ALS to Dorothy, his sister, from Paris
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- 19 Aug. 1885
Part of Papers of Terrot Reavely Glover
Mentions the marriage of Mr and Mrs Buck. Describes his visits to the Louvre, the Tuilleries gardens, the Luxembourg galleries, La Sainte Chapelle and many other churches, Les Halles, the Arc de Triomphe, les Champs Elysees, Napoleon's tomb, a toy shop in the Rue de Rivoli. Mentions Mr Tiddy. Compares the Theatre Robert Houdin unfavourably with Maskelyne and Cook in the Egyptian Hall. Describes the costume of the Parisians. Compares the French soldiers to 'our Tommy Atkins' and his company. Includes drawings of French soldiers.
Glover, Terrot Reaveley (1869-1943) classical scholar and historian