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Punch off the table, and showed me a caricature 
of himself with a baby in his arms, and John Bright 
as^ clown pulling it away ; but he said he did not 
think the likeness as good as usual. He was 
much amused with an anecdote which I told 
him about R;,, who was coming down from town 
one day, and ^ bought “ Punch ” at the station, 
with his lordship figuring in it in some ridiculous 
way. When he got into the train he did not 
notice the other occupant of the carriage, who had 
got m just before him, and was beginning to laugh 
loudly over the picture, when, on lifting his eyes 
from the page, he was suddenly petrified to see 
the original of the sketch sitting opposite. He has- 
tily crammed “ Punch” into his pocket, but was 
in another moment relieved, and much amused 
to see Lord R. produce a copy out of his own 
pocket, and read it with much apparent enjoy- 
ment.’ 
January 15. R. went to dine at the Garrick 
Club. Many old friends there— Mr. John Murray, 
M. Du Chaillu, Mr. Pentland, &c. Our bust 
of Shakespeare, which was bought by the Duke 
of Devonshire, and presented to the Club, looked 
very well.’ 
Other references to his wide circle of friends 
constantly occur in his letters. Thus, in January 
1866, he went with Mr. Fowler to the Isle 
of Wight, where he visited Alfred Tennyson. 
On the 2 1st he writes to his wife from St. 
