[Travel diary], 1816 Sep 6-29.

1 v. (183 p.) ; 19 x 13 cm.

English

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Charlotte Ann (Waldie) Eaton (1788-1859) was a writer. In June 1815 she visited Brussels, the headquarters of Wellington's army, with her brother John and sister Jane. Her account of the battle was first published as Circumstantial Detail By a Near Observer in The Battle of Waterloo (1815). In 1817, her family published a more extended account titled Narrative of a Residence in Belgium, During the Campaign of 1815, and of a Visit to the Field of Waterloo. By an Englishwoman. In 1820, after a visit to Italy, she anonymously published the popular and acclaimed Rome in the Nineteenth Century. Her other published works include The Days of Battle, later published as Waterloo Days; Continental Adventures; At Home and Abroad; and Rome in the Nineteenth Century.

Incomplete holograph journal, with several corrections, of a tour through France. Accompanied by her sister Jane and her brother William, the author travels from London to Brighton and then to Dieppe, France. She describes a mass in Rouen and views paintings at a museum; in Paris, she purchases tickets to see King Louis XVIII with his royal family and court at Mass in the Royal Chapel of the Tuilleries; and describes the valley of the Seine as they pass through it, though she declares the Seine cannot be compared in beauty nor greatness to the Thames. The author makes other comparisons between English and French culture and geography, including a description of French houses as "dirty and comfortless as compared to the English," a comparison between St. Germain and Richmond Hill in Windsor; and a discussion of religion in France.

August 08, 2005

Charlotte Ann Waldie Eaton, Travel Diary. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Charlotte Ann Waldie Eaton, Travel Diary. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Diaries.