| Description | Particular details include the development of Charlotte's first child, Cecil. Charlotte notes the first time he says 'ma', 26 July and his 'progress in standing', 13 November. Other now familiar details include accounts of visits to local parishioners, most notably the elderly and infirm, her co- running of the 'Clothing Club', and the establishment of a 'Shoe Club', and descriptions of ailments suffered and remedies tried by Fred and herself. On 23 January Charlotte creates a 'mustard poultice' to alleviate Fred's 'bad side'. Events at the School are also recorded including the visit of the inspector Mr Bellairs whose 'pronouncement in general' was 'very creditable, especially in religious knowledge, improved in discipline, wanting in arithmetic', 8 June. Students J. Brooker and J. Carter are singled out for particular praise.
Family events are also recorded, most notably the death of Charlotte's father, Brice Pearse, aged 66 on 29 January, and the death of Christopher Pearse [?uncle], 5 April. The affairs of royalty and national events also merit attention: she notes the marriage of Princess Mary of C. and Prince Teck at Kew, 13 June, and makes note of the 'sad accounts of the ?Barnsley colliery explosion and the one at ?Hanley', 15 December. In addition, there are accounts of an autumn holiday in Bangor with visits to Conway and Carnarvon castles, September-October.
Reading matter includes: Weld's 'Last Winter in Rome', Marriott, 'On the Romans', 'Christ the Destroyer', 'Overland Route to Siberia', collections of sermons including those by Vaughan, and articles including 'Missionary aspect of Ritualism'
The volume's loose enclosures include press cuttings and notes. |