Saturday, March 20, 1830

1830

March

Saturday 20

7

12 10/..

Incurred a cross last night thinking of Vere – Reading Satire 6, libre 2, Horace.  Breakfast at 9 25/.. in 20 minutes – Then reading and nodding over Cloquet on the eye –

M. Julliart came at 10 1/4 and staid till 1 1/4 – brought 2 sheep’s eyes – 18th lesson –

Off at 2 – called at Amyot’s – saw the catalogue – Flore Français published at 48/. and Magendie at 15/. and should only get 10 per cent de remise, that I should not mend myself by buying of Amyot’s instead of B- [Bechet]  

Then took back M. Julliart’s books, the folio volume. Cloquet’s Anatomy and the volume of Bichat’s Anatomie Générale and volume 2 Physiology de Dumas, and left them with the porter No.18 Quai Pelletier, then to the College de France –

Cuvier’s 25th lecture brought us down to the 16th century, from which time to now he will divide the subjects into 5 branches, anatomy and physiology, zoology botany, mineralogy and chemistry – He divided the whole time of our knowledge of science into 3 époques – 1st antiquity and age down to the renaissance of science and from then down to the foundation of academics; 2 from Roger Bacon down to Linnæus – 3, from Linnæus down to the present day – i.e., époque d’érudition, ditto d’observation, and ditto down to the present day – I think this was the arrangement he made –

Saw M. Audoin – said I was si enrhumé, could not go to Cuvier’s tonight – M. Audoin will come here between 3 1/2 and 5 1/2 –

Drove to the College de Sainte-Barbe to tell little Hagemann I could not send for him tomorrow, I should be engaged –

Home at 4 3/4 – Forest came almost immediately and cut my hair – Dressed – Gave out servants’ wine – Dinner at 6 10/.. – Read (partly aloud) the paper – Came to my room at 8 10/.. – Read a few pages (from page 177)  Arnott’s Physics, Volume 1.

Coffee at 9 20/.. Came to my room at 10 35/.., at which hour Fahrenheit 48° – Soft, damp, mild night – Fine day –

Talked to my aunt about her going to Shibden the summer after next – About my father and Marian etc. etc. and about setting the estate for life on anyone from whom I had value received or an equivalent settlement – Read to page 211, Arnott Volume 1., till 11 1/2 –


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  1. UnknownJanuary 22, 2021 at 7:15 AM

    Dear Jane, I am following your transcriptions avidly as I am writing a piece on Anne Lister's studies in anatomy, so I'm looking at what she is reading, such as Cloquet.
    Also, I was intrigued by the mention of a Miss Woolling, a West Indian in search of a companion, in another entry. I have been searching around and this may be a Miss Wooding, as there is a plantation owning family of that name in Barbados. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/search/
    I'm happy to provide any references or links. But thank you so much for this incredible work!
    Regards, Anna Clark clark106@umn.edu

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    1. Jane K.January 26, 2021 at 7:56 AM

      Thank you so much, for your comment, Anna! Apologies for not acknowledging it sooner -- Blogspot drives me rather crazy the way it periodically seems to undo my settings, so I've just seen your comment today (Jan. 26). Very interesting observation about Miss Woolling. I went back to look at how Anne wrote the name in her journal to see if it could be an "Anne's handwriting" thing, but it's nice and clear, so she and/or Sibella must have thought it was "Woolling." Perhaps Sibella got it wrong, though -- or her handwriting was unclear. Maybe you'll track down Sibella's letter in some archive at some point and solve the mystery!

      Thanks again for reading, and for the comment!

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