"June 10. To morning service at the Foundling Hospital—very touching. To luncheon with M. G. D. where met the George Howards."
"June 15.... 'Robert' [opera] with Richard Mansfield."
"June 18. Synagogue."
"June 19. Lord Mayor's Mansion House. I am to speak there concerning Laura Bridgman. Henry James may come to take me to St. Bart.'s Hospital."
"June 25. 'Messiah.' Miss Bryce."
"June 26. Dined with Capt. Ward. Theatre. Justin McCarthy."
"June 28. Meeting in Lambeth Library."
"June 29. Russell Gurney's garden party.
"Miss Marston's, Onslow Sq., 4 P.M. Anti-vivisection. Met Dudley Campbell. A day of rest, indeed. I wrote out my anti-vivisection argument for to-morrow, and finished the second letter to the Chicago 'Tribune.' Was thus alone nearly all day. Dined at Brentini's in my old fashion, chop, tea, and beer, costing one shilling and fivepence."
She remembered with pleasure an evening spent with the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire at Devonshire House. A ball at Mr. Goschen's was another evening of enchantment, as was also the dinner given for her at Greenwich by Edmund Yates, where she had a good talk with Mr. Mallock, whose "New Republic" was one of the books of that season. She managed, too, sometimes to be at home; among her visitors were William Black, John Richard Green, and Mr. Knowles, editor of the "Nineteenth Century."