My dear Marianne- Yesterday was so rainy that there really is very little to say about it. The breakfast was enlivened by our being told that Madame Adelaide always had a set of bonbons placed beside the seat of each member of her brother’s cabinet whenever they met, and that they were of a superior quality or not according as to whether she liked the ministry or not. M. Guizot said he had the experience of ... continue reading

My dear Marianne-

Here is our last morning here, at least so I hope, for I ended the day yesterday by a collapse, and instead of spending the evening with M. Guizot, had to lie on my back in my room all the evening. However, I am much mended, and hope to be in thorough repair before we start at 12 o’clock. Madame de Witt’s cold was very bad yesterday and she only came out at ... continue reading

My dear Arthur Do you think that Cassell would like for one of his Magazines a sort of abridgement of Madame Cornélis de Witt’s diary of the Franco German siege of Paris, called Six mois de la Guerre It is a little book and my account of it would only take 8 or 10 pp of the Monthly Packet size It is nearly finished and will be ready to send away in a ... continue reading