Linley Sambourne's Diary, 1905

LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Notes and addresses in front of diary: Linley Sambourne 18 Stafford Terrace Kensington London W. If lost 5/s reward.

Store ticket 124473 For brass bound tubs etc favoured by Hamilton Fletcher 29/2/04: Edward Parkhouse, Antique Furniture Depot, 78 Old Tower Street, Plymouth.

Col Kennedy's cigars; Cosens & Co, 23 Wellington Street, Strand, London W.C. Acid for green globes: Muriatic, same as Hydrochloric.

Easton Park Shoots: January 1897, October 1897 January 1900, January 1901 December 1902, December 1903.

Tobacco, Lennie: Simpson, Princes Street, Edinborough.

John Brumfit, 13 St Swithins Lane. 84 Cannon St. 31 King William St E.C. Ballechin Shoots: 1898. Aug 14 to 20th. 1st Torrey, Miss Mulligan, Cyril Maude.

1899. Aug 21 to 26th. Richardson, Miss Metcalf, Torrey, Coates.

1900. Aug 18 to 34th. Pirries, Plover in mist "This is no place for me."

1901. Aug 25 to 31st. Corfield & Dalby, Young Barker, Miss Coates.

1902. Aug 12 to 21. Flies. Pirrie. Motor to Loch Rannoch.

1903. Aug 11 to 19. Torrey, Capt'n Stewart etc 1904. Aug 24 to 30. Motors. Very bad year. Wilsons, Mc Andrews, Cayzers.

1905. Aug A & N Managing Director: W.Phaysey Esqr Mrs Carter. 27 Barnsbury Pk, N. Athenaeum Secretary: Henry R.Tedder.

Armour, G.D. Etchelhampton House, Devon.

Bellini. Hanover Restaurant, 6 Mill St, W. Bonvoisin. 53 Rue Père Charron.

Camera Club Secy. Miss M Cormack.

Anderson, J.G.S.A.A & Co. 5 Fenchurch Avenue, E.C. Bingham, W. 15 Kenbourne Rd, Sharrow, Sheffield.

Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Sec Herbert Heather.

Crompton, Col R.Evelyn. Tripland, Kensington Court W. Beale Phipson K.C. Drumlanford, Barr Hill, Ayrshire.

Captain A.W.Churchward-Verbeck. 30 Boulevard des Italiens. Paris.

Bryson, Miss Constance Marguerite. Caroline Place, Birkenhead.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Billham. 13 Princetown Mansions, Bedford Row, W.C. Dallmeyer & Co. 25 Newman St, Oxford Street.

Easton Park Shoots: 1897. January 11th to 14th . Winfield, Mr & Mrs Hardy, Austin.

1897. October 25th to 29th .Priestley, Heyworth Savage etc. M. 1900. January 8th to 13th . Ivo Bligh, Newman, Nunkey etc.

1901. January 15 to 16th . Lord Orford, Coleridge Grove, Wagg, Hankey.

1902. January 7 to 11th . Sir Arthur Grant, Newman.

1902. December 24 to 30. Grants, Stracey, Newmans, Mansfields, Clarks.

1903. December 15 to 17. Sir Ed Lees, Hankey, Elphinstone, Clifford.

1905 January 9 to 13. Grants, Adml Rolfe, Sir H Seton Karr.

1905. December 4 to 6th . Sir Ed Lees, Sir C.Grove, Sir ? Murray, Col Lucas.

(Table of birds shot) Gloves. Tan Sabian 3/6.

Gotz, L.R. 215 Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C. Howlden, H Linley. Park Grange, Sheffield.

Harris, Walter H. Rustall Beacon, Tonbridge Wells.

Horlicke, Robt A. Arbrook Farm, Esher, Surrey.

Foley, Edward Thomas Foley Esquire of Stoke Edith, Hereford County. Born 21 Dec 1791, died 20 March 1896.

Married 16 August 1832, Lady Emily Graham 4th daughter of James 3rd Duke of Montrose. Born 23 June 1805, died 1 January 1900.

Graves, C.L. Charles L.Graves.

Green, Jos F. West Lodge, Blackheath, Exhibition Naval Shipping & Fisheries: Henry J.Thompson, Manager Press Dept, office near the main (Lillie Bridge) MacIlvaine, Clarence. 32 Portland Pl, W. Morris Bernard. 15 Coptall Avenue E.C. Ladders. J.H.Heatman & Co. 72 Rectory Rd, Parsons Green, S.W. McDonnell, The Hon Schomberg. H.M Office of Works, Storeys Gate S.W. Military Tournament. Capn G.A.Armytage. Press Box, Royal Agricultural Hall.

Lincoln Bennett & Co. W.J.See. John Baptist Soldi 1892, died 23 March 1898. Earlier Mr Johnson.

Lindley Tinsley. 14 Park Terrace, Nottingham.

Le Couteur, J. 16 Brook Street, Hanover Sq, W. Langley, H. Bedstone Court, Bucknell, Salop. R.S.O. Telegrams Brampton Brinn. Also Hopton Heath Station.

McLaren, Sir Charles B.B. Bodnant, Tal-y-Cafn, Denbighshire.

Morgan, Mrs A.H. 49 Melrose Gardens, West Kensington Park, W. Mount Edgecumbe, Earl of. P.C, G.C.S.O. 5 Victoria Street, S.W. Particulars given by Peter N.Orr, 19 Clementson Road, Sheffield.

Peter Orr senior died 9th January 1887. Wife (Theresa Layton) in 1895. Revd F.H.Layton died 21 Oct 1878. Elizabeth Orr's husband died Xmas 1903.

Robert Orr & wife live in Hampstead. Kate Layton married & died in India

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 leaving 1 son & 1 daughter. Bertha married George Maunder, 3 sons & 1 daughter. Peter Nicholson Orr. Old Water Colour Socy. 100 Great Russell St, London W.C. W.H.Porter Esq (Mumbler) Crumpsall Priory, Manchester.

Sir Chas.I.Owen. C.W.B Esqre Spooner, J. 379 in the Strand W.C. Raven Hill, L. Battle House, Bromham or Chippenham, Wiltshire.

Stace. 14 Hatfield Road, Ramsgate.

Taxes. George Howes, Office of Surveyor of. Wrights Lane, Kensington W. Soap. Courts Castile. 6 lb bar 3/3. 5 ½ lb bar, 6d lb. 2/9. 26 May 1905 Sands Hunter & Co. 20 Cranbourne St, W.C. Royal Academy waiters: Golden & Sanders.

Sutton, Arthur E. Shanks House, Wincanton, Somersetshire.

Swain, Joseph & Son. 157 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, E.C. Sintram Freemantle & Co. 217 Piccadilly.

Sullivan, Maud C. 6 Palmeira Square, Hove.

Townsend. 34 Cheyne Row, S.W. Spielmann, Lady. The Hyde, Nr Luton Stevens' Auction Rooms. 38 King St. J.C.Stevens Esqr. Friday Sep 1, no, the 4th Sep. F.H.Townsend. 34 Cheyne Row, Chelsea.

Sands Hunter & Co. 37 Bedford St, W.C. H.Carter.

Art Union of London. Things worth copying from 1849 to 1882.

1849 page 114.

1850 page 8, 161.

1852 page 104.

1853 page 228 1855 page 188 1857 page 64 1865 page 23-56 1862 page 188 1869 page 28 1874 page 68 - 100 1880 page 140 1881 page 290.

Waterbury Watches. Allan Ross & Co. 66 H.V, E.C. Watney, Vernon. 'Faunich', Loch Luichart, Rosshire, N.B. Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Nr Oxford.

Washing. Mrs Hart, Orchard Laundry, Rothschild Road, Acton, Middlesex.

White, A.J. 74 Jermyn St, St James's.

Barnal Osborne's epigram on Gladstone acting as High Commissioner on cession of the Ionian Islands to Greece, 1863-4. Greeks delighted & had block of marble for Woolner to do statue of Gladstone.

"Whilst Woolner's hand in Classic mode Shaping the Premier's pate is, Hellas in joyful gratitude Sends us her Glad-stones gratis.

Oh! could this country stone for stone Return the gift genteely How gladly would we send our own Gladstone to Hellas - freely."

Given on board 'Orient' Monday 20 March.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Sunday January 1 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.20. Difficulty with bath. Routh in it. Down. Out. Stroll with Mrs Routh. Lovely bright sun but cold. Breakfast. After wrote many letters & cards. H & others went to church. Back 12.20. After walk round back of house. Lunch. Routh's story of the eggs shied at 2 judges. Meant for Bacon, Vice Chancellor. At 2.20 started in motor & delightful run over downs to Stonehenge. Another motor there. Fine sunset. Took 10 photos inside on altar stone. Very intelligent policeman. Cap blew off & found in the car. Back at 5.30. Tea. Read book on Stonehenge by Stukely 1722 till 7.15pm.

Dressed. Dinner. Sat next Tabs. Very quiet evening after. Bed at 11.0pm.

Routh (illeg) on stories against judges etc. "Don't you dare to speak to me Sir". Fall of Port Arthur at 9.0pm this evening. The young man who came with me yesterday was Long Challoner nephew of Walter Long. (Red ink across page: Motored with Routh & Fletcher & at last saw Stonehenge. Took photos.) (Cutting glued in: Fall of Port Arthur. Tuesday Jany 3.)

Monday January 2 Pyt House, Tisbury. Called at 7.0am. Had felt squeamish in the night. Up. Bath. Dressed in thick suit, gaiters & down to breakfast 8.45. Good. Gareth in a shop suit said he was disgusted with the day & loathed his suit. Good bye to Routh. Off in the Mercedes motor with H & 2 loaders. 14 miles to shoot of 7 guns. H & self, 2 men in puttees, a parson called 'The Bishop', Jack Bennet & Mrs J.B. Also a cousin in Hoby's boots. Before lunch 5 drives. Got only 2 birds & 1 hare. 2nd bird had shot at 3rd beat 2½ hrs before. Picked it up myself.

Lunch in a chalk pit. Good. 5 beats after. Got 2 more birds & a hare. 2 brace & 2 hares all I got all day. Long walk over ploughed field. Motored home, very cold. There 6.20. Letter from Sandringham. Also after tea news of fall of Port Arthur. 4 men arrived. Hot bath. Dressed. Dinner 8.0pm. Took Tabs in again.

They danced after till 12.25am. Got History of Warminster. Curious hamlet of Sambourne near it. Bed 11.30. (Red ink across page: Shoot on the Wiltshire Downs. Bitterly cold.)

Tuesday January 3 Pyt House, Tisbury. Called 9.0am. Lay awake. No bath. After down & out.

Saw statue. Talk to Major Fisher-Rowe. Breakfast 10.0am & wrote letters after. 4 guns went out & got snipe, coots, pigeon, rabbit & 1 cock pheasant.

Lunch 1.30 & then at 2.20 Tabs & self & Dorothy Shakespeare & Gwen left, they getting out at Salisbury. On to town & arrived home in a 4 wheeler at 5.50. Letters etc. Otley there. Wire asked for Punch Office. Wrote letters & dined by myself at 7.15. Went in carriage to the Duke of York's Theatre & saw Barrie's Peter Pan. Did not think much of it. Large box to myself. To Garrick after. A man there who had been also. Talk to him & home by carriage. Bed at 12.30am. Roy at Salisbury Ball. (Red ink: Came up from Pyt House. Dined by self alone & went to see 'Peter Pan' Barrie's new play.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Phil Davies to Olga Beatty-Kingston.)

Wednesday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. My birthday. Quite alone & 61 years old today.

Wires & letters. Out for walk. Back. After wrote & put things straight. Gave up C.C. Packed for Monday. Lunch. After developed 10 plates of Stonehenge.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Rest. Dressed & left at 5.0 in the carriage for Ross's Hatters & on to C.C & Garrick. Wrote 2 letters & walked to Punch Dinner. Phil A, F.C.B, self, C.L.G, O.S, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Health drunk. After long discussion got cartoon of Japan to do. Left after talk with Partridge & home by bus. Roy home. Bed 1.15am. Waiters £1, sergeant 10/s, Garrick 5/s. (Red ink: Xmas boxing all round.)

Thursday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out. Saw Old W in Holland Walk. Very wet. Sent Otley to Miss Huxley. Breakfast. Schemed subject & left 10.30 & by cab to C.C. At 11.30 photod Miss H for Japan. 1 doz Ilford ½ plates. Out 12.30 & home by cab. Developed them. Wire from M to say returning 1.40. Lunch 2.20 by self. Dear M back 2.10pm. Enlarged by 4.0pm. Wrote letters. M out in carriage. Worked up to 8.30. Made a mess of drawing sun with dotting drawing pen. M, Roy & self dined together. Roy went after to Lady Critchett's dance. (Red ink: M came up from Balcombe. Roy went to Lady Critchett's Ball. Photod Miss Huxley at Camera Club.)

Friday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out. Met Old W in Holland Walk. Went down H.W into Kensington. Back & met band. All day at work on drawing of Japan & Port Arthur. Finished 9.45. Successful figure. M, Roy & self dined together at 10.0. To bed tired at 1.30 after snooze. Read Stonehenge in Pearsons.

Died G.W.Hemmings K.C, John Tenniel's friend, aged 83. Told by his son Sunday Feby 5 1905.

Saturday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.40. All watches wrong. Dropped my Waterbury at head of bed. Out round Hornton St. Breakfast. After tidied up & put photos away.

Lovely day & morning quite warm like spring. No fire. Lunch. Left with M at 3.50 in carriage to Victoria. Down to Balcombe. An Italian Cavalliere at station. To house. Donna Linda & Geoff there again. Also Fitzroy. Saw Ann in her bath. After stuck diary etc. Dinner 8.0pm. Took Donna Linda in. Crackers etc. Charades after. Bed 12.15. Poked the fire out. Very curious dreams.

Lennie silly about drinking my health. (Red ink: M & self went to Balcombe.

An Italian Cavalliere met us at station.)

Sunday January 8 Balcombe House. Up at 9.10. Ineffectual effort to get bath. Breakfast. Donna L & Geoff & the Cavallieri. After wrote letters etc. Finished Theatres in this book. At 12.0 took M for walk round by quarry & woods. Lunch. After Lennie, M, Mite, self, Florence W, Donna L, the Cavallieri & Geoff all went for walk & round the Red Road. Back by 4.30. Tea. Mr & Mrs Heyward Booth there.

Little Ann dressed up as Bo-Peep. In room & squared remaining prints till dinner time. Dinner. After all came down in costume. Geoff good as the Duke of York. Charade acted after. The word M.I.L. Marat, Ishmael & K. Louis 13th . Bed at 11.15pm. Very sleepy & tired. Slept well. (Red ink: Walk with Cavallieri in afternoon. Charades.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Monday January 9 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. Bath & down to breakfast. All down. Off in trap by 9.25, Lennie saying he would be late. Drove in haste to station. Heaps of time. Saw Major Lister & son. Up to town talking to Cavallieri. Otley met me with cart. Heavy rain. Home. Wrote letters etc & off with Otley in 4 wheeler.

Called C.C. 1 letter. To Liverpool Street. No E.J at buffet. Caught the 3.25.

Otley in 1st class. One other youth in carriage who slept all the way & went on further than Wickham Market. Carriage at W.M & went on to Easton Park with Admiral Rolfe. Sir Henry Seton Karr came later. Dressed. Dinner. After played pool. Divided one & won a few shillings. Bed at 12.0. Window open. Same room with loud striking clock. House party: Sir Arthur & Lady Grant, Captain Grant, Sir Henry Seton-Karr & Admiral Rolfe, self. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe. Went down to Easton Park taking Otley.)

Tuesday January 10 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 8.10. Down 9.0. Wore whipcord suit, brown vest & leather cap. Very good breakfast. Started 10.5am on a lovely bright fresh morning. Got 3 birds 1st stand. Not very good luck. 14 pheasants, 2 partridges, 1 hare, 1 rabbit all day. 7 guns, Mr Smith (agent) Sir H.Seton Karr, Sir Arthur Grant, Captain Grant, Lucas, self & Admiral Rolfe. Park Shoot. Left off at 4.30. Home. Changed. Wrote letters. Tea. After dressed.

Dinner 8.15pm. Took Claret. Drawing Room. Pool after. 1.5 Pool. 2.4. Won 5/6. In room at 12.0am. Delightful day. (Red ink: 1st days shoot Wickham Market. Bad luck & poor sport for the Park shoot.) (Cutting glued in: Succession to Irish honours. Tues 10 Jan.) Wednesday January 11 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 8.15. Bath. Fine morning, much warmer. Wore olive suit. Breakfast. After at 10.0am all left & walked.

Partridge drive. I was the only one who got at the birds. Got 1, on to shoot cock pheasants. Got 4 & again 4. Then a good stand of 9. 1 other before lunch. 19. Then 3. Then 3 more & at osier bed 3 more, 1 hen, making 28 pheasants. Also got 1 brace partridges, 1 hare, 1 rabbit. Most delightful day & weather. Sir Henry Seton-Karr taking photos. Walked home. Changed. Tea. Wrote letters, D'Arcy & also Buckles. Looked over P & O & the Orient papers.

After dinner. Champagne. Good talk & took Mrs Lucas in. After young Grant went to bed. Seton Karr had colley wobbles. Played 2 games Pool 4. Won 1/6. Lucas lost & did not like it. Wrote diary. (Red ink: 2nd days shoot Wickham Market. Beaters day. Osier beds.)

Thursday January 12 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up 8.0. Letters. Bath. Herring bone grey suit.

Most lovely day. Off 10.0am. Same guns. Began with sun in eyes. Bad luck all day, 1 pheasant, 2 hares up to lunch. Lobster & also very good Mulligatawny soup. After got 1 woodcock & 3 pheasants, 8 head in all. Left off 4pm in field near house. Back. Tea & letters. One letter evidently not delivered in morning by Otley. After dressed & went in with Lucas. Good dinner, Champagne. A young volunteer who lived at Clapham Common & married one of the parson's daughters dined. After played 2 Pools. Divided one & discovered had lost ½ a sovereign on going to bed. Packed. Sleep at

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 12.15. Read autobiography of Hubert Pasha. (Red ink: 3rd & very poor day’s shoot at Wickham Market. Woodcock. Roy went down to Pyt House.)

Friday January 13 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Otley called me 6.45am. Down. Breakfast 7.45. Found Admiral Rolfe had my half sovereign. I had paid it by mistake. All left for station at 8.20 & up to town. Lucas also. Foggy morning in London.

Good bye. Otley's cab at the station. Drove to Garrick by noon & sent Otley home. 2 wires C.C. Settled for E.D to wire to this. To Club. Lunch with Carr, Scoones, Beetle. Also Wicks who was looking 20 years older. Had been ill.

Coffee. After met Vernon Watney. On to C.C. Waited an hour. No good & dark. Left 3.50 & on by bus Argyll R. Tea in Morning Room. Looked at papers.

Roy back. Dressed. Dinner at 6.45 & after drove in carriage to the Gaiety Theatre. Young Grant there. Orchid amusing. To the Garrick after. Whiskey & soda. Saw & introduced Grant to Lord Cork. Chudleigh there. Man in electric motor. Left 11.50 & home by carriage. Bed tired at 12.30am. (Red ink: Came up from Easton Park. Went to Gaiety Theatre with Roy & Captain Grant. Roy returned from Pyt.) Saturday January 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Fine morning. Out for walk with Rags. Spoke to girl with King Charles's. Breakfast. After in morning printed nearly all back plates.

Bright sun. M back 12.45 in cab from Balcombe. Lunch. Asked Spencer to dine tomorrow. Left 1.50 in carriage for Vaudeville Theatre, M & self. Saw 'The Catch of the Season'. Pretty girl in star part. Louie Pound etc. Vulgar Seymour Hicks. Out at 5.0pm & walked to Walls. Got sausages etc. Walked to carriage at Hyde Park Corner. Got 10/3 worth fruit at Walls, cream etc. Tea 6.10pm. M saw George Boughton in Pall Mall. Last time alas! driving to the Vaudeville. (Red ink: M & self went to the matinée of The Catch of the Season at the Vaudeville.) (Cutting glued in: Associates elected to the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. Sat 14 Jan.) Sunday January 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0. Bitterly cold east wind. Out & walked to General P.O & sent wire to ask Onslow F's to dine with us. Round C.H with Rags. Met girl with King Charles's. Breakfast. Printed blues after. At 12.0 by bus to H.P.C. Walked home. Met H.Schonely. Lunch. Put Electric Lights right. Up in room.

Rest & wrote letters. Very cold. After at 8.0pm Captain Grant, Mr & Mrs Wolfram Ford, Spencer, M, Roy & self dined. Bitterly cold night. Good dinner, 3 bottles of Champagne drunk. All left early. Spencer asked Grant to dinner tomorrow. Bed at 12.30 after a snooze. (Red ink: Dinner at home to Fords & Captain Grant.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Cairns. Mon 16 Jany.)

Monday January 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Bitterly cold. Met L 1st time since December 24th.

Also dogs. After home. Breakfast. In morning put away & dated all blues etc accumulated since September. Lunch. Went up by bus to Ross's. Looked at cameras. Very cold & freezing rain. Back 4.15. Tea by self. After went on sorting blues. M, Roy & self dined. Morning Room after. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Warmer. (Red ink: At breakfast a letter to Roy announcing Evelyn

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Fletcher's engagement to Major Fisher Rowe.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of George Buckle to Beatrice Earle.)

Tuesday January 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Met L. Slippery. Colder again. Back Stafford Terrace. Breakfast, after on with blues & plates. Lunch. Developed 16 films of the sisters Woodcock & felt the cold strike me in hut. Up in room. No rest.

Began to re-arrange plates in black boxes. M up after. No one called. Stuck numbers on boxes. Dinner 8.0pm. Lennie & Mite with us. Drank Bernkasteler Doctor. Cigars. They left at 10.30. Wrote 2 letters, Spencer & Club. Bed at 12.0. Very cold again. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite dined with us.) (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Colonel Henry Somerset. Death of Elizabeth Hicks. Death of George Hicks. Death of Katharine Hicks.)

Wednesday January 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Colder & frost. Felt unaccountably tired & seedy.

Out. Met L. Breakfast. Undid Store tobacco. Wrote Buckle etc. Up in room. M & Harrods man. Sorted plates. After M & self lunched & went in carriage to the Haymarket Theatre & saw Beauty & the Barge. Out & put M in the carriage. Kolnicht at the play. Garrick. Letters & walked to Punch Dinner.

Bought a letterweight in Fleet Street 3/6. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Raven Hill suggesting impossible cartoons.

Also said I had given him the opportunity of doing a fine cartoon. Oh! Left at 11.15 & home by bus. Very cold. Bed 12.30am. Marcus Stone & Boughton at dinner somewhere. Perfectly well. Poor Boughton died tomorrow. (Red ink: Went to the Haymarket Theatre.)

Thursday January 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Dull. Cold morning out. Out & after breakfast schemed drawing of Bear Skating. Wired Hilton not to come. Great difficulty in getting photo from Otley & frightfully cold developing & enlarging. Finished by 3.30 & up in room. Got on very well. Put some in in ink & M, Roy & self dined at 8.45. Cold in Drawing Room after. Bed 12.0am. News of frightful railway disaster in which poor Robert Brough lost his life & George Boughton died in his Studio this day. Doubly sad. (Cutting glued in: Death of William S.Gladstone.)

Friday January 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out. Young friend looking for L. 1st time. Back & all day at work on drawing of Bear Skating. Finished at 9.30pm. In morning Otley told me of poor Boughton's death. Much shocked. Also wire from Sargent saying he was going to Sheffield Royal Infirmary to see Robert Brough. M, Roy & self at dinner at 10.0pm. Rest & bed after. (Cuttings glued in: Photograph of Robert Brough. Richard Woodville's creditors. F 20 Jan. Telegram from Sergent - 'Am going to Sheffield Royal Infirmary to see Brough'.)

Saturday January 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out. Met no one except Keith. Breakfast. After went on sorting 8½ x 5 plates & at 12.30 dressed & went up to lunch with

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Spencer at Junior N & M Club, 96 Piccadilly. Met Admiral Keppel & 2 others.

Met A.K in Paris 1900. Very good lunch. Out & took the Admiral to a play at Daly's Theatre, The Cingalee. Isabel Jay delightful. Walked to top of Park.

Got sausages & fruit, cream etc. At 8.0 young Boss Bergne dined & stayed till 11.0pm. Cold gloomy evening but bright & fine in morning. Met Keppel Tuesday June 5 1900. (Red ink: Lunched with Spencer at Junior Naval & Military Club. Went to 'The Cingalee'.) (Cutting glued in: Bancruptcy of R.C.Woodville. F 20 Jan.) Sunday January 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out. Met Pepys Cockerell who told me of poor Robert Brough's death. Dreadful. Back. Breakfast. After letters took M for walk, going by bus to H.P.C. Met no one. Good lunch. Fish. After rest. Cold in room. At 4.0 went on sorting ½ plates. At 5.30 Spencer up in room. The Dietz's called. Dressed 6.50 & went in carriage with M to the Carlton & dined at a composite dinner, Mr & Mrs Kendal & the Heilbuts. M's dress pretty. Mr & Mrs K, Sir D.Straight, Heilbuts, McKennas, Miss Fortescue, Lena Ashwell, Weedon Grossmith, Captain Marshall, Alexanders, Marion Terry, Sir Brian & Lady Seton, Mrs Edmonds, selves, Helen Aynesworth, Courtenay & others.

32 in all. 4 tables. Flowers different colours. Very good dinner & cheery evening. All turned out at 11.0pm. Home by carriage. Roy on steps. Snooze in chair till 1.0pm. Bed. (Red ink: Dull gloomy day. M & self dined at the Carlton with the Kendals.)

Monday January 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5. M remained in bed. Frightfully dark morning. Out. L & friend. Went back. Breakfast. Many letters & Stores. After all day sorting plates & putting in black boxes etc. M, Roy & self dined quietly at 6.0pm. M & self went after in carriage to His Majesty's Theatre getting there 7.15pm to see the Dress Rehearsal of 'Much Ado about Nothing'. Tree as Benedict, Miss Winifred Emery as Beatrice. Roy came in at 10.20 & saw the scene at the church. Not good on the whole. Saw E.T.Reed & wife, Mrs Tree & Sir Edward Lechenere. Also Cyril M & children. Left in carriage at 11.10 & home.

(Red ink: M & self went to Dress Rehearsal of Much Ado about Nothing.)

(Cutting glued in: Obituary of Robert Brough. M 23 Jan.) Tuesday January 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out with Rags. Met L & friend. Dull dark morning.

Wired to put off G.T & went on all day sorting plates etc, putting into black boxes. Callers. M, self & Roy dined quietly in the evening. Drawing Room after. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cuttings glued in: New President of Ordnance Committee. T 24 Jany. Marriage of Clifford Aveling to Ethel Parke.)

Wednesday January 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out. Met L. Back. Breakfast. After in morning printed & rested. Left 11.30 & up by bus to C.C. Called at Burnets & got stockings. After to lunch at the Garrick. Corner table full. Talk. Met Furniss.

Coffee & at the C.C by 11.34. At 2.0 G.T came. Photod her 3rd time. Good model. Out at 4.0 & by bus to Ross's at Bond St. Then to Athenaeum Club for 1st time since last July. Only one letter except those sent by self. Sent cheque

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 to Maples. Tea. Left at 6.35. Saw Bill Weigall. Walked to Punch Dinner.

F.C.B, self, Graves, O.S, R.L, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Got cut of Czar as Death & Russian Workman. Not a bad evening. Left 11.15. Home by bus.

Curious woman who talked about pills got in bus, out at Piccadilly. Conrad arrived during the day. Bed 12.0 after reading. (Red ink: Conrad arrived.)

(Cutting glued in: Review of Much Ado about Nothing.)

Thursday January 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Met L with a bevy of school girls. After breakfast. Conrad. Fine morning. Sent Messenger Boy to May's for costume.

At 11.30 photod Conrad in robes & Otley as Russian Workman. Developed & got all ready by 3.15. Worked from 4.0 to 6.0pm when dressed & went by Met Rly to Fishmongers Hall & dined. Sat next Abbey & a man called C.W.Wickstead who knew Langley, Foley, Fisher Rowe etc. Poor dinner & long. Herkomer, Fildes & Brock opposite. Left & home by Met. Got cigarettes out of slot & matches. Read & to bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Dined next Abbey at Fishmongers Hall. Met Poynter.) (Cutting glued in: Charitable donation from Edward Heron Allen.)

Friday January 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Met L by herself. Back. Breakfast. Conrad.

Roy very bad cold. After at work all day on drawing of Death & Russian Workman. Cold. Finished after hard day at 10.15. M, Conrad & self dined, Roy at Stern's, settling about going to Monte Carlo. Bed 2.0am after snooze in chair in Morning Room. (Cutting glued in: Dinner at Fishmongers Hall. Sat 28 Jany.)

Saturday January 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. Out for walk. After breakfast put photos away & also printed a number of blues of Woodcocks etc. Lunch. At 2.30 M & self went in the carriage to Colosseum. Could not get in for the crowd. Then to the Garrick. Saw Little Black Sambo & little white Barbara. Delightful dancer. Miss Madge Titheredge. Out & to Walls. M gave decrepit old woman 2d. 'Would you accept this?'. To top of Row. Carriage there & on home by Butts etc. Looked over Times. Had felt very short of breath. Dinner, M, Conrad, Roy & self. Quiet evening after. Roy's cold had been very bad in the morning. (Red ink: M & self went to see 'Little Black Sambo'.)

Sunday January 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.55. Lovely bright morning & the barometer higher than I have ever seen it . Out for walk. Met Talbot. Breakfast. Roy's sausages. Up in room after. After at 12.15 walked M to top of Row. Lovely morning. Met Loring & his wife. Put M in bus. Apple green lady in velveteen. To Athenaeum by home Park. Guardsman in light overcoat. Lunched. Most expensive. After wrote letters all afternoon. Felt shortness of breath. Saw Briggs, Professor.

Left seven 10 & home by bus. Mrs Gibson & Conrad dined with M & self. She left 10.30. Roy at Mr Stern's. Bed 11.45. Major Fisher Rowe, Evelyn & young Krabbes called. Mrs Gibson dined, M, Conrad & self. (Red ink: Most extraordinary high barometer, almost out of scale. 1/8 inch off highest in

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Lower Hall.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Catherine, Countess of Stamford and Warrington.)

Monday January 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out with Rags. Took no note of L. Back.

Breakfast. After all day sorting plates & re-boxing ½ plates. Warm. M, Con, Roy & self dined. In Morning Room after. Very warm in room. Bed fairly early.

Strange dream in chair. (Red ink: Quiet day at home sorting plates. M went to Dr Abrahams.)

Tuesday January 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Walk. No L. Breakfast. After M & self got off at 10.15 & went by Met Rly to the Monument & caught the 11.13 train for Tilbury Docks from Fenchurch St. Met Isidore Spielmann in the Met Rly. Dull journey.

Went on board the 'Orient'. Greatly disappointed with our cabins 131-2-3.

Lunch & such a lunch! Oh! on board the 'Omrah' & looked over it. Back by the 2.54. Carriage at Fenchurch St. Home to Stafford Terrace by 3.50. Changed.

Letters & plates. Many callers. Roy & Con out. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Con back very seedy. Roy late. (Red ink: M & self went to Tilbury Docks to see the 'Orient'. Greatly disappointed with cabin 131. Lunched on the 'Omrah' & home.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Catherine Coutess of Stamford and Warringon. Tuesday Jany 31.)

Wednesday February 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out. Met L & Red Cap. Conrad not down, very seedy. Roy late to City. Going south on Friday. All morning sorting plates up to lunch time. After M & Conrad went to Hippodrome. Self followed by bus.

Lovely morning. Roy in box after. Good sea lions & seals. Out. Roy & Con had gone to the Garrick. M, self & Con walked to Athenaeum, M going to the Armstrongs. Wrote letters at the Athenaeum & saw Austin Dobson. After walked to the 'Punch' Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, O.S, Lawrence Bradbury back from wedding trip, Lucas, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Got my subject soon, Partridge's a long time. Left 11.0 & home by bus. Uneventful journey.

(Red ink: M, Con & Roy & self at the Hippodrome in afternoon.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Adeline Leech. The wife of Prince Henry of Pless, of a son.)

Thursday February 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on bicycle 1st time since Wednesday 16 November. Went up Redcliffe Gardens etc. No A. Back past school & over Palace Gardens. Breakfast. Roy preparing to go to Monte Carlo. Conrad.

Schemed subject after of Emperor of Russia & Mikado. Wrote to J.F.Green.

Delayed. 12.45 before got in yard. Boy late with May's costume. Had to turn back with cab. Did not get done & up in room till 4.0pm. Much put out. After worked till 7.45. Dressed & Hamilton Fletcher, Mite & Lennie, Conrad, M, self & Roy dined. A good evening. 2 bottles Perrier Jouet. They left at 11.0. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. Roy out with Stern. (Red ink: Hamilton Fletcher & Mite & Lennie dined.) (Cutting glued in: Appointments to the High Court. T Feb 2.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Friday February 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am & out on bicycle past school. Saw Grinner.

Back. Breakfast. Roy preparing to go south. He left at 10.0am. Conrad at breakfast. All day at drawing of Czar of Russia & Mikado. Finished 10.0pm.

Last night of Marie? Dined, M sitting with me. Con had been taken ill & had to go to bed. M drove up & saw Tabbie at the Claridges Hotel. Never asked after Con. Bed tired at 12.30am. (Red ink: Con taken ill & went to bed in evening.

Roy left at 10.0am for Monte Carlo.)

Saturday February 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on bicycle short turn round Park with Rags.

Conrad ill in bed, Miss White having stayed with him all night. Breakfast. After wrote cheques & letters. Complained to Barkers about wine. Wrote F.C.B about trip to the east. After left in carriage & drove to Rules. Lunched on chop. Proprietor civil but a nuisance. I signed a Vanity Fair cartoon for him.

After M & self went on to Drury Lane & saw 'The White Cat'. Marie George, Queenie Leighton & Marie and Harry Randall good. Saw Burdett Coutts. Had a talk with him. Out 5.20 & home by bus. Bought fruit. Tea. Saw Con in bed.

Went in carriage & dined with Lennie & Mite. Felt sleepy & tired. Dull evening.

M & self dined at Mite's after lunch at Rules & going to the Pantomime.

Sunday February 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & cycled over Hammersmith Bridge. Fresh morning, westerly wind. No time to put away photos. Took M for walk up Row & in bus. Walked on to Garrick. Warm. Lunch on chop, good. To C.C & changed films. To Athenaeum by 3.0pm. Wrote letters till 7.0pm when home by bus. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Wirgman & Arthur Linley dined with us. No one took wine & Mrs W 2 potatoes. An extremely dull evening. They left at 11.0pm.

(Red ink: The Wirgmans & Arthur Linley dined with us. Dull slow dinner. Con in bed.) (Cutting glued in: Remains of Sir Albert à Beckett brought to England.

M 6 Feby.)

Monday February 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle to Redcliffe Gardens. Back at 9.15. Breakfast after at 9.45. A hansom cab drove up & young Furrell came.

Extremely annoyed & put out. All morning putting things away. Also bothered with plates etc. Conrad still ill in bed. Lunch. After rested in room. Felt very tired. At 6.0 drove with M to see a sculptor H. Wood in his studio. Work fairly good. Back by 7.15. Good Punch. Dinner, M, young Furrell & self. Con still in bed. Effie came to see him in afternoon. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Young Furrell arrived at 10.0am in morning.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of the late Dr Robson Roose.)

