23 March 1874 – 29 March 1874

To C.'s 3.30. C. lends me a pair of ' model braces.' He highly admires some practical little inventions, and thinks it must have been one of the most ingenious of modern men who thought of putting metal eyes into the lace-holes of boots and shoes. Walk to Hyde Park — ' Forster's Dickens — next to BoswelU We crossed the crowded drive and Carlyle was nearly run over ; on reaching the opposite foot-path he laughed and quoted — There's a sweet little Cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch o'er the life of poor Jack.