-
-
- 1819
-
-
-
-
-
JANUARY the 1st we were living at Bertram
- House--dear Granny, dear
- Drum & I--Our servants poor
- Lucy, Jane (who is going away) & George--our pets--Dear Mossy--his sister May
- Fly--Nelly--Moses--(greyhounds)
- Mob a borrowed greyhound--Whim our squinting spaniel who came from Lockinge--Miranda our dear
- beautiful greyhound puppy--Selim our Persian Cat,
- Poll a tabby
- do--& 22 Bantams The 3 old ones given me by poor
- Jesse Cliff.
-
-
-
-
-
- Thursday Decr 31th
-
- Went with Papa & Eliza Webb to a dance at Mrs. Dickinson's very splendid--very
- delightful--much laughing--Mr. Crowther
- not to be forgotten.
-
-
-
-
-
-
- At Farley Hill--Happy day--Mrs. D's singing--Where'er you walk--Mr.
- D's reading--Count Ugolino--
-
-
- Manchester House
- Exmouth.
- Sonnet
- Farley Hill
- Jany 1st 1819. To Mrs. Dickinson Banquet & song & dance
- & revelry!
- Auspicious year born in so fair a light
- Of gaiety & beauty! Happy night Sacred to social
- pleasure--& to Thee Its dear dispenser--of festivity
- The festive Queen--the moving spirit bright
- Of music & the dance--of all delight The gentle Mistress
- bountiful & free!
- Oh happy night! and oh suceeding day Far happier when 'mid
- converse & repose
- Handel's sweet strains came sweetened, & the lay Divine of
- that old Florentine arose
- Dante; & Genius flung his torch-like ray O'er the dark tale
- of Ugolino's woes. M. R. M.
-
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 2 JANUARY
-
- Another happy day--at Farley
- Hill--Reading &
- home.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 3 JANUARY
-
- At home--told dear Mama all about the Ball--read BurkeMitford is likely reading
- the Rivington edition, published beginning
- in 1801. & the Reviews the B.C. & the E.R.
-
-
-
-
- Mon. 4 JANUARY
-
- At home--wrote to Miss James--letter not to go this week--And to
- Miss Brooke. read the Antiquary XX.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 5 JANUARY
-
- Read some of Miss Edgeworth's Popular tales XX some of Burke.Mitford is likely reading
- the Rivington edition, published beginning
- in 1801. Still at home.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 6 JANUARY
-
- Read Do. Do.
- Edgeworth's Popular tales
- and some Burke. Still at home.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 7 JANUARY
-
- Read Fearon's America X--still at home--Got & read this pretty book X
-
-
-
-
- Friday 8 JANUARY
-
- Wrote to Sir William Elford not to go
- till next week--Read Burke.Mitford is likely reading
- the Rivington edition, published beginning
- in 1801.still at home.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 9 JANUARY
-
- Read Nightmare Abbey XX Still at home.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 10 JANUARY
-
- Wrote to Miss Webb--not to go till
- Tuesday. read more of Burke.Mitford is likely reading the Rivington edition, published beginning in
- 1801.
-
-
-
-
- Mon. 11 JANUARY
-
- At home--worked some gown
- trimming--& wrote a letter to Mr.
- Haydon.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 12 JANUARY
-
- At home. heard from dear Mrs. Dickinson--sent off letters to Sir W. Elford
- Mr. Haydon, Miss
- James & Miss
- Webb.
-
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 13 JANUARY
-
- Heard from dear Miss James--went Fir topping--wrote a
- sonnet & letter to Mrs.
- Dickinson--at home.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 14 JANUARY
-
- At home. Wrote to dear Miss James Read Bisset's Life of Burke--very
- bad weather, could not stir.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 15 JANUARY
-
- At home all day doing nothing but
- finish my letter to dear Miss James &
- read BurkeMitford is likely
- reading the Rivington edition, published
- beginning in 1801.--Burke
- a sad turncoat.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 16 JANUARY
-
- Went to Reading--had a most delightful
- chat with Miss Brooke--bought things at
- Marshes--saw a number of people--came
- home to dinner quite well & was
- exceedingly ill (sick & purged) all night.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 17 JANUARY
-
- Rather better--Lucy a famous nurse--in bed
- almost all day--had a charming letter from Mr.
- Haydon & read Malcolm's
- Anecdotes of the 17th Century.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 18 JANUARY
-
- A great deal better. Amused myself with doing up some gowns against the end of the
- mourning
- --read
- Burke's works. All day at home.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 19 JANUARY
-
- Quite well. Wrote a long note to Miss
- Brooke--read Scott's Visit to Paris & played with my beautiful puppy
- Miranda born at Stratford on Avon.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 20 JANUARY
-
- Received a long letter from Mrs. Rowden
- & began an answer all day at home.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 21 JANUARY
-
- Mr. White & Mrs. Tuppen called did not see them--was Fir-topping with Luce & the
- pets. At home.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 22 JANUARY
-
- Lord Bacon, 1561.
- All day at home finished my packet for
- Mrs. Rowden & read Burke's works.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 23 JANUARY
-
- All day at home
- Firtopping--began Florence Macarthy--very much amused by it.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 24 JANUARY
-
- Got a letter from dear Miss James answered
- it--went with dear Drum to look for primroses--did not find any--Finished Florence Macarthy.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 25 JANUARY
-
- Mrs. Dickinson came to see us all in the
- rain--She was quite delighted with Selim
- & Miranda's play.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 26 JANUARY
-
- Went to Reading--saw a great many
- people--bought my new crimson bombazine--came home to dinner Poor Whim
- lost.
-
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 27 JANUARY
-
- At home. Dear Drum went to London & took my letters to Mrs.
- Rowden & Miss
- James. Read
- the Duchesse d'Angoulime's journal while in the Temple
-
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 28 JANUARY
-
- At home. Poor Jeremy Chamberlaine the shoemaker brought
- me some primroses & violets in pots--which he found in the fields.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 29 JANUARY
-
- Whim found again.--Selim nearly killed a white
- kitten we have got for Sir W.
- Elford.--I found today the first primrose this year in the hedge at the bottom of the park meadow.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 30 JANUARY
-
- At home all day. Read Junius--famous peppering--nothing so good
- now.She is likely reading 1772 The
- Letters of Junius by a pseudonymous Junius, rather than the Roman ancient world author Junius.
- Mossy very amiable.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 31 JANUARY
-
- Dear Drum came back again. Heard from
- Eliza Webb--wrote to her in answer. At
- home all day.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 1 FEBRUARY
-
- At home. Went out Firtopping with Mossy--Mossy was very amiable--so was Miranda in the Evening--read Junius & the British Critic Review.
- Aubrey's Lives said to be in the Ashmolean Collection 1819
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 2 FEBRUARY
-
- At home all day. Helped trim my new
- gown and read the Eclectic Review & played
- with Miranda.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 11 FEBRUARY
-
- Walked about Farley Hill--Mrs. Dick. brought me & Mrs. Hofland
- home & dined with us--Mrs. H. went away at night. Heard from Sir W. Elford & Miss James.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 12 FEBRUARY
-
- Read Burke & Mitford is
- likely reading the Rivington edition,
- published beginning in 1801.wrote to Mr. Williams & Miss Eliza Webb--at home all day.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 13 FEBRUARY
-
- Went to Reading--called on Mrs.
- Tuppen--the Brookes--Mrs.
- Boyd--Mrs. Newberry &
- the Valpy's--saw a great many people &
- hired a Cook.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 14 FEBRUARY
-
- Wrote to Mrs. Clarke--&
- Miss Ogbourn & Miss James. At home all day--fed the pets.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 15 FEBRUARY
-
- Mr. Williams called on me--went primrosing got the little basket full--wrote to
- Sir William Elford--Forsyth's Italy--charmed with it.
- On this day (Monday the 15th) Papa saw a pheasant's nest with 4 eggs, which was found by one of Lord Braybrooke's people at Billingbear whilst a party were coursing in
- the park--very early indeed. 1819
-
- --Cheap place for India Shawls 78 Oxford Street--1819
-
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 16 FEBRUARY
-
- All day at home--read Forsyth's Italy--trimmed my black bonnet helped to contrive dear Granny's spencer--played with the Pets.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 17 FEBRUARY
-
- All day at home. Read Dr. Aikin's Translation of the
- Memoirs of Huet--very entertaining--played with the Pets. Helped to
- trim dear Granny's spencer.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 18 FEBRUARY
-
- Called on Mrs. Dickinson--Cut Drum's hair--finished reading Huet's Memoirs & began Emma. Had a note from Miss
- Valpy.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 19 FEBRUARY
-
- At home all day. Received a letter
- from Mrs. Hofland--finished Emma--the puppy
- a great pet.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 20 FEBRUARY
-
- Went primrosing--Got the
- Sheffield
- Iris
- from Mrs. Hofland with some verses from her
- to me--very pretty. Read Sir Robert Wilson's
- Egypt.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 21 FEBRUARY
-
- Dear Drum went into Hampshire. Jeremy brought me violets & primroses--Wrote to
- Eliza Webb & Mrs. Hofland--at home all day--fed the pets.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 22 FEBRUARY
-
- Went Firtopping--fed the Pets--Mayfly, Miranda & a new
- little bitch called Fly given us by young
- farmer Webb.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 23 FEBRUARY
-
- Went Firtopping in the Plantations--fed the Pets--at home all day. primroses very
- plentiful in the Plantations.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 24 FEBRUARY
-
- Heard from Miss Nooth--went to look for violets --could not find any--then went Firtopping till I was driven in by the
- snow.
- Read Sir R. Wilson's Egypt.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 25 FEBRUARY
-
- Heard from Eliza Webb.
- Staid
- Stayed
- at home all day--read the
- Collectanea Curiosa--very amusing--dear
- Drum & the pets came back from
- Overton.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 26 FEBRUARY
-
- At home all day--read the Collectanea Curiosa--wrote to Miss Nooth. Nell went to Mr. Piles--poor
- love I hope she will be comfortable.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 27 FEBRUARY
-
- At home all day--Had a delightful
- letter from Sir William Elford enclosing
- some lozenges of his own making. Wrote to Sir W.
- E. & Miss James.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 28 FEBRUARY
-
- Heard from Mr. Haydon--wrote to Pen Valpy & Eliza Webb--heard from Mary
- Webb--went primrosing with dear
- Drum --read the Eclectic Review & the British Critic. Both stupid.
-
-
-
-
-
- Monday 1 MARCH
-
- At home all day. Heard from Pen Valpy--read the Monthly Magazine--Fed the pets.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 2 MARCH
-
- At home. Heard from Miss James--wrote to Mary Webb & Pen Valpy. Sent off my letter to Sir W. E. & finished a letter to Miss James.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 3 MARCH
-
- At home. Sent off my letter to
- Miss James--went Firtopping--read the Monthly Magazine,
- & Anecdotes of distinguished
- persons.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 4 MARCH
-
- At home--went Firtopping--read Anecdotes of
- distinguished persons 4 Vols--very amusing.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 5 MARCH
-
- At home--read Anecdotes of distinguished persons. Went violetting--found none--then went Fir topping with the pretty pet Miranda.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 6 MARCH
-
- Michael Angelo
- Buonarrotti, 1474.
- At home--heard from Eliza Webb--went firtopping with the pets.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 7 MARCH
-
- Went to Farley Hill--heard Mr. Dickinson's Italian Translations--read Burdon's Materials for
- thinking--a very pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 8 MARCH
-
- At Farley Hill--Mr. Johnson & Mr. Northmore came to dinner--a delightful day-- Mr. Johnson talked to me very much indeed.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 9 MARCH
-
- At Farley Hill--the Miss Broughtons called--nobody dined but
- ourselves--in the Evening we had the 4th book of
- Virgil translated by Mr. D.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 10 MARCH
-
- At Farley Hill--dear Drum came for me & dined as did Dr. Bailley--we came back in the Evening--a most
- delightfully pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
- Torquato Tasso, 1544.
- Thursday 11 MARCH
-
- At home--went primrosing--saw Mr.
- Dearesley--read Guy
- Mannering--played
- with the Pets--wrote to Mrs. Hofland.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 12 MARCH
-
- Went to Wokingham--met the Whites & Tuppens& a large party--Drum went out coursing with them--I
- staid
- stayed
- with Mary--wrote a note to
- Mrs. Hayward & Miss Wheeler--came home at night. Stupid day.
- Moses beat Charles Symonds's dog which he
- ran for the 1819 cup of Champion.
- Moses a famous dog.
-
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 13 MARCH
-
- At home--received a very kind letter
- from Miss Nooth--wrote to her--read Marriage--liked
- it very much--made me laugh.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 14 MARCH
-
- At home--went violetting--found none--Mr.
- Dearesley called--read Marriage--& George Mathew's
- Narrative--wrote to Miss James.
-
-
-
-
-
- Monday 15 MARCH
-
- At home--went Firtopping. Drum bought me two
- new baskets for flowering--read Wanley's Wonders.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 16 MARCH
-
- At home--went violetting to Mr. Davies's meadow--found a nice
- parcel--Wrote to Sir William.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 17 MARCH
-
- At home--heard from Mrs. Hofland--Miss
- Webb & Miss Wheeler
- came to spend the day--went primrosing with
- them--very pleasant day indeed.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 18 MARCH
-
- At home--went violetting in Mr. Pithers's fields--found none
- except in the corner by the field we
- sold to Mr. Dearesley. Wrote to Mrs. Hofland.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 19 MARCH
-
- At home--Mr.
- Haydon sent me the Examiner--went
- violetting--did not find many--read Waverley--wrote to Mr.
