William Allingham’s diary, 1879

Drove with Carlyle. — Darwin and Haeckel. C. : ' For Darwin personally I have great respect ; but ail that of " Origin of Species," etc., is of little interest to…

To Cheyne Row about 2.15. C. complained, in her presence, of Mary's having ordered the carriage to come to-day : he wanted to go in the omnibus. I proposed to take…

Left home about 9 — Lancaster — Carnforth — to the westward wide hills and vales and misty mountain-land, ante-room and portals to the Lake region. Kendal, scatter…

To Patterdale — xA.ira Force — Penrith. — Dumfries, Hotel. Read in Burns's Life.

Dumfries, Seek Burns Street, not easy to find — formerly ' Mill Hole.' New School House with bust of R. B. ; and next door Burns's little house, unaltered. Into the…

To Beattock — Moffat. Buccleuch Arms — enter Mary, friendly greetings — then Alex- ander. We go up into Carlyle's room — he shakes hands in friendly wise. After…

Moffat. Fine. In open carriage, C, M., A., and I for Ecclefechan ; tKey going on to Newlands to meet James Carlyle and others. At Lockerbie we stopt half an hour to…

I walked in the morning up hill and by field path to Spa, some two miles, and drank a glass of the water — pretty glen and rocky brook. In Moffat Street meet C. and…

To the Grey Mare's Tail.

Home — all well. Ready to start to-morrow for Broadstairs.

We returned to town from Broadstairs, Oct. 15. I walked with my little son to Cheyne Row, and met Mr. Carlyle coming out of the door to his carriage ; he shook…

Helen and I to Cheyne Row. Carlyle's eighty-fourth birthday. Mrs. Lecky there. Browning and Ruskin are gone. C. on his sofa by the window, warm and quiet, wearing a…