128 PROFESSOR OWEN ch. v. 



CHAPTER V 



1862-64 



Jenny Lind — Ruskin — Dickens — Made Chevalier of the Italian 

 Order of S. Maurice and S. Lazare — Inauguration of the Leeds 

 Institution, 1862 — Memoirs on the 'Aye-Aye,' and other 

 Literary Work, 1863 — Lectures before the Queen at Windsor, 

 1864. 



On January 10, 1862, Owen writes to his sister 

 Eliza from Dr. Arthur Farre's, Mayfair, where he 

 was staying : — 



1 We are now in comfortable London quarters 

 here. Yesterday we all drove over with the 

 doctor's pair of horses to dine with Mr. and Mrs. 

 Goldschmidt. Jenny was in good voice and 

 kindly sang us a song from Handel's old opera of 

 "Susannah " — such a beauty ! besides other songs ; 

 and Mr. G. played charming selections from 

 Beethoven, &c. Her youngest boy is now a year 

 old, her golden-haired lassie, about six, very like 

 herself; there is every sign of a happy, well- 

 ordered household.' 



In February Owen was the guest of Sir 

 William (afterwards Lord) Armstrong, during a 

 lecturing tour in the North, spending some days 

 with Lord Ravensworth during his stay there. 



