store Catalogues & wrote letters. "What's it matter what I am looking for." They left at 11.0pm in 2 hansoms & Maud Paxton in one of them. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Henry Stanley. 4 columns,11 May.) Wednesday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out on cycle round Park. After letters & put Tenniel in outline for Brown. M & Spencer went to the opening of the Earl's Court Exhibition. They had an A1 lunch. Self lunched at 1.0pm & left for C.C at 3.0. Photod for 2 nd time Miss A.J.J. (illeg) nearly at last. Left 4.15 & home to tea. Changed & letters & to small Punch Dinner by bus all the way. F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S, L.B, Lucas, Bernard P. Some one took my umbrella & left me a common German silver one. Left. Posted letters & home by bus. Curious girl in bus. Pretty & sleepy. Man stared at her. (Red ink: M went to lunch at Earl's Court Exhibition. Florence Walford arrived.) Thursday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled round Park. Back & schemed subject of Chamberlain as Cook. Made a stove of books etc. Hilton came. Photod him & enlarged Stoke Edith & Watney's dairies. At work at 5.0 to 8.30 when M, Florence Walford & self dined. F.W came in the afternoon. Quiet evening & bed 11.50. A Captain Stokes called on me in the morning. Could not see him. He left a note & sketches which I was unable to answer until Tuesday 24 th inst. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Daniel Vierge. Fri 13 May.) Friday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & short turn round Park. After at work all day on drawing of Chamberlain as Cook. Finished it at 8.15 when dined & after left at 9.15 for Royal Society. Cab. Met Sir H Roscoe, Crighton Browne etc. Interesting exhibit of Photo Microscope. Flame & Gramophone etc etc. Left at 10.50. To Athenaeum & wrote letters. Left or lost my Pocket Book in bus or street. Home by 12.20, passing Argyle Rd 12.15. Bed. (Red ink: Went to the Soirée of the Royal Society.) Saturday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Walk round Campden Hill. After put things in order. Did sword etc. Lunch & M & self went in carriage to see Gilberts new play.
Harlequinade. Rather disappointed in it. Saw Vernon Watney & Rosalind & Sylvia at the play in the dress circle. Out. Sent M home. Called C.C, Garrick & home by bus. Bought fruit etc. M, Roy, F.W & self dined quietly. (Red ink: Went to see matinée of Gilberts Fairy's Dilemma.) At 12.0pm M & self walked up to 46 Campden Hill Gardens to look at a sale. M pleased with a Persian carpet. Would go to £5 for it. I subsequently bought it for £50 + commission £52.10.0. (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Whitmore. Death of Walter Wilson. Obituary of Walter Wilson. Monday 16 May.) Sunday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out. Up Hornton St. Back. A most lovely morning. After printed blues & left with M at 12.30pm. Bus to top of Park. Strolled on to 11 Berkeley Square & M & self lunched with Lady Margaret Watney. 2 others there. Back by the carriage at 3.0pm. Dressed & on to Sir Alfreds. Roy & self played 10 sets. H & Trench v Roy & self, we giving 15. 5 sets all. Cup. Left & home. Midge & Miss Rose Innes & F.Walford dined. Pleasant evening. (Red ink: Good Lawn Tennis at Sir A.H. Avoided Spencer, Hilda & Ada. Midge & Miss Rose Innes dined.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Julia de Vaynes, George Donegall, Ann Ensor, Harold Finch-Hatton. Death of Lady Phayre.17 May.) Monday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled right round Park. Breakfast. After wrote. Sent letters etc. Offered £50 for rug & found knocked down to me at that price. Sale at 46 Campden Hill House. A Mr Gillespie deceased. Dressed & at 1.45 left with M in the carriage for Charley Hartree's. A good lunch. Met Leslie Ward & wife, Johnson Ferguson, Astronomer Royal for Cape, Willie Hartree & others. Sir Trevor & Lady Lawrence. Out 4.0pm & home. Finished drawing of Tenniel for Brown & had worked on it in the morning. After dressed & to Punch Dinner calling C.C. No letters. F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Owls at Punch table. Suggested Side Show. Left 10.0 & to Garrick. Got my umbrella someone (Partridge) took on Wednesday. Wrote 4 letters & home by bus. No letters at Club. (Red ink: Punch Dinner for Whitsuntide.) (Cutting glued in: The Hawkins sale of miniatures. Sat 14 May.) Tuesday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled round by school & Earls Court. Called Exhibition. Not open till 12.0. No good so home & schemed subject. Otley got me a small boy. Charged for his brother. Photod Otley as Brodrick, Mr Barlow & Boy. Developed & enlarged & to work by 4.45pm. Work till 8.15 when dined, M, Miss W & self. Roy out. Bed 11.30 after reading. Wednesday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled completely round Park. Back & to work on Sideshow all day. M dined with Mervyn & Ethel M at her Club. Roy at Garrick. Finished at 9.15pm. Dined. Miss Walford at table with me. M back at 10.30pm. Bed at 12.0 very tired. Dora & Mr Foley arrived at the Coburg from Rome. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Harold Finch-Hatton. Wed 13 May.) Thursday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out round school. Pretty little girl with rope of hair. Back & wrote letters. Put things away. Left at 12.50 & up by bus. C.C & to Whites
& Endell Street for buckles after. To Garrick. Lunch & talk to Butte, Marshall etc. Saw Johnny Waring. C.C 2.30. Had forgotton connection ring. Took 38 photos of Miss V.H. Desperately hard up. Could not find silk socks. To Garrick at 5.0, called Sands & Hunter. Wrote letters & at 6.30 home by bus. Roy dining with Dora at Coburg. M & self dined quietly & went to the Italian Exhibition afterwards. Roy back 11.15pm. Bed 12.30 after snooze. Florence Walford left at 4.0pm. Otley fetched his wife home at 10.0am. (Red ink: M & self went to the Italian Exhibition in the evening.) Friday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on cycle. School. Thro' Palace Gardens & over Campden Hill. Collided with a girl. Great spill both of us. Picked her up & put her cycle right. Breakfast. No letter from Mite. Roy undecided what to do. Going on motor after. At 10.20 carpet delivered. Otley swept it. Drew cheque for £52.10.0 for it. Put it in room. Letters. Printed a few blues & lunch. Very tired, rested. Did gilt leather on swords. Upset the glue on what I had cut out & spoilt the lot. Annoyed but laughed. Recut them. M & self dined quietly by ourselves at 8.0pm. Roy had left in Mr Stern's motor at 5.30pm. Read Jude the Obscure & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Persian carpet delivered. Swept by Otley & put down in Drawing Room.) (Cutting glued in: Chesterton's bill for carpet, £52.10.0.) Saturday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not go out. Dressed for travelling. Hurried breakfast & M & self left for Balcombe at 10.0 in a 4 wheeler. No crowds. Dull rainy morning. Arrived at Balcombe House by 11.45am. Lennie there preparing to go to Arundel. Dear Mite & Tilda, Chicks etc. Linley good at lunch. After left in motor as far as Cuckfield. Walked back, meeting Tilda. Took Vixen. Back 6.30. Wrote letters. Dinner. Sleepy after. Bed at 11.0. Slept well. Dreamt. (Red ink: M & self left Stafford Terrace early & came down to Balcombe for Whitsuntide.) Sunday May 22 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. Good bath. Breakfast 9.30am. A dull misty morning. Coldish. Mite, M & Tilda to church. After letters posted them & waited at church with Vic & Peter. Saw Mr & Mrs 4(sic)Walker. M & others late to lunch. After read & cut slips from Times from beginning of April. Tea. M & self went for 1½ hrs walk over by lake & back Red Road. Read Mysteries of the Court. Bosh. Dinner. Rest after & bed at 11.45 after snooze. Slept well. No sun all day. Quiet day & walk. Dull grey day. (Cutting glued in: A very valuable Persian carpet. 46 Campden House Court, W. Late Mr Gillespie. Monday 16th May. Purchased for £50.) Monday May 23 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Fine sunny morning. Breakfast. Linley & horse. Finished sticking slips in diary since 7 April. After altered buckles for sword & wrote many letters. Lunch. Dear Mite away lunching at Mrs Hohlers. Again wrote letters & Store orders etc. Tea 4.30. After from 5.10 to 6.50 took M for walk round the 4(sic) Walkers. Met the gentleman in question on a bicycle. 'Last night there were 4 Walkers'. Dear Mite back to dinner. Miss Vennings engaged to a Major Painter. Dinner. Rest in Drawing Room after. Bed 12.0. Clock striking chimes. (Red ink: Bank Holiday. Spent a quiet peaceful day. Took M for walk.)
Tuesday May 24 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. Good bath. A dull raw slightly rainy day. No Punch. Breakfast. After wrote many letters. Cheque to Spiers & Pond etc etc. Barney sneaked into the room. Posted letters. Cleared off all my long list of back letters. Lunch. Fan from Paris broken. Lunch. Uncomfortable in Lennie's room after. Again wrote letters. Mite took Tilda to Nymans. M & self went for walk in the rain with Barney & Bobs as far as Major Oxley's. Back. Wrote letters etc & dinner at 8.0pm, M, Mite, Tilda, self. Got wine from Raven Hill at 8.15. 'Got him'. Refered to sketch on envelope. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: A dull grey rainy day. Cold & uncomfortable. Finished letters.) Wednesday May 25 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. Tilda at breakfast. Got off by the 9.38 train. Old gent objected to smoking. Otley met me & home. Wrote & put matters straight. Lunch 1.30 & up to C.C. Met Mrs Spofforth in omnibus. Waited 1½ hrs to no good. Out & to 88 High Holborn. Saw V.L. No good. After to Club. Dressed & left for the Punch Dinner. Had a talk with Spielmann about commission for book £60 at 5.45pm. At Punch Dinner Sir W.A, Lucas, B.P, L.B (out of his place) H.W.L, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L & O.S. Memorable evening. Told R.L to his face he took too much on himself & wasn't Editor. Great row about my refusing to see Mr Chamberlain as a Gun. Suggested cut of Laying Mines & got a Derby cut for self. Left at 10.45 & home by cart. Dense humid fog. Bed 12.0. Thursday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 or 10 minutes before. Up in room. Looked over racing crowds. Wrote two letters. Out for walk. Rags & Irish terrier. Like a hot steamy oven. Over Campden Hill. After home & schemed subject of John Bull & France on Race Course. Difficult. At 12.15 photod Otley & Hilton. Developed etc. After letters got to work at 5.0 to 6.45. Roy & self dined at 7.10 & went in carriage to see The Prince of Pilsen at the Shaftesbury Theatre. 2 nd act not bad. Met Wolff. Home at 11.0. Frightfully hot stuffy day. (Red ink: Roy & self went to The Prince of Pilsen.) (Cutting glued in: A Grange struck by lightning. Killed by a duck's egg. W.G. Friday May 27 1904.) Friday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out. Close & rainy. Got very wet. Back. Breakfast. At 10.15am blacker than the blackest night. Could not see to write or work. Also breakfasted by Electric Light. Got to work after it cleared at 10.45. At it all day till 9.45pm when finished. Dined by self. Roy went to 'La Poupée' with Bulteel. Slept in chair till 1.0pm when to bed. (Red ink: At 10.30 as dark as pitch. Horrid day all day.) Saturday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out. Avoided Old Woman. Dull but cooler. Looked out picture for Waterbury. Dressed at 11.30. Wire came from W at 12.10am, not coming. Dressed. Lunch at 1.0pm. After at 1.15 left in cab for C.C. Horse throwing its head up. At 2.10 photod Miss A.J.J. Disappointing model. Out & tea at the Garrick. Long talk with Chitty KC on the Club. After left & by bus to Hyde Park Corner & on home. Curious society lady with big mouth got out at Albert Hall
with elderly (small drawing of face and hat). Got asparagrass & had a most excellent dinner by Mrs R. Left in carriage & to the P of W's Theatre & saw Edna May in La Poupée. Young man dropped a sovereign. Out & home. Saw 'Ching ching ching ching ching a ring a rhina' & Marie Dainton in box. Home by bus. Lady like Lilian Braithwaite. Roy away up river with Stern. Bed 12.0 after reading. (Red ink: Went by self to Prince of Wales's. Saw Edna May as 'La Poupée'.) Sunday May 29 Stafford Terrace. By self in London, a rare thing. Most lovely morning. Made up mind to X over to Calais. Did not go out & dressed in blue suit. Left at 10.10 & by bus to Victoria. Unluckily came across Jack Bennett & Miss Farquhar & another. In carriage a pleasant man called Woodcock. Long talk with him. Calais. Saw Dixon & many who knew me. At lunch Benet & WerryW, Mrs W & his friend. Saw Payton etc. After pretty nurse from Nursing Home George St Hanover Sq with a patient. Harry Dickens from Marseilles. After delayed for an hour by Paris train not coming in. Carriage back. Sleep. 2 girls & a man to whom Jack Bennett talked. Cab home. Then 8.40. Dined by myself & read about Dawson City. Bed 12.40. Quite cold at night. Roy away at the river. (Red ink: Crossed the Channel 1st time since March 13th. Lovely day.) Monday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Dull & cold again. Out 8.55. Old W at corner. Avoided little Common. Back. Breakfast. After printed blues etc. Lunch. Put phos away in dispatch box. At 12.0 Waterbury called. Agreed to take £80 worth of drawings. Stuck rings & finished sword scabbard. Dear M returned at 6.15pm. Roy had sprained his leg or foot. Came over close in the evening. M, Roy & self dined at 8.0pm & Roy & self went in carriage & attended Mrs Farquharson's at home. Saw George Agnew & wife & daughter. Lady Roxboro', Causton, Mrs C & others. Mrs Alex Tweedie, Mrs Hepworth Dixon, Violet Hunt etc etc. Very pretty girl with the Caustons. Big fair girl. Left 11.30 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Mrs Farquharson's 'at home'. Roy & self went.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mrs Frank Hill. Obituary of Leonard Cooper. May 31.) Tuesday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Gave Old W 2d. Round Campden Hill. Rags dirty in Morning Room. After all morning putting away etc. Finished sword. Spencer in & took Bone for Royal Military T. After lunch developed 18 or 20 films. Last of Miss Amess & friend. No good. Tea. Drew helmet on cartridge paper. At 7.0 dressed & left with M at 7.50pm to dine at the Johnson Fergusons. Took a Lady Strachey in. Delightful to talk to. Lady Dixon Hartland & Sir F there. The bride & bridegroom & many others, 24. Fair dinner. Left 10.45pm & home by carriage. Roy dreadfully bitten about the face with gnats & a sprained foot. Bed 1.15 after snooze. (Red ink: M & self dined at Mrs Johnson Fergusons. Took in Lady Strachey.) Jun 1904 Wednesday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Bath. Roy's cheque & after walk in the rain. Breakfast. Sent Otley with helmet etc. After took film out of water. A few frilled. Got letter from A.J.J, going to the Derby. Went out & wired Dawson. Lunch. Dull heavy wet day & morning. At 4.0 went to C.C & at 5.0 saw E.D, 1 st time since
March 25 03. Looked well. No photos. Out & went to Embankment to see model. Not much good. Back to Club & on to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Got cut of Bishop & Balfour. Long weary discussion. Home by bus. (Cutting glued in: The Affairs of Mr Wreford. Wedy 1 June.) Thursday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out for walk round Campden Hill. Rags. Very cold. After schemed subject of Archbishop & Balfour in Conservatory. Hilton came at 12.0 & photod him & Otley as Archbishop. Got all ready by 3.30, Otley helping me. Tea & to work 4.30. M up in room. Worked to 8.0pm when dressed. At 8.15 Midge, M, Roy & self dined. At 10.45 M, Roy & self went to an at home at Mrs Johnson Fergusons. Very good. Met Lady Strachey & also Mrs Fildes, Kitty & many others. Tired. Sent the carriage back for Roy. Home at 11.45 & to bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to an 'at home' at Mrs Johnson Fergusons. Met Lady Strachey who had written to ask to allow to call but never did.) Friday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Felt very tired & unfit for work. Walk over Campden Hill & back. Coldish. After breakfast got to work on drawing of Archbishop of Canterbury & Balfour in Conservatory & worked at it until 9.45pm when Roy & self dined. A very bad subject & indifferent drawing. Had bad salmon & also doubtful sardines. Rested in chair afterwards until 1.0am dead tired. To bed & slept fairly well. M much better. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Lord Powerscourt. June 6. Testimonial to Mr J.B.Wood.) Saturday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. Out up Holland Walk & home. In morning after breakfast printed many blues etc. Lunch. After M & self went in the carriage to the Shaftesbury Theatre & saw The Prince of Pilsen. Ran up against Willie Humphreys with a lady! After out & M back in the carriage. Went to the Garrick, wrote letters etc. Saw Spielmann & also Chitty. Left at 6.15 & got asparagrass & ham. Home. Roy out. M & self dined quietly & delightful evening after rest. Margaret had been out without leave. Bed at 1.0am after heavy snooze. (Red ink: M & self went to see The Prince of Pilsen. Met William Humphreys.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Alexander Nelson Viscount Bridport. Death of Viscount Powerscourt.) Sunday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out for walk in grey suit. After decided to go across Channel with Roy. Got ready & off by 10.15. Bus to Victoria. Down to Dover with one other. Came across F.C.B & Wilfred on board. Captain Dixon. Delightful crossing. Sea just right. Good lunch, 8fr. Payton said he would let us know. Never did. Rush to get back on board. Another good crossing. Ladies ill all round. Marie Tempest coming from America. A carriage to ourselves & snooze up to town. Home 7.30pm exactly. Rosie McGuire & Miss Rose Innes, M, Roy & self dined. Bed at 12.0 after reading Greek Love. (Red ink: X'd Channel with F.C.B & Wilfred. Payton episode.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Eugenie Lady Esher. June 6. Obituary of Olivia Clemens. June 7.) Monday June 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on bicycle. Went past school & by Earls Court. Back. Rags attacked by a black lurcher greyhound. Breakfast. Lovely morning. After all day tidying up etc. In the evening see after. Left after lunch & went to Mite's about waistcoat & called on John le Couture at 16 Brook St Hanover Sq. After to Whites about helmet & then to a General Meeting at the Garrick Club presided over by the Duke of Fife. Stormy meeting. Talk to Stone & Roy after. Sir George Faudel Phillips in room & I talked of Jews mentioning him & Lord Burnham. Left & walked with Roy to top of Piccadilly. On home by bus. Dressed & left with M for Ranelagh to dine with Sir Henry & Lady Bergne. Met Sir Clement Hill. Delightful talk on Africa. Saw Phil Agnew & wife with Marsula people. Left at 10.15 & home 10.45. Roy out. (Red ink across page: Stormy meeting at the Garrick Club. M & self dined with Sir Henry Bergne at the Ranelagh Club.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Herbert Turtle and Emily Turtle.) Tuesday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out on bicycle past school etc. Back. Brown called with a drawing of Britannia wanted by a lady. After looked out all I had on Peace etc & sent them up to Brown by Otley at 12.0pm. Began to scheme page for Opening Vol (blank). Enlarged some films of Miss M.H after. In evening M & self left in carriage at 7.30 to dine at the Carlton with Miss Rose Innes. Met Dr Lockyer, Prof & Mrs Dewar, pretty Chilean, William Stone etc. Lovely dinner. Saw Charley Burnand. Home by carriage. Midge there. Could not take her in carriage. Roy dined at home by himself. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Carlton with Miss Rose Innes. Extraordinary good dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Bridport. 7 June.) Wednesday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled reverse way past school & after over Palace Gardens & home. In morning worked at Opening Page Vol (blank). Lunch. Put all ready & left at 2.20pm for Camera Club. There 3.0pm. At 3.25 Miss A.J.J came for 4th time. Took 6 plates in nurses dress. Out at 4.45. Tea at Garrick. After called Lambs Hosiers. Met Bouchier, & also to Scantleburys. Walked to Punch Dinner. Got flower. F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R & A.G. Suggested cut of Bear on Ice Floe & settled to do double page. Left after writing Mudies & to Hilton. Home by bus by 11.45. Lucas also there. (Red ink: Suggested cartoon of Bear on Ice, Port Arthur.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Graham Burnand. The marriage arrnged between John Pollock & Gladys Holman Hunt will not take place. June 7.) Thursday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out on bicycle past school & Earls Court thro Edwards Square. After sent boy to Mudies for book on Arctic Regions. After schemed subject of Bear on Ice Floe & Japanese Flag. Decided to go to the Zoological Gardens. Got in dog cart at 11.20am. Took camera & also 18 photos of Bears. None of them turned out to be any good. The Keeper took three which were the most useful to me. Back home by 12.45. Developed plates by lunch. After got all ready by tea time. Very tired & exhausted. Worked up to 8.15 when M & self dined quietly. Bed after. (Red ink: Went to the Zoo & got photos of Bears.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Levi Leiter. June 10.) Friday June 10
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Rain in night. Walk with Rags over C.H. Back. Rags pulled down hot plate & all the porridge & broke a plate & burnt my thumb. In room after & worked entire day up to 10.10pm on double page cartoon of Bear on Ice Floe & Japanese Flag sun. After Roy & self dined at 10.15. In Drawing Room after. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. M left the Electric Light burning outside door. (Cutting glued in: Napoleon's horse.) Saturday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. Did not go out before breakfast. Roy talking of going to Paris. Out at 10.0am & went over to 11 Sussex Gardens to look at furniture. Saw book had been looking for since 1867. Out. Rainy. Met Richmond & after Fred Karr(sic, Kerr). Wrote letters after interview with Mr H.Lane at Chestertons. After lunch packed & left 4.30pm with M for Pangbourne by 5.5pm train, Otley's cab. Out. Traps to meet us & Mrs Kemp. Mr Mackie there. Who is he? Up to house. Baker met us. Had to dress immediately. Dinner. Sir (blank) Clark & Lady C dined. Pleasant evening. They left after chat in the Billiard Room. Bed 11.0pm. Read a book by F.C.Vernon Harcourt, A Play Actor & Saint. (Red ink: Found Hope's Costume of the Ancients at 11 Sussex Square. M & self went down to Pangbourne to visit Baker & Mrs Kemp.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Chas F.Kearley, of a son.) Sunday June 12 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Up at 8.0. Breakfast 9.0. Bad ham, worse kidney. Poor breakfast. Out with pipe after & talk to Mackie. Mrs K took photos with £1.11.6 camera. Did not believe in price. Left in motor at 11.0. Spagnolletti, Mackie, Mona & self. Went delightful run to Newbury. Poor place. Over downs etc. Back 1.30, 50 miles. Petrol just lasted. Lunch. A General & a friend called. At 3.15 in the motor again, M, self & Mona & the Chauffeur. Went along river to Goring & Streetley & back to Pangbourne & after to tea at Sir (blank) Clark's. Pretty little girls & one boy. Wishing well. Chinese paper. Left at 6.0pm & home by 6.15. Read paper. Another General (Williams, no, Genl Owen) & a pretty Miss Jones called. Went to meet Baker. After dressed. Dinner. Sir (blank) Cayzer & Lady C to dinner. Had been Governor of Sierra Leone. Left at 10.30. Bed 10.45pm. Wonderful camera by Butcher? (Red ink: Wonderful motor run to Newbury.) Monday June 13 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Up at 7.10am. Awake 6.30. Bath. Breakfast. Left M in room & off in motor at 8.50 after saying goodbye to Mrs K, Mona, baby gazelle & doggie. Run to station & up to Paddington by 10.15. Otley met me. Called 11 Sussex Square. Belly band broke. Home 1.5. Gave Old W 6d. After went on to work at Opening Vol 126 up to dinner time when M & self dined quietly. Rest after & bed 12.30pm. (Red ink: Came up from Bowden Green. M followed after.) Tuesday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & walk round Campden Hill. After in morning & up to lunch went on with Opening Vol 126, Eagle & Japanese Cock. Squire Hammond & Mrs H came to lunch. They stayed till 3.0pm when M & self went off to the Reception by Mrs Tate after Mabel Terry Lewis's wedding to Captain Batley. Great show. Pretty Miss Belleville of Reckitts Blue. 22 Berkeley Sq. Back in carriage at 4.0pm no 5.0. Tea & went on with work. At 8.15 young Bergne & Roy, M & self
dined. Pleasant evening. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Squire & Mrs Hammond lunched. M & self went to Mabel Lewis's wedding.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Captain Ralph Batley to Mabel Terry. 'Melting', a striking cartoon by Mr Linley Sambourne in the famous cartoonist's very best vein.) Wednesday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & walk over Campden Hill. After at work all day on drawing for Opening Volume 126. In afternoon heard tootling at 4.0 & Lennie & Mite back in motor. Finished drawing at 6.0pm & off to Punch Dinner, dressed, by bus. Called C.C. Sir W.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, A.H, Graves, R.L. Suggested both cartoons. Self Yachting, & Collie Dog for B.P which was subsequently done by Gold on Thursday 16th night. Left & home by bus. F.C.B said Mr L.de Rothschild wanted my Bear drawing. Did he? Had not heard up to Sunday night. (Red ink: Finished Opening Volume drawing 126.) Thursday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & went for walk over Campden Hill. Sent Otley after to Lincoln & Bennetts for yachting cap. After worked & schemed subject of King Edward & Kaiser Yachting. Hilton came at 11.45. Photod him Otley & self & developed & enlarged by 4.0pm. Rest for ½ an hour. Worked until 8.15 when Lennie, Mite, Roy, M & self dined. Tired after. They left at 10.30, Roy going off to Taplow to join Stern for Ascot. Bed at 12.30am after rest. Gould comes out with a cartoon same as I suggested at the Punch Table yesterday for B.P. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite dined with us.) Friday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & cycled reverse way round by school. After home & all day at work on drawing of King & Kaiser on Yacht. Finished at 10.0 & dined, M looking on. Roy at Ascot with Stern. Things delivered from sale at 11 Sussex Square. Chair, books etc. Bed 12.30 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Sale of John Heenan's Championship belt. Thursday 16 June.) Saturday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Very tired. Did not go out before breakfast. After left after seeing Chesterton's youth who broke my vase at 10.10am for Lambs. Called Lamb & after Aquascutum. Then to C.C at 11.45. At 12.30 Miss Mackenzie came. Photod her for Britannia. Out 2.0 & to Garrick for lunch. The whole day regretted taking Burgundy. Talk to Lord Dungarvan & also Captn Marshall. After to the Haymarket Theatre & saw stupid play called Lady Flint. Well acted. Kerr, Ellis Jeffrey, Maude, Maurice etc. To Athenaeum. M drove home. Tea. Saw Graves. On to C.C & changed plates etc etc. Nice new member at top. Home by bus. Saw Effie & Ethel English. Dined 8.15, M & self. Tired after. Roy out at Stern's & to Gaiety. (Red ink: M & self went to see Lady Flint at the Haymarket.) (Cutting glued in: Cruise of the Sunbeam. 1904. Death of George Thunder. June.) Sunday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. Up 8.30. Out at 9.0 & walk up Holland Walk. Breakfast. After from 10.45 to 1.15 writing lettters. After dressed & left in carriage at 1.55 to lunch with Lady Rosalind Christie. M with me. Extraordinary dirty servants. Met a Japanese also a charming wife of a Colonel. Left at 3.30 &
home at 3.50. Changed. Midge there looking very well. Roy & self played 5 sets v Sir A & Col Trench. Won the odd set. Sir A very seedy after influenza. Left at 6.10 & home on bicycle. Effie there. Up in room & wrote 3 more letters. Dressed & went with M in the carriage to dine at Sir Alfred Hickmans. Took Mrs Trench in. A South African colonial his wife & daughter there. Old Colonel of the Yorkshire Regt. Left at 10.30 & home by carriage. (Red ink: M & self dined at Sir A.Hickmans after tennis. Lunch at Lady Rosamund Christies.) Last saw Colonel Rich in Palace Gate opposite Millais. Died in August. Monday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Cycled reverse way down Earls Court & over Campden Hill. Breakfast. After packed up parcels etc. Tried to scheme Vol 127. Wrote on mount for the drawing purchased by Mr Lionel de Rothschild & worked on drawing for an hour. In afternoon developed a number of films, 6 of A.J.J etc. M went to lunch out. Letter by hand from Mr L.de Rothschild with cheque for 25 guineas. In the morning went up to 33 Argyle Road to see sale. Men not very civil. Back. (Red ink: Paid by Mr L.de Rothschild for double page Bear Drawing.) Tuesday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Cycled round reverse way. Rags ran back. Saw Common coming back over Campden Hill. In morning tried to get on with Opening page for Vol 127. Up hill work. Rest in chair after lunch. Many callers. At 4.0 F.C.B came up to my room & talked over the Almanack. Smoked a cigar. Left after looking at Roy's room. After settled to work & thought of Lion & after Riding a Unicorn. Mabel Wallace out with M at Rawlinsons. She dined with us after. Roy at Ranelagh with Stern. Back 10.0pm. Mended Etruscan Vase in the morning. (Red ink: F.C.B called & settled Almanack page for 1905. Mabel Wallace dined.) Wednesday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled round school & Campden Hill. After went on with drawing of Opening Vol 127. Decided for Unicorn. Lunch. Miss Gill there. Left at 2.0 & to C.C with bags. At 3.45 to 4.0 photod E.D for Britannia sitting. Poor model. Tea in Studio. Out at 6.0pm. Called Sands & Hunter. Garrick. Letters. Saw Partridge. Strolled to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, O.S, P.A, Graves, Lucas, B.P. Got cut of Motor & H.O.Arnold Forster, John Bull & Austen Chamberlain. Suggested a Visit to Aesculapius for Partridge on R.A Chantry Fund. Left 10.30pm & home by bus. Read & to bed. (Cuttings glued in: News of the Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Eugenie. June 22. Rumoured death of Mr Justice Wright. June 22.) Thursday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Cycled reverse school & Campden Hill. Lovely morning. Saw F.C.B, or the back of him. Back. Breakfast. After schemed subject of Motor, H.O.Arnold Forster etc. Photod Hilton & Otley at 12.20pm. Lunch. Enlarged. Very tired. Worked & got outline by 7.30. Dressed & dined with M at Mrs Larnach's. Good dinner. Gerald Ansdell, Mrs Larnach, M, self & 2 others. Slow. Maud Larnach awful voice. Left 10.30 & home by carriage. Bed 12.0 after cigar. Roy out. (Red ink: M & self dined at Mrs Larnachs.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Copeland. Obituary of Lord Cork. June 23 1904. Royal Society Ladies' Conversatzione.)
Friday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Walk round Campden Hill. Back by 9.0. Band. After at work all day on drawing of Motor & H.O.Arnold Forster, John Bull etc. Dear Mite at lunch. After from 2.0 to 4.0 enlarged animals for Opening Vol 127. Failure. Tea & on to work. Finished drawing 8.35pm. M & self dined quietly. Bed 11.30pm. Roy out. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Reginald Wigram to Olive Lister. Death of Frederick Sandys.) Saturday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Not very tired. Drove off after breakfast at 8.35 & got to Victoria. Lucy, Lockyer, Sir James Blyth being seen off by their wives etc. Down in carriage wih Sir Fleetwood Wilson, Sir Robert Hunter, Sir James Blyth, Mr Hayes Fisher & 2 others. Got on board the S.S.Vectis at 10.30. Tender. Many I knew. Rough sea & wind. Burney Yeo & 3 others went back. Walk up & down. Had ale & sandwich. Lunch good. Sir Douglas Straight. Sir Walter Foster, Lockyer, Hunter etc. After steamed down Channel. Long walk before dinner with Sir Edward Lechmere. Dinner, corner seat. Champagne, Perrier Jouet '92. Parkinson's table. After in Smoking Room talk to Sir Walter Foster. Turned in at 11.0pm. Slept well. Dinner opposite Sir John A(illeg). (Red ink: Went on board the 'Vectis'.) (Cutting glued in: Birthday Honours. Friday 24 June.) Sunday June 26 P&O. S.S 'Vectis'. Up 6.40 & out. Bath. Strawberries. Tea. Shave after breakfast. After walk. Took photos etc. Talk all round, Sir James Blyth also many others. Lunch. Next Gilbert & Wemyss Reid. Steward took his plate. After more photos. Passing the Isle of Wight. Next Sir Edward Lechmere. Photos. Tea. Long talk to Gilbert, after to Hayes Fisher. Pilot took off his hat to me. Talk to Wright. German liner. Looked at The Hook. After anchored at 7.30pm. Long line of Castle liners. Attended the church service at 4.0pm. Wrote letters 7.30pm. Dressed. Dinner. After sat betwen Boughton & Conway, Gilbert opposite. Good dinner. After with Reid & Lockyer. Talk to Col Saunderson. Turned in 11.45. Changed plates. Bed 12.30am. Attended church service at 4.0pm. Grantham pointed out the ship that his murder case was tried on, sailor killing boys. (Cutting glued in: Death of Clement Scott.) Monday June 27 P&O. S.S 'Vectis'. Up 6.45. Good bath. Strawberries. Breakfast 8.0am. A great many left at 9.15 by tender. Lucy, Snagge, Henderson, Cawston etc. Took snap shot. Papers. Death of Clement Scott in Times. After most lovely morning. Took snap shots of wheel, bridge etc etc. Talk to Boughton, Gilbert etc. Cocktail at 10.30am. After most delightful run all day. Lunch. Reverse side. Boughton etc. Long talk with Sir Henry Craik. Band. Talk to Seymour Grenfell. More snap shots. Dressed. Dinner off Margate. Murray’s Fish. Nipped in & Boughton after. Opposite to charming man, private secy to Lord Curzon, & next Sir Henry Craik & Boughton. Curious man with long head, a Sea Captain. (small sketch). Boughton's stories. Jack & Gill etc. After in Smoking Room. Lockyer on Radium. Turned in at 11.15pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Clement Scott. Monday 27 June.) Tuesday June 28
P&O. S.S 'Vectis. Was woken up at 5.0am by clanging of Fog Bell & never got to sleep after. Breakfast 8.0 after packing. Last meal. Opposite Sutherland, next Gilbert & a man like Rose. After smoke & then got under weigh. Lovely Thames barges etc etc. Left Tilbury about 10.0 & got to Fenchurch Street 11.20am. Great confusion. In carriage with Blyth, Green etc. Felt very tired. After drove home calling at C.C. Home 12.30. Changed. Enlarged 3 plates after. All done by 3.30. Rested dead tired. Tea. Snooze for one hour. At 6.0 commenced drawing of Opening page Unicorn. At 7.15 dressed & went with M in carriage to dine at Sir Robert Romer's. Charming dinner & 2 delightful ladies, one his daughter. Left 10.30pm. Home. Night of Greys Inn Ball. Roy out. (Red ink: M & self dined at Sir Robert & Lady Romer's.) Wednesday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. x. (illeg) round on bicycle. Past school. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Filled in Income Tax Paper for £825, less £24.16.8 for Premiums £10.3.4. Invite from Wolff came. After got to work & finished the page for Opening Vol at 5.30pm. Britannia on Unicorn, Vol 127. Dressed in grey suit & all the way to Bouverie Street in a bus. Sir W.A, Lucas, E.T.R, B.P, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, R.H, O.S. Got cut of Balfour as Falconer. Partridge Japan. Agnew said goodbye indefinitely till we had finished the cut. Left at 11.0 & home all way by bus. Sleepy. Carried to Phillimore Gds. M & Roy at the Royal Academy Soirée. Effie Herapath came. (Red ink: Sent in Income Tax Paper for next year.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Frederick Sandys. 27 June.) Thursday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & round over Campden Hill reverse way after going by Redcliffe Gardens. Met F.C.B who said he could not come to dine on Tuesday. Effie Herapath at breakfast. Strawberries. After writing Lord Inverclyde schemed subject of Balfour as Falconer. Hilton came at 12.0. Costume from Mays. Got all ready by 3.30. Hour's rest dead tired when went on to draw from 6.0 to 8.0pm. Outline in. Effie, M, Roy & self dined & after to at home at Percy Holland's. M, Roy & self in carriage. Saw Dora, Mr Foley & many others. Dunlop, Dr & Mrs Hartley etc etc. Supper with Mrs Daniell. Left 12.30 & home by carriage. Smoked a cigar. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to an at home at the Percy Holland's. Saw Mrs Daniell.) (Cutting glued in: Death of George Frederick Watts.) Jul 1904 Friday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50. Bath. Wrote cheque, letters etc before going out. Round by Redcliffe Gardens & home over C.H. M in room & Effie also. After at work all day on drawing of Balfour as Falconer. Lovely day & morning. M very tired from last night. Gave up at homes etc. Worked until 8.55 when finished & sent drawing off. M had dined with Lennie & Maud & went to the French play at the Avenue. Dined by myself at nine & rest after, talking to Effie. M back 10.30. Bed. Roy at Stafford House at a Ball. Met Hamilton Fletcher. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Frederick Watts. Saty 2 July.) Saturday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Out 9.0pm. Read advertisement & avoided Old W. Breakfast. Effie there. After M ran a splint up her finger. Cheque from
Brown for £18.18.0. Death of Mr Watts. After printing blues in sun dressed & left with M in carriage to lunch at the Pirrie's. Met Lord & Lady Robertson, Wolff, Miss May, Lady Egmont & Mr Briscoe. Lord (blank) late Mr Jackson. Delightful lunch. Left at 4.15 & walked up to C.C, M going to at home at the Riviere’s. At 5.30 photod A.J.J. No good. Out at 6.0. To Garrick after calling Moss's. Home by bus, getting fruit & ham. After M, Effie & self dined. Roy out at Albert Hall, wrestling match with Stern. Bed at 12.0 after rest. Slept well. Nostril began painful. (Red ink: Never saw A.J.J after. M & self lunched at the Pirrie's.) Sunday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.55. Out with Rags. Had been heavy rain in night. Breakfast. Good ham etc. Printed blues. Wrote letter of condolence Mrs Watts & 3 of congratulations new honours. In all morning. M & Effie about. Rest & after dressed & went up to Sir A.Hickman's at 4.15. Roy drove up as I started & then got there ½ a minute before me. Back 7.0. At 8.0 Paul Foley, Dora, Effie, M, Roy & self dined. Only one bottle of Champagne. They talked till 10.30 when they left. (Red ink: Tennis at the Hickmans. Paul Foley & Dora dined with us.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of the late Mr Watts RA. M 4 June 04.) Monday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled Earls Court & round C.H. Rags ran back. Breakfast, Effie & Roy. After all day dating photos & squaring up. Effie left after lunch at 3.15. Developed 1 doz films taken Miss M. Rest in afternoon. Dressed 7.15. M never told me we were dining at Mrs Gill. Hurried change & walked over. Mr & Mrs G, Mr & Mrs Walter, Mrs Tattersall, William Stone, selves & a very supercilious young man & an ugly woman. Dull dinner. Left at 10.30. Read & to bed 12.30. Roy out. Nostril extremely painful. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Arthur Gills. Dressed hurriedly.) Tuesday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Nostril discharged. Dull morning. Out on bicycle. Down Earls Court. Very pretty well set up tall girl by school. Maid to 27 Cathcart Rd. Pretty. Rags with me. Over Campden Hill. Went past Moray Lodge. Why? Met Pepys Cockerell who had been weeks back from Greece. Developed the last doz of plates taken as far back as Monday 12 June 1893 on Pearce's yacht. Came fairly well. After at work on clearing up. At 8.0 Sir Henry & Lady Bergne, Mrs Bien Cardy & Harry & Mrs Routh, M, Roy & self dined. Very good dinner. Nostril extremely painful. They left at 11.0pm. (Red ink: 1st saw A. Met Pepys Cockerell. Dinner at home. Sir H & Lady Bergne, Mr & Mrs Routh. Asked Burnand & Lady B.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of G.F.Watts.) Wednesday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled round Earls Court. Saw Aphrodite. Home over Campden Hill. In morning printed blues etc. Lunch. After left at 2.30 & by bus to C.C. Perspiring old woman who felt the heat in the bus. At 3.30 photod Miss M for Britannia weeping & (illeg). Out 5.0. Tea at Club. Called at Standens & ordered stockings. After back by bus. Wrote letters at Club. To the Punch Dinner. Very small attendance. F.C.B, self, R.H, O.S, Lucas & B.P only. Partridge late. His wife had had a sun stroke at Chorley Wood. Long weary discussion. Got ghost of Gladstone to do. Left 11.0 & home by bus. Drunken man went all the way for
Hammersmith. M up. Had dined at Fleishmann's & very disgusted with the company. Geoff Hamilton came. (Red ink: M dined at Fleishmann's.) Thursday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & cycled round Earls Court. No Aphrodite. Girls at 27 C.R. Back over Campden Hill. After breakfast schemed subject of Gladstone & Guillotine. Hilton came at 11.45. Boy to Mays. Curious day for July, as black as November. The greatest difficulty in getting a photo at all. Cleared after. Finished at 3.0 & had 2 hrs sleep. Nostril very painful. After put outline in & dressed. At 7.15 left with M in the carriage to dine at Mrs Rouths. Good dinner. Nostril excessively uncomfortable. Mr Welby, a Swedish lady, Miss Thursby, Mr Gordon, a Colonel & his wife, M, self & the Rouths. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. Saw the Bergne's carriage going. Bed at 12.0. Geoff Herapath here. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Rouths.) Friday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & cycled round down Earls Ct with Rags. Saw little Aphrodite girl at 27 Cathcart Road & back thro Kensington Square. After got to work on cut of Ghost of Gladstone. In great pain & discomfort all day with nostril. Finished 6.0pm. After sent patterns off for pyjamas etc etc. Also Miles. Dined at 8.0, M, Geoff & self. Roy out dining at Lennie's. Very seedy & tired after. Great heat & great discomfort from nostril. Roy here 11.0. Went to bed 11.30. Perspiration. Saturday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Nostril at last discharged after exactly a week of great pain & discomfort. Put on white coat for 1st time this year & went for walk with Rags. Breakfast. Very hot. Fan. Heavy books. After printed blues & also dressed & left in carriage & went with M to the Far Far East Entrance to Earls Court Exhibition & lunched with Mr & Mrs Hartley. Pleasant company. Mrs Ward, Lady Dorothy Neville, Max Pemberton & many others. Horsley, young German, Douglas Gordon, wife 3 daughters, 17 years between youngest & the next. Left at 4.10 & out at entrance near Earls Court Road. Went round with pretty little girl in Maxim's Flying Machine, M looking on. Otley said that Eton boys coming back from match so did not go down to Butts. Paid for flowers & got fruit & also ham & cream cheese. Back & 2 hours developing plates. M called on Mrs Trench. Roy away with Stern. M, Geoff & self dined & after went to the Earls Court Exhibition again. Difficult to get chairs. Saw Carlisle. Introduced us to a ship owner, a Mr Carriola & another stallion. Diasy came up again. Left 11.0 & home by the carriage from Earls Court end. Bed 12.0. Very hot. (Red ink: M & self went to Earls Court Exn. Eton & Harrow Cricket Match.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir William Charley. Saty 9 July 04.) Sunday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out in heat. Roy away. Geoff went with M into the Park. Did not go out. Printed blues etc. Lunch. Slept for 2 hours after. Then at 4.15 to Sir A.Hickmans. Very good game, Talbot & self versus Col Trench & Sir A. 4 sets all. Cup etc. Little dancer draws very well. Dinner at home to Mr & Mrs Phipson Beale. 2 bottles Ayala 1878 wine, A1. 1848 Brandy. They left 11.0. Roy
back & Geoff also. Bed 11.30. Very tired. Extremely hot day. (Red ink: Mr & Mrs Phipson Beale dined with us.) Monday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Lovely bright morning. Out on cycle. Saw Aphrodite. Flats. Back over Palace Gardens. Breakfast. Sent T squares etc, letterweight. Also drew cheque for Orton. After all day tidying up & developing etc. M, self, Geoff & Roy dined. They went to see the Earls Court Exhibition after. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Very warm. (Red ink: Paid Orton £15.0.0.) Tuesday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Rags filthy dirty. Round Earls Court. Saw A with a lengthened skirt since yesterday. Goes to 173 Cromwell Road. Back by school & over Campden Hill. Great gale. Dust flying about. Coals delivered at 8.0am. Dust coming in from outside. Breakfast. After left at 10.0am & to 9 Portland Place by bus & tube. There an hour. Had lower tooth stopped & left denture. Bus to C.C & changed films taken last Wednesday. Home by bus. Lunch. Great wedding at Kensington. After up in room, read Nana & slept for 1½ hrs. Tea. Roy out. Geoff left in middle of dinner to go to the Alhambra. Roy out. Eat some cooked tomato & fish which disagreed with me. Saw May & Lillie Hickman at top of Piccadilly. The wedding was Lord Aberdeen's daughter & Capn Sinclair MP. All day without denture. Had indigestion after. (Red ink: Tooth stopped by Hepburn.) Wednesday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out round Earls Court. Saw A. Breakfast. Geoff's last morning. Very hot. All morning tidying up etc. Lunch. Something I eat yesterday, probably tomato & fish, upset me. Indigestion all day. After left & bus to C.C. No letters etc. To Hepburn who fitted denture. Back to C.C. Met Judge Snagge. At 4.30 photod Miss E.Jessop. New camera. St G & Dragon. Out at 5.30. To Garrick & after strolled quietly to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, Lucy (next me) O.S, B.P, E.T.R. Got cut of Bear Posting Bill over Cirque Russe. Sat till 11.0 when home by bus. Roy up & said he had 'outed' Geoff. Bed 12.0. Geoff left in the afternoon. Huge box. Mrs Otley came back. Thursday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle round Earls Court. No A. Over C.H with Rags & back. Breakfast. After schemed subject of Bear Pasting up Bill over Cirque Russe. At 12.30 photod Otley & done by 3.30pm. Very tired. Slept 1 hr. After to work from 5.0 to 8.15 when M & self dined quietly. Roy out. Bed at 11.0pm. Roy back in night. Electric Light in W.C. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Bruce Ingram to Amy Foy.) Friday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out on cycle. Saw A. Long skirt. After back High Street. Got to work 10.0am & finished at 7.0. Dressed leisurely & strolled to dine with Sir Norman Lockyer. Dr Lockyer, self, Sir - Clarke, Dr Laurence Brunton, Buckler, a guest, Abbey, Sir Alma Tadema, Lord Welby, Lockyer, Sir Wm White, Sir Benjamin Stone. Very good dinner. Bouillebasse. Lady Lockyer in room after. Long talk to Sir Wm White. Tadema could get no cab to take him. Strolled back to High St with
him. Home 11.0pm. M & Roy had dined together. (Red ink: Dined with Sir Norman Lockyer.) (Cutting glued in: Creditors meeting. Times T 14 July.) Saturday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out for walk. Gave Old W 3d. Over C.H & after breakfast. Very warm. Looked over the years 'Sketch' etc. Long morning. M preparing to go to Mabel Wallace's wedding. Lunch. Dear Mite came in. After rested an hour & read Conan Doyle's silly story for July. Developed 14 plates films. Spoilt 2 stuck together & one scratched. M back at 6.0pm from Mabel Wallace's wedding. Very hot. Roy back & went to wedding in motor. Dressed & went out & bought fruit. Back & after M & self dined quite quietly. Intensely hot. Read & to bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Mabel Wallace married. M & self went to Abbey's on Sunday morning.) (Cutting glued in: Our London Letter. W.G. T 14 July.) Sunday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out for walk. Hottest morning of year. Saw Weston. Breakfast. Fan etc. After wrote & touched up photos. Put grey suit on & went with M in carriage to call & see Abbey's picture of the Coronation. Disappointed with it. Poor likenesses. After Abbey told me about Fildes having sent the Queen's dress back dirty & Her Majesty furious. Old Duchess of Mecklenburg. There’s the loose B... 'I did not say it'. Lord Rosebery refused to sit. Why? Lord Roberts made 4 appointments, never came. Abbey delighted to see us. Mrs A home. Drove back in the heat. After lunch, M & self, rest from 2.0 to 4.0 when went up to Sir A.Hickmans & played 6 sets of Lawn Tennis. John H & self & Col Trench & self v Roy & Sir A. Beaten every set. Was introduced to a lady & thinking it tea said 'No thank you'. Back & at 8.0 H.W.Langley & Midge & Col & Mrs Trench dined with M, Roy & self. A very pleasant dinner. M drew 2 cheques after. (Red ink: Langleys & Trench's dined with us.) Monday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rags round Earls Court. Saw A. Cool east wind. Back 9.15. Lovely morning. After all day sorting & tidying up. Lunch. A rest after. M, Roy & self dined & went to the Earls Court Exhibition by cab after. Saw Dr & Harold Messel & his wife. Roy went 3 times round the wheel. Maxim's Flying Machine. All (illeg). Walked home. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to Earls Court Exhibition.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Roger Fitz-Hardinge Gage. July 19. Marriage of Leopold Norman to Ursula Soulsby. July. Marriage of John Beaumont to Mabel Wallace. Marriage of John Campbell to Amy Penn. July.) Tuesday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & round with Rags to Redcliffe. Met A crossing road. Back. Breakfast. Cooler. After all morning indexing letters etc. Lunch. Left & went up to Miles & had court suit tried on. Called Glyns 40 Old Bond St about hat. On to C.C & Garrick & called Moss's about bags. Home by bus. After dinner M & self went to the Earls Court Exhibition by carriage. Trouble about Press pass at further entrance. Went through Venice by Night. After home by carriage. Roy out. (Red ink: M & self went to Earls Court Exhibition.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Elizabeth Appleton. Death of James Appleton.)
Wednesday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Round to end of Redcliffe Gardens & back Cromwell Rd. Just missed A. Back. Breakfast. Cooler. After all day writing, tidying etc etc. M out in morning. Dressed in blue serge suit & left at 7.5 for Hurlingham. Dined at a round table with Phil Agnew, F.C.B, self, R.H, R.L, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, L.B. Very good dinner. Offered to take Lucy & F.C.B back. No back seat. Home 11.0. Roy out. Bed 12.0. Pleasant evening. Lennie & Mite motored down to Stoke Edith in 11 hrs. Left Balcombe 8.30am & arrived at Stoke Edith 7.30. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Charles Hill to Ada Lewis. Release of Mrs Maybrick. Thurs 21 July 04.) Thursday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out on cycle. Saw A, Cromwell Rd. Congested traffic. No Rags. Warmer. Met F.C.B. Redcliffe Gardens. Doubt about war with Russia over the Malacca business. After back. Letters. Schemed subject of Bear as Buccaneer. Photod Otley 12.30 (illeg). Very hot. After got prints. At 4.0pm up in room. Rested in chair & worked till 8.30pm when M & self dined quietly. Roy out. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Herbert Campbell. July 20th. Photograph of Herbert Campbell. Marriage of Cornwallis Tottenham to Isabel Thomas. July 21.) Friday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Left letter F.C.B. After saw A. Along Earls Court Road past school & over Hill & home. Letters up to 11.0am. Malacca business blown over. Worked hard all day altho rather tired on Bear as Buccaneer. Finished at 9.0. M, Roy & self dined quietly at 9.15pm. All in after. Rest & to bed 12.0. Death of Wilson Barrett. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'The Cingalee' at Daly's Theatre Saty afternoon.) Saturday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Very tired. Hot morning. Out for walk. No Rags. No Common. Disappeared. Tramps use dog water for washing. Back. Roy preparing for Hamburg. After wrote letters. Did up T squares etc. All morning clearing. After lunch. Roy at Oxford & Cambridge versus Harvard & Yale. M & self went in the carriage at 1.45 & went to Daly's Theatre to see The Cingalee. Huntley Wright good. Back by bus to Hyde Park Corner & carriage home. Tea & clearing after. M & self dined quietly after. Roy out with Stern. Very hot day & most oppressive. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Wilson Barrett. July 23rd. Funeral of Wilson Barrett. July 26.) Sunday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out for walk up Holland Walk. Very hot. In morning clearing. Roy in pottering about. Lunch. After a rest. Roy had left his bicycle at Queens Club. At 4.15 to Sir Alfred Hickmans for the last Sunday's Tennis of the season. Roy & Sir A.H versus Col Trench & self. They beat us about 6 sets to 2 giving us half fifteen. Old dog been operated on for tumour. May H in garden. After left & home to dress & all in carriage to Sir A.H's to dinner, M, Roy & self. 5 minutes late. Dinner of 12. A Lady Trevor amusing. Took Lady Kitson in to dinner. Talk of Strathpeffer. Left at 11.0pm & home by carriage. So ends a very pleasant season at Palace Gardens. (Red ink: M, Roy & self dined at Lady Hickman's after Tennis. Last Sunday's Tennis 1904.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Walter Tatton.)
Monday July 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out on bicycle. Holidays commenced for High School. Saw A walking along. Back, breakfast, over Campden Hill. Very warm in morning. After all the morning clearing etc. Lunch. Left with M in the carriage at 3.30 & put down for meeting at the Garrick Club for 4.0. Parcel to Mays. M went on to an at home at Lady Grove's in Bedford Square. After speeches by Carr, Poland, Bancroft etc. Great show of hands in favour of Club remaining where it is. Lord Burnham & also Sir George Faudel Phillips. Left at 5.0. On to C.C & then to Moss's & bought 2 bags for £4.14.0. Then met May C or W? which. Then to Glyn's for cap. Then to Miles for suit tried on. Then strolled along Oxford Street. Great rain & thunder storm came on. Took shelter & then a cab to Bouverie Steet. Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.L, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R. Got cut of Shying at Cocoa Nuts. Gave my opinion on it. Partridge Hobby Horse. Left at 11.0. Violent rain. Home by bus. (Red ink across page: Punch Dinner for Bank Holiday.) Tuesday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out for walk. Heavy rain in the night. Saw Old W. Gave her 3d. 3 little kittens swept round the corner. Back. Breakfast. After wrote many letters. At 11.30 schemed subject of Campbell Bannerman shying at Cocoa Nuts. Had sent Otley up to Moss Bros for 2 new bags, or one new & one old one, 2nd hand. He back 12.30 & at 12.45 photod him & bags or baskets for cocoa nuts. Late lunch, M & self. Up in room at 4.0 & on to work till 8.30pm. Roy out with Stern dining & carriage fetched him at 10.0pm. M & he to bed 10.40. Rest & bed 12.0am. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Clara Herkler. Marriage of James Spillane to Marion Beaufort.). Wednesday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Out. Wet morning, dull. Saw 3 little kittens. After back. Breakfast. Roy bothering about his packing. Up in room & worked all day at drawing of Campbell Bannerman shying at Cocoa Nuts. Roy sent his things on to Balcombe. Dear M in room. Told me 3 little kittens were Mrs Hartley's daughters. After worked on. Roy home & left in Stern's motor at 6.0pm to go to Balcombe for Goodwood. Worked on till 8.30pm when I finished cartoon & dined with M. Rest & after bed at 12.0. News of Oswestry Election, against the Government. Thursday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out. Great rise in the Glass. No kittens. Holidays commenced. Walk over Campden Hill. After breakfast man from Harrods came about repair of windows. Up in room. Ordered 2 nd suit of Shetlands. Quiet day tidying & re-arranged all my 5 x 4's in smaller boxes. Roy at Mite's. M & self dined quietly together & bed 12.0 after. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Frederick Goodall. Marriage of Harold Austen to Annie Maclean.) Friday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & cycled round by Earls Court. No A. Over Park or through Palace Gardens after. Breakfast & went off at 10.20 & up to Bond St. Called with cloth about cap. On to C.C & at 12.0 sharp photod 2 Miss Woodcocks. Out at 1.25 & home to lunch. After rest went on with 5 x 4's. At 8.10 Orton dined with us, 1st time for many years. Long yarn. He stayed until 11.50 when left. Bed.
Roy at Mite's. (Red ink: Orton dined with us.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of William Adams. Thurs 28 July. Obituary of Frederick Goodall, RA. Aug 1.) Saturday July 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk over Hill & down Holland Walk. No Old W. After the entire day tidying & 5 x 4 boxes. Labelling etc etc. Very heavy wet in the afternoon. M ordered the carriage & sent it back again. After dinner we went by bus to the Earls Court Exhibition & listened to new band. Not the Welcome Club. Wet underfoot. Strolled home at 11.0. Bed 12.15. Roy at Mite's. (Red ink: M & self went after dinner to the Earls Court Exhibition.) Sunday July 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Lovely morning. Round Holland Walk. Roy at Mite's. Otley said the horse was not well. Very annoyed. All morning putting 5 x 4's in smaller boxes. Lunch & immediately after M & self went in a 4 wheeler to the Zoo. Not many people. Took 18 photos, Lions, Eagles, Bears etc. All thro' bars. Melancholy Bear waving his paw. Lost my Dora's marriage gloves. Left on seat. Home by carriage. The horse going very sluggishly. The Oswald Crawfurds called. M in doubt who she was. M & self had a very quiet dinner by ourselves & bed at 11.0 after. (Red ink: Roy at Balcombe. Horse ill. M & self went to the Zoological Gardens.) Aug 1904 Monday August 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rags round Park who left me & rolled. Went by Marble Arch. Breakfast & the whole day putting 5 x 4's away & made divisions etc etc. M & self a quiet peaceful tidying day. Roy at Mite's. Otley came in about 6.0pm or rather 7.45 to say that the horse was seriously ill & he had to have a vet to him. Very anxious. M & self dined quietly & had hard sardines. Otley out on enquiring for the horse. Bed after reading The Court in Exile. At 12.0am dropped my Waterbury watch on carpet & broke it. (Red ink: Horse seriously ill. Otley came round to say so.) Tuesday August 2 Stafford Terrace. Up Up 8.10 & out on bicycle short turn round Park. No Rags. Horse better thankful to say. Very warm. In morning wrote Galbraith etc. Finished 5 x 4's & began Almanack page in earnest. Lunch with M. Rest after & squared Times etc. No one called. Roy back in evening from Mite's. M & self dined quietly & quiet peaceful evening after. Very hot weather. (Cutting glued in: Death of Martha Maitland-Heriot.) Wednesday August 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled round Park. Back & all day tidying & putting 5 x 4's in boxes. Lunch. After left in afternoon at 5.45 & up by bus. Called at Glyns & also Miles. After to C.C for letters & walked to Punch Dinner after in new Panama hat. Very hot. F.C.B, self, O.S, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long discussion. Got Bear cut to do. Suggested Partridge's subject for him & got him out of doing Troops of Children. Home on the top of a bus. Very hot. 'Punch' Dinner decided for next Tuesday to oblige me. Got a puncture going past Albert Hall & had to walk back. Met Coward & 2 girls. "What! Not gone yet?"
Thursday August 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & cycled short turn round Park. Back & wrote letters. Then schemed subject of Bear with a Pain & German Emperor. Intensely hot all day. The hottest day for 4 years. 86º in my room. Photod Otley for Bear in sun. After my photos all right but the bromide ran down the screen & had to do them over again after going to Whitcocks to photo a motor for Xmas picture. Back. Finished before ten. Dear M in my room & we dined quietly together at 8.15pm. Bed after snooze. My Electric Light exploded by making a short circuit by the water overflowing & wetting the cord. At 7.30pm Otley got a man to make the connection. (Red ink: Frightfully hot.) Friday August 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out for walk over C.H. Met no one. After all day at work on drawing of Bear with a Pain. Electric Light would not work. Put it on to dark one. Finished 8.45 & M & self dined by ourselves. M in room. Dear Mite's birthday. Wrote to her. Quiet evening & bed after. (Red ink: Mite's birthday.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Thomas Tanqueray. Aug 5.) Saturday August 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.5am. Both M & self overslept ourselves. Roy down & off to the City before we came down. Did not go out. After all day tidying, printing etc. Developed plates taken last Sunday & the motor car on Thursday. At 5.30 M had gone on to Slaters. Followed her & bought fruit. Walk round the Round Pond. Stiff breeze & model yachts & a little steamer in Round Pond. After home. Roy, Douglas Herapath, M & self dined. Boys went to the Exhibition after. Bed 11.30. M & self went to stables to see the horse. Otley had had distinctly too much & was quite stupid. (Red ink: Otley drunk in afternoon.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary Lady Tweedmouth. Sat 6 Aug. Funeral of Lady Tweedmouth. Wed 10 Aug.) Sunday August 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out 9.15. Up Holland Walk. Cleared drinking fountain. Beautifully cooler. After I packed bags & printed blues. Roy in to lunch. Rest & wrote many letters. At 5.35 took M for walk down to Serpentine. Rags ran back. Home. Wood about blinds. Roy out to dinner. Daggles to arrive. Daggles did come to dinner with M & self. Last evening of season after in Drawing Room. M & Daggles looking at maps & tearing them out. Bed 11.30 after reading. (Red ink: Last evening of season in Drawing Room.) Monday August 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out in gale round Park. After back. No opportunity of speaking to Otley. At 10.30 photod Whitcock in motor. Beautiful bright sun. After in afternoon developed it & remaining photos of Miss McKenzie etc. Rest & after letters & finished arranging plates etc. Quiet afternoon. M & self dined quietly together & in Morning Room after, the Drawing Room being dismantled & covered up. Otley ought to have come round to help the maids but did not. Curtains being shaken. After M & self dined quietly. In Morning Room after. Bed 11.15pm. Motor car came up for Roy at 8.0pm who went off to dine at the Hyde Park Hotel in straw hat. (Red ink: Photod motor for Xmas Page.) Tuesday August 9
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round Park. Back & breakfast. After printed blues & tidied up etc. Letters. Lunch. After left at 2.30 & by cab up to C.C. There at 3.0. Bother about my carriers for the camera. Sands & Hunter had taken them away. Broke the lifting gear of camera. At 3.45 Miss R.M came, 1 st time since April 1902. Took 30 films. Some N. Out & to the Garrick. Wash etc & strolled down to the Savoy for 'Punch' Dinner in panama hat. L.B, F.C.B, self, Graves back, R.L, O.S, E.T.R, B.P, H.W.L. A remarkably good dinner, A1. Left 11.30 after making 2 cuts up. Just missed bus lopping along. Waited 10 minutes. A dance going on at the Savoy. Home & to bed. Out again to post letter. Roy in. In the morning gave Otley a serious talking to. (Red ink: Punch dinner at 'The Savoy'. Very good.) Wednesday August 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Cycled round Park & back at 9.15. After letters schemed subject of Balfour on Moor Shooting. At 11.30 Edwards a model recommended by Boughton came. Proved a very little man & no good whatever. Photod him & Otley. Forgot to expose plate on table figure binding up legs. Developed. Midge called. Lunch. Rested 1 hour after & got all done at 4.0pm. Went on to work until 8.30pm or 8.15 when M & self dined quietly together. Frances waited for the last time. Roy out. Bed at 11.0 after reading. Roy gave a little dinner at the Garrick Club to Stern. M would insist on my eating greengages. Swallowed a greengage stone. Thursday August 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & up in room & worked to 8.30. Bath. After out. Saw man about tree in front, yucca. Short walk. Breakfast. After letters on to work. Finished at 5.0pm easily. Lunch 1.0pm, tea 4.0. Dressed & put hand bags up & dined 5.45 with M. Last view of Frances. Roy back 6.45. Goodbye. Got in bus at 7.0pm, Otley going, & drove to Euston. Beautiful clouds & evening in London. At station not the slightest crowd & no trouble whatever. Got to sleeping berth. Naughty little children. Hon A McDonnell in a berth. Read Conan Doyle's story in Strand. After to sleep at 9.30. M did not sleep well. Took off my collar in the night. (Red ink: Left Stafford Terrace for Ayrshire.) Friday August 12 On board train, Newton Stewart. Called 4.15 am. Had slept fairly well, M not well. Out. Misty & slight drizzle. Got into trap closed taking a box. Long drive to Drumlanford. Then 7.0am. Tea. Mrs P.B up. Shewn to rooms. Changed & put on homespun suit. Very good breakfast, soused herring, at 8.30. M hers in her room. Started 9.45am. Keeper Stewart. Guns, Mr P.B, self & Mr Young. Lovely day & slight breeze. Got the 1st grouse shot. After shot indifferently. About 7 brace to self. Mr Borthwick joined us at lunch. No soda water, only burn water. Bag 14 brace & a couple of snipe. After divided. Wandered off with Mr P.B. Got very tired. 8½ hours walking. Home at 6.0pm. Bolted for cold coffee. After some tea very good bath. Changed. Dinner 7.30. No Champagne. Whiskey & soda. Very tired & done up. Talk after & all went to bed at 10pm. Tumbled in & asleep in a minute. Great gale in the night. (Red ink across page: M & self arrived Drumlanford. Shot all day.) (Cutting glued in: Death of William Renshaw.) Saturday August 13
Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.45. Bath. Had slept heavily, M also. Great gale in the night & reversal of weather. Pouring with rain. Breakfast 8.30am. Good. Lady Margaret suit. After left at 10.0 & walked a long way out in the rain. Changed for Gaberdine coat. Only got 1 grouse up to lunch. Missed snipe. Lunch in the rain at a ruined farm after seeing an old Scotch woman who lives with her sister at a farm. Lunch in an old unused garden. Poured all the time. After got 1 snipe, 1 plover, 2 grouse & that was all. Guns Mr P.B, self, Mr Young, Mr Borthwick. My blue great coat taken out by mistake. Home at 4.0. Changed & bath. Letters. Tea. Doggie Bobs. M & others played Bridge. Dressed. Dinner. Grouse. After cigar played Bridge till 11.5pm. Bed. Slept well. Still blowing & pouring with rain. (Red ink: Pouring wet day. Shot in it all day. Drumlanford.) Sunday August 14 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 8.0. Bath. Finer morning, sun but colder. Good breakfast. After read Tales of my Grandfather 1715 - 1745 Rebellions. Short walk with Mr P.B & Bobs. Caught M & Miss Thompson up. Lunch. After smoke & read. Up in room & with magazine of 1884. Read about Greek cities & Roman dominions. After all but Mr B went for walk along the road to Barr Hill. Back. Dressed & dinner. Champagne. Talk after & bed at 10.30. Tried the bottled cider at lunch. Cognac with coffee. (Red ink: Quiet day. Walks.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of the Rev Marshall Tweddell. Death and Obituary of Elizabeth Duchess of Wellington.) Monday August 15 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up a 7.10. Bath & after very windy morning. Started to shoot 10.50 & all 4 guns walked along the road to Barr Hill. Drew lots. Mr Borthwick & self together. Mr B & Mr Y separate. Had not started 2 minutes before a golden plover got up. Shot it but could not be picked up. Got about 3 brace of grouse to self all day. Lunched together. After separated. Very few birds. Rest at 4.0pm & walked home by 5.45. Paper & letters. Dinner. Snipe. Drank cider. Never again. Played Bridge. Never held a card. Took some whiskey. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Mr Borthwick & I shot together, Drumlanford.) (Cuttings glued in: The Earl of Tankerville's invitation. Lord Tankerville and Dr Lunn. Times Wed Oct 5.) Tuesday August 16 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.15 with a headache which lasted nearly all day. Taking whiskey. All left at 9.50 in break & drove towards Barr Hill. Began at a farm with a paralytic owner. Walked for ages along a wall. Got to lunch 2½ brace 1½ after. Never had a chance at snipe. Bird lost at a wall. Got him after. Lunch at spring. Grouse. Felt very sleepy & tired after lunch. Up & on again. Up & down. At the last Beale got a cock pheasant & a snipe. Golden plover came over. Left off 6.15 & home by break. Letters. Dressed. Dinner. Tired after. Did not play Bridge. Bed 10.30pm. (Red ink: Indifferent day's shoot at Drumlanford. Brown suit.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Frederic Inderwick. Obituary of Frederic Inderwick.) Wednesday August 17 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.35. Very tired in morning. Pouring with rain. Breakfast. After all morning read old English classics, The World etc etc 1755. Lunch. Again read. Sleepy, very. After at 5.0 went with Mr Borthwick to catch
trout with a worm. Not a bite. Walked back & past the Colonel's House Boat with Mr Y & B. A huge Newfoundland dog. Bath. Dinner. Bridge after. Lost 157 pts. Bed 11.0pm. Colonel Hay-Boyd. (Red ink: Rained all day. Tried the burn for trout. Oh!) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Louis Samron, of a daughter. The wife of W.Starr, of a daughter. The wife of Sir Charles Tennant, of a daughter.) Thursday August 18 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.30. Slept well & M also. Breakfast. After at 10.30 M, Miss Thompson, P.B, Mr Y & self & Stewart all went in break to pool to fish. There at 11.5. Took 1 dozen photos. At 12.50 Stewart hooked a fish & played it. Gaffed at 1.0pm. Mr P.B lost a beauty by hook breaking just before lunch at 1.45pm. Lunch. Whipped the burn after. 2 or 3 rose. On to the rock pool. Left off 4.30 & walked home. Miss Tuer & Mrs Fuller Maitland there. Tea. Letters & passes. Wrote letters & diary. Shower. Finer. Bath. Good dinner. Game of Bridge after, Mrs B & self versus M & Mrs Beale. Each won a game. Bed at 11.0. Changed plates. (Red ink: Fishing day at Drumlanford.) (Cutting glued in: Social news. W.G. Th 18 Aug 04.) Friday August 19 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 8.30. Good breakfast. After the Factor came. Left in break at 10.0, Factor, 4 guns etc. Shot over moor past Col Hay-Boyd's. Long walk without a shot. Gun did not pull at a snipe. Shot 1 grouse not picked up till after lunch. Lunch. Midges very troublesome. No, grouse picked up just before lunch. After continued walk by fishing ground of yesterday. Got a grey hen, 3 snipe & 1 golden plover after just at the last. Beale disappointed at bag of grouse. Home by 6.0. No news. Tea. Wrote letters etc. Let a fine old black cock off. Terribly bitten by midges. Bath & dinner. Bridge after. Bed 11.0. (Red ink: Lack of grouse at shoot. Good snipe day. Let a black cock off.) (Cuttings glued in: In Memoriam Thomas Hamp. The wife of Arthur Scawen Blunt, of a son.) Saturday August 20 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.30. Breakfast at 8.30. Wore Lady M suit. After all off at 9.30 & walked with Beale & Miss Thompson to gate at 10.50. A motor came up. OS1. Mr Fox & grandson, Mr Jonas & an old surveyor with a voice like Edmund Maurice's. Got bird 1st shot at N˚ 3 butt. Moved up 2 all day. At 4 th drive got 7 birds 6 picked up. Lunch. Good. M, Miss T & Mrs B came. Hot sun. On again & 9 drives altogether. 40 brace of grouse etc. 7.10 when left off. Most lovely evening & brilliant hot sun. Home 7.40. No bath. Dinner 8.15. Good. Bridge after & bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Best day's shoot at Drumlanford. Driving.) Same old man shot in 1906 as above. Sunday August 21 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.35. Tired. No water in bath as tap had been left on. Probably me. Lower W.C. A grey wet morning & grey all day. Breakfast. After sat about & read nearly all day & wrote letters. Read a book by Samuel Butler entitled Erewhon. Written 1868 & like Lilliput & also The Coming Race. Lunch. After up in M's room for rest. Mr Young weeding all day. Tea. Walk after. Tiff about getting the boat out to go to island. Mr Y & Mr B went to No 7 Butt on far moor to get pipe. Dinner. Champagne. After read & looked at 1897 Punch. Own work not
so good. Bed 11.0pm. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Anthony Hope Hawkins, of a daughter.) Monday August 22 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.30. Breakfast. After all four went out to go at the back of the Butts for wounded birds, or rather 3 of us. Beale joined at luncheon. Guessed the range of hills 7 miles. Got a hare before lunch. 3 brace of grouse. No snipe. Left off in field by stables. Put dress things in bag. Dinner. Bridge. Bed at 11.0pm. Last night at Drumlanford. (Red ink: Good pick-up shoot. Last at Drumlanford. Death of Colonel Rich. Found dead off his horse.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Francis Jeune. M 22 Augt.) Tuesday August 23 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.0. Breakfast 8.0am. After Beale & Mr Borthwick off across loch to shoot with Mr Fox. Going to loch for trout. A young Mrs Beale came. M & self finished packing. Lunch put up. Tips £1.0.0 Stewart, 5/s Under Keeper, 7/6 Boots. Goodbye to Mrs B & Miss Thompson & M & self started at 10.55. Drove to Newton Stewart. Sent parcel off & wire to Wolff. Got to Newton Stewart 12.50. Ruined village passed. Long drive. A Miss Saint on platform. M.I.S. 11.15 to Carlisle. Slight bother with luggage on platform. Mr Jackson of Midland Railway. Saw dear M off. Cup of tea. Impudent barmaid. Ticket to Perth £1.0.6d return. Left at 4.30. Got to Perth punctually 8.0pm. Mr Hamilton met me. Letters & one from Mrs Pirrie. Very good dinner. Coffee after & wrote M, Mrs Pirrie & others. Bed 11.15. Read. Dropped silver in night. Slept well. (Red ink: Left Drumlanford. Parted with M at Carlisle.) Mrs McAndrew was Jeanetta Bond. (Cutting glued in: Death of Emily Reid.) Wednesday August 24 Station Hotel, Perth. Up 7.30. Picked up silver. No bath. Breakfast at 8.30. Good. Bill. Drew cheque £2.0.0. Left at 9.0. Came across Mrs Arthur Lewis on platform looking well. Left Perth 20 minutes late. Got to Ballechin at 11.20. Met by Wolff. Room I had not been in before. Mr Coats & Toots, Mr Torrey. Went for motor ride from 11.45 to 1.15. Foot of Loch Tay. New motor. Changed hastily & lunch. Left at 2.15 to shoot near moor with Torrey. Rode pannier pony. Most uncomfortable. Hoisted on by Torrey. The worst ride I ever had. Began to shoot 3.10pm. Got a right & left 1st point & 3 hares. Shot altogether 6½ brace out of 9½, 4 brace grouse & 2½ black game. One good shot just before leaving off. Walk back by 7.30. Dressed & dinner. A Mr & Mrs Wilson. She x between Mrs Bosanquet & Ellie Ritchie. He a motor maker. Mr & Mrs McAndrew. He a wooden headed stock broker. She like Mrs Reid, sister of Mary Bond. Grateful champagne. After played disastrous game of bridge. Coats & self v Wolff & Mrs Wilson. Lost 6/s. After divided a pool, won 3/6. Bed 11.30pm. Uneasy sleep. (Red ink across page: Arrived Ballechin. Shot with Torrey across moor.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Margaret Russell. Death of Lady Reid.) Thursday August 25 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.10. Woke with a headache & seedy. Down. Wrote letters before breakfast 9.0pm. Letters from M & H.Langley. Scramble to get off. Mr C, Mr T, Wilson & self. To far moor. Rode white pony. Left 10.15 & got to dogs at 12.0. Shot with Mr Coats & only fired 4 cartridges to 2 hares. Coats got a brace
immediately. Long weary walk. Lunch. Felt chilled altho' put waistcoat on. Uncomfortable. Borrowed Coats' coat. On again. More violent hill climbing & no birds. Got nothing after lunch, C brace & a half. Heavy rain came on & miserably cold. No birds. Left off at 4.10pm. Long walk home. Rode white pony from burn to middle of wood. Walked rest with C. Changed. Hot bath. Met Toots in hall who said it was not allowed. Wolff back at 6.0. In room & wrote diary. Still grey & rainy. Dinner. Took Mrs McAndrew in. No Bridge or Billiards. Frivolous games after. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Went to (illeg). Rain & (illeg)). (Cutting glued in: Mr T.A.Lawrence appointed High Court Judge.) Friday August 26 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.15. Slept better. New suit. Breakfast. Long letter from H. After in lower room & wrote letters from 9.30 to 1.15pm, M, Langley, etc etc. Lunch. After read a book Wolff gave me called Gallia. Fairly good. There till 4.45 when took camera & went up the hill. Took 11 photos altogether, a group at 1.20pm. Coats, McAndrew & Torrey went to shoot the wood. Sorry I did not go after as they got 2 roebuck, 3 brace black game, grouse, rabbits etc. Went at 6.30 into the gooseberry garden & eat raspberries. Smoke & back. Wilson took the ladies to Loch Rannock. Bath & dressed. Took Mrs Wilson in to dinner. Stories. After Bridge. Did not play. Beat Mr Wilson 100 up by 30 points. After a pool. Lost 2/s, Torrey taking it all. Changed plates. Woke as usual. Wilson's firm Wilson & Pilcher. P killed experimenting on aeroplane. (Red ink: Idle day. Did not shoot.) (Cuttings glued in: In Memoriam Campbell Clarke. Demolition of a famous windmill. Aug 26.) Saturday August 27 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.45. Good soles for breakfast. After wrote M, Otley etc & at 10.30 was hoisted on pony by Torrey. Left with Mr Coats & went up to Pitcastle Moor riding white pony. Began to walk 11.30. Took photos. Just before lunch I got a teal with a very long shot. Lunch in the old Boat Hut. Good. Yarns abt family etc. Frightful walk up hill after. Coats going higher. Got a sporting shot at grouse & got one, Coats 2. Missed one by fence & got another walking home. Self 2 grouse & 1 teal. Total bag 4½ grouse & 1 teal. Photod Sandy & his pony, Coats etc & long house. Walk home. Wolff & McA got no fish. Most comfortable bath & dressed leisurely. Dinner. Took Miss May in. Good stories etc. After Torrey gave me 35 in hundred & I won by 1. After beat Mr McAndrew. Talk to Wilson. Others at Bridge. Bed 12.20. Woke at 4.0am. (Red ink: Shot with Mr Coats at Pitcastle Moor.) Sunday August 28 Ballechin, Ballinluig. The Wilson's motor left at 8.0am. Up 8.30 & breakfast. Wonderful haddock. After wrote letters till 11.45. Bozey killed a rat. Played 1 set of Lawn Tennis, Mr McA & self v Freddy & Mrs McA. 5 to 1 at first, then 5 all. Deuce, when they won by 1 point. Up in room. Changed everything. Put on light suit. In Morning Room. Sleep. After read 'Pigs in Clover'. Attractive at 1 st, bosh after. More letters after tea, Lady Jeune & M. Dressed at 7.15. Intensely close. Warm & thundery. Good dinner. Champagne. Cut in after & played Bridge with Wolff, Mr Coats & McAndrew. Won 4/s. Nothing after. Bed 11.20. Slept indifferently. (Red ink: Very hot & close. Played Lawn Tennis before lunch.)
Monday August 29 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up 8.15. Down. Breakfast. Letters. After wrote. At 11.0 started 4 guns to shoot ferreted rabbits. Coats & self got 10 to 12 cartridges before lunch, 5 after, 45 in all. Left off at 4.50 & home. Close to. The McArthurs had left & another couple came up in a motor at 5.30. Tea in Billiard Room. Into garden after. Took 4 photos, greenhouse etc. Eat raspberries. In room. Camera sticks in the spring shutter. Bath. Dressed. Very thirsty. The couple were Major & Mrs Caysor. He only 33. She a little tub of a woman looking ten years older. Dinner. Good. Must have taken too much of something as I had a wretched sick headache in the morning. After played Bridge. Asked all sorts of questions by Mrs C. Won 4/3. After played another. Coats & self v Wolff & Torrey. Neither won. Bed 12.30. Woke up several times. (Red ink: Rabbit shoot at Ballechin.) Tuesday August 30 Ballechin, Ballinluig. Up at 8.15. Woke several times. Extraordinary quantity of U. Bath. A sick headache all morning. Worst breakfast of all. Wrote M etc. Up in room & packed. Felt most slack & seedy the entire day. Bilious. Lunch. Very warm & stuffy. Long talk with Mrs Cayzor after & rest in chair again. Weary afternoon. Tea. Torrey & Cayzor in at 5.45 or 6.0. Only 5 brace. Left 6.20. Long wait at station. Came on stuffy & raining. Perth. Dinner. Came across the McAndrews. No wine or smoke. Train ½ hour late. Carriage to self & slept fairly well. Lay down 10.30pm. Never saw a guard. (Red ink: Idle day. Very seedy with bilious headache. Left Ballechin at 6.20pm.) Wednesday August 31 On board train from Perth. Uneasy slumber. Woke up near Willesden. Euston 8.15. Otley met me with cab & drove home. There 9.5am. Bath & breakfast. After put things straight. Weighed Rodinal etc. Lunch. Left at 2.0 & by bus to Sands & Hunters, after C.C. At 3.30 E.D came. Without dress after all. Took a few dancing & 1 portrait. Out & tea at Garrick. Saw Lehmann & Cyril Maude. Dressed. Heavy rain. Bus on to Pagani's restaurant for Punch Dinner. A large attendance. Phil A, Lawrence B, O.S, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, B.P, Lucas, Lucy. Weary discussion. Indifferent dinner, badly waited on. Man in a frock coat. Got subject of Bear & Dogs. Felt tired. Left 11.5 & home by the tube. Still wet & miserable. Bed 12.30. Marguerite called out? Seaman told me of dream he had last night. Sudden death of Mr Linley Sambourne. Consequently wired Raven Hill to come. (Red ink: Arrived London from Ballechin.) Sep 1904 Thursday September 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & over Campden Hill. Was run after by Old Woman with a letter. Told her she must not follow me. Home. Breakfast. Letters etc. Schemed subject of Bear & Dogs. Wet morning. Enlarged some plates at 12.50, Otley helping. After to work, resting an hour in the Morning Room till tea. Worked up to 8.20 when dined by self. Read Macmillans Magazine about Roman families. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Roy at Stoke Edith, M at Harrogate. Friday September 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Slept in Roy's room. Out & round avoiding Old W. Back. Breakfast & all day hard at work on Bear at Bay with Dogs. Not very
pleased with it when finishd at 9.45. Dined by self & rest after. Bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: Not a good cartoon.) (Cutting glued in: Death of James Archer.) Saturday September 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Felt very tired. Out & up Holland Walk. No Common. Back. Breakfast. Saw man from Harrods about the blinds. Packed & wrote cheques & letters. Put photos away. Lunch 12.30 or 12.50 & left in a 4 wheel cab to catch the 1.40pm for Stoke Edith. Crowded train. Was put in compartment with very odd couple. Not bad looking woman. Champagne lunch. Offered some to me. After they got out at Malvern. Nearly choked in the tunnel. Arrived Stoke Edith & found Evelyn Fletcher, Dora & Miss Forster. Roy looking well & a young Burn. Tea. All went for walk to Tarrington & up hill. Back. Croquet. Hamilton Langley arrived 6.50pm. Dressed & 5 minutes late for dinner. Good Champagne etc. Game of strings. Corner packets after. Bed at 11.30. Slept all right. Most exquisite light & sun on the Carpet Garden. (Red ink: Went to Stoke Edith by self.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of James Archer.) Sunday September 4 Stoke Edith Park. Up 8.15 & out. Breakfast 9.30am. Good. After wrote letters, pipe etc. Walked with Roy at 12.0 to Tarrington. Hot going back. All back from church. Looked out Garborieau's 'Little old man of Batignolles'. In garden with Dora. Eat figs, plums, apples etc. Lunch. At 3.45 all, Dora, Evelyn, Miss Forster, self, Paul, Roy & Burn, went to Adam Rock & a single tree. Good walk. Back at 6.30pm. Pipe. Looked over Dora's bureaux, Boudoir, etc. Dressed & dinner. Took Claret. Played Paul 2 games of Billiards after. One I got to 97. Beaten both. Read 1st vol of Notes & Queries. Bed 11.30. Roy up later. (Red ink: Lovely day & walk at Stoke Edith. Went to the Adam Stone.) Monday September 5 Stoke Edith Park. Up 8.0am. bath. Breakfast 9.0. Wore homespun. Goodbye to Roy. Started at 10.0am with Langley in a ricketty pony cart. Began to shoot partridges at 10.30. 5 guns, self, Paul F, H.W.L, Mr Foster & Mr Simpson Hayward. Missed a hare 1st shot. Got in day 7 brace to own gun & 9 hares. Bag 42 brace, 37 hares. Lunch. Talk of O.S. After went on got 3 birds to 2 barrels. Left off at 5.20. Home at 6 in Langley's cart. Old Keeper of 80, name Cook. Tired. Tea. Hot bath. Wrote diary. After dinner. Took child Evelyn in. Champagne. Very tired after. Played Paul 2 games 100 up. He gave me 20. Beat him both games. Others at Bridge. Bed 11.15. Read 'The Heart of Rome'. Uneasy waking. Kept Electric Light burning. (Red ink: Good day's partridge shoot Stoke Edith Park. Roy went up to town.) Tuesday September 6 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 8.0 & got up tired. Breakfast. Miss Forster left. She lives at Newbury. Wrote 3 letters. All started at 10.0, Dora & Evelyn going also but not Mr Foster who joined after. Shot all round house & up hill. Got 2 birds 1 st starting. Lunch altogether behind hedge on High Road. After long walk thro' hop gardens. Got altogether 5½ brace & about 9 hares own gun, total bag 19½ brace, 32 hares. Tip 10/s to Head Keeper, 4/s gun cleaner & 2/6 carrying cartridges. Left off at 5.0pm. 3 cups tea. Bath & milk & soda. Rest for 1½ hrs & dressed. Read 'Heart of Rome'. Dinner. Good talk. Cigar. After beat Hamilton L 100 up. String game.
Bed 11.10. Woke 3.0 to 4.0am. Uneasy rest. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot Stoke Edith.) Wednesday September 7 Stoke Edith Park. Up 8.0. Curious dream of M & self coming down Highland Rly. Breakfast. After wrote letters. Heart of Rome. Packed. Sat about. All went for walk to see the hop gardens. Lunch at 2.15. Dora, Eveleen & self left without seeing Paul, H or S.H. Girls went to Worcester. On to London. Slept in train to nearly Langley Station. Otley met me at 4.10pm. Home. Unpacked. Dressed & left for Punch D at 5.35. Called C.C, Garrick. Wrote letters. To Punch D. Phil A, O.S, self, R.H, Lucas & Lucy. Cosy little dinner. Got cut of Bear & Europe. R.H blundering (illeg) cartoon. Left & home by bus. Girl like Ethel Barrymore on bus. Spoken to by man in evening dress. Read & to bed 12.20. M's light going. Slept well. (Red ink: Came up by self from Stoke Edith Park. 1st invite for Springkell issued for Dec 8th to 13th.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary John Billington. Photograph John Billington.) Thursday September 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out 8.35. Little girl from stables 8.40. No Old W. Wet. Home. Rags & cat. Breakfast. Looked out photos for Raven Hill. Schemed subject Europa & Bear. Difficulty. Sent Otley to Mays. At 12.45 photod him for Russian. Enlarged 2 photos. Lunch. Finished by 3.0pm. Rest from 3.15 to 4.30. Looked over 1886 Punch. Tea. Letter to M. Diary etc. Worked up to 8.30 when dined by self. Did not get on as well as usual. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: 1st Lot.) Friday September 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & wrote letters. Out with Rags. Little Lot. Round & home. Got to work at 10.0am & got on. Bother with figure. Lunch & on. Began to shade 5.0pm. Not pleased with block when done. Would have been better with 1 st composition. Finished 9.30 when dined very tired. Rest after & bed at 1.0am. Haunch of venison came from V.W. Sent it on to Lady Burnand. News of invite to Springkell for December 8th. Saturday September 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Out for walk. Lovely morning. Saw labourers in Work Shelter & went back & got camera & took plates of it. Breakfast. After letters to Watney, M, Lady Burnand etc. Put all photos away. At 12.0 photod self & Otley for motor car & enlarged. Very good venison for luncheon. Rest an hour & at 4.0 left for Camera Club. At 5.0 B.J & sister came. No good. Lucky I did not give up the morning. Left 5.30 & home by bus. Bought pears, plums, ham etc. Wrote diary. Letter to M. Dined 7.45 & went by cab to Empire. Poor show. Old Katie Launer thrust herself before the curtain. Home by bus & bed. (Red ink: Went to the Empire by self.) Sunday September 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. No walk. Breakfast. Went off at 10.15 in serge suit to Victoria by bus. Down to Dover with one other by Ashford route. Lovely day. No one I knew on board. Pretty little brown woman with mouth curled up on deck chair. Calais. Came across MerryW at lunch, after Morris. Long talk. Payton, also a man who met me on the 'Vectis'. Also a brother of Vincent Hills, an engineer.
Then the Braunsteins. Mr B asked me to dinner tomorrow. Back. Sleep. Home 7.35 & dined by self. Indigestion after. Bed 12.30. Slept in Roy's room. (Red ink: Crossed Channel by self. Dined at home by self.) (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Sir Albert A'Beckett. T Sep15. Photo Albert A'Beckett.) Monday September 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Little Lot at Campden Hill Court. After back & after breakfast schemed subject of Almanack in earnest. Roy back from the Sterns at 11.0am. At 12 developed 14 films. Lunch, Roy & I together. Partridge & venison. Short rest & on with page for Almanack till 7.0pm. Roy dined out & I dressed & walked to Mrs Braunsteins & dined. A good dinner. Jew boy son. Stood looking at E.W.Cooke's house. Many memories. Left 10.30 & walked home. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Dined by self at the Braunsteins.) (Cuttings glued in: The marriage of Miss Constance Ritchie will not take place. Times Mon 12 Sep. Death of James Lowther. Tues Sep 13.) Tuesday September 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out. Rags. Little Lot. 'Mind your persons'. Lovely morning. Labourers cleared away shelter. Back. breakfast. Roy down. After went on with Almanack page. At 12 enlarged motor car again & developed 24 films & 2 Jessop ditto. Lunch. Short read. No rest & on with drawing again. After at 7.30 dressed & Roy & self dined at 7.30. Left 8.20 to see Sergeant Bruce. Poor. Arthur Williams good. Music pretty. Home by cab. Snack & bed at 12.0am. Dear M left Harrogate & went to Bedstone Court. Wire from Lennie. (Red ink: M left Harrogate. Roy & self went to see a play called Sergeant Bruce.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of James Lowther. Photograph of James Lowther.) Wednesday September 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Met Lot at Holland Walk, no in lane by Lewis's. After back. Breakfast. Dull grey morning. Got on with design for Xmas Page. Put in tracing of motor car only to be taken out afterwards. Schemed Wales, Canada, Ireland etc & dancing round. Lunch. Left after at 2.0pm & went up in wet outside a bus to C.C. At 2.50 photod Miss R.A.Morgan, Canada etc etc. Took 18. Asked for more fee. Left at 5.0 & to Garrick. Tea. Dressed. Sent things home by Otley. Called Mrs Evans & Spooner about Bears. Walking to the 'Punch' Dinner. Phil A, Lucas, Reed, O.S, self, R.H, Graves. Made remark about Raven Hill's cartoon just as he was coming in. Long dinner. Left 11.0pm & home by omnibus. Roy in at 12.15am. Thursday September 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & over Campden Hill. Met Lot in walk, Holland Park. Back. Breakfast. After at once schemed subject of War Correspondent Othello. At 11.15 Miss Huxley came. No Miss Tambay. Photod Miss H & Marguerite for European Countries. Lovely day. After Fireman came at 1.15. Photod him in Roy's coat for War Correspondent. Developed & enlarged. Rest until 3.30 to 5.0pm when tea & went on to work until 8.30 pm when Roy & self dined alone. Read after. Roy there. Bed 11.30pm. (Cuttings glued in: Betrothal of Guthrie Percival to Violet Bewicke. July 5 04. The marriage of Guthrie Percival and Miss Bewicke will take place on September 15. Wed 10 Aug. Marriage of Guthrie Percival to Violet Bewicke. Scene in a Police Court. Sep 15.)
Friday September 16 Stafford Terrace. Up a 8.0 & out. Walk over C.H. Gave Old W 3d. Letter on Thursday Sep 1 about Hopping. Saw Lot. Policeman. After home. Breakfast. Developed 8 of Drumlanford. Photod 4. Spoilt. Why? On with work of Othello War Correspondent. Greatly bothered & not pleased with head in afternoon. Took it out 3 or 4 times. Finished 9.45 when dined with Roy by self. Read after & to bed at 2.0am after sleep in chair. Slept uneasily. Saturday September 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Tired. Walk along Kensington & through passage with Rags. Back. Breakfast. After put away photos, then traced motor car again & at 12.0 Otley & self enlarged 19 bromides. Roy in all the time. After lunch packed & dressed for Balcombe. Nash demands by an early bird seventy pounds. Why? Left at 3.50 with Roy in a 4 wheeler for Victoria. Down with 2 others to dear Mite's. Miite & Linley met us. Linley very much grown, Ann a darling & Oliver changed. Lennie had been to shoot at Mr Tate's. Maud Paxton there. Walk round the garden with Lennie. Harold M & his wife also. Dressed at 7.15. Dinner. Good. Sat 2 hours over it. Harold went to sleep & after to bed seedy. Music. Lennie danced. Bed at 11.30. Sleep 12.15am. Roy's cold bad. (Red ink: Roy & self went down to Balcombe House.) Sunday September 18 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Roy in room. Bath. After breakfast wrote many letters. Cheque to Nash also. Most lovely day all day & not a cloud in the sky. Lennie & Maud Paxton went to Nymans in motor after church. Lunch, Mite, self, Mr & Mrs Harold, Roy & Nonie. After cigar in sun. Read Rudyard Kipling's 'Mark of the Beast' etc. Mite & Harold left in motor 3.45. After tea Roy & self walked past Mill, Lord Frederick's & home by pond. Met Louis Stern in a motor. All back from Nymans. (Red ink: Most lovely day without cloud in sky.) Monday September 19 Balcombe House. Up at 7.0am. No bath. Went in room & had sponge. After breakfast left with Lennie, Harold & Roy & went by the 8.40 to Victoria changing at East Croydon. Home 10.30am. Went on after with x-over page. Re-enlarged all the circle of dancers. In afternoon drew France & Italy in. Dinner, Roy & self. After went up to the new Theatre & could not get in. We went to Alhambra. Man at the box. Said 'Punch' paper. A very good biograph of Russians. Poor ballet, 'L'entente Cordiale'. Straight home in hansom. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Alhambra.) In morning went up to see sale of Japanese goods Campden Hill Road. Put a few down. (Cutting glued in: Death of Prince Herbert Bismarck. ) Tuesday September 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out on bicycle 1st time since 10 Aug. Round School. No Aphrodite. After back & at work most of day on drawing of Xmas Page. Put Wales in in ink in afternoon. Roy & self dined quite quietly in evening, did not go out. Ethel & Mervyn Herapath came at 9.30 to say goodbye before going to New Zealand. (Red ink: Bought 2 lovely Chrysanthemum vases, a bronze Japanese jar, a red jar & a brass coal scuttle extraordinarily cheap at Campden Hill Road, No 2.)
Wednesday September 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bicycle with Rags round Park. Missed Lot. Back & on with drawing for Xmas Page. Put Wales & Canada in. Lunch. At 2.0 left for C.C. Photod G.Taverner, good model, for Persia etc. Dresses from Mays. After out. Saw Roy at Garrick. Tea & dressed & walked thro' Covent Garden & to Punch Dinner. L.B, O.S, self, Graves, Lucas, Reed & Lucy. Raven Hill came at 10.55. Got cut of Infants Russia & Italy. Home by bus & bed. Roy dined at the Garrick Club. LUCAS FECIT 'Go ask papa' the maiden said He knew that her papa was dead He knew the kind of life he'd led, He understood when Mary said 'Go ask Papa'. (Red ink: Jars etc overleaf came home at 1.0pm.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Lord Hastings. Tuesy Sep 20.) Thursday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on bicycle past school & C.H. After schemed subject for Baby Russia & Italy. Otley got me a doll bassinet. Photod it with difficulty at 12.30. Enlarged by 4.0pm. Rest for ¾ hr. Letters & worked till 8.30. Got outline in. Roy & self dined quietly. Bed 11.30. Neither went out. (Cuttings glued in: The wife of E.T.Reed, of a son. The wife of J.de Saugy, of a daughter. The wife of Geoffrey Syme, of a daughter. The wife of Joshua Westmorland, of a son. Death of William Houghton. Death of William Hunt. Death of John Lugg. Death of James Marshall. Death of Indie Masters. Death of Lucy Maughan. Death of Emily Moore. Death of Walter Severn.) Friday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on bicycle past school & over C.H with Rags. After at work all day on drawing of Baby Russia & Italy. Ordered tops for Japanese vases. Worked on. Began to shade 5.30 & finished at 10pm. Roy & self dined together. Slept in chair till 12.0am when to bed. (Obituary of Walter Severn. 23 Sep.) Saturday September 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. very tired. Out with Rags who was bowled over by a black dog & squawked out. Breakfast. After went out & had my hair cut. Letters. Box from Bourchier for Wednesday returned. Letters. Enlargement for drawing. Developed a dozen films. Rest, worn out. Tea. 2 hrs work tracing & dinner at 7.30, Roy & self. After went to see The Duke of Killiecrankie. Very good. Out & to Garrick. Supper. Cyril Maude. Saw Sothern, Lord Cork (illeg) etc. Left 12.30pm & home in cab. Young Warre. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see The Duke of Killiecrankie. Garrick after.) Sunday September 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45 & out with Rags. Back. Roy would not go to Ramsgate. After great row in Terrace with dogs. Roy out all day. Stayed at home & worked entire day. Rest after lunch. Dinner 8.30pm. Fire in my room for first time. Sat up after dinner with Roy & read Anthony Hope's Double Harness. Unsatisfactory.
(Cuttings glued in: Romance of a fiddle. Oct. Death of Colin Hunter. Obituary of Colin Hunter.) Monday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Slight frost & foggy. Out round school with Rags. Met no one. News of poor Colin Hunter's death. Wrote M & also accepting Sir C.B, B.B. Bright McLaren's invite for Dec 3rd. After went on with my Xmas Page. At 12.30 photod Otley & Marguerite for cake dance. Developed. Lunch. An hour's rest & after to work till 7.0pm. Roy & self dined 7.30 & went by cab to the New Theatre. Saw Beauty & the Barge. A mere farce. Well acted. Beautiful woman in stalls in front of me. Fleishmanns in theatre. Out & to Garrick. Talk to Dion Boucicault & also Norman Forbes Robertson. Home by cab & to bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the New Theatre & saw Beauty & the Barge.) Tuesday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Very foggy morning & raw. Out on cycle with Rags. Met Mrs Wootton. Short round & over Campden Hill. Met no one at all. Sausages. Wrote Langley. Woke with a headache. Why? All day at work on drawing for Xmas Page. Roy & self dined quietly at 8.30. Bed at 11.30 after. Wednesday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & cycled round Park. Road stopped. After in morning on with drawing for Xmas Page. Got sizes for studies. Lunch at 1.0 & at 1.20 left by bus for Camera Club. A 2.30 photod 2 Miss Taverners for Xmas Page. 2nd would stop. After out at 5.0 to Garrick. Tea. Looked for Col Rich's death in Morning Post. Could not find it. Walked thro' Covent Garden to the P.D. Sir W.A, Lucas, Reed, Raven Hill, Lucy, F.C.B (back 1 st time since August 17th) self, Graves, R.L, O.S. Discussion about Llama & Lion. Got (with strong protest from me) silly subject of Llama. Left at 11.0. Raven Hill's disappointment, wire to stop him going to Scotland. Talkative man in bus. Had been with Vernon Heath. Conductor never heard of him. Home. Roy had not been out & was in for a wonder. Bed. (Red ink: F.C.B back. Bill Bailey discussion.) Thursday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & walked over C.H. Met Lot in passage. After breakfast took at 10.30 a cab to the Zoo & photod Llama 13 plates. Keeper Shelley. Most lovely & sunny bright morning. After took 4 of Lion. 2 no good. Cab home by 12.0 exactly. Developed & also plates or films rather taken Wednesday 28 th. All afternoon at it. At 5.0 began drawing. At 8.30 Roy & self dined, drinking M's health for her birthday in bottle of '78 Ayala. Bed at 12.0 after. Fire. (Red ink: M Left Bedstone Court & went to Stoke Edith Park. Her birthday. Went to Zoo in the morning. Lovely day.) (Cuttings glued in: Damage to a picture. Thurs 29 Sept. Death of Samuel Melville-Bergheim. Sep. The wife of James Ismay, of a daughter.) Friday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out at 8.40 on bicycle. Saw little A. On to school & over C.H. Gave Old W 6d. Breakfast & after got to work on drawing of Llama & Lion. At it all day & finished at 10.0pm. F.C.B wrote a postcard complaining of turning his head away (Llama) & shade under rock. Bosh. Dined at 10.0 by self.
Roy dined at the Garrick & supper at Savoy after. He did not go to the Garden (Covent) Ball. Bed 1.20. (Red ink: Did silly cartoon of Llama.) Oct 1904 Saturday October 1 Stafford Terrace. Overslept myself & did not go out. Roy down 1 st. Very tired. Letter from M to say she would be home on Thursday. After put photos away. Wrote letters etc. Then went on to work at Xmas Double Page. Had been wet all morning & muggy. Lunch. After Otley & self enlarged & reduced 1 doz about photos taken on Wednesday. Up in room at 4.20 & traced till 7.0 when dressed. Roy & self dined on partridge etc. Left in cab at 8.15 for St James's Theatre. Saw a rotten play called 'The Garden of Lies'. Alexander as absinthe drinking & D.T.Maloney. Mrs Alex Tweedie & Mr & Mrs Bainbridge there. Walked to Garrick with Roy. Pain in chest. Supper, haddock. Talk of Captain Marshall & Chudleigh. "How long may I ask Captain Marshall did it take you to write The Worst Woman in London?" Seymour Hicks joke. Home at 12.30 & bed 1.0am. (Red ink across page: Roy & self went to see ‘The Garden of Lies’ at the St James's Theatre.) Sunday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out 9.5am. Coldish & foggy. Round past church & Lord Alverstone's with Rags. Met no one. Breakfast Roy & self. Rags refused to finish his. Otley put up cartridges. Ordered collars. Worked all day on Christmas drawing. Put in America & South Sea Islands in. Roy & self dined quietly together at 8.30pm & quiet evening & bed after. (Cutting glued in: Death of General Owen Williams.) Monday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walked all way to end of Earls Court Road. No A. Back by Holland Walk. Roy had gone to City. All morning at work. Put in South American Republics & after England Scotland & Ireland etc. Roy & self dined at 8.30 off a bought pheasant. Quiet evening & bed after. Copied about 1 doz plates from Italian Polar Expedition by the Duke of the Abruzzi. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of General Owen Williams. Mon Oct 3 '04.) Tuesday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.15am & left at 7.0 in Otley's cab for Victoria. Down to Balcombe. Saw Eric Parker on the steps. Breakfast & off in motor at 9.20. Began to shoot at 10.0am. Most lovely day possible. Brilliant sun & hot. Got 11 pheasants, 12 duck, 6 partridge, 1 hare, 1 rabbit. Self 2 hen pheasants, 1 french partridge. Same place as last year, 9 duck. Guns Eric Parker, Captain Gibbs, Lennie & self. Left at 5.45 after tea. Called on old Nanny & to Balcombe. Dear Mite & May Nemhard. Left with Parker at 6.40 & to station with oak branch & holly, pears & 2 pheasants. Home 8.35. No Otley. Dinner 8.45 Roy & self. Had a grouse which was sent from Drumlanford. Bed 11.30 very tired. Short winded & pain in chest at Nymans. (Red ink: Up early & had day's shoot at Balcombe coming up same day.) Wednesday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Cycled past Earls Court & school & thro' Kensington Sq. Home. After got on with drawing for Xmas Page. Put the motor &
Punch & Toby in & St Pauls. Left dressed at 6.15 for Punch Dinner. All way by bus. Rained. F.C.B (looked worried) self, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, L.B looking frightfully depressed. E.T.R, H.W.L. Partridge came at 9.30pm after cut made up. Got Magic Kettle, & P Rosebery & Palmists. Left at 9.55 & on to Palace Theatre. Saw Rose looking an awful bounder. Saw Magic Kettle & away home. The manager Mr Millar. Home. Roy out. Bed 11.15. Unpleasant dreams. (Red ink: Went to Palace Theatre for the Magic Kettle.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Le Jeune.) Thursday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Lovely sunny morning. Great wind. Out. Met no one except maid with dogs. Back. After schemed subject of Magic Kettle. Photod Otley in my rain coat at 12.0. After photod oak etc & enlarged. Finished 3.30. Letter from M to say she was going to Midge's tomorrow or Saty & not home. Went on to work & left off at 8.0 when Roy & self dined. He came in late from the Queen's Club. Read after. Bed 11.30. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Margaret Galbraith. Oct. Death of Laura Stanley.) Friday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up t 8.0 & out for walk. Met Sniff. Back & to work after breakfast on drawing of Chamberlain & Kettle. At 12.0 F.C.B called & was shewn up to my room. He had completely forgotten subject made up last Wednesday & wanted to make out I had it wrong. Shewed him instructions. He left at 12.30. On with work & finished 9.45. Not altogether satisfactory. Very cold in afternoon & evening, went & put a waistcoat on. Roy & self dined quietly. Had grouse. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: F.C.B called about Magic Kettle.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Dame Mary Besant. Oct. Photograph of the late John Hollingshead.) Saturday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Walk up Holland Walk. Fine morning. Breakfast. After out & to 7 Leonards Place by 9.45. Looked over Mrs E.Corton's goods. Not much. Back to work. At it all afternoon & up to 6.45 when dressed. Dinner. Grouse. Roy & self drove in cab & went to see a stupid play at the Imperial Theatre called The King's Messenger. Lewis Waller & Evelyn Millard. Bosh by two ladies. Out & home again by cab. Snack & bed at 12.0am. Slightly warmer. In morning 11.0 to 12.30am photod Antarctic & Arctic book. Got on very badly with drawing. Bother with England's head. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Imperial Theatre & saw The King's Messenger.) (Cutting glued in: Thanet Election. M 10 Oct.) Sunday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out with Rags. Right round church etc. Back. Sent Otley to Euston after getting a wire from H.L at 8.30am. Worked all day on Xmas Page. Got on very well. Otley back. Train all right. Had put in heads of England & Scotland & Boer woman & Uitlander dancing. Lunch. At 3.15 work again till 8.0pm. Roy & self dined off a grouse etc. Read. Snooze. To bed at 12.0am. Alice Linley & Mrs Barker called. (Red ink: Hard at work all day by self.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Besant. Saty Oct 8.) Monday October 10
Stafford Terrace. Called & up 5.40am. Dressed & breakfast at 6.0am. Otley's cab round 6.15. Things put in & off 6.20. Otley came panting round half dressed as I was starting. Caught 7.10 for Craven Ams. Changed Stafford & Shrewsbury. An American Clergyman got in. To C.A to time. H's trap there & drove to cover side by 1.10pm. Horse a little lame. Got gun & shot one drive before lunch. H.L & self, Mr Evelyn, a farmer (Green) Mr Kevil Davis & Colonel Kennedy. Warm. Only got one pigeon & a rabbit all day. Left off at 5.45 & to Bedstone Court. Tea. Saw dear M. Mrs Evelyn, Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Kevil Davis & Midge. Dressed. Good dinner. Beat Col K 100 up & after Mr Evelyn. 'There I told you I was no Billiard player'. (Red ink: Went down to Bedstone Court. Met dear M 1 st time since Aug 23.) Tuesday October 11 Bedstone Court. Up at 8.0 bath. Large taps etc. Good breakfast. Started to shoot at 10.0am. Guns Mr Green Price, H.L, self, Col Kennedy, Mr Kevil Davis & Mr Evelyn. Lovely day. Got a brace of partridge 1 st drive. After very bad luck. No birds anyway. 1 rabbit, 1 hen pheasant. Lunch. Midge, M & Mrs K.D came. Lovely hot sun & very good lunch. After walked up & down hill. Bad stands. Got one good rocketter. Hen pheasant. Nothing else. Missed pigeons. Left off at 5.45. Mr Evelyn friend of Vernon Watney's & all the set. Good tea. Mr & Mrs Evelyn left. Talk to Midge & other ladies. Looked at 1875 P. My work A1. Dressed. Dinner. Went in by self. After played 3 100 up with Col K. Won 2, he 1. After to bed at 12.0am. Slept most uncomfortably. Bed too small & hot. Could not get to sleep. (Red ink: Shot at Bedstone Court.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Emily De la Rue. Obituary John Hollingshead. Tues 11 Oct. Funeral John Hollingshead. Oct 15.) Wednesday October 12 Bedstone Court. Up at 8.0. Had slept badly. Dull cloudy morning. After left at 10.0 or a few minutes before. In the break with guns & dogs. On to Hopley Heath. Civil guards & porters. Got lunch at Stafford. Pretty barmaid. Otley met us 4.15. Shooting stick left behind. Home. Dressed & left for Punch Dinner by 6.5pm. Called C.C & walked to P.D from Garrick. Sir W.A, L.B, B.P, H.W.L, Guthrie back 1 st time since (blank) F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S. Got cut of Russian Soldier. Left 10.15 & home by bus. Not a soul got in from Chancery Lane all way home. Only 2 others who got out Piccadilly. Read & to bed 12.0am. (Red ink: M & self returned from Bedstone.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Frederick Francis to Lilian Drake.) Thursday October 13 Stafford Terrace. x. Up & out on bicycle round Earls Court. No A. Round C.H. After schemed subject of Russian Soldier. Sent O to Mays. Hilton came at 11.45. Photod him & all done by 3.0pm. Up in room rested & to work by 4.45. Worked till 8.15 when M & self dined. Roy out. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Wyndams Theatre, a comedy by Arthur Pinero. Thurs 13 Oct.) Friday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up & out on cycle. Round Earls Court. No A. After to work all day on drawing of Russian Soldier. M called on Fanny Barker. Finished 9.15. M, Roy & self dined quietly. (Cuttings glued in: Mr Heywood Johnstone has returned from the south of France. Sep 19. Death of John Heywood Johnstone.) Saturday October 15
Stafford Terrace. Up & walk round Holland Walk. After at 11.0 went on with Xmas Page. All day putting African division in. M up in my room. M, Roy & self dined. Roy would not go to Stern's after. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Electric Light suddenly went out at 7.20. Knocked off work. (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Mr Heywood Johnstone.15 Oct.) Sunday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Walk round church with Rags. After worked 1 hr on North Pole. At 12.15 took M up Park. A boozy man in bus. Back. Edgar & Sophia Herapath back from round the world & to lunch. After gave me a little Japanese House. Foggy day. Up to work at 3.0. Looked over Mudie's list. From 4.30 to 8.0 worked. Put in North Pole. Spencer & Hilda called. Quiet evening, M & self. Roy dined at Savoy. Bed 12.0. Roy back. Rags uneasy. (Red ink: Edgar & Sophia lunched with us on their return from round the world.) Monday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. 1st bath. After out. Met Lot. Rainy morning. Back. Roy off 9.15. Wire from Hilda Herapath. After all day at work on Xmas Page. Put in African details etc. At 7.30 M & self dined & went by 4 wheeler to the Comedy Theatre & saw His Highness my Husband. Roy dined with Fanny Barker & went to see Pinero's play, dined at Carlton. Got back in 4 wheeler. Snack & to bed. (Red ink: M & self went to the Comedy Theatre & saw His Highness my Husband.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Charles Furse.) Tuesday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Met L. Looked round. After all day at work on drawing of Xmas Page. Put in North Pole, musicians, Toby etc. In evening quiet dinner, M, Roy & self. Rested after & bed 12.0am. (Cuttings glued in: Will of Charles Morton. The wife of Eric Parker, of a son. Mrs Hills injured in cycling accident. Oc 20. Death of Margaret Hills. Oc 20. Death of Henry Titmum. Death of Edward Nansittart. The wife of Bertram Watney, of a daughter. Death of infant daughter of Mr & Mrs Bertram Watney. Death of Horatio Vertue. Death of Louisa Vertue.) Wednesday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walked round by church. Missed L after sending bicycle back. Poor Mrs Hills Sir Robert Phillimore's daughter killed at 9.15 on bicycle. After got on all day with drawing for Xmas Page. Put South Pole & also Asia in. Dressed & left for Punch Dinner. All way up to Club by bus. Letters. Walked from the Garrick. Phil A, B.P, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves & Lucas there. Decided to run cartoons opposite one another. Complimented on Russian Soldier. Left & home all way by bus. (Cutting glued in: Inquest on Mrs Margaret Hills. Fri 21 Oct.) Thursday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out for walk. Met L. After sent Otley to Mays & to Miss Huxley. Schemed subject of Arthur Balfour & Miss C.A. M out at lunch at Edgar's. At 12.0 photod Hilton in composite dress & at 1.15 Miss Huxley. Got all ready by 3.30. Short rest & to work until 8.15pm. M & self dined, Roy also. Quiet evening. Up in room early & wrote letters & looked over photos. Round by
church. Missed L. (Red ink: Our Wedding Day.) M, Roy & self dined. Our Wedding day 30 years ago. Had 2 bottles of Ayala 1892. Friday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Met L. Goes past Pitt St. Walked back & then home. After to work all day on drawing of Arthur Balfour & Miss Conservative A. Finished at 10.10pm. Roy, M & self dined. This cartoon to face one of Partridge's. Bed after snooze at 1.0am. (Cuttings glued in: Lady Beatrice Pole-Carew, of a daughter. Oct. Obituary of Charles Morton. 19 Oct.) Saturday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Out for walk with Rags. After breakfast put things away & got to work on Xmas Page. Put in names & finished leaves, maple etc. Lunch. Rest after. At 3.40 began to shade. Put in sky etc in ruled lines. M reading. Dined 8.30. Roy odd & ill-behaved. M upset & unpleasant dinner. Roy worried about money. (Red ink: Most unpleasant dinner. Roy worried & upset.) Sunday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Tired. Out for walk round church. After to work till 12.0 when dressed & took M for walk. Bus to Queen's Gate & across to Notting Hill. Back. M & self to lunch. Rest till 3.30 when went on to shade centre of drawing for Almanack. Put in Wales, Ireland, hawk etc to 8.0pm when dressed. M, Roy & self dined. M told me in morning Roy had lost money. (Red ink: Began to shade Almanack drawing at 3.30pm. Roy had lost money in deals.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary and photograph of Charles Morton. Obituary of Lady Dilke.) Monday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out. Damp morning. Met L.W in passage. Rags & a cat (sandy) in road. News of Russians firing on fishing fleet off Hull. After at work all day on drawing of Xmas Page. Shaded Europe & America. Sent Otley to see horse. M in room. Roy back at 6.0. Done nothing. Dressed at 8.0. Roy called me in room. Very tired. Edgar came to dinner & stayed till 11.0. Bed at 12.30. Very tired & glad to get to bed. (Red ink: Edgar came unexpectedly to dinner.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Emilia Dilke. Death of Blandina Jerome. Death of John Joyce.) Tuesday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Very tired. Out round corner. Met Lord Alverstone. After L with 2 others. Back. Most lovely morning. After to work on Xmas Page. Put in India, Africa & finished America shading. Dear Mite & Nonie at luncheon. Nonie & Fan & Fish etc. Up in room & to work again till 8.0 when M & I dined quite quietly & restful evening. Roy went to see The Chevalier. Roy had lost £12 on a deal & very depressed. (Red ink: Roy went to The Chevalier.) (Cutting glued in: Exraordinary outrage by Russian Baltic Squadron. Monday Oct 24.) Wednesday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Went out at 8.20 on bicycle 1 st time since 14th. Round Earls Court & over C.H. Met L. Back. Roy a cold & very depressed. After breakfast got to work on drawing for Xmas Double Page. Shaded oak leaves & finished centre etc. M up in room. At five fifteen finished drawing & sent it off. Dressed &
left by bus for the Punch Dinner. Called C.C. Letters. Walked thro' Covent Garden & bus from Gaiety. Punch Dinner. Sir W.A, Lucas, L.B (late) B.P, E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S. Agnew congratulated me on drawing of this week's cartoon. Like Mrs Carl Meyer. Also Phil A. Left a letter. We had a very long sitting. Cut made up at 11.30 for me. A Britannia. Discussion as to Sword or Trident. Left at 11.30 & home 12.15 by bus. Lovely weather. (Red ink: Finished the Almanack drawing at 5.15pm. Complimented on last week's cartoon by Agnew.) (Cutting glued in: Letter from Albert Rollit about the Russian outrage. Oct 26 Times.) Thursday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Went up in room. Very foggy. Walk with Rags round C.H. No, without him. Met L who turned round & answered. Back. Breakfast. Hiked Rags out who had been filthily dirty in Morning Room last night. Schemed subject & at 12.0 photod Miss Huxley for Britannia. Wire from F.C.B to say he was coming at 2.15. M packing. Enlarged before lunch. After F.C.B did come. All about Partridge's cut, not mine. He left 2.45. M left for Balcombe at 3.50pm. Rest for an hour & then to work till 8.30pm. Got outline & inked sword in. Roy out. Dined alone. Great suspense as to Russia's answer. Went up to bed at 12.0. Roy back 1.0am. (Red ink: M went down to Balcombe.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Sir Walter Barttelot, of a son. Marriage of Capt Ramborne-Palmer to Caroline Anstey. Death of George Best Baron Wynford.) Friday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on cycle. Rags squorked(sic) out in square near A's. Round over hill & home 9.15am. After got to work 10.30 & hard at it all day on drawing of Britannia & Fishing Fleet. Letter from a firm Mead & Son of Jermyn St about Roberson's acct. Answered it at once. Finished drawing at 10.10pm when Roy & self dined. Tired. Both in Morning Room & bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Did Britannia cut about Russian Fishing Outrage.) Saturday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out. Most lovely morning. Went up Hornton St. Back. Breakfast. Gave Roy cheque. After put all photos away. Packed. Left at 11.0 & to C.C. Photod Boughton's model Miss Grecy. No good at all. Wasted time. After back by 1.50. Lunch. Finished packing & papers & good bye to Roy. Left at 3.50 in Otley's cab & down by the 4.30 to Balcombe. M & Mite met me & drove to Balcombe H. Most lovely day. Russian Episode most happily blown over. Saw a Times. After saw Chicks & dressed. Lennie back from shooting 7.15. Gun headache. Dinner. (Red ink: Most lovely day. Came down by the 4.30 to Balcombe.) Sat up in Lennie's room tired till 12.0 when to bed. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Frederick Harrold to Clementina Caesar. Marriage of Raoul Cremieu-Javal to Kate Pawle. Obituary of Lord Wynford. Oct Mon 31.) Sunday October 30 Balcombe House. Up 8.30am. Fine day. In morning squared prints. Wrote letters etc. After at 12.15 went to meet them coming from church. Quite a party came. People sitting in the Mill Cottage. After Lennie went to Nymans in the motor & M & Mite at 4.0pm. Had a rest in Lennie's room & started at 4.40. Posted letters. Rustic maid waiting for her swain opposite the church. Walked as far as the Loder's house when turned. Motor overtook me & rode home. Very hot. Changed
things for evening & squared up prints till dinner time. Good dinner. Pianola after. Rest & to bed at 11.0pm or rather 10.30. Monday October 31 Balcombe House. Up at 8.10. Down. Times. Saw Lennie off & after bath & shave. The entire day sticking slips in this book & writing in red. Nonie in room in afternoon. Said Major Paynter & wife had called. M & Mite drove over to Nymans & back 4.30. Tea. Took M for walk to Tate's & back. Hot. Squared prints. Cheque to Harrods etc. Lennie back tired at 7.30pm. Dinner 8.0. Bed 11.0 after. Most curious dreams. Lennie read Kipling out loud. (Red ink: Dull wet day.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Dan Leno. Times Tues Nov 1.) Nov 1904 Tuesday November 1 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Dull morning, misty. Breakfast. Letter from the Palace Theatre. Started 9.30 on motor with Lennie & thro' Crawley to Glovers. Shot all day with Mr Lardenberg. 4 guns, Mr L, Lennie, Mr Turner & self. Miss Lindo & Miss Lardenburg. Yarns about Mr Gibson. His rudeness about dogs etc. Good Keeper. Little or rather very large black rabbit shot by Lennie at the last. Had very good stand where I had so often been with M near the old barn which has tumbled down. Bag 34 pheasants & partridges, 10 ducks, many rabbits 1 black. Self got 14 pheasants, 2 duck, 1 rabbit. Had a delightful day. Mr L gave me a finger guard. Left in motor 4.0 & home 5.30. Tea. Cleaned gun & wrote letters, diary etc. Dressed & dinner. Quiet evening & smoke. Bed at 11.0pm. No pianola. (Red ink: Very pleasant day's shoot with Lennie at Mr Ladenberg's at Glovers.) Wednesday November 2 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Bath. Lennie to shoot at Campbells. Left after breakfast & off by the 10.41 train. Met Canon Meade & young Vaughn Morgan on platform. M with me. Confusion as I could not find my ticket. Paid excess fare. Otley met me & took bag. On by bus to C.C & the Garrick. Lunched with Beetle, Scoones etc. Met Bancroft. To C.C at 1.30. Waited an hour, no E.J. Home by bus. Drawing from Johnsons. Wrote on it, legend for Aird. Dressed. Roy back. Bus to C.C. Letter. The Garrick. Met Lawrence Bradbury, on to the Punch D. Complimented on Almanack by Phil A. 12 at dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. A weary discussion after. Got Falstaff cut. Left 11.30. Lucas said "Another ... ghastly evening". Home by bus to 18 Stafford Terrace. Roy in. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Went up to town. Left ticket behind.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edward Stanford. Obituary of Paul de Cassagnac.) Thursday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on bicycle. Met A at same place. After round by school short way & over C.H. Breakfast. Roy left. After schemed subject of Sir John False Toff. Sent Otley to May's in cab for dress. A lovely morning. Sent money for the creeper. At 12.30 photod Otley for Falstaff & Prince Hal, Emma holding the dress out. After got all done by 3.0pm. Up in room. Finished Aird's drawing & packed it up. I wrote on it this morning at 10.0am not yesterday. After tea went on with it to 8.30pm. Roy out when dined by self & bed at 12.0 after. Tired. (Cutting glued in: Death of H.W.Allingham. Mon 10 Nov.)
Friday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out on cycle. Met A. Goes to same school. Round by Kensington Sq & up Hornton St. Roy at breakfast. Bad mustard. After at work all day & up to 10.0pm on Admiral False Toff. Roy out to dinner at the Conservative Club where he met Guthrie. At 8.30 a nasty irritation & cold came on. Why or wherefore who knows. Took Quinine at once. Dined alone & smoke after. No snooze. Bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: Snuffly cold came on about 8.0pm. Took Quinine.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Herbert Allingham. Obituary of Herbert Allingham.) Saturday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Cold bad. Wrote wire & walked round with Rags to Gen Post Office. After breakfast saw man about creepers. Put photos away & left by 11.0am for C.C. From 12.0 to 12.45 B.J came. No good at all. Out & home by bus by 1.10am. Bath, changed & lunch. Pheasant. Books late. After left at 3.50 in hansom for Balcombe. 3 in carriage. Offensive cigar. On platform met Captain Gibbs & wife. To Balcombe House. Mite a cold, the same as I. Tea. Lozenge & after wrote diary. Good dinner. Champagne. Music. Bed at 11.0 & had confections for cold. (Red ink: Bad cold. Came down to Balcombe. Lovely day. Thermometer 63° outside Bathroom at 2.30pm.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Thomas Guest.) Sunday November 6 Balcombe House. Up at 8.10. Cold not so bad as feared. No bath. M & shares. After writing letters took M for walk at 12.15pm & back with Bobs & Bogie up the Red Road. Lunch. Others went to Nymans in motor. Rest in Lennie's room. Tea. After squared prints & wrote many letters. Dressed. M & self down & Mr Welch Thornton arrived for dinner. Good dinner. Champagne. Dance music. Talk & bed at 12.0pm. Took lemon. Cold better. M did not sleep well. Woke at 6.0am. Monday November 7 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Had been a pouring wet night & rain when got up. No bath. Breakfast 8.15. Got off at 9.30 in motor with Lennie & Mr Welch Thornton for Nymans. Saw Mr Messel at door. Otley there who went over with the old mare Gaily. Poured with rain after starting. Guns Mr Whittaker, Mr Lester Reed, Mr Welch Thornton, Mr Eric Parker, Captain Gibbs, Lennie & self. Began at 10.0. Cock pheasant came out same place as last 2 years, could have got him. Guns in the way. Got 1 pheaant & missed 2 others. Heavy rain then came on 11.0am. At 12.0 to 1.15pm great duck drive. 120 bagged. Self 12. All walked to Nymans. Lunch. Hung about & home by motor. No water in bath. Cleaned guns. Mr Welch Thornton & Eric Parker left. Dinner, Mite, M, Lennie, Capn & Mrs Gibbs & self. Very tired & low after. Lennie looked at Punch. Bed 11.0. had Sal Va Latterly(sic). M slept better. (Red ink: Shoot at Nymans. Frightfully wet. Great duck drive after.) Tuesday November 8 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. No bath. Breakfast. After Captain Gibbs & Hilda left. In morning went on squaring prints etc. At 12.0 took M for walk down to Mill Cottage. Saw the pretty wife digging & planting. Muddy. Took Vic & new whippet puppy. Back by 1.0pm. Lunch. Wire from Lennie to say he could not come back to
dinner. Went on with squaring. Mr Brough arrived at 6.0pm. Dressed. Dinner, Mite, M, Mr Brough & self. German Emperor cigars. Delightful evening. Mr Brough's stories, 'Come a little nearer'. Have not smelt whiskey. Sat in Morning room. Left Mr B up. Bed at 11.0pm. Cold better. Chest rubbed & mustard leaf on. Quiet day at Balcombe. First saw Mr Brough. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Louie Heathcote. Obituary of G.L.Watson.) Wednesday November 9 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Down for paper. Bath. After breakfast shaved. Got off in brougham & caught the 10.51 train. Up to Victoria. Otley met me. Took bags. On to C.C & Garrick. Lunch with Sir Douglas Straight. After to C.C. At 3.0 photod E.D last time. Out because of dark at 4.0pm. Home by bus. Changed, bath & dressed. Wrote letters & to Punch Dinner calling Club thro' Covent Garden. Dull heavy grey day but no rain. Sir W.A, L.B, B.P, Lucas, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves. F.C.B at Lord Mayor's Banquet. Got cut of Field Guns, Partridge Russian Soldier. 'Ave Caesar'. O.S presiding. Left at 10.15 after writing letters & home. Roy up & asleep in Morning Room. Bed at 11.45. (Red ink: Went up to town.) A girl upon the ice did frisk, Oh foolish maid her *. Thursday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Fine morning. Out on cycle. Met A. Very pretty. Round over Campden Hill. After breakfast. Schemed subject after, Balfour & Artillary Field Gun. Raven Hill sent things no good. Sent Otley to Mays 10.15. At 11.45 photod Hilton for Balfour & Otley for John Bull. At 1.0 frightfully dark cloud came over. Could get no satisfactory prints. Finished 4.30. Up in room. Bitter tea. Was nearly poisoned. Roy dined at the Garrick. Dined 8.45 by self. Roy back at 12.30 in heavy rain. Clock had stopped. Bed. Looked over Illustrated Paper. (Cutting glued in: List of Birthday Honours.) Friday November 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Fine morning. Rain in the night. Out for walk with Rags. Met L & another. After back. Band. Got to work at 10.15 & all day on Balfour & Artillery Field Gun. Finished at 9.45 when Roy & self dined quietly. Bed 11.45pm. Rags with us. Roy cheerful. (Red ink: Death of Val Prinsep R.A.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Valentine Prinsep. Death of Frank Ridley. Death of George Watson.) Saturday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.10 & in Bathroom. Called 6.5 after & got up. Hurried breakfast & off by 6.55 in Otley's cab with Otley for Nymans. Handed in 5/8 credit note & took ticket to Haywards Heath. Balcombe at 8.45. Met friend of Lennie's on platform. Breakfast again & off in motor to Nymans. 8 guns, Major Lister, Mr Dudley Ryder, Lennie, self, Captain Gibbes, Eric Parker & Mr Whitwick. Got hare & cock pheasant (no hens) 1st stand. Most lovely day. Brilliant sun all day. Bag 142 pheasants picked up. 1 duck, 1 pigeon, 1 woodcock, 6 hares. 5 rabbits. Self got 25 pheasants, 2 hares, 1 woodcock. Good lunch. Mr Messel, Hilda & Muriel out. Got off old stand at 4.5pm. Walk up to house. Tea. Mrs Messel with illness. Parker & Mr Whitwick left for London. Otley took my guns & magazine back. Dressed. A frightfully bad dinner. Hare Oh! No Champagne. Music after. Very tired. Bed 11.15 after talk. M rubbed my back with Pomade de Vine. M & self slept well. (Red ink:
Great shoot at Nymans. Got woodcock. Bad dinner. No wine at Balcombe.) (Red ink across page: Came down early for Balcombe House shoot at Nymans. Most lovely day.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Val Princep R.A.) Sunday November 13 Balcombe House. Up at 8.30. No bath. Fine frosty morning. Down & after pipe. Looked at Mite's portrait. Very great success. Dear little Ann taken up & said it was 'not a picture' but Mother. After M & Mite went to church. Mr Brough, Lennie & I in motor to Nymans. Mr & Mrs Messel walking in the grounds. Lennie went to try & pick up birds. Mr B & the fishing rod. Gaffed a salmon. Had been kept with Mrs Messel for long stroll. Told me of death of Val Princep. After we left & home by 1.20 to lunch. Cigar & rest after. Then tea in Drawing Room with the children. Then wrote letters till dinner. No champagne altho' glasses out. Indifferent dinner. After in Drawing Room. Torak etc. Long talk after & smoke. Bed 11.34. M & self slept well. (Red ink: Lovely day. Ann & her mother's picture.) Monday November 14 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Fine frosty fresh morning. Lennie off. Down & looked at paper. Shaved. Breakfast. After wrote 6 letters & squared few prints. Took M for walk as far as the 4 Walkers. Vic & mouse. Back. Lunch. Linley & photograph of young Crown Prince of Saxony. Dogs etc all out in the sun. Talk to Brock. Put up things by 3.30. Tea. M & self left in brougham with Mite to catch the 4.20 train. Mite on platform. After to London. 4 people got in at East Croydon going to Dieu Donné Restaurant. Otley met us & home by 4 wheeler. Roy dining out. M & self dined quietly. Read The Jewel of the 7 Stars by Bram Stoker after & bed at 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Came home. House in order the 1st time since August 8th.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Henrietta Rintoul. Nov.) Tuesday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Dense fog. Walked over C.H. Missed L. Saw Counterpoint in Holland Walk. Back. Breakfast. After wrote letters etc. Put photos away etc. Read Jewel of Seven Stars. M up in my room after. Schemed subject for Cunard cartoon & dressed at 7.30pm. M & self left in cab for exceedingly dull dinner at Sir Norman Lockyers. Sat next to Winnie Lockyer & Lady Ramsay who was Blair's cousin. Colour photos after, when M & self walked home. (Red ink: Dined M & self at Sir Norman & Lady Lockyers.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Marie Chambers. Nov.) Wednesday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Went out on cycle round Earls Court & Kensington Square. Saw A. Back. Letters. After schemed subject for Cunard Lines. Thought of 'As sure as there is a sea' etc from Poe. Photod Otley & Marguerite at 11.45. Countermanded Miss Huxley. Developed them & all enlarged by 3.30. Rest & then dressed. Left for 'Punch' Dinner by bus at 6.0pm. Called C.C. One letter. Could not find anything about Jury summons. On to Punch Dinner after leaving 6d for flowers. L.B, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, Graves, R.Lehmann & O.S. Frightfully long weary discussion on King of Portugal. Had settled it when Bradbury & Agnew made such strenuous objections that I chucked the cut over to B.P. Seaman read out suggestion of De Wet as Cincinnatus. Settled at once. Left 11.30 & waited ¼ hour for bus. 11.45 at Chancery Lane. Seaman passed. A
most lovely girl & woman keeper got in at Piccadilly, girl dead tired, & out at Harvey Nichols & Co. Curious. Home. Roy in. Bed after Apollinaris at 1.10am. Otley fetched horse from Horlick. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ronald Megaw. Death of the Earl of Northbridge. Death of Mary Otter. Death of Susanna Rayment. Death of Henrietta Rintoul. Death of Samuel Starey. Death of Louis Tannenbaum.) Thursday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out over C.H with Rags. Spoke to workman at Winkworth's wall. L.L passed at nine. Looked round. After back. Dull dark wretched morning. King of Portugal lunched in the City. Fog. Schemed subject of Cincinnatus. Sent Otley to May's. Back 12.15. Photod with great difficulty & enlarged by 3.30. Up in room. Rest till tea when got drawing Oxen etc in by 6.0pm when dressed & left in cab for Lincoln's Inn Hall. Got there 7.0pm exactly. Lord Alverstone presided. Sat between Phipson Beale & a pleasant little man called Chadwyck Healey. After coffee & port wine. Lovely Charles 2 nd cup. Talk to General Sir T.Kelly-Kenny. Sir W.B Richmond drove me home. Midge had been to dine. Roy & M up. Snooze till 1.15am. Bed. Could not find the paper. (Red ink: Dined with Lord Alverstone & the Benchers at Lincoln's Inn Hall.) Friday November 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out for walk over Campden Hil, Rick & Rags. Met L.L. Not a word. After Double. Back. Band. Breakfast. Good. Worked all day on drawing of De Wet as Cincinnatus. Made an enlargement frightfully over exposed at 2.0pm. Finished drawing 9.20pm. Roy & self dined, M sitting at table. Cigar & bed after snooze in Morning Room 12.15am. (Cutting glued in: Dinner at Lincoln's Inn. Fri 18 Nov.) Saturday November 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out with Rags & walked down across Cromwell Road & into Earls Court Road. No A. Called furniture shop. After back. Breakfast. Roy left bag at Queens Club. After wrote Galbraith. Dressed & left at 12.0 for Bond St. Measured for coat Inverness cape at Stohwassers. Strolled to Garrick. No letters. C.C. After lunched. Beetle. Captain Marshall going to Hall Barn tonight. Seymour Hicks & Allen Aynesworth. Coffee & liqueur. Saw Sothern. Went to Apollo Theatre. Met M. Lovely brunette in front of us. Poor play. Pretty women. Out & walked all the way to Butts in drizzle. Bought fruit etc. Roy out motoring with Stern. Dressed 7.0pm. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'Veronique'. Walked home in drizzle rain.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Susan Wicke.) Sunday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out past church with Rags. After at 12.0 went with M on bus to top of Row & walked home. Lunch. Rest. After at 6.0 to work on drawing of Cunard Line. Spencer & Paxton called. At 8.0 Sir Norman & Lady Lockyer & Spencer dined. Sir N not in his usual form. Had last bottle of Geisler '74. Splendid. Spencer & his rifle invention. They left in a carriage & pair. Read & to bed 11.30. (Red ink: Sir Norman & Lady Lockyer & Spencer dined. Very cold weather. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Walter Shoolbred.) Monday November 21
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out. Up over Campden Hill. Met L. Deaf & dumb. After gave Old Woman 3d for a blessing. Lovely bright warm morning. Lennie at Pyt shooting. After back & wrote letters. Then got to work on drawing for Cunard. At 12.0 enlarged ½ doz plates etc for drawing up to lunch time. After rest from 2.0 to 4.0pm. M out in carriage 1st time since August. Went to Stores & Cook for Mite. After at 4.30 went on till 8.15 with drawing. Dressed & M, Roy & self dined. Bottle of Geisler 1885. Very cold. In Morning Room after. No chair. Roy had had a good day on the Stock Exchange. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Bitterly cold.) See Times for Wills, could not find. Tuesday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5. Bitterly cold. Snow. Out 8.40 & walked up Hornton St. Met L & Double. Back. Breakfast. After went on all day with Cunard Drawing. Put in outline. M up in my room, after Mite. Mrs Morland Agnew & others calling. In Drawing Room after. Roy had good day but not so good as yesterday. M put me mustard leaf on for cough. (Red ink: Very cold. Snow in afternoon.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Arnold Martin to Editha Schwann. Death of George Assheton-Smith. Death of James Hay-Boyd. Death of Guy Leech. Death of Teresa Sinclair. Obituary of James Hay-Boyd. Nov 22.) Wednesday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Over C.H. Chaussée in Holland Walk. Back. Breakfast. After at work all day on drawing of Cunard Company. Began to shade at 11.45. Could not quite finish by 6.0. Dressed & left for Punch Dinner by bus. Called C.C & Garrick & walked down New Road to St Clement Danes. W.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, self, F.C.B, Graves & R.L. Cuts made up by 9.0am. Left 9.45 & home by bus. Cold. Wore grey coat. Took 2 Carters L.L.Pills. Had ineffective mustard leaf on. (Red ink: Cuts made up by 9.0pm.) Thursday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Met L in Campden H Road. D & D. On after, back at 9.0. Schemed subject of Russia, Japan & John Bull. Sent boy to Mays. At 12.20 photod Otley for all three. Bitterly cold. After developed & got ready by 3.30pm. Rest ½ an hour. Worked till 8.15 when M, Roy & self dined. In the Drawing Room after. Took 1 Carters L.L.Pill. Coughed very much. Had chest rubbed & several lozenges. (Red ink: Cough very troublesome.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Frederick Breslauer to Mary Agnew. Death of Sophia Collard.) Friday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out over Campden Hill before L. Back 8.55. Band after. Not quite so cold. Work all day until 9.25 on drawing of Russia walking away with Destroyer. Bitterly cold. Hot fire. M in room reading Sir Edgar Boehm's book. M, Roy & self in Morning Room after dining at 9.40pm. Bed 12.20. M with candle. Lozenge. Saturday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out over Campden Hill & down Holland Walk. Bitterly cold. Roy going to Margate. In morning hung about & at 11.15 Orton came examined chest & pronounced on cough. He left 12.15. Then dressed in dark suit & went & called at Barkers to complain of having been charged too much on 3
bottles of Geisler 1898 wine. Was a mistake. After took a 4 wheeler to Conduit Street. Had Inverness cape tried on. Then walked to lunch at Downshire House. Sat between Lady Carew & Mrs Leonard Courtney. Talk to Causton after. Then to the Drawing Room. Talk for ½ an hour to Mrs Pirrie & Miss Carlisle. Then drove in carriage to Butts. Bought fruit. Very foggy. Home. Took Orton's medicine. 1 st time in carriage since Sunday July 31st last. M & self dined quietly at 8.0pm. Bed at 10.50. Cough troublesome in room. (Red ink: M & self lunched with the Pirries at Downshire House.) Sunday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Put things away & wrote letters. At 12.0 took M to top of Row & walked back. Met the Braunsteins, also Richmond. After home. Lunch. Colley wobbles came on either from Orton's medicine or chill. Rest for an hour & read Wells' stories. At 4.0 to 7.45 went on with drawing for Cunard Company. Spencer came up. Dressed 7.45 & at 8.0pm Mr & Mrs Phipson Beale & Mr & Mrs Spielmann dined with us. A very pleasant evening. Roy back at 10.50 after they left. Bed 12.10. Still uncomfortable from medicine. (Red ink: Colley wobbles came on at 1.30pm. Cough very troublesome. Gastric attack, lasted the rest of year.) Monday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bath & out. Still very cold. Met no one. Back. Eat good breakfast. Felt seedy fom colley wobbles. Finished Cunard Drawing by 11.40 & sent it off. After wrote letters etc. Lunch up in room. Began to rest when Orton came. Yarn. Said it must be something I had eaten. German sausage. After up in room. Uneasy rest. Put all photos away & after began Vol 127 drawing. Dressed at 7.15 & then at 7.50 drove with M to the Hans Crescent Hotel & dined with O.S. Mr & Mrs Arnold-Forster, Mr Austen Chamberlain, Mrs Phil Agnew, Miss Clench, 2 other married couples. Pleasant dinner. M not impressed with Cabinet Ministers. Pleasant chat & smoke. Left at 11.10 & home by 11.30. Roy had dined at home & was up. (Red ink: M & self dined with O.S at the Hans Crescent Hotel. Met Mr H.O.Arnold Forster & also Mr Austen Chamberlain.) The other couples were Mr & Mrs Alcroft (Dent & Alcroft) & Mr & Mrs Carfax. Tuesday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Avoided L. Early. Back. Breakfast. After schemed subject for Title Page. Decided for Japanese Knight. Rest after lunch. Dressed & at 8.10 Mite & Lennie, Mrs Blair & Geoff Blair, M, Roy & self dined. Cheery evening. Drank Harold Messel's son & Geoff Blair's health. 2 bottles Geisler. They left 10.45. Talk. Bed 12.0 after rest. (Red ink: Reminder invite from Springkell sent. Issued Sepr 7th for Dec 8th to 13th. Geoffrey Blair & his mother dined with us also Mite & Lennie.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Patrice De Bathe to Violet Wood.) Wednesday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. M told me about Marguerite & her ways. After out & walked over Campden Hill. Just missed L. All day at work on drawing for Title Page, Japanese Knight. Dressed. Miss Blair had lunched with us. Left in bus. Letter at C.C. Walked to Punch Dinner. Last flower. L.B, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, O.S, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got easy bird cut, German Eagle & Dove.
Left at 10.45 & home by bus. Roy out. Lay awake coughing a long time. Most troublesome. Roy home late. (Red ink: Cough most troublesome.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Earl of Harwicke.) Dec 1904 Thursday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Met no one. L.W round the corner. Back. No May no model. Schemed subject Eagle & Dove. Enlarged photos at lunch time & after up in room. Rest & to work from 4.30 to 8.30pm. After M. Roy & self dined. Quiet evening. Roy went out to a dance after at 10.45pm. Bed at 12.0am. Posted letters last thing. Before breakfast not as above but walked down to Earls Court. Met A. Gen Reid's house shutters up. Friday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags. Met no one. Back. Band. Roy left. After got to work & finished drawing of Eagle & Dove at 6.20pm. Hilda S.J in to lunch. Mrs Adlam called. Dressed & changed. Bother about proof of drawing the last moment, Cunard. M & self dined quietly. Roy at Prince's Gate. Left in cart at 7.50 for Euston. Saw Mr Brock. Bought Munby told by Stead. Comfortable journey. Arrived Chester 12.35. Shewn room. Fire. Put things ready for tomorrow. Apollinaris & egg. Bed & sleep 2.0am. (Red ink: Left after early dinner for Euston & went through to Chester. Slept there.) (Cutting glued in: The Fatal Poaching Affray in Yorkshire. Thursday 1 Dec 1904.) Saturday December 3 Queen's Hotel, Chester. Up at 6.55am. Dark. Had very good hot bath. Breakfast. Attendants civil. Left by 8.5am for Llandudno Junction. Read Mail. Got there at 9.45. Carriage met me. Egg on lip. Drove straight to covert side. Very stiff climb up hill 2nd beat. Came across young Bainbridge. 7 guns, Mr McLaren Jnr, Sir Charles, self, young Bainbridge, Mr Barbour, Mr Barlow & a Scotsman. Got all day 12 duck, 17 pheasants, 39 head. Very bad luck in stands. Most excellent lunch in a lovely schloss. Left off at 4.30 & drove home. Talk & tea. Up in room. Wrote M. Put things straight. After dressed & went in to dinner. Took Miss McL in. Good dinner & wine. After smoke in the Billiard Room. 2 pictures which reverse with a horrible Mask of Death behind them. Game going on between Mr Cross & young Bainbridge. Went to bed at 11.0. Slept well. (Red ink across page: 1st day's shoot at Bodnant Hall.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Herbert Radcliffe.) Sunday December 4 Bodnant Hall, Tal-y-Cafn. Up at 8.0. Bath in room. After down & walk in garden. Most friendly black jackdaw & peacock. After signed book & got Maeterlinck. Dear old Mrs Pochin. Wrote many letters. After at 11.0 went for walk round gardens with camera. Took nothing. Lovely small skating lake made. Costly Mausoleum etc. After a great gale & heavy sleet came on. Went on with letters. At lunch Mr Bainbridge (illeg) & another guest came. A (illeg) MP. Good coffee & liqueur. Talk. After in room finished letters. Rest. At 4.30 down to tea. Very long interesting talk on Free Trade. After up in room & finished letters. Dinner. Sat next Mr Cross & after Col Tompkinson came. Talk of (illeg). Young Barbour, C, self & H.McL on Ventriloquism etc. Cigar & bed 11.15. Read Maeterlinck. (Red ink: Great
gale at Bodnant.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Frederick Hohenzollern von Sigmaringen. Saty Dec 3.) Monday December 5 Bodnant Hall, Tal-y-Cafn. Up 7.30am. Down & breakfast 8.30. Took 2 plates of valley. Group also taken. After started 9.20. 6 guns. 2 McLs, Col Tompkinson, self, Mr Cross, Mr Emmett. Got 40 birds up to lunch. On bridge with Miss McL. After in to lunch. A Mr & Mrs Bright there. Out after coffee & liqueurs. Got 3 birds walking. After 9 more. Shot badly after lunch. 52 birds in all. Left off 4.15. In to tea. After in room wrote M & drew 3 mice in book. Dressed. Dinner 7.30pm. Dinner. Took Lady McL in. Mr Cross left at 8.45. Talk of sugar & Punch after. Mrs Pochin & Miss McL at chess. Talk of my ancestry. Smoke & general talk of Wellington, Peninsular & Mascot etc. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink across page: 2nd day's shoot at Bodnant in Park.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Major Charles Duer to Caroline Blackstock-Downey. In Memorium Herbert Crossthwaite, In loving memory Katie Tallentire. In loving memory Baron Huddlestone. Death of General Sir Richard Taylor. Death of Major Colin Taylor. Death of William Clowes.) Tuesday December 6 Bodnant Hall, Tal-y-Cafn. Up 7.35. Shave. Breakfast. letters. One from G. After got off 9.20. 6 guns. A Mr Jones Mortimer, Colonel Tompkinson, 2 McL's, self, Emmett. Long walk up hill. Got 8 birds there. A fox with a curious tail shot by Sir Charles' loader. After 20 duck & good stand by cover on mountain. Back. Lunch. After bottom of wood. Burnt hand with cigar. Then up stone steps. Changed places with McLaren. Shot extraordinarily well. Got 15 gallery shot birds. All looking on. Only 2 after. Got either 38 or 41 in the day. Col T two high birds. After sent wire from Post Office & back. Tea. Then up in room. Wrote letters & packed. Keeper's name is Parry. Down to dinner. Good. In lamb's wool suit. Only the family left. Told them of D'Arcy. After left at 8.45pm. Doubts as to leaving shooting stick at Llandudno Junction. On to Crewe. Drunken man. 'Do you think me a fool'. Got into 1.10am train. No sleeping berth. Pillow. Most uncomfortable journey. (Red ink across page: 3rd days shoot at Bodnant. Extraordinary good stand on hill. Left after dinner.) Wednesday December 7 On Board Train for Euston. Woke at Willesden 5.0am. Shunted & knocked about. Could not sleep. Turned out 7.0am & home by 4 wheeler by 7.45. Saw M in bed. Letters. Went for usual walk. Met L & asked follower about her. Back. Breakfast. Letters & tidied up. Got to work on Title Page by 12.0. Miss Gill came. Sleepy & tired. Rest after lunch till 4.30pm. Worked. Put in pony etc. At 8.15 M, Roy & self dined. In Drawing Room after. Bed at 11.15. Very tired. (Red ink: Arrived home from Bodnant.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Robert Browning, of a daughter. Death of Maximo Terrero.) (Red ink: See Sunday 18 Sepr 1898 for death of Madame Terraro aged 87.) Thursday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.45, mean 6.30. Dressed & finished packing. Breakfast at 8.0 & off in Otley's 4 wheeler by 8.30. Roy on steps. Drove in dreary cold weather to St Pancras. Mr Snow civil. Got off for Carlisle 9.30. Comfortable uneventful journey. Good lunch & tea. Carlisle 3.45. 2¼ hrs to wait. Hard frost. M & self went
for walk. Saw Rickerby's shop & also Robert Little & Co. Going into Cathedral met Miss Barran. Curious bow of the 2 clergymen. Out. Walked up & down & met Mr Barran & also the Newmans. After to Springkell. Mr Donner on platform. Very cold. At house 8.0pm, delay for luggage. Dinner at 8.30pm. Took Mrs Donner in & next Mrs Newman. Talk of Lord Listowel. Bed at 11.45 after cigar. M's room cold. (Red ink: M & self went by Midland Rly to Carlisle. Bitter frost. Met Miss Barran near Carlisle Cathedral. On to Springkell.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of General Sir Richard Taylor. Dec 7.) Friday December 9 Sprinkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.0am. Bitter frost in night. Breakfast 9.0. All off for shoot at 10.0am. 7 guns, Mr J-F & Alex J-F, self, Mr Donner, Mr Newman, Mr Barran M.P, Mr Broadhurst. Poor sport up to when M came for last stand before lunch. Got in day 40 pheasants, 1 pigeon, 2 rabbits. 1 stand of 10, 1 of 17 by brook. Shot very badly at brook. Left off in cold wind & sleet at 3.50pm. Walked home. Tea & cigarettes. Hot bath. Wrote diary. Took Miss Barran in. Short of wine at dinner. Played game of Patience. After cigar. Sleepy. Talk of Alex Henderson. Bed. (Red ink: 1st day’s shoot Springkell. M at stand with me. Barran missed 2 woodcock.) Saturday December 10 Sprinkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 7.45. Stohwasser suit. Hard frost in night. Breakfast. No ladies. After left at 9.0 & off in break to same shoot I remember in 1899. 7 guns, same as yesterday. Most enjoyable day & sun most of the time. All day except the 1st & last stand in a wood. Got to own gun 52 pheasants, 3 hares & 5 rabbits. One stand 21 birds. Left off at 4.15. Walk back to farm where we lunched. In break at 4.30 & clipping drive home. Tea & lovely bath. After wrote letters. Took Miss White into dinner. On the fire side. Game after. Very sleepy & in Smoking Room after. Bed at 11.15. Very tired. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot Springkell. In long wood.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Captain Montague Percy Oakes to Queenie Cawston. Death of William Black. 04. Edward Terry, his family and company leave for New York. Rudyard Kipling and family leave for the Cape. Monday 12 Dec T. Funeral of General Sir Richard Hayes. ) Sunday December 11 Sprinkell, Ecclefechan. Up 7.45. Down 8.30. Wrote letters. Breakfast 9.0am. Wrote more letters till 11.0. M went to church. Worked from 11.10 till 1.20pm. Lunch 2.0pm. After smoke. Too dark to work. Went for walk with M & JohnsonFerguson to the ruined church of the Irvines & Maxwells. Story of Fair Helen Irvine & her lover Fleming shot by Mr Bell the Laird. She was heiress of Kirconnell. After read Private Lives of William 2nd & his Consort to M. Dressed. Dinner. Took Mrs Johnson-F in. Good dinner. Drew pictures after in book. Smoke. Talk of Dilke. Bed at 11.45pm. (Red ink: Walk to chapel ruins. Worked in morning on Japanese Knight.) (Cutting glued in: Betrothal of Colonel J.Parkinson to Constance Daubeny. Mon 12 Dec.) Monday December 12 Sprinkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.0. No letters. Shaved & breakfast. Wore herring grey suit. After glass frightfully low but fine morning. All walked to 1 st stand. Got 2 birds. Missed cock overhead. After to valley with Burne. Got a woodcock. After
nothing. Then long walk to duck pond. Miss White standing by. Got only 4 duck, 1 pheasant. Lunch in Factor's house after. 4 stands after lunch. Got altogether 28 pheasants, 4 duck, 1 woodcock, 1 pigeon. Solitary walk home. Gave Johnson the Loader £1.2.6 & Loudon (pronounced Loud-on) £1.10.0. Mr Donner going at 7.0pm. Got bath, not very hot. Took Mrs Johnson-F in to dinner. Slow evening after. Bed at 11.10pm. M & self slept well. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot at Springkell.) Tuesday December 13 Sprinkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.0. Nipped in & got hot bath put for someone else. After breakfast. Good bye. Tips. Got away 9.50. Very hard frost. To Carlisle. Mrs Donner by herself in coupé. All went to Mrs Rickerby's shop. Back & most comfortable journey. Lunch & tea. The Barrans & the Newmans got out at Leeds. Old gent playing Patience by himself. Otley met us. Home in his cab by 7.0pm. Roy with spots. Wrote 6 letters. M & self dined quietly. After a letter came by express from Hamilton Fletcher putting off shoot for next Saty. Bed 11.10. Raw & cold. (Red ink: M & self came up from Ecclefechan.) Wednesday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Out in rain with Rags & Rick. Met L. After breakfast wrote many letters. Very wet morning. After a whole day at work on drawing for Opening Volume 127. Worked up to 5.45 when found could not quite finish it. Dressed & all the way to Bouverie Street by omnibus. Arrived 7.15. F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, L.B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. F.C.B had had bronchitis & looked very seedy. Long weary discussion. At last I suggested the Lever, John Bull & the Australian & Canadian walking after. Left at 11.10pm & home by bus. M had dined by herself at the Vaughn Morgans & was up. Roy dined at home. Bed 12.15pm. Had taken Orton's medicine. (Red ink: M dined by herself at the Vaughn Morgans. Orton's upset with medicine tonic 2 nd time.) (Cutting glued in: The King attended the christening of the infant son of the Duke of Westminster. Dec 13.) Thursday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with Rags. Met L. After home & breakfast. Schemed subject of John Bull & Canada & Australia at 11.45 having sent boy to May's. Photod Hilton & Otley with pole. Developed & enlarged by 3.30pm. Rest till 4.30 when after tea went on & finished drawing for Title Page Vol 127. Sent it off at 6.30pm. Worked till 8.30 on cartoon & after M & self dined together. After dinner frightful fit of indigestion came on probably on acct of Orton's medicine. Felt sick & heartburn. Roy dined with Stern. Bed at 12.0 after rest. M went to Stores for Bradbury present. (Red ink: Gastric trouble & indigestion commenced.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Norman Maccoll. Inquest into death of Norman Maccoll. Mon 19 Dec.) Friday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Had been frightfully seedy with indigestion from Orton's medicine. After out with Rags. Met L who answered. Rags attacked by a Cook at No 11 with a toasting fork. Breakfast. After letters at work all day on drawing of John Bull & Colonies. M out. Up in room. Worked till 9.40 when finished. Roy & self dined. Did not smoke all day or take liqueur. Seedy. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Wearther unaccountably mild & warm. King's great shoot at Lord Cadogan's. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Norman Maccoll. Friday Dec 16.)
Saturday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Very seedy still with indigestion. Was to have been at a great hare drive on the Wiltshire Downs today but it was postponed. Out with Rags. Back. Roy went to see Dr Orton about his spots. Thermometer 57 outside my room in morning. All morning tidying up. Put things away & wrote letters. Shaved & dressed. Lunch at 1.0pm & left in carriage with M at 1.40 for the Haymarket Theatre His Majesty's & saw 'The Tempest'. Viola Tree capering about. A very beautiful little girl with her father. Vulgar young man behind us. Out & walked past Walls. Got sausages & after to Hyde Park Corner. Drove home spending 7 shillings & 8d on fruit. Roy not gone to Mite's after all. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of The Tempest.) Sunday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out. Dull morning. Walked past church & met anon Barrister. Felt very low & seedy. Met Pepys Cockerell after in Holland Walk. Home. Roy in seedy with barbers rash. M & self went for walk going to Hyde Park Corner by the French Embassy by bus. Walked home. After lunch which I enjoyed rested in room till 4.30. Tea. Daggles called. After squared prints etc. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Wolfram Ford dined with us. She bright & delightful. Sang after. No appetite for dinner. They left at 11.0. Roy back. He had dined with Stern at the Savoy. Rest & bed. Woke at 3.0 with cough & heartburn. Went down. Sick. Better rest after but very seedy. M broken rest. (Red ink: Mr & Mrs Wolfram Ford dined with us. My cough & gastric trouble very bad. Sick at night.) (Cutting glued in: The King enjoyed an excellent day's sport. Saty Dec 17.) Monday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out. Went through school after having met Mr Richardson. Felt very seedy & bad with my indigestion. After met L in Holland Street. Very foggy. Back & letters. Orton called at 11.0 & saw me. Changed medicine. After put things straight. Letters etc. Rest. Left at 5.0 & went up by bus to C.C. 1 letter. On to Jones's & chose Lawrence Bradbury's present. To Garrick. Wrote letters. Signed book. On to Punch Dinner. No F.C.B, ill. O.S, self, Graves, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Long weary discussion. Eat hardly anything. No wine. No smoke. Sat till I got both my cuts & then left with a protest from O.S. In the Strand gave a man 1/s, came back saying 'Look what you've given me'. Home by bus. Roy in W.C. Midge & Dora had dined with M. (Red ink: Punch Dinner. Very seedy & ill with gastric disturbance.) Tuesday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am & out. Met L & another at Hornton St. Fine morning, colder. Back. Breakfast. Had had rather better night but still very bad. After letters schemed subject of Peace on Battlefield using plate of Etty Pettigrew taken (?) years ago. Enlarged at 12.45. Lunch. After done by 3.15pm. Rest & on to work. Many callers in afternoon. M gave Miss White 6d short. Long debate over it. Roy & self dined quietly & bed early after. Lord Burnham's shoot at which His Majesty attended. (Cuttings glued in: The King had a day's shooting over Lord Burnham's preserves. Wed 21 Oct. A marauding wolf in Northumberland. Mon 19 Dec. See December 30th.)
Wednesday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. & out. with Rags. Met L. Past Lord A's, after home. A dense fog fog came on. Had to work by Electric Light the entire day. M could not go out at all. Was up in my room resting quietly. Worked all day on Peace on the Battlefield & up to 10.20 when finished. Most unsatsfactory. Down & M, Roy & self dined at 10.30. After at 11.15pm Roy went out in the fog & to the Oakes’ Ball. Back 4.0am. (Red ink: Worked entire day by Electric Light. Dense fog.) (Cuttings glued in: Fog settled on the metropolitan area and other parts of the country. 23 Dec. Death of Arthur Chappell. Lord Beaconsfield's birthday.) Thursday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out with Rags. Still very foggy. No L. Back. Breakfast. Roy off to the City. Wrote letters. Letter from Laurence Bradbury who is married this day. After a dense fog all day. Put away all photos & wrote cards & letters. Lunch. Rest & snooze after. M came back at 5.0pm having had to walk & be lead by Otley on the Bayswater side. Got to work & decided on Hand Shadow for Opening Volume. Had read delightful story called 'Snap' by Mr Sampson Seton. At 8.0pm M, Roy & self dined together. Quiet evening after. Gave Roy the story of Snap to read. Bed at 11.30. Chest rubbed. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Arthur Chappell. Obituary of Captain John Castle. Marriage of Laurence Bradbury to Olga Morgan.) Friday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out with Rags. Met no one. Collared by the German bandsman & gave him 2/s. After dull cold & foggy. Said good bye to Roy. In room. Letters. Went on with Title for Vol 128. Packed. Lunch. After M & self got off at 3.45 in Otley's cab to Victoria. Met Lennie. Then the Hohlers. Then Donna Linda. All got into carriage. Waited 1½ hrs before starting & arrived at Balcombe 2¼ hrs late. Not till 7.40. Stopped at Post Office to write post card to Otley. Balcombe House. Tea. Dressed. Dinner 8.45. Geoff Herapath there. Donna L danced afterwards. Bed at 12.0. Dear M tired. Slept well. (Red ink: Went out of miserable fog to Balcombe House, 3½ hrs getting there. Invite for Easton Park issued for the 9th to 13th January 1905. Got it Tuesday 27th December.) Saturday December 24 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45 & finished letter to Otley. Bath. Breakfast late, 10.0am. A poodle puppy dirty all over the house. Old Mademoiselle had left. Put coat on not worn since Monday 7th November. In morning busy writing diary & letters. Lennie got me a small table for work. L, Geoff & Donna Linda & F.W went over to Nymans to lunch. Worked till 2.15 when lunched with Mite, M, Mrs Hohler. After they went to Nymans at 3.30. Looked at books. After Mr Marriott came. Had sent my things on. Walked nearly to Hand X. Carriage sent back for me. Car overtook me & on to Nymans with Marriott. All playing Snooker Pool. Harold M looking seedy. Eric P & Capn Gibbes. Dr Messel, who I was sorry to hear had been frightfully ill with diabetes. Dressed in a man's room. Dinner, cold. Dance after. Long talk to Mrs Sington & Dr Messel. All left for home, self with M, Mite & Mrs H in carriage, rest by a motor. Home at 1.0am. Chaff about sausage & mash. Bed late. Slept well. Felt better. (Red ink: Walked to Hand Cross. Dined & Dance at Nymans.)
Sunday December 25 Balcombe House. Up 8.30 & bath. Bed again. After down & breakfast 9.45am. Very hungry. Grey day. After all went to church. Got to work at 11.15 to 1.30 on page for Vol 128. Lunch. After went for walk with Lennie, Hohler & Marriott & poodle, Vic & Bogey. Back 5.0. Hot. Changed. Tea. Xmas tree & children. Switch back & tumble toys. At 6.0 to 7.45 wrote many letters. Dinner. Crackers etc. Charades after. Talk & bed at 1.0am. (Red ink: Quiet delightful Xmas day.) Monday December 26 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Bath. Breakfast. Off in green suit & Fletcher boots to shoot. Motor at 10.10. Nymans. Guns, Parker, Gibbes, Hohler, Lennie & self. Shot with L's No 1 gun. Got 4 pheasants, 2 cocks & 2 hens, 5 duck. Lunch. Surley keeper of Loder's ordered Lennie off the field. Back 4.0 & home 4.20. Changed. Tea 5.10. After wrote letters & dressed. Dinner. Took Donna Linda in. At 9.30 dance people arrived. 2 good musicians & a very good Dance. Stout girl. Lady of the Mill & Miss Parker. Youth like Cartwright. Took Lady of the Mill into supper. Danced Lancers, American dance & also Post Horn Galop. Smoke & to bed 2.0am. Geoff & Donna Linda. (Red ink: Dance at Balcombe House.) Tuesday December 27 Balcombe House. Up at 8.20 & after bath. Lennie went up to town. Breakfast. After got to work & did 3 hours at drawing of Opening Heading Volume 128. Lunch. Rest in room after. Letters. Gave up going to the Mill. Went for walk to the Post Office & saw motor turn into the Park with Hohler & Geoff & Donna Linda who had been to East Grinstead. Back 6.0pm. Again letters. Dinner. Oh! so dull & slow with Mrs H & D.L. After looked out Burlington Magazine Limited, 17 Berners St, W. Bed at 11.0pm. No Lennie at dinner. Slept well. Grey day still. At 11.30 in the morning photod little Oliver in chair in the Conservatory for my cartoon for next week. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Samborne Stukely Palmer-Samborne. Marriage of George Wright to Nellie Terrell.) Wednesday December 28 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Bath. Breakfast & off at 9.30 with Florence Walford. Good bye to Hohlers. Mrs Thring & man on platform. Up with Major Oxley & others & to Victoria. Otley met me. Home by 11.30am. After at 12.15 went to Dunk & Clarkes & gave a plate 35 minutes for interior by Electric Light. Most successful. Developed photos taken of Oliver yesterday & after lunch a rest. Went on at 4.0pm & finished by 9.0pm Title Heading for Volume 128. Roy & self dined together & bed at 12.0 after reading. Quite warm weather. Thermometer 65 outside window in the Bathroom. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe. Photod Barber's shop.) (Cuttings glued in: Letter about obituary of Captain Castle.Wed Dec 27. Death of Evelyn Terrell.) Thursday December 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out over C.H with Rags directly after breakfast. Letters & schemed subject of Chamberlain & Little New Year in Barber's shop. At 11.0 Hilton came. Photod him as Chamberlain & Old Year & got plates developed & some enlarged before lunch, after till 3.30pm. At 4.15 M back from Balcombe by carriage. Tea & up in my room. Roy out to dinner & to a supper given by George Edwardes at Romano's. M & self to dinner. Had a bitter pheasant, Oh!
Read after & to bed unaccountably tired at 11.30. Fire in room. Glad to have M back. (Red ink: M returned from Balcombe.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Emily Maple. Death of John Lock. The wife of Louis De Ayala, of a son.) Friday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Cold in morning. Out with Rags over C.H & down P.G. Band. After letters to work & all day on drawing of Chamberlain & Little New Year in Barber's Shop. Very tired & doubtful about getting done. M went to Stores & got me shoes. Finished at 9.30. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Morning Room after for snooze & bed at 12.15am. (Cuttings glued in: Obiuary of John Lock. Wolf killed on railway. Friday Dec 30. Creditors' meeting. Thurs 29 Dec. Obituary of Percival Fowler. Death of Elizabeth Reid. Death of Cardinal Langenieux.) Saturday December 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 & out over C.H with Rags. Gave Old W 1/s for Xmas box. Breakfast. Roy off. After wrote letters & put all away. Orton called & looked me over at 11.25. Up in my room. Packed. Lunch, M & self. Roy back. Got off in Otley's cab at 2.35 & drove to Waterloo. Carriage to self & down to Tisbury. 2 carriages & motor. Got in motor with a young man for Pyt. Wire to M at Post Office. At Pyt 6.0pm. Children's Fancy Ball in full swing. Mervyn's birthday. Tea. Talk to Routh in Smoking Room & a clergyman. Pretty children & rose leaves. Up in room after talk to George Gordon. Dressed. Dinner. Mal à propos remark to what turned out to be Dorothy Shakespeare. Said did old Hope dance a Hornpipe. 2 pretty Miss Lascelles & Miss Forster. After smoke a game of cards. Putting cards one on top of other. Smoke & bed at 12.15 after seeing the New Year in with Routh, a youth & Hamilton Fletcher. Window open & slept fairly well. Adieu 1904. (Red ink: Went down to Pyt House. Childrens' Ball.) Notes and addresses at back of diary: Mrs A.H.Morgan. 49 Melrose Gardens, West Kensington Pk, W. G.Barker. 84 Clifton Rise, St John's Wood. Amy Ada Harper. 24 Lillyville Road, Putney. Martin. 25 Gratton Road, W.Kensington. Edith Cooke. 21 Clarence Gate Gds, Upper Baker St, W. Janet Hird. 48 Grove End Road, St John's Wood, N.W. Addresses below sent 10 Decr 1903: R.Manlove, 15. 76 Fortess Road, Kentish Town. Lily Manlove 16½. Spanish, Grecian, evening costume. Daisy Smith, tall, dark. 41a Blenheim Crescent, Bayswater. above recommended Head Master Birkbeck College: Miss M Amess (Mabel). 16 Mardale Street, Shepherds Bush, W. c/o Mrs Young, 59 Thistle St, Edinboro. M Hall. 94 Hotham Road, Putney S.W R.Woodcock. 122 Victoria Road, Kilburn. Jessops E & B. 79 Amhurst Road, Hackney. V.Smith. 146 Adrian Terrace, Radcliffe Square. R.Morgan. 38 Tabor Road, Hammersmith.
S.Martin. 32 Charville Road, West Kensington. E.Huxley. 1 Portland Mansions, Kensington W. J.Best. 44 Newman Street, Oxford St, W. M.Tambay. 24 Mirabel Road, Dawes Road, Fulham. Edith G.Hall. 94 Hotham Road. V.Hamilton. 56 Chelverton Road, Putney. E.Dawson. 12 Normand Mansions, W.K. 1 Adelaide Road, Sheen Road, Richmond. Clotilde Louer. 157 Brixton Road, S.W. Alice J.Jones. 19 Portland Place, Brighton. Mackenzie. 6 Bloomfield Terrace, Sloane St, S.W. c/o Mrs Maxwell, 45 Berners St, W. B.Taverner (Grace). 3 Lena Gardens, Brook Green, W. B.Grecy. 26 Bolton Road, S Johns Wood. 88 High Holborn W.C Gwendoline Ley. 24. 5ft 9. Dark. 353 Clarewood Terrace, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton S.W. Dawson. 12 Normand Mansions West Kensington. Jessop. Napier House, Hertford Road, Lower Edmonton. Jessop, E. Liverpool St Buffet, G.E.Rly. E.W.Burrow Esq. 2 Fitzroy Street, W. C.L.Delph. 90 Sydney Street, Chelsea. A.Hilton. 26 Preston Gardens, Willesden. W.L.Bolton. 4 Gayton Road, Hampstead. W.Grayson. 18 Arlington Street, Clerkenwell. Melville Edwards. 62 Robert Street, Hampstead Road. N.W. Clean shaven, fine head, young man. Good figure, sits well. THEATRES. Apollo Avenue Adelphi Comedy Criterion Daly's Duke of York Gaiety Garrick Haymarket His Majestys Imperial Lyric New Palace
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Stories: American Chef de Police: "Oh I beg your pardon, we have some of the finest burglaries in the world." "Beg your pardon Mr Attenborough, very glad to make the aquaintance of the rest of you." Visit to Jews: "Would you mind taking off your jewels, my husband must not get excited." Bishop: "Nothing wrong with your head. Heart all right. Now shew me your unruly member."
Quain. Delane. P: "It must have been the Duchess." Bear in Scotland. Lady: "I don't know who you are but you must & shall not come into my bed with your motor coat on." Jack & Gill went up the hill Gill was a Miller's daughter Gill came down with ½ a crown But not for drawing water. G.H.Boughton Esquire R.A. Pinx.
1905 Notes and addresses in front of diary: Linley Sambourne 18 Stafford Terrace Kensington London W. If lost 5/s reward. Store ticket 124473 For brass bound tubs etc favoured by Hamilton Fletcher 29/2/04: Edward Parkhouse, Antique Furniture Depot, 78 Old Tower Street, Plymouth. Col Kennedy's cigars; Cosens & Co, 23 Wellington Street, Strand, London W.C. Acid for green globes: Muriatic, same as Hydrochloric. Easton Park Shoots: January 1897, October 1897 January 1900, January 1901 December 1902, December 1903. Tobacco, Lennie: Simpson, Princes Street, Edinborough. John Brumfit, 13 St Swithins Lane. 84 Cannon St. 31 King William St E.C. Ballechin Shoots: 1898. Aug 14 to 20th. 1st Torrey, Miss Mulligan, Cyril Maude. 1899. Aug 21 to 26th. Richardson, Miss Metcalf, Torrey, Coates. 1900. Aug 18 to 34th. Pirries, Plover in mist "This is no place for me." 1901. Aug 25 to 31st. Corfield & Dalby, Young Barker, Miss Coates. 1902. Aug 12 to 21. Flies. Pirrie. Motor to Loch Rannoch. 1903. Aug 11 to 19. Torrey, Capt'n Stewart etc 1904. Aug 24 to 30. Motors. Very bad year. Wilsons, Mc Andrews, Cayzers. 1905. Aug A & N Managing Director: W.Phaysey Esqr Mrs Carter. 27 Barnsbury Pk, N. Athenaeum Secretary: Henry R.Tedder. Armour, G.D. Etchelhampton House, Devon. Bellini. Hanover Restaurant, 6 Mill St, W. Bonvoisin. 53 Rue Père Charron. Camera Club Secy. Miss M Cormack. Anderson, J.G.S.A.A & Co. 5 Fenchurch Avenue, E.C. Bingham, W. 15 Kenbourne Rd, Sharrow, Sheffield. Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Sec Herbert Heather. Crompton, Col R.Evelyn. Tripland, Kensington Court W. Beale Phipson K.C. Drumlanford, Barr Hill, Ayrshire.
Captain A.W.Churchward-Verbeck. 30 Boulevard des Italiens. Paris. Bryson, Miss Constance Marguerite. Caroline Place, Birkenhead. Billham. 13 Princetown Mansions, Bedford Row, W.C. Dallmeyer & Co. 25 Newman St, Oxford Street. Easton Park Shoots: 1897. January 11th to 14th . Winfield, Mr & Mrs Hardy, Austin. 1897. October 25th to 29th .Priestley, Heyworth Savage etc. M. 1900. January 8th to 13th . Ivo Bligh, Newman, Nunkey etc. 1901. January 15 to 16th . Lord Orford, Coleridge Grove, Wagg, Hankey. 1902. January 7 to 11th . Sir Arthur Grant, Newman. 1902. December 24 to 30. Grants, Stracey, Newmans, Mansfields, Clarks. 1903. December 15 to 17. Sir Ed Lees, Hankey, Elphinstone, Clifford. 1905 January 9 to 13. Grants, Adml Rolfe, Sir H Seton Karr. 1905. December 4 to 6th . Sir Ed Lees, Sir C.Grove, Sir ? Murray, Col Lucas. (Table of birds shot) Gloves. Tan Sabian 3/6. Gotz, L.R. 215 Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C. Howlden, H Linley. Park Grange, Sheffield. Harris, Walter H. Rustall Beacon, Tonbridge Wells. Horlicke, Robt A. Arbrook Farm, Esher, Surrey. Foley, Edward Thomas Foley Esquire of Stoke Edith, Hereford County. Born 21 Dec 1791, died 20 March 1896. Married 16 August 1832, Lady Emily Graham 4th daughter of James 3rd Duke of Montrose. Born 23 June 1805, died 1 January 1900. Graves, C.L. Charles L.Graves. Green, Jos F. West Lodge, Blackheath, Exhibition Naval Shipping & Fisheries: Henry J.Thompson, Manager Press Dept, office near the main (Lillie Bridge) MacIlvaine, Clarence. 32 Portland Pl, W. Morris Bernard. 15 Coptall Avenue E.C. Ladders. J.H.Heatman & Co. 72 Rectory Rd, Parsons Green, S.W. McDonnell, The Hon Schomberg. H.M Office of Works, Storeys Gate S.W. Military Tournament. Capn G.A.Armytage. Press Box, Royal Agricultural Hall. Lincoln Bennett & Co. W.J.See. John Baptist Soldi 1892, died 23 March 1898. Earlier Mr Johnson. Lindley Tinsley. 14 Park Terrace, Nottingham. Le Couteur, J. 16 Brook Street, Hanover Sq, W. Langley, H. Bedstone Court, Bucknell, Salop. R.S.O. Telegrams Brampton Brinn. Also Hopton Heath Station. McLaren, Sir Charles B.B. Bodnant, Tal-y-Cafn, Denbighshire. Morgan, Mrs A.H. 49 Melrose Gardens, West Kensington Park, W. Mount Edgecumbe, Earl of. P.C, G.C.S.O. 5 Victoria Street, S.W. Particulars given by Peter N.Orr, 19 Clementson Road, Sheffield.
