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1. A booke of the travaile and lief of me Thomas Hoby wt diverse thinge woorth the notinge [1547-1564], [19th century].

Creator:: Hoby, Thomas, Sir, 1530-1566
Call Number:: Osborn d184
Image Count:: 285
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Anonymous manuscript copy of Hoby's travel narrative, then unpublished, describing journeys into Italy, Germany, and France. Also contains anecdotes of Lady Jane Dudley, known as Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554), and her conversation with John de Feckenham
Description:: Possibly transcribed by or for James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889). and Paper WM 1842.
Subject (Name):: Hoby, Thomas, Sir, 1530-1566.
Subject (Topic):: Courts and courtiers and Travelers' writings, English
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A booke of the travaile and lief of me Thomas Hoby wt diverse thinge woorth the notinge [1547-1564], [19th century].

2. A journey through England, 1752 May 8.

Call Number:: LWL Mss Vol. 48
Image Count:: 93
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript, in a single hand, of a diary of a journey from Dublin to England and then to Cork, written in a lighthearted and sometimes satirical manner. Traveling with his father, his friend Valerius, and a servant, the Irish author records his impressions in England of churches he visits; where he takes his meals; and the inhabitants he meets. After describing several churches in Liverpool, he writes, "I am broke of in this Part of my Description, as I think by some simpering or laughing; but on Enquiry I am supris'd to find it's some of my Female Acquaintance," which causes him, he writes, to lose the spirit to continue with his description. Elsewhere, he visits silk mills and describes the cost and workings of the machinery. At Nottingham, he notes that "most of the Inhabitants here are Presbyterians and I really believe I was in five different Meetings which I mistook for Churches, and at Length was so much vexed at being so often disappointed that I protested against looking further for one." Throughout, he records numerous encounters with women, including a landlord's daughter with whom he carries on a flirtation. The narrative is prefaced by an introduction addressed to "Madam," in which he speaks disapprovingly of women's coquetry, and mocks "our country-women who have been abroad," who "commonly return Home with Variety of odd Pronunciations, particular Gestures, & new Fashions, perhaps never known in any Part of the World, but the Production of their own fertile Brain."
Description:: Author of the manuscript is an unknown Irishman., In English., Index at end of manuscript., Leather oval bookplate inside front cover: Ex Musaeo Huthii., and Binding: full morocco; gilt decoration. Printed on spine: Narrative of a journey through England. MS. 1752.
Subject (Geographic):: England, Liverpool (England), London (England), and Nottingham (England)
Subject (Topic):: English wit and humor, Travelers' writings, English, Women, Conduct of life, Description and travel, and Buildings, structures, etc
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A journey through England, 1752 May 8.

3. A tour through a part of the counties of Derby and Stafford : with various observations interspersed throughout the work by her brother The Reverend Mark Noble, F.A.S.s of London and Edinburgh, Rector of Barming in Kent, and domestic chaplain to George, Earl Leicester, written for the amusement and gratification of the parties and their friends, 1797

