the familiar objects his eyes have loved to look upon, and by the
hearts of his countrymen, and the prayers, the blessings, the
gratitude, and the love they owe him. All Europe will mourn his
death; and for years to come every man born on this soil will be
proud, for his sake, to call himself a Scotchman.

_Wednesday, 11th._-- ... At half-past twelve met Mr. Murray, Mr.
Allen, and Mr. Byrne.... As we started for our ride, and were
"cavalcading" leisurely along York Place, that most enchanting old
sweetheart of mine, Baron Hume, came out of a house. I rode toward
him, and he met me with his usual hearty, kind cordiality, and a
world of old-fashioned stately courtesy, ending our conference by
devoutly kissing the tip of my little finger, to the infinite
edification of my party, upon whose minds I duly impressed the vast
superiority of this respectful style of gallantry to the flippant,
easy familiarity of the present day. These old beaux beat the young
ones hollow in the theory of courtship, and it is only a pity that
their time for practice is over. Commend me to this bowing and
finger-kissing! it is at any rate more dignified than the nodding,
bobbing, and hand-shaking of the present fashion. The be-Madaming,
too, has in it something singularly pleasing to my taste; there's a
hoop and six yards of brocade in each of its two syllables.... At
the theater the play was "Francis I." I acted well, and the play
went off very well. Mr. Allen came and sat in the greenroom,
telling me all about Constantinople and the Crimea, and the
beautiful countries he has seen, and where his memory and his
wishes are forever wandering; a rather sad comment upon the perfect
vision of content his charming home at Laurieston had suggested to
me.

_Thursday, 12th._-- ... At the theater the play was "The
Hunchback." The house was very good, and I acted very well. Dear
Mr. Allen came into the greenroom, and had a long gossip with me.

_Friday, 13th._-- ... Went with Mr. Combe to the Phrenological
Museum, and spent two hours listening to some very interesting
details on the anatomy of the brain, which certainly tended to make
the science more credible to my ignorance, though the general
theory has never appeared to me as impossible and extravagant as
some people thi