Tuesday February 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out for walk. Drizzle of rain. Missed Old W & L. Saw girl with dogs. Back. Young Furrell at breakfast. After all day printing & tidying up boxes of plates etc. Dressed at 5.30 & went up for 1st ride in a motor bus from the church to Circus. Called Garrick. Saw Furniss, Marshall Hall etc. Walked to Savoy. Schomberg McDonnell guest at Boz Club.

Separated. Slow dinner. Long speeches. Good food. Next to Gow's back.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 H.F.Dickens speech the best. Out & walked with Schomberg McDonnell to Athenaeum. Carriage home. Dropped him at Cadogan Gardens. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Went & took Schomberg McDonnell as guest to Boz Club dinner at the Savoy.) (Cuttings glued in: Mr Rider Haggard will leave for New York. Sir Francis Jeune not so well. T Feb 7.)

Wednesday February 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out for walk. Met L & friend. Back. Breakfast.

Young Furrell there. After put things straight & printed blues. M went to lunch at Mrs Fletcher Moulton's. Went up to C.C & Garrick by motor bus. Lunch with Cyril Spottiswood. To C.C. At 2.30 photod G.T 4th time. Good model. Out & to Athenaeum. Wrote letters. Walked to the Punch Dinner. Letter from F.C.B about eastern trip. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Lucy read paper saying he resigned Boz Club. Good dinner. Got subject of Palace Green & Arthur Balfour as Milkmaid. Home by bus.

(Cuttings glued in: Guests at the Boz Club dinner. Adolf von Menzel suffering from influenza. Feby 8.)

Thursday February 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Could not drive to Westminster before breakfast.

Walked over C.H. Met L. 'That's my business'. After back. Furrell at breakfast.

Con down. Drove at 9.15 or 9.35 rather in dog cart to Westminster. Photod railings. Could not get into Palace Green. Saw place where old women were evicted from. Back 10.40. Developed plates. Went on & finished by 4.0pm.

Con left at 3.0pm. Worked from 5.30 to 8.15, M in my room. Dinner, M, self & H.F. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Photod Palace Green.)

Friday February 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.55 & out on cycle. Back 9.5. Band. Rags had been rolling. After went to work all day at Balfour and Milk Woman & Punch.

Finished at 10.15pm. Dined, M, Herbert Furrell & self. Bed at 1.30 after snooze. H.F stayed up till 12.0pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Adolf Menzel.)

Saturday February 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & very tired. After walk with old Rick & Rags. Got a cat at Campden Hill Houses. Loathsome tramp. Back. Breakfast. After printed 60 blues, Tower armour, children etc. Lunch & in carriage to Palace Theatre. Saw a very good programme. Young F with us. Admirable conjuror etc. Out & walked to Hyde Park Corner. Saw Lockett Agnew with his arm in a sling. After got fruit, met Alfred Parsons. Home. Tea. M, H.Furrell & self dined. Very tired after. Bed 11.40pm. (Red ink: M, young Furrell & self went in afternoon to matinée at the Palace Theatre. Good.)

Sunday February 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out on cycle 9.15. Went to Hammersmith. Met no one. Cold east wind. Young Furrell went to Westminster Abbey. Printed blues till 11.45 when Lennie & Mite called in motor & we went off to Virginia Water & lunched. Not been there since Punch dinner 20 odd years ago. Also in 1877 & 1871. Back home by 4.30. Tea. Bitterly cold. Up in room writing

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 letters. At 8.0 Captain Adrian Jones & Mrs Jones & also young McKinley & Herbert Furrell dined. A slow unpleasant evening. M not pleased with McKinley. They left at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Adrian Jones & wife & young McKinley dined.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Margaret Ritchie. Death of E.C.Robson Roose. Obituary of Dr Robson Roose. Mon 13 Feby.)

Monday February 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle round school & Palace Gardens. After all day printing blues etc & boxes. M, Herbert F & self dined quietly. Bed at 11.30 after reading. (Cutting glued in: Photograph of the late G.H.Boughton.)

Tuesday February 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out for walk with Rags. Met Old W in Holland Walk. No money is passed. Herbert F at breakfast. After all day printing & sorting boxes etc. At 7.0 Anstey Guthrie came to dine & M, he & Herbert F & self all went to the Imperial Theatre & saw King Henry 5th . Very good.

Molleson a good Pistol. Also Lewis Waller King. Pretty French Princess, Miss Sarah Brook. Home by carriage. Snack & bed. (Red ink: Missed the Royal College of Surgeons of England dinner by mistake. Guthrie dined & we went to see King Henry 5th at the Imperial Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: Funeral of Adolf von Menzel.)

Wednesday February 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on bicycle past school & over Hill.

Breakfast. Herbert F. M remained in bed all day, gastric attack. Went on with blues & plates all day. Young Herbert F left at 2.30pm. Dressed at 5.0 & left for P.D. Called Turnbull & Asser's & walked to C.C & Garrick. On to P.D. F.C.B, self, Graves(C.L.) R.L, O.S, P.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Long weary discussion. Got cut of Sword of Damocles, Partridge Stage Infant. Left at 10.40 & home by the carriage all the way. Bed at 12.0, thankful. H.F.gone.

(Cutting glued in: Obituary of Louis Huth. 15 Feby.)

Thursday February 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & walk with Rags. Talk to Turncock & met L in passage. Turned round. Water & Rags after. M stayed in bed all day. Mite called in morning. Schemed subject of Damocles. Sent Otley to Mays & Hilton came at 12.0. Otley had seen the same subject in 'The Star'. Got the paper.

Spoilt my 'go' of the cut. Developed & ready by 5.0pm. Sent Otley on bicycle after F.C.B who had called. Worked till 8.30. Dined 8.45 by self. Letter from F.C.B to say go on with subject. Bed at 12.0. Very tired. (Red ink: My cut appeared in the Echo last night, The Sword of Damocles.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Boughton.)

Friday February 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Tired & livery. Walk. Rags & cat. L.L & friend gracious. Back & breakfast. M got up at 12.0 & went for drive. Lovely sunny day. Printed 12 or 14 blues of Ballechin 1904. Went on to work & finished drawing of Sword of Damocles at 10.10pm. M in my room. Dined 10.20 & rest

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 in chair till 1.30am when to bed. (Cuttings glued in: Death of William Nembhard. Feby. Obituary of Major General William Nembhard.)

Saturday February 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Tired. Shaved, dressed in thinner flannel. Walk with Rags. After breakfast got on cycle to Hammersmith Bridge. Saw A.Parkes. No good. Back by Lillie Road. Printed blues. Came over dark.

Lunch. After M & self drove up & went to Wyndham's Theatre at 2.0pm & saw Captain Marshall’s play The Lady of Leeds. Not so good as usual.

W.Grossmith & Nancy P(illeg). Carriage in Garrick St. Saw Mr Marriott. He came to our box. Bought fruit & ham. Home. Stuck labels on ¼ plate boxes.

Dinner, M & self. Morning Room & rest after. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to see The Lady of Leeds. Not good.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of General Lew Wallace. Friday 17 Feby.)

Sunday February 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0 & out for walk up Hornton St. Back. Breakfast. At 11.20 took M over Holland Walk & up Notting Hill Square for walk. Lovely bright morning. Met Spencer & Hilda in Stafford Terrace. After went by bus to C.C & lunched at the Garrick Club. Chop. At 2.30 Miss N.Sutherland came.

Lady model. Fairly good. Out & to Athenaeum. Tea & many letters. Left 7.15pm & home by bus. Lennie & Mite dined, L's birthday. 2 bottles Ayala.

Cheery evening. M had made £50 & Roy £40. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite dined.

Lennie's birthday.)

Monday February 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out for walk. Met pair L's in C.H. Back.

Breakfast. After all morning tidying up etc. Put plates in black boxes up to lunch. Herbert Furrell to lunch. Cold north wind. Went on all afternoon. M & self dined quietly alone at 8.15. Bed after. Good Punch. Bed 12.0am. (Cutting glued in: Appointments to the High Court. Feby 21.)

Tuesday February 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Lovely morning. Met pair L's. Gave Old W 1½d.

Back. Met 3 Kittens after. Began to print Padstow at 9.30. M out in carriage at 10.45. After all morning printing. Went on to try camera at 11.45 till 1.0. Took one only. Indignant little girl. M late for lunch. Rest & after put phos in boxes.

Left at 4.15 & to Garrick. Wrote letters. Stern elected. Left & by bus to Beale & Inmans. Fair lady like Lily H. Home by bus. Harrison told me that I had missed the Hunterian dinner last Tuesday. Very much annoyed. Back. Wrote letters & put plates away before dinner. After M & self dined quietly. Young Bergne came in after & stayed until 10.30pm. Snooze till 1.0pm. (Red ink: Went to Beale & Inmans.) (Cutting glued in: Mr Rider Haggard leaves for the United States. Feby 22.)

Wednesday February 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Cold north wind. Sun. Took hand camera & snapped 2 L's. Back. Breakfast. Rags attacked by big bull terrier. Got on with boxes etc in morning. After at 12 went up by bus to Garrick & lunched with Scoones, Joe Parkinson, Carr etc. Had looked in at the Whistler opening by Rodin. A big fire had been in Long Acre. 27 Fire Engines at 9.0am at the

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Garrick. At 2.0 photod E.J. Out 3.0 & went to Miles's & had coat etc tried on.

Then to Ross's. Then to Turnbull & Assers. Then to the Oxford & Cambridge Club. Met Bill Weigall. To Athenaeum. Letters. Saw Judge Snagge. Walked to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, Raven H, Graves, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long discussion. Got silly cartoon of Balfour again. Home by bus. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Opening of Whistler Exhibition by Rodin.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Edward Garner to Sybil MacIver. The Pitcairn Islanders.

Feby 22. Funeral of Sir Robert Jardine. Feby 22.)

Thursday February 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out. Dull grey cold damp morning. Missed L's.

Back. Breakfast. After schemed subject of Ghost of Home Rule & Arthur Balfour & C.B. Hilton came at 12.0. Photod him & Otley & sent O to the costumiers. Developed & got ready by 4.30pm. Worked till 7.15 when dressed & M & self drove & dined at the Isidore Spielmann's. Met 2 Fullaloves, Mr & Mrs Franklin, Mr & Mrs S & ourselves. Pleasant dinner. Left & home by carriage at 10.45pm. Bed after. Very cold. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Isadore Spielmann's. (Cutting glued in: Mr Harold Speed's portrait of the King.)

Friday February 24 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out. Horrid black dark morning. Met 2 L's. Quite a talk. After breakfast. Home at work all day until 10.15pm on drawing of Ghost of Home Rule & A.B & C.B. Tired. M & self dined. Bed at 2.0am after snooze.

(Cutting glued in: Obituary of Blackall Simonds. Death of Lady Laking. Thurs 2 March.)

Saturday February 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Tired. Out with Rags. Fine. Met young Bergne with hockey sticks. After all morning at plates & printing. Lunch & M & self drove up to the Empire & saw Toy Ballet, The Dancing Doll. Funny monkeys etc. Left & walked to Hyde Park Corner. Met Wolff & Arthur Ryle. Bought fruit.

Home by carriage from Hyde Park Corner. M & self dined quietly. M had a cheque for £65 from Lennie's office. Much pleased. Snooze till 12.0 & bed.

Read Holyoake’s Reminiscences to M. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée at the Empire. Met Wolff & Ryle. M got cheque for £65 from Lennie.) (Cuttings glued in: Will of Sir Thomas Wemyss Reid. April 17. Marriage of William Murray to Gladys Peto. Feb. Death of Sir Wemyss Reid. Feby. Funeral of Sir Wemyss Reid.)

Sunday February 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Pouring rain. Out with Rags. One of his eys closed.

Very wet. M & self at breakfast. After went up, boxes etc. Ladder slipped on waxed floor & pulled the Electric Light out. Annoyed. Also broke plates of Roy as Eton Boy. Dressed & left in pot hat & up to Garrick. Very good chop for lunch. Same man against the wall. Called C.C. Studio occupied. To Athenaeum. Wrote many letters. Left at 6.50. Home by Turnham Green bus.

Man charged me 4d. Annoyed. Home & dressed. At 8.0 Alan S.Cole, Arthur Ryle, Tabs, Lennie, Mite, M & self dined. Very pleasant evening. They left by

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 11.15. Cole's bonnet shop collapsed. (Red ink: Alan S.Cole, Arthur Ryle, Tabs, Lennie & Mite dined.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Wemyss Reid.)

Monday February 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Out. Bright sun but cold. Met L alone. Back. No Rags, his eye bad. All morning getting ready & finishing plate boxes.

Gillieflower to lunch. After went on with boxes etc. Punch not well reproduced. Roy not paid Garrick subscription. Sent cheque for him. M up in my room at 6.45pm. After dined quietly at 8.0pm with M. Bed at 11.30 after. Very cold. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Amelia Dummett. Death of George Eraut.

Death of Frederick Farrington. Death of Louisa Freeman. Death of Francis Gaskell. Death of Rosa Grossmith. Death of William Luker.)

Tuesday February 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am & out Kensington. No L. Old W leaning against wall waiting. Breakfast. After bright morning. Printed St Petersburg & Cromstadt taken 1890. Left 11.50 & walked to church. Waited for bus. On up to C.C. No letters. Lunch at Garrick. Chop. Talk to Furniss. On to C.C. Put films right. No one came. On to Athenaeum. Letter from Mr Richardson £1217 odd in credit making with Manheim Bonds about £1500. Good. On to Lincoln & Bennetts & Ross & also Beale & Inman. Had dressing suit tried on. Called Reeds & got a flat bag also. Back by bus. M alone. Tea. Tried collar on & wrote letters. Otley had been to Stores. (Cutting glued in: Sir F.Burnand speaking at the Cambridge Amateur Dramatic Club. Feby 28.)

Wednesday March 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Met 2 L's. Not a word. After all day putting straight etc etc. Left in afternoon & called at Ross's. Also Brigg's about stick.

On to tea Athenaeum. Walked to C.C & on to the Punch Dinner past Gaiety.

Saw Phil A who spoke about trip. F.C.B, self, Graves, R.L (late) O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R (with ring) H.W.L & A.G. Long discussion. Got a Balfour subject again. Left at 10.45 & home by bus. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Viscountess Cantelupe to Captain J.D.Jeffreys. 1 March 05) Thursday March 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out up Earls Court Road with Key Camera.

Took 4 in Kensington Square etc. Back. Schemed subject & Hilton came at 12.0. Had sent Otley to Mays for college cap & gown. Photod H as Schoolmaster & Shopman. Developed etc & at work 5.0pm up to 8.30 when dined with M alone. Quiet evening after. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edna Laking. Marriage of Francis Laking to Eleanor Angerstein. Retirement of Thomas Digby Pigott. 2 March.)

Friday March 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Met no one. After to work all day on Balfour as Schoolmaster. At five or 6.0pm Roy returned from abroad after being away 4 weeks today. Finished at 10.10pm. Roy & self dined. Very tired after.

Snooze till 1.30am when to bed. (Cutting glued in: Death of Basil Makins.

March.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Saturday March 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Tired. Out for walk with Rags. Met no one. After all morning putting straight etc. Roy to Club & Sandown Park after. Lunched at 1.15. M & self drove to the Apollo Theatre. Very full. Saw Veronique. John Le Hay very funny. Out at 5.15. Met Keith. Saw M into the carriage & took cab to call on Sir John Tenniel. Gave cabman 1/s & a halfpenny by mistake. Sat & talked till 6.45pm when walked home. M, Tilda & self dined & in Morning Room after. Very tired. Roy dining with Stern. Tilda arrived in the afternoon.

(Red ink: M & self to see 'Veronique'.) Died Jane Carter widow of the late William Carter. As per letter of Mrs Sheehy 25 January 1906.

Sunday March 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out with Rags. Breakfast. Did not care for sausages. After in morning printed blues. Undid new camera etc. Left at 12.30 & by bus with 2d only change to Piccadilly. Called C.C. Particularly good chop at the Garrick. Col Jones after, very shaky & looking ill. To the C.C. At 2.45 photod Ethel W 1st time since 13 July 1901. Out 5.0 & to Athenaeum. Wrote letters until 7.15. Home by bus. Lennie, Mite, Roy , M, self st & Tilda dined. Pleasant evening. (Red ink: Saw E.W 1 time for 4 years.)

(Cutting glued in: Death of Helen Denny.)

Monday March 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out with Rags & Rick. Met no one. Back.

Breakfast, Tilda, Roy, M & self. To pack today. At 12.30 went out & tried new camera. Took labourers & one other, had reversed the plates. Bright sun.

Quiet day all day. Packing & sorting. In evening M, Tilda & self dined. Roy out. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: Packing all day for Mediterranean trip.)

Tuesday March 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags. Met 2 L's. Not a word. After back. Finished packing etc, sorting plates etc all day. Gave up going to the C.C. Wired M.T. Dark dull day all day. In evening Tilda, M, Roy & self dined at Mite's. Miss Evans there. Good dinner but Rick, Roy & self walked. Absurd price asked for a sabre in Bayswater Road. Walked part of way back. Wet. Bed after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Stephen Pollen to Catherine Muir. March.)

Wednesday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with Rags. Met no one. 3 girls in Holland Walk. After all morning packing & labelling etc. Sent Otley off with baggage to Cockspur Street at 2.0pm. Afternoon plates etc. Left at 5.30 for Punch Dinner.

Called at the Athenaeum Club, C.C. Came on to rain. Cutlery shop closed.

Got strop & razor at Barnetts in the Strand. On to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, L.B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Entirely new cuisine. Spiers & Pond done away with. New waiters & manager. Suggested cartoon of Steering Ship, Partridge Scapegoat. Left at 10.40 & home by the carriage.

Posted letters. After at home wrote to Forster to come tomorrow & posted it.

Roy dines tonight at the Oxford & Cambridge Club 1st time. He had paid his entrance. Gave Roy cheque for £51.9s for Oxford & Cambridge Club. (Red ink: Spiers & Pond done away with at the Punch Dinner.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Thursday March 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & walk with Rags. Met L, single. After breakfast schemed subject of Balfour & Mates steering. Difficult. Dark damp morning.

At 12.0 Forster came for 1st time. Photod him with Otley. Got all done by 4.0.

Began work at 5.30 to 8.30pm. when M, Tilda & self dined. Bed 12.0 after snooze. Difficult subject. (Red ink: Forster came for 1st time.)

Friday March 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out with Rags over C.H. Rags rolled in passage.

Met L, 'orty. Back & frightfully hard at work all day on drawing of Balfour & Mates steering ship. Finished 10.15pm. Roy dined with Mite & Lennie & went to Avenue Theatre. Bottle Champagne. Dined 10.30. Bed 2.0am after snooze. Roy back 12.0am. (Red ink: Latest ever finished Punch work.)

(Cutting glued in: British officer killed by lion.)

Saturday March 11 Stafford Terrace. Did not wake till 8.0. Cold tea. Out 8.55 & over C.H with Rags. Wet. Breakfast. Roy trusteeing. After wrote letters etc. Put all away from yesterday. After M & Tilda left in the carriage by 1.38 for the New Gaiety Theatre. Self followed in bus. Saw The Orchid for the 3rd time. No Payne. G.G junr, lumpy girl, & Olive May. Out & put Tilda & M in carriage. Tea at Garrick & wrote letters. Back by motor bus & bought fruit. Again letters. After M, Roy, Tilda & self dined quietly. Snooze in Morning Room after. Roy went to supper with Mite & Lennie at Savoy. (Red ink: M, Tilda & self saw 'The Orchid' at the Gaiety.)

Sunday March 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Tired. ½ an hour wrong with watch. Out up Hornton St & back to breakfast. Rags would not eat his breakfast. After in morning schemed drawing for Syren & Shipping. M & Tilda went out. Left 12.30 & up to C.C & Garrick. Indifferent chop. At 2.0 photod Miss Johnson, red haired model, too stout, for Welsh girl. Out & to Athenaeum by 4.45.

Wrote letters till 7.15 when home by bus at 8.10. Lennie, Mite, M, Roy, self & Tilda dined. Quiet pleasant evening. Bed 1.0am after rest.

Monday March 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Lovely morning. Bright sun. Out with camera.

Waited for L. Came separate & late. Snapped 2 Kittens. Back breakfast.

News of the great Russian rout. Sent Johnson instructions for Academy drawing. After all day doing handbag etc. At 12.30 enlarged plate taken 1891 to try extent of lens. Finished 3.0. M had wire to say Tabs was dining, also Major Fisher Rowe. They did dine. We had a pleasant successful evening, M, self, Tabs, Evelyn, Roy & Fisher Rowe. They left at 11.0pm. Bed after snooze. (Red ink: Tabs, Evelyn & Major Fisher Rowe dined with us.)

Tuesday March 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Fine morning. 1 of child in passage. No L. Back. Tilda leaving 10.30am. After all morning writing & preparing for leaving.

M went in carriage. Left at 12.30 & up to C.C. Lunched at Garrick. Saw Lawrence Bradbury, after Ed Heron Allen. On at 2.0 C.C. Photod G.T for 5th

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 time, Welsh costume. Out & home by bus. Mite & Miss W there. After up in room all day & wrote letters. Dinner, Florence W, M & self. Tired. Roy dined at Mite's. Back 11.30pm. Bed 11.45. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Anglesey. Mar 15.)

Wednesday March 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Avoided L's. 3 witches. Back. A very strong rough morning & King's yacht delayed. Wrote & sent final cheque to Andersons. Also coals, cheques for house etc. Frightfully wet after. Letter came from F.C.B suggesting cut of Russian Emperor & France. In afternoon schemed it out & finished packing. Left in afternoon & by bus to C.C. One letter. Garrick, & then on to the 'Punch' Dinner. Up in Editor's Room. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, P.A, Lucas, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. My subject altered to Bear & Russia & Madame France. Left early after saying good bye & home.

M, dear Mite, Roy & F.W still up. Frightfully wet. Mite left. Bed early for tomorrow. (Cutting glued in: Death of Major Hall-Stephenson.)

Thursday March 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am, or rather 7.30. In room. Looked out material for drawing. After out with Rags, latish. Met 2 L's & slut, quite late. After back.

Breakfast, Roy, Florence W. Enlarged photo & took one of print for work & hard at it all day until 10.0pm when finished. Dined by self. Roy dined at the Garrick. Had bottle of '89 Ayala. Bed at 12.0. Not very tired. (Red ink: Did hurried drawing of Bear & France. Finished 10.0pm.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Edward Blount. Thurs 16 March.)

Friday March 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.45 & up in room. Put plates up. In Bath Room & finished packing. Breakfast 7.40 & off, M & self in carriage at 8.10 to Charing X. Dear Mite there. Carriage to selves down to Dover. Sea quite smooth. Very good passage. Cabin 3. Arrived all right Calais. Saw Bloomfield. Good lunch.

Also carriage to ourselves all the way to Paris. Round the Ceinture. Arrived Gare de Lyons. Had to change. Hot. Horrible dinner at the restaurant. Paid by mistake for Mrs & Miss Bailey who sat opposite. After tipping Captain Churchward's man Verbeck 10fr & the Conduitor 5fr we got a carriage to ourselves down to Marseilles & slept fairly well. Turned out for coffee at Avignon. Orange & Arles well worth seeing. A gilded statue at Orange on a cathedral in distance. Grand river running along. No chateaux. Not a cow to be seen, no sheep. Arrived Marseilles at 10.0am. (Red ink across page: Left at 8.10am for Dover for Marseilles.) (Cuttings glued in: Mr & Mrs Linley Sambourne have left for a cruise in the Mediterranean. F.17 March. A seal at Dover. F 17 March.)

Saturday March 18 On board train from Paris to Marseilles. Arrived 10.15. Grinning boys, many fiacres. Walk on board ship. Saw Tristram Ellis. Poor M in despair one of her trunks missing & also my bag. Stumbled across my bag & subsequently M's bag found in the hold. Intensely uncomfortable in cabin. Most supercilious & barely civil young man as Purser. No Captain to be found. Altogether first impressions most unfavourable. Dull grey morning. The Vectis in distance.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Left about 1.30pm. Forgot to post Mite's letter. Scrbbled one to Roy & F.C.B. Luncheon, (illeg illeg) good. After on deck. Never noticed one had to arrange with Steward for seats at dinner. Row with him & had the greatest difficulty to get seats at all. At last arranged to get two at table next Lord Mount Edgcumbe & Lord Dartrey. Grey all the afternoon. Coasting along. Past Corsica & Sardinia. Past Bonifacio tomorrow morning. Difficulty in dressing for dinner. Fairly comfortable & decent dinner. Sleepy after. M turned in at 10.0, self 10.30. Tried to get a bath at 2.30pm. Could not & also missed settling for my dinner seats. Slept on couch fairly well. (Red ink across page: Got on board the Orient at 10.30am.)

Sunday March 19 S.S.Orient. Up for bath 6.15am. Very good hot salt water, also tea. Shaved by barber. Civil man with a little shop like a village grocer's. Walk on deck.

Bonifacio in sight. Corsica. Good breakfast next Ellis. M in bed & had hers there. After wore serge suit & at 10.45 attended service. Walk up & down.

Lovely sunny day & slight breeze. Like our June. Lunch. Again next Ellis. After got camera out & found it had been smashed in transit & would not work.

Very much annoyed. Many came up & spoke to me. Curious man & small boy who both wore gaiters. Sat about with M. Tried to put camera right. Took 4 photos. Tea. After talk to Mrs Bailey & daughter. Walk. People sitting about in lovely sun. Dressed for dinner after buying a little black satin tie as mine was left in London. More talkative at dinner. After sat on deck. Lord Dartrey came & talked - or was it Lord Mount Edgcumbe? After talk with McLaren who has a lame wife. Had Apollinaris. A talk with a young man & after turned in at 11.0.

M still up. Slept very well & woke at 6.0am. (Red ink across page: Intensely annoyed to find camera smashed.)

Monday March 20 S.S.Orient. Woke 6.0am. Bath. Tea & on deck. Stromboli in sight, 2 curious islands. Sea like glass & promise of lovely day. Sat & wrote diary. After trouble about breakfast. M never turned up. Most heavenly morning. Brilliant sun. Tried to adjust camera & at last got piece of glass out. Cog wheel broken. M complained of hot sun. Lunch. After passed through the Straights of Messina. Disappointed in Scylla & Charibdis. After saw Mount Etna. Run right along the sole of the foot of Italy. Extraordinary fine sunset. Brilliant colours & a volcanic pink cloud over. Talk to Lord Mount Edgcumbe & Ellis.

Dressed early. Had also been in Dark Room. Before dinner talk to Col Seal.

Most pleasant dinner next Lord Dartrey. After talk of a dance. M in at 9.45.

Went to Smoking Room & had talk to young Aird, a nephew of John A. They had had an awful passage from London in the Oratava. Turned in at 10.50.

Slept wonderfully well. Mount Etna grand but could not photo it on acct of sun.

Also quite early in the day saw Stromboli on an island. Very few ships. Saw 10 Torpedo Boats of the Italian Navy in a line. (Red ink across page: Passed & lovely view of Mount Etna in Sicily.)

Tuesday March 21 S.S.Orient. Up at 6.0 in midst of mouth of Adriatic. Bath. Shave. A fresh morning. Oh! Lady in writing cabin all at sea. Ship rolled a bit & many ill. M might have been better breakfast by self. After gradually got into smoother

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 water. M up by 2.0pm only. Lunched by self. After again in dire trouble with st camera. All wrong. 1 view of mountains of Albania & Corfu. Took Father Neptune & others looking at it. Arrived Corfu at 4.0pm. Went to Dark Room.

In meantime Count Eltone Melis had come on board & I found M with him at tea. He took us ashore in a boat & we went up to their rooms. Young daughter. Tea. Then a drive to the King's Palace. Soldiers drilling rather like Danes or French. Children beggars. Flowers. Motto of Royal Family & names scratched on a commonplace wardrobe. Beautiful view. Then drove to one gun battery & saw the island where Ulysses boat changed to. Also where he was washed ashore. Then got greasy money, Greek notes. Drove back to ship. Took the tiller & steered to the wrong vessel. On board again at 6.30. M & self dressed. Dinner. Lady Mary & her father's wine. A dance on board after. Rival band in a boat. Turned in at 10.30pm. Slept fairly well. (Red ink across page: Arrived at Corfu.)

Wednesday March 22 S.S.Orient. Up a little later, 6.45. No bath. Cold. M had slept well. Colder in the morning. Off Corfu. Great rush of people to get ashore. Some up at 7.0am on deck. We left at 10.30 in ship's boat & landed. Carriage at the Count's door. At 11.0 started for Palace of the late Empress Eugenie. Sort of Pompeian building with good garden & one good statue. (Achilles). Took 5 photos. After we lunched at a small Inn. Cold & bad lunch. Olives etc. Hens & 3 dogs & cat all round. Lady Mary Dartrey passed with Mr Villiers. Back to Count Melis's house. Wash etc & dawdled about. A number of people came.

One the Revd Moore Cann. English Chaplain Corfu, Denis Moore Cann.

Slow. Got away & on board by 5.30pm. Lady Dartrey running & Lady M also.

Dull grey day. Got under weigh at 6.0pm. Went into Dark Room & changed films & also (as I thought) put changing box all right but did not. 2 other men there. Out & dined. Had bottle of Domani wine. Not bad. Another dance.

Smoke, talk & turned in very tired. Bad weather, not our idea of Greece at all.

(Red ink across page: All day ashore at Corfu.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Jane Shaw Stewart. Monday 21 March.)

Thursday March 23 S.S.Orient. Up earlier. Bath & early breakfast. M at table. After all ot off at 8.20 in launch & several life boats to shore. About 120. Rough. Took one film.

Curious railway station. Had to change. Camera broke down hopelessly in carriage & got worse & worse. All had to walk to 2nd station. After got to Olympia. Walk there. Ruins. Temple of Zeus with all columns laid down at side. Sir W Forward etc went round. Carried my bag useless & helpless. To lunch. All tables taken. Got a small one in hall. Some little cad who had been 17 trips. Back & to Museum. Saw the Hermes, Praxiteles. Also a number of earlier Greek statues & three Roman ones. Talk to Lord Mount Edgcumbe.

Out. Lord M-E went to sleep. A very pretty lady came up & introduced herself.

After we all strolled back to the train. Interminable wait. In same carriage with Lady Mary, Lord M-E etc. All tired. At last got to quay. Heavy rain. Took us 1 hr to get aboard dancing about & not back till 8.0pm. Had to dine round the corner with 2 old ladies. M turned in at 9.30. Went to Smoke Room. Talk to Australian clergyman & Ellis. Young man followed me & was extremely rude.

Apollinaris water & turned in at 10.30. Slept well. Rough all night. Small

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 station Pergos. (Red ink across page: Went ashore & to Olympia. Saw the Hermes of Praxiteles.)

Friday March 24 S.S.Orient. Off Greece. Sea rough. Sky grey. Just like Channel. Wrote diary at 7.30am. M remained in bed. Walked about. Breakfast. After M up. Made it right with young man & after talk to Mr Harmer. Cold. Lunch. After again walk.

To Dark Room. Found that Ross's had put all the films the wrong way round in camera box. Late for tea. 1st view Athens. Acropolis in distance. Bitterly cold. Salamis etc etc. Ellis & Marius the Purser refused to cash cheque.

Marenga did so. M & self dined by ourselves. Lord Mount Edgcumbe & the others at our table went ashore. Most bitterly cold after dinner. Impromptu dance going on. Turned in at 10.0pm tired & cold. Slept well. Cary-at-ides.

Phi-dias. Erec-the-on. (Red ink across page: 1st view of Athens.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Cecil Sebag-Montefiore, of a son. Obituary of Oliver Borthwick. F 24 March.)

Saturday March 25 S.S.Orient. Athens in the Piraeus. No bath. Up at 6.30. Shaved. M up to breakfast. Decided not to go with Cooks party. Left at 9.35 with Dr & Mrs Nunnerley in launch. M took jacket. Man pushed past & left his pinchneys on her sleeve. Got out at Thesium & immediately inspected Temple of Hermes.

After to the Theatre built by Herod. After to Theatre of Dionysius, then to Temple of Jupiter & Hadrian's Arch, then to Monument of Lysithrates. Then to the Acropolis & the Propylaia. Then the small Temple of Nike Apteras. Then to the Parthenon itself. Then to the Erectheon with Caryatides. After strolled with Ellis & Mr Harmer thro the town & to the Grand Hotel. Very good lunch.

Extraordinary traveller Miss Dearon. After called about camera. Hopeless.

Then we took a carriage & drove to the Museum. Cold miserable weather. A bronze statue & numerous specimens of Archaic art. Magnificent specimens from Mycenae. Figures etc, skeletons. Many bronze figures. Bronze with a swan's head helmet (small sketch) Also Priapus statuette. Out. Cold & drizzle.

Again drove to the railway station & back by the launch to the ship. The German liner gone. Same yacht as at Corfu. Got camera shutter down. Able to do time exposures. After dressed. Dinner. Fresh people at table. Punch.

Rain after. Cold. Turned in at 10.30pm. (Red ink across page: 1st day ashore at Athens with the Nunnerleys.)

Sunday March 26 S.S.Orient. In the Piraeus. Up 7.0am. Sponge in cabin. Pouring rain. Wrote diary. Poor excursionists. After M & self had our breakfast together. Some went off early. Later we went ashore with the Nunnerleys & Tristram Ellis.

Man mending window in train. To Thesium. Rain. Went to Temple of Hermes.

Took 2 photos. After walked up hill to Herod's Theatre. Took many plates also at Theatre of Dionysius. After to Parthenon. Had it all to myself. Slight rain. A cat at the top. Left at 12.40 & walked to hotel, the same way as yesterday.

Found it easily. Got to the Grand. Ellis just leaving. Had one of the best lunches ever had. Left 2.45 & walked to railway. Prisoners. Took a few photos. Back to Piraeus. Water cart carrier in tarboosh like an ancient Greek.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 gone. Russian boat put ladies ashore. Stiff looking sailors. Talk to Forward.

After to Lord Mount Edgcumbe & Ellis about the Great Pyramid. Dressed.

Dinner. Ship stuck on a mud bank. Quiet evening. Paid Ellis. Turned in after talk with Harmer. M woke in the night at 4.0am & stood looking at the Electric Light. Thought the ship was filling. Slept well & woke at 7.0. No bath. Water had come in cabin. (Red ink across page: 2nd day ashore at Athens with the Nunnerleys.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Jules Verne. Saty 25 March.)

Monday March 27 S.S.Orient. Up 6.45am. Bath. Rough sea & strong wind. Sun at intervals.

Shaved. Bought book from Mr Barker. Drew cheque for wine acct £2.1.6.

After strong fresh wind. Ran along past the Syrian (sic) coast. 1st view of Asia Minor. Also past Mitylene, Lesbos. M up at 12.0 & had lunch. Put in a sweep & won £1.0.0. Approached Smyrna at 4.0pm. Mist & heavy clouds & rain.

Beautifully situated like an amphitheatre. Squadron of Austrian men of war there. Many went ashore. Talk to old Harry about my passport. Photod Austrian men o'war & also sky. Dressed. Concert on board after dinner. Long talk to Colonel who lives at Horsham about Rhodes. Turned in at 10.30pm.

Slept well. Found all my shirts spoilt with water in the afternoon. (Red ink: Very rough in the morning. Arrived at Smyrna.)

Tuesday March 28 S.S.Orient. Off Smyrna. Up at 6.40. Poor M's shoes missing. No bath. Sunny morning for 1st time. Wrote Peal. After breakfast many went off for Ephesus.

