nd Lady Morley, fine old people of the best school of English character; the beautiful and unpretending Lady James Graham;. . . . Senior, the political economist; Babbage, the inventor of the great calculating machine, etc. . . . . We went at ten and came home at midnight, having enjoyed ourselves a good deal; for they were all, as far as I talked with them, highly cultivated, intellectual people.
July 12—. . . . . . From church we went, by his especial invitation, to see Babbage's calculating machine; and I must say, that during an explanation which lasted between two and three hours, given by himself with great spirit, the wonder at its incomprehensibleesident of the last year, Lord Cloncurry, Lord Clare, Sir Alexander Creighton, Professor Robinson, Professor Hamilton, old Mr. Dalton of Manchester, Thomas Moore, Babbage, a Norwegian nobleman, a French baron, Whewell, Phillips, Prichard, the three aids, two or three other persons, and myself.
When the company was assembled, Lor
n, Dr., 274, 275, 280.
Anglona, Prince of, 207.
Anhalt-Dessau, Duchess of, 479 and note.
Anthology Club, G. T. member of, 9.
Aranjuez, 195, 220-222.
Arconati, Madame, 450, 451.
Arconati, Marquis, 450-452.
Arnheim, Baroness von (Bettina), 500.
Arrivabene, Count, Giovanni, 450, 451.
Astor, W. B., 26, 178.
Athenaeum, Boston, 8, 12, 370, 371, 379 and note.
Atterson, Miss, 109.
Auckland, Lord (First), 264.
Austin, Mrs., Sarah, 411, 413, 500.
Azzelini, 176.
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Babbage, Charles, 407, 422.
Bachi, Pietro, 368 note.
Bagot, Sir Charles and Lady Mary, 295 and note.
Baillie, Miss, Joanna, 413, 414, 479.
Bainbridge, Commodore, 373.
Baird, Sir, David, 412, 413.
Balbo, Count, Cesare, 210, 212, 213, 306, 307; letters from, 307, 309.
Balbo, Countess, 209.
Balbo, Count, Prospero, 209, 210, 308.
Balhorn, Herr, 85.
Baltimore, visits, 41, 349, 351.
Bancroft, Hon., George, 385.
Banks, Sir, Joseph, 258 note, 263, 294.
Barante, Baron de, 137, 138, 256.
B
nt were Sedgwick and Buckland, Murchison, Lord Cole, Mr. Ponsonby, the Marquess of Northampton, Babbage, Hallam, and especially Sir John Herschel, just returned from the Cape of Good Hope, and decidedly at this moment the lion of London.
I sat between Sir John and Babbage, and had an excellent time.
Sir John is a small man, and, I should think, a little more than fifty years old, and growing gte for my taste . . .
About eleven o'clock we got away from Lord Fitzwilliam's and went to Mr. Babbage's, who, at this season, gives three or four routs on successive weeks.
It was very crowded toughts . . . . However, we got along very well together, and about eleven o'clock I took him to Babbage's, where there was a grand assembly, lords and bishops in plenty. . . . . The only person to whof all, she is kind and good-humored, and had invited very pleasant friends to meet us,—Leslie, Babbage, Mackintosh, and her brother, who was extraordinarily agreeable, and made us stay unreasonably
), I. 500.
Arrivabene, Count, Giovanni, I. 450, 451, II. 139, 328 and note.
Ashburton, Lord, II. 364, 366.
Astor, John Jacob, II. 247 note, 300.
Astor, W. B., I. 26, 178.
Athaenaeum, Boston, I. 8, 12, 370, 371, 379 and note.
Athanaeum Club, London, II. 146, 146, 378, 384, 390.
Atterson, Miss, I. 109.
Auckland, Lord (First), I. 264.
Auersperg, Count (Anastasius Grun), II. 2, 9, 10.
Austin, Mrs., Sarah, I. 411, 413, 500, II. 384, 390.
Azzelini, I. 170.
B
Babbage, Charles, I. 407, 422, II 176, 178, 181.
Bachi, Pietro, I. 368 note.
Baden, Grand Duke of, II. 330.
Bagot, Sir Charles and Lady Mary, I. 295 and note.
Baillie, Miss, Joanna, I. 413, 414, 479, II. 153.
Bainbridge, Commodore, I. 373.
Baird, Sir, David, I. 412, 413.
Balbo, Count, Cesare, I. 210, 212, 213, 306, 307, II. 38-42, 118, 127, 353; letters from, I. 307, 309.
Balbo, Countess, I. 209.
Balbo, Count, Prospero, I. 209, 210, 308, II. 42.
Baldissero, Count and Countess, II