Letters from A.H. Haliday to H.T. Stainton 18 January 1863-27th March, 1863
Letters from A.H. Haliday to H.T. Stainton 18 January 1863-27th March, 1863 Casa Massoni, Lucca Jany 21/63 [At bottom of page — upside down] J.C. Dale [1] wrote about a sad fracture in a drawer of his boy’s insect collection (itself infant) — I trust to have no such news of L.E.S. Letter from A.H. Haliday to H.T. Stainton dated Jany 1863 Lucca Jany 28/63 My dear Stainton, Thanks for your note which was forwarded to me at Florence from which I returned last night. This morning I had a note from my brother and as his onvalescence proceeds very slowly and the prospect of his being fit for travel is somewhat adjourned I shall also put off my journey a little. The route by Bologna and Mt. Ceni which had been interrupted by floods and snow respectively being again open I can resume my place of joining and make the halt I intended at Parma — as well as Turin. I thought the Anniversary of Ent Soc was earlier in the month than the date you give but I hope to receive your letter with [ ] of news at Paris after not many days sojourn in post. I had a very friendly reception at Florence from Piccioli[2] who had seen the day before from Dr. Sichel [3] a letter to respect the introduction a year old which I carried with me. I was introduced to Tozzetti [4] also and happened to travel in same carriage with an acquaintance of my friends who often visit the Massimino [5] a region I [coveted] to explore — I have acquired a prospect of doing so this spring advantageously without being reduced to depend on the country inns which are few and not good. I hope “we three” shall have some similar excursions together about Rome or elsewhere before long — though I had also hoped to be back here sooner than I can now propose so as to coincide more nearly with the date which Dr. Dohrn indicated. Yours faithfully Alex. H. Haliday
Letter from A.H. Haliday to H.T. Stainton dated 5 February 1863 My dear Stainton, My departure from this has been delayed some days. I expect to reach Paris about 10-11. Whether to stay some days or proceed at once to London will depend on the letters and [ ] awaiting me there. I write this scrap to [ ] you in case you may pass through Paris on your road at any time coincident. I hope to be on the way out again before the end of the week — travelling slowly by short stages to Marseilles and thence by sea to Livorno. Yours truly, A.H. Haliday Friday 5th
Letter from H.T. Stainton to Alex. H. Haliday Feb.2 1863 Feb.2 1863 A.H. Haliday Esq. Your letter of the 21st January gives certainly a most doleful account of Italian weather — but I hope that the bad is now past and the good is coming whereas here we are expecting the bad weather. We shall start from here on or about the 17th of the month to stop a day or two in Paris at the Grand Hotel — then we go to Lyon where I must see Milliere [6], the only great Microlepidopterist in France and Monday the 23rd I have proposed to Dohrn [7] to meet him at the Hotel des Bergues — Geneva, from that point I expect we go nearly direct to Rome. If you reach London before we start I shall be glad to meet you and arrange an intersection of our orbits. All serene at the Ent Soc.
