Social Victorians/Timeline/1892

1850s 1860s  1870s  1880s Headlines  1890s Headlines  1890  1891 1892  1893  1894  1895  1896  1897  1898  1899  1900s 1910s 1920s-30s

Sometime in 1892
From the end of 1891 to the beginning of 1893, Arnold Dolmetsch used the studio at 20 Fitzroy, London, shared by Herbert Horne and A. H. Mackmurdo for concerts.

Sometime in 1892, London publisher George Newnes printed Arthur Conan Doyle's first collection of Holmes stories, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The edition contained twelve stories and "104 illustrations drawn for the Strand Magazine by Sidney Paget. The first American edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with a frontispiece and 15 other illustrations by Paget, was published by Harper & Brothers of New York" also in 1892 (Baring-Gould I 14, n. 26).

During 1892, Annie Horniman gave £224 to Moina and MacGregor Mathers for them to live on (Howe 110).

January 1892
1892, possibly January through June or so, Florence Farr was Cancellarius of the Golden Dawn "for the first half of 1892" (Gilbert 86 32).

February 1892
There was an influenza epidemic in early February, at least; Bret Harte writes about it, and Arthur Van de Velde died of it (Axel Nissen, Bret Harte: Prince & Pauper. U P of Mississippi, 200: 220).

24 February 1892, Wednesday
The marriage of Mr. Arthur Stanley Wilson, eldest son of Mr. Arthur Wilson, of Tranby Croft, near Hull, to Miss Filmer, daughter of the late Sir Edmund Filmer and the Hon. Lady Filmer, was solemnized on Wednesday at St. Peter's Church, Eaton Square, in the presence of a large and fashionable gathering. The church was prettily decorated with flowers in honour of the occasion, and the service was fully choral. Among the invited guests were the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Marchioness of Hastings, the Earl and Countess of Romney, Lord and Lady Hothfield, the Earl and Countess Kilmorey, the Earl and Countess De la Warr, the Earl and Countess Amherst, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Countess of Cottenham, the Marquis and Marchioness Conyngham, Viscountess Hood, the Countess Cairns, Lord and Lady Burton, and the Hon. Nellie Bass, Lady Scott, Lord and Lady Arthur Hill, Mr. and Lady Rose Leigh, General and Mrs. Marshall, Lord Cheylesmore, Mr. and Lady Constance Coombe, Lord and Lady George Nevill, Sir Charles Fraser, Sir Charles and Lady Forbes, Sir Francis and Lady Wilmington, Sir Archibald and Lady Campbell, Sir Robert Gresley, Lord and Lady Cremorne, Captain the Hon. E. Dawson, Captain the Hon. E. St. Aubyn, Sir G. Wombwell, Mr. and Mrs. Halyburton Campbell, &c. Shortly after two o'clock, the hour fixed for the ceremony, the bride arrived accompanied by her mother, who conducted her to the altar and subsequently gave her away. As the bridal procession advanced up the centre aisle to the chancel rails it was preceded by the choir singing a nuptial hymn. Here they were joined by the bridegroom, who had with him Sir Perry Van Notton Pole as best man. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. Foord, vicar of Kirk Ella, Yorkshire- assisted by the Rev. J. Stours, vicar of St. Peter's. The bride wore a costume of rich white duchesse satin, made plain, with a long court train and draped with old point lace. The bridal veil was of Brussels lace, and was surmounted by a wreath of natural orange blossom. She wore no jewels, but carried a magnificent bouquet composed of white orchids and white lilac with trails of orange blossoms. There were six bridesmaids, the Misses Daisy and Dorothy Filmer, sisters of the bride, Miss Muriel Wilson, sister of the bridegroom, Miss L. Cotterell, Miss Milne, and Miss Kennard. They were attired alike in white satin dresses veiled with chiffon; high green crepe de chine sashes and fichu bodices. They wore large black velvet hats trimmed with green feathers, and carried ostrich feather fans and bouquets of lilies of the valley, the gifts of the bridegroom. Lady Filmer was handsomely attired in amber velvet and sables, while Mrs. Arthur Wilson wore a costume of petunia coloured velvet with waistcoat embroidered in jet. At the conclusion of the ceremony the bridal party drove to the Baroness Henry de Worms’s residence in Grosvenor-place, where Lady Filmer held the wedding reception. Late in the afternoon the newly married couple left town for the continent. The bride's going-away dress was of vieux rose and black soft cloth with feather trimming and jabot of old lace, large black velvet hat trimmed with vieux rose feathers and old lace. The presents were numerous and handsome. (1892-02-27 Yorkshire Herald).

