MANUSCRIPT. [Recollections in diary form of a European tour undertaken by two English ladies. London: N.p.:] October 1869. 15pp., manuscript, oblong 4to (173 x 260mm.) Unnumbered pages in a single, legible, calligraphic-style hand with hand-coloured decorative initials, elaborate floral borders and numerous pencil sketches, mainly of tourist sights and landscapes, 12pp. blank to rear. (Toning.) Original limp green cloth covers, gilt lettering to upper cover (spine worn). Note: the writer and a Mrs. French undertake a coach and train tour of Europe. The writer provides a very factual report of their trip as they go to the opera, see art ('An Exhibition of Modern Paintings'), cathedrals, services, and seek time to do their sketching ('but we were interrupted'), and, while sketching a street scene, they themselves become the centre of attention as a crowd forms which they 'persistently wished would keep at a little distance from us, but their remarks were sometimes very just and amusing'. They are busy, cultured ladies. For variety, there is always the threat of the weather ('a shower overtaking us'). They travel to Geneva, Berne, Frankfurt, Dresden and Brussels and the following year they take another trip to France.