GHL Journal, ,4-9 April 1864
Title
GHL Journal, ,4-9 April 1864
Title
GHL Journal, ,4-9 April 1864
Sender
Ghl Journal
Recipient
U
Date(s)
- 1864-04-04–<br /> 1864-04-09
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL Journal, ,4-9 April 1864
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Monday 4th.
This morning delighted with the arrival of a long letter from Thornie, written in the highest spirits, and showing a manly determination to work out some career for himself, after a thorough survey of the conditions. We then ordered the brougham and drove to Leighton's to see his pictures before they are sent to the Exhibition. Much interested by his sketches especially of babies. Shopped. Called on Fred Chapman 251 and saw Browning there.
During the last week we were in Scotland; starting on Sunday night and arriving in Glasgow on Monday morning in time for breakfast. Glasgow hideous and noisy; but we enjoyed the Cathedral and its crypts; and also Helen Faucit's acting in Cymbeline, Much Ado, and Romeo and Juliet. We were in the same hotel as the Martins and saw a great deal of them, liking them more the more we saw. But the smell of paint in the hotel, the east wind, and the noises together kept me in a perpetual state of headache and sickness.
On Friday we left Glasgow for Symington, and were disappointed at not finding Bertie at the station. Took the train to Thankerton, and were walking towards Hillhead when Bertie overtook us in the poneychaise. Much pleased with the farm and with Mr. Stodart. Went all over it; saw Bertie weave at the loom of one of the cottagers; dined at the farm; and were driven by Bertie over the hills through a blinding snowstorm to the station. Reached Carlisle at 'bd past 7. Slept there, and returned home on Saturday.
Saturday 9 April.
Worked at Middle Ages. After lunch we had the Brougham and calling for Owen Jones drove to the South Kensington Museum to see the collection of Mulready's 252 pictures and sketches. Very interesting to observe the progress of one mind through many changes of taste and fashion. His studies up to the very last were those of an ambitious and aspiring student. Looked at the Indian Courts Owen has decorated, and at some of the ancient specimens of ornamentation. Then drove in Hyde Park and home to dinner, Owen with us, who also accompanied us to Covent Garden to see La Favorita and the new prima donna Lagrua, 253 a fine actress but not a great singer. Mario acted finely and sang -- without voice. The opera heavy.
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Monday 4th.
This morning delighted with the arrival of a long letter from Thornie, written in the highest spirits, and showing a manly determination to work out some career for himself, after a thorough survey of the conditions. We then ordered the brougham and drove to Leighton's to see his pictures before they are sent to the Exhibition. Much interested by his sketches especially of babies. Shopped. Called on Fred Chapman 251 and saw Browning there.
During the last week we were in Scotland; starting on Sunday night and arriving in Glasgow on Monday morning in time for breakfast. Glasgow hideous and noisy; but we enjoyed the Cathedral and its crypts; and also Helen Faucit's acting in Cymbeline, Much Ado, and Romeo and Juliet. We were in the same hotel as the Martins and saw a great deal of them, liking them more the more we saw. But the smell of paint in the hotel, the east wind, and the noises together kept me in a perpetual state of headache and sickness.
On Friday we left Glasgow for Symington, and were disappointed at not finding Bertie at the station. Took the train to Thankerton, and were walking towards Hillhead when Bertie overtook us in the poneychaise. Much pleased with the farm and with Mr. Stodart. Went all over it; saw Bertie weave at the loom of one of the cottagers; dined at the farm; and were driven by Bertie over the hills through a blinding snowstorm to the station. Reached Carlisle at 'bd past 7. Slept there, and returned home on Saturday.
Saturday 9 April.
Worked at Middle Ages. After lunch we had the Brougham and calling for Owen Jones drove to the South Kensington Museum to see the collection of Mulready's 252 pictures and sketches. Very interesting to observe the progress of one mind through many changes of taste and fashion. His studies up to the very last were those of an ambitious and aspiring student. Looked at the Indian Courts Owen has decorated, and at some of the ancient specimens of ornamentation. Then drove in Hyde Park and home to dinner, Owen with us, who also accompanied us to Covent Garden to see La Favorita and the new prima donna Lagrua, 253 a fine actress but not a great singer. Mario acted finely and sang -- without voice. The opera heavy.
Citation
Ghl Journal, GHL Journal, ,4-9 April 1864, Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/94296