Went ashore with Captain Harry, his daughter & a very vulgar man. Had carriage & went to the British Consulate. No passports required. Drove round the Bazaar. Saw Eastern life for the 1st time. Strings of camels etc etc.

Funeral. Dead woman shewing face. Back to quay on board again. Lunch.

After M decided to go ashore again. Went in launch, M, Mrs Gould & self. Into Bazaar. Small Jew boy guide. In & out. Bought fez & scimitar, M silver box etc. Back to ship & under weigh at 6.0pm. Dinner. Sir William Forward gave account of the Ephesian visit. Beautiful Corinthian capitals about. Paved way to the sea. 1 column standing. 6 mile walk. After very cold. Long talk to Mr Harmer on Ephesus & Troy. Turned in at 10.20pm. (Red ink: Missed going to Ephesus.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Edward Dalziel. Mon 27 March.)

Wednesday March 29 S.S.Orient. Going through the Dardanelles. Up at 5.50 & out on deck. Saw the plains of Troy. After bath & dressing the Hellespont. Saw where Leander swam to Hero. Stopped by Turkish official. Took 4 photos. Observed old Turkish Ironclads 1868. Counted 7 of them. Through the Dardanelles & into the Sea of Marmora. The whole of the sea the Hellespont. Continued bitterly cold all the morning. Read Constantinople & also Greece again. Lunch. After heard a fireman had been killed. At 3.0pm most impressive funeral at sea.

The Captain read the service. Ship slowed up. After walked up & down in the bitter cold. Arrived at Constantinople at 5.30pm. Huge Turkish official came on board. Lord Mount Edgcumbe & the Dartreys went ashore & about 20 others. Dinner. Smoke & turned in at 10.20. M had bath. Both slept well. Mr Phelps, daughter & Miss (blank) left early tomorrow from Miss Phelp's illness.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Had great difficulty getting ashore owing to not having a Pass Port but was passed at last. (Red ink across page: Arrived at Constantinople.)

Thursday March 30 S.S.Orient. Constantinople. Up at 7.0. Bath. Had slept fairly well. Not quite so cold. News from Nunnerley of death of a passenger. After breakfast at 8.0 got off with the Nunnerleys at 9.30. Boat met by Dragoman. Into rickety bumping carriage. Immense number of pariah dogs about. Drive to the Galetta Tower.

After over to Stamboul. The Mosque of St Sophia at last. Magnificent.

Columns from Solomon's Temple, Baalbec & Ephesus. Also plan of S Temple let in wall from the Temple. Mark of hand of Mahomet & cut of his sword.

Carpets all aslant. Praying people. Four Cherubims in mosaic. Also all the crosses chipped off & pigeons flying about. Lost a slipper. Out & to the Hippodrome. Brazen serpent of the Oracle of Delphi. After could not get lunch in Stamboul. Drove over to Pera. Most excellent lunch. After to Consulate & to buy embroideries. Sleepy in room. Then to Bazaar. Bought fez, M bargaining.

Caught 5.30 boat back. Ellis had arranged for us to go to Adml Sir Henry Wood Pasha. M & self made up our mind to do so. Dressed & left by 9.15 boat. Dragoman met us & we drove to house. Awful dogs. Most kindly received & we went on with Ellis to Lady O'Connor's reception. Introduced & most courteously received all round. Lord Mount Edgcumbe & the Dartreys there, the American Ambassador etc. Left 11.10 & back by 11.40 boat.

Headache. Turned in 12.0am. (Red ink: Restaurant ‘Tokatlian’.) (Red ink across page: All day at Constantinople. Went to reception at Embassy. 1st noticed Miss Bayton.)

Friday March 31 S.S.Orient. Constantinople. Up at 6.45. Bath. Another cold misty morning.

Wrote diary. After went ashore with the Nuns & drove to Sir Henry Wood Pasha's. Miss (blank). After went in 2 carriages to the Terrace to see the Sultan go to Mosque. Passed in. Good place. But French Marines or blue jackets marched up & all were turned out. Spies about. Saw superb marching of Turkish soldiers. Troops from Tripoli. The Albanian Guard. Marines, Sailors etc. All wear fez's. Magnificent cavalry. Bands all playing same tune. At last the Sultan. Cry from the minaret not to be puffed up with pride. Look to God. 20 minutes wait. Then the Sultan comes out & drives himself back. Generals, Admirals etc all walk in step. After breakneck drive. Marching troops. Our driver lashing out with his whip. At last got to same restaurant as yesterday & just as good a lunch. Bouillebaisse. Out & to see the Blue Mosque & Sulieman's Mosque. Curious cry to people at Bazaar. M not impressed with the pigeons. Back. Purchase of Attar of Roses. Rehat Lakoum etc etc & by the 5.30 boat on board. Again a bazaar & dance afterwards. Turned in after talk with Mr Harmer. (Red ink: Last day but one Constantinople. Went to the Salamlik.)

Saturday April 1 S.S.Orient. Constantinople. Up 6.40. Bath. M up also. Breakfast & both got ashore in launch of the Company. To Seraglio Point. Lady (illeg) landed with us. Walk up hill. In a dirty Palace Waiting Room. Rose leaf preserve. Coffee.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 in & many others. Saw many superb weapons, telescopes, china, clocks etc & robes of all the Sultans. Suleiman's the most gorgeous aigrette. Last an Artillery uniform. Many uncut emeralds. Out & walked to Museum with Harmer. Greatly impressed with the sarcophogi, Alexander's the finest specimen of Greek art I have ever seen. Horses modelled & expression of faces. Out & carriage to Embassy. Dropped the Nunnerleys. Lavatory at Embassy. Man dropped my stick. After luncheon, Lord Mount Edgcumbe, the Dartreys etc, Ellis. Delightful lunch. Replica of Fildes Portrait of the King. Put name in books. 2 dear little girls. Out & M & I walked through Grand Rue de Pera to leave cards & say good bye to the Woods. Then to Somerville House for embroideries. After in underground train. Women veiled & curtained off.

Bought more sweets. On to the 4.30 boat & on board. Took photos. Gave up the Embassy launch. Sun at last but cold. Under weigh 6.0pm. Photos.

Dinner. Smoke. Turned in 10.0pm. (Red ink across page: Last day at Constantinople. Lunched at the Embassy.) (Cuttings glued in: The University Boat Race. Oxford and Cambridge crews and Table of Winners.)

Sunday April 2 S.S.Orient. Off fort in Dardanelles. Up 6.50. On deck. Photod old ships. Wet. Wrote diary. After M & self both at breakfast. Weather gradually cleared. Past plains of Troy & Mitylene again. Lunch in totally different place. M & self attended service. In afternoon sat aft & all were sleepy. Read book on Greece & Constantinople. Most beautiful sunset. Dinner. Table filled up & all cheery.

Beautifully warm. Band on the deck after & an Irish song. Smoke & talk & turned in at 10.30pm. Slept well. Talk of photography at dinner. Talbot an uncle of Lord Mount Edgcumbe. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Lady Diana De Vere Huddleston.)

Monday April 3 S.S.Orient. Up 7.0am. Lovely bright warm morning. Bath. Mislaid half a sovereign. Wrote letters. Breakfast. After collared by Manchester man about camera. Lovely morning. Explained camera. After slipped along in lovely sun past Rhodes & Crete. Games going on. Lunch. M late for it. Had to rush on deck. After sat about. Took 10 films with Kodak & read Cairo of Today. (illeg) in the wind. Tea. Stick games. Dressed. Dinner. Lady Dartrey put M on the other side. Drank Claret & gave Lord Dartrey a cigar. Talk to the Captain after & to little man about tripod photos. Turned in at 10.30. Slight feverish cold.

Slept well. (Cuttings glued in: Death and Obituary of Louisa Duchess of Abercorn. Saty 1 Ap.) Tuesday April 4 S.S.Orient. Steaming towards coast of Africa en route for Alexandria. Wrote Wingate. No papers. Breakfast. Got off & arrived off Alexandria at 10.0am.

Noisy boats. Cook's man in scarlet. Ashore with Nunnerleys. Drive to station.

Picturesque people. Great confusion in getting tickets & bother in train. At last got Miranda. Gentleman in carriage. No lunch obtainable. Bought oranges & bread. Hot sun. Took 8 photos of people from carriage. Again confusion at station. At last in motor & to Shepheards. Room allotted on ground floor.

Changed to one up, No 80. Got out with M. Grinning boy. 'Perhaps tomorrow'.

Visited 3 shops. Bought tripod. After back & in room. Went with N's for a drive

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 to Citadel & Mosque. Saw Lord M.E, Mr Villiers & Lady M. After saw sun set & st 1 view of the Pyramids. Talk to Tommy Atkins on rampart with little girl.

Back. Dressed comfortably & down to table d'hote dinner. So so. Very hungry.

After sat out. M went to bed 9.30, self 10.10. Slept fairly well. No mosquitos.

Had good bath at 6.45pm. Hot. Corn hurt me at night. (Red ink across page: Arrived Alexandria & went on to Cairo.)

Wednesday April 5 Shepheards Hotel, Cairo. Up 6.45. Lovely morning. Bright sun. Was not bitten by mosquitos. Took garden. Breakfast separate room. After got off at 9.30 in landau with the N's & Cooks party. Up to same Mosque as last night. Took several photos. Back through Bazaar. M bought embroideries. Good weapons & jar. Out. Lunch. After a stupid drive to Tree of Virgin Mary. Also Heliopolis & also Ostrich Farm & the Khedival Palace. Back by 5.20pm & tea on terrace.

Bought spectacles. After bath & dressed for dinner. Poor. Sat out sleepy afterwards. Bitten by mosquitos on terrace before dinner. M to bed at 9.30, self 10.15. Changed films. Bed 11.0. Slept fairly well. (Red ink: Went about Cairo. Also to Heliopolis.) (Cuttings glued in: Statue of Lord Killowen moved.

5 Apl. Meet of Surrey Stag Hunt. Wed 5 Apl.) Thursday April 6 Shepheards Hotel, Cairo. Up 6.45am. Down & photod in front of hotel, 3.

After had breakfast with the N's. Got off 9.40 for drive to Pyramids. Wore glasses. String after string of camels. Poor looking Tommies. Over the Nile & on to Ghiza. At the Mena Hotel our horses broke down & even carriage passed us. Had to walk in blazing sun. Got to Pyramid. Many going up.

Ladies as well. Saw also the entrance. Disappointed as to size when close to & looked like a ploughed field. After walked down to the Sphynx. Got good looking Arab to carry camera. Took about 5 of Sphynx. Blazing sun, 112 degrees. Many rode camels & others donkeys. After went over the Temple of the Sphynx. Walk back to carriage. Very hot. Arab wanted more than 2/s.

Drove to Mena Palace Hotel. Very good building, corridors etc. Took 4 or 5 photos of it. Long wait for lunch. After got it 1.15pm. M came across Sir Augustus Hemmings. Left 2.30 & drove back to Cairo. To Museum. Only an hour to rush through. Saw Rameses II. Also the wonderful chariot & chair found by Mr Davis almost yesterday. American artist at work on it. Went to Bureau & bought Scarab. Back to Hotel. Tea with Bergheims. After bath.

Dinner. Very hot. Bergheims & friend. Sat out till 10.30pm. Talk of D'Arcy.

Bed after changing plates. Baker not liked. (Red ink across page: Went to see the Great Pyramid & Mena House. Museum after.)

Friday April 7 Shepheards Hotel, Cairo. Up 5.45 & shaved. Most lovely air coming in to room. After down to breakfast. Saw J.B in distance. Bought cigars. Got off in motor 8.45 & to quay & on Nile Steamer. Lovely run down to near Memphis.

Old Scotch gent & his wife persuaded not to go. Whitechapel girl went on a donkey & others also. After M & self got on donkeys & rode to the 2 statues of Rameses 1st & 2nd. Poor scene & no ruins. Walked most of the way back with Nunnerley. Took photos. American tourists riding. Shouting Arab children in the water for coins. Long wait, 4.20 when all returned of 1st party. Old Captain

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Harry in pot hat & puggarees. Got under weigh to come back. Difficulty about taking English money. Appeal to Miranda. Back to quay 6.15 & home by motor. Dressed. Bath. Dinner with the Bergheims. Sat out after. Settled for tarbouche & dress. Then had some beer. Changed films & went to bed at 12.0pm or nearly that. (Red ink: Went up the river to Memphis.)

Saturday April 8 Shepheards Hotel, Cairo. Up 5.45am. Dressed & packed leisurely. Not so much wind as yesterday. After down & at 7.45 breakfast with the Bergheims.

After paying bill £2.5.0 got off by 9.0am for the station. Caught the 9.45am train for Alexandria. No bother with luggage. After got off. Flies. Very hot.

Took one photo of man at station. Tristram Ellis. Oranges. To ship. Porter etc.

On boat with crackers. Sir W. Forward introduced me to a man who knew me at Uxbridge. After got under weigh at 4.10pm. Lovely evening. Talk. Dressed for dinner. All at same table. Lord Mount Edgcumbe. Dance after. Smoke & very tired. Turned in at 10.0. Poor M could have no bath. Slept very well. Port open all night. (Red ink across page: Left Cairo for return to Alexandria.)

(Cutting glued in: Lord Chelmsford's family. Ap 10. The Countess Cairns, of a daughter.)

Sunday April 9 S.S.Orient. At sea. Up 6.30. Alteration of clocks. Shave. M stayed in bed.

Most lovely calm morning. Breakfast. After all morning reading etc. Talk to Miss Gearson. M had chair on deck not feeling very well. Tired. Took 3 of parade of men. Talk to Lady Dartrey about camera. Lunch. M on deck.

Games being played. Photo. Long talk to Mr Harmer. After stayed on deck for dinner. Most lovely sunset. Crescent moon after. Dinner next Lady Mary Walker. Up to M on deck. Coffee etc. M turned in at 9.30pm. Music as last Sunday. Turned in at 10.30. Slept very well, port closed. A lovely day, perfect temperature. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lord Chelmsford. Death of Hubert Clutton. Death of Lt General Anthony Cooke. Death of Jemima Forbes.

Death of Joan Forman. Death of Geoffrey Grantham. Obituary of Lord Chelmsford. Ap 10. ) Monday April 10 S.S.Orient. At sea. Up at 6.40. Clock back again. Duller & slight wind. M breakfast in bed. Up on deck for games, all sorts. Took 7 Kodaks & many of my own. Running & potato picking up etc. Poor Miss Bryson fell down. Story of man & boiled potato. Had talked to old Scotchman who told me yarns about Hurricane Bruce. Lord M.E also knew him. M felt seedy again after lunch but managed to get in to dinner. I sat next Lady Dartrey & Lady Mary Dawson. After M & self sat on deck. Felt lassitude & sleepy. Dozed off for an hour. Had whiskey 11.0pm & went down & turned in 11.15 after talk to a German about photography. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord St Helier. 10 Apl.) Tuesday April 11 S.S.Orient. At sea. Up at 6.40. Alteration of clocks etc. Grey day. Breakfast next Ellis. After at 10.30 finish of Sports. Tug of War. Girls & men team.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 entered harbour. Saw forts etc. Colonel & Madame Bien Carré (sic, Bien Cardi)) in small boat came aboard. Also a letter from Lady Mansfield Clarke asking us to dine tonight or lunch tomorrow. Decided to lunch. Went ashore & was driven by Madame B.C round town. Good horse & dear dog Jack.

Fortifications good. To Club. Polo. Tea. Jack & the lizards. Animals heads over stables etc. Drive back round P & O basin. To ship. Dinner. (illeg illeg).

After a Fancy Dress Ball on board. Had to read out names. Strangers on board. Turned in at 11.0pm. Slept well. Warm. M better today. Changed films at 9.15am. Took 3 Kodaks in the day & 2 at Malta, time exposures used in morning. (Red ink across page: Arrived at Malta. Driven round the town by Madame Bien Carré. (Cuttings glued in: Obituary of Lord St Helier. 10 Apl. Funeral of Lord St Helier and list of wreaths. Ap 14.)

Wednesday April 12 S.S.Orient, Malta. Up at 6.20. Bath. Put blue suit on. M up at 7.0. Glorious morning. Brilliant sun. Did boats. After breakfast M put on her best gown.

Went ashore. Hot dirty walk to the Bian Cardi's. There after taking 2 phos.

Little Turk gave me a bite on roof. After we walked to Palace & saw armour & collection of weapons & guns. Some very good. Photo throne room. Dummy sword. Then to church. Mr Johnson & boy in knickerbockers nipped in. Lovely stone carvings & tombs of the Grand Masters at the church. Beautiful colour.

Lord M.E & party there. Lord M.E told me had never exposed his film. After back to house & drove to Palace of the Governor. Clouds of dust & strong wind. Colonel Bian Cardi passed us. Luncheon. Mr & Mrs McLaren, selves, Dartrey party, Lord M.E. Pleasant. After walked round the garden with Lady Mansfield Clarke. Took photos. Then drove back after going through public gardens. Wash. Was frightfully sleepy driving back past torpedo boats. Went with Col Bian Cardi to see Tattoo for changing guard & into officers' mess room. Drawings by Harry Furniss there. To Club & home. Dinner 7.30. Good Champagne. Left 9.10 & on board 9.30. Under weigh at 10.0. Turned in tired.

(Red ink across page: Lunched at the Mansfield Clarkes at the Palace & dined with Colonel & Madame Bian Cardi.)

Thursday April 13 S.S.Orient. Up at 6.0am for breakfast at 7.30. Ready to get off by 8.15. M decided not to go. A fresh wind blowing. Off. Boat for Girgenti to visit the ruins of Agrigentum. Put off at 8.45 & after choppy sea landed. Crowds of urchins etc. Picturesque port. Exports principally sulphur. Got in carriage to my name.

Mr Gould, an Oxford don & his daughter, Ellis & self. 5 of us. Drove to Agrigentum. Girgenti most picturesque on hill. Got out & went back for camera. Walked on & entirely missed the whole party. Took 3 of the Temple of Concord. Walked back & went into Iron Gate but missed many views. Went back to Temple of Concord & after to Temple of Juno. Greek Acrargas. After drove up hill to Hotel Belvidere & had a remarkably good lunch. Excellent fish & salad. Good bye to Mr Mills who went to Palioma. After photoing children drove back to boat. Tiresome children. Got back with no trouble. Tea & talk to M astern. Refused Sketch. After dined & smoke. Concert in Saloon. 'Will all go a hunting today'. Turned in 10.15. Very tired. A-crarr-gas. Agrigentum.

(Red ink across page: All day ashore at Gergenti. Mr Mills left.) (Cuttings

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 glued in: Death of Henry Craven. In Memoriam Ashton Godwin. In memory of Henry Gambart. Obituary of Henry Craven.)

Friday April 14 S.S.Orient. At sea between Sicily & Sardinia. Up 6.15am. Lovely morning.

After breakfast got cheque cashed for £10 from Miranda. Also packed bags.

M & self lunched together & sat on deck after. Mens sports began at 2.30pm.

Went down wrote labels & finished my packing. Good dinner. Sat next Lady Dartrey & Mr Young. Up & smoke after. Distribution of prizes by Lady Dartrey at 9.10pm. Good speech by Lord Mount Edgcumbe. Sir Samuel Chisholm & self. M turned in 10.30 Self at 11.15, latest on voyage. Talk to the Mumblers.

(Red ink: M packed for home. Last full day at sea on Orient.)

Saturday April 15 S.S.Orient. Up at 6.15. Had been awake since 5.0am. Last bath. Grey suit. A lovely morning & fresh wind blowing. More movement in ship than all the trip.

Breakfast next Ellis who had a swelled mouth. M's breakfast at 8.0am. After finished packing & we slowly got out of the slight sea. M had been seedy.

Arrived at Marseilles about 2.0pm & by 4.0 got off. Tips, cabin £1.0.0, maid 15/s, 2 stewards 1.0.0, bath & deck stewards 4/s each. £3.5.0. After some confusion landed. Got luggage. Passed & the Nunnerleys & selves drove in a fly to the Station Restaurant & had dinner at 6.0pm. Boullier Baisse. After great trouble to get off, confusion at the station. Walk up & down. At last got Cook's man & we four got in a carriage. At last moment 2 others got in. Slept all night sitting up. Gentleman kindly got out & sat in chair when M put her feet up. Uneasy restless night. Woke 4.45am. (Red ink: Arrived Marseilles & left by night mail for London.)

Sunday April 16 On board train from Marseilles. Woke 4.45. M & self got out at 6.30 & got most delicious chocolate etc. On to Paris arrived 9.20. Confusion. Verbeck met us & took Nunnerleys & self across Paris in cabs & got seats in the 10.0 train. 2 other people in carriage. Lunch tickets. Lunch 12.0. Managing lady with hat. On to Calais. Wet & cold. Beautiful cabin. Need not have X'd Paris.

Smooth passage but wet. At Dover bother to get our reserved carriage. At last found it in the P & O part. To Charing X. Otley there. Sent M home & walked to C.C & back for luggage. M's box could not be found. At last got away at 7.30. Common young man to the last. Good bye to the Goulds & Chisholms.

Drove home in a 4 wheeler. M, Mite, Lennie, Roy & self & F.W dined. Wrote letters & bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: End of Eastern Mediterranean trip. Arrived home Stafford Terr.)

Monday April 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & put things straight. Out with Rags 8.30. Met L.L. Looked back. After sorting & putting things as straight as possible left at 12.0 with camera for Ross's. Greatly annoyed. Indifferent shopman. Could not get camera done at once. On to C.C & Garrick. Lunch. At C.C no one came.

To Athenaeum & wrote letters, afterwards to Garrick. Saw Charley Burnand.

Walked to the Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, Guthrie, Graves, O.S, L.B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Long weary discussion. 4 cuts to make up. Sat there until

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 11.40 when left. Got Hare & Tortoise & Aliens to do. Home by bus dead tired.

Spoken to by a foreigner at gate. Bed 12.45am.

Tuesday April 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.55 & out. Bright cold morning. Met L. Machine for cleaning next door. After felt buzzy in head & unfit for work. Schemed subject of Hare & Tortoise. Lunch. Enlarged after & developed 14 films. Lady Strachey called. Mrs Finlay etc. Tea or rather cocoa & work till 8.15 when dined. Frightfully tired & livery. Roy dined at the Garrick. Sleepy after dinner.

Went to bed at 11.0pm. M, F.W & self dined. (Red ink: 1st took cocoa instead of tea.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Sir Reginald Hanson) Wednesday April 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.55. Cold dull east wind. Out. Old W 6d. Met L who said holiday today. Breakfast. Rags a new collar. Up in room to work 9.45am.

Worked & got outline done by 1.30pm of Tortoise & Hare. After left at 2.0 &

by Met Rly to Blackfriars. Dull cold heavy sleet showers. Took 16 photos of Embankment. Walked & after to C.C. There ¾ hour. 1 photo of G.T. Home by cab. Mite at Stafford Terrace with a cold. Got to work after cocoa at 5.45pm till 9.30 when finished drawing of Hare & Tortoise. M, F.W & self dined. Very tired after. Snooze till 12.45 when to bed. Bitterly cold weather. Roy out. (Red ink: Went to Blackfriars to photo the Thames Embankment for Emigrants. C.C after.)

Thursday April 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wrote 2 letters, Anderson & Co & out. Saw L & friend in distance. Back. Breakfast. After Florence Walford went. In hut & developed 16 plates taken yesterday. All right. Enlarged up to 12.40 when packed bags. Lunch 1.30. Got off at 2.15 in 4 wheeler with M to Waterloo.

Caught the 30 past 3 train. Cockyoly Bird in same carriage. Went through to Tisbury. Major Fisher Rowe in small motor. His brother never turned up. All well at Pyt. Miss Holland there. Tea. H had been to Christchurch & had been to Capisthorne & bought it. Dinner 8.10. After tired in H's room. Bed at 12.10am. Slept in room with picture. (Red ink: Went down to Pyt with M & Roy. Met Bird in train.)

Friday April 21 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 7.55. M in room opposite. Good hot bath. Warmer.

Breakfast. All went to church. Still cold. Wrote letters & diary. After took M for walk to church & back. Met them all coming up. Lunch. At 3.30 M & self & H.F went in a motor beyond Shaftsbury to look at a site for a house for H. Walked some way. Beautiful view. H rode on horseback. Back. We returned by 6.15pm. Tea. After read encyclopaedia about agriculture etc. Dressed.

Dinner. Books. Questions at dinner. Snooze after. Bed at 11.45pm. (Red ink: M & self went with Hamilton F in motor beyond Shaftesbury to look at a site for house.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Hannah Herapath. Apl. Right of public access to Stonehenge. Apl 20. Plan of Stonehenge. Times Apl 20.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Saturday April 22 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.0am. Bath. Brighter morning but cold. Letters.

Academy varnishing day next Monday. Breakfast. All got off in motor at 10.45, that is H.F, Roy & self. Went thro' Wilton, Lord Pembroke's place. Ugly out of proportion statue. Thro' Salisbury. Posted letters & on beyond to look at a house the property of Sir (blank) Malet called Wilbury. Percy Wyndham had lived there. Ugly Italian house. Frightful Lavatories & 1 Bathroom. Right of way thro' Park. Left at 3.0 & on to another place, Norman Court belonging to a Mr Baring. Lovely grounds. On to Salisbury. Row with a man & a woman in the road driving a small cart after. Motor in road & he backed into our motor.

After thro' Wilton & home by 6.45. Tea. Bath. Dinner. Very sleepy & tired after. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: Roy & self went with Hamilton in motor to Wilbury Park through Wilton. Row with yokel outside Salisbury returning.)

Sunday April 23 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.0am. Bright cold morning. Breakfast. Letter from Owen Seaman about altering cut. Wrote letters. Went with M to church at 10.30 & walked back with Roy, Tippoo & Van. Got hot. Wrote Seaman etc & at 12.5 walked back to railway bridge with 4 dogs. Met Tabs at fountain & the boys & Gwen. Back to house 12.45pm. Lunch. After cut slips out of Times etc. Wrote letters. Tea. Mr Penders came over in a motor car, also Jack Bennett & his cousin. After tea H.F, Roy & self walked round by Hatch & up the hill for the 3rd time making 7½ miles walk all day. Tired. Dinner. An agent there. Rest after & bed at 11.45pm. Slept well. Very tired. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Joseph Jefferson. Apl 25.)

Monday April 24 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 6.40. Bath. Butler came & said 9.40 train did not go. Breakfast. H & Roy went to put flag up. Got off to catch the 11.24 from Tisbury in pony cart. Fine. Had been thunder & snow at Winton last night.

Salisbury, waited 45 minutes. Met a Mr Barbour I had previously met at Bodnant on December 5.04. Got into lunch train & up to town. To Garrick, C.C. Wire from Mackenzie. To Royal Academy from 3.15 to 4.45. C.C after, Mackenzie an hour. To Garrick. Wrote letters. Dined at 8.0. Saw Bangs etc.

Snooze in Smoking Room. Home by cab. Very cold. In Morning Room from 10.30 to 12.0 when to bed. Cough troublesome. Put a mustard leaf on. Slept well. (Red ink: Went up to town. Varnishing day at the R.A. Wincanton Races, Roy went.)

Tuesday April 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Shave. Out on bicycle round Earls Court with Rags 1st time since 15 Feby. Brilliant morning. Sent Otley to meet M. Developed a good many of ¼ films etc. Also of G.T. Wants restraining. Dear M back at 1.0pm to lunch. All afternoon at work & finally schemed subject of Policeman & Aliens. M up in my room. Livery & head buzzy. M, Roy & self dined quietly at 8.0pm. Rest & bed after.

Wednesday April 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull warmer morning. x. Out with Rags & for walk. After schemed subject & at 12.30 photod Hilton, Otley & Otley's little

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 girl. Lunch. Long wait for policeman. New model. As good as Stace. Did not come till 3.20pm. All afternoon developing & enlarging, could not finish until 6.15pm. Rest in chair. M had been to the New Gallery in carriage from Coles for 1st time. Mite's picture. Up in my room after. At 8.0pm Hamilton, Tabs, Alice Holland & Roy & self dined. Rest after & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Hamilton, Tabs & Miss Holland dined with us.)

Thursday April 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Shave & out with Rags. Dull grey morning. After Roy off to City. Wrote Paul Foley. Worked on tracing drawing up to 1.15 when dressed for Evelyn's wedding. M & self left & went in our new carriage to the Guards Chapel. There at 2.0. Edgar & Archie Pollock shewing into seats.

Wedding went off well. 1st saw Honor Grove. Into Vestry after. Lord & Lady Wharncliffe, Mrs Shakespeare. Nearly run over by Eaton Sq. Went to reception. M lost a brooch. Left at 4.30 with M. Back. Changed & to work from 5.45 to 8.15 on drawing of John Bull Policeman & Aliens. Roy back complaining of cab fares. He went off to dine with H.Fletcher at the Savoy & to The Orchid after. M & self dined alone & to bed at 11.30pm tired. (Red ink: Evelyn Fletcher married to Major Fisher Rowe.) (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Major Laurence Fisher-Rowe to Eveleen Fletcher. 28 Apl.) Friday April 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Gave Old W 6d. Blessing. Back & worked hard all day on drawing of John Bull Policeman & Aliens. Roy dined at Club.

Finished 9.45 when dined by self quietly. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Roy back to pack at 10.30. M & Mite & Roy went to the Private View of the Royal Academy.

Saturday April 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast. After M & self got off in bus, I taking camera to see Mite & Lennie off for Italy. Roy followed in cart. Went with them to Calais & back. Used camera. Came across Capn Dixon who introduced me to Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman. Took photos going over.

After at Calais arranged lunch for them & saw them off. Rush back on board.

Saw Schomberg MacDonnell & Sir George & Lady Armstrong. Very long wait before getting off. Pretty little girl. Fine ankles. Got 1½ hr late to Dover & home. An American & another man in carriage going from Dover to Victoria.

Yarns of gaming tables & also about Japan. Herbert Furrell there & Edith Furrell had arrived an hour before me. Dinner, M, self, H.F & E.F. He left at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Went with Lennie, Mite & Roy to Calais. Returned alone.)

(Cutting glued in: Death of Nathan Tannenbaum.)

Sunday April 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & went for bicycle ride with Rags round Park.

Beautiful morning at that time. E.F's 1st breakfast. After at 12.15 M & self went to stables & inspected carriage. Satisfactory. Walked on to Memorial after.

Threatened rain. E.F & M walked back. I took bus to C.C & Garrick. Most excellent chop for lunch. At 3.0 photod R.M. Better model. Out 4.30 & for an hour put new films in in a dark room. Talk after about camera. To Athenaeum.

Wrote letters & after home by 8.0 by bus. Edgar & Sophia Herapath dined

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Monday May 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out with Rags. Got very wet. No L but friend. Also met Herbert (Dentist) & back. Breakfast, M, E.F & self. Went into hut & developed many blues taken yesterday & Saty & finished Nile & (illeg). M out in carriage which she had settled for in the morning with Cole. Dined 7.0pm & left in a remarkably good 4 wheeler for the Imperial Theatre. Had large box to see Romeo & Juliet. Edgar & Sophy, E.F, M & self. Soldier servant who (illeg) Reed in attendance & who knew Edgar. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage.

Snack & bed tired at 12.30pm. (Red ink: Went to see Romeo & Juliet. M, E.F, self & Edgar & Sophy.) (Cuttings glued in: Mr George Alexander at the St James's Theatre. Obituary of Sir John Barran. May 4.)

Tuesday May 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Wet & dull. Out. No L but friend. Old W 6d. Rags in Sir R.Phillimore's garden. Letter from Mite & card from Roy. All day developing & printing blues. Callers. M, Edith & self dined quietly. Roy back from Paris at 11.30pm. Had sent Otley to meet him. Bed after. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Alec Johnson-Ferguson, a son. May 12.)

Wednesday May 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags. Met 2 L's. 'You're back again'.

After back & put things straight. Left at 12.0 & up & called Ross's. Felt buzzy in head & seedy. On to New Gallery. Did not think much of the statue of Midas. Dear Mite's portrait not as good as I thought. On to the Garrick. Lunch next Bangs & Garner. At 3.0 photod Miss Madge Titheradge who came with her sister an active little girl. Out 6.0. Took stockings back to Burnets . Met Roy in Garrick. Walked on to P.D after drawing cheque for cash. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S, Phil Agnew, Lucas, E.T.R, B.P, H.W.L & A.G. Drank almost water. Got cut of Transvaal Horse. Back by bus. Wore grey suit. Home 12.0 exactly. M up in room. Roy at a Ball. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir John Barran. Telegram from Mary St Helens.)

Thursday May 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle round Earls Court. Met no one.

After back & schemed subject of Lyttleton & Horse given to Boer. Took hand camera at 11.30 & photod Whitenose. Back & at 12.30 photod Otley & Forster, F stinking of garlic. He asked for 6d. Developed & enlarged. Did not finish till 5.30pm. Up & worked. Got outline by 8.30. Dinner, M, Roy & self & Edith. Edith played after. Bed at 11.30pm. Found had mistaken action of Boer. It ought to be aside or rather found it out tomorrow morning. Also had not photod horse. Ought to read instructions more carefully.

Friday May 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out Earls Court on cycle. Rags lost. Back at 9.5.

Band. After letters took Otley again for Boer & enlarged horse from 10.30am to 12.30. Rather a rush to get done. Lunch. Worked from 12.30 to 10.0pm when finished. Dined by self, M sitting at table. Roy at Garrick, Captain

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Marshall. Edith went with Edgar on top of a bus. Roy back at 12.0. Bed. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Fisher Wentworth Dilke and Ethel Clifford will take place on June 7. May 4) Saturday May 6 Stafford Terrace. Overslept. Up 8.30. Lovely morning. Walk with Rags. Door being varnished & windows. Tickets for Exhibition Earls Court. Opening of the Exhibition. Tidied up etc. After M & self drove to the Duke of York's Theatre & saw 2 plays by Barrie. Ellen Terry in one. Gerald DuMaurier as a Pantaloon.

Out & in carriage at the Athenaeum Club. Bought fruit & home. Developed a dozen films. Dinner, M, Edith & self. Roy off on a motor trip with Stern to Maidenhead. (Red ink: M & self went to Duke of York's Theatre. Saw 'Alice sit by the Fire'.

Sunday May 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out on bicycle round Park. Beautiful lovely morning. After printed a few blues & at 12.15 took M by bus up to top of Row. Sat down. Met the Hohlers. M back by bus. On to Garrick. A very good chop.

At 3.45 photod A.M. Experiment. Out & to Athenaeum. Wrote letters until 7.0pm. Home by bus. Mr & Mrs Phipson Beale, Roy & Miss Rose Innes dined. Very pleasant evening. Bed eleven thirty. Asked for Scotland. (Red ink: Mr & Mrs Phipson Beale, Roy & Miss Rose Innes dined.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Charles Arnold. May 8.)

Monday May 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning. Cycled round Earls Court. Got a puncture in tyre going up Palace Gardens. Back home. Sent it to be done up.

After entire day printing & developing. Quiet dinner, M, Edith & self. Roy out to dinner. (Cutting glued in: Inquest on Charles Arnold. May 8.)

Tuesday May 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & bicycled round Earls Court. New tyre on back wheel bicycle. Lovely morning. After entire day printing blues, developing etc etc. Roy out to dinner. Dressed at 6.30pm & off by Metropolitan Railway to Blackfriars to dine at Keyser's Hotel with the Glovers Company. Met a handsome young man who turned out to be a Mr Paul Bevan & had met me somewhere. Sat betwen Prof Silvanus Thompson F.R.S & Sir W.Lawrence Young Bart. Brother of Mr Young at Constantinople. Opposite David Murray & F.C.B lower down. Pleasant dinner & good speech from Sir Edward Clarke & also Ald & Sheriff, Vesey Strong. Left at 11.15. Sir Lauder Brunton. Home by bus calling at C.C. (Red ink: Dined with the Glovers Company at Keyser's Hotel.) (Cutting glued in: Wills and Bequests. May 8.)