Peter Orr senior died 9th January 1887. Wife (Theresa Layton) in 1895. Revd F.H.Layton died 21 Oct 1878. Elizabeth Orr's husband died Xmas 1903. Robert Orr & wife live in Hampstead. Kate Layton married & died in India leaving 1 son & 1 daughter. Bertha married George Maunder, 3 sons & 1 daughter. Peter Nicholson Orr. Old Water Colour Socy. 100 Great Russell St, London W.C. W.H.Porter Esq (Mumbler) Crumpsall Priory, Manchester. Sir Chas.I.Owen. C.W.B Esqre Spooner, J. 379 in the Strand W.C. Raven Hill, L. Battle House, Bromham or Chippenham, Wiltshire. Stace. 14 Hatfield Road, Ramsgate. Taxes. George Howes, Office of Surveyor of. Wrights Lane, Kensington W. Soap. Courts Castile. 6 lb bar 3/3. 5 ½ lb bar, 6d lb. 2/9. 26 May 1905 Sands Hunter & Co. 20 Cranbourne St, W.C. Royal Academy waiters: Golden & Sanders. Sutton, Arthur E. Shanks House, Wincanton, Somersetshire. Swain, Joseph & Son. 157 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, E.C. Sintram Freemantle & Co. 217 Piccadilly. Sullivan, Maud C. 6 Palmeira Square, Hove. Townsend. 34 Cheyne Row, S.W. Spielmann, Lady. The Hyde, Nr Luton Stevens' Auction Rooms. 38 King St. J.C.Stevens Esqr. Friday Sep 1, no, the 4th Sep. F.H.Townsend. 34 Cheyne Row, Chelsea. Sands Hunter & Co. 37 Bedford St, W.C. H.Carter. Art Union of London. Things worth copying from 1849 to 1882. 1849 page 114. 1850 page 8, 161. 1852 page 104. 1853 page 228 1855 page 188 1857 page 64 1865 page 23-56 1862 page 188 1869 page 28 1874 page 68 - 100 1880 page 140 1881 page 290. Waterbury Watches. Allan Ross & Co. 66 H.V, E.C. Watney, Vernon. 'Faunich', Loch Luichart, Rosshire, N.B. Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Nr Oxford. Washing. Mrs Hart, Orchard Laundry, Rothschild Road, Acton, Middlesex. White, A.J. 74 Jermyn St, St James's. Barnal Osborne's epigram on Gladstone acting as High Commissioner on cession of the Ionian Islands to Greece, 1863-4. Greeks delighted & had block of marble for Woolner to do statue of Gladstone. "Whilst Woolner's hand in Classic mode Shaping the Premier's pate is, Hellas in joyful gratitude Sends us her Glad-stones gratis. Oh! could this country stone for stone Return the gift genteely
How gladly would we send our own Gladstone to Hellas - freely." Given on board 'Orient' Monday 20 March. Jan 1905 Sunday January 1 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.20. Difficulty with bath. Routh in it. Down. Out. Stroll with Mrs Routh. Lovely bright sun but cold. Breakfast. After wrote many letters & cards. H & others went to church. Back 12.20. After walk round back of house. Lunch. Routh's story of the eggs shied at 2 judges. Meant for Bacon, Vice Chancellor. At 2.20 started in motor & delightful run over downs to Stonehenge. Another motor there. Fine sunset. Took 10 photos inside on altar stone. Very intelligent policeman. Cap blew off & found in the car. Back at 5.30. Tea. Read book on Stonehenge by Stukely 1722 till 7.15pm. Dressed. Dinner. Sat next Tabs. Very quiet evening after. Bed at 11.0pm. Routh (illeg) on stories against judges etc. "Don't you dare to speak to me Sir". Fall of Port Arthur at 9.0pm this evening. The young man who came with me yesterday was Long Challoner nephew of Walter Long. (Red ink across page: Motored with Routh & Fletcher & at last saw Stonehenge. Took photos.) (Cutting glued in: Fall of Port Arthur. Tuesday Jany 3.) Monday January 2 Pyt House, Tisbury. Called at 7.0am. Had felt squeamish in the night. Up. Bath. Dressed in thick suit, gaiters & down to breakfast 8.45. Good. Gareth in a shop suit said he was disgusted with the day & loathed his suit. Good bye to Routh. Off in the Mercedes motor with H & 2 loaders. 14 miles to shoot of 7 guns. H & self, 2 men in puttees, a parson called 'The Bishop', Jack Bennet & Mrs J.B. Also a cousin in Hoby's boots. Before lunch 5 drives. Got only 2 birds & 1 hare. 2 nd bird had shot at 3rd beat 2½ hrs before. Picked it up myself. Lunch in a chalk pit. Good. 5 beats after. Got 2 more birds & a hare. 2 brace & 2 hares all I got all day. Long walk over ploughed field. Motored home, very cold. There 6.20. Letter from Sandringham. Also after tea news of fall of Port Arthur. 4 men arrived. Hot bath. Dressed. Dinner 8.0pm. Took Tabs in again. They danced after till 12.25am. Got History of Warminster. Curious hamlet of Sambourne near it. Bed 11.30. (Red ink across page: Shoot on the Wiltshire Downs. Bitterly cold.) Tuesday January 3 Pyt House, Tisbury. Called 9.0am. Lay awake. No bath. After down & out. Saw statue. Talk to Major Fisher-Rowe. Breakfast 10.0am & wrote letters after. 4 guns went out & got snipe, coots, pigeon, rabbit & 1 cock pheasant. Lunch 1.30 & then at 2.20 Tabs & self & Dorothy Shakespeare & Gwen left, they getting out at Salisbury. On to town & arrived home in a 4 wheeler at 5.50. Letters etc. Otley there. Wire asked for Punch Office. Wrote letters & dined by myself at 7.15. Went in carriage to the Duke of York's Theatre & saw Barrie's Peter Pan. Did not think much of it. Large box to myself. To Garrick after. A man there who had been also. Talk to him & home by carriage. Bed at 12.30am. Roy at Salisbury Ball. (Red ink: Came up from Pyt House. Dined by self alone & went to see 'Peter Pan' Barrie's new play.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Phil Davies to Olga Beatty-Kingston.) Wednesday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. My birthday. Quite alone & 61 years old today. Wires & letters. Out for walk. Back. After wrote & put things straight. Gave up C.C.
Packed for Monday. Lunch. After developed 10 plates of Stonehenge. Rest. Dressed & left at 5.0 in the carriage for Ross's Hatters & on to C.C & Garrick. Wrote 2 letters & walked to Punch Dinner. Phil A, F.C.B, self, C.L.G, O.S, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Health drunk. After long discussion got cartoon of Japan to do. Left after talk with Partridge & home by bus. Roy home. Bed 1.15am. Waiters £1, sergeant 10/s, Garrick 5/s. (Red ink: Xmas boxing all round.) Thursday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out. Saw Old W in Holland Walk. Very wet. Sent Otley to Miss Huxley. Breakfast. Schemed subject & left 10.30 & by cab to C.C. At 11.30 photod Miss H for Japan. 1 doz Ilford ½ plates. Out 12.30 & home by cab. Developed them. Wire from M to say returning 1.40. Lunch 2.20 by self. Dear M back 2.10pm. Enlarged by 4.0pm. Wrote letters. M out in carriage. Worked up to 8.30. Made a mess of drawing sun with dotting drawing pen. M, Roy & self dined together. Roy went after to Lady Critchett's dance. (Red ink: M came up from Balcombe. Roy went to Lady Critchett's Ball. Photod Miss Huxley at Camera Club.) Friday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out. Met Old W in Holland Walk. Went down H.W into Kensington. Back & met band. All day at work on drawing of Japan & Port Arthur. Finished 9.45. Successful figure. M, Roy & self dined together at 10.0. To bed tired at 1.30 after snooze. Read Stonehenge in Pearsons. Died G.W.Hemmings K.C, John Tenniel's friend, aged 83. Told by his son Sunday Feby 5 1905. Saturday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.40. All watches wrong. Dropped my Waterbury at head of bed. Out round Hornton St. Breakfast. After tidied up & put photos away. Lovely day & morning quite warm like spring. No fire. Lunch. Left with M at 3.50 in carriage to Victoria. Down to Balcombe. An Italian Cavalliere at station. To house. Donna Linda & Geoff there again. Also Fitzroy. Saw Ann in her bath. After stuck diary etc. Dinner 8.0pm. Took Donna Linda in. Crackers etc. Charades after. Bed 12.15. Poked the fire out. Very curious dreams. Lennie silly about drinking my health. (Red ink: M & self went to Balcombe. An Italian Cavalliere met us at station.) Sunday January 8 Balcombe House. Up at 9.10. Ineffectual effort to get bath. Breakfast. Donna L & Geoff & the Cavallieri. After wrote letters etc. Finished Theatres in this book. At 12.0 took M for walk round by quarry & woods. Lunch. After Lennie, M, Mite, self, Florence W, Donna L, the Cavallieri & Geoff all went for walk & round the Red Road. Back by 4.30. Tea. Mr & Mrs Heyward Booth there. Little Ann dressed up as Bo-Peep. In room & squared remaining prints till dinner time. Dinner. After all came down in costume. Geoff good as the Duke of York. Charade acted after. The word M.I.L. Marat, Ishmael & K. Louis 13th . Bed at 11.15pm. Very sleepy & tired. Slept well. (Red ink: Walk with Cavallieri in afternoon. Charades.) Monday January 9
Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. Bath & down to breakfast. All down. Off in trap by 9.25, Lennie saying he would be late. Drove in haste to station. Heaps of time. Saw Major Lister & son. Up to town talking to Cavallieri. Otley met me with cart. Heavy rain. Home. Wrote letters etc & off with Otley in 4 wheeler. Called C.C. 1 letter. To Liverpool Street. No E.J at buffet. Caught the 3.25. Otley in 1 st class. One other youth in carriage who slept all the way & went on further than Wickham Market. Carriage at W.M & went on to Easton Park with Admiral Rolfe. Sir Henry Seton Karr came later. Dressed. Dinner. After played pool. Divided one & won a few shillings. Bed at 12.0. Window open. Same room with loud striking clock. House party: Sir Arthur & Lady Grant, Captain Grant, Sir Henry Seton-Karr & Admiral Rolfe, self. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe. Went down to Easton Park taking Otley.) Tuesday January 10 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 8.10. Down 9.0. Wore whipcord suit, brown vest & leather cap. Very good breakfast. Started 10.5am on a lovely bright fresh morning. Got 3 birds 1st stand. Not very good luck. 14 pheasants, 2 partridges, 1 hare, 1 rabbit all day. 7 guns, Mr Smith (agent) Sir H.Seton Karr, Sir Arthur Grant, Captain Grant, Lucas, self & Admiral Rolfe. Park Shoot. Left off at 4.30. Home. Changed. Wrote letters. Tea. After dressed. Dinner 8.15pm. Took Claret. Drawing Room. Pool after. 1.5 Pool. 2.4. Won 5/6. In room at 12.0am. Delightful day. (Red ink: 1st days shoot Wickham Market. Bad luck & poor sport for the Park shoot.) (Cutting glued in: Succession to Irish honours. Tues 10 Jan.) Wednesday January 11 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.15. Bath. Fine morning, much warmer. Wore olive suit. Breakfast. After at 10.0am all left & walked. Partridge drive. I was the only one who got at the birds. Got 1, on to shoot cock pheasants. Got 4 & again 4. Then a good stand of 9. 1 other before lunch. 19. Then 3. Then 3 more & at osier bed 3 more, 1 hen, making 28 pheasants. Also got 1 brace partridges, 1 hare, 1 rabbit. Most delightful day & weather. Sir Henry Seton-Karr taking photos. Walked home. Changed. Tea. Wrote letters, D'Arcy & also Buckles. Looked over P & O & the Orient papers. After dinner. Champagne. Good talk & took Mrs Lucas in. After young Grant went to bed. Seton Karr had colley wobbles. Played 2 games Pool 4. Won 1/6. Lucas lost & did not like it. Wrote diary. (Red ink: 2nd days shoot Wickham Market. Beaters day. Osier beds.) Thursday January 12 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 8.0. Letters. Bath. Herring bone grey suit. Most lovely day. Off 10.0am. Same guns. Began with sun in eyes. Bad luck all day, 1 pheasant, 2 hares up to lunch. Lobster & also very good Mulligatawny soup. After got 1 woodcock & 3 pheasants, 8 head in all. Left off 4pm in field near house. Back. Tea & letters. One letter evidently not delivered in morning by Otley. After dressed & went in with Lucas. Good dinner, Champagne. A young volunteer who lived at Clapham Common & married one of the parson's daughters dined. After played 2 Pools. Divided one & discovered had lost ½ a sovereign on going to bed. Packed. Sleep at 12.15. Read autobiography of Hubert Pasha. (Red ink: 3rd & very poor day’s shoot at Wickham Market. Woodcock. Roy went down to Pyt House.) Friday January 13
Easton Park, Wickham Market. Otley called me 6.45am. Down. Breakfast 7.45. Found Admiral Rolfe had my half sovereign. I had paid it by mistake. All left for station at 8.20 & up to town. Lucas also. Foggy morning in London. Good bye. Otley's cab at the station. Drove to Garrick by noon & sent Otley home. 2 wires C.C. Settled for E.D to wire to this. To Club. Lunch with Carr, Scoones, Beetle. Also Wicks who was looking 20 years older. Had been ill. Coffee. After met Vernon Watney. On to C.C. Waited an hour. No good & dark. Left 3.50 & on by bus Argyll R. Tea in Morning Room. Looked at papers. Roy back. Dressed. Dinner at 6.45 & after drove in carriage to the Gaiety Theatre. Young Grant there. Orchid amusing. To the Garrick after. Whiskey & soda. Saw & introduced Grant to Lord Cork. Chudleigh there. Man in electric motor. Left 11.50 & home by carriage. Bed tired at 12.30am. (Red ink: Came up from Easton Park. Went to Gaiety Theatre with Roy & Captain Grant. Roy returned from Pyt.) Saturday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Fine morning. Out for walk with Rags. Spoke to girl with King Charles's. Breakfast. After in morning printed nearly all back plates. Bright sun. M back 12.45 in cab from Balcombe. Lunch. Asked Spencer to dine tomorrow. Left 1.50 in carriage for Vaudeville Theatre, M & self. Saw 'The Catch of the Season'. Pretty girl in star part. Louie Pound etc. Vulgar Seymour Hicks. Out at 5.0pm & walked to Walls. Got sausages etc. Walked to carriage at Hyde Park Corner. Got 10/3 worth fruit at Walls, cream etc. Tea 6.10pm. M saw George Boughton in Pall Mall. Last time alas! driving to the Vaudeville. (Red ink: M & self went to the matinée of The Catch of the Season at the Vaudeville.) (Cutting glued in: Associates elected to the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. Sat 14 Jan.) Sunday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. Bitterly cold east wind. Out & walked to General P.O & sent wire to ask Onslow F's to dine with us. Round C.H with Rags. Met girl with King Charles's. Breakfast. Printed blues after. At 12.0 by bus to H.P.C. Walked home. Met H.Schonely. Lunch. Put Electric Lights right. Up in room. Rest & wrote letters. Very cold. After at 8.0pm Captain Grant, Mr & Mrs Wolfram Ford, Spencer, M, Roy & self dined. Bitterly cold night. Good dinner, 3 bottles of Champagne drunk. All left early. Spencer asked Grant to dinner tomorrow. Bed at 12.30 after a snooze. (Red ink: Dinner at home to Fords & Captain Grant.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Cairns. Mon 16 Jany.) Monday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Bitterly cold. Met L 1st time since December 24th. Also dogs. After home. Breakfast. In morning put away & dated all blues etc accumulated since September. Lunch. Went up by bus to Ross's. Looked at cameras. Very cold & freezing rain. Back 4.15. Tea by self. After went on sorting blues. M, Roy & self dined. Morning Room after. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Warmer. (Red ink: At breakfast a letter to Roy announcing Evelyn Fletcher's engagement to Major Fisher Rowe.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of George Buckle to Beatrice Earle.) Tuesday January 17
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Met L. Slippery. Colder again. Back Stafford Terrace. Breakfast, after on with blues & plates. Lunch. Developed 16 films of the sisters Woodcock & felt the cold strike me in hut. Up in room. No rest. Began to rearrange plates in black boxes. M up after. No one called. Stuck numbers on boxes. Dinner 8.0pm. Lennie & Mite with us. Drank Bernkasteler Doctor. Cigars. They left at 10.30. Wrote 2 letters, Spencer & Club. Bed at 12.0. Very cold again. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite dined with us.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Colonel Henry Somerset. Death of Elizabeth Hicks. Death of George Hicks. Death of Katharine Hicks.) Wednesday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Colder & frost. Felt unaccountably tired & seedy. Out. Met L. Breakfast. Undid Store tobacco. Wrote Buckle etc. Up in room. M & Harrods man. Sorted plates. After M & self lunched & went in carriage to the Haymarket Theatre & saw Beauty & the Barge. Out & put M in the carriage. Kolnicht at the play. Garrick. Letters & walked to Punch Dinner. Bought a letterweight in Fleet Street 3/6. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Raven Hill suggesting impossible cartoons. Also said I had given him the opportunity of doing a fine cartoon. Oh! Left at 11.15 & home by bus. Very cold. Bed 12.30am. Marcus Stone & Boughton at dinner somewhere. Perfectly well. Poor Boughton died tomorrow. (Red ink: Went to the Haymarket Theatre.) Thursday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Dull. Cold morning out. Out & after breakfast schemed drawing of Bear Skating. Wired Hilton not to come. Great difficulty in getting photo from Otley & frightfully cold developing & enlarging. Finished by 3.30 & up in room. Got on very well. Put some in in ink & M, Roy & self dined at 8.45. Cold in Drawing Room after. Bed 12.0am. News of frightful railway disaster in which poor Robert Brough lost his life & George Boughton died in his Studio this day. Doubly sad. (Cutting glued in: Death of William S.Gladstone.) Friday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out. Young friend looking for L. 1 st time. Back & all day at work on drawing of Bear Skating. Finished at 9.30pm. In morning Otley told me of poor Boughton's death. Much shocked. Also wire from Sargent saying he was going to Sheffield Royal Infirmary to see Robert Brough. M, Roy & self at dinner at 10.0pm. Rest & bed after. (Cuttings glued in: Photograph of Robert Brough. Richard Woodville's creditors. F 20 Jan. Telegram from Sergent - 'Am going to Sheffield Royal Infirmary to see Brough'.) Saturday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out. Met no one except Keith. Breakfast. After went on sorting 8½ x 5 plates & at 12.30 dressed & went up to lunch with Spencer at Junior N & M Club, 96 Piccadilly. Met Admiral Keppel & 2 others. Met A.K in Paris 1900. Very good lunch. Out & took the Admiral to a play at Daly's Theatre, The Cingalee. Isabel Jay delightful. Walked to top of Park. Got sausages & fruit, cream etc. At 8.0 young Boss Bergne dined & stayed till 11.0pm. Cold gloomy evening but bright & fine in morning. Met Keppel Tuesday June 5 1900. (Red ink: Lunched with Spencer at Junior Naval & Military Club. Went to 'The Cingalee'.) (Cutting glued in: Bancruptcy of R.C.Woodville. F 20 Jan.)
Sunday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out. Met Pepys Cockerell who told me of poor Robert Brough's death. Dreadful. Back. Breakfast. After letters took M for walk, going by bus to H.P.C. Met no one. Good lunch. Fish. After rest. Cold in room. At 4.0 went on sorting ½ plates. At 5.30 Spencer up in room. The Dietz's called. Dressed 6.50 & went in carriage with M to the Carlton & dined at a composite dinner, Mr & Mrs Kendal & the Heilbuts. M's dress pretty. Mr & Mrs K, Sir D.Straight, Heilbuts, McKennas, Miss Fortescue, Lena Ashwell, Weedon Grossmith, Captain Marshall, Alexanders, Marion Terry, Sir Brian & Lady Seton, Mrs Edmonds, selves, Helen Aynesworth, Courtenay & others. 32 in all. 4 tables. Flowers different colours. Very good dinner & cheery evening. All turned out at 11.0pm. Home by carriage. Roy on steps. Snooze in chair till 1.0pm. Bed. (Red ink: Dull gloomy day. M & self dined at the Carlton with the Kendals.) Monday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5. M remained in bed. Frightfully dark morning. Out. L & friend. Went back. Breakfast. Many letters & Stores. After all day sorting plates & putting in black boxes etc. M, Roy & self dined quietly at 6.0pm. M & self went after in carriage to His Majesty's Theatre getting there 7.15pm to see the Dress Rehearsal of 'Much Ado about Nothing'. Tree as Benedict, Miss Winifred Emery as Beatrice. Roy came in at 10.20 & saw the scene at the church. Not good on the whole. Saw E.T.Reed & wife, Mrs Tree & Sir Edward Lechenere. Also Cyril M & children. Left in carriage at 11.10 & home. (Red ink: M & self went to Dress Rehearsal of Much Ado about Nothing.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Robert Brough. M 23 Jan.) Tuesday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out with Rags. Met L & friend. Dull dark morning. Wired to put off G.T & went on all day sorting plates etc, putting into black boxes. Callers. M, self & Roy dined quietly in the evening. Drawing Room after. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cuttings glued in: New President of Ordnance Committee. T 24 Jany. Marriage of Clifford Aveling to Ethel Parke.) Wednesday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out. Met L. Back. Breakfast. After in morning printed & rested. Left 11.30 & up by bus to C.C. Called at Burnets & got stockings. After to lunch at the Garrick. Corner table full. Talk. Met Furniss. Coffee & at the C.C by 11.34. At 2.0 G.T came. Photod her 3 rd time. Good model. Out at 4.0 & by bus to Ross's at Bond St. Then to Athenaeum Club for 1 st time since last July. Only one letter except those sent by self. Sent cheque to Maples. Tea. Left at 6.35. Saw Bill Weigall. Walked to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S, R.L, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Got cut of Czar as Death & Russian Workman. Not a bad evening. Left 11.15. Home by bus. Curious woman who talked about pills got in bus, out at Piccadilly. Conrad arrived during the day. Bed 12.0 after reading. (Red ink: Conrad arrived.) (Cutting glued in: Review of Much Ado about Nothing.) Thursday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Met L with a bevy of school girls. After breakfast. Conrad. Fine morning. Sent Messenger Boy to May's for costume. At
11.30 photod Conrad in robes & Otley as Russian Workman. Developed & got all ready by 3.15. Worked from 4.0 to 6.0pm when dressed & went by Met Rly to Fishmongers Hall & dined. Sat next Abbey & a man called C.W.Wickstead who knew Langley, Foley, Fisher Rowe etc. Poor dinner & long. Herkomer, Fildes & Brock opposite. Left & home by Met. Got cigarettes out of slot & matches. Read & to bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Dined next Abbey at Fishmongers Hall. Met Poynter.) (Cutting glued in: Charitable donation from Edward Heron Allen.) Friday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Met L by herself. Back. Breakfast. Conrad. Roy very bad cold. After at work all day on drawing of Death & Russian Workman. Cold. Finished after hard day at 10.15. M, Conrad & self dined, Roy at Stern's, settling about going to Monte Carlo. Bed 2.0am after snooze in chair in Morning Room. (Cutting glued in: Dinner at Fishmongers Hall. Sat 28 Jany.) Saturday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Out for walk. After breakfast put photos away & also printed a number of blues of Woodcocks etc. Lunch. At 2.30 M & self went in the carriage to Colosseum. Could not get in for the crowd. Then to the Garrick. Saw Little Black Sambo & little white Barbara. Delightful dancer. Miss Madge Titheredge. Out & to Walls. M gave decrepit old woman 2d. 'Would you accept this?'. To top of Row. Carriage there & on home by Butts etc. Looked over Times. Had felt very short of breath. Dinner, M, Conrad, Roy & self. Quiet evening after. Roy's cold had been very bad in the morning. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'Little Black Sambo'.) Sunday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.55. Lovely bright morning & the barometer higher than I have ever seen it . Out for walk. Met Talbot. Breakfast. Roy's sausages. Up in room after. After at 12.15 walked M to top of Row. Lovely morning. Met Loring & his wife. Put M in bus. Apple green lady in velveteen. To Athenaeum by home Park. Guardsman in light overcoat. Lunched. Most expensive. After wrote letters all afternoon. Felt shortness of breath. Saw Briggs, Professor. Left seven 10 & home by bus. Mrs Gibson & Conrad dined with M & self. She left 10.30. Roy at Mr Stern's. Bed 11.45. Major Fisher Rowe, Evelyn & young Krabbes called. Mrs Gibson dined, M, Conrad & self. (Red ink: Most extraordinary high barometer, almost out of scale. 1/8 inch off highest in Lower Hall.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Catherine, Countess of Stamford and Warrington.) Monday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out with Rags. Took no note of L. Back. Breakfast. After all day sorting plates & re-boxing ½ plates. Warm. M, Con, Roy & self dined. In Morning Room after. Very warm in room. Bed fairly early. Strange dream in chair. (Red ink: Quiet day at home sorting plates. M went to Dr Abrahams.) Tuesday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Walk. No L. Breakfast. After M & self got off at 10.15 & went by Met Rly to the Monument & caught the 11.13 train for Tilbury Docks from Fenchurch St. Met Isidore Spielmann in the Met Rly. Dull journey. Went on board the 'Orient'. Greatly disappointed with our cabins 131-2-3. Lunch & such a
lunch! Oh! on board the 'Omrah' & looked over it. Back by the 2.54. Carriage at Fenchurch St. Home to Stafford Terrace by 3.50. Changed. Letters & plates. Many callers. Roy & Con out. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Con back very seedy. Roy late. (Red ink: M & self went to Tilbury Docks to see the 'Orient'. Greatly disappointed with cabin 131. Lunched on the 'Omrah' & home.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Catherine Coutess of Stamford and Warringon. Tuesday Jany 31.) Feb 1905 Wednesday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out. Met L & Red Cap. Conrad not down, very seedy. Roy late to City. Going south on Friday. All morning sorting plates up to lunch time. After M & Conrad went to Hippodrome. Self followed by bus. Lovely morning. Roy in box after. Good sea lions & seals. Out. Roy & Con had gone to the Garrick. M, self & Con walked to Athenaeum, M going to the Armstrongs. Wrote letters at the Athenaeum & saw Austin Dobson. After walked to the 'Punch' Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, O.S, Lawrence Bradbury back from wedding trip, Lucas, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Got my subject soon, Partridge's a long time. Left 11.0 & home by bus. Uneventful journey. (Red ink: M, Con & Roy & self at the Hippodrome in afternoon.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Adeline Leech. The wife of Prince Henry of Pless, of a son.) Thursday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on bicycle 1st time since Wednesday 16 November. Went up Redcliffe Gardens etc. No A. Back past school & over Palace Gardens. Breakfast. Roy preparing to go to Monte Carlo. Conrad. Schemed subject after of Emperor of Russia & Mikado. Wrote to J.F.Green. Delayed. 12.45 before got in yard. Boy late with May's costume. Had to turn back with cab. Did not get done & up in room till 4.0pm. Much put out. After worked till 7.45. Dressed & Hamilton Fletcher, Mite & Lennie, Conrad, M, self & Roy dined. A good evening. 2 bottles Perrier Jouet. They left at 11.0. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. Roy out with Stern. (Red ink: Hamilton Fletcher & Mite & Lennie dined.) (Cutting glued in: Appointments to the High Court. T Feb 2.) Friday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am & out on bicycle past school. Saw Grinner. Back. Breakfast. Roy preparing to go south. He left at 10.0am. Conrad at breakfast. All day at drawing of Czar of Russia & Mikado. Finished 10.0pm. Last night of Marie? Dined, M sitting with me. Con had been taken ill & had to go to bed. M drove up & saw Tabbie at the Claridges Hotel. Never asked after Con. Bed tired at 12.30am. (Red ink: Con taken ill & went to bed in evening. Roy left at 10.0am for Monte Carlo.) Saturday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on bicycle short turn round Park with Rags. Conrad ill in bed, Miss White having stayed with him all night. Breakfast. After wrote cheques & letters. Complained to Barkers about wine. Wrote F.C.B about trip to the east. After left in carriage & drove to Rules. Lunched on chop. Proprietor civil but a nuisance. I signed a Vanity Fair cartoon for him. After M & self went on to Drury Lane & saw 'The White Cat'. Marie George, Queenie
Leighton & Marie and Harry Randall good. Saw Burdett Coutts. Had a talk with him. Out 5.20 & home by bus. Bought fruit. Tea. Saw Con in bed. Went in carriage & dined with Lennie & Mite. Felt sleepy & tired. Dull evening. M & self dined at Mite's after lunch at Rules & going to the Pantomime. Sunday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & cycled over Hammersmith Bridge. Fresh morning, westerly wind. No time to put away photos. Took M for walk up Row & in bus. Walked on to Garrick. Warm. Lunch on chop, good. To C.C & changed films. To Athenaeum by 3.0pm. Wrote letters till 7.0pm when home by bus. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Wirgman & Arthur Linley dined with us. No one took wine & Mrs W 2 potatoes. An extremely dull evening. They left at 11.0pm. (Red ink: The Wirgmans & Arthur Linley dined with us. Dull slow dinner. Con in bed.) (Cutting glued in: Remains of Sir Albert à Beckett brought to England. M 6 Feby.) Monday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle to Redcliffe Gardens. Back at 9.15. Breakfast after at 9.45. A hansom cab drove up & young Furrell came. Extremely annoyed & put out. All morning putting things away. Also bothered with plates etc. Conrad still ill in bed. Lunch. After rested in room. Felt very tired. At 6.0 drove with M to see a sculptor H. Wood in his studio. Work fairly good. Back by 7.15. Good Punch. Dinner, M, young Furrell & self. Con still in bed. Effie came to see him in afternoon. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Young Furrell arrived at 10.0am in morning.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of the late Dr Robson Roose.) Tuesday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out for walk. Drizzle of rain. Missed Old W & L. Saw girl with dogs. Back. Young Furrell at breakfast. After all day printing & tidying up boxes of plates etc. Dressed at 5.30 & went up for 1 st ride in a motor bus from the church to Circus. Called Garrick. Saw Furniss, Marshall Hall etc. Walked to Savoy. Schomberg McDonnell guest at Boz Club. Separated. Slow dinner. Long speeches. Good food. Next to Gow's back. H.F.Dickens speech the best. Out & walked with Schomberg McDonnell to Athenaeum. Carriage home. Dropped him at Cadogan Gardens. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Went & took Schomberg McDonnell as guest to Boz Club dinner at the Savoy.) (Cuttings glued in: Mr Rider Haggard will leave for New York. Sir Francis Jeune not so well. T Feb 7.) Wednesday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out for walk. Met L & friend. Back. Breakfast. Young Furrell there. After put things straight & printed blues. M went to lunch at Mrs Fletcher Moulton's. Went up to C.C & Garrick by motor bus. Lunch with Cyril Spottiswood. To C.C. At 2.30 photod G.T 4 th time. Good model. Out & to Athenaeum. Wrote letters. Walked to the Punch Dinner. Letter from F.C.B about eastern trip. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Lucy read paper saying he resigned Boz Club. Good dinner. Got subject of Palace Green & Arthur Balfour as Milkmaid. Home by bus. (Cuttings glued in: Guests at the Boz Club dinner. Adolf von Menzel suffering from influenza. Feby 8.) Thursday February 9
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Could not drive to Westminster before breakfast. Walked over C.H. Met L. 'That's my business'. After back. Furrell at breakfast. Con down. Drove at 9.15 or 9.35 rather in dog cart to Westminster. Photod railings. Could not get into Palace Green. Saw place where old women were evicted from. Back 10.40. Developed plates. Went on & finished by 4.0pm. Con left at 3.0pm. Worked from 5.30 to 8.15, M in my room. Dinner, M, self & H.F. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Photod Palace Green.) Friday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.55 & out on cycle. Back 9.5. Band. Rags had been rolling. After went to work all day at Balfour and Milk Woman & Punch. Finished at 10.15pm. Dined, M, Herbert Furrell & self. Bed at 1.30 after snooze. H.F stayed up till 12.0pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Adolf Menzel.) Saturday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & very tired. After walk with old Rick & Rags. Got a cat at Campden Hill Houses. Loathsome tramp. Back. Breakfast. After printed 60 blues, Tower armour, children etc. Lunch & in carriage to Palace Theatre. Saw a very good programme. Young F with us. Admirable conjuror etc. Out & walked to Hyde Park Corner. Saw Lockett Agnew with his arm in a sling. After got fruit, met Alfred Parsons. Home. Tea. M, H.Furrell & self dined. Very tired after. Bed 11.40pm. (Red ink: M, young Furrell & self went in afternoon to matinée at the Palace Theatre. Good.) Sunday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on cycle 9.15. Went to Hammersmith. Met no one. Cold east wind. Young Furrell went to Westminster Abbey. Printed blues till 11.45 when Lennie & Mite called in motor & we went off to Virginia Water & lunched. Not been there since Punch dinner 20 odd years ago. Also in 1877 & 1871. Back home by 4.30. Tea. Bitterly cold. Up in room writing letters. At 8.0 Captain Adrian Jones & Mrs Jones & also young McKinley & Herbert Furrell dined. A slow unpleasant evening. M not pleased with McKinley. They left at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Adrian Jones & wife & young McKinley dined.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Margaret Ritchie. Death of E.C.Robson Roose. Obituary of Dr Robson Roose. Mon 13 Feby.) Monday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle round school & Palace Gardens. After all day printing blues etc & boxes. M, Herbert F & self dined quietly. Bed at 11.30 after reading. (Cutting glued in: Photograph of the late G.H.Boughton.) Tuesday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out for walk with Rags. Met Old W in Holland Walk. No money is passed. Herbert F at breakfast. After all day printing & sorting boxes etc. At 7.0 Anstey Guthrie came to dine & M, he & Herbert F & self all went to the Imperial Theatre & saw King Henry 5th . Very good. Molleson a good Pistol. Also Lewis Waller King. Pretty French Princess, Miss Sarah Brook. Home by carriage. Snack & bed. (Red ink: Missed the Royal College of Surgeons of England dinner by mistake. Guthrie dined & we went to see King Henry 5 th at the Imperial Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Adolf von Menzel.)
Wednesday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on bicycle past school & over Hill. Breakfast. Herbert F. M remained in bed all day, gastric attack. Went on with blues & plates all day. Young Herbert F left at 2.30pm. Dressed at 5.0 & left for P.D. Called Turnbull & Asser's & walked to C.C & Garrick. On to P.D. F.C.B, self, Graves(C.L.) R.L, O.S, P.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Long weary discussion. Got cut of Sword of Damocles, Partridge Stage Infant. Left at 10.40 & home by the carriage all the way. Bed at 12.0, thankful. H.F.gone. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Louis Huth. 15 Feby.) Thursday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & walk with Rags. Talk to Turncock & met L in passage. Turned round. Water & Rags after. M stayed in bed all day. Mite called in morning. Schemed subject of Damocles. Sent Otley to Mays & Hilton came at 12.0. Otley had seen the same subject in 'The Star'. Got the paper. Spoilt my 'go' of the cut. Developed & ready by 5.0pm. Sent Otley on bicycle after F.C.B who had called. Worked till 8.30. Dined 8.45 by self. Letter from F.C.B to say go on with subject. Bed at 12.0. Very tired. (Red ink: My cut appeared in the Echo last night, The Sword of Damocles.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Boughton.) Friday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Tired & livery. Walk. Rags & cat. L.L & friend gracious. Back & breakfast. M got up at 12.0 & went for drive. Lovely sunny day. Printed 12 or 14 blues of Ballechin 1904. Went on to work & finished drawing of Sword of Damocles at 10.10pm. M in my room. Dined 10.20 & rest in chair till 1.30am when to bed. (Cuttings glued in: Death of William Nembhard. Feby. Obituary of Major General William Nembhard.) Saturday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Tired. Shaved, dressed in thinner flannel. Walk with Rags. After breakfast got on cycle to Hammersmith Bridge. Saw A.Parkes. No good. Back by Lillie Road. Printed blues. Came over dark. Lunch. After M & self drove up & went to Wyndham's Theatre at 2.0pm & saw Captain Marshall’s play The Lady of Leeds. Not so good as usual. W.Grossmith & Nancy P(illeg). Carriage in Garrick St. Saw Mr Marriott. He came to our box. Bought fruit & ham. Home. Stuck labels on ¼ plate boxes. Dinner, M & self. Morning Room & rest after. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to see The Lady of Leeds. Not good.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of General Lew Wallace. Friday 17 Feby.) Sunday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & out for walk up Hornton St. Back. Breakfast. At 11.20 took M over Holland Walk & up Notting Hill Square for walk. Lovely bright morning. Met Spencer & Hilda in Stafford Terrace. After went by bus to C.C & lunched at the Garrick Club. Chop. At 2.30 Miss N.Sutherland came. Lady model. Fairly good. Out & to Athenaeum. Tea & many letters. Left 7.15pm & home by bus. Lennie & Mite dined, L's birthday. 2 bottles Ayala. Cheery evening. M had made £50 & Roy £40. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite dined. Lennie's birthday.) Monday February 20
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out for walk. Met pair L's in C.H. Back. Breakfast. After all morning tidying up etc. Put plates in black boxes up to lunch. Herbert Furrell to lunch. Cold north wind. Went on all afternoon. M & self dined quietly alone at 8.15. Bed after. Good Punch. Bed 12.0am. (Cutting glued in: Appointments to the High Court. Feby 21.) Tuesday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Lovely morning. Met pair L's. Gave Old W 1½d. Back. Met 3 Kittens after. Began to print Padstow at 9.30. M out in carriage at 10.45. After all morning printing. Went on to try camera at 11.45 till 1.0. Took one only. Indignant little girl. M late for lunch. Rest & after put phos in boxes. Left at 4.15 & to Garrick. Wrote letters. Stern elected. Left & by bus to Beale & Inmans. Fair lady like Lily H. Home by bus. Harrison told me that I had missed the Hunterian dinner last Tuesday. Very much annoyed. Back. Wrote letters & put plates away before dinner. After M & self dined quietly. Young Bergne came in after & stayed until 10.30pm. Snooze till 1.0pm. (Red ink: Went to Beale & Inmans.) (Cutting glued in: Mr Rider Haggard leaves for the United States. Feby 22.) Wednesday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Cold north wind. Sun. Took hand camera & snapped 2 L's. Back. Breakfast. Rags attacked by big bull terrier. Got on with boxes etc in morning. After at 12 went up by bus to Garrick & lunched with Scoones, Joe Parkinson, Carr etc. Had looked in at the Whistler opening by Rodin. A big fire had been in Long Acre. 27 Fire Engines at 9.0am at the Garrick. At 2.0 photod E.J. Out 3.0 & went to Miles's & had coat etc tried on. Then to Ross's. Then to Turnbull & Assers. Then to the Oxford & Cambridge Club. Met Bill Weigall. To Athenaeum. Letters. Saw Judge Snagge. Walked to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, Raven H, Graves, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long discussion. Got silly cartoon of Balfour again. Home by bus. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Opening of Whistler Exhibition by Rodin.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Edward Garner to Sybil MacIver. The Pitcairn Islanders. Feby 22. Funeral of Sir Robert Jardine. Feby 22.) Thursday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out. Dull grey cold damp morning. Missed L's. Back. Breakfast. After schemed subject of Ghost of Home Rule & Arthur Balfour & C.B. Hilton came at 12.0. Photod him & Otley & sent O to the costumiers. Developed & got ready by 4.30pm. Worked till 7.15 when dressed & M & self drove & dined at the Isidore Spielmann's. Met 2 Fullaloves, Mr & Mrs Franklin, Mr & Mrs S & ourselves. Pleasant dinner. Left & home by carriage at 10.45pm. Bed after. Very cold. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Isadore Spielmann's. (Cutting glued in: Mr Harold Speed's portrait of the King.) Friday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out. Horrid black dark morning. Met 2 L's. Quite a talk. After breakfast. Home at work all day until 10.15pm on drawing of Ghost of Home Rule & A.B & C.B. Tired. M & self dined. Bed at 2.0am after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Blackall Simonds. Death of Lady Laking. Thurs 2 March.)
Saturday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Tired. Out with Rags. Fine. Met young Bergne with hockey sticks. After all morning at plates & printing. Lunch & M & self drove up to the Empire & saw Toy Ballet, The Dancing Doll. Funny monkeys etc. Left & walked to Hyde Park Corner. Met Wolff & Arthur Ryle. Bought fruit. Home by carriage from Hyde Park Corner. M & self dined quietly. M had a cheque for £65 from Lennie's office. Much pleased. Snooze till 12.0 & bed. Read Holyoake’s Reminiscences to M. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée at the Empire. Met Wolff & Ryle. M got cheque for £65 from Lennie.) (Cuttings glued in: Will of Sir Thomas Wemyss Reid. April 17. Marriage of William Murray to Gladys Peto. Feb. Death of Sir Wemyss Reid. Feby. Funeral of Sir Wemyss Reid.) Sunday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Pouring rain. Out with Rags. One of his eys closed. Very wet. M & self at breakfast. After went up, boxes etc. Ladder slipped on waxed floor & pulled the Electric Light out. Annoyed. Also broke plates of Roy as Eton Boy. Dressed & left in pot hat & up to Garrick. Very good chop for lunch. Same man against the wall. Called C.C. Studio occupied. To Athenaeum. Wrote many letters. Left at 6.50. Home by Turnham Green bus. Man charged me 4d. Annoyed. Home & dressed. At 8.0 Alan S.Cole, Arthur Ryle, Tabs, Lennie, Mite, M & self dined. Very pleasant evening. They left by 11.15. Cole's bonnet shop collapsed. (Red ink: Alan S.Cole, Arthur Ryle, Tabs, Lennie & Mite dined.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Wemyss Reid.) Monday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Out. Bright sun but cold. Met L alone. Back. No Rags, his eye bad. All morning getting ready & finishing plate boxes. Gillieflower to lunch. After went on with boxes etc. Punch not well re-produced. Roy not paid Garrick subscription. Sent cheque for him. M up in my room at 6.45pm. After dined quietly at 8.0pm with M. Bed at 11.30 after. Very cold. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Amelia Dummett. Death of George Eraut. Death of Frederick Farrington. Death of Louisa Freeman. Death of Francis Gaskell. Death of Rosa Grossmith. Death of William Luker.) Tuesday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am & out Kensington. No L. Old W leaning against wall waiting. Breakfast. After bright morning. Printed St Petersburg & Cromstadt taken 1890. Left 11.50 & walked to church. Waited for bus. On up to C.C. No letters. Lunch at Garrick. Chop. Talk to Furniss. On to C.C. Put films right. No one came. On to Athenaeum. Letter from Mr Richardson £1217 odd in credit making with Manheim Bonds about £1500. Good. On to Lincoln & Bennetts & Ross & also Beale & Inman. Had dressing suit tried on. Called Reeds & got a flat bag also. Back by bus. M alone. Tea. Tried collar on & wrote letters. Otley had been to Stores. (Cutting glued in: Sir F.Burnand speaking at the Cambridge Amateur Dramatic Club. Feby 28.) Mar 1905 Wednesday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Met 2 L's. Not a word. After all day putting straight etc etc. Left in afternoon & called at Ross's. Also Brigg's about stick. On
to tea Athenaeum. Walked to C.C & on to the Punch Dinner past Gaiety. Saw Phil A who spoke about trip. F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L (late) O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R (with ring) H.W.L & A.G. Long discussion. Got a Balfour subject again. Left at 10.45 & home by bus. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Viscountess Cantelupe to Captain J.D.Jeffreys. 1 March 05) Thursday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out up Earls Court Road with Key Camera. Took 4 in Kensington Square etc. Back. Schemed subject & Hilton came at 12.0. Had sent Otley to Mays for college cap & gown. Photod H as Schoolmaster & Shopman. Developed etc & at work 5.0pm up to 8.30 when dined with M alone. Quiet evening after. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edna Laking. Marriage of Francis Laking to Eleanor Angerstein. Retirement of Thomas Digby Pigott. 2 March.) Friday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Met no one. After to work all day on Balfour as Schoolmaster. At five or 6.0pm Roy returned from abroad after being away 4 weeks today. Finished at 10.10pm. Roy & self dined. Very tired after. Snooze till 1.30am when to bed. (Cutting glued in: Death of Basil Makins. March.) Saturday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Out for walk with Rags. Met no one. After all morning putting straight etc. Roy to Club & Sandown Park after. Lunched at 1.15. M & self drove to the Apollo Theatre. Very full. Saw Veronique. John Le Hay very funny. Out at 5.15. Met Keith. Saw M into the carriage & took cab to call on Sir John Tenniel. Gave cabman 1/s & a halfpenny by mistake. Sat & talked till 6.45pm when walked home. M, Tilda & self dined & in Morning Room after. Very tired. Roy dining with Stern. Tilda arrived in the afternoon. (Red ink: M & self to see 'Veronique'.) Died Jane Carter widow of the late William Carter. As per letter of Mrs Sheehy 25 January 1906. Sunday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out with Rags. Breakfast. Did not care for sausages. After in morning printed blues. Undid new camera etc. Left at 12.30 & by bus with 2d only change to Piccadilly. Called C.C. Particularly good chop at the Garrick. Col Jones after, very shaky & looking ill. To the C.C. At 2.45 photod Ethel W 1st time since 13 July 1901. Out 5.0 & to Athenaeum. Wrote letters until 7.15. Home by bus. Lennie, Mite, Roy , M, self & Tilda dined. Pleasant evening. (Red ink: Saw E.W 1st time for 4 years.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Helen Denny.) Monday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out with Rags & Rick. Met no one. Back. Breakfast, Tilda, Roy, M & self. To pack today. At 12.30 went out & tried new camera. Took labourers & one other, had reversed the plates. Bright sun. Quiet day all day. Packing & sorting. In evening M, Tilda & self dined. Roy out. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: Packing all day for Mediterranean trip.) Tuesday March 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags. Met 2 L's. Not a word. After back. Finished packing etc, sorting plates etc all day. Gave up going to the C.C. Wired M.T. Dark dull day all day. In evening Tilda, M, Roy & self dined at Mite's. Miss Evans there. Good dinner but Rick, Roy & self walked. Absurd price asked for a sabre in Bayswater Road. Walked part of way back. Wet. Bed after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Stephen Pollen to Catherine Muir. March.) Wednesday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with Rags. Met no one. 3 girls in Holland Walk. After all morning packing & labelling etc. Sent Otley off with baggage to Cockspur Street at 2.0pm. Afternoon plates etc. Left at 5.30 for Punch Dinner. Called at the Athenaeum Club, C.C. Came on to rain. Cutlery shop closed. Got strop & razor at Barnetts in the Strand. On to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, L.B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Entirely new cuisine. Spiers & Pond done away with. New waiters & manager. Suggested cartoon of Steering Ship, Partridge Scapegoat. Left at 10.40 & home by the carriage. Posted letters. After at home wrote to Forster to come tomorrow & posted it. Roy dines tonight at the Oxford & Cambridge Club 1st time. He had paid his entrance. Gave Roy cheque for £51.9s for Oxford & Cambridge Club. (Red ink: Spiers & Pond done away with at the Punch Dinner.) Thursday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & walk with Rags. Met L, single. After breakfast schemed subject of Balfour & Mates steering. Difficult. Dark damp morning. At 12.0 Forster came for 1st time. Photod him with Otley. Got all done by 4.0. Began work at 5.30 to 8.30pm. when M, Tilda & self dined. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Difficult subject. (Red ink: Forster came for 1st time.) Friday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out with Rags over C.H. Rags rolled in passage. Met L, 'orty. Back & frightfully hard at work all day on drawing of Balfour & Mates steering ship. Finished 10.15pm. Roy dined with Mite & Lennie & went to Avenue Theatre. Bottle Champagne. Dined 10.30. Bed 2.0am after snooze. Roy back 12.0am. (Red ink: Latest ever finished Punch work.) (Cutting glued in: British officer killed by lion.) Saturday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Did not wake till 8.0. Cold tea. Out 8.55 & over C.H with Rags. Wet. Breakfast. Roy trusteeing. After wrote letters etc. Put all away from yesterday. After M & Tilda left in the carriage by 1.38 for the New Gaiety Theatre. Self followed in bus. Saw The Orchid for the 3 rd time. No Payne. G.G junr, lumpy girl, & Olive May. Out & put Tilda & M in carriage. Tea at Garrick & wrote letters. Back by motor bus & bought fruit. Again letters. After M, Roy, Tilda & self dined quietly. Snooze in Morning Room after. Roy went to supper with Mite & Lennie at Savoy. (Red ink: M, Tilda & self saw 'The Orchid' at the Gaiety.) Sunday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. ½ an hour wrong with watch. Out up Hornton St & back to breakfast. Rags would not eat his breakfast. After in morning schemed drawing for Syren & Shipping. M & Tilda went out. Left 12.30 & up to C.C & Garrick. Indifferent chop. At 2.0 photod Miss Johnson, red haired model, too
stout, for Welsh girl. Out & to Athenaeum by 4.45. Wrote letters till 7.15 when home by bus at 8.10. Lennie, Mite, M, Roy, self & Tilda dined. Quiet pleasant evening. Bed 1.0am after rest. Monday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Lovely morning. Bright sun. Out with camera. Waited for L. Came separate & late. Snapped 2 Kittens. Back breakfast. News of the great Russian rout. Sent Johnson instructions for Academy drawing. After all day doing handbag etc. At 12.30 enlarged plate taken 1891 to try extent of lens. Finished 3.0. M had wire to say Tabs was dining, also Major Fisher Rowe. They did dine. We had a pleasant successful evening, M, self, Tabs, Evelyn, Roy & Fisher Rowe. They left at 11.0pm. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: Tabs, Evelyn & Major Fisher Rowe dined with us.) Tuesday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Fine morning. 1 of child in passage. No L. Back. Tilda leaving 10.30am. After all morning writing & preparing for leaving. M went in carriage. Left at 12.30 & up to C.C. Lunched at Garrick. Saw Lawrence Bradbury, after Ed Heron Allen. On at 2.0 C.C. Photod G.T for 5 th time, Welsh costume. Out & home by bus. Mite & Miss W there. After up in room all day & wrote letters. Dinner, Florence W, M & self. Tired. Roy dined at Mite's. Back 11.30pm. Bed 11.45. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Anglesey. Mar 15.) Wednesday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Avoided L's. 3 witches. Back. A very strong rough morning & King's yacht delayed. Wrote & sent final cheque to Andersons. Also coals, cheques for house etc. Frightfully wet after. Letter came from F.C.B suggesting cut of Russian Emperor & France. In afternoon schemed it out & finished packing. Left in afternoon & by bus to C.C. One letter. Garrick, & then on to the 'Punch' Dinner. Up in Editor's Room. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, P.A, Lucas, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. My subject altered to Bear & Russia & Madame France. Left early after saying good bye & home. M, dear Mite, Roy & F.W still up. Frightfully wet. Mite left. Bed early for tomorrow. (Cutting glued in: Death of Major HallStephenson.) Thursday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am, or rather 7.30. In room. Looked out material for drawing. After out with Rags, latish. Met 2 L's & slut, quite late. After back. Breakfast, Roy, Florence W. Enlarged photo & took one of print for work & hard at it all day until 10.0pm when finished. Dined by self. Roy dined at the Garrick. Had bottle of '89 Ayala. Bed at 12.0. Not very tired. (Red ink: Did hurried drawing of Bear & France. Finished 10.0pm.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Edward Blount. Thurs 16 March.) Friday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.45 & up in room. Put plates up. In Bath Room & finished packing. Breakfast 7.40 & off, M & self in carriage at 8.10 to Charing X. Dear Mite there. Carriage to selves down to Dover. Sea quite smooth. Very good passage. Cabin 3. Arrived all right Calais. Saw Bloomfield. Good lunch. Also carriage to ourselves all the way to Paris. Round the Ceinture. Arrived Gare de Lyons. Had to
change. Hot. Horrible dinner at the restaurant. Paid by mistake for Mrs & Miss Bailey who sat opposite. After tipping Captain Churchward's man Verbeck 10fr & the Conduitor 5fr we got a carriage to ourselves down to Marseilles & slept fairly well. Turned out for coffee at Avignon. Orange & Arles well worth seeing. A gilded statue at Orange on a cathedral in distance. Grand river running along. No chateaux. Not a cow to be seen, no sheep. Arrived Marseilles at 10.0am. (Red ink across page: Left at 8.10am for Dover for Marseilles.) (Cuttings glued in: Mr & Mrs Linley Sambourne have left for a cruise in the Mediterranean. F.17 March. A seal at Dover. F 17 March.) Saturday March 18 On board train from Paris to Marseilles. Arrived 10.15. Grinning boys, many fiacres. Walk on board ship. Saw Tristram Ellis. Poor M in despair one of her trunks missing & also my bag. Stumbled across my bag & subsequently M's bag found in the hold. Intensely uncomfortable in cabin. Most supercilious & barely civil young man as Purser. No Captain to be found. Altogether first impressions most unfavourable. Dull grey morning. The Vectis in distance. Left about 1.30pm. Forgot to post Mite's letter. Scrbbled one to Roy & F.C.B. Luncheon, (illeg illeg) good. After on deck. Never noticed one had to arrange with Steward for seats at dinner. Row with him & had the greatest difficulty to get seats at all. At last arranged to get two at table next Lord Mount Edgcumbe & Lord Dartrey. Grey all the afternoon. Coasting along. Past Corsica & Sardinia. Past Bonifacio tomorrow morning. Difficulty in dressing for dinner. Fairly comfortable & decent dinner. Sleepy after. M turned in at 10.0, self 10.30. Tried to get a bath at 2.30pm. Could not & also missed settling for my dinner seats. Slept on couch fairly well. (Red ink across page: Got on board the Orient at 10.30am.) Sunday March 19 S.S.Orient. Up for bath 6.15am. Very good hot salt water, also tea. Shaved by barber. Civil man with a little shop like a village grocer's. Walk on deck. Bonifacio in sight. Corsica. Good breakfast next Ellis. M in bed & had hers there. After wore serge suit & at 10.45 attended service. Walk up & down. Lovely sunny day & slight breeze. Like our June. Lunch. Again next Ellis. After got camera out & found it had been smashed in transit & would not work. Very much annoyed. Many came up & spoke to me. Curious man & small boy who both wore gaiters. Sat about with M. Tried to put camera right. Took 4 photos. Tea. After talk to Mrs Bailey & daughter. Walk. People sitting about in lovely sun. Dressed for dinner after buying a little black satin tie as mine was left in London. More talkative at dinner. After sat on deck. Lord Dartrey came & talked - or was it Lord Mount Edgcumbe? After talk with McLaren who has a lame wife. Had Apollinaris. A talk with a young man & after turned in at 11.0. M still up. Slept very well & woke at 6.0am. (Red ink across page: Intensely annoyed to find camera smashed.) Monday March 20 S.S.Orient. Woke 6.0am. Bath. Tea & on deck. Stromboli in sight, 2 curious islands. Sea like glass & promise of lovely day. Sat & wrote diary. After trouble about breakfast. M never turned up. Most heavenly morning. Brilliant sun. Tried to adjust camera & at last got piece of glass out. Cog wheel broken. M complained of hot sun. Lunch. After passed through the Straights of Messina. Disappointed in Scylla & Charibdis. After saw Mount Etna. Run right along the
sole of the foot of Italy. Extraordinary fine sunset. Brilliant colours & a volcanic pink cloud over. Talk to Lord Mount Edgcumbe & Ellis. Dressed early. Had also been in Dark Room. Before dinner talk to Col Seal. Most pleasant dinner next Lord Dartrey. After talk of a dance. M in at 9.45. Went to Smoking Room & had talk to young Aird, a nephew of John A. They had had an awful passage from London in the Oratava. Turned in at 10.50. Slept wonderfully well. Mount Etna grand but could not photo it on acct of sun. Also quite early in the day saw Stromboli on an island. Very few ships. Saw 10 Torpedo Boats of the Italian Navy in a line. (Red ink across page: Passed & lovely view of Mount Etna in Sicily.) Tuesday March 21 S.S.Orient. Up at 6.0 in midst of mouth of Adriatic. Bath. Shave. A fresh morning. Oh! Lady in writing cabin all at sea. Ship rolled a bit & many ill. M might have been better breakfast by self. After gradually got into smoother water. M up by 2.0pm only. Lunched by self. After again in dire trouble with camera. All wrong. 1 st view of mountains of Albania & Corfu. Took Father Neptune & others looking at it. Arrived Corfu at 4.0pm. Went to Dark Room. In meantime Count Eltone Melis had come on board & I found M with him at tea. He took us ashore in a boat & we went up to their rooms. Young daughter. Tea. Then a drive to the King's Palace. Soldiers drilling rather like Danes or French. Children beggars. Flowers. Motto of Royal Family & names scratched on a commonplace wardrobe. Beautiful view. Then drove to one gun battery & saw the island where Ulysses boat changed to. Also where he was washed ashore. Then got greasy money, Greek notes. Drove back to ship. Took the tiller & steered to the wrong vessel. On board again at 6.30. M & self dressed. Dinner. Lady Mary & her father's wine. A dance on board after. Rival band in a boat. Turned in at 10.30pm. Slept fairly well. (Red ink across page: Arrived at Corfu.) Wednesday March 22 S.S.Orient. Up a little later, 6.45. No bath. Cold. M had slept well. Colder in the morning. Off Corfu. Great rush of people to get ashore. Some up at 7.0am on deck. We left at 10.30 in ship's boat & landed. Carriage at the Count's door. At 11.0 started for Palace of the late Empress Eugenie. Sort of Pompeian building with good garden & one good statue. (Achilles). Took 5 photos. After we lunched at a small Inn. Cold & bad lunch. Olives etc. Hens & 3 dogs & cat all round. Lady Mary Dartrey passed with Mr Villiers. Back to Count Melis's house. Wash etc & dawdled about. A number of people came. One the Revd Moore Cann. English Chaplain Corfu, Denis Moore Cann. Slow. Got away & on board by 5.30pm. Lady Dartrey running & Lady M also. Dull grey day. Got under weigh at 6.0pm. Went into Dark Room & changed films & also (as I thought) put changing box all right but did not. 2 other men there. Out & dined. Had bottle of Domani wine. Not bad. Another dance. Smoke, talk & turned in very tired. Bad weather, not our idea of Greece at all. (Red ink across page: All day ashore at Corfu.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Jane Shaw Stewart. Monday 21 March.) Thursday March 23 S.S.Orient. Up earlier. Bath & early breakfast. M at table. After all ot off at 8.20 in launch & several life boats to shore. About 120. Rough. Took one film. Curious railway station. Had to change. Camera broke down hopelessly in carriage & got worse & worse. All had to walk to 2nd station. After got to Olympia. Walk there.
Ruins. Temple of Zeus with all columns laid down at side. Sir W Forward etc went round. Carried my bag useless & helpless. To lunch. All tables taken. Got a small one in hall. Some little cad who had been 17 trips. Back & to Museum. Saw the Hermes, Praxiteles. Also a number of earlier Greek statues & three Roman ones. Talk to Lord Mount Edgcumbe. Out. Lord M-E went to sleep. A very pretty lady came up & introduced herself. After we all strolled back to the train. Interminable wait. In same carriage with Lady Mary, Lord M-E etc. All tired. At last got to quay. Heavy rain. Took us 1 hr to get aboard dancing about & not back till 8.0pm. Had to dine round the corner with 2 old ladies. M turned in at 9.30. Went to Smoke Room. Talk to Australian clergyman & Ellis. Young man followed me & was extremely rude. Apollinaris water & turned in at 10.30. Slept well. Rough all night. Small station Pergos. (Red ink across page: Went ashore & to Olympia. Saw the Hermes of Praxiteles.) Friday March 24 S.S.Orient. Off Greece. Sea rough. Sky grey. Just like Channel. Wrote diary at 7.30am. M remained in bed. Walked about. Breakfast. After M up. Made it right with young man & after talk to Mr Harmer. Cold. Lunch. After again walk. To Dark Room. Found that Ross's had put all the films the wrong way round in camera box. Late for tea. 1st view Athens. Acropolis in distance. Bitterly cold. Salamis etc etc. Ellis & Marius the Purser refused to cash cheque. Marenga did so. M & self dined by ourselves. Lord Mount Edgcumbe & the others at our table went ashore. Most bitterly cold after dinner. Impromptu dance going on. Turned in at 10.0pm tired & cold. Slept well. Cary-at-ides. Phi-dias. Erec-the-on. (Red ink across page: 1st view of Athens.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Cecil Sebag-Montefiore, of a son. Obituary of Oliver Borthwick. F 24 March.) Saturday March 25 S.S.Orient. Athens in the Piraeus. No bath. Up at 6.30. Shaved. M up to breakfast. Decided not to go with Cooks party. Left at 9.35 with Dr & Mrs Nunnerley in launch. M took jacket. Man pushed past & left his pinchneys on her sleeve. Got out at Thesium & immediately inspected Temple of Hermes. After to the Theatre built by Herod. After to Theatre of Dionysius, then to Temple of Jupiter & Hadrian's Arch, then to Monument of Lysithrates. Then to the Acropolis & the Propylaia. Then the small Temple of Nike Apteras. Then to the Parthenon itself. Then to the Erectheon with Caryatides. After strolled with Ellis & Mr Harmer thro the town & to the Grand Hotel. Very good lunch. Extraordinary traveller Miss Dearon. After called about camera. Hopeless. Then we took a carriage & drove to the Museum. Cold miserable weather. A bronze statue & numerous specimens of Archaic art. Magnificent specimens from Mycenae. Figures etc, skeletons. Many bronze figures. Bronze with a swan's head helmet (small sketch) Also Priapus statuette. Out. Cold & drizzle. Again drove to the railway station & back by the launch to the ship. The German liner gone. Same yacht as at Corfu. Got camera shutter down. Able to do time exposures. After dressed. Dinner. Fresh people at table. Punch. Rain after. Cold. Turned in at 10.30pm. (Red ink across page: 1st day ashore at Athens with the Nunnerleys.) Sunday March 26 S.S.Orient. In the Piraeus. Up 7.0am. Sponge in cabin. Pouring rain. Wrote diary. Poor excursionists. After M & self had our breakfast together. Some went off
early. Later we went ashore with the Nunnerleys & Tristram Ellis. Man mending window in train. To Thesium. Rain. Went to Temple of Hermes. Took 2 photos. After walked up hill to Herod's Theatre. Took many plates also at Theatre of Dionysius. After to Parthenon. Had it all to myself. Slight rain. A cat at the top. Left at 12.40 & walked to hotel, the same way as yesterday. Found it easily. Got to the Grand. Ellis just leaving. Had one of the best lunches ever had. Left 2.45 & walked to railway. Prisoners. Took a few photos. Back to Piraeus. Water cart carrier in tarboosh like an ancient Greek. Dirty persistent crowd. After ¾ hour wait got back to ship. German liner had gone. Russian boat put ladies ashore. Stiff looking sailors. Talk to Forward. After to Lord Mount Edgcumbe & Ellis about the Great Pyramid. Dressed. Dinner. Ship stuck on a mud bank. Quiet evening. Paid Ellis. Turned in after talk with Harmer. M woke in the night at 4.0am & stood looking at the Electric Light. Thought the ship was filling. Slept well & woke at 7.0. No bath. Water had come in cabin. (Red ink across page: 2nd day ashore at Athens with the Nunnerleys.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Jules Verne. Saty 25 March.) Monday March 27 S.S.Orient. Up 6.45am. Bath. Rough sea & strong wind. Sun at intervals. Shaved. Bought book from Mr Barker. Drew cheque for wine acct £2.1.6. After strong fresh wind. Ran along past the Syrian (sic) coast. 1st view of Asia Minor. Also past Mitylene, Lesbos. M up at 12.0 & had lunch. Put in a sweep & won £1.0.0. Approached Smyrna at 4.0pm. Mist & heavy clouds & rain. Beautifully situated like an amphitheatre. Squadron of Austrian men of war there. Many went ashore. Talk to old Harry about my passport. Photod Austrian men o'war & also sky. Dressed. Concert on board after dinner. Long talk to Colonel who lives at Horsham about Rhodes. Turned in at 10.30pm. Slept well. Found all my shirts spoilt with water in the afternoon. (Red ink: Very rough in the morning. Arrived at Smyrna.) Tuesday March 28 S.S.Orient. Off Smyrna. Up at 6.40. Poor M's shoes missing. No bath. Sunny morning for 1st time. Wrote Peal. After breakfast many went off for Ephesus. Went ashore with Captain Harry, his daughter & a very vulgar man. Had carriage & went to the British Consulate. No passports required. Drove round the Bazaar. Saw Eastern life for the 1st time. Strings of camels etc etc. Funeral. Dead woman shewing face. Back to quay on board again. Lunch. After M decided to go ashore again. Went in launch, M, Mrs Gould & self. Into Bazaar. Small Jew boy guide. In & out. Bought fez & scimitar, M silver box etc. Back to ship & under weigh at 6.0pm. Dinner. Sir William Forward gave account of the Ephesian visit. Beautiful Corinthian capitals about. Paved way to the sea. 1 column standing. 6 mile walk. After very cold. Long talk to Mr Harmer on Ephesus & Troy. Turned in at 10.20pm. (Red ink: Missed going to Ephesus.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Edward Dalziel. Mon 27 March.) Wednesday March 29 S.S.Orient. Going through the Dardanelles. Up at 5.50 & out on deck. Saw the plains of Troy. After bath & dressing the Hellespont. Saw where Leander swam to Hero. Stopped by Turkish official. Took 4 photos. Observed old Turkish Ironclads 1868. Counted 7 of them. Through the Dardanelles & into the Sea of Marmora.
The whole of the sea the Hellespont. Continued bitterly cold all the morning. Read Constantinople & also Greece again. Lunch. After heard a fireman had been killed. At 3.0pm most impressive funeral at sea. The Captain read the service. Ship slowed up. After walked up & down in the bitter cold. Arrived at Constantinople at 5.30pm. Huge Turkish official came on board. Lord Mount Edgcumbe & the Dartreys went ashore & about 20 others. Dinner. Smoke & turned in at 10.20. M had bath. Both slept well. Mr Phelps, daughter & Miss (blank) left early tomorrow from Miss Phelp's illness. Had great difficulty getting ashore owing to not having a Pass Port but was passed at last. (Red ink across page: Arrived at Constantinople.) Thursday March 30 S.S.Orient. Constantinople. Up at 7.0. Bath. Had slept fairly well. Not quite so cold. News from Nunnerley of death of a passenger. After breakfast at 8.0 got off with the Nunnerleys at 9.30. Boat met by Dragoman. Into rickety bumping carriage. Immense number of pariah dogs about. Drive to the Galetta Tower. After over to Stamboul. The Mosque of St Sophia at last. Magnificent. Columns from Solomon's Temple, Baalbec & Ephesus. Also plan of S Temple let in wall from the Temple. Mark of hand of Mahomet & cut of his sword. Carpets all aslant. Praying people. Four Cherubims in mosaic. Also all the crosses chipped off & pigeons flying about. Lost a slipper. Out & to the Hippodrome. Brazen serpent of the Oracle of Delphi. After could not get lunch in Stamboul. Drove over to Pera. Most excellent lunch. After to Consulate & to buy embroideries. Sleepy in room. Then to Bazaar. Bought fez, M bargaining. Caught 5.30 boat back. Ellis had arranged for us to go to Adml Sir Henry Wood Pasha. M & self made up our mind to do so. Dressed & left by 9.15 boat. Dragoman met us & we drove to house. Awful dogs. Most kindly received & we went on with Ellis to Lady O'Connor's reception. Introduced & most courteously received all round. Lord Mount Edgcumbe & the Dartreys there, the American Ambassador etc. Left 11.10 & back by 11.40 boat. Headache. Turned in 12.0am. (Red ink: Restaurant ‘Tokatlian’.) (Red ink across page: All day at Constantinople. Went to reception at Embassy. 1st noticed Miss Bayton.) Friday March 31 S.S.Orient. Constantinople. Up at 6.45. Bath. Another cold misty morning. Wrote diary. After went ashore with the Nuns & drove to Sir Henry Wood Pasha's. Miss (blank). After went in 2 carriages to the Terrace to see the Sultan go to Mosque. Passed in. Good place. But French Marines or blue jackets marched up & all were turned out. Spies about. Saw superb marching of Turkish soldiers. Troops from Tripoli. The Albanian Guard. Marines, Sailors etc. All wear fez's. Magnificent cavalry. Bands all playing same tune. At last the Sultan. Cry from the minaret not to be puffed up with pride. Look to God. 20 minutes wait. Then the Sultan comes out & drives himself back. Generals, Admirals etc all walk in step. After breakneck drive. Marching troops. Our driver lashing out with his whip. At last got to same restaurant as yesterday & just as good a lunch. Bouillebaisse. Out & to see the Blue Mosque & Sulieman's Mosque. Curious cry to people at Bazaar. M not impressed with the pigeons. Back. Purchase of Attar of Roses. Rehat Lakoum etc etc & by the 5.30 boat on board. Again a bazaar & dance afterwards. Turned in after talk with Mr Harmer. (Red ink: Last day but one Constantinople. Went to the Salamlik.)
Apr 1905 Saturday April 1 S.S.Orient. Constantinople. Up 6.40. Bath. M up also. Breakfast & both got ashore in launch of the Company. To Seraglio Point. Lady (illeg) landed with us. Walk up hill. In a dirty Palace Waiting Room. Rose leaf preserve. Coffee. After waiting 1¼ hrs stopped by the official & missed our turn. Ladenbury got in & many others. Saw many superb weapons, telescopes, china, clocks etc & robes of all the Sultans. Suleiman's the most gorgeous aigrette. Last an Artillery uniform. Many uncut emeralds. Out & walked to Museum with Harmer. Greatly impressed with the sarcophogi, Alexander's the finest specimen of Greek art I have ever seen. Horses modelled & expression of faces. Out & carriage to Embassy. Dropped the Nunnerleys. Lavatory at Embassy. Man dropped my stick. After luncheon, Lord Mount Edgcumbe, the Dartreys etc, Ellis. Delightful lunch. Replica of Fildes Portrait of the King. Put name in books. 2 dear little girls. Out & M & I walked through Grand Rue de Pera to leave cards & say good bye to the Woods. Then to Somerville House for embroideries. After in underground train. Women veiled & curtained off. Bought more sweets. On to the 4.30 boat & on board. Took photos. Gave up the Embassy launch. Sun at last but cold. Under weigh 6.0pm. Photos. Dinner. Smoke. Turned in 10.0pm. (Red ink across page: Last day at Constantinople. Lunched at the Embassy.) (Cuttings glued in: The University Boat Race. Oxford and Cambridge crews and Table of Winners.) Sunday April 2 S.S.Orient. Off fort in Dardanelles. Up 6.50. On deck. Photod old ships. Wet. Wrote diary. After M & self both at breakfast. Weather gradually cleared. Past plains of Troy & Mitylene again. Lunch in totally different place. M & self attended service. In afternoon sat aft & all were sleepy. Read book on Greece & Constantinople. Most beautiful sunset. Dinner. Table filled up & all cheery. Beautifully warm. Band on the deck after & an Irish song. Smoke & talk & turned in at 10.30pm. Slept well. Talk of photography at dinner. Talbot an uncle of Lord Mount Edgcumbe. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Lady Diana De Vere Huddleston.) Monday April 3 S.S.Orient. Up 7.0am. Lovely bright warm morning. Bath. Mislaid half a sovereign. Wrote letters. Breakfast. After collared by Manchester man about camera. Lovely morning. Explained camera. After slipped along in lovely sun past Rhodes & Crete. Games going on. Lunch. M late for it. Had to rush on deck. After sat about. Took 10 films with Kodak & read Cairo of Today. (illeg) in the wind. Tea. Stick games. Dressed. Dinner. Lady Dartrey put M on the other side. Drank Claret & gave Lord Dartrey a cigar. Talk to the Captain after & to little man about tripod photos. Turned in at 10.30. Slight feverish cold. Slept well. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Louisa Duchess of Abercorn. Saty 1 Ap.) Tuesday April 4 S.S.Orient. Steaming towards coast of Africa en route for Alexandria. Wrote Wingate. No papers. Breakfast. Got off & arrived off Alexandria at 10.0am. Noisy boats. Cook's man in scarlet. Ashore with Nunnerleys. Drive to station. Picturesque people. Great confusion in getting tickets & bother in train. At last
got Miranda. Gentleman in carriage. No lunch obtainable. Bought oranges & bread. Hot sun. Took 8 photos of people from carriage. Again confusion at station. At last in motor & to Shepheards. Room allotted on ground floor. Changed to one up, No 80. Got out with M. Grinning boy. 'Perhaps tomorrow'. Visited 3 shops. Bought tripod. After back & in room. Went with N's for a drive to Citadel & Mosque. Saw Lord M.E, Mr Villiers & Lady M. After saw sun set & 1 st view of the Pyramids. Talk to Tommy Atkins on rampart with little girl. Back. Dressed comfortably & down to table d'hote dinner. So so. Very hungry. After sat out. M went to bed 9.30, self 10.10. Slept fairly well. No mosquitos. Had good bath at 6.45pm. Hot. Corn hurt me at night. (Red ink across page: Arrived Alexandria & went on to Cairo.) Wednesday April 5 Shepheards Hotel, Cairo. Up 6.45. Lovely morning. Bright sun. Was not bitten by mosquitos. Took garden. Breakfast separate room. After got off at 9.30 in landau with the N's & Cooks party. Up to same Mosque as last night. Took several photos. Back through Bazaar. M bought embroideries. Good weapons & jar. Out. Lunch. After a stupid drive to Tree of Virgin Mary. Also Heliopolis & also Ostrich Farm & the Khedival Palace. Back by 5.20pm & tea on terrace. Bought spectacles. After bath & dressed for dinner. Poor. Sat out sleepy afterwards. Bitten by mosquitos on terrace before dinner. M to bed at 9.30, self 10.15. Changed films. Bed 11.0. Slept fairly well. (Red ink: Went about Cairo. Also to Heliopolis.) (Cuttings glued in: Statue of Lord Killowen moved. 5 Apl. Meet of Surrey Stag Hunt. Wed 5 Apl.) Thursday April 6 Shepheards Hotel, Cairo. Up 6.45am. Down & photod in front of hotel, 3. After had breakfast with the N's. Got off 9.40 for drive to Pyramids. Wore glasses. String after string of camels. Poor looking Tommies. Over the Nile & on to Ghiza. At the Mena Hotel our horses broke down & even carriage passed us. Had to walk in blazing sun. Got to Pyramid. Many going up. Ladies as well. Saw also the entrance. Disappointed as to size when close to & looked like a ploughed field. After walked down to the Sphynx. Got good looking Arab to carry camera. Took about 5 of Sphynx. Blazing sun, 112 degrees. Many rode camels & others donkeys. After went over the Temple of the Sphynx. Walk back to carriage. Very hot. Arab wanted more than 2/s. Drove to Mena Palace Hotel. Very good building, corridors etc. Took 4 or 5 photos of it. Long wait for lunch. After got it 1.15pm. M came across Sir Augustus Hemmings. Left 2.30 & drove back to Cairo. To Museum. Only an hour to rush through. Saw Rameses II. Also the wonderful chariot & chair found by Mr Davis almost yesterday. American artist at work on it. Went to Bureau & bought Scarab. Back to Hotel. Tea with Bergheims. After bath. Dinner. Very hot. Bergheims & friend. Sat out till 10.30pm. Talk of D'Arcy. Bed after changing plates. Baker not liked. (Red ink across page: Went to see the Great Pyramid & Mena House. Museum after.) Friday April 7 Shepheards Hotel, Cairo. Up 5.45 & shaved. Most lovely air coming in to room. After down to breakfast. Saw J.B in distance. Bought cigars. Got off in motor 8.45 & to quay & on Nile Steamer. Lovely run down to near Memphis. Old Scotch gent & his wife persuaded not to go. Whitechapel girl went on a donkey & others also.
After M & self got on donkeys & rode to the 2 statues of Rameses 1 st & 2nd. Poor scene & no ruins. Walked most of the way back with Nunnerley. Took photos. American tourists riding. Shouting Arab children in the water for coins. Long wait, 4.20 when all returned of 1st party. Old Captain Harry in pot hat & puggarees. Got under weigh to come back. Difficulty about taking English money. Appeal to Miranda. Back to quay 6.15 & home by motor. Dressed. Bath. Dinner with the Bergheims. Sat out after. Settled for tarbouche & dress. Then had some beer. Changed films & went to bed at 12.0pm or nearly that. (Red ink: Went up the river to Memphis.) Saturday April 8 Shepheards Hotel, Cairo. Up 5.45am. Dressed & packed leisurely. Not so much wind as yesterday. After down & at 7.45 breakfast with the Bergheims. After paying bill £2.5.0 got off by 9.0am for the station. Caught the 9.45am train for Alexandria. No bother with luggage. After got off. Flies. Very hot. Took one photo of man at station. Tristram Ellis. Oranges. To ship. Porter etc. On boat with crackers. Sir W. Forward introduced me to a man who knew me at Uxbridge. After got under weigh at 4.10pm. Lovely evening. Talk. Dressed for dinner. All at same table. Lord Mount Edgcumbe. Dance after. Smoke & very tired. Turned in at 10.0. Poor M could have no bath. Slept very well. Port open all night. (Red ink across page: Left Cairo for return to Alexandria.) (Cutting glued in: Lord Chelmsford's family. Ap 10. The Countess Cairns, of a daughter.) Sunday April 9 S.S.Orient. At sea. Up 6.30. Alteration of clocks. Shave. M stayed in bed. Most lovely calm morning. Breakfast. After all morning reading etc. Talk to Miss Gearson. M had chair on deck not feeling very well. Tired. Took 3 of parade of men. Talk to Lady Dartrey about camera. Lunch. M on deck. Games being played. Photo. Long talk to Mr Harmer. After stayed on deck for dinner. Most lovely sunset. Crescent moon after. Dinner next Lady Mary Walker. Up to M on deck. Coffee etc. M turned in at 9.30pm. Music as last Sunday. Turned in at 10.30. Slept very well, port closed. A lovely day, perfect temperature. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lord Chelmsford. Death of Hubert Clutton. Death of Lt General Anthony Cooke. Death of Jemima Forbes. Death of Joan Forman. Death of Geoffrey Grantham. Obituary of Lord Chelmsford. Ap 10. ) Monday April 10 S.S.Orient. At sea. Up at 6.40. Clock back again. Duller & slight wind. M breakfast in bed. Up on deck for games, all sorts. Took 7 Kodaks & many of my own. Running & potato picking up etc. Poor Miss Bryson fell down. Story of man & boiled potato. Had talked to old Scotchman who told me yarns about Hurricane Bruce. Lord M.E also knew him. M felt seedy again after lunch but managed to get in to dinner. I sat next Lady Dartrey & Lady Mary Dawson. After M & self sat on deck. Felt lassitude & sleepy. Dozed off for an hour. Had whiskey 11.0pm & went down & turned in 11.15 after talk to a German about photography. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord St Helier. 10 Apl.) Tuesday April 11 S.S.Orient. At sea. Up at 6.40. Alteration of clocks etc. Grey day. Breakfast next Ellis. After at 10.30 finish of Sports. Tug of War. Girls & men team. England,
Scotland & Ireland. Lunch late, M & self. At 3.0pm off Malta & entered harbour. Saw forts etc. Colonel & Madame Bien Carré (sic, Bien Cardi)) in small boat came aboard. Also a letter from Lady Mansfield Clarke asking us to dine tonight or lunch tomorrow. Decided to lunch. Went ashore & was driven by Madame B.C round town. Good horse & dear dog Jack. Fortifications good. To Club. Polo. Tea. Jack & the lizards. Animals heads over stables etc. Drive back round P & O basin. To ship. Dinner. (illeg illeg). After a Fancy Dress Ball on board. Had to read out names. Strangers on board. Turned in at 11.0pm. Slept well. Warm. M better today. Changed films at 9.15am. Took 3 Kodaks in the day & 2 at Malta, time exposures used in morning. (Red ink across page: Arrived at Malta. Driven round the town by Madame Bien Carré. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Lord St Helier. 10 Apl. Funeral of Lord St Helier and list of wreaths. Ap 14.) Wednesday April 12 S.S.Orient, Malta. Up at 6.20. Bath. Put blue suit on. M up at 7.0. Glorious morning. Brilliant sun. Did boats. After breakfast M put on her best gown. Went ashore. Hot dirty walk to the Bian Cardi's. There after taking 2 phos. Little Turk gave me a bite on roof. After we walked to Palace & saw armour & collection of weapons & guns. Some very good. Photo throne room. Dummy sword. Then to church. Mr Johnson & boy in knickerbockers nipped in. Lovely stone carvings & tombs of the Grand Masters at the church. Beautiful colour. Lord M.E & party there. Lord M.E told me had never exposed his film. After back to house & drove to Palace of the Governor. Clouds of dust & strong wind. Colonel Bian Cardi passed us. Luncheon. Mr & Mrs McLaren, selves, Dartrey party, Lord M.E. Pleasant. After walked round the garden with Lady Mansfield Clarke. Took photos. Then drove back after going through public gardens. Wash. Was frightfully sleepy driving back past torpedo boats. Went with Col Bian Cardi to see Tattoo for changing guard & into officers' mess room. Drawings by Harry Furniss there. To Club & home. Dinner 7.30. Good Champagne. Left 9.10 & on board 9.30. Under weigh at 10.0. Turned in tired. (Red ink across page: Lunched at the Mansfield Clarkes at the Palace & dined with Colonel & Madame Bian Cardi.) Thursday April 13 S.S.Orient. Up at 6.0am for breakfast at 7.30. Ready to get off by 8.15. M decided not to go. A fresh wind blowing. Off. Boat for Girgenti to visit the ruins of Agrigentum. Put off at 8.45 & after choppy sea landed. Crowds of urchins etc. Picturesque port. Exports principally sulphur. Got in carriage to my name. Mr Gould, an Oxford don & his daughter, Ellis & self. 5 of us. Drove to Agrigentum. Girgenti most picturesque on hill. Got out & went back for camera. Walked on & entirely missed the whole party. Took 3 of the Temple of Concord. Walked back & went into Iron Gate but missed many views. Went back to Temple of Concord & after to Temple of Juno. Greek Acrargas. After drove up hill to Hotel Belvidere & had a remarkably good lunch. Excellent fish & salad. Good bye to Mr Mills who went to Palioma. After photoing children drove back to boat. Tiresome children. Got back with no trouble. Tea & talk to M astern. Refused Sketch. After dined & smoke. Concert in Saloon. 'Will all go a hunting today'. Turned in 10.15. Very tired. A-crarr-gas. Agrigentum. (Red ink across page: All day ashore at Gergenti. Mr Mills left.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Craven. In Memoriam Ashton Godwin. In memory of Henry Gambart. Obituary of Henry Craven.)
Friday April 14 S.S.Orient. At sea between Sicily & Sardinia. Up 6.15am. Lovely morning. After breakfast got cheque cashed for £10 from Miranda. Also packed bags. M & self lunched together & sat on deck after. Mens sports began at 2.30pm. Went down wrote labels & finished my packing. Good dinner. Sat next Lady Dartrey & Mr Young. Up & smoke after. Distribution of prizes by Lady Dartrey at 9.10pm. Good speech by Lord Mount Edgcumbe. Sir Samuel Chisholm & self. M turned in 10.30 Self at 11.15, latest on voyage. Talk to the Mumblers. (Red ink: M packed for home. Last full day at sea on Orient.) Saturday April 15 S.S.Orient. Up at 6.15. Had been awake since 5.0am. Last bath. Grey suit. A lovely morning & fresh wind blowing. More movement in ship than all the trip. Breakfast next Ellis who had a swelled mouth. M's breakfast at 8.0am. After finished packing & we slowly got out of the slight sea. M had been seedy. Arrived at Marseilles about 2.0pm & by 4.0 got off. Tips, cabin £1.0.0, maid 15/s, 2 stewards 1.0.0, bath & deck stewards 4/s each. £3.5.0. After some confusion landed. Got luggage. Passed & the Nunnerleys & selves drove in a fly to the Station Restaurant & had dinner at 6.0pm. Boullier Baisse. After great trouble to get off, confusion at the station. Walk up & down. At last got Cook's man & we four got in a carriage. At last moment 2 others got in. Slept all night sitting up. Gentleman kindly got out & sat in chair when M put her feet up. Uneasy restless night. Woke 4.45am. (Red ink: Arrived Marseilles & left by night mail for London.) Sunday April 16 On board train from Marseilles. Woke 4.45. M & self got out at 6.30 & got most delicious chocolate etc. On to Paris arrived 9.20. Confusion. Verbeck met us & took Nunnerleys & self across Paris in cabs & got seats in the 10.0 train. 2 other people in carriage. Lunch tickets. Lunch 12.0. Managing lady with hat. On to Calais. Wet & cold. Beautiful cabin. Need not have X'd Paris. Smooth passage but wet. At Dover bother to get our reserved carriage. At last found it in the P & O part. To Charing X. Otley there. Sent M home & walked to C.C & back for luggage. M's box could not be found. At last got away at 7.30. Common young man to the last. Good bye to the Goulds & Chisholms. Drove home in a 4 wheeler. M, Mite, Lennie, Roy & self & F.W dined. Wrote letters & bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: End of Eastern Mediterranean trip. Arrived home Stafford Terr.) Monday April 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & put things straight. Out with Rags 8.30. Met L.L. Looked back. After sorting & putting things as straight as possible left at 12.0 with camera for Ross's. Greatly annoyed. Indifferent shopman. Could not get camera done at once. On to C.C & Garrick. Lunch. At C.C no one came. To Athenaeum & wrote letters, afterwards to Garrick. Saw Charley Burnand. Walked to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, Guthrie, Graves, O.S, L.B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long weary discussion. 4 cuts to make up. Sat there until 11.40 when left. Got Hare & Tortoise & Aliens to do. Home by bus dead tired. Spoken to by a foreigner at gate. Bed 12.45am. Tuesday April 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.55 & out. Bright cold morning. Met L. Machine for cleaning next door. After felt buzzy in head & unfit for work. Schemed subject of Hare & Tortoise. Lunch. Enlarged after & developed 14 films. Lady Strachey called. Mrs Finlay etc. Tea or rather cocoa & work till 8.15 when dined. Frightfully tired & livery. Roy dined at the Garrick. Sleepy after dinner. Went to bed at 11.0pm. M, F.W & self dined. (Red ink: 1st took cocoa instead of tea.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Reginald Hanson) Wednesday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.55. Cold dull east wind. Out. Old W 6d. Met L who said holiday today. Breakfast. Rags a new collar. Up in room to work 9.45am. Worked & got outline done by 1.30pm of Tortoise & Hare. After left at 2.0 & by Met Rly to Blackfriars. Dull cold heavy sleet showers. Took 16 photos of Embankment. Walked & after to C.C. There ¾ hour. 1 photo of G.T. Home by cab. Mite at Stafford Terrace with a cold. Got to work after cocoa at 5.45pm till 9.30 when finished drawing of Hare & Tortoise. M, F.W & self dined. Very tired after. Snooze till 12.45 when to bed. Bitterly cold weather. Roy out. (Red ink: Went to Blackfriars to photo the Thames Embankment for Emigrants. C.C after.) Thursday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wrote 2 letters, Anderson & Co & out. Saw L & friend in distance. Back. Breakfast. After Florence Walford went. In hut & developed 16 plates taken yesterday. All right. Enlarged up to 12.40 when packed bags. Lunch 1.30. Got off at 2.15 in 4 wheeler with M to Waterloo. Caught the 30 past 3 train. Cockyoly Bird in same carriage. Went through to Tisbury. Major Fisher Rowe in small motor. His brother never turned up. All well at Pyt. Miss Holland there. Tea. H had been to Christchurch & had been to Capisthorne & bought it. Dinner 8.10. After tired in H's room. Bed at 12.10am. Slept in room with picture. (Red ink: Went down to Pyt with M & Roy. Met Bird in train.) Friday April 21 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 7.55. M in room opposite. Good hot bath. Warmer. Breakfast. All went to church. Still cold. Wrote letters & diary. After took M for walk to church & back. Met them all coming up. Lunch. At 3.30 M & self & H.F went in a motor beyond Shaftsbury to look at a site for a house for H. Walked some way. Beautiful view. H rode on horseback. Back. We returned by 6.15pm. Tea. After read encyclopaedia about agriculture etc. Dressed. Dinner. Books. Questions at dinner. Snooze after. Bed at 11.45pm. (Red ink: M & self went with Hamilton F in motor beyond Shaftesbury to look at a site for house.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Hannah Herapath. Apl. Right of public access to Stonehenge. Apl 20. Plan of Stonehenge. Times Apl 20.) Saturday April 22 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Brighter morning but cold. Letters. Academy varnishing day next Monday. Breakfast. All got off in motor at 10.45, that is H.F, Roy & self. Went thro' Wilton, Lord Pembroke's place. Ugly out of proportion statue. Thro' Salisbury. Posted letters & on beyond to look at a house the property of Sir (blank) Malet called Wilbury. Percy Wyndham had lived there. Ugly Italian house. Frightful Lavatories & 1 Bathroom. Right of way thro' Park. Left at 3.0 & on to another place, Norman Court belonging to a Mr Baring. Lovely
grounds. On to Salisbury. Row with a man & a woman in the road driving a small cart after. Motor in road & he backed into our motor. After thro' Wilton & home by 6.45. Tea. Bath. Dinner. Very sleepy & tired after. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Roy & self went with Hamilton in motor to Wilbury Park through Wilton. Row with yokel outside Salisbury returning.) Sunday April 23 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.0am. Bright cold morning. Breakfast. Letter from Owen Seaman about altering cut. Wrote letters. Went with M to church at 10.30 & walked back with Roy, Tippoo & Van. Got hot. Wrote Seaman etc & at 12.5 walked back to railway bridge with 4 dogs. Met Tabs at fountain & the boys & Gwen. Back to house 12.45pm. Lunch. After cut slips out of Times etc. Wrote letters. Tea. Mr Penders came over in a motor car, also Jack Bennett & his cousin. After tea H.F, Roy & self walked round by Hatch & up the hill for the 3 rd time making 7½ miles walk all day. Tired. Dinner. An agent there. Rest after & bed at 11.45pm. Slept well. Very tired. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Joseph Jefferson. Apl 25.) Monday April 24 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 6.40. Bath. Butler came & said 9.40 train did not go. Breakfast. H & Roy went to put flag up. Got off to catch the 11.24 from Tisbury in pony cart. Fine. Had been thunder & snow at Winton last night. Salisbury, waited 45 minutes. Met a Mr Barbour I had previously met at Bodnant on December 5.04. Got into lunch train & up to town. To Garrick, C.C. Wire from Mackenzie. To Royal Academy from 3.15 to 4.45. C.C after, Mackenzie an hour. To Garrick. Wrote letters. Dined at 8.0. Saw Bangs etc. Snooze in Smoking Room. Home by cab. Very cold. In Morning Room from 10.30 to 12.0 when to bed. Cough troublesome. Put a mustard leaf on. Slept well. (Red ink: Went up to town. Varnishing day at the R.A. Wincanton Races, Roy went.) Tuesday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Shave. Out on bicycle round Earls Court with Rags 1st time since 15 Feby. Brilliant morning. Sent Otley to meet M. Developed a good many of ¼ films etc. Also of G.T. Wants restraining. Dear M back at 1.0pm to lunch. All afternoon at work & finally schemed subject of Policeman & Aliens. M up in my room. Livery & head buzzy. M, Roy & self dined quietly at 8.0pm. Rest & bed after. Wednesday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull warmer morning. x. Out with Rags & for walk. After schemed subject & at 12.30 photod Hilton, Otley & Otley's little girl. Lunch. Long wait for policeman. New model. As good as Stace. Did not come till 3.20pm. All afternoon developing & enlarging, could not finish until 6.15pm. Rest in chair. M had been to the New Gallery in carriage from Coles for 1 st time. Mite's picture. Up in my room after. At 8.0pm Hamilton, Tabs, Alice Holland & Roy & self dined. Rest after & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Hamilton, Tabs & Miss Holland dined with us.) Thursday April 27
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Shave & out with Rags. Dull grey morning. After Roy off to City. Wrote Paul Foley. Worked on tracing drawing up to 1.15 when dressed for Evelyn's wedding. M & self left & went in our new carriage to the Guards Chapel. There at 2.0. Edgar & Archie Pollock shewing into seats. Wedding went off well. 1st saw Honor Grove. Into Vestry after. Lord & Lady Wharncliffe, Mrs Shakespeare. Nearly run over by Eaton Sq. Went to reception. M lost a brooch. Left at 4.30 with M. Back. Changed & to work from 5.45 to 8.15 on drawing of John Bull Policeman & Aliens. Roy back complaining of cab fares. He went off to dine with H.Fletcher at the Savoy & to The Orchid after. M & self dined alone & to bed at 11.30pm tired. (Red ink: Evelyn Fletcher married to Major Fisher Rowe.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Major Laurence Fisher-Rowe to Eveleen Fletcher. 28 Apl.) Friday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Gave Old W 6d. Blessing. Back & worked hard all day on drawing of John Bull Policeman & Aliens. Roy dined at Club. Finished 9.45 when dined by self quietly. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Roy back to pack at 10.30. M & Mite & Roy went to the Private View of the Royal Academy. Saturday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast. After M & self got off in bus, I taking camera to see Mite & Lennie off for Italy. Roy followed in cart. Went with them to Calais & back. Used camera. Came across Capn Dixon who introduced me to Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman. Took photos going over. After at Calais arranged lunch for them & saw them off. Rush back on board. Saw Schomberg MacDonnell & Sir George & Lady Armstrong. Very long wait before getting off. Pretty little girl. Fine ankles. Got 1½ hr late to Dover & home. An American & another man in carriage going from Dover to Victoria. Yarns of gaming tables & also about Japan. Herbert Furrell there & Edith Furrell had arrived an hour before me. Dinner, M, self, H.F & E.F. He left at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Went with Lennie, Mite & Roy to Calais. Returned alone.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Nathan Tannenbaum.) Sunday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & went for bicycle ride with Rags round Park. Beautiful morning at that time. E.F's 1st breakfast. After at 12.15 M & self went to stables & inspected carriage. Satisfactory. Walked on to Memorial after. Threatened rain. E.F & M walked back. I took bus to C.C & Garrick. Most excellent chop for lunch. At 3.0 photod R.M. Better model. Out 4.30 & for an hour put new films in in a dark room. Talk after about camera. To Athenaeum. Wrote letters & after home by 8.0 by bus. Edgar & Sophia Herapath dined with us. They stayed on till 11.50 when they left. Bed tired. (Red ink: New carriage at stables.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Sir John Barran. May 8.) May 1905 Monday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out with Rags. Got very wet. No L but friend. Also met Herbert (Dentist) & back. Breakfast, M, E.F & self. Went into hut & developed many blues taken yesterday & Saty & finished Nile & (illeg). M out in carriage which she had settled for in the morning with Cole. Dined 7.0pm & left in a remarkably good 4 wheeler for the Imperial Theatre. Had large box to see Romeo
& Juliet. Edgar & Sophy, E.F, M & self. Soldier servant who (illeg) Reed in attendance & who knew Edgar. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. Snack & bed tired at 12.30pm. (Red ink: Went to see Romeo & Juliet. M, E.F, self & Edgar & Sophy.) (Cuttings glued in: Mr George Alexander at the St James's Theatre. Obituary of Sir John Barran. May 4.) Tuesday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Wet & dull. Out. No L but friend. Old W 6d. Rags in Sir R.Phillimore's garden. Letter from Mite & card from Roy. All day developing & printing blues. Callers. M, Edith & self dined quietly. Roy back from Paris at 11.30pm. Had sent Otley to meet him. Bed after. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Alec Johnson-Ferguson, a son. May 12.) Wednesday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags. Met 2 L's. 'You're back again'. After back & put things straight. Left at 12.0 & up & called Ross's. Felt buzzy in head & seedy. On to New Gallery. Did not think much of the statue of Midas. Dear Mite's portrait not as good as I thought. On to the Garrick. Lunch next Bangs & Garner. At 3.0 photod Miss Madge Titheradge who came with her sister an active little girl. Out 6.0. Took stockings back to Burnets . Met Roy in Garrick. Walked on to P.D after drawing cheque for cash. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, Phil Agnew, Lucas, E.T.R, B.P, H.W.L & A.G. Drank almost water. Got cut of Transvaal Horse. Back by bus. Wore grey suit. Home 12.0 exactly. M up in room. Roy at a Ball. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir John Barran. Telegram from Mary St Helens.) Thursday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle round Earls Court. Met no one. After back & schemed subject of Lyttleton & Horse given to Boer. Took hand camera at 11.30 & photod Whitenose. Back & at 12.30 photod Otley & Forster, F stinking of garlic. He asked for 6d. Developed & enlarged. Did not finish till 5.30pm. Up & worked. Got outline by 8.30. Dinner, M, Roy & self & Edith. Edith played after. Bed at 11.30pm. Found had mistaken action of Boer. It ought to be aside or rather found it out tomorrow morning. Also had not photod horse. Ought to read instructions more carefully. Friday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out Earls Court on cycle. Rags lost. Back at 9.5. Band. After letters took Otley again for Boer & enlarged horse from 10.30am to 12.30. Rather a rush to get done. Lunch. Worked from 12.30 to 10.0pm when finished. Dined by self, M sitting at table. Roy at Garrick, Captain Marshall. Edith went with Edgar on top of a bus. Roy back at 12.0. Bed. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Fisher Wentworth Dilke and Ethel Clifford will take place on June 7. May 4) Saturday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Overslept. Up 8.30. Lovely morning. Walk with Rags. Door being varnished & windows. Tickets for Exhibition Earls Court. Opening of the Exhibition. Tidied up etc. After M & self drove to the Duke of York's Theatre & saw 2 plays by Barrie. Ellen Terry in one. Gerald DuMaurier as a Pantaloon. Out & in carriage at the Athenaeum Club. Bought fruit & home. Developed a dozen films.
Dinner, M, Edith & self. Roy off on a motor trip with Stern to Maidenhead. (Red ink: M & self went to Duke of York's Theatre. Saw 'Alice sit by the Fire'. Sunday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out on bicycle round Park. Beautiful lovely morning. After printed a few blues & at 12.15 took M by bus up to top of Row. Sat down. Met the Hohlers. M back by bus. On to Garrick. A very good chop. At 3.45 photod A.M. Experiment. Out & to Athenaeum. Wrote letters until 7.0pm. Home by bus. Mr & Mrs Phipson Beale, Roy & Miss Rose Innes dined. Very pleasant evening. Bed eleven thirty. Asked for Scotland. (Red ink: Mr & Mrs Phipson Beale, Roy & Miss Rose Innes dined.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Charles Arnold. May 8.) Monday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning. Cycled round Earls Court. Got a puncture in tyre going up Palace Gardens. Back home. Sent it to be done up. After entire day printing & developing. Quiet dinner, M, Edith & self. Roy out to dinner. (Cutting glued in: Inquest on Charles Arnold. May 8.) Tuesday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & bicycled round Earls Court. New tyre on back wheel bicycle. Lovely morning. After entire day printing blues, developing etc etc. Roy out to dinner. Dressed at 6.30pm & off by Metropolitan Railway to Blackfriars to dine at Keyser's Hotel with the Glovers Company. Met a handsome young man who turned out to be a Mr Paul Bevan & had met me somewhere. Sat betwen Prof Silvanus Thompson F.R.S & Sir W.Lawrence Young Bart. Brother of Mr Young at Constantinople. Opposite David Murray & F.C.B lower down. Pleasant dinner & good speech from Sir Edward Clarke & also Ald & Sheriff, Vesey Strong. Left at 11.15. Sir Lauder Brunton. Home by bus calling at C.C. (Red ink: Dined with the Glovers Company at Keyser's Hotel.) (Cutting glued in: Wills and Bequests. May 8.) Wednesday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round Hyde Park. Water. Rags. Back. Lovely morning. After breakfast Mr Wilde came & looked at drawings. Kept me till 12.30. Dressed. Lunch. Left at 3.0pm & up by bus to C.C. Photod at 4.0 G.T. Good. Out at 5.30. Tea at C.C. Took cab on to Ross's, disappointed could not see stereoscopic camera. Walked back. Left parcel for May's etc. Paid Sands & Hunter. Walked all way to Watsons 313 High Holborn. Looked at camera. Then to Punch Dinner. William Agnew there. Sir W.A, L.B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S. Lawrence Bradbury sat next me. Got cut of Camel Ship & left & home by bus at 10.45pm or 11.0. Cold. Edith F back at 12.10 & Roy after. Hair cut at 1.0pm. Met Mrs Lewis. Just too late in morning for L. Thursday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out on cycle. Round Earls Court. Lovely weather & morning. Back. After breakfast schemed subject of Camel Ship & Russian. Photod Otley at 12.30 for Frenchman & Russian Admiral. After developed enlarged etc. Up in room at 5.0pm. Worked from 5.30 to 8.10. M in room. Roy, M, self & E.F dined. Quiet evening & bed 11.30pm. M lunched with Miss Hollins.
Friday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out round Park. Rags in water. Could not see L or friend. Back. Lovely day. Worked hard all day on drawing of Camel Ship in Desert. Finished at 10.5pm. Roy out. Edith F dined at Spencer's. Very tired. Bed at 12.10. Roy back from Club. Saturady May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out with Rags up Holland Walk. Met young Bergne. Cats etc. Heavy books. Grey morning. Put all things away. After M & self left at 2.15 in carriage & called to look at a sale at Brompton. On to Wyndham's Theatre & had good box. Saw 'Mr Hopkinson'. James Welch very good. Back to Hyde Park Corner & home by carriage getting haddock & fruit. M, Edith & self dined quietly. Roy went in motor to Skindles. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: M & self went to see at Wyndham's Theatre 'Mr Hopkinson'.) Sunday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out on bicycle shorter turn round Park. Grey cold morning. After breakfast developed 2½ doz of films taken Smyrna & Constantinople. At 12.30 M & self went by bus ½ way up Row. Met the Barrans in omnibus. Sat down when M returned by bus. On to Garrick & had chop. Talk to Ashley Sterry. Sore foot. To C.C at 3.0. Photod N.S for 2 nd time. No good. Met young Isidore Spielmann in vestibule. To Athenaeum. Letters. Talk to Sir Thos Snagge. Home by motor bus in ¼ hr. Roy back. No one had called. Quiet dinner, M, Roy, Edith F & self. Read about Susa after in Harpers. Monday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out. Bright lovely morning. Went up C.H at 8.47 saw L & friend. Back & round old reverse way past the schools etc. Back 9.15am. News of Douglas being down with Enteric Fever. After all day printing blues etc, tidying. In afternoon Mr Wilde came & delayed me. Up in my room looking over drawings, all came to nothing. Dined early & in the evening M, Edith & self went to the New Theatre & saw Leah Krishna. Werner very good & Lena Ashwell. Out. Carriage at Garrick. Home, sandwiches & bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: M & self & E.F went to see 'Leah Krishna' at the New Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Percy Burton to Christabel Harmsworth. May.) Tuesday May 16 Stafford Terrace. x. Up 7.50am & out with Rags & camera. Snapped L & friend walking by railings. Back. Breakfast. Also a girl going to school with sachel. After in morning developed. Printed many blues & tidied all day. M, Edith & self dined quietly & read after. Bed 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Captain Evelyn Le Marchant to Edith Crocker. May.) Wednesday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out with camera & Rags along opposite Campden Hill House. Snapped L & friend. Hats down. Back. Breakfast. After schemed subject for Syren & Shipping & at 12.30 photod a labourer & at 1.0 Otley in jersey etc for it. Developed them. Rest in room after which at 3.0 Mr Wilde came. Talk, & had been drinking beer. Got rid of him. M out in Mite's carriage at 3.15.
After rested & dressed 5.45. By bus to C.C etc, on to Punch Dinner walking from Garrick. F.C.B, self, Mr Townsend, R.H, O.S, P.A, L.B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Subject of Japanese Jiu-Jitsu proposed by O.S to which I strenuously objected. Long discussion. Left at 10.15 & by carriage to the Soirée of the Royal Society. Saw Gilbert, Preece, Crompton, Silvanus Thompson, Sir Eyre Shaw etc. Wonderful photo groups of Llasa. Home by carriage, cold. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: 1st view of Mr Townsend, Art Editor.) Thursday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out with camera. Snapped L & friend & also 2 Kittens. Bright sun. Back. Breakfast & schemed subject of Balfour & Chamberlain at Japanese arm trick. Had been up in room & sketched it out at 7.25am. Photod Roy & Otley in yard at 9.30am. Friday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on bicycle round Earls Court & down Argyll Road. Band finished. After at work entire day on drawing of Balfour & Chamberlain at Japanese arm trick. Enlarged 2 of Stoke Edith at 2.0pm. Worked from 2.30 to 10.0pm when dined, M sitting at table. Had written to Miss Bryson to dine on Sunday. Roy at Club, home 11.0pm. Bed 12.0pm. Saw in Earls Court Aphrodite going to school. Nasty snuffly cold came on in the morning at work. (Cutting glued in: Find of Coins in High Street Kensington. Fri 19 May.) Saturday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out with Rags. Wet morning & cold. Roy a holiday. In room cleared up & destroyed old letters. After dressed & left by carriage at 12.50 & with M to the Savoy where we had most excellent chop. Query as to charging for the whole bottle of whiskey. After crossed the road & saw H.B.Irving play Hamlet at the Adelphi. Oscar Ashe as the King & Lily Brayton Ophelia. Not bad. Out & home in Mite's Victoria. Passed Cyril Maude in Piccadilly. Fruit. Tea & developed 20 films taken at sea Monday April 10th. Dinner, M & self quietly by ourselves. Edith out & Roy dined out. Cold very irritating & troublesome. Gargled. (Red ink: M & self lunched at the Savoy & saw Hamlet at the Adelphi afterwards.) Sunday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out 9.0 & round short turn in Park with Rags. Bitterly cold, dull & grey. Called Mite's house & found caretaker. Breakfast, M, Roy Edith & self. After at 11.45 M & self started to walk to Mite's. Met Roy, Rick & Rags. Walked across Park to 104 Lancaster Gate. Looked over it. Back across Park. Left M & Roy. Bus to C.C & Garrick. Chop. At 3.15 up in Studio & put bag straight. To Athenaeum & wrote letters. Tea. Sent 17 books to Mudies. Home by bus at 6.45. Pretty French looking girl in High St. Dressed. At 8.0 William Stone, Mr & Mrs Keen (Karr) & Miss Bryson, M, Roy & self dined. A very pleasant dinner. Bitterly cold. Fires. Photos after. They left by 11.30pm. Bed & gargled. Cold irritable & annoying. (Red ink: Mr & Mrs Kerr, William Stone & Miss Bryson dined.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederica Merriman. May.) Monday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle Earls Court. Saw little Aphrodite. Bitterly cold. Palace Gardens. Fire had been there & gutted a house, Baron de
Reuter's. Back. Breakfast. Lit fire in room. Wire from Wilde. After printed blues etc. Lunch. Out & called on Cole. Also harness man Clark & to look at some rubbishy furniture at Collingham Gardens. Back & enlarged photos for Syren drawing. After left & up by carriage to dine at the Royal Medical & Chirurgical centenary at the Hotel Cecil. Splendid banquet & well done. Sat next a very nice man a Dr Gould & next a Mr Clutton. Saw Hereford doctor, a Mr Chapman. Good speech by Dr Conan Doyle. Was asked to speak. Prince of Wales there. Out 11.15 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Dined with the Royal Medical & Chirurgical Society.) Tuesday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & being sunny walked with camera to get A. Cloud came & no sun till back at 9.0am to breakfast. After at work on drawing for Syren & Shipping. Quiet day. M & self & Edith F dined quietly. Had refused to go to the Odd Volumes. Bed 11.30 after dinner. (Red ink: 1st snapped A in dull weather.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Laura Taylor. Wedy 24 May 05. Obituary of Laura Taylor.) Wednesday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle. Round Earls Court. Saw A. Back over Campden Hill after. Back & all day at work on lettering of drawing for Syren & Shipping. After dressed. Left for P.D by bus. Called & paid sweep money at Garrick & walked to the Punch Dinner. Warm. P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, F.C.B, self, Townsend, O.S. Long time in settling cut & longer for title. Out a 11.0 & home by bus, posting letters to Lincoln & Bennett & Hilton. Thursday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle round Earls Court. Saw A going for tennis. Back over Campden Hill. After back to breakfast & schemed subject of Rosebery & Punch for Derby. At 12.0 photod Otley & self. Hats came at last moment. After developed. Got prints by 4.0pm. Tea in room. Worked till 7.30 when dressed. M & self went to dine at the Fairfax Rhodes's. Took a Mrs Walker in who had had Elmhurst before Hamilton & also knew Stoke Edith. Ouless & Ray Lankester there. Out & to Mrs Newman's at home. Could not get up the stairs. Saw Silver & wife, Torrey & wife. Out & home. Roy at a dance, the Harveys, corner of Queen's Gate. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Fairfax Rhodes's. Mrs Newman's at home after.) Friday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out for round on cycle. Saw A. Round Earls Court & over Campden Hill. Breakfast. After hard at work the entire day on drawing of Rosebery & Punch. Put in outline by lunch. After for 2½ hours coud not get Rosebery's face to my satisfaction. Finished it at 10.0pm when dined, M sitting at table. Frightfully tired & done up. Bed at 1.0 after snooze. Roy out to Club. Saturday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. Very tired & done up. Went for walk with Rags. Admired Hornton St houses. Back. Lovely fine warm morning. In morning put things away etc. Lunch. After at 2.0 M & self drove to Daly's Theatre & saw The 2 Michus. Charming. Woodbridge, Sir Bruce & Lady Seton & also Mrs Sutton. Out &
home by Maud's carriage. Crushed my hat on mantelpiece. Bought fruit & home. Tested focul lengths & developed 5 films. Dinner 8.0pm. M & self went to the Exhibition after. Saw Col Mount Batten, Ernest Brown & Mr Hartley. Home. Snack & to bed at 11.30pm. Edith out. (Red ink: M & self went to Daly's Theatre & saw The Two Michus. To Earls Court Exhibition afterwards.) Sunday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out on cycle right round Park with Rags. Met Bob Coward. Good fish for breakfast. After wrote on mounts & at 12.25 M & self went on motor bus etc to Hyde Park Corner & sat till 1.20 in Park. M home & self at Club. 4 or 5 there. Lunch. Chop. At 3.5 photod R.M for lengths draped. No good. Frightfully hot in Studio. Got out at 5.0 & to Athenaeum. Wrote several letters. Saw Snagge & Sir Henry Craik. News of Russian naval defeat. Home by bus. Sir Henry & Lady Bergne & Mr & Mrs Graham Keith dined with us. Pleasant evening. Fan going. They left by 11.0. Read Spanish defence of a church for a year. Bed 12.15. (Red ink: Sir Henry & Lady Bergne & Mr & Mrs Graham Keith dined with us.) Monday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Very warm fine morning. Slightly hazy. Out on cycle. Saw A looking perfection. Back over Campden Hill. Rags done up by heat. Man doing taps etc. After back & all day at work on drawing of Syren & Shipping. Dinner, M, Roy, Edith F & self. M, Roy & self went in the evening to the Earls Court Exhibition. Met Col & Mrs Mount Batten. Back by the carriage. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to the Earls Court Exhibition.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Robert Ganthony. May.) Tuesday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out for walk with Rags. Met no one. After all day at work on drawing of Syren & Shipping & also developed some photos. M at home. No one came. A thunderstorm & dark as pitch in the the afternoon. Dressed & left in carriage at 7.35 to dine at Lucy's. Met Mr Asquith, Sir Charles & Lady McLaren, Coupé & Mrs Thompson, Sir Alexander & Lady Henderson, a Lady something & a most vulgar member of Parliament. Home by carriage. Round by the C.C & Garrick Club. Roy on steps when got back. (Red ink: Self dined at Lucy's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John Ramsden. Death of Martha Ramsden. Death of Robert Ramsden.) Wednesday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Went over Campden Hill. No L or friend. Snapped small girl. After two little children. Back & on with drawing for Syren & Shipping. Finished it by 1.30pm. It left at 3.0pm. Developed a few photos & rest. After left for C.C in blue suit by bus. Photod at 5.30 Miss G.T. Out at 6.20 & walked to the Punch Dinner. Wore a grey hat, Homburg. After P.D. Lawrence B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G back from somewhere, F.C.B, self, Townsend, O.S. After considerable discussion got cut of Britannia & Togo. Suggested cut of Elizabeth & the King of Spain for Partridge. Home by the carriage. Poor M in bed all day with gastric disturbance. (Cutting glued in: Death of Gwendoline Walker. Death of Josephine Sutton.)
Jun 1905 Thursday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out with camera. Snapped 3 little girls of Mrs Hartley's. After back & schemed subject for Togo & Britannia. Miss Huxley came at 12.0 & photod her. Self after by Otley for Togo. Developed & up in room at 5.0pm. Worked from 5.15 to 9.0 when Roy & self dined. M had dined before. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Old Rick in the house. Must have been Sunday saw L & friend in road, Church St. Friday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & did 1½ hrs work. Then out with old Rick only. After back & hard at work all day on drawing of Britannia & Togo. Finished at 7.30pm. Dressed & in carriage to dine at the Pirries. Good dinner. Met Lord Clanwilliam, daughter, Sir Edward & Lady Stern, Lord & Lady Robertson etc, Moberly Bell. After took Miss Carlisle in. Pleasant dinner. Left 11.0 & home by carriage. Read. Roy out. Electric Light went out. Put candle for Roy. Not tired. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Pirrie's.) Saturday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Out with Rags. Snapped 1 little girl 1/15. Horse walking. Back. Drew cheque etc etc. Lovely morning. Hilda H came. Put all things away & after lunch left with M in carriage & drove to the Garrick Theatre & saw the 'Walls of Jericho'. Mrs Bourchier good. No Beach to meet us. Back home by omnibus. After developed some films & M & self dined. Roy back after in middle of dinner. We all three went to the Exhibition & sat out. Whistling Band. Saw no one we knew. Home by 11.15. Bed. (Red ink: M & self went to the Garrick Theatre & saw the 'Walls of Jericho'. After to Earls Court Exhibition.) Sunday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out on bicycle round short turn of Park. Warm. Breakfast. After wrote & at 12.30 went with M by bus up to top of Hyde Park Corner & sat till 1.20. Home (M) by bus. Walked on to the Athenaeum & lunched on a chop. Letters from Walls, Corben etc. Wrote many letters up to 6.30pm. Home by bus. At 8.0pm Colonel & Mrs Trench, Harold Messel & wife dined with us. Pleasant evening. Mrs Noott gone back to her husband after 12 years. Bed at 12.0. Very warm. (Red ink: Col & Mrs Trench, Harold & Mrs Messel dined with us.) Monday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am & out with Rags. Very wet & dull morning, bad for the King of Spain. Wrote till 12.15pm. L & friend disappeared. Back. Breakfast. Wet day all day & heavy rain too. After schemed subject for Vol 128 & decided on Writing on Shield, Fame. Dressed. Had cut my thumb badly squaring up films with squaring knife just before luncheon. Left & went by bus in blue suit. Called C.C. Letter from E.D. On to the Punch Dinner. Walked in heavy wet. Sir W.A. Phil A dressed, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, Townsend, Graves, O.S. 2 cuts made up very quickly. Self got Emperor of Russia & Sibyll. Waited as Otley met me with cart at 10.45 in wet. Called C.C & went all the way up to the Studio to get drapery etc. Tore my overcoat. Home in heavy rain. Tuesday June 6
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Dull rainy morning still. Saw 3 little Kittens. After breakfast sent wire to Forster not to come. Sent to May's for robes of King & crown. Schemed subject of Emperor of Russia & Sibyll. Photod Otley at 1.45 in pouring heavy rain, he under the roof by Photo Hut. After developed & got ready. Miss Huxley had been wired not to come owing to the wet. She was in the Morning Room 2 hours, I not knowing it. Got to work from 5.0 to 8.15 & got picture in outline & part of robes in ink. M, Edith F & self dined at 8.30pm. Rest & to bed after. Wednesday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & did a little work. Then out. Dull wet morning. Rags. Back breakfast & after worked hard all day on Czar of Russia & Sibyll. Did not finish until 10.15pm when dined with M looking on. Tired. Edith F & Roy both out. Went up to bed tired at 1.0pm. Thursday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am & out. Went to church & there saw L & friend. They walked at the back in school after. Back over Campden Hill. Breakfast. After put all things away. Lunch & at 2.30 went off by bus to the C.C. & at 3.30 photod Miss N.Sutherland for Opening Volume 128. Out & back by bus. Man like our Dragoman at Constantinople as conductor. Cocoa. Developed what I had taken. Edith Furrell left after staying with us since Saturday 29 April. Roy out to dinner at the Hollands & a Dance. Came in very late. M & self to dinner & rest & bed after. The King of Spain at the Aldershot Review & Gala Night at the Opera after. Finer afternoon but no sun to speak of. Very high wind in Piccadilly with all the flags. 3 weeks exactly since L & friend snapped. (Red ink: Edith Furrell left this day.) Friday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.0am & at 7.0am. Packed at 7.0 & sent Mr Porter's photos back. Roy overslept himself. Home only at 5.0am. M & self at breakfast at 9.0. Left in Otley's cab at 9.45 & drove in heavy rain to Euston & got off most comfortably by the 12.45pm for Craven Arms & Hopton Heath. Lunch in train. Discovered that O had put Apollinaris with loose cork & all emptied amongst my prints. Most annoying. Langley met us & we arrived Bedstone Court at 3.30pm. Lovely afternoon. Dr Orton on steps & left as we arrived with 2 trout. After M, self, young Congreve & H went for walk to look at the rhododendrons. After back. Dressed & dinner. H, Midge, M & self & young C. No cigar after. Talk & bed at 11.50. Sleepy after. Slept well. Squared a good many prints. (Red ink: Went down with M to Bedstone Court to the Langleys.) Saturday June 10 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.0am. Good bath. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Looked at the Art Journal & after from 11.0 to 12.0 went with Hamilton to see about 1500 pheasants hatched out. String of vermin shot. Back. Lunch. Wire to say motor coming tomorrow. Looked out more Art Journals. Very little in them. After finished squaring prints which had been doused in Apollinaris. At 3.30 Midge & M went to call on some people. At 4.0 H & self went to fish. 2 nd cast H landed one. Fished with my Father's rod probably not used for just half a century. Went very well, only old splicing gave way. Stopped & lit a willow touch wood fire
from cigar. Waited 1½ hrs, when back. Arranged with a farmer to photo a bull on Tuesday. Back to house. M back. Letter from Edgar. (Red ink: Fished with my Father's rod.) (Cutting glued in: Social news. June 10.) Sunday June 11 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 8.0am. Both slept well. Down. H & letter bag. Trout which M eat. After pipe looked over Art Journal & wrote F.C.B etc. M, Midge, H & self left in a Wolseley motor at 10.55 for Stoke Edith. Horses in the road. Thro' Bucknell, past Mortimer X, Kingsland, Leominster & on past Hampton Court (Arkwright) to Stoke Edith. There at 1.0. Saw Dora & Paul. Lady Foley there. Lunch 2.0pm. Smoke & rest after. At 4.30 went to the church. 1 st saw Baby. Very pretty woman, a Miss Ford, tall fair girl. Also Mr Lambert christened the boy. Out & tea & cake at Stoke Edith. Peter & crumbs. All left in motor at 5.45 & home calling at Col Davidsons 7.20. Orange gin. Got back to Bedstone Court at 7.45. Bath & dressed. Wrote Diary. After a Mr Seton came to dinner at 8.30, cousin of Sir Bruce. Talk of Art, Lord Dundreary etc. Bed 11.45. Tired. (Red ink: Motored to Stoke Edith. Christening of Dora's son.) Monday June 12 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 8.10. Bath. Down. No letters. Dull grey stuffy morning. Looked at books. Nothing very much. After wrote many letters. Looked thro' remaining Art Journals. Lunch, M, Midge & Hamilton. Smoke & rest in Billiard Room after. Sleep. After at 4.0 went with M & Midge & walked to the Manor House. Called on Mr Seton & Mrs Sunderland. Delightful old house. Full of armour & many beautiful bits of furniture. Old sword encrusted with gold found down a rat hole. Old plan of house. Elizabethan & Cromwellian weapons. Shades for fire. Round screens. Picture, The Doubtful Strad etc etc. Many works by J.D.Watson. Young girl married to Mr Seton's son who drinks (the son). Sister married to Mrs Sunderland's son - a curious ménage. Left after tea, a Mr Rogers there, & walked back. Intensely close & oppressive. Met Midge at the corner house. H got one fish. Read The Prince & the Pauper. Dressed. Dinner. Light up to 9.30. Beaten 2 games of Billiards by H. Locked out by butler. Bed 11.30. M still up. (Red ink: Tea at Mr Seton's.) Tuesday June 13 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.10. Dull grey morning. M tired. Late bath. Breakfast. Letters, Ld Mt Edgcumbe, Corben etc. After went down to fishing farm & took 18 films of a fine 4 yr old bull. Back & dressed in dark suit. Left with H, Midge & M in Victoria & drove to Col Davidson for lunch. Slow. Mr Lockwood & daughter. Mrs Crystal Veal. Beaten by Miss L at putting. Tale of Lady Godiva. At 4.0 drove to Lord Batemans. Shabby Garden Party. Looked over house. Portrait of 1st Duke of Marlboro whose daughter married Viscount Bateman. Pictures of Lady B by Le Compte de Rosnay, Cortois etc. A very aggressive photographer. Shouted. Little Vera Kevill-Davis looking thinner. Left at 5.45. M had left her gloves at the Davidsons. Called for them & drove home by 7.10pm. Dressed. Dinner, H, M, Midge & self. Quiet evening & bed 10.40. M stayed up till 12.0 packing. (Red ink: Photod bull, 17. Went to Garden Party at Lord Bateman's.) Wednesday June 14
Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.0. Bath. Bright warm sun. Packed before breakfast. After M & self left at 9.45 & drove to Bucknell. Full train & went in carriage to Shrewsbury where change & on to London. Long weary journey. Otley met us at the station & home in usual 4 wheeler. Put things right & off by 6.10 in bus to Garrick. Called C.C & washed, on to the Punch Dinner. P.A, Lucas, B.P, F.C.B, A.G, self, R.H, H.F.Townsend, Graves, O.S, Got cut of German Emperor. Left 10.45. Townsend began about Title Page. Said it was 'my business'. Home by bus. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Came up from Bedstone Court.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir William Macgregor. Friday 16 June.) Thursday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Saw L & friend who x'd over the road. Pity. Back with camera. Took two of children. After back & schemed subject of German Emperor & King Oscar. Photod Otley & self. Developed & got on with work. M & self dined at 8.30 quietly. Bed after. Wired Watson to stop camera. Friday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & dull grey morning out round C.H. Back & at work all day till 10.0 on cut of German Emperor, King Oscar etc. Dined with M at 10.0. Bed after. At 3.0 letter from H.F.Townsend left by hand about Almanack. Evidently friction between F.C.B & himself. Fraught with ominous portents for future. Went to see F.C.B about above on Monday 3rd July 1905. A question of colour. (Red ink: Ominous letter from H.F.Townsend about changing cuts in the Almanack for 1906.) Saturday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Heavy rain & hot sunny morning after. Breakfast. Walked up to 20 Notting Hill Sq. Saw number of beautiful things & young Brown. Back. Flowering Yucca. Hair cut at 1.0 having called at 11.0. Put room straight & after went up to Garrick about dinner & called C.C. Wire, all upset. Photod E.D 1 hr. No good. Ugly & stupid. Back by bus & developed 5 films. At 8.15 Miss Phoene Knowles, M, Roy & self dined. A very pleasant evening. Roy walked back with her. (Red ink: 13 little goldfish purchased for 2/3 at Slaters put into the Aquarium at 8.15pm. Phoene Knowles dined with us, M, self & Roy.) Sunday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out. Walked right over to Notting Hill. Looked about. Old Woman in distance. Back. Breakfast. Letters to Peark's etc, cheques. After enlarged 5 for drawing Vol 128. Dressed 12.25. At one pm drove with M to Ranelagh & lunched with Mr & Mrs Keene. Met Mr & Mrs Foster. Very nice. Also Mr Williams. Good lunch. Sat out after. Saw Bill Weigall. Left 4.0 & drove to Phil Agnew's musical at home. O.S & young Bainbridge. Left 5.0pm & drove C.C. Sitting 1 hr G.T. After to Athenaeum & home. Hamilton & Midge & Miss Cole dined with M, Roy & self. Bed 11.30. Tired. (Red ink: Hamilton Langley, Midge & Miss Alan Cole dined.) Monday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out on bicycle. No A. Round up Church Street & back. Annoyed about Geoff coming & letter for him. Wrote diary. Spoke to Otley. M also spoke to Otley. After enlarged photos for my Opening Volume 128 & began to
work on it at 4.0pm. Outlined it. After dull evening in weather. Did not go to Exhibition. M, Roy & self dined quietly together. Quiet evening. Geoff drove out with M in Mite's carriage. Tuesday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out with Rags round Earls Court on bicycle. Saw A in white dress as neat as a pin. Over Campden Hill & home to breakfast. Dull day for Ascot. After at work all day on drawing for Opening Volume 128. Left with Roy in carriage at 7.0 for the Garrick where I gave a dinner to 10 men. Success. Lord Rathmore, F.C.B & Lucy stayed talking till 1.0am. Home in carriage. Dinner 10 men,The Garrick Club. (Plan of seating: C.E.Galbraith, R.H.S, Cap'n Marshall, F.C.B, Lord Rathmore, L.S, Sir C.B.McLaren, Sir Henry Craik, H.W.Lucy, G.W.Wolff.) £10.11.2. Menu Garrick. £ Table 15.0 Caviare on ice .... Soup, pea 5.0 Salmon souchet 12.6 Devilled whitebait 5.0 Garrick steak, new potatoes 15.0 Quails, salad Francaise 1. 5.0 Argentine asparagrass 10.0 Ice pudding 7.7 Garrick savory 5/s, coffee 3/4 8.0 Strawberries, cream 7.6 5.10.10 Chateau Y'Quem 8.6 Pommery 2. 0.0 Laoville 5/6, old Brandy 10/10 16.4 Water 5.6 Flowers 7/6, Waiters 22/6. 1.10.0. 10.11.2 Wednesday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with camera. Walked to Cromwell Road. & successfully snapped A after. Little school girl. Back to breakfast. After at work all day on drawing for Opening, or rather Title Page, Volume 128. Finished it at 5.30pm. Changed into grey suit & at 6.10 up by bus to the C.C & Garrick. Girl spoke to me on bus about Hyde Park. Came from Doncaster, at West London Hospital. Met Rooth & on to P.D. Lehmann back, 1 st time since (blank). Phil A, H.F.T, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L & O.S. Lovely warm evening. After discussion got cut of Balfour & Bloodhound. Partridge a Weather Cock. Left at 11.20 & home by bus. Harry & Mrs Dickens gave a Ball at the Grafton Galleries to which Roy went. (Red ink: Dickens Ball at the Grafton Galleries. Roy went.) Thursday June 22
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & walked over C.H. Photod several schoolchildren & walked home by 9.20. Roy at breakfast. Most lovely summers day. After schemed subject & photod Hilton & Otley at 12.10 for Balfour with Blood Hound. After man came with dogs. Finished enlarging by 4.30. Traced. Dressed at 7.20 & M & self walked across the road & dined with Graham K & his wife. Delightfully served & cooked dinner, A1. Met Col Robert commanding the London Irish Volunters. Long talk. Walked back at 11.15. M said I was very restless. Bed 12.0. Roy went down to Skindles to dine with Stern & for Ascot tomorrow. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Graham Keiths. Good dinner.) Friday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am & out in lovely summer morning over Campden Hill into Notting Hill. At 8.40 at last by a surprise snapped L. Hope successfully. Walked home over Hill. Letter from Mite who arrives home today. After worked all day on drawing of Balfour & a Blood Hound. At 11.35 to 12.30 did 3 enlargements over again & copied Blood Hound. Snap of L again, also failure. M went to meet Lennie & Mite who returned at 3.45 Charing X. Most heavenly summer day. Finished 10.5pm. M & self dined. Tired after. Soirée at the Royal Society & Pilgrim Dinner to Whitelaw Reid. Out of both. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite arrived home from Italy.) Saturday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Woke by knocking at steps opposite. Out with Rags who nearly killed a cat. Met 3 girls same as yesterday morning. Seven minutes to nine. Girl with dogs also. Dull morning. M wired to Geoff. Roy at Skindles. After put things straight. Mite & Lennie came in at 12.0 noon & stayed half an hour going on in their motor to Balcombe. Lunch with M. After developed Bull photos taken Tuesday 13 June. 17 of them & tried Ross lens. M left at 3.30 & drove Mrs Keen to Ranelagh. Little girl did not behave well. Back at 7.0. Went out & bought fruit & fish & M & self had a most excellent quiet dinner by ourselves. Bed 11.30. Lovely afternoon. Wire from Roy to say he comes home Sunday night. (Red ink: Saw dear Mite & Lennie in the morning.) (Cutting glued in: Sale of Mr Joseph Knight's library. 26 June.) Sunday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out with Rags over Campden Hill. Dull. Walked up Church St for point of vantage. Breakfast at 9.45. Tried Ross lenses afterwards. Lovely sun came out. Filled in Income Tax paper for amount £850 less £25.0.0, £825.0.0 in all. M in room. After at 12.20 went by bus to top of Park with M. Mostly dowdy people about. Back after walking to Albert Hall. Threatened rain. At lunch the Electric Light blew out at the fan. Bother. Up at 3.0 in room. Hot & stuffy. Rested till 3.45. Man came for Electric connection. Left at 4.15 by bicycle to Sir Alfred Hickman's, 1st time 1905. A young man of evil countenance. Col Trench sprained his leg. Cup. Left 6.40 & home by bicycle. Dressed & left at 7.30pm with M for Hurlingham. Dined with Galbraith & Charley Maxwell. Had last bottle of Ayala 1892. Sat till 10.20 when home. Slept in Drawing Room till 2.20am. Bed. Mr Stern's man met us outside when the carriage drove up & said Roy would not be home till tomorrow. (Red ink: 1st game at Sir A.Hickmans. No Roy.) (Red ink across page: Dined at Hurlingham with Charles Galbraith & Maxwell.
Monday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dullish cloudy morning. Out with bicycle & Rags. Inspected side road at Earls Court. Saw A. Round & up Church St & home 9.15am. M had her breakfast in bed. After got on with drawing for Volume 129 & wrote 2 letters to F.C.B. Lunch. After from 2.0 to 4.0 enlarged photos of Peace etc & girls in the street. Worked from 5.0pm to 8.30pm when our little family dined all together, M. Roy, Mite & self. Gave Mite one of the Venice books after. She left in carriage at 11.0pm. Roy tired. Very hot in room. Bed 11.40pm. (Red ink: M, Roy, Mite & self all together at dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Augustus Gregory. Mon 26 June 1905.) Tuesday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50. Hazy. Out with K.C & Rags. Took A ¾ off & after 4 more, 5 altogether. Long hot walk. Met Lady Bergne in carriage. Back. Breakfast. Drew cheque for £31.0.0 for M. Very warm morning. After all day at work on Roosevelt & Peace. Lennie very seedy. They did not dine at the Walter Agnew's. M & self dined quietly together & bed at 12.0 after snooze. Roy out. (Red ink: Paid for carriage to Coles.) Wednesday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycle round Earls Court. Dull morning. Saw A in mauve skirt. Over & up Church Street. Back. Breakfast. All day on drawing of Roosevelt & Peace. Finished it at 5.30pm or 5.45. Left 6.15 & by bus all way to Bouverie St for Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, H.F.T, R.H, Graves, O.S, Lucas, B.P, H.W.L & A.G. Long discussion. Got cut of Japanese Soldiers & Partridge a Centaur. Left at 10.30 & by carriage to the Royal Academy Soirée. Long time finding M & Roy. There till 12.0. Saw many friends, Mrs Ledger etc etc. Home by carriage, Roy on box. Major Du Maurier, Sylvia Llewellyn Davis. Dropped Roy at the Hyde Park Hotel & home. (Red ink: Royal Academy Soirée. M, Roy & self there.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mgr Nugent. Wed 28 June.) Thursday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull morning, grey & stuffy. Down for Times. No honours out. After went with Rags on bicycle round school. No A. Over Campen Hill by Church Street & home. After breakfast sent Otley to Mays for costume for Japanese Soldier. Pouring with rain at 12.45 when I was able to take photo. Got thro' somehow & finished by 4.0pm. Up in room & got tracing. After at 8.15 Mary Millais, Lennie & Mite, M, Roy & self dined. Pleasant evening. Bed at 12.0 after reading. Friday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out in mackintosh. Very wet. Up over Campden Hill. Met L. Back in old round. After breakfast wrote congratulations to Alma Tadema & Spielmann. At 11.0 got on with Japanese Soldier & working all day finished at 9.0pm when M & self dined quite quietly. Roy at Garrick. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Very hot. A wet dismal day all day for the King's birthday. At lunch had to have the Electric Light it was so dark. (Red ink: H.M's Official Birthday. Dark dismal wretched day.) (Cutting glued in: Birthday Honours.)
Jul 1905 Saturday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Heavy rain when woke. Poured. Walk with Rags, Holland Walk. 3 Graces. After back. Cheques for wages etc. Cleared. Put things straight & after printed about 50 blues. Lunch. Grey suit. Went to 15 Hans Crescent & looked at sale. Back by bus & bought fruit. Roy back. After dressed in frock coat & left at 5.30 with M & Phoene K for Hurlingham. There 6.0. Sports. Saw Lady Bateman, Miss Pollock, Mrs Rainbow. Girl like M.R exactly. Sir G & Lady Armstrong, Mr Holland, Mr Connal etc. Dined with Captn Heathorne. Fair. H tumbled off his chair on the ground after. A troupe of players in cloaks performed. Walking up & down & dancing. Energetic pianist. Home by carriage 10.30pm. Horse in sweat. Roy on steps. Had dined at home & not been out. P.K went home in the carriage. (Red ink: Went to dine with Captain Heathorne, M & Phoene Knowles & self at Hurlingham.) Sunday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Out at 9.15. ¼ hr to get to end of Holland Walk. Took 1 snapshot corner of Holland Park & one other in Kensington High St. Back to breakfast at 10.0am, M, Roy & self. After all morning put things straight & wrote letters of congratulation to Mr Meredith & Mr Holman Hunt O.M. Lunch. Roy at home. Rest fom 2.0 to 3.45 when M, Roy & self walked up to 22 K.P.G. Played many sets. Dark clouds & rain at intervals came over. Galloway & Col Trench. G as usual. Mrs Noott again left her husband. Left 7.0. Roy got back & dined at Sir Alfred's. At home Mrs Arthur Lewis, Mr Davis & Mrs Douglas dined. Pleasant evening. They left 11.0. Roy back & saw Mrs Lewis home. Very hot. Bed 11.50pm. (Red ink: 2nd day's Tennis at Sir A.Hickman's. Mrs Arthur Lewis, Mr H.W.B.Davis & Mr Douglas dined. M went with us to 22 Palace Gardens.) Monday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am & out for walk. Rags. No L. No 3 Graces. Man running a race over chairs in Upp Phillimore Gds. Gave Old W 6d. Home. Breakfast. Wrote letter. To go to F.C.B's 10.45am. Left 10.52 & there 11.0 exactly. Waited ¼ hr & then F.C.B came in. Explanations, a question of colours. F.C.B talked of retiring. 'Nothing to retire on'. After back. No M. Went out at 1.50 to try camera in brilliant sun. Took 2 off the plate. Back. Developed a few back films etc. Rest for 2 hrs. After put things straight. Very warm. Dear Mite with M at 6.0. At 7.15 dressed & left 7.50 with M in carriage for Lady Carbutt's. A most pleasant dinner. Took a Mrs Ralli in. Awful looking brigand of a husband. Judge Bacon, Sir Wm & Lady Abney, the Batteys etc. Very good dinner. Left 10.40 & home. Roy at the McLarens Dance. Bed 11.45. (Red ink: M & self dined at Lady Carbutt's.) Tuesday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Felt well. Hazy morning. Out with Rags & camera. Could not see L on Church St. Rags got shut in a gate. Cats. After took 3 snap shots, 2 good I hope with altered position. Letter from Watson declining to make camera. After all day dating, tidying etc. Developed a few photos at 12.30. Many callers. M & self left in carriage for House of Commons at 7.30. Pretty girl from Mews. Had to turn back for M's gloves. Got there 8.5. Dinner by Colonel & Mrs Welby. Wm Stone, General Woods & wife (sister of Mrs Lucas) the Master of the Mint & wife & others. Saw Cumming Macdona. After Colonel Denny. Excellent
dinner. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. Roy up. (Red ink: Dined with Colonel & Mrs Welby on Terrace of House of Commons, M & self.) Wednesday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rags & camera. Snapped 3 Kittens in Holland Walk & 3 others. No shop girls, no L. Back. Breakfast. M remained in bed. After back & put things in order. Developed etc. Mrs Noott to lunch. Kept M from resting. Left at 3.0 & went by bus to Sands & Hunter. After to C.C. At 4.30 photod Miss G.T. Out & to Garrick. Saw Lord Cook who told me Hamilton Fletcher had bought his house. Walked on to Punch Dinner. Met Routh & Richmond, Judge Snagge. Remarkably good dinner. F.C.B, self, Townsend, R.H, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got cut of Russian Sentry & Sedition. Suggested by O.S, Partridge by Townsend. Photoing French & English Sailors. Left 10.30. Home by bus. To C.C. Mounted stairs & got shawls. Oh! Then thro' Leicester Square. Fire at the Alhambra. Engines tearing up. On by bus. Lovely woman & man. Thought it was Isabel Juy. Prettier. Could not be. Bed at 11.45. (Red ink: Fire at the Alhambra.) Thursday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on bicycle round Earls Court. No A. Back thro' Palace Gardens. After wrote & schemed subject for Russian Sentry & the Temptress. Sent Otley to May's, came back with things no good. At 12.20 photod Otley & Miss Huxley. Hot sun. Developed & got ready. Lunch. After to work at 4.30pm. Dinner 8.0, M, Roy & self. At 10.25 drove to Johnson-Fergusons. Roy bother with his tie. Saw many. Mrs Donner, Mrs Morrison etc etc. Dull wretched evening besides which a gum boil came on at 11.0pm. Horribly painful. Lanced it at night. Back & to bed 1.15am. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to the JohnsonFergusons at home. Oh! Gum boil came on.) (Cuttings glued in: Fire at the Alhambra Theatre. Thurs July 6. Death of Johanna Steinkopff. July. Marriage of Oswald Bainbridge to Hermione Anstey.) Friday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Face very painful & all swollen up. Walked at 8.15 along Holland Walk & got L at corner at last. After one other & 3 Kittrens or 2 of them. Back. Breakfast. M in bed. Worked all day on subject of the Temptress. Photod & enlarged prints of Russian soldiers at 10.0am, Otley helping. In pain all day with gum boil. After finished at 10.0. Roy dining at Harold M's. M & self dined. Bottle Ayala 1889. Bed 12.30 dead tired. (Red ink: Gum boil very bad.) Saturday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.12 & out. Key camera. Snapped 1 in Hornton St, 1 in Holland Walk. Very hot. Face swollen & bad. Met young Bergne. After back. Breakfast. All morning tidying, writing etc. Wrote F.C.B. Lunch, M & self. After left at 4.30 in 4 wheeler for Paddington. Hottest day of the year. Crowded Paddington. Hot young woman at Refreshment Bar. Ran down to Pangbourne beyond Reading. Carriage met us with Mrs Kemp & Lady Selfe. Drove to Bowden Green. Sir Benjamin looking broken & old. Sir William Selfe, Lady S, M, self, Mrs Kemp, Mona & Spagnioletti. Others to dinner. Pool after. Bed at 11.0pm. M said I was restless & kept her awake. Intensely hot dressing in Bath Room. (Red ink: M & self went down to Bowden Green. Frightfully hot. Met Judge & Lady Selfe.)
Sunday July 9 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Up 7.0 & 8.0. Breakfast in the open air at 9.0. Little girl tilted cup of tea over me & M. Spoiled shoes etc. Read Peter Ibbotson. After at 11.45 Mr & Mrs Beale & Miss Thompson came. Walked round & saw animals etc etc. Thunder about. Got camera & took Geese & Turkey, also the Gazelle. Lunch in open air. Rest. Read The Martian. M went for drive. Mrs Kemp slipped down & hurt herself. Talk. Dress. Dinner. Hot. A very pretty & nice girl came, a Miss Jones. The Beales left at 9.0pm. Pool after. Bed 11.0 after talk to Sir Wm Selfe. (Red ink: Thunder everywhere.) Monday July 10 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Woke at 3.0am & at 6.45am. Others all breakfasted in open & left by the 8.0am train. Packed in hot Bath Room & down 9.15. Breakfast M, Mona & self in the open air. After left at 10.30. Mrs Kemp in bed. Ugly people on platform of railway. Girl bare arms & no gloves. Paddington. Saw Mrs Charley Burnand & her daughter. Home in 4 wheeler. Very hot. Home 12.30. Changed films. Lunch. Rest. Printed & letters & at 8.0pm M, Roy & self dined & had pleasant evening. Frightfully hot in Drawing Room. At 6.0pm broke my 2 nd glass globe in Studio. Spoiled a lot of photos, enlargements etc. (Red ink: Broke glass globe in Studio.) Tuesday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Grey morning. Out with Rags on bicycle & round Earls Court. Saw A. Back thro' Palace Gardens. After back. All morning changing my water in glass globe. Spencer & Hilda called 11.15. Delayed me. After dear Mite. Wrote Tabs. Printed bulls etc after lunch. At 6.30 went & bought fruit. At 8.0 dinner at home. Roy dined at the John Aird juniors. (Red ink: Home dinner of eight. Golden waited.) (Plan of seating: H.Routh, Lady Monckton, L.S, Mrs Partridge, Major Du Maurier, Mrs Routh, Bernard Partridge, M.) Golden waited. Good dinner. Bridge after. Very hot night. Wednesday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Dull morning. M remained in bed. Went out with Key Camera & snapped Aphrodite & also A the 2nd going to school (Princess, 15.4.07.) Walked thro' Kensington Square back. Met Keith. Wrote Tabs about yacht on Saturday. Put things right & lunch at 1.30. Left at 3.0 & to C.C. At 3.45 photod Miss Eva M 1st time. Not much good. Very hot. Out & to Garrick. Saw Roy. Walked to Punch Dinner. Met Mr Borthwick. Very hot. F.C.B, self, Townsend, R.L, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P. Letter from F.C.B about Almanack. Intensely annoyed & said so. Got subject of Small Tailor. Home by bus at 10.45 after talk to Partridge & Townsend. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink: Talk to Partridge & Townsend after the Punch Dinner. Lucy libel trial just finished.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Jacob Wilson. Obituary of Sir Jacob Wilson.) Thursday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out to Earls Court with Rags & camera. No A to be seen. Only took one little girl. Back. Breakfast 9.25. After schemed subject of Balfour as Small Tailor & Irishman. Decided not to send Otley to May's. Got shears & permission to photo Curton's shop. Hilton came at 11.45. Took 6 of him
& Otley & after walked up & photod inside Curton's shop. Lunch & developed & enlarged. Up in room at 5.0 & on to work until 8.15pm when M, Roy & self dined. Bed after at 11.0pm. Friday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out over Notting Hill with Rags & Key Camera. Snapped L back view & after 5 others of school girls. Back & breakfast. The hottest day of the year. Worked all day on subject of Arthur Balfour as Small Tailor & Irishman. At 4.0 took up fan in room & worked with it going until 10.0. M, Roy & self dined. Rest after & bed 1.0am. Not very tired. Good cartoon. (Red ink: Hottest day of the year.) Saturday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Grey morning & cooler. Put things away before breakfast. After packed. No walk. Good bye to Roy. Got off by 11.30 in Otley's 4 wheeler & drove to Waterloo. Met Olive Shakespeare & D. ditto on the platform. Lost my pince nez by bag dropping. Comfortable carriage. Lunch. Southampton at 2.14. After in launch to yacht. H ashore, Tabs on board. Cocoa. Steamed past Castle Street & on to Yarmouth I.W. where anchor dropped. Dinner, H, Tabs, Gwen, M & self. Sleepy after. Turned in 11.0pm. Slept well. Dreamed of Napoleon. Sea fog came on at 8.30pm. Took 2 photos of large German liner. (Red ink: M & self went down to Southampton to go on board the Joyeuse.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Marie Roller. July.) Sunday July 16 S.Y.Joyeuse. Off Yarmouth, I.W. Up 8.0. Bath. Grey morning. House where the Speeds used to live. Breakfast 9.0. Discovered that the Channel Islands boat had run aground in sea fog last night. 2 tugs & her own steam. Under weigh 10.0am & to Portland. Fresh breeze. Tabs nervous at the Race. Arrived 1.20. Battleships. Took photos. After at 3.0 went on 1½ hrs sail in Gwen's boat with H. Photod Battleships. Tea. All went ashore at Portland, H, Tabs, Gwen, M & self. Photod Portland stone rocks. Very warm. Back by 7.0. Photod ships & setting sun, three. Dinner. Claret. Most lovely full moon after. Bed 11.0. Took me 40 minutes to change films. Read about Chefa & Great Pyramid. (Red ink: Dull day & walk at Portland Island.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Major General Sir Henry Trotter. July 18.) Monday July 17 S.Y.Joyeuse. Portland Roads. Up 8.15. Lovely morning. Grey. Breakfast. Finished 1000 Dozen Eggs by Jack London. Ships firing. Under weigh at 10.0 & off for Dartmouth. Wrote letters etc all morning. Lunch crossing. Arrived Dartmouth about 2.30. Beautiful approach. After Gwen rowed M & self round the Britannia & the Hindustan. Back. Devonshire cream for tea. At 5.0 on shore & walked to end of cliff. Took 8 photos in all today. One of a little dark haired girl aged 7. Back to yacht at 7.30pm. Dinner. Claret. After cigar & sleepy. Changed plates & to sleep at 11.20pm. Evy Batterson. No 2 Door. Coast Guard Station. Company. Dartmouth. (Red ink: Steamed to Dartmouth. Walk to cliff in evening.) Tuesday July 18
S.Y.Joyeuse. Dartmouth. Up 8.10. In M's cabin. Doubts where we return from. Fine morning. Wrote diary. At 11.0 Gwen went to bathe. H & self went for long walk in heat to top of hill. Talk of Marsden. Saw some of the same children I photographed yesterday. Back into the town. M & Tabs & Gwen there. To yacht. Lunch. Lobster. Rest & smoke afterwards. Drowsy. At 3.15 started in the launch & went up to Totness. At photo 6 the changing box refused to work. On taking it out found carrier crumpled up. Why? Arrived Totness at 4.30. Ordered tea & walked up the hill, M, Tabs, Gwen, H & self. Went into church. One old Elizabethan monument in Sacristry. Pretty little red haired girl. Beautiful. Back. Had Devonshire cream & tea at the hotel. Left at 6.0 & back at yacht 7.45 against tide. Difficult navigation going up. Smuts from funnel very disagreable. Lovely evening. Dinner. Champagne. Turned in 11.0 & put changing box right. Crumpled plate. Opened port. Dream of Chinese girl. (Red ink: Went up to Totness in launch.) Wednesday July 19 S.Y.Joyeuse. Dartmouth. Up 8.5. Bath. Packed bag. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Brilliant sun. Waited about on deck. Hot. H pathetically asked if Tabby liked the idea. After saw 10.15pm train leave Kingswear. Left after seeing Gwen & maid go to swim. Left Kingswear 12.15. H & Tabs going ashore. Dreary journey to Exeter past Dawlish Newton Abbey etc. Lunch in train. 2 hours at Exeter. Saw the Cathedral. Also Mrs ? wife of Colonel who gave me verses on B(illeg) Osborne. Could not get cream. Called station for Pass. Left Exeter 4.15. Dined on train after Salisbury. Waterloo 8.7. Otley met M & home in cab. To Punch Dinner. Went over wrong bridge. There 8.30pm. F.C.B, self, Townsend, R.L, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, Reed, A.G. Got cut of Halsbury as Horatius Keeping the Bridge. Suggested Pair Oar for Partridge. Left at 10.30 & to C.C. Wrote letters. No envelopes. Home by bus. Very hot. (Red ink: Long weary journey home from Kingswear, Dartmouth.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of William Boys to Emily Merriman.) Thursday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 6.45 & out. Caught the 7.30 train to Westminster Bridge & took 6 photos. People pouring over to work. Shop girls etc etc. Back. Breakfast & sent O to May's. Letter from F.C.B enclosing wire from Reed that the subject of Halsbury Keeping the Bridge as Horatius had been 'identically treated in the Daily Mirror' of today. After a lot of letters backwards & forwards went on with subject as originally treated & given me yesterday. Photod Policeman & self as Horatius at 1.0pm. Lunch 2.0. Did not finish until 5.30. Worked till 8.20 when M & self dined. Very tired. Bed at 11.15pm. M had the Electric Fan carried up to my room. (Red ink: Dreadful see saw about cut. Many letters from F.C.B.) Friday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Key Camera. Snapped A. Not so good as on the 21 June. Back & to work all day. News of defeat of the Government yesterday night. Wrote F.C.B & suggested a subject, Bull & Balfour. To go on with Bridge & Halsbury. Roy back from staying with Symonds. He dined out. Fan in room. M went to the Stores. Worked till 10.5 when finished. M & self dined, ½ bottle Champagne. Bed at 12.0. Very hot day. (Red ink: News of Government defeat last night.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Emily Lysaght. Death of Kezia Nightingale. Death of Emily Quayle.)
Saturday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. Very tired. Out in brilliant sun & took 2 photos. Walked over Hill. No Rags. Back. Breakfast. Roy not to the City. After put things right. Drew cheques. Very hot. Wrote for Pass for Roy to Glasgow & South Western. Roy left for lunch somewhere. M & self lunched & left at 3.50 in 4 wheeler for Balcombe. Good thoroughbred horse. Gentleman & lady in carriage. Label washed off my bag. Dear Linley at top of steps & Lady Frederick. Arrived at Balcombe House at 5.45, 1st time since the 8th January. Hilda H there. Dear little Ann. Very hot evening. Dinner. Mite not very well. Read The Commune by Paul Victor Marguerite. Bed at 11.25 after sitting out on the balcony. Slept well. M tired. Man from Barkers put up the triple over mantel glass in Hall. (Red ink: M & self came down to Balcombe 1st time since 1st week in January.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lt Colonel Craufurd.) Sunday July 23 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. Bath. Left M sleeping. Wet morning. Several hours steady rain. Addressed envelopes. After breakfast with Hilda the entire morning wrote letters. Lunch. Cigar. Again letters. M went in carriage with Lennie & Linley to Nymans. Started at 5.15 to meet M. Did so in lane. Not far. Back. Posted letters & got very wet. Dinner. No Champagne. Sat out after. Music & bed at 11.0pm. Slept well. M woke at 2.0 for some time. Died, Mrs Harry Turner, Lizzie Bacon that was. Aged about 54. Lies in Langley churchyard. As per letter from Madeleine Turner, 23 January 1906. Gross value Rateable value. 140 18 Safford Terr 117 36 24 Phillimore M 29 Last 135, 113. Monday July 24 Balcombe House. Up at 8.35 & bath. Cooler. Breakfast. Times. After all morning stuck & wrote red in diary & all afternoon too. At 11.0 Dr Parker came & said Mite was to be in bed for 6 weeks on milk. Lunch. Lennie not over well. T square found. Cigar & read one of Maurice Hewlett's books. Tea in garden. Again diary. After about 30 Vounteers came with a band & were drilled & sent out on a reconnaissance by Lennie. They left at 7.5pm. Dinner. Mite sitting out & with a tumbler of milk. Bed at 11.20. Slept well & M better night. (Red ink: Roy goes up to the Galbraiths at Terregles by night mail for a week.) (Cutting glued in: The Ministerial Crisis. Monday 24 July 05.) Tuesday July 25 Balcombe House. Up at 8.25. Most lovely morning. Saw sun in garden 3.40am. Put things together. Papers. Government keep in. Left at 10.50 for station & to Balcombe & Victoria. Otley met me. Cart banging with a chain. Hair cut. Lunch. After at 3.0 or 2.35 left for C.C. Called Sands & Hunter's & handed over No 1 lens & changing box etc. At 4.0pm photod G.T. Out at 5.25pm. Knowles said Club was to close for good in August. Bus to Turnbull & Asser about ties & then to Kensington. Cocoa. Wrote Roy & Mrs Maxwell. After dressed & left at 8.5pm & drove in cart to 27 The Boltons. F.C.B on steps. Dined with Sir Francis & Lady Burnand & Ethel B. Good dinner. After sat out & talk over the Almanack. Rotten subject suggested of Golf. Smoke & talk. F.C.B's memory frightful. Had forgotten
the Almanack Incident of 1895. Left 11.30 & home by dog cart. To bed. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe. Dined with Sir F.C.B & Lady B to settle the Almanack.) Wednesday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with K.C. No A. Round Earls Court. Only took 1 which turned out a failure. Bad plates. Back home. Put things straight, printed blues etc. After left at 11.45 in carriage & drove to Victoria to meet M from Balcombe. After walked on to Athenaeum. No letters. Saw Sir Seymour Hayden. Then by bus from Charing X to the Punch Office & to lunch. Present P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, F.C.B, self, Towny, O.S. Got cut of Emperor in Moonlight. After back by bus to Stafford Terrace at 3.40pm. Changed things & left with M at 15 past 5.0pm for Paddington for Bourne End. Frightfully hot in station. Mrs B.P, hat cocked. Lehmann met us & on to Field Head 40 minutes in launch. Mrs Lucy. Back to dinner 8.15pm. O.S & Lehmann swimming. Crowded table but good dinner. Between Mrs Partridge & Mrs Lucy. All left at 10.45. Long wait at Maidenhead. Mr & Mrs Raven Hill left there. On to Paddington. F.C.B, Partridge, & self in carriage. Sleepy. At Paddington 12.15am. Home by carriage & bed. A frightfully hot day. (Red ink: Last Punch Breakfast in May 1885. Artists Benevolent Dinner.) (Red ink across page: Punch Lunch at Bouverie Street & after dinner at Bourne End.) Thursday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with K.C, Earls Court Road. No A. Holidays commenced. Saw schoolgirl Cromwell Road, also Mews. Back. Breakfast. After sent Otley for costumes of smugglers. Schemed subject & after photod Hilton & Otley against cat shelter. Developed & enlarged. M had Mabel Beaumont, Miss Stancombe Wills & Lady Selfe to tea. Up in my room after. Both dined quietly at 8.30pm. Much cooler in the evening. Bed 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Leonard Thring, of a daughter.) Friday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with K.C round Earls Court. Took about 3. More or less failures. Missed girl in Cromwell Road. Back 9.15. Saw Holland Walk Robinson S.G. After at 10.15 began work & at it till 10.10pm. Dear M left at 3.45 for Balcombe. Worked on at drawing of 2 Emperors in Baltic in Moonlight. Dined by self & snooze. Much cooler. Bed 1.30am. (Red ink: M went to Balcombe.) Saturday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & after bath out with K.C & round Earls Court. No habitués. Took one little girl in Cromwell Road. Rest most unaccountable failures. Bad plates. Back at 9.20. Breakfast. After developed & put things straight. Went out again after printing blues at 12.0 & took 4. Failures. Back. Put all away. Lunch. Left in cart for Balcombe at 5.50, Victoria. Thought I saw Jacomb Hood at station. At Balcombe it was J.H. Tea. Dear M & Mite. Hamilton Fletcher there. After played 2 sets, H & Lennie v H.F & self. Won 1, lost 2. 1 st time new court been played on. Wind & threatened rain. Left off at 7.15. Dressed. Dinner. Mite not down. Last magnum of '84 Geisler. Music. Pianola after. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe House. Fletcher & Jacomb Hood there.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Frederic Partridge. Death of Sir Ambrose Shea. Death of Elizabeth Shelton. Death of Edward Short. Death of Thomas Sparrow.)
Sunday July 30 Balcombe House. Up 8.40. Bath. Lovely morning. Breakfast at 9.30, Hood, Fletcher, Lennie & self. After pipe up in room & wrote many letters or began to. Called for walk by the lake at 11.0 or 10.45. F, L, Hood & self & Moustache. Lovely morning. H & F broke off in Red Road & walked round by Lord Fk Fitzroy's. Lennie & self home. Long talk to a man at the well about industry of making hoops. Back. Went on with letters & after lunch Lennie sent the motor for Eric Parker. Up in room again & finished letters & posted them. H.Fletcher had left by motor at 3.30pm. After sat in back balcony with Mite. Swallows coming to nest backwards & forwards. Tea. At 5.30 played 5 sets Lawn Tennis. L & self v J.H. He won 2 sets. J.H & self v L. He won 2 out of 3. Sun very trying. Played till 7.40 when bath & dressed. Dinner. Talk of Egypt after. No music. Bed 11.15. Good bye to Jacomb Hood. (Red ink: Quiet day Balcombe. Fletcher left. Tennis.) Monday July 31 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. L in bath. Jacomb Hood had left at 9.15 for town. Breakfast by self. Photod dear Linley golfing. After all morning in my room. Squared all prints & cut patterns for cuffs for shirts. M's eye bad. Lunch, M & self & Linley. After leisurely packed. Lovely day & cooler. Lunch. Left to catch the 4.20 train. Lumpy girl on platform. Waited 35 minutes. At last got to Victoria. Horses going to Goodwood. Otley met me with cart & drove to Athenaeum Club. Wrote letter. No letters. Walked past the C.C & Garrick. Looked in at C.Clarks in Long Acre. To Punch Dinner thro' Lincoln's Inn. F.C.B, self, H.F.T, O.S, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Guthrie goes away. Got cut after much discussion of French & English Sailor & Admiral Punch. Suggested Partridge's cut myself, Balfour & Swimming Channel. Left at 10.45 & home by the cart & Otley. Bed 12.0. Posted letters at Knightsbridge. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe for Punch Dinner before Bank Holiday.) Aug 1905 Tuesday August 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with K.C. Walked down Earls Court. No one about but dowdy people. Only took 1 plate by Derry & Toms. After back. Wrote letters & schemed subject of Sailor & Punch. Sent Otley to May's for Sailor dresses & at 11.45 photod Hilton & Otley. Men working on the roof opposite. Nuisance. Developed etc & done at 5.0pm. Up in room & worked till 8.30 when dined by self. Tired. Bed at 11.15 after. (Cutting glued in: Death of Juliet Pym.) Wednesday August 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am & out with Rags after ½ hours work upstairs. Very dull. More or less dull all day. Worked on drawing of French & English Sailors & Admiral Punch all day & up to 10.5pm when dined by self very tired. Read paper & to bed at 11.45pm. Above not quite correct. Went at 8.40 with K.C & Rags down to Earls Court & walk back. No photo. Met Keith who said they were all going tomorrow. Bright sun at intervals. No one about. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Robert Dobbie to Constance Brooke.) Thursday August 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & after out with Rags & round Holland Walk. Very wet & more or less rain all day. After put things away & all day tidying up. Could get
no seat at the Gaiety Theatre so drove up after dining at 7.45pm by self to Daly's Theatre & saw The 2 Michus for the 2nd time. Edouin out of it. Saw what I thought was Fleishmann but most likely Wynne. Felt very tired & pain in chest walking to Garrick. Home immediately in carriage. Bed 12.30am. Went by myself to see The Two Michus at Daly's Theatre. Home by carriage. (illeg) called at 11.0am full (illeg) for 2 days at most (illeg). The gentleman I mistook for Mr Fleishmann was Mr Wynne. (Cutting glued in: The greatest heiress in England. Tatler.) Friday August 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & out with Key Camera. Took 4 photos, Church St & High St. Very high wind. Met Mr Young. After the whole morning writing & tidying up. Also wrote on drawing for Mr Speaight & sent it by Otley at 11.30. Developed a few films. Lunch & after got away by cart at 3.45 & to Victoria. Down to Balcombe. At station M & Lennie & Mr Marriott. L in temper about getting over to Nymans about a silly game of Lawn Tennis. Mite not so well. Wired to Johnson Ferguson & wrote Dora. Dinner & after looked at Egyptian book & bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe House for Bank Holiday & Mite's birthday.) (Cutting glued in: Professor von Herkomer & family escape injury in train crash.) Saturday August 5 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. Lovely morning. Great difficulty to get bath. Had to wait ¾ hr. After down. Breakfast. Pipe. Times etc. Wrote letters & went at 12.0 with K.C to post them. Snapped 3 figures one a very fine young girl near Post Office. Round by church met M & F.W. Waited a long time in field with mare. Threshing machine buzzing. Lunch. After a rest at 3.0 went in machine with Marriott & Lennie to Nymans. At 3.45 played several sets of Tennis. Captain Gibbs, Harold M, Lennie, self & Marriott. Talk to Mrs Messel. After left at 7.0pm. Frightfully heavy rain driving home. Changed & had bath. Intensely annoyed at dinner Lennie only having thin Rhine wine to drink Mite's health in. After talk to Mite. Bed at 11.15pm. Dear Mite's birthday. Hope she is better. (Red ink: Played Tennis at Nymans.) Roy returned from the Galbraiths to Stafford Terrace. Sunday August 6 Balcombe House. Up 8.30 & bath. Read Meneptah, Exodus etc. After at 11.0am started in motor with Lennie & Mr Marriott to go to Arundel. Dr Parker just before we left gave a favourable report of Mite. Beautiful run thro Cuckfield & on. Arrived 1.15. Church Parade. Beautiful sunny bright day. Cooking tent. Lunch in Officers Mess tent. After Lennie back & we went over & in the castle. Duke of Norfolk especially civil & asked after Roy. Old X Bows, Elizabethan helmets, cabinets, old china & magnificent pictures etc. Also battlements & beautiful views in castle. Band. Staff officers. Lord Methuen etc, Colonel Lowe. Had cigar & tea. Left at 5.0pm. Had taken 8 plates, 1 cooking tent, 1 girl, Regiment marching, little girl, 2 soldiers & spoilt 1 broken 2 girls. Most lovely evening. Rode home through Pulborough & Horsham, Hand X. L & M played 2 single sets Tennis. I hurriedly wrote Scotch letters. Dinner 8.5. Quiet evening. No music. Bed 11.30. Changed plates. (Red ink: Delightful motor ride to Arundel.) Monday August 7
Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Bath. Wet dull morning. Letters. Breakfast 9.15am. The whole morning up to 12.45 writing letters. Went out & posted them. Raining at intervals, Took 2 plates, one in a very dull light, 2 little girls with washing. Back. More letters. Lunch. More letters. At 3.45 played Lawn Tennis with Lennie & Marriott. After tea on lawn a curate Mr Stephens came & we had a 4 set, he & Lennie v Marriott & self. They beat us 4 sets to one. Left off at 7.15. Bath. Quiet Bank Holiday at Balcombe. Tuesday August 8 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Bath. Lennie off by early train. Breakfast after putting things up. After M, Miss Walford & self left by the 10.50. Long wait at station. Photod end of it with bridge. M & Miss W went 2 nd class. At Victoria Otley met us with his cab. Home by 1.0pm. Lunch. After put things straight etc all afternoon. No letter or wire from the Gaiety Theatre. M & self dined quietly by selves. In the Drawing Room after. Bed 11.30pm. M & self went up to town from Balcombe to Stafford Terrace. (Cutting glued in: The Athanasian Creed. Wedy Aug 9. Death of Christopher Heath.) Wednesday August 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out on bicycle round Park with Rags. Short of breath. Same ticking as ever. Back. Breakfast & after put things straight. Developed some films etc. Lunch. After left at 3.10pm for the C.C. The last time altho' did not know it at time. Photod G.T. Lengths etc. Out at 5.40. To Sands & Hunter with 40 Dalmeyers. Talk to a man in hall below Club & learnt it was to shut up on Aug 31. Walked down to the Athenaeum. Shut up. Wrote letters in the United Services Club. To see camera etc. After strolled to the Punch Dinner. Lawrence Bradbury back 1st time since 31 May. P.A, L.B, B.P, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, H.F.T, O.S. Got cut of Arthur Balfour as Agricultural Labourer & Poor Harvest & Mr P. Left at 10.30pm. Otley met me with cart & called at Camera Club & removed my goods & chattels & bag & baggage & drove home. Posted letters to May & Hilton. Bed at 12.0am after reading. (Red ink: 1st whole day I gave up smoking.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Christopher Heath.) Thursday August 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & & out with K.C. Successfully snapped the girl in black & one other in Phillimore Gds. Bright sun. After back. Breakfast & after sent Otley to May's for smock & for sickle at Barkers. At 11.30 Hilton came. Waited some time. After photod him for Arthur Balfour as Agricultural Labourer & Otley for Punch. Old Rick. Lunch etc. After in developing frightfully heavy rain came on. Great difficulty. All over 4.0pm. Up in room. Worked until 9.0 when M & self dined quietly. In Morning Room after. Drawing Room dismantled. Very tired. Bed 12.15. Friday August 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0 & in room. Worked till 8.30am when bath & out with K.C & Rags. Took nothing, all ugly common place people. Back. Breakfast. Wire from Roy to say he was coming back 4.15pm Paddington. After checks & letters. Up in room & went on to work on Punch & Balfour, Agricultural Harvest subject. Lunch 1.5pm. Dear Roy back looking well at 6.0pm, or rather 5.0pm. Finished drawing easily at 5.45. Dressed & finished putting things in bag etc. M, Roy & self all dined 6.20pm & after left in small omnibus for Midland Railway at 7.20 & caught
the 8.30pm train for Carlisle & Stranraer. Most comfortable sleeping berths, Electric Light etc. Read till 9.30pm when slept intermittently until 4.40am when called. Cold coffee. (Red ink: M & self left by 8.30pm train for Newton Stewart.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Rev James Montague. Born 1813. Friday 1 Aug.) Saturday August 12 On board train from Carlisle. Waked at 4.40am & out at Newton Stewart at 5.15am. Fear of rain. Open trap. All off by 5.25am. Got to Drumlanford at 6.55, not so long as expected. Mr B up. Bath & dressed. Breakfast 8.15am. Mr & Mrs Bright there. Started in break at 9.15am & began to shoot at far farm with cripple farmer at 9.50am. Long walk to lunch at 1.35. After up to 6.10. Lovely day, not hot. Grey & cool breeze. Self got 19 grouse, 1 hare, 1 snipe. Left off 6.10pm & home by 7.0. Bath & dinner 7.40. Thirsty & very tired. Enjoyed cigar. Bed at 10.30pm. M & self good rooms, very. 3 guns, Mr W.Phipson Beale, Mr Bright, Mr Sambourne. Roy went to Homburg. Horse went to Horlicks. (Red ink: Shot with Mr Bright & Beale for 12th. Did well.) Sunday August 13 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.50am. Bath. Grey morning. M slept well. Breakfast 8.45. After wrote letters & diary. Just caught the break before it left. Sharp harnessing of horses. Mr & Mrs Beale & self went for long rambling walk round loch. Picked mushrooms & saw the covert planted trees getting on. Back 1.25. Break back. Lunch. Read Erewhon Revisited. At 4.30 B suggested going over to Mr Fox. We left 4.30pm & walked down to the loch. Boat out with servant in it. Mr & Mrs Bright on the shore. B & Mr B rowed to end of loch. On shore saw 17lb pike with its head off. Thought it was an otter did it. Walked on to house. Mr & Mrs Fox. Boy. 3 Mr F's brothers, his Mother & Uncle Jonas. All asked over for next Saturday. Got very hot walking back. Met 2 ladies & an ugly little girl. Into boat. Killed a poor little shrew mouse. Sorry. Self & Mr B rowed back. Difficulty in hauling boat up. Back 7.15 after exactly 3 hours & a ¼ away. Dressed hurriedly. Dinner supper at 7.45. Pianola after. Bed at 10.0. Slept well. Dream of Roy as a Cossack officer. (Red ink: Walked over to Fox's place. Very hot.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Lady Sherborne. 14th.) Monday August 14 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.20am. Shave. Bath. M left her sponge & flannel. Down. Wrote letters. Breakfast. Grey warmer morning. Started in break at 10.15 & began to shoot moor with no birds. Walked all day only got 3 brace, no snipe etc. Dearth of water at lunch. Many black game & few pheasants. In afternoon came to a spring. Deep draughts of water. 2 vipers killed. Walked home by 6.0pm. Bath & lucky as the wheel had stopped all day. Dinner. Drank Ginger Beer & Stout. Paper after. Smoke & to bed at 10.10pm. Slept well. Most curious dreams. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot. Very poor sport.) Tuesday August 15 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.30. No bath. Down 8.15. Wrote Heaths etc. A lovely bright sun, hot. No wind. A day off. Mr & Mrs B went on the loch. Mr Beale went to Barrhill to meet Sir William & Lady Kennedy. At 10.40 walked by self in hot sun to the broken wall where I took Young last year & were failures. Very hot. Took collar tie & waistcoat off. There & back took 14 films. Back in 2 hours exactly.
Changed everything & wrote F.C.B & Speaight. Lunch. Lady K a voice, Oh! After sat out & talked to Sir W.K etc. Read Erewhon Revisited. At 4.30 tea. At 5.0 Mr & Mrs Bright, self & Pat went to see Mr Bright & Sir Wm Kennedy fish. They caught nothing. After back. Dressed. Quiet evening. Pianola. Bed at 10.45. Changed my film & in at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Sir William & Lady Kennedy arrived. Walked to fishing & photod wall which was a failure last year.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Captain Arthur Hayes-Sadler, of a daughter. Death of Charles Harrod.) Wednesday August 16 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.30. Bath. Wore Burbery suit. Breakfast. After at 9.45 started to shoot with 1 dog & Mr Bright. Sir W.R & Mr Beale in another party with 2 dogs. Birds wild. Many grey hens. Walked from 9.45 to 1.15 when lunched at a spring. At 2.0 started & walked till 6.30. Shot a viper after lunch. Bag 22½ brace. Shooting driven shots just at the last. Self got 18 or 19 grouse. Nothing else. Mr B the rest & 5 snipe. Great cloud of snipe on a small loch. Old Watcher or Keeper. Left off 6.30 & walked home by self. Ginger Beer. Good Punch. Bath & dressed. Dinner. Drank Cider. Pianola & after smoke. Bed 10.30pm. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot, Mr Bright & self over dogs. A1 day.) Thursday August 17 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.40. Bath. Rough windy morning & threatened rain. Down 8.15am. Breakfast. Started after at 11.0 for shooting. Rain threatened. Ran up & put Burbery coat on & cap. Turned round & went up the march that corresponded with last year's rainy day. Shot a grey hen. The 1 st I had for both years. On in rain to top copse & after to Ruin. Only shot a grouse bird. Back in the rain at 3.15pm. Ginger Beer. A Mr Robertson & Mr Lutyens called from Mount(?) house. Col Boyd or Hay-Boyd's. Late. Wrote letters. Smoked 2 cigars & after dinner Mr & Mrs P.B, Sir W.K & Mrs Bright played bridge. Bed 10.45 after cigar. (Red ink: 4th day's shoot. A wet day in the Ruin again. Loch Dornal. Mr Robertson the Laird O'Dornal.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Alfred Waterhouse and William Bouguereau, with photographs. August 26 1905. Death of Charles Schiff.) Friday August 18 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.30. Breakfast 8.0. A pouring wet morning though not just at first. Mr Bright & Sir Wm K went off to fish. Wrote letters & read all the morning. Lunch. Stout. After read The Raiders by Crackett. After tea M, self, Mr B, Pat & Mrs Bright all started for a walk past Naboths. Mrs Bright turned back. Pat troublesome & lay down. Mr Beale & M turned back at the sheep dipping. Had to go on with Lady K to far gate. Met a man with a camera. No sign of the anglers. Walked back 55 minutes. The anglers came in 3 minutes after & we never saw them. No fish. Dinner. Game of Bridge. Left them at it & went to bed 10.20. (Red ink: Pouring wet day. Walk to meet fishers in evening.) Saturday August 19 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.10. Breakfast 8.0. A driving wet gale. Doubts as to probability of shooting. Cleared at 10.0am. Left in break 4 guns. Drove down road. Met a soldier tramp. Foolishly gave him 6d. Waited for the Fox party. At 11.20 began 1st drive. Got one bird. At 11.45 Fox party of 4 guns streamed up hill. Uncle Jonas & son & 2 other Jonas's. Sir Wm Kennedy & self, Mr Bright & Mr Beale guns. Had 6 drives all day bad luck only got 2 grouse, 3 hares 1 blackbird.
