SD2564. Diary Entry of Charles Francis Adams

Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 30, 344–345 (in part).

London

Wednesday 26th [March 1862]

Warm and showery with constant clouds. … Mrs Adams and I dined with Sir Emerson Tennent. I knew few of the company. The most noted was Browning, and Sir James Kaye Shuttleworth. There was likewise Sir William Martins with his Wife and daughter, Mr Spring Rice, and a Manchester gentleman whom I met also at Mr Field’s breakfast. Lady Tennent being unwell I took her daughter down to dinner, and found her intelligent and conversible. Mr Browning spoke with interest and affection of the Storys at Rome. On the whole the entertainment was above the average. …

Manuscript: Massachusetts Historical Society.

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