Wednesday May 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round Hyde Park. Water. Rags. Back.

Lovely morning. After breakfast Mr Wilde came & looked at drawings. Kept me till 12.30. Dressed. Lunch. Left at 3.0pm & up by bus to C.C. Photod at 4.0 G.T. Good. Out at 5.30. Tea at C.C. Took cab on to Ross's, disappointed could not see stereoscopic camera. Walked back. Left parcel for May's etc.

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Got cut of Camel Ship & left & home by bus at 10.45pm or 11.0. Cold. Edith F back at 12.10 & Roy after. Hair cut at 1.0pm. Met Mrs Lewis. Just too late in morning for L. Thursday May 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out on cycle. Round Earls Court. Lovely weather & morning. Back. After breakfast schemed subject of Camel Ship & Russian. Photod Otley at 12.30 for Frenchman & Russian Admiral. After developed enlarged etc. Up in room at 5.0pm. Worked from 5.30 to 8.10. M in room. Roy, M, self & E.F dined. Quiet evening & bed 11.30pm. M lunched with Miss Hollins.

Friday May 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out round Park. Rags in water. Could not see L or friend. Back. Lovely day. Worked hard all day on drawing of Camel Ship in Desert. Finished at 10.5pm. Roy out. Edith F dined at Spencer's. Very tired.

Bed at 12.10. Roy back from Club.

Saturady May 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out with Rags up Holland Walk. Met young Bergne. Cats etc. Heavy books. Grey morning. Put all things away. After M & self left at 2.15 in carriage & called to look at a sale at Brompton. On to Wyndham's Theatre & had good box. Saw 'Mr Hopkinson'. James Welch very good. Back to Hyde Park Corner & home by carriage getting haddock & fruit.

M, Edith & self dined quietly. Roy went in motor to Skindles. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: M & self went to see at Wyndham's Theatre 'Mr Hopkinson'.)

Sunday May 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out on bicycle shorter turn round Park. Grey cold morning. After breakfast developed 2½ doz of films taken Smyrna & Constantinople. At 12.30 M & self went by bus ½ way up Row. Met the Barrans in omnibus. Sat down when M returned by bus. On to Garrick & had chop. Talk to Ashley Sterry. Sore foot. To C.C at 3.0. Photod N.S for 2nd time.

No good. Met young Isidore Spielmann in vestibule. To Athenaeum. Letters.

Talk to Sir Thos Snagge. Home by motor bus in ¼ hr. Roy back. No one had called. Quiet dinner, M, Roy, Edith F & self. Read about Susa after in Harpers.

Monday May 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out. Bright lovely morning. Went up C.H at 8.47 saw L & friend. Back & round old reverse way past the schools etc. Back 9.15am. News of Douglas being down with Enteric Fever. After all day printing blues etc, tidying. In afternoon Mr Wilde came & delayed me. Up in my room looking over drawings, all came to nothing. Dined early & in the evening M, Edith & self went to the New Theatre & saw Leah Krishna. Werner very good & Lena Ashwell. Out. Carriage at Garrick. Home, sandwiches & bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: M & self & E.F went to see 'Leah Krishna' at the New

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Theatre.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Percy Burton to Christabel Harmsworth. May.) Tuesday May 16 Stafford Terrace. x. Up 7.50am & out with Rags & camera. Snapped L & friend walking by railings. Back. Breakfast. Also a girl going to school with sachel. After in morning developed. Printed many blues & tidied all day. M, Edith & self dined quietly & read after. Bed 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Captain Evelyn Le Marchant to Edith Crocker. May.) Wednesday May 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out with camera & Rags along opposite Campden Hill House. Snapped L & friend. Hats down. Back. Breakfast. After schemed subject for Syren & Shipping & at 12.30 photod a labourer & at 1.0 Otley in jersey etc for it. Developed them. Rest in room after which at 3.0 Mr Wilde came. Talk, & had been drinking beer. Got rid of him. M out in Mite's carriage at 3.15. After rested & dressed 5.45. By bus to C.C etc, on to Punch Dinner walking from Garrick. F.C.B, self, Mr Townsend, R.H, O.S, P.A, L.B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Subject of Japanese Jiu-Jitsu proposed by O.S to which I strenuously objected. Long discussion. Left at 10.15 & by carriage to the Soirée of the Royal Society. Saw Gilbert, Preece, Crompton, Silvanus Thompson, Sir Eyre Shaw etc. Wonderful photo groups of Llasa. Home by carriage, cold. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: 1st view of Mr Townsend, Art Editor.)

Thursday May 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out with camera. Snapped L & friend & also 2 Kittens. Bright sun. Back. Breakfast & schemed subject of Balfour & Chamberlain at Japanese arm trick. Had been up in room & sketched it out at 7.25am. Photod Roy & Otley in yard at 9.30am.

Friday May 19 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on bicycle round Earls Court & down Argyll Road. Band finished. After at work entire day on drawing of Balfour & Chamberlain at Japanese arm trick. Enlarged 2 of Stoke Edith at 2.0pm.

Worked from 2.30 to 10.0pm when dined, M sitting at table. Had written to Miss Bryson to dine on Sunday. Roy at Club, home 11.0pm. Bed 12.0pm.

Saw in Earls Court Aphrodite going to school. Nasty snuffly cold came on in the morning at work. (Cutting glued in: Find of Coins in High Street Kensington. Fri 19 May.) Saturday May 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10 & out with Rags. Wet morning & cold. Roy a holiday. In room cleared up & destroyed old letters. After dressed & left by carriage at 12.50 & with M to the Savoy where we had most excellent chop.

Query as to charging for the whole bottle of whiskey. After crossed the road & saw H.B.Irving play Hamlet at the Adelphi. Oscar Ashe as the King & Lily Brayton Ophelia. Not bad. Out & home in Mite's Victoria. Passed Cyril Maude in Piccadilly. Fruit. Tea & developed 20 films taken at sea Monday April 10th.

Dinner, M & self quietly by ourselves. Edith out & Roy dined out. Cold very

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 irritating & troublesome. Gargled. (Red ink: M & self lunched at the Savoy & saw Hamlet at the Adelphi afterwards.)

Sunday May 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out 9.0 & round short turn in Park with Rags.

Bitterly cold, dull & grey. Called Mite's house & found caretaker. Breakfast, M, Roy Edith & self. After at 11.45 M & self started to walk to Mite's. Met Roy, Rick & Rags. Walked across Park to 104 Lancaster Gate. Looked over it.

Back across Park. Left M & Roy. Bus to C.C & Garrick. Chop. At 3.15 up in Studio & put bag straight. To Athenaeum & wrote letters. Tea. Sent 17 books to Mudies. Home by bus at 6.45. Pretty French looking girl in High St. Dressed. At 8.0 William Stone, Mr & Mrs Keen (Karr) & Miss Bryson, M, Roy & self dined. A very pleasant dinner. Bitterly cold. Fires. Photos after. They left by 11.30pm. Bed & gargled. Cold irritable & annoying. (Red ink: Mr & Mrs Kerr, William Stone & Miss Bryson dined.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederica Merriman. May.) Monday May 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle Earls Court. Saw little Aphrodite.

Bitterly cold. Palace Gardens. Fire had been there & gutted a house, Baron de Reuter's. Back. Breakfast. Lit fire in room. Wire from Wilde. After printed blues etc. Lunch. Out & called on Cole. Also harness man Clark & to look at some rubbishy furniture at Collingham Gardens. Back & enlarged photos for Syren drawing. After left & up by carriage to dine at the Royal Medical & Chirurgical centenary at the Hotel Cecil. Splendid banquet & well done. Sat next a very nice man a Dr Gould & next a Mr Clutton. Saw Hereford doctor, a Mr Chapman. Good speech by Dr Conan Doyle. Was asked to speak. Prince of Wales there. Out 11.15 & home by carriage. (Red ink: Dined with the Royal Medical & Chirurgical Society.)

Tuesday May 23 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & being sunny walked with camera to get A. Cloud came & no sun till back at 9.0am to breakfast. After at work on drawing for Syren & Shipping. Quiet day. M & self & Edith F dined quietly. Had refused to go to the Odd Volumes. Bed 11.30 after dinner. (Red ink: 1st snapped A in dull weather.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Laura Taylor. Wedy 24 May 05.

Obituary of Laura Taylor.)

Wednesday May 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle. Round Earls Court. Saw A. Back over Campden Hill after. Back & all day at work on lettering of drawing for Syren & Shipping. After dressed. Left for P.D by bus. Called & paid sweep money at Garrick & walked to the Punch Dinner. Warm. P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, F.C.B, self, Townsend, O.S. Long time in settling cut & longer for title.

Out a 11.0 & home by bus, posting letters to Lincoln & Bennett & Hilton.

Thursday May 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle round Earls Court. Saw A going for tennis. Back over Campden Hill. After back to breakfast & schemed subject of Rosebery & Punch for Derby. At 12.0 photod Otley & self. Hats

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 came at last moment. After developed. Got prints by 4.0pm. Tea in room.

Worked till 7.30 when dressed. M & self went to dine at the Fairfax Rhodes's.

Took a Mrs Walker in who had had Elmhurst before Hamilton & also knew Stoke Edith. Ouless & Ray Lankester there. Out & to Mrs Newman's at home.

Could not get up the stairs. Saw Silver & wife, Torrey & wife. Out & home.

Roy at a dance, the Harveys, corner of Queen's Gate. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Fairfax Rhodes's. Mrs Newman's at home after.)

Friday May 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out for round on cycle. Saw A. Round Earls Court & over Campden Hill. Breakfast. After hard at work the entire day on drawing of Rosebery & Punch. Put in outline by lunch. After for 2½ hours coud not get Rosebery's face to my satisfaction. Finished it at 10.0pm when dined, M sitting at table. Frightfully tired & done up. Bed at 1.0 after snooze.

Roy out to Club.

Saturday May 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. Very tired & done up. Went for walk with Rags.

Admired Hornton St houses. Back. Lovely fine warm morning. In morning put things away etc. Lunch. After at 2.0 M & self drove to Daly's Theatre & saw The 2 Michus. Charming. Woodbridge, Sir Bruce & Lady Seton & also Mrs Sutton. Out & home by Maud's carriage. Crushed my hat on mantelpiece.

Bought fruit & home. Tested focul lengths & developed 5 films. Dinner 8.0pm.

M & self went to the Exhibition after. Saw Col Mount Batten, Ernest Brown & Mr Hartley. Home. Snack & to bed at 11.30pm. Edith out. (Red ink: M & self went to Daly's Theatre & saw The Two Michus. To Earls Court Exhibition afterwards.)

Sunday May 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out on cycle right round Park with Rags. Met Bob Coward. Good fish for breakfast. After wrote on mounts & at 12.25 M & self went on motor bus etc to Hyde Park Corner & sat till 1.20 in Park. M home & self at Club. 4 or 5 there. Lunch. Chop. At 3.5 photod R.M for lengths draped. No good. Frightfully hot in Studio. Got out at 5.0 & to Athenaeum.

Wrote several letters. Saw Snagge & Sir Henry Craik. News of Russian naval defeat. Home by bus. Sir Henry & Lady Bergne & Mr & Mrs Graham Keith dined with us. Pleasant evening. Fan going. They left by 11.0. Read Spanish defence of a church for a year. Bed 12.15. (Red ink: Sir Henry & Lady Bergne & Mr & Mrs Graham Keith dined with us.)

Monday May 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Very warm fine morning. Slightly hazy. Out on cycle. Saw A looking perfection. Back over Campden Hill. Rags done up by heat. Man doing taps etc. After back & all day at work on drawing of Syren & Shipping. Dinner, M, Roy, Edith F & self. M, Roy & self went in the evening to the Earls Court Exhibition. Met Col & Mrs Mount Batten. Back by the carriage.

(Red ink: M, Roy & self went to the Earls Court Exhibition.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Robert Ganthony. May.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Tuesday May 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out for walk with Rags. Met no one. After all day at work on drawing of Syren & Shipping & also developed some photos. M at home. No one came. A thunderstorm & dark as pitch in the the afternoon.

Dressed & left in carriage at 7.35 to dine at Lucy's. Met Mr Asquith, Sir Charles & Lady McLaren, Coupé & Mrs Thompson, Sir Alexander & Lady Henderson, a Lady something & a most vulgar member of Parliament. Home by carriage. Round by the C.C & Garrick Club. Roy on steps when got back.

(Red ink: Self dined at Lucy's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John Ramsden.

Death of Martha Ramsden. Death of Robert Ramsden.)

Wednesday May 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Went over Campden Hill. No L or friend.

Snapped small girl. After two little children. Back & on with drawing for Syren & Shipping. Finished it by 1.30pm. It left at 3.0pm. Developed a few photos & rest. After left for C.C in blue suit by bus. Photod at 5.30 Miss G.T. Out at 6.20 & walked to the Punch Dinner. Wore a grey hat, Homburg. After P.D. Lawrence B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G back from somewhere, F.C.B, self, Townsend, O.S. After considerable discussion got cut of Britannia & Togo. Suggested cut of Elizabeth & the King of Spain for Partridge. Home by the carriage. Poor M in bed all day with gastric disturbance. (Cutting glued in: Death of Gwendoline Walker. Death of Josephine Sutton.)

Thursday June 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out with camera. Snapped 3 little girls of Mrs Hartley's. After back & schemed subject for Togo & Britannia. Miss Huxley came at 12.0 & photod her. Self after by Otley for Togo. Developed & up in room at 5.0pm. Worked from 5.15 to 9.0 when Roy & self dined. M had dined before. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. Old Rick in the house. Must have been Sunday saw L & friend in road, Church St. Friday June 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & did 1½ hrs work. Then out with old Rick only.

After back & hard at work all day on drawing of Britannia & Togo. Finished at 7.30pm. Dressed & in carriage to dine at the Pirries. Good dinner. Met Lord Clanwilliam, daughter, Sir Edward & Lady Stern, Lord & Lady Robertson etc, Moberly Bell. After took Miss Carlisle in. Pleasant dinner. Left 11.0 & home by carriage. Read. Roy out. Electric Light went out. Put candle for Roy. Not tired.

(Red ink: M & self dined at the Pirrie's.)

Saturday June 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10. Out with Rags. Snapped 1 little girl 1/15. Horse walking. Back. Drew cheque etc etc. Lovely morning. Hilda H came. Put all things away & after lunch left with M in carriage & drove to the Garrick Theatre & saw the 'Walls of Jericho'. Mrs Bourchier good. No Beach to meet us. Back home by omnibus. After developed some films & M & self dined.

Roy back after in middle of dinner. We all three went to the Exhibition & sat out. Whistling Band. Saw no one we knew. Home by 11.15. Bed. (Red ink: M & self went to the Garrick Theatre & saw the 'Walls of Jericho'. After to Earls Court Exhibition.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Sunday June 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out on bicycle round short turn of Park. Warm.

Breakfast. After wrote & at 12.30 went with M by bus up to top of Hyde Park Corner & sat till 1.20. Home (M) by bus. Walked on to the Athenaeum & lunched on a chop. Letters from Walls, Corben etc. Wrote many letters up to 6.30pm. Home by bus. At 8.0pm Colonel & Mrs Trench, Harold Messel & wife dined with us. Pleasant evening. Mrs Noott gone back to her husband after 12 years. Bed at 12.0. Very warm. (Red ink: Col & Mrs Trench, Harold & Mrs Messel dined with us.)

Monday June 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am & out with Rags. Very wet & dull morning, bad for the King of Spain. Wrote till 12.15pm. L & friend disappeared. Back.

Breakfast. Wet day all day & heavy rain too. After schemed subject for Vol 128 & decided on Writing on Shield, Fame. Dressed. Had cut my thumb badly squaring up films with squaring knife just before luncheon. Left & went by bus in blue suit. Called C.C. Letter from E.D. On to the Punch Dinner. Walked in heavy wet. Sir W.A. Phil A dressed, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, Townsend, Graves, O.S. 2 cuts made up very quickly. Self got Emperor of Russia & Sibyll. Waited as Otley met me with cart at 10.45 in wet. Called C.C & went all the way up to the Studio to get drapery etc. Tore my overcoat.

Home in heavy rain.

Tuesday June 6 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. Dull rainy morning still. Saw 3 little Kittens.

After breakfast sent wire to Forster not to come. Sent to May's for robes of King & crown. Schemed subject of Emperor of Russia & Sibyll. Photod Otley at 1.45 in pouring heavy rain, he under the roof by Photo Hut. After developed & got ready. Miss Huxley had been wired not to come owing to the wet. She was in the Morning Room 2 hours, I not knowing it. Got to work from 5.0 to 8.15 & got picture in outline & part of robes in ink. M, Edith F & self dined at 8.30pm. Rest & to bed after.

Wednesday June 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & did a little work. Then out. Dull wet morning.

Rags. Back breakfast & after worked hard all day on Czar of Russia & Sibyll.

Did not finish until 10.15pm when dined with M looking on. Tired. Edith F & Roy both out. Went up to bed tired at 1.0pm.

Thursday June 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am & out. Went to church & there saw L & friend.

They walked at the back in school after. Back over Campden Hill. Breakfast.

After put all things away. Lunch & at 2.30 went off by bus to the C.C. & at 3.30 photod Miss N.Sutherland for Opening Volume 128. Out & back by bus.

Man like our Dragoman at Constantinople as conductor. Cocoa. Developed what I had taken. Edith Furrell left after staying with us since Saturday 29 April. Roy out to dinner at the Hollands & a Dance. Came in very late. M & self to dinner & rest & bed after. The King of Spain at the Aldershot Review & Gala Night at the Opera after. Finer afternoon but no sun to speak of. Very

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 high wind in Piccadilly with all the flags. 3 weeks exactly since L & friend snapped. (Red ink: Edith Furrell left this day.)

Friday June 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.0am & at 7.0am. Packed at 7.0 & sent Mr Porter's photos back. Roy overslept himself. Home only at 5.0am. M & self at breakfast at 9.0. Left in Otley's cab at 9.45 & drove in heavy rain to Euston & got off most comfortably by the 12.45pm for Craven Arms & Hopton Heath.

Lunch in train. Discovered that O had put Apollinaris with loose cork & all emptied amongst my prints. Most annoying. Langley met us & we arrived Bedstone Court at 3.30pm. Lovely afternoon. Dr Orton on steps & left as we arrived with 2 trout. After M, self, young Congreve & H went for walk to look at the rhododendrons. After back. Dressed & dinner. H, Midge, M & self & young C. No cigar after. Talk & bed at 11.50. Sleepy after. Slept well. Squared a good many prints. (Red ink: Went down with M to Bedstone Court to the Langleys.)

Saturday June 10 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.0am. Good bath. Breakfast. Lovely morning.

Looked at the Art Journal & after from 11.0 to 12.0 went with Hamilton to see about 1500 pheasants hatched out. String of vermin shot. Back. Lunch. Wire to say motor coming tomorrow. Looked out more Art Journals. Very little in them. After finished squaring prints which had been doused in Apollinaris. At 3.30 Midge & M went to call on some people. At 4.0 H & self went to fish. 2nd cast H landed one. Fished with my Father's rod probably not used for just half a century. Went very well, only old splicing gave way. Stopped & lit a willow touch wood fire from cigar. Waited 1½ hrs, when back. Arranged with a farmer to photo a bull on Tuesday. Back to house. M back. Letter from Edgar.

(Red ink: Fished with my Father's rod.) (Cutting glued in: Social news. June 10.)

Sunday June 11 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 8.0am. Both slept well. Down. H & letter bag.

Trout which M eat. After pipe looked over Art Journal & wrote F.C.B etc. M, Midge, H & self left in a Wolseley motor at 10.55 for Stoke Edith. Horses in the road. Thro' Bucknell, past Mortimer X, Kingsland, Leominster & on past Hampton Court (Arkwright) to Stoke Edith. There at 1.0. Saw Dora & Paul.

Lady Foley there. Lunch 2.0pm. Smoke & rest after. At 4.30 went to the church. 1st saw Baby. Very pretty woman, a Miss Ford, tall fair girl. Also Mr Lambert christened the boy. Out & tea & cake at Stoke Edith. Peter & crumbs. All left in motor at 5.45 & home calling at Col Davidsons 7.20.

Orange gin. Got back to Bedstone Court at 7.45. Bath & dressed. Wrote Diary. After a Mr Seton came to dinner at 8.30, cousin of Sir Bruce. Talk of Art, Lord Dundreary etc. Bed 11.45. Tired. (Red ink: Motored to Stoke Edith.

Christening of Dora's son.)

Monday June 12 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 8.10. Bath. Down. No letters. Dull grey stuffy morning. Looked at books. Nothing very much. After wrote many letters.

Looked thro' remaining Art Journals. Lunch, M, Midge & Hamilton. Smoke &

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 rest in Billiard Room after. Sleep. After at 4.0 went with M & Midge & walked to the Manor House. Called on Mr Seton & Mrs Sunderland. Delightful old house. Full of armour & many beautiful bits of furniture. Old sword encrusted with gold found down a rat hole. Old plan of house. Elizabethan & Cromwellian weapons. Shades for fire. Round screens. Picture, The Doubtful Strad etc etc. Many works by J.D.Watson. Young girl married to Mr Seton's son who drinks (the son). Sister married to Mrs Sunderland's son - a curious ménage. Left after tea, a Mr Rogers there, & walked back. Intensely close & oppressive. Met Midge at the corner house. H got one fish. Read The Prince & the Pauper. Dressed. Dinner. Light up to 9.30. Beaten 2 games of Billiards

by H. Locked out by butler. Bed 11.30. M still up. (Red ink: Tea at Mr Seton's.)

Tuesday June 13 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.10. Dull grey morning. M tired. Late bath.

Breakfast. Letters, Ld Mt Edgcumbe, Corben etc. After went down to fishing farm & took 18 films of a fine 4 yr old bull. Back & dressed in dark suit. Left with H, Midge & M in Victoria & drove to Col Davidson for lunch. Slow. Mr Lockwood & daughter. Mrs Crystal Veal. Beaten by Miss L at putting. Tale of Lady Godiva. At 4.0 drove to Lord Batemans. Shabby Garden Party. Looked over house. Portrait of 1st Duke of Marlboro whose daughter married Viscount Bateman. Pictures of Lady B by Le Compte de Rosnay, Cortois etc. A very aggressive photographer. Shouted. Little Vera Kevill-Davis looking thinner.

Left at 5.45. M had left her gloves at the Davidsons. Called for them & drove home by 7.10pm. Dressed. Dinner, H, M, Midge & self. Quiet evening & bed 10.40. M stayed up till 12.0 packing. (Red ink: Photod bull, 17. Went to Garden Party at Lord Bateman's.)

Wednesday June 14 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.0. Bath. Bright warm sun. Packed before breakfast. After M & self left at 9.45 & drove to Bucknell. Full train & went in carriage to Shrewsbury where change & on to London. Long weary journey.

Otley met us at the station & home in usual 4 wheeler. Put things right & off by 6.10 in bus to Garrick. Called C.C & washed, on to the Punch Dinner. P.A, Lucas, B.P, F.C.B, A.G, self, R.H, H.F.Townsend, Graves, O.S, Got cut of German Emperor. Left 10.45. Townsend began about Title Page. Said it was 'my business'. Home by bus. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Came up from Bedstone Court.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir William Macgregor. Friday 16 June.)

Thursday June 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Saw L & friend who x'd over the road.

Pity. Back with camera. Took two of children. After back & schemed subject of German Emperor & King Oscar. Photod Otley & self. Developed & got on with work. M & self dined at 8.30 quietly. Bed after. Wired Watson to stop camera.

Friday June 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & dull grey morning out round C.H. Back & at work all day till 10.0 on cut of German Emperor, King Oscar etc. Dined with M at 10.0. Bed after. At 3.0 letter from H.F.Townsend left by hand about

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Almanack. Evidently friction between F.C.B & himself. Fraught with ominous rd portents for future. Went to see F.C.B about above on Monday 3 July 1905.

A question of colour. (Red ink: Ominous letter from H.F.Townsend about changing cuts in the Almanack for 1906.)

Saturday June 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Heavy rain & hot sunny morning after.

Breakfast. Walked up to 20 Notting Hill Sq. Saw number of beautiful things & young Brown. Back. Flowering Yucca. Hair cut at 1.0 having called at 11.0.

Put room straight & after went up to Garrick about dinner & called C.C. Wire, all upset. Photod E.D 1 hr. No good. Ugly & stupid. Back by bus & developed 5 films. At 8.15 Miss Phoene Knowles, M, Roy & self dined. A very pleasant evening. Roy walked back with her. (Red ink: 13 little goldfish purchased for 2/3 at Slaters put into the Aquarium at 8.15pm. Phoene Knowles dined with us, M, self & Roy.) Sunday June 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out. Walked right over to Notting Hill. Looked about. Old Woman in distance. Back. Breakfast. Letters to Peark's etc, cheques. After enlarged 5 for drawing Vol 128. Dressed 12.25. At one pm drove with M to Ranelagh & lunched with Mr & Mrs Keene. Met Mr & Mrs Foster. Very nice. Also Mr Williams. Good lunch. Sat out after. Saw Bill Weigall. Left 4.0 & drove to Phil Agnew's musical at home. O.S & young Bainbridge. Left 5.0pm & drove C.C. Sitting 1 hr G.T. After to Athenaeum & home. Hamilton & Midge & Miss Cole dined with M, Roy & self. Bed 11.30.

Tired. (Red ink: Hamilton Langley, Midge & Miss Alan Cole dined.)

Monday June 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5 & out on bicycle. No A. Round up Church Street & back. Annoyed about Geoff coming & letter for him. Wrote diary. Spoke to Otley. M also spoke to Otley. After enlarged photos for my Opening Volume 128 & began to work on it at 4.0pm. Outlined it. After dull evening in weather.

Did not go to Exhibition. M, Roy & self dined quietly together. Quiet evening.

Geoff drove out with M in Mite's carriage.

Tuesday June 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out with Rags round Earls Court on bicycle. Saw A in white dress as neat as a pin. Over Campden Hill & home to breakfast. Dull day for Ascot. After at work all day on drawing for Opening Volume 128. Left with Roy in carriage at 7.0 for the Garrick where I gave a dinner to 10 men.

Success. Lord Rathmore, F.C.B & Lucy stayed talking till 1.0am. Home in carriage. Dinner 10 men,The Garrick Club. (Plan of seating: C.E.Galbraith, R.H.S, Cap'n Marshall, F.C.B, Lord Rathmore, L.S, Sir C.B.McLaren, Sir Henry Craik, H.W.Lucy, G.W.Wolff.) £10.11.2.

Menu Garrick.

Table Caviare on ice Soup, pea Salmon souchet

£ 15.0 ....

5.0 12.6

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Devilled whitebait 5.0 Garrick steak, new potatoes 15.0 Quails, salad Francaise 1. 5.0 Argentine asparagrass 10.0 Ice pudding 7.7 Garrick savory 5/s, coffee 3/4 8.0 Strawberries, cream 7.6 5.10.10 Chateau Y'Quem 8.6 Pommery 2. 0.0 Laoville 5/6, old Brandy 10/10 16.4 Water 5.6 Flowers 7/6, Waiters 22/6. 1.10.0.

10.11.2 Wednesday June 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with camera. Walked to Cromwell Road. & successfully snapped A after. Little school girl. Back to breakfast. After at work all day on drawing for Opening, or rather Title Page, Volume 128.

Finished it at 5.30pm. Changed into grey suit & at 6.10 up by bus to the C.C & Garrick. Girl spoke to me on bus about Hyde Park. Came from Doncaster, at West London Hospital. Met Rooth & on to P.D. Lehmann back, 1st time since (blank). Phil A, H.F.T, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L & O.S. Lovely warm evening. After discussion got cut of Balfour & Bloodhound. Partridge a Weather Cock. Left at 11.20 & home by bus. Harry & Mrs Dickens gave a Ball at the Grafton Galleries to which Roy went. (Red ink: Dickens Ball at the Grafton Galleries. Roy went.)

Thursday June 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & walked over C.H. Photod several schoolchildren & walked home by 9.20. Roy at breakfast. Most lovely summers day. After schemed subject & photod Hilton & Otley at 12.10 for Balfour with Blood Hound. After man came with dogs. Finished enlarging by 4.30. Traced.

Dressed at 7.20 & M & self walked across the road & dined with Graham K & his wife. Delightfully served & cooked dinner, A1. Met Col Robert commanding the London Irish Volunters. Long talk. Walked back at 11.15. M said I was very restless. Bed 12.0. Roy went down to Skindles to dine with Stern & for Ascot tomorrow. (Red ink: M & self dined at the Graham Keiths.

Good dinner.)

Friday June 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am & out in lovely summer morning over Campden Hill into Notting Hill. At 8.40 at last by a surprise snapped L. Hope successfully. Walked home over Hill. Letter from Mite who arrives home today. After worked all day on drawing of Balfour & a Blood Hound. At 11.35 to 12.30 did 3 enlargements over again & copied Blood Hound. Snap of L again, also failure. M went to meet Lennie & Mite who returned at 3.45 Charing X. Most heavenly summer day. Finished 10.5pm. M & self dined.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Tired after. Soirée at the Royal Society & Pilgrim Dinner to Whitelaw Reid.

Out of both. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite arrived home from Italy.)

Saturday June 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Woke by knocking at steps opposite. Out with Rags who nearly killed a cat. Met 3 girls same as yesterday morning. Seven minutes to nine. Girl with dogs also. Dull morning. M wired to Geoff. Roy at Skindles. After put things straight. Mite & Lennie came in at 12.0 noon & stayed half an hour going on in their motor to Balcombe. Lunch with M. After developed Bull photos taken Tuesday 13 June. 17 of them & tried Ross lens.

M left at 3.30 & drove Mrs Keen to Ranelagh. Little girl did not behave well.

Back at 7.0. Went out & bought fruit & fish & M & self had a most excellent quiet dinner by ourselves. Bed 11.30. Lovely afternoon. Wire from Roy to say he comes home Sunday night. (Red ink: Saw dear Mite & Lennie in the morning.) (Cutting glued in: Sale of Mr Joseph Knight's library. 26 June.)

Sunday June 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out with Rags over Campden Hill. Dull. Walked up Church St for point of vantage. Breakfast at 9.45. Tried Ross lenses afterwards. Lovely sun came out. Filled in Income Tax paper for amount £850 less £25.0.0, £825.0.0 in all. M in room. After at 12.20 went by bus to top of Park with M. Mostly dowdy people about. Back after walking to Albert Hall.

Threatened rain. At lunch the Electric Light blew out at the fan. Bother. Up at 3.0 in room. Hot & stuffy. Rested till 3.45. Man came for Electric connection.

Left at 4.15 by bicycle to Sir Alfred Hickman's, 1st time 1905. A young man of evil countenance. Col Trench sprained his leg. Cup. Left 6.40 & home by bicycle. Dressed & left at 7.30pm with M for Hurlingham. Dined with Galbraith & Charley Maxwell. Had last bottle of Ayala 1892. Sat till 10.20 when home.

Slept in Drawing Room till 2.20am. Bed. Mr Stern's man met us outside when the carriage drove up & said Roy would not be home till tomorrow. (Red ink: 1st game at Sir A.Hickmans. No Roy.) (Red ink across page: Dined at Hurlingham with Charles Galbraith & Maxwell.

Monday June 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dullish cloudy morning. Out with bicycle & Rags.

Inspected side road at Earls Court. Saw A. Round & up Church St & home 9.15am. M had her breakfast in bed. After got on with drawing for Volume 129 & wrote 2 letters to F.C.B. Lunch. After from 2.0 to 4.0 enlarged photos of Peace etc & girls in the street. Worked from 5.0pm to 8.30pm when our little family dined all together, M. Roy, Mite & self. Gave Mite one of the Venice books after. She left in carriage at 11.0pm. Roy tired. Very hot in room. Bed 11.40pm. (Red ink: M, Roy, Mite & self all together at dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Augustus Gregory. Mon 26 June 1905.)

Tuesday June 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50. Hazy. Out with K.C & Rags. Took A ¾ off & after 4 more, 5 altogether. Long hot walk. Met Lady Bergne in carriage. Back.

Breakfast. Drew cheque for £31.0.0 for M. Very warm morning. After all day at work on Roosevelt & Peace. Lennie very seedy. They did not dine at the

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Walter Agnew's. M & self dined quietly together & bed at 12.0 after snooze.

Roy out. (Red ink: Paid for carriage to Coles.)

Wednesday June 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycle round Earls Court. Dull morning. Saw A in mauve skirt. Over & up Church Street. Back. Breakfast. All day on drawing of Roosevelt & Peace. Finished it at 5.30pm or 5.45. Left 6.15 & by bus all way to Bouverie St for Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, H.F.T, R.H, Graves, O.S, Lucas, B.P, H.W.L & A.G. Long discussion. Got cut of Japanese Soldiers & Partridge a Centaur. Left at 10.30 & by carriage to the Royal Academy Soirée. Long time finding M & Roy. There till 12.0. Saw many friends, Mrs Ledger etc etc.

Home by carriage, Roy on box. Major Du Maurier, Sylvia Llewellyn Davis.

Dropped Roy at the Hyde Park Hotel & home. (Red ink: Royal Academy Soirée. M, Roy & self there.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Mgr Nugent. Wed 28 June.)

Thursday June 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull morning, grey & stuffy. Down for Times.

No honours out. After went with Rags on bicycle round school. No A. Over Campen Hill by Church Street & home. After breakfast sent Otley to Mays for costume for Japanese Soldier. Pouring with rain at 12.45 when I was able to take photo. Got thro' somehow & finished by 4.0pm. Up in room & got tracing.

After at 8.15 Mary Millais, Lennie & Mite, M, Roy & self dined. Pleasant evening. Bed at 12.0 after reading.

Friday June 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out in mackintosh. Very wet. Up over Campden Hill. Met L. Back in old round. After breakfast wrote congratulations to Alma Tadema & Spielmann. At 11.0 got on with Japanese Soldier & working all day finished at 9.0pm when M & self dined quite quietly. Roy at Garrick. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Very hot. A wet dismal day all day for the King's birthday.

At lunch had to have the Electric Light it was so dark. (Red ink: H.M's Official Birthday. Dark dismal wretched day.) (Cutting glued in: Birthday Honours.)

Saturday July 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Heavy rain when woke. Poured. Walk with Rags, Holland Walk. 3 Graces. After back. Cheques for wages etc. Cleared. Put things straight & after printed about 50 blues. Lunch. Grey suit. Went to 15 Hans Crescent & looked at sale. Back by bus & bought fruit. Roy back. After dressed in frock coat & left at 5.30 with M & Phoene K for Hurlingham. There 6.0. Sports. Saw Lady Bateman, Miss Pollock, Mrs Rainbow. Girl like M.R exactly. Sir G & Lady Armstrong, Mr Holland, Mr Connal etc. Dined with Captn Heathorne. Fair. H tumbled off his chair on the ground after. A troupe of players in cloaks performed. Walking up & down & dancing. Energetic pianist. Home by carriage 10.30pm. Horse in sweat. Roy on steps. Had dined at home & not been out. P.K went home in the carriage. (Red ink: Went to dine with Captain Heathorne, M & Phoene Knowles & self at Hurlingham.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Sunday July 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Out at 9.15. ¼ hr to get to end of Holland Walk. Took 1 snapshot corner of Holland Park & one other in Kensington High St. Back to breakfast at 10.0am, M, Roy & self. After all morning put things straight & wrote letters of congratulation to Mr Meredith & Mr Holman Hunt O.M. Lunch. Roy at home. Rest fom 2.0 to 3.45 when M, Roy & self walked up to 22 K.P.G. Played many sets. Dark clouds & rain at intervals came over. Galloway & Col Trench. G as usual. Mrs Noott again left her husband. Left 7.0. Roy got back & dined at Sir Alfred's. At home Mrs Arthur Lewis, Mr Davis & Mrs Douglas dined. Pleasant evening. They left 11.0. Roy back & saw Mrs Lewis home. Very hot. Bed 11.50pm. (Red ink: 2nd day's Tennis at Sir A.Hickman's. Mrs Arthur Lewis, Mr H.W.B.Davis & Mr Douglas dined. M went with us to 22 Palace Gardens.)

