MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1906
Notes on front pages of diary: Governess rec’d by Tabbie, Miss M. Sauser, 4 Somers Place, Hyde Pk. Little Linley having troden on a frog Maud told him not to be cruel etc. He said, But Mother I’m awfully kind to worms. Frith. 10 Pelham Crescent. Warmsby (blouses) 24 Porchester Gardens La Baronne Van der Goes, van Dirksland 56 Bezinden haus, La Hague. Evie, Kings House St James Court SW. A country house boarding house rec by Katie Parsons (Speed) Mrs Stone Meldon Hall Chagford, Devon, £2. Charwoman Nightley recommended by Mrs Paton. Mrs Barker (char) 89 Eastbourne Mews Cleveland Sqre W. Spencer’s ! at country house! There was a young lady named Pan Whose features were pleasant to scan She walked as with toil The cause was a boil On her ascertain where if you can. Mervyn: Henrietta Mans, 14 Henrietta St, May 1906 Alice Linley, Hotel Victoria, Managgio. Lac de Como, Italy. Tab’s dressmaker Paris, Mde Arguillière, 10 Rue Richelieu, Paris. Evie, 50 Weymouth St. Mrs Braunstein, Hammerfield, Penshurst, Kent. Galt, clothspinner, Barrhill, Ayrshire, NB. Mrs Beale’s advice Dutch trips. From Amsterdam one days excursion to Altmaar & Hoorn. Cheese fact. at Altmaar, go either by canal boat or train. You can drive from Altmaar to Hoorn. Lady Hickman’s cure for most things “Acetic acid” Coutts & Sons, 6 Great Eastern St, London. Otley, 74 Richmond Park Road Kingston on Thames. Books to read: Sir Herbert Maxwell’s last book on Montenegro. “The Will to Believe” by W. James. “What is Christianity” Adolf Harnark translated by Bailey Saunders.
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