5 April 1892
Arnold Dolmetsch's consort performed at Lady Ashburton's home, and she wrote to thank him on the fifth. He wrote Horne that the audience was "very distinguished" (Campbell 46).

March 1892
In March 1892, Dolmetsch gave the second of his lecture/concerts at the Fitzroy Settlement. J. A. Fuller-Maitland played the harpsichord, Bull's "St. Thomas's Wake" (from Parthenia) and "King's Hunting Jigg" (Campbell 44, quoting a review in the Musical Times for April 1892). Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper may have been there, as may Alfred Piatti (Campbell 45).

17 March 1892, Thursday
Afred, Lord Tennyson's The Foresters, music by Arthur Sullivan, produced at the Lyceum for copyright purposes. (Scott, Clement. The Drama of Yesterday and To-Day. Volume 2. London: Macmillan, 1899. Google Books, retrieved 24 February 2010. Page 504.)

22 March 1892, Tuesday
Henrietta M. Paget was initiated into the Golden Dawn.

End of March
At the end of March, Arnold Dolmetsch held his second lecture/concert at the Fitzroy Settlement. Margaret Campbell says he "introduced no fewer than ten works receiving their first modern performances music by Richard Deering, Dr. John Bull, J. S. Bach, the Lawes brothers, Locke, Jenkins and an unknown French composer, Jean Marie Leclair" (Campbell 45). Once again, the concert was reviewed in the Musical Times, in this case of 1 April 1892.

5 April 1892, Tuesday
Arnold Dolmetsch's consort performed at Lady Ashburton's home, and she wrote to thank him on the fifth. He wrote Horne that the audience was "very distinguished" (Campbell 46).

15 April 1892, Friday
Good Friday

17 April 1892, Sunday
Easter Sunday

20 April 1892, Wednesday
The wedding between (as the Morning Post spells it) "Mr. Frederick Hartmann and Miss Constance Lister" took place at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The Morning Post reports the wedding briefly as follows:"In St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, on Wednesday afternoon Mr. Frederick Hartmann, son of Mr. James Hartmann, of Munster, Alsace, was married to Miss Constance Lister, third daughter of Sir T. Villiers Lister, K.C.M.G., of Armitage Hall, Ascot, Berks, and 64, Cadogan-square. The bride was attended by six bridesmaids, her three sisters, the Misses Kitty, Mary, and Nina Lister, her cousins, Miss Borthwick and Lady Mary Parker, and the bridegroom's cousin, Madlle. de Jancourt, while Mr. James Baillie of Dochfour was the best man. Sir Villiers Lister gave his daughter away. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. H. Montagu Villiers, cousin of the bride, assisted by the Rev. Leonard Goodenough. The honeymoon is being spent at Amport, Lord Winchester's seat."The report in the Gentlewoman has more detail.

23 April 1892, Saturday
Arnold Dolmetsch concert at 20 Fitzroy Street, at which he performed four songs by Campion that Horne had been researching at the British Museum (Campbell 46). The concert was reviewed, very well, in the Musical Times and the Times.

16 May 1892, Monday
Muriel Wilson is presented at court; a second drawing room was held on Wednesday and reported on in the same story: By command of the Queen a Drawing Room was held on Monday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, by her Royal Highness Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, on behalf of her Majesty. Presentations to her Royal Highness at this Court are, by the Queen's pleasure, considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty.

The General Circle was attended by Earl Cadogan, K.G., Lord Privy Seal; the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal; the Earl of Yarborough, Captain the Gentlemen at Arms; and Earl Fitzwilliam.