Monday July 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am & out for walk. Rags. No L. No 3 Graces. Man running a race over chairs in Upp Phillimore Gds. Gave Old W 6d. Home.

Breakfast. Wrote letter. To go to F.C.B's 10.45am. Left 10.52 & there 11.0 exactly. Waited ¼ hr & then F.C.B came in. Explanations, a question of colours. F.C.B talked of retiring. 'Nothing to retire on'. After back. No M. Went out at 1.50 to try camera in brilliant sun. Took 2 off the plate. Back.

Developed a few back films etc. Rest for 2 hrs. After put things straight. Very warm. Dear Mite with M at 6.0. At 7.15 dressed & left 7.50 with M in carriage for Lady Carbutt's. A most pleasant dinner. Took a Mrs Ralli in. Awful looking brigand of a husband. Judge Bacon, Sir Wm & Lady Abney, the Batteys etc.

Very good dinner. Left 10.40 & home. Roy at the McLarens Dance. Bed 11.45. (Red ink: M & self dined at Lady Carbutt's.)

Tuesday July 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Felt well. Hazy morning. Out with Rags & camera.

Could not see L on Church St. Rags got shut in a gate. Cats. After took 3 snap shots, 2 good I hope with altered position. Letter from Watson declining to make camera. After all day dating, tidying etc. Developed a few photos at 12.30. Many callers. M & self left in carriage for House of Commons at 7.30.

Pretty girl from Mews. Had to turn back for M's gloves. Got there 8.5. Dinner

by Colonel & Mrs Welby. Wm Stone, General Woods & wife (sister of Mrs Lucas) the Master of the Mint & wife & others. Saw Cumming Macdona. After Colonel Denny. Excellent dinner. Left at 11.0 & home by carriage. Roy up.

(Red ink: Dined with Colonel & Mrs Welby on Terrace of House of Commons, M & self.)

Wednesday July 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rags & camera. Snapped 3 Kittens in Holland Walk & 3 others. No shop girls, no L. Back. Breakfast. M remained in bed. After back & put things in order. Developed etc. Mrs Noott to lunch. Kept M from resting. Left at 3.0 & went by bus to Sands & Hunter. After to C.C. At 4.30 photod Miss G.T. Out & to Garrick. Saw Lord Cook who told me Hamilton Fletcher had bought his house. Walked on to Punch Dinner. Met Routh & Richmond, Judge Snagge. Remarkably good dinner. F.C.B, self, Townsend, R.H, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Got cut of Russian

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Sentry & Sedition. Suggested by O.S, Partridge by Townsend. Photoing French & English Sailors. Left 10.30. Home by bus. To C.C. Mounted stairs & got shawls. Oh! Then thro' Leicester Square. Fire at the Alhambra. Engines tearing up. On by bus. Lovely woman & man. Thought it was Isabel Juy. Prettier. Could not be. Bed at 11.45. (Red ink: Fire at the Alhambra.)

Thursday July 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on bicycle round Earls Court. No A. Back thro' Palace Gardens. After wrote & schemed subject for Russian Sentry & the Temptress. Sent Otley to May's, came back with things no good. At 12.20 photod Otley & Miss Huxley. Hot sun. Developed & got ready. Lunch. After to work at 4.30pm. Dinner 8.0, M, Roy & self. At 10.25 drove to JohnsonFergusons. Roy bother with his tie. Saw many. Mrs Donner, Mrs Morrison etc etc. Dull wretched evening besides which a gum boil came on at 11.0pm.

Horribly painful. Lanced it at night. Back & to bed 1.15am. (Red ink: M, Roy & self went to the Johnson-Fergusons at home. Oh! Gum boil came on.)

(Cuttings glued in: Fire at the Alhambra Theatre. Thurs July 6. Death of Johanna Steinkopff. July. Marriage of Oswald Bainbridge to Hermione Anstey.)

Friday July 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out. Face very painful & all swollen up. Walked at 8.15 along Holland Walk & got L at corner at last. After one other & 3 Kittrens or 2 of them. Back. Breakfast. M in bed. Worked all day on subject of the Temptress. Photod & enlarged prints of Russian soldiers at 10.0am, Otley helping. In pain all day with gum boil. After finished at 10.0. Roy dining at Harold M's. M & self dined. Bottle Ayala 1889. Bed 12.30 dead tired. (Red ink: Gum boil very bad.)

Saturday July 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.12 & out. Key camera. Snapped 1 in Hornton St, 1 in Holland Walk. Very hot. Face swollen & bad. Met young Bergne. After back. Breakfast. All morning tidying, writing etc. Wrote F.C.B. Lunch, M & self.

After left at 4.30 in 4 wheeler for Paddington. Hottest day of the year.

Crowded Paddington. Hot young woman at Refreshment Bar. Ran down to Pangbourne beyond Reading. Carriage met us with Mrs Kemp & Lady Selfe.

Drove to Bowden Green. Sir Benjamin looking broken & old. Sir William Selfe, Lady S, M, self, Mrs Kemp, Mona & Spagnioletti. Others to dinner. Pool after.

Bed at 11.0pm. M said I was restless & kept her awake. Intensely hot dressing in Bath Room. (Red ink: M & self went down to Bowden Green.

Frightfully hot. Met Judge & Lady Selfe.)

Sunday July 9 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Up 7.0 & 8.0. Breakfast in the open air at 9.0.

Little girl tilted cup of tea over me & M. Spoiled shoes etc. Read Peter Ibbotson. After at 11.45 Mr & Mrs Beale & Miss Thompson came. Walked round & saw animals etc etc. Thunder about. Got camera & took Geese & Turkey, also the Gazelle. Lunch in open air. Rest. Read The Martian. M went for drive. Mrs Kemp slipped down & hurt herself. Talk. Dress. Dinner. Hot. A

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 very pretty & nice girl came, a Miss Jones. The Beales left at 9.0pm. Pool after. Bed 11.0 after talk to Sir Wm Selfe. (Red ink: Thunder everywhere.)

Monday July 10 Bowden Green, Pangbourne. Woke at 3.0am & at 6.45am. Others all breakfasted in open & left by the 8.0am train. Packed in hot Bath Room & down 9.15. Breakfast M, Mona & self in the open air. After left at 10.30. Mrs Kemp in bed. Ugly people on platform of railway. Girl bare arms & no gloves.

Paddington. Saw Mrs Charley Burnand & her daughter. Home in 4 wheeler.

Very hot. Home 12.30. Changed films. Lunch. Rest. Printed & letters & at 8.0pm M, Roy & self dined & had pleasant evening. Frightfully hot in Drawing Room. At 6.0pm broke my 2nd glass globe in Studio. Spoiled a lot of photos, enlargements etc. (Red ink: Broke glass globe in Studio.)

Tuesday July 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Grey morning. Out with Rags on bicycle & round Earls Court. Saw A. Back thro' Palace Gardens. After back. All morning changing my water in glass globe. Spencer & Hilda called 11.15. Delayed me.

After dear Mite. Wrote Tabs. Printed bulls etc after lunch. At 6.30 went & bought fruit. At 8.0 dinner at home. Roy dined at the John Aird juniors. (Red ink: Home dinner of eight. Golden waited.) (Plan of seating: H.Routh, Lady Monckton, L.S, Mrs Partridge, Major Du Maurier, Mrs Routh, Bernard Partridge, M.) Golden waited. Good dinner. Bridge after. Very hot night.

Wednesday July 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Dull morning. M remained in bed. Went out with Key Camera & snapped Aphrodite & also A the 2nd going to school (Princess, 15.4.07.) Walked thro' Kensington Square back. Met Keith. Wrote Tabs about yacht on Saturday. Put things right & lunch at 1.30. Left at 3.0 & to C.C. At 3.45 photod Miss Eva M 1st time. Not much good. Very hot. Out & to Garrick.

Saw Roy. Walked to Punch Dinner. Met Mr Borthwick. Very hot. F.C.B, self, Townsend, R.L, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P. Letter from F.C.B about Almanack.

Intensely annoyed & said so. Got subject of Small Tailor. Home by bus at 10.45 after talk to Partridge & Townsend. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink: Talk to Partridge & Townsend after the Punch Dinner. Lucy libel trial just finished.)

(Cuttings glued in: Death of Sir Jacob Wilson. Obituary of Sir Jacob Wilson.)

Thursday July 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out to Earls Court with Rags & camera. No A to be seen. Only took one little girl. Back. Breakfast 9.25. After schemed subject of Balfour as Small Tailor & Irishman. Decided not to send Otley to May's. Got shears & permission to photo Curton's shop. Hilton came at 11.45. Took 6 of him & Otley & after walked up & photod inside Curton's shop. Lunch & developed & enlarged. Up in room at 5.0 & on to work until 8.15pm when M, Roy & self dined. Bed after at 11.0pm.

Friday July 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out over Notting Hill with Rags & Key Camera.

Snapped L back view & after 5 others of school girls. Back & breakfast. The hottest day of the year. Worked all day on subject of Arthur Balfour as Small

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Tailor & Irishman. At 4.0 took up fan in room & worked with it going until 10.0.

M, Roy & self dined. Rest after & bed 1.0am. Not very tired. Good cartoon.

(Red ink: Hottest day of the year.)

Saturday July 15 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Grey morning & cooler. Put things away before breakfast. After packed. No walk. Good bye to Roy. Got off by 11.30 in Otley's 4 wheeler & drove to Waterloo. Met Olive Shakespeare & D. ditto on the platform. Lost my pince nez by bag dropping. Comfortable carriage.

Lunch. Southampton at 2.14. After in launch to yacht. H ashore, Tabs on board. Cocoa. Steamed past Castle Street & on to Yarmouth I.W. where anchor dropped. Dinner, H, Tabs, Gwen, M & self. Sleepy after. Turned in 11.0pm. Slept well. Dreamed of Napoleon. Sea fog came on at 8.30pm. Took 2 photos of large German liner. (Red ink: M & self went down to Southampton to go on board the Joyeuse.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Marie Roller. July.)

Sunday July 16 S.Y.Joyeuse. Off Yarmouth, I.W. Up 8.0. Bath. Grey morning. House where the Speeds used to live. Breakfast 9.0. Discovered that the Channel Islands boat had run aground in sea fog last night. 2 tugs & her own steam. Under weigh 10.0am & to Portland. Fresh breeze. Tabs nervous at the Race. Arrived 1.20. Battleships. Took photos. After at 3.0 went on 1½ hrs sail in Gwen's boat with H. Photod Battleships. Tea. All went ashore at Portland, H, Tabs, Gwen, M & self. Photod Portland stone rocks. Very warm. Back by 7.0.

Photod ships & setting sun, three. Dinner. Claret. Most lovely full moon after.

Bed 11.0. Took me 40 minutes to change films. Read about Chefa & Great Pyramid. (Red ink: Dull day & walk at Portland Island.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary Major General Sir Henry Trotter. July 18.)

Monday July 17 S.Y.Joyeuse. Portland Roads. Up 8.15. Lovely morning. Grey. Breakfast.

Finished 1000 Dozen Eggs by Jack London. Ships firing. Under weigh at 10.0 & off for Dartmouth. Wrote letters etc all morning. Lunch crossing. Arrived Dartmouth about 2.30. Beautiful approach. After Gwen rowed M & self round the Britannia & the Hindustan. Back. Devonshire cream for tea. At 5.0 on shore & walked to end of cliff. Took 8 photos in all today. One of a little dark haired girl aged 7. Back to yacht at 7.30pm. Dinner. Claret. After cigar & sleepy. Changed plates & to sleep at 11.20pm. Evy Batterson. No 2 Door.

Coast Guard Station. Company. Dartmouth. (Red ink: Steamed to Dartmouth.

Walk to cliff in evening.)

Tuesday July 18 S.Y.Joyeuse. Dartmouth. Up 8.10. In M's cabin. Doubts where we return from.

Fine morning. Wrote diary. At 11.0 Gwen went to bathe. H & self went for long walk in heat to top of hill. Talk of Marsden. Saw some of the same children I photographed yesterday. Back into the town. M & Tabs & Gwen there. To yacht. Lunch. Lobster. Rest & smoke afterwards. Drowsy. At 3.15 started in the launch & went up to Totness. At photo 6 the changing box refused to work. On taking it out found carrier crumpled up. Why? Arrived Totness at 4.30. Ordered tea & walked up the hill, M, Tabs, Gwen, H & self.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Went into church. One old Elizabethan monument in Sacristry. Pretty little red haired girl. Beautiful. Back. Had Devonshire cream & tea at the hotel. Left at 6.0 & back at yacht 7.45 against tide. Difficult navigation going up. Smuts from funnel very disagreable. Lovely evening. Dinner. Champagne. Turned in 11.0 & put changing box right. Crumpled plate. Opened port. Dream of Chinese girl. (Red ink: Went up to Totness in launch.)

Wednesday July 19 S.Y.Joyeuse. Dartmouth. Up 8.5. Bath. Packed bag. Breakfast. Lovely morning. Brilliant sun. Waited about on deck. Hot. H pathetically asked if Tabby liked the idea. After saw 10.15pm train leave Kingswear. Left after seeing Gwen & maid go to swim. Left Kingswear 12.15. H & Tabs going ashore. Dreary journey to Exeter past Dawlish Newton Abbey etc. Lunch in train. 2 hours at Exeter. Saw the Cathedral. Also Mrs ? wife of Colonel who gave me verses on B(illeg) Osborne. Could not get cream. Called station for Pass. Left Exeter 4.15. Dined on train after Salisbury. Waterloo 8.7. Otley met M & home in cab. To Punch Dinner. Went over wrong bridge. There 8.30pm.

F.C.B, self, Townsend, R.L, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, Reed, A.G. Got cut of Halsbury as Horatius Keeping the Bridge. Suggested Pair Oar for Partridge.

Left at 10.30 & to C.C. Wrote letters. No envelopes. Home by bus. Very hot.

(Red ink: Long weary journey home from Kingswear, Dartmouth.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of William Boys to Emily Merriman.)

Thursday July 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 6.45 & out. Caught the 7.30 train to Westminster Bridge & took 6 photos. People pouring over to work. Shop girls etc etc. Back.

Breakfast & sent O to May's. Letter from F.C.B enclosing wire from Reed that the subject of Halsbury Keeping the Bridge as Horatius had been 'identically treated in the Daily Mirror' of today. After a lot of letters backwards & forwards went on with subject as originally treated & given me yesterday. Photod Policeman & self as Horatius at 1.0pm. Lunch 2.0. Did not finish until 5.30.

Worked till 8.20 when M & self dined. Very tired. Bed at 11.15pm. M had the Electric Fan carried up to my room. (Red ink: Dreadful see saw about cut.

Many letters from F.C.B.) Friday July 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Key Camera. Snapped A. Not so good as on the 21 June. Back & to work all day. News of defeat of the Government yesterday night. Wrote F.C.B & suggested a subject, Bull & Balfour. To go on with Bridge & Halsbury. Roy back from staying with Symonds. He dined out.

Fan in room. M went to the Stores. Worked till 10.5 when finished. M & self dined, ½ bottle Champagne. Bed at 12.0. Very hot day. (Red ink: News of Government defeat last night.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Emily Lysaght.

Death of Kezia Nightingale. Death of Emily Quayle.)

Saturday July 22 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5am. Very tired. Out in brilliant sun & took 2 photos.

Walked over Hill. No Rags. Back. Breakfast. Roy not to the City. After put things right. Drew cheques. Very hot. Wrote for Pass for Roy to Glasgow & South Western. Roy left for lunch somewhere. M & self lunched & left at 3.50

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 in 4 wheeler for Balcombe. Good thoroughbred horse. Gentleman & lady in carriage. Label washed off my bag. Dear Linley at top of steps & Lady Frederick. Arrived at Balcombe House at 5.45, 1st time since the 8th January.

Hilda H there. Dear little Ann. Very hot evening. Dinner. Mite not very well.

Read The Commune by Paul Victor Marguerite. Bed at 11.25 after sitting out on the balcony. Slept well. M tired. Man from Barkers put up the triple over mantel glass in Hall. (Red ink: M & self came down to Balcombe 1st time since 1st week in January.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lt Colonel Craufurd.)

Sunday July 23 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. Bath. Left M sleeping. Wet morning. Several hours steady rain. Addressed envelopes. After breakfast with Hilda the entire morning wrote letters. Lunch. Cigar. Again letters. M went in carriage with Lennie & Linley to Nymans. Started at 5.15 to meet M. Did so in lane. Not far.

Back. Posted letters & got very wet. Dinner. No Champagne. Sat out after.

Music & bed at 11.0pm. Slept well. M woke at 2.0 for some time. Died, Mrs Harry Turner, Lizzie Bacon that was. Aged about 54. Lies in Langley churchyard. As per letter from Madeleine Turner, 23 January 1906.

Gross value Rateable value.

140 18 Safford Terr 117 36 24 Phillimore M 29 Last 135, 113.

Monday July 24 Balcombe House. Up at 8.35 & bath. Cooler. Breakfast. Times. After all morning stuck & wrote red in diary & all afternoon too. At 11.0 Dr Parker came & said Mite was to be in bed for 6 weeks on milk. Lunch. Lennie not over well. T square found. Cigar & read one of Maurice Hewlett's books. Tea in garden. Again diary. After about 30 Vounteers came with a band & were drilled & sent out on a reconnaissance by Lennie. They left at 7.5pm. Dinner.

Mite sitting out & with a tumbler of milk. Bed at 11.20. Slept well & M better night. (Red ink: Roy goes up to the Galbraiths at Terregles by night mail for a week.) (Cutting glued in: The Ministerial Crisis. Monday 24 July 05.)

Tuesday July 25 Balcombe House. Up at 8.25. Most lovely morning. Saw sun in garden 3.40am. Put things together. Papers. Government keep in. Left at 10.50 for station & to Balcombe & Victoria. Otley met me. Cart banging with a chain.

Hair cut. Lunch. After at 3.0 or 2.35 left for C.C. Called Sands & Hunter's & handed over No 1 lens & changing box etc. At 4.0pm photod G.T. Out at 5.25pm. Knowles said Club was to close for good in August. Bus to Turnbull & Asser about ties & then to Kensington. Cocoa. Wrote Roy & Mrs Maxwell.

After dressed & left at 8.5pm & drove in cart to 27 The Boltons. F.C.B on steps. Dined with Sir Francis & Lady Burnand & Ethel B. Good dinner. After sat out & talk over the Almanack. Rotten subject suggested of Golf. Smoke & talk. F.C.B's memory frightful. Had forgotten the Almanack Incident of 1895.

Left 11.30 & home by dog cart. To bed. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe.

Dined with Sir F.C.B & Lady B to settle the Almanack.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Wednesday July 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with K.C. No A. Round Earls Court. Only took 1 which turned out a failure. Bad plates. Back home. Put things straight, printed blues etc. After left at 11.45 in carriage & drove to Victoria to meet M from Balcombe. After walked on to Athenaeum. No letters. Saw Sir Seymour Hayden. Then by bus from Charing X to the Punch Office & to lunch. Present P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, F.C.B, self, Towny, O.S. Got cut of Emperor in Moonlight. After back by bus to Stafford Terrace at 3.40pm. Changed things & left with M at 15 past 5.0pm for Paddington for Bourne End. Frightfully hot in station. Mrs B.P, hat cocked. Lehmann met us & on to Field Head 40 minutes in launch. Mrs Lucy. Back to dinner 8.15pm. O.S & Lehmann swimming. Crowded table but good dinner. Between Mrs Partridge & Mrs Lucy. All left at 10.45. Long wait at Maidenhead. Mr & Mrs Raven Hill left there. On to Paddington. F.C.B, Partridge, & self in carriage. Sleepy. At Paddington 12.15am. Home by carriage & bed. A frightfully hot day. (Red ink: Last Punch Breakfast in May 1885. Artists Benevolent Dinner.) (Red ink across page: Punch Lunch at Bouverie Street & after dinner at Bourne End.) Thursday July 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with K.C, Earls Court Road. No A. Holidays commenced. Saw schoolgirl Cromwell Road, also Mews. Back. Breakfast.

After sent Otley for costumes of smugglers. Schemed subject & after photod Hilton & Otley against cat shelter. Developed & enlarged. M had Mabel Beaumont, Miss Stancombe Wills & Lady Selfe to tea. Up in my room after.

Both dined quietly at 8.30pm. Much cooler in the evening. Bed 11.30pm.

(Cutting glued in: The wife of Leonard Thring, of a daughter.)

Friday July 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with K.C round Earls Court. Took about 3.

More or less failures. Missed girl in Cromwell Road. Back 9.15. Saw Holland Walk Robinson S.G. After at 10.15 began work & at it till 10.10pm. Dear M left at 3.45 for Balcombe. Worked on at drawing of 2 Emperors in Baltic in Moonlight. Dined by self & snooze. Much cooler. Bed 1.30am. (Red ink: M went to Balcombe.)

Saturday July 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & after bath out with K.C & round Earls Court. No habitués. Took one little girl in Cromwell Road. Rest most unaccountable failures. Bad plates. Back at 9.20. Breakfast. After developed & put things straight. Went out again after printing blues at 12.0 & took 4. Failures. Back.

Put all away. Lunch. Left in cart for Balcombe at 5.50, Victoria. Thought I saw Jacomb Hood at station. At Balcombe it was J.H. Tea. Dear M & Mite.

Hamilton Fletcher there. After played 2 sets, H & Lennie v H.F & self. Won 1, lost 2. 1st time new court been played on. Wind & threatened rain. Left off at 7.15. Dressed. Dinner. Mite not down. Last magnum of '84 Geisler. Music.

Pianola after. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe House.

Fletcher & Jacomb Hood there.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Frederic Partridge. Death of Sir Ambrose Shea. Death of Elizabeth Shelton. Death of Edward Short. Death of Thomas Sparrow.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Sunday July 30 Balcombe House. Up 8.40. Bath. Lovely morning. Breakfast at 9.30, Hood, Fletcher, Lennie & self. After pipe up in room & wrote many letters or began to. Called for walk by the lake at 11.0 or 10.45. F, L, Hood & self & Moustache. Lovely morning. H & F broke off in Red Road & walked round by Lord Fk Fitzroy's. Lennie & self home. Long talk to a man at the well about industry of making hoops. Back. Went on with letters & after lunch Lennie sent the motor for Eric Parker. Up in room again & finished letters & posted them. H.Fletcher had left by motor at 3.30pm. After sat in back balcony with Mite. Swallows coming to nest backwards & forwards. Tea. At 5.30 played 5 sets Lawn Tennis. L & self v J.H. He won 2 sets. J.H & self v L. He won 2 out of 3. Sun very trying. Played till 7.40 when bath & dressed. Dinner. Talk of Egypt after. No music. Bed 11.15. Good bye to Jacomb Hood. (Red ink: Quiet day Balcombe. Fletcher left. Tennis.)

Monday July 31 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. L in bath. Jacomb Hood had left at 9.15 for town.

Breakfast by self. Photod dear Linley golfing. After all morning in my room.

Squared all prints & cut patterns for cuffs for shirts. M's eye bad. Lunch, M & self & Linley. After leisurely packed. Lovely day & cooler. Lunch. Left to catch the 4.20 train. Lumpy girl on platform. Waited 35 minutes. At last got to Victoria. Horses going to Goodwood. Otley met me with cart & drove to Athenaeum Club. Wrote letter. No letters. Walked past the C.C & Garrick.

Looked in at C.Clarks in Long Acre. To Punch Dinner thro' Lincoln's Inn. F.C.B, self, H.F.T, O.S, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, A.G. Guthrie goes away. Got cut after much discussion of French & English Sailor & Admiral Punch.

Suggested Partridge's cut myself, Balfour & Swimming Channel. Left at 10.45 & home by the cart & Otley. Bed 12.0. Posted letters at Knightsbridge. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe for Punch Dinner before Bank Holiday.)

Tuesday August 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with K.C. Walked down Earls Court. No one about but dowdy people. Only took 1 plate by Derry & Toms. After back.

Wrote letters & schemed subject of Sailor & Punch. Sent Otley to May's for Sailor dresses & at 11.45 photod Hilton & Otley. Men working on the roof opposite. Nuisance. Developed etc & done at 5.0pm. Up in room & worked till 8.30 when dined by self. Tired. Bed at 11.15 after. (Cutting glued in: Death of Juliet Pym.) Wednesday August 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am & out with Rags after ½ hours work upstairs.

Very dull. More or less dull all day. Worked on drawing of French & English Sailors & Admiral Punch all day & up to 10.5pm when dined by self very tired.

Read paper & to bed at 11.45pm. Above not quite correct. Went at 8.40 with K.C & Rags down to Earls Court & walk back. No photo. Met Keith who said they were all going tomorrow. Bright sun at intervals. No one about. (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Robert Dobbie to Constance Brooke.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Thursday August 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & after out with Rags & round Holland Walk. Very wet & more or less rain all day. After put things away & all day tidying up.

Could get no seat at the Gaiety Theatre so drove up after dining at 7.45pm by self to Daly's Theatre & saw The 2 Michus for the 2nd time. Edouin out of it.

Saw what I thought was Fleishmann but most likely Wynne. Felt very tired & pain in chest walking to Garrick. Home immediately in carriage. Bed 12.30am.

Went by myself to see The Two Michus at Daly's Theatre. Home by carriage. (illeg) called at 11.0am full (illeg) for 2 days at most (illeg). The gentleman I mistook for Mr Fleishmann was Mr Wynne. (Cutting glued in: The greatest heiress in England. Tatler.)

Friday August 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am & out with Key Camera. Took 4 photos, Church St & High St. Very high wind. Met Mr Young. After the whole morning writing & tidying up. Also wrote on drawing for Mr Speaight & sent it by Otley at 11.30. Developed a few films. Lunch & after got away by cart at 3.45 & to Victoria. Down to Balcombe. At station M & Lennie & Mr Marriott. L in temper about getting over to Nymans about a silly game of Lawn Tennis. Mite not so well. Wired to Johnson Ferguson & wrote Dora. Dinner & after looked at Egyptian book & bed at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe House for Bank Holiday & Mite's birthday.) (Cutting glued in: Professor von Herkomer & family escape injury in train crash.)

Saturday August 5 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. Lovely morning. Great difficulty to get bath. Had to wait ¾ hr. After down. Breakfast. Pipe. Times etc. Wrote letters & went at 12.0 with K.C to post them. Snapped 3 figures one a very fine young girl near Post Office. Round by church met M & F.W. Waited a long time in field with mare. Threshing machine buzzing. Lunch. After a rest at 3.0 went in machine with Marriott & Lennie to Nymans. At 3.45 played several sets of Tennis.

Captain Gibbs, Harold M, Lennie, self & Marriott. Talk to Mrs Messel. After left at 7.0pm. Frightfully heavy rain driving home. Changed & had bath. Intensely annoyed at dinner Lennie only having thin Rhine wine to drink Mite's health in.

After talk to Mite. Bed at 11.15pm. Dear Mite's birthday. Hope she is better.

(Red ink: Played Tennis at Nymans.) Roy returned from the Galbraiths to Stafford Terrace.

Sunday August 6 Balcombe House. Up 8.30 & bath. Read Meneptah, Exodus etc. After at 11.0am started in motor with Lennie & Mr Marriott to go to Arundel. Dr Parker just before we left gave a favourable report of Mite. Beautiful run thro Cuckfield & on. Arrived 1.15. Church Parade. Beautiful sunny bright day.

Cooking tent. Lunch in Officers Mess tent. After Lennie back & we went over & in the castle. Duke of Norfolk especially civil & asked after Roy. Old X Bows, Elizabethan helmets, cabinets, old china & magnificent pictures etc.

Also battlements & beautiful views in castle. Band. Staff officers. Lord Methuen etc, Colonel Lowe. Had cigar & tea. Left at 5.0pm. Had taken 8 plates, 1 cooking tent, 1 girl, Regiment marching, little girl, 2 soldiers & spoilt 1 broken 2 girls. Most lovely evening. Rode home through Pulborough &

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Horsham, Hand X. L & M played 2 single sets Tennis. I hurriedly wrote Scotch letters. Dinner 8.5. Quiet evening. No music. Bed 11.30. Changed plates.

(Red ink: Delightful motor ride to Arundel.)

Monday August 7 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Bath. Wet dull morning. Letters. Breakfast 9.15am. The whole morning up to 12.45 writing letters. Went out & posted them. Raining at intervals, Took 2 plates, one in a very dull light, 2 little girls with washing. Back. More letters. Lunch. More letters. At 3.45 played Lawn Tennis with Lennie & Marriott. After tea on lawn a curate Mr Stephens came & we had a 4 set, he & Lennie v Marriott & self. They beat us 4 sets to one.

Left off at 7.15. Bath. Quiet Bank Holiday at Balcombe.

Tuesday August 8 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. Bath. Lennie off by early train. Breakfast after putting things up. After M, Miss Walford & self left by the 10.50. Long wait at station. Photod end of it with bridge. M & Miss W went 2nd class. At Victoria Otley met us with his cab. Home by 1.0pm. Lunch. After put things straight etc all afternoon. No letter or wire from the Gaiety Theatre. M & self dined quietly by selves. In the Drawing Room after. Bed 11.30pm. M & self went up to town from Balcombe to Stafford Terrace. (Cutting glued in: The Athanasian Creed.

Wedy Aug 9. Death of Christopher Heath.)

Wednesday August 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out on bicycle round Park with Rags. Short of breath. Same ticking as ever. Back. Breakfast & after put things straight.

Developed some films etc. Lunch. After left at 3.10pm for the C.C. The last time altho' did not know it at time. Photod G.T. Lengths etc. Out at 5.40. To Sands & Hunter with 40 Dalmeyers. Talk to a man in hall below Club & learnt it was to shut up on Aug 31. Walked down to the Athenaeum. Shut up. Wrote letters in the United Services Club. To see camera etc. After strolled to the Punch Dinner. Lawrence Bradbury back 1st time since 31 May. P.A, L.B, B.P, H.W.L, F.C.B, self, H.F.T, O.S. Got cut of Arthur Balfour as Agricultural Labourer & Poor Harvest & Mr P. Left at 10.30pm. Otley met me with cart & called at Camera Club & removed my goods & chattels & bag & baggage & drove home. Posted letters to May & Hilton. Bed at 12.0am after reading.

(Red ink: 1st whole day I gave up smoking.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Christopher Heath.)

Thursday August 10 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & & out with K.C. Successfully snapped the girl in black & one other in Phillimore Gds. Bright sun. After back. Breakfast & after sent Otley to May's for smock & for sickle at Barkers. At 11.30 Hilton came.

Waited some time. After photod him for Arthur Balfour as Agricultural Labourer & Otley for Punch. Old Rick. Lunch etc. After in developing frightfully heavy rain came on. Great difficulty. All over 4.0pm. Up in room. Worked until 9.0 when M & self dined quietly. In Morning Room after. Drawing Room dismantled. Very tired. Bed 12.15.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Friday August 11 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0 & in room. Worked till 8.30am when bath & out with K.C & Rags. Took nothing, all ugly common place people. Back. Breakfast.

Wire from Roy to say he was coming back 4.15pm Paddington. After checks & letters. Up in room & went on to work on Punch & Balfour, Agricultural Harvest subject. Lunch 1.5pm. Dear Roy back looking well at 6.0pm, or rather 5.0pm. Finished drawing easily at 5.45. Dressed & finished putting things in bag etc. M, Roy & self all dined 6.20pm & after left in small omnibus for Midland Railway at 7.20 & caught the 8.30pm train for Carlisle & Stranraer.

Most comfortable sleeping berths, Electric Light etc. Read till 9.30pm when slept intermittently until 4.40am when called. Cold coffee. (Red ink: M & self left by 8.30pm train for Newton Stewart.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Rev James Montague. Born 1813. Friday 1 Aug.) Saturday August 12 On board train from Carlisle. Waked at 4.40am & out at Newton Stewart at 5.15am. Fear of rain. Open trap. All off by 5.25am. Got to Drumlanford at 6.55, not so long as expected. Mr B up. Bath & dressed. Breakfast 8.15am.

Mr & Mrs Bright there. Started in break at 9.15am & began to shoot at far farm with cripple farmer at 9.50am. Long walk to lunch at 1.35. After up to 6.10. Lovely day, not hot. Grey & cool breeze. Self got 19 grouse, 1 hare, 1 snipe. Left off 6.10pm & home by 7.0. Bath & dinner 7.40. Thirsty & very tired.

Enjoyed cigar. Bed at 10.30pm. M & self good rooms, very. 3 guns, Mr W.Phipson Beale, Mr Bright, Mr Sambourne. Roy went to Homburg. Horse went to Horlicks. (Red ink: Shot with Mr Bright & Beale for 12th. Did well.)

Sunday August 13 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.50am. Bath. Grey morning. M slept well.

Breakfast 8.45. After wrote letters & diary. Just caught the break before it left.

Sharp harnessing of horses. Mr & Mrs Beale & self went for long rambling walk round loch. Picked mushrooms & saw the covert planted trees getting on. Back 1.25. Break back. Lunch. Read Erewhon Revisited. At 4.30 B suggested going over to Mr Fox. We left 4.30pm & walked down to the loch.

Boat out with servant in it. Mr & Mrs Bright on the shore. B & Mr B rowed to end of loch. On shore saw 17lb pike with its head off. Thought it was an otter did it. Walked on to house. Mr & Mrs Fox. Boy. 3 Mr F's brothers, his Mother & Uncle Jonas. All asked over for next Saturday. Got very hot walking back.

Met 2 ladies & an ugly little girl. Into boat. Killed a poor little shrew mouse.

Sorry. Self & Mr B rowed back. Difficulty in hauling boat up. Back 7.15 after exactly 3 hours & a ¼ away. Dressed hurriedly. Dinner supper at 7.45.

Pianola after. Bed at 10.0. Slept well. Dream of Roy as a Cossack officer.

(Red ink: Walked over to Fox's place. Very hot.) (Cutting glued in: Death of th Lady Sherborne. 14 .)

Monday August 14 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.20am. Shave. Bath. M left her sponge & flannel. Down. Wrote letters. Breakfast. Grey warmer morning. Started in break at 10.15 & began to shoot moor with no birds. Walked all day only got 3 brace, no snipe etc. Dearth of water at lunch. Many black game & few pheasants. In afternoon came to a spring. Deep draughts of water. 2 vipers

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 killed. Walked home by 6.0pm. Bath & lucky as the wheel had stopped all day. Dinner. Drank Ginger Beer & Stout. Paper after. Smoke & to bed at 10.10pm. Slept well. Most curious dreams. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot. Very poor sport.)

Tuesday August 15 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.30. No bath. Down 8.15. Wrote Heaths etc. A lovely bright sun, hot. No wind. A day off. Mr & Mrs B went on the loch. Mr Beale went to Barrhill to meet Sir William & Lady Kennedy. At 10.40 walked by self in hot sun to the broken wall where I took Young last year & were failures. Very hot. Took collar tie & waistcoat off. There & back took 14 films.