- Haydon.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 20 MARCH
-
- At home--Heard from Miss James & Mary Webb--finished my letter to Miss James--read Waverley.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 21 MARCH
-
- At home--Went primrosing in Mr. Dearesley's Copse & violetting in our own
- fields.
- Read a pretty Tale called Altham & his Wife.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 22 MARCH
-
- At home. Went violetting in Mr. Body's Fields &
- our own with dear Granny & the Pets--did not find many. Read the
- Tale of my Landlord.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 23 MARCH
-
- Wrote to Miss Webb--read Miss Jane Taylor's Display--& began Mr.
- Maturin's Women--Dear Drum went to Town--At home all
- day.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 24 MARCH
-
- At home--went violetting with Luce--found a
- great many white & some beautiful blue violets in a
- field near Pinge wood. The wood sorrel not out
- yet.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 25 MARCH
-
- At home--heard from dear Drum--Got caught in a shower--read Wanley's Wonders.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 26 MARCH
-
- At home--went violetting about our own
- fields & Mr.
- Body's
- --Dear
- Drum came home & brought me my superb red shawl for
- a present--God bless him.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 27 MARCH
-
- At home--heard from Eliza Webb--read Mr.
- Maturin's Women--don't like it
- much--too dismal.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 28 Mar
-
- Raffaello Sanzio D'Urbino,
- 1485.
- At home--went violetting with dear Drum &
- the pets in our own
- fields &
- Mr.
- Body's.
-
-
-
-
-
- Monday 29 MARCH
-
- At home--Went to Pinge wood with dear Drum, Luce & the
- pets--got a few wood anemones & quantities of
- violets blue & white--Wrote to Miss Brooke.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 30 MARCH
-
- At home--Went Firtopping with dear Mossy--Mossy very amiable
- indeed poor lamb.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 31 MARCH
-
- At home--went Firtopping & walking about the
- place--never saw so many flowers in my
- life--Miranda a great pet.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 1 APRIL
-
- At home--Frederick Slade called--went to Reading--saw a great many people--called at the Brookes
- Tuppens & Newberrys. Read Undine
- & Dr. King's Anecdotes of his own Times.
- April 1st Subscription for half a year to Havell's Library. So good of my own dear Drum
- --1819
-
-
-
-
- Friday 2 APRIL
-
- At home--Heard from Miss James. Went violetting with the Pets, got quantities--wrote to Mrs. Newbery--Read the Eclectic & British Critic
- Reviews & Horace Walpole's letters.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 3 APRIL
-
- At home--walked with Granny and the Pets--heard from Mrs. Newberry--read Horace Walpole's delightful Letters
- to Mr. Cole & Tom Crib's Memorial to
- Congress--Dear Drum came
- home sick from Reading.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 4 APRIL
-
- At home--Dear Drum quite well again--Heard from Sir W. Elford. Mr. & Mrs. Newberry called--wrote
- to Mrs. Newberry & Miss Eliza Webb.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 5 APRIL
-
- Went to Pinge Wood with Lucy & the Pets--Read Horace Walpole's letters to Mr. Cole--Delightful--& Dr.
- Clarke's Travels .
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 6 APRIL
-
- At home--heard from Mrs. Rowden--Read Beppo
- & Mr. Roger's Human Life--& Dr. Clarke's
- Travels in Sweden & Norway.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 7 APRIL
-
- At home--went to Reading--saw Miss
- Brooke & many people--had a note from Mrs. Tuppen--read Dr.
- Clarke's Travels &
- Holcroft's Memoirs.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 8 APRIL
-
- At home--wrote to Sir William Elford--walked with dear Drum & the pets--read Holcroft's Memoirs which are very entertaining.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 9 APRIL
-
- At home--Went to Wokingham with dear Drum--dined at the Webbs & called on the Wheelers--came home at
- night. A pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 10 APRIL
-
- At home--went violetting with Lucy about
- our own place & Mr.
- Body's--Betty
- Rapley sent me some Honeysuckle in full bloom.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 11 APRIL
-
- At home--Heard from Miss Nooth & Miss
- James--wrote to Miss Nooth,
- Miss James, Mrs. Hofland, Mrs. Tuppen
- & Mr. Maitland--read Miss Edgeworth's Comic Dramas--not good.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 12 APRIL
-
- At home all day--read the Lives of Hayden & Mozart & the Memoirs of the great Condé--not very good.
- Lines from Lord Byron's Parisina which exactly resemble the flower of the wood sorrel (1819) Those lids o'er which the violetpurplevein Wandering, leaves a tender stain Shining through
- the smoothest whiteStanza X, lines 30-32: Those
- lids--o'er which the violet vein / Wandering, leaves a tender stain, /
- Shining through the smoothest white / That e'er did softest kiss
- invite--
-
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 13 APRIL
-
- At home all day--Drum went to Wokingham & attended Mr.
- Palmer's grand procession to Reading--sopping wet all the morning--read Memoirs of Condé--stupid enough.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 14 APRIL
-
- At home--Papa not well enough to take me to Reading--went to Pinge
- wood with Lucy. Got a great
- quantity of flowers. violets
- almost over.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 15 APRIL
-
- At home--Drum & Granny went to
- Reading to call on Lady M. Palmer--read Whistlecraft's National
- Poem & Cary's Dante. Whistlecraft very good.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 16 APRIL
-
- At home--
- sate
- sat
- waiting for
- Lady M. Palmer dressed quite fine--tiresome woman did not come--wrote to
- Mrs. Rowden & read Cary's Dante.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 17 APRIL
-
- At home--waited again for that tiresome woman who never came--heard from
- Mrs. Hofland & Mary Webb--wrote to Mrs. Hofland & finished my letter to Mrs.Rowden--read Hazlitt's lectures on the Comic
- Writers--famous.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 18 APRIL
-
- At home--waited again in vain for
- Lady M. P.--Heard from Miss James & Mrs.
- Rowden--read Cary's Dante & Hazlitt's Lectures on the Comic
- Writers.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 19 APRIL
-
- At home all day--wrote to Miss James & to Miss
- Webb.
- The name of Napoleone occurs in the notes to Dante as that of one of his
- 1819--I find from the same authority that
- Romian or Romeo signify Palmer. 1819.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 20 APRIL
-
- At home--went to Pinge wood--Poor dear Mossy got a sad fall & was very ill--wrote to Miss James--still expected that tiresome woman.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 21 APRIL
-
-
- At home--poor dear Mossy very ill in the Morning but better in the
- Afternoon--Still expected that tiresome Lady
- Mad. who did not come.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 22 APRIL
-
- Henry Fielding, 1707.
- At home--waited again for that
- shocking plague Lady M. P. who never
- came--Dear Mossy much better almost well.
- Read Horrace Walpole's Letters to Mr. Montague.
-
-
-
-
-
- Friday 23 APRIL
-
- SHAKESPEARE, 1564.
- At home--waited again for my Lady, Deuce take her--read Horace Walpole's delightful letters &
- Rose's Letters
- from the North of Italy--very good though vulgar.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 24 APRIL
-
- Oliver Cromwell, 1599.
- At home--waited again for that
- shocking torment Lady M. P.--never
- came--read Rose's letters from the North of Italy--& finished my letters to
- Miss James & Mrs. Rowden.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 25 APRIL
-
- At home--waited again For Lady Madaline
- Palmer--dined
- early--dear Drum went to the fields by Burghfield
- Bridge to get me Field Tulips--God bless him, dear lamb. Wrote to Miss Nooth &--Had Miranda to tea. Great lamb.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 26 APRIL
-
- At home--Dear Drum went to London--I had & had
- had
- for two days a very bad cough--read The Quakers
- & Campbell's English Poets.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 27 APRIL
-
- At home--rather better--dear Granny very good to me--heard from Sir William--wrote to him &
- dear Drum--read Mr. Campbell's Specimens of the English Poets. Like it very
- much.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 28 APRIL
-
- At home--rather better. Heard from
- dear Drum--wrote to him--poor Mrs.
- Budd of Bedford now dead
- in
- childbirth--Went
- cowslipping
- in the meadows with dear Granny, Lucy
- & the pets--all very amiable.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 29 APRIL
-
- At home--much the same--Heard from
- dear Drum--Went to Pinge wood with dear Granny, Lucy & the Pets.
- Dear Drum came home at night.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 30 APRIL
-
- At home--better--heard from Miss James--walked round the place with dear Drum--read a Walk
- through
- Switzerland--liked
- it pretty well.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 1 May
-
- Niccolò Macchiavelli,
- 1469.
- At home--better--went cowslipping
- with dear Granny & the pets--read
- Campbell's Specimens of the British Poets--very
- good.
- Some very good extracts from a famous burlesque of Leigh
- Hunt called Two papers attributed to the
- Editor of the Examiner in the British
- Critic of last month.See
- Review of Two papers in Volume 11 (1819):
- 325-330.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 2 May
-
- At home--much the same--heard from
- Aunt Mary--walked about the Place with dear Granny--read the Eclectic &
- British Critic Reviews.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 3 MAY
-
- At home--better--walked about the
- place with dear Drum, dear Granny & the pets--all very amiable--wrote to Miss James.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 4 MAY
-
- At home--much better--heard from
- Eliza Webb--walked about the Place with dear Granny--read Labaume's Campaign in Russia.
-
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 5 MAY
-
- At home--much better--heard from
- Miss Nooth--went round the place
- flowering with dear Drum--wrote to Aunt
- Mary.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 6 MAY
-
- At home--almost well--Mr. Parfitt & Mr. Armstrong dined here--wrote to Eliza Webb.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 7 MAY
-
- At home--still better--heard from
- Aunt Mary--read les Parvenus by Madame de
- Genlis.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 8 MAY
-
- At home--quite well--Mr. Voules & Mr.
- Walker called & Mr.
- Dickinson--corrected some proofs for Mr.
- D.
- & wrote a note to Mrs.
- Dickinson.
- Saturday--I made a Cowslip ball for dear Drum--& wreaths of primroses & blue bells (wild
- hyacinths)
- cowslips & broom
- for the dear Pets Mossy & Miranda--They looked very pretty indeed dear
- lambs.--1819 at Bertram
- House poor dear Mossy
-
-
-
-
Sunday 9 MAY
- At home--quite well--wrote a note to
- Mr. St. Quentin--walked with dear
- Drum & the Pets. Looked over
- Mr. Dickinson's Translations.
-
-
-
-
Monday 10 MAY
- At home--Dear Drum went to London--walked with dear Granny & the pets--read Campbell's Specimens of English
- Poets. The Dearesleys called.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 11 MAY
-
- At home--heard from dear Drum--the Dearesleys called while we were at dinner & we did not see them.
- Mr. Green called in the morning
- & was very pleasant--read a ten years in
- Tripoly.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 12 MAY
-
- At home--heard from dear Drum--Capt. & Mrs. Tuppen called--heard again at night from Drum & Miss
- James--Dear Drum sent some
- lovely lillies of the valley--Read a ten years residence in Tripoly very
- entertaining indeed.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 13 MAY
-
- At home--Dear Drum came home--Poor Mossy was
- sick--dressed the flowers--read Coleridge's Zapolya, very good--& Miss
- Benger's Life of Mrs.
- Hamilton--very bad.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 14 MAY
-
- At home--wrote to Miss James & Sir
- W. Elford--Mr.
- & Mrs. Dickinson drank tea with us--Dear Mrs. D. brought me some wild lilies of the valley.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 15 MAY
-
- At home--went to Reading--called on Mrs. Tuppen, Mrs. Newberry,
- Miss Brooke, Miss Anstruther & the Valpy's --bought some things for Granny & myself--read The
- Rivals--famous
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 16 MAY
-
- At home--went to Wokingham--dined there--Mr. Palmer was there--came home in the evening & read the Wheel of Fortune--middling. Dear
- May Fly married at Wokingham to Warrener & Whistle.
-
-
-
-
-
- Monday 17 MAY
-
- At home--dressed my flowers--walked about the
- Place--read Florence
- Macarthy--liked it better than the first.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 18 MAY
-
- At home--dear Mossy married to pretty little Fly--Heard
- from Mrs. Hofland--Drum went to London. Mr.
- Dickinson called.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 19 MAY
-
- At home--heard from dear Drum--read a Picturesque Tour through France & Switzerland (stupid) &
- Mr. O'Regan's Memoirs of Curran Do. Dear Granny's new bonnet came. At home.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 20 MAY
-
- At home--dressed the flowers--dear Drum
- came home & brought me a pretty
- blue handkerchief & some lovely lilies of the
- valley.
-
-
-
-
- Fri, 21 MAY
-
- At home--walked with dear Drum & the pets--the may finer this year than I ever saw it,
- particularly in my lane--read from Charlotte Smith's Young
- Philosopher--pretty but too dismal.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 22 MAY
-
- Alexander Pope, 1688.
- At home--heard from Sir William Elford & Miss Ogbourn--read Lord
- Byron's 6th Vol. of Poems (Manfred, the Prisoner
- of Chillon & the Lament of
- Tasso) & the last vol of Miss Benger's Life of Mrs.
- Hamilton--Sir William came in
- the evening.
- Sir William Elford came on the Saturday Evening to tea having left his friend
- Mr. Champernowne who was to have
- accompanied him ill at the Bear--he
- expected him next day--but instead of him came a
- note from Mr. Bulley to Drum to say that Mr. Cham: had taken an opening medicine & could not move: so
- Sir William went to him after tea.
- poor Mr.