Letter from A.H. Haliday to H.T. Stainton 13 February 1863 3 Charles Street St.James 13 Feby 10.A.M. My dear Stainton, I reached Paris Wednesday morning; and London, this morning at 6; having spent most of yesterday with Dours, [8] at Amiens. At Paris I got your two notes second of 10th Feb. I am glad to know you are determined on the Italian trip; for although I expect to be at least a week in your wake and of widening distance on account of convoy; — we shall surely be able to concert an intersection. Just arrived and shall be taken up with my brother and Mr. Hogan’s [9] arrangements as to returning with me first — but I hope sincerely to see you, before you leave London. I shall probably be out all the daytime but in after 6 daily — let me know as much about the time where you could be had, as I suppose you are busy enough previous to journey. I hope the very laconic postscript as to ES which I nearly overlooked as a date, means well, as I am desirous to be once more a MESL with apprehension of concatenations. Sichel gave me some message to you but I believe only of friendship, not affairs and you will see him soon. He was the only one I saw in Paris (besides Deyrolles [10]) Bigot [11] was at Compeigne. The morning I left I took a cab to the Museum in hope of a word with Blanchard [12] and Lucas [13] but took nothing by the action but an hours loss of time and risk of losing train also Yours Alex. H. Haliday
Letter from A.H. Haliday to H.T. Stainton March 10th 1863 March 10th My Dear Stainton, On my arrival here last Tuesday 3rd I got your note from Geneva at Dr. Sichels and gave your message of remembrance and thanks duly. I have since dined with him and kept him out of bed an hour, I fancy, Another half day at Mr. Bigots —and Mr. Javet [14] dined with me here — . This has been nearly the amount of entoml society and kind here. Having little more than seen Lucas and Blanchard — an hour or two each with [ ]. I have not seen Mr . Though detained in London had begun to tell and I could not have pushed out but for several long hauls — and I had to give up night travelling and take to bed at that season which quite cut up the calculated time. I stopped at Bruxelles long enough to write and send a note to Wesmael [15] to threaten him with a visit in returning. I was not sure in what humour he might be as he is somewhat uncertain is worth greatness at being forced into the presidents chair of Ac. at Liege I had two hours with Lacordaire [16] and a most cordial reception and brought away his photograph — he has got a collection of near 60 ents now in his Album. I reached Aachen at 7h PM Friday got a good nights sleep — so good that I did not appear at Forsters [17] till one hour later than he was ready to receive and I missed Kaltenbach [18] who was to have come over to see me there, but came just too lat as 4½ hour [ ]. I got back to Brussels that (Saturday) night and had a couple of hours with Wesmael next morng which I should have doubled willingly — only I could not see him standing and going to bring out boxes, books [and] for me he seems so feeble and an aged man at 64 — the year he has reached on the photograph he gave me. I had intended to sleep at Lille but by the false assurances of Forster and conducteur was led to beloieve the carriage I got into in the afternoon wend direct — so gave myself up to slumber and reposed till I found myself in the wrong box somewhere towards Antwerp had to return by an opposite train and sleep at G . However I got to Lille time enough for my object the poor debris of Macquart’s [19] Diptera — reached Amiens [ ] found the Hogan father and son — but as the night air was feared for the patient I slept there. I spend the evening with Dr. Dohrn again groaning in gout poor man! And his two little Marie and Julie. We reached Paris a little after noon on Tuesday. We had a carriage to ourselves all the way. Hogan was little fatigued and is improving in strength and self-reliance. My brother I don’t expect to see better till we are at the other side of the Alps. Hogan and I start tomorrow morning sleep at Dijon, [next] Friday at Lyons where my brother rejoins us Mt Ceni being positively forbidden him — hope to [ ] at Marseilles on 15th & be at Lucca on 17th or 18th . Meanwhile I have just had the bad news by telephone of the death of my friend A.K. Forster who I had hoped to see at Livorno and better than I left him. We shall be so much behind you in the South as a week [ ] will be required for Lucca that an entire new arrangement will be necessary for any hope of meeting. There will be time for me to settle with Dohrn our future movements. Remember me to him very kindly. I anticipate much pleasure in meeting him (at last!) & perhaps reaching Vienna together. The Ent. Soc. Meet here on Wednesday evg but we could not [wait] as Hogan wd not venture on the journey with less than four days dispensable and the next steamer will be 4 days later. Yours very truly Alex. H. Haliday Letter from A.H. Haliday to H.T. Stainton 23 March 1863 My dear Stainton, I am sorry to find that our orbits will only intersect at this time as I had hoped to have enjoyed both Rome and Naples along with