The following were amongst the presentations to her Royal Highness Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, on behalf of the Queen, the names having been previously left at the Lord Chamberlain's office, and submitted for her Majesty's approval: — Mrs Thurlow Astley, by the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry; Mrs J. Close, the Lady Mayoress of York, by the Marchioness of Salisbury; Miss Mary Dundas, by the Dowager Lady Napier of Magdala; Miss Muriel Drummond, by the Countess of Zetland; Mrs William Duncombe, by Lady Florence Duncombe; Miss Dyke, by Lady Emma Dyke; Mrs Gerald Leatham, by Mrs Graham Green; Mrs Wilford Lloyd, on her marriage, by the Countess Brownlow; the Hon. Mrs Lumley, on her marriage, by the Countess of Scarborough; Miss Morritt, by the Countess of Zetland; Mrs Powlett Milbank, by the Duchess of Leeds; Lady Rosiland Northcote, by her mother, the Countess of Iddesleigh; Miss Margaret Stanley, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs Lyulph Stanley; Mrs Harrison Tinsley, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs W. Lawies Jackson; Lady Wright, by Hon. Mrs Lyulph Stanley; Mrs Frederic Walker, on her marriage, by Lady Brabourne ; Miss Muriel Wilson, by her mother, Mrs Arthur Wilson; Mrs Charles McGrigor (nee Miss Bower), on her marriage, by Lady McGrigor.

The following ladies and gentlemen attended the Drawing Room: —The Duchess of Leeds; the Marchioness Dowager of Londonderry; the Countess of Iddesleigh; the Countess of Scarborough; the Countess of Scarborough [sic]; the Viscountess Halifax; Lady Alexandrina Beaumont; Lady Mary Cooke; Lady Florence Duncombe; Lady Hilda Dundas; Lady Emily Dyke; Lady Alice Havelock-Alan; the Right Hon. J. Mundella; the Hon. Lady Lilla Bateson-de-Yarburgh; the Hon. Lady Hylda Bateson-de-Yarburgh; the Hon. Mrs Lewis P. Dawnay; the Hon. Mrs Lyulph Stanley; Mrs W. Lawies Jackson; Mrs J. W. Lowther; Mrs A. Pease; Mrs J. Pease; Mrs Shaw of Darrington; Mrs Spencer-Stanhope; Mrs A. Wilson; Miss G. Elliot; and Miss M. Jackson.

Mrs Jackson (wife of the Irish Chief Secretary) wore a gown of rich grey brocade, with heliotrope satin embroidered in pearls introduced into the bodice, and skirt matching the heliotrope velvet train.

Mrs Arthur Wilson, of Tranby Croft, presented her youngest daughter. Miss Wilson was clad in a beautiful gown of white satin opening on an underdress richly brocaded with silver. The train was of white silken muslin, perfectly transparent, and falling in most graceful folds. It had all around it, inside the hem, a deep insertion of Valenciennes lace. Mrs Arthur Wilson wore a gown of pale gold-green satin, brocaded in tapering flower sprays, with palest amethyst. The train was of dark green velvet, and was lined with amethyst satin. All down one side of it was, cleverly and artistically arranged, a very broad piece of old point-lace.

The Lady Mayoress of York (Mrs John Close) wore a tasteful costume of pale sky-blue bengaline, embroidered with blue and silver and softly trimmed with ostrich tips of the same delicate shade. The train was of silver and white brocade, one corner turned over to show the satin lining, and on it was laid a group white ostrich feathers. A shower of white roses was carried.

Lady Aline Wentworth Beaumont's Court costume was a combination of white with pale blue, and with was carried a gracefully-falling shower of white lilies and grasses. (1892-05-21 Yorkshire Gazette)

18 May 1892, Wednesday
By command of the Queen Drawing Room was held, on Wednesday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, by her Royal Highness Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, on behalf of her Majesty. The following presentations to her Royal Highness, on behalf of the Queen, were made, the names having been previously left at the Lord Chamberlain's office, and submitted for her Majesty's approval: — Mrs Cadwallader Adams, by the Hon. Mrs John Dundas; Miss Cartwright, by the Hon. Mrs Arthur Lawley; Lady Ulrica Duncombe, by the Countess of Feversham; Miss May Dundas, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs John Dundas; Miss Winifred Gibson, by her aunt, Lady D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne; Miss Dean Paul, by Lady Heron-Maxwell ; Mrs Stanley Wilson, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of Downshire. The following ladies and gentlemen attended the Drawing Room: — The Countess of Feversham; Lady Cathcart, Lady Decies, Lady A. Fitzwilliam, Lady A. Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Lady D'Arcy Godolphin-Osborne, Lady Heron-Maxwell; the Hon. Mrs J. Dundas, the Hon. Mrs A. Lawley, the Hon. Mrs Eason Wilkinson; Mrs C. Stuart-Wortley. (1892-05-21 Yorkshire Gazette)