- C. died after a very few weeks--Dear Mrs. Dickinson dined & slept here.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 23 MAY
-
- At home--Sir William Elford with us--expected his friend Mr. Champernowne who did not come--Mrs. Dickinson called & dined & slept
- with us--Sir W. went in the morning to
- see Stratfield Saye went away in the
- evening
-
-
-
-
- Monday 24 MAY
-
- At home--Mrs. Dickinson still here on account of the
- loss of her carriage horses--Drum & I dined at Wokingham to keep Mr. Webb's birthday--met
- Mr. & Mrs. Holton,
- two Mr. Wheelers, &
- Mr. & Mrs. W.
- Hayward--pleasant day. Came home at night.
-
- I came home on the 24th from Mr. Webb's we heard the nightingale smelt the bean fields & saw
- Glow-worms. 1819
-
- 1819 Never saw the flowers so lovely as this year--the
- Lilacs
- horse Chestnuts
- Honeysuckle & May red and white were all beautiful--they are just over--& the
- laburnums
- syringas
- guelder roses & honeysuckles are in full perfection--the honeysuckle round the little oak in the
- garden is a perfect picture--we have
- had periwinkles ever since last October in
- profusion.1819
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 25 MAY
-
- At home--Mrs. Dickinson left at about 1 o'clock--heard
- from Sir William Elford--Read Fellowes's Journey to
- La Trappe & La Vendee--liked it very well--poor Mossy lame.
-
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 26 MAY
-
- At home--Heard from Miss James--read Hackett's Narrative of an expedition
- to South America. Wrote to Mrs.
- Hofland. Walked with Granny
- & the pets--very amiable.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 27 MAY
-
- At home--Heard from Mrs. Dickinson--cut dear Drum's hair--wrote to Mrs. Dickinson--dressed the flowers--walked with dear Drum
- & the pets.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 28 MAY
-
- At home--walked about the place--saw
- some fine foxglove out in the lane, very early--& a fine pansy, very late--the syringa
- coming out beautifully.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 29 MAY
-
- At home--heard from Miss James & Miss Ogbourn--lay on a Haycock in the
- West Orchard, & read Repton
- on Landscape Gardening & Miss James's little
- Tale of Jenny the spinner.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 30 MAY
-
- At home--walked about the place with dear Drum, dear Granny & the pets--wrote to Sir
- William--read Miss
- Edgeworth's Moral Tales--very
- pretty.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 31 MAY
-
- At home--went about the garden with dear Drum, dear Granny, & the
- pets--read the Eclectic & British Critic Reviews--wrote to Miss James.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 1 JUNE
-
- At home--dressed my flowers--walked in the
- garden with Granny &
- Mossy--read Barrow's Account of Voyages to the
- North Pole--wrote to Miss
- Nooth--syringa very beautiful.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 2 JUNE
-
- At home--Papa went to Watlington to
- stand to Mrs. Hayward's little
- girl--I wrote to Mrs.
- Hayward & Miss James.
- I was to have gone with Papa to Watlington but did not go on account of the day's
- looking showery & our being disappointed of a horse,
- 1819 Mem. To look for the Execution of two Koromantyn
- negroes in Edwards' History of the West Indies Vol 2nd page 57 2nd Edition,
- mentioned by Miss Edgeworth in her
- story The Good AuntStory from Moral Tales for Young People.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 3 JUNE
-
- At home--lay in the Hay (my own little Haycock) in the West Orchard. Walked in the garden with Granny & the dear Pets.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 4 JUNE
-
- At home--lay in the Hay--went Firtopping--Drum came back from Watlington--read Mr.
- D'Israeli's Calamities of
- Authors.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 5 JUNE
-
- At home--Dressed the flowers--lay in the Hay--walked
- about the Place with dear Drum, dear Granny & the Pets--read Blackwood's
- Edinburgh Magas.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 6 JUNE
-
- At home--lay in the Hay--walked down the lane with
- dear Drum & the pets, very
- amiable--the wild roses out--read Edinburgh Review & a
- Year & Day--pretty enough but too dismal.
-
-
-
-
-
- Monday 7 JUNE
-
- At home--dear Drum went to Town--walked with dear Granny & the pets--read the
- Quarterly Review (No. 38-39 & 40 are to be indexes) & The White Cottage--which is too dismal.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 8 JUNE
-
- At home--Heard from dear Drum, & Granny heard from Sir
- William & dear Drum.
- Walked with dear Granny & the Pets.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 9 JUNE
-
- At home--heard from dear Drum, Mr.
- Haydon & Mary
- Webb. Lay in the hay--walked with Granny wrote toMary Webb.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 10 JUNE
-
- At home--Heard from dear Drum--walked with the pets--Dear Drum did not come home at night but sent a note & some most beautiful flowers--red lilies--ranunculuses--pinks--moss roses--sweet peas
- & double anemones--God bless
- him, dear love.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 11 JUNE
-
- Ben Jonson, 1574
- At home--heard from dear Drum--dressed the flowers--dear Drum came from
- Town & brought me a present of
- the two Peter Bells from
- Mr. Taylor--both which I read & liked
- very much.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 12 JUNE
-
- At home--heard from Miss James--walked with dear Granny & the Pets about the Place--read Captain Ross's account of the Polar
- Expedition.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 13 JUNE
-
- At home--lay in the hay--walked with Drum &
- Mossy--Read Capt. Ross's Polar
- Expedition--stupid--the Captain very
- timid--did nothing but christen every rock & hillock he saw after some great
- person or other--Lord Melville, Mr. Croker & so forth.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 14 JUNE
-
- At home--went to Reading--called on Miss Brooke, Mrs. Tuppen,
- Mrs. Newberry--& bought Granny a new gown & some other things at
- Marsh's--
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 15 JUNE
-
- Dear Granny's Birthday--at home--Dressed my flowers--lay in the hay--wrote to Mr. Bacon & Miss
- Brooke.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 16 JUNE
-
- At home--Went to Reading--bought the materials for a new bonnet
- at Marsh's--saw the
- Brookes &c--a very pleasant morning indeed.
-
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 17 JUNE
-
- At home--heard yesterday from Miss James &
- Mrs. Hofland--lay today in the hay--walked with Drum, Granny & the
- pets--read the Heart of Midlothian & the Criminal Trials to illustrate it of
- Porteous--Wilson--Nichol
- Muschet--&c--very curious.
-
-
-
-
-
- Friday 18 JUNE
-
- At home--wrote to Mr. Dickinson & Miss Allin--read Heart
- of Midlothian--walked in the
- garden with dear Drum, dear
- Granny & the Pets. Wrote to Mary Webb too!
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 19 JUNE
-
- At home--lay in the Hay & helped haymake--walked in the garden with dear Drum & the pets--read Tour to
- Alet--liked it pretty well.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 20 JUNE
-
- At home--dear Drum & Granny went into Hampshire--walked about the
- place--lay in the Hay--read Shaw's Travels
- very learned & curious.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 21 JUNE
-
- At home--dear Drum & Granny in Hampshire--lay in the hay--saw to the haymaking--wrote to dear Granny
- Mrs. Hofland & Miss James--read the
- Beggar Girl famous.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 22 JUNE
-
- At home--dear Drum & dear Granny still out--expected the Miss Webbs who did not
- come--finished my letter to Miss James
- & wrote a note to Mr. Palmer. Got the
- hay in good order--lay in the hay.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 23 JUNE
-
- At home--dear Drum & dear Granny still out--heard from dear Drum & Eliza Webb--wrote
- to dear Drum. Lay in the Hay--Luce & I drank tea
- together very comfortably.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 24 JUNE
-
- At home--Drum & Granny still
- out--heard from dear Granny--Luce made my white bonnet--read the Beggar Girl--had Mossy all day--he was very amiable poor lamb indeed.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 25 JUNE
-
- At home--heard from dear Drum & Sir
- William--dear Drum &
- Granny came home--dear Granny not quite well--God bless her.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 26 JUNE
-
- At home--heard from Mrs. Dickinson--wrote to Eliza Webb & Mrs. Dickinson. Read the New Tales of my Landlord.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 27 JUNE
-
- At home--heard from Eliza Webb--read the new Tales of my Landlord--dear Granny better.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 28 JUNE
-
- At home--was so showery & could
- not go to Wokingham--Did some of my
- flowers--fed my pets--Mossy very amiable--dear Granny better.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 29 JUNE
-
- At home--got flowers--lay in the hay--read Fuseli's lectures on
- Painting--wrote to Sir William
- Elford--dear Granny quite
- well.
-
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 30 JUNE
-
- At home--walked with Drum & the Pets--sent off my letters to
- Mrs. Dickinson & Sir William Elford with note to Mr. D. & Mr.
- Palmer.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 1 JULY
-
- At home --heard from Miss Nooth--went to Reading & Wokingham--called on Miss
- Brooke & Mrs.
- Newell--dined with the Webbs--met
- Mr. Carter there--very pleasant day--came
- home at night.
- 1819 The friends to whom we sent my Poems were Miss Harley--the Miss Holdens, Miss
- Deverell--Mrs. Woodburn
- & Miss At the same time sent a spaniel Puppy to John Holden which
- we got from Mr. Webb and our own pretty little bitch Miranda, alias Miss Mouse, to
- be kept for us by Mrs. Hunt of Arlesford. God bless her pretty love--she's a great
- beauty.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 2 JULY
-
- At home--read the British Critic & Eclectic Reviews--so cold & wet that we had a fire--cleared up
- rather in the Evening & walked with dear Drum. Sent some of my Poems
- to Hampshire friends Woodburns
- Holdens &c.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 3 JULY
-
- At home--dressed my flowers--heard from Miss
- James--read Camilla--Walked with
- Granny
- Lucy & Mossy about our own place.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 4 JULY
-
- At home--lay in the Hay--read Zuma by Madame de Genlis--stupid--Mr. John Deverell came to dine & sleep--he
- stupid too! Walked in the evening with him & Drum & the pets--the pets very amiable.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 5 JULY
-
- At home--lay in Hay with Mossy
- Marmy & Moses--read an Autumn near the
- Rhine--wrote to Mary
- Webb--Mr. Deverell went
- away.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 6 JULY
-
- At home--began a letter to Miss James--had Mossy--read Lord
- Molesworth's account of Denmark in
- 1693 & Miss Aikin's Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth--Mossy very amiable.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 7 JULY
-
- At home--read Miss Aikin's Memoirs of
- Queen Elizabeth--walked with Drum & the pets--Mossy
- very amiable.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 8 JULY
-
- At home--read Miss Aikin's Memoirs of
- Queen Elizabeth--dressed my flowers--walked
- about the place with the pets.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 9 JULY
-
- At home--Mr. Elliott & Mr.
- Spurling came here & settled to take to the place at Michaelmas--they both behaved very well--Harry Marsh came to meet them & dined here--heard from
- Miss James.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 10 JULY
-
- At home--lay in the hay--walked about the place
- with Drum
- Granny & the pets--read Lord Byron's Mazeppa
- liked it very much.
-
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 11 JULY
-
- At home--went with dear Granny to Wokingham--found them all dismal on account of Mr. Webb's operation which is to be performed
- Tuesday--came home to dinner--lay in the hay.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 12 JULY
-
- At home--went to Reading with dear Drum--made a great many calls changed my books--a pleasant
- morning--Came home to dinner--lay in
- my hay--finished my letter to Miss James.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 13 JULY
-
- At home--Dear Drum & Granny went to Lockinge--dressed my flowers--lay in the
- hay--walked down the
- lane with Luce & saw a
- beautiful glowworm on a weed in the ditch.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 14 JULY
-
- At home--dear Drum and Granny at Lockinge--lay in
- the hay--walked in the
- hayfield--a little bird by my hay has been very tame for the two last days--read Colonel FitzClarence's Indian Journal.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 15 JULY
-
- At home--Drum & Granny still
- out--laid in the hay--my little
- robin kept eating close to me--walked in the hayfield. Betty Rapley dined here--heard from Miss Eliza Webb--read the
- Magazines.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 16 JULY
-
- At home--heard from dear Drum--Drum & Granny came
- home--very glad to get them--lay in the hay--walked down
- the lane--read the Monthly & European
- Magazines--pretty good.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 17 JULY
-
- At home--dressed my flowers--lay in the hay--read
- Sir Joshua Reynold's worksAlthough various editions of Reynolds's works appeared during
- Mitford's lifetime, it seems likely that she reads the 1819 3-volume
- collection, The Literary Works of Sir Joshua
- Reynolds.--fed my tame
- robin--began a letter to Miss
- Nooth. Twice caught in the rain & obliged to change my
- things.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 18 JULY
-
- At home--lay in the hay--read Crabbe's Tales of the Hall liked them--wrote to Miss Brooke & Mrs.
- Rowden--walked down the lane
- with dear Drum & pets. Mossy very amiable.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 19 JULY
-
- At home--lay in the Hay--read Crabbe's Tales of the Hall--walked with Drum & Granny & the Pets backward & forward to the white gate.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 20 JULY
-
- At home--lay in the hay--dear Mossy not
- well--Bobby brought a relation to eat
- bread
- crums
- crumbs
- both of
- them very
- amiable--dear
- Mossy better in the Evening--read
- Reynolds's works.Although various
- editions of Reynolds's works appeared during Mitford's lifetime, it seems
- likely that she reads the 1819 3-volume collection, The Literary Works of Sir Joshua
- Reynolds.
-
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 21 JULY
-
- At home--Poor dear Drum taken very ill--giddy & sick--sent for
- Mr. Sherwood who bled & physicked
- him. Dear Drum better in the
- Evening--Mossy quite well to
- day--read.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 22 JULY
-
- At home--dear Drum much better--God bless him--dressed my flowers--lay in the hay--walked in
- the wood--dear Drum brought me some fine
- Jasmine from Mr. Davies.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 23 JULY
-
- At home--Dear Drum's throat very bad--sent for Mr. Harris who came to see him--dear Drum better in the Evening--lay in the Hay--read Traits of
- Nature. Walked with the Pets.
