1729.5. John Kenyon to EBB
Addendum to The Brownings’ Correspondence, vol. 9.
40 York Terrace
Friday [4 October 1844]
Dear Cousin
Your papa will tell you that he saw me in an Omnibus– If you happen to trust his eyes, you will naturally infer that I am not yet a hundred miles off– Last night there came a note respecting a visit which Mrs Jameson is about to pay to Miss Thomson, a common friend of ours, which made it better that I should see Mrs Jameson today—and truth to tell, as Mr Forster tête á tête with me till near Midnight I was as well pleased not to be hurried off this morning– Besides seeing Mrs Jameson I was lucky enough to see Mrs Bridges at Ealing, which I had much wished—so that my morning has been satisfactory–
Not the least so when I heard Mrs Jameson say all manner of true things of the book– She seems much struck with “the cry of the children.” She had read—she tells me—the whole book and that she has procured a second copy to take into the country–
Forster had not read the Drama–
Dog Flush was a great favorite of his from the mixture—he says—of humor and tenderness—and he had been struck with some remarkable lines in the Vision of Poets– As he reviews I would not seem to beg alms for you—and did not pursue the talk as far as for my own pleasure I would otherwise have done–
I send some signed admissions to the Botanic Garden for the Sisters—each for two—or any one day– I have given another friend similar tickets—but there will probably be no clashing and the porter, I trust, not severe–
To return to the matter of my friend Mr Rudolph– He is an architect in the employ of the Austrian Government—and a cultivated man– If your brother thro Mr Barry—or any of the Employes, could procure him a written order to see the building, and the model of the Houses of Parliament, I should be glad– And if this could be done, the order should be directed—
Mons.
Monsr Rudolph—
de Vienne and left here,
where he will apply for it– I hope however that he may not come hither till my return–
Tomorrow I go to Cheltemham—where I expect to be all Tuesday—Yours always
My dear Cousin
Most affecly
John Kenyon
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Armstrong Browning Library.
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