Back in 2 hours exactly. Changed everything & wrote F.C.B & Speaight.

Lunch. Lady K a voice, Oh! After sat out & talked to Sir W.K etc. Read Erewhon Revisited. At 4.30 tea. At 5.0 Mr & Mrs Bright, self & Pat went to see Mr Bright & Sir Wm Kennedy fish. They caught nothing. After back. Dressed.

Quiet evening. Pianola. Bed at 10.45. Changed my film & in at 11.0pm. (Red ink: Sir William & Lady Kennedy arrived. Walked to fishing & photod wall which was a failure last year.) (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Captain Arthur Hayes-Sadler, of a daughter. Death of Charles Harrod.)

Wednesday August 16 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.30. Bath. Wore Burbery suit. Breakfast. After at 9.45 started to shoot with 1 dog & Mr Bright. Sir W.R & Mr Beale in another party with 2 dogs. Birds wild. Many grey hens. Walked from 9.45 to 1.15 when lunched at a spring. At 2.0 started & walked till 6.30. Shot a viper after lunch.

Bag 22½ brace. Shooting driven shots just at the last. Self got 18 or 19 grouse. Nothing else. Mr B the rest & 5 snipe. Great cloud of snipe on a small loch. Old Watcher or Keeper. Left off 6.30 & walked home by self. Ginger Beer. Good Punch. Bath & dressed. Dinner. Drank Cider. Pianola & after smoke. Bed 10.30pm. (Red ink: 3rd day's shoot, Mr Bright & self over dogs.

A1 day.)

Thursday August 17 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.40. Bath. Rough windy morning & threatened rain. Down 8.15am. Breakfast. Started after at 11.0 for shooting. Rain threatened. Ran up & put Burbery coat on & cap. Turned round & went up the march that corresponded with last year's rainy day. Shot a grey hen. The 1st I had for both years. On in rain to top copse & after to Ruin. Only shot a grouse bird. Back in the rain at 3.15pm. Ginger Beer. A Mr Robertson & Mr Lutyens called from Mount(?) house. Col Boyd or Hay-Boyd's. Late. Wrote letters.

Smoked 2 cigars & after dinner Mr & Mrs P.B, Sir W.K & Mrs Bright played bridge. Bed 10.45 after cigar. (Red ink: 4th day's shoot. A wet day in the Ruin again. Loch Dornal. Mr Robertson the Laird O'Dornal.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Alfred Waterhouse and William Bouguereau, with photographs.

August 26 1905. Death of Charles Schiff.)

Friday August 18 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.30. Breakfast 8.0. A pouring wet morning though not just at first. Mr Bright & Sir Wm K went off to fish. Wrote letters & read all the morning. Lunch. Stout. After read The Raiders by Crackett. After

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 tea M, self, Mr B, Pat & Mrs Bright all started for a walk past Naboths. Mrs Bright turned back. Pat troublesome & lay down. Mr Beale & M turned back at the sheep dipping. Had to go on with Lady K to far gate. Met a man with a camera. No sign of the anglers. Walked back 55 minutes. The anglers came in 3 minutes after & we never saw them. No fish. Dinner. Game of Bridge.

Left them at it & went to bed 10.20. (Red ink: Pouring wet day. Walk to meet fishers in evening.)

Saturday August 19 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.10. Breakfast 8.0. A driving wet gale. Doubts as to probability of shooting. Cleared at 10.0am. Left in break 4 guns. Drove down road. Met a soldier tramp. Foolishly gave him 6d. Waited for the Fox party. At 11.20 began 1st drive. Got one bird. At 11.45 Fox party of 4 guns streamed up hill. Uncle Jonas & son & 2 other Jonas's. Sir Wm Kennedy & self, Mr Bright & Mr Beale guns. Had 6 drives all day bad luck only got 2 grouse, 3 hares 1 blackbird. Ladies at lunch in barn at farm. Left off at 6.0pm & walked home Tea. After a bath. Dinner. Game of cards with Mr Beale & bed 10.30pm. (Red ink: 5th day's shoot. Grouse drive, Bad luck all day.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Admiral Sir Arthur Cochrane. 22 Aug.) Sunday August 20 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 8.10. Bath. Breakfast. Down. Talk to Mrs B about returning. Settled for Friday. Breakfast. After wrote letters hard till morning 11 o'clock. Posted. Fine still morning. French maid complained M had left her window open & the water poured in. In morning wrote letters hard to 11.0.

After a stroll with M, Sir W, Mrs B & Lady K. Separated. Few mushrooms.

Back. Lunch 1.30. Coffee. Brandy. After read The Raiders. Tea. Stroll with Mrs B, Lady K & M round Lodge. To Lodge. Saw view of house. Went out again with camera. Took 4 views, 1 on glass of house. After had supper meal 7.45. Maids out for walk. Talk of gems & Oberamagau. Bed at 10.45.

Changed plates or rather films. (Red ink: Micheline complained of M leaving window open. Delightful walk in morning.)

Monday August 21 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 9.45. Bath. After a grey wet morning & heavy wet all day. Sir William Kennedy & Mr Bright went to fish at 10.0am. Wrote many letters & also read The Grey Man etc. Lunch in house & wet again till 3.0 when walked by self to the House Boat. After back. Tea. M & self walked to House Boat & photod. 1 rough water on loch & 2 of rocks & 1 Fern Brae.

Back & then went to Kitchen Garden & round the road. Fishers back with Lady K & Mrs B at 7.0pm. Dinner. Sleepy. After played bridge with Sir Wm, Mrs Bright & Beale. Sir Wm & I beat them. Bed at 11.45. M in bed. Changed plates & films. (Red ink: Wet day all day. Photod House Boat.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary William Bouguereau. 21 April.)

Tuesday August 22 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.30. Down. Bright sunny lovely morning.

Breakfast 8.15am. At 9.30 meet at the Keeper's Lodge, M & Mrs Bright, Lady K & Mrs B. 8 guns, Mr Beale, Mr Bright, Sir Wm Kennedy, self, Mr Roumes, Mr Cameron, Mr Robertson, Mr Lutyens. Drawn No 1 between Lutyens &

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Roumes. R came up in a motor car which was left in a side turning. No birds st 1 stand near Lodge. We went up hill to No 3 butt where I was last year. Got 1 bird. After at next stand 6 birds. None last. Lunch at farm. Good. Sat on a woolsack. Photod by Sir Wm Kennedy. Ladies left. On again. A most lovely day but poor sport in the afternoon. In1st drive a large blue game & one last drive. 8 drives in all. Got 37½ brace. A carrion crow, snipe & 4 or 5 hares. Self 5 brace & a hare. Left off 6.15 & walked home. M & Mrs B & Mr B at top.

Roumes & Mr Cameron had left. Tea. Mr Robertson & Mr Lutyens. Lutyens story of the Clipped Lion. Also Brodrick. 'That's hardly a fair question to ask me'. Dinner. No Bridge. Pianola & bed tired at 10.30. Letter from Emma saying Wolff had sent us grouse. No invites. (Red ink: 6th day's shoot. Grouse drive. Delightful day.)

Wednesday August 23 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.45. Bath. Down 8.15. Still grey morning.

Breakfast. After wrote & read Sir Herbert Maxwell's Galloway. Sir William & Lady Kennedy left at 11.0 & I & M watched the trap disappear round the loch.

It takes 20 minutes to vanish. After letters came. No news & a very bad 'Punch'. After pottered. Lunch. At 2.45 started with Mr Beale to fish Loch Drumlanford. Strong NE wind. Mr B rowed me round. Caught 4 trout, the 1st loch trout I ever caught in my life. Rose 5 others, 2 put back. Then rowed Mr B round. He caught 2 perch, Rose 3 or 4 others. Left off at 6.0. Put boat up & were both locked in the Boat House & had to take it out again to get out. Back 6.40. Mr Bright coming home from fishing. Had got 2 good fish about 7lbs each. M & Mrs Bright went to meet him. Dressed. Dinner. Only 4. After pianola. Bed at 10.30pm. Wrote letter of thanks to the 3 railways in the morning. Slept fairly well. Most odd dreams. Candles would not light & old curiosity dealer. (Red ink: The Kennedys left at 11.0am. Caught 1st loch trout ever landed by self.) (Cutting glued in: Liquidation of Chic Limited. Tuesday 22 Aug 1905.)

Thursday August 24 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up 7.30 & bath. Began preliminary packing. After down. Breakfast. Excerpts from 'Times'. Eat the trout I caught yesterday & M the other. Difficulty of R inside. Put Burbery suit on. Left at 10.30 with Mr B & Beale. Walked to Ruin & in & about the Ruin. Shot 2 brace of black game & 2½ brace of grouse. 7½ of grouse & 5 of black game, 4 snipe. Walked back & met the ladies at 6.0pm on the field near the Wind Mill. Home. Began to pack after bath. Dinner. Salmon. Pianola. Sleepy. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: 7th day's shoot. Delightful day all round the Ruin.) (Sketch map of area round Ruin.

Road to photo 1906?) (Cutting glued in: In Memoriam Francis Jeune.)

Friday August 25 Drumlanford, Ayrshire. Up at 7.30. Bath. Preliminary packing. After breakfast finished. Wrote a few letters & we got off, after saying good bye to Mr B earlier at 11.5am, in a drizzling rain which continued all day. It took 1 hr & 50 minutes to get to Newton Stewart. An American from New York with hand bag. Eat our lunch & were put out at Dumfries. Caught the 3.14pm train for St Pancras. M & weighing machine. Had a good dinner in train. Slept after.

Arrived St Pancras at 11.10, 40 minutes late. Why? Otley & bus met us.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Home 12.0. Supper & bed 12.40am. Very close & stuffy. (Red ink: Left Drumlanford in drizzle of rain at 11.5am.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Laura Walford. Golf at St Andrews. Thurs 24 Aug 1905.)

Saturday August 26 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Gave O.W 6d. Walked to look at West Lodge. To let. After back & put things away. Sent Otley with things to the C.C & after lunch M & self went up by 4 wheeler to the Theatre (Wyndham's) & saw a very stupid play 'What the Butler Saw'. by Judge Parry. Same man who played at Drury Lane in 'The Best of Friends'. Out & back by bus. Got fruit & sent wires. M & self dined quietly & bed early. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée at Wyndham's Theatre & saw a silly play 'What the Butler Saw'. Man who played in Best of Friends Mr Lowe.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Rebecca Liberty.)

Sunday August 27 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out. Round Durham Villas & longingly looked at No 48 Phillimore Gds. Back. M & self to breakfast. After at 11.0 Roy came back from Homburg. Stern had given him a couple of pearl studs. Cost £40.

Dear M & self went for walk at 12.0 & got caught in a violent storm of thunder & rain. Sheltered in Kensington Church. Home 1.15pm. Lunch, M, Roy & self.

After Roy & self left at 2.15 & walked to Knightsbridge. Bus to Piccadilly. To C.C. Difficulty about Studio. Talk to 2 men in club. Up & at 3.50 Miss Mackenzie came. Could not sit. Out 4.0 & to United Services Club. Wrote letters. After called for Roy at 6.10 at Oxford & Cambridge Club & we walked home. Met a China man. Pretty girl in Walk. Dined 8.0. Grouse & a bottle of Champagne. Bed at 11.45. (Red ink: Roy back from Homburg. M & self caught in violent rain at Kensington. Roy & self walked home from the Oxford & Cambridge Club.)

Monday August 28 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rags & Rick. 1st morning of Board School. Children back. Old W in distance. Breakfast. Roy to the City. Bitter melon. Wrote letters. After at 12.0 went out with K.C. Saw M xing road at Kensington Church. After took 3 photos. Developed them & the Drumlanford ones. Dined early & M, Roy & self went in Otley's cab to the New Gaiety Theatre & saw The Spring Chicken a most stupid piece. Back in heavy wet. In Morning Room. (Red ink: Board School children back. M, Roy & self went to Gaiety Theatre & saw The Spring Chicken. Violent rain coming home.)

Tuesday August 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out round up Church Street. No L. After all morning sorting etc. Missed the films of bull taken at Langley's. Lunch at home & at 2.0 went by the tube to Sands & Hunters 79 New Oxford Street.

Saw hand camera. Out & to C.C. At 3.30 photod E.W. Not pleased. Out & to the United Services Club. Wrote letters. Home by bus. Roy dining at the Oxford & Cambridge Club. M & self quietly at home. Bed after reading.

(Cuttings glued in: Death of Eugenia Herkomer. Death of Annie Jeram. Death of Frank Goodson. Wedy 30 Aug.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Wednesday August 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round Earls Court & round up Hornton St & home. Back. Found films of bull. After M & self looked for the Eclipse.

Dull dark clouds all morning. At 12.25 just caught glimpse of it for 2 minutes.

Lunch at home & left 3.0pm. Went to the C.C for the last time. Photod at 4.20 E.D. Goes to Canada on the 7th. Left & went to the United Services Club.

Wrote letters & walked to the Punch Dinner. L.B, B.P, E.T.R, Graves, O.S, self, R.L & Townsend. Got cut of Peace & Russia & Japanese Soldiers.

Doubtful if a double cut or not. Talk to R.L after & home by bus. Met curious girl in Strand. (Red ink: Last regular sitting at Camera Club after 13 years.

The Eclipse of the Sun spoiled by cloud in London.)

Thursday August 31 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & cycled round Earls Court & back by High St. Up in room early & schemed subject of Peace & Japanese Soldier & Russian ditto. At 11.30pm Miss Huxley came. Photod her & Otley. Developed & enlarged & up in room at 4.20. Went on to work till 8.30pm & then M & self dined quietly together. Roy back from dinner at 11.30. Bed 12.15am. (Red ink: Camera Club finally closes.) (Cutting glued in: The Solar Eclipse. Thursy Aug 31.)

Friday September 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & walked over to Notting Hill. No L. 2 pretty girls.

Back & breakfast. Roy off early. Hard at work all day on drawing of Peace & Japanese & Russian Soldier. Finished at 10.0pm. Roy & self dined, M sitting at table. Bed 12.30am. Very tired. (Red ink: 1st saw 2 Dromios.)

Saturday September 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & walk with Rags up Holland Walk. Same girls 8.45am. After back & packed. Most ominous letter from Sec'y reducing my monthly cheque. 1st time ever received such a letter from the firm. Breakfast.

Put photos away & packed for Stoke Edith. After lunch at 12.45 & left 1.5 Otley's cab & took tickets for Stoke Edith, M & self. Comfortable journey.

Arrived. Drove to S.E.Park. Tea & upset the milk jug. Cricket. Mr Green Price, a Miss Wilkinson & also Miss Forster. Walk before dinner. My bag missing.

Much upset. After game of Curling & 1 game of Billiards with Paul Foley.

Beaten by 30. Bed at 11.30. Broken sleep. (Red ink: Most surprising & annoying letter from Mr Heather reducing my monthly cheque. Very much upset about it. M & self went by the 1.40pm train to Stoke Edith Park. Very tired.)

Sunday September 3 Stoke Edith Park. Up 8.30. No bag yet turned up. Out 9.20. Breakfast. After going for walk with M looked into other room & there was my bag. Out with M & Dora in garden. Westerly gale blowing. Depressed all morning. Lunch. After at 3.20pm went for walk to the Beacon Hill with Mr Burns & Miss Wilkinson & Miss Forster. Lovely view. Back. Tea. Sat under the tree. Dinner. Word games after. Letter H. Dora's cold. Did not play billiards. Bed at 11.30. Slept better. (Red ink: Walked up with the Gollywog & Miss F & the poet Burns to

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 the top of the Beacon or Bunkers Hill. Released a rabbit caught in a gin. P.F said should have killed it.)

Monday September 4 Stoke Edith Park. Up 8.30. Bath. Very clear & warm morning. Sat out. Had slept better. After at 11.40 took M up to Beacon Hill. Got nearly there. Most glorious views. Back by 1.15. Got very hot. Cider at lunch. After sat & read History of England, M with me. After tea walked up to the Beacon Hill again.

Back at 7.0 through the Park. Had no light with me. Mr & Mrs Jackson, Mr Simpson Hayward & a gentleman & his daughter had arrived. Dressed.

Dinner. Took Miss (blank) in. After played Curling game & was beaten 1 game of Billiards by P.F. Bed. (Red ink: Lovely day. Took M up to top of the Beacon Hill. Hot walk. Again went there in afternoon. Guests arrived.)

(Cuttings glued in: Death of Harriet Countess of Darnley. Obituary of Harriet Countess of Darnley.)

Tuesday September 5 Stoke Edith Park. Up 8.0am & out. After breakfast at 9.0. Left for shooting by trap at 10.0. Swallows gathering for flight. 6 guns, Paul Foley, Rev Jackson, Mr Evelyn, Mr Simpson-Hayward, self & another. Good walk & a few drives all day. Top of apple tree was blown off by Rev Jackson. 42 brace & many hares. Self got 7 brace & 1 hare. Left off 5.0pm. Walk home in warm sun.

Tea. Bath. Milk & soda etc etc. Rested in M's room & after dinner. Took Hon Mrs Jackson in. Long games of Curling after. Bed at 11.45. Slept well. 1st & only day's partridge shoot at Stoke Edith Park. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Lowes. Thursday 7 April.)

Wednesday September 6 Stoke Edith Park. Up at 7.50. Bath. Wet morning. Breakfast. After P.F decided not to shoot today. Hung about. Wrote 4 or 5 letters. After good bye & got off in brougham at 12.30. Raining. Left M there. Fees, Butler 10/s, Man 8/s, Keeper 10/s, carriage 2/6, £1.10.6. Met Evelyn in Park. Got off by 1.0pm train & through Worcester home. No difficulty. Otley met me with letters at Paddington & drove home. Did not change. Left at 5.30 & by bus to Piccadilly.

Fat Indian in omnibus. Called C.C. Saw Wills. Walked to the Punch Dinner at 6.45. Had interview & explanation with Lawence Bradbury. Fairly satisfactory.

Saw Owen Seaman after & Towner in Hair Dresser's room. Dinner, self, Towner, Graves, L.B, Lucy & O.S. Got cut of Chinaman & left with O.S at 11.15pm. Home by bus. Roy had gone to bed. (Red ink: Came up from Stoke Edith. Interview & explanation with L.Bradbury.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of Douglas Keatinge and Jessie Barr.)

Thursday September 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out. Rags & K.C. Just missed Two Dromios.

Old W in distance. Took no photos. Back to breakfast. Roy looking fairly well but a cold. After schemed subject of a Fat Chinaman sitting at open door.

Looked out average of missing weeks & wrote to Lawrence Bradbury. Had great difficulty in photographing Otley at 12.0 owing to heavy rain. Finished enlarging at 2.45pm. Up in room. No hot water & could not dry my prints well.

Worked up to 7.15pm when dressed & dined 7.45. Roy & self went up in

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 hansom to the Haymarket Theatre & saw 1st play under Frederick Harrison's sole management. Had large box. Not had it since 1897 or 8. Ellis Jefferies & Gerald Du Maurier good. Left & home by cab. Snack & to bed. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Haymarket Theatre. Had large box.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Mary Burnand. The wife of George Drabble, of a daughter.)

Friday September 8 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Bath. Hot water again. Wrote letters & out with K.C. Snapped 2 shop girls & 3 G. After back & all day at work on Chinaman.

Worked all day & up to 10.0pm when finished. Roy back 5.0 & sat in my room. Had a very bad cold. Roy & self dined together & Roy to bed 11.15, self 12.45 after snooze. (Red ink: Roy a very bad cold. Notification from firm cheque had been made out to usual amount.)

Saturday September 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20. Out with Rags. Threatened wet. Saw Two Dromios. Followed to Conway House, 44 Hogarth Rd. Back. Roy had gone.

Put all photos away & sorted films in 2 boxes etc. In gt doubts as to C.C. Decided not. Wire after from Mr Stoker. Lunch at 1.30. Packed leisurely. Roy back at 3.30pm with very bad cold. Going to stay with Stern at Savoy Hotel.

Otley left with 4 wheeler & went to meet M at Paddington taking my bags.

Good bye to Roy & left in heavy rain & by bus to Victoria. General Booth at the Albert Hall. Larky porter. M arrived at 4.55. Caught the 5.0pm train & slow weary journey to Balcombe. Arrived in pouring rain. Saw dear Mite & Chicks.

A little Berliner there. Good dinner. Champagne & pianola. Bed at 11.45 after.

Slept well. (Red ink: M came up from Stoke Edith & across to Victoria. Both came to Balcombe. Left Roy seedy with cold & going to the Savoy to stay with Stern.) Dr Keopke, Berlin.

Sunday September 10 Balcombe House. Up at 8.45. Bath. Late for breakfast. After wrote 13 letters.

Lunch. At 3.0 Lennie, little Berliner & self went over in motor to Nymans & walked to look at ducks, pheasants etc. Consumption of small pheasant.

Took 2 photos of garden & 2 of ducks on pond. Also had taken 4 of Linley & Ann. Back by motor after tea at Nymans & took M round Park. After talk to Mite. Dinner. Claret. After pianola & bed at 11.15pm. Slept well, M also. (Red ink: Lennie, self & Berliner went over in motor to Nymans & saw ducks.)

Monday September 11 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0 & down. Nothing in Times. Lennie & Berliner off by 8.20. Breakfast. Linley at lessons. Wrote up diary & red underlining since August 6th. Dull damp day. Letters. Lunch. Read 'The Lilac Bonnet'. After from 4.0 to 5.30pm took M for walk. Rain came on. Cows. Went to Tates.

Talkative farmer. Back. Wrote letters to Heather about missing week. Talk with dear Mite. Lennie back 7.30. Dinner. Had Tokai. Bed at 11.0pm. Slept well.

Tuesday September 12 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Nothing in 'Times'. Letters. Breakfast. After wrote 7 or 8 letters. Posted them. Lovely bright sunny morning. Children all went

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 over to Nymans in cart. After schemed subject for Almanack 1906. Rest & at 4.30 took M for walk round over hill. Pony cart with children. Took 4 or 5 photos. Kittens at house with yews. Back. Lovely sunset. Lennie back.

Dinner. Quiet evening & bed after. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Guy Du Maurier and Gwendolen Price. Obituary of Richard Lockett.)

Wednesday September 13 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Saw L off. After breakfast by self & caught the 10.5 train, M going with me in Victoria. Letter from Heather, most unsatisfactory. Up to town. Otley met me. Letters. Sent wires & home by bus.

Came across Mrs Sands (Miss Rose) not seen her since 1895. Home, venison, to lunch & put things straight. After to C.C by bus. Then walked to Sands & Hunters. 1st felt excruciating pain in ball of foot. Passed off. To Garrick Club. Newly done up. Wrote Sir F.Harrison. Walked to Punch Dinner.

F.C.B there. Told him of Wilfred & Lennie's offer. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, L.B, Lucas, Towner, Lucy. So so dinner. Got cut of John Bull & Sign Post.

Suggested Volunteer for R.H. Left 10.30 & home by bus. Roy not back from Savoy yet. Came in 12.0. Bed. Colder. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe House. F.C.B at Dinner.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Stephen Holland.)

Thursday September 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30 & in room. Looked out photos etc. After out with K.C. Saw 2 Dromios at end of Cromwell Rd, only took one near Holland Gate.

Back & schemed subject of John Bull & Sign Post. Sent Otley to Sands & Hunters & C.C. At 12.0 photod Otley. Developed & all enlarged by 3.0pm. Left at 4.0 & cab to C.C & back wasted 6/s. On with work until 8.0pm when Roy & self dined together off delicious venison. Fire in Morning Room after. Did not go out as 1st intended to Palace Theatre. Tired. (Red ink: Lovely day. Hard at work in London.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Colonel Thomas Tully. Obituary of Colonel Thomas Tully.)

Friday September 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & did 1 hrs work. After out on cycle round Radcliffe Sq. No High School. Back. Lovely morning. Worked all day on John Bull & Sign Post. Finished 7.45. Changed. Dined 8.10 with Roy. N.P.U Brandy. Venison. Left at 9.10 & cab to Victoria. Down to Haywards Heath.

Car met me. Had gone to 3 Bridges. Wires do not reach Balcombe after 8.0pm. Did not recognise the road at all. Thought was at Cuckfield & turned into Balcombe. M up. Lennie & Gibbes & his wife. Tablecloth burnt with candle shade. Bed at 12.0am after cigar. Tired. (Red ink: Came to Balcombe by the 9.40 & motor car from Haywards Heath.)

Saturday September 16 Balcombe House. Up at 8.15. Bath. Down after all late for breakfast. Put guns up & left in motor for Nymans at 9.50am. Lovely morning. 4 guns, Lennie, Eric Parker & Captain Gibbes & self. Began top field. Missed a large covey. Got right & left in field after plantation. Lunch at farm. Good. Tiring walking. Hot sun. Got altogether 14 brace, 3 rabbits, 1 pigeon & 1 cat. Self 5 brace. Left off at 5.45. Tea at Nymans. Mr & Mrs Messel back. Home with Linley & Mrs Gibbes. Bath. Dinner. Lennie a frightful headache. Talk to Gibbes & Roy

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 after. Bed 11.0pm. Slept well. Dream of Astor's yacht. (Red ink: Partridge shoot at Nymans. Most lovely autumn day.)

Sunday September 17 Balcombe House. Up at 8.30. No bath. Lovely morning. Breakfast. Wrote letters about Scotland & also diary etc. M went to church. Roy & self went for walk with 3 dogs. Rats. After played round at Clock. Roy won 4/s. Lunch. Kite flying after. 2 lost. Mr & Mrs Messel, Eric Parker, Ruth & Muriel came over to see Maud. Also 4 people in a motor. Mr Stokes & an architect. Played 3 sets of Tennis after. Roy & self versus Lennie & Gibbes. They only got 2 games out of the 2 sets. Talk to Mite after. Wrote to Mrs Johnson-Ferguson.

Dressed. Dinner. Very good Claret. Rest in chair after. Bed at 11.20pm. Slept well. (Red ink: Many callers. Lawn Tennis at Balcombe House.)

Monday September 18 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. x. Down & saw Roy & Lennie off. Bath.

Breakfast. After put slips from Times in this book. Wrote 3 or 4 letters & posted them. Photod Linley & sign post. Saw Ruth & Muriel on ponies. 2 little girls & a governess called for Linley. Photod Linley for Golfing & Ann in Chinese dress, poodle etc. Did 1 hrs work. A lovely morning. Strong wind.

Bright sun. After lunch read The Brushwood Boy by Rudyard Kipling. M & self went for walk round Red Road. Gate locked. Again worked. Miss Cusans came. Talk to Maud. Lennie back. Dinner. No Study after, no Drawing Room.

Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Great Scottish Review of Volunteers at Edinburgh, 40,000 men.)

Tuesday Serptember 19 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0. Saw Lennie off. Breakfast. Miss Cusans nurse.

After packed & got off by the 10.51, M & self walking to the station. Home to lunch by cab. Otley met me with letters. Developed photos & enlarged golfing photos of Linley all afternoon. Dined at 7.30pm. Roy & self went to the Palace Theatre. Saw cinematograph of yesterday's Scottish Review. Rest poor. Saw card man, 'Isn't it wonderful'. Walked to Garrick Club. Wire. Cab home. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink: Left Balcombe for Stafford Terrace. Roy & self went to the Palace Theatre.)

Wednesday September 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Out with K.C. Took 2 Dromios & 3 others. 13, 14, 15, 16. Reading books. Breakfast. After put plates in new Rt Angled Camera.

Lunch by self. No, M came back from Balcombe at 1.15pm. Train late. Left at 3.0pm & up by bus to Garrick. Got square bag & to C.C for the last time.

Mistake about key. At 4.20 photod G.T. Tights etc. Left Studio without regret at 5.35. To Garrick. Walked to the Punch Dinner after talk with Mr Crocker who I met on Vectis. Talk to Lawrence Bradbury not altogether satisfactory.

But he settled for 5 weeks at utmost limit. After the dinner, O.S, L.S, Towner, R.H, Graves, Lawrence Bradbury, Lucas, E.T.R & Lucy. Got cut of King of Sweden, Farewell to Norwegian Girl. Raven Hill grumbled at The 2 Sultans.

Left with Reed & home by bus. Roy back at 11.30pm. (Red ink: At C.C for last time before sale. Photod Miss G.T. M returned from Balcombe at 1.15.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Thursday September 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & in room. No Sultan of Morocco. After out & tried for 1st time my new hand camera. Took 9, 3 Kittens etc. Back. Breakfast.

After M got off at 10.30 in Otley's cab. Schemed subject of King of Sweden & Norway Girl. Had sent for costumes to May's. Hilton came 12.15. Otley back at 12.0. Also took Golfing photos. Sun almost out of yard. All developed by 5.0pm. Worked up to 8.35. Roy & self dined at 8.45. Morning Room & fire afterwards. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: M went by herself to Springkell.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Albert Schloss. Death of Annie Chisholm.)

Friday September 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15. In room. After out on bicycle. High School commenced. Back short cut. Roy off. Worked hard all day on drawing of King of Sweden & Norway girl. Disatisfied with background. Finished at 9.30pm.

Roy & self dined 10.0pm on grouse. Bottle of Champagne, Ayala 1892. Left in Otley's cab at 11.0. Comfortable carriage at Euston. Man took things out. Not a porter. Carriage to self, all things in it. 2 pillows. Slept fairly well. Warm in Inverness cape. (Red ink: Left by the 11.50pm train for Springkell. Most comfortable journey.)

Saturday September 23 On board train, Carlisle. Arrived at 6.50. Caught the 6.5 train for Kirtle Bridge.

Dog cart. At Springkell 7.5am. Tea. Bath. Shave. Dressed leisurely. M up 8.0am. Breakfast. After started to shoot at 10.0. Drove 4 miles. Guns, Mr Johnson-Ferguson, Mr Alex J-F, Colonel Younger, A.K.Causten, Mr Johnson & self. Got one bird 1st shot. Birds small. Many drives. 1 moss only. 101 partridges, 18 hares, 3 grouse. Self shot about 6½ brace partridges, 1 grouse, 4 hares. Left off 5.30pm. Drove home. Tea. Dressed. Dinner. A Miss Irwin came. Miss White, Mrs Jackson. M had been 100 miles on a motor to lunch with Mrs Alex J-F. Very sleepy after dinner. 2 Bridge tables. Went down & smoked cigar. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Arrived Springkell 7.10am. Dear M in next room. 1st days partridge shoot. Roy went to the Savoy Hotel to stay with Stern.)

Sunday September 24 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.0am. Bright morning. Bath. Plug would not come up. Out. Breakfast. After took 2 photos of garden seats etc. Talk to Colonel Younger. M upset with currants. Wrote letters & diary. Went with M for walk to the Kirkyard. Met Mrs Johnson & Alex J-F. Walked on beside burn.

Heavy shower came on. Shelter. After walked back. Rest home from Kirk at 1.45. Letters after lunch. Collared for photos. Took 2 of Miss Irwin. Rest. Tea. Test Book of Questions. Went for hours sharp walk, in Kitchen Garden & beyond where we walked in the morning. Owls. Back. Dressed. Dinner. Took Miss Irwin in. Theatrical talk. After drew etc. Long talk to Mrs Johnson on Du Maurier. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Quiet day at Springkell. Walks & photographing. Miss Money murdered or suicide in Merstham Tunnel, about 9.0pm.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Monday September 25 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up at 8.0. Bath. Grey suit. Breakfast. After got away at 10.0. Nails protruding thro' my shooting boots. Taken out by the butler.

Started grouse driving. No 5 & 1. Got 1 grouse, 1 grey hen. After 2 grouse, then 2 more. 3 brace. Hen pheasant touched by J-F. Lunch. Ladies there.

Photos by Causten. Curious jugs. M came up in motor after & they all went off. Started rough ground partridge shooting. Got about 4 brace & 1 rabbit.

Long walk. Recognised the duck stand. Left off 5.45. Walked home. Tip to Loudon. Tea. Milk & soda. Dressed. Took Miss White in. Slow dinner. Lady sang after. Col Younger upset about singing. Bridge. Cigar & bed 11.45pm or 12.0am. (Red ink: 2nd days shoot at Springkell. Most lovely day. Grouse & partridges. Bag 30 grouse, 18 hares, 9 black game, 50 partridges.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Hal Ludlow, of a son.)

Tuesday September 26 Springkell, Ecclefechan. Up 7.50. Lovely bright sun. Bath. Packed. Punch came. Breakfast. After hung about. Colonel Younger going to see church. Got off after seeing motors off. Miss Irwin, Mr & Mrs Johnson in one & Alex J-F in another. Causten photographing as usual. Left 10.45 in omnibus with Miss White & Mrs Johnson's maid. To Carlisle. Crowded train. Went by the second, 12.25. Good lunch & at Euston 6.35. Home by 1 horse bus, Otley meeting us. M & self dined quietly together at 8.0pm. Roy at the Savoy Hotel.

(Red ink: Arrived home 7.30pm from Euston. Roy at Savoy.)

Wednesday September 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. A dull grey day. Went out with Rags for walk.

Met Old W, gave her 6d. Saw 2 Dromios. After going back Rags killed a cat in Upper Phillimore Gardens. Rick & he got hold of it in a garden. Back. Quite dark. Put photos away & on with Almanack. Lunch. Enlarged photos for Almanack after at 3.0pm, Otley helping. Changed & left for Punch Dinner at 5.30pm. Went by bus. Road up. Called C.C. Policeman there. Sale yesterday.

To Garrick & then walked to Punch Dinner. O.S, self, R.H, R.C.L, Graves, L.B, Lucas, Towner, E.T.R, H.W.L. After discussion got cut of John Bull & Japanese soldier. R.H Emperor of Russia. Reed upset about his rates. Left 10.45 & home by bus. Roy at Savoy.

Thursday September 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.50 & out after bath. Bright sun. Walked on thro Notting Hill Square & to Board School. Took 10 photos of girls in new camera. Back.

Saw 3 Kittens. After schemed subject of John Bull & Japanese soldier. Sent Otley for costumes. At 12.0 photod Hilton & Otley as sailors & Jap. Also for Time in Almanack. All developed by 4.0pm. Cocoa in yard. M in room after.

Worked up to 8.30 when M & self dined. Roy came back from the Savoy Hotel where he had been since last Saturday. Had dined with Tabs & Hamilton yesterday & today. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. M went to bed at 10.0pm. (Red ink: Roy back from Savoy Hotel. M & self dined quietly.)

(Cutting glued in: Shooting accident to Collingwood Ingram. F 29 Sep.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Friday September 29 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out. Violent rain at 7.30 & after up Holland Walk. A sparrow & a frog in the Walk. Put them both over the wall. Met Old W, after the 2 Dromios in wet. Back 9.0am. Breakfast. After all day at work on John Bull & Jap. Finished at 10.5pm. Dinner M & self. Roy came in at end.

Slept in chair till 1.0 when to bed. Dear M's birthday, had nothing for her. (Red ink: Dear M's birthday. Had nothing for her ready. Hard at work all day.)

Saturday September 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Brilliant sun. Out on cycle. Both Rick & Rags went to end of Radcliffe Gardens. M & Roy at breakfast. After printed back blues & put all photos away etc. Lunch. Roy back doing better in City. Packed. M & self got off at 3.45 & to Victoria. Met Harold & his wife. Down to Balcombe.

Kite flying. Mite up. Florence Walford there. Put (illeg) right. Dinner 7.45.