-
-
-
-
- Saturday 24 JULY
-
- At home--Dear Drum much better. Heard from Mrs. Dickinson
- Mrs. Rowden & Miss Harley--lay in the hay--Marmy very ill--wrote to
- Mrs. Rowden--finished my letter to
- Miss Nooth--began one to Sir William.
-
-
-
-
- Sunday 25 JULY
-
- At home--finished my letter to
- Sir William & sent off that of
- Mrs. Rowden's--dined at Wokingham--dear Mr. Webb much better--a very pleasant day--came home by Reading to get a parcel for Miss
- James containing two long letters from her & Mrs. Hofland a pretty handkerchief bordered with
- roses & Professor Brown's book on cause & effect--Marmy quite well.
-
-
-
-
- Monday 26 JULY
-
- At home--wrote to the Miss Webbs & sent them some
- apples amp; French
- beans--lay in the hay--read De Rance & ZeneideStory included in Zuma
- collection. by Madame de
- Genlis--the
- first very bad the other pretty--wrote to Mrs.
- Dickinson.
-
-
-
-
- Tuesday 27 JULY
-
- At home--called on Mrs. Voules with dear Drum--lay in the hay--read Professor Brown on Cause & Effect--wrote to Miss
- James.
-
-
-
-
- Wednesday 28 JULY
-
- At home--heard from Sir William--wrote to Sir William & Miss James--dressed my flowers--walked
- with dear Drum and the pets.
-
-
-
-
- Thursday 29 JULY
-
- At home--wrote to Mr. Haydon. Called at Farley Hill--Mr. D.
- just gone out--dined at Wokingham--very pleasant day--had a wandering band to play to us--we
- drank tea in the shrubbery--Came home
- at night.
-
-
-
-
- Friday 30 JULY
-
- At home--lay in the hay with Mossy & talked to my
- Bobby -- Bobby very amiable--I think he'll soon talk too! Read Miss Plumptre's Tales--very amusing.
-
-
-
-
-
Saturday 31 JULY
- At home--lay in the hay till it thundered--heard from Mr. Dickinson (with a proof of Cyllenius) & from Mrs.
- Rowden--corrected the proof & wrote to Mr. Dickinson--read Lord Byron's Don Juan good but
- wicked.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 1 AUGUST
- At home--lay in the hay--read the Sicilian--wrote to
- Mrs. Havell & Pen Valpy--walked in the evening with dear
- Drum & the pets--all the pets very
- amiable especially Mossy & Marmy.
-
-
-
-
Monday 2 AUGUST
- At home--was engaged to have gone to
- Wokingham to see some strolling
- players but not quite well so
- staid
- stayed
- at home--wrote to Mary Webb--heard from Mary Webb--lay in the hay--Bobby very amiable--walked
- with dear Drum
- Moll & Mossy, dear Mossy.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 3 AUGUST
- At home--wrote to Mary Webb--dressed my flowers--lay in my hay--Bobby very amiable--read Headlong Hall famous--Journal of a
- soldier of the 71st stupid enough & the Eclectic Review not much better.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 4 AUGUST
- At home--lay in the hay with my pets, all of them--very amiable particularly Mossy
- Marmy & Bobby--read the British
- Critic pretty good--walked with dear Drum
- Mossy & Molly.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 5 AUGUST
- At home--Went to Wokingham--saw Miss H. Knyvett there from the Isle
- of Wight-dined & drank tea there & came back in the
- evening--a very pleasant day indeed.
-
-
-
-
Friday 6 AUGUST
- At home--Ducked
- the Pets combed them--went Firtopping--in the evening
- walked with Drum & was hailed to my
- great joy by Jack the drole boy
- who lived at Mr.
- Body's 2 years ago & then went to London.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 7 AUGUST
- At home--wrote to Mrs. Rowden & Mrs.
- Hofland & began a letter to Miss
- James--lay in my hay--Bobby very amiable--read Evelina--walked with dear Granny.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 8 AUGUST
- At home--heard from Mr. Haydon--lay in the Hay--read Salame's
- account of the expedition to Algiers.
- good--walked with dear Drum--wrote to
- Mr. Haydon & Miss James --Mossy &
- Bobby very amiable.
-
-
-
-
Monday 9 AUGUST
- Isaac Walton, 1593.
- John Dryden, 1631.
- At home--dear Drum not well--pared Apricots for jam--lay in the hay--read
- Madame de Staël's
- private life of M. Necker & his
- Miscellanies--& Evelyn's Memoirs very entertaining.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 10 AUGUST
- At home--dear Drum much better--lay in the hay--read Evelyn's Memoirs & Independence--Mr.
- Dickinson drank tea with us & was very pleasant.
-
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 11 AUGUST
- At home--heard from Mr. & Mrs. Dickinson
- & Miss Ogbourn. Drum & Granny out all the morning at Wokingham & Reading--lay in my hay & read Independence. & Dressed my flowers.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 12 AUGUST
- At home--lay in my hay--Bobby very amiable--poor
- dear Mossy not well--read Leighton Priory--walked with dear Drum & the pets.
-
-
-
-
Friday 13 AUGUST
- At home--lay in the hay--Bobby very
- amiable--Mossy dear lamb rather better
- today--dear Granny sat out of doors with
- me--read Leighton Priory.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 14 AUGUST
- At home--lay in the hay--Bobby very
- amiable--Mossy better--sent off my
- letters to Mrs. Rowden
- Miss James & Mr. Haydon which I had written a week ago--read the Mysterious Wife.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 15 AUGUST
- At home--lay in the hay--all my pets well & amiable--read Mrs. Brunton's Emmeline & her
- life--& the life of James Hardy Vaux
- written by himself
- --walked
- with dear Drum down the lane.
-
-
-
-
Monday 16 AUGUST
- At home--lay in the hay
- Bobby & Mossy very amiable--finished reading Evelyn's Memoirs--very
- entertaining--Jacob Newberry
- called--walked between the house &
- the white gate.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 17 AUGUST
- At home--lay in the hay--read Schlegelon Literature
- Drum & Mossy--wrote to Mrs.
- Dickinson.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 18 AUGUST
- At home--dressed my flowers--dear Drum
- brought me some beauties as he often does, God bless him--lay in the hay
- Bobby very amiable--a blackbird came to eat at Bobby's
- board.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 19 AUGUST
- At home--rode to Reading--dear Drum gave me my grey cloth gown shifts & petticoats God bless
- him--made calls--Dr. Valpy gave me
- Opie's Lectures--very pleasant morning.
-
-
-
-
-
Friday 20 AUGUST
- At home--heard from Mrs. Hofland--lay in the hay--Mossy very amiable--the
- blackbird came again--read Opie's Lectures
- & the Mysterious Wife.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 21 AUGUST
- At home--went to Reading--dined at Dr. Valpy's--poor dear darling Mossy was found dead about eleven o'clock after
- eating an excellent breakfast. God in Heaven bless him dear love.
-
-
-
-
-
Sunday 22 AUGUST
- At home--buried my own dear darling
- beloved pet Mossy--God bless him--I shall
- never have such another darling again. God bless him sweet dear darling--I am sure
- he is happy beloved lamb.
-
-
-
-
Monday 23 AUGUST
- At home--wrote an account of my own dear lamented Mossy & some
- verses on his death to put up with his hair dear angelic Saint--I shall
- never forget him & never love anything like him--as long as I live--God bless
- him sweet Angel.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 24 AUGUST
- At home--Mr.
- White & Captain Tuppen
- called--Mrs. T. sent me a card on the
- death of my angel Mossy--we had today some
- of the same pudding boiled which I had given to the dear saint on Friday--I miss
- him more & more sweet Angel.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 25 AUGUST
- At home--wrote to Mary Webb & Mr. Dickinson--lay in my hay--worked trimming--read Lord John
- Russell's life of Lord Russell
- pretty good--Miss my poor dear darling Mossy
- more & more.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 26 AUGUST
- At home--heard from Mary Webb--Mr.
- Rainy came to see the
- place--lay in the hay--fed my Bobby--Dear Drum went to Alresford--poor Solomon
- buried--Miss my own dear sainted Mossy more
- & more.
-
-
-
-
Friday 27 AUGUST
- At home--heard from Miss James--lay in my hay
- had all my birds--dressed my flowers--Drum still in HampshireVisiting Alresford.--Miss my own Mossy more & more.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 28 AUGUST
- At home--heard from dear Drum--began my worked shirt--lay in the hay--fed my great Bobby--read Napoleon peint par
- lui-même--missed my own dear darling Mossy more than ever.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 29 AUGUST
- John Locke, 1632.
- At home--heard from Mary Webb--dear Drum came home--lay in my hay--read Thaddeus of Warsaw--Missed my own dearest
- darling pet Mossy more & more.
-
-
-
-
Monday 30 AUGUST
- At home--worked my shirt--read
- Burnet's History of his own Times--walked with Drum & Molly--missed my
- own dear Darling Mossy more & more.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 31 AUGUST
- At home--went to Wokingham with dear Drum--dined there--a very pleasant day
- indeed--saw the Wheelers, Mrs. Jenkins, Mrs.
- Bullard & Mrs.
- Falmore --Came home at night.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 1 SEPTEMBER
- At home--went filberding with dear Drum,
- Granny & Luce--got a good many--read the Eclectic
- Review--missed dear Mossy very
- much indeed, sweet saint!
-
-
-
-
-
Thursday 2 SEPTEMBER
- At home--lay in the Hay--went Filberding with dear Drum, Granny & Luce--read the
- British Critic & Burnet's History of
- his own Times--missed my own dear Mossy more & more.
-
-
-
-
Friday 3 SEPTEMBER
- At home--worked my shirt--dressed my
- flowers (only my little basket)--read Burnet's History
- & Peter’s Letters to his Kinfolk.
- Missed my own darling very much indeed.
-
-
-
-
-
Saturday 4 SEPTEMBER
- At home--Heard from Mr. Haydon & Eliza
- Webb--finished my shirt--read Peter’s Letters to his Kinfolk very good--Missed my own sainted
- Mossy very much indeed.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 5 SEPTEMBER
- At home--finished Peter’s Letters--wrote to Mrs. Hofland & Miss
- James--walked with Drum
- & the pets--missed my own dear Mossy
- more than ever, sweet saint.
-
-
-
-
Monday 6 SEPTEMBER
- At home--lay in the hay--fed my bobbies--read Peter’s letters--walked with Granny & Drum & the Pets. Missed my poor dear darling Mossy all day long--sweet saint.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 7 SEPTEMBER
- At home--went filberding--lay in the hay--worked some of
- Lucy's shirts--read Raymond--walked with Drum
- & Moll--& missed my own dear
- Mossy all the whole day.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 8 SEPTEMBER
- Ludovico Giovanni Ariosto,
- 1474
- At home--lay in my hay--walked with poor Luce--read
- Raymond & the
- Soldier Boy--Missed my own dear dear Mossy more than ever.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 9 SEPTEMBER
- At home--dined at Farley Hill--came home soon in the evening--a very pleasant
- day--read a Number of the New Monthly
- Magazine.
-
-
-
-
Friday 10 SEPTEMBER
- At home--sat in my hay--worked at Lucy's
- shirt--copied some of Wordsworth's
- Poetry from Peter's Letters
- &c--& read Percival--a stupid old Novel.
- Missed my own dear Mossy very much indeed
- all day.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 11 SEPTEMBER
- At home--sat in my hay--worked at Lucy's shirt--fed
- my Bobbys--& all my pets (only missed so much my own
- dear Mossy)--finished Burnet's History & read a little tol
- lol tale called
-
-
-
-
Sunday 12 SEPTEMBER
- At home--sat in my hay--read the Edinburgh Review
- & Hans Egede Saabye's Journal in Greenland--Mrs. Dickinson called--walked with dear
- Drum & the pets--wrote to Sir William--missed my own dear sainted
- Mossy more & more every day.
-
-
-
-
-
Monday 13 SEPTEMBER
- At home--
- sate
- sat
- in my hay--worked Lucy's shirt--fed my Bobbies--read
- Miss Edgeworth's Harrington.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 14 Sept.
- At home--went to Reading saw a great many people & made some
- calls--came home to dinner--lay in my
- hay & read Rennell
- on scepticism--Missed my own Mossy more & more.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 15 SEPTEMBER
- At home--finished Lucy's shirt--read Nicholls's Illustrations of the
- Literary History of the last Century
- --very
- amusing--Missed my own beloved Mossy very
- much indeed.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 16 SEPTEMBER
- At home--dressed my flowers--finished my letter to Sir William--walked with dear Drum--read Mr.
- Nicholls's Literary History Vol
- 3rd. Missed my own dear Mossy more than
- ever.
-
-
-
-
Friday 17 SEPTEMBER
- At home--went to the Music Meeting
- very tired indeed though the music was said to be good--came home to dinner--read the Quarterly Review & wrote another half
- sheet to Sir William Elford.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 18 SEPTEMBER
- At home--Heard from Sir William--lay in my hay--worked at my shirt--fed my bobbies--read the Quarterly
- Review--missed my own beloved Mossy very much indeed.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 19 SEPTEMBER
- At home--went filberding & cobnuttingRegional name for the nuts of the hazel. with
- Drum--Mr. Green called & was very pleasant--walked down the lane with Drum & the pets--Molly
- put up a partridge & Marmy caught it. Saw a most beautiful butterfly in the grounds--missed my own dear Mossy very much indeed.
