434 MISCELLANEOUS, 1850-1860 
In 1855 the Great Exhibition in Paris, rival of its Enghsh 
prototype of foui' years before, drew everyone to France. 
* When are you going to Paris ? ' he asks Henslow on June 1. 
* The Benthams have taken lodgings there for 6 weeks. I am 
all in uncertainty whether I go at all or no. I am desperately 
busy.' After the fashion of such shows, it was not half com- 
pleted by the end of the month ; still * I hear that it is really 
a very fine sight indeed already, and that the pubhc are 
grumbling unreasonably and unnecessarily.' 
On July 3 he writes to Bentham in Paris that he has ' partly 
plotted a trip to Germany with Nat. (Lindley) ^ about the 
middle of August,' adding : 
I really do not know what to say about going to Paris ; I 
can't speak French you know, and am indomitably repugnant 
to exert myself in conversation. I am pretty ashamed of 
my ignorance, and hate myself quite sufficiently for my in- 
dolence and mauvaise Jionte not to wish to expose myself to 
my own reproaches. You that wrote a book on Logic may 
unravel this if you can. Then too I do not care to go without 
Fanny ; altogether, in short, I am in a muddle. I did half 
promise to go with Henslow, but he is disgusted with his wax 
models having collapsed. I do not feel happy at the thought 
of going anywhere with this huge Indian collection on hand. 
Eventually he jomed Henslow at the end of September, 
on his way back from a visit to Germany, for the Queen was 
going to Paris for a week in mid August, and the place would 
be impossible for lesser folk. 
From this trip he returned on October 3 * via Paris, from 
Vienna, Tyrol, Como, Mt. Eosa, Alps, Oberland, &c. (in inverse 
order).' The journey is described in the following letter by 
Lord Lindley : 
The Lodge, East Carleton, near Norwich : June 19, 1912. 
Dear Lady Hooker,— Many thanks for your kind 
letter and the Photograph of Sir Joseph which I am very 
pleased to have. 
1 Nathaniel Lindley, son of Dr. John Lindley, Ph.D., F.R.S., the Professor 
of Botany at University College, London ; LL.D., D.C.L., Fellow Royal Society 
and British Academy ; called to the Bar 1850 ; Master of the Rolls 1897-1900 ; 
Baron 1900. 
