SD2751. Diary Entry of Charles Francis Adams

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 31, 317 (in part).

London.

Sunday 19th [February 1865]

A strong gale from the north and west … Dined with Mr and Mrs Benzon, Dr and Madame Gueneau de Mussy, Mr and Mrs Senior, Mr Browning, Wilkie Collins, Mr and Mrs Lehman[n] and two or three more unknown. A sumptuous dinner as usual. Afterwards we went up to look at the alterations made in the interior, which will be very elegant. Benzon is an excellent man, liberal and kind to all around him, fond of art and literature, and hospitable in a high degree. His Wife is not on his level in intelligence or taste, but she does the honors of his house perfectly well. There was music on the piano afterwards. Home at eleven.

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Massachusetts Historical Society.

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