Creator:: Chattock, Sarah
Call Number:: LWL Mss Vol. 45
Image Count:: 18
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript, in a single hand, of a copy by Mark Noble, with annotations, of his sister's diary of their tour through Derby and Stafford, recording their impressions of the counties' great houses and churches; and relating anecdotes and historical notes about the inhabitants, the churches and monuments, local legends and superstitions. She explores the town of Ashborne and Ashborne School, while a guest at Sandy Brook, the home of a Mrs. Gisborne; reminiscenses about Dr. Taylor and Dr. Johnson, and the students of Taylor's including the brother of the antiquarian Thomas Astle. In the chapel at Ashbourne Hall, she examines a monument Sir Brook Boothby had erected there in memory of his daughter Penelope and deplores his harsh treatment of his wife, said to have been a dwarf. In Derby, she passes by Sir Michael Gresley's seat, and relates details of their difficult relationship. She praises the furniture at Ilam Hall; visits John Gisborne's mansion at Sudbury; writes approvingly of his character; and concludes her narrative with a description of his wife and children. They visit Lichfield Cathedral and write about the monuments and renovations
Description:: Mrs. Sarah Chattock was the sister of the antiquarian Rev. Mark Noble (1754-1827)., In English., Binding: marbled paper. Written on front cover: Mrs. S. Chattock's Tour through Derby & Stafford Shires with note by her brother the Rev. Mark Noble., and For further infromation, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):: England, Derbyshire., Staffordshire., England., Derbyshire (England), and Staffordshire (England)
Subject (Name):: Ashbourne Hall (Ashbourne, England), Boothby, Brooke, 1743-1824., Bertram, Saint., Camden, William, 1551-1623. Britannia., Cokayne family., Chattock, Sarah., Greene, Richard, 1716-1793., Gisborne family., Gisborne, J. 1770-1851 (John),, Gisborne, Thomas, 1758-1846., Gresley family., Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587, Laporte family., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784., Noble, Mark, 1754-1827., Taylor, John, 1711-1788., Ashbourne (England), Ilam Hall (Staffordshire, England), Lichfield Cathedral., and Sudbury Hall (England)
Subject (Topic):: Description and travel, Architecture, Domestic, Gentry, Conduct of life, Monuments, Sepulchral monuments, Travelers' writings, English, and Social life and customs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A tour through a part of the counties of Derby and Stafford : with various observations interspersed throughout the work by her brother The Reverend Mark Noble, F.A.S.s of London and Edinburgh, Rector of Barming in Kent, and domestic chaplain to George, Earl Leicester, written for the amusement and gratification of the parties and their friends, 1797

4. A tour to Celbridge, by Dr. S. Johnson, [ca. 1776]

Creator:: Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803
Call Number:: LWL Mss Vol. 169
Image Count:: 16
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript, in Jephson's hand, of a parody of Johnson's A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. Using florid language throughout, the author explains his satiety with Dublin and determines to explore the countryside. Traveling with Dean Marlay, Mrs Greville and Mrs Jephson, he complains about the unsightly mendicants who mar the scenery; sings, along with his companions, the Beggar's Opera to pass the time; and runs over "pigs and children who were lying together in the middle of the highway." At Celbridge, he praises the landscape, estate, and the appearance of its owner, Colonel Marlay. The essay concludes with a description of the narrator's fall into the Liffey, and his rescue by catching hold of a passing cow and Horace Walpole has filled in Johnson's name and added "By Richard Jephson, Esqre" underneath the title
Description:: Robert Jephson (1736-1803), playwright and parodist, was born in Dublin. His first play, Braganza, was performed in 1775, with an epilogue by Horace Walpole. His most commercially successful play, performed 37 times between 1781 and 1798, was The Count of Narbonne, based on Walpole's Castle of Otranto as well as Walpole's play, Mysterious Mother. In addition to other plays, Jephson also wrote numerous parodic pieces, including a series in the government newspaper The Mercury under the title "The Bachelor." He parodied the style of the printer George Faulkner and criticized Charles Townshend's enemies in An Epistle to Gorges Edmund Howard (1771); wrote Extempore Ludicrous Miltonic Verses(1788); and wrote a prose piece titled Confessions of James Baptiste Couteau (1794), a satirical parody of revolutionary politics., In English., Title from first page., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):: Ireland., Celbridge (Ireland), and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Gay, John, 1685-1732., Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784., Marlay, Richard, d. 1802., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):: English wit and humor, Parodies, English, Poverty, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A tour to Celbridge, by Dr. S. Johnson, [ca. 1776]