23 May 1892, Monday
Debutante ball for Nellie Bass:"Friday night, says the Star, will be memorable in the annals of this season, for a great house which has long been closed was once more formally opened to society. The marble staircase at Chesterfield House, where Lady Burton gave a ball on Friday night to celebrate the debutof Miss Nellie Bass, is quite unique in its way. Each step is formed of a single block, twenty feet long, and the whole was originally brought from Canons, the seat of the Duke Chandos. Last night the banisters were hung with trails flowers, and tall palms waved in the angles of the great hall and the artificial corridor. The entire Burton and Bagot connection put in an appearance do honour to the occasion, and there was so much tenting in the courtyard and garden that the space available was nearly doubled. Miss Filmer, Lady Ulrica Duncombe, Miss Muriel Wilson, Miss Fraser, and Lady Lilian Spencer Churchill were among the débutantes present. Lord Richard Nevill, Lord Herbert Vane Tempest, Lord Ava, Sir Hubert Miller, Count Albert Mensdorff, Lord Roydon, Lord Lurgan, Sir Charles Hartopp, Count Herman Hatzfeldt, M. le Comte, and other young men danced, flirted, or adorned the wall in accordance with their tastes. Lady Cadogan, Lady Wimborne, Lady Willoughby de Eresby, Lady Coventry, Lady Henry Bruce, Lady Emily Van de Weyer, Lady Brougham, and Lady Londesborough each brought daughters. Lady Wimborne’s pearls were the admiration of the room. Miss Bass was in the highest spirits, and seemed to enjoy herself very much."

25 May 1892, Wednesday
THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Wednesday Night.

Lord Dufferin gave a full dress dinner, to celebrate her Majesty's birthday, to the members of the Embassy and the representatives of the English Colony in Paris. In addition to the Ambassador, there were present:— Sir Robert Morier, British Ambassador at St. Petersburg; the Hon. H. U. Addington; Colonel the Hon. R. Talbot, Military Attaché; Captain W. H. May, Naval Attaché; Sir Joseph Crowe, Commercial Attaché; Mr. Constantine Phipps, Mr. H. Austin Lee, Mr. Condie Stephen, Mr. Falconer Atlee, the Hon. R. Lister, Mr. Frederick Clarke, and Mr. W. H. Hume, all members of the Ambassadorial Staff, the Revs. Dr. Hoyes, George Washington, and De Carteret, the Hon. Alan Herbert, Dr. Faure Miller, Dr. Macgavin, Dr. Burnard, Dr. Jennings, Mr. Henry Blount, Mr. E. Laurier, Mr. Pilter, and Mr. Longhurst representing the British Chamber of Commerce, Captains Gye and Churchward, and Mr. Sewell.

For the first time for many years this national celebration was favoured with perfect weather.

Lady Dufferin has issued cards for a garden party.

1 June 1892, Wednesday
Derby Day at Epsom Downs, so the Luise Friederike Auguste Montagu, Duchess of Manchester, hosted a ball that night? (She didn't marry the Duke of Devonshire until 16 August 1892.)

26 June 1892, Sunday
There was apparently a regular celebration of Arthur Collins' birthday, 26 June, by Bret Harte, George Du Maurier, Arthur Sullivan, Alfred Cellier, Arthur Blunt, and John Hare (Nissen, Axel. Brent Harte: Prince and Pauper: 239. ). Choosing 1885–1902 as the dates because those apparently are the dates of the close relationship between Harte and Collins, ending in Harte's death in 1902.

July 1892
Florence Farr was Cancellarius of the Golden Dawn "for the first half of 1892" (Gilbert 86 32). Percy Bullock succeeded her.