-
-
-
-
Monday 20 SEPTEMBER
- At home--went apple gathering--got a great many--almost cleared both the garden and Orchard--Luce &
- George & Granny hard at work all day--read Mr.
- Heude's Journey overland from
- India.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 21 SEPTEMBER
- At home--expected Mrs. Raggett all day who never came though I gave
- up Reading Fair & an engagement at
- Dr. Valpy's to see her--walked with
- dear Granny.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 22 SEPTEMBER
- At home--wrote to Mary Webb--went apple gathering--visited dear Mossy's grave dear Angel--a doves pretty
- feather lay just over his dear head--read Ormsby's Letters from the
- Continent.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 23 SEPTEMBER
- At home--Heard from Miss James--read the
- shipwreck of a French ship the Medusa--horrible. Mrs. Raggett & Mrs. Greenwell dined & slept with us--a pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
-
Friday 24 SEPTEMBER
- At home--heard from Miss Webb--went into Reading with Mama
- Mrs. Raggett & Mrs. Greenwell--made calls & shopped.
- Mrs. R. gave me a very pretty
- gown--came home to dinner--they slept
- here--another pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 25 SEPTEMBER
- At home--Mrs. Raggett & Mrs.
- Greenwell went home--Mrs.
- Greenwell a very pleasant woman & very like Sir William Elford
- --walked
- in the garden with Granny & Slops.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 26 SEPTEMBER
- At home--rode over to Wokingham to see Mr. Webb found him just after he had undergone another operation
- but tolerable considering--dear Mrs.
- Dickinson drank tea with us--very pleasant day--missed my own poor
- dear Mossy very much always--Molly is a nice bitch but not like poor dear
- Mossy.
-
-
-
-
Monday 27 SEPTEMBER
- At home--wrote to Miss James to send with a hare tomorrow & began a letter to Sir
- William-- read the Quarterly
- Review.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 28 SEPTEMBER
- At home all day--could not go to
- Reading for the rain--played with
- Slops--read the Pilgrim of the Cross--missed my own dear saint Mossy very much indeed sweet Angel.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 29 SEPTEMBER
- At home--went to Reading with Drum to be measured for my new gown--heard from Mary Webb--read Branford pretty good--& the Edinburgh Review famous.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 30 SEPTEMBER
- At home--wrote to Mr. Johnson--heard from Mrs. Raggett & Mrs. Greenwell--walked with dear Granny & Slops--read the Miser Married--a clever thing.
-
-
-
-
Friday 1 OCTOBER
- At home--heard from Mary Webb--wrote to Mary Webb--began my shirt (having given the
- one I worked for myself to Mrs.
- Raggett)--walked in the garden--read the Miser
- Married.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 2 OCTOBER
- At home--heard from Mrs. Hofland & Miss
- James--worked at my shirt--walked with Molly--dressed my flowers--finished my
- letter to Sir William Elford--read Ellesmere.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 3 OCTOBER
- At
home--went to
Farley Hill where I saw the Parfitts & the
- Rigby's--read
Mr.
- Northmore's
Poem of
- Washington & the
Eclectic &
-
British Critic Reviews--Missed my own
- dear saint
Mossy more than ever sweet Angel!
- God bless him!
-
-
-
-
Monday 4 OCTOBER
- At home--wrote to Mrs. Hofland & began a letter to Miss James--read Ellesmere--& played with little Molly
- Slops.
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 5 OCTOBER
- At home--finished & sent off my
- letter to Miss James & Mrs. Hofland. Worked at my shirt--walked in the
- garden with Slops & Granny--read the
- new letters of Lady
- Russell--interesting.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 6 OCTOBER
- At home--Heard from Mr. Johnson--went to Reading--called at Mr. Brookes--Newberry's--Garrards--Valpys--Institution & Miss
- Warwicke--Came home to
- dinner--saw many people--a very pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 7 OCTOBER
- At home--rode to Farley Hill--dined there & came home at night--a very pleasant day
- indeed--Drum was with me & dear
- Granny at home.
-
-
-
-
Friday 8 OCTOBER
- At home--dressed my flowers--walked in the garden--sent a pattern to Mrs.
- Newberry--wrote to Miss
- Webb & Mrs.
- Dickinson--read Nicholls's Illustrations of Literature--amusing enough.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 9 OCTOBER
- At home--heard from Eliza Webb--got my new gown home--packed up my
- things to go to Marlow--read Nicholls's Illustrations
- of Literature.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 10 OCTOBER
- Went to
Mr. Johnson's at
Seymour Court
-
Marlow--called in our way at
Mr. Wakefield's--got to
Seymour Court to dinner with the family (
Mr. & Miss Johnson &
-
Miss Biggs)--spent a delightful day--the
- country &
the Place most beautiful
- & our friends most kind & hospitable.
-
-
-
-
Mon. 11 OCTOBER
-
- At Seymour Court--Walked out with
- Miss Johnson & Miss Biggs--wrote to Mrs. Payn & dear Granny--a great deal of conversation--a very pleasant day indeed.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 12 OCTOBER
- At Seymour Court--saw many curious books
- on the laws & Constitution--the laws of
- Alfred--votes of
- Parliament &c &c. Walked to the
- Thames--saw the paper
- Mill very curious indeed--very pleasant
- day--read the Way to Keep him going to bed.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 13 OCTOBER
- At Seymour Court--Came home to dinner--called in the way at
- Mr. Payns & Mr. Wakefields--very pleasant ride--found dear
- Granny quite well & a letter from
- Aunt Mary--read Dr. Leyden's Poet.
- remains.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 14 OCTOBER
- At Seymour Court--heard from Sir William--went to Wokingham--dined there & met Miss Jeremy & James Wheeler--came home at night--a pleasant day--read Dr. Leyden's Poetical
- Remains--very good.
-
-
-
-
Friday 15 OCTOBER
- At
home--walked to
the Cross with dear
Granny &
Slops--eat some bad
mushrooms &
- was very sick indeed all the afternoon. Got better in the evening & wrote to
-
Mr. Johnson &
Miss Valpy.
-
-
-
-
-
Saturday 16 OCTOBER
- At home--pretty well again--heard from
- Miss Ogbourn & Mrs. Newberry--wrote to Sir William& Mrs. Raggett--read Sir Robert
- Howard's life of Richard 2nd--a
- most curious book.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 17 OCTOBER
- At home--walked with Drum & the pets--read Morland--wrote to Aunt
- Mary & Mrs. Rowden--Dear
- Drum's & Granny's Wedding day.
-
-
-
-
Monday 18 OCTOBER
- At home--Drum went to London--walked out with Granny & Slops--met Mr. Talfourd who was coming to call
- here--walked back with us but did not come in as Mr.
- Champion was waiting to take him home--he was exceedingly
- pleasant--Read Lord Bolingbroke's political Tracts--famous.
-
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 19 OCTOBER
- At home--heard from dear Drum & Aunt
- Mary--Mrs. Dickinson
- called to tea & took me with her to a dance at the
- Valpys--very delightful evening with Talfourd & Miss
- Brook--only unluckily missed dear Drum who had been there in his way from
- Town & went away just before I
- got there.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 20 OCTOBER
-
- At home--Dear Drum gave me a beautiful new cloak which he
- brought from Town--read Lord Bolingbroke's Remarks on English History published under the name of Humphrey
- Oldcastle--famous.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 21 OCTOBER
- At home--It rained in the
- morning--could not go to Wokingham
- with dear Drum--read Jones's Peninsular
- War a sad uncandid military book--& old Richardson's delightful Essay on Painting.
-
-
-
-
Friday 22 OCTOBER
- At home--went to Reading with dear Drum--called on the Brookes
- Newberrys & Valpys--a very pleasant morning indeed--heard from Eliza Webb--wrote to Eliza Webb--read Mr.
- Lawrence's suppressed lectures lent to me by James
- Wheeler--When at Reading
- called likewise on Mrs.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 23 OCTOBER
- At home--Heard from Miss James--walked in the garden with Granny & Molly--dressed
- my flowers--read Lawrence's Lectures--famous.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 24 OCTOBER
- At home--dear Drum's cold was so bad that we could not go to
- Wokingham so
- staid
- stayed
- at home--Mr. Green & Harry Marsh called &
- staid
- stayed
- two hours & were both of them exceedingly agreeable.
-
-
-
-
Monday 25 OCTOBER
- At home--walked with Granny & Slopsto the
- Cross--read the Edinburgh
- MagazineAlthough Mitford does not indicate which
- volume she read, it is likely she reads one the new series volumes (1817, 1818, 1819),
- published by Constable starting in 1817, rather than the old series, started in 1785.
- & Age & Youth by La Fontaine--a pretty thing.
-
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 26 OCTOBER
- At home--Went to Reading to White
- Knights to the Duke's saleAuction of the estate at White Knights
- and its contents, necessitated by the Duke's bankruptcy. & then with
- the Webbs home to dinner to meet James Wheeler & Miss Jeremy--came home at night--met a great many people at the sale--a pleasant
- day.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 27 OCTOBER
- At home--had a very bad cold
- indeed--did not stir out--read Black woods Edinburgh
- Magazine--famous--& Mrs.
- Radcliffe's old novel the
- Italian.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 28 OCTOBER
- At home--Called at the Liebenroods & went round by Reading--saw a great many people--a very
- pleasant day--my cold better.
-
-
-
-
Friday 29 OCTOBER
- At home--wrote to Miss James & Mary Webb. Read The Insane World stupid and frantical--& Sir R. C. Hoare's Continuation of
- Eustace's Tour--Humdrum--Drum
- killed 5 hares at Tilehurst.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 30 0ct.
- At home--Heard from Eliza Webb--read some of the Pamphleteer & the 3rd Series of Tales of my Landlord.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 31 OCTOBER
- At home--Mrs. Dickinson called & brought me some
- flowers--read Manners--a pretty thing.
-
-
-
-
Monday 1 NOVEMBER
- At home--wrote to Eliza Webb--began to cut out my gray cloth
- gown--read Manners--a pretty thing.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 2 NOVEMBER
- At home--went firtopping got a great many--read the
- Pamphleteer & the Eclectic &
- British Critic Reviews.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 3 NOVEMBER
- At home--Mr. Greene called & was very pleasant--read an Etymology of old Sayings proverbs
- &c--& some of the Monthly
- Magazine.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 4 NOVEMBER
- At home--went with dear Drum to Reading & Wokingham--dined there & came back at night--a very pleasant
- day.
-
-
-
-
Friday 5 NOVEMBER
- At home--Mr. Merry sent me Mr. Talfourd's M.S. Petition--very fine. Walked with Granny & Moll--read the
- Monthly & European Magazines.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 6 NOVEMBER
- At home--heard from Eliza Webb--wrote to Mr.
- Haydon--went firtopping--got a great
- many--read Harold the Exile, very stupid &
- dismal.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 7 NOVEMBER
- At home--Dear Granny had not been well this week--was better
- today dear love--walked down the lane, with
- Luce & Molly. Wrote to Mary
- Webb. Missed my poor Mossy
- very much.
-
-
-
-
-
Monday 8 NOVEMBER
- At home--Dear Drum went to London--went firtopping got a good
- many--Lucy finished my pretty gray cloth
- gown--read Harcourt.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 9 NOVEMBER
- At home--Heard from dear Drum--wrote to dear Drum--went firtopping--got a great many.
- Wrote to Sir William Elford.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 10 NOVEMBER
- At home--heard from Drum--Mrs.
- Dickinson came & took me to Reading & then back with her to Legh's Travels in
- Egypt & wrote to Mrs.
- Dickinson.
-
-
-
-
Friday 12 NOVEMBER
- At home--read Walpole's Letters to Mr.
- Montagu--charming--wrote some more of my letter to Sir William Elford. Had the Piles a little.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 13 NOVEMBER
- At home--went firtopping did not get so many as usual--read Legh's Travels in Egypt
- & Hazlitt's Lectures on Poetry--heard from Aunt
- Mary.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 14 NOVEMBER
- At home--heard from Mrs. Dickinson--called with dear Drum at Farley
- Hill--a very pleasant morning--came home to dinner--wrote to Mrs.
- Rowden & finished my letter to Sir
- W. Elford.
-
-
-
-
Monday 15 NOVEMBER
- Dear Drum's birthday--he went to our
- County Meeting about the Manchester
- business & seconded the resolutions--I
- went firtopping--did not get many--Heard from Miss James. Read Corinne.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 16 NOVEMBER
- At home--heard from Haydon & Mrs.
- Rowden--wrote to Miss James
- & Col. Anstruther--Mr. Johnson dined and slept here & was very
- agreeable indeed--a very pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 17 NOVEMBER
- At home--Mr. Johnson went home after
- breakfast--worked a little of my shirt yesterday--read Purity of heart or the Ancient Costume.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 18 NOVEMBER
- At home--heard from Colonel Anstruther--called with dear Drum at Farley
- Hill & Wokingham.
- Came home to dinner--a pleasant
- day.
-
-
-
-
Friday 19 NOVEMBER
- At home--went firtopping found a good many in a rabbit
- hole--somebody meant to steal them--read Marriage--famous.
-
-
-
-
-
Saturday 20 NOVEMBER
-
- At home--went firtopping--one of my Bobby's came to me to
- be fed & eat so pretty! in the plantation by the white gate--did a great deal of talking--heard
- from Mary Webb.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 21 NOVEMBER
- At home--was white
- haired--cut Drum's hair--read Women or Minor
- Maxims--a pretty thing. Missed my own dear Mossy very much indeed--Though Molly is a trim little bitch.
