CHAPTER XXIX 



"the scenery of Switzerland" (1896) 



(Age 62) 



Mingled with records of meetings of scientists or 

 financiers there are many entries in Sir John 

 Lubbock's diaries such as the following, showing 

 his sympathy with all that his children took part 

 in : — " January 6. The children acted in a little 

 play at the Hambros — at least Ursula and Irene. 

 Ursula was the Beast, and then the young 

 prince, and Irene was Fatima (Beauty). They 

 really did it capitally." 



Mr. and Mrs. Hambro, with their family, lived 

 at no great distance — some three or four miles or 

 so — from High Elms, at Hayes Place, and were 

 close friends of Sir John and Lady Lubbock. 



Five days after the Beauty and Beast play at 

 Hayes Place there was a children's party, as his 

 diary also informs us, at High Elms, on the 

 occasion of Lady Lubbock's birthday ; and a 

 week later they were at Eastbourne, guests at a 

 small house which Mr. Hambro had there. They 

 played golf, and Sir John writes, on the Monday, 

 " Home, after two very pleasant days." 



On February 23 he was at Liverpool dining 



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