5. A trip to the field of Waterloo immediately succeeding the battle, 1815

Published / Created:: 1815
Call Number:: Osborn d375
Image Count:: 112
Abstract:: Holograph journal kept by an unnamed traveler journeying from Ramsgate to Brussels with a friend, Henry Hargrave. The author describes the journey in detail, including his impressions of the scenery, the voyage, meals and table manners among the Belgians, and extensive comments on church architecture and Roman Catholic ceremonies he observed in the cities. and On approaching the field of Waterloo, he questions British and Prussian soldiers and Belgians for information on the battle and their parts in it, but notes that the Belgians were "unaccustomed to freedom of sentiment" and did not seem to confide their real opinions of "their old friend Napoleon." the journal ends shortly after the travelers' arrival in Brussels.
Description:: Binding: original mottled notebook boards; spine repaired with tape., Concluding text of the journal is crosswritten on the opening pages in contrasting ink., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Pencil sketches and annotations on endpapers.
Subject (Geographic):: Belgium--Description and travel, Belgium--History--1814-1830, Belgium--Social life and customs, English Channel--Description and travel, and Waterloo (Belgium)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):: Tourism--Europe and Travelers' writings, English
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A trip to the field of Waterloo immediately succeeding the battle, 1815

6. Chandos Leigh family papers, 1814-1850

Creator:: Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850
Call Number:: OSB MSS 129
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 72
Abstract:: 20 ALS and 2 autograph manuscripts by Chandos Leigh, first Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh. Almost all of the letters were written during his travels on the Continent. Ten were written to his parents and sister in 1818-19 while he was on the grand tour. Letters from Switzerland and the Alps describe the scenery, particularly near Vevey and Lake Como, and refer to the writings of Rousseau, Byron, and Thomas Moore. Letters from Florence and Rome detail his responses to art and architecture, particularly the Venus de Medici, the sculpture of Canova and Thorvaldsen, and "the pride, pomp and circumstance" of Roman Catholic churches and ceremonies, which "must disgust the severe taste of the English traveller." Leigh also mentions Lord Byron, Lady Drury and Lord Beauchamp, the "set of regular English Dandies" and English ladies in Rome, the unattractiveness of Roman women, and his own purchase of a Salvator Rosa painting and Three letters to Sir Egerton Brydges, written during the Leigh family's stay in Switzerland in 1837, concern Leigh's poetry, his health, and a possible visit. His letters to his nephew Frederick Colvile contain news of his health and family; travel descriptions; and advice on Colvile's education. A March 1836 letter announces that the trustees of Rugby School have "unanimously decided in favour of Dr. Arnold;" a December 1837 letter comments that "Dr. Newman's book" (Lectures on Justification?) "contains much that is...to an ordinary man unintelligible." Other topics include the 1850 death of Sir Robert Peel and Leigh's own Liberal Party politics. The collection also contains autograph manuscripts of two poems by Leigh: "The First Days of Spring" and "Hymn for the Consecration of the Church on Westwood Heath."
Description:: Chandos Leigh (1791-1850) was educated at Harrow School, where he met Lord Byron, and Christ Church, Oxford, following which he made the grand tour with Philip Shuttleworth. A distant cousin of Jane Austen's, and a generous literary patron to Leigh Hunt and others, Leigh privately published over two dozen collections of his own poems and essays. He was created Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh in May, 1839. Leigh traveled several times to the Continent for his heath, but died of apoplexy in Bonn in September of 1850; he was succeeded by his eldest son, William Henry Leigh. and Accompanied by a container list.
Subject (Geographic):: Europe., Alps, Florence (Italy), Italy, Rome (Italy), and Switzerland
Subject (Name):: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824., Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837., Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822., Colvile, Frederick Leigh, 1819-1886., Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850., Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850, Leigh, James Henry, 1765-1823., Leigh, Julia, d. 1871., Leigh, Julia Twisleton, d. 1843., Newman, John Henry, Saint, 1801-1890., Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778, Thorvaldsen, Bertel, 1770-1844., Catholic Church, and Rugby School.
Subject (Topic):: Books and reading, Death and burial, Influence, Customs and practices, Authors, English, Dandies, English literature, Grand tours (Education), Tourism, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social life and customs, and Religious life and customs
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chandos Leigh family papers, 1814-1850

