Yesterday I went to Parliament and heard a rousing debate on
Africa by
Chamberlain,
Harcourt,
Balfour,
Hicks-Beach,
Labouchere and the leaders generally; they hit quite as hard as our congressmen.
To-day I am going to meet
Swinburne.
Our reception at the Channings [
Francis Channing, M. P., now Lord Channing of Wellingborough] was a great success, two-thirds of the invited coming.
The crowd in
London was even worse than the day before and some people spent nearly two hours in their cabs, much of the time stopping perfectly still.
Mrs. James Bryce gave up the attempt and went home.
At British Museum—
Dr. Garnett a quaint person.
Found almost all my books and even pamphlets there.