PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF NOTABLE PEOPLE NOTABLE PEOPLE AT HOME AND ABROAD WITH OTHER PAPERS BY CHARLES K. TUCKERMAN FIRST MINISTER RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO GREECE 1 An anecdote is worth a volume of biography CHUNKING IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. NEW YORK DODD MEAD COMPANY 149 151 FIFTH AVENUE CONTENTS OF VOL II. CHAPTER XVII, RECOLLECTIONS OF ENGLISH LITERARY MEN, PAGE A striking phase of English life - A literary dinner John Stuart Mill An unpublished letter An English custom-Sir George Airy-The transit of Venus-Characteristics-Sir Charles Lydl-A good story - Anecdote of Darwin - Robert Browning American appreciation-His dinner dress-Browning and Swinburne-How critics vary-Anthony Trollope - A mechanical pursuit Hopes to meet Thackeray His style-Ouida-Her home in Florence-Her dogs-Lord Houghton-Fryston Hall His dinners Anecdote-Our last meeting-Tennyson at home-His visit to a castle-Pipe-smoking-Out with the fishermen Matthew Arnold His visit to America His conversatipn-Stories of a great chancellor-Arnolds lectures A remarkable vintage - His love of flowers His notes to me 133 CHAPTER XVIII, ANECDOTES OF ENGLISH CLERGYMEN. The Church of England-Its narrow escape-Good com panyMy first specimen-An amusing scene-Who he was-Lambeth Palace and Dr. Tait-A garden party-A kind-hearted Archbishop-A model epitaph The Archbishop of York Appearance and charac CONTENTS teristics Two American Bishops Anecdote of Dr. Thomson The Bishop of Winchester His narrow escape His speciality Illustrations of his humour At the Athenaum Club-His ride with Lord Gran ville Fatal accident The Dean and his sermon-Churchmen and Dissenters-Charles Voysey Correct ing an error Sir Charles Lyells views Stopford A.Brooke Between two stools His new church Spurgeon His use of tobacco False reports A letter from Tom His love of humour A visitation St. Peter and the sinner Efficacy of prayer Spurgeon and Dean Stanley His popularity 34-68 CHAPTER XIX, A GOSSIP ABOUT OLD PARIS, The silver streak International antipathies The Latin Quarter The students The dead-house Porters per quisitesFamiliar scenes Dr. Ricord A clinical lecture Ricords hotel Expensive professional visit Presentation at Court Louis Philippe - An unex pected question Court ball An awkward dancer-Royal claret The Royal Family Queen Amelia A Yankee on the throne of France Effect of repub licanismThe American colony An uninvited guest My partner About coachmen Anecdote Ed masgutQw street protdgd French temperament-Cholera in Paris Unpopularity of Louis Philippe-Caricatures The Revolution of 48-Street scenes-Reaction TheTuileries Historical associations The letter N 69104 CHAPTER XX. NAPOLEON III. AND THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. General Dixs courtesy The Emperor at prayers The political situation Ball at the Tuileries The Em CONTENTS perors appearance His opinion of Greece A charm ing contrast Discovery of a mutual friend A mat jropos remark Simplicity of dress Couitesy to guests The supper-room An imposing appearance-Reflections His courage Anecdote The Empress at Athens Her wish to visit America Personal anti pathiesTV mutanturln exile I visit her at Chislehurst Sad contrasts My poor country What she lived for The mausoleum Little nothings 105120 CHAPTER XXI. i ATHENIAN REMINISCENCES...