Ladies at lunch in barn at farm. Left off at 6.0pm & walked home Tea. After a bath. Dinner. Game of cards with Mr Beale & bed 10.30pm. (Red ink: 5th day's shoot. Grouse drive, Bad luck all day.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Admiral Sir Arthur Cochrane. 22 Aug.) Sunday August 20 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 8.10. Bath. Breakfast. Down. Talk to Mrs B about returning. Settled for Friday. Breakfast. After wrote letters hard till morning 11 o'clock. Posted. Fine still morning. French maid complained M had left her window open & the water poured in. In morning wrote letters hard to 11.0. After a stroll with M, Sir W, Mrs B & Lady K. Separated. Few mushrooms. Back. Lunch 1.30. Coffee. Brandy. After read The Raiders. Tea. Stroll with Mrs B, Lady K & M round Lodge. To Lodge. Saw view of house. Went out again with camera. Took 4 views, 1 on glass of house. After had supper meal 7.45. Maids out for walk. Talk of gems & Oberamagau. Bed at 10.45. Changed plates or rather films. (Red ink: Micheline complained of M leaving window open. Delightful walk in morning.) Monday August 21 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 9.45. Bath. After a grey wet morning & heavy wet all day. Sir William Kennedy & Mr Bright went to fish at 10.0am. Wrote many letters & also read The Grey Man etc. Lunch in house & wet again till 3.0 when walked by self to the House Boat. After back. Tea. M & self walked to House Boat & photod. 1 rough water on loch & 2 of rocks & 1 Fern Brae. Back & then went to Kitchen Garden & round the road. Fishers back with Lady K & Mrs B at 7.0pm. Dinner. Sleepy. After played bridge with Sir Wm, Mrs Bright & Beale. Sir Wm & I beat them. Bed at 11.45. M in bed. Changed plates & films. (Red ink: Wet day all day. Photod House Boat.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary William Bouguereau. 21 April.) Tuesday August 22 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.30. Down. Bright sunny lovely morning. Breakfast 8.15am. At 9.30 meet at the Keeper's Lodge, M & Mrs Bright, Lady K & Mrs B. 8 guns, Mr Beale, Mr Bright, Sir Wm Kennedy, self, Mr Roumes, Mr Cameron, Mr Robertson, Mr Lutyens. Drawn No 1 between Lutyens & Roumes. R came up in a motor car which was left in a side turning. No birds 1 st stand near Lodge. We went up hill to No 3 butt where I was last year. Got 1 bird. After at next stand 6 birds. None last. Lunch at farm. Good. Sat on a woolsack. Photod by Sir Wm Kennedy. Ladies left. On again. A most lovely day but poor sport in the afternoon. In1st drive a large blue game & one last drive. 8 drives in all. Got 37½ brace. A carrion crow, snipe & 4 or 5 hares. Self 5 brace & a hare. Left off 6.15 & walked home. M & Mrs B & Mr B at top. Roumes & Mr Cameron had left. Tea. Mr Robertson & Mr Lutyens. Lutyens story of the Clipped Lion. Also Brodrick. 'That's hardly a fair question to ask me'. Dinner. No Bridge. Pianola & bed tired at 10.30. Letter from Emma saying Wolff had sent us grouse. No invites. (Red ink: 6th day's shoot. Grouse drive. Delightful day.) Wednesday August 23 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.45. Bath. Down 8.15. Still grey morning. Breakfast. After wrote & read Sir Herbert Maxwell's Galloway. Sir William & Lady Kennedy left at 11.0 & I & M watched the trap disappear round the loch. It takes 20
minutes to vanish. After letters came. No news & a very bad 'Punch'. After pottered. Lunch. At 2.45 started with Mr Beale to fish Loch Drumlanford. Strong NE wind. Mr B rowed me round. Caught 4 trout, the 1 st loch trout I ever caught in my life. Rose 5 others, 2 put back. Then rowed Mr B round. He caught 2 perch, Rose 3 or 4 others. Left off at 6.0. Put boat up & were both locked in the Boat House & had to take it out again to get out. Back 6.40. Mr Bright coming home from fishing. Had got 2 good fish about 7lbs each. M & Mrs Bright went to meet him. Dressed. Dinner. Only 4. After pianola. Bed at 10.30pm. Wrote letter of thanks to the 3 railways in the morning. Slept fairly well. Most odd dreams. Candles would not light & old curiosity dealer. (Red ink: The Kennedys left at 11.0am. Caught 1st loch trout ever landed by self.) (Cutting glued in: Liquidation of Chic Limited. Tuesday 22 Aug 1905.) Thursday August 24 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.30 & bath. Began preliminary packing. After down. Breakfast. Excerpts from 'Times'. Eat the trout I caught yesterday & M the other. Difficulty of R inside. Put Burbery suit on. Left at 10.30 with Mr B & Beale. Walked to Ruin & in & about the Ruin. Shot 2 brace of black game & 2½ brace of grouse. 7½ of grouse & 5 of black game, 4 snipe. Walked back & met the ladies at 6.0pm on the field near the Wind Mill. Home. Began to pack after bath. Dinner. Salmon. Pianola. Sleepy. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: 7th day's shoot. Delightful day all round the Ruin.) (Sketch map of area round Ruin. Road to photo 1906?) (Cutting glued in: In Memoriam Francis Jeune.) Friday August 25 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.30. Bath. Preliminary packing. After breakfast finished. Wrote a few letters & we got off, after saying good bye to Mr B earlier at 11.5am, in a drizzling rain which continued all day. It took 1 hr & 50 minutes to get to Newton Stewart. An American from New York with hand bag. Eat our lunch & were put out at Dumfries. Caught the 3.14pm train for St Pancras. M & weighing machine. Had a good dinner in train. Slept after. Arrived St Pancras at 11.10, 40 minutes late. Why? Otley & bus met us. Home 12.0. Supper & bed 12.40am. Very close & stuffy. (Red ink: Left Drumlanford in drizzle of rain at 11.5am.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Laura Walford. Golf at St Andrews. Thurs 24 Aug 1905.) Saturday August 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Gave O.W 6d. Walked to look at West Lodge. To let. After back & put things away. Sent Otley with things to the C.C & after lunch M & self went up by 4 wheeler to the Theatre (Wyndham's) & saw a very stupid play 'What the Butler Saw'. by Judge Parry. Same man who played at Drury Lane in 'The Best of Friends'. Out & back by bus. Got fruit & sent wires. M & self dined quietly & bed early. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée at Wyndham's Theatre & saw a silly play 'What the Butler Saw'. Man who played in Best of Friends Mr Lowe.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Rebecca Liberty.) Sunday August 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out. Round Durham Villas & longingly looked at No 48 Phillimore Gds. Back. M & self to breakfast. After at 11.0 Roy came back from Homburg. Stern had given him a couple of pearl studs. Cost £40. Dear M & self
went for walk at 12.0 & got caught in a violent storm of thunder & rain. Sheltered in Kensington Church. Home 1.15pm. Lunch, M, Roy & self. After Roy & self left at 2.15 & walked to Knightsbridge. Bus to Piccadilly. To C.C. Difficulty about Studio. Talk to 2 men in club. Up & at 3.50 Miss Mackenzie came. Could not sit. Out 4.0 & to United Services Club. Wrote letters. After called for Roy at 6.10 at Oxford & Cambridge Club & we walked home. Met a China man. Pretty girl in Walk. Dined 8.0. Grouse & a bottle of Champagne. Bed at 11.45. (Red ink: Roy back from Homburg. M & self caught in violent rain at Kensington. Roy & self walked home from the Oxford & Cambridge Club.) Monday August 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rags & Rick. 1st morning of Board School. Children back. Old W in distance. Breakfast. Roy to the City. Bitter melon. Wrote letters. After at 12.0 went out with K.C. Saw M xing road at Kensington Church. After took 3 photos. Developed them & the Drumlanford ones. Dined early & M, Roy & self went in Otley's cab to the New Gaiety Theatre & saw The Spring Chicken a most stupid piece. Back in heavy wet. In Morning Room. (Red ink: Board School children back. M, Roy & self went to Gaiety Theatre & saw The Spring Chicken. Violent rain coming home.) Tuesday August 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out round up Church Street. No L. After all morning sorting etc. Missed the films of bull taken at Langley's. Lunch at home & at 2.0 went by the tube to Sands & Hunters 79 New Oxford Street. Saw hand camera. Out & to C.C. At 3.30 photod E.W. Not pleased. Out & to the United Services Club. Wrote letters. Home by bus. Roy dining at the Oxford & Cambridge Club. M & self quietly at home. Bed after reading. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Eugenia Herkomer. Death of Annie Jeram. Death of Frank Goodson. Wedy 30 Aug.) Wednesday August 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round Earls Court & round up Hornton St & home. Back. Found films of bull. After M & self looked for the Eclipse. Dull dark clouds all morning. At 12.25 just caught glimpse of it for 2 minutes. Lunch at home & left 3.0pm. Went to the C.C for the last time. Photod at 4.20 E.D. Goes to Canada on the 7th. Left & went to the United Services Club. Wrote letters & walked to the Punch Dinner. L.B, B.P, E.T.R, Graves, O.S, self, R.L & Townsend. Got cut of Peace & Russia & Japanese Soldiers. Doubtful if a double cut or not. Talk to R.L after & home by bus. Met curious girl in Strand. (Red ink: Last regular sitting at Camera Club after 13 years. The Eclipse of the Sun spoiled by cloud in London.) Thursday August 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round Earls Court & back by High St. Up in room early & schemed subject of Peace & Japanese Soldier & Russian ditto. At 11.30pm Miss Huxley came. Photod her & Otley. Developed & enlarged & up in room at 4.20. Went on to work till 8.30pm & then M & self dined quietly together. Roy back from dinner at 11.30. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink: Camera Club finally closes.) (Cutting glued in: The Solar Eclipse. Thursy Aug 31.) Sep 1905
Friday September 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & walked over to Notting Hill. No L. 2 pretty girls. Back & breakfast. Roy off early. Hard at work all day on drawing of Peace & Japanese & Russian Soldier. Finished at 10.0pm. Roy & self dined, M sitting at table. Bed 12.30am. Very tired. (Red ink: 1st saw 2 Dromios.) Saturday September 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & walk with Rags up Holland Walk. Same girls 8.45am. After back & packed. Most ominous letter from Sec'y reducing my monthly cheque. 1st time ever received such a letter from the firm. Breakfast. Put photos away & packed for Stoke Edith. After lunch at 12.45 & left 1.5 Otley's cab & took tickets for Stoke Edith, M & self. Comfortable journey. Arrived. Drove to S.E.Park. Tea & upset the milk jug. Cricket. Mr Green Price, a Miss Wilkinson & also Miss Forster. Walk before dinner. My bag missing. Much upset. After game of Curling & 1 game of Billiards with Paul Foley. Beaten by 30. Bed at 11.30. Broken sleep. (Red ink: Most surprising & annoying letter from Mr Heather reducing my monthly cheque. Very much upset about it. M & self went by the 1.40pm train to Stoke Edith Park. Very tired.) Sunday September 3 Stoke Edith Park. Up 8.30. No bag yet turned up. Out 9.20. Breakfast. After going for walk with M looked into other room & there was my bag. Out with M & Dora in garden. Westerly gale blowing. Depressed all morning. Lunch. After at 3.20pm went for walk to the Beacon Hill with Mr Burns & Miss Wilkinson & Miss Forster. Lovely view. Back. Tea. Sat under the tree. Dinner. Word games after. Letter H. Dora's cold. Did not play billiards. Bed at 11.30. Slept better. (Red ink: Walked up with the Gollywog & Miss F & the poet Burns to the top of the Beacon or Bunkers Hill. Released a rabbit caught in a gin. P.F said should have killed it.) Monday September 4 Stoke Edith Park. Up 8.30. Bath. Very clear & warm morning. Sat out. Had slept better. After at 11.40 took M up to Beacon Hill. Got nearly there. Most glorious views. Back by 1.15. Got very hot. Cider at lunch. After sat & read History of England, M with me. After tea walked up to the Beacon Hill again. Back at 7.0 through the Park. Had no light with me. Mr & Mrs Jackson, Mr Simpson Hayward & a gentleman & his daughter had arrived. Dressed. Dinner. Took Miss (blank) in. After played Curling game & was beaten 1 game of Billiards by P.F. Bed. (Red ink: Lovely day. Took M up to top of the Beacon Hill. Hot walk. Again went there in afternoon. Guests arrived.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Harriet Countess of Darnley. Obituary of Harriet Countess of Darnley.) Tuesday September 5 Stoke Edith Park. Up 8.0am & out. After breakfast at 9.0. Left for shooting by trap at 10.0. Swallows gathering for flight. 6 guns, Paul Foley, Rev Jackson, Mr Evelyn, Mr Simpson-Hayward, self & another. Good walk & a few drives all day. Top of apple tree was blown off by Rev Jackson. 42 brace & many hares. Self got 7 brace & 1 hare. Left off 5.0pm. Walk home in warm sun. Tea. Bath. Milk & soda etc etc. Rested in M's room & after dinner. Took Hon Mrs Jackson in. Long games of Curling after. Bed at 11.45. Slept well. 1 st & only day's partridge shoot at Stoke Edith Park. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Lowes. Thursday 7 April.)
Wednesday September 6 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 7.50. Bath. Wet morning. Breakfast. After P.F decided not to shoot today. Hung about. Wrote 4 or 5 letters. After good bye & got off in brougham at 12.30. Raining. Left M there. Fees, Butler 10/s, Man 8/s, Keeper 10/s, carriage 2/6, £1.10.6. Met Evelyn in Park. Got off by 1.0pm train & through Worcester home. No difficulty. Otley met me with letters at Paddington & drove home. Did not change. Left at 5.30 & by bus to Piccadilly. Fat Indian in omnibus. Called C.C. Saw Wills. Walked to the Punch Dinner at 6.45. Had interview & explanation with Lawence Bradbury. Fairly satisfactory. Saw Owen Seaman after & Towner in Hair Dresser's room. Dinner, self, Towner, Graves, L.B, Lucy & O.S. Got cut of Chinaman & left with O.S at 11.15pm. Home by bus. Roy had gone to bed. (Red ink: Came up from Stoke Edith. Interview & explanation with L.Bradbury.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Douglas Keatinge and Jessie Barr.) Thursday September 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out. Rags & K.C. Just missed Two Dromios. Old W in distance. Took no photos. Back to breakfast. Roy looking fairly well but a cold. After schemed subject of a Fat Chinaman sitting at open door. Looked out average of missing weeks & wrote to Lawrence Bradbury. Had great difficulty in photographing Otley at 12.0 owing to heavy rain. Finished enlarging at 2.45pm. Up in room. No hot water & could not dry my prints well. Worked up to 7.15pm when dressed & dined 7.45. Roy & self went up in hansom to the Haymarket Theatre & saw 1st play under Frederick Harrison's sole management. Had large box. Not had it since 1897 or 8. Ellis Jefferies & Gerald Du Maurier good. Left & home by cab. Snack & to bed. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Haymarket Theatre. Had large box.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Mary Burnand. The wife of George Drabble, of a daughter.) Friday September 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Bath. Hot water again. Wrote letters & out with K.C. Snapped 2 shop girls & 3 G. After back & all day at work on Chinaman. Worked all day & up to 10.0pm when finished. Roy back 5.0 & sat in my room. Had a very bad cold. Roy & self dined together & Roy to bed 11.15, self 12.45 after snooze. (Red ink: Roy a very bad cold. Notification from firm cheque had been made out to usual amount.) Saturday September 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out with Rags. Threatened wet. Saw Two Dromios. Followed to Conway House, 44 Hogarth Rd. Back. Roy had gone. Put all photos away & sorted films in 2 boxes etc. In gt doubts as to C.C. Decided not. Wire after from Mr Stoker. Lunch at 1.30. Packed leisurely. Roy back at 3.30pm with very bad cold. Going to stay with Stern at Savoy Hotel. Otley left with 4 wheeler & went to meet M at Paddington taking my bags. Good bye to Roy & left in heavy rain & by bus to Victoria. General Booth at the Albert Hall. Larky porter. M arrived at 4.55. Caught the 5.0pm train & slow weary journey to Balcombe. Arrived in pouring rain. Saw dear Mite & Chicks. A little Berliner there. Good dinner. Champagne & pianola. Bed at 11.45 after. Slept well. (Red ink: M came up from Stoke Edith & across to Victoria. Both came to Balcombe. Left Roy seedy with cold & going to the Savoy to stay with Stern.) Dr Keopke, Berlin.
Sunday September 10 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. Bath. Late for breakfast. After wrote 13 letters. Lunch. At 3.0 Lennie, little Berliner & self went over in motor to Nymans & walked to look at ducks, pheasants etc. Consumption of small pheasant. Took 2 photos of garden & 2 of ducks on pond. Also had taken 4 of Linley & Ann. Back by motor after tea at Nymans & took M round Park. After talk to Mite. Dinner. Claret. After pianola & bed at 11.15pm. Slept well, M also. (Red ink: Lennie, self & Berliner went over in motor to Nymans & saw ducks.) Monday September 11 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0 & down. Nothing in Times. Lennie & Berliner off by 8.20. Breakfast. Linley at lessons. Wrote up diary & red underlining since August 6th. Dull damp day. Letters. Lunch. Read 'The Lilac Bonnet'. After from 4.0 to 5.30pm took M for walk. Rain came on. Cows. Went to Tates. Talkative farmer. Back. Wrote letters to Heather about missing week. Talk with dear Mite. Lennie back 7.30. Dinner. Had Tokai. Bed at 11.0pm. Slept well. Tuesday September 12 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Nothing in 'Times'. Letters. Breakfast. After wrote 7 or 8 letters. Posted them. Lovely bright sunny morning. Children all went over to Nymans in cart. After schemed subject for Almanack 1906. Rest & at 4.30 took M for walk round over hill. Pony cart with children. Took 4 or 5 photos. Kittens at house with yews. Back. Lovely sunset. Lennie back. Dinner. Quiet evening & bed after. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Guy Du Maurier and Gwendolen Price. Obituary of Richard Lockett.) Wednesday September 13 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Saw L off. After breakfast by self & caught the 10.5 train, M going with me in Victoria. Letter from Heather, most unsatisfactory. Up to town. Otley met me. Letters. Sent wires & home by bus. Came across Mrs Sands (Miss Rose) not seen her since 1895. Home, venison, to lunch & put things straight. After to C.C by bus. Then walked to Sands & Hunters. 1 st felt excruciating pain in ball of foot. Passed off. To Garrick Club. Newly done up. Wrote Sir F.Harrison. Walked to Punch Dinner. F.C.B there. Told him of Wilfred & Lennie's offer. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, L.B, Lucas, Towner, Lucy. So so dinner. Got cut of John Bull & Sign Post. Suggested Volunteer for R.H. Left 10.30 & home by bus. Roy not back from Savoy yet. Came in 12.0. Bed. Colder. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe House. F.C.B at Dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Stephen Holland.) Thursday September 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & in room. Looked out photos etc. After out with K.C. Saw 2 Dromios at end of Cromwell Rd, only took one near Holland Gate. Back & schemed subject of John Bull & Sign Post. Sent Otley to Sands & Hunters & C.C. At 12.0 photod Otley. Developed & all enlarged by 3.0pm. Left at 4.0 & cab to C.C & back wasted 6/s. On with work until 8.0pm when Roy & self dined together off delicious venison. Fire in Morning Room after. Did not go out as 1 st intended to Palace Theatre. Tired. (Red ink: Lovely day. Hard at work in London.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Colonel Thomas Tully. Obituary of Colonel Thomas Tully.)
Friday September 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & did 1 hrs work. After out on cycle round Radcliffe Sq. No High School. Back. Lovely morning. Worked all day on John Bull & Sign Post. Finished 7.45. Changed. Dined 8.10 with Roy. N.P.U Brandy. Venison. Left at 9.10 & cab to Victoria. Down to Haywards Heath. Car met me. Had gone to 3 Bridges. Wires do not reach Balcombe after 8.0pm. Did not recognise the road at all. Thought was at Cuckfield & turned into Balcombe. M up. Lennie & Gibbes & his wife. Tablecloth burnt with candle shade. Bed at 12.0am after cigar. Tired. (Red ink: Came to Balcombe by the 9.40 & motor car from Haywards Heath.) Saturday September 16 Balcombe House. Up at 8.15. Bath. Down after all late for breakfast. Put guns up & left in motor for Nymans at 9.50am. Lovely morning. 4 guns, Lennie, Eric Parker & Captain Gibbes & self. Began top field. Missed a large covey. Got right & left in field after plantation. Lunch at farm. Good. Tiring walking. Hot sun. Got altogether 14 brace, 3 rabbits, 1 pigeon & 1 cat. Self 5 brace. Left off at 5.45. Tea at Nymans. Mr & Mrs Messel back. Home with Linley & Mrs Gibbes. Bath. Dinner. Lennie a frightful headache. Talk to Gibbes & Roy after. Bed 11.0pm. Slept well. Dream of Astor's yacht. (Red ink: Partridge shoot at Nymans. Most lovely autumn day.) Sunday September 17 Balcombe House. Up at 8.30. No bath. Lovely morning. Breakfast. Wrote letters about Scotland & also diary etc. M went to church. Roy & self went for walk with 3 dogs. Rats. After played round at Clock. Roy won 4/s. Lunch. Kite flying after. 2 lost. Mr & Mrs Messel, Eric Parker, Ruth & Muriel came over to see Maud. Also 4 people in a motor. Mr Stokes & an architect. Played 3 sets of Tennis after. Roy & self versus Lennie & Gibbes. They only got 2 games out of the 2 sets. Talk to Mite after. Wrote to Mrs Johnson-Ferguson. Dressed. Dinner. Very good Claret. Rest in chair after. Bed at 11.20pm. Slept well. (Red ink: Many callers. Lawn Tennis at Balcombe House.) Monday September 18 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. x. Down & saw Roy & Lennie off. Bath. Breakfast. After put slips from Times in this book. Wrote 3 or 4 letters & posted them. Photod Linley & sign post. Saw Ruth & Muriel on ponies. 2 little girls & a governess called for Linley. Photod Linley for Golfing & Ann in Chinese dress, poodle etc. Did 1 hrs work. A lovely morning. Strong wind. Bright sun. After lunch read The Brushwood Boy by Rudyard Kipling. M & self went for walk round Red Road. Gate locked. Again worked. Miss Cusans came. Talk to Maud. Lennie back. Dinner. No Study after, no Drawing Room. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Great Scottish Review of Volunteers at Edinburgh, 40,000 men.) Tuesday Serptember 19 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Saw Lennie off. Breakfast. Miss Cusans nurse. After packed & got off by the 10.51, M & self walking to the station. Home to lunch by cab. Otley met me with letters. Developed photos & enlarged golfing photos of Linley all afternoon. Dined at 7.30pm. Roy & self went to the Palace Theatre. Saw cinematograph of yesterday's Scottish Review. Rest poor. Saw card man, 'Isn't it
wonderful'. Walked to Garrick Club. Wire. Cab home. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Left Balcombe for Stafford Terrace. Roy & self went to the Palace Theatre.) Wednesday September 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out with K.C. Took 2 Dromios & 3 others. 13, 14, 15, 16. Reading books. Breakfast. After put plates in new Rt Angled Camera. Lunch by self. No, M came back from Balcombe at 1.15pm. Train late. Left at 3.0pm & up by bus to Garrick. Got square bag & to C.C for the last time. Mistake about key. At 4.20 photod G.T. Tights etc. Left Studio without regret at 5.35. To Garrick. Walked to the Punch Dinner after talk with Mr Crocker who I met on Vectis. Talk to Lawrence Bradbury not altogether satisfactory. But he settled for 5 weeks at utmost limit. After the dinner, O.S, L.S, Towner, R.H, Graves, Lawrence Bradbury, Lucas, E.T.R & Lucy. Got cut of King of Sweden, Farewell to Norwegian Girl. Raven Hill grumbled at The 2 Sultans. Left with Reed & home by bus. Roy back at 11.30pm. (Red ink: At C.C for last time before sale. Photod Miss G.T. M returned from Balcombe at 1.15.) Thursday September 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & in room. No Sultan of Morocco. After out & tried for 1st time my new hand camera. Took 9, 3 Kittens etc. Back. Breakfast. After M got off at 10.30 in Otley's cab. Schemed subject of King of Sweden & Norway Girl. Had sent for costumes to May's. Hilton came 12.15. Otley back at 12.0. Also took Golfing photos. Sun almost out of yard. All developed by 5.0pm. Worked up to 8.35. Roy & self dined at 8.45. Morning Room & fire afterwards. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: M went by herself to Springkell.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Albert Schloss. Death of Annie Chisholm.) Friday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15. In room. After out on bicycle. High School commenced. Back short cut. Roy off. Worked hard all day on drawing of King of Sweden & Norway girl. Disatisfied with background. Finished at 9.30pm. Roy & self dined 10.0pm on grouse. Bottle of Champagne, Ayala 1892. Left in Otley's cab at 11.0. Comfortable carriage at Euston. Man took things out. Not a porter. Carriage to self, all things in it. 2 pillows. Slept fairly well. Warm in Inverness cape. (Red ink: Left by the 11.50pm train for Springkell. Most comfortable journey.) Saturday September 23 On board train, Carlisle. Arrived at 6.50. Caught the 6.5 train for Kirtle Bridge. Dog cart. At Springkell 7.5am. Tea. Bath. Shave. Dressed leisurely. M up 8.0am. Breakfast. After started to shoot at 10.0. Drove 4 miles. Guns, Mr JohnsonFerguson, Mr Alex J-F, Colonel Younger, A.K.Causten, Mr Johnson & self. Got one bird 1st shot. Birds small. Many drives. 1 moss only. 101 partridges, 18 hares, 3 grouse. Self shot about 6½ brace partridges, 1 grouse, 4 hares. Left off 5.30pm. Drove home. Tea. Dressed. Dinner. A Miss Irwin came. Miss White, Mrs Jackson. M had been 100 miles on a motor to lunch with Mrs Alex J-F. Very sleepy after dinner. 2 Bridge tables. Went down & smoked cigar. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Arrived Springkell 7.10am. Dear M in next room. 1st days partridge shoot. Roy went to the Savoy Hotel to stay with Stern.)
Sunday September 24 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.0am. Bright morning. Bath. Plug would not come up. Out. Breakfast. After took 2 photos of garden seats etc. Talk to Colonel Younger. M upset with currants. Wrote letters & diary. Went with M for walk to the Kirkyard. Met Mrs Johnson & Alex J-F. Walked on beside burn. Heavy shower came on. Shelter. After walked back. Rest home from Kirk at 1.45. Letters after lunch. Collared for photos. Took 2 of Miss Irwin. Rest. Tea. Test Book of Questions. Went for hours sharp walk, in Kitchen Garden & beyond where we walked in the morning. Owls. Back. Dressed. Dinner. Took Miss Irwin in. Theatrical talk. After drew etc. Long talk to Mrs Johnson on Du Maurier. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Quiet day at Springkell. Walks & photographing. Miss Money murdered or suicide in Merstham Tunnel, about 9.0pm.) Monday September 25 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.0. Bath. Grey suit. Breakfast. After got away at 10.0. Nails protruding thro' my shooting boots. Taken out by the butler. Started grouse driving. No 5 & 1. Got 1 grouse, 1 grey hen. After 2 grouse, then 2 more. 3 brace. Hen pheasant touched by J-F. Lunch. Ladies there. Photos by Causten. Curious jugs. M came up in motor after & they all went off. Started rough ground partridge shooting. Got about 4 brace & 1 rabbit. Long walk. Recognised the duck stand. Left off 5.45. Walked home. Tip to Loudon. Tea. Milk & soda. Dressed. Took Miss White in. Slow dinner. Lady sang after. Col Younger upset about singing. Bridge. Cigar & bed 11.45pm or 12.0am. (Red ink: 2nd days shoot at Springkell. Most lovely day. Grouse & partridges. Bag 30 grouse, 18 hares, 9 black game, 50 partridges.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Hal Ludlow, of a son.) Tuesday September 26 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up 7.50. Lovely bright sun. Bath. Packed. Punch came. Breakfast. After hung about. Colonel Younger going to see church. Got off after seeing motors off. Miss Irwin, Mr & Mrs Johnson in one & Alex J-F in another. Causten photographing as usual. Left 10.45 in omnibus with Miss White & Mrs Johnson's maid. To Carlisle. Crowded train. Went by the second, 12.25. Good lunch & at Euston 6.35. Home by 1 horse bus, Otley meeting us. M & self dined quietly together at 8.0pm. Roy at the Savoy Hotel. (Red ink: Arrived home 7.30pm from Euston. Roy at Savoy.) Wednesday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. A dull grey day. Went out with Rags for walk. Met Old W, gave her 6d. Saw 2 Dromios. After going back Rags killed a cat in Upper Phillimore Gardens. Rick & he got hold of it in a garden. Back. Quite dark. Put photos away & on with Almanack. Lunch. Enlarged photos for Almanack after at 3.0pm, Otley helping. Changed & left for Punch Dinner at 5.30pm. Went by bus. Road up. Called C.C. Policeman there. Sale yesterday. To Garrick & then walked to Punch Dinner. O.S, self, R.H, R.C.L, Graves, L.B, Lucas, Towner, E.T.R, H.W.L. After discussion got cut of John Bull & Japanese soldier. R.H Emperor of Russia. Reed upset about his rates. Left 10.45 & home by bus. Roy at Savoy. Thursday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out after bath. Bright sun. Walked on thro Notting Hill Square & to Board School. Took 10 photos of girls in new camera. Back. Saw 3
Kittens. After schemed subject of John Bull & Japanese soldier. Sent Otley for costumes. At 12.0 photod Hilton & Otley as sailors & Jap. Also for Time in Almanack. All developed by 4.0pm. Cocoa in yard. M in room after. Worked up to 8.30 when M & self dined. Roy came back from the Savoy Hotel where he had been since last Saturday. Had dined with Tabs & Hamilton yesterday & today. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. M went to bed at 10.0pm. (Red ink: Roy back from Savoy Hotel. M & self dined quietly.) (Cutting glued in: Shooting accident to Collingwood Ingram. F 29 Sep.) Friday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out. Violent rain at 7.30 & after up Holland Walk. A sparrow & a frog in the Walk. Put them both over the wall. Met Old W, after the 2 Dromios in wet. Back 9.0am. Breakfast. After all day at work on John Bull & Jap. Finished at 10.5pm. Dinner M & self. Roy came in at end. Slept in chair till 1.0 when to bed. Dear M's birthday, had nothing for her. (Red ink: Dear M's birthday. Had nothing for her ready. Hard at work all day.) Saturday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Brilliant sun. Out on cycle. Both Rick & Rags went to end of Radcliffe Gardens. M & Roy at breakfast. After printed back blues & put all photos away etc. Lunch. Roy back doing better in City. Packed. M & self got off at 3.45 & to Victoria. Met Harold & his wife. Down to Balcombe. Kite flying. Mite up. Florence Walford there. Put (illeg) right. Dinner 7.45. Good. Champagne. Drank M's health. (illeg) of letters. After bed 11.0pm. (illeg) Lennie, Nipper & self. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe with M. Met Harold M & wife in train.) Timed Merstham Tunnel 1¾ minutes. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir William Willis. S Sep 30.) Oct 1905 Sunday October 1 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Bath. Breakfast with Florence Walford. Bright lovely morning but cold. Posted letters. Old mare in field. Diary. Began work in earnest on Almanack. Worked up to luncheon time. After took 9 films of Linley, Oliver & Ann. Verandah. Kite flying. Thring came. 2 Kites lost. Read Kipling. Tea. At 5.0 took M for walk round by Keepers Cottage. Many pheasants. Back 6.0pm. Wrote letters etc. Harold Messel seedy & went up to bed. Late for dinner. Lennie huffy. Mr Thring dined. Games after of writing. Tired & sleepy. Bed 11.15pm. Slept well. (Red ink: Photod Linley. Kite flying at Balcombe.) (Cutting glued in: Lady Helen Stavordale, of a son.) Monday October 2 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Harold left. Bath. Breakfast. Wrote 2 letters & posted them. Lennie went to shoot at Lester Reed's, 90 head. At work all morning on 2 Almanack pages. Put in lettering for headings. Also Time. Lunch. Read White Company. M & Mite went for drive. At 5 after tea took M as far as the Mill Cottage with Moustache & Vic. Back 6.0. Lennie back. Wrote letters. Ricketts dividend. Dinner. Music after. Eric Parker came without his portmanteau. Turned up after. Bed 11.15pm. Otley fetched Lot 63, wooden box, elevator throne from the old Camera Club sale, 10/6. (Cuttings glued in: Forty Rhodes Scholars left for England. Rider Haggard progressing favourably. Oc 2. Death of Lucy Pinero.)
Tuesday October 3 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. Lovely sunny morning & bright all day. Breakfast. Wrote letters & posted them. After worked from 10.30 to 1.15 on Almanack. Put in Time & Capricornus in both pictures. Lennie & E.P went to shoot outlying pheasants at Nymans. Read The White Company for an hour & work from 3.0 to 4.45. Put 2 Times in in ink. Tea. Took M for walk down to Yew Cottage & over hill. Back. Sorted papers etc. Wrote letters. Grey evening. Dinner. Mr & Mrs Thring dined. She dressed up. Games. They left at 10.45. Talk to Lennie. Bed. Shoot at Nymans, 29 pheasants, 60 head, Lennie, Eric P & Gibbes. (Cuttings glued in: Mr Rockefeller's gift to Education. Tues 3 Oct. Death of Arthur Livermore.) Wednesday October 4 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Dream of Emma & bat. Lennie off. Bath etc. Serious pain across chest. Can't make it out. Breakfast by self. Put things up. Left by 10.5 for Victoria. Ann & M went with me in carriage. Threatened rain. Ann's flowers. Up to town. Norman Gent got in at Horley. Otley met me Victoria. Home by cab. Bad horse. Developed photos taken of Linley on Sunday. Lunch. Did 2½ hrs work put (illeg) in 1st Almanack page. After left in cab 4.45. Called St Luke's Road, then walked to Westbourne Grove. Bus to Piccadilly Circus. Garrick Club. Saw Alexander. (illeg). Why Tate gave up Balcombe Place. Walked to Punch Dinner. Seedy with pain in chest. Phil Agnew back. Burnand, O.S, self, R.H, Graves, R.C.L, P.A. Lucas, B.P (back) E.T.R, H.F.T. Took Claret. Cut made up of France & Russia, John Bull & Japan. Dancing subject. Partridge Lion & Frozen Sheep. Left 10.40 & home by bus. Took 4 C.L.L.P. Roy back. Bed. Put mustard leaf on for chest. (Red ink: Phil Agnew back, away 8 weeks. Curious pain in chest all day. In muscle. Very painful.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Bruce Burnham. Tues 3 Oct. Obituary of Major Reynold Clement. Oct 3.) Thursday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Pain still in chest. Out with Ross Camera. Snapped 3 Kittens & one other. No good. Back. Schemed subject of France & Russia, John Bull & Jap. At 12.0 Miss Huxley came. Sofa in yard. Photod her & Marguerite & after Otley for J.B. Enlarged & also photos of Linley. Tea in room. Worked from 5.0pm to 8.30 when Roy & self dined off a French partridge. Both at home after. Felt seedy & tired. Took 3 C.L.L.P. Bed 12.0. (Cuttings glued in: Memorial to Lord St Helier & his son. Th Oct 4 1905. Death of James Furrell. The wife of Salid Claudius, a daughter.) Friday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle. Saw 2 Dromios. Up & down Cromwell Rd. Saw Shears. Back & at work at 10.0. Worked hard all day & finished 10.10pm. Roy came home very sick & ill with chill & headache. Dined 10.20, Roy eating scarcely anything. Bed 12.0 after rest in Morning Room. Gave Roy Carters. My Rt Angled Camera came home finally this evening. (Red ink: Roy very seedy in evening. Ill with liver.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of Lord Inverclyde. The wife of A.E.Herapath, of a son.) Saturday October 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. In room. Put photos away. Out with camera 8.50. Saw 2 Dromios. No 42 they go to. Back 9.20. Roy better. All morning printing blues. Sorting & putting away. Filled Rt Angle C with films. Cut too narrow again. Also 8½ x 6 double backs. Roy back 3.20. Going to dine with Stern. Left in hansom at 3.55 & caught the 4.30. Down to Balcombe with one other. Drove to B.H. Dear M & Mite in Drawing Room. Saw Ann, little Oliver. A Mr Brodie there & Mr Marriott. Lennie kite flying. Moustache had killed another sheep. Dinner. Champagne. After Lennie, Mr Brodie & Mr Marriott acted a charade 'Shylock'. Bed at 11.45pm. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edward Carbutt. Death of George Arbuthnot, Baron Inverclyde.) Sunday October 8 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. Bath before others. Out & read (illeg) book etc. Breakfast. Up in my room worked on Almanack until luncheon. Put in goats. After at 3.0 Lennie, Mr Brodie & Marriott went in motor to Nymans. Up in room. So dark could not see properly. M read. Tea. At 5.15 took M for walk as far as Major Oxley's & back. Letters. Dinner. Champagne. Music & games. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Worked on Almanack. Dull grey dark day.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Inverclyde.) Monday October 9 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. x. Saw Mr Brodie & Lennie off. News of Lord Inverclyde's death. Marriott left by the 9.20 train. Up in room after breakfast & worked on Almanack 9.50 to 1.15, M reading. Lunch. Read extraordinary book on Resurrection of our Lord called 'In the Dark'. At 2.45 worked until 4.35. M read Kipling. Mite out for drive & made 3 calls. Took M for walk at 5.15. Met carriage. Round by Yew Cottage. Back 6.0. Read 'When it was Dark'. Lennie back early. Letter from Miss Towers. Dinner 7.30pm. Talk to Lennie about Roy after. Bed 11.0pm. Tuesday October 10 Balcombe House. Up 8.15. Lennie off. Breakfast by self. Mite & F.W went up to town. M in bed slight cold. Self felt roughness in throat. Altered boot of New Year. Left to catch 10.51am. Waistcoat & stick missing. Up to town. Took 2 photos of bridge platform at Balcombe. Home by hansom. Hair cut. After went on to work at Almanack drawing etc. Roy going out so gave up going to the Comedy. Dined by self alone on a steak. Read & to bed after. Left M at Balcombe. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Edward Carbutt.) Wednesday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out up Holland Walk. 2d to Old W. Back & on with the Almanack. Put 2nd boy in, Punch etc etc. Lunch. Waited for Wylde who never came. Left at 6.15 for the Punch Dinner. Burnand back looking very seedy. Complimented on my drawing of France etc. Also a notice in the Times this morning. F.C.B, self, H.F.T, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, & Guthrie back. Carried point of Nelson & had a double page to do. Home by bus. Roy out. Bed. Went out at 12.0, tried 6 plates with new camera. Stop wrong. Failures. (Cutting glued in: Death of Archibald Stuart Wortley.) Thursday October 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & looked out things for drawing of Nelson & Fleet. After grey dull morning. Out on bicycle. Round Cromwell Rd. Saw 2 going to Kindergarten. Back & schemed Nelson & the Ironclad Fleet by 11.30. Hilton came & at 11.45 photod him. Very dark. All finished by 3.0pm. Got on & had the principal figure all in outline by 8.45 when dined. Roy dined out. Back at 11.45. Bed tired. (Cutting glued in: Mr Linley Sambourne's cartoon this week. Wed Oct 11.) Friday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & put an hours work on double cartoon. Changed telescope etc. Wet & drizzly. Out up Holland Walk. Met 2 D's. Also Kittens. Back. Worked the entire day on drawing of Nelson & Fleet. Hard. Finished at 10.10. Dined by self. Roy back at 11.15. Bed tired. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Martin Archer-Shee to Frances Pell. Marriage of Hugh Gray to Hilda Orchardson. Funeral of Archibald Stuart Wortley. Oct 13.) Saturday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. In room & put away photos. Out on bicycle short turn round Park. Otley met me with news of Sir Henry Irving's death last night. Breakfast. Lovely sunny morning. Put things away & printed blues of Sutherland. Out 12.0 & took 1 doz plates & films as experiment in the street. Rascally old Scotchman with organ. Back & developed them. At 2.15 M back from Balcombe. Lunch 2.30pm. After a rest worked from 4 to 7.0pm. M & self went out to get fruit etc. Back. Worked again 7.30 to 8.30pm. Dinner. Rest in Morning Room till 1.0am. Bed. Roy went to Balcombe. Sent Otley with changing box & shutter back to Sands & Hunters. Wrote Wylde finally. (Red ink: News of Sir Henry Irving's death.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Henry Irving. Saty 14 Oct.) Sunday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out. Walk round church & Holland Walk. After did 1½ hrs work on Almanack. Took M for walk from Hyde Park Corner. Met the Braunsteins. Home. Lunch. In room after & worked all the afternoon on Almanack drawing. Put in signs etc. M & self dined quietly in evening. Dear Roy at Balcombe with Mite. Kite flying. Strong westerly wind all day. Monday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rags & R.A.C. Took 5 photos in Earls Court & girl going to kindergarten 1/50 second. All failures, underexposed. Back & all day at work on Almanack drawing. At 8.0 in trying to put small desk lamp right blew out the connection. Had to have candles hastily provided. M, Roy & self dined. Connection made at 8.45. In Morning Room after. Quiet evening & bed after. Tuesday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with R.A.C & Rags. Up Church St. Saw L 1 st time since July 14th. Took 7 photos 1/25 second, all failures. Underexposed. Breakfast. After worked all day on Almanack drawing. Lennie & Mite dined with us, Roy, M & self. 2 bottles of Geisler & good dinner. Morning Room hot. They left 11.0pm. Read & to bed. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite dined with us.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of John Heaps to Margaret Fox-White.)
Wednesday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with Rags on bicycle. Went round Earls Court & over through Kensington Palace Gardens & home. Breakfast. After went on all day & finished the Almanack drawings at 5.30pm. Alice Linley to lunch. Worked till 5.45 & sent drawings off which were subsequently delayed by a breakdown on the Metropolitan Rly Electric Service. By bus all the way to the Punch Dinner. Complimented by Phil Agnew on my cartoon of Nelson. No one else mentioned it at all. F.C.B, Graves, O.S, Phil A, B.P, & A.G. Got easy subject of Punch & H.O.Arnold Forster, Partridge Irving's memorial. Left 10.45. Posted letters. Home by bus. Roy at Garrick. Bed at 12.0pm. (Red ink: Mite went up to Scotland.) (Cutting glued in: In memory of Charles Morten.) Thursday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Went by Met Electric Raily to Westminster Bridge. Took 7 photos of the Horse Guards. There 8.45. Met Mr Young. Roy off to City & to dine with Hamilton F & Tabs in evening when they went to see Oliver Twist after. Sent Otley to May's. He had never received my letter of last night. Schemed subject of Mr Punch & H.O.Arnold Forster. Photod Otley at 12.0 & got all developed by 3.30pm. Began work at 4.0pm to 8.30 when M & self dined. Got figures & Punch in. Snooze after & bed at 12.0am. Cards came for Ceremonial at Westminster Abbey tomorrow for M & self. (Red ink: May never received letter from me from Punch Dinner last night.) (Cutting glued in: Lady St Helier's purchase.) Friday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.10 & in room & did 1½ hrs work. Put in lettering etc. Out & posted letter to Brightmore & V & C. Breakfast. After worked 1 hr & at 10.30am dressed. Left at 10.50 in good 4 wheeler & to Westminster Abbey. M & self attended the interment of the late Sir Henry Irving L.L.D. Thro' cloisters. Next Sir Harry Poland, Leslie Ward, in front Pirrie. Next to him came a girl in a red hat & was subsequently taken away & hidden in a corner by Arthur Bourchier. Many I knew. Sir George Lewis, Hamo Thorneycroft etc, J.P.O'Connor. Quires voices in extreme distance like angels, gradually getting nearer & nearer, most beautiful. Brilliant sun at intervals lighting up choristers & Mr & Mrs Arthur à Becket. Out at 1.5pm & home in a 4 wheeler by 1.40. Changed. Lunch. Prawns from Tilda. Worked from 2.10 to 10.10pm hard & finished drawing of Punch & Arnold Forster as Sandwichman, & M reading. Roy out. Dined at 10.20, M & self. Very tired. Rested. Bed 1.0am. Weather still cold. (Red ink across page: M & self went to the Ceremonial at Westminster Abbey. Funeral of Sir Henry Irving.) Saturday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Very tired. Out & up Holland Walk. 2 D's at entrance. Missed Old W. Back. Dull grey morning. Printed blues. Wrote letters. Wire fom Tabs to lunch with her. Dressed & left at 1.0pm in a 4 wheeler to Carlton. Got there 1.20. Most excellent lunch with Tabs. Saw Sir Charles Wyndham & Mrs C.P.Littler. Good bye to Tabs. X'd road & went to Haymarket Theatre, M & self. Most excellent little play on Pepys. Girl acted King Charles. After saw for 2 nd time On the Love Path. A1. Most extraordinary scene from logia of theatre. Brilliant sun & dark cloud like eclipse. Wonderful. Out & got sausages at Walls. Walked
with M as far as Kensington Gore where M got into a bus. Then walked home. Got fruit. No fine pears. Roy left to dine with Edgar. Put photos to wash out. Wrote diary. Not so cold. (Red ink: M & self lunched with Tabby at the Carlton, A1. Saw Sir Charles Wyndham. Went to matinée of 'On the Love Path' after. Very good.) Sunday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out with R.A.C & Rags. Up Church Street. Took 3 trial photos ½ a second exposure. Home. Breakfast. A boy messenger kept half an hour for Roy with letter. After printed blues & tried my camera for size & length of focus. Printed blues. Took M for walk, old Rick joined in. Met Nelly Keith & walked round by Holland Walk. Lovely morning. Came over dull at 1.15pm. Old gent lives No 7 Phillimore Gardens. The old gent turned out to be Mr Turner as I thought. Back home for lunch & after went up by bus to the Athenaeum Club & wrote letters. One to E.D at Ottowa. Back home. Miss Rose Innes had been to tea with M. M & self dined quietly. Roy out. Bed after snooze & reading. The photos above were all spoilt by being opened in the Post Office & black fogged. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Waller. Saty 21 Oct.) Monday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on cycle with Rags & over Campden Hill. Brownlegs 9.55. Breakfast & after the entire day putting photos away & clearing stock drawer. At 8.0 Sophy & Edgar dined. Drank 2 bottles of Geisler. They left 11.0pm. In the morning I tried lenses for second time having lost piece of tracing paper. A lovely day. Cold but bright. (Red ink: Edgar & Sophia Herapath dined with us. 2 bottles of Geisler.) (Cutting glued in: Accident to a motor car. Mon 23 Oct.) Tuesday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rather bilious. Out with Rags on cycle. No L. At 8.50 saw A looking prettier than ever. Last on Friday 21 July. Back. Breakfast. A dull gloomy morning, slightly warmer. After wrote letters. All morning sorting plates etc. Lunch. Left at 2.30pm. Took bus to Bedford St. Interview with Mr Carter about camera. Called Garrick Club & then to Athenaeum. Saw Mrs Wills at door of C.C. Letters at Athenaeum, then called & saw Mr Montague Phipps Scy to the Blenheim Club, also Sir J.Heron Maxwell. Then home by bus. Cocoa & put away photos until 8.0pm. Many callers. Kenneth Grahams, Tilda, Miss Rose Innes etc. Dinner, M Roy & self. Roy not vy good tempered after dinner. In the Morning Room. Bed after snooze. Met Montague Guest who said there was 'Nothing like my work in the world & that I must know it'. (Cutting glued in: Sermon at the service for Sir Henry Irving in Westminster Abbey. Mon 23 Oct.) Wednesday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out on cycle with Rags round Earls Court & over Campden Hill. Again saw A in blue dress. Round B.L. Home to breakfast. After all morning finishing sorting etc. Lunch at 1.15. Otley took himself off for 2 hours. 4 wheel cab wh took Tilda, M & self to His Majesty's Theatre. Saw Oliver Twist. Arthur à Becket & Giggles came into the box. Arthur's birthday. After put M & T in a bus. Called Athenaeum. Saw Major Ricards-Seaver & Humphry Ward. Joe Carr not standing in for profits of Oliver Twist. Walked to Sands & Hunters & after to Punch Dinner. Up in O.S's room. No F.C.B. O.S, L.S, F.H.T, Graves, R.L, P.A, R.H,
B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Suggested own cut of Bellona & News Boys. Partridge Rate Payer. Difficulty of titles & my cartoon for next week. Left with Lehmann 11.15. Home by bus. Roy on step. Bed 12.20. Pretty brown girl in dress circle. (Red ink across page: M, Tilda & self went to matinée of Oliver Twist at His Majesty's Theatre. Arthur à Becket's birthday.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Stephenson. T Tues Oct 31.) Thursday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Cold frost. Out on bicycle with Rags round Earls Court. Saw A who nipped into the Post Office. Ran! Brown L from Hogarth Road. Back. Breakfast at 9.15. After by 11.30 schemed subject of Bellona & News Boys. Miss Huxley came 11.30. Photod 11.45 & after 2 boys got by Otley. Developed. Tilda to lunch. Up in room 3.30pm. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Allen Stoneham. Death of George Craik. Death of Mary Ann Dalton. Death of Henry D'Ombrain. Death of Henry Ellis. Death of Amyard Haggard. Obituary of George Craik.) Friday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out on cycle. Road blocked across Park. Turned & past Exhibition Building. Met Beadle & wife. Up Palace Gardens. Over C.H. Saw girl with King Charles's dogs. After at work all day on drawing of Bellona & News Boys. M went with Sophia Herapath to the Court Theatre & saw one of Bernard Shaw's plays. Roy dined at the Garrick. Finished 10.10pm & dined by self. Rest & bed after at 12.30pm. (Cutting glued in: The Press and the Nelson Centenary. T Oct 27.) Saturday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 Very cold. Up Holland Walk. Saw 2 Dromios. Back thro' Hornton St. After sent Otley to Stores for cigars. Sorted plates. Lunch. M & self left 2.20. Called at fruit shop. Then by 4 wheeler to the Comedy Theatre & saw a stupid American play called 'On the Quiet'. Supposed English Duke who kept saying 'Silly ass'. Midge in box. Out & put M & Midge in cab. To Garrick found bag there left by Otley. Dressed & to the Savage Club. Saw Yeend King, Adrian Jones, Dr Abraham, Bob Humphreys, Van der Weyde, Herbert Johnson, (illeg) a nephew of Staats Forbes a very nice young man. Conrad Cooke & son. Poor dinner. Good wine & cigars. Many songs. Recitations. (illeg) 'Firing the guns'. 'The launching of the ships' by an American. Charles (illeg) 'Eve to Adam' (illeg illeg) something from McAdams. Sat there till 11.12. Then left & home by omnibus. Had inadvertantly taken wrong umbrella. Bed at 12.20am. (Red ink across page: M & self went to matinée of silly American play called 'On the Quiet'. Midge there also. In the evening dined with Conrad W.Cooke at the Savage Club.) (Cutting glued in: Rudolf Lehmann's estate. 25 Decr.) Sunday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out for walk. Met Sir H.Bergne & 2 sons. Old W 6d. Back. Slight drizzle. Breakfast. Sorted plates. After at 12.10 took M for walk. Bus to top of Park & walked home. Lunch. In Morning Room after & read about Queen Tii's parents. Out at 3.0 & called on F.C.B. Saw him. Discovered I had the wrong umbrella. Bus to Piccadilly Circus. Interesting girl in it, peculiar face. To Athenaeum. Wrote letters till 7.0pm. Home by bus. M, Roy & self dined quietly. In
Morning Room after. Bed 12.15am. (Cutting glued in: Shooting party at Bishop's Hall. Saty 28.) Monday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. M worried about cushions etc. Out. Pouring rain. 2 Dromios. Walked as far as High School Notting Hill & back. Drenched. Changed all my things. Breakfast. After cut all Times up to date & went on all day with sorting the last ¼ plate boxes. M & self dined by ourselves. Roy out. Quiet evening. (Cuttings glued in: Suicide in Russell Square. Monday 30 Oct. Funeral of G.L.Craik. Saty 28.) Tuesday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Lovely morning. Bright sun. Went with Rags all round Silver Street. Met L with 2 others. Round Holland Walk. Home. In morning enlarged photos of Elephants for Prince of Wales cut. Also developed some ¼ films. After went on & nearly finished the ¼ plate boxes at last. Dressed at 7.10 & M & self left in a 4 wheeler & dined at Sir Lucius & Lady Selfe's. A.C.Gow & wife, Mr Blunt, A.Blunt's brother, Sir Anderson & Lady Critchett, a Doctor & his wife. Very pleasant dinner & good wine. Left at 11.0 & home by cab. (Red ink: M & self dined at Sir Lucius & Lady Selfe's. Pleasant dinner.) Nov 1905 Wednesday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Very wet. Out with Rags. Thro' Holland Walk. Met L who turned her head. Old W & 2 D's in distance. After to Addison Road. Back. Little K's in waterproofs. Breakfast. All the morning putting boxes & also made 2 more enlargements for elephants. In room with M. Left after tidying drawers. By bus to Westbourne Park, called St Luke's Rd. Poured with rain. Bus to Piccadilly & to Garrick Club. Saw Chudleigh. To Punch Dinner. Very good & quiet, 8. Self, R.H, Graves, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, O.S. Got cartoon of Liberty & Tzar, B.P hunting subject. Left 11.20 & home by bus. Told the Bakewell Pudding story. Stock Exchange holiday. Lennie had shoot at Nymans. It poured all day. (Red ink: Told the Bakewell Pudding story at the Punch Dinner.) Thursday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Thro' Holland Walk & down to Addison Road on Notting Hill side. Many girls. Met L & Bandy L in Holland Walk. Back in room 10.0 & schemed subject of Liberty & Tzar. Sent Otley to Mays. At 11.45 Miss Huxley came, M out at dress makers. Photod her & after Otley. All ready by 3.45. Up in room. Worked until 8.30pm, M reading. Roy dined at home also. Bed at 12.0. Tired. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lady Nares. Death of Henry Buxton.) Friday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & in room. After walked with Rags round Kensington High School. Met no one. Back for breakfast. Lovely morning. After worked all day on drawing of Liberty & Tzar. Young Brown called in the morning. Did not finish till 10.15pm. M & self at dinner. Roy out. Very tired. Snooze. Roy back 11.20. Bed 1.20. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Henry Buxton. T Friday 3 Nov.) Saturday November 4
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5. Tired. Out for walk. Lovely morning, the thermometer 45°. Round Holland Walk. Back. Breakfast. Roy over the fire. After looked the entire 5 x 4 plates. No study of statues etc. Printed blues. Dressed by 12.10 & went out. Took bus to Savoy. Saw Joe Carr. Had most excellent lunch. Then to Drury Lane & saw 'The Prodigal Son'. Miss Hall-Caine good. Out & round by Kingsway to Stores. Took bus home. Bought Haddock & fruit. Wrote wire for Lennie. No Otley. (Red ink: M & self had most excellent lunch at the Savoy & went to the matinée of The Prodigal Son after at Drury Lane Theatre.) Died this day 4 Novr Frederick Davis. Sunday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out 9.15 for walk. Met Pepys Cockerell & walked with him over Campden Hill. Told me the architect of Hornton Street was the nephew of Lord Coleridge. Also Thorpe Lodge taken by a Mr Norman. Back. Breakfast. Roy off for motor ride to Winchester all day. At 12.15 went up to Tattersalls with M & looked at Langley's horses, 13 of them. Heavy rain came on. Put M in bus at Knightsbridge & went on to Athenaeum. Lunched on excellent chop & in Club from 12.15 to 7.0pm. Wrote many letters. Home to dinner at 8.0. Miss Rose Innes dined with M & self. Long discussion on Bret Harte. Miss Bret Harte had called on M in the afternoon. Bed 12.0. Roy very cold & could hardly open latch of door. (Red ink: Miss Rose Innes dined with us.) (Cutting glued in: The King as Godfather.) Monday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up a 8.0 & walked over C.H by Holland Walk in heavy fog with Rags. 2 D's at corner Notting Hill. High School holiday. Back. Old W 6d. All morning printed blues & at 12.30 re-copied statues etc, also portrait of Mite. Finished Times etc. Lennie & Mite, Roy, M & self dined. Quiet evening. Lennie not well. They left at 10.45. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Mite & Lennie dined with us. All the family together.) Tuesday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & over Holland Walk. Dense fog. Met Mr Turner. Back & after brilliant sun. Printed blues etc etc all morning. At 12.30 enlarged children in streets, all a success. Looked thro' old photos of nudes etc. Dined 6.45. Lennie & Mite, M, Roy & self all went in carriage to the Garrick Theatre & saw Arthur Bourchier's Merchant of Venice. A poor production, V.Vanborough not a good Portia. Lennie & Mite left a little earlier & M, Roy & self home in a 4 wheel cab. Densely foggy. Man with a candle stuck in a box lighted us home up the Argyll Rd. Hungry. Bed at 11.30 pm. (Red ink: M, Roy, Lennie, Mite & self all went to the Garrick Theatre & saw Arthur Bourchier in The Merchant of Venice. Not good.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Florence Dixie. Wedy 8 Novr.) Wednesday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & up Church St with Rags. Met L. Sulks. After back. Breakfast. All day sorting & tidying. In afternoon left at 5.0pm & called 14 Conduit St. Saw Mr Stevenson after calling at Bath Club & seeing Macdona. Walked to Garrick. Letters. On by bus to Punch Dinner calling Sands & Hunter. F.C.B back for 1st time since August. Self, Townsend, Graves, R.L, O.S, Lawrence Bradbury 1st time since Sept 29th, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Not long discussion. Got cut
of Emperor of Russia & Shade of Louis 16th, Partridge Prince of Wales. O.S story of Rev'd Hawkins, father of Anthony Hope, 'All the more reason'. Back by bus. Roy out. Bed 11.15am. Thursday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Up & out over Campden Hill with Rags. Met Kittens. After breakfast schemed subject of Louis 16 th & Tzar. Sent Otley to Mays. Had to have cab. Hilton came 11.45. Dark gloomy day. Failure of enlargements. Gave one 20 minutes & underexposed. Left off 3.30pm. Wrote letters. Work from 5.0 to 8.30pm when M & self dined. Roy dining out. Bed at 12.0. Tired. Friday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags up Church Street & Campden Hill. Met Mr Turner & spoke to him. Back. From 9.45 to 11.45 had to give time to enlargements & photoing Louis 16th. Went on to work. M in room most of the afternoon. Finished 10.10 & dined, M & self, 10.15. Roy at the Garrick. Snooze in chair until 12.45, no 1.45. Cats making most horrible catawauling. Somebody got up & disturbed them. Fredk Davis interred this day from 4 Upp Phillimore Place. (Cutting glued in: Harrison Weir seriously ill. Friday 10 Nov.) Saturday November 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & shaved. Out. Wet morning. Over Campden Hill by Church Street. Breakfast. After wrote letters & went out & had my hair cut. Back & put things away. Edith Furrell went out with M to the dress makers at 9.45am. At 1.0pm M & self went by bus to the Criterion Restaurant & had a very indifferent luncheon of chop etc. Then to Wyndhams Theatre & saw a stupid piece by R.Carton called Public Opinion. Fred Kerr in it. Ethel Burnand in it. Annie Hughes in it. Lady in front had to take off her hat. Saw Sir Andros De la Rue. Out & back to Strand for bus home. Called Butts & got fruit. After squared all remaining prints. M, Roy & self dined off a high duck. Oh, ah. In Morning Room after. Tired. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of 'Public Opinion', Wyndhams Theatre. Poor play.) Sunday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out. Met Mr Turner in Holland Walk. After took M for a walk at 12.30 up to Knightsbridge Barracks. Put her in omnibus & then on to Athenaeum. Had chop - not as good as last week. Wrote letters up in Smoke Room. Left at 5.20 & home by 6.0pm. The Furrells at Stafford Terrace. Cocoa & put all prints squared yesterday away. At 8.15 M, Roy & self dined & had a high pheasant. Oh! Quiet evening after. Read The Bell in the Fog. Bosh. Bed at 11.45. (Red ink: M, Roy & self dined off a high pheasant. Oh!) (Cutting glued in: Edith Marion James killed jumping from train. Dec 9.) Monday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & put hand bag up. After breakfast at 9.0. Did not go out A very damp morning. Left in Otley's cab at 9.30 & drove to Euston. Tire came off. Saw Ethel English on platform. Mr Brook. A delay with some defect in carriage. A change of carriages. Got indifferent sandwiches at Shrewbury or Stafford. No, Stafford. Arrived Bedstone Court with E.E at 3.40. Put things up. Tea. Played game of Billiards, H.L against Colonel Davidson & self. We were beaten. At
6.30pm Hamilton Fletcher & Mr Foster - who wanted to meet me & never uttered a word today or tomorrow - Mr Treherne, also Mr Evelyn. Dressed. Dinner. Took Miss Ripley in. After played Bridge & won half a crown from Ethel English. She & Mr Evelyn v H.F & self. Bed at 12.0. Read 'A 19 th Century Miracle' by Zongwell. Bosh & had read it before. Slept fairly well. (Red ink: Went down to Bedstone Court.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of Edith Marion Jones who called herself George Gillson.) Tuesday November 14 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 7.45. Good bath. Dressed in herring grey & down 8.45. Breakfast. At 10.0 started to shoot round Park. Good loader. 8 guns, H.Langley, H.Fletcher, self, Colonel Davidson, Major Dunn, Mr Evelyn, Mr Treherne, Mr Foster. Drizzle of rain all morning. No luck 1 st stand. Ditto 2nd. Ditto 3rd. Went into house after Ethel English & Treherne. Called out & one other stand on hill with good birds before lunch. Lunch in the house. Rotten stained glass. Out & after only 1 proper stand. Walked with beaters after. Finished with 2 rabbits well shot. Got about 43 pheasants, 1 pigeon, 2 rabbits. Bag over 500. Left off 5.0pm. For loader 5/s, gave him 6/s. Tea. Up in room & after wrote letters & diary. (Red ink: Park covert shoot at Bedstone Court. Rather out of it.) Wednesday November 15 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 7.45. Good bath. Packed. Down to breakfast & after saying good bye left at 9.50am. Finer morning. Drove to Bucknell. Retriever in the road 'on his own'. Rather a scramble to get off at station, when up to town without change. Cold & rain. A wretched 4 wheeler home. Gillie there. Wrote letters & changed into warmer suit & to Punch Dinner. Called Bath, Blenheim & Athenaeum Clubs. Letter from M.R. Saw Major Ricarde-Seaver, going to Egypt tomorrow. Called Sands & Hunters & then to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, Townsend, Graves, O.S, P.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R (late) H.A.Guthrie. Cuts over at 10.0pm. Got a Fog one. The Queen cut not decided on. L.B stupidly assertive. Left 10.30pm. Home by bus. Roy in. Had made £30 today. F.C.B complimented me on my drawing. (Red ink: Came up from Bucknell to Stafford Terrace.) Thursday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Down & at 8.30 M left in 4 wheeler for St Pancras. Angry, cab late. Went with her over Campden Hill & walked thro Holland Walk home. Met Pepys Cockerell. Chesterton passed. Letter from Mr Humbug Wylde. After schemed Fog subject, Balfour & Liberal Party. Sent Otley to Mays. At 11.30 Hilton came & at 12.10 photod him & Otley. Enlarged 2 of L.L & 1 of Miss Huxley. All done by 3.0pm. In room. Wrote letters & got to work 4.45 to 8.30 when Roy & self dined. Papers. In Morning Room. Bed 12.0. Very tired. Old Rick in Morning Room & up with Rags to bed. Otley got cigars from Stores. Friday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Church Street. Saw L.L & a boy with her. Home with Rick & Rags. Breakfast. All day at work on drawing of Fog & Balfour & Old Liberal Party. Began to shade at 11.30am & all day at it. The fire in my room rather choky. A headache & work a burden. Finished 9.0pm. Roy went to dine at Mite's. Changed & dined by self off a pheasant at 9.30pm. Left at 10.50 in Otley's four W cab to St Pancras. A headache & very done up & tired. Most comfortable
sleeping berth 7/6. Window would not keep up. Kept waking up. Broken rest. Woke at 4.30am. Sent Otley to Sands & Hunters for my lens. (Red ink: Left Stafford Terrace by the night mail for Dumfries.) Saturday November 18 On board train from St Pancras. Woke at 4.30am. Broken rest after. Arrived Dumfries 7.30. Hard frost. Brougham met me. Got to Terregles 8.0pm. Dear M up. Dressed in thick suit. Hard frost & brilliant sun all day. Breakfast. Party, Charlie Maxwell & wife, his brother Mr Walter Maxwell, Mr Mackenzie & wife, Miss Graham, a nice girl, far off likeness to M.R. Miss Timms, M & self, a Captain who had shot yesterday. Started 10.0am & drove to outside cover. C.E.Galbraith, self, Mr Mackenzie, Mr C.Maxwell, Mr W.Maxwell, a Mr Ferguson who drove up in the morning. Got 2 birds & 2 hares in 1st cover. Was No 5 after. The ladies came out. Did not shoot as well as usual along road. All in Harness Room for lunch. Rather seedy & tired all day. M came to lunch & went to stands, up to house after. Self shot more than ever I did at Terregles, 68 pheasants, 4 hares, 2 duck, 74 head. Finished up at 4.45. Almost dark. Most lovely day. Back. Tea. Good gingerbread. In M's room & rested from 5.45 to 6.30. Dressed & took Mrs Galbraith in. Another Mr Maxwell came to dinner & wife & Miss Ferguson. Puff Ball after. Mrs Mackenzie full of fun. Smoke. Fell asleep. Bed 12.40. Slept heavily. (Red ink across page: Best Park Covert shoot at Terregles ever had. Shot 68 pheasants.) Sunday November 19 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.40. Very tired. Down a little late for breakfast. M remained in bed. A most brilliant sun but glass had gone down. After in Smoking Room. Yarns about Lyttleton Winslow etc. At 11.45 to 1.30 went out with Galbraith & Mr Mackenzie. Over stables. Friendly doggie wanted stick. Along the Park wall & back in cover hide where I stood yesterday. Lunch at 1.45pm. After smoked a cigar. Had felt very tired & seedy all morning, bilious also. Charles Maxwell fell asleep & snored. Had written 4 or 5 letters. From 4.0 to 5.30 went up & rested in my room. Tea. After read the S'd magazine. Story of the Amulet & Atlantis. After went & rested till 7.45 in M's room. Then dressed. Dinner at 8.15pm. Took Mrs Mackenzie in. Talk of Sir Samuel Chisholm. Lady C 2 nd wife. Champagne. After Mr Mackenzie told story of Scotch Elder losing his hat. Blown up on the river & forgot his wife etc. Drew a lot of trick drawings. Good bye to Miss Graham. Bed 12.0am. Slept well. Mackenzie a stockbroker. (Red ink: Quiet day. Felt seedy all morning.) Monday November 20 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 7.40 & had bath. Dressed in Lady Margaret suit & after breakfast left at 9.5 for Maxwell Town. 4 guns, 2 Maxwells, Galbraith & self. Captain Ross joined us & made a fifth. Down line to Southwick. Met by Trowser Hunter & contingent & began to shoot in most lovely weather. Brilliant sun & hot. Got to lunch 2 grouse, 2 partridges & 1 pheasant. Difficult crossing the stream. Did it 3 times. After that a weasel. Had shot 3 other partridges before lunch, making 8 head. After only got 1 duck, making 9 head. Total bag 7 grouse, 5 pheasants, 7 partridges, 1 duck, 2 rabbits, 22 in all. 4.4 per head. More than double my share. Got in train a station higher up. A cattle dealer & a farmer quarreling over a cow. Home by 5.30pm. Tea. Bath. Dressed. Diary. Discourse on cognac. Dinner. Yarns after. Told story of the Bakewell Pudding. Bed 12.0am. Only
Mr & Mrs G, selves & 2 Maxwells to dinner. Barbour of Coniven. (Red ink: 2nd days shoot down the line at Southwick.) Tuesday November 21 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 7.55 & packed bag. Frost all gone. Breakfast. Good bye to Galbraith. Left with Mr Maxwell. Saw Captn & Mrs Ross at Dumfries. Got a coupé & never got out of it till St Pancras. Passed lovely old abbey of Kinkstoles, near Armley, after. Kept for half an hour by fog at Leicester or station before. Got to St P 1 hr late. 1 horse bus home, 5/s. Dinner, M, Roy & self, at 8.15. Pheasant. Bitterly cold afterwards. Bed 12.15 after snooze. Maud & Lennie went to Pyt to a shoot, Langley also. (Red ink: M & self travelled up from Dumfries after pleasant visit.) Wednesday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out for walk with Rags up Church Street. No L. Round Holland Walk. Home. 3 K's. After put away things & tidied up etc. Took spots out of photo of Aphrodite. M went to at home of Lady Pearson's. Left by bus at 5.15 & called Blenheim & Athenaeum. Letter from Canada. Walked to Punch Dinner calling at Sands & Hunters. Phil A, B.P, Lucas, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S. No L.B, H.F.T, thank goodness. Pleasant dinner. Got stupid cut of Arnold Forster as a sculptor. Left with Guthrie & home by bus. Roy in. Bed 12.0am. Tried to mend dado on wall come off by next door's head. Could not. Thursday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & up Church St. No L. Just missed 3 K's. Back. Breakfast. After sent Otley to Bernard Partridge for sculptor's blouse. Threatened rain & dark. At 12.0 photod Otley. At 12.45 took bus up to Achilles Statue in Hyde Park. Took 4 black photos of it. Home by 1.45. Lunch. After developed & got prints by 3.45. In room & worked till 8.45 when M, Roy & self dined. Quiet evening after. M read The Black Spaniel etc. Bed after snooze. Very tired. Friday Novmber 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rick & Rags. Round through Church Walk, past Tuer's ground. 1st saw Auburn. On through Campden Hill. Just missed 3 Kittens. Breakfast. Most lovely bright sunny morning. Worked all day on drawing of Mars & Arnold Foster as Sculptor. M in my room & read The Black Spaniel. Finished 10.15, when M & self dined by ourselves. Roy at the Garrick & not home till 2.0am. Bed at 1.30 after snooze. Very tired & done up. My cough troublesome. Slept well. (Cutting glued in: Death of Anna Maria Grimsdale.) Saturday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Not very tired. Out up Holland Walk. Met the 2 Dromios. Back. Breakfast. Man repairing paint of dado in the Hall & made a good job of it. Up in room & put away all things & squared etc. Packed. Lunch. Roy back. M & self left in Otley's cab for Victoria at 3.50. Met Joe Carr at the station. After the 2 Miss Lawrences & Sir Ed Somebody Something in carriage. Down to Balcombe. Mr Davson on platform. Drove to Balcombe H. Dear Mite a cold & chicks. Good dinner. New butler very much better than Taffley. Champagne. A charade after. Mon-tree-all. Very good. A wild stormy night. (Red ink: M & self came down to Balcombe for shooting Monday & Tuesday.) (Cutting glued in:
Photograph of H.M.Armstead R.A. Instructions for Christmas from the 'Punch' office.) Sunday November 26 Balcombe House. Up at 8.40. Bath. Very good breakfast. Wind & pouring wet all morning. After wrote up diary & many letters. Red inked back for 2 months. Lunch. After M, Mite, Lennie & self & Mr Davson went for walk over muddy fields. To farm, followed a mile or more by little cat. Brindled tortoishell. Mite took it in. Wrote more letters up to 7.15. Stuck slips in diary. Dinner. Not much appetite. Claret. After Lennie & Mr D sang Gilbert & Sullivans operas. Bed 12.0 Great hurricane gale in the night. Shutter banged. (Red ink: Great gale in the night. Times tomorow said a hurricane.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Anthony Hope Hawkins, of a son. Nov.) Monday November 27 Balcombe House. Up 8.45. Ought to have got up an hour earlier. Hurried dressing & shaving but scrambled thro' breakfast & got off in motor with Lennie at 9.30am. To Nymans. The Rev Stephen Boyd there. Started shooting across to farm. Missed a hen pheasant on acct of sun. After Mr Coventry arrived. Got a cock & 2 hens at stands after. Woodcock missed by Lennie. Heavy walk over to farm office. End of shooting stick came off. Driven partridges, 1 got by Mr Coventry. Self missed a woodcock. After to lunch. Good walk to end of lake & climb up hill after. Felt it very much. Windy going. Got a beautiful pigeon. Shot 2 cocks & 2 hens after, 8 head altogether. Left off 4.30. Very much out of breath walking home. Tea. Wired Otley to come tomorrow. Motored back to Balcombe. Mr Stern there. Linley with toy crane, Ann & Mr Coventry. Up in room & finished sticking slips in. Wrote diary. Dressed. Most lovely day & bright stars in the evening. Lennie went off to drill. Dinner 8.20pm. Lennie late. Not very good dinner. Talk to Mr Stern. He did tricks with cards after. Eton songs. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink across page: Most beautiful day. Brilliant sun all day. Felt walking up hill very much. 1st day’s shoot at Nymans.) Tuesday November 28 Balcombe House. Up at 7.0am & 1st bath. Breakfast at 8.0am. Mite down. Dull grey morning which subsequently turned at 10.0am to rain all day. Mr Wynn & Otley came down by 9.0. Mr Stern very seedy in bed with gout. Could not shoot. Started in motor at 9.15 & to Nymans. Mr Davson, Mr Wynn, Mr Coventry, Lennie & self. Began to shoot, got 3 birds 1st stand, went on & duck drive up to lunch. Got 11 pheasants & 7 duck. After lunch 7 pheasants, 25 head in all. Bag, 79 pheasants, 37 duck, 2 hares, 4 rabbits, 122 head. Left off at copse covert, where I remember poor Arthur Lewis, at 4.0pm. Walked leisurely up hill to house. Tea & home in motor. Wrote letters. Otley packed bags & to go back with guns, magazine & 2 bags. My stick & aquascutum left at Nymans. Wired for it. Dressed after letters. A Mrs Firth came to dinner. Husband a Captain of Ghurkas in Burmah. At dinner my nose bled & I had to leave the room. Back. Mrs F sang charmingly, Lennie after. Mr Wynn went to bed early. Lennie, Mr Coventry Mr Davson & self at 11.45pm. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at Nymans.) Wednesday November 29
Balcombe House. Up at 8.25. A dull grey morning. M slept well. Rumbling of departing guests. Down. Breakfast. All gone. After put things up & left at 10.30 & walked to the station. Met Ann with Miss Meade in attendance. Up to town & home by hansom. After put things straight etc. M back at 3.0 after lunching with Mite as both came up by the 12.0 train. Self left at 5.0. Called St Luke's Road, after on to Athenaeum & to Sands & Hunter. Punch Dinner half an hour late. F.C.B, self, Townsend, Graves, P.A, L.B, Lucas, B.P, H.W.L, R.H & O.S, came in late from shooting. Got single figure cut of Rosebery to do. Left at 11.30 & home by bus. Very tired & sleepy at the dinner. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Coghill. Death of Henry Cole. Obituary of Sir John Coghill. Thursday 30 Nov.) Thursday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out thro' Church Walk. No sign of Auburnia. Back past buildings. Breakfast. After took 6 photos of the buildings & at 11.30 having schemed subject a photo of Labourer. All developed & ready by 3.30. Rested in chair very tired. At 5.15 to 8.30 went on with work when M & self dined, Roy out. Snooze after & bed 12.0. Roy back in a 4 wheeler. Frightfully cold night. (Cutting glued in: Photograph of Cameron of Lochiel.) Dec 1905 Friday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & thro Church Walk. Rags & Rick attacked cat & were themselves attacked by carter with whip. Words. No Auburnia. Back by Hornton Street. Home to work. At it all day & enlarged buildings background. Tired & terribly bothered with Lord Rosebery's head. Took it clean out at 8.0pm & put it in again. Finished 10.15 when M & self dined. A summons for Roy served from (illeg) photographers at Oxford for £20. Very much annoyed. Letter from a Mr Harris M.P about last week's cartoon. Rest & snooze. Roy back at 12.0am. Bed. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Cameron of Lochiel. Friday 1 Decr.) Saturday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Met Mr Turner. Back. Breakfast. After bother about letter could not find it. From Mr Harris M.P. At 1.0 dressed. Lunch 1.30. M & self went in 4 wheeler to Criterion Theatre & saw The White Chrysanthemum. Fairly good. Isabel Jay etc. Jap & young lady in stalls. Out & got sausages. Into a Turnham Green bus. Met Mr & Mrs Adams. Got out & bought fruit. Home. Cocoa. Roy went to Mite's to go to The Little Michus. Found letter from Mr Harris under a heap of others. Put there by Margaret. Wrote others & diary. Glass very high, & fine. Wrote letters after. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Snooze after & bed at 12.0. Roy at Mite's. (Red ink: M & self went to the matinée The White Chrysanthemum.) (Cutting glued in: In loving memory of Mary Fraser. 2 Dec.) Sunday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out. Dark as pitch. Went thro' Church Walk with Rags & over Campden Hill. Back. Breakfast. After decided to read A Quiet Pipe etc, Hall Caine. At 12.20 took M for walk through Park. Saw a Newfoundland dog. Back. Lunch. In room. Rested till 4.0 when began drawing. Worked till 8.0pm, M in room. Dressed. At 8.20 Lennie Mite M, Roy & self dined. Quiet evening. Looked at Once a Weeks after. They left at 11.0pm. Snooze & bed. Night of the Garrick Club
dinner for the Decoration Committee. Did not go. Tree wired in the morning. (Red ink: Lennie, Mite, M, Roy & self dined at home.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ralph Brassey. Obituary of Ralph Brassey. Dec 5. Obituary of Sir Clinton Dawkins. Dec 4.) Monday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags. Thro' Churchyard. Lo! saw L.L. No Auburnia. Down Phillimore Gardens. Home. Breakfast. After worked till 1.0 when finished 'A Quiet Pipe'. Changed & lunch 1.50. Left with Otley in cab for Liverpool Street at 2.20pm. Got there 3.10. Saw Elsie J. Bought Munsey & down to Wickham Market. One other in carriage. Into break & drove to Easton Park. Party in house Sir Coleridge Grove, Sir ? Murray & Lady Murray, Sir Elliott & Lady Lees & daughter, Col & Mrs Lucas, self. Tea. Comfortable room same as at 1902. Dressed. Dinner. Took Miss Lees in, next to Mrs Lucas. Good dinner. Pool after. Won 2/6. Bed 1.0am. Read the Munsey. Miss Lees frightful cold. Like E.Dawson. (Red ink: Left for Easton Park shoot.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Armstead. Accident at Charing Cross Railway Station. Dec 6.) Tuesday December 5 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Called 7.30. Grey morning. Breakfast at 8.30. Wore whipcord suit. At 9.15 long drive 7 or 8 miles. 5 guns. Self got about 37 pheasants, (illeg) partridges, 1 pigeon, 3 hares. One stand, 20 birds, same as Capn Hankey year 1901 I think. Lunch. 3 ladies late. Miss Lees, Miss Lucas & Lady Murray. A very good stand after lunch, shot brilliantly, 2 partridges, 1 hare, 3 pheasants. Nothing much after. Left off at 4.0. Long drive home past Parham. Changed. Tea. Wrote letters. After talk to Miss Lucas in the Hall. Dressed. Dinner. Took Lady Lees in. Singing Oh! in Drawing Room. A cigar & went to room 12.0am. Wrote envelopes & diary. Bed 12.30. Read Munsey. (Red ink: 1st day’s shoot at Easton Park.) (Cuttings glued in: In Memoriam Baron Huddleston. 5 Dec. Obituary of Henry Armstead R.A.) Wednesday December 6 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 7.15. Dressed in Scotch suit. Off same hour as yesterday, same guns, same way. Missed it & asked girl poacher in cart. Began to shoot. 4 birds next Coleridge Grove. After in all got about 47 pheasants, 3 partridges, 1 hare. Ladies came to lunch. Gallery shooting. Discovered it was same (illeg) as Lord Darnley had. Left off 3.40. Dropped at Parham Station. Changed boots & stockings. To Wickham Market. Wired for luncheon (hot) basket at Ipswich & to Rules. One other in the carriage. Hurried meal. Cough troublesome after. Arrived L.S at 8.2pm. Drove to Bouverie St. Raining. Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, F.H.Townsend, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, Lucas. Got fairly easy subject, C.B as Cromwellian. Felt hot in clothes. Left at 11.0 & home by bus. Roy out. No news. M had written, letter never arrived. Last at Parham Wedy 16 Jany 1901. (Red ink: 2nd day’s shoot at Easton. Left for home from Parham.) (Cuttings glued in: Sir H Campbell Bannerman Prime Minister. Dec 6. Death of the Earl of Ilchester.) Thursday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Hot bath. Out. Thermometer 56° outside window. Up Church Walk. Saw 3 Kittens. Back. Roy looking seedy at breakfast. M left in 4
wheeler at 9.30 for Bedstone. Schemed subject of C.B as Cromwellian Captain. Hilton came at 11.45. Otly to Mays for costume. Back 11.50. At 12.20 photod them. Developed. Lunch at 1.20. Winnie Burnand called at 2.30. After went on till 4.0pm. Tea. Wrote letters. Sent camera back at 5.0pm. Worked from 5.0 to 8.30 when dined by myself. Roy dined at the Garrick Club. Bed 11.50pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Earl of Ilchester. Dec 7.) Friday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Out 8.45 & thro' Churchyard. Met no one. After young Bergne & 3 Kittens. Breakfast. Roy off. Dull grey morning & wet. On to work all day on drawing of Campbell Bannerman as Cromwellian Captain. Letter from F.C.B to omit Sir Ed Grey. Worked on until 8.0pm when finished. Dressed & dined 8.15pm Roy & self on hare & pheasant. Left at 9.5pm in Otley's cab & to Euston. Caught the 10.0pm train to Stafford. At 1.10 changed & waited till 2.15pm. Small Apollinaris. Girl & her mother in Waiting Room. Parcels. On again to Shrewsbury, changed into local train. After got to Bucknell at 4.40. Drove to Bedstone Court. Diffiulty in getting the front door open. Turned in at 5.0am & slept till 8.15am. In morning wrote on drawing for Mr Frederick Leverton Harris M.P. (Red ink: Left by night train for Bedstone. Disagreable journey.) (Cutting glued in: A huge skate captured. Dec 9 1905.) Saturday December 9 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.15. Dressed in whipcord suit. Saw M in front room. Went in to Midge's room by mistake. Breakfast. H rather tiffy about my mentioning Dumfries train. Started to shoot 10.0am Herne Court. 8 Guns, H.Langley, Col Forbes, Col Gee, Mr Halkett, Mr Galbraith, Mr Pennefather, Major Fisher Rowe & self. Lovely day. Bright sun. Got 15.5.8.1.5.2 birds, 36 in all . Left off 4.0pm. A brace of partridges flew over at last. Back. Tea. Changed. Rest in M's room. Dressed. Dinner, 14 in all. A Mr Cole came. Crowded dinner & no one to talk to. Most uncomfortable. After rest in hall & read Porthos's Son by Dumas. Billiard Room. Bed at 12.20am. Slept well. Tired. Shot 131 head in the 3 days, Average 42 per day. 20 pheasants. (Red ink: Home covert shoot at Bedstone Court.) (Cutting glued in: Resignation Honours. Saty 9 Decr.) Sunday December 10 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 8.30. Coldish bath. Breakfast 9.30. After a pipe. Talk. The whole morning writing letters of congratulation, Harmsworth, Sutton, etc. Lunch at 1.30. After cigar & talk. Walk over hills. Mr & Mrs Galbraith, Mr & Mrs Gee, H.L, M & self. Mr Halkett, Mrs Pennefather. Came across curious model of a graveyard by a quarry. Mounds & headstones etc etc. Back to house. Two fine tall girls called, Misses Harley. Tea up in room. Fire gone out. Lighted it. Lovely full moon. Slight frost. After better dinner. Sat next Midge & also Mrs Gee. After beat Mr Halkett 1 50 up at Billiards & so to bed. (Red ink: Miss Harleys dined at Bedstone Court tomorrow, Monday.) Monday December 11 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 8.0. Breakfast 8.30. Foggy morning. All got off 9.20. Walked to a break a mile or more uphill. To 2 cover stands between hills. Same guns as yesterday. Bag 0, 5, 2, 4. Lunch. 7. Total 18 birds. Brought down a pigeon wh could not be found. Ladies & M at lunch. Forgot one stand outside
wood got 4, making 22 birds. Walked back along the line. Galbraith & Pennefather in front. The last stand called the (illeg) where I was in 1904. Changed (illeg). Rest in Langley's room after writing Otley & Hitchens. Dinner. Took Mrs Gee in. 2 Miss Harleys each over 6.1 high. Tired after. Orchestra & bed 12.0. Slept well. Dense fog in London. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at Bedstone.) (Cutting glued in: The Political Situation. Dec 11.) Tuesday December 12 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 7.45. Breakfast 8.45. All got off after at 9.45. Gave H £1.0.0 for Swayle. Good bye to M. In break to station, Bucknell. FisherRowes left at Craven Arms. Galbraith, Gees & Mr Pennefather at Shrewsbury. We, Forbes & self, went on to Euston. Good lunch which had been put up. Got there ½ hour late. Mr P had left his birds. Tossed for them & brought them home. Otley met me. Cab home. Tea. Letters. Hair cut at 5.15pm. Roy back 6.30. Looked over 'Times' after Roy in. He dined out. Dined by self & cab to Empire, saw a poor performance, young Oxford & Cambridge men. Youth like Nat Goodwin. Dark woman like Mrs King in front. Walked to bus & home. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Empire Theatre. Returned from Bedstone Park, no, Court.) Wednesday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out with Rags. Dark raw morning. Walked to Cromwell Rd. Saw B.L & after Aphrodite, first time since Thursday Oct 26. Back & all morning tidying up, squaring etc. Put Photo Hut all ready. Rest. Tea & after tried to scheme subject for Title page. Changed & left for the Punch Dinner at 5.50. Bus to Piccadilly. Called Blenheim & Athenaeum. Letters. Bus to Sands & Hunters. Camera not nearly ready yet. On to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, H.F.T, R.H, C.L.G, O.S, L.B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Got a subject sent in by an outsider, Parody of Millais' Huguenot. Partridge John Burns. Left with R.H 11.0am & home by bus. A hatchet faced young woman in it with eyes watering. Roy up & had dined at home. Bed 12.30am. Went out before breakfast without a collar tie. Funny. (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Vallance.) Thursday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out thro' Churchyard. Met 3 Kittens. After back. Breakfast. After schemed subject of the Huguenot. Fine morning, mild. Dear M back from Bedstone Court. Felt cold & shivery. Wilde called about drawings. Promised to come again on Saturday. Photod Otley & Marguerite for the Huguenot. Worked up to dinner time, M in my room. After M & self dined, Roy out. (Red ink: M returned from Bedstone Court & felt chilly & ill.) Friday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Up Churchyard, met no one. Mild weather. M not feeling well. Maud came in afternoon. M went to bed with feverish sore throat caught at Bedstone. Worked the entire day on drawing of the Huguenot. Not very successful, so I thought. Much bothered with head of Bannerman. Why? Dined by self at 10.15. Rest & snooze after. A new maid here, did not know it. (Cutting glued in: Accident to Mr George Meredith. 15 Dec.) Saturday December 16
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Up Holland Walk & Phillimore Gds. Met no one. Mild weather. Mite & Lennie went to Terregles. Wire from Wilde to say he would come for certain on Monday morning. After took photo of Marguerite as Vivandiere & Otley as Sailor. Edith F after for Title Page Volume 129. Short of developer. Poor enlargements. Worked till dinner time when Roy & self dined. M in bed. 1st saw new maid Ellen. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sydney Trench. Death of Edgar Horne.) Sunday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out thro Churchyard. Met no one. Man pushing perambulator after. Dull dark day. Worked hard the entire day on Title drawing Vol 129. M remained in bed all day but better. Paxton called. Roy & self dined at 8.10. Waited on by new maid Ellen. Tired after & snooze. Bed. M greatly delighted with 'Cut Laurels'. Cried. (Red ink: Worked all day. M not well in bed.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Edgar Horne.) Monday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Up Campden Hill & thro' Churchyard. Gave small boy 1/s Xmas box. Just missed 3 Kittens. Back. Breakfast. M in bed. At 11.0 Wylde called really proposing to conclude purchase of drawings. Told him would only take Bank of England notes. He left saying he would come back at 2.0pm. M came down to lunch. Edith F there also. At 2.30 Wylde did come back bringing another man he said was a Librarian? Who? He also brought 2 £200 notes, '00203-4.' Great rush to count & look out drawings. Made up the number from upstairs. They left with staggering parcels at 3.50, I giving Wylde a cheque for £80. Went up to room & on with work but could not finish the Title Page.(Punch & Vivendiere, Vol 129.) Left 6.30 & by bus all way to the Punch Office. Complimented by P.A on drawing of Huguenot. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, Townsend, H.W.L & A.G. Got cuts all right. Dinner table, Punch & France etc for self. Gave up 2nd New Year to Bernard P to get away on Friday. After told B.P, Raven Hill & Towner about the £400. They looked me over. Left & home by bus. Tuesday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out. Thro Churchyard at 9.0. Met no one. Breakfast. Sent Otley to the Bank with 2 £200 notes '00203 & 00204'. Came back that it was all right. After sent him to Mays for Republic costume & Germany. Had dinner table laid out in the yard. At 12.0 photod Marguerite, Miss Huxley, Otley & self. Got all done by lunch time. Up in room & rested 1½ hrs, then finished by 6.0pm Title Page for Volume 129. Then at 6.0 to 8.30 got on with cartoon. M, Roy & self dined. After snooze & to bed at 12.0am. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Henry Foley. Mon 18 Decr.) Wednesday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Over C.H at 8.30. Saw 2 Dromios, one in pink tam o'shanter. Looked back. Small boy. Met Mr Turner. Back at 9.0am or 8.55. After got to work all day on drawing of 'Punch' dinner to France & Germany & John Bull. Edith F helping M. M went to bed at 10.0. Finished at 10.15. Dined byself. Roy met Aynesworth at the Garrick. He was back at 11.45pm. Delightful mild weather.
Thursday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Left M asleep. Out thro' Churchyard, met no one. Breakfast. Bad bacon. After Mite came in a fly at 10.0. Up in M's room. Talk. After M left at 12.0 for Pyt House. Put photos away. Lunch. Developed about 15 last photos. Had blown Electric Lights out with 100v burner. Delay in getting connection. Lovely bright sun all day. Went on & looked out photos for drawing for opening Volume 130. Roy & self dined 7.30pm & left at 8.30 by a hansom & went for 1st time to the Waldorf Theatre. Saw 'Lights Out' a melodrama very well played. Eva Moore, H.B.Irving. Capital Captain of White Curassiers. Saw Squiff Faudel Phillips. Walked to Garrick. Talk to Lord Sandhurst & Mr Bigg (never knew his name.) Left 12.15 & home by cab Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: M left at 12.0 for Pyt House.) Friday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on bicycle 1st time since Fri Oct 27. Saw Dromio 2 in pink sun bonnet. Back. Roads filthy with watering. Saw Electric Light man. After packed & finished putting things up. Lunch. Left at 2.30 in Otley's cab & down to Tisbury. Carriage to self all way. Changed at Salisbury. Posted letter. Met Hamilton & Shakespeare. They motored. Drove to Pyt. Boys just home with a cold. Pipe. Wrote Mrs Deane etc. Dinner. Cigar after. Bed at 11.45. Mr & Mrs Shakespeare & Dorothy here also. (Red ink: Went down to Pyt House for Xmas week.) Saturday December 23 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.30. Bath. M's breakfast left outside. Hamilton off at 9.0am in motor to shoot. After got to work in Morning Room & schemed & got on all day with Campbell Bannerman as Cupid on a Bed of Roses for Volume 130. Lunch. Wrote letters. Got Electric Light all right. Roy came at 6.0pm. Dinner. Gareth left ill. After Tabs took his temperature & the doctor was fetched, 6 miles. Proved a mistake. Bed at 11.45. Dear M better but still not well. Extraordinary dreams. Poor Gwen went hunting & had to hack 20 miles home. No cart went to fetch her. (Red ink: Worked all day at Pyt House. Roy down in afternoon.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Henry Harland. Fri Dec 22.) Sunday December 24 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.30. Bath. After breakfast got off in Mercedes motor at 11.0am, Shakespeare, Hamilton & self. Got to Salisbury & after Southampton at 1.0. Recognised places I knew in 1865. Thro town to the Common. Lunched with Mr & Mrs Dietz, his brother & a Mr Wilson who knew Roy. Fair lunch. Dirty uncomfortable house. Left at 3.0 & to Lyndhurst, Lymington, Milford & to Anchorage. Saw Col Sermon & also Mr Nugent. Anchorage lit up. To Newlyn Hotel at Ch Ch. Pert waitress. Tea. Off again at 5.30. To Tumpers House, after to Wimborne. Church lighted up like a play. Crowds. On to top of Cranbourne Chase & so home. Got home at 7.40 exactly, 120 miles. Dressed. Dinner. Took Olivia in. After rest on sofa & bed 11.30pm. Dull grey day all day, not cold. (Red ink: 120 mile motor run from Pyt round about.) Monday December 25
Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.40. Bath. Breakfast. Presents. Dull grey day after. Got to work again on drawing of Campbell Bannerman as Cupid on a Bed of Roses. At it from 10.0 to 3.0. Wrote letters. Took M for a walk round to Lodge gates & up hill. A band playing. Thought it was an engine at first. Waved to the servants. Thought they were Tabs & party. Back. Wrote to Balfour. After to work again from 5.45 to 7.30. M in room. Dressed. Dinner. Rest on sofa & bed. Read about History of Motors. (Red ink: Worked all day at Pyt House.) (Cutting glued in: The Elephant for South America.) Tuesday December 26 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.20. Dressed in dark Lovat & spats. Breakfast. After out for rabbit shoot Roy going with me all day. Woodman for loader. Sir James Pender, George Gordon, H.F, self & Hope Shakespeare guns. Also Dr Beurk. Lovely afternoon. Got 330 rabbits, 22 pheasants (cocks) 2 duck, 1 hare. Self 27 pheasants & about 30 rabbits. Tabs & Olive calling Gareth after. Back at 4.40 & changed. Tea. Put in work from 6.0 to 7.45pm on Heading. Dinner. Lawrence Fisher Rowe came in after. In H's room & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Rabbit shoot at Tisbury, Pyt House.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Frederic Sang.) Wednesday December 27 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 7.45. Bath. Down & put things up & packed. Hamilton off at 8.30 to Rushmore. Roy left at 9.20am for Semley. Shakespeare & self left at 10.30 in cart to Fonthill & I shot up to lunch time. Guns, Shakespeare, self, Walter Shaw Stewart. Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh, Shrimp Gordon. Lovely sunny morning. Old whiskered Keeper. Only got 9 pheasants. Woodman loader. Saw 2 foxes. Left off 1.25 & up to house for lunch. Lady Octavia & Lady Leigh. Oh! Peter Graham's picture of Spate. M came up in the motor at 2.20 & to Tisbury. Caught the 2.48pm. No change to London. Changed dress between Salisbury & Andover. Otley met me & cab to Kensington. Bought fruit. Cab to Westbourne Park. Back 7.0. Rush to dress. At 8.0 Seaman, Reed, Graves, Lucas, Townsend & self dined. Fair dinner but badly waited. Fires low & cold. Felt tired. Cut of Duel made up. They left at 12.0. Rest in chair until 2.0am when to bed. (Red ink: Shot up to lunch, Fonthill Abbey.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Sang.) Thursday December 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am & out. Dull wet gloomy morning. No Dromios. Back. Sent Otley to Mays for a pair of rapiers. Schemed subject of C.B & A.B for Duel. Used photo of Apethorpe. Discovered plate exposed twice. At 12.15 photod Otley & also Hilton. Great difficulty to get prints. All over by 3.0pm & up in room. Rested very tired until 4.30. Tea. Then went on & finished C.B as Cupid on a Bed of Roses by 6.30pm. Dear M returned from Tisbury at 6.0pm. From 7.0 to 8.30 went on with cartoon, C.B & A.B Duel. M & self dined 8.30am. Had Sauternes which made her sleepy. Roy staying with Stern at the Savoy Hotel. Extraordinarily mild weather. (Red ink: Frightfully dark day. M returned from Tisbury.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Thomas Crown.) Friday December 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. M in bed. Got home thro Argyll Road before the band. Breakfast. After at work on C.B & A.B all day. M left for Balcombe at 3.45pm, Otley going with her. Brought letters from Athenaeum after. Dull day.
Got on very well but did not finish until 10.15 when dined by myself, M being at Balcombe & Roy at the Savoy Hotel. Rested in chair till 1.0am when to bed. Extraordinarily mild. Thermometer (illeg) in morning outside window. No fire & window open all morning. (Red ink: M went to Balcombe.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary and photograph of General Saussier. Graphic Decr 30.) Saturday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & out. Round thro' Churchyard & back. Breakfast. After the whole morning tidying up. Otley went to Horlicks & fetched the horse & was back at 3.15pm. Printed a few blues. Luncheon. Finished the Champagne had on Wednesday. Left by Otley's 4 wheeler at 3.45. Roy passed me in Stern's motor. Down to Balcombe. Bitterly cold. A children's Fancy Dress Ball going on. Pretty little curly haired boy. The Messel party. Geoff, Mr Davson, Mr Marriott there. M had had a pain in her side. Good dinner. Dance after. Mr & Mrs Harold Messel also there. Rested in chair. Charades. Geoff turned out to go to the village. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe. Bitterly cold. Childrens Fancy Ball. Roy went to Pyt House.) Sunday December 31 Balcombe House. Up at 8.20 & got bath. Breakfast 9.30am. Bitterly cold east wind after. They all went to church. Took M for short walk at 12.30, she having been to church, & I wrote 25 letters. Posted them. Lunch. Men went for walk. Went on with letters & wrote 20 more. Good dinner, after music. They drank the New Year in with Punch. Joined them with Barley Water. Bed at 12.45am. Geoff turned out to go to the village. (Red ink: Bitterly cold. Long letter writing day at Balcombe House.) (Cutting glued in: List of Political Honours. Dec 30.) Notes and addresses at back of diary: Morgan, Mrs Annie Hall. 58 Pennard Road, Uxbridge Road, W. Dawson, E. 12 Normand Mansions, West Kens, S.W. 322 Gilmour, Ottawa, Canada. Hird, Janet. 48 Grove End Road, St John's Wood. Huxley. 1 Portland Mansions, Kensington. Jessop, B. Napier House, Hartford Road, Lower Edmonton. Jessop, E. 79 Amhurst Road, Hackney. Liverpool Street Buffet, G.E.R. Mackenzie. 45 Berners St W. c/o Mrs Maxwell. Morgan, R. 38 Tabor Road, The Grove, Hammersmith, W. Louie (Clotilde) 157 Brixton Road, S.W. Smith (Daisy) 41a Blenheim Crescent Bayswater. Taverner, Grace. 3 Lorne Gardens, Brook Green 8 St Lukes Road, Bayswater. Taverner 107 Talbot Road , Bayswater. Woodcock, Rose. 122 Victoria Road, Kilburn. Woodcock, Mabel. Sutherland, N. 45 Churchfield Mansions, Hurlingham, S.W. Parkes, A. 6 Sussex Place, Bridge Rd, Hammersmith. Forster, P
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1906 Notes and addresses in front of diary: Linley Sambourne, 18 Stafford Terrace, Kensington, London W. 5/s Reward if lost & returned to above address. 1 January 1906. 95089 The late Robert Brough A.R.S.A has left estate amounting to about £900. He leaves one of his Academy pictures to the Tate Gallery. A sum is being raised in Aberdeen & London to found a scholarship in Sculpture & Painting in memory of the deceased artist. Copied from Mite's desk, 19 Apl at the Hague. Late Fred Davis Miss Gordon Barrett. Changing boxes: L.Gaumont & Company, 22 to 27 Cecil Court, Charing Cross Road W.C. J.Welsh, Art Manager. 2 Harewood Place, Hanover Sq, W. also Mandeville Hotel. Bowden Green Donna Linda Bosacca di Gallidoro. Cigar: La Flor de Murias. Manuel deValle Habana. Non Plus Ultra. Bucktrout & Co, St Peters Port, Guernsey. Bahia Cigars, 200, 2½ each. Gaetano Caballos. A & N Managing Director. W.Phaysey Athenaeum Scy. Henry R.Tedder. Armour, G.D. Etchelhampton House, Devises, Devon. Bellini. Hanover Restaurant, 6 Milk St, W. Bonvoisin. 53 Rue Père Charron. Anderson, J.G.S. 5 Fenchurch Avenue E.C. Bingham, W. 15 Kenbourne Rd, Sharrow. Churchward, Capn A.W. 30 Bou'd des Italiens. Courier's name Verbeck. Bryson, Miss Constance Marguerite. 14 Caroline Place, Claughton, Birken'd. Dellmeyer. 25 Newman Street, Oxford St. Frederick Davis Esqr, deceased. T.F.Peacock, Fisher & Chevasse, 3 Field Court, Greys Inn W.C. Charles Stanley Fisher Alban Chevasse. Thomas Francis Peacock-Evered. Bartlett, A.W. Evered & Co, 35 Drury Lane. Ayala, L de. The Chestnuts, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey.
Davis, the late Frederick. Solicitors T.F.Peacock, Fisher & Chevasse, 3 Field Court, Greys Inn. Continental Hotel, 3 Rue des Castiglione A.Lotti, Manager, Room 399 Camera Club, New. Henry W.Frereholme, Blenheim Mansions, Queen Anne's Gate, S.W. Borthwick's shooting. Forsinard, W.H.Fox. Girls Public Day School Co Lt. Kensington High School. Head Mistress Miss Home. School year 3 terms, 13 weeks. Hours 9.15 to 1.10pm Three weeks at Easter, seven at Midsummer, four weeks Xmas. 1 whole holiday middle of each term Paddington & Maida Vale, 129 Elgin Avenue. Highbury & Islington High School, 6-7 Canonbury Place N. L.C.C School, Silver St, Notting Hill. National School, Warwick Road, S.W. Earls Court, St Mathias. 173 Cromwell Rd, Misses Nunn & Tothill. 8 Observatory Gardens, Misses Moneypenny. Colonel Thomas Gee. Green Hill, Allerton, Liverpool. Gloves, Tan Sabian, 3/6. Gotz, L.R. 215 Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C. Howlden, H.Linley, Park Grange, S. Harris, Walter H. Rustall Beacon, Tonbridge Wells. Graves, Charles L. Green, Jos F.West Lodge, Blackheath. Exhibitions, Naval Shipping & Fisheries. Henry J.Thompson, Manager, Press D. Fire Station. W.J. Horroford. Fire Station, Clarence Place. W.Hartree, William. Havering, Tonbridge Wells. Horlick, Robt A. Arbrook Farm, Esher, Surrey. Gilmer. J.W.Gilmer Esqr, 21 Bedford Street, W.C. Investment. Aug 15 1906. £400 Argentine North Central 5/s Bonds. Railway Bonds 100 5/8. £300 Hungarian 4/s Gold Reuter 94¼ Mrs Kennedy's Solicitors: Rider Heaton & Wigram, 8 New Square, Lincolns Inn, W.C. Telegrams: Rideratons London. Lees. Sir Elliot, Baronet. Lychett, Poole. Ladders: S.H Heatman & Co. 72 Rectory Road Parsons Green, S.W. McDonnell. The Hon Sir Schomberg. H.M Office of Works, Storeys Gate, S.W. Military Tournament. Captn G.A Armytage. Press Box, Royal Agricultural Hall. Lincoln Bennett & Co. W.J.Sea.
Tinsley Lindley. 16 Park Ter, Nottingham. Langley, H. Bedstone Court, Bucknall. Telegrams Brampton Brian. McLaren, Sir Charles B.B, Baronet. Bodnant, Talycefn, Denbigh. Mount Edgecumbe, The Earl of. P.C, G.C.V.O. 5 Victoria Street, S.W. Henry Mills. The Esplanade, Fleetwood, L. Lumière, N.A Co Lt. 4 Bloomsbury St, W.C. Moultrie, The Terrace, Shoeburyness. Moore, H.M. 3 Stratford Road, Kensington, W. Morris, Bernard. 161, New Park Road, Clapham Park, S.W. Messel, 31 Throgmorton Street, E.C. Old Water Colour Socy. 100 Great Russell St, W.C. W.H.Porter Esq (Mumbler). Crumpsall Priory, Manchester. Peter Orr. See Schedule O diary 1905. The Photographic Associaton. 14-15 Conduit St, New Bond St. F.W.Stevenson Esquire. London W. Photographic Ruby Lamps 10/s each. 50 candles 2/6 each. George Otley. 74 Richmond Park Road, Kingston S.W. Ostend. Hotel Continental. A.Declerck. Soap, Courts Castile. 5½ lb bar 6d lb, 2/9. Spooner J. 379 Strand, W.C. Raven Hill, L. Battle House, Bromham, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Stace, H. 14 Hatfield Road, Ramsgate. Taxes. George Hawes, Office of Surveyor of, Wrights Lane, Kensington, W. Sands & Hunter. 37 Bedford St, Strand. Royal Academy waiters. Golden & Sanders. Swain, Joseph & Son. 157 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, E.C. Sintram, Freemantle & Co. 217 Piccadilly. Sullivan, Maud C. 6 Palmeira Sq, Hove. Townsend, F.H. 34 Cheyne Row, S.W. T.Saunders, National Portrait Gallery, St Martins Lane, W.C. Ross Lt. T.G.Anderson, Secy. Spiers & Pond Lt. E.F.Bugler Secy. 35 New Bridge Street, Blackfriars, E.C. Sheehy, Mrs. 27 Canonbury Park North, N. Hotel Cafe Restaurant Spander. L. Spander, 23 Volendam BW Edam Holland Waterbury Watches, Allan Ross & Co. C.A.Parker, 15 Newgate Street, London E.C. Watney, Vernon. 'Fannich', Lochluichart, Rosshire N.B. Cornbury Park, Charlbury Ox'd. White, A.J. 74 Jermyn Street S.W. Jan 1906 Monday January 1 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Bath. Very cold NE wind. Down breakfast. Mr Davson up to town. Left with Lennie in motor to shoot at Nymans at 9.15. 6 guns. Captain Gibbes, Captain Loring, Parker, Rev'd Stephen Boyd, Lennie & self. Had a very good day. Got self 14 pheasants, 13 cocks, 2 duck & no (illeg). Total bag 28 P, 9 Duck, 1 pigeon, (illeg) woodcock, 1 jay. Lunch at Keepers. Left off 3.40 & home by car in daylight. (illeg) out. Dear Mite's presents, just what I wanted. Tea. Wrote many letters. After at 8.0 the whole of the Nymans party came. Mr & Mrs
M, Mr & Mrs Eric Parker, Capn & Mrs Loring, Capn & Mrs Gibbes & Muriel. 18 at dinner at 3 tables. Good. After Captain Loring danced with a bladder at the back of his coat. Laughed very much. Mr Marriott had it after. Went to Library & smoked. They all left at 12.30am. Bed 1.15. Mite a very bad cold. (Red ink: Most delightful days shoot at Nymans. Bitterly cold. 18 at dinner at Balcombe.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Vyell Walker.) Tuesday January 2 Balcombe House. Up 8.35. Bath. Lennie & Harold left early. Warmer. Letters. One from Arthur Balfour. After Davson & Marriott & Mrs Harold Messel left. Up in room. Wrote 3 or 4 letters & posted them. The whole day finishing up old diary & index for this one & also Grangerizing. Lunch. Mite in bed. After a rest at 3.15 took M for walk towards the Faure Walkers. Poured with rain. Back. Old Barney went off towards Nymans. From 4 to 7.30 worked again on the diaries etc. Little Ann in room. After dressed. Dinner. M, self, Florence Walford & Geoff. Quiet evening after. Nightmare in chair in Library. (Red ink: Quiet day at Balcombe House. Letter from Mr Balfour. Maud a bad cold.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Elizabeth Walker. T. 5 Jany.) Wednesday January 3 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Bath & all morning writing & squaring up prints etc. Lunch. Left Mite with a frightful cold. Dr Parker coming. Left at 1.55 in motor with Geoff for 3 Bridges. Just in time. Met Mrs Loring & children on platform. To Victoria,. 4 wheel cab home. Otley took things out. Cocoa. Letters. Left at 5.45 & by bus to Blenheim & Athenaeum Clubs. Letters, one from M.R. Saw Mr Justice Kennedy. Called at Sands & Hunters & by bus to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, P.A, L.B, Lucas, E.T.R, H.F.T & H.W.L. Partridge had wired to say he was staying at the Riviera a week longer. Got after considerable discussion cut of C.B as a Piper. Back by bus. Pass book £800 in credit. Roy out. Bed at 12.15am. Very heavy wet in the morning. (Red ink: 1st Punch dinner of the New Year.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Elizabeth Walker. Death of Vyell Walker. Death of Harrison Weir. Obituary of Harrison Weir. T. 3 Jany.) Thursday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Fine morning. Out & looked about with Rags for favourable background for the British Voter. Decided on the bottom of Argyll Rd. Back & breakfast. After sent Otley to Mays for Scotch dress. Schemed subject. Went out & took 6 snap shots at Public House. Back at 12.15. Photod Otley in Piper's dress. Difficulty with scarf. He also put the kilt on the wrong way round. Developed & got ready by 4.0pm. Was to have gone to Bond St Tube. Gave it up. Sent costume & lens back. Worked from 5.30pm till 8.30. Dressed. Roy & self dined quietly. A notice of my birthday in the Evening Standard & St James's Gazette. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: My Birthday. Wires from M & Mite. By myself all day.) Friday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out up Phill Gds & Holland Walk. Wished 2 D Happy New Year. Not a word. Back & down Argyll Road. Gave Bandsman 6d. After all day at work on drawing of C.B as Piper & Redmond. At 12.15 photod Otley as John Bull with pipe & developed Piper etc. Back to work from 3.0pm until 10.15pm
when finished. Dined alone. Roy back 12.0. Something in his key. Worked in room 3.0 to 4.0pm with window wide open & no fire. Temperature 57º. (Cutting glued in: Punch's chief cartoonist is sixty one today. Jan 4. Death of Kate Reed. Death of Charles Campbell. Death of Grant Tod-Heatly.) Saturday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Great gale blowing. Missed 2 nd D over Campden Hill. Gave Old W 2/3. Magnificent effect. Splended S with wonderful legs, 54 Argyll Rd. Back breakfast. Roy off. After saw electrician Moore. Ordered lamp & also the green glass lamp glasses to be made. Put things away & after lunch got off in carriage 1st time since end of July 1905 to Victoria & down to Balcombe. Saw Mr Davson on platform. Geoff met me. To house in small pony cart. Tea. After saw Mite. Dinner. Music & sleepy after. Bed 11.45pm. Raked out huge fire. (Red ink: Saw in gale of wind S of 54 Argyll Rd. Came down to Balcombe.) Sunday January 7 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. Bath. Down breakfast 9.45. Most lovely bright sunny morning. Quite mild. Windows open all morning. M went to church. Wrote to purchase State of San Paulo (illeg) bonds 96½ - 97½ by Fritz Jackson's advice. Also many other letters. Met M, Geoff & Linley after church. Small pony driven up for Lennie to see. Went for walk. Lunch. Heavy wet after. In Mite's room. (illeg) catalogue not to be found. Lennie & Geoff started to walk to Nymans, came back drenched. Wrote till dinner time. Little Ann feverish & a pain. All the men out. Gardener went over on a bicycle & Dr Parker came after dinner. Bed at 11.30pm. Mite got up to dinner. (Cutting glued in: Mr Balfour's descent from Robert II of Scotland. Daily Graphic 8 Jany.) Monday January 8 Balcombe House. Up at 8.30. Bath. Most lovely morning. Out for walk. Widow moving. Breakfast. Lennie in all day. Wrote hard up to lunch. Dr Parker shewed me sketches of his daughters. Son doing well in Africa. Took M & Miss Walford a very muddy walk 2.45 to 4.0pm. A Miss Corbett to tea. Strong Liberal. Lennie went to Drill & came back 8.45. Crackers. L indigestion. Wore a Punch cracker cap. Bed at 11.30. Strange dream of sacking of a Cromwellian house belonging to Col Lucas. Fly in pillow case at 1.0am. (Red ink: Went for walk with M & Miss Walford.) (Cutting glued in: Death of George Pirie.) Tuesday January 9 Balcombe House. Up at 8.35. x. Had been awake twice. Once with a fly buzzing in the pillow case. Lennie off at 9.35. Wet morning. Writing letters hard. The minnow up to town. News of Dissolution of the Parliament of 1900. Lunch. Packed. More letters. At 4.0 Geoff & self walked to station, Mite & M following. Caught the 4.18 & up to Victoria. Otley met us with letters & in his cab home by 6.0pm. Put things in order. Roy at Stern's at Savoy. M & self dined by ourselves. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: Came up M & self from Balcombe. Home 1st time to settle since July.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Thomson 1 st Baron Ritchie of Dundee. Obituary of the Dowager Lady Barrow. Jany 11.) Wednesday January 10
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Church Street. Met no one. After entire day putting things straight. Wilde called in the morning smelling of beer. After printed blues all morning. Brilliant sun. All afternoon writing etc. Left for Punch Dinner at 5.30. Horse coughed in my face at Church St. On to the Athenaeum & washed. Called at Sands & Hunters & saw my camera finished at last. On to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, F.H.T, Graves, O.S, P.A, L.B, Lucas, B.P back from Monte Carlo, H.W.L, A.G. Pleasant dinner. Suggested Hare & Tortoise but got a Billiards playing subject to do. Home by bus & bed after reading paper. (Cutting glued in: Elections to the Royal Academy. Jany 10th) `Thursday January 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with Rags. Fine morning. Up Holland Walk. Passed single Dromio. Back & breakfast. After letters schemed subject of Billiard Players, A.B & C.B. Used old Pyt House Billiard Room taken January 1890. Enlarged etc. Up in room at 4.0. Short rest. M out in carriage, Mocatta wedding. Roy dined out. Felt very tired after dinner & headachey. Bed at 12.0 after read & snooze. (Red ink: Miss Mocatta married.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Jules Philippson and Lydia Mocatta. Marriage of Nigel Barttelot and Dorothy Kay. January.) Friday January 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out through churchyard & round by Argyll Road. Met no one except the Old W. Back. Breakfast & at work all day. At 9.45 photod Roy & self again for Billiards cut. Developed & up at work at 11.0am. Man came & changed burner of light overhead. Worked up to 10.15pm when finished. Very done up & tired. M & self dined. Snooze after. Roy not in till 2.0am. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff. Wife and sons of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff.) Saturday January 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & out with Rags. A wet morning. Met the couple D & D Dromio. Also Mr Turner. Back breakfast. After letters etc. At 10.30 Wilde called again & looked at 130 drawings. Went on putting my things away. Lunch. After at 2.0 M & self left in our carriage, 1 st time since July & went to the Haymarket Theatre. Had the large Royal Box. Saw a piece by Cosmo Gordon Lennox called The Indecision of Mrs Kingsbury. Mr Elder Critchett there, 80 years old, came into our box. Play delightfully played. Fanny Brough, Nina Boucicault looking older. Hawtry A1. M & self walked to Hyde Pak Corner. Posted card. Wired Oliver Messel & got fruit & sausages. Home by carriage. Roy out. Went out without speaking. Hungry. Tea. Put plates in carriage for new camera. Wrote diary. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée at the Haymarket. Saw The Indecision of Mrs Kingsbury.) (Cutting glued in. Obituary of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff. Jany 13.) Sunday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out. Bright sun. Went with Rags up Church St & round by Holland Walk. Breakfast, sausages, & after wrote letters. Printed 1 doz blues & at 12.45 went with M by bus to top of the Park. Met Mr & Mrs Lockett Agnew. Walked for Church Parade. Saw Anderson Critchett & his daughter. After rapid walk to Sir Andros de la Rue's to lunch. Got very hot. No one interesting. Lady Lockwood & Lucy, Miss Hardman that was etc. Left at 3.30 & M home by carriage. Self walked to the Athenaeum Club & wrote letters from 4.0 to 7.0pm.
Home by bus. Dressed. At 8.0 Mite, Lennie & Geoff came. Signed the 4 Carol books. Pleasant dinner & evening. They left at 10.45. Read Mallocks Reconstruction of Belief. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: M & self lunched at Sir Andros de la Rue's. Athenaeum after.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Herman Merivale.) Monday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up & out with Rags on bicycle 1st time since 22 December along Earls Court & over C.H. Met no one. Breakfast. After looked out date of drawing of Britannia & Japan. Wrote Solomon etc. Gale & bright sun to try my new camera. I did try it. Hartree's motor at door. Both changing boxes broke down & unsatisfactory winder & drop shutter. Back. Lunch. After developed films taken at Malta. All but nothing on them. Pity. Up in room. Cleared drawers of old receipted bills going back to commencement of room. Dinner at 8.0, M, Roy & self, & in the Drawing Room after. M & Roy to bed early. News of great Liberal gain. (Red ink: Tried new camera. Dead failure.) (Cutting glued in: Sir Thomas Lawrence's portraits. Death of Professor Bickell. T.16 Jany 1906.) Tuesday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out thro' churchyard. Met no one except the Springer. Back. Breakfast. Still more Liberal gains. Sir Alfred Hickman ousted by Labour. Up & wrote letters. Destroyed many old bills & receipted bills. Looked over camera & put plates in. Cold heavy showery morning. To go to Watsons. Lunch. Sent Otley with bag to Watson. Left at 2.0 & walked up Campden Hill to Tube. Got out at Tottenham Court Road instead of Chancery Lane. Long walk. Saw the Secy about changing box. Walked 1st time thro' Kingsway to Sands & Hunters & then home by bus. Saw Mrs Pitt in bus. M at home. Many callers. Dressed at 7.30. Very wet. M, Roy & self left in the carriage & dined for 1 st time at 104 Lancaster Gate. Mrs Gibson, Mary Nicol, M, self, Roy, Geoff, Mite & Lennie. Very good dinner & Champagne. Home by carriage. (Red ink: Went to Watsons. M, Roy & self dined 1st time together at Lancaster Gate.) Wednesday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Lovely morning. Up Church St & home. Met no one. After M went out. Went at 12.0 & tried small camera in Cromwell Road. Bright sun 1/5 second. Uninteresting people. Back. Lunch. 1.50pm. After developed rest of the Malta photos. Not all failures. Left at 6.0 for the Punch Dinner. Hylda H with M. By bus to Athenaeum. No letters. Called on Sands & Hunter & got lens. My camera not touched. F.C.B, self, F.H.T, C.G, O.S, P.A, C.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got subject of Gladiators. Mrs Partridge still at Monte Carlo. Both cuts done by 9.45. Home by bus. Elections on. Roaring crowds in street & High St Kensington. Most objectionable conductor. Home. Difficulty in writing letters at M's desk. Went out & posted letters for new model. Bed 12.0am. In morning at 8.50am voted for Earl Percy the Unionist candidate. (Red ink: Tried smaller camera in bright sun.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Elizabeth Bacon. 17 Jany.) Thursday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Very heavy wet. Out with Rags over Campden Hill. Met no one. After back & schemed subject of Gladiators in arena. Had found before breakfast I had small photo of Gerome's picture. Wired Morland Agnew. At
10 sent Otley for Roman costumes to Mays. At 12.0 photod a new model, common fellow named Harris. Wet all morning. Cleared after. Took 3 of H & Otley with thumbs up. Got all developed by 3.0pm. 1 st tried photographers watch. Up in room & got on from 5.0 to 8.45 when I dined with M. Roy out & a small dance at Lancaster Gate. Home 3.30, old Rick outside. Elections still in huge majorities for the Liberals. Friday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Out with Rags. Band. After to work all day on drawing of Policy Verso. Finished 10.15pm. M & self dined at 10.30. Roy back at 11.10pm with very bad cold. Snooze in chair & to bed very tired at 1.30am. Elections still mighty majorities for the Liberals & Labour M.Ps returned. Saturday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am & out up Holland Walk. Rags passed 2 cats. Back. In morning printed blues & wrote letters etc. Lunch 1.30. At 2.10 M & self went in the carriage to the Palace Theatre & had right hand stage box. Capital programme. A clever dog like Rags. Very pretty woman not unlike Dora beautiful forehead just under us. Laughing with the Orchestra. Sir Bruce & Lady Seton in stalls. Walked down to carriage at 6.5 having got sausages. After home. Roy back & insisted on going to Folkestone. Had a bad cold on him & temperature. M & self dined at 8.0 & comfortable cozy evening. After snooze. Nightmare. Woman pushing in at front door dream. Bed 12.0. (Cutting glued in: Death of Rev Shirley Woolner.) Sunday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Heavy wet in night. Up Campden Hill. Looked at Studio. Old W in distance. Back. Breakfast. After printed blues of Girgenti. At 12.5 M & self by bus to Princes Gate & walked to Mite's. Gulls. Walking back Lennie picked up half a sovereign. Back. Lunch at 2.0pm. After touched up drawing of 'The Slip Knot' for Mr W.R. (illeg) Wyndham Club, Navon, County Meath. Diary. Had put typewriter in order & got violet ink on hands & hair. Very cold north wind blowing. Dressed & M & self left in the carriage to dine at Sir Isidore & Lady Spielmann's, 56 Westbourne Terrace. Met their son & son in law, a publisher. Fair dinner. Good wine. Home at 10.45 by carriage. Wet & cold. Snooze in chair till 1.15. Strange dream of staying at Arthur Balfour's in Scotland. Monday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am & out with Rags. Thro' churchyard. Met no one. Back. Breakfast. No letter from Roy. Up in room. Sent drawing to Ireland & proof of Nelson to Miss Bryson & Mrs Sheehy. After re-filled green globes. A bother. Guns firing. After all morning re-filling glass globes with water filtered. Also cleared out bills letters & cheques. In evening M & self dined at home with Roy who had come back from Folkestone sending his bag. In Drawing Room. Mrs Adlam dined with us at 8.0pm. Bitterly cold. (Red ink: Mrs Adlam dined with M, Roy & self.) Tuesday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Campden Hill. Round by Church St with Rags. Lo! met L. Spoke to her. Back. Met 3 Kittens striding up hill. After all day
clearing up room printing blues & throwing away masses of cheques. Colder weather. Many callers. M, Roy & self dined. Roy's cold bad. In the Morning Room after. Snooze & bed. (Red ink: Last time saw L Monday 4 Decr 05.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of B.C.Stephenson. Jany 24. Death of Eleanor Orlebar. Death of Robert Orr. Marriage of George Churchill to Muriel East.) Wednesday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Up Church St with Rags. Met L & another. After all day sorting putting away etc. Lunch. Wilde called at 2.30pm & promised to come Saturday to settle for 2nd purchase. In afternoon left at 5.0pm. Very cold. Called Westbourne Park & bus on to the Punch Dinner. Called Athenaeum. Saw Percy Fitzgerald. Dirty. On after to Sands & Hunter to the Punch Dinner. L.B glum & gloomy & cantankerous as well. F.C.B, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, O.S, C.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long weary discussion. Suggested Chamberlain swimming his horse over stream. Home by bus. Roy out. M had been to the Albert Hall with Mrs Adlam. (Cutting glued in: Death of Anna Maria Horne.) Thursday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up. Very wet morning. Squelches of rain. Out & thro churchyard. Back by Holland Walk. Met 3 Kittens. Eldest with hair up. After back. Sent Otley to May's for costume of Moss Trooper. Hilton came at 11.45am. The rain cleared off. Photod Otley & Himself for Moss Trooper Chamberlain & Austen Chamberlain. Got all developed by 4.0pm. Up in room after. Worked till 8.30pm. M, Roy & self dined. I did not dress. In Drawing Room after. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mrs Sargent. Jany 25 1906.) Friday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out early with Rags. Back to the house by 9.0 or before. Met Mr Turner who congratulated me on drawing of 'Policy Verso'. He also said that Gerome intended the Gladiator in his picture to be saved. Back & hard at it all day on drawing of Chamberlain & Austen Chamberlain as Moss Troopers. Got done with extreme difficulty at 10.15 when dined 10.30, ½ bottle of Champagne. Roy dined at the Davsons & got back at 11.45. His cold still bad. (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Mowll.) Saturday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out up Holland Walk with Rags. Saw Common on top of a bus. Back. Breakfast. A beautiful sunny morning. At 11.0 Wilde called & offered £200 for drawings. He went away & said he would call again. Dressed. Lunch. At 1.15 wire from Wilde to say he would come up on Monday. M & self left at 1.30pm & went by the carriage to the Duke of York's Theatre & saw Peter Pan. Left in entracte & looked at old Camera Club. Got back & Geoff H in box. M & self walked to Hyde Park Corner & home by carriage. Got fruit. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of Peter Pan, Duke of York's Theatre.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Charles Hartree. Obituary of James Princep. Death of Stanley Spencer. Death of Rosa von Milde. Jan 27.) Sunday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out with Rags up Church Street & across by Holland Walk. Roy said at breakfast Mr Stern would send his car for us. All
morning sorting drawings for Wilde tomorrow. Took them out of brown paper 'Times' 04. Great litter. Dressed at 12.45 & lunch at 1.0pm. At 1.35 M & self went in Mr Stern's motor to The Wheatsheaf at Virginia Water. Stopped & then to Ascot. Thro the forest & after back past Bowen May's house. Lovely houses about. To Windsor. Saw Eton boys. Slough & home at 4.40pm. 5/s to chauffeur. A delightful run. Tea in room & finished drawings. At 8.0 Mite, Lennie, Geoff, M, Roy & self dined. A very merry evening. They left at 11.0. Snooze in room & to bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Delightful motor ride to Ascot & Eton in Mr Stern's car.) Monday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & the roads being dry went out with Rags on bicycle round Earls Court. Saw Aphrodite grown & long skirts. Last time Wedy 13 Decr. Back short turn at 9.0am. At 9.45 the old India Rubber plant that had been growing at Stafford Terrace since 1875 was sent to Balcombe to go in the conservatory. Otley back. Re-sorted drawings & at 12.0 a wire from Wilde to say he would be an hour late. Lunch at 1.45. Wilde did come with another who counted & took away drawings in two parcels paying me £200 in notes, 1 £100, 1 £50 & 5 £10 notes. Handed them over to M. Tested focal plane. Camera seemed all right for field. Felt very tired. Had 1 hours rest. M went out in the carriage & took notes to bank. (Red ink: India Rubber plant went to Balcombe. Wilde called & paid £200 for drawings.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Jane Evans. Jany 29.) Tuesday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on bicycle with Rags. Again saw Aphrodite. Back. Roads so bad came short turn home. After all day putting drawings in tracing paper etc. Lunch. Mr Collins called from Pall Mall Magazine at 3.0pm. Many callers At 8.0pm Tabs dined with us. Felt very tired & done up all day. Had been headachy all day. Bed at 12.0am. Roy dined out. (Red ink: Tabs dined with M & self.) Wednesday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out for walk up Church St. Met no one. After all morning tidying up etc. Put up the camera. Lunch at 1.30. M had been to Mr Hepburn's & back by carriage. M & self went in a 4 wheeler to His Majesty's Theatre at 2.0pm, Otley's cab. Had large box. Tabs there. Saw Nero. Dull play. After saw Tree. M, Tabs & self walked to the courtyard of the Athenaeum Club & put M & Tabs in the carriage. After wrote letters. Saw Judge Snagge & a Mr Herbert aged 94. Called Sands & Hunters & on to the Punch Dinner. Sir F.C.B, self, R.H, C.L.G, R.C.L 1st time since election as M.P, O.S, Phil A, C.L, B.P. E.T.R, H.W.L, F.H.T. Got cut of Balfour leaping over Turtle. Also F.C.B suggested I do a double cut for next week. Settled for Olympus. Left at 11.0 & walked with Reed to bus. Wilde called again in the morning. Put more sulphate of copper into glass globe. Took all the morning. (Red ink across page: M & self went to matinée of Nero at His Majesty's Theatre. Tabs came to the large box.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir William Makins. Feby 3.) Feb 1906 Thursday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out up Church Walk. Met no one. After back & schemed subject for Balfour Leap Turtle & Chamberlain. Sent Otley to May's. At
12.0 photod Hilton & Otley & also enlarged small print of Arthur Balfour. All ready by 4.0. Up in room when F.C.B called & told me of his resignation, or rather that the firm had requested him to resign. He broke down. Most heartrending to me. 44 years service & 25 Editor of 'Punch'. Went up & got on with work. M had been out. Back at 6.0pm. M & self dined together at 8.45. Did not dress. Wrote Guthrie who is laid up with operation same as mine. (Red ink: F.C.B called at 4.0pm & said he was obliged to resign by request of the firm. Very painful interview.) (Cutting glued in: Will of the late Lord Masham. Frid 17 Aug.) Friday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out up Church Street & across to Holland Walk. Plumped on 2nd Dromio. Home. Breakfast. Some time writing & getting to work. All day on Balfour & Leap Turtle to Chamberlain. Finished at 10.10pm. M & self dined. At 11.0 Roy back & brought news that an announcement was in the Times that my drawings would be sold on the 5 th March by auction. Frightfully depressed & annoyed. Stayed down till 1.15am when M came down & fetched me up to bed. Slept uneasily. (Red ink: Roy came home at 11.30 & said my drawings were advertised to be sold at auction. Very much put out about it.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Samuel Lister 1st Baron Masham. Death of Sir William Makins. Two photographs of the late Lord Masham.) Saturday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Woke up early. Worried & depressed. Up 8.20am. Luke warm bath. Out. Wet. Up Holland Walk. Back again. Breakfast. Letter from L.Messel & Co about E.Rands, £149.19.0. After put last week's work away & began double page for next week. Frightful misgivings about sale of drawings. Lunch at 1.0 & M & self went in the carriage to the Pantomime. A long dull entertainment. Out at 5.20 & by bus from Cranbourn St to Hyde Park Corner. Never felt more depressed & seedy in my life. Bought fruit. Home. Quiet dinner M & self. In the Morning Room after & bed at 11.30 after rest. (Red ink: Woke up frightfully worried & depressed as to F.C.B & sale of my drawings. M & self went to matinée of the Pantomime. Very bad.) Sunday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am & out. Past church etc. Cripples. After went on all day scheming drawing for The Olympians. At 12.0 M & self took a bus to the top of Hyde Park Corner & we walked home down the Row. Met Sir Alexander Henderson & his brother. Back to lunch. After in room & worked up to dinner time. Mite, Lennie, Roy, M & self dined. Talk over sale of drawings & F.C.B's retirement. Cold in Drawing Room. Somewhat easier in my mind. Bed after rest in Drawing Room. (Red ink: Mite & Lennie dined with us.) (Cuttings glued in: Photograph of the late Sir W.T.Makins. Photograph of Wilberforce Bryant.) Monday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out for cycle ride. Went over Campden Hill & home. Rags also. After finished scheming double page for The Olympians. At 11.30 Hilton came. Very cold. Photod him & Otley from 11.45 to 1.30pm. After developed & got 2 or 3 enlarged. Found that Jupiter would not do. Haldane also too large. Got some of it outlined. M & self dined quietly at 8.30pm. Quiet evening after. (Cutting glued in: Death of Janet Caithness.)
Tuesday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags. Up Church St when Lo! met L. Back & to work on drawing for the Olympians. At 11.30 re-photod Otley for Jupiter & after finished enlarging the others by 3.30pm. Carriage not used. Sent the costumes back to Mays. At 11.0 Wilde called & assured me about auction sale. Don't believe a word he says. At work in my room by 4.0pm & put in all the tracings. After which M & self dined together & quiet in Morning Room after. (Red ink: Wilde called at 11.0am & made a long explanation as to the sale of my drawings. A d-d humbug.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Lady Grey. Marriage of John Denison-Pender to Irene de la Rue.) Wednesday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on bicycle. Just caught Aphrodite. Called on Sir F.C.B & left a letter asking to be let off the Punch Dinner. Back & at work all day on double page of The Olympians. Put in outline of Morley, Haldane, Tweedmouth etc. Was getting up to go to the Punch Dinner when a post card from F.C.B came to excuse my attendance. Worked up to 8.45 when M & self dined quietly together. Thankful to be quiet. Letter from F.C.B said all was over by 9.0pm & that Lawrence Bradbury was as black as thunder. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: From 7.30 to 8.0pm my Electric Light went out & I was in extreme darkness. Did not go to the Punch Dinner. So glad I did not. F.C.B would not shake hands with Lawrence Bradbury.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Witt. Thursday 8 Feby.) Thursday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out up Church Street. Very cold met no one. Hard at work all day on double page of The Olympians. Worked up to 8.45pm. Put in most of the outline. Roy dined at Mite's. The Ross's & Dora there also. He back at 11.30. Bed at 12.0 very tired but in better spirits. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ellen Kevill-Davis. Marriage of Captain T.H.Hawkins to Margaret Whishaw. Inquest on Lady Grey. Wednesday Feby 7.) Friday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Hard frost in the night. Walked without Rags up Church St. Met no one. Back. Breakfast. Otley brought the reading lamp from Herbert Moores. Very hard at work all day on double page of The Olympians. Last F.C.B will ever look over. Finished at 10.10.& sent it off. M & self dined. Bottle of Ayala 1892. Roy dined at Princes Gate & was home at 11 minutes to 1.0am. Otley brought in the new Electric Magnifyer at 9.45am. (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Mr Witt K.C. W Feby 14.) Saturday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out. Change in the weather. Wind to west. Warm. Rain. Walked without Rags up Church Street. Met the Springer. Back. Breakfast. Roy suspicion of a cold. After put all photos away from double Olympian page. Lunch at 1.30 when M & self left in dull showery weather & went by carriage for the 1 st time to the Aldwych Theatre & saw Blue Bell. Delightful piece. In back row of stalls. The little chorus girl grown up & relegated to the background. Dumpy. No Ellaline Terriss. Out at 4.45. Heavy rain. Walked to Strand & took bus to Hyde Pk
Corner. 10 minutes too early for the carriage. Met it. Heavy rain. Bought fruit & 2 thick slices of ham. Roy dined at the Berkeley. M & self quiet peaceful dinner different to last Saturday & to bed at 11.45 after snooze. Colder. (Red ink: M & self went to the matinée of Blue Bell at the Aldwych Theatre. Very wet.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Howe. Saty 10 Feby.) Sunday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Hot bath & out with Rags 1st time after his medicine. Bright morning. Cripples. Back & after in morning printed 40 blues. Came over dark. M & self took bus at 12.15 to H.P.C & walked home in the rain by 12.25. Cold. Had met Roger Wallace in the morning in hansom. Also saw fat man in Church Walk. Lunch. After went on at blues. Rest in chair. Very cold. Wrote Store orders & letters. M & self went for walk in boisterous wind. Back lunch. Up in room after. At 8.0pm M, self & Roy, Mite, Lennie, Dora & the Phipson Beales all dined. Pleasant dinner, 3 bottles of Geisler 98. They left at 11.0pm. Talk of Parliament & Jewels. (Red ink: Dora, L & Mite & the Phipson Beales dined with us.) Monday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out up Church St with Rags. Met no one. Back & in the morning cleared out sea chest. Re-printed blues etc. Lunch. Developed 1 doz films of E.Warwick taken 5 March last. Sir F.C.B called at 3.0. In Drawing Room with me. Angry with Marguerite. M out. After tore up letters of instructions for cartoons for the last 5 years. Did up Animated Nature. After Roy went to dine at Mite's & went on to a dance. M & self quiet evening & dinner. Bed at 11.50pm. (Red ink: Burnand called in afternoon. Somewhat rambling pitiful yarn.) (Cuttings glued in: Photograph of the late Viscountess Howe. Countess Howe's involvement in public affairs. Feby 17. Death of Charles Blewitt. Death of Ernest Syrett.) Tuesday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. White frost. Very cold. Up Church Street with Rags. Met L with a friend. Slewed round Campden Grove. Back. Breakfast. Cold in room. At 12.0 went to see Mr Richardson. £5000 Ordinary Chathams at £1207. Second Preference clear. £500 owing for P & O only. Back. Developed rest of Morgan (Evie) photos & rest of Warwick, 5 March '05. Cold snow. After cut copper plates for camera. Piece of copper ran to 16 of them. After squared up prints & cut Times. M & self dined by ourselves quietly & in Drawing Room after. Bed at 12.0. Roy came home from Club 11.15pm & went to bed. Wednesday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8am & out up Church Walk & round Campden Grove. Met L by herself. After 3 Kittens. Back. Saw man about Electric Magnifyer. All morning tidying up. At 1.20 lunch & drove at 2.0pm to the New Theatre & saw Mr & Mrs Fred Terry in The Scarlet Pimpernel. Very well played. Had large box. Very cold in it. Round end of Charing X Road & put M into carriage. Cup of tea at the Athenaeum. Met His Grace of York. Curious letter from N.Sutherland. Walked to Sands & H & after by bus to Punch Dinner. The last with F.C.B as Editor. Very sad. But everyone kept up their spirits. Talk of sale of my drawings. 13 at table. Sir F.C.B, self, R.H, C.G, R.L, O.S, P.A, L.B, C.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, F.H.T. Letter from L.B
handed to me. After business Phil A read a letter from his father. Frank made a speech, I also on behalf of his colleagues. Lucy a few words. F.C.B proposed O.S's health. Seaman overcome. All broke up at 11.0 & home by bus. Roy at Mite's. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of The Scarlet Pimpernel.) (Red ink across page: Burnand presided at the Table as Editor for the last time. Douglas Herapath & a friend met us near the Camera Club.) (Cutting glued in: Inquest on Colonel Charles Blewitt. Suicide of the Marquis de Mendegorria. Feby 14.) Thursday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. M & self both slept well. Out up Church St. Met L & after 3 Kittens. Back. Breakfast. Contract note arrived of sale of 2 nd Pref & Ordinary stock of L.C & D Rly. After up in room. Difficulty in scheming subject of Bannerman Full Speed Ahead. Sent O to Mays & S & H. Back 12.15pm. At 12.40 photod him as Captain & also enlarged photo from the Teutonic book. Lunch. From 2.0 to 4.0 enlarged. Sent costume back. Drew outline & found I had got the indicator wrong way round. Dressed at 7.35 & left 7.50 in carriage & dined with the Binns Smiths. Very pleasant dinner. The Harry Dickens there. Romer etc. 'She calls me a blessing'. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. Roy back early. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Binns Smiths. Harry Dickens & wife there.) Friday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out 8.5. At Notting Hill 8.25. Saw L at 8.25 below old road. Disappeared up Notting Hill Square. Back. Avoided band. Breakfast 8.45. Roy off early for dentist. In room & at work all day on C.B Full Steam Ahead. From 11.0 to 11.30 re-enlarged 4 plates. Worked till 10.15 pm when finished & M & self dined quietly. Roy out at Lancaster Gate to meet Paul & Dora. Back at 11.0pm. Bed after snooze at 12.15am. (Red ink: Dear little Ann & Linley came up to my room in the afternoon, Ann for the 1st time. M took them to the Zoological Gardens.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Alexander Campbell to Laura Daunt. Marriage of John Chown to Sarah Rees. Verdict after centuries of litigation about cutting wood in the Forest of Dabo decided at the supreme court at Leipzig. Feby 16. Obituary of John Robbins. Feby 16.) Saturday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. Shave & after out. Just caught 2 nd Dromio in rain. Back. Breakfast. After letters etc all morning squared films of Ethel W. Lunch 1.30 & left in heavy rain by carriage for the Apollo Theatre & saw Mr Popple. Ethel Irving & Huntly, A1. Girl in front like Olive Tucker. Out. Got sausages & after fruit & a splendid haddock. Home. Cocoa etc. Posted letter to G.T at Regent St. After up in room & wrote letters. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. In Morning Room after. Bed at 11.45pm. (Red ink: M & self went in heavy rain to matinée at the Apollo Theatre & saw a piece written & composed by Paul Rubens called Mr Popple.) Sunday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am & out. Poor cripples in distance. After back. In morning put phos of last week's drawings away etc. Wrote letters. Sent sheath to Watsons. At 1.10 dressed & left with M in carriage to a very dull lunch with
General & Mrs Stevenson. Curious daughters. One who sang. A Mrs Banbury there. After left at 3.25 & home in the wet by carriage. Heavy wet all day. Up in room. Rest & after again wrote photographic letters. At 8.15 Lennie, Mite, Roy & Miss Wilkinson dined. Lennie brought an Electric Light surprise toy & a beautiful Epergne. They left at 11.0pm. Rest in chair till 12.0 when to bed. M had been upset by her luncheon in some way & felt unwell. (Red ink: M & self lunched with Genl & Mrs Stevenson.) Monday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Dull morning. Walked over Notting Hill. Met L. who comes further west near High School. After back by 9.5. F.C.B had sent me a copy of a letter the Proprietors had sent him declining to ask him to the 'Punch' table in future. Very sad. But must keep out of this deplorable quarrel if possible. M remained in bed for breakfast. All day pottering about. Roy bought 500 Russians & 500 Cubans. Dressed at 7.45 to go to dine at Bernard Partridges. Otley came up with the carriage. M had suspicion of his drinking. At B.P's 16 to dinner in 4 tables. Took a lady I don't remember the name down & sat with B.P. Lady Seton there. M with Mrs Trower, Marcus Stone & E.T.Reed. Mrs P, Sir Bruce Seton, Sir F.C.B & Mrs Stone. Lady Burnand, Sir C.Scotter, Lilian Braithwaite, Seymour Trower. Room cold. Waited for carriage ¼ hr. Took cab. On getting home a Police Sergeant met us bottom of Argyll Rd & Springs. Otley locked up. Carriage smashed & collision with hansom cab. Went back to Police Station. Saw Inspector Collison with cab. Lamp, splash board etc damaged. Back & drove over to Mite's dance at 104 Lanaster Gate. Many satellites there, Stern & Roy etc. Back at 1.0pm by cab. Read & troubled sleep. Entirely my own fault not having sacked Otley before. (Red ink across page: Dined at the Bernard Partridges. Otley drunk & smashed carriage & a cab. Locked up.) Tuesday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am & out. Saw Otley at carriage. Both shafts broken. Called Coles & over C.H for walk with Rags & Rick. After breakfast printed blues of E.W & at 12.30 went out & tried camera. Success. Over Campen Hill at 11.0. Took 10, 3 or 4 A1. Back to lunch. Developed above & 2 left of Miss Mackenzie. After with great difficulty cut 12 aluminium plates. Tea. M in room. Letters. M, Roy & self dined quietly & bed by 11.45. (Red ink: Tried large camera. Success.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Caroline Surtees. Death of William Ogden. Mona, wife of J.E.Spagnoletti, of a son.) Wednesday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Called at Coles. Saw a young man. Up Campden Hill & home After re-printed blues. No letter from Cyril Maude. Rest in afternoon. M out. Went to see Sir John Tenniel. Upton drove us for 1 st time. Left for Punch Dinner by bus at 6.0pm. Called Athenaeum. 3 letters. After to Sands & Hunters. Then to the Punch Dinner. 1st time O.S as Editor in full. Pleasant dinner & two good subjects. O.S, self, R.H, C.G, R.L, P.A, L.B, C.L, B.P, F.H.T & H.W.L. Talk of F.C.B afterwards with Lucy & Raven Hill. Left at 11.0 & home by bus. (Red ink: 1st Punch Dinner under Owen Seaman's Editorship.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of David Ainsworth. Death of Charles Rigg. Feby 23. 06.) Thursday February 22
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags. Round Church St. Back & schemed subject of Arthur Balfour's return in a Bark. Could not find Youth at the Prow & Pleasure at the Helm. Searched everywhere. At 12.0 Hilton came. Photod him for A.B in Roy's coat. Sheet of plate glass broke to pieces. Enlarged & did not finish till 4.35. Cocoa in Morning Room. Very tired. Had an hours rest. M had lunched at Lady Fletcher Moulton. Worked till 7.15 when dressed & went in the carriage U driving to dine at Miss Hollins. Very good dinner, delightful flat. Wirgman there, Sir Lucius & Lady Selfe. Left at 10.50. Miss Frith. Roy dined at the Daniel's. Could not send the carriage. In Morning Room. Bed at 12.0pm. (Red ink: M & self dined at Miss Hollins, Albert Hall Mansions.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Bessborough. Feby 26.) Friday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Rags & field glass. Walked over Campden Hill. Dull foggy morning. Could not see L. Went down as far as Norland Square High School. Back & on at work all day on drawing of Arthur Balfour in Bark, Turtle steering. Finished 10.25. Very late. M & self dined quietly 10.30. In chair till 2.0am when to bed. Very tired. (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Steinkopff.) Saturday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Very tired. Strange dream of staying in a 2 nd class Inn. Out. Up Holland Walk. Missed 2nd Dromio. Back. Breakfast. Interview with Upton. He witnessed my signing 5 transfers of L.C & Dover stock Ordinary & 2 nd Preference. After wrote letters etc. Left by carriage at 12.40 & drove to the Savoy with M. Had lunch, chop & B(illeg). Saw Roy, Stern & Mr & Mrs Colefax. After met Brandon Thomas. X'd over & went to matinée of Spring Chicken. Very bad & empty. Shocking bad performance of Willie Ward. Some objectionable ballet girl & another who overdid her part. No Olive May. Out. Slight rain. Bus to Hyde Park Corner. Slight rain. Carriage. Called Butts & for haddock. Home. M & self dined quietly by ourselves & peaceful evening afterwards. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: M & self lunched at the Savoy. Went to matinée of The Spring Chicken.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Edward Steinkopff.) Sunday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out at 8.50 with small camera. Bright sun. Walked up Church Street but saw no one worth taking. A remarkably good haddock for breakfast. After printed blues taken last Tuesday. At 12.10 went for walk with M up Row. Fat little girl. Met Lennie, Mite & Linley. Turned & walked to Bayswater side & then home. M & self lunched. The whole afternoon writing letters, Stores etc. After Lennie, Mite, Roy, M, self & Ethel Burnand dined. Pleasant evening. Dressed in court suit & then took it off. Bed at 1.0 after snooze. Thought I had a cold coming on. Took ammoniated quinine. Sent cheque to Garrick Club. Had sent Upton with letter to F.C.B about court mourning. (Red ink: Lennie, Mite, Roy & Ethel Burnand, self & M dined at home.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Froude.) Monday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out up Church Walk. Met Lord Alverstone. Asked how I liked the new Editor. Just missed 3 Kittens. Wrote letters, clocks etc. After dressed & at 11.25 left in carriage driven by Upton to Jermyn St. After to Club. Then on to
St James's Palace. No Levée there. Then to Buckingham Palace. Almost the last. Saw Rev Montague Fowler, also Sir Schomberg McDonnell, Herr Gratz who mistook me for Furniss. Made the aquaintance of Winans who shoots. Walked to Athenaeum. There at 1.0pm. Home by 1.25. M just left to lunch with Lady Lockyer. Changed things. One ought to be at the Levée by 11.25 at latest. Last there Monday 9 March 1903. Lunch. Developed 12 of E.W taken August 29 05, Tuesday. Up in room after. Rested after tea from 5.0 to 7.0pm. Dressed & M & self went to dine at Lady Burnands. Sir Charles Scotter & son. Mr & Mrs Carton. Charley Burnand & wife, ourselves & the rest of the family making 14 in all to dinner. Oh! Uncomfortable after smoking. M & self left at 11.30 & home by carriage. (Red ink: M & self dined at Lady Burnands. Met the Cartons & Scotters.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Duke Gandolfi. Wedy 28 Feby.) Tuesday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Wet. Walked over Notting Hill at 8.35. L came along, not pleasant expression. After 2nd D in distance in Holland Walk. Home by Argyll Rd. Called & saw Otley. Said goodbye to him. Back. Breakfast. Roy away 9.0am. M in bed resting. After wrote letters & began to sort enlargements. Dated blues. All day at it. Dressed at 7.15pm & M & self left to dine with Sir Trevor & Lady Lawrence. Met the Lindos, also a little lady we had met at Frank Holls in 1889. Left at 10.45. Talk of Roy. Home by carriage. (Red ink: M & self dined with Sir Trevor & Lady Lawrence.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Charles Peake to Agnes Buckmaster.) Wednesday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x x at night. Out with hand camera. Took 7. All failures at 1/23 second. Saw L & friend. After back. Breakfast. Put all things away & long day tidying etc. Developed films or rather plates taken this morning. After in afternoon left in grey coat for Punch Dinner by bus to Piccadilly. Called Athenaeum. Wrote Spiers & Pond. On to P.D. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, A.G, R.L, P.A, C.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Fairly pleasant dinner. Got cut of 2 Peers. Home by bus. Bed at 12.0 after reading. (Cutting glued in: Messieurs.... List of names. Feby 27.) Mar 1906 Thursday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull rainy morning. Out over Campden Hill by Young Street. Back. Sent Upton to Mays early & schemed subject of 2 Peers. Hilton came at 12.0. Cleared after. Developed & all ready by 4.0pm. Rested from 5.0 to 6.0pm. Worked till 8.45pm. Barely outlined. M & self dined quietly together. Roy out. Bed 12.0am Friday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & out in dull weather over Notting Hill. Girls going into an auction house. Could not see L. Met the 3 Kittens. Breakfast & to work by 10.0am. Worked till 10.30pm when finished. M & self dined together. In Morning Room after. Roy back at 12.0am. Snooze till 2.0am when to bed. Lennie & Mite went down to Ramsgate early. Saturday March 3
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out 8.55. Both dogs. After met Mr Turner. A bright cold morning. Wrote letters. Cheque from Bradley Agnew etc Co. Claim from cabman for £5.0.0. Sent it to Cole. Otley had taken the blinds from the stable. After packed. Lunch. Roy back & not ready. Left at 2.50pm in carriage & 4 wheel cab. Full train. Roy turned up after. Down to Ramsgate. Lovely afternoon. Cold. F.C.B & Lady B, Lennie & Mite at terminus. After walked to the Granville. Very much winded in climbing up steps. Delightful rooms at hotel. Went with Lennie to Ray & Hills. Roy had shave & hair cut. Dressed. Dinner. Little girl like Ann at next table. Smoke & liqueur. Bed 11.30. M & self slept well. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went down by the Granville to Ramsgate.) Sunday March 4 The Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 8.0am & out with Roy along sands. Lennie seedy. Breakfast. After at 11.25 M, self, Lennie, Mite & Roy all started to walk to Margate. M & Mite took the tram at Broadstairs. Pretty house. Roy could not find name cut. Got to the Cliftonville at 2.0pm. Indifferent lunch. Saw the little girl who was at the station yesterday. Out & back by train by 4.30. Rested. Letter from F.C.B. Could not dine. All dined together. Poor dinner. In room after. Roy to go up by 7.55pm in the morning. (Red ink: Lovely walk round the sands by Margate. Tired after. Back by train.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Lucia Marconi.) Monday March 5 The Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 8.0am & out. Looked at Wills' house. Breakfast with Lennie. Went down & saw him off. Lady Rose, Rachel W & Bill there. Walked back with Mite. Got small camera & took 1 doz of girl with fair hair. After back & got Ross's camera. Awkward. Back & M & self saw Mite off by the 1.30 train. She had to change at Faversham. Back & lunch with M. Cold beef. Up in room & rested till 4.30 when M & self went & called on Mrs Hammond & Lady Burnand. Saw F.C.B. Walk thro' town. Called Hills. Back. Dressed & dined at 7.45. Up in room after. Changed plates & bed at 12.0. M & self slept well. (Red ink: Lovely day. Roy, Lennie & Maud left & returned to town. Went on sands. Took 3 doz photos & called with M on the Hammonds & Burnands after.) Tuesday March 6 The Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 8.0am & out to end of Parade. Most lovely day. M & self breakfast 8.30am. After a little delay walked with M across to inner harbour & to Mrs Evans. Took photos of Lighthouse, steps etc. Back. Got small camera & met M who had been bothered by dogs on the sands etc. Down & took 1 doz on Pier. Just missed a ladies' school going down steps. Hotel lunch. Finished packing. Paid bill £7.12.9. After finished packing to town with Sir Francis & Lady Burnand. Cab home. Warm. Roy dined with Miss Rose Innes. M & self dined quietly. Bed at 12.0. Slept well. (Red ink: Lovely day. Took the Lighthouse at Ramsgate.) (Cuttings glued in: Sale by auction of original drawings by Linley Sambourne. Obituary of Major-General Sir William Gatacre. March 6 1906.) Wednesday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rags. Most lovely morning. Took small camera & up Church St. Took the Springer etc. No L. Paragraph about sale of drawings yesterday in Times. After wrote & put things up etc. Went out again with large camera at 1.0. Met Orton. In brilliant sun took schoolgirls going home,
1 doz. Many of these were over exposed at 1/50 th of a second. Back. Lunch. After all afternoon resting etc. Left at 5.45 & by bus to Athenaeum. Called Sands & Hunter & by bus to Punch Dinner. Took Champagne 1 st time for month. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.L, L.B, C.L, B.P, H.W.L, A.G, E.T.R. Guthrie back 1 st time after operation. Got Morocco Camel subject. Talk of sale of my drawings. Left with Guthrie at 10.35. Home by bus. Roy out & no card put up. 2 nd days sale of old drawings. (Red ink: The most lovely day ever remember in March. 65º in shade.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Critchett.) Thursday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on bicycle round Earls Court. Saw A, growing fast & losing her beauty. B.L also. Back by Notting Hill. Breakfast. Sent Upton to Mays for Gendarme's costume & pickelhaube. At 12.0 photod Hilton & also a fireman. All finished by 4.0pm. M lunched out. Worked from 5.0 to 8.30pm when M & self dined quietly. Bed 12.0am. (Cuttings glued in: Sale of drawings by Mr Linley Sambourne, two cuttings. March 8 1906. The wife of Osbert Sibley, of a son. Death of Edith Sibley. Marriage of Captain Wilfred Wild to Violet Harmsworth. March.) Friday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40 & out over Notting Hill. Bright sun. Took 11 photos girls going to school, 1/50, all a success. Smaller camera. Back & at work all day after writing letters. Finished Morocco drawing of Camel & French & German Gendarmes at 10.30. M & self dined. Very tired. Roy back at 2.0am & proceeded to bolt me in the Morning Room. Bed. (Cutting glued in: Death of Lilian CookeHurle. Death of Haden Corser.) Saturday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Walk. Met Mr Turner. Walked back of Upper Phillimore Gardens. Back. Breakfast. After dull wet morning. Developed some photos. Lunch. M & self left at 1.45 in carriage & drove to the Garrick Theatre & saw Brother Officers. Good. A decent actor named Clarence. Sir Squire & Lady Bancroft in box opposite. Out. Wet. Bother with bus. Home after fruit at 5.55. Muddle with cameras. Dressed & M, Roy & self left in heavy wet at 7.50 for Mite's. Good dinner. A man named Propert there. Left 11.10 & home. Took 4 C.L.L.P. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of Brother Officers. Met Sir Squire & Lady Bancroft. Dined at Mite's after. Poured with rain.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Haden Corser.) Sunday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out 9.20. Up Church Street. Dull grey morning. After letters etc. At 12.0 M & self went for walk round Round Pond & back up Holland Walk. Gave Old W 6d. Blue eyes. Back. Lunch. The Galbraiths called. All afternoon writing letters & developed Ramsgate photos. At 8.0 Lennie & Mite, Mr & Mrs Karr(sic, Kerr) dined. A very pleasant evening. Corked Champagne, never found it out. They all left at 11.0pm. Took 3 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Mr & Mrs Fred Kerr dined.) Monday March 12
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out. Thro' Church Walk. Met no one. Back. Breakfast. Good haddock. After bitterly cold. Mended Etruscan vase & blue pot. Printed blues. Lunch. M out with Maud. Developed 14 E.W nudes taken August last. Rest in room after. Altered Nelson drawing for Royal Academy up to 7.0pm. Dressed & left in carriage with Roy for Oddinino's Restaurant, Regent Street. Dined with Louis de Ayala & his brother. Sat next a Mr Barrow who was at Margate with a very pretty little girl on Sunday week last. Also Mrs A.Gilbey. Tresham very ill. Also Mr Phaysey. Also a doctor from Egham who met me in 1872 when I went down to Crawley to hunt with the Crawley & Hookham hounds. Very good dinner. Left at 11.15 & to the Garrick, 1st time this year. Lord Sandhurst, one of the Harmsworths & Tunstall there. Home by cab. Motor omnibuses about. (Red ink: Dined with de Ayala at Oddinino's Restaurant.) Tuesday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am & out. Bitterly cold & snow on the ground. Met 3 Kittens. Back. Breakfast. Roy in better spirits. Sent cheque to Johnson. After printed blues & also worked on drawing for Royal Academy finishing Nelson. M & self dined quietly together & bed early after reading. Roy out. Wednesday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out with Rags. Cold. After went on with drawing of Nelson for the Academy. Could not finish it. Left in afternoon for the 'Punch' Dinner. Called at the Athenaeum Club. Wrote to Ross & sent cheque for £10.0.0. On by bus to Punch Dinner. O.S, self, H.F.T, R.H, C.G, R.L, P.A, C.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. After discussion got cut of Bannerman Boxing. Home by bus. Bed at 12.0am. Hideous chimney at Lady Meade's opposite put up. Thursday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out for walk with Rags. Breakfast. After schemed subject of Campbell Bannerman & Arthur Balfour Boxing. Man from Fire Station came & Hilton. All over by 3.30. Rest. Worked up to 9.15pm when M & self dined quietly. (Red ink: Galbraiths & Maxwells dined with Lennie & Mite.) Friday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & walked over Notting Hill. Back just when band commenced. At work all day on drawing of Bannerman & Balfour Boxing. Made enlargement at 12.0pm or after lunch. Worked to 7.10pm when dressed & went to dinner at the Reform Club given by Lehmann to Burnand. Got there 8.20pm. Tired. Good port wine. F.C.B, self, R.H, C.G, R.L, O.S, C.L, B.P E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Good dinner. Talk. Did (illeg) the Knome King. Left at 11.0. Took R.H & Guthrie on their way home. Came & went by carriage. 1st noticed chimney opposite at Lady Neave's. (Cutting glued in: Death of Queen Victoria's coachman. 15 March.) Saturday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Lovely sunny morning. Went out & snapped the 2nd D. Met Mr Turner. Back & developed & printed etc. Lunch. After M & self left in carriage & went to matinée of She Stops to Conquer at the Waldorf Theatre. Vernon, Lady Margaret & Rosalind Watney came into the box. Saw Lady Joyce after, very brusque. M & self by bus to Hyde Park Corner & home after getting fruit etc. Roy grumbling at having to go motor ride. He went to Folkestone. M &
self dined quietly. Pleasant evening. St Patrick's Day. Green flags & ribands everywhere. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of 'She Stoops to Conquer'. Vernon Watney & Lady Margaret came to our box.) Sunday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Dull rainy morning. Out up Church St. After breakfast printed etc. Got ready & at 2.30pm Lennie & Mite came in motor. Rain & cold. Went to Hampton Court Mitre. Sadler still there. Very good lunch. After over the Palace. Difficulty about camera. Said it was an opera glass. There till 4.0pm. Fat policeman also civil sergeant. Tea & home by 6.0 by Kingston Hill. After Sir Henry & Lady Bergne & Owen Seaman dined with us. Pleasant evening. Roy at Folkestone with Stern. All left at 11.0pm. Tried 1889 Barton wine. So so. Old Rick with a piece of riband round his neck. (Red ink: M & self motored with Lennie & Mite to Hampton Court. Sir Henry & Lady Bergne dined.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Johann Most. Monday 19 March.) Monday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40 & out. Bright sun. Went with Rags over Campden Hill to Notting Hill. Took 8 photos when magazine stuck. Schoolgirls. Back. Met Chesterton. All morning printing etc. M went to lunch with Miss Krabbe. Met Margaret Toby. Went out. Cold. Heavy clouds. Took 12 of Kensington High School & skirts in wind. Back. Lunch at 1.50pm. After developed them all. Margery Howlden arrived 3.30. After went on with Nelson drawing. Worked from 5.0 to 7.30pm. Roy back & out to dinner with Stern. Quiet evening, M, self & Margery H. Bed at 12.0pm. Had left Electric Light all night in Hut. (Red ink: Margery Howlden arrived.) Tuesday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Grey. No camera. Walk with Rags up Church St. Met Dudley. Back. Margery W 1st breakfast. Roy up, gave him watch. After all day at work & pottering. Finished drawing of Nelson for the Academy. Read. Printed blues etc etc. Dined at 7.0pm. M, Margery & self after by carriage to the Comedy Theatre. Saw Hare in The Pair of Spectacles, A1. Col Lucas, Mrs Galbraith, Charley Livesey, no, Harry, Charley Maxwell, came into our box. Home by carriage. Wet evening. Roy out. Had seen Galbraith at the Junior Carlton Club. (Red ink: M, Margery & self went to see The Pair of Spectacles. Very good.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Anne Agnew. Obituary of Mrs Thomas Agnew. Saty 24 March. Obituary of Mrs Stephen Henty.) Wednesday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out with camera. Took 12 in Notting Hill. All failures owing to developing in too strong light. Developed the Ramsgate photos. Lunch. M & self, Margery & Emma went to the Pantomime. Wrote letters, cut paper etc & left 5.30 for Punch Dinner calling at the Athenaeum. Letter from Miss Bryson. Saw a lot of my drawings for sale in shop in Pall Mall with letters. Called Sands & Hunters. After to Punch Dinner. A most solemn affair. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, L.B, C.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got cut of Milner Knight which I suggested myself. Left at 10.40. Talkative conductor home. Roy back at 12.0am looking depressed. Bed at 12.5am.
Thursday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out with Rags & camera. Very cold, had been frost. Took 7 photos, girls. 2 girls from Durham Villas. Back. Breakfast. Schemed subject for Milner as Knight & History. Sent Upton to Mays. At 12.15 photod Hilton & after Miss H. Not well. Cold & difficulties. M & Margery out. Finished 4.30pm. Tea in room. After M, Roy, self & Margery Howlden dined. Quiet evening & bed early. (Red ink: Roy dined at home 1st time for ages.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Jacob Barth to Ida Burnand. Death of Constance Norris Irven. Death of Diane Norris Irven.) Friday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am & out. Waited about High St. Bus with girls. Up Church St. Took 2 photos. After met Chesterton. Talked to him about chimney opposite. After back. Breakfast. Margery Howlden went to Sheffield for a Ball. Marguerite went with her. After at work entire day on drawing of Lord Milner as a Knight & History. Finished at 10.20. M had lunched at Mite's. Roy back & sat at dinner with me. Bitterly cold all day. Bed 2.30 after snooze in chair. (Red ink: Bitterly cold.) Saturday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Tired. Out at 9.0. Up Holland Walk with Rags. A miserable morning, sleety snow. Walked rear of Phillimore Gardens. Back. Breakfast. Drew cheques, books etc & for coals. After put things away. Lunch. A horrid drizzle of sleety rain all day. Put developing carriers for 2 x 2¾ all right & after read. Squared up 'Times' since January. Margery Howlden back in the afternoon 4.30. At 6.20 went out & bought fruit etc. After back.Called Camera Magazine. Dressed & left in carriage at 7.50 & to the Lindo's for dinner. Met the Fitz Georges & Levys (H) & also Sir Trevor & Lady Lawrence. Very pleasant dinner. Talk to young Lindo after. Left at 10.45pm. Called Mite's for Margery Howlden & home by 11.30pm. Roy back 12.20. Bed. In Morning Room. Letter about carriage. (Red ink: Dined at the Lindo's. Good dinner. Met the Fitz Georges.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Thomas Dalziel. Saty 24 March.) Sunday March 25 Stafford Terrace. M & self overslept ourselves. Up at 9.15am. Out up Phillimore Gardens. Rags got shut in a garden. Breakfast. Fine morning. After came on heavy rain. Nevertheless M, Margery & self went for walk. Back. Lunch. Then immediately upstairs & for 4 hours looked over The Sketch & tore out papers. Went back to December 1904. Dressed & put films in magazine. Dinner. Mr & Mrs Arthur Gill, Margery H, M, Roy, self, Lennie & Mite dined. Pleasant evening. Felt bitterly cold in Dining Room & also after. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Bitterly cold. The Gills, Margery Howlden, Lennie & Mite dined with us.) Monday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Waited for nothing in High Street. After walk up Campden Hill & back. Met 3 Kittens. Tidied & printed blues in the morning & at 11.30 went up with M to the (illeg)'s old house in Upper Phillimore Gardens. Disappointed & nothing to buy. Back. Altered carriage & had my hair cut. Back. Lunch. M & Margery late. After rested & put room straight getting rid of many things. At 7.0 dressed & M & self went to dine with Sybil Grantham. Met Dunlop.
Oh! & after took a lady in who lives in Palace Court & has a lift. Met Mrs George Alexander, rest so so. Back in carriage. Bitterly cold. Roy, Margery & Mite went to The Little Michus. Lennie to Drill. Bed at 12.30am. Roy & Margery back. Mite called 5.30. Had been to Ryle's show of pictures. (Red ink: Bitterly cold. Dined at Mr & Mrs Granthams.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Richard Twining. March 27. Memories of Richard Twining. March 30.) Tuesday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. Bitterly cold. Out. Met Coward & daughter. Round by Kensington High School. Brown Legs & another very pretty girl in mauve. Back. Breakfast. After wrote letters. General tidy up etc. Many callers in afternoon. In evening Roy dined out & M & self & Margery dined quietly together & bed early after. Bitterly cold. Went at 1.0pm to High Street Notting Hill. Dull cloudy. Took blind man. Smellies. (Red ink: Still bitterly cold.) Wednesday March 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out up Kensington High Street. No bus. Past school etc. Back & all morning putting things straight. Printed blues etc. Went out with larger camera at 1.0 & took 12 in indifferent light, n° 4. Stuck on the top & all but 1 were spoilt. This is a new development of the magazine. Back. Lunch. Developed above & others taken earlier. At 1.30 Margery Howlden left in her brougham saying good bye to me in my Hut. After in room rested 1 hr. Dressed & left at 5.30 for Athenaeum. Bitterly cold. No letter from solicitors about horse & cab. Letter from G.T. On to Sands & Hunters & then to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.H, P.A, C.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. After got subject of Mastiff Puppy & C.B. A cut made up for Bernard Partridge who was inattentive. O.S spoke most sharply to him. Oh! Left at 10.45pm & home by bus. (Red ink: Margery Howlden left.) Thursday March 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on bicycle 1st time since 8 March. Saw A, looking common & shop-girl like. Round High School & up Church Street. Breakfast. After schemed subject of Mastiff Puppy & C.B. At 11.45 fireman came round. Photod him & got all done by 3.45. In room & worked till 7.15 when dressed & went with M in carriage to dine at Lennie & Mite's. Met Col & Mrs Welby & a Dr & Mrs Avery & 2 Campbells. A remarkably good dinner. Left at 11.0 & home by the carriage. Bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: M & self dined at Lennie & Mite's. Took a Mrs Avery in.) Friday March 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk up Church St with Rags. After all day at work on C.B & Labour Mastiff. M up in my room at 6.0pm. Finished at 10.0pm. Wrote letters. M & self dined & bed after. Letter from cab owners solicitors making out claim for £20 exactly. (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Frank Curzon of a daughter. Death of Eliza Arthur. 31 March.) Saturday March 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20am. Out. Walk up Argyll Road. Met Mr Turner. Back. All morning putting straight etc. Lunch. Developed the last 5 films in stack, taken August last, E.W & G.T. Dressed. At 3.30 M & self drove to Mite's at home at 104
Lancaster Gate. Great success & lovely band. Roy in morning coat. Heaps I knew there. Pretty girl, a Miss Something, in red. Stayed until 6.45 when home M, self & Roy in carriage. Roy dined at home & went out afterwards to Carlton. M & self quiet evening. Bed 12.30. Roy came in as I went upstairs. (Red ink: Dear Mite's big at home at Lancaster Gate. Splendid band.) Apr 1906 Sunday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am & out. Walk round Church Street. Back. In morning looked to sheaths etc. At 12.15 went with M up to top of Park. M returned by bus. Walked on to Athenaeum. Had chop. From 3.20 to 7.0 wrote letters in small room. List to Mudies. After home by bus. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Phipson Beale, Lennie, Maud, Roy, M & self dined. A most uncomfortable dinner owing to Geoff being brought by Maud. Spencer also dined. They left at 11.0pm. Smoke & talk with Spencer. Snooze till 1.45am when bed. (Red ink: Phipson Beales dined. Geoff came & made a 9th, uncomfortable.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Arthur Spencer Wells. April 3rd .) Monday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on bicycle. A dull wretchedly cold morning. East wind again. Round Earls Court. Met A. Red & grey. Back. Breakfast. Roy off to City. All day putting straight etc etc. After M & self went by carriage & dined at Mite's. Met the Gilberts, the Heron-Allens & Ryle, Eric Parker & wife. A delightful evening. Home in the carriage. Bed at 12.0pm. (Red ink: M & self dined at Mite's & met the Gilberts.) (Cutting glued in: Dinner to Lord St Aldwyn.) Tuesday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Short walk. Breakfast. After left at 10.15 & went by bus to Victoria & X'd Channel 1st time for a year. Saw Sir C.B.McLaren. Uninteresting both ways. No pretty women. Usual lunch & waiter. Coming back Captain Bloomfield & also Gibson of Goldsmiths Company. Home at 7.40. M & self dined quietly & quiet evening. Lovely day & cool east wind. Took successful 1 doz plates, 6 Thomas films failures, 6 Lumiere films all right. (Red ink: X'd Channel 1st time for a year. Brilliant sun.) (Cutting glued in: Golden Wedding Mr and Mrs Thomas McLean.) Wednesday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out Earls Court. 1st bright morning. Snapped A & 2nd D. The plates stuck together & spoilt 2nd D. After got Common. Back. Breakfast. Put plates away. Went out to Notting Hill at 1.0pm & got girls coming from school. Some very good. After developed from 2.15 to 4.0pm. Short rest & changed. Went by cab to Miles's, felt tired & seedy. Walked to Park Lane. After vainly waiting for bus took cab to W.P. By bus to Punch Dinner ½ hr late. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, L.B, C.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Pleasant dinner for L.B. Got cut of Birrell & Bill. Home by bus. Taken to Phillimore Gardens. Bed 12.30am. Thursday April 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & out. Again snapped A & 2 nd D. Back. Breakfast. After sent Upton to May's for cap & gown. Schemed subject & at 12.0 photod Hilton for Birrell & a small boy. Worst photos I ever took owing to old plates &
also only putting half a developer in. After worked all day & afternoon on drawing of small boy Bill & Birrell. M met the Hickmans & went for a drive with Lady H. Saw Sir F.C.B. Worked up to 7.15 when dressed & M & self went in the carriage to dine with the Heilbuts. Good dinner & wine. Took Mrs T.P.O'Connor in to dinner. Amusing. Marshall Hall, Sir Douglas Straight. Mr & Mrs Charley Burnand, Mrs Arthur Lewis, Mrs Chapman & others. Back by the carriage. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Heilbuts'.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Wyke Bayliss. Obituary of Sir Wyke Bayliss. 7 April.) Friday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40am & out over to Notting Hill. Met Pepys Cockerell & daughter going to ride. Took 11 of girls going to school. Back. Breakfast. No band. I avoided it. After all day at work on drawing of Birrell as Schoolmaster & small boy Bill. Finished it at 9.45pm when M & self dined quietly. Bed after snooze. Saturday April 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & up Church Street for walk. Boat Race morning. After tidying Roy back from the City at 11.40. Started he & I in cart at 11.45 & drove down to Thornycrofts. Most heavenly bright sunny morning. No race at all. Cambridge won. Saw Hilton. Back. Put Roy down at the Queens Club. Took 6 photos, 1 spoilt. After lunch M & self went up by bus to the Haymarket Theatre & saw The Man from Blankley's. A1. Out & down to Hyde Park Corner. Plovers eggs 6d each. Home by carriage after buying fruit. Changed plates & M & self dined quietly. In Morning Room after. (Red ink: M & self went to see The Man from Blankley's.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Charles Martin. April 6.) Sunday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & at 9.10 walked over & up Church St. Back by Phillimore Gardens. After in morning printed blues & at 12.0 went with M over to Mite's. Missed them. Mite out in a Bath Chair. Met Lady Hickman, May Shakespeare & the Spofforths. Sat at fountains. No Mite. Back by a 4 wheel cab. Lunch. Langley in & lunched with us. Brought plovers eggs. In room. Wrote letters & after at 4.0 Roy & self cycled to Sir Alfred Hickmans for Tennis. Met à Beckett Tyrrel & wife. Played many sets & lost all. Back at 6.45. Col Trench & son there. Bother with camera. Just time to dress & at 8.10 Col & Mrs Welby, Mr & Mrs Routh, H.W.Langley, Roy, M & self dined. Pleasant dinner. Felt frightfully sleepy & livery after. Snooze till 12.30am when went up into room & again pottered with camera. Bed 1.30am. (Red ink: 1st Tennis with Sir Alfred Hickman. Welbys & Rouths to dinner with us.) Monday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on cycle Earls Court. Met A, Brown L. Over Palace Gardens & back at 9.15. Roy 3 plover Langley eggs. After put camera up & at 11.0 drove to Bernard Partridges. Took 4 photos of him & he took 2 of me. Back after talk of F.C.B at 12.30. Edith F with M. Long tiring afternoon endeavouring to get my 3 magazines all right. Left for the Punch Dinner at 5.45. Called Athenaeum & also Hunter & Sands. On to the Easter Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, P.A, C.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. All three cuts made up all right. Partridge had his before. Left at 11.0 & home by bus. Last cold grey day, cleared
tomorrow. (Red ink: Punch Dinner for 2 cuts before Easter.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Charles C.Taylor, of a daughter. The wife of Charles J.Taylor, of a daughter.) Tuesday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & out with camera. After B.L in Cromwell Road, took 7 or 8. Met Sir Henry Sutton. Lovely morning. Met M.H going into school. After in evening schemed subject. Had wired to Miss Huxley not to come. Schemed subject of Schoolmistress & Punch. Worked at it all day after photoing Upton & Marguerite. Lovely light & day. M & self dined at 8.30pm. Quiet evening. Roy out. Lennie & Maud left for Ireland in the morning. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Frederick Stibbert. Death of Mrs John Baxter. Death of Mr Stibbert. F 13 April.) Wednesday April 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Round Cromwell Road. Took 2 at school. Met new M.H at station. Back. Breakfast. Most lovely morning. After at work all day on drawing of Punch & Britannia as Schoolmistress. Finished it at 9.45pm, M in my room. M & self dined at 10.0pm. Roy out. Lovely weather. Thursday April 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Campden Hill. No photos. After breakfast schemed subject of Asquith in Punt. Photos had been sent yesterday by Marsh & proved no good at all. At 11.15 Hilton came. At 11.30 photod him in lovely sunny weather for Asquith Punting, Upton holding hat up. After developed & all ready by 3.0pm. Rest & on with work until 8.0pm. At 8.20 M, Roy & self dined. Quiet evening after. M got £50 for me from Bank & £10 for herself for the Dutch trip. (Cutting glued in: Death of Sarah Barker.) Friday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled right round Park with Rags. Lovely morning. After home all day at work on drawing of Asquith in Punt. Roy left at 11.45 in cart for Waterloo to go to Pyt House. Worked on till 9.0pm when finished. M drove at 6.0 to see Chicks. M & self dined quietly together. Bed at 11.30pm. Lovely sunny day. Violent wind in the night from the north. Ominous for tomorrow. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Nathaniel Jenkins to Jessie Fildes. Apl. Sale of pictures by Anton Mauve.) Saturday April 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 5.40am & shaved & dressed leisurely. Bath. In room, wrote letters & put up drawings. Breakfast at 8.15. Cab at door 8.45 & sent luggage off. Left in carriage at 8.50 & to Victoria. Down to Flushing, no one about. About a dozen only going. Strong wind. On board at 11.15 & off. Civil Captain. Good lunch. 7 hours at sea. Poor M dreadfully ill. Got to Belgian coast at 6.0 & to Flushing 6.35. Difficulty of landing ticket. A smart little Dutch boy took us ashore & got my ticket to The Hague. One other man in train. At Rotterdam a young officer & 2 ladies got in. M learnt from the elder about her old school fellows. Arrived at The Hague at 11.0pm. Smart motor. To Hotel des Indes. Lennie & Mite there. Got room on ground floor. M had bouillon, self steak & bed 12.0am. Slept well. (Red ink: M & self had very rough passage to Flushing. M ill. Arrived Hotel des Indes.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Richard Garnett.)
