io PROFESSOR OWEN ch. i 



ture of all the choicest wines of the Austrian 

 Empire.' 



'July 31, 1855. — You may expect me home 

 any day after the receipt of this. . . . The 

 Prince [C. L. Bonaparte] drove me in the Bois 

 de Boulogne yesterday, after the Institute, and 

 called upon one of his brothers [Pierre], to whom 

 he introduced me. In the evening I played two 

 games of chess with the Duke of Brunswick (the 

 Diamond Duke), and won one.' 



On August 3 Owen returned from the ' Ex- 

 position Universelle ' ' with an opinion of the 

 French,' as he writes, ' raised to a high degree in 

 respect to their abilities and disposition.' For 

 his services given to the Exhibition the Emperor 

 of the French created him a Knight of the Legion 

 of Honour, but the decoration itself did not arrive 

 till Christmas. 



On Owen's return from Paris, his wife went 

 to Wirksworth for rest and change, and the Pro- 

 fessor wrote her (September 13) the following 

 doleful account of his domestic experiences during 

 her absence : — 



1 Cook was seated in a chair, bending herself 

 double, shedding maudlin tears, and complaining 

 of great pain. Of course there was nothing to be 

 done before getting her to bed. When Sister E. 

 had helped her to undress and got her covered 

 up, I went upstairs. She was knocking her head 

 about the pillow, bewailing her fate ; maundered 