7. Diaries, 1807-1821

Creator:: North, Susan North, Baroness, 1797-1884
Call Number:: Osborn d157
Image Count:: 133
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Holograph diaries of a year in Clifton, and journeys to Hanover and Germany. The first volume, a diary dated at Clifton in 1807-1808, details the child author's daily social and educational activities. She studies French verbs and reads Roman history as well as practices her dance steps each day; elsewhere, she arranges her doll's clothes and buys accessories for it; goes out on walks with other young ladies; plays cards; and describes and often criticizes her meals. She also mentions the social activities of her mother, the names of visitors to the house, and the daily visits from a cake-seller. Inside the front cover is written, "Susan North. Clifton. Given me by my dearest grandpapa who beged me always to keep a journal.", The third volume is a travel diary dated 1821, in which the writer records her journey from England to Hanover with her son John. She describes the landscapes, the quality of the horses, the price of travel, and the state of the inns in which she stays, as well as her opinions of the attractiveness of the towns and inhabitants she sees. She says of Liege that it "is the oldest, ugliest, dirtiest, & poorest town I ever saw, & filled with beggars. The women less handsome than in any place I ever saw," while she praises Dusseldorf for its cleanliness, good houses, and large shops well-supplied with goods, and The second volume is an undated travel diary from Hanover to Gottingen, Cassell, and Marburg. Written in pencil, with a few corrections in ink, the writer primarily discusses landscapes and buildings; she says of the town of Munden that its situation was the most beautiful thing she ever saw and calls Leibenberg Castle "very curious--old painters, old furniture." The volume contains about 24 sketches in pen and pencil, primarily of landscapes and buildings, but also including profiles of several women. At the beginning of the volume are several pages of travel expenses
Description:: In English. and Binding: decorated paper covers.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and Germany
Subject (Topic):: Children's writings, English, Education, Travelers' writings, English, Women authors, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diaries, 1807-1821

8. Diary of a tour in Europe, 1834 Jul-Aug

Published / Created:: 1834 July-August
Call Number:: Osborn d445
Image Count:: 118
Abstract:: Holograph diary, apparently incomplete, of a Continental tour from London through France, Belgium and Germany, ending near Zurich. The author, probably a young woman traveling with her family, lists sights seen, miles traveled, and towns passed through. The author is particularly interested in minute details of women's clothing and jewelry; encounters with peasants and beggars; "blasphemous" roadside shrines featuring the Virgin Mary and Christ crucified; natural wonders; and museum displays of natural history. The author comments at length on the family's "deeply affecting" visit to the site of Waterloo; a tour of a seltzer bottling plant in Schlagenbach; "Mamma's" trouble with customs officials in Germany; and the museum at Bonn.
Description:: Binding: original quarter-roan marbled boards. and Purchased from Patrick King Rare Books on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2005.
Subject (Geographic):: Belgium--Description and travel, France--Description and travel, Germany--Description and travel, and Waterloo (Belgium)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):: Tourism--Europe, Travelers' writings, English, and Women travelers
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary of a tour in Europe, 1834 Jul-Aug

9. Diary of a winter in Bath, 1796-1797.

Call Number:: Osborn c446
Image Count:: 127
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Holograph diary written by a young Irish woman during her stay at Bath in the fall and winter of 1796-97. She describes visits to the Pump Room and the New Room; concerts at the Harmonic Society, balls, walks on the Promenade and drives in the countryside; flirtations, suitors and gossip; and sightings of celebrities, including Mrs. Fitzherbert, the Prince of Wurtemburg, and Lady Sydney. Second volume contains a transcription of the first made by Walter C. Pepys in 1906.
Description:: Laid in: TLS from Emily Driscoll to James Marshall Osborn, 1954 May 21, accompanied by a typescript describing the diary., The unnamed diarist later married William Lecky, an M.P. from County Donegal., and Tipped in: ALS from Ceuta Thompson to Walter C. Pepys; Conway, 1907 Sep 7.
Subject (Geographic):: Bath (England)--Amusements, Bath (England)--Description and travel, and Bath (England)--Social life and customs
Subject (Topic):: Travelers' writings, English and Women travelers
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary of a winter in Bath, 1796-1797.