Sunday April 15 Hotel des Indes, The Hague. Up at 8.20. M wanted her breakfast. Ordered by telephone, coffee etc for one. Dressed & out on the Platz. Took 12 films, soldiers, sentries, police, in bright sun. Back. Breakfast at 10.0 in Mite & Lennie's room. After Mite, L & self went out. Storks. Lovely old houses etc & walked up to The House in the Wood. 2 bicyclists shewing off. Lovely old House Palace where the Peace Conference was held. Old Japanese & Chinese porcelain, cabinets etc. Civil old lady shewing us over where the Queen's late stepmother lived. Out, got tram home. Little girl skipping. (illeg) at lunch. After L & self went to the Mauritz Haus. Lovely pictures. Rembrandt's Anatomists. A room with sort of pictures in pastel by an artist named (illeg). Like Hogarth, same period. Out & at 2.30 drove to Scheveningen. Took 19 films of Dutch women, soldiers & one sailor in full togs. Drove round thro' villas & woods. Lovely bright summer day. Back at 6.0pm. M's old schoolfellow came in at 6.20 & stayed till 7.5pm. A handsome woman, spoke English perfectly. Dressed. Dined at 7.45. Band. Many people. Coffee after. Bed 11.0. 40 minutes to change plates. Slept well. (Red ink across page: 1st day at The Hague. Lennie Mite & self went to The House in the Wood. Drove to Scheveningen in afternoon. Lovely weather.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Dr Richard Garnett. Saty Apl 14.) Monday April 16 Hotel des Indes, The Hague. Up at 7.45 & after stroll took 8 photos, sentries etc. Breakfast in Lennie's room. After at 10.30 all went by tram to The House in the Woods. Many people time we were there yesterday. Looked over rooms & where the Queen mother died. 2 magnolia blossoms given to M & Mite. Walked back to lunch. After M & Mite went for a drive in the Baroness's carriage. Lennie & I went by light railway to visit Delft. Pronounced Dell-elpht. Intelligent young Naval officer. Out in lovely old town. Bothered by 2 youths who spoke English. Costumes. Pretty little girl with good legs. Fired off all films. Missed one little girl at last before Club. Back. Went into an old Curiosity shop. Private house. A portrait like Lady Margaret Watney etc. Walked back through the Spier. Crowds of people. Dressed. Dinner. Had good bottle of Claret. Lots of people. 2 man with 2 ladies rather loud. Little Dutch lady M met at the Baroness's. Also lady we met in the train with handsome young East India Coy's officer. Bed 11.15. Changed films. Slept well. (Red ink: All went to The House in the Woods. Lennie & self to Delft. Little girl. M & Mite drove in Lucie's carriage.) Tuesday April 17 Hotel des Indes, The Hague. Up at 7.45am. Had a bath in a large cupboard. After out. Took 2 photos. Wrong speed. Back. Breakfast. Wrote F.C.B. At 11.15 started in motor for the station & being too early called at the Curio shop where Lady Margaret portrait was. M, self, L & Mite on to Haarlem. 2 gruff Dutchmen packed into carriage. Lovely flats of bulbs all colours. Got to H 11.45. Cab to museum. Wonderful Franz Hals rooms. Principally groups of officers, 1620 to 45. Also sea piece by H.A.Vroom. St George's flag, Prince of Wales's feathers etc. Landing of Leicester at Flushing 1586. Also portraits by Jan de Brajj, A.Troost, & a wonderful lot of heads with palms(?) like Rabelais characters by Jan van Scorel. Out. Took photos. A very bad lunch. Hot plovers eggs. Good Beer. After a drive to sand dune and villa residences. One very pretty fair little girl in pink skipping, missed
getting. Back at 3.50. They went into museum again. Took rest of snaps at Market Place of children, priest, girls & dogs etc. Coffee. M & Lennie left & Mite & self followed. Caught the 5.40 train & back to The Hague. Past Leyden. Most lovely day & evening. (Red ink: All went to Haarlem. Bulbs. Franz Hals. Cold eels.) Wednesday April 18 Hotel des Indes, The Hague. Up 7.40. Bath. Duller morning. Out. A sort of Fair put up in the Platz. Breakfast by self 8.45. Wrote diary etc. After at 11.30 M, self, Maud & L went first of all to the National Museum. Not much there. A few modern pictures & old Delft & old pictures. After to the Moritz Haus. Again saw Rembrandt's Anatomist, Paul Potter's bull etc etc. Lovely head by J.Vermeer 1632-1675. Some call him Van der Meer. Out. Dull cold weather. Lunch 1.15pm. After felt extremely dull & livery. In L's sitting room. M & he went to a museum. After Lennie & I went to a beautiful collection of bric a' brac in a private house. Went back & fetched M & Mite. All stayed there till 6.40pm. After went for a walk to the little Queen's Palace & back. Dressed. Dinner. After heavy & livery. Bed 11.0. Took no photos all day. No plates to change. In bed at once & was awakened at 1.0 by a stupid night porter to shut the window. Took 2 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Off day. Went to Moritz House & also a dealer's house. 19 th electric light burnt up after whilst I was changing films. Livery.) Thursday April 19 Hotel des Indes, The Hague. Up at 8.0. Had been awakened at 1.0am by a man who came in to shut the window. Nuisance. Kept awake an hour. Out & breakfast. A dull gloomy morning & remained so all day. Felt frightfully livery & short of breath in the morning. Took M for short walk. All the Square en fête on account of the Prince Consort's birthday. Back & at 11.45 went by the tram to the Mesdag Museum. 2 poor Tademas, many Corots, Tryon. The picture which pleased me most after Joseph Israel's 'Alone in the World' was a small Bastien Le Page. Out & back to lunch by tram. At 2.20 we all went again by light railway to Delft. Very different from Monday & cold. Went over the house where William the Silent was assassinated 1585. Back at 5.20. Coffee in a restaurant. Good. Took M back & went out & took 3 or 4 snapshots. Pretty girl of the streets over sawdust. After 4 or 5 camera stuck at last for 1st time. Back to hotel at 6.0pm. Wrote diary & after dinner felt much better. In Lennie's room. Gave us a lovely old Delph pot. L bought a Troost drawing, scene outside, drunken soldiers dancing arm in arm with women. Very funny. (Red ink across page: King Consort's birthday. Scenes in the Platz. All went to Delft.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Brinsley Sheridan. April. Obituary of Henry Brinsley Sheridan. Apl 20.) Friday April 20 Hotel des Indes, The Hague. Up at 7.40. M had her breakfast served sharp. Out across Plain & found out school. Back. After B all got off by 10.0 for train to Amsterdam. Arrived. To Hotel de L'Europe after going to the Ryks Museum. Old pottery & glass. Lots of cabinet pictures, Jan Stain's Drunken Woman etc etc. Rembrandt's Night Watch. Disappointed with it. Fly to lunch at hotel with a friend of Lennie's. Took photos. After Mite & Lennie went to a Private View of old pictures. M & self for a 2 hour walk. Old Town Hall & old gateway. More photos. Back to Hotel de L'Europe. Uncivil concierge. Good bye to Lennie's friend. Fly to station at 5.0pm. Back to the H. Lennie & self went for a walk in the Bosch. After
felt very tired & sleepy. After poor dinner in Lennie's room. Changed plates & bed. (Red ink: All 4 went to Amsterdam. Lunch at Hotel de L'Europe with Lennie's friend.) Saturday April 21 Hotel des Indes, The Hague. Up at 7.30 & out. Finer & not so cold. Out & took 8 of school girls. After breakfast all got off in motor at 10.0am. Lovely & bright sun. Delightful run through Leiden. Beautiful place. Missed a delightful figure in the wind on bank of canal. To Haarlem & on to Alkmaar. Got there 2.0pm. Took many films. Dogs drawing carts, old peasants etc. Had a very good lunch & walk after. 3 little girls followed us everywhere. Bought sabots. Started home again at 4.0pm & through Haarlem. Coffee there. Most beautiful evening. Brilliant colour of tulips & heaps of cut flowers for manure. Blood red sun setting. Back at 7.45. Dressed. Dinner at 8.15. A Miss Mayne there. Very nice girl. Captain S & wife left at 10.0pm. The Sidcup people had left. Talk in L's room & bed at 12.30 after changing plates. A lovely day. Saw 3 storks on nest & followed by a stork for a long way. (Red ink: Motor run to Alkmaar. Bought sabots.) Sunday April 22 Hotel des Indes, The Hague. Up 8.15. Out. Dull & slight rain. Out & breakfast. Smoked a cigar on the Plain. Lennie at window. M got up leisurely. L decided on another motor trip. Started at 11.0. Lovely morning. Ran through Leiden & along lovely canals & low scenery. Stopped by a Burgomaster. On to Utrecht. Good lunch but very dear. Beautiful old cathedral. Half of it fell in years ago, never rebuilt. Started off & went to old town on the Zuider Zee. On to Muiden. Old castle, lovely sun. Little kid. Took photos, people, castle etc. Off again long run through Amsterdam. Long stretches of canal. Smells. Back by Haarlem etc. Coldish. Got to hotel at 8.20pm. Did not dress. After had late dinner, all 4 of us in Lennie's salon. Sleepy after. They settled route for tomorrow. Changed films. Bed 1.0am. M asleep. Naarden. Muiden. Monnikendam. Isle of Marken. Volendam. Edam. (Red ink: Motor run to Naarden & Muiden. Lovely day. M's eye hurt her.) Monday April 23 Hotel des Indes, The Hague. Up at 8.0am. M's eye being painful she decided not to go to see Marken today. Lennie Mite & I left at 9.50 & by fly to the station. Man under arrest with 3 soldiers. Girl sick at station. Motor at station & over a ferry to Monnikendam. Came across an excursion steamer. Civil conductor. Children in Marken costumes. Over at 1.0pm to Marken. Lunch on board. Most curious fisher folk with hair hanging down the sides of their faces. Boys up to 10 dressed as girls. Children importuning for money. Mite went over houses. Took about 22 photos of them. Mite's sunshade broken. Caught ferry motor boat back. Sat on a local Bagman's goods. Young fellow on board gave information as to breeches etc. Back. Caddish excursionists (English) overtook Bagman who nipped out of dogs cart. On to Volendam. Delightful people. Charming Inn & 2 girls (Alida). Lennie & Mite bought costumes. Self Dutch cap. Names of B.P, A.G & O.S in book. Walk round town. Old women. One room. Queen had been in the one we were. Started back at 5.45. Through Edam. On back to Amsterdam. Long way out of city. Wrong turn. The motor froze often. Little girls at one stop, one very pretty. Long run home. Not back till 9.45pm. M in Mite's room. At 10.15 had dinner together. Mite & Lennie dressed up in Dutch things. Bed at 1.15am after
changing films. Slept well. (Red ink across page: Delightful motor run to Marken & Volendam.) Tuesday April 24 Hotel des Indes, The Hague. Up late 8.45. Chambermaid long time. Bath. Breakfast in another room on acct of the Masdag dinner tonight. After wrote letters & diary. At 12.30 went with L & Mite to the Moritz Huis & saw lovely old pictures again. Out & back to hotel. All went to the Café Royal & had excellent lunch. Out & to the Baron Steengraght's collection. Lennie off to buy photographs. M in Mite's room. Changed & packed leisurely. Up in room. Coffee. Lennie & Mite went for a walk. M's eye painful. Read Holland by Nico Jungman, Black 1904. At 5.50 went for walk in the Bosch. Met Mite & Lennie. Bicycles. Zoological Gardens. Back to hotel. A wire to say Lennie had got 3 pictures. Cold lovely evening. After great preparations at hotel for the Masdag Dinner. We all went & dined at same café. Back. Hotel dinner cost 15 guilders. Felt rather down & depressed. Left for station in motor at 10.0pm & took ticket to Hook of Holland. (Red ink: Off day at The Hague. Dined at restaurant. Mesdag Dinner at hotel. Left for London.) Wednesday April 25 On board the G.E. Rly steamer. Indifferent sleep. Got berth to self. Up 5.30am. Coffee. Took 4 photos of sky etc. Got to Harwich 1 hr late. On to Liverpool St & home in a hansom at 10.0am exactly. Roy at Pyt House. Breakfast. After looked over letters. Had hair cut. Developed 33 films taken on Monday at Marken etc. Lunch. Snooze from 3.30 to 4.30pm. A beautiful picture in Morning Room for M. This picture proved to be a legacy from poor Charley Hartree. Could not make it out. After putting things straight left in the carriage at 6.0pm. Called at A Club. Letter from M.R & Miss B. After to Bouverie St. Walked round by Holborn V. E.V.Lucas presiding at the Punch Dinner. Self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Business all over by 9.15. Got cut of Columbia & San Francisco. Talk to R.H & home in the carriage at 11.40. Roy at Pyt House. Partridge away still at Monte C with Seaman. (Red ink: Arrived home by self from The Hague.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Eric Penn to Gladys Erden. Apl 28.) Thursday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up & out with Rags over Campden Hill. Very cold & grey. After breakfast schemed subject of Columbia & San Francisco. Difficult. Miss Huxley came at 12.0. Photod her & Margaret & after developed them. Also enlarged 2 of Marken taken on Monday. Great success. Got to work at 5.0pm. A wire from Roy to say he returns from Pyt at 8.10 Waterloo. We dined together 8.45pm. He does not go Saturday. Bed at 12.0 after snooze in Morning Room. Bitterly cold all day. Friday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Wrote letters before breakfast & out with camera. Just missed 2nd D. Met Mr Turner. Going to Venice. After took 2 photos. Breakfast. Drew cheques for the taxes (King's) & also Pearks. Roy to the City. Sent Upton to Mite's for a pot hat. Hard at work all day by self up to 10.20pm on drawing of Columbia & San Francisco. Dined by self. Roy back by carriage at 11.10pm. Talk & he to bed 12.0am, self 2.0am after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Frederick Gye. April 28.)
Saturday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.50am & dressed leisurely. Put remaining things up & breakfasted at 8.15. Roy never came down. Left in cart at 9.0am & drove to Victoria. Caught the 9.45 & down to Flushing again. A queer dark cloud over the sea. Good passage, uninteresting people. Lunch at 12.0. Paced deck. Wrote diary & letters 3.0 to 4.30pm. Tea. Had a very bad attack of indigestion all day. Bitterly cold in afternoon. Got to Flushing at 6.30. Went ashore & M, Mite & Lennie met me. Posted letters & after went for walk in town across bridges. Old houses. Up in very uncomfortable bedroom with a sulphurous stove. Dressed & down to fairly good dinner. In Lennie's sitting room after. Bed at 11.0. Slept well. (Red ink: Ran back again to Flushing. Cold weather.) Sunday April 29 The Zealand Hotel, Flushing. Up at 7.45am. Shave & dressed. Out at 8.30am. Back 9.0. Breakfast with Lennie at 9.10. After at 10.30 all left in a carriage & pair of black gelder horses & drove to Middleburg. Cold but lovely & bright all day. Quite different from what I expected. Old monastery restored where the State Assembly is held. Old Town Hall. Instruments for branding etc etc. Back. Little child & M. Lunch at hotel. 2 ugly red haired Englishwomen & 2 old ladies. In carriage again at 2.0pm. Took people going to church. Drove on to Domburg. Girls arm in arm etc. Tea at delightful little inn. Family party at table. In street & took more photos. Little pom pom boy ran away. Then drove to West Kapelle. Delightful women. Mite sketched children. After back. Toll keeper had to be roused out. Hares. Herons. Back 7.0pm. Dined 7.30. Sleepy & up in Lennie's room after. Mite bathing M's eye. Sleepy. Out & on board the Deutsland at 10.40. Difficulty with steward as to cabin. Turned in 11.0 & slept fairly well till 5.15am when got up. (Red ink: Delightful drive to Domburg & Middleburg.) Monday April 30 On board Dutch steamer Deutsland. Up 5.15. Coffee 1/s. Dear & bad. Cold rainy morning. Bother to get porter. No trouble landing. Up to Victoria with 2 others. One a Dutchman like Lord Rosebery, the other a bounder Press man who called himself F.C.Gould & talked incessantly. At Victoria carriage met me. Wet. Home at S.T at 9.0am. Roy not down. After hung picture in Morning Room. Took all morning. Lunch & at 2.10 left for Varnishing Day at the R.A. Saw Abbey. Picture by Frank Craig very good. Sargents etc. Talk to Dolly Storey. Out at 5.10 & to the Athenaeum. Voted. Tea. Wrote letters. Back by bus. Changed plates etc. Very very tired. Dear M back at 8.10pm. Did not know it. At 8.45 M, Roy & self dined. Bed after snooze. Very tired. Cold. (Red ink: Arrived back at 9.0am from Flushing. Varnishing Day at the R.A.) May 1906 Tuesday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Dull cold morning. Breakfast after. Stock Exchange holiday. Roy not in City. All day developing Holland films etc. In evening dressed & walked to Mite's & Roy & self dined at 104 Lancaster Gate. Children coming from St Mary Abbots School. Good dinner. M did not go. Home by carriage. & bed by 12.0am.
Wednesday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with 2nd camera. Took little girls going to school. 11 of them. After all day developing Holland photos & putting away etc etc. Left in afternoon for the P.D calling Athenaeum Club. No letters. On after Sands & Hunters. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Got cut of Bull Fight to do. Very wet in afternoon & when I left. Got splashed by beastly bus. Home by bus at 11.30. Bed after reading. Thursday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull morning. Out & over Campden Hill with Rags. After schemed subject of Birrell's Bull Fight. Sent U to Mays for costume. Bandillerio. At 12.0 Hilton came. Photod him & self & U. Late with enlargements. Not up in room until 6.0. M out. Worked till 8.30pm when M & self dined quietly. Very tired after. Bed 12.30pm. Friday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Met Lord Alverstone. Grey morning. Also little Club, 1st notice. After walked round Holland Walk & breakfast. Made 1 enlargement after & to work at 11.0am. All day on drawing of Birrell Bull Fight. Letter & wire from Owen S. Finished 10.20 when M & self dined quietly. Went out & posted letter 11.40. Snooze. Roy back at 1.30am. Private View of the Royal Academy. M & Mite went. Saturday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Tired. Lovely morning. Out. Snapped 2 nd D, same old dress, & 2 others. Girl running. Back. Breakfast. Haddock. Double backs from Stores came. After went out in brilliant sun to Holland Walk at 11.0. No G. Dogs fighting & nursemaid. M out. Lunch. After developed a number of films & also three taken this morning. Backward in room. At 6.0 dressed & left 7.5 in carriage to dine with the Caustons at Devonshire Place. Met a member of Parliament with wig. Also Dr Lancaster. Played bridge after with a lady & after Lady Roxborough. Won 7/6. Lost 5/s after on Causton & self playing them. Left 11.50 & home in carriage. Roy on the steps. Bed 1.0am. In Morning Room. (Red ink: Brilliant sun. M & self dined with the R.K.Caustons for bridge. Bad dinner.) Sunday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45 & out for walk. Grey all day. Over C.H to avoid cripples. After sorting & printing took M for walk at 12.20 thro' Kensington Gardens. Slight rain. Back. Lunch & rest. At 4.15 Roy & self went in hansom & played 9 sets of Lawn Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickmans. Roy & Sir H v self & young H. Lost all sets but one. Back. Passed Adams & after passed & stopped & talked to Alfred Parsons. Dinner. Fisher-Rowes, Gwen, Roy, Lennie, Mite, M & self dined. They all left at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Roy & self played at Sir A.H's. Fisher-Rowes, Gwen & Lennie & Mite dined.) Monday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on bicycle. Round Earls Ct. No A. Back. Breakfast & after all morning printing etc. Lunch. Left at 3.0 & to Sands & Hunters. Disappointed absolutely nothing done. Angry. To Garrick. Tea. Wrote Miss B. Saw Seymour Hicks. Paid £1 for sub sweep. After to the Athenaeum. Saw Lord
Rathmore, Buckle & also Snagge. Wrote letters till 7.0 when home by bus. Dark close afternoon. Muggy & unhealthy. Edgar & Sophy dined at 8.0pm. Annoyed at first. Edith Furrell in to lunch. (Red ink: Edgar & Sophia H dined with us.) Tuesday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.55 & out. Bright sun. Very hot. Went to Notting Hill & took 9 photos before breakfast, 2nd D. Unfortunately used Ross films. No good. Out at 1.0am & to Kensington High School. Took 9 more. Mostly no good. Very hot & close. M & Mite lunched at the Lucys. Met Gould, Craig & Lord Onslow etc. All afternoon writing, tidying etc etc. After a severe thunderstorm. M & self dined at 7.45 & went by carriage to the Empire. Saw Genée but no dancing. Tall clever juggler. Back by carriage. Roy dined at Mite's & home 12.0. (Red ink: M & self went to the Empire. Missed Genée.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Duc de Bassano. May 11.) Wednesday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Grey morning & cooler. Out. Rags picking up offal. Walked thro' church yard met Little Club. Kensington High School. Breakfast. M remained in bed. After developed Delft photos & tidying all day. Rest. Left & to Athenaeum. After to Sands & Hunters & P.D. O.S, self, Townsend, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Discovered it was the night of the Reception of the Royal Society. In doubt what to do. As I got cut of Charles Beresford & the Sultan fairly quickly I left & drove home by cab & dressed & back at 10.45 to the Royal Society. Saw James Dewar, Lockyer etc. Dr Messel, Marcus Stone. Went to Athenaeum & wrote 4 letters. Home by motor bus to Knightsbridge & then cab. Bed 1.0am. Roy in. (Red ink: Went by self to 1st Soirée Royal Society.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Madame Lemmens Sherington. May.) Thursday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. Up at 8.0am. Walk over Campden Hill. After schemed subject of Lord Charles Beresford & the Sultan. At 12.0 Hilton & Fireman came. Photod them & got all ready by 4.0pm. Enlarged room at the House in the Woods for Lennie. Dressed at 7.15 & dressed hurriedly. Dined with Lucy. Met Sir Christopher & Lady Furniss, Coupé & Miss Thompson, Lord & Lady Robertson & others. After to Athenaeum & home by motor bus, no, horse bus. (Red ink: Dined by self at H.W.Lucy's.) Friday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out over Campden Hill. After at work all day on drawing of Lord Charles Beresford as Sailor & the Sultan. Finished at 10.15. M & self dined quietly after. (Cutting glued in: Mr G.B.Shaw and Vivisection. May 11.) Saturday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out in British sunshine in the Earls Court Road. Snapped 2nd D & dog in window. Back & breakfast. Tidied up in morning & after M & self left in carriage at 12.45 & drove to the Savoy. Had lunch. Not so good. Met Mrs Geiger with a gentleman. To matinée of Belle of Mayfair. Pretty music. Out. M tore her dress. Carriage at Athenaeum. Drove to Butts. Fruit & home. M & self dined quietly together. Bed 12.0 after. Roy with Stern. (Red ink: Met Mrs Geiger. Oh! M & self went to matinée of the Belle of Mayfair.)
Sunday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Lovely morning & brilliant sun all day. Carried camera over Campden Hill for nothing. After all morning hunting for small plate box. Flurried. Put films in. Double backs. Box turned up at last in bookcase. M went to see Tabs at the Claridges Hotel. Ill in bed. Rest after lunch. At 4.30 went to Sir A.Hickmans. Did not wait for Roy. Cab did not know Palace Gardens. Played 5 or 6 good games. Cup & back at 7.0. William Stone, the Fred Karrs(sic, Kerr) & Hamilton Fletcher dined. Good dinner. They left 11.0pm. (Red ink: Roy & self played at Sir A.H's. H. Fletcher, Fred Kerrs & William Stone dined.) Monday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.55 & out. Brilliant sun. Snapped A & it came rather off the plate. Also girls going to Tennis. Back. Breakfast. After all day doing drawing of Partridge & Lucy. Developed 12 plates after lunch taken in the morning. Rest. On to work & finished drawing 8.15pm. Bothred with Lucy's head. Edith F in to lunch. M & self dined by ourselves. Bed 11.30. Tired & headachy. M played piano. Bother with tap in drawing room. (Red ink: Drew Partridge & Lucy. Was not paid for it until August.) Tuesday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out. A dull cold grey morning. Rest of costume sent fom Mite's. After in morning tidying up & putting away etc. Left at 12.0 went up by motor bus to the 'Athenaeum' & lunched at 1.30. Wrote letters. After at 3.0 to C.S & at 3.10 photod Miss C.M.B. Not much good. Cab to Athenaeum & tea at 4.45. Wrote list of books for Mudies. Home with bag by carriage at 6.45. M dressing, Miss Rose Innes, Edgar, Sophy & Roy, M & self dined. They all left by 11.0pm. Bed at 12.0 after rest. (Red ink: C.M.B. Miss Rose Innes, Edgar & Sophia H dined with us.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort. May 15.) Wednesday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with Rags. Coldish & heavy clouds. Walked to St Albans Road & back up Church St & down Argyll Rd. Breakfast. Men doing pipes. A sad confusion. All morning printing blues of Delph, no Delft. Lunch at home, M & self. At 3.0 went with M in carriage to dress rehearsal of the Royal Military Tournament at Olympia. Heavy showers & dull black clouds over continually. Show good. Tilting. Took 6 plates more or less successfully. Saw Low, also Percy McQuoid & young Mackinlay. Curious clean shaven Pass man in broad brimmed white hat. Out at 5.45. Cocoa at home & caught bus all way to Bedford St. Called Sands & Hunter. On to Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, H.W.L. Lucas asked why I did not make it The Sultan. Got Lion cut to do & home by bus. Very tired. (Red ink: M & self went to dress rehearsal of Royal Military Tournament.) Thursday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out. A cold raw grey morning. Went thro' churchyard met Club. Thro' Holland walk & home. Fire in Dining Room. Cold & dull all day. Did not go to the Zoo. Enlarged lions at 12.30 & all ready by 4.0pm. Worked till 7.0 when dressed & went to dine at Sir Norman Lockyers. His 70 th birthday. 16 at dinner. Delightful old man next me Sir Somebody Knox, brother of the Knox I knew in 1870 or before. Winnie L, Mr Anderson of the Orient Line, Sir L Alma
Tadema, Sir Lauder Brunton, Lord Welby & others. Slow dinner. Horrid waitress. After lantern slides. Oh! Left at 11.15 & home. Tired. (Red ink: Dined with Sir Norman Lockyer. His 70th birthday.) (Cutting glued in: The Royal and Military Tournament. May 17.) Friday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. M remained in bed. Out & walked over Campden Hill with Rags. Met Club. Breakfast. Slightly foggy morning but brighter. At work all day on drawing of Lions & Black Leopard. M went in the afternoon to the Opera to chaperone Nelly Grosvenor & Gwen. She got back at 10.20 just as I finished work. We dined together. Tired after. The King at Olympia. Saturday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. A little brighter. Out with No 1 camera. No 2 nd D. Took a few experimental photos. All too near the object. Back. Decided not to go to the play. All day resting etc. Printed rest of blues of Delft. M & self walked at 5.15 to get asparagrass & fruit. Dull grey evening. Prince of Wales at Olympia. Dined at 7.30pm, M, Roy & self. Went to the Austrian Exhibition after & heard band. Poor selection. Church bells. Back at 11.0. Read till 12.0 Burton's Life. Bed. Coldish. Sent Upton to Mays & C.L at 10.30am. Not a scrap of sun the whole week after Monday morning. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to the Austrian Exhibition.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Christina Reeve. May. Obituary of Mrs Henry Reeve. 22 May.) Sunday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out. A dull cold grey morning just like November. Up Church St & round back along Phillimore Gardens. Breakfast, haddock. After at 12.0 M & self started to walk. Heavy rain came on. M back by bus, self on to Athenaeum & had chop for lunch. At 3.0 to P.A. At 3.10 photod R.M. Dull light & heavy rain. Out 4.20. Too wet for cab. Walked with bag to Garrick Club. Tea. Wrote letters & after at 6.30 home by bus. At 8.0 H.O.Arnold Forster & their son, May Hickman & Mr & Mrs Binns-Smith dined. A pleasant dinner. Very wet night. They all left by 11.0pm. Bed at 12.0. Roy back at 10.45. He had dined at Claridges with Tabs & Gwen. (Red ink: Photod R.M. The Arnold Forsters & May Hickman & Binns-Smiths dined.) Monday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. A dull grey morning. Walked with Rags up Campden Hill, Church St. Back. Sent shirts to be re-cuffed & ordered Japanned boxes & a safety pin. All day tidying up & doing blues etc etc. M & self dined quietly & had peaceful evening. Read Life of Sir Richard Burton to her. Bed 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir James Vaughan. 22 May.) Tuesday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Up Holland Walk. No 2 nd D. Left off coming. Got the sack. After in morning developed Alkmaar & Haarlem photos etc etc. Lunch & left in bus. Called from 2.40 to 3.35 on Sir W.Agnew. Oh! After to Turnbull & Asser & Briggs. Paid their accts. On to Athenaeum & after to Sands & Hunter. Small camera to be altered. Tea at the Garrick & by bus to St Lukes. Bought old Delft plate. Home at 6.45 by bus. Dressed & M & self dined at Sir Alfred
Hickmans. Took Mrs Cope in who knew nothing about art at all. Sir W.Dickson Hartland etc. Home at 10.45. Roy had a friend to dine at Stafford Terrace. He came back at 12.15 when to bed. (Red ink: Bus to St L. M & self dined at Sir A.H's.) Wednesday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. M remained in bed. 1st partial sun since Monday week. Out with L.C & snapped A. Off the centre to the right. Back breakfast. All day writing & printed blues Alkmaar & also Orient Kodac taken with Mumblers Kodac. Mervyn in to lunch. Developed the Utrecht Sunday photos. Rest from 4.0 to 5.0pm. Wrote diary. M back at 5.50pm. Left in grey suit at 6.15pm for P.D. All way to Chancery Lane by bus. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R. Very long discussion. Got Royal Marriage to do. Hung up with Partridge cut. Left 10.45pm. Home by bus & bed at 12.15am. Very tired. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of William D'Arcy to Violet Baring. Death of James Fair. Death of William Gibbon.) Thursday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Snapped Brown Legs & school. Magazine stuck & first plate was black fogged by some means or other. Back. Breakfast. Schemed subject of Parody of Velasquez picture. Had looked over papers in the morning before breakfast. Photod Hilton & Margaret at 12.0 having sent Upton for costume. Developed & all ready by 4.0pm. Went on to work until 8.30pm when M, Roy & self dined. Quiet evening after & bed early. Friday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.35. Up in room & wrote letters. Out. No camera. Walked over Campden Hill with Rags. After worked all day on drawing of Parody of Velasquez picture. Hard at it all day. At 6.30 took Princess's hand out. Did not finish till 10.40 when M & self dined at 10.45. Bottle of Champagne. Roy back at 12.0. Slept in chair until 2.0am when to bed. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Captain Cyril Porter, of a daughter.) Saturday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out. Wet morning & dull. Met no one. Mr & Mrs Keith at door. Breakfast. Gave Roy new umbrella. After wrote letters. Otley called for me to sign paper. Got leather wallets all right for camera & altered camera sent home in morning. No box came for Apollo. Developed photos of Miss C.M.B & also R.M. M & self dined quietly at home. Read Life of Burton after. Bed 11.30pm. Sunday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Looked out. Dull, threatened rain. Sent Upton with note to Mr Stern to say should not go on the river. M & self breakfast 8.15. After Roy left in the carriage for Paddington. Took M for walk at 12.30. Bus to top of Park & walked home. Developed Holland photos of Middelburg, the last. In the evening Lennie, Mite, M, Roy & self all dined together quietly. 1 bottle of Champagne. Gave Lennie photo. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite dined with us.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Reginald Bonham-Carter. Death of Theodore Bravo. ) Monday May 28
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & up Campen Hill with large camera. Took Little Doll etc. Back. All day printing etc. Left in afternoon & bus all the way to Sands & Hunters. Took large camera etc. To the Whitsun Punch Dinner. Wore checked suit. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Got cut of Emperor of Russia & Wolves. Back by bus at 11.0pm. Home 12.0am. (Red ink: Punch Dinner for Whitsuntide.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Fortune Aitchison. To Mr & Mrs Wignall, a son. ) Tuesday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with small camera. Took 2 girls etc in Cromwell Road. No Brown Legs. Found that carrying the camera with magazine down it came out. After breakfast schemed subject of Emperor of Russia, Sleigh & Wolves. At 12.0 Hilton came & photod him & Marguerite. Got all ready & up in room by 4.30. Worked till 8.30, got sleigh in outline. M & self dined by ourselves & bed at 12.0. Roy out. (Cutting glued in: Death of John Seaborn.) Wednesday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & in my room. Wrote letters & took small camera & went out. Just caught Brown L in Square. Took 2 of her & after up to 10 of girls going to Kensington School. Back. Breakfast. Lovely bright morning for the Derby. All day at work from 10.30am to 10.40pm. Did drawing of Liberty, the Tzar & Wolves. Major Loder's Spearmint won the Derby. M & self dined together quietly at 10.45pm. A bottle of Champagne. Roy went to the Military Tournament. Bed at 12.30am after rest in chair. (Red ink: Derby Day. Spearmint won.) Thursday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am after waking at 5.0. Dull & grey. After leisurely putting rest of things away M & self got away in Otley's cab at 8.10am to Victoria. Gave Green cheque. Got a carriage to ourseves & to Dover. Saw Captn Dixon. News of Madame Bien Cardé. (sic: Biancardi) Met the Mocattas going to The Hague or after at Brussels. Took 6 photos, American girl etc. A man called Armstrong said he knew me. At Calais Captain Bloomfield got us compartment. Lunched in train with an Austrian. To Paris, arrived 5.0pm. Horrid room. Had to make the best of it & unpacked the things. Dressed. Porter came & said we could change room from 340 to 399. Rush & bother. Down at 8.10 & dined at the Table d'Hote. Sat out after till 10.0pm when we went up to bed. Frightfully tired. Asleep at once. Miss Leyland Barratt & pretty French friend. (Red ink: M & self went to Paris.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Michael Davitt. Thurs 31 May. Much more.) Jun 1906 Friday June 1 Hotel Continental, Paris. Up at 7.30. Very good bain chaud. A dull drizzly wet morning. At 8.0am raining heavily. Out at 9.0 & took a few photos of Caius statues. Back to M at 10.30am. After writing letters took a taxiderm to Le Doyen & lunched. After spent the entire afternoon at the Salon. Heaps of picture. Marie Antoinette Jeunesse by Kowalsky. Huge picture by Rochegrosse 'Le Joie Rouge'. Out & strolled home by the 'Ambassadeur'. Walk round by the Madeleine. Threatened rain. Dined in the restaurant & went after to the Café des Ambassadeurs, 3Fr each. One man good 'Polin'. Walked back & to bed at 12.0 Changed 12 plates. Letters from Emma with simple re-address. No stamps on
them. (Red ink: Went to the Salon. Very cold.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Thomas Ince. Death of Thomas Jervis. Death of Eileen Kingsley. Death of Sir Arthur Wells. Death of Theodore Bravo.) Saturday June 2 Hotel Continental, Paris. Up at 7.30. Bath. Breakfast & out in the Tuilleries Gardens. Took 12 photos soldiers etc on the Place de la Concorde steps. Statues etc. Back up in M's room 10.30. Dull heavy clouds. After we went & got 2 tickets for the Varieté Theatre & were swindled over them. Took a taxiderm to restaurant opposite Luxembourg. Foyot. Had a most excellent lunch & then to the pictures & sculptures at the Luxembourg. Out at (illeg) & taxiderm to hotel. Rested for 2 hours. Then went out with camera in the gardens of the Louvre. Statues, girls & Frenchman feeding birds. Too dark for photos. Took 18 of them. Back to hotel. Dressed. Dined in restaurant at 7.0pm & after went to the Varietés. Saw opera called 'Le Paradis de Mahomet'. Too early. Walked. Moving dolls. Crowded hot theatre. Most uncomfortable. Left at 11.20 after 2nd act & walked home. Back 12.0. American in the lift. Had a bath. Cool lovely evening. After changed plates & to bed at 1.0pm. Tired. Both slept well. Had met Seymour Lucas & his wife & daughter at 10.30am. News of attempted assassination of King & Queen of Spain. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Rev Sabine Baring-Gould. Tues 5 June.) Sunday June 3 Hotel Continental, Paris. Up 6.0 & drew down blind. After overslept till 9.0am. M & self up. Wrote diary until 11.0am. Lovely bright sunny morning. More settled weather. Went out at 11.20 & to the Madeleine. Beautiful music. Tall Chicago girl & little husband. Rude woman pushed me aside going out. To the Grand Hotel. Lunch. Father, mother & beautiful daughter next us. Fruit. Back to hotel. Rest. After took a drive to the Bois. Took films & got the President's carriage. Back & sat in the Champs Elysées. After back. Improvised a dark room between the 2 doors of bedroom & changed film. Dressed & dined. Could not talk to one another. Sat in vestibule & to bed 10.30pm. M admired a dress in showcase. Smoked last Apmann cigar. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Lovely day. Drove in the Bois.) (Cuttings glued in: In Memoriam A.J.Hipkins. Photograph of Sir Charles Tennant.) Monday June 4 Hotel Continental, Paris. Up at 8.5. Breakfast 8.30 & out in lovely sun. Photod statue of Joan of Arc & after Garde Republicaine de Paris etc. M's dress. 1 film spoilt. Back. M & self went to Louvre. Closed. All museums closed on Mondays. Fiacre to the Beaux Arts. Delightful picture, Tyrolean setting, child & bull, Veber. Out & to Le Doyen. Same father & mother lunching as yesterday. Long wait. Old garçon. Strolled into the Café Horloge. Little child. Row of (illeg). Poor show. Out & strolled to hotel. Saw procession of bands got up by Le Journal. After M in her room. Went out & took 2 doz & 9 photos. Pretty Paris girl playing with football. Soldiers, statues etc etc. Back. Dressed. Talk to Seymour Lucas & wife. A poor dinner badly waited on. Loud Englishman & woman like (illeg) next us. Apologetic head waiter. After strolled out & went to the Alcazar Theatre. A stupid ballet. Went to the Promenade. Back by 11.15. Mr & Mrs Stuart Wortley arrived at 11.30pm. Bed. Changed films from 6.15 to 7.0pm. The Tuilleries Gardens all closed till 11.0pm. (Red ink: Lovely day. Went to the Societé des Beaux Arts.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Francis Webb. Wed 6 June.)
Tuesday June 5 Hotel Continental, Paris. Up 7.30am. Breakfast 8.15. Dull & very cold again. Wrote diary. Letter from Roy. M went to Bon Marché. Self after vainly looking for tobacco shop took fiacre with camera to the Eiffel Tower. Crowd of bandsmen. Wasted an hour & a half & only went up half way. Out & walked back to hotel. M back. Took fiacre to Le Doyen & lunched just inside. Took films. Finer. To 27 Boulevard de Strasbourg, looked at camera. No good. Back with M to magazine opposite the Madeleine. Waited an hour. Took policeman etc etc, nigger. Back hotel. Out with C in the Tuilleries Gardens. Took 21 films. Back. At last bought cigars. Parcels arriving & also Mademoiselle Olga from (illeg). Tried M's dress on. Dressed & strolled to Le Doyen. Very good dinner. Young American & woman. Strolled back & up to bed. Rested in chair. Changed films. Takes 1 hour the 3 magazines. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Went to Eiffel Tower etc.) Wednesday June 6 Hotel Continental, Paris. Up at 6.15am. Breakfast 6.55. Bath 7.20. Lovely sunny morning. Drew cheque £10. Bill £6.0.0. After we got off quite comfortably. Tips 10F, 6F, 5F, 2F, 3F, 28F. To station. 2 reserve seats. Spanish man & woman in carriage. Lunch. A Swedish masculine looking girl opposite. Good (illeg). Met Sir Charles Owen & also Mr Armstrong again. Train 1 hr late. Went to Athenaeum. Washed. Called Sands & H & on to the P.D. Phil A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G. Good dinner. Home by cart at 10.45 from Bouverie St. Very tired. Called Garrick Club. Picked up Roy. Horrid motor buses in Piccadilly. Roy told me of accident to carriage by a motor bus last Tuesday. Bed 11.15. Very tired. (Red ink: Came back from Paris.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Arthur Bright. Friday 1 June.) Thursday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with small camera. Took 2 or 3 photos Church St. Not much good. After a rush to get tidy. Schemed subject of Theseus. Hilton came at 12.0. Photod him in Greek armour & also after for arms. Up in room at 5.0pm. Very tired. M, Roy & self dined quietly at 8.45pm & bed after. Friday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. In room. Out with large camera & took some photos up Church Street, Dudley etc. Back & hard at work all day on drawing of Minataur & Theseus. Finished at 10.40 when M & self dined quietly. Bed 12.30 after reading about Captain Burton's death. Very tired. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir James Thompson. Saty 7 June.) Saturday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with large camera. Dull hazy morning. Made experiment of photos at work in Cromwell Road. All under exposed & no sort of good. Very tired all day & livery. Did not go out. In all day & put things in order. Developed remaining Kensington small plates etc. (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Hohler. Death of Sir Halliday Macartney.) Sunday June 10
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. 1 hr to dress. Walked over C.H past Lewis's. All morning developing & printing. Lunch. Tilda & Midge in. At 4.20 played 7 sets Lawn Tennis, Col Trench & self v Sir A & Roy. Only won 2. Back. Dressed & by cab to the Garrick Club. Dinner to Sir Francis Burnand, 85 sat down. Between Orwin & Wicks, Col Lucas opposite. Good dinner. Comyn Carr's speech good. Talk to Spottiswoode after. Roy came at 11.20. Left 12.0 & home by carriage. A lovely summers day. (Red ink: Roy & self played at Sir A.H's. Dinner to Sir Francis Burnand at the Garrick.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Sir Halliday Macartney. Obituary of Henry Norton. Tues 12 June.) Monday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rather a head. Out on bicycle with Rags. Saw A with blotch on her face. Back. Turned into cul de sac in Church Street. Roy to the City early. Dull grey & coldish morning. Room being prepared for Gwen. Developed photos taken Saturday at Paris. After Gwen, M & self dined at 8.0. Gwen arrived 7.0pm. Roy went with Mite to the Caledonian Ball. Home very late. (Red ink: Gwen dined with us.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Poynter. Wed 13 June.) Tuesday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out. Dull but cleared. Took 5 with large camera. Fancy A. Turned back & slipped round by Cromwell Road. Back. Gwen at breakfast. After printed blues & developed Sunday's Paris photos & the rest of C.M.B's. Put photos away & M, Roy & self dined quietly. M & self went to the Austrian Exhibition afterwards. Back 11.10. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Went to Austrian Exhibition.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Agnes Poynter. Death of Charlotte Raggett. Elections to Royal Society of Artists. June 13. Funeral of Lord Templemore. Funeral of Sir Halliday Macartney. Funeral of Sir James Thompson.) Wednesday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50. Grey morning. Out on cycle with Rags. Back. M in her room. Roy & self breakfast. The Yucca removed from the back garden & put in the 2nd tub. All day putting straight & prints etc. M out to lunch with Miss Barron. After back at 4.0. Dressed at 5.0 & left 5.40 for the Punch Dinner. Called Athenaeum. Letters etc. Also called Sands & Hunter. On to P.D. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Wire from Burnand about his cup. Long sitting. Left 11.20 & home by bus by 12.5am. M & Roy out at the Brightmeyers not in till 1.20am. Bed 2.0am very tired. Thursday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out on cycle. Met no one. Dull grey impossible morning. No sun all day. Letters. M remained in bed. Schemed subject of Concierge & Birrell. At 12.0 Hilton & the fireman came. Had sent Upton to Mays. Dressed them in Incroyable dresses & photod. M out to lunch at Mrs Adams'. Finished by 4.10 pm. Gwen's maid arrived. Filled the hall with boxes. Greasy unwashed runners quarrelling with maid in the Hall. Up in room. After M, Gwen & self dined quietly. Shewed Gwen Paris - no Dutch - photos. Bed early. Roy out at a Ball. (Red ink: Gwen stayed with us.) (Cutting glued in: The Ellen Terry celebrations at Drury Lane. June 13.) Friday June 15
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags up Church St. Saw Lady D. No camera, too dull & grey. Back down P.G. 2 Kittens. Avoided band. All day at work hard on cartoon Birrell as Incroyable in Conciergerie. Finished at 10.15. M & self dined quietly. Gwen left at 12.30am or 1.30 after early lunch. Bed 12.0 after snooze very tired. Saturday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 not very tired. Out & up Church Street with Rags. Dull heavy grey morning. After developed Whit Monday Paris photos. All day in. Did not go to the play. A violent thunder & hail storm came on at 5.0pm. Gave up going to Herkomers. M & self went to get fruit & saw a Battery of 6 guns of the R.H.A go through London via Kensington High St. Rainy. Strolled home & M & self dined quietly. In Morning Room after. Roy left at 12.0 in cart for Waterloo to join the Joyeuse. Sunday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out with Rags. Still gloomy & dull. A little better after. M & self at breakfast. In morning wrote letters etc. Printed 9 of Sunday fortnight back or rather Whit Monday. At 11.45 Spencer came. M went to see H.Langley. Spencer to lunch. Smoke after. Rest & at 4.30 played 8 sets of Lawn Tennis at Sir A.Hickmans. Col Trench & Sir A versus self & a young man. Each won 4 sets. Lovely afternoon. A Balloon passed over the lawn quite close at 5.15. Home 7.15. Lennie & Mite & Midge dined. Quiet evening & pleasant dinner. They left 11.0pm. (Red ink: Played by self at Sir A.H's. Balloon. Lennie, Mite & Midge dined.) Monday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with Rags & L.C. Took 5 or 6 up Church Street. One plate stuck in the sheath & then the box jammed owing to loose plate. Back. Printed Paris photos of Whit Monday. After schemed subject of Volume 130. Began it. After rest worked from 4.30 to 7.30pm. Decided on Bull. Dressed at 8.0 & after M & self went to dine at Lady Fletcher Moulton's. A small dinner. Talk & took in Mrs Macmillan. Talk to Macmillan after. Left 10.45 & home. Thompson Lyon there. (Red ink: M & self dined at Lady Fletcher Moulton's.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Curzon of Kedleston. July 19.) Tuesday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Took 9 plates in Cromwell Road. No Rags. At last got an indifferent one of A. Good of B.L. Back at 9.15. Tilda at breakfast. After got to work on drawing of Vol 130 after printing all rest of Whit Monday & enlarging Bull etc. Rest after lunch & worked from 5.0 to 7.30pm. Put John Bull in. At 7.15 dressed & M & self dined at Lady Romer's. Took Lady Barnes in. Sir Francis & Lady Maclean & their daughter there. Also a nice boy who turned out to be Sir William Wiseman. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. Fine warm summers day. (Red ink: M & self dined at Lady Romer's.) (Cutting glued in: The Estate of Sir Charles Tennant. Tues June 19.) Wednesday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & out with Rags in hot sun to Notting Hill. Took 11 photos of girls going to school. Back. Breakfast. Tilda up in room. Man from
Stores came about Courts Castile Soap. A familiar brute. Went on to work at Title for Volume 130. Could not quite finish it. Left at 6.30 dressed for the Punch Dinner. Cab all the way calling at the Athenaeum. Met Graves & Lucas at the door. Asked Graves about the Foreign Office. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R. H.W.L, A.G. No Agnew or Bradbury. Seaman very seedy, on a diet. Got Shooting cut, B.P Chinese subject. Left & went by motor bus to The Royal Society. Saw Baker, Crompton & many others. Ray Lankester. Asked for name to be inserted & it was after. Home by bus. Very hot. Home 11.20. Read & to bed at 12.15. M awake. (Red ink: Went for 2nd time to Royal Society.) Thursday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. A dull morning. Out on bicycle all round Earls Court. No A. Saw the Little Princess of last year very much grown. Back home. Breakfast. After schemed subject of Lords Shooting at Education Bill in London. Hilton came at 12.0. Fireman could not come. Very hot weather. Took photo from self & Hilton. At work at 4.30pm. M & self did not go to Mite's dinner party. Worked till 8.30pm when M, self & Tilda dined. Roy returned from the Joyeuse at 10.30pm by the cart & had supper. Bed 11.15. Frightfully hot at night. Over 70º in Bed Room. Finished between 5.0 & 7.0pm the title page Vol 130, John Bull & the Labour Vote. Friday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45am & out with L.C. Very hot. Took 12 photos of schoolgirls at Lytham House, 4 of Princess & B.L. After back. Breakfast. Roy off to City. Up in room worked all day on drawing of 2 Lords Shooting. Finished or rather put up things for tomorrow. Changed plates. Worked from 3.0 to 10.20 when M & self dined. Roy back early & sat at dinner. Bottle of indifferent Moselle wine. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Frightfully hot in Drawing Room. Tilda left at 5.0pm. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Jane Wigzell. Second annual Royal Society Conversazione. Thurs 21 June.) Saturday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am & finished putting up things. Wrote cheque & letter. Breakfast 8.45. Got off at 9.40am. Cabman's wretched horse. To Victoria & down to Portsmouth Harbour. Mr & Mrs Threlfall got in the same carriage & got out at Havant. Very hot in the carriage. At P.H met Lord W & Miss S.W, Mr Justice Bigham, Mr Tennyson & a girl. Got on board the Sabrina at 1.30. Lunch. Under weigh & steamed slowly round the I of W to Yarmouth. Went ashore after tea. Only took one photo. Went into a Sir James Earl's house. Lady & a pretty sister, an Italian who went through the Boer war, 2 little Aberdeen puppies going out to India. Walked back with M & Sir John Bigham. Dressed & good dinner. Lightening all round after. Bed at 10.45. Slept uneasily. Kept waking. The girl was Miss Evans, sister to the wife of Lord Alverstoke's son. (Red ink: Went down to Southampton to join the Sabrina.) Sunday June 24 S.Y Sabrina, off Yarmouth. Up at 7.15. Hot bath on deck 8.15. Lovely morning. Fresher. Breakfast. Long talk & walk up & down with Sir John Bigham. All except M & myself went ashore to church. Took 2 photos of boat. Wrote many letters. They back 1.15. Lunch. Took Barncastle Doctor. Poor. After steamed off 2.0pm up
to Cowes. Saw the Albion, Sir G.Newnes' yacht. After the 'Joyeuse'. Up Southampton Water & Hook. Back to Ryde. Lo! the old Palatine which I recognised. Now Asheton Smith's 'The Sybil'. Lovely evening. Dinner. Long talk after. Again a walk with the Judge. Found it was 10.30. Turned in. Packed bags until 11.15. Slept well. Waked at 7.10am. (Red ink: At sea. Good talk to Mr Justice Bigham.) (Cutting glued in: The Sea Serpent. June 20.) Monday June 25 S.Y Sabrina, off Ryde I.W. Up at 7.20. Bath. Got under weigh 8.10am. Last view of Sybil. Breakfast good. All got off by 9.20 & left for Portsmouth Harbour by 9.40, 2 carriages reserved. Saw Mr & Mrs Threlfall at Havant returning. Up to town to time & home in a 4 wheeler. All well. Lunch. After developed plates taken on Friday & 10 on yacht. Put new Electric Fan in the Drawing Room. Up in room 3.30pm. Rest & after schemed subject for opening Vol 131. Decided on Lock Gates. Roy back. M out in carriage until 7.0pm. M, Roy & self dined together. Roy went to dance at the Pepys Cockerells. Tried new Electric Fan which ceased working in 10 minutes. Bed at 11.14pm. (Red ink: Came up from Southampton.) Tuesday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. M remained in bed. Most lovely morning. Out 8.30 with large camera. No Rags. At last got two of Aphrodite in bright sun. Took 10 altogether. Back at 9.15. Roy at breakfast. Stiff southerly breeze. After skemed & took photos of Upton for Punch going through Lock, Vol 131. Developed & enlarged. Up in room. Miss Thompson lunched with us, Mrs Phipson Beale's sister. At 7.15 dressed & M & self went in the carriage & dined at Mite's. Miss Donna Linda there. After at 9.45 all went together to the Royal Academy Soirée. Many I knew. Genivieve Ward, Mrs Jopling Rowe etc etc. Saw Sir Luke & Lady Fildes going out. Partridges & Millets (illeg) as the announcement of Sir Luke was made on Friday morning, 2 days after. Home by carriage. Roy on box. (Red ink: Dined at Mite's. All went to the Royal Academy Soirée.) Wednesday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out with L.C. Took a dozen of girls going to Kensington High School. Princess in black skirt & bows. Back. All day at work on Punch & Toby in Lock. Dressed at 6.15 & left at 6.45. Went by cab all the way to Bouverie Street. P.D. O.S, self, F.H.T, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Cuts made up & changed, I taking the Pirate cut Partridge did not see. Left at 10.10 with Guthrie & posted letters. After walked to the Embankment & waited ¼ of an hour for the carriage. Many cyclists. After down to Stafford House & attended a reception at the Duchess of Sutherland's. Saw Bainbridges, Sir Joseph Lawrence, Mr Haldane etc. Left at 11.45 & home. Got carriage on the Embankment, or rather in the Mall. Home. Mrs Bien Cardé (sic: Biancardi) & Mite lunched at 18 Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: M & self went to the Duchess of Sutherland's. Last saw Mrs Craigie.) Thursday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. A dull morning. Walk up Campden Hill. Took no photos. Back. Breakfast & after schemed subject of T.P.O'Connor as Captain of Sloop chasing Pirate. The photos came & were never given to me. Photod Britten the fireman & also Upton. All ready by 4.0. Then set to & finished drawing for
opening Volume 131, Lock. Finished by 7.45 & then went on with the tracing for O'Connor drawing. M & Roy went to dine at the Berkeley with Miss Rose Innes & went to see a rotten piece after. Wrote 4 or 5 letters after dinner. M & Roy back at 12.0. Bed. Friday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Had been violent storm of rain in the night. 100,000,000 tons of water fell in London according to W.G of Saty. Rain for walk. Went up C.H & avoided band. List of honours out. F.C.G knighted, Pirrie a Peer, Johnson Ferguson Baronet etc. Hard at work all day on drawing of T.P.O'Connor chasing Pirate. Finished at 10.0pm. M & self dined & left at 11.0 in carriage for the Foreign Office Reception. Went up the stairs with Phipson Beale. Saw many, including the girl I saw grow up on Campden Hill & Edward. Who is Edward? Walked through rooms & left at 12.10. Called Athenaeum Club & dove home. Bed at 1.0am. Roy back from an at home at the Threlfalls. (Red ink: Went by self to Foreign Office Reception.) Saturday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Not very tired. Out for walk up Campden Hill & took a few photos in Church Street. Magazine jammed. Back. In morning wrote cheques etc. Printed all back 2 x 2¾ blues. Lunch. After packed leisurely & M & self left in 4 wheeler to Paddington to go down to Pangbourne. Met Mr Michel at station going also. Did not know him. To Bowden Green. Mr Fitzmaurice, Engineer to the L.C.C, there. Had met him before. Pleasant dinner. A Canon & his wife came. Played 126 up, Canon & Mr Spagnoletti v Mr Michel & self. Beat them by 6. Bed 10.20pm. (Red ink: M & self went to Pangbourne.) Jul 1906 Sunday July 1 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Called 8.0. Good bath etc & breakfast. After out in garden. At 11.45 walked down to Pangbourne & took 16 photos. Disappointed not catching schoolgirl. Back 1.15. Lunch in garden. Good Walker's Whiskey. After at 3.0 all went down to the river & in skiff & canoe. A Miss Shea, niece of Simmonds, came. Pretty, like Mary Grieves in 1862. Dull weather & closer. Landed at Mrs Gray's & walked up to see roses & house. Daughter married to Major Forbes. A pretty girl there. Back & to Bowden Green. Dinner after reading Zola's Paris. No appetite. A Major Forbes & his wife dined. Talk of tetanus & hydrophobia. Good dinner. After played 100, no 126, up. 4 games, Mr Michel & self v Major F & Spagnoletti. Badly beaten. Bed at 10.20pm. (Red ink: On the river at Pangbourne.) Monday July 2 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Called at 7.0 & up an hour earlier. Trouble about bath. Packed leisurely. Baker, Coutts, Michel & Spagnoletti left by the 9.5 train. We went by the 10.40. News of awful crash on the L & S.W Railway last night, 27 killed. Home by cab at 12.0pm. Developed photos taken yesterday etc. Put things away. M & self dined quietly. Roy out at dinner. Quiet evening & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self came up from Pangbourne.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Wilfred Lawson. Monday 2 July.)
Tuesday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out with camera & at last got satisfactory full face of Aphrodite & girl on steps. Back. After developed etc. Also Paris Tuesday photos. Dressed at 2.0 & left by carriage for Kensington Church for Kitty Fildes' wedding with Mr Ellis. Schmaltz just behind. On to house. Charming reception. Poor John Aird. Orchardson better. Mrs Perugini, many others. Left with Roy at 4.45pm & home. Changed & developed photos. M & self dined quite quietly by ourselves. (Red ink: Miss Fildes' wedding.) Wednesday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out with Rags & large C. Took 1 doz of Lytham House girls. Back. Developed. Put things away etc. Rest in afternoon & left at 5.0pm. Bus to W.G & on to Punch Dinner. There at 7.0pm. O.S, self, F.H.T, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, Lucas late. Reed dressed. Very long sitting. Got cut of Birrell & Elephant. Left 11.20. Partridge & O.S at table. Home by bus. Bed 1.0am. (Cutting glued in: Will of Francis Webb. July 4.) Thursday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am. Sent wire to Hilton not to come up from Southend. Walked over to Notting Hill & took 1 dozen of schoolgirls in lovely light. Back. Breakfast at 9.25. Wrote letters & schemed subject of Elephant & Birrell. At 12.0 took study from Britten. Good light. Had easel carried down. Developed & all ready by 4.0pm. Tired. Rest till 5.45 when got drawings outlined. M, Roy & self dined. Bottle of Champagne. Electric Fan in Drawing Room worked erratically. Bed at 11.30pm. Very hot. Friday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out to Lytham House. Took 9 photos of Princess etc. Back. All day at work on Elephant & Birrell. Developed photos after lunch. On to work. Wire from O.S. Finished at 9.40pm. Electric Light fetched from the Drawing Room. Dined 9.45pm, M & self. Roy went to Mrs Temple's at home. Bed 12.0am. Roy back 11.30pm. (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Melville Bergheim, of a daughter. Death of Charlotte Somerset. Death of Lady Doyle.) Saturday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Grey morning. Walked with Rags up Church St & over by Argyll Road. Breakfast. Roy going to Oxford & Cambridge Cricket Match. After printed about 50 ¼ blues. Lunch. M & self went by carriage to the Comedy Theatre & saw 'Raffles'. Gerald Du Maurier good. Very pretty woman with iron grey hair & pretty eyes. Saw Mrs Kobervein Tyrrel. Back by carriage from Athenaeum. Got fruit. Passes from Sir F.Harrison. Developed the last of the Paris photos between 6.30 & 7.15pm. Roy went to Hurlingham. Cart fetched him at 10.30pm. M & self had delightful quiet dinner together. Very hot. Bed at 11.50. Roy in 11.0pm. (Red ink: M & self went to see Raffles.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Thornton.) Sunday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out 9.5. Dull but hot & close. Took Rags washed. Breakfast. Roy in. Filled in Income Tax Paper for £850 less £25 Life assurance. Brown boots polished. After Tilda came to lunch with M & helped her pack. Went
in the afternoon & played some very good sets of Lawn Tennis. Self & a young man v Sir A & Col Trench. Very evenly matched. Back. Dressed. (Red ink: Went by self to play Tennis at Sir A.Hickman's.) Monday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. A dark morning. Sun ocasionally. Out & took Brown Legs etc. After A came with a companion. Took 1 in poor light back view. After took the funny little man with Homburg hat too small. Back. Changed & left after breakfast with M for Euston in Otley's cab. Saw M off. Lord Dudley & Sir W.Agnew there, Miss Ogilvie. After saw Phil Agnew. Left & walked in hot sun to the British Museum. Delighted with Nereid Room & Mausoleum from Mausolos. After walked to Garrick. Lunched with Phil A & talk to Colonel Jones who was back in his old form. To Sands & Hunters & after home by bus. Roy & self dined & went to Palace Theatre after. A very poor entertainment. Home by carriage from the Garrick Club at 12.0am. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Palace Theatre. M went to Llandridnod. Went to British Museum.) Tuesday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Missed B.L. Took a part of the plate of Aphrodite. A wretched old woman passed. Back & breakfast. After did enlargements & at work all day. Dined by self in the evening. Drove at 5.0pm & called on Lady Stracey. Dull musical party. Back & went on till dinner with photos. (Red ink: Called on Lady Stracey.) Wednesday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up & out at 8.30 with Rags to Lytham House. Took 12 photos, one of girl like Mabel Hall. Back. Breakfast. Bright sun at intervals. After all day printing etc. Left somewhat earlier in afternoon. Called at Garrick & after Sands & Hunters. On to Punch Dinner, there 6.50. Saw Seaman on Almanack. Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, H.W.L. Very long discussion. Did not leave till 11.30 & missed bus. Waited ¼ hr in Fleet Street & then took a Putney bus & changed at Knightsbridge. Home 12.34am. Bed. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Charles Agnew to Olive Danes.) Thursday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & out. Cold on larynx. Met Lord Alverstone in Church St. Snapped a few unimportant figures. Back & schemed drawing of Lord Roberts & John Bull. At 12.15 Britten came round. Had sent Upton for a trumpet to Mays. Many things in yard. Finished at 3.30 & up in room. Worked till 8.30pm when dined by self. Roy out & went to see The Geisha. Bed at 12.0 after reading In Search of the Unknown by Robert W.Chambers. (Cutting glued in: Death of William Kevill-Davies.) Friday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Lovely bright sun. Snapped B.L & also back view of A. Thought it was perfect but on development not. Back. Breakfast & after all day at work on drawing of John Bull & Lord Roberts. Finished 10.15 & dined alone. Roy had been to the McLarens at the Eton & Harrow Cricket Match. Bed 12.0. Roy back. (Cutting glued in: Death of John Uniacke.)
Saturday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Not tired. Out with L.C & Rags. Took 8 or 9 on Church St. Little girl in black etc. Back. Breakfast. After letters. Enlarged the entire morning, Miss Bryson & also a lot of this year's street girls etc. Lunch. Went on to 3.0. Brilliant sun without a cloud all morning. Rest. Then dressed & to Lords to E & Harrow Match. Missed Roy. Only met Warre. Back & changed. Went to dine at the Naval & Military Club with Edgar at 8.5pm. Cold troublesome. Good dinner. After strolled to Athenaeum. Letters. Then on to the Garrick. Roy there. Marshall, Chudleigh etc. Home by carriage at 12.15am. (Red ink: Eton & Harrow Cricket Match. Dined with Edgar at Army & Navy Club.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Chief Waladotta. July 13 06.) Sunday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out at 9.15am. Dull morning after breakfast. Roy in all the morning. Wrote letter to the Inspector of Taxes who had bothered me again. Also others. Roy & self lunched. It looked very threatening. Roy to Club, back at 4.0 & we both went to Sir A.Hickman's. Played 8 sets. Self & a grandson at Harrow v Sir A & Roy. I played very well at 1 st. Back & Roy & self dined. Edgar never came. Quiet evening & read R.W.Chamber's In Search of the Unknown. Mostly repetition. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went with Roy to Sir A.H's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Major Francis Ricarde-Seaver.) Monday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Shaved. Dressed leisurely & out at 8.30. Nevertheless just missed B.L. Took snap of A sideways & back to breakfast. Came over dull afterwards. Above photo no good. Enlarged Dutch & other photos in the morning & up to 3.0pm. Roy & self dined at 7.45 & after went by carriage to a Conversazione at the Royal Academy to meet the Congress of Architects. Saw many I knew. The Arnold-Forsters & Sir Carruthers Gould. A'Becketts. Oh! Left 11.0 & to the Garrick Club when the carriage took us home at 11.45pm. Very hot. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Conversazione at the R.A. Architects.) (Cutting glued in: The Salisbury Railway accident. July 16th.) Tuesday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Ellen up tho' ill. Out 8.25. Brilliant sun & hot. Took B.L & just got A back view. Back. Roy gone to Dentist. Never kept the appointment. All morning enlarging Dutch photos etc & up to 3.30. Tired. Rest. Roy & self dined at 6.45 & left in carriage & saw The Beauty of Bath. Bosh. Supper at Garrick C & home by carriage. Intensely hot evening. Awful in theatre. Bed 12.45pm. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Aldwych Theatre to 'Beauty of Bath'.) Wednesday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am & out in bright sun with L.C to Notting Hill. Met boy & gave him 1/s for address. Took 12. Back & after from 12.0 to 3.0 enlarged Dutch photos. Lunch by self. Rest in room from 3.0 to 4.30pm. After left for P.D & cab to Athenaeum. Asked for brandy just as going out. 1 letter, McCrae. On to Sands & H. Talk till 7.0pm. To Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Gave Salon catalogue to B.P. Basket verified. Left at 11.10 & had to wait
nearly 20m for bus. Home by 12.5pm & to bed. Very hot day & evening. (Cutting glued in: Death of Samuel Armitage.) Thursday July 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Rainy in morning. Roy away early to Dentist. Back 9.15. Breakfast. Took no photos. After schemed subject of Asquith & Haldane as Monks. At 12.0 photod Britten & Hilton. Got done early, up in room 2.45. Read Chamber's book. Rest till 3.45. Wire from Fletcher asking on yacht for Saturday. Got drawing in outline & at 7.15 dressed & left in carriage to dine with Mr & Mrs Dickens. Took Mrs Alec Tweedie in to dinner. Ray Lankester & Guthrie there. Introduced Guthrie to Mrs Alec T. Left by the carriage 11.30 & home & so to bed. (Red ink: Dined at the Harry Dickens's.) Friday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40am & out. Took no photos as it was dull & grey. All day at work on drawing of Asquith & Haldane as two Monks. Finished 10.35 & dined by self after. Had half a bottle of Champagne. Bed at 1.0am very tired. Saturday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out up Church St. Took 1 photo only of a little girl in red dress. Went to Butts & bought strawberries & carried them home. After breakfast & letters the whole morning & up to 4.0pm enlarging various photos. Used two enlargers for the first time. Tired. Roy & self dined together & we went to see Genée at the Empire. Very sleepy whilst it was being played. Called Garrick Club & home by the carriage. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Empire.) Sunday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out at 9.15am. Fine morning. After breakfast put things ready for tomorrow. No time for enlarging. Roy & self lunched together. Rest after. At 4.15 to Sir A.H's for the last time 1906. Very good sets. A son of Sir A's not met before, John Hickman & wife, General H & all up from Llandrindod. Played many sets. Home 7.30. Roy & self dined quietly & went to bed at 10.30pm. Ada S.J sent a letter to Kensington Palace Gardens asking us to go to Derwent Lodge to dinner & Spencer also called in the morning. (Red ink: Last Lawn Tennis at Sir A.H's.) Monday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am & got all ready. Breakfast at 7.30 & off in cart for Charing X at 8.0am. Lovely morning. Left by 9.0am train for Dover. People in & out of the carriage at the last moment. On board Princess Harriette. Left 11.20 & got to Ostend at 3.20pm. Uninteresting people on board. Took 8 photos. Luggage passed & drove to Hotel Continental. Most lovely brilliant hot sun. Out at once with camera & took 33 photos. Peasant girl on sands etc. Dressed at 7.0 & dinner 8.15pm. A fairly good dinner. Bottle of Claret. Out after & to a concert. Good. Back at 10.45. Then changed films & into bed at 12.0am exactly. (Red ink: Left London for Ostend.) Tuesday July 24
Hotel Continental, Ostend. Woke up several times in the night & at last up at 7.30. Restless. A dull grey morning which kept on all day until 5.45pm. Slight stroll. Back to breakfast at 9.0. Excessively dear & not a good sole, 6.50F. After up & wrote 4 letters. One to M. At 11.0 got camera & took 33 of people bathing etc, all in grey light. Left off 1.0pm. Went to a photograph shop who only wanted to charge 25c for use of dark room. Gave 1F. Re-filled two magazines & had at 2.15pm a most indifferent filet. They charged 5F for it. Out again & along sands. Took 45 more photos, 78 in all today. Remarkably fine girl aged 16 with 2 little brothers. Took many of her. Back at 6.30 & packed bags. A letter from dear M, written yesterday. After went down to dinner. Not good. Paid bill & got off by 10.15 & on board boat in deck chair. Talk to 2 girls, hospital nurses who had gone over for the day. At 11.30 went down & got troubled sleep till 3.0am. Cup of coffee & ashore 3.30. Carriage to self at Dover to Charing X. Wednesday July 25 On board train, Dover to Charing X. Upton met me 6.0am & drove to Stafford Terrace. Changed films etc & out at 8.25 to Cromwell Road. Snapped A with small camera. She, like Lot's Wife, looked round. Back. Got strawberries. Roy & self at breakfast. After all day tidying. Developed 1 dozen. 2 hours rest in Drawing Room. Dead tired. Left & by bus all way to Fleet Street. Punch Dinner. Lawence Bradbury back 1st time since May 28th, 2 months. Had been to Boulogne. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Got good subject of Duma as 1 st born child & Russia. Home by bus at 11.15. Bed after reading. Fan in the Drawing Room used 1st time. Upton unwell. Came over sick as he said. Wire from Hamilton Fletcher to join the Joyeuse on Saturday. (Red ink: Arrived home from Ostend.) Thursday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am & out down Lytham House with small camera. Snapped B.L. No Princess. Back at 9.30, got raspberries. After schemed subject for Russia. No wire or letters from Miss Huxley. Had to get study from Marguerite. Very hot sun. All ready by 4.0pm. Rest in room. Roy back & drove in cart to the Queen's Club. We dined quietly together at 8.40pm. In Drawing Room after. Fan going. Bed at 11.30pm. Had Champagne cup. Marguerite put too much Maraschino in it. Felt very sick & seedy in Drawing Room after. It passed off after a bit. (Red ink: Sick from Champagne cup.) Friday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out with S.C. Grey dark morning & was unable to take anything. Called Lower Butts, raspberries. After to breakfast. Band. Roy off. All day at work on drawing of Russia & Duma, Death of the First Born. Finished it at 10.20. Roy back from Club. Dined 10.30 & in Drawing Room after. Bed at 12.0. Tired. Saturday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Overslept & an hour wrong in time. Lovely morning. Missed Church Street. Went out & got cherries. Breakfast. Roy off to City. After wrote & packed, no time to put away. Developed 18 films & 6 plates. Packed. Very hot. Lunch & got off at 2.10 by cart for Waterloo. Old Rick very bad. Crowded train & frightfully hot in it. Lord Crawford went down also. Spoke to him on boat to Cowes & he remembered 28 years ago when we met at Bergheims. On boat
many people. Girl with thin lips. Got to Cowes 7.15pm. Boat at the pier & on to 'Joyeuse'. Steered the boat. Tabs & Alice Holland on board. H & Gwen after. Just time to dress. Poor dinner, ½ bottle of Lanson to self. Talk & smoke & turned in 11.15pm. Strange dream of Aphrodite & introduction to & other curious matters. (Red ink: Went to Southampton & Cowes.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Ernest Drabble, of a daughter. Charlemagne's sarcophagus opened.) Sunday July 29 S.Y.Joyeuse, Cowes. Up at 8.0. Bath. Out at 8.45. Grey close day. Wrote diary. Poor breakfast. No fruit. After wrote 5 letters. H, Tabs, Gwen & A.H all went ashore to church. Took 2 snaps of them. Close on board. Finished letters & at 12.30 went ashore. Posted letters. Took 2 photos sidewalk & guns. Met H & we returned to the yacht. Under weigh at 1.15. Good lunch. Steamed opposite Christ Church. Landed, Gwen, H & self. Tabs started & then went back again. Anchorage looked just the same. Click of Col Sermon's croquet ball precisely similar. Looked over house. Statuette of Mrs Beaton. Sad memories. Afte called on Mrs Wiggins. Maud W a girl of 15. Pretty. A Mephistophelian individual there, Mr James & another. Left & back on yacht by 5.0pm. Took 2 snaps, 1 of Wiggins's & 1 of boat. 2 of row boat, 2 ashore, 1 blank, 2 Ch Ch, 5 of flag flying, 1 doz. Steamed to Portland. There 7.45. Lovely evening after & sunset. Read Hawthorne. After dinner young 2nd Lt from the Guards came aboard. Talk. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Afloat at Portland etc.) Monday July 30 S.Y.Joyeuse, Portland Roads. Up at 7.50. Bath. Shave. On deck 8.30. Very much upset with something I eat yesterday. Probably salmon & cream on top. H, Tabs, Gwen & A.H at 10.15 in motor for visit to Leweston. Self got off with Captain at 11.0 & went to Weymouth. Got fly & to S.Western & L.S.W Station. Began at 11.30 to take photos on sands. Took 31 in all. Lunch at the Royal. Was charged for small piece of ham 3/s. Took 1/s off. Left 12.55 & most comfortable journey to Waterloo by self. No stop after Central Bournemouth. Cab home. Dear M back. Bath, changed & by bus to Punch Dinner. Called Sands & H. After met curious girls in bus. A chorus line or what? Pretty but awful. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got cut of C.B & little John Bull. Suggested the Transvaal for (illeg). Left 10.30 by cart to the Athenaeum & wrote letters. Home. Still upset & seedy. (Red ink: M back from Llandrindod. Came up from Weymouth.) (Cuttings glued in: King's Birthday Honours. July 29. Obituary of E.Noble Smith. 30 July.) Tuesday July 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & changed plates. Out to Cromwell Road. No A. Holidays commenced evidently 27th. Took 7 of shop fronts for cut. Back. Schemed subject & at 11.45 Britten came & also small boy. Photod them. Very hot. Edith F to lunch. After got done by 4.10. Rest till 5.30pm when went on till 8.0pm when dressed. Roy had the carriage. Dined 8.20 with M. Rest & fan in Drawing Room. Bed at 11.30pm. Very hot. (Cuttings glued in: Death of William Scooner. Obituary of William Scooner. W 8 Aug.) Aug 1906 Wednesday August 1
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am. Better but still not quite all right. Took S.C & up Church St. Took only one of Chinaman. No school children. Roy off early. After at work all day on drawing of C.B & Little John Bull & Slop Tailors Shop. Finished at 10.30pm. M & self had dinner. Roy in at 10.25 from the Oxford & Cambridge Club. He sat at the table & had cigar & liqueur. Bed at 12.0 after. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Toole. July 31.) Thursday August 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Caught Red Skirt & woman in Phillimore Gardens. A restful long pottering day. Much to print & develop. M, Roy & self dined quietly in evening. Read In the Days of the Dandies to them. Fan going. M & Roy to bed 11.0am, self followed at 12.0am. In morning put away 4 weeks of notes & photos & also squared up Bromos. (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Sydney Waterlow.) Friday August 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & out. Missed Red Skirt. Went to Butts & got fruit. Thought I had dropped 6d. Roy went to City. All day printing & doing films etc,. Roy back early in afternoon & packed. He left when I was in my Hut for the Carlton Club to dine, after to go north by the 11.50 to Dumfries. M & self dined together quietly & bed early after. (Red ink: Roy went to Terregles.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Sydney Waterlow. Saty 4 Aug.) Saturday August 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. 2 fair girls sprang out of bus for Derry & Toms. Took good one of Red Skirt & another making the 6. Back. Breakfast. After from 12.0 to 1.15 getting 3 enlargements only. Very hot. Lunch. M & self left at 2.0 & by carriage to Daly's Theatre & we were most delighted with The Geisha. Out & through Leicester Square. Awful people about. Carriage home from the Athenaeum. Called Butts & also ham. Developed 30 plates & films from 6.30 to 7.30. Dinner. Had silly book on Carthage after. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to Daly's Theatre.) Sunday August 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & down. Went to Hut & took out film. After for walk. Rags rolled badly. Let the hose run on him & tied him up in yard. M down. After did nothing much. At 12.10 M & self & Rags went for a walk in Kensington Gardens. Mr & Mrs Villiers & also Sir W.Richmond's brother. Afterwards back. Lunch. One of the Queen Anne mirrors in the Drawing Room fell down & smashed to atoms. The cord gave way. Left at 2.30. Cab to 14 C.S. Took some photos of G.T. Out 5.0 & home by bus from Piccadilly. Cocoa & bath. M in Drawing Room. After at 8.0 Colonel & Madame Bien Cardé (sic Biancardi) dined with us. Good dinner which they both enjoyed. 2 bottles of Geisler. They left at 11.0pm. Colonel B.C recommended Hungarian Stock to me. Sir W.Richmond's brother is called English Richmond. (Red ink: Col & Mrs Bian Cardi dined.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Evelyn de la Rue of a son.) Monday August 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Walk up Church Street. Very few about. Roy at Mr Galbraith's for 6 days. After at 11.0 & up to 5.0pm enlarged Dutch & other plates & films. More or less successful. Curious light. Took much longer altho' bright sun.
Rest in room after cocoa. Very hot evening. M & self sat on door step. Margaret out. Waited on by Ellen. Bed at 11.30 after reading. (Red ink: Bank Holiday. Long day enlarging.) (Cutting glued in: Death of William Imrie.) Tuesday August 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out with C. Took no photos. People comimg back. No, took no camera. Waited at corner of Derry & Toms. No fair girls & no red dress. After back & all day after 11.0 enlarging Dutch & other photographs. Roy still in Scotland. M & self dined together quietly at 8.0pm. Very hot. In Drawing Room after with wheel. Bed 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Alexander Moncrieff. Mon 6 Aug.) Wednesday August 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & up Church St. Took 4 photos reversed. Splendid light. Red skirt a failure. After finished packing things for Scotland. No photography. Left at 6.0 & by bus all way to Bouverie Street. Met Orton. Took my photos to shew them. Success. Graves back. L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G. Long discussion. Settled for C.B etc cut. Altered after to a Cricketing subject with Keir Hardie. Left at 10.45 & home by cart calling at Athenaeum & writing letters. Bed after reading Westminster. Very hot. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Emma Reffell. The wife of the Rev Orlebar, of a daughter. The wife of Wellesley Orr, of a son. Aug 11. Operation for Mr St John Harmsworth. 8 August. Engagement of Thomas Haggard to Agnes Haggard.) Thursday August 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out up Church St. Carried camera but took no photos. Back. Upton got fruit. After schemed subject of C.B & Keir Hardie Cricketing. At 11.45 photod Upton & Britten & got all ready by 4.0. Worked from 5.0 to 9.30 or 8.45pm when M & self dined. In Drawing Room after. Wheel going. Bed 11.30pm. Very hot at night. Roy still at Terregles Dumfries. Sent wire in the evening to say he arrives at 7.10 Euston tomorrow. (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Mathieson. Professor Lankester's letter. Aug 8th.) Friday August 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & did 1½ hrs letters etc before breakfast. Roy back from Dumfries by cart at 8.35am. Went out to get basket of greengages. Breakfast. Roy went to the City. After at work all day on Cricketing subject, C.B & Keir Hardie. Finished at 6.15pm. Put up a few things & changed & at 7.25 M, Roy & self dined. Bottle of Geisler. At 8.35 left by good 1 horse bus for St Pancras & most comfortable journey to Ayr. Changed Kilmarnock. Mr Borthwick & Mr Young in train. Did not sleep well. Carriage hot & stuffy. M all right. Turned in at 10.0pm. (Red ink: Finished cartoon 6.15. M & self left for Ayr by the 9.30pm train.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of S.W.Gilbert, of a daughter. The wife of Vernon Haggard, of a daughter.) Saturday August 11 On board train from St Pancras to Ayr. Woke much earlier than needed. Cold coffee. After had to change at Kilmarnock. Mr Borthwick & Mr Young. At Ayr by 8.0am. Breakfast at a good hotel. M & self walked into Ayr, a wretched town. Took 1 photo of Piper. Many good print shops. Back. Had to pay 11s 4d for tickets
to Barr Hill. Arrived. Pretty country. After drove to Drumlanford. Passed Fox in a motor. Arrived 12.15. Lunch at 1.0. After rested from 2.30 to 4.15. Walked to loch to see them fishing. Mooned about for an hour & a half. Close. Midges. Wheel going 22 to 30 per minute. Back. Talk to Mrs B & M on terrace. Lovely air. Pat looking out. Bath. Dressed for dinner. Sleepy after. Bed 10.20pm. (Red ink: Arrived at Ayr & on to Drumlanford after.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Mathieson. Friday 10 Aug.) Sunday August 12 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up at 8.0. Strange dream of Charley Hartree dying £47,000 pounds in debt & our having to give up the Mauve. A very wet morning. Heavy & dull. Good breakfast. Talk of drink. It rained heavily most of the day & blew a gale in the night. Read Arabian N in afternoon. Went for walk with W.P.B, M & Mrs Beale at 5.0pm. Chickens dying. Maggie & farm yard. The house boat utilised for a Noah's Ark Club building. Good dinner. Cold. Smoke & talk after. Bed at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Wet day & gale at D. Read & short walk.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Pearl Craigie. Death of Sarah Armstead.) Monday August 13 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up at 7.45. Shave, Bath. A misty morning. Breakfast 8.30am. At 9.30am Mr Borthwick & Mr Young went off. They came back at 7.0pm with a brace of birds. Mr W.P.B & self started at 10.0. Round both lochs near the house all day. Got a brace almost at once. But Oh! after. Birds astonishingly wild & impossible to get at. Self only got 2 brace all day & 4 brace altogether, 1 rabbit. Dogs, spaniel Rush, pointer Lorrie & a setter. Lunch 1.20pm. Not very done up. Shot a bird immediately after. Then a long long interval. Rest from 3.50 to 4.10pm. Went on till 5.35 when stopped near house. Met Mrs B & M. Had ginger beer. Tea & a lovely warm bath. Dressed & down at 7.0pm. Wrote diary. Dinner. After Mr B played waltzes etc. Very sleepy. Bed at 10.30. Turned in at once. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot with Mr B. Very poor sport.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mrs Craigie. Wedy 15 Aug.) Tuesday August 14 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up at 7.15. 1st bath. Heavy rain & strong wind. Down. Wrote 2 letters. Breakfast. After left in break 4 guns & drove up road. Began shooting 10.45 & kept on till 1.15pm. I made 1 splendid shot of flying grouse down wind. Got 3 brace grouse, 1 hare & 1 leveret. Left off at 5.0pm & all drove home in break. Very tired. Went up to get coffee left over from Friday & found the milk bad. Tea. Ginger Beer & after read Sindbad the Sailor. Dressed. Bath. Dinner. Grouse. Rice pudding. After a game of Bridge. Mr Borthwick & self beat Mr W.P.B & M by 180 points. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at D.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Physick.) Wednesday August 15 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up at 7.45. Bath. Had been raining in the night. After the whole morning did nothing. Hung about. Read Arabian Nights. M & W.P.B went to Dornal & learnt they had got 24 brace on Monday. After lunch a clergyman from Barr Hill, Mr Gordon, came. Knew my work. At 2.30 took camera & strolled as far as the wall I took the last 2 years. Took 10 photos. Horses, railings, cows, scenes, wall, butt & picked up a paper Oct 1904. Read a tale in it. Returned at 5.20 & had
tea. Read Nights & dressed. Dinner. After pianola. Bridge. Same as last night. Made 165 points. Bed 11.0. Slept well. (Red ink: Walked & took photos.) (Cutting glued in: The Collis Diamond Syndicate. T 14 Aug.) Thursday August 16 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up at 7.45. Bath. Finer morning. Down 8.0am. Read terminal notes of Arabian Nights. After all left at 10.15am & shot the moor. Opposite Gibson's Farm. Lovely day & light over the hills. Fair bag. 8 snipe. Left off at 5.30. Mr B gave Gibson a hare. Walked home. Dinner. After Mr Borthwick & self were badly beaten by Mr B & M at Bridge. Score wiped off. Bed 10.30pm. (Red ink: Shot moor & snipe ground.) Friday August 17 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up 7.45 & down. Wrote 2 or 3 letters to Port Patrick etc. After an idle morning. Read Arabian Nights & wrote etc. Lunch. Very good boiled beef. After all went fishing. Passed Mr Robertson. His keeper & another man blazing away into coveys of grouse. Miss R also. Went on a long way over the moor to a pool on the burn. Uncomfortable on acct of shoes. Took 1 doz photos. Something ominous about them as from from 9 to 12 did not seem exposed. Left off at 5.0 & walked over hill by Cairn & home 6.5pm. Tea. Changed. Dinner. After beaten at bridge again. Bed 10.30. (Red ink: Fishing day in burn. Took photos.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Colonel James Baker. Wedy 15 Aug 1906.) Saturday August 18 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up at 7.30am. Breakfast 8.0am. All off in break at 9.15am. North wind & grey. 8 guns, Mr Beale, Mr Sambourne, Mr Borthwick, Mr Young, Mr Robertson, a caricature, Mr McCready, a schoolmaster. Self got 6 brace birds. Bag 32 brace besides (illeg) snipe 6 hares. Left off at 6.45pm & drove home. Dressed. Champagne at dinner. 2 rubbers after. Beaten by many points. Bed 11.45pm. The caricature was a Mr Nivvin. (Red ink: 1st day's drive. Delightful day.) Sunday August 19 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up at 8.45. Bath. Grey morning. Breakfast. After Mrs B, Mr Young & the domestic staff to Kirk at 11.0am. Cut strips from Times up to Tuesday 7th Aug. Took M for walk round Loch Drumlanford. Flies troublesome & so in a less degree was Pat. Back. Lunch 2.15pm. After Mr B, Mr Y & Mr B went for a walk. Rested & read Pride & Prejudice. At 4.30 the Dornal party called & had tea. Wrote to Sands & Hunter. Took M for walk round both Lodges. Back. Dinner. No Bridge. Bed 10.15pm. (Red ink: Took M for walk in morning.) Monday August 20 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up 7.30. Breakfast. After wrote letters about return journey & others. Post in. Few letters. Mr B, Mr Y, Mr B & self lunched at 12.30 & all started off to shoot at 1.0pm, up the March to the Ruin. A delightful afternoon. Saw the Dornal party over the moor. Bag 10 brace grouse, 1 black game, 9 snipe. Self got only 1 brace grouse & 2 snipe. Back late 7.10pm. Ginger Beer & after dressed in time for dinner 7.35. Game of Bridge after, Mr Borthwick & self won by 160 points. Bed 10.45. Hot toddy. Good. Slept well. Strange dream of Melbury Road being pulled down. Burgess' house. Said in dream 'Sic transit gloria mundi'. (Red ink: Good day's shoot at the Ruin. Began 1.20pm.)
Tuesday August 21 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up at 7.30. Sunny at first. Down 8.15am. A grey wet day all day. Mr Beale & Mr Young went off to Loch Martle to fish. Mr Borthwick & self remained. Hung about all day & wrote letters etc. Lunch. After the same. Went for walk with Mrs Beale. Midges troublesome. At 6.30 they came back with 38 loch trout. Also a young man named Lawrence Strain came at same time in a motor car. He was at one time engaged to Mr Young's sister & constantly smokes cigarettes. Dressed & dinner. Good. After a game of bridge. Mr Strain played well. He & I beat Mr Borthwick & Mr Beale by 163. Always lead from strongest hand. Bed at 10.45pm. (Red ink: Idle day. Mr B & Mr Y caught 38 loch trout.) Wednesday August 22 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up 7.30am & ready for drive. After breakfast started off 9.15am. Seven guns, Mr Beale, Mr Borthwick, Mr Young, Mr Lawrence Strain, Mr L.S, a Portuguese tall dark man, M.P for Devonshire, & another. Lunch at farm. 8 drives in the day. Bag 54 brace. Some picked up after. Self got 6½ brace, unlucky in drives. At last two midges a perfect plague, never felt them so bad before. Walked home. Ginger Beer. Felt more done up than any other day during visit 1906. Good dinner. Champagne. Sleepy & tired after. Bridge. M & Mr Lawrence Strain v Mr B & Mr B. They were beaten. Bed at 10.30pm. Sleep at once. (Red ink: 2nd grouse drive. Terribly bitten by knats.) Thursday August 23 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up 7.30. Felt very tired. Bath. Breakfast. After wrote letters. After at 10.30 Mr Lawrence Strain left in a Humber motor. Again wrote etc. Post in. Lunch. The Factor came. Read papers etc & at 4.0pm Mr Borthwick & Mr Young left. Also the Factor with them. Mr B had a letter to post. Mrs B & M went to call at Dornal's. Read Lord Macaulay's Michiavelli. Met M & Mrs B & Robertson & his sister. Walked round to pigs. Pat naughty. Went for walk by self round by Drumlanford Farm, 1½ hours. Found a large mushroom. Took it to the house. There 7.15pm. Dressed. Most terribly bitten by midges. Dinner, only 4 of us. Music & M played a game of Californian Jack with Mr B. Bed 10.30 suffering fom bites. (Red ink: Mr L.Strain left & after Mr Borthwick & Mr Young.) Friday August 24 Drumlanford. Up 7.35. Bath & down later. Breakfast. Decided to go fishing. Wrote home. Most probably will be terribly bitten again. Started in break at 10.15pm. M & Mrs Beale going. Mr B & self started fishing at 10.50, 2 rods. Whipped the river all day only one rise. Lovely day but ennervating. 2 or 3 fish jumped. Saw the member for Somerset or Devonshire across the stream. Lunch at the Farm. Mr B in the wet grass. Went on to fish at 2.45. Mr B left at 3.0pm. Went back to the old pool. Another fish 14 lbs about jumped out of water. No good. Left off at 4.15 & walked home. Stewart overtook me. Had Ginger Beer, no tea, & dressed. Mr & Mrs Mrs Kennedy of Glasgow arrived & Mr James Beale who is a director of the Midland Railway. Dinner. Slow. Sleepy after. Pianola. Tired & sleepy. Bed 10.30pm. (Red ink: Fishing day. Caught nothing.) Saturday August 25
Drumlanford. Up 7.0am. Breakfast at 8.0. At 9.15 4 guns, Mr Beale, Mr S.Beale, Mr Kennedy & self went off in break to same beats as last Saturday. Mr Robertson joined. Also 3 guns from Mr Fox's, 2 brothers & a sporting old man who had a wonderful shoot of 400 acres in Cambridgeshire. Got 2 birds at the wall. Unlucky in stands. After only got 3½ brace all day. Total bag 38 brace & 15 hares. A surly young beater with a game bag never came for my birds. 2 drives in the Happy Valley. Left off at 6.0pm & had to wait 20 minutes for break to come up. Back. Tea. Dressed. D.C & W.W for dinner. Champagne & game of Bridge after. Bed 10.30pm. Less tired than any other day. (Red ink: Last grouse driving day at D.) Shot altogether this year 27 brace of grouse, 20 snipe, 2 hares. Sunday August 26 Drumlanford. Up at 7.30am. Bath. Down. A grey drizzly day & all morning writing diary & letters. Wrote Gaumont & Co. After took ink & paper & wrote in our room. Lunch. Read Macaulay's Michiavelli. Mr B came into room whilst I was reading. Walk with the ladies round Lodges. Dinner. Champagne. Talk after the ladies left of Louis Sterne. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Wet day at Drumlanford. Talk of Louis Sterne.) Monday August 27 Drumlanford. Up at 7.30am. Bath. Finished packing. After breakfast got away at 11.0am. Lovely morning. Fees, Stewart 30/s, McLaren 20/s, Davison 15/s, (illeg) 5/s. Good bye & drove to Newton Stewart. Good looking lady in panama hat driving. Changed Dumfries. Particular about (illeg). Left 3.20 & on thro' Carlisle home. Arrived 11.45 at Stafford Terrace. All well. Snack & bed. Through Cumberland Hills to Sellafield, Leeds, Sheffield. (Red ink: Left Drumlanford & all day travelling. Arrived home 11.45.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Lovelace.) Tuesday August 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Out & saw no one. Carried camera for nothing. Back. Put things straight & after at 12 to 5.0 enlarging only 4 prints. Changed films in ¼ boxes & carriers. Wrote letters etc. Dined 7.30pm. Roy brought a lobster from the City. Left at 8.30 to see Stern off. M & self quiet after. Bed at 12.0am after snooze. (Red ink: Long day enlarging. Did not do very much. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ralph, second Earl of Lovelace. Obituary of Sir Thomas Boughey.) Wednesday August 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Shave. Out for cycle ride 1 st time since (blank). Found out A's name was Miss Turney, 28 Bramham Gardens S.W. A widow's daughter. Passed Burnand's old house. Builders at it. Breakfast 9.15am. Roy better spirits. Lovely morning. Put things straight. In afternoon left at 5.15 & called on French firm Gaumont & Co & after Sands & Hunter & Co & to Punch Dinner. O.S, self, R.H, C.G, E.V.L (in chair) E.T.R, F.H.T. An Elephant in Ice on table. Long discussion. Left 11.45 & called Athenaeum. No letters. Wrote 3 or 4 & home by bus. Very hot. (Cutting glued in: Reminiscences of the late Lord Lovelace.) Thursday August 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50am & out on bicycle round Park. Rags done up. After schemed subject of President Roosevelt & Tree of English Language. At 12.0
Hilton came. Photod him & Upton. Rather bothered with enlarging. Up in room tired. Worked from 5.0 to 8.15pm. M, Roy & self dined. Grouse. Bed 11.30 after rest. (Red ink: Very hot weather.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Thomas Boughey. Death of Sarah Campbell-Bannerman.) Friday August 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out on bicycle round Earls Court Road. Very hot morning. Breakfast. Worked from 10.30 to 10.15pm. Fan going all aftenoon. Intensely hot but got through all right. Did drawing of President Roosevelt as Washington & the Spelling. M & self dined at 10.30pm & had a bottle of Champagne. Bed at 12.30pm. Fan going. (Red ink: Intense record heat.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Lady Campbell-Bannerman. Obituary of Thomas Boughey.) Sep 1906 Saturday September 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out up Church Street. No one about. Frightfully hot. Roy to go to Harold Messel's. All the morning packing etc. M & self left at 3.45 in a 4 wheeler for Victoria to go down to Balcombe. Met a little German in the carriage of train. Arrved Balcombe in great heat. Lennie's face swelled up by a bite of some sort. Dressed & at 8.0 Major & Mrs Oxley dined. Had Champagne. Better without it. Had to shew my photos. Bed at 11.30pm. Sat out in most wonderfully beautiful & still landscape like Grey's Elegy. (Red ink: Drew cheque for £686.4.6 for investment. Came to Balcombe, M & self. Record heat 91º in shade.) Sunday September 2 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0 & sat out sorting 'Times' before breakfast. Very hot. Breakfast 9.30. After Mrs Gibson & Mite went to church. Photod trees with Linley. Lunch. Mr Cecil Brownlow came in late. After sat out & smoked. Went up to rest. Wrote letters. Mrs Messel & Mr & Mrs Eric Parker & Captain & Mrs Gibbes came over in a wagonette. Had to shew my photographs. Dinner at 8.0pm. Mr & Mrs Green dined. Mr Brownlow, the German, M, self, Mrs Gibson & Lennie & Mite. Champagne again. Felt sleepy after. Changed plates 12.0 to 12.20am when to bed. Slept uneasily. Great heat all day 91º in shade. (Red ink: At Balcombe. Intense heat.) Monday September 3 Balcombe House. Up 6.50pm & down. Times. Breakfast at 8.0. Little German had his before me. Caught in pony carriage the 9.3 for Brighton. 3 Lawn Tennis young men got in. Drove in hot sun to the Bedford & then strolled out. Took in all 44 photos of beach & children etc. At 12.40 bathed, 1 st time for 5 years. Out & more photos. A sea fog came up suddenly at 12.40pm. To the Bedford & had lunch. After out again. 2 common little girls, one Guildford, the other London. Back to Hotel. Got sachel & umbrella. Met one of the Orient bachelors. Asked after M. Strolled to station & back to Balcombe House by pony trap. Mrs Messel there. Tea. Felt tired & went to my room. Lost handkerchief. (Red ink: Went to Brighton from Balcombe.) Tuesday September 4
Balcombe House. Up 8.20. Slept well. Not quite so hot but still very hot. Looked over Times. Breakfast by self. After from 10.30 to 12.30 cut pars from Times since March. Dr Parker came. Lennie better. After lunch on lawn with children & Eric Parker's two children came over & played with Linley, Ann & Oliver. Dudley, Vic & Ruffles assisting. Up in room. Wrote letters & stuck a few slips in book. Dinner. Quiet evening & bed 12.0am. Took 4 photos of Ann & Oliver in swing hammock. Went to look at India rubber plant. Dinner. Mrs Gibson did not leave. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Quiet peaceful day at Balcombe. Weather changed. Heavy rain at night.) Wednesday September 5 Balcombe House. Up 7.45. Bath. Looked over Times. Shave etc. All morning putting pars in book. Lunch. At 2.25 M & self drove in 2 horse Victoria to 3 Bridges, M seeing me off. Got to Stafford Terrace 4.0pm. Wrote a letter or two. At 4.45 bus to W.P & on after to the P Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.L, Phil A, E.V.L, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long discussion. Left at 11.0 & caught bus at once. Home. All roads up in High St Kensington. Bed at 12.30am. Roy out. Thursday September 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out up Church Street. Dull grey morning. Met no one. No National Scholars back yet. After breakfast schemed subject of Haldane & Tommies. At 12.0 Britten came. Photod him & Upton & made one enlargement. At 5.0 to 8.30 drew in cartoon. Doubt as to Life Guard. Did not put him in. At 8.45 Roy & self dined. Good grouse got by Mrs Reffell. Read Life of Oscar Wilde. Bed 12.0am. Cooler. Friday September 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45am. Out for walk. Dull morning. Met no one. Breakfast. All day at work on Haldane as German & Tommies. Rather bothered with Haldane's face. Finished 10.30. Dined by self. Roy back 12.15. Bed very tired 1.0am. Saturday September 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.4 & out 8.30. Most lovely morning. Brilliant sun. Took 6 photos, grey boa & little girl with bicycle. Back. Breakfast. After letters the entire morning developing last Monday's Brighton photos. Lunch. Enlarged 2 or 3 up to 3.0pm. Changed & at 3.45 Roy & self went in a 4 wheel cab to Thornycrofts & saw the Harvard & Cambridge Boat Race. A procession. Stood on a coal heap. Brilliant sun & great crowds. Yorkshire betting men & a huge shouldered taciturn prize fighting man. Walked to tram. A curious little pretty girl with sly eyes with her father. Walked home from Hammersmith. Bought peaches. Very warm. Changed. Dined 7.0pm off Roy's brace of grouse. One rather high. Drove at 8.20 to Victoria, Roy going with me. Crowded trains. Motor met me 3 Bridges & to Balcombe House. Miss Meades there & Cushla Parker. A lovely girl. Bed at 12.0am. Very warm evening. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Oxford(sic, Cambridge) & Harvard Boat Race.) Sunday September 9 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Bath. Dull grey morning much cooler. Miss Parker at breakfast. M went to church. Read Annual Register. Wrote diary. Went at 12.15 to
meet M from church. Walk in Kitchen Garden. Lunch. After took 22 films of Miss Cushla Parker. They went in motor to Nymans 3.45pm. Ann & her little swinging doll. Dinner. Mr & Mrs Hayworth Booth came. Lennie upset about scent in Drawing Room. Good dinner. Champagne. Sleepy after. Bed at 12.0. Cushla Parker lovely girl of 17. (Red ink: Cushla Parker at Balcombe House. Photod her.) Monday Septmber 10 Balcombe House. Up at 7.0am. Saw Lennie off & after caught the 9.3am for Brighton. Lovely morning & all day. Took all 3 magazines. Women bathing, children etc etc. Lunched at the Bedford. Curious old lady next me. After out & took No 3 magazine. Little girl & her mother. Caught the 3.50 back. Only M on lawn. Mite had gone to town. Mrs Sington came. Felt very tired. At 6.30 Hamilton Fletcher & Lennie arrived. Walk round. Good dinner. Champagne. Sleepy after. Bed 11.30. Too tired to change films. (Red ink: Went to Brighton. Got good photos. Mrs Sington & Hamilton Fletcher came to Balcombe.) Tuesday September 11 Balcombe House. Up at 7.45 & saw Hamilton Fletcher off after breakfast. A most lovely cloudless September day all day. Squared prints. Lunch. At 3.30 M, Mite & Mrs Sington went for long motor ride to see Geoff. Rest from 2.0 to 3.30. Squared prints until 5.0. They did not come back until 6.40. Lennie back first. Changed films before & after dinner. Shewed Mrs S photos. Good Claret. Bed 11.30. M slept well. Wednesday September 12 Balcombe House. Up 7.45. Saw Lennie off. Duller morning. After breakfast wrote many letters. Finished squaring up prints etc. Lunch. M & self left in motor & caught 3.30 train. M went back. To Victoria, 4 wheeler home. All roads up. Got cocoa etc & then off by bus to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, H.F.T, L.B, R.L (late) Partridge back. E.T.R, E.V.L. Got cut of Balfour & Pigs. Left at 11.0 taking Bystander & home by bus. Put down end of Argyll Road. Cooler weather. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe.) Thursday September 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am. Cycled round Earls Court. Roads up everywhere. Back. Breakfast. Roy all right. Schemed subject of Balfour & Pigs. Hilton came at 11.45am. Photod him. Good light. Developed & at work. Could not get done in time for the play. Roy & self dined on brace grouse Roy had brought from the City. Fairly good. Bed 12.0pm. Friday September 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & out. Got back before band. No school children yet. After at work all day on Arthur Balfour & Pigs. Dear M returned from Balcombe at 6.0pm. Upton met her. Finished at 10.15. M & self dined. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Extraordinary wire to Ellen from Margaret Moser. Supposed to be from Brighton. (Red ink: M returned from Balcombe.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of the late Mr Georges Jacobi. The week ending Sepr 15.)
Saturday September 15
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Tired. Went in & had my hair cut before breakfast. After all morning packed. Put up camera for Lucy. M & self got off after lunch & caught the 2.20pm train from Charing X for Folkestone. Great crowd at station. Got in to another portion with all our luggage in the carriage. Got down at 4.0pm. No hotel porter. After changing room Roy came down. Tea. We all took a stroll on Lees. Met Constance Hay that was, also Spencer. C.H walked back with me. Dressed. Fair dinner. Girls playing music in Winter Garden. Spencer, Hilda & Bogie S came. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to Folkestone. Roy followed after. In 341 room, Roy 222.) Sunday September 16 Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. Up at 7.0. Good bath. Knocked up Roy & we had bathe in sea. Breakfast. After we all went to the 12.0 boat. M would not go at the last. Turned back with Hilda. Spencer, Roy & self went to Boulogne. Met the Harold Rollers. Had to go thro' Custom House on quay. Dust bad at Boulogne. Most excellent lunch at Hotel de Paris. Sands & Casino after. Won 2Fr. Concert. Tall & fine girl like Maisey R. Tram to cathedral. Chocolate at shop. Back to hotel & on boat. Blowing hard. Old man & pretty young girl opposite us. Good passage. M & Hilda met us. Supper. Good half bottle of wine never turned up. Spencer supped with us. After Roy turned in at 10.50. Snooze in Smoking Room. Row between a man of 38 & 2 old men. "I allow no one to use such an expression to me". Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Roy, Spencer & self went over to Boulogne. Met the Rollers.) Monday September 17 Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. Up 7.0am. Down. Cup of coffee with Roy. Saw him off at Central Station. After slight rain. A dainty little lady in side street. Walked twice up a hill. Back. Breakfast. After the weather cleared. Took camera & went up to the Lees. High wind. Missed 2 pretty girls. Got nursemaid. Back & M & self left by motor to Hythe at 12.15, Spencer & Hilda going with us. Got to Hythe at 12.45. Sat by a canal. Met Lucy. Went to house. Brilliant sun. Took 14 ¼ films of house, views etc. Lunch. Brancastle Doctor. Old Rum. F.C.B £200 a year. Departed 4.50. Motor back. Walk on Lees. M & self met Fanny Streatfield & also Woodruff. Back. Dressed. M & self dined together. Music after. Changed films. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self lunched with the Lucys.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Lutyens.) Tuesday September 18 Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. Up at 8.0. Strong wind from the east at night. Got up & shut the windows. M & self got down to breakfast 9.30. Went out & looked at Punch before. After took 12 photos people on beach. Lovely morning & sea. M & self went to pier to see boat off. Took Ross camera & also lighthouse girl fishing etc. At 1.0 left & went up & lunched at the Grand Hotel. Italian waiters. Fair lunch. Coffee at Metropole. Out after & took 21 of people in wind etc. M sat in the sun & after to band. Went away & left me waiting for ¼ hour. One or two pretty women. Mrs Simmonds came up & spoke to me. Talked for 10 minutes. After left at 5.0. Met Spencer. M gone off for drive with Adah S.J. Spencer came to hotel. Whisky & soda. Carriage not back till 6.15pm. Dressed. Wrote diary. (Red ink: Lovely day at Folkestone.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Hugh Bellingham gave birth to triplets. All are doing well. Tues 18.) Wednesday September 19
Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. Up 7.0. A grey still morning. Bath & packed. Down 8.30am. Wrote diary. Breakfast. Still grey. Out & took 4 photos only, 2 on sands, 2 in town. Back. Spencer & Hilda in our room. Got away after lunch in the Grill Room at 1.30. Got good carriage to ourselves in train. Talk to old Interpreter who rememberd the old days & John Penn. Boat 200 passengers principally from Lourdes. London, 4 wheeler home. Margaret back. After to Punch Dinner. Letters at United Sevices Club. No letters for me. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, P.A, B.P (New Forest) E.T.R, A.G back from Sweden. Very long discussion. Got Cubans Fighting & Roosevelt. Home by bus very tired at 11.15 from Office. Roy out. (Red ink: Came back from Folkestone.) Thursday September 20 Stafford Terrace. x. Up 7.45. Up Church St. Met no one. After schemed subject of Cubans & Roosevelt. At 12.0 Hilton & Britten came. Photod them & Upton. All ready by 4.30pm. Tea in room. Worked till 8.20 when M, Roy & self dined quietly on grouse. Roy bought a large melon. Took some. Disagreed with me. Friday September 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. Wrote letters before breakfast. Out & to Cromwell Road. No A. No school. Bought pears. Back & all day at work on Cubans & Roosevelt. Took head out. Developed 1 doz films taken Folkestone. Finished work 10.30pm. Dined, M & self. Roy in. ½ bottle of Champagne. Bed 1.15 after snooze. Saturday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Took 1 photo of labourers. Breakfast. After letters printed all back plates of blues. Fine morning. Developed rest of the 10 th Sep Brighton photographs, 27, & 4 of Cushla Parker. Lunch. After M & self went up by bus to the St James's Theatre & at last saw 'His House in Order'. All women in the theatre matinée hats off. M lost her lorgnettes. Walked to Hyde Park Corner. Took 1st motor cab ever rode in, 2/s. Bought fruit & home. Tea. Put films to dry developed today. M, R & self dined quietly. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of 'His House in Order'.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of General Dunham Massy. Sep 21) Sunday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out up Argyll Rd & down Holland Walk. Rags & cats. Breakfast. After the entire day printing blues. Dull & dark at times. M & self went for walk betwen 4.45 & 6.15. Round Pond & Notting Hill. Quiet dinner, M, R & self. Grouse. Bed 11.30pm. Monday September 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Got on bicycle, found it not pumped up. Back & along past school. Saw Princess looking charming. Back & home 9.25. All morning printing blues etc. Lunch. Developed rest of Cushla Parker & trees etc. Margaret Moser left in disgrace at 2.30pm & for good. After rest began to scheme Almanack pages. Could not make much out of it. Roy bought brace of partridges. M, R & self dined quietly at 8.0. Bed 11.0pm. M had slight cold. (Red ink: Began Almanack 1907. Margaret Moser left in disgrace. Last ride on bicycle, not pumped up.) (Cutting glued in: A Bear Hunt at King's Cross. Sepr 24.)
Tuesday September 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30 & out. Took 5 photos B.L & Princess. Bought pears. At 10.45 M & self walked up & looked at a house in Bedford Gardens & also Holland St which made us thankful for S.T. Dated blues. Put brass handle on Bath Room. Lunch. Developed Folkeston Lees photos & at the sea. Went on with Almanack, more hopeful. Roy brought home a grouse. M, Roy & self dined together. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Wednesday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out with camera. Snapped Princess in sun. Foggy. Back & got pears. After all morning tidying etc. Wire from Lennie. At 1.15 left for Berkeley Restaurant. Met Pearkes. Good lunch. After to Gaumonts, Sands & Hunter & also Watsons. Back. Got chairs on approval for M. To the United Services Club. Wrote 3 or 4 letters. On to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.L.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, also E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Longish discussion. Got good subject, Nurses & Cuban & Cretan Boys. Home by bus. Had to give 2 nd to United Services Club. Home after. Roads all right at last. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mrs Thring. T Sep 25.) Thursday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out with camera. Snapped Aphrodite going to school. Back. After schemed subject of Nurses & Cuban & Cretan Boys. Miss Huxley came. Sent Upton to Barkers & Mays. Photod Miss H & a boy at 12.0. Plates weak & bad. Exposed one twice. Finished 4.0 & up in room. Worked till 8.30pm. M, Roy & self dined very good partridge. Bed 11.30pm. Friday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. Out up Church St. Deserted & up. Saw girl going to school reverse way. After entire day at work on 2 Nurses & Cuban & Cretan Boys. Finished 10.30. M, Roy & self dined. Roy came in at 10.45. ½ bottle Geisler. Strand Magazine out with my portrait. A wretched sniffy irritation came on at noon. Why? Sent Upton for quinine. Bad at night. Saturday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Wished M many happy returns of the day. Out with Rags up Argyll Road. Butcher's boy & Rags with cat. Breakfast. Foggy in morning, a beautiful day after. Sent Upton to Watsons with magazine for films. Edith Furrell in to lunch. After M & self went in very bad 4 wheeler to the New Theatre & saw a comic opera called Amasis. Ruth Vincent & Barrington in it. Fairly good. Girl in front of me like a pretty Miss Gill. Home by bus. Got sausages & also fruit. In Morning Room. M, Roy & self dined. Bottle of Champagne to drink M's health. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of Amasis.) Sunday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out up Campden Hill etc. After printed blues etc. At 12.0 M & self took bus to Sloane St & walked home. Lovely morning. Lunch. Up in room. After M. Roy & self dined quietly. Bed early. Oct 1906 Monday October 1
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50. A dull morning. Walked over into Notting Hill. Saw girl of Friday. Back. Went on with Almanack. Photod Upton at 12.45 for Punch in Pea Jacket. Lovely sun. Worked to dinner, Roy, M & self. Bottle of Champagne. Roy left for Galbraiths at 11.0pm. Interested in book on The Track of a Treasure by Montmorency. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Dowager Countess of Portsmouth. Wed Oct 3.) Tuesday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out. Up Church St & Holland Walk. Dull morning. After went on all day Almanack 1st page. Put in Punch, New Year & Toby. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Read Dr Evans' book on 2 nd Empire. Bad Apmann cigar. In Morning Room. Very warm weather. Cold beginning to break. An insect in the pillow case at night kept me long awake. Sent chairs back to Wellby's by Upton. (Red ink: Insect kept me awake in pillow. Defect in breathing. Lungs.) (Cutting glued in: Correspondence on Eveline Countess of Portsmouth. Oct 10.) Wednesday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out to Cromwell Road. Met Sir Algernon Ledyard. Snapped Princess & 2 or 3 others. Back by Pontings. At work all morning up to 5.0 on Almanack 1st page. Left at 6.0 & by bus to P.D. Called Athenaeum. Letters. Full dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.L.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, Partridge away, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Stupid discussion about The Curfew Shall not Ring Tonight. Got cut changed to Peer. Left & home by bus for 3d. (Cutting glued in: Death of Egerton Tower.) Thursday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out with camera. Snapped A, I hope successfully. Sun off the road. After buying pears, 6d each, 'Comice' pears. Breakfast. Schemed subject of Peer & Wheel. Sent U to Mays. Hilton came at 12.0. Photod him. Finished by 3.30pm. Worked till 7.30 when dressed & dined by self. Went by cab to the Gaiety Theatre & saw The New Aladdin. Bosh. M dined with Miss Rose Innes & went. Sir Robert & Lady Head, young Lockyer, Gilmer etc. Home by Miss Rose Innes fly. Upton went. Cold decreasing. (Red ink: Went after dining by self to Miss Rose Innes's party at the Gaiety. Saw The New Aladdin. Stupid.) Friday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out with camera. Took 4, end of Cromwell Road. Girl with light hair. Back & after breakfast to work on Peer & Wheel & at it all day. Bright & warm. Finished 10.30pm when M & self dined quietly. Bed 1.0 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Death of Coventry Patmore.) Saturday October 6 Stafford Terrace. x. Up at 8.5 & out with camera. Lovely bright sun. Took 3 or 4 photos. Back. Breakfast. Letter from Roy, back Monday. Went up Church Street, open again. After tidied up all morning & printed blues. Not in water. M & self lunched at 1.0 & left in a 4 wheeler 1.35 & to the Apollo Theatre & saw The Dairy Maids. Sailor amusing. Pretty girls. Out. Sausages. Got in bus at the Athenaeum. Fruit & home. Tea. Put films in focal plane camera. Quite warm weather. (Red ink: M & self went to see The Dairy Maids at the Apollo Theatre.)
Sunday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am & out with camera. Took 1 only of policeman. Hot day. Breakfast. Printed blues. M & self went for walk from Knightsbridge - no we went to 104 Lancaster Gate with Rags & saw the Chicks. Dear Linley, Ann & Oliver. Rags ran by bus. Cab home. Lunch. In afternoon went on with Almanack drawing. At 8.0 Miss Rose Innes dined with us. Champagne. She left at 11.0. taking 'When it was Dark'. (Red ink: Miss Rose Innes dined.) Monday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Roy back from Scotland. Lovely bright sun. Went out to Cromwell Road. Missed Princess. Took 2 schoolgirls & girl hailing bus. Back. Breakfast. Sent messenger boy to Waterloo for Pass. Developed films. Roy left for Pyt in afternoon. Very noisy at lunch. Upset M. Went on with Almanack drawing, began to shade in the afternoon. M & self dined together. In Morning Room. Tuesday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull morning. Up Campden Hill, Ch St. Saw Black Legs & Red Riding Hood going to school. After all day at work on 1 st Almanack page. Finished it at 7.50pm & sent it off. M & self dined quietly togther. Bed after snooze. Wednesday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull morning. Up Church Street. Muggy hot day. Sort of day that makes everyone tired. Schemed 2 nd page of Almanack. In the morning found my camera cupboard reeking with water. Very much put out. It was the tap that Barkers had done in the main lavatory. Sent for Dixon. Left in afternoon for Punch Dinner by bus. Talk to Sir Luke Fildes at the Athenaeum. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.L.G, R.L, L.B, C.V.L, B.P, A.G. Very long weary discussion. At last got good cut of Bismarck & Emperor William. Home by bus. 11.50 at Kensington, no, 12.10am. Dear Linley came to tea with his Gamma. As good as gold. (Cutting glued in: Death of Adelaide Ristori. Wed 10 Oct.) Thursday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Snapped 2 girls & the Princess in Cromwell Road. Lovely bright sun. Back. Sent U to Mays & schemed subject of Emperor Wilhelm & Bismarck's Ghost, Hohenlohe's memoires. At 12.0 Hilton came. Paid him for 2 days. Took photos for cut & also 2nd page in Almanack. Done by 4.30. A hard day & tired. M & self dined together. Half bottle of Champagne. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Dixon began tap in servants' lavatory leading up to own W.C wash basin. Took my cupboard down. Friday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out with camera. Snapped Little Red Riding Hood. No Black Legs. Back & all day at work on Emperor Wilhelm & Bismarck's Ghost, Hohenlohe's Memoirs, up to 10.30. M & self dined together & bed at 1.0am after snooze. Dixon back doing taps in the main lavatory. He made a good job of it. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Stefano Gatti. Oct 13. Marriage of Frederick Demuth to Ethel Knowles.) Saturday October 13
Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0 & after a bit of a rush got off in 4 wheeler 6.45. Victoria. Met Eric Parker. Down to Balcombe. Breakfast at 9.30, left for Nymans. Started shooting at 10.0. Guns, Lennie, E.P & self. Captain Gibbes after. Got to self 2 partridges, 3 pheasants & could have got 1000 mushrooms. Delightful day. Left off 5.15. Tea at Nymans. Budgen carried my cartridge bag. Talk to Mrs Messel. Back to Balcombe in carriage. Harold & his wife there. Wrote letters. No hot water in bath. Good dinner & Champagne. Very tired & sleepy after. Bed 12.0am. Bab Ballads. (Red ink: Went down to shoot at Nymans.) (Cutting glued in: In Memoriam Henry Irving.) Sunday October 14 Balcombe House. Up at 7.00. No hot water in bath. Good breakfast. Left 9.0 & to station. Caught the 9.15. Nearly 3 hours getting home. Good 4 wheeler. 1 st cold morning. Printed a few blues & at 12.25 took M for walk round Pond with Rags. Met the Rubens's. Back. Lunch. Enlarged 7 plates etc for 2 nd Almanack page. Tea in Morning Room. After wrote letters. At 4.0 went down. Fanny Barker, Alice, Margery Howlden, Miss Rose Innes & young Bergne in Morning Room. Lit fire, cold. Up. Wrote diary. At 8.0 Mervyn dined with M & self. Venison, grouse etc. Tired & livery. Intensely cold, even in Morning Room. 1 st fire. (Red ink: Very cold. Came up from dear Mite's at Balcombe.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mrs Lewis Hill. 15 Oct. Will of Mrs Lewis Hill. Oct 15.) Monday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rags on bed. Dull morning. Out with camera. Took Lady Dudley & others, 4 in all. Breakfast. Taps done in Lavatory. Roy still at Pyt House. Went on all day drawing 2nd Almanack page. Got it in outline. M & self dined quietly together. In Morning Room after. Above Lady Dudley & L.Legs were left out in developing & lost. Tuesday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Lovely sunny morning. Took camera & walked to Cromwell Road & past school. Took no photos. Missed Les Amies. Back. Breakfast. All day at work on 2nd Almanack page, M reading. Roy back from Pyt House at 6.0pm looking well. All dined together. Grouse. In Morning Room after. Bed after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Death of Sarah Veale.) Wednesday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out with camera. Took a few up Church St. No Lady D. Finished by Long Legs. People looked round. Went on all day with 2 nd Almanack drawing. Could not quite finish it. Left at 6.0 for the P.D. Roy dined with his mother. Bus all the way. Phil A (congratulated me on my drawing of Bismarck & Kaiser) O.S, self, H.F.T, C.L.G, R.L, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Long discussion. Got good cut of Fox & Lords Pack. B.P said 'I'm the last'. Left 11.0. Called at the Athenaeum Club. Home by bus. Tired. Poor Mr Bell buried. Funeral from No 1. Plant Golden Privet moved into the front by gardener & Upton. Thursday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Out 8.30. Tired & slight head. Snapped Lady D & R.R.H. Back. Breakfast. No Hilton. Sent Upton to May's for Bishop’s robes, coat & hat. Photod him at 12.30. Backward. Difficulty in getting prints. Later rest after
tea till 5.45. M back. Read 50 Years of Failure. After dined M & self at 8.45pm. Found out that Douglas Gordon was author of above. Roy very late home. M got up & opened window. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mrs Jefferson Davis. Oct 18 1906.) Friday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out up Church Street without camera. Saw Lady D & R.R.H. Back. Lovely morning after. At work all day on Education Fox being hunted by Lords. Finished at 10.40. M & self dined. Champagne. Roy out. (Red ink: Used my last printed legend firm made for me in 1900. 6 years. What a change in 6 years!) Saturday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Our wedding day 32 years ago. A similar morning, bright but slightly foggy. Read 'In a Fog'. Out. Hair cut at 8.50. Breakfast. Roy to go to Balcombe. Put things away. Sent Upton to theatres etc. Lunch. M & self went to see a play called ‘The Morals of Marcus’ at the Garrick Theatre. Miss Alexandra English good ‘Marcus’. Out & home by bus. Tea & wrote letters. M & self dined quietly. Bed after snooze. Lost my cigar case. Had it since 1902. Very warm weather. Astonished to find in my Pass Book interest on loan charged. Wrote to Mr Richardson about it. (Red ink: M & self went to see The Morals of Marcus. Not bad.) Sunday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out. Intensely warm & muggy. Roy at Balcombe. Breakfast. After put things away. Spencer came in. Left with him & to Garrick Club. Lunch with Allan Aynesworth & also Galloway. Out. At 2.45 photod Miss Gs.T. Good light. Out & to to the Athnaeum Club. Wrote many letters. Saw Mr Birrell. Home 7.30. M & self dined quietly. Edgar & Sophia Herapath dined - no lunched with M. M called on Mrs Stone & met a Mr Molloy. (Red ink: Photod G.Taverner at 15 C.S.) Monday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.55 & out up Ch St. Took 5 photos. No Lady D. Back. Tired & enervated with the weather. After finished the Almanack 2 nd page at 6.0pm. A new French S maid came for M. Roy back from Balcombe. Mr Richardson very much upset about the mistake as to loan. Not quite a quiet dinner. M went to bed 10.15 & Roy also. Snooze till 12.0am. Bed. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Colonel Edward Saunderson M.P. Mon 22 Oct. Obituary of Colonel Saunderson. 22 Oct.) Tuesday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bright morning. Up Church St with C. Took about 4 photos Little R.R.H. All day tidying up etc. M, Roy & self dined quietly at 8.0pm. Bed 11.30 after. Wednesday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. Bright sun. Out & with camera. Mad a botch of L.D. Took 4 photos with large camera. Little Jewess. Back. Wrote tobacco order. After all day putting things in order. Left for Punch Dinner. Called Sands & Hunter. Nothing done with new camera. Saw electric light for Enlarger. On to dinner. O.S, self,
F.H.T, C.G, R.L, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got cut of Soap Trust Bubble to do. Home by bus. Ann to lunch. Linley, Ann & Miss Keith in yard after. Too much for M. Took & enlarged Rembrandt's picture, The Lesson in Anatomy, for possible cartoon. Thursday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Most lovely sunny morning. Out with C. Took at last a sunny photo of Lady D. The only opportunity ever had. Comes from Vicarage Gardens. Also Jewess. Back. Breakfast. Venning & £30,000 a year. Roy off. Sent U to Mays & got to work early. Enlarged Millais' Soap Bubbles. Hilton & Britten came. Photod them & a boy. At work till 4.15pm. Enlarged 1 Lady D & Aphrodite. Captain Heathorn called. Worked from 5.30 to 8.30pm. M, Roy & self dined. Looked at Ill papers. Bed at 12.0am. Cheque sent for drawing of Bear Skating done Jany 1905. Friday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Dull foggy morning. Out & up C.H. Back as band playing. No photos. Worked hard all day on drawing of Soap Trust. Got it done 10.30pm. M & self dined. Very tired. Bed at 12.30am. Roy out. Saturday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Very tired. Out short walk up Holland Walk. No camera. Got 3 Comice pears. After in morning printed blues & at 1.10 dressed. M & self went in good 4 wheeler to Wyndhams Theatre & saw delightful play 'Peter's Mother'. Miss Blaikie in stalls. Back by bus. Got fruit. Tea. Changed plates on films. Roy dined with Bernard Yorke. M & self had quiet evening. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'Peter's Mother'.)
Sunday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30pm. Breakfast. Left at 10.15 to Victoria. Changed to 2nd train. Only one other in it. X'd Channel. Fresh & strong wind. Talkative Indian or Persian. Only took 3 photos. Lunch at Calais. Long talk to Payton. Saw Ledger & his Cook wife. Gale of wind & very rough sea. Back with 3 Americans & a coughing foreigner. Home at 8.40, one hour & ten minutes late. M, Roy & self dined. Dark thick ankled girl at the Gaiety 'Kitty Maron'. (Red ink: My pass remained in pocket of my blue navy suit waistcoat until Dec 31 st. Thought I had lost it & remembered I last wore this suit today. Crossed Channel. Gale of wind coming back.) Monday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Bright fresh morning. No school girls. Why? Took 2 Blues, also Boa & Long Legs. Breakfast. Good bacon. The reason school girls away was it was half term holiday. Back. Breakfast. After put things straight etc. Lunch. Went up at 4.30 to Sands & Hunter & saw Enlarger. Saw proofs taken of films etc. About ¼ to half a second. To Athenaeum. Letters from N.S & Lincoln & Bennett. Back home. M & self dined quietly. Bed at 11.30pm. Kept awake by ticking & buzzing in pillow again. (Red ink: Lungs or heart.) Lennie wired to ask
me to shoot on Thursday at Nymans. Forced fang of double tooth out. Tooth came out 10 years ago. Tuesday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Heavy wet. Out with Rags. After all day putting things straight. Stuck labels on boxes etc. M, Roy & self dined quietly. Bed at 12.0 after rest. Wednesday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out. Went for walk with Rick & Rags up Church Street. Bad fog & fog all day. Breakfast & lunch by Electric Light. Again went on tidying. Left at 5.20 & called Sands & Hunter about Enlarger. On by bus to the Punch Dinner. O.S with bad cold, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Guthrie at Sandringham. It was decided I should do the Rembrandt picture parody for this next week. Left 10.45 & called Athenaeum. 3 letters. Home by bus. Roy took Dora to the Savoy & Gaiety Theatre. Home at 12.0. Nov 1906 Thursday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out. Went to Cromwell Road. No Aphrodite. Back. Got Comice pears. Breakfast. After sent Upton to Mays for coronet, Bishop's sleeves etc etc. Enlarged picture again & after all used what I had done before. Took photo of Hilton & self & got enlargements by 4.0, Upton helping. Rest & tea & worked from 5.0 to 8.30pm when dined, M, Roy & self. Stock Exchange Holiday. Lennie had his shoot at Nymans. Fletcher there. Dora Foley lunched with us. Friday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Church Street. Wet morning. Spoke to Red Riding Hood. Back up Bedford Gardens. House let. Breakfast. After writing letters entire day from 10.30 to 10.45 on parody of Rembrandt's picture of the Anatomists. Hard push to get done. Dined at 10.50, M & self, Roy sitting at table. Champagne. Sat in Morning Room after. The clock going again. Bed at 12.30am. Saturday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. M sleepy, self not very tired. Fine warm morning. Out with Rags & Rick up Holland Walk. Roy to go to Balcombe. Drew wages etc £14.0.0. Sent things to Conduit Street. M told me had made mistake as to Galbraith's shoot. Wired off to Fletcher to Claridges & Pyt also. Printed blues & dressed. Men came about training up creepers just as going out. Left by Met Rly with M to the Savoy & had chops & Brie cheese. To Drury Lane Theatre to see The Bondsman. Good. Theatre rather empty. Out. Rain came on. Just got a bus & home. No Comice pears at Butts so went to the lower shop & got what I wanted. M resting. Roy went to Balcombe. M & self dined quietly. In Morning Room after. Bed 11.30p. (Red ink: Went to Upper Butts for the last time. M & self went to see The Bondsman at Drury Lane.) Sunday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out 9.15. Up Church Street with Rags. Bright morning. After took M for walk up Row. Home by bus. It came on to rain as I got to Athenaeum. Letters. Went up to 15 C.S. Back at 2.0. Violent rain. Lunch.
Indifferent chop. In Smoking Room, coffee, liqueur. Read 19 th Century. Down to ground floor Writing Room. Wrote many letters till 6.30pm. Percy Fitzgerald. Still violent rain. Home by bus. Tiresome conductor clipping in front of me. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Phipson Beale dined. Good dinner, 2 bottles of Ayala 1892. In Drawing Room. They left 11.0. Roy at Balcombe. Bed 12.0. Strange dream of Central Africa. (Red ink: Wet. Miss McCrae never came to Conduit Street. Mr & Mrs W.P.Beale dined.) Monday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Out & took 4 useless photos, Lady D. Must give it up as it was bright sun & sunshine all day. Began enlarging after printing blues at 11.30 & kept on till 12.30pm. Films latterly taken useless. Sent Upton to 15 C.S. M out. Characters of lady servant came. Favourable. Quite warm. In yard 6 hours enlarging. Nearly all above were useless as fogged them by opening shutter before it is well pressed down. Experientia docet. After M & self dined quietly. Bed 11.30pm. In Morning Room. Tuesday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0pm & went to end of Cromwell Road. In doubt as to school. No A at any rate. Back. Breakfast. Got Comice pears. All morning enlarging street girls. A good many of yesterday's & today's were spoilt. Worked till 3.0pm. Up in room. Put screws in frames with matches etc. Dear Mite in my room at 5.30pm. After M, Roy & self dined. Bed after being in Drawing Room & reading Lord Randolph Churchill's life by his son Winston Churchill. (Red ink: No good in winter snapshots. Never saw Aphrodite (Miss Turney) again.) Wednesday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out up Church Street. After breakfast & letters again enlarged street girls. Fine morning. M lunch with Miss Rose Innes at the Berkeley & went to see The Belle of Mayfair at the Vaudeville. Left & called at Sands & Hunters at 6.15pm. Then walked to the Punch Dinner. Spoke to Phil Agnew about taking rest of my holiday in the spring. He said 'Yes'. Also O.S. Punch Dinner, O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, A.G, R.C.L, P.A, C.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got subject of Book Club suggested by Milne & left at 10.45. Called at the Athenaeum & wrote letters. Home by bus. In doubt as to Roy being back or not. Had to go down & unlock door. Rain set in at 8.0pm & lasted all night & all Thursday & all Thursday night. Maud & Lennie went down to Pyt House. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Pricilla Bright M'Laren. Tues 6 Nov 06.) Thursday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Very wet. Up Church St & back. Breakfast. Letters. After at 10.40 went in pouring rain to the Times Book Club. Saw the man after & took 2 photos. Back. Developed them. Schemed subject & took photos from Hilton & Upton by 1.30pm. M lunched with Evelyn Fisher-Rowe & attended a sale. Got all done in pouring rain with the greatest difficulty I ever had. Worked from 5.0 to 8.30 when M, Roy & self dined. In Morning Room after. (Red ink: Went to the 'Times' Book Club to get photo of the premises.) Friday November 9
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walked with Rags to Cromwell Road. School going but no Aphrodite. Got 3 Comice pears. Breakfast. Looked over papers etc. At work all day on Book Club drawing, Lansdowne & C.B. Enlarged Times Book Club scene after lunch etc. Worked to 10.40 when M & self dined. Roy had dined with E.Davson & went to The Merveilleuse. Back at 1.0am. Bed. Very tired. Saturday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & very tired. Went out & had my hair cut. Back. Breakfast. Roy off. After put things up all the morning. M & self left for Waterloo 2.30pm. Bother with an undecided old lady at station not getting into carriage. After all ran down to Salisbury & Tisbury without trouble. To Pyt in motor with luggage. Gwen gave us tea. Maud, Lennie, Tabs & Hamilton at Leweston. They back in motor at 6.30pm. Dinner at 8.0. Champagne. Bed at 11.45pm after smoke. (Red ink: M & self went down to Pyt House.) (Cuttings glued in: In Memoriam Val Princep. In Memoriam Philip Rawson. Death of the Reverend Frederick Harford.) Sunday November 11 Pyt House, Tisbury. Called 8.30. Bath. Down & out. Took photo of Barlow & walk by Conservatory. Brilliant sun all day, lovely. After breakfast M, Mite Lennie & self in garden. Chrysanthemums. After H got back from church Lennie & self got in motor. Wrote letter to L.Gaumont & Co etc. Lunch. After at 2.45 H, Lennie & self walked over to Fonthill. Hard push for me up hill. Taken rather seedy at tower. Took 3 of Fonthill, lake, tower & vase. Back 4.45pm. Mite, Gwennie & Lennie went up to town from Semley at 5.0pm. Wrote letters. The walk stirred up my dinner & made me feel seedy & sleepy. H & Tabs with photos at dinner. Pleased with them. Bed at 11.0. Book 1750 on Palmyra. (Red ink: Lovely bright sunny day at Pyt House. Lennie, Hamilton F & self walked to Fonthill.) (Cutting glued in: The John L.Toole sale at Sothebys. S 10 Nov.) Monday November 12 Pyt House, Tisbury. Called 7.30. Up & breakfast 8.30. Off 9.10 in motor, H & self to shoot on Cranbourne Chase. There 9.45. 9 guns. Partridge drive. Got one bird 1st minute. After long walk along high fields & close cover. Lunch. An amusing humourous-looking small boy. Got all day 3 brace partridges, 6 hares, 2 rabbits, 4 or 5 pheasants. Left off at 5.0 & motored home. Cold. Letter from F.C.B to me. Quiet dinner, H, Tabs, M & self at 8.0. Asked for Champagne. Very sleepy after. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Good shoot on Cranbourne Chase.) Guns: A.Glen Kidstone, Peploe (brothers in law) Mrs J.Benet Stanford, Jack Benet Stanford, Leo Fisher-Rowe, David Chapman, Jack Harvey (Irish Guards) Hamilton Fletcher, E.L.S. Mrs Kidston & Mrs Peploe were daughters of Mr Chapman, Dr Messel's partner. Tuesday November 13 Pyt House, Tisbury. Woke & up at 8.0. Good bath. Hard frost in the night. Wrote 2 or 3 letters before breakfast. H & self after at breakfast. Finished letters. Felt a little livery. At 12.10 H & self walked round garden & new Motor House & Electric House etc. Tabs gone to lunch at Lady Wynford's. Lunch after packing, H, M & self. Got off at 3.40 by large motor. Frightful speed. Caught train & up to Waterloo. Pudgy girl with violin got in at Woking. Cab home. 1 st view of new parlour maid. Roy out to dinner. Wrote for ticket St Pancras. M & self dined
together quietly. Cold in Drawing Room after. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Roy saw Benet Stanford at supper at Romano's. (Red ink: M & self came up from Pyt House. 1st day of Mrs Pointer.) Wednesday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Dark dull foggy morning. Out with Rags. Went to Lytham House. Saw the Princess. Quite fair. Very pretty. Back & thro' corner of Park home. Breakfast. After put things straight all day. Dear Mite in in afternoon. She went to Weetman Pearsons. Left & went by 6.0pm to the United Services Club. Saw by appointment Sir Charles Euan-Smith about Wireless Telegraphy & the Germans. On to Sands & Hunters. Enlarger sent home. Proved to be incomplete. Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, L.B, C.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Lucy had seen Mite & Donna Linda. Long weary sitting. Home at 11.15 by bus. (Red ink: Met Sir Charles Euan-Smith.) Thursday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.55 & out with camera to Kensington Sq. Fine morning. Took house, 1 sec. Snapped Princess. No good. After home. Breakfast. Developed above & went with camera to Berkeley Square. Took 2 houses. Bright sun. Back by cab. Developed. Schemed subject hurriedly. At 12.30 photod Hilton & Britten for Birrell & Footman. Wet. In afternoon M packing. Up in room 3.45. 1 st used Electric Enlarger for small films & plates. Could not use it for ¼ plates. Worked & got all in outline & put in coronet etc. M & self dined at 8.40. Quiet evening in Drawing Room after. (Red ink: 1st used Electric Enlarger.) Friday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & wrote letters. M ready at 8.30. Left in cab with her. She caught the 9.30am to St Pancras for Terregles. Walked round by Holland Walk. Back. Breakfast. After all day at work with drawing of Birrell & House of Lords Footman. Sent Enlarger back to Sands & Hunter. Worked till 10.0pm when dressed & dined 10.25, Poynter waiting. Left at 11.8 in cab for St Pancras. Caught the 12.0am train. Sleeping B & comfortable journey to Dumfries. (Red ink: M left for Dumfries.) Saturday November 17 On board train Dumfries. Woke 6.0am. Trap met me 7.10 & to Terregles. Grey morning. M in bed. Dressed in thick shooting suit. Breakfast at 9.0am. Miss Graham, Col & Mrs Pinney, Mr Maxwell, Mr & Mrs Lyon, Major & Mrs Ross. Left in break & up hill. Did not feel it. Lovely day. Ladies & M also to lunch. Stayed till 3.0pm. Left off at 4.15pm & walked back in pouring rain. Back & changed. Tired. Dinner. Took Mrs Galbraith in. After sleepy in Smoking Room. Bed 12.0am. Mrs Pinney made drawing of M & self. (Red ink: Shot on the hill at Terregles.) 1 cat shot. 127 pheasants, 30 self. 6 woodcock 9 hares, 1 9 rabbits, 2 roe deer. 213 35.3 31 Two fine roe deer. 93 hens, 94 cocks.
Sunday November 18 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.30. Brilliant sun. Breakfast. Wrote letters. After at 11.15 went for motor run to Moffat, Col & Mrs Pinney, self, Galbraith & chauffeur. Cold fine morning. Photod Carr. Large quantities of wood pigeon. Hope Johnsons. Back. Lunch at 2.0. After went round stables & foals. Donkey with Sicilian harness etc. Cart. Black the Stud Factor nipped over partition. Story of old Scotchman 'If I'd been a woman I'd a been a w. I'm that easily persuaded'. Back. Tea. Letters. Could not change plates on acct of fire. Dinner. Took Miss Graham in & next to Mrs Pinney. After stories in the Smoking Room. Drew pictures. Did not get to bed till 12.40am. (Red ink: Motor run from Terregles.) Monday November 19 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.20 & dressed whipcord suit. Brilliant sun. Started for Park Shoot at 9.50, began outside. Frightful pump over ploughed field. 6 guns, Col Pinney, Major Ross, Mr Maxwell, Mr Lyons, Galbraith & self. Went on round park. M came to lunch & walked round. Ladies left at 3.15. Went on to last stand. Missed many birds in lane. 132 cocks. Total bag: 235 pheasants 45 self 27 hares 6 12 rabbits 2 8 wild duck 1 13 pigeon 3 . 295 49.1 57 Gale of wind sprang up. Home 4.38. Changed. Col & Mrs Pinney left after tea for Ireland. Wrote diary. After dressed. Took Mrs Charles Maxwell in to dinner. Sat next Mrs Patterson. Good talk. After in Smoking Room. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Park Shoot at Terregles.) Tuesday November 20 Terregles, Dumphries. Up at 8.0am & packed. Breakfast 9.0am. After good bye & got away in carriage, Major & Mrs Ross, M & self for Dumfries. Caught the 11.15 train. Met Mrs Paterson on platform. Pretty fair Scotch girl on platform. Most comfortable lunch & run to London. Bus home. M & self dined at 8.0pm. Roy out. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self travelled up from Dumfries to London & home.) Wednesday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out up Campden Hill. Saw Lady D & hideous girl in specs after. All morning writing & tidying up etc. Enlarger came back. Left for Punch Dinner in afternoon. Called Sands & Hunter. Saw new camera. To Punch dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, P.A, C.V.L, B.P, E.T.R. Lucy ill. Got Snakes on Congo cut. Left 10.45pm & home by omnibus. (Red ink: Back at Stafford Terrace.) Thursday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Argyll Road. Met no one. After schemed subject of Congo King Leopold, Snake & Nigger. Hilton came at 12.0 & photod him for nude back etc. All ready early. Up in room at 4.0pm & tried for 1 st time new Enlarger. Light out of the centre & 1 doz prints spoilt. Worked till 8.30pm
when Roy, M & self dined. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: 1st practical use of Electric Light Enlarger.) Friday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Campden Hill. After all day at work on drawing of Congo King Leopold, Snake & Nigger. Finished at 10.30. M & self dined quietly. Bed at 1.0 after. Tired. Saturday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out for walk up Holland Walk etc. Breakfast. Upton laid up & not round. 1st day had wanted carriage. Tried Enlarger. Light out of centre, no, put light in centre & got on better. Lunch. M & self went in cab to Daly's Theatre & saw 'Les Merveilleuses'. Mervyn & Ethel in box. Out. Got sausages. Bus home. Went on enlarging. M, Roy & self dined quietly. In Morning Room. Bed 10.30. Roy had lost money over a deal this week. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée at Daly's Theatre.) Sunday Novmber 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. x. Out. Saw Old W, 2d, now in the Workhouse which she calls Infirmary. Breakfast. After tried Enlarger again. Took M for walk up Row with Rags. She went back from Knightsbridge, Rags following. To Athenaeum. Had lunch. Talk to Graves about the Firm. After letters home by 4.0pm. Tea. Vera Kevill-Davis called. Also Mrs Paxton & Spencer. Up in room enlarging. Mostly over exposed. Tabs & Hamilton, Lennie & Mite, Roy, M & self dined. Waiting good & very good dinner. They left by 11.0. Took them all over house. (Red ink: Tabs, Hamilton, Lennie & Mite dined. Good evening.) (Cutting glued in: End of the Soap Combination. Sat Nov 24.) Monday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & walked to Cromwell Rd. No Aphrodite. Back. Breakfast. The entire day enlarging by Electric Light. More or less success. Thought I had discovered roughness owing to ground glass. Not so. Worked all day up to 7.30 when Mervyn & Ethel H dined. Roy also. Champagne. Tired & cough troublesome. Bed 12.30am after snooze. (Red ink: Mervyn & Ethel dined with us.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of John Moore-Brabazon to Hilda Krabbé. Death of Major George Heaviside. ) Tuesday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out. Met Mr Turner. Little girls & dogs. Dull warm morning. Back. Good herring. Wrote O.S, Stores etc. Mite in 11.15am. All day enlarging & making experiments with Enlarger. Wrote Lawrence Bradbury about going away in the spring. M & self dined quietly in the evening together. Roy dined with Tabs & H at Claridges Hotel. (Cutting glued in: Sale of modern pictures. Tues 27 Novr.) Wednesday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5. Tired. Out 8.45. Up Church St, Saw Lady D, Little R.R.H, Jew girl etc. Upton round 1st time since Friday. Went on enlarging most of day & after put Enlarger away. Left at 6.0 for Punch Dinner. Called Garrick & also Sands
& H. O.S, self, H.F.T, R.H, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, A.G. Lucy still seedy. Long discussion. Got silly subject. Home by bus at 12.5am. Read W.G & to bed. Thursday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20am. Very tired. Out 9.0am up Phillimore Gardens & down Holland Walk. Got pears. Back. Breakfast. After schemed subject of Arthur Balfour & sheep, Bannerman dog. Sent Upton to Mays & Sands & Hunters. Dark damp morning. Photod Hilton at 12.0 with difficulty. Enlarged. Up in room worked from 4.45pm to 7.0 when knocked off & dressed. Went with M in the carriage (1 st time since August) & dined 63 Curzon Steet with William Stone. Met Sir Bruce & Lady Seton & another Baronet & his Lady & above all Violet Hunt. Oh! Told me of Abbey's baby. Good dinner & wine. Home by cab. Bed 1.0am after snooze. Roy up. He dined at home. (Red ink: Last time M & self out together before M's illness. Dined with William Stone.) Friday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rainy morning. Out & over Campden Hill into Notting Hill. Back. Breakfast. M remained in bed. After all day at work on drawing of Arthur Balfour & Sheep, Bannerman dog. Worked till 10.20 when dined by myself. M went to bed at 8.30pm, feverish chill. News of death of Sir E.J.Reed. Colder at night. (Red ink: M went to bed early. Feverish. The beginning of her long illness.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Edward Reed. Obituary Sir Edward Reed. Dec 1.) Dec 1906 Saturday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. M remained in bed. Fine colder morning. Out. Sent telgram to E.T Reed on his father's death. Bought Comice pears. Put room tidy. Sent Upton to Lady Pirie's. After put things straight & left in carriage at 1.25 to lunch at Lady Pirrie's. Took Miss Farquharson of Invercould in to lunch. Delightful to talk to. Also met a delightful Irishman. Home by carriage. Enlarged. Dear M still in bed & feverish. Thankful she did not go to lunch. Mite round. Sr. Feverish & ill.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Sir E.J.Reed. Dec 5.) Sunday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out. Poor old paupers. Back. Not out all day. M remained in bed. Enlarged in morning & afternoon & developed on desk. Some of them were out of dish & a mark across. Lennie, Mite, Roy & self dined quietly. Dear M in bed. Slept in Roy's room. (Red ink: M still in bed. Lennie, Mite, Roy & self dined.) (Cutting glued in: Sale of Pictures. Mon 3 Dec.) Monday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Slept in Roy's room. Out & over Notting Hill. Saw no one particular. Met & talked to Mr Turner. Back. Enlarged in morning. After took 4 photos peacocks etc steps & enlarged them in afternoon by new Electric Light. Developed them just before leaving to dine with Lennie & Mite, Roy also. Met Mr De Montmorency & the Golliwogs. Back at 11.30 by carriage. Bed. M feverish at night. (Red ink: Dined at Lancaster Gate.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of General John Dunne. Dec 3.) Tuesday December 4
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & out over Notting Hill. Met schoolboy, gave him 1/s. Saw no one I knew. Back. Breakfast. After all morning went on enlarging. Orton in to see M. Pronounced it influenza. Mite in & to lunch. Developed 16 after lunch, 4 or 5 failures. After began at 4.0pm Title Page drawing. Worked till 7.0 when dressed. Left in carriage with Roy & dined at Mr Messel's. 28 at dinner. Mrs Messel's birthday. William Stone there. Norton & a conjuror also. Conjuror clever. Left at 11.45 & home in carriage. Bed 1.0am. Slept in Roy's room. (Red ink: Orton called in to see M. Took wrong opinion of the case. Dined at the Messels.) Wednesday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out. Slept in Roy's room. Bright warm fine morning. To Lytham House. Saw Princess looking lovely. Back. Breakfast. M still in bed. After worked all day on drawing of Title Page Vol 131. Left for Punch Dinner at 6.0. Drove in carriage to the Athenaeum & on to Sands & Hunters. Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Talk to Reed after his father's death. Got subject of Lansdowne & Bills. Left 11.5. Home by bus. Thursday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walked over Notting Hill & back. After schemed subject of Lansdowne in Henry 8th costume & Education & Trade Disputes Bills. Sent Upton to May's. At 12.0 photod Hilton & Britten, after Upton. Rain came on. Most uncomfortable afternoon. Gave up going to the Samuel Pepys Dinner. Sent to Pepys Cockerell. Worked from 5.0 to 8.45pm when dined by self. A very poor dinner. All mutton, broth, meat, & at lunch. Bed at 1.0 after snooze. Roy in immediately after. Slept in Roy's room. M still in bed. (Red ink: Slept in Roy's room.) Friday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Slept in Roy's room. Up in own room & enlarged. Out 8.50 & up Church St. Saw Lady Dudley. Back & worked all day on drawing of Lansdowne in Henry 8th costume. Finished at 10.30. Dined by self. Roy back at 11.0. In Morning Room. Snooze till 2.0am. Bed. Cold in afternoon & fog. M still in bed but better. (Red ink: M a little better.) (Cutting glued in: Three notebooks of the poet Shelley sold. Dec 7.) Saturday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 6.10am & got off for Victoria 6.50am. Arrived Balcombe 9.0am. No motor. Started off. Met motor & walked nearly to Mite's. 2 nd breakfast. Got off in Fisher Rowe's motor at 9.45. To Nymans. Guns, Fisher Rowe, Lister, Eric Porter, Lennie & self. Deficiency of birds. Got about 30 & 1 doz duck, rabbits, pigeon etc. Self 5 pheasants, 2 duck, 1 rabbit. Came on to rain. Hard walk up hill home. Talk to Mr & Mrs Messel & Muriel. Back in motor. Changed & slept until 7.45 from 5.0pm. Shaved. Dressed. Mr & Mrs Hayworth Booth, Miss Fitzroy & Fisher Rowe, Eric Parker, Mite & Lennie to dinner. Match trick after. Bed 12.0am. Strange dream of Phil May at 7.0pm. (Red ink: Up early & went to Nymans to shoot.) Sunday December 9 Balcombe House. Up at 8.5am. Good bath. Went to Mitchell & after breakfast ran home in Fisher Rowe's motor. Started 11.0am. At Stafford Terrace 1.0pm. Past
Crawley, Reigate, Bansted, Lord Russell's General Stores at Mitchum, Reed's old house, now a school. High School for girls. Ran over a dog at Clapham Common. Past Alexandra Hotel where I stayed 44 years ago & home. Saw dear M, still in bed. Lunch. Orton in. Wrote diary. After in afternoon rested & also enlarged 18 of back, re-doing enlargements & Alkmaar. Roy & self dined quietly after & in Morning Room. Bed 12.0. Cold at night. Things slipped off. (Red ink: Motored up from Balcombe with Fisher Rowe. M still in bed.) Monday December 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & walked over to Notting Hill & back. After breakfast letters & did 18 Alkmaar photos. Very cold. Orton in to see M. After in afternoon went on & put the eyes in Peacock's tail for Title Vol 131. Roy out. Bed 12.30am both together. Slightly warmer at night. Mite in to see M in the afternoon. (Red ink: Dear M still in bed.) Tuesday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Up Argyll Road & through Notting Hill Square. Back. Breakfast. Rather warmer. Letters. Orton in to see M. Still bothered with shortness of breath. All day at work on Title for Volume 131. Mr Roberts never came for drawings. Boy sent in the afternoon. Mite in to see M & dined to meet Lloyd George at the Lucy's. Worked until 8.15 when at 8.40 Roy & self dined. In Morning Room after. Bed 12.0am. (Cutting glued in: Photograph of the late Mr Hamilton Aïdé.) Wednesday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Tea late & no hot water. Roy coughed in the night. Out & walked up Church St into Notting Hill & back by Holland Walk. Warm bright morning after. Saw Double Plat, & Boa, now a black one. Dear M sitting up in her room. Went on with drawing of Title Page Vol 131. Could not finish it by leaving for the Punch Dinner at 6.0pm. Mite brought Dr Parker to see dear M. Kidney trouble. Milk diet. Left for P.D. Buses to Garrick Club. Called Sands & Hunter & on to P.D. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, L.B, C.V.L, B.P, H.W.L & A.G. 5 cartoons made up. Partridge to go down to Monte Carlo. Left 11.15 & home by bus. Letter from Tabs asking me to dine at the Claridge's Hotel tomorrow. Man came about book for photos from Stores. (Red ink: Dr Parker came to see M.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Hamilton Aïdé.) Thursday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out over & into Notting Hill. After breakfast schemed subject of French Soldier & Priest. Sent Upton to Mays. At 12.0 photod Hilton for Priest, Upton Soldier, with great difficulty. Enlarged upstairs also & just got them developed but no tracings before leaving by carriage to the Claridge's Hotel to dine with Tabs & Hamilton. Good dinner. Claret. Funny little Italian fiddler. Talk to Tabs. Left 10.45. Home by carriage. Very hot fire in the Morning Room. Bed. Roy out. Dear M not improving today. Man came from 'The Throne' for drawings & took them away at 2.0pm. (Red ink: Dined at Claridge's Hotel with Tabs & Hamilton.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Charles Hamilton Aïdé. Dec 12.) Friday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out over into Notting Hill. After went on to draw French Soldier & Priest. Hard at it all day. Did not begin to trace until the
morning. M not quite so well. Nurse Francis with her. Worked till 10.30 when finished & dined by self. In Morning Room after. Roy back. Bed 2.0am after snooze. (Red ink: M not quite so well.) Saturday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & out at 9.0 up Church St. Saw 2 girls go into workshop. Round through Holland Walk & home. After in morning went on with Title Page. Could not finish by 1.0pm. M still in bed. Nurse Francis with her. Went on to 4.0pm when finished drawing. After developed 30 Dutch photos very successfully. Roy wired to say he would dine at the Club. Dined by self & bed 11.45. Roy back. Dear M in bed. Did not see her after 8.0pm. (Red ink: M in bed. Not so well.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of William Craig. Tues 18 Dec.) Sunday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Slight headache. Up. Dear Mite knocked at the door. She & Lennie back from Scotland. Out. Sent wire to Hilton. Horrid wet morning & dull & wretched all day. Rain etc. Dr Pollock came at 10.30. M has principally kidney trouble. Very much upset. Mite, Lennie, Roy & self in the Drawing Room. Orton came. He very much upset about not being asked to see Pollock. Lunch, Mite & self. A nurse sent at 2.0pm. Sat with M. Up in my room. Wrote letters & diary 2.20 to 4.10pm. Mite, Lennie, Roy & self dined. Dear M very feverish all day. Lennie told me his father had made a deed of gift of £100,000 each to Harold & himself. (Red ink: Dr Pollock came to see M. Orton upset. Nurse came for M.) Monday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out over Notting Hill. After at 11.0 photod Hilton & Britten for Waits. Dark miserable morning. M slightly better. Enlarged up in my room, & also a few Dutch photos. Got to work at 5.0pm till 8.30 when Roy, Maud & self dined. Very tired at night. (Red ink: M slightly better.) Tuesday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Overslept myself. Out & up Ch St. Met no one. All day hard at work on cartoon of C.B & Lord Lansdowne as Waits. Finished at 10.10 when dined, Mite looking on. Dear M slightly better. Dull dark day. Bed 2.0am after snooze. Roy dined out with Lennie. (Red ink: M slightly better.) Wedneday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Again overslept myself. Out & up Ch St. Dark dull morning. M much better & good night. All day & morning enlarging Valendam & Marken. In M's room. Roy went to dine with Lennie. Dear Mite & self dined together. O.S wired about M & the P.O put Cartoon Cancelled instead of Cartoon Excellent. Sent Upton to Punch Office. Bed at 11.45. After Roy back at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Wire from O.S, cartoon cancelled.) (Cutting glued in: The King at Hall Barn for a day's shooting.) Thursday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out. Walked up Ch St & over Notting Hill. Met no one. Dark cheerless morning & dark all day. Back. M not so good a night. In morning enlarged 10 of Middleburg. Lunch. Developed. Hair cut & shaved. Muddle in room. Sent Orton. Wrote Mackenzie & Black. Dear Mite with us. Made some more
enlargements & after got to work on Submarine. Gave it up & some thoughts of doing Dutchman & dog. Roy dined with Stern at the Garrick & Mite & self together at home. Bed after being in Drawing Room. (Red ink: M not so well.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Harriet Pearks. Buried on Monday.) Friday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up later. Overslept self. Out. M had a better night. Walked to Cromwell Road past Lytham House. No school girls. Back. After made up mind to do Toboggan. Enlarged it in room in afternoon & some more Dutch back prints. Went down & developed them & put them in Drawing Room. After Mite, Roy & self dined at home quietly. In Drawing Room after. Colder. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: M a better night.) Saturday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out with Rags. Dear M not so good a night. Saw Red Hat go into Court. Walked over & down Phillimore Gds. Breakfast, Roy & self. After in morning writing & putting straight. Orton in. Wanted me to go away. Poor man he was taken with influenza himself in the afternoon & seriously ill. Perfectly well when I was talking to him. M cheerful. In afternoon began Toboggan drawing in earnest. Put in Britannia. Roy left for Pyt House at 5.0pm in the carriage. Mite & self dined together & she went back by Upton who had gone twice for turkeys to Victoria. Bed after being in Morning Room. Colder. Curious letter from the Borough Surveyor to say the occupant of the house had erected a scaffold in a Public Way. £4 to pay. (Red ink: M not so good a night. Roy went to Pyt House.) Sunday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. No hot water. Had semi cold bath. Out & walked up Church St & back by Phillimore Gardens. After all morning writing etc etc. Dear M with a better night. Slept soundly. Sat with her in the morning & Mite in room. Mite & self lunched. Cigar & rest in my room after. Mite came up at 4.30 to say Dr Pollock & Dr Hayward wanted to see me. Went down. Terrible news that dear M must have an operation tomorrow. Young Orton in the room also. The greatest blow I have had during my married life. Miserable & wretched. Went up & sat with M. Tried to work. Broke down. Mite & I dined at 8.0. At 9.0 Upton & Spring put the small bed in front room & took down the large bed & put it in Roy's Room. Mite left at 11.0. Bed in Roy's Room. (Red ink: Dr Pollock & Dr Hayward came & I was told the terrible news dear M must have an operation. Upton & Spring put bed in Roy's Room. M very brave over it.) Monday December 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Hot bath & out at 8.50. Rags lost. Back. At 9.30 Mite came by Upton. Dear M resigned. Did not have so good a night. Hot water bottle fell out of bed. Evelyn Fisher Rowe & Nurse came at 10.0. Bed put up in the Drawing Room. After in morning sat with dear M for 1½ hours until turned out at 12.30. Terribly anxious. At 1.0 Dr Hayford, Dr Pollock, Dr Orton & the anaesthetic man came. Spencer in Morning Room. Mrs Gibson came up & was with Mite in Drawing Room & Lennie also. Over at 2.0pm with good news. Self on landing with the aquarium. Hurried lunch after at 2.30. After talking to Spencer went up & did 3 hrs work. At 6.0pm Edgar called. Dinner, Mite, Lennie & self. After left Lennie in the Morning Room & slept in the Drawing Room self. Got up & opened the
window at 1.0am. (Red ink: Dear M's operation borne bravely 1.0 to 2.0pm. Slept in the Drawing Room.) Tuesday December 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Bath & out. Beautiful clear morning. Went in to Kensington Church & returned thanks for dear M. Walk after thro' Phillimore Gds. Met Mr Turner. Did not speak to M all day. Saw her for a moment at 4.45 sleeping. Went on in day & got on with drawing for opening Volume 132. After lunch Lennie took me for a motor run up Roehampton Lane & over Wimbledon Common, Richmond Park & home. Very bitterly cold. Tea with Mite. Worked from 5.0 to 6.30. Edgar & Spencer came. Edgar stayed to dinner. Mite, Lennie, Edgar & self. Had a magnum of Ayala 1884. As good & cheery a dinner as circumstances could admit. Edgar left 10.30 & Lennie & self went to bed at 11.0pm. All slept well & dear M had fair night. (Red ink: Lennie took me motor run over Wimbledon Common, Richmond Park etc. Magnum of Ayala 1884. Edgar, Mite & Lennie dined.) Wednesday December 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Snow. Out. Miserable. Walked over into Notting Hill by Church St & up Holland Walk. Met no one. Rags would not eat his breakfast. Lennie left 9.20 for Lancaster Gate. Dear M a fair night. Wired Raven Hill. Went on with work all morning. At 11.45 saw dear M & held her hand. Conscious. Lennie, Mite & self lunched. Bright clear frosty day. Finished Opening Page for Vol 132 at 5.30pm. Edgar came at 6.30. Left for the Punch Dinner given by Seaman at the Savile Club. Edgar & self went in bus. O.S, self, C.L.G, L.B, C.V.L, E.T.R, A.G. Very good dinner & wine. Left at 11.0 & caught bus at once & home. Very cold & raw. (Red ink: Dined at Punch Dinner with Seaman at the Savile Club.) Thursday December 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Slight headache. Sent Upton to Britten. Out up over Church St etc. Met no one. After schemed subject of Britannia & Neptune, Channel Tunnel. Dear M much better. Photod Britten at 12.15pm. Enlarged. Up in my room & all ready at 4.30pm. Edgar came up into my room. Worked till 8.15 when dined by self. Snow on the ground slight. Sent cheque for £4.0.0 for straw licence. Mite had one of her colds come on & left for Lancaster Gate at 1.0pm in fly by doctor's wish. Letter from school girl for photo. Ethel M Viney, 45-47 High Street, Cheshunt, Herts. (Red ink: Dear M better.) Friday December 28 Stafford Terrace. Woke up with clothes off bed. Shivering with cold. Surprised not had effects from it. Out for walk. Snow. Met no one. All day at work on drawing of Britannia & Neptune. Did not finish until 10.45pm. Edgar came up in my room & stayed an hour. Dined by self. Dear M much better all day. Bed 2.0am after snooze. Got new coffee pot from Picards. (Red ink: Dear M better. Much better.) Saturday December 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Shop girls at Madame Mascotte's could not get in. Back. Breakfast. Dear M a good night. All morning tidying. Sent Xmas cards etc. Lunch by self. Sat with M. After enlarged re-prints, Holland & nearly to the end. Looked over Times etc. Lennie sent cigars. At 8.0 Edgar came & dined. Good
dinner. He left at 11.0. Read till 1.30, The Purple Land. Poor stuff. Slept well in Drawing Room. (Red ink: Edgar dined with me.) (Cuttings glued in: Ruby Wedding, Francis Truefitt to Angelique Gladstone. Obituary of Julia Goodman. Tues 1 Jany 07.) Sunday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out with Rags. Roads slippery at first. Dear M not quite so good a night & to take oil. Saw Dr H in Morning Room at 11.30am. After went up by bus to the Athenaeum. Letters. Miss B, Mrs M, & a chop. Wrote letters & back to S.T at 4.0pm. A miserable afternoon, sleet & watery snow. Dear M not so well. Lennie dined with me & left at 10.0pm. He much enjoyed Port Wine. Slept in Drawing Room. Good night. (Red ink: Dear M not so well.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Pitt-Lewis. Jany 2. Death of Colonel John Brooke.). Monday December 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out up Church St. Met the slapper. Bought a small tray at Keen's Church Street. Rags with me. Back. In morning wrote letters etc. Bright. Warmer & some sun. Roy back at 11.0. Got things out of his room. A gold cigarette case sent him from Stern. Developed 24 cards. Dear M slightly better. Sat with her. In afternoon enlarged 24 re-prints & began Paris. Dined by myself. Forgot all about the New Year coming in. Did not get to sleep for some time. Mrs Poynter bad cold. (Red ink: End of an unfortunate year 1906. Roy back fom Pyt House.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Mrs Josephine Butler. Jany 2, 1907. Savoyard Celebration Dinner. Monday 31 Dec.) Notes and addresses at end of diary: Dixon, Virginia E Dawson, E. 322 Gilmour, Ottawa. Hird, Janet. 48 Grove End Road, St J.W. Huxley, E. 1 Portland Mansions Jessop, B. Napier House Hertford Rd, Lower Edmonton Jessop, E. at Euston Rly Hotel Liverpool St E.C. Louie Clotilde. 157 Brixton Road S.W. Mackenzie, E.L. 45 Berners St, W. Morgan, R. 38 Tabor Rd, The Grove. Macrae, Nan L. 3 Lawrence Mansions, Cheyne Walk S.W. Taverner, G. (address crossed out) Woodcock, Mabel. 122 Victoria Rd, Kilburn. Warwick, E. 126a High Street, St John's Wood N.W. P.Douglas Forster. 10 Victoria Road, High Road, Kilburn. Hilton, A. 14 Arundel Terrace, St Margaret's, Twickenham. Pegler, H.L. 14 Winchester Ter, St Margarets, Twickenham. Riches, George. 161 Purves Road, Kensal Rise N.W. Harris, W.G. 17 Victoria Place, High Rd, Kilburn. Browning, W.G. 68 Abingdon Villas, Kensington W. Pegler, H.L. Regents Park Road, Chalk Farm. N.W. Hancock, W. 10 Queens Rd, Hammersmith. Britten. 5.9½, age 62. Fireman. W.J.Horsford, Fire Station, Clarendon Place.
Harris. Height 5.8. Age 29. 11st weight. Alastor. 18 Lamont Road, Kings Rd, Chelsea, S.W. Wilkins, G. 47 Middle Lane, Crouch End, Hornsey, N. Pegler, H.L. 45 Ainger Road, Regents Park Road, N. Great Central Railway General Manager. Sam Fay Esqre. G.M.O. London Road Station, Manchester. Station master. W.F.Monckton. Asst General Manager. J.Rostern. Great Eastern Railway General Manager J.F.S.Gooday G.M.O. Liverpool St Station E.C. Station Master H.G.Drury. Asst General Manager R.Ellis Esq. Great Northern Railway General Manager G.M.O. Kings Cross, London N. Station Master Secretary W.Latta Esqre. Great Western Railway General Manager J.C.Ingles. G.M.O. Paddington Station W. Station Master S.F.Johnson. Secretary A.G.M. S.P.Monkhouse. Midland Railway General Manager Dec - Aug 1906. Guy Granet Esqre G.M.O. Derby. Station Master W.Snow. St Pancras. Asst Genl Manager. Ed.W.Wells Esq. London Brighton & South Coast. General Manager William Forbes Esq G.M.O. London Bridge Station. Station Master. Asst General Manager.
London & North Western Railway General Manager Sir Frederick Harrison. G.M.O. Euston Station. N.W. Station Master Mr Brook. Asst Genl Manager. South Eastern & Chatham Rly
General Manager Vincent C.Hill. G.M.O. London Bridge Station. Station Master J.W.Green Esq. Asst General Manager Captain E.V. Blomfield. Secy C.Sheath Esq.. Royal Mail Service Calais. The North British Railway General Manager N.F. Jackson. G.M.O. Edinburgh N.B. Station Master. Asst Genl Manager. Caledonian Railway General Manager R.Millais Esqr. G.M.O. 302 Buchanan St, Glasgow. Station Master Wm Hamilton. Asst General Manager. Glasgow & South Western Rly. General Manager David Cooper Esq, G.M.O. St Enoch's Station, Glasgow. Station Master C.E.Cockburn Esqre, Superintendant of the Line. Asst General Manager Highland Railway Company General Manager J.A.Wilson Esqr. G.M.O. Inverness. Station Master. Asst Genl Manager. Port Patrick & Wigtownshire General Manager John Thompson Esq. G.M.O. Carlisle. Station Master Fred.W.Hutchinson, Traffic Manager Stranraer. Asst Genl Manager. Sir James Thompson, Principal, & after R.Millar, A More Esq. also J.Blackburn Secretary. Adelphi. 410-411 Strand W.C. Aldwych. Seymour Hicks, Oliver Barrett junior. Aldwych, W.C. Apollo. G.S.Biggs, A.C.Belsey. Shaftesbury Avenue, W. Avenue. Northumberland Avenue, Charing Cross, W.C. Comedy. Panton Street, Haymarket, S.W. Coronet. High St Notting Hill Gate, W. Criterion. 218- 223 Piccadilly, W. Daly's. G.S.Minor. 2-5 Cranbourn St, Leicester Sq, W.C. Duke of York's. James W.Mathews. St Martins Lane, W.C. Gaiety. E.Marshall. Aldwych & Strand, W.C. Garrick. A.Bourdier. 2 Charing X Road, W.C.
Gt Queen Street. 8 Great Queen St, W.C. Haymarket. Frederick Harrison. 7-8 Haymarket, S.W. His Majesty's. Henry Dane. Haymarket, S.W. Imperial. Lyston Lyle. Tothill Street, Westminster, S.W. King's. Hammersmith Rd, W. Lyceum. Wellington St, Strand, W.C. Lyric. A.C.Belray, H.S.Callan. 29 Shaftesbury A, W. New Sadlers Wells. Arlington St, E.C. New. C.Wyndham. St Martin's Lane, W.C. Palace. Alfred Butt. Cambridge Circus, W.C. Prince of Wales'. A.C.Donald, W.H.Dawes. Coventry St, Picca'y, W. Princess's. 152 Oxford Street, W. Royal Court. Sloane Square, S.W. Royalty. 73 Dean St, Soho, W. St James's. King St, St James's, S.W. Savoy. Savoy Court, Strand, W.C. Scala. Charlotte St, Fitzroy Square, W. Shaftesbury. 3 Shaftesbury Avenue, W. Terry's. E.P.Morgan. 106-6 Strand. W.C. T.R.Covent Garden. Bow St, W.C. T.R.Drury Lane. Sidney Smith. Catherine Street, Covent Garden, W.C. Vaudeville. Herbert Clark. 404 Strand, W.C. Waldorf. Alfred Ferrars. Aldwych, Strand, W.C. Wyndhams. Charing X Road, W.C. Alh'a, Palace of V. Leicester Sqr, W.C. Emp, Palace of V. H.S.Hitchins. Leicester Sqr, W.C. London Colisseum. J.Dowell. St Martin's Lane, W.C. Lond' Pavilion. sec Ilford Ibbetson, manager Frank Glenister. Piccadilly Tivoli The' of Var. 65-70½ Strand, W.C. Lyric Apollo. Adelphi. Acting manager A.C.Belsey Theatre Royal, Birmingham. (M.R.) Wed June 19 01 Wed June 26 01 Tues July 2 01 Wed July 10 01 First Wed July 17 01 Tues July 23 01 Twice Mon July 29 01 Floor Wed Sep 25 01 Wed Oct 2 01 Wed Oct 9 01 Eager Tues Dec 31 01 Mon Jan 13 02 Tues Jan 28 02 Chatham Sat Feb 8 02 Best Sat Feb 15 02
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1907 Notes and addresses in front of diary: Linley Sambourne, 18 Stafford Terrace, Kensington, London W. 5/s Reward if lost & returned to above address. 95089 (Cuttings inserted: Photograph of the late David Murray. Photograph of the late Sir William Howard Russell.) Calais boat photo: Mons C.Marcelli, Industriel, Hotel Boissy, Cambrai, Nord. Telegraphic address: Venaticus London. Telephone 978 Mayfair. Blenheim Club. 12 St James's Square, SW. A & N Managing Director: W.Phaysey. Athenaeum Secy: Henry R.Tedder. Armour, G.D. Etchelhampton House, Devizes. Bellini. Hanover Rest, 6 Mill St. Bonvoisin. 53 Rue Père Charron. Bingham, W. 15 Kenbourne Rd, Sharrow. Churchward, Capn A.W. 30 Bou. des Italiens. Courier's name Verbeck. Fred Davis. T.F.Peacock, Fisher & Chavasse, 3 Field Court, Grays Inn, WC. niece Miss Gordon Barrett. Ayala, L de. The Chestnuts, Epsom Hill. Continental Hotel. A.Lotti. Room 399. Gloves Tan Sabian 3/6. Electricians for Camera Enlarger: J.W.Brettell, 18 Adam Street, Adelphi, WC. Green, S.W. Station Superintendant S.E & C Railway, Victoria, SW. Emanuel, Walter L. 17 Holland Park Avenue. Authors Club, W. Charles L.Graves. 50 Iverna Gardens, Kensington W. Evered & Co. 35 Drury Lane. A.W.Bartlett. Earls Court Ex'n. Henry J.Thompson. Hartree, W. Havering, Tonbridge Wells. Horlick. Arlesbrook Farm, Esher. Gilmer, J.W. 21 Bedford St, W.C. Hickman, Sir A. Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, N.B. The Graphic. Tallis Street, Whitefriars, E.C. Victoria Embankment. Lucy's Cure for Influenza, from the Rev J.E.Woodrow, The Vicarage, Ormskirk. Pure Phenol, Calvert's No 1 liquified. (prepared for internal use.) Take an 8oz bottle. Put in 24 drops of Phenol & ½oz glycerine. Mix well together then fill up the bottle with water & shake well. Dose: Two tablespoonsful in a wine glass of water every three hours. Children under 3 years one desertspoonful. Children between 3 & ten years one tablespoonful. One dose will be enough to prevent, three doses will be enough to cure.
E.V.Lucas. 2 Gordon Place, Campden Hill, W. Knightley. Rider Heaton & Wigram, 8 New Square, Lincolns Inn W.C. Byam H.Johnson. Stones Vale, Limpsfield. 28 Great George St, Westminster S.W. Bryan J. Lumière. 89 Great Russell Street, London W.C. Thos.W.Grant. Ladders. J.H.Heatman & Co. 72 Rectory Road, Parsons Green. Moore & Co. 3 Stratford Road, Kens. Messel. 31 Throgmorton St, E.C. Miss Kennedy's solicitors: Rider, Heaton & Wigram, 8 New Square, Lincolns Inn. Old Water Colour Socy. 100 Gt Russell St, W.C. Ostende, Hotel Continental. A.Declerck, proprietor. Kipling story. Title 'A matter of fact' in 'Many inventions'. Moon. Penyvoel House, Llanynegach, Mont S.O. Old Water Colour Paper. 100 Great Russell Street, W.C. Ostende, Hotel Continental. A.Declerck, proprietor. Mrs Vandeleur. 52 Evelyn Gardens, South Kensington, S.W. Sanitary Protection Socy, 13 Charles Street, St James's, S.W. Carmichael, Thomas. The Graphic, Tallis Street, Victoria Embankment, E.C. Soap, Courts Castile. 5½lb bar 2/9. Spooner, J. 379 in the Strand, W.C. Raven Hill. Battle House, Bromham, Chippenham, Wilts. Taxes. George Hawes Esqr, Office of Surveyor of Works, Wrights Lane. Royal Academy waiters: Golden & Sanders. Townsend, F.H. 34 Cheyne Row. Ross Lt. J.G.Anderson secy. Sintram Freemantle & Co, 217 Piccadilly. Henry Carter. L.G.Carter. The Sanitary Engineering Company, 65 Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W. Reginald Innes Pocock, Sup't. Zoological Society's Gardens, Regents Park N.W. Waterbury Watches. C.A.Parker, 10 Newgate Street, London E.C. Watney, V. Fennich, Lochluichart, Ross-shire, N.B. Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire. White, A.J. 74 Jermyn St, S.W. Jan 1907 Tuesday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Never remembered the New Year. Sleepless at night. Fine morning & warmer. Out. Rags turned back. Met Slipper. Dear M better. Read Gilbert's speech to her from the Savoy Banquet to him. Wrote many letters etc. Developed 24 films of Holland. Nearly done. Edgar called at 12.30pm. Cold feet. An hours rest in room. Tea. Enlarged 24 films between 6.0 & 8.0pm, Paris. Good night to M. Dined by myself & read The Century afterwards. Bed at 12.0. No snooze after dinner. Slept better. Poured with rain & horrid in afternoon nevertheless dear Mite came in a fly altho' her cold should have kept her at home. (Red ink: Dear M better.) (Cutting glued in: In Memoriam John Marshall. 1907.)
