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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 41: search for health.—journey to Europe.—continued disability.—1857-1858. (search)
T., who invited me most kindly to visit him again. Sumner described his visit to Tocqueville in a letter to Longfellow, Aug. 18, 1857. Longfellow's Life, vol. III. pp. 50, 51. August 15. At six o'clock this morning took the diligence for Caen (some eighty miles), passing through Bayeux; visited the old churches and streets of Caen. August 16. Took train for Paris, and arrived at my old lodgings at six o'clock; in the evening saw my friends, Hamilton Fish and family, just arrived froCaen. August 16. Took train for Paris, and arrived at my old lodgings at six o'clock; in the evening saw my friends, Hamilton Fish and family, just arrived from New York. August 17. Visited M. Vattemare, also the Genevieve Library, which is open to the public; dined with the Fishes at the table d'hote of Meurice's Hotel. The summary of Sumner's diary for the month is as follows: Leaving Paris August 19, he stopped a few hours at Meaux, where he visited the cathedral, the palace, and the garden of Bossuet; passed one night at Rheims, another at Strasburg, and a day at Baden-Baden, where Mr. C. A. Bristed of New York, then renting a villa near th
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, chapter 14 (search)
that any one saw the movement. He was in Paris for a day, August 14, to witness the emperor's triumphal entry into the city on his return from Italy. He was still gaining strength, and strength which he felt he could rely upon. He wrote, August 16, to his brother: If anybody cares to know how I am doing, you can say better and better, and that I mean to return in the autumn a well man. From Havre, late in the month, he made an excursion through Normandy and Brittany, taking in Trouville, Caen, Bayeux, St. Lo, Coutances, Granville, Avranches, Pontorson, Mont St. Michel, St. Malo, Dinan, and Rennes, and other places on return, travelling partly by private carriage and partly by diligence. His companion as far as Rennes, whose acquaintance he had made at Bains Frascati, was an English youth, since well known as poet and novelist, Mr. Hamilton Aide. Mr. Aide wrote in his journal:— The longer I am with Charles Sumner the more I find to esteem and admire. . . . His mode of speech