-
-
-
-
Monday 22 NOVEMBER
- At home--Mary Webb & Miss Jeremy & Mr. Joliffe dined with us & the ladies slept here--Drum bought dear Granny's new Puce cloth gown--dear lamb--a very pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 23 NOVEMBER
- At home--Mary Webb & Miss Jeremy went away this morning--a very
- agreeable visit--Read Letters from the Cage in answer
- to Warden--famous praise of my
- beloved Emperor.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 24 NOVEMBER
-
- At home--altered a gown for dear
- Granny--the cloth gown finished--went
- firtopping--fed my Bobby's--read an attempt to prove a
- Dr. Wilmot wrote Junius.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 25 NOVEMBER
- Lope Félix de Vega
- Carpio, 1562.
- At home--Granny & Drum went to
- Winchester--Mr. John Elliott came to look about the house
- & the timber--Bobbies came to be fed--Luce & I very
- comfortable together.
-
-
-
-
Friday 26 NOVEMBER
- At home--Dear Drum came home having left dear Granny
- at Winchester--he brought our pretty
- little bitch Miranda to see us for a
- week--& she knew us all just as well as ever.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 27 NOVEMBER
- At home--wrote to dear Granny--went to Reading with dear Drum--called at the Whites--Brookes--Newberrys
- & Bulleys--dined at the Valpys--no company but Miss
- Ross--a very pleasant day--came home at night & found a beautiful purse a present from
- Miss Harley.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 28 NOVEMBER
-
- At home--wrote to Miss Harley--Miss Webb--Mrs.
- Dickinson--Mr. Palmer &
- dear Granny--could not go with Drum to Wokingham on account of the frost. Read Sense & Sensibility--very good.
-
-
-
-
Monday 29 NOVEMBER
- Sir Philip Sydney,
- .
- At home--dear Drum went to Ilsley--dear Granny still at
- Winchester--did some
- tatting--read Sense & Sensibility--wrote to
- the --had a great many bobbies eating at my
- board.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 30 NOVEMBER
- Jonathan Swift, 1667.
- At home--heard from dear Granny--wrote to dear Granny--did some tatting--read Symmon's Life of
- Milton--very good--Luce &
- Molly very amiable--want Granny.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 1 DECEMBER
- At home--heard from Mrs. Hofland--Mr. & Mrs. Dickinson
- came & dined here--dear Drum came
- home in the evening--a very
- pleasant day--wrote in the morning to Drum
- at night to Granny.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 2 DECEMBER
- At home--Heard from dear Granny
- Mr. Johnson, & Sir Williamwith an excellent letter enclosed
- from Lord Ashburton to Mr. Waristoun which I transcribed. Wrote to dear
- Granny--read the Eclectic & British Critic Reviews.
-
-
-
-
Friday 3 DECEMBER
- Luigi Pulci, 1431.
- At home--Captain Tuppen came to course with Drum--wrote to Mrs.
- Dickinson, Mr. Johnson,
- Mrs. Hofland, & dear Granny--read Memoirs of
- the Rev. H. Martyn.
- Methodistical.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 4 DECEMBER
- At home--Sent a hare & some beetroot with my note to
- Mrs. Dickinson--Heard from dear
- Granny & Mary Webb--wrote to Sir William--read memoirs of H. Martyn.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 5 DECEMBER
- At home--walked with dear Drum & the pets--Luce washed Molly who looked
- like a little snowball sweet love--wrote to Granny--read Decision--rather
- methodistical but clever & interesting.
-
-
-
-
Monday 6 DECEMBER
- At home--wrote to Mr. Palmer--heard from dear Granny--went firtopping--got a great many--a sweet dear little Bobby came to me to be fed & ate as I threw it
- to him sweet lamb.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 7 DECEMBER
- At home--Heard from Mrs. Dickinson--went Fir topping--begin to get scarce--fed my Bobbies under the trees--read Florence Macarthy.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 8 DECEMBER
- Milton, 1608.
- At home--Heard from Miss James--went firtopping--fed my bobbies--wrote to Mr. Haydon & Granny--read Life of Princess Charlotte by Booth--a catch penny thing.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 9 DECEMBER
- At home--Heard from Granny--wrote to Mary Webb & the
- Butcher--went firtopping--fed a great many
- Bobbies dear lambs.
-
-
-
-
Friday 10 DECEMBER
- At home--heard from Mr. Fyshe Palmer--fed my Bobbies a great many poor dears came to the board at the Window to eat
- it being a snow--Wrote to dear Granny &
- Miss James.
-
-
-
-
-
Saturday 11 DECEMBER
- At home--sent dear Miss Morse to Mr.
- Haydon--heard from Mary
- Webb & Granny--fed a great
- many Bobbies & other birds off my board.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 12 DECEMBER
- At home--walked with dear Drum & the pets--fed a great many bobbies & other birds--read
- Blackwood's Magazine--famous--& the Life of
- Sand--pretty well.
-
-
-
-
Monday 13 DECEMBER
- At home--heard from dear Granny & Mr.
- Johnson--went with dear Drum
- to Reading--called at the Brookes--Whites--Newberrys & Valpys--came home to dinner--a pleasant day--fed my bobbies.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 14 DECEMBER
- At home--heard from Mr. Haydon--called at the Dickinsons--came home to
- dinner--read Clan Albyn--a pretty thing only too
- Highlandish--fed my dear bobbies & a great many
- others--poor lambs.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 15 DECEMBER
- At home--dear Granny came back in great trim from Winchester--God bless her!--fed my poor
- Bobbies & other birds.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 16 DECEMBER
- At home--my Birthday--went Firtopping with Drum
- & the Pets--fed my Bobbies both at the window &
- in the Plantations--the dear Bobbies very tame sweet loves eat as I threw bread to
- them.
-
-
-
-
Friday 17 DECEMBER
- At home--received the Statesman from Mr.
- Johnson with a peppering of Frank
- Cowslade--curled Granny's
- Wigs--fed my Bobby's--poor Jessy Cliff brought us a present of a very fine pig--wrote to Mary
- Webb.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 18 DECEMBER
- At home--went firtopping--fed my Bobbies--read The Carib Chief by Horace
- Twiss--a tolerable Tragedy--& Dr. Franklin's
- Correspondence--famous.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 19 DECEMBER
- At home--fed my Bobbies--read Dr. Franklin's Correspondence which
- is excellent--& Bubb Doddington's Diary which is Corruption itself.
-
-
-
-
Monday 20 DECEMBER
- Sir Isaac Newton, 1647.
- At home--went firtopping with Molly & the
- other Pets--read Mr.
- Quillinan's Sacrifice of Isabel--an elegant Poem--very
- short.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 21 DECEMBER
- At home--heard from Mr. Haydon--worked at my shirt--fed my Bobbies at the Window--read Mordaunt--an excellent old Novel.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 22 DECEMBER
- At home. Heard from Miss James--went firtopping--fed a charming Bobby in the
- plantation--read Memoirs of the Marquis
- of Montrosea very great man & great poet!--did some
- tatting.
-
-
-
-
-
Thursday 23 DECEMBER
- At home--Heard from Mary Webb & Heard from Miss Nooth--went firtopping--Mr. Dickinson
- called--wrote to Mary Webb &
- lent Charles Knyvett six of Dr.
- Russell's sermons.
-
-
-
-
Friday 24 DECEMBER
-
- At home--went firtopping--fed my bobbies--wrote to
- Miss James--read Clarkson's History of the Abolition of the slave trade. Good.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 25 DECEMBER
- At home--received a proof sheet from Mr. Dickinson, corrected it & wrote a
- note to him. Walked with dear Drum--fed my
- bobbies--read the Munster
- Cottage boy Middling.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 26 DECEMBER
- At home--heard from Sir William--went Firtopping--fed my bobbies--wrote to Mr. Johnson--read the
- Munster Cottage Boy.
-
-
-
-
Monday 27 DECEMBER
- At home--walked out with Drum & my pets--fed my Bobbies--read Rhoda--pretty
- good but too dismal--Molly a sweet lamb.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 28 DECEMBER
- At home--heard from Mrs. Dickinson--fed my bobbies--wrote to Sir William
- Elford & Miss Nooth--read
- Queenhoo Hall--good.
- read Memoirs of the Marquis of Montrose a very
- great man & great poet!
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 29 DECEMBER
- At home--walked with dear Drum in the Snow--fed my bobbies--worked at my shirt--read M.
- Visconti's Catalogue of pictures &c
- in the Louvre.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 30 DECEMBER
- At home--heard from --went
- to Reading with Drum--called at Mr.
- Harris's, the Rowdens, Brookes, Marshes, Whites, Newberry's & Jolyffe's--came home to dinner--a very pleasant morning.
-
-
-
-
Friday 31 DECEMBER
- At home--Heard from Miss Webb--wrote to Mrs. Rowden & Heard from Miss Nooth--fed my Bobbies--tried a pattern upon some net--wrote to Mr. Haydon.
-
-
-
-
- 1820
-
-
-
-
-
Saturday 1 JANUARY
- At home--fed my Bobbies--read Ivanhoe--very fine.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 2 JANUARY
- At home--fed my Bobbies --read Wright's & Cobbett's trial with Mr. Wright's
- excellent preface--Molly married to
- Whim.
-
-
-
-
Monday 3 JANUARY
- At home--heard from Miss Brooke--fed my bobbies--wrote to Mrs.
- Dickinson.
-
-
-
-
Tues 4 JANUARY
- At home--went firtopping--fed my Bobbies--read the Ec: & B.C. reviews & Hallam's View of Europe in the Middle Ages--good.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 5 JANUARY
- At home--wrote to Miss Brooke & finished my letter to Miss Nooth--Col.
- Boscawen called--walked with Drum--fed my bobbies.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 6 JANUARY
-
- At home--Heard from Eliza Webb with H. Hayward's
- bridecake--went to
- Reading with Drum--called on the Newberry's & Joliffes--home to
- dinner--pleasant morning--read the Edinburgh
- Review.
-
-
-
-
Friday 7 JANUARY
- At home--heard from Mr. Haydon & Mrs.
- Dickinson--wrote to Mr. Haydon,
- Mrs. Dickinson & Miss Eliza Webb--read the MiniatureUnidentified. May refer to an early 19th c. periodical of that title, or
- Davenport's The Original of the Miniature.--fed my
- Bobbies--worked my shirt.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 8 JANUARY
- At home--heard from Mrs. Rowden & Miss Webb--read Clarissa.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 9 JANUARY
- Heard from Mr. Haydon--wrote to Miss James, Mrs.
- Rowden & Miss
- Webb--poor Lucy had a bad fall on
- the ice in the yard--poor dear.
-
-
-
-
Monday 10 JANUARY
- At home--Lucy better--finished my shirt.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 11 JANUARY
- At home--wrote to Leigh Hunt & Drum who was at Reading
- for the Sessions--Lucy better--fed my Bobbies--read The Dead Letter
- Office.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 12 JANUARY
-
- At home--read Clarissa.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 13 JANUARY
-
- At home--walked with Drum.
-
-
-
-
Friday 14 JANUARY
- At home--fed my Bobbies--heard from Miss
- James--finished Clarissa--very fine.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 15 JANUARY
- Heard from Miss Webb--wrote to
- Mrs. Dickinson--Drum ill--at home.
-
-
-
-
-
Sunday 16 JANUARY
- Mrs. Dickinson sent for me to Farley Hill--I went--a very pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
Monday 17 JANUARY
- At Farley Hill--heard from Drum & Granny--Mr.
- Bocket & Mr.
- Stephenson called--looked over Mr. Dickinson's fine prints--pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 18 JANUARY
- Mr. & Mrs.
- Dickinson brought me home--read Knox's Captivity in Ceylon--Drum better.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 19 JANUARY
- At home--wrote to Mr. Haydon & Mrs.
- Hofland--Drum went to
- London.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 20 JANUARY
- At home--heard from Mrs. Dickinson about taking Hannah Rapley--wrote to Mrs. Dickinson.
-
-
-
-
Friday 21 JANUARY
- At home--heard from Drum--Mr.
- Harley came to see the house--very pleasant--heard from Mrs. Rowden.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 22 JANUARY
- At home--dear Drum came home--heard from Mary
- Webb--went firtopping--fed my bobbies--wrote to Miss
- Hawkes & Mrs. Rowden.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 23 JANUARY
-
- At home--heard from Mrs. Hofland & Miss Hawkes--wrote to Miss
- Webb, Mrs. Dickinson,
- Mrs. Waterton, Mrs. Hofland & Miss
- James.
-
-
-
-
Monday 24 JANUARY
- At home--fed my Bobbies--wrote to Sir
- William--Hannah Rapley went at
- my recommendation to live with Mrs.
- Dickinson.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 25 JANUARY
- At home--Heard from Miss James--fed my Bobbies--read Petrarque et Laura by
- Madame de Genlis--pretty good.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 26 JANUARY
- At home--wrote to Miss James--fed my Bobbies--got my mourning ready for the Duke of Kent--read the Hermit in London--very good.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 27 JANUARY
- At home--went to Wokingham--found Mr. Webb better--Eliza not
- well--Mrs. Hayward's little girl
- very pretty. Came home to dinner--read
- Country Neighbours--famous.
-
-
-
-
Friday 28 JANUARY
- At home--fed my bobbies--wrote to Miss
- Webb--read a sketch of my Friend's
- Family--sad Methodistical stuff--Miss
- Burney's Country
- Neighbours--very good.
-
-
-
-
Sat.29 JANUARY
- At home--fed my bobbies--went firtopping--knocked my
- eye--Marmion very amiable poor dear love
- pittiedme & loved me very much. The
- King died this evening.