Wednesday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Met S. Smile. After back. Breakfast. In morning developed 30 odd cards Paris etc. Lunch, Mite with me. In afternoon left at 5.50pm for the Punch Dinner. Called Garrick. No letters. To Sands & Hunters. Camera not ready. On to Bouverie Street. O.S, self, R.H, C.G, R.L, P.A, C.V.L, E.T.R. Partridge still at Monte Carlo. Lucy ill. Townsend ill. Got a very stupid cut of C.B & Redmond as Thought Readers. Seaman's mother ill. Left at 11.0 & home by bus. (Red ink: Dear M better.) Thursday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Met S. Goes to Strakers. Over Campden Hill. Breakfast. M better. Mite in & to lunch. Sent Upton to Mays & at 12.0 photod Britten for Redmond & C.B. Developed & enlarged upstairs. Also did some Paris films. Work at 6.0pm to 8.30 when dined by myself & bed after reading The Century. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Colonel Leonard Currie. Obituary of Colonel Leonard Currie. F. Jany 4. Friday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. My birthday. Wires from Lennie & Roy. Dear M better. Presents from Mite & Lennie. Met Slipper, asked name. After all day at work on silly subject, C.P & Redwood thought-reading. Finished at 10.15pm & dined by myself. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Dear M better.) Saturday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Met Slipper by church. After back. All morning tidying. Developed some French photos, Paris. Mite round. M not so well. Turned out did not like her night nurse. Settled to motor tomorrow. Dined by self. Weak coffee. Mervyn came in & had a chat. Read & to bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Dear M not so well. M took dislike to night nurse.) Sunday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out. Lovely morning. Sun. At 11.30 Lennie Roy & self motored thro' City to Stratford & on to The Cock at Epping where we lunched. A friend of Lennie's there. Home by Waltham Abbey & Cross, Enfield, Edmonton, Tottenham, Holloway etc. Back 4.15. Tea. Paxton called. Mite sent Nurse Cook away. Dear M better. Saw print at The Cock at Epping not seen since 1855. Done by Mr Huffmam. Remembered it. Epping Forest & Woodford delightful. Lennie, Mite, Roy & self dined & had a magnum of Ayala 1884. Very good. They left at 10.20pm. (Red ink: Lennie Roy & self motored to Epping Forest. Dear M better. Nurse Cook sent away.) Monday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Children back at Board School. Saw Mascotte, Lady D & Slipper. Over C.H with both dogs & back. Dull morning. Saw Dr H. Fee fifty guineas & five guineas Chloroform. Dear M much better this morning. Drew cheque for fifty seven guineas for Dr W.Haward after doing enlargements. In afternoon left with Mite in her carriage & dined at 104 L.G. After Mite, Lennie, Roy & self went to the Savoy & saw The Yeomen of the Guard. Workman as Jack Poyntz the Jester good. Rest understudies for amateurs. Upton met me in the yard of the Athenaeum & home. Slept in the Drawing Room. (Red ink: Drew
cheque for Dr Haward 57 guineas, £59.17.0. Went to The Yeomen of the Guard, Mite, Lennie, Roy & self.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Henry De Bathe. Mon 7 Jany.) Tuesday January 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Met Slipper. Over Campden Hill & back. Breakfast. M better. All day doing last of French Paris photos. Roy left to go to Waterloo to go down to Pyt & Upton missing him he missed his train. Dined by myself, & after reading in Morning Room. To bed in the Drawing Room. (Red ink: Dear M better. Roy went to Pyt House.) Wednesday January 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Met Slipper at church, no, higher up. After back. Dear M better. Getting on. All day last of French & also Ostends Left at 4.30 in carriage & went to call on Tenniel. There 5.0 to 6.20pm. Looking wonderfully well & mind as clear as a bell. Left & drove to the Garrick Club. Sent the carriage home & called at S & H. Still delay. There till 7.15pm when on to the 'Punch' Dinner. O.S, self, R.H, C.L.G, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R & A.G. Got repeat of my own cartoon of September 1878. Partridge & his wife both lost money at Monte Carlo. H.F.T still away with influenza. Left at 11.0pm & home by bus. Saw Parks walking. (Red ink: Dear M better. Called on Tenniel.) Thursday January 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0pm & out over Campden Hill. Met Slipper. Did not see. After schemed subject of Jack in the Box. Not much of a scheme. Photod Britten after as German Chancellor. Enlarged after luncheon up in my room. Frightfully annoyed the light went wrong. Put me in a fluster & I believe hastened on influenza. Put another on & then forgot to put the ground glass on. Got prints. Left at 7.30 to walk to Mite's. Only got as far as Orme Square. Bus to 104 L.G. Met Mr Letts at dinner. Examining silver. Last smoke for ages. Left in my own carriage & home at 11.0pm. Roy at a Ball at Pyt House. Had miserable night. No sleep & cough. In Drawing Room. (Red ink: Dined at Mite's. Met Letts. Last smoke for months. Cough very troublesome. Saw Slipper last time.) (Cutting glued in: Links with the past. January 26.) Friday January 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out past Boughton. Sore chest & frightfully heavy & seedy. Had bad night. Dear M better. My cough troublesome. Met Lady D coming over hill. All day at work. Had to give in at 8.0pm. Frightfully ill. Could hardly finish. Went down & lay on sofa. Light dinner. No smoke. Up to bed in Roy's room at 10.30pm with fire. (Red ink: Sore chest & cough. Taken ill at 8.0pm & had to give up. Influenza.) (Cuttings glued in: A link with the past. Jany 11. Death of William Haig Brown.) Saturday January 12 Stafford Terrace. In Roy's room. Dr Beecham came at 9.30am. Good report. Lay in bed all day. Put cards in Dutch Book. Otherwise quite quiet. Mite came. (Red ink: In bed all day. Dr Beecham came.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir James Garrick.) Sunday January 13
Stafford Terrace. In Roy's room. Lovely fine morning. In bed all day. Roy came. Saw his mother in afternoon. Spener called. Saw Mervyn in afternoon. Read Sartre's book. Quiet restful day in bed. Lucas was to have dined. Mite put him off. He wired. (Red ink: In bed all day. Roy saw his mother 1st time since operation.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Harvey Fellows.) Monday January 14 Stafford Terrace. In Roy's room. Normal temperature. Sent Upton to S & H with the extender back. Put cards of Paris in their places, Mite with me. Uneventful day. Awful night tonight. (Red ink: Kept awake with cough.) Tuesday January 15 Stafford Terrace. In Roy's room. Had had awful night. Cough & no sleep. Temp 102 when woke. Doze from 4.0 to 6.0am. All day resting. Dr came. Told story of Andrew Clarke & Prince of Wales. Jubilate don't you let that d-d mountebank come near me again. Got gradually better & had a better night tonight. In bed all day. (Red ink: Kept awake by cough but better.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir J.F.Garrick. Jany 14.) Wednesday January 16 Stafford Terrace. In Roy's room. All day in bed. Dr came. Mite with me. Read Huttons book on Spain. Rested all day. Temperature slightly higher in morning. Barom normal in afternoon. Upton to the Punch Dinner. Back with letter at 10.45pm. (Red ink: In bed all day.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Muck. Death of Archibald Napier. Death of Alice Newman. Death of Alfred Osmond. Death of Ada Roller. ) Thursday January 17 Stafford Terrace. In Roy's room. Fair night. Up 8.20. No hot water. Put on clothes 1st time since last Friday. Dull morning. After in room & looked at materials for subject of Birrell, C.B & King Arthur. Dr Beecham came at 12.30. Slight wheezing of valve in heart. Felt very done up after. Lunch 1.30. Rest till 2.30. Enlarged 9 plates. Upton round. Wrote letters. Worked till 8.30. Dinner kept warm but no one thought of shutting the window. Had a bad night of coughing again & did not get to sleep until 2.0am. After rested fairly well. (Red ink: Worked in room. Had very bad night with cough.) (Cutting glued in: Earthquake and fire destroys Kingston.) Friday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast 9.0am. Had bad night up to 1.30am. Slept well after. All day at work on drawing of C.B as Arthur & Birrell as a Knight. Worked from 2.0 to 10.15pm. Terrible strain to get done. Eat some food & to bed at 12.0am. Food taken out by Nurse. (Red ink: Did my work with great difficulty.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Robina Hepburn. Death of David Hepburn. Obituary of Allan Wood. Obituary of Lady Robertson.) Saturday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & breakfast in Bed Room at 9.30. After Dr Beecham came. Got up at 12.0 & in my room putting things away up to 5.0pm. Mite in. They all went to see Peter's Mother & the Ross's also. Enlarged after the rest of the Ostend photos & began Weymouth. Dinner in Bed Room. Worked in my room
after dinner for 2 hrs up to 11.0pm when went to bed. (Red ink: In Bed Room all day. 8 days this day.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of David Hepburn. Obituary of Lucas D'Oyly Carte.) Sunday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & had breakfast at 9.15am in my room. After Roy came round & stayed to lunch. Rather depressed at the prosperity of Messels & Stern. Went in & saw dear M for 1st time since the 11th. Mite & Lennie motored to Windsor. All afternoon doing Brighton enlargements. Dined by self. Developed about 30 of enlargements before & after dinner. Bed at 11.30. Sleep 12.30am after reading Mr Hutton's book on The Cities of Spain. (Red ink: Saw dear M for 1st time since 11th.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Agnes Clerke.) Monday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45am. Bath & after seeing M went down to breakfast. News of extraordinary conduct of Governer of Jamaica. Dull coldish morning. After enlarging went out for 1st time since the 10th. Walked with Rags up the Park to top of Row. Carriage met me & back to lunch with Mite. Chop. After in afternoon did 2nd edition of yesterday & Saturday’s enlargements. Dined by self & after went to bed at 10pm & slept fairly well all night. M much better today. (Red ink: Out for 1st time since the 10th. 11 days.)(Cutting glued in: Obituary of Agnes Clerke.) Tuesday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. Bath. Colder & east wind. Did not go out all day. All day enlarging Brighton. Dull grey & dark all day & much colder at night. Dear Mite round in a green blouse. M much better. Mite & self lunched together. Good roast beef. All afternoon up to dinner time at work. Dined by self & went to bed at 10.30pm after sitting with M. (Red ink: Dear M much better.) Wednesday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.40. Hard frost in night. Down. Letters from Lady Pirrie & O.S. Wrote letters etc. After all afternoon doing 2 nd Brighton. Developed after. Letter from O.S to say not to go to the Punch Dinner. Sent Upton to the Table at 9.15. Back 10.45. Easy subject. Dined by self. Mite round to tea in afternoon. Bed 11.30pm. Slept well. A great many of above photos were spoilt by not turning over in the basin for washing, 18 at least. (Red ink: Letter from Seaman not to go to the Punch Dinner.) Thursday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45 & breakfast. Intensely cold. Did not go out all day. Looked out phos for subject of Britannia & Mr Punch at Brighton. Mr William Whiteley murdered at 12.45 by a man named Rayner. At work. Enlarged & developed in afternoon. Light again broke down. Worked from 6.0 to 8.30pm. Mite here all day. Roy was to have come to dinner but the night was so bad & the cold so intense he did not come. Bed 11.0 after reading the Whiteley murder. Slept well. Many prints spoilt through not turning them over in the hand basin. Saw Dr Haward in morning. (Cutting glued in: Death of William Whiteley.) Friday January 25
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45 & bath. Breakfast. After got to work at 10.15 & worked till 10.40 at night on Britannia at Kingston. Mite in bed with cold, could not come all day. M much better. Got through my work fairly well. My cough dreadfully troublesome at night again. Kept awake till 1.0am. (Red ink: Cough very troublesome.) (Cutting glued in: The murder of Mr Whiteley. Jany 29.) Saturday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.50 & breakfast 9.15. No electrician coming. After put things away & then went for walk up to top of Row. Met Walter Emanuel at Round Pond & he walked up to top of Row with me. Carriage met us at Barracks & drove home to lunch. M much better. After put side supports to extender & a new light on. Doubts as to its working. Enlarged 32 films to dinner time when dined by myself. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Slept better. Man from Stores about my Photo Book. Dear Ann & Oliver came from 11.0am to 12.0pm. (Red ink: Out for walk up Row. Met Walter Emanuel.) Sunday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Bath. Breakfast. Not quite so cold. After wrote letters, Sands & Hunter, Stores etc. M much better & tube taken out. At 12.15 Roy came & we both went for walk with Rags to Round Pond & the Long Water. Went on the ice for 1st time since 1895. Back. Edgar came 1.45pm. Lunch. He went up to see M. All the afternoon enlarging 2 boxes Street Girls up to 7.45. Spencer called. My cough troublesome. After at 8.5 Roy, Edgar & Lennie dined with us. Good dinner. I did not smoke. Lennie a very bad cold. They all left by 11.0pm. Sat till 12.0 in Morning Room, when to bed. Slept well. No cough at night. (Red ink: Dear M better. Tube taken out. Went for walk with Roy. Ice on Round Pond. Roy, Edgar & Lennie dined.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Markham Spofforth.) Monday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45 & down. Breakfast. Quite mild again. Went out for walk up Row. Carriage met me at 1.0 & drove home. Saw Sir Eyre Shaw. Lunch. All afternoon developing nearly 100 cards, mostly successful. Began 4.0pm. Mervyn came. After stayed & had dinner with me. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Mervyn dined.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Waddy.) Tuesday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50am & out before breakfast the 1st time since Thursday, no, Friday 11th inst. Went up Church St. No Slipper. Back. After breakfast man from Stores about pencils & after electrician came about my Electric Light at 11.0am. Wrong pole. Went out & up Row at 12.10am. Met lovely little girl with long legs. Strong wind & bright sun. Lost opportunity, no camera. Back. Lunch. After did re-prints & at work all afternoon. M sat up. Dined by self. Sent Upton & got cameras back without dummy rings. Strap too short. Bed 11.30 after sitting with M. Dear Mite came in the afternoon. (Red ink: Never saw Slipper after. Out before breakfast 1st time since Friday 11th.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Harold Ritchie to Ella Priestley.) Wednesday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out with Rags up Church St & round Notting Hill. Very much better. Walked easier. Fine morning. Strong north wind. Little girl in
red must be done. Wrote letters. M much better. Did 2 Plats in red tomorrow Thursday. Went on enlarging in the afternoon & left by carriage at 6.15. Drove to the Garrick Club. Saw Roy. After to Sands & Hunters & by bus to 'Punch' Dinner. Lucas presided. Self, F.H.T, C.G, L.B, H.W.L (out of his place) B.P, E.T.R. Not a bad dinner. Good mullet & W-bait. Left at 10.25 & home by carriage calling at the Athenaeum Club. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M much better.) Thursday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.50 & over Notting Hill. Cold north wind. Took 1 doz photos of schoolgirls. Little 2 Plats etc. Back. Breakfast. After schemed subject of Kaiser & Bulow on Battleship. At 12.0 photod Britten in uniform. Developed & enlarged by 2.0pm. Up in M's room. Lost 1 hour bothering putting films in Blocknote magazines. Electric Light blew out. Had to send & get it connected at 6.30pm. Dined by self at 8.30pm. Just got it all in outline. Bed 11.30. No fire. (Red ink: Electric Light blew out.) Feb 1907 Friday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Walked to Lytham House thro' Kensington Gardens. Saw the Princess. Back for another term. Breakfast 9.15am & after worked from 10.30 to 10.30pm on German Emperor & Prince Bulow. Bothered with Kaiser's hand in morning. Tired. Dined. Bed 11.30 after. Cold at night. (Red ink: Saw Princess 1st time 1907.) Saturday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Very tired. No Slipper. Muscotte girls. Walk up Church Street & down Argyll Rd. Cold. Back. M better. Put things away & at 12.15 walked up to top of Row with Rags. Most uninteresting people. Saw no one. Back by carriage. Mite to lunch. After enlarged some photos. From 5.30 to 7.30 arranging films in magazines. Failure owing to thick curly films. Very much annoyed. No 3 magazine stuck. Dined by self & snooze after, going to to bed at 11.30. Slept well. Mite had a party of 16 for the Pantomime. Ross's there. (Red ink: Annoyed with thick films.) Sunday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out 9.0. Dull dark morning & very cold. After at 11.30 Roy came round. Gave him cheque. Lunch by self. All afternoon enlarging etc. At 8.0 Lennie, Mite, Roy & self dined. Good dinner. Lennie a bad cold & a bad eye. They left 10.45. Talk of Spanish trip. Bed 11.30 after reading Dicken's Drood & Lang's Explanation. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sarah Seaman. Death of Florence Hastings. Death of Thomas Threlfall.) Monday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out round Cromwell Road. No Aphrodite. Left. Back. Breakfast. After at 11.15 went in carriage & took films to Thos.K.Grant at 4 Bloomsbury St W.C & 2 changing boxes to Watsons. Back by 1.5. Mite with her mother & lunched with me. My cough still very troublesome. Mite good bye & left at 5.0pm. Developed about 90 cards betwen 5.45 & 8.0 when dined by self. In M's room after. Read Edwin Drood Explanation. Bed 12.15. Some time getting to sleep. Langley wrote me about Spain in the morning. (Red ink: Called Lumière
about thick film & Watson about magazine.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Thomas Threlfall.) Tuesday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out over Holland Walk to Notting Hill. Saw 2 nd Kitten, Two Plats etc. Back. Breakfast. A miserable morning, cold, raw, sleety & damp. Mite & Lennie went to Bournemouth. The chicks, Ann & Oliver, came to see their grandmother at 11.0am. Put 100 cards to dry. All day enlarging. Did not go out. Wind shifted to the west in the afternoon. After developed about 60 cards. Back printed since Saturday. Dined at 8.15 by self. M much better. Bed 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Willett Ram to Ethel Blackiston.) Wednesday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out over Notting Hill. Breakfast. After went in Park at 12.0 with large camera. Took some photos soldiers marching etc. Found the camera was stopped down. Fear they will all be no good. Missed Imperance. Back. Had hair cut. Lunch. After enlarged last of my 1906 films. Left in carriage at 6.20. Called at Garrick. Letter from E.J. On to Punch Dinner after leaving carriage for Roy. Phil A, B.P, E.T.R, E.V.L(Ed) self, F.H.T, C.G. Cheery dinner & all over by 9.15. Had to wait 10.15 as ordered carriage at 10.30pm. Called Athenaeum & home. Cough troublesome at night. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Francis Breuke. Death of Henry Breuke. Funeral of the Marchioness of Hastings) Thursday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out with Rags. Went up Church St. Saw Lady D. Back. Schemed subject of House of Lords Cat & Mice with Bell. Enlarged photos & photod bell at 12.0pm. At 1.15 out with large camera to Notting Hill & took some photos of girls. Sun. Back 2.15pm to lunch. At work after enlarging. All ready & got outline by 8.30. Dined by self & sat with M after. Bed 12.0. Coughed, no, did not cough at night or morning. (Cutting glued in: Death of Alice Hanslip.) Friday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out over Notting Hill. Saw very few. Walked right down to the school & past it. Back 9.20 & breakfast. After at work all day on drawing of House of Lords Cat & Mice. Finished 10.30. Dined by self. Very tired. Bed at 12.0am. Coughed. Saturday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Did not go out. Breakfast. Dull rainy morning. Put all straight etc. Wrote cheques & letters. Lunch. Got off by carriage at 3.20 & down with one other to Bournemouth without a stop. Mite met me at door of Royal Bath Hotel. All over imitation pictures & over decorated. Comfortable room, No 68. Fire. Dressed. Dinner 7.30pm. Fair. A harpist solo. A (illeg), King Humbert of Italy etc. Listened to music after. A pretty girl with father & silent mother, Mr, Mrs & Miss Pilkington. In Lennie's sitting room No 105. Mite made honey & got grapes. Cough troublesome before sleeping. (Red ink: Went down to Bournemouth to stay with Mite & Lennie.) Sunday February 10
The Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth. Up 8.0. Bath. Dressed Admiral's suit & out. Bright sun. No wind. Very good breakfast, sole etc. After we started in motor at 11.30 & went to the Anchorage. Past Junipers H. Went in. Looked thro' the windows & spent 1½ hrs wandering about the sea & river there. Talk to a fisherman. Lennie went up the Bear Pole. Then motored past High Cliff Castle & went on to Milford & the hotel & had excellent lunch. A delightful collie bitch called Lady made friends. Long stroll on sands & aquired stones. After back by Ch Ch. Tea. Mite read about Toledo. Snooze. Dressed at 6.30 & dinner 7.30pm. Fair dinner. Music. Bed 10.30pm. Talk of our trip to Spain. (Red ink: Fine day. Motored from Bournemouth past Christchurch to the Anchorage & Milford. Back to Bournemouth.) Monday February 11 The Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth. Up 8.0. Lukewarm bath. Packed. Down 9.30 out ¼ hour. Cold wind. Bright sun. Breakfast 9.45. After saw Lennie off. Went in motor. Stroll on to Cliffs & Pier. Took 1 doz phos & with Mite after along the sands. Lunch. Got off by 2.10 & up to Waterloo. There 4.20pm. Upton there but not Mite's carriage. Lovely sunset. Home at 5.0pm. Tabs there. Dear M better. Wrote diary & many letters. Dined by self & in M's room after. Snooze till 11.30. Bed. Slept well. No cough. (Red ink: Stroll with Mite along sands at Bournemouth. Home in the afternoon. I subsequently found I had left my cats eye stud bought in 1885 at the hotel. Got it back.) Tuesday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. A very rough morning. Gave up notion of going to Calais. Wet also. Out with Rags to H.School Notting Hill. 1 Norland Sq a stationers shop. No 2 Plats. Back Breakfast. A man from the Stores came about my photo case being stamped with two S.S's. The King to open Parliament. Bad day. Mite drove up & lunched with me. Stayed with her mother all afternoon. Enlarged 1905 ¼ plates etc. Dear M went down into the Drawing Room for tea at 4.20. I helped her down. Up again at 8.0pm. Developed between 70 & 80 cards. Dined by self at 8.20 & in the Drawing Room after sitting with M. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: M went down to Drawing Room for 1st time.) (Cutting glued in: In memoriam Charles Witherington, Walter Redmond, Elizabeth De Carne, Robson Roose. Feby.) Wednesday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Raw & cold. Went to Cromwell Rd. Saw Princess, Scotch, & No 2 Princess. Back. Breakfast. After up with M. X in room. Coloured photo cases again. Upton had put Propert on boots. Put trees up. Enlarged school girls again. After left in carriage at 4.30 & called Miles & then to Athenaeum & to call on Mr Boyd Carpenter at the Junior Carlton. Then to Punch Dinner after writing at the Athenaeum. Came on wet. C.V.L, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Reed made a magistrate. Got Balloon subject & left at 10.20. Home by carriage. (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Fahey.) Thursday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & walk to Notting Hill. Perfect Tuff. No Double Plat. Back & schemed subject of C.B in Balloon. Britten came at noon. Photod him on table. Developed. Got all ready by 5.30 & worked up to 8.30 when dined by self.
Refused invite to Vintners & to Royal College of Surgeons. Bed after Drawing Room. Friday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out past Lytham House. Saw the Princess. Back & all day at work on drawing of C.B in a Balloon. Finished at 10.30pm & dined by self. Bed at 1.0 after snooze. Not tired. (Cutting glued in: Death of Francis Cosens.) Saturday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out up Church St. Just too late. Back. Breakfast & after all morning at letters etc. Books. Lunch by self & left in the carriage at 1.30 & drove to Drury Lane calling at the Claridges Hotel. Saw Pantomime. Nothing to do with Sindbad. Hullo! Hullo! Hullo! Fairly good. Out 5.20. Drove home from the Garrick Club. Tea in the Drawing Room. Mite there. Dined by self & in M's room after. Dear M cried in the morning. Went out with camera into Park at 11.30 to 12.50. Preparing for the King to select a site for statue of William of Orange. Took a few useless photos. Pretty girl & dogs. Miss Phillimore nearly certain. (Red ink: Went by self to Drury Lane Pantomime. Sindbad.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Dr James Huxley. Feb 16th 07.) Sunday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Too windy to cross Channel. Walked up Church St. Back. All morning & afternoon writing Store & other orders. Roy in. Spencer came & stayed to lunch. After all afternoon writing. Developed some films taken in Novr at Pyt & also at Bournemouth last Monday. Midge & Mrs Evans (Langley's sister) came to lunch. No, to tea. At 8.0 Mite, Roy, Lennie & self dined. Very good oysters. Champagne. They left 10.45. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Mite, Roy, Lennie & self dined.) Monday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out 8.30. Walked along Cromwell Rd & to Lytham House. Met no one in particular. A dull windy morning. M bothered about her hotels. Wrote orders etc. Developed some films. Last of last year, Terregles & Pyt House. Began dating Dutch photos, ready for book. After at 7.40 left in the carriage & dined with Hamilton & Midge & Paul Foley at the Coburg Hotel. Good dinner. Home 10.30 by the carriage. (Red ink: Dined with Hamilton Langley & Midge at the Coburg. Slow.) Tuesday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Out over Campden Hill. Saw school girls. Got 3 tickets of boy for 3/-. Back. All day dating Dutch photos & developed a few plates or films. At 7.45 left & dined at Lancaster Gate. Lennie's birthday. Mrs Sington & Mr Marriott there. Left at 10.30 & home. Wet & raining. (Red ink: Lennie's birthday. Dined at Lancaster Gate.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Jasper.) Wednesday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out with large camera. Gale of wind & bright sun. Took 13 of school girls. Just missed 2 Plats. Back. After finished dating & putting away Dutch photos. Left in carriage at 4.30pm & called at Mite's & then to Junior Carlton Club. Missed Mr Boyd Carpenter. To Athenaeum. Wrote letters & then
called Sands & Hunter. Punch Dinner. Owen Seaman back. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, L.B, B.P, H.W.L, EV.L. Got cut of Greyhound & away 10.15 & home by carriage. Cold. Went out a 2nd time & tried the new small camera at 2.0. No school girls. Took 12 at Notting Hill. Strong wind. (Red ink: Dr Haward paid his last visit.) Thursday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out over Campden Hill. Met a very pretty shop girl running as far as Norland Sq & back. 2 Plats. Breakfast & after schemed subject of Hare & Greyhound. At 12.30 enlarged Muybridge's Animals in Motion. Very cold. Enlarged in afternoon. Worked till 8.30 when dined by self. (Red ink: Shop girl Miss Elliott.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Elizabeth and Mary Barker.) Friday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45 & out over Campden Hill. No girl as yesterday. Met Mr Turner & children. Back 9.0. Band. Breakfast. Went on with work. At 11.30 dear M went out for a drive. 1st time outside house for 12 weeks. Went in Mite's carriage & Mite with her. They met Dr Orton. Worked all day until 10.30 on Hare & Moderate & Progressive Greyhounds. Dined by self & bed 12.45. Bitterly cold. Evelyn Fisher Rowe lunched with me. (Red ink: Dear M out for drive for the 1st time since November.) (Cutting glued in: Presentations at Court. Mrs Lawrence Fisher Rowe & others. T Feb 25, Court F 22nd.) Saturday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Hard frost in the night. Very cold in morning. Slight headache. Met no one. After in the morning wrote letters etc. M out with Mite in Victoria. After lunch left at 1.50 & drove in carriage to the Lyric Theatre & saw Robin Hood. Dull play. Met a talkative & rather pretty lady. Going out met & talked to two Miss G.G.Ts. Sausages & on to Athenaeum. Tea at the Jun'r Carlton & talk to Mr Boyd Carpenter. Home by bus. Girl like a young Mrs Lucy. In the Drawing Room with M. Dressed & carriage to Mite's. Dined & met a Spanish tourist. Left 11.0pm & home. Bitterly cold weather. (Red ink: M out for drive. Went by self to Lyric Theatre. Saw Robin Hood.) Sunday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Had broken Electric globe in the night. Out. Sunday School children. Good breakfast. Very cold. After all day at home writing etc. Dating cards & preparing. Roy came in the morning. After Lennie, Roy, Mite & E.V.Lucas dined. They left at 11.0pm. A pleasant dinner & talk of papers etc etc. Rather livery all day & tired. (Red ink: Roy, Lennie, Mite & E.V.Lucas dined at Stafford Terrace.) Monday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & over past High School. Kindergarten. Back. Breakfast. All day preparing for Spain, writing Boyd Carpenter & others. Dating cards & other matters. Dined by self & bed at 11.30pm. Roy sold my £500 worth of George Newnes for £406 only - £406.4.0 only. Tuesday February 26
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & over as far as Norland Sq & back. Spoke to Gipsy. Back. Breakfast. Mostly all day preparing for Spain, dating cards etc etc. In evening dined at Mite's. Roy & Miss Walford only. Oysters. After Mite made pastel of Roy. Home by carriage at 11.0pm. Bed. (Red ink: Dined at 104 Lancaster Gate. Asked Elliott for address to sit. No, this was March 9 th.) Wednesday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.5 & out. Walked to ½ way up Holland Walk & then to Lytham House. Met no one. After all day dating cards etc, up to 5.45. Carriage to Mite's & called Garrick Club, Sands & Hunters. To Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, P.A, E.V.L, H.W.L (distrait) A.G. Long weary discussion. Got subject of Pygmalion & left for home in the carriage at 11.0pm. Thursday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Dense fog. Missed Gipsy. Walked to Notting Hill & back. After sent Upton to Mays. Dense fog. Schemed subject & with great difficulty got photos from Upton for Haldane Pygmalion. Delayed very much. Did not finish enlarging till 6.15pm. Got outline by 8.30pm. Dined at 8.45 by self. Tired. Bed 11.30pm. Mar 1907 Friday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & out. Dense fog. Met Gipsy. Said good morning 8.30am. Round by Church Street home. Not so dense. After all day at work. Before signed transfer of George Newnes & many other letters. Finished work at 10.30 & dined by self very tired & exhausted. Bed 12.30pm. Saturday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Up Church St. After made mistake voting. Forgot names & voted 1 Progressive & 1 Moderate. After breakfast all morning writing letters. Unpacked photographic albums. After lunched, Mite with me. Left 1.50 & drove to His Majesty's Theatre & saw Anthony & Cleopatra. Fine spectacle. Called Athenaeum & got sausages. Home by bus. Girl like G.Taverner in bus. Sat with M & after dressed & dined with Mite. Lennie seedy. Mr & Mrs B.Stewart there. Left 11.10 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Went to His Majesty's & saw Anthony & Cleopatra. Dined at 104 Lancaster Gate.) Sunday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Coloured old trees. Foggy dark morning. Up Church St. Great victory of the Progressives in paper. Joke of Boot Trees packed as choice fruit. All the morning writing letters etc. Roy in. Lunch. After wrote letters & packed bag to go to Sidmouth tomorow. Dinner. Only Roy, Florence W & Mite came, Lennie being too ill. Champagne. They left at 9.45. Up in M's room & read after W.Irving's Alhambra. Bed 11.30pm. Colder. (Red ink: Lennie seedy. Florence W & Mite dined.) Monday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & finished packing. Could not find my cats eye stud. Never shall now. After breakfast did not go out. Bus came at 10.0 & dear Mite also. Got off 10.15 with Nurse. Guards outside Buckingham Palace. Invalid chair
for M. Most comfortable journey to Sidmouth. Lunch by self after Salisbury. Saw Pyt House. Sunny afternoon. Jolty bus from the station. Arrived at Fortfield Hotel 3.10. Fair rooms. Went out 4.30 to 5.30. Dull wretched place. People like half alive flies. Bought grapes. Back to tea in M's room. Down to Drawing Room, wrote letters. M decided not to dine below. Dressed & dined by self. People talking all round again. Came across Ray Lankester & his niece & also Mr & Mrs Cameron. We went up in Billiard Room after. Talk to R.L & his niece. Bed at 11.0. Slept well. (Red ink: Could not find my cats eye stud. Took dear M down to Sidmouth.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Rolf Peech.) Tuesday March 5 Fortfield Hotel, Sidmouth. Up at 8.0. Good bath. Dressed. In M's room. Down & out 8.40. Walk. A dull cold morning. Back. Breakfast at 9.10. Fair. Up after & M went out at 11.10 in a Bath chair for nearly two hours. Dull cold & heavy rain after. R.Lankester & his niece. Bought oranges 3d each. Back. Fair lunch, M & self meal together 1st time since Novr 1906. After went into Billiard Room. Talk to Cameron & someone who had a Fishing in Norway. Wrote 4 or 5 letters. Tea in lounge. Still dull & wet. After went for walk again. Dear M came down to dinner 1st time since her operation. Bore it well. We went up immediately after. In her room & bed early. (Red ink: Dear M down to dinner 1st time since dining with Stone on the (blank) of November.) Wednesday March 6 Fortfield Hotel, Sidmouth. Up 7.45. Could not get bath till 8.15. Out & tried camera. Breakfast. Talk to Ray Lancaster. Dear M upset at my leaving. Got off by bus at 11.35. Hurry with bill. Took more photos at station. Stock Xchange lady & gentleman who lived at Woodford went up same bus. We lunched together. Lady like Sophy H. London. Carriage met me. Called Sands & Hunter & home. Letters. To Punch Dinner. Too late to call on Miles. Called Sands & Hunter. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Late sitting. Left 11.15 & home by carriage. Slept in Front Bedroom 1st time since Dec 1 1906. (Red ink: Slept in Front Bedroom 1st time since Decr 1 1906.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John Herring. Death of Samuel Joshua.) Thursday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out over Notting Hill. Back & after schemed drawing of Huis Ten Bosch. Hilton & Britten came at 12.0, Hilton 1 st time since December 11 1906. Took phos of French, German, John Bull, Cossack etc. Wet & miserable. Developed & got prints late 6.30pm. Roy came & dined & back in carriage 10.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Mr Hugh Clifford has arrived in London.) Friday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out with middle camera. Brilliant sun. Walked over to Notting Hill & took School Girls etc. After back. Many letters. At work all day on drawing Huis Ten Bosch. Finished at 10.30pm. Dined by self tired & bed at 1.0pm. Saturday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Met G & got address. Man with Bulldog. Back. Breakfast. Saw Sanitary Inspectors from A & N. Got off after looking out drawings at 12.0 by carriage & to Waterloo. Down by 1.0pm to Sidmouth. 2/6 for chop.
Changed at S.J. 2 others got in. Dear M looking better. Walk & got grapes etc. Dinner. In M's room. Changed films from 10.30 to 11.45pm. Bed. Slept well. (Red ink: Went down to Sidmouth 2nd time.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Frances Peachey.) Fortfield Hotel, Sidmouth. Up 7.40. Good bath. Down 8.30 after seeing M. Dull morning. Wrote 4 or 5 letters before breakfast & after. At 11.0 went with M in Bath chair for 2 hours. Dull & rain. Back 1.0 & 1.30 very good lunch. Wrote from 2.30pm to 4.30pm continuously. Tea. At 5.0 took M again for an hour in Bath chair. Dull & colder. Back 6.0pm. In M's room. At 7.0 dressed. Dinner. Very good & fruit. Went up after coffee & bed 10.30. Put films in magazine D. Slept fairly well. (Red ink: At Sidmouth.) Monday March 11 Fortfield Hotel, Sidmouth. Up 7.40. No hot water. Packed & shaved. Bath. Out on Parade. No one about. Took a few photos before & after breakfast. Good bye to dear M. Bore of a man Robertson. Had talked at breakfast to young man who knew Lord Mount Edgcombe. Saw going after to station. No restaurant car. 2 ladies jumbled into our carriage. Red moustached man & self. Carriage met me Waterloo. Drove to Reeds & then home. Tidied up etc. Put films in the small magazine. Dined by self at home. Went after to Mite's. Mrs de la Penha & the Gibbs there. Lennie very seedy. Back by the carriage at 11.15pm. Most bitterly cold. (Red ink: Lennie seedy. Came up from Sidnouth. Dined Lancaster Gate.) Tuesday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Hard frost & bitterly cold in the night & morning. Up Church Street with Rags, no Holland Walk. Missed G. Through back of Upper Phil Gds. Saw Princess & Brown Stockings. Back. Breakfast. Dirty parquet. Wrote cheque etc. Man could not do the drains yesterday. All day packing, preparing etc. In evening dined with Maud & Lennie. Met Mrs Sington, E.V.Lucas & wife. Good dinner. Left 11.0pm & home by carriage. (Red ink: Dined at Lancaster Gate.) Wednesday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & out over Campden Hill. Lovely bright morning. Took School Girl with large camera which broke down at the numbers. After went out at 12.20 with new camera & tried it in High St. Better results. Saw Woodruff. All day packing etc. Left & drove to Athenaeum at 6.15pm. On to Punch Dinner. Owen S distrait. Self, H.F.T, C.G, R.H, R.C.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Good dinner. Left at 11.0 & home by the carriage. R.H brandy & garrulous. Thursday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & out. Went round Cromwell Road. Lovely girl & 3 little boys. No A. Back. After schemed & made study from Hilton & Britten for Old Yokel & Asquith. Enlarged downstars. Finished by 11.30pm. Lennie & Mite started by the 11.0am Victoria for Paris. Wrote till 8.45. Roy dined with me & left 10.30. Had to go out to post a letter. Terrible day in the American Market in the City. (Red ink: Roy dined with me.) Friday March 15
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am & out by High School, 2 dogs. After had hair cut. Back. Letters. All day till 10.45pm on drawing of Asquith & Old Yokel. Dined by myself. Letter from Mrs Elliott. Fire. Bed 12.30am. The Langleys arrived at Seville. How did they get there in the time? Saturday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Not very tired. Out up Holland Walk. Met Mr Turner. Breakfast. All day writing cheques etc. Lunch. Roy never came for Boat Race. Left at 2.35pm in cart & drove down. Cambridge won. Saw Wirgman & a Frenchman. Drove back by the Goldhawk Road & Shepherds Bush. Tea. Wrote till dinner. Roy dined with me. Bottle 1898 Champagne. Had to knock Upton up to take Roy back. Mrs P going to bed at 9.30. In Morning Room. Bed 12.0am after snooze. (Red ink: Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Cambridge won. Roy dined with me. Last time waited on by Pointer.) Sunday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & in room. Letters. Tidying. Bath after. Got off at 10.0 in cart for Victoria. A great crowd. Little man of 'The People'. Curious boy & young fellow in carriage. Dirty valet. Saw Capn Dixon & after Sir F & Lady DixonHartland. Introduced to Mrs Stern at Victoria & saw Bertie Stern. Lovely crossing. Took 6 photos & 6 on platform. Stockbroker in carriage to Paris. Comfortable journey. Good porter. To Continental. Saw Lennie. Room 273. Dressed & went to dine, Mite, Mrs Gibson, Lennie & self. Saw Sir Alfred Dent. Very good fiddler. Back. Bed 11.30pm after changing 1 doz plates. (Red ink: Dined in café at Paris with Lennie, Mite & Mrs Gibson. The little man of 'The People' is 'Madge'.) Monday March 18 Hotel Continental, Paris. Woke 4.0 & up 7.15. Good bath, oeufs etc. A dull rainy morning. Pottered in room without going out. After down to Bureau to get my films. Bill 14F. In Lennie's room at 10.30am. Mrs Gibson. Took 1 photo in the yard & one of porter. Got off comfortably for Biarritz. Most luxurious carriage & good lunch & dinner. Past Blois & Tours, Beaugency, Angouleme, Bordeaux et etc. Arrived Biarritz at 10.20pm. Bother to get on omnibus. At Grand Hotel. Same as dear M & self were at in 1896. No 22 Upp Phillimore Gardens. Cornered one in hall. Delightful suite of rooms No 100-102 St Galmier. Bed at 12.30. Still grey & misty. Warm. Curious Mulatto family on train & very neat lady & children. (Red ink: Journeyed from Paris to Biarritz.) Tuesday March 19 Grand Hotel Biarritz. Up at 7.15. Bath in room. Still grey & sea fog. Could not get breakfast until 9.15 or 9.30. After Lennie & self went out to Bank. Got £10 in Spanish money. Then to wire. Then L had his hair cut. After L, M & self walked down to the Virgin Rock. Met Sir Ernest Cassell & daughter. Back. Lunch. After cornered by 22 P.G. Then L, M & self & Curtain went to be photographed. Jovial photographer. Then we went by train to Bayonne. Saw Cathedral. Chocolate in same shop but re-built. Lennie bought cup. Back to Biarritz. Up in room. Wrote letters & diary. Clearing up. 2 English girls on the train. Bad brown boots. Took 2 doz & 8 photos. Magazine B broke down in morning. Tired after. L went for walk. Rested & dressed for dinner. Room too much lighted. So so dinner. Corridor. Up in
room 9.30. Talk of my family. Bed. (Red ink: Photographed & all went to Bayonne.) Wednesday March 20 Grand Hotel Biarritz. Up at 8.0. Breakfast brought in. Out 9.20 & to villa to let. Virgin Rock. Fishing. Took 12 photos, backgrounds, steps etc. After at 11.0am started for Hendaye & Fuenterrabia. Sun shone at 12.0 to 2.0pm. Thro' St Jean de Luz. Same chateau & front door. Same Hotel d'Angleterre & 2 sisters. Good lunch. To Fuenterrabia. L delighted. Up on castle roof & church vestments. Boy & little sparrow. Little dog. Started home 4.50. Rain. Back 7.15. Lopez awaiting Lennie. Dinner 8.15. Woman & rings. Uncomfortable corridor. In room at 9.45. Mite had a fire. Room 10.30. 1 hr changing plates. Bed 11.35. The name of the village with church door is 'Elrugne'. Curious galleries all round the Basque churches. Hamilton, Midge & Dora at Granada as per book Apl 8 th. (Red ink: Photod Biarritz in morning. After all went to Hendaye & Fuenterrabia.) (Cutting glued in: W.L.Wyllie elected RA.) Thursday March 21 Grand Hotel Biarritz. Up at 7.30. Breakfast 8.0. Packed in room. Diary etc. After went into Market Place & took 3 photos. After L, M & self all called on Dutchman & went after past the Palace Hotel & L went down to sea shore by Links. Lovely hot sun. Back. Lunch. Had taken snap shot of French actress La Vallière. Luncheon. Sat out in sun. After fiacre to Links. Band. Back. L & self went to antique shop. Good prints. Empire commode £44. Back. Finished packing. Lennie & bill. They wanted to charge 2 extra days. Other people moving in. Dinner. The pretty little married woman like a clown. Got off at 9.45 all amicably. Little Basque valet 5F. Not much bother at station. (Red ink: Lovely day. Went up to Links at Biarritz & Band.) Friday March 22 On board train, Biarritz to Madrid. More or less uncomfortable night. Lennie & self in sleeping berth. L did not sleep. Draught on me. Woke up. Watch stopped at 4.30am. Got to station at 7.0am. Bright sun. Up & had coffee & eggs. Good. Past Valladolid. Dreadful fat Englishwoman & Southern American companion. Stony desert looking country. Curious pine trees & dwarf oaks, evergreen. Most curious & delightful old walled town. Wall & towers 1090, 'Avilia'. On. The Escurial. Mountains round Madrid. Lopez met us. No trouble. Arrived Hotel de Paris 2.30pm. Good rooms. Wrote Elliott. L & self went to Cook office. Took phos, priest etc. Back. Took Mite to have chocolate. After delightful drive to new Park. Good carriages. Statue of Alfonso 3rd. Back. Dressed after a good bath. Dinner. Good. M & self frightfully tired. Changed films & bed at 11.0pm. Slept well. Shut window. The old town above was Avila. (Red ink: Travelled from Biarritz to Hotel de Paris Madrid.) Saturday March 23 Hotel de Paris, Madrid. Up 7.30. Shave & coffee in Salon at 8.45am. Out with large C. To Royal Palace & took horse sentries. Back & we all went by fiacre to see the Guard changed. Splendid. Jolly trouper. To the Armoury. Armour of Charles 5 & dog armour. Turkish weapons from Lepanto. Out. Lunch. After at 2.0 went to the Prado & saw pictures. Magnificent Velasquez, Don Balthasar. Pair
portraits. The Surrender of Breda. Many of Goya's. Portraits King Charles 4 etc. An Albert Durer of himself. Moro portrait of Queen Mary. Portrait of Charles 5 th by Titian. Death of the Virgin by Mantegna. Out into the blazing sun. L went into old shops. Missed a pretty but impudent fair Spanish girl. One of 3. Pity. Chocolate shops. Tired. Up in Mite's room. 2 Regiments passed. Wrote diary & M. 2 magnificent Velasquez's, husband & wife Antonia de Ipenarrieta y Galdos left to the nation by the Duquesa de Villahermosa 1905. Refused £80 for them. Sunday March 24 Hotel de Paris, Madrid. Up 7.45 or earlier & after coffee out & took 1 doz L.C lions etc. Gendarmes & people in the Puerta del Sol. Back & after went with Mite to Fan shop. Spanish ladies in the shop. L bought 2 fans, one 40L. On to the Prado Museum when Lo! came across McAndrew, his wife & Mary Bond. Talk & back to hotel for lunch. After went at 3.30 to bull fight. Felt seedy in the bright glare & cold wind trying. Saw 4 bulls killed & several horses. One game bull broke its legs. The whole arena yelled & shouted. Left after 4 bulls & back to hotel. Went & had chocolate. Lunch & rested. Put things up & dressed for dinner. Bed at 10.30. Changed plates & packed. Irritation in nostril better. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Went to 1st bull fight at Madrid.) (Cutting glued in: Trial of Horace Rayner. S. March 23.) Monday March 25 Hotel de Paris, Madrid. Up 6.45 & bath. Coffee. Out on the Puerta del Sol. Took 6 photos. Got off from hotel at 9.0 & to a good railway station. Met N° 22 en route to Seville. Good journey lunch & dinner. Took 3 or 4 photos at Aranjuz, of Cantino etc. Past beautiful scenery, Cordoba etc. 22 in & out of carriage. Arrived Seville 9.45pm. Luggage examined for Octroi. Bother. To hotel. Lennie had dispute with manager about the rooms. 180ps a day. At last got to bed. Suspicion of mosquitos. Curtains. Nevertheless slept well. (Red ink: From Madrid to Seville. Bother about price of rooms.) (Cutting glued in: Death of James Anderson. Obituary James Anderson.) Tuesday March 26 Hotel de Madrid, Seville. Woke at 7.30. Up 7.45. Bath. Breakfast. Out. Intended to keep room. 22 pays 50ps or 150ps a day for 3 without salon. Saw 22. After breakfast went with Lennie & Mite to the Court of Oranges & the Cathedral. Magnificent. Felt it really cold inside the Cathedral. Lunch. Mr & Mrs Malcomb (Mrs Langtry's daughter) there. Fat old horror at table d'hote. After walked to the Guadalquiver. Someone arriving. Queen of Portugal. Many people. Fat little girl. After had chocolate in delightful garden. Waiter like Lord Ritchie. Organ, 'Lum tum de ditty ti'. After we drove with a lame horse back. Changed & dinner. A very dark English lady like Sibyl Coke opposite. Donkey of a husband. The Doctor & a friend who came up into Lennie's room. Proved to be a Mr Williams who had 500 sq miles of shooting & wild camels. They stayed uip till nearly 12.0am. To bed & changed films 1 hr. (Red ink: Seville. Delighted with it.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Professor von Bergmann.) Wednesday March 27 Hotel de Madrid, Seville. Up at 7.45. Could get no bath until 8.25. Out & to breakfast. After went to get letter, paid 1½ps for nothing. Back. Took 2 photos, 1
a sailor boy. Missed little girl. Back & traipsed thro' the town with Lopez & Lennie. Changed £10 at McAndrews Bank. Then to the Credit Lyonnais. Lunch. After with L & Mite to a Mrs Crawf'd. Felt dreadfully drowsy & sleepy. Little dachshund dog. L bought a silk shawl £14. Out & chocolate. Back & at 5.0pm to see the procession. There 1½ hrs. Painted & draped trophies of the Madonna & Our Lord. Hooded Misericordia. Band of music. Back & came across another procession near our annexe. Dressed. Dinner. The Doctor dined with us. Felt so tired I went to bed at 9.45pm. Bitten in the night. Got up at 3.30am & changed 1 magazine. Slept somehow. No letters. Took a little Moorish girl at the fountain. (Red ink: 1st view of Procession Seville.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Augustus Hemming.) Thursday March 28 Hotel de Madrid, Seville. Up 7.30am. Bath. Out & breakfast. Went to the Court of Oranges & took Priest, 12 altogether. After back. Lennie & self out. Lopez ill. Saw McAndrew & his wife Jeanetta. Walked to the Alcazar. Lovely. A smart little woman with a camera. Took her photo in the garden. Back to Mite & lunch. Manager said that the Times Correspondent had called upon me. Ha! The Langleys had been there the 15th & left the 19th. Went with N° 22 to shop opposite. Lennie bought fan & old tiaras. Back into room. Rested while Lennie & Mite went out. Disturbed by Lopez at 4.15pm. After wrote diary & letters. At 5.0 went to our seats to see the Procession. Better than yesterday. Sat next Sir Herbert Jerringham. Pleasant talk. The Queen of Portugal there & 2 sons. Left at 7.0pm. Crowd. Did not dress. Left after dinner at 9.0 to hear the Miserere at the Cathedral. Got in a crowd. Back. Lennie went with Mr Butler & McAndrew. At hotel talk to Mrs McA & Miss Bond, also to Times man. To hotel annexe. Changed films. Lennie back 11.40. Bed 12.0am. Slept well. Bitten on nose by mosquitos. (Red ink across page: 2nd view of Procession, Alcazar. Met Sir Herbert Jerringham.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Augustus Hemming.) Friday March 29 Hotel de Madrid, Seville. Up 7.30. Processions passing. Took 3 photos. Coffee & eggs. After out & took 12 photos. Pillars of church etc. Family & little Moorish girl Maria Ramirez. Family man Ramon Monsalue Seville Spain. Back. After we went with the McAndrews & Mr Butler to look at vestments in Cathedral etc. Concierge like Napoleon. Heavy silver crucifixes & candles. The cross that Columbus took to America. Jewels etc. L, Mite etc went up the Giralda Tower. Missed them & came back with Butler. Luncheon. Rest after. Went in afternoon again to see the Procession. Next Sir H.Jerningham. There from 5.0 to 7.0. Lennie joined us after. Processions about & traffic stopped the whole day. Bad dinner. The McAndrews & Mr Butler came to our room & saw Procession at 10.30pm. Princess next balcony. Changed films & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: 3rd view of Procession.) Saturday March 30 Hotel de Madrid, Seville. Up 7.30. Lovely morning. Breakfast & went to Giralda Tower. Clanging bells. Took 12 photos some top of steps. Back. After we drove to the Caridad. Same little girl like Dora. Beautiful chapel. 2 angels. Old men in dormitory. Sword etc of the founder, 'Here lies the worst man in the world'. Mite would see it. Back. Lunch. 2nd bottle whiskey. After bought a shawl for M from man at door. Half the price of Lennie's. Then at 3.40 drove to Pillars of Hercules. Went into 3 churches & also the Jesuit nuns home. 1000 little girls singing &
making lace etc. There 1 hr. Beautiful marble floors. Out & to Roman wall & to broad slums. A beautiful labouring girl. Back at 6.0pm. Rest. L & Mite went to buy toys & cards. Dinner. Much better. After the McAndrews & Butler in our room. Changed films. Bother with A box, the films too long. Bed 11.50pm. (Red ink: Went to the Caridad & various churches, Seville.) Sunday March 31 Hotel de Madrid, Seville. Up 7.30. Tired. Dull & after rained. Breakfast. After wrote 6 or 7 letters. Lennie & M went to Mass 9.45am. After went out 11.15 & to the church. Took 5 photos of people on the steps & in wet. Met L & Mite, Sir H.J also, in Court of Oranges. Came on to rain. Carriage to picture gallery. A number of Murillos & fine rooms. Square. Statue to Murillo. To hotel. Lunch. After talk to Mr Butler. Turned out he went to Burmah with Sir F.Treves & Edgar. In our room & at 3.15 drove to see bull fight. No trouble. Trod on an old woman's toe. The Queen of Portugal came at 4.0 & after 6 bulls killed & several horses. 1 st 2 black bulls, after 3 black & white ones. All good. One matador nearly killed. Stayed till 5.20pm. Great rush of crowd into the ring cheering the matador. Talk to Sir Herbert & M Robinson. After a drive in Park. Queen of Portugal driving. Many ladies in white mantillas. Back to hotel at 7.0pm. (Red ink: Went to splendid bull fight.) Apr 1907 Monday April 1 Hotel de Madrid, Seville. Up at 7.30am. Bath. Dull morning. Did not go to Cathedral. Before breakfast walked to find church in side street. After went with Lennie to the Credit Lyonnais. Took a few photos. After with Mite to lovely old palace with wonderful Moorish tiles of Charles 5 th time. Photod little Spanish girl with legs like sticks. Then to the Rock Scorpion. Lunch. Mr Butler tried to persuade me not to go to the Roman amphitheatre. Left in closed wagonette at 3.45. Photod oxen & gipsies etc. Dear Mite afraid of brigands. Dusty road. Ruins worth seeing. Lovely afternoon. Friendly little dog. In book signed 'Lord' Northcliffe. Colonies of emmets. Photod castle, views etc. Back 5.0pm. Running boys. Heavy rain came on. Hotel. Packed bags. Did not dress. Dr Gazebrook & Mr Butler dined at our table. In room after. Lennie bought 2 fans & old bottles. Had changed films before dinner. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Went to Roman amphitheatre. Mite nervous of brigands.) Tuesday April 2 Hotel de Madrid, Seville. Up at 7.15am. Bath. Finished packing & breakfast. Next Butler. After we got away 9.30am & to station. Lennie & train gendarmes. Lovely country. Old castle. Arrived Cordova at 1.0. Beautiful day. Lennie upset on arriving at hotel. Fair rooms. After went out & drove to the Court of Oranges & the Mosque. Wonderful. A forest of columns. Beautiful Mihrab top of alabaster like shell & marvellous mosaics. Back. Chocolate & after took a drive. Horse went at a walk. A band playing. No one to listen to it. Sodiers drilling. Marvellous old bridge. Back & good dinner. Old Lady Moray about. Very sleepy after dinner. Changed films. Pills. Bed 11.30pm. A painful gum boil. (Red ink: Left Seville for Cordova.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Abigail Samuda.) Wednesday April 3
Grand Hotel Suisse, Cordova. Up 7.30am. Dull & rainy. Out at 8.45 & to Court of Oranges. Took 1 doz & in church. Understopped. Back & out again with Mite & Lennie. Court of Oranges. Took Roman, girls etc. In mosque & church. Lennie a piece of old silver. Back. Lunch. Mr Butler turned up with letters. After all went out again. L met his Oxford tutor. Went over a bridge & back slums & into the garden of the Alcazar. Both film magazines broken down. Films not tumbling down. Why? Back & had rest. Good dinner. No 22 turned up. Changed films before & after dinner reversed films to try. Bed at 11.0. Slept well. Old man whacking a donkey turning a pumping wheel. Morento. Ahh! A painful gum boil. (Red ink: Cordova. In mosque etc.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Abigail Samuda.) Thursday April 4 Grand Hotel Suisse, Cordova. Up 7.30. Packed. Gale & heavy wet. Took no photographs all this day. To station. Good coupé. We had lunch with us. Mr Butler came in too. Heavy wet at Bobadilla. Saw Sir Hubert Jerningham. On through lovely scenery. Orange & lemon trees to Malaga. Got there 5.30. To Hotel de Roma. Splendid salon. Good Bed Room. L, M & self went for walk on the quay & through the town home. Dear flowers. Good dinner in a stuffy room. 2 Butlers came up in room after. A painful gumboil. (Red ink: Wet morning. Left, Mite, Lennie & self & Mr Butler for Malaga.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Thomas Wakley.) Friday April 5 Hotel Roma, Malaga. Up 7.30 & out. Went to a market & also photod 2 Moors. Back. Coffee. After L, M & self went for walk. L bought a quantity of pottery. After to the church. Strong wind. Lunch. After a delightful drive to the Casa Loring. Greek temple etc. Lovely trees. India rubber tree. Bamboos etc etc. Back & drive along suburbs. Dinner. After the 2 Mr Butlers came up & talked about Winchester. Changed all my films before dinner easily. Bed at 11.0. Slept well. A painful gumboil. (Red ink: Drove to lovely garden, the Casa Loring Malaga.) (Cuttings glued in: death of Canon MacColl. Saty April 6th. Obituary of Mrs Ismay.) Saturday April 6 Hotel Roma, Malaga. Up 7.30am x & out. Took 1 doz little girls dancing etc. After Lennie got his photographic prints. L. M & self went for march walk. Bought toys & castanets etc. Begging gypsies. Mr Butler left in the morning. After lunch went for uncomfortable dusty drive along sea shore. Lennie upset & Mite frightened about brigands. Watched fishing nets hauled in. Back at 6.0. Dined 7.30pm. Had to change plates after. Young Butler up in the room & talked about Winchester. No, this was last night. Woke up vigorous x. (Red ink: Drove along sea shore. Very hot. Malaga.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Frederick Wigan. Death of Simon Van den Burgh. Death of Elizabeth Van den Burgh.) Sunday April 7 Hotel Roma, Malaga. Up at 6.30. Bath. Finished packing etc. Coffee. Went out. No one worth taking. Round market etc. After we got off & to the station at 9.15am. Took gendarmes. All day travelling to Granada. Good lunch at Bobadilla. Beggers. Got to Granada at 4.30pm. Going up hill old Lady Moray again. Young Butler, L & I went out to a garden. Charles 5th Palace etc. Back. Dressed. Fair dinner. Band.
Sleepy after. Changed my films. Bed 11.45. Doubt about the sheets being damp. A wretched poky room. (Red ink: Left Malaga for Granada.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Frederick Wigan.) Monday April 8 Hotel Washington Irving, Granada. Up at 7.30. Keyhole. After breakfast wrote M & then with Mite & L into the Alhambra. Court of Lions & the Myrtle Court. All like a fairy dream. Took 20 films. Lunch. After took the tall lovely girl & then into the town & shops. Chocolate at an hotel. Hard walk back. Good dinner. Decided not to change my room to Mr Butlers. At 7.0 all the Electric lights went out. Had to substitute gas & candles. Good dinner without Mr Butler. In Reception Room & after in Lennie's salon. 2 Mr Howes came in. Bed at 11.50 after changing films. Most lovely cloudless day. (Red ink: Also Hotel Siete Suetos. Saw girl dressing thro' keyhole. 1st saw lovely Miss Vandeleur. Also 1st view of the Alhambra.) Tuesday April 9 Hotel Washington Irving, Granada. Up 7.30. Through keyhole. Pink T. Down at 9.0am. Breakfast. After at 10.15 letters from M & report of Stafford Terrace. L, M & self went to most beautiful Moorish garden. Perfectly lovely tall elegant girl. Took 12 photos after lunch. Miss Heathfield not gone but out. Tall girl like goddess a Miss Vandeleur with an elderly mother. At 2.30 we went into the town. Bought small tube of silver. Lennie to a private house & bought a mother of pearl fan, 250ps. Carriage back to hotel. L & M went to tea with Mr Butler. Had taken gypsy children dancing & a beautiful Moorish woman. Most lovely cloudless day. Took Times over to Miss Heathfield. (Red ink: Went to the Generalife Gardens.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Margaret Ismay. Obituary of James Davis, known as Owen Hall. Thurs 11 April. Photograph of Owen Hall.) Wednesday April 10 Hotel Washington Irving, Granada. Up 7.30. Private view. Complete. Down. Coffee. Went & was at garden exactly at 9.0am. Took 17 photos. Back & L, Mite & self went to the Alhambra & Charles 5th Palace. After to see several towers & a pensione. Took 2 or 3 of Keyhole. Lunch. Sat out after. At 2.20 went for a drive. Called at Lennie's shop. After in brilliant sun to a monastery. Cross painted on wall. Pictures of torture. An American like Paul Foley with a charming wife. Back & through the Gypsy quarters & then to a plateau. Lovely view of the Fortress. Back. L & Mite went to the garden again. Wrote 3 letters. 5 minutes rest. Dressed. Mr Butler & Mr Hill dined with us. Left immediately after. Mite reading. Bed 11.45 after changing films. No more Keyhole. (Red ink: Drive round Granada. Gipsies.) Thursday April 11 Hotel Washington Irving, Granada. Woke 6.0am. Next room clearing out. Lazy finishing. Down 8.30 & coffee. Old Col lost his ticket. Like Tenniel. After L, Mite & self went to the Alhambra again. Schoolgirls playing a sort of Kiss in the Ring. 2 Mr Howes with us. Went up into the Harreem Quarters under repair & also Charles 5th Palace. After to Alameda & up tower. Mr & Mrs Williams. All up on top of tower some time. Photod a fair German girl. Down & to hotel for lunch. Sat out. Humorous boot black. Mite & self went to rest. Lennie went down to the town. After chocolate. We all went to the Generalife again. Mite made drawing.
Dear little girl fetched chairs. There till sunset. Back. Dressed. Dinner. After the dealer like Bonvoisin came with trinkets. Bought 2 earrings for M & L gave me a chain for her. Last look of Miss Heathfield. Bed at 11.0. Finished packing & changed films. Augustias Ivanez Lopez Signorita Generalife Granada. (Red ink: 2nd Alhambra & Generalife Gardens.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Frederic Manuelle. Obituary of Lady Cox.) Friday April 12 Hotel Washington Irving, Granada. Up 5.30am & got off after breakfast at 7.30am in carriage. Lennie worried could not shave. Lopez lost his coat. Americans & 2 old Colonels on platform. Last look at Granada. Passed the 2 hills where Bobadil looked back from. Loja again where inhabitants old & young combine to annoy the travellers. Bobadilla. After on the Algeciras Railway. A square carriage. So on past Ronda & to Algeciras. Only took 5 photos all day. Mite & Lennie in carriage. Gendarmes. Got to above hotel all right & found it delightful. A good dinner. Very tired after. Bed 10.30. Changed films. 1st view of Gib. Huge long rock. (Red ink: Arrived at Algeciras. Hotel Reina Christina.) Saturday April 13 Hotel Reina Cristina, Algeciras. Andalucia. Up 7.30. Strong wind & after heavy rain. Coffee. After L & self went to see Mr Morrison to settle about our return journey. Mackintosh at last. Back. Lunch. Had got £10.0.0 changed. After we caught the 3.0pm boat & went over in a strong wind to Gib. Moors about. Small vehicle took us to the Alameda. Saw the Americans again. Moors, Tommies, & all sorts of people mixed up together. Lennie bought cigars. Jumping cat. Chocolate. Frightfully strong wind. Back by 6.40 boat. Mite nervous in crossing. Back to hotel & very good dinner. Tired after very. Sat up in Mite's room. Bed 10.30. For 1 st time did not change films. (Red ink: Got into frightfully heavy rain going to Mr Morrison's office. L, M & self went to Gib.) Sunday April 14 Hotel Reina Cristina, Algeciras. Up 8.15am. Glorious morning again. Drying clothes. My trowsers & brown shoes completely spoilt. After down breakfast & wrote letters. Then a long lazy morning. At 11.0 went out into town of Algeciras with L & Mite & into church. Took 1 doz small photos. Small child howled at Lennie. Very good lunch & hotel full of people from Gib. 'Do you know Lords Prayer'. After threatened rain again which did come on at 7.0pm. Good dinner. Music. After changed all 3 small boxes & got A to work. Bed 12.0. Read Washington Irving's Tales of the Alhambra. A large stork in the gardens in the morning. Photod it & well. (Red ink: Lovely day at Algeciras.) Monday April 15 Hotel Reina Cristina, Algeciras. Up at 8.0am. Dull. Heavy rain in night. Stronger wind than ever. Glad I am not going by sea. It kept on to blow all the morning. After breakfast cut from the 'Times' & wrote letters. Decided as to my return journey & lunch at 12.30. We all caught the 2.0pm boat for Gib & x'd in the rough sea. Walk to curiosity shop. Got very hot. Met Mr & Mrs Hayes-Sadler. Mite bought 2 brooches. Photod Moors etc. Chocolate. Last look of Paul Foley & his wife. Back. Saw the coast of Africa. Walk to hotel. Ruined tower. Little kid. Goat tender would take no money. Back to hotel having taken 24 photos. No letter
from the Governor. Mrs Thompson came up with her book to sign. Good dinner. Prince Valdemar son of Prince Henry of Prussia. After Lennie spoke to Mrs Williams who came up to L's room & looked at & talked about fans. Bed after changing films. Continued bad weather. (Red ink: Mite, Lennie & self went over to Gibralter.) Tuesday April 16 Hotel Reina Cristina, Algeciras. Up 7.30am. Still unsettled weather & strong wind. Left at 9.30. Expensive bills. Chinaman belongs to a German or Austrian family. On to Ronda. Indifferent lunch there at station. Fondu. After we tried to see Ronda. Beaten back by wind & rain. A hurrican almost. Nothing in curiosity shop. Back & spent a dreadful afternoon & evening. Poor dinner & wretchedly cold. A young American there who knew R.W.Chambers. Slept fairly well after changing films. Primitive room. (Red ink: Left Algeciras for Ronda. Frightfully wet day there.) Wednesday April 17 Station Hotel Ronda. Up at 8.0. Still grey & heavy cloud. Breakfast. Herr M & wife & young American. Got off in train for Cordova at 9.30. Little Chinese woman. On to Bobadilla. Germans got in our carriage. Lunch. On to Cordova. Arrived 3.0pm. Mrs & Miss Vandeleur there at Hotel Suisse. Out & to mosque again & to old bridge. Little girls a bother. Back to hotel. Dinner. Had taken photo of donkey. Left Cordova at 11.30pm for Madrid. Difficulty about sleeping carriage at 1 st but all right after. Row in the night. People wanting to come in. Slept fairly well, Lennie fairly, no very well. (Red ink: Left Ronda for Cordova and Cordova for Madrid.) (Cutting glued in: Death of William Grain.) Thursday April 18 On board train between Cordova & Madrid. Had slept very comfortably indeed. L, Mite & self arrived Madrid 10.30. Difficulty. Lennie could not take rooms at H de Paris. Too extortionate. Went to H de Roma. Had to go back with Lopez to open my bags. They were in the road. Ruffians. Back. Lennie hair cut. Poor room at 1 st, better after for self. Luncheon. Armoury closed. Went after to the Prado. Saw the pictures again. After bought a sword & piece of Empire crockery. Long time in curiosity shop. Walked back to hotel with Mite. Grand Bain. Hair cut. Shave. Dinner. Changed films. Doubtful light. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: At Madrid. Curiosity shop.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Arthur Llewelyn Davies. Death of Bessie Dickens. Death of Rev Stephen Ram.) Friday April 19 Grand Hotel de Roma, Madrid. Up at 6.0am & we all got off with Lopez for Toledo. Threatened rain. Nice people in carriage name of Maud. Father, mother & son. At Toledo 10.0am. Quantities of Vultures & Hares. No sandy desert. Took photos. Magnificent glass in cathedral & wrought iron work. Fair hotel but smelly. Came across Mrs & Miss Vandeleur again. Very pretty brown lady also. Priest exactly like the Beetle. Castanets & jewels. All the Archbishops of Toledo in room from 500AD. Out for drive to river. Coat of arms of Charles 5 th. Back hotel. Talk to the Mauds. Left Toledo 6.0pm. Arrived Madrid at 8.0pm. Dinner 8.45. Met Admiral Freemantle. Mrs Heathcote also dining. Changed films (44) & bed at 12.10 after reading Washington Irving. Cough came on at 12.0am. (Red ink: Went to Toledo.
Madrid catarrh came on at night.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Viscount Middleton. Obituary of Arthur Llewellyn Davies.)
Saturday April 20 Grand Hotel de Roma, Madrid. Up 8.45. Very comfortable bath & down at 9.0am. Admiral Freemantle at breakfast. My cough troublesome again. After Lennie, Mite, Admiral & self went to Cook's office. Got my tickets. Then to the Palace Parade & after to the Armoury where I took several photos. Then back with Mite. Lunch. The Admiral talkative. Good bye to Mark Tapley KC. Packed bags. Felt very seedy with Madrid catarrh. Lennie tired & headache. Went out after getting news of poor Conrad's death. Went to several curiosity shops. Rested an hour. Lennie came back with a ring for M. Left Hotel de Roma by bus at 7.0. L & Mite came with me. Shook my fist at Hotel de Paris. Came across a Mr Alfred E.Burns. Mite asked him to look after me. Left at 8.0. Cold on chest very bad. Dinner on the train. Turned in at 10.30. Burns in same carriage. Another man got in in the night. Slept off & on. Madrid catarrh came on all day. Very seedy in afternoon. (Red ink: Left Madrid for Paris with a Mr Burns.) (Cutting glued in: Mr Chamberlain's health improved. Mr Linley Sambourne has returned from Spain. Mr Haldane M.P will preside at meeting.) Sunday April 21 On board train from Madrid to Paris. Woke several times. At 7.30 had coffee & eggs. Got to Hendaye at 10.0. No bother at all, opened one bag. Long tiring journey in crowded train. French girl like Dora in train at dinner. Past Bordeaux, Angouleme, Poitiers, Orleans etc. At Paris 9.30. Went to the Hotel Palais d'Orsay. Good night to Mr Burns. Good room 177. Changed films. Wrote diary. Cold bad. Madrid catarrh bad all day. (Red ink: Arrived Paris 9.30.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir George Armstrong.) Monday April 22 Hotel Palais D'Orsay, Paris. Up at 7.0. Wash in an antechamber. Put things up. Coffee 8.0. Good bye to Mr Burns. Out 9.25 in Tuilleries Gardens & took old bull & his birds. Statues. After to Nord. Bill 22F. Rue de Peletier for snakes. 1 st person came across Coggeshall No 22. Pretty little woman in carriage. Turned out to be Mrs Romer. Lunch with the Coggeshalls. To Calais. A good cabin. Saw Rose, wife & son. Oh! Crowded boat & cold. Difficulty as to carriage reseved. At last got one to self. To Victoria. 1st talk to Miss Moon. Upton met me & home by by 8.15. Roy there. Mrs Pointer left. We had poor dinner. Roy left at 10.30. Heaps of letters, nothing in them. Bed 11.30pm. Madrid catarrh still bad. Felt very seedy in the Gardens. (Red ink: Arrived home 8.15pm.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John Addison.) Tuesday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out across to Notting Hill. Met man with bull dogs. Dull morning. Breakfast. Looked over letters & left to lunch with Miss M at Ladies A & N Club. Met a man who knew me at Colin Hunter's. Out 3.0. By carriage to Miles's then to Athenaeum. Wrote long letter to M. Back home. Changed my films. Dinner 8.30. Rest & bed early. Tired & weak from the Madrid catarrh.
Madrid catarrh still bad. (Red ink: Lunched with Miss Moon at the A & N Ladies Club.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Judge Addison QC.) Wednesday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with middle C. Cloudy & sun. Met Mr Richardson. To the Lytham H School. Saw Princess looking prettier than ever & others. Met Sir H.Bergne & son. Going to be married today. In morning interview with Nash himself about drains. Lunch. Developed Bull Fight at Madrid. Many unexposed. Fair result. Films taken in morning a failure. Wrote Miss M. Rest & left by bus to Punch Dinner at 6.10. Saw O.S. Signed book for Spielmann. P.A, self, F.H.W, C.G, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Long sitting. All as usual. Left 11.40 & home by the carriage calling at Athenaeum. Bed 1.15am. Madrid catarrh still bad. (Red ink: Young Bergne married.) Thursday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & did not go out. A dull grey wretched morning. At 10.15 left in cart for the Zoo, very different to 1901. Photod elephant & keeper & back by 12.10. Developed 8 ¼ plates. At 1.0 took 3 from Britten. Lunch. Worked up to 4.0pm. Sent cheque for the Taxes to Wimpey £51.18.9. Worked from 5.45 to 8.30. Spencer came in. After Roy & self dined & Spencer came in after. They left at 11.0pm by the carriage. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went to Zoo. Photod elephant.) Madrid catarrh still bad. Friday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out in wet & gloom down Earls Court. No one No 90. No 173 C.R being done up. Back. All day hard at work on drawing of Elephant & C.B. As dark as midnight. Worked all day by the Electric Light & lunched also. Much pushed for time. Finished by 11.35 when dined by myself. Suspicion of cold on the top of a cold. Hope not. Bed 1.0am after snooze in Morning Room. Saturday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Tired. Dull coldish morning. Out up Church Street. Little girl like D.M family. Back. Breakfast. After at 11.0am an interview with Nash about the drains. Tidied up. Small books. After lunch at 2.40 left in carriage for Waterloo & down in very cold weather to Tisbury. Motor met me. Dear M looking well. H & Tabs in London. Mervyn very much improved. Good dinner. Bed 10.30pm. Slept well. A very pretty French governess. (Red ink: Went down to Pyt House. Saw dear M 1st time since 11th March.) Sunday April 28 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.30. Good breakfast. Cloudy & half rainy day. Mervyn very much improved. Wrote letters. Took M for walk at 12.0. Lunch. Rest. Again out with M. After tea, & walk with Gwen. Cut Times out. Dinner & bed at 11.0. Sat up by self. Monday April 29 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 7.0am & got off by 9.20 for Semley. Met Sir James Kitson, also Sir Walter Grove & Jack Bennett. Up to town with J.B who stuck his knife in the railway cushion & told story of Lord Northcliffe. Upton at Waterloo. Drove to Athenaeum. Just missed Lord Roberts. After to R.A. Saw Stone, Davis,
Woods & many others. Back to lunch at the Athenaeum. Next to Elliott. Spoke to Sir Henry Craik. To Lincoln & Bennetts & Academy. Again a long talk with Abbey, Yeames & Storey. Frank Craig's a striking picture. Also musicians & a stained glass window. No Abbey. To 15 C.S. Waited an hour to no good. Never again. To Athenaeum. Home by carriage at 7.0. Dined by self at 8.15pm & rested after. Snooze. Ellen waited for the last time. (Red ink: Came up from Pyt House for Varnishing Day R.A.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Fanny Fitz Wygram.) Tuesday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Met Coward & daughter. Up Church St. No one. Raining & dull wretched weather. Sent cheque to Warrington Haward £133.7.0. After developed Madrid bull fight & part of Toledo. Very good. Put Dutch photos in book. Roy dined with me & we went to the Empire. A very fast horse. Good conjurors. To the Garrick after for supper. Saw Arthur Gill, a Mr Pallett, Gareth's schoolmaster, A.Aynesworth, Mason etc. Left at 12.20 & home by the carriage leaving Roy at Lancaster Gate. Very much annoyed at Ellen leaving in the afternoon. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Empire. Ellen left & a good job too.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Allan Grigg to Beatrix May.) May 1907 Wednesday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out. A wretchedly cold & miserable day. Raining. Walked to Lytham House. Saw the Princess, prettier than ever. Back. Wrote letters. Cheques etc. Lord Roberts. After developed the Madrid bull fight etc. Toledo. Went in the afternoon to look at new W.C's etc at Chelsea. Put down at the Athenaeum. Wrote letters & by bus to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, R.L, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. They all drank my health having contributed to Punch for 40 years. Made a little speech & also suggested my own cartoon. Left at 11.0 after talk with Partridge & home by bus. Bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: The Princess is a daughter of Sir Arthur Collins, an Indian judge. Health drunk as a 40 year contributor to Punch.) Thursday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out to Lytham House. Took 6 photos of schoolgirls. 2 went into milliners shop. Back. Wired for M.W who came at 12.30. Grown a beautiful girl. Designed drawing for Peace & German Eagle. Worked hard all day to 8.30pm when dined by myself & rested after. Bed at 1.0pm. (Red ink: Photod M.W for Peace.) Friday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out into Notting Hill. Took 8 photos. No Double Plat. Back. Looked out pictures for Paris Exhibition. Delayed. Did not begin work until 11.15am. Hard at it all day. (illeg) but much bothered over head of Peace. Took it out & out. Finished 10.45 & dined by myself very tired. Bed 12.30am. Saturday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & down. No walk. Got ready to go across Channel. Blowing hard. Saw Nash & got off at 10.0 to catch 11.0am train. Saw Sir Thomas Sutherland & for a moment Rose, Oh! Rough X'ing. Came across Kidson again. Took 20 photos, people blown about etc. Had to wait 40 minutes for the King
coming out of Calais. Photod the Invicta with the King on board. Got to buffet for lunch at 2.45. Back on board & met Mite & Lennie & Kirton from Paris train. Many Indians also. Took Mrs George Keppel. Back to Dover & up to London. Arrived 8.0pm. Drove home in Mite's carriage & dressed. Dined at Lancaster Gate, Lennie, Mite, Roy & self. Champagne. Left at 11.30 & home by Upton. Roughish crossing both ways. Mite not ill. (Red ink: Went to Calais to meet Mite & Lennie from Paris.) Sunday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out 9.0 up Church Street. After got off by self to Victoria by carriage at 11.30. Called Athenaeum. Caught 12.30 Waterloo to Tisbury. Cork came out of bottle of Apollinaris & made a mess in my bag etc. No change. On to Pyt House. All well. Almost immediately went by motor to Rushmore & played a round of Golf with Hamilton. 11 holes. Won 2, halved 2. Back just in time for dinner. Quiet evening & bed 11.30. (Red ink: Went down to Pyt House. Cork out of Apollinarus bottle. Played Golf at Rushmore.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of J.Cumming Macdona. Death of Constance Haythornthwaite. Obituary of John Cumming Macdona. T, May 9.) Monday May 6 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.50. Down. Hamilton proposed going over to Leweston. At 10.30am Gwen, he & I went in the large motor. Curious close hot morning. Went through a delightful town, Sturminster Newton. Market day. Bulls etc. On. Car had a puncture. Took 4 photos. On for 1 st view of Leweston. Much building. Beautiful trees. Long wall with stone reproductions from the antique. Curiously slack & tired. Got pictures from Punch & looked it over. Mooned about for hours, 2 to 6pm. Little church. Tomb stone of the Gordons. Started in car again at 6.30pm. Immediately another puncture & heavy rain came on. Gwen & H walked forward. The car mended in ½ an hour. Caught up Gwen & H by Sherborne. Home at 8.15. Lady Wharncliffe there. Dinner & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Motored with Gwen & Hamilton to Leweston, 1 st view. Met Carter.) (Cuttings glued in: The Lady Hermione Cameron, of a daughter. Death of Elizabeth Thornton.) Tuesday May 7 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.15. x. Throwing ball against wall. Lady Wharncliffe down early. After wrote many letters. Tabs & Lady W motored to Leweston. Lunch. Hamilton & self went up to Warminster Downs at 2.30 & played 2 rounds of Golf, he giving me 2 strokes each hole. Story of little girls asking to have it done & also the sale of a bicycle. Threatened rain. Back by 6.0pm. Dinner & bed at 11.0pm. After settled to go on the 9.40 train tomorrow. (Red ink: Played Golf with Hamilton on Warminster Downs.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Dr John Watson ('Ian Maclaren') May 7.) Wednesday May 8 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 7.0am & got off by 9.40am train. Cab home from Waterloo. After went at 3.0 in wet to Priscilla McLaren's wedding to Sir Henry Norman. Saw Mite & many people. Back & developed 20 films. On by bus to the Punch Dinner. P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L. Got Terrier cut. Townsend said 'I didn't' Oh! Guthrie off as usual for indefinite weeks.
Spoke to Mrs Reed outside. Cab to Royal Socy, Upton waiting in Sackville St. Also a reception at the Royal Academy. Why not asked? Wonderful gyroscope mono railway. Home by carriage from Sackville Street. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Miss McLaren's wedding. Very wet.) Thursday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Dull morning. Walked down Earls Court Road. After schemed subject of Irish Terrier & Mr Birrell. Dear Mite brought me a 3 candle Empire reading lamp. Delightful. Mite had a cold. After had old Pat the Irish terrier in & photod him & also Britten. Got to work at 5.0 & worked till 8.50. Dined by self & had the reading lamp after. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Mite gave me a 3 candle Empire lamp.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Robert Jalland.) Friday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Photod Lytham House girls on 1 doz new plates. Back & all day at work on drawing of Irish terrier & Birrell. Did not finish until 10.40 when dined by myself & bed 1.0am. Utterly tired. (Red ink: 1st saw R.H & took most successful snap. Led to a good model.) Saturday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out up Church St. Took 1 photo. Back. Very hot day all day. Developed some Cordova & Madrid photos in morning. Mite & Lennie went to Pyt House in afternoon. Left at 2.30 in carriage. Called at the Athenaeum & after to the Garrick. On to 15 C.S. Photod at 3.30 Miss M.W. No good. Very hot. Out & thro Rag lane to Garrick. Saw a balloon & also Norman Forbes Robertson. Ordered dinner. Whitebait, Oh! No collar to dress with. Dined by self at the Garrick & went to Duke of York's Theatre & saw A Royal Family by Robert Marshall. Pretty woman in stalls. To Garrick. Had Apollinaris. Saw Roy & also Col Lucas. Home by carriage. Saw Capt'n Marshall & Brandon Thomas before. (Red ink: Photod M.W. Went to the Duke of York's Theatre & saw A Royal Family.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of 'Ian Maclaren' Dr John Watson.) Sunday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. A blazing hot day. Developed 1 doz streets. Roy round. At 1.30 went in carriage to lunch at Lady Pirrie's. Dr & Mrs Farquharson, Joe F, Miss Farquharson of Invercauld, Mr & Mrs Edwin Tate, Miss Thompson & others. Lord & Lady Denman. Good lunch. Out in hot sun & strolled to Bath Club, then to 14 C.S. Took 6 of R.M. Utter failure. To Bath C. Wrote letters. Home by bus & after dined by self & went to bed at 10.15pm. Cramp in the night. (Red ink: Lunched at Lord Pirrie's. Photod R.M.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Robert Barnes. The wife of Gerald du Maurier, of a daughter.) Monday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. A dull rainy morning. Cooler. Out with Rags. Called Earls Ct Rd. Gone to China. Pretty little girl at Stafford Terrace. Put paper in slides. Developed some Gibraltar photos. All day at work with photos etc. Left at 6.20 & drove in the carriage to opposite the Athenaeum. Bus from Charing X to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, Townsend, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Gave Townsend the Leda & the Swan thing. Got cut of Cannon & Lords. Left 11.15 &
home by the carriage. Began to be cooler. (Red ink: Called 90 Earls Court Road.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Dr Robert Barnes.) Tuesday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull rainy morning. Schemed subject of Lords & Cannon. Britten could not come. Took phos from Hilton & Upton. Got all ready by 4.0pm. Mite came in to see me. Work from 5.0pm to 8.30 when Roy dined with me & left at 10.40pm. Wednesday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out Cromwell Road. Took the pretty governess & boys, No 7 Collingham Road, & one or two others. Back & worked all day on the drawing of Cannon & Lords. Finished at 10.30. Dinner. Snooze after. Letter from Macmillans. Deferred it to after Whitsuntide. (Red ink: Photod Cromwell Road Governess & boys.) Thursday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Lytham House. Took the Princess & Gretchen. Back & after breakfast developed them. All morning tidying writing etc. Lunch. Got off in cart at 2.40 & to Waterloo. Got off in train with old man with a brief bag & who only paid his fare as the train was moving. To Salisbury. Saw Gerald Ansdell station before Tisbury. To Pyt House. Dear M well. Tea. Lawrence FisherRowe & Evelyn arrived at about 6.30 in motor. Dinner. Bridge. Bed at 11.0pm after talk. (Red ink: Went down to Pyt House for Whitsuntide.) Friday May 17 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.0. Bath. After squared up prints & wrote letters. Took M for walk from 11.30 to 1.0. After lunch Lawrence Fisher-Rowe & self went up to Warminster Downs & played 2 rounds of Golf. I won the last round at a stroke a hole after 2 up. Lady & young man also playing. Did last hole but one in 4, a record. Back 6.45pm & dinner. Had bath for dust in hair. Roy in at 9.30. They played bridge after. Bed at 11.0pm after smoke & talk. (Red ink: Played Golf with Lawrence Fisher-Rowe.) Saturday May 18 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0. Roy in bath. Breakfast. At 9.45 Gwen, Evelyn, Roy & self all went in motor to the Rushmore Down & saw Yeomanry exercising. Took 9 photos. Saw Col like Sir Eliott Lees & it was him. Back 12.0. Walked with M from the Lodge. Cold. After ground down my pipe have had for 30 years. Lunch. At 2.40 Lawrence F-R, Roy & self went to play Golf on the Warminster Downs. Played 2 rounds. Indifferent success for self. Back 6.45. H & Tabs back. Dinner. Very tired after. Finished cigar in H's room. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Went by motor with Roy Gwen & Evelyn to Yeomanry on Rushmore Downs. Fisher-Rowe, Roy & self played Golf.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Benjamin Baker.) Sunday May 19 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 7.45. Bath. After down. Wrote diary. Took M for walk & squared up prints etc. Lunch. Lawrence Fisher-Rowe left in afternoon. His car broke down. H, Roy & self motored in the Mecedes car to Rushmore & played round of Golf. Roy lost 2 balls. Back at 7.0pm. A cold grey day all day. No sun.
Dinner & quiet evening. Tired. (Red ink: Hamilton, Roy & self played on Rushmoor Links. Golf.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Benjamin Baker.) Monday May 20 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0. Another cold grey day. All morning finishing Times etc. My diary packed up to go to Leweston. Took M out. Began to write in books & put 2nd Dutch volume right. Lunch. At 3.15 Roy, H & self went in motor to Wyndham's Links & played 2 rounds. A plover's nest on the Downs. All even. Back. Dinner. They played Bridge. Rested in the Library. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Roy, Hamilton & self played Golf on Warminster Downs, Wyndham's.) Tuesday May 21 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.10am. Roy in bath first & left for London in the pony cart by the 9.40 Semley train. Breakfast. Went on with Dutch books. After out with M in garden. Distressed & shocked to hear of Sir Benjamin Baker's death on Sunday. Lunch. After writing letters H & self motored at 3.30 to Wyndham's Links. Played 1½ rounds 14 holes. H 4 up. Back. A young man at dinner. Champagne. Tabs & Gwen went to a Ball given by the Pitt-Rivers's for coming out of Sir Walter Groves 2nd daughter. H, M & self in the Library. The last night at Pyt House. (Red ink: Hamilton & self played Golf on Warminster Downs.) Wednesday May 22 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.0. Bath. Discovered another W.C. Another dull grey cold day. After young Hibbert at breakfast. Finished writing in 2 nd Dutch volume. Out with M in garden & Tabs too. News of Gareth having chicken pox or measles. Jack Bennett with a wolf hound. Up to town by 1.0 train. Lunch. Maurice Hewlett in train. Home by cab. Disappointed as to G.T. Put things all away & straight. After left by carriage & drove to Athenaeum. To the 'Punch' Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R. Very late sitting, did not get away till 11.30. Called Athenaeum & wrote letters. Very heavy rain. Home 12.15am. Got Uncrowned King of Ireland & Birrell to do. (Red ink: Came up from Pyt House for last time for ever.) Thursday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up & out. To Lytham House. Dull grey morning. Saw Princess & shop girls etc. Back. Schemed subject of Uncrowned King of Ireland & Birrell Jester. Photod Britten at 12.0 & Upton & got all developed & ready by 4.0pm. Worked to 6.15. Dressed & by cab to the Berkeley & dined with Miss Rose Innes. Met Sir James Dewar, Stone, Miss Garnier etc. Went to see The Liars afterwards. Enjoyed it very much. Left with Roy & to Garrick Club & home by the carriage at 11.30pm. Dear M came from Pyt House to Lancaster Gate. (Red ink: Dined with Miss Rose Innes. Went to The Liars.) Friday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am or earlier. Wrote letters. Out & along Cromwell Road. Wet grey dull morning & so all day. Hard at work on drawing of Redmond as Uncrowned King of Ireland & Birrell Jester. Finished 10.40 & dined alone. Rest & bed after tired out 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of General Julius Dennys.)
Saturday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with large camera. Took 8 plates in misty sun. All failures. Back. Developed them. After went over by cab to lunch at Lancaster Gate. Saw dear M. Sat till 4.30. Mrs Harold's carriage at the door. At 14 C.S at 5.0 to 6.0pm. Home by cab & dressed. Roy dined with me. After we went by the carriage to Comedy Theatre & saw a play by Clyde Fitch called The Truth. Bored by it & very tired. Felt ill going back to the Garrick. Had supper there. Saw Galloway & also Col Lucas. Home 12.15 with Roy & to bed very tired. (Red ink: Went to Lancaster Gate to see M. Roy & I went to see a play called 'The Truth'. ) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of General Dennys.) Sunday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Felt very tired & seedy. Short walk up Holland Walk & after developed a few of Biarritz & Fontarrabia. Left & by cab to Lancaster Gate. At 12.0 to 1.0 took M for walk in Gardens. Mite & Linley after. Met Bolding & after Miss Siemens that was. Home. Lunch by self & 2 hours rest. Went at 4.30 to Sir Alfred Hickman's & played 5 sets Lawn Tennis. Col Trench & grandson, a young man, Sir A & self. Left off 6.15 & strolled in white shoes to Lancaster Gate. Bath. Handle came off. Dinner. Hot room. M, Mite, Lennie, Roy & self. Spanish treasures after. Left at 11.0 & home very tired by carriage. Brought sword & (illeg) home. Bed at 11.0pm. Curious grey stuffy day. No sun. (Red ink: Went to Lancaster Gate. 1st time at Sir A.H's. No Roy. Dined Lancaster Gate.) Monday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Church St. Met no one. Dull grey morning, miserable. Opened Macmillan's package. Wrote diary, letters etc. After all day developing Spanish films etc etc. Wrote Macmillan etc etc. In evening went over & dined at Mite's. Family. Left at 11.0pm. Looked at Spanish things etc. Brought 2 match boxes home. Dull grey morning. (Red ink: Letter from Macmillan. Dined at Lancaster Gate.) Tuesday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. A little brighter. To Cromwell Road. Took 4 photos, 1 of back view of pretty governess. Back & all day at Spanish photos etc. In evening dined at Lancaster Gate. The Messels & also Mrs Gillgood (sic, Geilgud) & young Gillgood, Roy etc. Pleasant evening. Home in carriage & bed at 12.0pm. (Red ink: Dined at Lancaster Gate.) Wednesday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & walked over to Notting Hill. Dull grey morning & day. After lunch Mite came with Linley & we went to the Tournament at Olympia. Captain Briarley civil. Out at 5.0 & home. Mite went on. To Punch Dinner by the carriage as far as the Athenaeum. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.C.L, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, H.W.L. Cuts over by 9.30. Got the Secretary Bird to do. Left at 10.30 & home by carriage. Drawings from Mr Clayton. Left them for Townsend to look at. (Red ink: Mite, Linley & self went to Olympia Tournament.) Thursday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out with large camera. Saw Spanish Elliott. Into Notting Hill & took 11 photos. 2 Plats etc etc. Back. Breakfast. Letters. Drove in
cart to Zoo. No Secretary Bird. Took 8 photos & forgot to focus them. All no good & bad developer. Called 104 Lancaster Gate. Enlarged photo of small photo of Secretary Bird given me by Keeper of Bears. All afternoon at it. At 7.30 left in carriage & called & saw M. Then to a dull dinner at Lord Winterstoke's. Took a plain lady in & sat between her & Mrs Lucy. Sir James & Miss Blyth, Sir John & Miss Barron & others. Boiled beef & ducks, Oh! Left & home at 10.30 by carriage. Rest & to bed tired. (Red ink: Dined at Lord Winterstoke's.) Friday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out. Met Mr Richardson. Up Church St & back. Met no one. Dull grey day again. Letters & all day at work on drawing of Secretary (for India) Bird. Much bothered with Morley's head. Took it out 4 or 5 times. In despair almost. Finished at 10.20 & dined tired by myself. Bed 2.0am after rest in chair. Jun 1907 Saturday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Good bath. Out. Just missed Terrier. Up Church St & back. Still grey & dull. Dividend from Leopoldina Rly. All morning putting tidy. Went over to M at Lancater Gate & drove in Mite's carriage to meet of the Coaching Club. Fine morning. Saw the Tates, Dr Farquharson etc. Carriage put me down at home. All afternoon at work. Roy dined with me at 7.20pm & after we went to the Haymarket Theatre & saw a play called 'My Wife'. Grace Lowe, Lillie Legarde etc. So so. Frightfully wet evening coming out. Walked to Garrick. Decided not to go to the Matthews dinner tomorrow. Poorly placed at table. No one I knew at supper table. Left & home in rain by carriage at 12.15am. (Red ink: Went to Lancaster Gate. Drove with M in Park. Roy dined & we went to the Haymarket Theatre, 'My Wife'.) Sunday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out up Church Street. A dull rainy threatening day. No Lawn Tennis at Sir Alfred's. Went over to Lancaster Gate & took M for walk at 12.0 noon. Then back to lunch at home. Developed some photos. In all afternoon & after dined at Lancaster Gate & home by carriage. Dinner at the Garrick Club to Sir Charles Matthews. Got no seat allotted. Annoyed. After a wire came yesterday decided not to go. (Red ink: Dined at Lancaster Gate.) Monday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & over Notting Hill. Rags ran back. Took no photos. Saw lovely little long legged girl in Holland Walk. Grey dull morning. The girl was probably coming from Aubrey House where a fête was to be held during the week. All day putting things straight. Went over & dined with Mite, Lennie & M at Lancaster Gate. No, only Mite, M & self. Quiet & peaceful. Lennie came back at 10.0pm from Drill at Haywards Heath. Home by carriage. (Red ink: Dined at Lancaster Gate.) (Cutting glued in: 70th wedding anniversary, John Brinsmead to Susan Brown.) Tuesday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out early with L.C. Got No 26 & others. Fair light. Notting Hill. After all day dating & putting away. Went over at 7.15pm & saw M.
Dined at Lancaster Gate. Mr Hohler there. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. Champagne at dinner. Went out at 12.0 & saw Little Auburn. Got 1 st one from her. (Red ink: Dined at Lancaster Gate.) Wednesday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Cold bath. Walked in dull rain or rather heavy rain to school at Notting Hill. Rags refused to follow. Saw the usual girls. Back. Put things away. Went out at 12.10 & got Little Auburn, 6 or 7. Bright sun & school girls. Back & rested after lunch. Ann & Oliver came in motor. Heavy rain. An hour's rest & did me good. Left for Punch Dinner in the carriage at 5.45. Called & saw M. Then to the Langham Hotel. Bus to Chancery Lane. Walk to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, .C.L, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R only. Longest sitting. Not done till 12.0am. Refused to do Carthorses being Driven. Got a better cut. Home by carriage tired. (Red ink: Derby Day.) Also went over to Notting Hill at 1.15 to 1.45. Not much good. Got Pensioner etc & bought a stick for 6d. Derby Day. Orby won. I won nothing. Townsend won sweep. Thursday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Out & took no camera. Unfortunate. Bright sun in Cromwell Road. (illeg). Saw Terrier & another. 'That's naughty'. Back & schemed subject after breakfast. Could not get Britten. Nash sent another man. As good as Britten. Photod him at 12.0 & got all ready by 3.30pm. Worked till 7.30 when dressed & left in carriage at 8.0. Found I had mistaken the day of Thompson dinner - next week. Drove to the Athenaeum & had a solitary dinner & in Smoking Room after. Bill Weigall a member for 3 years. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. Drawing Room or a Court at Buckingham Palace. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink: Dined at the Athenaeum Club by self. Mistook Thompson dinner.) Friday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & out. Took Lytham House School, 6. Went on all day with drawing of Carthorse & C.B. After slipped out at 12.10 & wasted 20 minutes. Talk to Pearks. A despairing bother with C.B's head. Got it somehow & finished at 10.45pm. Frightfully tired. Dined by self & bed. Saturday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40 & out. Took 2. 1 Little Terrier & girl & bicycle. A finer morning. Sun at intervals. Breakfast. After put room tidy. Printed blues of Granada, Generalife Gardens. Threw half away. Defective films. After developed Malaga, very good. Lunch. Cigar. Dressed & went up to Aubrey House. Took Morris girls & dance. Accident with small camera. Only 2 spoilt. Saw Mrs Boughton. Oh! Such a carriage. After developed many plates & films. Left in carriage at 7.15pm & dined with Mite & M. Quiet evening. (Red ink: Took Terrier. Got scratched. Went to fête at Aubrey House. Dined Lancaster Gate.) Sunday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Took 2 useless photos of children. Went out at 11.40 & to M at Lancaster Gate. Took her for walk & back to lunch. Rest after. Dull & dreary. Rain came on. Sent Upton to Sir A.H's. Came back & said they would play. Went up at 5.0pm & played 6 sets, did not win one. Carriage on to Lancaster Gate. Bath & changed. Mite, M & self dined. Quiet evening. Roy at
Arundel with Lennie. M did not sleep well. (Red ink: Played Tennis at Sir A.H's. Dined Lancaster Gate.) Monday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out Lytham House. 1st really fine morning. Princess dropped her books. Got 3 photos of her. Back. All day doing Granada photos etc. Went at 11.30 in the Press box at Olympia & saw the Horse Show. Also Tresham Gilbey & also Arthur Severn. Took 20 photos of Hall & walking home. Lunch. After a short rest left in carriage 6.45 & had ½ hour with dear M. Then on to dine at Jules Restaurant in St James's St or Jermyn St with Mr, Mrs & 2 Miss Moons & an American Judge or Consul. Pleasant dinner & home by carriage at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Went to Olympia in the morning. Horse Show. Dined with the Moons at Jules Restaurant.) Tuesday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & out to Lytham House. Took Princess, Fatty etc. Back & in morning did rest of photos of Tuesday, no, Wednesday 9 Apl. Lunch. Up in room. Tilda at Stafford Terrace. Putting away things. Rest after lunch. Printed Malaga blues. Dressed & left in carriage at 7.15 & to Lancaster Gate. Mite, Maud Paxton, dear M, Roy & self dined. Felt very tired after. Went to Mocatta's at home. Saw many old friends, Miss Young, Hepworth Dixons etc etc. Crompton, Col Lucas, Percy Oakes, Dunlop. Left at 12.0am & home by the carriage. (Red ink: Dined at Lancaster Gate & to Mocatta’s at home.) Wednesday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Wired Stores. Wrote Gabell. Out over Notting Hill. Magazine broke down. Missed 2 Plats running. Rags refused to go along Holland Walk. After developing Spanish films went over to see M. At 6.0 to Punch Dinner by Tube. Met Douglas Gordon in train. P.D. O.S, self, H.F.T, C.G, P.A, C.V.L, B.P, E.T.R. Got cut of C.B as Bottom, Midsummer Day Dream. Home by carriage after talk with Partridge & the others. Thursday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & up Church St. Saw Terrier & friend at corner of Barker's. Met no one. Back & schemed subject of Bottom etc. Sent Upton to Mays & at 12.0 Britten & Nash man came. Photod them. At work up to 7.30. Dressed & left by carriage & dined with Miss Thompson & Coupé. Between Lady Seaton & Mary Beaton, no, Lady Spielmann. (illeg) with Mite the others with Royle. Good dinner. Home by carriage. (Red ink: Dined with Miss Thompson & Coupé London.) Friday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out Lytham House. Took photos of girls. Princess, Fatty etc. Indignant shop girls. Upton came & said he was ill. Not able to drive. At work all day on drawing C.B as Bottom. Finished at 10.30. Dined by self & bed tired. Saturday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out. Saw Terrier in Walk, Cromwell Road. Also 2 girls going into passage. Dull rainy morning. Developed some plates. Schemed Vol 132 Title Page & went over & lunched with M at L.G. Mite & Lennie away.
Gave Linley pencil case. Went to 15 C.S & at 4.30 photod C.L. Married since a year. Tea at Bath Club. Home at 7.30. Roy & self dined. Went by cab after to New Theatre & saw The Scarlet Pimpernel. Garrick after & home 12.5 by carriage. (Red ink: Lunched with M at Lancaster Gate. Roy & self went to see 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'. Nurse Davies left.) Sunday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out. Took camera & no photo. Saw Mrs Spofforth. After back & left to meet M at 11.50 in Gardens. 1 st saw new maid Vince. Took dear M for walk. After had lunch at home. Developed some plates. Rest & to Sir A.H's with Roy in cab. Played 6 sets. Young Trench there. Good games. After by carriage to L.G. Bath & dress. Good dinner & rare old brandy. Sleepy after very & tired. Home by carriage at 11.0pm. (Red ink: M with new maid Vince. Roy & self played Tennis at Sir A.H's. Dined at Lancaster Gate.) Monday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30 & out Cromwell Road. Got 2 Church St, shop girl with bows. No Terrier. 1st sunny morning. Old Rick went. To scheme drawing for Vol 132. M & Mite called in motor car. M had not slept well. Much upset with interview in the street. Went on to work. Hopeless. Left by carriage & dined with M alone at L.G. Lennie & Mite out, Roy also. Back by carriage at 11.0pm. Sir Benjamin Baker's will £180,000. (Red ink: Dear M called in motor. Not well & much upset. Dined at Lancaster Gate.) Tuesday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40 & out. Greyish morning half sun. Turned back & got camera. Went with Rick & Rags & over to Notting Hill. Got 7 photos 2 Plats etc. Back. M's boxes went over by cart. All day at work on Vol 132 Title Page. Dined with M & Roy at 104 L.G at 8.0. Went over at 7. Lennie & Mite out. Home by the carriage. Mr John Collier called & looked at lavatories & said they would in no wise be cast out. Tilda came. (Red ink: Inspector looked at lavatories. Dined with M at Lancaster Gate, Roy also.)
Wednesday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & to Lytham House. Took 7 photos. Met Terrier who said Good Morn. Bright sun. Back at 9.20. Met Keith. After all day at work on Title Page for Vol 132. Finished at 5.30pm & left in the carriage & called 104 L.G. Saw dear M. On by tube to Chancery Lane. Bus to P.D. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long discussion. Got cut of Bacchus. O.S cavilled at my Title Page. Left 11.30 & home by carriage. Very tired. (Red ink: Terrier spoke. Good morning.) Thursday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & out. Walked over to Lancaster Gate, there by 8.50, to see dear M. Dull morning. Cloudy. Back by bus. Met no one. Dear M left for Buxton at 12.10pm, Euston. Made study from Hilton & Upton at 12.20 for Bacchus & Clemenceau. Finished by 5.0pm & worked till 8.30. Dined 9.0pm by
self. (Red ink: M left for Buxton with Vince.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Robert Pritchett. Thursday 20 June.) Friday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out over Notting Hill. Took 10 of girl & 2 of van in Essex Villas. At work all day on drawing of Bacchus & Clemenceau. Got head perfect & made a muddle of it after & delayed me. Did not finish until 10.45. Ought to have dined at Lady Spielmann's. Dined by myself at 11.0pm & bed at 2.0 utterly tired. Saturday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & out, Cromwell Road, Rick & Rags. Met T & sister. Hornsby 22 St Albans Road. Hair cut. Breakfast. Case of Brandy came from Lennie. Felt very tired & done up all morning. Rested & printed blues. Lunched at home. Quiet afternoon. Left at 7.50 in carriage & dined at a Mr Reeves's 30 Chapel Street Belgrave Square. Met Miss Moon, Mr & Mrs R, a Mr Bertie Hall, friend of Roy's, came in after. Played & lost a game of Billiards. Left at 11.0 & drove to the Athenaeum & the Garrick. Slight supper at home at 12.0. Saw Lord Cook of Galloway. A Yorkshireman who talked about horses etc. Bed 1.30pm. The King's great Garden Party at Windsor. Lennie sent me an Empire inkstand. (Red ink: Spoke Terrier. Dined at Mr Reeves. Met Miss Moon.) Sunday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out. Grey gloomy morning & day. Met Mr Turner. Back. Printed blues. After lunch rested 2 hours then went with Roy in a cab to Sir A.H's. Played several (8) sets. Col Trench & John there. Left off & home by bus. Dressed. No carriage. Blew Upton up. Cab to Lancaster Gate. Dined. Poet & a Scotsman there. Good dinner. Home 11.0 & to bed 1.15 after snooze. The Lord Justice Clark called. A gloomy dull cold day. (Red ink: Roy & self played Tennis at Sir A.H's. Dined Lancaster Gate. Found out Princess was a Miss Collins, daughter of a Sir Arthur John Collins K.C.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Joseph Knight. Photograph of the late Mr Knight.) Monday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Drizzle of rain. Met Terrier & also Princess. Followed maid & made out address to be Collins 18 Ashburn Place S.W. Distress. Walked back. Met Captain Matthews. Breakfast at 9.45. After at 10.15 Mr Carter came about the drains & reversed everything. At 11.30 Owen Seaman called & settled Opening Page of Volume 133. At 12.45 dressed & went to lunch at Sir Norman Lockyers to meet Mark Twain. 'Windsor Grounds' peacefully reposing in other grounds. Story of the bugle notes & buglers objection, all public ignorant. I told of Two to Lou Pip Pip. Strolled back at 3.30. Rest till 4.45. Wrote diary & letters. After schemed subject for opening Vol 133. Roy & self dined at 7.30pm & left after in carriage to go to the St James's Theatre. Saw a play called John Glayde's Honour. Thought it poor stuff. Eva Moore good. Walked to the Athenaeum. Roy & self home by carriage. Streets extraordinarily empty. (Red ink: Roy & self saw 'John Glayde's Honour'.) (Red ink across page: Lunched with Norman Lockyer to meet Mark Twain. Mr Carter & Owen S called.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Joseph Knight. M 24 June.)
Tuesday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out up to Notting Hill. Took a few. Plate broke in magazine. Dull day. At 11.30 photod Upton for German Emperor in Stalls & enlarged other photos. Worked all day up to 9.0pm on drawing for Opening Vol 133. Dined by self & bed at 12.0. Wednesday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out up Church Street with Rags. After all day at work up to 6.0pm on drawing Opening Volume 133. Drove at 6.40 all the way to the Punch office. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Late sitting. Got cartoon of C.B as Surgeon, Peer & Epsom Salts. Left Partridge there & by cab to the R.A. Missed Mite. Saw Roy & Stern. Mrs Partridge waiting for B.P. Home by carriage from Sackville St at 12.0am. Bed 1.30am. Law Lady D with her skirt lengthened & spoilt her. (Cutting glued in: Reminiscences of Joseph Knight. 1 July.) Thursday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & walk up Church St with Rags. Met no one. Another dull morning. Sent Upton to Mays. Schemed subject of C.B & Peer, Epsom Salts. At 12.0 photod Hilton & Britten. Got all ready by 3.30pm. Worked from 4.30 to 9.0pm when dined by self. Bed after snooze. Friday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Over Campden, no, Holland Walk to Notting Hill. Took several photos of schoolgirls, 2 Plats etc. After back & at work all day on drawing of Peer, Epsom Salts & C.B. Finished at 9.30 & dined 10.0pm. Left in carriage for the Foreign Office Reception at 10.45. There 11.15. Saw many actors etc. Wyndham, Tree, Bourchier, Mary Moore. Also Reed, Moscheles & others. Left 12.10 & home by the carriage. Bed 2.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Went to the Foreign Office Reception.) (Cutting glued in: Birthday Honours. June 28.) Saturday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out with Rags & camera. Met Terrier & gave photographs. Back. Breakfast. Interview with Nash. After put things away & also photo things up. Dear Mite called 12.30. Lunch & got off by cart to St Pancras at 3.30. Dull cold threatened rain. Heavy thunderstorm at starting. No change. Great crowds at Leicester, Derby, Matlock etc. Pretty girl of 15 had her skirts turned up by another at Matlock. Got to funny hotel. Dear M in her room & Alice. Had Apollinaris. Bed 10.45 tired. A good little dressing room. Very cold weather. (Red ink: Gave Terrier photographs. Left in afternoon for Buxton.) Sunday June 30 Grosvenor Hotel Buxton. Up 8.30. x. Dressed & odd breakfast & people. A Mr Gorst etc. After wrote letter to Mr Johnson. Went with M in a Bath chair to the Empire Hotel & had an excellent lunch with Arthur Linley. Mrs Davidson there, Alice, M & self. Back at 3.30 to the Grosvenor Hotel. Came on heavy rain. Rested from 4.0 to 5.30pm. Dressed & dined at 6.0pm. A very curious dinner. After from 8.15 to 9.15 walked. Crowds of young girls 15 to 20 & louts also. Back. Read & to bed 10.30. Slept well. Weather cold & rain & very disagreable. (Red ink: M & self lunched with Arthur Linley at the Empire Hotel, Buxton.)
Jul 1907 Monday July 1 Grosvenor Hotel Buxton. Up 8.25. Bath. Bad breakfast. Talk to Mr Gorst. After wrote letters of congratulation. to Gilbert, Scotter, Herkomer, Orchardson. Arthur came in & subsequently Arthur & Edwin Barker. Decided to go to Bakewell in the afternoon. After took M to have her Electric Course & back. A little sun came out. Went past Pump & took 6 or 7 films. Back. Lunch. At 2.15 drove in landau with Edwin Barker, Mrs Davison & Arthur & Alice to Bakewell, 12 miles. Lovely drive. Cleared up. Tea at Bakewell. Took 4 or 5 films one of which broke down. Took it out. 13 altogether. Started back. Violent rain came on. Pretty girls everywhere. Back 6.15. Gave up idea of dining at the Old Hall Hotel. Good grayling for dinner. Talk to newly married couple on bull fight & up in M's room 9.0. Bed 10.30pm. M slept well. (Red ink: Was taken a drive to Bakewell. Violent rain.) Tuesday July 2 Grosvenor Hotel Buxton. Up 8.20 & out 8.45. Walked to station & bought papers & then to breakfast at the Old Hall Hotel. Good. Back. Wrote diary & letters. After took M for walk to Pump. Sat on hill & strolled after lunch. Arthur came at 3.30 & at 4.0 we went for a walk & also to a curious museum & stalactite cave. Man called (illeg) lions tooth a rhinoscerous horn. Funny Derbyshire family going round. Little girl, good legs. Muddy in cave. Back 5.15. Rest. Dressed & went at 7.0 with Alice to dine at The Hydro. Very pleasant dinner. Edwin Barker, Arthur, Mrs Davidson, Alice & self. Good champagne & cigars. Extraordinarily pretty chamber maid. Also very good gramophone. Heard Caruso & Melba. Back 10.15pm. Bed 11.30. M slept well. (Red ink: Dined with Edwin Barker at The Hydro, Buxton.) (Cutting glued in: In memoriam: David Christie, Colonel Charles Barchard, George Pritchard-Rayner, Sir William Flower.) Wednesday July 3 Grosvenor Hotel Buxton. Up 8.20. Letters from Herkomer, Gilbert etc, also Johnson about Stafford Terrace. Out. Got Times. Breakfast at the Old Hall Hotel. Arthur Linley left by 9.40am. Back. Up in M's room. Wrote letters. Paid bill. Another dull wretched rainy morning. After packing lunch 12.50 & off 1.35. Caught 1.40. Still raining & rained all way up to town. Upton met me & drove to Russell Sq. After walked to Garrick, on to the P.D. Met Tree in bus. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got a Britannia cut & home by carriage in wet. (Red ink: Came up from Buxton.) Thursday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. Walked to Cromwell Road. No Terrier. After schemed subject of Britannia & Lord Cromer. Miss Huxley came at 11.45. Photod her & after Britten & Pat the terrier. Developed & worked until 9.0 when dined by self. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. Friday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Spoke Terrier. After took 1 doz plates Lytham House. 1st sunny morning for weeks & weeks. Worked all day on drawing of Britannia & Lord Cromer. Finished at 10.30pm when dined by myself. Bed very tired 1.30am.
Saturday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Out & to Cromwell Road. Took Terrier. Arranged. Sunny morning. Back & all morning developing plates etc. After all morning developing Granada etc. Rest in afternoon. Saw Nash in morning. Left at 4.45 in carriage & drove to Conduit St. Waited an hour for nothing. E.J never came. Back. Dressed & drove to dine at Lancaster Gate. Edgar & Sophia Herapath there. Left 11.0 & home by carriage. Finer day. (Red ink: Took T & sister in Cromwell Rd. Dined with Lennie & Mite at Lancaster Gate. Edgar & Sophia there.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Harold Messel, of a daughter.) Sunday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out for walk up Church St. Brighter. Developed some Granada photos after & rest after lunch. Mr Johnson called at 2.40 & we arranged about No 8 Stafford Terrace. After to Sir A.Hickman's at 4.30. Roy there & we played many sets. Young Trench & Col Trench. Dined at Sir A.H after. Napoleon Brandy. Granddaughter from Wolverhampton. (Red ink: Settled with Mr Johnson about No 8 Stafford Terrace. Roy & self after playing dined at Sir A.Hickman's.) Monday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out to Cromwell Road. Dull & no sun. Spoke & arranged with Terrier. Back. Breakfast. All day developing Seville & Malaga. After rested & Roy & self dined at 7.0pm & drove in carriage to the Duke of York's Theatre & saw Diversions. Very well acted. To the Garrick. Saw Col Lucas. Eckardstein there. Left at 12.0 & home by carriage very tired. (Red ink: Arranged for sitting with Terrier. Roy & self went to the Duke of York's Theatre & saw Diversions.) Tuesday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50. Dull grey morning. Out 8.30 with Rags & walked up Church St. Schoolboys. Met Mr Turner. Breakfast. Emma took all stair carpets & curtains down & up. Letters about house. All day developing etc etc. Left at 7.10 by carriage & drove to the Punch office. Dinner to Mark Twain. Great success. Phil A's daughter presented a picture by Partridge. Mark Twain, Walter Agnew, F.C.Burnand, Phil A, Lawrence B, O.S, self, A.G, R.L, H.W.L, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, L.R.H, F.H.T. All there except Graves & William Agnew. I made a successful speech & left at 11.45 & on to Mite's dance. Great success. Home by carriage. (Red ink: Punch Dinner to Mark Twain. Made speech.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Harry Quilter.) Wednesday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out over Campden Hill by Holland Walk to Notting Hill. Took 1 doz plates. Dullish light. Cannot get a good one of 2 Plats. Back & breakfast. All day developing etc. Left in afternoon & by carriage to Embankment & Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.L, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Got Roosevelt & Sun. Suggested by self. Long time looking for cut of Charles Keene, found cut 1866. Home at 10.45 by carriage. Bed 12.30am. Took 4 C.L.L.P. Mite called when I was resting in afternoon in Morning Room. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Commander Richmond and Miss Elsa Bell.) Thursday July 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & out Notting Hill. Took 10 plates Sticks & others, 2 Plats turning round. Cook at No 14 Phillimore Gardens shouted at Rags & myself. A finer day at last. Sun. Schemed subject & photod Hilton & self. Till 4.0pm enlarging. Dear Chicks sent me 3 crabs. Worked till 7.0am when dressed & left 7.45 by carriage to North End entrance of the Earls Court Exhibition. Very uncivil man. Had to take cab to North entrance. Saw small boy & walked to dine with Sir Henry Bergne. Sat next Miss Schuster. Young Bergne's wife a lively party. Left 10.45 & home by carriage. Tired. Bed 11.30. Took 3 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Dined with Lady Bergne at the Exhibition. Wretched evening.) Friday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out Lytham House. Bright sun. Took 13 films, girls etc. Argyll Road, Sticks. Home & worked all day. Finished drawing of Roosevelt & Japanese sun at 8.30pm. Put plates in magazine & dined by self at 9.0pm. Roy came in a hansom at 10.0pm. Bed 12.0am. Took 3 C.L.L.P. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Walter Lethbridge. Death of Thomas Mitchell Innes. Death of David Farquharson. Death of Georgie Gooch. Death of George Grimes. Death of Herbert Hole. Death of Catharine Lloyd. Death of John Lyell. Death of Hamilton Osgood. Death of Georgiana Peel. Death of Harry Quilter.) Saturday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Met Terrier. Walking up & down. Back 9.20. Beautiful morning. Took a few plates. After wrote letters etc & left at 12.40 for Lords in the carriage. Went round. Saw Sir C. McLaren, Asquith, Lyttelton, Winslow etc etc. Lunch with Roy. Read came up. Tried small camera. Match went against Eton. Bird made 100 & 187 in 2nd innings for Harrow. Left tired at 5.30pm & home by Metro. Saw Gwen & Dora. Also the 2 Butlers. Developed plates 6.20 to 8.0pm & dined by self. Snooze after. (Red ink: Went to Lords for the Eton & Harrow Cricket Match. Lunch with Roy.) Sunday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Bath. Dull grey morning. Breakfast. Took things out of bath developed yesterday, Lords etc. Sent things round to No 8. Lunch at home & rest to 3.30. Everything came over as dark as pitch & it was the same M wrote at Buxton. Roy called in a flannel get up at 4.10 & we went & played many sets until 7.0pm. The young secretary & self v Sir A & Roy. Home by carriage & Roy & self dined. Bottle of Geisler. Roy left at 11.15 without his gloves. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Roy & self played last sets of the season at Sir Alfred Hickmans. Dined at home. No, next Sunday was the last.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of the Rev Lord Arundell of Wardour. Obituary of David Farquharson.) Monday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out to Notting Hill. Took 8 photos. Back. Men began to work at Stafford Terrace. Dixon on the job. Brilliantly hot day. Went round to No 8. Left at 11.50 for Euston by cab & lunched. Caught the 1.35 for St Albans. Man with long hair in train. Bus to Pageant. Most delightful show altogether took 60 films of performers in many costumes. Battle of St Albans very good. Left 5.30 & to train. Back with one other man who lost his train to Brighton. Took 1½ hrs to get to Euston. Cab to No 8 calling at 104 L.G. Dressed & carriage. Good dinner. Reed & wife & Harold & Mrs Gibson at 104. Left at 11.15 & to No 8. Bed 12.0.
Slept all right. (Red ink: Work commenced on the new drainage at Stafford Terrace. Went for 1st time to St Albans Pageant. Dined at Lancaster Gate.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Francis Popham.) Tuesday July 16 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Good bath. Lovely morning. Out. Called 18, could not get camera. Marie got it. Tried for Lady D. Never appeared. Saw Miss Phillimore. Took 4 photos. Groom, girl in church, street common & girl running. 1 st breakfast in No 8. All comfortable. After moved & put things straight. Lunch. Rested an hour. Round at house. Dressed & left in carriage & dined at 19 Portman Square with the Yates Thompsons. Met 4 Americans, did not like artists. Mary Millais. Back at 10.45 by carriage. Y-T made remark about it. Boor. Changed films & put things right after. Bed at 1.0am. Another lovely day. (Red ink: Dined at the Yates Thompsons.) (Cutting glued in: St Albans Pageant.) Wednesday July 17 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Dull grey morning. Met Mr Justice Buckley who was very cordial. Back. Breakfast. After letters decided to go again to St Albans. Started at 12.0 & went to St Pancras this time. Good chop. Fine young aristocratic girl at station. 4 awful men in carriage. One began about Punch. Stopped him. Just caught bus & to Pageant. Saw Walter Crane. Took 60 photos. Brilliant sun. Many good looking girls. Left at 4.45 & walked in heat to M.R. Had tea, 7d. Up to town 6.12, arrived 7.10. Drove to Punch office. There 7.30. Called Garrick. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, R.C.L, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Got fairly easy subject. Raised voice against attacking Birthday Honours. Left at 11.15 taking Townsend as far as Temple in carriage. Back 12.0. Changed films till 1.0am. Bed very tired. Very hot day. (Red ink: Went for 2nd time to St Albans Pageant.) Thursday July 18 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am. Walk up Campden Hill. No photos. Grey morning. Arranged with Upton to get a boy & sent him to Mays. Hilton came 12.15 & photod him & boy for Yankee & Venezuela Monkey. Worked up to 7.15. 1 st photo & work at No 8. Got on all right. Left in carriage & dined with Fletcher Moulton at the Garrick Club. Met his father in law Dicey & Sir George Lewis. Next a very interesting man. Talk about Greece & Spain. Left at 11.0pm & home by carriage tired. (Red ink: Dined with Sir Fletcher Moulton at the Garrick.) (Cuttings glued in: Deaths from heat in Scotland. T July 18. Obituary of Lord Pecy St Maur. 17 July.) Friday July 19 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & round by Lytham House. Took last photos of the season at Lytham House. Back & at work all day on drawing of Belgium, Yankee & Venezuelan Monkey. Finished at 9.0pm. Dined by self quietly & bed 11.30pm after. Saturday July 20 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & walked to Cromwell Road. Met Terrier & sister. Gave her 10/s. After breakfast Upton & self went by 4 wheeler to Euston & down to St Albans. All day at Pageant. Took 120 films & plates. Warwick a Mr Tarte. Dullish day. Back by 7.45pm & dined by self at home & bed at 12.0 after snooze.
(Red ink: Arranged with Terrier to sit. Went for 3rd time to St Albans Pageant. Took 120 films.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of G.H.Chirgwin, of a daughter.) Sunday July 21 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30pm. Out for walk up Holland Walk. All day putting things straight, printing etc, & developed some films & plates taken yesterday. In afternoon a rest & Roy came & we went & played 8 sets of Lawn Tennis at Sir A Hickman's. The end of the season 1907. Roy & Sir A.H v Secy & self. Each won 4. Drove Roy to Lancaster Gate & then home. Dined by self. Roy entertained Geoff at the Garrick & left for Terregles by the night mail. Went up to 15 C.S. at 11.30 & photod G.T. Back to lunch. (Red ink: Last Lawn Tennis at Sir A.Hickman's, Roy & self. Roy left for Terregles.) Monday July 22 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. A dull grey morning. No photos. After developed a good many plates & films taken on Saturday. All day at it. Also fitted a new Electric Light in the enlarger & enlarged 2 or 3. Developed them on Thursday. At 6.45 dressed & left in the carriage for the Savoy & dined with Sir Isidore Spielmann. Met Poynter, Parsons. Gregory & Solomons etc. Next a Mr Atkin & also a Mr Percy French who drew things on a board & also smoked plates. Saw Bertie Stern & also the Mocattas. (Red ink: Dined with Sir Isidore Spielmann at the Savoy. Slow.) Tuesday July 23 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Walk. No phos. All day developing. Notice of Punch Dinner next Monday arrived. Plans for Buxton upset. Dined at 7.15pm. Left in carriage & went to see an American play called Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. Poor stuff. Mrs Madge Carr Cook. Walked to Athenaeum after. Very tired. Home by carriage. Bed 12.30. (Red ink: Went to see Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.) Wednesday July 24 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & out over Campden Hill to Notting Hill. Took last photos of the season of girls. Good one of 2 Plats. Back. Breakfast. After printed blues all morning at Stafford Terrace. In afternoon drove all the way to the Punch Dinner at 6.30. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, R.L, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. A pleasant dinner. Got subject of C.B & A.B & Socialist Bogey. Left at 10.45 after a chat & home by carriage. Bed 12.30am. Drove up to top of Phillimore Gardens to look at moonlight. No good. (Red ink: A poor subject & a poor cartoon.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Joseph Hume-Williams.) Thursday July 25 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Dull grey morning. Bright intervals. Went to Holland Walk & took 3 for background of Bogey. After to Cromwell Road. Took 3. Met Terrier who parted from her sister. Arranged for Saturday. Upton got 2 boys & photod them at 12.15. Got enlargements & at it till 8.45 when dined by self. Bed at 12.0am. Took schoolgirls in Cromwell Road. (Cutting glued in: Death of Robert Hammond-Chambers.) Friday July 26
8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out with camera up Church Street. Took 1 photo only of a vagrant loafer. Waited for Miss Phillimore. Never came. Back. Lunch at Stafford Terrace. At work all day on drawing of C.B & A.B & Bogey Socialism. Finished 9.30pm. Telephoned V & C. Dined by self & bed very tired. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Robert Hammond-Chambers KC.) Saturday July 27 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Very tired. Out & met Terrier, decided to come today. Back. All morning putting straight. Letters etc & to No 18. After back at 3.15. Drove to No 15 C.S. Waited an hour & Terrier & friend came. Took a dozen Dutch costume. Out at 5.45 & to Athenaeum. Wrote letters. Dined by self at 7.45. Very poor dinner. Cab to the Playhouse. Saw a silly play - Lord Plantucket. Frightfully tired & sleepy after. Home by carriage from Athenaeum at 11.45. Man from Maples called at 2.0pm. (Red ink: 1st photod R.H. Dutch clothes. Went to see Cyril Maude at the Playhouse.) Sunday July 28 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 6.30 & decided to go to Calais. Off by cart at 9.15. Rags ran to Charing X. Dull grey day nearly all day. Collector took my bag & walked to Market Place. Took 1st magazine without hitch. The 2nd a film stuck. Took nearly all the 3. Lunch at Plage. Dull day. Little girl & Guardsman father. Saw Joe Parkinson going & Bill Ransford coming back. Horrid German with a cold. At Victoria 7.20. Carriage met me & drove home by 7.40. Wrote M. After dined by self. Snooze & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went over to Calais by the 9.0 from Charing X.) (Cutting glued in: The affairs of Sir Humphrey de Trafford. S 27 July.) Monday July 29 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out with large camera. Broke down by 2 plates breaking inside, why or wherefor who knows. Back. Breakfast. After letters etc all day printing blues. In afternoon went by Met Rly to Gower St. Called Maples & selected wash basin & bath. By bus to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.C.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Good dinner & subject. Home by carriage at 10.50. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Called at Maples. Punch Dinner for Bank Holiday.) Tuesday July 30 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Cloudy. No photos. Met Lord Justice Buckley. Back. Called Stafford Terrace (18) before breakfast. After schemed subject of C.B & Bathing Machine. Photod at 12.0 Nash's man. Got all ready by 5.0pm. Worked till 8.40 when dined by self. Bed 12.30pm. (Red ink: Took no photos for work.) Wednesday July 31 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.20. Shave. Put things in order. Lovely bright sun. Out with camera. Took cart & 2 horses. Met Terrier & had walk. Arranged for next Wednesday. Back & worked all day on Campbell Bannerman as Bathing Man & Machine & Bills. Finished at 9.45. Dined by self very tired & bed 1.0am after snooze. Very tired. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Joseph Hatton. T 1 Aug.) Aug 1907 Thursday August 1
8 Stafford Terrace.Up at 7.45. Out & to Cromwell Road. Took bicycle. Large. Spoke to Terrier after. Also took shop girl holding up dress. Back. Breakfast. Printed blues all morning. Rest after lunch. At 5.0 drove in carriage, called Daly's, Gaumonts & also went to Blenheim Club. Saw Secy. Looked over new Studio. Home. Wrote many letters. Dinner 8.15. Rest. Changed old magazines etc. Bed 12.30am. Tired. (Red ink: Saw Studio in Pall Mall for 1st time.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of the late Mr Joseph Hatton.) Friday August 2 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Overslept. Dressed hurriedly. To Cromwell Rd. Took bicycle. No Terrier. Also took girl at top of Earls Court Rd. Breakfast 9.20. Letters. Wired M. Packed. 18 Stafford Terrace at 11.45, saw Nash. Lunch 12.5. Left in cart 12.35. To Euston. Long journey to Hopton Heath. No other in carriage. Arrived 7.0. Fitzroy at station. Dear M better. Had left my dress coat. Dinner 8.0pm. Bed 11.30. Slept well. Had bought 3 Weeks & read it coming down, 4/6. (Red ink: Went down to Bedstone via Hopton Heath.) Saturday August 3 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.30. Breakfast 9.0am. Lovely morning. Wrote letters till 12.30. Sat out. Read papers. Lunch 1.30. After M resting. Went for a walk to Bucknell village. Brilliant hot sun. Took girl in road. Children, houses, & after girl at shop in village & a very pretty country girl with cows. Got frightfully hot. Changed everything & went after tea with H in motor to the ancestral home of the Hurleys. 4 1756 cannon taken by Admiral Rodney from the Spaniards on the lawn & a ruined old castle. From there to a lovely house with Watts pictures & one by name of Julian Storey. The owner a Mr Rogers. Lovely evening. Back with Midge & the boys & H. Dinner & bed after a game of Billiards with H. He beat me by 35 points. Slept well & dear M also. (Red ink: Very hot day. Walked to Bucknell. Photod girls.) Sunday August 4 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.30. Bath. Down. Grey morning. Breakfast 9.30. Wrote letters all morning. Miss Harleys to lunch. Playing with Fitzroy. At 3.0 left with Midge in motor for Stoke Edith. Stampede of shire horses. Got out of the way. There 4.50pm. Saw Dora & Paul, Mr & Mrs Fox-Pitt & others. Gramophone. Peter. Left at 5.50. Long run home. There 7.50pm. Dressed. Dinner. Tired. Bed after changing plates. Wrote Col Davidson. (Red ink: Motored to Stoke Edith.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of William Hartree, of a son.) Monday August 5 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 7.45am. Breakfast 8.30am & off 9.10 by motor for Ludlow. There 10.0am. Horse Show etc. Saw Punch Kennedy, Kevil Davis etc etc. Took 2 doz horses galloping. Lunch at an old house belonging to a gentleman named Wood & girl about 14. Weary look at house, buildings & yearlings. Back at 4.0pm to show. Left 5.0pm & nearly ran over a girl cyclist. Home 5.30. Tea. Walk with dear M in garden. Tommy & Duster. Dinner. Tired after. Bed at 11.0am after changing plates. (Red ink: Ludlow Agricultural Show. Went in motor.) Tuesday August 6 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. x. Up at 8.15am. Bath. Packed. Breakfast. Goodbye to M & off in motor at 10.10. Fitzroy went with me. 35 min to wait Craven Arms.
Gave F 10/s. To London with one other. Station master at Stafford made mistake. Restaurant car full. Had to wait till Rugby 2.20 before lunch. Uncomfortable journey. Rain at Euston. Home by cart at 4.0. Tea & wrote letters. Close & thundery. Found train did not go to Newton Stewart on Sundays. Dined by self & left in cab for the Prince of Wales Theatre. Saw Miss Hook of Holland. Mina good. Left at 10.50 & home by bus. Bed 11.30pm. Miss Gracie Leigh as Mina. (Red ink: Came up from Bedstone Court. Went to see Miss Hook of Holland.) Wednesday August 7 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40. Roy back at 8.20. Out & met T. Arranged for sitting. Back. Roy self & dogs at breakfast. After letters & printed blues. Round to Stafford Terrace. Lunch. Rest. Roy back at 4.0pm. Left at 4.15 & went up by bus with bag to Conduit St. At 5.40 photod Miss H. Friend with her in room. Better legs. Out 6.40 & cab to Bouverie Street. 'Punch' Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. No Agnew or Bradbury. Fairly pleasant dinner. Got cut of Sultan of Morocco. Home by carriage. Roy out with key of No 8. Wrote letters to Mabel Woodcock & Marie. Posted it at 11.40pm. (Red ink: Roy back from Terregles. Photod R.H 2nd time.) Thursday August 8 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. In Roy's room. Went to No 18 & looked out Townsend's yachting pictures & for Sultan of Morocco. Wire from Woodcock. Decided not to take any photos. Again to No 18. Selected Britannia. Enlarged them. Roy left in cart at 12.15 to Club & to go after to join the Joyeuse at Cowes. Went on to work up to 9.15pm. Very tired all day & livery. Dined by self & bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Roy left for the 'Joyeuse'.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Dr Louis Sambon, of a daughter.) Friday August 9 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out after without camera. Saw H in distance & settled for Saturday next at 3.15pm. Back & at work all day on drawing of Europa & Sultan of Morocco. Felt very tired all day. Finished at 10.15. The clock had stopped at 9.45am. Had dinner by self & snooze till 1.30am when to bed tired. (Cutting glued in: Death of Frances Nourse. Death of Samuel Nurse.) Saturday August 10 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out. Foolishly did not take camera. Saw Legs & a horse down which would have been useful. After printed blues, cheques etc. Lunch. Carriage at 2.30. Letter about H. Too ill to sit. Back. Telephoned to 15 C.S. No reply. Went out & sent Upton up. After packed bags etc. Left in carriage at 6.15 & drove to the United Service Club & had a very poor dinner. After to the Gaiety Theatre & saw the stupidest musical play ever written called The Girls of Gottenberg. Bus to Club. Apollinaris & home by carriage. Bed at 12.30am. Been at No 8 a month. Sent a cheque from Club to Mr Johnson. In morning put fresh films in ¼ plate Edwardes carrier. Films to be put in with the open ends towards the handles. (Red ink: R.H. By letter, too ill to sit. Went to the Gaiety Theatre. Letter sent.) Sunday August 11
8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Out with 2 dogs up Holland Walk. Breakfast at 9.0. Lovely hot summer morning. Out at 9.45 to meet H. Small boy met me. Back & printed blues after. Packed & lunch. Drove up in cart to 15 Conduit St. Waited just 1 hr. H & a friend came at 3.0pm. She looked & was so ill I sent her back again. To Garrick Club. Tea. Letters. Home by bus. Finished packing. Changed. Dined 6.30pm. Left in cart at 7.30 & at St Pancras at 8.15pm. Caught 8.30 train. Most comfortable journey. Slept on & off. Very hot round neck in night. (Red ink: Went to 15 C.S. R.H came. Too ill to sit. Back home. Packed & left for Ayrshire at 7.30pm in cart.) (Cutting glured in: Obituary of Elizabeth Ney. 12 Aug.) Monday August 12 On board train. Arrived Newton Stewart at 5.30. Raining. Open trap & good little Galloway mare. Saw grouse. Got to Drumlanford at 7.25. Saw B. Tea. Dressed. Breakfast at 8.15. Sir Walter & Lady Foster, Mr & Mrs Duffield & self. Started up road at 9.15am, 4 guns. Mr D & self shot over black setter, got 7 brace & 1 golden plover. Others 6 brace. Long walk. Very heavy showers. Tired. Left off at 5.45pm. Trap met us. Home. Ginger Beer. Changed. Dinner 7.30. 2 letters from M. Bridge after. Won 1d. Bed 10.30pm. (Red ink: Arrived Drumlanford. Shot with Mr Duffin(sic, Duffield) over dogs.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Waldorf Astor, of a son. The wife of Walter Parish, of a daughter.) Tuesday August 13 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up at 7.20. Rain again. Dull grey morning. Mr Duffield went fishing. Up in upper hall & wrote letters all morning till dinner or lunch time 1.0pm. After a pipe in room & rested an hour. After wrote Index for diary. Down, tea. An ominous wire for Sir Walter Foster. Started to walk to fishing. Gave wire to Sir Walter & walked on & met Mr Duffield who had 2 fish, one the largest 11½ lb. Biggest ever caught. The other 3½ lb. Both good fish. River Crea. Met Robertson's keeper, a fine figure of a man. Walk back. Very close. Got very hot. Went on with writing. Sir W & Lady Foster went to Barr Hill. Not back till 10.15pm. Music after dinner. Bed 11.0pm. No Bridge. (Red ink: Wet day. Mr Duffin(sic) caught 2 fish.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of James Mackenzie. Wed 14 Aug.) Wednesday August 14 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up at 7.30. Breakfast 8.15. Letters. After started to shoot moor to the left going towards fishing & down by the Crea. 4 guns, Mr Duffield, Sir W.F, self & Mr B. Bag 15 brace, 4 snipe, 1 partridge. Self got 5 brace, 1 snipe. Left off at 6.0. Little girl niece of coachman came & went back in break. Fair hair. Home 6.20. Bath. Dinner, The Fosters better news of their daughter. Bridge after. I the only one to lose 2 rubbers. 2/8 to Mrs Duffield. Played till 11.30 when to bed. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot Drumlanford. Sir W & Lady Foster went to Barr Hill.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of John Spottiswoode to Sybil Ginsburg. Death of Thomas Wirgman.) Thursday August 15 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up 7.30. Breakfast 8.30. Homespun suit. A very wet morning. Undecided what to do. Left at 12.0 with Mr & Mrs D & had delightful drive to Ballantrae. 19 miles. Fine house sold for £1500. Place next Drumlanford owned by a Mr Weir. Got to B 2.30. Good inn. Went out with camera & took 23, 1 going home. Women & children. Cottages & tea there. Talk of the Provost. Saw
Ailsa Craig. Left at 4.0. Got back view of pretty girl. Home 6.30. Dressed. After dinner Bridge. Lost 4/3 to Sir W.F. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Drove to Ballantrae. Took 24 photos.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Duke of Pless.) Friday August 16 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up 7.30. Had slept well. Breakfast 8.15. Bright morning, colder. After letters at 10.0 started. 4 guns, Mr Duffield, Sir Walter Foster, self, W.P.B. Shot all round in sight of house & the moor across the road. Got about 14 brace. Self 3½ brace. Lunch 1.0. Good rest. Came on to rain after. 1 bird came down wind. Did not see it in time. 2 hours tramp without a stop after lunch. Sir W.F left at 3.55. Heavy rain. Home 5.0pm. No letter from M. Changed & bath. Tea. Wrote diary up to dressing for dinner. Bridge after. Won two rubbers 4/s. Bed 11.0pm. Curious dream of holding up a small town in sailing man o'war. Obsolete cannon. (Red ink: 3rd days shoot Drumlanford.) Saturday August 17 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up & breakfast 8.30. Very wet. All the morning writing etc. Lunch in the house. After all left in the break & went down to the Crea to fish. Mr Duffin(sic) & self sat on the bank. After fished in farm pool. Saw 5 fish jump out. Left at 5.45 & walked home leaving Stewart to come on with Mr Duffin(sic) & Mr Beale. Changed. Bath. Dinner. After Bridge. Lost 10d. (Red ink: Fishing day. Walked home.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Joseph Joachim. Friday 66th.) Sunday August 18 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up & breakfast at 8.45. Wet again. Break went to church at 11.0am. Took 2 photos. After all the morning sticking things in diaries. Brought them up to date. Break back at 2.0pm. Lunch. Rest. Talk & smoke. Mr Robertson & Mr Nivvin came to lunch, no, tea. After went as far as Loch Drumlanford with Mr Duffin(sic). Supper 7.45. Burgundy. Very sleepy after. Bed 10.30pm. Mrs B playing Patience. (Red ink: Dull damp day at Drumlanford.) Monday August 19 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up 7.30. Breakfast 8.30. Much wind. Finer. Started to shoot 9.45. 3 guns, Sir W.F, Mr Duffin(sic) & self. Towards the Ruin. A fine day. Self got 3½ brace including 1 grey hen, 4 snipe, 1 green plover. Lunch at the Ruin. Mr Beale joined us at 1.15. Home at 4.0. Changed. Mr & Mrs D left at 5.0pm. Talk to Sir W.F after. Recommended Insurance Compy. Bath. Dinner. Pianola & bed at 10.30pm. (Red ink: 4th day's shoot Drumlanford. Mr Duffin & wife left.) Tuesday August 20 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up 7.30am. Breakfast. After got off at 10.15 in break to fish Loch Martel. Long walk. Sir W.F, W.P.B, & self. Very strong wind. Hard rowing of boat. Sir W.F caught 10, self 2. Lunch 1.30. Again fished loch. Left off 3.45. Walked to burn. W.P.B caught 4 in 6 minutes. Long long walk. Took Ruin etc, fishing. Again long tramp. Did not get back to house till 7.15pm. Very tired. Could get no bath. Dinner. A Miss Orme arrived at 8.0. Pianola. Bed 10.30. Beale tired also. (Red ink: Fished Loch Martel, Drumlanford. Long weary tramp. Took photos.) (Cutting glued in: To Lord & Lady Denman, a daughter.)
Wednesday August 21 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up at 7.30. Breakfast 8.30. After all morning writing letters. Lunch. At 2.15 started by self with camera to walk to the Ruin. Only my thin brown shoes on. Got wrong by following wall. Into a rabbit warren. Back. Smoked cigar. Photod 6 sheep, sheep pen & 2 landscapes. Back at 5.0pm. Tea. Underlined 1906 in red after. Dinner. After played 3 Bridge. I won 2/5d. Bed. Changed plates in one box. (Red ink: Walked towards the Ruin. Missed way. Took photos.) Thursday August 22 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up 7.35. After breakfast wrote many letters. Rain came on 10.30am. Were to have gone out shooting. Long talk to Sir W.F. All day writing & also putting red ink on days in diary for 2 years. At 5.30 went for a walk. Met the 2 Miss Robertsons. Back. Dinner. Bridge & bed. (Red ink: Wet day all day. Walk in evening.) Friday August 23 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up 7.15. Breakfast 8.30. After went out 3 guns at 11.0. Ladies in break & shot the Park & moor near the fishing. Lovely day. Colder. Self got 4 brace & 2 snipe. Got into a bog. Walked home. Bath. Dinner. Bridge. (Red ink: 5th days shoot at Drumlanford. Fine day.) Saturday August 24 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up 7.0 & 3 guns left at 9.15 to shoot far beat along the road. Began at 9.50. 8 drives. 53 brace of birds. Hawks, curlews, hares etc. Self shot 6 brace, 1 snipe, 1 hawk. Delightful weather & day. Lunch in the open. Went in the Happy Valley after lunch & left off at 6.30pm. 4 farmers shot, one a Mr Bone. Dandy Dinmont. Back by carriage. Bath. Dinner. Champagne. Sir Walter & Lady Foster's wedding day, 43 years married. Bridge. Lost 1/10. Bed 11.0pm. Tired. (Red ink: 6th days shoot at Drumlanford. Grouse drive.) 1907 shot grouse 25 brace, 8 snipes, 1 golden plover, 1 green plover, 1 sparrowhawk. Sunday August 25 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up 7.45. Bath. A wet day again. The entire day writing letters & underlined this book in red from 1 st May to date. Dull, wretched. Talk to Sir W.F. Lunch 1.30. Letters back after all at 3.45pm. Had stopped them comimg. All afternoon up to 5.30pm still writing. Went for round walk with Mrs B. Sir W & Lady F turned back, met us reverse way after. Lovely sunset. Davison singing. (Red ink: Wet dull wretched weather. All day writing & packing. Underlined up to date in red.) Supper dinner. Sleepy after. Bed at 11.0pm. Changed plates. Monday August 26 Drumlanford, Barr Hill. Up at 7.15. Breakfast 8.30. Finished packing. Tips, Stewart £1.10.0, Under 10/s, Davison 15/s, Coachman 7/6. Good bye to Sir Walter & Lady Foster, Miss Orme. After got away in dog cart driven by a youth. Lovely hot morning. Took 4 photos of old ruined mill at Knowe, 1 scene, 1 girl on wall, 6 at station Newton Stewart. Tripping girls about. On to Dumfries. Lunched at station. To St Pancras. Upton met me. Home by 1 horse bus to No 8 Stafford Terrace. Talk to Mr Johnson & bed at 12.30am.
Tuesday August 27 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. Fine morning. Out after talk with Mr Johnson. Most lovely bright morning. Took the small camera & snapped girl at No 90. Mrs M still in China. After met R.H. Back. Got greengages. Breakfast. To Stafford Terrace. Work not nearly done. Lunch. Printed blues of girls etc. Went up in afternoon by cab & dined at the Garrick. Saw Cyril Maude. Next Sir W.S.Gilbert. Talk to Chudleigh. After went & saw The Merry Widow altho' only understudy. Very good. Supper at the Garrick. Talk to unknown. Home by cab. Bed 1.0am at No 8. Wednesday August 28 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Brilliantly fine moning. Out along Cromwell Road. Talk to Mr Johnson before. Met R.H. Walked round by Lytham House. After all morning writing etc. Lunch & left at 2.35 & went by bus to 15 C.S. At 3.45 punctually R.H came alone. Most successful studies. Finished at 5.45pm. Walked for 1st time to the Blenheim Club. Wash. Then to the Athenaeum. Letter from Sir Percy Scott. Also L.D. To the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, H.W.L. Long discussion. Lucy had been staying at Lord Rosebery's & Maxine Elliot also Dalmeny. Lost £37 Bridge. Left at 11.0pm & home by bus. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Photod R.H.) Thursday August 29 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am. Rather seeedy in head. Down. Roy back from Paris. Talk to Johnson. Went out & took photo booking office at Met Rly. Also Addison Road. Lovely hot sunny morning. Back & schemed subject of Birrell & Irish Pig. Photod Upton & man from Nash's at No 18 & enlarged after luncheon. At work at 6.0pm. Very tired. Johnson dined 7.30, Roy & self at 8.45. Quiet evening & bed at 11.0. Johnson left at 9.15pm. (Red ink: Roy back from Paris.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Dunmore. Aug 28.) Friday August 30 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out up Church St. Children back at school. Little red haired girl. Good legs. Boys with caps off. Band. Roy down at 9.30am. After at work all day on drawing of Birrell & Pig. Roy left for Balcombe in a taximeter motor cab at 12.0pm. Finished work at 10.0pm. Dined by self. Bed after changing small plates at 12.0am. (Cutting glued in: In memoriam John Wrangham. In loving memory Seymour Vandeleur.) Saturday August 31 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40. Tired. Out & in Cromwell Rd in morning. No R.H. Back. Breakfast. Wrote cheque & put things up. To No 18 S.T. Lunch at 12.0pm & off in 4 wheeler. Caught the 1.30 for Hopton Heath. In a coupé with one other like Dietz. Curious silent married couple from Shrewsbury to H.H. Man with big nose. Motor to Bucknell. M in garden looking well. Dressed & dinner, H, Midge, M, self & Fitzroy. Played H 100 up at Billiards. Won by 16 points. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Went down to Bedstone Ct.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Richard Mansfield. Aug 31.) Sep 1907 Sunday September 1
Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.40. Bath. Grey morning. Wrote letters. Took M for walk up to upper pool. Lunch. After wrote many letters. M in my room. Lady Ripley & Miss Ripley to tea. Walk again. Miss R & Fitzroy funny. Sent letters off. Dinner. Quiet evening. Bed 10.45pm. (Red ink: Fitzroy & Miss Ripley.) Monday September 2 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.15. Dull rainy morning. Fitzroy H left. Just got off in motor at 10.0am with H & Fitzroy. Saw him off at Craven Arms. Then motored along a good road to Ludlow. H stayed there from 11.0 till 12.15pm. Went into the Feathers Inn. Wrote Upton. Lady painting. Engraving of Abbey's picture. Prints from Holbein etc. Talk to Landlord who promised to find out about Mr Akers. Back to lunch. Heavy rain all the afternoon. Tried to take M for walk. Had to sit in the Lodge porch. Cut & squared from Times. Dinner 8.0pm. Bed 11.0. Sleepy. M had an earwig in bed. (Red ink: Rainy day. Motored to Ludlow.) Tuesday September 3 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.20. Good bath. Rather finer morning. Breakfast. After wrote letter. Dividend from P & O. Printed blues Madrid, March & April. A 12.0 took M for walk as far as the kennels. Lunch. In Billiard Room printing. At 2.45 to 5.0 shot a dozen bolted rabbits. H came out 4.30. A Mrs Morton called. Finer day. Sun, but clouded over in afternoon. M decided not to go to Edgar’s. Quiet dinner, H, Midge, M & self. Bed at 11.0 after. (Red ink: Shot 1 doz rabbits at Bedstone Court.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Emily Tattersall.) Wednesday September 4 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 7.15 & packed & finished letters & printing. Breakfast & off at 10.0 in motor for Craven Ams. Up to town. Bought sandwiches. Upton met me. Annoyed by letter from Firm knocking off a fortnight's pay. Cab home. Wrote Heather & left for the Punch Dinner 5.30. Went to Studio at 58 Pall Mall to look at it. After to United Service Club & Punch Dinner. E.V L, self, R.H, C.G, L.B, E.T.R, F.H.T. Spoke to Lawrence afterwards. Got good subject of Bellona. Home at 10.30 by bus. Lawrence Bradbury at P.D 1 st time since Wednesday May 29, 14 weeks. (Red ink: Came up from Bedstone. Annoyed with letter from the Firm knocking off 2 weeks.) Thursday September 5 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out with Rags up Cromwell Rd. After to Stafford Terrace & looked out photos for Bellona. At 12.0 photod Miss Huxley. All ready by 4.30. Tea & work till 9.0 when dressed & dined. Johnson a nuisance talking. Bed tired at 11.0pm. Met R.H & arranged for Saty. Friday September 6 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out up Church St. Letter from Mr Heather saying cut had been paid to acct £55. At work all day for last time on drawing of Bellona. Finished 10.15. Johnson came down & talked at 4.0. A nuisance. Bed very tired. Wrote Lawence Bradbury at 10.20pm. Met Mr Turner looking well. (Red ink: Letter saying cut was paid from Heather.) Saturday September 7
8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Walked to Cromwell Road. No R.H. Back. Breakfast. Asked Johnson to go to the play tonight. Changing houses. Went over 18 with Nash & foreman. All apparently satisfactory. Roy came in to lunch with me. Stock Exchange holiday. Left at 2.10 & by cab to 15 C.S. R.H to time. Took 24 photos in Turkish dress. Out at 5.30. To the Blenheim & home by bus. Dressed & Johnson & self went to see Miss Hook of Holland. Royal box. To the Garrick after. Snack. Roy there & Lord Cook. Home with J by cab. He went in a dinner jacket & cap. Intensely hot. (Red ink: Took Johnson to see Miss Hook of Holland. Garrick after.) Sunday September 8 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Round to No 18. Breakfast with Johnson at 9.0am. Paid him £10.0.0 & said good bye. To Victoria by bus. Most lovely morning. Down to Dover with Roy & over to Calais. Took 2 magazines. Little girl & a very pretty French girl like Sarah Bernhardt. Excellent lunch. Roy met Duffield. Back to town. Frenchman sick in train. Dined with Roy at the United Universities Club & home 10.30 by cab. Roy rung up for supper. Something I ate disagreed with me. (Red ink: Roy & self X'd to Calais in most lovely weather. Dined at United Universities Club. Slept at 18 Stafford Terrace for 1st time since house drainage done.) Monday September 9 Stafford Terrace. 1st morning since Monday July 15 out with Rags up Campden Hill & Church Street. Little red head. Back. Breakfast. Attack of colly wobbles & indigestion all day. Developed R.H Aug 28 & also last large of Seville, Saty March 30th. Put photos away & dressed. At 6.40 to 25 Prince’s Gate. Dined with Stern & Roy. After to Merry Widow. Large box. Motor & good wine & dinner, Gabrielle Ray. To Garrick with Roy & home by self in hansom. (Red ink: Colly wobbles all day from indigestion. Dined with Stern & Roy & went to The Merry Widow.) Tuesday September 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Still very seedy with colly wobbles. Slight mist. Lovely morning. Out with Rags. Took 3 plates. 1 st of Red Head. Back. The whole long sunny morning printing back work plates in blue & also rest of Granada & R.H taken Aug 28. Dixon round to arrange leakage in W.C. Lunch by self. All afternoon dating etc. Roy wired he would dine at 8.0pm. We dined & Roy left in motor at 10.0pm. (Red ink: Colly wobbles all day from indigestion.) Wednesday September 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30 & out after in room. At 9.0 met R.H. Arranged. Birthday. All morning printing etc. Poor lunch & off at 1.50. At Conduit St 2.40. Waited. Studio 1 hour only. Annoyed. Walk to Pall Mall & Athenaeum. Wrote M. Walked to Punch Dinner. Arranged Almanack with L.B & Lucas. A most pleasant & cheery dinner of 5 only. E.V.L, self, F.H.T, L.B & H.W.L. Suggested both cuts. F.H.T helped in mine. Got Britannia New Design for Penny. Left at 10.30pm. Home in a Turnham Green bus. Drunken conductor. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Photod R.H. Difficulty of Studio. Small 'Punch' dinner.) Thursday September 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. In room & out after up Church Street. Took 1 photo only, girl at corner. No Red Head. After breakfast schemed Briannia & Design for Penny. Photod Miss Huxley at 11.45. Finished at 4.0pm. Tea & wrote letters till
6.0pm when worked. Worked till 8.50 when dined by self. Bed at 12.0am after snooze. Hilton wrote he was ill. Friday September 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Walk up Church Street & took 1 photo of Red Head. Back & at work all day on New Penny. Finished at 10.0pm when dined alone. Rest. Tired & bed after at 12.30. Saturday September 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out. Walk to Kensington Square. Back. Breakfast. Wired. Sent Upton to 15 C.S. Lunch. After printing blues up by bus. Mistake as to sitting. Back. Tea. Dated blues & dined by self. Went by cab to Duke of York's Theatre & saw Gerald D.M in Brewsters Millions. Called Garrick & home by cab. Bed 12.0pm. (Red ink: Mistake as to sitting. Dined by self & went to the Duke of York's Theatre.) Damocles. Sunday September 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & got off in 4 wheeler at 9.0 down to Bedstone. A long journey. German without lunch in train at Rugby. 1½ at Shrewsbury. Brilliant afternoon. Saw the name of Mat Paul at Theatre. Got to Bedstone by motor from Craven Arms at 6.30pm. Dear M well. Miss Walker there. A young man & Mervyn & Ethel. Dinner. Cigar & bed at 11.0pm. Very hot. (Red ink: Went to Bedstone Court. 1½ hours at Shrewsbury. Damocles.) Monday September 16 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 8.0. Bath. 4 guns over outlying land, H.L, self, Mervyn & the young man got 16 brace. Very hot all day. Back at 6.0 past Hopton Castle. Miss Walker had left. Motor broke down going to Craven Arms. Dinner. Sleepy after. Bed at 11.0pm. Very hot in the night. (Red ink: Delightful day's partridge shoot at Bedstone. Damocles.) Tuesday September 17 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 7.15. Packed. Lovely morning. Breakfast & got off by 9.30am. Drove to Hopton Heath. Saw Lady Ripley & a Colonel who was to have shot yesterday. To Craven Arms. Walked to the P.O. Got very hot. To Shrewsbury & Stafford. Train deflected on acct of an accident. At Euston at 3.50. Home after in cab. Wrote letters & dined alone. Very tired. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Saw the Beetle in the train looking so ill. (Red ink: Came up by early train from Bucknell. Damocles. The Colonel above was Col Elton. The poor Beetle died 17 th Decr.) Wednesday September 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out 8.20 & walked over Notting Hill & back down Argyll Road. Met Miss Hartley. A misty warm day. Developed the last of the Spanish photos Saty March 30 & 3 doz of Pageant. Many spoilt by double exposure. Dixon doing the trellis for vine. Tried to scheme the Almanack calendar. Roy back from Stern at 5.0pm. Depressed market. Left by bus. Called Blenheim & Athenaeum & also on Sands & Hunter. To Punch Dinner. E.V.L, self, C.G, R.L, L.B, B.P, F.H.T, H.W.L. Lawrence B for a wonder congratulated about
Penny. Cuts made up quickly. Left 10.30 & home by bus. (Red ink: Began to scheme the Almanack. Damocles. Roy back at Stafford Terrace.) Thursday September 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30 & out. Fine lovely morning but slightly foggy. Went by bus to Addison Road & photod a porter with truck of luggage. Walked back. Breakfast & developed plates & also those taken from Drumlanford to Newton Stewart Aug 26th. At 12.30 photod Britten & developed all ready by by 5.30. Tired all afternoon. Worked from 5.45 to 8.30 when Roy & self dined. Champagne & partridge. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Roy & self dined at home 1st time for ages. Damocles. Photod railway porter Addison Road.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Giesler.) Friday September 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & walked over Notting Hill & past Boughtons. Home & at work all day on drawing of Porter & Railway Directors. Finished at 10.0pm. when dined by myself. Bed at 12.0 after rest. Tired all day but better. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage arranged between Ivor de la Rue and Elsie Rogers. Thurs 19 Sepr. Death of Octavia Winslow.) Saturday September 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Walked through corner of Park & Kensington Square. Breakfast. After put things away etc up to lunch. Rest & schemed at Almanack. Roy & self dined at 7.0pm & after drove in cab to see Henry Arthur Jones play The Hypocrites. Good. Marion Terry & Barnes A1. Out & to the Garrick. Talk to Sam Sothern. Had welsh rarebit & home by cab. Roy with Stern at supper. Had the last of rare old Green Chartreuse at dinner out of the liqueur case. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see H.A.Jones play 'The Hypocrites'. Damocles.) Sunday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30 & breakfast at 7.45. Left at 8.15 in 4 wheeler & drove Roy & self to Charing X. Down with a young cub to Dover. X'd Channel & admirable lunch at Calais. Walked to the Plage. Indecent children. Took 45 photos girl with diabolo etc. Back. Saw Captain Bloomfield & Paton. Roy met Pohl his partner. Back up to town. Uncomfortable carriage. Man would have the window up. Home & Roy & self dined. Champagne. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Read Conrad's new book. (Red ink: Roy & self went over to Calais by the early boat.) Monday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Sun but chilly & foggy. Over Notting Hill & down Argyll Rd. Man doing mahogany & W.C’s. Printed blues. After enlarged some photos of Morris Dancers. Rest. Roy & self left & dined at 7.20 at the Garrick. Saw Joe Carr, Johnny Hare etc. Bottle of Pomery '98. After went to the Drury Lane drama 'Sins of Society'. Poor trash. Back & had snack at the Garrick. Home by cab after at 12.0am. Bed. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Drury Lane. Saw The Sins of Society after dining at the Garrick.) Tuesday September 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out on bicycle 1st time for a year. Went down Earls Court & back to breakfast. At work all day scheming subject for Calendar Page. Found it would be better to have a model. Wired Miss Woodcock. Roy & self dined together at 8.0pm. Grouse. Very good. Bed at 11.0 after. Fine lovely weather.
(Red ink: Beautiful weather.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Michael Hawtrey. Death of Maria Snagge. Obituary of Maria Snagge.) Wednesday September 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am. Walk round Notting Hill. After went on scheming the Calendar Page. At 11.15 Miss Mabel Woodcock came. Took 17 photos of her. Developed & enlarged by 5.0pm. Rest & all the way to the Punch Office by bus. Very hot. The hottest day of summer of 1907. O.S, self, H.F.T, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Got Lion Bear & cat to do. Left at 10.30 & home by bus. Roy back 12.30am. Bed. (Red ink: Hottest day of the year. Photod Miss Woodcock.) Thursday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & walk round Notting Hill past Boughtons. After home & schemed subject of Lion & Bear & Cat. Made enlargements & also enlarged the greater part of Morris Dance figures again. Very warm. After worked from 4.30 to 7.0. Dressed & dear M back from Bedstone at 7.45. Had a very hot & tiring journey. M, Roy & self dined together at 8.15. Champagne & bed after looking at papers at 11.30pm. Friday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. M in bed tired. Out for walk round Notting Hill. Breakfast. After got on with drawing of Bear Lion & Cat. Developed some small photos after lunch & finished drawing 9.30pm. M sat at table whilst I dined. Roy back at 10.30. Bed at 11.15pm. Saturday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out up Holland Walk. Warm misty morning. Roy & self at breakfast. M down after. All morning packing & selecting photos for Calendar. Left at 3.45 for Victoria & down to Balcombe, M, Vince & self. 1 st view new S.E Station at Victoria. Mite met us. Miss Crozier, Mr Allen & Mervyn & Ethel at Balcombe. Stroll & dressed. Dinner. Charade after. Miss Crozier, Mervyn & Lennie. Could not guess Pen-elope. Bed at 11.40pm. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe 1st time this year. 1st met Miss Crozier.) Sunday September 29 Balcombe House. Dear M's birthday. Up at 8.0pm & bath in Lennie's bath. Breakfast. After worked from 10.0 to 1.15pm. Diabolo. Lennie & Mervyn & Mr Allen went to fish. Worked from 3.0pm to 5.0pm on Almanack Calendar, M reading. Went for walk. Dinner. Down 5 minutes late. Pianola & bed 11.0pm. M did not sleep well at night. (Red ink: Began Calendar Page. Dear M's birthday. Health drunk at dinner. No Champagne.) Monday September 30 Balcombe House. Up 7.45. 1st bath in new room. Down. Lennie & Mr Allen off. Breakfast. After filled Income Tax paper at last available moment & posted it. Talk to Miss Crozier. Worked from 11.0 to 1.30 & after Diabolo again from 2.45 to 4.45. Tea. Went in motor to 3 Bridges. Walked part of way back with Mervyn. Very warm. Dull misty weather. Dinner. In Library after. Ladies to bed 10.30pm. Bed 11.10pm. M slept better. (Red ink: Filled Income Tax paper up.)
Oct 1907 Tuesday October 1 Balcombe House. Up 7.40. New bath. Saw Lennie off & at work at 9.45. Moved up to new Bedroom. Better light. Put all the figures in Almanack drawing for Calendar. Left off at 1.0pm. Lunch. Muriel Messel, Miss de la Penha & Cushla Parker at lunch. Took 15 photos of Diabolo. Worked from 3.0 to 4.45. Tea. Rain came on at 5.0pm. At 5.25 went in motor to Haywards Heath to meet Lennie, leaving Miss Cushla at Cuckfield. Heavy rain. Back 6.40. Dressed & wrote diary. Wednesday October 2 Balcombe House. Up at 7.45. Missed Lennie. Fine morning. Went on to work. Wire for Ethel Mervyn who went up to town 9.30am. Worked till 1.0. Lunch. Put fish in Miss Crozier's book. Mrs de la Penha called. Left with M in carriage & caught the 4.20pm train. A Lord in the carriage with game. Upton took things home. To P.D. Letters at Athenaeum. Called Sands & Hunters. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Townsend said 'I don't like it' & was snubbed by R.L. Got Britannia & Keir Hardie. Home by bus. Caught up Hammersmith B by motor. Roy at end of the Argyll Rd. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Dr Parker came to see me. Came up to town.) Thursday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Walked by Lytham House. Saw Princess. Went curious back way by Eldon House & found out where South End Gardens is. Back. Breakfast. Schemed subject & photod Miss Huxley at 11.30am for Britannia & Upton for Keir Hardie. All finished by 5.15pm. Worked up to 9.45 when dined by myself Roy being out. Roy in at 1.0am. Friday October 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Went over Notting Hill & down Argyll Road. Breakfast. Roy down at waltz of Band. After at work all day on Britannia & Keir Hardie. Finished at 10.30. Roy & self dined 10.35 & bed at 12.0am. Saturday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull misty morning. Went out Earls Court with large opera glass. No Terrier. Back. Hair cut. Put things away. Man from Nash came round. Worked. Put in balustrade of drawing for Calendar. Lunch. Left by 4 wheeler for Victoria. Caught the 4.29 for Balcombe. One other to 3 Bridges. A Montefiore. On to Balcombe. Mr & Mrs de Beaufort down. Tea. Miss Crozier still there & Tilda. Took Miss C in to dinner. After Champagne. Charade. Mr Webber as Captain Brown. Bed at 10.50. Slept well. M better. (Red ink: Airship over London & went round St Pauls. The Nulle Secundus. Came down to Balcombe.) Sunday October 6 Balcombe House. Up 8.35. New bath. Dull grey morning. Breakfast up in room. Letters. At work 11.0 to 1.30 on Calendar Page. Lunch. Fishing rod tried on lawn. Worked from 3.0 to 4.30. Tea. Took M for walk towards Balcombe. Back 5.35. Tried to find Venus of Milo in Encyclopaedia Britannica. No good. Dressed 7.0. Dinner. Champagne. Mervyn, Mr Webber, Miss Crozier, Tilda, M & self, Lennie & Mite. Good dinner. Music after & bed. Mr & Mrs de Beaufort also.
Monday October 7 Balcombe House. Up at 7.50 & saw Lennie & Mr Webber off. Mr & Mrs de Beaufort left after. Worked all day up to dark on Calendar Page. Photod Oliver & Anne at Diabolo. Took M for walk round by Balcombe new houses & Mite & Miss Crozier went too. At 5.30 Galebrook arrived. Talk to him. Lennie back & went to Cuckfield, no, to Haywards Heath, in Major's uniform. Spurs. Back. Dinner 8.15. Champagne. Pianola & bed 11.15pm. Tuesday October 8 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. Missed Lennie. After breakfast at work till 1.0 on Calendar. Packed up & after lunch Galebrook, M, Miss Crozier & self went by motor to 3 Bridges. Miss C's knees. Got home by 4.45pm. Worked till 8.30pm & nearly finished shading the Calendar. Roy & self dined & bed early. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe. Motored to 3 Bridges. Mr Galebrook & Miss Crozier in motor.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Thomas Hickman to Elizabeth Smith.) Wednesday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out with large C & snapped Lady D & small child. Back over Notting Hill. After schemed subject of Time & New Year. Photod in wet Pegler a new model. Not bad. Developed them. Left at 5.30 by bus. Called Blenheim & Athenaeum & to the P.D. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, P.A, B.P, R.H, H.W.L, A.G. Suggested & got Lloyd George & his Dragon. Sent in Calendar Page & it had to be altered & made square. (Red ink: 1st photod Pegler.) Thursday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. A brilliantly sunny morning. After snapped successfully Lady D & several Notting Hill children. Back. Schemed subject of Lloyd George & his Dragon. Photod Upton & also Miss Mabel Woodcock for Diabolo. Got done by 5.0pm & worked till 8.45. Roy out. Dined by self & bed. Friday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & over Notting Hill. No camera. Saw Curly (Lady Dudley). Back before Band. All day at work on drawing of Lloyd George & Dragon. Bothered over head. Finished 10.30. Roy & self dined. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Lawrence Bradbury wrote about Chesterton. L.B taken a house on Campden Hill.) Saturday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out Earls Court Road. No R.H. Took glasses. Back & after all morning printing Spanish Seville blues in brilliant sun. After rest touched up & widened Calendar. Roy & self dined at 7.0pm. Bottle of Dagonet '98. which I did not like at all. Left & saw The School for Scandal at the St James's Theatre. Very poor. Compton bad & Miss Lilian Braithwaite worse. Roy went to Stern's to supper & I home & read paper. Bed. (Red ink: Mite & Lennie went up north for fishing.) Sunday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out up Church St. Cripples. Back. After breakfast rigged up enlarger on landing & enlarged Time. Lunch by self. At 1.30 by bus & took 1st phos at 58 Pall Mall. Out at 2.45 & home by bus. Felt very tired. Went on
at 5.30 enlarging. Johnson called. Developed them & at 8.0 Roy & self dined. Bottle of Geisler '98. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Monday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Slight colly wobble indigestion. Why? Out with Rags & Rick. Saw R.H's sister, after the Princess & a very pretty long legged girl. Back. Touched up Calendar. At 12.0 Mr C.P.Little called. Took up 1½ hrs over cameras. Lunch. Dated the Spanish prints. Sent Upton for camera & to Stores. Letter from Miss Moon. Tea. Rain. (Red ink: Rags & Rick killed a cat opposite Lytham House. Told by the commissionaire on Friday.) Tuesday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out. Sunny morning. Took little Long Legs & 2 shop girls etc. After printed a good many blues. Got on with 2 nd page of Almanack in afternoon. Dined 7.30 & Roy & self went to the Empire Theatre & saw good ballet of all the Opera Comiques. Home by cab direct & bed 12.30am. Sent Upton for seats at the Empire. (Red ink: Roy & self went to see the Empire Ballet.) Wednesday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.40. Out up over Campden Hill. Back. Breakfast. All day at work on 2nd Almanack Page. Put Time & 1908 in. Left 6.15 & all way in bus to Fleet Street. Punch Dinner. O.S, self, R.H, C.G, R.L, L.B, B.P, F.H.T, H.W.L & A.G. Suggested Nigger cut & also "What Ho! She stoops". Left & home by Turnham Green bus. Very heavy wet. Thursday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Looked out things for Nigger Minstrel for Bernard Partridge. Could not find niggers. Dull morning. Walked with Rags to Lytham House. Saw Princess & Long Legs. No photos. Back & after photod Miss Woodcock, Pegler & Upton for drawing of Miss Tory Democracy. All ready by 3.30. Electric enlargements. Dined by self at 8.45. Roy out. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Dull gloomy day but got very good photos.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Frederick Flood to Ruth Pitkin.) Friday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Got things for Bernard P. Could not find nigger. Out with large C & Rags, Lytham House. 2 of Long Legs. Commissionaire told me Rick & Rags had killed a cat opposite Lytham House. Must have been last Monday. Back 9.10. All day up to 10.45 at work on drawing of Miss Tory Democracy at Covent Garden Ball. Roy & self dined at 10.45. Bed at 12.0am after snooze in chair. Sent denture to Douglas Gabell & for it back at 8.0pm. Saturday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Tired. Out up Church Street. Roy & self at breakfast. After tidied up. Developed plates taken Thursday & 4 Pageant. Letters etc. Lunch. Left by 4 wheeler, 3.45 Victoria. Civil porter. To Balcombe. A Mr Norfolk 13 Huzzars & a pretty wife in carriage. Dear M met me looking well. Chicks well. Quiet dinner. Hot Drawing Room. Bed 11.0. Thunder in the night. Slept well. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe. M there alone.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Arthur Carr to Cicely Bromage.)
Sunday October 20 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. A gale nearly all day. Breakfast by self. After put Bedroom in order & worked from 10 to 1.15 on 2 nd Calendar Page. Lunch. Read The Secret Agent. Strong. Work from 2.45 to 3.45. Took M for walk with Flora Macdonald & Vic. Tea. Wrote letters. Linley & Pianola. M & self dined quietly together. In Lennie's Library after. Bed at 11.10 after rest. A very strong high wind all day. Monday October 21 Balcombe House. Up 8.15 & out. Breakfast. After at 10.0 got to work on 2 nd Almanack Page till 1.15pm. Lunch. Rest till 3.0pm. Work till 4.0. 4.15 M & self went for walk up the Red Road with Dudley McGregor & Vic. Tea. Wrote letters 5.45 to 7.15. Wrote to the Surveyor of Taxes Mr Shepheard. M & self dined quietly. In Lennie's room after. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Lovely day & evening. Brilliant sunset. Walked round the Red Road.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Herbert Goodall. Death of George Bodley RA.) Tuesday October 22 Balcombe House. Up at 8.20. Took Frederickshall. To P.O. Sent wire. After worked from 10.0 to 1.15pm & 2.40 to 4.0pm when finished & sent off 2 nd page for the Almanack. Edie Furrell left by 4.20pm. M & self went for walk down the lane & over hill. Dudley lost. M read Brushwood Boy. Bed at 11.45. Slept well. Roof of mouth painful. (Red ink: Finished Almanack drawing for 1908. Lovely day & evening.) Wednesday October 23 Balcombe House. Up at 8.15. Frederickshall. Damp & dull. Invite for Springkell came. After squared up prints & wrote letters. Sent cheque for Life Assurance. Left in carriage at 2.30 with M & drove to 3 Bridges. Up to Victoria. Carriage to self. Home 4.40. Tea & to Punch Dinner by bus. Letters at the Athenaeum from Mrs M etc. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, P.A, E.T.R, C.L.L, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Words with O.S over my Almanack drawing & also his inaneness over my cartoon. Got gunpowder subject & left 10.45pm. B.P & O.S played Diabolo. Very foggy going home. (Red ink: Saw Sheila Vandeleur & her mother at Eaton Square.) Thursday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & out. Past Lytham House. No Long Legs. Saw Princess. Walked right round Cromwell Road & home. Comice pears. After schemed subject of C.B & Gunpowder Procession. Photod Britten & Pegler & Upton. All ready by 5.30. Worked till 8.45. Roy & I dined. Very good dinner. Bottle of Geisler. Fire in Morning Room. Bed at 12.0am after papers. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Thomas Garth. 23 Oct.) Friday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Up Church St. Back 8.50. Breakfast. Re-enlarged 3 of yesterday's photos. At work all day up to 10.40 on drawing of C.B, Lloyd George & Gunpowder Plot. Invite to shoot at Sir Alfred Hickman's came. Dined by self. Roy out very late. Bed 1.50am. Rags out all night. Saturday October 26
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Very foggy. Out. Rags out all night. Down Earls Court Road. R.H's sister & Legs turned back. Roy left early. Tidied up etc etc. Left for Victoria at 3.45. Harold M in train. Roy met me. Jubilant about business. Dr Messel went as far as 3 Bridges en route for Rusper. Black fog at Croydon. Linley met me at Balcombe. M well. Quiet dinner. Bed after reading Puck of Pooks Hill. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe with Dr Messel. Roy had had good week.) Sunday October 27 Balcombe House. Up 8.20am. Good bath. Fine day. Squared papers. Took M for walk to the Kitchen Garden & up a walk by school. Met people coming from church & the Denman motor. Lunch. Another walk to the lake. Lovers about. Back. Wrote letters. Dinner. Read Puck of Pooks Hill after. Bed 12.0am. Monday October 28 Balcombe House. Up 8.15. Fine morning & brighter. Read Times & M for drive. Fine morning & sun. M went to Haywards Heath. Squared prints. Little Ann helping me all the morning as good as gold. Lunch. After rest took M for walk towards Balcombe Place. Met Denman motor. Wrote letters etc. Dinner. Bed at 11.15pm. Fine day. Should have gone to Brighton. (Cutting glued in: Photograph, yesterday's wedding, Viscount Curzon and his cousin. Tuesday Oct 22 07.) Tuesday October 29 Balcombe House. Up 8.40. Rainy morning. Could not take Linley to Brighton. News of Russian girl being kidnapped. Heavy rain at 10.45am. Nurse Francis came in & arranged for Linley to go to Brighton with me 10.40am. Drove down with M. Rain & shine. There 12.30. To the Metropole. Lunch. After to Aquarium. Poor seedy bear. Degenerate fish & larky girls. There 2.0 to 3.0pm. Walked back to hotel & then up hill to station. Back to Balcombe. M met us. Edie Furrell at station. Put photos in book of seaside. M & self dined quietly. M read. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Took dear Linley to Brighton.) Wednesday October 30 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am & out. After breakfast dated & put in order Vol of photos of seaside studies. Maud & Lennie came home at 12.30pm. Lunch. After M & self drove in carriage to 3 Bridges & I went to town. Lennie went to fish on the lake. Home at 4.40. Put things straight & left by bus for Punch Dinner at 5.45. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Good dinner. Got subject of Royal Children. Wrote Mrs Keith, Carmichael, Thomas, Parker etc. Left at 10.30. Just missed bus. Home 11.45. Slept well. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe. Mite & Lennie came back to Balcombe from Scotland.) Thursday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15 & wrote letters etc. Out 8.40 & photod the statue of the Queen in front of Kensington Palace. Met Mr Freeman KC & Pepys Cockerell. Back. Roy left. Note from Mr Keith. Schemed subject & at 11.45 photod a small boy brought by his nurse. Fine morning so a success. All ready by 5.0. Worked from then to 9.0 when dined by self. Looked over the papers & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Lovely day in London. Photod Kensington Palace.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Hornsby.)