23 July 1892, Saturday
Sidney Webb and Beatrice Potter marry (Gibbs 106).

26 July 1892, Tuesday

The wedding of Rev. H. J. L. Arnold and Miss N. Hope. Mr. E. Crawley was best man. Rev. H. J. L. Arnold to Miss N. Hope.

A FASHIONABLE congregation filled St. Stephen's, Gloucester-road, W., on Tuesday, July 26, on the occasion of the wedding of the Rev. H. J. L. Arnold, vicar of East Dereham, Norfolk, with Miss Nora Hope, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hope, of The Mount, Lamberhurst, and 60, Cornwall-gardens, W. It was a very pretty wedding; there were tasteful floral decorations, and the service was fully choral. The bride, who leant on her father's arm as she entered, was met by the clergy and choir, who advanced to the chancel singing a nuptial hymn. The bride's beautiful gown of ivory white duchess satin had a Watteau back with full Court train, and was draped with exquisite Brussels lace. Her tulle veil was fastened with four pearl pins, the gift of her aunt, Mrs. Shaw, and sprays of orange blossoms were arranged becomingly in her hair. She wore a pearl true lover's knot brooch, the gift of her twin sister, and carried a lovely bouquet, the bridegroom's present. Master George Leonard Nelson Hope was a picturesque page in a Louis XV. suit of white satin and old family point de Venise. There were seven bridesmaids: Miss Louisa Hope (twin sister of the bride), Miss Charlotte and Miss Gwendoline Hope (sisters), Miss Rosa Orde, Miss St. Paul, Miss Evelyn Franklyn (cousins of the bride), and Miss MacLean. They looked particularly well in Empire dresses of cream pongee silk, with broad sashes of the same; crinoline hats, trimmed with chiffon and roses, and carried lovely bouquets to match, the gift of the best man, Mr. E. Crawley, and wore brooches with the initials "N. & H." in pearls, the gift of the bridegroom. Mrs. Shaw (aunt of the bride) wore rich, handsome corded grey silk, trimmed with valuable old lace; bonnet to match with tea roses, and bouquet of same. The bridegroom's sisters were handsomely gowned in rich black corded silk, trimmed with lace, and bonnets to correspond. The Hon. and Rev. G. W. Bourke (rector of Pulborough, Hon. Chaplain to the Queen), the Rev. R. Jocelyn C. Orde (vicar of Castleton, Derbyshire, uncle of the bride), the Rev. Canon Cooper (vicar of Cuckfield), and the Rev. T. S. Waldo (vicar of St. Stephen's) were the officiating clergy. The invited guests included the Marquis and Marchioness of Bath, Viscount Raynham, Lord and Lady Elibank, Sir Leopold and Lady McClintock, Mr. and Lady Lily Greene, Sir F. and Lady and Miss Burrows, Sir Rawson and Lady Rawson, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Allfrey, Hon. and Rev. G. and Mrs. Bourke, the Rev. G. and Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Tollemache, Captain and Mrs. Eugene and Miss Tollemache, General Cockburn, Miss Beadon, Mr. W. V. Beadon, Mr. and the Misses Cockburn, Mr. L. Cockburn, Captain and Mrs. Charles Cockburn, Captain H. Orde, Rev. R. J. C. Orde, Lady and Miss Beatrice Orde, Mrs. L. S. Orde (Orde House), Mr aad Mrs. Orde (Nunney Kirk); Rev. and Miss Louisa Orde, Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. J. and the Misses Orde, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Orde, Hopton, Miss Dalton, Colonel Hope, V.C., Mrs. and Miss Hope, Mr. and Mrs Adrian Hope, Miss Beresford Hope, General, Mrs., and Miss Hallowes, Miss Skeffington, Miss Dunlop, the Misses Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Berkeley Paget, Mrs. Crawley, Mr. E. Crawley, Major Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Horan, General and Mrs. Wemyss, Colonel and Mrs. and Misses Maclean, Miss Strange, Dr. Wilson, and very many others. The Rev. and Mrs. H. Arnold left for Scotland late in the afternoon, the bride wearing a fawn-coloured cloth gown, with gold-embroidered waistcoat and large crinoline hat, with roses and ostrich feathers. The presents numbered nearly 200, and included:—