you in part. Now I shall only just see you to part again at Naples. We got here on the night of Tuesday 17th having fallen with the same bad weather you seem to have been enjoying all about the Mediterranean at were tossed about for 36 hours between Marseilles and Lyons though making a straight course, but avoided another sort of storm, as the Philo Polish [20] at Marseilles came off the morning after we left. I have found occasion to spend nearly two days at Livorno since with the family of my deceased friend A.K. Forster who was buried there about a week ago. With this and the number of letters I found awaiting me to answer I have been pretty much occupied. We got over the journey very well indeed by taking it very easy — i.e. 4 days between Paris and Marseilles — one for a rest at Lyons where I saw Mulsant [21] and at Dijon Roret [22]. Hogan I think is already very visibly improving both in actual strength and in self-confidence so that I rather hope he may make up his mind to face another journey so soon as next Friday 27th accompanying my brother [ ] direct from Livorno to Naples. But there we intend to spend some weeks returning by Rome and Florence. I presume from programme of your route that there is no chance of Dohrn remaining in Italy so late as to let us travel together towards Vienna at the [ ] I contemplated — end of May — so as to find E.P. Wright [23] there — I duly gave your acknowledgements to Dr. Sichel, who was gratified by the remembrance of his reception. Remember me, very positively to Dohrn — I regret that our meeting so long deferred will be but to pass so soon again. As you and he are to separate in so few days why might he not remain a little longer at Naples and perhaps join in a trip to Messina or Palermo. I have still a strong harkening for Sicily were it but to set foot on the soil and breathe the air of it. I should have liked too to the Campagna of Rome in company, I by the time I get back it may be too late to venture into the Massimino of Tuscany for which a pleasant and [ ] opportunity has offered itself out of a casual companionship in railway travel to Florence in January last. I hope we shall soon have spring now, the gales of the season having had their [ ] as the best hopes for my invalid companions both are in mild air. Yours very truly A.H. Haliday Casa Massoni, Lucca 23 March 1863
Letter from A.H. Haliday to H.T. Stainton March 25 1863 Casa Massoni Lucca March 25th My dear Stainton, Lest the expected dates I announced of my [ ] movements should affect yours in any way to your inconveniences I write again as soon as I know of a change which may deprive me of the expected pleasure of even a passing sight of you and Dohrn Mr. Hogan is so far restored from his rather unpleasant recollections of the sea between Marseilles and Livorno that he has given in to the proposition of going on with my brother and me to Naples — but this with a condition or unex pected pressure of adieu which for me amounted to a wait till after the Sunday. Though not having a Sabbatarian conscience myself I respect the principles of those who have especially one who feels his profession to call for especial regard to such order and having heard him out I must not [ ] him believing that both the southern climate and the change of place and continual exercise of travelling (even its small inconveniences) will invigorate him. So [ ] that my brother proceeds by sea on Friday next and we follow on Monday. Our rooms will be at the Hotel de Rome if we find such attainable. I presume that stopping (as all the boats have done since the beginning of this month) at Costa Vecchia. Naples cannot be reached till the third day by boats sailing in the eveng from Lyons. I do not know how far you felt disposed to suffer or countenance my suggestion to Dohrn to wait for me at Naples and forsake you so many days the sooner. As we think of tem of ten to fourteen days at Naples and then (my brother at least) double that time at Rome, in neighbourhood of which at this season there would be pleasant excursions to make. This would bring us well on to the end of May when I thought of going on to Vienna expecting to meet E.P. Wright & to visit the environs [ ] Neusiedtersee[24],Schneeberg [25] etc. The [ ] continues to keep the air cool here but the sun is getting [ ]. My brother is charmed with the scenery of Lucca but I am expecting a far greater delight in the environs of Naples — not to speak of a visit to Sicily perhaps if Dohrn will join me to Messina. I hope I may have a line from you here before starting — not of course in answer to this but [ ] to the indications I gave you in my former note. Best regards to Dohrn I hope yet of a meeting even the briefest. Yours very truly Alex. H. Haliday Letter from A.H. Haliday to H.T. Stainton dated 27th March, 1863 H.J. Stainton Esq Hotel de la Grande Bretagne Napoli
My dear Stainton, My brother will explain to you the cause of further delay in my voyage which now I must expect will prevent my meeting you — or Dohrn either unless he stay for me which I can scarcely hope. There seems an evil star against my seeing [home]. Yours truly Alex. H. Haliday Lucca 27th March