Nov 1907 Friday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out up Church Street. In as Band played. Roy late in coming down. Worked all day till 9.45 when finished drawing of Prince Olaf & Baby Asturias. Dined at 10.15. Left at 11.5pm & drove in a one horse bus to Euston. Fare 7/6. Too much. Caught the 12.0am to Wolverhampton. Fly to meet me 3/6. Put up at 3.20am at the Victoria Hotel & slept after keeping awake for an hour till 8.0am. Nostril painful in morning on getting up. (Red ink: Hard day. Caught the 12.0 train for Wolverhampton & slept at the Victoria Hotel.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Collingwood Ingram, of a son. Death of Annie Beavan. Death of Sarah Beaven.) Saturday November 2 Victoria Hotel, Wolverhampton. Waked at 8.0. Chambermaid & Bath Room. Good breakfast. Drank Thermos coffee. Motor came at 9.30 & to Whitewick, no, Wightwick. Sir A & Lady Hickman. Started to shoot 10.30. 5 guns, Mr Victor & another Hickman, Sir A & self & the Secy of the Albrighton Hunt. Dangerous shooting. Self got about 60 pheasants. Total bag 350. Coachman loader. Wonderful lunch. Oysters & '98 Cliquot. Left off after walking a huge field of roots. Back young Trench's. Tea & pipe. After a rest & pipe in room. Woke up with awful cramp. Staggered to hot bath. Dinner. Colonel Tillotson there. Did not know it. Pleasant talk of Naples. May Hickman down from London. Bed 10.30. Slept well. (Red ink: Shot at Sir Alfred Hickmans. Almost 60 pheasants to self. Wonderful oyster lunch.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir William Pearce.) Sunday November 3 Wightwick, Wolverhampton. Up 8.0. Down 9.0am. Took 2 photos of house. Breakfast. After wrote Langley. Looked at new Tennis covered court & horses. Left in motor & to Wolverhampton by 11.40 train. Curious people. Pretty dark haired girl at station & La Poupée Company going off. Left 12.15pm & slowly to Euston. 50 mins late. A very larky lot at Northampton. Took a few photos. Euston 5.10. Home by 4 wheeler. Corpulent driver. To Stafford Terrace. Roy & Pollock came. Dined 7.15pm by self. Left 8.25. 4 wheeler took me round about Pimlico to get to Victoria owing to meeting of Railwaymen at the Albert Hall. Caught the 9.10pm Victoria. Change at East Croydon. Down to Haywards Heath. Carriage met me & to Balcombe at 11.10pm. Bed 11.30. Dear M all right. Eric Parker found 'A matter of Fact' in Vol 4 of Kipling. (Red ink: Came up from Wolverhampton & went down to Balcombe.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir William Pearce.) Monday November 4 Balcombe House. Up 8.0 & down. Misty morning. Got off at 9.15 in motor to Nymans, Lennie, H.Fletcher, self & Eric Parker. Nymans, Captain Gibbes & Lord Denman. How do you do to Mr Messel. The best day ever had at Nymans. 285 ducks. The last stand worked admirably. Must have shot 40 pheasants & 50 duck, 1 hare. Left off 4.0 & walked slowly to house. Tea. Lady Denman. Lord D talked of George Roller. To Balcombe in motor. Tabs, Mite, dear M there. Changed. Oliver all right again. Dinner 7.45pm. Champagne. Very pleasant evening. Lennie played (illeg). Bed 11.15pm. M did not sleep very well. Room hot. (Red ink: Best days shoot ever had at Nymans. Shot about 40 pheasants & about 50 duck, 1 hare.)
Tuesday November 5 Balcombe House. Up 8.10. Bath. Lovely morning. Lennie off early. Hamilton F, Eric Parker & Tabs after. Letter from Moon. Wrote ½ doz letters before early post. Also wired Brightmore about my cut, which came out well, being out of the square. In the morning at 11.45 went out & took photos of school children. M & Mite went for a drive. Dated the Paris photo book. Mite left by 4.20 after lunch. M upset. Took M for walk round lake & back thro' village. After finished book. Wrote Emma & Stohwasser. (Red ink: Most beautiful day at Balcombe.) Wednesday November 6 Balcombe House. Up at 8.30. Breakfast & after got off by the 10.41am train. Good bye to M. Shooting stick could not be found. Home at 12.45. Lunch. Developed all Hornsby's Turkish studies. Tea in room. Left for Punch Dinner 5.45. Called Clubs & opticians. O.S, self, H.F.T, C.G, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Partridge not well & left early. Got Lloyd George subject & left 10.30. Home by Turnham Green bus with bad conductor. Roy in & had come down to bolt door. Same conductor as Sepr 11th. Thursday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out with Rags up Holland Walk into Notting Hill. Met no one. Back. Upton sat for Lloyd George & altho' easy subject later than normal. Began work 5.30 to 9.30pm. Dined by myself. Roy out. Looked over papers & to bed at 12.0am. Tired. Friday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out with Rags. To Lytham House. Saw Princess. Grown tall slip of a girl, not so pretty as promised. Also Princess Jnr. Back. Met Keith. Missed Band. At work all day on drawing of Lloyd George & Railway Signal. Finished at 10.15. Dined by self. Roy dined at St James's Palace with Fisher Rowe. Back twelve. Rags dirty in room. A filthy dog. Saturday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Had hair cut. Back. Breakfast. Roy off to City. Took 2nd days Pageant out of water. Packed up & after lunching at 12.10pm by 4 wheeler to Euston & down to Hopton Heath. A Colonel Craddock in compartment going to Bedstone. Comfortable journey. Hot thermos. Read French book. Interesting. Got there 7.0. Paul & Dora there. Sir Henry & Miss Ripley dined. Hot Billiard Room. Paul beat me by 20 pts at Billiards. Miss Gladys Walker there. (Red ink: Went down to Bedstone Court.) Sunday November 10 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.40. Down. Foggy but after brilliant sun. Wrote long letter to M. Also to Miss M & Mrs H. Lunch. After went out for walk with camera to the Castle ruin. Took 8 photos. Very muddy. Curious old man with dog. Familiar yokels. Back 5.15. Dozed in the Drawing Room. After wrote 4 more letters, Hare, Santley, etc. Dinner. Good wine. Took Dora in. Played Billiard game, Stringing. Bed at 11.0pm. Slept well. Monday November 11 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.15. Dressed in whipcord suit & started to shoot at 10.0am. Guns, Mr Hever Percy, Mr Sitwell, Colonel Craddock, Colonel Kennedy,
Hamilton, Paul & self. Long walk & frightful pull uphill to begin with. Got very hot. 1st a walk with the beaters, sun in eyes, then an uncomfortable stand up a steep hillside in the wood. Then again in a wood. Shot a jay. All day only shot 15 pheasants & 1 jay. Did not lunch till 2.20. Ladies there. Gave Gladys W a cigarette & a long walk home with Paul Foley. Why not a motor? Bath & rest after. Dinner. Took Gladys W in. Talk to Midge after. Snooze in chair & bed 12.10am. Fine day all day. Ethel English came. (Red ink: Hard walk shooting uphill.) Tuesday November 12 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 8.0. Early bath. Fine morning. Letters & Punch. Started 10.0. Drove to the Castle. 6 guns, Mr Hever Percy, Col Craddock, Mr Rogers, Ham, Paul & self. Again frightful long walk to top of hill. Unlucky in stands, only got 12 birds all day. Lunch 1.0. Mrs Hever Percy, Midge, Dora, Ethel English, Gladys Walker there. G.W jumped a ditch & lay down. Got a few good shots. Col Craddock left at 2.45pm. Left off 4.25 & drove home in break. Changed. Tea & wrote letters. Lovely day all day. (Red ink: Hard walk uphill shooting.) Wednesday November 13 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 7.45 & breakfast 8.45. Got off & caught 9.49. Strong gale. Took few photos. Posted letters. Long wait at C.A. To London in carriage by self. Felt livery & very tired all day. Home by 4 wheeler at 3.50. Dear M home. Talk. Dressed & wrote letters. Left for the Punch Dinner at 6.40 calling Clubs. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, H.W.L, R.H late. Long discussion. Got cut of 2 Admirals as boys. Left 11.20, T.G bus. Most curious jumpy man got in Piccadilly. Never saw anyone like him. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Came up from Bedstone Court. M home from Balcombe.) Thursday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Church Street. After schemed subject, the German Emperor, Boys & Britannia. Miss Huxley came 12.0 & Upton got 2 boys. Enlarged in open air & all ready 5.0. Worked till 8.0 when dressed. M had dined. Roy & self dined, M sitting down. Papers after. Bed 11.30. Friday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out by Lytham House. Saw the Princess etc. Back & at work all day on drawing of Britannia, Boys & German Emperor. At 8.45 my Electric Light suddenly went out. Awful delay & bother. Upton got it put on again. Finished at 10.20. M had dined. Dined by self. Roy out. Bed 12.30. No, went to Lytham House yesterday. Up Church St this morning & back before Band began to play. (Red ink: Above drawing bought by Adml Sir Percy Scott.) Saturday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & up Church Street. Wrote cheques & letters. Went out at 11.0 & by bus up to 15 C.S. At 12.15 photod Moonshine. Saw 1 st colour photo. Walked to the Garrick. Lunch opposite Foster. By carriage to call on Alfred East & home to tea after. Enlarged some street photos after. Dinner, M & self. Bed 11.30. Mite & Lennie went to Terregles. (Red ink: 1st photod Moon.) Sunday November 17
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out for walk up Church St. After at 11.15 took M in the carriage to the Zoological Gardens. Dull morning. M & chameleons. Back 1.15. Lunch. Changed. After made enlargements of Diabolo. Roy dined out. Nicola Walker dined with M & self. Dear M tired. Mervyn & Ethel in all the afternoon. Bed at 11.30pm tired. Very good night. (Red ink: M & self went to Zoological Gardens. Nicola Walker dined with M & self.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Henry Kemble. Tuesday Nov 19.) Monday Novmber 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out. Fog & rain. Round Lytham House. Back. Wired. A long tiring day tidying room. Enlarged Diabolo photographs. M, Roy & self dined together & most comfortable evening in Drawing Room. Bed 11.30, M at 10.0, & she had a very good night & slept well. Tuesday November 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Finer morning. Round Lytham House. Saw Princess & Princetta. Back. Roy off. Left at 11.0 & by bus to Pall Mall.. At 11.50 took a few Moonlights. Lunch at the Blenheim. After to Athenaeum. Man snoring in Smoking Room. Asquith. Drove to 6 Stanhope Terrace, Miss Kalms, & (illeg) (illeg). Lady Spielmann had called & Mrs Fagan. Talk to her. Up & wrote diary & letters. M & self dined quietly after. Bed 11.30 after being in the Drawing Room. (Red ink: 2nd Moon photo.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Richard Kilkeary. Thurs Nov 21.) Wednesday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & round by Notting Hill. Home. A black foggy day all day & Electric Light all day. Mite back from Scotland in afternoon. Put drawers tidy & did a few enlargements. At 3.50 went & met R.H. Explanation. Back. Tea & to Punch Dinner all way by bus. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, P.A, R.H, B.P, E.V.L, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Cheery evening. Got easy Sir Christopher Wren subject. Took Graves home by the carriage, calling at the Athenaeum to write letters. (Red ink: Met R.H.) Thursday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Went round by Cromwell Rd with Rags. Bus to S.K to look at statue of Sir Christopher Wren. Rags ran. After schemed drawing. Sent Upton to Mays for Wren costume. Photod Upton at 12.45. Ready by 4.0pm. Rest. Worked from 5.0 to 8.45, M in room. Dined 8.45, Roy & self. Bed 11.30 after looking at papers. Friday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk up Church St. Back 9.0. Band. After all day on drawing Ghost of Wren & Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. Dinner at 10.10pm, Roy & self. Short of food & a caterpillar in my cabbage. Left in cart at 11.0pm. M to bed. Letter from Bernard Partridge about Sir Percy Scott & a wire from Sir Percy also. Got off from Euston comfortably. Carriage close & hot. Slept 3 or 4 hours. Arrived Carlisle 5.30am. (Red ink: Left by night mail for Springkell.) Saturday November 23 On board train, Carlisle. Thermos bottle great comfort. Got to Springkell at 6.50am. Foggy damp morning but not cold. Had to dress in a small Bath Room. Breakfast 9.0am. Guests an old Colonel & lady, Lady Roxborough, Mr & Mrs Gully,
Mr & Mrs Darcy Wyville, Joe Farquharson, Sir Edward & Lady Donner, Sir Ed J-F, Mr & Mrs Alick & self. Wet morning. Old Johnson loaded for me. Dangerous. Shot all day the (illeg) Park stand. Got about 45 P, (illeg) rabbit. Mrs Alick. Short skirts & (illeg). Over 4.30. Changed. Tea. Rest. Dinner. Took a lady Miss (blank) in to dinner. Bridge. Self & Lady Roxborough v Sir Ed J-F & Joe Farquharson. Played till 11.30. Bed 12.15. Very tired. Cough troublesome. Could not remember the name of Antoinette Stirling. Mrs Gully interesting. Acc’t of poor Sophy Millais dying of alcoholic poisoning. (Red ink: Wet morning. Long day's shoot at Springkell.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Arthur Kekewich.) Sunday November 24 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.20. Bath. Down 9.0am. After breakfast wrote letters. At 11.45 went for walk to ruined Chapel. Bright sunny morning. Took 1 doz plates. Walked along burn & the other side also till 2.5. Had to go back from 1.25 to 2.0pm owing to gate being locked. Lunch at 2.10pm. Next Lady Roxboro'. Letter from M. Cigar in Smoke Room. Much colder. Bright & fine. After tea changed plates. Took Lady Ellison in. Dull & slow. Silly game of counters after. Pipe & bed. Talk of (illeg) (illeg) etc. (Red ink: Missed bridge along river at Springkell.) Monday November 25 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 7.45. Most lovely morning, a frost & brilliant sun all day. The Ellisons left. Out 9.50. Mr Heriot came. 8 guns. Rather regret not taking camera. Lovely view at end of the burn. Silly old Johnson no good. Poor sport only shot 18 pheasants & 6 rabbits all day. Long walk thro' wood after lunch & still longer to finish. Right to the end of the line & came up with the beaters. Gave Loudon £1.0.0, Johnson 15/s. Walked 2½ miles home by self. Changed. Tea & rest in Billiard Room. After dressed. Had to change my room to one at the end of the passage. Dinner. Next Mrs Alick & Alick. Slow. Bridge. Won 1/s. Bed at 11.20. Packed till 12.30am. Slept. (Red ink: Lovely winter's day. 2nd shoot Springkell.) Tuesday November 26 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up 7.30 & breakfast 8.0am. Dull damp cold morning. Got off 9.45 & to Carlisle. Good bye to the Gullys & Darcy Wyvilles. Walked to Rickerbys, St Cuthberts Lane. Got stools etc. Talk to Sir E.J-F & up to Euston in carriage by myself. Read The Wreckers. Good lunch. Cart met me & home by 7.30. M & Roy all right. We dined. In Drawing Room & bed 11.20pm. (Red ink: Left Springkell for London.) Wednesday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rags. Saw R.H's sister, the Princess & Princess Junr. Sharp showers & hail. Breakfast. After wrote Brightmore etc. All day tidying etc etc. Mite back from Balcombe. Went out at 5.30 for Punch Dinner. Met R.H. Promises. To Athenaeum. A letter. Bus to P.D. O.S, self, A.G (next me) C.G, L.B, B.P, E.V.L, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long discussion. Left & home by the carriage at 11.15pm. (Cuttings glued in: Relics of Napoleon. Thurs Nov 28. Obituary of Lady Bramwell. F Nov 29.) Thursday November 28
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Out with Rags. Mised the Princess & Junr. Saw for 1 st time R(illeg) Scott Russell. After schemed Birrell & John Bull. Photod Britten for Policeman & Upton for Orator. Sent to Barkers. Very tired & cough troublesome. Dined by self, M sitting up. Took 5 C.L.L.P. Bed 12.0. Friday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Went up Church Street & in before band. After worked all day on drawing of Birrell & John Bull. Dined at 10.20pm. Roy out. Took 4 C.L.L.P. Bed at 12.30. Cough very troublesome at night. Sent Upton to Stores in the morning, Bernard Partridge's in the afternoon. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Battersea. Thurs Nov 28.) Saturday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out for walk with Rags, Earls Court & Cromwell Rd. Saw H sister & Cycle Legs. Breakfast. After tidied up etc. Lunch. Dear M & self went to see Mr & Mrs Bouchier in 'Simple Simon'. Very good. 1 st time M had been to the play for 14 months. Out. To Athenaeum. Bought brawn & sausages. Home. Tea. Enlarged 1 doz photos, re-done. Dinner M & self. Roy out. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of Simple Simon. 1 st time for a year.) Dec 1907 Sunday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out 9.0. Up Church St. Met Mrs Keith. Great dog fight in the Terrace at 9.0am. Sculpt came out. Old Pat & a white dog set upon a Scotch terrier. Developed some bromide pts. At 12.0 the carriage took M & self to Knightsbridge & after listening to the Band we walked home with Rags. Met Mr Huish. Lunch. After wrote letters etc. Enlarged more photos & developed them. Enlarged another doz before dinner. No hot water. M, Roy & self dined at 8.0pm & in Drawing Room after. Bed at 12.0am. Upton undid & took out of packing case music chair, 2 footstools, leg rest, Delft plate & a magnifying glass bought on Tuesday last at Rickerby's, Carlisle. (Red ink: Drove in Park for Band in morning.) Monday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Saw Princess & Princess Junr. Back. Breakfast. Roy a cheque. After wrote letters & put up things. Lunch. Left at 2.0 & to Liverpool St by cart. There at 2.50. Ran against Galloway. 5 minutes talk to E.J. Gone off. To Wickham Mar't. An old gentleman in the carriage & another going to another shoot next Easton Park. Hot coffee. German elderly maid in the fly. To Easton Park. Party Colonel & Mrs Hankey, Mr & Mrs Wanklyn, Sir Edward & Lady Stern, another lady & self. Another man turned up after dinner. Took Lady S in. Clever woman. Bed at 12.0 after talk in the Billiard Room. Mr & Mrs D'Eyncourt. (Red ink: Went down to Easton Park to shoot, probably the last time.) Tuesday December 3 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Woke 6.30. Depressed. Called at 8.0. Up. Scotch suit. Lo! a wet morning. No letters. No shoot. Mackaw at breakfast. After wrote this etc & letter to Moon etc. In room. At 4.15 to 5.30pm a walk with Mr Wanklyn. Dinner. Took Mrs Lucas in by drawn lot. Next Mrs D'Eyncourt. After lost 25/s Roulette. Played D'Eyncourt 100 up at Billiards. Beat him by 5 points. Made a break of 27 or 29. Bed at 12.0am. We might very well have shot as it cleared up
sufficiently at noon. D'Eyncourt knew Edgar & Sophy. (Red ink: Wet day. No shoot. Walk with Mr Wanklyn.) Wednesday December 4 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 8.0am. Finished packing. Breakfast. All off in motor 10.0am. Sir Edward Stern, self, Col Lucas, Major Hankey, Mr D'Eyncourt, Mr Wanklyn. To old stand about 10 miles off. Self got 25 pheasants, 2 woodcock, 1 rabbit. Heavy wet came on. An old man loader. Lunch in a marquee. Had to wait 40 minutes in discomfort for fly. Just caught the train at Wickham Market. Familiar photographer. One other in carriage. Changed in lavatory. Upton met me at Liverpool St. On in wretched 4 wheeler to Garrick. Saw Joe Carr. To the P.D. O.S, self, C.G, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, R.L. Got subject of Roosevelt Rocking Horse. Seaman good night. Left at 10.45 & home by carriage, writing letters at the Athenaeum. Roy in & came down. (Red ink: Came up from Wickham Market. Only just caught train.) Thursday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. To Lytham House. Saw Princess, no Junr. Back. Breakfast. Sent Upton to Mays & back by Lancaster Gate for Rocking Horse. At 12.0 photod him for Roosevelt as Crusader. Done fairly early. M in my room. Dined at 8.45pm, M, Roy & self. Looked at the papers after. Cold. Bed 11.30pm. Friday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Walk up Church Street. Saw Lady D with her hair all frizzled. All day at work on drawing of Roosevelt on Rocking Horse. M up in my room. Finished 10.40. Dined by self & bed 1.30pm. Mite came up. M reading 'Ferdie'. Roy dined at Dieudonné with Lady Goring & to a Ball after. Cheque for £15.15.0 sent from Lady Grey for Almanack drawing. Saturday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Got Comice pears & bananas. To Cromwell Road. Met bicycle girl by herself. After R.H's sister. Breakfast. Backed photos. Lunch. After went in carriage to the British Museum. Went to the Mausoleum Room. After to Mansells, 405 Oxford St. Then to Walls & the Athenaeum. 'Nice Naughty Elder'. Home. Effie H came. Enlarged 24 photos of school girls etc. M, Roy & self dined. Bed 11.30 after snooze. Sunday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Very wet. Breakfast 9.30. Got off in cart for Euston at 11.15. Caught the noon train for Llandudno Junction. Bottle of Appolinaris cork came out & all the contents ran out through my bag. The Sunday 5 May same thing happened. Down via Rugby, Crewe. 1½ hrs to wait at Chester. At Bodnant at 8.45. Dined 9.15 by self. Causton there & another man. Sir Charles & Lady M excessively kind. Bed 10.30pm. (Red ink: Left London & arrived at Tal-y-cafn.) Monday December 9 Bodnant, Tal-y-cafn. Called 7.30. Had coughed in the night. Most stormy. Started to shoot round house 9.45. Self got 21 pheasants, 3 duck. 6 guns, Sir C.B.McLaren, Causton, self, young McLaren, Mr Ellis & a long legged Major with a
voice like C.Graves. Got a few, each good shots. Remember the Park shoot as it was 3 years ago. Lunch in house. Out again 2.30pm. Heavy rain came on. Left off 4.20. Bath. Changed. Wrote letters & diary. Tea in room. Dinner 7.45. Took Lady McLaren in. After played bridge. Lost 3/6. Bed 11.30pm. The Majors name was Priddle. (Red ink: Delightful shoot at Tal-y-cafn.) Tuesday December 10 Bodnant, Tal-y-cafn. Up 7.30. Bath. Stormy moning. Letters from M. After started 9.30 & drove in the rain to same farm where guns were put up in 1903. Same six guns as yesterday. Not much rain till stand for ducks. Then it did rain & blow all it knew for the rest of the day. Shot less than I ever remember doing at any covert shoot. 3 pheasants only picked up & 2 ducks. Left off at top of hill. Gave Parry the Keeper £1.0.0 & loader £1.0.0. Home by carriage. Tea in house. After a good hot bath & rest. Wrote M & R.H. Guns, Sir C.B McLaren, young McLaren, Rt Hon R.K.Causton, Mr Ellis, self, & Major Priddell. Dinner 8.0pm. After talk to Lady McLaren. Pianola. Went to bed at 11.15. Packed. Cough troublesome. (Red ink: Frightfully wet day.) Wednesday December 11 Bodnant, Tal-y-cafn. Called at 8.25pm. Servants overslept themselves. Rush to get away. Left. Mr Ellis, R.K.Causton & self in carriage at 8.35 & to Llandudno Junction. Up to town. Lunch in train. Arrived 2.15. Cart met me & home. Dear M tired rather. Wrote letters. Left at 5.55. Met R.H & then on to Athenaeum & Blenheim & Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Guthrie to go to Balcombe House for Xmas. Back by carriage calling at Athenaeum to write to Warne about Lear's book. Suggested cartoon. (Red ink: Met R.H. Left for home from Tal-y-cafn with Causton & Mr Ellis.) Thursday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk up Church Street with Rags. After schemed subject of Birrell & Cow à la Lear. Warne sent book. Photod Upton & got prints with difficulty. Got it ready for outline. M & self dined quietly. Friday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk past Lytham House. Saw Princess, not so pretty. Worked all day on drawing of Birrell & Cow á la Lear. Finished at 9.0pm. Dined by self, M looking on. Bed 11.30. No smoke. Cough troublesome. Saturday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walked by Cromwell Road. Spoke Legs. Gave address, 8 Scarsdale Terrace. Back. Tidied up in morning. In the afternoon began Title Page for Vol 133. M & self dined by ourselves. Cough troublesome. Could not get seats for the Apollo Theatre. Upton brought letter & a packet of medicine from the Athenaeum. Sunday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out up Church St. Met cripples. Old paupers. 'What you must do is to get me a stamp'. Back. At 12.0 took M for drive to top of Park & walked home. Lunch. Dear Ann came in afternoon. Sent her home in the carriage. Went on with drawing for Title Page Vol 133. Paxton called. M & self
dined by ourselves. No smoke. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: 1st took the American tonic.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of Emily Dimmock. Sunday 15 Dec. People.) Monday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Went to Lytham House School. Still going on. Saw Princess. Back & at work all day on drawing for Title Vol 133. Left at 6.0 for the Punch Dinner by bus. Called at the Athenaeum Club. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, R.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got easy cut of John Bull. Left 10.45 by carriage. Caught up by Green & took him home. No smoke, no liqueur. (Red ink: Punch Dinner for Xmas.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Kemble. Death of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock. Death of Laura Thursby.) Tuesday Decmber 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walked over Notting Hill & home. After schemed subject, John Bull & American Beef. Britten could not come. Photod from Upton. Got all ready by 4.0pm. 2 hrs rest, when finished Title for Vol 133. Sent it off. M, Roy & self dined at 8.0. In Drawing Room after. Looked over Sketch. Coughed at night & M had a bad night. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Sir Leopold McClintock. Obituary of Lord Kelvin. Wedy Dec 18.) Wednesday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Went past Lytham House. Saw Princess. Back. Breakfast. After went on & did John Bull & American Beef. Finished by 9.30pm. Dined 9.45, M looking on. Looked over Sketch. Bed 11.30. Slept better. No cough. Verdict Not Guilty in the Wood case. Thursday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Walked round by Cromwell Road. No Legs. Bought apples. Hair cut. Sent Upton to Seaman. After when answer came O.S came. Began to scheme Opening Page for Volume 134, Roosevelt & Neptune. Worked at it all afternoon. M & self dined all by ourselves. In the Morning Room & bed 11.30 after. Looked over back numbers of Sketch. (Cutting glued in: The Campden Town Murder verdict.) Friday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & round to Lytham House. Some of the school girls only. Others including Princess not. Back & on with drawing for Vol 134. Britten could not come. Photod Upton for Neptune & Roosevelt. Got prints & in afternoon up to dinner drew them in. M & self dined quietly & in the Morning Room after. Bed 11.30pm. Muggy warm weather. Saturday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk to Cromwell Road. Saw & spoke to Miss P. Back & all the morning getting ready to go to Leweston. Could do no work. Decided to take down bag with drawing for Volume 134. All morning packing. Lunch. Sent Vince on. After M & self went in the carriage to Waterloo & down with one other lady to Sherborne by the 2.30 train. Very late in arrival. Motor to Leweston Manor. Had Thermos bottle. Dorothy Shakespeare & Mervyn & Ethel there. Dinner. Champagne. Sleepy after dinner 11.0pm. (Red ink: Went down to Leweston, M, self & Vince.) (Cutting glued in: Will of Sir William Pearce. Dec 21.)
Sunday December 22 Leweston Manor. Up at 8.0am. Out for short walk. Round garden. After took 3 hours & worked on drawing for Opening Vol 124. Muggy weather & drizzly. Lunch. Hamilton & self went for walk up to top of hill. Fine Park. Tea. Worked with 4 candles from 5.0 to 7.15pm on drawing Opening Vol 124. Dinner. Took Claret. V.sleepy after. Bed 11.0pm. Monday December 23 Leweston Manor. Up 8.0am & out for short walk. Breakfast. After worked on drawing for Opening Volume 134 from 9.45 to 1.0pm. Packed up & left in motor to catch the 2.55 train. Up to town. Long wait at Templecombe. Thermos coffee. Upton met me at Waterloo. Put me down at Athenaeum. Long letter from Luna. To Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, E.T.R, A.G. Seaman suggested the Suffragette Ski. Left at 10.45 & to the Athenaeum & wrote ½ doz letters, only May's of which was delivered. Home by bus from Piccadilly Circus. Roy came down to Leweston. Tuesday December 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Slightly foggy. Sent Upton to Miss Huxley & after to May's. Walk up Church Street. No wire from Woodcock. All came right. Had to send Marie to Barkers. At 12.20 photod Miss Huxley. Got all ready & had the Electric Enlarger in yard. After between 5.0 & 8.30 went on & shaded drawing for Opening Volume 134. Dined at 8.30 by self & bed after snooze 12.30am. Went out at 5.30 but I failed to see R.H. Back by 6.15pm. (Red ink: No R.H.) Wednesday December 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk with Rags up Church St. Saw Mr Turner in distance. All day at work by self. Finished Opening Vol 134 drawing at 1.0pm. Put things away & began cartoon at 2.0pm. Worked till 8.45. Dined by self. Henriette waited. Imperfect. Marie out. Bed at 12.30am after snooze. Thursday December 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk over Campden Hill. Not a soul about. Bought Daily Mail. Back & worked up to 3.0pm when finished cartoon of Suffragette & Ski. Packed up & left in cart at 4.50pm. Drove to Waterloo. Caught without any trouble the 5.50pm train for Sherborne. Man in train got out Basingstoke like Lord Curzon. Dined in train & arrived Sherborne exactly to time. Court met me & drove to Leweston. All there. Looked at Illustrated News 1873. Bed 11.0pm after Whisky. (Red ink: Saw Lord Curzon. Went down to Leweston.) Friday December 27 Leweston Manor. Up 8.10. After breakfast. At 10.0am Hamilton, Shakespeare, Gareth & self went shooting round the Park. Got over 40 rabbits & a few pheasants. Saw 2 roe deer. Lunch in house. Most bitterly cold east wind. M & Roy at the kennels. Got a pheasant in farm yard. Left off at 4.0. Back. Changed. Wrote 4 letters of New Year's wishes. After 2 hours rest. Bath before dinner. At dinner Gwen, Roy & Tabs went off to a Dance. After Bristowe away. Fire broke out in Conservatoy. Put out. Very tired after dinner. Bed 11.0. (Red ink: Shoot in Leweston Park.)
Saturday December 28 Leweston Manor. Up 8.15. Had slept fairly well. Very cold. No letters. Hamilton, Gwen & Gareth went off a hunting in motor. After took M for walk. Roy also came. Round by farm & Keepers cottage & 'Whisper'. A snow sleet came on & kept on all day. Lunch. Gareth back in the afternoon. Wrote letters. Gave up going to Sherborne. Looked at I.L.N. & found in 1868 John Herapath's will. H & Gwen back & dinner 7.45. Patience after. Bed 11.0. Decided to go to Balcombe on Tuesday. Sunday December 29 Leweston Manor. Up 8.15. Fair night. Down. Dining Room very stuffy. No breakfast. Out & walked round path 3 times. After letters came. None from C.M. Took M for walk to the church & back. H doing pictures. Not so cold. In afternoon went for 5 mile walk with H & Roy to gravel pits. Dinner. Long rest after. Tried cigar carrier. Bed 11.0pm. Both M & self slept well. Not so cold. (Red ink: Very stuffy Dining Room.) Monday December 30 Leweston Manor. Up 8.15. Bath. Out & walk round path. Glass gone down a little. Breakfast. Talk of Druce grave being opened. At 10.30 Gareth, Mervyn & Gwen all went hunting. Cold & raw. Hamilton putting up coloured glass prints. The Shakepeares leave. Lunch. After at 1.30 the S's left. Motor came back for M & self & we went to Sherborne & over the Abbey. Monuments to the John Horsey family & the Lewstons in wonderful state of preservation. 16th centy. Had got Hamilton pair of knitted gloves. Back at 3.40pm by motor. Wrote diary & letters. Dressed & just before dinner wire came, evidently from Olive Shakespeare. "Fine beard on Skeleton". Quiet dinner. Sleepy after. Bed 11.0. Woke up at 3.0am & missed my way between doors. Got onto landing somehow & if Roy had not helped me should have been in a fix. M slept through it all. (Red ink: Got out of my bearings in the night.) Tuesday December 31 Leweston Manor. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. After packed etc. News of finding body of J.C.Druce in the coffin at Highgate Cemetery. M, Roy & self with Vince got off at noon & by motor to Sherborne. Stoppage at Salisbury & train to wrong platform. Great bother with hand bags. Roy & self had luncheon in the train. M had sour meat & bad sandwiches. At Waterloo Upton met us & we drove to Victoria. Caught the 4.30pm train to Balcombe. Met Lennie & Ruth in train. To Balcombe House. M went up to rest. Guthrie there & Miss Ritchie. Harold & his wife. Dressed. Good dinner. M not down. Roy took the Bank at Roulette after. They all played, Fitzroy also. I left table & went to bed 11.45. M & self both slept well. (Red ink: Left Leweston Manor & went through down to Balcombe, M, self & Vince. Bother changing at Salisbury. Ellie Ritchie & Guthrie there. Ferdy.) Notes and addresses at end of diary. G.Taverner. 5L Cornwall Mansions, Clarence Gate, Regents Park, NW. 26 Whitton Road, Twickenham. 112 Holbein House, Sloane Sq, SW. Elliott. 4 Testerton Street, Lancaster Gate Road, W.
Furrell. 77 Talbot Road, Baysw. Marlow, Lily & sister. 49 Minford Gardens, West Kensington Park. Hornsby, Rose. 6 South End Gardens, Kensington, W. Viney, Ethel H. 45-47 High Street, Cheshunt, Herts. Huxley, E. 1 Portland Mansions. Mackenzie, L. 45 Berners St, W. Morgan, R. 38 Tabor Road, The Grove, Hammersmith. Woodcock, Mabel. 122 Victoria Rd, Kilburn, NW. Payn. 8 Scarsdale Terrace, High St Kensington. Pegler H.L. 5 King Henry's Road, Regents Pk Rd, NW. Hancock, W. 10 Queens Rd, Hammersmith. Adelphi 410 Strand, WC A.Gifford Stacey for Tom B.Davis Aldwych Aldwych, WC Apollo Shaftsbury Ave, W A.C.Belsey Comedy Panton Street, SW Coronet High St, N.H, W Criterion 218 Piccadilly, W Dalys 2 Cranbourne St, WC G.E.Minor Duke of Yorks St Martins Lane, WC James W.Mathews Gaiety Aldwych, Strand, WC E.Marshall Garrick 2 Charing X Rd, WC Arthur Bourchier Haymarket 7-8 Haymarket, SW Frederick Harrison His Majesty's Haymarket, SW Henry Dana Imperial Tothill Street, SW Lyston Lyle Lyric 29 Shaftesbury Ave, W A.C.Belsey New St Martins Lane, WC Charles Wyndham Palace Cambridge Circus, WC Alfred Butt Playhouse N.A.Charing X, WC A.S.Donald, W.H.Dawes Prince of Wales Coventry Street, W A.S.Donald, W.H.Dawes Royal Court Sloane Square, SW St James's King St St James, SW George Alexander Savoy Savoy Court, WC Mrs D'Oyly Carte Shaftesbury 3 Shaftesbury Ave, W Terry's 105 Strand, WC E.P.Morgan Theatre R, Covent G, Bow Street, WC T.R. Drury Lane, Catherine St, WC Sidney Smith Vaudeville 404 Strand, WC Herbert Clark Waldorf Aldwych, WC Wyndhams Charing X Road, WC Alhambra Leicester Square, WC Empire Leicester Square, WC H.J.Hitchins Great Central Railway G.M. Sam Fay Esquire, Marylebone Station G.M.O. London Road Station, London N.W. Manchester C.H. Esq. S.M W.F.Monkton Great Eastern Railway
G.M. J.F.S.Gooday A.G.M R.Ellis G.M.O. Liverpool St Station E.C. S.M. H.G.Drury Great Northern Railway G.M. A.G.M G.M.O. Kings Cross, N. S.M Secy W.Latta Great Western Railway G.M. J.C.Inglis A.G.M. J.P.Monkhouse G.M.O. Paddington Station S.M. J.F Johnstone Midland Railway G.M. W.Guy Grant A.G.M Ed W.Walls G.M.O. Darley S.M W.Snow. St Pancras. London Brighton & South Coast G.M. William Forbes A.G.M. G.M.O. London Bridge Station S.E. London & North Western Railway G.M. Sir Frederick Harrison A.G.M. G.M.O. Euston Station N.W. S.M. Mr Brook. Carlisle, Mr Haythornthwaite. South Eastern & Chatham Railway G.M. Vincent C.Hill Secy C.Sheath (Charles Davis) G.M.O. London Bridge Station S.E. S.M. J.W.Green Capn 2V Blomefield R.M.S. Calais. North Bristol Railway G.M. N.F.Jackson A.G.M. G.M.O. Edinburgh N.B. S.M. London & South Western Railway G.M. Sir Charles Owens Station Superintendants Office. Waterloo Station
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Caledonian Railway G.M. R.Millar A.G.M G.M.O. 302 Buchanan St Glasgow. S.M. William Hamilton Glasgow G.M. A.G.M G.M.O. S.M.
& South Western David Cooper St Enoch Station, Glasgow C.E.Cockburn, Sup of the Line
Highland Railway Company G.M. J.A.Wilson A.G.M. G.M.O. Inverness S.M. Port Patrick & Wigtownshire G.M. John Thomson A.G.M. G.M.O. Carlisle S.M. Traffic Manager, Fred W.Hutchinson, Stranraer N.B. C.M. Bryson
Tuesday May 15 06
R.Morgan
Sunday May 20 06 Sunday May 12 07
McCrae could not come Sunday Nov 4 06 Mabel Woodcock Saturday May 11 07 (also May 2 07) Grace Taverner
Clotilda Louis Elsie Jessop
Hornsby could not sit, ill 1st single Turkish
Saturday May 25 07 Sunday July 21 07 Sunday Oct 13 07 Saturday June 15 07 Saturday July 6 07 never came Monday Apl 29 07 never came Saturday July 27 07 Wednesday Aug 7 07 Sunday Aug 11 07 Wednesday 28 Aug 07 Saturday Sep 7 07 Wednesday Sep 11 07.
Wedy Nov 20 (meetings only, not photographs.) Wedy Nov 27 Wedy Dec 11 Thursday Jan 2 (this is 08) Tuesday Feby 18 Saty Mar 7 Moon
Nov 16 07 Nov 19 06 (sic, should be 07)
1908 Notes and addresses in front of Diary: Linley Sambourne, 18 Stafford Terrace, Kensington, London, W. 5/s Reward if lost & returned to above address. 162319 A & N, Managing Director. W.Phaysey Athenaeum Secy. R.Tedder. Armour G.D. Etchelhampton House, Devizes. Bellini. Hanover Restaurant, Mill Street, W. Bonvoisin. 53 Rue Père Charron. Bingham 15 Kenbourne Rd, Sharrow. Churchward, Capt A.W. 30 Rue des Italiens. Miss Gordon Bennett T.J. Peacock, Fisher & Chevasse, 3 Field Court, Grays Inn, WC. Ayala, L de. The Chestnuts, Epsom Hill. Continental Hotel. A.Lotti, 399 Room. Boyson, Constance Marguerite. 14 Caroline Place, Claughton, Birkenhead. The Addresslet Co Lt, 24 Strand, WC. Easter Day is always the first Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon or next after the 21st day of March & if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday Easter Day is the Sunday after. Hones Everyday Book 1826. Biancardi. 15 Strada Cristofero, Valetta, Malta. Dallmeyer, J.H Lt. 25 Newman St, W. Addresslet Co Lt. 34 Strand, WC. Blenheim Club. 28 King Street. Allenbach, Marie. Jan 14 08. Viviane. French Embassy, Madrid. Vivien Bourke. Felsden, Roydon, Essex. Brown. 2 Edwardes Place, High Road Kensington. Gotz, Ina. R.Gotz & Co, 215 Shaftesbury Avenue, Oxford St, WC Electrician. Enlarger. J.W.Brettall. 18 Adam St, Adelphi, WC. Emmanuel, Walter L. 17 Holland Pk Avenue. Graves, C.L. 50 Iverna Gardens. Earls Ct Ex. Press, Henry J.Thompson. Hartree, W. Havering, Tonbridge Wells. Horlick. Arlesbrook Farm, Esher. Hickman Sir A. Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, NB. Graphic, Tallis St, Victoria Embankment, EC. Herapath, Mervyn. 2 Heath Mansions, Putney Heath Lane, S.W. The Gaumont Compy. 5-6 Sherwood St, Piccadilly Circus, W. The Daily Graphic. Milford House, Milford Lane, Strand, WC. Masseur, Gillgood. M.Carnachan, 24 Beaumont St, W.
Moon. Penyvoel House, Llanymynach, Mont. Lucas, E.V. 2 Gordon Place, Kens. Knightley. Rider Heaton & Wigram, 8 New Square, Lincolns Inn, WC. Lumière. 89 Great Russell St, WC. Thos K.Grant. Moore & Co. 3 Stratford Road, Kens. Messel. 31 Throgmorton St, EC. Ostend. Hotel Continental. A.Duclerck, Proprietor. Lincoln Bennett & Co. 16 June 08. L.B.Soldi Esquire, manager. Macmillan & Co. St Martins Street, London WC. Lowe, J. 138 Wardour St, W. F.W.Stevenson. Photographic Association, 14-15 Conduit Street, New Bond Street. Telegrams Cameracum, London. Telephone 6061 Gerrard. Attendant. E.Beesley, 13 Robert Street, Bedford Row, WC. Nembhard. 27 Gilbert Street, Grosvenor Square, W. Photographer recommended by Miss Gladys Crozier: F.Smart, Chemist, High Street, Steyning. Rear Admiral Sir Percy Scott. F.H.Townsend Esqr. 27 Warwick Gardens. 1 Turner Studios, Glebe Place, Chelsea. Soap, Courts Castile. 5½ lb bar 2/9 Ross St. J.G.Anderson, Secy. Sintram Freemantle & Co. Piccadilly Trendell, Sir Arthur. 18 Oakwood Court, W. Tuck, Raphael & Sons. Raphael House, Moorfields, EC. Workhouse: C.Francis Birchmaster. St Mary Abbots W-H, Marloes Road, Kensington W. Waterbury Watches, L.A.Parker, 15 Newgate Street, EC. Jan 1908 Wednesday January 1 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. A good bath. Decided to shoot & left in motor for Nymans at 10.0am, Guthrie & Lennie & self. Rev Stephen Boyd, Captn Gibbes, Eric P. Saw Captn Loring, Mrs Messel etc. All went to farm along road. Self got 5 pheasants & 1 partridge. Lunch at Swiss Chalet when Guthrie & self left. Back by motor to Balcombe. Changed. Diabolo going on. Left all there & up to town by the 4.20pm. Upton took bags home. Bitterly cold wind. Called Blenheim & Athenaeum. Xmas boxes. To the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, L.B, H.W.L. Got cut of Sydney Buxton & Limerick Goose. Home by carriage taking F.H.T as far as Court Theatre. He gave me a drawing. On home. Bitterly cold. Fire in Bed Room. Bed 12.0am. Partridge at Monte Carlo. (Red ink: Shot at Nymans. Felt walking very much.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Frank Bergne. Obituary of Frank Bergne.) Thursday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am & out. Bitterly cold. Sent Upton to P.O for hat & coat, could not get them. After at 12.0am photod Upton & a Postman he had got. Enlarged a Goose & page of Punch for Sir Percy Scott. Got all ready. Rest from 3.0
to ½ past 4.0. Tea. Out. Met R.H. Awful cold. Back & outlined the cartoon. Dressed & drove to dine with Spencer, Ada, Hylda & a Major & his wife at the Carlton. There to the strike of clock. A remarkably good dinner & wine. Lord Lonsdale & Haddon Chambers dining. Left 10.30. Letters at Athenaeum. Home. Fire in room. Looked over papers. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Good dinner with Spencer at the Carlton.) Friday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Rather overslept. Down at 9.0 & out. Up Church St & round by Gordon Place. Missed Band. At work all day on drawing of Limerick Goose & the Postmaster General. Finished at 9.30 when dined. Roy with me. Intensely cold. Bed 12.0am after Morning Room. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Capt M.P.H.Oakes, of a daughter.) Saturday January 4 Stafford Terrace. My birthday. Up 8.0am & out. Round Cromwell Road. No Legs. Back. All the morning tidying up etc. At 1.0 a man came & photographed me at the back for the Tribune & after made a beastly mess in my room with a flash light. Got off at 3.45 & caught the 4.30 train down to Balcombe. There to tea. Mr Bertram Stewart came up from station with me. Ellie Ritchie there. Dinner. Health drunk. After played Roulette. Won a few shillings. M played also. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: My birthday. Alone. Went down to Balcombe in afternoon.) (Cutting glued in: Many happy returns of the day to Mr Linley Sambourne.) Sunday January 5 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Fitzroy long time in the bath. Lovely sunny beautiful winter’s day. No wind. Took M for walk down to the lake. People skating. Back by 12.30pm. Signs of wind shifting. Lunch at 1.0. Felt tired. Livery & seedy. After at 2.0 we all went down to the lake for skating. Miss R, Mite, M, self, Mr Stewart, Linley, Fitzroy etc etc. My skates put on by Mitchell & started away all right. Not skated for some years. Ice in perfect condition. Black. Not skated on black ice since 1863 or 6? Kept on till 4.45 when back to M. Vince had been insolent to M. Wrote letters & diary. Dinner. After Roulette. Won 17/3d. Bed at 11 45 pm. (Red ink: Skated on lake 1st time on black ice since 1863.(Red ink: (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Arthur Ladenburg, of a daughter. Obituary of the Hon Mrs William Lowther. Tuesday 7 Jany 08.) Monday January 6 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Bath. Breakfast. Great change in the weather. All the frost gone & much warmer. Stewart left early. Wrote diary up. After Lennie went to town for old Nannie funeral. All morning at work on drawing for Admiral Sir Percy Scott. Re-production. Lunch. Took M for walk down to lake & thro upper road. Mite's carriage passed going to Lady Denman's. Back. Tea. Worked from 4.15 to 6.0pm. Got outline done. After squared prints of Sketch. Dinner 9.0pm. Lennie brought Captain Bigge & Lord Chichester to dinner in mess jackets. Champagne. Roulette after. Cough troublesome. Won 6/s about. Bed 12.0am. Talk of Jack Bennett. (Red ink: Frost all went. Began Adml Sir Percy Scott's replica. Lord Chichester & Captain Bigge dined.) Tuesday January 7
Balcombe House. Up 8.20. Bath. Down ¾ hr to soon. Breakfast 9.30am. Captain Bigge left by the early train, Lord Chichester at 10.30, Ellie Ritchie by the 12.10pm train. Worked all morning on drawing for Admiral Sir Percy Scott. Lunch at 3.15. Lennie & Mite left in the motor to go to Lord Zouche's. Took M for walk up the Red Road. Back at 4.15pm. Wrote letters & changed my drawing to the upper room. Tea. Oliver & pistol spring. Miss Crozier came. Letters & diary. Long letter to Henry Silver. Dinner, M, Miss Crozier & self. Quiet evening aftewards. Bed at 11.30pm after rest. Wednesday January 8 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Miss Crozier & I breakfasted together. Worked all morning in upper bed room on Sir Percy Scott's re-production. Lunch. Shave etc & packed & off by the 4.20. Met a Mr Belloc M.P in the train. Talk about S(illeg). Upton met me & took bags. By bus to the Athenaeum & to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P (back from Monte Carlo) E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Pleasant dinner & got good subject of Veteran in Workhouse. Home by carriage & wrote letters at the Athenaeum. Roy in & up in bed. (Red ink: Worked on Sir Percy Scott's replica. Finished outline. Met Mr Belloc in train.) Thursday January 9 Stafford Terrace. Up late, 8.45. Overslept myself. Out & up Church St. After schemed subject of Gratitude & Veteran. Upton to Mays. A wire from Miss Huxley to say she could not come. Sent Marie for boy messenger to Miss Beckington who sat for 1st time. An old man came from the Workhouse just what I wanted. Got all done by 3.30pm. Wrote & on to work. Roy wired to say he would dine. We both dined together at 8.45 & bed at 12.0am after looking at papers. Very cold. (Red ink: Bother about Miss Huxley not coming. 1st sitting Miss Beckerton. Roy & self dined.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Wilhelm Busch. Jany 10.) Friday January 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out up Church St. Man waiting for Xmas box for Band. Gave him 2/6. After all day at work on Gratitude & Old Veteran. Finished at 10.15 when dined by self. Roy had been to Olympia with the Pohls. Very cold. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Gave Bandsman Xmas box.) Saturday January 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am & out. Cold. No Payn. Back. Breakfast after. Tidied up all morning. Sent bookmark. Lunch. Put up No 1 & No 4 magazines for Watson. Left 3.45 in carriage. Down to Balcombe with Dr Messel. To Mite’s. Lennie & Miss Crozier there. Wrote letters. Dinner. Claret. After we played Roulette & I lost £1.1.0. Bed late. M awake 12.15am. Very cold in the night. (Red ink: Went down to Balcombe. Bitterly cold again.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Fanny Twiss.) Sunday January 12 Balcombe House. Up at 9.0. Rest. Both breakfast. Lovely bright sun all day. Clear & cold. Went for a walk with M as far as farm. Little black Persian cat. Back down the other side of lake. Ice bore & people skating. Walked home. Lunch. After Lennie Linley & self went to skate from 2.15 to 5.15pm. Servants on. Cook Rainbow. Lord & Lady Denman, also Mr or Captain & Mrs Sargeantson.
Rookwood. Mite & Miss Crozier went to call on Lord Frederick. Dinner after writing letters. After won back nearly all I lost last night. Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Most lovely bright sunny winter’s day. Took M for long walk. Skated on lake 2.30 to 4.10pm.) Monday January 13 Balcombe House. Up 8.35. Lovely bright cold morning. Lennie up to town. All to clear out. Dear Oliver's birthday. Wrote letters. At 11.30 M, Miss Crozier & self all went down to the lake. Hockey going on. Mrs Oxley, Miss C & self skated. Tripped up over piece of a twig. Strained back of thigh. Frost giving. Mite, servants & Miss C, M & self, all came up to town by the 4.23pm train, M & self walking to the station. Home by 1 horse bus. Dinner. Roy rather cantankerous. In Morning Room after. Had rather bad night with cough. (Red ink: M & self returned home to 18 Stafford Terrace from Balcombe. Skated on lake 11.30 to 1.0pm.) Tuesday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & out up Church Street. After all day at work on Admiral Sir Percy Scott's replica. Shaded it. Frost all going. M, Roy & self dined. In Drawing Room after. Read Guy's Journey to Exeter to M & Roy. Felt very much better, cough not so troublesome. (Red ink: Finished or rather went on with Admiral Sir Percy Scott's replica. Cough not so troublesome.) Wednesday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & out up Church St. At work all the morning & finished Adml Percy Scott's replica drawing at 4.50pm. After went up by bus to the Punch Dinner calling Blenheim & Athenaeum. No letter from M. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.L, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. A long weary sitting. Got stupid cut of Conservative Free Trade being waylaid. Left 10.50 & home by carriage calling at Athenaeum. (Red ink: Lytham House school resumed. Vince left M's service.) Thursday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am & walk up Church Street. Back. Breakfast. Sent Upton to Mays & at 12.15 photod Britten for masked figure & after Pegler & Upton. Enlarged up in my room & got all ready by 4.0pm. Rest & worked from 5.0 to 8.0pm when M & I dined together. My face swelled up & became very painful. Gum boil in left eye tooth. In Drawing Room. Missed papers. Very mild weather. Bed at 11.30. My tooth hurt very much in the night. (Red ink: Horrid swelled face & ache came on about 5.0pm.) Friday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Church St. Back & Rags got hold of a cat at end house opposite. Back. Face & gum B most painful. At work all day on drawing of Unionist F Trade being waylaid. F.C.G did it on Saturday. Worked up to 9.45pm when dined by myself. Gum boil & face extremely painful. In Drawing Room. Bed at 12.0am. Tired & done. A most lovely sunny day. Quite warm like Spring. (Red ink: Lovely spring like day. Face swelled & most painful & cough troublesome at night.) Saturday January 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Fair night. No Rags. Out up Ch St. Breakfast. My face much swelled & very painful. Put all away & wrote on Admiral Sir Percy Scott's 2 drawings. Sent them to Johnson. Lunch. Rested in chair Morning Room. Slept for 2 hours, 2.0 to 4.0pm. Dressed. Tea. Went in carriage to Walls & to Blenheim & Athenaeum. Wrote Sir Percy Scott & M. Saw Graves. Death of Sir Lawrence Walton. Back. Roy dressing. Enlarged 9 cards. Dinner. Baby food. Cough came on bad & my face still painful. Bed at 11.45pm. Had bad night with cough. (Red ink: Face all swelled & very bad. Bad night with cough.) Sunday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Woke & up at 9.20. Had had bad night with cough & swelled cheek not very much better. A black fog. Roy not down till 10.40am. At 12.15 took M for drive round Park, Bayswater side. Dense black fog. Turned & walked down the Bayswater side of Park. Home 1.20pm. In afternoon rested an hour, then enlarged rest of schoolgirls etc up to dinner time. Spencer called at tea time. At 8.0pm M, Roy & self dined & had quiet peaceful evening. Roy read Conan Doyle's book. Bed 10.30. Had very good night, both M & self. (Red ink: Awful fog. At 12.0 took M for drive round Park & walked part of way home down the Bayswater side. M, Roy & self dined. Lanced my jaw. Good night with cough. Both slept well.) Monday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out with Rags. Went to Lytham House. Face still swelled & painful. Saw the Princess with a red bag. School commenced last Wednesday. Back. Breakfast. After printed blues of Pageant Wedy 17 July 07. Fine day. Devloped a few films. Rest after lunch. At 5.0 dear Mite & Linley came. Mite an awful cold. At 6.15 Dr Beauchamp came. Saw M & examined me. Said I had bronchial cataarh. Wrote a prescription. Began Siamese drawing. M, Roy & self dined. Roy left in the carriage at 9.15pm. Bed 11.0. My cough most troublesome in the night. Dear M much disturbed. (Red ink: Dr Beauchamp came.) Tuesday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Had had very bad night with cough. M put embrocation on in the night. Up 8.10am & out in a wretched fog. Felt really seedy & difficulty in breathing & going up hill. Roy & self breakfasted. Took Beauchamp's syrupy medicine. Got on with drawing for Siam. In afternoon enlarged 3 or 4 small films for it. After M & self dined. Mite came in afternoon. Bad cold. Quiet evening & bed early. (Red ink: Felt very seedy. Ought to have dined at the Wirgmans. Beauchamp said better not.) Wednesday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out over Notting Hill. Saw few school girls. Back & all morning tidying, enlarging etc. Letter from Sir F.Rawlinson about drawing for Lord Roberts. Rest after lunch. Went up to Walls & the Athenaeum by the carriage. Letter from Mrs M, also Moon. Wrote letters & on to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R (on other side of table) H.W.L, A.G. Did not smoke. Left at 10.0pm & home by carriage, calling at the Athenaeum to write letters. (Red ink: Left at 10.0pm from Punch Dinner.) Thursday January 23
Stafford Terrace. Black fog all day & could take no photos, almost for 1 st time. Wired Huxley not to come. Upton to Mays, never used them. Looked out old studies for Canada & Japan & enlarged them in afternoon. Worked till 8.0pm when M & Roy & self dined. Bed at 11.0. Cough bad. Had a bottle of Geisler '98 to cheer us up & smoked a cigar. Did not sleep well from cough. In morning walked to Lytham House. Saw the Princess. Wonderful figure behind. (Red ink: Dense black fog all day. Impossible to photograph.) Friday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Black fog all day. Could not photo. Did not go out at all. Worked on drawing of Japan & Canada. Finished 10.30 when dined alone. Tired & seedy. Cough bad. Very bad night. At last a pine lozenge quietened me & I slept. Roy out. (Red ink: All day at work by the Electric Light. Dense black fog.) Saturday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Up Church St. Very seedy & had had bad night. Cook shouted at Rags. In morning put things straight. No theatre tickets. After lunch at 3.0 walked with M to 104 Lancaster Gate. Carriage at door & Oliver & Ann. Went on with M to Athenaeum. Disappointing letter from Genl Sir H Rawlinson. On to Lower Butts. Tea. Enlarged 6 girls over again & 18 Spanish ones, the first I had done. M & self had quiet peaceeful evening & bed 11.45 after snooze. Dr Beauchamp came & saw M & self at 1.15pm. Self bronchial cataarh. Sunday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Had 1st better night. Much warmer. No cough, no lozenges. Out up Church St & down Lower Phillimore Gardens. At 11.30 drove with M to the Zoo. Man feeding lemurs. Baby giraffe. Left 1.5pm, back 1.30. After lunch rest. At 4.0 enlarged 6 of Bull Fight. Very small lens. Tea. Upset cup. Hilda Herapath & a friend called. Wet. Bathed 24 photos. 1st Spanish enlargements. Lennie, Mite, Roy & Miss Crozier dined. A very pleasant evening. They left at 11.0pm. Had good night. (Red ink: M & self drove to the Zoological Gardens. Giraffe. Lennie & Mite dined.) Monday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. Wet damp morning. Walked over Notting Hill with Rags & back. After all day at work on Siam drawing. After lunch developed 30 of films across Channel Sunday 28 July last. 16 spoilt. Rest. Very tired. From 4.30 to 8.0 went on with Siam. Took figure & altered it putting another in. M in room. M & self dined. Roy out. Read Napoleon of Notting Hill. Bosh. Bed 11.15. Something disagreed with me, either warmed up food or mince pie. (Red ink: Began drawing for Siam.) Tuesday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Had been up with slight indigestion. Bright sun for a time. Out & to Lytham House. Saw Princess. Must get that back figure. King opens Parliament. Lovely day. Bright sun. King opened Parliament tomorrow. All day at work on drawing for Siam. Callers in afternoon. M & self dined quietly. In the Drawing Room after. Bed at 11.0pm. Did another lot of films after lunch. (Cutting glued in: Estate of Admiral Sir Arthur Farquhar. 27 June.)
Wednesday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walked to corner of Lytham House. Princess without servants. Back & in morning shaded drawing for Siam. After lunch did a few films. Rested from 3.0 to 4.30. Left in carriage at 3.45 & drove to 9 Portland Pl. Had teeth seen to by Gabell. To Walls, Blenheim & Athenaeum. Wrote C.M & to the Punch Dinner by bus. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, R.L, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Full dinner. Got away 10.45 & to the Athenaeum where carriage was. Home. Got subject of Princes in the Tower. Felt seedy & slack. King opened Parliament & made slip of speech. Prevention of children. (Red ink: King opened Parliament. Fine day. Tooth looked to.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Arthur Farquhar. Jany 31.) Thursday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out to Lytham House. Saw Princess. Called print shop for copy of Princes in Tower. After breakfast book was sent from Methuens & photo from Elliott & Fry. Schemed subject & photod at 12.15pm 2 boys. Got all done by 3.30pm. 1 hr rest. After worked from 5.0 to 8.0pm, M reading about Babylon. M & self dined & in Morning Room after. Tired & slack. Bed at 11.0pm. Friday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Good night. Out at 8.40 & walk over to Notting. Saw most of the habitués. Squills etc. Band in Argyll Road. All day at work on drawing of parody of Millais' Princes in the Tower. Finished 9.45. Dined by self, M sitting till 10.20. Cigar & up to bed at 11.45. Roy back 11.30pm. Feb 1908 Saturday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. To Cromwell Road. Saw T's sister. Towell moved to nearer station. A fine bright morning but cold. Hair cut. Put things away & left with M in carriage at 12.20 & to the Savoy. Lunched. Theatrical people near us. Saw Lady Lawrence, her son & his fiancée. After went with dear Linley & Nurse Francis to the Adelphi Theatre & saw Pantomime of Aladdin. Happy Fanny Fields good. Saw young Aird. Out at 5.15. M & self walked to the Athenaeum. Carriage there. Home. Tea. Wrote C.M & went out & posted it at too late post at Young Street. After M & self dined quietly. Cough troublesome in Morning Room after. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: M & self lunched at the Savoy. Saw Lady Lawrence. Took Linley & Nurse Francis to Pantomime 'Aladdin ' at the Adelphi Theatre.) Sunday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out. Sunny morning. Printed some blues X Channel & Pageant. At 11.45 took M for walk. 1st saw Watts Physical Energy. Met Cap Adrian Jones. Home 1.10pm. Lunch. Rest till 4.0. Paxton called. Broken up. Printed - no - enlarged 16 Bull Fights & 2 over again of Madrid. Dressed 6.45 & left in carriage & dined at Lady Spielmann's. M & self out to dinner 1 st time since Novr 1906. Bitterly cold. Back by carriage. Good fire in Drawing Room. Read Camera in Jamaica. Bed 12.0am. Cough troublesome in Drawing Room. (Red ink: King of Portugal & Crown Prince assassinated in Lisbon. M & self dined at the Spielmanns.) Monday February 3
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Raw. Slight rain. Walked thro Victoria Road to Cromwell Road. Saw the Princess. Must get picture at that spot. Walked round past Eldon Lodge. Back 9.30. Breakfast. Paid for & ordered coals. Dull rainy & raw. After worked all day & finished drawing for Siam. M Roy & self dined & in Morning Room after. Cold. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Finished Siam drawing.) Tuesday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out over Notting Hill at 8.30am. Squills. Cold. Back. Men putting Electric cable. 1st free morning. Sent Siam picture to Johnson. Printed many Pageant blues. Saw Dr Beauchamp. Developed 12 Moon photos. After enlarged 36 Madrid photos. Roy dined at Mite's. M & self dined quietly. Bed 12.0 after Drawing Room. (Red ink: Sent Siam drawing to be framed.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Sir Arthur Farquhar. Feby 5.) Wednesday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Went back for Lytham House, Young St end. Saw Cynthia comming from that side 1st time. Breakfast. After bathed many Madrid photos. Under exposed. Left at 5.0 & called 6 Stanhope Place. Then by bus to Punch Dinner. Called Athenaeum & B Club. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Congratulated on Princes in Tower cut. Got 2 Workmen to do & left 11.15pm. Home by carriage. Late sitting. (Red ink: Called 6 Stanhope Place. Saw same schoolgirl as last year coming from other side Lytham House.) Thursday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out. Met Coward & daughter. 'We walk faster than you'. Again saw C. Back. Britten not able to come. Got 2 men from Nash & at 12.0 photod them. One like Shakespeare. All ready by 3.0. Hour's rest & worked from 5.0 to 8.0pm, M with me in room. Dined quietly together after. Bed 11.30pm. Friday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up a 8.0am. Out. To Lytham House. Again saw Cynthia. Back. Band going away. All day at work on Two Topers. Finished 9.45 when dined. Dear M sitting up at dinner. Bed 12.0am. Looked out birth in Times in issue of Jany 5th 1844: On the 4th inst the wife of Mr Sambourne of 15 Lloyd Square of twin sons one of whom was stillborn. (Red ink: The ‘Times’ January 5. On Thursday the 4th inst the wife of Mr Sambourne of 15 Lloyd Square of twin boys one of whom was stillborn.) Saturday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Up Church St. Back & left 10.45 & up to Athenaeum. Wrote letters. At 11.45 to B. There 12.0 to 1.25. At 12.25 Study. Lunched at Athenaeum. Burgundy. In Billiard Room after. Looked out announcement of my birth in 'Times'. Left at 3.0 & ½ hour in the Old Masters. Then by bus home. Then by 2 busses to 104 Lancaster Gate. Childrens' party. Dear Ann & Oliver. Little girl, daughter of Lady Armstrong. Saw Guthrie, Gilbert, Jacomb Hood & many others. Back at 6.15. Rested in Morning room. Roy dined with Stern. M & self dined together. Bed at 11.0pm. Roy out very late. (Red ink:
Went up early to Athenaeum. Ann & Oliver's childrens' party.) Sent wire from Young Street in morning. Sunday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45am & out. Up Church St. Pigeon toes. Back. Put photos away & at 11.45 took M out for walk till 1.15pm. Dull morning. Lunch at home. After up to Athenaeum. Then to B from 3.0 to 4.15pm. Came on to rain. Back by self in bus. From 7.0 to 8.0 enlarged 6 Bull Fights. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Phipson Beale, Lennie, Mite & Roy dined. Good dinner. 3 bottles Ayala 1892, & 1848 Brandy. They left 10.45pm. (Red ink: To Athenaeum in afternoon. Phipson Beales & Lennie & Mite dined at home.) Monday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. A cold bath. Out & up Church St. Red Riding Hood, Lady D etc. Into Notting Hill & up Holland Walk. Back. Roy at breakfast. Death yesterday of Stephen Holland, aged 91. M went to lunch with Mervyn with Mite & Florence W at Wimbledon. Enlarged Bull Fight, 2 nd edition. Rest & developed 30 Spanish photos. Roy went to a prize fight. M & self dined quietly & after snooze bed at 11.45. Both slept well. Applied for £1000 Bahia Blanca shares. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Stephen Holland. Death of Tom Holland.) Tuesday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Met Coward & daughter. Saw Cynthia & back by Eldon Lodge saw Princess. Dull raw morning. After enlarged 3 rd Bull Fight & rest of Madrid. Wrote on Townsend's drawing. Lunch. Rest for 1 hr. Gold watch came home. Went on enlarging. Mite & Florence W, Mrs Bergheim etc came. Roy out. M & self dined alone. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Roy came in as I went up to bed. Wednesday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Bath. Good night. Out. Fine morning. At 8.50 saw C. Up Church St & home through Phillimore Gardens & Upper ditto. George Meredith's birthday. M & self to go to the Prince of Wales's Theatre. Lunch at 1.0pm & at 1.30 drove to Prince of Wales's Theatre & saw for 3 rd time Miss Hook of Holland. Florence Walford in box & Mite came after. Mite drove M & self to the Athenaeum. Upton there. Self drove to Miles's & had 2 suits fitted on. Back & wrote Meredith. Letter from C.M. To the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, A.G, R.L, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Lucas jubilant. Got Humanity & Gamin. Home by omnibus, 4d. (Red ink: M & self went to see Miss Hook of Holland.) Thursday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & down to Kensington Court. Cynthia comes from Young St. Back & schemed subject of Humanity & Gamin. At 12.15 photod policeman & a boy. At 12.35 Miss Huxley. M out. All ready by 4. Rest 1 hr. Tea & work to 8.0pm. M & self dined quietly. Bed 11.30pm. Tired. Friday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Campden Hill, Ch St. Back 9.0am. All day at work on drawing of Humanity & Police & Gamin. Finished at 10.10. Dined by self. Roy back 10.40. M a bad cold. Bed at 11.30pm. Saturday February 15
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Very tired. Out up Ch St 8.50. Back. Roy off early to dentist's. Put things away. Lunch & at 2.10 M & self drove to the Play House. Rain came on. Delightful play called The O'Grindells by H.V.Esmond. Alexander Carlisle good. Back. Frightfully heavy rain at top of Constitution Hill. Tea after going to Upper Butts 1st time for 18 months. Enlarged last of Madrid. Roy out. M & self dined quietly. Bed 11.30. Both coughed slightly. (Red ink: M & self went to the Play House.) Sunday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Hoar frost. Brilliant sun. Cripples. Up Ch St & through past Lewis's. Retouched chalk mark. So so bacon. After took M for walk to Kensington Gardens. Back. Went up at 2.30 to Club. No letters. Back 4.30. Mrs H.Dickens called. Enlarged many Seville photos, all of which were spoilt on Tuesday by Henrietta. Midge, Hamilton, Lennie, Mite & self dined at 8.0. Pleasant dinner. They left 10.45pm. (Red ink: Hamilton & Midge, Mite, Roy & Lennie dined.) Monday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Pouring heavy wet. McIntosh. Stood at corner of Young St. Back. Breakfast. All day enlarging etc. In afternoon put drawing in Eileen Reed's book. Dressed & left in carriage & dined at Mite's. Dropped Roy at the Dickens'. Col & Mrs Welby, Mr & Mrs Hungerford Pollen, Mr Cocayne, Ellie Ritchie, Ethel English, Alfred Parsons there. Pleasant dinner. Dropped Parsons. Home 11.15pm. (Red ink: Dined at 104 Lancaster Gate.) Tuesday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out. Saw Cynthia. No P. Home. Found to great annoyance Antoinette had left the hot water tap running & spoilt 40 of my enlargements. All had to be done again & hard day to do it. No rest. M remained in bed all day. Roy & self dined at 8.0. Went to Post Office at 5.45. Saw R.H. Bathed 66 prints. Wednesday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out over Campden Hill by Holland Walk to Notting Hill School. No one interesting. Back & all day enlarging & developing. After left for the P.D at 5.40. Called Blenheim & A Clubs. Letters. To the P.D. O.S, self, H.F.T, R.H, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, L.G. Got easy subject of Bear & Turkey & Eagle. Left 10.30 & home by carriage. Thanked by Reed for drawing. (Red ink: Dr Beauchamp came to see Roy at 7.0pm. M in bed all day.) Thursday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & to Lytham House. Saw Princess at ten minutes to nine. Back & breakfast. After sent Upton to Mays. Schemed subject of Bear, Sultan & Eagle. Dull day & wet. All ready by 4.30. 1 hours rest & worked until 8.0 when M & self dined. Roy out. Letter from Mrs Samuel about last weeks drawing. In Morning Room. Bed after looking at papers 12.0am. Roy back. M & self dined together. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Dr Robert Fancourt Barnes. Obituary of Dr Robert Fancourt Barnes.) Friday February 21
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out up Church Street. Roy not down till late. Developed enlargement of Portland Rock. On with work all day, drawing of Bear & Sultan & Eagle. Letter from Mrs Samuel with cheque. Made 2 nd enlargement. Finished drawing at 9.30. Dined. Roy not back. He came in 10.30 & went up. Snooze till 1.15am. Bed. M sleeping. Saturday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. Put photo things up & after breakfast M & self good bye to Roy & off in a 1 horse bus to Waterloo. Stanley B at door. Left 10.45, Marie also. Down to Plymouth. Only stopped Salisbury, Exeter & Devonport. At Plymouth G.W. people most civil & changed into the G.W line & arrived Falmouth 6.30. Hotel quite close. Good room. White shirts left at home. Fair dinner. Saw 2 games of Billiards. Bed at 10.15. Young clergyman. Sir Walter Gilbey. Shocking lot of people. (Red ink: M & self with Marie came down to Falmouth.) Sunday February 23 Falmouth Hotel. Up at 8.0. Dull grey morning. Bath. Breakfast. 2 good soles. Took M for walk to the Fort. Entrance barred. Back. Wrote letters. Lunch. Sir Walter Gilbey next table. Shockingly uninteresting people. At 2.0 to 4.0pm rested in room. A dull & unprofitable day. After M & self walked along cliff & sea shore. Friendly dog. Back. Walked thro town 5.45 to 7.0pm. Slight rain. Dull dinner. Up in room 9.15. Bed 10.0pm. Slept fairly well. (Red ink: Bright sun & strong gale at Falmouth.) Monday February 24 Falmouth Hotel. Up 7.50. Northerly gale in the night. Bath. Breakfast. Out at 9.30 with camera in the town. Nothing to photo. Back 10.30. People leaving. Strong wind. Cold. Sunny. Went out down in town. Took 4 photos. Back & out on sea shore till lunch time. Lunch. Hours rest & out to harbour & cliff. Took 6 photos. Back & M & self went as far as Burtons shop. Bought apples & bananas. Back at 6.0pm. Heavy gale all day. Quite exceptional. Dinner. After Sir Walter Gilbey came up & spoke to me. Introduced his daughter Mrs Hinde & asked us to go for a drive tomorrow. Bed 10.0pm. (Red ink: Made the aquaintance of Sir Walter Gilbey.) Tuesday February 25 Falmouth Hotel. Up 8.0am. Dull morning. Wrote letters etc. At 11.30 went for drive with Mrs Hinde & Sir Walter Gilbey. Back. Lunch. Rest. After took M for walk on sands. Tea. Went into town & bought little china cottages. Back. Dinner. Talk to Mrs Hinde after. Bed 10.0pm. Spoke in the morning to Mrs Ramsden & pretty daughter who we met on the Orient in 1905. Wednesday February 26 Falmouth Hotel. Up 8.0am. Good bye to M. Caught the 10.15am train to Paddington. £4.5.0. Girl saying good bye to her parents. Change at Truro. Weary journey. Carriage at Paddington. Home & tea. At 6.15 met H. On to the Punch Dinner by bus. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Fairly good dinner. Left at 10.45 & home by carriage calling Club. No letters. (Red ink: Went up to town by G.W.Rly, £4.5.0.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Reginald Harrison. Obituary of Reginald Harrison. March 6.)
Thursday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out by Lytham House. Saw Princess. Cold. Breakfast. After sent Partridge London Labour & London Poor. Schemed subject of Punch, Children, & Ecclesiastics. Photod Pegler, Upton & boy & girl. Worked till 8.30pm. Roy & self dined. Papers after. Snooze & bed at 12.0pm. Friday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Up Campden Hill by Church Street. Very cold. Saw Lady D. Back when Band playing. After at work all day on drawing of Punch, Children, & Ecclesiastics. Finished at 10.15pm. Dined by self. Roy in 12.0pm. Snooze till 1.15am. Tired. Sir John Tenniel's 89th birthday. Wired congratulations from Ch Street Post Office at 8.45am. (Red ink: Mite presented at Court.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Richard Ellison. Saty 29 Feby.) Saturday February 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30 & up in room & put things away. Drew cheque for Roy. Bath & down. Good bye to Roy & off in carriage 9.50. Very hard frost. To Paddington & off by 10.30. Mr Devitt in train. Arrived 5.0 Falmouth. Very pretty red girl, good legs, at Truro. Walk with M. Large anchor. Bitterly cold. Dinner. Miserable in Smoking Room. Indigestion. Bed at 10.15. Fire. Slept well. (Red ink: Came down to Falmouth for 2nd time.) Mar 1908 Sunday March 1 Falmouth Hotel. Up a 8.0. Bath run full & cold. Bitterly cold & miserable. Good breakfast. Wrote letters. After took M for walk. Beaten back by gale & snow. Out again. Fat blackbirds. Saw Pendennis Hotel. Lunch. After talk to Sir Walter Gilbey. Up in room. Mrs & Miss Ramsden & Flyman. Rest 3.0 to 4.0pm. After M & self from 4.30 to 5.45 walked up road by Fort. Peacock & 5 peahens. Back. Self just same walk as last Sunday, in town as far as just beyond Burtons shop. Back. Dinner. Talk to Sir Walter after. The Dean of Canterbury telling humorous stories. Bed 9.40. Very hot in the night. (Red ink: Awful rain & cold nearly all day at Falmouth.) Monday March 2 Falmouth Hotel. Up 8.0. Lady in bath. Had different room. A better day. Bright sun but still cold wind. Out after & in town. Took 1 doz films of harbour etc. Wrote letters & at 11.50pm took M round the Fort Rock 50 mins. Photod a friendly robin. Back to lunch. Letters. P & O dividend. Sat out. Rest fom 2.40 to 4.0pm. After tea at 4.30 went along avenue back way to the town. To Market Place. Quaint old place. Girl in red with good legs. Bought fruit. Found out the Tantalum Lump. Changed magazine. One film had stuck. 16 taken, 4 put back blank. After dressed for dinner. Talk to Sir W.G after. Bed 10.15pm. Miss Ramsden went out with a boatman for a sail. (Red ink: Fine sunny day but cold.) Tuesday March 3 Falmouth Hotel. Up 7.45. Both had a good night. Breakfast. A Colonel Ricardo's son going to be married. Wrote letters till 11.50 when M & self walked round the Rock. Lovely there, but a wretched day. Heavy cold sleety showers. Saw peacocks with tails spread. Sir Walter drove by. Lunch 1.15pm. After at 2.30 went
out. Crawled along, caught in sleet & rain. Took 1 doz photos. Fear wrong films. 2 or 3 girls. Knife grinders, steps etc. Back 4.0pm. Tea. At 4.30 took M to Anchor. 3 photos. Very heavy rain clouds & thundery rain came on. Back to hotel at 5.20. Wrote diary. (Cutting glued in: Death of Adelina Cinquevalli.) Wednesday March 4 Falmouth Hotel. Up 8.0. Bath. Tips. Good bye Miss Ramsden in lift. M, Marie & self off 11.5. Out & saw the Hoe at Plymouth. Took photos. Waterloo 8.10. To 'Punch' Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Left at 10.45 & home by carriage. Bed 11.30. Dined in train. Saw Merryweather. Thursday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out with camera & ineffective snap of Cynthia. Back. After schemed subject of Asquith at Picture. Photod self & Upton. Late with prints. Worked till 8.15pm when M & self dined. In Morning Room after. Bed 11.30pm. Friday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out up Church St. Back before Band. All day at work on drawing of Asquith painting Picture. Finished at 10.0. Roy & self dined & bed 12.0 after. Saturday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Went down Earls Court Road. Called old curiosity shop. Back & all morning putting things away. No room at Lena Ashwell's play. Took M for walk Round Pond in afternoon. Went & bought caramels. R.H understood to come tomorrow. Back & M & self dined quietly. Roy at Mite's. Bed 11.30pm. Saw girl with good legs, 51 Campden Hill Road. Sunday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Dull grey morning & all day. Children came at 11.0. At 11.20 took M to the Zoo. Met Pollock. Back 1.30 precisely. Lunch. At 2.5 up to C.S. Disappointed of model. To Athenaeum Club. Wrote letters. Saw Montague Fowler. Home 6.30. Put films in magazine. Lennie dined & M, Roy & self. Mite a cold. Fell asleep in chair. M came down. (Red ink: Took M to the Zoo. Met Mr Pollock. R.H never came.) Monday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Snatches of bright sun. Took 1 st photos of street season, Princess & Scotch. Rain came on. Back. In morning letters & developed above. Afternoon enlarged Spanish etc. Changed cards. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Quiet evening after. Still cold. North wind strong. Bed 11.30. Could not get to sleep for a long time. Dr Beauchamp called in the morning at 11.45. Sent drawing to Mrs Herbert Samuel & to Johnson for the Academy. (Red ink: 1st photos of the street season.) Tuesday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Dull cold morning. Walked over to Notting Hill & home down past Boughtons. Met no one. Wall of Sir Walter Phillimore's blown down. Developed Falmouth photos etc. Rest after lunch. Enlarged 1 doz Sevilles. After
Nellie Keith dined with M & self. She left at 9.50pm. Bed at 11.30pm. Sent costume by post to R.H. (Red ink: Nellie Keith dined with us.) Wednesday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Strong north wind. Out with camera. Took several school girls, Lytham House. Also No 51 C.H.R. Back. Breakfast. Enlarged Spanish photos Seville. After to the Athenaeum & on to P.D. O.S, self, F.H.T, A.G (out of place) C.G, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Late sitting. Got Asquith & Balfour as Sailors. Home by carriage. Very tired. Thursday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Very tired. Out & walked over to Cromwell Road. Saw no one. Back for work & schemed Asquith & Balfour as Sailors. Got a good policman for model & Britten. Photod them & got prints by 4.30. Came over very dark & delayed me. Late with the outline. M & self dined at 8.0 by ourselves. Papers after & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: New policeman model.) Friday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with camera. Up Church St & waited for Lady Dudley. No one. Back just as Band playing. Roy down. All day at work on Asquith & Arthur Balfour as 2 Sailors. Much bothered & pushed for time. Finished 10.15pm when Roy & self dined. Bed 12.45 after snooze in Morning Room. Very tired. Saturday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & very tired. Out up Church St. Back. Cheques. Put things away. Mite wired about carriage. At 12.30 M & self drove up to the Savoy. Lunched. Roy in after. To Drury Lane & saw the last matinée of Babes in the Wood. Walter Passmore. Out 5.10 & drove home in carriage. Tea. Dressed. Met R.H & walked to 104 Lancaster Gate. Miss N.Mackintosh. Dined with Lennie & Mite. On in taxy after to Tivoli. Met Tom Thorne. Saw Cinquevalli, Arthur Roberts & Harry Lauder. Good box. Out & home by bus 11.30. Bed 12.0. Bitterly cold all day. (Red ink: Went with M to the Savoy & lunched. After to last matinée of 'Babes in the Wood'. Dined at Mites & went to the Tivoli to see Harry Lauder.) Sunday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. A bright sun but bitterly cold. Took camera out. No good. Took Lumps. Back. Roy late at breakfast. At 11.15 drove with M to Lancaster Gate. All 3 children & Nurse Francis laid up with influenza. M & self walked home from top of Park. Wrote letters. Lunch. After went up in steam bus to 15 C.S. At 3.15 photod R.H. At Athenaeum 5.0. Tea. Looked over papers for steamers. Home 7.15. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Pollock, Lennie & Mite, Roy, M & self dined. Good dinner. They left at 11.0pm. Came over dark & foggy veil. Very cold at night. (Red ink: Photod R.H 1st time since last Sepr 11th. Mr & Mrs Pollock, Lennie & Mite & Roy dined.) Monday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & very tired. A raw rainy morning. Out with Rags up Church St. Met no one. Roy at breakfast. Felt seedy. Put sailors photos away etc. Tidied up all day & bathed enlargements of Cordova & last of Seville. Drove at
5.15 & voted for H.B.Irving at the Athenaeum 6.0pm. Back & M, Roy & self dined. In Morning Room. Bed 11.45. Roy's foul pipe. M indigestion in the night. Voted for H.B.Irving at the Athenaeum. He got in. Tuesday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out Lytham House. Took 5 phs. No Cynthia. Back. All morning enlarged. After lunch rested for 2 hours in Morning Room. Many callers. Changed cards. Bromides. Dressed at 7.15pm & drove by self & dined with Mr & Mrs Harold Messel. Met Gilberts, Waterlows, Miss McIntosh & 2 others. Very cold. Back 11.20. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Dined at the Harold Messels. Met Gilberts.) Wednesday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walked round by Cromwell Road. Saw W.Pyne going to work. Back. Enlarged some Cordova photos. Rest in afternoon. At 5.0 to Athenaeum by motor bus. Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.L.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got Gun, Haldane & Punch to do. Home by carriage 10.45pm. Letters from Peal, Macmillan etc. Bed 11.50pm. Thursday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out with large camera. Bungle of Princess. Took her & 2 of pairs of shop girls. Back. Breakfast. Schemed subject. No Mays. At 11.50 Britten came. Photod him & Upton for Haldane, Punch & Gun. Go all ready by 4.50. Worked till 8.0 when dined. M reading Lucas Cleeve's 'An Old Man's Darling'. After dinner Mr Currie called about proposed trip to Madeira. Stayed an hour. Papers. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Mr Currie called about proposed trip to Madeira.) Friday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walked over Notting Hill & down Argyll Rd. Saw German governess. Missed Band. At work all day on drawing of Haldane, Punch & Gun. Roy had very bad cold. Finished 10.15 & Roy & self dined. Hot toddy after. Bed 1.0am. Very cold weather. Saturday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 very tired. Out & round Cromwell Rd. Met no one. Breakfast. In morning tidied up. Enlarged 8 Malaga photos. Lunch & after at 2.30 M & self drove in Mite's victoria to Wyndhams Theatre & saw When Knights were Bold. Met Lady Monckton. Home 5.45. No letters at Athenaeum. M, Roy & self dined. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée at Wyndhams Theatre & saw 'When Knights were Bold'.) Sunday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Bright sun. Out 9.15. Duller. Took 4 photos. At 11.15 went in carriage with M to Zoo. Called on Miss Rose Innes. Left note. Met Harold & wife. Wonderful Gibbon apes. Delightfully pretty girl, about 13. Lame of one foot. Left 1.5 & home 1.40. Lunch. After from 2.0 to 5.0 bathed about 80 photo bromides. Tea. After at 8.0 Henry Silver, Arthur Ryle & Roy, M & self dined. Bartons Champagne gave M a headache. (Red ink: Went with M to Zoo. Henry Silver, Ryle, Roy & self dined.) Monday March 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out without camera up Church St. Sun after. Saw Lady D. Back & all morning re-printing Malaga & Cordova. Lunch. Went up at 2.0 by steam bus to see Fk Macmillan. Satisfactory interview. Called & paid bill at Turnbull & Assers. Then to Athenaeum & home by carriage. Met Orchardson. M & self dined quite quietly. Very warm in afternoon. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went to see Frederick Macmillan.) Tuesday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & out with large camera. Bright sun but misty. Took 2 of Princess, side & back. 3 or 4 more. Back. Breakfast & off in carriage 10.5 to Victoria. Went down to Dover. Dense fog. Saw Capn Dixon. Hurried lunch at Lord Warden & back to Charing X at 4.0 by the 1.35 from Dover S.E.R. Ginger haired girl. Home by bus. Mrs Nemhard there. Changed & enlarged 16 after letters. M & self dined. Read Mons Claude. Bed 12.0. Roy back at 12.10. (Red ink: Went to Dover intending to X Channel. Dense fog. Came back.) Wednesday March 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. A very wet morning. Out up Ch St. News of Peckham Election, great Unionist victory. All day enlarging & bathing Granada. Rained the entire day & night too. M lunched at Mites to meet Dar Rhodes & also Mrs Mackenzie. Left at 5.30 in carriage & drove in rain to the Athenaeum. Letter from C.M. To 'Punch' Dinner. O.S with a cold, self, F.H.T with a cold, R.H, C.L.G, R.L, P.A with a cold, B.P, H.W.L. O.S long discussion. Decided I should do a cartoon in case of the Prime Minister’s decease. Left at 10.50. By bus to Athenaeum. Conductor an old friend. Wrote 3 letters & home by carriage. (Cuttings glued in: Death of the Duke of Devonshire. March 25. Obituary of the Duke of Devonshire. Mar 25) Thursday March 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Met W.G. Up Church St & back. Disappointed about Miss Huxley. Wired for Miss Johnson. Sent Upton to Messrs May. Schemed subject with great difficulty. Wet & miserable. At 12.45 got photos from Miss J & all ready by 3.45pm. Rest an hour. Tea. Worked to 8.0pm when M, Roy & self dined. In Drawing Room after. Papers & bed 11.30pm. The last of the soap in wooden bowl used. Put in Bath Room by Mite, Decr 1906, when dear M was ill. (Red ink: Photod Miss Johnson.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Major Arthur Griffiths. Mar 26.) Friday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull damp morning. Up Church St. Many shop girls. Back before Band. Work at 10.30. All day at drawing of 2 figures at the C.B. Worked up to 10.40pm when Roy & I dined. The cartoon won't be used this week after all. Bed 12.30pm after rest in Drawing Room. Met W.G. (Red ink: Cartoon appeared April 29.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Major Arthur Griffiths. Mar 26.) Saturday March 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5. Out. Dull morning. Met Mr Lemon. Also W.G. Round by Cromwell Road. Also W.P. Back. Breakfast. Put things away. At 12.30 M & self drove to Savoy. Lunched. After went to see drivel at Aldwych Theatre, Gay Gordons. Back by carriage from Athenaeum. Fruit. M, Roy & self dined. In
Morning Room. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self lunched at the Savoy & went to see The Gay Gordons at the Aldwych Theatre. Poor stuff.) Sunday March 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out. No photos. At 11.15 took M to the Zoo. Back. Lunch. Left at 2.0pm for C.S. At 3.30 took few photos R.H. Out & to the Athenaeum Club. Wrote for permits L.N.W.R. Back home 6.45. At 8.0 Mite, Lennie, Harold Messel & his wife, Roy, M & self dined. Pleasant evening. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Read The Blue Lagoon. (Red ink: M & self went to the Zoo. Harold & Lennie, Mrs H & Mite & Roy dined. Photod R.H. Spoilt in back carriers.) Monday March 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. At Cromwell Road 8.50. Took 2 of Princess. After 3 or 4 at corner. Decided to go across Channel. Left 10.0 & by bus to Victoria. Down with one other. Lovely Xing. No one I knew. Lunch as usual at Calais. Met Rogers going home. Home at 7.45pm. M & self dined quietly. Roy out. In Drawing Room. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Xd Channel. Took girl on deck.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Harriet Wigram.) Tuesday March 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out & at Cromwell Rd 8.50. Took Princess. Back. Breakfast. Partial sun. New sheaths came for films. Developed a good many plates & films I took yesterday. Callers. Enlarged last of Granada. M & Roy & self dined. Pain in my back. Bed 11.30 after being in Drawing Room last time. At 5.0 packed bags for Scotland. Mite & Lennie went north. (Red ink: Got ready for Banchory.) Apr 1908 Wednesday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out. Waited morning corner Lytham House. Sun. Took 7 photos. In morning bathed many Granada prints. Lunch. Rest & after left & up by motor bus to the Athenaeum. Letter from C.M. To the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Reed could not get a show of his drawings anywhere. Got after much discussion drawing of a Stained Glass Window to do. Left 11.0. Bus to Athenaeum & home by carriage. Thursday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & dull gray morning. No photos. Up Church St. Children. Back. Letters. Sent Upton to Mays for Monk's robes. Schemed subject of Birrell & Stained Glass Window. Photod Upton at 12.30. Got all ready by 4.30. Rest. Worked from 5.30 to 8.0pm when M, Roy & self dined. Papers in the Morning Room. Bed 11.15pm. Friday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & did 1 hrs work before breakfast. After out with camera. Sunny morn. Took 11 photos, old corner & one of Princess. Back 9.15. All day at work on Stained Glass Window. Finished 9.0pm. At 9.30 M & Roy & self dined & left 10.45 for Euston with Marie. Good omnibus. Most comfortable journey. Read Leaves from a Life. Slept fairly well. (Red ink: Left Stafford Terrace with M & Marie for Euston en route for Banchory.)
Saturday April 4 On board train, Perth. Got good basket for breakfast. M slept well & bore the journey well. Arrived at Aberdeen at 11.55. Changed into train at Banchory, or for B, at Aberdeen. Mite met us 12.50 & to Inchmarlo in time for lunch. Wet. Rested. Gave up going in motor on acct of rain. Ruth & Eric Parker there. Comfortable house. Lunch. Very tired. Livery. Rest from 2.0 to 4.10. Tea. Gave up going in the motor on account of rain. From 5.20 to 7.10 walked through Banchory. Very much out of condition & short of breath. Bath. Dressed & dinner. Sleepy after. Bed 11.45. Slept well. Dream of being returned as a Member of Parliament. Boat Race. Cambridge won by 2½ lengths. (Red ink: Walked into Banchory. Very much out of condition.) Sunday April 5 Inchmarlo, Banchory. Up 9.0am. Bath. Breakfast. Cold & dullish. Started at 11.15 & went in motor with Lennie & Ruth & Eric Parker. Through Aboyne & Ballater to Balmoral Castle. Disappointed. Lunch on high road. Back by 4.0pm. Sleepy in car. Mary Nicol, Mr & Mrs King & Miss Parker came over. After walked through grounds & down to the river. Back 7.0. Dressed. Dinner & sleepy after. Still out of sorts & very livery. Bed 11.30pm. 'Letters from Hell'. Given in English by L.W.J.S. Richard Bentley & Son, New Burlington St, 1885. (Red ink: Motored with Lennie, Ruth & Parker to Balmoral.) Monday April 6 Inchmarlo, Banchory. Up 8.0am. Poor bath. Bright sunny morning. Eric P & Ruth off to fish & Lennie also. Linley too. At 10.30 clouded over & very cold. Read Letters from Hell. After took M down to the river. Lennie had got a 9½ lb trout, Ann a flounder. Lovely morning. Took several photos. Rest after lunch & at 3 went in motor to Banchory. Missed Maud & Ruth. Took ½ doz photos. Walked back. Met Mite & Ruth. To the river. M & Marie. Back in time to dress for dinner. Mrs Fleishmann fishing. Dinner. Champagne. Roulette after. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Photod Ann fishing etc. Roulette in evening.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Lt General Sir Drury Drury-Lowe.) Tuesday April 7 Inchmarlo, Banchory. Up at 8.0. Same cold bath. After went with Lennie & Ruth Parker to upper water by motor. Last day of the gillie. Back by 12.0. Took M down to the river again. Brilliant sun. Spoilt my box of films by taking them out of camera. Lennie - no Eric P - & Mrs Fleishmann fishing. Back lunch. Packed. Took M up into Kitchen Garden. Left with the Parkers at 6.15pm. By fly to Banchory. Train to Aberdeen. Dinner sent in to the train. Slept fairly well. Woke up at 7.0. Got to Euston 8.25am. (Red ink: Left Inchmalo for London.) Wednesday April 8 On board train from Banchory. Arrived Euston 8.25. Good bye to Parkers. Cart met me. Home at 9.10am. Breakfast with Roy. After tidying all day. At 5.5 took cab to Welback Street. Called Mrs Moon. Joe Carr there. To Athenaeum. Wrote letters & to P.D. E.V.L, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.H, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Cuts made up early. Left at 10.0 & to Athenaeum & wrote letters. Home by carriage at
11.0pm. (Red ink: Called on Mrs M at Welbeck Street. Arrived home in the morning from Banchory.) Thursday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out up Church St. Saw Couple. Breakfast & schemed subject of Asquith & 'Answers' Puzzle. Sent to Barkers for Eton suit & photod boy at 12.20. A coppery dark day & great difficulty in getting enlargements. Roy & self dined at 8.30pm. Papers after & bed at 12.0. 4 C.L.L.P. Friday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.oam. Out. Saw Couple. Walk over past Lucas's. Saw Lady D. Back by 9.0 & breakfast with Roy. After at work all day on drawing of Asquith & Elephant Puzzle. Finished at 9.30 when Roy & self dined. 3 C.L.L.P. Saturday April 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Wrote letters & out at 9.0am. Dull grey morning. Had hair cut. Sorted photos. Developed 10 ½ plates of R.H. Most had moved badly. Lunch. Rest. Enlarged some Granada & fishing cards. At 5.45 out & met R.H. No good for study. Back. Roy & self dined at 7.30. Drove in carriage to the St James's Theatre & saw an indifferent play called 'The Thief'. Walked to the Garrick & had plovers eggs. Wyndham, Galloway, Joe Carr etc there. Also Pellett, schoolmaster. Left 12.15 & home by the carriage. Bed 1.45. 3 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the St James's & saw a play called The Thief.) Sunday April 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Out up Church St. Cold grey morning. After breakfast went & wired not to make any studies. In all day. All morning wrote letters Lunch. Developed 22 cards. Fishing, Granada etc. Rest. Enlarged for an hour & at 7.40 drove in carriage to Willis's Restaurant & dined 1 st time since 1887 with the Kinsmen Club. Trower, Marshall, Chudleigh, Pinero, self, 3 others, Tree, another & Joe Carr there. Pleasant evening. Stayed till 11.15 when Roy having met the carriage at the Athenaeum drove home together. Back 11.45. 1 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Very pleasant dinner at the Kinsmen Club.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Ernest Carpmael, of a daughter.) Monday April 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out. Took 9 photos. 1st of Work Girl. Back of Princess. Met Sir Algernon Ledyard. Back. Did some developing. Lunch at 1.0pm. Left at 1.20 & at Pall Mall by 2.5. Set up large camera. At 2.40 C.M came. Took 1 photo. Back home at 4.30. Tea. Rest. Left 6.5 & all the way to Punch Dinner by Turnham Green bus. E.V.L, self, F.H.T, C.G, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. 2 cartoons made up. Self suggested Cherubs for Partridge. Left at 10.15. Wrote letters at the Garrick no Athenaeum Club & called for Roy at the Oxford & Cambridge in carriage. Home by 12.0am. (Red ink: Went to 58 Pall Mall. Last time photod C.M.) Tuesday April 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out. Took W.G alone. Spoke to her. After to end of Lytham House. Took several. After schemed subject of Morley Britannia India & Literature. Photod Miss Huxley at 12.15 & Upton in Peer's dress. Got on with it &
at 8.45 Roy & self dined quietly together. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Photod Miss Huxley.) Wednesday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. No, earlier & in room. Out & cut by W.G & another. Up Church St & got at last Lady D & others. After at work all day on drawing of Morley in peer's robes. Finished at 10.15pm when Roy & self dined. Both snoozed in Morning Room until 1.45am. Bed. (Red ink: Obituary notice of death of Willie Edouin in Times today. Left very little money. Page 10, T.) Thursday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with camera. Again cut by W.G. Took 2 or 3, girl in black, & back home. Lovely sunny morning. Photod a new model, Policeman Bird, & also Upton. Got all ready. Roy left at 4.40 by cart for Leweston. Put prints to dry & at 8.30 dined by myself & a quiet evening after. (Red ink: Roy went to Leweston Manor. Photod Bird.) Friday April 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out. No photos. Back & all day on drawing of Asquith & Lions. Got outline in. Dined at 9.0pm & left in cart at 10.40 for Euston. Very tired. Turned in. Slept fairly well. Guthrie in berth next to me. (Red ink: Worked on Asquith & Lions. Left for Euston en route for Banchory.) Saturday April 18 On board train from Euston. Woke up at Stirling. Good morning to Guthrie. Both got to Banchory at 1.20 by fly from the station. After lunch did 2 hours work on drawing of Asquith & Lions. Frightfully drowsy. M & self out at 5.30 & to Hut for tea & back. Mary Nicol & young Farquhar & his sister & another young Naval officer to dinner. Burst waistcoat. Felt so tired & seedy left & in Smoke Room after dinner. Took 3 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Guthrie & self arrived at Banchory 1.20pm. Worked on Asquith & Lions.) Sunday April 19 Inchmarlo, Banchory. Up at 8.45. Walked though Grounds & past Mill. Bright morning. Breakfast. After went on with drawing of Asquith & Lions. Put in figure & good likeness photo taken in afternoon. Tea in Hut. M & self went. Dinner & pleasant evening after. Not sleepy. Took 3 C.L.L.P. Heavy intermittent snow all day. (Red ink: Worked on Asquith & Lions. Heavy snow storms.) Monday April 20 Inchmarlo, Banchory. Up 8.0 am. Lennie & Guthrie down. Cocayne went off to Kincardine. Got a fish. Went on in morning with drawing. Put in last Lion etc & in afternoon began to shade. Mr & Mrs Davidson came to lunch. Harold Messel & wife left at 4.0pm. Took M down to Hut. Had tea. Back. Sleepy after dinner. Liver still bad. All day intermittent heavy snow showers. Bed at 11.30pm. No pills. (Red ink: Worked on Asquith & Lions. Harold & his wife left Inchmarlo. Heavy snow storms.) Tuesday April 21
Inchmarlo, Banchory. Up 8.15. After all morning went on with cartoon of Asquith & Lions. Put in shading of Lions & figure. Lunch. Worked from 3.0 to 4.30 & from 5.0 to 6.0. Took M to Hut & back. Mr Cocayne got a 15lb fish. Walked round by Mill. Lennie not back till 8.0pm. Sleepy after dinner. Liver still upset. Took 1 C.L.L.P. Guthrie went with Lennie in the morning in the car to Kindardine & walked back, 7 miles. (Red ink: Worked all day on Asquith & Lions.) Wednesday April 22 Inchmarlo, Banchory. Up 8.15. Bitterly cold. Eat small trout. Mrs Gibson came at 9.10am. After all morning from 10.0 to 1.45 finished cartoon of Asquith & Lions. Lunch. Mr Cocayne had taken a fish. After rest took M for walk to Hut. Little drowned lamb. Lovely evening. Back 7.0pm. Wrote diary. Still head & liver. Mary Nicol & niece came to dinner. Roulette after. Won 6/s. Pleasant evening. Bed 11.45. 1 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Finished cartoon of Asquith & Lions. Sent it off.) Thursday April 23 Inchmarlo, Banchory. Up 8.0am. 1st free day. Letters & square up in morning. In afternoon went in motor to tea at (blank) Castle, Sir Thomas & Lady Burnet. Delightful old tower. Little mannikin on roof. Picture by Frith in 1842 of a Bishop Burnet, an Edinboro advocate & 2 other men come to address meeting for Kincardine election. Cold & snow on ground. Motored back. Took M for walk. Dinner. Sleepy after. 1 C.L.L.P. M, Mite, Guthrie & Mrs Gibson came. (Red ink: Went in motor to call on Sir Thomas & Lady Burnet.) Friday April 24 Inchmarlo, Banchory. Up at 8.0. Cold. Sunny. At 10.30 Guthrie, Lennie & self motored into Aberdeen. There 11.45. Went to Art Gallery. My portrait very bad. After took many street people. Then to curiosity shops. Bought a convex mirror from a Mrs Menzies. Took factory girl & little girl with good legs. To the Palace Hotel. Lunch. Left at 4.0 & home other side of the Dee. Tea. Walk with M to Hut. Dinner. Went up after & changed films. Bed at 11.30. 1 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Motored into Aberdeen & lunched there. Bought a convex mirror from Mrs Menzies.) Saturday April 25 Inchmarlo, Banchory. Up at 8.0am. Letter from Emma about man in Stafford Terrace for King's taxes. Wrote letters & walked into Banchory & sent wire. Kincardine election on. Took 7 photos of girls. Down to the Fishing Hut where I found M & Mite. Walked back with them. Lunch. All afternoon writing back letters & squared prints. Took M for walk at 6.0pm round by Lodge. Saw the late Mrs Davidson's grave. Dinner. Sleepy after. M upset about it. Bed at 11.45. 1 C.L.L.P. Sunday April 26 Inchmarlo, Banchory. Up 8.30. Grey cold day. Guthrie, self, Mr Cocayne & Lennie left at 10.30 in motor. Slight delay at 1st. Ran thro Kincardine, Aboyne, Ballater to Braemar & Mar Lodge. Lunch on riverside opposite Mar Lodge. Saw 2 herds of deer cross the river. Left at 2.30pm & home by 4.15pm. Slight rain. Wrote many letters & squared prints. Not sleepy after dinner. Bed 11.20. 1 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Motor run to Braemar & Mar Lodge.) Monday April 27
Inchmarlo, Banchory. Up 8.0. Grey morning. L & Mr Cocayne off to fish. Finished the last of prints to be squared. Wrote letters. At 12.0 took M to Hut. Saw Mr Cocayne land a fish. Back lunch. Rest till 4.0pm. Mr Marriott expected at 4.15. Again walked M down to the Hut for tea. Again took Mite & Lennie fishing. Took 3 of upper river, 1 of Hut, 3 of ruin. Drew Punch fishing on wall of Hut. M & Mrs Gibson left at 6.30, self, Guthrie & Mite at 7.0pm. Carried Lennie's camera. Got hot. (Red ink: Drew cartoon for Duncan Davidson on wall of Fishing Hut.) Tuesday April 28 Inchmarlo, Banchory. Up 8.0am. Dullish day. Down to Hut in the morning. Took Mite fishing, Ruin etc. Packed. Lunch. In afternoon after packing went with M & Mite & Mrs Gibson to Mary Nicol’s. Took ponys & the Whitelaw girls. Good bye at Hut & left Banchory by the 6.50 train & back to Euston. Only chicken for dinner by Berenger's mistake. Slept fairly well. (Red ink: Went to Mary Nicol's & left after with Guthrie & Cocayne for Euston.) Wednesday April 29 On board train from Aberdeen. Euston 8.20. Good bye to Guthrie & Cocayne. Car met me & home at 9.10am. Roy there, all well & right. Gave Roy a cheque for £17.0.0. Put things straight & left in afternoon for the Punch Dinner. E.V.L & self, F.H.T, C.G, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. All over by 9.0pm. To the Athenaeum & home by bus. Roy left by the 8.0pm for Banchory. (Red ink: Arrived home from Banchory. Roy left for Banchory.) Thursday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Saw W.G. Dropped a packet. By Church Street & home. Took 3 or 4 photos. Girl in Argyll Rd etc. Servant posting letters. After schemed subject of Workman's Wife & Asquith. Photod Miss Beckington. Got outline. Dined 8.0pm. Went in carriage to the Garrick Theatre. 1 st night of revival of The Gay Lord Quex. Sat next Lady Pirrie. Saw many I knew. To the Garrick. Had a couple of plovers eggs & talk to Wicks. Home by carriage. (Red ink: Went to the 1st night of revival of The Gay Lord Quex. Saw Sir John Hare.) May 1908 Friday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out with camera up Church St. Missed W.G. No photos. After hard at work all day on drawing of Asquith & Workman's wife. Finished at 10pm when dined by myself. Bed tired at 12.30pm. Much warmer weather. (Cutting glued in: Death of Eliza Smale.) Saturday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Very warm wave set in. Out along Earls Court, met W.P. Sun scorching hot. No photos. Breakfast & left in carriage 9.45. To the Private View of the Royal Academy. Saw many friends. Lord Pirrie, Devett & others. Rhodes's, Leslie etc. Very hot. To Athenaeum to lunch with Graves. Wrote M etc. Did not go back to R.A. Frightful heat. Motor bus. Tea at home. Looked out pictures for French Exhibition. 85° outside my window, in room 74°. Dined at 6.45 & went in carriage at 7.45 to His Majesty's Theatre. Saw The Merchant of Venice. Tree's Shylock good, very. Felt hungry & had sandwich at the Athenaeum.
Never again. Home by 12.0am. (Red ink: Private View of Royal Academy. Frightfully hot. Went to see Tree's Shylock.) Sunday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Cold dull morning & all day dull. A difference of 30° between today & yesterday evening, 85° & 35°. In morning looked out pictures & wrote. Made a few enlargements. Lunch 1.15. At C.S 2.30. Took a few films of R.H to try camera. Back 5.30. Met Spencer who came to tea. At 7.0 developed bromides & dined by self at 8.15. Had a very good dinner. Bed 12.0. A fire necesary. (Red ink: Photod R.H. First couch with big camera. Fish girl.) Monday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50. Letters from M. Dull cooler morning. Cut by W.G. No school. Met Lady D in new dress going to work in Emperors Gate. Back. All day doing Spanish photos. After dinner went by self in carriage to Empire Theatre. A poor show. After to Garrick. Eat 3 plovers eggs. Talk to Col Lucas & a friend. Home by carriage. (Red ink: Went by self to Empire Theatre.) Tuesday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. A dull dark morning. Went to Cromwell Rd. No school girls. But! saw Lady D going to work for 1st time with her mother. No, above was yesterday. Up Church Street only. Dull morning. After all day getting on with Spanish photos. Spencer dined at 7.0 & we went to see The Waltz Dream. Poor stuff. To the Garrick after. Home by carriage. Sent Spencer home. Saw Col Lucas. (Red ink: Spencer dined with me & we went to see The Waltz Dream.) Wednesday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50. A windy stormy morning. Up Campden Hill. Saw Lady D. 2 plates in, snapped them in dull light. Back. All morning pottering. After lunch went to the Franco British Exhibition. Shocking muddle. Very tired & seedy. Took 22 films. To the Punch Dinner after rest, calling Athenaeum & Blenheim. Seaman back from Spain. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Cuts made up early. Bus to Athenaeum & home by carriage by 11.10pm. (Red ink: Went to Franco British Exhibition. Very unfinished. Took 22 films.) Thursday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50. Lovely morning. Took W.G, Lady D, 2 Plats etc. After drove in dog cart to Zoo. Took 8 plates. Made a mess of the whole thing. Exposed 2 plates twice. Only 3 out of 8. Back & developed. Late for figure. Upton & boy. After got all ready by 5.0. Worked till 8.15 on Elephant & Asquith. Dined by self & bed tired after. (Red ink: Went to Zoo to photo elephant.) Friday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Saw good looking girl go into 13 Lower Phillimore Place, a work shop. All day at work on Elephant & Asquith & Johnny Bull. Budget out yesterday, £1,200,000 for Old Age Pensions. Worked to 10.20 pm when dined by self. Bed very tired. Saturday May 9
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Tired. Round Earls Court. Met W.P. Sunny morning. Took 2 or 3 snaps. Back & all morning squared up back bromides. Spencer came to lunch & we went to the Earls Court Ex'n. Only took 1 photo. Saw Tadema, also Edis, Thompson Lyon & others. Back. Tea. Changed films etc. Dined 7.15 & went in a taxy cab to Duke of York's Theatre & saw The Admirable Crighton. Missed Spencer at Club. Supper with Dr Orwin & friend. Home by carriage. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Spencer lunched & we went to the opening of the Earls Ct Exhibition. Went to see The Admirable Crighton at the Duke of York's Theatre. Missed Spencer & Nelson at Club.) Sunday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out. Wired Spencer & Langley. The whole day at work. Finished Spanish enlargements. In evening drove by self to the Coburg Hotel & dined with Hamilton Langley & Midge. Saw Green the yachtsman. Home 11.40. Bed. Good dinner. (Red ink: Dined with Hamilton & Midge at the Coburg Hotel.) Monday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out end of Phillimore Gardens & to Lytham House. Lo! Cynthia. Got snap. Back & left at 10.0 by bus to Victoria. Down to Dover by self. X'd Channel. 2 little girls with good legs. Met no one either way. Expensive lunch & bad. Cold & wet returning. Dog cart met me & home to dinner at 8.15. Had fire. Bed at 12.0am. Roy left Banchory. (Red ink: Saw Cynthia back again. Crossed the Channel to Calais.) Tuesday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Lovely morning. Saw Roy driving home. Snapped Cynthia 3 times & 1 of Princess. 1 exposed twice. Back to breakfast with Roy. Roy looking well & had enjoyed Banchory. All day developing street photos & those taken yesteday. Did books for Spanish photos. At 8.10 Mervyn & Roy & self dined. Langley's partridges good. Bed 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Roy back from Inchmarlo. Mervyn dined in the evening.) Wednesday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. A bright morning. Out. Got 1 snap of Princess. Profile. No Cynthia. 2 mysterious Policemen. Back. Clouded over. Met Sir Henry Bergne. All day enlarging etc etc. Left in carriage at 5.15pm dressed for Royal Society. Called Blenheim & Athenaeum. Man coughing aggressively. To the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, L.R.H, C.G, R.L, L.B, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Tiresome discussion about religious education. Got rotten cartoon, Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Clifford & Mr Runciman. Left at 11.5. Cab to Athenaeum. To the Royal Society. No one there. Left after 5 minutes. Home by carriage. Lawrence Bradbury told me he had bought a house in Bedford Gardens. (Red ink: Went late to the Soirée of the Royal Society. No one there.) Thursday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am & in room. Dull cold wet morning. No photos. Back. Breakfast with Roy. After schemed rotten cartoon of Archbishop & Clifford & Runciman. Photod Britten in Archbishop's dress. Man from Nash's in after. Wet & miserable all the afternoon. Dined by self & bed at 1.0. Roy back. Opening of French Exhibition. Out of it completely. (Red ink: Franco British Exhibition opened
by Prince & Princess of Wales.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Edward Hughes. Photograph of the late Mr Edward Hughes. May 23. I.L.N.) Friday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Church Street. Dull cold morning. No photos. After all day at work on drawing of Archbishop, Runciman & Dr Clifford. A hard unsatisfactory day. Roy had sat for me for photo at 9.15 partly in the wet. Finished 10.30pm when dined. Very tired. Saturday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out Earls Court. Met no one. Took camera but no photos. Lucky as had put wrong half of lens in. All day tidying up & enlarging. In the evening after dining together Roy & self went to the Hungarian Exhibition. Home & there by carriage. Saw Thompson Lyon. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Hungarian Exhibition.) (Cutting glued in: Letter to The Times about Sir W.H.Russell. May 16.) Sunday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out for walk. After breakfast left at 10.15 & by bus to C.S. At 11.15 photod R.H. Out at 1.0 & home by bus. Roy & self at lunch. Rest after & at 4.20 went in carriage with Roy & played several sets at Sir Alfred Hickmans. 1st of season. John there & the Secy. Left at 7.0 & home. Roy & self dined together & had a bottle Ayala wine. Very good. Rest after & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Photod R.H in morning. Played Lawn Tennis for the 1 st time in season at Sir Alfred Hickmans.) Monday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out to Lytham House. Took C & also Princess. Profile. Failure. Also Shannon on horseback. Lovely day. M leaves Inchmarlo for Banchory & home. All day enlarging. In the afternoon Electric Light of Enlarger gave in after a year's use. Changed plates & film. Roy & self dined quietly & bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: M left Inchmarlo for home.) Tuesday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. Out to meet dear M. Saw bus on Campden Hill. Back. They arrived at 8.35. After all day putting Spanish photos in books. Thought Sands & Hunter had never sent about enlarger. They had. M, Roy & self dined in evening. M tired & her throat hurt her. Bed 12.0pm. Roy & self went in carriage & had an exceedingly dull evening at Sir Cuthbert Quilters in the evening. Saw many I knew. Horrid Rollit, Storey etc etc. (Red ink: M returned from Inchmarlo with a bad throat. Ill for a long time after. Roy & self went to Sir Cuthbert Quilter's Smoking Concert.) Wednesday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. M's throat bad. Dull windy morning. Walked over Notting Hill & down to High School. Met Sylvia Llewellyn Davis & 2 little boys. Back & with M unpacking. Turned on Electric Light on Enlarger & found it worked all right. Put some more Spanish photos in books. Left in afternoon for the Punch Dinner by carriage. Called at Athenaeum & Blenheim. Had been undecided whether to go to Military Tournament. Spencer called 2.30pm. Punch Dinner O.S,
self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Lucas & Townsend back from Paris. O.S not very well. Got subject of Mill Stone round Lloyd George's neck. Left 10.40. By carriage from Athenaeum. Upton had been for Doctor Beauchamp for dear M's throat. (Red ink: Upton went for Dr Beauchamp for M's throat.) Thursday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Lytham House. Photod C, Princess sideways. Failure. Back. Breakfast. Britten unable to come. Schemed subject of Lloyd G with Mill Stone & Asquith. Photod Upton & self. All ready by 4.30. Tea in M's room who had been in bed all day with her throat. Worked till 8.15 when dined by self. Roy at the French Exhibition. Bed 11.30. (Red ink: M's throat bad.) Friday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out up Argyll Rd & to Notting Hill. Met Board School girl & took several of last year's school girls. Back & breakfast. M remained in bed all day. At work on Lloyd George with Mill Stone round his neck & Asquith. Finished at 10.0pm. Dined by self. Roy went on the river. Very cold at night. Bed at 1.45am. Had slept, tired. Saturday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30 & drove 9.20 to Charing X. No doubt of the cold. Down to Surrenden Park with Press men. Rain came on from 12.0 to 2.20pm. Saw trotting horses. Curious young man to ride. Dealer named Gooch. Lady, daughter of late Ed Colman & niece of Angell. Man who knew Graves & Seaman. An old banker. Photod at 1/150 second. Fine young girl in a red cloak. Poor lunch & horrid Champagne. Got off in a hurry & caught 5.15 train from Pluckley. Driven there with fast horse. Weary journey to Charing X. Home 7.50 by cab. M not so well. Hot. Roy & self dined. Poor dinner. Emma out all day at a wedding. Bed 11.0pm. Cold. M's cough bad in night. (Red ink: Went down to Surrenden Park to Wenans horses. M not so well.) Sunday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Dear M had bad cough & not a good night. Out up Church St, down Argyll Road. Got M Practise of Medicine. Mite away. All morning writing etc. Lunch by self. Rest & at 4.0 went with Roy in carriage to Sir A.Hickman. Played 8 sets of Lawn Tennis. Each won 4. Home 7.0. Mite & Lennie dined. M slightly better. (Red ink: Played Lawn Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickmans. M very seedy with cough etc.) Monday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up. M had a very bad night. Up at 7.45 & out, Lytham House. Took C. Missed Princess. Met Sir Algernon Ledyard. Back. Breakfast. All day putting photos in books etc. William Hartree called. M better in afternoon, Mite with her all day. Mite lunched with me. Roy & self dined together. Bed at 11.30 after Drawing Room. (Red ink: M very seedy.) Tuesday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & out, Lytham House. Took 3 or 4. Princess turned back. Silly old man running. M decidedly better. Left at 11.0, after seeing man about books for photos, for Franco British Exhibition. Difficulty with camera. To
Art Pavilion. Saw Spielmann & just glanced in. Again difficulty with camera. Back at 1.0. Mite with her mother. Better. Lunch. Did photos till 3.0pm. Hours rest. Edith Furrell with M. Tidied. Dressed & left at 6.45 to dine at 104 Lancaster Gate. Glorious evening. Never saw Gardens looking so beautiful. Had to walk across Park on acct of traffic being stopped for the King & President. 1 st saw new tutor. After went with Mite & Lennie & Roy to see A White Man. To Garrick after. Supper next Spottiswoode. Home at 12.0 by carriage. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Lancaster Gate. Went to see 'A White Man'.) (Red ink across page: Went to opening of the Franco British Exhibition.) Wednesday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Lovely hot morning. Up Argyll Rd over Notting Hill. Took 5, Legs & Lady D. Camera broke down. Home. Short morning. Went to lunch at Lucy's. Very hot. Sir F.C & Lady B, Sir A & Lady Sassoon, Sir A & Lady Tadema, Sir Charles Scotter, Hon Mrs C.N.Lawrence, Lady Dorothy Neville, Edward Terry, Mr & Mrs Lucy & self. Pleasant lunch. Home by 3.30 by bus. Rest. Mite came at 5.40. Dr Warrington Haward & Dr Beauchamp came to see dear M. Also the Austro Hungarian ambassader at above party, making 14. Left at 6.10 & down all the way to the 'Punch' Dinner. Emptied my locker at the Blenheim Club. No letters. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, E.V.L (out of place) L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Long discussion about opening Exhibitions on Sundays. Left at 11.0. Home by carriage from Athenaeum. Gala night at the Opera. Pall Mall blocked. (Red ink: Lunched at Lucy's. Drs Haward & Beauchamp came to see M.) Thursday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40 & out up Argyll Road same as yesterday. Took Lady D 1/150 second & a few others. Too late for habitués. Back & after sent Upton to Miss Huxley's. Britten could not come. Photod Bird & Miss H & well forward. Mite laid up with cold. Worked from 5.0 to 8.30. Roy & self dined. Looked over papers & bed at 11.30pm. M not so well today. (Red ink: Both Mite & M laid up with severe colds.) Friday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Brilliantly fine morning. Took successful 1/100 Cynthia, 2 Princess. Tried to rush past. Got her. Back & hard at work all day on drawing of Fallières & Madame La République. Finished 9.50pm & dined by myself. Snooze till 2.0am when Roy returned from Fleishmans' dance. M had good night. Strong wind all day. The President Fallières returned to France. Saturday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Did not go out before breakfast. Dull grey morning. Developed Hornsby couch photos & street yesterday. Rest in afternoon. Tabs came in. Dressed & left with Roy in carriage at 7.0 & dined with Lennie. Saw dear Mite in bed. After we went to the Vaudeville Theatre & saw Hawtrey in a piece called Jack Straw. A very palpable crib of Guthrie's Man from Blankley's. Back to Lancaster Gate & home. Hungry. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Went with Lennie to see a piece at the Vaudeville called Jack Straw. Hawtrey in it.) Sunday May 31
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out 9.15. Lovely morning. Breakfast. In morning developed Inchmarlo fishing etc, some of Gs.T taken 1906. Lunch. Rest. At 4.0pm went to Sir Alfred's, played 8 sets. Sir A & Roy v John & self. They won 5, we 3. Back 6.45pm. M on sofa. Very warm evening. Dividend £17.18.0 from Leopoldina Railways. At 8.15 Tabs, Gwen, Hamilton Fletcher, Lennie Roy & self dined. Fan going. They left in taxy at 10.45pm. Bed 12.0. Very hot. (Red ink: Played tennis at Sir Alfred Hickmans for the last time this season. Hamilton F, Tabs, Gwen, Mite & Lennie dined.) Jun 1908 Monday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40 & out up Argyll Road & Notting Hill. Took 1 doz photos. Servant at Airlie Gardens etc, school girls. Back 9.30. Very warm morning. All day enlarging & putting things straight etc. Edgar with M in afternoon. Left & up by bus in afternoon. Called A & B Clubs & to the P.D by bus after. Letter from M at the Athenaeum. O.S, self, F.H.T, E.V.L, P.A, B.P, R.H, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. The Derby Sweep drawn. Long discussion. Left & to Athenaeum. Graves there. Wrote letters & home by the carriage. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, E.V.L, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. 10 in all. (Red ink: Punch Dinner. Derby Sweep.) Tuesday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out with camera, Kensington Court. Met Col Crompton. Snapped cycling little shop girl. Back & disappointed of Britten & also Bird. Schemed subject of the Emperor of Russia & H.M the King. Photod Upton & self & got all ready by 5.0pm. Delay with enlarging. Worked till 8.30pm when dined by myself. Bed tired after. Roy dined at Mite's. Frightfully hot. (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Redvers Buller. Wed 3 June.) Wednesday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out to Kensington Court. Snapped one or two. Met Coward. Derby Day. Frightfully hot. At work all day on drawing of the King, Emp of Russia. Worked up to 10.0 when Roy & self dined together. Signorinetta won as an outsider 100 to 1. Very tired. Bed after Drawing Room & fan at 12.30am. Edgar in at tea time. Frightfully hot. Violent thunderstorm in the night. Never woke me. (Red ink: Derby Day. Signorinetta won. Very hot day.) Thursday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & out. To High Street. Snapped small girl on bicycle etc. No Cynthia. Back & all morning tidying. Developed this morning's plates etc. Mite came & took M for drive. Out 1st time since M returned from Inchmarlo. At 4.0 thermometer 82° in rooms. Tilda came. Frightfully hot. Dressed & at 5.30 Lennie called in motor for F.B. Exhibition. Motor would not work. Roy & self left in carriage at 6.0, no, 6.45, & drove to Wood Lane entrance. A violent thunderstorm came on 5.15pm. No pictures on view. Dined with Mr Messel at the Garden Club. 14: Gilberts, Mr & Mrs M, Harold & wife, Lennie & Mite, Roy & self, young Webber, Mrs Gibbs, Muriel, Miss McIntosh. Put Mite in chair & out by the Shepherds Bush entrance at 10.30. Home by carriage & bed 11.30pm. Cooler. (Red ink: Thunderstorm in evening. Dined with Mr Messel at the Garden Club, Franco British Exhibition.)
Friday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Cooler. Out with camera over Notting Hill. Took servant, Lady D, red haired girl etc. In morning got ready for Leweston. M went out in Bath chair at 12.0. Lunch together. Left in cart at 1.30pm. Picked up Roy & after Guthrie. To Sherborne. Extraordinarily pretty girl on platform. Umbrella - not ours - left in train. By motor to Leweston Manor. Tabs in. Walk. Dressed. 2 Mr Ponsonbys there. Bed 11.45 after talk. Sent Upton to Police Station about Rags having barked & bitten. (Red ink: Went down by myself to Sherborne, Roy & Mr Guthrie also. M remained in town.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Sir Redvers Buller. Times, Saty 6 June 08.) Saturday June 6 Sherborne, Dorset. Leweston Manor. Up at 8.0. Bath. Stroll before breakfast. After wrote letters & at 12.0 Hamilton, Guthrie, Roy & self left in motor for Dorchester. Played 16 holes on Golf course. Weymouth in distance. Quite cold. Lovely view. Left after tea at 6.0pm. Motored back thro' Dorchester. Called old curiosity shop. Very cold wind. Back 7.30. Felt seedy & cold. Dressed. Dinner. Miss Nemhard had come. Good dinner. Went to bed 10.45pm. Slept well. (Red ink: Played Golf on Dorchester & Weymouth Links, Hamilton & Roy, Guthrie & self.) Sunday June 7 Sherborne, Dorset. Leweston Manor. Up 8.0. Woke 6.0am. Most lovely morning. Wrote Trendell before breakfast. Letters from M. After read Cockburn's Voyage 1809. Wrote letters. Lunch. Went to church 3.30 to 4.30pm. At 6.0 all went for walk. 2 Mr Ponsonbys, elder an ornithologist. Back 7.30. Dinner. Tired after. Bed 11.30pm. Got an answer from Trendell on Wednesday morning. Monday June 8 Sherborne, Dorset. Leweston Manor. Up & bath. Warmer. Read Cockburn's Voyage 1809. Walk round with H to look at walls. After rest all afternoon. Motor went over to an old house where Lady Grove was. At 5.0 Lady Cairns & another to tea. Played Lawn Tennis, H, self, Roy & Gwen. Bottle of Madeira at dinner. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Played Lawn Tennis.) Tuesday June 9 Sherborne, Dorset. Leweston Manor. Woke 6.0am. Roy moving about at 7.0 & he left for town. After letters Guthrie & self motored into Sherborne. Took all 8 films, girls etc. After looked over Abbey & schools. The tomb of the De Horreys, Lewestons & also Digbys. Long talk with the Verger. Back 1.20. Lunch. Rest in afternoon. Tabs went to Sherborne Castle, the Digbys. Miss Nemhard to the church. At 6.0 played 4 excellent sets of Lawn Tennis, H & Eve v self & Gwen. They beat us. After 2 girls v H & self, 1 set each. Dinner. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Took photos at Sherborne.) Wednesday June 10 Sherborne, Dorset. Leweston Manor. Up 8.10. Bath. Grey morning. Letters from Trendell. Spielmann, Bryson. Wrote letters. Good bye to H. Guthrie & self left at 11.45. Caught train 12.10. To Salisbury. Great difficulty in changing into London train. Impertinent ticket collector. Lunch in train. Uncomfortable & hot & stuffy. Into smoking carriage. Waterloo 3.17. Drove home by cart. Dear M not so well.
Wrote letters. Tea. Left for the Punch dinner at 6.0pm. Up by steam bus. Called Athenaeum. No letters. To the Dinner. Partridge had won the sweep. O.S, self, H.F.T, C.G, R.L, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. No Phil or Lawrence. Felt tired. Got cartoon of Rosebery & Peer. Home by carriage from Athenaeum. Lord Welby there whilst I was writing letters. (Red ink: Left Leweston Manor & up to town with Guthrie.) Thursday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out up Argyll Rd. Snapped Lady D, Board School etc. Back. Disappointed of Britten. M better & had a good night. Sent Upton to Mays. At 12.30 photod Upton for Peer & Lord Rosebery. Edgar & Sophia Herapath came to lunch. Lovely afternoon. Finished enlarging at 4.0pm. Tea. Worked on to 8.0pm. Roy & self dined at 8.30pm. Bed 11.30 after papers. (Cutting glued in: Photograph. The latest frocks. Mrs G.Keppel & Lady Sarah W. June 16.) Friday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40 & out 8.25. Met shop girl in Church Street. Back home at 8.55. No photos. Band. Roy down. All day at work on drawing of Lord & Lord Rosebery. Finished at 9.45pm when Roy & self dined. Snooze after till 12.45 when bed. M had good night. Saturday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Camera. Down Earls Court Road. Took little girl in Kensington High Street. After 2 of servant. No W.P. Back. Breakfast. After put things away & also packed. Suffragette procession to the Albert Hall. M & self got away at 3.50 & drove in carriage to Victoria. Suffragettes. Edgar met us. Roy down also. Roy not very well & looked seedy. To Balcombe. Lennie & Mr Webber at Nymans. Caught a couple of really good trout. Had brought down trout Langley had sent. Had them for dinner. Champagne. Roulette after. Lost 8/s. Bed at 11.30pm. M slept well. (Red ink: M & self went down to Balcombe after M's illness.) Sunday June 14 Balcombe House. Up 8.15. M had good night. Bath. Lovely morning. Sat out with M & Roy for 2 hours. Lunch. Walk with Mite & Roy. Rest after in M's room till 4.30. Out again. Mr & Mrs Messel came over to tea. 3 sets of Tennis, Roy & self v Lennie & Webber. Beat them by one set. After one other Roy & self v Lennie & Bridgeman. Beat them. The Hohlers & another & a Miss Vesey came in a motor car & stayed to dinner leaving at 10.20pm. Bed at 11.15. M & self slept well. Monday June 15 Balcombe House. Up 6.45am & bath. Packed. Breakfast at 8.0am with Roy, Mr Webber & Lennie. Good bye to M & left 9.15 am. Met Major Oxley in train. Home by cart calling Athenaeum & the Blenheim. Fine morning. Home. Letters. Lunch. At 2.0pm photod Miss Johnson & also Bird for Opening Volume 134. All afternoon developing & printing. Got ready & worked from 6.0 to 8.30 when dined with Roy. Roy went to a dance after. Bed at 11.30pm. Tired. (Red ink: Photod Miss Johnson.) Tuesday June 16
Stafford Terrace. Woke 4.30. Up 7.40. Out 8.15am to Cromwell Road. Took 9 snaps including Princess. Back to breakfast. Manleys leaving next door. Dullish morning. After at work all day on drawing for Volume Title Page 135. Got it in outline. Roy & self dined & Roy went to a dance after. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Ascot week.) Wednesday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Dull wet morning. No photos. Walk up Church St. After all day again on Title Vol 135.Could not quite finish by 5.0pm. Dressed & left in the carriage at 5.45pm for Earles Hotel, 21 Grosvenor St. Called on Mrs Moon. Felt very seedy. Walked to Athenaeum & bus to Punch Dinner. Drunken man had been to Ascot, bottle of Whiskey in his pocket. O.S, self, H.F.T, R.H, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Talk by Reed of my sale of drawings 1906. Got cut of Haldane & Suffragettes. Bus to Athenaeum. A dinner on. Went upstairs & wrote letters. Home by the carriage. Roy out. He dined at the McLarens & went to a dance. (Red ink: Title John Bull & France.) Thursday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Over to Notting Hill. Took girls walking. Lady D's father named Edwards, a letter cutter. Had camera stopped down too much. Britten came at 12.0. Photod him for Haldane in Napoleonic attitude. Developed & got all ready. Finished drawing for Vol 135 Title by 6.30pm. Traced Haldane & got him on the paper as usual. Dined by self at 8.30pm. Roy at another dance. Bed at 11.30. Very tired. (Red ink: Did good cartoon, Haldane as Napoleon.) Friday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40 & out by Lytham House. Writing letters before breakfast. Bright sunny morning. Snapped Princess, rather off the plate, & others. Back & all day at work on drawing of Haldane & Suffragettes. Got thro' easily. Finished 9.45. Roy & self dined. Mite called 12.30pm. Enlarged & took Suffragettes at 12.0. Bed 11.30pm. Saw 2 Plats going by bus from Kensington Church. (Red ink: Acct in Times (today) of Sir Nicholas O'Conor's will, page 14.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Admiral Rozhdestvensky. July 21.) Saturday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Very tired. Out in most brilliant sun. Took 11 up Church St at 100 second. Sent shirts. After put things away & letters. Lunch. Dressed. At 2.15 drove in carriage to Paddington. Saw Lady Roxborough, Causton etc etc. Caught one of the 1st trains to Windsor for His Majesty's Garden Party. On to Castle with 3 Americans. Medalled police. Lovely day. Strong N.E wind. Indian bodyguard. Foreign officers. Saw Burnand, Bancroft, Pinero etc, Weigall & Mrs W. Trendall, Eve & Lawrence Fisher-Rowe, O.S, Phipson Beales, Col & Mrs Lucas, Whitaker Ellis, Coleridge, Grove & many others. Rivières, Mr & Mrs Abbey. Had tea & after 1 glass of Champagne. H.M.the King, Prince & Princess of Wales & Prince Edward etc. Band. Left at 6.0. Easy train back. Curious garrulous old lady in train. By cab to Stafford Terrace at 7.15. Out & wired R.H to come tomorrow. Dined by self at 8.20pm. Went to the Hungarian Exhibition after. Cold & no one there hardly. Back by the carriage. Bed at 11.30. Tired. (Red ink: Went to the King's Garden Party at Windsor. Lovely day.) (Red ink across page: H.M the King's Garden party at Windsor.)
Sunday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. To Kensington Court. R.H. Wired Beasley & Grosvenor Street. Back. Breakfast. Roy to go on river. Motor called 11.30am. Grey dull morning. Wrote many letters. Lunch 1.20, out 2.0. Great crowd of Suffragettes. Met Manley & wife. Cab to Berkeley Square. Walked to C.S. Had to wait 25 minutes. At 3.0 photod R.H. Out at 5.0. Home by bus. Seen by Spencer. 300,000 in Park. Huge crowds. Home by 4 wheeler. Wrote on mount of Spielmann's drawing. Developed 1 doz plates of yesterday & filled boxes. Dined by self at 8.15. A very good dinner. Read & to bed 11.45. Roy motored from the river to Lyndhurst & home 1.30 from Southampton. (Red ink: Photod R.H. Great Suffragette meeting in the Park.) Monday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & walked over to Notting Hill School. Took 11 photos, N˚ 1 mag. Good looking servant. Back. Breakfast. At 12.10 Owen S came & settled for Opening Volume 135. In the afternoon photod vase etc & got all ready. Dined by self after & bed at 12.0am. A fire at Phillimore Place. Roy saw it going home. The above is wrong. Spencer came to dinner with Roy & self & left at 11.0 in carriage. (Red ink: Spencer dined with Roy & self.) Tuesday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & walked over to Notting Hill. Took 10 photos, girls coming from Shepherds Bush. Went on with drawing of Greek Vase all morning for Vol 135. Gwen came at 2.0pm & we went in the carriage to Olympia & saw the Horse Show. Close & hot. Back at 5.30 to Stafford Terrace. Tea. Sent G by carriage to Paddington. Worked till 8.30pm when dined by self. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Took Gwen to the Horse Show at Olympia.) Wednesday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & to Cromwell Road walking round by Wrights Lane. Princess with a young man. 1 snap of white dress. Failure. All day at work on drawing for Title - no, Heading - Volume 135. Finished at 5.45pm. Drove in carriage to Athenaeum. Letter. Garden Party at Marlborough House. Academy Soirée. Roy & Mite went, dining 1st Mr Messels. To the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. No Proprietors. Got good subject of Britannia & Pageants. Home by carriage from Atheneum after letters. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Royal Academy Soirée. Did not go.) Thursday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull grey morning. Walked up Church Street. No photos. Wired Johnson not to come. At 12.0 photod Miss Huxley for Britannia & Pageants. Got all ready by 4.30. Worked on till 8.30pm, when dined by self. Looked over papers. Very tired. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Photod Miss Huxley for Britannia & Pageants.) Friday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.50am. Did 2 hours work before breakfast. A came in in robe de nuit looking well. Out at 8.25 with camera. Took shop girl & also Princess sideways. Silly old man running. Back. Breakfast. All day at work on Britannia &
Pageants. Mite came at 1.15. Finished at 8.40pm successfully. Roy & self dined at 9.10pm. Mite came in motor at 10.0pm. We went to the Foreign Office together. Saw Sir A.Tadema, Reeds, Lucys, Lady Pirrie, Gould, Tree, Irene Vanborough & many others. Royal Procession. Asquith with Princess of Wales, P of W, D & D of Connaught, H.H the Khedive, Indian princess, McKenna, Haldane & many others. 1 glass of Champagne & left at 12.15am. Home at 12.45. Roy back. Bed tired. (Red ink: Went with Mite to the Foreign Office Reception.) Saturday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Overslept. Tea cold. Grey morning. Out short walk up Church Street. No photos. Put things straight & away. Developed (illeg) plates. Those taken yesterday & Monday last. Put things up. 1 Vol Spain. Lunch & left in cart 3.45 for Victoria & down to Balcombe. A Miss Manisty came same train. Lennie at Nymans fishing. Mr Wynne there. Tea & walk round. Dear M looking much better. Good dinner & Roulette after. Lost 1/s. Bed at 11.15pm. M & self slept well. (Cutting glued in: Sale of the Holland Pictures. June 27.) Sunday June 28 Balcombe House. Up at 8.15. Good bath. Grey morning. Decided not to go sea fishing. Lennie & Webber off at 9.0am. Wrote many letters about Pageants etc. Sat in garden with M. Lunch. Rest in Drawing Room. Again out & wrote letters. Eclipse of the sun partial at 5.30pm. Old mare galloped in paddock. Lennie & Webber back very late from sea fishing. Dined 8.30. They came 9.0pm bringing 62 dabs & flat fish. Quiet evening after & bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Eclipse of the sun.) Monday June 29 Balcombe House. Up at 4.0am & also at 7.30. Bath after Webber. Caught the 9.52 train & up to town. Cart met me & home to Stafford Terrace. Letters. Lunch & at 2.30 to the Chelsea Pageant. Very hot. Difficulty in getting in. Civil Dr Johnson. Did not recognise Phil Agnew. Took 4 magazines, one N˚ 4 faulty. Caesar. Many girls. Saw Partridge & Belcher. Pretty dark girl. There till 5.45 when drove home in the carriage. Tea & after Hut. Dined by myself & quiet evening & bed 11.30pm. Changed magazines between 6.30 & 8.0pm. (Red ink: Went to the Chelsea Pageant.) Tuesday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out with camera. Snapped Princess in bright sun. Back. Breakfast. All day writing, tidying etc. Developed few plates. Rest in afternoon. At 4.45 went by motor bus to C.S & at 5.45 photod O. Doubtful about Studio. Out 6.45 & to the Athenaeum & home by carriage at 7.30pm. Changed & dined by self. Bed at 11.30.(Red ink: Photod Moon at 4.45pm.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Captain Leonard Bell to Catharine Coward.) Jul 1908 Wednesday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out in brilliant sun. Met Manley. Took 9 of schoolgirls at corner of Kensington Court. Back. Breakfast & at 10.45 drove in cart to Waterloo. Frightfully hot. Caught the 11.30 for Winchester. Got fearfully hot walking to the George Hotel. Next Quiller Couch, Genevieve Ward. Sat next to a
table with Mrs Athol Purdy & her son & another gentleman who knew my work. To the Pageant. Took 2 magazines without a hitch. Saw Benson, Montague Fowlers. Delightful tea with Charles 2nd. Left at 5.20 & caught the 5.50 train. Got hot again. To Waterloo. Cab to the Garrick & had good dinner. Saw Galloway, Bangs, Weldon etc. Capn Jessel asked why Seaman did not belong to the Garrick. To the P.D. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, R.C.L, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Bogus cartoon made up. Got fair subject & left at 10.40. To Athenaeum. Wrote letters & home by carriage. Bed tired 12.0am. (Red ink: Went to the Winchester Pageant. Dined at the Garrick Club.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Chelsea. July 3.) Thursday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Took 2 snaps, Edward's sister & Raffles. Back. Breakfast. Britten to come. Roy went to Henley by motor at 11.30am. Schemed subject with difficulty. At 12.0 photod Britten for Ulysses & at 12.30 Miss Johnson & Antoinette for Suffragettes. Developed & got all ready. Rest from 5.0 to 6.0. Worked till 8.30pm. Dined by self. Papers & to bed at 11.30pm. Very hot. Roy back 1.30am. (Red ink: Photod Britten, Miss Johnson & Antoinette for Suffragettes.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Eugenie de la Penha.) Friday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0 & did hours work before breakfast. After out in most brilliant sun. Took 7 photos, one good one of Princess, 2 shop girls etc staring butchers. Back. Roy went again to Henley & had delightful day. Thermometer 84° in my room. All day on drawing of Asquith as Ulysses & Suffragettes. Nearly done up with the heat. Had fan in room. Finished at 9.30pm. Dressed & dined by self. Went in carriage at 10.0 to Lady Henderson's evening party to meet Arthur Balfour. Saw Dixon-Hartlands, Col & Mrs Lucas, Lady Milman, Snagge & his wife, Mrs Arthur Lewis, Col Malet & many others. Lucy. Talk to Mr Balfour. Left at 12.0 & drove home & to bed. Tired. Thunder in the night. (Red ink: Henley. Very hot day. Went to Lady Henderson's at home.) (Cutting glued in: Art Sale. July 3.) Saturday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Had been a thunder storm at 2.0am. Grey dull morning & all day. Slightly cooler. Roy only eat a few strawberries for luncheon, no breakfast. Check & put things away. Sent Upton to photo ass'n. Developed 1 doz of Pageant, 1 doz taken Wednesday & Thursday & 7 yesterday. Lunch & left with Roy in a taximeter cab at 3.45 for Balcombe. Roy to Worthing. Saw Ruth Messel, Mr & Mrs M & Miss de la Penha. Lennie at Balcombe just starting for Worthing. Sat out till 7.15. Dressed. Thunder about. Dinner, Mrs G, Mite, M, self & Mr Bridgeman. Rest after. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Roy went down to Worthing. Self to Balcombe.) Sunday July 5 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. A grey cooler morning. Breakfast by self. After wrote letters & began Spanish Volume 1. Sat out with M & strolled, Mrs Gibson also. After lunch sat on lawn & read. Lovely weather. Read 'Tracer of Lost persons' to M & Mrs Gibson. Took M round the field at 6.0pm. Mite & Mrs G went on to the lake. Dinner. Mite played the pianola after. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Quiet day at Balcombe.)
Monday July 6 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. 'Times'. Breakfast. Lovely day all day. Took M for slow walk over fields & back. All day at letters & doing the Spanish 1 st Volume. Quiet dinner & pianola after. Rest & to bed at 11.30pm. Mrs Gibson left in the morning at 11.30am. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Francis Langdon to Frances Mount Batten. July.) Tuesday July 7 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. No 'Times'. Breakfast. After to 11.0 did Vol 1 Spain. At 12.30 M & Mite & self motored to Brighton. Took a few snaps in high wind. Then on along the sea shore to Worthing. Past a travelling circus. Very good lunch at Worthing. Then at 3.0 to the Camp & saw Lennie. Was awakened in his tent. Also Lord Zouche, Duke of Norfolk etc. Run home though Handcross. Hot very, even on the motor. Bath. A Miss Something arrived & Ethel Cusans. Dinner. Miss (blank) played well. Bed 121.30 after. (Red ink: M, Mite & self motored to Worthing & back.) Wednesday July 8 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Dull morning. Breakfast. After went on with Volume 2 of Spain. Letters etc. Lunch. At 3.0 M, Mite & self left in motor for 3 Bridges. Good bye to them. Up to town. Carriage met me. Heavy rain. To Stafford Terrace. Wrote letter. Tea. On to the Punch Dinner by bus. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, R.C.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Very late discussion. Got another Britannia cut & at 10.45 to Athenaeum. Wrote letters & home by carriage. Thursday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Out with 2nd camera up Church St. Took one of tall girl in black. After schemed subject of Britannia & Nelson. Photod Miss Huxley & after Upton. Fine hot morning. Could not get policeman. All ready by 4.30. Rest for an hour. Worked from 5.0pm to 8.20. Roy & self dined together. Bed after at 12.0am. (Red ink: Photod Miss Huxley for Britannia.) Friday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Had had most awful cramp in my thighs in the early morning. Woke up in agony. Out up Church St. No photos. Poor old Rick crushed under a motor at 11.30am. Motor coming out of stable next door. Dear Mite & Linley came at 12.30pm. Rain set in for the Eton & Harrow Match. Worked on drawing for Britannia & Nelson till 8.30pm when finished. Dined by self tired. Roy out. Bed 11.0pm. Saturday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Dull morning & much wind. Up Church St. Back & put things away. Developed at 12.0 films of R.H taken Sun 21 June. Dressed. Met Bonvoisin coming along at 1.10pm. Drove him in carriage to Lords & saw a disastrous Eton & Harrow Cricket Match. Dull. Lunch with Roy, Hamilton Fletcher, Stern, Bonvoisin & self. Very good lunch. All over at 4.0pm. Harrow won by 10 wickets. Left. Took 1 doz small photos. Most successful for dull light. Home. Roy & self dined after my developing 30 small films & plates taken last Tuesday & today. Drove in carriage at 10.35 to the Garrick & had Bonvoisin to supper.
Tunstall, Wyndham, C.Disraeli, etc. Bonvoisin liked the Cider. Home 1.0am. (Red ink: Eton & Harrow match. Poor cricket. Took Bonvoisin.) Sunday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out at 9.5. Went to Kensington Court. No R.H. Back & breakfast. After Roy out. Left at 12.0 & motor bus to Athenaeum. Letter at B.Club. Wrote M etc. Lunch & at 3.0 to 5.0 photod R.H, Turkish dress. Dark dull day & heavy rain. Home 5.30. Muggy & hot. From 6 to 7.45 rested in Drawing Room, fan going. Read Chambers book. Roy & self dined at 8.0 & had a bottle of Ayala '92. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Photod R.H. Dull dark afternoon. Turkish dress.) Monday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.35 & out. A hopelessly wet & miserable morning for the King to open the Olympic Games. Out & up Church Street. Felt tired & muggy all morning. From 10.20 to 11.0pm writing letters. Lunch. As still heavy rain did not go to the Franco British Exhibition. Lucky I did not as should not have got in. The King opened the Olympic Games at 3.30pm. Rest in chair from 2.0 to 4.0. Tea. Put away back photos etc. Roy brought home a good lobster & we dined together. Rags sick in his basket. In Drawing Room after & bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: King opens Olympic Games. Heavy wet.) Tuesday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & out. Clouds. Snapped Princess who ran violently after. Back. Roy & self breakfast. Squared up back bromides. Letters etc. Lunch & at 2.10 went in carriage to the Franco British Exhibition. Saw the Olympic Games. Principally cycling. Out 5.0 & home 5.30pm. Tea. Developed films taken in Oct 1906. No good. Roy back & we dined together. Quiet evening after. Full moon. Bed 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Went to the Franco British Exhibition for the Olympic Games.) Wednesday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & out. Clouds. Snapped Princess at Cromwell Road & others. Met Sir Henry Bergne. Sent shirt & belt to Stores. Developed some films taken of Morgan, May 1907. Rest after lunch. Carriage to Athenaeum. No letters. On by bus to P.D. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, R.C.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Got cut of Wolfe & Montcalm. Left with Lucas in bus. Lawrence B away for 3 months in France. Wrote letters at Athenaeum & home by carriage. (Red ink: Lawrence Bradbury away indefinitely.) Thursday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Wet morning & a pouring wet day all day. Dreadful for work. Schemed in a hurry subject of Prince of Wales & Wolfe & Montcalm. Sent Upton to Mays & photod with extreme difficulty Pegler & Upton for naval uniform & also for Montcalm & Wolfe. Enlarged upstairs. Very tired. Roy & self dined at 8.30pm. Stern sent me 2 bottles of Brandy, one 1820. Read & bed 11.45pm. Still heavy rain. (Red ink: Very wet for photographing for my work.) Friday July 17
Stafford Terrace. Up & out. Walk up Holland Walk. Saw Elliott, Spanish girl. Back before Band. Dull grey day. Breakfast & all day at drawing of Wolfe, Montcalm & Prince of Wales. Finished 9.45pm. Roy out to dinner. Very tired & seedy. Bed 12.30pm. Saturday July 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out up Church Street. Back. Breakfast. Dull morning. Put things away etc etc. No photos. Roy back to lunch. Left in taxy for Victoria & to Balcombe. Had been heavy rain. Met Mr Labouchere at station. Mr Everard, Mr & Mrs Fisher Dilke, Mr Johnston at house. Pleasant party. Fit of indigestion & breathlessness. Stroll round by village with M. Dinner, next Mite. Roulette after. Lost 4/s. Bed at 12.0am. Slept well. (Red ink: Roy & self went down to Balcombe.) Sunday July 19 Balcombe House. Up at 8.15. Bath etc. Dull grey day & strong wind but no rain. Wrote 4 or 5 letters. Then took M for walk to the lake. Like yachting. Lunch. After rested. Liver out of order & breathless. Took M at 4.15 for another walk. Met Mr Everard & Bridgeman, after Mite & Mrs Dilke. Vic killed a rat & carried it home. Miss Parker here with a little dog. Tea & Tennis, played 1 set. Good set, Mr Dilke & Mr Labouchere v Roy & Lennie. Dinner. Took Mrs Dilke in. Pianola after. Bed at 11.45pm. (Cutting glued in: Hooligans and the Police. July 20.) Monday July 20 Balcombe House. Up 8.15. No bath. General exodus. Nurse Francis & Linley, Mr Everard, Mr Labouchere, Mr & Mrs Fisher Dilke, Mr Johnstone, etc. Dull morning again. Wrote letters. Doubtful as to going to Brighton. Did not go. Did Spanish book. A Miss Hughes came. Rest in afternoon. Had 3 sets of Lawn Tennis. Curate & self v Mr Labouchere & Lennie. Beat them. Dinner & quiet evening after. Tuesday July 21 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Lennie & Mr Labouchere went to town. Did Spanish books. Mite, M & self motored to Nymans & M & self went to Ifield & saw Mark Lemon's grave. Back to lunch from Nymans. After rest. Letters etc. Spanish Volume 3. Took M for walk round field. A Miss Bagge came. Dinner. Took Miss Hughes in. Left at 9.15 & up to town. Roy met me at Victoria. Home by carriage. Sandwiches & bed at 11.30pm. Played 3 sets of Lawn Tennis, self & Mr Labouchere v Lennie & Mr Bridgeman. They beat us 5 games all in all the 3 sets. (Red ink: Went to Nymans & after with M to Ifield. Returned to Stafford Terrace in the evening.) Wednesday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Had the carriage & drove to Cromwell Rd. Snapped the Princess running. After got ready & drove to Victoria & caught the 11.0 train to Dover. Lovely day. Saw the Pageant & took 79 snaps. Saw Mr Weigall, Lady Rose & their daughter. Left at 4.45 & caught the boat train back. To the Garrick Club by 7.40. Dressed & taxy to the Dinner at the Savoy. O.S, self, A.G, F.H.T, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Got Turkish subject, Sultan & young Turkey. By cab to Athenaeum at 11.30. Home by carriage. Sandwiches. Long day. (Red ink: Went to the 'Dover Pageant'. Dined at the Savoy in the evening for 'Punch' Dinner.)
Thursday July 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out through Holland Walk. Saw girl. Bright morning. Had taken a doz plates on Notting Hill. Sent Upton to Mays for Sultan's costume. Photod Upton & got all ready by 3.30pm. Rest till 5.0. Worked from 5.15 to 9.30pm. Roy & self dined & Roy left in cart at 10.50pm for Euston. Looked at papers & bed 11.50. Roy went to Galbraith's. Friday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 5.30am & at work at ¼ to six. Tea. Worked to 8.0am. Had carriage & drove down to Cromwell Road. Slightly misty. Snapped Princess & again in St Albans Road. Also common shop girl. Home. Breakfast. Took plates out of water & filled N° 4 magazine. Work from 10.15 to 12.15. Finished drawing. Lunch. Packed from 3.0 to 4.30. Drove in cart to Waterloo. Forgot money. Called Athenaeum. Saw Sir T.Snagge. Saw Spencer & Nelson. Down to Southampton. On board at 8.0pm. Dressed. Dinner 8.30. Sat next Parkinson. After talk to Sir Walter Lawence & Snagge. Bed at 11.45. (Red ink: Got done early & went on board S.S.‘Salsette’. Great race from 'Marathon'. Dorando Pietri in first.) Saturday July 25 P&O. S.S.'Salsette'. Up 6.30 & out 7.0. Tea. Dull morning. Breakfast 8.0am. Good sole. Gilbert eating heavily. Got A Princess of Thule. Rest from 10.30am to 12.0pm. Talks. Lunch. Carbonnais. After smoke. Rest. Talk to Alverstone. Passed 7 submarines & the Eddystone Lighthouse. Steamed down as far as Falmouth when turned & anchored at Plymouth. A New Zealand White Star ship starting, the Ionic. Dinner. Claret. Sutherland pointed guests where to go. Smoke after. Sleepy. Rested in deck chair. Sandwich with Snagge. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Delightful run down Channel on board S.S. 'Salsette'.) Sunday July 26 P&O. S.S.'Salsette'. Up at 6.50. Good warm sea bath. Out. Talk to Fildes, East & Gilbert about camera. Breakfast. Pipe & read about Marathon race. Took many snaps. Talk to Snagge, Sutherland & after to a man who had been all over the world, an architect. Lovely morning. Steamed up from Plymouth back past Swanage to Isle of Wight. Parade of Lascars & men at 10.30. The above man was a Mr George Edwards Chairman of the A.B.C. Lovely day. Steamed round the Isle of Wight round to Spithead, a great fleet there. Then up to Southampton Water. About 10 of them left the ship at 7.0pm. Henderson, Alverstone, Parkinson & others. Pleasant dinner. East's boring stories. Speech by Lord Selby after. Talk of Busch to Sir Walter Lawrence. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: On board P&O.’Salsette’.) Monday July 27 P&O. S.S.'Salsette'. Up at 5.0am. Bath & packed leisurely. Breakfast at 8.0am & left the ship in a tender & caught 9.45 train. In carriage with Hunter, Bancroft, Snagge & Fildes. Cart met me at Waterloo & home at noon. Changed films & after lunch developed a few films. Had printed 50 blues all defective owing to bad paper. Left at 5.45 & up by steam bus to Athenaeum. No letters. To the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.S, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Left 10.45 & home from the Athenaeum Club at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Back from P&O. steamer to Stafford Terrace. Punch Dinner.)
Tuesday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & over Campden Hill, no Holland Walk, to Notting Hill. Took 10 films etc of girls. Back & schemed subject of Lloyd George as Highwayman. Sent Upton to Mays. Photod him in frock coat & hat. Got all ready by 4.0pm. Half an hour's rest & worked till 9.0pm. Put most of the drawing in outline. Dined by self. Tired. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Last Notting Hill photos.) Wednesday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & did one hours work on Lloyd George as Highwayman. Ordered carriage & drove to street before Cromwell Road. The last day of High School. Snapped Princess twice. Girls with bouquets of flowers. Lovely morning. All day at work. Wire from Mite to go to Goodwood tomorrow. Got done 9.20 & dined by self. Very tired. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Last day of High School. Last photos of season.) Thursday July 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 5.30 & packed. Upton round by 7.0. Breakfast 7.45 & off in cart at 8.15am to Victoria. Caught the 9.55 for Balcombe. Changed & left in motor for Goodwood, Mite, self, Miss Bourke & Mr Labouchere. Hot day. Puncture just after Petworth & after something wrong. Taken on to course by a stranger in 2 cars. Lunch in naval tent. Seated on lawn after. Saw Pinero. Introduced to Percy Scott etc. Mite & self had tea. Saw Phillis Dare etc. Took 10 photos. Difficulty to find car. Left 5.0pm. Broke down again twice & stranded in wood. Children looking on. Got a fly & by train to 3 Bridges. Very thin new moon. Drove home in wagonette. There 11.15. Dinner & bed very tired at 12.25. Fearful cramp in the night. (Red ink: Left S.T early & went to Balcombe. After motored with Mite, Miss Bourke & Mr Labouchere to Goodwood. Breakdown.) Friday July 31 Balcombe House. Up at 9.0. Late. Grey morning. Breakfast 9.45, Miss Bourke sitting with me. Delightful to talk to. Out on lawn till 11.0am. Took M short walk after writing Roy. Lunch. Rest. Read a book of Jack London's called White Fang. Up & wrote to Guy Granet, Forbes etc. Changed for Tennis. A Mr Bridgeman & his wife called. Lovely evening. Played 3 sets of Lawn Tennis. Mr Labouchere & self won one. Bath. Dressed. Took Miss Bourke in to dinner. Major & Mrs Oxley & Miss Loder at dinner. Roulette after. Neither won nor lost. Bed 11.45pm. Aug 1908 Saturday August 1 Balcombe House. Up 8.20. bath. Sat in sun reading 'Times'. Breakfast. After Lennie, Mr Labouchere & Miss Bourke went to rifle butts. Letters. Settled with M about going to Scotland. Short walk. In to lunch. Eric Parker came over & he & Lennie fished. Rest till tea on the lawn with children. M, Miss Bourke & self went to the lake & saw a fish caught. Took Vic. Back 7.0pm. Dressed. Wrote diary. Claret for dinner. Mabel Beaumont & her husband at dinner. Roulette after. Won 6d. Bed at 11.30after. The Beaumonts arrived at 11.0. Sunday August 2 Balcombe House. Up at 8.20. bath. Most lovely morning. Breakfast 9.30am. Letter from Roy. After read. Very hot. Lunch. Rest. Party from Major Oxley's came
for Tennis. Beaumont good at it. Played 1 set. Lovely afternoon. Took Miss Bourke in. Lennie annoyed at talking during pianola. Up at 10.30pm. Changed films. M woke several times in the night. (Red ink: Lovely weather. Warm & fine.) Monday August 3 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Bath. Breakfast. At 10.15 left in pony trap for station. Met Hayworth Booth & Pigott. An hour late in getting to Brighton. Took 1 magazine before lunch & 2 after. Very hot & great vulgarity. Lunch at the Bedford. Empty. Fly to station at 3.15 & at Balcombe at 4.45. Changed & walked M, Miss B & self to lake. Took 4 photos. After took Miss Bourke a row on the lake. Delightful. Hard walk back. Much distressed. Bath & dressed. People to dinner. Major & Mrs Oxley etc. Tired & in Lennie's room & outside. Heavy dew. A dance after. Mr & Mrs Hayworth Booth, party from Nymans, Murray's daughter etc. Mistook the daughter for the sister. Bed after. M went up at 11.0pm. Went to Brighton. (Red ink: Took Miss B for a row in dinghy. Dance at Balcombe House.) Tuesday August 4 Balcombe House. Up at 7.30. Bath. Lennie & Mr Labouchere went to town. Out & sat & talked with Miss Bourke. Lunch. Decided to go to Lord Zouche's Garden Party. Left at 3.15pm with Mite & Miss B. Delightful motor ride over nearly to Worthing. Lovely old Elizabethan house. Spurious old armour. Threatened thunder shower. Saw Mrs (Longan) Newman & after Dove-Keithley who was unshaven. Bother to get the motor. Insufferably close. Home in 2 hours. Lennie rather upset. Mr Cadogan arrived. Dinner. Took Miss Crozier in. Roulette after. Next Miss Bourke. End of a delightful six days. (Red ink: Went with Mite & Miss Bourke to Garden Party at Lord Zouche's.) Wednesday August 5 Balcombe House. Up 7.0 & in room & packed. Down to breakfast 8.30. Disappointed Miss Vivienne Bourke not going up by 12.15 but by the 9.30. Too bad. Good bye to her. Went on with Spanish Vol 2. Left by 12.15. Good bye to dear Mite & M. To town. Cart met me. Heavy wet. Stafford Terrace. Lunch 2.15pm. Developed the films taken at Brighton on Monday, 7 or 8 double exposures. Sad. Left & to Athenaeum by bus. Letters at Blenheim & there. On to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, B.P, A.G. Got Grouse cut. Left 11.0 & to Athenaeum. Very sleepy at the Punch table. Home by the carriage & bed. (Red ink: Miss Vivien Bourke left Balcombe early in morning.) Thursday August 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out with large camera. Took 2 only, Church Street. Back & schemed subject for Grouse, Asquith & Churchill. Photod Upton & self. All ready by 2.30. Hours rest & worked till 8.30. Dined by self. Frightfully tough chicken. In Drawing Room & bed after at 12.0am. Friday August 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am & put room in order. Out for short turn. Back before nine. Worked all morning on Grouse picture. M & Marie back at 2.15pm. Lunched together. On with work & finished at 8.0pm. M & self dined 8.15. In Morning Room. M looking over papers. Tired. Could not find Apollinaris. Some in Dining room. Bed at 11.15.
Saturday August 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am & out up Church Street. Took one photo. Breakfast. All morning writing & putting straight. Lunch 1.30. At 2.0 M & self went in carriage to Daly's Theatre & saw 'Merry Widow'. No understudies. Good. Large box. Saw Ethel Warwick in cast. Out & walked to Athenaeum. Drove home calling at Butts. Developed Moon photos. M & self dined. In Morning Room after. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to the matinée of The Merry Widow. Saw all the stars.) Sunday August 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rags. Met R.H. Back & wrote letters. Put phos away. M & self lunch. Left by bus at 2.15 & to C.S at 3.0, took 18 photos R.H. Very hot. Out & to Athenaeum. Tea & wrote list of books. Dinner 8.0pm. Bottle of '89 Ayala. Bed at 11.0. M did not sleep well. (Red ink: Photod R.H in afternoon. Quiet day at home. Went to C.S & Athenaeum in afternoon. Very hot day.) Monday August 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0. Dear M complained of her throat. Wrote letters, cheques & finished packing. Breakfast & M, Antoinette & self got off by a bus for St Pancras at 10.30. Comfortable journey to Dumfries. Lady told M charming French maid. At Station Hotel 7.0pm. Went & got medicine. Dinner. Smoke & up in M's room 9.30pm & to sleep. M not quite so well. (Red ink: M & self left London for Drumlanford via Dumfries.) Tuesday August 11 Station Hotel, Dumfries. Woke still dark. M said she was afraid to go on. Up at 7.30. Down & wired Maxwell & Galbraith. Waked into town & called on Dr Kerr (Carr). Saw young girl tall & wonderful legs. Back. Breakfast at 10.15. Dr called & saw M. Better. Out. Wired again & to Drumlanford. At 11.25 out to get prescription made up at Johnstones. Took 20 films in town. Children etc. Many very good. Back at 12.45. M still in bed. Lunch at 1.30. Galbraith & Ian called. Good bye to M at 2.30 & caught the 2.50 train for Newton Stewart. Dog cart met me. Drove to Drumlanford. Dropped a bag. Through Knowe, arrived 6.30. Letter fom M.M. Only Mr & Mrs B there. Dressed & dinner at 7.30. Quiet evening & bed 10.20. Changed films taken today. Cold. Sleep 11.0pm. (Red ink: Left M at Station Hotel Dumfries & went on by self to Drumlanford. Took 20 photos of people in Dumfries.) Wednesday August 12 Drumlanford. Up 7.45. Bath. Grey coldish morning. Davidson & Glasgow chauffeur looking at Albion motor, Glasgow. Wrote Mite & several letters. At 12.30 Lord Justice Kennedy arrived. Beale & I had lunch. Started off at 1.20pm, 3 guns. Ld Justice K & Beale & self. Walked till 7.30. Got 10 brace of grouse & a rabbit & 1 partridge shot by the Judge. No rain but tired. Rush. Frightfully done up. Welcome Ginger Beer. Dined 8.15. Patience after. Bed at 10.20. Woke up at 2.0pm with strange dream. Room close. Opened windows. Dream of adventures in war. M alone at Dumfries. (Red ink: 1st days shoot Drumlanford.)
Thursday August Drumlanford. In morning rest & wrote letters. Looked at the Albion motor. Letter from M, two from Dumfries. Lunch at home & after started to shoot. Past farm & golden plover beat. Walked till 6.30pm, not nearly so tired as yesterday. Back & found M's carriage back. She & Antoinette arrived 6.30. Bath & dinner. Bed 10.30pm. (Red ink: 2nd days shoot at Drumlanford. Half day.) Friday August 14 Drumlanford. After breakfast Ld Justice went into Barr Hill about telegrams. After lunch they went in motor. Went for walk to farm by Loch Drumlanford with Mr B. Farmer ill. Got frightfully hot in sun. Wet thro'. Took M for walk along the Flirtation Walk. Changed. Read Roman book. Dinner. Patience & bed. M much better. (Red ink: Quiet hot day at Drumlanford.) Saturday August 15 Drumlanford. After B started at 10.30 & went the Ruin beat. Very distressed from heat & flies. Very few birds. Lunch at Ruin. Got hare. Turned back again to trees & left off at 5.0. Walk home. Very tired. Rested in M's room. Dinner. Patience & bed 10.45pm. Sleepy. (Red ink: 3rd days shoot at Drumlanford. The Ruin beat.) Sunday August 16 Drumlanford. Up at 7.45. In M's room. Drew cheque for Knightley & balance of Parish Taxes. Breakfast. Read Gibbon all the morning. Found out about Maximus & Theodosius, 375 after Christ. Lunch. No letters. After did not go to Fox's, midges very bad. Heavy stuffy thundery day. The Lord Justice & Mr B started for walk. Came back because boat was out. Tea. Took M & Mrs B for walk. Wrote diary. Dinner supper 7.45. Bed at 10.30pm after. (Red ink: Very close thundery day.) Monday August 17 Drumlanford. Up & started at 10.30 in break. Mrs Beale going also. Drove towards the Cree & started shooting right & left of road. Got on to the snipe park. Very hot sun. Done up walking. Lunch by spring. Left off at 5.15 & drove home in break. Ginger Beer. Bath. Rest till 7.15pm. Dinner & pianola after. Wire for the Ld Justice. 8 brace grouse, 1 hare, snipe. Self got 4 brace. No bath water in the morning. (Red ink: 4th days shoot at Drumlanford.) Tuesday August 18 Drumlanford. Dull morning & colder. Windy. Ld Justice off to fish. Wrote letters etc. Took M for walk as far as Wheel & saw Ld Justice fishing. Back. Lunch. Got A Window in Thrums. Rest etc. Mr B & Ld Justice caught 7 trout weighing all together over 5 lb. Another walk after tea & dressed. Dinner. Shave. Bed at 10.20pm. Tired. (Red ink: Quiet day. More wind. No shooting.) Wednesday August 19 Drumlanford. Idle day. Wrote. Read A Window in Thrums. Ld Justice went to fish in the afternoon. Took M for walk round two drives. Fast trotting pony with action. Lunch at home. Another rest. Walk with M to Wheel at 5.30pm. Dinner. Pianola after. Bed 10.30pm. (Red ink: Quiet day, no shooting.) Thursday August 20
Drumlanford. Idle morning. Wrote letters etc. Lunch at home. Started in break at 2.45 & shot over moors to left & to snipe park. Beautiful fresh day. 3 guns over Larry. Left off 5.0pm & home by break. Bath. Dinner. Sleepy after. Bed 10.45. Cough troublesome. (Red ink: 5th ½ day shoot at Drumlanford.) Friday August 21 Drumlanford. At 9.30 started for driven grouse day. Began at 10.0am bottom of drive. 7 guns. One lost an arm in South African war. Rainy day. Only got 2½ br all day & hard walking. Very hot in overcoat. Lunch in barn. Very long walks to butts. Left off about 6.0pm, up to house in motor. Ginger beer. Bath. Rest. Dinner. Not sleepy after. Patience. Bed 10.30. Midge bites very irritable. Only 18½ brace to 7 guns. (6th grouse drive shoot. 7 guns. Wet uncomfortable day & midges dreadful.) Saturday August 22 Drumlanford. Fine morning. Sun dial. Wrote letters & put moon right after. After lunch stuck what few paragraphs there were in book. Took M for walk before luncheon. Found white heather. Photod pigs, Maggie, Mrs B etc. Went out again 12.40 & photod landscapes, house, stile etc. Rest after. Read A Window in Thrums. Tea. After Mrs B, M, the Lord Justice & self walked round the roads, ¾ mile. Robin. Lovely evening. Mr B came in having looked for birds. Former owner of Drumlanford, Wason. At 6.0pm found a most curious sort of fungoid growth like a banana. Awful scent. Dinner. Pianola. Bed at 10.30pm.. (Red ink: Quiet restful day at Drumlanford. Most lovely weather.) (Small drawing of fungus) White sort of light fretwork. Nauseating smell. Sunday August 23 Drumlanford. Most lovely morning. Most went to church in break. M & self walked along Flirtation Walk. Sat out & read Hone's every day book. Hot. Back 1.45. Lunch. Rest after on sofa. At 5.20 Mr & Mrs Wason, a youth & Mrs Sweeting called in a motor. Took M for walk round road. Supper 7.45. Sleepy after. Bed at 11.0 after changing magazine as a plate or rather film had stuck. (Red ink: Mr & Mrs Wason called.) Monday August 24 Drumlanford. Grey & rather muggy morning. Breakfast. Was shown the Judge's camera. Wrote Gaumont. Lunched in house. After W.B, Lord Justice & self walked to the Ruin & all about. Self only shot 1 young black cock. Rain & strong wind. Very cold. Children coming back from school. Back 5.30. Bath & quiet dinner. Bed 10.30pm. Felt well. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Caroline Luard. The murder of Mrs Luard. Death of Sir E.M.Shaw. Photograph of Ightam Knoll. Aug 20.) Tuesday August 25 Drumlanford. (illeg) Packed. (illeg) Breakfast. Goodbye at 11.5 & 2 traps to Newton Stewart. Antoinette in one. Got off & from Dumfries quite comfortably. Carriage reserved. I dined in train. At St Pancras 10.15 to the minute. Bus home. Supper & bed. M bore the journey well. Bed 12.30. (Red ink: M, self & Antoinette travelled back from Drumlanford.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Eyre Massey Shaw. Photograph of the late Sir Eyre Massey Shaw. Aug 20th. The wife of Arthur Popham, of a daughter. Aug.)
Wednesday August 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Lovely morning. Up Holland Walk. No shop girl. Met W.P on bicycle. All day putting up things for Saturday. Rest. Developed last street photos in July & also Chelsea Pageant. Left by steam bus. Called Blenheim & also the Athenaeum. To the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, P.A, B.P, H.W.L. Good dinner & over early. Got subject of Europa. Home by bus. Called Athenaeum. Bed 11.30pm. Sandwiches. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Gustav Natorp. Aug. Will of Gustav Natorp. Nov 16. Sir Hubert Jerningham left London yesterday. Obituary of Sir Eyre Massey Shaw. Aug 26.) Thursday August 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out with big camera. Took B.S.G from Notting Hill & one other. Policeman that had sat to me spoke. Back. No model, Miss Huxley & Miss Johnstone neither could come. Used a photo of Miss Mackenzie. Photod 2 boys. All ready by 4.30. M & self dined at 8.0 & to bed early. Death of Sir Eyre Shaw in Times. (Red ink: This cartoon not a success.) Friday August 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & did hour's work on perspective of drawing. Out. No photos. Breakfast. All day to 9.20 at work on drawing of Europa & quarrelsome Moors as boys. Finished & dined by self. M went to bed. Felt very tired & done up after. Violent clap of thunder in the afternoon. Edie Furrell to tea. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Very tired after work.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Captain J.Craik. Tues 25 Aug. Funeral of Captain John Craik. Aug 27.) Saturday August 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0. Finished packing. Out 8.30. Met W.P on bicycle. Felt very cold in thin coat. Changed everything. M, Marie & self left at 11.0 in bus for Marylebone Station. Mr Monckton most civil. Left 12.15 in a through carriage to Scarboro'. Most comfortable journey. Arrived Scarborough 7.20pm. Confusing station. By bus to the Grand Hotel. Had to go below to rooms. Dined by self. Band after. Pierrots (Catlin's) playing outside. Bed 10.30. M slept well. (Red ink: M, self & Marie went via Marylebone to Scarborough. Uncomfortable uncivil hotel.) Sunday August 30 Grand Hotel, Scarborough. Up 7.0. Bath in M's room. Out & stroll after breakfast. Lovely hot sun. M & self out at 11.0. Chaise with postillion driver. Took tram 'Round the Town'. Back. Lunch. Rest. Out again 4.0 & to the Spa. Good music, shoals of people. Up in mountain railway. Lovely light. Took a few girls etc, 9. Back. Dressed leisurely & fairly good dinner. M went up at 8.45, self 10.0. Cough troublsome. Both slept well. Read Wells' silly story about airships & fights in the air. (Red ink: Cough troublesome.) Monday August 31 Grand Hotel, Scarborough. Up 7.0am. In M's room. Bath. Lovely sun. Out 8.15 & took nearly 22 photos. Girls on sands etc. Back 9.0 for breakfast. Walked to station & interviewed the Enquiry Office. At 11.30 M & self went to the Spa. Good music. On sands. No sun after 12.0am. Took several pretty girls. Back & lunch at 1.30. Rest till 3.20 when M & self walked to station & back. Felt cough troublesome. Tea. Pierrots. Wrote letters & diary. Dinner. Table taken by other
people. A Lady Humphreys & friend of Edgar's spoke to me. Strong wind & gale after. Saw Gerry Weigall. Bed at 10.30. Changed films. (Red ink: Saw Gerald Weigall.) Sep 1908 Tuesday September 1 Grand Hotel, Scarborough. Up 7.0am. Out on chance of seeing bathing. Nothing. Back. At 10.0 to 11.0 took M to Band. Not so many people. On sands again, M & self. Back to lunch. Rest. After M & self walked to station. No, self only. At 4.0 took M to Band again. Took girl putting socks on at seat. Up in Rly & back to hotel at 5.0pm. Dressed. Wrote letters. No paper. Dinner at own table again. Inattentive waiters. Sat in hall after girls took my seat. Bed at 10.0. Changed 3 magazines. (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Sir Eyre Massey Shaw. Aug 31.) Wednesday September 2 Grand Hotel, Scarborough. Up 7.0am. Hot sun. Bath. Paid bill £9.7.6. Both left at 9.45am. Most comfortable journey via York & Sheffield. M to Grimsby, self London. Arrived to the minute 5.45. Cab to Blenheim. Letters. Upton met me & took luggage home. Doubts about bag as he was outside. Punch Dinner.O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, E.V.L, E.T.R, H.W.L, R.H late. Tiresome sitting. Got cut of Eagle & Lions. Left at 10.15 & home by motor bus. Roy at Balcombe. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Charles Roe. Death of Lionel Sackville. Obituary of Lord Sackville.) Thursday September 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Spoke to school girl. R.H skirts lengthened. Letters. Late scheming subject. Upton to Mays for sailor dress. Photod Upton & all ready & to work 5.0pm. Tired. Worked to 8.15 when dined by self. Bed after 11.30. In Drawing Room. Very tough grouse, Sir A.H. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Sackville.) Friday September 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15 in room for an hour tidying. Walk up Campden Hill by Church St. No phos. Back before Band which now plays far away. All day at work on Yankee Eagle dancing Hornpipe, Lion & Australian Cub. Finished at 9.30pm when dined by self. Bed 11.30. Saturday September 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. Had hair cut. Breakfast at 9.20. All day developing Hornsby & Chelsea Pageant & Tuesday's photos at Scarborough. After all day developing etc & tidying. Dined at 6.30 by self. Went to première of Faust at His Majesty's Theatre. Next to Willard. Left in middle. Talk to Smolley, Mason etc. Home by L motor bus. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Went by self to première of Faust at His Majesty's Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: Estate of Baron Sackville. Estate of Joseph Duveen. Dec 7.) Sunday September 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out. To St Albans Rd. Fine morning. No R.H. Developed some more Pageant. Lunch 1.0pm. Left 1.25 & to Conduit St. At 3.0 photod R.H. Back to tea. More developing. Dined by self. ½ bottle Geisler 1898. Good dinner & bed after reading Young Lord Strangley. (Red ink: Photod R.H.)