Good. Champagne. Drank M's health. (illeg) of letters. After bed 11.0pm. (illeg) Lennie, Nipper & self. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe with M. Met Harold M & wife in train.) Timed Merstham Tunnel 1¾ minutes. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir William Willis. S Sep 30.)

Sunday October 1 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Bath. Breakfast with Florence Walford. Bright lovely morning but cold. Posted letters. Old mare in field. Diary. Began work in earnest on Almanack. Worked up to luncheon time. After took 9 films of Linley, Oliver & Ann. Verandah. Kite flying. Thring came. 2 Kites lost. Read Kipling. Tea. At 5.0 took M for walk round by Keepers Cottage. Many pheasants. Back 6.0pm. Wrote letters etc. Harold Messel seedy & went up to bed. Late for dinner. Lennie huffy. Mr Thring dined. Games after of writing.

Tired & sleepy. Bed 11.15pm. Slept well. (Red ink: Photod Linley. Kite flying at Balcombe.) (Cutting glued in: Lady Helen Stavordale, of a son.)

Monday October 2 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Harold left. Bath. Breakfast. Wrote 2 letters & posted them. Lennie went to shoot at Lester Reed's, 90 head. At work all morning on 2 Almanack pages. Put in lettering for headings. Also Time.

Lunch. Read White Company. M & Mite went for drive. At 5 after tea took M as far as the Mill Cottage with Moustache & Vic. Back 6.0. Lennie back.

Wrote letters. Ricketts dividend. Dinner. Music after. Eric Parker came without his portmanteau. Turned up after. Bed 11.15pm. Otley fetched Lot 63, wooden box, elevator throne from the old Camera Club sale, 10/6. (Cuttings glued in: Forty Rhodes Scholars left for England. Rider Haggard progressing favourably. Oc 2. Death of Lucy Pinero.)

Tuesday October 3 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. Lovely sunny morning & bright all day.

Breakfast. Wrote letters & posted them. After worked from 10.30 to 1.15 on Almanack. Put in Time & Capricornus in both pictures. Lennie & E.P went to shoot outlying pheasants at Nymans. Read The White Company for an hour & work from 3.0 to 4.45. Put 2 Times in in ink. Tea. Took M for walk down to Yew Cottage & over hill. Back. Sorted papers etc. Wrote letters. Grey evening. Dinner. Mr & Mrs Thring dined. She dressed up. Games. They left at

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 10.45. Talk to Lennie. Bed. Shoot at Nymans, 29 pheasants, 60 head, Lennie, Eric P & Gibbes. (Cuttings glued in: Mr Rockefeller's gift to Education.

Tues 3 Oct. Death of Arthur Livermore.)

Wednesday October 4 Balcombe House. Up 8.0. Dream of Emma & bat. Lennie off. Bath etc.

Serious pain across chest. Can't make it out. Breakfast by self. Put things up.

Left by 10.5 for Victoria. Ann & M went with me in carriage. Threatened rain.

Ann's flowers. Up to town. Norman Gent got in at Horley. Otley met me Victoria. Home by cab. Bad horse. Developed photos taken of Linley on Sunday. Lunch. Did 2½ hrs work put (illeg) in 1st Almanack page. After left in cab 4.45. Called St Luke's Road, then walked to Westbourne Grove. Bus to Piccadilly Circus. Garrick Club. Saw Alexander. (illeg). Why Tate gave up Balcombe Place. Walked to Punch Dinner. Seedy with pain in chest. Phil Agnew back. Burnand, O.S, self, R.H, Graves, R.C.L, P.A. Lucas, B.P (back) E.T.R, H.F.T. Took Claret. Cut made up of France & Russia, John Bull & Japan. Dancing subject. Partridge Lion & Frozen Sheep. Left 10.40 & home by bus. Took 4 C.L.L.P. Roy back. Bed. Put mustard leaf on for chest. (Red ink: Phil Agnew back, away 8 weeks. Curious pain in chest all day. In muscle.

Very painful.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Bruce Burnham. Tues 3 Oct. Obituary of Major Reynold Clement. Oct 3.)

Thursday October 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Pain still in chest. Out with Ross Camera.

Snapped 3 Kittens & one other. No good. Back. Schemed subject of France & Russia, John Bull & Jap. At 12.0 Miss Huxley came. Sofa in yard. Photod her & Marguerite & after Otley for J.B. Enlarged & also photos of Linley. Tea in room. Worked from 5.0pm to 8.30 when Roy & self dined off a French partridge. Both at home after. Felt seedy & tired. Took 3 C.L.L.P. Bed 12.0.

(Cuttings glued in: Memorial to Lord St Helier & his son. Th Oct 4 1905. Death of James Furrell. The wife of Salid Claudius, a daughter.)

Friday October 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out on cycle. Saw 2 Dromios. Up & down Cromwell Rd. Saw Shears. Back & at work at 10.0. Worked hard all day & finished 10.10pm. Roy came home very sick & ill with chill & headache. Dined 10.20, Roy eating scarcely anything. Bed 12.0 after rest in Morning Room.

Gave Roy Carters. My Rt Angled Camera came home finally this evening.

(Red ink: Roy very seedy in evening. Ill with liver.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of Lord Inverclyde. The wife of A.E.Herapath, of a son.)

Saturday October 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. In room. Put photos away. Out with camera 8.50. Saw 2 Dromios. No 42 they go to. Back 9.20. Roy better. All morning printing blues. Sorting & putting away. Filled Rt Angle C with films. Cut too narrow again. Also 8½ x 6 double backs. Roy back 3.20. Going to dine with Stern. Left in hansom at 3.55 & caught the 4.30. Down to Balcombe with one other. Drove to B.H. Dear M & Mite in Drawing Room. Saw Ann, little Oliver. A Mr Brodie there & Mr Marriott. Lennie kite flying. Moustache had killed another sheep. Dinner. Champagne. After Lennie, Mr Brodie & Mr Marriott

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 acted a charade 'Shylock'. Bed at 11.45pm. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Edward Carbutt. Death of George Arbuthnot, Baron Inverclyde.)

Sunday October 8 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. Bath before others. Out & read (illeg) book etc. Breakfast. Up in my room worked on Almanack until luncheon. Put in goats. After at 3.0 Lennie, Mr Brodie & Marriott went in motor to Nymans. Up in room. So dark could not see properly. M read. Tea. At 5.15 took M for walk as far as Major Oxley's & back. Letters. Dinner. Champagne. Music & games.

Bed at 11.15pm. (Red ink: Worked on Almanack. Dull grey dark day.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lord Inverclyde.)

Monday October 9 Balcombe House. Up at 8.0am. x. Saw Mr Brodie & Lennie off. News of Lord Inverclyde's death. Marriott left by the 9.20 train. Up in room after breakfast & worked on Almanack 9.50 to 1.15, M reading. Lunch. Read extraordinary book on Resurrection of our Lord called 'In the Dark'. At 2.45 worked until 4.35. M read Kipling. Mite out for drive & made 3 calls. Took M for walk at 5.15. Met carriage. Round by Yew Cottage. Back 6.0. Read 'When it was Dark'. Lennie back early. Letter from Miss Towers. Dinner 7.30pm. Talk to Lennie about Roy after. Bed 11.0pm.

Tuesday October 10 Balcombe House. Up 8.15. Lennie off. Breakfast by self. Mite & F.W went up to town. M in bed slight cold. Self felt roughness in throat. Altered boot of New Year. Left to catch 10.51am. Waistcoat & stick missing. Up to town. Took 2 photos of bridge platform at Balcombe. Home by hansom. Hair cut. After went on to work at Almanack drawing etc. Roy going out so gave up going to the Comedy. Dined by self alone on a steak. Read & to bed after. Left M at Balcombe. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Edward Carbutt.)

Wednesday October 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out up Holland Walk. 2d to Old W. Back & on with the Almanack. Put 2nd boy in, Punch etc etc. Lunch. Waited for Wylde who never came. Left at 6.15 for the Punch Dinner. Burnand back looking very seedy. Complimented on my drawing of France etc. Also a notice in the Times this morning. F.C.B, self, H.F.T, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, & Guthrie back. Carried point of Nelson & had a double page to do.

Home by bus. Roy out. Bed. Went out at 12.0, tried 6 plates with new camera. Stop wrong. Failures. (Cutting glued in: Death of Archibald Stuart Wortley.)

Thursday October 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & looked out things for drawing of Nelson & Fleet. After grey dull morning. Out on bicycle. Round Cromwell Rd. Saw 2 going to Kindergarten. Back & schemed Nelson & the Ironclad Fleet by 11.30.

Hilton came & at 11.45 photod him. Very dark. All finished by 3.0pm. Got on & had the principal figure all in outline by 8.45 when dined. Roy dined out.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Back at 11.45. Bed tired. (Cutting glued in: Mr Linley Sambourne's cartoon this week. Wed Oct 11.)

Friday October 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.15 & put an hours work on double cartoon.

Changed telescope etc. Wet & drizzly. Out up Holland Walk. Met 2 D's. Also Kittens. Back. Worked the entire day on drawing of Nelson & Fleet. Hard.

Finished at 10.10. Dined by self. Roy back at 11.15. Bed tired. (Cuttings glued in: Marriage of Martin Archer-Shee to Frances Pell. Marriage of Hugh Gray to Hilda Orchardson. Funeral of Archibald Stuart Wortley. Oct 13.)

Saturday October 14 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. In room & put away photos. Out on bicycle short turn round Park. Otley met me with news of Sir Henry Irving's death last night.

Breakfast. Lovely sunny morning. Put things away & printed blues of Sutherland. Out 12.0 & took 1 doz plates & films as experiment in the street.

Rascally old Scotchman with organ. Back & developed them. At 2.15 M back from Balcombe. Lunch 2.30pm. After a rest worked from 4 to 7.0pm. M & self went out to get fruit etc. Back. Worked again 7.30 to 8.30pm. Dinner. Rest in Morning Room till 1.0am. Bed. Roy went to Balcombe. Sent Otley with changing box & shutter back to Sands & Hunters. Wrote Wylde finally. (Red ink: News of Sir Henry Irving's death.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Sir Henry Irving. Saty 14 Oct.) Sunday October 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out. Walk round church & Holland Walk. After did 1½ hrs work on Almanack. Took M for walk from Hyde Park Corner. Met the Braunsteins. Home. Lunch. In room after & worked all the afternoon on Almanack drawing. Put in signs etc. M & self dined quietly in evening. Dear Roy at Balcombe with Mite. Kite flying. Strong westerly wind all day.

Monday October 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rags & R.A.C. Took 5 photos in Earls Court & girl going to kindergarten 1/50 second. All failures, underexposed.

Back & all day at work on Almanack drawing. At 8.0 in trying to put small desk lamp right blew out the connection. Had to have candles hastily provided. M, Roy & self dined. Connection made at 8.45. In Morning Room after. Quiet evening & bed after.

Tuesday October 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with R.A.C & Rags. Up Church St. Saw L 1st time since July 14th. Took 7 photos 1/25 second, all failures.

Underexposed. Breakfast. After worked all day on Almanack drawing. Lennie & Mite dined with us, Roy, M & self. 2 bottles of Geisler & good dinner.

Morning Room hot. They left 11.0pm. Read & to bed. (Red ink: Lennie & Mite dined with us.) (Cutting glued in: Marriage of John Heaps to Margaret FoxWhite.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Wednesday October 18 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out with Rags on bicycle. Went round Earls Court & over through Kensington Palace Gardens & home. Breakfast. After went on all day & finished the Almanack drawings at 5.30pm. Alice Linley to lunch. Worked till 5.45 & sent drawings off which were subsequently delayed by a breakdown on the Metropolitan Rly Electric Service. By bus all the way to the Punch Dinner. Complimented by Phil Agnew on my cartoon of Nelson. No one else mentioned it at all. F.C.B, Graves, O.S, Phil A, B.P, & A.G. Got easy subject of Punch & H.O.Arnold Forster, Partridge Irving's memorial. Left 10.45. Posted letters. Home by bus. Roy at Garrick. Bed at 12.0pm. (Red ink: Mite went up to Scotland.) (Cutting glued in: In memory of Charles Morten.)

Thursday October 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Went by Met Electric Raily to Westminster Bridge. Took 7 photos of the Horse Guards. There 8.45. Met Mr Young. Roy off to City & to dine with Hamilton F & Tabs in evening when they went to see Oliver Twist after. Sent Otley to May's. He had never received my letter of last night. Schemed subject of Mr Punch & H.O.Arnold Forster. Photod Otley at 12.0 & got all developed by 3.30pm. Began work at 4.0pm to 8.30 when M & self dined. Got figures & Punch in. Snooze after & bed at 12.0am. Cards came for Ceremonial at Westminster Abbey tomorrow for M & self. (Red ink: May never received letter from me from Punch Dinner last night.) (Cutting glued in: Lady St Helier's purchase.)

Friday October 20 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.10 & in room & did 1½ hrs work. Put in lettering etc.

Out & posted letter to Brightmore & V & C. Breakfast. After worked 1 hr & at 10.30am dressed. Left at 10.50 in good 4 wheeler & to Westminster Abbey. M & self attended the interment of the late Sir Henry Irving L.L.D. Thro' cloisters.

Next Sir Harry Poland, Leslie Ward, in front Pirrie. Next to him came a girl in a red hat & was subsequently taken away & hidden in a corner by Arthur Bourchier. Many I knew. Sir George Lewis, Hamo Thorneycroft etc, J.P.O'Connor. Quires voices in extreme distance like angels, gradually getting nearer & nearer, most beautiful. Brilliant sun at intervals lighting up choristers & Mr & Mrs Arthur à Becket. Out at 1.5pm & home in a 4 wheeler by 1.40.

Changed. Lunch. Prawns from Tilda. Worked from 2.10 to 10.10pm hard & finished drawing of Punch & Arnold Forster as Sandwichman, & M reading.

Roy out. Dined at 10.20, M & self. Very tired. Rested. Bed 1.0am. Weather still cold. (Red ink across page: M & self went to the Ceremonial at Westminster Abbey. Funeral of Sir Henry Irving.)

Saturday October 21 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Very tired. Out & up Holland Walk. 2 D's at entrance. Missed Old W. Back. Dull grey morning. Printed blues. Wrote letters. Wire fom Tabs to lunch with her. Dressed & left at 1.0pm in a 4 wheeler to Carlton. Got there 1.20. Most excellent lunch with Tabs. Saw Sir Charles Wyndham & Mrs C.P.Littler. Good bye to Tabs. X'd road & went to Haymarket Theatre, M & self. Most excellent little play on Pepys. Girl acted King Charles. After saw for 2nd time On the Love Path. A1. Most extraordinary scene from logia of theatre. Brilliant sun & dark cloud like eclipse. Wonderful.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Out & got sausages at Walls. Walked with M as far as Kensington Gore where M got into a bus. Then walked home. Got fruit. No fine pears. Roy left to dine with Edgar. Put photos to wash out. Wrote diary. Not so cold. (Red ink: M & self lunched with Tabby at the Carlton, A1. Saw Sir Charles Wyndham. Went to matinée of 'On the Love Path' after. Very good.)

Sunday October 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20 & out with R.A.C & Rags. Up Church Street.

Took 3 trial photos ½ a second exposure. Home. Breakfast. A boy messenger kept half an hour for Roy with letter. After printed blues & tried my camera for size & length of focus. Printed blues. Took M for walk, old Rick joined in. Met Nelly Keith & walked round by Holland Walk. Lovely morning. Came over dull at 1.15pm. Old gent lives No 7 Phillimore Gardens. The old gent turned out to be Mr Turner as I thought. Back home for lunch & after went up by bus to the Athenaeum Club & wrote letters. One to E.D at Ottowa. Back home. Miss Rose Innes had been to tea with M. M & self dined quietly. Roy out. Bed after snooze & reading. The photos above were all spoilt by being opened in the Post Office & black fogged. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John Waller. Saty 21 Oct.) Monday October 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on cycle with Rags & over Campden Hill.

Brownlegs 9.55. Breakfast & after the entire day putting photos away & clearing stock drawer. At 8.0 Sophy & Edgar dined. Drank 2 bottles of Geisler.

They left 11.0pm. In the morning I tried lenses for second time having lost piece of tracing paper. A lovely day. Cold but bright. (Red ink: Edgar & Sophia Herapath dined with us. 2 bottles of Geisler.) (Cutting glued in: Accident to a motor car. Mon 23 Oct.) Tuesday October 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rather bilious. Out with Rags on cycle. No L. At 8.50 saw A looking prettier than ever. Last on Friday 21 July. Back. Breakfast.

A dull gloomy morning, slightly warmer. After wrote letters. All morning sorting plates etc. Lunch. Left at 2.30pm. Took bus to Bedford St. Interview with Mr Carter about camera. Called Garrick Club & then to Athenaeum. Saw Mrs Wills at door of C.C. Letters at Athenaeum, then called & saw Mr Montague Phipps Scy to the Blenheim Club, also Sir J.Heron Maxwell. Then home by bus. Cocoa & put away photos until 8.0pm. Many callers. Kenneth Grahams, Tilda, Miss Rose Innes etc. Dinner, M Roy & self. Roy not vy good tempered after dinner. In the Morning Room. Bed after snooze. Met Montague Guest who said there was 'Nothing like my work in the world & that I must know it'.

(Cutting glued in: Sermon at the service for Sir Henry Irving in Westminster Abbey. Mon 23 Oct.) Wednesday October 25 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out on cycle with Rags round Earls Court & over Campden Hill. Again saw A in blue dress. Round B.L. Home to breakfast. After all morning finishing sorting etc. Lunch at 1.15. Otley took himself off for 2 hours. 4 wheel cab wh took Tilda, M & self to His Majesty's Theatre. Saw Oliver Twist. Arthur à Becket & Giggles came into the box.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Arthur's birthday. After put M & T in a bus. Called Athenaeum. Saw Major Ricards-Seaver & Humphry Ward. Joe Carr not standing in for profits of Oliver Twist. Walked to Sands & Hunters & after to Punch Dinner. Up in O.S's room.

No F.C.B. O.S, L.S, F.H.T, Graves, R.L, P.A, R.H, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Suggested own cut of Bellona & News Boys. Partridge Rate Payer. Difficulty of titles & my cartoon for next week. Left with Lehmann 11.15. Home by bus.

Roy on step. Bed 12.20. Pretty brown girl in dress circle. (Red ink across page: M, Tilda & self went to matinée of Oliver Twist at His Majesty's Theatre.

Arthur à Becket's birthday.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of George Stephenson. T Tues Oct 31.)

Thursday October 26 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Cold frost. Out on bicycle with Rags round Earls Court. Saw A who nipped into the Post Office. Ran! Brown L from Hogarth Road. Back. Breakfast at 9.15. After by 11.30 schemed subject of Bellona & News Boys. Miss Huxley came 11.30. Photod 11.45 & after 2 boys got by Otley. Developed. Tilda to lunch. Up in room 3.30pm. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Allen Stoneham. Death of George Craik. Death of Mary Ann Dalton.

Death of Henry D'Ombrain. Death of Henry Ellis. Death of Amyard Haggard.

Obituary of George Craik.)

Friday October 27 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out on cycle. Road blocked across Park. Turned & past Exhibition Building. Met Beadle & wife. Up Palace Gardens. Over C.H. Saw girl with King Charles's dogs. After at work all day on drawing of Bellona & News Boys. M went with Sophia Herapath to the Court Theatre & saw one of Bernard Shaw's plays. Roy dined at the Garrick. Finished 10.10pm & dined by self. Rest & bed after at 12.30pm. (Cutting glued in: The Press and the Nelson Centenary. T Oct 27.)

Saturday October 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20 Very cold. Up Holland Walk. Saw 2 Dromios. Back thro' Hornton St. After sent Otley to Stores for cigars. Sorted plates. Lunch. M & self left 2.20. Called at fruit shop. Then by 4 wheeler to the Comedy Theatre & saw a stupid American play called 'On the Quiet'. Supposed English Duke who kept saying 'Silly ass'. Midge in box. Out & put M & Midge in cab. To Garrick found bag there left by Otley. Dressed & to the Savage Club. Saw Yeend King, Adrian Jones, Dr Abraham, Bob Humphreys, Van der Weyde, Herbert Johnson, (illeg) a nephew of Staats Forbes a very nice young man. Conrad Cooke & son. Poor dinner. Good wine & cigars. Many songs.

Recitations. (illeg) 'Firing the guns'. 'The launching of the ships' by an American. Charles (illeg) 'Eve to Adam' (illeg illeg) something from McAdams.

Sat there till 11.12. Then left & home by omnibus. Had inadvertantly taken wrong umbrella. Bed at 12.20am. (Red ink across page: M & self went to matinée of silly American play called 'On the Quiet'. Midge there also. In the evening dined with Conrad W.Cooke at the Savage Club.) (Cutting glued in: Rudolf Lehmann's estate. 25 Decr.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Sunday October 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & out for walk. Met Sir H.Bergne & 2 sons. Old W 6d. Back. Slight drizzle. Breakfast. Sorted plates. After at 12.10 took M for walk. Bus to top of Park & walked home. Lunch. In Morning Room after & read about Queen Tii's parents. Out at 3.0 & called on F.C.B. Saw him.

Discovered I had the wrong umbrella. Bus to Piccadilly Circus. Interesting girl in it, peculiar face. To Athenaeum. Wrote letters till 7.0pm. Home by bus. M, Roy & self dined quietly. In Morning Room after. Bed 12.15am. (Cutting glued in: Shooting party at Bishop's Hall. Saty 28.)

Monday October 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. M worried about cushions etc. Out. Pouring rain.

2 Dromios. Walked as far as High School Notting Hill & back. Drenched.

Changed all my things. Breakfast. After cut all Times up to date & went on all day with sorting the last ¼ plate boxes. M & self dined by ourselves. Roy out.

Quiet evening. (Cuttings glued in: Suicide in Russell Square. Monday 30 Oct. Funeral of G.L.Craik. Saty 28.)

Tuesday October 31 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Lovely morning. Bright sun. Went with Rags all round Silver Street. Met L with 2 others. Round Holland Walk. Home. In morning enlarged photos of Elephants for Prince of Wales cut. Also developed some ¼ films. After went on & nearly finished the ¼ plate boxes at last. Dressed at 7.10 & M & self left in a 4 wheeler & dined at Sir Lucius & Lady Selfe's. A.C.Gow & wife, Mr Blunt, A.Blunt's brother, Sir Anderson & Lady Critchett, a Doctor & his wife. Very pleasant dinner & good wine. Left at 11.0 & home by cab. (Red ink: M & self dined at Sir Lucius & Lady Selfe's.

Pleasant dinner.)

Wednesday November 1 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Very wet. Out with Rags. Thro' Holland Walk.

Met L who turned her head. Old W & 2 D's in distance. After to Addison Road. Back. Little K's in waterproofs. Breakfast. All the morning putting boxes & also made 2 more enlargements for elephants. In room with M. Left after tidying drawers. By bus to Westbourne Park, called St Luke's Rd. Poured with rain. Bus to Piccadilly & to Garrick Club. Saw Chudleigh. To Punch Dinner.

Very good & quiet, 8. Self, R.H, Graves, P.A, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, O.S. Got cartoon of Liberty & Tzar, B.P hunting subject. Left 11.20 & home by bus.

Told the Bakewell Pudding story. Stock Exchange holiday. Lennie had shoot at Nymans. It poured all day. (Red ink: Told the Bakewell Pudding story at the Punch Dinner.)

Thursday November 2 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Thro' Holland Walk & down to Addison Road on Notting Hill side. Many girls. Met L & Bandy L in Holland Walk. Back in room 10.0 & schemed subject of Liberty & Tzar. Sent Otley to Mays. At 11.45 Miss Huxley came, M out at dress makers. Photod her & after Otley. All ready by 3.45. Up in room. Worked until 8.30pm, M reading. Roy dined at home also. Bed at 12.0. Tired. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Lady Nares. Death of Henry Buxton.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Friday November 3 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40 & in room. After walked with Rags round Kensington High School. Met no one. Back for breakfast. Lovely morning.

After worked all day on drawing of Liberty & Tzar. Young Brown called in the morning. Did not finish till 10.15pm. M & self at dinner. Roy out. Very tired.

Snooze. Roy back 11.20. Bed 1.20. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Henry Buxton. T Friday 3 Nov.) Saturday November 4 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.5. Tired. Out for walk. Lovely morning, the thermometer 45°. Round Holland Walk. Back. Breakfast. Roy over the fire.

After looked the entire 5 x 4 plates. No study of statues etc. Printed blues.

Dressed by 12.10 & went out. Took bus to Savoy. Saw Joe Carr. Had most excellent lunch. Then to Drury Lane & saw 'The Prodigal Son'. Miss HallCaine good. Out & round by Kingsway to Stores. Took bus home. Bought Haddock & fruit. Wrote wire for Lennie. No Otley. (Red ink: M & self had most excellent lunch at the Savoy & went to the matinée of The Prodigal Son after at Drury Lane Theatre.) Died this day 4 Novr Frederick Davis.

Sunday November 5 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30 & out 9.15 for walk. Met Pepys Cockerell & walked with him over Campden Hill. Told me the architect of Hornton Street was the nephew of Lord Coleridge. Also Thorpe Lodge taken by a Mr Norman. Back. Breakfast. Roy off for motor ride to Winchester all day. At 12.15 went up to Tattersalls with M & looked at Langley's horses, 13 of them.

Heavy rain came on. Put M in bus at Knightsbridge & went on to Athenaeum.

Lunched on excellent chop & in Club from 12.15 to 7.0pm. Wrote many letters. Home to dinner at 8.0. Miss Rose Innes dined with M & self. Long discussion on Bret Harte. Miss Bret Harte had called on M in the afternoon.

Bed 12.0. Roy very cold & could hardly open latch of door. (Red ink: Miss Rose Innes dined with us.) (Cutting glued in: The King as Godfather.)

Monday November 6 Stafford Terrace. Up a 8.0 & walked over C.H by Holland Walk in heavy fog with Rags. 2 D's at corner Notting Hill. High School holiday. Back. Old W 6d.

All morning printed blues & at 12.30 re-copied statues etc, also portrait of Mite. Finished Times etc. Lennie & Mite, Roy, M & self dined. Quiet evening.

Lennie not well. They left at 10.45. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Mite & Lennie dined with us. All the family together.)

Tuesday November 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & over Holland Walk. Dense fog. Met Mr Turner.

Back & after brilliant sun. Printed blues etc etc all morning. At 12.30 enlarged children in streets, all a success. Looked thro' old photos of nudes etc. Dined 6.45. Lennie & Mite, M, Roy & self all went in carriage to the Garrick Theatre & saw Arthur Bourchier's Merchant of Venice. A poor production, V.Vanborough not a good Portia. Lennie & Mite left a little earlier & M, Roy & self home in a 4 wheel cab. Densely foggy. Man with a candle stuck in a box lighted us home up the Argyll Rd. Hungry. Bed at 11.30 pm. (Red ink: M, Roy, Lennie, Mite & self all went to the Garrick Theatre & saw Arthur Bourchier in

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 The Merchant of Venice. Not good.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Lady Florence Dixie. Wedy 8 Novr.)

Wednesday November 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & up Church St with Rags. Met L. Sulks. After back.

Breakfast. All day sorting & tidying. In afternoon left at 5.0pm & called 14 Conduit St. Saw Mr Stevenson after calling at Bath Club & seeing Macdona.

Walked to Garrick. Letters. On by bus to Punch Dinner calling Sands & Hunter. F.C.B back for 1st time since August. Self, Townsend, Graves, R.L, O.S, Lawrence Bradbury 1st time since Sept 29th, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Not long discussion. Got cut of Emperor of Russia & Shade of Louis 16th, Partridge Prince of Wales. O.S story of Rev'd Hawkins, father of Anthony Hope, 'All the more reason'. Back by bus. Roy out. Bed 11.15am.

Thursday November 9 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Up & out over Campden Hill with Rags. Met Kittens. After breakfast schemed subject of Louis 16th & Tzar. Sent Otley to Mays. Had to have cab. Hilton came 11.45. Dark gloomy day. Failure of enlargements. Gave one 20 minutes & underexposed. Left off 3.30pm. Wrote letters. Work from 5.0 to 8.30pm when M & self dined. Roy dining out. Bed at 12.0. Tired.

Friday November 10 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags up Church Street & Campden Hill. Met Mr Turner & spoke to him. Back. From 9.45 to 11.45 had to give time to enlargements & photoing Louis 16th. Went on to work. M in room most of the afternoon. Finished 10.10 & dined, M & self, 10.15. Roy at the Garrick.

Snooze in chair until 12.45, no 1.45. Cats making most horrible catawauling.

Somebody got up & disturbed them. Fredk Davis interred this day from 4 Upp Phillimore Place. (Cutting glued in: Harrison Weir seriously ill. Friday 10 Nov.) Saturday November 11 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & shaved. Out. Wet morning. Over Campden Hill

by Church Street. Breakfast. After wrote letters & went out & had my hair cut.

Back & put things away. Edith Furrell went out with M to the dress makers at 9.45am. At 1.0pm M & self went by bus to the Criterion Restaurant & had a very indifferent luncheon of chop etc. Then to Wyndhams Theatre & saw a stupid piece by R.Carton called Public Opinion. Fred Kerr in it. Ethel Burnand in it. Annie Hughes in it. Lady in front had to take off her hat. Saw Sir Andros De la Rue. Out & back to Strand for bus home. Called Butts & got fruit. After squared all remaining prints. M, Roy & self dined off a high duck. Oh, ah. In Morning Room after. Tired. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: M & self went to matinée of 'Public Opinion', Wyndhams Theatre. Poor play.)

Sunday November 12 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45 & out. Met Mr Turner in Holland Walk. After took M for a walk at 12.30 up to Knightsbridge Barracks. Put her in omnibus & then on to Athenaeum. Had chop - not as good as last week. Wrote letters up in Smoke Room. Left at 5.20 & home by 6.0pm. The Furrells at Stafford Terrace. Cocoa & put all prints squared yesterday away. At 8.15 M, Roy &

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 self dined & had a high pheasant. Oh! Quiet evening after. Read The Bell in the Fog. Bosh. Bed at 11.45. (Red ink: M, Roy & self dined off a high pheasant. Oh!) (Cutting glued in: Edith Marion James killed jumping from train. Dec 9.)

Monday November 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & put hand bag up. After breakfast at 9.0. Did not go out A very damp morning. Left in Otley's cab at 9.30 & drove to Euston. Tire came off. Saw Ethel English on platform. Mr Brook. A delay with some defect in carriage. A change of carriages. Got indifferent sandwiches at Shrewbury or Stafford. No, Stafford. Arrived Bedstone Court with E.E at 3.40.

Put things up. Tea. Played game of Billiards, H.L against Colonel Davidson & self. We were beaten. At 6.30pm Hamilton Fletcher & Mr Foster - who wanted to meet me & never uttered a word today or tomorrow - Mr Treherne, also Mr Evelyn. Dressed. Dinner. Took Miss Ripley in. After played Bridge & won half a crown from Ethel English. She & Mr Evelyn v H.F & self. Bed at 12.0. Read 'A 19th Century Miracle' by Zongwell. Bosh & had read it before. Slept fairly well. (Red ink: Went down to Bedstone Court.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of Edith Marion Jones who called herself George Gillson.)

Tuesday November 14 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 7.45. Good bath. Dressed in herring grey & down 8.45. Breakfast. At 10.0 started to shoot round Park. Good loader. 8 guns, H.Langley, H.Fletcher, self, Colonel Davidson, Major Dunn, Mr Evelyn, Mr Treherne, Mr Foster. Drizzle of rain all morning. No luck 1st stand. Ditto 2nd. Ditto 3rd. Went into house after Ethel English & Treherne. Called out & one other stand on hill with good birds before lunch. Lunch in the house.

Rotten stained glass. Out & after only 1 proper stand. Walked with beaters after. Finished with 2 rabbits well shot. Got about 43 pheasants, 1 pigeon, 2 rabbits. Bag over 500. Left off 5.0pm. For loader 5/s, gave him 6/s. Tea. Up in room & after wrote letters & diary. (Red ink: Park covert shoot at Bedstone Court. Rather out of it.)

Wednesday November 15 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 7.45. Good bath. Packed. Down to breakfast & after saying good bye left at 9.50am. Finer morning. Drove to Bucknell.

Retriever in the road 'on his own'. Rather a scramble to get off at station, when up to town without change. Cold & rain. A wretched 4 wheeler home.

Gillie there. Wrote letters & changed into warmer suit & to Punch Dinner.

Called Bath, Blenheim & Athenaeum Clubs. Letter from M.R. Saw Major Ricarde-Seaver, going to Egypt tomorrow. Called Sands & Hunters & then to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, Townsend, Graves, O.S, P.A, L.B, B.P, E.T.R (late) H.A.Guthrie. Cuts over at 10.0pm. Got a Fog one. The Queen cut not decided on. L.B stupidly assertive. Left 10.30pm. Home by bus. Roy in. Had made £30 today. F.C.B complimented me on my drawing. (Red ink: Came up from Bucknell to Stafford Terrace.)

Thursday November 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Down & at 8.30 M left in 4 wheeler for St Pancras. Angry, cab late. Went with her over Campden Hill & walked thro

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Holland Walk home. Met Pepys Cockerell. Chesterton passed. Letter from Mr Humbug Wylde. After schemed Fog subject, Balfour & Liberal Party. Sent Otley to Mays. At 11.30 Hilton came & at 12.10 photod him & Otley. Enlarged 2 of L.L & 1 of Miss Huxley. All done by 3.0pm. In room. Wrote letters & got to work 4.45 to 8.30 when Roy & self dined. Papers. In Morning Room. Bed 12.0. Very tired. Old Rick in Morning Room & up with Rags to bed. Otley got cigars from Stores.

Friday November 17 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out up Church Street. Saw L.L & a boy with her. Home with Rick & Rags. Breakfast. All day at work on drawing of Fog & Balfour & Old Liberal Party. Began to shade at 11.30am & all day at it. The fire in my room rather choky. A headache & work a burden. Finished 9.0pm.

Roy went to dine at Mite's. Changed & dined by self off a pheasant at 9.30pm. Left at 10.50 in Otley's four W cab to St Pancras. A headache & very done up & tired. Most comfortable sleeping berth 7/6. Window would not keep up. Kept waking up. Broken rest. Woke at 4.30am. Sent Otley to Sands & Hunters for my lens. (Red ink: Left Stafford Terrace by the night mail for Dumfries.)

Saturday November 18 On board train from St Pancras. Woke at 4.30am. Broken rest after. Arrived Dumfries 7.30. Hard frost. Brougham met me. Got to Terregles 8.0pm. Dear M up. Dressed in thick suit. Hard frost & brilliant sun all day. Breakfast. Party, Charlie Maxwell & wife, his brother Mr Walter Maxwell, Mr Mackenzie & wife, Miss Graham, a nice girl, far off likeness to M.R. Miss Timms, M & self, a Captain who had shot yesterday. Started 10.0am & drove to outside cover.

C.E.Galbraith, self, Mr Mackenzie, Mr C.Maxwell, Mr W.Maxwell, a Mr Ferguson who drove up in the morning. Got 2 birds & 2 hares in 1st cover.

Was No 5 after. The ladies came out. Did not shoot as well as usual along road. All in Harness Room for lunch. Rather seedy & tired all day. M came to lunch & went to stands, up to house after. Self shot more than ever I did at Terregles, 68 pheasants, 4 hares, 2 duck, 74 head. Finished up at 4.45.

