Travel Diaries and Journals

Travel Diaries and Journals

Pages That Mention Brown's Hotel

Diary of a trip on the Nile River, 1874-1875.

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refined + cultivated young gentleman. He was baptized by Pope Gregory 16, has an uncle a cardinal, + a great grand father's head was hung under London Bridge for being a Jacobite. There was also a Mr. + Mrs. Macklin, a most devoted couple who had a room opposite ours. After dinner walked to Brown's Library, but had not long to remain, the Egyptian collection looked interesting. Stepped into the Great Western Hotel - bought the [inevitable?] piece of camphor. I did not have any letters to write as I had written to all the family from Queenstown.

Sept. 3 Thursday. Had been most comfortable at the Adelphi. Left soon after 9 a.m. in the London + North [Western?]. The country At E. Sq. Station saw six [convicts?] chained together looked brown + autumnal. Reached Euston Sq. Station 2:30 p.m. Are at Brown's Hotel, 21 Dover St. Piccadilly. A rainy afternoon very tired, did not go out.

Sept. 4 Friday. A rainy day went about noon to the Kensington Museum. Met directly Miss Carter of Iceland one of our fellow passengers who showed us the drawings of the students, one of her own among them very prettily colored, a fruit piece. A course of fruit is gone through before they are allowed to go to the human figure. Took our

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