MISS FOX'S DIARY PAETS BOWOOD 31 



1 March, 1826. I have seen Talma in private ; 

 his appearance in no wise indicates his tragic 

 powers.' 



l May 28, 1826. Prince Talleyrand has been 

 some time returned from the country, and I 

 have seen him often. I never heard him talk 

 much, but from all I have heard of his conversa- 

 tion it must be most delightful, as he has so 

 much wit, though of too sarcastic a nature to 

 make one feel at ease with him ; his countenance 

 is most singular.' 



Miss Fox spent many pleasant days at Bo- 

 wood, in Wiltshire, the charming country home 

 of Lord and Lady Lansdowne (the former better 

 known for many years in political life as Lord 

 Henry Petty), and the following entry bears date, 

 Bowood, August 9, 1824. * We have a pleasant 

 party here : M. and Madame Durazzo, Lord John 

 Russell, Lady Elizabeth and Lord Belgrave, 

 Mr. Rogers (the banker poet), M. Dumont, and 

 Lord Ellenborough. Mr. Crabbe, and his brother 

 poet Mr. Moore, come over occasionally. The 

 former has written a poem, unpublished as yet, 

 for which he cannot find a name. Mr. Crabbe 's 

 manner is very simple and unassuming, and 