Almost dark. Most lovely day. Back. Tea. Good gingerbread. In M's room & rested from 5.45 to 6.30. Dressed & took Mrs Galbraith in. Another Mr Maxwell came to dinner & wife & Miss Ferguson. Puff Ball after. Mrs Mackenzie full of fun. Smoke. Fell asleep. Bed 12.40. Slept heavily. (Red ink across page: Best Park Covert shoot at Terregles ever had. Shot 68 pheasants.)

Sunday November 19 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 8.40. Very tired. Down a little late for breakfast. M remained in bed. A most brilliant sun but glass had gone down. After in Smoking Room. Yarns about Lyttleton Winslow etc. At 11.45 to 1.30 went out with Galbraith & Mr Mackenzie. Over stables. Friendly doggie wanted stick.

Along the Park wall & back in cover hide where I stood yesterday. Lunch at 1.45pm. After smoked a cigar. Had felt very tired & seedy all morning, bilious also. Charles Maxwell fell asleep & snored. Had written 4 or 5 letters. From 4.0 to 5.30 went up & rested in my room. Tea. After read the S'd magazine.

Story of the Amulet & Atlantis. After went & rested till 7.45 in M's room. Then

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 dressed. Dinner at 8.15pm. Took Mrs Mackenzie in. Talk of Sir Samuel nd Chisholm. Lady C 2 wife. Champagne. After Mr Mackenzie told story of Scotch Elder losing his hat. Blown up on the river & forgot his wife etc. Drew a lot of trick drawings. Good bye to Miss Graham. Bed 12.0am. Slept well.

Mackenzie a stockbroker. (Red ink: Quiet day. Felt seedy all morning.)

Monday November 20 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 7.40 & had bath. Dressed in Lady Margaret suit & after breakfast left at 9.5 for Maxwell Town. 4 guns, 2 Maxwells, Galbraith & self. Captain Ross joined us & made a fifth. Down line to Southwick. Met by Trowser Hunter & contingent & began to shoot in most lovely weather.

Brilliant sun & hot. Got to lunch 2 grouse, 2 partridges & 1 pheasant. Difficult crossing the stream. Did it 3 times. After that a weasel. Had shot 3 other partridges before lunch, making 8 head. After only got 1 duck, making 9 head.

Total bag 7 grouse, 5 pheasants, 7 partridges, 1 duck, 2 rabbits, 22 in all. 4.4 per head. More than double my share. Got in train a station higher up. A cattle dealer & a farmer quarreling over a cow. Home by 5.30pm. Tea. Bath.

Dressed. Diary. Discourse on cognac. Dinner. Yarns after. Told story of the Bakewell Pudding. Bed 12.0am. Only Mr & Mrs G, selves & 2 Maxwells to dinner. Barbour of Coniven. (Red ink: 2nd days shoot down the line at Southwick.)

Tuesday November 21 Terregles, Dumfries. Up at 7.55 & packed bag. Frost all gone. Breakfast.

Good bye to Galbraith. Left with Mr Maxwell. Saw Captn & Mrs Ross at Dumfries. Got a coupé & never got out of it till St Pancras. Passed lovely old abbey of Kinkstoles, near Armley, after. Kept for half an hour by fog at Leicester or station before. Got to St P 1 hr late. 1 horse bus home, 5/s.

Dinner, M, Roy & self, at 8.15. Pheasant. Bitterly cold afterwards. Bed 12.15 after snooze. Maud & Lennie went to Pyt to a shoot, Langley also. (Red ink: M & self travelled up from Dumfries after pleasant visit.)

Wednesday November 22 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out for walk with Rags up Church Street. No L. Round Holland Walk. Home. 3 K's. After put away things & tidied up etc. Took spots out of photo of Aphrodite. M went to at home of Lady Pearson's. Left by bus at 5.15 & called Blenheim & Athenaeum. Letter from Canada. Walked to Punch Dinner calling at Sands & Hunters. Phil A, B.P, Lucas, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, O.S. No L.B, H.F.T, thank goodness. Pleasant dinner. Got stupid cut of Arnold Forster as a sculptor. Left with Guthrie & home by bus. Roy in. Bed 12.0am. Tried to mend dado on wall come off by next door's head. Could not.

Thursday November 23 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & up Church St. No L. Just missed 3 K's. Back.

Breakfast. After sent Otley to Bernard Partridge for sculptor's blouse.

Threatened rain & dark. At 12.0 photod Otley. At 12.45 took bus up to Achilles Statue in Hyde Park. Took 4 black photos of it. Home by 1.45. Lunch.

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Friday Novmber 24 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out with Rick & Rags. Round through Church Walk, past Tuer's ground. 1st saw Auburn. On through Campden Hill. Just missed 3 Kittens. Breakfast. Most lovely bright sunny morning. Worked all day on drawing of Mars & Arnold Foster as Sculptor. M in my room & read The Black Spaniel. Finished 10.15, when M & self dined by ourselves. Roy at the Garrick & not home till 2.0am. Bed at 1.30 after snooze. Very tired & done up.

My cough troublesome. Slept well. (Cutting glued in: Death of Anna Maria Grimsdale.)

Saturday November 25 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Not very tired. Out up Holland Walk. Met the 2 Dromios. Back. Breakfast. Man repairing paint of dado in the Hall & made a good job of it. Up in room & put away all things & squared etc. Packed.

Lunch. Roy back. M & self left in Otley's cab for Victoria at 3.50. Met Joe Carr at the station. After the 2 Miss Lawrences & Sir Ed Somebody Something in carriage. Down to Balcombe. Mr Davson on platform. Drove to Balcombe H. Dear Mite a cold & chicks. Good dinner. New butler very much better than Taffley. Champagne. A charade after. Mon-tree-all. Very good. A wild stormy night. (Red ink: M & self came down to Balcombe for shooting Monday & Tuesday.) (Cutting glued in: Photograph of H.M.Armstead R.A. Instructions for Christmas from the 'Punch' office.)

Sunday November 26 Balcombe House. Up at 8.40. Bath. Very good breakfast. Wind & pouring wet all morning. After wrote up diary & many letters. Red inked back for 2 months.

Lunch. After M, Mite, Lennie & self & Mr Davson went for walk over muddy fields. To farm, followed a mile or more by little cat. Brindled tortoishell. Mite took it in. Wrote more letters up to 7.15. Stuck slips in diary. Dinner. Not much appetite. Claret. After Lennie & Mr D sang Gilbert & Sullivans operas. Bed 12.0 Great hurricane gale in the night. Shutter banged. (Red ink: Great gale in the night. Times tomorow said a hurricane.) (Cutting glued in: The wife of Anthony Hope Hawkins, of a son. Nov.) Monday November 27 Balcombe House. Up 8.45. Ought to have got up an hour earlier. Hurried dressing & shaving but scrambled thro' breakfast & got off in motor with Lennie at 9.30am. To Nymans. The Rev Stephen Boyd there. Started shooting across to farm. Missed a hen pheasant on acct of sun. After Mr Coventry arrived. Got a cock & 2 hens at stands after. Woodcock missed by Lennie. Heavy walk over to farm office. End of shooting stick came off. Driven partridges, 1 got by Mr Coventry. Self missed a woodcock. After to lunch.

Good walk to end of lake & climb up hill after. Felt it very much. Windy going.

Got a beautiful pigeon. Shot 2 cocks & 2 hens after, 8 head altogether. Left off 4.30. Very much out of breath walking home. Tea. Wired Otley to come tomorrow. Motored back to Balcombe. Mr Stern there. Linley with toy crane, Ann & Mr Coventry. Up in room & finished sticking slips in. Wrote diary.

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Dressed. Most lovely day & bright stars in the evening. Lennie went off to drill.

Dinner 8.20pm. Lennie late. Not very good dinner. Talk to Mr Stern. He did tricks with cards after. Eton songs. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink across page: Most beautiful day. Brilliant sun all day. Felt walking up hill very much. 1st day’s shoot at Nymans.)

Tuesday November 28 Balcombe House. Up at 7.0am & 1st bath. Breakfast at 8.0am. Mite down.

Dull grey morning which subsequently turned at 10.0am to rain all day. Mr Wynn & Otley came down by 9.0. Mr Stern very seedy in bed with gout. Could not shoot. Started in motor at 9.15 & to Nymans. Mr Davson, Mr Wynn, Mr Coventry, Lennie & self. Began to shoot, got 3 birds 1st stand, went on & duck drive up to lunch. Got 11 pheasants & 7 duck. After lunch 7 pheasants, 25 head in all. Bag, 79 pheasants, 37 duck, 2 hares, 4 rabbits, 122 head. Left off at copse covert, where I remember poor Arthur Lewis, at 4.0pm. Walked leisurely up hill to house. Tea & home in motor. Wrote letters. Otley packed bags & to go back with guns, magazine & 2 bags. My stick & aquascutum left at Nymans. Wired for it. Dressed after letters. A Mrs Firth came to dinner.

Husband a Captain of Ghurkas in Burmah. At dinner my nose bled & I had to leave the room. Back. Mrs F sang charmingly, Lennie after. Mr Wynn went to bed early. Lennie, Mr Coventry Mr Davson & self at 11.45pm. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at Nymans.)

Wednesday November 29 Balcombe House. Up at 8.25. A dull grey morning. M slept well. Rumbling of departing guests. Down. Breakfast. All gone. After put things up & left at 10.30 & walked to the station. Met Ann with Miss Meade in attendance. Up to town & home by hansom. After put things straight etc. M back at 3.0 after lunching with Mite as both came up by the 12.0 train. Self left at 5.0. Called St Luke's Road, after on to Athenaeum & to Sands & Hunter. Punch Dinner half an hour late. F.C.B, self, Townsend, Graves, P.A, L.B, Lucas, B.P, H.W.L, R.H & O.S, came in late from shooting. Got single figure cut of Rosebery to do. Left at 11.30 & home by bus. Very tired & sleepy at the dinner. (Red ink: Came up from Balcombe.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of John Coghill. Death of Henry Cole. Obituary of Sir John Coghill. Thursday 30 Nov.) Thursday November 30 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out thro' Church Walk. No sign of Auburnia.

Back past buildings. Breakfast. After took 6 photos of the buildings & at 11.30 having schemed subject a photo of Labourer. All developed & ready by 3.30.

Rested in chair very tired. At 5.15 to 8.30 went on with work when M & self dined, Roy out. Snooze after & bed 12.0. Roy back in a 4 wheeler. Frightfully cold night. (Cutting glued in: Photograph of Cameron of Lochiel.)

Friday December 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0 & thro Church Walk. Rags & Rick attacked cat & were themselves attacked by carter with whip. Words. No Auburnia. Back by Hornton Street. Home to work. At it all day & enlarged buildings background.

Tired & terribly bothered with Lord Rosebery's head. Took it clean out at 8.0pm & put it in again. Finished 10.15 when M & self dined. A summons for

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Letter from a Mr Harris M.P about last week's cartoon. Rest & snooze. Roy back at 12.0am. Bed. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Cameron of Lochiel.

Friday 1 Decr.)

Saturday December 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15 & out. Met Mr Turner. Back. Breakfast. After bother about letter could not find it. From Mr Harris M.P. At 1.0 dressed. Lunch 1.30.

M & self went in 4 wheeler to Criterion Theatre & saw The White Chrysanthemum. Fairly good. Isabel Jay etc. Jap & young lady in stalls. Out & got sausages. Into a Turnham Green bus. Met Mr & Mrs Adams. Got out & bought fruit. Home. Cocoa. Roy went to Mite's to go to The Little Michus.

Found letter from Mr Harris under a heap of others. Put there by Margaret.

Wrote others & diary. Glass very high, & fine. Wrote letters after. M & self dined quietly by ourselves. Snooze after & bed at 12.0. Roy at Mite's. (Red ink: M & self went to the matinée The White Chrysanthemum.) (Cutting glued in: In loving memory of Mary Fraser. 2 Dec.) Sunday December 3 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30 & out. Dark as pitch. Went thro' Church Walk with Rags & over Campden Hill. Back. Breakfast. After decided to read A Quiet Pipe etc, Hall Caine. At 12.20 took M for walk through Park. Saw a Newfoundland dog. Back. Lunch. In room. Rested till 4.0 when began drawing. Worked till 8.0pm, M in room. Dressed. At 8.20 Lennie Mite M, Roy & self dined. Quiet evening. Looked at Once a Weeks after. They left at 11.0pm. Snooze & bed. Night of the Garrick Club dinner for the Decoration Committee. Did not go. Tree wired in the morning. (Red ink: Lennie, Mite, M, Roy & self dined at home.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Ralph Brassey.

Obituary of Ralph Brassey. Dec 5. Obituary of Sir Clinton Dawkins. Dec 4.)

Monday December 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out with Rags. Thro' Churchyard. Lo! saw L.L. No Auburnia. Down Phillimore Gardens. Home. Breakfast. After worked till 1.0 when finished 'A Quiet Pipe'. Changed & lunch 1.50. Left with Otley in cab for Liverpool Street at 2.20pm. Got there 3.10. Saw Elsie J. Bought Munsey & down to Wickham Market. One other in carriage. Into break & drove to Easton Park. Party in house Sir Coleridge Grove, Sir ? Murray & Lady Murray, Sir Elliott & Lady Lees & daughter, Col & Mrs Lucas, self. Tea. Comfortable room same as at 1902. Dressed. Dinner. Took Miss Lees in, next to Mrs Lucas. Good dinner. Pool after. Won 2/6. Bed 1.0am. Read the Munsey. Miss Lees frightful cold. Like E.Dawson. (Red ink: Left for Easton Park shoot.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Henry Armstead. Accident at Charing Cross Railway Station. Dec 6.)

Tuesday December 5 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Called 7.30. Grey morning. Breakfast at 8.30.

Wore whipcord suit. At 9.15 long drive 7 or 8 miles. 5 guns. Self got about 37 pheasants, (illeg) partridges, 1 pigeon, 3 hares. One stand, 20 birds, same as Capn Hankey year 1901 I think. Lunch. 3 ladies late. Miss Lees, Miss Lucas & Lady Murray. A very good stand after lunch, shot brilliantly, 2

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Bed 12.30. Read Munsey. (Red ink: 1st day’s shoot at Easton Park.) (Cuttings glued in: In Memoriam Baron Huddleston. 5 Dec. Obituary of Henry Armstead R.A.) Wednesday December 6 Easton Park, Wickham Market. Up at 7.15. Dressed in Scotch suit. Off same hour as yesterday, same guns, same way. Missed it & asked girl poacher in cart. Began to shoot. 4 birds next Coleridge Grove. After in all got about 47 pheasants, 3 partridges, 1 hare. Ladies came to lunch. Gallery shooting.

Discovered it was same (illeg) as Lord Darnley had. Left off 3.40. Dropped at Parham Station. Changed boots & stockings. To Wickham Market. Wired for luncheon (hot) basket at Ipswich & to Rules. One other in the carriage.

Hurried meal. Cough troublesome after. Arrived L.S at 8.2pm. Drove to Bouverie St. Raining. Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, R.H, F.H.Townsend, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, Lucas. Got fairly easy subject, C.B as Cromwellian. Felt hot in clothes. Left at 11.0 & home by bus. Roy out. No news. M had written, letter never arrived. Last at Parham Wedy 16 Jany 1901. (Red ink: 2nd day’s shoot at Easton. Left for home from Parham.) (Cuttings glued in: Sir H Campbell Bannerman Prime Minister. Dec 6. Death of the Earl of Ilchester.)

Thursday December 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Hot bath. Out. Thermometer 56° outside window.

Up Church Walk. Saw 3 Kittens. Back. Roy looking seedy at breakfast. M left in 4 wheeler at 9.30 for Bedstone. Schemed subject of C.B as Cromwellian Captain. Hilton came at 11.45. Otly to Mays for costume. Back 11.50. At 12.20 photod them. Developed. Lunch at 1.20. Winnie Burnand called at 2.30. After went on till 4.0pm. Tea. Wrote letters. Sent camera back at 5.0pm.

Worked from 5.0 to 8.30 when dined by myself. Roy dined at the Garrick Club. Bed 11.50pm. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of the Earl of Ilchester. Dec 7.)

Friday December 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Out 8.45 & thro' Churchyard. Met no one. After young Bergne & 3 Kittens. Breakfast. Roy off. Dull grey morning & wet. On to work all day on drawing of Campbell Bannerman as Cromwellian Captain.

Letter from F.C.B to omit Sir Ed Grey. Worked on until 8.0pm when finished.

Dressed & dined 8.15pm Roy & self on hare & pheasant. Left at 9.5pm in Otley's cab & to Euston. Caught the 10.0pm train to Stafford. At 1.10 changed & waited till 2.15pm. Small Apollinaris. Girl & her mother in Waiting Room.

Parcels. On again to Shrewsbury, changed into local train. After got to Bucknell at 4.40. Drove to Bedstone Court. Diffiulty in getting the front door open. Turned in at 5.0am & slept till 8.15am. In morning wrote on drawing for Mr Frederick Leverton Harris M.P. (Red ink: Left by night train for Bedstone.

Disagreable journey.) (Cutting glued in: A huge skate captured. Dec 9 1905.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Saturday December 9 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up 8.15. Dressed in whipcord suit. Saw M in front room. Went in to Midge's room by mistake. Breakfast. H rather tiffy about my mentioning Dumfries train. Started to shoot 10.0am Herne Court. 8 Guns, H.Langley, Col Forbes, Col Gee, Mr Halkett, Mr Galbraith, Mr Pennefather, Major Fisher Rowe & self. Lovely day. Bright sun. Got 15.5.8.1.5.2 birds, 36 in all . Left off 4.0pm. A brace of partridges flew over at last. Back. Tea. Changed. Rest in M's room. Dressed. Dinner, 14 in all. A Mr Cole came.

Crowded dinner & no one to talk to. Most uncomfortable. After rest in hall & read Porthos's Son by Dumas. Billiard Room. Bed at 12.20am. Slept well.

Tired. Shot 131 head in the 3 days, Average 42 per day. 20 pheasants. (Red ink: Home covert shoot at Bedstone Court.) (Cutting glued in: Resignation Honours. Saty 9 Decr.)

Sunday December 10 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 8.30. Coldish bath. Breakfast 9.30. After a pipe. Talk. The whole morning writing letters of congratulation, Harmsworth, Sutton, etc. Lunch at 1.30. After cigar & talk. Walk over hills. Mr & Mrs Galbraith, Mr & Mrs Gee, H.L, M & self. Mr Halkett, Mrs Pennefather. Came across curious model of a graveyard by a quarry. Mounds & headstones etc etc. Back to house. Two fine tall girls called, Misses Harley. Tea up in room.

Fire gone out. Lighted it. Lovely full moon. Slight frost. After better dinner. Sat next Midge & also Mrs Gee. After beat Mr Halkett 1 50 up at Billiards & so to bed. (Red ink: Miss Harleys dined at Bedstone Court tomorrow, Monday.)

Monday December 11 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 8.0. Breakfast 8.30. Foggy morning. All got off 9.20. Walked to a break a mile or more uphill. To 2 cover stands between hills. Same guns as yesterday. Bag 0, 5, 2, 4. Lunch. 7. Total 18 birds.

Brought down a pigeon wh could not be found. Ladies & M at lunch. Forgot one stand outside wood got 4, making 22 birds. Walked back along the line.

Galbraith & Pennefather in front. The last stand called the (illeg) where I was in 1904. Changed (illeg). Rest in Langley's room after writing Otley & Hitchens. Dinner. Took Mrs Gee in. 2 Miss Harleys each over 6.1 high. Tired after. Orchestra & bed 12.0. Slept well. Dense fog in London. (Red ink: 2nd day's shoot at Bedstone.) (Cutting glued in: The Political Situation. Dec 11.)

Tuesday December 12 Bedstone Court, Bucknell. Up at 7.45. Breakfast 8.45. All got off after at 9.45.

Gave H £1.0.0 for Swayle. Good bye to M. In break to station, Bucknell.

Fisher-Rowes left at Craven Arms. Galbraith, Gees & Mr Pennefather at Shrewsbury. We, Forbes & self, went on to Euston. Good lunch which had been put up. Got there ½ hour late. Mr P had left his birds. Tossed for them & brought them home. Otley met me. Cab home. Tea. Letters. Hair cut at 5.15pm. Roy back 6.30. Looked over 'Times' after Roy in. He dined out.

Dined by self & cab to Empire, saw a poor performance, young Oxford & Cambridge men. Youth like Nat Goodwin. Dark woman like Mrs King in front.

Walked to bus & home. (Red ink: Roy & self went to the Empire Theatre.

Returned from Bedstone Park, no, Court.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Wednesday December 13 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5 & out with Rags. Dark raw morning. Walked to Cromwell Rd. Saw B.L & after Aphrodite, first time since Thursday Oct 26.

Back & all morning tidying up, squaring etc. Put Photo Hut all ready. Rest.

Tea & after tried to scheme subject for Title page. Changed & left for the Punch Dinner at 5.50. Bus to Piccadilly. Called Blenheim & Athenaeum.

Letters. Bus to Sands & Hunters. Camera not nearly ready yet. On to Punch Dinner. F.C.B, self, H.F.T, R.H, C.L.G, O.S, L.B, Lucas, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Got a subject sent in by an outsider, Parody of Millais' Huguenot.

Partridge John Burns. Left with R.H 11.0am & home by bus. A hatchet faced young woman in it with eyes watering. Roy up & had dined at home. Bed 12.30am. Went out before breakfast without a collar tie. Funny. (Cutting glued in: Death of Henry Vallance.)

Thursday December 14 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out thro' Churchyard. Met 3 Kittens. After back.

Breakfast. After schemed subject of the Huguenot. Fine morning, mild. Dear M back from Bedstone Court. Felt cold & shivery. Wilde called about drawings. Promised to come again on Saturday. Photod Otley & Marguerite for the Huguenot. Worked up to dinner time, M in my room. After M & self dined, Roy out. (Red ink: M returned from Bedstone Court & felt chilly & ill.)

Friday December 15 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am & out. Up Churchyard, met no one. Mild weather. M not feeling well. Maud came in afternoon. M went to bed with feverish sore throat caught at Bedstone. Worked the entire day on drawing of the Huguenot. Not very successful, so I thought. Much bothered with head of Bannerman. Why? Dined by self at 10.15. Rest & snooze after. A new maid here, did not know it. (Cutting glued in: Accident to Mr George Meredith. 15 Dec.) Saturday December 16 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Up Holland Walk & Phillimore Gds. Met no one. Mild weather. Mite & Lennie went to Terregles. Wire from Wilde to say he would come for certain on Monday morning. After took photo of Marguerite as Vivandiere & Otley as Sailor. Edith F after for Title Page Volume 129.

Short of developer. Poor enlargements. Worked till dinner time when Roy & self dined. M in bed. 1st saw new maid Ellen. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Sydney Trench. Death of Edgar Horne.)

Sunday December 17 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Out thro Churchyard. Met no one. Man pushing perambulator after. Dull dark day. Worked hard the entire day on Title drawing Vol 129. M remained in bed all day but better. Paxton called. Roy & self dined at 8.10. Waited on by new maid Ellen. Tired after & snooze. Bed. M greatly delighted with 'Cut Laurels'. Cried. (Red ink: Worked all day. M not well in bed.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Edgar Horne.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Monday December 18 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out. Up Campden Hill & thro' Churchyard. Gave small boy 1/s Xmas box. Just missed 3 Kittens. Back. Breakfast. M in bed. At 11.0 Wylde called really proposing to conclude purchase of drawings. Told him would only take Bank of England notes. He left saying he would come back at 2.0pm. M came down to lunch. Edith F there also. At 2.30 Wylde did come back bringing another man he said was a Librarian? Who? He also brought 2 £200 notes, '00203-4.' Great rush to count & look out drawings.

Made up the number from upstairs. They left with staggering parcels at 3.50, I giving Wylde a cheque for £80. Went up to room & on with work but could not finish the Title Page.(Punch & Vivendiere, Vol 129.) Left 6.30 & by bus all way to the Punch Office. Complimented by P.A on drawing of Huguenot. F.C.B, self, R.H, Graves, R.L, O.S, P.A, Lucas, B.P, Townsend, H.W.L & A.G. Got cuts all right. Dinner table, Punch & France etc for self. Gave up 2nd New Year to Bernard P to get away on Friday. After told B.P, Raven Hill & Towner about the £400. They looked me over. Left & home by bus.

Tuesday December 19 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10 & out. Thro Churchyard at 9.0. Met no one.

Breakfast. Sent Otley to the Bank with 2 £200 notes '00203 & 00204'. Came back that it was all right. After sent him to Mays for Republic costume & Germany. Had dinner table laid out in the yard. At 12.0 photod Marguerite, Miss Huxley, Otley & self. Got all done by lunch time. Up in room & rested 1½ hrs, then finished by 6.0pm Title Page for Volume 129. Then at 6.0 to 8.30 got on with cartoon. M, Roy & self dined. After snooze & to bed at 12.0am.

(Cutting glued in: Obituary of Henry Foley. Mon 18 Decr.)

Wednesday December 20 Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45 & out. Over C.H at 8.30. Saw 2 Dromios, one in pink tam o'shanter. Looked back. Small boy. Met Mr Turner. Back at 9.0am or 8.55. After got to work all day on drawing of 'Punch' dinner to France & Germany & John Bull. Edith F helping M. M went to bed at 10.0. Finished at 10.15. Dined byself. Roy met Aynesworth at the Garrick. He was back at 11.45pm. Delightful mild weather.

Thursday December 21 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Left M asleep. Out thro' Churchyard, met no one. Breakfast. Bad bacon. After Mite came in a fly at 10.0. Up in M's room.

Talk. After M left at 12.0 for Pyt House. Put photos away. Lunch. Developed about 15 last photos. Had blown Electric Lights out with 100v burner. Delay in getting connection. Lovely bright sun all day. Went on & looked out photos for drawing for opening Volume 130. Roy & self dined 7.30pm & left at 8.30 by a st hansom & went for 1 time to the Waldorf Theatre. Saw 'Lights Out' a melodrama very well played. Eva Moore, H.B.Irving. Capital Captain of White Curassiers. Saw Squiff Faudel Phillips. Walked to Garrick. Talk to Lord Sandhurst & Mr Bigg (never knew his name.) Left 12.15 & home by cab Stafford Terrace. (Red ink: M left at 12.0 for Pyt House.)

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 Friday December 22 st Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & out on bicycle 1 time since Fri Oct 27. Saw Dromio 2 in pink sun bonnet. Back. Roads filthy with watering. Saw Electric Light man. After packed & finished putting things up. Lunch. Left at 2.30 in Otley's cab & down to Tisbury. Carriage to self all way. Changed at Salisbury.

Posted letter. Met Hamilton & Shakespeare. They motored. Drove to Pyt. Boys just home with a cold. Pipe. Wrote Mrs Deane etc. Dinner. Cigar after.

Bed at 11.45. Mr & Mrs Shakespeare & Dorothy here also. (Red ink: Went down to Pyt House for Xmas week.)

Saturday December 23 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.30. Bath. M's breakfast left outside. Hamilton off at 9.0am in motor to shoot. After got to work in Morning Room & schemed & got on all day with Campbell Bannerman as Cupid on a Bed of Roses for Volume 130. Lunch. Wrote letters. Got Electric Light all right. Roy came at 6.0pm.

Dinner. Gareth left ill. After Tabs took his temperature & the doctor was fetched, 6 miles. Proved a mistake. Bed at 11.45. Dear M better but still not well. Extraordinary dreams. Poor Gwen went hunting & had to hack 20 miles home. No cart went to fetch her. (Red ink: Worked all day at Pyt House. Roy down in afternoon.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Henry Harland. Fri Dec 22.)

Sunday December 24 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.30. Bath. After breakfast got off in Mercedes motor at 11.0am, Shakespeare, Hamilton & self. Got to Salisbury & after Southampton at 1.0. Recognised places I knew in 1865. Thro town to the Common. Lunched with Mr & Mrs Dietz, his brother & a Mr Wilson who knew Roy. Fair lunch. Dirty uncomfortable house. Left at 3.0 & to Lyndhurst, Lymington, Milford & to Anchorage. Saw Col Sermon & also Mr Nugent.

Anchorage lit up. To Newlyn Hotel at Ch Ch. Pert waitress. Tea. Off again at 5.30. To Tumpers House, after to Wimborne. Church lighted up like a play.

Crowds. On to top of Cranbourne Chase & so home. Got home at 7.40 exactly, 120 miles. Dressed. Dinner. Took Olivia in. After rest on sofa & bed 11.30pm. Dull grey day all day, not cold. (Red ink: 120 mile motor run from Pyt round about.)

Monday December 25 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up 8.40. Bath. Breakfast. Presents. Dull grey day after.

Got to work again on drawing of Campbell Bannerman as Cupid on a Bed of Roses. At it from 10.0 to 3.0. Wrote letters. Took M for a walk round to Lodge gates & up hill. A band playing. Thought it was an engine at first. Waved to the servants. Thought they were Tabs & party. Back. Wrote to Balfour. After to work again from 5.45 to 7.30. M in room. Dressed. Dinner. Rest on sofa & bed. Read about History of Motors. (Red ink: Worked all day at Pyt House.)

(Cutting glued in: The Elephant for South America.)

Tuesday December 26 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 8.20. Dressed in dark Lovat & spats. Breakfast.

After out for rabbit shoot Roy going with me all day. Woodman for loader. Sir James Pender, George Gordon, H.F, self & Hope Shakespeare guns. Also Dr Beurk. Lovely afternoon. Got 330 rabbits, 22 pheasants (cocks) 2 duck, 1

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 hare. Self 27 pheasants & about 30 rabbits. Tabs & Olive calling Gareth after.

Back at 4.40 & changed. Tea. Put in work from 6.0 to 7.45pm on Heading.

Dinner. Lawrence Fisher Rowe came in after. In H's room & bed at 11.30pm.

(Red ink: Rabbit shoot at Tisbury, Pyt House.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Frederic Sang.)

Wednesday December 27 Pyt House, Tisbury. Up at 7.45. Bath. Down & put things up & packed.

Hamilton off at 8.30 to Rushmore. Roy left at 9.20am for Semley.

Shakespeare & self left at 10.30 in cart to Fonthill & I shot up to lunch time.

Guns, Shakespeare, self, Walter Shaw Stewart. Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh, Shrimp Gordon. Lovely sunny morning. Old whiskered Keeper. Only got 9 pheasants. Woodman loader. Saw 2 foxes. Left off 1.25 & up to house for lunch. Lady Octavia & Lady Leigh. Oh! Peter Graham's picture of Spate. M came up in the motor at 2.20 & to Tisbury. Caught the 2.48pm. No change to London. Changed dress between Salisbury & Andover. Otley met me & cab to Kensington. Bought fruit. Cab to Westbourne Park. Back 7.0. Rush to dress. At 8.0 Seaman, Reed, Graves, Lucas, Townsend & self dined. Fair dinner but badly waited. Fires low & cold. Felt tired. Cut of Duel made up.

They left at 12.0. Rest in chair until 2.0am when to bed. (Red ink: Shot up to lunch, Fonthill Abbey.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Sang.)

Thursday December 28 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am & out. Dull wet gloomy morning. No Dromios.

Back. Sent Otley to Mays for a pair of rapiers. Schemed subject of C.B & A.B for Duel. Used photo of Apethorpe. Discovered plate exposed twice. At 12.15 photod Otley & also Hilton. Great difficulty to get prints. All over by 3.0pm & up in room. Rested very tired until 4.30. Tea. Then went on & finished C.B as Cupid on a Bed of Roses by 6.30pm. Dear M returned from Tisbury at 6.0pm.

From 7.0 to 8.30 went on with cartoon, C.B & A.B Duel. M & self dined 8.30am. Had Sauternes which made her sleepy. Roy staying with Stern at the Savoy Hotel. Extraordinarily mild weather. (Red ink: Frightfully dark day. M returned from Tisbury.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Thomas Crown.)

Friday December 29 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & out. M in bed. Got home thro Argyll Road before the band. Breakfast. After at work on C.B & A.B all day. M left for Balcombe at 3.45pm, Otley going with her. Brought letters from Athenaeum after. Dull day. Got on very well but did not finish until 10.15 when dined by myself, M being at Balcombe & Roy at the Savoy Hotel. Rested in chair till 1.0am when to bed. Extraordinarily mild. Thermometer (illeg) in morning outside window. No fire & window open all morning. (Red ink: M went to Balcombe.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary and photograph of General Saussier.

Graphic Decr 30.)

Saturday December 30 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am & out. Round thro' Churchyard & back.

Breakfast. After the whole morning tidying up. Otley went to Horlicks & fetched the horse & was back at 3.15pm. Printed a few blues. Luncheon.

Finished the Champagne had on Wednesday. Left by Otley's 4 wheeler at

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LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1905 3.45. Roy passed me in Stern's motor. Down to Balcombe. Bitterly cold. A children's Fancy Dress Ball going on. Pretty little curly haired boy. The Messel party. Geoff, Mr Davson, Mr Marriott there. M had had a pain in her side.

Good dinner. Dance after. Mr & Mrs Harold Messel also there. Rested in chair. Charades. Geoff turned out to go to the village. (Red ink: Came down to Balcombe. Bitterly cold. Childrens Fancy Ball. Roy went to Pyt House.)

Sunday December 31 Balcombe House. Up at 8.20 & got bath. Breakfast 9.30am. Bitterly cold east wind after. They all went to church. Took M for short walk at 12.30, she having been to church, & I wrote 25 letters. Posted them. Lunch. Men went for walk. Went on with letters & wrote 20 more. Good dinner, after music.

They drank the New Year in with Punch. Joined them with Barley Water. Bed at 12.45am. Geoff turned out to go to the village. (Red ink: Bitterly cold. Long letter writing day at Balcombe House.) (Cutting glued in: List of Political Honours. Dec 30.)

Notes and addresses at back of diary: Morgan, Mrs Annie Hall. 58 Pennard Road, Uxbridge Road, W. Dawson, E. 12 Normand Mansions, West Kens, S.W. 322 Gilmour, Ottawa, Canada.

Hird, Janet.

48 Grove End Road, St John's Wood.

Huxley.

1 Portland Mansions, Kensington.

Jessop, B. Napier House, Hartford Road, Lower Edmonton.

Jessop, E. 79 Amhurst Road, Hackney.

Liverpool Street Buffet, G.E.R. Mackenzie.

45 Berners St W. c/o Mrs Maxwell.

Morgan, R. 38 Tabor Road, The Grove, Hammersmith, W. Louie (Clotilde) 157 Brixton Road, S.W. Smith (Daisy) 41a Blenheim Crescent Bayswater.

Taverner, Grace. 3 Lorne Gardens, Brook Green 8 St Lukes Road, Bayswater.

Taverner 107 Talbot Road , Bayswater.

Woodcock, Rose. 122 Victoria Road, Kilburn.

Woodcock, Mabel.

Sutherland, N. 45 Churchfield Mansions, Hurlingham, S.W. Parkes, A. 6 Sussex Place, Bridge Rd, Hammersmith.

Forster, P

1 Edwards Terrace, West End Lane, Kilburn.

23 Blenheim Terrace, Abbey Rd, St Johns Wood.

Madge Titheradge. 3 Birch Grove, West Acton, W. Ethel Warwick.

5 Stanley House, High Street, Mary le Bone.

Ethel Glarcots 37 Warwick Gardens, West Kensington Park, W. 23. 5' 6", dark brown, blue eyes. Boughton (illeg) Edith Davies.

17 Fawcett Street, Redclyffe Gardens.

Riches, George. 161 Purves Road, Kensal Rise, N.W. Johnson, F. 50 Burlington Road, Bayswater.

Hilton (Arthur) 14 Arundel Terrace, Castelnau, Barnes, S.W. Pegler, H.L. 14 Winchester Terrace, St Margarets, Twickenham.

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