Monday September 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Out. Snapped L. After all day developing, putting away etc. Dined by self. In the evening taxy to Haymarket Theatre & saw a play by W.Somerset Maughan called Lady Frederick. Girl exactly like Dora in stalls. Called United Service Club after. No letters. Came by L motor bus. Sands. Bed 12.0am. Went up after lunch & at 2.45 had cast of mouth taken by Mr Gabell at 9 Portland Place. Back home at 4.15pm. (Red ink: Saw a play called Lady Frederick at the Haymarket by self.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John Collins, with photograph. Sepr 10th. Death of Charles Whitmore, with photograph. Sepr 19th.) Tuesday September 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Snapped L sideways. Left & at 10.0 by bus to Victoria & down to Dover. Saw Captn Dixon. Very uninteresting passengers both ways. Lunch at Calais. Back & home 8.0pm. Dressed & dined. After by hansom & went to see Maud Allen at the Palace Theatre. No seat. Left when over & back to Stafford Terrace by hansom. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: X'd the Channel to Calais. Saw Maud Allen at the Palace.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Captain Stapleton Cotton.) Wednesday September 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Out up Church St. No L. After at 11.30 took taxy to F.B. Exhibition. On to the Scenic railway. Great gale. Took 1 doz small snaps most successfully. Back at 1.20 by taxy. Developed plates & also the last of Winchester Pageant. Carried by L bus all the way to Bouverie St. Lawrence Bradbury back after long absence. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.H, R.L, L.B, E.V.L, E.T.R. Discussion about Roman Catholic Procession. Words between R.L & L.B. Left & home after writing letters at United Service Club. (Red ink: Took photos in a gale at Franco British Exh'n.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Captain Stapleton Cotton.) Thursday September 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Up Church Street. Small boy yelling not to go to school. Snapped L. Schemed subject of Genl Booth & Burns. Photod an old man from the workhouse, the same as in January, & also Nash's man. Also developed 2 packets of Dover Pageant. All ready by 5.0pm. Worked till 8.30pm when dined by self & bed 12.0am. Spencer wired from Hereford to say Bogey S killed this afternoon by motor. (Cutting glued in: Death of Charles Whitmore.) Friday September 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & wrote letters in room. Out & up Campden Hill. Met L. Round before Band. Work on drawing of Genl Booth & Burns. Finished at 10.0pm. Letter from Seaman. Dined by self & bed 12.30. (Cutting glued in: The coroner and General Luard ariving at the inquest on Mrs Luard, with photograph. Saty 10. 1908.) Saturday September 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out up Holland Walk & short turn. Fine morning. Breakfast & left at 10.5 for Gabell's. Waited from 10.40 to 11.0am. There till 11.30. Back by steam bus. Put Pageant film away & things up & left in a taxy cab for Victoria. Saw Genl Stracey & Gillie Farquhar. To Balcombe. Gave Linley an axe
& hatchet. Many staying there. Stirling McKinley, Miss Hemmings, Mr & Mrs Stewart, Tilda, Bridgeman, Roy. Eric P & Ruth came after to dinner. Singing. Bed 12.0am. Roy & self in same room. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Harold Borrett to Marie Studholme.) Sunday September 13 Balcombe House. Up 8.0 & a lovely morning. Bright sun. Felt seedy & livery. After writing diary Roy & self went for walk round lake taking Vic & Dudley. D lost. Back to lunch after Golf. Rest in room from 2.30 to 5.0. After Major Oxley & party came. Wrote letters till dinner time. Dinner, Mr & Mrs B Stewart, Miss Hemmings, Mr Bridgeman, Captn & Mrs Gibbs, L & Mite, Roy & self, Mr Sterling McKinley. Sang after. Miss H violin. Bed 11.15. In new room with Roy. (Red ink: Roy & self walked round the lake.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of C.A.Whitmore.) Monday September 14 Balcombe House. Up at 6.45. Bath. Shave. Off by the 9.30 train. Lennie, Roy & Stewart on the platform still. Frightfully crowded train. Tilda & self had to travel to Victoria in the luggage van. Saw Tilda off & home in 4 wheeler to lunch. Developed last of the Dover Pageant & part of the Brighton Bank Holiday. Roy back to dinner. Good grouse. Wire from Spencer. Left at 8.10 in taxy to St James's Theatre. Saw a good play by J.K.Jerome called 'The Passing of the 3 rd Floor Back'. Spencer came in. Home at 11.10 by taxy. Bed after reading The Court of the Tuilleries at 12.30. (Red ink: Went up with Tilda in the luggage van to Victoria. Went with Roy to see 'The Passing of the 3rd Floor Back'.) Tuesday September 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Met L. Breakfast & after letters. Developed some Brighton photos, Bank Holiday. Left at 12.50pm & up by motor bus to 10 Bouverie St. There 1.30 to the minute. Pleasant lunch with O.S to settle Almanack at Keysers Hotel. Left 3.30 & home by motor bus. Wrote letters etc. Upton back. Could get no seats at any theatre. Very wet all day. Roy went to the Exhibition with Stern. Dined by self & quiet evening after. (Red ink: Lunched with O.S at the Keysers Hotel for Almanack.) (Cutting glued in: Harry Lauder's Command Perfomance. Marriage arranged between Patrick à Beckett and Norah Kitchener.) Wednesday September 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out round Lytham House. No school girls. Back & developed photos etc in morning. Went up after lunch & wrote letters at the United Service Club & then by bus to 9 Portland Place. Saw Gabell for ¼ hr. After walked through Wardour St. Called Lowes' & bought a clasp for cloak. On & through Longacre. Called on Clarks. To P.D. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, L.B, E.V.L, B.P back, E.T.R. Got cut of German Emperor & Peace. Home by motor bus. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Clasp hunting for Spanish cloak.) (Cutting glued in: Sir Edward Birkbeck's association with the International Fisheries Exhibition.) Thursday September 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out up past Tennis Court. Got girl's name, Battersby. Back. Sent Upton to Mays. Schemed subject of German Emperor & Peace. At 11.45 Miss Woodcock came. Photod her for Peace & Upton for German Emperor. Got all ready. Hour's rest from 4.30 to 5.30 & after worked till 8.30pm.
Dined by self & bed 11.30 after. (Red ink: Got school girl's name, Battersby.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Edward Birkbeck.) Friday September 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Up Argyll Road. All day at work on German Emperor & Peace. Finished at 10.15pm. Dined by self. Very tired. Bed 1.0am after snooze. Up in room & worked from 7.0 to 8.10am on German Emperor. Put in sword etc. Saturday September 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out with Rags. Up Holland Walk. Back. Put away photos etc. Roy went to Balcombe. All day developing etc, Scarboro etc. Dined by self. Left 7.45 in taxy & to the Apollo Theatre. Saw a piece called Butterflies. (illeg) & Ada Reeve most amusing. Home by bus & bed 12.0. Carried on towards Hammersmith by Met steam - no, Union Jack bus. (Red ink: Went by self to see a play called Butterflies at the Apollo Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: Suicide of General Luard. Sep 19.) Sunday September 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out 8.40. Walked to St Albans Road. Settled sitting. Up by Met bus & at C.S by 11.0. Photod R.H. To United Service Club at 1.45. Bad lunch & badly served. Wrote letters & left 4.0 for home. Tea. Put old things on & developed Scarboro etc & back films. Dined by self & bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Photod R.H. Good sitting.) Monday September 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40 & out in wet up Holland Walk. Met Red Girl. Into Notting Hill & home down over Campden Hill. All morning putting photos away etc. Developed Hornsby 1st taken July 1907 & Monday Scarboro. A rest after lunch. Roy came at 5.15, Mite at 3.15 & 5.30. We all waited for M until bus came at 6.20 from Kings X. Tea. Left with Mite & Roy in taxy cab. Was put down at the Exhibition. Dined with Seaman & Partridge to settle Almanack. Good dinner. Put down by Seaman in Hammersmith Road & home by bus. Income Tax Paper returned. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M returned from Grimsby. Dined at Franco British Ex with Seaman & Partridge.) Tuesday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & over Notting Hill. School girls back. After at 11.30 took M to the F.B Exhibition. Dull morning. Went into English Pictures. Back by taxy to lunch. Mite lunched with us, not tomorrow as I have put down. Quiet afternoon. M & self dined quietly at 6.45 & I went after by taxy to Drury Lane Theatre & saw The Marriages of Mayfiair. Rot. In box with O.S & Mr Haselden. Sir Francis & Lady McLaren in stalls, also Sam Heilbut. Home from Strand by Turnham Green bus. Bed 12.0. (Red ink: Took M to F.B.Exhibition. 1st met Haselden at Drury Lane. School girls back.) Wednesday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Over by Lytham House. School commenced. Mrs Dick Courtnell. Went after breakfast & interviewed the Commissioner of Taxes, 4 Penywern Road. Mite lunched with us. All afternoon putting things straight. Left by bus & all way up to Fleet St to Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.L, L.B,
E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Good dinner. Left 11.0 & home by Turnham Green bus. Bed 11.50pm. Took M for walk into Kensington Gardens at 12.0 & to Barkers. Met Mrs McKenzie. (Red ink: Lytham House school girls back.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Mrs W.C.Macready. Mrs Macready's husband died 1873.) Thursday September 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Went to Lytham House. School girls. No Princess. Back & after breakfast. Schemed Rams & Storm for Railways. Enlarged some photos & developed some back films. Work from 5.30 to 8.0pm. M in room. M & self dined at 8.0. Mervyn came also. Bed at 11.30. Gave Mervyn some Tower armour photographs. (Cutting glued in: Death of William Farren.) Friday September 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Walk up Holland Walk & to Notting Hill. School girls. Back before Band had done. All day at work on drawing of Sheep, Rams & oncoming Storm. Worked up to 10.0pm when finished. Dined by self & to bed tired after. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of William Farren. M 28 Sep.) Saturday September 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Tired. Out & met country girl in Holland Walk. Back behind Phillimore Gardens. All morning preparing to go to Westgate. Lunch. M & self got off at 2.30 & down by the 3.25pm most comfortably to Westgate-on-Sea. Comfortable suite of rooms. Stroll on sands. A man like Louis Sterne there & man & wife Hamilton. Another party. Dinner. Talk to proprietor. Went up 9.0pm & bed 10.15pm. (Red ink: M, self & Antoinette went down to Westgate-on-Sea.) Sunday September 27 St Mildred's Hotel, Westgate. Up 8.20. Out. Breakfast 9.0. Dull day. No photos. M & self strolled towards Birchington. Westgate much improved. Lunch. Rest. Again a walk & just before dinner along towards Margate. Bats. All the house martins went today. Good dinner. 2 parties at hotel. Went up 9.0 & bed at 10.15. Very warm at night. (Red ink: Dull day in weather at Westgate.) Monday September 28 St Mildred's Hotel, Westgate. Up 8.20. M had not slept well. Out. Breakfast. Flies. After on sands. Took nearly all one magazine. Back & left 11.45, no 12.5, for Ramsgate. Much building at Margate. Called Hills. To the Burnands & lunched there. Next to look at St Mildreds Road & after M to St Peters. Self to Hills. Bought cups & a piece of china etc. Caught the 4.20pm & met M at Broadstairs. Back to hotel. Dressed. Dinner. Up in our room 9.0. Changed films. Bed at 10.30. M slept well. (Red ink: Lunched at the Burnands.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Gull. M 28 S.) Tuesday September 29 St Mildred's Hotel, Westgate. Up 8.15. Dear M's birthday. Lovely morning. Out. Got papers. On sands. Took a magazine & 2 of others. Saw 2 little girls, twins. Met Marshall Hall. F.C.B & Lady B came over to lunch. 1½ bottles Geisler '98. They left at 3.30. Rest & then M & self went over & had tea at the Marshall Halls. Dear little girls. Poky rooms. Good furniture. Lovely new moon. Walk to where children were last year. Dinner. Sat outside. Bed 10.30 after changing plates. M
slept well. The father of above girls is Dr Bruce Porter. (Red ink: Sir F.C.B & Lady Burnand came to lunch. Tea at the Marshall Halls.) (Cutting glued in: Resignation of Lord Tweedmouth. T 29 S.) Wednesday September 30 St Mildred's Hotel, Westgate. Up 8.10 & out. Took 13 photos of Rose Marie & Marie Rose. Breakfast. 2 dabs. A most lovely morning. On sands. M & self walked to lodgings Nurse Francis. Back. Packed. Lunch. Paid bill £10.6.0. Left by 2.59. Very hot in carriage & Victoria by 5.5. Home by bus. Runners. Boys & bottle. Tea. Mite came. To Punch Dinner by busses. No letters. Saw Lucy. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Cuts made up by 9.30. Got Turkey & Game Cock. Partridge one suggested by Townsend on Unemployed. Very good. Left 9.50. Home 10.30 by motor bus. Dividends. (Red ink: Came up from Westgate.) Oct 1908 Thursday October 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Foggy. Up Holland Walk & over Notting Hill. Same little girls as last 2 years. Good breakfast. Broach & plate from Rowe. Schemed subject of Railways, Turkey, Cock & Austrian Eagle. At 12.30 enlarged some photos & also after developed films taken yesterday at Westgate. Got all ready by 5.0pm. Rest for ¾ hour. After on with work until 8.0pm. M in room. After we dined quietly together & bed at 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Louisa Clutterbuck. Oct 3rd.) Friday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Wrote letters before going out. Walked over to Notting Hill. No shop girls. Back & at work all day on drawing of Turkey, Game Cock & Austrian Eagle. Very hot all day. Thermometer 100 in sun in yard. M did not go out. M in room 6.0 to 7.0pm. Finished at 9.45. Tired. Dined by self. Bed 12.0pm. (Red ink: Very hot weather.) Saturday October 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.40. Tired. Letter from O.S complaining of caption. Out at 8.30. Up the Holland Walk. Met Benday, Kelsey's shop. Back. Breakfast. Answered Seaman's letter. Put photos away. Developed few in magazine. Lunch. Marie left at 3.30 with Upton. M & self left at 3.50. At Victoria from High Street in 8 minutes by taxy. Down to Balcombe. Miss Crozier there. Tea. Dressed. Dinner. Pianola after. Bed 11.15. M & self good night. (Red ink: M & self went to Balcombe. Gladys Crozier there.) Sunday October 4 Balcombe House. Up at 8.15. Most brilliant hot sun & very hot all day. Down at 9.0 Out & read Conan Doyles story by the gate. Breakfast at 9.30am. Wonderful morning. After out in great heat & went down & photod Turkeys. Dudley went. Wrong focus. Back & sat with M. Good lunch. After at 2.30 went again with Miss Crozier & took another dozen. Back in Lennie's room. Lennie packing to go to Ireland all afternoon. Dressed. Dinner. Pianola after. Changed films. Bed 11.50pm. M & self slept well. 2 of M's pills. (Red ink: Lennie went to Ireland with Mite. sic, this should be on Wed 7 Oct)
Monday October 5 Balcombe House. Up 7.45. News of Declaration of Independence of Bulgaria. Lennie off to town. Went up after breakfast & began to scheme the 2 Almanack pages in earnest. Out at 11.30 & photod Oliver in large motor. Miss Parkin & Miss Brightmeyer had called on horseback. Saw them not. Mite left for London in her own motor at 1.25. Lunch. After a rest. Up in room at work again. At 4.45 tea, then took M & Miss Crozier down to the lake for a walk. Back 5.45. Rest. Wrote diary & after before dinner changed films. (Red ink: Schemed Almanack subject & photod Oliver in the large motor.) Tuesday October 6 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Lovely day & morning. Photod Oliver in motor & Beech in cab etc. Little Vic. Brilliant sun. Went on with drawing & scheming 2 pages for the Almanack 1909. Got tracing done etc. After lunch went in to stable yard & photod motor again. They did not come out for some reason. Also Linley, Ann & Oliver with race, a duck a kitten & a rabbit. Ann screamed at duck. Work till 5.0 when after tea took M & Miss C for walk round by railway. Splendid new road made by Sir Weetman Pearson. Dinner. No pianola. Read Puck of Pook's Hill. Bed. Changed films before dinner. (Red ink: Photod Oliver & Beach in motor for Almanack.) Wednesday October 7 Balcombe House. Up at 7.30. Put things up. Good bye to M & caught the 9.30 & up to Stafford Terrace. Had taxy. Registered 2/4 from Victoria Station. All day developing films taken yesterday & Monday & also took Upton for Punch & Monk for Almanack. Left 5.30 & called at Blenheim & letters from Moon at Athenaeum. To the Punch D. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Got cut of Emperor of Austria & Bismarck. Called Athenaeum & wrote letters. Home by Turnham Green bus. Thursday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & out. Walked. Passed Lytham House. Saw Princess back at school again. Met Manley & Edwardes, Lady D. Back breakfast. Schemed subject of Emperor of Austria as Jack Horner. Much worry & delay had no photo. Sent boy to Daily Graphic & Upton to Mays. Boy also late for sitting. Got enlargements by 4.30pm & worked from 5.0 to 8.30. Dined by self & bed after snooze. Friday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30 & out up Holland Walk. Too late for Benday. Schoolgirls. Back for last tune of Band. Breakfast & after at work all day from 11.0 to 10.0pm. Rather bothered with face of Emperor of Austria. Very done up & tired. Dined by self at 10.0pm & bed at 12.0 after snooze. My left front tooth came out without pain whilst I was at breakfast this morning. (Red ink: Lost left front tooth.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Benjamin Kennedy. Oct 12.) Saturday October 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Slight headache & very tired. Out & met R.H. Breakfast. After at 11.0 began to enlarge for the Almanack. At 12.45 man called about rugs in the Drawing Room. Lunch. Went on enlarging from 2.0 to 4.30. Rest
after tea. Sent clasps to Stores. Roy came in at 3.30pm. Had sent to Gaiety, no seat. Dined by self quietly & bed at 11.0pm. Slight headache all day. (Red ink: Headache all day.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Henry Drummond Wolff. Oct 12.) Sunday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out & thro back of church. Breakfast. After left at 10.0. Up by bus to Conduit St. At 11.0 photod R.H. Out at 12.15 & home by Turnham Green bus. Did some enlarging. Last took Whiskey. After developed some of R.H taken Sepr. Rest & began to put in motor in earnest. Dined by self. Still headache. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Photod R.H for last time this year. Last Whiskey at lunch. Headache.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Henry Drummond Wolff.) Monday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out up Holland Walk & across to Campden Hill. Saw an exceedingly pretty brunette walk down to High St & get into Met bus. Breakfast. After got on with Almanack pages. In afternoon Roy back from Savoy for good. We dined at 7.0 & went by taxy to Gaiety & saw Havannah. Digby in front. Poor piece. Olive May & Kitty Mason played & 2 funny sailors. Wasps. Home by taxy in ¼ hr. Took 3 of M's pills. Went up after breakfast & called 9 Portland Place & after to A.W.Miles's. Back at 12.0pm. Found out in morning that the Edwardes girls were sisters. (Red ink: 1st saw Lass o' Campden Hill. Long bilious attack coming on. Took 3 of M's pills.) Tuesday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out & looked for yesterdays schoolgirl. Vanished. After got on with Almanack pages. Worked all day. Put in Punch & motor car. Reenlarged some of the cars, horses etc. Roy & self dined together & quiet evening after. Wednesday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am & out. Lovely morning but foggy. Up Church St. Could not see Monday's girl. Back. On with Almanack pages. Did some more enlargements. Rest after lunch & woke up feeling really better. Put in Punch & 2 nd page horse. Left at 5.15 & up to Clubs. Letter at Blenheim. Saw Macmillan at Athenaeum. Cab on to 9 Portland Place. Final fitting of denture. Bus to Bouverie St. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long discussion. Self drank nothing but water. Lucy took Whiskey after Champagne. Home by Turnham Green bus. Bed at 12.0am. 1 of M's pills. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir William Pollitt. Death of William Treves.) Thursday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Lovely morning but foggy. Took camera up Church St. Did not use it. Breakfast. After schemed subject of Ferdinand of Bulgaria & 6 Great Powers. Sent Upton to Mays & at 12.15 photod Constable Bird & also Pegler & Upton. Got all done by 3.15 & had one hrs rest. Worked from 5.0pm to 8.30 when dined with Roy. Papers. Headache. Bed at 10.30pm. A most lovely sunny morning & afternoon. Roy came home 2.30 & went to play Golf with
Webber at Hurlingham, no, Ranelagh.(Red ink: Headache.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Robert Kettle.) Friday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Head slightly better. Another lovely morning. Out & thro' Kensington by Tennis Court. Met Mr Freeman. Spoke to Band master. A wire had come from O.S. Breakfast. Rags off his food. Letters. At 11.0 Seaman called. Did not alter cut much. Most lovely morning. Went on. Bothered over King's head. Nervous at lunch. Went on & hard at work all afternoon & up to 10.0pm when finished. Dined by self alone. Headachy. Snooze till 12.0 when Roy came home. (Red ink: Headache. Evidently bilious attack coming on.) (Cutting glued in: Will of Sir Elliott Lees. Dec 12.) Saturday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 with a nerve headache. Had been heavy rain in night. Out up Campden Hill. After met Keith. Gloomy view of unemployed etc. Breakfast. After put all photos away & put up things to take to Balcombe. Taxy to Victoria 1.10. Met Paul & Dora. Down to Balcombe. Very foggy. M met me. All well. Dear Chicks. Dressed. Dinner. Sat opposite Miss C. After when going out to see comet hit my head against iron shutter & cut it. Bled very much. Bed after being in Drawing Room. Still headache. (Red ink: Headache. Evidently bilious attack coming on. Hit my head looking at comet.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Elliott Lees. 17 Oct.) Sunday October 18 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Breakfast 9.30am. After 10.15 began to finish outline of Almanack. Put in New Year & the calendar. Left off at 4.30. After went for walk down by old road & new Weetman Pearson's road. Lovely starlight night. Looked at comet. Dinner after in Lennie's room. Miss C & M went to bed 10.30. Mr B snuffled. Bed 11.15. Monday October 19 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Down. Misty moning. Mr B eat nearly the whole of the sole cooked for me. At work at 9.45 to 1.30. Put in figures of Almanack & by 4.30 the 2 pages ready to shade. M drove over to Cuckfield & at 5.15 we went for walk with Miss C along the new road backwards & forwards. Letters & dinner. Pleasant evening. Bed at 10.45pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Rupert Kettle. W 21 Oct.) Tuesday October 20 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Our Wedding day. M & self had a cake & chicks brought flowers. At work all day up to dusk on Almanack pages. Began to shade & finished Nº 1 & began N° 2. At 5.0 saw Dr Parker about headaches. Have to ride again, not walk. Long talk. He left 6.45. Fight between Vic & the dogs. Dinner. Pianola & after read Puck of Pook's Hill. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Consulted Dr Parker. Told to ride again.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Longman.) Wednesday October 21 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am & went on at 9.30 with shading 2 nd page for Almanack. Worked up to 1.30. Lunch. Gladys Crozier in my room. Packed & up to
town by the 4.25 train, M driving me there. Saw Mrs Hayworth Booth. 2 hours getting to Victoria. Upton met me & took bag. Went to the B & Athenaeum Clubs. Saw Rider Haggard. To the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.L, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long discussion. Did not leave till 11.20. Home by Turnham Green bus. Fire in Morning Room. Took Dr Parker’s bromide 1st time. (Cutting glued in: Photograph of grave. Friday Oct 23 1908. D.M.) Thursday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Down & put plates in magazine for 2 nd camera & went by steam bus to Trafalgar Sq. Left 8.40, there 9.0am. Took 1 doz photos of Recruiting Sergeant & backgrounds. Back by 9.45 by taxy 2/4d. Breakfast by self. After schemed subject. Upton to Mays at 12.30. Photod Bird & a man from Nash's. Got all done by 3.45. Letters. Rest after tea. Roy in room. Dined at 8.30 by self. Looked at papers. Bed at 11.30pm. Roy back. Friday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & no hot water in bath. Out with large camera & snapped Princess who had long dresses & gone off. One other girl running. Back. Much colder. All day at work on cartoon Haldane as Sergeant & Unemployed. Bothered with the head. Finished 9.50. Roy dined with me. In Morning Room at 10.45. Snooze till 2.0am when to bed. Much colder. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Captain Arthur Jephson. Oct 23.) Saturday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up later. Tired. Hot bath. Out 9.0am through past Tennis Court. Home along Phillimore Gardens. Rags refused his breakfast. Roy shewed me funny monk picture in yesterday's Mirror. Up in room & went on & finished the two Almanack pictures at 2.10pm. Annoyed V & C never sent for them. Put up things & got away by taxy at 3.55. Told Emma about gas water heater. Down to Balcombe. M met me. To Balcombe House. Miss Crozier departed. Very cold. Dinner, M self & Mr Bridgeman. Pianola after. Bed 10.40. (Red ink: Finished the 2 page drawing for the Calendar Punch 1909 at 2.0pm. V & C never sent.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Constance Ansdell. Death of Joseph Parkinson.) Sunday October 25 Balcombe House. Up 9.0am. Most lovely sunny morning but bitterly cold. Breakfast. Addressed envelopes. After from 11.30 to 1.10pm took M to lake & Mill Cottage. Brilliant sun. Thermometer extraordinarily low. Lunch. Rest from 3.0pm to 4.0pm. After wrote many letters. Gave up hill shoot for Galbraiths. After cut out 'Times' etc. M, self & Mr Bridgeman dined. Pianola in evening. Bed. Took Dr Parker's bromide. Good night. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Joseph Parkinson. Will of Joseph Parkinson. Dec 10.) Monday October 26 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Mr B went to town. Squared up prints etc. Walk with M in the morning. Rest after lunch. Letters etc. Still seedy but headache gone. M & self dined by selves. Colder. Went to read in Lennie's room & fell asleep till 12.10am. M upset. Both slept well after. (Red ink: Still seedy. Bilious attack coming on.)
Tuesday October 27 Balcombe House. Up 8.0 & breakfast 9.0. Out for walk up towards Balcombe Place. Squared prints. In afternoon Dr Parker came to see me. Paid him 2 guineas. Prescribed no particular regime. Dinner. Pianola. Bed 10.45pm. Both slept well. (Red ink: Dr Parker came to see me. Two guineas.) (Cutting glued in: A 'Punch' Exhibition. Oct 24.) Wednesday October 28 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Got packed & away by the 10.50. M & little Ann saw me off. Home in hansom from Victoria. Found had let Life Insurance policy lapse. Sent it. Developed 22 taken May 6th, Franco British. Got off & left at 5.30p. To Miles' about cloak. Saw Gas man & also man from Stores about clasps for cape. Called Athenaeum & also Blenheim. To the P.D. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G, back after long time. Got cartoon of Guy. Left 10.45 with Townsend. Began about Partridge's Almanack being late when my bus passed. Home by Turnham Green bus. Very hot fire. Thursday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out. Went to corner of St Albans Road. No good for photos. Back. Behindhand with work. Upton to Mays. Photod 2 boys & made up a Guy Fawkes. Finished by 4.15pm. Work at 5.30pm to 8.30 when Roy & self dined together & a quiet evening with papers after. Snooze till 1.30am & bed after. Overslept myself in morning. (Red ink: Evidently bilious liver attack coming on.) Friday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Extraordinary thing overslept myself until nearly 9.0am. Could not go out. Did not begin work till 11.0. Worked all day on drawing of Guy Fawkes. Finished at 10.0pm when Roy & self dined together. In Morning Room after. Bed at 12.45 after snooze. Roy went up 11.0pm. Receipt. (Red ink: Bilious attack coming on.) Saturday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Felt very done up & seedy & head bad again all day. Put things away. Roy back at 3.0pm. Drew cheque. Left in taxy at 3.50 & down to Balcombe. Captn & Mrs Gibbes there. M met me. Dinner. Quiet evening after. Self not at all well all day. (Red ink: Evidently bilious attack coming on.) Nov 1908 Sunday November 1 Balcombe House. Up at 9.0. Most lovely morning. Breakfast, Captain Gibbes, Mrs G, Bridgeman. Felt very bilious & seedy. At 11.0 went for walk to lake & round new road. Lennie & Mite returned at 12.30. Head felt buzzy. Lunch. Rest. Lawrence F-R & Evie came at 4.30pm. Wrote letters. Tea etc. Lennie brought a 20lb salmon. Felt very seedy & livery. Dinner, M & self, Mr & Mrs L.Fisher-Rowe, Capn & Mrs Gibbes, Mr Walsh Thornton, Mite & Lennie, Mr Bridgeman. Roulette after. Lost 8/6. Sleepy & stupid after. Bed 11.30pm . M & self slept well. (Red ink: Felt very livery & bilious.) Monday November 2
Balcombe House. Up at 9.0am. Slept well but still bilious & spot over eye. All left to shoot at Nymans by 9.15. Breakfast with Mite & Hilda Gibbes at 9.40. At 11.0 went for walk up new road with M & Evie Fisher-Rowe. Felt very shaky & then nearly fell from giddyness. Back & sat in porch till 4.0. Up in room. Tea. Dr Parker had been sent for. Prescribed nothing. A 10.45 looked at a roan cob, 14.2 H. Dinner. No Champagne. Lennie, Captain & Mrs Gibbes, Mite, M & self & Mr Bridgeman. Pianola after. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Felt so seedy nearly fell in road with M & Evie Fisher-Rowe. Did not shoot.) Tuesday November 3 Balcombe House. Up at 8.30. Lennie & Captain Gibbes went up. All day putting slips in diaries etc. At 11.45 M & self went for walk as far as Balcombe Place. Lunch. Rest. At tea time Dr Parker came to see me again. After the coachman Suter about Miss Powys-Hill's cob. Sent message & after wrote a letter. Dinner, M, Mite & Mr Bridgeman. Pianola after. Bed at 10.34pm. Wednesday November 4 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Packed. M & self & Marie got off & up to London by 10.51pm train. Bus & Upton met us & home 12.45. Letters. Lunch. After a rest in Morning Room. Tea. Went by steam bus to the Athenaeum. Great General Meeting there for or against Strangers. Against. Cab to Miles & had my Spanish cloak tried on. Then cab to 9 Portland Place & had denture fitted. Then cab to the Punch office. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, A.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, ET.R, H.W.L. Got German Emperor as Conjuror. Left at 11.0pm . Home by Vanguard. To bed at 12.0am. Thursday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags. To Lytham House. Saw Princess. Gone off. Back. Roy at breakfast. Sent Upton to Mays at 12.0. Photod Bird for German Emperor 2 views. Got done at 4.0. Wrote letters. M in my room reading Irving's reminiscences by Stoker. Mite lunch with us. M, Roy & self dined with us. M, Roy & self dined at 8.0pm. Roy grumpy at dinner. He went to bed 10.0pm, self at 11.0pm. Friday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am & out over Campden Hill. Took photo of Terrier & one other. Back. Roy better in morning. Went on with work on German Emperor as Conjuror, all day at it. Took me a long time to put in the Bogey. Finished at 10.0pm. Mite round at 6.0pm. Roy & self dined together. In Drawing Room after. Bed at 11.30pm. Saturday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out. Had hair cut. Back. Breakfast. Good bye to Roy. Put things up & packed. Note came round fom Irving about cob. M, Marie & self got off at 12.0 by omnibus & caught the 1.0pm train for Ilfracombe. Very pleasant journey. Past Pyt House. Drunken sailors got out for Exmouth. Past Eggesford. Arrived 7.45. Thought room was all right but bitterly cold. Dined by self. So so. Cigar in the Smoking Room & up to bed at 9.45. Large fire. M & self slept fairly well. (Red ink: Went down to Ilfracombe, M, Marie & self. Bitterly cold.) (Cutting glued in: Estate of John Haynes -Williams. Dec 16.)
Sunday November 8 Ilfracombe Hotel. Up 8.30. So cold decided to change room. Out on to a bare cold sunless piece of ground. Felt seedy with chest. M fixed for new room. Wrote a few letters in Reading Room. M & self out & on to the Capstan Rock. Bitter east wind & most brilliant sun. Back to lunch. Had taken 6 photos girls in wind etc. Fair lunch. Up in room. Rested after. Down to tea. Wrote 5 or 6 letters & down to indifferent dinner at 7.20. After in our oom. Changed films & M & self to bed & both had good night from 10.0pm. (Red ink: Bitter cold & east wind. Changed room. Last x. Failure.) Monday November 9 Ilfracombe Hotel. Up at 8.0. Most heavenly morning & bright sun all day. His Majesty's birthday. Bunting flying from the Capstan Hill till sunset. Up at 8.15. Out. Walk round Capstan Hill. A very bad & indifferent breakfast. After up in room & wrote 3 or 4 letters. Out. Took a fly to the station & back after past the Golf Links. Took 2 views & an old stone breaker. Nearly fell off a bank. Back to hotel. M & self had a most indifferent lunch. Very bad. Up in room. Rest till 3.45. Out & walked up hill to High St. Arranged about cream. Back & M & self walked round the Capstan Rock & home. No tea. Frampton knighted. After an indifferent dinner up in our room at once. Rest & bed quite early 9.30pm. (Red ink: Poor day at Ilfracombe.) Tuesday November 10 Ilfracombe Hotel. Up 8.0. Bath & poor breakfast. After got off at 10.30 & caught the 11.5 train for Templecombe. A very pretty smart lady & her husband got out at (blank). On. Lunch in train after junction for Sidmouth. Met Ada S.J & daughter. Waited 35 minutes. On to Bath, there at 4.30pm. A reception going on at Empire Hotel. 2 good rooms next one another. Dressed. Remarkably good dinner. Band. Everyone civil. Up to bed at 9.30pm. Both good night. Rather hot bed. Took photos at Ilfracombe station & Templecombe. Fine sunny day but cold. (Red ink: Went from Ilfracombe to Bath. Met Ada S.J. Cold.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Sir Joseph Duveen. Nov 10th.) Wednesday November 11 Empire Hotel, Bath. Up 8.45. Good bath. Down. Dull wet day. At 11.0 M & self went to the Holburne Museum. Cusans portrait & most interesting collection. Apostle spoons. Met Mrs Mount Batten. Back. Lunch. Rest. After went out again. Walk. Wrote & read. Dinner. Good claret. Good Band. Sat after dinner in hall. 3 gossiping old ladies. Bed 9.30. Very hot in the night. Also went in tramway in the afternoon to top of hill. Man like John Bull & a young man like French officer. Thursday November 12 Empire Hotel, Bath. Up at 8.30. Could not get bath. Extraordinary thing found my saphire safety pin in brown waistcoat. Had lain there since March last. M & self went to Roman Baths. Most interesting. Lunch. At 2.10pm Col Mount Batten took us in his motor to Timsbury. Saw the Old Manor House & church full of Samborne family. Back. Tea after seeing the Circus & Crescent. Dinner. Introducd to Lady Watkin & Sir Alfred after. Bed 10.0pm. Did not sleep well. Too hot. No band at dinner. (Red ink: Found my sapphire pin in my brown suit pocket. Went in Col Mount-Battens motor to Timsbury, the seat of the Samborne family.)
Friday November 13 Empire Hotel, Bath. Up at 7.30. Early bath. Had not slept so well. At 11.15 M & self went out into Abbey & after by motor to Lansdowne. Very fat woman. After went into Malet's. Saw pair candelabra. Also a black jack. Lunch. Rest after. Went with M through 'the corridor' on to Jolly's. Dinner after being 1 hour writing letters. After Sir Alfred Watkin & party & Mr Mellor joined us close to the music. Lady W left. Bed at 10.45pm. No fire. Slept well. Drank Carbonnier. Saturday November 14 Empire Hotel, Bath. Up at 7.30. Early bath. Breakfast. Down to write letters after till 11.15. Wrote White & Irving. M went to Jolley's, self to Malet's to look at candelabra again. Also to an auctioneers. Ugly children. M went back with me to look at a Japanese chair. Lunch at 1.30. After rest & read Times. A dull & almost rainy day. Rest till tea 4.30 when went out & into a wonderful old bric-a-brack shop kept by Walpole Brothers. Good Louis 14th clock & silk curtains, cocoa nut silver etc. Back. 6pm. Went up & dressed & dinner. Met Mr Kidson after. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ellen Critchlow. Obituary of Katti Lenner. Nov 16.) Sunday November 15 Empire Hotel, Bath. Up 8.15am. After breakfast M & self went to church. No anthem. After we walked up to the Crescent & back to hotel. Lunch. Wrote many letters. M came across Mrs Lawson, Ethel Mervyn's sister. Col & Mrs MountBatten came to tea. More letters. Dinner. Long talk to a Mr Williams after who knew me at Tom Agnew's 30 years ago. Watkin's bores after. Bed at 10.30. Both slept well. (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Henry Bergne. Nov.) Monday November 16 Empire Hotel, Bath. Up at 7.30. Early bath. Dressed. Put things up. Breakfast. After went out for an hour. Took doorway & man playing drum etc. Back. Mrs Lawson in our room. Good bye to the Watkins etc & got off by bus. Bill £12.0.0 odd. By Templecombe. Saw Pyt. Lunch. Waterloo 4.40. Home by bus. Enlarged few street scenes. M, Roy & self dined together. Bed early after. Tired. (Red ink: M & self returned from Bath & the west.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Henry Bergne.) Tuesday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Lytham House. Saw Princess. Girl tumbled down. Back. After packing took M up to top of Row. Sent her back on bus. To Athenaeum. No letters. Saw Graves. After lunch went to Willsons, Spillmans. Also to shop near Mudies, Verity's etc etc. Home by Victoria & Kings X bus & Hammersmith. Tea. Wrote letters. Enlarged a dozen bromides. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Bed at 11.0pm. Man brought brown cob mare for me to see & shouted in the Terrace at 10.15am. Made up mind to have nothing to do with him. Saw Mr & Mrs Binns Smith in the Park. Poor Binns Smith looking very much broken. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lydia Thompson. Nov. Death of Agnes Mellor. Nov.) Wednesday November 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out up Argyll Road. Saw school girl. Back. Roy down. After left & went & had interview with Sir G.A.Critchett. Eyes tested. Then
on to Cary's optician. Ordered glasses. Letter from M. Back to Stafford Terrace for lunch. Dear Mite had taken her mother for drive. Lunched with us. After M & self went in a taxy to Scala Theatre, leaving Mite at Lancaster Gate. Saw Ruth St Denis. Good. Home by 4 wheeler. Finished packing. Enlarged a doz street scenes. Roy out. M & self dined together & bed early. (Red ink: Went to Anderson Critchett's about sight. M & self went to La Scala Theatre & saw Ruth St Denis dance. No sign of cold.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of Katti Lanner.) Thursday November 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30 & packed bags & dressed & got off after breakfasting at 7.50. 8.30 to St Pancras. Left at 9.30. To Dumfries. Carriage filled up at Leeds by Jews. Mrs Galbraith met me Dumfries. At Terregles at 5.0pm. Might have gone by 2nd train. Dressed leisurely & dinner at 8.0. Mr Peddie, Mr & Mrs Mackenzie, Miss Graham & C.Maxwell & wife. Cold coming on very badly. Bed at 11.15. Cough on chest very bad in the night. Much disturbed. (Red ink: Frightful cold came on very heavily & on chest. Quite spoilt my visit to Terregles.) Friday November 20 Terregles, Dumfries. Up 8.15. My cold very bad & on chest. Breakfast at 9.0. Decided not to go out at all. Stayed in wrote letters & diary. Cough on chest very bad. Very seedy. Grey morning. Wish I were home again with M. Not a bit feverish but chest bad. Mrs Galbraith & Mrs McLagan came back. From 3.10 to 4.30 went for a walk by self. Round Park wall. After an indifferent bath lay down. Galbraith gave me a bottle of Burmah oil. Dinner. Took in Mrs Galbraith. Music after. Bed at 11.0pm. Very seedy. (Red ink: Really seriously ill with heavy cold on chest. Walk round Park in afternoon.) Saturday November 21 Terregles, Dumfries. Up 7.45. Cold a little better but still very bad. Dressed leisurely in Lady Margaret suit. Good breakfast. Started off at 10.0am & began cover round house. Guns, C.L.G, Mr Peddie, Mr Mackenzie, Mr McLagan, Mr Stewart Lyon, self, (illeg). Shot badly, got about 16 pheasants, 1 pigeon, 4 rabbits. The worst of any year I have been up here. Lunch in Harness Room. After left off at the island as it had come on to rain heavily. Went up & had bath & rest. Tea. After dressed & came down & had long talk. Dinner. Took Mrs Stewart Lyon in. A general & his wife came. Most interesting talk to Lady Barton whose aunt married Jemmy Molloy. Jemmy now a shrunken old man. Dancing after. Mackenzie very funny. Tired. Bed 11.15. Slept better. The Genl was Genl Sir Geoffrey Barton. (Red ink: Last shoot of year. Cold bad on me. Had to leave off for rain.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Fanny Ainsworth.) Sunday November 22 Terregles, Dumfries. Up 8.10. Had slept better & felt better. Breakfast. Talk to Peddie & others after. Peddie went off in motor at 11.0am. Wrote letters. After at 12.0 went in showery weather to stables. Galbraith & Mrs Stewart Lyon there. Cocky little game bantam. Took photos of porch again. Lunch after. Sat in & read 'The Vulture'. Packed. Dressed. Took Mrs Mackenzie in. Quiet evening. Bed at 11.15pm. Cold a little better. (Red ink: Cold still bad.) Monday November 23
Terregles, Dumfries. Up 8.0am. Packed. Down. Breakfast. Letters. After got off with Mr & Mrs McLagan at 10.30. Bother about flat bags. To London. Carriage full. An old Scotsman & another Glasgow man. Cold bad & troublesome. St Pancras at 6.30. Upton & bus. Home. Dear M well. M, Roy & self dined. Late in going up after. Bed at 12.0am. Bad cold on my chest. (Red ink: Returned after Terregles visit. Cold still bad.) Tuesday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Over Campden Hill. Met & spoke to school girl. Same scholars. Back. All day in putting straight. Enlarged Gentleman Joe for drawing. Bathed bromides. M, Roy & self dined quietly. Bed early. Cold still bad. (Cutting glued in: Photograph, the late Lord Glenesk.) Wednesday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0pm. Out. Lytham House. Saw the Princess. Back. Breakfast. Developed some bromides. After lunch M & self went in 4 wheeler to His Majesty's Theatre & saw Faust. Mite came in after. Marie Lohr charming as Marguerite. Out & to Carey's, then to Athenaeum. Wrote letters. To the Punch Dinner. P.A, O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.L, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Stupid suggestion of Archbishop & Clifford across Chasm. Altered to carrying Runciman. Late sitting. Left 11.30 & just caught bus. At pillar box only 3 min before 12.0am. Bed after sandwich. Thursday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Round Earls Court with Rags. Met W.P. Back. Breakfast. Schemed subject of Archbishop & Clifford carrying Runciman. At 12.15 photod Bird, Pegler & boys. Most lovely morning. Felt very slack. All finished by 3.30. Rest & on with work till 8.0pm. M & self dined. Roy at Lancaster Gate. Bought 2 boxes of cigars. Bed 11.0pm. Chest rubbed. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Glenesk. Nov 25.) Friday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out & up Church St & home. Band playing in Terrace. All day at work on drawing of Archbishop & Clifford carrying Runciman. Cold still bad. Finished at 10.0pm. Roy & self dined. Bed 11.30pm. Saturday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slightly foggy. Out up Earls Ct. Met W.P. Back. Breakfast. Roy not going to the City. Cheque sent for £162.10.0. from the firm for Almanack & month. In all day sorting etc. Did not go out with M in the afternoon. Col & Mrs Welby called. M, Roy & self dined. Quiet evening. In Morning Room. Sunday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Overslept self. Roy down before. Up at 9.0. Breakfast 9.45. Not out. M & self went for walk in the rain at 11.45. Round Round Pond & home by bus from Knightsbridge. Saw Mr Wankes. Lunch. After letters. Lawrence & Evie Fisher-Rowe. Enlarged some streets. Dinner 8.0pm. John Dory. M, Roy & self. Bed 11.0 after. Both had very good night. (Cutting glued in: Death of Julia Huxley.) Monday November 30
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Round Lytham House. Saw 2 Manleys in distance. Missed Princess. Sent Upton with a note to Irvings. Brown mare cob sent in at 11.0am to try. Enlarged a few 7½ x 5. Lunch. M saw cob. After bathed 20 street photos. 1 hrs rest. Worked from 5 to 8.0pm on design for card for Punch invite. M & self dined. Roy out. Bed at 11.0. Not sleepy. Indifferent night. Saw Mrs Keith in the morning. Dec 1908 Tuesday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & up Campden Hill. Saw Brunette meet a friend & walk down to get in a bus. All day at work on Punch card & finished it before dinner. Got on Irving's mare cob in the morning. Too high for me. Saw Chesterton. No one called. M, Roy & self dined. Cough still troublesome. (Red ink: Finished invitation card for 'Punch' Pageant. Rode Irving's mare cob.) Wednesday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Up Church Street & home. After breakfast went up by bus at 11.0 & to Conduit Street. At 12.0 photod C.M. Dull light. Had to give up. Came over as dark as night. To the Garrick Club to lunch. Very crowded. Saw Sam Sothern. After called on Brown at the Leicester Galleries. Home by 3.15 by bus. M & Mite there. Rested till time to go back to Punch Dinner. There by bus. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.H, R.C.L (late) L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L (back) A.G. Done fairly early. Got subject of Austrian Eagle & Emperor. Home by a motor bus. Roads up in Fleet Street. Sent Upton to Ascot to look at White's pony. (Red ink: Photod C.M.) Thursday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & round by Lytham House. Saw Manleys in distance. Just missed Princess. After as dark as night. Skemed subject & had extreme difficulty in getting photo of Pegler. 1¾ min exposure. Enlarged by Electric Light. All done by 3.0pm. Hours rest. Worked till 8.0pm when M, Roy & self dined. Cough troublesome in throat. The above Lytham House was on Monday. Thick dark morning. Sky fog. Walked past Tennis Court & back. Breakfast. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Diana Haden. Death of James Dyce. Dec.) Friday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Up Campden Hill. Saw Brunette & friend get into bus. Bought fruit. All day at work on drawing of Austrian Eagle & Emperor. M in room. Roy & self dined at 10.0pm. In Morning Room. Bed at 11.15. Cough troublesome after. Rags bit Marie. Trouble with Electric Light. All went out at 7.0pm. Put it on again. Sent Irving's mare cob back. (Red ink: Sent Irving's mare cob back.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Christopher Wheat. Obituary of Lady Haden. 4 Dec.) Saturday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Through past Tennis Court. M told me of Rags having bitten Marie yesterday. Told Upton to have him put away. It was done in the morning. Felt very tired & worn out. Cob sent up from White's at Ascot. Liked the look of him very much. No box came from the Playhouse. Rested in afternoon & after began the Replica of Gentleman Joe. Took M for a walk at 5.30pm to Butts. M & self dined. Roy out. (Red ink: Rags destroyed.)
Sunday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Very wet morning & all day. At 11.15 went & got on White's cob & rode him along Cromwell Road & round Park. Buckled over a good deal. Fear won't do. Lunch. Rest & went on after with Replica of Gentleman Joe. In evening at 8.0 Mr & Mrs Phipson Beale, Miss Rose Innes, M, Roy & self dined. Good dinner & pleasant evening. Cough still very troublesome at night. Wretched day. (Red ink: Rode White's cob. Buckled over a good deal.) Monday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out. To Lytham House. Saw Princess. Back by High St. Felt very seedy & tired. Put on breeches & rode the cob round Bayswater & Park & Princes Gate at 11.0 to 12.45. Buckled over. Met Orton. Talk. Lunch. After rested in room. At 4.30 dear little Ann came up & took me down to tea. Mite & Linley, Fraulein & Miss Cusans there. Very seedy & tired. After worked on Gentleman Joe till dinner. Roy out. Bed early. Both M & self had poor night. Coughed. (Red ink: Rode White's cob. Won't do.) Tuesday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Most lovely sunny morning. Up Campden Hill. Saw Battersby & after Brunette & friend. Went down in Met bus & found College. Near Jarvis's. Back 9.40. After worked all day on Replica of Gentleman Joe. At 2.0pm Upton brought a cart horse pony for me to see. Effie H at lunch. Many callers. M very tired. Roy & self dined. All to bed early, M 9.30, Roy & self 10.30. All had good night. My cough not so troublesome. Unemployed in Stafford Terr, 50 of them. Wednesday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Had better night. Dull & grey. Out. Met Brunette on Campden Hill. After met Pepys Cockerell. M remained in bed. Worked all morning up to 1.45 on Gentleman Joe. Mite came 12.15pm. M in bed. Lunch by self. At 2.0pm man brought cob round. Liked him fairly well. Finished & sent off Gentleman Joe at 3.0pm. Put things away. At 5.30 Roy brought a new & handsome fox terrier which was bought by Lennie at Convent - no, Leadenhall Market, for 2 guineas. Left & to the Punch Dinner by motor bus. Talk to Phil Agnew. O.S, self, F.H.T, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Got Asquith & Lord Lansdowne to do. Home by Turnham Green bus. Roy out. Bed. (Red ink: Taxy came.) Sent pony back to Ascot at 10.20am. Address Dealer, Alfred Phillips, 28 Colville Square, W. Thursday December 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cough troublesome. Out. Saw Brunette turn up Bedford Gardens. Very wet. Sent Upton to Mays. Schemed subject. At 12.0 photod Pegler for Lansdowne. Also Upton & self. After photod Stanfield for the 1 st time for John Bull. Finished 4.0pm. Tea & on with work from 5.0 to 8.0pm. Behindhand. M, Roy & self dined. Bed at 11.0. Both had better night. Man from Peal's called & measured me for alteration of boots at 7.30pm. (Red ink: Photod Stanfield.) (Cutting glued in: Death of William Black.) Friday December 11
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Up Campden Hill. Saw Brunette. Just too late. Turned into Bedford Gardens. Back. Breakfast 9.10. Worked all day on drawing of Asquith, Lansdowne & John Bull. Mite in to lunch & afternoon. Finished 10.30. Dinner 10.45. Roy back. Went to bed at 11.45. Cough bad. Snapped Brunette in distance. (Red ink: Did a good cartoon.) Saturday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out 9.0. Up Church St & thro past Lord Alverstone's. Home. Breakfast. Letters & put things away. At 2.10 M & self went in taxy to the Playhouse & saw The Flag Lieutenant. Big box. Much pleased. Home by Turnham Green bus. Bought fruit. In Morning Room after. Began to look over drawings for Brown & Punch's Pageant. M, Roy & self dined. Wrote White's about piebald pony. Bed early. M & self had better night. Cough much better. (Red ink: Got drawings ready for Punch Pageant.) (Cutting glued in: Deaths: Allen, Barron, Bourne, Bourne, Cameron, Chignell, Churchill, Dalton, Forsyth, Holt, Kershaw, Longueville-Jones, Lucas, Massy-Dawson, Maylor, Norton, Robertson, Sperling, Tilly, Ware. Dec 12.) (All marked in L.S's hand with their ages at death.) Sunday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Felt seedy. Took Taxy for walk on lead for 1 st time. Up Church Street. Breakfast. Went on the entire day sorting out drawings for Punch's Pageant. At 11.30 M & self walked round Round Pond, I leading Taxy. M picking up leaves, Taxy picking quarrels. Back 12.40. Went on with drawings. Down Drawing Room to tea. Felt very tired & done up. Miss Rose Innes called. Went on & finished drawings & began Title for Vol 135. At 8.0 Miss Crozier, Lennie, Mite, Roy, M & self dined. Miss C in trouble about her brother. Bed 11.15. M & self had much better night. Self upset inside from having stewed pheasant at lunch. Had to get up & go down. Monday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Took Taxy on lead. Met no one. All day at work on Title Page for Vol 135. M out in Bond Street. At 12.40 photod dead leaves. Enlarged them by Electric L. After lunch. Rest. Work from 4.30 to 7.45. Roy dined at the Garrick & went to the National Sporting Club. M & self dined by selves. Bed 11.0pm. Taxy made noises in Roy's room. M had to wake up Antoinette. Both had better night, did without lozenge. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Major Dudley Hambrough. Dec 14.) Tuesday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out with 2nd camera. Met Battersby. Snapped Brunette. Home. Breakfast. After at work all day drawing for Title Page Vol 135. Beautiful day. M out in carriage & called at Jones's. Lunch & rest after. Went on till 7.40. Roy dining at Mite's. Taxy in room. M & self dined together. Bed early, fair night. Wednesday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out for short round through past Tennis Court. Back & after all day on drawing of Title Page Volume 135. Left at 6.0 & up by Met bus in evening dress. 1st wore my Spanish cloak. Called Club. A letter from C.M about cob. On by bus to the Savoy. 'Punch' Dinner there. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, L.B,
E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Poor dinner. Good coffee & Claret. Very late sitting. Left at 11.30 & home by bus, No 9. Very tired & exhausted. (Red ink: Punch Dinner at the Savoy.) Thursday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Down late. Did not go out. Roy & self at breakfast. After sent Upton for Father Xmas's dress. Schemed subject & at 12.15 photod Stanfield for Butler & Bird for Father Xmas. Bother with enlargments. Finally used the Electric Light. Worked from 5.30 to 8.0 when M, Roy & self dined. Very tired. Roy left at 11.0pm for Dumfries. Bed at 11.10. Good night. (Red ink: Photod Stanfield, also Bird for Father Xmas. Roy went to Terregles.) Friday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out by Lytham House. Saw Princess in a blue dress. Back. After all day on drawing of Father Xmas & Butler. Finished 10.15pm. Dined at 10.30 by self. Roy at Terregles. Bed 11.30. Both slept well. Seaman returned drawing for Vol 135, just to alter coronets. Saturday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. After went out & had hair cut. Cheque & letters. All morning tidying up. Lunch, when M & self went in taxy to the Apollo Theatre & saw The Follies. On the whole poor. Back by Met bus. Bought fruit. Tea & after drew in the coronets altered for Title Page Vol 135. M & self dined quietly. Both had good night. (Red ink: M & self went to the Apollo Theatre. Saw the Follies.) (Cuttings glued in: Sir Richard Nicholson unwell. Dec 19. Mr Vincent Hill left London for Folkestone. Dec 19.) Sunday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Dull damp morning. Out up Church St with Taxy. Back. Breakfast. Roy at Dumfries. Too dark to do any photography. Tidied up. At 12.0 took M by steam bus to Hyde Park Gate & walked home. Row in shocking condition. Met Graves going home. Lunch. Rest after. Finished Opening Page for Volume 135. Dressed & left at 7.0. Met Graves at Kensington Church & both went up to dine with O.S at the Savile Club. A sort of Punch Dinner. Very good. Felt seedy. Guthrie in good form. O.S, F.H.T, E.V.L, C.G, E.T.R, A.G. Got cut of Castro. Left at 11.30. Missed Townsend. Home in 7 min by taxy. Wore Spanish cloak. Bed 12.0. Herbert & Edie Furrell dined with M in evening. (Red ink: Dined with O.S at the Savile Club.) Monday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Annoyed at pipe dripping down the wall. Sent for Dixon. Proved to be upper lavatory. Up Campden Hill. Saw Battersby go round side street. Back. Schemed subject of Castro President of Venezuela. At 11.45 Pegler came. Photod him & Upton. Developed them, then photod Upton for Punch. Got all ready. Partial development. Rest by Electric Light. Rest & at work from 5.30 to 8.0pm. Ethel English, M, Roy & self dined. Felt very tired after at 10.30. E.E left 11.0. Bed & good night. Roy returned from Terregles at 7.30am. (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Swanborough.) Tuesday December 22
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Poor bath. Out & up Campden Hill. Met no one. Breakfast. Brown waiting. Bought drawing of Asquith, Lansdowne & John Bull. After at work all day on drawing of President Castro. Finished at 10.15pm when Roy & self dined. Bed at 11.45 from Drawing Room. Very tired. A little colder. Wednesday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No hot water. Out up Campden Hill. Saw Battersby. Dull raw morning. Ill papers. Breakfast. After sent cards etc. Put things away. Put up material for Vol 136. Lunch. Rest from 3.0 to 4.15pm. Tea in the Morning Room. Tea. Edie Furrell there. At 6.0 went to Upper Butts. Got Comice pears. Met R.D.H. Home 7.0. Put up material for Vol 136. M, Roy & self dined. In Morning Room after. Bed at 11.0. Both slept well. News of Castro's downfall. Card from Miss Vivian B. Thursday December 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Up Church St. After put materials up to take to Balcombe. Marie left in 4 wheeler at 10am. M, Roy & self left in taxy at 3.50 for Balcombe. Reserved carriage. Down with Lennie & Mr & Mrs Harold. Cold. Arrived Balcombe. Looked over Japanese prints. Dinner. Bed at 11.15. Both slept well. Roy went to Leweston by the 5.0pm train. (Red ink: Roy went to Leweston.) Friday December 25 Balcombe House. Up at 3.45. Breakfast. After put out things & began Opening Vol 136. Worked all morning & after up to 3.0pm. Then put all right for working. All went over to Nymans. Dressed 6.30 & M & self left in motor with Nurse Francis at 7.30 to dine at Nymans. Many to dinner. Mr & Mrs M, Lennie, Mite, Harold & Mrs H, Capt Loring & Mrs L, Capt & Mrs Gibbes, Muriel, a funny little German girl, Fraulein to Mrs Loring, Miss Gibbes, 2 de la Penhas & Miss ditto, Dr Messel. Charade after, Win-Chest-er. Mrs Harold in chest. Left at 11.30 & home with M, Linley & Fitzroy. Cold. (Red ink: Dined at Nymans.) Saturday December 26 Balcombe House. Up at 8.30. Breakfast 9.0am. All morning at work on Opening Page Vol 136 & up to 3.15. Rest at Nymans shooting. At 3.30 to 4.40 took M for walk across fields by station. Back. Tea. Lennie back. Letter from Guthrie & Ferdy. At 6.0 all tenantry came for presents & Xmas Tree. At 6.30 dressed leisurely. Mr & Mrs Messel, Dr M, Mr & Mrs Hayward Booth, Capain & Mrs Gibbes, Muriel, Mr & Mrs Harold etc dined. Charade, Burnham. Felt tired after. They all left at 11.45. Bed 12.15. Both M & self slept well. (Red ink: Nymans party came over to Balcombe & dined.) Sunday December 27 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. Breakfast by self. Got to work at 10.0 on drawing for Opening Vol 136. Worked all morning up to 1.0pm. Snow. Lunch. Worked 1½ hrs after. Took M for walk to Lake & thro' Balcombe. Very cold. Back 4.45pm. Wrote diary. Tea. Felt much better. Dinner 7.45. Claret. Roulette after. Lost 2/s. Effie won 5/-. Mrs Harold 20/-. Bed at 11.15. Took 1 of M's pills. Both slept well. (Red ink: Bitterly cold.) Monday December 28
Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Breakfast. Lennie went to town. Worked from 10.0 to 1.0pm. Bitterly cold. After lunch shifted into M's room. Much better. A lovely day, bright sun. Took M for walk from 4.0 to 5.0 over fields by pond. Back & saw fire we thought was the Faure Walkers. Proved to be 3 miles beyond. Dinner 8.0pm. Lennie back in uniform. Had grit in his eye. No games. Bed at 10.45. Bitterly cold. Took 1½ pills. Both slept well. (Red ink: Worked on Punch & his Show for Opening Vol 136.) Tuesday December 29 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Lo! ground covered with snow & snowed hard all day. Bitterly cold. Lennie to town. In M's room & worked from 9.30 to 1.30pm. Shaded picture Vol 136 & nearly finished. Lunch. Heavy snow. Worked from 2.15 to 3.45. Then put Fletcher boots on & went out with M & Harold & Mite for walk. Snow too deep. Back. Tea. After wrote letters in my room. (Red ink: Heavy snow. Could not make headway walking.) Wednesday December 30 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Bitterly cold. In M's room after & went on shading Opening Page for Vol 136. Finished at 12.0. Took M for walk. Lunch. Packed. Good bye to Effie H etc. Left by 4.26pm & 2 hours getting to Victoria. Miserable. Upton met me. Took bags on by 4 wheeler to Garrick Club calling Athenaeum. 2 letters. Punch Dinner at the Club. L.B, O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Room cold. Congratulated on Title Page. Left at 10.45. Saw Bangs, Spottiswoode & also Lord Cook. Took Reed home in 4 wheeler. Fire in room. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Finished Opening Vol 136. Punch Dinner at the Garrick Club.) Thursday December 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Deep snow on ground but signs of the bitter cold passing off. Walked round by Cromwell Road. Missed W.P. Sent Upton to Miss Huxley's & after to Mays. Schemed subject of Britannia & Italy. At 10.15 a wire fom Miss Huxley to say she could not or would not come on acct of the weather. Wired Miss Mabel Woodcock. She came 12.15. Heavy drizzle of rain but got studies. Developed them & got to work after letters at 5.30. Worked up to 8.30pm. Dined by self with Taxy at 9.45. In Morning Room, & heard the bells ringing for the year 1909 in bedroom by myself. Slept well. (Red ink: Photod Miss Woodcock. Bitterly cold.)
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CAMERACUM LONDON 6061 Gerrard. Walter Barrington. atten't E.Beasley, 13 Robert Street, Bedford Row, WC. Mr J.Smart, High Street, Steyning, Sussex. Omnibus for Victoria. Charles Richards Lt. Office Victoria Station, SE & C Rly. Telephone 226 Westminster H.P.Stephenson Esq. Spiers & Pond Lt. 35 - 38 New Bridge Street, Ludgate. E.F.Buglar Secy. Station Master. Telephone L.C & D Victoria. 5 Westminster. Thomas Carmichael, Daily Graphic. Tallis Court, Victoria Embank't. EC. Spiers & Pond. P.Crémien-Javal. E.F.Buglar, 35 New Bridge Street, EC. Townsend, F.H. 27 Warwick Gardens S.W. Soap, Courts Castile. 5½ lb bar 2/9. Sintram Freemantle & Co. Piccadilly, W. Sir A.Trendell. 1 Oakfield Court, W. Tuck, Raphael & Sons. Raphael House, Moorfields, EC. Simon, Dr Alfred. 55 Bishopsgate St. Waiter. J.Sanders. National Portrait Gallery, St Martins Place. WC. Waterloo. J.P.King, Station Superintendant's Office, Waterloo. Workhouse, Kensington,W. Francis Birch, Master. St Mary Abbots Work House, Marloes Road, W. Waterbury Watches. C.A.Barker, 15 Moorgate Street, EC. Jan 1909 Friday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out up Church St. Lo! met S.G. Good morning. Collared by German band for Xmas box. Developed 2 bromides under exposed yesterday. Worked all day by self on a drawing of Britannia & a figure of Italy & earthquake scene. Roy back from Leweston at 3.30 & left for Balcombe at 4.0pm. Worked on till 10.30pm when dined by self with Taxy. Bed at 11.45. Very tired. (Red ink: Very hard at work & tired. Dined by myself & Taxy.) Saturday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Again up Church St. Met S.G & 2 friends. Snubbed. After home. Breakfast. Put all things away. Letters etc. Sent Upton to Clubs. Sorted papers & left by taxy for Victoria down to Balcombe. Ellie Ritchie, Roy & Mr Marriott there. Dear M. Lennie a little upset. Charade of Nan Key Pooh after. Bed at 12.0am. Weather quite warm. Punch Pageant open. Good notice in 'Times'. Told story of the Gnome King. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe.) Sunday January 3 Balcombe House. Up 8.15. Out & walked through village. Harold M went to Nymans for Golf. In room & wrote letters. After at 12.0 M, Roy & self went for walk to Lake. Heard of Gwen's engagement to Mr Digby, Sherborne Castle. Lake frozen over. Lunch 1.15. Lennie off to fish. Finished cigar in Morning Room. Snooze. Motor came back with Harold & two others. In room & bgan new diary. Webber came in motor. Wrote letters. Dinner. Music after. M went to bed early but Lennie & others stayed up till 12.0. (Red ink: Lake frozen over.) Monday January 4
Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Lennie, Harold & Roy went up to town. Birthday. M & self had better night. Took M for walk at 12.0. Path led to market gardeners. Wrote many letters & cut 'Times' out. Ball at Nymans. Mr Marriott, Mr Brodie, Roy, Harold & Lennie went. Miss Ritchie & Mite & Mrs Harold, M, Fitzroy & self stayed at home. Bed 10.30. M & self had much better night. Did not hear them come back. (Red ink: Ball at Nymans.) Tuesday January 5 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Bath. Roy, Harold & Mr Brodie went to town. News of Gwen's engagement to Mr Wingfield Digby announced. Letters. Took M for walk at 12.0. Lennie home all day. Had 2 hours rest after lunch. After squared prints & finished them by 6.30pm. Dinner. Captain & Mrs S came. Roulette after. Won a shilling or so. Bed at 11.15. Cough a little troublesome. Wednesday January 6 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Bath. Lennie, Mr Brodie & Captain S went to town. Packed all morning. Good bye. Tips. M, self & Marie went up by 12.15. Had to change at East Croydon. Train in before its time. Home by bus. Upton met us. Lunch 2.20. After put things away. Left for 'Punch' Dinner at 5.30. Called Athenaeum. 4 letters. One from V.B. To Bouverie St. High table. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, P.A, R.H, E.T.R, A.G, H.W.L. Got cut of Bellona. Left at 10.40. Home by Turnham Green omnibus. Slept well. Roy in. (Red ink: The original Punch table at the Pageant.) Thursday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out. Round Cromwell Road. No W.P. Back & schemed subject of Bellona & dogs. Photod Miss Huxley at 12.0. All ready by 4.0pm. Letters & after worked from 5.0 to 8.30 when M & self dined. Bed at 11.0 after. Both slept well. (Red ink: Photod Miss Huxley for Bellona.) Friday January 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & up Church St. Saw S.G cross road. Back before band. At work all day on Bellona. Dixon doing aquarium. Langley looked at Shrewsbury cob. Finished work at 10.30. Roy & self dined. Taxy & stick. Bed at 12.0. Slept well. (Red ink: Langley looked at cob at Shrewsbury. Unfavourable.) Saturday January 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Letters from Fletcher, Langley etc etc.Out & took Taxy 1st time without a lead. Roy in good spirits. Fine cold morning. Had masseur for 1st time. Pleasant little Swede. After went up with M in a taxy to Terry's Theatre & saw 'The Passing of the 3rd Floor Back'. Good. Lady de Grey in next box. Back by bus. Bother to get one. Called at Butts for fruit. Did some enlargements. M & self dined together & quiet evening after. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Masseur for 1st time. M & self went to see The Passing of the 3 rd Floor Back. Good.) Sunday January 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out. Pretty little girl in the Roman Catholic print shop. Dull damp morning. M & self went for walk from Hyde Park Corner. Home. After at 4.30 drove in carriage to Reception at Pelham Crescent for W.P.Frith's 90 th birthday. Saw Fildes, Dicksee, Gow etc. Home by carriage by 7.0pm. Good music.
Spencer, M, Roy & self dined. (Red ink: Went to Reception of W.P.Frith R.A. His 90th birthday. Did not know me. Was seedy & looking seedy.) Monday January 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out & along Cromwell Rd. Met no one. After put things away. Masseur came for 2nd time at 12.15. Drove in carriage at 2.30 to Peals & called Sands Hunter & Co, the Athenaeum & Bath Club. Home to tea. Also Verity's. After did enlargements. M & self dined quietly & bed early after. Felt better. (Red ink: Board School children returned to Kensington.) Tuesday January 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & up Church St. No S.G. After all day enlarging etc etc. Developed enlargements. Callers. M & self dined quietly & bed early. Roy went to see Fitz Simmond at the Oxford. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Bell.) Wednesday January 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out up Church St. Met Notting Hill SG. Back. Put things straight. Masseur at 12.30pm. In afternoon did some enlargements. Mite in to lunch. After left & drove in carriage. Called Bath & Athenaeum & then to the Punch Dinner by bus. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, P.A. Partridge back late from Monte Carlo, had narrow escape of accident with cab at Charing X. E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Very good dinner. Got cartoon of Turkey & Emperor of Austria. Left at 10.35. Carriage at Athenaeum & home. News of Arthur à Beckett having his leg amputated. Thursday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walked over up Holland Walk to Notting Hill. Met no one. After sent Upton to Mays & schemed subject of Sultan & Emperor of Austria. Finished at 3.30. Nellie Keith in to tea. M in my room after. Worked till 8.30 when M, Roy & self dined. News of Arthur à Beckett's death in the evening paper at 1.0pm today. In Morning Room. Bed at 11.0pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of Arthur à Beckett. Jany.) Friday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Out. Met Mr Turner. Up Holland Walk & back before band. Met no one. At work all day on drawing of Sultan & Emperor of Austria. Finished 9.25. Roy & self dined at 9.40. Bed after rest till 2.30am. Ethel Mervyn lunched & went with M to the Punch Pageant. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Arthur à Beckett.) Saturday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out. Met Mr Turner. No, yesterday. Breakfast. All morning tidying. M & self left at 1.45. No taxy, had to walk thro' Kensington. 4 wheeler to Queen's Theatre. Saw Graves & Ruth Vincent in The Belle of Brittany. Out. Called Walls & drove to Kensington. Fruit. After tea enlarged small Spanish photos. M, Roy & self dined. In Morning Room. Both slept well. Masseur in morning at 12.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of Belle of Brittany.) Sunday January 17
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Fine but cold morning. Out. Saw old crossing sweeper, 6d. At 11.30 M & self drove to Zoo. Saw Gibbons. Fine Ostrich, Jackdaw etc. After met Mr Pollock & his son & wife. Home 1.25. Changed. Good lunch. After developed Tuesday's photos at Westgate. From 3.45 to 4.30 rested. Sir Howland & Lady Roberts called. Room looked well. After Mrs Alex Tweedie came to dinner. Talked our heads off. M, Roy & self dined only, she stayed till 11.0pm. (Red ink: Mrs Alex Tweedie dined with us by herself.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Ralph Clowes.) Monday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Out & down Lytham House. Met no one. Back through Park. After letters at 11.30 M & self went in carriage to Westminster Cathedral to poor Arthur à Beckett's funeral. Long service. Saw Wood, Seaman. Lehmann, Guthrie etc. Sir Joseph Lawrence, Phene Spiers etc etc. Back at 1.45. After developed 18 + 6 bromides, Spain, Scarboro etc. Lady Monckton called. Enlarged 18 of Brighton etc etc. M, Roy & self dined. Quiet evening. Bed at 11.0. Read Romance of a Maid of Honour. (Red ink: Went to the funeral of poor Arthur à Beckett.) Tuesday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Wet drizzle. Out with Taxy over Notting Hill. Met no one. Saw Battersby's shop. In morning developed 18 bromides & at 12.30 had massage. Lunch with M. After rest from 3.0 to 4.0 & read Romance of a Maid of Honour. Mite called. Olive & Dorothy Shakespeare. Enlarged 18 Exhibition photos etc. M, Roy & self dined. Bed at 11.0pm. (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Arthur à Beckett. Tuesday Jany 19th.) Wednesday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & to Lytham House. School girls back. No Princess. After bathed many bromides. Masseur at 12.30. Rest in afternoon. By carriage to the Athenaeum. No letters. Met Sir Edward Watkin & Miss (blank). To Punch Dinner after calling Sands & Hunter. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got Wood Nymphs. Back by motor bus & carriage. M remained in bed all day. (Red ink: School girls back at Lytham House.) Thursday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & over to Notting Hill with Taxy. Schoolgirls again. Saw Puss. Back. No Mays. After schemed subject of Wood Nymphs & Unemployed. Photod labourer from Nash & got done early. M stayed in bed all day, slight chill. Worked from 5.30 to 8.15. Roy & self dined & bed tired at 11.0pm. In the Morning Room. Felt very tired in the morning. Taxy jumped over the garden wall & back again after a cat. (Red ink: M stayed in bed, not very well.) Friday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out with Taxy. To Lytham House. Saw Princess again going to school. Met Manleys. Back. All day at work on Wood Nymphs & Unemployed. Finished 10.15. Roy out. M in bed all day. Very cold. (Red ink: Very cold.) Saturday January 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Walked up Holland Walk & home. M in bed but got up after. Put things away & at 12.45 masseur. Left in carriage at 2.15pm & went to Bath & Athenaeum Clubs. Wrote Reginald Craigie & also George Edwardes. Home at 3.45. After enlarged 18 Spanish over again. Roy out. M & self dined. Bitterly cold in Morning Room. To bed at 10.15. Slight cold & cough. Chest rubbed. Slept fairly well. (Red ink: Bitterly cold.) Sunday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out 9.15. Up Church Street & home. Miserable morning. At 12.0 drove on Bayswater side to top of Park & walked home to Memorial, M & self. Carriage home. Rest & did some enlargements. In evening Sir Arthur & Lady Trendall, Miss Crozier, Miss Vera Kevill Davis, Owen Seaman, Roy, M & self dined. Very good wine & pleasant dinner. Miserable evening for weather. They left at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Sir Arthur & Lady Trendall, Gladys Crozier & Vera Kevill Davis & Owen Seaman dined.) Monday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out over Campden Hill. All day doing & bathing enlargements. M & self dined by ourselves & in Drawing Room after. Bed early. The last fine day before the fog came on. Correspondence with Smith & Son about figure of Erin for advertisement drawing. Had refused to do it when asked. (Red ink: Refused Selfridge's drawing at first.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lord Leicester. Jany 25. Estate of Dame Mary Moulton. March 15.) Tuesday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Foggy morning. Up Church St & after Campden Hill. Met Mrs Wallace. Called to enquire how Lucas was. Foggy weather set in which lasted till Friday. Drove up after lunch & called at Verity's, Athenaeum & Bath Clubs. Home to tea. Did some enlargements. M & self dined by ourselves & bed at 10.45. Drawing left to be signed by Brown. Wednesday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Foggy morning. In fact fog all day. Up Campden Hill. Enlarged & bathed photos. Rest after lunch. Doubts as to going to Punch Dinner. Took Upton & went by Met Rly to Blackfriars Bridge & to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Small dinner. Fog awful & brought my cough on. Left at 10.30 & home with Upton by Metropolitan. Just missed train both ways. Home 11.30pm. Had hair cut in morning. (Red ink: Dense fog. Ought not to have gone to the Punch Dinner. Gave me my cough again. Sent Upton on.) Thursday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out up Campden Hill. Met no one. Foggy all day. Got a sort of photo of messenger & Upton for Herbert Gladstone & Anarchist. Great difficulty in getting prints. Nothing on one exposed for an hour & a half. Very tired. Worked from 6.0 to 8.0pm when M, Roy & self dined. Quiet evening. Papers. Bed 11.0pm. Cough very troublesome & bad night. (Red ink: Cough very troublesome.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Major Walter Orr.) Friday January 29
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out up Campden Hill. Met no one. Back before band & after at work all day on drawing of Herbert Gladstone & Anarchist. M not very well. Finished at 10.30pm. Very tired. My cough troublesome. Dined by self & bed twelve. Not very good night. (Red ink: Cough very troublesome.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lieutenant-General Howard Vyne. Jan 29.) Saturday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Felt very seedy. Bitterly cold. Walk up Holland Walk. After a piece of furniture came from Lennie for Drawing Room. Put things away. Masseur came late. Lunch at 1.0pm. M & self went in taxy to Adelphi Theatre. Had Box B with dear Linley. Good Pantomime of Cinder Ella. Out 5.0pm. Thro' Savoy & home by carriage. Got fruit. Tea. Did few enlargements. M & self dined. Cough troublesome at night. (Red ink: M & self took Linley to the Adelphi Theatre to see Cinder Ella. Cough troublesome.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Oswald Crawfurd.) Sunday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Out 9.15. Met no one. Up Church Street & back Phillimore Gardens. Wrote letters. At 11.30 M & self drove in carriage to Zoological Gardens. Bitterly cold. Saw Jackdaw, Gibbons etc. Back 1.35. Lunch. Rest from 3.0 to 4.30. M not so well. Quiet in room all afternoon. At 5.0 to 7.0 wrote letters. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Harry Dickens, Lennie, Mite, Roy, M & self dined. Pleasant evening. They left at 11.15pm. Bed 12.15. Cough troublesome but had much better night. (Red ink: Harry Dickens & wife dined. Cough troublesome.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Oswald Crawfurd. Mon Feby 1.) Feb 1909 Monday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. M had had a better night. Self so so. Out up Campden Hill with Taxy. Met Mrs Wallace & after Lass o'Campden Hill. Mr Oswald Crawfurd's death in paper. All day awaiting answer from Smith & Sons. Came at 3.0pm. Re-wrote Vol 1 Spanish Studies. Dr Beauchamp came to see me & also sounded me. M remained in bed. Dined by self in evening. Bed early. (Red ink: Dr Beauchamp came to see me. Settled with Smith for Selfridges.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Burton. Feb 2nd.) Tuesday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out 8.35. Walked over to Notting Hill. Met no one except Mrs Wallace. In morning put rest of Spanish studies in sequence in the 4 Volumes. Lunch. Waiting for cob to come. Rest in room. At 4.0pm cob did come. Very greatly disappointed with it. Too light & far too quick. M in bed all day. Saw new moon all right coming home. Roy & self dined in evening. M still in bed. (Red ink: Bromley's cob came, far too light. Disappointed with it. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lord Robertson. Obituary of Lord Robertson. Feb 3. Estate of Lord Robertson. M 16.) Wednesday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out round Lytham House. No Princess. Back 9.20. Looked at mare cob. Greatly disappointed. Fine windy morning. Photod Miss Huxley at 11.30. Masseur. Rest after lunch. Mrs Sington in to tea & Mervyn. Left
& drove to the Punch Dinner after calling Athenaeum & Bath. Wrote C.M. E.V.L, self, F.H.T, C,G, R.L, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, R.H late. Cheery dinner. Both cartoons made up by 9.30. Home by bus & carriage from Athenaeum at 10.40pm. (Red ink: Photod Miss Huxley for Selfridges Erin.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of James Molloy. Death of Georgiana Eckstein. Feb.) Thursday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walked over Campden Hill & into Notting Hill. Met no one. Back & schemed subject of Valentine & Kaiser. At 11.0 Miss Mabel Woodcock came & sat for Britannia & also Irish girl. Nice warm morning. Finished enlarging at 3.15. Rest from 3.30 to 4.30. Very tired. Mervyn came & took away Britannia costume. Worked till 8.0. M in room reading Ellen Terry's book. At 8.15 M, Roy & self dined. Cough better, but woke at 3.30pm & lay awake. Woke again 6.30am. Molloy's death in the Times. (Red ink: Photod M.Woodcock for Britannia & Erin.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Sir Owen Burne. Feby 4. Will of Major General Sir Owen Burne. Apl 9.) Friday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Much warmer. Slight rain. Walked up Church Street. Met Lass o'C.H walking down to get bus. Back. Breakfast. Worked from 10.15 to 10.15 on drawing of Britannia's Valentine. Dined by self. M read in my room. Roy out. Bed 12.45am after rest. Upton boxed back the mare pony at 8.30am from Euston to Llanymynech. Met & had talk with Cecil Allan Coward in the morning. (Red ink: Sent pony back Llanymynech to Reed Bromley. Saturday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out with Taxy. Colder. Up thro churchyard & home. Met no one. Both had good night. After put things away. Massage at 12.35. Left in carriage at 2.15 & drove to Bath, Athenaeum, & then to Punch Pageant. Saw Brown & Bradbury, Storey, Hitchins etc. Place crowded. Lennie & Mite came. Tea after at the Carlton. Drove home. Got fruit. M & self dined & bed at 11.0pm after. (Red ink: Went to the Punch Pageant with Lennie & Mite.) Sunday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. Out 9.30 up Church St. Same little Roman Catholic girl. At 12.0 M & self drove to the top of the Row & walked home. Met Harry Dickens who walked with us as far as Kensington Palace. Lunch. After developed 6 bromides for Erin. Rest from 3.15 to 4.45. Down. Lo! William Hartree called. Most pleased to see him. After put Vol 1 Spain thoroughly right, up to Toledo. At 8.0 M, Roy, self, Willaim Stone, Paul & Dora, Lennie & Mite dined. A most pleasant evening & good dinner. They left before 11.0pm. Bed & syrup. Both had good night. (Red ink: Walk with M. Met Harry Dickens. William Hartree called. Paul & Dora, Lennie & Mite dined.) Monday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out up Church Street & thro' Bedford Gardens. Coldish. Met no one. Back. Breakfast. Sent cheques (one from M) to F.C.B. Began Smith drawing of Erin. After lunch drove to Sands & Hunter & sent back carriage for M at Mite's who was at Ann's birthday party. After called on Mrs M at Ladies A & N Club. Home at 6.0pm. M & self dined quietly. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Ann's birthday party. Called on Mrs Moon.)
Tuesday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Raw & cold. Out & past Lytham House. No Princess. 3 fair girls. Saw Mr Manley. Taxy across the road. Did a little on Smith drawing. At 11.30 went to 14 Conduit St. At 12.45 photod Miss M. On to the Athenaeum & had lunch. Saw Graves. Back home 4.0pm & on with Smith drawing till dinner. Lady Lawrence called. Saw her. M & self dined quietly. (Red ink: Lady Lawrence called. Photod C.M at noon.) Wednesday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Letter countermanding box for Saty. Out. Up Campden Hill. Coldish. Met Sir Howland Roberts & after saw Lass o'C.H in gaiters, a little girl etc. After went on with Smith drawing. Drew in head in pencil. Drove to Athenaeum & on to the Punch Dinner. No letter from M. P.A, B.P, E.T.R, A.G, E.V.L, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L. Left early getting subject of Britannia & Canada etc. Carriage from Athenaeum. Thursday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk past Lytham House. No Princess. 3 little fair girls. Back. Breakfast. Cold east wind. Schemed subject. Upton to Mays for Canada dress. At 11.30 photod Mabel Woodcock for Britannia, Canada & South Africa. Mervyn brought Britannia dress back. Worked to 8.0pm. M, Roy & self dined quietly. In Drawing Room after. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Photod Mabel Woodcock.) Friday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk up Church St. Saw Common turn into Gardens. Back in time for band. Worked all day on drawing of Britannia, Canada etc. Finished at 10.40. Very full subject. Dined by self & bed tired. Sent Upton to Bruccione's for cast of foot. Address altered to Goswell Street. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of James Molloy. Feby 11.) Saturday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Very tired. Walk up Holland Walk. After put all straight in morning. Lunch at 1.0. After M & self drove to His Majesty's Theatre & met Linley & Ann for Pinkey & the Fairies. Lady Margart Watney & Rosalind & Sylvia & Togo there. Pretty play & pretty Marie Löhr. Stella Patrick Campbell & Viola Tree. Home by carriage. Fruit & quiet evening M & self. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of Pinkey & the Fairies. Linley & Ann there. Next Lady Margaret Watney & Rosalind & Sylvia & Togo.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Lady Morell Mackenzie. Death of Clere Talbot.) Sunday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. Walk up Church St. Met Old W from Workhouse in High St. Taxy & Lucas's dogs. After at 12.0 M & self drove to the Zoological Gardens. Fine cold day. Saw Linley & Mr B, also Pollock & his son, daughter & wife. Back by 1.40pm. Went to see Jackdaw who had been shifted to the Australian Aviary over the Canal. Also saw Mrs Ian Mann. In afternoon worked on Smith drawing. Dinner, Miss Brown & Mr Lucas, Lennie, Mite, M, Roy & self dined, also Dr Messel. Pleasant evening. All left by 11.15pm. Bed 12.0 after. Howlden. Margery Howlden
& her brother & Mr & Mrs Stirling Mackinley called. (Red ink: M & self went to Zoo. Bright day.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Mackenzie.) Monday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk with Taxy up Church St. Met Common & another in walk to Gardens. Spoke about photo. Refused. Back across Campden Hill. After worked most of day on Smith drawing. Put in outline of head in afternoon clean off. M & self dined quietly & bed early. Roy out. (Cutting glued in: Death of Mrs Welby Pugin.) Tuesday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walked thro' Holland Walk & over Notting Hill. Met no one. Bright cold morning. After Telephone putting in. Worked all day on Smith drawing. M & self dined quietly & bed early. Roy out. Lady Margaret Watney called. Wednesday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out. Taxy troublesome crosing road. Met Mr Coward. Past Lytham House. Girl running round corner without old man. After went on with drawing for Smith. Put in Sea etc & Gulls. Mite in in afternoon. At 6.0 dressed & went up by carriage to Athenaeum. Letter from V.B. To 'Punch' Dinner. E.V.L, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.L, L.B, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got away 9.30 with cut of the Block in the Traffic. To Athenaeum & home at 10.40 by carriage very cold. Used Telephone to Mite first time in general use. (Red ink: Used Telephone for the 1st time.) Thursday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Cold bright morning, slightly foggy. Photod busses etc. A failure at 1/10th. Back. Breakfast. After breakfast drove in cart to top of Row. Took 8¼ plates. Not much good. Cold east wind. Back 11.15 & schemed subject. Photod Bird at 12pm for Policeman. Done 4.0pm. Tired. Rest. Tea. M read Lady Priestley's book after. Worked till 8.15pm when M, Roy & self dined. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Photod busses with great difficulty.) Friday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Coldish bright day. Past West House. Saw Lass o'C.H by Water Works. At work all day on drawing of Block in the Traffic. M lunched with the Watneys in Berkeley Square. After M dined at 104 Lancaster Gate for Lennie's birthday. Did not finish until 10.40pm. M back. Lot of work in The Block of Traffic. Bed 12.30 after snooze in Morning Room. Both slept fairly well. (Red ink: Lennie's birthday. Late at work. M lunched at the Watneys.) Saturday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Fine. Brilliant sun. Up Holland Walk with Taxy. Breakfast. Put things straight & Smith drawing ready to go on with. At 12.20 Beach drove M & self to Savoy. Had 2 good chops there. At 1.15 on to Drury Lane pantomime. Weary weak one. Had good box on 2 nd tier. Out at 5.10pm thro Covent Garden. Carriage at King St. Put down at Athenaeum. Wrote Mr Milne & to Bournemouth Hotel. Tea. To Kensington by Turnham Green bus. Got usual fruit. At
6.45 met R.H. Home 7.20pm. Hot Morning room. Roy out. M & self dined by selves. Bed at 11.0. (Red ink: M & self went to Drury Lane pantomime matinée.) Sunday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out 9.15 & up Church Street. Met no one. Put in ribands of cloak on Smith drawing. At 11.30 drove with M to Zoo. Met Mr & Mrs Lockett Agnew & their Scotch keeper. Round lemurs & kangaroos etc. Back home at 1.30. Put Electric Lights in Drawing Room (back). Rest & from 4.0 to 7.30pm put in wreath, Smith's drawing. Mr & Mrs Reed, Mervyn, Lennie & Mite, Roy, M & self dined. Pleasant dinner. Bed 11.45pm. Good night. (Red ink: M & self went to Zoo. Ed Reed & wife, Lennie & Mite, Mevyn, Roy, M & self dined. Met Lockett Agnew & wife at Zoo.) Monday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Heavy fog & very cold. Upton went to Shrewsbury. Out. Walked up Campden Hill & down Phillimore Gardens & met no one. Sent Upton to Shrewsbury. Got to work shading Smith drawing all morning. Slight rest after lunch. Work from 4.0 to 6.30pm. At 7.15 Roy & self went in a taxy cab to the Berkeley & dined with Miss Rose Innes. Met Mr & Mrs Ritchie, Col & Mrs Welby, Mr Gilmer & 2 others. Had 3 boxes at Daly's & saw The Merry Widow. Good. Ethel Warwick still there. Home with Roy in taxy from Trafalgar Square at 12.0am. Very cold. (Red ink: Sent Upton to Shrewsbury. Roy & self dined wth Miss Rose Innes at the Berkeley.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Caran d'Ache. Saty Feb 27.) Tuesday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & walked up Campden Hill & round Notting Hill & thro Holland Walk. Met Lass o'C.H. Worked all day on Smith's drawing, shaded waves, rocks etc, up to 7.15 when dressed & drove in carriage to dine at Mite's. Met Sir James & Lady Dewar, the Rouths, the Hungerford Pollens, Miss Critchett, H.Langley, Mite & Lennie, self. Pleasant dinner. Talk to Hamilton Langley about cob. Back by carriage at 11.15. Very cold. (Red ink: Dined at Mite's. Met Langley, Rouths etc.) Wednesday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rather tired. Very cold. Out & past Lytham House. Met the Princess who still goes to school. After met Manley. Talk about cob. After met Harry Woods. Depression in American Market. Worked from 10.30 & at 4.45 finished the Smith drawing of Erin & sent it off at 5.15pm. Wrote to decline Milne's cob. After went in carriage at 6.0pm. Called at Bath Club & Athenaeum. Letter from C.M. Drove to Sands & Hunter, then to Punch Dinner. O.S back, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Longer dinner. Got Flying subject & left at 10.30pm. Home by carriage from Athenaeum. (Red ink: Finished drawing of Erin for Selfridges.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Lady Mount Edgcumbe. Wed Feby 24. Will of Cecilia Countess of Mount Edgcumbe. March 22.) Thursday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out. Met Coward. Walked down the Earls Court Road. Little girl looked round. Very cold east wind. Back. Breakfast. After schemed
subject of Haldane trying to fly. At 12.0pm Bird came. Photod him. After Upton for France. Bitterly cold. Finished in time for an hours' rest. Tea in Drawing Room. Miss Rose Innes called. Worked up to 8.0pm. M & self dined together. Quiet evening & bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Bitterly cold east wind.) Friday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out up Campden Hill. Very cold & sleety snow. Saw Lass o'C.H. Back. Band. All day at work on drawing of Haldane trying to fly. M up in my room. Finished at 10.20. Dined by self & in the Morning Room after. Roy back at 11.0. Bed 11.30 tired. Cough troublesome. Spoke to the hotel at Bournemouth through the Telephone. No letter yet from Smith. R.P.Gossop. (Red ink: Cough troublesome.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Wombwell. Wed Mar 3.) Saturday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Tired. Out 8.45 up Scarsdale Terr. Met no one. Hair cut. Put things away. Changed 2 Blocknote boxes. Masseur. Dressed. Lunched. At 3.50 M, self & Antoinette drove in bus to Waterloo. Cold. Met Owen Seaman. Down to Bournemouth (West). Seaman got out at Brockenhurst for Sway. Illness of Sir John Tenniel. Arrived hotel at 8.0. Good rooms. Dinner so so. Very poor Drawing Room. Cough very troublesome. Broken rest. Glycerine cured it. Sleep at last & dream of Inchmarlo. (Red ink: M, self & Antoinette went down to Bournemouth. Met Seaman at station. Illness of Sir John Tenniel.) Sunday February 28 The Highcliffe Hotel, Bournemouth. Up 9.15. Good bath. Still bitter east wind. Breakfast. At 11.0 M & self walked past the Royal Bath Hotel to other end of the sea walk & back by cliff lift. Wrote 2 letters. Lunch at 1.30pm. In Drawing Room after. Out at 3.45 the Swanage end. After cut out obits from Times etc. Wrote diary. Dinner. Had Sauternes. After coffee in the lounge went straight up. In bed 10.30pm. Both slept well. (Red ink: Bitter east wind but sunny. Sat in sun.) Mar 1909 Monday March 1 Highcliffe Hotel, Bournemouth. Up at 8.30. Horrid morning. Heavy snow. Breakfast 9.0. Out 11.30 walked on pier & heard band in bitter cold & snow. In town after bought gum & fruit. Back by cliff lift. Lunch. Rest after. From 4.0 to 5.0 another walk. Dogs after stones. Tea. Up in room & wrote many letters till 7.0pm. Dressed. Dinner. Came up immediately after. Rest & bed at 10.45pm. Did not cough at night.1st day without smoking. (Red ink: Bitter snow in Bournemouth.) Tuesday March 2 Highcliffe Hotel, Bournemouth. Up at 8.15. Brighter but still bitterly cold. Good bath. Breakfast at 9.15am. After M & self out at 11.0am. Tried new camera. Not great success. On to pier. Men diving. Frumpy people. Every one a seal skin jacket. Looked over the Royal Bath Hotel. Back. Lunch. Rest. After went by tram to Poole. Fraud. All curio shops vanished. Saw handsome gipsy girl in the tram car. Back & walked back to hotel by 5.30pm. Talk to Mrs Seaman who knew Mrs Davidson. She had a tall invalide daughter. Rest. (Red ink: M & self went an
unenjoyable journey to Poole by tram.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Weir. Wed Mar 3.) Wednesday March 3 Highcliffe Hotel, Bournemouth. Up 8.30. Very good bath. Breakfast 9.15am. Out with camera after till 11.45. 4 inches of snow. Took magazine A. Would not work without index. Packed. Lunch at 12.45. Left 1.20pm in bus. Up to town without stop from the Central Station. Mite's motor at Waterloo. Home. Wrote a few letters & went in motor to the Punch Dinner. L.B, E.V.L, no Partridge, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L. Got subject of Austria & Servia. Left 10.40 by Mite's motor & took L.B, E.V.L & F.H.T home. Deep snow. Bed at 12.0pm. Roy had been in. Cough better. (Red ink: Antoinette, M & self came home from Bournemouth. Mite's motor took us home & self after to Punch Dinner in deep snow. Took L.B, E.V.L & F.H.T home in motor after.) Thursday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Deep snow on Campden Hill. No Lass. Took several with new camera. Turned out to be no good on acct of magazine pulling out. Back. Schemed subject of Austria, Europa & Servia. Disappointed of Miss Huxley. Got by chance Miss Johnson. Came at 12.30. Photod her & Bird & Upton. Bitterly cold. Got all done & drawing outlined. M. Roy & self dined & bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Deep snow. Photod Miss Johnson & Bird & Pegler.) Friday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Melting snow. Back before band. All day at work on Austria, Servia & Europa. Good drawing. Finished 10.30. Bitterly cold east wind. Dined by self & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Bitterly cold.) Saturday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out up Holland Walk. After put things away. Massage at 1.0. Hurried lunch. After M & self drove to the Comedy Theatre & saw a piece called 'Penelope' by J.Somerset Maughan. Got Loome sausage & fruit. Wet & raw & cold. Back by carriage. Tea. Did some of the Vol 3 Spain. M & self dined quietly. Bed. (Red ink: M & self went to see matinée of Penelope.) Sunday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Out & up Church Street. Fine sunny morning. Back. At 11.30am M & self drove to the Zoo. Bitterly cold. Saw little Jackdaw. Back at 1.15. M & self lunched. After wrote on Brown's drawing & did Vol 3 of Spain. In evening Lennie, Mite, M, Roy & self & Mr Earle Douglas dined. Very cold. Good dinner & evening. Took 4 or 5 photos at Zoo. Magazine pulled out. (Red ink: Earle Douglas, Lennie & Mite dined. Bitterly cold but bright.) Monday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bitterly cold. Up Campden Hill. No Lass. In morning put things away. Masseur. Did a few enlargements in afternoon. M & self dined quietly & bed early. (Red ink: Bitterly cold.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Holbrook Gaskell. March 9 1909. Obituary of Holbrook Gaskell. March 9.) Tuesday March 9
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Last morning sunny. By Lytham House, saw Princess & many new girls. Took 3 or 4 photos. Failures. All morning putting straight etc. Lunch. After went in Cole carriage to Cinematograph in Oxford St. Murder of Duc de Guise. Off, then to Miles. Fresh measures. Then to Verity's & Sands & Hunter, Athenaeum & home. Tea. Did 15 Brighton after. M, Roy & self dined. Still bitterly cold. Bed early. 1st took sour milk. (Red ink: Bitterly cold. Sour milk a failure.) Wednesday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull gloomy cold morning. Walked up Church Street. No Lass. Met no one. After in morning bathed 15 bromides. Masseur. After lunch another 15. Did Vol 3 Spain. Left at 5.10pm. Lady Meade with M. Called Bath Club & Athenaeum. Owen Seaman & Lord Charles Beresford elected. Letter from R.H. On by bus to Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Editor complimentary over last cartoon. Left at 10.30 & home by carriage 11.0am. (Red ink: Owen Seaman elected at the Athenaeum.) (Cutting glued in: Memoir of Hugh Arnold-Foster.) Thursday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wet gloomy & cold. Walked up Church Street. No Lass. After schemed Balfour & Haldane as Territorials. Hurry. Sent Upton to May's. Very dark. Photod Bird & Pegler, 1st time since Decr last. After piano in Drawing Room. Got done somehow. Oliver M in to tea. Worked till 8.10pm. No dress. Roy dined at the Goldsmiths. M & self up to bed at 11.0. Still cold. (Red ink: Wet gloomy & cold.) Friday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk up Church St. No Lass. Back by Holland Walk & Phillimore Gds. Shop Girl 9.10am thro Stafford Terrace. Above is not quite right, walked in drizzle thro Holland Walk to Notting Hill. Nothing but ugly school girls. Into a cul-de-sac in Holland Park Avenue & went back thro Holland Walk then was passed by above Shop Girl. At work all day on Balfour & Haldane. Finished 10.15pm . M in my room. Dined. Roy who had dined at Stern's back at 12.0. Had knocked an old carter down with a taxy. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Mr ArnoldFoster. March 13.) Saturday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. 1st bright morning for a week. Out & up Holland Walk. Back by Campden Hill. Met no one. Wrote up diary for 10 days. Telephoned Vaus & Crampton. Masseur came. Telephoned Sands & Hunter. Lunch & at 2.0pm M & self left in the carriage & went to the Haymarket Theatre & saw 'She Stoops to Conquer'. Giddens as Tony Lumpkin good. Rob't Lorraine as young Marlowe. Got sausages & fruit & home to dinner, M & self. Bitterly cold. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of 'She Stoops to Conquer'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of James Purdy.) Sunday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Out. Sleety snow & bitterly cold. Up Church St. Back. M stayed in bed. Cold. In morning after letters went up by bus at 12.0 & to the Athenaeum Club. Horrid day. Heavy sleety snow. At 2.0pm at 15 C.S. At 2.40 photod 2 models. No good. Out & back to Athenaeum to tea & home by carriage
at 5.30pm. Did Vol 4 Spanish Book. At 8.0 Lawrence Bradbury & wife, Lady Monckton, Lennie & Mite, M & self dined. A very pleasant evening. (Red ink: Lady Monckton, Lawrence Bradbury, Lennie & Mite dined. Photod R.H & friend.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of James Purdy. March 16.) Monday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bitterly cold. Walked to Lytham House. No Princess. Back. M remained in bed all day with a cold. In the morning letters. Masseur came at 1.0pm. Lunched by self. Dressed & went by Met Rly to Blackfriars. Wretched afternoon. Sleet & snow. Interview with Cook's man. After to Sands & Hunter. Then to Athenaeum to vote. One got 108 black balls, the man Sir Joseph Lawrence asked me to vote for. Saw Orchardson, Bill Weigall, Craik etc. Filled in books & home by carriage. Enlarged two or three. Changed bromides. Roy & self dined. Bed at 10pm. Most bitterly cold. (Red ink: Bitterly cold.) (Cutting glued in: Sir Charles Euan-Smith not so well. March 16.) Tuesday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bitterly cold. Out & over C.H to Notting Hill, only one pretty school girl. M remained in bed with cold up to lunch time. Major Welman came to lunch & stayed till 3.45. Looked older. Went on with Vol 4 Spanish book & finished to end of Granada. Filled magazine of new camera. Tabs was to have come to dinner. Too seedy to come. M, Roy & self dined & bed at 11.0pm after. Very cold. Saw a mare cob at 12.0 noon. Liked the look of her. Mite came at 6.0pm. (Red ink: Welman lunched.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Hardwicke. March 15.) Wednesday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45, out 8.25. Bright sun but cold. Took 3 photos with new camera. Back over Notting Hill. My drawings out in Daily Telegraph & Punch. M remained in bed. Answered letter from Hall about mare cob. In afternoon drove to Dover Street & also to Miles. Had things tried on. To Athenaeum. Long wait for bus. P.D. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, R.L (late) L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Left at 10.30. Home by bus & carriage. Wrote letters at the Athenaeum. Bed 11.45pm. Tabs came to tea with M. Thursday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. A dull slate grey morning. Out over Campden Hill. Letter from Stanfield. Man refused to have bull dog photod. At 12.0 photod Bird for German sailor & John Bull. Got all done & ready by 3.0 when had a rest for 1½ hrs. Woke up feeling heavy & seedy & done up. Edie Furrell to lunch. Work from 5.30 to 8.15 when M & self dined. Bed at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Felt ill & seedy.) Friday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Up Church Street. Back for band. All day at work on drawing of German sailor & John Bull. Worked up to 10.0 when finished. M in my room. Very very tired & done up. Slept in chair. Bed at 12.0. Uneasy heavy sleep. Cough troublesome in morning. (Red ink: Cough bad & illness coming on.) Saturday March 20
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Very tired seedy & done up. Walked up Holland Walk. At 11.15 Beach drove with new pair of horses as far as training ship on the Embankment. Back by Athenaeum. Saw mare cob go in the Park. Liked her. Back. Massage at 12.30. After lunch rest. My cough troublesome. M & self dined quietly. Bed early. Bad night with cough. Up in brilliant sunlight at 7.45am. M & self went & bought fruit at 5.20pm. Took Taxy into the Park. M nervous at gibbing horse in Mews. Tea. Wrote on Gibraltar photos. M & self dined quietly & bed at 11.0. Had indifferent night. Both coughed. (Red ink: Upton tried mare in Park. Cough very bad & troublesome.) Sunday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Indifferent night with cough. Up 7.45. Lovely sunny morning. Out on mare cob for 1st time. Lked her very much. Rode round the Park. Met Miss Cohen. Back. Breakfast. Roy on steps. Letters. At 11.30 M & self drove in carriage to the Zoo. Met Mr Pollock & Mr Adrian Pollock. Turned colder. Back at 1.15pm. All afternoon bothering about Stores & ties. Finished Vol 4 of Spain. 2 year job. At 8.0 Mite & Lennie & Mr & Mrs Pitt dined. All my evening spoilt with my cough frightful & M's too. (Red ink: Rode Jenetta for 1st time in Park. M & self went to Zoo. Mr & Mrs Pitt, Mite & Lennie dined. Cough very bad. Beginning of weeks illness.) Monday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 after terribly trying night both to M & self with cough. Out. Decided to go to Ramsgate. Had short walk up Argyll Rd & down Phillimore Gardens. After wrote on 2 drawings for Sir Anderson Critchett & letters etc. M had sent for Dr Beauchamp. He came in the afternoon & said I had temperature of 106 & must go to bed. We both did go to bed & had a basin of mutton broth for dinner. I took medicine. Woke at 12.0am & thought it was early in the morning. Long weary night but got through it all right. (Red ink: Dr Beauchamp sent for who sent me to bed. M & self had terribly trying night. Long wearyness & cough.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Mme Mesdag. March 22. Obituary of Mme Mesdag. March 23.) Tuesday March 23 Stafford Terrace. In bed. Had had better night than would have expected. Mite came. Also crops came from Briggs's. Still slop food. Beauchamp came in the evening. Perspiration in afternoon & appetite for food. M took off my vests & changed. Slept better all night. Sent Jenetta for run round Richmond Park. As good as (illeg). (Red ink: Jenetta being tried.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Algernon Delmar.) Wednesday March 24 Stafford Terrace. In bed. Better. Had slept better. Beauchamp called at 9.0am to say he would bring Sir Thomas Barlow at 6.45pm this evening. Mite & M went for drive. Went up & drew cheques for Electric & Gas, Coals etc. Bother about my going upstairs. Cold turtle soup for lunch. Resting all day. Felt done up. Mite came again in afternoon. The 2 doctors came again at 7.0 & said I must not work tomorrow. Telephoned & also sent letter to Owen S by Upton. Slept after dinner & in gentle perspiration. Temperature 1 above normal. Sir Thomas Barlow &
Beauchamp came. (Red ink: Kept from doing this weeks' work by Barlow & Beauchamp.) Thursday March 25 Stafford Terrace. In bed. Had had much better night & felt much better. Lovely bright sun. Breakfast. Could have done my work quite well. Will Oakes sent us a lovely grilse. Normal temperature, under at noon. Wrote letters in my Bed Room. M went out for drive. Took crops back. Rest on sofa. M & self had dinner together. Both slept well. (Red ink: In bed but better.) Friday March 26 Stafford Terrace. In bed. Much better in morning. After breakfast in my room all day. Bother with the Electric Light. Antoinette pushed the bed against the plug. Man did not come to put it right until nearly dusk. M & self had dinner together in our room. To bed after. Both had a good night. M went for a drive with Mite. (Cutting glued in: The story of William Roupell.) Saturday March 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Fine morning. Bath. After our breakfast Dr Beauchamp came, said we might go to Ramsgate. Sent messenger boy for bus. Packed. Good bye to Mite. Went out for 1st time for week at 2.10pm & up to 11 Durham Villas. Saw a few Oriental things. Back & off at 2.30pm, M, Marie & self, to catch 3.35pm train. Down to Ramsgate & to the Granville. Same rooms as in March 1906. Did not dress. The 1st person I saw was Sir Walter Foster & his daughter. Good dinner. Leoville Lascasas. Band & bed at 10.0pm. (Red ink: Went out for 1st time for a week. Met Sir Walter & Miss Foster.) Sunday March 28 The Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 8.0. Hot salt water bath. Dull rainy morning. Both felt better. Walked at 12.0 to further end of West Cliff & back. Lunch. After rest. Wrote letters in make-shift Drawing Room. Sent offer for cob. After tea M & self walked to end of Pier. Dressed & dined at 8.0pm. A good dinner. Talk to Sir Walter Foster & his daughter after. Bed at 10.30pm. Both slept well. Sir Wm Dunn here. (Red ink: Made offer for Jenetta.) Monday March 29 The Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 8.0am. Good salt water bath. Breakfast. Good bye to Sir Walter. Out with camera. Took 3 or 4. Little girl on donkey went up to Granville. After dull & miserable. Wretched. Took M out & wandered about. Lunch. In room & rested. We went by tram to Broadstairs & Margate at 2.30. Miserable & deteriorated. Back by tram. Had talk with Brown the hairdresser. Looked much the same. Back 5.0. Tea & after wrote letters & diary. Rest. Dinner & bed 10.0pm. (Red ink: Went to Broadstairs & Margate. Horrid weather.) Tuesday March 30 The Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. A dull grey wet day all day. Read & wrote letters. Did not go out till 5.0 when M & self walked as far as Townley Castle. Muggy & close. Back. Bath. Rest. Dinner & bed at 10.0pm. Got prescriptions made up. (Red ink: Muggy close dismal weather.)
Wednesday March 31 The Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 9.0. Better morning. M & self out at 11.45. Loafing people on sands. Took one little girl only. Back by lift. Lunch & away at 3.10pm by fly & caught 3.20 train. Good bye to M. Very pretty woman & little boy got in at Westgate & up to town. Legs on seat. Upton met me. By bus to Garrick. Spencer got in the omnibus. To Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, E.T.R, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Sat very late. Very tired. Home by carriage at 11.30. Bed 12.15am. Roy in. Mite & Lennie went to Ireland. Apr 1909 Thursday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 in room. Wrote Roy cheque. In morning paid £550 off Stafford Terrace & £45 for cob. Schemed German Emperor & Tsar. Photod Bird at 12.10. He came early. Dull morning. All ready by 3.30. Letters & rest. Worked from 5.0 to 8.15. Spencer was to have come. Never turned up. Roy & self dined & in Morning Room with Taxy after. Spoke to M by Telephone in the morning at 1.40pm. Walked up over Campden Hill. (Red ink: Paid £45 for Jenetta. Paid mortgage £550 off.) Friday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & after good bath out on a sunny morning with large camera over to Notting Hill. Took a few. Pretty little girl like Cynthia. Missed Shop Girl. Back. Roy & self at breakfast. Letters. At work all day & till 10.40pm on German Emperor & Tzar. Dined by self very tired at 10.45. Roy back at 12.30am. Bed. Also took children in Stafford Terrace. No good. Nothing in the magazine found after. Saturday April 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Out. Fine sunny morning but cold. Letters. Cheques. After putting things away looked at Jenetta at 12.45. Roy went in a taxy from the City & saw at 12.30pm magnificent Boat Race in which Cambridge was beaten by Oxford. We lunched together at 1.30 & left in carriage at 2.45 for Victoria. Had to turn back for money & books. Down by Granville to Ramsgate. One other man in the carriage like Castro. Dear M met us. Walked to hotel by lift. Bitterly cold east wind. Dressed & dinner. Cold in lounge after. Bed at 10.0pm. Roy went into the town. (Red ink: Oxford & Cambridge boat race. Roy went. He & self went down to Ramsgate.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mme Modjeska. Apl 9.) Sunday April 4 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 8.0. Bath. Hot sun but cold wind. M, Roy & self out at 12.15 & walked on to other cliff & lunch with the Burnands at 1.30. A good lunch. Took a little whiskey. Left 3.0 & took tram to other cliff. M to hotel & Roy & self to Margate. Roy's old school to let. A comfortable tea at the Cliftonville & back by 5.45 to Ramsgate. Rest & dinner. Sleepy in the evening. Good dinner. Bed at 10.0pm. (Red ink: M, Roy & self lunched at Lady Burnand's. Tea at Margate.) Monday April 5 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Roy went up by early train. Bath. Breakfast. On sands in morning. Lunch. Went up by afternoon train, M seeing me off. Pretty woman &
2 boys got in at Broadstairs. Train to time. Upton met me at Victoria. Drove to Athenaeum, after Punch Dinner by bus. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. 2 cuts made up for me. One Partridge. Late sitting. Left 11.15 & home by the carriage from Athenaeum. Bed at 12.30. Roy in. (Red ink: Roy went up from Ramsgate.) Tuesday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Slightly foggy. Walk over Notting Hill & took 1 doz photos all of which were for nothing as the magazine was empty. Dogs etc. Back & schemed subject. Photod Bird & Taxy at 12.0 for John Bull. Got all ready & worked from 5.0 to 8.15 when Roy & self dined together. Bed at 11.30. Cough very bad at night. (Red ink: Cough very bad.) Wednesday April 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & walk over Notting Hill. Took school girls. Cynthia 2nd etc. After at work all day on John Bull & Dog. Finished 9.30pm. Roy & self dined together quietly & bed after. Cough bad at night. Much flem. (Red ink: Cough bad.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Marchioness of Hertford. Apl 7.) Thursday April 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Lytham House. No school girls. Holidays commenced yesterday. At 11.45 photod Pegler & a boy for Churchill etc. Had desk put in yard etc. Roy left in afternoon in cart for Sherborne. Much hesitation. At 5.30 Miss W.H called on approbation for sitting. Very smart & pretty. After went on with tracing for drawing & dined by self, Antoinette waiting. Bed at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Roy left for Sherborne. Miss W.H. called.) Friday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Went out for ride on Jenetta round Park. The 1 st time since I bought her. An Austrian gentleman was killed at top of the Row. Must have been a few minutes before I was there. Back & hot X buns for breakfast. After got on with drawing of Churchill & boy. Put in the perspective, desk & room etc. Dined by self & bed early 10.30pm. Doubts about room. Slept well. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Emma Winkworth. Obituary of Mrs Winkworth. Apl 8.) Saturday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. No Antoinette. In morning rode Jenetta round Park. Went well. Breakfast 9.30. Put things up & worked on Churchill & Boy. Put perspective in. Got off in cart at 2.30 & to Victoria. No crowd. Only one other in carriage. Down to Ramsgate. M met me. Saw Charley Burnand at the station. Fly to Granville. Walk before dinner. Hotel full. Lord & Lady Darnley left. Had to go into cold room. Spoke to a lady who knew Henry Barron. Bed 10.0pm. (Red ink: Lord & Lady Darnley at hotel. Went down to Ramsgate.) Sunday April 11 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Most lovely cloudless day. Bath. Breakfast. After went on with cartoon of Winston & Boy in morning. Short walk on Parade. Lunch. Rest. Woke by Band. Went out by self. Tea after. Walked to end of Pier. Salvation Army Band on sands. Dinner. A concert in the evening 9.0 to 10.15. Girl with plenty of assurance. Pretty girl in hotel like Lady Beatrice Pole-Carew. Bed 10.30pm. Took
photos on Parade. All for nothing. Camera stuck. (Red ink: Lovely Easter Sunday. Took photos on Parade.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Marion Crawford. Apl 10.) Monday April 12 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 8.0am. Trouble about bath. Breakfast. Went down at 10.30 on sands. Finished No 2 magazine which had had a film stuck at the top & spoilt the whole magazine. All yesterdays & todays no good. M met me on Parade at 1.15. Lunch. Shaded some of the Winston & Boy cartoon. After M & self went on sands. Windy & colder. M & self walked to end of the West Cliff. Met Winnie B & Charley's daughter. Back. Dinner. A ventriloquist & conjuror & concert after. Bed 10.15pm. Wired Upton not to send Jenetta tomorrow. Tuesday April 13 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 8.0. Bath & good breakfast. After worked on cartoon, Winston & Boy. Fine lovely day. Wet in evening. Worked again in evening, no, afternoon. M & self went for walk to end of Pier in evening. Unloading smacks loaded from the Mahratta. Had wired Lucy in the morning saying we could not go tomorrow. Also wrote Lucy. Dinner as usual & ordinary band after. Bed 10.0pm. Wet all afternoon. Mrs Evans called. Were to have gone to tea at Mrs Du Maurier's. Wednesday April 14 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up at 7.45. Bath. Breakfast. Dull rainy morning. Put in Winston's head & nearly finished shading. Lunch. Cleared up. Wired Upton to send Jenetta tomorow. M & self went to Woodman & Wright. Saw box. Also in town & back to hotel. 2 men sang & recited after dinner. Poor performance. Lady Beatrice Pole Carew left. Lots of old seedy people in hotel. Bed 10.30. (Red ink: Gwen's Wedding Day.) Thursday April 15 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up at 7.45. Did ¾ hr work on cartoon after bath. Down. Breakfast. After at 10.45 M had dispute with young woman about bill. Walked down to station. Jenetta & Oliver arrived by same train at 11.0. Jenetta met by Smith & off to Stables. M, Nurse Francis, Oliver & self to sands. Took photos & met Dolly Roberts that was. Lunch. After finished cartoon of Winston & Boy. Sent Marie off with it at 4.0pm. Tea. Oliver back. Started to go for ride. ¾ hr to get there. Girls skipping in garden. One little fair girl good legs & pretty. Rode Jenetta from 5.20 to 7.15 by Westwood, Granville, & back at hotel by 7.5. Bath & dinner. Letter from Mrs Lucy. Cough bad after. (Red ink: Jenetta & Oliver arrived by same train. Finished cartoon.) Friday April 16 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 8.0. Felt rather cold. Good bath & breakfast. Down 9.20. Wrote Smart & Barker about Stables. Fine sunny morning. After M & self went on sands. Took 3 of little girls. Dull light. Back. Lunch. Put on riding things. Went at 2.30 & rode to Sandwich & back. Little girl ran behind stack near Sportsman. Weetman Pearson's works at ½ way to Sandwich. Beautiful child in town. Back & at 5.30 met Lady Burnand, M & Lily Purcell. Back hotel at 6.15. Hour's rest. Dinner. Saw Cecil Allen Coward & wife at dinner. After ½ hour in Lounge to bed at 9.45pm. (Red ink: Rode Jenetta to Sandwich.)
Saturday April 17 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. No letters. Early bath at 7.0am. Down 8.30. Wrote letters & cheques. Fine morning. Threatened showers, sun after. Went on sands & took 17 photos girls digging etc. After back at 1.25. Changed to riding things & at 1.0 left with M & by tram to other cliff. Dirty boys. Lunched at the Hammonds. Mrs Evans & Miss Dickens there. Talk to Mrs H & the Squire & looked at the wreck. At 3.15 got on Jenetta & rode thro Minster & back past Weigalls. Caught a tram & home 6.15 exactly. Met Mr & Mrs Coward. Hour's rest before dinner. After an illiterate conjuror. Room hot. Bed 10.0. M & self slept well. Found Jenetta knocked her fore coronet. (Red ink: Lunched at Ramsgate with the Hammonds.) (Cutting glued in: Legacies of Julius Caesar Czarnikow. June 3.) Sunday April 18 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 7.0. Early bath. Down nine. Wrote many letters etc after, up to 11.0am. Dull morning. Took no photos. M & self went over to the West Cliff. Looked at Jenetta. Sat in shelter. After met Burnand. Back to lunch by tram. After read Acropolis of Athens. At 5.30 went with M to end of Pier. No photos. No ride today. Sat in corridor. Extemely pretty girl in black with Naval officer. Bed at 10.30pm. Cowards left in the morning. Monday April 19 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up at 7.0am. Early bath in 2nd bath. Water would not turn off. Letters. Breakfast. On sands took photos girl with grandmother & little girl & brother. Back at 12.30. Mrs Du Maurier & Sylvia called. Changed to riding. Burnand & Lady B lunched with us. After rode at 3.15 along sands. Jenetta won't cross water. Up cliff & over past Park House & to Broadstairs. Past North Foreland & Lord Northcliffe's, all fenced in. Past Edmund F.Davis's & back to Ramsgate. Called for M at Mrs Evans's. Lady Seton, no, Lady Seager Hunt there. Long time to wait for tram. Back hotel. Dinner & bed. Very tired. Cough again. (Red ink: Sir F & Lady Burnand lunched with us. Rode to North Foreland.) Tuesday April 20 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 7.0am. Early bath. Breakfast. Lovely morning. After letters out to meet Oliver who came with a German lady & two companions. On sands. Took 9 or 10 photos. Met Barrie & Sylvia. Oliver said he had not had a good lunch. No bread sauce. At ¼ to 3 took me ¾ hour to get on Jenetta. No one at stable. An old painter put the saddle on for me. Jenetta bit my hand. Very painful. Rode past Perkins & Westwood. Talk to old labourer who knew Tassel. To St Peters & past Captain Fearon's home. Back hotel 6.15. Hand rubbed. Very tired after dinner. Bed 9.30. Both slept well. (Red ink: Jenetta bit my hand. Rode past Westwood.) Wednesday April 21 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up at 7.20. Early bath. No sponge. Marie upset. Out after writing letters with M. Mare sent up. Sat in front of sea. Took a few little girls. Walked along wall. Saw little Du Mauriers. Lunch & went up to town by the 3.22pm. Good journey. Upton met me with cart. Jenetta did not arrive until 2.30pm. Shunted at Chatham. 2 letters at Athenaeum. Punch dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Sat till 10.45. Easy subject.
Chameleon. Home by carriage from Athenaeum. Roy in & up. Had had cigar holder sent to him. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Sent Jenetta up from Ramsgate. Long time on the way.) Thursday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. A. Rode Jenetta from 8.30 to 9.30am. Saw Nelson & wife looking older. After a man, who? I used to know. Roy & self at breakfast. Sent Upton to Sands & Hunters & 15 C.S. Photod rug & enlarged chameleon. Got all ready by 3.30. Miss Hunt called at 4.15 & put classic drapery on. Up in room 5.0 & worked till 8.30 when Roy & self dined together & in Morning Room after. Bed at 11.0pm. Friday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0. A & socks. Worked till 9.30am nearly. Breakfast with Roy & good bye to him. Went on with work on Sultan as Chameleon. Fine sunny day. Finished at 5.0pm. Finished my packing having sent Upton to Stores. Dinner six pm. Got off at 7.0pm. Evening paper news of Deposition of the Sultan. Invalidates my cartoon. Wired M & O.S at Euston at 7.40. Took a sleeper & had it returned. Met Torrey, May & others. Turned in 8.30 & had broken rest all night. (Red ink: Finished Chameleon early & went by night train to Stranraer.) Saturday April 24 On board train to Stanraer. Slept indifferently. Up 5.0 & on board the steamer to Larne at 5.30. Met a man named Jones who had met me at Orchardsons. Also one who lived at Semley. Had breakfast at 7.0. Two or three pretty girls. Train to Belfast. News Sultan was not deposed. An awkward ride in an inside car to Harland & Wolff's with May. On board & a 2nd feed at 9.30. Very dirty. Most comfortable cabin 21. Changed & bath. A dull cold afternoon. Wrote 4 or 5 letters. Wire from O.S & letter from D. From 3.30 to 5.45 rested & slept. Walk on deck. Dress & dinner at 7.30. Claret good. Next Wolff. Smoked 2 cigars, the 1 st since March 22. Talk after dinner & turned in at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Started from Belfast.) Sunday April 25 S.S Minnewarker. Irish Channel. Up at 7.15am. Good night. Felt fairly well. Tea. Hair cut. Shave. Breakfast at 9.0 next Wolff. On deck. Smoked cigar. Next Wolff. Marconi Gram. Fighting in Constantinople. Took 12 photos. Lanced gum. Wrote diary & letters. Lovely morning but coldish. Lunch. Read stupid book 'The Green Parrot'. Sat in afternoon in deck chair in sun. Took all magazine 2 of photos. Dinner. Poor speeches. After talk some singing & reciting by a Mr Workman. Turned in at 10.0pm. Mr Horncastle at piano. Mr Williams at table who told the story of the Wadi's Geese. Chairman of the Royal Mail. (Red ink: In the Irish & English Channel.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Stanley Berkeley. Apl 24.) Monday April 26 S.S Minnewarker. Mid Channel. Woke at 5.30. Turned out on deck at 5.40. Passed Folkestone, Dover. Saw the Mahratta on Goodwins. Light boat Nab. Ramsgate 6.30am. Stayed till North Foreland. Cup of tea at 7.0 when packed bags. Bath & dress leisurely. Breakfast 8.30am. Arrived Tilbury & off by train 12.0 after taking photos. Quite warm. Good bye to Torrey, Wolff, May etc. At St Pancras 1.0pm.
Home 1.30pm & lunched. Off to Varnishing Day at R.A by taxy. There from 2.25 to 3.30. No particular picture. Saw many. Davis, Gow, McWhirter, Blair Leighton & many others. No Mervyn. At Athenaeum at 3.45. Drove to Victoria. Caught the 4.20pm. Horrid train. Had to change at Faversham & wait 25 min. Cat on luggage. Ramsgate 7.30 in time to dress for dinner. Dear M all right. Bed 10.0pm very tired. (Red ink: Varnishing Day Royal Acad'y. Went down to Ramsgate.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Fanny Dowager Countess of Winchilsea and Nottingham. April ) Tuesday April 27 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 7.45. Bath. After breakfast wrote many letters. Went with M into the town to pay bills at 11.30. Took 2 phos of a girl with perambulator in garden. On to the sands & sat down till 12.50. To hotel. Lunch. In afternoon Edgar came. Sat in corridor. After tea walked on to end of West Cliff. M & Edgar back. Called & had a talk with Hills & back to hotel 6.30. Had rest. Dinner 7.50 M, Edgar & self. Sat late after till 10.30. Band had left off. Bed at 11.0 after changing 2 magazines of films. (Red ink: Edgar at Ramsgate.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Fanny Lady Winchilsea.) Wednesday April 28 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Up 7.45. Good bath. Edgar leaving. Lovely morning. Missed E going. Sent photos to Smart etc. Out with M in morning. Wired. Sat by sea shore. After back for lunch & left by 3.28. Up to town. Upton met us. To Athenaeum by cab. Letters & to Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, R.C.L, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Pleasant dinner. Health drunk over Chameleon. Left with Reed at 10.45 & home by bus & carriage. (Red ink: Left Ramsgate for good.) Thursday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30 & rode round Park at 8.15. Back. Breakfast. Roy going to Ireland tomorrow. In morning schemed subject of Europa & new Sultan. Photod Miss Johnson at 12.30. Got all ready by 3.30. Hours rest & work to 8.30. M & self dined by ourselves. Roy out. Friday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15 & rode from 8.15 to 9.15 round Park. Back. Roy packing to go to Ireland tonight to Mite's. Work all day on Europa & Sultan. Finished at 10.0 when dined by myself & bed 11.30 after rest. Roy left for Ireland. (Red ink: Roy left for Ireland.) May 1909 Saturday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & rode round Park. Breakfast. At 11.45 M & self went to Private View of the R.A. Saw many we knew. Out 1.15 & had an uncomfotable lunch at the Grill Room, Carlton. Saw Coupé. Then to see Tree as Sir Peter Teazle. Out & home from the Athenaeum by carriage. Bought fruit. Tea. Changed plates & M & self dined quietly. (Red ink: Rode in Park. Went to see Private View of Academy. Saw The School for Scandal.) Sunday May 2
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rode Jenetta to Bath Club & sharp round Park after. Home 9.45. Breakfast. After put things straight & at 12.20 went by bus to Club. Saw Woods & Montague Fowler. After at 3.15 photod for 2 nd time this year R.H. Out & tea at Bath Club. Read Social England. Home 6.0pm. Edgar & Sophy lunched. Effie called. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Graham Keith & Lord Kingsborough dined. Very pleasant evening. They left 11.0pm. (Red ink: Photod R.H. Lord Kingsborough & Mr & Mrs Graham Keith dined.) Monday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30 & out in brilliant weather to Cromwell Road. Took 2 of Princess & 2 others. Saw Manley. After rode for 1 st time in the Row up & down. Called Peals. Saw Trower & Stone etc. Back by 12.45 thro' Kensington. Jenetta went well & quietly. Rest in afternoon & developed some plates after. Mervyn called. M went in carriage to see Sir John Tenniel. M & self dined quietly. Bottle of Champagne. Bed at 11.0. Both slept well. (Red ink: Rode Jenetta 1st time up & down Row. Brilliant weather for photoing.) Tuesday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. Out 8.30. Large camera to Notting Hill. Fair Shop Girl & others. No Cynthia 2nd. Back. Letters. Rode at 11.0 to 1.0pm. Saw Stone, Trower, Cunningham Graham, Rose & wife etc etc. Past Lytham House home. Rest after lunch. At 5.0 to 6.30 went to see dear old Tenniel. Looked very well. Back by bus. Wrote letters 7.0 to 8.0pm. M & self dined quietly. Bed 11.0pm. Coldish. (Red ink: Called & saw Tenniel.) Wednesday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Out with Taxy. Took 3 common school girls. After by bus to St Paul's School. Life Guards out. Got Lass o'Campden Hill & others. Back. Breakfast 9.20am. After rode 11.0 to 1.0pm. Saw Stone, Col Fletcher etc etc. Back. Rest after lunch. At 5.15 went to call on Mrs Moon. After by bus to Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.C.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got away by carriage at 10.30 & home all the way. (Red ink: Called on Mrs Moon.) Thursday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0. Rode at 8.0am to 9.0am round Park. Saw Princess & met Mr Manley. Back. Breakfast. Photod Bird & new model named Tester & Upton. All ready. Hours rest. Tea. Worked till 8.0, M in the room reading Miss McNab's Fortune. M & self dined at 8.15pm. Bed. (Cutting glued in: A marriage has been arranged between Major Reginald Cheyne and Sybil Rider Haggard.) Friday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0. Rode at 8.0am to 9am & met Romer. Saw Princess. Back. At work at 10.15. All day on Iniquitous Budget. Finished 9.50. M read Miss McNabs Fortune. Dined by self 10.0pm. Very tired. Bed 1.0am after snooze. Saturday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.35. Out. Lovely morning. Up Holland Walk. Met five girls who looked round. Took 2 of Shop Girl. Back. Breakfast. After rode in the Park in the morning. Heard of Galbraith. Back. Lunch. After went up by taxy (open) to the Duke of York's Theatre & saw 'What every Woman Knows'. Could not hear. Out &
home by carriage calling at the Athenaeum & buying fruit. M & self dined quietly in the evening. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'What Every Woman Knows'.) Sunday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. After breakfast M & self drove at 11.0am to the Zoo. Brilliant morning. Took apes, ostriches etc. 2 ourang outangs peculiar exhuminations. Met Harold & Parker. Back 1.20. Lunch at 3.0pm. Photod for 1 st time Miss W.H. Poor model. Out & by bus to Athenaeum. Tea. Home by bus at 7.0pm. Sir Norman & Lady Lockyer & Col & Mrs Welby dined with us. Pleasant evening. They left 11.0pm. Bed. (Red ink: Photod W.H. Norman & Lady Lockyer & Col & Mrs Welby dined.) Monday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & out up Holland Walk. Could not see the 2 girls. Photod in dull light the Elliott. After the Shop Girl of C.H. Home by Campden Hill. After wire from Roy to say he arrives from Ireland at 7.50pm tonight. Put things in order. At 3.0 to 6.0pm had most uncomfortable long ride to Wimbledon. Slippery roads & Putney Bridge awful. No, it was from 2.30 to 5.30pm. Tea & rest for an hour. After M & self dined with the Lockyers. Photos & phonographs after. Left at 11.0pm & home by the carriage. Roy home. (Red ink: Dined at Lady Lockyer's. Uncomfortable ride to Wimbledon.) Tuesday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & up Campden Hill. Took governess, Lass o'C.H twice & also girl & steps. Went back by Notting Hill & Holland Walk. After rode in the Park. Saw Mr Messel, Galbraith, Mrs G & Ian & others. Saw Princess in blue coming down from Kensington Court. Home. Lunch. Rest after. Developed some photos. M, Roy & self dined in the evening quietly. (Red ink: Good photos in the morning.) Wednesday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15pm. Walk up Campden Hill. Photod Lass o'C.H & governess. Roy & self breakfast. After rode at 11.0am. Saw Stone etc. Home 1.0pm. Lunch & rest after. M had the carriage & called on Mrs Marshall Hall. To the Athenaeum dressed & on to Punch Dinner. Called Sands & Hunter. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Got good cut of King Canute. Left 10.0pm. Changed coat at Club & to the Soirée of the Royal Society. Saw Lockyer père et fils, Dewar, Christie, Lancaster, Bell etc. Home by carriage at 11.15. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Soirée at the Royal Socy.) Thursday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am & out for ride. Colder morning. Met Phil Agnew. Back 8.0. Schemed subject of Lloyd George as Canute. Sent to Mays. Photod Bird & Upton. All ready by 3.30. Rest after & worked from 5.0 to 8.15pm when M, Roy & self dined. Colder evening. Fire in Drawing Room. Tired in evening. Bed at 11.0pm. Saw Princess. Friday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.10. Wet morning did not ride. Out for walk up Church Street. Met Coward. Back. Roy & self at breakfast. Band. All day from 10.0 to
10.45pm at work on drawing of Lloyd George as K Canute. M in my room. Dined 11.0pm after a hard day & bed at 12.20 after snooze. Very tired. Saturday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No letters. Out at 8.35. Met 2 shop girls in Holland Walk 8.40. Dark clouds came over. Met Notting Hill girl. Back. Breakfast. Man called & collared me about licence for Armourial Bearings. Went at 11.20 for ride round the Park. Saw Stone & Cunningham Graham. Lunch 1.10 & off in taxy to see 'Our Miss Gibbs'. Very good. Olive May married young Buckmaster. M & self walked to the carriage. Home after Athenaeum & buying fruit. Tea. Wrote diary. M & self dined by ourselves. Very tired after. In Morning Room. Snooze till 11.45pm. Bed. Both slept well. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of Our Miss Gibbs.) Sunday May 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Got ready to play Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickmans. Roy & self went by taxy at 10.30. Played 6 sets. John Hickman & a parrot nosed man. Left off 1.50. Home by carriage. Lunch. Rest. Mervyn & Mr Paxton in to tea. Letters & dveloped Hornsby films of May 2. At 8.0pm Sir Isidore & Lady Spielmann, Mr & Mrs Fred Carr(sic, Kerr), Wm Stone & Roy dined. Very pleasant dinner. They left at 11.0 & bed. Spielmann & Carr both looked very ill. Stone great on politics. (Red ink: Played Lawn Tennis at Sir Alfred Hickmans. Sir Isidore & Lady Spielmann & Mr & Mrs Fred Carr dined & William Stone.) Monday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Wet morning. Did not go out. Roy & self at breakfast. All morning at letters & wrote orders to the Stores. M & self at lunch. Rest from 2.30 to 4.0pm. Cleared up. At 4.45 rode Jenetta to Battersea Park. Pleasant ride. Back 6.30. Dressed 7.30. At 8.0 Will Oakes dined. Left at 11.0pm. M, Roy W.O & self. (Red ink: Rode to Battersea Park. Will Oakes dined.) Tuesday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out with camera. Very rude shop girl. Called on Mrs Battersby. Back. Breakfast. After rode in Row. Heavy shower came on. Spoke to no one. Back at 1.0pm. Painted walls & ceiling. Rest in chair at 3.0 to 4.30. Put things straight. M & self dined quietly together & bed at 11.0pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of Florence Reid.) Wednesday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Tried Gilette razor. Lovely morning. Changed plates just in time to take 2 of Lass o'C.H at 100th, 2 afterwards & 1 governess. Back. Breakfast with Roy. Bothered about licence man. Coombes (illeg) were all wrong because (illeg) stuck at the top. Rode at 9.0 in Park, lovely morning. Lunch. After rest went up in afternoon called Garrick, after Athenaeum & paid Derby Sweep. After to Sands & Hunters & then to Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got cartoon of Meredith, Partridge Sea Serpent. Both made up at 9.30pm. To Athenaeum & wrote letters. Home by carriage. (Cutting glued in: Mr Meredith's will. Saty 26 June.) Thursday May 20
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & out. Saw Phil Agnew. Breakfast. Schemed subject of Memorial to Meredith. Miss Johnson came at 12.0pm. Very hot. Photod her in two positions. Got all ready. Rest & worked from 5.0 to 8.20 when M & self dined. (Red ink: Very hot fine weather.) Friday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & rode round Park. Back. Breakfast. Lovely morning. After all day at work on drawing of Poetry & Romance & Memorial to George Meredith. Very late. Finished at 10.45. Could not find dummy sheet for size of drawing. Very tired. (Red ink: Lovely hot fine weather.) Saturday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Tired. Did not ride. Short walk. Breakfast. Very hot. Fan on. After cheques etc. Rode at 11.0. Frightfully hot. Saw Galbraith, Stone, Col Fletcher etc & a man named Barrington. Back. Lunch. After at 3.0 drove with M in great heat to the Earls Court Exhibition. Saw Indians & Deluge & Earthquake. Out. Bought fruit & home to tea. Put films in carrier for tomorrow. M & self dined quietly. (Red ink: M & self went to the Earl's Court Exhibition. Saw the Deluge. Great heat.) Sunday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & down. At 10.30 Roy & self went by taxy to Sir Alfred Hickmans & played 4 or 5 sets. Lovely day (illeg). Lady Hickman went to the City. M came in the carriage at 12.30. Back. Roy after. Lunch. Out at 2.40 & up to C.S. At 3.15 photod Lilian Battersby for the 1 st time. Her mother with her. Out 5.0 & to the Athenaeum, wrote letters. Left at 7.0 & home by bus. At 8.0 Sir Edward & Lady Johnson Ferguson & Muriel Messel dined. Waited 25 min for the Marshall Halls. Never came. Dinner marred. They left at 10.45. Bed after. Spoilt evening. (Red ink: Played Lawn Tennis for the last time. Photod L.B for 1 st time. Sir Ed & Lady Johnson Ferguson dined. Marshall Halls never came.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Charles Morrison.) Monday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.10 & out for ride early. Round Park. Sunny morning. Pretty Shop Girl at top of Row. Round past Serpentine & back Lytham House. Saw Princess & after Lass o'C.H getting on to bus. Breakfast. After got ready for Levée & left by carriage at 11.0am. Club 11.40. Went on & into Levée. Seaman & Johnson Ferguson close by & self next to Freda Cowen. Passed His Majesty & back at Club 1.0pm. Seaman & self lunched. In Billiard room after. Saw Lord Morley & Oscar Browning. Left 2.0pm & home by carriage. Rest from 2.30 to 4.0. After changed films & sent them off to Smarts. Left at 5.30 & taxy to Athenaeum. Just too late to vote for Bancroft. Saw Woods, Fildes & others. Scrooge to send wire to Bancroft on his election & after by bus to Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Suggested cartoon Big Fish & Lloyd George. Home at 10.35 by carriage. Wrote letters at Club. Home & bed 12.0. (Red ink across page: Went to His Majesty's Levée.) Tuesday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Pouring with rain. Did not ride. Pity. After sent Upton to Cordings. Photod him for Lloyd George fishing at 12.30. More or less
rain all day. Got all done at 3.30. Looked over prints unsuccessfully for Millais fishing. Rest & work until 8.0pm when M & self dined. Roy dining at Harold Messels. Bed at 11.0. (Cutting glued in: Mr Charles Morrison's estate.) Wednesday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.5 & out. Round Park. Saw Phil Agnew & a pony exercising. Bitterly cold wind. Inflammation in eye. Back. Breakfast. Bathed eye. After worked all day on drawing of Lloyd George & Salmon. My own suggestion. Bitterly cold heavy showers came on for the Derby Day. King's horse won. Mine 2nd Louvier. M out in carriage. Finished at 9.30pm & dined by self, M sitting at table. Roy out to dinner. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Derby day. Won 2nd horse in Punch Sweep.) Thursday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.20 & rode at 7.50. Not so cold. Saw P.A, after Macmillan & Lockett Agnew. Round the Park, 2 girls, & by Lytham House. No Princess. Breakfast. Letters after. Not going to Will Oakes tonight. M packing. In afternoon drove in carriage to Peals & had measure for gaiters. After to Garrick, Sands & Hunter, Athenaeum, sausages & Dover St. Home 7.0pm. Dressed & M & self dined quietly & Roy also. Bed 11pm. (Cutting glued in: Photograph, the late Mr Charles Morrison. June 14 1909.) Friday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15. Out & rode at 7.50. Row like quagmire. Saw Lockett Agnew. After home by Lytham House. Saw Princess. Up & changed things. Breakfast. Out & called on Mr M.H.Easton 18 Church St about local taxes. Met Pepys Cockerell. Back. Put films in magazine & packed. Lunch & M & self & Antoinette off by 2.15pm & to Waterloo. Down with Roy after to Sherborne. 2 girls sitting outside. There & to Leweston. Walk in garden. Dressed. Dinner. H & Tabs, Mervyn, M, self, Roy, Mr & Miss Pollock, Evelyn. Champagne. Puzzle games after. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: M, Roy, self & Antoinette went to Leweston Manor.) Saturday May 29 Leweston Manor. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Light knickerbocker suit. Read Cockburn's Travels. H, self, Roy, Pollock & Jacomb Hood left in motor at 12.20 & to Dorchester by Cerne Abbas. Curious man marked on hill. Age unknown. Went on to Golf course after lunch, then back with Rivers Pollock to Dorchester. Into country museum & church. Took 2 or 3 trial photos. Nigger haranguing the crowd. Motor stopped. Back to course at 5.0pm. Tea & home. Puncture at a village. Old dog in porch, 2 girls etc. Home to Leweston by 7.0pm. Dinner. Claret. Puzzles. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Motored with H & party to Golf. Thro' Cerne Abbas to Dorchester.) Sunday May 30 Leweston Manor. Up 8.0am. Late for breakfast. After looked out & read about Cerne Abbas. In garden. Lunch. Rest & cigar after. M & self went for walk. Difficulty with stile & fencing. Sat out till 7.5. Dressed. Dinner. Sat at end of table. Puzzles after. Bed 11.0pm. Woke 4.0am. Took 1 of M's pills. (Red ink: M & self for walk. Difficulty with stile.) Monday May 31
Leweston Manor. Up 8.0am. Breakfast 9.0am. Lovely morning. After read Hist England. Mervyn left at 11.0am. M went in motor with Tabs. After sat about & read in sun. Felt livery. Lunch. Smoked cigar under trees. At 3.0pm left in Mercedes motor with Rivers Pollock & sister to go to Cerne Abbas. Lovely afternoon & view. Deserted village. Looked over tower, fraud of 6d each. Took a few photos. R.P went to look at figure on hill. Priapus. Old man at work in churchyard, 80. Talked to us at wishing well. Left at 4.40pm & home 5.15. Tea. Sat out after till 7.0pm. M read A Vanished Generation. Dinner. Champagne. Mervyn went up in morning & Eve by mid-day train. Bed 11.0pm. Took 1 of M's pills. (Red ink: Motored to Cerne Abbas with Rivers Pollock & his sister. Greatly interested in figure on hill. The last fine day.) Jun 1909 Tuesday June 1 Leweston Manor. Up 8.0 & good bye to Roy who I saw off. Breakfast. A wet morning. After wrote letters etc. Jacomb Hood left at 11.15am. Lunch. Still wet. Tabs & H left at 2.15pm. Vet came to see Vannie. Looked out books, Sappho, Lesbos etc. M & self dined together at 7.30pm. Quiet evening in Library & bed at 10.45pm. (Red ink: Roy left Leweston. Wet for the rest of June July set in from this morning. M & self left at Leweston by ourselves.) Wednesday June 2 Leweston Manor. Up 8.0am. Still wet. Breakfast by self. Looked at books all the morning. M & self lunched. Left by motor by 1.47pm train. Through coach to London. Comfortable journey. Train 40 minutes late. Home 6.0pm. Tea. Left by bus for Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, L.B (back since 21 April) E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Vey long sitting. Got divided cut Lloyd George & Wolf. Left 11.0pm. Wrote 3 letters at the Athenaeum Club & home 12.0 by carriage. Tiring day. (Red ink: M & self & Antoinette left Leweston for Kensington.) Thursday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Rode before breakfast. Damp wet morning. No Princess. After sending Upton to Mays for magician's dress photod Pegler & got all ready. Enlarged & took photo of Germania. All ready in record time & after rest got to work at 4.30. Worked after till 8.0 when M & self dined. Papers & bed after. No sleep after dinner. Rode later 8.15. Saw fair girl end of Campden Hill Road. Turned round. Round by Serpentine. Friday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & out for ride in pouring rain, only man round Park. Back past Lytham House. All day at work on Lloyd George & Wolf. Finished at 10.30 when dined by self, M in room reading. Bed 12.0 tired. Mislaid letter from Mr F.Green. Pouing wet all day. Saturday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out up Holland Walk. Took photos with new camera. Success. 2 impertinent girls etc. Called on Mrs B. Back. Breakfast. Letters, cheques etc. Lunch. After rode from 2.25 to 3.45 round Battersea Park. Most pleasant ride. Rest after. Dressed. Edward Reed called for me & we drove in carriage to the Press Dinner to Colonial Delgates at Shepherds Bush. Cold. Saw
Northcliffe & many others. Uncomfortable table at end of room. Seaman, self & Reed, Lawrence B no place at all. Lord Rosebery's great speech. "Welcome Home". Left as early as possible & walk to carriage at end of Holland Road. Shepherds Bush entrance closed. Very tired. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Gray. 30 South Parade, Church St. Pleasant ride round Battersea park. Press Dinner to Colonial Delegates at Shepherds Bush. Lord Rosebery's great speech. Met Allan Cole.) Sunday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Rode round Park at 8.45. Called on Sir Alfred at 9.45. Wet & cold & grass sodden. Back. At 11.30 went by taxy to Zoo, 3/6. Saw lions etc. Out at 1.0 & home by carriage at 1.30. Lunch with M. To C.S after. Photod for 2nd time L.B. Out 5.0 & to Athenaeum. Tea. Looked out Sappho. Home. Tabs, Hamilton, Mervyn, Major & Mrs Batley, Roy, M & self dined. Pleasant evening. Left at 11.0pm. (Red ink: M & self by taxy to Zoo. Photod L.B. Tabs, Hamilton, Mervyn & Major & Mrs Batley dined.) Monday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out up Church St. Met crowd. Letters. Rode at 11.25. Very splashy. 2nd Life Guards being inspected. Back at 1.0pm. Changed. Lunch. After to the Horse Show. Good. Lowther like Lord Lonsdale. Had Sir Alfred Hickman's box. Fraulein & Linley came after. M had her cousins to tea. After dined at Mite's, M & self. Met Mr & Mrs Messel & Muriel. Good dinner. Home at 11.10pm. Roy at Caledonian Ball. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self took Linley to Horse show, Sir A.Hickman's box. Dined with Mite in evening.) Tuesday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15. Finer. No bath before riding. Rode round Park. Chestnut horse getting away. Stopped by policeman. No Princess. Back at 9.0. Roy at breakfast. Bath & printed blues from 11.0 to 1.0pm. Lunch. Mite round after. Callers. Fine evening. Sent tickets for Welcome Club to Hylda. Jenetta had her mane cut. (Red ink: Jenetta had her mane hogged.) Wednesday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15 Out with new camera. To Cromwell Road & photod Princess 2nd time this year only. Tried to go on one side but got the best I ever had. Back. After at 11.45 rode to Four in Hand meet. Dull day. M & dear Mite went, left at 1.20 & home. M & self lunched. Mrs Pym was to have come. After rest went up at 5.0pm by bus to Athenaeum & Bath. Letters. Then on to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R. Got Laocoon. Left 10.30 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Went on Jenetta to 4 in Hand meet with Mite & M.) Thursday June 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & rode round Park. Girl run away with on chestnut horse, just stopped him. Saw Princess in a white dress being a cold morning. Back. Sent Upton to Mays. Photod Bird & him & Laocoon. Almost as dark as the worst winters day. Got enlargements with difficulty. Ready after rest by 5.0, worked till 8.45 when dined, M looking on. Missed papers. Bed at 11.15pm. Roy out. (Red ink: Dull cold dark day.)
Friday June 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15 & out. Met Phil Agnew in Row & had to trot round hard & by Lytham House. Saw Princess in blue dress. Home. Breakfast. At work at 10.0am & all day up to 7.0pm when finished John Bull as Laocoon. Dressed. Bother about wrong things put out. Tilda lunched & spent the afternoon. Drove in carriage to Grafton Gallery, Government dinner to Press Delegates. Sat between 2 Australians. Opposite a New Zealander. Asquith in uniform of Elder Brother of the Trinity House. Speech by Langlois. Got away 11.0. Spoke to Alfred Lyttleton. Called Bath Club. Wrote letters. Saw Williamson Milne. Home by 12.0 by carriage. (Red ink: Government dinner to the Press at the Grafton Galleries.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edmund Lucy.) Saturday June 12 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not ride. Shave & dressed leisurely. Not out before breakfast. Left by carriage at 10.45 & drove to Victoria. Met Reed almost at once & down to Portsmouth. On board tender & view of battle fleet. After to tea on Dreadnaught. Met Admiral Sir John Fisher, John Burns, Birrell, MacKenna etc. Lady Jeckyll, Lucy. Mock attack on Whale Island & round docks. To train & home. Sir John Fisher most kind. Dined with most pleasant man. Carriage met me & home. Roy & M in Morning Room. Bed at 10.15pm. (Red ink: To the Review of Fleet. Went down with Reed. Good day, met John Burns.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Field Marshall Sir Frederick Haines. Obituary Sir Frederick Haines. June 14.) Sunday June 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Rode up the Row & round the Serpentine. Met Winans. Breakfast. Good haddock. After M & self went to look at Mr Frank Dillon's effects. Poor lot. Then to Sir Alfred Hickmans. Saw May & Lily. Strolled back, M, Roy & self. Lunch. Good rest for 2 hours. After developed 14 of films taken yesterday. No good. At 8.15pm Col & Mrs Trench, Mite, Lennie, Edgar, Roy, M & self dined. Good dinner & pleasant evening. They left at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Col & Mrs Trench & Edgar, Lennie & Mite dined.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Hume Meeking.) Monday June 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15 & out. Rode round Park. Met no one (illeg). Saw Princess in blue, Shop Girl & home. Breakfast with Roy. Felt tired & seedy. Bother about Catalogue of sale Upr Phillimore Gardens. Dressed at 12.20pm. Went again to No 23. Saw Horsley. After to Chesterton & Mudies. M had seen a specialist. Felt unaccountably tired. Tilda to lunch. After M & self went in carriage to the Horse Show. Ticket for only one. Bother. Never again. Nothing but (illeg). Left at 5.30. Home. Tea. Dressed & left 6.10 for Salters Hall. There 6.50. Superb banquet. Next Abbey & Eaton. Bishop of Peterboro', Tadema, Seaman, Anthony Hope & many others. Wonderful dinner & wine. Also box & spoons. Spoke to Smythe ARA & not Sydney (illeg). Left 10.45 & walked to Mansion House. Home & in bed by 11.30pm. (Red ink: Went with M & Tilda to Horse Show, Winans. Good dinner at Salters Hall.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Daniel Cooper. June 14.) Tuesday June 15
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out with new camera. Grey morning. Took Lass o'C.H. Back 9.10. After letters at 11.15 rode to Park by Cromwell Road. Saw Allen Aynesworth, Stone, Chaplin etc. Back 1.0. Developed plates. Lunch. A good 2 hours rest. Tea & went by bus to Bath Club, Peals & to Moons at home. Home at 7.0 & dressed. No bath. Went in carriage to dine at Mrs Fagans 37 Rutland Court. No lift. Just going back when it got right. Met Mr & Mrs John Lane, Mr & Mrs Jopling Rowe, an India Office man, Lady Bridge etc. Most pleasant evening & dinner. Talk to Lady Bridge & Mr Lane. Left at 11.0pm & home. (Red ink: M & self went to dine at Mrs Fagans.) Wednesday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15. Bath & out round Park. Dull grey coldish morning. Saw P.A & Lockett Agnew. Also Princess & 2 girls. Home. Breakfast. Flounders. Wrote E.F.Bugler. Put things away. Lunch. In afternoon went up by taxy to Wyndham's Theatre & met Tilda. Saw An Englishman's Home. Poor play. After sent M & Tilda home from Athenaeum. Wrote letters. To Punch Dinner by bus. O.S, self, F.H.T, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, R.L. Good quiet dinner. Got Cold Storage to do. Home by carriage from Athenaeum. Owen Seaman said Asquith was so civil to Lucy he was sure to be knighted & knighted he was surely. (Red ink: M & self & Tilda went to see 'The Englishman's Home'.) Thursday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up & rode before breakfast. Met no one. Round by Lytham House. Saw Princess. Sent Upton for Cook's dress to May's at 12.0. Photod Brown, Nash's man & got all ready. Worked to 8.30pm when M & self dined. No papers. Worked on Cold Storage. (Red ink: Did good cartoon. Cold Storage.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Earnshaw. June.) Friday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up & rode before breakfast. Dull grey & coldish. Met no one. Saw Princess. Turned back to shop. Worked all day on Cold Storage. Got done easily at 10.0pm. Dined by self. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lucy Field. June 18.) Saturday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Did not ride all day. Out & had hair cut. Took 2 photos in High Street. Put things away. After lunch M & self went to see delightful Old Heidelburg. Good seats. Out. Wet. Walked to Athenaeum. Letters. Home by carriage. Butts. Sent wires. M & self dined together & quiet evening. Bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: M & self went to see Old Heidelburg. Very good.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Cecil Pape to Dorothy Winans. June.) Sunday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Grey cold & slippery. Out at 8.30. Rode to Alexander Hotel & back to Cromwell Road. M & self did not go out. Put photos of school girls in books. At 1.30 Hamilton & Midge & Mrs Fraser & Spencer lunched. Left after & went by bus to Athenaeum. Wrote Income Tax paper etc. Back & dressed. M & self went by carriage to the Albemarle Club. Dined with the Phipson Beales. Met Lutyens & wife etc. M put up for the club. Home at 11.15pm by carriage. (Red
ink: M & self dined with the Phipson Beales at the Albemarle Club. Langleys lunched. L saw Jenetta.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir John Halkin. June 21.) Monday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.35. Dull grey morning. No Lass o'Campden Hill. Up to top by Mrs B's. Schemed subject for Volume 136, John Bull as Canute & Lloyd George. Photod Upton who I had sent to get lens. Got all ready & traced drawing. Got on with it & M & self dined quietly together & quiet evening after. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Andrew Lusk. Tuesday June 22 1909.) Tuesday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15. Wet. Rode round by Cromwell Road & S.K. Met Phil A & Cantress 8.40am. No Princess. Back same way. After all day on drawing of Title Page Vol 136. In the evening M & self dined with Mite. Met Adml & Mrs Freemantle, Hon Mr & Mrs Ritchie, Miss Bourke etc. Home at 11.0pm. Hamilton Langley & Midge. (Red ink: M & self dined with Mite. Met Viviana Bourke.) Wednesday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15. Could not ride on account of the heavy rain. Out for short time. After went on with Title page for Vol 136. Finished it by 5.30pm & sent it off. M at Hurlingham with Mite. Back just as I was starting for Athenaeum. Letter. Met Graves. Talk of Lucy being knighted. To the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, L.B, B.P, E.T.R. Very long discussion. Got John Bull & Ballot Box to do. Left 11.0. Cab to Athenaeum. Wet. Home by carriage. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink: Got good subject John B & Ballot Box.) Thursday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out 8.25. Walked up to top of Campden Hill. Cloudy at intervals. Snapped Lady D, sister & a few others. Back. Sent Upton to Mays early. Schemed subject of John Bull & Parliamentary Majority. Awful wet came on. Got photos from Bird with the greatest difficulty. Prints also. Mrs Fraser to luncheon. Rest for 1½ hrs. After worked up to 8.30 when M, Roy & self dined. Bed at 11.0pm. Soirée at Royal Society. Did not go. Got frightfully wet. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mr E.J.Gregory. June 23.) Friday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15. Again dull grey & wet. Did not ride. Did an hour's work before breakfast. Birthday Honours. Lucy, Beerbohm Tree & Pinero knighted. All day at work on John Bull & Majority. M in my room. Finished at 8.30pm & dined with M at 9.0pm. At 9.45 went with Maud in her carriage to the F.O Reception. Saw Mrs Asquith, Reed, Lord Blyth, Lord Northcliffe, Johnson Ferguson etc. Colonials. Lord Kingsborough, Tree, Lucys & many others. Suffragette shouted. Left at 12.0. Yates Thompson. Home by Mite's carriage. Still raining. (Red ink: Lucy, Beerbohm Tree & Pinero knighted. Went with Mite to F.O Reception. King's Official Birthday.) Saturday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Tired. Good bath etc. Signs of a little better weather. Roy was to have motored to Eton. The King opens South Kensington Museum & had an hour or so's better weather. Cecil Smith knighted. M & self went in
carriage to Peals & after to the Savoy to lunch. Strong Moselle. Saw Robert Lorraine & Marie Lohr. To the Vaudeville, saw a wearysome play, The Chorus Lady. Rose Stahl. Woman rude to M in answering about her hat. Out & by carriage to Athenaeum & Butts. After at 6.20 rode in the rain to Battersea Park. Back at 7.45. M & self dined together & quiet evening after. Roy went to Eton in the wet. Still raining heavily at night & all night. (Red ink: M & self lunched at the Savoy. Saw Marie Lohr. After to see The Chorus lady. Poor.) (Cutting inserted: Photograph of Earl de Grey.) Sunday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. A dull dark very rainy & gloomy day. Walked & sent wire to Beesley. Back. Put things away. Left at 12.45 & to Athenaeum. Wrote Clark & also Pinero & Cecil Smith. Lunch, good chop. Saw Fowler. To C.S at 3.15. Photod C.M. Out 4.0pm. To Athenaeum & tea at 5.0. Saw Lilley. Read about Carthage. Left 6.0pm & home at 7.0. Mr & Mrs Currie, Mr & Mrs Williams, M, self & Roy dined. A very good dinner & pleasant evening. Bed at 11.15pm. Awful day again. (Red ink: Wet dismal afternoon. Photod C.M. Mr & Mrs Currie & Mr & Mrs Williams dined.) Monday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out. Short ride. Saw Cantress 8.27 & after Princess. Rode home by Cromwell Road & Earls Court. Got strawberries. Very good. Owen Seaman called 11.20pm to arrange for Opening Vol 137. Taxy bitten & beaten by Mrs Devonshire's dog 12.30. Lunch. Rest. After at 4.0pm enlarged photos for drawing of Garden for Vol 137. Finished 7.0pm. Wrote letters. M, Roy & self dined & bed early (11.0) afterwards. (Red ink: Fight between Taxy & Spot in the Terrace.) Tuesday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.10. Grey morning. Out & met no one. Talk to policeman. No Princess. Back. Sent Upton for strawberries. Greyish cold sunless morning. Worked all day on Opening Page for Volume 137. In the evening went by the carriage to dine at the Harold Messels. Good dinner. The Ritchies, Miss Ritchie, Miss Nancy Mackintosh etc there. Home at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Good dinner at the Harold Messels. Asked also to Phil Agnews.) Wednesday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15. Rode from 8.0 to 9.10. Met Mrs Cohen & daughter. No Princess. Back. Breakfast. All day on drawing of Garden for Opening Volume 137. Finished at 5.45. Changed & to Bath & A Club by carriage. To Punch Dinner. O.S, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, Sir H.W.L, self. Got Whale Spouting to do. Over by 10.0 & cab to Athenaeum & carriage. Discovered it was the Soirée of the Royal Academy. Could not go as Roy had the cards. Home at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Saw Phil Agnew in morning. Soirée of the Royal Academy. Forgot all about it.) Jul 1909 Thursday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Overslept & not up till 7.30 too late to ride. Dull morning. Felt very livery & seedy. Walked up Campden Hill. Met no one. Back. Breakfast. Wrote to Carmichael Thomas. Rode from 11.30 to 1.0pm. Met Kitson. Fine & warm. Band. Spoke to Conynham Graham. Home 1.0pm. Lunch. Rest. After took photo &
enlarged Lord Charles Beresford. Done by 5.30 & got drawing of Whale ready. Dinner, M, Roy & self & bed at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Assassination of Sir Curzon Wyllie.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Curzon Wyllie.) Friday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Fine morning. Rode in Park. Gentleman fell off his horse & died. Saw him taken away by 3 policemen. Met Phil A. Home. Saw Princess. Jenetta fresh. Breakfast. Looked at papers. Got to work 10.30am & finished Lord Charles Beresford as Whale at 8.0pm. Roy back & dined 8.30pm. Bed at 10.0pm. (Red ink: Gentleman fell off his horse & died in the park.) Saturday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & rode Jenetta in Park. Wish I had taken camera. Saw Cantress. Back by Kensington Square. A lovely fine warm morning with sun. Breakfast. M up & about changing date of going away. Packed & got ready to go to Lowestoft. Lunch at 1.15 & 2.0pm left in omnibus for Liverpool Street. Comfortable journey to Lowestoft. Doubts as to having been there in 1895. Found I had. Fair dinner. French couple after. Bed at 10.0pm. (Red ink: M, Marie & self left for Lowestoft. Lovely day.) Sunday July 4 Empire Hotel, Lowestoft. Up 7.45. Difficulty with tap of bath. Read after breakfast. At 11.30 M & self walked as far as the Royal Hotel & back. Lunch. Rest after & walk as far as the Grand Hotel. French couple sitting down. Fair dinner not so good as yesterday. Music. Bed at 10.0pm. Monday July 5 Empire Hotel, Lowestoft. Up 7.45. Better bath. Breakfast. Hunyadi. Out with camera. Mrs Gamble had asked us to go on motor ride to the Broads. Took 10 photos on shore. Met M on seat by the flagstaff. Lunch. Rest. At 2.45 motored to Oulton for Broads & then past Sir Savile Crossley's place to Yarmouth. Much larger than I had imagined & lovely old church. Very broad esplanade. Back at 5.0. Tea. Sat out in corridor & read Times. Dressed. Dinner. Sleepy after. Bed at 9.45pm. (Red ink: Photod along shore. Mrs Gamble took us in her motor to Yarmouth.) Tuesday July 6 Empire Hotel, Lowestoft. Up 7.45. Had been awake. Hunyadi down. Dull grey day. A very poor breakfast. After waited till 10.45 when went to photo bathers. Very pretty girl & boys. Came on to rain. Back to hotel. Wrote 3 letters. Mrs Gamble most kindly offered us her car. Rest after lunch. Left at 2.45 & went as yesterday to Yarmouth. Called at old shop & back at 4.45. Tea. American lady with pretty boy went to station for friend. Tea. Wrote diary. Did not go out. Dressed. Thought I had spoilt films by magazine sticking but after Smarts developement found I had not. Better dinner. Bed at 10.30. Rained all night. (Red ink: Photod very pretty girl bathing. Went in Mrs Gamble's car. Went to Yarmouth & back.) Wednesday July 7 Empire Hotel, Lowestoft. Up 7.50am. Bath. Down. Sole for breakfast. At 10.45 went to bathing beach. Pouring with rain all morning. Took 3 of waiter bathing &
girl tumbling into boat. M & self could not go out. Bill £8.1.6. Got off after lunch. Good bye to Gambles. Raining up to town. There 6.0pm. Frightful torrent of rain. Bus put me down at Athenaeum for Punch dinner. Found I had not read my invitation & the discussion was at 6.0pm & the dinner at 8.0pm. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, P.A, L.B, E.T.R, H.W.L, Milne & four Colonial editors. Felt very bored & tired but sat there till 11.0 when left in rain & to Athenaeum by cab & home by carriage. Roy waiting for me. Had been to Henley & fell into the river. (Red ink: Left Lowestoft. Very wet morning. Punch Dinner at 8.0. 4 Colonial editors. Never knew, not dressed.) Thursday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & rode Jenetta. Row very splashy but fine. Met De Pas & wife & back, saw Princess. After schemed subject of Britannia & Fleet in Thames. Got the light on wrong side. Tired & rest in afternoon. Worked till 8.15. M & self dined at 8.30pm. Bad chicken from Barkers. Roy at Henley, fell in river again. Bed at 11.0. Messels dance. (Red ink: Roy fell in the river at Henley. Met De Pas.) Friday July 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15. A bright sun for only time since Whit Monday. Rode Jenetta. Saw P.A. Round by Serpentine. Sent Upton with camera to Aldons's. Took 2 of Princess. Pills. Back 9.15am & at work all day. Altered background. Great turn out with pills. Finished drawing at 10.15pm. Roy sat at dinner. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Death of Lord Ripon. July 10.1909.) Saturday July 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. After rain decided to ride. Sent Upton to end of Row. Letter from O.S about Britannia coming wrong way up river. Could not photo Cantress as not there. Put away & packed in morning. Lunch & got away for Balcombe at 3.30. Saw Major Oxley on platform. Saw Lennie before going to Arundel. All well at Balcombe. Dressed. Dinner, M, Mite Mr Bridgeman & self. Sleepy after. Bed at 11.0pm. Kept awake from 1.30pm by Raffles all night. Up 6 or 7 times. Eton & Harrow Match abandoned for rain. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Charles Groves. July 10.) Sunday July 11 Balcombe House. Kept awake by dog Raffles. Up 8.40. Bath. Down. Breakfast with Mite 9.30. Mr Bridgeman late. Read Pall Mall. Wrote letters & diary. M & self went for walk to New Road & Kitchen Garden. Dull & cold all day. New Fraulein. Dinner. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Kept awake all night by Raffles whining.) Monday July 12 Balcombe House. So cold put on winter things. Dull & cloudy. Up 8.0am. Breakfast. Stuck slips in diaries & looked over Times. M, self & Mite went for walk at 12.0. Lunch. Rest after. M & self went to to Lake at 5.0. Letters. Dinner. Bed 11.20. Both slept well. M had to get up for Dudley making noise in night. Tuesday July 13 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Punch all right. Mite went to town. Stuck diaries last year & this. M & self went for walk. Barber from Handcross had accident near end
of Red Road. Fell off his bicycle & knocked out his teeth. Royal Engineer surveyor in grounds. Home up hill. Lunch. Rest. After a drive past Sir Weetman Pearson's. Rain. Wrote letters etc. Mite back without Gladys Crozier. Dinner. Pianola. Maid threw away my light tin cup. Changed films & bed 11.35pm. Bad dream. Woke myself about 2.0am. (Red ink: Barber from Handcross accident on bicycle. Knocked his teeth out.) (Cuttings glued in: Funeral of General de Galliffet. Wedy July 14. Letter about General de Galliffret. July 12.) Wednesday July 14 Balcombe House. Up 8.15. bath. Dull morning. Letter from Miss Stancomb-Wills to ask us on the Sabrina Saty. M wired. Finished slips in 1908 diary. Letters etc. Packed & after luncheon drove with M to Three Bridges & caught the 3.25pm to town. Punctual. Carriage met me. Left bag at the Athenaeum. To Sands & Hunter. Left camera. Tea at Garrick. Saw Joe Carr. To Stohwassers. Measured for suit of clothes & riding breeches from Mite's cloth. Back to Athenaeum. To the Punch Dinner. There early. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, R.L, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G back with a plaster on head from bicycle accident. Got Britannia cut & Boer & Britain. Seaman said that Britannias & abstract figures were the curse of 'Punch' & no one cared for them. Left at 10.40 & cab to Athenaeum & home by carriage after looking through Illustrated Papers for touching the Colours. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe.) Thursday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & rode. Saw Phil Agnew. Home by Cromwell Road. Saw Princess. Schemed subject of Britannia & Boer & Briton. Photod Bird & Pegler. After Miss Johnson. Developed & all ready 3.30pm. Rest & worked till 8.30pm. Dined by myself & bed after at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Photod Miss Johnson, also Bird & Pegler.) Friday July 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am. Pouring wet morning, could not ride. Worked 1½ hours before breakfast. Papers. Roy down 9.15am. All day at work on Britannia & Boer & Briton. Finished at 8.45pm. Roy & self dined at 9.0pm. Bed at 11.0pm. Very tired. Hot at night. (Red ink: Very hot.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Dame Eliza Priestley.) Saturday July 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am. Shaved. Dressed. Breakfast 7.30am. Off in cart 8.15 & drove to Waterloo. Down with Rt Hon R.K.Causton MP to Portsmouth & took boat over to Ryde. Crowded with passengers. Took 2 of a peculiar looking fair girl. Saw Schwann. Wired from Ryde. Boat from Sabrina. On board. Party Lord Winterstoke, Miss Stancomb-Wills, Miss Carbutt, Miss Crofts, Mr Inglis, Rt Hon R.K.Causton MP, Linley Sambourne. Changed & steamed down in dull weather & roughish sea to Weymouth. There 6.0pm. Miss W & Miss C went ashore. Dinner 8.0pm & spoof after. Turned in 11.0pm. Miss Carbutt, Miss Crofts & Mr Causton I found out after were all ill. (Red ink: Left to join 'Sabrina' at Ryde. Met Causton in train. Curious girl on boat. Rough sea to Weymouth.) Sunday July 18
S.Y.Sabrina.Weymouth. Up 7.30 & after breakfast went ashore with Miss Carbutt & Miss Stancomb-Wills & R.K.C. Bright hot sun. Took many photos, some on Parade, some on sands. Little girl fishing. Smoked cigar in hot sun & felt really ill & seedy after. Waited on end of Weymouth Pier. On board 12.20. Better after lunch. Rest in afternoon. Dressed. Dinner. Lovely evening. Sat on deck. Bed 10.45pm. (Red ink: Very hot at Weymouth. Felt very ill after sitting in the sun.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Don Carlos de Bourbon.) Monday July 19 S.Y.Sabrina.Weymouth. Up 7.30. Tea. Bath. Underweigh 9.30 & steamed in lovely day up coast & round Isle of Wight to Yarmouth. Arrived 5.15pm. Past battleships. Took No 4 magazine full. All went ashore at Yarmouth I.W at 5.30pm. I remained on board. Lovely evening. Wrote M. They came back 7.15pm, Miss Carbutt with china. Dressed. No opportunity of speaking to Causton. Dinner. Spoof after. Bed 11.0pm. Saw the new moon, not through glass, at 8.30pm. (Red ink: Steamed from Weymouth to Yarmouth & round the Isle of Wight.) Tuesday July 20 S.Y.Sabrina. Woke early. Lovely morning. Up 7.15pm, 1st breakfast. Saw Causton & also Myles off at 8.40am. They caught the 8.45am boat. After had 2 nd breakfast at 9.0am & packed. Got off in launch. Lord Winterstoke, Miss Stancomb-Wills, Miss Carbutt & Miss Crofts & self. Went up the river to Beaulieu Abbey. Lord Montague of Beaulieu. Pronounced Buly. Sticks in river. Swans. Got off when we need not have done & drove in ricketty old wagonette with one horse to Buly, 2¾ mls. Lovely old place. Ruined arches etc. Red nosed old father Xmas to show us over. Back again & through very rough sea in the Solent & on board at 1.50pm. Hungry. Lunch. Remains of everything. Steamed to Porsmouth Harbour. Left by 4.50 train all in one carriage. At Victoria 7.20. Home by carriage & dined at 8.0pm with Roy. Wrote letters. All well. Bed at 11.0. Fan going. (Red ink across page: Went up the river to Beaulieu Abbey. Home all together in afternoon.) Wednesday July 21 Stafford Terrace. A dull grey day all day. Was to have photod Battersby. Spitting with rain in morning. Rode at 11.30 instead & went to Houses of Parliament to see Fleet. Saw nothing. Met Sydney Holland. Back 1.0pm. Sent wire for buckles. Lunch. Rest. Went in Carriage to Stohwassers & clothes fitted. To the Athenaeum & on to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Discussion as to House of Commons & Sleep. Partridge got it. Self had the Duke of Norfolk & Asquith Game Keeper. Home by carriage from end of Bouverie Street. Posted letters at Club & home. (Red ink: Rode to Houses of Parliament to see Fleet.) Thursday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am & rode round Park. After saw Princess & also Manley. Home & schemed subject of Duke of Norfolk & Asquith. Photod Upton & man from Nash. All ready by 3.0pm. Rest & on with work till 8.30pm when dined by self. (Red ink: Dined by self.) Friday July 23
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.10am. Fine sunny morning. Out on Jenetta at 8.0am. Short ride at back of Albert Hall. Jenetta blunderd down with me on the wood. Severely shaken. Kind labourers. Upton met me at Gloucester Road. Took Jenetta away. Photod Princess twice & 2 or 3 girls after. Walk home. Breakfast 9.15am, Roy & self. After all day at work on Asquith & Duke of Norfolk. Finished 9.0pm. Roy & self dined quietly. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Jenetta came down with me, back of Albert Hall. Snapped Princess twice. Last saw her.) Saturday July 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30am. Shaved & wrote 3 or 4 letters. Dressed & down to breakfast at 8.10am. Left at 8.40 in the cart for Waterloo. Fine breezy morning. Down by special train & in carriage to myself to Southampton. Went on board the 'Barbica' 2,500 tons. Saw many friends. Lord & Lady Pirrie, Miss Carlisle, Mrs Carlisle & daughter & son. The Solic'r General & wife, Lord, Lady & Miss Gorell, Sir H & Mrs Lucy, Sir C.McLaren & son, Sir Chas & Lady Owens, Mr Davson, Mr Mortimer, Mr & Mrs Gully, secretary Mr Forbes. Pleasant day & lunch. R.K.Causton & Mrs Causton. Strong wind. Went up & down Southampton Water & Solent. Hon J.Collier & Mrs Collier, Lady Herkomer. Back to Victoria 6.25. Cart met me & home. Changed & dined. Left again at 9.45 & down to Balcombe. There 11.45. Bed 12.0. Dear M all right. Roy there. Stewarts, Capt Henderson. (Red ink: Went to Southampton & on board the R.M.S Barbica. Dined at home & to Balcombe.) Sunday July 25 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Fairly comfortable night. Bath etc. Dull grey morning. After breakfast wrote diary, many letters & posted them. Looked at Mite's new room. Lunch. Rest in Lennie's room & large party in 3 motors came over from Nymans. Talk to Mrs Messel, Miss Bagg, Mrs Weld-Blundell, Muriel, Mr Carlisle, Mr Davson, Mr Stoker & others. They left 6.0pm. Went for short walk with M. Wrote Sir Chas Owens & Upton. Difficulty in finding Kipling’s story “The facts of the Case”. Miss Meade called with fiancé. Dressed. Dinner, L & Mite, Miss Twiss, Mr & Mrs Bertie Stewart, Baron Rhinebach, Roy, Captn Henderson, M & self. Shoulder hurt me at dinner. Went into L's room. Bed at 10.30pm. M rubbed shoulder. Monday July 26 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Bath. Lennie off early. Roy & others after. The Baron stayed. Mite & Effie Twiss went at 10.30. Squared up prints etc. The Baron lost himself at lunch past Cuckfield. M & self drove in rain to 3 Bridges & up to town. Upton met me with cart. Wet. Drove to Conduit Street at 5.0pm. Photod R.H. Association had changed hands. Got hot to the United Service Club where we were. Washed & changed collar & on to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G back, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got Flying Victory subject suggested by Partridge. Left & home by carriage. Wrote 2 or 3 letters at United Service Club & home. Roy in & in bed. (Red ink: Up to town for Punch Dinner for Bank Holiday. Photod R.H. Association had changed hands. Got good subject, Flying Victory.) Tuesday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am & out with big camera. To Lytham House. No Princess. Girls with bouquets. Last day of term. Took 4 or 5 photos. Bright morning. Saw
Manley. Told him about Jenetta. Back. Sent Upton to Manuels. Photod Miss Johnson at 12.0pm. Dull morning for Flying Victory. Frightful wet in the afternoon. Went up at 3.30 & after rest worked from 5.0 to 8.0pm. Got well on. Roy & self dined at 8.30. Bed at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Photod Miss Johnson for Flying Victory. Very wet in afternoon. Roy & self dined.) Wednesday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15am. Out. Dull morning. Walk up Church St & back home. Got camera out again 8.40am. Took 1 photo of street girl. To Towells. Had hair cut. Back. Breakfast & at work all day on drawing of Flying Figure of France. Enlarged 2 sea scenes taken on Minnewacka at 5.0pm. Finished at 10pm & dined by self. Roy back at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Dined by self.) Thursday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out with large camera over Notting Hill through Holland Walk. Snapped Shop Girl twice. Dull morning. Back. Roy at breakfast. Said goodbye afterwards. Put room staight. Lunch. Changed both magazines for plates. Left by carriage at 3.45pm. To Victoria & down to Balcombe. One other only in carriage. M met me at the station. Lennie & Mr Cadogan after. Dinner. Pianola & to bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Down to Balcombe. Roy to leave for France.) Friday July 30 Balcombe House. Up 8.15. Just missed Lennie. Wrote letters & M & self went to post. Wire about Roy's cabin to St Malo today. Walk to end of new road & after looked over 'Times' & wrote diary. Blew very hard. Just before dinner dear Mite, Miss Crozier & Miss Cusans that was came. Dined 8.10pm. Left at 9.15 & drove to station & went up to town & to Stafford Terrace. Upton met me. Home at 11.30. Antoinette up & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Blew very hard. Came up for King's Naval Review tomorrow.) Saturday July 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Wrote cheques & after bath etc spoken to by Dr Fürst through telephone. Dressed & left in the cart at 9.45. Drove to new Waterloo Station. Down to Southampton & on board Adriatic by 12.30pm. Many I knew. Lady Lucy lost her husband. Very good lunch. Took horse radish sauce for cream. On deck after & took 30 photos of fleet. Seaman, Reed & wife, Sir H.Lucy & Lady L, Lord & Lady Pirrie, Lord Courtney, Lawrence Gorell, Selby & daughter etc etc. Fleet great sight. Wason etc. Steward had too much. Talk of Buenos Ayres. Torrey etc. Confusion in getting off boat. Lady fainted. Up to town with Reed & wife & pretty wife of a friend. Waterloo at 9.30pm. Bother to get a cab. Nearly smashed by a steam omnibus on Waterloo Bridge. At Garrick 9.40pm. Upton there. Had some cold beef. To Victoria. Down to Balcombe. Mr Ponsonby, Mr Dilke there. Bed 11.50. (Red ink: Went to Southampton.) (Red ink across page: The King's Naval Review at Cowes. Went on board the Adriatic. Wonderfully good lunch.) Aug 1909 Sunday August 1
Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Fine morning. Warmer. Wrote letters in morning. Walk with M. Posted letters. Lunch. In garden & porch of Drawing Room after. Lennie, Mr Dilke, Mr Ponsonby & Gladys Crozier went to Nymans. Set in wet & cold after. Wrote diary. Set in wet in the evening. M & self could not walk. Dinner. Sat at end of table next Mite. Sleepy after. Went up at 10.45pm. Woke at 3.0am & lay awake nearly all night. M & self had a very bad night. Snoozed off. Tea at 8.0am. (Red ink: M & self had bad night.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Langford Paxton.) Monday August 2 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Had had bad night. Breakfast. Mr Ponsonby down. Letters & papers. Underlined in red '08. Took M for a walk at 12.0. Round new road. Lunch. Rest in Lennie's room. They went over to Nymans, Lennie, Mr Fisher Dilke & Mr Ponsonby & Gladys Crozier. In evening took M for walk. Saw a balloon. Felt better walking. At the Lake the same day & hour as last year with V.B. Back by poultry. Tea. Underlined diary. Dressed & people to dinner, 15. A very pretty dance after. Young girl like R.H. Young Milne came with the Hornes. Supper. M & self sat up till 2.0am. Both slept well. Lennie, Mr F.D & Mr P did not go to Nymans as above. They went to fish, caught some roach. (Red ink: At the Lake with M same day as last year.) (Red ink across page: Bank Holiday.) Tuesday August 3 Balcombe House. Up 8.15. Lennie, Mr Fisher Dilke, Mr Ponsonby went to town. The carriage late. Gladys Crozier & Mr Vaughan Williams at lunch. Took M for walk at 12.0. Blind gentleman & 2 ladies. Unsteady on pins. Lunch. Rest in Lennie's room after. Tea on lawn. (illeg) (illeg). Quite cold. Took M to Lake. Cricket. Met or saw Lennie & Mr Cadogan. Back. Wrote diary. Dinner. Drank water. Up to bed 10.30. Linley in my room. Changed films taken Saturday. Bed 11.20. Slept fairly well. (Red ink: Felt more or less seedy.) Wednesday August 4 Balcombe House. Sent films to Smart. All morning tidying & packing. Took M for walk new road at 12.0. Lennie’s driving mare fell into cutting in field & was killed. Gladys Crozier prevented our going. Lunch. M drove me to 3 Bridges. Train altered 10 minutes. Upton met me at Victoria. Called & had cup of tea at the Bath Club. Called Stohwassers & had things tried on. After to Turnbull & Asser, then to United Service Club. Then to 'Punch' Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, E.V.L, E.T.R, H.W.L. No proprietors. Left 10.15. Bus to United Service Club. Home by carriage. Bed at 12.0am. 3 C.L.L.P. Letter from Grey. (Red ink: Mare fell into cutting at Balcombe. Up to town via 3 Bridges.) Thursday August 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out with Taxy to Notting Hill. Snapped few shop girls. Saw usual one in pink on the other side. Back at 9.15am. Sent Upton for 2 boys. Photod them for Bathing Machine drawing & Upton for Asquith. All done by 3.30. Rest & work from 5.0 to 8.30pm. Dined by self. Fan & bed at 11.0pm. 3 C.L.L.P. (Red ink: Photod boys for Bathing Machine. Dined by self.) Friday August 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out with big camera over Notting Hill thro Holland Walk. Snapped girl top of Phillimore Gardens the 2 nd time. No Shop Girl. Red haired girl. Back. Breakfast. At work all day on Bathing Machine drawing. Fine day. Finished at 10.30. Dined by myself. Tired. Fan going. Saturday August 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Through Holland Walk. Saw Shop Girl after snapping girl in Holland W. Found Shop Girl went to end of Silver Street. Back. Breakfast 9.30pm. Newfoundland dog & little girl. Put things tidy. Changed plates. Lunch. Left in cart at 3.45. To Victoria & down to Balcombe. M met me. Captn & Mrs Batley, Mr Davson & Mr Cadogan there. Mr & Mrs Messel, Sir Henry Kimber, Mr & Mrs Hemming over. Long talk with Mr, no, Sir Henry Pember. Tennis. Dinner. Next Mite. Game of Poker after. Won 6d. Gramophone louder. Bed at 11.45. Sunday August 8 Balcombe House. Up at 8.5am. Good bath. No B(illeg). Warren, Kutnow. Breakfast. Letters. Sat out. Read Nais Micoulin by Zola. Posted letters. Lunch. Sat out. More letters. Tea. Mr Cohen, Miss Cohen & Mrs Arthur Lewis came over. Major Oxley, Mr Hayworth Booth, Mr Snowden, Mr Davson, Mr Cadogan, Lennie & another played Tennis. Walk with M round the grounds. Wrote diary. Dinner. 2 young men, one named Warren. Talk of Warren. Took Mabel Batley to dinner. Charade after. Guessed it. 'Heroplane'. Bed 12.15. Changed plates. Good night. (Red ink: Mr Cohen & Mrs Arthur Lewis called.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Samuel Spofforth. Aug.) Monday August 9 Balcombe House. Up at 8.10. Late in getting bath. Lovely morning. Saw Lennie off. Breakfast. Wrote letters. Disappointed with photos, all battleships wrong. Sat out. Read Halfway House by Maurice Hewlett. Intensely hot. Major & Mrs Batley left at 4.0. Miss Ritchie came. Walk with M, new road cross path. Mr Cadogan. Very tired. Dinner. Took Ellie R in. Miss Bagg's music. Bed at 11.0. Both slept well. Very hot and close. (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Scriven. Aug 9. Death of Lady Campbell Clarke.) Tuesday August 10 Balcombe House. Up 7.15. Breakfast with Lennie. Cadogan gone. Sat out & talk with Ellie Ritchie. Posted letters. Lunch. Lovely day, not so hot. Rest. Tea. Letters. Walk with M. Rest in hammock. Mite & Miss Bagg went to a Ball. Dinner, Lennie, M, self, Miss R. Poor wine. New pianola after. Bed 11.0pm. Both slept well. Wednesday August 11 Balcombe House. Up 7.0. Fog. Shave. Bath. Breakfast with Lennie. Put things up. Borrowed a bag. Lovely morning. M & self got off by the 12.10 train. Change at East Croydon. Home at 2.30pm to lunch. After drove in cart to Sands & Hunter, then to 14 Conduit Street. Photod L.B. Most successful. Intensely hot. To the Punch Dinner by bus. No proprietors. O.S, self, F.H.T, H.W.L, L.R.H, C.G, R.L, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Townsend suggested 'Anything to Declare'. Self got Tumbril. Home by the carriage from United Service Club & to bed at 11.50. Very hot. (Red ink: Up from Balcombe with M & Antoinette. Photod L.B.)
