Quatrefages; No Specific Text Given [x]

Quatrefages; No Specific Text Given [x]

Armand de Quatrefages de Breau, Jean Louis [?]

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"Sunday. July 20. Since I made the last note in my journal, I have had the comfort of seeing G. much better. The fortnight has slipped away without my being able to show much result from it. I have written a review of the "Lover's Seat" for the "Leader", and jotted down some recollections of llfracombe; besides these trifles and the introduction to an article already written, I have done no visible work. But I have absorbed many ideas and much bodily strength; indeed, I do not remember ever feeling so strong in mind and body as I feel at this moment. On Saturday, the 12th, Barbara Smith arrived and staid here till Wednesday morning. We enjoyed her society very much, but were deeply touched to see that three years had made her so much older and sadder. Her activity for great objects is admirable, and contact with her is a fresh inspiration to work while it is day. On Tuesday evening she came to tell us of her interview with her "Aunt Patty" - a scene beyond the conception of Moliere. We parted from her at the door of the "Coburg" at about 1/2 past 11. In the meantime G. has been very industrious and has written a sea-side article for Blackwood, which was sent off yesterday. I have been reading aloud the Memoirs of Beaumarchais which yielded me little fruit, continued Milne Edwards, and have now taken up Quatrefages again. Mr. Chapman invites me to contribute to the Westminster for this quarter. I am anxious to begin my fiction writing and so am not inclined to undertake an article that will give me much trouble, but at all events I will finish my article on Young." Diary 1854-1861 62

Armand de Quatrefages de Breau, Jean Louis [?], Quatrefages; No Specific Text Given [x], George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57887