“After to a party at Mrs. Leicester Stanhope’s. Saw Guiccioli, and was stuffed to the eyelids by Lady Mary Shepard about my shorter and scriptural poems.
“July 1. Mrs. Skinner drove Jane Porter and myself to Harrow to hear the speeches.…
“In the evening to a party at Lady Cork’s, and after to Lady Vincent’s soirée.”
Lady Cork was the aged but still beautiful Dowager Countess of Cork and Derry; who in her youth, as Miss Moncton, had been a favorite of Dr. Johnson, and whose soirées in New Burlington Street, between 1820 and 1840, were crowded with talent and fashion.
“2. Sat to Rand for my picture. Went to Lady Dundonald’s fête champêtre at her beautiful villa in Regent’s Park. D’Orsay and all the world there.
“3. Dined with Tyndale and Greenfield at the Wyndham Club. Took tea with Jane Porter and went to a ball at the Longmans’, Hampstead.
“4. Went to Lee on a visit to Hon. Mrs. Shaw.
“5. Drove to Lady Hislop’s to tea.
“6. Duke de Regina, Vail, Gen. and Mrs. Talmadge dined with the Shaws.