Thursday August 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & out. Snapped girl in Argyll Road & corset girl & knife grinder in Notting Hill. Back. Sent Upton to Mays. Schemed Tumbril subject. At 12.0 photod Bird, Pegler & Upton. Hot sun. All ready 4.0pm. Rest & tea with M. Worked from 5.0pm to 8.30pm. M in room. Bed 11.30pm. Roy back to breakfast from France. (Red ink: Roy back from France to breakfast.) Friday August 13 Stafford Terrace. Up & out just to Durham Villas. Saw little girl in Argyll Road & Phillmore G. Girl in distance. Band. Roy went to Brighton. Lovely day. Very hot. Worked all day on Lloyd George & Tumbril. Finished at 10.0pm a good cartoon when dined by self. Tired. Roy back. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Roy went to Brighton. Finished good Tumbril cartoon.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Robert Womack. 12 Aug.) Saturday August 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. Wrote letters, put things straight. Out for ¼ hour. Dull morning. Very hot. Breakfast. Roy packing. Put all photos away & packed. Lunch at 12.15pm. 2 horse bus at 12.30. M, Antoinette & self got off at 1.0pm for Waterloo in 2 horse bus, 10/-. Down with M & Roy & Antoinette without a stop to Christchurch. Motor to Anchorage. Tea. After went for row with Hamilton & Roy. Very hot. Ants knats & beetles at dinner. Smoke & rest after. Bed 11.0. Both slept well. Very hot at night. (Red ink: Very hot day. M, self, Roy & Antoinette went down to Christchurch. Knats & beetles at dinner.) Sunday August 15 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 7.15am & went with Roy, Gareth & Mervyn for a delightful bathe. Very hot. Breakfast 9.0. After smoke & wrote letters, acct for Vol 136 137 etc. Went over the river & sat in front of the sea. Talk of Tabs perversion (sic, conversion). Sad. Back. Lunch. More letters. Rest. At 4.10 went in motor to play Golf, M, H, Roy & Gareth. Took 3 or 4 photos of coast. M & self had tea. Back by selves in motor. Sat in front, Col Gibb, Mervyn fetching chairs etc. Dressed. Good dinner. Snooze after & bed. 11.0pm. Bright hot fine day. (Red ink: Delightful swim in morning. Sat on sea shore with M. Hamilton's sad story. Golf in afternoon.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Lady Alma-Tadema.) Monday August 16 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up 7.0. Bathe with Roy & the 2 boys. Came over grey & colder. Breakfast. Loafing morning. Lunch. After went with Roy in dinghy to Ch Ch. M in motor with Tabs. Close & dull weather. Looked into Abbey. Back by motor with M. Tabs & Roy back by boat. Tea. The 2 Wiggins boys to tea & Tennis. Children would get into the duck punt. Girl of 15 exposé & boy fainted. Dressed. Did not bathe. Dinner. Felt livery. Snooze after & bed 10.30. Took 3 of M's pills. Oh! (Red ink: Bathed with Roy & the 2 boys. Rowed up to Christchurch. Bought shoes. Great chance lost of photoing girl of 15 bathing. Felt seedy after dinner. Took 3 of M's pills.) Tuesday August 17 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up 4.0am. Really seriously ill with pills. Frightful turn out, lasted till 1.0pm today. Very great trouble & spoilt shirts. Never as bad
before. No breakfast. Brandy & milk & brandy water & milk pudding for my lunch. Down 2.0pm. H & Roy went by motor to Bournemouth to play Golf. Death of Lady Alma Tadema. Letters & diary. The rain came on. Hamilton & Roy back on acct of rain. Tabs & M motored into Ch Ch 4.0pm. Sat all afternoon in Drawing Room. Tea. Dinner. Gradually got better. Bed 11.0. Slept well. Great gale in night. (Red ink: Seriously ill from taking 3 of M's pills last night.) (Cuttings glued in: Estate of Benjamin Holmes. Obituary of Lady Alma-Tadema. 17 Aug.) Wednesday August 18 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Woke up much better in fact well. Great clearance. Bath. Breakfast. Rain & shine. Zazie to be operated on. Left with H & Roy in small motor. To station. Up to town. Lunch. Upton met me. Taxy back 3/6. Cup of tea & taxy to Stohwassers & Miles, things fitted on. At 4.45 to 14 C St. Photod R.H. Putney bus to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, E.V.L, B.P, H.W.L. Got Schoolmaster cut. Left at 10.0 & home 10.30 by taxy with Townsend. Went out after & posted letters. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Came up from Christchurch. Things tried on. Photod R.H. Back from Punch Dinner in taxy with Townsend.) Thursday August 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am. Out with Taxy top of Phillimore Gardens. Snapped Costumier. Saw camera. Fast walk. Breakfast. After sent Upton to Mays for Schoolmaster's robe. At 11.0 photod Bird & Upton. All ready by 4.0. Tea in Drawing Room. Work from 5.0pm to 8.30. Dined by self & bed at 10.0pm. Fine day. (Red ink: Alone in London.) Friday August 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30 & put in perspective background of drawing of Birrell & Redmond. Out 8.40. Saw Costumier. Very wet morning. Breakfast. Worked all day to 8.50 when dined by myself. Bed tired at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Alone in London.) Saturday August 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15. Photos all put away in room. Out 8.30 & walked over to Notting Hill. Sunny morning. Saw Bird. Tried camera & Blocknote magazine. Breakfast 9.40am. Sent Upton to Clubs. All morning at photography. Put things up. Lunch at 12.45. Taxy to Waterloo 3/8 at 1.15 & down to Christchurch. One other in train. M met me & went to Garden Party at the Hoopers. Heavy rain. Wrote letters. Walk with M & Tabs along shore. Roy & H back for Tennis. Dressed. Dinner. Sleepy after. Bed at 11.0pm. Slept well, M not so well. (Red ink: Tried Blocknote. All right. Went down to Christchurch.) Sunday August 22 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 7.45. Bath. To end of garden. Breakfast. Bright sunny morning, cooler. M, self & Roy went over to the sea bank. Roy & self bathed. Lunch. After rest called on Col Sermon. Beautiful weapons. Tea. Back. Dinner. H, Gareth & Roy at Golf. Snooze after & bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Roy & self bathed. Called on Col & Mrs Sermon in afternoon. Very dotty on legs.) Monday August 23
The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up at 7.30. Could not find rowlocks of boat so could not bathe. Dark & too much wind for yacht. Breakfast. Nearly swallowed a piece of broken glass in jam. A very narrow escape. Rain came on & lasted more or less all day. Lunch. H & Roy & Gareth away. In afternoon M, Tabs & self motored into Christchurch & Bournemouth. Heavy rain came on. Dull awful people. Back to tea. M & Tabs went to the Hoopers. Dinner & bed after snooze. (Red ink: Nearly swallowed a piece of glass. Frightfully wet afternoon. Motored to Bournemouth.) Tuesday August 24 The Anchorage, Christchurch. Up 7.30 & Roy & self went to swim. Water cold. Soon out. Breakfast. After letters etc. H & boys off to Golf. M, Roy, self & Antoinette left in motor at 3.0pm & back to London. Change at Southampton West. Station full of horrid drunken women. Waterloo. Bus. Roy went off to dine. Upton met us. Home. Dinner M & self. Bed. Changed films. (Red ink: M, self Roy & Antoinette left The Anchorage for home.) Wednesday August 25 Stafford Terrace. Out 8.45. No Costumier. Hair cut. Roy & self at breakfast. Packed & got films etc ready for Homburg. Lunch. Left at 3.0pm or 2.30 & by busses to Cooks. Arranged for journey. Civil man. By bus to Bond St. Tea at Bath Club. To 14 C.S & things tried on at Miles. At 5.0 photod L.B. Men in & out & much disturbed. Finished 6.15pm. By bus to the Punch Dinner. Pretty girl with eyebrows touching. E.V.L, self, H.F.T, R.L, P.A, B.P, cheery dinner. Both cuts made up by 9.0pm. Good bye. Home by Turnham Green bus. Conductor knew me. Home 10.0. Bed 11.0. L.B said 'Awful'. (Red ink: Called on Cook. After things tried on. Photod L.B. Punch Dinner.) Thursday August 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Out. Dull morning. No Costumier. Wire from Bird to say on duty. Skemed subject of John Bull & Wind. Photod from Upton. All ready by 3.0pm. Filled magazines. Rest. Worked 5.0 to 8.15 when dined with dear M. Bed at 11.0pm. Drew cheque for Cook & £40 in circular notes. Clothes home from Miles. (Red ink: Bird could not sit, did better from Upton.) (Cutting glued in: Death of George Fenn.) Friday August 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Out. Band. No Costumier. Worked all day on John Bull & Wind. Finished at 7.0. Finished packing. Dined with M at 8.0. Bed 10.30pm. Fine weather. (Red ink: Finished drawing early. Packed & prepared to go to Homburg.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Fenn. Aug 28.) Saturday August 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 6.0am & finished putting things up. Upton round at 7.0am. Bus at 9.15. Breakfast 9.0. M, Marie & self left at 9.45. To Victoria. Difficulty about reserved carriage. Saw Willie Hartree. A most lovely morning & crossing. Saw Captain Dixon. Took 8 or 9 photos. Girl with good legs. Sandwich. Confusion at Calais. No Blomfield. M & self had carriage to ourselves all the way to Brussels. To the Grand Hotel. Fair dinner. Huge party of Americans. Little walk with M. Sat outside. Pretty little girl. Bed 10.15. Kept awake with music opposite
& waked at 4.0am by market dogs & donkeys braying. Bed in recess. (Red ink: M, Marie & self x'd Channel in lovely weather & arrived & dined at Brussels. Carriage to ourselves.) Sunday August 29 Grand Hotel, Brussels. Up 7.30am, had been kept awake by the music at a dance opposite & also the Market at 4.30am. Out at 7.45. Photod dogs & cart & people. No 4 magazine went all right. At hotel 8.20 to coffee & pistolet. Left with maid in omnibus at 9.40. To station. Photod it. Crowded carriage, 4 others. Gentleman, his wife & little girl & governess from South Germany. Very hot journey. Lunch. 3 pretty Americans with maid. Through Verviers. 1 hours difference in time. Cologne at 4.15. Out & photod. People in hotel & Cathedral steps. In 6.0pm. A very good room overlooking the Platz in front of hotel. Extraordinary good dinner. Trout, Rudersheimer. Short walk after & bed by 9.50. Close & hot in evening. Both slept well. (Red ink: Very good dinner at Dom Hotel. Both slept well.) Monday August 30 Dom Hotel, Cologne. Up 7.50. M & self slept well. Good bath, very. Breakfast in room. Dull morning, turned to rain. M & self went into Cathedral, after had a drive into Cologne, 4m 50. Beautiful city. Avenues, canals, Rhine. Millionaires houses. Children (illeg). Back 11.15. Came on to rain very heavily. Left at 12.0. Crowded station with school treat. Station many fees. Off to Homburg. Heavy rain. Along the Rhine. Past Coblentz & Ehrinbreitstein & to Weisbaden, 15 minutes stay there. On to Homburg. No omnibus. Got to Hotel Belle Vue. Marie's basket lost its straps. Civil landlord & good rooms but very expensive. Poor dinner. Went to see the doctor who examined M & self. Begin the cure tomorrow. Only 3 things to dinner. Went to bed at 10.50, lay awake for hours. Miserable, M also. Slept for 4 hours in morning. (Red ink: Both had bad night not sleeping.) (Red ink across page: Drove through Cologne in morning. Heavy rain came on. Came by train through Cologne to Homburg.) Tuesday August 31 Belle Vue Hotel, Homburg. Marie went to well to fetch Elizabeth Water at 8.30. Breakfast 8.0am. After rest went to have Bath, 3.50 marks. Carbonic acid bath, in 10 minutes. Rest a ¼ hour after. M went with me. Back to hotel 12.0. Hours rest. The doctor came. Dr Baumstark. Dinner after a rest. Went at 9.0 to Kursaal. Band. Dull & gloomy. Took small camera. Strolled with M down to Elizabeth's Quelle. Took 3 photos. Lawn Tennis. Tea. A lame sparrow. Back to hotel. Rest. Dressed & dinner 7.30. After changed 2 magazines, something wrong with one. Good dark room. Bed at 10.30pm. Both slept well. (Red ink: M went with me to 1st bath, 10m. Dr B came. Tea with lame sparrow.) Sep 1909 Wednesday September 1 Belle Vue Hotel, Homburg. Woke 6.30. Water 7.45. Bath 8.30 & breakfast 9.15. Dressed & out 11.0. Went to Hotel Victoria, paying too much at Belle Vue. In town & garden. M complaining of pain. Lunch. Slept 2½ hours after. At 4.0 out for Band in sun & heavy clouds. Met Causton top spinning. To Golf Club, made a member. M & self introduced to Mr Plowden, Mr & Mrs Goldschmid, the Secretary & Col Crutchley. Back to hotel. Dinner. M eat nothing. Changed magazine. Bed 10.30.
Both had good night. Photod pretty little girl in black with toy aeroplane in afternoon. Photod regiment marching at 10.45am in the morning. (Red ink: Photod regiment. Photod little girl spinning toy flying machine. Met Causton. Made a member of the Golf Club.) Thursday September 2 Belle Vue Hotel, Homburg. Marie brought water 7.0am. Breakfast 7.45. M remained in bed. Better action. Out & took 5 small photos. Marie at bath. Had bath & back to hotel. Rest. Dr Baumstark came at 12.30. M had lunch in room, self downstairs in Salon. Rest & sleep. M & self out & to Band at 4.40. Tea next Victoria. To the doctor's at 6.0. Had Rontgen Rays. A very pretty nurse. Stroll back by 7.0. Dressed. Supper dinner. Cigar. Changed 9 films. Bed at 10.15pm. M much better. Cold. (Red ink: Dr B came 12.30. Rontgen Rays at 6.0pm.) Friday September 3 Belle Vue Hotel, Homburg. Up 8.0 & out at 9.0am. Snapped Causton & friend. Back. Sent Marie to Bath. Just over the 10.0am & had to pay 1 mark more. In Bath 14 minutes. Out & back 11.0. Rest. At 1.0 luncheon. Rest till 4.0. Went to band. Put on Maud's suit (cold) after to call on Mrs Wagg. Then to Club. Met Causton on bicycle. Stroll back. Rest. Dressed. Better dinner. Went into Gardens. Band. Met Causton & went through the Kurhaus. Tops, petit chevaux etc. Out 10pm. Back hotel. Bed at 10.40pm. Felt slack after the Bath. (Red ink: Coldish day. Met Causton at Kurhaus after dinner & saw top spinning & petit chevaux.) Saturday September 4 Belle Vue Hotel, Homburg. Up 8.0. Water at 7.0. Lovely morning. Breakfast 9.0 & out 10.0 into town & the Kurhaus. Read Times & wrote 2 letters. Snapped pretty daughter of family of Kaiser Haus waiting for bus. Went again to rooms with M. Looked at 'Times'. Lunch. Rest after. To Band & after to Band paying at Elizabeth Quelle. Snapped little fair girl & long legs. M took water. Tea near Band. After strolled back. Dressed. Dinner. Changed films. Bed 10.30. M had bad dream. (Red ink: Band at Elizabeth Springs.) Sunday September 5 Hotel Belle Vue, Bad Homburg, V.D.H.. Up 8.0. Water did not act. Dull heavy rainy moning. Out & to Bath, 14 minutes. After rest M & self out & in Kurhaus after. Sun. A long time at lunch. Out 4.15. Band. Rain came on. Snapped girl in chair near me. Stroll down to Club. Saw Mr Plowden. Americans. Pretty little girl. Tea. M went to take water. The Russian & wife. Back. Rest & dressed. Good dinner. Changed 10 plates. Bed 10.30. Both slept well. (Red ink: Dull heavy rainy morning. Tea at Club.) Monday September 6 Hotel Belle Vue, Bad Homburg, V.D.H.. Up 6.45. Breakfast 8.0. Out & Bath (16 m) 9.20. Snapped Kaiser Haus family. Met M. 1 hours rest. Changed. Dr came 12.0. Lunch. Lovely day. Out at 4.20 & photod little German girl several times. Fire Brigade to be at Kurhaus at 5.0. Did not arrive till 5.30. Many children etc. Tea on terrace. M & self walked to Spring. After M felt very sick & unwell. To Club. M worse. Got home to hotel & went to bed. Did not come down to dinner. Girl with long nose but pretty at dinner & old man like Barrington. Up. Went to call on
Causton at Victoria. Introduced to Sir Frederick Cawley. Causton & friend walked back with me. Changed films. Bed at 10.30. M better & had chicken broth. (Red ink: M not well not down to dinner. Called on Causton. Saw Sir Frederick Cawley & Mr Vesey Knox & son.) Tuesday September 7 Belle Vue Hotel, Homburg, V.D.H. Up 8.20. Water. Breakfast 9.0. Out 10.20 & went with Marie to Saalburg in the pine forest. Modern imitation fortifications built over Roman camp. Roman remains & bronze statue put up by William 2 nd 1900.Went & back by train. Snapped a German family & a stiff built girl. Back 1.40. M & self to lunch. Rest after. Out earlier before Band. Snapped several girls sitting. To tea opposite Victoria. Stroll to Club. Saw Secy, Genl Crutchley, Causton etc. To Spring. M took glass. Back. Dressed. Dinner. M complained of stewed plums. Changed films both cameras. Smoke & bed 10.5pm. Awake in night for an hour. (Red ink: Dull cloudy day. Marie went with me to Saalburg.) Wednesday September 8 Belle Vue Hotel, Homburg, V.D.H. Up 7.0. Water. Breakfast 8.0am. Dull colder day. Bath 9.35, 17 m. Back. Drew cheque for £10.0.0. M went out. More or less dull & wet all day. Took no photos. Rest. Lunch. Rest after. Sat in balcony. Band out in wet. Tea at Band. Stroll past Club to have first inhalation. In half an hour. Like a Scotch mist. Man coughing. M had Ludwig water. Back in rain. Fair dinner. Causton came in after dinner. Bed at 10.15pm. (Red ink: Cold & wet day. 1st inhaled. M & self walked in the wet.) Thursday September 9 Hotel Belle Vue, Homburg, V.D.H. Water 7.0. Breakfast 8.0. Out for Bath at 9.15. In 18 m. Felt numb & not fit on coming out. No photos. Sat in sun. To hotel. Causton called & we sat in sun & looked at 'Sabrina' photos. Lunch. Rest after. Out 3.30, lovely sun. Band. Stroll to Club. Saw Mr Plowden, General Allen. Same Reg't as Coleridge Grove. On to inhale. Back hotel 6.30. Wrote Baumstark, sent by Marie. Shocking dinner. Bad veal. Up & bed 10.15. Lovely night. Woke in night. Dream of Russian officer whose name I remembered. Slept fairly well & M also. (Red ink: In Bath 18 min. Felt numb on coming out. Wrote to Doctor Baumstark.) Friday September 10 Hotel Belle Vue, Homburg, V.D.H. Up at 8.0. Water 7.0. Most brilliant lovely morning. No bath. After breakfast went to Kurhaus. M joined me. Saw 'Punch'. Most brilliant sun. Walked up to Market & beyond. Took 20 photographs. M went back. Bought books. In balcony. Dr B came at awkward time. Lunch. He went back. Rest & in balcony. M & self went to Band at 4.0. Lovely music. To tea. Met Causton. After at 5.0 Dr B came & examined me. All right to have Bath tomorrow. M & self strolled to Club & payed subscription. Saw the Baron. To Ludwig's Quelle. Looked at Lawn Tennis. Lovely little American girl playing with bare legs. Back. Dinner. Changed films. By mistake put the same ones in again. Bed 10.40. Neuralgia toothache came on & lay awake in pain for hours. Slept in the morning till breakfast. (Red ink: Took 20 photos in brilliant sun. Lovely American girl with bare legs playing tennis. Dr B came. American girl Miss Scull.) Saturday September 11
Belle Vue Hotel, Homburg, V.D.H. W 7.0, up 8.0. Breakfast. Had had broken night with toothache. Bath 9.30, 12m. Man gesticulated 16 too long. Hotel. Read papers. Toothache. Dull misty in morning but cleared after. Letter from Causton. Lunch. Dr's German family leaving. Causton photod M & self in front of house to be burnt. Had written 2 letters in Kurhaus. Rest till 3.45. Strolled to the Band at Elizabeth Brunner. 6 photos. Tea. Saw Mr Plowden. Inhaled from 5.25 to 5.55. M saw Zeppelin's Dirigable. Stroll home. Rest. Dinner. After the Firemen. Felt very tired. Changed 6 films. Bed at 10.0pm. Slept better, neuralgia tooth not so bad. (Red ink: Fine day. Inhaled.) Sunday September 12 Belle Vue Hotel, Homburg, V.D.H. Water 7.0. Slept all night. Better. Dream of dry river for bathing. Breakfast. Out Bath 9.15. In 15½ m. Back. Paper. Tooth slightly better. Firemen marching about. Alarms excursions & Firemen all day. M & self sat out in sun. Read R.L.Harding Davis's Masters of the Mediterranean. Causton came. Back. Lunch. Waked out of sleep after. Down again. Went to front of Kursaal. Took 20 photos. Causton met Mr & Mrs Waggett, (Mrs G M Allen) in hotel. Changed hat. Stroll to Club. Introduced to Prince Albert of Schleswig Holstein. Causton came looking sad. Strolled back at 7.0pm. Dinner. Claret. After Firemen's Fȇȇ te. Bed at 10.15 after changing films. Slept well. M awake for 2 hours. (Red ink: Great Fireman's day, marching & drumming. Met Mr & Mrs Waggett, also introduced to Prince Albert of Schleswig Holstein. In grounds for Fireworks after.) Monday September 13 Belle Vue Hotel, Homburg, V.D.H. Water 7.0. Breakfast 9.0. Dull cloudy morning. Letters. News from home & Smart. M & self got off by 11.40 & to Frankfurt on the Maine. Saw Zeppelin's Balloon. Drove round town. Bismarck's statue. Heine & Schiller's old houses. Good lunch at the Frankfurtur Hof. Tired after. Came on to rain heavily. Museum closed. Back by an earlier train. Crowded station. Left 3.30, Homburg 4.0pm. Tea at same restaurant as Friday. Photod little German girl & 2 others. Home 4.30. Rested. Wrote diary & dated. M went for Ludwig water. Causton had asked us to lunch. (Red ink: M & self went to Frankfurt. Unfortunate day. Poured with rain. Saw Balloon. Causton came in at 9.45pm.) Tuesday September 14 Hotel Belle Vue, Homburg, V.D.H. Water 7.0. Breakfast 8.0. Bath 16 m. Back. Read paper. Dull cheerless morning. Colder, changed to thick mist. Dr Baumstark came at 12.30pm. Underlined diary in red. Lunch. Rest. Accident to American lady's motor here. Rest. Out to Band & strolled down to Club. Wet came on. Tea. M went & had Ludwig's Quelle. Watched Tennis. Big fair girl. Back hotel & had an hours rest. Dinner good. Causton called after at 9.45. Phos, changed large magazine & bed 10.30pm. Both slept well. (Red ink: Dr B came 12.45pm. Dull gloomy day. Slight rain in afternoon.) Wednesday September 15 Hotel Belle Vue, Homburg, V.D.H. Water 7.0. Breakfast 8.0. Dull gloomy morning. Bath 16 m. Rest. Read paper. Causton came & asked us to lunch. M & self went to Hotel Victoia & at 1.0 lunched. Met Mrs Plowden. Took 1 time exposure. Back to hotel. Rest till 4.0. M & self to Kursaal. Lovely music indoors. Out & to papers. Tea at restaurant. Saw Causton. M & self strolled to Shooting Gallery. Shot 1 card,
10 shots. Dark. M had Ludwig's water. Met Genl Crutchley, sister & very handsome boy & girl. Tennis. Back hotel. Rest. Dinner. After to concert, Carmen. Saw ladies & Causton top spinning. Left 10.30, they coming with us. Bed 11.0. Cigar. (Red ink: Bath 16 m. Saw Miss (blank). Shot card 10 shots. Concert in evening, Carmen. Porteur at hotel left.) Thursday September 16 Hotel Belle Vue, Homburg, V.D.H. Water 7.30. Breakfast 8.30. No bath. Brighter morning. Wrote letters. Only 1 glass water. Out with large camera. Photod school children, Market Place. To restaurant. Took 2 of girl. Saw M. To Kurhaus. Good cartoon of Raven Hill. Times. Lunch. Americans leaving. Causton called & took photos. In room at 12.35. Bad service. Rest from 1.30 to 3.0. M read Lord Rosebery's speech. M & self had most delightful tea at the Club with Causton. Photod Miss Gibbs in sun. Mrs Gardner & husband, Plowden, Prince Arthur, Mrs Gibbs, son & daughter, Genl & Miss Crutchley, M & self etc. Photod Causton. To the Lugwig Quelle with Genl Crutchley & beautiful girl & back to hotel at 7.0pm. Fine evening. Dinner. (Red ink: Tea with Causton at Club.) Friday September 17 Hotel Belle Vue, Homburg, V.D.H. Water 7.0. Breakfast 8.0. Bath 9.30am 16 ms. Photod café. Dull grey morning. Read paper. Sent films to Smart. M went out. Causton came in having spun top & won a 1 st & 2nd prize. Lunch. Rest. After M & self to Kurhaus & after to tea at Mrs Crutchley. Bas relief in marble. Several ladies. The lovely daughter. Met Miss Mary Curtis Lee, daughter of General Robert Lee. Address Morgan, Hayes & Co, 21 Bou'd Haussmann, Paris. Delightful narrative of fall of Abdul Hamid & fighting in Constantinople. Out 6.50. Back to hotel. Dressed. Dinner. After went to concert & dance. Again saw Miss Lee, Miss Crutchley & Baron von Mark. Back 10.30 & bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Delightful tea at Mrs Crutchleys's. Met Miss M.Curtis Lee, daughter of General Robert Lee, Confederate States.) Saturday September 18 Hotel Belle Vue, Homburg, V.D.H. Water 7.30. Breakfast 8.30. Good. Finer. Went out 10.45 to Bank. Changed cheque for £3.0.0. To Baures. Photod front. Crying girl. To hotel. Met M. Bought (illeg) sticks. Met Dr Baumstark. Examined me. After M & self bought cigar cutters for Lennie & Roy. Lunch. Rest from 2.30 to 4.0pm. Out at 4.15 & fruitless walk in rain to the Elizabeth Well. No Band. No tea. Passed Club & stroll to Kurhaus. Tea on terrace. Back hotel 5.30. Dr Baumstark's bill £6.0.0. Drew cheque. Posted it. Wrote diary. Rained quite heavily in afternoon. Miss Lee sent pamphlet of Address to Confederate Veterans. Called & left it. Pretty American girl. Dinner after tea on balcony of Kurr. (Red ink: Else Schaller Bad Homberg. Haus Naue Manerstrasse 3 T.C. Changed 10 films. Bed 10.0. Dismally wet afternoon.) (Cuttings glued in: Estate of John Davidson. Death of Emily Shackle.) Sunday September 19 Hotel Belle Vue, Homburg, V.D.H. Up 7.30. Good bath. Turn out. Dull rainy morning. Could not photo or go out.. Lunch at 12.0. Fly to station at 12.45. Gross charge for luggage to station 4m. Marie & man late on the platform. Met Genl Allen & travelled with him to Cologne. Heavy wet & gloomy. Rhine scenery. Hotel
Dom. Not such a good room or dinner. Dreadfully sour St Julien which nearly poisoned me. Bed at 9.30. Woke at 3.0 & ill. Most uncomfortable. Broken rest for both & up at 6.0am. (Red ink: Left Homburg for home. Ill in the night at the Dom Hotel.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Henriette Semon.) Monday September 20 Dom Hotel, Cologne. Up at 6.0am after being very ill. Bath. Breakfast at 6.45. Left in bus at 7.30. M had great difficulty with luggage owing to pass from Calais. Only just caught our train. One other in carriage. At Liège Dr Simon got in. Most interesting man & shewed us Siberian photos. Rich country & great future. Got without mishap to Calais after the Paris train. Smooth passage & Victoria fairly to time. Met Ray Lankester. Roy met us. Home by bus & dined at 8.30pm. Good dinner & bottle of 1878 wine. Bed 10.30pm. Stations from Cologne to Calais: Duren, Aachen (Aix la Chapelle) Herbeschal, Verviers, Liège, Namur (1.30) Charleroy, Jeaumont, Valenciennes. La Madelaine for Lille, Hazebrouck, Calais. (Red ink: 12 in all. Journey from Cologne home.) Tuesday September 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. M & self both slept well. Dull dark morning. Put things in order all day. Sorted photos from Homburg. 4 doz waiters. Good lunch. Refilled magazine & ¼ plate double backs. Rest from 3.30 to 5.15. Tea. After wrote diary & letters. Wretched dull grey heavy afternoon. Did not go out. M, Roy & self dined. Bed 10.20pm. Both slept well. Wednesday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Taxy. Snapped 1 doz medium camera. Girls back at school. Saw Princess. Lovely morning, sun. Lost Taxy. Roy & self at breakfast. Sorted Homburg photos. Developed those taken this morning. Rest for 2 hours after lunch. Tea. Shaved. Left at 5.45 & by Turnham G bus to Athenaeum. Letter & photos from Maude Rose enclosing daughter's photo. To the Punch Dinner. E.V.L, self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. All done by 9.15. Heavy rain came on. Lucy put me down Athenaeum. Taxy which broke down home. Home 10.25. Bed. Very wet. Thursday September 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.50. Over Campden Hill. Saw Lass o'C.H. Enormously grown. Came over dark & wet. In fact a horrid morning as dark as the worst winter's day. Wire from Woodcock & no news from Johnson. No model. Selected old photo & Antoinette sat for me. Great difficulty in getting photo. Done by 4.0pm. Short rest & on with work. Worked from 5.30 to 8.15 when M & self dined. Roy went to see The Brass Bottle yesterday. We all dined together tonight. Bed 10.30pm. Friday September 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out up Campden Hill. Snapped Lass o'C.H & little girl etc. Back 9.5am. Breakfast with Roy. At work all day on drawing of Australia. Sent Upton for arms to Strand. Finished at 10.0pm. Dined by self. Champagne. Bed 12.30 after a snooze. Roy went to see The Whip at Drury Lane. Fine bright morning. Saturday September 25
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Dull rainy morning. Out with camera. End of Phillimore Gardens met Mr Richardson & Chesterton. Back. Breakfast with Roy. Millars Karri 21/6. Wrote on drawings & sorted things. Put things up. Went by bus to Victoria. Met General Strachey. Down to Balcombe. Maud Paxton, Mrs Sismey & the Harold Messels, Mrs Gibson, there. Wrote letters. Dinner. Game of Poker after. Won 4/6. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: M, Roy, Antoinette & self came to Brighton I mean Balcombe House. Maud Paxton, the Harold Messels & Mrs Sismey there.) Sunday September 26 Balcombe House. Balcombe. Up 8.15. Dull morning. Bath. Breakfast 9.30am. M & self went for walk. Dullish morning. Letters. Lunch. Rest. Tea. Roy & Harold played Golf. M & self walked down to Kitchen Garden. Letters. Dinner. Champagne. Pianola. Bed 11.15pm. Saw Mrs Hayworth Booth's little girl. Posted letters. Mrs Gibson, Harold & Mrs Harold, Roy, M, self, Mite & Lennie at dinner. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Leopold Cabrera. Estate of Wiliam CavendishBentinck. Sep 25.) Monday September 27 Balcombe House. Up 8.10 & bath. Roy, Harold & Lennie gone. Fine sunny morning. Had had great turn out in the morning & trouble. Wrote diary & underlined after breakfast. Dr Parker came & saw me. All satisfactory. Had been walk with M. Pretty child in village. Dr Parker said I was much better. Had arrowroot lunch. Short rest & M & self, Edie Sismey & Maud Paxton went in motor to Cuckfield & Handcross. Back 5.15. Lennie upset when he came back. Rev'd Mr Mead & wife dined. Pleasant dinner. Pianola after. Bed 11.15pm. (Red ink: Rev'd Mr Mead, Canon Mead's son dined. Saw Dr Parker.) Tuesday September 28 Balcombe House. Up at 8.5. Maud Paxton's bath. Wet morning & wet all day. Wrote letters. M & self for a walk at 11.15. Diary. Lunch. Rest after in Lennie's room. Short walk after. Still rain. Letters. Dinner. Jarrah 22. Talk to Lennie about it. Bed after pianola at 11.0. Pleasant evening & dinner. Slept fairly well. Wednesday September 29 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Bath. Wet morning. Saw Lennie off. Maud Paxton left at 11.0. Dear M's birthday. Millars Karri 22/6. Good bye to Maud Paxton & Edie Sismey. Put things up & M went with me to station in pouring wet.12.14 left Balcombe, home by 2.0pm. Good lunch. Left at 3.10pm & by bus to C.S at 4.0pm. Photod R.H. Not so good but better studio. Out 5.0 & to Athenaeum. Tea & change collar. To see Seaman at 6.0. Talk of Almanack 1910. Dinner 7.0. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Very long sitting. Got Bull & Spaniel to do. Left 11.5pm & home by taxy with Townsend. There in 20 m from Fleet St. Bed 11.20am. Roy back after. (Red ink: Up from Balcombe. Lunch at home. Photod R.H. Interview with Seaman for Almanack 1910.) Thursday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15. Out. Looked at No 30 Argyll Road. Up Campden Hill. No Lass. Back. Brighter morning. Spoke to maid with dogs. Breakfast. After schemed subject & King Charles dogs sent round by Mr W.J.Brabant 30 Argyll Road. Difficulty in photographing them. All ready by by 4.0. 1 hours rest &
worked from 5.30 to 8.15. Roy & self dined. Good dinner. Bed after at 11.0pm. Finer day slightly. (Red ink: Photod spaniels.) Oct 1909 Friday October 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 Out up Campden Hill.. No camera. Saw Lass o'C.H & Pops. Back. Breakfast. At work all day on Bull & Spaniels. Finished 9.25 when Roy & self dined & bed after snooze at 11.15. Slept well. (Red ink: Jarrah 24½.) Saturday October 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15. Shave. Out. Saw Costumier. Breakfast with Roy. After put away photos etc. Looked up material for Almanack 1910. Sent Upton forward to Victoria. Roy back after lunch. Taxy to High St & then on to Victoria, down to Balcombe. Dear M met me. Tea. Miss Hughes & Mr & Mrs Loring there. Wrote letters. Dinner 7.30. Schnaps. Puzzle & pianola after. Bed 11.15pm. Both slept well. Developed plates taken last week Friday 24 th. (Red ink: 3 months wages due & paid to Emma. Went down to Balcombe. Captain Loring & wife & Miss Hughes there.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Moore. Sat Oct 2.) Sunday October 3 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Good bath. Pouring wet morning. Wrote letters. Down 9.30. Breakfast. Lennie in uniform going to church. Cousin of Lady Grant's of Monymusk there. Miss Hughes & Capn & Mrs Loring to lunch & dinner. Rest after lunch. Lennie & Loring went to fish. M & self walked down to Lake with Vic. Wet underfoot. Dinner. Puzzle after. Wrote letters in the morning & posted them myself. (Red ink: Dull & heavy rain in morning.) Monday October 4 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Down. Lennie only just time to catch train at Haywards Heath & then had to wait ten minutes. Grey dull morning. Altered the room & began Almanack for 1910. Worked to 1.0pm. Capn Loring & wife went at 3.0pm. Miss Hughes had left at 12.0. Looked out a Punch for 1870. Work 3.0 to 5.0. Miss Fitzroy & cousin to tea. M & self went for horrid walk in muggy & rainy weather. Lennie complained of Barbul. Tired in evening. Pianola. Bed 11.0pm. Both slept well. x. (Red ink: Capn Loring & wife left. Miss Hughes left. Began Almanack 1910.) (Cutting glued in: Estate of George Fenn. Oct 5.) Tuesday October 5 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Dull grey muggy morning, much depressed. Lennie up to town. Worked all morning on Almanack 1910. Put in wooden horse. M reading 'Women of All Ages'. Lunch. Rest. Work from 3.30 to 5.0pm. Went drive with Mite & M. Lovely evening. Called Major Oxley's. Turned to heavy wet. Dinner 8.0pm. Miss Fitzroy came. Lennie home later. Puzzle. Left 11.15. Bed. Both M & self slept well. (Red ink: Went for drive with M & Mite. Signs of better weather. Miss Fitzroy dined.) (Cutting glued in: Estate of William Pollock. Nov 16.) Wednesday October 6 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. For wonder 1st fine morning. Lennie not going to town. Death of Dr Rivers Pollock. Lennie stayed in bed & at home all day. Worked all morning on opening page of Almanack for 1910. Packed up & after lunch M &
Mite took me in motor to 3 Bridges. They went on to see Linley. Up to town & taxy home 1/10. Wrote letters. Bus to Athenaeum. Unimportant letters. Called at Carey Porters & on to Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Tiresome late sitting. Hints at the King. Made up mind to resign sooner than draw His Majesty. Mistake to touch it. Sat till after 11.0 dead tired. Hansom to Athenaeum. Wrote letter to Francis Birch, Master of K.W, & home by taxy at 12.10. Had sandwich. (Cuttings glued in: Death of William Rivers Pollock. Obituary of Dr William Rivers Pollock.) Thursday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.10am. Most brilliant sunny morning without a cloud. Snapped Berthe, Lass o'C.H etc. All went wrong & not one any good owing to plate breaking in magazine. Back. Breakfast. Sent messenger to Mr Stevenson & after to Francis B.Birch, Master of Workhouse, for 2 old women. Skemed subject & at 12 photod them. Did very well. All done by 4.0pm & had an hours rest & on to work till 8.15 when Roy & I dined, Taxy also. Read paper & bed at 11.15. Slept fairly well. (Red ink: Lovely sunny day. No 1 magazine broke down. Photod 2 old women.) Friday October 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out up Campden Hill. Got most excellent snap of maidens, Berthe, Lass o'C.H & Governess. Brighter after being wet. Went on with Two Old Women Caretakers. Bright morning. Worked till 10.0 when finished. Roy out. Dined by self tired. Roy back 11.30pm. Bed. Woke at 1.10am with feeling of oppression & indigestion. Lay awake some hours. Slept after. (Red ink: Tired with work. Attack of acute indigestion came on at night. Long awake. Beginning of all my troubles.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Alice Agnew.) Saturday October 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0. Had had bad night with unaccoutable fit of indigestion. Lay awake. Out & to corner of Phillimore Gardens. Took milliner. Saw Mr Richardson. Hair cut. Young man had gravel. Breakfast & put things straight. Enlarged Upton & girl taken yesterday. Lunch & down to Balcombe by 4.30pm. Fine afternoon. M met me. Tea. Rest. Dinner. Mr & Mrs Cecil Brownlow & Gladys Crozier. Tired after. Pianola. Bed at 11.0pm. Took soda mint. Fit of indigestion. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe. Mr & Mrs Cecil Brownlow & Gladys Crozier there. Seedy with indigestion.) Sunday October 10. Balcombe House. Good night. Up 8.10. Bath. Condal after. Bright morning. Gladys, Mr & Mrs Cecil Brownlow. Wrote many letters, Lord Bessborough etc. Went with M & posted them. Man spoke about Vic's not having a collar. Lunch. 2 hours rest. L & others went to Nymans in motor. M & Ann & Oliver, Fraulein & self went in gloomy drizzly rain for walk. Close & muggy. Felt shortness of breath from indigestion. Wrote after & finished the underlining in red of back entries. Dressed. Dinner. Champagne. Game of Roulette after. Won 1/6. Bed 11.45pm. Both slept well. (Red ink: Close muggy day. Played roulette, won 1/6.) (Cutting glued in: Estate of Lady Campbell Clarke. 10th Oct.) Monday October 11
Balcombe House. Up 8.11. Bath. Saw Mrs B. Breakfast with Mr C.Brownlow & Lennie. Decent morning inclined to be brighter. Breakfasted with Mr Brownlow (son of Lord Lurgan) & Lennie. They left at 9.15am. After work on Calendar for 1910. Put in successfully Punch & Pegasus. M in room. Mrs B went at 10.0. Worked till 1.40pm. Lunch. Bright morning. Rest after in Morning Room. Antoinette fell up the stairs. Work at 4.0. Tea at 4.45. M & self called for Mite on Lord & Lady Frederick Fitzroy. Talk to them. Then thro the forest past Weetman Pearson's. Heavy shower came on. Home 6.0. Letters. Mr Hayworth Booth came to dinner with Lennie. Played Poker after. Won 10/s. Bed 11.15. (Red ink: Brownlow left. Hayworth Booth dined. Called on Lord & Lady Frederick Fitzroy. Won 10/s at Poker.) Tuesday October 12 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am & looked at Times. Breakfast with Lennie & H.B. After with some bother shifted to upper room & worked from 10.0 to 1.30 on Almanack 1910. Lunch. Rest. Mite & Gladys Crozier went up to town in motor at 3.0pm. Work till 4.30pm. Tea 4.45. Beach drove M & self to Haywards Heath. Got evening papers. Back. Curious sky. Wet coming home. Read. M & self dined together. In Lennie's room after. Bed 10.50. Antoinette put lights out. Lay awake at night. Slept after. (Red ink: Lennie, Mite & Gladys C left for town. M & self alone at Balcombe.) Wednesday October 13 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Looked at 'Times'. Lennie off. Breakfast. Put things up & all papers in new room & got ready to get off in wet. M, Antoinette & self by 12.12 train. Lennie went up yesterday. No papers this morning excpt H.P & D.G. Home by bus from Victoria. Upton met us. Lunch 2.20pm. Rest & did some work from 3.30 to 6.0. To 'Punch' dinner by T.G bus. E.V.L, self, C.G, P.A, F.H.T, B.P. Only 6. Got subject of Redmond as Conjuror. Home at 10.30pm by T.G bus. Bed 11.30pm. Good night. (Red ink: M, self & Antoinette came up from Balcombe. Mite dined with M.) Thursday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out with Taxy. Dull windy morning. Top of Campden Hill & photod Berthe behind & 2 or 3 others. Finer after. Schemed subject of Redmond as Conjuror & at 12.0 photod Bird. All ready by 3.45. Rest in dear Roy's room. Work from 5.20 to 8.15pm when M, Roy & self dined. Lay awake for a long time in evening or at night. (Red ink: Photod Bird.) Friday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out with Taxy & camera. Up Campden Hill. Dull windy morning, took 3 photos. Lass o'C.H, Berthe & 2 girls. Back. Breakfast. Went on at 10.0 with drawing of Redmond as Conjuror. Finished at 9.15pm when dined by self. Roy at Langley's. Bed 11.30pm. Slept better & on to 8.0am. (Red ink: Roy dined at Langley's.) Saturday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Had had good night. Overslept & let tea get cold. Out 9.0 round Terrace. Muggy morning & grey. After tidied room etc. Dear Mite called at 11.45am in motor, going to Balcombe. Out & to Athenaeum Club. Wrote to
Lord Bessborough C.B, C.V.O. Had chop at 1.20. By taxy to 15 C.S & at 2.30pm photod L.B. Not so good. Got figures for Almanack. Out 4.15pm & home by taxy. Tea in Morning Room. Developed 6 films taken today. In Bedroom & rested on back for an hour. Wrote diary. M & self dined by ourselves. In Morning Room after. Sleepy after dinner. Bed 11.15. Lay awake at night. (Red ink: Bad night. Lunched at Athenaeum. Wrote Lord Bessborough C.B, C.V.O. Photod L.B for Almanack 1910.) (Cutting glued in: Wills and Bequests; Lady Campbell Clarke, George Kidson, James Friend. 16 Oct.) Sunday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walked up Church Street & past Lucas's. Worked on drawing for Calendar. In the evening Mr & Mrs Allen & Midge & Hamilton Langley dined. Pleasant evening. (Red ink: Mr & Mrs Allen & Midge & Hamilton dined.) (Cutting glued in: Estate of Charles Cabrera. Monday 18 Oct 1909.) Monday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Out & up Campden Hill. No Berthe. Took one or two. Went on with drawings for Calendar & at it most of the day. In afternoon dressed & went to dine with Royal College of Physicians. Pleasant evening. Difficulty to talk. Lucy & Bancroft there. Left at 10.30 & walked with difficulty to the Athenaeum. Taxy home. Bed. Slept fairly well. Maud & Lennie went to Melrose. (Red ink: Dined at Royal College of Physicians. Very seedy with cough & at dinner.) Tuesday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. No Berthe. Took one or two photos. Worked all day on 1st Almanack page. Gladys Crozier in in the evening. Showed inhaling & dined with us. Pleasant evening. (Red ink: Gladys Crozier dined & shewed inhaling for cough.) Wednesday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out with Taxy. No B. Took one or two. After finished the Calendar page for 1910 at 1.0pm. Rest after & went up by cab to Athenaeum, no, motor bus. Punch dinner. O.S a very bad cold. Self, F.H.T, L.R.H, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, H.W.L. Home by Putney bus & taxy cab. M slept upstairs in cell. Self fair night. M in in the morning. Colchester Oyster Feast. Did not go. Our Wedding day. (Red ink: Colchester Oyster Feast, was obliged to give it up. Last Punch Dinner before illness. Seaman a bad cold.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of the late Mr Arthur Wilson.) Thursday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out. Saw B & one snap hind view & one or two others. Breakfast. Difficulty in skeming subject & felt really ill & seedy after. Photod Upton for Shepherd. Fine morning. Rest from 4.0 to 5.0pm. Tea & on with work till 8.0pm on Lloyd George & Pet Lamb Budget when M, Roy & self dined. Very tired after dinner. Slept heavily. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: 1st felt really seriously ill at work. Photographing Upton.) Friday October 22
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Had fairly good night. Out with Taxy. Hurried snap of Berthe. Opportunity after lost. Back. Breakfast. At work all day on drawing of Lloyd George & Pet Lamb Budget, M reading. Finished 9.10pm when dined, M sitting up. Bed 11.30pm. Fair night. Roy back. (Cutting glued in: Obituary Arthur Wilson. Oct 22.) Saturday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Bath. Out with Taxy down the Earls Ct Road. Lost him. Felt terribly breathless & seedy. Home slowly. Breakfast. Cheques. Put all phos away. No seats for Daly's or Drury Lane. Sent Upton up & got 2 stalls for Haymarket. After lunch M & self went by taxy & saw ½ 1st piece 'Gentlemen of the Road' & after most striking play called Don. Admirably played. Lady Monckton in box opposite. Home by civil 4 wheeler calling at Butts. Hours rest with M. (Red ink: Felt terribly breathless & seedy in Earls Court Road. M & self went to see Don.) Sunday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Indifferent night. Up at 8.30 & out for walk with Taxy. Thro past tennis court & home. Beauchamp's motor at door. In the morning destroyed letters & photos. Began 2nd page for Almanack 1910. Beauchamp came again at 12.40, examined me. Lunch. After rest & sweet sleep from 2.0 to 4.0pm. Tea. Welman & Mervyn & Ethel came. Work from 5.30 to 7.0pm. Dressed in M's room. Henry Silver, Fanny Barker & Mary Carter dined. (Red ink: Terribly breathless & seedy. Beauchamp's motor at door at S.T at breakfast. Sweet sleep in afternoon. Fanny Barker & Mary Carter dined.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Harry Brodie and Mabel Hart. Marriage of Clement Mitford and Helen Ogilvy. Oct 23.) Monday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Had had bad night. Most lovely morning. Walked slowly in sun up Argyll Rd & down Phillimore Gardens. Back. Breakfast. Put photo things ready & at 11.0 photod Pegler for North Pole. Got ready by 12.0. Tried to rest in afternoon. Could not. Worked from 4.0 to 7.30. Inhaled Friars Balsam. Good. Dressed in M's room & at 8.0 Edgar & Sophy dined. Good evening. Cough troublesome. Bad wretched night till the morning. M had met Spencer who lunched with us. (Red ink: Last photod Pegler for North Pole. Edgar & Sophy dined. Cough troublesome.) Tuesday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Wet cold morning & change in the weather. Atempted to go out but beaten back by the weather. Breakfast with Roy, after seedy & tired. Went on with drawing for 2nd Almanack page, the Poles. Lunch. Attempted to rest on Roy's bed but could not. In my room. Going to dinner M thought I had a temperature. Had dinner in bed & Beauchamp sent for. Long weary night. Beauchamp prescribed bromide draught. The 2 nd dose sent me to sleep heavily in the morning & did not hear Antoinette come in. (Red ink: M thought I had temperature & sent for Beauchamp. Slept heavily after bromide.) Wednesday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Did not go out. Dreadful wet day & east wind. Very seedy. At work all day & finished the Almanack 1910 2 nd page. Beauchamp came
at 12.0. Letter from Athenaeum. Rest after lunch, could not sleep. Wrote to Seaman & sent it at 6.0pm. Upton back & again at 11.0pm with very good subject of Guy Fawkes. Decided to do it. Dinner after inhaling. Felt very much better after dinner. Bed 11.15. Sleep better & M had a good night. Took bromide at 12.30pm. Frightful gale at night & the room filled with smoke. (Red ink: Finished the Almanack 1910. Beauchamp came at 12.0pm. Better night. Great gale at night.) (Cutting glued in: Estate of George Moore. Oct 27.) Thursday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out with Taxy. Walked up Phillimore Gds & Argyll Road & home. After at 10.0am Raven-Hill came & explained cut. Got to work at 12.0 after putting all away. Selected photos, self 1889, Conrad 1902. No photographs or enlargements. Cold wind. Roy at home. Rest after lunch. No sleep. Cough troublesome. Work from 3.0 to 8.0pm. Edgar came at 6.30. Worked to 8.0pm when M, Roy & self dined. After Roy went to Scotland, leaving for Dumfries at 10.30pm. (Red ink: Did last cartoon before illness. Raven-Hill called. Roy left for Scotland. Had a bad sleepless night.) Friday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Lay awake & bad night. Can I get through my drawing today? Yes I did & finished it at 8.0pm when dear M & self dined together & in Morning Room after. Bed 10.pm. Better night. Roy in Scotland at Galbraiths. Walked up Argyll Road & down Phillimore Gardens with Taxy. The corner house let at last. (Red ink: Roy at Terregles. Finished carton at 8.0pm. Slightly better night.) Saturday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up & out with Taxy for short walk. After put things away & wrote cheques etc. Packed. Put all things ready etc. Left after lunch at 2.45 in 1 horse bus, M, self & Antoinette, for Brighton. Edgar met us at Victoria. Down to Brighton. Difficulty with flies to hotel. Nice quiet quarters. Had tea & a rest & up in room after. Dressed. Good dinner. Ordered Claret but afraid of it. Landlady talked to M in room after. Cough troublesome. Bed 10.0pm. Slept indifferently. (Red ink: M, self & Antoinette left at 2.45 for King's Hotel Brighton. Had a bad night & began a miserable time. Cough & very ill.) Sunday October 31 King's Hotel, Brighton. A in room at 8.0. Had slept on & off. Good bath. Breakfast. In Drawing Room after. Lunch. M & self went out for a walk about 3.0pm. Felt terribly tired & done up. Mite came over in motor. Up in our room. Rested. M cried & self 2.0. Dear Mite putting things straight. M & self dined. So so night but slept a little. Bed after Drawing room. (Red ink: M & self went for a walk after lunch. Very cold. Terribly exhausted & done up. Mite came over in motor. M & self cried. Things put right.) Nov 1909 Monday November 1 King's Hotel,Brighton. A in room 8.0am. Dull morning. Breakfast. Drawing Room. In morning dear Mite came in motor with Dr Parker. Examined me. Changed medicine. Mite lunched & left in afternoon by motor. Dr Parker went back by motor. Mite's salmon served which she caught at Melrose & one of H's partridges.
Bed at 10.0pm. Better night. Great difficulty in afternoon W.C. M & self did sleep in a way. Wrote to Francis Smith & gave instructions for Will. Also wrote Seaman. Lennie's shoot. Lord Denman, Welch Thornton, Arthur Gibbes & Eric P. (Red ink: Mite's salmon for lunch. Mite brought Dr Parker over in the motor. Examined & prescribed for me. Went back by motor. Mite left 5.0pm.) Tuesday November 2 King's Hotel, Brighton. A in room at 8.0. Better night. Had taken Dr Parker's medicine. Fruit. Aperiant too active. Most heavenly sunny morning. Breakfast. Wrote O.S. Out in Bath chair for two hours with M in brilliant sun. Back from Old Ship at 1.20. Dear Roy there with us, lunched together. Felt better. Looked over Times's brought down. Out again in Bath chair. Too late, coldish. Tea in Drawing room. Up in M's room & rested. Dressed. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Drawing room after. Bed at 10.0pm, did not sleep well. Long night. (Red ink: Brilliant sun. Felt better. Dear Roy down. Very bad night & sleep.) (Cutting glued in: Death of W.P.Frith.) Wednesday November 3 King's Hotel, Brighton. A in room at 8.0. Had not had a good night. Sleepless. About 2 hours sleep from 6.0 to 8.0. Difficulty W.C. Bath. Fruit. Roy & self at breakfast. Good dabs. Death of W.P.Frith in paper. Dull awful gloomy morning. Good action. Felt better after. M went out. Stranger. Enjoyed my lunch. Herrings & partridge. Went for ride in Bath chair at 2.15 along sea path M & Roy with me. M went in & took him on with boy to Brills Baths. Turned at Aquarium & back. Single lady leaving said goodbye after tea. Dressed. Dinner. Cough troublesome after. Bed 10.30pm. Inhaled. Trouble with (illeg). Roy in room. After some trouble got to sleep & after taking in the night a 2 nd dose of paregoric slept till the morning. Brilliant sun. Good model for Asquith sitting down. (Red ink: Bath chair, Roy & M with me. Bad night.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary William Powell Frith. Nov 3.) Thursday November 4 King's Hotel, Brighton. A in room 8.0am. Brilliant sun. Tea. No aperient. Bath. Felt slightly better. Breakfast with Roy. News of Election to be in January. Good action. Wrote Smith, Upton & Gaumont. Out in Bath chair & to Band on Pier (4 th Dragoon Guards). 2 minxes. Roy with us. Saw ex Champion of World, Corbett. Had 1½ hours of it. In 12.45. Good lunch. Pain from flatulence. Out again for 1½ hours from 2.15pm. Delightful air. After met Genl Strachey who said he died or ought to have died at the Kings Hotel. In our room. Tea 4.30. Below & in Drawing Room till 6.45pm after. A turn for the better I hope. Wrote diary up. Dressed. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Coughed after & went up at 9.0pm. Ineffective inhaling. Roy in room. Took 2 doses of Paregoric in night. Troubled & only partial sleep. Perhaps more than I thought. Fk Macmillan knighted by the King. (Red ink: Bad sleep. Frederick Macmillan knighted.) Friday November 5 King's Hotel, Brighton. A in room at 8.0. Most brilliant sun & all day. Breakfast. Felt better. A satisfactory action. Wrote to congratulate Fk Macmillan. Sat in sun. After in Bath chair with M & Roy to Hove end of Baths. Did not feel well. Back 1.0pm to lunch & dear Mite came, motoring from London. Great relief at last. In
room 3.5pm to 4.45. Went in Mite's motor to Kemp Town & back, M, Mite, Roy & self. Most lovely afternoon. Little Lt Col Davis sister left at 2.0pm. Decided to go up tomorrow to see the doctor. Mite read Eric Parker's new book & left in motor at 5.0pm. M up in room. Stayed there till 6.30 with Roy. Up after. Dressed. Dinner. In Drawing Room until 10.0. Inhaled. A long time getting to sleep but when did slept till morning. M put embrocation on. Mite took us in motor to Kemp Town, empty houses, 3.0 to 3.40. Met Maud Paxton & friend. (Red ink: Brilliant sun all day. Bad night & sleep. Went to Kemp Town in motor with Maud.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Mr W.P.Frith, RA.) Saturday November 6 King's Hotel, Brighton. A in room at 8. Brilliant sun in morning & all day. Bath. Breakfast. Good action. Out & sat in sun. Norman Forbes Robertson took me for Bobs. After 1½ hrs in chair. Went to extreme end of Parade with Roy. M stayed behind. Lunch 1.0, did not feel so well. After in Drawing room & out in 2 nd Bath chair 2.35 to 3.30. Saw Genl Strachey again. M tried to look over house. In Drawing Room 3.30 to 5.30. Tea. Change of rooms. Up at 5.30. Rest. Reasonable bill. Letters. Dressed. Dinner, dear M, Roy & self. In Drawing Room after. Coughed. Up in room 10.0pm. Fell into heavy slumber over inhaling. Antoinette sent to bed. Did not sleep after. A most wretched night. Saw the light come in window. A with tea at 8.0am. (Red ink: Felt very seedy. Wretched miserable night.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lionel Brough.) Sunday November 7 King's Hotel, Brighton. Down with Roy at 9.40am after good action. Misty morning, sun after. Out at 11.30 in Bath chair with M & Roy till 12.45 when Lennie & Mite came in motor & brought Dr Kingscote who examined me. Heart & lungs sound. But many other defects & breathing most defective. Re-dressed & lunch at 2.0pm. M, Lennie, Roy, self & Mite & Dr Kingscote. In morning at 10.45 Miss Evans & one of the porters witnessed the signing of my will. Down in Lounge in afternoon till Lennie & Maud left in motor at 4.20 & Dr Kingscote & Roy by train at 5.0pm. M & self up in room & wrote diary & letters. All my treatment to be altered & to go up to town tomorrow. Met Sir John & Lady Hare on the Parade. Had a talk. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite brought Dr Kingscote down to Brighton in motor 1.45. Examined me. Return tomorrow.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lionel Brough. 9 Nov.) Monday November 8 King's Hotel, Brighton. A in room 8.0. Brilliant sun. Thankful had slept better. Bath. Grapes. Breakfast by self. Pretty lady & boy. Action. Out in chair by self 10.55 to 12.30. Lunch with M. Tips & left Brighton by 1.20. Dear Mite made all smooth. Up by Pullman. Marie Lloyd. Roy met us. Up by carriage. Home at 3.45. Dear Mite read. Dr Kingscote & inhaler came at 5.0pm. Inhaled oxygen. Soon over. Roy dined out. M, Mite & self dined. Enjoyed dinner. Difficulty in getting up. Helped by Upton & Mite & Marie. Deep sleep below but never after till morning. Awfully weary night. (Red ink: Came up from Brighton. Home 3.45pm. Dr K came at 4.45pm. Began inhaling. Dined in the Dining room. Difficulty getting upstairs. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edward Fisher-Rowe. Death of Lionel Brough.) Tuesday November 9
Stafford Terrace. Got a little sleep in the morning. Good bath. Refreshed. Breakfast. Masseur came 10.30. Oxygen. Rest after. M went out with Ellie Ritchie in carriage. Mite & M at lunch. Self in Roy's room. Wrote & read letters. Weary, & walked up & down room with Mite. Masseur 5.30pm. Mite read after. Roy back. Roy, Mite & M with me at dinner. Remained while I slept. After to bed. Deep sleep. With embrocations got to sleep about 2.0pm & slept till daylight. Most thankful. (Red ink: Bad night. Slept after with embrocation from 2.0am to daylight.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edward Fisher-Rowe, with photograph. Suicide of Edward Fisher-Rowe. Nov 11. Obituary of Edward Fisher-Rowe. 9 Nov. Estate of Edward Fisher-Rowe. W Dec 22.) Wednesday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Tea at 7.15. Had slept. Letters from Phil Agnew, Lawrence Bradbury, Spencer. Good breakfast. Fine morning. News of death of Montague Guest yesterday. Signed will at 10.30. Masseur. Oxygen. Mite read to me ¾ of an hour. Duller & colder. Felt tired. Good lunch. Phil Agnew called. Rest. Masseur. Dr came. Enjoyed dinner. M, Mite & Roy up after. Crowing colonels. Frightfully tired weak & done up. Mite brought a nurse. Bad night, never slept. Lay awake. (Red ink: Felt very tired. Dr came. Mite brought a night nurse. Bad night. Never slept. Green & Upton witnessed the signing of my will.) Thursday November 11 Stafford Terrace. (Page illegible as cutting stuck over writing.) (Red ink: Very bad night.) (Cuttings glued in: Funeral arrangements for Montague Guest. 11 Nov. Sale of a Suffolk estate. Nov 10. Funeral of Lionel Brough. 11 Nov.) Friday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Woke 6.0. Nurse in room. Antoinette after. Tea. On the whole slept better. Bath & breakfast. Difficult action. Masseur. Grate wrong in Roy's room. Rest till 12.20. Papers. Mite in my room. M went out. Lunch. Wrote & corrected diary. Dull sunless day. Felt better after lunch. Masseur. Cut short rest after by 10 minutes. Fuss about it. Dr came at 4.30, Lennie & Roy after. Man never came about stoves. Dinner. Slept till 11.30 & better in night. Nurse read Mafeking. Woke 6.10am. (Red ink: Cut short rest after oxygen by 10 minutes. Mite & dear M upset & angry about it. Doctor came 4.30pm.) (Cuttings glued in: Funeral of Edward Fisher-Rowe. 12 Nov. Death of Mary Mowll. Death of Richard Podevin.) Saturday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Woke 6.10. Lovely fine morning. Tea. Grapes. Bath. Breakfast. Papers. Fair action. Letters. Cheques. Masseur. 1 hr 10 minutes. M out for books. Mite here 10.15am. Bad egg at breakfast. Papers & lunch, Mite with me. Lennie, Mite & Roy went to the ‘Whip’. Supper at Savoy. Doctor came at 6.45 as I was getting up. M & self dined together. Bed. Bad night owing to egg & the remedies. Flatulence. (Red ink: Very bad egg & bad night after. Flatulence.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Montague Guest. Mon 15 Nov.) Sunday November 14 Stafford Terrace. Slept till light, 7.0am. 4 hrs sleep but restless night. Soda mint. Homocca embrocation. Walked up & down. Tea. Sleep at last for a couple of hours. Bath. Grapes. Breakfast. Observer. Marie telephoned masseur. Roy in &
out, after to Club. Mite lunched. with me. Squared prints etc. Masseur came at 5.0pm. Lennie came. Rest after. M, Roy, self & Taxy dined in Bedroom. Good dinner. Bed 10.30 but very bad flatulence at night all night after. Miserable night. Doctor never came today. (Red ink: Miserably bad night with flatulence. No doctor.) Monday November 15 Stafford Terrace. Began to prepare to get up 6.35. Had had very weary bad night. 3½ sleepless. Embrocation Homocca. Nurse attentive. Up. M in my room. Grapes. Bath. Breakfast. Good action. Troubled with flatulence. Masseur. Rest 1.10. Dear Mite here. Lunch. Chop & toast. Man from Maples came about grate at 2.0pm. Looked over Mudies catalogue. Maud read. Fell asleep. Wrote diary. Refused a cup of strong tea. Wrote diary. Masseur. Doctor. Books. A very light simple dinner. Sole. Cream pudding. Grapes. Mite read after. Drowsy. Bed 10.30pm. Woke off & on but better night. Saw Antoinette in 7.0am. (Red ink: Maple's man came about grate. Looked over Mudie's catalogue.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland. Obituary of Sir F.D.Dixon-Hartland. Wedy 17.) Tuesday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Tea 7.0am. Window open. Bright. M in room. Grapes. Bath. Good breakfast. Refused egg. Times. Tired & weary. Masseur. Rest. Indigestion. Fine. King's shoot at Windsor. Dear Mite writing. Wrote a letter or two. Lunch. Indigestion all day caused by jam. Mite at lunch. Wrote diary. Masseur. Weary wait. Mite went to meet Sir Hugh Lane. Roy dined with M & I & Taxy. Puzzle game. He left in the carriage 10.20. Bed. Every device to get rid of flatulence & to sleep. Tea 1.0am. Slept 5½ hrs, 2½ hrs up to to 7.30am. Brilliant morning. (Red ink: Dined with M & Roy & Taxy in Roy's room. Very bad & persistent flatulence. Brilliant morning.) Wednesday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Woke brilliant light 7.20am. Had slept 2½ hrs. Tea. Good night. Grapes. Bath & breakfast. Bacon & poached egg. Enjoyed it. Indifferent action. Masseur. 1hr 5. Mite round 12.20am. Duller. King of Portugal lunches at the City. M & Oliver saw the King. Oliver said he wished he was the King's son. Letters. Enjoyed lunch. Terrible flatulence all day. Masseur. Doctor. Leave to go out tomorrow. Mite & Lennie dined out. M, Roy & self dined. 6 or 7 hours sleep 2 hours in morning. Long night. Took hot Nungi Janus mustard(?). Bath. Grapes. Breakfast. Cold. Bright day. Shave. Masseur. Oxygen 10/s only per tube. At 12.50 Beach drove M & self in Park. Above refers to Thursday. Raven-Hill called 5.45pm on Wednesday. (Red ink: Raven-Hill called.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Lionel Brough. 12 Nov.) Thursday November 18 Stafford Terrace. Hot Nungi Janus. Had slept 2 hours. Grapes. Stool bath. Breakfast. Shave. Masseur. Rest till 12.0. Delay with carriage. At 12.50 Beach drove our carriage with M & self in Park. Lunch in Dining Room. Breathless. In our bedroom after. Tea. 1st short drive in Park. Sorted papers. Bed at 10.30. Fair night. Slept off & on till 7.0pm. (Red ink: Beach drove our carriage with M & self in Park, short drive. Lunch in Dining Room. Sorted papers in my room. Bed 10.30pm. Fair night.)
Friday November 19 Stafford Terrace.Up 7.0. 2 hrs sleep to 7.0am. M in bed. Stool. No action after breakfast. Masseur. (illeg) before fire. At 12.10 out for delightful drive with dear M & Mite. Saw Bourchier. Back. Lunch 1.30. After carried up stairs by Upton & another. Wrote letters & diary. Tea. Masseur. The doctor came at 6.45pm. Lennie & Mite at Mrs Arthur Lewis's. Roy a bad cold. M & self at dinner. Felt very ill & seedy. Made sure should have a bad night. Nungiadi(?) acted at 4.45pm. Bed 9.30. Had soda mints & prepared for worst. But a better night for flatulence, slept 4 or 5 hours. (Red ink: Out for drive with Mite & M. Saw Bourchier. Carried up stairs. Dr came 6.45. Roy a cold. Better night than expected. Lennie & Mite at Mrs Arthur Lewis's.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland. Thursday 18 Nov.) Saturday November 20 Stafford Terrace. Slept at 4.20 & 7.0am. Dear M in room. Grapes. Bath. Papers. Breakfast. Good action. Shave. Masseur. Out in Mite's carriage wih M. Called on Sir Wm Agnew. Lovely morning. Back to lunch 1.30. Mutton. Mite went to Mr Brodie's wedding. Carried up stairs by Beach & Upton. Wrote diary. Tea. Massage. Rest. Dinner. Mite, M & self. Roy a cold. No sleep after dinner & a long time getting to sleep. 4 hours after. Nurse attentive. Mite rubbed legs. (Red ink: Went with M for drive in the Park in Mite's carriage, called on Sir W.Agnew. A long time getting to sleep at night. Carried up stairs by Beach & Upton.) Sunday November 21 Stafford Terrace. Awake from 4.0am. No sleep. Nurse gave me Condal Water at 6.50 & tea at 7.0. Went to sleep 7.0 to 8.0am. M in room. Bath. Curious swelling. Breakfast. Condal action partial. Very sleepy after. Anne came to see me. From 12.0 to 1.30 delightful drive to Wimbledon & back. Bright sun. Lunch, good, 1.40. Up in room after. Lennie in in afternoon. Back from Balcombe by motor. Flowers sent. M & self dined together. Sole etc. Nurse late. Had better night & slept better, 6 hrs. Tea in night & up at 7.0. Bath 8.15am. (Red ink: Curious swelling. Delightful drive in bright sun to Wimbledon. Lennie in afternoon from Balcombe.) Monday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Slept up to 6.45. Better night. Condal. Tea. M in room. Thankful for better night. Bath. Swelling better. Breakfast. Fair turn out. Shave. Masseur. At 12.0 went for drive with M, Hampstead Heath. Beautiful clear cold day. Back 2.0pm. Lunch. Mite with us. Up in room. Finished cuttings. Tea. Masseur. Doctor said stomach was worse. Chicken broth. In room 7.0. Punch, Westminster. Flatulence. Dinner. Roy dined downstairs. Had bad night, very little sleep. Not much flatulence. (Red ink: Dr came. Went for drive with M in 1 hr brougham up Fitzjohn's Avenue & Hampstead Heath. Doctor said my stomach was worse. Being overfed by milk etc. Should pop off. Clear cold day.) Tuesday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Woke 6.20am. Condal. Tea. Had had bad night. Bath. Breakfast. Masseur. Rest 2 hrs. Delightful motor ride with M & Mite to Richmond Park & Hampton Court. Back 2.0pm. Lunch. Tired. Up in room. Mite rubbed legs. Mite went home at 4.0pm. M got a writing table at Barkers. Wrote Lawrence B & F.C.B.
Relief. Masseur & Dr came & brought Electric apparatus. Legs swelled. Roy, M & self dined. Roy left 10.20. Nurse back. Fair night & sleep. D'Arcy sent partridges. (Red ink: Delightful motor ride to Richmond Park & Hampton. Too tired after. Dr ordered me to remain in bed. Dr brought the Electric apparatus for 1 st time. Legs swelled. D'Arcy sent game. Fair night.) (Cutting glued in: Burial of Sir F.DixonHartland.) Wednesday November 24 Stafford Terrace. Slept till 8.0. Condal. Tea. Remained in bed. Good action. Masseur & Doctor came. No going out, ordered to remain in bed. Legs up. No exercise. Only Electric. Mite brought another nurse at lunch time. 2 hours sleep, 11.30 to 12.30 & 2.30 to 3.30. M & Mite in room in afternoon. No motion. Green. Electric. Dr came. M, Mite & Roy dined. Lennie at Goldsmiths. After good dinner slept an hour. Calves head, good jelly. Delicious. Bed 11.0. Difficulty get to sleep, then 3 or 4 hours. Woke 7.0am. (Red ink: Ordered to remain in bed. Good calves foot jelly.) Thursday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Woke at 7.0 after 4 hours refreshing sleep. In bed. Condal, grapes. M in room. Action. Breakfast. Green. No exercises but Electric. Rest. Legs rubbed. Lunch. At 3.0 Dr Kingscote brought Dr Goodheart. Examination. M down very long time. 2 doctors went at 4.15. Roy here. Colder. Mrs Reed called. Fanny Nemhard. Green here at 5.0. Electric. 1 hours rest & legs rubbed. Cooler. A bad fog at Lancaster Gate. Nurse not over till 11.0pm. Lucas had called, Mite saw him. Bad night. Calves foot jelly very good at dinner. (Red ink: No exercise. Dr Kingscote & Dr Goodheart saw me together. "Would not hurt him to starve for a week". Bad night. Lucas called. Mite saw him.) (Cutting glued in: Lord Tweedmouth's estate. Thurs Nov 25.) Friday November 26 Stafford Terrace. Sleep from 7.0 to 8.20am. Grapes. Great turn out. Green. After breakfast Electricity. Dr Kingscote here 11.30am. Oxygen. Exhausted. To have exercise this afternoon. Good lunch. 1 hrs sleep. Mite & M in room. Tea. Letter from Lawrence Bradbury. Raven-Hill called. Exercise. Enjoyed dinner. Took much apple. Legs rubbed. Night nurse late in evening. Terrible night with obstinate flatulence & cough, supposed from apples. Great turn out. Slept to 4.30am & nine am. Nurse washed me in night. Terribly sore & shocking state. (Red ink: Dr here 11.20am. Bad night from apple. Cough & flatulence. Washed. Bad state & sore in night.) Saturday November 27 Stafford Terrace. Slept till 9.0am. Breakfast. No grapes. No turn out. Green. Exercises. Electricity & oxygen. Announcement of my illness in 'Times'. Many enquiries. Day nurse washed me. Roy, M & Mite in room. Herkomer wired. Lunch. Very fine morning & afternoon. Good tea. Dr called & was pleased 10.45am. Hair cut & shaved by the wrong man. Wrote diary. Lennie in. Green. Excercises. Oxygen. Dinner. No fruit. Beds changed after dinner. Turn out 11.30pm. (Red ink: Doctor called. Smarts man cut hair by mistake. The 2 beds changed by Upton & another at 10.15pm.) (Cutting glued in: Mr Linley Sambourne seriously ill. Saty Nov 27.)
Sunday November 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am. Good night & turn out. Legs better. Very good letter from Firm, Lawrence Bradbury a son born yesterday. Green. Exercises. Good many afternoon callers. Lennie in from Hampton Court, went in a bad Electric brougham. Green. Message from Princess Louise. Papers very much exaggerated. Green. Exercises. Roy in. Legs rubbed. Dinner. Long weary evening after. No action. Had to use enema. Dr came. Owen S came & they left together. Wet day. Slept from 2.0am to 7.0am only. Bad night. (Red ink: Lawrence Bradbury a son born. Message from Princess Louise. Doctor came & left with Seaman. Wet day. Bad night. ) Monday November 29 Stafford Terrace. Slept till 9.15. Wet. Green. Exercises. Legs better. Sleepy all morning. Good lunch. M & Mite in room. Letters from Conrad Cooke, Abbey, Fildes. Fowler called. Green. Dr came at 6.0. Pleased. Flatulence. Mite went to L.G for dinner. Roy here. Put to bed 10.45. No action. Slept nearly all night 12.0am to 7.0. Good dose of Condal & altered time. Tabby came to see me for 5 mins. (Red ink: Doctor came. Flatulence. (Cutting glued in: Mr Linley Sambourne a little better. Nov 29.) Tuesday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Good dose of Condal 7.0am. Tea. Grapes. Good action. Breakfast. Felt much better. Sleep till after Green came. Electric & exercise. Lovely morning. Legs rubbed. Good lunch 1.15pm. Muscat grapes. Mite & M in room. Green. 54 inspirations or respirations. Good dinner. On couch after. Put to bed at 11.0pm. Bad night coughing. After slept at 12.0am. Woke 6.0am. (Red ink: Felt better at last. Bad night coughing. Lords threw out the Budget.) (Cutting glued in: Mr Linley Sambourne considerably better. Tues Nov 30.) Dec 1909 Wednesday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Woke 6.0am. Condal. Tea. Breakfast. No action at 10.0. Distress. Green. Wet morning. Washed. Wrote pencil diary. Lords threw out the Budget yesterday. Lunch. Too dark to have hair done. Tea. Exercise & Electric. Tabs, H & Roy dined with Mite. Dr came. 80 inhalations & chest exercises. Light dinner. Coughed between 9.0 & 10.0pm. Nurse put roll instead of bottle not changed. Roy back 11.0pm. Put to bed. Slept nearly all night. Gale in afternoon. (Red ink: Gale in afternoon.) (Cutting glued in: Will of Mr G.H.Storrs. T Nov 30.) Thursday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.0am. Large dose of Condal. Grapes. Good breakfast. Action 10.0am. Fine & much colder. Green. Sleepy. Lunch. Good coffee. Mite out all day. On couch. Read Harper, Witch Wolf story. Shaved. Jowells man. Good. Tea. Green. 80 odd respirations. Exercises. Dinner on couch. Hot & stuffy. Bed 10.45. Pastile, 2 soda mints. Sleep 11.15pm. Tea at 1.30am. Bright morning. Gale in night. Chimney fell. Hamilton Fletcher came to see me. (Red ink: Gale in night. Chimney fell.) (Cutting glued in: Estate of Mary Mowle. Thurs Dec 2.) Friday December 3
Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.30. Condal. Tea. Grapes. Lovely morning & very fresh. Great gale in the night. Chimney fell. Green. 90 respirations. Slept off & on. Pulse 72. Bright sun. Cold. Legs almost normal. Dinner. Roy dined at Stern's. Lennie's shoot at Nymans. Mite & M wih me. Got ready for the night. Flatulence. Slept till 6.0am. (Red ink: Lennie's shoot at Nymans. Fine afternoon.) Saturday September 4 Stafford Terrace. Woke at 6.0am. Lump in throat. Most tiresome. Could not move it. Lasted all day & spoilt grapes. Good action. Very weak. Breakfast. Warmer. Normal pulse. 1 hours sleep. Lunch. Skinned grapes. Throat very troublesome. Shaved 2.30pm. Throat better after Condal acted. Green. Pulse 72. Respirations 96. Action. Loss of wind. Roy dined Stern's. Mite & M with me. Couch after. Simple dinner. Bed 11.0pm. Best night had had for weeks. (Red ink: One of the Doctor's lozenges caused a lump in throat most awkward & unpleasant to get rid of. Best night had had for weeks.) Sunday December 5 Stafford Terrace. Woke at 7.0am. Lovely morning & all day. Condal. Tea. Grapes. The best night had had for weeks. Explosion before breakfast. M in room. Lennie at Nymans. Good breakfast. Tea. Green Very sleepy. Slept after exercise etc. Slept 2 hrs. After fine day. Exercised & rubbed. Dinner. Sat up. Green. Maud read Kipling. Doctor came, said I had liver & ordered mustard plaster over liver by day nurse. Better. (Red ink: Dr Kingscote came. Said I had liver. Ordered mustard plaster. Lennie at Nymans.) (Cutting glued in: Memorial to Sir Benjamin Baker. Saty 4 Dec.) Monday December 6 Stafford Terrace. Woke 6.0am. Condal. Sleep again to 7.0am. Tea. Grapes. Strange & unpleasant dream in night of plural existence. Sleep 7 hours. Good action. Breakfast. Green. No exercise. Oxygen resps 94. Pulse 72. Hands rubbed. Machine electric over liver. Sat up. Mite brought Lucas's Paris book at dinner. Two good actions at 10.0pm. Fell asleep & slept till 12.30am & on to 2.0am & all night. (Red ink: Dream of plural existence. Slept on after dinner.) Tuesday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Asleep till 7.10am. 3½ Condal. Action in night also. Grapes. Breakfast 8.45. Action after. Green. No exercise. Oxygen & Electricity. Pulse 72. Sleepy all morning. Dull day. Stopped the knocking at 22 from chimney. Lunch. Shave by Sherbourne. Felt better. Out of bed. Tea. Mite with me. Charley Welman called & saw me for ¼ hour. Talk of the King & Hambro's. Prayer. Action. Oxygen. No exercise. Dinner. Sent sweetbread away. Pheasant. Out after tea 12.0am. Very cold. Slept well. Woke 7.0am. (Red ink: Shave. Major Welman called. Very cold in night. Slept well.) Wednesday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.0am. 3½ oz of Condal. Tea. Grapes. Breakfast 8.0am. Good action after. Day nurse left, new one came. The Tortoise. Bright fine morning. No exercise. Turn out. Really better today. 2 good actions. Lunch. New nurse. Tea. Green. Short exercise. Dinner. Turn out. Hopes of good night but not so good. 3 oz Condal in morning at 7.0am. Tea. Grapes. Pulse 72. (Red ink: New
day nurse came. Disliked her. Not good night.) (Cutting glued in: Will of Montague Guest. Thurs Dec 9.) Thursday December 9 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.0am. Condal. Grapes. No action. Green. Exercise. Fine morning. Sleepy. M & Mite out at Cecil Hambro's. Dull after. Welman came to lunch. After lunch sat up. Owen Seaman came. Tea. Green. Day nurse. No good for rubbing. Dinner. Nightmare. With M after & dreadfully miserable. After night nurse. Awful night. Slept from 11.30 to 6.45am sunrise. 10 hrs sleep. Band playing Friday morning. (Red ink: Fine morning. King at Sir Everard Hambro's. M & Mite went to Hambro's. Bad dream, nightmare. Bad night. Liver out of order.) Milton Abbey, Dorset. Friday December 10 Stafford Terrace. Woke. Band. Breakfast. 15º warmer. No action up to 2.0pm. Green had had a bad night & his arm bad. Day nurse changed at 2.45pm. Pulse 72. Mite here. Tea. Green. Dr came, gave me Rubinol for tomorrow. Said I was convalescent. Dinner. Fell asleep after. Night nurse came & went to sleep at 11.45 right away after till 7.0am. Good night. Tea at 12.30am. Bother in the afternoon by new nurse pulling the Electric Light off & smashing it. Connection broken. Marie learnt to mend it. Day nurse changed. (Red ink: Day nurse changed at midday. Dr came. Very good night & sleep. Electric Light pulled off by the new nurse.) Saturday December 11 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.0am. Very good night. 1st dose of Rubinol. Tea. Grapes. Action after breakfast 9.30. Dull mild morning. Green. Electric. Oxygen. Day nurse rubbed ankle. Roy to Club. M & Mite in 1.15pm. Mite out to South Kensington with Lennie. Shaved. Sherbourne astonished at improvement. Tea. Exercises & oxygen outside. Dinner on couch. Night nurse at 10.30. Lennie came at 5.30pm. Bed 11.45. Slept splendidly. (Red ink: Dull mild morning. 1st dose of Rubinol. Very good night. Mite with Lennie to South Kensington. Shaved. Slept splendidly.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of Frederick Greenwood.) Sunday December 12 Stafford Terrace. Slept splendidly till past 8.0am. Rubinol. Tea. Grapes. Good action before breakfast. Good appetite. Dull. East wind. Thermometer 60º. Breakfast. Grapes. Green. Resp 98, pulse 72. Legs rubbed. Lunch. On chair, remained till 5.30pm. Lennie called. Routh called. Mite in bed all day with cold. Roy at Club. Dinner on couch. M in room at 7.0pm. Roy after with Raphael Tuck's puzzle. Nurse round at 10.20pm. Very good night. Slept from 11.0pm to 2.0am (tea) & then to 7.0am. (Red ink: Lennie called. Routh came. Very good night. Dear Mite laid up with cold.) Monday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.0am. Very good night. 3rd dose of Rubinol. Tea. Grapes. Action after breakfast at 9.30am. Dull mild morning. Green. Electric & oxygen. Saw Upton. Plenty of coals. M out at 11.20. Mite still in bed with cold. Put pyjamas on & 1st sat at table to write. More grapes. (illeg). Pulse 70. Put pyjamas on & walked up & down. Lunch on chair. Wrote red in diary for quite two hours.
Tea. Dr K came, delighted with progress. Green rubbed legs till 5.0pm. Roy & M in room. Dinner on couch. Pheasant & jelly. Letter from Herbert Weld-Blundell. Announcement in Westminster of convalescence approaching. M & Roy with me after dinner. Fell asleep. Nightmare woke me 11.45. Put to sleep. Slept to 2.0am, then 1 hours wakeful. Flatulence. Sleep till 7.15. Rubinol. Tea & grapes after. (Red ink: Much more exercise. Doctor came, very pleased. Herbert Weld-Blundell wrote. Mite in bed with cold. (Cutting glued in: Photograph of Frederick Greenwood.) Tuesday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Woke at 7.0. Rubinal acted after tea & before breakfast. Grapes. Fresh east wind. Up for exercises. Green. M out at 10.40am. No letters. Walked 6 times up & down. Green. Exercise in arm chair. Lunch. Asparagrass. After wrote diary back to Brighton. Tea. Clara Bergheim here. Mistake about Phil Agnew coming. Green gave me exercise in small chair. 98 good respirations good pulse. Legs rubbed. Wrote diary 7.0pm. Room 62º Dinner. Simple. Roy & M in after. Put to bed at 10.45. Very good night & slept well. No flatulence. (Red ink: Disappointment about Phil Agnew not coming. Very good night.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of James Carson. Obituary of George Salting. Tues Dec 14.) Wednesday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Woke at 7.0. Good night. Rubinal. Tea. Grapes. Action. Herring roe. Breakfast. 2nd action. Green. M went to Maples. Rubbed. Felt better. Put clothes on 1st time since Novr 23rd. Dull east wind. Over 100 good respirations. Rubbed. Good lunch. Hair cut by Sherborne, no, shaved. At 3.45 Phil Agnew came. Most kind. Dr Kingscote here. Saw Phil & Roy. Prescribed tonic. Green 102 respirations. Upton went to see Jenetta. Back at 4.0pm. Wrote to Maples about bed. Left off pyjama jacket & felt cold. Roy out to dinner. M up after dinner. Put to bed 10.45. Slept right away to 3.0am & tea. Then to 6.0am. Awake ½ an hour. Good night. (Red ink: Put clothes on for 1st time since Novr 23. Shaved. Phil Agnew came. Dr Kingscote came.) (Cuttings glued in: Mr Sambourne is getting better rapidly. W.G 15 Dec. Obituary of Frederick Greenwood. Dec 17.) Thursday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Woke 6.0am. Had been awake ½ an hour. Sleep again till 7.30am. Rubinal & grapes. Action before & after breakfast. Good night. Dull & gloomy morning. Green & rest till 12.30am. 100 respirations. Walked 7 times. Dressed for lunch. Extraordinary good mutton at lunch & digested well. Nellie Keith came to see me. Green & rest. Looked & cut out Times after. Roy had been to see Kingscote & has to give up wine & smoking for a fortnight. M & Roy in after dinner. Evening passed quickly. Put to bed 11.0 & good night. Slept to 7.20am. (Red ink: Nellie Keith came to see me. Roy went to see Kingscote.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Archibald Gordon, with photograph.) Friday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.20. Rubinol & grapes & tea. Action after breakfast. Walked 8 times. 100 respirations. Lunch. Pears. Dull dark gloomy day. M for a walk. Bother with 2nd action. Right after. Sir Earle Richards KCSI came in 5.0pm. Green & Dr Kingscote. To have bath tomorrow. No more oxygen. Roy out. M in room at 7.0pm. Put to bed 11.0, slept to 2.0 & 4.30 & 7.0am. No cough or
flatulence. Mite & chicks went to Balcombe by motor. Mite better. Comice pears are not good for wind. (Red ink: Sir Earle Richards called. Dr Kingscote came.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Arthur Trendell. Death of King Leopold.) Saturday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Woke at 7.0. Good night. Rubinal. Tea. Grapes. Good herring for breakfast & buttered toast. Delicious orange. Knocked off comice pears. Mite at Balcombe. M out. 2nd action. Had hip bath. 99 full respirations also in Spare Room. Had lunch in Spare Room. A chop & ½ orange. Shaved. Sherborne a cold. Fine day. West wind. M in room. Mrs Welby called. Tea. Wrote Herbert Trendell. Green not to come tomorrow morning. Hours rest. Slept between 3.0 & 4.30. Dinner good. No sodamint. M & Roy in after dinner. 1 st hip bath. Lunch in Spare Room. Shave. Put to bed 11.0pm. Woke 1.30. Could not think of Robt Marshall's name. Intense annoyance. Good night after. Woke 7.0am. Spielmann. (Red ink: Good night. 10 times up & down room. 1st hip bath. Lunch in Spare Room.) (Cutting glued in: Illness of Mr Haldane.) Sunday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0am. Rubinal. Grapes. Tea. M had Rubinal, effective. Fine crisp morning. Roy in at at 10.0. Queens Club. 12 times up & down. 1 st time not exercise in morning. M went to St George's church. Mrs Llewellyn Davis 12 weeks in bed. Good lunch. Bernard Partridge called. Mervyn called. Spencer called. Owen S & Routh called. 100 good respirations. Pulse good. Green came at 5.0pm. Roy dined at home. Wet in afternoon. M read Crisp's book after dinner. Roy in. Slept without hindrance. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Arthur Trendell.) Monday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.0. Rubinal. Grapes. Bath. Action during breakfast. Lovely bright crisp morning. Sunny. 14 times up & down room. Bright sun. M out walking. Green came & rest. Lunch, a hard chop. Mr Butler called. Action in afternoon. Dr came at 4.5. Dear Mite came 1st time for a week looking pinched. Good sole for dinner. Roy dined out. Put to bed at 10.50 & had unusually good night tho' flatulent. Tuesday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.0 after best night altho' flatulent. Bitterly cold. 3 oz of Rubinal only. Good action. Green. Good walk up & down. Full action. Good lunch. Mutton. Orange. Pudding. After Willie Hartree came & then Hamilton Fletcher, Tabs & Fitzroy with me. Tea. Dinner. Roy & M with me after dinner. Finished squaring up. Put to bed at 10.50. Slept waking twice till 7.10am. Fog at 12.30pm. Cleared after. Lunch in Spare Room. Wrote Schomberg McDonnell. (Cutting glued in: Estate of Arthur Wilson. Dec 21.) Wednesday December 22 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.10am. Change in weather, wind SE. 20 degrees warmer. 3 oz Rubinal. Grapes. Tea. Breakfast. Good action. Green. Rest in room, fell down. At 12.45am to Drawing Room 1st time since Novr. Lunch there. Great bother with 2 or 3 nos of the 'Times'. Doctor came. Conrad Cooke came & also E.V.Lucas. Stayed in Drawing Room till 5.45pm, Mite reading. Up after to Green & exercise.
Roy & M after dinner. Great difficulty keeping the room to 62. So very warm but good night after all, put to bed at 11.0 & slept to seven. Thursday December 23 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.0am. Had been a warm night. 3 oz Rubinal. Very good action after breakfast. 16 times up & down. Green only once in the morning today. Lunch in Drawing Room. Owen Seaman saw me at 12.45 in bed. Much better. Good lunch. Better, no flatulence. Mutton. Up in room for tea. Began to square up photos, did 50. Roy, M & Mite in. 1 hrs rest. Dinner. Sent turtle soup away. Sole & coffee custard. Put to bed 1.5pm. Slept to 6.30am. Awake more in the night. Turned colder in morning early. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ernest Carpenter. Death of Hilda Carpmari. Death of Annie Laprimaudaye. Funeral of Sir Arthur Trendell. Dec 22.) Friday December 24 Stafford Terrace. Woke 6.30am, fair night. 2 oz Rubinal ½ water. Fine morning, colder. Breakfast. Action after. Wrote Chaplain Boys. Green 10.15am. Good exercise. Rest after 100 respirations. Smoothed bromides. Down in Drawing Room 1.15pm. Walk up & down. Lunch. Good mutton. Mite came with presents. Back in room at 4.30pm. Tea. Dr Kingscote came. Good report. To go to Ramsgate. Green. Exercises. Chest expands 1½ inches. Hours rest. Smoothed bromides. Roy in 8.0pm. Put to bed at 11.0 & made a record sleep until past 7.0am. Saturday December 25 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.0am. Much water. Record night. 2 oz Rubinal 1 of water. Good action after breakfast. Good haddock. No Green. Ironed bromides, a success. Down in Drawing Room. Good lunch. Very good chop. Wrote letters. Mr & Mrs Bergheim & Arthur Royle called. Tea. Sir Norman Lockyer left card. Tea. Back in room for rest at 6.0pm. Squared bromides & tough turkey for dinner. Mervyn & Roy, Ethel & M in after. Squared bromides until 10pm. Put to bed 10.50 & slept to 12.0am & 1.0am. Slept to 6.30am. Hot in night. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Ernest Carpenter. Saty Dec 25.) Sunday December 26 Stafford Terrace. Woke 6.30am. Rubinal too early. Had had good night. Bath. Breakfast. Action before. Ironed prints. Roy in & M. Rest 12.0 to 1.0. Down in Drawing Room. Intensely annoyed to find water dripping at end of Drawing Room. Marie screwed up taps in Bath Room stopped it. Lunch. Mutton. Wrote letters & diary after. Rest for an hour. Squared bromides before & after dinner. Roy & M in room. Read Montague Williams's 'Leaves of a Life'. Good. Put to bed at 11.0. Woke 12.30 & 2.0am & slept well till 7.0am. Very close & hot after dinner. Stuffy. Monday December 27 Stafford Terrace. Slept until 7.0am. 1 oz Rubinal 1½ water. Good action 9.15 after breakfast. Shave. Green. Roy in room. Rest. Looked over letters. Drawing Room 1.15pm. Lunch. Not much damage with dripping water. After looked over desk. Letters. Evie Fisher-Rowe came to tea. Wrote letters. Roy back from Club. Rest at 5.30. 6.30 to 8.0 squared bromides. Dinner particularly good. Pheasant good,
cooked by Antoinette. Did bromides. Put to bed 11.0. ½ hour awake, after slept from 2.0am to 6.30am. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Frederic Remington. 'Times' Monday 27 Decr.) Tuesday December 28 Stafford Terrace. Woke & had Rubinal at 7.20. Breakfast. Good action at 9.45. 24 up & down room. Green. Doctor came at 11.15am. All well to go out tomorow. Green left 11.20. Rest & rubbed till 12.20. Smoothed bromides. In Drawing Room 1.30pm. Good lunch. No Mite. Wrote letters. Tea. Sir Isidore Spielmann called, stayed till 5.25pm. Shewed him vibrator. Green. Exercise. Nurse. Rest. Ironed bromides. Dinner. Good soles. Squared bromides. Roy & M in room. Muscles of back hurt me. Put to bed 11.0 & slept till 6.0am, then to 7.20am. Wednesday December 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.20am. 1¾ Rubinal 1½ water. Good breakfast. Action after at 9.30am. Wrote to thank Spiers & Pond & C.D, pass. Fine sunny morning. Shave. At 12.0 went for 1st drive for 5 weeks M, self & night nurse. Lunch in Dining Room. At 4.0pm Sir Isidore Spielmann came to see me. Green at 5.0pm. Rest. Very good chicken from Stores for dinner. Put to bed 11.0pm. Slept well. Densely foggy night. Gave me a cough. Thursday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.0 1¾ Rubinal 1¾ water. Bath & breakfast. Good action. Much colder. Woke with flem. Had been a slight cough. Dressed. Mite here early from Balcombe & at 12.0 Mite, M & I went for drive in Park. Called on Sir William Agnew. Lunch in Dining Room. Mite went back to Balcombe at 3.45. Tea. F.H.Townsend called. Green 5.0pm. Dated bromides. Dinner. Again bromides. Finished 1908. Roy & M with me. Bed at 11.0pm. Lay awake from 1.0 to 2.0am. Slept after. Very good Store ½ lb sole for dinner. Fine mild night. Could not get to sleep from 1.0am to 2.30am. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Brabourne. Thursday 30 Dec.) Friday December 31 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.20. 1¾ Rubinal 1¾ water. Bath. Breakfast. Action. Fine lovely mild morning after. Wrote letters. Roy's collar. At 12.0 to 1.15pm went for drive with Beach, M with me. Round Park. Met Mary Millais. Lunch. Chop. Bedsteads from Maples. Did not care for them. Mare went to Edward Verrall Lucas's, Kingston Manor. Leaves early. Very good sole for dinner. Dr Kingscote came 4.0pm. Mrs Gibson called. Green 5.0pm. Exercise. Nurse to 7.15. Fell asleep. M had dinner with me. Good fowl. Dated 1909 after. Put to bed 11.0pm & slept to 1.0 then on right side to 6.0am, then to 7.30am. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Lord Percy. Friday Dec 31. Memoir of Henry Earl Percy. Lord Alan Percy becomes heir.) Notes and addresses at end of diary: Ada Beckington. 4 Irving Mansions, Queen's Club Gardens. R.D.Hornsby. 6 South End Gds, 5 St Albans Rd, W. Ethel H Viney. 45-47 High St, Cheshunt, Herts. E.Huxley. 1 Portland Mans, Kensington.
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Sam Fay Esqr. W.F.Monkton J.F.S Gooday Esq. H.G.Drury J.C.Ingles Esq W.Guy Granet Esq W.Snow William Forbes Esq Mr Brook Sir Charles Owens J.P.King Vincent Hill Esq C.Sheath R.F.Jackson Esq R.Millaner Esq Wm Hamilton David Cooper Esq C.E. Cockburn Stn Sup J.A.Wilson Esq John Thompson Esq W.Hutchinson
1910 Notes and addresses in front of diary: Linley Sambourne, 18 Stafford Terrace, Kensington, London W. 5/- Reward if lost & returned to above address. James Green T.H.Green Mr Green, 94 Belgrave Road, S.W. Telephone 3347 Victoria. Edward Verrall Lucas. Kingston Manor, Lewes. Spiers & Pond Ltd. 35-38 New Bridge Street, Ludgate, E.C. H.P.Stephenson Esquire Nurse E.Reis. 4 Savile Row, W. Nurse Woods. 4 Savile Row, W. Jan 1910 Saturday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Woke 6.0am. 1½ Rubinal 2 water. Breakfast. Good action 9.45am. Fine morning had slept 8½ hours. Went for a drive with M. Beach drove us at 11.55am to Hampstead up Fitzjohns Avenue. Got out of carriage on road to Highgate & walked about 500 yards. Fine day & enjoyed. Drove back to Stafford Terrace at 1.30. Lunch. Letters. Graham Keith & Allan Cole called. Tea. Roy in. Green at 5.0pm. Exercises. Nurse at 6.15 to 7.15. Rest. Practically finished dating bromides. Dinner. Put to bed 11.0. Coughed at first. Slept 11.0 to 12.0 & 12.0 to 2.0 & 2.0 to 6.0am, 6.0 to 7.0 & drowsy after. M rather upset. Sunday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Woke 6.0am. Sleep to 7.30. 1½ Rubinal & 2 water. Breakfast 8.45. Good action very 9.30am. Wrote letters. At 11.55 M, Nurse & self drove to Wimbledon Common. Lovely morning, sun & mild. At 12.40 got out & walked ¼ mile on Common & home 1.35 via Putney Bridge. Lunch. M to rest. Wrote diary & letters. No one called. Green. Nurse. From 7.15 to 8.0 cut Times out. Roy in. Dinner M & Roy after. Bed 11.0pm. Lozenge effective stopping cough. Lay awake till 11.45. Slept to 7.30am. Monday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Woke 6.0am. Sleep again till 7.30. 1½ Rubinal 2 water quite hot. 1st bath in Bathroom. Action 8.45 good. Letters. After down 11.40. Dear M medicine & could not go for drive. M went up as far as Campden Hill Square & Nurse took me on to Hampstead. Got out & walked further than Saturday & then on to Highgate. Going down Highgate Hill the old tram road up & miserable drive thro Kentish & Camden Town past where Mrs Piercy was taken from. Home 1.45. Lunch. In Drawing Room. Electrician never came. No one called. Green. Exercise. Roy out. Did No 6 drawer. Put to bed 11am. Very good night. Slept all night. (Cuttings inserted: Obituary Sir E.Leader Williams, death of Eliza Crutchley.) Tuesday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Woke a 7.15am after 8 hours sleep. Rubinal 1½ W 2. Breakfast. Action 10.0. Wire from Roy. Mild bright morning. Letters. Dr Kingscote called at
11.20. M, Mite & self went for lovely drive at 11.45 to Mortlake & Richmond Park. Sunny. Got out & walked. No notice from anyone of birthday. Home by Wimbledon Common up Clarence Lane. 1.45pm lunch. Good mutton. Drawing Room. Saw Electrician. Mite left 3.45. Tea. Letters. Mary Millais called. Green. Exercises. Rest till 7.30pm. Looked over Horses. Dinner. Roy in. Looked over Horses after dinner. Put to bed 11.0pm. Slept till 12.0am. Tea at 1.0am. Awake 1½ hrs. Slept from 2.0 to 7.0am. Cool & comfortable night. Wednesday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.30. Rubinal 1½ water 2. Dull morning. Letter from Lucas about mare. Very good action at 9.50am. Upton carried up bedstead end. Letters & down 11.40. Dull damp morning. M, self & Nurse drove with Beach & 1 horse to Richmond Park. Got out & walked, a good long walk. Back 1.50 by Mortlake. Dull & misty. Felt terribly tired & depressed which happily passed off after an hour's sleep. Saw man about Thermos bottles. Lunch. Good. No one called except Mrs Fleishmann. Letters at 4.30 & diary. Sent Upton to Punch Dinner. 1 st time after rest & Green's exercise walked down to dinner. Had no difficulty up again. From 9.15 to 10.15 looked over Dogs. Put to sleep at 11.0pm. Slept to 3.0am, lay awake 1½ hours. Sleep again from 4.0am to 7.30am. (Cutting inserted: Obituary of the Rev Charles Ackland. Death of Harry Pankhurst.) Thursday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.30am. M in room. 1½ Rubinal 2 water. Dull cloudy morning. Bath. Action 10.0am. Wrote 3 letters. Beach came at ½ past 11. M, self & Nurse drive to Richmond Park. Lovely walk. Gave small curly haired boy 6d Boy Scouts. Home 1.35pm. Lunch. Sleep from 3.0 to 4.0pm. Drawing Room leaking again. No one called. Green at 5.0. Rest. Down to dinner. Roy & M in after. Looked over Dogs etc. Put to bed 11.0pm. Slept fairly well. Woke up owing to flatulence probably baked potato taken at lunch. Slept after & woke at 7.15am. Friday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.15am. Had been full of wind. Rubinal 1½ water 2. Good action 10.0. Letters. Dressed & down 11.20am. Beach with 1 horse. Bad turtle soup. M, Nurse & self went into Hyde Park. Long walk across to Marble Arch. Back. Lunch at 1.30pm. Not so bad out. After rest. Tea. Spencer & Nelly Keith & Graves called. Nurse fetched me at 4.55pm. Green exercises. Dinner, M, self, Roy, Nurse. Sorted Animals. Put to bed at 11.0. Fair night. Saturday January 8 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.30. Very sleepy. Rubinal 1½ water 2. Good breakfast. Action 10.0am. Talk to Nurse Wood about shaving. Fine bright morning. Diary. Telephoned to Gabell. Dr Kingscote came. Examined me. Beach & 2 horses took M & self to Richmond Park. Walked from Star & Garter nearly to seat. Home. Lunch at 1.30. Rest after. No letters. Green. Sorted animanls. M & self at dinner. Drawing Room. Roy out. Up & sorted animals. Very sleepy in chair. Put to bed at 11.0. Could not sleep. Got off at 1.30am & slept till 6.30am. Sunday January 9 Stafford Terrace. Woke finally at 6.30am. Rubinal 1½ water 2. Bath. Breakfast. Fine morning. Duller after. M a good night. Good action 10.0am. At 11.30 Beach drove M & self thro' th Park calling on Phil Agnew to the Zoo. Dull damp morning
& much wind. Got out & short walk thro' the Zoo. Saw the Agile Gibbon & 2 new Secretary Birds. Felt very low & ill. Back thro' Park. Saw H.Dickens. Home earlier. Good lunch. Put weeded photos away. 1 hour's sleep. Electric Light went out. Marie put it right. Wrote Gabell. Green exercises. 2 nd action at 6.30pm. Sorted Animals. Dinner, M, Roy, Nurse & self. Bed at 10.50. Slept to 2.0am. Awake 3 hrs in the night. Slept from 5.0 to 7.30. (Cutting inserted: Obituary of Colonel Sir James Hayes-Sadler. Jan 11.) Monday January 10 Stafford Terrace. Woke very sleepy 7.30. Grateful to see Nurse in room & get Rubinal. Lovely bright sunny morning. Had rained heavily in the night. Difficulty with action. Nurse Wood used enema. Beach with 2 horses drove M & self to Hampstead. Most lovely walk in fresh air & sun. Twice the distance of the1 st Jan. Home at 1.35pm by Haverstock Hill & Regents Park. Good lunch. Wrote Gabell. Saw Mr North at 3.45pm. No sleep. Wrote letters. Conrad Cooke, Arthur Linley, E.T.Reed & Wycliff up in room. Green. Exercises. Began No 5 drawer. Dinner, M, Nurse, Roy & self. Put to bed at 11.0. Slept well 8 hours in night. Action at 6.40pm. Green said it was vibrator. Tuesday January 11 Stafford Terrace. Woke at 6.50am after very good night. Rubinal 1½ water 2. Action almost at once before breakfast. Back. Lovely morning. Breakfast. Action after shave. Dressed. Beach came at 11.30. M self & Nurse went. Walk along to Marble Arch. Met Peter Reid. On to 9 Portland Place. Saw Gabell. Out at 12.0am. Back to Marble Arch & walked back again. Home1.30 to lunch. Rest after. Tea. Welman & Wycliff Taylor called. Geen. Exercises. Sorted No 5 drawer, Kings. Dinner, M, Roy & self. Sleepy. Up in room at 10.0pm. Put to bed 11.0. Did not sleep well, 5 hrs. Long awake. Wednesday January 12 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.30. Rubinal 1¼ water 2¼. Bath. Breakfast. Action at 10 after. At 11.30 Beach drove M & self & Nurse in the Park. Bright but bitterly cold. Walked length of Serpentine to Hyde Park Corner. Lunch. Tripe. In Drawing Room. Dear Mite came 3.20pm. Stayed till 6.30pm. She & Lennie dined at the Pollocks. Green. Exercises. Rest. Dated rest of bromides 1910. Dinner M, Roy , Nurse & self. Drawing Room after. Sleepy after a pleasant chat. In room. Put to bed 10.50am. Slept till 12.30. Tea. 5.0am. 7.30am. Very cold in night. Thursday January 13 Stafford Terrace. Woke at 7.30am after good night of 7½ hrs sleep. 1¼ R 2¼ water. Did not act by 10.0am. Nurse used enema. Lovely cold bright morning. Letter from Phil Agnew. Breakfast. Beach here at 11.30, 2 horses. M & self drove up to Hampstead Heath. Most glorious morning. A brilliant sun. Home thro' Belsize Park. Left letter for Phil Agnew. Called for Mite who had gone on to Stafford Terrace. Home. Lunch at 1.30pm, Mite with us. Sleep in Drawing room from 2.45pm to 4.15pm, Mite with me. No one called. Green a little late. Passed vibrator over liver. Up 7.20. Felt depressed & seedy. Roy, M, Nurse & self dined. Put to bed at 11.0 after being in Drawing Room. Slept well. Sorted the King drawer.
Friday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Woke at 7.30 & had Rubinal 1½ water 2. Fine morning. Breakfast. No action by 10.10am. Nurse used enema. At 11.30 M, self & Nurse went to Park, calling on Henry Silver & Sir William Agnew. Most glorious morning. Walked towards Marble Arch & after along Serpentine. Bright sun & warm. Gulls feeding. Edie Furrell lunched with us. Rest after lunch. Mite came at 4.0pm with Linley & Fitzroy. Green got off his jury & came at 5.0pm. Exercises. Nurse after. Looked over squared prints. M, Nurse & self dined. In Drawing Room after & sorted prints. Mervyn in till 10.0. No Roy. Put to bed at 11.0pm. Slept to 1.0pm. Tea. Slept to 7.0am. The best night ever had. Thermometer outside 52º, 42º. Went up to own room at 3.45 for 10 minutes. Put thermometers up. Saturday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.0am after very good night. Fine morning. Rubinal 1½ water rather less. Breakfast. Good action at 9.40am. Letters. Doctor came at 10.30am very pleased. To go to Ramsgate Saturday. No nurse. Mite & children here at 11.15am. M, Nurse & self into Park. Called Barkers. Fitzroy & Linley came & went along Serpentine. Dull & misty. Unpleasant day. Walked & towards Marble Arch. Home 1.40pm. Lunch. Hungry. Enjoyed it. In the Drawing Room after. Sleep 3.0 to 4.0. Tea. No one called. Wet afternoon. M with me. Elections on in London. Green. Exercises. He brought a new vibrator & used it. Nurse. Went up & changed films etc. In room at 7.5pm. Upton helped me. Tired. Dinner. Appetite. No sleep. Put to bed at 11.0pm. Slept to 1.30. Tea at 2.0pm. Awake 1 hr 10 mins. Slept to 7.15am. (Cutting inserted: New Royal Acadamician, Stanhope Forbes. Jan 14. Will of Frederick Greenwood.) Sunday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Woke at 7.15. Thankful for 7 hours sleep. Rubinal 1½ water 2. Action before breakfast. Full paper with Elections. Col Hickman, Colfax in. Col Lucas out. Dull warm morning. Thermometer outside 52º-50º. Felt very low & depressed. Slack. Roy in at 10.15am. Wrote Sheath & Stephenson. Carriage 1 horse & Beach here 11.30. Disagreable morning. M, Nurse & self went. Drove round Regents Park. Back to Hyde Park. Put down end of Serpentine. Driven into the carriage again by furious gale. Home 1.0pm. In Drawing Room. Lunch. Went up to Work Room. No sleep after lunch. Lennie & Maud in at 4.0pm. Lennie not been since December 11 1909. All depressed, self very much to lunch time. Green vibrated with old machine for liver. Nurse. Cut Times out. Roy & M to dinner. Cheery evening. Put to bed 11.0. Slept till 3.0. Tea. Awake until 4.10. Slept from 4.10 to 7.30. Called on William Agnew. Monday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.30am. Had had good night. Brilliant morning. Clouded over after & after heavy rain. M, Nurse & self drove at 11.30 to 'Times' Book Club & after to Warings. Put down in the Park & all the way to Barracks from Stanhope Gate. Home 1.30 to lunch. Quite fine after. Touching sight of Officer's funeral. Led charger. Rest of 1 hour after lunch. Ryle, Guthrie & Dr Kingscote to tea. After Green & exercises. Nurse. Looked out photos of Wycliff Taylor. Dinner. Roy out at 'Little Demoiselle'. M & self in Drawing Room. Put to bed at 11.0 & slept to 6.0am, after to 7.30am. Best night ever had. Green shewed Marie & M the new
vibrator & how to work it. (Cuttings inserted: Death of Cecilia Iddesleigh. Death of Rev Charles Ackland. Death of Alan MacAndrew.) Tuesday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Woke 7.30. Had had marvellous night. Good. R 1½ water 2. Action after breakfast with E. Beach came with 1 horse at 11.30. M, Nurse & self to 'Times' Book Club & Maples. Walk from Marble Arch to Barracks after. Lunch. 1 hour's sleep. Miss Gill to lunch. Mite in at 4.0pm & Conrad Cooke. No Green. Conrad stayed till 6.0pm. 1 hour's rest & Nurse. Wrote 3 letters & took out Licenses. Roy, M & self dined. Put to bed at 11.0. Slept to 2.0am. Tea. Slept to 5.0am & awake to 7.0am. Wednesday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Doze from 7.0 to 7.30. Had had a bad night. Lay awake from 5.0 to 7.0am. Fine morning & breeze coming in all night. 1½ R 2 water. Breakfast. Action after with E. Letter from Lucas to return mare. Causton out. Felt depressed. Carriage with 1 horse at 11.45. M & I went in Park. Nurse Woods left at 10.30. All day without day-nurse. Walked up north side of Serpentine & along from near Marble Arch to French Embassy. Home 1.30. Lunch M & self. Hour's sleep after. Jacomb Hood came to tea. Green at 5.0. Exercises & oxygen. Vibrator. M with me after. Did No 1 drawer. Dinner M & self. Up in room 9.30. At 10.0 Roy came in. Looked ill & depressed. Put to bed by Nurse Reis at 10.50. Slept indifferently 11.0 to 3.0am & 6.0 to 7.30am. Waked. Thursday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Woke by Nurse at 7.30am out of heavy sleep for Rubinal 1½ 2. Fine morning. Nurse Reis did very well. Action 10.0am. M in room after. Wrote Tattersall & Lucas. Beach here with 1 horse & man at 11.45. M & self went into Park. Fine morning. Cold. Walked up Serpentine & after from Marble Arch to Hyde Park Corner. Home 1.35pm. Seaman to lunch. Stayed till 2.30. In the Drawing Room after 1 hour's rest. Tea. No one came. Dear M with me. Wrote Ramsgate. Felt very depressed. Mite came at 6.0pm. No Green. Roy dined with us. Put to bed 11.50. Slept indifferently, awake in morning. Friday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Lay awake from 5.30 to 7.30. Rubinal 1¼, 2. Good bath. Breakfast. Action with E. Doctor came. Showed towel exercise. Nurse up again. Dear Mite took me for walk up Serpentine & Marble Arch towards home. Home to lunch 1.40. Rest after, Mite with me, 1 hrs sleep. The children & Spencer came to say goodbye. Roy came & went to dine with Stern. Looked over papers. Dinner M & self. Drawing Room after. Put to bed at 10.45. Slept better about 7 hrs. (Cuttings inserted: Mr Haldane leaves London. Mr Linley Sambourne is now convalescent and will leave London tomorrow for Ramsgate. Friday 21 Jany.) Saturday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Awake from 6.0 to 7.30. Hot Rubinal 1¾ 2 W. Breakfast. Action with E. Dressed. Nurse Reis left. Looked to bags, Upton. Drew cheque for books. Green came & gave rest of oxygen. Went down & Mite took me for walk along Terrace & in & out. Cold north wind. Brilliant sun. Met Mrs Spofforth. Lunch, M, Mite, self & Roy. Got off 2.45 by Mite's carriage to Victoria. Roy & Mite saw M &
self & Marie off to Ramsgate. Very cold. Arrived all right 5.45 & most comfortable rooms & well cooked dinner in our own room. Down in lounge at 9.15 for band. Man x between Keith & Roy. Up 10.15 & put to bed 11.0. Slept to 2.0am. Tea. To 4.30am & 6.0am. Sunday January 23 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Woke 6.0am. Dear M alongside. Had slept fairly well. Rubinal 1¾ W 2, quite hot. Good salt bath. Good breakfast & good action. Sun. M & self went for walk along front. Felt very breathless & the air strong. Towels too short for exercise. Fell asleep for an hour before lunch on sofa. Very good lunch in bedroom. After did not sleep. Down in lounge for tea & band. Talk to mother & daughter. Up in room & wrote diary at 6.0pm. Vibrator. Deep breaths. Too cold to dress for dinner. Cooking good. Fowl. M in the lounge after. M sleepy. Bed 11.0. Slept to 2.45. Tea. Lay awake to 6.0. Sleep to 7.30am. A horrid day. Monday January 24 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Woke 7.20. Hot Rubinal 1¾ 2 W. Breakfast. Bath. Good action. Down at 11.20. Bath chair, M walked. To shelter at West Cliff. Weigall standing. Empty houses. Occasional sun. Stroll back to town. Chair again up lift. Good cutlet for dinner. Up in room 1 hour's rest & sleep. Marie invaluable. Down in lounge for tea. Mrs Barker awful cold. Up in room 5.0pm. Wrote letters. Squared Times etc. Warmer. Had vibrator. Dinner. Band. Bed at 11.0pm. A sleepless night lay awake miserable to 7.0am. About 2 hours sleep. Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Marie at 7.20. Hot rubinal 1¾ W 2. Good bath. Breakfast. Good action. Wind to the north, a change to bitter cold. Shaved. Down 11.45 & Bath chair to Marina. Heavy sea. Back at 12.45. In lounge. Read 'Times'. Polling day at Ramsgate, Bill Weigall standing. Lunch. Cutlet & puddings. Orange. In bedroom, an hour's sleep. Down for band after tea. Mrs Barker's cold better. Up in room 5.45. Wrote Pearks with cheque. Kettle put on. Vibrator. M & self down to good dinner. Boiled chicken. In lounge after. Up at 9.50 sleepy & tired. Put to bed at 10.50. Slept to 4.0am, 5.0am to 7.30. No tea. A good night, 7 hours. Wednesday January 26 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Woke with Marie making tea 7.30am. Good night, both of us. Glorious sun. Rubinal 1¾ W 2. Good bath & breakfast. Action 10.0am. Got off for drive 11.15, M & self. Bright sun but bitterly cold. Thro' Broadstairs to North Foreland. 1 photo. Then past Westwood, St Peters & Ramsgate 1.15pm. Very good lunch grilled ½ chicken. Up in room, 1 hour's rest. Tea at 4.30 & out for walk. Down lift for shelter. Felt very tired & exhausted with air. In room. Wrote Phil & Upton. Diary. Kettle. Portait in Sketch. Good dinner. Sleepy after. M & self up to bed at 9.45pm. Turn for the better. Put to bed 11.0pm. Not so good a night. Slept 4½ hours. Thursday January 27 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Woke 5.45. Watch at side wrong. Slept till 7.30 when Marie arrived. 1¾ R W 2. Good bath, breakfast & action. Janetta sold to Mr West for £20. Bitterly cold. M & self went for drive 2 hours 11.15 to Sandwich Road & nearly to Minster. Past St Mildred's Road etc. Very cold facing wind on Sandwich Rd. Bright sun. Back 1.15. Lunch. Up in room. Wrote letters. Vibrator & exercises.
Dinner good. In lounge. Sleepy. Felt better. Up to bed 9.45. Put to bed 11.0. Slept to 12.30. Tea 1.0am. M not well in night. Slept to 3.0 & 3.0 to 6.45am. Good night. Friday January 28 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Woke 6.45. Good night notwithstanding violent gale. M upset in night. 1¾ R 2 W. Good bath, breakfast & action. Violent rain SW wind. Out 11.45 with Marie along Promenade in rain. Lovely soft air. Smack could not make harbour. In 1.15. Good lunch. 1 hour's sleep. Down in lounge & walked about hotel. Felt much better except breathlessness. Upton sent my gaiters, boots & shooting suit down. Dressed for 1 st time since Oct. More people dinner. In the lounge. La Sonambula. Up at 10.0, put to bed 11.0. Indifferent night about 5 hours sleep. Awake 7.10am. Saturday January 29 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. 1¾ oz R 2 W. Good bath breakfast & action. M & self ready at 11.15 & drove in bright sun but bitterly cold to Nash Farm, Margate & North Down & back at 1.10pm. M took a walk. Self tired. Good lunch. Up for an hour's sleep. Edie Sismey called & Mrs Hammond. Down lounge. Wrote 6 letters & up. Again felt wretched & depressed. Bright sun all day but cold. New arrivals. Man like Roy again. M better. Hon Mr Ward came for Golf. Dinner. Up at 9.50. Slept indifferently, about 5 hours. Sunday January 30 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Saw Marie come in. 1½ R, 2 water. Good breakfast & action. Dressed Irish suit at 11.45. Had Bath chair & on to West Cliff. In shelter. Terribly breathless in walking. Back at 1.15. Man to help push up hill. Lunch. Up in room. Marie used vibrator. Dressed. Dinner. Sleepy after. Ward & others there. Bed 9.50 & put to bed 11.0. Better night. Slept 7½ hrs & M also. Woke 7.0am. 11 to 1.30, 1.30 to 3.0, 3.0 to 7.0am. Lovely sunny day. Nearly scalded myself with hot water in morning. Monday January 31 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Marie 7.30. 1½ R, 2 water. Good bath, breakfast & action. 11.15. Bath chair to end of Harbour. Warmer. Then on Cliff. Breathless walking. Lunch. M spoke to Kingscote thro' telephone. Hour's sleep in chair. Down tea. Wrote 5 letters. Up in room 5.50. Many visitors left the hotel at or before lunch. Lovely sunny day. Lay on bed & Marie used the vibrator etc. Dressed. Down to dinner. Fresh people. Eat very little. In lounge. Kept awake after. Put to bed at 11.0. Slept to 1.30pm & about 5 hours after. Feb 1910 Tuesday February 1 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Saw Marie come in room. Woke 6.50. 1¼ Rubinal 2 water. Bacon (a very little) breakfast, fair action. Shave. Out in Bath chair. Very cold S.W wind. Rested in front of sea. Called & saw Hills. Back by lift. Short walk in corridor. One of the King's pheasants for lunch. Good. In room. Hour's sleep. Tea in the lounge. Wrote Spielmann etc. Rather breathless. Walked the corridor. In room 6.0pm. Lay on bed. Vibrator. Felt better. Dressed. Dinner. Very little. Kept
awake after. Up 9.45. Put to bed 11.0pm. Slept to 1.15. Tea, to 3.0 to 6.15 & to 7.30am. Very good night. Wednesday February 2 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Woke 7.30. Marie in room. 1¼ R, 2 water. Good bath. Breakfast a plaice only. Action. Out in Bath chair. Cruelly cold wind. M & self went in town. Back 1.0pm. Good pheasants. Walk in corridor. In room. Wrote Upton. 1 hrs rest. Tea in lounge. No band. Wrote letters. Drop in Millar's Karris. In room 5.40. Very cold. Diary. On bed. Vibrator & legs rubbed. Dressed. Down 7.45. Dinner. Kept awake by M. After in Billiard Room. Up to bed 10.50. Put to bed 11.0. Slept to 1.30. Very bad night after, lay awake. Why? Thursday February 3 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Saw Marie enter room 7.30am after lying awake practically all night. Very hot Rubinal 1¼ W 2. Bath. Breakfast sole. Out in town etc back way with M at 11.45 in Bath chair. Drizzle but milder. Met Mrs Evans. Back 1.0pm. Lunch 1.15. Cutlets. In room 1 hrs sleep to 3.30pm. Tea in lounge 4.0pm. Mrs Hammond called. Wrote Roy, Dr Kingscote & Green. Up in room 5.40pm. Diary. Lay down for an hour. Vibrator. Dinner. Kept awake after. Bed at 9.50. Put to bed 11.0. Woke 12.0. No tea. 4.0am, 7.0am, 7.30. Good night. Friday February 4 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Saw Marie in room 7.30. 1oz R 2½ W. Action bfore bath. Very good. Breakfast. Out 11.15 on other cliff . M went over house. Rested in shelter. Very breathless. No walk. Saw Sir F.C.B looking well. To hotel at 1.10pm. Bill Weigall there. Castro is Morton. Lunch. Talk to Bill after in Billiard Room. Band. Lady Burnand & Mrs Evans called. Letters. Mrs Barker left. In room at 5.40. Diary. Mrs Evans came up. Rest from 6.10 to 7.15. Vibrator. Dressed & dinner. No sleep. Walked up & down bedroom 9.50. Put to bed 11.0. Better night light. Lay awake till 12.30. Tea. Sleep to ¼ to 4, 4 to 5, 5 to 7.20. Fair night. Fog horn going. Saturday February 5 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Marie in room 7.20. R 1oz W 2½. Bath. Breakfast. Orange & action after. Brilliant sun, really foul morning after. Wet all day. Out in Bath chair at 11.45. Went under shelter for an hour. M to meet Mite. Wet. 2 men walking up & down. Mite arrived at 1.5pm. Got out of Bath chair & into fly. Lunch, Mite with us. Up in our room. Mite left at 3.15pm, M with her. Rested in chair till 4.0. M had been by tram to Lady Burnand's. Tea in room. Down for band 4.40. Wrote Upton & diary. Martin Thomsons called. Still wet. In room 6.0 & vibrator. Dressed. Dinner. With difficulty kept awake. Up 10.0 & put to bed 11.0. Awake till 12.0. Slept to 1.30pm. Helped myself to tea from Thermos. Awake. Slept to 3.0am & to 6.50am. Good night. Sunday February 6 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Woke 6.50, Marie in room at 7.25. R 1, W 2½. A wet day all day. Good bath, breakfast, action. Out at 12.0, sat at end of Parade with M. Soft beautiful air. Down & along Pier. Met dear Roy at 1.5 & walked up to hotel. Deadly dull road. Lunch. Had written O.S, Lucas & Gabell. Up in our room after. Still awful wet. Down in lounge at 4.30. Tea. Roy there. Band. Roy to go at 6.0pm.
Broke front tooth with toast at breakfast. Up in Lounge, no, Bed Room, at 5.45. Marie used 70 oxygen & vibrator. Rest. Dressed & dinner. No Lord Henry Bentinck. Kept awake. Felt very seedy. Much warmer. Room 68º. Put to bed at 11.0. Woke for tea 12.45. Again 2.0. 2.0 to 6.0 broken sleep. Fair night. Monday February 7 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Marie in room 7.25. 1 R 2½ W. Bath. Breakfast. Seedy & weak. Warm night. Dull morning. In Bath chair 11.15. To West Cliff. M, Marie & self called North Buckmaster. Back 12.45. Sat in front. Seedy & breathless. Lunch. Lord & Lady Henry Bentinck again. Up in room. Rest. Brighter weather. Down in corridor 4.20. Wrote diary & post cards. Back to room 5.45pm. Vibrator & oxygen. Dressed 7.0. Dinner. Spoke to Mr Morton after. Not sleepy. A short walk. Bed 11.0. Fair night, woke 12.0, tea, 1.0pm. Sleep to 2.30, dozed off again 6.0am to 7.30am. Bright sun. Bacon & egg for breakfast. Tuesday Ferbruary 8 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Woke 7.30, Marie in room. Bright sun after. 1 R 2½ W. Good bath, breakfast & action. Out in Bath chair at 11.15. Pier & half up West Cliff. M tired. Dull after. Walked a little. Spoke to Mr Massy & wife, clergyman. Lunch. Mr Morton's talk after. In room 2.45. Rest. Tea. Down & wrote Balfour etc. In Reading Room. Out 2 hours & up. Left Marie with M. Death of Mr Buckmaster. F.C.B called. Up 5.45. Vibrator. No oxygen. Legs. Dressed. Dinner. Spoke to Mr & Mrs Massy. Kept awake. Bed 11.0. Slept 7 hours. Dreams. Tea. Woke 12.0. Tea 12.45. Sleep to 4.0 to 6.0 to 7.30am. Bothered with Gabell writing & saying I took away denture. Taps done in the Bath Room. Wednesday February 9 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Marie in 7.30. Good bath, breakfast & action, 1 R 2½ water. Pulse 76. Out in fly at 11.30 to St Peters. Did not go in, Ash Wednesday. To Kingsgate, Holland House & Castle. Back 1.0pm. Lovely day, N.E wind. Lunch. Morton. Up & rest. Tea salt. Down 4.30. Letters. Upton sent new denture. Bath at 5.45pm. Felt down & very weak. Exercise & vibrator. Marie rushed legs. Down. Dinner. Effort to keep awake. Put to bed 11.0pm. Slept very little. Lay awake. Tea 12.45. Very bad night. No late morning sleep. All day seedy after. Flounders for breakfast. Thursday February 10 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Saw Marie come in in brilliant sun. ¾ Rubinal 2¼ water. Good bath & breakfast. Bright sun. Good action. Drowsy. Out in Bath chair at 11.15. Cold. Clouded over. On to West Cliff. Met Lady Burnand & Mary. After Mrs Evans & Winnie. F.C.B walked down to Harbour with me. Hotel 1.15pm, 2 hours. Lunch. Very breathless after. 1 hrs rest. Tea. Down in Reading Room. M went to meet Maud at 5.10pm. Morton offered to talk. Wrote letters. M & Maud walked from station, arrived 5.45. Up in room. Rest. Vibrator 70 Oxygen. Dressed. Dinner, Mite with us. Kept awake. Put to bed 11.0pm. Better night. Woke 12.0. Tea by M 12.30am. Sleep to 2.30am, to 5.0am, to 7.0am. Marie in room 7.30. Lovely bright sun. Friday February 11
Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Marie in room 7.30am. Brilliant sun. ¾R, 2¾ water hot. Good bath, action 8.40am. Sole for breakfast. M, Mite & self out in fly 11.15am. Drove to Broadstairs & Kingsgate. Back by Sole Street & St Peters 1.15pm. Sat in Vestibule. Lunch. Up in room. Rest. Mite read Lady Rose Weigall's book. Tea. Much bothered with early action. Wind. Mite went for a walk. In Mite's room writing. Did not go down. Rain came at 5.0pm. Lennie to come at 7.20pm. Had vibrator & legs rubbed 6.15. Dressed. Lennie here 7.20pm. Dinner. Bed 11.0 after sleepy in Sitting Room. Woke 12.0. Tea. Awake to 2.0. Sleep to 5.0am, to 7.0. Bad night, both of us. Saturday February 12 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Marie in room 7.30. R¾ W 2¾. Good bath. Sole for breakfast. Action not so good. Brilliant sun. Gave up orange. At 11.15 went in motor to Ebbsfleet, Minster, Birchington, Westgate, Margate & home 1.0pm. Keen air. Lunch. Lennie & Maud went by motor to Deal. Up in room. 1 hrs rest. Tea. In Sitting Room. Wrote diary. Dr Kingscote came. Dressed. Good dinner all together M, Mite, Lennie, self & K. Put to bed 11.0 & good night 7½ hours sleep. Had vibrator by Doctor at 5.45pm. Eased me. Distended stomach. Tea & shrimps at 4.30 in Lennie's sitting room. Sunday February 13 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Saw Marie in room 7.30. Heavy sleep. Bath. Breakfast (late). Felt very tired & drowsy. Out in chair at 11.15am. Lennie & Kingscote & Mite with me. Down by lift. To end of Pier & West Cliff. Back & L pushed up hill. Met Ethel B. Doctor took pickled pork & pickled walnuts. In room & 1 hrs rest. Mite, Lennie & Doctor walked to Pegwell Bay. Called on F.C.B. Tea. Squire Hammond called, saw him. Dr put vibrator on me, hurt. Pulse 76. Lennie & Dr left at 5.40pm. Dinner. Put to bed 11.0. Bad night, doubtful if slept 4 hours. Very much (illeg). Woke 12.30. Tea. 2.30 to 5.30, 5.30 to 7.0 sleep, none after. Monday February 14 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Saw Marie in room 7.30. Sun for 5 minutes. Very cold. ¾ R 2¾ water. Bath. Good wash as rather sore. Better, not so breathless. Exercises. Breakfast egg & bacon. Shave. Ready by 11.45am. Good motor ride at 12.0 to 1.5pm. Motor shut. To Westwood, Margate, Westgate, Birchington, Cleve Court & Mount Pleasant & home by Weigalls thro' town. Good lunch. Spoke to Stephenson. Miss Spicer eccentric. In room 2.20pm. Dull cold day. Rest. Oxygen vibrator. Washed. Dinner. Talk to Mr Stephenson after. In my room 10.0pm for sleep. Put to bed at 11.0. Tea 12.15. Great gale. Sleepless night. Lay awake & M too from 11.0 to 5.0am. Bad night. Tuesday February 15 Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. 2½ hrs heavy sleep from 5.0am to 7.30. Marie in room. 1 R 2½ W. Bath. Breakfast. Plaice. At 12.0 M, Mite & self motored beyond Sandwich. Fine weather. Back. Rest. After lunch vibrator & letters. Diary. Bothered with tooth. Mite went to Burnands. Mary B called. Wash in bath. Dressed. Dinner, M, Mite & self. Talk to Mr Nicholson after. Good night. Slept soundly & M too. Wednesday February 16
Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. Saw Marie enter room. Brilliant sun. 1½ R 2½ W. Bath. Bacon & eggs. Bath chair to end of Pier at 11.20. Back 1.20. Last lunch. Off by the 3.28 & up to town. Comfortable journey. Tea Faversham. Home 7.0. Dinner 8.0. Roy home. Very weak. Bed 10.30. New bed. Both slept after 2.0am. (Cuttings inserted: Obituary of John Swan R.A. 16 Feby Wedny. Obituary of Mrs Reed. Wed 16 Feby.) Thursday February 17 Stafford Terrace. R 1½ W 2½. Bath. Breakfast. Down. Drive with Mite in Park. Home. Lunch 1.20. Up in room. Long rest. Legs rubbed. Dr K here 5.30. Mite & M in room. Dinner in room 8.0pm. Bed 10.0. Both bad night, woke up 11.0, 12.30. Tea. 4 hrs sleep. Friday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Marie with very hot R 1½ W 2½. Good action. Left in carriage (Maud's) for Dr Kingscote's 11.15, there 11.45. Arthur Gibbes there. Had vibrator. Left cards D'Arcy. Back lunch 1.0 in Drawing Room. After in Bedroom 4.45. Hair cut & shave. Vibrator 50 oxygen. Roy in. Mervyn in. Wrote diary 7.30pm. Dinner in Dining Room, no, Drawing Room. Up to bed 9.50pm. Slept well, confused in morning. Saturday February 19 Stafford Terrace. R 1½ W 2½. Bath. Breakfast. Off for Dr K's at 11.15. Called for Mite. Lennie's birthday. Lord Kingsburg(sic) & his son there. The dogs. Heavy vibration. M went to Registry Office. Mite took me drive round Park. Home 1.15. Gave Lennie 3 Chinese books. Lunch. Up to Drawing Room. Scotch stomach masseur 3.30pm. Legs at 5.0. Normal. 50 oxygen. Roy in. Owen Seaman called. Roy went to Lennie's dinner. Down Drawing Room dinner. Wrote diary after. Put to bed at 10.0pm & slept well. Good night. Lennie's birthday dinner. Sunday February 20 Stafford Terrace. 2½ W 1½ R. Bath. Action after breakfast. M & self drove with Upton to Regents Park at 11.15am. Very cold & great gale. Did not get out. Lunch at 1.30. Rest after masseur at 3.30 for 2nd time. 50 oxygen & vibrator. Hamilton Langley, Midge, Lennie, Mite & Guthrie called. Dinner in Drawing Room, M & I. Sleepy after. Roy at Club & got wet. Great gale. Put to bed 10.45. Slept to 1.0 & to 5.30am & to 7.30am. Good night & passed good deal of W. Marie in at 7.30am. Brilliant sun in morning. Monday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Marie in room at 7.30. 1¼ R 2¾ W. Tea. Bath. Good breakfast. Action after. M & self & Marie to Dr K's. Permission for oysters & got aniseed lozenge. Arthur Gibbes there. Nurse Francis came. King opening Parliament. Fine morning. Lunch 1.30. Rest. Masseur 3.30. Mite in to tea. Letters & diary 6.0pm. Finished diary & letters. M read papers. Down. Dinner in Dining Room at 8.0. Roy dined depressed. Bed 10.0pm very quickly. M up after. Sleep from 10.45 to 12.30 to 5.30 & 7.30 & sleep after. Pillows in night. Good night. Tuesday February 22
Stafford Terrace. M in room. R 1¼ water 2¾. Good breakfast & action. M, Marie & self left at 11.45. Cap'n Gibbes. Steam plough. Knees tapped. Back 1.15. 1 doz oysters for lunch. Enjoyed them. Chateau Y'Quem. Rest in Drawing Room. Masseur at 3.30. Marie rubbed legs. Embrocation. Mite & Gladys Crozier in. 50 oxygen. Ready 8.10. Edgar called. Roy in & after dined out. Dull afternoon. Wrote letter & diary. No flatulence. Dinner in Dining Room. Slept after & put to bed quickly 10.30. Tea helped by self 12.30, 2.0, 5.30, 7.30. Good night. Wednesday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Marie in room 7.30. 1R 3 W. Bath. Good dab for breakfast. M took me to Dr K's at 11.20. Permission to go to the Punch Dinner. Back lunch. Edgar lunched too. Mutton. Rest & masseur. Left 6.25 with Marie to Bouverie St. Boy got chair. O.S, self, Townsend, L.R.H, C.G, R.L, P.A, C.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Left at 7.30. Home & dined (minced chicken) 8.15. Roy at Harold Messels. Bed 10.25. Slept well. No tea. Woke 1.30, 3.0 & 7.15. Good night. Passed much W. 50 oxygen. Thursday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Marie in room 7.30. 1 R 3 W. Stronger in bath. Good B & A. Marie took me to Dr K 11.20. Gibbes there. On to Gabell after, a tooth out. Back 1.20. M & Edgar went to see Mervyn's picture by Philpot. Roy went to Sherborne 3.30. Hour's rest. Masseur. Mite in at 5.30pm. Wrote diary at 6.0pm. Letters. Gabell took front tooth out. 1 doz oysters for lunch. Rest 1 hr. Masseur. Wrote diary & letters. Dinner in the Drawing Room, M & self. Put to bed 10.30. Slept to 12.30. No tea. 1.0am, 5.30am, 7.30 sleepy. Good night. M did not sleep well. Friday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Marie in room 7.30. 1 R 3 W. Good bath, breakfast & action. Sleepy after. Out with M to Dr K's after. Wet morning. Home 1.0pm. Mite went to see Nana. Lunch. Rest. Masseur. Gladys Crozier & Edgar in room. Letters & Diary at 6.15pm. M back. Magnified skin. Drew cheques wages & books. Dinner in Drawing Room. Sleepy after. Put to bed 10.30. Good night. M did not have a good one. Saturday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Marie in room 7.30. R 1, W 3. Good breakfast. Haddock. Action. M & self got off in Mite's carriage 11.20 to Dr K. French lady there. Vibrator. To Gabell. Tried new denture. To Savoy. There 1.20. Bad lunch. Poor chop. Taxy to Vaudeville. Marie there. At 2.15pm saw The Brass Bottle. Capt'n Heathorn there. Out 4.30pm. Home to tea by Beach 5.15. Rest. No diary. Dinner in Drawing Room. Chicken. Put to bed 10.0. Good night. Tea 12.30. 12.30, 5.30. Marie in room 7.30am. Good night. Passed much W. Sunday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Marie 7.30. R 1, W 3. Good breakfast & action. M & self went by Upton 11.15 to Zoo. Fine cold morning. Met Mrs Harold. Guard of penguins. Good Bath chair. Back. Lunch 1.20pm. Rest. Masseur. Legs vibrator. Edgar & Mervyn called. Wrote letters & diary at 6.0pm. Went down to dinner to Dining Room. In Drawing Room after. Put to bed 10.30. Never woke. No tea. Slept all night. 1 st all night since illness, 10.30 to 7.30am. M had good night.
Monday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Marie in room 7.30am. Never woke all night. R¾ W3¼. Good breakfast, action before. M & self got off in Mite's carriage 11.20am. Called on Sir John Tenniel 90 years old today. Then to Dr Kingscote. Vibrator. Home 1.20. Good chop. Rest. Masseur. Tea 4.20. Legs vibrator. Wet afternoon, could not call again on Tenniel. Wrote letters & diary again 6.20pm. Down to dinner in Drawing Room, M & self. Boiled sole. Put to bed 10.20. Woke 11.30, 1.0am M & pillows. 5.30am 7.30. Slept well. Good night. Mrs Spofforth, Mrs Holland & Ethel English called. Mar 1910 Tuesday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Marie in room 7.30am. Fine bright morning. Cold. ¾ R 3¼ W. Good breakfast & action. M at 11.15 & Marie & self same time drove off. M to Stores with Beach & self to Doctor with Upton. Saw Kingscote. Had vibrator. To dentist after. Could not face new denture. Got out top of Row & walked home 1.40pm. Oysters for lunch. Rest. Masseur. Marie vibrator. Wrote hotels Torquay & diary. Mrs Percy Holland & Ethel English called. Also Spencer & Mrs Spofforth. Cold in afternoon. Wednesday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Marie in room 7.30. After R¾ W 3¼ M & self got off & went to Doctor. Vibrator. Back through Park. Got out at Stanhope Gate & walked with M to Barracks. Home. Lunch. Rest. Masseur. Down to dinner. After up in room. Bed M & self 10.0pm. Good night. Roy at Leweston. Thursday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Marie in room 7.30. R¾ W 2¼. At 11.20 with M & Marie to Doctor & Dentist after going to Occulist in Mite's carriage & arranging lunch at Pall Mall Restaurant. Had radiator. Gabell. To Restaurant at 1.15 for chop. Poor lunch. To theatre at 2.15. Saw The Blue Bird. Back. Home at 5.15. Mite here. Friday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Remained in bed by Doctor's orders. Had bottle Ruinart for lunch & dinner. Roy returned from Leweston at 5.45pm. Saturday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Dr K said we must have a nurse. Came at 10.0 & ordered me to bed. In bed all day. Nurse came in the evening. Dined in bed. Champagne. Bottle of Ruinart. Sunday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Dr K telephoned not to get up. After sent me 1 doz ½ bottles 1899 Cliquot Champagne. Mite & he left at 4.30pm. Roy dined at home. M & self in room after. Bed 10pm. Never got up. Monday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Not so good a night or so well. Mite lunched here. Dr Kingscote came. Roy dined with Stern. Tuesday March 8
Stafford Terrace. Dull. Rain. Warm & close. In bed all day. Dr could not come, phoned. Roy dined out. Not so well. Wednesday March 9 Stafford Terrace. Roy dined out. Mite in till 6.0pm. M & self dined together. Seaman rang M up from Punch Table & sent all sorts of messages. He leaves for a short holiday from tomorrow. Not so well today. The Doctor came. Thursday March 10 Stafford Terrace. R¾ W 2¼. Dull mornng. No action after breakfast. Wrote diary. At 12.30 M came in from having her photograph taken at 13 New Bond St. Mite in in afternoon. Read Life of Hon Mrs Norton. Mrs Harold called. Mrs Sington called. Dinner. Bed 10.0pm, M & self. Friday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Grey dull morning. Doctor round at 11.10. Out of bed & on sofa with Doctor. No Mite. Shave. Spencer round from 5.0pm till 7.0pm. Dined. Bed at 10.30pm. Saturday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Dull grey morning. All day in. No Doctor. Mite a cold. Death of dear Sir Alfred Hickman in Times from typhoid fever. Spencer in in afternoon at 5.0pm. Champagne at dinner. (Cutting inserted: Obituary of Sir Alfred Hickman.) Sunday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Dull grey grey day. Mite away with cold. M & self & Upton went round Hyde Park & back 1.10pm. Lennie came to see us in afternoon. Guthrie & the Cohens called. Roy dined with his mother. Monday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Usual morning. Dr came & found me asleep at 10.45pm. Out with Beach & M & Nurse in Park. A fine sunny morning. Serious words with Nurse about walking 100 yards. Back. Lunch. Up to room. Rest. Tea. Finished the rest of Rome, or M did. Roy dined at the Hyde Park Hotel with the Langleys. Tuesday March 15 Stafford Terrace. M upset in morning. Why? I had a bath. 1 st since Friday 4 March, no, Saturday 5 March. Out simply 3 times round Park with Nurse alone. No walk. Oysters for lunch. Rest. Midge in from Monte Carlo at 5.0pm. M lay resting. Wrote diary & wine order. Wednesday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Usual R & W. M, Nurse & self went to call on dressmakers. Short walk along top of Row. Back. Lunch. Rest after in room, M on bed. Tabs in after, Mite also. M & self dined together in Dining Room. Bed. Made tea. Lay awake for a couple of hours in night. M woke with headache. Thursday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Usual R & W. No action till 11.40 below. M, Nurse & self to Dr K's. Walked to Achilles Statue. Home 1.25pm. Oysters. Rest after. Gladys Crozier
came up & afterwards Hamilton Fletcher, also Mite. Roy dined at Lancaster Gate with them, M & self at home. Good night afterwards. Friday March 18 Stafford Terrace. Had good night. Woke 7.0am. Usual R & W¾ & 2¼. Cold bath. Nurse & self went at 11.30 to Dr Kingscote's. Vibrator. Pulse 70. Better. Snow showers. Walked top of Row. Home 1.25. Tried new wine. Liked it. Rest after lunch in room. M packing to go away. Mite here tea time. M & self dined. Bed 10.0pm. Slept fairly well. Got up in night to open window. Was turned out after at side. Oh! W. Went down below. Saturday March 19 Stafford Terrace. Dear M packing to go to Leweston. Nurse & self went to Doctor. Walk after. Mite in in afternoon. Roy dined with me. Bed 10.0. Commenced drops again. Bed 10.0. Fair night. Allan S.Cole called at 5.0pm. Sunday March 20 Stafford Terrace. Nurse & self drove to the Zoo. Met Ann & Oliver. Back. Lunch. Lennie & Mite in in afternoon. Roy dined with me. Bed 10.0. No Electric Light at night, no, tomorrow. Fair night. Slept on & off all night. Monday March 21 Stafford Terrace. Nurse & self went to the Doctor. Settled to go to the Punch Dinner tonight. Walk along Park from Ranelagh Gate to top of Row. Saw man on pony & Goldschmidt. Home. Lunch. Champagne. Rest. Mite in in afternoon. Nurse & self left at 6.20 & drove to Bouverie Street. Lehmann helped me up. E.V.L, self, R.H, C.G, R.L, B.P, Townsend, H.W.L. Left 9.0pm. Home 9.40. Pudding. Bed 10.15pm. Electric Light pulled out in night. Tea got cold. Indifferent night. Slept badly. Tuesday March 22 Stafford Terrace. Nurse & self went to Doctor at 11.15. To go out in afternoon. Walked from Ranelagh(sic: Rutland) Gate to top of Row. Lunch. Oysters. Rest in Dining Room. Drive with Upton for 1 hour. Round Battersea Park. Tea. Mite in 4.15. Roy out to dinner. Bed 10.0pm. Slept well all night. No tea. Wednesday March 23 Stafford Terrace. Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Roy went. Nurse & self went to the Doctor. Lennie had telephoned about me. Vibrator. Walk from Ranelagh Gate to Achilles Statue. Drove to 104 Lancaster Gate. Lunched with Maud. Mademoiselle Jackimot. Fraulein. Saw pictures. Rest in Oak Room. Back 4.0pm to tea. Mite in till 5.0pm. Went to see pictures. Wrote labels for Academy & wrote (since Friday) diary. Roy in 5.50pm. Roy dined with Webber. Put to bed at 10.0pm. Fair night. Thursday March 24 Stafford Terrace. Nurse & self went to Doctor's. Vibrator. Walk in Park from below clock. Back. Lunch. Oysters. Rest after. Walk up Holland Walk & down Phillimore Gardens later. Dear M back from Leweston at 5.30, Maud with her. Had fetched her from the station, Roy also, & he & M & I dined. Put to bed 10.0pm. Fair night, M also.
Friday March 25 Stafford Terrace. M, Nurse & self went to the Doctor's. Thanked me for giving up Sunday dinner at Mite's. Out & walked in Park from Ranelagh(sic: Rutland) Gate to top of Row. Tired. Met Lennie & Mite also Goldschmidt. Back. Lunch. Roy had gone to Leweston. Fine day. Rest. Nurse & self out with Upton's carriage. Walked to top of water next Serpentine. Fine day. Back. Tea. Tired. Dined M & self in Drawing Room after. Put to bed 10.0. Awake for hours. Poor night. Saturday March 26 Stafford Terrace. M, Nurse & self into Park in morning. A dull foggy day. Short walk. M got fruit in Kensington. Home. Lunch. Oysters. Mite went to Balcombe. Rest. Did not turn out again. Weather dull & cold. Spencer in. M & self dined. In Drawing Room after. Put to bed at 10.0pm. Lay awake. Poor night. Sunday March 27 Stafford Terrace. M & self left 11.20 for Zoo. Cold raw disagreable morning. Very foggy. Lunch at 104 Lancaster Gate. Left at 3.50 & home to tea. Little walking. M tired. Nurse to Clapton. Roy at Leweston. M, Nurse & self dined. Bed. Tea. Fair night. Monday March 28 Stafford Terrace. M, Nurse & self drove to Richmond Park, 1 horse. Left man. Boy Scouts. Walked home. Lunch 1.20pm. Rest. Drove with Upton & Nurse to Hampstead. Great crowd. Back 5.0pm. Saw Lennie & Maud coming. Lennie brought Mr Ford to call. Tea. Roy back from Leweston late. Bed 10.0. Good night. Tuesday March 29 Stafford Terrace. Left with M & Nurse for Doctor. Vibrator. Park after. Fine morning. Home. Lunch. Oysters. Called Barkers for wine & fruit. Rest to 2.50. Upton to Barnes Common. Walked. Roy went down to Leweston for christening of Gwen's baby & Hunt Ball. Mite round. Bed 10.0. Slept indifferently well. Conrad Cooke called to tea. Nelly Keith called also. Wednesday March 30 Stafford Terrace. Had had good night. M, Nurse & self went to Maud's & then to Doctor. In Park after. Put Mite down at her own door. Home. Lunch. Rest to 4.0pm. Mite & Linley round. Left with Upton & Nurse at 6.15 for Punch Dinner. E.V.L, self, R.H, C.L.G, R.L, B.P, E.T.R, F.H.T, H.W.L. Stayed an hour. Good dinner. Home. Left 7.0 arrived 8.40. Pudding & jelly. Roy back from Leweston 9.50. Bed 10.10. Lay awake till 3.0am. Better after. Thursday March 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Bath. Breakfast. M, Nurse & self went off to Doctor 11.20. Back way of Park. Bitterly cold west wind. Vibrator. 1 st took seaweed. M walked home from top of Row. Round Serpentine. Lunch calves head 1.30. Rest. At 3.0 Upton drove Nurse & self to Battersea Park. Back 4.10. Tea. Mite in, going to Ireland. Mrs Phipson Beale called. Mite left 6.15. Bitterly cold. Bed 10.50. Fairly good night, M & self.
Apr 1910 Friday April 1 Stafford Terrace. Mite & Lennie travelling to Ireland. Had a nice pond passage. Nurse & self went to Doctor's at 11.15. Vibrator & back lunch through Park. Oysters. Did not have carriage out twice. Roy in to dinner. Put to bed 10.50. Slept well, a good night after, both M & self. Lennie had interview with Lawrence Bradbury about me today. Saturday April 2 Stafford Terrace. Nurse & self got off to Doctor by 11.20. Radiator cold. Walk from top of Row. Fresh cough medicine. Home. Lunch. Oysters. Rest. Did not have carriage out twice. Put to bed at 11.0. Slept indifferently. Bad night. M a bad night. Roy to sleep in Drawing Room.
Sunday April 3 Stafford Terrace. M & self left with Upton 11.15 for Zoo. Met Pollock feeding birds. Out 12.15. Home. Lunch. Leg mutton. Rest in afternoon. Oliver & Nurse Francis & Miss Rose Innes to tea. Swimming figure. Dinner. Roy out. Put to bed 10.45. Slept badly. A bad night. Lay awake all night. The green curve dream. Monday April 4 Stafford Terrace. Not so well & weak. Nurse & I got off 11.22 to Doctor. Stripped. Radiator. Back. Picked M up French Embassy. Home. Lunch. Chop. Dull cheerless day. In all afternoon. Nurse to Stores about Roy's bed. Mrs Spofforth called, lent bed. Rested all afternoon. Roy, M, Nurse & self dined. Bed 11.0. Good night at the Beerbohm Tree's. M slept well. Tuesday April 5 Stafford Terrace. Nurse & self got off for Doctor's at 11.25. M met us nearly opposite the Prince of Wales's Hotel. Home 1.25. Oysters. Nurse back by bus. Rest in afternoon, not out again. Roy out to dinner. Talk of Nurse being in my room. Refused. M slept in Roy's room. Could not get to sleep all night. A & M in at 7.20, Nurse at 7.55am. Saw Lord Macdonald (Kingsboro). Wednesday April 6 Stafford Terrace. Did not sleep well. Tea in the night. Dull rainy day. Nurse & self got off to Doctor's at 11.30am. Back 1.25. Rest after. Linley in with N.Francis 4.30pm. Man from Whiteleys doing grates Dining Room & Bedroom. Wet day. Roy dined out. M, Nurse & self dinner. Bed at 10.40. Slept well changeable position. Antoinette in 7.35am. Thursday April 7 Stafford Terrace. Nurse & self got off with Upton at 10.20 for Doctor. Horrid damp cold morning. Felt very weak & slack. No walk. Home. Lunch. Oysters. Mite's 3 lb of salmon. Rest after till 4.0. Nurse out. Wrote Duke of Yorks Theatre. Roy dined out. Fairly good night. Friday April 8
Stafford Terrace. M & self went to Doctor. Settled that stomach masseur Campbell should come. Watched horses & carts unloading earth. Our horse lame. Thornton at 3.30pm. Miss Finlay came to tea, most amusing. Edgar & Roy dined at home. Roy slept in Drawing Room. Good night. Saturday April 9 Stafford Terrace. Rested in morning. Lunch. Oysters. M & self got off with Upton & to Duke of Yorks Theatre. Nurse there after. Saw Trelawny of the Wells. Good. Helped down by Gilcrest. Left 4.30 & home to tea none the worse. Nurse followed. Rest. Dinner. Roy out to dinner. Linley, Oliver & Fitzroy called. Fritz Jackson called. Had good night. None the worse. Sunday April 10 Stafford Terrace. Horrid dull damp day. Did not go to the Zoo. Roads up. Back. Lunch. Conrad Cooke, Miss Bergheim, Gladys Crozier, Edgar called. Roy dined at home. M stood at side of bed. Fair night. Monday April 11 Stafford Terrace. M seeing nurses. Edgar came afternoon. Roy dined out. Went with Nurse to Doctor's. Spoke to me about her. Fair night. Tuesday April 12 Stafford Terrace. Went to Doctor with Nurse. Green to come again. Back. Lunch. Oysters. Spencer in in afternoon. Thornton in & massage. Roy out at Sporting Club. Woke in night & saw Spencer lying on next bed. Broke cup. Green called & saw me at 9.30pm. Wednesday April 13 Stafford Terrace. By Nurse's advice did not go to the Doctor's in morning. Sorry after. Drove round Battersea Park 3.0 to 4.0pm. Green came 1 st time 2nd series at 4.0pm. Felt better for it. Roy dined at home. Bed 10.45 good night. M to sleep in my room alongside. Thursday April 14 Stafford Terrace. Death of Sir Quiller Orchardson. M & self went to Doctor & called Portland Place after. Back home. Lunch. Oysters. Green came 4.0pm. Wrote diary & letters after. No one called. Roy dined at Harold Messels. M slept in my room. No sleep till 3.0am. Friday April 15 Stafford Terrace. Nurse & self got off to Doctor's. Had vibrator. Back by Park, Upton driving black horse. M met us. Lunch. Green after. Oysters lunch. Tea in Bed Room. Roy out to dinner. Bed 10.0pm. Fairly good night. M in Roy's room. Dream of fight Prince Edward & Gordon 7.15am. Saturday April 16 Stafford Terrace. Fine early, dull & wet after. Dream Prince Edward & Gordon at 7.15 this morning, not yesterday at all. Better but tired. Wet & cold. Nurse & self got off to Doctor. Blind man vibrated before me. Wet. Missed M in Park. Home
1.20. M in after. Oysters. Rest to 3.0pm. Owen Seaman called. Green after. Spencer & Edgar. Wrote diary. Sunday April 17 Stafford Terrace. Beastly dull morning. M & self drove to Zoo. Lunch 1.25. Roast leg of mutton. Rest after. Green. Oliver in at 5.0pm. Rested on to dinner. Roy dined & saw Stern off for Paris after. Fair night. M in Roy's room. Monday April 18 Stafford Terrace. Out with Nurse to Doctor. Beastly day. Home. Lunch. Rest. Green after. Down 4.45. Roy entertained for Stern at dinner & Sports Club. M slept in my room. Both fair night. Missed M in Hyde Park. Tuesday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Got off with dear M to Doctor's. Vibrator. Back. Short walk. Rain. Called Barkers. Oysters. Lunch. Rest. Green. Mrs Whitehead & Mrs Hammond, Mrs Nemhard, Edgar called. Rested till 4.45pm. Lady Sutton, young Macdonald in Consulting Room. Fair night. Wednesday April 20 Stafford Terrace. No Doctor. Lunch. Dear M went off at 2.45 to Ramsgate. Fine. Edgar & Sophy met her. Marie with her. No one called. Nurse took me to Punch Dinner 6.15. O.S, self, R.H, H.F.T, C.G, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R. Left at 8.10 & home. Very pleasant evening & none the worse. Sweets at home. Bed at 11.0pm. Slept well. Thursday April 21 Stafford Terrace. Nurse & self got to Doctor's. Vibrator. Oysters. Lunch. Green. In afternoon felt better. Roy dined with Fisher-Rowes & went to Alhambra. Bed 10.0pm. Good night. M at Ramsgate. Friday April 22 Stafford Terrace. Felt better & stronger in bath. Hair cut & shave, Nurse & self got to Doctor's. Vibrator. Young Lord Brudenell Bruce there. Soft fine morning. Walk down Park. Heavy shower after. Lunch. Lobster. Rest. Green. Tea. Wrote diary. Adah Spencer called. So so night. Lay awake. Broke cup. Saturday April 23 Stafford Terrace. Did not go out before lunch. Oysters. Nurse & self left in carriage at 3.0pm to St James's Theatre. Saw The Advantage(sic) of being Earnest. Alleyne(sic, Allan) Aynesworth & Geo Alexander. Poor play uninterested. Left 4.40. Home 5.0pm. Tea. Rest. Roy had come in & dined at home. Bed 10.15pm. Good night. Green had come at 11.0am. Massage & oxygen. Sunday April 24 Stafford Terrace. Nurse & self went in carriage to Zoo Regents Park at 11.15am in the morning. Met no one. Bitterly cold in chair. Back Stafford Terr 1.25. Shoulder of mutton. Rested. After Spencer & Oliver came 3.40pm. Green 5.0pm. Turn out 3.50pm. Roy dined at home. Bed 10.0pm. A good night, did not wake. Monday April 25
Stafford Terrace. Cold raw morning. Nurse & I got off to the Doctor's at 11. Col McCalm there. Left 11.30 to Varnishing Day RA. Got Nurse in. Saw Woods, Abbey, Dicksee, Yeames, David Murray & many others, Mervyn etc. Left at 1.20. Home. Lunch 1.35pm. Tired. Green at 4.0. Rest till 6.0pm. Down in Drawing Room. Wrote W.Lockett Agnew & Diary. Cold raw wet weather. Roy dined with Stern & to the National Sporting Club after. Tuesday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Did not get out of carriage. Wet. Nurse took me to Doctors. Drove round Park. Roy dined at home & went to Billiard Match after. Wednesday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Dear M returned from Ramsgate in afternoon. No journey to Doctor & sat in park with Nurse. Lunch. Rest. Green. Oliver came. Left with Nurse at 6.15pm. Drove to Punch Dinner. O.S, self, R.H, F.H.T, L.B, B.P, H.W.L. Back. Finished dinner in Drawing Room. Good night after 10.10pm. Thursday April 28 Stafford Terrace. M went to Doctor with me. Dull grey wet morning. Drove to end of Birdcage Walk. Round Park & home. Oysters. Taken short after. Green. Changed shirt. Roy out to dinner. Good night. Friday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Went with Nurse to Doctor's. To go again Monday. Short walk in Park. Roy dined at home & left for Ireland at 7.30pm. Good spirits. M & self good night after finally gave up tea in night. M went with Ethel Mervyn to Private View of R.A. Saturday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Went with M on before to matinée 'Tantalising Tommy'. Nurse there. Box A. Cyril Maude very civil. Marie Lohr. Back 5.45. Tea. Rest. Dinner. Bed 10.50. Slept well. May 1910 Sunday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Went with M to the Zoo. Dull unsympathetic cold morning. Saw new Bears Den with water. Polar. Back lunch 1.30. Roast shoulder of mutton. Rest. Green at 3.0pm. Rest till 5.0. Mrs Harry Routh called. Slept well. Monday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Dull dark foggy morning. Got off with Nurse to Doctor's. Vibrator. Bought lozenges & caviare. To Haymarket Barto Vallea for the caviare. As dark as night almost. Rest. Green. Spencer called. Gladys Crozier called. Dinner. Bed 10.12. Lay awake rough throat. M gave me handkerchief. Slept well after. Dark & foggy. Tuesday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Bright & sunny morning 1st time. Got away 10.15 Doctor's. Vibrator. Walk up Serpentine. M met Nurse & I & went home. Drove home. Got
Chablis at Barkers. Good crab at lunch. Rest. Green. Paid Cole & Sons. Miss Rose Innes & Lord Kingsburgh called. Wrote letters & diary. Good night. Wednesday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Got off with Nurse for Doctor's at 10.15am. Several new patients. Short walk along Serpentine. Drove to Barkers & home. Lunch. Rest. Green. Left 6.15pm for Punch Dinner. Wet coldish evening. O.S, self, F.H.T, C.G, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P, R.H, A.G. Pleasant evening. Left 8.10. Home 9.0pm. Fair night. Thursday May 5 Stafford Terrace. M in Roy's room. Dull rainy morning. With Nurse at 10.0am to Doctor's. Drove round Park twice, too wet to walk. Lunch. Rest. Green. Rest. Tea. Mr Messel senr called & talked. Wrote letters & diary. Friday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Got off with Nurse at 10.15 for Doctor's. Very windy but fine. New medicine tomorrow. Green. Shouting in street. Did a little work. King indisposed. Mrs Routh & her sister called. Sang to me. Quiet afternoon & good night after dinner. Saturday May 7 Stafford Terrace. News in morning of death of His Majesty yesterday 6.30pm. Got off wth M for drive at 12.0 noon. Snow shower. Many people. Drove past Buckingham Palace. Back home to lunch. New nurse came. Green came. Were to have gone to matinée of The Whip. Gave it up. Good night. Sunday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Dull dark morning & cold. M & self drove to Regents Pk. Did not go to Zoo. Home to lunch thro Hyde Park. No Green. Ethel Mervyn, Spencer & Oliver called. Quiet dinner. Good night. New nurse. Thought I was in Spare Room after dinner. Was not. Monday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Good night. Went at 11.20 with new nurse to the Doctor's. Short walk in Park & radiator. Accident in W.C at 2.15pm. Bath. Green. Massage. Left in carriage at 6.15pm. O.S, self, L.R.H, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Home 9.20pm. Bed at 10.10pm. Good night. M in Roy's room. School boys in Park. Tuesday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Dull morning. Roy back from Ireland at 9.20am. Good passages. Got off with M in fresh brougham at 11.15. Had vibrator. In Park. Shade better weather. Got wine at Barkers. Lunch. Green. Rest. Townsend & Nellie Keith called. Cold again. Good night. Wednesday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Uncomfortable after Rubinal. Nurse took me to Doctor. Drove me round Park after. Rest & Green after. Oxygen. Carriage at 6.15 & Nurse dove me P.D. O.S, self, R.H, C.G, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Back home 9.20pm. Rest of dinner. Bed 10.15pm & good night. M in Roy's room. (This dinner took place on Monday, as was customary during Whitsun week.)
Thursday May 12 Stafford Terrace. M got off with me in hired carriage to Doctor's. Vibrator to head & stomach. Round Park. Got wine & fruit. Home at lunch 1.40pm. Rest. Green. Doctor here at 5.0pm. Letters. Diary. Heavy wet at 8.0pm. Bed 120.15. M in my room. Good night. Wet in morning early.
Friday May 13 Stafford Terrace. Nurse got off with me to Doctor's 11.15. McCalmont, a lady. Round Serpentine. Back lunch 1.30. Rest. Green. Tea 5.0 in Drawing Room. Very windy. M met Mrs Ledger & Mrs Coward shopping. Saturday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Antoinette left. No Doctor. M & self went back to lunch. M & self drove in own carriage to see The Whip. Sunday May 15 Stafford Terrace. M & self went to Zoo. Monday May 16 Stafford Terrace. M & self went for drive. Sat in the Park. Lovely morning. No Doctor. Green came. Tuesday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Roy rerturned from Leweston. Mervyn dined with us. King removed from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall. Nurse took me Doctor. Dull morning. Good night after. Wednesday May 18 Stafford Terrace. M went with me to Doctor at 11.30. Sat in Park at Serpentine. Roy dined at Stafford Terrace with M. Nurse & self went to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, L.R.H, C.G, R.S, E.V.L, F.H.T, H.W.L. Left at 8.0 & home up St James's Street. Bed after snack. Thursday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Violent storm at 3.0am. Did the 1st drawing since illness, on Toby & Halley's Comet. Drove in Park, M & self. Roy dined with us. Music in Park. Home to dinner. Saw the King of Spain & another in scarlet coming from Kensington Palace. No Doctor today. Friday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Roy up at 6.30am to breakfast with Stern. Saw procession from Barretts Boot Maker facing St James's Street. Spencer called in afternoon. M & self drove to Battersea Park & to Hyde Park after. Saw the King of Spain & another in scarlet. Has 3rd son born still. Saturday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Roy up very early 6.30 & went away to breakfast with Stern & to see the Piccadilly procession. They went to Marlow afterwards. M & self went to Doctor's. Coldish but lovely day. Back home at lunch. Taxey to Gaiety Theatre.
Saw matinée Our Miss Gibbs. Left for home 4.30. Tea. Rest till dinner. Spencer dined with M & self. Roy dined at Marlow. Sunday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Had had good night. M & self drove to Doctor. Good interview. Lunch. Phone from Gaiety. Box. Went 2.20, stayed with Nurse till 4.50. Home tea. King Edward's burial. M & self drove at 11.15 to the Zoo. Most heavenly morning. Hot. Back. Lunch. M, Nurse & self. Green at 5.30pm. Good dinner after. Spencer's egg brought & eaten at dinner. Bed at 10.20pm. Good night. M in my room. Roy at Marlow & Henley. Roy back 7.30pm & returned Marlow. Good night. Monday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Had had fair night. Lovely morning. Warmer. Nurse & self went to Doctor's. Had vibrator. Sat at side of Serpentine. Hot. Home. Lunch. Rest. Green at 3.0. Rest. Lady Monckton, Alice & Mrs Sington called. Bed 9.45. Good night. Slept well. M in room at 4.0am. Up 8.35am. (Cuttings inserted: Death of Alice Hallam. Death of Henry Harrisson. Death of Frederick Hayman. Death of Sir Alfred Hickman. The most expensive bureaucracy in the world. Obituary of Tom Browne, 17 March. Will of Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland, 18 March 1910. Obituary of Herbert Railton. The king's visit to Hall Barn, guest of Lord Burnham, Tuesday 25 Jany. Wedding of George Jacomb Hood to Rita de Rochepied-Larpont, with photograph. Letter from the Phillimore Estate re 24 Phillimore Mews.) Tuesday May 24 Stafford Terrace. M took me to Doctor's. Back. Lunch. Green came 3.30pm. Hilda Gibbes, Mrs Joachim, Conrad Cooke & Miss (illeg) called. Mervyn dined. Roy out. Good night. Wednesday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Nurse took me to Doctor's. Back. Lunch. Green came at 3.30pm. Nurse & self went to Punch Dinner at 6.15pm. 14 there. Milne new boy. O.S, self, L.R.H, F.H.T, C.G, R.C.L, M, P.A, L.B, E.V.L, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Home at 9.0pm. Bed 10.30pm. Thursday May 26 Stafford Terrace. M went with me to Doctor. Back. Lunch. Bright but cold. Sat side of Serpentine. Mrs Messel called. Roy dined out. Good night. Green came at 3.30. Friday May 27 Stafford Terrace. M & self went to Doctor. On Friday Nurse went to Doctor with me. No one called. Roy dined at home in good spirits. Bed at 10.30. Good night. Green came at 3.30pm. Saturday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Slept late. Glycerine. We got off to matinée 'When Nights are Bold' at Criterion Theatre. Back. Tea. Roy went to Marlow. Spencer dined. Bed 10.40. Good night. Dream of Lucy. No Doctor. No Green. Sunday May 29
Stafford Terrace. A good night. Up a little late. M & self got off to Zoo at 11.15am. Dull grey morning. Back lunch. Rest 2.30 to 4.30. Green 5.30pm. Rest 7.30. Down in Drawing Room.