-
-
-
-
-
Sunday 30 JANUARY
- At home--fed my bobbies--heard from Sir
- William--wrote to Sir William
- Elford--read Country
- Neighbours--very good indeed--Heard of the King's Death.
-
-
-
-
Monday 31 JANUARY
- At home--went Firtopping--picked up a great many & got a great deal of furse stumps--heard from Mrs. Dickinson--wrote to Sir William
- Elford.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 1 FEBRUARY
- At home--Heard from Miss Webb--went with dear Drum into Reading to buy a new bombazine gown--bought a very nice one for
- 2s. 9d. a yard--called on the Brookes--Newberrys--Joliffes--the Institution
- & Mrs. Havell's--came home to dinner--a very pleasant morning.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 2 FEBRUARY
- At home--went Firtopping--got a great many--fed my Bobbies--read Spence's Anecdotes--very
- good indeed--& wrote another Postscript to Sir
- William Elford--read likewise the
- Eclectic & British
- Reviews.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 3 FEBRUARY
- At home--went firtopping--got a great many--fed my Bobbies
- in the Plantations--read The Man in the Moon famous & the Memoirs of the Margravine of Bareith
-
-
-
-
Friday 4 FEBRUARY
- At home--went firtopping--got a great many indeed--fed my bobbies in the Plantations--wrote to Miss
- Webb--poor Molly grows
- big.From pregnancy.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 5 FEBRUARY
- At home--new trimmed my old
- bombazine--heard from Eliza Webb--read
- Anastasius.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 6 FEBRUARY
- At home--wrote to Mr. Palmer enclosing my letter to Sir William--rode with Drum to Farley
- Hill--saw Mrs.
- Dickinson--Mrs.
- AllinghamMr. Rigby & the Miss
- Parfitts--came home to
- dinner--a pleasant morning--read Anastasius--very
- good.
-
-
-
-
Monday 7 FEBRUARY
- At home--wrote to Mrs. Hofland--Lucy finished my new black bombazine gown--Drum went coursing, killed 4 hares & a rabbit--readAnastasius--very fine indeed.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 8 FEBRUARY
- Sent a hare to Mrs.
- Hofland--gave one to Mrs.
- Havell--went firtopping--got a great
- many--read Anastasius.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 9 FEBRUARY
- Went firtopping & wooding
- with Granny & Lucy in the plantation
- by poor Mossy's grave--got a great quantity
- of wood & firtops--read
- Windham's
- speeches.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 10 FEBRUARY
- Went to Reading with Drum--called on the Brookes, Newberrys, Tuppens & Valpys--dined at the Jolliffes--Mrs. Maddison,
- Harry Marsh & Mr. Sherwood came in the evening--excellent
- dinner--very pleasant day--corrected some proofs of Mrs. Jolliffe's little
- Tales--came home at night.
-
-
-
-
-
Friday 11 FEBRUARY
- Read a tolerable Poem called Hacho or the spell of St.
- Wilten--went firtopping--wrote to Miss Webb--Poor dear Mossy's grave planted with flowers by Drum & George--God bless him poor dear!
-
-
-
-
Saturday 12 FEBRUARY
- Went firtopping--snowdrops
- out.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 13 FEBRUARY
- 's grave--read
Delphine--not good.
-
-
-
-
Monday 14 FEBRUARY
- Went wooding & firtopping in
- the lower plantation--got a great
- deal--Moses killed 3 hares & two rabbits dear love! Moll a great pet.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 15 FEBRUARY
- Wrote to Miss James--sent her a hare--went wooding with Drum & the pets--read Delphine--much too dismal--planted some sweet Williams on dear Mossy's
- grave.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 16 FEBRUARY
- Heard from Miss Eliza Webb, Miss James & Mrs.
- Hofland--wrote to Sir William
- Elford--read the First Volume
- of the Tales of Fancy containing the Shipwreck by Miss Burney--good--& Windham's
- Speeches good.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 17 FEBRUARY
- Wrote to Eliza Webb--went into Reading with Drum--called at the Jolliffes--Newberrys--Sherwoods--Whites--Valpys (witnessed the dear
- Drs.
- Will)--saw Mr.
- Dundas who sent off my letter to Sir
- William, & a great many people. Came home to dinner & read
- Mme. Necker de
- Saussure's Notice sur la caractere et les ecrits de Madame de
- Staël--which is good enough.
-
-
-
-
Friday 18 FEBRUARY
- At home--went wooding with dear Granny in the
- lower Plantation--got a great
- deal--read the Eskdale Herdboy (good) &
- wrote to Mrs. Hofland.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 19 FEBRUARY
- At home--went wooding with dear Granny in the
- lower Plantation--wrote to
- Miss James & Mrs. Dickinson--read Windham's
- Speeches--very good.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 20 FEBRUARY
- At home--Dear Drum went to Town in the snow--heard from Mrs.
- Dickinson--wrote to Mrs.
- Dickinson--read Dudley--very good.
-
-
-
-
Monday 21 FEBRUARY
- At home--Dear Drum in London--went firtopping--fed my Bobbies--read Dudley.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 22 FEBRUARY
- At home--heard from dear Drum & Miss
- James--fed my Bobbies--wrote to dear
- Drum & Miss Rogers for Miss
- James--read Dudley.
-
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 23 FEBRUARY
- At home--heard from dear Drum--went firtopping
- with Molly in the plantations--fed my Bobbies--read Nourjahad old but
- pretty.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 24 FEBRUARY
- At home--heard from dear Drum & Miss
- Rogers--wrote to Mrs.
- Dickinson (to tell her of the birth of Mrs. Woodburn's boy) &
- to Miss James--read Riley's
- narrative of the Loss of the Brig
- Commerce--interesting
- but Munchausenish.
-
-
-
-
Friday 25 FEBRUARY
- At home--heard from dear Drum--went firtopping
- with Molly--read Coelebs Deceived poor methodistical stuff--Dear Drum came home in the Evening.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 26 FEBRUARY
- At home--went wooding & firtopping--heard from Eliza Webb.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 27 FEBRUARY
- At home--went primrosing in the park &
- fields with dear Drum--got a good many--read Glenfergus--famous.
-
-
-
-
Monday 28 FEBRUARY
- At home--Dear Drum went into Reading for the Grand Jury--went wooding
- in the lower plantation with dear
- Granny--fed my Bobbies--read Authentic Account of the
- French Revolution--interesting.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 29 FEBRUARY
- At home--heard from Drum--dear Granny went into Reading--wrote to Drum &
- to Dr. Harness--fed my Bobbies--Mrs. Valpy &
- the Miss Valpys called--went firtopping in the
- plantation--got a great many--fed my bobbies there--read No Fiction--sad
- methodistical stuff--Heard from Drum
- again--who went to London from the Grand
- Jury.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 1 MARCH
- At home--fed my bobbies both at the window & in the plantations--went firtopping--got a great
- many--read Vicissitudes--delightful old
- thing.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 2 MARCH
- At home--heard from dear Drum--helped Granny pack the China--fed my Bobbies--got a note from Miss
- James--went firtopping--dear Drum came home.
-
-
-
-
Friday 3 MARCH
- At home--went firtopping, got a great many--wrote a handbill for Mr. Monck--Drum heard from Mr.
- Johnson.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 4 MARCH
- At home--went firtopping--got a great many--two Bobbies I
- think man & wife followed me all over the plantation & behind the house & ate bread that I threw
- them in half a dozen different places--heard from Sir William Elford--Molly
- brought to bed of two live puppies & two dead ones--Molly as well as can be expected poor dear.
-
-
-
-
-
Sunday 5 MARCH
- At home--heard from Miss James--went to Farley Hill--came home
- to dinner--wrote to Dr. Harness &
- Miss James--nursed Molly.
-
-
-
-
Monday 6 MARCH
- At home--went firtopping--got a great many--fed my Bobbies--nursed Molly--read the
- Eclectic & British Critic Reviews.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 7 MARCH
- At home--Dear Mrs. Dickinson brought to bed of a girl--went firtopping, got a great many--read the Life
- of Wesley (Charles &
- John) stupid enough.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 8 MARCH
- At home--went firtopping, got a good many--read Leyden's Africa very
- good--nursed dear Molly.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 9 MARCH
- At home--went into Reading to the Election--called on Mrs. Jolliffe--the
- Brookes--the
- Tuppens-- the Valpys--dined with
- Mrs. Marsh--came home at night--a very pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
Friday 10 MARCH
- At home--wrote to Miss James--went firtopping--got a great many--fed my bobbies.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 11 MARCH
- At home--went to Reading to the Election with dear Drum--called at the Marsh's--Tuppens--&c. Dined at the
- Valpys--came home at
- night--pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 12 MARCH
- At home--went with dear Drum to Farley
- Hill--saw Mrs. Dickinson,
- Mrs. Allingham & the sweet little
- baby--dined at the Webbs when I met John
- Wheeler--came home at
- night--pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
Monday 13 MARCH
- At home--went to the Reading election--called
- at Mrs. Bath's--sat at Lane's --went to the Hall--dined with the Valpy's--very pleasant day indeed.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 14 MARCH
- At home--went to the Election--called
- on Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Tuppen & Miss
- Brooke--got a cook--sat at
- Lane's--went to the Hall--dined at the Valpy's--very pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 15 MARCH
- At home--went to the Election with
- Drum--heard from Miss James--called at the Anstruthers & Valpy's--saw the Members (Monck & Palmer) chaired from Mr.
- Cowpers at the Crown--heard
- the speeches at Mrs. Letchworth's--saw
- Mr. Weylands shabby procession from
- Mrs. Jolliffe's--dined with Mrs. Marsh--a delightful day--gloriously bright
- & sunshiny--the Chairing the finest sight I ever beheld--upwards of ten
- thousand people--all quiet & rejoicing.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 16 MARCH
- At home--went firtopping, got a few--went primrosing,
- got a good many--read Memoires de Napoleon en 1815 par M. Fleury de
- Chaboulon--a good fellow, but the book rather dull.
-
-
-
-
Friday 17 MARCH
- Mr. Elliot & his son came to take possession--Tom White & Captain Tuppen called--read Memoires de Napoleon--a most interesting book. At home all day with a bad cold.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 18 MARCH
- At home--went Firtopping in the middle
- Plantation--got a great many--heard from Mary Webb--read Vicissitudes--my cold a good deal better--nursed Molly.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 19 MARCH
- At home--cold better--went firtopping--read Shakespeare & his Times, good materials badly used--nursed
- Moll & the Pups.
-
-
-
-
Monday 20 MARCH
- At home--wrote to Mrs. Rowden, Mrs.
- Dickinson & Sir
- William--walked to the
- Cross with dear Granny to
- look at Mr. Bodys house--read Shakespeare & his Times.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 21 MARCH
- At home--Drum went to London--Mrs. Rowden came to
- see us, dined & slept there--a very pleasant day indeed--I was delighted to
- see her.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 22 MARCH
- At home--took Mrs. Rowden back to Reading--called on the Valpy's,
- Hawkes's, Brookes, Bulleys &c.--hired
- a Cook--came back to dinner--pleasant
- morning.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 23 MARCH
- At home--heard from dear Drum--went flowering
- in Mr.
- Body's Fields & my
- own--got a great many violets in
- Mr. Bodys
- fields (the first this year) & primroses yellow, white & coloured in our own--Dear Drum came home in the
- evening--read Shakespeare & his
- Times.
-
-
-
-
Friday 24 MARCH
- At home--went firtopping--did not get many--Heard from Mrs. Hudswell about our old
- Cook's misconduct--& from Mary
- Webb--Had a quarrel with Mrs.
- Howell about my Carnations which she
- stole--made Drum's old Cocked Hat into a
- bonnet--read Combers Parisian Massacre--bad--& Wentworth's Account
- of New South Wales--not good.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 25 MARCH
- At home--went violetting to Davies' Meadows--got a great
- many--Moses went with me a great saint
- poor dear. Marmy went to Alresford dear sweet lamb, God bless
- him.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 26 MARCH
- At home--read the Quarterly Review--played with Molly & the pups--wrote to Miss James.
-
-
-
-
-
Monday 27 MARCH
- At home--Went Firtopping--got a great many--read Beaumont & FletcherCollected editions of Beaumont & Fletcher were published by Stockdale in 1811 (3 volumes) and F.
- C. and J. Rivington in 1812 (14 volumes).
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 28 MARCH
- At home--Drum went to Town--went
- violetting with Granny in Davies's & Mr. Body's
- Fields--got a good many.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 29 MARCH
- At home--Drum in London--went
- violetting about our own
- place & Mr. Body's--did not get
- many--then went firtopping.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 30 MARCH
- At home--went to Wokingham to meet Drum--came home round by Reading--went to see Grove
- Cottage--did not like it--called at the Jolliffes--came back to tea.
-
-
-
-
Friday 31 MARCH
- At home--Drum & Granny went to
- Reading--went violetting Pinge wood way--got
- a great many--read the New London Magazine--very
- good--wrote to Mrs. Jolliffe.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 1 APRIL
- At home--went violetting in Mr. Body's Fields &
- our own--got a great many--Read Mill's History of
- the Crusades very good.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 2 APRIL
- At home--went with dear Drum to Farley
- Hill--came home to
- dinner--probably my last ride in the dear old dog cart--read the Edinburgh Review & began the Monastery.