From the bridegroom, ruby and diamond ring; Marquis of Bath, silver bread basket; Mr. and Lady Lily Greene, Leeds china bowl; Viscount Raynham, sliver and glass scent bottle; Lady McClintock, Oriental bowl; Hon. Misses Murray, Brussels lace handkerchief; Lady and Miss Beatrice Orde, beaten brass tray; Hon. Mrs. Hussey, moonstone brooch; Hon. and Rev. G. and Mrs. Bourke, silver-mounted buffalo horn paper knife; Mrs. Shaw, moonstone bracelet; Mrs. Tollemache, solid silver tea service; Rev. G. Shaw, silver-mounted umbrella, gold bracelet; Rev. L. S. and Miss L. Orde and Mrs. Lynch, blue and gold dinner service; Mrs. [illegible Inglis?] silver salt cellars; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hope, silver-mounted travelling bag; twin sister of bride (Miss L. Hope), pearl (true lover's knot) brooch; brother of bride (Mr. Fred J. Hope), silver bangles; Miss C., Miss G. Masters Charles and Nelson Hope (brothers and sisters of the bride), turquoise and pearl ring; Captain H. and Mrs. Orde, gold bracelet; Mrs. W. and Miss L. Orde, brass inkstand; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Orde, Chippendale tea table; Mrs. J. Orde, pepper castor; Mr. and Mrs. C. Orde, white and gold tea service; Mr. and Mrs. Orde (Nunney Kirk), olive wood brush rack; Mr. W. V. Beadon, silver tables; Miss Amy [illegible Inglis?] silver-mounted scent bottle; Miss Beadon, letter weight; General Cockburn, handsome glass decanter; Mr. Cockburn, silver butter knife; Mr. and Mrs. Beadon, muffin dish; and many other handsome gifts.

16 August 1892, Tuesday
Queen Victoria was at Osborne and held a dinner party on Tuesday night. The queen was accompanied by Alexandra, Princess of Wales and Princess Beatrice. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone had been appointed First Lord of the Treasury that day, and Sir Allen Young may have been at West Cowes with other people in their yachts."The Queen’s dinner party included the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg, Princess Maud of Wales, the Dowager Lady Southampton, Mrs Montgomery, the Earl of Ducie, the Right Hon W E Gladstone, Sir Ducie, the Right Hon W E Gladstone, Sir Allen Young, and General Lynedoch Gardiner."

29 August 1892, Monday
Summer Bank Holiday

24 September 1892, Saturday
Sydney Grundy and Arthur Silliva n's Haddon Hall opens at the Savoy.

12 October 1892, Wednesday
Tennyson's funeral at Westminster Abbey.

31 October 1892, Monday
Halloween.

5 November 1892, Saturday
Guy Fawkes Day

14 November 1892, Monday
A British Chamber of Commerce event in Paris"The British Chamber of Commerce gave a dinner at the Hôtel St. Petersburg last Monday. The subject for discussion was, 'Is a system of registration of private trading partnerships advisable for the protection of the trading public?' Among those present were Messrs. Pollock, Pierson, Doulton, Etheridge, Longhurst, Johnson, Robertson, Farquhar, Sturrock, Plaistow, and Morrow."

End of November 1892
Sometime, probably toward the end of November, Arnold Dolmetsch illustrated another lecture at the Sheldonian in Oxford, given by Sir John Stainer: "The Lute, The Viol and the Voice"; it was reviewed in the Musical Times of 1 December 1892 (Campbell 51). From Oxford, the Dolmetsches went north to Liverpool and Chester, for another couple of lectures. In a letter to H. Horne, Dolmetsch writes that the audience in Liverpool was 1,642, a thousand of whom were "simple workmen" (Campbell 52). The audience in Chester was a great deal smaller, in part possibly because they performed, Dolmetsch writes, "in the refectory of the old Cathedral: a delightful old Gothic room, excellent for sound" (quoted by Campbell 53).

25 December 1892, Sunday
Christmas Day

26 December 1892, Monxday
Boxing Day