-
-
-
-
Monday 3 APRIL
- At home--heard from Mrs. Jolliffe--a great deal of packing &
- moving going forward--General Cockle came
- to look at the house--went firtopping I suppose for the
- last time--got a good many dear loves--petted Molly--read the Monastery not
- very good.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 4 APRIL
- At home--my last day I suppose at that
- dear home!--Mr. Haydon sent me the New Times
- with the Critique on his pictureThe review appeared in the 27 March 1820 issue.--went about
- very disconsolate--firtopped a little--drew a plan of
- the place--read the Monastery--a very uncomfortable melancholy
- day.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 5 APRIL
- Heard from Sir William--went firtopping--left Bertram
- House & went to live at Mr. Body's Cottage at the Cross--very sorry to go--in a great
- skirmish all day long--very uncomfortable indeed.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 6 APRIL
- At home--went to Bertram House to fetch some things we left
- there--went violetting there & in Mr. Body's
- Fields--never got half so many in my life--lost poor Selim--in a great fright--but found him again--read
- the Monastery--not so good as some of his
- Novels.
-
-
-
-
-
Friday 7 APRIL
- At home--went violetting to Bertram
- House--planted out flowers in our
- garden here--Mr. Green called while I was out--read the Monastery--pretty good too.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 8 APRIL
- At home--walked with dear Granny to James
- Smith's--got very wet--wrote to Sir
- William--read Walsingham old &
- bad.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 9 APRIL
- At home--heard from Miss James--took a walk with dear Granny & found some violets in a field near
- here--wrote to Mary Webb.
-
-
-
-
Monday 10 APRIL
- At home--wrote to Eliza Webb, Miss
- James, Mr. Haydon & Dr. Harness--read the Eclectic & British Critic
- Reviews & King Coal's Levée--a pretty little
- thing.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 11 APRIL
- At home--heard from Mr. Haydon & Mrs.
- Hofland--finished my letter to Mr.
- Haydon & Miss James &
- wrote to Mrs. Hofland--signed a bond to
- Dr. Harness--walked with Drum.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 12 APRIL
- At home--read the New Monthly Magazine--transcribed the compliment
- of myself in it--dear Drum & Granny went to London--went violetting with Lucy to Mr. Body's Fields &
- Bertram house--wrote to Mrs. Dickinson to go back with the Magazine.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 13 APRIL
- At home Dear Drum & dear Gran in London--answered
- a note to Mama from Mr. Stewart & wrote him a letter of
- recommendation to Mr. Woodburn. Mr. Dickinson called & dined with
- me--read Madame de
- Genlis' Knights of the Swan--so so.
-
-
-
-
Friday 14 APRIL
- At home--Heard from dear Granny & Mrs.
- Dickinson--lost dear Selim--Drum and Granny came home in the Evening.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 15 APRIL
- At home--went violetting about our old fields
- & Mr.
- Body's--read Baldwin's
- London & Blackwood's Edinburgh
- Magazines--Mr. Hill took away one of
- Molly's puppies--poor Molly & the other pup cried very much.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 16 APRIL
-
- At home--heard from Mary & Eliza Webb & Mrs.
- Hayward (Mrs. H's letter
- was to Papa) & Mr. Dickinson--dear Drum went to Town--Mrs. Dickinson
- called with the baby--went violetting--found a new bank in a field by the hill--wrote to Mrs. Voules &Mr. Dickinson.
-
-
-
-
Monday 17 APRIL
- At home--went to Pinge wood with Lucy, got a great deal of woodsorrel
- & some white violets in Davies's
- meadow--heard from Mrs.
- Voules (to whom I sent Molly's
- other pup)--had a delightful morning--read Blackwood's Magazine.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 18 APRIL
- At home--heard from Drum--wrote to Dr.
- Harness--went to Reading
- in the Cart--called on the Brookes (to condole
- on Mr. Brooke's death)--Marsh's--Newberrys--Tuppens & the Valpy's--came
- home to dinner--read the London Magazine--Mr. Dickinson & Mr.
- Liebensrood called & saw Granny.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 19 APRIL
- At home--went violetting sic to Mr. Body's
- fields & our old
- Place--got some lovely coloured & white primroses & yellow ones & heard a most beautiful nightingale in Mr. Body's lane from our Cottage--read the
- Mystery.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 20 APRIL
-
- At home--heard from Mr. Haydon--went to Mr.
- Webb's with Drum in the Cart
- & got Wasp
- for Mr. Haydon--dined at Wokingham & met Mr. Morris & Mrs.
- Talmage--came home at
- night--a pleasant day--took dear Molly who
- was much admired--wrote to Mr. Haydon.
-
-
-
-
Friday 21 APRIL
- At home--went to Pinge wood in the Cart with dear Drum & Luce & the pets--got a great many pansies & wood sorrel--Mr. Dickinson & the Tuppens called whilst we were
- out--had a delightful morning indeed.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 22 APRIL
- At home--went flowering up the Cross
- hill--got a few white violets & some primroses, & read Beaumont & Fletcher
- in a very pretty meadow--read the Times papers.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 23 APRIL
- At home--went with Drum to our field by the Brook--Mr.
- Green called while we were out--heard from Mr. Dickinson--read the Mystery--a new novel--not very good.
-
-
-
-
Monday 24 APRIL
- At home--went with dear Drum, Lucy
- & the pets to Pinge wood--got a
- quantity of cowslips, wood
- sorrel & pansies--a delightful
- morning--Mr. Dickinson
- called.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 25 APRIL
- At home--walked with dear Granny to Bertram
- House & got primroses & cowslips--made a Cowslip
- ball for Drum--read Hodgkin's travels in Germany Good
- politics but middling writing.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 26 APRIL
- At home--went cowslipping with Luce & the
- pets in Mr.
- Bridgwater's meadows by the brook--very pleasant
- morning--read Hodgkin's Travels--good politics.
-
-
-
-
-
Thursday 27 APRIL
- At home--went walking with dear
- Granny & the pets up a lane leading
- to Spencer's wood--found a field with a quantity of wild periwinkle in the hedge--very beautiful. Read
- Southey's Life
- of Wesley--very good.
-
-
-
-
Friday 28 APRIL
- At home--went to Pinge wood with Drum, Lucy & the
- pets--went likewise to Burghfield &
- got some field Tulips--met Mr. Liebenrood & his son--Mr.
- Body called--heard from Mr.
- Haydon--wrote to Eliza Webb.
- Read Southey's Life of Wesley--very amusing.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 29 APRIL
- At home--went cowslipping with Granny & the
- Pets in Bridgwater's meadows--Mr. Dickinson called--read Hogg's Winter Evening's
- Tales--famous.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 30 APRIL
- At home--walked in the meadows with Drum & the Pets--read Hogg's
- Tales--famous--wrote to Mr. Haydon.
-
-
-
-
Monday 1 MAY
- Went in the Cart to Reading Fair with
- Drum & Lucy--called on the Brooks
- Newberrys, Whites, Anstruthers
- &c.--dined at Dr. Valpy's & met
- the Shuters, Mr.
- Harris, Mr. Monk, Harry Marsh & Mr. Dickinson--a very pleasant day--came
- home at night.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 2 MAY
- At home--went primrosing & cowslipping to Bertram House--got a great many --wrote to
- Mr. Johnson. Read Hogg.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 3 MAY
- At home--walked with Granny & the Pets up Woodcock lane--read the Diary of an Invalid on the Continent
-
-
-
-
Thursday 4 MAY
- At home--called with Drum on Mr.
- Body who gave me some lovely flowers--wrote to Eliza Webb--read
- Bowdich's Mission to Ashantee--dull.
-
-
-
-
Friday 5 MAY
- At home--went walking with dear
- Drum, Granny, & the Pets--Dr.
- Valpy called.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 6 MAY
-
- At home--went cowslipping in the Meadows
- with dear Granny & the Pets--heard from
- Mrs. Hayward with a beautiful basket
- of flower roots--planted them out & wrote Mrs. Hayward--read Bonduca.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 7 MAY
- Heard from Miss Webb & Mrs. Rowden--wrote to Mrs. Rowden & read Burckhardt's Travels &
- walked with the pets.
-
-
-
-
Monday 8 MAY
- At home--Mr. White & Capt.
- Tuppen called--walked with Granny & the pets--read Burckhardt's Travels--wrote to
- Miss Nooth
-
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 9 MAY
-
- At home--went to Reading--called at the Valpy's & dined at the White's--came home in the
- evening--read Southey's Life of Wesley.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 10 MAY
- At home--watered my flowers--walked with Drum & the pets--read Life of Wesley.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 11 MAY
- At home--went walking with Granny & the pets--heard from Miss James--watered my flowers--read the Life of
- Wesley.
-
-
-
-
Friday 12 MAY
- At home--went to Arborfield
- flowering with Drum & the pets--got a great quantity of lilies--read Kempe's Campaign in Saxony in 1813--good.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 13 MAY
- At home--went in the meadows with dear Granny--Lucy finished my
- shilling a yard gown--wrote to Mr. Green & Miss James.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 14 MAY
- At home--dined at Mr. Green's--met Mrs. Madison & Mrs.
- Taunton--a very pleasant day--came home in the evening.
-
-
-
-
Monday 15 MAY
- At home--walked with Drum & the Pets--read Mansfield Park.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 16 MAY
- At home--had a most flattering letter
- from Mr. MacFarlane with a ticket for
- his lectures--wrote to Mr.
- MacFarlane--read Mr.
- Edgeworth's Life--very good.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 17 MAY
- At home--took a long walk with dear
- Granny & the pets--very
- pleasant--Dr. Valpy called--read
- Mr. Edgeworth's Life.
-
-
-
-
Thursday 18 MAY
- At home--dressed my flowers (of which dear Drum gets me a profusion)--wrote to Mrs. Dickinson--read Dr. Zouch's --stupid.
- Heard from dear Mrs. Dickinson with some
- lilies of the Valley--wrote to her again.
-
-
-
-
Friday 19 MAY
- At home--heard from Eliza Webb & Mr. MacFarlane--Mr.
- Dickinson came--sat here three hours & then we went to
- Reading--called at the Valpy's & the Newberrys. Came home to
- dinner--walked with Drum & the
- pets--wrote to Miss Brooke & Eliza Webb.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 20 MAY
- At home--read the Fall of Jerusalem--very good--walked with dear
- Granny & the pets--made three pen
- wipers for Luce & for Granny & for
- Mud--wrote to Mrs. Raggett.
-
-
-
-
-
Sunday 21 MAY
- At home--took a walk with Drum & the pets--read the Times Newspapers & Beaumont & Fletcher
- & finished my letter to Mrs.
- Raggett.
-
-
-
-
Monday 22 MAY
- At home--read the Fall of Jerusalem--dressed my flowers--walked with Drum, Granny, & the pets
- to Whitley wood revel--saw some
- wrasling
- sic--awkward.
-
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 23 MAY
- At home--Mrs. Raggett called--went to Reading--called at the Valpys--dined at the Newberrys--went
- to Mr. MacFarlane's lecture in the
- Evening--tired & pleased.
-
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 24 MAY
- At home - wrote to Mr. MacFarlane & sent him my PoemsCould MRM have sent McFarlane a copy of her Poems from 1811? Or are
- these poems more recent? - went with dear Drum & dear Granny
- in
- Major Stewart's Car to call on dear
- Mrs. Dickinson & keep Mr. Webb's Birthday at Wokingham - met the Wheelers, Holtons, Haywards &
- Mrs. Talmage - came home at
- night - a delightfully pleasant day.
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thursday 25 MAY
- At home - planted some - read
- Josephus
- - very fine.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Friday 26 MAY
- At home - heard from Mrs. Hofland - read Peter's letter 2nd time.
-
-
-
-
Saturday 27 MAY
- At home - read Peter's letters & our Times Newspapers - planted some China Asters - wrote
- to Mrs. Hofland - dressed my flowers -
- walked with Drum & the pets.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 28 MAY
- At home - very wet - never stirred -
- read Sir Charles Grandison.
-
-
-
-
Monday 29 MAY
- At home - walked with Drum to Bertram
- House - met poor dear little Fly (the brindled bitch) going there to take refuge with us from
- some wicked Reading boys who had tied a
- string round her poor tail.
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 30 MAY
- At home - called at the Voules's with dear Drum - came home to dinner - Mr.
- MacFarlane drank tea with us in the evening - very pleasant.
-
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 31 MAY
- At home - went with Drum to Reading - called on the Brookes,
- Newberrys, Whites, &c. - came home to dinner - wrote to Miss
- Brooke - dear Drum had a bad
- sore throat - had a chat with Mrs.
- Havell.
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thursday 1 JUNE
- At home - heard from Miss James - finished my letter to Mrs. Hofland - read the Sketch Book - very good -
- walked out with Lucy & the Pets -
- dear Drum better.
-
-
-
-
-
-
Friday 2 JUNE
- At home - Mrs. Dickinson called & the Whites & Tuppens - walked out with Drum - read the Quarterly Review.
-
-
-
-
-
-
Saturday 3 JUNE
- At home - wrote to Mr. Dickinson & Miss James - dressed my flowers - walked with dear
- Granny & the Pets.
-
-
-
-
Sunday 4 JUNE
- At home - rained all day - little
- Miss Keep gave me a pretty flower to
- hang up in the arcade - wrote to Mrs. Hayward - read newspapers &
- Reviews.
-
-
-
-
-
-
Monday 5 JUNE
- At home - gave little Miss Keep a pretty needlebook and pincushion -
- read George 3rd his [?] & Family - sad stupid stuff - Mr. Dickinson called - weeded my little
- flower Court.
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tuesday 6 JUNE
- At home - went twice walking with
- Drum & the pets - walked 5
- miles.
-
-
-
-
Wednesday 7 JUNE
- At home - went to Reading with dear Drum - called at the Brookes,
- Valpys &Co. - saw Mr.
- Nares, Mr. MacFarlane
- & a great many people - came home to dinner & walked after - pleasant day.
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